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November 29, 2013
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The politicians’ stipend and the style in Nov. 11, Veterans Day, was an incredible which he lives, are often disproportionate to “memory day” for virtually everyone the service that he gives. While the ordinary across our nation. We all have immediate soldier, who offered up his all, is paid off family, or relative, or neighbor or distant with a medal and perhaps a pension, small. friend who has served our country, or still is serving. And it truly is a day of rememIt’s so easy to forget them, for it is so brance often filled with sadness, too. many times that our Bobs and Jims and Johnnys went to battle. But we know it is At our Veterans Day program here at not the politicians with their compromise Olivia, Minn., the Color Guard of our Olivia and ploys, who won for us the freedom Legion created a special impact, especially LAND MINDS that our country now enjoys. for our high school youth. As the Color Guard quietly but solemnly advanced the By Dick Hagen Should you find yourself in danger, with colors into the school gymnasium, all veteryour enemies at your hand, would you ans, some leaning on a cane, proudly renreally want some cop-out with his everdered proper salutes to Old Glory. And so, waffling stand? Or would you want a too, did many students. You sense their soldier — His home, his country, his kin, respect of the American flag, their strong pledge of just a common soldier, who would fight until the end. allegiance to that flag, and the quiet attention as the He was just a common soldier, and his ranks are high school concert band played the “Star Spangled Banner.” Yes, pride was on display; so, too, a few tears. growing thin, but his presence should remind us we may need his like again. For when countries are in Veterans Day is all about freedom and honoring all conflict, we find the soldier’s part is to clean up all who served. So what is a veteran? A veteran is some- the troubles that the politicians start. one who at one point in their life, wrote a blank If we cannot do him honor while he’s here to hear check payable to the United States of America for an the praise, then at least let’s give him homage at the amount up to, and including, their life. Not another ending of his days. Perhaps just a simple headline in word is necessary. the paper that might say: “Our country is in mournOur local newspaper printed a Veterans Day poetic ing, a soldier died today.” message that so vividly captures the heart and soul Speaking as a veteran and senior citizen, for me of our American veterans. It reads: Veterans Day does indeed generate emotions. Like He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was most Minnesota communities, we have a few WWII falling fast, and he sat around the Legion telling stoveterans still living with us. Plus we have a growing ries of the past. Of a war that he once fought in and the cadre of more recent veterans; unfortunately some deeds that he had done, of his exploits with his budwith a prosthesis for what used to be a leg or an arm. dies; they were heroes, every one. And ’tho sometimes to Sadly there also is an occasional military funeral, his neighbors, his tales became a joke, all his buddies with the Legion Honor Guard providing the proper listened quietly, for they knew whereof he spoke. dignity. Veterans, we thank you. But we’ll hear his tales no longer, for ol’ Bob has This closing note: You farmers have now survived a passed away, and the world’s a little poorer for a sol- most challenging production season. A late, and for dier died today. He won’t be mourned by many, just many a disgustingly wet, spring. A snow in May. A his children and his wife. For he lived an ordinary, virtual shutdown of moisture getting into August. A very quiet sort of life. He held a job and raised a fam- harvest season with wet corn and wind-damaged ily, going quietly on his way, and the world won’t note fields. An early November snowfall shutting things his passing, ’tho a soldier died today. down for a few days. Plus corn and soybean prices When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in crunching to $4 and $13 levels. So all is not joy in farm country. But you’re wrapping up 2013 and it’s state, while thousands note their passing, and protime to be thankful. Farmers, we thank you. claimed that they were great. Papers tell of their life stories from the time that they were young, but the Perhaps fitting at this Thanksgiving season are passing of a soldier goes unnoticed, and unsung. these words: The happiest of people don’t necessarily Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of the land have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything they have. some jerk who breaks his promise and cons his fellow man? Or the ordinary fellow who in times of war and Dick Hagen is staff writer of The Land. He may be strife, goes off to serve his country and offers up his life? reached at dickhagen@mvtvwireless.com. ❖
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 4A — Industry groups sound off on anti-ethanol Associated Press story 11A — Cutting-edge ethanol plant squeezing more out of every kernel
15A — Farm bill uncertainty continues
as committee searches for ‘sweet spot’ 18A — Changing weather a constant, quickening phenomena
25A — Willmar, Minn., auctioneer calls $1.5 million Hong Kong charity event
6B — Take a walk on the wild (rice) side this holiday season
The triumph of dumb where sanity attempts to rule
Appointed in 2007 by President George W. Bush, Chilton began to serve as a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission just before the 2008 Wall Street meltdown. That fire was lit by financial derivatives the CFTC had no power to regulate.
In fact, looking the other way when everyone from London to Lincoln to Lisbon knows from experience that the $3-trillion-per-day global financial market is rife with unknown risk and well-known wrongdoing is not only irresponsible, it’s just plain dumb.
But dumb is the new smart. Dumb is what we do. Dumb reigns triumphant. And, sooner than later, dumb is gonna cost everyone big again.
Right now, though, dumb is driving “(r)egulating without regard for how marFARM & FOOD FILE kets function is irresponsible ...” thoughtful, smart public servants like Bart Chilton out of public service. On Nov. 5, after six years on By Alan Guebert Not understanding — let alone not regthe CFTC, Chilton announced that he had “sent a ulating — these opaque, complex markets letter to the president expressing my intent to leave is irresponsible. the agency in the near future.” In fact, looking the other way when Reappointed in 2009, Chilton quickly If Chilton leaves by Jan. 1, as is expected, the sixeveryone from London to Lincoln to Lismade himself a pain in the neck to too-big-to-fail member CFTC (five commissioners and a chairperbon knows from experience that the $3-trillion-perbanks, too-big-to-jail bankers and “cheetah” speculason) will have but two members. Two. Think Doddday global financial market is rife with unknown tors the world over who claimed 2008 was a freak Frank has any chance to move through the CFTC risk and well-known wrongdoing is not only irreoccurrence and that their in-the-dark derivatives anytime in 2014? sponsible, it’s just plain dumb. markets needed no regulation. Right. Dumb wins again. Regulators like the CFTC’s Bart Chilton know He, and others, disagreed and, in 2010, Congress Alan Guebert’s “Farm and Food File” is published that. Taxpayers like you and me know that. And, passed the Dodd-Frank reform law that put tough weekly in more than 70 newspapers in North America. best guess, even a politician/promoter like Frank rules, stiff penalties and clear oversight — by the Contact him at agcomm@farmandfoodfile.com. ❖ Lucas knows that. CFTC and others — in U.S. financial markets.
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Somewhere along his long, winding way from Delaware to Indiana to Washington D.C., Bart Chilton picked up a desire for public service, a view that government should serve the powerful and powerless alike and a trusted way to bring people together to write straightforward, fair public policy.
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The battles, raging yet today, have become so bruising that three years after Dodd-Frank became law — and a full year since either of its authors, Sen. Christopher Dodd and Rep. Barney Frank, served in Congress — Dodd-Frank is still not in place. Many of the fights have occurred in the Senate and House agriculture committees because each holds oversight power on the CFTC.
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Its passage, however, began a high-dollar lobbying and legal fight by the financial industry to challenge every comma, colon and apostrophe in the proposed rules to implement the law.
For example, on Oct. 30, the House ag committee’s Ranking Member, Collin Peterson of Minnesota, spoke on the House floor against committee action to change Dodd-Frank provisions he said would “put taxpayers on the hook for big banks’ risky behavior.” His warning fell on deaf ears. Chilton, too, has taken to the road to explain the benefits a tough Dodd-Frank law and the regulatory certainty and trust it would bring back to the marketplace. The banks ain’t buying; they want fewer rules and, by implication, more room to create new products and profits.
But banks have plenty of politicians to offer cover. In mid-November, House ag committee Chairman Frank Lucas, Oklahoma, questioned the CFTC’s “latest move to regulate cross-border swaps” — another poorly understood financial instrument — because
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Their actions, however, prove Chilton, Peterson and every financial watchdog correct: Weekly bank announcements showcase billion-dollar blunders and multi-billion dollar fines for market violations. (On Nov. 19, JP Morgan Chase agreed to pay the U.S. government $13 billion to settle shady mortgage dealings.)
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Commentary: AP story plows under the facts about ethanol Do you enjoy writing filled with hyperbole? How about “reporting” that cites long-dispelled myths as fact and uses professional talking heads as sources? Is lazy journalism that aims to manufacture controversy your thing? Then an Associated Press story about socalled “dirty” ethanol is right up your alley. But hold on a minute. Before you read further and get your salacious journalism fix, let us give you a taste of what this story would look like if its authors dealt in facts instead of half-truths; if their aim was to actually inform readers instead of troll for cheap web clicks and re-tweets. In other words, let us warn you about a few of the many outrageous claims about “dirty” ethanol, farmers and renewable fuels that are made in the story, and set the record straight. AP claim: “Five million acres of land set aside for conservation ... have vanished on Obama’s watch. Landowners filled in wetlands. They plowed into pristine prairies, releasing carbon dioxide that had been locked in the soil.” Whew, we warned you about the hyperbole. First, farmers are not filling in wetlands. Acreage enrolled in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wetlands Reserve Program hit a record 2.65 million acres in 2012. That land is enrolled permanently, or for a period of 30 years. Farmers can’t just wake up one day and decide to fill it in. Second, acres in the USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program have declined, but a big reason for the decline is because the cap on CRP acres fell from 39 million to 32 million acres as a result of the 2008 farm bill. CRP lands were always intended to remain available to be farmed if market conditions warranted. It is perfectly
reasonable to grow crops on good farmland, and save the more highly erodible land and fields near waterways for CRP enrollment. Third, those “pristine prairies” remain pristine. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, no new grassland has been converted to cropland since 2005. Most native grasslands are also protected under “sodbuster” and “swampbuster” provisions of the farm bill. In Minnesota, a recent Department of Natural Resources report shows an increase in wetland acreage. Finally, farmers participate in a variety of conservation efforts. Minnesota farmers lead the nation with more than 2 million acres enrolled in the USDA’s Conservation Stewardship Program. Minnesota’s corn farmers also invest more than $2 million annually in research that seeks to improve conversation efforts and farming practices. AP claim: “Historically, the overwhelmingly majority of corn in the United States has been turned into livestock feed. But in 2010, for the first time, fuel was the No. 1 use for corn in America. That’s been true every year since.” This claim is a doozy.Actually, it’s just plain wrong. Livestock feed remains the No. 1 market for U.S. corn. Period. What the AP authors aren’t telling you (presumably they know this, but maybe not) is that for every 56-pound bushel of corn that is made into 2.8 gallons of ethanol, 17 pounds — about one-third — is returned as a high-protein animal feed. This is what corn farmers mean when they talk about growing food, fiber and fuel. Enough corn is grown to support all three (with plenty left over to export to other countries). We don’t have to pick just one. If the AP reporters were
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Links of interest
Link to AP story www.startribune.com/politics/national/231524601.html Links to peer-reviewed studies http://goo.gl/02EUWY http://goo.gl/bBbUu6 honest, they would have acknowledged that when you factor in co-products, livestock feed — not fuel — remains the top use for corn by a wide margin. AP claim: “Before the government ethanol mandate, the CRP grew every year for nearly a decade.” Actually, it didn’t. CRP enrollment fell in five consecutive years from 1994-99. Oh, those pesky facts … AP claim: “But using government satellite data — the best tool available — the AP identified a conservative estimate of 1.2 million acres of virgin land in Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota alone that have been converted to fields of corn and soybeans since 2006, the last year before the ethanol mandate was passed.” The reporters don’t bother to tell us what “government satellite data” was used or how “virgin land” was identified. Government agencies like the USDA don’t use satellite data often for regulatory or enforcement purposes because it contains a high degree of error. If you want to know what’s happening on cropland in Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota, referring to a satellite hovering around in outer space isn’t the best method. Instead, you want to use on-the-ground data. If the AP reporters paid attention to what was happening on the ground, they would have learned that yes, 2013 corn acres in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota are up over 9 million compared to the five-year average from 2000-04. However, acres dedicated to other crops fell by more than 11 million — meaning the increases in corn acres was more than offset by the decrease in other crops, not from planting corn on “virgin land.” AP claim: “Between 2005 and 2010, corn farmers increased their use of nitrogen fertilizer by more than one billion pounds. More recent See COMMENTARY, pg. 6A
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Commentary: Ethanol, oil and the facts — RFA responds On Nov. 12, the Associated Press released a question-and-answer with itself. AP asked its own reporter, Dina Cappiello, a series of questions entitled “Ethanol, Oil and What It Means to Be Green.” Bob Dinneen, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, answers the same AP questions from a fact-based, fair perspective. Q: What is the ethanol mandate? A: We’re not sure, because there’s no such thing as an “ethanol mandate.” There is, however, a program called the Renewable Fuel Standard, which requires oil refiners to blend increasing amounts of lower-carbon renewable fuels with gasoline and diesel. Ethanol is one of many
renewable fuels that qualify for the RFS; the program is certainly not limited to ethanol. In fact, biodiesel, renewable diesel, bio-naptha, renewable gasoline, biogas and even bio-heating oil have all been used to meet RFS requirements. The RFS has enjoyed broad bipartisan support. It was originally passed by a Republican-controlled House and Senate and signed into law by a Republican president in 2005. The RFS was expanded in 2007 by a Democrat-controlled House and Senate and signed into law by a Republican president. Q: Sounds straightforward. Green energy, right?
A: That’s right. The RFS requires that conventional biofuels must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 percent compared to gasoline. Advanced biofuels must reduce GHG emissions by at least 50 percent, and qualifying cellulosic biofuels must achieve a 60-percent GHG reduction. In addition, the policy contained strict safeguards against conversion of non-agricultural lands, such as native grassland and forest. Finally, the Environmental Protection Agency may entirely waive the program’s requirements if it determines implementation would result in “environmental harm” to the nation. See Q&A, pg. 7A
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Dispelling AP claims in the name of clean energy COMMENTARY, from pg. 4A data isn’t available from the USDA, but because of the huge increase in corn planting, even conservative projections by the AP suggest another billion-pound fertilizer increase
on corn farms since then.” USDA data show that nitrogen applied in 2010 was down compared to nitrogen use in the early and mid-1980s, even though today’s corn crop is 40 percent larger than it was in 1985. The nitrogen
required to grow a bushel of corn is down 43 percent since 1980. By the way, yields are way up. Farmers are growing more corn on less land and drastically increasing the efficiency of fertilizer application. AP claim: “Corn demands fertilizer, which is made using natural gas. What’s worse, ethanol factories typically burn coal or gas, both of which release carbon dioxide.” According to Argonne National Laboratory, when all greenhouse gas emissions related to growing corn and processing it into ethanol are tallied, average corn ethanol reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 34 percent compared to gasoline. Since 1995, ethanol plants have cut electricity use by 38 percent and thermal energy use by 36 percent. There are many other peer-reviewed studies — http://goo.gl/02EUWY — that reach similar conclusions about ethanol’s impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, the AP ignored all of them — http://goo.gl/bBbUu6. We could keep going, but I think you get the point. This story is a dumpster fire, and it comes at a time when Big Oil is spending big bucks and going all out to try and get Congress to repeal the Renewable Fuels Standard, or convince the EPA to make significant changes to the RFS. The AP isn’t the first news outlet to fall victim to Big Oil’s deep pockets and powerful influence. Unfortunately, it also won’t be the last. Corn farmers and ethanol supporters have no problem with media outlets taking a critical look at farming practices and the ethanol process. Here in Minnesota, we help reporters identify sources on a regular basis, even when we know the story in all likelihood may cast agriculture in a negative light. But when a story like this one is written — one that parrots talking points from the oil industry and regurgitates dated myths and blatantly wrong “facts” from anti-everything environmental groups — we feel it’s our responsibility to set the record straight as soon as possible. In this case, as soon as possible means before the story is even published. If you log on to www.startribune.com/politics/national/231524601.html to the abbreviated story and read its claims about the socalled “dirty” ethanol industry, remember that most of Minnesota’s gasoline comes from the Alberta Tar Sands. Also remember that before ethanol was blended in 10 percent of all of Minnesota gasoline 16 years ago, large cities in our great state were deemed to be in “no attainment” status by the EPA for carbon monoxide pollution. Ethanol has helped clean up Minnesota’s air, reduced our dependence on foreign oil, created jobs and rejuvenated the agriculture and rural economy. For reasons we will never understand, the Associated Press views these accomplishments as “dirty.” You can read the AP’s attack on ethanol at www.startribune.com/politics/national/231524601.html. This blog appeared on the Minnesota CORNerstone blog, www.minnesotacornerstone.com. ❖
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Renewable Fuel Standard successful energy policy A: Yes, it’s unfortunate that consumers don’t hear more about the benefits of renewable fuels. Biofuels like ethanol have reduced our nation’s dependence on imported petroleum, reduced GHG emissions, displaced and delayed the need for dirty fuels like tar sands and oil from fracking, created jobs in rural communities, and added value to farm products. The renewable fuels industry has a tremendous success story to tell; it’s a shame that the AP chose to demonize biofuels rather than shine a light on the industry’s many benefits. Q: So bottom line, is ethanol better for the environment than oil? A: Without question. In today’s fuel market, ethanol is competing against gasoline from environmentally destructive oil sources like tar sands and fracking. Ethanol substantially reduces GHG emissions compared to marginal crude oil, uses less energy and water to produce, and has far more benign effects on air and water quality. Further, ethanol is rapidly biodegradable, whereas oil remains noxious and toxic for long periods. A team of researchers from Duke University, the University of Minnesota and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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published an exhaustive comparison of the environmental impacts of ethanol and gasoline in 2012, finding that ethanol offered superior environmental performance across a broad range of indicators. Q: Then why does the government keep this going? A: Because the RFS is the most successful and important U.S. energy policy in recent history. Petroleum imports are down, job creation in rural America is up and GHG emissions from transportation are falling. But we still have a long way to go. Not only has the RFS encouraged the development of today’s robust conventional biofuels industry, but it has created the market certainty and support for the next generation of biofuels. In 2014, commercial-scale volumes of cellulosic ethanol produced from agricultural waste will enter the market, ushering in the next phase of development in the biofuels industry. For these advanced and cellulosic biofuels to succeed, a strong and lasting commitment to the RFS is necessary. ❖
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admitted that a “shortcoming” of their work “was our inability to ... distinguish between different types of grassland conversion, i.e. to separate native prairie conversion from change involving CRP, hay lands or grass pasture.” Yet, AP dismissed this admission of uncertainty and hid the fact that the satellite data on grassland conversion is wrong as often as it is right. Q: (Protecting against land conversion) must have been factored into the equation when the government wrote this policy, right? A: Yes. Not only did the EPA assess a punitive land use change emissions penalty against conventional biofuels in its GHG analysis, but Congress also clearly prohibited cultivation of native, non-agricultural lands for the purposes of making biofuels. The EPA is required to annually evaluate whether the RFS is causing U.S. cropland to expand beyond the 2007 level of 402 million acres (the year the RFS was expanded). Each and every year, the EPA has found that cropland has been below the 2007 baseline; and the 2012 cropland total was at its lowest point (384 million acres) since the EPA began this annual analysis. Q: We’re talking about corn. Like corn you eat in the summer? A: No. The corn used for ethanol is “field corn” and is not the same as sweet corn. Humans do not directly consume field corn. Farmers produced a record crop of field corn in 2013 and just 22 percent of the record supply will be used for fuel ethanol. On a global basis, the U.S. ethanol industry uses just 2.9 percent of the world grain supply. The 2013 world grain supply is the largest in history and 25 percent larger than the global grain supply 10 years ago. Q: You don’t hear a lot about this.
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Q&A, from pg. 4A Q: But ethanol helps reduce global warming? A: Yes. The latest peer-reviewed, published studies on the subject conclude that today’s conventional ethanol significantly reduces GHG emissions compared to gasoline. The most recent study by scientists at Argonne National Laboratory found that corn ethanol reduces GHG emissions by an average of 34 percent compared to gasoline, even when hypothetical land use change emissions are considered. Meanwhile, ethanol from sources like corn stover and switchgrass reduce GHG emissions by an estimated 88 to 108 percent. In 2012 alone, corn ethanol reduced GHG emissions from the transportation sector by more than 33 million metric tons — that’s like taking 5.2 million vehicles off the road. Q: The ethanol industry disputes (the AP’s land conversion) numbers and says no virgin land has been lost. What gives? A: Total cropland in the United States continued to shrink. In fact, farmers today plant about 2 to 3 percent fewer acres to crops like corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton than they did in the 1990s. So, how could the AP argue that farmers are converting native lands to cropland, when cropland is actually shrinking? Further, native grasslands, wetlands and other sensitive lands are protected by certain farm bill conservation programs. The AP story ridiculously attributes the drop in Conservation Reserve Program acres since 2007 to ethanol and the RFS, but the truth is the 2008 farm bill cut funding for CRP by 20 percent and required farmers to decrease CRP acreage. Finally, the authors of the satellite analysis upon which AP relied
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Farmers: Markets, not ethanol, the driving force By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press Corn is king in south central Minnesota and ethanol production consumes a sizable amount of the annual fall harvest. Whether the increased use of ethanol correlates to the expansion of land put into crop production is difficult to prove. “There are certainly issues on corn ethanol if you are taking marginal land and putting it in production,” said Gregg Marg, a Minnesota State University-Mankato biology professor who researches biofuels. “But that’s not unique to ethanol, it’s an issue for all kinds of corn produc-
tion. If you stopped all ethanol, farmers are still going to grow corn for feed and other uses and they’re going to want to produce as much as they can. It might take a few acres out of production if the (corn) price goes down, but I don’t see that happening,” Marg said. Bruce Peterson, who farms near Northfield, Minn., and is vice president of the Minnesota Corn Growers board of directors, doesn’t believe ethanol has been the main catalyst for increased corn acres and believes government conservation programs are targeting the most environmentally sensitive land. “In Minnesota, there is more corn being grown. On the western part of the state there is corn being grown all
the way to Canada,” Peterson said. “But they’re growing corn instead of the wheat they used to grow, it’s not virgin ground they’re plowing up.” He said it’s the same in the South where low cotton prices have led to a switch to corn acres. “It’s a reshuffling of the deck in most places.” Peterson thinks supply and demand will lower the number of acres planted to corn with the government estimating corn acres will be 3 or 4 percent lower next year. “In the last three years corn production has been below average, which has probably had more of an effect than ethanol. This year we will have a record crop, which will make up for a very tight supply. We’ll have plenty of surplus corn, the price will drop and farmers will adjust their cropping plan.” While the amount of land enrolled in conservation programs, such as the Conservation Reserve Program, has decreased, Peterson said the program better focuses on fragile land and the overall cutback is a reality of federal budget deficits.
He said that in the past, CRP enrolled most any farmland, with the government guaranteeing a certain annual payment for 10 years to keep the land out of production. “It was first offered during the farm crisis in the mid-’80s. People were enrolling their land to save their farms.” He said the land now targeted is the most environmentally sensitive. “Putting strips along wetlands, erodible land and marginal wet areas that maybe should be in a long-term retirement program.” He said the nearly 30 million of acres in CRP represent about 10 percent of all of the nation’s land used for agriculture. “So it’s still quite significant and it doesn’t make a lot of sense for the government to rent land to retire highly productive farmland. The world needs the grain.” Peterson is bothered by critics of ethanol who often say that 40 percent of the nation’s corn crop goes to ethanol. That figure does not take into account byproducts of ethanol producSee ETHANOL, pg. 10A
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Professor: Future may be in cellulosic ethanol ETHANOL, from pg. 8A tion, such as distillers grain that is valued as livestock feed. “It’s more like 25 to 30 percent (of the crop used for ethanol). The byproducts are used to displace some of the corn we’d normally feed.” Minnesota is fifth in the nation in ethanol production with more than 1 billion gallons made annually. Iowa is the top producer with 3.5 billion gal-
lons, followed by Nebraska, Illinois and Indiana. Ethanol plants in south central Minnesota are among the largest in the state. The Guardian Energy plant near Janesville and Valero Renewable Fuels plant near Welcome are the state’s two largest plants, each turning up to 40 million bushels of corn into 110 million gallons of ethanol annually.
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The Heartland Corn Products plant near Winthrop is second, producing 100 million gallons of ethanol. The POET plant near Lake Crystal, annually turns 20 million bushels of corn into 56 million gallons of ethanol, and the Corn Plus plant near Winnebago produces 49 million gallons. Marg’s research has focused on cellulosic ethanol — fuel made from plant materials ranging from corn stalks to prairie grass. While the development of cellulosic production has been slower than many had hoped, Marg said it is a viable fuel alternative and believes it will grow. “It’s not just thinking of an idea and then making it work right away. Cellulosic is actually moving at a fairly fast pace. There are places running small but commercial-scale plants. The fact people are throwing tens of millions of dollars into these things indicates they think it will work.” He said the cost of producing cellulosic fuel continues to fall as more research is done. “It’s getting near the point where it will be competitive with $100 a barrel oil, but it still has a ways to go.” Marg said whether from corn or plant material, it will be difficult to replace oil-based gasoline anytime soon. The country consumes 140 billion gallons of gasoline, and ethanol production of 13 billion gallons a year is only about 10 percent of total gas usage. One study concluded that the country could eventually harvest 1 billion tons of cellulosic material without damaging fields or the landscape. If that amount were used right now, it could produce some 100 billion gallons of fuel, close to what the nation uses. There is hope the amount of fuel extracted from cellulosic could be increased to double what it is now. But, Marg said, producing cellulosic fuel also consumes fuel so the net gain would not be as high. Much of the ethanol debate recently has been focused on the federal government’s Renewable Fuel Standards, which require a certain percentage of fuels come from biofuels each year. Corn growers’ associations nationally have been fighting a plan by some members of Congress to change the required amount of ethanol blended in gasoline. In 2007, Congress required the use of 9 billion gallons of ethanol annually, an amount that has grown to 13 billion gallons. The law also sets targets for increased use of cellulosic and other advanced biofuels. Some senators proposed a law that would remove corn ethanol from those targets, with more focus on advanced biofuels, in hopes of spurring development of cellulosic and other biofuels. The proposed legislation is opposed by agricultural groups who argue it would slash jobs, harm the rural economy and would actually slow the development of advanced biofuels. The National Corn Growers Association said corn ethanol is building the market, infrastructure and other support needed to get the newer fuels into the marketplace. The Mankato Free Press is a sister paper to The Land under the Free Press Media. ❖
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cent to our yield and that gets us very near to “We are discussing how we will commercialize By DICK HAGEN that yield of 3 gallons per bushel,” Johnson this new process. We anticipate that other ethanol The Land Staff Writer said. plants will want to do this simply In the early days of the ethanol industry because it improves the bottom an acceptable “yield” from a 56-pound bushel This new technology also line of their financial reports. of corn was 2.6 gallons of ethanol plus about generates two additional This new process 18 pounds of a livestock feed product known bonuses: about 300 percent “If the 205 additional ethanol as distillers dried grains soluble. Fast forenables us to conmore corn oil, plus the plants across the nation can see ward to 2013, and the ethanol industry is vert the cellulose process removes more of the better yields and better margins extracting nearly 3 gallons of ethanol fuel Delayne Johnson fiber resulting in a higherwhile also increasing our nation’s portion of the kerplus a growing array of other products from nutrition feedstuff. He inditotal energy supplies, we think this nel, which adds that same bushel of corn. Those kernels of corn are cated a strong market is growing for can be a significant step for the about 6 percent to becoming a virtual cornucopia of value. corn oil, especially among the entire renewable fuels program. our yield and that Plus consumers win because Leading the parade is Quad County Corn Proces- biodiesel industry and feed compagets us very near ethanol is considerably cheaper sors at Galva, Iowa. Started in 2002 as an 18-mil- nies. than gasoline.” lion-gallon “design capacity” ethanol plant, today What’s ahead to that yield of 3 this facility is doing 35 million gallons per year with gallons per bushel. Quad County has patented this According to the Iowa Renewable an expansion to 45 million to 50 million gallons in new process and, after repeated Fuels Association, ethanol reduces the near future. — Delayne Johnson runs through the plant, they are Iowa gas prices by $1.69 a gallon. A study by Iowa State University’s “We’re doing some ‘de-bottlenecking’ to ramp up to now confident the process works. Center for Agriculture and Rural this higher production,” said General Manager The engineering timetable to get this new system online will be April but, thanks to Development said this amounts to a $2,363 savings Delayne Johnson. de-bottlenecking, the plant continues operation per year for a typical Iowa family. How exactly do you “de-bottleneck” an ethanol without any slowdown in daily output. Acknowledging that the U.S. Renewable Fuels plant? In essence, it means some additional engiApparently much of the U.S. ethanol industry is Standard is important to the ethanol industry, neering and new chemistry to improve processing techniques plus reworking the “flow system” so corn already aware of this potential breakthrough in Johnson said the industry is coming into balance operation efficiencies. “We’re getting quite a few with opportunities to incorporate ethanol fuels into moves more efficiently through the entire system. phone calls,” Johnson said. “Other ethanol plants Quad County is currently revamping into a new like the idea that once we have this new process See KERNEL, pg. 12A cellulosic ethanol process which boils down to gettotally integrated into our production process, they ting more out of that same kernel of corn. can come here to view the process and understand “This new process enables us to convert the cellu- the improvement in our true yields. lose portion of the kernel, which adds about 6 per-
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Yearly differences in corn crop alters operations KERNEL, from pg. 11A the U.S. energy pipeline. Thanks to a growing awareness of the importance of “green” energy sources, he feels the ethanol industry is already quite selfsufficient. As consolidation continues within the industry, additional efficiencies are generated. “I think we’ll see more of this business trend going forward and I doubt we’ll see new corn starch ethanol plants,” Johnson said. “But new cellulosic ethanol facilities are being built, one at Emmetsburg just down the road from us. There’s now about a dozen nationwide processing various sources of cellulosic materials.” Operating efficiencies Because he’s GM of QCCP, Johnson closely monitors the operating efficiencies of ethanol production and notes the corn crop is different each year. The 2012 crop, for example, was low in starch, and was also higher in
fiber which ties up some of the starch. This meant some adjustments in enzymes and additives during the fermentation process. He said starch content of that kernel of corn last year was in the 67 to 68 percent bracket compared with 71 to 72 percent starch the prior year. “This impacts yield very directly,” he said. “Ethanol comes from the starch portion so you’re simply processing less alcohol per bushel of corn but it does add more to the co-product. However we want to put more into the ‘high value’ bucket of products from that kernel of corn.” Even though profits are marginal within the ethanol industry, meaning some are black ink operations and some aren’t, Quad County has a 12year history of providing payback to its producer-investors both in terms of tax credits and cash distributions. He indicated Quad County is only a couple years away from paying off its original
construction loan of about $20 million. “If we were to build a 35-million gallon plant today it probably would cost about $2.50 per gallon.” All corn sourced to Quad County is provided both through commercial elevators (40 percent) and corn producers (60 percent) within a 40-mile radius. Because corn is 85 percent of the total cost of running the facility, corn pricing is a daily event. However because they are able to market about 85 percent of their stillage (wet distillers’ grain) to cattle feeders within a 45-mile radius they save considerably on natural gas usage. “The other 10 to 15 percent is dried and sold as DDGs feed product primarily to swine producers in this part of Iowa,” he said. But this doesn’t imply that marketing of “byproducts” is a piece of cake for Quad County. There are lots of ethanol plants in Iowa (45 total) and many right there in northwest Iowa including one just 15 miles away. “So buyers are continually checking the market seeing who’s got the best price today,” Johnson said. He points out that livestock producers also note the total nutrient content of these DDG co-products, especially the protein and energy values. Premiums Producers have delivery options of their corn based on what Chicago Board of Trade month they price their crop. But they also have an option to
grow ENOGEN corn, a Syngenta product that replaces the alpha amylase routinely purchased as part of the fermentation process. It slightly increases processing yield for Quad County because it breaks down the fiber components of that kernel of corn slightly better than what the alpha amylase was doing. This tends to lower production costs, and thus Quad County offers a 40-cent-perbushel premium to producers growing this special corn. There is no additional seed cost for the ENOGEN corn, no yield drag and it has Food and Drug Administration approval for food and feed usage. World markets also accept the product. Quad County now has two years of experience with the corn and already has 14,000 acres contracted for the 2014 growing season. “Farmers apparently like the product. And we’re proud to put an additional half million dollars worth of premium money into the hands of our growers and our local economy,” said Johnson, who gives full credit to his management group with each having various specialties about this entire extraction process of how to get just a bit more out of that kernel of corn. Johnson, 47, is a graduate of Iowa State University and initially worked in the agricultural supply business. He was a charter board member of QCCP before being hired as general manager. ❖
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ference committee needs to provide By DICK HAGEN an adequate safety net for farmers The Land Staff Writer and ranchers. A comprehensive Farm bill uncertainty? safety net is also important for conRep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., wants sumers. We’re asking for a five-year to say “it’s a done deal,” but this vetfarm bill that meets farmers’ needs eran congressman knows nothing is while also contributing significant final until the president’s signature savings to reduce our federal deficit. shows up. Finding that “sweet spot” in It’s time to get a farm bill done.” Tim Walz Kevin Paap the final language of the farm bill con- Collin Peterson Amy Klobuchar Martin Barbre Perhaps surprising to some readers, tinues to be the big challenge to the for their future. We’ve got to have a oil industry and the livestock industry are House-Senate conference committee still farm bill this session,” he said. inevitable. And if it’s changed, the suit Peterson indicated that Nancy Pelosi, DCalif., will be a major help in providing working out details, item by item, before “I’ve been through this before so I know will come from the ethanol industry and the additional votes needed once the bill submitting to both houses for a vote of the NCGA. what needs to be done,” Peterson told his gets introduced into the Congress. “Next approval. Conferees include 41 members audience at Hutchinson, saying that “Legislatively we’ve got this RFS issue week in our committee session we’ll likely of both houses but four are doing the even though the House would be absent stopped in the House,” Peterson said, do all the other issues and then settle in groundwork, said Peterson, who is one of the week of Nov. 1, he felt the conference while also voicing that he doesn’t think on the food assistance numbers.” the four. committee would have an acceptable cellulosic energy will ever get off the Peterson, a long-time proponent of a At a Hutchinson, Minn., Farm-City farm bill and very likely this would hap- ground. He perhaps thinks POET Energy Breakfast Nov. 1, Peterson said the pen even before the Congress has a working with corn stover might make it production control mechanism in the biggest issue continues to be the food budget bill in front of them. work “but the issue is simply too much dairy bill, said the conferees support his original proposal but he got defeated on stamp gap. Versions between the “Strange as it sounds, I could see the volume. It’s a logistical nightmare.” the House floor because of misinformaHouse and Senate are wildly different. budget bill hitchhiking on the tails of the Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., also on the • In the House, the Republican bill new farm bill. We need to get this thing House ag committee, unabashedly pointed tion. The problem is getting rid of the old calls for cuts of $40 billion over the wrapped up before Thanksgiving. Yes, fingers: “We’ve got too many pencil push- system and going to a new “insurance” system which permits insuring dairy next 10 years. there’s likely some ‘land mines’ out there so ers.” His reference was about members of income over feed costs. • In the Senate, a bipartisan bill proposes this is not a slam dunk even with the con- Congress, on both sides of the aisle, who Currently set at about $6.50 even ference committee coming to an agreement. really have no idea of the importance of a cuts of $4 billion over the next 10 years. Unfortunately nobody can tell us exactly farm bill to America’s farmers and poten- though today that figure is about $9 over Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said, what that ‘sweet spot’ is,” Peterson said. feed costs, Peterson contends that tially to future food supply. “the House-passed resolution goes too because this would be a voluntary proOne possible “land mine” is proposed Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation far. It would hurt the most vulnerable across the country.” Peterson indicated federal legislation that dismantles the President Kevin Paap said, “this con- See FARM BILL, pg. 16A a compromised $11-billion cut in food Renewable Fuel Standard. A bill assistance would work in the Senate drafted by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Dbut said, “that won’t fly in the House.” Calif., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., would remove corn ethanol from the He suggested they worry less about RFS and adjust the RFS for advanced numbers and instead put the effort on biofuel at 16 billion gallons. farm policies and various titles that “Removing corn ethanol from the stanmake up the total farm bill. He also referenced Senate Ag Chairwoman Debbie dard makes no sense at a time when Stabenow, D-Mich., who said she could- growers are harvesting what may be a n’t go with double digits in reference to record crop. The fact is, we are on track to proposed cuts in the food stamp pro- meet all demands for food and fuel, with gram, now known as the Supplemental a surplus at the end of this marketing year of nearly 2 billion bushels,” said We offer Quality, MN Grown Products Nutrition Assistance Program. National Corn Growers Association Pres“(House Speaker John) Boehner des- ident Martin Barbre. at Quality Prices. perately wants to get a farm bill signed He contends it is bad policy for lawby Thanksgiving but he doubts his makers to promote “next generation” House colleagues will go even that far,” biofuels over corn ethanol, because Peterson said. those newer fuels are dependent on After a 1 1/2-day joint session of the the success of the entire ethanol indusConference committee Oct. 30-31, try to build the market, infrastructure Peterson said, “I’m optimistic with the and other support need to get these caliber of conversation we had the past newer fuels into the marketplace. Bartwo days that we can do a bipartisan bre said, “without corn ethanol in the agreement and finally get this up for a RFS you won’t see 16 billion gallons of vote.” He’s concerned that if this con- advanced biofuels by 2022.” He claims ference committee doesn’t come up the ethanol industry today supports with a farm bill and final language is about 400,000 jobs and in 2012 added left to a vote by House and Senate $30.2 billion to household income. members, a one-year extension of the Peterson openly admitted any “reworkcurrent farm bill might happen. “And that simply leaves even more uncer- ing” of the RFS would be politically devastainty for farmers and agri-business tating for some Senate Democrats, also people as they attempt to make plans House members. But he also said that if 37825 Cty. Rd. 63 • the RFS isn’t changed, legal suits by the
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Only certainty: Guaranteed direct payments gone FARM BILL, from pg. 15A gram it has to be proposed as a relatively low-cost insurance, otherwise dairy farmers wouldn’t participate. But if this leads to overproduction, Peterson asked, “what are we going to do with it? And that’s why stabilization (production control allotments) needs to be part of this new dairy legislation.” He knows Boehner and others would likely not support this issue but Peterson reminded his Hutchinson audience this would be only a five-year deal and participation would be voluntary. His point being that after five years, dairy farmers would see the value of such a program and support it accordingly. “If the leadership leaves us alone and lets the conference committee do its work,” Peterson said, “it will work. If they muck around on this issue, it could kill the entire farm bill effort. And if we don’t get a new farm bill by the end of this year, we revert to Permanent Law — and that’s $39 per hundredweight on milk which simply isn’t sustainable. Consumer backlash would quickly destroy our dairy
industry. The reality is that the outcome of doing nothing is total chaos.” One certainty voiced by Peterson and most farm organizations is that guaranteed direct payments, which farmers have received for a couple of decades, are history. According to Kent Thiesse, farm management analyst and vice president at MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn., these direct payments have averaged about $25 per acre for corn and soybean producers in most south central Minnesota counties. “Most landlords have factored the direct payment amount into land rental rates in recent years,” said Thiesse, also a marketing columnist for The Land. “However there will not likely be a reduction in land rental rates when direct payments are eliminated.” Jerry Hagstrom writing in the National Journal Nov. 3, stated that at the conference the week before there were signals that the conferees think the time to act has come. “The 41 conferees did use the last and possibly only public opportunity to make the case for their views. But almost all members abided by the directive from the conference leader, House agriculture committee chairman
Frank Lucas, R-Okla., to keep their remarks to three minutes. And even the most ideological of them on the right and left were polite and stressed that they were there to compromise and finish the bill.” It was unclear how quickly the conferees would proceed to the big issues because the House left town until Nov. 12. There had been talk of a meeting on the bill between President Obama and the four conference committee principals: Lucas, Peterson, Stabenow, and Senate agriculture ranking member Thad Cochran, R-Miss. Peterson said he had mixed feelings about such a meeting because support from Obama might cause some House members to oppose the bill. The dairy program is still a flash point. However the biggest surprise at last week’s conference committee session may have been Lucas’ announcement that he supports changes to the law requiring country-of-origin labeling for red meat. Hagstrom noted that the World Trade Organization ruled that implementation of the law which
emanated from the 2008 farm bill violated its rules. The Obama administration has rewritten its implementation plan but agribusiness groups led by the meat industry oppose the rewrite and have asked the conferees to somehow reduce its impact and avoid retaliation from Canada and Mexico. Food labeling is projected to be a “stormy” issue. However, Hagstrom writes that Peterson thinks one place on which Obama could be helpful would be resolving the size of the cut to food stamps. Both Lucas and Peterson think that is likely to be the last item settled and that Obama, Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will have to make that call. The official White House position is to make no cuts. So regardless the “sweet spot” among conferee conversations, compromise continues as the key to a new farm bill. Peterson’s closing comment in Hutchinson: “We’ll either get a new farm bill, or we’ll get an extension, or we’ll revert to permanent law. If we (conferees) come up with a bill that we all sign off on, Congress will be hard pressed not to go along with it.” ❖
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Changing weather — a quickening phenomena By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Perhaps reinforcing what most have been suspecting, the pace of change of weather is accelerating said Mark Seeley, University of Minnesota Extension Service climatologist, in his address to over 500 people at the Nov. 5 Minnesota Agri- Mark Seeley Growth Council annual meeting. “Yes, we are seeing warmer winters. Yes we are experiencing higher minimum temperatures (fewer below-zero occurrences). And yes, we are measuring greater moisture variations even within a given growing season,” Seeley said. He also noted the annual temperature trendline is quickening, reporting that 2012 was the thirdwarmest year in Minnesota history with records dating back to 1807. That 88 F reading on St. Patrick’s Day, 2012, was the warmest ever recorded. So what are the consequences of warmer winters and higher minimum temps? Seeley listed quite a few. • Change in depth and duration of
soil and lake freezing • More rapid breakdown of soil residue • Nitrogen applications happening later into the fall season • Less energy being used for heating purposes • Longer growing season • Increased number of freeze-thaw cycles • Change in plant hardiness zones • Change in exposure time to molds and allergens Minnesota’s wettest year was 2010, according to Seeley, and we’re getting wetter, with more than half
Ag transitions accelerating
Major Minnesota weather-related events since 1976 1976: Drought; creation of Extension climatologist faculty position 1978: Flash floods in Rochester area (Zumbro River, July and September) 1979: Flooding, later planting, delayed harvest 1980: Drought in western counties 1981-82, 83-84, 00-01, 10-11: Threat of winter snow loads 1983, ’95, ’99, ’01, ’05, ’11: Heat waves, health and livestock stress 1984: Drought in western counties 1987, ’89, ’13: Severe winterkill of forage crops 1988: Drought statewide (over $1 billion in losses) 1989: Red River spring flooding 1991: Floods in southern counties 1992: Chandler tornado 1993: Floods on Minnesota, Mississippi rivers 1995: Derecho in Itasca State Park and heat wave 1997: Statewide spring floods (over $1 billion in losses)
1998: March tornado outbreak in southern counties (over $1 billion in losses) 1999: Derecho in Boundary Waters Canoe Area and heat wave 2000: Granite Falls tornado 2001: Spring flood on Minnesota, Mississippi rivers 2002: Flash floods in northern counties 2004: Flash floods in southern counties 2005-12: Drought response every summer 2007: Flash floods in southeastern counties (simultaneous with drought)
of the state now experiencing 29 inches or more precipitation. Severe weather parameters are migrating north up through the Mid- and North-Central states. In 2010 Minnesota led the nation in tornadoes, with 113 documented events, including 47 in one day. Minnesota has also experienced three 1,000-year floods (10-plus inches of rain in one storm) since 2000. Seeley urged his audience not to dismiss the weather data. “Change is real and rapid and predictable. The number of days of measurable precip is declining but we are seeing an increasing frequency of bigger dosage rains. Perhaps we need to consider changes in zoning and land use related to changing weather scenarios,” he said. Seeley recognized controlled tile drainage as showing promise in some areas of the farm landscape. ❖
2009: Red River spring snow melt flooding (66 days in Moorhead) 2010: Tornado outbreak (48 on June 17; 113 total) 2010: Red River flooding 2011: Red River flooding, Hennepin/Anoka tornadoes 2012: Flash floods on Cannon River and Duluth (simultaneous with drought) 2013: Winterkill, April ice storm, prevented planting from wet spring ❖
By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Speaking at Nov. 5 Agri-Growth Council annual meeting, Terry Barr, senior director of Industry Research at CoBank, ACB, suggested folks should expect considerable change over the next five years. “No, I don’t expect the trauma of other readjustments in our recent past, but as world production of grains continues to increase, I do see crop prices stabilizing without the volatility of the past four to five years,” Barr said. He also predicted land prices going through some readjustment which might involve a resetting of rental rates. “But farmers still like to buy land. That trend may be slowing but it certainly isn’t stopping,” Barr said. He thinks the current market transitions will provide more opportunities and risk, and will place a greater premium on management. “The pace of consolidation, both horizontally and vertically, will accelerate at all stages of the global supply chains, as margins tighten, scale of economies dominate and liquidity capital is deployed,” Barr said. He told of major tax code changes coming. And there will be new rules on depreciation, 1031-like exchanges, accounting options, estate taxes, etc., could alter previously optimal business structure and strategies, he said. “This also suggests investments in equipment, land ownership and rental commitments will need to be reassessed in this new marketplace,” Barr said. He added that a strong balance sheet with significant working capital and strong risk management policies will be critical in accessing the increasingly expensive debt capital required to implement transition strategies. ❖
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“Our human activities affect the environment, so agriculture is likely to leave a footprint,” said Agricultural Research Service soil scientist Jane Johnson. “What we need to know is what we can do to reduce that footprint.” As part of that goal, Johnson led a study to see whether reduced-tillage organic and conventional production systems differed in yields or in the emission of greenhouse gases that have greater global warming effects than carbon dioxide, like methane and nitrous oxide. That is, would greenhouse gas emissions from an acre of conventional corn exceed greenhouse gas emis-
sions from an acre of organic corn, or vice versa? Johnson works at the ARS North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory in Morris, Minn. Her project team included Morris soil scientist Sharon Weyers and biologist Nancy Barbour, as well as agricultural scientist David Archer, who works at the ARS Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory in Mandan, N.D. The scientists studied yields from organic and conventional production of a four-year corn-soybean-wheatalfalfa rotation in Minnesota. While both systems relied primarily on alfalfa for nitrogen, the conventional plots were also amended with urea-based fertilizer, while the
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Using closed-vented chambers, biological science aide Rochelle Jansen (right) and soil scientist Jane Johnson collect gas emissions from soil at a research farm. Samples will be analyzed for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane.
organically managed plots were amended with solid dairy manure. This meant that during the study period, the conventional systems received 590 pounds of synthetic nitrogen, almost twice as much as the organic systems received via dairy manure amendments. The team used closed-vented chambers to monitor greenhouse gas emissions for three years during the growing season from May to November, as well as during early spring thaws. They found that both systems produced similar corn grain yields during 2007. But organic corn yields were 60 percent lower than conventional corn yields in 2006 and 40 percent lower during 2008. During 2007 and 2008, organic and conventional soybean yields were similar, but 2006 organic soybean yields were 90 percent lower than conventional yields. In 2006, organic wheat yields were 50 percent lower than conventional wheat yields. Field measurements of greenhouse gas emissions indicated that both systems emitted 3.75 pounds of nitrous oxide per acre every year — measurements that cumulatively represent 4.74 percent of the nitrogen added to the conventional system and 9.26 percent of the nitrogen added to the organic system. This meant that the nitrous oxide emissions per unit of nitrogen applied were nearly twice as large from the organically managed system as from the conventionally managed system. The scientists believe that the greater biomass production in the conventional system and the lower productivity of the organic system indicate that the conventional crops were able to use applied nitrogen more effectively to support plant growth. Because the yield was lower from the organic system, the nitrous oxide footprint per unit of crop yield was greater in the organic system than in the conventional system. “This study suggests that the ability of organic production to mitigate greenhouse gases may be less attractive to producers if it also results in lower yields. This emphasizes the importance of management to maintain crop productivity in any system,” Johnson said. This article was published in the November-December issue of Agricultural Research magazine. It was written by ARS information staff member Ann Perry. ❖
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indeed a fine audience.” Auction time So what was Duininck auctioning? Well, her first auction item was a purse, for which she “nudged” a $14,000 bid. Other items Duininck sold included a week-long getaway to the Maldive Islands located in the Indian Ocean, and a ski vacation package to Niseko, Japan. “But I’m most proud of what I call ‘A Moment of Giving’,” she said. “We start at different bidding levels. This one I started at $75,000 for the first item and ended with a $5,000 bid item. We raised $625,000 U.S. That generous moment in the lives of these 1,000 bidders was heartwarming.” Time is apparently less a concern when doing auctions in Hong Kong. Duininck pointed out that dessert was served at 11 p.m. with 1,000 people still in attendance. She said the courtesy of this audience was dramatic. “You could hear a pin drop throughout the night. The atmosphere was incredible. The air was exciting; the giving was contagious. People were having so much fun. The team effort together was tremendous,” said Duininck, who has a reputation for putting fun into auctions. She also requests some special help. “I threw in a couple of prayers. Getting some guidance from the Lord always is helpful. Our few days in the Philippines also helped the audience relate to this light-skinned woman from Minnesota. But to God be the glory,” said Duininck, who felt the night was truly magical. Successful, too — receipts were about 20 percent higher than the previous year’s event. This Hong Kong auction represented a variety of faiths, although she sensed the majority were Christians. “And 100 percent had the mindset of giving back. Most of my audience I was told represented success in their business world. And so evident was the philanthropic feeling that to whom much is given, much is expected,” she said. The auction took about one hour. Where the money goes So what happens to the $1.5 million raised? Duininck said that ICM has a partnership with Feed My Starving Children, so literally thousands of food packs will be distributed to the people of the Philippines. “But the biggest impact will be their See AUCTION, pg. 26A
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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Charity auctions are “old hat” for Kristine Fladeboe Duininck and her brother Glen of Fladeboe Auctions of Willmar, Minn. They do about 200 charity events per year throughout the nation, in addition to their primary revenue stream of farmland auctions all across Minnesota. But the auction she conducted Oct. 10 was something special. First of all, it took place in Hong Kong. Second, it was for International Care Ministries, a Philippine-based organization that has served the ultrapoor in this country of 96 million people since 1992. Oh, and it happened to raise $1.5 million, the most in ICM’s history. “The mission of this particular auction,” the 40-year-old Duininck said, “was a fund-raising effort to help feed and educate the people of this island nation. My husband and I spent five days in the Philippines before flying to Hong Kong for the auction. We wanted to better understand the total efforts of International Care Ministries. “Extreme poverty best describes the Philippine nation. Almost 50 percent of their population lives on less than $2 a day. It’s the 12th-largest country in the world yet it’s not even the size of Minnesota. Our hearts have been touched forever by this experience.” Preparation People acquainted with Duininck know she intensely prepares before calling every sale. This auction required even greater preparation, due to its location and the diversity of the 1,000 bidders in the live audience plus online bidders from 12 countries representing a variety of languages. Duininck did not use a translator, however. And she conducted the auction in Hong Kong dollars which are 7.8 times the U.S. dollar. She and her husband went to Hong Kong three days prior to the Thursday night auction. Prep time included a fivehour session with ICM on the mechanics and “culture” of this particular auction. She earlier did “phone time” with the people hosting this event, a night-time auction in the largest convention center in Hong Kong. The event started at 6 p.m. but the actual bidding process didn’t start until 9:45 p.m. She noted this about the people she met in the Philippines and Hong Kong. “They are highly motivated people. They have high expectations. I was feeling the pressure of wanting to do my very best job. I strongly felt it was God’s
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Auctioneer: Philippine agriculture like a ‘time-warp’ AUCTION, from pg. 25A during our visits. I never saw a single appliance, because there is no electricity; ‘Transform’ program where they send also no running water. But family is trained staff members into the most These (sugar) cane farmers I was told make about $2 everything. They lean on each other, they impoverished villages,” she said. cling to their faith, they cling to their to $3 a day. I did not see a tractor anywhere. Yet opti“They teach these people how to find hope. What was so impressive to me was mism was in the air. and develop their livelihood so that how thankful they are for what they they might become self sufficient. have. Often they would offer food to my — Kristine Fladeboe Duininck This would be somewhat like the husband and I, yet very likely that was their Peace Corps program here in America, food for the day. They simply went hungry harvesting of sugar cane, the predominant crop. however ICM is a faith-based organization.” but wanted to be kind to us guests.” “It was harvest time for sugar cane when I was They also learn about health. Sanitation is miniDuininck noted that even though they wish to have mal in these impoverished communities. But once there,” she said. “My heart just went out to these farmmore and to live better, these husbands and wives ers. They were harvesting sugar cane with machetes. educated about what to do and how to do it, there is tremendous team spirit in making their lives better. That’s right, each with a knife to cut each cane plant were thankful because they had each other, and chil“Boots on the ground” efforts really show up when and stack in piles. They are mostly barefooted. Then dren to love. “They are incredibly kind people. you teach others how to improve their lives. they would lift that pile by hand and walk it on a plank They’re grateful. They’re happy,” she said. ICM is “Change is in the air over there and I could really to the back of a wagon pulled by a water buffalo to a implementing jump-start kindergarten programs in sense a willingness to learn and work together, even truck at the edge of the field. These trucks would haul slum villages to get youngsters reading. the cane to the processing plant but they were so overas entire communities,” she said. “I did an auctioneering session with one school of loaded that accidents were numerous. kindergarten kids,” Duininck said. “They just burst Admittedly, the Philippine government has been “These cane farmers I was told make about $2 to $3 a out in laughter when I started doing my auctioneerguilty of corruption from within. But Duininck said their government and organizations such as ICM day. I did not see a tractor anywhere. Yet optimism was in ing chant. In these poor communities the kids might are critical to help in the distribution of funds and the air because their ‘lean months’ are now behind and go to school for only a couple of grades; maybe one might even go to college and that is really a big deal. with harvest they will now have some money again.” teaching programs to the impoverished. If one sibling gets that opportunity everyone in the Family Philippine agriculture family pools their resources to help pay for that sinFamily unity is important there. Often the grandBecause of her almost 20 years of farm auctiongle child going on to college. That student will then eering plus growing up on a Kandiyohi County parents are living with their children, plus the sev- make money and bring it back home to the family.” (Minn.) farm, Duininck has a keen eye for agricul- eral kids that are part of these families. She indiWhat’s ahead ture, wherever she travels. She describes her obser- cated that eight, 10, even 14 children per family So what’s ahead for Duininck? vations of farming in the Philippines like a time- were not uncommon. “We went to 12 farm homes; 11 of them had dirt floors. I did not see one mattress For starters, she and her brother (along with their warp experience, especially relating to the family auction company) have several farmland auctions scheduled through the end of the year, plus about 40 benefit auctions on the docket. Despite downward pricing of corn and soybeans, she is still optimistic about agriculture because people are still putting their faith and value into farmland. “It might level off from 2012 but overall I’m encouraged about the future of American agriculture. It is a dynamic industry and I believe people still have confidence in the land.” In 2010, Duininck was named the International Auctioneer Champion by the National Auctioneers Association. Her company, Fladeboe Auctions, has offices in Willmar and Minneapolis. In 2013, the firm will raise more than $13 million for its 225 nonprofit and educational clients across the Upper Midwest and sell thousands of acres of agricultural land. The company was founded in Willmar in 1978 by her father, Dale, who is still involved in the business today. Log on to www.FladeboeAuctions.com or call (320) 212-9379 for more information. ❖
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Jeff Littrell North Dakota State University, which 11:30 later that morning. has major recognition in the non— Genesys Grain Genetics Mission Statement Harvesting a field of non-genetically GMO world for plant genetics. modified organism corn that he said In addition, a few individuals got yielded from 195 bushels per acre to meeting in Dallas, Texas, said they will show you the footprints to sucbetween the garbage can and the back 300 bu./acre will make a guy want to were going down the road with non- cess.” door, such as what Charlie Brown did share harvest data. GMO foods throughout their entire Littrell somewhat facetiously said Apparently you can do away with the distribution system. They have com- that if you get a $2 premium for your at the University of Minnesota. idea that non-GMO corn has a yield mitted to labeling of all their products non-GMO soybeans but they only pro- According to Littrell, Brown gathered some of these “heirloom varieties” and drag compared with conventional corn. by 2017. duce 35 bushels why bother? “So our stashed them in a cold storage system The corn was standing well so you can “Yes, that means Littrell Farms, our goal is genetics that provide a 55 to 60 also do away with the notion that non- Stewartville farm, could be identified bushel soybean with a $2 to $4 pre- so that it might have genetic significance for those seed lines. GMO corn has weaker stalks. on the label as the grower of the non- mium. We’re already doing contracts Brown is the founder and president Granted, you’d expect Littrell’s story GMO soybeans used in any of the for 2014 that pay $2 premium for foodof Brownseed Genetics in Bay City, Whole Foods products. Every food grade beans and $4 over Chicago for would tend to include some embellishWis. ments. His firm FHR Inc. sells non- provider now has organic products. our seed-grade soybeans. GMO seed and grows the grain. But The next phase is to quantify what the “Our patrons get first choice on these Stalk quality issues? On this lodging issue of non-GMO with 20 years in the non-GMO produc- consumer wants, and that includes seed contracts, plus first choice on corn, Jim Koenigs of Pinicon Farms at tion world he speaks with lots of docu- where the food was grown.” cover crop.” McIntire, Iowa, said, “stalk quality is mented history. Because of the heavy movement into Mostly two private breeders, Rusty He’s one of four originators of organics by major food distributors Packer and Jim Nelson, both founding not an issue in my observations. Genesys Grain Genetics, a farmer- such as Whole Foods, Littrell sees a members of the company and both There are ‘trait’ varieties with very owned cooperative with a tag line that significant market increase for non- with extensive backgrounds in soy- See GENE, pg. 28A reads “Seed … from beginning to end,” GMO corn to provide for the consumer which tells this firm develops its own demand of non-GMO meats. proprietary seed line, uses cooperative Exports of non-GMO foods into members to grow the seed (soybean Japan must first be approved by the seed, for example, is grown in six government of Japan. “They are very states), and, of course, provides the precise. We work with a company with marketing arm to get these non-GMO 20-plus years processing soybeans at products into the marketplace. Oskaloosa, Iowa, who has been work“We’re at about 50 patrons enrolled ing in the Japanese market for 20 or in final stages of enrolling,” Littrell years. They have a client at Breckensaid, indicating a goal of about 300 ridge who has been in that market members. “If we figure 2,000 to 3,000 with their own brand of tofu beans for acres per grower this generates several years. enough production of non-GMO grains “The Japanese government even to have some ‘marketing muscle’ all established a fertility program for the the way through from seed production growing of non-GMO soybeans by to growing the product to marketing American producers to best fit their the product. import requirements. 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Results from 2013 pleasing despite difficult beginning GENE, from pg. 27A good agronomic qualities, including stalk strength. There are also ‘trait’ hybrids with inadequate agronomics. Attaching chemical resistance or bugresistant traits to inferior genetics isn’t going to fix that problem.” He said, “we’re not 100 percent certain that non-GMO corn is a more profitable alternative, but we see some positive indications. This year was our first year with significant acres on non-GMO corn. We’ll continue this experiment into 2014.” Koenigs said over half the total corn acres at Pinicon Farms is now nonGMO corn. “For 2014, because of what we learned in 2013, we will be using four non-GMO varieties ranging from 106-day to 97-day maturity on the bulk of our acres.” They plant in 30-inch rows with a seed drop of 32,000 to 34,000 plants per acre. Not wanting to quote specific seed costs, Koenigs ventured that economics favor non-GMO seed purchases. Also because corn yields are such a “local issue” depending on weather, soils and other inputs he said, “our highest yielding field so far this year (as of the Oct. 30 telephone interview) was non-GMO corn-on-corn. And we utilize the best available traited varieties when doing our comparisons.” Pinicon Farms markets to a large grain merchandiser specializing in export delivery overseas. For the 2014 season, Genesys Grain Genetics offers 17 hybrids, of which eight are experimental. That hightech fertility program is used on every
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is recording. They normally plant at 33,000 to 34,000 ppa, but cut that to about 30,000 ppa this spring because of the late planting. Littrell Farms strip tills in the fall and also fall applies potassium sulfate and about 25 pounds per acre of potassium chloride. In addition, “Soft Rock Phosphate,” a foliar phosphate sourced out of Idaho, is applied at 50 pounds per acre. In the spring, soils get enriched with a pelletized blend of ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate which is then mixed with 6-8-6 “chicken litter” so the crop feeds off of both macro nutrients and micro nutrients. “We also dump about 25 gallons of 32 percent urea into that same root zone. We’re not exactly spoon feeding but we use tons of foliar products. We’ve been into microbiological products for over 25 years now. We’re into our second year with an acid-based material which apparently etches more phosphorous out of the soil that ordinarily wouldn’t be available to the plants. Also we normally apply about 125 pounds of nitrogen, applied either as dry or liquids and the rest of this nutrient program is applied with airplanes. We fly four times a year with foliars,” Littrell said. An Iowa crop scout checks fields every 10 days, a local agronomist is in their fields every week, and Littrell does lots of looking as well. “To get a 100-bushel seed yield on a field planted June 15 and considering the cold season, this is unheard of,” Littrell said, adding that paying attention to the “total environment” of each field is the biggest factor in maximizing production. From his viewpoint, that means particular attention to how those corn plants are fed every day of their entire life. This lack of “total programming” by seed companies is what launched the FHR Inc. “total environment” strategy. See GENE, pg. 29A
Littrell: It all boils down to what consumers want “To me more and more it’s boiling down to giving the consumer what they want. And that includes labeling so they know precisely the source of their foods.” There are no worries about when you get paid for your product anymore either — same day as you deliver if that’s what your local elevator can handle. “I tell receivers who are handling our grain that they’ve got to provide quick payment to their growers. Farming today is such a highly capitalized business. Farmers shouldn’t have to wait for their checks.” The Oct. 29 board price for non-GMO corn was $4.70 to $4.80 delivered; beans were $14 to $15 food grade; seed beans at $16 to $17. Those prices reflect only about a 50-cent bonus for non-GMO corn today, and purity in the marketplace is the ultimate objective of non-GMO grain production, Littrell
said. The ramifications are intriguing. Totally glyphosate-free crop production doesn’t guarantee the absence of the chemical for the consumer. Beef cattle fed on conventional stacked-trait corn with glyphosate weed control will carry the chemical in their manure. Even non-GMO corn grown adjacent to conventional corn runs the risk of contamination, Littrell said.
Why non-GMO? The Genesys Grain Genetics website lists these three bullet items. • Strong demand from domestic and global customers. • Concern for soil and food health. • Additional revenue in premium markets for growers to capture. For more information, log on to www.genesysgrain.com or call (507) 533-7855. ❖
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GENE, from pg. 28A So, who’s buying? Who’s buying the non-GMO grains? Down the river for overseas export is where most of the soybeans go; with corn a growing domestic market for livestock producers, or farmers who sell to livestock producers who are capitalizing on the non-GMO consumer meat demand. Littrell admits it was a battle when they first got into non-GMO corn. “If you were in Burlington, Iowa, or Cedar Rapids area, there were various markets for non-GMO corn from the getgo. But we’ve got one of the big precursors of non-GMO grains right here in Minnesota, SunOpta just south of Owatonna. There should be no reason why we shouldn’t be raising lots more non-GMO corn,” he said, adding that growing health concerns about human nutrition are paving a brighter road.
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effort to maneuver it up the stairs. Lanphere expects it to be finished sometime in 2014. In addition the museum is a gallery displaying photographs by Jim Brandenburg, a Luverne native renowned for his photographs of nature. His prairie images show the beauty of the region’s landscape that is often overlooked. Herreid Military Museum is located in the Courthouse Square. The Rock County Courthouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was also built of local Sioux Quartzite in 1888. It has been restored to how it appeared at that time in history. South of the two historic buildings is a restored Civil War cannon. Within the square is the Rock County Veterans Memorial. A solemn circle of granite benches surround a center obelisk that carries the names of local veterans who died in service. Seated on one of the benches is a life-sized statue of a veteran, leaning on his cane, reflecting on thoughts and memories known only to him. The Herreid Military Museum is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and located at 213 East Luverne St. (two blocks north of Main Street and three blocks east of Highway 75.) Guided tours can be scheduled, or you may view the museum at your own pace. Call (888) 283-4061 for more information. ❖
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ROADS, from pg. 32A To Burns that was the literary find of the century, she said. McIntosh’s column so impressed him that throughout the documentary, actor Tom Hanks narrates directly from McIntosh’s writing, Lanphere said. Building on the awareness made Jane Wildung by this documentary, community Lanphere benefactors Warren H. Herreid II and his wife, Jeannine M. Rivet, became involved. They made known their passion for war veterans by donating to the building project abundantly through their K.A.H.R. Foundation. “His father, Warren G. Herreid, had served in World War II along with his brothers,” Lanphere said. “A lifelong resident, he has helped with the museum. He is now 93. The veterans helped with explaining how this exhibit impacted the war effort.” This makes the museum more than just impersonal presentations, she said. The Herreid Military Museum has archived as many real life stories they possibly could. Arranged by significant events of the war, the story is told through the eyes of local men and women who were there: Bombers, fighter pilots, on the sea dealing with kamikaze pilots, the foot soldiers on the ground with the African campaign, participating in the Battle of the Bulge, or working behind the scenes with communications, developing protocol for the Navajo language. The third floor is being renovated to expand the military display of the wars since World War II. Already it has a full-size jeep that took quite an
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ear the Rock County Courthouse a jail of Sioux Quartzite from a local quarry was built in 1900 to keep its citizens safe from those who would harm them. It served the county well until a new jail was built. Today the old building memorializes the lives of men and women who have served in the military to maintain liberty for the United States and the world. Again keeping the citizens of southwest Minnesota safe. “Changing the jail into a museum was definitely a challenge,” said Jane Wildung Lanphere, executive director of the Luverne Area Chamber and Herreid Military Museum caretaker. “Originally the sheriff and his family resided on the front half of the first two floors. The jail cells were in the back half (north side) of the building. The sheriff’s wife fed the prisoners and did their laundry. The jail cells were part of the cross beams of the floors above. The only way to take out the cells was to remove the roof.” Some of the cells were used in the north terrace entrance of the museum. Opening in 2009 its primary focus was on World War II with smaller displays from the Civil War and Spanish American War. “The Homestead Act of 1862 brought many Civil War veterans to Rock County,” Lanphere said. According to the Homestead Act, soldiers could deduct their time of service off the five years that was required to prove up the land. “Families had donated many World War II items to the Rock County Historical Society,” Lanphere said. “Rock County had one of Minnesota’s highest percent of its population to serve in World War II; one in five of its citizens were involved in the war effort.” The items were archived and stored. Luverne was an historical treasure that would remain hidden, until filmmaker Ken Burns chose the town as one of four communities profiled in his “The War” documentary which had its premiere showing in Luverne in 2007. “Quentin Aanenson had made a video of his World War II experiences as a fighter pilot,” Lanphere said. “That brought Luverne to Ken Burns’ attention. Some clips from Quentin Aanenson’s video were used in the documentary.” “Then as Burns researched Luverne, he located Al McIntosh’s ‘More Or Less Personal Chaff ’ columns. McIntosh was the owner, editor and publisher of the local paper Rock County Star Herald. In that column he kept his readers up to date on the war, his views and thoughts on current events.” See ROADS, pg. 31A
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The following market analysis is for the week ending Nov. 22. CORN — The corn market continued to struggle while spreads narrowed and basis was mixed. Corn distanced itself from the impressive rally that was observed in the soybean market. The March corn-bean ratio closed at 3:1, a new high. The balance between getting enough corn into the pipeline and the big ending stocks figure is one a combination of futures, basis and spreads will have to help solve. PHYLLIS NYSTROM The December-March corn CHS Hedging Inc. St. Paul spread narrowed to a 5 1/4 cent carry, its smallest difference in over a year, before settling for the week at 7 cents. Funds added to their net short position for the week ending Nov. 19, according to the latest commitment of traders report. For the week, December corn closed one-quarter of a cent higher at $4.22 1/4 per bushel and the March contract was 1 1/4 cents lower at $4.29 1/4 per bushel. This week’s action began with sharply lower trade to new lows for the move on Monday (December hit $4.10 3/4 and March $4.20) after the Environmental Protection Agency’s lower ethanol mandate announcement on Nov. 15 and the discovery of a nonapproved genetically modified organism variety of U.S. corn in a shipment to China. Corn then retraced the majority of those losses the balance of the week and may indicate moving into a consolidation phase. The GMO incident is viewed as a one-time occur-
The livestock markets have started November in a steady to lower price atmosphere. Supply is apparently what most prognosticators are focused on at this time, but demand looks to be the most important factor. The cattle market has been holding its own for several weeks now as the supply of cattle is at some of the lowest levels of the year. The interesting thing about this is that cattle prices have been near steady during these lower numbers, where most would expect to see cattle prices moving sharply higher. It appears that demand is the key to why prices JOE TEALE have remained fairly stagnant. Broker Great Plains Commodity Over the past year there has Afton, Minn. been a steady decline in domestic demand as the beef cutout remained extremely high in comparison to competitive meats. The export market was strong enough to hold prices at the higher levels; however as the world economic conditions continue to remain weak, that export demand will also likely begin to decline. There is a move by many countries to expand their cattle herds, which will increase the completion in the beef export market in the future. With the coming of the new year comes many new taxes and domestic disposable income is likely to shrink, which for the consumer means to become more prudent in their meat purchases. This does not bode well for cattle prices to continue to move higher but at best remain steady in the months ahead. Producers should be cognizant of market conditions and
Over the past few years high commodity prices have proven to be quite profitable for many grain producers and have also been quite challenging for the livestock industry. One thing is for certain, when you are involved in agriculture there will be good years and there will be challenging years. As we enter a new phase for the grain markets, many farmers and ranchers will be weighing their options and considering how they can maintain or grow profitability. For some, continuing to improve returns on current investments KURT LENSING AgStar Assistant VP may be the answer. For others, addi- and Industry Specialist tional investments may be the way Waite Park, Minn. to go. If you are considering an investment in land, machinery or other improvements, it is extremely important to weigh the profitability potential prior to making a decision. Professional investor Warren Buffett has many investing tips. There are a few that I thought were quite relevant in making investment decisions on your farm or ranch. • The first tip is thinking long-term and being patient. At today’s prices it may or may not be profitable to buy the neighbor’s land at $10,000 an acre, but depending on your operation, putting in drainage tile or irrigation could prove to be your best return on invested capital. • A second tip Buffett recommends is saving for the unexpected. Many involved in the agriculture industry did not expect input prices to rise as high as they
See NYSTROM, pg. 2B
See TEALE, pg. 2B
See LENSING, pg. 2B
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Beans finish strong, inspired by Chinese buy NYSTROM, from pg. 1B rence that won’t affect corn sales to China. The ethanol mandate may not be as bad as some fear. If the economics work to produce ethanol, you can be sure it will be produced. With the holidays approaching, the basis should remain firm to assure supplies into processors, feeders and the export pipeline. Weekly export sales were in line with expectations at 37.2 million bushels, bringing total commitments to 960.6 million bushels or up 104 percent from last year. We need just under 12 million bushels per week to achieve the U.S. Department of Agriculture projection of 1.4 billion bushels. New sales for 2014-15 were 1.5 million bushels. Ethanol production this week fell 23,000 barrels per day to 904,000 barrels per day. Stocks dropped slightly from 15.2 million barrels to 15.1 million barrels. OUTLOOK: The markets will be abbreviated the week of Nov. 25 with normal market hours Nov. 27, then no markets until they reopen on Nov. 29 at 8:30 a.m. CT. Grain markets will close early at noon on Nov. 29. A shortened trading week with no market correlation for price direction around the Thanksgiving holiday should result in a choppy week. March corn has support at last week’s low at $4.20 with next resistance at $4.50 per bushel. In seven out of the last 10 years, corn production has increased from the November to January crop report.
Dec. 1 corn stocks have surpassed the average trade guess in three of the last five years by 225 million to 275 million bushels. Funds have continued to add to their large net short position. Nearby demand may not be enough to counteract the negatives facing the market. It’s difficult to get too excited about sharply higher corn prices knowing the 2014-15 carryover will double the carryout we had coming into this fall. Consider adding to sales on rallies, depending on where you are with your marketing plan. And don’t forget about your 2014 production as well. SOYBEANS — Soybeans finished the week on a strong note inspired by Chinese buying and huge weekly export sales. The USDA announced a 115,000 metric tons bean sale to China on Friday, but it was rumored in the market that they may have bought another 10 or more cargoes that have not yet been reported. On Tuesday, China purchased 240,000 mt of 2014-15 U.S. soybeans. Weekly export sales were staggeringly higher than forecasts when it set a weekly record for this week of the year at 50.6 million bushels. This brings total commitments for the year
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Know your financial ratios LENSING, from pg. 1B did or commodity prices to fall as fast as they did. It’s certain there will be unexpected times ahead. Maintaining adequate working capital will ensure viability of your farm for the future. • A third investing tip is to know your numbers. Do you know how your farm or ranch compares to others in the same region? Knowing financial ratios will paint a more vivid picture of how your business is performing and will help you identify where improvements can be made. If you are contemplating a business investment in your farm or ranch, it’s essential to know which enterprise or crop is generating the best returns on the cash to be invested. For example, at AgStar we have seen some farms with just under $100/acre invested in machinery and
to a record 1.303 billion bushels, up 32 percent from last year at this time. Only 4.5 million bushels of sales per week are needed to reach the USDA export figure of 1.45 billion bushels. We now have 90 percent of USDA’s forecast on the books. Weekly export inspections (what is actually shipped) were a record for any week at 87.8 million bushels. Does this mean we need to up the export category once again, or have sales peaked? There were market rumors that China was canceling some U.S. bean cargoes. Brazil’s beans for February/March shipment are reportedly 90 cents cheaper than U.S. origin. There were no new 2014-15 sales on the weekly report. Now that harvest is essentially over and we go into holiday mode, it falls to the market to attract bushels to fulfill processor and export needs. Basis and spreads will do a portion of the work, but in the end the futures market may have to carry the majority of the burden. January soybeans were 39 cents higher for the week at $13.19 1/2 per bushel. It is approaching the $13.30 resistance level we have been monitoring. South American weather is favorable for soybean development and estimates for a Brazilian crop as high as 90 million mt and 57.2 mmt for Argentina have popped up. Brazil’s ag minister declared a state of emergency
in Mato Grosso, their top bean production state, due to infestation of the helicoverpa caterpillar. Many feel that concerns should be assuaged by spraying. Brazil’s bean planting is estimated at 80 percent complete versus 64 percent average and Argentina’s near average at 44 percent complete. Argentina saw major changes in their administration this week as the ag minister, economic minister, the director of the Central Bank and the interior commerce minister were replaced by President Cristina Kirchner. What this means for exchange rates, export taxes, grower selling and price controls is yet to be seen. OUTLOOK: Be on the watch for marketing opportunities over the next 30 to 60 days. Once the South American crop is assured or when beans begin to hit the shores of China, the demand for U.S. soybeans likely will decline. Domestic demand will help limit any declines, but if China really is canceling contracts, that will rule price direction. Next resistance in the January contract is $13.30 per bushel, then $13.50, with levels of support at $12.70 to $12.50 per bushel. And what is your plan for the 2014 crop? Nystrom’s notes: Contract changes for the week ending Nov. 22: Minneapolis wheat was 2 1/2 cents higher, Chicago gained a nickel and Kansas City was up 3 1/2 cents. January crude oil was 35 cents higher at $94.84, December ultra-low-sulfur diesel jumped up 10 1/4 cents, gasoline increased 6 3/4 cents and natural gas rose 10 3/4 cents. This material has been prepared by a sales or trading employee or agent of CHS Hedging Inc. and should be considered a solicitation. ❖
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because of the pork cutout price. The relationship of the wholesale price of all meats will tend to lead the consumer to the best value, which at this time happens to be pork. With the recent downdraft in the market, there is bound to be some recovery in the weeks ahead. This does not necessarily mean that prices will have a substantial rally because of the overall condition of the market and the economic conditions. Considering the premiums offered by the deferred contracts, producers should keep in tune with the market conditions and protect inventories where applicable. ❖
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Hogs have been sliding protect inventories as needed. The hog market, on the other hand, has seen prices slide since the beginning of November. Hog numbers have been adequate to meet the packers’ needs and from a seasonal standpoint a typical down period until after the Thanksgiving holiday. Demand for pork has been fairly good since the pork cutout has been representing the better value in the entire meat complex. This does not necessarily mean that hog prices will benefit from an immediate turnaround and move higher
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powder averaged $1.8914, up 1.1 cent, and dry whey averaged 57.74 cents, up a half-cent. ■ FC Stone’s Chris Hildebrand said “Asian demand continues to be strong and demand from Mexico has picked up after faltering.” The other unknown factor is China’s change in its one child policy. Couples will be allowed to have a second child, if one of the parents is an only child. Infant formula demand could jump. ■ Speaking of exports, the U.S. Dairy Export Council reports that September U.S. dairy product exports were equivalent to 16.6 percent of U.S. milk solids production, the fifth straight month above 16 percent, according to the DBU. In the first three quarters of 2013, exports were equivalent to 15.5 percent of U.S. milk solids production. Meanwhile, imports as a percent of milk solids production were 2.6 percent in September 2013. The USDA reports that 4.2 billion pounds of packaged fluid milk products is estimated to have been sold in September in the United States, down 1.2 percent from September 2012. Total conventional fluid sales decreased 1.7 percent while organic fluid sales increased 10.4 percent from a year earlier. Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist who resides in Everson, Wash. His weekly column is featured in newspapers across the country and he may be reached at lkmielke@juno.com. ❖
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The October Agricultural Prices report This column was written for the marketshows the preliminary October price for ing week ending Nov. 22. alfalfa was $193/ton, down fractionally October milk production in the top 23 from September’s estimate and below a producing dairy states totaled 15.4 billion year ago. Dairy feed ration prices will pounds, up 1.2 percent from October 2012, likely be lower in 2014 than this year, according to preliminary data in the U.S. according to the USDA. Department of Agriculture’s latest Milk ■ Production report. Herd size projections were resumed this The 50-state total, at 16.4 billion MIELKE MARKET month, and the National Agricultural Stapounds, was up 1 percent. Revisions lowWEEKLY tistics Service estimated the U.S. herd at ered the original September estimate by 9.227 million head for the July-to-SeptemBy Lee Mielke 13 million pounds, to 14.8 billion, up 1 ber quarter. percent from a year ago. The herd is expected to average October cow numbers totaled 8.5 9.225 million head in 2013 and million head in the 23 major dairy states, down 2,000 from September but 36,000 more increase to 9.245 million in 2014 as producers respond to improved returns. The current-year milk than a year ago. Output per cow averaged 1,806 yield per cow is forecast at 21,865 pounds. Milk per pounds, up 14 pounds from a year ago. cow is forecast at 22,170 pounds next year, based on California was up 1 percent despite a 15-poundexpectations that cheaper feed and abundant forages per-cow drop in production but cow numbers were up will support improved yields. 3,000 head. Wisconsin was up just 0.9 percent ■ though output per cow was up 15 pounds and cow Meanwhile, cash cheese prices were mixed as numbers were up 1,000 head. New York was up 2.8 Thanksgiving approached. The blocks closed Nov. 22 percent, thanks to a nice 50-pound gain per cow. Cow at $1.8350 per pound, up 1.5 cents on the week and a numbers were unchanged. Idaho was down 2.7 perpenny above a year ago. Barrel finished at $1.7550, cent on a 30-pound loss per cow and 7,000 fewer cows. Pennsylvania was up 0.2 percent on a 5-pound down a quarter-cent on the week, a penny above a year ago, but 8 cents below the blocks. gain per cow and 1,000 more cows. Minnesota was Only two cars of each traded hands on the week. down 0.3 percent, thanks to a 5-pound loss per cow. The Agricultural Marketing Service-surveyed U.S. Cow numbers were unchanged. Other key players: Michigan was up 2.7 percent on average block price hit $1.8768, up 2 cents. Barrels averaged $1.8648, up 1.1 cent. a 15-pound gain per cow and 7,000 more cows. New Buyers are attempting to make needed purchases for Mexico was off 0.6 percent on 2,000 fewer cows. Outadded seasonal demand, according to the USDA’s Dairy put per cow was unchanged. Texas keeps pouring it Market News. “Timing is everything as buyers look to on, up 3.8 percent on a 25-pound per cow gain and save on later purchases, but are pressed to acquire prod10,000 more cows. Washington was up 2.3 percent, uct in time for holiday deliveries,” the DMN said. “Manuon a 10-pound gain per cow and 5,000 more cows. facturers are caught in a balance of trying to fill seasonal ■ demand despite tight milk supplies,” and good export The USDA estimated 276,800 culled dairy cows sales are adding to the supply uncertainty. were slaughtered under federal inspection in OctoThe Foreign Ag Service reports that exports of ber, up 18,200 from September, but 8,600 less than October 2012. The gap between 2012-13 year-to-date cheese and curd during September totaled 56.8 million pounds, up 40 percent from September 2012. cull dairy cow slaughter continues to close, reports Exports for January through September totaled 507 DairyBusiness Update. The January-to-October 2013 total was estimated million pounds, up 14 percent from a year ago. Cash butter saw a fourth week of gain, closing Friat 2.619 million head, 45,200 more than the same period in 2012. Through the second week in Novem- day at $1.68/lb., up 3 cents on the week but a penny ber, year-to-date cow slaughter was just 35,800 more below a year ago when it plunged 10 1/2 cents. Seven cars found new homes this week and the AMS butter than a year ago, the smallest gap since April 6. price averaged $1.5019, up 1.9 cents. ■ Cream supplies are reduced from strong Class II Feed price forecasts continue to decline, based on demand, according to the DMN. Demand for butter the most recent World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The forecast corn price for is good to strong in the United States and interna2013-14 was lowered in the USDA’s latest Livestock, tionally and butter inventories are shrinking across the regions. Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, to $4.10 to $4.90 per bushel in November from September. The FAS reports September exports of butter and milkfat totaled 25 million pounds, a nearly fivefold Lower harvested acreage is more than offset by higher yield, leading to a record production forecast. increase from September 2012. Exports for January through September totaled 137.2 million pounds, a However, the soybean meal price was revised 63-percent increase over a year ago. higher for 2013-14 in November to $375 to $415 a Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk slipped a penny earton. Soybean production forecasts for 2013-14 were lier in the week but rallied Friday, closing at raised in November based on higher yield expecta$1.9850/lb., up a penny on the week. Extra Grade tions, but stronger exports of soybean meal is finished at $1.9750, up 7.5 cents on the week. AMS expected to boost prices.
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The pasturized supper — Going out to eat, farm-style It was really quite innocent. I was — meatloaf. As the cows began to close in checking out at the grocery store one day on us, I began to wish I had cooked somewhen the checker asked me how I got so thing with chicken or pork that night. The plot thickened as I dished up dirty. Not realizing how much I resemThe cows knew where the beef was, and the main entrée — meatloaf. As the bled a speckle-faced sheep, it occurred to were starting to have one with me. I’m cows began to close in on us, I me that washing the car that day was no certain they counted their pasture mates task for the pristine-hearted. to make sure they were all there, and not began to wish I had cooked someon our plates. We scarfed our supper that thing with chicken or pork that As a family, we have eaten supper in night in front of a critical four-legged many kinds of places — the park, beside night. The cows knew where the audience which had gathered around us the lake, the elevator parking lot, on the beef was, and were starting to like a common street gang. And when it TABLE TALK road, in an empty grain bin and in the have one with me. was time to go, I realized I’d stepped in a mountains of Colorado. But they probaBy Karen Schwaller pie, but not one I had brought. bly all pale by comparison to the night we ate supper in the pasture. Great. When I got toward the end of the second mile, I dis- I wiped that off of my shoe in the pasture grass as Harvest was in full swing. In our operation come covered that out in that area of the country, they harvest time, supper-ware grows tires and moves best as I could. The tires had also found plenty of it around from field to field in gypsy-like fashion. The must have gotten more than an inch of rain all sum- on the way in and out of the pasture, and it became food tries to stay warm while we hunt down the peo- mer, because the water was splashing up on the sides obvious that the car was going to need to be washed ple who are combining, trucking, working ground, or of the car, and I was gunning it so I didn’t get stuck. after that evening’s unusual harvest catering festiviotherwise trying to feign busy-ness. ties. The tires and the car looked more like a Chevy pickup truck commercial. I started singing “Like A One night as I was tracking down my family, my Thus, my speckled face, hands, arms and clothes as Rock” as I made my way out of the quagmire. I’m husband told me where they were working, and I checked out of the grocery store the next day. sure my family was grateful to not be in the car as I Unless they could smell me, I’m betting they thought said, “but we’re not actually in the field. We’re crooned the lyrics with triumphant volume and arro- it was all road grime. parked in the pasture.” I had just finished feeding a crew a few miles away gance. Our car could have actually used some pasteurizaI arrived at the pasture and saw the trucks and the tion to rid itself of objectionable content following and decided to take the most direct route there. It led combine lights. As I got closer, I slowly made my way our supper in the pasture. Welcome to the farm. me down two miles of Level B service roads, which don’t threaten me this time of year like they do in the through cows that looked at both me and the car Karen Schwaller brings “Table Talk” to The Land with a hint of tranquil suspicion. Their distrust of winter. Feeling like I was headed down a cow path from her home near Milford, Iowa. She can be me was painfully obvious as they never once broke anyway, I tooled along in the dark with great ease, reached at kschwaller@evertek.net. ❖ their icy stares. knowing I was cutting out unnecessary miles. I was getting supper out of the back of the car when my husband came over, wondering where I’d been four-wheeling, visually examining the car with the same look that the cows had. 22’9” long w/tandem axle, 14’ blade I was beginning to feel a little unwelcome. w/industrial cutting edge, The plot thickened as I dished up the main entrée 9’ wide in the narrow
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The white dog cautiously watched and refilled it with fresh water from the We turned around and Molly us from a distance as we headed back relaxed. gallon jug I carried in the truck. to the truck after making a push for A point on the screen marked The dog watched, its nose pushed deer through a Federal Waterfowl Proour destination, a dairy opera- against the kennel mesh as we got duction area in Pope County, tion about a half-mile away. back into the truck. Minn. A few minutes later, we As I turned the pickup around in the It seemed eager for some rolled into the empty farm- farmyard, she barked several times companionship but neveryard. before settling onto her haunches to theless, retreated nervously The dog bound out of the watch as we motored down the long into the tall grass as we driveway. truck as we went up to approached. the front door and We concluded that Molly really had“I really hope it isn’t someknocked. n’t been lost, just exploring, and that one’s lost hunting dog,” I she would most likely wander off Nobody home. said to my son, Mike, and again if given the opportunity by Bob Westphal, a hunting THE OUTDOORS I glanced around and apparently inattentive owners. buddy. noticed a kennel to one By John Cross But we also knew that we would all side, the gate still We’re all dog lovers and sleep better that night knowing that latched closed. could easily relate to the heartbreak of a at least for the time being, Molly once dog owner somewhere agonizing over the “Let’s go, Molly,” I said. The again was safe at home. fate of a wayward dog followed happily. John Cross is a Mankato (Minn.) family member. I opened the door and she willFree Press staff writer. Contact him at I knew that if ingly went in. I took the old kettle (507) 344-6376 or jcross@ necessary, the rest adopted her filled with a frozen block of ice, banged it mankatofreepress.com or follow him on Getting closer, we could of our day would though.” on the ground to dislodge the icy plug, Twitter @jcross_photo. ❖ hear a bell tinkling on be spent on the She suggested the collar suggesting our trail of the dog’s we call the ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ owner instead of worst fears: Somebody Humane Society. deer. ★ ★ indeed had lost their The woman Getting closer, canine hunting compan★ ★ there listened as we could hear a ion. We finally coaxed we read back the ★ Special Of The Month ★ bell tinkling on the the dog — it appeared to number on the collar suggesting ★ ★ ~ ‘12 JD 4940 ~ Humane Society be a Brittany spaniel mix our worst fears: 713 hrs, 120’ booms, ★ ★ tag. — close enough finally to Somebody indeed 380 tires and a set of 620 floats, A few minutes ★ ★ grab the collar where had lost their auto. steer, auto. height, later, she was back canine hunting two tags jingled. ★ ★ swath pro, Good Clean Unit! on the line. “The companion. $ 270,000 Now $260,000 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ dog’s name is ★ ★ We finally coaxed the dog — it Molly,” she said. There was a long appeared to be a Brittany spaniel mix pause. ‘08 Agco ‘06 Agco — close enough finally to grab the col1074 SS, Cat. 9203, 425 hp. “The dog has a bit of a history,” she lar where two tags jingled. C7 275 hp., Cat., 3229 hrs., said. “We’ve had several calls over the The dog relaxed, leaning heavily 2429 hrs., Air Max 1000, past several weeks about Molly wan1000 gal. SS against me as I read them. 70’ booms, dering off.” She gave us a name and tank, 60’/90’ Falcon II, One was for a Glenwood veterinary address of the dog’s owners. booms, Raven Smart Trax clinic, the other for the Glenwood Viper Pro $ She went on to say that we weren’t 115,000 $ Humane Society. 115,000 the first hunters to call to say they had Once upon a time, tracking down the discovered the wayward hunting dog ‘08 Agco ‘99 CIH 3185, owner might have required a 20since hunting seasons had opened. Cummins 8203, Cat., minute drove to Glenwood to track 185 hp., 2320 hrs., We got into the pickup and I began to Raven 460, down the necessary information. Air Max 1000, drive as my son entered the name and 750 sphere, 70’ booms, But in this digital era, my son address into his phone’s GPS. 75’ booms, Viper Pro whipped out his iPhone and dialed the Raven Enviso $ We came to a crossroad that corre120,000 $ first number. 45,000 sponded with the rural street the As Is The voice on the phone said she could woman at the Humane Society gave us. help us locate the owner if we read her Right or left? Ask for PAUL LENZ the rabies vaccine number. I turned left and immediately, the dog Mike gave her the number engraved that had grown placid and relaxed, SYSTEMS, INC. on the tag. began to bark furiously. After a few moments she came back. “Wrong way,” my son said, as the nav“We haven’t had contact with the dog igation screen on his phone finally since it was vaccinated in May,” she 1180 State Hwy. 7 East • Hutchinson, MN came up. said. “It was a Humane Society dog and www.agsystemsonline.com Indeed. was adopted. We don’t know who
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Wild rice adds the perfect touch to your holiday meal Tradition reigns with holiday feasts — homemade delights and once-a-year favorites to share with family and friends. This year, why not get “wild” with your traditional turkey dinner. Your holiday feast would not be the same without the golden brown turkey, but adding something new and simple like Wild Rice Stuffing or Wild Craisen Salad will leave your guests singing your praises
and asking for more. If you’re a once-a-year bread baker, Wild Rice Multi Grain Bread will make you a star. Wild rice offers what you’re looking for this holiday season. The holidays are the perfect time to incorporate the distinctive flavor of wild rice into your meal. Whether in stuffing, salad or bread, the one-of-akind flavor of wild rice brings out the best in your
holiday celebrations. Try these wild rice holiday favorites or search the world’s largest wild rice recipe library for other “wild” options to add flair and spice to your holiday table this season — www.mnwildrice.org/search.php. Wild Rice Stuffing Looking for a way to spice up your traditional stuffing? For a stuffing recipe sure to leave your guests clamoring for more, Wild Rice Stuffing provides the perfect opportunity to incorporate the smoky, nutty flavor of wild rice into your holiday meal. Wild Rice Stuffing combines bacon, onion, sage, oregano, mushrooms and wild rice in an extraordinary blend of flavors to create the perfect accompaniment to the traditional holiday turkey. Wild Craisen Salad There’s more than one way to feature cranberries at your holiday feast. For a new twist on an old favorite, try serving your cranberries in the savory Wild Craisen Salad. This salad is a great way to add festive color to your holiday table by combining dried cranberries, green pepper, celery and more, tossed in a refreshing light cranberry dressing. Wild Rice Multi Grain Bread Instead of the same old bland dinner rolls, impress your holiday guests with Wild Rice Multi Grain Bread. Beautiful enough to be your centerpiece but tasty enough to steal the show, this delicious bread is rich in whole grains and is sure to become one of your holiday traditions combining oats, wild rice, sunflower seeds and more. Wild Rice Stuffing 4 slices bacon, cut in 1-inch pieces 1 medium onion, chopped 1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced 3 ribs celery, chopped 3 cups cooked wild rice 1 teaspoon crushed leaf oregano 1/2 teaspoon crushed leaf sage 2 cups bread crumbs Salt and pepper to taste 1/4 to 1/2 cup chicken broth, optional Preheat oven to 350 F. In large skillet, sauté bacon, onion, mushrooms and celery; cook until bacon is crisp. Stir in wild rice, oregano, sage and bread crumbs; adjust seasonings. Place in greased 2-quart casserole, cover and bake 30 to 40 minutes. Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup chicken broth, if needed, for moisture. See WILD RICE, pg. 7B
WILD RICE, from pg. 6B Sausage stuffing: Add 1/2 pound crumbled, cooked and drained sausage. Wild Craisen Salad 4 cups cooked wild rice 1/2 cup sliced celery 1/4 cup sliced green onion 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley 1/2 cup chopped green pepper 1/2 cup craisens (dried cranberries) Dressing (whisk together; chill): 1/2 cup cranberry juice 1/2 cup white vinegar 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon basil leaves Sugar and salt to taste
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In large bowl, toss salad ingredients. Add dressing; toss. 6-8 servings.
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Wild Rice Multi-Grain Bread 4-5 cups all-purpose flour, divided 2 cups whole wheat flour 1/2 cup rye flour 1/2 cup uncooked rolled oats 1 package dry yeast 2 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup water 2 cups milk 1/2 cup honey 2 tablespoon butter or margarine 1 1/2 cups well-cooked wild rice 1 egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon water 1/2 cup hulled sunflower seeds Preheat oven to 375 F. In large bowl, combine 2 cups all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, rye flour, rolled oats, yeast, and salt; mix well. In medium saucepan, heat water, milk, honey, and butter until very warm (120 F to 130 F). Add warm liquid to flour mixture. Blend at low speed until moistened; beat two minutes at medium speed. Add wild rice. Cover and let rest 15 minutes. Stir in enough additional all-purpose flour to make a stiff dough. On floured surface, knead dough 10 minutes; add more flour as necessary to keep dough from sticking. Place in lightly greased bowl, turn over, cover and let rise until doubled, about two hours. Punch down.
Brush tops of loaves with egg mixture. Sprinkle with sunflower seeds. Bake 45 minutes or until bread sounds hollow when tapped. Makes 1 wreath braid, two loaves (9 1/2-inch by 5 1/2-inch pans), or 18 bread sticks (approximately. 12 inches long). This article was submitted by the Minnesota Cultivated Wild Rice Council. ❖
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Knead briefly on lightly floured surface. Divide dough into thirds, shape into three strands; braid and place onto greased baking sheet to form a wreath. Let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
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Thursday, December 12, 2013 • 9:30 AM Sale Site: West Bend International, 101 130th St., West Bend, Iowa Notice: As West Bend International has sold their 3 locations to Red Power Team, and they will liquidate their entire used inventory. Locations - West Bend International 515887-7781, Estherville Implement 712-362-3596, Spencer International 712-262-2933 Tractors- 18 mo. Interest free for 18 mo: Case IH- 600 QT-2012-705 hrs.- 550 Steiger2011-500 hrs., 290 Magnum-MFWD-2012-200 hrs., 290 Magnum 2011-MFWD-approx. 500 hrs., 260 Magnum-MFWD-2011-approx. 500 hrs., 255 Magnum-MFWD-2004-4360 hrs.- MX 240-MFWD-2001-4530 hrs., Farmall 95- MFWD- Puma 195-2008-440 hrs., 9170-1990-4375 hrs., 7140-MFWD-1989-9758 hrs., 1486, JD 9620T-2005-3334 hrs., 8400T-1998-6128 hrs., NH 8360-MFWD-1997-3493 hrs., AC 7040, Combines- 2 yrs. Interest free- most all combines have field tracker-rock trap-chopper-yield monitors&display- 6130-2013-185 sep.- 42” w/duals, 6130-2012-340 sep-800/65R32, 8230-2012-470 sep.-42”w/duals, 72302012-187 sep.-7230-2012-326 sep.-42” w/duals, 7120-2011-309 sep.-42”w/duals, 81202011-722 sep.-RWD w/factory tracks, 8010-2008-1004 sep.-42”w/duals, 2888-2004-1250 sep.-38”w/duals,2388-2003-2191 sep.-30.5x32, 2388-2001-2995 sep.-42”w/duals, 23661998-3495 hrs., 2166-1997-3208 sep.-24.5x32, 2166-1996-2177 sep.-30.5x32, JD 9660STS2007-1040 sep.- 20.8x38w/38 duals, NH- CR970-1840 sep., Corn Heads- Case IH-34082010, 3408-2009, 3408-2008, 2608-2010, 2612-2009, 2208-2004, 2208-2003, 2206-2008, 1083-1998, 983, 2) Drago 8R30”-2005, Agco-Gleaner 3000-8R30”- Equipment- Case IH 730C w/hyd. Leveler, DMI 730B w/hyd. Leveler, DMI 730, 2) JD 2700-7x30”, Sunflower 4412-7x30”, 4412-7x24”, M&W 2200F-9x24, NH ST 770-7x30”, Wilrich 3400-32’ field Cult.,2500-24‚ field cult., Planters - Case IH- 1250-16R30”-2013-has done 1500 acres, 1250-24R30” bulk fill-2011, 1250-24R30”, 1250-16R30” bulk fill, 2) 955-12R30”- VF, SDX 4040’ air drill, JD- 1770 XP-12R30”, 1770-NT-16R30”, White-8516-16R30” bulk fill, 820012R30”, 8180-16R30”, Kinze 3140-16R30”, Grain Handling-Grain Carts - Parker-1048 w/scale-tarp & 900/60x32, 839 w/camera-30.5x32, Kinze-1050 w/1250/45x32, 640 w/24.5x32, Brent 1594-w/camera-scale-tarp & 35.5x32, Kilbros 1820 w/24.5x32, J&M 750 w/ 24.5x32, Gravity Boxes-Brent 644-w/light-brakes-tarp-& 445R22.5 rubber-red, Parker 7250 w/brakes-lights & 445R22.5, Killbros 500-w/425R22.5, 2)Killbros 300 on gears, Westfield 10”x71’ auger w/swing hopper-2012, Feterl 10”x34’ auger, Miscellaneous Equipment- Skid Loaders- Case- SV 300-2012-612 hrs., 440 S-3-2010, Mustang MTL 202007-2187 hrs., JD 260-2004-838 hrs., 250-2004-1072 hrs., plus sprayers, snow blowers, utility vehicles and lawn and garden equipment. For a complete listing-w/ descriptions and more photos go to www.gehlingauction.com or call West Bend International 515-887-7781 or Gehling Auction Co. 1-800-770-0347. Terms: CNH Capital financing and programs available to qualified buyers on qualified items to pre-qualify stop in at or call any of their locations. Tractors Interest free for 18 months- Combines interest free for 24 months, all other items cash or good check day of sale.
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Tractors: ‘10 JD 8270R, MFD, 1188 hrs; ‘04 JD 8420, MFD; JD 6420, MFD, w/640 loader; ‘09 CIH 245, MFD, 1370 hrs; CIH 75A, MFD, 50 hrs; Deutz 140A, MFD, 2690 hrs; AC 9455, MFD, 4900 hrs; NH 8770, MFD, w/Westendorf 700 loader, 5700 hrs; Farmall 460 & loader; 4x4’s: ‘02 JD 9220, 3500 hrs; JD 9300 & 9400, 5000 hrs; JD 8430. Combines: ‘09 JD 9770, 4x4, 765 sep hrs; ‘09 JD 9770, 975 sep hrs; ‘08 JD 9770, 1088 sep hrs; ‘08 JD 9670, 716 sep hrs; ‘07 JD 9760, 1327 hrs; ‘02 JD 9650STS, 2097 sep hrs; (2) ‘00 JD 9550’s, 1647 & 2032 sep hrs; ‘02 CIH 2366. Combine Heads: (2) ‘11 JD 612C Chopping Heads, both low acres; ‘08 JD 612C Non; (2) JD 608C’s; ‘11 CIH 3412, 12RN; Drago N8TR Chopping & N6TR Cornheads; Platforms (5) JD 635F Flex’s; (4) JD 630F Flex’s; (2) JD 625F’s; (2) CIH 1020, 30’ Flex; JD 930, 925’s, 920’s, 30’, 25’ & 20’ Heads. Planters: (2) ‘07 JD 1770 NT CCS, 24 rows; JD 1770, 24 row; JD 1760, 12-30; White 6180, 16RN; CIH 950, 16 row. Tillage: New JD 2410, 36’ Chisel Plow; (5) JD 2700 5- & 7-shank rippers; DMI 730 & MW 965 5-shank rippers; ‘11 Hiniker 5620 Windrow Shredder & JD 220 Shredder. Sprayers: ‘09 JD 4730, 4x4, well equipped, 900 hrs; Hagie 284, 4x4; (3) Fast 7400 & 7410 Sprayers, 80’, 90’, 120’ booms. Others: Demco 650 & Brent 674 Grain Carts; Brent 744 Gravity Wagon; (3) REM Grain Vacs; JD 568 Round Baler; Woods 355 Loader; Westendorf Loader, Bale Spear & Pallet Forks; Lankota Stalk Choppers. Consumer: ‘11 JD 855D Gator XUV; Yamaha 700FI Grizzly; Lawn: 10’ JD X744; JD X540; JD 777 Z Track; JD F687, low hrs; JD F725; JD 345 & much others.
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cupboards, open eat-in kitchen w/steps leading to lower level, office/laundry, rooms are spacious, living room is beautiful w/fireplace, dbl garage/detached, fenced pasture, outside buildings, $199,900 • 31819 581st Ave • Winthrop, MN
5 Bed, Beautiful Oak Wood: 6.73 acre farmsite outside of town. Large rooms, built in hutches, back entry way, washroom, cedar lined closet, extra kitchen downstairs, outbuildings, hardwood floors, formal living room. Nice! $89,900 • 61596 250th • Gibbon, MN
11 Acre Rural Residence Custom kitchendining, beautiful hardwood floor, oak cupboards, entry w/2 large closets, fireplace washroom, storage space, office/den, kitchen, family room, exterior done! Gorgeous inside & recently remodeled, appearance shows the quality work into this farm, $229,900 • 66686 Co Rd 27 • Fairfax, MN
Farmsite just outside town! Move in ready, enjoy this spacious 4 bed, 2 full bath, upgrades galore, 2006 new osmosis drinking water system, washer/dryer, patio, sunroom, kitchen/dining is beautiful, bedrooms, baths are all fresh & clean looking, $174,900 • 58552 276th St • Winthrop, MN Country Kingdom: 2 story home w/4 bedrooms, 2 baths sitting on 5.5 acres, many kitchen
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FARMLAND FOR SALE BY SEALED BIDS, ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2013 80 Acre Parcel including farm site Located in Lake Hanska Township, Brown County, MN Sale to be held at Turner Hall (lower level), 102 South State Street, New Ulm, MN, at 10:00 a.m. For further information, contact Patti Anderson at Berens, Rodenberg & O’Connor, Chartered, 519 Center Street in New Ulm at (507) 233-3900.
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WANTED: Land & farms. I have clients looking for dairy, & cash grain operations, as well as bare land parcels from 40-1000 acres. Both for relocation & investments. If you have even thought about selling contact: Paul Krueger, Farm & Land Specialist, Edina Realty, SW Suburban Office, 14198 Commerce Ave NE, Prior Lake, MN 55372. paulkrueger@edinarealty.com
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JD H serial #H13584 cast iron front wheels. Runs tires up, needs some parts. Cell (262) 470-6793 Hay & Forage Equip
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FOR SALE: JD 5400-5830 & 6000 & 7000 series forage harvesters. Used kernel processors, also, used JD 40 knife Dura-Drums, & drum conversions for 5400 & 5460. Call (507)427-3520 www.ok-enterprise.com
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Steffes Auction Calendar 2013 For More info Call 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: www.steffesauctioneers.com
Opening Saturday, November 23 & Closing Tuesday, December 3: IQBID Hanson’s Auto & Implement Year End Auction, Grafton, ND Opening Monday, November 25 & Closing Tuesday, December 5: IQBID Haug Implement, Willmar, MN, Inventory Reduction Auction Opening Sunday, December 1 & Closing Monday, December 9: IQBID Noteboom Implement, SD Locations, Inventory Reduction Auction
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'93 MacDon haybine-mower New oak silage & hay bunks, Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys. 100% financing w/no liens conditioner, 14' width, cedar boxes. (715)269-5258 or red tape, call Steve at $3,800/OBO 715-495-0755 Fairfax Ag for an appointment. 888-830-7757
Opening Sunday, December 1 & Closing Tuesday, December 10: IQBID December Auction, Upper Midwest Locations, See Complete lot listing & photos online at IQBID.com Opening Sunday, December 1 & Closing Wednesday, December 11: IQBID Goarder Collectible Auction, Litchfield, MN, Toys & Collectibles Opening Sunday, December 1 & Closing Wednesday, December 11: IQBID Selvin Brenden Toy Auction, Litchfield, MN, Facility, Large farm toy collection Opening Sunday, December 1 & Closing Monday, December 16: IQBID Greg Barker Toy & Belt buckle Auction, Litchfield, MN, Collection of over 100 farm toys & belt buckles
Wednesday, December 4 at 10:00 AM: AgIron West Fargo Event, Red River Valley Fairgrounds, West Fargo, Large multiring event with consignments being taken now! Tractors, Combines, Heads, Trucks, Semis, Tillage, Construction Equipment, Hay & Livestock Equipment & much more! Thursday, December 5 @ 10 AM: Stearns County MN Land Auction, Litchfield, MN, facility, 130.39+/- deeded acres in Paynesville TWP
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Tuesday, December 3 @ 10 AM: Norman & Polk County, MN, Multi-Tract Land auction, Ada, MN, 509+/- deeded acres in Lockhart & Reis TWP
Friday, December 6 at 11:00 AM: Howard & Sheri Swanson Retirement Auction, St. James, MN, Tractors, Harvest Equipment, Gravity Boxes, Tillage & Row Crop Equipment, Semi Tractors, Trailers, Hog Nursery Bldg., & More! Opening Monday, December 9 & Closing Wednesday, December 18 & Thursday, December 19: Arnolds Equipment Inc., Sauk Rapids, MN, 2 day Absolute online auction closing, excess inventory from 6 store locations Tuesday, December 10 at 9:00 AM: Walter Herrman Auction, Barron, WI, Farm Retirement Friday, December 13 at 10:00 AM: Don & Shirley Rick Auction, Litchfield, MN, Farm Retirement, Farm Equipment & Registered Black Angus Tuesday, December 17 @ 10 AM: Kibble Equipment, Redwood Falls, MN, Large dealership inventory reduction
Friday, December 27 @ 10 AM: Murphy Brown of Missouri LLC Hay Dispersal, Princeton, MO, selling 2,500 bales of various types of hay Monday, December 30 @ 10 AM: AgIron Ames Event, Litchfield, MN, Large multi-ring event with consignments being taken now! Tractors, Combines, Heads, Trucks, Semis, Tillage, Construction Equipment, Hay & Livestock Equipment & much more!
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Thursday, December 19 at 10:00 AM: AgIron Litchfield Event, Litchfield, MN, Large multi-ring event with consignments being taken now! Tractors, Combines, Heads, Trucks, Semis, Tillage, Construction Equipment, Hay & Livestock Equipment & much more!
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FOR SALE:Used grain bins, floors unload systems, stirators, fans & heaters, aeration fans, buying or selling, try me first and also call for very competitive contract rates! Office hours 8am-5pm Monday – Friday Saturday 9am - 12 noon or call 507-697-6133 Ask for Gary
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48' CMC floor, like new condition, half price of new. 507-697-6133 www.usedbinsales.com
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Cart w/ Tarp/Scale (76x50x32 tires). 550 Bu Unverferth #530 Wagon w/ Tarp Like New. 319-347-6676 Can Deliver
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FOR SALE: JD 9200, 4WD, $70,000 trades?; JD 7720 TII combine, RWD, rebuilt w/843 CH & 220 BH, $27,500; IH 700 8x18 OL plow, $7,000; Super B grain dryer & holding bin, $4,000. 507330-3945 FOR SALE: Rhino RC20, 20' flail shredder, $9,000 OBO. 712-253-4222
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STORM-BLIZZARD DATE: Thursday, December 12 @ 10:30 AM In case of blizzard weather conditions check our website www.danpikeauction.com or listen to area radio stations or call auctioneers for updated information.
LOCATION: Due to Dick’s health issues, his auction will be held at the Bockman farm which is located at 2018 320th Ave., Terril, Iowa, which is located from Terril, Iowa, 3 miles north on N-14 to County Road #A-31, then 1 mile east on A-31. Watch for auction signs.
TRACTORS & GREEN STAR COMPONENTS: ‘08 JD 9530, 4x4 tractor w/Only 1,830 hrs; ‘08 JD 8130 MFD tractor w/Only 1,201 hrs; ‘91 JD 2955 tractor w/6,014 hrs; ‘65 JD 4020(D) tractor; 2 JD complete Green Star GS02 2600 systems; JD motorized auto steering wheel; COMBINE & HEAD: ‘07 JD 9560STS combine w/ONLY 720 separator & 1,073 engine hrs.; ‘09 JD 606C 6R30” chopping cornhead; SEMI TRACTOR - GRAIN TRAILER GRAIN CART - WAGONS: ‘97 Volvo Aero WIA conventional daycab semi tractor; ‘10 Timpte 4066 Super Hopper 40’ grain hopper trailer; Brent 674 grain cart; FIELD EQUIPMENT: ‘12 JD 1770NT CCS 16R30” planter; ‘09 JD 2310, 33’9” mulch finisher; ‘06 JD 2700, 17’6” 7 shank disk ripper; Fast 9420, 1,500 gal. pulltype sprayer; TILING, ATV & OTHER EQUIPMENT ITEMS: Very few small items, so please don’t be late. For more information & photos go to: www.danpikeauction.com; INSPECTION: On Saturday, December 7th & Monday, December 9th from 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. ONLY or by appointment only with Dick Bockman by calling 712-330-4420. For more information: www.danpikeauction.com
Owner: Richard Bockman Farms, Inc. For more information, call Dick @ 712-330-4420
SALE CONDUCTED BY: Dan Pike #32-13-015, Jackson, MN • 507-8473468 (O) or 507-841-0965 (C); Kevin, Allen & Ryan Kahler, Sherburn & Fairmont, MN; 507-920-8060 (C) or 507-227-8528; Doug Wedel & Dustyn Hartung, Fairmont, MN.
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FOR SALE: WDAC w/ ldr, '84 JD 4650 MFWD, 6765 hrs., '68 JD 4020 diesel, power runs good. Call 715-652-2189 power shift, quick hitch, shift, excellent condition. 18.4x42 rears w/duals, 608-214-1859 507-828-2917 Morton, FOR SALE: IH 1256. Call GREAT PLAINS $37,500. MN 320-290-2682 or 320-254-8461 TURBO-CHISELS '96 CIH 9350, 3800 hrs., M11 IHC 7240 MFD, 2200 hrs, On Hand 7-9-11-13 Shank engine, new 20.8x38 tires, 24 Built Heavy Duty front weights, new rubber, spd., bareback, delivery We Trade/Deliver Anywhere $85,000; Wilrich 34½' digavailable; Gehl 1075 chopwww.albusemanind.com ger, $7,500. 507-462-3589 per, hay cornhead, kernel A.L. Buseman 319-347-6282 processor. 507-276-4962 JD model B, 1951, Ser. No: 295717, 3 pt. hitch, new rear Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Re2-7420 JDs, MFD cab, power tires, $2,600. 651-455-4324 pair Repair-Troubleshootquad trans, high hours, ing Sales-Design Custom higher model, can lower. NEW AND USED TRACTOR hydraulic hose-making up PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, $19,900-$23,900. (715)223to 2” Service calls made. 55, 50 Series & newer trac3600 STOEN'S Hydrostatic Sertors, AC-all models, Large 6410 JD MFD cab, power vice 16084 State Hwy 29 N Inventory, We ship! Mark quad rebuilt by JD/warranGlenwood, MN 56334 320Heitman Tractor Salvage ty, front fender, nice tight 634-4360 715-673-4829 tractor, $31,900. (715)223Oliver 770 w/WF, ldr, trip NEW & USED M&W 3664 bucket, $2,250/OBO. (715) Earthmasters 5 & 7 Shank Case 1030 NF, dsl, 3pt hyds, 962-3497 On Hand. We Like To less than 200 hrs on a reTrade/Deliver Anywhere. man motor, $4,500. (715) Oliver 770 WF, power steering, $2,500. (715)962-3497 M&W Earthmaster Parts. 962-3497 Dealer 319-347-6282 FOR SALE: '66 JD 4020 J w/ Specializing in most AC Koyker K-5 loader, diesel, We buy used tractor parts for PS, cab, good condition, Salvage Equipment sale. Rosenberg Tractor Best Offer. 320-848-2453 or Parts Available Salvage, Welcome MN 320-905-2940 Hammell Equip., Inc. 56181, 507-236-8726 or 507(507)867-4910 848-6379 FOR SALE: Case IH 9330 Steiger, 3pt hitch, PTO, exTractors 036 cellent tires, excellent con- Harvesting Equip 037 dition. 715-896-0828 '05 Case IH JX1100U, 2WD, '11 Drago 830 cornhead, red, ROPS, w/loader, 18.4x34 FOR SALE: MF Super 90, less than 1,000 acres, new rubber paint decals, tires, 2,400 hrs. 507-402-0606 w/headsight & more. 507live PTO, hyd 3 pt, WF, 402-0606 '06 JD 8430T, 8034 hrs., 3 pt. Perkins dsl, runs & drives & PTO, 25” tracks, exc. good, consider trade; blk 2012 Drago 12-22 cornhead cond., $94,000. 507-327-1903 head & carb for JD 60. 507with choppers. Insight, or 507-964-5548 383-5973 plastic, nice head, harvested 300 acres, fits CaseIH 8010. $100,000 or B.O. Call Rick, 320-8472325 or 320-894-7461.
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FOR SALE: JD 444 high tin cornhead, good condition, $1,850. JD 444 low profile cornhead, oil drive, real nice, $3,200. JD 215 flex bean head, hydraulic reel, $1,500. 763-482-2575 Fox chopper w/flail head for corn stalks, $1,250 complete. (715)962-3497 JD 6620 Titan combine w/920 SS flex head & 443 cornhead. 507-340-1183 JD 7720 combine, completely rebuilt, 643 oil bath, poly head. (608)214-1859 Retiring: '08 Drago 6R chopping cornhead, low acres, $45,000 OBO. 651-564-0606 Planting Equip
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FOR SALE: JD 1780 corn planter 12-23R, 250 monitor, 3 bu boxes, $22,800/OBO. 320-563-8479 or 320-760-6848 Tillage Equip
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2009 Case-IH 7 Shank #730C Ripper (with or w/o 6 Lead Shanks) w/ Leveler 2500 Acres. 750 Bu Unverferth #7200 Grain Cart w/ Scale & Tarp. Both Like New. 319347-2349 Can Deliver IN-LINE 7 Shank 3 Pt Zone Builder Auto Re-set With or w/o Pull Hitch. Farm King 13x70 Auger w/ Low Hopper Real Good. #4311 Sunflower 5 or 7 Shank Disk Ripper w/ Heavy Harrow Real Good. 319-347-6677 Can Deliver
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WANTED: Case IH 7500 vari-width plow, w/ auto reset, 6 bottom, will consider 5 bottom. 320-352-1347 040
10' or 12' Wheel Disk Wanted: 10' or 12' wheel disk in excellent condition. Must be stored inside. (507) 2694039 All kinds of New & Used farm equipment – disc chisels, field cults, planters, soil finishers, cornheads, feed mills, discs, balers, haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712, Glencoe 7400; Field Cults under 30': JD 980, small grain carts & gravity boxes 300-400 bu. Finishers under 20', clean 4 & 6R stalk choppers; Nice JD 215 & 216 flex heads; JD 643 cornheads Must be clean; JD corn planters, 4-6-8 row. 715-299-4338 Feed Seed Hay
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Dairy Quality Alfalfa Tested big squares & round bales, delivered from South Dakota John Haensel (605) 351-5760 Dairy quality western alfalfa, big squares or small squares, delivered in semi loads. Clint Haensel (605) 310-6653 Hay For Sale Round or large square bales, alfalfa, straw or grass hay. Delivery Available by semi. Ose Hay Farm, Thief River Falls, MN Call or text LeRoy at (218)689-6675 HAY FOR SALE, large squares and round bales for sale. (218)391-3031 Livestock
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FOR SALE: Purebred Black Angus bulls, calf ease & good disposition; also York, Hamp & Hamp-Duroc boars & gilts. 320-598-3790 Dairy
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WANTED TO BUY: Dairy heifers and cows. 320-2352664 Cattle
‘92 CIH 5240, 2WD, PS - $24,900 CIH 5250, 2WD, cab w/loader - $32,500 New Farmall 31, MFD w/60” ‘11 CIH 550 Quad - $273,500
‘11 CIH 870, 9-shk. w/reel - Call CIH 2500, 7-shk. ripper w/leveler - $9,500 CIH 530C w/leads - Call
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‘90 1680, duals, - $28,500 ‘93 1666 - $32,500 PLANTERS ‘03 CIH 2388, duals, 2000 & TILLAGE ‘08 1200, 16-30 pivot, bulk fill, eng. hrs. - Call ‘99 CIH 2388, 2800 hrs 2500 acres - $79,500 ‘96 CIH 2166, 35Lx32 tires ‘07 CIH 1200, 12-30 pivot - Call planter w/bulk fill & insecti‘06 CIH 1020, 30’ - $16,500 cide - $58,500 ‘99 DMI, 32’, 3 bar - $16,500 ‘03 CIH 1020, 30’ - $14,000 ‘06 JD 1760, 12-30 - $39,500 ‘98 CIH 1020, 25’ - $7,950 ‘03 CIH Tigermate II 40’, 4 bar ‘92 CIH 1083, 8-30 - $6,500 ‘08 CIH 2608, 8-30 - Call - $34,500 JD 2200, 33.5’, 3 bar - $28,500 ‘05 CIH 2208, 8-30 - $28,500
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4 yr old, Registered Black Gelbvieh Bull. Well built, docile. (715) 643-4895
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FOR SALE: 1 reg Jersey 2 yr old cow, sired by a Shyster son out of a 92 pt dam. 1 reg Red & White 2 yr old cow, sired by Big Apple Red ET. Both cows have been shown, asking $2,000/ea. 715-305-0814 or 715-305-0825
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2014 SEED CORN SALE. Avoid the pending price increase. Buy all conventional and technology hybrids at 2013 pricing until Dec. 1. With our 9% prepay discount, conventional hybrids start at only $81. Offer and prices online at WWW.KLEENACRES.COM or call 320-237-7667. “ITS THE PLACE TO BE!”
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TRACTORS – SKID LOADERS – COLLECTOR TRACTORS – COMBINES HEADS – FORAGE-HAY-FEEDING EQUIPMENT – PLANTERS ASST. MACHINERY – TRUCKS – CARS – PICKUPS – TRAILERS - ATV Our annual year end auction will be held at the Wieman Auction Facility at 44628 SD Hwy. 44, located from Marion SD 1 mile south and 1/2 mile west on:
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11TH • 8:45 AM – CST Lunch by Presbyterian Church Ladies
TRACTORS – SKID LOADERS – FORK LIFTS – CONSTRUCTION - COLLECTOR TRACTORS ‘11 CIH 290, MFD, loaded, 1100 hrs; ‘12 CIH 235, MFD, loaded, 1676 hrs; ‘09 CIH 275, MFD, loaded, 2500 hrs, 540/1000 PTO; ‘03 CIH MX285, MFD, loaded, 5663 hrs; ‘99 CIH MX240, MFD, loaded, 4916 hrs; ‘08 CIH 140 Pro, MFD w/Ldr, 2300 hrs; 2 – ‘07 CIH 125’s, MFD, 4400 & 7300 hrs w/CIH & KMV Ldrs; ‘89 CIH 9180 BB, 10,000 hrs; ‘05 CIH MXM 175, MFD, 4200 hrs w/GB 860 Ldr; ‘05 CIH MX 210, MFD, 6700 hrs; ‘94 CIH 5240, MFD, 7000 hrs w/Miller PL2 Ldr; ‘88 CIH 7130, MFD; ‘89 CIH 7120, MFD; ‘98 CIH 8920, MFD w/Ldr; ‘94 CIH 5240, MFD w/GB 660 Ldr; ‘04 JD 8220, MFD, 4300 hrs, sharp; ‘01 JD 8410, MFD, 3900 hrs, nice; ‘10 JD 7430 Prem, MFD, PQ, LHR, 1800 hrs w/JD 741 Ldr; ‘07 JD 7830, MFD, PQ, LHR, 2675 hrs w/JD 746 SL Ldr; ‘05 JD 7820, MFD, PQ, LHR, 2500 hrs, 18x42 duals; ‘09 JD 7330, MFD, IVT, LHR, 2065 hrs; ‘06 JD 7720, MFD, IVT, 5890 hrs; ‘05 JD 7720, MFD, IVT, 3300 hrs; ‘00 JD 8410, MFD, 7000 hrs; ‘04 JD 9320, 24 sp., 4800 hrs; ‘97 JD 9400, PS, 9450 hrs; ‘03 JD 7710, MFD, IVT, LHR, 3400 hrs; 2 – JD 7400’s, MFD w/Ldrs; ‘91 JD 8760, 24 sp., 3 pt, PTO, 8900 hrs; ‘93 JD 6200, MFD w/JD 640 Ldr; ‘78 JD 2840; ‘79 JD 4240, QR; ‘74 JD 4230, QR; ‘73 JD 4430, QR; JD 4020 D., WF; ‘09 JD 3520, MFD, hydro, 300 hrs w/72” mower; ‘10 JD 7130, MFD, CAH, 1200 hrs; ‘97 JD 7810, MFD, PS, 6200 hrs; JD 7410, MFD, PQ, LHR, 6000 hrs; JD 4960, MFD, 6200 hrs, duals & wts; ‘90 JD 4955, MFD, Eng. & Trans OH; ‘88 JD 4450; ‘81 JD 2940; JD 4440, PS, 6096 hrs; JD 4255, MFD, Quad w/JD 740 Ldr, sharp; ‘77 JD 4630; CIH 9280, CAH, 4x4, BB; ‘97 CIH MX135 MFD, 13,000 hrs w/trans problems; CIH MX120, MFD, 12,000 hrs; CIH 7110, MFD; IHC 5088, MFD, 4300 hrs, sharp; IHC 1486 w/Westendorf WL42 Ldr; ‘81 IHC 1086 w/Koyker 510 Ldr, 5750 hrs; ‘83 Case 4490, CAH, 4500 hrs, 3 pt; AC 8550, CAH, 3 pt, PTO, trans problems; Case 2090, CAH, 3000 hrs, sharp; MF 1100, needs motor work; CIH 9270, CAH, 4x4, trans OH; ‘08 CIH 125 Maxxum, MFD, CAH, 5519 hrs w/CIH L750 Ldr; CIH 8920, CAH, 2WD, 4200 hrs,. 42” duals; ‘04 JD 7320, MFD, PQ, LHR, 20 sp, 3800 hrs w/JD 741 Ldr w/grapple; JD 4630, CAH; JD 4030, WF w/Westendorf WL42 Ldr, grapple & spear; AC 7045, CAH; JD 3010D, WF w/Dual 325 Ldr; JD 3010 Gas, WF w/JD 48 Ldr; ‘08 NH T8010, MFD, loaded, 1833 hrs; ‘07 NH TG245, MFD, loaded, 1600 hrs; ‘07 NH T6070, MFD, 1493 hrs w/NH 840TL Ldr; ‘07 NH TL100, MFD, 1800 hrs w/Koyker 345 Ldr; ‘08 NH T7040, MFD, 2832 hrs w/MH 850TL Ldr; ‘04 NH TV145 Bi-directional w/NH 7614 Ldr, 3 pt & PTO’s, 1967 hrs; ‘98 NH TV140 Bi-directional, 6189 hrs, big pump; SKID LOADERS – PAY LOADERS – FORKLIFTS & CONSTRUCTION ITEMS: ‘09 NH L185 skid loader; ‘07 Bobcat S185, CAH; NH LS180, 3500 hrs; ‘06 NH L190, Cab, 2400 hrs; ‘01 JD 260, Cab, 3855 hrs; IHC 3200 Gas skid loader; ‘88 Bobcat 943 w/backhoe-rotary broom-break hammer-snow bucket, 7000 hrs; Bobcat 440 B Gas skid loader; Bobcat 90” finish mower, hyd; Bobcat hyd. broom; Bobcat hyd. concrete breaker; JD 544D pay loader; Lehmann #30 Diesel skid loader; CAT 212 maintainer; JD 160 LC track excavator; Kolman gravel conveyor w/shaker screener; portable 4” water pump w/Perkins D. engine on trailer; ‘07 Bobcat 200 hyd 72” snowblower; Linde H250 Diesel Warehouse forklift; AC Gas forklift; Little Dipper Gas forklift; 3 pt forklift; assortment of new skid loader attachments-buckets-rock buckets-pallet forks-hydraulic augers & etc.; COLLECTOR TRACTORS & VINTAGE MACHINERY: JD 620; JD 210 Gas, WF; JD 70, NF; JD 40, NF w/2RW cult.; JD 60; IHC 350, Gas, Wheatland, restored-sharp; IHC 1256, WF, 3 pt, sharp; IHC 806 Diesel, Wheatland, Eng. OH; IHC WD9, Wheatland; IHC 1466; IHC 400 Diesel; IHC M & H Tractors; IHC 656 Gas, WF; IHC 186 Hydro, WF, 3 pt; ‘64 IHC 606 Gas utility; IHC 3414 Gas w/3 pt & Ldr; MM Jetstar, 3 pt; Oliver 77, NF; ‘66 M, 670 w/Miller M12 Ldr; ‘58 AC D17 Gas, WF w/Ldr & backhoe; Case Vac; 2 – AC WD 45’s (WF & NF); Ford 3B plow; JD 514 PT plow; JI Case 8B squadron hitch plow, rare; Cockshutt 3B PT plow; IHC seeder; JD fenders; triple box on steel wheel gear; 2 – Case 4RW cultivators; Electric flare box w/gear; R & V Engine; MM 706, FWD; MM BF Avery w/3 pt; MM 335 Gas Utility w/belly mower; MM M670 Diesel, WF, 3 pt; IHC 756 D., WF, 3 pt; AC D-17 Gas; IHC M w/Ldr; JD 70 w/WF; IHC 400 Gas, NF; AC DD Gas road grader; AC D19 Gas, WF; AC D17, D., WF, motor stuck; 2 – AC D17’s Gas, WF (Series III & IV); AC WD Gas, WF; MF 150 Gas, WF w/belly mower; IHC 450 Gas, WF w/FH F11 Ldr; Collector Equipment: JD 4x14 PT plow; JD 3x14 semi mtd; JD #30 plow 1B, 3 pt; JD 4B PT 2 way plow; JD 802 steel wheel gear; IHC 3x14 3pt plow; 2B walking plow on steel wheels; 2 – station engine carts; AC 2RW planter, 3 pt; IHC 12’ drop seeder; Case manure spreader-rebuilt; horse drawn PT road grader; Adams #14 PT road grader; JD paddle grain conveyor, unusual; COMBINES – HEADS – GRAIN CARTS – WAGONS – GRAIN HANDLING 09 JD 9670 STS, 1335/932 hrs, CM, Duals, loaded; 05 JD 9660 STS, 4x4, 4400/3300 hrs; 03 & 01 JD 9750 STS’s, 2740/1996 hrs & 4810/3425 hrs, CM & LL, 4WD Duals; 2 – JD 9650 STS’s; 2 – JD 9610’s; 2 – JD 9510’s; 2 – JD 9600’s; 2 – JD 9500s; 2 – JD 6620 Titan II’s; 83 JD 7720; 05 JD 9660 STS, 1850 sep., CM, duals, hi-cap, sharp; 05 CAT 585R, Tracks & 4x4; 2011 CIH 7120, Chop, Trap, Tracker, 500/600 hrs, duals, sharp; 09 CIH 7088 Chop, Tracker, Duals, 750/582 hrs; 2 – 00 CIH 2388, Choppers, 3400/2600 & 4200 & 2950 hrs; 98 CIH 2366 RT Chop, Track, 3200/2300 hrs; 90 CIH 1660 RT, Chop. 4200 hrs; 91 NH TR86, Chopper, 3400 hrs; 95 NH TR97; JD 7720; Corn Heads: JD corn heads: 444’s, 643’s, 843’s, 1243, 693’s, 893’s, 1293’s, 608C’s, 612C’s; CIH corn heads: 844, 1044, 1063’s, 983, 1083’s, 1084, 884, 2206, 2208’s, 3208; 92 NH 974 corn head, 8R20”; 05 Drago 8RN chopping CH; Flex Heads: JD Flex Heads: 218, 220, 224, 915, 920, 920F, 925, 925F, 930, 930F, 625F, 630F, 635F; CIH Flex Heads: 2020’s-25’- 30’- 35’, 1020’s, 20’, 22 .’, 2’, & 30’, NH 973 flex, 20’ & 25’; IHC 810 17 .’ rigid; IHC 810 w/5 belt PU; Header Trailers: New MD 32’ & 38’ header trailers; Assortment of 25’ to 35’ header trailers; Grain Carts & Grain Handling: 06 Brent 744 gravity flow wagon; Big 12 450 cart; 15 – gravity boxes ( 180 to 385 bu); Westfield 10’ x 71” auger; 8’ x 26” truck auger; Feterl 10” drive over hopper;
“Where Farm and Family Meet”
Mettler Implement Menno & Mitchell 605-990-3276 will sell: 08 Gehl CT7-23 Ag-Telehandler, 4600 hrs, RCB, CAH; 77 JD 4630 Quad, CAH, duals; IHC 1566, Cab, WF; 84 MF 3545, CAH, 2WD; 73 Oliver 1755, D, WF; IHC 560 Diesel; IHC 460 Gas w/Dual Ldr; IHC H, NF; 53 AC WD, NF; 06 Hesston 1275 Moco, 16’; 2 – CIH 8575 Lrg. Sq. balers (1 silage model); 03 NH BR780 R. baler w/net wrap & extra sweep; 92 CIH 8380 Moco, 16’; 04 Gehl 2880 R. baler; Gehl 7190 mixer feeder wagon; NH 358 grinder mixer; JD 637 RF 45’ disk w/harrow; JD 726 soil finisher, 28’ w/harrow; 02 Sunflower 1544-45 disk, 45’; JD 630 disk, 30’ w/harrow; Wilrich 13 FCW, 24’ field cult w/harrow; JD 222 flex head; GP 2200 Turbo Till, 22’; Custon 30’ double basket rolling harrow; CIH 4600 PT 24’ FC w/harrow; Wilrich 2500 PT 36’ FC; 2 – White 6138 planters, 8RW; White 5122 planter, 12RN; ATV’S: ‘09 Yamaha 700 Rhino 4x4, 5700 miles; 2 – 07 Polaris Rangers 500 EFI, 4x4 (1 w/new engine & 1 w/cab & heat); 07 & 06 Polaris Rangers XP700 EFI, 4x4 (1 w/cab & heat); 08 Polaris Ranger XP700, EFI, LE, 4x4; 06 Polaris Sportsman X2 500 EFI, 4x4; 07 Bushhog 4400, Cab, 4x4, 292 hrs; MOWERS: JD 687 ZTR mower, 23 Hp, 60” deck, 1325 hrs; JD F510 front deck mower; Dakota Plains Ag – Parkston SD will sell: 2012 JD 4940 SP sprayer, 120’ boom, 2630 Green Star, Cap Stan Sharp Shooter Quick fill system, floater tires, sharp; 2 – 09 & 08 CIH 4420 SP sprayers, 90’ boom, Viper controller, Raven GPS, AIM Command, ACCU boom, 2590 & 3530 hrs; 02 AgChem 1254 Rogator w/ spinner box, Trimble GPS, Raven controller, 5212 hrs; 09 CIH FLX 4520, dry floater, auto steer, Viper controller, Raven GPS, 2360 hrs; 2011 Terragator 9300 VRT dry floater, 6 bin, auto steer, Raven, Viper, GPS, 1015 hrs; 7 – Simonsen and Wilmar 6 ton fertilizer spreaders; 92 Volvo Truck w/Tyler 16 ton fertilizer tender box; 90 Freightliner w/Tyler 16 ton dry fertilizer tender box; 79 Step Deck trailer w/Simonsen 24 ton fertilizer tender; 96 & 97 Duo Lift 1010 & 1210 trailers w/1000 gal. nurse tanks and pump; utility 36’ trailer w/3-1650 nurse tanks w/pumps and inductors; 2 – Great Dane 36’ trailers w/3 1650 gal. tanks & pumps; 2 – 2012 Meridian seed tender trailers; 03 Ford F250 Pickup 4x4, 161,000 miles; 99 Ford F250 Pickup 4x4, high miles; 96 Ford F250 Pickup 4x4, high miles; 95 Chevy 3500 Pickup 4x4, high miles; PLUS: LOADERS – MANURE EQUIPMENT; HAYING – FEEDING & FORAGE EQUIPMENT; PLANTERS – TILLAGE – ASSORTED MACHINERY; TRUCKS – TRAILERS – PICKUPS – CARS – ATV’S – SNOWMOBILE – MISC. Auctioneers Note: A portion of the Auction will be available on Proxibid.com for online bidding with a 21⁄2% buyers premium with a max of $ 750.00 per item. Another large interesting sale! Older Machinery sells at 8:45 AM sharp with 2 auction rings all day. At 11:00 a 3rd auction ring will sell most trucks-vehicles-related items. South Dakota sales tax will be charged. This ad is subject to additions and deletions. All consignments must have been approved by the Wieman’s. We have excellent loading and unloading equipment. We appreciate your business. We are in our 64th year of selling. Honest and fair treatment to all. Financing and trucking available. Sorry we are full! Come prepared to Buy! If you are driving a good distance – call to make sure your item is here. (Welcome to the “Machinery Mall of South Dakota”).
WIEMAN LAND & AUCTION CO., INC. – (SINCE 1949)
MARION, SD • 605-648-3111 or 1-800-251-3111 • AUCTION SITE: 605-648-3536 or 1-888-296-3536
EVENINGS: Derek Wieman - 605-660-2135 • Mike Wieman - 605-297-4240 • Kevin Wieman - 605-648-3439 • Richard Wieman - 605-648-3264 • Gary Wieman - 605-648-3164 For a detailed ad and some pictures call our office or visit our website at: www.wiemanauction.com • e-mail address: wiemanauction@yahoo.com
Cattle
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50 Black Steers & Heifers, 450-550 lbs. Call (608)7927223 or (608)788-6258 BEEF CATTLE WANTED: Strong demand for for beef calves, yearlings, bred cows & pairs. 218-391-3031 FOR SALE OR LEASE REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & yearlings; bred heifers, calving ease, club calves & balance performance. Al sired. In herd improvement program. J.W. Riverview Angus Farm Glencoe, MN 55336 Conklin Dealer 320864-4625
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.
FOR SALE: 1 Reg. Yearling polled Hereford bull & 1 Reg. Hereford heifer, show quality. 320-796-0000 FOR SALE: Shorthorn beef bulls by JSF Capiche46U, born March 2013, 2 roans & 1 red, 218-924-2337 Gene Robben
6 miles East of
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INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE!! HARVEST INTERNATIONAL AUGERS
H 13-62, 72, 82, 92, 102, 112 H 10-62, 72, 82 T 10-32, 42, 52, 62 Auger Joggers - on hand ....$1,950
WHEATHEART AUGERS All Sizes
16-82 and 16-112 ......................Call
COMBINE HEAD MOVERS
Renegade 25’ & 30’ - 4 Wheel Harvest International 35’, 40’ & 45’
KOYKER LOADERS & AUGERS
585 - on hand ........................$6,995 1050 Grain Bagger 210 Gran Vac
WOODFORD WELDING BALE RACKS
18’ - 23’ - 28’
E-Z TRAIL GRAIN CARTS 510 - 710 - on hand
AZLAND SEED TENDERS
2 Box - on hand ..................$10,550 4 Box Scale & Talc - on hand 4 Box Skid - on hand
STROBEL SEED TENDERS
2 Box - on hand ....................$8,900 BT-200 - on hand BT-300 ........................................Call
SEED SHUTTLE SEED TENDERS
SS-290 - on hand SS-400 - on hand SS-500 - coming in ....................Call
ENDURAPLAS NURSE TANKS
1100 Gal., 6.5 Honda & hoses$5,750
AZLAND FUEL TRAILERS
500 Extended Platform ................................$7,800
*************** USED EQUIPMENT ***************
TJOSVOLD EQUIPMENT Sales & Service • West Hwy. 212 — Granite Falls, MN 56241 800-337-1581 • 320-564-2331 • After Hours (320) 212-4849 www.tjosvoldequip.com
USED TRACTORS
‘11 NH T3045, MFD, cab, CVT, 350 hrs. ..........$35,500 ’09 Versatile 250, MFD, Ultra Steer, Mega Flow, 380/90R54 duals, HID lites, 1400 hrs. ........$119,900 ‘08 Buhler 435, 4WD, 710/70R42 duals, 2250 hrs ......................................................$161,900 ‘97 NH 7740, SLE pkg., MFD, 18.4-34, 4600 hrs. ........................................................$29,700 ‘97 NH 7740, SLE pkg., MFD, w/cab, A/C, ldr & bkt ................................................................29,900 ‘94 Ford 8870, Super Steer, Mega Flow, O/H, 18.4R46 duals, 3500 hrs.............................Coming In ‘88 Ford TW35, MFD, w/18.4R42 duals,4900 hrs ........ $33,900 ‘83 Ford 7710, MFD, w/4500 hrs ....................$21,900 White 2-55, MFD, loader, no cab ....................$11,900 ‘04 Buhler 2425, 4WD, 710/70R38 duals, full wts ........................................................Coming In
COMBINES/HEADS
‘10 NH CR9065, w/620/80R42 duals, 500 sep. hrs. ................................................$229,900 ‘10 NH 99C, 8R30” chopping cornhead ..........$65,900 ‘07 NH CR9060, 800 hrs., 420/80R46 duals, 1015 sep. hrs, Field Ready. ..........................$189,900 ‘04 NH 98C, 6R30” cornhead, Like New! ........$33,000 ‘03 NH CR960, 2000 hrs., 20.8R42 duals......$129,000 ‘01 NH TR99, 2100 hrs., 18.4R42 (4), Y/M, GPS, Field Ready ............................................$89,900 ‘01 NH TR99, RWA combine, straddle duals, bin ext., chaff spreader, 40K in parts, Field Ready! ....$109,900 ‘05 NH 98C, 8R30” cornhead, Loaded ............$34,900 ‘00 NH 996, 8R30” cornhead w/K&M chopper$39,950 ‘98 NH 996, 12R22” cornhead, Loaded ..........$23,900 (2) ‘10 NH 74C, 35’ flex heads ..............From $33,900 ‘06 NH 74C, 30’ flex head ................................$23,900 ‘98 CIH 1020, 25’ flex head ..............................$9,900 ‘98 NH 973, 25’ flex head ..................................$9,500 (2) ‘97 NH 973, 30’ flex head ..........................$10,500 ‘97 NH 973, 30’ flex head w/AWS reel ............$15,900 ‘94 NH 974, 8R30 cornhead ..............................$8,900 ‘92 NH 974, 6R30” cornhead ............................$8,900 NH 974, 10R22” cornhead, poly ......................$11,900 CIH 1000 Series, 8R22” cornhead ..................Coming
MISCELLANEOUS EQUIP.
‘13 Degelman LR7651 & LR7645, Demo’s, New! Call ‘12 NH SG110, 60’ flex-coil packer, Like New..$36,900 (2) ‘12 EZ Trail 510 grain carts /tarps & ltsea $14,900 ‘11 Loftness 240, semi-mtd. shredder w/tow bar ......................................................................$22,900 ‘11 NH BR7090 Silage Special rnd baler, loaded, 3000 bales......................................................$32,900 ‘11 Wilrich 657DCR, 23’ w/discs & rolling baskets & harrow ..........................................$51,900 ’11 NH ST830, 29’ chisel plow, holdover ........$33,900 ‘11 NH H6740, 6 disc mower ............................$8,500 ‘11 Parker 524 grain cart, holdover ........................Call ‘10 Parker 1048 grain cart w/tarp ................Coming In ‘12 Case 100, 50’ crumbler, Like New!............$18,900 ‘05 JD 200, 45’ crumbler ................................$15,000 ‘07 NH 1475 w/HS 14 head, Clean! ................$19,900 ‘07 Parker 838 grain cart w/tarp......................$24,000 ‘99 DMI 730B ripper, Nice................................$16,900 ‘07 NH 617, 7 disc mower, Rebuilt ....................$6,900 ‘04 Wilrich 957DDR ripper, 5 shank w/harrow, 30” spacing ....................................................$22,900 ‘03 Loftness 20’ semi-mtd. shredder ..............$13,900 DMI 527 ripper ................................................$12,900 ‘06 Wilrich 957DDR ripper, 7x30” ..................$19,900 ’00 DMI 40’ crumbler ......................................$14,900 ‘13 NH H7450 discbine, Loaded, Demo Unit....$28,900 ’00 DMI TM2, 40’ field cult. w/harrow ............$28,900 ‘00 JD 980, 45’ field cult. w/harrow, Nice! ......$19,900 ‘88 CIH 4900, 45’ field cult. w/harrow ............$10,900 ‘79 Wilrich 4400 chisel plow ............................$9,900 JD 27, 15’ shredder ..........................................$4,950 IH 20’ chisel plow ..............................................$2,150 Wilrich 30’ field cult w/Nobel harrow ................$1,950 (2) Parker 2500 wagons..............................Ea. $5,000 Parker 450 wagon..............................................$4,900 Red Devil 9654B 96” snowblower, 2-stage ......$2,950
SKID STEERS
‘11 NH L220, cab, A/C, Loaded ..............................Call ‘09 NH L175, 2-spd, cab, A/C, 890 hrs., pilots $29,900 ‘07 NH L185, w/cab & heat, 2-spd., hyd. Q/A, 4100 hrs. ........................................................$20,900 ‘91 NH L785, 2-spd., cab ..................................$7,500
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“Where Farm and Family Meet”
1981 Versatile 555 ..........$12,750 E-Z Trail 500 bu. Wagon, 2012 SS-400, Scale ........$24,500 red ....................................$6,500 2012 SS-400 ....................$21,500 Feterl 12” Drive Over, Like EZ Trail 860 Grain Cart, red, New ..................................$4,500 Like New ........................$21,500 Westfield 1371 Auger w/swing Brent 470 Grain Cart ........$6,500 hopper walker, PTO ........$8,500 Land Pride 1872 Mower....$1,250
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CAMBRIDGE, MN 763-689-1179
THE LAND, NOVEMBER 29, 2013
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~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~
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 Scale Sioux Equipment: • 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 – Special Prices • Lorenz Snowblowers - All Models in Stock! • GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu. • Sheep & Calf Feeders • Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg. • Mister Squeeze Cattle Chutes & Hd. Gates • Peck Grain Augers – Big Discounts • MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders • Powder River Livestock & Horse Equipment • Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’ • Hay feeders for horned animals • Jari Sickle Mowers • MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor
• Parts for GT Tox-O-Wic Grain Dryers • Sitrex Wheel Rakes • Walco 3 pt. Mowers • Bale Baskets • SI Feeders & Bunks • (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders • JBM Bunks w/headlocks • E-Z Trail Wagons, Boxes & Grain Carts • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns • R&C Poly Bale Feeders • JBM hay & grain feeders & bunks • Corral Panels & Horse Stalls • EZ-Trail Head Movers & Bale Racks • Roda Mini-Spreaders • Amish Built Oak Bunk Feeders & Bale Racks • JBM Bale Trailers • Goat & Sheep Feeders • Mist Sprayers, gas or PTO • NEW ITEM! * 3 Pt. Fence Mowers* • Fainting goats & min. donkeys • Grasshopper Lawn Mowers – Special Price Now!
DR® POWER EQUIPMENT • Field & Brush Mowers • Roto-Hog Power Tillers • Stump Grinders • Log Splitters • Chippers • Power Graders • Power Wagons • Leaf & Lawn Vacuums • Versa-trailers
~ USED EQUIPMENT ~
• #7190 Gehl 2 whl bunk feeder wagon, VG • #570 GT Dryer – (Tox-o-wic) • #380 GT PTO Grain Dryer – (Tox-o-wik) • 72” PTO Woods snowblower • Skidsteer snowblower • IHC #80 Snowblower, VG • Brady #5600 15’ Stalk Chopper or Windrower • Smidley Cattle & Hog Feeders
• Tebben V-Ripper, 5- or 7-shank, pull-type • 9 shank disk chisel • Grasshopper 620, 0-turn mwr, 48”, 143 Hrs, VG
Wanted to Buy:
• Good Smaller Manure Spreaders • Cattle & Calf Feeders, Hog Feeders • Cattle Handling Equipment
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Office Location - 305 Adams Street Hutchinson, MN 55350
320-587-2162, Ask for Larry
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Cattle
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LONGHORNS Cows, calves, heifers, bulls, many colors (some 5 colors-even brown & white). Hard horns. Some very tame, like pets. Very reasonable prices - Farmer retiring. (414) 659-9038
YOUR HARVEST HEADQUARTERS (B) Belle Plaine, MN • 1051 Old Hwy. 169 Blvd.
(952) 873-2224
(H) Hollandale, MN • W. Hwy. 251
(507) 889-4221
(O) Owatonna, MN • 3555 SW 18th St.
(507) 451-4054
Registered Texas Longhorn breeding stock, cows, heifers or roping stock, top blood lines. 507-235-3467 WANT TO BUY: Butcher cows, bulls, fats & walkable cripples; also horses, sheep & goats. 320-235-2664 Horse
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All types of horses, ponies & mules wanted. (218) 3913031 Sheep
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FOR SALE: January Dorset ram lambs, $250/ea. 320-2121031
‘13 JD 9560R, 361 hrs, 800/70R38’s ................$319,900
‘10 JD 9630T, 1800 hrs., ‘10 JD 9870, 1100 sep. hrs., ‘09 JD 4830, 2400 hrs., 90’ Auto Trac Ready..........$287,500 PRWD ..........................$244,900 Boom ..........................$199,900
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LIVE AND ONLINE AUCTION ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, VISIT AGPOWERJD.COM FOR COMPLETE EQUIPMENT LISTING
(O)’96 White 6105, 5480 hrs., MFWD, cab..................$24,900 SPRAYERS 4WD TRACTORS (O)’12 JD 9560R, 360 hrs., IF tires ............................$319,900 (B)JD 401C, diesel, 3 pt, PTO........................................$5,900 (O)’12 JD 4940, 489 hrs., 120’ boom ........................$292,750 (B)Oliver 1650D, 6507 hrs. ............................................$4,900 (O)’12 JD 4940, 467 hrs., dry box..............................$290,500 (O)’13 JD 9560R, 500 hrs., Lease Return ................$314,900 (O)’13 JD 9560R, 500 hrs., Lease Return ................$314,900 (B)’41 JD “B” ..................................................................$2,995 (O)’12 JD 4940, 750 hrs., 120’ boom ........................$281,500 (O)’13 JD 4830, 404 hrs., 1000 gal. SS, 120’ boom ..$269,700 (O)’12 JD 9650R, 400 hrs., Lease Return ................$312,500 COMBINES (H)’12 JD 9510R, 306 hrs., Lease Return..................$289,900 (O)’12 JD S680, 511 hrs., Extended Warranty ..........$345,000 (O)’11 JD 4930, 1343 hrs., 120’ boom ......................$249,750 (O)’13 JD 9510R, 450 hrs, Lease Return ..................$284,500 (O)’12 JD S670, 225 sep. hrs., PRWD ......................$319,900 (O)’11 JD 4930, 1216 hrs., 120’ boom ......................$245,900 (O)’13 JD 9460R, 300 hrs., Lease Return ................$279,900 (B)’11 JD 9870, 511 sep. hrs., PRWD........................$309,900 (O)’12 JD 4730, 800 gal., 90’ boom ..........................$209,900 (O)’13 JD 9410R, 300 hrs., Lease Return ................$274,900 (O)’11 JD 9870, 700 sep. hrs., PRWD ......................$294,900 (O)’12 JD 4730, 520 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................$209,700 (B)’11 JD 9430, 474 hrs., 710/42’s ............................$267,900 (O)’12 JD S670, 263 sep. hrs., duals ........................$289,900 (O)’12 JD 4730, 490 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................$209,600 (O)’13 JD 9410R, 300 hrs., Lease Return ................$264,900 (H)’11 JD 9870, 508 sep. hrs., duals..........................$284,500 (O)’10 JD 4830, 934 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................$203,500 (O)’06 JD 9420, 1765 hrs., PS ..................................$184,900 (O)’12 JD S660, 325 sep. hrs., duals ........................$279,900 (O)’07 JD 4930, 3093 hrs., dry box............................$200,000 (B)’02 JD 9520, 2910 hrs., 710/70R42’s ....................$174,900 (B)’11 JD 9770, 511 sep. hrs., duals ..........................$256,500 (O)’09 JD 4830, 2400 hrs., 100’ boom ......................$185,000 (H)’97 JD 9400, 5755 hrs., 650/42’s ............................$99,900 (H)’11 JD 9670, 163 hrs., duals..................................$249,000 (O)’09 Miller Nav1000M, 2787 hrs., 90’boom ............$133,100 (H)’90 CIH 9170, 4418 hrs., PS ..................................$54,500 (B)’10 JD 9870, 1067 sep. hrs., PRWD ....................$244,900 (O)’05 JD 4720, 1800 hrs., 90’ boom ........................$129,900 (H)’81 JD 8640, 6441 hrs., 3 pt, PTO ..........................$24,900 (H)’07 JD 9570, 888 hrs., duals ................................$208,900 (B)’05 JD 4720, 3794 hrs., 80’ boom ........................$124,900 (H)’76 JD 8430, 9164 hrs, 3 pt, PTO ..........................$14,900 (O)’09 JD 9770, 1041 sep. hrs., duals ......................$204,900 (O)’10 Apache AS715, 1200 hrs., 90’ boom ..............$109,900 (H)’09 JD 9570, 700 sep. hrs., duals ........................$197,000 (O)’01 JD 4710, 2400 hrs., 90’ boom ........................$109,900 TRACK TRACTORS (O)’95 Tyler WT, 4617 hrs., 75’ boom ..........................$36,900 (O)’11 JD 9630T, 644 hrs., Extended Warranty ........$309,900 (B)’08 JD 9770, 1100 sep. hrs., duals ........................$179,900 (O)’94 Tyler Patriot, 3831 hrs., 80’ boom ....................$29,900 (O)’10 JD 9630T, 1650 hrs. ........................................$287,500 (B)’07 JD 9660, 1131 sep. hrs., PRWD ....................$169,900 (O)’01 CIH SPX4260, 3416 hrs., 90’ boom ..................$82,500 (H)’09 JD 9630T, 1110 hrs. ........................................$279,900 (O)’06 JD 9760, 1363 sep. hrs., duals ......................$162,900 FALL TILLAGE (B)’12 JD 8335RT, 848 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ..............$269,900 (O)’05 JD 9660STS, 1442 sep. hrs., duals ................$159,900 (O)’12 JD 8310T, 166 hrs., PS,25” tracks ..................$257,900 (O)’04 JD 9760, 1192 hrs. PRWD ..............................$159,900 (B)’12 JD 3710, 10-bottom ..........................................$57,900 (B)’06 JD 9760, 1726 sep. hrs., duals, PRWD ..........$154,900 (O)’12 JD 512, 9-shank ................................................$54,000 (B)’10 JD 9630T, 1995 hrs. ........................................$249,900 (H)’10 JD 8345RT, 1440 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ............$234,900 (O)’05 JD 9660, 1442 sep. hrs., duals ......................$151,900 (O)’05 JD 2410, 44’, 16” spacing ................................$36,500 (B)’06 JD 9560, 1067 sep. hrs., walker......................$142,500 (H)’05 JD 2410, 26’ chisel plow....................................$29,900 (B)’03 JD 8420T, 3430 hrs., 16” tracks ......................$105,900 (H)’00 JD 9300T, 4375 hrs., 30” tracks ......................$105,000 (H)’03 JD 9650STS, 1740 sep. hrs., duals ................$114,900 (H)’01 JD 2700, 7-shank, 24” spacing ........................$28,500 (H)’92 JD 9500, 2812 hrs. ............................................$49,900 (H)’10 JD 512, 5-shank ................................................$27,500 ROW CROP TRACTORS (B)’90 JD 9500, 1587 sep. hrs. ....................................$39,900 (O)’97 JD 3710, 8-bottom ............................................$24,900 (O)’13 JD 8335R, 300 hrs., IVT, Lease Return ..........$259,900 (O)NEW Mudhog PRWD for 70 Series Combines ......$16,900 (B)’04 JD 512, 5-shank ................................................$20,900 (B)’13 JD 8310R, 300 hrs., IVT, Lease Return ..........$249,900 (B)’82 JD 7720, 4600 hrs., PRWD ..............................$14,900 (B)’05 Wilrich 957, 7-shank ..........................................$19,900 (O)’13 JD 8310R, 321 hrs., IVT, Lease Return ..........$244,900 (B)’82 JD 8820, 5571 hrs., duals ................................$13,900 (B)’97 JD 510, 5-shank ................................................$13,500 (O)’13 JD 8285R, 300 hrs., PS, Lease Return ..........$219,900 (B)’80 JD 7720, 5000 hrs. ............................................$12,900 (O)’96 JD 510, 7-shank ................................................$13,400 (H)’09 JD 8530, 850 hrs., IVT, ILS ............................$210,000 (O)’79 JD 6620SH, 3137 hrs, sidehill ..........................$13,500 (O)’95 DMI 730, 7-shank..............................................$10,500 (O)’13 JD 8285R, 300 hrs., PS, Lease Return ..........$204,900 (O)’79 JD 6620, 5000 hrs.............................................$12,500 (O)’96 DMI 730, 7-shank..............................................$10,000 (O)’11 JD 8260R, 484 hrs., Extended Warranty ........$194,900 (O)’79 JD 7720, 4158 hrs.............................................$10,500 (B)JD 235, 22’ disk ........................................................$9,200 (B)’13 JD 7230R, 259 hrs., IVT..................................$179,900 (O)’79 JD 7720, 4500 hrs...............................................$8,900 (O)White 435, 12’ mulch tiller ........................................$7,500 (O)’09 JD 8330, 1730 hrs., PS, 540/1000 PTO ........$172,900 (O)’79 JD 7720 ..............................................................$8,900 (H)Bush Hog 25’ disk ....................................................$4,500 (B)’13 JD 6150R, 459 hrs., IVT..................................$131,900 (O)’76 JD 6600, diesel ..................................................$4,500 PLANTERS-SEEDERS (B)’13 JD 6150R, 450 hrs., IVT..................................$131,900 CORNHEADS (O)’05 JD 1790, 24 row 20” CCS, liq fert ....................$86,900 (O)’13 JD 6150R, 477 hrs., Auto Quad ......................$125,900 (O)’11 JD 612C, 12R30”, chopping ..............................$90,000 (H)’04 JD 1770NT, 16 row 30”, 3 bushel......................$79,900 (O)’93 JD 4760, 2414 hrs, PS......................................$79,900 (B)’95 JD 8200, 7335 hrs., MFWD ..............................$74,900 (B)’10 Geringhoff RD1820, 18R20” ..............................$84,900 (O)’03 JD 1760, 12 row 30”, liq fert..............................$49,500 (B)’90 CIH 7140, 6700 hrs., 2WD, PS ........................$37,900 (B)’09 JD 612C, 12R22”, chopping ..............................$82,900 (O)’97 JD 1760, 12 row 30”, liq fert..............................$46,500 (H)’77 JD 4630, PS, 158 loader ..................................$26,500 (O)’11 JD 608C, 8R30”, chopping ................................$69,000 (B)’01 JD 1780, 24 row 20”, 3 bushel ..........................$45,900 (H)’79 JD 4240, 7423 hrs., PS ....................................$25,500 (O)’10 Geringhoff 830B, 8R30” ....................................$62,900 (B)’01 JD 1780, 24 row 20”, 3 bushel ..........................$45,900 (B)’78 JD 4240, 9114 hrs., PS ....................................$24,900 (O)’10 JD 608C, 8R30”, chopping................................$61,900 (H)’98 JD 1850, 30’ 10” spacing ..................................$36,500 (H)JD 4240, PS, duals ................................................$24,500 (B)’07 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ................................$59,900 (B)’04 JD 1750, 8 row 30”, dry fert ..............................$36,500 (B)’76 JD 4630, 8105 hrs., Quad ................................$16,900 (H)’09 JD 608C, 8R30”, chopping ................................$58,900 (H)’97 JD 1760, 12R30”, liq fert ..................................$33,500 (O)’74 JD 4030, open station ......................................$12,900 (B)’08 JD 606C, 6R30”, chopping ................................$49,900 (H)JD 1760, 12R30”, liq fert ........................................$32,500 (B)’65 JD 4020, loader..................................................$11,000 (B)Geringhoff RD630, 6R30”........................................$42,500 (B)’01 JD 455, 35’, 10” spacing....................................$25,900 (H)’03 JD 893, 8R30”, hyd. deck..................................$24,900 (O)JD 7200, 8 row 30”..................................................$11,500 UTILITY TRACTORS (H)’95 JD 693, knife, hyd. deck plates ........................$17,900 (B)’12 JD 5085M, 467 hrs, reverser ............................$48,900
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TILLAGE
M&W 9-shank, 24” w/leveler ......................$12,500 Sunflower 4412-07, 7-shank ..........................CALL ‘04 DMI 530B w/leveler ..............................$23,900 ‘05 JD 2700, 9-24 shank..............................$25,000 ‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..................................CALL ‘10 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..................................CALL CIH 4900, 46.5’ ............................................$12,500 DMI Econo Champ 11-shank........................$7,500 M&W 1875, 9-shank ........................................CALL
SKIDSTEERS
NEW NH skidsteers on hand ..........................CALL NH LS170 ....................................................$13,750
ANYWHERE We buy damaged corn and grain any condition - wet or dry TOP DOLLAR We have vacs and trucks CALL HEIDI OR LARRY
NORTHERN AG SERVICE INC 800-205-5751 White 6700, 12-30, w/res ..............................$6,500 White 6222, 12-30 front fold ......................$29,500 White 6122, 12-30........................................$16,500
COMBINES
‘00 Gleaner R52 w/CDF 520 flex / 6-30 cornhead Very Clean ....................................................CALL ‘10 JD 9770, Nice, w/warranty..................$189,000 ‘10 Gleaner R76, loaded ................................CALL ‘03 Gleaner R75, loaded ................................CALL ‘01 Gleaner R72, just thru shop......................CALL ‘90 Gleaner R60 w/duals ................................CALL NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ..................CALL Gleaner N6 ....................................................$6,750
HAY TOOLS
New Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand
MISCELLANEOUS
NEW Salford RTS units ..................................CALL NEW Salford Plows ..............................AVAILABLE NEW Unverferth seed tenders ................ON HAND NEW Westfield augers ..........................AVAILABLE NEW Rem 2700 vac ........................................CALL NEW Century HD1000, 60’ sprayers ..............CALL NEW Hardi 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 REM 2700, Rental............................................CALL Unverferth 8000 grain cart ..........................$19,000 Kinze 1050 w/duals ....................................$43,000 Pre-owned Sprayers........................................CALL
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SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENT Hwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MN
Phone (507) 234-5191 or (507) 625-8649 Mon. - Fri. 7:30-5:00, Sat. 7:30-Noon www.smithsmillimp.com
‘12 JD 6170R, cab, 426 hrs., MFWD, 140 PTO hp., 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt., 16-spd. power quad w/reverser, JD 380 loader ............................$128,000 ‘09 JD 6430, Premium cab, MFWD, 3325 hrs., 103 PTO hp, 540/1000 PTO, 16-spd. power quad w/reverser, JD 673 loader ..............................$67,000 ‘06 JD 7920, cab, MFWD, 6172 hrs., 170 PTO hp, 540/1000 PTO, IVT trans., 3 pt., 18.4x46 tires & duals, JD 726 loader w/grapple ..........................$96,000 ‘07 JD 7520, cab, MFWD, IVT trans., 4935 hrs., 125 PTO hp., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, JD 741 loader w/grapple......$74,000 JD 6410, cab, MFWD, 90 PTO hp, 3 pt, 540/1000 PTO w/JD 640 loader....$44,000
4WD & TRACK TRACTORS ‘12 JD 9560R, cab, power shift, 808 hrs., 4 hyd., Michelin 800x38 tires & duals ....................................$257,500 ‘12 JD 9560R, cab, power shift, 595 hrs., 5 hyd. hi-flow hyd., Michelin 800x38 tires & duals ............................$269,000 ‘12 JD 8560RT, 705 hrs., IVT trans., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 30” tracks, big pump ................................................$239,000 ‘12 JD 8335RT, 330 hrs., 18” belts, IVT trans., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, Like New ..................................$225,000 ‘10 JD 8320RT, 1152 hrs., 30” belts, IVT trans., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, big pump ................................................$195,000 ‘91 Ford 946, 7232 hrs., 30.5x32 duals, 12 speed manual transmission, motor has 200 hrs. on OH ....................$32,500
21 ‘10 JD 6430 Premium, MFWD, 635 hrs., B 24-spd., Auto Quad, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, w/loader ready pkg. w/joystick ..................................................$69,500 ‘12 CIH Magnum 260, MFWD, 525 hrs., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, complete auto guidance setup, 420x46 tires & duals ............................$150,000 ‘11 CIH Magnum 260, MFWD, 650 hrs., 540/1000 PTO, luxury cab, 3 pt., 5 hyd., big pump, 380x50 tires & duals ................................................$145,000 ‘07 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 3050 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., 420x46 tires & duals ..............................$98,000 ‘07 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 4090 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., 420x46 rear tires w/18.4x42” duals ........$92,000 ‘94 NH 8770, 5250 hrs., super steer, MFWD, 3 pt., 3 hyd., 1000 PTO, 14.9x46 tires &duals ................................$55,000 ‘90 CIH 7130, 2WD, 8750, 3 hyd. front wgts., 18.4x42” duals,................$32,500
COMBINES
‘11 CIH 7120, 796 eng./609 sep. hrs., complete auto guidance systems, Pro 600 yield & moisture monitor, rock trap, lateral tilt, chopper, on board air compressor, 20.8x42 tires & duals ....................................$189,000 ‘11 CIH 7088, 959 eng./624 sep. hrs., luxury cab, rock trap, chopper, 2 spd., hydro, Pro 600 yield & moisture, 800x32 tires ..........................................$155,000 ‘10 CIH 6088,996 eng./786 sep. hrs., Tracker, chopper, rock trap, Pro 600 Y&M, 18.4x42 duals ................$159,000 ‘87 CIH 1640, 3468 hrs., rock trap, auto header controls, 24.5x32 tires....$18,500 ROW CROP TRACTORS ‘87 CIH 1660, 4200 eng. hrs., 4x4, auto ‘11 JD 8335R, ILS, MFWD, 1777 hrs., header controls, 30.5x32 tires....$24,000 268 PTO hp., IVT trans., 3 pt., 1000 ‘11 JD 9770, 880/613 sep. hrs., CM, 5 PTO, front duals, 380x54” rear tires & spd feederhouse, Pro-drive, chopper, duals, 4 hyd. big pump ............$196,000 520x42 tires & duals ................$189,000 ‘12 JD 8310R, MFWD, IVT trans., ‘08 JD 9770, 1380 eng./938 sep. hrs., 1465 hrs., 3 pt., 255 PTO hp, 1000 4x4, CM, chopper, 1250/45/32 tires PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, 18.4x50 tires ................................................$155,000 & duals ....................................$192,000 10 JD 9670, 4x4, 1471 eng./1076 sep. ‘11 JD 8310R, ILS MFWD, 1536 hrs., hrs., CM, chopper, 18.4x42 duals IVT trans., 255 PTO hp, 380x38 front ................................................$165,000 tires & duals, 380x54 rear tires ‘98 JD 9610, 3578 eng./2379 sep. hrs., & duals, 4 hyd., big pump, 1000 PTO, chopper, bin ext., 20.8x42 duals $49,000 3 pt. ..........................................$194,000 COMBINE HEADERS ‘12 JD 7215R, 808 hrs., triple link, MFWD, IVT trans., cab susp., HID lights, ‘95 JD 893, 8R30” cornhead, hyd. 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt., 178 PTO hp., deck plates, Pixall knife rolls$14,500 Tractor Is Loaded ....................$152,500 ‘00 Geringhoff 1820, 12R30” ‘12 JD 7200R, MFWD, 600 hrs., IVT chopping head ....................$47,500 trans., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 380x50 tires & duals, 165 PTO hp. ......$134,000 ‘05 Geringhoff 830B, 8R30”
chopping cornhead ..............$29,000 ‘90 JD 643, 6R30” cornhead ..$7,500
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USED TRACTORS
NEW NH T4.105 w/loader ..............................CALL NEW NH T4.75 w/loader ................................CALL NEW NH T9.505, 4WD ....................................CALL NEW NH T9.560, 4WD ....................................CALL NEW NH Boomer 50 w/loader ........................CALL NH TV6070 bi-directional ................................CALL NH 8870, SS ................................................$67,500 ‘08 NH 6070 w/cab, 2WD ............................$69,000 NEW Massey 8670, FWA ................................CALL NEW Massey 8650, FWA ................................CALL NEW Massey 4608 w/loader ..........................CALL NEW Massey 4610 w/loader ..........................CALL NEW Massey 5450, FWA, cab ........................CALL NEW Versatile 250, FWA ................................CALL NEW Versatile 305, FWA ................................CALL Versatile 895, 4WD ......................................$23,500 Ford/Versatile 876, 4WD, Nice ....................$43,500 ‘60 IH 560, WF ..............................................$5,200
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WANTED: Sowjoy farrowing PARMA DRAINAGE pens. 507-456-7746 PUMPS New pumps & parts on hand. Call Minnesota's largest distributor Trucks & Trailers 084 HJ Olson & Company 320974-8990 Cell – 320-212-5336 '86 Int'l grain truck, 466 motor, 13spd trans, 18' Scott RANGER PUMP CO. box w/steel floor & roll Custom Manufacturer of tarp, 11R225 rubber at 75%, Water Lift Pumps $5,750. (715)962-3497 for field drainage Sales & Service '98 Dodge 3500 dually dsl., 5 507-984-2025 or 406-314-0334 spd., 124K, new tires, rear www.rangerpumpco.com brakes & drums, $8,000. 612-369-5234 or 952-492-2159 WANT MORE READERS FOR SALE: '84 Ford 9000 TO SEE YOUR AD?? tri-axle grain truck, 855 Expand your coverage area! Cummins, 7spd trans, 20' The Land has teamed up box, 300 bu pull behind pup with Farm News, and The trailer. $21,000. Call 763-286Country Today so you can 9442 do just that! Place a classified ad in The Land and FOR SALE: '95 Ford L9000, have the option of placing it M14 Cummins, 317K miles, rd in these papers as well. 10spd, steerable 3 axle, all More readers = better revirgin rubber, 21' sults! Call The Land for Beet/Grain loadline box. more information. 507-345320-212-4462 4523 • 800-657-4665 Miscellaneous 090 Winpower Sales & Service Reliable Power Solutions One call does it all! Since 1925 PTO & automatWith one phone call, you can ic Emergency Electric place your classified ad in Generators. New & Used The Land, Farm News, Rich Opsata-Distributor AND The Country Today. 800-343-9376 Call The Land for more info @ 507-345-4523 • 800-6574665.
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4412-05 Disc Ripper - 5-shank 4412-07 Disc Ripper - 7-shank 4530-19 Disc Chisel - 19-shank SOLD SOLD 4511-11 Disc Chisel - 11-shank 4511-15 Disc Chisel - 15-shank 4610-09 Disc Ripper - 9-shank
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‘13 MF 7624, MFD, cab, CVT ‘13 MF 8690, 350 hp., CVT ‘05 MF 451, 45 PTO hp., 400 hrs. MF 7619, MFD, cab MF 7620, MFD, cab, 150 hp. MF 6616, MFD, cab, 125 hp. MF 4610, MFD, platform, 90 hp. MF 4610, MFD, loader, cab MF 1705 compact tractor
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Geringhoff 1822RD, ‘09 (3) Geringhoff 1622RD, ‘08, ‘07, ‘04 (2) Geringhoff 1230RD, ‘09, ‘08 (4) Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘08, 07, ‘05 (5) Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘12, ‘11, ‘05, ‘04, ‘02 (4) Geringfhoff 830RD, ‘12, ‘05, ‘04, ‘01 Geringhoff 630RD, ‘05, ‘97 ‘93 Geringhoff 630 PC ‘04 Gleaner 1222, hugger, GVL poly JD 822, steel, KR, HT JD 622, GVL, poly CIH 1083, ‘92
COMBINES
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TRACTORS
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‘07 MF 9690, duals, LTM, 1300/970 hrs. ‘13 MF 9540 ‘12 MF 9540 MF 8570, RWA ‘86 MF 8560 '98 Gleaner 800, 25' flexhead ‘97 Gleaner R62, duals, 2052 sep. hrs. ‘92 Gleaner R62, 2063 hrs. MF 9750 PU table MF 9118 bean table (4) MF 8000 30' bean table
MF 2856 Baler twine, mesh, kicker - 32,000
GRAIN HANDLING (CONT.) • Brandt 1060XL, 1070XL, 1080XL, 1380XL, 1390XL swing hopper augers • Parker 839, grain cart, tarp, 850 bu. • Parker 605 gravity box, 625 bu. • Parker 165-B gravity box • Unverferth 5000, grain cart • ‘10 Kilbros 1175 grain cart, 750 bushel w/tarp • Hutchinson, 10x61 auger • A&L 850S grain cart, 850 bu. tarp
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JD 38, sickle mower, 7’ Woods S106 mower NI 5408 disc mowers MF 2856, round baler, net, twine MF 1745, round baler MF 1329 & 1330, 3 pt. disc mower MF 200, SP windrower, cab, auger, header ‘11 NH H6750, 3 pt., disk mower, 110” NI 528, 3 pt., disc mower, 94” ‘13 Bale King 2881 bale processor, RH discharge Chandler 26’ litter spreader Sitrex MK16 wheel rake Sitrex RP2 wheel rake Sitrex 10 wheel rake on cart Westendorf 3 pt. bale spear H&S 16’ bale wagon
MISCELLANEOUS
• • • • GRAIN HANDLING • • Parker 2620 seed tender • • Brandt 7500HP, grain vac. • • Brandt 5200EX, grain vac • • ‘00 Brandt 4500 EX, grain vac. • • ‘05 Brandt 1070, auger, PTO Drive, w/swing • hopper • • Brandt 20110 swing hopper auger • • Brandt 1575 belt conveyor • Brandt 1535LP, 1545LP, 1535TD belt conveyors • • • Brandt 8x35, 8x37, 8x40, 8x47, 8x52, 8x57, • 8x62, 8x67, 10x35, straight augers • • Brandt 8x45 auger, 18 hp., Briggs •
Wil-Rich 36’, field cult. Wil-Rich 25’ stalk chopper, SM '08 JD 520 stalk chopper Loftness 20’ stalk chopper Loftness 240, semi-mount stalk chopper Melroe 912, 4 bottom plow Melroe 600 rock picker - prong type Loftness 8’ snowblower Mauer 28'-42' header trailers WRS 30’ header trailers EZ Trail 38’ header trailer Degelman 6000HD, rock picker Degelman 7200 rock picker Degelman RD320 rock digger Degelman LR7645 land rollers - Rental Returns Degelman 60” skid steer buckets ‘11 SB Select snowblower, 97” & 108”, 3 pt.
‘03 Timpte, 40’ Ag Hopper, SR, New Brakes, 70% Tires, Auto Roll Tarp ..........$23,000 ‘98 Wilson, 41x96, 66” Sides, Extra Lights, Roll Tarp, 24.5 LP Tires ............$18,500 ‘95 Merritt, 42’ AL Hopper, 68” Sides, 2-Spd. Doors, Roll Tarp, Disc Wheels ....$12,500 ‘94 Wilson Commander, 41’ AL Grain Hopper, SPR, 80% Brakes ......................$16,000
SEMI TRUCKS
Engineered 5’ Beavertail, Kit includes paint & LED lights ........$3,750/$5,750 Installed
TRUSS TRAILER ‘98 Lakeside RollerMaster, 32’-45’/102” Extendable, Elec. over Hyd. Lift, Top Locking Deck Rollers, New Paint, Winches, 80% T&B ..................................$10,000 ‘97 JDH Trussmaster, 42’-60’/102” Extendable, 8 Winches, Elec. over Hyd. to Tilt, Elec. over Air to Extend, Tandem Axle ............$10,000
‘04 Volvo Day Cab, Single Axle, END DUMPS 365 Hp., 10c Trans, 390 Ratio, 450,000k ..........$8,500 Summit End Dump, 30’, 72” Sides, 3 Axle, AR ......$16,750 ‘74 International 4300, 350 Hp. Cummins, 10-Spd., VAN/WATER TRAILERS 8 New Tires, Clean......$5,000 (6) Reefers, 1 @ 36’, 5 @ 48’, Roll Up, Swing & Side Side FLATBEDS Doors, 2 w/Flat Floors ‘96 Wilson AL Combo, 48/96, ....................................$6,000 SPX/AR, 24.5 LP 50% Tires, (2) ‘86 Kentucky Furniture New Brakes, New Floor, Vans, Side Doors AR, 50% Sandblasted & Painted, Clean ..........................$9,250 T&B ............................$6,750 (20) Van Trailers, 48/102‘93 Wilson, 48x96, SPR, Sliding Tandem ..........$7,000 53/102; Great for water storage or over the road ‘95 Transcraft, 45’, AL Floors hauling ..........$3,500-$7,000 & Crossmembers, Rebuilt 48’ & 53’ Van Trailers To Rent. Frame, 50% Tires, 70% Brakes, SPX/AR ..........$5,750 $145.00 per month plus tax.
HAYSIDES Haysides are painted and made out of 11 gauge steel, Stationary Haysides....$1,250 Tip-In-Tip-Out Haysides ....................................$1,750 Front & Rear Extensions $350
DROPDECKS ‘99 Wilson, 48/102, New Recaps, New Airbags, AL Crossmembers, Painted & Sandblasted..............$18,500 ‘94 Fontaine, 48/102, Steel, New Recaps, Sandblasted & Painted ..................$16,750 40’ Drop Deck w/4’ Beavertail & Spring Loaded Ramps, New Floor, Sandblasted & Painted, New Lights, 80% 11 17.5 Tires & Brakes ..$13,000
AUTOS
‘07 Hyundai Sonata Limited, 4 door, 86K Mi., V6, Reg. Maint...........................$7,500 ‘06 Dodge Caravan SXT, 108K Mi. ....................$6,000 ‘04 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT, 120K Mi., 3.8L, Clean..$5,500
MISCELLANEOUS Complete Suspensions, Air Ride or Spring Ride ......................$1,000 AR/Axle ........................$500 SR/Axle (8) 385 Super Single Tires w/Polished AL Rims ......................$1,200/set of 4 (50) Steel & (25) Aluminum Rims - In Stock ......$50 Steel ....................$150 Aluminum
We can also convert flatbed trailers to be used as a bridge. See our website.
• All Trailers DOTable •
Will Consider Trades! Call: 320-212-5220 or 320-392-5361
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE!!! www.DuncanTrailersInc.com Delivery Available!
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE ‘08 JD 9670STS combine, 2WD, new 520/85R42 duals, CM, extended wear pkg., Premier cab, Auto Trac ready, chopper w/power tailboard, 1225 sep. hrs., Just Thru Service Program ............................$139,500 ‘07 JD 9620, 800/70R38 duals, diff. locks, 4 remotes, wgts., 2260 hrs. ............................................$162,500 ‘11 NH T8.300, MFWD, 19-spd. PS trans., Luxury cab, w/cab susp., HID lights, 540/1000 PTO, 480/80R46 duals, 380/85R34 sgl. fronts, 4 remotes, 310 hrs., Powertrain Warranty ......................................$129,500 ‘10 JD 8320R, MFWD, PS, 1500 front axle, 380/90R54 duals, 380/80R38 sgl. fronts, wgts., 60 GPM hyd. pump, 5 remotes, 2350 hrs.......$158,500 ‘08 JD 8430, MFWD, PS, 1300 front axle, 480/80R50 duals, 380/80R38 sgl. fronts, wgts., 4 remotes, 4700 hrs. ........................................................$124,000 ‘08 JD 8330, MFWD, PS, 1300 front axle, 380/90R54 duals, 60 GPM hyd. pump, 4 remotes, 380/80R38 sgl. fronts, 1900 hrs., Nice ............................$138,500 ‘08 JD 512, 22’6” 9-shank folding disk ripper, Nice Condition ..................................................$24,500 ‘12 Case 580SN tractor/loader/backhoe, cab, air, extend-a-hoe, 4WD, ride control, 24” hoe bucket, 2-stick JD style controls, 120 hrs. ..................$72,500 ‘11 NH B95B tractor/loader/backhoe, cab, air, 4WD, extend-a-hoe, pilot controls, 24” hoe bucket, 235 hrs. ............................................................$63,500 ‘07 NH W130 wheel loader, new 20.5R25 tires, JRB coupler, 3300 hrs. ....................................$63,500 ‘11 CIH Magnum 290, MFWD, 380/90R54 duals, 380/80R38 front duals, high capacity hyd. pump, 23-spd. creeper trans., 5 remotes, wgts., 1425 hrs., can change rear tires to 480/80R50 duals if needed ......................................................................$139,500 ‘10 NH BC5070 small sqaure baler, hyd. bale tension, hyd. tongue swing, Nice Condition ..................$14,500 ‘11 Frontier SB1308 snowblower, 8’ dbl. auger, hyd. spout, 1000 PTO, Unused ............................$5,500 ‘12 JD Gator TX, 4x2, 486 hrs.............................$5,250 ‘11 JD Gator TX, 4x2, 1300 hrs...........................$3,600
Keith Bode Fairfax, MN 55332 507-381-1291
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‘13 CIH Steiger 550Q, 604 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lights, loaded $329,900
‘05 Fendt 926, 4060 hrs., front 3 pt. & front PTO ..........................$122,000
‘11 CIH Steiger 600Q, 1043 hrs., full Pro 700 steering ............$319,900
‘02 CIH MX 240, 4100 hrs., duals ..............................................$79,500
‘08 Steiger 535, 800 tires, 1900 hrs. ............................................$205,500
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Call For Details ‘77 JD 4630..........................$15,900
‘99 CIH 730B, 7-shank ripper ..............................................$15,000
‘12 CIH 9230, track, AWD, 260 sep. hrs.........................$349,900
‘06 Wilrich 957, 7-shank ripper ..............................................$16,900
8:00 a.m. Sale Start
– TRACTORS –
2011 CIH Magnum 290, 1380 Hrs. 2012 CIH Magnum 340, 603 Hrs. 2013 CIH Steiger 550Q, 1355 Hrs. 2013 CIH Steiger 550Q, 1400 Hrs. 2013 CIH Steiger 550Q, 1355 Hrs. 2013 CIH Steiger 550Q, 1300 Hrs. 2011 CIH Steiger 600Q, 1424 Hrs. 2012 CIH Steiger 600Q, 1409 Hrs.
– COMBINES –
2012 CIH 7230, 551 Eng. Hrs. 2011 CIH 7120, 868 Eng. Hrs.
USED 4WD TRACTORS 18 Month Interest Waiver or Low Rates Available • Call Details • ‘13 CIH Steiger 600Q, 480 hrs., 36”tracks, HID lites, Full Pro 700 Auto Guide, hi cap. hyd. pump ..............................................................................................$386,500 ‘12 CIH Steiger 600Q, 702 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, Full Pro 700 Auto Guide ................................................................................................................................$339,900 ‘12 CIH Steiger 600Q, 1159 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, Full Pro 700 auto Guide..............................................................................................................................$319,900 ‘11 CIH Steiger 600Q, 1174 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, Pro 700 Auto Steer ....................................................................................................................................$315,900 ‘13 CIH Steiger 550Q, 604 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites ......................................................................................................................................................................$329,900 ‘13 CIH Steiger 550Q, 835 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites ......................................................................................................................................................................$319,900 ‘13 CIH Steiger 550Q, 1105 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites ....................................................................................................................................................................$295,000 ‘13 CIH Steiger 500Q, 400 hrs., HID lites, 30” tracks, hi cap. hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 steering ..................................................................................................$319,500 ‘08 CIH Steiger 535, 1900 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, 800 tires........................................................................................................................................................$205,500 ‘13 CIH Steiger 500Q, 300 hrs., 36” tracks, HID lites, Lux cab, hi cap. hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 auto guide................................................................................$329,500 ‘13 CIH Steiger 500, 450 hrs., cab susp., Lux cab, HID lites, 1000 PTO, hi cap. hyd. pump, HD drawbar, Full Pro 700 auto guide..............................................$274,900 ‘13 CIH Steiger 450, 198 hrs., Lux cab, PTO, 800 tires, hi cap. hyd. pump, HD drawbar Full Pro 700 auto guide........................................................................$259,900 ‘13 CIH Steiger 450, 400 hrs., Lux cab, 710 tires, hi cap. hyd. pump, cab susp., Full Pro 700 auto guide ..................................................................................$249,900 ‘13 CIH Steiger 400, 250 hrs., Lux cab, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, cab susp. ..................................................................................................$239,900 ‘13 CIH Steiger 400, 400 hrs., Lux cab, PTO, hi cap. hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 auto guide ............................................................................................................$249,900 ‘90 CIH 9170, 5641 hrs., 20.8x42 tires, powershift ..........................................................................................................................................................................$49,900 STX and STEIGER PTO, TOW CABLE & 3 PT. KITS ON HAND!!!
USED 2WD TRACTORS
18 Months Interest Free • Call For Details • ‘12 CIH Magnum 340, 603 hrs., susp. cab, leather cab, 360 HID lites, big pump, Full Pro 700 Auto Guide, Loaded ............$209,900 ‘13 CIH Magnum 315, 500 hrs., Lux cab, frt sus axle, sus cab, 360 HID, 380R54 tires, Full Pro 700 auto guide..................$209,900 ‘13 CIH Magnum 315, 400 hrs., Full Pro 700 auto guide, 360 HID lites, hi cap. hyd. pump, susp. cab, susp. front axle ..............................................................................................................................................................................$209,900 ‘13 CIH Magnum 290, 400 hrs., Creeper Trans, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, susp, axle, 360 HID lites ..........................................................................................................................................................................$194,500 ‘13 CIH Magnum 290, 400 hrs., Creeper Trans, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, susp. axle, 360 HID lites ..........................................................................................................................................................................$194,500 ‘11 CIH Magnum 290, 1380 hrs., susp. cab, susp. front axle, leather cab, 360 HID lites, Loaded ........................................$172,800 ‘13 CIH Magnum 260, 300 hrs., susp. Lux cab, susp. front axle, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ..........................................................................................................................................................................$179,900 ‘13 CIH Magnum 235, 170 hrs., susp. Lux cab, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ..........................$169,900 ‘13 CIH Magnum 235, 200 hrs., susp. Lux cab, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ..........................$169,900 ‘12 CIH Puma 160, 300 hrs., CVT trans., L765 loader, susp. axle..........................................................................................$135,800 ‘02 CIH MX240, 4100 hrs., front & rear duals ..........................................................................................................................$79,500 ‘08 CIH Farmall 95, 414 hrs., MFD, cab....................................................................................................................................$33,800 ‘77 JD 4630, 10,205 hrs., 18.4x42 tires & duals ......................................................................................................................$15,900 ‘03 JD X485, 25 hp. Garden Tractor w/front blade......................................................................................................................Just In “Where Farm and Family Meet”
Medford, MN Site
‘11 CIH Magnum 290, 1380 hrs., susp. front axle, susp. cab, Lux. cab, 360 HID lites, Loaded! ........$172,800
USED COMBINES 5 Years Interest Waiver Available Thru Case Credit* • Call For Details ‘13 CIH 9230, track drive RWA, HID lites..................................................................................................................................$369,900 ‘12 CIH 9230, 260 sep. hrs., track drive, RWA, folding covers ................................................................................................$349,900 ‘13 CIH 8230, duals, HID lites, Lux. cab ..................................................................................................................................$305,000 ‘12 CIH 8230, 580 eng. hrs., duals, HID lites, Lux. cab, cross auger shut-off..........................................................................$269,900 ‘13 CIH 7230, duals, HID lites, Lux. cab, cross auger shut-off ................................................................................................$289,900 ‘13 CIH 7230, duals, HID lites, Lux. cab, cross auger shut-off ................................................................................................$284,500 ‘13 CIH 7230, duals, HID lites, Lux. cab ..................................................................................................................................$277,800 ‘02 CIH 2388, duals, 2050 sep. hrs., 4WD ..................................................................................................................................$79,500 ‘98 CIH 2388, duals, 2569 eng./1764 sep. hrs. ..........................................................................................................................$66,000 ‘13 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ..................................................................................................................................$69,500 ‘13 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ..................................................................................................................................$69,500 ‘13 CIH 3408, New 8R30” cornhead ..........................................................................................................................................JUST IN ‘12 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ..................................................................................................................................................$44,900 ‘89 CIH 1083, 8R30” ....................................................................................................................................................................$8,900 ‘10 CIH 2020, 25’ platform w/Crary air reel ..............................................................................................................................$26,800 ‘05 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ......................................................................................................................................$13,900 ‘04 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ......................................................................................................................................$12,900
I-35 & Highway 60 West • Faribault, MN • 507-334-2233
Herb
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