Farmfest 2016
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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton was a noAnother Minnesota Farmfest has come show on account of illness, Dayton sent and gone. As always, it offered farmers, his regards through Minnesota Departagri-business and university researchers ment of Agriculture Commissioner Dave a chance to get together. Water was a hot Frederickson. Frederickson encouraged forum topic at this 90-plus degree Farmfarmers to join the Minnesota Water fest. Ag experts predict the debate over Quality Certification Program. He said water quality will get more divisive that water quality sign on your farm between rural and cities in Minnesota. In shows neighbors and non-farmers that many parts of the country, the debate will you are doing the right thing for water rage over who gets water — people, crops quality. or animals? LAND MINDS Then Frederickson listened to farmers Everyone agreed on a comment by legBy Marie Wood outside. One farmer ended the conversaendary ag radio broadcaster, Orion tion with “I hate the government” Samuelson, during the Linder Farm before walking away. Neither party Network Noon Ag Hour broadcast on seemed satisfied with the Aug. 3. As he introduced exchange, but they were the 2017 Pork Ambassador talking. Farmfest is a candidates and chatted place where farmers can with outgoing 2016 Pork talk to government leadAmbassadors, he said: ers, as well as elected offi“The best crop off Amercials and candidates, ica’s farms and ranches is about farm policy and standing right here.” issues. While The Land’s tagline We thank all of you who is “Where Farm and Famstopped by The Land ily Meet” — the same can booth and entered to win a be said of Farmfest. It was branded mailbox courtesy wonderful to see so many of Distel Grain Systems of families of all ages: young Le Sueur, Minn. We chose families with toddlers in two winners each day who strollers; grandparents with their grandchildren, Marie Wood are listed on page 12. The mailboxes feature John middle age and elderly Braydon and Kendyl Hoffmann of Klossner, Minn., Deere, Case IH, Farmall couples. We saw many liked the sweet corn ice cream in the Minnesota and other iconic tractors. fathers and sons walking Corn tent at Farmfest. the grounds together. The Many of our booth visifamily resemblance was remarkable. tors shared stories about their old tractors. One woman talked of her dad and father-in-law’s loyalA shout-out to IDEAg for making it free for kids under 18. I always see lots of teens at Farmfest with ties — one was red and the other green. She shared this wisdom: “The best tractor is the one that runs!” their parents and also in groups of three or four. As always, I was impressed by the future of agriculture. See ya next year at Farmfest! In fact, local youth welcomed visitors as they helped Marie Wood is associate editor of The Land. She park cars. may be reached at mwood@thelandonline.com. ❖
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 10 — New foods coming to the Minnesota State Fair 12 — PastureMap technology aids grazing rotation 13 —Bison instrumental in restoring prairie ecosystem 16 — Crops are coming along in From the Fields reports 20 —Iowa family supplies sheep breeders throughout the country
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Hoping for failure isn’t success unflattering. The most positive news about the most negative presidential campaign in modTake the 2014 Farm Bill. Big Ag sold it ern history is that, in 80 or so days, we as a cost-cutting, hands-off law that would can forget to remember it. give farmers better control over what they produced and, in turn, better control over Or should that read “remember to fortheir bottom lines. get it”? And, initially, it did just that. Total fedIt’s hard to get the words right when eral direct farm program payments fell it’s so easy for our political actors to get from around $11 billion in 2013 to $9.7 bilthem wrong. In their hands and on their FARM & FOOD FILE lion in 2014. lips facts become fiction and fiction becomes fact. Then the ground shifted. Generous crop By Alan Guebert insurance benefits, included in the 2014 For example, according to estimates law, encouraged farmers to focus heavfrom the not-for-profit, non-partisan ily on corn and soybean production in Tax Policy Center, only 5,300 of the 2.4 2015 and 2016. The expanded acres, million Americans who died in 2015, or combined with good weather, sent total production only two of every 1,000, paid estate taxes. But, noted Republican presidential candidate Don- upward and crop prices downward. In turn, total federal program payments began to ald Trump in an Aug. 8 speech to the Detroit Economic Club, “American workers have paid taxes their climb. In 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the “cost-saving” 2014 Farm Bill cost whole lives, and they should not be taxed again at $10.6 billion. Earlier this year, USDA forecasted death and it’s just plain wrong and most people 2016’s total federal farm support will balloon to an agree with that.” estimated $13.9 billion, or 30 percent over last year’s Trump isn’t alone in turning the truth into mush. cost and 40 percent more than 2014’s tab. It’s rural gospel that most American farmers and Worse, the increased spending isn’t actually supranchers sell land to pay “death taxes.” But that too, is fiction, says one of the most respected agricultural tax porting farm and ranch income. Nationwide, total experts in the U.S., Iowa State University’s Neil Harl. net farm income fell from $123.3 billion in 2013 to In fact, says Harl, only 660 “decedents nationally” – $90.5 billion in 2014, then to $56.4 billion in 2015 and, now, to a forecasted $54 billion in 2016. Americans who died – in 2013 (the latest numbers As such, we have a farm policy where taxpayers available) reported owning farm property. Of those, he notes, the “most striking feature is the increase in openly subsidize overproduction and lower prices while everyone with a stake in food’s future – farmers, ranchfarm assets by the super wealthy.” As such, he explained to the Washington Post last ers, and taxpayers – hopefully, or nervously, awaits a year, “(P)ublic policy is not served by eliminating the crop disaster to lift commodity and food prices. In light of this failure, will the 2014 Farm Bill be disfederal estate tax which is the force behind this push cussed on the campaign trail this election season or to argue that ordinary farmers, bona fide farmers, are likely to pay a huge amount of federal estate tax. will producers and the public alike be offered the same tired platitudes about how “America feeds the world”? It simply is not true.” We need that discussion because the Congress we None of these facts however, will keep political candidates – or several farm and ranch lobbying efforts elect Nov. 8 will write the 2018 Farm Bill and all Americans deserve something better than a crop fail– from campaigning this year on the tried-and-noture to make our farm policy a success. true “death tax” fiction. Many already are. The Farm and Food File is published weekly Maybe that’s because both candidates and voters through the United States and Canada. ❖ prefer the cheap talk of untruth to the hard walk of honest truth. Truth, after all, is often unsparing and
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Letter: Ditches breed noxious weeds To the Editor: First let me say that I always enjoy reading The Land. In reference to an article published July 29 about wild parsnips submitted by the University of Minnesota, I agree with everything they say except that it should be released in early May when the problem could be controlled. At this time of year, parsnips as well as thistles and now poison hemlock have all mostly gone to seed. The biggest propagation areas are the road ditches which the state and most of the counties ignore until they have all gone to seed. Don't the noxious weed laws in Minnesota pertain to them? We farmers try our best to control them in our fields and pastures but it is near impossible with the seed bank being
raised in our ditches. Most of these weeds are controllable with spraying, some areas do try. Mowing just seems to slow them down as most will come back and try to produce seed. This has bothered me for years that the state and counties always wait too long or not at all. I have traveled in other states and the ditches in this state look terrible for the most part in the early part of the summer, compared to other states. All the weeds are headed out and in full bloom. Now that they are mowing the ditches, they look like they are covered in down from all the seed. We should all work for better control of these noxious weeds. Jim Wendt Zumbrota, Minn.
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Fabulous Farmfest!
Plenty of government officials and candidates made an appearance at Farmfest this year. While Gov. Mark Dayton was a disappointing no-show, Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson (left) made himself available to farmers on Aug. 3. Lt. Gov. Tina Smith also made the trip to Farmfest to meet with members of the Minnesota Farmers Union.
Are seed caps on the way out? Farmfest’s Seed Road was lined with growing areas from a variety of seed companies. If everyone’s crops look this good, it’s going to be a bin buster!
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Many families made the pilgrimage to Gilfillan Estate near Morgan, Minn. for Farmfest. Sisters Keelie Van Hee and Chloe Panitzke look at tractors with their dad Jami Panitzke of Redwood Falls.
What’s a farm without weeds? The University of Minnesota Extension brought a fine selection of the nasty plants to share tips for identifying and controlling these pests.
Mailbox winners announced Everybody likes seeing The Land in their mailbox. Now six lucky people will have a new mailbox for their farm magazine. Visitors to The Land’s Farmfest booth had the opportunity to enter a drawing to win a branded mailbox provided by Distel Grain Systems of Le Sueur, Minn. Two winners were drawn each day. Winners had their choice of a John Deere, Case International Harvester, McCormick Farmall, Allis Chalmers, Massey Ferguson or Oliver mailbox. On opening day, Aug. 2, Carolyn Huhnerkoch of Redwood Falls, Minn., was drawn and she chose an Allis Chalmers model. Kyle Scharfencamp of New Ulm, Minn., was the other name drawn that day and he too picked the Allis orange. Alan Kaiser of Belgrade, Minn., was a lucky winner on Aug. 3 and he went with a Massey Ferguson mailbox. Marvin Sabinske of Garvin, Minn. chose a John Deere model. Braving early rain showers on Aug. 4 was Ray Zimny of Waseca, Minn. Zimny chose the Case International Harvester mailbox as his prize. The final Farmfest winner was Paul Frank of Wood Lake, Minn., and he fancied the John Deere green. Heartbroken entrants who did not get drawn in the giveaway can still have their own tractor mailbox to enjoy. Visit www.distelgrain.com, click on products and mailboxes to see the complete selection available. The Land would like to thank everyone who stopped at the booth to say hello. We hope to see you again next year. ❖
I don’t know who “Sam” is, but he’s a heck of a cook. Monterey Jack cheese in navy beans? Brilliant! This recipe lets you control the amounts of each ingredient and spiciness depending on your personal tastes. Beans by Sam Submitted by Sam Patten 2 quarts cooked navy beans (ready-made in jar works well) Cut-up bacon ends Monterey Jack cheese, cubed Dried hot pepper flakes (do not leave out!) Seasoned salt Onions Combine all ingredients to taste and cook for a couple of hours on low in crockpot. ■ kle with cinnamon. Roll up, tucking in edges, and “Huntley Community Cookbook: Recipes and place seam side down in oven-safe dish. In a medium Reflections” is available for $10 plus $5 postage by saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, white contacting: Community Covenant Church of Huntsugar, brown sugar and water. Bring to a boil. Pour ley, P.O. Box 65, Huntley MN 56047. ❖ sauce over enchiladas and let stand 45 minutes. Bake in 350 F oven for 20 minutes or until golden 35th Annual brown. Serve with vanilla ice cream. ALL BREED ■ SWINE AUCTION Super fast and easy, couscous is a nice change of & 11th Annual pace from rice or potatoes. It is just as bland as rice or potatoes as well, so seasoning is necessary. CombiSemen Sale nations are endless. A simple variety of fresh vegetaWed. Evening August 31st - 6:10 PM bles, nuts and everyday spices is all you need for the Location: Swine Barn at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds next recipe. • Duroc • Spots • Chester Couscous with Carrots, Spinach and Pistachios • Hampshire • Berkshire White Submitted by Nina Patten • Yorkshire • Poland China • Landrace 1 cup couscous cooked according to package directions (can use chicken broth, or use a box mix of your favorite flavor) Monday, August 29th 2 carrots, grated West Ring - 5:30 pm: 3 cups baby spinach Junior Barrow Showmanship 1/4 cup chopped roasted pistachios Tuesday, August 30th 1 tablespoon olive oil East Ring - 8:00 am - 3:00 pm: Kosher salt and black pepper to taste Poland China, Chester, White, Spotted While couscous is still warm, fold in carrots, Hogs and Yorkshire spinach, pistachios, olive oil, salt and pepper. West Ring - 8:00 am - 1:00 pm: Duroc, Hampshire, Berkshire and Junior ■ Crossbred Breeding Gilts Every time I think I’ve got a handle on the perfect 11:00 am - 1 pm: Junior Skill-a-thon macaroni and cheese, someone comes along and one4:30 pm: Junior Judging Contest ups me. I think the next recipe, with all its gorgeous East Ring - Selection of Supreme Boar and creaminess, may be the one. You can’t cook more “MinGilt following the conclusion of the nesota” than this (three cans of cream soup! and no Breeding Shows spices!). This crockpot concoction is going in my Wednesday, August 31st recipe box. West Ring - 8:00 am: Junior Barrow Classic East Ring - 9:00 am: Open Barrow Show Crockpot Mac-N-Cheese Submitted by Florence Wishman All top placements (boars and gilts) born from December through March in each breed will be sold at auction. Up to 100 1 (1 pound) package macaroni, cooked and drained head! This is an excellent opportunity to obtain some of the top 3 cans cream of chicken soup genetics available in the Midwest. Herd health is a #1 priority 3 soup cans milk for the exhibitors. Prices in the past have been very reasonable. 1 (16 ounce) package shredded sharp cheddar Payment must be made at the auction. Hogs purchased may be removed from the State Fair Grounds immediately following cheese the sale. Help is available for loading out. If not taken that Pour all ingredients in lined or well-greased crockevening, they must wait until 1:00 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 1st. pot. Cook on low 4-5 hours. Stir carefully several If you have any questions, times during cooking. call David Reed, 651-257-6870 ■
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By SARAH JOHNSON The Land Correspondent Huntley, Minn., is my favorite size of town: 75 souls call this south-central village home. At one time, Huntley was lively with businesses and its own school; but the tides of time have washed it down to a single church and a well-loved café. The town still lives, however. The café draws in coffee-guzzling locals like bees to a flower Monday through Saturday for breakfast and lunch. There are Friday night dinners — a farmer-friendly practice once common, but more and more rare these days. And the Community Covenant Church is still a vital part of the community, with a new cookbook to celebrate the past, present and future of this little town with big heart. We present here a few samples from the “Huntley Community Cookbook,” a treasury of recipes, photographs and reminiscences. ■ Swiss steak takes round steak (an economical, but tough cut of meat) and makes it melt in your mouth using a combination of overnight marinating, which softens the meat, and three hours of braising in a fragrant and velvety tomato sauce. The final product is amazing, as my sons and husband attest with four out of four “yums” from the Johnson squad. Don’t forget good bread to sop up all those juices. Swiss Steak Submitted by Mary Anders 3 pounds round steak, about 1 inch thick 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes 1/2 to 1 cup chopped green pepper 1 onion, chopped 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper Cut steak into serving pieces. Lay in bottom of 9x13 container to marinate. Sprinkle onions and green peppers over meat. Blend undrained tomatoes with vegetable oil, salt and pepper in blender until tomatoes are liquefied. Pour tomato mixture over all. Marinate overnight. To cook, transfer meat to Dutch oven and pour sauce on top. Heat on stove until it begins to bubble, then cover. Bake at 325 F for one hour, then lower temperature to 300 F for another two hours. ■ An easy homemade dessert that everybody will love? Yes, please! Apple Pie Enchiladas combines Mexican tortillas with America’s favorite pie flavor for a multinational marriage made in heaven. Olé! Apple Pie Enchiladas Submitted by Marian Ziegler 1 (21 ounce) can apple pie filling 6 (8 inch) flour tortillas 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup water Spoon about one heaping quarter cup of apple pie filling evenly down the center of each tortilla. Sprin-
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Castor Bean can make big statement in your garden Big bold plants make an architectural statement in a garden. Our garden shows off a bold beauty in the form of a Castor Bean plant. It is a robust annual and can get as IN THE GARDEN tall as 10 feet if By Sharon Quale started early indoors. The scientific name for the castor plant is Ricinus communis [ruh-SEEniss kuh-MY-niss]. It is not a bean at all but belongs to the Euphorbia family which includes the spurges. The shiny seeds are intricately designed — a little larger than a pinto bean and shaped like a huge wood tick. The big palmate shaped leaves can have a red and purple coloration and the giant cockle-bur shaped flowers are a stunning red orange hue. Yes, it is a poisonous plant. Ricinus communis is the plant from which the powerful and well known toxin ricin is derived. The danger is from ingesting and not from touching the plant. An argument can be made for not growing this plant as a garden ornamental because of its known toxicity. If most toxic plants were eliminated from a yard or garden there would be a big void of beautiful specimens that are commonly grown. The list of dangerous toxic plants that thrive in our area is extensive. There are over 80 plants considered mildly toxic and over 80 considered dangerously poisonous. Some common plants on the list of dangerously poisonous include: Angel’s Trumpet, Arborvitae, Bittersweet, Clematis, Delphinium, Fox
Glove, Lily of the Valley, Peony, Daffodil, Azalea, Yews, Milkweed and Morning Glory, to name a few. It seems clear to me that eating ornamental garden plants is not a normal gardening practice. It is also clear that caution should be used when young children are in the garden area. The Minnesota Safety Council recommends teaching children to never put leaves, bark, stems, seeds, nuts, or berries from unknown plants into their mouths. Don’t assume a plant is not poisonous because birds or other wildlife are eating it. Castor oil is derived from this plant and I read that over 500 million pounds of castor oil is used around the world annually. Aside from the old time use as a spring tonic, the oil is used in making soaps, hydraulic fluids, paints, dyes and lubricants. Food grade castor oil is recognized as a safe ingredient in the United States and is used in flavorings, candy and some packaging. The ricin toxin has of course been chemically removed before commercial use of the oil. We buy our ornamental specimen Castor Bean plant in the spring at a local nursery when it is about a foot tall. It grows so fast it soon makes its big bold statement. I once saw a hedge of these plants that made an impressive temporary living fence and if you have enough area a group planting would be spectacular. Sharon Quale is a master gardener from central Minnesota. ❖
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fraying and coming apart at the seams, you’ll see it far and wide. There are recalls and riots, chaos and corruption, death, disease, dissension, disaster, and more. Media sensationalizes it. Locals feed on it. And when it seems things can’t possibly get worse, a new day dawns with news more troubling than the day before. Because when you’re looking for trouble, you’ll see what you’re looking for. While white-water rafting on the edge of Glacier National Park, our guide said the river was full of fish. One of our raft mates, a seasoned Scout leader and dad to three teenage boys, cast doubt. “I don’t see any fish,” he said. “Are you sure?” Instead of directing his focus to the water, the guide told him to look up! “Do you see the osprey hovering overhead?” he asked. “There’s your proof. It wouldn’t be here if there wasn’t a school of fish below available for dinner.” During a particularly troubling week of national news, I had the privilege of attending the 2016 Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines. The first speaker directed our focus not to the murky headlines, but to the miracle. And like our raft-mate, I responded with doubt. “I don’t see a miracle,” I thought. “Are you sure?” What’s the miracle? There’s a remnant in this land that deeply cares about faith, family and morality. There’s a band of God-fearing, praying people who care about what is just and right. As the speaker went on, he directed our attention to the thousand people gathered in a convention hall on a summer Saturday to unite in prayer for our nation. And that’s a tiny sliver of the remnant. See THE BACK PORCH, pg. 10
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It was mid-afternoon on Monday. If I was seeing the day’s events as a sign for how the rest of the week would play out, it wasn’t looking good. Fifty miles into my trip to the airport I realized I had forgotten to pack underwear. Two hours later, at the airport kiosk with dear friend and co-worker Alecia, we THE BACK PORCH learned that our airline had By Lenae Bulthuis forgotten to notify us they had canceled our flight. The first problem was solved at Shopko. The second one required a shift in plans. Did we prefer a 10-hour layover in Chicago; or an overnight stay in Sioux Falls, S.D., so we could catch the first flight out in the morning? The choice was easy. Alecia lives in Sioux Falls. We’ll take the comforts of home over a crowded concourse. And in the change of plans we saw a gift. Instead of rushing into a full week of work, we enjoyed a relaxing dinner and were invited to hear an inspiring speaker. Within his message he said, “We tend to see what we’re looking for.” If you’re looking for a vehicle, wherever you travel you’ll see car lots and “For Sale” signs propped in dashboards. If you’re in the middle of a remodeling project, you’ll notice paint colors, light fixtures, and even outlet covers. Things you never thought much about in the past are suddenly everywhere. Why? Because we tend to see what we’re looking for. If you’re looking for evidence that our nation is
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New foods at Minnesota State Fair All information on Pages 10 and 11 was submitted by the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota State Fair has added 32 new foods to the expansive menu offered at the Great Minnesota GetTogether. Candied Bacon Donut Sliders: Sliced glazed donut holes with thick candied bacon and a chocolate red wine ganache at Minnesota Wine Country. SPAM Sushi: Grilled SPAM, sushi rice, fried egg and wasabi rolled in nori (dried seaweed) at Sushi Rolls, located in the Warner Coliseum, north side Minnesota Corn Dog: Custom ground sausage on-a-stick made with blueberries, apples, wild rice, maple syrup and cayenne dipped in a homemade corndog batter and deep-fried at Gass Station Grill Rustic Beef Pastry: Moroccanspiced, grass-fed beef and baby spinach topped with creamy goat cheese and nestled in a flakey butter crust at French Meadow Bakery & Café. Macaroni & Cheese Curds: Rich macaroni & cheese blended with fresh cheese curds at Oodles of Noodles Cheesy French Onion Monkey Bread: Savory, pull-apart artisan bread loaf filled with caramelized onions, cheese and beef broth, then baked in a wood-fired oven at Blue Moon Dine-In Theater Gumbo Frites: A bed of crispy French fries topped with Ragin’s traditional New Orleans gumbo made with andouille sausage, chicken, bell peppers, onions, celery and a rich roux-based sauce, then finished off with cheese and green onions at Ragin Cajun Iron Range Meat & Potatoes: A
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Spicy Pork Bowl: A mix of adobo pulled pork, rice, black beans, spinach, charred salsa and fried onion strings at The Blue Barn Cajun Peel-N-Eat Shrimp: A halfpound of shrimp seasoned in a blend of Caribbean spices and served cold with a side of cocktail sauce at Café Caribe Reuben Pickle Dog: A dill pickle spear with sauerkraut and Thousand Island dressing wrapped in a slice of pastrami at Pickle Dog Burnt Butt Ends: Premium cuts of pork, seasoned with a BBQ rub, then smoked over oak and served with onions and jalapeños at RC’s BBQ Deep Fried Grilled Cheese Bites: White cheddar cheese blended with beer batter, cubed and deep fried served with a bloody mary mix marinara at O’Gara’s at the Fair Beer Brat Buddies: Oktoberfest beer brat in a German pretzel bun with sauerkraut, chopped onions and choice of mustards at Sausage Sister & Me SPAM Curds: Cheese-flavored SPAM that has been cubed, battered and deep-fried, served with a side of ranch dressing at SPAM Bang Bang Fresh Chicken Tenders: Lightly breaded, fresh, neverfrozen fried chicken tenderloins served with Bang Bang sweet and tangy chili sauce at LuLu’s Public House La La Palooza Sundae: Bridgeman’s giant retro sundae is back! Eight scoops of ice cream (two each of vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and butter brittle) covered with caramel, pineapple and strawberry toppings, plus nuts, cherries, sliced banana and whipped cream, all served in Bridgeman’s signature souvenir goblet at
Bridgeman's Ice Cream CRACKER JACK Caramel Sundae: Soft vanilla ice cream topped with caramel, coated chocolate candies, whipped cream and a drizzle of hot fudge, served atop CRACKER JACK popcorn in a CRACKER JACK box at Goertze's Dairy Kone Call It Breakfast: A vanilla malt or sundae topped with chunks of bakeryfresh donuts, drizzled with chocolate and latte-flavored syrups, and finished with sprinkles at Dairy Goodness Bar from the Midwest Dairy Association Chocolate Agate Crunch: Izzy’s smooth chocolate Caramelia ice cream with chocolate cookie crumbles and edible chocolate rocks inspired by our state gemstone — the Lake Superior Agate, all folded with a salted caramel swirl at Hamline Church Dining Hall The Elvis: Homemade banana ice cream infused with creamy peanut butter served in a cup or waffle cone at R&R Ice Cream Minnesnowii Shave Ice — New Topping and New Exclusive Flavor: 100% sweetened condensed milk drizzled over your choice of flavored shave ice for a creamy, sweet twist. Exclusive flavor also available at the State Fair: Maple bacon shave ice topped with bacon bits and a maple syrup drizzle at Minnesnowii Shave Ice Banana Cinnamon & Cream Dipped in Dark Chocolate: Frozen banana, cinnamon and cream dipped in dark chocolate and served on-a-stick at JonnyPops Visit www.mnstatefair.org and choose the fair finders tab. That’s where you’ll find the Food Finder tab to search for foods and locations. ❖
See beyond the mess THE BACK PORCH from pg. 9 There’s more! Do you see the miracle? There are people in your state, community (and if you’ve read this far) in your home who put their trust not in the presidential election, Supreme Court rulings, or stocks and savings, but in Almighty God who holds all things together. Look up! God is on the throne. Look around. See beyond the mess and behold the miracle. There is a faithful remnant standing firm because they are on their knees in prayer. Then see the gift. We get to be part of
turning hearts back to God. We have been gifted an opportunity to impact elections, influence policy, and model for others what trust in God looks like. Every crisis is an opportunity to bring change. And there’s no trouble too big for our God. And when we view life from His perspective, we’ll see what we’re looking for. Lenae Bulthuis muses about faith, family, and farming from her back porch on her Minnesota grain and livestock farm. She can be reached at lenaesbulthuis@gmail.com or @LenaeBulthuis. ❖
New attractions at Minnesota State Fair lights the latest in easy, everyday reduce-reuse-recycle how-tos, healthy cooking, innovations in green technology and transportation, and other compelling topics on environmentally focused living. Located in the Progress Center, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Selfie Spots: Taking the best selfies at the fair just got easier! Visit five iconic fairgrounds spots marked with a Selfie Spot badge. Stand on the badges on the ground to snap State Fair photo memories. Check out Selfie Spots in the Visitor Guide at www.mnstatefair.org, or stop by an information booth for exact locations. Moo Booth: Happy 25th anniversary to the acclaimed Moo Booth in the Cattle Barn! Watch cow milking, learn fascinating facts about cattle care and behavior, join in fun “cow-ntests” and demonstrations, see a showcase cattle breed, and more! Plus, join us for special 25th anniversary activities daily at 12:30 p.m. and an anniversary party
at 3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26, following the Celebrity Milking Contest. CHS Miracle of Birth Center History Highlight: In the 15 years since it was established and 10 years since the move to its current location, the CHS Miracle of Birth Center has become the most popular free exhibit at the State Fair and is the birthplace of nearly 200 calves, lambs, goats and piglets each fair. The Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association coordinates 150 volunteer veterinarians to staff the center, along with University of Minnesota interns and FFA members who feed and care for the animals. The CHS Miracle of Birth Center is a new stop on the self-guided History Walking and Cell Phone Tour. Pick up a tour brochure from the History and Heritage Center or at any tour stop on the fairgrounds, or call (877) 411-4123 to listen anywhere. ❖
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The Minnesota State Fair has new attractions and exhibits for the 2016 Great Minnesota GetTogether. Hen House: Two flocks of hens take up residence in this brand-new exhibit showing modern housing designed for our egg-laying feathered friends. Discover more about how farmers use different egg production systems to produce safe and wholesome food, and see a backyard Submitted by Minnesota State Fair chicken coop up-close. If you’ve never seen a chicken lay an egg, this could be your chance! Located in the CHS Miracle of Birth Center. Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily (3 p.m. on Labor Day). Aug. 25-Sept. 5 • www.mnstatefair.org Recipe Card 1265 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul Roundup: Create State Fair blue ribbon-winning cuisine in son of Sturgeon Bay, Wis. “Floralyour own kitchen! This year’s Recipe palooza: Color Your World,” a collection Card Roundup giveaway features six of botanical couture designs by the top recipes from 2015: Zesty Salsa, Minnesota State Florist Association, Strawberry Jam, Banana Bread, and a festive player piano also fill the Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bars, Apple Pie Rotunda of the iconic Agriculture Hor(filling and crust) and Chocolate ticulture Building. Open daily 9 a.m. to Brownies. A limited quantity of these 9 p.m. (8 p.m. on Labor Day). collectible cards will be given away at Kemps Little Farm Hands — New 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. (while supplies last) Features: New hands-on learning each day in the Creative Activities adventures have sprouted at Kemps Building. A schedule of which recipes Little Farm Hands, the pint-size mock will be given away on specific days will farm experience especially for little be available in Fun Finder and daily fair fans ages 3 to 10. Explore why soil schedules at www.mnstatefair.org. erosion occurs, the importance of polliNational Park Service Centen- nation, the work of honeybees, how nial Day at Carousel Park: Min- water travels in a cycle, and what rain nesota’s six national parks come barrels do. Meander through a new together to host a fun-filled day cele- path in the Field of Knowledge to get brating the National Park Service an up-close look at soybeans, wheat, a Centennial in 2016. Hands-on activity straw bale garden and a variety of sunstations by the parks and their part- flowers. Sponsored by Kemps. Located ners educate, entertain and inspire at Kemps Little Farm Hands. Open 8 fair guests to get to know and treasure a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. our national parks. Enjoy stage enter4-H Minnesota Meat Grilling Containment by The Lost Forty, Asian test: Teams of 4-H'ers are given 30 minMedia Access, Mark Twain and Trivia utes to prepare and grill MinnesotaMafia. Collect an exclusive State Fair- grown meat and are judged on taste, only stamp as part of the National appearance and knowledge of nutrition. Park Service passport program. Their final product, incorporating comLocated at Carousel Park on Monday, petitors’ choice of processed rubs and Aug. 29, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. seasonings, can be the grilled meat Garden Kaleidoscopes & Floral- itself or the grilled meat worked into a palooza: Color Your World: Peer into salad creation. (Friday-Sunday, Aug. 26distinctive garden kaleidoscopes and 28, outside the northeast corner of the see gorgeous flowers transform into Warner Coliseum; times vary. Details at mesmerizing images of color and extension.umn.edu/youth/mn4-h/statemovement. These three unique metal fair/) sculptures and spinning flower bowls Eco Experience — New Highare created by artist Robert C. Ander- lights: An array of new exhibits high-
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PastureMap application aids in grazing rotation Until now, the answers By DICK HAGEN were mostly trial and error The Land Staff Writer and from years of experiELK RIVER, Minn. — ence. PastureMap, a simAttend any agricultural ple-to-use application event these days and a developed by ranchers and new technology is Stanford University gradinevitable. The National uates, takes the guesswork Bison Association Summer out of the grazing process. Conference in Elk River was no exception. ChrisPastureMap stores the tine Su, founder and CEO data and GPS location of of PastureMap, introduced the photos taken outdoors, a new application that can even without cell service. make your pasture maps When ranchers get home, extremely relevant and the program automatically accurate. syncs up with the internet and provides a map of all “It’s a grazing recordthe records and photos on keeping software that their desktop computer. It works on your iPhone as well as your computer. You Photo by Dick Hagen even allows producers to input herds and animal can go into your fields and Christine Su shows the PastureMap grazing pastures anytime and take record- keeping software on her laptop computer. weights to calculate feed requirements and shows photos that are geo-tagged available grazing days for — capturing GPS points on each paddock before each herd in each field. and after each grazing move,” she explained. “We’re all about helping ranchers save time, make When to move? How many head? How long? How much? These are questions cattle ranchers often ask the most out of their forage, and raise productivity themselves as they make grazing rotation plans. while growing healthy grass and soil,” said Su.
Su earned her degree in earth science and development of PastureMap was the end result. “We launched in the fall of 2015, working mostly with California cattle producers. Now I’m getting high interest with bison and cattle producers wherever I go,” she said. Understandably so since the preliminary buy-in for this new technology which photo maps the seasonal history of each of your pastures is free. “We also have several paid premium tiers that provide even more information on each of your grazing areas regardless how small,” Su explained. “These tiers provide data on your grazing animals, cattle or bison, on each of these subdivisions. So you are generating an incredible amount of information on each grazing pad which can then assist you in additional management strategies. For example, recovery days are color coded for each grazing paddock. So you get a very accurate measurement of recovery of the various species growing on each pasture which gives you needed information on what pasture vegetation recovers the most quickly.” PastureMap also can be used in rebuilding soil health. Su has Natural Resources Conservation Service collaboration in California which is pulling in U.S. Department of Agriculture soil maps which can then be integrated with the PastureMap program. Christine Su was interviewed at the National Bison Summer Conference in Elk River. To learn more, visit www.pasturemap.com. Su can be reached via e-mail at Christine@pasturemap.com. ❖
Mother Nature is best partner in bison farming your investment dollars should go because frankly these animals never like to be inside.” Support for bison The National Bison Association numbers about 1,100 members scattered across the country. “We have members in 49 states,” said Carter. “We need someone in Vermont to join us so that national label is exactly what it says.” Carter did express concern over climate change to warmer and wetter seasons along with less grazing landscapes. “Climate change is happening and with warmer climates we will have smaller animals. We even see that today in our various production herds. The woods bison in Canada tend to be a larger animal than the plains bison down here,” Carter explained. “But we also are seeing that our commercial herds here in Montana, North
Dakota and Minnesota, where you have the hard winters and the hard grasses, are bigger than our plains buffalo. Also, new commercial herds in Mississippi and Florida do well down there but they certainly don’t grow as big.” For some producers, the trend to a smaller animal might make good economical sense. “That bigger cow eats more groceries (grassland) so just maybe targeting for a 900-pound cow might make you more money than our 1,100-pound cows,” Carter said. “Just like a corn farmer selling more bushels per acre, it’s pounds of meat per acre of grassland that pays the bills.” There are approximately 100 bison producers in Minnesota currently raising about 5,000 bison. Dave Carter can be reached at dcarter@bisoncentral.com. To learn more, visit www.BisonCentral.com. ❖
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years ago in North America. The current count is roughly 600,000. A bison will live into their 20s, said Carter, noting that a young female is 3 Dave Carter years old before her first calving. Over the course of her life she will produce about twice as many calves than a domestic cow. Carter and his partners don’t artificially inseminate, preferring the natural mating process to maintain a diverse gene pool amongst their cows. “You start AI’ing animals and suddenly you have a super bull somewhere and everyone is buying those straws of semen,” Carter explained. “That’s when you start shrinking that genetic pool. With natural mating, our bulls do some sorting too. So do the cows. They just aren’t ready to be mounted by the first bull that comes sniffing.” While the ranchers do want calves that are rapid growers, they don’t want big calves that could generate birthing problems, explained Carter. Very few bison producers castrate their bull calves. “It’s illegal to use growth hormones in bison,” said Carter. “Instead we just let them provide their own.” Ranching Carter sees a real advantage to raising bison, listing these points. “We don’t AI; we don’t castrate; we don’t dehorn; we don’t brand them. This doesn’t mean they are a no-maintenance animal. You watch your herd. But it’s not an animal that demands attention very day,” he said. “You need good fencing, but it doesn’t need to be Alcatraz. “Our important pasture strategy is good grass, good water and the right social mixture. That means the right mixture between males and females. That means enough females for the bulls and vice-versa for the females. Keep those three factors in place and your herd isn’t wanting to roam.” “The winter hardiness of bison is remarkable. You get a blizzard that roars through eastern Colorado and the last thing I worry about is how are my cows doing,” he said. “Spend on handling facilities — the squeeze shoot, your corral, your fences,” Carter said. “That’s where
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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer ELK RIVER, Minn. — Dave Carter, of Westminster, Colo., partners with two other ranchers in eastern Colorado running about 200 mother bisons on a non-profit operation of about 8,000 acres called the Plains Conservation Center which is dedicated to restoring the natural prairie ecosystem. Former executive director of the National Bison Association, he attended the National Bison Summer Conference held in Elk River. “When you’re geared to restoring the prairies, bison can play an important role. So we have grazing rights on this land,” explained Carter. Rotational grazing is their strategy with various paddocks enrolled with the Savory Institute, an organization promoting the restoration of grasslands. “We have a great calf crop though we won’t have final count until the roundup this fall. We had a mild winter, great moisture this spring which gave us a good grass crop. So things are simply looking very good for our bison operation,” said Carter. Breeding Surprisingly, birth weights are only 40-50 pounds. “We stress that we haven’t tinkered with the genetics of this animal. We’re not into cross breeding. Or getting some bigger bulls out there. We don’t breed to get bigger than Mother Nature intended,” said Carter. “So for us, calving season is a good time to go fishing. Our cows get along just fine and frankly don’t want anyone around when calving. Just leave a cow alone and she and her cow friends do very well.” Calves are up within a half hour after birth ready to suckle. Bison have a natural instinct to protect each other. Usually three or four other females hang around the new mother to provide protection against predators that might be lurking. “These other cows will even lick the newborn calf and help it get up on wobbly legs and moving with the others,” Carter said. “It’s a remarkable thing to behold — the comradeship these critters have for each other. Little wonder they numbered into the tens of thousands before the onslaught of us gun-toting white men rambling the prairies. Bison have an incredible social structure.” About 30 million bison existed 150
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Cash Grain Markets corn/change* soybeans/change* Sauk Rapids Madison Redwood Falls Fergus Falls Morris Tracy Average: Year Ago Average:
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Grain Outlook Yield projections take a big jump
Livestock Angles August brings better prices
Grain Angles Selling corn in downturn
The following marketing analysis is for the week ending Aug. 12. CORN — Corn was flat as a pancake this week with traders reluctant to pick a direction leading into the first survey-based WASDE report of the year. The December contract only traded from $3.30.5 to $3.37 per bushel before the report’s publication. Improving weather forecasts provided resistance and uncertainty over the crop report and pictures of tip-backed ears circulating social media lent support. In post-report trading, the December contract traded down to a new contract low of $3.22.5 PHYLLIS NYSTROM per bushel, but held above the CHS Hedging Inc. St. Paul key 2014 harvest low of $3.18.25 per bushel. Corn conditions as of Aug. 7 fell for the first time this year. The good/excellent category dropped 2 percent to 74 percent with 53 percent in the dough stage versus 42 percent on average. Only 9 percent of the crop had dented compared to the average of 12 percent. Then came the August crop report! The USDA surprised everyone by taking a huge 7.1 bushels per acre leap higher on yield and a 613 million bushel jump in production for the 2016/2017 crop. This shouldn’t have come as a complete shock since at the end of July crop conditions were 76 percent good/excellent which was 6 percent higher than last year. This has many believing that this will be the largest yield put on a balance sheet this year. Production sprang to a new record at 15.153 billion bushels from 14.54 billion last month and was
The first week of August appears to be bringing a possible change in the livestock markets. The cattle market already is moving higher. The hogs, which are extremely oversold, could be following with a rally of their own. How far prices are able to rally is the only question left to be answered. Cattle have seen a good turnaround in the bearish price action experienced through the past several months. Cash has led the way as packers, appearing to be slightly light on inventory, have stepped up in the first part of August and pushed the cash sales higher by as much as $3. Along with the higher cash JOE TEALE purchases was the steadying of Broker the beef cutout followed by the Great Plains Commodity cutout prices beginning to Afton, Minn. advance. This ignited the futures market and resulted in a rally which closed the deep discounts to the cash market that the futures had experienced through most of the spring and early summer months. It would now be interpreted that some sort of a low has been established during this first week in the month of August. With the continued slow movement of beef and the fact that cattle numbers have slightly increased with weights now increasing, will this rally be prolonged or just another rally in a bear market? The answer appears to lie in the packers’ aggressiveness in acquiring live inventory and the demand for the finished product. Producers are requested to continue to monitor market conditions and protect inventories as needed. The hog market has not quite yet turned the corner
As of Aug. 1, corn prices have fallen about $1 a bushel since June. Soybean prices are down about $2 a bushel since June highs and corn condition ratings are at 20-year highs for this time of year. A number of producers were able to get a portion of their new crop bushels sold at a profit. Other farmers continue to hold grain in hopes of another price rally. The weather forecasts continue to delay extreme stress on the large crop expected this fall. One very common question is, when should I sell my grain? Of course it depends on your situation. Do you have storage? Is there a carry in the market? KURT LENSING What are your costs? Farmers Assistant Vice President question when I ask about indi- and Industry Specialist Waite Park, Minn. vidual farm costs per bushel. The reason I ask is because the cost to produce a bushel of corn varies from below $3 to above $5 a bushel. If your costs are on the high side of this range, it’s likely you will need to make adjustments to your farm’s cost structure in order to be viable long-term. Most years offer prices at or above break evens. Instead of trying to cherry pick the top of the market, it’s recommended by many in the industry to have a flexible, written marketing plan that has decision dates and prices. At each date, or price point, a percentage or increment should be sold. An example of how to write a plan for each increment might be: “Sell 10 percent of my new crop actual production history at $3.80 or by May 1 — whichever one comes first.” Marketing plans should be written. Whether on
See NYSTROM, pg. 15
See TEALE, pg. 15
See LENSING, pg. 15
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.
Soybean market seeing plenty of export action
Examine contracting options you manage prices with or without futures or options. Some of these options include: Minimum price contracts — lock in a floor and take advantage of rallies; Min/Max — lock in a pricing range; Averaging contracts — don’t receive below the seasonal average prices; Daily pricing; Expert/Pro Pricing — allow an industry professional to price grain; and Using futures or options. The contracts above are just “the tip of the iceberg,” but ultimately these — along many other types of contracts — will allow you to reduce price risk on your grain and oilseed production. For more information on who to contact to learn more about how to get a written marketing plan or to learn more about the many options the industry has for grain contracting talk to your local AgStar representative or visit us online at Agstar.com/grain. ❖
Pork market set for recovery rally TEALE from pg. 14 on the protracted bear market which has been in place for some time. Given the fact that the market is drastically oversold and demand for pork remains good, the stage is set for some type of recovery in prices in the weeks ahead. Whether the value of pork versus the competitive meats is great enough to attract the consumer to consume more pork will determine if this rally develops. The fact that hog numbers have increased is no secret and pork production has been increasing because of it. This makes it important for any chance of a sustained rally dependent on good demand for pork products. One caveat has been the strong U.S. dollar. This has slowed export business which has been a real benefit to demand over recent years. If fundamental influences are not enough to sustain a long-term rally, it may be assumed that this could end up being a short-term technical rally to relieve the oversold condition in the market that exists at this time. Therefore, producers should keep aware of current market conditions and respond appropriately to protect inventories. ❖
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LENSING from pg. 14 paper, iPad or e-mail, the key is holding yourself accountable and avoid emotional decisions. Have specific dates or price points (whichever happens first). Sometimes selling at a loss is necessary to manage risk. Use contracts you understand. For example: cash, elevator “hybrid” contracts, futures, etc. Also, be flexible. The ultimate goal is to reduce risk — not assume it. Finally, include a trusted advisor. Grain merchandisers, brokers and marketing firms can help. Some farmers opt out of a written marketing plan simply because it can be a bit overwhelming. Getting a marketing plan together does not have to be complicated. Today there are grain marketing options at elevators and corn and soybean processors which enable
$8.35 to $9.85 per bushel. Weekly export sales exceeded expectations with 11.3 million bushels for this year and a whopping 102.6 million bushels for 2016/2017. Total sales commitments for this year now stand at 1.938 billion bushels, which is still well above the new USDA 2015/2016 export forecast of 1.88 billion bushels. There are a record 201 million bushels of outstanding sales left to ship this marketing year compared to 69 million bushels at this time last year. OUTLOOK: The soybean crop still has a lot of time before it’s made, so it’s likely the market will keep some degree of weather risk premium in the price. This may have been some of the reasoning behind the post-crop report recovery off the $9.62.5 low for the week. If rains develop as forecasted, further downside may be the favored direction. For the week, November soybeans were up 7.25 cents at $9.81.75 and the January contract was 7.75 cents higher at $9.82.25 per bushel. First support in the November soybean contract is the 200-day moving average at $9.58.75 per bushel with first resistance at the recent high of $9.99.25 per bushel, then $10.06 per bushel. Nystrom’s notes: Contract changes for the week ended Aug. 12: December Chicago wheat gained 2 cents, Minneapolis rallied 11.25 cents and Kansas City was 5 cents higher. The September crude oil jumped $2.69 higher to close at $44.49 per barrel, ULSD was up over 9 cents, RBOB fell just .5 cents and natural gas tumbled 18.5 cents lower. The Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ all set new all-time highs this week. This was the first time since Dec. 31, 1999 that all three settled at record highs. ❖
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ary support at the September 2009 low of $2.96.75 per bushel. For resistance, the 10-day moving average is $3.33.5 and the 20-day moving average is $3.39 per bushel. The December/July corn spread widened after the WASDE report to trade at 24.75 cents carry and closed the week at a 24 cent carry. SOYBEANS — Demand was the name of the game in soybeans this week ahead of the August crop report. Fresh export sales have been announced on twelve out of the last thirteen days in the USDA daily reporting system and the weekly export sales reflected the interest. Grower sales slowed to a snail’s pace with basis levels improving in many areas to attract bushels to the marketplace. Timely rains and rain in the forecast have underpinned any push to the upside as beans are in the critical pod filling stage. As of Aug. 7, beans in the good/excellent category were unchanged at 72 percent with 69 percent of the crop setting pods versus 61 percent setting pods on average. A weaker U.S. dollar also lent support to the soybean market. Soybean yield on the August report had only been unchanged twice in the last 20 years, but make that three times after this week’s WASDE report. Soybean yield for 2016/2017 was pushed 2.2 bushels per acre higher than the July forecast to 48.9 bushels per acre – a new record. Production for 2016/2017 at 4.06 billion bushels is also a brand new record and up 180 million bushels from the July number! The average estimate was 3.941 billion bushels, the highest outlook was 4.054 billion and last month we were at 3.88 billion bushels. As of July 31, 54 percent of the beans were setting pods (10 percent ahead of average) and 72 percent of the beans were rated good to excellent (9 percent ahead of last year). Other changes on the balance sheet included increases of 15 million on the crush and 30 million on exports to 1.95 billion bushels. Ending stocks were up 40 million from 290 million last month to 330 million bushels this month. The ending stocks to use ratio rose from 7.3 percent to 8.2 percent. The average farm price dropped from a range of $8.75 to $10.25 to a range of
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NYSTROM from pg. 14 well above the average estimate of 14.757 billion bushels. The production figure was also higher than the largest pre-report projection. In other categories on the 2016/2017 balance sheet, imports were up 10 million, feed/residual ramped up 175 million to 5.675 billion bushels, and FSI was left unchanged as was ethanol at 5.275 billion. But exports were raised 125 million to 2.175 billion bushels. The ending stocks to use ratio rallied from 14.7 percent to 16.6 percent. The average on-farm price for 2016/2017 was cut from a range of $3.10 to $3.70 per bushel in July to $2.85 to $3.45 per bushel on the August report. We have nearly 305 million bushels yet unshipped in the current year, which is considered high. Export inspections were 45 million bushels when we need 52.7 million per week to hit the USDA forecast. For the 2016/2017 crop year, total export sales commitments are 357 million bushels. This is impressively higher than last year when we had only sold 200 million bushels at this time. The updated 2016/2017 export sales forecast is 2.175 billion bushels. Weekly ethanol production was the second highest on record when it increased 14,000 barrel per day at 1.018 million barrel per day versus the previous week. Ethanol stocks were 143,000 barrels lower at 20.46 million barrels. Trade chatter is suggesting that Brazil’s summer corn planting may be up 13 percent or 1.88 million acres this year with high prices cited behind the increase. The increase may come at the expense of soybean acres. There is also talk Brazil is working to approve U.S. GMO corn varieties for import for the livestock sector. This could open the door for U.S. corn exports into Brazil during September-November. OUTLOOK: After the August crop report, prices spiked lower, but by the end of the session prices were posting gains. For the week, December corn was down 1.25 cents at $3.33 and March corn was off a penny at $3.43.5 per bushel. The 2014 harvest low of $3.18.25 maintains its support status with second-
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Joan Lee, McIntosh, Minn. August 11 The hay square bales are all done and now the focus is on the organic oats at the Lee farm. The Land spoke with Joan Lee on Aug. 11 as the recent rain has caused additional challenges in the oat harvest. On Aug. 10 the Lee farm received 2.08 inches of rain which didn’t help to get the harvest moving along. Before the rain on Aug. 10 “we got one of the fields combined.” The yields so far are promising. “The first field that we combined ran close to 80 bushels per acre, that’s pretty good,” Lee said. Actually, it’s really good, “it’s one of the best yields we’ve had since starting oats.” Along with oat harvest, Lee has straw to bale and “we still have our wheat too.” This time of year, multi-tasking is key. “It’s always kind of a challenge to get all this done at almost the same time.” Overall, “we need some dry time.” Lee would also like some sun as well. Those two things would go far in ensuring that oat harvest would get done soon and then it’s on to wheat. There’s no slowing down this time of year at the Lee farm and with good yields, Lee wouldn’t want it any other way.
Kent Moser, Rock Rapids, Iowa August 5 “The heat has subsided,” reported Kent Moser. For Moser that means relief not only for him as he’s been spending long days looking at fields but for all the crops he’s been scouting. The Land spoke with Moser on Aug. 5 as he noted that this morning it was 58 F. The cooler temperatures haven’t brought any moisture as the area keeps missing measurable rain with the exception of “pockets here
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and there.” Moser has been busy spraying corn and soybeans as well as scouting for aphids. Due to the excessive heat last month Moser is seeing come corn with 2 inches of tip back. For Moser, that’s unusual in the area. “We don’t see a lot of it,” he said. There were “three or four nights that we never recovered” from the heat of the day. That stress on the corn is evident in the amount of tip back being found. While tip back is present in some of the corn, it overall “looks really good yet.” The soybeans “canopied real fast.” Moser said he is hopeful about the soybeans. “Even without moisture recently, I’m not overly concerned with the amount of rain we missed,” Moser said. Moser noted that the soil moisture is still good. Bottom line for Moser: “No reason to get alarmed yet.”
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Andy Pulk, Roseau, Minn. August 11 “It’s the wettest it’s been up here since I began farming.” Even with that said, a little rain or lot in this case, hasn’t stopped harvest for Andy Pulk. The Land spoke with Pulk on Aug. 11 as he waiting for the fields to dry out some so he could continue rye grass harvest. Pulk is hopeful he’ll be back in the field soon. It’s been a wet harvest so far with four inches of rain in less than 10 days. Rye grass harvest should wrap up next week, “once the combine leaves rye grass it will move onto wheat.” The rye grass yields unfortunately “aren’t’ going to be excellent by any means.” The wheat however, “looks very promising.” While wheat is doing well all this rain has made it an “absolutely perfect year for disease in our crops.” Pulk expects to find disease when he harvests the wheat. “We’re on the makings for an extremely good corn crop.” The corn did “not have any issues with fertility.” Pulk believes that there’s “good potential.” The soybeans are “pretty decent, average for this time of year.” With all the rain, “they’re not looking for moisture this year.” Pulk believes that the crops could go through the vast majority of August with no moisture and would be just fine. With a wet harvest in full swing and some promising crops in the field, Pulk’s only concern right now is trying not to get the combine stuck. Though Pulk knows the odds of that not happening pretty slim this year.
John Nielsen, Albert Lea, Minn. August 4 August is a busy month for John Nielsen and with the rain staying away Nielsen was able to cross even more off his to-do list. The Land spoke with Nielsen on Aug. 4 as he reported he was able to get all the fungicide on his soybeans as well as have them sprayed for aphids. The beans “look really good,” he reported. Nielsen said he is hopeful for an even better crop than last year. He is keeping a watchful eye out for any indication of white mold. Meanwhile, the corn “looks like a super crop.” Nielsen has found quite a few ears that are 45 to 47 kernels per row. The hay is ready to be cut when Nielsen can get around to it. He spent this past week at the Freeborn County Fair. His pork chop stand was a busy place to be: “We had a really good fair.” While Nielsen had a great time and enjoyed cheering on his grandchildren as they showed their animals, he admits “I’m exhausted.” Rest won’t come soon for Nielsen as he still has bins that need to be erected. He also plans on taking his seed corn people to Stillwater. The Minnesota State Fair finishes off the month. “We spend a whole week at the State Fair,” Nielsen said. With all that Nielsen has going on this month, he doesn’t want to miss looking out on his fields and seeing what “looks to be a very good crop.”
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Dairy market experiencing ups and downs this month The following marketing analysis is for the week ending Aug. 12. Roller coasters are fun rides at the fair, but not at the farm. Chicago Mercantile Exchange cheese prices ended six consecutive weeks of climb the second week of August. The cheddar blocks, which climbed the previous Friday to $1.8150 per pound, closed the following Friday at
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$1.78, down 3.5 cents on the week but 8.75 cents above a year ago. The cheddar barrels, which hit $1.88 the previous Friday, closed this week at $1.8650, down 1.5 cents on the week, an impressive 16.75 cents above a year ago, and 8.5 cents above the blocks. Six cars of block traded hands on the week at the CME and none of barrel.
Dairy Market News reports that Midwest milk production continues to fall and cheese manufacturers are adjusting production schedules accordingly. Demand was mixed this week. A few manufacturers reported strong orders
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while others feel buyers’ interest lost a little steam this week. Orders for mozzarella and provolone varieties are strong. Industry contacts anticipate the demand for mozzarella will See MIELKE, pg. 18
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Butter demand strong, production running full schedules MIELKE from pg. 17 continue to grow as football season kicks off and pizza orders pick up. Cheese curd sales remain strong as the region is in peak fair season. Inventories for cheese curds and Italian type cheeses are light while cheddar cheese stocks are reportedly heavier. The market undertone is steady. Looking westward: “Plenty of milk is making its way to the cheese vats for full cheese production,” DMN reports, and “With an anticipated increased demand for cheese, producers are processing in preparation for the upcoming football season, adding support for prices right now. With so much talk about and volume of cheese, some manufacturers feel there is no shortage of any type of cheese. Thus, inventories are a little heavy,” but “Retail and food service demand remains strong.” Speaking of cheese, the National Milk Producers Federation has called
on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to help dairy farmers enduring “the lowest milk prices since the Great Recession of 2009“ by providing “a measure of relief by purchasing at least $100 million worth of cheese products for donation to the needy, a measure that would help both farmers, and food insecure Americans who patronize food banks.” ■ The butter roller coaster climbed to $2.27 per pound on Aug. 5, then dropped Aug. 10 to $2.22, but regained some Friday and closed at $2.25 – down 2 cents on the week and 18.5 cents above a year ago. Only two cars were sold on the week at the CME. Central region butter production is active, according to DMN, and several manufacturers are running full schedules. “A few contacts report the availability of cream is decreasing slightly, but most manufacturers feel they are able to meet their production needs.
Because production is more active than most contacts had anticipated, manufacturers report being able to replace the stocks they have been selling. Demand is strong from retail and food service,” but some buyers were unable to purchase the full amount of butter they were looking for. Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk continues its ups and downs but closed Friday at 83.25 cents per pound. This is unchanged on the week, but 14.25 cents above a year ago. ■ The Agriculture Department’s latest National Milk Cost of Production report shows June total milk production costs were up from the previous month but were still below a year ago. Total feed costs averaged $10.83 per cwt., up 32 cents from April, up 25 cents from May, but 52 cents below June 2015. Purchased feed costs, at $6.27 per cwt., were up 70 cents from
April, up 37 cents from May, and 39 cents above June 2015. Total costs, feed, bedding, marketing, fuel, repairs, hired labor, taxes, etc., at $22.14 per cwt., were up 50 cents from April, up 43 cents from May, but 55 cents below a year ago. Feed costs made up 48.9 percent of total costs in June, which is up from 48.7 percent the month before and down from 50.0 percent a year ago. Penn State’s measure of income over feed costs, rose 28.8 percent in July from its June value, as much higher milk prices combined with somewhat lower feed prices. July’s income over feed cost is the highest since last November. Income over feed cost reflects daily gross milk income less feed costs for an average cow producing 65 pounds of milk per day. ■ See MIELKE, pg. 19
Processors preparing for upsurge in milk demand prior year with volumes to Japan (the States’ Number 1 destination) dropping by 39 percent. Second quarter 2016 was the weakest quarter for total cheese shipments since fourth quarter 2012 as the top four destinations all reduced purchases from the
prior year.” HGD says the largest losses by volume were to South Korea, down 14 million pounds from second See MIELKE, pg. 20
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MIELKE from pg. 18 Checking income, California’s September Class I milk price is $18.12 per cwt. for the north and $18.39 for the south. Both are up $1.75 from August, 4 cents above September 2015, and the highest Class I prices since December 2015. The nine-month average now stands at $15.78 for the north, down from $17.65 at this time a year ago and $24.78 in 2014. The southern nine-month average, at $16.05, is down from $17.92 a year ago and $25.05 in 2014. The September federal order Class I base price is announced by the USDA on Aug. 17. USDA’s weekly update reports that “Farm milk production has been falling across the nation due to the spike in temperature and humidity in their respective regions,” but “manufacturers are supplementing production by seeking additional milk from out-of-state and regional suppliers, covering current production needs.” The update states that “most Class I processors are preparing for an upsurge in bottled milk demand with the commencement of classes at educational institutions. Ice cream and frozen dessert processors continue pulling in large amounts of cream. Cream supplies remain steady to tight.” USDA lowered its 2016 milk production forecast from last month in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report due to lower expectations on milk per cow. The forecast for 2017 was raised however as higher forecast milk prices and lower feed costs in late 2016 and 2017 are expected to lead to a modest expansion in the cow inventory and more rapid growth in milk per cow. The 2016 Class III milk price forecast was raised, reflecting higher cheese and whey prices; but the Class IV price was lowered as an expected lower butter price more than offsets the higher nonfat dry milk price. The 2017 Class III and IV price forecasts were raised, based on expected stronger component prices. ■ Looking globally: expectations in the European Union are for second-half milk production to be below a year ago, according to DMN, as “EU dairy producers have increased culling and feeding of concentrates has been reduced.” DMN also reports that, “recent actions in the EU are moving toward increasing labeling of milk and dairy products as to country of origin. The recent action of the European Commission, to allow France to begin a trial period where mandatory country of origin labeling is required on dairy products, continues to be a matter of intense discussion and commentary in the EU. Other countries are now responding in ways seeking similar market identification.” ■ “U.S. cheese and butter exports continue to be under pressure versus the prior year though improving from the prior month,” reports HighGround Dairy’s latest export analysis. “Cheddar cheese exports improved slightly during June, but fell 37 percent during second quarter from
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Raising prize sheep is team effort for Iowa family By Renae B. Vander Schaaf The Land Correspondent HAWARDEN, Iowa — The Rule farm on the bluffs near the Big Sioux River seems to be the ideal place to
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country. Tyson recently captured the Best Consignment Award and the Supreme Champion Ram at the Nugget All American Show in Reno, Nev. He returned home just in time to welcome the bus from the Pipestone Sheep Facility Tour. Remarkably enough, it was through these show lambs that Tyson met his wife Amber from Oklahoma. “Tyson had delivered lambs to my See SHEEP, pg. 21
U.S. butter exports down MIELKE from pg. 19 quarter 2015. “NZ has stolen much of South Korea’s business with Germany following close behind,” HGD said. U.S. butter exports were down 3 million pounds from second quarter 2015 and 33 million pounds from second quarter 2014, according to HGD. “Shipments have been dropping off since second quarter 2014 when Saudi Arabia and Morocco were still buying at an impressive rate. Since then, New Zealand and Europe have become more competitive and have been competing for business from the region. Saudi Arabia has been slowly disappearing as an important U.S. customer since fourth quarter 2015. Canada supported majority of volumes seen in second quarter 2016 as they nearly tripled their buying interest from the prior year,” HGD reports. The Daily Dairy Report says the U.S. is on pace to export the fewest pounds of butterfat since 2009, with tear-todate exports of nearly 29 million
pounds. This is down 4 percent from the comparable period in 2015. In contrast, the DDR says “U.S butterfat imports in June, according to GTIS data, surged 57 percent, to 9.9 million pounds, up 42 percent from June 2015. Year-to-date U.S butterfat imports of 57.5 million pounds were up 40 percent versus 2015.” Concluding a successful two-day summit in Denver, leaders of U.S. and Mexican dairy industry organizations pledged to “work together to boost trade between the two countries, address mutual challenges and increase dairy consumption while also promoting milk production on both sides of the border,” according to a joint press release from the U.S. Dairy Export Council and National Milk. Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist who resides in Everson, Wash. His weekly column is featured in newspapers across the country and he may be reached at lkmielke@juno.com. ❖
Rule sheep farm delivers lambs across the country “For delivery, buyers can come to the farm. But many lambs are delivered by truck, directly to the farm, or destination points all across the United States,” said Jared Whitcomb. Whitcomb, from Greenview, Ill., came to the Rule's six years ago right out of high school. He worked as a summer intern while attending Oklahoma State University before coming on full-time to manage the sales and production portion of the show lamb business. “We normally bring in two to three interns each summer and some shortterm winter interns as well,” said Tyson. “It gives students a large scale exposure to the lamb industry and livestock reproduction. We pride ourselves with getting top candidates for our intern positions and not only teaching them about the livestock industries, but also help them think like a business owner. Our goal is to instill and develop valuable business and entrepreneurial skills that they can use after they complete their schooling.” To learn more, visit www.rulesheep.com. ❖
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“To maximize on our high end females, select ewes are used in a embryo transfer donor program,” said Amber. “Each donor is superovulated where she can usually produce an average of eight eggs. The eggs are then implanted into recipient ewes that have been synchronized for breeding along with the donors. The implanting process is a minimally invasive procedure.” The recipient ewes are Rambouillet sheep normally from the Rocky Mountain area. The mainstay of the Rule flock is their 700 black-faced Hampshire based ewes. The Rules lamb in October for seedstock, then December through May with an emphasis on market lambs. With six years of intense artificial insemination and embryo transfer, the majority of their 700-head flock goes back to 12 ewe lines and two sire lines. Sharing skills While most lamb buyers come to the Rule farm to view the lambs, the majority of the lambs are actually auctioned off online to allow all buyers an equal opportunity at purchasing each lamb.
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SHEEP from pg. 20 uncle and aunt,” said Amber Rule. “They introduced us and I have been learning about sheep ever since.” Amber had been familiar with bottle calves and cattle and used those same skill sets to help develop the protocols that they still use in their lambing facility. “I very much appreciate their herd nature,” Amber said. “Yet they each have their own personality.” That really seems to come out Amber Rule explains the procedure involved in when their daughter Madison implanting ewes. works with her show lambs. or lowered depending on the weather. Often the names she chooses take into “We utilize a drovers’ alley to consideration the lamb’s personality. increase our linear bunk footage to “Dutchess” was the name of Madison’s give plenty of space for eating, allowGrand Champion market lamb because ing the ewes to eat on each side of the of the lamb’s arrogant personality. alleyway” said Rob. “It takes about a Last year’s Reserve Grand Cham- half an hour to feed each building.” pion lamb at her state fair was named “The lambing barn looks like a pig “Elmo” because of the lamb’s silly nursery,” said Tyson, “because that’s demeanor. At 13, Madison participates in the Heartland Youth Club Lamb what we based the design off of. The Association which competes in Iowa, only thing different is the pen size.” Minnesota, Nebraska and South The flooring, automatic waters, venDakota; and also in national shows in tilation, and feeding system are all the the fall traveling to Louisville Ky., same system. Ewes are lambed on the Phoenix, Ariz. and Denver, Colo. south side of the building in larger Sheep are not only a business for the group pens, then moved to the smaller Rule family, but also the center for pens. Each jug has an automatic nipmany of Tyson and Amber’s family ple water, which most ewes seem to activities. Their children, Madison, learn quickly. The lambing barn can Makenzie and Maverick, are involved hold 450 ewes at a time, and was built with the sheep in age-appropriate with automation of processes in mind to allow more time to be spent with activities and responsibilities. newborn lambs. This will be the first year their daughThe commodity shed allows them to ter Makenzie will join Madison in the employ the least cost ration philososhow business. At age 8, she is now old enough to be in 4-H. Both girls receive phy. Whether it be cornstalks, haylage, plenty of advice from their 2-year-old or beet pulp chips, the ingredients are nutritionally balanced and sweetened brother Maverick. with a liquid distillers syrup from Operations ethanol plants. Things are busy for Tyson and As the Rules reflected on their goals Amber. The groundwork for their present location began in 2008. It was and family needs, the decision was designed to efficiently raise 4,000 com- made to work more on the show animals and minimize the commercial mercial ewes and 1,000 show ewes. flock for the present. “Our buildings were built with change in mind — allowing for multi- Breeding The newest building on their farm ple applications depending on our need really sets the stage for their specialat that time,” said Tyson. ized sheep business. It includes a ram The two hoop buildings can house cooling area for maintaining higher approximately 1,000 ewes each. There fertility rates during the summer. are eight pens in each building that Semen is collected and evaluated. hold 125 ewes during their mainte- Most of the semen is shipped cooled to nance, breeding and gestation periods. their clients to inseminate. Last year, A 4-inch gap on the ceiling allows for Rule rams bred over 4,000 ewes heat and moisture to escape. Curtains nationwide. on the sides of the hoop can be raised
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Balzer model 1400 6R stalk chopper, JD 643 6RN cornhead, late model, converted to poly; also, JD 7520 tractor, MFWD, 2800 hrs, all exc cond. 651-338-6861 FOR SALE: '02 JD 2700 ripper, low acres, $13,900 JD 3600 8 bottom plow, $5,900/OBO. Both field ready. Feterl rotary grain screener, elec 3hp, $390; 16R30” hooded band sprayer w/ 300 gal tank & Redball monitor, $3,900. 507-327-6430
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FOR SALE: '08 Bobcat S205, FOR SALE: Case IH 1083 445 Case Series 3 skid ldr, 8x30 cornhead, GVL polly, hyd quick-tach, ride con3700 hrs, cab, heat, AC, W.P. bearings, $5,450; Case trol, 2spd, 3650 hrs, still 2spd, power bob tach, foot IH 1020 25' flexhead, 3” cut, used daily, $18,900. 715-223controls & bucket, oilbath drive, $2,900; IH 3664 $20,000/OBO. 320-828-0323 SMTA tractor, IHWF, FOR SALE: Fox Custom 90 $3,750; IH 720, 5x18, 3pt FOR SALE: '78 JD 7700 comchopper 2R head, $1,500; spring reset plow, $1,900; bine plus 6R cornhead, (2) Gehl chopper wagons on IH 720, 7x18, 3pt, on land works good, Best Offer; Minnesota & JD gear, spring reset plow, $3,450; Case 900 diesel, 2500 hrs, $1,500/ea; 550 MF combine, NH BR 780 baler, net & Best Offer. 507-276-3136 gray cab, needs some retwine wrap, 10,000 bales, pair, $2,000; 6R MF CH, FOR SALE: '97, JD 9400 $7,900. $1,500; Super B model 400 combine ,1300 sep hrs, 2,000 corn dryer, $2,000; Miller engine hrs, all options & FOR SALE: Fantini chopMachine Works 3pt stump yield monitor, $45,000; JD ping 8R CH; 70' Elmer grinder, cost new $5,000 643 cornhead, calmer chopdrag, Merritt alum hopper will sell for $2,500; MM per, $15,000;JD 920 beangrain trailers; '89 IH 1680 corn sheller, $1,200; Heshead, $7,500, all exc cond, combine; 690 Killbros grain ston stacker model 30B, will sell for less on a packcart; 24R30” JD pl on Kinze $1,200; New Idea 2R corn age deal. 507-263-3276 bar; Big A floater; 175 picker, $400; '70 Ford tilt Michigan ldr; IH 964 CH; cab fire truck, 18,000 mi, FOR SALE: 2009 JD612C, 12White 706 & 708 CH & $2,500. cell 612-791-5570 or 22” cornhead, $42,500; 2002 parts; White plows & 507-357-6435 NHTV140 Bidirectional parts; (3) 4WD drive picktractor, $31,000; 2013 Loftups ('78-'80); JD 44' field FOR SALE: IH 560 diesel ness 7.5' Flail mower, like WF, fast hitch, 4 new tires, cult; 3300 Hiniker field new, $4,995; JD 790 DL-C runs excellent, $4,250; NI cult; IH 260 backhoe; Excavator, $21,500; JD corn picker, 3 row narrow, header trailer. 507-380-5324 3020D, w/ loader, $7,250. field ready, $3,250. 612-790320-212-7882 4191
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FOR SALE: '05, 22' Balzer high speed shredder. (320) 212-2579 FOR SALE: JD 9510 combine, 2700 sep hrs, greenstar w/ brown box, 30.5x32 tires, $36,500; JD 925 flexhead, JD 643 cornhead $4,900 each; Brent 544 grav box, 445x22.5 tires, $7,900; Demco 550 grav box 445x22.5 tires 6900; (2) J& M 385 grav boxes, 13 ton gear, truck tires, lights $3750/each; 18.4x42 combine duals off 70 series JD combine. $3,750/ set. 320-769-2756 Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Repair Repair-Troubleshooting Sales-Design Custom hydraulic hose-making up to 2” Service calls made. STOEN'S Hydrostatic Service 16084 State Hwy 29 N Glenwood, MN 56334 320634-4360 JD 2800 4 btm spring reset; Westfield 13”x71' w/ swing hopper; Rapat F6018 belt conveyor, pt; IH C 475 21' disk; '70 F600 w/ Midwest box & hoist; Polaris Magnum 325 4x2. 507-381-6719
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JD 337 sq baler w/ 30 thrower, JD 3970 topper w/ 7' hay head & 2RN cornhead, (2) JD topper boxes, front & rear unload. HS 7+4 twin auger topper box. 507-9516297 NH 1431, 200 acres since new cutter bar, good condition, $14,000. Also, Ladig 20' silo unloader, 1 yr old, $1,500. 612-490-4171 We buy Salvage Equipment Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc. (507)867-4910 Tractors
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FOR SALE: '04 Case IH MX 210 MFD, 8500 hrs, duals, runs good, needs paint, $29,500. 507-327-0858 FOR SALE: '04 NH TG230, MFD, 3500 hrs, 5 remotes, mega-flow, super steer, 3pt PTO auto-steer & radar, wgts, $68,000. 507-327-0858 FOR SALE: '53 model 50 JD tractor, real good shape, $2,995/OBO. Retired farmer. 507-273-3376 FOR SALE: 1988 Case IH, 9130 tractor, 6900 hrs, equiped w/ steerable front axle, 1000 RPM PTO, 3pt hitch exc. cond. 507-360-8610
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FOR SALE: Case IH 7250, MFD, 7600 hrs, 18.4x46 duals, good rubber, 3 remotes, 3pt, PTO, wgts, nice paint & interior, field ready, $45,000. 507-327-0858 FOR SALE: JD 7800, MFWD, transmission just rebuilt, 16 speed power quad, 18.4R42 rear tires (70%) w/ duals, rear weights, 3 hydrolic remotes, 540-1000 PTO. Looks & runs great, $39,700. 507789-6049 NEW AND USED TRACTOR PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 55, 50 Series & newer tractors, AC-all models, Large Inventory, We ship! Mark Heitman Tractor Salvage 715-673-4829
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1988 Titan II 7720 combine, 824 NH cornhead exc cond, $2,600. (715)495-0757 heavy rear axle, chopper. (815)543-1890 FOR SALE: '09 Case IH 3412 cornhead, $32,500. 507-383BRENT #1080 Grain Cart 3447 (2007) w/ Scale & Tarp. FOR SALE: '11 JD 9570 comGREAT PLAINS 30 Ft Turbine, loaded, PRWD, CM, bo-Till w/ Reel (New $165,000. '13 606C chopping Blades) 2nd Set. Both Real cornhead, $43,900. 625F Good. 319-347-6676 Can Del beanhead, $15,000. Will separate and always shedded. CIH 2366 combine, sep hrs 507-238-1309 1687, eng hrs 2666, specality rotor, long unloading auger, FOR SALE: '78 JD 6600 combine, very well maintained, field tracker, grain loss always shedded, 404 motor monitor, header control, diesel. Also, JD 216 flex heavy duty final drives, head. 605-413-3515 chain oilers. 605-359-6205 FOR SALE: '82 8820 comFOR SALE: '01 JD 925F 25' bine, field ready, $9,000. JD full finger bean head, 3” 730 gas tractor, WF, fendcut, excellent, $11,500/OBO. ers, good rubber & paint, 515-341-3001 $7,000. 507-391-5127
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FOR SALE: '06 JD 30' 630F FOR SALE: '84 JD 6620 turgrain head, low acres, field bo combine, 2950 eng hrs w/ ready, $11,900/OBO. 507HD rear axle, JD service 327-6430 records, always shedded. 507-430-5563
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FOR SALE: '91 JD 9500 com- FOR SALE: Case IH 2188 combine, fully loaded, very bine, well cared for, many nice shape. 507-350-9580 new parts, MUST SEE! Also, 920 bean head, nice. South of Fairmont, MN. FOR SALE: Gleaner combines, M2 & M3, 6R30 507-773-4480 greenstripe corn head, 315 beanhead, new reel, stainFOR SALE: '98 JD 9410 comless, polly, caricut, all very bine, 2765 eng hrs, 1938 sep nice, misc headers & parts. hrs, 24.5x32 tires, chopper, 320-424-1160 YM, bin extension, set up for hydra flex BH exc FOR SALE: JD 634 30” cornshape, $39,500/OBO. 515head. 507-383-9565 341-3001 FOR SALE: JD 7701 pullFOR SALE: Drive over type combine w/ 212 pickdump box, built by up, in use, very clean, Broskoff Structures, works $3,750; JD 920F flex-head, w/ swing hopper or jump good shape, $1,750. 612-790auger, near new with new 4191 paint. 507-874-3244 FOR SALE: JD 9650STS FOR SALE: FarmFan combine, 2WD, AHH, DAS, AD150 dryer, 583 hrs, DMC mower hopper ext, Greenmoisture controller nearly Star ready, thru JD shop new, includes: 2000 bu cone yearly w/ service records, bottom wet bin, one load 18.4x42 duals, 2189 sep/3293 auger & 3 unload augers, en hrs, long auger, new asking $10,000. 320-226-4129 concave & wear items, or 320-269-6659 Leave mess very nice, always shedded, $59,700. 320-359-2692
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FOR SALE: JD 643 cornhead, '92 knife rollers, side deflectors, oil bath, straight, $4,500. 507-317-3396 FOR SALE: Kinze grain cart, 1050 soft track, excellent shape, options: elec scale, $63,000. 507-473-3613 FOR SALE: New Hyd deck plate kit for 1083 Case IH cornhead, asking $2,000. 507-327-0858 FOR SALE: Very nice '92 Case IH 1688, well maintained, 3870 hrs, RWA, and 1083 cornhead, $34,900. Will separate. 612-701-3186
X-TREME Grain Carts On Hand #1317--1325 Bu #1117--1125 Bu #1017--1025 Bu 20” Corner Auger Folds Across Front We Trade/Del Anywhere A.L. Buseman Industries 319-347-6282 LET IT RING
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FOR SALE: '12 2700 JD rip- Alfalfa, mixed hay, grass Herd of 60 young Holstein cows, all stages of lactaper, 9-24, low acres, $29,000. hay and straw, medium tion, AI bred. 608-782-9423 Will trade for truck tractor. squares or round bales, deor 608-788-6258 Also JD 158 ldr w/ 8' bucklivered. LeRoy Ose, call or et, $3,200. 320-522-0589 text 218-689-6675 Registered Holstein herd 147 cows, producing 86# of Machinery Wanted 040 Buyers & Sellers of hay, milk/day, cell count of 172 straw, corn, wheat, oats & + 45 springing Holstein other grains. Western Hay 3 Pt Sprayer any size, pref heifers that will calve beavailable. Fox Valley Alfalgood shape, pump/contween August & December. fa Mill. 920-853-3554 trols not needed, $500 Bred to sex semen. Also max. (952) 451-2315 two loads of Holstein FOR SALE: 4'x5' bales of springers, 6-8 months bred. hay, baleage & bedding, (712)269-0874 All kinds of New & Used wrapped, reasonable. (715) farm equipment – disc chisWANTED TO BUY: Dairy 879-5523 els, field cults, planters, heifers and cows. 320-235soil finishers, cornheads, 2664 054 feed mills, discs, balers, Livestock Cattle 056 haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712, 20 Black & Red Angus cows Glencoe 7400; Field Cults & calf pairs. 608-788-6258 or under 30': JD 980, small 608-792-9423 grain carts & gravity boxes 300-400 bu. Finishers under DEAD STOCK REMOVAL FOR SALE OR LEASE REGISTERED BLACK SERVICE BY PAT 20', clean 4 & 6R stalk chopANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & WENDINGER SERVING pers; Nice JD 215 & 216 yearlings; bred heifers, all RENVILLE, SIBLEY, flex heads; JD 643 corncalving ease, club calves & CARVER, WRIGHT, heads Must be clean; JD balance performance. Al MEEKER, MCLEOD, corn planters, 4-6-8 row. sired. In herd improvement STEARNS & SCOTT 715-299-4338 program. J.W. Riverview COUNTIES. CHARGES: NH 311 small square baler or Angus Farm Glencoe, MN $35 PER STOP (NOT PER 274 NH baler. Must be in 55336 Conklin Dealer 320ANIMAL) OR $200 PER good cond. (608)727-2990 864-4625 QUARTER, CRANE PICKUP, NO MESS, FAST, WANTED: 44” Bobcat utility FOR SALE: Due to owner FRIENDLY SERVICE fork bucket w/ a grapple to health issues, must sell; (1) GUARANTEED. CALL put on a 463 Bobcat skid purebred yearling Polled STATION 800-767-2569, OFloader. 507-872-6777 Hereford bull, (4) purebred FICE 507-430-2506 Polled Hereford cows w/ WANTED: 8-12' Aerway aerWENDINGERTRUCKING.nursing heifer calves. 320ator. 218-924-2337 COM, FACEBOOK 796-0000, Spicer, MN. WANTED: Gear box for FOR SALE: Black Angus Limousin & Red Angus Case 12' stalk chopper, bulls also Hamp, York, & Bulls. Delivery avail. Hammodel U-12, must be in Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts. mond, WI. 715-821-3516 working condition. 320-562320-598-3790 2316 Registered pulled Hereford breeding bull, with papers. 055 Feed Seed Hay 050 Dairy Gentle. 16 mo old. Elk Mound 715-879-5766 Alfalfa square baleage indi- FOR SALE: 10 Brown Swiss vidually wrapped 160 to 190 Springers, 10 Jersey Registered Texas Longhorn breeding stock, cows, RFV delivered by truck Springers, also open heifers or roping stock, top load; clean 3x4 straw bales heifers. 608-788-6258 or 608blood lines. 507-235-3467 also available. 866-575-7562 792-9423
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FOR SALE: 2 year old black face ram, call for details. 320-864-4453 FOR SALE: Suffolk, Polypay ram lambs, 2 yearlings, (1) 2 year old, size & muscle, Suffolk Ewe lambs. 507-445-3317. Leave message. 507-822-3398
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SALE: Yorkshire, FOR SALE: Ram lambs FOR & Hampshire, Duroc Tuis & Border Leicesters, Hamp/Duroc boars, also black or white triplets. 608gilts. Excellent selection. 963-5144 Raised outside. Exc herd Polypay Rams Feb. & Mar health. No PRSS. Delivery born Purebred Registered avail. 320-568-2225 Polypay Ram Lambs. Dam & Sires are out of 070 NSIP Flocks. Some are out Pets & Supplies of high selling ram lamb at last year's sale. All should AKC Lab Pups. Champagnes and Fox reds. Males & febe at least R. (320) 986-2645 males available. 715-6936886. Swine 065
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hen the Cottonwood Area Historical Society could no longer keep the NorsethLarsen House open as a museum, they gave it back to the city of Cottonwood. The city was not in a position to operate it and placed it for sale in 2010. Steve and Robin Alm liked antiques and older houses, so they put in a bid. “We were a little bit shocked when we got it,” Steve said. “And I said, ‘Now what are we going to do?’” What they did was preserve this Cottonwood landmark as a bed and breakfast called Robin’s Nest and kept the house open for the community. Martin Norseth, a Norwegian immigrant, was an early resident and first mayor of the new railroad town of Cottonwood. His lumber business was profitable and in 1898 he and his wife moved into their elegant Georgian style house which had circular
shaped expansions on each of the front corners. His wife was not well and his sister, Emma, came from Norway to live with them. Emma married Hjalmar Larsen. When the Norseths died, the Larsens inherited the house. After the Larsens, John and Emma Kroese owned the house for about 20 years; then Margaret Larsen (Hjalmar and Emma’s daughter) bought it back in the 1970s and put time and money into restoring it. When she could no longer live there, she gave it to the city with the desire that it be a museum. It was for as long as possible. Now Steve and Robin keep the house and its stories available to the public. The Alms’ B&B has three bedrooms — one of which has a permanent renter. But the house is open for tours during Cottonwood’s “Coming Home Days” celebration which takes place in July.
“We like showing it off,” Steve said. “Robin decorates it for the seasons. We open up for Halloween and have kids come trick and treating. We put a 9foot Christmas tree up and one year served cider and had carolers.” The house is full of highlights: a 4-foot wide front door, a fireplace nook with imported tile, oak woodwork, an open stairway with stained glass windows, and a cabinet and sideboard built into one of the rounded corners. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, which has requirements making upkeep more expensive. “It’s been fun,” Steve said, “but it’s had its challenges, trying to keep it era-correct.” Robin’s Nest at Norseth-Larsen House can be reached at NorsethLarsen@gmail.com or (507) 4236493. ❖
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