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Dark history revisited State University this spring with a degree in America is a great place to live. Living agronomy; and the sons are farming and in the Midwest makes that even better. raising cattle near Milford.

Our history as a country and state is She enjoys writing, photography, playing relatively short compared to the birththe guitar, teasing little kids, and knowing places of our ancestors. Even that short that laughter truly is the best medicine. history has not always been a proud one.

(She says she despises mending blue This issue of The Land has a number of jeans.) stories focusing on one of the dark times We hope you enjoy “Table Talk.” of U.S. and Minnesota history. The U.S.Schwaller came up with the name of her Dakota War started 150 years ago this LAND MINDS column “because it brings thoughts of the year, making pioneer life even more

By Kevin Schulz kitchen table, where almost all important adventurous. conversations take place in the farm I am not a great historian, thus you home.” won’t see me trying to explain the rea“Table Talk” is taking the place of sons and fault that led to the start of “The Yield,” the this conflict between white settlers and the original settlers of this area. long-time column written by Sue I have lived through enough wars in my own short Peterson since history to know that there is no one reason nor one 1978. Sue has person entirely at fault for starting a war. decided that it is Not to get all kumbaya on you, but wounds can be time to hang up her healed if everyone seeks peace and understanding of pen and retire from the events that blew up that summer of 1862, endher writing, as seen Karen Schwaller Sue Peterson ing in Mankato the day after Christmas that year in the Jan. 27 issue. with the hanging of 38 Dakota Indians.

Karen and “Table Talk” will not replace Sue and It’s too late for resolution and proper restitution, “The Yield.” That’s like asking Aaron Rogers to but we should all learn as much as we can about our replace Brett Favre at quarterback. It seems to be past to improve the future. working out OK in Green Bay. Log on to www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_ Sue and “The Yield” had developed quite a followtopics/94dakota.html for information from the Min- ing in the past 30-plus years. I’m certain Karen and nesota Historical Society. There are also other links “Table Talk” will also gain a following. within the stories on Pages 8A-16A. So, please turn to Page 29A, pull up a chair and As you will also learn on Page 11A, history has a join Karen Schwaller in the debut of “Table Talk.” way of reinventing itself.

I would also like to thank Sue Peterson for her Speaking of the future many years of sharing “The Yield” with The Land’s This issue of The Land debuts “Table Talk,” a new readers. She started writing her column in 1978 column by Karen Schwaller. from her farm south of Amboy in Blue Earth County.

The last few years she has been writing from her Schwaller comes to us from Milford, Iowa. The home in Blue Earth in Faribault County. mother of three (one daughter and twin sons) grew up on a grain-livestock farm near Remsen, Iowa.

As my mail pile indicates since Sue announced her retirement, her writing will be missed.

After obtaining a degree in journalism, she moved to Milford, Iowa, to write for the local newspaper, and it Kevin Schulz is the editor of The Land. He may be was there that she met one of the locals, Dave Schwaller. reached at editor@TheLandOnline.com. ❖ The couple’s daughter will graduate from South Dakota

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Schwaller came up with the name of her column ‘because it brings thoughts of the kitchen table, where almost all important conversations take place in the farm home.’

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 17A — The Agricultural Research Service is developing a new way to map drought areas worldwide.

22A-25A — The Central Minnesota Farm Show in St. Cloud is set for Feb. 28-March 1.

1B — The Fleckvieh cattle breed is catching the eye of dairy and beef producers.

Just like shooting fish in a barrel, checkoff-style

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a package of technology enhancements from the Farm Service Agency that include web access for handheld and smartphone users, as well as a more efficient and timely option for receiving news and critical program information.

The FSA site is accessible through any device that connects to the internet. The mobile site organizes the information on the website in a way that makes for easy reading on a small, hand-held screen. It does not require screen adjustments or constant scrolling and panning across the information.

In addition to the mobile website, FSA is now offering farmers and ranchers a more efficient and timely option for receiving critical program information.

Such things as eligibility requirements, deadlines and related information can be accessed through an electronic news service hosted by GovDelivery.

By signing up for free online communications through GovDelivery, farmers and ranchers can receive news, via e-mail, directly to their home or farm office or to their mobile devices — allowing them to receive immediate notification of farm program news that is pertinent to their agricultural operation.

To access FSA’s mobile website log on to www.fsa.usda.gov/mobile. To sign up for FSA’s GovDelivery electronic news service, log on to www.fsa.usda.gov/subscribe. ❖

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better prices shouldn’t be too hard. After all, I found the answers so how hard could it be?

Very hard, evidently, because at the recently concluded Cattle Industry Convention the most-discussed checkoff topic was a doubling of the $1-perhead fee, not whether the program actually worked.

The checkoff’s chief contractor, the NCBA, did brag at the convention that it would work hard to “eliminate the livestock title” in the 2012 farm bill and to permanently kill COOL, country of origin labeling, for all beef sold in the United States.

Either action, if successful, is counter to any — however meager — effort by the checkoff to improve the bottom line of American cattle ranchers and feeders.

As is the NCBA-endorsed Feb. 13 effort by 31 U.S. senators to push the White House to approve rules that would ease American beef imports. Read the full letter as a PDF on Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley’s website at http://goo.gl/5MiQ4.

So, even as U.S. cattlemen continue to pay the $1per-head — and maybe $2-per-head — checkoff , the number of cattle, cattlemen and American beef consumption per capita continue to fall while the checkoff’s key contractor, the NCBA, gets wealthier, bigger and works harder against ’em.

Talk about shooting fish in a barrel.

Alan Guebert’s “Farm and Food File” is published weekly in more than 70 newspapers in North America. Contact him at agcomm@farmandfoodfile.com. ❖

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vince cattlemen that the checkoff is good Sometimes you’ve just got to shoot the or convince consumers that beef is good? fish in the barrel and take the candy from babies.

As you ponder that question, here’s another fish to draw down on: Can one As a hunter of barrel-trapped fish who red cent — or even 70 cents — spent per always takes candy from babies — that’s person per year have any affect whatsoright, I’m a journalist — I can spot a carp ever on American beef consumption or from any golf course or barstool in any production? light any day of the week.

According to the U.S. Department of Sometimes it’s easier than that. Sometimes all you have to do is follow the numbers.

FARM & FOOD FILE Agriculture, no.

On Jan. 1, 1987, one year after the fedFor example, according to 2009 figures

By Alan Guebert eral beef checkoff began, beef cattle and compiled by the National Cattlemen’s calves in the U.S. totaled 102.1 million Beef Association, the “net checkoff spent head. One point six billion checkoff dolper person” for beef promotion by the lars and 24 years later, Jan. 1, 2011, nation’s 45 state beef councils averaged total inventory was 92.8 million head, or a lean $0.12.

9.5 percent lower.

Twelve cents per person nationwide to promote Likewise, the number of U.S. beef operations fell beef. Golly. from 1.01 million on Jan. 1, 1987, to 742,000 on Jan. Of course the $1-per-head, non-refundable federal 1, 2011, down 26 percent. checkoff splits its annual millions 50/50 between the states and its national overseer, the Cattlemen’s Beef And beef consumption, the whole point of the Board. The CBB, in turn, contracts with the National checkoff?

Cattlemen’s Beef Association to carry out its mission In 1986, U.S. beef retail sales per capita totaled with a corresponding $0.12 or so per person, too.

78.7 pounds.

That would make the total beef promotion effort In 2009, retail sales per capita was 60.8 pounds, a maybe two bits … per person … nationwide. Golly gee. 22 percent drop, or about a-pound-per-year slide for over checkoff’s 20-plus years. (2011 numbers are So, if most state beef councils spend less than a unavailable.) thin nickel per year per person to promote beef in the most populous states (California: 5 cents, Florida As such, deciding whether the checkoff has delivand Illinois: 2 cents, New York: 1 cent) and 30- to ered more cattle, more producers or sold more beef at 100-times more in states with more cows than coyotes (Kansas: 45 cents, Nebraska: 70 cents, South Dakota: $1.23) is the goal of the beef checkoff to con-

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Ag Secretary Vilsack on record U.S. farm exports for 2011 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement regarding data released Feb. 10 showing U.S. farm exports reached a record $136.3 billion in calendar year 2011.

“The data released by the U.S. Department of

Agriculture represents a record-breaking calendar year for farm exports, demonstrating — once again — that American agriculture remains a bright spot in our nation’s economy. We saw a rise in both the value and volume of U.S. agricultural exports worldwide in 2011, as international sales rose $20.5 bil-

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Isaacson Impl.

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lion over the previous record set in calendar year 2010. Total agricultural exports for calendar year 2011 were a robust $136.3 billion.

“These figures indicate how demand for the American brand of agriculture continues to soar worldwide, supporting good jobs for Americans across a variety of industries such as transportation, renewable energy, manufacturing, food services and on-farm employment. During the past three years, the U.S. farm sector has continued to support and create jobs on a consistent basis, strengthening an American economy U.S. agriculture is that’s built to last.

Every $1 billion in the second-most agricultural exports productive sector supports 8,400 Amerof our economy ican jobs, meaning in the past few that U.S. farm decades ... exports helped support more than 1 mil— Tom Vilsack lion U.S. jobs in 2011.

“And that gets to the innovation of our American farmers, ranchers and growers. American agriculture continues to apply the latest in technology and achieve a nearly unparalleled level of productivity. In fact, U.S. agriculture is the second-most productive sector of our economy in the past few decades outside of information technology.

“Exports of almost all major U.S. commodities rose in calendar year 201l, helping us to reach President Obama’s goal of doubling all U.S. exports by the end of 2014. Grains were the biggest contributor to the overall record, reaching an all-time high of $37.7 billion, a $9.2 billion increase over 2010. Cotton experienced the biggest year-to-year increase, up 44 percent from 2010, reaching a record $8.5 billion. Dairy and pork exports also set records in 2011, reaching $4.8 billion and $6 billion respectively.

“Another success story is U.S. beef exports. Last year, the United States exported an all-time high of $5.4 billion worth of beef and beef products, surpassing the previous record by more than $1.6 billion.

The volume of shipments also surpassed the 2003 levels, the last year before a detection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Washington state disrupted U.S. trade. The return to pre-2003 levels marks an important milestone in the USDA’s steadfast efforts to open and expand international markets. Despite this progress, restrictions continue to constrain exports to many of our key markets and we remain fully committed to breaking down those trade barriers.

“There was more good news for U.S. beef exporters when United Arab Emirates officials issued a decree on Jan. 24 liberalizing imports of U.S. beef by eliminating age restrictions. The expansion of U.S. beef access to UAE — one of the largest markets for U.S. beef in the Middle East — underscores the tenacity of the Obama administration to improve our trade relationships, expand export opportunities and strengthen an American economy that’s built to last.”

The latest export data is available via the Global Agricultural Trade System at www.fas.usda.gov/data.asp. ❖

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assure you that under no To the Editor: circumstances will AgriSol Editor’s note: Nationally facilitate or advocate the syndicated “Farm and Food File” columnist Alan Guebert wrote two removal of any refugee. This land will columns that appeared in The Land in be cultivated to produce corn, soyJanuary regarding the involvement of a beans, animal feed, meats and cooking number of parties — including Bruce oils. The project will be developed over Rastetter — in an African agricultural 10 years and require an investment of approximately $100 project. million.

Recently there has Early on, AgriSol been discussion about a Food is the engaged Iowa State project in Tanzania moral right of University to provide involving AgriSol all who are important advice based Energy. As a native born into this on their experience with Iowan, lifelong farmer this type of work. Howand a partner in AgriSol, world. ever, due to my appointI want to assure you ment to the Iowa Board that our business ven— Norman Borlaug of Regents, Iowa State ture in Tanzania is has decided to step back meant to improve the lives of Tanzanians — by increasing from direct involvement in the project.

Working with other advisers, AgriSol both food and economic security.

You may be surprised to learn that hopes to develop a new agricultural total agricultural production in western model that can be duplicated to benefit Tanzania is very low. Our project aims to other underdeveloped global markets increase yields, provide access to quality — combining a modern agricultural storage facilities and foster transparent operation with self-supported farmer markets. Working with local farmers we and community extension programs.

In the words of Norman Borlaug, a will help to increase agricultural production, in turn improving their overall great humanitarian and native Iowan, “Food is the moral right of all who are standard of living and health.

Our current project, centered in born into this world.”

Lugufu, consists of about 34,000 acres Bruce Rastetter that contain no refugees. I want to Summit Group CEO

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Letter: Rastetter responds to Tanzania project accusations

Message from ISU Ag Dean Wendy Wintersteen poverty and hunger.

The advice we provided to AgriSol was grounded in the lessons learned — and the partnerships forged — in rural Uganda. The impact our Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods has had in transforming lives of rural Ugandans has been extraordinary. We cannot be prouder of the efforts of our faculty, students and Ugandan partners. Our students themselves have been transformed as they’ve experienced the world through the eyes of others and taken classroom information into a practical global setting.

Thank you for sharing comments and questions to me. Also, thanks to those who expressed support and encouragement for the College’s goals and mission. I have appreciated your feedback and thoughts.

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Editor’s note: The following is a statement issued Feb. 10 from Wendy Wintersteen, dean of the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, regarding ISU’s relationship with AgriSol Energy’s project in Tanzania.

This week I notified AgriSol Energy that the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences would no longer serve in an advisory capacity to its planning for its proposed project in Tanzania.

I ended the college’s advising role because much of our time and energy has been directed at countering misrepresentations about why and how we were involved. It has not been directed at what originally compelled us to explore program development in Tanzania — the role agricultural education can play in helping small farmers and families struggling against

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Letter: Who is actually representing American values?

To the Editor: People on the right criticize Alan Guebert on his “liberal bias.” I am sure these same fair, open-minded individuals also criticize Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck and others of that ilk for their “conservative bias.”

Guebert apparently does not represent American values — being a Missouri Synod Lutheran, good family man, and lives in a rural Illinois area close to his place of birth. Rush Limbaugh, on the other hand, does represent conservative values, living in a Florida penthouse, is fat, smokes cigars, has been divorced many times, and has been convicted of buying and using illegal drugs. Why are conservative leaders always such hypocrites?

Why are they always forgiven by the people who blindly follow them?

President Obama got us out of one war, Iraq; is close to getting us out of another war, Afghanistan; and prevented us from getting into another war, Libya. He killed Osama bin Laden and has almost completely destroyed al-Qaida. His foreign policy has been extremely successful and is not being challenged by Republican presidential candidates.

Domestically, President Obama saved the American car industry, saved the American banking system, and prevented the recession from turning into a depression. Money borrowed to the banks and automobile

companies has been almost completely repaid. Republican opposition has prevented President Obama from completely getting America out of the recession, but progress is being made.

All of the problems President Obama faced were caused by the conservative policies and mismanagement of eight years of George Bush. It will take more than four years to repair the damage.

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What do the Republicans have to offer? They have two candidates. The first is Mitt Romney, a multimillionaire who pays a tax rate lower than the average American, has a substantial part of his wealth in overseas accounts, and made his money by dismantling companies in distress, selling off the pieces for profit, and firing American workers.

The second is Newt Gingrich, the for-

mer Speaker of the House who was kicked out of his own party, fined $300,000 for ethics violations, made millions lobbying, been married three times, and was having an affair with a staffer while he was impeaching President Clinton for having an affair.

Is this the best the Republicans have? What a joke.

Marv Jensen Kensington, Minn.

Letter: Let private sector produce jobs To the Editor: I’ve been listening to the Republican candidates debate about their opponents’ weaknesses, such as how many wives or traveling companions they have. These certainly attest to the morals of some running for public office and should come out before the election.

But these really aren’t dealing with the problems our country is facing at the present time. It’s hard to find a perfect candidate. I only know of two perfect people.

When Mitt Romney released his tax records, they related to the biggest problem that we have in the United States today: unemployment. He is a candidate who had given jobs to over 100,000 people. He did it without asking for a taxpayer subsidy.

Venture capitalists like him include

Warren Buffett, the second-richest man in the United States. They buy failing businesses and get them going again.

Contrast this with President Obama, who doled out more than $500 million in our tax dollars to Solyndra. They employed about 1,000 people for a year and then went bankrupt. That is $500,000 per job invested.

Or the charade when they rescued General Motors by giving them a big loan so they could close several plants in the United States and build four new ones; three of them in China. You and I, the taxpayers, are going to pay

the bill, while someone else receives the benefits.

Can government produce jobs on taxpayers’ borrowed money? My vote will go to letting the private sector produce the jobs. Under the free enterprise system, we should have the right to start any business we wish.

If we are successful we should keep the profit, and if we are not successful we have the duty to absorb the loss.

The taxpayers should not have to pay the losses.

Al Schumann Eyota, Minn.

Letter: Rep. shouldn’t work against local control To the Editor: Most people in Dodge County, Minn., will be surprised to know that one of the first bills taken up at the State Capitol this year would weaken township local control. What is worse is that my legislator, Rep. Duane Quam, is a co-author of the bill.

House File 389 would give outside corporate interests the upper hand when they want to push unexpected and harmful developments into our communities. It weakens the right of townships, counties and cities to say “no” to projects that could harm the community.

As a lifelong Dodge County resident, I know that my community is better off with strong local control. When a New Jersey investor wanted to build an industrial mega-dairy in Ripley Township, my neighbors and I were concerned.

We knew it would be bad for the community. Because we had strong local control our township had a say. We put an interim ordinance in place and then enacted a common sense limit on how

large a feedlot can be in our township.

But Rep. Quam’s bill would have prevented our townships from having a say.

His bill says if a project submits a permit application then it is exempt from the interim ordinance. The problem is neighbors and township officials often don’t even learn about a project until the permit is submitted. So if Rep. Quam’s bill passes by time the community learns about a project it will be too late to do anything.

That is wrong!

Minnesotans value strong local democracy that favors community rights over corporate rights. We didn’t send legislators up to the Capitol to weaken local control and push legislation for corporate special interests. The issue is simple. Minnesotans value strong township rights and Rep. Quam should too. He should drop his support of House File 389.

Lois Nash Land Of A Thousand Winds Dodge Center, Minn.

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Minnesota Master Naturalist Volunteer Training Feb. 23-May 3, 6:30-9 p.m.

Mid-Central Research and Outreach Center, Willmar, Minn.

Info: $200/person, scholarships are available; held Thursday nights, plus fields trips on March 24 and April 21; register at http://goo.gl/RN7o5 or call Julie or Amy, (888) 241-4532 or info@minnesotamaster naturalist.org

Gardening Knowledge for Free Feb. 25, 8-11:30 a.m.

Whitney Senior Center, St. Cloud, Minn.

Info: No charge, but advanced registration required by contacting the Stearns County Extension Office, (320) 2556169 or (800) 450-6171 Local Foods and Third Crops Feb. 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Knights of Columbus, Fairmont, Minn.

Info: Second in a series of Third Crop Producer meetings; there is a session from 10 a.m.-Noon, and another 14 p.m.; no cost, lunch on your own; contact Jill Sackett, (507) 238-5449 or sacke032@umn.edu; log on to www.ruraladvantage.org

Info: $175/couple until March 2, $200 after that; will be held Thursday evenings; contact Diane DeWitte, (507) 304-4325 or stouf002@umn.edu; log on to http://goo.gl/Z52tK Take Your Business to the Next Level March 9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Best Western-Kelly Inn, St. Cloud, Minn.

Info: Sponsored by the Minnesota Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association, U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency and University of Minnesota Extension; contact MFVGA, (763) 434-0400 or mfvga@msn.com Forest Pest First Detector Training Session March 9, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, Duluth, Minn.

Info: Log on to http://goo.gl/cyfQE Farm-City Hub Club Farm Show March 9-10 Civic Center, New Ulm, Minn.

Info: 1-8 p.m. March 9, 10 a.m.5 p.m. March 10; contact Michele Schroeder, (507) 3541829 or (507) 276-4810, or Jenny Eckstein, (507) 233-4302 or jeckstein@newulmtel.net

18th Annual Horticulture Day — All Things Spring March 10, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Southern Research and Outreach Center, Waseca, Minn.

Info: $25/person, register by Feb. 24 by sending fee to Deanne Nelson, Southern Research and Outreach Center, 35838 120th Street, Waseca, MN 56093; space is limited; log on to http://sroc.cfans.umn.edu or call (507) 835-3620 for more information Annual Women’s Seminar March 10, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

City Center Hotel, Mankato, Minn.

Info: Free to AgStar clients and one guest; register at least one week in advance by calling (866) 577-1831; Jolene Brown and Katy Peterson will present interactive sessions Annual Women’s Seminar March 12, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Holiday Inn, St. Cloud, Minn.

Info: Free to AgStar clients and one guest; register at least one week in advance by calling (866) 577-1831; Jolene Brown and Katy Peterson will present interactive sessions

The Only Way to Tend Seed Unloads 2500 lbs. in approximately 4 minutes

Gypsy Moth Suppression Treatments Informational Meeting Feb. 29, 5-7 p.m.

City Council Chambers, Cloquet, Minn.

Info: Log on to http://goo.gl/NMMhM Forest Pest First Detector Training Session March 1, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Northwest Research and Outreach Center Multipurpose Room, Grand Rapids, Minn.

Info: Log on to http://goo.gl/cyfQE Barriers to Bushels March 1, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Community Center, Atwater, Minn.

Info: $30/person, registration begins at 9 a.m.; contact Doug Holen, (218) 770-4396, or Jodi DeJong-Hughes, (320) 815-4112

New Tools for New Rules Ag Symposium Feb. 28, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

South Central College John Votca Conference Center, North Mankato, Minn.

Info: $119/person, proceeds Home Builder 101 Seminar go toward agribusiness schol- March 1, 6:30-8 p.m.

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Rice and Steele County Crop Day Feb. 28 Steele County Community Center, Owatonna, Minn.

Info: Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.; no cost to attend; direct questions to Rice County Extension Office, (507) 332-6109

Public Library, Gaylord, Minn. March 6, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Info: Free; call (866) 577-1831 TIES Building Larpenteur to register; hosted by AgStar Room, St. Paul Info: Log on to http://goo.gl/cyfQE Gardening Knowledge for Free Barriers to Bushels March 1, 7 p.m.

March 7, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

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Info: $30/person, registration Info: Contact McLeod County begins at 9 a.m.; contact Gypsy Moth Suppression Extension Office, (320) 484Doug Holen, (218) 770-4396, Treatments Informational 4334 or wint0146@umn.edu or Jodi DeJong-Hughes, (320) Meeting for a flyer 815-4112 Feb. 28, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

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U.S.-Dakota War anniversary

Summer’s events ‘commemorating’ those who died The Defenders Monument on the boulevard of New Ulm, Minn.’s, Center Street was dedicated Aug. 22, 1891, “to honor the memory of the defenders who aided” New Ulm during the U.S.Dakota War.

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By RICHARD SIEMERS The Land Correspondent One hundred and fifty years ago the United States was involved in its great Civil War. Many Minnesota men were off fighting in Virginia and Tennessee.

But all was not quiet back home.

Minnesotans were involved in their own kind of civil war, a fight between settlers, U.S. army soldiers and the Dakota Indians.

It is known as the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. This summer Brown County, scene of much of the fighting, is recognizing the 150th anniversary of the conflict with numerous events.

“We are commemorating the people who died in that war,” said Bob Burgess, director of the Brown County Historical Society, which has offices at the Society’s museum in New Ulm. “Many relatives of those people are still around.”

The reasons for the conflict are complex. The Dakota had grievances about broken promises by the U.S. government, shortages of food, dishonest agents and a callous trader who remarked that if they were hungry, they could “eat grass.”

That remark coupled with a delay in goods and cash due to the Dakota may have been the most immediate cause.

Whatever specific causes might have sparked the uprising by the Dakota, an underlying factor, Burgess said, was the clash of two cultures — the dominant U.S. culture that was pressing against the native Dakota culture.

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We are commemorating the people who died in that war. Many relatives of those people are still around.

— Bob Burgess The Dakota themselves were divided. Only a small number chose to take up arms, thinking the U.S. army was busy elsewhere and this was an opportunity to take back their land.

Others refused to fight and even helped to warn and protect settlers.

Brown and Renville counties, where loss of life was greatest, were largely German settlers who had lived on friendly terms with the Dakota. Milford Township, in northern Brown County along the Cottonwood River, was on the eastern edge of the Lower Sioux Reservation. Surprise attacks on Aug. 18 at the beginning of the fiveweek war killed over 50 settlers, the highest death rate of any township.

New Ulm had less than 1,000 residents, but swelled to 2,000 as refugees streamed into town. While many buildings were destroyed, people fought off attacks on Aug. 19 and Aug. 23, with See ANNIVERSARY, pg. 9A

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Many settlers left area and never came back series last year, and is joined by the BCHS in sponsoring symposiums and round table discussions this year. They are working with Native American consultants so a balanced view is presented.

There will be reunions of families whose relatives were residents at the time of the war. Monuments erected shortly after the war at New Ulm and Milford are being refurbished and rededicated. A new monument located at a strategic point in the battle at New Ulm is being erected by the BCHS, GermanBohemian Heritage Society and Junior Pioneers of New Ulm and Vicinity.

The Brown County Museum has a permanent exhibit related to the U.S.-Dakota War that is being re-done and will reopen in August. A total of 1,200 photos of people who lived in the area at the time will be part of an interactive database people can access.

This is only a taste of all that is being planned to remember the war and commemorate those who died during the fighting in Brown County’s early history. For more information and a calendar of events, log on to their website at www.browncountydakotawarcommemoration.com. ❖

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ANNIVERSARY, from pg. 8A the loss of 34 lives. On Aug. 25 they evacuated and went to Mankato. The war ended Sept. 26 with the Dakota releasing the hostages they had taken.

The BCHS is confining its remembrance to the war as it was fought in Brown County. They are compiling narratives and oral histories of about 1,200 people. They actually have files on about 5,700 families who lived in the area in 1862.

“We’re finding out that many of the settlers left and never came back,” Burgess said. The government had told people it was OK to settle here, without providing protection. “Some came because they had relatives. But they were just caught in the middle.”

The BCHS is part of a large group of individuals and organizations who are planning or participating in some way. It includes county commissioners, representatives from towns, townships, and county libraries, German-Bohemian Heritage Society, Junior Pioneers of New Ulm and Vicinity (who are direct descendants of the founders of New Ulm), Hermann Monument Society, Turner Hall, New Ulm Battery, veterans groups, among others.

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U.S.-Dakota War anniversary

Describing the conflict a daunting task for historians

By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press NEW ULM, Minn. — As Bob Burgess and his staff began preparing an exhibit on the 150th anniversary of the Dakota-U.S. War, they realized their reach was going to exceed their grasp.

“As you delve into this, it’s so complex. We had to throttle back our appetite for presentation of the war because of the scope. It was so massive,” said Burgess, director of the Brown County Historical Society in New Ulm. As the anniversary approaches — it began Aug. 17, 1862, when four young Dakota killed five settlers — historians, the public and the Dakota struggle with how to portray and mark the events, which resulted in the mass execution of 38 Dakota in Mankato in December of that year.

In Brown County, which was at the heart of the battles, including a siege at New Ulm, Burgess said they are focusing on the settlers who died and fought as well as the stories of the Dakota who were involved.

In the end, he said, the goal is to gather and display as much information as possible about the complex war’s effects on Brown County.

“It’s important that all the sides be included. I could list 12, maybe 14 reasons for how the war started. I

There was a lot of concern. If they passed New Ulm, (the fight) would go to Nicollet and Blue Earth counties.

— Darla Gebhard don’t think you try to spoon feed anything. People have to learn the information and decide for themselves why the war started,” Burgess said.

He said as interest grows, more families have come forward with stories and mementos of their ancestors who fought or died.

For example, the museum has been loaned a cartridge box from a soldier from a Minnesota militia group involved in the war with the Dakota.

“We also have buildings in town from that time. We have the Forster Building, where there’s still the place where a bullet tore through the wall. The Kiesling House also is still here,” Burgess said.

The two structures were outside the barricaded downtown where women and children had taken cover and were used as positions to keep the attacking Dakota from overrunning the barricade.

Burgess said they’ve also strived to learn all they can about Dakota who were in the county at the time. They’ve

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identified 14 Dakota who were in the county, although many more would have been involved.

The exhibit will include a touch screen with more than 1,000 faces on it, allowing people to touch it to see their biographies.

There are also stories being gathered from Dakota at Sisseton, S.D., about Dakota scouts who scouted for the U.S. Army during the war. There are stories of other Dakota who warned and protected settlers and stories of those who fought.

“There are (Dakota) family members reviewing what we’re doing. They have direct lineage to those Dakota scouts who worked for Sibley and they have family members who fought. You have this very complex situation and you stir it up, and it gets complicated,” Burgess said.

Darla Gebhard is a research archivist at the museum whose greatgrandfather defended New Ulm. She said the battles there were important.

“There was a lot of concern. If they

passed New Ulm, (the fight) would go to Nicollet and Blue Earth counties.”

The society’s website — located at www.browncountyhistorymn.org — has more information and a downloadable booklet about the events.

The Blue Earth County Historical Society has chosen not to create a special exhibit to mark the 150th anniversary. (A portion of their permanent museum display describes the war.)

“We’re not doing a physical exhibit.

It’s not like, ‘Let’s have a party over this,’” said Jessica Potter, director of the Historical Society.

The society has started monthly events bringing in Dakota speakers to talk about various aspects of the Dakota culture.

“We are focusing on the culture. My goal is to raise the understanding,” Potter said. “We can maybe have a civil discussion.”

The society also is planning to install a plaque in Reconciliation Park, located near the library in Mankato and the site of the hanging. It will list the names of the 38 Dakota executed.

Potter said the society wants to form a larger group to look at possibly adding other monuments or memorials in the area.

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Wood believed to be from 1862 scaffold stashed away

Scaffold timber really from bridge, historical society says

Historical society not planning to display beam

New research challenges decades of assumptions

By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press A beam that newspapers from 1881 and 1927 describe as part of the gallows used in executing 38 Dakota Indians in Mankato has for decades been stored away.

The director of the Blue Earth County Historical Society said she doesn’t intend to display it as the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota War is marked this summer.

“We are not trying to hide it. We just don’t have the physical capacity to display it,” said Jessica Potter.

“We have 24,000 objects and we can’t have them all on display in a 3,000-foot museum. And it’s an object that does not have interpretation with it that will be positive to everyone who sees it. We have to be sensitive to that.”

By DAN LINEHAN Mankato Free Press A timber beam held in storage by the Blue Earth County (Minn.) Historical Society is not part of the scaffold used to hang 38 Dakota Indians in 1862, Executive Director Jessica Potter said Feb. 10.

That conclusion came after Potter labored the first week of February on a historical mystery: Does the beam sitting in the back of the historical society’s collection room match the description in a 1927 newspaper story?

By Feb. 10, her answer was clear: No. There is no smoking gun. But there are enough differences — in dimensions, spacing of notches and perhaps type of wood — that Potter is questioning decades of assumptions about the timber.

“As long as I’ve been here, the legend was that this was the scaffold timber,” she said.

Instead, she believes it may be part of an 1856 bridge built by the military and donated sometime after 1931, when it was replaced with concrete. A short description of such a timber is just two places away from the scaffold in a log book of donations from the 1930s. The hanging, which remains the largest mass execution in American history, looms especially large this year, the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota War. Not the t imber After a Free Press story ran Feb. 5 about the beam not being displayed, Potter took a tape measure to the weathered piece of wood. (That story can be found at the left.)

First, it is about 19 feet long, not 24 feet as it’s described in a 1927 story in which a reporter viewed the timber as it was kept in the basement of the Ben Pay Hotel.

While it could have been cut since then, Potter said the ends show that any cut, if made, was not done recently.

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She said they also don’t have a “solid research base to have it on display,” and said the object would bring strong emotions.

Potter said the authenticity of the timber hasn’t been verified. But there are newspaper articles that describe the whereabouts of the timber soon after the war. (See story at right with new information about authenticity of the beam.)

The timber came from prominent Mankato businessman and Civil War Home Guard Cmdr. John F. Meagher.

He reportedly bought the timber in an auction held by the Army soon after the hangings and used it as a beam in his hardware store. After a later fire in the building, Meagher shipped the beam by train to the University of Minnesota.

In the Nov. 24, 1881, issue of the University of Minnesota newspaper, the Ariel, a story told of Meagher giving the timber to the university’s museum. Meagher sent a letter to the university that said in part: “It is a rather hard looking relic and you may be disappointed when you see it, but I can assure you it did the business and completely civilized the Sioux Indians ...

“The notches around one side of this were to accommodate the ropes ...”

Meagher’s letter said.

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Left: Blue Earth County (Minn.) Historical Society Executive Director Jessica Potter discusses the history of a beam in the society’s collection. Potter believes the beam, initially labeled as a beam from the gallows used to hang 38 Native Americans in 1862, is actually a timber from a military bridge built in 1856 and washed away three years later. Right: The “park book” that chronicled artifacts kept in storage by the historical society in the Sibley Park pavilion prior to 1934 shows entries for a “timber” from a military bridge that was donated to the society followed two entries later by an entry for the “scaffold timber” from the infamous gallows.

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Exhibition of objects a controversial topic

Potter: Actual beam may have been lost in flooding

BEAM, from pg. 11A The timber was held by the university until 1927 when it was turned over to the Blue Earth County Historical Society as described in a Dec. 24, 1927, Free Press story. (See related article on Page 13A.) The controversy over which historic objects to display has come to the forefront with sensitive nature of the war and the nation’s largest mass execution in Mankato.

The state Historical Society has the noose used to hang Chief Chaska in storage and said it does not plan to put it on public view when it opens an exhibit on the war, saying they don’t want it to become “the noose exhibit.”

For Darla Gebhard, a research archivist and librarian at the Brown County Historical Society, keeping compelling history out of reach of the public goes against the very nature of historical societies’ obligations.

“Personally, I know that any artifact here, that anyone could come in and view it. Even if it’s not on display, we certainly take it out,” Gebhard said.

The Blue Earth County (Minn.) Histori“That’s just freedom of informa- cal Society has no plans to display tion. You hold artifacts in trust for the beam, regardless of its authenticthe public and the public should be ity. able to view them — not just some people can see them and some canon display in the national Holocaust not.”

Museum.

Gebhard, whose great-grandfaPotter said some people are ther defended New Ulm from allowed to view objects in storage, if Dakota attacks in they have a reason to.

August 1862, said “You have to give us objects such as the a reason why you noose or remnants of want to see an object the gallows may be While it’s in our closed collecpainful for some but painful for tion — people who are are part of the historsome, history is doing research on a ical story. sometimes topic. Then it goes “I’d certainly like to before a collections powerful and see Chaska’s noose committee to decide if painful. on exhibit because I it has merit,” Potter think it would be a said.

— Darla very personal, powGebhard She said the process erful experience to is needed because of see it. While it’s the time it can take to painful for some, history is sometimes powerful and locate and show someone objects that are in storage. painful.”

The Mankato Free Press is a sister She said it is similar to people seeing the shoes or other personal publication to The Land under The ❖ items of Holocaust victims that are Free Press Media.

was authentic. On May 12, 1932, it was CHALLENGE, from pg. 11A removed from the hotel basement and wide depending on where you measure. put on display at a Sibley Park pavilion, It is the notches, though, that suppos- according to a Free Press story. edly held the rope for nine nooses, that Sometime between 1932 and 1987, may have been the most identifiable part of a gallows timber. And those notches when the historical society moved into are neither as wide nor spaced in the its current location, Potter believes the real scaffold piece was lost. manner described in the story.

It may have been lost in a flood, considThe story describes nine notches ering the park pavilion was on the river “about three inches wide.” There are none of that width. The smaller, slanted side of the park and was torn down or notches are either 1 or 2 inches wide and swept away.

There is a clue, perhaps, the larger ones about 8 in a small ticket that is inches. framed and nailed to the Potter also said they’re None of it timber with rusted flatnot equally spaced, as head screws. Only small matches the they’re described in the word fragments (which description (in 1927 story. appear to include newspaper The story also describes “Mankato” and “Minaccounts). ... I “four bolt holes” in the nesota”) remain visible on middle of the wood, suspect this is a the ticket. though Potter said there different beam.

Potter believes this is is only one hole. the same ticket that origi— Randy “Needless to say, this is nally held the name of Dinsmore not the object described in John F. Meagher, the the 1927 article,” she said.

Mankato hardware dealer who bought the timber in The larger cuts would not have immediately thrown off previous caretakers of early 1863. the beam because newspaper accounts How would that get attached to a bridge said the timber was used in a hardware timber? She does not know, but believes store after it was sold in early 1863. It someone, knowingly or not, attached the was presumably re-cut for that purpose. ticket to the wrong piece of timber.

A final piece of evidence, though it is “When is that moment where the stomore tentative, is the nature of the wood, ries got crossed and one object got kept frequently described as freshly cut white and the other wasn’t?” she asked. oak in news accounts.

If it is truly gone, the timber is the secRandy Dinsmore, a project coordinator ond artifact related to the hangings that at Goodrich Construction, was donating has been lost. his time for an unrelated project at the An 8,500-pound granite monument, historical society and was asked to take created in 1912 with the inscription, a look at the timber.

“Here were hanged 38 Sioux Indians,” His guess is that it’s either hickory or was in a city storage yard but has not red elm, though “pretty much all wood been seen publicly since the mid-’90s. looks the same when it’s grayed out and The timber is likely to stay in the colleathered.” lection, along with about 85 percent of To get a better guess, he’d have to sand the historical society’s 24,000 artifacts. it smooth and inspect it further.

“We can start to dig a little more to at That seems unlikely to happen, least figure out where this bridge was,” because Potter said she probably won’t she said. do any more research to investigate The digging will be the first time in whether or not it’s the scaffold “because I decades this piece will be subjected to really don’t feel that it is.” scrutiny, she said.

Dinsmore agrees.

“We ask a lot of questions about a lot of “None of it matches the description (in things. Why we didn’t ask questions newspaper accounts). ... I suspect this is about this one I don’t know.” a different beam.”

The Mankato Free Press is a sister A half-century hole publication to The Land under The Free Potter does not doubt that the timber Press Media. ❖ donated to the historical society in 1927

From 1927: ‘Scaffold timber relic of Indian hanging prized’ would not in any case, since the scaffold was used only once.

The gallows was built by soldiers and the wood of it was auctioned off about six months after the hanging when Meagher obtained it, using it for a building which afterward burned.

Various fixtures of metal used on the gallows were collected by the soldiers and placed among the Army stores as were probably the hanging ropes. All this material has no doubt long since disappeared. ❖

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length, each about three inches wide and equal distance apart.

They were made roughly by making two cuts with a saw and knocking out the wood between the cuts.

The ropes used to hang the Indians are believed to have run in these notches. The scaffold was made to hang forty, and with nine notches on each side there would only be thirty-six. The other sides may have had more notches. But it is impossible to tell. The notches show no evidence of being worn by ropes, although they probably

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shipped it. The bit of cardboard is The Free Press yellow with age.

Dec. 24, 1927 There are walking sticks owned The timber is not by any means

by Mankato people made from sound as an inspecsome of the timber tion of it in the which formed the basement of the scaffold on which the Ben Pay hotel The scaffold is thirty-eight Indians where Pay had it supposed to have were hanged here in stored will show. been constructed 1862 but ever since The scaffold is the wood was prized of new oak, but supposed to have as relics has the city the relic is much been constructed possessed so large a decomposed ... of new oak, but piece of it as turned the relic is much up here this week when decomposed and W.H. Pay, president of the Blue the surface of it looks like an old Earth County Historical Society, railroad tie taken out of the track. obtained a twenty-four foot timber It is about a foot square. from the University of Minnesota.

Four bolt holes appear just in the The University was about to middle of the twenty-four foot destroy it after having preserved it piece. These were apparently used for many years in the geological to attach one of the several survey rooms there, but Pay wrote uprights of the foursquare scafand asked for it. The timber still fold. The timber is believed to have has on it the little square address been either a top or a bottom secticket which the sender, John F. tion of the gallows. There are nine Meagher, a Mankato hardware notches cut in one edge of its dealer tacked on it when he

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150 years later, war’s wounds still cut deep a narrow strip of reservation land along Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune the Minnesota River. It exploded when Information Services their despair and anger turned into I would hope that average, mainstream Minnesotans A 150-year-old loop of rope, knotted deadly attacks on settlers in August into a hangman’s noose, sits in a cliwould take this moment to pause and wake up a little and September. It ended with the mate-controlled case in the underbit to the truth that this country came out of Indian December hanging of 38 Dakota warground archives of the Minnesota Hiscountry. What happened 150 years ago wasn’t out of riors in Mankato. tory Center in St. Paul. Some say it the blue and was not without provocation.

An act of Congress then banished should be burned, buried or returned thousands of Dakota from Minnesota. to the hands of the Dakota people.

— Guy Lopez The law, though now unobserved, remains Others argue it should be displayed, like on the books. piles of shoes at Holocaust museums, as a powerful artifact to help people confront the grim tive cell-phone tours of the area hinted that only “In a situation where it’s so contentious, part of story of the U.S.-Dakota War, which erupted in Min- Dakota elders’ voices would be featured. what we’re trying to address through this obserThe concerns reflect debates evident across the vance is how we can be a better institution in terms nesota in 1862 and ended with the largest mass country over how to provide a more complete rendi- of our relationship with the Dakota,” said Dan execution in U.S. history.

The noose, and just what to make of it, is one sign tion of the past at historic sites, even if that means Spock, director of the history center museum. But, of the historical reckoning looming this year as confronting deeply disturbing events long written he added, “we know there will be people for whom we have to be a thing to be against.” For the first time, Minnesotans wrestle with how to mark the 150th out of the historical narrative.

“You can’t turn your head from what is not pretty in the history center is using a “truth recovery project” anniversary of one its ugliest, yet often overlooked, history and, whatever we do, it’s not going to some- model developed in Northern Ireland, which Spock episodes.

“This will be a very challenging year — the how heal things or settle it,” said Stephen Elliott, said features outreach to gather a fuller sense of wounds are still deep,” said Republican state Rep. who became the director of the Minnesota Historical what happened, “rather than assuming all we have Dean Urdahl, a longtime history teacher whose Society last May after 28 years at Colonial Williams- to do is sit down, do some research and cook it up Grove City home is three miles from where the war burg. He was among those who decided to give the ourselves.” broke out. His great-great-grandfather buried some role of African-Americans and slavery greater promi- Emotions high in the valley The Minnesota River valley, where the war of its first victims. “It was our state’s greatest nence at Williamsburg. Five years ago, a similar effort led to reconstruction of a slave cabin at Mount unfolded, is dotted with living descendants of settragedy.”

Vernon, the historic home of George Washington. tlers whose family trees wind back to 1862. In that Dozens of commemorative events are planned, The U.S.-Dakota War was largely overshadowed by area, and among the Dakota, interest in the war is from a major exhibit at the Minnesota History Centhe Civil War raging to the south.

But the bloody intense. But many Minnesotans remain largely ter to programs in classrooms across the state and cell-phone tours along the Minnesota River, where clash left a profound legacy on the then 4-year-old unaware of the tragic story.

“You can get through the Minnesota school system the war raged for six weeks. Yet, in the shadow of it state of Minnesota.

“I would hope that average, mainstream Min- and never hear about the Dakota conflict, and at a all are deep rifts over how to best observe the war’s nesotans would take this moment to pause and wake national level people are completely clueless,” said sesquicentennial.

Some Dakota believe artifacts should be returned up a little bit to the truth that this country came out Jessica Potter, the director of the Blue Earth County to them, and that Historic Fort Snelling should be of Indian country,” said Guy Lopez, a Dakota from Historical Society in Mankato, where the hangings razed or portrayed as a concentration camp used to Crow Creek, S.D., who now lives in Washington. took place after President Abraham Lincoln signed punish hundreds of their ancestors after the war. “What happened 150 years ago wasn’t out of the blue the orders. “Even in this community, we have major community leaders who say: ‘Lincoln was involved, Meanwhile, some descendants of the more than 400 and was not without provocation.”

The year 1862 started with broken promises and really?’” settlers and soldiers killed in the conflict complained when early brochures about commemora- starvation for the Dakota, who had been pushed into See WOUNDS, pg. 15A

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She is angry that the historical society’s collection includes the noose, as well as dolls and other items soldiers collected during punitive raids following the war. “All these things need to be in Dakota hands; they have no right to them. It’s just another atrocity that they even have these objects taken off the killing fields. ...

“The idea that they hold indigenous peoples’ things and tell us it’s for the public’s good is outrageous,” she said.

Spock insists state historians are trying to be sensitive to Dakota concerns and acknowledges problems in the historical society’s past. The remains of Dakota leader Little Crow, in the collection for more than a century, were finally turned over in 1971 under pressure and buried in Flandreau, S.D. “We’re not in the habit of thinking of our activities as being anything other than virtuous, so when somebody says, ‘You shouldn’t have this, it doesn’t belong to you,’ it kind of cuts to the core or our values,” Spock said.

The history center invited Dakota and settlers’ descendants to join separate panels to respond to plans for the anniversary exhibit and events. They showed the groups the noose and other items in January, but refused a Star Tribune request to photo-

cal society’s archives.

A doctor’s wife, Sarah Wakefield, had testified that Chaska protected her and her children when they were taken captive. But Chaska wound up on the gallows anyway. A soldier named J.K. Arnold stole the noose right after the hanging and hid it for seven years, according to his letter in the archives, violating orders to ship all the nooses to Washington.

“It’s sitting in there as a trophy and we want it returned along with the other 37 nooses that are somewhere in Washington,” said Melvin Lee Houston, 59, of the Santee reservation in Lindy, Neb. His great-great-great-grandfather was among the 38 hanged and his ancestors were among thousands of Dakota forced out of Minnesota.

He hopes all the nooses will be found and given to Dakota elders this year for a Wiping of the Tears ceremony. History center officials resist giving up artifacts, saying it’s their job to protect historical evidence, such as the noose, for future generations.

Rep. Urdahl has introduced resolutions to pardon Chaska and to urge Congress to repeal the Dakota Exclusion Act. Even those efforts have aroused controversy.

Waziyatawin and some other Dakota oppose the pardon as an attempt to “assuage white guilt” by clearing a Dakota who helped a white woman instead of the other 37 hanged warriors, who she says were patriotic Minnesotans protecting their homeland from intruders.

“There’s so much division in the Dakota community,” Brown said. “It’s not about blaming or shaming or guilting. Right now, it’s about allowing the truth through history to be acknowledged and recognized.”

This article was originally published in the Jan. 29 issue of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. It was written by Curt Brown. ❖

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graph or see it. They plan not to include it when the WOUNDS, from pg. 14A Blue Earth County’s collection includes a wooden 1862 exhibit opens this summer.

“Partly out of sensitivity to the Dakota people, we beam reputed to be part of the scaffolding from which the hanging ropes dangled. It remains out of feel strongly that the noose would tend to overwhelm the whole story and it would just become the noose view because of questions about its authenticity.

John LaBatte — a New Ulm descendant of a exhibit,” Spock said. “It would detract from what we Dakota warrior, a Dakota who opposed the war and a really want people to understand, which is this slain white trader — will lead battleground tours whole chain of events that leads to this war, and if this summer and is on the state historical society’s there’s culpability people can see it.”

Darla Gebhard, research librarian descendants advisory panel. It surat the Brown County Museum in New prises him how deeply the war still Ulm, is the great-great-granddaughresonates, noting that it took only (The noose) ter of a man who defended New Ulm decades after World War II for the from Dakota attackers. The noose, she United States to develop friendly reminds us of said, should be displayed because “it relations with Japan and Germany. what a horrible reminds us of what a horrible end But that war involved a unified end there was there was to the war, and to deny it America fighting an enemy on foreign to the war, and and not show those pieces is like soil, said Sasha Houston Brown, acato deny it and you’re trying to erase the shame of demic adviser for indigenous stunot show those what happened.” She recalls the shoes dents at Minneapolis Community and and human hair at the U.S. Holocaust pieces is like Technical College and a Santee Sioux.

Memorial Museum in Washington — you’re trying to The other was fought in occupied ter“tell me that wasn’t a riveting experiritory of the Dakota homeland. “All erase the ence” — and thinks artifacts are vital this goes against the great American shame of what to understanding history. myth of the land of the free and the happened.

The noose that killed Chaska home of the brave. That wasn’t the After the war, brief trials led to more reality, and it makes people uncom— Darla than 300 Dakota braves being senfortable,” Brown said.

Gebhard tenced to die. Lincoln cut the list to Among the most outspoken Dakota 39, writing to state leaders that he critics of the Minnesota Historical Sociwas “anxious to not act with so much clemency as to ety’s practices is Waziyatawin, who lives in the encourage another outbreak ... nor with so much Upper Sioux Community near Granite Falls and severity as to be real cruelty.” holds a doctorate degree in history. She insists the A last-minute reprieve by the state left the list at historical society “is totally callous to the concerns of Dakota people” and thinks Fort Snelling should be 38. They were hanged the day after Christmas in torn down or returned because it served as a concen- Mankato. Among them was a man named Chaska, tration camp, imprisoning 1,600 starving and dis- who experts now agree was mistakenly executed.

The noose used to hang him is the one in the historieased Dakota nearby in the winter of 1862-63.

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Museum offers glimpse of the old world, inside and out

By RICHARD SIEMERS The Land Correspondent Of all of the displays of county history that the Brown County Historical Society has in its New Ulm, Minn., museum, one of the most striking is the building itself.

The exterior makes you think you are back in Europe.

Darla Gebhard Bob Burgess “They wanted a German look,” said Research Librarian Darla Gebhard. “It is not a replica of any building in Germany, but was inspired by buildings from the German lowlands.”

The steep roof and stepped gables are similar to buildings seen in the German state of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), and in the lowland countries of the Netherlands and Belgium that border Germany.

Adding to the architecture is the striking materials used. Quoting from the Society’s website, “the exterior of the structure has alternating courses of variegated deep red rough brick and gray-white terra cotta stone (a manufactured concrete stone).”

The building served as New Ulm’s post office from 1910 to 1976. When the post office moved to a new location, the city of New Ulm and Brown County purchased the building. The BCHS became a third partner to renovate the building for a museum.

When the renovation was complete, the city gave its interest to the county. The BCHS rents the space for

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Right: The spiral staircase from the post office is still at home in the Brown County Historical Society. The post office was housed in the building until 1976. The current museum opened in 1984. its museum, which opened in 1984.

The post office had a high ceiling with an attic above. The renovation included adding a mezzanine, an open space which provides a second floor for exhibits, and transforming the attic into a third floor exhibit area.

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remnants that keep its former use alive. Gebhard told how a postal inspector would arrive unannounced, enter by a back door, and take an iron spiral staircase to the attic where there were several peep windows through which an inspector could watch the employs.

Staff members can point visitors to a segment of the spiral staircase that was preserved, and to one of the peep windows that was salvaged and installed in a wall overlooking the entry. The light fixtures are also original.

While not open to public viewing, Director Bob Burgess pointed out remnants of a terrazzo floor in the basement, and a shower drain. Early in the 20th century mail delivery was dirty and muddy. This was a place for the carriers to shower and clean up.

When you are done being fascinated by the building, you can look at the exhibits. The first floor is a display of Century Farms of Brown County and of the changes in farming through the decades. The mezzanine has artifacts of children’s writer and illustrator Wanda Gag, a New Ulm native; a display of historic quilts and sewing machines, with one contemporary quilt; and the Ulm Room, filled with historic furniture brought from New Ulm’s sister city of Ulm, Germany.

The third floor is an exhibit on the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. That exhibit is undergoing a complete renovation in preparation for the 150th anniversary of the war and will reopen in August.

The museum is located at the intersection of Broadway and Center Street. Check their website at browncountyhistorymn.org for hours and other information. There is a modest entrance fee. ❖

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drought monitoring. The group has developed a website showing their drought-monitoring maps; the site will soon go public and be linked to the U.S. Drought Portal at www.drought.gov.

The work has advanced enough that the team wants to expand its drought monitoring to Mexico, Canada and Central and South America. They are mapping parts of Africa — including the Horn of Africa region, where drought has caused famine in Somalia — with data from European Union meteorological satellites.

Anderson recently attended a conference in Ethiopia on soil moisture and drought monitoring to help subsistence farmers cope with increased weather variability. Scientists, Ethiopian government officials and disaster-aid groups participated in the conference and showed great interest in the new water-use and drought-early-warning information that can be provided by satellite systems.

Use of ET for drought mapping ET consists of the water evaporated from soil and plant surfaces and the water vapor that escapes, or transpires, through plant leaf pores (stomata) as the plants absorb carbon dioxide through photosynthesis.

Anderson and Kustas and colleagues have simplified the estimation of ET by using measurements of land-surface See DROUGHT, pg. 18A

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Every month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Center for Climate Prediction has a drought briefing by teleconference to identify the latest drought areas in North America.

Agricultural Research Service scientists Martha Anderson and Bill Kustas are hoping that in a year or so, data from their computer model/satellite package will give evapotranspiration — known as ET — maps a seat at that briefing.

With funding from NOAA and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, they have developed a modeling system that NOAA will use to generate ET estimates over the continental United States. NOAA will evaluate these ET products to see how well they work for operational hydrologic and meteorological modeling. One application of the remotely sensed ET maps will be to monitor drought over the United States from a satellite’s perspective.

Anderson is a physical scientist and Kustas is a hydrologist; both are at the ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory in Beltsville, Md. Next year, North America; Someday, the world Anderson and Kustas, along with NOAA colleagues Chris Hain and Xiwu Zhan, are also mapping ET over the entire globe at a coarser spatial resolution, working toward a day when the maps can be used worldwide for

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Drought defined by deviation from normal dryness DROUGHT, from pg. 17A temperature obtained from weather and research satellites. With this data, they can infer soil moisture without needing data on precipitation, soil characteristics or anything else below the Earth’s surface. Anderson said that, “generally speaking, a cooler land surface is an indicator that ET is higher.

Evaporation cools surfaces, so lower surface temperatures are typically associated with wetter soil and greater ET rates. In contrast, stressed vegetation exhibits elevated leaf temperatures, which can also be detected from space.”

Their ET maps can discriminate rivers, lakes, irrigated cropland and wetlands based on the cooler surface temperatures. These maps are remarkably similar to those created by more complex hydrologic computer models requiring significantly more input data — which is often not readily available.

ALEXI infers soil moisture Anderson and Kustas feed the remotely sensed temperature data into their computer model, ALEXI (Atmosphere-Land Exchange Inverse), and it mathematically partitions the composite measurements into soil and plant temperatures. In turn, the equations use these component temperatures to make separate estimates of soil evaporation and plant transpiration. Soil evaporation estimates allow inferences about soil moisture in the first several inches of topsoil. Plant transpiration estimates do the same for soil moisture in the root zone, which can extend down to three feet or more, depending on plant type. Information about root-zone soil moisture is critical to farmers because it helps them decide how much and when to irrigate or how drought is likely to affect yields in dryland agricul-

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Since 2000, ALEXI has been running daily, estimating ET over the continental United States. ALEXI’s accuracy has been shown to be within about 10 percent of measurements by surface- and tower-based instruments.

Dry is normal in the west Anderson explains that drought is monitored by detecting anomalies, so she and colleagues want to add ET anomalies to the monitoring process.

“It is dry in the American West, so that’s their normal, while greater moisture is the norm in the East,” Anderson said. “We’re looking for what is abnormal for a region, either drier or wetter than usual.”

To do this, they created an Evaporative Stress Index by computing anomalies in the ratio of the “actual ET” estimated by ALEXI to the “potential ET,” which is the maximum ET that could be expected for a given region.

This ratio gives a value from 0 to 1, with 0 indicating very dry conditions and 1 indicating wet or ample moisture for soil and plants. In a typical year, the ratio will be smaller in the West than in the East, but significant deviations from the typical ESI values in various regions provide a measure for detecting drought conditions.

“Drought detection is always in terms of percentage deviation from the norm in dryness or wetness for a region. In other words, See DROUGHT, pg. 19A

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energy and temperatures from both the soil and vegetation components of the land surface. ALEXI is built on this two-source framework, but extends its application to a regional scale.

Norman, Kustas and colleagues worked for more than two decades to develop the surface temperature-based techniques for estimating ET. But, Kustas said, it is Anderson “who has carried ALEXI from a research tool to an operational system that can serve as a practical tool for ET and drought monitoring.”

Evaluating ALEXI model formulations Since 1987, there have been studies evaluating different modeling components used in ALEXI as part of largescale remote-sensing field experiments throughout North America. These studies have yielded a vast reservoir of data across various landscapes, from desert to tall-grass prairie to crop fields, forests and bare land.

Many of these campaigns focused on testing microwave sensors that detect Earth’s natural microwave emissions from land for direct measurements of soil moisture. Wade Crow, an ARS physical scientist at Beltsville, is researching ways to blend microwave with thermal data currently used by Anderson and Kustas, looking to take advantage of the best features of each method.

In more recent field studies, they tested their thermal technique over cotton fields in the Texas Panhandle.

They have also applied it in the Everglades of southern Florida, working with the South Florida Water Management District. Both regions are examples of areas where water managers and farmers urgently need the type of daily high-resolution ET and soil moisture availability estimates the ALEXIsatellite package promises to deliver.

For the Texas remote-sensing campaign, Kustas and Anderson worked with Paul Colaizzi, Prasanna Gowda and Steve Evett to evaluate and refine major remote-sensing-based ET models for arid and semi-arid regions.

Colaizzi and Gowda are agricultural engineers, and Evett is a soil scientist in the ARS Soil and Water Management Research Unit in Bushland, Texas. The experiment, led by Evett and Kustas, involved four ARS labs and several universities.

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DROUGHT, from pg. 18A will there be more or less rainfall than usual,” Kustas said. “This index tells us whether there is more or less ET than usual.”

Cross-checking their methods The scientists use coarse-resolution data from geostationary satellites to screen for drought stress and then take a closer look at stressed areas with high-resolution data from other satellites. Geostationary satellites appear motionless because they orbit at 22,000 miles above Earth’s equator.

These satellites take snapshots of land-surface temperature conditions every five to 15 minutes.

Scientists at ARS, NASA and Johns Hopkins University are testing the drought-mapping software side by side with traditional hydrologic mapping to see if the best parts of each method could be combined to improve regional waterbudget estimates. Currently, they are comparing the two techniques to see how well each one estimates water usage along the full length of the Nile River.

“We want to see how closely the results from those two methods match, as a cross check,” Anderson said. So far, maps drawn from the two methods look similar, but the remote-sensing approach gives better spatial detail, and it highlights regions of enhanced ET in irrigated and wetland areas that hydrologic models miss.

The ALEXI model mainly uses data from meteorological satellites, but it also receives data on vegetation cover from NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites. ALEXI is coupled with a model that simulates the interactions of the lowest part of the atmosphere with Earth’s surface. These interactions affect soil evaporation and plant transpiration. For example, if the lower atmosphere is dry and the land surface wet, ET will increase.

Two sources are better than one Anderson was a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1990s, working with John Norman, a professor with expertise in soilplant-atmosphere computer modeling and agricultural remote sensing.

Anderson joined Norman in working with Kustas on developing ALEXI. Kustas said that “at a time when the ability to estimate ET using remotely sensed surface temperature was being discredited, Norman came up with a new approach, a unique two-source modeling framework, that converted many skeptics.” The two-source model estimates contributions of water,

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Satellite technology aids forecast of crop yields DROUGHT, from pg. 19A provide “ground truth” data for testing ET estimates from ALEXI and other models.

“The ALEXI model allowed us to scale these point measurements up to regional water-use estimates,” Kustas said. Typically, regional ground-based networks of ET weather stations are too sparse to support operational decision making. Consequently, satellite imagery is likely to be the only viable source for routine ET estimates.

Evett sees many future uses for satellite remote sensing of ET, particularly for water-district management and policy-making on water issues.

Irrigation scheduling from space In the long run, Anderson and Kustas hope to provide local ET data for use in irrigation scheduling, just as is currently done from field weather stations. But the data from satellites would be for individual farm fields, rather than from the nearest field station, so it would more accurately reflect local conditions. This will be especially helpful in places where there are no extensive networks of field weather stations, such as Africa.

Still, getting routine ET estimates for individual fields from satellites is laborious at this point, Anderson said. She and Kustas hope to streamline the process for operational use. They’re counting on new satellites with high-resolution thermal sensors to improve the timeliness of satellite imagery. The Thermal Infrared Sensor on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, scheduled for launch by NASA in January 2013, will be critical to moving toward routine mapping of ET at field scale.

More and more uses Besides drought monitoring, water management and irrigation scheduling, uses of the ALEXI/satellite package include crop yield prediction. “If crops

suddenly show stress, we can ask whether that will affect yield, which will depend on the crop and whether it’s in a critical growth stage when drought occurs,” Anderson said.

Another use is in weather forecasting. Differences between land and air temperatures have major effects on weather, including spawning convection and thunderstorms. “With five- to 15-minute readings from the geostationary satellites, we can monitor the changes in land and air temperatures as the sun rises. Since heat transfer from the land surface is largest around noon, late morning to early afternoon is when there is the greatest potential for turbulence caused by the temperature difference between land and air,” Anderson said.

In addition, remotely sensed ET and soil moisture maps can also be assimilated into meteorological models, potentially improving short-range weather forecasts. John Mecikalski, with the Atmospheric Science Department of the University of Alabama at Huntsville, is using ALEXI heat-flux estimates to eventually forecast where thunderstorms may develop one to six hours in advance. This is likely to improve flood forecasts and the prediction of severe weather outbreaks, as well as have benefits for air travel. Previously with UW-M, Mecikalski was

responsible for developing the prototype data infrastructure to implement ALEXI at continental scales.

Link to carbon cycle Anderson said the next generation of ALEXI may also predict carbon fluxes, since there is a close link between Earth’s carbon and water cycles. Both canopy transpiration and CO2 uptake are jointly controlled by leaf stomata, and therefore carbon assimilation and water use by plants can be tightly coupled. By modeling both cycles together, rather than separately, Anderson thinks we can do better at monitoring the nation’s carbon and water budgets.

Satellite measurements of land-surface temperature will be a crucial model input, providing valuable spatial information on the health of the crops and other vegetation that regulate water and carbon exchange across the landscape.

This article was published in the February issue of Agricultural Research magazine. It was written by former ARS information staff member Don Comis.

This research supports the USDA priorities of responding to climate change and promoting international food security and is part of Water Availability and Watershed Management and Climate Change, Soils, and Emissions, two ARS national programs described at www.nps.ars.usda.gov. ❖

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Independent foreclosure reviews let borrowers who faced foreclosure on their primary residences between Jan. 1, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2010, request reviews of their cases if they believe they suffered financial injury as a result of errors in the foreclosure processes of the following servicers: America’s Servicing Co., Aurora Loan Services, Bank of America, Beneficial, Chase, Citibank, CitiFinancial, Citi Mortgage, Country-Wide, EMC, EverBank/Everhome, Freedom Financial, GMAC Mortgage, HFC, HSBC, IndyMac Mortgage Services, MetLife Bank, National City, PNC Mortgage, Sovereign Bank, SunTrust Mortgage, U.S. Bank, Wachovia, Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo.

The reviews will determine whether individuals suffered financial injury and should receive compensation or other remedies due to errors or other problems during their home foreclosure process.

The reviews were ordered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in April 2011 after the federal regulators found unsafe and unsound mortgage servicing and foreclosure practices among these large, federally regulated mortgage servicers.

Situations that may have led to financial injury include, but are not limited to: The mortgage balance at the time of the foreclosure action was more than you actually owed; Fees charged or mortgage payments were inaccurately calculated, processed or applied; You were doing everything a modification agreement required but the foreclosure sale still happened; The foreclosure action occurred while you were protected by bankruptcy; and a foreclosure proceeded on a military member in violation of Servicemembers Civil Relief Act protections.

More than 4 million letters were mailed to potentially eligible borrowers with request-for-review forms and instructions on how to complete and return them. The form lets you describe what you think went wrong. Simply answer the questions to tell your story, include any additional documents you think relevant and return the form by April 30.

If you believe you are eligible and have not received a form, you can request one by calling (888) 9529105, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

(ET) and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (ET). Learn more at www.occ.gov/independentforeclosurereview.

This article was submitted by the Floyd County office of Iowa State University Extension in Charles City, Iowa. ❖

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Farm show rooted in central Minnesota After 45 years the Central Minnesota Farm Show, organized by the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce, is still delivering the goods.

The formula is simple: Assemble hundreds of vendors from every corner of the agriculture industry and let both the farming and non-farming communities know about it. The combination results in an average of more than 4,000 visitors for the three-day

event.

This year’s Farm Show is scheduled for Feb. 28-March 1 at the River’s Edge Convention Center. Admission to the event is free. The show is coordinated and arranged by the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce Farm Show Committee.

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What: Central Minnesota Farm Show (Sponsored by the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce) Where: River’s Edge Convention Center, 10 4th South, St. Cloud, Minn.

When: Feb. 28-March 1 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Cost: Admission is free to the general public Parking: $5 at the Convention Center.

Prices vary in other locations.

with an interest in the agriculture industry. “Visitors can look for special product offers, entertainment and educational opportunities from a variety of professional vendors,” Theis said.

Agricultural meeting grounds Since opening its doors four decades ago, the farm show has been a popular community event for central Minnesota.

Serving over a 100-mile radius, the show gives area farmers an opportunity to check out the season’s newest products, as well as socialize with other members of the agriculture industry.

It also allows vendors a rare chance to meet their customers in person.

Chad Carlson of Carlson Wholesale in St. Cloud, said the farm show is their main pipeline to the customer.

“Most visitors just come to see what’s new,” Carlson said. Customers visit Carlson’s five-booth display to chat with the sales team, pick up new catalogs and comparison shop.

Carlson points out that the farm show kicks off the start of the prime time agribusiness season. Farmers browse now and buy later. Come early spring sales start to take off and continue nonstop into fall.

Necessary components Much like the machines on display, the agriculture industry depends on a complex network of parts to keep it running smoothly. With so many industry representatives on hand at one time, the farm show clearly illustrates the many components successfully at work.

Once again all the pieces are in place for a 2012 show that promises to bring the same level of quality vendors, customers and information that make the farm show a central Minnesota tradition. ❖

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buildings with literature 831 Complete Grain Systems Grain dryer and grain handling equipment 804-806-808 Country Financial Financial products 404 Courtland Waste Handling GEA Houle manure handling equipment 910 C.S. Arvola Inc. Agricultural livestock, shop and storage buildings 1019 Culbac Products Animal health product, feed additive, healthy start 9 Cutco Cutco-sporting, hunting, fishing, pocket, super shears - kitchen cutlery 12 Dairy Farmers of America Dairy Marketing company, dairy products to be displayed 400 - Glenn Carlson Hall Dairy Star Newspaper 7 Dairyland Pest Control Display booth - pest control 204 - Glenn Carlson Hall Dairyland Seed Inc. Seed (corn, alfalfa soybeans) display 202 - Glenn Carlson Hall Dairyland Supply Vandale Waste Handler, Houle

Equipment, Penta TMR Mixers, Feed Carts, Polydome products, hydra-spreads 601-603-605-607-609-611621-700-702-704-706-708 Deatons Nutrition Inc. Multi-sill II Inoculant 506 Diamond Industrial Cleaning Equipment Pressure washers, Karcher, Hydrotek, MITM 602 - Glenn Carlson Hall Dick Meyer Co. Inc. Barn floor grooving information 914 Donabauer Environmental LLC Wetland consulting 514 Dust Busters Furnace & Duct Cleaning Furnace and duct cleaning, chimney cleaning 1013 Edward Jones Investments Financial information about investing 1011 Erickson Marketing Farm equipment - Teagle bale

processors, rakes 810-812-814 European Energy Connections Consulting services for ag products 315 Exclusive Home Products Westbend Waterless Cookware 406-408 Feed Co. Inc. Retail livestock feed, organic livestock feeds 813 Form A Feed Form A Feed animal feed 319 Falls Silo Service Table top display 833 Feed Stuff Bagging Siloflex silage bags, MCT Plus Inoculant, Buchneri Inoculant, silage bagger 815 Finken Water Water Treatment, softeners, spas, (Vita spas, Hellenbrand, Watercare) plumbing, heating, cooling, Bryant 600 - Glenn Carlson Hall

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Seed corn 606 Carlson Wholesale Ritchie livestock fountains, Loyal farm equipment, CalfTel small animal housing, Tos-O-Wik livestock pest control 311-313-410-412 Glenn Carlson Hall Catholic United Financial Fraternal life Insurance 1017 Central McGowan Inc. Welding supplies and equipment 206 - Glenn Carlson Hall Central Minnesota Corn Growers Corn growers association 807 Central Minnesota Credit Union Display booth 908 Central MN Ethanol Co-op Display booth 809 CentraSota Co-op Agronomy - seed - fertilizer - crop production products 301-303-305 -Glenn Carlson Hall Champion Ag Electric Long day lighting 500 Champion Milking Systems LLC Dairymaster milking equipment, Oxyblast Water treatment system, Impulse 502-504 Channel Bio LLC Seed, corn and soybean display booth 922 Cleary Building Corp.

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Alkota, Landa & Karcher portable pressure washers, accessories for pressure washers 320 American Shelters Hoop building 606 - Glenn Carlson Hall AMPI Display booth, cheese 606 - Glenn Carlson Hall Amps Inc. Winpower and Honda PTO, portable generators 818 API Garage Door Store Overhead garage doors and operators - Midland, Liftmaster, Genie 924 Arnold’s of Kimball Case IH tractors, skid loaders, hay equipment 901-903-905-1000-1002-1004 Arnold’s Equipment Melroe skid loader with attachements 821-823 Arnzen Construction Inc. Berg equipment, J&D Equipment, Macro Air Fan, straw choppers, feed carts 201-203-205-300-302-304 Arvig Communication Systems Security solutions, selling Honeywell home security products 811 Avon Ag Lime Ag Lime display 2 Barn Restoration Specialists Corp.

Pictures and information 219 Battery Wholesale Batteries 101 - Glenn Carlson Hall Benton County Ag Society Display booth 1022-1024 Best Footing Concrete Grooving Concrete grooving 417 BOE Custom Services Inc. Custom baling, wrapping and land rolling. Net wrap - farmers brand, twines, Farmers brand and Bravo brand, plastic wrap 410 Bongards Creameries Bongards cheese 1020 Buckey’s Sales & Service Doda manure pumps 800-802 Byron Seeds

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Be sure to stop by the booths of these exhibitors as you browse through the Central Minnesota Farm Show Feb. 28-March 1.

21st Century Ag Agro-culture liquid fertilizers 206 Abba Roofing Roofing, windows, siding, gutters, insulation 207 ABC Seamless of St. Cloud Siding, windows, gutters, steel and asphalt roofing 803 ABS Global Inc. Table top display, literature on artificial insemination and udder care products 925 Accelerated Genetics Dairy and beef genetics 513 Advanced Comfort Technology Inc. Dual Chamber Cow Waterbeds 805 Advanced Ag Construction Graindyers, grain bins and grain handling equipment 912 Advantage 1 Insurance Agency Insurance 400 Agri-King Inc. Silo-King, livestock nutrution 926 Agri-News Newspaper 5 Agri-Systems Inc. Grain storage and handling systems design, sales and construction, Brock bins, DMC, Schlagel 1018 AgStar Financial Services Marketing materials promoting AgStar products and service 801-900 Albers Dairy Equipment Inc. Headlocks, free stalls, water troughs 829 All America Pressure Washers Pressure washers and parts 112 Allied Distribution Inc. Infloor heating product 409 Ameribuilt Buildings Post frame building display 608 American Family Insurance Insurance 515 American Pressure Inc.

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321 G3 Power Systems LLC Power generators 106 Genex Cooperative Genex Cooperative is an AI organization and we will have photos of our bulls 817 Genex Farm Systems Conveyor, roller mill, store tank, unloader, calf feeder 1025-1027-1029 Gilman Co-op Creamery Farm and feed store display 916 Gold Country Seed Farm seed

911 Granite Electronics Motorola 2-way radios, Nextel, TMobile, AT&T wireless phones 819 Grassland Solutions High tensile fencing for cattle, sheep, horses; fencing display with literature 11 Green Energy Products Sunpower solar Panels, renewable energy 404 - Glenn Carlson Hall Greg E. Theis Remodeling Replacement windows, remodeling 705 Growers Mineral Solutions Growers nutritional solutions - fer-

tilizer and animal mineral 612 H&S Mfg. Co. Inc. Forage box, manure spreader, rake and bale wrapper 927-929-931-933-935-10261028-1030-1032-1034 Hanson Silo Co. Hanson valmetal products 207-209-211-213-306-308310-312 - Glenn Carlson Hall Healthy Calves Direct Urban Automatic Feeders and milk shuttles 510 Hitchdoc Travis seed cart, Hitchdoc snow blower 401-403-405-407 Hotsy Equipment of MN

Hot pressure washers 711 Hubbard Feeds Hubbard feed and animal products 709 Innovative Power Systems Solar energy, wind energy 518 Joes Supplies Inc. Shop supplies 717 Jung Seed Genetics Jung Seed Genetics, seed corn, alfalfa, soybeans 104 K&S Millwrights Neco grain dryer and material handling equipment; Conrad American and GSC grain bins,

Lambton conveyor grain legs 108-Glenn Carlson Hall KASM/KDDG Radio Booth for live broadcasting 1 Kleen Test Products/Milk Check Milk Check brand of milk filters 713 Knife River Aggregates, asphalt and ready mix concrete, pre fab booth backwall and counter 1009 Kramer Financial Financial services 918 Kruger Seeds Seeds, soybean and corn 402 - Glenn Carlson Hall Kuhn North America TMR mixers and manure spreaders, Kuhn - disc mowers and conditioners and rakes 300-302-304-306-308 KYES Radio station 1015 L&L Sales and Service Pasture Mat mattresses and Artex Stalls 1006 Lange Ag Systems Display booth - dairy feeding housing and ventilation equipment 1007 Legend Seeds Display of corn, beans, alfalfa products 3 and 4 Lumber One, Avon Farm buildings display booth 1005 Malecha Sales Bergman Speed Hitch, grease guns 1010 Mark J. Traut Wells Inc. Water treatment equipment, well equipment, B&B band, grundfos, aeromotor 816 Master Builders of Avon Building products, contractor, construction 1012 MEDA Inc. Dairy sanitation products, health products 825-827 Messer Repair & Fabricating Rock bucket and pallet forks, pop-up hitch display 103-105-Glenn Carlson Hall Meyer Manufacturing Corp.

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box and wagon, manure spreader, mineral feeder 820-822-824-826-828-830 MidCentral Heating & Air Conditioning Portage and main outdoor wood boilers 913 Midsota Manufacturing Inc. Trailers and skidsteer attachments 412-414-416-418-420 Midstate Genetics Farm seed and chemicals, Kleenacres herbicides 505 Mike’s Knives Cutlery, kitchen knives 217 Minnesota Dairy Beef Council Education display, dairy beef products samples 200 - Glenn Carlson Hall Midwest Machinery Co. John Deere ag equipment 519-521 Mies Outland Road baler 101 Miller Auto Plaza GMC truck 1021-1023 Mimbach Fleet Supply Ritchie Fountains, Spanier Welding Product, Calf-tel products, Husqvarna mowers and saws, Behlen livestock equipment 120-122 Minnesota Assoc. of Farm Mutual Insurance Co. Insurance services 917 Minnesota Farm Guide Newspaper display booth 100 Minnesota Farm Insurance Farm insurance products 512 Minnesota Farmers Union Livestock program display, tabletop 402 Minnesota Home Improvements Roofing, siding, windows, doors, leaf guard gutters 114-116 The Minnesota Project Educational materials 503 Minnesota Spray Foam Insulation Spray foam insulation and retro seal insulation 307 Mobile Washer Pressure washers 1014

Feb. 28-March 1

Stop by booths 613 - 619 at the St. Cloud Farm Show February 29-March 2

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Redfield LLC General contractor - specializing in concrete 103 Redwood Metal Works Artex manure spreaders and silage trailers 613-615-617-619 Retro Door Co. Door Company Seal System 317 RetroGreen Energy Retrofoam display booth 920 Robo Mfg. LLC Rotary rock picker, skid steer attachment, tractor attachment 508 Rodney Knutson Crop and farm insurance 1008 Roers Whitewashing & Cleaning

25 Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota A N.A. Be sure to visit The Financial products, brochures Land at Booth 10.

600 Visit with staff, pick We R Fun Games up a copy of the Life on the Farm board games magazine or buy a cookbook.

105 See you at the show!

Western Products Renewal by Anderson, Seamless siding, replacement windows, Leaf Away gutter protection system, roofing Hoop structure/fabric cover shel- Schaeffers Mfg. - oil/lubricants Service 201 Whitewashing, powerwashing and ter 907-909 Whitcomb Bros. Crane Service fans 212 Sunrise Ag Co-op Grain handling equipment, MFS, 202 Slipka Trading Hubbard feeds, animal, health Neco, Grain Handler Roto-Mix LLC Display booth products 507 Feed mixers 516 205 Wieser Concrete Products 712-714-716-718 Spee Dee Delivery Terra-Therm Manure storage, bunker silos, Royalton Lumber & Hardware Regional delivery service, package Geothermal heating and cooling in feed bunk and LTL service offerings Agriculture building materials farm shops 608 200 715 215 Wilson Trailer Sales of MN Inc. Stearns County Farm Bureau S.I. Feeders The Land Wilson trailer sales, literature for Display booth Steel cattle feeders Magazine Wilson livestock, grain hopper, 906 930-932-934 flatbed and gooseneck trailers 10 509 Stearns Electric Association St. Cloud Overhead Door Co. Titan Pro SCI Inc. Electric demand side manageGarage door and accessories Seed, chemical, crop insurance, Wingert Sales & Service ment conservation programs fertilizer Roll stand, videos 835 501 211 314-316 St. Cloud State University Townsquare Media Woller Equipment Stearns Vet Outlet Education and training in farm Tractors, skidloaders Animal health products, Westfalia Radio station safety 6 310-312 Surge Equipment, large animal 835 equipment Tri-County Foam Insulation LLC WVAL Radio 800 AM Sam’s Club 921-923 Display Radio station Retail exhibit 109 8 Steffes Auctioneers 301 Auctioneer Uncle Sam’s Flag & Pole Your Home Improvement Co. Schaefer Ventilation Equipment 210 Titan Telescoping Flag Poles/flag Windows, cabinets, countertops, Schaefer exhauxt fan accessories siding, preservation, doors Stine Seed Co. 203 102 511 Stine hybrid corn, soybeans Select Sires 208 Van’s Flags & Flagpoles Ziegler Ag Equipment Select Sires, information on sires Flags and flagpoles Caterpillar compact construction Strategic Farm Marketing with semen available. Also equipment, Challenger tractors 620 information on animal care prod- Crop insurance 100-102-104-106 - Glenn Carl517 ucts available VQ Orthocare son Hall Bonicare knee treatment 606-608 Stuart A. Olson Inc. 311 Ag Concepts - soil - biostimulants, Silver Stream Shelters << CENTRAL MINNESOTA FARM SHOW >>

Pioneer Hi-Bred Pioneer brand products including corn hybrids and soybean varieties 616 Pluto Legal LLC Table top display of attorney information 305 Prairie Brand Seeds Prairie Brand seed (corn, soybean and alfalfa) 118 Prairie Lakes Co-op Farmer owned co-op 107 Principal Financial Group Estate and retirement planning 204 Producers Hybrids Seed corn, alfalfa, soybeans 313 Quality Sales and Service Alladin pressure washers and parts for washers 707 R&S Tire Service Agriculture tires and rims (Firestone, Titan) 610 Rasmussen College College information materials 919 RDO Equipment John Deere Loader 115-117-119-121-214-216218-220 Real-Tuff Inc. Squeeze chute, HTC, Stardolone, windbreak, Circular Mat Pen 1031-1033

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Modern Farm Equipment Farm equipment, JCB Fastrac tractor 405-407-409-411-413-504506-508-510-512 Morton Buildings Display booth 614 Mulching Mania Table display showing clearing of land 209 National Farmers Marketing of major ag commodities, grain, livestock, dairy 113 Nextire Inc. Skid steer tires and tracks and other related items 307-309 - Glenn Carlson Hall Northern Tool & Equipment Honda and North Star generators, pressure washers, power eqipment 411 Northland Farm Systems Doda solid manure separator 915 Norwex Cleaning supplies and organic skin care 520 NuTech Seed Seed information 419 OK Tire Store - Motley Michelin ag and end products (tires), Firestone ag and end tires 1016 Osakis Silo Repair Co. Silo unloader equipment 406-408 - Glenn Carlson Hall Outpost Builders Inc. Fabric structures by Span Tech 902 Paul Mueller Company Mueller milk coolers, accu-therm plate heat exchanger 608-610-612 - Glenn Carlson Hall Paul’s Welding & Repair Inc. Jamesway feeding equipment 111 Patz Corp.

Feeding and manure handling equipment 107-109-111-208-210-212 Glenn Carlson Hall Pedogenesis Fertility management with sample of products 602-604 Peterson Farms Seed Corn and soybean seed 309

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Grain prices are effective cash close on Feb. 21. The price index chart compares an average of most recently reported local cash prices with the same average for a year ago. *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Grain Outlook

Livestock Angles

Grain Angles

Sino-Argentine deal bearish for U.S.

Cash markets struggling

Battle for acres will be intense

The following market analysis is for the week ending Feb. 17.

CORN — Corn finished the week on a strong note after a sideways-to-lower trade for the majority of the week. South Korea re-emerged as a buyer twice during the week to keep basis levels firm to encourage farmer selling. Selling has continued to be spotty since farmers have seen these prices previously; however, we were approaching fresh flat price highs as traders headed into a threeday Presidents’ Day weekend.

Argentina’s government published their first official crop estimates this week, pegging the corn PHYLLIS NYSTROM crop between 20.5 million metric Country Hedging tons and 22 mmt (U.S. Department St. Paul of Agriculture was 22 mmt last week). Argentina is the secondlargest corn exporter in the world.

Harvest there should begin in earnest around the first of March. This smaller-than-expected forecast came at the same time that China and Argentina announced they have come to a sanitary protocol agreement that would allow China to import Argentine corn for the first time ever. This issue isn’t expected to have a major impact in the short run, but could be considered bearish longer term for U.S. exports.

Weekly export sales were not a disappointment this week at nearly 40 million bushels, and Mexico accounting for over 40 percent of the total. This is the highest weekly sales number since back in October.

The drought in Mexico has kept them at the front of the line looking for U.S. corn. South Korean feed mills were big buyers this week (look for it to be on

February has started out as a struggle for livestock prices.

Despite all of the bullishness talked about around the cattle and hog markets over the past few weeks, the actual cash markets are struggling against resistance at higher prices.

Over the past several weeks the cash cattle market has seen lower prices as packers have been stingy in their bids trying to recover some of their lost margin. The futures market in turn has failed to move into new highs, showing the overhead resistance that continues near the all-time highs.

JOE TEALE The futures market has been Broker setting the price discovery on a Great Plains Commodity Afton, Minn. weekly basis for the past several months. However, it now looks as if the packers are gaining more control over the price discovery as they hold their bids to the end of the week.

It is becoming more evident that the demand for beef product is more dominating than the supply of cattle. This is most evident in the boxed beef movement. Every time the beef cutout moves higher the volume in the boxed beef trade diminishes. When the beef cutout comes down, then the volume in the boxed beef trade begins to increase which solidifies the thought of good resistance at higher prices.

It is also apparent that cattle are being held back as weights have increased each week for the last month. With the futures continuing to show premiums in the deferred months, it appears that producers are holding back inventories looking for better prices. Because of this situation, producers should See TEALE, pg. 27A

The 2012 “battle for acres” will be as intense as we have seen in years.

With near-record-tight stocks and strong demand, the stakes could not be greater. It will be the market’s job to determine the acreage mix of grain to be planted this spring.

When using “benchmark” cost of production numbers, I find corn to be nearly $150 per acre more profitable than soybeans at current prices. I grant that everyone’s numbers will be different and I encourage each of you run your own numbers and compare.

With soybeans at nearly a breakeven proposition, why would anyTOM NEHER one plant them?

AgStar VP & Team Leader — Grain Industry This is the question that I Rochester, Minn. asked my friend the other night, after watching a local high school basketball game. He made the point about the agronomic benefit of crop rotation and diversification. He also said that he was concerned about the drought that we were experiencing and that soybeans were much more drought-resistant than corn.

He pointed out that I am always talking about risk management and that it was good to be diversified.

Silently acknowledging his points, I could not help but play the “devil’s advocate.” I countered by suggesting that the new plant genetics in corn would laugh at the dry growing conditions. Furthermore, I pointed out that from a margin management perspective, it made no sense to lock-in a break-even in soybeans, when a tidy profit could be captured with corn.

See NEHER, pg. 27A

See NYSTROM, pg. 27A

Information in the above columns is the writer’s opinion. It is no way guaranteed and should not be interpreted as buy/sell advice. Futures trading always involves a certain degree of risk.

Brazilian port accident may up U.S. bean demand

Economies hurting all meat demand TEALE, from pg. 26A remain current and use these premiums to their advantage and protect their inventories.

Since mid-December after making a low in prices, the hog market has been on an ever so slow recovery.

Demand for pork product has been good and has helped stabilize and improve the packer’s need to accumulate live inventory. The supply of hogs has been adequate which has kept the rally in prices from being more impressive.

Considering that the pork cutout is less than half

of that of the beef cutout, domestic retail demand seems to be shifting toward the featuring of pork.

Couple this with a good export market and the hog market should be able to continue to improve in the weeks ahead. The only caveat to this scenario would be the continued economic conditions here in the United States and abroad which would definitely hurt demand for all meats.

Producers should continue to monitor the market, but take advantage of locking inventories on good rallies that produce good premiums in the deferred marketings. ❖

America, destroying at least one of four grain loading legs and possibly two. There was already a hefty lineup to load, which may mean more demand for the United States. Brazilian basis levels are also exploding higher, possibly a record for this time of year. Typically March is the busiest month for grain loading at this port. There was no announcement about how long it will take to repair the damage.

Argentine weather is becoming a moot issue, while southern Brazil could use moisture. Argentina’s government lowered their soybean production estimate to 43.5 mmt from 45.0 mmt. Just last week the USDA projection was 48.0 mmt.

OUTLOOK: While South American weather is becoming less important, the crop size estimates continue to garner attention, and those numbers are not getting bigger. Boat line-ups in the southern hemisphere and world demand should support the uptrend in soybeans. The $13 level remains a shortterm target for both old and new crop soybeans.

Soybeans will need to compete for acres this spring.

Nystrom’s notes: Contract changes for the week ending Feb. 17: Minneapolis wheat was the follower, only up 8 cents while Kansas City gained 16 1/2 cents and Chicago 14 cents. March crude oil soared $4.57 higher to close at $103.24 per barrel, heating oil was only up 3/4 cent, gasoline jumped 4 cents higher and natural gas rose 20 3/4 cents. As of mid-afternoon, the Dow was up 163 points for the week at 12,930, the U.S. dollar index was 0.25 points higher, and March gold was up a measly 20 cents for the week. The USDA Outlook Conference will be held Feb. 23-24. ❖

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cents per bushel for the week.

SOYBEANS — Soybeans pushed into fresh highs this week on good demand, lower South American production estimates and decent U.S. economic news. All in all, beans had a positive week with the March contract gaining 38 1/2 cents for the week to close at $12.67 1/2 per bushel; November beans closed at $12.62, up 22 1/2 cents for the week. Good demand led by China pushed soybeans to prices not seen since October.

March soybeans touched a high of $12.73 1/4 per bushel this week.

The Chinese delegation in the United States this week signed an agreement in Des Moines to buy 8.62 mmt of U.S. beans in the coming year, then stopped in Los Angeles and announced another agreement for 3.4 mmt. This brings the total agreement to 12.02 mmt, a new record surpassing last year’s 11.56 mmt agreement. Weekly U.S. export sales were at the low end of expectations at 16 million bushels. Later in the week, a new crop sale of 2.75 mmt and 173,000 mt of old crop U.S. beans to China was announced and thought to be a part of an additional agreement.

As reported, this would be the biggest one-day sale to a single destination ever announced. Look for next week’s export sales number to be impressive.

A boat in heavy fog hit a grain terminal at the Brazilian port of Santos, the largest port in Latin

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NYSTROM, from pg. 26A the next sales report) of at least 342,000 mt, and up to 477,000 mt, of U.S. corn.

Weekly ethanol production was up 4,000 barrels per day from the previous week, keeping ahead of what we need on a weekly basis to reach the USDA projection of 5 billion bushels of corn used for ethanol. Ethanol stocks hit a new record at 21.5 million barrels.

News out of Europe affected commodity price swings this week through the reactions of the U.S. dollar and energy markets. The Greek debt crisis is still unresolved as European finance ministers want to see more austerity cuts to Greece’s budget before signing off on their next bailout. The U.S. dollar rallied to 3 1/2 week highs. Greece’s next debt payment is due March 20.

OUTLOOK: Keep an eye on new crop if you have locked-in expenses, but haven’t yet established a price for at least a portion of the crop you intend to plant. The winter that never was has set the stage for early planting, no waiting for snow to melt or the ground to warm up. The upcoming USDA Outlook Conference Feb. 23-24 will give us a peek at acreage estimates. Old crop corn still struggles to get decisively through $6.50, but if it can, the next target will be $6.64 1/4.; support lies in the low $6.20s.

March corn settled at $6.41 3/4, up a dime on the week, and December corn at $5.68 1/4 was up 8 1/2

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Keep your pencil sharpened NEHER, from pg. 26A My friend noticed the sly grin on my face and he knew that I was just “yanking his chain.” We laughed and agreed that the market had a job to do, in determining the crop acreage mix this spring. He asked if corn was going to go down or would soybeans go up in price to attract more acres.

I told my friend that this was the time of year that I really start to watch the spreads between futures contracts. In corn, I like to watch the July versus the December contract to see the market’s opinion on the relationship between old crop and new crop.

In the soybean market, I look to the July contract versus the November for a similar opinion. Finally, I

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As always, I him told that I didn’t know the answer to that question. This caused him to roll his eyes and shake his head in disbelief.

watch the December corn contract versus the November soybean contract to see the market’s opinion about the acreage mix to be planted.

Currently my spread charts look like the market is favoring corn to go down in price and soybeans to rise in price. Yet we all know that many things can change between now and planting time in the spring. These charts may even look different by the time you read this column.

The volatility that we are experiencing in a globalized market creates risk and opportunity in the futures markets. The volatility that we are seeing in the basis creates risk and opportunity in the local markets.

If we will keep an eye on the spreads, we may have a grain angle that will help us in planning our marketing strategy. Keep your pencil sharp and your focus on the goal of capturing profitable margins. ❖

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Three business models drive small-farm growth The agricultural economy in Minnesota is strong, and some of that strength is coming from the growth of small farms. Increased interest in local foods and products is driving that growth.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines small farms as farms with $250,000 or less in sales of agricultural commodities. The 2007 Census of Agriculture indicates that’s 91 percent of U.S. farms and over half of the land. Most of the growth is in the area of small farms that have sales less than $10,000.

Three types of business opportunity have helped create a positive environment for both farmers and people interested in local, healthy foods — farmers markets, other merchandising options and farm-toschool programs.

Farmers markets can be a great option for finding locally produced food, as well as adding vitality to a community. They are popping up in rural Minnesota as well as in cities and suburbs. Many farmers markets now accept Farmers Market Nutrition Program food assistance coupons and other assistance vouchers.

Other merchandising options include roadside stands, on-farm stores and Community Supported Agriculture programs, in which families purchase a regular share of the foods produced.

Farm-to-school programs are also becoming another option for small farm production, and Minnesota is a leader in this area. Farmers are able to work directly with local schools to sell healthy and locally grown produce to the school districts, and can get help through University of Minnesota Extension’s Farm to School resources (www.extension.umn.edu/farm-to-school).

The face of the small farms is changing with new farmers, urban farming and recent immigrants.

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Often, many of these new farms have another primary occupation. These new farmers are seeking education that will help to make them successful in their new professions. The University of Minnesota Center for Farm Financial Management offers a website called AgPlan — www.agplan.umn.edu — developed to help rural businesses to develop a business plan.

Extension has a Small Farms program, a network

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This article was submitted by Nathan Winter, University of Minnesota Extension agricultural productions systems educator for McLeod and Meeker (Minn.) counties. ❖

Dollar cost averaging reduces risk Dollar cost averaging is a technique designed to reduce market risk by purchasing securities at predetermined intervals and set amounts. This system tends to reduce market risk and eliminate some of the guesswork of deciding when to invest, explained Brenda Schmitt, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Family Finance field specialist.

Instead of waiting to invest a single lump sum when you feel prices are at a low, you consistently invest smaller amounts over a longer period of time — for example, $100 every month.

You first need to decide how much you can invest each month or quarter. Consistency is the key with dollar cost averaging, so make certain you are financially able to invest the selected amount. Choose an investment that you want to hold for five to 10 years or longer. The key to dollar cost averaging is to keep to your schedule regardless of the price of the security.

If you are investing a regular amount in a 401(k) or other employer retirement plan via payroll deduction, you are already using dollar cost averaging.

With other investing, you can also take advantage of automatic deductions by regularly having contributions deducted from your bank account.

This method of investing has a few cautions. The cost of commissions to routinely purchase individual stocks may not make this approach feasible. This means no-load mutual funds that charge no sales fees can be a good choice for dollar cost averaging.

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Also, most mutual funds allow you to purchase fractions of shares.

With dollar cost averaging you still need to monitor your investments, re-examining the stocks or mutual funds to see if they are still a wise investment.

For more information contact Brenda Schmitt at (641) 512-0650 or schmitt@iastate.edu.

••• This article was submitted by the Floyd County office of Iowa State University Extension in Charles City, Iowa. ❖

AgStar announces minority lending program AgStar Financial Services ACA, a value-added financial services company owned by its client-stockholders, announced that it is now offering a Minority Lending Program.

The Minority Lending Program was created for minority agricultural producers within AgStar’s local service area in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Small producers and organic farmers are encouraged to apply for financing. The program is designed to provide established, as well as new producers, ongoing access to credit, related financial services and outreach programs.

“Minority farming continues to be a growing segment and this program is designed to help support those individuals,” said David Krueger, director of minority lending at AgStar. “It can be challenging to manage or start a new operation, but with the proper financing and support from AgStar, we can help minority individuals become successful producers.”

Additionally, the AgStar Fund for Rural America has allocated a budget in which borrowers will be eligible for vouchers of up to $500 for computer purchases or technical and financial training.

“AgStar is committed to giving back to rural America and this program is a great example of our desire to aid those who most need it,” said John Monson, senior vice president of the Fund for Rural America. “We are honored to fulfill that commitment in a tangible way.”

For more information on this new program, log on to AgStar.com/MinorityLending or contact Agustin Arzeno at (952) 997-1257. For partnerships and questions from organizations, contact David Krueger at (507) 344-5129. ❖

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ders to see, then handing things over to the only tractor that my father had ever bought This is the debut of Karen Schwaller’s their new owners. They had worked hard brand new. column “Table Talk.” with our dad and with all of it, and they They set a top price and stood nervously by their Schwaller grew up on a grain-livestock had also worked very hard at getting it dad as he did the bidding for them. As the bidding farm near Remsen, Iowa. ready to sell. went on, they soon neared their top-end price. They After obtaining a degree in journalism, Finally it was time to sell the farm bid as few more times, and soon their dad whisshe moved to Milford, Iowa, to write for equipment.

Our sons had stomach aches, pered that was too far over their price, and shook the local newspaper, and it was there that nervous that there were plenty of other his head as he looked at them, albeit rather relucshe met one of the locals, who became her bidders out there who had more money tantly, knowing how much they wanted that tractor. farmer-husband, Dave Schwaller. than they. But none had more pure desire I felt their disappointment, and it showed on their The Schwallers grow grain and liveTABLE TALK to have one of grandpa’s tractors than faces, and probably on my own. The end of the bidstock near Milford, and they also have

By Karen Schwaller those two on that day. ding came, and as if a miracle occurred, the man three grown children — a daughter, who The first tractor sold, a John Deere A, who was bidding against our sons had somehow figwill graduate from South Dakota State and it went to my oldest brother. After it ured out that our boys were bidding on the tractor, University this spring with a degree in agronomy; sold, I told him, “It’s really cool you got that tractor.” and he backed out. After the auctioneer cried “Sold!” and twin sons who are farming and raising cattle He replied, “Well, it’s been here 50 years,” as he as he had so many times that day, the auctioneer near Milford. began to choke up. It used to amaze me as a kid, went over and shook the hands of our two young ■ watching Dad and my brothers start that tractor. I sons, congratulating them on becoming the very It was a familiar place; more familiar to some than thought it was positively mystifying as they worked proud new owners of one of Grandpa Art’s most to turn that flywheel. beloved tractors. to others.

Other tractors and equipment sold, including an They were overcome with joy, as were many there I lived there for my first 18 years, but my parents older Honda motorcycle that one of our sons purin that moment. Tears flowed by family members had lived there for more than 50 years. chased with some money that was apparently burn- and friends of all ages. The auctioneer later told me On this day, pickup trucks lined the gravel road. I ing a hole in his pocket. Soon it was time to sell the could smell the aroma from the lunch wagon. There tractor that our boys had wanted, an Oliver 1750, See TABLE TALK, pg. 30A were people in bib overalls and greasy jeans milling around. I could hear the hiss of a John Deere Model A being started and the rumble of other tractors that were lined up in the yard and being started.

It was the day of my parents’ farm sale.

Farm sale day is a day unlike any other in the life of a farmer and his family. A rite of passage, painful as it may be. My family traveled to the RemsenKingsley (Iowa) area to be part of this day, which held the possibility of great things for our two (then) 14-year-old boys, who wanted nothing more than to get one of grandpa’s tractors, for which they had saved all summer.

For my dad, going to farm sales was something he had done often in his 74 years. But this one was his own, and his sorrow showed the night before the sale, as our family gathered to look around the farm and share memories, laughter and tears.

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‘North For the Harvest’ tells a current labor tale

By TIM KING The Land Correspondent A well-written history book can explain to us how, and why, we got where we are today. “North For the Harvest: Mexican Workers, Growers and the Sugar Beet Industry,” by Jim Norris, does that job nicely.

In recent months, the U.S. Department of Labor has been in the process of writing rules to limit young people’s work on farms. The rule making process has caused quite a stir in farm country. What are the feds doing sticking their nose in long-cherished agricultural ways, many of us have asked?

Norris points out that the federal government’s long nose has been sniffing around agriculture, and agricultural labor, for a long time now.

The Jones-Costigan Act of 1934 established a production quota for sugar producers, created a system of price supports, established a minimum wage for sugar beet field workers, and forbade the employment of anyone under 14 years old unless they were the children of the land owner.

That last phrase, about children under 14 needing to be children of the landowner, probably originated from Mabel Costigan, Norris points out.

She was married to U.S. Sen. Edward B. Costigan. The Costigan family was involved in the Colorado sugar beet industry and Mabel had campaigned to get children out of the beet fields in Colorado. At the time, American Crystal was the third largest sugar producer in the country and was a major force in the sugar industry in both Colorado and the Red River Valley.

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By the time of the JonesCostigan Act, sugar beet production and processing was already well-established in the Valley of the Red River of the North.

Norris shows how sugar joined wheat and potatoes to become a major crop in the big flat rich fields between Minnesota and North Dakota during the first two decades of the 20th century.

He shows that tens of thousands of refugees fled the killing fields of the Mexican Revolution for Texas during in the second decade of the 20th century. He also shows how many of those refugees went to work in the growing agriculture industry of Texas. And he shows why those refugees became the mainstays of a growing sugar industry far to the north.

“Necessity turned farmers in the Red River Valley to sugar beet growing.

Necessity brought the sugar beet industry to the valley. And necessity linked Mexican migrant workers to those farmers and the industry,” he writes.

Because labor was so critical, the sugar company often helped farmers find workers. They tried German immigrants, college students, Japanese immigrants and Native Americans.

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But always, sometimes reluctantly, they returned to the Mexican workers.

Often times the company was in competition with other beet growing regions and Texas farmers in the so-called Winter Garden of Crystal City.

“In 1920, Crystal City had a population of about 800 residents with 520 irrigated acres of vegetables cultivated in the area.

Ten years later the population had grown to over 6,600, of which 5,100 were Mexicans; growers cultivated over 11,000 acres of spinach and onions.”

The sugar industry in the Red River Valley was expanding rapidly at the same time. The sugar company brought workers north by the trainload. The competition for labor was fierce. Occasionally the government stepped in.

During World Wars I and II guest worker programs were instituted. But during the Great Depression of the 1930s there were mass deportations of those same workers. Non-citizens and citizens with brown skin were indiscriminately deported.

By 1941, at the dawn of WWII, 27,000 workers were needed in the Valley’s sugar beet fields. Seventy-five percent of those were Mexican. White people were abandoning the area by

the thousands in search of jobs in the growing war industries of California.

The companies and farmers struggled through fieldwork with the help of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Bad, and worsening, weather delayed the harvest and drove many workers away.

The industry’s intense need for labor brought on the first strike. Workers who had been pulling beets from frozen ground in blizzard conditions demanded more.

“One evening, with the harvest running perilously late in the season, a delegation of about 20 workers appeared at the East Grand Forks sugar plant and threatened to organize a strike if harvest wages were not increased. American Crystal had no choice but to agree quickly; the company increased wages from $0.90 per ton to $1.10. Only by them doing so was the 1941 harvest completed.”

Norris continues to follow the relationship between workers, farmers and American Crystal Sugar until the farmers bought the company in the early 1970s. With that purchase, he points out; the farmers changed their relationship with the workers. No longer would the company recruit workers for the farmers. They were on their own. Although Norris takes us no farther than the ’70s, it is easy to imagine the connection between decisions made 40 years ago and the labormanagement struggles playing out in the Valley’s sugar industry today.

“North For the Harvest: Mexican Workers, Growers and the Sugar Beet Industry” is published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press and is available from them at www.mhspress.org, from local bookstores or from your local library. ❖

Tears of joy, laughter flow TABLE TALK, from pg. 29A he had to look away from them because he was afraid he was going to be crying, too. Hands clapped, sharing in our boys’ happiness and relief, and cheers went out for a tractor that went to two young farmers who had fallen in love with it, simply because it was one of grandpa’s tractors.

Grandpa Art’s farm was the only home that tractor had ever known. The tractor was loaded up on a trailer, and taken to its new home.

The next night the boys and I sat down to e-mail my youngest brother in Arkansas to let him know that they

had purchased grandpa’s tractor. My husband said, “Why don’t you tell the rest of the story, guys?”

Looking sheepishly at me, one of them said, “We broke the headlight out on the motorcycle.”

“How did that happen already?” I inquired.

After a pause, he replied, “I hit the 1750. We’re not used to the throttle yet.”

It felt really good to laugh.

Karen Schwaller brings “Table Talk” to The Land from her home near Milford, Iowa. She can be reached at kschwaller@evertek.net. ❖

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Original site of Breck Academy, Wilder, Minn. lasted September through June cost $110 (paid in advance). That amount included steam-heated The school, founded by a Rev. Dunn and named dorm rooms, board, laundry and tuition. It was for pioneer missionary Rev. James Lloyd Breck, Wilder, a burg along Minnesota Highway 60 south opened in 1886 on the west edge of Wilder. The only known as Breck College in those days, and served of Windom. evidence of its former existence is a large sign stat- an older student body.

Pulling into this small southwest Minnesota com- ing the fact and picturing the buildings that once Breck remained in Wilder for 30 years, moving to munity of houses (pop. 60), it takes some imagina- made up the campus. its first Twin Cities location in 1916. The population to picture it as the always small but thriving tion of Wilder was already in decline and the The central administration building held the town it once was, with four passenger trains stopschool’s departure surely didn’t help. While the classrooms, dining hall and gymnasium.

There was ping daily. school is long-gone, the billboard commemorating it a girls’ dormitory, a boys’ dormitory and a chapel.

Wilder’s population never reached 200, which along County Highway 13 assures it has not been This being a farm college, there was a farm with may have been part of the attraction to those who forgotten. the usual buildings. The farm provided practical founded the school as an Episcopal farm college in hands-on education and produced food for the The history in this story was drawn from the two 1885. The school was advertised as a place where school. volumes of Jackson County History and supplestudents wouldn’t need much money — there was mented from the website of Breck Academy. ❖ Education was a bargain. The school year that no place to spend it — and they wouldn’t be dis-

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Fleckvieh breed catching eye of dairy, beef farmers

Submitted by Big Bear Genetics Ltd.

A fourth-lactation Fleckvieh-Holstein cross.

Popp and other members of Big Bear Genetics welcome the opportunity to visit with herd owners. Costs at $20 to $30 for any sires selected should be comparable with other sources. “We only import the top 10 percent of the sires that we feel are suitable for

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“This assessment is designed to help producers evaluate their management practices that could lead to a higher risk of a residue violation,” said Mike Lormore, director of Dairy Technical Services for Pfizer Animal Health.

The assessment tool — created using data from actual Federal Drug Administration investigations into residue violations — asks question about a producer’s on-farm animal health prac-

tices. A weighted scoring system assigns points to practices based on their likelihood of contributing to a higher risk of a residue violation. Once completed, the assessment rates the farm’s residue risk level as low, moderate or high. Results can be printed or e-mailed to the herd veterinarian.

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of milk daily with a 4 percent BF, a 3.6 percent protein along with cell count numbers of 80,000 to 100,000, and breeding rates of 1.8 inseminations per pregnancy.

Climate adjustment may be another point in favor of the Fleckvieh breed.

Popp said that with increased heat stress it takes longer for a cow with more muscle mass to become heated up. “So we’re experiencing less heat stress on our Fleckviehs versus thinner, more ‘dairy style’ cows. Also the Fleckvieh breed has a thicker hide so she is more able to maintain herself in temperature extremes of both heat and cold.

“We’ve got some herds in Canada where guys are wintering their Fleckvieh cows straight out on a straw pack.”

Access to semen is best made by contacting Big Bear Genetics directly at email bigbeargenetics@inetlink.ca or log on to www.bigbeargenetics.com or call (204) 636-2387. An Iowa source is Hawkeye Breeders in Adel, Iowa.

Semen is shipped directly to farms;

North American genetics for cross breeding. With the experience we have gained and the cows milking from our sire line up our results are now very predictable,” Popp said.

He said there are now several dairy herds in Minnesota that have gotten into cross breeding with Fleckvieh cross-bred cows now milking. For about 12 years, he has been working with a German dairy genetics firm — Bayern Genetik — that specializes in the Fleckvieh breed. Popp’s doctorate is in ruminant nutrition from the University of Saskatchewan. This helps him understand and work with dairies on management and nutrition.

A pure Fleckvieh cow is red and white. Fleckvieh genetics are recognized for their ability to contribute to meat yield, growth performance and maternal traits. Popp sees the breed working its way into both dairy and beef cow operations in Canada and the United States.

Popp and Big Bear Genetics were exhibiting at the Midwest Dairy Expo, St. Cloud, Minn., in December. ❖

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer A dairy breed from Bavaria, Germany, called Fleckvieh seems to be gaining attention for both beef and dairy production in Canada and the United States.

“It’s a dual-purpose breed with the aim of improving longevity, health, fertility and strength,” said John Popp, president of Big Bear Genetics Ltd. in Erickson, Manitoba.

With nearly 10 years working with Fleckvieh genetics in several Canadian and U.S. cow herds, Popp said, “we can confidently say we are John Popp adding 1.5 lactations to herd average. We’re also adding to the milk’s component value with a 0.2 percent improvement in protein and measurably higher butter fat. Those component improvements offset the 2 to 5 percent reduction in milk production.”

Popp said there is also a predictable reduction in somatic cell count which too can be added bonuses to the milk check. Cooperators are also reporting improvements in fertility which directly impacts dairy margins.

With Fleckvieh, producers have the option of choosing different types of genetics. Within the breed you can select to add or reduce frame size. A 1,400- to 1,500-pound cow is the generally accepted mature weight. If used in a Holstein herd, Popp said the Fleckvieh genetics would reduce the hip height of cows about two inches, producing a rounder, more muscular animal.

“Dairymen think this rounder, shorter cow won’t milk. But the cow functions differently in terms of her metabolism,” Popp said. As such she has a slower onset of lactation, a flatter more persistent lactation, but still capable of producing 65 to 70 pounds

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Rising milk production is the “white cloud” hiding the silver lining on dairy’s horizon.

Jerry Dryer warned on his Feb. 10 Dairy and Food Market Analyst, “this is not the traditional spring flush arriving earlier than usual. There will be a traditional spring flush MIELKE MARKET which starts in the South this WEEKLY month and then presses north

By Lee Mielke extending through May in the Northeast and Upper Midwest.”

“These cows have no regard for the problems being created,” Dryer wrote, and “some processors are already having problems in their search for available plant capacity. Discounts of as much as $4 per hundredweight are required to move milk to some plants in the Upper Midwest” and Dryer has identified two large operations that historically handle surplus milk during the flush in the West and both are “already full” and happening despite high cull prices.

“It will take a while for the lower prices to have an impact, but then less-efficient milk producers will have no choice,” Dryer warned. “They will put a padlock on the barn door. Bankers will be patient with good producers, but have no time left to work with the marginal.” He predicts a “greater-than-usual exit this year.”

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■ Meanwhile, cash cheese prices were mixed on Valentine’s week as they awaited Friday afternoon’s January Milk Production report. The blocks closed that Friday at $1.4875 per pound, up 1.25 cents on the week but 46.75 cents below a year ago. The barrels closed at $1.48, down a half cent on the week and 43.75 cents below a year ago.

Thirteen cars of block and three of barrel found new homes on the week. The National Agricultural Statistics Service-surveyed U.S. average block price fell to $1.5311, down 2.8 cents, while the barrels rolled to $1.5294, down 1.2 cents.

FC Stone dairy economist Bill Brooks said in the Feb. 13 eDairy Insider Opening Bell that cheese prices dropped more quickly than he originally anticipated, which could mean they’ll turn around more quickly. He anticipates that cheese purchases for summer grilling will begin to boost prices in March or early April but until then, “prices will likely trade in a relatively tight range.”

■ Butter saw the fifth week in a row of decline but See MIELKE, pg. 3B

NMPF projects MILC payments through August said.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Daily Dairy Report says cheese imports at 315.3 million pounds, were up 3.4 percent from 2010, the first increase in nine years. Last year’s small gain notwithstanding, U.S. cheese imports have dropped by 34 percent since peaking in 2002, according to the DDR. Milk protein concentrate imports totaled 118.7 million, down 8.1 percent from the prior year. Imports of casein

and caseinates jumped 39 percent however, to 195.1 million. Imports of butterfat dropped 6.3 percent to 28.8 million, according to the USDA’s trade data.

■ Speaking of the world market, prices were lower on the semi-monthly Global Dairy Trade auction. The weighted average price for skim milk See MIELKE, pg. 4B

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The March Class I base was a dime lower than the NMPF projected so the MILC payment may be a nickel higher than anticipated, however Gould predicted a March MILC of 37 cents, prior to Friday’s futures settlements.

■ This week’s Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook reported that the dairy cow herd size is currently above a year earlier but, weakening producer returns should prompt herd size reduction by the end of 2012.

Expected higher milk production will lower price prospects this year for milk and the major dairy products, except whey. Exports will help support dry product prices. Whey prices continue above 2011 and milk powder prices should strengthen later in the year.

The January Cattle report showed a 1 percent higher inventory of dairy cows on farms than a year earlier.

However, the number of heifers for milk cow replacement and the number of heifers expected to calve in 2012 were both reported 1 percent below a year earlier.

Although the cow inventory forecast for 2012 is only raised slightly to 9.19 million head, the January report points to higher forecast cow numbers early in the year, with a sharper fall-off than projected in January expected later in 2012.

Milk per cow is forecast higher than in January at an average 21,645 pounds. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the higher than expected milk per cow observed in the fourth quarter of 2011 will likely continue through 2012. Further, the mild winter is expected to benefit production, especially in the first quarter. On balance, this forecast would lead to 199 billion pounds of milk production in 2012, higher than the January estimate and 1.4 percent above the 2011 total output, according to the USDA. ■ On a brighter note, Dairy Profit Weekly reports that, based on the latest data from the U.S. Dairy Export Council and the NMPF, December U.S. dairy product exports were equivalent to 13 percent of U.S. milk solids production, the 21th straight month in which exports have been between 12 and 15 percent of output.

Last year’s exports were equivalent to 13.3 percent, compared with 12.8 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, imports as a percent of milk solids production were just 2.9 percent in 2011, the DPW

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MIELKE, from pg. 2B ended Friday on an up note, gaining a penny and three quarters on five offers.

It closed at $1.4150, still down 1.75 cents on the week, and 59 cents below a year ago when it lost 8.5 cents. Ten cars were sold. NASS butter averaged $1.4991, down 4.9 cents.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed at $1.2925, down 4.25 cents, and Extra Grade held all week at $1.2975. NASS powder averaged $1.4039, up 1.9 cents, and dry whey lost another 2.3 cents, slipping to 64.14 cents/lb.

■ Looking “back to the futures,” the average Class III milk price for the first six months of 2012 stood at $17.60/cwt. on Jan. 6; $17.28 on Jan. 13; $16.81 on Jan. 20; $16.85 on Jan. 27; $16.35 on Feb. 3, (after factoring in the announced January Class III milk price) $16.19 on Feb. 10, and was hovering around $16.02 late-morning Feb. 17.

■ California’s March Class I milk price is $17.60/cwt. for the north and $17.87 for the south. Both are down 92 cents from February and $1.64 below March 2011. This is the third month in a row they have declined. The 2012 average now stands at $18.67 for the north, up from $17.52 in the same period a year ago. The southern average is $18.94, up from $17.79 a year ago.

The March Federal order Class I base price is $16.30, down 73 cents from February, $1.93 below a year ago, and equates to about $1.40 per gallon. That put the 2012 average at $17.38, up from $16.44 at this time a year ago and compares to $14.74 in 2010.

The NASS-surveyed butter price averaged $1.5220/lb., down 6.7 cents from February. Nonfat dry milk averaged $1.3930, down 2.3 cents. Dry whey averaged 65.31 cents, down 3.8 cents, and cheese averaged $1.5553, down a nickel.

■ Dairy producers will be receiving Milk Income Loss Contract payments.The National Milk Producers Federation projected the following as of Feb. 9: 27.3 cents for February; 52.7 cents for March; 79.38 cents in April; 77.84 cents for May; 63.83 cents in June; 45.57 cents for July; and 10.45 cents for August. Details are posted at www.nmpf.org/milk_pricing/milc_payments.

The University of Wisconsin’s Brian Gould also updates MILC projections each week at http://future.aae.wisc.edu/collection/ software/current_MILC_est.xls.

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Tipton: Peterson proposal would impose processor burden MIELKE, from pg. 3B powder was $1.48/lb., down 2.6 percent from the Feb. 1 auction. Winning prices for whole milk powder averaged $1.55/lb., down 3 percent. The

weighted average price for anhydrous milk fat was $1.61/lb., down 10.5 percent. Cheddar cheese was $1.61/lb., down 2.3 percent.

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east Milk” antitrust lawsuit are apparIn other export news, Cooperatives Working Together accepted 36 requests ently on-again. for export assistance this week to sell a Original terms of a $140-million total of 6.2 million pounds of cheese Dean settlement were announced July and 4.5 million pounds of butter to cus- 14. However, dairy farmer members of tomers in Asia, Central America, the Dairy Farmers of America, a co-defenMiddle East and North Africa. dant in the lawsuit, were decertified from the class two weeks later.

■ On Feb. 14, U.S. District Judge RonThe USDA’s weekly update reports nie Greer officially reinstated DFA prothat milk production continues to ducer-members into a “DFA Settlement increase in most areas of the United Subclass,” making them eligible for the States with more surplus milk and Dean payments, as well as a separate, components available. The increases $5 million SMA settlement proposal. are creating balancing issues earlier Attorney fees and legal costs could take than normally expected. as much as one-third of the Pricing levels are total. Producers must fill under pressure for out settlement claim forms surplus milk, cream and mail them to the fund (The dairy and condensed skim administrator by May 1. offerings. Northeast industry is) The trial date for DFA, output is increasing heavily reguNational Dairy Holdings due to mild weather. lated by rules LP, Dairy Marketing SerPlant capacity is vices LLC, Mid-Am Capital that were tight, yet expected to LLC, and Gary Hanman, designed to ease a bit as maintenance former DFA CEO, is July address probprojects are completed.

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Production is increasing lems that ■ in Florida and other existed nearly a Southeastern states. AuxIn politics, the Internacentury ago and iliary milk processing tional Dairy Foods Associa... those regulafacilities are being utition’s Connie Tipton spoke tions now stifle lized in the region to at a roundtable this week process current supplies. innovation and sponsored by the Republigrowth. can members of the House Milk is increasing in the Midwest. Surplus — Connie Tipton committee on small business examining the intersupplies are moving from ests of America’s small flat to a minus $4, based businesses in the next farm bill. on Class usage. Milk output is strong in the Southwest. Arizona and CaliforThe roundtable included groups repnia processors are seeing intakes build resenting wheat, corn and soybean and creating more issues to handle growers; pork producers and dairy them. Northwest production is trendfarmers. ing higher on a week-to-week basis and Tipton told committee members the above year-ago levels and the Seattlebased Northwest Dairy Association has dairy industry is “heavily regulated by rules that were designed to address even created a “base” program for the problems that existed nearly a century months of April through September. ago and ... those regulations now stifle ■ innovation and growth.”

The USDA issued a final rule this She urged members to co-sponsor week implementing changes in the H.R. 3372, which would phase out fedweekly dairy product price survey. eral milk pricing regulations and allow Beginning April 4, survey prices will prices to be negotiated between buyers be published every Wednesday and the and sellers and warned that a proposal sponsored by Rep. Collin Peterson, Ddata will be collected by the Ag MarMinn., and backed by dairy cooperaketing Service, rather than NASS. tives would impose an entirely new These prices will be used in federal order formula pricing starting with the regulatory burden on dairy processors to enforce a new program to periodiMay Class I base price on April 18. cally limit milk production.

■ Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist The DPW also reported this week who resides in Everson, Wash. His that the on-again, off-again financial weekly column is featured in newspasettlements between Dean Foods and pers across the country and he may be the Southern Marketing Agency and reached at lkmielke@juno.com. ❖ dairy farmer plaintiffs in the “South-

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“The treatment for ringworm in humans or animals is usually going to involve a topical medication. Oral medication may be needed if the ringworm is chronic. It is certainly not a reason to get rid of a dog or cat because it can be treated,” Russell said.

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“Tinea pedis, or athlete’s foot, is the most common form of ringworm found in humans and the most difficult to treat. The rash most often appears in the moist areas between the toes, though the rest of the foot can be infected as well. Itching and burning are typical symptoms,” Russell said.

Community swimming pools, used towels, health clubs, steam rooms and showers are common areas where athlete’s foot can be contracted.

“Rarely humans can transmit the disease to animals. An example of this might be if a person with athlete’s foot comes home, takes their shoes off, and scratches or rubs ol’ Fido with their bare foot,” Russell said.

Livestock such as cattle or horses are more likely to have ringworm when they are kept inside their stalls in the winter because of the rubbing up against wood and other stall materials.

“These cases are seen more in the northern parts of the United States where the weather is colder. Generally, when the weather becomes warmer again and the animals are turned outside into the sunshine of pastures, the disease begins to clear up,” Russell said.

In horses ringworm is seen usually in places where rubbing may occur, such as where a saddle or bridle might touch. Adults are more likely to contract ringworm from a horse rather than children, due to occupational exposure and handling.

The effects of ringworm tend to be superficial ones of appearance, though, if not treated in animals it can easily spread and cause scar tissue.

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It may be surprising for some to learn that the skin infection known as ringworm, or dermatophytosis, is not actually a worm or parasite at all, but a fungus.

The lesion will not always be in the shape of a ring, but it will appear scaly in the center with a red irritated color on the periphery.

“Household pets generally pick up the disease from other animals. Where the infection occurs on the skin there will be a bald patch, but sometimes they may just have a few broken hairs,” said Leon Russell, professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.

Ringworm is highly contagious and can pass from person to person either through direct contact, through contact with an infected object, contact with an infected pet or infected soil.

Humans can contract ringworm from animals easily by touching the infected area directly or through contact with objects which have been exposed contaminated with the fungus or its spores.

Animal ringworm types, usually from a dog, cat or rodent are more likely to be transmitted to young children. With children it is often found in the scalp region.

“Fungi that mostly live in human skin are called ‘anthropophilic’, those that live on animals are called ‘zoophilic’, and those that prefer to live in soil are called ‘geophilic’ fungi,” Russell said.

The anthropophilic ringworm is mostly seen in developing countries such as Africa, or parts of Asia by human-to-human transmission. Many times this occurs from sharing hairbrushes or combs, and unless someone’s immune system is highly compromised then the disease is not life threatening.

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If you have ways shedded, $115, Aneven thought about selling tique Power Case Tractor contact: Paul Krueger, magazines, mid 90's, 2009.

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55372. hitch, good tires, runs good, paulkrueger@edinarealty.com $2,000 OBO; '77 Ford 250, (952)447-4700 4x4, restored in & out, steel flatbed, tires like new, runs good, $2,000; Cushman golf Antiques & Collectibles 026 cart, 3 whl, looks good, runs good, $500. 320-269-2903 1979 Pontiac Trans Am. 403 V8, automatic, power win- Pull type Road Grader dows, AC. 86,000 miles.

(Road Patrol), $500.

(715)896-1050.

712-297-7951 FOR SALE: '66 Ford 750N Pull type Road Grader truck, very good body, (Road Patrol), $400. 712$3,000/OBO. 320-398-7112 297-7951 WANTED: Old gas pump.

608-884-6855 or leave message Hay & Forage Equip

Hay & Forage Equip

FOR SALE: JD 5400-5830 and 6000 series forage harvesters. Used kernel processors, also, used JD 40 knife Dura-Drums, and drum conversions for 5400 and 5460. Call (507)427-3520 www.ok-enterprise.com New oak flatbeds, bunks, green chop boxes. Cedar lawn furniture. 715-269-5258.

NH 499 haybine, good cond., $5,000. 612-247-0297 NH BB940A baler, tandem, accumulator, applicator; NH 2550 windrower, 14' head; Vermeer R23A rake; 2 Brillion SS12 drills w/grass. 320-394-2103 Eves. or 320-394-2243 Days.

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'03 NH 195 spreader, upper beater, slop gate, 425 tires, always shedded, exc. cond., $12,500. 507-828-4155 Bins & Buildings

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(3) Meyers 4618 forage boxes. 16T Meyer gears. All options. New cond. Always shedded. IH 600 blower.

507-789-6758 or 507-210-9760.

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(2) 20,000 bu bins; (2) 20,000 bu bins w/ floors & 8” unloads, (2) 12,000 bu bins, (1) 9,000 bu bin w/ floor & 8” unload, (1) 24' bin floor, (3) 18' bin floors. All bins down & ready to load 507-697-6133

FOR SALE BALE GRAPPLE. Kuhns 6'x8' bale grapple. Has skid loader & tractor mounts. New cond.

New cost $3,500, asking FOR SALE: 2 Butler Grain $1,950/OBO. 715-307-1473 Bins. Approx. 6,500 bu.

FOR SALE: Gehl snapper Both have full floors, big head Snaplage, (2) Gehl fans, vents & truckload 3038, 2R30” forage heads, augers. Very nice. Asking (1) Gehl 3038 for parts, (1) $5,500/ea., taken down & delivered. (715)307-1473.

Gehl hay head. 507-838-6346

Steffes Auction Calendar 2012 For More info Call 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: www.steffesauctioneers.com Opening March 1 & Closing March 8: IQBID Tri-State March Consignment Event. Advertise now to sell your excess equipment!

Selling Ag, Construction, Trucks, RV’s, Vehicles & More!

Opening March 5 & Closing March 13: IQBID Shoutz Family Farms Inventory Reduction Sale. Litchfield, MN. See complete details online at www.IQBID.com Opening March 8 & Closing March 22: IQBID Park River Implement.

Equipment located at multiple locations. See complete details online at www.IQBID.com Opening March 9 & Closing March 20: IQBID Tjosvold Equipment Inc., Granite Falls, MN. See complete details online at www.IQBID.com Wednesday, March 14 @ 10 AM: AgIron 60 Consignment Event, Red River Valley Fairgrounds, West Fargo, ND Thursday, March 22 @ 10 AM: AgIron 28 Consignment Event, Litchfield, MN. This is a large event with many items already consigned. Tractors, Combines, Heads, Trucks, Semis, Tillage, Construction Equipment, Hay & Livestock Equipment & much more!

Advertising Deadline: February 24 Friday, March 23 @ 11 AM: DelRoy Ledeboer Estate, Prinsburg, MN, Farm Auction Wednesday, March 28 @ 10 AM: Don Seltvedt, Harvey, ND, Farm Retirement Auction. Most Equipment Has Been Stored Inside With Excellent Maintenance Friday, March 30 @ 11 AM: Bill Haberman Estate, Barney, ND, Farm Auction Wednesday, April 4 @ 10 AM: CS Dubois Construction Inc., West Fargo, ND, Business Realignment Tuesday, April 10 @ 10 AM: Ken & Ted Weshnevski, Tower City, ND, Farm Auction Thursday, April 12 @ 11 AM: Cedar Bend Farms, Warroad, MN, Farm Auction Friday, May 11 @ 10 AM: Allan & Phyllis Forness, Colfax, ND, Farm Auction

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Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys. 380R90x50 tires, JD bolt on rims $975ea; 320R80x42 100% financing w/no liens front dueal, 4 tires, 4 rims, or red tape, call Steve at 22” spools, $2750/set; Fairfax Ag for an appoint420R90x46 combine duals, 4 ment. 888-830-7757 tires 80% 4 rims $3,900/set; 11.25x28 front single rib on Grain Handling Equip 034 rims, $575; 18.4x26 front tirers on rims, $475; 18.4x38 10 DMC 15hp centrifugal bolt duals, $750. 320-769-2756 fan/burner & transition single phase, like new, $2,850; 9250 CIH 4WD, PS, 20.8x42 6” pwr sweep for 24' bin, tires; 4555 JD FWA, PS, used 2 yrs., $1,000; hvy 18.4x42 tires; 4430 JD, PS, wide core Butler sheets, 18.4x38 tires, pwr beyond $125 ea.; 35,000 bu. bin, bin hyd, 3pt lift assist; Demco only, $8,500. 507-697-6133 Conquest 1100 gal sprayer, www.usedbinsales.com x boom, foam markers & monitor; 955 CIH 12R VF For Sale: '89 Super B Grain planter, trash whippers & Dryer, Model SE 1000c, monitor; CIH Tigermate II DMC Calc-u-dri, 440 volt 3 red field cult, 40.5', 4 bar phase, natural gas. drag. 507-276-4627 Cal 320-238-2188 Ask for Mark or Doug Ag Wrap 6x6 bale wrapper, 3pt or loader mt, w/plastic FOR SALE: Approx 280 - 13” rolls, $9,950. 641-425-5478 standard floor supports & ½ of 30' aeration floor, Flex steel 750G sprayer, 60' manufactured by Caldwell boom, $1,200; '53 JD 50 Manufacturing. 507-823-4642 tractor, $3,000; New 13.6x28 tires, $550; New Holland FOR SALE: Grain bins, 30', 689 spreader for parts, new24', 18'; 1500 bu. hopper er apron, $500. 507-334-7308 bin; aeration fans; 10” incline unload augers; sweep FOR SALE & WILL PURaugers; exc. cond. Best ofCHASE: NH BALE WAGfer. 507-427-2197 or 507-227ONS. ROEDER IMPLE0491 MENT SENECA, KS 66538 785-336-6103 FOR SALE: JD Model 500 Grain Cart. Exc. condition. FOR SALE: --USED Late 715-896-1050.

Model Great Plains/Kent Discovator/Finishers 48-36FOR SALE:Used grain bins, 28-24 Ft. NEED Good Used floors unload systems, stiFinishers In Trade. We rators, fans & heaters, aerTrade. Dealer 319-347-6282 ation fans, buying or sellWe Deliver Anywhere. ing, try me first and also call for very competitive FOR SALE: CIH 1063 corncontract rates!

Office head, very good cond., hours 8am-5pm Monday – $9,500; also, stainless steel Friday Saturday 9am - 12 nursery hog feeders, 4' & noon or call 507-697-6133 5', $200 & $250. 320-356-7196 Ask for Gary FOR SALE: Haybuster REM Grain Vac 2700, H1000 tub grinder, works new....................$19,450 good, needs nothing, always Mike 507-848-6268 stored inside, $6,500.

320-468-6516 Used Delux model DPX13575 grain dryer, exc. FOR SALE: Hyd flat fold markers for planter or toolcond. Call Dave at 507-925bars etc. $2,500/set.

4114 712-297-7951 Westfield Augers, New: FOR SALE: IH 490 disc, 22', 10-61...... $8,199 exc. blades, new bearings & 10-71...... $8,799 tires, $5,500. 641-495-6170 All sizes available.

Call Mike 507-848-6268 FOR SALE: JD 520 3pt bean drill, 20', 10” spacing, Farm Implements 035 markers, track wackers, tru V closing wheels. RWC '60 Ford 641 tractor, all reAllis tractor, F21H farmstored; Blue Ford 501 mowhand ldr, heavy built. Both er; Blue Ford 3 pt., 3 btm. items good. 320-808-5723 roll-over plow; Ford 3 pt.

FOR SALE: Olson irrigator, flex disk; Ford whl. wgts.

1420' long, low pressure 320-864-3837 drop nozzles, good tires, '65 JD 4020, dsl PS; JD 530, knuckles, booster pump, 3pt fenders; '39 Allis barricades included, no WC;'41 Allis, JD 158 ldr; leaks. 320-249-5934 JD 146A ldr; Case IH 2255 ldr; Hesston 10 stacker; Hydrostatic & Hydraulic ReSchweiss 3 axle 8x16 trailpair Repair-Troubleshooter; JD 350 7' mower; NH ing Sales-Design Custom 455 pull type 7' mower; IH hydraulic hose-making up 100 7' pull mower; JD 640 to 2” Service calls made. hay rake; JD 851 hay rake.

STOEN'S Hydrostatic SerKoester Equipment vice 16084 State Hwy 29 N 507-399-3006 Glenwood, MN 56334 320634-4360 2 or 3 pt blades 6', 7', 8' & 9', $100 to $1250. Tractors & IH 4800 25' field cult, all other equip. avail. 712-299walking tandems, $6,500; 6608 IH 5088 tractor, 6700 hrs, $13,900; Case IH 1100 9' 3 pt Snowblowers, 7', 8', $850 sickle mower, $2,750; Case to $2850. Tractor weights & IH 900 6x30 planter, dry chains. 712-299-6608 fert, $1,900; Case IH 183 6x30 cult, $750; Case IH 30' (12 row) Loftness stalk 5200 20' 3pt drill w/ markchopper, good, $3,900/trade. ers, $1,750. 320-769-2756 319-296-2236

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'67 4020, cab, pwr shift, dual hyd, 16.9x38 w/ matching duals, new rubber, clean & straight, $12,900; '71 4020, cab, dual hyd, needs eng work, $6,500. Call 612-282-1184 after 5 pm.

Service Manager (Ag. Dept.)

Job Function: Responsible for safe, efficient and profitable operation of the service department. Advise and makes recommendations to the general manager with respect to the best interest of the service department. Responsible for customer and employee satisfaction.

Diesel Engine Service Technician

FOR SALE: '06 JD 9620, 3225 hrs, 800 metrics 50%, power shift, 4 SCVs, diff lock, HID lights, Greenstar ready, exc condition. 320-226-1182

Ag Power Enterprises 1051 old Hwy. 169 • Belle Plaine, MN 56011 or email to: paulmurphy@agpowerjd.com

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

'94 JD 7200, CAH, MFWD, quad, 6800 hrs, 320-90-50 tires or 20.8x38, easy on fuel, $30,900; '00 JD 4200 utility, MFWD, hydro, 26 hp, JD 420 ldr, $9,900. 320543-3523 FOR SALE: '01 Case IH MX240, MFD, 5700 hrs, new fuel pump, fair tires, $60,000/OBO. 507-822-0984

'94 JD 4960, MFD, 18.4x42, w/ duals, 4800 hrs, 3SCV, QH, sharp, $69,000.

(715)495-7543 or (715)926-5099

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Start the New year with a new career at Ag Power Enterprises Service Department

Responsibilities include: Perform complex diagnostics and repairs on agricultural equipment Participate in Service EDUCATE Training programs required for the development of skills and knowledge Perform diagnosis and repair in the field as required Qualified candidates will have the Maintain current knowledge of John following skills: Deere and competitive products 5+ years work related experience.

Maintain a clean work area and perform Previous management experience work in a neat and orderly fashion preferred but not required.

Follow all safety rules and regulations in Ability to speak effectively one on one or performing work assignments before groups of customers or Complete all reports and forms required employees. in conjunction with work assignments Ability to interpret department financial Accounts for all time and material used statements. in performing assigned duties.

Working knowledge of computers.

This is a great opportunity for someone Strong organizational skills looking for a rewarding and challenging Knowledge of agriculture equipment. career. All inquiries will be kept confidential.

Be able to work flexible hours to meet Please stop by for an application or forward customer needs your resume to:

'79 4440 Quad, dual hyd, low hrs on OH, new clutch, 20.8x38 drivers 95%, duals 15%, very nice paint & interior, $21,000; '78 404 engine, 4900 hrs, $2,900.

Call 612-282-1184 after 5 pm.

Specializing in most AC used tractor parts for sale. Now parting out WD, 190XT, #200 & D-17 tractors.

Rosenberg Tractor Salvage 507-848-1701 or 507-236-8726

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FOR SALE: Used 18,000 gal. FOR SALE: '81 IHC 3588 FOR SALE: JD 4430, duals, IH 766 G, good cond, good JD 8210 MFWD tractor, 5100 NEW AND USED TRACTOR TA, w/GB hyd loader good propane storage tank. 507PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, hrs, 320/90R54 rear duals, rock box. White 2-85, 2700 2+2, 150HP tractor, 3934 cond, $7,600/OBO. 925-4114 55, 50 Series & newer trac290/90R38 fronts or act hrs, duals, w/ or w/out act hrs, This is a very clean 641-847-1992 tors, AC-all models, Large 480/80R50 rear duals, new Allied loader, very & low hr tractor for its age Hardi 1100 Navigator Inventory, We ship! Mark 380/80R38 front duals, 4 renice. & is mechanically solid. sprayer, 60' boom, OH 1000 JD 3010, dsl, WF, Hiniker Heitman Tractor Salvage motes, 540-1000 PTO capa320-864-4583 or 320-779-4583 PTO pump, $21,000. $14,900. 320-221-2039 cab, good clean tractor, 715-673-4829 ble. 320-894-1136 641-425-5478 4000 hrs, $8,900/OBO. 712-260-6400 Loaders for 1940 thru 1970 FOR SALE: '90 Deutz Allis 9170, 2WD, 3565 hrs, 2nd tractors $250 to $3650. 712owner, exc cond, new front 299-6608 Pomeroy tires, rears 60%, rock box, fast hitch. $23,000.

Meyers VMax 3954 w/3rd 507-402-0557 auger, 3 yrs old, nice, asking $16,900/OBO. Hardi 550 CIH MX270, 8000 hrs. ..........................$69,900 gal. sprayer, hyd boom, 45', FOR SALE: AC 185 tractor, CIH 1140, compact w/60” deck ............$7,995 4200 one owner hrs; AC 3$10,900. Call 608-863-0952.

16s snap coupler plows; InCub Cadet 7235, compact w/72” deck $8,995 Miller Pro 1350 Rotary Rake. t'l 58 8R30” plate planter; NH TC29, MFD ......................................$7,995 Very good condition. $8,500.

New Idea PTO manure 715-448-2302 spreader. All in real nice JD 5403, MFD ......................................$19,900 cond. Call 507-525-4928 NH 185 Manure Spreader w/ ‘79 JD 8440, Loaded, 50 Series Eng. ..$17,900 new beater, $6,000; (3) 18' JD 4650, PS ..........................................$29,900 front & rear unload chop- FOR SALE: Ford 8600 dsl, 7200 hrs, pwr adj whls, ‘77 JD 4630, PS....................................$15,900 per boxes w/14 ton tandem good rubber, Band duals, running gear, 14Lx16.1 JD 4620, w/cab, air ..............................$11,900 1000 PTO, rock box, new tires. (715)495-8065.

JD 4440, PS ..........................................$18,900 cab interior, $8,500.

NH BR7090 Baler, applica612-570-0248 JD 4430, Quad, open station ..............$14,900 tor, bale command net & JD 4240, PS ..........................................$18,900 twine, 1200 bales, $31,000.

FOR SALE: IH 560, G, FH, 641-425-5478 NF, OH, 16.9-38 tires, JD 4230, Quad......................................$14,900 Schwartz hyd ldr, $5200.

NH HW345 windrower, 437 (2) JD 4020, dls., PS ............................$12,900 515-368-1358 hrs, 15.6' discbine head, ‘67 JD 4020 D, Syncro ........................$12,900 cab/AC, $71,000. 641-425-5478 FOR SALE: IHC 1586, very IH 856, Custom ......................................$8,900 good shape, 18.4x42 rears & Poly cup auger for gravity IH 1026, Hydro ............................Coming Soon duals, fully hydro TA, box, hydraulic motor w/ w/digital tach, 7,400 hrs.

IH 460 & 560, gas ..........................from $3,000 12V on & off, $1,200; 825 JD 507-530-4166 8R cult w/ rolling shields, JD Sound Guard Cabs................................Call $1,500. 612-282-1184 Gehl 4635 Skid Steer, 6’ bucket ............$7,995 FOR SALE: NH 9030, 7654 hrs, loader, grapple, Rite Way Land Rollers, New plumed for swather, 46'.........$35,972 $35,000. 1-2300, 2-1116 NH 62'.........$51,537 swather heads. Case 970 reMike 507-848-6268 110 S. Main, P.O. Box 249 • Kiester, MN built engine, new tires, duSkidsteer: Mustang 940-E, als, $7,500. NH #271 square Raymar dsl., 850 hrs., hobbaler, $500. NH 855 round by farm, no longer used, baler, $2,000. M Farmall, $10,750. Call Cambridge, $2,500. 320-367-2889 763-689-3420 WANTED TO BUY: 18.4x42 or 18.4x46 duals, 10 bolt.

320-352-3878 We buy Salvage Equipment Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc. (507)867-4910

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KIMBALL, MN • 320-398-3800 Sales: • Al Mueller • Wayne Mackereth • Mike Schneider

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GLENCOE, MN • 320-864-5531

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NO. MANKATO, MN • 507-387-55 Sales: • Randy Rasmussen • Ed Nowak • Leon Rasmussen • Jay Pederson • Spencer Kolles • Rick Miller

TRACTORS 4WD

CIH 535 Quad, '10, 800 hrs ......................................$299,000 CIH 535 Quad, '09 ....................................................$287,500 CIH STX530Q, '06, 2340 hrs ....................................$225,000 CIH 500 Steiger, '11, 405 hrs ..................................$265,500 CIH 485 Steiger, '08, 1560 hrs ................................$210,000 CIH 430 Steiger, '07, 8100 hrs ................................$125,000 CIH STX375, '01, 4230 hrs ......................................$126,000 CIH STX275, '02, 2875 hrs ......................................$125,000 CIH 9390, '97..............................................................$88,500 CIH 9380, '97..............................................................$79,000 CIH 9380, '97, 4600 hrs ............................................$79,500 CIH 9380, '96, 8075 hrs ............................................$65,000 CIH 9270, '91, 4815 hrs ............................................$72,900 CIH 9170, '89, 7825 hrs ............................................$56,500 Case 550H, '00, 1675 hrs ..........................................$35,500 Challenger MT865B, '06, 3745 hrs ..........................$199,500 Ford 846, '93, 5785 hrs ..............................................$39,900 JD 8960, '91, 6540 hrs ..............................................$64,500 JD 8630, '77, 6710 hrs ..............................................$13,500 NH T9060, '08, 1440 hrs ..........................................$212,000 NH TJ330, '07 ..........................................................$139,500 Versatile 835, '78, 11,000 hrs ....................................$15,500

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CIH 245 Mag, '08 ..............................................................Call CIH 245 Mag, '07, 3145 hrs ....................................$105,000 CIH 215 Mag, '11, 555 hrs ......................................$135,000 CIH 215 Mag, '11, 695 hrs ......................................$130,000 CIH 215 Mag, '10, 3100 hrs ....................................$105,000 CIH 215 Mag, '09, 770 hrs ......................................$129,000 CIH 215 Mag, '09, 880 hrs ......................................$129,500 CIH 215 Mag, '07, 775 hrs ......................................$119,500 CIH 230 Puma, '11, 130 hrs ....................................$135,000 CIH 8950, 8725 hrs ....................................................$62,500 CIH 7140, '91..............................................................$45,900 CIH 5130, '92, 2170 hrs ............................................$35,500 CIH 3594, '87, 4210 hrs ............................................$23,500 CIH 55A, '11, 4 hrs ....................................................$28,000 Fendt 818, 4220 hrs....................................................$79,500 Ford 8970, '95, 5600 hrs ............................................$57,500 Ford 8970, '94, 8140 hrs ............................................$57,500 Ford 8630, '91, 4385 hrs ............................................$26,500 JD 8640, '79, 9315 hrs ..............................................$16,900 JD 7800, '93, 6375 hrs ..............................................$55,000 McCormick TTX230, '09, 615 hrs ..............................$90,000 McCormick XTX215, '06, 870 hrs ..............................$85,000 McCormick XTX165, '09, 260 hrs ..............................$84,900 NH TC210, '06, 1795 hrs ............................................$94,900

COMPACT TRACTORS / RTV’s CIH 40 Farmall CVT ....................................................$36,250 CIH DX25E, '04, 175 hrs ............................................$13,900 Agco ST 40, '02, 435 hrs............................................$15,500 JD 4310, '02, 1090 hrs ..............................................$21,000 Kubota B2410HSD, '04, 215 hrs ................................$10,500 Kubota BX2360T, '09 ....................................................$8,950 Kubota BX2350TV, '08, 655 hrs....................................$7,950 Kubota BX2230, '04, 1965 hrs......................................$7,750 Kubota BX2200, '01......................................................$8,750 Kubota BX1830, '04......................................................$6,950 Kubota BX1500, '04, 1235 hrs......................................$6,100 Kubota L5740HSTC, '10 ............................................$36,800 Cub Cadet 4x4D Trail, '06, 670 hrs ..............................$7,975 Kawasaki Mule, '02, 2670 hrs ......................................$5,500 Kubota RTV900R, '08 ..................................................$9,350 Kubota RTV900W, '06, 800 hrs ....................................$7,900 CIH 2404, '68, 5805 hrs ..............................................$4,950 Kubota RTV900, '06, 935 hrs ......................................$7,950 CIH 2096, '86, 4160 hrs ............................................$22,500 Kubota RTV900W, '04, 830 hrs ....................................$8,200 Farmall H, '41 ..............................................................$1,500 Steiner Hawk, '00..........................................................$3,250 Farmall H ......................................................................$1,350 COMBINES IH 986, '77, 8735 hrs....................................................$9,950 IH 886, '79, 6195 hrs..................................................$12,500 Select combines eligible for IH 706, '66, 3700 hrs....................................................$7,500 IH 656, '72, 2090 hrs..................................................$10,500 18 month waiver, or up to IH M, '49 ......................................................................$1,500 a $2,388 rebate Allis 7060, '76, 3140 hrs ..............................................$9,900

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TRACTORS AWD/MFD CIH 335 Mag, '11, 50 hrs ........................................$219,000 (2) CIH 335 Mag, '10 ....................................choice $151,900 CIH 305 Mag, '11, 1300 hrs ....................................$167,500 (2) CIH 305 Mag, '10 ....................................choice $182,500 (2) CIH 305 Mag, '10 ....................................choice $151,900 CIH 305 Mag, '09, 1595 hrs ....................................$182,500 CIH 305 Mag, '09, 2505 hrs ....................................$162,500 CIH 290 Mag, '11, 180 hrs ......................................$192,500 CIH MX285, '05, 2770 hrs ........................................$126,500 CIH 275 Mag, '11, 600 hrs ......................................$172,500 CIH 275 Mag, '10, 600 hrs ......................................$172,500 CIH 275 Mag, '10, 800 hrs ......................................$175,000 CIH 275 Mag, '10, 950 hrs ......................................$155,500 CIH 275 Mag, '09 ..............................................................Call CIH 275 Mag, '09, 765 hrs ......................................$169,900 CIH 275 Mag, '07, 2220 hrs ....................................$146,900 CIH MX275, '06, 2020 hrs ........................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '11, 300 hrs ......................................$153,500 CIH 245 Mag, '10, 945 hrs ......................................$138,900 CIH 245 Mag, '09, 2160 hrs ....................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '09, 2250 hrs ....................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '09, 2460 hrs ....................................$129,500

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CIH 8120, '09, 930 hrs ............................................$253,400 CIH 8120, '09, 1120 hrs ..........................................$265,000 CIH 8120, '09, 1265 hrs ..........................................$249,500 CIH 8120, '09, 1060 hrs ..........................................$260,000 CIH 8010, '07, 1100 hrs ..........................................$215,000 CIH 8010, '06, 865 hrs ............................................$175,000 CIH 8010, '06, 1410 hrs ..........................................$191,500 CIH 8010, '06, 1900 hrs ..........................................$164,500 CIH 8010, '04, 2115 hrs ..........................................$139,000 CIH 8010, '04, 2440 hrs ..........................................$159,000 CIH 7120, '10, 465 hrs ............................................$245,000 CIH 7120, '09, 915 hrs ............................................$252,500 CIH 7088, '11, 585 hrs ............................................$249,000 CIH 7088, '11, 640 hrs ............................................$249,000 CIH 7088, '10, 470 hrs ............................................$245,000 CIH 7088, '10, 810 hrs ............................................$225,000 CIH 7088, '09, 845 hrs ............................................$215,000 CIH 7010, '07, 2875 hrs ..........................................$155,000 CIH 6088, '11, 470 hrs ............................................$239,000 CIH 6088, '11, 545 hrs ............................................$239,000 CIH 6088, '11, 500 hrs ............................................$239,000 CIH 6088, '10, 450 hrs ............................................$228,500 CIH 6088, '10, 525 hrs ............................................$235,000 CIH 6088, '10, 500 hrs ............................................$225,000 CIH 2588, '07, 1910 hrs ..........................................$178,900 CIH 2388, '06, 1440 hrs................................$159,500 CIH 2388, '06, 1735 hrs................................$157,500 CIH 2388, '05, 2320 hrs................................$126,900 CIH 2388, '04, 1270 hrs................................$125,000 CIH 2388, '04, 2350 hrs................................$133,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2740 hrs................................$135,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2415 hrs................................$140,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2540 hrs................................$117,900 CIH 2388, '03, 2550 hrs................................$125,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2760 hrs................................$119,900 CIH 2388, '02, 2975 hrs ................................$99,000 CIH 2388, '01, 2400 hrs ................................$99,500 CIH 2388, '01, 2580 hrs................................$106,500 CIH 2388, '01, 2840 hrs ................................$99,500 CIH 2388, '01, 3250 hrs ................................$99,900 CIH 2388, '00, 2000 hrs................................$115,000 CIH 2388, '00, 3295 hrs ................................$86,500 CIH 2388, '98, 3210 hrs ................................$77,500 CIH 2388, '98, 3250 hrs ................................$85,700 CIH 2388, '98, 3780 hrs ................................$82,500 CIH 2366, '00, 2810 hrs ................................$89,500 CIH 2366, '00, 3135 hrs ................................$89,500 CIH 2366, '99, 3845 hrs ................................$79,500 CIH 2188, '97, 3800 hrs ............................................$69,500 CIH 2188, '97, 2365 hrs ............................................$79,000 CIH 2188, '96, 2950 hrs ............................................$72,500 CIH 2188, '96, 3045 hrs ............................................$79,500 CIH 2166, '97, 4150 hrs ............................................$62,500 CIH 2166, '96, 3250 hrs ............................................$59,500 CIH 2166, '96, 3430 hrs ............................................$63,500 CIH 1688, '94, 3305 hrs ............................................$49,500 CIH 1688, '94, 4160 hrs ............................................$39,500 CIH 1688, '94, 4325 hrs ............................................$39,500 CIH 1688, '93, 4560 hrs ............................................$47,500 CIH 1666, '93, 3180 hrs ............................................$49,500 CIH 1660, '91, 3650 hrs ............................................$27,000 CIH 1660, '90, 4360 hrs ............................................$29,500 CIH 1660, '87, 4605 hrs ............................................$27,500 CIH 1640, 86, 3845 hrs ..............................................$14,500 CIH 1440 ......................................................................$5,900 Gleaner R62, '98, 3265 hrs ........................................$57,900 JD 9870STS, '09, 830 hrs ........................................$275,000 JD 9870, '09, 1100 hrs ............................................$256,000 JD 9770S, '08, 890 hrs ............................................$217,000 JD 9660, '07, 1805 hrs ............................................$169,500 JD 9660STS, '04, 2115 hrs ......................................$149,000 JD 9610, '96, 3265 hrs ..............................................$62,500 JD 9500, '89, 4520 hrs ..............................................$37,950 JD 9400, '97, 3250 hrs ..............................................$44,500 JD 9400, '91, 4720 hrs ..............................................$35,950 MF 8570, '95 ..............................................................$41,900 MF 750, '77 ..................................................................$3,500 NH TR97, '95, 3955 hrs..............................................$29,500 NH TR86, '89, 3860 hrs..............................................$18,500 NH TR86, '85, 3245 hrs................................................$9,900 NH 970, '03, 2020 hrs ..............................................$139,000

CIH 920 Beanhead ........................................................$3,500 Gleaner 800, 25' Beanhead ........................................$16,000 (4) JD 930F, 30' Beanhead ..........................$9,550 - $11,900 (2) JD 920, 20' Beanhead ............................$5,500 & $5,900 (3) JD 635F, 35' Beanhead ........................$32,000 - $34,500 JD 630F Beanhead ......................................................$36,900 Macdon 974, 35' Beanhead ........................................$45,000 Macdon 30' Beanhead ................................................$41,500 MF 9750, 25' Beanhead ................................................$7,000 NH 960 Beanhead ........................................................$1,400 (3) CIH 2612 Cornhead ............................$77,000 & $82,300 (3) CIH 2608 Cornhead ..............................$52,900 - $65,000 CIH 2606 Cornhead ....................................................$44,500 (8) CIH 2208 Cornhead ..............................$27,500 - $35,500 (2) CIH 2206 Cornhead ............................$24,500 & $30,000 (2) CIH 1222 Cornhead ............................$12,500 & $16,900 (12) CIH 1083 Cornhead..............................starting at $9,500 (3) CIH 1063 Cornhead................................starting at $9,500 CIH 1000, 1R222 Cornhead ........................................$15,750 CIH 9R22 Cornhead ....................................................$15,000 IH 12R22 Cornhead ....................................................$15,500 IH 983, 9R22 Cornhead ..............................................$10,500 IH 963, 6R30 Cornhead ................................................$7,950 IH 883 Cornhead ..........................................................$3,500 (4) IH 863 Cornhead ......................................$2,500 - $4,500 Cat 1622 Cornhead ....................................................$29,500 Cressoni 6R30 Cornhead ............................................$21,500 Drago 18R22 Cornhead ............................................$135,000 (7) Drago 12R22 Cornhead ........................$49,500 - $85,000 (2) Drago 12R20 Cornhead ........................................$84,500 Drago 10R30 Cornhead ..............................................$65,500 (3) Drago 10R22 Cornhead ........................$39,500 - $65,500 (16) Drago 8R30 Cornhead ........................$29,000 - $57,500 (2) Drago 8R22 Cornhead ........................$33,000 & $44,900 (3) Drago 6R30 Cornhead ..........................$41,500 - $50,000 Geringhoff 1222 Cornhead..........................................$69,500 Geringhoff 8R30 Cornhead ........................................$29,900 (4) Geringhoff Roto Disc ............................$29,900 - $46,000 Gleaner 3000, 6R30 Cornhead....................................$16,000 Harvestec 4306C Cornhead ........................................$34,000 (4) Harvestec 8R30 Cornhead ....................$25,000 - $39,500 Harvestec 6R30 Cornhead ..........................................$15,900 JD 1293, 12R30 Cornhead..........................................$45,500 JD 1290, 12R20 Cornhead..........................................$49,950 JD 10R22 Cornhead......................................................$8,500 (5) JD 893, 8R30 Cornhead ......................$14,500 - $33,000 JD 843 10R22 Cornhead ............................................$12,500 JD 843, 8R30 Cornhead................................................$7,500 JD 843, 8R22 Cornhead..............................................$10,000 (2) JD 643, 6R30 Cornhead ..........................$5,500 & $6,500 Lexion C512R30 Cornhead ........................................$38,000 NH 962 Cornhead ........................................................$1,400 IH 810 Platform ............................................................$1,500 JD Platform ..................................................................$1,500 Homemade 30' Head Transport ......................................$900 Homemade 4 Wheel Head Transport ............................$1,000 Unverferth HT25 Head Transport ..................................$2,500 Walco CHC30, 30' Head Transport................................$2,500

BEAN/CORNHEADS

CIH 9120, '11, 290 hrs ............................................$320,000 CIH 9120T, '10, 655 hrs............................................$329,000 CIH 9120, '09, 725 hrs ............................................$289,000 CIH 8120, '11, 260 hrs ............................................$319,000 CIH 8120, '11, 210 hrs ............................................$309,000 CIH 8120, '11, 250 hrs ............................................$309,000 CIH 8120T, '10, 970 hrs............................................$319,000 CIH 8120, '10, 190 hrs ............................................$315,000

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CIH 2162, 35' Beanhead ............................................$59,900 (2) CIH 2062, 36' Beanhead......................$45,000 & $48,000 CIH 2062, 30' Beanhead ............................................$39,500 (4) CIH 2020, 35' Beanhead ......................$27,900 - $32,500 (6) CIH 2020, 30' Beanhead ......................$19,500 - $33,500 (3) CIH 2020, 25' Beanhead ....................$$18,900 - $23,000 CIH 2020, 20' Beanhead ............................................$24,000 (30) CIH 1020, 30' Beanhead ......................Starting at $2,000 (23) CIH 1020, 25' Beanhead ......................Starting at $5,500 (3) CIH 1020, 22.5' Beanhead ........................$4,950 - $9,700 (3) CIH 1020, 20' Beanhead ......................$10,500 - $15,500 CIH 1020, 15' Cornhead ..............................................$8,500

FALL TILLAGE (7) CIH 870, 22' Subsoiler ........................$59,000 - $75,000 (3) CIH 870, 18' Subsoiler ........................$43,500 - $57,500 (4) CIH MRX690 Suboiler ..........................$20,900 - $28,500 (5) CIH 9300, 22.5' Subsoiler ....................$24,500 - $45,000 (2) CIH 9300, 9 Shank Subsoiler ..............$36,000 & $36,500 (7) CIH 730B Subsoiler ..............................$17,500 - $26,000 (3) CIH 730C, 17.5' Subsoiler ....................$35,000 - $41,500 (3) CIH 730C, 7 Shank Subsoiler ..............$34,900 - $39,900 (2) CIH 730B, 7 Shank Subsoiler ..............$22,500 & $24,000 CIH 530B, 12.5' Subsoiler ..........................................$18,500 CIH 530B, 5 Shank Suboiler ......................................$25,950 CIH 530C, 12.5' Subsoiler ..........................................$32,500 IH 11, 9 Shank Subsoiler ..............................................$1,950 DMI 9300, 22' Subsoiler ............................................$29,500 DMI 2500, 4 Shank Subsoiler ......................................$6,950 DMI 730B Subsoiler....................................................$17,500 (5) DMI 730B, 17.5' Subsoiler ..................$15,000 - $19,500 (3) DMI 730B, 7 Shank Suboiler ................$17,000 - $19,500 (2) DMI 730, 7 Shank Subsoiler ............ $12,500 & $12,900 DMI 530B, 12.5' Subsoiler..........................................$16,900 DMI 530, 12.5' Subsoiler............................................$15,500 DMI 530, 5 Shank Subsoiler ......................................$13,500 DMI CCII, 9 Shank Subsoiler ........................................$5,000 (2) DMI CCII, 11.5' Subsoiler ......................$5,250 & $7,750 DMI Tiger II Subsoiler ..................................................$7,950 Bourgault 2200, 30' Subsoiler ....................................$92,400 (14) JD 2700 Subsoiler ..............................$21,500 - $38,000 JD 960 Subsoiler ..........................................................$6,500 (2) JD 512, 22.5' Subsoiler ............................choice $49,500 (3) JD 512, 22' Subsoiler ..........................$40,000 - $46,500 (2) JD 512, 17.5' Subsoiler ......................$17,000 & $25,500 (3) JD 512, 9 Shank Subsoiler ..................$23,900 - $27,750 JD 510, 7 Shank Subsoiler ........................................$10,500 Krause 4850, 18' Subsoiler ........................................$43,500 Landoll 2320, 5 Shank Subsoiler ................................$15,950

FALL TILLAGE Continue

M & W 2900 Subsoiler ....................................

M & W 2200 Subsoiler ....................................

M & W 1875, 17.5' Subsoiler ..........................

M & W 1860, 9 Shank Subsoiler ......................

M & W 1465, 7 Shank Subsoiler ......................

NH ST770, 17.5' Subsoiler ..............................

Sunflower 4412, 7 Shank Subsoiler..................

(6) Wilrich V957DDR Subsoiler..................$23, Wilrich 6600 Subsoiler ....................................

IH 4700, 30' Chisel Plow ..................................

White 423 Chisel Plow ......................................

CIH 800, 9x18 MB Plow....................................

IH 710 MB Plow................................................

IH 700, 7x18 MB Plow......................................

JD 3710, 9 Bottom MB Plow ............................

JD 3600, 6x18 MB Plow ..................................

JD 726, 34' Combo Mulch ................................

Sunflower 6432, 30' Combo Mulch ..................

DMI 40' Crumbler ............................................

Killbros 150, 40' Crumbler................................

NH SG110, 45' Crumbler ..................................

Unverferth 1225, 33' Crumbler ........................

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Claas 980, '10, 645 hrs ....................................

Claas 980, '10 ..................................................

Claas 980, '09, 1135 hrs ..................................

Claas 980, '08 ..................................................

Claas 980, '08, 1495 hrs ..................................

Claas 970, '08, 1040 hrs ..................................

Claas 900, '09, 1625 hrs ..................................

Claas 900, '07, 1935 hrs ..................................

Claas 900, '07, 2430 hrs ..................................

Claas 900, '06, 2645 hrs ..................................

Claas 900, '03, 2275 hrs ..................................

Claas 890, '04, 2865 hrs ..................................

Claas 890, '02 ..................................................

Claas 890, '02, 2555 hrs ..................................

Claas 870 GE, '06, 1585 hrs ............................

Claas 870 GE, '06, 2590 hrs ............................

Claas 870, '05, 1995 hrs ..................................

Claas 870, '03, 2790 hrs ..................................

JD 6810, '96, 4590 hrs ....................................

JD 5400, 2660 hrs ............................................

NH FX60, '03, 1970 hrs ....................................

NH FX58, '02, 1410 hrs ....................................

FORAGE

Gehl CB1275 PT Forg Harv ..............................

Gehl CB1265 PT Forg Harv ..............................

Gehl CB1065 PT Forg Harv ..............................

Gehl 1075 PT Forg Harv ..................................

NH FP240 Forg Harv ........................................

IH 830 PT Forg Harv ........................................

(8) Claas PU380HD Hayhead.................... $13, (3) Claas PU380 Pro Hayhead....................$23, (10) Claas PU380 Hayhead ...................... $11, Claas PU300 Hayhead ......................................

(5) Gehl HA1210 7' Hayhead ..........................

Gehl HA1110, '95 Hayhead ...............................

Gehl 7' Hayhead ...............................................

JD 630A Hayhead ............................................

JD 630 Hayhead................................................

JD 7' Hayhead...................................................

JD 5HP, 5.5' Hayhead .......................................

NH 3500 Hayhead ............................................

NH 355W Hayhead............................................

NH 340W Hayhead............................................

(3) Claas Orbis 900 Cornhead ................$110,0 (3) Claas Orbis 750 Cornhead ....................$76, (4) Claas Orbis 600 Cornhead ....................$65, (12) Claas RU600, 8R30 Cornhead ............$24, (3) Claas RU450XTRA Cornhead................$42, (12) Claas RU450 Cornhead ......................$28, (4) Gehl TR330 Cornhead ..............................$2 (2) JD 688 Cornhead ................................$28,0 JD 666, 6R30 Cornhead....................................

JD 3R30 Cornhead............................................

Kemper 4500 Cornhead ....................................

Kemper 3000 Cornhead ....................................

NH 3PN Cornhead ............................................

(2) NH R1600 Cornhead ..........................$39,5

HAY EQUIPMENT

CIH 8830, '96, 1430 hrs ..................................

Versatile 400, '76 ..............................................

CIH DHX181 Windrower Head ..........................

(2) CIH 8360, 12' MowCond ........................$4 CIH 8340, 9' MowCond ....................................

(2) CIH 8312, 12' MowCond ......................$9,5

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HAY EQUIPMENT Continued CIH DCX161 MowCond ..............................................$20,500 CIH SC412 MowCond ..................................................$7,900 (2) Claas 8550C MowCond ......................$36,500 & $42,500 Claas 8400RC MowCond ............................................$55,000 Hesston 1160, 14' MowCond ......................................$5,350 JD Moco946 MowCond ..............................................$29,500 JD 1600, 14' MowCond ................................................$6,995 JD 945, 13' MowCond ................................................$15,000 NH 1475 MowCond ......................................................$7,500 NH 1441, 16' PT Windrower ......................................$21,500 (2) NH 116, 14' MowCond............................$5,900 & $6,500 Vermeer 1030, 13.5' MowCond ..................................$18,500 Kuhn GMD55 Disc Mower ............................................$3,900 IH 120, 7' Sickle Mower ..................................................$795 NH 455, 7' Sickle Mower ..............................................$1,750 CIH FC60, 60" Rotary Mower ..........................................$550 Landpride FDR2584 Rotary Mower ..............................$2,750 Woods RD7200D Rotary Mower ..................................$1,895 H & S TWM9 Wind Merg ............................................$26,500 H & S TWN2-P Wind Merg ........................................$22,500 (2) Millerpro 310 ......................................$65,000 & $67,000 (3) Millerpro 14-16 Wind Merg ................ $28,500 - $35,800 NH H5410, 9' Wind Merg ..........................................$17,900 NH 166 Wind Merg ......................................................$3,750 NH 144 Wind Merg ......................................................$2,000 Victor 245 Wind Merg ................................................$34,800 Kuhn GA8521 Rake ....................................................$23,500 Kuhn GA7301 Rake ....................................................$14,500

SPRAYERS - SELF-PROPELLED Rudy Lusk - (507) 227-4119 CIH 4420, '09, 1320 hrs ..........................................$175,000 CIH SPX4260, '99 ......................................................$85,000 Hagie 2100, '01, 2600 hrs ..........................................$73,000 Rogator 854, '01 ........................................................$83,500 Rogator 854, '97, 4475 hrs ........................................$44,000 Tyler Patriot XL, '94, 4360 hrs....................................$37,900 Walker 44, '99, 2050 hrs ............................................$49,500

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PLANTING

CIH 1260, 36R22 ......................................................$185,000 (2) CIH 1250, 24R30 ............................$113,900 & $121,000 (3) CIH 1250, 16R30 ................................$89,500 - $105,000 (2) CIH 1200, 24R22 .............................. $39,900 & $66,900 (2) CIH 1200, 12R30 .............................. $52,500 & $85,000 CIH 1200, 6R30 ..........................................................$22,500 CIH 955SRC, 8R13 ....................................................$19,500 CIH 955, 16R30 ..........................................................$21,900 CIH 955, 12R30 ..........................................................$15,000 CIH 950, 16R22 ..........................................................$15,900 CIH 900, 12R30 ............................................................$6,500 IH 800, 16R30 ..............................................................$8,950 IH 800, 12R30 ..............................................................$3,900 JD 7300, 18R22..........................................................$17,500 JD 7300, 12R30..........................................................$12,500 JD 7100, 12R30............................................................$6,500 JD 7000, 12R30..........................................................$11,900 JD 1770, 16R30..........................................................$65,500 JD 1770, 16R30..........................................................$46,300 JD 1760, 12R30..........................................................$46,500 White 8816, 16R30 ....................................................$92,500 White 8524, 24R30 ..................................................$109,900 White 6100, 24R22 ....................................................$24,500 CIH 5400MT, 20' Drill ..................................................$6,950 IH 510 Drill ..................................................................$1,500 (3) Great Plains 20' Drill ................................$4,500 - $5,500 JD 750NT, 15' Drill......................................................$15,000 JD 520, 20' Drill............................................................$4,500 CIH SDX40, 40' Seeder ............................................$129,500

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Ag Chem 1000 ............................................................$13,500 Ag Chem 750 ................................................................$8,900 (2) Demco Conquest ................................$18,900 & $19,500 DMI 2800....................................................................$17,500 Fast 9512E, 80' ..........................................................$32,700 Hardi 500, 60' ..............................................................$7,900 Redball 690 ................................................................$36,500 Redball 690, 2000 Gal ................................................$29,500 Redball 670, 1200 Gal ................................................$21,500 Redball 650, 400 Gal ....................................................$8,500 SPRING TILLAGE Redball 565 ................................................................$15,500 ..........$16,500 Top Air 1600, 120' ......................................................$52,000 (3) CIH TM 200, 60.5' Fld Cult ........................choice $67,500 Top Air 500, 45' ............................................................$3,800 ............$7,500 CIH TM 200, 50.5' Fld Cult ........................................$57,900 ............$5,500 (2) CIH TM 200, 48.5' Fld Cult....................................$55,000 SKID LOADERS / EXCAVATORS ............$9,500 CIH TM 200, 40.5' ACS Fld Cult..................................$58,950 ..........$23,000 Case SR250, '12, 2 hrs ..............................................$42,500 CIH TMII, 60.5' Fld Cult ..............................................$57,500 ............$2,895 Case 1845B, '92, 5550 hrs ..........................................$7,400 CIH TMII, 50.5' Fld Cult ..............................................$57,500 ,500 - $15,000 Case 1845C, '96, 7080 hrs ........................................$10,000 ,000 - $24,500 Case 1845C, '90, 2240 hrs ........................................$12,500 CIH TMII, 48.5' Fld Cult ..............................................$39,500 ,500 - $14,500 Case 1840, '99, 5960 hrs..............................................$9,975 (2) CIH TMII, 44.5' Fld Cult ......................$34,500 & $39,500 ............$9,500 Case 1840, '95, 4395 hrs............................................$10,500 CIH TMII, 36' Fld Cult ................................................$34,500 $500 - $1,850 Case 1840, '91, 6355 hrs..............................................$9,850 CIH TMII, 30.5' Fld Cult ..............................................$26,500 ...............$500 Case 1840, '89, 3350 hrs..............................................$9,900 CIH 4900, 40' Fld Cult ..................................................$7,000 ...............$500 Case 1840, 4400 hrs ....................................................$9,750 CIH 4600, 27.5' Fld Cult................................................$4,850 ............$8,500 Case 1840, 4855 hrs ....................................................$9,500 CIH 4300, 37.5' Fld Cult................................................$7,500 ............$8,500 Case 1835B, '86, 3050 hrs ..........................................$6,500 IH 4600, 31' Fld Cult ....................................................$4,500 ...............$800 Case 1830 ....................................................................$3,500 DMI TMII, 36.5' Fld Cult ............................................$26,900 ...............$400 Case 1825, '89, 4000 hrs..............................................$5,500 (2) DMI TM, 44.5' Fld Cult ........................$11,500 & $12,500 ............$6,500 Case 445, '06..............................................................$30,500 Brent 28.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$15,500 ............$8,500 Case 440, '07, 2330 hrs..............................................$22,500 Brillion HFCT, 36.5' Fld Cult ..........................................$9,750 ............$5,000 Case 435, '07, 1050 hrs..............................................$20,900 Flexcoil 820, 40' Fld Cult ............................................$11,500 430, '06, 2105 hrs..............................................$17,900 (2) JD 2210, 64.5' Fld Cult........................$49,500 & $61,500 000 - $111,000 Case Case 430, '06, 3905 hrs..............................................$22,000 ,000 - $79,000 Case 430, '05, 3720 hrs..............................................$17,900 JD 2210, 54.5; Fld Cult ..............................................$43,500 ,000 - $68,000 Case 420, '06, 600 hrs................................................$21,000 JD 985, 60' Fld Cult ....................................................$34,500 ,500 - $59,000 Case 40XT, '02, 1735 hrs............................................$15,900 JD 985, 54.5' Fld Cult ................................................$17,950 ,000 - $46,000 Bobcat S650, '11, 275 hrs ................................................Call JD 985, 50.5' Fld Cult ................................................$27,900 ,000 - $48,000 Bobcat 863C, '97, 2140 hrs ........................................$13,900 JD 985, 48.5' Fld Cult ................................................$15,500 2,600 - $5,500 Bobcat 743, '88, 3820 hrs ............................................$7,250 (3) JD 980, 44.5' Fld Cult ..........................$13,500 - $17,950 000 & $51,500 Cat 257B, 2705 hrs ....................................................$22,500 (2) JD 980, 36.5' Fld Cult..........................$14,500 & $16,900 ..........$12,500 Gehl 7800, '01, 6395 hrs ............................................$18,500 (2) JD 980, 27.5' Fld Cult..........................$14,700 & $17,500 ............$2,600 Gehl 7810 Turbo, '04, 3350 hrs..................................$34,500 JD 960, 32.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$5,995 ..........$29,500 Gehl 5640E, '07, 1915 hrs ..........................................$19,900 JD 726, 38' Fld Cult ....................................................$27,500 ..........$22,000 Gehl 5240E, '10, 380 hrs ............................................$27,500 Landoll 3000, 33' Fld Cult ............................................$6,950 ............$8,500 Gehl 5420E, '08, 400 hrs ............................................$27,500 Sunflower 5053, 39' Fld Cult ......................................$19,900 500 & $42,500 Gehl 4825SX, '98, 5640 hrs..........................................$8,500 Wilrich Quad5, 42' Fld Cult ........................................$17,900 Gehl 4640E, '06, 2705 hrs ..........................................$15,000 Wilrich 2500, 27.4' Fld Cult ..........................................$1,950 Gehl 3825 ....................................................................$9,500 CIH 3900, 33' Disk......................................................$14,900 ..........$15,900 Gehl SL3410, '90 ..........................................................$5,000 CIH 370, 31' Disk........................................................$52,500 ............$2,800 JD 328, '05, 5180 hrs ................................................$19,500 CIH 330, 34' Disk........................................................$54,500 ..........$20,000 JD 320, 2210 hrs ........................................................$19,900 White 271, 22' Disk ......................................................$5,995 ,900 & $6,900 NH LS170, '02, 2765 hrs ............................................$16,900 Wishek 862NT, 26' Disk..............................................$29,900 ............$7,950 Kubota U35SS, '05, 140 hrs ......................................$28,000 500 & $11,500

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USED TRACTORS Challenger MT525B, ‘04, 800 hrs. ........$54,500 Challenger MT645 w/ldr, 1900 hrs ........$79,500 AGCO RT155A w/ldr, 2200 hrs. ............$99,500 ‘White 6175, 2WD, 5100 hrs ................$39,500 AGCO Allis 9650, 2 WD, 5000 hrs ........$32,500

‘79 AC 7020, PD......................................$8,950 AC 7000 w/duals ....................................$8,950 AC WD, WF, repainted ............................$2,795 JD 2030 w/JD 48 ldr. ..............................$8,950 IH 300 utility w/loader ............................$3,950

USED COMBINES & HEADS ‘07 Gleaner A65, 300 hrs. ..................$189,500 ‘03 Gleaner R-75’s, 1100 hrs. ............$139,500 ‘02 Gleaner R-72, duals, 1100 hrs. ....$129,500 ‘93 Gleaner R72, 2800 hrs ....................$59,500 ‘89 Gleaner R70 duals, 2700 hrs ..........$24,900 ‘05 Gleaner R65, duals, 460 hrs..........$159,500 ‘01 Gleaner R62, duals, 1300 hrs........$109,500 ‘01 Gleaner R62, duals, 900 hrs..........$109,500 ‘01 Gleaner R62, duals, 1500 hrs..........$99,500 ‘95 Gleaner R-62, 2000 hrs., RWA........$59,500 ‘92 Gleaner R-62, 2300 hrs. ..................$39,500 ‘98 Gleaner R52, duals, 1700 hrs..........$69,500 ‘08 Gleaner 8200, 25’ R series ..............$24,900 ‘05 Gleaner 8000, 30’ flex w/air reel......$27,900 ‘04 NH CR970, 1000 hrs. ....................$149,500 ‘02 Gleaner R62, 1500 hrs ....................$89,500 ‘05 Gleaner R75, 1000 hrs ..................$159,500

‘99 MF 8780, Smart track, 1800 hrs. ....$79,500 ‘97 MF 8780, 25’ , 863, 2400 hrs..........$79,500 ‘03 MF 8000, 25’ w/Crary air reel..........$24,900 ‘10 Gleaner 8200, 25’ flex w/air reel......$32,500 ‘96 Gleaner 525 flex w/Crary air reel ....$13,900 (5) Gleaner 8R30 huggers ......$11,900-$39,900 (6) Gleaner 6R30 huggers ........$9,950-$15,900 ‘93 Gleaner 8R36 hugger ......................$11,900 ‘90 Gleaner, 4R36 hugger........................$4,950 ‘80 Gleaner N803A cornhead ..................$2,950 Harvest Tech cornhead, 8R30 ..............$22,900 JD 843 cornhead, 10R22, Gleaner or JD $7,950 JD 843 cornhead, 8R30, Gleaner or MF ..$9,950 ‘99 Gleaner 830C, SCH..........................$15,900 ‘78 Gleaner L2 hydro ..............................$4,950 Gleaner N630A, ‘82 & up ........................$1,500 Fieldstar II yield monitor for GL, MF, CH $3,950

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MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT ‘03 White 8186, 16R30, 3 bu. ..............$52,500 White 6100, 10R30 ................................$8,950 JD 7200, 16R30 vac, 250, LF................$21,500 Deutz Allis 385, 8R30, 300 monitor ........$2,495 WilRich Quad 5, 48’ ..............................$12,900 ‘00 Wilrich 6600, 7x30 disc ripper ........$10,000 JD 980, 38’ w/3 bar ..............................$16,500 CIH 4300, 28’ ........................................$11,900 CIH 4800, 32’ ..........................................$9,950 M&W 1875, 7x3 disc ripper ....................$9,950 Bush Hog 12R30 cult. ................................$795 Wishek 962NT, 22’ disc ........................$47,500 Tebben 7x30 deep-til disc leveler ............$6,950 ‘05 Sunflower 4510-13 disc chisel ........$19,900 ‘06 New Idea 5512 disc mower cond. ..$18,900 ‘06 NH 616 disc mower ..........................$5,950 ‘08 Hesston 3008 disc mower ................$6,950 ‘11 Wishek 862 NT, 26’ ........................$62,500 ‘09 Wishek 8623NT, 30’ ........................$49,500 Wishek 862NT, 26’ disc ........................$44,500 ‘06 WilRich V957, 5x30 ........................$24,900 WilRich V957, 7x30 ..............................$24,900 Artsway G72, 6’ finishing mower ..............$795 Wilrich V957, 7x30................................$34,900

‘03 CIH LBX331, 3x3, big square ..........$39,500 Hesston 550, 4x6 baler ..........................$4,950 ‘05 Balzer 2000 shredder, new knives ....$8,950 ‘06 Balzer 2000 shredder ......................$16,900 Balzer 2000 shredder, semi-mounted......$5,950 ‘02 Parker 737 grain cart, duals ............$18,900 NEW 16’ harrow for Wishek disc ............$3,500 Killbros 490 grain cart ............................$8,950 Parker 510 grain cart ..............................$9,950 Hiniker 1325, 15’ chisel plow ..................$3,950 Feterl 10x60 w/GH hopper ......................$1,995 Feterl 10x60 HF w/hopper ......................$2,950 Westgo 10x71 w/hopper ........................$1,950 Feterl 8x46 PTO auger ............................$2,950 Fterl 8x60 PTO auger ..............................$1,995 Feterl 10x76 HF auger w/hopper ............$1,975 ‘81 Gleaner N5 ........................................$5,950 ‘09 Gleaner 8200, 35’ flex, air reel, new$39,900 ‘07 Gleaner 8200, 30’ flex, “A” mtg.......$26,500 ‘95 Gleaner 530 flex ................................$8,900 Schweiss 6’ snowblower, 2 auger ..........$1,995 Loftness 8’ snowblower, single auger ....$2,995 ‘10 Farm King Y840, 84” snowblower ....$2,950

NEW RENTAL RETURNS Brandt 5200 EX grain vac......................$17,900 MF 7495, FWD ....................................$134,500 MF 7495, 100 hrs................................$129,900 MF 7490, FWD ....................................$129,500 MF 8670, all options............................$187,000 Sunflower 1435, 30’ disc ......................$39,900

Sunflower 4511-11................................$37,900 Versatile 305........................................$145,000 Versatile 305, frt. duals ......................$150,000 Krause 4850-18 Dominator ..................$54,900 Wilrich 657-13 ......................................$29,900

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JUST IN AC 8050, PW, FWD, duals ....................$27,500 Wilrich Excel, 32’ ..................................$21,500 ‘08 Gleaner R65, 600 hrs ....................$189,500 ‘09 Gleaner R66, 397 hrs ....................$219,500 JD 230, 20’ disc ......................................$2,950 IH 490, 24’ disc ......................................$2,950 ‘02 White 8500, 12R30, 2 bu. ..............$34,500 JD 1770, 16R30 ....................................Coming ‘08 Wilrich Quad X2, 47’, baskets ........$49,500 Challenger MT 465B w/loader ..............$54,900

AC 7045, PS ............................................$9,950 White 6145, FWA, 2300 hrs ..................$49,500 MF 1533 w/loader, hydro, 450 hrs ........$15,900 ‘02 AGCO DT180, 6900 hrs ..................$49,500 ‘97 Gleaner 515 flex ................................$8,950 ‘05 Wilrich V957, 7x30..........................$17,900 Rawson dual hyd drive, 2 yrs old............$2,950 (12) Yetter residue manaagers ............Ea. $200 (15) used Flexheads ....................................Call

We Rent Brandt Grain Vacs We Rent and Sell Wishek Discs Midway Farm Equipment

507-427-3414 or 800-657-3249 www.midwayfarmequip.com

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JD 4255, 2WD, 5,200 hrs., JD 4320, 8,200 hrs., 38” tires, WANTED TO BUY: Front WANTED: JD 4030, 4230, 4240, or 4020, '69 , '70, or '71 2 hyd., cab, 3 pt., 1,000 spacer for CIH Magnum Q.R., 2 hyd., JD duals, very w/ cab, w/ or w/out lder, w/ RPM PTO only, good cond., tractor. 320-894-4397 sharp, $34,800 OBO. 952-240or w/out snowblower. $8,800. 952-240-2193 2193 320-748-7680

~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~

• Gates • Calving Pens • Haymax Bale Feeders • Cattle Panels • Feeders Panels • Head Gates • Hog Feeders • Squeeze Chutes & Tubs • Port-A-Hut Shelters (Many Sizes) • Bergman Cattle Feeders • Lorenz & Farm King Snowblowers • Mandako Land Rollers, 12’-60’ • GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu.

• Sheep & Calf Feeders • Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg. • Powder River Crowding Tub & Alley • Mister Squeeze Cattle Chutes & Hd. Gates • Garfield Earth Scrapers • Peck Grain Augers, 8” - 10” - 12” • Special Price

• MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders • Powder River Livestock & Horse Equipment • Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’ • Jari Sickle Mowers • Grasshopper Lawn Mowers - Special Price Now! • “Tire” feeders & waterers • MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor for skidsteers, tractors, loaders or telehandlers • Good Stock of parts for GT Tox-O-Wic Grain Dryers, Also, Some Used Parts • Sitrex Wheel Rakes - MX Model In Stock • Brillion Alfalfa & Grass Seeders • Bale Baskets • SI Feeders & Bunks • (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders • Enduraplas Bale Feeders, Panels & Tanks • E-Z Trail Wagons, Boxes & Grain Carts • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns • R&C Poly Bale Feeders • Farm King Augers and Mowers • Corral Panels & Horse Stalls • EZ-Trail Head Movers & Bale Racks • Roda Mini-Spreaders • Amish Built Oak bunk feeders & bale racks • Walco log splitter • Goat & Sheep feeders

• We Also Buy & Sell Used GT Tox-O-Wic Dryers Or We Can Rebuild Your Dryer For You

• We Buy & Sell Used Smidley Steer Stuffers Or We Can Rebuild Your Steer Stuffer For You

Notch Equipment: • Rock Buckets • Grapple Forks • Manure Forks • Bale Spears • Hi-Volume Buckets & Pallet Forks • Bale Transports & Feeder Wagons, 16’-34’ • Adult & Young Stock Feeders & Bale Feeders • Land Levelers

Smidley Equipment: • Steer Stuffers • Hog Feeders • Hog Huts • Calf Creep Feeders • Lamb & Sheep Feeders • Cattle & Hog Waterers • Mini Scaler

Sioux Equipment:

~ USED EQUIPMENT ~ • #206 Vermeer stump chipper, 16 hp. rebuilt engine • Aitchinson 7’ 3-pt. (grass farmer) inter-seeder • #370 GT PTO grain dryer • 6’ Green chopper • 18’ Meyers bale rack w/10-ton Meyers wagon • NH #513 spreader, VG • 81⁄2 yd. Garfield hyd. push off scraper, used only 3 days in past 2 yrs.

• Grasshopper 723 w/52” deck, “Demo”

• Early Order Discounts Now In Effect on New GT Dryers, Grasshoppers & Zero Turn Mowers • Woods 6’ 3 pt. snowblower w/orbit motor spout • Gehl #312 Scavenger II spreader, 260 bu., VG • Brady 5600 15’ stalk shredder & windrower • Steer Stuffer & Hog Feeders • 20’ JD BWF disk w/duals, Very Good • Special Prices on new Augers & Gravity Boxes In Stock

FARM, HOME & CONSTRUCTION

Office Location - 305 Bluff Street Hutchinson, MN 55350

320-587-2162, Ask for Larry

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Madison, MN From Hwy. 75 & 212 Jct., 3.5 mi. W., 2.5 mi. S.

Airseeder, 40’ Horsch 1502 ............$25,000 Airseeder, CIH SDX40 w/cart, low use ......................................................$69,000 JD 7300, 12RN planter ......................$6,000 JD 7100, 20R19 planter......................$4,500 JD 7100, 16R22 planter......................$4,500 JD 7000, 12R30 planter, liq. fert.........$4,500 JD 7000, 8R30 planter........................$4,000 JD 9600 combine, new duals............$25,000 IH 460, 560, gas, WF ........................$2,000 IH M loader, new tires........................Coming JD 3010, gas, WF, 3 pt. ......................$4,500 JD 2510, gas ......................................$6,250 ‘70 JD 3020, gas, late ........................$6,500 (2) ‘72 JD 3020, syncro, diesel ..............................$10,500/$12,500 JD 2640, JD 146 loader, nice............$12,500 JD 2355, Utility, diesel, 2200 hrs. ....$11,500 (2) JD 3020, PS ..................$8,500/$17,500 JD 4010 D..........................................$5,500 JD 4010 D, F11 loader ......................$6,500 JD 4020 D, new clutch, synchro ......$6,750 (2) JD 4020, PS ....................$7,500/$8,900 (3) JD 4020, PS, SC ..........$12,500-$15,500 JD 4000, WF, 3 pt. ..............................$9,750 (2) JD 4230, Quad, PS, engine OH ..$14,500 (2) JD 4430, PS ................$13,500/$14,500 JD 4440, PS......................................$18,500 JD 4250, Quad, JD 4450, PS ..........$24,500 JD 4250, PS, FWA ............................$28,500 JD 4650, PS, duals ..........................$24,500 JD 4850, PS, FWA, duals..................$24,500 JD 4255, Quad, new engine..............$37,500

JD 4960, MFD, duals ........................$40,000 JD 2940, FWA, JD 260 loader ..........$16,500 NH BR 780A baler, net wrap ............$17,500 NH BR 780 baler, net wrap ..............$11,500 NH BR 780 baler ................................$9,500 JD 843 loader, Like New ..................$12,500 JD 840 loader, JD 8000 mts. ..............$9,500 JD 720 loader......................................$5,500 JD 740 loader, self leveling, Nice ......Coming JD 260 loader, Very Good ..................$4,500 JD 280 loader, grapple ........................$8,900 (2) JD 158, (3) JD 148 loader$2,500/$4,500 IH 2350 loader ....................................$3,250 Leon 1000 grapple, (off JD 8100) ......$5,500 (2) Dual 3100 loader, blue cyl $1,250/$2,500 Dual 310 loader ..................................$3,000 Farmhand F358 loader, IH mts. ..........$3,250 Miller PL-4 loader ..............................$3,500 (2) Miller M12........................$1,500/$2,500 New Box Scrapers, 10’/12’ ....$1,650/$1,750 New & Used Skidsteer Attachments ......Call Pallet Forks, Grapples, Rock Buckets....Call New & Used Batco & Conveyall belt conveyors..............................................Call 8”, 10”, 13” Augers, various sizes ........Call ‘75 IH 1600, new clutch, 15’ steel b ..$2,500 (4) Gravity Boxes ......................$750/$4,000 Davis Backhoe, (off Case)..................$2,500 IH 80, 7’ snowblower..........................$1,400 (5) Snowblowers ......................$500/$5,500 Bobcat T200 skidsteer ......................$13,500 Bobcat T300 skidsteer ......................$27,500 ‘08 NH C175 track skidsteer ............$22,500

WANTED: Unrestored tractors, any make, any model, will pay cash, can be dead or alive.

Please call 507-383-5973 We have new completely overhauled Allis Chalmers W.D. Engine w/ all new parts.

Rosenberg Tractor Salvage 507-848-1701 or 507-236-8726 Harvesting Equip

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FOR SALE: Eaton rebuilt hydraulic pump from IH 2577, part #87338787, will fit others. 507-264-3722 FOR SALE: I'ntl 810 pickup head, 9', sund pickup, hyd drive, $1,500/OBO. 320-583-4796 FOR SALE: MF 550 combine, late model, always shedded,l ow hrs., very nice, 18' bean platform, 4R30 cornhead. SW MN. 507-443-6491 Leave Message JD 6620 combine, w/443 corn head, field ready. Will separate. $12,000. 715-541-2462 or 715-357-3689.

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10 Yetter trash row cleaners, 4 yrs. old, 425 acres a year; 10 Precision finger units for JD planter; 10 JD radial bean units. 507-317-2588 16 JD single disk fertilizer openers off 1770NT. 651-3359357 2007 Great Plains 6-30 #1525P 6-30 Twin Row No-Til Planter for Corn & Beans, Loaded (Plant in Standing Stalks) Shedded, Like New, Only 900 Acres, New List $52,500 Our Price $24,500 319-347-2349 Can Deliver 220 Friesen seed tender, no trailer, good condition, $5500. 515-545-4246 6R mounted Monosem Precision Planter 30" spacing, dry & liquid fertilizer.

Plants vegetables, corn & soybeans. Purchased new in '04, upgrading to 12R. Call Chad at 612-845-7378.

FOR SALE: '97 JD 1760 planter, 12R30”, liq fert, row cleaners, 250 monitor, low acres. 320-224-7253 FOR SALE: 16 used Martin fertilizer coulters, good shape, $187.50 each or $3,000 for entire grouping, fits on JD planters.

507-383-9266 FOR SALE: 6R36” White planter, always shedded, used on 160 acres, asking $1,000; also, JD 1100 monitor25F field cult, asking $500. 507-425-2077 FOR SALE: 7300 12R22” JD air planter w/ 2.6 bu boxes w/ extensions, 250 JD monitor w/ corn & soybean meters, exc cond, shedded. $9,800. 320-843-2774

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FOR SALE: Precision planting parts, trash whippers, new & used. 507-521-2589 FOR SALE: Summers 25' heavy duty coil tine harrow attachment, $950.

507-357-4994 or 507-327-3932 JD 960, 42' field cult., priced right; 2 JD 500 gal. spray pups, will split off tanks; 1500 gal. sprayer supply tank; 150 bu. gravity box on 6T gear. JD 220 20' disk.

320-864-4583 or 320-779-4583 M & W 1815 Rotary Hoe $1,100. JD 722 21' Soil Finisher.

Good Condition. $6,400. Brillion 9 Shank Soil Saver. $1,600. (608)685-4050

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NH FP240 chopper. All options. 9'HH. 3RNCH. 507-789-6758 or 507-210-9760

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2 JD 630 discs, 26', both very good cond. $12,500/ea; JD 724 soil finisher, 24', new discs 100 acres ago, $12,500 OBO. (715)455-1485 or (715)948-2175.

47 Ft Kent/Great Plains (2002) Discovator/Finisher Series 7 Real Nice, Low Acres, New List $99,245 Special Price $39,500.

319-347-6138 Can Deliver CIH 4800, 22½' field cult., walking tandems on main & wings, 3 bar adj. coil harrow, light kit, always shedded, very nice paint, low acres, $8,950. Near Mankato, MN. 507-380-7863 FOR SALE: '04 JD 980 cult., 38 ½' long, hvy springs, 1 owner, always shedded, $22,000; JD 9750STS, 3300 eng/1981 sep hrs, 20.8x38 duals, RWD, hopper topper, yld mon., long auger, sgl pt hookup, $120,000 OBO; JD 630F bean head, full finger auger, sgl pt hookup, $20,000. 320-510-0468 FOR SALE: '08 Case IH 527B, Ecolo-Tiger w/ hydro disk, level'r unit, exc cond, $23,500.

320-238-2269 Green Isle MN

FOR SALE: Case IH 4700 field cult, 44', double fold w/ harrow, $4,500. 507-427-3520 FOR SALE: Case IH 527B Eco-Tiger w/ hyd disk leveler, 2010 model, like new cond. $25,000. 507-877-2036

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J&M wagon w/brush auger ..........$1,500 ‘97 JD mower conditioner, 16’......$5,750 ‘07 Mandako 50’ Land Roller ....$27,500 ‘96 Chevy 1500 XT, 4x4 ................$3,995 ‘96 Towmaster 18’ trailer ..............$1,500 JD 1000, 34’ field cultivator..........$1,250 AUGERS Westfield 10x61 ............................$2,000 Hutchinson 10x72 hyd. swing hopper ....................................................$1,750 Westfield 10x71 hyd. swing hopper, hyd., w/right angle drive ..............$4,500 Koyker 10x71 hyd. swing hopper $1,850 GRAIN BAGGER AND BAG UNLOADER RENTALS GRAIN VAC RENTALS SKID LOADER RENTALS

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4WD & TRACK TRACTORS

COMBINES

‘11 JD 8360RT, 502 hrs., 30” tracks, wgts., 3 pt., 1000 PTO ............................$250,000 ‘97 JD 9300, 5568 hrs., 24-spd., 20.8x42 duals................................................$78,000 ‘95 JD 8970, 6443 hrs., 12-spd., 20.8x42 tires & duals, 4 hyds., EZee Steer auto steer ................................................$65,000

‘05 JD 9660, 1147 sep. hrs., 1633 eng. hrs., hi-cap unload, Contour Master, 20.8x38 duals, touchset, chopper ..............$125,000 ‘06 JD 8010, 1325 eng./1050 sep. hrs., 20.8x42 duals, tracker, chopper, rock trap, auto header, Sharp! ......................$145,000 ‘06 JD 9760, 1445 eng./1037 sep. hrs., bullet rotor, Contour Master, 20.8x42 duals, chopper, touch set, Y/M monitor ..$140,000 ‘05 JD 9760STS, 1462 eng./1086 sep. hrs., Contour Master, 20.8x38 duals, chopper, header controls ..............$129,000 ‘06 JD 9660STS, 1282 sep./1777 eng. hrs, Contour Master, bullet rotor, chopper, 20.8x38 duals ..............................$129,000 ‘04 JD 9760STS, 2358 eng./1612 sep. hrs., hi-capacity unload, Contour Master, chopper, Greenstar yield & moisture monitor, 800x32 tires ....................$119,000 ‘04 JD 9660STS, 1761 eng./1289 sep. hrs., 18.4x42 duals, Green Star yield & moisture monitor, touch set ........................$118,000 ‘09 CIH 7088, 910 sep./1235 eng. hrs., 20.8x42 duals, tracker, rock trap, Pro 600 monitor w/yield moisture ......$169,000 ‘06 CIH 1688, 3734 eng. hrs., rock trap, chopper, auto header, thru shop ....$34,500 ‘88 CIH 1680, 3426 hrs., rock trap, chopper, 30.5x32 tires, Bison rotor ..............$24,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS

‘10 CIH MX275, MFWD, 708 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd. valves, 18.4x46 tires & duals, front tires & duals ..........$146,000 ‘10 CIH Magnum 275, MFWD, 750 hrs., 3 pt., 4 hyd., front wgts., 540/1000 PTO, 380x50 tires & duals, 380x34 front duals ......................................................$144,000 ‘10 CIH MX145, MFWD, 580 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x46 tires & duals, front wgts., Like New ....................$135,000 ‘09 CIH Magnum 275, MFWD, 1001 hrs., 380x50 duals, 380x34 front duals, 4 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt., front wgts. ..$135,000 ‘10 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 800 hrs., 4 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, 380x46 tires & duals..............................................$130,000 ‘03 JD 8420, 4486 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, P.S. trans., 380x50 tires & duals, front wgts...............................................$108,000 ‘08 JD 7230 Premium, MFWD, 450 hrs., cab, air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd., COMBINE HEADS 18.4x38 tires....................................$78,000 ‘06 & 07 JD 635 flex heads, nice ‘08 JD 7130 Premium, MFWD, 95 hrs., ....................................$24,000 & $25,000 18.4x38 tires, 3 valves, 16-spd., power quad, Like New ..............................$78,000 JD 693, 6R30” cornhead ..................$12,500 ‘95 JD 8100, 2WD, cab, 540/1000 PTO, LOADER TRACTORS 3 pt., 3 hyd., 9426 hrs., 18.4x46 tires ‘10 JD 6330 Premium, MFWD, 1200 hrs., & duals ............................................$45,000 cab, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, JD 673 self JD 4755, MFWD, cab, air, 9813 hrs., leveling loader w/joystick ................$65,000 3 pt., 4 hyd., 1000 PTO, 14.9x46 tires & duals ............................................$43,000 ‘89 JD 4755, 2WD, cab, 3 pt., PS, 3 hyd., 1000 PTO w/Westendorf TA46 loader ‘88 JD 4650, 2WD, 7450 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 28.8x38 tires & duals ....$29,500 w/8’ quick tach bucket & joystick, loader Like New..........................................$39,000 ‘78 JD 4440, cab, air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 2 hyd., 8575 hrs., 18.4x38 tires ......$20,000 Case 685, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO w/CIH 2255 loader ..........................$12,500 Case 2096, cab/air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x38 singles, 6300 hrs. ..............$16,500 GRAIN CARTS ‘07 NH TG275, MFWD, 2295 hrs., super ‘07 Parker 938, 1000 bu. cart, scale steer, 5 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO mega& tarp ..............................................$26,500 flow hyd., 380x50 tires & duals ....$110,000 Check Out Our Website For Pictures & More Listings @ www.larsonimplements.com

LARSON IMPLEMENTS 5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95 763-689-1179 Look at our Web site for pictures & more listings Free delivery on combines in MN, Eastern ND & SD

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FOR SALE: 16R B&H 9100 cult, all new bearings, coulters & barring off disk, same as new, includes navigator guidance & lift assist wheels. All in exc cond & stored inside. Sunflower 1434 36' disk, little use. 908 507-993-1803

4 Box Tandem - On Hand ..........$15,950 6 Box Gooseneck ......................$25,000 NEW KOYKER LOADERS Call For Other Sizes 510 Loader - On Hand ..................$5,750 COMBINE HEAD MOVERS E-Z Trail 4-wheel 21’......................................$2,550-$2,750 26’......................................$2,890-$3,909 30’......................................$3,120-$3,320 Koyker Stor-Mor Grain Baggers & Bag Unloaders ........................In Stock NEW ROUND BALE RACKS 10’x23’ - On Hand ........................$1,995 NEW WHEEL RAKES 14 Wheel, high capacity ..............$8,995 12 Wheel, high capacity ..............$8,495 10 Wheel, V Rake - On Hand ......$3,750 5 Wheel, 3 pt. Rake - On Hand ....$1,325 Land Levelers, 10’ & 12’ ........On Hand Land Roller..............................On Hand Walco Ground Pounder, 45’ ..$31,500

USED EQUIPMENT TRACTORS ‘05 JD 9320, 3 pt., 3200 hrs. ....$139,900 ‘01 JD 9400T, 3 pt., 5400 hrs., 30” tracks ................................$93,900 ‘01 JD 9200, 3 pt., 8500 hrs. ......$66,500 ‘90 Ford 946, 6100 hrs. ..............$44,500 ‘90 Ford 876, 6200 hrs. ..............$42,500 GRAIN CARTS ‘10 E-Z Trail 510 ..........................$10,500 Unverferth 4500, Nice! ..................$8,000 Parker 450 ....................................$5,250 WAGONS ‘10 E-Z Trail 3400 w/brakes..........$6,900 (2) Parker 4000, 450 bu.................$3,750 (2) Parker 2500 ..............................$1,750 MISCELLANEOUS Convey-all BTS290 seed tender, scale, belt, Just Like New ......$17,500 Killbros wagon w/fert. auger ........$1,750

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YETTER New residue managers. Also, full line of Yetter Equipment available.

507-236-1934 C 507-235-9593 H 8:00am to 5:00pm.

NEW EQUIPMENT

E-TRAIL GRAIN CARTS 710 Bu. - On Hand ......................$18,795 510 Bu. - On Hand ..Starting at $10,995 GRAVITY WAGONS 600 Agrimaster - On Hand ........$13,500 500 E-Z Trail - On Hand ..$7,995-$9,020 400 E-Z Trail......................$6,895-$7,250 HARVEST INTERNATIONAL/AUGERS T10-32 PTO Truck Auger ..............$3,500 T10-42 Truck Auger ......................$4,250 T10-52 Truck Auger ......................$4,950 H10-62 Swing Hopper ..................$8,500 H10-72 Swing Hopper ..................$9,300 H10-82 Swing Hopper ..................$9,750 H13-62 Swing Hopper ................$13,500 H13-72 Swing Hopper ................$14,500 H13-82 Swing Hopper ................$15,500 H13-92 Swing Hopper ................$18,500 18-44 Belt Conveyor, 7.5 hp ........$9,950 12 Volt Auger Mover ....................$1,995 Hyd. Auger Mover ........................$1,350 HITCH DOC SEED TENDERS 2 Box Tandem - On Hand ............$9,850

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Wanted: 48” pallet forks to FOR SALE: '05 Hardi Commander Plus, 1200 gal, 120' fit JD 542 ldr. 715-415-0316 force boom, Chem Eductor, WANTED: Farmall 766 gas dual wheels, Titan tires, tractor, very good to excelNorac boom level, 3500 controller. $29,100. 320-420-2272 lent condition. Little Falls, MN 320-632-8215 FOR SALE: 2012 Schaben 8500 sprayer, one 1250 gal, WANTED: Laforge or Zuidone 1500 gal, 90' boom, adj berg front 3 pt. & PTO for axle, rinse system, Raven 7810 or 7930 tractor. 507-276450 control, elec fenceline 4760 nozzles, Choice $29,250.

WANTED: Melroe multi Call 320-848-2476 weeder or similar type harrow, 3 rank 30' to 50' wide. FOR SALE: Century 750 gal heads Must be clean; JD sprayer, 50' manual booms, Call Robert at 612-987-2790 corn planters, 4-6-8 row. WANTED: Corn stalk shredtandem axle PTO pump, der, 6RN, must be in exWANTED: Melroe multi 715-299-4338 quick fill, good cond, alcellent condition. 320-630weeder 3 bar, 30' or smallways stored inside. $4,000.

7289 Looking for a 7 or 8 btm puller. 320-275-3524 320-468-6516 type moldboard plow, in good cond. 507-237-2644

OVER 30 NEW SEED TENDERS ON HAND!

JD 8300 grain drill w/grass seeder & 2 grain drill hitch.

320-583-2318

Machinery Wanted

All kinds of New & Used Used Skid loaders in any farm equipment – disc chiscondition, any make or model. els, field cults, planters, soil finishers, cornheads, Stoens Hydrostatic Service 320-634-4360 feed mills, discs, balers, haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 WANTED: 2-Wheel Dolly Trailer to haul self-proDisc chisels: JD 714 & 712, pelled haybine.

Glencoe 7400; Field Cults (715)682-2110. under 30': JD 980, small grain carts & gravity boxes 300-400 bu. Finishers under WANTED: 8RN hydraulic folding toolbar, 5”x7”; also, 20', clean 4 & 6R stalk chopmanure & snow bucket for pers; Nice JD 215 & 216 IH 2350 loader. 320-275-2596 flex heads; JD 643 corn-

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FOR SALE: Electric drive FOR SALE: 42' CIH crumbler, exc. cond. 320-212-1410 clutches for most brands of planters. 507-521-2589 FOR SALE: Flexi-coil 75 FOR SALE: Gravity flow packer, 46', heavy coils, wagon w/ Christiansen seed $8,500. 320-226-5144 vac, used very little.

FOR SALE: Hiniker 1700 320-365-3663 stalk chopper w/ 1000 PTO FOR SALE: IHC 6pt grain shaft, 6R, very clean, drill, 14' w/ 7” spacings, 21” $7,500. packer wheels, $1,800.

320-238-2269 Green Isle MN 507-877-2036 FOR SALE: JD 230 tandem FOR SALE: JD 1760 12R30” disk, 21' 4”, notched front vac planter w/ insect, liq blades, black gangs, $2,500. fert, row cleaners, one own507-877-2036 er. $32,500. 507-937-3439 FOR SALE: JD 980 field FOR SALE: JD 1760 wing cult, 27 ½' w/ walking fold 12R back planter, LF, tandems on main frame & JD pump, Red balls, 3 bu wings, 3 bar harrow, exc boxes, row cleaners, precicond. $15,000. 507-877-2036 sion E sets, JD 250 monitor or 20/20 monitor.

FOR SALE: JD field cultiva507-521-2589 tor, 24' w/ leveler, pull type, $600. 515-827-5162 J.D. 7000 Corn Planter modified 22'' row no-till 6 precision corn meters, 6 JD, bean meters (new). '77 JD 7700 combine 6R22'' w/ header. Good running order, $8,900. (608)685-4050

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FOR SALE: Hardi Navigator 1100, 90' booms, 5 section, diaphragm pump, 2500 controller, foam, ChemFill, flush & rinse, triple nozzles, 46” tires, axle suspension, DH box, premium low acres, $28,000/OBO. 320-587-7332

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Farm Equipment For Sale ‘08 Cat 965B, 800 hrs ....................$196,500 ‘04 Cat 855, 3000 hrs. ....................$185,000 ‘07 JD 9860STS, 800 hrs., loaded w/all options....................................$175,000 ‘07 Cat MT755B, 2100 hrs. ............$150,000 ‘89 Versatile 846, 4000 hrs., (So. MN tractor) ................................$40,000 ‘08 Lexion 595R, 650 hrs. ..............$245,000 ‘08 Krause Dominator, 18’ ..............$38,000 ‘04 DMI Tiger Mate II, (50.5’) ..........$37,500 ‘96 Terragator 1844, 1800 gal., 3900 hrs. ............................................$45,000 ‘09 Hagie STS14, 120’ boom, loaded ........................................................$195,000 ‘03 Wilrich 957 VDR, nice shape ....$12,000

Financing Available

Emerson Kalis Easton, MN 56025 • 507-381-9675

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USED DRYERS & AUGERS Good Selection of Used Dryers - Call!

GSI 1226, FF 190, GSI 260 ....................CALL Feterl 10”x66’, swing ............................$2,995 Feterl 10”x60’, PTO ..............................$2,995 Hutchinson 10”x51’, PTO ....................$2,200 Hutchinson 10”x63’, swing drive ........$6,585 Sudenga 10”x61’, swing drive ............$7,200 Feterl 12”x72’, swing drive ..................$7,495 Feterl 8”x60’ w/motor ..........................$3,985

SKIDLOADERS ‘10 Bobcat T190, heat, AC ................$36,900 Bobcat T190, heat ..............................$20,600 ‘09 Bobcat S205, 2-spd. ....................$29,900 ‘11 Bobcat S205, heat/AC, 2-spd. ....$29,450 Bobcat S160, heat, 2-spd. ................$27,600 Gehl 4640 ............................................$13,900 Gehl 4240E ..........................................$15,600 Bobcat 743 w/bucket ..........................$8,950 Bobcat 742............................................$7,550 (2) Bobcat 642B ....................................$6,950 ‘09 Gehl 5640E, joystick ....................$25,600 Gehl 5640E, heat, 2-spd.....................$27,600 Gehl 5240E, heat/AC, 2-spd., 325 hrs. ............................................$26,900 (2) Gehl 3510, bucket ..........................$6,950 Gehl 4240E, heat, 2007 ......................$17,400 Case 1825B w/bucket ........................$10,650

TILLAGE Krause Dominator, 21’ ........................$61,900 (3) Wilrich 957, 7 shank ............From $22,600 Wilrich 357, 5 shank, 3 pt ....................$6,250 JD 3 pt. plow, 5 btm ............................$2,850

CIH 42’ crumbler ..................................$9,450 Brillion 40’, 4 bar ................................$12,900 Sunflower 32’ disc ..............................$12,500

SPRAYERS Fast 1000 gal., 90’ boom......................$9,900 Fast 1000 gal., 60’ boom......................$7,850 Redball 680, 110’, 1300 gal. ..............$17,650 L&D 1000 gal., 60’ boom ....................$11,900 Century 1300 gal., 90’ boom, Big Wheel ........................................$17,500 Hardi 6600 Commander, 132’ boom..$65,900 Century 750 gal., 60’ boom..................$6,650 Century 500 gal., 60’ boom..................$6,250 Demco 500 gal., 60’ boom ..................$4,350 Koyker 500 gal., 45’ ..............................$3,275

MISCELLANEOUS DMI 530, 5-shank................................$14,800 Wilrich QX2 w/basket, 53’ ..................$46,900 Krause Dominator, 18’ ........................$44,800 (2) JD 960, 31.5’ ....................................$7,450 JD 2700, 7-shank................................$27,900 J&M 875 grain cart ............................$25,900 Demco grain cart, 750 bu...................$17,500 CIH 5400 min-till drill, 20’, 3 pt. ..........$8,950 Used grain legs ........................................Call Knight 8024 side slinger ......................$8,950 NI 3739 spreader ..................................$7,950 Gehl 1410 spreader ..............................$8,250 NI 3632 spreader ..................................$5,850 NI 514 spreader ....................................$4,250 NH 514 spreader, end gate ..................$4,250 Woods Batwing mower, 15’ ................$8,475 JD 800 swather, 12’ head ....................$1,775 Used Snowblowers ..................................Call

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FOR SALE: Schweiss Easy FOR SALE: Top Aire 1100 Saddle Tanks: 1 pr of 200 sprayer, 60' x-fold hyd gal. tanks; 1 pr of 500 gal.

Weeder, 3 wheel, 3 seat, boom, Raven 440 monitor, Big John saddle tanks; 11HP Briggs & Stratton, hyadj axle.

320-815-1925 brackets for JD 40, 50, 60 drostatic drive & power series tractors. 320-579-0557 steering, 25 gal spraying tank. $500/OBO. 320-583-4796 Hardi HC 950, 950 gal, 60' White 6106, 6R30 corn boom, foam rinse tank inplanter, trash whips, liq. duction, good cond, Hardi fert., Keatons, PTO pump, Controller, $7,500. $8,500. 612-490-0507 507-330-3690

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Barn roofing Hip or round roof barns & other buildings. Also barn & quanset straightening. Kelling Silo 1-800-355-2598 Need Your Sheep Shorn?

Contact Dylan Weaver Professional Sheep Shearer (608)582-1144 or (608)386-4408 Feed Seed Hay

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4x5 net wrapped soybean stubble, raked w/ leaves & some beans, $35/ea. Corn stalks, $25 (Dry!). Some grass hay. Can deliver.

320-905-6195 4x5 Round Bales, mixed grass, alfalfa. No rain, baled dry. $35/bale, 200 avail., will load. Call weekdays 8am-5pm, 715-962-3277, in Colfax, WI.

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USED PARTS LARSON SALVAGE Good selection of tractor parts - New & Used All kinds of hay equipment, haybines, balers, choppers parted out.

New combine belts for all makes.

Swather canvases, round baler belting, used & new tires.

‘12 JD 6430 Premium, MFWD, w/673 SL ldr, 10 hrs, 24 spd., w/LHR ..........$98,000 ‘11 JD 9430, 4WD, 630 hrs, active seat, 710/70R38’s, weight pkg. ..........$234,500 ‘10 JD 9530, 4WD, 682 hrs, active seat, 800/70R38’s, weight pkg. ..........$239,500 ‘09 JD 9870STS, 4WD, 613 hrs, Premier Cab, CM w/5 spd, reverser, self leveling shoe, 20.8x42’s, 28Lx26 rears, JD chopper w/power cast tailboard$225,000 ‘09 JD 9870STS, 4-WD, 556 hrs, Premier Cab, CM, w/5 spd. reverser, 650/85R38’s 28Lx26’s rears, IPM, chopper w/power cast tailboard..............................$229,500 Lease/Finance Programs Available!

6 miles East of

CAMBRIDGE, MN 763-689-1179 We Ship Daily Visa and MasterCard Accepted

Bus. 800-432-3564 800-432-3565 • Res. 507-426-7648

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USED TRACTORS NEW Versatile 435, 4WD ......................................CALL NEW Versatile 250, FWA ......................................CALL NEW Versatile 305, FWA ......................................CALL NEW NH TD5050, FWA, w/cab ............................CALL NEW Massey HD2680, FWA, w/cab ....................CALL NEW Massey 8670, FWA......................................CALL ‘98 NH 8870, FWA, 4900 hrs. ........................COMING White 2-105 ......................................................$13,500 ‘60 IH 560, WF ....................................................$5,200 IH 460 ..................................................................$3,960 IH 806, gas, w/Allied loader ..............................$7,850 IH 706 w/cab & loader ........................................$7,500 JD 4010 gas, w/cab ............................................$7,500 ‘79 Allis 185, nice ................................................$6,800 ‘66 Allis 190 gas..................................................$6,500

PLANTERS NEW White planters ............................................CALL White 5100, 12-30 ..............................................$5,500 Hiniker 30’ seeder ............................................$19,500

TILLAGE M&W 9-shank, 24” w/leveler ............................$14,500 Salford 24’ RTS ....................................................CALL ‘07 JD 3710, 10-bottom........................................CALL JD 2800, 7 btm, onland ........................................CALL Wilrich 10-bottom plow ........................................CALL Wilrich 3400, 50.5’ w/4 bar ............................COMING

SKIDSTEERS

JD 6420 Tractor JD 7130 Tractor JD 7210 Tractor JD 7280R Tractor JD 7730 Tractor (3) JD 8245R Tractors JD 8310R Tractor JD 9230 Tractor (3) JD 9630 Tractors JD Gator Utility Vehicle JD 9650STS Combine (2) JD 9770STS Combines CS/IH 2388 Cornhead JD 612C Cornhead JD 635F Platform JD 935F Platform CS/IH 1020 Platform

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‘94 Gleaner R72 w/new engine ............................CALL ‘00 Gleaner R72 w/CDF........................................CALL ‘02 Gleaner R62 w/’04 8-30 CH, ‘03 825 flex w/Crary..............................................................CALL ‘03 Gleaner R65 ....................................................CALL Gleaner R60 ......................................................$25,000 ‘08 Fantini 12-30 chopping cornhead..............$68,000 NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ........................CALL

HAY TOOLS New Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand Hesston 1150, 12’ ..............................................$1,800

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‘97 JD 9400, 2WD, 425 hp., ‘91 JD 8760, 4WD, 300 hp., 800-70R38, duals, 4 hyds., 6340 20.8x42 duals, 5484 hrs. hrs. ................................$98,000 ......................................$55,000

‘08 CS/IH MX275, MFWD, 225 ‘11 JD 8260R, MFWD, 260 hp., hp., 380-90R50, duals, 4 hyds., 380-90R50 duals, 1 hr. ......CALL 817 hrs. ......................$152,500

PLANTERS ‘10 JD 1770NT, 24R30, CCS, liq. fert. ..............$152,000 ‘08 JD DB44, 24R22, CCS, monitor ..................$129,950 JD DB66 ..........................................................COMING IN JD DB88 ..........................................................COMING IN JD 7100, 16R22, 1.6 bu., monitor ..........................$6,995 White 6700, 18R22, 1.8 bu., monitor ..................$18,000 Thunder Creek Fuel Trailers, Green or White In Stock ....................................CALL US

MISCELLANEOUS NEW Salford RT units ..........................................CALL NEW Unverferth seed tenders......................ON HAND NEW Salford RT units ..........................................CALL NEW Westfield augers................................AVAILABLE NEW Rem 2700 vac..............................................CALL NEW Century HD1000, 60’ sprayers....................CALL NEW Riteway rollers ............................................CALL NEW Lorenz snowblowers ..................................CALL NEW Batco conveyors ........................................CALL NEW Brent wagons & grain carts ........................CALL NEW E-Z Trail seed wagons ................................CALL NEW rock buckets & pallet forks........................ CALL NEW Hardi sprayers ............................................CALL REM 2700, Rental ................................................CALL Unverferth 8000 grain cart ..............................$19,000 Kinze 1050 w/duals ..........................................$48,500 (DMI Parts Available)

‘06 JD 9620, 4WD, 500 hp., ‘03 JD 9520, 4WD, 450 hp.

800-70R38, 4 hyds., 4150 hrs.

800-70R38, duals, 4 hyds., 4490 ....................................$172,000 hrs. ..............................$165,000

SPRING TILLAGE ‘05 JD 2210 field cult., 44’6”, hyd. fold ..............$38,000 ‘07 JD 2210 field cult., 44’6”, 89 shank ..............$44,500 ‘06 JD 2210 field cult., 58’, 7” sweeps ................$59,500 ‘06 JD 2210 field cult., 55’, 111 shank ................$46,900 Wilrich Quad 5 field cult., 37’6”, 9” sweeps........$19,750 ‘10 Salford 570RTS, 36’, 62 shank, 7” sweeps ..$67,500 Salford RTS30 residue tillage tool, 41’ ................$64,900

MISC. AG ITEMS ‘98 CS/IH 95XT Skid, quick tach, diesel, 4958 hrs.............$20,900

‘06 JD CT332 Skid, 82 hp., 18” tracks, 84” bucket, 1111 hrs. ......................................$41,000

‘09 Patz mixer, vertical, scale, catwalk ................$52,800 ‘11 JD 956 MoCo, 956 center-pivot, rotary ..............CALL ‘00 JD 945 MoCo, impeller, 2 pt. pull ..................$13,900 ‘98 JD 566 rd. baler, 540 PTO, 61” width pickup $14,950 ‘06 JD 567 rd. baler, net wrap, 1000 PTO............$24,950 JD 506 rotary cutter, 540 PTO, 3 pt. ..........................$850 Fast 88 spray boom, 88’, Z-fold, 3 pt. mount ........$3,000 ‘10 Fast 9518E sprayer, 120’ boom, 1800 gal.....$52,000 Farm Rite sprayer, 500 gal., 3 section ....................$1,650 ‘05 Demco sprayer, 66’ boom, 1100 gal. tank ....$18,500 ‘06 Fast 9420 sprayer, 88’ boom, 1250 gal. tank$26,900 Hardi sprayer, 90’ boom, 1200 gal. tank ..............$22,900 Hardi sprayer, 90’ boom, 1200 gal. tank ..............$22,900 Redball sprayer, 99’ boom, 1000 gal. tank ..........$13,900 Fast 8020T tanks, 950 gal. ..................................$11,000

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NEW NH skidsteers on hand ..............................CALL ‘05 NH LS185B, cab/heat ................................$21,500 Westendorf WL40 w/IH mts ..............................$2,600

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‘09 JD 9630, 4WD, 530 hp., 800-70R38, duals, 4 hyds., 616 hrs. ..............................$266,900

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WANTED: 1175 Case tractor in good cond; Gleaner F combine, 15' beanhead.

507-583-7193 or 507-438-8075

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40+ Used Sprayers On Hand We are dealers for Top Air, Sprayer Specialties, Gregson Sprayers, new & used on hand Wheathart, Westfield, FarmKing, Brandt Vacs & Balzer Equipment • We have NEW Balzer stalk choppers on hand • Truckload prices on NEW Westfield augers, Brandt grain vacs, Batco belts Financing Available

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1ST CROP HAY, lg. rounds 84 day Brown McRib seed FOR SALE: Certified or- FOR SALE: Organic & Nonorganic winter rye straw, & sm. squares, 9 mi. N of corn for silage or greenganic Grass Hay 680# rd 3x3x6 square bales. 507-383Cadott. 715-703-0542. leaf, $49 per 50 lb bag. For bales, 615# sq. bales, stored 7396 details call 507-645-6218 inside. 715-965-7046 HAY FOR SALE. 3x3x8 Dairy Quality Alfalfa FOR SALE: Grass hay, no Large Squares of Grass Tested big squares & round rain, no weeds, small Hay. Stored inside. bales, delivered from South squares, 48 lbs, near New $130/ton. (715)556-0677.

Dakota John Haensel (605) Ulm, $2.70/bale. 507-359-2790 351-5760 Hay for Sale. LeRoy Ose, Thief River Falls, MN cell Dairy quality western alfal- FOR SALE: Low potassium 218-689-6675 round grass hay bales, no fa, big squares or small rain; also 3x3x8 wheat South Dakota Western Alfalsquares, delivered in semi straw bales stored inside, loads. Clint Haensel fa 3 x 3 x 8. Various RFB's delivery available.

(605) 310-6653 KNS Hay & Transport 320-808-5723 605-999-1118.

FOR SALE: 2-NH stack wagons, 1033 & 1034, each pick- FOR SALE: Western Hay & Straw, Grass, Alfalfa, & Straw In small squares or Corn Stalks in Large up & stack 105 bales; also, large squares by the semi Rounds & Large Squares, 15 bale grapple. 507-383-7396 load. Protein 18-26%, RFV in net & plastic twine. Deup to-200.

Smikrud FOR SALE: 3rd crop balelivered in semi loads. Call Galesville, WI 800-588-2143 age. 50% moisture, 20% Tim at 320-221-2085 608-484-0916 cell (Over 23 protein.RFV-140. years in the Hay Business) WANTED AND FOR SALE 715-418-0426.

ALL TYPES of hay & straw. Also buying corn, wheat & oats. Western Hay available.Fox Valley Alfalfa Mill. 920-853-3554 56114 • Ph. 800-653-2676 or 507-335-7830 • Fax: 507-335-7808 • Mobile: 507-227-6728

Silverwing Broyhill 1250 gal., 60-120 adj. axle, 90’ boom, 20” spacing, Raven 450, hyd. pump, rinse tank, galvanized booms..........................................$34,890 Gregson 1000 gal., 60-120 adj. axle, 60’ boom, Raven 440, hyd. pump, 12.4x38 tires ..............................................$26,100

USED SPRAYERS Top Air 2400 gal, 132’ boom, Raven 450, rinse tank, adj axle, 380x90x54 duals ....................................................$61,000 Top Air 1600 gal, 90’ boom, tracks, Raven 450, hyd pump, adj axle $59,500 Top Air 1600 gal, 120’ boom, duals, Command Center........................$56,000 Top Air 1600 gal, 90’ new boom, hyd pump, Raven 450, adj axle, 14.9x46 tires ..............................................$38,000 Top Air 1200 gal, 90’ boom, hyd pump, rinse tank, 320x90x46 tires ........$34,400 Top Air 1600 gal, 90’ boom, hyd pump, rinse tank, Raven 450, 320x90x46 tires ....................................................$30,000 Top Air 1600 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 450, 380x90x46 tires ..........................$30,000 Schaben 1600 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 450, rinse tank, inductor ............$29,000 Brandt 1600 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 450, adj axle, 46” tires ........................$29,000 Sprayer Specialties 1500 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 450, hyd pump, rinse tank ....................................................$27,000 Redball 670, 1200 gal, 90’ boom, 120” axle, 320x90x38 tires, Raven 440 ..............................................$24,000 Redball 680, 1000 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 450, rinse tank, foamer, 320x90x42 tires ..............................................$23,000 Top Air 1100 gal, 80’ boom, hyd pump, Raven 440, adj axle 60-120 ........$19,000 Gregson 1000 gal, 90’ boom, 20” no-drip plbg, hyd pump, Raven 440, rinse tank, 72-120 axle, 14.9x46 tires ..........$16,000 Demco Conquest 1100 gal, 90’ boom, adj axle, hyd. pump, foamer, elec. over hyd, 844 Teejet control ..............$16,000 Spraymaster 1000 gal, 80’ boom, hyd pump, rinse tank, Raven 440, 88-120 axle, 13.6x38 tires ......................$14,000 Redball 680, 90’ boom, Raven 440, hyd pump, 380x90x46 tires, elect. over hyd control ........................................$13,000 SOLD Great Plains 1000 gal, 80’ Top Air X-fold boom, Tee Jet control, hyd pump, 120”

axle, 13.6x38 tires ......................$12,500 Top Air 1000 gal, 60’ boom, Raven 440, hyd pump, rinse tank, adj axle, 13.6x38 tires ..............................................$12,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal, 90’ boom, Big Wheel, PTO pump, 203 controller ......................................................$8,500 NYB tandem, 1000 gal, 90’ boom, hyd pump, Raven 440 ..................$7,800 Blumhardt 1000 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 440, radar, foamer ........................$6,800 Blumhardt 1000 gal, 72’ boom, tandem, hyd pump, 203 controller ............$6,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal, 90’ boom, tandem, hyd pump, Raven 440 ..................$6,500 Blumhardt 750 gal, 90’ boom, tandem, Raven 440 ....................................$6,000 Flex-i-coil 1600 gal, 120’ boom, Tee Jet control ..........................................$5,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal, 60’ boom, hyd tip & center lift, hyd. pump, Spray System plbg, no control ............................$5,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal, 60’ boom, hyd fold, hyd center lift & fold, hyd pump, rinse tank, foamer, Micro Trak.......... Choice of three $5,500 Top Air 750 gal, 60’ boom, vertical fold, 203 control, hyd pump ................$5,500 Ag Chem 400 gal, 60’ hyd fold boom ......................................................$5,100 Pleasure Products 1200 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 440, Honda gas w/pump, tandem ..........................................$4,500 Bestway 750 gal, 60’ Top Air boom, vertical fold....................................$4,500 Blumhardt 500 gal, Raven 440, foamer, hyd pump, tandem, 120”..............$4,500 Top Air 800 gal, Blumhardt boom, foamer, 203 controller, hyd pump..............$4,500 Broyhill 750 gal, 60’ boom, 203 control ......................................................$4,200 Big John 500 gal, 60’ X-fold boom, Raven 440, hyd pump ..................$3,500 Broyhill 1000 gal, 60’ hyd X-fold boom, Raven 440, tandem ......................$3,500 Homemade 750 gal, Big Wheel, AgChem boom, Raven 440, PTO ................$3,500 Homemade 500 gal. RD tank, 60’ Demco boom, tandem, foamer ................$3,500 Ag Chem 500 gal, 50’ boom, hyd pump, no control ......................................$2,000 AgChem 500 gal, 60’ boom, Raven 440, hyd pump, tandem........................$3,500 AgChem 500 gal., 60’ boom, Raven 440, hyd pump, tandem........................$3,500

AgChem 500 gal, 50’ boom, hyd pump, no control ......................................$2,000 Bestway 500 gal, 60’ boom, hyd pump, 203 control, tandem......................$3,000 Demco single wheel, 203 control, hyd pump ............................................$2,500 Horvick 500 gal pull between, hyd pump, 203 control, 60’ NYB boom ............................................$2,500 JD 500 gal, 45’ boom, Raven 440 ................................................$2,500 Hardi 500 gal, 50’ boom, Hardi control, Hardi PTO pump ..........................$2,500 Rodman 300 gal, 50’ hydra-fold, foamer, PTO pump, 203 control ..........................................$2,300 Blumhardt 560 gal, 60’ boom, foamer, hyd pump, 203 control ..........................................$2,400 Demco pull between, 60’ hyd tip lift boom, no pump ............................$2,000 Demco 500 gal, 3-wheel, 45’ boom, 203 SOLD controller ......................................$2,000 Kuker 500 gal, 45’ boom, single wheel, 203 controller ................................$1,500 Pony Cart 500 gal., hyd pump, boomless nozzle ............................................$1,200 500 gal. pasture sprayer w/water tank ..........................................................$600 NEW WATER & FERTILIZER TANKS ON HAND! CALL FOR PRICES

SELF PROPELLED SPRAY Willmar 4WD, 750 gal, Raven 440, hyd adj axle ........................................$24,000 (3) Spray Coupes 220, 3-wheel, foamer, air, Raven 440 ..................Choice $7,000 Hahn 670 ........................................$3,000

3 PT. SPRAYERS (3) Top Air 500 gal, 80’ X-fold boom, hyd pump, 4 section ..............Choice $9,500 NYB 500 gal, 90’ boom, pump & control ......................................................$7,500 Top Air 500 gal, 60’ X-fold boom, hyd pump, no controller ......................$5,700 NYB 500 gal, 90’ boom, hyd pump, hyd tilt, ball valves, 203 controller ......$5,500 Blumhardt 500 gal, 90’ boom ........$3,500 500 gal, 45’ boom ..........................$3,500 Demco 500 gal, 60’ Blumhardt boom, Raven 440, no pump ....................$2,500 Sprayer Specialties 500 gal ..........$2,000 300 gal, 45’ boom ..........................$1,800

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30 poultry brooder stoves, 3 Springing Holstein Heifers good cond. $30 each OBO. (608)488-4931 507-227-6645 50 Holstein cows. Young, closed herd. LSC. Livestock 054 (715)469-3497.

Black Angus Yearling bulls: Expanding Family Dairy in Hamp, Duroc & Yorkshire need of Dairy Herds. 10-400 Boars & Gilts cows, small or big herd.

Alfred Kemen 320-598-3790 Stanchion side stall or free stall herds. Please leave a message. (608)482-3335 Dairy 055 17 Bred Heifers, 4 1/2 - 8 FOR SALE: 1 load of fancy Holstein Springers, 6 - 7 1/2 mos. bred. All bred to regmonths bred. Shots, vet istered Jersey bull. 11 Jerchecked. 712-269-0874. seys, 3 Cross Breeds, $950 $1,100. 3 Holsteins, $1,350.

(608)697-1487, Madison Area. FOR SALE: Calf Star continuous flow mini flash pasturizer. Also, 45 gal. stainless 23 Holstein heifers bred 5-8 steel transportation tank. months.

Outside cattle, (715)495-1984. wormed & vaccinated.

Also, 40 Holstein heifers WANTED TO BUY: Dairy short bred or exposed. heifers and cows. 320-235(715)322-5687 2664

LOCAL TRADES TRACTORS

‘08 1250, 24-30, bulk fill, 3500 acres-$123,500 IH 1586, Nice JD 1760, 12-30-$34,500 JD 8450, 3 pt, PTO-$25,000 ‘98 CIH 9370 Quad, 2500 hrs JD 7200, 12-30, liquid fert -$16,500 ‘89 CIH 9170 Kinze 3200, 12-30, liquid fert TILLAGE -$38,500 DMI Tigermate II, 44’, 4-bar COMBINES CIH 4300, 46’, low transport 1 ‘90 1660, 4258 hrs JD 980, 44 ⁄2’ 1 ‘87 1660, 1850 hrs JD 980, 36 ⁄2’-$4,995 ‘97 2166, 2650 hrs CIH 5400, 20’ drill-$3,850 ‘98 2388, 3400 hrs CIH 1830, 12R V.S. cult ‘09 6088, 553 hrs -$3,850 ‘10 7088, 265 hrs CIH 5700, 27’ chisel plow ‘08 7010, 428 hrs DMI 730B (Blue)-$16,500 ‘97-’05 1020, 25’ platforms DMI 730B (Red)-$19,500 CIH 9300, 9-shank-$22,500 IH 983, 8-30-$5,950 Artsway 240, 8-30 shredder CIH 1083, 8-30-$8,950 Artsway 180, 6-30 shredder CIH 2206, 6-30 CIH 2208, 8-30-$28,500 PLANTERS ‘08-’10 CIH 2608, 8-30 ‘08 1200, 16-30 Pivot, bulk chopping head fill, 2500 acres-$83,500 ‘98 Geringhoff 8-30-$24,500 ‘07 1200, 16-30 Pivot, bulk ‘97 JD 893, 8-30-$18,500 fill-$76,500

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

‘02 NH TV140, bi-directional tractor w/7614 loader & grapple, 18.4R34 tires, PTO & rockshaft for 3 pt. hitch on cab end only, missing 3 pt. hitch arms & drawbar on cab end, has weights & drawbar on engine end, radiator is leaking, also has a few oil leaks, runs & drive good, as is ............................................$32,000 ‘00 JD 8410, MFWD, 420/80R46 duals, weights, 4 remotes, 10,400 hrs ............$58,500 ‘01 CIH MX240, MFWD, 18.4R46 duals, 5050 hrs.. ..............................................$59,500 ‘09 NH BB9060, big square baler, tandem axle, Phiber 3 bale accumulator, no cutter, includes roller chute, 11,300 bales ......$61,500 ‘08 JCB 940, rough terrain forklift, 4WD, 8000 lb. lift, 2750 hrs. ..........................$31,500 ‘08 CIH 2020, 35’ flexible platform ........$19,500 ‘10 CIH 2020, 30’ flexible platform ........$19,500

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ANYWHERE We buy damaged corn and grain any condition - wet or dry TOP DOLLAR We have vacs and trucks

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Bred Corriente Heifers, ex- FOR SALE: 7 black Anguscellent sport cattle. $600 bred heifers, May/June each. (715)262-3898 calving. $1300/ea. Call 507-595-3773 or 507-339-1302 FOR SALE OR LEASE REGISTERED BLACK FOR SALE: Herd of mixed ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & beef cows, calving in yearlings; bred heifers, spring, $1300/ea. calving ease, club calves & 320-905-4490 balance performance. Al sired. In herd improvement FOR SALE: P.B. Polled program. J.W. Riverview Black Salers bulls, great Angus Farm Glencoe, MN E.P.D.s, most rank in the 55336 Conklin Dealer 320top 10 of the breed, top 864-4625 bloodlines, easy calving, some 2 yr olds.

FOR SALE: 50 years in the Charolais seed stock busi- Oak Hills Farms 507-642-8028 ness, performance tested Charolais bulls for sale, FOR SALE: Reg. Black Angus bulls w/ great growth & polled, easy calving w/ exc disposition, breeding out of dispositions. Put more profSchiefelbein Genetics., it in your pocket w/ a 320-597-2747 Charolais bull. Wakefield Farms 507-402-4640

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NORTHERN AG SERVICE INC 800-205-5751 USED DRYERS MFS 3250 BUSHEL DELUX 3015, 300 BPH USED AUGERS DELUX 6030, 600 BPH 12”X71’ MAYRATH (2) 380 BEHLEN, 1 Ph., SWINGAWAY LP 10”X61’ MAYRATH 700 BEHLEN, 3 Ph., SWINGAWAY DOUBLE BURNER 10”X71’ MAYRATH SWINGAWAY HOPPER TANKS BEHLEN 1600 BUSHEL 8”X57’ KEWANEE PTO BEHLEN 2800 BUSHEL We carry a full line of Behlen & Delux dryer parts; Mayrath and Hutch augers parts.

Large inventory of Welda sprockets, hubs, bearings, chain & pulleys.

See us for your Fall Farm needs

USED EQUIPMENT Oliver 1600 GPS, Schwart 2 loader., near new 15.5x38 tires ..$5,500 Oliver 1650 GPS, cab w/new heater, Oliver 1610 loader w/snow bucket ....................................................................$6,500 Ford 8N, 1950 Model, side dist., new starter, 12-volt conv., new draw bar ......................................................................$2,500 Ford NAA, 12-volt conv., electric ignition, good winter restoration project ................................................................$1,800 ‘06 Honda ATV, 350 Rancher, 4WD, good rubber ....................$3,000 Ford 1200 hyd. loader w/snow bucket, all purpose tr. mts. ........$475 Dearborn pipe frame loader, fits 9N, 2N, 8N Fords, needs bucket ..........................................................................$200 ExMark Lazer, ‘08 Model, 25 hp. Kubota dsl., 860 hrs., 72” deck ............................................................................$10,000 Ford 4000 All Purpose tractor, (66) gas, 10-spd., pwr. str. ......$4,000 6’ 3-point mounted field cult. ......................................................$60 Running gear w/wooden bale rack ............................................$375 Dearborn 3-point blade..............................................................$175

New Ulm Tractor & Equipment Inc. 13144 Co. Rd. #25 New Ulm, MN

507-354-3612 Kubota, Land Pride, Vicon, Artsway, AgriPac Silage Bags

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(New) MF 5460, 95 PTO hp., MFD, cab (‘07) MF 3645, 73 PTO hp., MFD, cab, loader (New) MF 2680, 83 PTO hp., MFD (‘93) Agco 5680, 73 PTO hp., loader, 4250 hrs.

IH 70 Hydro w/loader MF 8690, MFD, 290 PTO hp., cab, cut

COMBINES 18-24 Months Interest Free MF 9790, duals, 322 hrs.

MF 9790, duals, 1034 hrs.

MF 9720, 3292 hrs.

MF 8570, duals Gleaner R62, 2643 hrs.

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White 708N • CIH 822, steel ‘07 Geringhoff 1822, RD • CIH 822, GVL, Poly ‘08 Geringhoff 1222, RD ‘03 Geringhoff 1222, RD ‘07 Geringhoff 1220, RD ‘05 Geringhoff 1220, RD ‘04 Geringhoff 1220, RD ‘08 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘06 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘04 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘03 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘01 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘00 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘07 Geringhoff 820, RD ‘08 Geringhoff 630, RD ‘07 Geringhoff 630, RD ‘01 Geringhoff 630, RD ‘99 NH 996, 12R20” ‘05 NH 98C, 12R20” ‘04 JD 1290, KR JD 1022 ‘98 JD 893 ‘93 JD 843 reg. rolls JD 822 CIH 1083

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NEW Brandt 7500 grain vac NEW Brandt 5200 EX grain vac ‘05 Brandt 1070 auger w/swing hopper Brandt 1070, 1080, 1390 augers w/swing hopper Brandt 1515 LP, 1535, 1545, 1575, 1585 belt conveyors Brandt GBU-10 unloader Brandt 10x35 auger Brandt GBL-10 loader Parker 605 gravity box, 625 bu.

Parker 505 gravity box, 550 bu., brakes Hutchinson 10x61 auger Wheatheart transfer auger, 8”

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NEW MF 1328 & 1329 3 pt. disc mowers ‘11 MF 1372 disc mower cond.

Sitrex DM7 disc mower Sitrex RP5 3 pt. wheel rake Sitrex RP2, 2 wheel rake Sitrex 10 & 12 wheel rakes on cart Rouse 16 wheel V-rake Gehl WR520, 12 wheel rake MF 828 round baler MF 200 SP windrower Westendorf 3 pt. bale spear Chandler 22’ litter spreader

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MISCELLANEOUS • Sunflower 5055, 62’ field cultivator • White 6186 planter, 16R30 • ‘08 JD 520 stalk chopper • ‘07 Balzer 20’ stalk chopper • Loftness 30’ stalk chopper, SM • Maurer 28’-42’ header trailer • ‘11 Degelman LR7645 land roller • ‘11 Degelman 7200 rock picker • ‘11 Degelman 6000 HD rock picker • Lucke 8’ snowblower • NEW SB Select 8’ & 9’ snowblowers • Degelman RD320 rock digger Call for availability of Sunflower Field Cultivators

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1409 Silver Street E. Mapleton, MN 56065 507-524-3726 massopelectric.com

Kubota 1140 RTV, 4 passenger, 4WD, dsl., Camo, w/canopy............................................................................$14,000 Ramrod # 500, stand-on skid loader, 36” QA bucket ............$13,500 Pequea 80 bu. spreader, poly floor, T-rod apron, new warranty........................................................................$3,800 Pequea 50 bu. spreader, poly floor, T-rod apron, new warranty........................................................................$3,500 Artsway 10”x34’ drive truck auger, PTO ................................$4,500 Horst 8-ton, running gear 11Lx15 8-ply tires ..........................$1,735 12-Wheel V-rake w/cart, high clearance design ......................$6,400 20.8R38 Goodyear 2-star radials mounted on New Holland 10 hole dual rims..................................................................$2,000

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FOR SALE: Reg. Shorthorn cows, bred heifers & open heifers. 218-924-2337

(20) bred Charolois 1500 Lbs. 507-327-9343

‘09 JD 4730, 735 hrs., 90’ boom ......................................$179,850

‘11 JD 9630, 280 hrs., Lease Return ................$279,900

NH 499, 12’ sickle mower............ ........................................$11,900

‘10 JD 4930, 1010 hrs., 120’ boom ............................$235,900

“Contact Paul Gohlke for your John Deere crop insurance needs. 612-756-0001”

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4WD TRACTORS (W)’11 JD 9630, Lease Return ..............................................$279,000 (O)’11 JD 9630, Lease Return ..............................................$279,900 (O)’11 JD 9630, Lease Return ..............................................$279,900 (B)’11 JD 9630, 285 hrs., Lease Return ................................$279,900 (O)’11 JD 9530, 207 hrs., Lease Return................................$264,900 (O)’10 JD 9630, 810 hrs., Extended Warranty ......................$255,900 (H)’09 JD 9630, 1060 hrs., Extended Warranty ....................$244,900 (O)’02 JD 9420, 3880 hrs......................................................$112,900 (B)’77 JD 8630, 8500 hrs., 3 pt., PTO ....................................$11,900

TRACK TRACTORS (H)’10 JD 8345RT, 250 hrs. ..................................................$257,900 (H)’08 JD 9630T, 2245 hrs., auto trac ready ........................$238,500 (O)’11 JD 8310T, 300 hrs., 25” tracks ..................................$233,900 (O)’11 JD 8310T, 400 hrs., 18” tracks ..................................$226,900 (B)’07 JD 9620T, 2283 hrs. ..................................................$209,900 (O)’02 JD 9520T, 6649 hrs, 3 pt ............................................$114,900 (O)’00 JD 9400T, 6150 hrs., 36” tracks ................................$109,000

(O)’01 JD 9550, 3433 hrs, walker............................................$86,900 (H)’98 JD 9510, 2284 sep. hrs., PRWD ..................................$79,900 (H)’95 JD 9500, 1851 sep. hrs., duals ....................................$53,900 (B)’91 JD 9500, 2057 sep. hrs., PRWD ..................................$49,900 (W)’97 JD 9500, 3021 sep. hrs. ..............................................$49,900 (O)CIH 1660, 3800 hrs ............................................................$36,500 (B)’83 JD 6620SH, sidehill, 3700 hrs. ....................................$15,900 (B)’80 JD 6620, 4384 hrs. ......................................................$14,900 (B)’87 JD 4425, 2443 hrs. ......................................................$12,900 (H)’80 JD 7220, 4365 hrs. ......................................................$11,900 (B)’81 JD 7720, 4590 hrs. ........................................................$9,900

SPRING TILLAGE

(O)’10 JD 4730, 610 hrs, 90’ boom ......................................$186,700 (O)’10 JD 4730, 90’ boom ....................................................$181,700 (O)’09 JD 4730, 735 hrs., 90’ boom......................................$179,850 (O)’10 JD 4730, 894 hrs., 90’ boom......................................$179,850 (O)’09 JD 4730, 1222 hrs., 90’ boom....................................$178,900 (O)’07 AgChem 1074, 1700 hrs., 100’ boom ........................$154,900 (O)’06 JD 4720, 2227 hrs. ....................................................$137,250 (O)’06 Ag Chem 1074, 2505 hrs., 1000 gal., 90’ boom ........$102,500 (H)’01 JD 4710, 2421 hrs., 80’ boom......................................$99,900 (H)’00 JD 4700, 1755 hrs., 80’ boom......................................$89,900 (O)’04 Willmar 8650, 1200 gal., 90’ boom ..............................$74,900 (O)’00 AgChem 1254, 1200 gal., 90’ boom ............................$38,500 (O)Top Air TA1600, 1600 gal., 90’/120’ boom ........................$36,900 (O)Top Air TA1100, 1100 gal., 80’ boom ................................$24,500 (O)Sprayer Specialties, 110 gal., 80’ boom ............................$21,500 (W)Hardi NP1100, 90’ boom ..................................................$20,900 (O)Spraymaster, 1100 gal., 80’ boom......................................$18,500 (O)’89 AgChem 1664T floater ..................................................$17,900 (O)Top Air 1100, 60’ boom, duals ............................................$8,000 (H)Top Air 1000, 60’ boom ........................................................$6,500

(B)’09 JD 2210, 46’5” spike harrow ........................................$39,900 (B)’05 JD 2210, 36.5’ ..............................................................$37,900 (W)’03 JD 2200, 34.5’ ............................................................$32,900 (H)’01 JD 980, 44.5’ ................................................................$27,900 (O)’94 JD 980, 44.5’ ................................................................$18,500 (B)’94 JD 980, 39.5’ ................................................................$16,900 (H)JD 960, 36.5’ ........................................................................$4,950 (B)Glencoe 2R30” ......................................................................$2,900 (B)’89 JD 4755, 9781 hrs. ......................................................$49,900 (B)Hiniker 35’ cultivator ............................................................$2,900 (H)’80 JD 4640, 7306 hrs., PS ................................................$24,500 (B)JD 1000, 32.5’ ......................................................................$2,795 (H)’10 JD 1990, 40’, 15” spacing, CCS ..................................$84,500 (H)’80 JD 4240, 7666 hrs., Quad ............................................$22,500 (H)JD 1000, 32.5’ ........................................................................$950 (B)CIH 1200, Bauer Built bar, 36R20” ....................................$79,900 (H)JD 2630, 148 loader ..........................................................$16,500 (H)’03 JD 1790, 16/31 row` ....................................................$79,500 (B)’88 JD 2755, 2WD ..............................................................$14,900 (O)’97 JD 1780, 24R20” ..........................................................$48,500 (B)’11 JD 885 XUV diesel, Lease Return ................................$11,900 (B)’70 JD 3020, diesel, Syncro, 2 SCV ....................................$12,900 (H)’98 JD 1760, 12R30”, liq. fert.............................................$38,900 (B)’10 JD 850 XUV diesel, loaded, camo ................................$10,900 (B)’59 IH 560, gas, wide front ..................................................$5,950 (H)’04 JD 1710, 12R30” ..........................................................$26,900 (O)’10 JD 620I XUV, 83 hrs., loaded........................................$10,700 (H)’00 JD 750, 20’ no till drill ..................................................$26,900 (B)’10 JD 620I XUV, 117 hrs., loaded......................................$10,500 (O)’11 JD 9870, 1467 sep. hrs. ............................................$314,900 (O)’09 JD 620I XUV, 60 hrs., loaded........................................$10,200 (B)’02 JD 1560, 15’ no till ......................................................$24,900 (O)’11 JD 9870, 261 sep. hrs. ..............................................$297,500 (W)’09 JD 620I XUV, 270 hrs., loaded ......................................$9,750 (O)’11 JD 9770, 256 sep. hrs. ..............................................$268,900 (H)’10 JD 620I XUV, 1500 hrs., cab ..........................................$9,500 (B)’07 JD 568, surface wrap....................................................$29,900 (H)’11 JD 9770, 300 sep. hrs. ..............................................$265,000 (B)’08 JD 620I XUV, 226 hrs., loaded........................................$9,500 (H)’08 JD 468, silage special, 6800 bales................................$25,900 (H)’10 JD 9870, 559 sep. hrs. ..............................................$259,900 (O)’08 JD 620I XUV, 257 hrs., loaded........................................$9,500 (B)’05 JD 956, 14’6” center pivot ............................................$19,900 (H)’09 JD 9870, 490 sep. hrs. ..............................................$257,900 (O)’10 JD 620I XUV, 454 hrs., loaded........................................$9,350 (W)’02 JD 567, surface wrap ..................................................$19,900 (O)’10 JD 9530, 577 hrs........................................................$254,900 (W)’05 JD 6x4, 392 hrs., loaded................................................$6,950 (B)’08 NH BR7090, twine only ................................................$19,900 (H)’10 JD 9770, 405 sep. hrs. ..............................................$239,900 (B)’06 JD HPX 4x4, 682 hrs. ....................................................$6,500 (B)’05 NH 1431, 13’ ................................................................$19,900 (H)’10 JD 9770, 552 sep. hrs. ..............................................$233,500 (O)’08 Kawasaki Brute 750 ATV, 47 hrs. ....................................$6,250 (B)’03 JD 467, cover edge ......................................................$16,500 (O)’08 JD 9770, 759 sep. hrs., PRWD ..................................$219,500 (O)’04 JD HPX 4x4, 800 hrs. ....................................................$5,850 (B)’05 JD 525, 8’2” MoCo ......................................................$12,900 (O)’10 JD 9570, 419 sep. hrs., duals ....................................$206,000 (B)’04 Bobcat 2200 4x4, 438 hrs...............................................$5,200 (B)NH 499, 12’ center pivot ....................................................$11,900 (O)’09 JD 9670, 990 sep. hrs., auto trac ready ....................$199,000 (B)Cub Cadet Big Country 4x2, 439 hrs. ..................................$4,500 (B)’98 NH 664, 2200 lb. bale ....................................................$6,995 (H)’08 JD 9570, 475 sep. hrs., duals ....................................$198,900 (B)’07 Yamaha 660 ATV, 2694 mi. ............................................$4,250 (B)’92 JD 1600, center pivot, MoCo ..........................................$5,900 (O)’08 JD 9570, 418 sep. hrs. ..............................................$196,000 (B)’06 JD Buck 500 auto............................................................$3,500 (B)JD 1219 MoCo ......................................................................$4,995 (B)’08 JD 9770, 1011 sep. hrs. ............................................$188,000 (B)’06 JD Buck 500 auto, 131 hrs. ............................................$3,500 (B)NH 278 square baler ............................................................$3,500 (O)’07 JD 9660, 1032 sep. hrs. ............................................$179,900 (B)’05 Polaris sportsman 700....................................................$3,200 (W)’79 JD 336, ejector ..............................................................$2,950 (B)’05 JD 9860, 1235 sep. hrs...............................................$169,900 (W)’04 JD CX, 1025 hrs.............................................................$2,995 (B)Meyer throw wagon........................................................2@ $1,995 (O)’07 JD 9660, 1185 sep. hrs., duals ..................................$164,900 (W)H&S throw wagon ........................................................2@ $1,500 (H)’04 JD 9560, 1200 sep. hrs., duals ..................................$153,900 (B)’04 JD 9560SH, walker, 1525 sep. hrs. ............................$139,900 (O)’10 JD 4930, 1330 hrs., 120’ boom..................................$228,500 See Us at the Farm Show in Owatonna!

(H)’04 JD 9860, 2121 sep. hrs. ............................................$136,900 (O)’08 JD 4930, 1563 hrs., 120’ boom..................................$205,000 (H)’01 JD 9650, 1777 sep. hrs. ............................................$109,900 (O)’11 JD 4730, 155 hrs., 100’ boom....................................$203,500 (B)’99 JD 9510, 1625 hrs ........................................................$82,900 (O)’09 JD 4930, 2213 hrs., 120’ boom..................................$199,750 (O)’10 JD 4730, 916 hrs., 90’ boom......................................$187,750

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LIMOUSIN BULLS for sale.

Reds, Blacks, yearling & two year olds. Performance tested. Mill Road Limousin 715-665-2605 Limousin Sale - Getting out of Cattle business, 15 Limousin 1 calf beef cows, 1 reg. Lim-Flex bull, been with cows since May, cows $1,400, bull $2,200. Call (815)248-9153 Red & Black Angus Bulls, most AI sired. weaning weights 700-850 lbs., Care is including through May 15th in price, 1/3 down, balance when picked up.

Meado-West Farms (715)664-8854.

Registered Texas Longhorn breeding stock, cows, heifers or roping stock, top blood lines. 507-235-3467 Simmental bulls, black yearlings & 2 yr olds, , Polled, exc quality, disposition, rate of gain & feed conversion, 5 spring-summer calving cows. 40 yrs Simmental breeding. Polzin RiverSide Simmentals, Cokato MN 320-286-5805 WANT TO BUY: Butcher cows, bulls, fats & walkable cripples; also horses, sheep & goats. 320-235-2664 Horse

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6 & 7 yr. old Perch Geldings full brothers 7 yr old perch mare, 7 yr old spotted draft gelding, 4 yr old black reg Morgan stud.

Bontrager, E21600 Brunzil Rd, Augusta, WI. 54722 Buggy Shop Inventory. Buggies, Wheel Machines, Buggy & Sleigh Parts.

Much More! (608)462-8311 FOR SALE: 10 teams of work horses $3000 per team and up. Also, several single horses all price ranges.

Contact Dean Nolan 715-584-6779 Haflinger (2) 3 year old reg.

Haflinger Mares, 90% sisters, matched pair. $1500/ea/OBO. Call (815)248-9153.

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FOR SALE: 600 Bred Ewes.

Lambing now. Will keep until Feb. 25-Mar- 25.

(608)331-7125.

WANTED: Large framed rams 3 yrs or younger.

952-240-2192 Swine

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Compart's total program features superior boars & open gilts documented by BLUP technology. Duroc, York, Landrace & F1 lines.

Terminal boars offer leanness, muscle, growth. Maternal gilts & boars are productive, lean, durable.

All are stress free & PRRS free. Semen also available through Elite Genes A.I. Make 'em Grow! Comparts Boar Store, INC. Toll Free: 877-441-2627

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cheap. 320-327-9343

FOR SALE: '99 F250, 81K GENERATORS: 15kWmiles, 4x4, gooseneck & ag 500kW PTO & automatic hitch, 5 spd, 80% tires, very gen sets, new & used. Low nice; also Gehl 325 manure time hospital take-outs. spreader. 507-276-7466 Standby Power-Windom Serving farmers since 1975 Fully enclosed 12' trailer, 800-419-9806 9-5 Mon-Sat Livestock Equip 075 drop down ramp door, near new tires, $2,500.

30 – 250 watt HBS lights, $150 712-297-7951 per light OBO. 507-227-6645 Registered Border Collie Puppies. 1st shots, vet checked, wormed.

(715)535-2661

47 Barron G-crates; 21 Choretime sow drop feeders; 4 Osborne RF2 finishing feeders; 2 Henway stainless steel finishing feeders. 507-426-7645 FOR SALE: (1) 12T & (1) 10T bulk bin. 507-766-0928 FOR SALE: (14) farrowing crates w/ flooring, exc cond, asking $50/ea. OBO. Luverne, MN 507-290-0683 or 507-283-9157 FOR SALE: (4) bulk feed bins 4.8 ton capacity, excellent condition. 320-226-5384 FOR SALE: 22 farrowing, 42 gestation crates, stainless steel feet & solid steel fencing. Good shape, little rust.

Call 507-835-7821 FOR SALE: 5 Osborne 15 bu. feeders; inline medicator; PVC gates; pipe gates. 507342-5416 FOR SALE: Bodco Model 43 gas-powered feed cart.

715-418-0426.

FOR SALE: Lorenz 100 grinder/mixer, fair cond, $1,100/OBO. WANTED TO BUY: Hold down wheel for Chief or Olson barn cleaner. 320-485-3929

WANTED TO BUY! USED BULK MILK COOLER ALL SIZES. 920-867-3048 Cars & Pickups

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FOR SALE: HD Luverne grill guard, front bumper, grille assembly, off of '08 Ford Super Duty pickup, '08-'09 truck.

Call 507-370-2149 for details.

HOPPERS ‘87 Cornhusker, 42’, 20” hopper height, new brakes/tarp, 80% tires ..................................$13,750 ‘90 Timpte, Elec. Tarp, Clean..........................$15,500 (2) ‘92 Wilson, 41’ AL, Hopper, Roll Tarp ....................$16,000 Hopper short term rentals also now available

BELTED TRAILERS ‘97 Trinity, 42’, 36” Belt, Tarp w/Wet Kit ..................$24,500

DAY CAB TRUCKS ‘90 Int’l 9400, 196” WB, AR ..................................$11,500

FLATBEDS ‘00 MANAC 45/96 Spread Axle, AR, Pintle Hitch, Sandblasted, New Paint ....................$8,500 Fruehauf 45/96, Closed Tandem ...................... $5,000 ‘97 Transcraft, 48/102 AL Combo, New 5th Wheel, CTS, AR, SB w/new paint ................$9,250 ‘95 Stoughton, 48’ Winch Rail w/Winch, Sliding Tandem.

Good Paint ..................$7,500 ‘02 Transcraft 48/96, AL Combo, Rail w/Winch, Tie Downs, Storage Box ................$9,000

‘97 Wilson 48/102, All Aluminum, Spread Axle, AR ..................................$11,500 ‘74 Fontaine, 40’............$4,750 Custom Haysides 2’-6’ Custom Extensions to fit any trailer back ..............$350 Standard ......................$1,250 NEW Tip-In Tip-Out ......$1,750

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CIH 7250, 3600 hrs., FWA ..............................$76,000 CIH 140 Pro, FWA, 1100 hrs. ..........................$72,000 CIH 7140 Magnum, FWA, new motor, new tires, new paint ......................................................$65,000 CIH 7230 Magnum, FWA, 3700 hrs ................$59,000 CIH 7140, 2WD, 3800 hrs. ..............................$39,000 CIH 7130, 2WD, 540 & 1000 PTO....................$39,000 CIH JX1090U, FWA, 1900 hrs..........................$38,000 CIH 3294, Case 7700H, FWA ..........................$25,000 MX120, MFD, 4200 hrs., 18.4x42....................$54,000 MX120, MFD, 1900 hrs., no cab......................$46,000 IH 826 w/loader ..............................................$12,000 (2) IH 856........................................................$10,500 IH 5088, 2WD, no cab ....................................$11,000 IH 806, new paint, 56 shifting ........................$11,500 IH 684 w/loader ..............................................$14,500

CIH 4300 w/mulcher, 24’ ................................$11,500 Mandako Roller, 42” drum w/steerable wheel, 2011 w/200 acres ........................................$26,500 CIH 3950 disc w/mulcher, cushion gang, 24’ ..$26,000 CIH 496 w/mulcher, 24’, cushion gang ............$14,500 CIH 496 w/mulcher, cushion ..........................$14,500 DMI 527B disc ripper ......................................$15,500 DMI 500, 5-shank, 3 pt. mount ripper w/disc leveler..............................................................$7,500 Kent 12’ Discovator ..........................................$6,500 Demco 550 grain cart, 3 yrs. old, Like New ....$14,900 Demco 650 gravity box ..................................$12,900 (6) Demco 365 boxes ................From $5,500-$6,500 Demco used gravity boxes, all sizes available........Call Gehl 125 mixers ................................Choice $12,500 Gehl 125 ........................................................$18,500 Gehl 170 mixer ..............................................$18,500 NH 355............................................................$12,500 New Mandako Land Rollers in stock ....................Call H&S 12-wheel rake, 1 yr. old ............................$4,800 Used Tonutti 10-wheel high capacity rake......$4,000 CIH 5100 grain drill ........................................$4,800

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New Sitrex Rakes Available

CIH 527B, red ................................................$16,500 CIH 4800, 28’ & 26’ field cultivators..................$9,500 CIH 4800 field cult. w/mulch, 24’ & 22’ ............$8,500 CIH 4300, 32’..................................................$13,500

Many New & Used Rakes Available

Agro-Trend Snowblowers

DROP-DECKS Engineered Beavertail for Drop Deck ....Installed $5,500 ..............Unassembled $3,500

VAN TRAILERS Good Selection (over 30) of Van Trailers ‘95-’01, 48/10253/102, great for water storage or over the road hauling ............$3,500-$8,250 ‘95 GD AI Reefer, 48/102, Clean............................$4,750 48’ & 53’ Van Trailers to rent. $135.00 per month plus tax. $1.50/mile for pickup & delivery

MISCELLANEOUS AR/SR Axles & Suspensions For Trailers ..............$1,000 Air Ride/Axle, ............$500 Spring Ride/Axle 1/4” Plastic Liner, 10’ Wide ................$27.50/Ft. Rims - 22.5 & 24.5 ............$60 Single Wheel Dolly ........$1,350

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For Sale: New steer feeders, calf & finisher sizes 3/4 to 8 ton cap. 920-948-3516 www.steerfeeder.com

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30 poultry range feeders on skids, can also be used for sheep, 1200 lb. capacity, nice cond. $250 each OBO. 507-227-6645

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RANGER PUMP CO. FOR SALE: Cross bred End Dump - for sale '71 SEMI trailers; tanks, FOR SALE: Snow Crete Winpower generator, is a Custom Manufacturer of boars, 6 mos. old. Roger snow blowers, sizes to With one phone call, you can pumps, hose reels. ContainFruehauf. 27' Alum Tub. 27' 25KW, trailer & PTO shaft place your classified ad in Water Lift Pumps for field Guse, Whitehall, WI. ers; chassis; converter match HP, on hand 6,8,9,& steel frame. Spring Suspenincluded. $1,600.

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AND The Country Today. tom; end dump trailer & $8,700. (608)685-4050 Slayton MN 507-920-8181 FOR SALE: Duroc, HampSales & Service Call The Land for more forklift.

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Place a classiExc herd health. No PRSS. '05 Hydrus Micro Pivot Irriic Emergency Electric parts on hand. Call Minfied ad in The Land and Delivery Available. Stan '98 East 26' tandem end gation System by Reinke.

Generators. New & Used ONAN ENGINES 25 hp renesota's largest distributor have the option of placing it Adelman. 320-568-2225 Approx 850' long, 26x12 Rich Opsata-Distributor dump, roll tarp, fresh built engine for skid loader; HJ Olson & Company 320in these papers as well. tires, 253:1 center drive, 6' 800-343-9376 DOT'd, good cond., $19,500 rebuilt Onan engines 16 to 974-3202 Cell – 320-894-6276 FOR SALE: Purebred DeMore readers = better reground clearance, disasOBO. 952-240-2193 20 hp for JD garden traccember Duroc Gilts & sults!

Call The Land for sembled. $22,500. tors and others. Prices Boars. Roger Guse, more information. 507-345715-239-6601 start at $1095.00 exchange.

Whitehall, WI. (715)983-5763 FOR SALE: '94 & '95 4523 • 800-657-4665 Freightliner, FLD120, 36" Kessenich Floor Rug BCM, Inc 763-755-0034 10spd, N14, Cummins, '98 Loom.

4 harness, made out Pets & Supplies 070 Strongbox live bottom trailof red oak, fold-up model, er. with extras. Asking $800.

(8) Lab pups & mother, 320-583-5951 or 320-848-2306 (715)532-5709. cheap. (1) pit bull pup,

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TRACTORS-4WD ‘09 ‘97 ‘89 ‘87 ‘81

JD 9630T, 1303 HRS., 36” TRACKS, HID LIGHTS ..............................................$278,500 CIH 9390, 4394 HRS., REMAN, 24-SPD.................................................................$95,000 CIH 9170, 4682 HRS, 12-SPD., PS, 20.8X42 ..................................................COMING IN CIH 9150, 5500 HRS., PS........................................................................................$45,500 IH 6588, 5295 HRS., 18.4X38 DUALS ....................................................................$16,900

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CIH MAGNUM 215, 1503 HRS., LEATHER, PRO ................................................$125,000 CIH 7240, 7300 HRS., 18.4X42 70% ......................................................................$56,500 AG 6175, 4601 HRS., PS ........................................................................................$53,900 CIH MX135, 4601 HRS., 520/85R38 SINGLES 90% ..............................................$47,850 CIH C-70, 1487 HRS., LOADER, VERY NICE ........................................................$27,900

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JX85, 400 HRS., LOADER W/JOYSTICK................................................................$26,500 JD 4440, 6069 HRS., 18.4X38 ................................................................................$23,900 JD 4440, 7268 HRS., 18.4X38, DUAL PTO ............................................................$21,900 IH 856, 4800 HRS., MILLER LOADER ....................................................................$11,500 OLIVER 77, BELLY MOWER ....................................................................................$2,500

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‘07 JD 2210, 47.5’, 4-BAR HARROW, 7” SWEEPS ......................................................$53,500 ‘08 JD 2210, 45.5’, 4-BAR HARROW, 7” SWEEPS ......................................................$47,200 ‘02 JD 2200, 56.5’, 200 LB. SHANK, 3-BAR ................................................................$38,900 ‘01, DMI, 44.5’, TIGERMATE II, PIVOT GAUGE WHEELS, 4-BI ..................................$36,500 WILRICH QUAD X, 45’, 4-BAR HARROW ....................................................................$34,500 ‘98 DMI, 50.5’, TIGERMATE II, 7” SWEEPS, 3-BAR HARROW ..................................$29,000 ‘96 WILRICH, QUAD 5, 52', 4-BAR HARROW ............................................................$19,975 ‘98 JD, 38’, SINGLE POINT DEPTH CONTROL ..........................................................$14,250 ‘95 DMI TIGERMATE, 47.5’, 3-BAR HARROW ............................................................$12,750 ‘98 CIH 4300, 31.5’, 4-BAR HARROW..........................................................................$12,750 CIH 4300, 28.5’, 3-BAR HARROW ................................................................................$11,900 ‘90 CIH 4900, 47.5', 7" SWEEPS, 3-BAR HARROW ....................................................$10,500 CIH 4300, 46’, 3-BAR ADJ. HARROW ..........................................................................$10,750 CIH 4900, 52.5’ ................................................................................................................$8,500 CIH 4900, 52.5’ ................................................................................................................$8,450 CIH 4900, 52.5’ ................................................................................................................$8,500 ‘94 CIH 4900, 41', 3-BAR HARROW ..............................................................................$7,900 JD 960, 37’, 3-BAR HARROW ........................................................................................$4,950

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SPRAYERS SE BLUMHARDT, 1000 GAL., 88’-90’ BOOM, RAVEN ......................................................$8,500 SE ‘95 FLEX-COIL 650, 3-SECTION BOOM ........................................................................$5,850

SKID-LOADERS ‘10 ‘10 ‘07 ‘06 ‘07 ‘07 ‘05

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450, S3, 1062 HRS., LOADED, HEAT/AIR....................................................$35,000 420, S3, 750 HRS., 2-SPD. ..........................................................................$27,900 420CT, 907 HRS. ..........................................................................................$26,500 410, 2345 HRS., NEW REMAN ENGINE ......................................................$22,500 430, 2005 HRS. ............................................................................................$21,750 420, 1825 HRS. ............................................................................................$18,850 420, 3846 HRS., CAB & HEAT ......................................................................$17,650

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CIH 9120, 840 ENG. HRS., TRACKS, RWA, LOADED ........................................$319,900 CIH 9120, 1100 ENG. HRS., TRACKS, RWA, LOADED ......................................$289,500 CIH 7088, 455 ENG. HRS., RWA, LOADED..........................................................$269,900 CIH 7010, 808 ENG HRS., 20.8X42 DUALS ........................................................$217,500 CIH 8010, 1200 ENG. HRS., 20.8X42 DUALS ......................................................$212,900 CIH 8010, 1668 ENG. HRS., 20.8X42 DUALS, RWA ............................................$206,500 CIH 7010, 1593 ENG. HRS., 20.8X42 DUALS, AFX ROTOR................................$199,850 CIH 8010, 2451 ENG. HRS., 20.8X42 DUALS, HID LIGHTS ................................$179,950 IH 1440, 3881 ENG. HRS., CHOPPER......................................................................$9,950

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22 GPM PTO PUMPS, TAKE OFFS – CALL CIH 1260, 36R20”, STEERABLE REAR AXLE ......................................................$205,950 CIH 1250, 24X30, ON ROW HOPPERS, PRO 600 ................................................$81,995 KINZE, 16X31, INTERPLANT ..................................................................................$64,850 CIH 950, 12X30”, LIQUID FERT., EARLY RISER MONITOR ..................................$18,500 CIH 900, 12X30, PULL TYPE ..................................................................................$13,900 CIH 900, 12X30, TRASH W, EARLY RISER MONITOR ..........................................$12,000 CIH 900, 12X30..........................................................................................................$8,989

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‘09 JD 2700, 9-SHANK, 24” SPACING ........................................................................$38,850 ‘07 JD 2700, 5-SHANK ..................................................................................................$27,500 ‘03 JD 2700, 9-SHANK, CUSHION BLADES, COVING BOARDS ................................$27,900 ‘04 JD 2700, 7-SHANK, 30” SPACING ........................................................................$24,500 ‘99 CIH 730B, INDIVIDUAL CUSHION GANG, (NO LEADS) ........................................$23,795 ‘01 WILRICH 957, 7-SHANK, BIG COIL TINE LEVER ..................................................$22,950 ‘00 DMI 730B, BLUE, LEADS AND MAINS ..................................................................$21,500 ‘97 DMI 730B, BLUE, 10” MAINS, 2” LEADS ..............................................................$18,750 JD 510, 7-SHANK, DISC RIPPER ................................................................................$13,900 ‘05 WILRICH 357, 7-SHANK 3-PT MOUNTED RIPPER ................................................$7,900 DMI COULTER CHAMP, 11-SHANK, 4” TWISTED SHOVELS ......................................$4,950 TEBBEN 7-SHANK MOUNT RIPPER..............................................................................$3,500

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2608, 8R30”, FT & AHHC, HYD. DECK ..........................................................$66,550 2412, 12R30”, FT, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ..................................................$58,500 2208, 8R30” ......................................................................................................$38,000 2208, 8R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ..........................................................$35,500 2208, 8R30", HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ..........................................................$32,900 2208, 8R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ..........................................................$32,850 2208, 8R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ..........................................................$33,900 2208, 8R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ..........................................................$33,900 2208, 8R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES, AHHC ..............................................$29,975 2206, 6R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ..........................................................$28,500 2206, 6R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ..........................................................$25,500 1083, 8R30”, POLY, TALL CORN SHIELD ......................................................$14,900 1083, 8R30”, POLY, TALL CORN SHIELD ................................................COMING IN 1083 ..................................................................................................................$11,500 1083 ....................................................................................................................$9,950 1083 ....................................................................................................................$8,950 1063, STRAIGHT TIN, TALL CORN SHIELDS, PAINTED..................................$8,250 1020, 30', 1.5" SICKLE, FT ..............................................................................$14,900 1020, 25’, 3” SICKLE, ROCK GUARD ............................................................$11,950 1020, 30', FIELD TRACKER ..............................................................................$9,950 1020, 30’, 3” SICKLE, ROCK GUARD ..............................................................$9,000

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‘11 CIH 535Q, 1306 hrs., big pump, Lux. cab ..................................$289,000

‘10 Magnum 335, 1465 hrs. $189,000

‘02 CIH STX375Q, 5700 hrs. $124,000

‘92 CIH 7120, 5870 hrs., read duals ..................................................$45,000

‘03 Bobcat 5600 Toolcat, 1982 hrs. ......................................................CALL

‘11 CIH Steiger 500Q ............$325,000

‘11 CIH Magnum 275, 570 hrs., susp. axle, Lux. cab ................$177,800

‘06 Bobcat S250 ....................$29,800

‘11 CIH 9120, 290 eng./248 sep. hrs. ................................................$359,000

Bobcat 5600 Toolcat ..............$26,900 60” SB200 snowblower ..............$4,500

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‘04 CIH 2388, 1550 eng. hrs. ................................................$129,500

Bobcat 5600 Toolcat, 578 hrs. ..................................................$33,900

USED 4WD TRACTORS ‘11 CIH Steiger 500Q, scraper tractor, 30” tracks, Lux. cab, big pump, HID lights, 92 hrs. ....................................................................................................................................$325,000 ‘11 CIH Steiger 550Q, scraper tractor, Lux. cab, big pump, HID lights, 732 hrs. ............$306,000 ‘11 CIH Steiger 535Q, Lux. cab, HID lights, full auto guide steering, 1306 hrs. ..............$279,900 ‘11 CIH Steiger 435, Lux. cab, HID lights, 1000 PTO, 710/70R42 tires, 450 hrs. ............$228,900 ‘02 CIH STS375Q, Quad Trac, big pump, HID lights, diff. lock, 5700 hrs., Very Nice ......$124,000 STX and STEIGER PTO, TOW CABLE & 3 PT. KITS ON HAND!!!

‘08 Magnum 215, 835 hrs., 360 HID lgts., 320R54 tires & duals ....$122,900

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9120, track drive, RWA, 290 eng./248 sep. hrs., leather, loaded ..........................$359,000 7120, 205 eng./170 sep. hrs. ..................................................................................$257,000 5088, 290 eng./230 sep. hrs., 30.5x32 tires, hyd. folding covers..........................$189,900 2388, 1550 eng./1350 sep. hrs., duals, chopper, topper ......................................$129,500 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ..............................................................................$59,800 1083, 8R30” cornhead ..............................................................................................$13,900 2162, 40’ draper head ....................................................................................................CALL 2020, 35’ platform, Crary air reel ..............................................................................$39,900 2020, 35’ platform, 11⁄2”, rock guard ..........................................................................$32,900 2020, 35’ platform, Crary air reel, 3” knife ................................................................$39,900 2020, 35’ platform, 3” knife, rock guard ..................................................................$39,900 1020, 30’ platform, 11⁄2” knife, tracker ......................................................................$14,900 1020, 20’ platform, 3” knife..........................................................................................$6,500

MACHINES LISTED BELOW TO BE SOLD AT RITCHIE BROS. AUCTION: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 ‘10 CIH Steiger 535Q, 2061hrs., Lux. cab, HID lights ‘10 CIH Steiger 535Q, 2355 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lights, Full Pro 600 steering ‘07 CIH Steiger 480, 2185 hrs., 710/70R42 tires ‘05 JD 9620T, 2170 hrs., new tracks ‘99 CIH 9380Q, 6500 hrs.

‘09 CIH 8120, 873 eng./646 sep. hrs.

‘09 CIH 7120, 852 eng./712 sep. hrs.

‘08 CIH 7010, 1628 eng./1252 sep. hrs., 520x42 duals, 4WD ‘06 CIH 8010, 1762 eng./1329 sep. hrs.

‘10 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ‘06 CIH 2208, 8R30” ‘06 CIH 2208/2408, 8R30” ‘11 CIH 3020, 35’ flex head ‘10 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head, Crary air reel ‘10 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head, Crary air reel ‘08 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head.

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‘11 CIH 7120, 205 eng./170 sep. hrs. ................................................$257,000

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February 24, 2012

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CRYSTEEL’S GRAIN BODY & STINGRAY HOIST: A POWERFUL VALUE - Bodies In Stock!

Crysteel Grain Tippers are built with materials and design features that offer years of performance and value: INSIDE: Crysteel Grain Tippers are designed with smooth snag-free sidewalls and steel floors to prevent bridging of loads.

OUTSIDE: The smooth sidewalls improve air flow & are great for graphics.

BELOW: The understructure contains no crossmembers resulting in smooth self-cleaning surfaces that are strong but without unnecessary weight.

• Unitized all-welded construction • High strength 50,000 PSI yield steel • Tubular longbeans, side rails and top rail • Swing-out 3-section rear gate w/rubber seals and large 12”x24” grain gate in center door • Rubber-mounted stop, turn and clearance light

2011 Neville 28’ tandem axle alum. single hopper trailer, 770 bu. capacity, 7700 lbs. empty wgt., ladders & catwalks, viewing windows, Shurlock roll tarp w/dbl. ridge straps & front cable return, electric roll tarp, New 11:00R22.5 Lo Pro tires, alum. outer rims, $28,200, plus taxes & registration.

2012 Neville 22’ single axle steel single hopper trailer, 650 bu. capacity, 6,300 lbs. empty wgt., ladders viewing windows, Gator hyde coating on hopper, Shurlock tarp, 11:00R22.5 new recapped tires, $15,100, plus taxes & registration.

Serving the Ag Industry since 1974

SPECIAL 24’x102”x60” in Prime Paint $9,500 Plus FET

2012 Neville 40’ tandem axle alum. twin hopper trailer, 1,150 bu. capacity, 8,900 lbs. empty wgt., ladders & catwalks, viewing windows, Shurlock tarp w/dbl. ridge straps & front cable return, New 11:00R22.5 Lo Pro tires, alum. outer rims, $29,500, plus taxes & registration.

2012 Neville 40’ tandem axle steel twin hopper w/center divider trailer, 1160 bu. capacity, 10,800 lbs. empty wgt., ladders & catwalks, viewing windows, Gator hyde coating on hoppers, Shurlock tarp w/twin ridge straps & front cable return, 11:00R22.5 new recapped tires, $24,500, plus taxes & registration.

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Buy this tractor with a new Crysteel trailer and deduct $2,000

‘89 Hendrickson VT100,Cummins NTC 315 hp., Fuller 8-spd. w/Lo/Lo, Hendrickson 40,000 lb. walking beam rear susp. w/11:00x22.5 tires on alum. rims outside, 12,000 lb. front axle w/315-80Rx22.5 tires on alum. rims, 4.65 rear end ratio - $12,500

2002 Sterling 9500 single axle tractor, 12.7L Detroit 470 hp. engine, 7-spd. trans., air ride, 11:00x22.5 tires, very clean tractor. $17,500

‘94 Ford LNT8000, 58,000 GVWR, 8.3L Cummins 275 hp, Fuller RTO1178LL 8-spd + 2 lows, 18,000 lb. front w/385/65R22 tires, 40,000 lb. Hendrickson rear w/11:00R22 tires, reburb. 20’x97” steel body w/62” sides, new tarp - $31,500

‘06 Ford F550 4x4 dsl. service truck, Demo, w/new Stellar TMAX 11’ service body & 7621 6000 lb. crane, hyd. outriggers, 40CFM hyd. comp., Miller Enpak pwr. source w/Kubota 27 hp. dsl. - $88,500 - Call for a Demo today.

Used Refurbished Kann 21’ x 96” wide x 72” high aluminum grain body, 3-pc. swingout engate, HD top rail, new roll tarp - $8,500

‘90 Ford F350 4x2, 7.3 diesel, automatic, PS, PB, 72,000 mi., Armlift AVTEL 28’ Aerial; devise, live hydraulics, hydraulic out riggers, 12’ flatbed w/new 8’ long fiberglass tool box - $12,950

‘90 Intl. 4900, 16K frt. w/385/65.22.5’s, 34K tandem, DT 466 210 hp., 10-spd., air brakes, 127K mi., Reach-all boom w/person bskt., 54’ max workng hgt., boom cap. is 1850 lbs., at 39’ & 6100 lbs. at 17’, 8000 lb. winch - $24,500

Schien 16’ x 94” wide grain body w/52” sides, w/3-pc. swingout rear doors, new steel floor & crossmembers, shotblasted & new red paint - $5,450

Used 18’x96” Marshall grain body w/steel flor, unitized const., 60” sides, new paint, new SRT Agri Cover tarp, 3-pc full swing out endgate, body is in exc. cond., twin cyl. scissors hoist mtd. under body w/pump included - $9,850

19’6”x96” Crysteel grain body w/60” sides, 3-pc. 46” rear swingout endgate, steel floor, body has been refurbished, shotblasted completely, primed, painted your choice of colors, understructure has been blasted & painted black - $6,300

Used J-Craft 20’x102” wide grain body w/58” sides, new 3-pc. swingout endgate, good condition, body & understructure is completely shotblasted & primed & painted your choice of color, body painted will cost $6,500

Schwartz Timberlock 15’6” x 94” wide grain body w/42” sides, all oak construction floor & sides, good steel crossmembers & longsills, ladder, good condition, - $1,450

Used Crysteel ST4000 twin cylinder double acting scissors hoist for up to a 20’ body, 4000 psi pump, rear hinge & controls included - $3,250.

Olympic 144 hoist, ideal for 20-21’ grain bodies, includes pump, controls, and new rear hinge assembly - $3,200

Olympic 110DA hoist, ideal for 16-17’ grain bodies, will include pump, reservoir, controls, and new rear hinge assembly - $2,150

Schwartz HP2301 single cylinder scissors hoist with pump, ideal for 14’ body on single axle truck - $750

‘08 Omaha 11’x96” bed w/steel side tool boxes, underside tool box, air compressor w/8 hp. Honda engine, air hose reel, 110 gallon fuel tank w/2 Filrite 15GPM electric fuel pumps - $4,200

‘03 Brand FX fiberglass service body w/high side front compart., steel flatbed w/hyd. tool circuit, Case D125 backhoe mtd. on rear, hyd. out riggers, hyd. pump included, Truck in pic not included, $9,800 - Ideal service truck & tile repairing body.

Used air ride/air lift tag assembly with wide stance axlw to be used with singe rims and tires, new lift controls included with suspension - $1,950

4,000 lb. Stick Boom Crane w/10’ boom that power telescopes to 16’, power rotation, elevation & winch, 12v electric power - $5,500

CEI 18’ aluminum 3-compartment bulk feed body with 24’ discharge auger, approximately 16-ton capacity, hydraulic pump and reservoir included - $5,500

‘03 Bimar 12,000 lb dump trailer w/14’ long x 80” wide dump body w/18” steel sides & barn type rear doors, 4’ removable wood sides for hauling, Twin cyl. hoist w/elec. hyd. pump, 7,000 lb. axles w/elec. brakes- $5,950

‘98 Cargomate 44’ enlosed trailer, 99” width, 10’9” height, tires size: 23.5/85R15, side door measures 47” x 671⁄2”, back door measures 8’x97” - $7,900

‘04 Towmaster T-12DD 18’ skid loader trailer, spring assist ramps, 6000 lb. axles I-beam frame, wood floor, D-rings, DOT inspected, new brakes & breakaway battery $4,500

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TRUCK BODIES

Western model for Construction, Farm Or Ranch Model

Gooseneck Compartment

Length

Width

Approx.

Weight

C.A

Optional electrical operational kit available Order Size/TLH

Box Size Length

# of Bows

Specials

Price

W8 Yes 96” 84” 825 57 $2,111 W8 Yes 96” 96” 945 60 $2,271 W9 No 108” 96” 930 60 $2,101 W9 Yes 108” 96” 1,085 60 $2,221 W9.5 No 114” 96” 940 60 $2,131 W9.5 Yes 114” 96” 955 60 $2,251 W11 No 132” 96” 1,300 84 $2,391 W11 Yes 132” 96” 1,300 84 $2,511 W11.5 No 136” 96” 1,350 84 $2,431 W11.5 Yes 136” 96” 1,385 84 $2,551 W8 bodies include stop-tail-turn and backup lights in the rear skirt

Standard Features • 1/8” Tread Plate Floor • Structural Channel Crossmembers • Heavy Duty Tapered Header • 4” Structural Channel Long Sills • Pockets & Rub Rails-2 Sides • Sun Shield • 6-1/2” Sq. tail light holes w/exp. metal • Length - 8’ thru 13’ • Width - 84” thru 96” • Color-Black Standard, Choice of paint color at additional charge • Bulkhead mounted stop/turn/tail lights • Rear stake pockets

15% Off all Schuck hitches Model 750-RTR Cushion Hitch • 1,000 lb.

Tongue Weight, 40,000 lb. Load Rating.

- Swivel hitch - Fits standard 2” receiver - Includes pin and keeper - Check these dimentions!

The center of the receiver tube to the top of the hitch tongue is a 5-1/2” drop - Swivel tongue extends 7” beyond to TOW position and swivels 60 degrees laterally (or 12” left to right) - Swivel tongue saves time and effort with every hook-up

Order Size/LTH

Box Size Length

Recommended number of Bows

Specials

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• 72’ Paint Bake Booth • 60’ Sandblasting Booth • 150 Ton Press • Sikkens Paint System • 40’ Frame Pull Cage • Brake & Spring Repair • Trailer Repair & Straightening

AG-SLIP Industrial Strength Self-Adhering Sprayed-On Liner System • Extremely smooth surface “Ag Slip applied to lawnmower decks (Dump sticky loads easier) makes for easy cleanout” • Reduce maintenance costs • Increase slideability ~ • Improves safety • Protects against material build-up under the liner compared to bolt-in liners • Repariable if damaged • Unlimited applications • Self adhering ~ • A sprayed on process • Can be applied to ANY surface (steel, wood, aluminum)