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June 5, 2015

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Kerkhoven, Minn., dairy farmer Carol Radtke

A goodbye to a farmer

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Minnesota agriculture quietly said when the Minnesota State Fair Board des“goodbye” to one of its staunchest advoignated a State Fair day in honor of Bert cates May 13. and Verne. Enestvedt Seeds is the longestrunning continual exhibitor at the MinThat day was the funeral of Bert nesota State Fair with upcoming 2015 Enestvedt, truly a man of passion and being their 78th year there. enthusiasm, especially when talking about seed corn. But for the hundreds, Paul Harvey’s special tribute “So God even thousands of folks who got to know Made a Farmer” was the printed message Bert at the Enestvedt Seed Corn booth at on Bert’s funeral program. He would have the Minnesota State Fair, wherever Bert’s liked nothing better than for each of us to LAND MINDS conversation took him you were along for read these special words: a great ride. That ride was always informBy Dick Hagen And on the eighth day, God looked down ative, usually entertaining, quite often on his planed paradise and said, “I need politically challenging, sometimes a caretaker.” So God made a farmer. downright comical, and predictably just God said, “I need somebody willing to plain good listening. get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the From Dec. 14, 1919 until May 8, 2015, Bert packed fields, milk cows again, eat supper and then go to nearly 96 years into that experience called life. And town and stay past midnight at a meeting of the what an adventure, starting on his grandfather’s school board.” So God made a farmer. homesteaded farm south of Sacred Heart, Minn. Just “I need somebody with arms strong enough like every country kid in those days, Bert’s to rustle a calf and yet gentle enough to first eight years of “learning” was in a onedeliver his own grandchild. Somebody to call room country school. After high school and a hogs, tame cantankerous machinery, come couple years at West Central Ag School in home hungry, have to wait lunch until his Morris, Minn., he tried a year in Alaska. I’ve wife’s done feeding visiting ladies and tell the enjoyed nearly 40 Minnesota State Fair visladies to be sure and come back real soon ... its with Bert but never did he share the and mean it.” So God made a farmer. Alaska chapter of his life. Perhaps his dear wife, Verne, could share that chapter. (Then God said, “I need somebody willing to sit again, perhaps not.) Bert Enestvedt up all night with a newborn colt. And watch 1919-2015 it die. Then dry his eyes and say, ‘Maybe next Bert loved antiques, especially vintage year.’ I need somebody who can shape an ax cars. If you attended a county fair throughout west central Minnesota, or your community had handle from a persimmon sprout, shoe a horse with a hunk of car tire, who can make harness out of hayits own Corn Celebration Day parade, chances are wire, feed sacks and shoe scraps. And who, planting you viewed Bert behind the wheel of one of his time and harvest season, will finish his 40-hour week favorite vintage automobiles, especially that 1911 by Tuesday noon, then pain’n from ‘tractor back,’ put Maxwell. in another 72 hours.” So God made a farmer. But seeds were his primary dedication. He was a God had to have somebody willing to ride the ruts founding member of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association. Bert also was a director of the Minnesota at double speed to get the hay in ahead of the rain clouds and yet stop in mid-field and race to help Crop Improvement Association. And even though “King Corn” was and still is the rootstock of Enestvedt when he sees the first smoke from a neighbor’s place. Seeds, if it was good for agriculture, Bert spoke up. In So God made a farmer. fact in 1991 the University of Minnesota Agricultural God said, “I need somebody strong enough to clear Experiment Station released a new soybean variety trees and heave bales, yet gentle enough to tame lambs named “Bert.” That indeed is respect of the highest and wean pigs and tend the pink-combed pullets, who degree in the seed industry. In 1994, he was the very will stop his mower for an hour to splint the broken first recipient of the Siehl Prize for Excellence in Pro- leg of a meadow lark. It had to be somebody who duction Agriculture from the University of Minnesota. See HAGEN, pg. 3 And perhaps the most special tribute was in 2011

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

12 — The latest updates from our From the Fields producers 15 — ‘Jersey girl’ winning shows, with a little help from Dad 16 — Wally Nelson honored at Lamberton research center event 26 — Cousins launch dairy start-up

with fathers’ support 30 — Ag groups preparing to pick through Clean Water Rule 31 — Turkey growers on front line of avian flu’s impact 48 — Back Roads: Art in motion MORE @ THELANDONLINE.COM • “SHOP” — Search for trucks, ag equipment and more

Letter: HSUS concern for animal protection a farce paid to keep everything up in the air for ever. So who would win? The lawyers, it would seem. I challenge you to find the names and addresses of any rescues or animal shelters that HSUS has set up or funds completely with the millions they take in a

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year, or any money for workers who you say are injured by air quality or other concerns. Send these to The Land to publish, so we all can check them out. Rosemary Schaffer Windom, Minn.

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To the Editor: I read the May 22 letter to the editor “EPA must enforce Clean Air on factory farms” with interest until I came to the writer’s statement that “Two major lawsuits were launched by a coalition of groups recently — the Center for Food Safety, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Sierra Club — to force the EPA to comply with current law and list factory farms as a category of pollution under the Clean Air Act.” The writer’s opinions were clear; they parrot HSUS advertisements. This entity is one of the most disgusting organizations in America. Its “concern for the protection of animals” is a farce. If you ever read its Statement of Purpose, you would understand that this organization doesn’t even want any human to have a cat or dog, let alone eat chicken. The head man is supposedly a vegetarian, and wants all of you out there to be one, too. Nor do they want you to be able to ride a horse or a mule, or a pony, or donkey, or even keep one. As far as I can find, the large percentage of the money people contribute to HSUS goes for a lavish salary and lifestyle for the top officers and a huge bank of lawyers — whose job is to sue everyone in sight who has anything to do with animals, and then use any money they get to sue more people with animals. They like to come into rural areas, find a family that raises animals as a living or hobby, and make accusations of “abuse,” suck in the local police or rescue organizations, trash the family and confiscate their animals, and then leave town and let the people they conned take the heat and, generally, the lawsuits that then occur. It happened in South Dakota not long ago, and destroyed a family business of breeding top quality hunting dogs. HSUS is suing the EPA? Really? So they want our tax money used to answer a lawsuit that will drag on for decades and only make the lawyers more money, and won’t help one single person or animal — not one. Why don’t they sue the factory farms you are talking about, one by one? Since a great many of them are owned by huge agribusiness corporations, I figure those businesses would keep all their lawyers very busy and well-

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HAGEN, from pg. 2 plowed deep and straight and not cut corners. Somebody to seed, weed, feed, breed and rake and disc and plow and plant and tie the fleece and strain the milk and replenish the self-feeder and finish a hard week’s work with a five-mile drive to church. “Somebody who’d bale a family together with the soft strong bonds of sharing, who would laugh and then sigh, and then reply with smiling eyes, when his son says he wants to spend his life ‘doing what dad does.” So God made a farmer. Bert Enestvedt, one of God’s special farmers, will be remembered by many. Dick Hagen is staff writer for The Land. He can be reached at dickhagen@mvtvwireless.com. ❖

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Why does Big Ag kill COOL instead of supporting it? In the chaos that surprior to the lopsided, 38-6 rounded Congress leaving committee vote to repeal. Washington, D.C. for a flagThe aggie move, however, waving Memorial Day holidoesn’t repeal the law; that day, your House Ag Comwill take full House and mittee found time May 20 Senate approval, then White to vote to kill Country of House consent. While the Origin Labeling, or COOL, first step is all but assured, for beef, pork, and chicken the glacially slow Senate sold in the United States. may not even take up the If you carnivores out here FARM & FOOD FILE idea and, if it does, approval are keeping score, the Ag is not guaranteed. By Alan Guebert Committee vote was the If Congress does move to latest confusing governkill COOL, the White ment move to keep, then House would be in a bind. kill, then keep, then For years it has been a change, then kill one of the consistent supporter of the inconsismost popular, definitive food labeling tent: it supports both COOL and the laws in the world. WTO. If forced to choose one over the In fact, country of origin labeling for other, however, bet that it picks the red meat and poultry is so popular WTO — with regret, to be sure, but around the world that more than 60 without pause. nations have a World Trade OrganizaThe incredibly fast Ag Committee tion-legal version of it, noted Ranking action (the WTO had ruled against the Member Collin Peterson, D-Minn.,

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Truth is, COOL isn’t about food safety; it never was. COOL is about freedom to choose; your right to know The incredibly fast Ag everything you can about what you buy Committee action ... to put in your mouth and the mouths of and overwhelming your family. Shameful as it is for Congress to, again, work to deny Amerivote was a huge viccans this valuable right, three so-called tory for Big Ag and farm groups — the National Cattleknowing ignorance men’s Beef Association, the National and a stinging defeat Pork Producers Council, and the for consumers and National Milk Producers Federation — have more to be ashamed of. transparency. Since COOL’s legislative inception in 2002, NCBA, NPPC, and NMPF have U.S. COOL law just 48 hours earlier) and overwhelming vote was a huge vic- spent millions to buy one-sided, antitory for Big Ag and knowing ignorance, COOL studies they’ve used to condemn it; they’ve helped finance years-long and a stinging defeat for consumers lawsuits to fight its implementation and transparency. (the money went down a rat hole; fedEven at that, however, the vote was eral courts have consistently held the not Congress protecting the nation’s law constitutional) or have it killed; food safety. That nonsense is what and they’ve financed political candiCOOL haters want the public to dates who oppose it. believe because they know this lie is far easier to sell than the actual truth. See GUEBERT, pg. 5

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Billions of dollars riding on open global trade any law that slows exports of U.S. meat or milk products abroad or the import of foreign animals and food here costs ’em markets, sales, and profits. COOL backers get it; always have.

To the Editor: When officers of Farm Bureau and Minnesota Corn and Soybean Growers state that buffers won’t improve water quality and that water quality is better today than pre-settlement, it’s so silly that grade school kids will know better. Why not just be honest and say we don’t want to do buffers, instead of all this hookey? On one hand, farmers are squealing there is too much government over-

sight. On the other hand, they are squealing there is not enough government help. The taxpayers are somewhat getting tired of farmers squealing, period. I would suggest that buffers are not too much to ask of wealthy farmers who can thank the taxpayers for a share of their wealth. Tommy Stiles Henning, Minn.

What they will never understand, however, is why Big Ag has not used its legal firepower, political influence, and deep pockets to develop a workable county of origin labeling policy that is both WTO legal and delivers what more than eight out of 10 Americans say they want to know: whether or not the chicken they’re eating is Chinese or the sirloin on the grill is Sonoran. Other countries have COOL. What, we not as smart or clever as them?

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Letter: Farmer groups’ buffer talk ‘silly,’ ‘hookey’

Aren’t we “exceptional?” In fact, if America and its farmers and ranchers are truly “exceptional,” as Big Ag and these anti-COOL commodity groups unfailingly sing, why then is what U.S. farmers and ranchers grow and sell in their own country not good enough to even be labeled American? The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the United States and Canada. Past columns, events and contact information are posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com. ❖

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GUEBERT, from pg. 4 Their anti-COOL stance was — is — simple to understand. Influential agbiz group members have hundreds of millions, even billions, of dollars riding on unrestricted global trade. That means

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Commentary: Dairy offers wonderful nutrient package There was a charted singer ning a dairy operation. As the in the late ’50s and early ’60s “FarmersOnly.com” slogan (I’m dating myself here) says, “City folks just don’t get named Dinah Washington. it.” Her first hit was in 1959 — To fully appreciate the avail“What a Difference a Day ability and wholesomeness of Makes.” The song came to today’s dairy foods, you have to mind as I sat to write my know what’s behind that galannual “June Dairy Month” Lee Mielke lon of milk that you so tribute and thought what unthinkingly pick up at a difference a year the grocery store each makes. week, or what’s inside that “June Dairy Month” 2014 saw U.S. cheese that lies on top of your favorite dairy farmers in a position they hadn’t pizza, or how did that Greek yogurt get seen in years, namely that milk prices there on the shelf or the milk in your were actually paying the bills, prices morning latte. It’s far too easy to take that set record highs and dwarfed the these for granted and “June Dairy painful lows of 2009 that many had Month” reminds us. finally recovered from, though some Last year I mentioned how the dairy never did. What struck me the most industry hadn’t put fluid milk out to was how relatively oblivious conpasture. While declining fluid sales sumers were to what dairy farmers continue to pose a challenge to the had been through. Oh, they paid a lit- dairy industry, milk continues to comtle more for a gallon of milk or a block pete with plenty of other beverages, of cheese but they were never at a loss like sports drinks, bottled water, and to find an adequate supply of either even products that call themselves one. Never! Think of that and be “milk,” made from soy and almonds. grateful because “June Dairy Month” But, there are some exciting new is really every month of the year in arrivals in the “real” milk world. Last the U.S. dairy case. year I mentioned the success of White I have served this great industry for Gold in Pennsylvania, which simply did over 35 years and have been so grate- what processors have been doing for ful that I’m on my side of the microyears in California; increasing nonfat phone and keyboard ever since as I solids content which not only enhances learned of the 24/7 demands of runmilk’s flavor, but enhances milk’s nutri-

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Front row, left to right: Maggie Mills, Ellen Sheehan, Kyla Mauk, Kallie Baker, Jennifer Oelfke and Carley Vinkemeier. Back, left to right: Kylee Fernholz, Rachel Stender, Morgan Uphoff, McKinzie Smith, Samantha Keller and Michele Green.

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Cover story: Cows keep dairy farmers ‘grounded’ By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer KERKHOVEN, Minn. — Where there’s a will there’s a way. That country logic explains how, with helping hands from their community, Rich, Carol and Madison Radtke started Prairie’s Edge Organic Dairy near Kerkhoven. “We nearly gave up farming after our March 4, 2014, barn fire. But with a little luck and a great community, we stayed with it,” said Rich. “Our community helped finance and build our new barn, with local labor and nearly $50,000 donated to the cause.” The Radtke family is still farming and now dairying with only 19 cows — a mix of Aryshire and Jersey breeds who are grass- and hay-fed. They rent a 160-acre “no grain” farm with 65 acres of pasture paddocks, 70 acres in alfalfa hay and 10 acres sorghum-sudangrass for early spring pasture forage. Prior to the organic dairy, Rich did custom grazing for area cattlemen. Rich, 50, and wife Carol, a bit younger, operate the dairy with their daughter Madison, 16, a junior at KMS High School, short for Kerkhoven, Murdock,

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Mother-daughter team milks cows with care, control Carol: A cow calved at 2:30 a.m. and the calf was too big for Carol to carry into the barn. “It was freezing cold. I could not pick that calf up. Rich to the rescue that time,” said Carol. “But other than that one situation, I think my nursing background has taught me to handle the illnesses of our cows; the goats, the llamas. I follow my gut on everything.” The couple discusses expanding the

dairy since they have the capacity to handle a few more cows. However, cows are expensive now. They’re thinking that they’ll hold off until a few organic grass-fed cows “just fall to us when the time has come and we can make our payments and make it work,” said Carol. Old ways Goats in the Radtke’s enterprise See COVER STORY, pg. 10

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machine-milked. “We start at 6 am and finish up 7:308 o’clock. Evenings, we start at 5 and I’m back in the house at 6:30. It’s a simple routine, especially when you don’t feed grain,” said Carol. “We provide a couple bales each day and that’s about it. When pasture season starts, the cows take care of their own provisions.” Madison is her right-hand girl in the milking parlor. “She loves being in the barn,” said Carol. “She probably handles the cows better than I do. I’m too gentle with them. I call them by name, scratch them. Madison has worked with a lot of large animals in the show ring so she knows how to control them as needed.” Madison’s school activities and the local FFA chapter mean Carol occasionally milks alone. Madison was accepted into the Ag Discovery Program and will go to Kentucky State University for two weeks in June. Last year, she went to Lincoln, Mo. Only one challenge proved too big for

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COVER STORY, from pg. 8 on her income as a licensed practical nurse. She takes care of their handicapped adult daughter and makes less than $30,000 a year. “We’re very, very conservative,” said Carol. “We just make it work.” Carol is an energetic, multi-tasking, diverse farm woman. She cans, bakes, sells goat milk and makes all the bread for their household. “We’re true homesteaders,” she said. The physical labor and commitment to the cows is second nature for Carol. “Actually I don’t think it’s that hard. We’ve had dairy goats out here for quite some time but the dairy cows give you a purpose. You feel like you’re actually grounded here with set schedules both morning and evening,” said Carol. “With my dairy goats I can be a bit flippant. I think I don’t need to milk you goats today. I’ll let your babies do that today.” Carol said milking the cows isn’t difficult or time consuming. Cows are

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Goat milk sold to make soap, kefir COVER STORY, from pg. 9 were used for pasture development. She explained that their land had been abandoned so a variety of weeds and vegetation prevailed. Bring in the goats to munch and clean up. “Then we switched to a handful of dairy goats,” said Carol. “Customers buy the raw milk from us. Some drink it; some make it into kefir; and a lot make it into soap. I have a lot of soap makers in my little circle of special friends.” Kefir is a fermented milk product. Sometimes customers have to wait a few days for their goat milk because she has a list of customers that get

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because if something happens we can still provide for our cows,” said Carol. The cows fertilize the fields with their manure, but Rich is working with BioAg on strategies to improve soil fertility. “That could mean even more crop choices like turnips or kale or radishes. More diversity on our fields; maybe totally weird but beneficial. He wants to do something different since we’re different anyway,” said Carol with a chuckle. A few struggling vines in their vineyard set out years back provide Carol some satisfaction. “It does produce enough so I can make grape juice and jelly and Rich can produce wine,” she said. Carol is amused when she hears that neighbors are talking about what’s going on at the Radtke farm. “I think a lot of people don’t understand what we’re doing,” she said. “Having cows out on grass just doesn’t make sense anymore to today’s dairy farmers.” Visit www.PrairiesEdgeFarms.com to learn more. ❖

Dairyman does things differently By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Rich Radtke of Prairie’s Edge Organic Dairy near Kerkhoven, Minn., does things differently. Pasture and high-moisture alfalfa hay are the cows’ sole nourishment. No grain and no soybean meal cuts costs. Radtke said cows are getting too much protein, shown in their Milk Urea Nitrogen count which measures protein expelled from the cow. The count should be 12, but sometimes it’s 30. “It’s so easy to keep this parlor clean because the cows themselves are clean,” said Radtke. “And this perhaps is because of the low energy-high forage diet they have.” Lindquist Custom Harvesting in Murdock makes hay for Radtke. “With a good day, they cut in the morning, then get it baled and wrapped within 24 hours. Feed dry hay See DIFFERENT, pg. 11

‘We’re a good example of small, affordable start-up dairy’ and hay diet, Raktke expects to shorten lactation to 285 days. “We feel the energy level in the hay isn’t quite what they need so a shorter lactation may be inevitable. This we will learn as we progress into our new endeavor,” he said. On April 2, wind ripped off the plastic canopy of their 30- by 72-foot hoop style solar calf barn which serves as a summer garden for their organic herbs and vegetables. “If it’s 20 degrees outside and we have sunshine, its 60 degrees in our solar calf barn,” he said. They have a 600-gallon milk tank that is too big, but it was priced right and Radtke plans to add more cows to the lineup “as soon as they are affordable.” “We use a deep bedding pack and other than a couple of the heifers, no

frost bite this past winter,” he said. Parlor temps are kept at 40 F, but for milking it gets cranked up to 60 F for an hour. Machinery is minimal — a used 763 Bobcat is the farm workhorse. He also has a 1960s Oliver 1850, with a bad clutch, for his limited field work. Farming costs so far total up to about $3,000 for the custom harvest of his 35-acre, 2014 alfalfa crop (65 acres in 2015); $180 for propane for the parlor heater; $300 to $325 to power the skid loader; and about $150 to get his barley crop seeded. That’s less than a $4,000 bill for operating costs for 2015. The total cost of their dairy facility was $62,000. “We feel we are a good example of a small, affordable start-up dairy,” Radtke said. ❖

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DIFFERENT, from pg. 10 His pastures include 10 acres of barley seeded in early April. and cattle will pick through it Barley can germinate in soil so you have a higher degree of temps as low as 35. When harwaste,” said Radtke. vested, the barley goes into “My alfalfa is baled at 50-60 storage until this fall when the percent moisture. It doesn’t Radtkes plan to implement a freeze because of the fermenbarley sprouting process which tation and high sugar content. will be in a 12 by 32 foot room Rich Radtke And our cows thrive on it eatadjacent to the parlor. He ing virtually every bit of that hay.” describes it as an “artificial pasture Radtke has experience in custom during the winter months.” grazing for local cattlemen. “We visited some dairy farmers doing “Somewhat depending upon weather this fodder program. Healthier aniwe learned about three days on intense mals and no ‘gut problems’ was the grazing and it was time to move to the word from these people,” he said. “It’s just more natural for cows to get this next paddock,” said Radtke. grass into their digestive tracts in the The Natural Resources Conservation winter time.” Service program financed the paddock fencing and water system so the first Balance sheet Organic milk prices are strong — three years, Radtke followed its rules. slightly over $30 per hundredweight in “Now we’re using a higher stocking early April thanks to a few premiums rate; letting the critters eat the grass a like 96 cents for low somatic cell count, bit lower. Most of our paddocks are 3 50 cents for low preliminary incubaacres and last about three days,” he tion count, 50 cents for low lab passaid. “And of course the only fertiliza- teurization count and 25 cents for tion is what the cows provide and they standard plate count plus a bonus for do a very good job.” high butter fat. He credited no-fall tillage for the “For April we will get paid over $2.21 health of his fields this spring. above the base price,” said Radtke. “Our weather is so messed up. If we Bull calves get sold shortly after don’t get much winter snow and do fall colostrum milk flow stops. tillage, that soil will likely be very dry “The last calf we sold, a six-day-old by spring. Our precip patterns are Jersey, maybe 40 pounds, sold for changing,” he said. “Fewer rains dur- $375,” he said. “And there was a line of ing the growing season but more people waiting to bid on that calf.” intense rains when they happen seems Since the cows are on an all pasture to be the new trend.”

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Andy Pulk Wannaska, Minn. Roseau County May 21: “All the rivers went to basically flood stage. Some overland flooding (but) the river levels are starting to level off and drop.”

Joan Lee McIntosh, Minn. Polk County May 21: “Seems like things are going pretty well (overall) ... Just waiting for the sun and warmth now.”

John Haarstad Rothsay, Minn. Otter Tail & Wilkin Counties May 22: “We had some frost damage on corn and soybeans. They took a pretty good burning.”

Rodney Froemming Garfield, Minn. Douglas County May 21: “The crops got hit by frost ... (but) the beans look like they’ll be OK. Corn is pretty yellow and there’s certainly damage ...”

Dale Filzen Renville, Minn. Renville County May 21: “The corn looks kind of wind-torn and yellow,(but warmer weather) should straighten things out.”

Nathan Thorpe Canby, Minn. Yellow Medicine County May 29: “Our corn crop is looking good. The heat we got in the last few days helped.”

Delayne Pagel Winthrop, Minn. Sibley County May 28: “We’re in real good shape; the (once-yellow) corn is coming around, getting greener.”

Harlan Marble Mapleton, Minn. Blue Earth County May 28: “Everything is so perfect, it’s unbelievable.”

Nate Heusinkveld Wykoff, Minn. Fillmore County May 28: “The corn is looking really good. Some got hit with frost but is coming out of it.”

Brian Kemp Sibley, Iowa Osceola County May 28: “(Soybeans are) looking good; the stand looks good. The last field has emerged and you can row it.”

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Cool temperatures and persistent wet conditions hindered fieldwork in Iowa during the week ending May 31, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were only 2.3 days suitable for fieldwork. Operators reported standing water in some fields and the need to replant in areas of some fields. Producers are still concerned about muddy feedlots and limited spraying due to wet fields. Topsoil moisture levels rated to zero percent very short, two percent short, 76 percent adequate and 22 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated zero percent very short, six percent short, 79 percent adequate and 15 percent surplus. Southwest and south central Iowa both reported 50 percent surplus topsoil moisture levels. South central Iowa reported over one-third surplus subsoil moisture levels. Ninety-seven percent of the corn crop has been planted, behind last year’s progress for the first time this season. Corn emerged reached 90 percent, just two days ahead of last year and the five-year average. Eighty percent of the

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The latest full “From the Minnesota crop progress report Fields” crop reports from Minnesota, northern Iowa The Pulks Wannaska, Minn. Andy Pulk is playing the waiting game, with sunflowers still needing to be planted. He’s waiting for the ground to finally dry out from over four inches of rain, two inches of that falling on May 7. “I’m hoping this weekend we can start doing some field work,” Pulk told The Land on May 21. With that much rain, he said “all the rivers went to basically flood stage.” There was also “some overland flooding

(but) the river levels are starting to level off and drop,” said Pulk. On the evening of May 18, the temperature dropped all the way to 27 F; the following morning the farm had some snow. “We haven’t had any emergence yet,” he said, but “by this weekend we’ll see some emergence.” With crops still needing to be planted and those that are planted still needing to emerge, a good forecast is much needed — “Hopefully the weather straightens out.”

for quite a while.” Once beans are in the The Lees ground, her focus will be on hay — “The first McIntosh, Minn. part of June, we’ll be able to hay organically With three inches of rain in again.” Three years ago a co-op accidentally about a week, Joan Lee is ready sprayed their organic field, and it takes three to get back in the field. On May years to get it certified again. “Seems like 21 she was looking to get some things are going pretty well,” Lee said, of soybeans planted; she’ll be planting both organic and conventional beans this things overall. “Just waiting for the sun and year. While Lee still has beans to plant, she said warmth now.” that “most farmers around here have been done

For the week ending May 31, 95 percent of the Minnesota corn crop had emerged, 17 days ahead of last year and 16 days ahead of the five-year average. Corn condition rated 70 percent good to excellent, a slight increase from the previous week. Soybean planting was 94 percent complete. Seventy-four percent of the soybean acreage had emerged, 12 days ahead of the previous

year and 11 days ahead of average. Barley was 54 percent at or beyond the jointing stage, the most in 40 years. Barley condition rated 60 percent good to excellent. Seventy percent of the oat acreage was at or beyond the jointing stage, the most in 40 years. This article was submitted by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. ❖

The Thorpes Canby, Minn. Sun and rain each made appearances the past two weeks, helping Nathan Thorpe’s crops. “Overnight and this morning we got just over an inch (of rain),” he told The Land on May 29.

“Our corn crop is looking good. The heat we got in the last few days helped.” He added that the soybeans have had good emergence. He’s not upset about more rain being in the forecast: “I’d always rather have a little extra rain than not enough.” Right now, though, some heat would be welcome, as “sunshine is what these crops need.”

The Pagels Winthrop, Minn. A little heat has made all the difference for Delayne Pagel’s crops. When The Land spoke with Pagel on May 28, he said “We’re in real good shape; the (onceyellow) corn is coming around, getting greener. ... The sunshine is really helping.” The bottom-line: “The corn crop has come a long ways.” Pagel planned to begin spraying corn the afternoon of May 28; he will also side dress some

of the corn as well. As for the soybeans, “some are looking really good,” he said, while “the low ground is slower emerging.” Pagel still has kidney beans to plant, and planned on doing so the next week. He expected it would take about a day to get those 80 acres in. With the sun shining, crops growing and the last crop just about planted, things are just fine out on the Pagel farm. the soybeans are looking good as well. “You can row them, they’re perfectly clean and marvelous,” he said. With crops looking this good, Marble had a lot to celebrate, including he and his wife Elaine’s 53rd anniversary on June 2. He hoped that they can get away to the lake for a couple of weeks. With a longlived marriage and crops doing wonderfully, Marble said he has “absolutely nothing to complain about.”

The Haarstads Rothsay, Minn. The rain was abundant on the Haarstad farm these past two weeks. “Four to five inches fell in the past two weeks or so,” John Haarstad told The Land on May 22. Even with that amount of moisture, the field conditions “were not as bad as I’d thought it would be,” he said. Haarstad is back in the field custom spraying for a neighbor for wheat and spraying a few acres of no-till beans; he hates dandelions. He said he would start side dressing

corn that night or the next morning. Along with wet weather, the crops had to endure frost. “We had some frost damage on corn and soybeans,” said Haarstad. “They took a pretty good burning.” He’s concerned that it will hurt the stand, which could possibly hurt the yield, but doesn’t foresee any replant. With cold weather hopefully a thing of the past, he said the bottom line is that his crops “need more sunshine.”

The Marbles Mapleton, Minn. “We’re pushing right at five inches for the month for rain,” Harlan Marble told The Land on May 28, pleased with the timely precipitation. “Everything is so perfect, it’s unbelievable,” he said, while noting that “The last time I had a crop like this was 1981 and it disappeared on June 23 (due to hail).” Marble has already sprayed his corn, and

The Froemmings Garfield, Minn. On May 21 Rodney Froemming reported that it had rained 3.4 inches over the previous weekend. More rain was forecasted, pushing back when Froemming can get back in the field and finish planting soybeans. “The crops got hit by frost Monday night and Tuesday (but) the beans look like they’ll be OK,”

he said. “Corn is pretty yellow and there’s certainly damage on it.” Once Froemming can get back in the field, he estimated it would take two days to finish planting. He said he’s normally baling Memorial Day weekend, but with the wet weather expects to be about a week to 10 days behind. Froemming hoped to know more on how the frost had affected the crops in a few days.

on May 30 if the weather The Heusinkvelds cooperates. “The corn is looking Wykoff, Minn. really good,” said Heusinkveld. Rain has been a constant on the “Some got hit with frost but is Heusinkveld farm. The Land spoke with Nate coming out of it.” Meanwhile, the Heusinkveld on May 28, and he reported soybeans are “just coming out of that in the past two weeks “it pretty much the ground.” Heusinkveld planned rained all the time.” He had hoped to cut hay around Memorial Day but that didn’t happen on spraying the afternoon of May 28. After a wet — “From Sunday to Monday afternoon, two and a couple of weeks, “temperatures are looking half inches (fell).” Now he was hoping to cut hay better.”

The Filzens Renville, Minn. Planting continues for Dale Filzen. When The Land spoke with Filzen on May 21 he was going to begin planting navy beans. “We had about three inches (of rain) in about a week,” he said, but with the fields drying out he’d be spraying sugar beets the next day. The crops in the ground are showing the

effects of the rain and wind. “The corn looks kind of wind-torn and yellow,” said Filzen, but warmer weather “should straighten things out.” Overall, he said most of the corn has good stand and the soybeans are “looking pretty good.” The sugar beets are “kind of torn up from the wind,” Filzen said, but still “look decent.”

The Kemps Sibley, Iowa Brian Kemp is seeing plenty of growth out in his fields the past two weeks. Even with cooler temperatures, his crops are doing well. When The Land spoke with Kemp on May 28 he said he was happy with the soybeans. “They’re looking good; the stand looks

good. The last field has emerged and you can row it.” As for the corn, he said it looks good and is greening up, but needs heat, and temperatures were finally moving in the right direction. “Yesterday it got into the low 80s,” said Kemp. “We’re starting to get heat.” He noted that for the crop to become successful, “we are going to need timely rain.”

The Land Calendar of Events

June 7 – Dairy Day at Harkin Store – New Ulm, Minn.– Homemade ice cream at the 1870s general store – visit sites.mnhs.org/historicsites/harkin-store June 17 – Breakfast on the Farm – Goodhue, Minn. – Breakfast, kids activities, live animals at

Burfeind Dairy – Contact Christian Schmipf at (651) 380-8293 or www.fbmn.org June 17 – Breakfast on the Farm – Claremont, Minn. – Breakfast, buggy rides at Clover Glen Dairy Farm – Contact Glenn Johnson at (507) 676-3421 or www.fbmn.org June 24-25 – Precision Dairy Farming – Rochester, Minn. – Dairy producer showcases sessions, industry updates, trade show – Visit www.precisiondairyfarming.com

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came because I bought her,” Kari said. “I showed her for three years in 4-H and she won her class at the State Fair all of those years. She was a junior yearling one year and also a junior champion or champion heifer; the next year as a twoyear-old she was first two-year-old and reserve grand champion; and as a threeyear-old she was first three-year-old and honorable mention grand champion.” Astonish is now nine years old and will have her eighth calf this summer. “I’ve pretty much showed her somewhere every year,” Kari said. She is also the reason Kari bought her second winning heifer, Sophie, which came from the same Indiana farm and was purchased at the Rochester sale two years later. After Sophie won some prizes, she was sold, but the Schlechts still have a couple of her daughters who have done very well. They have sold four heifers so far this year, including one of Sophie’s daughters who had won awards at the Wisconsin Spring Show and the Midwest Jersey Jamboree last year. She hates to part with her good stock, but it is how she finances her showing. “You could say the showing is a hobby,” Kim said, “but we don’t want to lose money at it, so every once in a while, when you have the opportunity and the money is good enough, you just have to sell.” See JERSEY GIRL, pg. 17

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Wally Nelson honored at Lamberton event By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer LAMBERTON, Minn. — The University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center, Lamberton, hosted a reception in celebration of the Wally Nelson Crop Production Faculty Fund on May 18. The event honored Wally Nelson, Ph.D.,

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whole package. I like a big-framed cow, and that’s what I usually need to compete. They need to go out there and kind of look big or you just get overlooked.” Kim said that some of the well-established farms can show a smaller heifer or cow that gets a real good look. “There are probably 15 people in the country who are going to get looked at, no matter what they take out,” he said. “And they’ve kind of earned that right over the years,” Kari added. That’s the reputation she is working to earn. Her awards suggest she may get there. Against the odds One of her favorite shows is the Wisconsin Spring Spectacular Jersey Show at the beginning of May. This year, even after selling one of her best heifers, she came home with a fifth and seventh place. “It was a very tough show and I was well-satisfied with the results,” she said. She also shows at the Midwest Jersey Jamboree, which is usually in Arlington, Minn., and has gone to

the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., where the best cattle from the United States and Canada are shown, and has placed fifth or sixth three times. Every summer she shows at a state fairs in Minnesota, Iowa or South Dakota, and has come home with plenty of awards. It all began with Astonish, a very appropriate name for a winner considering she had two strikes against her, according to Kari. “She didn’t have a big pedigree, because her dam wasn’t classified,” she said, “and she was born wrong. She was born the last day of April, so she was two months younger than most of the heifers in that class, which was a lot to give up in size.” But through Kari’s attention, she brought Astonish into good condition and has gone on to raise many winners. The success is a two-person operation. Kari does the raising and showing, her father gives logistical support and readies the animals in the barn during the shows. You might call it a hobby, but for Kari it is more of a mission, a labor of love. Raising and showing Jersey cattle has gotten into her blood. “That’s definitely the truth,” she said. “It wasn’t planned, I would say, but as it worked out; it turned out well.” Kari Schlecht’s success at showing Jersey cattle is due to her hard work and her savvy in working with Jerseys. It’s quite impressive when you realize that she often competes with large operations. Whatever reputation she may earn in the Jersey world, perhaps none will be more important than her own father’s judgment. He has high regard for his daughter’s skill. “I’ll say this: Kari is the best heifer-raiser on the planet. She won’t say that, but she does a good job.” ❖

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JERSEY, from pg. 15 Raising winners Part of what makes the Schlechts’ success so remarkable is that they are often up against large, well-financed farms. Kim’s primary occupation is cattle hoof trimming. Kari looks after the farm and raises the cattle. Her current herd numbers 25. These days, the Jerseys she shows are those she has raised. “This year, whatever I bred, whatever those cows had for calves, those are my options (for showing),” Kari said. And those options have been reduced by the number already sold. “It is so rare that you can have your own stuff and take them out of your own herd and compete with or beat the ones who do this for a living,” Kim said. But that is what Kari has been doing lately, after starting with her two good choices of Astonish and Sophie. Part of her winning way is giving individual attention to the heifers. “Each heifer gets fed differently, after they are beyond the young calf stage” Kari said. “I go with my gut instinct. Maybe they’ve got more strength, so I back them off on the feed and give them hay. If they’re more refined, then I push the feed more.” She is feeding for that “dairy” look that the judges prefer these days. And those judging standards change at times. “I’ve definitely had to revamp the feeding the last few years because they always have too much cover on them according to how the judging is now,” she said. Kari has even started using her own bulls for breeding. They are sons of Sophie, who is still influencing her herd. “My main breeding goal is to have the whole package in the animal, where each part is good,” Kari said. “It’s getting harder to find bulls giving you the

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The following market analysis is for the week ending May 29. CORN — Corn closed lower in three of the four trading sessions in the holiday-shortened week with July tumbling 8 1⁄2 cents lower at $3.51 1⁄2 and December down 9 3⁄4 cents at $3.68 per bushel. A rising U.S. dollar, collapse in wheat prices, and good corn growing conditions helped contribute to the losses. In the crop year’s first crop condition report, corn was rated 74 percent good/excellent compared to 69 percent on average and 76 percent good/excellent PHYLLIS NYSTROM CHS Hedging Inc. last year. The crop should be St. Paul essentially planted by May 31 after hitting 92 percent complete as of May 24. None of the crop was rated very poor. Corn was 74 percent emerged, 12 percent ahead of average. The U.S. dollar was firmer on chatter that Greece will have problems meeting their International Monetary Fund payment this month and indications that the U.S. interest rate may increase this year. Global wheat production increases offset the amount U.S. production may be cut by flooding and excess rain. We went at least five days without a newly reported case of bird flu before it popped up again. On a local scale, any infestation can be devastating; however, on a U.S. corn feed usage scale, it will have a small impact even though approximately 40 million birds have been culled.

The livestock markets seem to have become rangebound as the month of June begins. Both cattle and hog markets have slowed their recent ascent and leveled off in relatively tight trading ranges. Usually when markets tend to this type of behavior for any length of time, a more significant move is likely to develop as underlying commodity begins to exit that particular trading range in either direction. The cattle market has seen both the futures market and the cash market go virtually flat in price in recent weeks. This seems to suggest that the light supply of cattle is being offset by a diminJOE TEALE ishing demand for beef forcing Broker the market into fairly narrow Great Plains Commodity Afton, Minn. trading ranges for both the cash and futures. These ranges that the cattle market has slipped into may last indefinitely or until a significant change takes place in either the supply of cattle or the demand for beef. The recent decline in the beef cutout suggests that beef demand is still questionable. This is forcing the packer to be more selective in the bidding for live inventory to protect their margins. Unless cattle numbers significantly tighten in the near future, it is likely the cattle market will remain steady to lower depending on the cutout prices. This will more than likely keep the futures market at a discount in response to the potential defensive attitude of the packers. Producers should remain aware of market conditions and protect inventories as warranted.

According to the National Weather Service climate prediction center, El Niño, or the warming phase of the Southern Oscillation in the Pacific, is back. As of May 2015, The NWS has an 80 percent degree of certainty that El Niño will be in effect until late summer of 2015. The Southern Oscillation phases affect each part of the United States differently, however, it is widely believed that the El Niño phase provides moisture to the major crop growing areas of the central United States. There is no guarantee that El Niño will produce yields that are at or above trend line, but it is GLENN WACHTLER AgStar Associate VP widely believed that the phase at Financial Services least moderates the chances of Baldwin, Wis. extreme weather anomalies in the central crop growing region of the United States. The other possibilities for the Southern Oscillation zone are neutral and La Niña. The last major below trend line yield in the United States in 2012 happened as the ocean surface temperature was in a cooler phase known as La Niña. La Niña increases the chances of extreme weather anomalies across the major crop growing areas of the United States. Some weather analysts have remarked that if there is a drought in the central part of the United States, there is a two-thirds chance that is has come in a La Niña phase. Other research has shown that these ocean phases can affect relatively small geographical areas in the same ways during subsequent phases of the particu-

See NYSTROM, pg. 19

See TEALE, pg. 19

See WACHTLER, pg. 19

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

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TEALE, from pg. 18 The hog market has been struggling in recent trading and is beginning to appear tired. After a fairly decent rally over the past several weeks, the hogs seem to have found resistance in the mid $80.00 range basis lean. Supplies are in fair shape and demand for pork remains good. The seasonal patterns would suggest that a top in the market is near and the activity of the market would support this theory. The trading range that has developed portends that the supply of hogs is quickly catching up to the demand for pork. Recent hog reports do suggest that numbers should increase into the fall months and the fact that the discounts in the deferred months are supporting that suggestion. The recent cold storage reports also indicate building supplies of pork in the coolers which could be considered a negative factor if in fact hog numbers increase in the weeks ahead. Therefore, producers should be cognizant of market conditions in the upcoming weeks and protect inventories when the opportunity presents itself. ❖

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strong reason to rally occurs, rallies are expected to be selling opportunities. SOYBEANS — Soybeans were sideways to higher this week as the Argentine crusher strike lingered on, but current indications are it will be settled soon. Early week losses and new contract lows were met by a corrective bounce into the weekend. The announcement by the EPA of the new RFS volumes were supportive also. Soybean planting in the United States was 61 percent complete as of May 24 with that expected to advance to 70 percent to 75 percent as of May 31 compared to the average pace of 71 complete. Soybean emergence as of May 24 was 32 percent, 7 percent ahead of average. This is anticipated to be over 50 percent by May 31. The weekly trading ranges this week were extremely tight with the July contract only trading from $9.20 1⁄2 to $9.37 1⁄2 and the November from $8.98 1⁄4 to $9.13 per bushel, both setting new contract lows in the process. For the week, July beans closed up 9 3⁄4 cents at $9.34 with the November down 1 1⁄4 cents at $9.05 3⁄4 per bushel. On the continuous chart, the lead soybean contract traded to its lowest level since October 2014. It was the first time a November contract traded below $9.00 since July 2010. The EPA’s new biodiesel volumes were considered friendly for soybeans. The new proposed volumes for 2014 and 2015 were 1.63 billion gallons and 1.7 billion gallons respectively compared to the original 2007 volumes of 1.28 billion gallons for each year. The new 2016 volume is projected at 1.8 billion gallons and 1.9 billion gallons for 2017. Oil led the way higher for the soy complex after the release. Weekly export sales were above expectations at 11.8 million bushels, but last week’s sales were revised lower from 6.1 million bushels to 3.7 million bushels. We need to average just 1.0 million bushels per week to hit the USDA’s 1.8 billion bushel export forecast. New crop sales continue to be a disappointment. They are the lowest in the last five years for this time of year at 167 million bushels. Buyers seem content to play a wait and see game for lower prices.

From Argentina, the crushers strike was thought to be settled early in the week, but the government didn’t approve the huge wage increase. Back to the negotiation table, but this time other unions are threatening to strike in sympathy on June 1 if no settlement is reached. A total of three ships have reportedly gotten stuck in Argentina due to low water levels, so we’ll continue to monitor the situation to see if it results in significant shipping delays. Argentina’s soybean harvest is pegged at 90 percent versus 74 percent last year. OUTLOOK: In the long run, South America has plenty of soybeans and the U.S. carryout for 2015-16 is initially pegged at 500 million bushels. It may also be possible for soybean acres to rise slightly if some late plantings turn from corn to beans. Weather at this time doesn’t pose a crop threat. If you’re hoping for a significant price rally, where will the spark come from? Informal talk in the trade to pick a low for November soybeans came in near $8.25 per bushel, but some believe we’ll see a “7” on November soybeans before all is said and done if the weather cooperates. The seasonal since 2011 in November soybeans is mostly flat in June with a lower trend in July. Nystrom’s notes: Contract changes for the week ending May 29: Minneapolis wheat plunged 38 cents, Chicago dropped 38 1⁄4 cents and Kansas City collapsed 47 3⁄4 cents. June crude oil managed a 58cent gain to $60.30 per barrel, ultra-low-sulfur diesel declined 3⁄4 cents, reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending rallied 2 1⁄2 cents higher and natural gas plummeted 27 3⁄4 cents lower. The U.S. dollar index gained 0.873 for the week. ❖

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NYSTROM, from pg. 18 Weekly export sales were 25.8 million bushels, in line with pre-report estimates. We need to average 13.7 million bushels of sales per week to reach the U.S. Department of Agriculture projection. New crop sales for 2015-16 total just 89 million bushels and are the smallest in the last five years for late May. Weekly ethanol production was up 11,000 barrels per day last week to 969,000 barrels per day. Ethanol stocks were down 337,000 barrels at 20.1 million barrels. The annualized grind for ethanol since the beginning of the marketing year is 5.215 billion bushels, very close to the USDA projection of 5.2 billion bushels. The International Grain Council bumped up its world corn production number by 10 million metric tons to 961 mmt. This compares to last year’s 997 mmt production. The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange pegged Argentina’s corn harvest at 37.5 percent complete, up slightly from last year’s progress of 35 percent complete at this time. The exchange left its crop production prediction at 25 mmt, but if early yields are any indication, it could increase. The Environmental Protection Agency on May 29 announced their proposed Renewable Fuels Standard volume requirements for ethanol use 20142016. The volumes are below the original volumes set in 2007, which was interpreted as negative for corn. The proposed volumes are: 2014 13.25 billion gallons vs. 14.4 billion previously, 2015 13.4 billion gallons vs. 15.0 billion previously and 2016 14.0 billion gallons compared to the original 15.0 billion gallons. The increase in 2016 apparently accounts for higher E15 usage. Overall, this reduces corn demand for ethanol by 1.3 billion bushels over three years. The USDA also said it will match up to $100 million in state funds to install tanks and pumps at gasoline stations for higher ethanol blending and encourage ethanol consumption. OUTLOOK: Weather is cooperating for a very good start to our corn growing season and forecasts at this point don’t pose any threats. The one caveat is a few acres may get switched to soybeans due to wet conditions and the calendar turning to June this week. Corn held above the contract lows of $3.46 3⁄4 in the July and $3.64 1⁄4 in the December contract. This week’s July and December lows were $3.48 1⁄4 and $3.65 1⁄4 per bushel respectively. The contract low levels will provide short term support. Unless a

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Total cheese inventory up; U.S. demand remains strong This column was written for the marketing week ending May 29. Preliminary data in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest Cold Storage report shows butter stocks at 230.4 million pounds on April 30, up 46.1 million pounds or a MIELKE MARKET whopping 25 percent from WEEKLY March and 43.5 million pounds or 23 percent above By Lee Mielke those in April 2014. American-type cheese, at 639.5 million pounds, was up 7.9 million pounds or one percent from March but 9.4 million or one percent below a year ago. The total cheese inventory amounted to 1.1 billion pounds, up 15.6 million pounds or one percent from March and 43.3 million pounds or four percent above a year ago. The April 2015 milk feed price ratio slipped to 1.95, down from 2.00 in March and compares to 2.42 in April 2014 and 1.54 in April 2013, according to the USDA’s latest Ag Prices report issued Thursday. The index is based on the current milk price in relationship to feed prices for a ration of 51 percent corn, eight percent soybeans and 41 percent alfalfa hay, in other words, one pound of milk today can purchase 1.95 pounds of dairy feed of that blend. The April U.S. average all-milk price dropped to $16.50 per hundredweight, down 10 cents from March and $8.80 below April 2014. April corn, at $3.75 per bushel, was down six cents from March and 96 cents below April 2014. Soybeans averaged $9.70 per bushel, down 14 cents from March, and $4.60 per bushel below April 2014. Alfalfa hay averaged $184 per ton, up $12 from March, but $23 per ton below April 2014. Cash dairy prices strengthened the last week of

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May, with the 40-pound block Cheddar trading at $1.695 per pound, up 4.5 cents on the Memorial Day holiday shortened week but still 26.5 cents below a year ago. The 500-pound barrel Cheddar finished at $1.67, up five cents on the week and 26.25 cents below a year ago. Both prices are at new highs for 2015 and the highest block price since Dec. 1, 2014 and the highest barrel price since Nov. 25, 2014. Only two cars of block but 31 of barrel traded hands on the week. The National Dairy Products Sales Report -surveyed U.S. average block price inched up 0.9 cent, to $1.6354 per pound, while barrels averaged $1.6713, up 0.4 cent. The continuing strength of cheese production utilizing strong milk supplies is leading Central manufacturers to consider how long the somewhat surprising demand strength from buyers will continue, says Dairy Market News. Unexpectedly strong demand from domestic buyers has helped to keep cheese inventories at comfortable levels notwithstanding high production volumes. Both retail and foodservice buyers have helped keep cheese moving out of plants. Most cheesemakers do not suggest any reason why they question this trend continuing. That conclusion is reflected in volumes of cheese being made. At most cheese plants where alternative products can be made from milk, cheese is still viewed as the primary outlet for contracted milk. A few loads of Midwest surplus milk sold at $10 below Class this week, more loads were selling near $7 below, and milk more widely available as to timing and location now sells at $6 under. Some of the production will go to current demand and some will be held in inventory for future sales, by manufacturers and cutters/wrappers. Most cheesemakers are happy to increase schedules to the max to accommodate discounted milk. Cheese plants in the region are installing new equipment to add barrel production to existing block output in the near future. ■ Cash butter, after dropping 8.25 cents the previous week, closed Friday at $2.005 per pound, up 10.25 cents on the day, up 13.5 cents on the week, but still 29.5 cents below a year ago when it had jumped 12 cents on the week. This week, 17 cars traded hands.

NDPSR butter averaged $1.9672, up 8.6 cents. Butter production is steady in the Midwest with most manufacturers running over the holiday weekend, according to Dairy Market News. Domestic demand is still higher than expected which leaves some manufacturers concerned about inventory levels for Third Quarter. There have been reports that exports may be picking up as other countries have a higher demand. Some manufacturers report that current sales are picking up with others being able to build inventories. Western butter output was steady this week. Industry contacts report milk and cream are generally available. Memorial Day weekend helped ease the short supply of cream in parts of the West where it had been tight. Some manufacturers continue to sell excess cream for use in ice cream or other products. Marketers are suggesting there is plenty of butter available on the market and inventories have increased significantly over the last few months. Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk finished Friday at 90.75 cents per pound, up 7.5 cents on the week but 92.5 cents below a year ago. Two cars were sold at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange this week. NDPSR powder averaged 94.77 cents per pound, down 0.9 cent, and dry whey averaged 44.01 cents per pound, down 1.5 cents. ■ In legislative news; Senate passage of the Administration-backed trade bill, 62-37, gives the President authority to complete trade deals that Congress can in turn approve or reject, but not change. A total of 48 Republicans supported the measure, but only 14 of the Senate’s 44 Democrats. The International Dairy Foods Association gave lawmakers a thumbs-up on the vote stating in a press release: “We applaud the Senate for working together in a bipartisan manner to advance the TPA2015 bill. We encourage the House to take up the legislation and pass it as soon as possible,” stating that “Trade Promotion Authority is critical to ensuring that the U.S. dairy industry receives greater market See MIELKE, pg. 21

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Dairy groups lobby for Trade Promotion Authority hern said “Trade promotion authority is crucial to concluding trade agreements that will open foreign markets to more U.S. dairy products. In the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in particular, having TPA in place is essential to increase pressure on Japan and Canada to extend their best offers.” USDEC President Tom Suber added, “Knowing that a trade agreement will

be considered by Congress under Trade Promotion Authority paves the way to press our negotiating partners to make their best offers on the most sensitive issues. Clearly, dairy exports fall into that category, and the U.S. needs all the tools it can muster to get the best possible deal.” The two organizations said TPA will increase congressional influence over trade negotiations and lead to agree-

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MIELKE, from pg. 20 access from the two trade agreements under negotiation, the Trans-Pacific and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.” The National Milk Producers Federation and U.S. Dairy Export Council also commended the Senate for its action and urged the House to quickly pass its own TPA legislation. NMPF President and CEO Jim Mul-

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COOL could squash U.S. exports to Mexico, Canada The mandatory Country of Origin Labeling regulation was initiated for certain U.S. meat products and other foods on March 16, 2009, as part of the 2008 farm bill, which was passed by Congress and signed into law. The purpose of the COOL regulation was to provide a required method for consumers to have more label information about the origin of certain food products. Now, a recent ruling by the World Trade Organization could challenge the future of the COOL regulation.

The COOL regulations have been controversial and highly politicized since the legislation was first introduced in the 2002 farm bill, before ultimately becoming law as part of the 2008 farm bill. Some consumer and farm organizations, along with some members of Congress, have strongly supported the COOL regulations, and continue to support COOL, even after the recent WTO ruling. Other farm groups, meat processors, and members of Congress oppose the COOL requirements just as passionately.

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nificant economic impacts from trade retaliation by Canada and Mexico. Many agricultural and food processing groups have supported this legislation. However, some other leaders in Congress, along with other farm organizations and consumer groups, have called on USDA to try to work with Canada and Mexico to “tweak” the current COOL requirements to make them acceptable to the WTO, as well as to Canada and Mexico. The COOL regulation has not caused much discussion in the retail food industry in the United States since its inception in 2009; however, the recent WTO ruling against COOL has now moved the COOL debate to the front burner. This WTO ruling appears to have the potential to greatly impact future export markets to Canada and Mexico for U.S. livestock, meat, and other agricultural products. Even some former supporters of COOL are now questioning if the United States can afford to maintain the existing COOL requirements with Canada and Mexico for meat products. It is now up to the USDA and Congress to either eliminate COOL requirements for U.S. meat products or to figure out a workable solution to maintain the desired consumer wishes of COOL. Failure to accomplish this could have a large negative impact on agricultural exports, and cause considerable economic hardship to the U.S. livestock industry. Kent Thiesse is a government farm programs analyst and a vice president at MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn. He may be reached at (507) 726-2137 or kent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com. ❖

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THIESSE, from pg. 22 with Canada and Mexico could greatly impact markets for pork, processed in the United States) beef, corn, ethanol, and bakery C. “Born and Raised in (Country X), and Slaughproducts, originating from the Upper Midwest. Some tered in the U.S.” (Beef animal born and fed in fear that the retaliation could extend beyond agriculCanada, and processed in the United States) tural products to other U.S. manufactured products. D. “Product of (Country X)” (Beef animal born, fed, The 2014 farm bill, which was and processed in Canada) passed by Congress and signed into law, did not change the The WTO was set up many years COOL requirements from the ago to expand international trade Products mentioned USDA adjustments that were by resolving trade disputes between for possible tariffs made in 2013. The 2014 farm bill countries and by lowering existing did require USDA to do an ecoinclude beef, pork, trade barriers and preventing new nomic analysis of the current barriers. The WTO is a world trade chicken, bakery COOL regulations. That study, court or referee to make sure that goods, apples, rice released in May 2015, was contrade policies or regulations impleand quite likely corn ducted by USDA economists and mented by a country do not unfairly and ethanol. leading economists from major have negative impacts on trade of universities. The study concluded similar products with another counthat there was no economic benetry. The WTO hears both sides of trade disputes between countries, and then decides if fit to the meat industry, or the U.S. economy as a whole, from the COOL labeling requirements for a trade distortion claim by a country has merit. The beef, pork, and chicken. The study also concluded WTO is a powerful institution with a staff set up to that there is consumer interest in the COOL regulaenforce international trade policy. tions, but very little likelihood of increased consumer Canada and Mexico filed a complaint with the demand for meat products as a result of COOL. WTO stating that the COOL regulations in the In response to the latest WTO ruling, legislation United States have put beef cattle and hogs originating from the two countries at an unfair trade advan- has been introduced in Congress that would eliminate the COOL requirements for beef, pork, and tage. The complaint indicated that COOL requirements have forced U.S. processors to segregate cattle chicken muscle and ground products. There is considerable bi-partisan support for this legislation in Conand hogs from Canada and Mexico separately from gress, especially from states that could be facing sigU.S. livestock, or to totally reject these cattle and hogs. The complaint states that the U.S. COOL regulations have added considerable expense to the meat processing industry, and have cost livestock producers and the agriculture industries in Canada and Mexico billions of dollars. The WTO recently ruled in favor of the COOL complaint. This was the fourth time in the past few years that the WTO has ruled that the COOL regulation is negatively impacting the livestock industries in Canada and Mexico. Following the WTO ruling in favor of Canada and Mexico, the countries can now petition the WTO to retaliate against the United States if there are not acceptable corrections made to COOL. The trade retaliation would likely include the implementation of tariffs on certain agricultural imports from the United States that go into Canada or Mexico. This could make certain U.S. products less competitive in export markets, compared to similar products from other countries that are exported to Canada or Mexico. Products mentioned for possible tariffs include beef, pork, chicken, cheese, bakery goods, apples, rice and quite likely corn and ethanol. It would definitely have a big effect on the U.S. agriculture industry. Canada and Mexico are the largest export markets for U.S. products. In 2014, total U.S. exports to Canada were valued at $312 billion, and total exports to Mexico were valued at $240 billion. Canada and Mexico are Minnesota’s top ag export customers, accounting for 53 percent of the state’s total agricultural exports. In 2014, Minnesota exported approximately $912 million of total agricultural and food products to Canada alone. Disruption of export trade

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KIMBALL, MN 320-398-3800 ST. MARTIN, MN 320-548-3285 TRACTORS 4WD

TRACTORS 4WD Continued

TRACTORS AWD/MFD Continued

PLANTING & SEEDING Continued

JD 9560RT, '12, 660 hrs ........................................................$321,900 JD 9560RT, '12, 1005 hrs ......................................................$302,900 JD 9560RT, '12, 1040 hrs ......................................................$319,900 JD 9430T, '08, 3270 hrs ........................................................$199,000 JD 9400, '98, 9370 hrs ............................................................$75,000 JD 9330, '11, 435 hrs ............................................................$224,900 JD 9200, '00, 4150 hrs ............................................................$89,900 JD 9200, '98, 5135 hrs ............................................................$79,900 JD 8960, '94, 7130 hrs ............................................................$39,900 NH T9.560, '11, 1100 hrs ......................................................$215,000 NH T9.505, '11, 230 hrs ........................................................$189,900 NH TJ325, '05, 10,125 hrs........................................................$69,500 Steiger Panther, '89, 11,190 hrs ..............................................$39,500

CIH MX240, '99, 7080 hrs ........................................................$63,500 CIH MX240, '99, 7215 hrs ........................................................$58,500 CIH 215 Puma, '11, 3100 hrs ..................................................$99,000 CIH 200 Puma, '11, 655 hrs ..................................................$134,900 CIH 180 Puma, '08, 2105 hrs ..................................................$85,500 CIH 170 Puma, '12, 3355 hrs ................................................$112,000 CIH 140 Maxxum, '13, 170 hrs ................................................$79,900 CIH 140 Maxxum, '13, 1590 hrs ..............................................$80,000 CIH 140 Pro, '08, 3955 hrs ....................................................$695,000 CIH 125 Maxxum, '11, 1365 hrs ..............................................$79,900 CIH 125 Pro, '10, 1605 hrs ......................................................$77,500 CIH MXM175, '03, 2585 hrs ....................................................$69,500 CIH MXM155, '05, 2685 hrs ....................................................$56,500 CIH 8950, '98, 5980 hrs ..........................................................$55,900 CIH 7220, '94, 10,720 hrs ........................................................$59,500 CIH 7140, '90, 5080 hrs ..........................................................$58,900 CIH 7120, '92, 10,450 hrs ........................................................$49,900 JD 9630T, '10, 2770 hrs ........................................................$227,500 JD 9200, '00, 4150 hrs ............................................................$89,900 JD 9200, '97, 4125 hrs ............................................................$86,500 JD 8360RT, '12, 1630 hrs ......................................................$229,000 JD 8345RT, '10, 1115 hrs ......................................................$224,900 JD 8345RT, '10, 1475 hrs ......................................................$225,000 JD 8320RT, '10, 905 hrs ........................................................$209,500 JD 8320RT, '10, 1600 hrs ......................................................$209,500 JD 8100, '96, 5300 hrs ............................................................$69,500 JD 7530P, '10, 485 hrs ..........................................................$109,900 JD 7230, '11, 335 hrs ..............................................................$87,500 JD 6400, '95, 6600 hrs ............................................................$35,900 Kubota M9660, '13, 400 hrs ....................................................$41,750 NH TM155, '06, 9550 hrs ........................................................$45,000 NH T8040, '10, 1145 hrs ........................................................$149,900 NH T8010, '08, 2095 hrs ........................................................$109,900 NH 8.360, '11, 2050 hrs ........................................................$170,000 NH T7.210, '11, 740 hrs ........................................................$117,500

JD 7200, 16R30 ........................................................................$26,500 JD 1780, 24R22 ........................................................................$42,500 JD 1780, 15R31 ........................................................................$39,500 JD 1770NT, 16R30....................................................................$59,900 JD 1770, 16R30 ........................................................................$39,500 JD 1750, 8R30 ..........................................................................$18,500 JD 1700, 8R30 ..........................................................................$15,000 Kinze 4900, 16R30..................................................................$119,900 Kinze 3600, 12R24....................................................................$75,500 Kinze 2200, 12R30....................................................................$22,500 White 8816, 16R30 ..................................................................$86,500 White 8200, 12R30 ..................................................................$45,500 White 8180, 16R30 ..................................................................$62,500 White 6200, 12R30 ..................................................................$19,500 White 6180, 16R30 ..................................................................$24,900 Yetter 13101-010 Seed Tender....................................................$7,500

TRACTORS AWD/MFD

CIH 600 Quad, ‘11, 935 hrs. ......$321,500

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CIH 620 Quad, '15, 345 hrs ..............................................call for price CIH 600 Steiger, '12, 995 hrs..................................................$295,000 CIH 600 Quad, '12, 1720 hrs ..................................................$308,500 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 935 hrs ....................................................$321,500 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 1105 hrs ..................................................$315,000 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 1135 hrs ..................................................$315,000 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 1550 hrs ..................................................$305,500 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 3100 hrs ..................................................$252,000 CIH 550 Quad, '12, 880 hrs ....................................................$309,900 CIH 550 Quad, '11, 1765 hrs ..................................................$279,500 CIH 535 Quad, '10, 1235 hrs ..................................................$279,900 CIH 535 Quad, '09, 2980 hrs ..................................................$235,000 CIH 535 Quad, '08, 1860 hrs ..................................................$259,900

CIH 340 Mag, '13, 300 hrs......................................................$239,000 CIH 340 Mag, '13, 725 hrs......................................................$209,900 CIH 340 Mag, '13, 1255 hrs....................................................$199,900 CIH 340 Mag, '13, 1125 hrs....................................................$219,900 CIH 340 Mag, '12, 775 hrs......................................................$219,900 CIH 340 Mag, '11, 2075 hrs....................................................$179,900 CIH 340 Mag, '11, 1905 hrs....................................................$182,900 CIH 340 Mag, '11, 2240hrs ....................................................$179,900 CIH 340 Mag, '11, 2725 hrs....................................................$174,900 CIH 335 Mag, '11, 995 hrs......................................................$189,500 CIH 335 Mag, '09, 2055 hrs....................................................$160,000 CIH 335 Mag, '08, 3510 hrs....................................................$129,900 CIH 315 Mag, '13, 410 hrs......................................................$225,000 CIH 315 Mag, '13, 470 hrs......................................................$229,500 CIH 315 Mag, '12, 2080 hrs....................................................$205,000 CIH 315 Mag, '11, 1535 hrs....................................................$155,000 CIH 310 Mag, '14, 410 hrs......................................................$207,500 CIH 305 Mag, '10, 1825 hrs....................................................$169,500 CIH 305 Mag, '09, 1980 hrs....................................................$149,900 CIH 305 Mag, '07, 3600 hrs....................................................$134,500 CIH 290 Mag, '14, 405 hrs......................................................$197,500 CIH 290 Mag, '14, 725 hrs......................................................$199,000

COMPACT TRACTORS/RTV’s CIH 535 Quad, ‘08, 1955 hrs. ....$244,900

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

TRACTORS 2WD CIH 7250, '95, 5910 hrs ..........................................................$59,500 CIH 885, '88, 6350 hrs ............................................................$12,900 CIH 485, 1405 hrs ....................................................................$11,500 IH 684, '80 ..................................................................................$7,500 IH 656, '66, 8555 hrs..................................................................$6,950 IH 574, '78, 3480 hrs..................................................................$6,950 IH 300, '56, 6935 hrs..................................................................$3,500 JD 6200L, '95, 7100 hrs ..........................................................$24,000 JD 5520, '04, 2440 hrs ............................................................$25,350 JD 5310, '99, 4025 hrs ............................................................$11,900 JD 5055D, '12, 270 hrs ............................................................$18,500 JD 4000, '71, 9000 hrs ............................................................$13,500 NH T5070, '08, 1100 hrs ..........................................................$35,500

CIH 535 Quad, '08, 1955 hrs ..................................................$244,900 CIH 530 Steiger, '07, 2425 hrs................................................$199,000 CIH 500 RowTrac, '14, 480 hrs ..............................................$344,900 CIH 500 Steiger, '12, 1190 hrs................................................$235,000 CIH 500 Quad, '11, 1430 hrs ..................................................$269,900 CIH 500 Quad, '11, 1580 hrs ..................................................$282,900 CIH 485 Quad, '09, 1950 hrs ..................................................$246,500 CIH 485HD Steiger, '10, 1000 hrs ..........................................$219,900 CIH 485 Steiger, '10, 1635 hrs................................................$203,900 CIH 485 Quad, '09, 2650 hrs ..................................................$219,900 CIH 485 Quad, '08, 2160 hrs ..................................................$235,900 CIH 485 Quad, '08, 1585 hrs ..................................................$235,900 CIH 480 RowTrac, '14, 640 hrs ..............................................$339,900 CIH 450 RowTrac, '13, 505 hrs ..............................................$329,900 CIH 435 Steiger, '10, 935 hrs..................................................$217,900 CIH 435 Steiger, '10, 1820 hrs................................................$184,900 CIH 435 Steiger, '09, 1795 hrs................................................$184,900 CIH 350 Steiger, '12, 1105 hrs................................................$200,900 CIH 350HD Steiger, '11, 795 hrs ............................................$191,500 CIH STX500Q, '05, 3900 hrs ..................................................$198,000 CIH STX480, '06, 3110 hrs ....................................................$145,900 CIH STX450, '05, 3885 hrs ....................................................$142,500 CIH STX450Q, '02, 3765 hrs ..................................................$152,000 CIH STX450Q, '02, 4980 hrs ..................................................$142,900 CIH 9280, '92, 8180 hrs ..........................................................$57,500 Challenger MTC965C, '09, 1390 hrs ......................................$189,900 Challenger MT855B, '07, 4420 hrs ........................................$169,900 JD 9630T, '10, 2770 hrs ........................................................$227,500 JD 9630T, '09, 2390 hrs ........................................................$226,000 JD 9560R, '14, 545 hrs ..........................................................$309,900 JD 9560, '14, 565 hrs ............................................................$312,000 JD 9560R, '12, 320 hrs ..........................................................$299,900 JD 9560RT,'14, 595 hrs ..........................................................$341,500 JD 9560RT, '14, 610 hrs ........................................................$340,900 JD 9560RT, '14, 670 hrs ........................................................$338,500

CIH 290 Mag., ‘14, 160 hrs. ......$209,900 CIH 290 Mag, '14, 160 hrs......................................................$209,900 CIH 290 Mag, '13, 430 hrs......................................................$209,900 CIH 290 Mag, '13, 515 hrs......................................................$195,000 CIH 290 Mag, '12, 900 hrs......................................................$179,000 CIH 290 Mag, '11, 750 hrs......................................................$177,500 CIH 290 Mag, '11, 1780 hrs....................................................$149,900 CIH 280 Mag, '14, 235 hrs......................................................$185,000 CIH 275 Mag, '10, 2435 hrs....................................................$152,500 CIH 260 Mag, '12, 405 hrs......................................................$165,000 CIH 245 Mag, '10, 2135 hrs....................................................$148,900 CIH 235 Mag, '13, 335 hrs......................................................$179,900 CIH 235 Mag, '13, 735 hrs......................................................$175,900 CIH 235 Mag, '13, 1610 hrs....................................................$125,000 CIH 235 Mag, '13, 1770 hrs....................................................$125,000 CIH 225 Mag, '14, 110 hrs......................................................$169,000

JD 3520, '09, 390 hrs ..............................................................$23,900 JD 1025R, '13, 105 hrs ............................................................$14,500 Kubota B7300HSD, 1280 hrs ......................................................$5,900 Kubota B2620, '10, 85 hrs ........................................................$16,400 Kubota B2320HSD, '11, 125 hrs ..............................................$18,500 Kubota BX2650HSDC, '13, 55 hrs ............................................$30,600 Kubota BX2360, '11, 535 hrs......................................................$8,975 Kubota L3240HST, '13, 55 hrs..................................................$32,500 Kubota L2800, '08, 665 hrs ......................................................$13,950 MF 1533, '08, 960 hrs ..............................................................$24,000 NH TC33D, '00, 1715 hrs............................................................$9,650 NH TZ25DA, '06, 595 hrs............................................................$7,500 Artic Cat 700EFI, '11, 1450 hrs ................................................$13,000 Coleman HS500, '13, 85 hrs ......................................................$7,900 Ez-Go 1000, '12 ..........................................................................$4,995 Kubota RTV1100, '07, 865 hrs..................................................$14,250 Polaris Sportsman 400, '14, 10 hrs ............................................$4,500

PLANTING & SEEDING

CIH 190 Mag., ‘14, 455 hrs. ......$155,500

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HAY & FORAGE EQUIP. Cont

SPRAYERS SELF-PROPELLED Rudy Lusk - (507) 227-4119 Class 8700, ‘04, 2015 hrs.........

CIH 3230, ‘14, 380 hrs. ..............$189,500 CIH 3230, '14, 380 hrs ..........................................................$189,500 CIH SPX3200B, '01, 3825 hrs ..................................................$79,000 Ag Chem 1074SS, '07, 2200 hrs ............................................$136,000 Ag Chem 854 Rogator, '02, 2080 hrs ......................................$65,500 Ag Chem 854 Rogator, '99, 4140 hrs ......................................$69,900 Hagie STS12, '12, 550 hrs ......................................................$259,000 JD 4920, '05, 2425 hrs ............................................................$99,500 JD 4830, '09, 525 hrs ............................................................$219,900 Miller 5240HT, '13, 190 hrs ....................................................$269,000 Miller 4365, '10, 825 hrs ........................................................$245,000 Miller 4365, '09, 2055 hrs ......................................................$199,500 Miller 4240HT, '10, 2005 hrs ..................................................$159,000 Millerpro 2200TSS, '05, 1820 hrs ............................................$95,900 Miller Condor A75, '08, 1740 hrs............................................$149,000 Rogator 1084SS, '09, 2380 hrs ..............................................$149,500 Rogator 854, '98, 3490 hrs ......................................................$46,000 Rogator 854, '97, 5125 hrs ......................................................$37,500 Willmar 765, '95, 3235 hrs ......................................................$20,000

SPRAYERS PULL-TYPE Demco 1200 Nav ......................................................................$14,900 Fast 9500, 1850 Gal ..................................................................$34,900 (3) Hardi Commander, 1200 Gal ..............................starting at $19,900 Hardi CM1500 ..........................................................................$23,900 Hardi NAV1000, 60' ....................................................................$7,900 Hardi NP1100, 90' ....................................................................$23,500 Redball 690, 2000 Gal ..............................................................$24,600 Redball 680, 1350 Gal ..............................................................$16,500 (2) Redball 670, 90' ................................................starting at $12,500 Redball 570, 1200 Gal ..............................................................$15,900 Spray Air 3600, 120' ................................................................$29,700 (2) Summers Ultimate, 90' ......................................starting at $18,500 (2) Top Air 1600, 120' ............................................starting at $32,500

CIH RB564, 5x6 Rnd Baler........................................... CIH RB561, 5x6 Rnd Baler........................................... CIH RS561, 5x6 Rnd Baler........................................... Claas 280 Rnd Baler..................................................... Claas 280RC Rnd Baler ............................................... Claas 255 UNI Rnd Baler ............................................. JD 854 Rnd Baler......................................................... JD 568 Rnd Baler......................................................... MF 2856A Rnd Baler ................................................... NH BR7090 Rnd Baler ................................................. NH BR760 Rnd Baler ................................................... NH 688 Rnd Baler ....................................................... NH 648 Rnd Baler ....................................................... Vermeer 605H, 5x6 Rec Baler ..................................... CIH LB334 Rec Baler ................................................... (2) CIH LB333 Rec Baler..........................................sta (2) NH BB940A Rec Baler ........................................sta (3) CIH 600 Forage Blower ........................................st

SELF-PROPELLED FORAG

Bob Joubert, East - (507) 402 Randy Olmscheid, West - (320) 5

Call Randy or Bob to fin how to get an $18,0 D I S C O U N T o ff a U s e d C h Claas 980, '13, 960 hrs ............................................... Claas 980, '12, 1195 hrs ............................................. Claas 980, '09, 1055 hrs ............................................. Claas 980, '09, 1860 hrs ............................................. Claas 980, '08, 2945 hrs ............................................. Claas 980, '08, 1320 hrs ............................................. Claas 970, '13, 1010 hrs ............................................. Claas 970, '13, 950 hrs ............................................... Claas 970, '08, 1410 hrs ............................................. Claas 970, '08, 1875 hrs ............................................. Claas 960, '13, 430 hrs ............................................... Claas 960, '13, 1400 hrs .............................................

HAY & FORAGE EQUIP.

CIH 1240, 24R20 ....................$125,900

CIH 190 Mag, '14, 455 hrs......................................................$155,500 CIH 190 Mag, '11, 1915 hrs....................................................$111,900 CIH 190 Mag, '09, 3835 hrs......................................................$99,900 CIH 180 Mag, '13, 2090 hrs....................................................$119,500 CIH MX305, '06, 2785 hrs ......................................................$137,900 CIH MX285, '04, 5145 hrs ........................................................$97,500 CIH MX270, '99, 6940 hrs ........................................................$66,900 CIH MX240, '99, 5060 hrs ........................................................$64,950

W 3

CIH 1265, 36R22 ....................................................................$220,250 (4) CIH 1260, 36R22..............................................starting at $164,900 CIH 1260, 36R20 ....................................................................$164,900 (6) CIH 1250, 24R30................................................starting at $84,900 (6) CIH 1250, 16R30................................................starting at $69,900 CIH 1240, 24R22 ....................................................................$114,000 CIH 1240, 24R20 ....................................................................$125,900 (2) CIH 1240, 16R30................................................starting at $55,000 (2) CIH 1220, 8R30..................................................starting at $39,500 (2) CIH 1220, 6R30..................................................starting at $24,900 CIH 1200, 16R30 ......................................................................$49,750 CIH 1200, 16R22 ......................................................................$33,000 CIH 1200, 12R30 ......................................................................$67,000 CIH 955, 8R30 ............................................................................$8,500 CIH 955, 6R30 ..........................................................................$13,500 (4) CIH 900, 6R30......................................................starting at $3,950 JD DB44, 24R22 ....................................................................$155,000

CIH 8830, '90, 2335 hrs ..........................................................$17,500 Claas 8700, '04, 2015 hrs ........................................................$98,500 NH H8080, '11, 790 hrs ............................................................$89,000 NH H8080, '11 ..........................................................................$89,000 (4) CIH DC132, 13' MowCond ................................starting at $27,900 CIH DCX101 MowCond ............................................................$19,900 CIH 8370, 14' MowCond ............................................................$2,900 Claas 9100C MowCond ............................................................$58,000 Claas 8550C MowCond ............................................................$54,000 Claas 8400RC MowCond ..........................................................$63,000 NH H7450 MowCond ................................................................$24,900 NH 1475, 14' MowCond............................................................$11,900 NH 1441, 15' MowCond............................................................$16,750 NH 1431, 13' MowCond..............................................................$9,950 CIH FXH300 PT Forg Harv ........................................................$42,500 CIH FXH300 PT Forg Harv ........................................................$31,000 NH FP240 PT Forg Harv............................................................$18,500 NH FP230 PT Forg Harv............................................................$34,000 NH FP230 PT Forg Harv............................................................$18,500 NH FP230 PT Forg Harv............................................................$29,500 (2) CIH MDX81 Disc Mower ......................................starting at $5,800 CIH MDX31 Disc Mower ............................................................$4,500 Kuhn GMD800 Disc Mower ........................................................$7,900 Kuhn GMD700HD Disc Mower....................................................$9,500 Kuhn GMD600, 7' Disc Mower ..................................................$4,400 Gehl WM2109 Wind Merg ........................................................$13,500 (4) Millerpro 14-16 Wind Merg................................starting at $26,500 NH 166 Wind Merg ....................................................................$3,500 Phiber SM848 Wind Merg ........................................................$28,500 (3) Rowse 8' Wind Merg............................................starting at $4,800 JD 894A Rake ................................................................................$850 Krone 1010, 30' Rake ..............................................................$16,900 Pottinger 185A Rake ................................................................$15,000

Claas 960, ‘12, 825 hrs. .......... Claas 960, '12, 825 hrs ............................................... Claas 960, '12, 850 hrs ............................................... Claas 960, '12, 1250 hrs ............................................. Claas 960, '10, 2200 hrs ............................................. Claas 960, '09, 1825 hrs ............................................. Claas 960, '08, 3710 hrs ............................................. Claas 930, '13, 1235 hrs ............................................. Claas 930, '10, 3630 hrs ............................................. Claas 900, '09, 1890 hrs ............................................. Claas 900, '08, 4220 hrs ............................................. Claas 900, '05, 3390 hrs ............................................. Claas 900, '02, 3950 hrs ............................................. Claas 900, '01, 3985 hrs ............................................. Claas 900, '01, 4205 hrs ............................................. Claas 880, '99, 4720 hrs ............................................. Claas 880, '96, 1285 hrs ............................................. Claas 870, '03, 2880 hrs .............................................

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tinued

..$98,500

GE

2-3147 583-6014

nd out 00 00 hopper!

...........$359,000 ...........$350,000 ...........$285,000 ...........$275,000 ...........$220,000 ...........$289,000 ...........$350,000 ...........$350,000 ...........$298,500 ...........$239,000 ...........$325,000 ...........$325,000

.$344,000

SELF-PROPELLED FORAGE Cont.

ST. CLOUD, MN 320-251-2585 COMBINES Continued

Claas 930, ‘10, 3630 hrs. ........$179,000

CIH 6130, ‘13, 390 hrs. ............$259,900

Claas 860, '96, 4365 hrs ..........................................................$78,500 Claas 830, '03, 1400 hrs ........................................................$136,500 Claas 830, '03, 2880 hrs ........................................................$116,500 JD 7980, '14, 605 hrs ............................................................$335,000 JD 7980, '13, 1375 hrs ..........................................................$269,000 JD 7780, '14, 350 hrs ............................................................$335,000 JD 7780, '13, 365 hrs ............................................................$356,000 JD 7500, '04, 2840 hrs ..........................................................$145,000 JD 6850, '98, 3980 hrs ............................................................$65,000 JD 5730, '90 ............................................................................$38,500 JD 5730, '87 ............................................................................$32,500 NH FX38, '01, 2120 hrs ............................................................$78,000 Claas DD520 Disc Hayhead ......................................................$39,500 (4) Claas PU380HD Hayhead ..................................starting at $14,500 (13) Claas PU380 Hayhead ......................................starting at $12,000 (2) Claas PU300 Hayhead ..........................................starting at $8,000 (2) JD 645C Hayhead ..............................................starting at $19,500 (2) JD 640B Hayhead ................................................starting at $9,500 (2) JD 7' Hayhead ......................................................starting at $2,000 (7) Claas Orbis 900 Cornhead................................starting at $110,000 (9) Claas Orbis 750 Cornhead..................................starting at $72,000 (7) Claas Orbis 600 Cornhead..................................starting at $59,000 (12) Claas RU600, 8R30 Cornhead..........................starting at $15,500 (2) Claas RU450 Cornhead ......................................starting at $25,500 Claas RU450XTRA Cornhead ....................................................$42,000 (3) Claas 6 Row Cornhead ..........................................................$8,500 JD 692 Cornhead ......................................................................$82,000 (2) JD 690 Cornhead ..............................................starting at $92,000 JD 688 Cornheaad ....................................................................$24,500 JD 686, 6R30 Cornhead............................................................$39,500 JD 3R30 Cornhead......................................................................$3,200 Kemper 6008 Cornhead ............................................................$51,500 (4) Kemper 4500 Cornhead ....................................starting at $19,500 NH 360N6 Cornhead ................................................................$16,900 NH 3PN Cornhead ......................................................................$8,500

CIH 7230, '12, 685 hrs ..........................................................$277,900 CIH 7230, '12, 750 hrs ..........................................................$258,000 CIH 7230, '12, 895 hrs ..........................................................$259,900 CIH 7120, '10, 1205 hrs ........................................................$219,900 CIH 7120, '09, 1230 hrs ........................................................$225,900 CIH 7120, '09, 1440 hrs ........................................................$212,500 CIH 7120, '09, 1715 hrs ........................................................$209,500 CIH 7088, '10, 1525 hrs ........................................................$189,500 CIH 7088, '09, 1380 hrs ........................................................$197,900 CIH 7010, '07, 1840 hrs ........................................................$165,000 CIH 7010, '07, 2355 hrs ........................................................$145,500 CIH 6130, '14, 150 hrs ..........................................................$269,000 CIH 6130, '14, 185 hrs ..........................................................$269,000 CIH 6130, '14, 200 hrs ..........................................................$269,000 CIH 6130, '14, 350 hrs ..........................................................$269,900 CIH 6130, '14, 450 hrs ..........................................................$259,900 CIH 6130, '13, 385 hrs ..........................................................$253,000 CIH 6130, '13, 390 hrs ..........................................................$259,900 CIH 6130, '13, 515 hrs ..........................................................$254,500 CIH 6088, '12, 695 hrs ..........................................................$227,900 CIH 6088, '11, 415 hrs ..........................................................$239,500 CIH 6088, '10, 1270 hrs ........................................................$189,900 CIH 2588, '08, 1450 hrs ........................................................$169,900 CIH 2588, '08, 1805 hrs ........................................................$169,500 CIH 2588, '07, 1445 hrs ........................................................$165,000 CIH 2588, '07, 1720 hrs ........................................................$166,500 CIH 2588, '07, 1790 hrs ........................................................$164,500 CIH 2577, '08, 1655 hrs ........................................................$159,000 *** CIH 2388, '05, 2410 hrs ..................................................$123,500 CIH 2388, '05, 2510 hrs ........................................................$126,500 CIH 2388, '05, 3160 hrs ........................................................$121,900 CIH 2388, '03, 2425 hrs ........................................................$109,900 CIH 2388, '03, 2940 hrs ........................................................$105,900 CIH 2388, '03, 3500 hrs ..........................................................$89,900 CIH 2366, '98, 3445 hrs ..........................................................$74,500 CIH 2188, '96, 3025 hrs ..........................................................$59,900 CIH 2188, '96, 3745 hrs ..........................................................$54,900 CIH 2188, '95, 4400 hrs ..........................................................$42,500 CIH 2166, '97, 3300 hrs ..........................................................$52,000 CIH 2166, '96, 4155 hrs ..........................................................$42,500 CIH 2166, '95, 3095 hrs ..........................................................$60,000 CIH 2166, '95, 3665 hrs ..........................................................$62,500 CIH 1660, '90, 4565 hrs ..........................................................$19,500 CIH 1660, '88, 4635 hrs ..........................................................$18,500 JD 9610, '98, 4030 hrs ............................................................$59,000

COMBINES CIH 9230T, '13, 570 hrs..........................................................$347,500 CIH 9120, '12, 535 hrs ..........................................................$292,900 CIH 9120, '11, 640 hrs ..........................................................$274,900 CIH 9120, '11, 920 hrs ..........................................................$258,900 CIH 9120T, '11, 1220 hrs........................................................$306,900 CIH 8230, '14, 440 hrs ..........................................................$335,000

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Cousins launch dairy start-up with fathers’ support By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer HILLMAN, Minn. — With low milk prices and long hours, dairy farming isn’t the most profitable industry these days, but Tanner Tanner Miller Miller, 20, and cousin Derek Miller, 23, started up a dairy with 38 cows last September. It took a banker willing to finance two young dairy farmers, and two dads willing to share machinery, crops and patience in exchange for some hands-on work on their own farms, to make the enterprise a reality. “I’ve grown up around cows since I was a kid,” said Tanner. “I love farming. I love cows. At this stage, there’s nothing else I’d rather do.” They are third-generation dairy farmers with milk in their veins; Tanner’s dad is Ron Miller and Derek’s dad is Roger Miller. The senior Millers had their eye on the 40-acre farm next to Ron’s farm and when it came up for sale, they purchased the place for their sons. “We’ve been doing this since we learned to walk, it seems,” Derek said. “But without our dads, this wouldn’t have happened. It all just sort of unfolded and here we are.” Fresh start After being let go from his job in 2014, Derek found the 38 cows near

Detroit Lakes, Minn. Finding their starter herd took two months of searching in catalogs, breeder journals and Dairy Star. “Our dads have been dairying for Derek Miller about 35 years,” he said. “They had some suggestions on who to see. But when me and my dad walked into this old barn at Detroit Lakes and saw his cows we knew they were right for us. We could see they had good genetics. And they were young cows, mostly in their second and third lactations.” The starter farm has a big shed, a nice barn and some good land, and being so close to home made the site perfect, said Tanner. “The first thing we did when we got this place was pressure wash the entire barn and get a good radio with speakers,” he said. “Hearing nothing but your milker pulsator units gets boring real quick. Cows seem more contented, too. It’s mostly music but some weather and market news adds to the listening.” Between their dads’ farms and this starter farm, the Miller crew handles about 450 acres of corn and alfalfa cropland in order to raise all the feed they can for the cows. Apparently they’re good with alfalfa, getting six- to seven-year stands routinely. See MILLER, pg. 27

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MILLER, from pg. 26 “Seed down the good land and it just seems to go and go,” said Derek. New Holland Haybines are their principle haymaking tools. While corn grain, corn silage and alfalfa hay is the current feed, they are considering haylage, partly to lessen the stress of finding good hay making weather and

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partly to add additional palatability into the total ration. Milking Derek and Tanner still have off-farm jobs at Cretex in Elk River, Minn. — Tanner the 6 a.m. shift; Derek starts at 7:30 a.m. Derek does the morning milking, operating three units into a pipeline system. They double up the 5 p.m. milk session which takes about 80 minutes using four units.

Derek also does the morning feed routine: grain, then silage and top dressed with alfalfa hay so cows can free feed anytime they wish. Milk is picked up every other day and milk checks delivered every two weeks. Current production is about 65 pounds daily. The dairy came with a milking system including a 1,500-gallon steel tank. See MILLER, pg. 28

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MILLER, from pg. 27 Cows are housed and stanchioned 24/7 in individual stalls which have rubber mats and gutter grates. Sawdust from a local saw mill is used for bedding. Partnership Their dads do some daytime chores at their sons’ barn. Tanner and Derek talk about dropping their offfarm jobs when they get up to a total of 150 cows between their farm and Ron’s. Resigning their off-farm jobs also depends on their banker. Lower cow prices would help, too. Those 38 cows bought last September averaged $2,200 per cow. Weaker milk prices aren’t making the math look any better. Growing their own corn and alfalfa so that soybean meal is the only purchased feed is a big help. At this stage their dads are also a big help with machinery and land for corn and alfalfa. “It’s kind of a partnership,” said Tanner. “They help us, we help them. Until we get on our feet, we know special support from our parents is a big part of our early days.” He’s not predicting when his dad will quit dairying. “Since Dad bought this place he’s got more life in him. He’s proud,” said Tanner. “My dad will die in the barn,” said Derek. Tanner’s dad is a proud father and uncle. “I think both are above average. They’re used to hard work,” Ron said. “Plus they’ve grown up farming See MILLER, pg. 29

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MILLER, from pg. 28 Hard work Derek is the herdsman, the guy so they are ‘farming smart’ and who does barn time if a cow is ‘cow smart.’ I think Tanner is calving during the middle of the exceptional for his age. He’ll be a night. In fact, a cow delivered a good farmer some day.” calf when The Land was visiting. Tanner worked three years for His dad, Roger, also makes nightanother dairy farmer during and time visits to the barn just out of after high school and helped out habit, the cousins said. his dad. Derek isn’t bashful about jabSlow growth bing the “white collar” traders Tanner and Derek share the handling the markets and pricworkload. That includes 2X milking of fluid milk. ing in their 48-cow stanchion “I’d like to see them out here a barn with pipeline system and six few days following us and seeing milker units but they currently if they could keep up,” Derek use only four. They do this to keep said. “After they get back to their a close eye on each cow and make comfort chairs, they might better sure everything is going right. understand why better milk The result is a rhythm that suits prices are so important to us both the milkers and the cows. guys out here delivering the raw Tanner describes their lineup material.” as younger, big-bodied cows with They realize that occasionally lots of capacity. The Millers taking a break from the cows is won’t push production too Dick Hagen necessary. aggressively. Derek Miller giving an early assist with delivery of a calf; Tanner joined in a few moments later. “I get away once in awhile,” said “We’ll build slowly with a goal Tanner. “Derek, I’ve got to practiBull calves get sold off colostrum milk within a of 80 pounds per cow,” Derek said. “We’re hoping for couple weeks. They’ve found the sale barn in Albany cally force him to take a break ’cause he won’t leave six to seven lactations per cow.” the barn. You don’t want to be milking cows 10 years Their first winter wasn’t easy, but they got through generates better prices. straight without a day off; that’s too much. Yet my For heifer calves, they use calf hutches. it just fine. dad probably hasn’t taken a day off in 12 years.” ❖ “I like hutches,” said Derek. “You feed individually. “We’re used to it; so are the cows,” said Tanner. “We kept the barn a little bit colder. Cows like it better that You check the health of each critter this way. They’re way. We’ve since bought a few more cows and are up to up to drink their daily milk. It’s just the best way to about 60 including some dry cows brought up from the monitor your calves.” 65’ or 100’ home farm. Everything is working good.” - 2 Models 2” full port swivel Expansion is the next step. & transport lock. “If we build just a bit more space so we could have Can be mounted 50 cows each milking, that would help our bottom right side up or upside down, “We Wil line. From there on we’ll see how we’re doing,” he said. Not Be l & crank can be on U nder either side. Production Sold!” They are paying close attention to production and cow health. “We keep good records on each cow,” he said. Scrapers/Rollers Available in Fifteen Locations: “Breeding dates, calving dates, dry off dates. That’s Humboldt, De Soto, Iowa Falls, Liscomb, Manchester, Britt, Readlyn, Bayard, Chariton, Fremont, Osceola, Woodbine, all on the tag board above each cow.” 3 pt. heavy duty Newton, Sac City, IA & Wayne, NE Their semen source is Select Sires, but they would Rock Lifter SCRAPERS FOR SALE OR RENT: like to take a breeding class to do their own insemi- 3/4 yd. to 31 yd. • Ashland, Big Dog, Cat, Garfield, Holcomb, Leon, Rowse, IronWolf, Johnson & Arts Way Grader - Dolly Wheel or Direct Mount nations in the future. Water quality proved to be a major challenge for these young men’s dairy. “We had issues,” said Tanner. “Cows didn’t want to 80-90 on hand eat their feed. They weren’t drinking much so their digestion was plugging up. We battled that for two to ROLLERS FOR SALE OR RENT: three months than we put a hydrogen peroxide drip Riteway, Degelman & Summers for leveling system into the well. The water is really hard up 8’ to 85’ Land Rollers • Approx. 60-70 on hand tile lines here so the water lines were continually getting plugged. When we installed the hydrogen peroxide drip system milk production went straight up.” Double B Manufacturing They also installed a filter into the water line. Any 6666 58th Avenue SE • Willmar, MN 56201 debris particles coming off inside the water line gets • Website: www.doublebrepair.com caught by this filter. Even cows’ attitudes seemed to • Email: jpeterz28@gmail.com perk up once they got into clean water. Phone: (320) 382-6623

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Ag groups preparing to pick through Clean Water Rule conference or PR campaign.” By MARIE WOOD The Land Associate Editor Paap has already heard from farmers who The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say, “Keep the pressure on.” and the Army Corps of Engineers finalized the George Boody, executive director of the Land Waters of the United States rule to clarify and Stewardship Project, plans to review the Clean define waters protected from pollution under Water Rule. He noted that science and farmer the Clean Water Act, but many farm advocates experience show that reducing soil and nutrisay the rule muddies the issue. ent runoff into water is possible with crop George Boody Collin Peterson Doug Peterson The Clean Water Rule is 297 pages long, but Kevin Paap diversification outside of corn and soybeans. as of June 3 the rule was yet to be published on issues are best left to states and counties. “We also know in general terms that to have a wellthe Federal Register. A press release from the EPA The EPA press release states that the rule’s focus is on functioning economy, we need a combination of regustates that the rule does not create any new permitting requirements for agriculture and maintains all streams that can carry pollutants downstream. Most lations and individual actions that balance the comprevious exemptions and exclusions to include ditches will not be regulated, but ditches that work like mon good with one’s own interest,” said Boody. streams and carry pollution downstream could be pro- “Whether this is exactly a good regulation, I can’t planting, harvesting and moving livestock. tected. The rule is also supposed to reduce the use of say that.” Kevin Paap, president of Minnesota Farm Bureau, case-specific analysis of waters and not regulate The House passed a bill to repeal WOTUS, sponsaid his group’s certified water quality experts and groundwater, shallow subsurface flows or tile drains. sored by Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and ranking environmental lawyers are going through the docuBesides federal regulations, the Clean Water Rule member of the House Agriculture Committee. A simment line by line for thorough analysis. leaves farmers open to liability from environmental ilar bill is going through the U.S. Senate. “We feel it’s Congress’s job, not the agencies’, to action groups, said Paap. Peterson issued this statement May 27: “Farmers, write the laws,” he said. “Verbal assurances won’t help us in the court; it’s ranchers, local communities and businesses all Paap voiced concerns over how the rule treats what’s written down in the law,” he said. “It’s what’s expressed concern with the negative impacts of this ditches, ponds, wetlands and streams that only flow written on those 297 pages that the court of law will after rain events, and stated that water quality look at, not what an administrator says in a press See WATER, pg. 33

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that case, she showers in and By MARIE WOOD out, which she has always The Land Associate Editor done. She has added a disinfecWhile avian flu is having a tant mat that when stepped on ripple effect across agriculture wraps around the whole shoe and rural communities, Minto disinfect. It seems to do a nesota turkey producers better job than the dip bucket. remain on the front line of the virus’ impact. A total of 104 Industry recovery farms and 8.4 million turkeys Kim Halvorson Halverson can’t predict when have been affected across the this outbreak will recede, but state as of June 1, according to the there is hope. She said 29 barns are Minnesota Board of Animal Health. In coming back into production. Kandiyohi County alone, 39 turkey “There are going to be some issues with operations have been hit. getting enough poults,” she said. “We will “We are farm families. It’s scary. We all feel the pressure because so many of are under a siege,” said Kim Halvorson. the breeder birds were destroyed.” She and her husband, Dennis, run Halvorson likened the turkey indusHalvorson Farms, a 33,000-capacity try to a train that has slowed down. turkey operation near Morristown in Rice “It takes time to gather enough County, Minn. The couple grows heavy steam to get it up and running again,” toms in a brooder house and two finishing buildings. Every six weeks, birds are mov- she said. ing in and out one of the buildings. She expects it will take another year, but that’s with the caveat that Min“Personally, it’s very, very stressful for us, as it is for all the growers,” said Halvor- nesota doesn’t have another outbreak. son. “Opening the door in the morning is An avian flu vaccine is available. stressful. I hope everything is OK.” However, a blood test called a titer Minnesota is the largest turkey pro- measures antibodies. If turkeys are vacducer in the United States, but Halvorson cinated, a blood test will show the avian said the actual industry is small. Accord- flu antibody and then the turkey cannot ing to the Minnesota Turkey Growers enter the food market, said Halvorson. Association, about 450 family farmers “They can see the markings in their raise 44 to 46 million turkeys annually. blood. Before we ship a bird to market we “As growers are breaking with this have to send in blood samples,” she said. horrible virus, we know who they are, The demand for turkey and eggs we know them personally and your remains strong. Prices for tom breast prayers go out to them as they have to meat used for deli meat has risen 10 deal with the issues,” she said. percent since mid-April to $3.37 a A member of the MTGA, Halvorson pound, according to the U.S. Departrecently served a term on its board of ment of Agriculture. directors. “As an industry we are very protective about the products we put out,” she Biosecurity As of June 3, Rice County had not been said. “ From the get-go, day one, our infected by avian flu. Halvorson has first priority was that our consumers about 30,000 birds on her premises and knew our product was completely safe.” just shipped about a third to market. Funding At the state level, MTGA pushed the “Everything we put out is tested before it ever leaves the farm,” she said. Legislature to appropriate funds for avian influenza research at the UniverMoving the birds to market is less sity of Minnesota. Funding is logjammed stressful, but it means that people in the session’s omnibus funding bill come out to the farm to help and awaiting special session. The bill includes Halvorson must ensure that all the controversial buffer strip initiative employees are following the exact and elimination of the Minnesota Pollusame biosecurity protocol. tion Control Agency’s citizen’s board. “We’re more aware,” she said. “It’s frustrating,” said Halvorson. In this small, independent farm, the According to the Minnesota House Halvorsons are for the most part the Public Information Service, the bill only people that go in and out of the would appropriate $87 million for the barns. She spends most of her time in Department of Agriculture. This the brooder house while her husband includes avian response activities: works the two finishing barns. $3.62 million for the Minnesota When taking weights, Halvorson will Department of Agriculture; $1.85 milbe needed in the finishing barns. In lion to the Board of Animal Health and

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WATER, from pg. 30 rule. Despite that, EPA either wasn’t willing to listen or simply just does not get it. I am committed to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to explore all available options to ensure that these arbitrary and subjective regulations never go into effect.” MFB agrees. “Ditch the rule,” said Paap. “Let’s start over and get everybody at the table and figure out what we can do together.” EPA talks Doug Peterson, president of Minnesota Farmers Union, spoke with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on May 27. MFU requested greater emphasis on the definition and clarity of ditch drainage. “We objected to that rule and told them to take it back and reword it. We were very concerned about clarity,” said Peterson. “What Gina told me yesterday on the phone is where it affects Minnesota is in the Prairie Pothole region, they would be looking at those areas on a case-by-case review. That’s not so good.” The Prairie Pothole region covers a major portion of western Minnesota from the Red River Valley through northwest and central Iowa. The Clean Water Act protects navigable waterways and their tributaries, but the rule says that a tributary must show a physical feature of flowing water. The rule also protects headwaters. “Tributaries or primordial waters and how it works as a system may be detrimental to how we address protection of the waters,” Peterson said. “We have to see the final language. On first blush, it looks like it is more complicated.” MFU will review the rule and comment, but it’s likely they’ll differ from the National Farmers Union due to the overlap of the Minnesota Wetlands Conservation Act. “I told Administrator McCarthy that bureaucrats and agencies should vet regulations before they are laid out, before we had to do extensive rule making and comment periods where we end up with a lot of controversy,” said Peterson. The result, he said, would be a rule that would be a lot easier for farmers to understand. Next steps The rule will be effective 60 days after publication on the Federal Register. According to Paap, the measure has to be challenged within 90 days. Paap noted that it’s likely President Obama will veto the WOTUS repeals passed by the House and expected to pass in the Senate. Then Congress will need enough votes to override the veto. “It’s long from being over,” he said. To learn more about the Clean Water Rule, visit the Environmental Protection Agency’s www.epa.gov/cleanwaterrule and the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Ditch the Rule site at http://ditchtherule.fb.org/ ❖

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You can do it — How female farmers work the land Old MacDonald has nothing on you. He has a farm, you’ll have a farm. On his farm, he has some cows and pigs and chicks, and your farm will have animals, too. The only difference is that MacDonald has had his farm since before your mother was a THE BOOKWORM child, and you’re pretty SEZ green on yours — but you can catch up. You can read By Terri Schlichenmeyer “Woman-Powered Farm” by Audrey Levatino. So you’re getting your very own spread, or you’ve recently taken control of one you’ve lived on for awhile. Women have worked on farms for centuries, so you’re joining a solid sisterhood; in fact, recent studies show that over 13 percent of all farms in the United States are operated by women, and that includes women who are African American, Native American and Asian. There’s a lot to learn when you want to run a successful farm of any sort but, above all, you’ll need somewhere to do it. The best advice Levatino says she got when she and her husband first began farming: “too much land is never a bad thing.” And yet, finding a location may be premature if you’re unsure of what direction to take. In that case, you may consider an internship or apprenticeship. Soak up all the lessons you can find, query your local farm bureau, or talk to a county agent. As one interviewee points out, to learn on a farm, all you ever need to do is ask. It goes without saying that different kinds of farms need different kinds of tools, but there are obvious requirements across-the-board, says Levatino. You may need a chain saw or tractor, and you’ll want to know how to safely operate both. In this book, you’ll learn the basics for maintaining a water system and a wood-burning stove, the overall differences in fencing, and which just-in-case items

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to keep in your farm truck. You’ll also learn that farming is for cities, too. And then there are the animals because, really, what’s a farm without a cat or two, and a dog, at least? Levatino explains pros and cons for various livestock, how to keep them, and how she memorialized the inevitable harsh reality. If you know your way around a barn or you’re already farm-experienced, you can stop right here. This book isn’t for you. No, “Woman-Powered Farm” is more for the newbies who have no idea what they’re getting themselves into, and who need the basics. Levatino gives them that in a no-nonsense, reassuring tone that’s not condescending. She offers interviews, tips and

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hints to help get many kinds of operations running, including safety reminders, ideas on bookkeeping, gardening advice, and enough info to empower even the most citified reader. Established farmers might get a kick out of this book. They might learn something. It’s certainly no crime for them to read it, but its rudimentary approach is more for the neophyte who needs downon-the-farm direction and a boost of selfassurance. If that’s you, then “Woman-Powered Farm” will quickly have you saying “E-I-E-I… Ohhh!” Look for the reviewed book at a bookstore or a library near you. You may also find the book at online book retailers. The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and never goes anywhere without a book. She lives in Wisconsin with three dogs and 10,000 books. ❖

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‘No bull’ — Sire does best Winnie-the-Pooh impression her own way to catch a bull — and without a rope. Our other son posted a picture of it on Facebook with the caption, “This is the luck we have.” And he’s right — if your last name is Schwaller, you’ll find yourself in some of the damndest situations. It’s a guarantee that comes right along with the name. Just as humorous were the comments that came from others who saw the photo. One said, “I hope his

offspring are smarter, or you’ll be busy next summer.” Our daughter commented, “I think the herd genetics could use some attention.” It was just another typical day at the Schwallers’. And that’s no bull. Karen Schwaller brings “Table Talk” to The Land from her home near Milford, Iowa. She can be reached at kschwaller@evertek.net. ❖

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Some days I don’t know what in the name of Gertie’s garter goes on around here. It started out as a normal day. My husband was working on a shed he was building, when his phone rang that afternoon — as it does at least a gazillion times a day. It would make me crazy. TABLE TALK Pretty soon he traipsed up to By Karen Schwaller the house with a small power tool and asked if I would take it over to our son, who had just called asking to borrow it. “He said the bull has his head stuck in something,” my husband said. So as farm wives do, I dropped what I was doing and headed over to where our son was to give him the tools to set the bull free from his bondage. As priorities go, freeing a bull trumps mending blue jeans, even though there would probably be more of those to mend after the emergency bovine rescue attempt — whether the mission succeeded or failed. I was halfway there when our son called to say he didn’t need the tool anymore, that the bull was free. I turned around and went home, and everyone went about their day. Later that evening the lady of the farm where the bull was staying was telling me how funny it looked seeing the bull with his head stuck, and said she would send me the video she took while out surveying the situation with the guys. Turns out — unknown to us, the bull had his head stuck in a tree trunk. Yes. A tree trunk. I’m certain I would have been the ‘Doubting Thomas’ back in biblical days, where I would need to see it to believe it. But there he was in living color — a bull’s big, bulky body sticking out from a tree trunk, his tail swinging as if it was just another day out in the pasture. It was funny to sit at the computer and watch the video of the guys working together to free the bull’s head from such a ridiculous make-shift trap. Actually, he looked very Winnie-the-Pooh-like. Trying to imagine what he had been thinking to get himself into this ridiculous situation, we guessed he was investigating what a hole in a tree trunk could offer for food or excitement, and perhaps he got a little more than he bargained for. It had to be hard on his ego. I’ve heard of people with their heads stuck in the sand — and even in specific anatomical locations — but even this was more than I could believe, seeing it with my own eyes. We watched the brief video with fixed fascination and muffled giggles. We gazed at the two guys working on the tree, carefully monitoring the bull’s reaction, and working slowly and mechanically to open up the part of the tree that enveloped the bull’s head. Inventors continue to improve the way we catch household mice today, but Mother Nature came up with

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Sell your land or real estate 2 JD chopper boxes. 716, Selling or Buying Farms in 30 days for 0% commis$3,100; 716A, $3,500. 715-684or 1031 Exchange! sion. Call Ray 507-339-1272 9304 Private Sale or Sealed Bid Auction! WANTED: 300-600 Ac. Call “The Land Specialists!” 2009 NH BR7090; w/bldgs. Or bare land; W or Northland Real Estate Round Baler (3100 bales), S of metro area. Call 612-756-1899 or 320-894-7337 plastic wrap, twine, mon, Northland RE for details! www.farms1031.com etc., shedded, like new. 612-756-1899 or email REDUCED $22,500 beltzrealestate@gmail.com. 319-347-6138 Can Deliver. We have extensive lists of Land Investors & farm buyers throughout MN. We alAg Bag 6070 9 & 10' tunways have interested buynels, split conveyor, 250' ers. For top prices, go with cables, hyd rewind. our proven methods over $25,000/offer. 507-643-6622 thousands of acres. Serving Minnesota Mages Land Co & Auc Serv FOR SALE: JD 336 baler with thrower and (2) 16' www.magesland.com Storms bale throw racks. 800-803-8761 HUTCHINSON, MN (320) 587-5357 Real Estate Wanted 021

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H & S Forage Boxes (2) 16' twin augers, poly floors, 16 ton Meyer running gear, exc cond. $10,000 ea/offer. Will split. 507-643-6622 JD 3970 chopper, w/7 1/2' hay head, late model, $7,950. JD 346 baler, $4,150. Both very good condition. 715-684-9549 JD 50' hay elevator, heavy duty, with truck, $1,000 715723-4259 NH 144 Inverter, GEHL 960 Forage Wagon with Tandem running gear. 952-9551559 Material Handling

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WANTED: Land & farms. I FOR SALE: JD327 Baler FOR SALE: Jaycox 12” maw/throw $5,500; CIH8530 have clients looking for nure pump, complete, 10hp w/thrower, like new $8,500; dairy, & cash grain operamotor, 16', OH'd 2 yrs ago, NH-BR7070 w/crop cutter, tions, as well as bare land $10,000/OBO. 952-442-2797 2800 bales $26,000; parcels from 40-1000 acres. 320-249-8556 Both for relocation & inBins & Buildings 033 vestments. If you have even thought about selling FOR SALE: NH 315 baler w/belt thrower, good me- FOR SALE: USED GRAIN contact: Paul Krueger, BINS. MANY SIZES chanical condition, $800. Farm & Land Specialist, AVAILABLE. FLOORS 715-671-3199 Edina Realty, SW Suburban AND EQUIPMENT, CONOffice, 14198 Commerce CRETE AND ERECTION Ave NE, Prior Lake, MN WORK. 715-308-9649 55372. paulkrueger@edinarealty.com

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FARM LAND • NEW LISTING - 68 acres of good farmland West of Windom, MN in Springfield Township. CPI is 83. Priced To Sell. • 160+/- tillable Acres FOR SALE in Kimball TownshipJackson County. Crop Productivity Index (CPI of 93.5., CER 81.78.)

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Bunker Silo 8' high, 36 8' 1680 Brady stalk chopper, 311 NH baler w/hydr. thrower, long, 3 4' long sides, 2 corJD 825 6R cult. like new, ners, excellent shape 7153415 Yetter rotary hoe, 750 234-3954 gal. Century crop sprayer SILO DOORS w/60' hydr. booms-$3,900. Wood or steel doors shipped 507-356-8351 or 507-261-7100 promptly to your farm stainless fasteners 2RH Unload chopper boxes hardware available. Miller Pro 2150, $3,850; (800)222-5726 Meyers 1800 chopper box Landwood Sales LLC $3,550; both have JD 1075 wagons, JD 3950 Chopper, new knives metal alert, hyStormor Bins & EZ-Drys. draulic controls, hay head, 100% financing w/no liens $5,700. 715-285-5818 or red tape, call Steve at Fairfax Ag for an appoint900 NH Chopper, 824 cornment. 888-830-7757 head, $10,000; Case 600 blower, $2000. 920-864-2188 Grain Handling Equip 034 Case IH 12x30 flat fold vibra shank cult w/ long gangs, FOR SALE: 67,000 bu. grain exc cond, $2,750; Case IH bin, Butler 48x40 w/power 183 8x30 cult w/ vibra tines, sweep, bin is down, ready $950; NH BR780 round to be loaded. $20,000. Kanbaler, net & twine wrap, Sun grain dryer, Model $6,900; NH 499 12' haybine, 10730 w/DMC monitor, exc. $2,900; Rowse 9' 3pt sickle cond., 5” grain air system, mower, exc cond, $3,750; 30-horse motor, 6 cyclones, JD MX8 3pt rotary mower, 600'plus of pipe, 6-bin dis$3,750. 320-769-2756 tributor, 7 – 90 degree elbows. 612-741-2010. FOR SALE: '51 JD A tractor; '49 JD B tractor; JD 44 FOR SALE:Used grain bins, 214 ground lift plow. 320floors unload systems, sti363-8164 rators, fans & heaters, aeration fans, buying or sell- FOR SALE: 1830 Case IH ing, try me first and also 12R30” row cultivator, call for very competitive $5,000; Melroe 45' (hyd) contract rates! Office spring toothed drag, $3,000; hours 8am-5pm Monday – 3pt mounted fork lift, 20' Friday Saturday 9am - 12 reach, $2,500. 507-240-0294 noon or call 507-697-6133 Ask for Gary FOR SALE: 3pt hitch 72” Woods finish mower. 50715' diameter holding tank, 334-8562 or 507-330-3303 1500 bu, with 6' 6” auger, 3ph 3 hp electric motor FOR SALE: 8-row 30” JD400 rotary hoe. 507-319-7056 $1,700. 641-425-9035

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USED PARTS LARSON SALVAGE Good selection of tractor parts - New & Used All kinds of hay equipment, haybines, balers, choppers parted out. New combine belts for all makes. Swather canvases, round baler belting, used & new tires.

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Top Air 1200 T-tank Sprayer, 60/90’ 5-sect. boom w/Flo Bak valves, 20” spacing, triple nozzle bodies, adj. axle from 60”-120”, 380x90R46 tires, fence row nozzle kit, foam marker - Stock # 61392 - $33,250

Miller Pro 500BW 500-gal. Big Whl. Sprayer, 45’ all hyd. front-fold boom, 20” nozzle spacing, 3-sect. ball valves, Teejet control w/pressure regulator, Ace belt-drive PTO pump - Stock # 62854 - $11,875

Top Air 750 Master Link Tandem Axle Sprayer, w/45’ boom, 60”-120” whl. spacing, Hypro PTO shaft-driven pump, 45’ manual-fold boom, foam marker kit, bottom fill kit - Stock # 60175 - $7,850

JD 100 Big Square Baler, walking tandem axle, Harvest Tech applicator, air compressor, last bale eject, crop cutter, light pkg., 13⁄8” 1000 PTO. Through Shop & Field Ready - Stock # 62038 - $29,450

Case IH 8610 Bale Processor/Grinder, 13⁄8” 21spline PTO, left-hand discharge, bale loader forks. Serviced Through Shop - Stock # 62848 - $7,350

Case IH 8460 Round Baler, 5x6 bale size, electricover hydraulic dual twine wrapper, 540 PTO drive - Stock # 62212 - $6,950

NH 1465 Haybine Mower Conditioner, 9’3” cut, 540 PTO drive, hydraulic swing tongue, factory light kit, hydraulic lift cylinder, bolted sickle. Like New Condition - Stock #62406 - $13,250

JD 100 820 MoCo 9’9” Mower Conditioner, rubber conditioner rolls, 540 PTO, manual tongue shift, hydraulic lift cylinder w/hoses, manual header tilt, non-clog guards - Stock # 62856 - $9,250

NH 489 Haybine Mower Conditioner, w/hydraulic cylinder and hoses, good conditioner rollers, 540 PTO, good sickle and guards. Serviced Through Shop - Stock #62841 - $4,450

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JD 630 (1957) runs perfect FOR SALE: '02 Geringhoff FOR SALE: International FOR SALE: JD 2800 vari- FOR SALE: Tox-0-Wik 500 excellent paint, must be 630RD chopping cornhead, bu crop dryer, JD 300 65' 1420 Hydro Combine, chopable width 5-bottom plow, seen, $8,000. 715-723-4259 re-built in 2010, used on 240 bale conveyor. 715-639-2119 per, tank ext., 4500 hours always shedded, good conacres per yr, $12,500. Call w/843 cornhead w/HI-TIN, dition. $3,500 507-877-2036 JD 720 diesel excellent tires 507-276-8830 always shedded, good conwith narrow front. Please dition. $8,000 507-877-2036 FOR SALE: Case IH 1666 call 715-313-0366 combine, 1993, 2600 hrs, 20' JD 30' 630F grain head, ('06) grain head, 6R30” cornNEW AND USED TRACTOR field ready, $14,900. '14 30' head. 507-720-6523 or 507PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, grain head trailer w/ trailer 340-2333 55, 50 Series & newer traclights, $2,800. JD 230-23 ½' tors, AC-all models, Large tandem disk, $1,500. 8”x66' Inventory, We ship! Mark PTO Feterl grain auger, Heitman Tractor Salvage $900. 507-327-6430 715-673-4829

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FOR SALE: Farm King JD finishing mower, $995; 210 Kenseth corn dryer, $5,000; 710 5 bottom Int'l plow, $995; (2) 24x5x32 tires, 12 ply, $1,500/pr. 507-391-5127

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* ’15 TruAg 2-Box Seed Tender, extended platform, New ................$11,750 *************** USED EQUIPMENT *************** CIH 260 Magnum tractor, Loaded, Like New ..................................$142,500 HAYMAKER SPECIAL! – $25,000 Package Deal – ( Baler, Rake & Mower)

• NH BR780A Baler, mega-wide pickup, flotation tires, moisture monitor, net & twine, bale command, low bales • 2013 Maschio Wheel Rake, 12-wheel high capacity • Hesston 1170 Mower Conditioner, swing tongue, 1-steel/1-rubber roll, Excellent Condition Hesston 1170 mower conditioner $5,700 NH BR780A baler, Loaded ..........$12,000 ‘13 Maschio 12 wheel high capacity rake ..............................................$8,500 Woodford Ag bale racks, 10’x23’..$2,195

Werner Implement Company, Inc. Vermillion, MN 55085 • www.wernerimplement.com Call Mel, Randy or Charlie

(651) 437-4435 • (800) 770-4634

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

‘01 JD 1780 planter, 16/31 row, 3 bu. boxes, Seed Star monitor..........$27,500 JD 930, 30’ flex head ....................$4,750 JD 510 ripper, 7-shank ..................$9,500 IH 720 plow, 7-18” ........................$5,500 CIH 3900, 30’ disk........................$19,500 CIH 4700, 481⁄2’ field cult. ..............$7,250 ‘15 USAGear 7’ backhoe ..............$5,960 Alloway-Woods 20’ stalk shredder, pull type ........................................$7,500 EZ Trail 860 grain cart, red ..........$17,500 Unverferth 470 grain cart ..............$6,500 J & M 350 bu. wagon ....................$2,700 Westfield 1371 auger w/swing hopper walker, PTO ..................................$6,500 Hutch 8x60 swing hopper, Nice ....$3,000

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‘10 Kuhn Knight 8124, 13⁄8 1000 PTO, 425 truck tires, 2400 gallon • $21,700

FORAGE BOXES

FARM SYSTEMS 2250 Austin Road • Owatonna, MN 55060 800-385-3911 • 507-451-3131 www.northlandfarmsystems.com

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USED SKIDLOADERS

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

‘13 Kuhn Knight VT144T TMR, Maxx mixer, Digi Star 2500V scale, side disch. • CALL

‘14 Gehl R220, joystick/hand controls, std. hyd., cab, heat, 2-spd., PQ tach, radio, susp. seat ..$29,500 ‘13 Gehl R220, T-bar controls, 2-spd., counter wgt. ............................................................................$23,500 ‘01 Gehl 7600, Gehl T-bar controls, cab, heat....$15,900 ‘04 Gehl 5640, Gehl T-bar controls, single spd. $14,900 ‘11 Gehl 4640, T-bar controls, cab, heat, single spd. ............................................................................$21,500 ‘95 Gehl 3725, Gehl T-bar controls, gas eng. ......$7,700 ‘14 Gehl R220, Gehl hand controls, std. hyd., cab, heat, 2-spd.........................................................$26,800 ‘81 Gehl 3510, Gehl controls, gas, sgl. spd. ........$6,900 Gehl 3000, Gehl T-bar controls, gas, sgl. spd. ....$3,750 ‘12 Gehl R210, joystick controls, cab, heat, PQ tach, radio, etc. ..........................................................$39,990 Gehl 5620, Gehl hand controls, cab, heat, Gehl All-Tach-Q-Tach ..................................................$9,800 ‘12 Gehl 5240 P2, Gehl hand T-bar controls, 64 hp. Yanmar dsl. eng., 12x16.5 tires, 1900 lb. lift capacity, sgl. spd., wgt. kit, 2526 hrs., SN:3595..............$21,900 ‘13 Gehl R220, Gehl hand controls, std. hyd., cab, heat, 2-spd., counter wgt., susp. seat ............$27,250 ‘11 Gehl 5640E, Gehl T-bar hand controls, 84 hp. Yanmar dsl. eng., 12x16.5 tires, 2200 lb. lift capacity, std. hyds., sgl. spd., 2600 hrs., SN:2742..........$20,500 ‘08 Gehl 5640E, T-bar controls, Deutz dsl. eng., 12x16.5 tires, 2200 lb. lift capacity, sgl. spd., susp. seat, 2800 hrs., SN:0606 ........................$18,750 ‘13 Gehl 5240E P2, pilot joystick controls, std. hyd., cab, heat, 2 spd., PQ tach, radio, counter wgt., susp. seat, block heater....................................$27,500 ‘11 Gehl 5240, joystick controls, cab, heat, 2-spd., cold weather PQ tach, block heater, counter wgt., susp. seat ..........................................................$25,900 ‘05 Gehl 4840, Gehl T-bar controls, cab, heat....$17,200 Gehl 4835SXT, Gehl T-bar controls, cab, sgl. spd., standard hyd. ....................................................$12,700 Gehl 4625, Gehl T-bar hand controls, sgl. spd., standard hyd. ......................................................$7,850 ‘13 Gehl 5640E, Gehl hand T-bar controls, cab, heat, 2 spd. PQ tach, counter weight, susp. seat ....$24,950 ‘12 Gehl 5640E, Gehl hand controls, sgl. spd., PQ tach, counter wgt., susp. seat ..................................$19,900 ‘13 Gehl 4640E P2, T-bar controls, std. hyd., sgl. spd., counter wgt., susp. seat, engine block heater $22,900 Gehl 3000, Gehl T-bar controls, gas eng., sgl. spd. ..............................................................................$3,750 ‘13 Gehl 190R, T-bar self/level, sgl. spd., counter wgt., susp. seat ..........................................................$24,950 ‘13 Gehl 190R, Pilot-joystick (hand), cab, heat, 2-spd., standard hyd. ....................................................$33,900 ‘13 Mustang 1900R, H/F controls, std. hyd., cab, heat, 2-spd., PQ tach, radio, susp. seat....................$32,500 ‘07 Mustang MTL20, joystick controls, 2-spd., cab, heat ....................................................................$29,900 ‘12 Mustang 2700V, H/F controls, cab, heat, radio, 2-spd., PQ tach, counter wgt. ..........................$32,300 ‘05 Mustang 2109, H/F controls, cab, heat, air, 2-spd. ................................................................$28,900 ‘99 Mustang 2050, T-bar controls, sgl. spd. ........$7,800 ‘00 Mustang 2050, T-bar controls, sgl. spd. ......$11,900 ‘13 Mustang 2056II, Case all hand controls, standard hyd., cab, heat, 2-spd., PQ tach, counter wgt., susp. seat ..........................................................$26,500 ‘13 Mustang 2056, H/F controls, cab, heat, radio, 2-spd, PQ tach, counter wgt. ..........................$28,900 ‘00 Mustang 2050, Gehl T-bar controls, sgl. spd. ............................................................................$11,300 ‘02 Mustang 2074, dual lever/foot controls, standard hyd., cab, heat, sgl. spd., counter wgt., susp. seat ............................................................................$18,750 ‘05 Mustang 2054, hand⁄foot controls, 46 hp. Yanmar dsl. eng., 10x16.5 tires, 1650 lb. lift capacity, 1990 hrs., SN:6526 ............................................$15,500 ‘08 Mustang 2054, cab, heat, sgl. spd. ..............$19,700 ‘10 Mustang 2044, T-bar controls, sgl. spd., 765 hrs., SN:6822..............................................................$18,900 ‘11 Mustang 2056, H/F controls, cab, heat, 2-spd. ............................................................................$17,900 Mustang 940, T-bar/F controls, heat, single spd. ..........................................................CALL FOR PRICE ‘11 Mustang 2044, T-bar controls, cab, heat......$18,700

‘08 Mustang 2054, Case controls, 49 hp. Yanmar dsl. eng., 10x16.5 tires, 1650 lb. lift capacity, sgl. spd., 2533 hrs., SN:8360 ............................................$15,500 ‘08 Mustang 2041, Gehl controls, cab, heat ......$15,750 ‘11 Mustang 2041, Gehl hand controls, cab, heat ............................................................................$19,200 ‘11 Mustang 2041, Gehl hand controls, cab, heat ............................................................................$17,000 Mustang 2066, Gehl controls, 2177 hrs., SN:5356 ............................................................................$20,900 ‘12 Bobcat S130, H⁄F controls, cab, heat, sgl. spd., PQ tach, radio....................................................$19,500 ‘74 Bobcat M600, hand⁄foot controls, 25 hp. Wisconsin VF4D gas eng., 7x15 tires, 700 lb. lift capacity, 1314 hrs., SN:4892 ........................$2,950 ‘13 Case SR175, hand controls, standard hyd., 2 spd., PQ tach, counter weight, susp. seat, side windows ....................................................$19,800 ‘89 Case 1825, Case hand controls, standard hyd., 48” bucket............................................................$7,900 ‘81 JD 90, T-bar/foot controls, gas eng. ..............$4,795 ‘98 NH LX565, H/F controls, cab, heat ..............$12,800 ‘11 JD 326D, H/F controls, cab, heat, sgl. spd. $24,200 ‘81 Case 1816B, Case hand controls, Kohler gas eng. ..............................................................................$4,900

‘14 Mustang 2600R, H/F controls, cab, heat, 2 spd., PQ tach, counter wgt. • $39,900

‘13 Gehl 5240E P2, T-bar controls, sgl. spd., counter wgt., manual all-tach • $26,900

H&S 840, 11Lx15 tires, 20,000 lb. capacity ............$895

SPREADERS⁄PUMPS

Balzer 3350, injectors, hyd. drive ..........................$7,895 ‘04 Kuhn Knight 8118, 13⁄8” 1000 PTO, tandem axle, F&R splash guards ..............................................$6,900 (3) Kuhn Knight 8140, 13⁄8” PTO, 28Lx26.1 tires ..................................................................Call For Price Kuhn Knight 8118, 540 PTO, 16.5x16.1 tires ......$11,500 Kuhn Knight 8024, 13⁄8” 1000 PTO, 425 tires ......$14,900 NI 3739, 540 PTO, 385x22.5 tires, 390 bu. ........$10,500 NI 3739, 540 PTO, 275/80R22.5 tires ....................$7,500 ‘08 Kuhn Knight 8132, 13⁄8” 1000 PTO, 425 tires, front & rear splash guards ................................$23,500 ‘02 Knight 8040, 13⁄4” PTO, hyd. lid, hinged on left ............................................................................$21,500 Kuhn Knight 8132, 13⁄8” 1000 PTO, 425 truck tires, 3200 gal..............................................................$20,500 ‘08 Balzer V6, liquid manure pump, 13⁄8” 1000 PTO, 2-pt. hitch, 6” discharge, 8’ pit depth, agitate option ..................................................................$6,500 ‘07 Kuhn Knight 8124, 13⁄4” 1000 PTO, 2400 gal. $17,900 ‘96 Knight 8018, 540 PTO, 16.5x16.1 tires, 1800 gal. ..............................................................$8,100 N-Tech manure pump, 3 pt. 6”x8’, impeller, 1000 RPM ............................................................$5,250 TELEHANDLER ‘95 Knight Mfg. 8018, 540 PTO, 295-75x22.5 tires, 1800 Lull 644-34, 2-stick, 2-spd., block heater, auxiliary gal., new flighting ................................................$9,200 hyd., 4WD ..........................................................$14,900 ‘09 Meyer V Max 3245, 540 PTO, 16.5x16.1 tires, ‘05 Gehl RS6-42, 13x24 tires, 2800 hrs...............$36,000 450 bu., 2200 gal., SN:5280 ..............................$11,950 ‘07 Gehl CT7-23T, joystick controls, cab, heat ..$31,900 HAY & HARVEST EQUIPMENT ‘09 Gehl CT5-16T, steering wheel⁄joystick, 75 hp. Case IH 8610, 540 PTO, processes up to 6’ bales Perkins dsl. eng., std. hyds., hydrostate drive, ..............................................................................$5,200 CAH, radio, susp. seat, 125⁄8” -18 tires, 5000 lb. lift capacity, 16’2” lift height, 4175 hrs., SN:6034 $36,500 ‘10 Teagle 8080WB, 540 PTO, 10/75-15.3 tires, processes 5’ wide x 6’ round bales, spout controller, ‘06 Gehl RS5-34, JD 99 hp. dsl. eng., 15x19.5 tires ............................................................................$34,200 self loading, SN:1038 ........................................$24,500 ‘05 Gehl RS5-34, 3-spd., 4WD ............................$35,000 ‘12 Teagle 8080WB, 540 PTO, 10/75-15.3 tires, ‘05 Gehl RS6-42, 4WD, 13x24 tires ....................$35,000 processes 5’ wide x 6’ round bales, spout controller, self loading, SN:1146 ........................................$25,900 ‘06 Gehl RS6-42, JD 115 hp. dsl. eng., 13x24 tires 3 ............................................................................$34,900 Vermeer Top Gun, 1 ⁄8” 1000 PTO, processes ‘06 Mustang 844, JD 115 hp. dsl. eng., 3 spd. ..$36,900 5x6’ bales ..........................................................$15,500 ‘07 Haybuster 2564, 13⁄8” 1000 PTO, 12.5x15 tires, TRACTORS 5x6’ bales ..........................................................$18,200 ‘45 International H, 26 hp., 540 PTO ....................$1,995 NH 144, standard cross conveyor, ground driven$3,900 ‘72 International 666, 2WD, 69 hp. gas eng., front tires NH 144, 15” tires, 6’ fixed extension, dual drive whl., 7.50-16, back tires 15.5-38, 7823 hrs., SN:1281 $7,900 ground drive ........................................................$3,950 Ford 2N, 23 hp. Ford eng., 11.2-28 rear tires, 4.00NH 855, 540 PTO, Bale Command monitor, twine tie, 19SL front tires, SN:3795 ....................................$3,900 SN:8860................................................................$3,350 Ford 1000, 2WD, 25 hp., 540 PTO, front tires 5.00-15, Gehl 800, 11⁄3” 1000 PTO, w/hay head ..................$2,995 rear tires 11.2-24, 2563 hrs., SN:0212 ................$3,900 Gehl 910, 540 PTO, 16’ box, MN 12-ton tandem Gehl gear..............................................................$3,500 TMR’s⁄MIXERS Gehl 920, 540 PTO, 16’ box, 12-ton tandem Gehl gear ‘08 Penta 2020SD, 540 PTO, left hand 4’ conveyor, ..............................................................................$3,500 EZ 400 scale ......................................................$15,000 Case IH 600, 60” blower ........................................$2,100 ‘11 Patz V500, 13⁄4” 1000 PTO, right hand conveyor Gehl 960, 540 PTO, 16’ box ..................................$2,500 ............................................................................$24,500 Gehl 980, 540 PTO, 16’ box w/1⁄2 ton tandem gear, ‘97 Knight 3300, 540 PTO, 300 cubic feet ............$5,500 H&S 6-12 running gear........................................$6,950 Knight 3036, 540 PTO, slide tray, Digi-Star EZ210 Gehl CB1250, 13⁄8” PTO, hay head only ................$3,950 scale, SN:0397 ..................................................$12,900 ‘09 Haybuster 2564, 13⁄8” 1000 PTO, w/curved spout ‘04 Penta 5600, 540 PTO, EZ 2000V scale, ............................................................................$15,900 corner door ........................................................$17,500 MF 37, 9’ bar rake ....................................................$850 ‘13 Penta 1420, 13⁄4” 1000 PTO, 6’ tip-up conveyor, Valmetal H5600, 540 PTO, process bales up to 5x5 rear door, EZ 2500V scale ................................$73,900 bales ..................................................................$18,900 ‘07 Penta 6720HD, 540 PTO, front right corner door ‘06 Woods S20CD, 13⁄8” 1000 PTO, 9.5x15 tires, del., Digi-Star scale, Tornado auger’s, 2 spd. 20’ width ..........................................................$12,500 gear box ............................................................$26,500 Frontier RR2109, 540 PTO, 21.5/60 tires, 9’ raking ’07 Kuhn Knight 5144, 540 PTO, 385 truck tires, width ....................................................................$5,200 440 cu. ft., EZ 2000U scale, SN:0074 ..............$16,500 ‘13 Kuhn SR110, 10-wheel rake w/kicker wheel ..$4,900 ‘08 NDE 2802, 13⁄8” CV PTO, flat cross conveyor, ‘09 Kuhn GMD600, 540 PTO, 7’10” cut ................$6,900 EXV 2500 scale, 2 spd., step down floor, rear ‘13 H&S BF16HC, 6.7”x15 tires (6), 16-wheel rake, discharge & front conveyor discharge ............$31,500 hyd. opening ......................................................$13,250 Henke 2209, 540 PTO, 200 cu. foot, 615XL WeighH&S Super 7+4, 540 PTO, 12.5x15 tires, 16’ box $6,300 Tronix scale, auger discharge, SN:2054 ............$4,300 ‘90 JD 1600, 540 PTO, 11L14 tires, 12’ width ......$3,995 RotoMix VXT425, 540 PTO, 385/65R22.5 tires, Badger BN2054, 540 PTO, 54” forage blower ........$895 LH discharge......................................................$18,500 ‘05 Sovema WRV10H, 10-wheel rake, high capacity ‘09 SAC MAXI Mix 3030V, 540 PTO, 4’ 3-auger style ......................................................................$4,950 discharge, left hand ..........................................$14,500 Teagle 8080WB, 540 PTO, spout controller, self loading ............................................................................$20,500 MISCELLANEOUS Whatcom 850, 540 PTO, 850 cu. ft. ......................$9,500 ‘12 H&S BF12HC, 12-wheel rake ..........................$9,500 (2) JD 640 pull-type rakes, 9’ raking width ....Ea. $1,800 Bobcat concrete hammer, universal skid mount, flat face couplers, rebuilt charge system, SN:0483 $4,200 ‘06 JD 338, 540 PTO, small bales, #42 thrower Berlon BSC lifts full size round bales ......................$450 w/controller ........................................................$14,700 Farm King Y60SD, 540 PTO, 60” tiller ..................$1,995

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FOR SALE: 1230 JD 7000, FOR SALE: Lilliston 6R front fold Yetters, insectiCultivator excellent condicide boxes, bean meters, tion, $700/OBO. 715-495-0757 like new monitor and harness, very good, $8,500 FOR SALE: Lorenz 6R30” Danish tine cultivator, firm. 712-845-4344 $400/OBO. 320-597-2312 FOR SALE: JD 7100 8R30 mounted planter; JD 520 FOR SALE: Miller 6R cultivator excellent condition, mounted drill w/ seed & $600/OBO. 715-495-0757 markers; JD 1100 24' field cultivator. Best Offer. 507- IH #53 6R30" rear mounted 327-1766 or 507-381-9048 cultivator, w/rolling shields, 3pt quick hitch, $500/OBO. White 5100 12RN vertical fold 712-786-3341 planter w/row cleaners and always shedded, $3,000. 515Machinery Wanted 040 851-0802 All kinds of New & Used farm equipment – disc chisels, field cults, planters, FOR SALE: 30' FLAT soil finishers, cornheads, FOLD, Case IH rotary hoe, feed mills, discs, balers, $4,000/OBO. 507-383-8094 haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 FOR SALE: 48 1/2' CIH 4700 Field Cultivator, double Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712, fold, field ready. (507) 430Glencoe 7400; Field Cults 5144 under 30': JD 980, small grain carts & gravity boxes FOR SALE: B & H model 300-400 bu. Finishers under 9600 16R cultivator, flat 20', clean 4 & 6R stalk chopfold, rock trips, new shovpers; Nice JD 215 & 216 els, field ready, $22,500. flex heads; JD 643 cornCan contact me at heads Must be clean; JD fritzo@frontier.com corn planters, 4-6-8 row. or 507-473-0156 715-299-4338 FOR SALE: CIH 3900 30' WANTED TO BUY: 1660 or Disk, new 22" blades and 1640 Combine, Nice. 320-241bearings 500 acres ago with 7029 Summers 104 3-bar drag, WANTED TO BUY: 9' disc $22,000. (507) 430-5144 bine in good condition. 320FOR SALE: JD 12R folding 260-8446 cultivator, rolling shields, WANTED: Extruder to $1,800. 507-317-3396 make extruded beans, corn FOR SALE: JD85 12-row, 30” & grain binder in gd cond. Cultivator, rolling shields, Interested in other horseflat-fold, 3-pt., shedded, drawn farm machinery. field-ready, low acres. Freeman L. Miller, 216 250th St., Woodville, WI 54028 $1,000/OBO 507-238-1538 Tillage Equip

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PRE-OWNED EQUIPMENT

'13 JD S680, 325 Hrs., Pro-Drives, 5-Spd. Rev., GS3 2630 Display, 20.8x42's, 28LX26 Rears, Chopper, Bin Ext. ..................$239,500 '08 JD 9670STS, 1136 Hrs., CM w/Hi-Torque Rev., 20.8X42's, 600/65R28 Rears, Chopper, Thru Combine Program, Nice! ..........$125,000 '13 JD 6170R, 230 Hrs. w/New H-380 Loader & Grapple, 20-Spd. Auto-Quad, Premium Cab, 540-1000 PTO, 520/85R42's, 420/90R30 Fronts..................................................$134,500 '12 Case-IH Magnum 180 MFWD PS, 436 Hrs., 18.4x46's w/Duals, Front Fenders., Luxury Cab (Leather), 3-PTO's, Guidance Ready..................................................$104,500 '11 JD 8360RT, 1280 Hrs., 5500 30" Belts., Big Pump w/5-Remotes, 22 Front Wgts., Leather Trim ......................................$190,000 '13 Case-IH 35' Flex Head (Terra-Flex), Double Drive, In Cab Cutterbar Suspension, (New-0 Acres) ......................................$34,500 '13 Case-IH 35' Flex Head (Terra-Flex), Single Drive, Manual Cutterbar Suspension, (New-0 Acres) ......................................$29,850 '12 JD 612C (12R-30"), Hyd. Deck, Knife Rolls, HHS, Row Sense, Low Acres! ..$45,000 '10 JD 608C, Hyd. Deck, Straight Fluted Rolls, HHS ......................................................$29,500

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Midsota Rock Trailers Available

We carry a variety of USED Demco Gravity Boxes –

‘13 Cat Challenger, 832 hrs, Track, 285 hp, 30" belts, 5 hyds....$247,500

E Hwy 12 - Willmar • 800-428-4467 Hwy 24 - Litchfield • 877-693-4333 www.haugimp.com

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• 5/8” drum roller wall thickness • 42” drum diameter • 4”x8” frame tubing 1/4” thick • Auto fold New Rock Wagons AVAILABLE! ROLLERS

‘79 JD 4440, 9530 hrs, 2WD, 130 hp, 14.9x46, duals, 2 hyds ..........$22,000

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USED EQUIPMENT

LARGE SELECTION OF WHEEL RAKES IN-STOCK

‘13 JD 7200R, 475 hrs, MFWD, 200 hp, 380-90R50, duals, 4 hyds ......$177,000

‘12 JD 7230R, 788 hrs, MFWD, 230 hp, 480-80R46, duals, 4 hyds ......$179,900

‘04 JD 7420, 2330 hrs, 2WD, 115 hp, 480-80R42, 2 hyds..$60,000

‘08 JD 7930, 4148 hrs, MFWD, 180 hp, IVT, 480-80R46, 3 hyds..CALL

‘02 JD 8220, 556 hrs, MFWD, 190 hp, 380-90R50, duals, 4 hyds ....$104,000

‘12 JD 8235R, 809 hrs, MFWD, 235 hp, 380-90R54, 5 hyds ..$162,000

‘11 JD 8285R, 315 hrs, MFWD, 285 hp, 380-90R54, duals, 4 hyds ......$206,000

‘14 JD 8360R, 149 hrs, MFWD, 360 hp, 380-90R54, duals, 5 hyds ......$285,000

‘02 JD 8410T, 5686 hrs, Track, 270 hp, 24" belts, 4 hyds......$85,000

‘14 JD 9460R, 244 hrs, 4WD, 460 hp, 800-70R38, duals, 5 hyds ....$295,000

‘12 JD 9510R, 420 hrs, 4WD, 510 hp, 76x50 ..........................CALL

‘10 JD 9530T, 1189 hrs, Track, 475 hp, 36" belts, 4 hyds....$289,000

‘13 JD 9560R, 177 hrs, 4WD, 560 hp, 850-42, duals, 4 hyds ..........$333,000

‘13 JD 9560RT, 601 hrs, Track, 560 hp, 36" belts, 4 hyds ..$345,000

‘10 JD 9630, 958 hrs, 4WD, 530 hp, 800-70R38, duals, 4 hyds ..$277,000

COMBINES

‘05 JD 9760STS, 3150 ENG/2450 SEP HRS, 18.4-46, TRIPLES, CM ............$128,000 ‘10 JD 9770STS, 1012 ENG/682 SEP HRS, RWA, DUALS ............................$289,000 ‘11 JD 9870STS, 963 ENG/689 SEP HRS, PWRD, 800R38, DUALS..............$299,000 ‘13 JD S660, 256 ENG/183 SEP HRS, AWD, 710-70R38 ..............................$330,000 ‘12 JD S670, 176 ENG/158 SEP HRS, 650-85R38, DUALS, AWD ................$340,000 ‘14 JD S680, 169 ENG/123 SEP HRS, AWD, 800-70R38, DUALS ................$389,000 ‘13 JD S680, 682 ENG/493 SEP HRS, 650-70R38, DUALS ..........................$350,000

SPRING TILLAGE

‘97 JD 980 FIELD CULT, 36.5', 73 SHANKS, HARROW ....................................$17,500 ‘95 JD 980 FIELD CULT, 44.5', FOLD, HARROW ................................................$9,900 ‘07 JD 2210 FIELD CULT, 45', 91 SHANK, 7" SHOVELS ..................................$36,500 ‘08 JD 2210 FIELD CULT, 50.5', 101 SHANKS, HARROW ................................$55,000 WILRICH 2500 FIELD CULT, 28', 7" SWEEPS, HARROW ..................................$2,995

FALL TILLAGE

‘13 CS/IH 870 DISK RIPPER, 13 SHANK, 26', HARROW ................................$82,000 ‘10 CS/IH 870 DISK RIPPER, 13 SHANK, 6" POINTS, HARROW......................$62,000 ‘12 JD 2623 DISK, 33' 7", 24" BLADES ............................................................$49,000 ‘13 JD 2625 DISK, 33' 7", FOLDING, HARROW ..............................................$64,000 ‘06 JD 2700 MULCH RIPPER, 18', 10" POINTS, 9 S ........................................$33,500 ‘12 JD 2700 MULCH RIPPER, 18', 9 SHANK ..................................................$49,900 ‘11 JD 2700 MULCH RIPPER, 7 SHANK, 10" POINTS......................................$29,500 ‘12 JD 2700 MULCH RIPPER, 9 SHANK, 10" POINTS......................................$46,000 ‘11 WISHEK DISK, 26', ROTARY SCRAPERS ..................................................$54,500 ‘13 JD 3710 MOLDBOARD PLOW, 10 BTM, COULTER ....................................$52,500 ‘13 JD 3710 MOLDBOARD PLOW, 8 BTM, COULTER ......................................$34,500 ‘13 SALFORD 8212 MOLDBOARD PLOW, 12 BTM, 18" ..................................$57,500 ‘13 SALFORD 8214 MOLDBOARD PLOW, 14 BTM ..........................................$63,000 ‘09 SALFORD RTS41, RTS, 41', 13 COULTERS, HARROW..............................$51,000

CONSTRUCTION

‘13 JD 326E SKID, 426 HRS, 74 HP, 2-SPD, CAB, JOYSTICK, 84" BKT ..........$47,500 ‘12 JD 326D SKID, 718 HRS, 74 HP, 2-SPD, FOOT CONTROLS, BKT..............$37,000 ‘10 JD 328D SKID, 647 HRS, 83 HP, 2-SPD, CAB, POWER QUICK TACH........$42,900 ‘14 JD 328E SKID, 716 HRS, 86 HP, 2-SPD, CAB, 84" BKT ............................$45,500 ‘12 JD 333DT SKID, 1509 HRS, 91 HP, 17.7" TRACKS, CAB ..........................$52,500 ‘02 BOBCAT SKID, 3393 HRS, 78 HP, CAB, DIESEL, 84" BKT ..........................$28,500 ‘13 JD 1810E EJECTOR SCRAPER, 1810E FIXED BLADE ..............................$102,620

CARTS AND TRAILERS

‘12 KILLBROS 1311 GRAIN CART, 1300 BU, 22" DOUBLE AUGER ..................$52,000 ‘10 KILLBROS 1160 GRAIN CART, 600 BU, ROLL TARP..................................$15,900 KILLBROS 300 HEADER TRANSPORT TRAILER, 35', 6 WHLS ..........................$4,900 ‘14 THUNDER FUEL TRAILER, 750 GAL, 35' HOSE REEL................................$11,900 ‘11 THUNDER CREEK FUEL TRAILER, 750 GAL ................................................$9,750 ‘12 THUNDER FUEL TRAILER, 990 GALLON, TANDEM....................................$13,000 CHEVY FUEL TRUCK, SINGLE AXLE ..................................................................$3,500 MAUER HEADER TRANSPORT TRAILER, 30', 4 WHLS......................................$4,900 UNVERFERTH HT-30 HEADER TRANSPORT TRAILER, 30', 4 WHLS ................$2,500 UNVERFERTH 1225 ROLLING BASKET, 55', DOUBLE......................................$31,000

OTHER

WESTFIELD WR80-71 AUGER, 8"X71', 540 PTO ..............................................$3,900 ‘14 TEBBEN ROTARY CUTTER, 540 PTO............................................................$3,750 ‘90 JD 535 RD BALER, TWINE, 2 MONITORS, 540 PTO....................................$9,900

SPRAYING

‘06 FAST 743P, 60' BOOM, 3 PT, 20" SPACING ..............................................$13,900 ‘04 RED BALL, 1200 GAL, 80', 4 SECTION ......................................................$16,900 HARDI 60', HYD PUMP ......................................................................................$6,500 HARDI 66' FOLDING BOOM, 1000 GAL TANK ....................................................$7,900

UTILITY

‘07 JD GATOR, 888 HRS, 4WD, 23 HP, BOX DUMP, BEDLINER ........................$7,500 ‘13 JD GATOR, 32 HRS, 4WD, 62 HP, GAS, SPORT ........................................$12,800 ‘12 CAN-AM, 235 HRS, 4WD, WINCH, HITCH ................................................$12,000 ‘05 CADET SUPER LT 1554, 338 HRS, 27 HP, 54" DECK, HYDRO ....................$1,650 ‘05 JD TRAIL BUCK 500 ATV, 2011 HRS, 4WD, 498CC, REAR HITCH ..............$2,900 ‘04 JD BUCK EXT ATV, 2545 HRS, 500CC, GEARSHIFT, HITCH ........................$3,900

GREENWALD FARM CENTER Greenwald, MN • 320-987-3177 14 miles So. of Sauk Centre

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New Sitrex Rakes Available Many New & Used Rakes Available

‘13 JD 6170R, 767 hrs, MFWD, 170 hp, 380-90R50, duals, 3 hyds ......$129,000

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CIH 7230, FWA, 3500 hrs.....................................................................$75,000 CIH 7140, FWA, 3975 hrs.....................................................................$62,000 CIH 7120, FWA, 5000 hrs., Sharp! ......................................................$57,000 CIH 7110, 2WD, 6800 hrs., 14.9-46 tires ............................................$36,000 CIH 5240 Max, 2WD, 3138 hrs. ..........................................................$38,000 CIH 5240 Max, FWA, 6600 hrs. ..........................................................$39,500 IH 3288, 5100 hrs., New Paint ............................................................$23,000 IH 1256, New Clutch, New Paint - Recent Head Job, Nice ..............$17,500 IH 1566, 2WD, dual PTO, 6800 hrs., Nice ..........................................$17,000 CIH 4800, 24’ field cultivator..................................................................$9,500 CIH 4800, 26’ field cultivator..................................................................$9,500 CIH 3950, 25’ cushion gang disk ........................................................$23,000 JD 980, 26’ field cultivator ..................................................................$17,500 CIH 527B ripper ....................................................................................$20,500 CIH 530B, w/lead shank, cushing & disk gang ..................................$23,000 DMI 530C, w/lead shank, Nice ............................................................$25,000 DMI 530B ..............................................................................................$21,000 DMI 527B ..............................................................................................$17,500 DMI Tigermate, 18’ ..............................................................................$13,000 CIH 496, 24’ ..........................................................................................$16,500 White disk chisel, 14- & 12- & 9-shank ..................................................$9,500 CIH 6750, 6-shank w/lead shank, w/hyd. lever ..................................$16,500 CIH 3950, 25’ cushion gang disk w/mulcher ......................................$22,000 CIH Tigermate II, 26’ ..........................................................................$26,000 DMI Tigermate II, 26’ ..........................................................................$22,000 Artsway 5165 grinder, 1000 PTO ........................................................$21,500 NH 355 grinder, w/scale ......................................................................$17,000 NH 355 grinder, w/scale..........................................................................$8,500 J&M 385 box ..........................................................................................$5,500 J&M 385 box, New ................................................................................$8,000 (2) Demco 365 boxes, 0New ................................................................Coming (6) Demco 365 boxes ....................................................From $4,500-$6,500 (4) Demco 450 box, Red & Black, Green & Black ................................$9,500 New Demco 365 box ............................................................................$7,700 Demco 550 box ....................................................................................$12,500 Sitrex QR 12 rake, 1-year old ................................................................$6,500 JD 327 baler ............................................................................................$5,500 CIH 8530 baler ........................................................................................$8,500 NH BR7070 baler ..................................................................................$26,000

‘04 JD 2210, 576 HRS, MFWD, 22.5 HP, DIESEL, 62" DECK ............................$8,950 ‘83 JD 4650, 6775 HRS, MFWD, 165 HP, 14.9X46, DUALS, 2 HYDS ..............$34,000 ‘05 JD 4720, 276 HRS, MFWD, 58 HP, 1 HYDS, LDR......................................$28,000 ‘13 JD 4720, 671 HRS, MFWD, 66 HP, 16.9X24, 2 HYDS ..............................$37,900 ‘13 JD 5075E, 1534 HRS, MFWD, 75 HP, 16.9X28, 2 HYDS ..........................$36,000 ‘14 JD 5085E, 42 HRS, MFWD, 85 HP, 18.4R30, 2 HYDS ..............................$42,500 ‘13 JD 5100E, 2948 HRS, MFWD, 100 HP, 18.4X30, 2 HYDS ........................$38,000 ‘11 JD 5105M, 375 HRS, MFWD, 105 HP, 18.4R30, 2 HYDS ..........................$55,000 ‘12 JD 6125R, 349 HRS, MFWD, 138 HP, 460-85R38, 3 HYDS, LDR ..........$108,000 ‘14 JD 7210R, 106 HRS, MFWD, 210 HP, 380-90R54, DUALS, 3 HYDS ......$169,000 ‘11 JD 7430, 4048 HRS, MFWD, 166 HP, 480-80R42, 3 HYDS, LDR............$110,000 ‘93 JD 7800, 7403 HRS, 2WD, 145 HP, 14.9R46, DUALS, 3 HYDS ................$45,900 ‘07 JD 8230, 2295 HRS, MFWD, 265 HP, IVT, 380-90R54, DUALS ..............$158,000 ‘13 JD 8335R, 738 HRS, MFWD, 335 HP, 380-90R54, DUALS, 5 HYDS ......$250,000 ‘13 JD 8360R, 558 HRS, MFWD, 360 HP, 380-90R54, DUALS, 5 HYDS ......$285,000 ‘05 JD 8420, 3800 HRS, MFWD, 235 HP, 480-80R50, 4 HYDS ....................$135,000 ‘13 JD 9460R, 422 HRS, 4WD, 460 HP, 800-70R38, DUALS, 5 HYDS..........$295,000 ‘13 JD 9560R, 734 HRS, 4WD, 560 HP, 800-70R38, DUALS, 4 HYDS..........$319,000 ‘13 JD 9560R, 177 HRS, 4WD, 560 HP, 850-42, DUALS, 4 HYDS ................$333,000 ‘14 JD 9560R, 182 HRS, 4WD, 560 HP, 800-70R38, DUALS, 4 HYDS..........$332,000 ‘13 KUBOTA M135, 275 HRS, MFWD, 135 HP, 3 HYDS, LDR ........................$75,000

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USED DELUX DRYERS

DELUX 10’ MODEL 2515, LP/NG, 1 PH, 300 BPH DELUX 15’ MODEL 7040, LP/NG, 3 PH, 700 BPH DELUX 20’ MODEL 6030, LP/NG, 3 PH, 600 BPH

USED DRYERS

KANSUN 1025 215, LP, 1 PH BEHLEN 380, 1 PH, LP, HEAT RECLAIM BEHLEN 700, 3 PH, LP, HEAT RECLAIM

HUGE DISCOUNTS ON ALL IN-STOCK HAY TOOLS NEW EQUIP.:

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WANTED: Hydraulic Pump '00 Century 750 Sprayer, big 42 Ft MANDAKO Land FOR SALE: 2004 Redball 670 Redball sprayer 90' boom Roller, Like New. 1000 Gal& 1200 gal, 450 Raven conwhl 120”, Raven 440 confor White 5100 Corn 680, 99' boom, 1,350 gal. troller, $16,000. (507) 964lon Top-Air Sprayer w/ 60 troller, GPS spd sensor, Planter, 540 RPM. LeRoy tank, rinse tank, triple noz2297 foamer, hydr x-fold boom, Ft Tri-Fold Boom, Big Schmitz, Freeport, MN 320zles, Raven controller, set 2” quick fill, shedded, 3 sets Tires, Monitor, Hyd Pump, 836-2190 up for 22” rows, 320/90-46 FOR SALE: HARDI 1,000 of nozzles, fenceline nozzle, tires. 320-522-1495 Foamer Etc. Everything WANTED: Press drill 20' or gallon sprayer w/80 gallon exc cond, operator manuWorks. Guaranteed! Real larger w/ grass, 6" spacing, rinse tank and 60' all hySALE: 3pt hitch als. 612-845-3647 Good. 319-347-6676 Can Del. FOR Int'l or JD 455. 320-248-4580 draulic boom. Exc. condisprayer w/ 500 gal tank, 60' tion. $6,800 507-273-1906 x-fold boom, 120” tire spacing, 12.4x42 w/ Raven 440 FOR SALE: Sprayer Spemonitor, $1,900/OBO. 8” cialty 1,000 gal. big wheel x31' Westfield elec auger, sprayer; has rinse & clean $900. 507-327-6430 water tanks, 60' boom, real nice shape. 507-530-8875

• MF DM1308 disc mower, 8’ • (4) MF DM1358 disc mowers, 5-disc, 8.4’ • MF DM1361 disc mower, 10’ • MF 1372, 12’ disc mower conditioner • MF 1375, 15’ disc mower conditioner • Bale King 2881 bale processor • (2) Roto Grind tub grinders • Kodiak SD72 rotary cutter

USED AUGERS

12x72, SWING AWAY 10x62, SWING AWAY 8x62, PTO 8x62, PTO

We carry a full line of Behlen & Delux dryer parts; Mayrath and Hutch auger parts. Large inventory of Welda sprockets, hubs, bearings, chains & pulleys

• Sitrex RP5 3 pt. rake • (2) Sitrex 10-wheel V-rakes on cart • Sitrex 12-wheel V-rake on cart • Sitrex MKE14 hy-cap. rake

COMBINES

‘09 JD 9870, 1895 eng./1233 sep. hrs., Pro-drive, 5-spd. feederhouse, chopper, 520x42” tires & duals ......................$140,000 ‘08 JD 9770, 1380 eng./938 sep. hrs., chopper, Contour Master, 20.8x42 duals ........$135,000 ‘09 JD 9570, 1496 eng./904 sep. hrs., Contour Master, chopper, 30.5x32 tires, Very Clean ........................................$130,000 ‘98 JD 9610, 3578 eng./2379 sep. hrs., chopper, bin ext., 20.8x42 duals ........$40,000 ‘02 JD 9750STS, 3359 eng./2271 sep. hrs., updated feederhouse to 60 Series heads, Contour Master, chopper, duals, $29,000 repairs in February ..............................$65,000 ‘12 CIH 8230, 4WD, 969 eng./777 sep. hrs., well equipped, 520x42” tires & duals$205,000 ‘11 CIH 8120, 934 eng./729 sep. hrs., Pro 600, well equipped, 520x42 tires & duals $180,000 ‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs., Pro 600, well equipped, 520x42” tires & duals$180,000 ‘13 CIH 290 Magnum, 1249 hrs., Luxury cab, ‘09 CIH 7088, 1193 eng./895 sep. hrs., rock 18-spd., powershift, 4 hyd., big pump, 480x50 trap, chopper, lateral tilt feeder, power bin ext., 30.5x32 tires ....................................$139,000 duals & 480x34 front duals, Extended Warranty Until 02/05/17 or 4000 hrs.$137,000 ‘08 NH CR9060, 1782 eng./1332 sep. hrs., 4x4, terrain tracer, chopper, rock trap, ‘12 CIH 260 Magnum, 1784 hrs., 19-spd. powershift, suspended front axle, 4 hyd. 620x42 duals ......................................$99,000 1000 PTO, 480x50 tires & duals, also front ‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs., duals & wgts.....................................$115,000 tracker, chopper, 520x42” duals ........$68,000 ‘10 JD 8270R, MFWD, 3888 hrs., powershift, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 380x50 tires & duals ..........................................................$110,000 ‘05 Geringhoff Roto Disc 830, 8R30” ..$28,000 ‘09 CIH 245 Magnum, 1785 hrs., Deluxe cab, ‘07 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head ..................$12,500 3 pt., 4 hyd., big pump, 540/1000 PTO, ‘05 JD 630, 30’ flex head ......................$13,000 Trimble RTK auto steer system, 380x54” tires ‘07 Geringhoff Roto Disc 600, 6R30” ..$29,500 & duals ..............................................$99,000 ‘95 JD 893, 8R30” w/pixall rolls ..........$13,500 ‘14 JD 8285R, 1255 hrs., powershift, 4 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 480x50 duals, front wgts. ..........................................................$148,000 ‘07 JD 512, 9-shank disc ripper............$19,500 ‘13 JD 6190R, 585 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, IVT trans., 18.4x46 tires & duals ......$118,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS

COMBINE HEADS

TILLAGE

USED EQUIP.: • NH 7450, 12’ disc mower conditioner • Land Pride DM3706 3 pt. disc mower • Tebben 720 3 pt. finish mower

‘12 JD 9560RT, 859 hrs., 1000 PTO, 36” tracks ..........................................................$250,000 ‘12 JD 9560R, 921 hrs., 800/70/38 duals ..........................................................$232,000 ‘12 JD 9410, 1259 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., duals ................................................$192,500 ‘13 JD 9410R, 640 hrs., hi-flow, 1000 PTO, 5 hyds., 480x50” tires & duals ........$210,000 ‘13 JD 8360RT, 295 hrs., 25” tracks, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 5 hyd. ..............................$220,000 ‘97 JD 9200, 8239 hrs., 24-spd., 1000 PTO, 520x42” tires & duals, 3 hyd. ............$59,000 ‘13 CIH 550 Quad Track, 875 hrs., 30” belts, 6 hyd., big pump, Ag Use Only ........$240,000 ‘13 CIH 350 Row Trac, 532 hrs., 16” tracks, 120” spacing, 1000 PTO, 6 hyd., twin hyd. pumps, 116 GPM..............................$215,000 ‘12 CIH 400HD, 366 hrs., Luxury cab, hi-flow, 1000 PTO, 6 hyd., 480x50 tires & duals ..........................................................$195,000 ‘02 CIH STX425, 12-spd. manual, 4 valves, 710x38 duals, 3465 hrs. ..................$105,000 ‘12 CIH 350HD Steiger, 1630 hrs., Luxury cab, 1000 PTO, 4 hyd. valves, big pump, 520x42” duals ................................................$145,000 ‘13 NH T9.615, 670 hrs., powershift, 800x38 duals, HID lights, w/complete auto steer ..........................................................$210,000 ‘12 CIH 400HD, 318 hrs., 4 hyd., big pump, 520x46” tires & duals ......................$185,000 ‘05 CIH STX375, 6675 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 710x38 duals ......................................$89,000 ‘09 Challenger MT765C, 3363 hrs., 30” tracks, 3 pt., 1000 PTO ................................$125,000 ‘13 Cat 765D, 790 hrs., 25” tracks, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., front wgts. ..........$185,000 ‘09 Versatile 485, 1704 hrs., 12-spd., 4 hyd., 800x38 tires & duals ........................$145,000

‘94 NH 6640SLE, MFWD, cab, air, 3 pt., w/loader & grapple..............................$27,000 ‘10 CIH Magnum 275, 1385 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 18.4x46 tires & duals, front duals ..........................$110,000 ‘13 CIH Magnum 260, 585 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, big pumps, 420x46 duals, Auto Steer ........................................$137,000 ‘12 CIH 315, MFWD, 481 hrs., Luxury cab, 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 480x50” rear tires & duals......................................$158,000 ‘12 CIH 290, MFWD, 390 hrs., Luxury cab, 5 hyd., big pump, HID lights, front & rear duals, 480x50” rear tires ..................$158,000 ‘06 CIH 245, MFWD, 5100 hrs., 4 hyd. valves, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 14.9x46” tires & duals ............................................................$75,000 ‘03 CIH MX210, MFWD, 5550 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd. valves, 380x46” tires & duals................................................$63,000

1409 Silver Street E. Mapleton, MN 56065 507-524-3726 massopelectric.com

LARSON IMPLEMENTS 5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95 763-689-1179

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FOR SALE: FAST 60' spray Premium tested, high pro- WANTED TO BUY: Dairy FOR RENT: Black Beef FOR SALE: 25 Limousin FOR SALE: Open Hereford FOR SALE: Polled Hereford bulls, low birth wgt, super Heifers & Cows, also Cow Bull. 715-964-8979 heifers and cows. 320-235boom, flat fold, 3pt, 15” tein, high RFV alfalfa Bulls, big stout yearlings growth, John Goelz Calf Pairs. Farmall 504 for 2664 center, electric valves. 507square, wrapped baleage. Semen tested. Delivery Franklin MN 507-557-8394 $2,000. 320-282-4846 FOR SALE OR LEASE: 383-8094 Delivered by truckload. available. Jones Farms, Le Purebred Registered Also, STRAW BALES clean Cattle 056 Sueur MN 507-317-5996 TOP-AIR 1000 gal. sprayer, Charolais bulls, heifers, & FOR SALE: Limousin/Red FOR SALE: Performance 3 x 4. Call Wes at Red Rivhyd pump, foamer, 48' Angus 2 Years old. Coming tested Charolais & Red AnFOR SALE: Pure bred short cows. Great bloodlines, exer Forage 866-575-7562 FOR SALE OR LEASE boom, 4-12.5L tires, 2 year old Limousin/Red gus bulls. Complete perforhorned heifers, 100% natucellent performance, balREGISTERED BLACK HINIKER 8150 control, Angus Bull. AI sired, deep mance records, scan info & ral, grass fed. Call 608-526anced EPD's, low birth WANTED AND FOR SALE ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & $3,950. (715)878-9858 bodied, big boned, good dissemen tested. 50 + years in 4195 weights. Delivery availALL TYPES of hay & yearlings; bred heifers, position. Proven breeder, feed stock business. Delivable. straw. Also buying corn, calving ease, club calves & Wanted 042 FOR SALE: Purebred Black delivery available. $3,000. ery available. Wakefield Laumann Charolais wheat & oats. Western Hay balance performance. Al Angus bulls, calf ease & (952) 240-2877 Farms 507-402-4640 Mayer, MN 612-490-2254 available. Fox Valley Alsired. In herd improvement WANTED: 17-5L-24 backhoe good disposition. 320-598falfa Mill. 920-853-3554 program. J.W. Riverview tire with good casing and 3790 Angus Farm Glencoe, MN good tread. Best time to 55336 Conklin Dealer 320Livestock 054 call is 9pm. 320-327-2746 864-4625 Farm Services 045 FOR SALE: Black polled registered purebred simJERRY WELLS PAINTING mental Bulls. John Volz, Specializing in Barn PaintElmore, MN. 507-520-4381 ing, sheds, grain bins, feed mills, shed roof coating, Dairy 055 roof repair, homes. Free estimates, fully insured, 1907 E. Main. Albert Lea, MN 56007 FOR SALE: Herd of 35 Holstatewide service. www.westrumtruck.com stein cows, AI breeding 608715-229-4242 or 1-800-881-4242 786-0713 Feed Seed Hay 050 Very nice young herd. All are in 1st or 2nd lactation. Dairy Quality Alfalfa Low SCC. Priced reasonTested big squares & round able. Herdsperson needs to bales, delivered from South go in for surgery. Please Dakota John Haensel (605) leave message. (608)214351-5760 6304 Dairy quality western alfalfa, big squares or small WANTED TO BUY! USED BULK MILK COOLER squares, delivered in semi ALL SIZES 920-867-3048 loads. Clint Haensel “New” K510, JD 148, (605) 310-6653

EQUIPMENT

-Day Cabs-

‘07 Freightliner, Columbia ..$18,000 ‘98 Volvo, wet kit ................$14,500 ‘95 Freightliner, Cummins ..$10,500 ‘92 Freightliner, Cat. ..............$8,900

HANCOCK, MN

Call: 320-212-5220 or 320-392-5361

• Will Consider Trades! • ‘99 Fontaine, 48’ Mechanical RGN HOPPERS Low Boy, 102”, 35-Ton Capacity, ‘02 Farm Master, Steel AG Hopper, 36’, 80% T/B, Clean! ........$12,500 29’4” Well, AR, 22.5 Low Profile Radial Tires ......................$22,500 ‘97 Wilson Commander, 43/66, ‘87 Transcraft 53/102, Drop Deck, AR, 80% T/B, Elec. Roll Tarp, 20” Hopper Height............$17,500 Closed Tandem, Beavertail, New Recap Tires, Alum. Wheels, ‘94 Wilson AL Hopper, 41’, New Paint, New Floor, LED Lights 66” Sides, 20” Hopper Height, 80% T/B............................$16,500 ........................................$17,250

FLATBEDS

‘97 Wilson, 45/96, AL Floor & Crossmembers, SX, AR, Sandblasted, New Paint, New Brakes........................$7,000 ‘02 Great Dane, Curtain Side, 48/102, AR, Closed Tandem ..........................................$7,250 ‘94 Wabash, 38/102, New Brakes/Drums, 80% Tires, New Floor, Sandblasted & New Paint ..........................$5,500 ‘95 Transcraft, 48/102, AL Crossmembers, Wood Floor, Closed Tandem Slider, AR, Paint ..........................................$8,250 ‘90 Great Dane, 48/96, Closed Tandem, Steel, 80% Tires, New Brakes, Sandblasted & New Paint ..........................$6,500

New & Used Dakota Trailers....CALL

507-383-8976 Cell 507-373-4218 • 507-448-3306

MISCELLANEOUS

JD Soundguard Cabs, Call for info

KIESTER IMPLEMENT, INC. 110 S. Main, P.O. Box 249 • Kiester, MN

507-294-3387

~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~

Port-A-Hut Shelters:

• GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu. • 150 Bu. Steel Calf Creep w/Wheels • Taylor-Way 7’ rotary cutter Notch Equipment: • Sheep & Calf Feeders • Rock Buckets • Grapple Forks • Manure Forks • Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg. • Bale Spears • Hi-Volume Buckets & Pallet Forks • Steel Bale Throw Racks w/ Steel Floors • Bale Transports & Feeder Wagons, 16’-34’ • Peck Grain Augers • Adult & Young Stock Feeders & Bale Feeders • MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders • Land Levelers • Powder River Livestock & Horse Equipment Smidley Equipment: • Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’ • Steer Stuffers • Hog Feeders • Hog Huts • EZ Trail Wagons Boxes & Bale Baskets • Calf Creep Feeders • Lamb & Sheep Feeders • Taylor-way 3 way dump trailer • Cattle & Hog Waterers • Mini Scale • MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor – We Rebuild Smidley Cattle & Hog Feeders – • Sitrex Wheel Rakes Sioux Equipment: • Bale Baskets • SI Feeders, Wagons & Bunks • Gates • Calving Pens • Haymax Bale Feeders • (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders • Cattle & Feeder Panels • Head Gates • Loading Chute • Hog Feeders • Squeeze Chutes • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns • R&C Poly Bale Feeders & Tubs • Calf Warmer • Amish Built Oak Bunk Feeders & Bale Racks JBM Equipment: • Goat & Sheep Feeders • Feeder Wagons - Several Models We can also sell your equipment for you • Self-locking Head Gates • HD Feeder Panels on consignment • Self-locking Bunk Feeders • Tombstone Horse & Horned Cattle Feeders • Skid Feeders • Bunk Feeders • Bale Wagons • Bale Thrower Racks • Flat Racks for big sq. bales • JD 1010, 24’ Field Cult., F.F., w/3-bar, V.G. • JD BWA Disk w/duals, 15’, V.G. • Self-locking Feeder Wagons • Fenceline Feeders • Bale Basket • Several Types of Bale Feeders • Hog Feeders & Steer Stuffers • DR® POWER EQUIPMENT • Hyd. Dump Trailer • All Steel Shelters for Livestock & Other Uses

June 8-13, 2015 Martin County Fairgrounds Fairmont, MN Hosted by the

Upper Midwest Columbia Breeders Questions? Contact:

Wayne Busch • 507-391-5361 wayneb1000@gmail.com

Fairmont Convention & Visitors Bureau 800-657-3280 director@fairmontcvb.com

~ USED EQUIPMENT ~

• Field & Brush Mowers • Roto-Hog Power Tillers • Stump Grinders • Log Splitters • Chippers • Power Graders • Power Wagons • Leaf & Lawn Vacuums • Versa-Trailers

• Several Good Manure Spreaders • 4-Yard Soil Scraper • 20’ 4-Wheel Feeder Wagon • Smidley Hog & Sheep Scale

Lot - Hwy 7 E

Office Location - 305 Adams Street Hutchinson, MN 55350

320-587-2162, Ask for Larry

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

(30) Van & Reefer Trailers, 48/102-53/102 - Great For Water Storage Or Over The Road ..............................$3,500-$5,500 Custom Haysides: Stationary ............................$1,250 Tip In-Tip Out........................$1,750 DROPDECKS/DOUBLEDROPS Suspensions: Air Ride or Spring Ride ‘07 Fontaine Low Boy, 48/102, Air Ride, Steel, Spread Axle, Wood ......$500 SPR/$1,000 AR per axle Floor, Drop Deck, Sandblasted & Tandem Axle Off Road Dolly Painted ............................$20,500 ..........................................$2,500 TRUCKS/CARS ‘80 Transcraft Double Drop, 53’, 33’ Well Non-Detachable, AR, Polished ‘06 Dodge Caravan, Stow-n-Go, New Tires, State of Iowa vehicle AL Wheels, New Hardwood Decking, 80% T/B, Clean ..$11,500 ..........................................$3,250 ‘96 Kenworth Day Cab, N14, Engineered 5’ Beavertail: 10-Spd., 70% TB, Jake Brakes Kit Includes Paint, LED Lights ..........................................$9,750 & All Electrical ..........$3,750 Kit/$5,750 Installed ‘99 FLD 120 Day Cab, 12/7 Detroit, 13-Spd., 70% T/B ............$10,750 ‘75 Transcraft Drop Deck, 40/96, New Floor Tires, Brakes ..$11,900

COMPLETE LISTING & PICTURES ON OUR WEBSITE

www.midwestfarmsales.com

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‘06 Aulick Belted Trailer, 42’, 54” Belt, 68” Sides, Roll Tarp, Painted ............................$28,500 Unpainted ........................$22,500 ‘94 Cobra, 34’, New Rubber, 3/8” Plastic Liner, 2-Way Tailgate, Roll Tarp, AL Polished Wheels, Clean! ..............................$22,500 ‘90 Load King Belly Dump, 40’, New Brakes & Drums, 80% Tires ........................$12,500

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(N) ‘10 JD 1770NT, CCS, 16R30”..............................$97,000 (OS) ‘10 JD 1770NT, CCS, 16R30” ..........................$89,900 (OW) ‘11 JD 1770NT, CCS, 16R30” ..........................$89,900 (N) ‘10 JD 1770NT, CCS, 16R30”..............................$89,900 (N) ‘07 White 8524, CCS, 24R30”, liq. fert. ..............$88,900 (OS) ‘09 JD 1770NT, CCS, 16R30”, liq. fert. ............$84,900 (OS) ‘07 JD 1770NT, CCS, 24R30” ..........................$79,900 (OS) ‘08 JD 1790, CCS, 23R15”................................$79,900 (N) ‘09 JD 1770NT, CCS, 16R30”..............................$79,900 (OS) ‘05 JD 1770NT, CCS, 24R30” ..........................$69,900 (B) ‘05 CIH 1200, 31R15” ..........................................$55,900

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Warranty ........$279,900 (OW) ‘13 JD 9510R, 526 hrs. ..................................$279,900 (OW) ‘13 JD 9410R, 571 hrs., PTO ........................$259,900 (OW) ‘10 JD 9630, 1360 hrs., 800/38’s ..................$234,900 (B) ‘11 JD 9530, 1260 hrs., 800/70R38’s ................$225,900 (B) ‘11 JD 9330, 617 hrs., 620/70T42’s ..................$219,900 (B) ‘10 JD 9630, 2138 hrs. ......................................$212,900 (H) ‘09 JD 9530, 2751 hrs., 800/38’s ......................$199,900 (N) ‘09 JD 9330, 2050 hrs., PTO ............................$189,900 (OW) ‘07 JD 9620 3890 hrs., PS ............................$169,900 (B) ‘97 JD 9200, 4722 hrs., 710/38’s ........................$94,500 (OW) ‘98 JD 9400, 5128 hrs., 710/70R38’s ..............$89,900 SPRAYERS ‘09 JD 7930, 1078 Hrs., IVT, (OW) ‘97 JD 9400, 7138 hrs., 710/70R38’s ..............$79,900 540/1000 PTO ..................$149,900 (OS) ‘98 JD 9200, 5155 hrs. ......................................$77,500 “Check out the updated prices on used sprayers” (OS) ‘80 Versatile 935, 330 hp. ................................$18,900 (OW) ‘14 JD 4940, 52 hrs., 120’ boom ..................$329,900 (N) ‘14 JD 4940, 166 hrs., 120’ boom ....................$299,900 Track Tractors (N) ‘14 JD 9560RT, 300 hrs. ....................................$354,900 (OW) ‘14 JD 4940, 405 hrs., dry box ......................$274,900 (OW) ‘14 JD 9560RT, 173 hrs., Ext. 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Warranty ..$244,900 PLANTERS/SEEDERS (OS) ‘13 JD 8310R ..................................................$239,900 (OW) ‘14 JD 8295R, 340 hrs., PS, ILS....................$234,900 (N) ‘12 JD 1770NT, 24R30”, liq. fert. ......................$149,900 (H) ‘14 JD 8295R, MFWD, PS, Rental Return........$221,900 (B) ‘07 JD DB40, 24R20”, “Tracks” ................$139,900 (OW) ‘12 JD 8310R, 916 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ..$217,900 (H) ‘13 JD 1770NT, CCS, 16R30” ..........................$119,900 (N) ‘14 JD 8260R, 274 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ....$210,000 (OW) ‘12 JD 1770NT, CCS, 16R30”, liq. fert. ........$109,900 ‘11 JD 8130RT, 1886 Hrs., PS, 30” Tracks, Leather ........$214,500 (OW) ‘13 JD 8260R, 372 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ..$202,900 (B) ‘12 JD 1770NT, CCS, 16R30”, liq. fert. ............$109,900 (N) ‘14 JD 8235R, 134 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ......$186,500 (H) ‘09 JD 1770NT, CCS, 24R30”, liq. fert. ..............$99,900

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‘13 CIH Steiger 500, 445 hrs., PTO, Luxury cab, Full Pro 700 auto steer ............................................$249,900

‘92 CIH 7130 Magnum, 4267 hrs., 380R46 tires..........................$59,900

‘12 CIH Magnum 235, 325 hrs., Luxury cab, auto steer ready ............................................$139,900

‘12 CIH Magnum 290, 674 hrs., Luxury cab, Full Pro 700 auto steer, high capacity hyd...............$178,500

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‘14 C-IH Steiger 620Q, 224 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, big hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 auto guide, PTO, COMING IN AFTER THE SEASON ....................................................................................................................................$379,900 ‘12 C-IH Steiger 600Q, 1155 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, Full Pro 700 auto guide, Very Nice Tractor ..............................$279,500 ‘14 C-IH Steiger 580Q, 932 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, auto guide ready ..........................................................................$289,900 ‘14 C-IH Steiger 550, 289 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, 710/70R42 duals, PTO, high cap. hyd. ................................................$277,900 ‘12 C-IH Steiger 500Q, 964 hrs., Lux. cab, big hyd. pump, HID lites, Full auto guide ..................................................$249,900 ‘13 C-IH Steiger 500, 445 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, 710/70R42 tires, PTO, HID lites, Full Pro 700 auto steer....................$249,900 ‘14 C-IH Steiger 350RCQ, Row Crop Quad, 870 hrs., PTO, 16” tracks, auto guide ready ............................................$209,900 ‘05 C-IH STX425, 3189 hrs., 710/70R42 tires ....................................................................................................................$115,000 Steiger Tiger, 525 hp., Cummins eng., Allison auto trans., Like New 520/85R42 triples ..................................................$89,000

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‘14 C-IH Magnum 315, Lux. susp. cab, susp. front axle, auto steer ready, high cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites..........$199,900 ‘12 C-IH Magnum 290, 674 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, 360 HID lites, 480/50 tires, front & rear duals, high cap. hyd. pump, Full Pro 700 auto steer ......................................................................................................................................................$178,500 ‘13 C-IH Magnum 260, 533 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, auto steer ready, HD drawbar, high cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites $156,500 ‘12 C-IH Magnum 235, 325 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, auto steer ready, HD drawbar, high cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites $139,900 ‘05 C-IH MX255, 1800 hrs., Full Pro600 auto steer, front & rear duals ..............................................................................$99,900 ‘03 C-IH MX255, 3135 hrs., rear duals..................................................................................................................................$84,000 ‘92 C-IH 7130, 4267 hrs., MFD, 3 hyd. remotes, radar ........................................................................................................$59,900 ‘14 C-IH Puma 160, MFD, powershift, cab, C-IH 765 loader ........................................................................................COMING IN ‘14 C-IH Puma 145, MFD, powershift, cab, C-IH 765 loader............................................................................................$109,900 ‘12 C-IH Puma 185, 705 hrs., MFD, CVT trans., duals, C-IH loader ................................................................................$139,900

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Art in motion

This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondent Renae Vander Schaaf

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Timeshapes, Sibley, Iowa

locks have been and continue to be works of art. Especially when one views the sculptured clocks of artisan James Borden of Sibley, Iowa. The mystery and beauty of clocks captivated him from his youth. Beginning with the cuckoo clock in his parent’s home, then adding Grandpa Herman’s ancient shelf clock. The Billy Clock Museum in Spillville increased his interest and continues to provide inspiration. But it was a visit to the clock of all clocks — the Rathaus-Glockenspiel in Munich, Germany that sealed his fate. Clocks became his passion. The next 30 years would find him designing and creating sculptured clocks. His work is shown at the best juried art shows often on the East Coast. At the Smithsonian Fine Craft and other elite shows he has come home with awards. Borden begins with raw wood, studying the natural curves and lines in a slab, selecting the piece that best fits his design. Using lathes, saws and sanders, each piece is handmade including the gears. “Almost everything in the clock is functional,” said Borden. To make a working clock involves artistic design, mathematics, engineering and physics. Borden readily admits to being an artist, not an engineer. He experiments with balance and shape, working it out, hands on, to achieve a well-running clock that is its own power source — the pendulum and weights that need to be started daily. Each of the 300 clocks he has made is an original: kinetic art, art in motion, a moving sculpture. A whole lot goes into the design. He listens to what his customer

wants, making the clocks to fit the space available. Sometimes vertical, other times horizontal. Some clocks stand on the floor, others on a stand, others hang on the wall. When asked how many hours go into a clock, Borden says, “That can’t really be calculated, for where do I begin? Much time is spent contemplating the design and in the choosing and cutting of the wood. My wife likes to say my

whole life goes into each clock, when considering the years of experience and study that is in each clock.” His business, Timeshapes, is located on the main street of Sibley, Iowa, since his wife, Rev. Barbara Kopperud was called to be the pastor at the local Trinity Lutheran Church in 2012. “We love it here,” said Borden. He is putting the finishing touches on his studio/workshop in a historic old building that was once thought best to be demolished. It has given him the space and the right atmosphere to display his sculpture art clocks. The studio does not keep regular hours, but is open by appointment. Tour groups are welcome. Timeshapes will be open during Sibley’s summer celebration “Good Ole’ Summer Days” on June 6. Contact Borden at www.timeshapes.com or e-mail james@timeshapes.com. ❖

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