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ber John Thompson, of Hurdsfield, N.D., While Minnesota kids were enjoying the who lost his arms in a tractor’s PTO. He State Fair, 5-year-old Savhannah was knocked unconscious and when he Springer, of Henning, Minn., was fighting awoke his arms were gone. He went to the for her life. She suffered severe abdominal house, dialed for help using a pencil in his injuries when on Aug. 22, she was pinched teeth and then laid in the bathtub until between the hitch of a haybine and the help came. He didn’t want to get blood on hitch of a tractor. She underwent surgerthe carpet. ies and doctors expect a full recovery. John’s arms were re-attached, but in a She’s a lucky kid. Unfortunately, her 20-years later story published in 2012 in parents have to raise funds to cover medLAND MINDS the Bismarck Tribune, his hands are ical expenses. almost useless. He can’t button a shirt or National Farm Safety and Health Week By Marie Wood write legibly. His hands are always balled is Sept. 18-24 with the theme “Farm into a fist. He stopped working as a Safety … A Legacy to be Proud of.” It’s realtor because he couldn’t unlock the no coincidence that safety week coindoors. He has had 30 surgeries. cides with the start of harvest. At Farmamerica near Waseca, 300 students got a Between 2003 and 2013, workplace fatalities in lesson in farm safety on Sept. 13. The Free Press of Minnesota’s agricultural industry rose by 30 percent, Mankato reported that children screamed as they while another recent study found that the occupational fatality rate for farmers is 800 percent higher saw a straw dummy fly from the PTO of a tractor. “Nobody wants to go around the world with no arms. than other industries, according to a press release How would you play Pokemon Go?” asked Andy Jewifrom the Minnesota Governor’s office. son, a service manager at Ag Power Enterprises in Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health is Owatonna. Let’s hope the point hit home. also working to educate farmers. The center reminds Then there are grain elevators. On Aug. 3, 2015, farmers that while fatalities affect a farm’s legacy, so Jeff Rohde, a dairy farmer in Grey Eagle, Minn., lost do the less catastrophic injuries and diseases that his left leg. He turned on the PTO and rode up the tend to come with farm work. For instance, if there is one primary operator, the profit loss associated wtih conveyor to stack straw bales. He told WCCO news in Minneapolis: “I’ve done it a million times.” time lost to recover can be a major setback. So too can medical bills. His nephew was working from the ground. When he got to the top and jumped off, his foot became Tractors, especially rollovers, remain the leading entangled and the machine tore off most of his leg. cause of injury and fatalities on the farm. Roll bars and seat belts are 99 percent effective in preventing In his interview with WCCO, he had a message for death and serious injury. However, tractors made other farmers: “Be careful and pay close attention to after 1985 need to be retrofitted. In July, Minnesota your work.” Department of Agriculture initiated a rebate program Please protect your health, your family, and your to reimburse farmers and schools at least 70 percent farm’s legacy by having a safe harvest. of the cost of a rollover protection kit, up to $500. Marie Wood is associate editor of The Land. She As you well know, power take offs and machinery may be reached at mwood@TheLandOnline.com. ❖ cause many gruesome accidents. Many still remem-
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Minn. Lawmakers question MDA on neonic order instruction, so the farmers who are following the label, there’s no problem,” he said. “The decline in the bee population and the role of neonicotinoids is not new. Minnesota is Minnesota because we take on these kinds of challenges and if
we work together and listen to each other, we can make some real progress on this.” The Free Press of Mankato is a sister publication of The Land. Tim Krohn can be reached at tkrohn@mankatofreepress.com. ❖
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By Tim Krohn Mankato Free Press Staff Writer Republican lawmakers grilled Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration about a new directive reducing the use of neonicotinoid pesticides to protect bees and other pollinators. The House Agriculture Policy Committee met Sept. 13 and questioned Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson about Dayton’s executive order that requires farmers to prove that they face “imminent danger of significant crop loss” before they can use neonicotinoids. The executive order contained five steps to reduce use of some plant applications and develop additional protection efforts. GOP legislators questioned why the order was made without first getting input from farm groups. DFL Rep. Clark Johnson of North Mankato, who sits on the committee, said he left the meeting confident that public comment will be considered before the state implements the rules. “I think the way the order was given and to be worked out later was their concern. But that’s the way the governor chose to do it and Commissioner Frederickson was clear at the hearing to say that now is the time for them to listen and to implement it,” Johnson said. Rep. Jeff Backer, R-Browns Valley, told Minnesota Public Radio that the calls for increased inspection and enforcement are an insult to well-meaning farmers. “The farmers in my district feel like they are the enemy because the governor is on the offense in saying that ‘Hey, you guys aren’t doing your job,’” he said. Frederickson said the economic interest of farmers is forefront in his mind and that he would collect more public comments on the plan before implementing it. Joe Smentek, director of public affairs at Minnesota Soybean, attended the hearing. He said farmers are concerned about how stringent the rules will be for the pesticide’s use. “This class of chemicals is very important to farmers.” Smentek said that a variety of approaches need to be used to control aphids in crops and that limiting the pesticides used can lead to aphids become resistant to them. Smentek said his group already encourages farmers to only use neonicotinoids as needed. “We’re seeing the science that says if you don’t have the pest pressure, don’t pay for treatment — it’s a waste of money. We encourage them not to use these until aphids are at a threshold of actually damaging crops.” He said farmers are doing what they can to reduce the decline of pollinators. “That’s the disappointment we had with the governor. It took a very complicated issue of pollinator decline and focused on this one tiny issue and ignored other issues we were working on.” Johnson said he got the impression from Frederickson that the state’s goal is to make sure the pesticide is only used as needed and that it’s applied correctly. “The order is basically following the label
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Silage chopping, usually in late August September arrived on a bright, beautiful and the first half of September, ended sunbeam after one of the soggiest Augusts summer’s slower pace. Three big, red Gehl central Illinois ever muddled through. silage wagons — one behind Uncle The wet month was a quiet month, Honey’s chopper, one on the road going to though. Not even the ever-cheerful wrens or from the silo, and one being unloaded could find anything to sing about during at the silo by Jackie, the farm’s main field the monsoon. One bird-based benefit howhand — were always on the move. ever, was that our lake’s always honkedAll that motion, in addition to the dairy off Canada geese moved on to, I suppose, a drier lake — if such a thing exists. FARM & FOOD FILE chores of feeding and milking 100 Holsteins, meant work for every man, boy and August was a very quiet month on the By Alan Guebert beast. Again however, lack of teenaged southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth, seniority left me in the slow lane and I too. About the only sound heard most early often shared the evening milking with mornings was the dairy’s desk-sized comthe very quiet, very slow Howard. pressor and vacuum pumps that herdsWhen the year’s silage season man Howard switched on at 5 finally ended, the year’s corn picking a.m. Their sudden, dual roar was our season finally began. The changeover farm’s unfailing rooster. brought no change in the division of An hour or so later, the hired men Silage choppilabor. I still milked with shuffling (and boys) would take 20 minutes or ing, usually in Howard while my brothers pulled so to slowly present themselves to my rank to do the grown-up fieldwork. late August and father while he and Howard did the the first half of Whether you were either inside the milking. While we then sipped our mug of dairy barn with Howard or outside in farm-supplied instant coffee at one end of September, the field with my father, the half-dolthe milking parlor, my father issued the ended the sumlars stacked up as the summer melted morning’s marching orders from the mer’s slower down. other end. pace. I don’t recall any urgency to our In August, those orders had an unhurpace. The work was just there every ried sameness. First, we often unloaded two or three hayracks of baled alfalfa from the previ- day so every day we just did the work. And when one big job was done, like baling hay or making silage, ous day’s efforts. Then, with no pressing fieldwork (like cultivating) to we just moved on to the next job, like picking corn or do, we’d scatter for short, easy jobs in the farm’s slow combining soybeans. It was good, honest work in need of good, honest lane: treating Johnson grass, patching fences, fixing laborers and Dad, Jackie, Howard, Uncle Honey, flat tires, mowing roadsides or cleaning the shop. No one complained about these mostly solo, mostly Richard, David, and I fit that need. Nor was it complicated. We had a three-row commenial tasks because 1 p.m. would bring five hours bine, a couple of 100-bushel gravity flow wagons, of new sweat and more hay. For my brothers and me, having earned 50 cents an some 770 Oliver tractors and not one worry about hour for our farm labor all summer, late August also finishing before Thanksgiving because there absolutely was no chance of that happening. brought unwelcome unemployment. Two long bus It was life in the slow lane and every September I rides on either end of a long day at school made for a long to go back to it, the honest work, and those good long, unprofitable day off the farm. people. If any paying work did await us when we finally The Farm and Food File is published weekly arrived home, my two older brothers snapped it up like starved dogs. Their seniority left me tied to my mother’s through the United States and Canada. Past columns, events and contact information are posted apron strings for unpaid jobs like window washing, at www.farmandfoodfile.com. ❖ laundry folding, and potato digging.
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Grants help farmers test ideas program also funds Minnesota nonprofit and educational organizations who meaningfully involve Minnesota farmers in their projects. Projects must last two to three years and applicants may receive up to $25,000. The deadline to apply is Dec. 13. For more information and application materials, visit www.mda.state.mn.us and search sustainable agriculture grant. Or call (651) 201-6012. This article was submitted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. ❖
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced a new round of funding for the Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grant Program. Approximately $250,000 is available to test ideas which could conserve natural resources, enhance profitability and improve life on the farm. This 26-year old program funds projects which demonstrate farming methods or systems that increase energy efficiency, reduce agricultural chemical usage, and show economic and environmental benefits. Applications from farmers receive priority, but the
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Collector tractor auction was picture perfect day By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer HECTOR, Minn. — The billboard on U.S. Highway 212 on the west edge of Hector said it all: “Huge Auction — Russell Johnson Lifetime Collection — 150+ Collector Tractors & Equipment — Saturday, August, 6, 9 a.m.” People came in droves. An estimated 800-plus folks from 14 states plus Canada and the United Kingdom filled every square foot of parking space at this auction. The weather was perfect — blue skies, gentle breeze and comfortable mid-70s temperatures. Another 250 on-line bidders joined in worldwide. The auction was a social event too. Russ and Sharon Johnson are lifetime residents of the Hector area. Still, with a full dance card, Russell Johnson shared a few thoughts with The Land. “This is the second- biggest day of my life,” he grinned. “My biggest day was when I married this dear lady beside me!” Two children, Scott and Deb, plus five grandchildren make up the Johnson clan today. Grandson Cody, now a Henslin Auction employee, was working the auction with the Henslin crew. Johnson had good logic for his big sale.
The auction began with the sale of over 100 manuals, parts books and special sales literature.
Sharon and Russell Johnson had a huge auction. Check out the sign to the right. “I’m about to hit 80,” he reasoned. “It really is time to downsize my tractors and all this other farm equipment.” But Johnson isn’t exactly cleaning house. He also has nearly 60 collector cars which aren’t up for sale on this day. But that’s a later auction. Henslin Auctions in Bird Island called this a premier event. “I’ve known LaDon (Henslin) and his crew for many years,” Johnson said. “You can’t get a finer auction service than what this crew delivers.” “We’ve been neighbors with Russ and Sharon for years. We consider it a distinct honor to be asked to do his sale,” said LaDon Henslin. Russel Johnson’s auction generated a lot of interest, according to Allen Henslin. “This auction was one of the most unique auctions we’ve ever conPhotos by Dick Hagen ducted,” Allen Henslin said. “We had calls from across America, Nick-named “The Beast,” this Moline steamer dates back to 1915. Canada and overseas! Russell is known everywhere. That’s because listed 455 lot numbers. In the first pedal tractors, mostly antique stuff, Russell has been at auctions at all hour, 144 implement and repair manu- some even older! Auctioned off next these locations. Yes, he often was a als, some parts books, and even a few was an assortment of 1 to 3-horsebuyer too as you can see from this kits of special sales literature were power single cylinder gas engines, folsold. Most were Minneapolis Moline lowed by a dozen lawn and garden tremendous auction here today.” manuals because the “Mighty Min- tractors including Cushman, Gibson, Johnson caught the collector’s fever neapolis Mo” was Johnson’s favorite Petter, Farmall Cub and five Minin 1960 starting with cars. His first car steel from early on. neapolis Moline rigs. was a 1927 Model T which he still At about 10:30 am, the sale delved “That’s what dad farmed with,” Johnowns, now totally restored. son explained, “though you’ll see I did into the “real tractors,” starting with a “On trips to California I’d bring back let a few other colors sneak in here.” couple of Ferraris Johnson had spotted semi-loads of cars,” he said. “Soon, cars in California. The Italian company The auction featured lots of variety. got so high-priced out there I started which dazzles the auto world with its bringing back tractors. And now you For example, Lot No. 29 was a Co-op $250,000 (and up) autos, once upon a No. 3 Tractor Farmer’s Union Parts see what happened.” manual. Prices ranged from $4 to $60 time made tractors. And Johnson had Show time two: a Ferrari Model 75, four-wheel for these take-home journals. So on with the show, and what a drive, articulating tractor with a twoA flat bed trailer was loaded with 17 show. A 13-page handout for bidders See AUCTION, pg. 7
Russell Johnson auction offered two Ferraris – tractors
AUCTION from pg. 6 cylinder air cooled diesel; accompanied by a Ferrari Model 76, three-cylinder diesel with a three-point hitch, power take-off, and 1,268 hours showing. The respective top bids for these two rarities were $2,000 and $2,050. Johnson bought them two years ago in San Diego. After the Ferraris was Lot No. 224 — a 1927 Fordson four-cylinder, standard with factory manual loader. On steel, serial No. 667569, very rare. For $3,200, a bidder took that one home.
The lots were mostly tractors; but also a few plows (both horse and tractorpowered) plus horse drawn planters, single discs and sickle mowers. Minneapolis Moline dominated Johnson’s incredible list of tractors, He had 63. Added to that was his remarkable collection of Ferguson, Ford, Massey-Harris, Case, International Harvester, Hart-Parr and John Deere tractors. Perhaps his pride and joy however, was a rather ugly-looking steamer which had been sitting on Johnson’s
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Russell Johnson and Olivia, Minn., resident Rick Vogt admire one of the Ferrari tractors Johnson picked up during a trip to San Diego.
was a rare Minneapolis Moline YT tractor. The serial number on this rig was No. 2. It sold for $62,500 to an Iowa buyer. Some of Johnson’s older farming friends were at the big show including 95 year-old Frank Johnson, who stated, “Certainly not here to buy but I do enjoy looking at the old tractors. I remember some of them very well. Plus I knew it would be a great day for visiting lots of friends and neighbors.”
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lot for a long time. Lot No. 239 described it as follows: “Minneapolis Moline Steam Engine, 22 HP. Approx 116” circumference boiler, Good gears, Complete unit, Not currently operating, Missing whistle.” The final bid for this ancient steamer dating back to 1915 was $14,000. I asked Johnson, “Are you okay with that price?” He chuckled, “Yes, I should be. I paid $600 for that steamer about 45 years ago. It was on a farm only a few miles south of where we are right now.” The highest-priced item of the day
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Buyers came from U.S., Canada, United Kingdom AUCTION from pg. 7 Don Edwards, farming south of Hector, also came just to do some looking. “I’ve known Russ many years,” Edwards said, “but never dreamt he had so many tractors. This is really fun.” Going, going, gone Coordinating an auction of this size is no small undertaking. “We’ve been planning and promoting this auction for over a year,” said Allen Auctioneer Henslin. “Russ and Allen Henslin his son Scott were excellent. We planned a step-by-step process. It took lots of effort to get this one ready because some tractors were at two other locations. We needed skid loaders and flatbeds to make it all work out.” Allen Henslin recalled that Johnson thought he had about 150 tractors. “When we got everything here the count was over 200!” Allen Henslin said. Items went to Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Kansas, plus Canada and the United Kingdom. About 15 percent of total sales were over the inter-
The Russell Johnson auction was part collector’s dream and part history lesson.
net. The sluggish farm economy is slowing auctions somewhat, but the rare antiques are still bringing good money. How do auctioneers survive this big of an auction? “Get a good night’s sleep and drink warm water as you’re calling the sale,” said Allen Henslin. “Cold water constricts the vocal cords. We enjoyed a picture-perfect day.” The third voice, besides LaDon and Allen Henslin, was Al Wessel, the 1989 Minnesota state auctioneer champion. LaDon Henslin earned that same title in 1994 while Allen Henslin was North
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Visit www.TheLandOnline.com to view our complete calendar & enter your own events, or send an e-mail with your event’s details to editor@thelandonline.com Sept. 24-25 – National Alpaca Farm Days – Sheldon, Iowa – Visit Alpacas @ Triple Tree to see Huacaya alpacas and neighboring farm (Pair-a-dice Ranch) to meet Suri alpacas; Learn about breeds and the fleece they produce – Visit www.tripletree.us or call Myron and Jackie Bechler at (712) 324-1575 Sept. 27 – Fall Master Gardener Class – Mason City, Iowa – Become a Master Gardener and begin your 40 hours of classes taught by Iowa State University Extension staff – Contact John Sjolinder at (641) 423-0844 or sjolinde@iastate.edu or visit www.extension.iastate.edu Oct. 1 – Hidden Gems Bus Tour – Orchard, Iowa – Take a bus tour to Bily Brothers Clock Museum, Decorah Fish Hatchery, Porter House Museum,
Whippy Dip and Stillwater Greenhouse – Contact JoAnn Bartusek at (641) 423-0844 or bartus@iastate.edu. Oct. 2 – Harkin Store – West Newton, Minn. – Horses, Horseshoes, Leather and Ropes is the featured program at the 1870s Harkin Store with leather worker Dan Cochran – Contact Nicollet County Historical Society at (507) 934-2160 or visit www.nchsmn.org/sites/harkin-store/ Oct. 4 – First Tuesday with CHS President – McNamara Alumni Center, Minneapolis – Carl Casale, CHS president and CEO wll speak at the Carlson School – Visit www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/ 1st-tuesday Oct. 19 – Living on the Land Series – Buffalo, Minn. – Eight week course is designed to provide rrual landowners with information and reserouces to be good stewards of their land. The course will addreess, soil, plant, water and animal management – Contact Ron Greded, Wright County Extension at gred0014@umn.edu or (763) 682-7381 or visit www3.extension.umn.edu/county/wright
Dakota state champion in 2014. The auctioneers pulled their last bid at 4:02 p.m. “It was a good auction. I’m real happy with the final results. I thank my Lord for good health and this fabulous day,” said Johnson. Three days after the sale, all of that iron had been picked up by buyers, except two tractors going to Oregon and one tractor heading for England. Johnson thinks he’ll likely keep on doing some collecting. He winked and said, “My wife insists I keep doing this. If I quit, I’ll get feeble and won’t be any fun she tells me.” ❖
This rare bird drew a $10,000 bid from a Case collector at the auction in Hector, Minn.
Ash borer in Dodge County ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has placed Dodge County under an emergency quarantine after emerald ash borer was found in the city of Kasson. A United States Department of Agriculture trap captured the insect. MDA staff has since conducted a search of the area and has discovered an EAB infested tree. Residents of Dodge County are invited to a public meeting on Oct. 3 to listen to presentations on the ash borer, hear about local options to deal with the insect, and learn how residents can limit the spread of the bug. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Kasson-Mantorville Elementary School located at 606 16th St. NE in Kasson. The public will also have an opportunity to provide input on the adoption of
a formal emerald ash borer quarantine of Dodge County. The MDA will take comments on the formal quarantine through Oct. 21 and proposes to adopt the quarantine on Oct. 24. The quarantine limits the movement of ash trees and limbs, and hardwood firewood out of the county. Visit www.mda.state.mn.us/eab for the proposed quarantine language. Comments can be made at the public meeting or by contacting Kimberly Thielen Cremers at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, 625 Robert St. N., St. Paul, MN 55155; e-mail kimberly.tcremers@state.mn.us; fax (651) 201-6108. For more information on emerald ash borer, go to www.mda.state.mn.us/eab. This article was submitted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. ❖
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Joan Lee, McIntosh, Minn. September 9 The Lee farm gave it a good try in getting the thirdcrop hay completely harvested and came mighty close to finishing it up but the hay market, time and weather intervened. The Land spoke with Joan Lee on Sept. 9 as she reported that they had “called it quits on the third-crop hay.” Unfortunately there’s “just not a market for hay,” she said. Fall is definitely in the air on the Lee farm with forecasted lows now in the upper 30s F. With fall arriving, Lee was able to “officially put the balers away for the year.” The wheat harvest is also complete with an “average for us” yield of 40 bushels per acre. This year’s wheat harvest meant “combining through water,” she said. With no combine-stuck-inthe-mud issues, Lee is happy wheat is finished for the year. “We did get the oats and wheat fields worked up,” she said. Next week Lee will start chopping corn, which means a little earlier than average start date. “One of the brands we planted was specifically a silage corn” which was meant to be harvested earlier. As for the soybeans: “In the last week or so the leaves have really turned,” she said. The plants have “quite a few pods on them and seem filled pretty good.” In between harvesting the crop, Lee and her husband Mark, were able to spend some time at the Minnesota State Fair and tried all the latest and greatest food. The candied-bacon BLT was just one of the delectable culinary delights that Lee enjoyed. A little State Fair fun in the midst of harvest is the perfect combination for Lee.
Kent Moser, Rock Rapids, Iowa September 15 Some much needed rain has finally fallen. “We received some very beneficial rains in the last week,” reported Kent Moser. The Land spoke with Moser on Sept. 15 when he sounded thrilled with the recent precipitation. The rain “definitely replenished the soil profile.” The total was 4 to 6 inches in the area in the last seven days. The rain didn’t halt harvest completely as there’s “lots of silage being chopped” with a “few guys starting to grind earlage,” he said. The soybeans “are really maturing fast.” The beans grew tall this year and are “all lying down logged.” Moser predicts: “Some fields will go early next week.” Others fields will be at least 10 days until harvest. As for yields, “I don’t think it’s going to be that great of a bean year,” said Moser. The late beans may fair better than earlier beans. Corn is showing “a lot of variability and some stalk issues.” Though Moser is “more hopeful after seeing the corn.” Overall there’s “more variability this year than what we’ve seen in a while.” Currently, the area is in a flash flood warning. With more rain on its way, it’s uncertain exactly when bean harvest will get started. There’s one thing that’s for certain, this rain is welcome and much-needed.
FOLLOWING THE 2016 GROWING SEASON By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Correspondent
Andy Pulk, Roseau, Minn. September 9 Rain has been a thorn in Andy Pulk’s side this growing season and continues to be during harvest time. The Land spoke with Pulk on Sept. 9 as he reported he was “one day away from finishing (wheat).” He started wheat harvest on Aug. 26 but his farm received four inches of rain in two weeks which put harvest on hold. Getting back in the combine won’t happen until at least Sept. 11 at the earliest. “All the little ditches have standing water,” he said. The wet conditions mean that “tillage is out of the question.” On the bright side, the rain delay in harvest will allow Pulk to travel with his family down to Hutchinson, Minn., on Sept. 10 as his two daughters will compete in the state Pedal Pull. Pulk will soon be hauling last year’s sunflowers out of his bins as “marketing-wise I hit that right.” Pulk said he got “20 percent more than I would’ve got selling them last year.” As for the current crops in the ground, the corn “looks really good.” Though Pulk believes the crop is delayed 10 days due to the rain. It’s currently 10 to 15 days away from black layering. The soybean crop won’t be a bin-buster this year for Pulk; instead he believes that “average would be best case scenario.” He said the beans “are really starting to turn; bean harvest is getting close.” The wheat yields are down but the “quality is phenomenal.” He’s seen 16.5 percent protein. “It’s the best protein I’ve ever had,” he said. With the wet conditions this year, some good news like this is always welcome on the Pulk farm.
John Nielsen, Albert Lea, Minn. September 15
It’s time for the rain to take a hike. “It’s got to stop so we can get into the field.” The Land spoke with John Nielsen on Sept. 15 as he reported that the Nielsen farm received 3.5 inches of rain in the past nine days. The wet conditions mean that in the area “there are very few beans that have been combined,” he said. Nielsen has 50 acres of soybeans that may be ready by next week. The beans are “starting to change dramatically,” he reported. Still Nielsen doesn’t expect an early bean harvest this year. The corn “looks good.” The crop is “right on schedule,” Nielsen said. The “ears are full” and the corn is “drying down, husks are opening.” Nielsen likes what he sees in the field: “It sure looks like it’s going to be a fun time (harvest).” Nielsen’s sons are currently changing oil in some of the farm machinery in preparation for harvest. “A day of hooking things up and we’re ready to go,” he said. There’s more than harvest on Nielsen’s mind right now, as the Nielsen family is celebrating the birth of the newest grandchild, little Skylar Ann. With harvest right around the corner and a new grandbaby to cuddle, this fall is starting out on the right foot.
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pain to get the work done. Just yesterday he narrowly escaped slicing the end of a finger off while working on the bean head. And still he goes on from all of this — walking a little slower, catching his breath, rubbing what hurts and cussing when he hits his sore finger on something. Is it stubbornness, or is it just a farmer’s way? I don’t know if a lifestyle change is in order or if he needs to go to medical school to support his health and farming habit. But I’m telling you that if he makes it to New Year’s Eve, we’re going to celebrate. And I think his guardian angels — all of them — should get special, engraved invitations. They have to be exhausted. Karen Schwaller brings “Table Talk� to The Land from her home near Milford, Iowa. She can be reached at kschwaller@evertek.net. �
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he survived that accident — but it was smack-dab in the height of planting season, and we were short just about everyone to get the crop in now. Because of our sons’ willingness to do double duty, our farm associate and the help of neighbors and friends, the crop got planted. We were at our best and our worst all at the same time. My husband was frustrated that he couldn’t run the planter, but insisted he was good to go with other planting jobs like helping load the seed tender and hauling seed. He was too stubborn to stay down for long. It was hard for him to watch someone else plant his crops. Three months later, he would find himself pinned beneath his pickup as it rolled off the ramps while he was working under it. Unable to breathe, he got the attention of our farm associate, who drove the truck onto the ramps, then used a jack to lift the truck off of him. Again, by the grace of God he is with us — and powering through his
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March came along, and A wise old man once told while working in the shop me, “...I’m not sure if farmone afternoon, he managed ers farm because they’re to have his foot directly stubborn, or if they’re stubunder the skid loader bucket born because they farm.� as it came crashing down. He’s the man with the I’m sure he broke his big golden tongue, and he’s toe, but we’ll never know absolutely right on both unless they switch to using counts. toe records instead of dental My husband has barely records to identify people in TABLE TALK ever had as much as the flu times of crisis. He powered By Karen Schwaller through it because there as long as I’ve known him. He’s battled through some was work to be done. wicked colds, although we’re With the typhoon season of this past still awaiting a chance to try a family spring, getting the crops planted was friend’s cure-all of downing a shot of like a combination of participating in a blackberry brandy when the cold is standoff with FBI/ATF agents and first coming on. playing chicken. Our sons had commitI think he secretly bootlegged black- ted to a job of cleaning up 1.7 million berry brandy in his basement and was bushels of corn at the local ethanol looking for customers. Still, he said he plant. They were to start in early April, never once had a cold after he started but were delayed two weeks at the doing that. request of ethanol plant officials. This And you thought you wouldn’t learn put us behind the eight-ball for planting, but it could still work if we kept it anything from reading this piece. together. My husband has had quite a year. And that’s when it happened. Last year he pinched a nerve in his neck while running the rock picker. He I got a call from our farm associate dealt with it on his own until the pain one mid-May morning from a job site to became larger than life, and he had to say my husband had fallen out of a do something about it. Surgery early skid loader bucket and the ambulance this year took care of that problem, but was coming to get him. At the hospital it was hard to keep him down as he we heard the words “skull fracture,� recovered. (And those wild, pain med“brain bleed,� “compression fractures� ication-driven dreams. Wow.) and “helicopter.� By the grace of God,
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Hanson Silo ventures out with deer stand line By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer MORGAN, Minn. — Over the years, Hanson Silo has generated new products in their catalog for the farm market. The company built their business on vertical silos and, recently, added concrete bunkers for grain and forage storage. Now a camouflage deer stand is available from this long-time Lake Lillian firm.
Called a Red Neck blind, Mike Hanson had this to say about the new product. “We were looking for enclosed blinds for our own hunting,” he said. “Deer hunting in the family dates back to 1932 when grandpa and his brothers went hunting each fall after the silo business slowed down.” Hanson Silo researched several models of deer
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stands with the Red Neck winning out. Tempered glass windows, fiberglass construction and a variety of sizes and shapes permitting various degrees of comfort to the deer hunter were the selling points. And the manufacturer was looking for a central Minnesota dealership. “We’re taking the Red Neck blind into the market with our existing land-owner customers,” Hanson said. “This isn’t the product for a weekend hunter. They start at around $1,700 and get up to $3,500 with all the trimmings.” Stand sizes are 5, 10 and 15 feet off the ground, but lots of guys build their own stands or put their stand on a cart with running gear. Hanson Silo sold about a dozen Red Neck blinds at Minnesota Farmfest in August. There may be other uses for that deer stand such as cutting hole in the bottom so their deer stand can double as a fish house, noted Hanson. “Guys are creative,” he said. With another bumper corn crop in 2016, it looks like another good year for Hanson bunker silos. ❖
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Ridgewater alumni excited about new foundation my uncle.” DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer He chose Ridgewater for an education WILLMAR, Minn. — After 50 years that trains him for exactly what he intends of graduating students into the agriculto do in life. He has a crop science emphasis tural world, Ridgewater College in Willbecause they are corn and soybean farmers. mar celebrated its first-ever alumni Besides taking as many courses as he can night in August at the Willmar Convenhandle, he is doing after-hour studies to tion Center. make sure he understands everything. Wade Gustafson, a West Central Com“I’ve taken an introduction to precision munity College graduate, is now in his farming course so I’ve learned the basics of seventh year teaching in the Dairy communicating with the satellites and Management program at Ridgewater. understanding the concepts of how it would work in my own farming operation. We do a “(The alumni foundation) is something lot of cost/benefit analysis,” he said. “It’s we should have done long ago,” stated exciting stuff.” Gustafson. “I go to several trade shows and I always see Ridgewater students Nelson said his uncle already uses preciand they often ask me, ‘why don’t we sion technology in planting and tillage. have a get-together where we can social“We variable rate our corn and soybean ize, exchange business chatter, maybe Photo by Dick Hagen seed populations as well as our fertilizer even have a guest speaker?’” inputs.” Wade Gustafson (far left) teaches with the Dairy Managment program at Gustafson said it never seemed that Ridgewater College in Willmar, Minn. Ag education we had the time, manpower or incentive With a strong reputation, Ridgewater is to get it going. 1,900 students which today are working across the one of the only two-year programs between here and “But we have a group now that is really doing the United States and foreign countries as well. California, according to Gustafson. And Ridgewater job. We feel the time is right. We’re looking to build Students is attracting students to its ag programs who don’t Many current Ridgewater students planned to come from a farming background. a network. You’ve heard the Iowa baseball story: ‘If you build it they will come.’ That’s where we are,” attend alumni night to connect with alumni. “Perhaps they worked for a farmer during high Gustafson said. For instance, Travis Roelofs will be there even school,” said Gustafson. “Or they just keep hearing Tiffany Hulinsky, a Ridgewater graduate four though he has one year to go. But he is already a about agriculture’s big challenge in feeding the years back and now an AgCenter employee in seed marketing man with NuTech Seeds. world. We even have students who are paid to attend Brainerd, salutes the effort. Roelofs credits the ag program at Ridgewater with Ridgewater by a farmer friend who wants to hire them after graduation.” “Because we’re a smaller college we develop a preparing him for his very first job. family bond when we’re there,” said Hulinsky. He explained that young people are getting excited “It’s introduced me to a lot of new people in ag “We’ve found out that even several years after grad- business which I’ll put to good use with NuTech,” about the job opportunities in agriculture. Rightly uation a lot of us still keep connected. So this is a Roelofs said. “I’ve had some financial management so. great way not only to reunite with friends but also classes at Ridgewater which I know will benefit me “Right now, we have between six and seven jobs for establish that network of business connections.” in my new job which gets involved in business and every student looking for a job,” Gustafson said. A Ridgewater newsletter keeps alumni informed money management.” With a growing need for GPS technicians, GPS on a regular basis. But the idea of an alumni founThis fall he’s doing a farm operations class. He’ll technology is taking off. Technicians must posses a dation initiating funding to assist with additional wrap up with special ag business classes in geocombination of computer skills and understanding of programs for the ag college is new. Already five graphic information systems. mechanics to do the rewiring of schematics, trace the alumni have each pledged $1,000 towards the founproblems and be a competent GPS fixer. “My hiring with NuTech was somewhat because of dation. the business training I’m getting at Ridgewater,” When it comes to the dairy program, Riverview “I’m amazed, and so grateful to the generous said Roelofs. “They respect my ambitions of more hearts of our graduates. We really do have thought- education rather than going out and just winging it.” LLP conveniently operates an 8,500-cow dairy about eight miles west of the Ridgewater campus. ful alumni who care about the future of our agriculAsa Nelson also has one more year at Ridgewater. tural program,” said Kim Lippert, director of the “Riverview has always been a good supporter of Ridgewater farm operations and management pro“I chose Ridgewater because I wanted some hands- our program,” said Gustafson. “We do classes out gram. Since its start in 1964, Lippert said the agri- on experience plus learning farm management,” Nel- there. They give us tours. They are good neighbors cultural program has graduated approximately son explained. “My goal is to go back and farm with and a genuine asset to our entire economy.” ❖
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4H 37th Anniversary Purple Ribbon Auction Grand Champion Market Beef: $26,000 (*) Exhibitor: Thomas Netzke, Redwood County Buyer: Ames Construction
Reserve Champion Market Beef: $12,500 (*) Exhibitor: Gavin Mulder, Jackson County Buyer: MN Farmers Union Industries and Jackson County Purple Ribbon Club
Grand Champion Dairy Steer: $13,500 (*) Exhibitor: Megan Blank, Benton County Buyer: American Foods Group, Central Livestock Assn., and O & S Cattle Co.
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Total 2016 4-H Auction Premiums = $637,000 (*) 103 4-H Exhibitors – Over 1,100 4-H Auction Buyers 80 percent of the proceeds from the Purple Ribbon 4-H Livestock Auction go to the 103 youth participants, with the balance going to the MN 4-H Livestock Enhancement Fund, which is used to fund special 4-H animal science projects and programs throughout the year and to help fund the 4-H auction scholarship program. In 2016, two outstanding 4-H junior leaders received $4,000 scholarships, eleven received $2,000.00 scholarships, and twentyfour received $1,000 scholarships, for a total of 37 scholarships and $54,000 awarded through the 4-H Auction.
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Carson Bryan, Goodhue Mallory Carlson, Swift Leah Giess, Morrison Jakob Hicks, Lyon Anna Johnson, Wadena Brigit Lozinski, Yellow Medicine Christian Netzke, Redwood Julianna Pederson, Corttonwood Abby Penzenstadler, Chisago Paige Pitlick, Scott Sabrina Portner, Brown
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Grand Champion Market Gilt: $11,500 (*) Exhibitor: Jadi Koep, Jackson County Buyer: Twin City Concrete
Reserve Champion Market Gilt: $10,500 (*) Exhibitor: Elizabeth Thome, Mower County Buyer: MN Farmers Union and MN Farmers Union Industries
Grand Champion Market Lamb: $8,500 (*) Exhibitor: Riley Arthur, Steele County Buyer: MN Farmers Union and Farmers Union Agency
Reserve Champion Market Sheep: $5,500 Exhibitor: Trey Baustian, Rock County Buyer: MN State Fair Concessionaires and Interstate Power Systems
Grand Champion Meat Goat: $6,000 (*) Exhibitor: Thomas Sell, Cottonwood County Buyer: Minnesota Farmers Union & Farmers Union Agency and Sorenson Seeds
Reserve Champion Meat Goat: $5,750 (*) Exhibitor: Reid Hansen, Blue Earth County Buyer: Alltech, SNAK Nutrition, and Blue Earth County Purple Ribbon Club
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In Memory of Wayne Bollum Corn Roast, Brad & Lori Ribar Commodity & Ingredient Hedging Martin Co. Pork Producers Jake & Lindsay Grass Anderson Seeds Big Gain Duke’s Poutine Interstate Power Systems Kent Thiesse and Greg Harder Hubbard Feeds MN Corn Growers Assn. Zinpro In Memory of Helen Anderson Smithfield Elanco Anderson Seeds MN Simmental Assn. United FCS Hormel Interstate Power Systems MN State CattleWomen Isabel Burke’s Salt Water Taffy MN State Cattleman’s Assn.
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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jared Luhman is a young beef producer who just added Hereford genetics to the grass-based genetic operation of his family’s long-time beef farm near Goodhue, Minn. “I was coming back to the farm after graduating from college and wanted to add some of my own identity to Dad’s beef business so I bought a small herd of Hereford catJared Luhman tle,” said Luhman. Luhman is a University of Minnesota graduate in ag education and leadership communications. His graduation timed well with additional help needed at the farm. “It was a good transition right back into farming with my dad so that’s where I intend to stay,” he said. Working the Minnesota Farm Bureau display at the Minnesota State Fair, Luhman explained agriculture to fair-goers — many who come from metro areas. Luhman’s family farm, Dry Creek Red Angus, is a sustainable operation. With Luhman’s small herd, he figures the ranch has just under 200 cows. They also have an organic farming program which complements their grass-based genetic marketing of breeding animals — both bulls and heifers. “Diversity is part of our answer to sustainability,” Luhman said. “We raise bulls for a Colorado beef operation. Those individuals not good enough for this specific Colorado beef bull business we direct market as fed steers. This is a growing market. I see some future in direct marketing of organic beef. Consumers more and more want to know the exact origin of their purchases. That means precisely the local farm that produced the beef. Whether the interest in buying organic beef at the retail meat counter is here to stay or a passing fad remains to be seen.” So what traits do the Luhmans look for in their breeding animals? “You want animals that phenotypically reflect current trends in the beef business,” Luhman said. “For us, that is moderate-framed animals that are efficient on grass.” He explained that in the last several years finished beef carcasses got bigger because pound of beef per feedlot was driving the industry. “That is why 1,200-pound, 1,400-pound, even 1,500pound live weights became the standard. Will this continue? I don’t know,” he said. “For us, we believe
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LUHMAN, from pg. 15 the smaller animal with more focus on pounds of per acre rather than pounds of beef per cow can be more profitable.” While Dry Creek has a few 15-year-old cows, 6 to 10-year-old cows is the preferred life span. “Since we’re in the seed stock business, we want only the best cows so we cull harder,” Luhman explained. “We have cows that very easily might go six or more lactations. But if we detect flaws in feet, udder, growth rate and such, we cull them out.” Making a living As a livestock and crop farmer, Luhman is an ag economist every day. He points out that he is not a marketing specialist, so he doesn’t make predictions on when there might be a recovery in the livestock business. But he thinks recent history is part of today’s price predicament. “A few years back, a huge drought throughout the Southwestern beef area significantly reduced beef cow numbers,” Luhman recalled. “Everybody wanted a piece of that once prices came back. Herd numbers have been growing ever since. Today, we pay the price. Beef production is simply exceeding beef consumption. My guess is it might drop a little more and be with us for some time. Selling breeding stock, both young bulls and bred heifers, helps us weather this financial challenge.” Dry Creek Red Angus dates back at least three
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But with smarts and ambition, young folks can and will continue getting into agriculture. — Jared Luhman generations said Luhman. He noted his grandfather had Simmentals, then switched to Red Angus and Devon. Now it is strictly Red Angus with the recent introduction of Herefords. Luhman is grateful for the opportunity to join his dad in farming. He knows many aren’t that fortunate. His comment on young people getting into agriculture is pure and simple: “It’s tough.” Beginning farmers enter the field in different ways. “It may be going the route of specialty crops for local food markets and direct delivery to a contracted list of consumers,” he said. “I have a friend who bought just a single acre to grow vegetables for a local farmers market. “I know others who have started with an 80-acre farm but continue working other jobs — also renting land because they can’t afford to buy. For most, a huge challenge. But with smarts and ambition, young folks can and will continue getting into agriculture.” ❖
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Ag consultant and dairy farmer Doris Mold is the director of the Minnesota State Fair’s Moo Booth. difference! She also notes the afternoon crowd asks more questions than the morning crowd. Questions on organic milk production are frequent. “We explain organic is merely a management choice made by that farmer and isn’t it great that consumers now have that choice in dairy products at the retail counter,” Mold said. “We’re not organic on our own farm. We continue to use antibiotics when needed. When we do use antibiotics, we test the milk from that cow to verify no residue.” Visitors also learn about the dairy industry. For example, Minnesota has 460,000 milk cows currently. Most cows have 8, 10, even up to 12 lactations before they are harvested. The average size of Minnesota dairy farms is currently 164 cows; but that number increases yearly as mega dairies continue to replace family dairy farms. As for activities, fair-goers can see a machine milking up close; hand-milk a cow; compete in butter carving, milk moo-stach and other “cow-ntests;” be a cow sleuth in Moo Booth CSI; win prizes at the Moo-lette wheel and the Moo Quiz Show; enjoy free dairy samples; see distinctive traits of common cow breeds; learn how much feed cows consume daily; and learn how milk is made.
The Moo Booth uses familiar items to teach visitors about cows and milking. Jersey was the showcase breed for the milking demonstrations at the 2016 State Fair. On the farm Mold and her husband operate a 60cow Holstein dairy farm with both black and white and red and white Holsteins. They raise their own replacements so 70-75 heifers are part of the operation. They also strip graze their cattle using one large paddock which means moving a control fence several times a day. “Cows get bored quickly if kept on the same portion of pasture so we keep them interested with strip grazing which moves them along several times each day,” Mold explained. Mold was a triple major as an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota — animal science, agricultural economics and agricultural education. She teaches farm and agribusiness management one day a week at the university for the international studies program. When asked when will milk prices start rebounding, she quietly said: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger for the next engagement.” ❖
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21.2 lbs. of whole milk to produce 1 lb. of butter?” “Did you know 1 gallon of milk weighs 8.6 lbs?” “Did you know beef is the #1 protein source consumed in the USA?” Answers Mold’s concern is that so many people get their information from the internet and from their friends on Facebook. “But there are a lot of misconceptions out there on dairy and beef and what we’re doing on our farms,” she said. “A lady the other day said she gets her milk out of glass bottles and it seems to taste better. Doesn’t plastic leach calcium out of the milk she asked me. “That got me into a longer conversation with her. I explained that milk sold in glass bottle likely came from a single source dairy and this is how this dairy markets its value. Also, feed stuffs can influence the taste of milk. Even grass-fed milk can taste a bit different than if you are feeding a total mixed ration. But I reassured her that calcium doesn’t get leached out from milk in plastic containers.” During twice-daily live milking demonstrations, Mold conducts Q & A sessions with her audience. Mold admitted women generally ask more questions than men. Also, kids ask the most questions and there is no gender
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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer It may not be the biggest farm attraction at the Minnesota State Fair as that honor goes to the CHS Miracle of Birth Center, but Moo Booth, now a 25-year showcase in the northwest corner of the cattle barn, ranks among the most popular. Doris Mold is the long-time director of the Moo Booth. “The Moo Booth was created in 1991 to highlight the farm-to-table process of the dairy industry with particular focus on the animals, the harvesting of milk and the daily chores of maintaining a high producing dairy herd,” said Mold. “Through fun activities and captivating demonstration, the Moo Booth is a vital hands-on extension of the fair’s agricultural mission. Our award-winning Moo Booth swings open the barn doors for a cow-to-kitchen showcase of dairy farming with a fascinating mix of science, technology expertise and hard work.” For Mold, the Moo Booth is not just a 12-day state fair stint, she works on it year-round. “We come in early to get everything set up. As the summer slides into state fair time, work intensifies to get everything and everyone primed and ready. With over 200,000 people walking through the Moo Booth each year, we want to put on the best show possible — for adults and kids,” she said. With hundreds of dairy cattle competing in various state fair categories, a milking parlor was needed and added to the fairgrounds in 1984. From that sprang the idea of an allpurpose Moo Booth to educate everyone on the Minnesota dairy industry. Milking demonstrations quickly became a popular focal point. “But we noticed people were very quizzical about cows and milking. We saw the need and thus the Moo Booth which educates about cows, the equipment and nutrition they need, and the care and competence of people who cared for the cows,” Mold said. Eight years ago, a major remodeling was done which offered a hands-on experience in the entire dairy process. Informational billboards shared interesting tidbits. A bathtub displays this message: “Did you know a cow drinks a bathtub of water each day?” Other questions include: “Did you know a cow will have about 41,630 daily jaw movements?” “Did you know it takes
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SDSU is first to offer bachelor’s in precision ag By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer BALTIC, S.D. — South Dakota State UniversityBrookings is breaking new ground in precision agriculture. “We are the first bachelor of science degree in precision agriculture in North America,” said Nic Uilk. Uilk is an instructor in the SDSU department of agricultural and biosystems engineering. At the Hefty Seed Ag PhD Field Day on July 28, Uilk and some of his students hunkered around three Kubota utility vehicles each outfitted with auto-steering systems and other precision ag bells and whistles. Five more Kubota rigs were back on the SDSU campus. The Kubotas came on board in October 2015. SDSU faculty worked with Sioux Falls-based Raven Industries to install auto-steering systems which allow students to gain hands-on experience during labs. Previously, an auto-steer tractor would be borrowed from a local dealership. Now, with eight vehicles, a lab with 16 students means two students can gain ample experience from the driver’s seat. The department has also acquired three 2-row planters to hitch up with these Kubota rigs for doing a variety of variable rate projects dealing with planting rates, planting depth, fertility inputs, even fungicide, herbicide and insecticide products. They also have a variety of sprayers built specifically for these machines.
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Nic Uilk, instructor in agricultural and biosystems engineering at SDSU-Brookings, promoted his university’s B.S. degree in precision ag —the first in the United States. Students also joined him at the Hefty Seed field day in Baltic, S.D. “We should be able to do anything a farmer is doing with his tractor, his planter, his sprayer,” Uilk said. “Troubleshooting any precision equipment and systems requires hands-on experience. Having this equipment in our department is providing SDSU students that critical experience.” Referring to the Kubotas, Uilk said these started out as Kubota RTV 1100s, side by side. With eight machines they can display the different GPS signals available such as RTK which stands for Real Time Kinematic and WAAS which stands for Wide Area Augmentation System and Raven GS. “We can compare the different signals. We’re using different communication antennas to compare different antenna capabilities,” he said. “We can do calibration setup of the auto-steer system to compare performance between different settings. We’ll learn what happens if you don’t calibrate perfectly.” Classes that use these machines are titled internal precision ag, troubleshooting ag electronics and farm machinery systems management and emerging technologies in agriculture. Austin Carlson, a 2016 SDSU graduate in agriculture systems technology, shared his excitement for future students. “These vehicles provide great hands-on learning for precision ag, electronic controls, electronic communication and diagnostics and proper machinery set-up and maintenance for planting and applicator portions of agriculture,” Carlson said.
Uilk indicated every student will get hands-on experience with troubleshooting these various electronic systems. That means diagnosing the problem and then correcting it! Faculty assistance and occasional inputs direct from Raven Industries specialists will help them solve the problem. Enrollment The word is out on the new precision ag degree at SDSU. “We don’t yet have a solid count,” Uilk said, “but anticipate this first year we will have over 30 students.” “There’s been a strong demand from industry,” Uilk added. “Since we’ve announced this new major we’ve had several calls from industry. They are really excited about what we are doing.” Uilk indicated equal interest between young men and young women. “Both genders see this as a diverse and exciting new aspect of agriculture. They’re very much aware of opportunities for everybody upon graduation, he said.” Van Kelley, who leads the agricultural and biosystems engineering department, wants precision ag companies to hire from SDSU. “We want to be the go-to place for any company in precision agriculture,” Kelley said. “We want them thinking SDSU first.” ❖
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be under. Andy McGuire, DNR Forester, recommends waiting a year or two to remove the trees if planning on using it for firewood, because it would require several years of continuous infestation to completely kill the tree. If a landowner decides to remove the trees, it should not be done April through July. Rather, wait until winter to minimize compaction and also disease. It is also important to confirm the damage is caused by the two-lined chestnut borer versus oak wilt. High value trees within someone’s yard can be treated with a systemic insecticide. However, first efforts should be cultural, such as watering in drought, reducing compaction, mulching, and proper pruning. Treatment using a systemic insecticide is only recommended if the tree is in the initial stages of decline with less than 40 percent canopy loss. Systemic products containing imidacloprid or dinotefuron can be used. However, a certified arborist should be consulted as application method and timing is critical. For more information Visit www.dnr.state.mn.us and search chestnut borer. Visit www.extension.mn.edu and search chestnut borer. This article was submitted by University of Minnesota Extension. ❖
Ziegler early on led the advent of track-type tractors for agriculture. But they also respect the wheel-type tractor market. “We have the 900 Series, an articulated four-wheel drive plus the 600 Series, a row crop tractor,” said Voth. “Upcoming soon is the Ziegler 1000 Series.” If farmers aren’t in a buying mood, what questions were they asking? “Upgrades to technology are always a question,” he said. “What’s new with our latest combines is big. But planter technology is driving a lot of interest
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ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Central Minnesota oak trees have been facing many different challenges the last few years, some even causing death. One pest that has seen a spike in population and is causing some significant damage is the two-lined chestnut borer. The two-lined chestnut borer, Agrilus bilineatus, is a native insect which attacks stressed or weakened oak trees. The borer seems to prefer red oaks, which can cause confusion because red oaks are most susceptible to oak wilt as well. Typically, the first visible signs occur in mid-July, with sparse, small, or discolored leaves. This is followed by dieback, usually from the top of the tree down. The leaves on infected branches will uniformly turn redbrown but remain on the tree for several weeks. Leaves on non-infected branches will remain perfectly green. This is key, as trees infected with oak wilt will first show the bronze, redbrown discoloration from the tip or margin of the leaf, while the rest of the leaf still remains green for a little while. Also, leaves on trees infected with oak wilt will begin to drop, even when some are still partially green. Borer management is difficult, especially in woodlots. Best practices are to minimize any stress your oak trees may
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this year because sharp growers today are really zeroing in on quality and efficiency of their planting job.” While selling farm equipment is challenging, Voth thrives on agriculture and crop production. “I’m so amazed at the technology smarts of today’s farmers — especially the younger guys,” he said. “It is such a rewarding industry to be working in.” Family-owned, Ziegler CAT has 28 locations in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri. Ziegler introduced the first rubber-tracked tractor, the Challenger 65 manufactured by Caterpillar, in 1987. Today, Ziegler handles the full line of Challenger tractors, combing and hay equipment, LEXION combines, RoGater and TerraGator application equipment, White planters and Sunflower tillage equipment. Trent Voth was interviewed at Minnesota Farmfest near Morgan on Aug. 3. Visit www.zieglercat.com to learn more. ❖
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off, Voth has seen high interest By DICK HAGEN in its new precision planter for The Land Staff Writer the 2017 crop season. MORGAN, Minn. — In a tough farm economy, Ziegler “This is a variable rate unit CAT sales representative which reads directly from the Trent Voth remains positive soils info of each field and because producers are showing adjusts both planting rates a strong interest in their and fertilizer application by planter line-up and combines. Trent Voth the row and on the go. With growers trying their best to be “Despite an overall slowdown, there definitely is good interest more efficient, GPS systems for in our updated planter lineup,” he planters is rapidly becoming high prisaid. “Combines always have high ority,” Voth explained. interest regardless the economy. Big Voth indicated the marketing and tractor sales are slow, but guys out engineering of Ziegler products is there covering a lot of acreage still geared to providing a complete package need equipment.” of routine guidance technology, to preTrade-in values on used equipment scription application of inputs, to harare feeling the bite. After a few years of vest solutions greatly increasing the strong sales, Voth said most equipment entire efficiency of crop production. And dealers are sitting with lots of used because of the significant weight and soil-compaction issues of bigger inventory. “Two years ago, guys were capitaliz- planters, Ziegler was first in the market ing on high crop prices and we moved a with both wheel and track systems. “Our 36-row, 90-footer comes on lot of new iron. That’s not the case tracks,” Voth explained, “the smaller today,” he noted. As variable rate farming has taken units use tires.”
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Beef tour shows growing Minnesota cattle industry By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer CANBY, Minn. — The Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Summer Beef Tour and Trade Show lived up to its billing as “an intriguing tour spotlighting innovation, management, marketing and family togetherness.” This year’s July Krist Wollum event attracted roughly 800 cattlemen and women. The tour included the Wiesen Limousin Farm, Crazy Fate Ranch, Rockin’ H Ranch, Circle S Cattle Company and Pesek Cattle Farm, which also featured a unique forage demonstration. Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association President-elect Krist Wollum said, “Like much of Minnesota, our western area has remarkable diversity amongst its various beef producers. “We had stops at a monoslope feeding system, hoop barn feeding, public grazing grounds, and of course high quality breeding stock at each location. Plus new ideas never stop in this business. We’re grateful to the variety of equipment manufacturers, feed firms, health providers, financial firms, nutrition specialists and other vendors that truly made this a learning experience for all.” Wollum doesn’t hide his pride in saying this 2016 tour is the best ever. “But it’s in my home territory so what do you expect,” he chided. Wollum gave much credit to the big crew of volunteers making the tour a success. “We’ve got 20 guys and gals just doing the cooking of the hamburgers and ribeye steak supper; dozens
Perhaps due to our abundant feed supply, I think cattle numbers will continue to grow up here, particularly with the decline of cattle numbers in the Southwestern states. — Krist Wollum of people helping serve and keeping the lines moving. Support of our many vendors was terrific. And I’ve heard many good comments about the quality and educational value they provide also. Yep, best event ever is my biased report,” said Wollum. Cattleman Wollum will be installed as president at the December convention in Bloomington. Wollum, 45, is a fourth-generation farmer with his home farm being homesteaded by his great grandfather, also named Krist, who was a Norwegian immigrant. Next was Nels Wollum, then Krist’s father, Harvey, who built the feedlot where Krist and his family now reside. Harvey Wollum was a past president of Minnesota State Cattlemen, so service to the industry runs deep in this family. Wollum is a proud spokesman for cattlemen, especially his Minnesota colleagues. “We are a growing industry in this state,” he said. “Perhaps due to our abundant feed supply I think cattle numbers will continue to grow up here, particularly with the decline of cattle numbers in the Southwestern states. An added plus for our growth is the ethanol industry and the soybean processing business. Both provide convenient feed sources.” “This growth is good for our state too,” Wollum added. “It generates more total income, more jobs and more taxes which helps keep our state running.” Stock cows are the menu at Wollum Farms. “I share a stock cow operation with my nephew who wanted to farm, but land prices were too high to make that feasible. So we added cows,” explained Wollum. They maintain about 150 stock cows which are calved out early April. Plus they run a 980-head feedlot which they keep as full as economics permit. A brother is also involved so farming acres are about 2,500. “But it also has to cash flow and that’s a challenge
right now,” Wollum said. Wollum typically relies on Chicago Board of Trade protection so his marketing strategy is through packers. When cattle are ready, he contacts multiple packers, seeking the best bids. Like all feeders, he wonders if packers are sitting back thinking there’s lots of cattle out there and they are in the driver’s seat. Yet, he’s heard otherwise too. “I’ve heard from some packer reps that they may have to ship Northern cattle to fill the packer needs down South,” he said. “Things change so fast anymore it’s hard to be exactly certain.” Consumer education Wollum is fine with putting more information on meat packaging as dictated by consumer demand. “My farm is open,” he stated. “We don’t have anything to hide. If someone comes out to talk with me and see how we operate, I don’t have a problem with that. I think a large majority of our producers are OK with that also. People are asking for things they don’t realize is already happening.” For example, Many MSCA producers are already Beef Quality Assurance certified, so they are trained to handle their cattle the best possible way, explained Wollum. Take antibiotic use in livestock. “By law, you cannot send any animal to slaughter that has antibiotics in their system. There is a withdrawal time on all medications,” he said. “If you send any animal to slaughter without sufficient withdrawal time and your animal is identified, you will no longer be able to ship cattle to that delivery point.” Keeping our consumers informed is a priority of our beef checkoff, Wollum added. “We raise the most abundant safe food supply of any country in the world. And we do it with less than 2 percent of the population growing that food for our country and much of the world,” Wollum said. “We have a most remarkable agriculture and as consumers get more inquisitive about their food, they do learn more about farms and food production.” Educating Minnesota lawmakers about issues facing the agriculture community is also important. “Right now it doesn’t seem that it is Republicans versus Democrats. We’re now fighting urban versus rural,” said Wollum. “And it doesn’t seem to matter which party they represent. But when they come out of our metro area, they seem to have no sense of what’s going on in the agricultural community.” ❖
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Minnesota Pork Board finds loin samples a big draw By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer MORGAN, Minn. — Serving as events director for the Minnesota Pork Board keeps Pam Voelkel on the go. During Farmfest for example, Voelkel and crew grilled and served nearly 5,000 delicious bitesize pieces of pork loin. Now a three-year culinary treat at Farmfest, she said pork sampling is done at many Minnesota events throughout the year, including the Minnesota State Fair. Pork lions are provided courtesy of Hormel Meats. At Farmfest, visitors to the Minnesota Pork tent relished 260 pounds of pork loin. Toothpicks make it a convenient chew. Voelkel said her crew used about 4,600 toothpicks. So obviously, as word spread around the Farmfest grounds, lots of people made a stop at the Minnesota Pork tent. In addition to the tasty pork morsel, folks listened to Minnesota Pork Ambassadors telling their stories. Visitors also left with pork recipes. Martin County Magic is the seasoning used with these lions which cook for 1.5 to two hours on a propane grill just outside the tent. “We turn it about 3 times,” said Voelkel, “about 30 minutes for each turn. And we make certain the internal temperature is up to 145 degrees. Then we
It stays juicy and tender. We get scads of compliments on the taste. — Pam Voelkel
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Pam Voelkel, Minnesota Poark Board events director, serves pork loin samples, sprinkled with Martin County Magic seasoning and grilled, at major events. She is pictured at Minnesota Farmfest.
place the loin in an insulated cooler for three to five minutes. Then we start cutting the bite sizes pieces. It stays juicy and tender. We get scads of compliments on the taste.” The pork sampling crew also goes to the St. Paul Saints baseball games. The Saints employ a couple of baseball-toting young pigs to supply the umpires with baseballs during this wacky event. For the Labor Day weekend at the State Fair, Voelkel said they have 1,100 pounds of pork for fairgoers. Voelkel is astute on pork prices too, commenting they peaked a couple years back, but have been reasonably steady since. “Prices likely will come down this fall since we’ll have a significant increase in hog numbers,” she ventured. “At the retail counter, pork lions I think will be a bargain. I’d guess you’ll see prices as low as $1.79 a pound this fall.” ❖
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Of the soybean crop, 91 percent was turning color, six days ahead of average, but two days behind last year. Fifty-six percent of the soybean crop was dropping leaves or beyond, two days ahead of average. There were scattered reports of soybeans being harvested. Soybean condition rated 79 percent good to excellent. Regarding the dry edible bean crop, 94 percent was dropping leaves or beyond. Dry edible bean harvest was 61 percent complete, a week ahead of average, but two days behind last year. Dry edible bean condition rated 65 percent good to excellent. Sunflower condition rated 58 percent good to excellent. Forty-six percent of the potato acreage had been harvested. Potato condition rated 89 percent good to excellent. Sugarbeet crop harvest is 12 percent complete. Sugarbeet condition rated 84 percent good to excellent, down 3 percentage points from the previous week. The third cutting of alfalfa hay was 91 percent complete. Pasture condition rated 75 percent good to excellent. This article was submitted by the USDA National Aricultural Statistics Service. ❖
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Wet field conditions continued to limit fieldwork and harvest operations across Minnesota during the week ending Sept. 18, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. There were 3.7 days suitable for fieldwork. In addition to limiting harvest opportunities, the consistently wet conditions have raised concerns about mold in corn and soybeans, stalk problems in corn, and rot related to wet soil. While the damp conditions have proved challenging, harvest continues for corn silage, sugarbeets, potatoes, alfalfa hay and dry edible beans. Topsoil moisture supplies were rated 0 percent very short, 2 percent short, 62 percent adequate, and 36 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were rated 0 percent very short, 2 percent short, 70 percent adequate, and 28 percent surplus. Forty-five percent of Minnesota’s corn acreage was mature, five days ahead of the five-year average and three days ahead of last year. Corn condition rated 84 percent good to excellent. Nearly one-third of the corn for silage acreage was harvested during the week, bringing the total harvested to 67 percent.
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Nebraska irrigation firm has systems worldwide explained. “Typically, water usage is more effiBy DICK HAGEN cient with night time irrigation, and you get betThe Land Staff Writer ter rates because the demand on the grid is less.” BALTIC, S.D. — At the July 28 Hefty Seed Ag PhD Field Day in Baltic, S.D., over 8,000 For the future, Palmertree describes a center people enjoyed a learning experience pivot system as a robot in your field. Can it do enriched with Mother Nature on her best some things out there that it’s not doing now? behavior and three airplanes putting on a “We think it can,” he said. “Already both fungisynchronized flying display complete with cides and fertilizer are being applied through smoke plumes. CP systems and these too on variable rates proOver 40 exhibitors, wagon tours of Hefty grammed into the system. Also remote manageresearch plots, a few ‘‘sit down and listen” ment is a big thing. It gives you the ability to presentations by those Hefty guys — brothmonitor your system, turn it on, turn it off, ers Darren and Brian. All of this and a delichange the speed, even vary the application cious barbecue lunch with all the trimmings rates remotely through any smart phone device and beverages. When the Hefty people put an that has internet connectivity.” event together, every base in crop science and How far away can you be and remotely actitechnical agriculture is covered. vate your center pivot? Palmertree chuckled. One exhibitor was Reinke Manufacturing, a “If you like to go to Las Vegas you can firm that makes irrigation systems. Tom remotely turn your irrigation system in Palmertree, director of marketing for Reinke, between hands at the black jack table,” he said. explained that the firm began as a construc“You can also monitor the performance of your tion company. system. If you see an issue, you can call some“But we celebrated 60 years in the water one to check it out.” business in 2014,” Palmertree said. “The If there’s a weather change with rain ahead, you introduction of the electrogater in 1968 got Dick Hagen can turn your system off from Las Vegas as well. us into irrigation big time.” Tom Palmertree, director of marketing for Reinke Manufacturing As far as costs for setting up a half-section Big time indeed. Reinke is now global with Company, exhibited irrigation systems at the Hefty Seed field day in system, several variables come into play: how about 225 dealers in the United States and Baltic, S.D. deep a well is needed; how good is the water Canada and roughly 30 international dealers ufacturing facilities besides Deshler are in Beijing source. Palmertree said costs could vary from which service 60 countries, said Palmertree. and Belleview, Kan. $20,000 to $200,000 depending upon how much techAll 50 states and Puerto Rico have Reinke sys- Advances nology you put into the system. A corner system on tems. The new markets for Reinke are not the Nebraska is still number one in terms of mecha- 160 acres might be in that $70,000 to $90,000 range. United States any longer. nized acres under irrigation. Palmertree added that Structural warranty with Reinke is 20 years; drive “Australia and New Zealand have been big, plus Nebraska is also number one in terms of efficiency of train is 10 years; 10,000 hours on the wheel gears. China keeps on growing. South Africa is waking up water use per acre. Using a 640-acre piece of land for But do the right maintenance and you’ve got virtuto mechanized irrigation also; plus Hungary, even example, Reinke center pivot systems can irrigate ally a lifetime system with occasional parts replaceparts of southern Russia. Latin America is also a virtually every square foot including the four corners ments. not reached by the center pivot. Water rates also can big region for us,” said Palmertree “We use good galvanized steel and if your water This worldwide industry leader still operates in be variably applied on the go according to soil needs. isn’t too toxic, your Reinke systems last forever,” “We have four options with swing arm corners. So Palmertree said. the community where it originated — Deshler, Neb., where founder Richard Reinke started in thanks to mechanized irrigation, we cover that 1954. Today the firm has office locations in Beijing; entire piece of land,” said Palmertree, noting that Conservation Irrigation needs water. The Ogallala Aquifer is a San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Moshav Koralim, Israel; drops are now the popular choice in the effort to use Venado Tuerto, Argentina; and Rostov, Russia. Man- water more efficiently. Wind drift is virtually elimi- large underground reservoir that stretches across nated. The problem is getting into the canopy if you eight states from South Dakota to Texas, and gives have significant variation in the height of the corn in life to the fields that grow $20 billion worth of food and fiber. Is this reservoir, the primary water source different portions of the field. for most Nebraska irrigators, going dry? Don’t be surprised if you see an irrigation system “Like everyone, we’re concerned,” Palmertree said, running at night rather than daytime. “It depends on “but this great supplier is not going dry. More effithe power structure of the grid,” Palmertree cient water usage is the challenge and ambition of all of us. Obviously, we don’t want the Ogallala to dry up or we’re out of business.” “Water conservation is critical,” Palmertree added, “not only for agricultural producers, but for every person on planet Earth. It is vital that the right application devices are installed on each system not • 6 Year • Lowest Rates only to conserve water but to maximize yield. The The staff of Southern Warranty • Quality ability to control droplet size, throw pattern and • Free Workmanship Minnesota Land Expo want to wide drift are extremely important when choosing Estimates • Insured the right sprinkle device for your system. Because of thank all the exhibitors and huge variations of soil types, wind patterns and L L Clint 507-528-2243 CA visitors that attended the Expo in crops grown, it is important that we provide a wide Specializing in applying ribbed steel to barns, selection of devices.” ❖ Blooming Prairie, MN garages and outbuildings.
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‘Corn roast guy’ grills quarter million ears at State Fair
Bard Ribar started the Corn Roast stand in 1985. The Minnesota State Fair Corn Roast stand serves up 225,000 ears of sweet corn in 12 days. A concession stand worker shows off this Midwest treat.
Clay County Fair in Spencer, Iowa, are his last events of the year. He also does a small fund-raiser for a youth group at our local church. Ribar’s food crew is a busy bunch since they do about 30 other events in Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota. However, cheese is the delicacy at the other events. The Minnesota State Fair is his only sweet corn bash. “We’ve tried to get into other fairs with sweet corn,” Ribar said, “but unless you get the numbers, it doesn’t generate good cash flow.” Ribar is a healthy 60-year old. “I lose about 20 pounds every summer working these shows,” he admitted. “We’ll keep on doing this as long as good health permits.” Yes, there are lots of expenses in doing a state fair food stand, but at $3 an ear, that Corn Roast stand generates lots of revenue too! ❖
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ticello is where he makes nine to 12 plantings to meet the daily needs of a 12-day state fair run plus many roadside stands and rural markets in his immediate area and the Minneapolis Farmers Market. In addition, Untiedt sells to a few selected Twin Cities food stores such as Cub Food and Kowalski’s Markets. “Planting corn in May or June trying to hit a 12-day window at the State Fair is kind of like shooting at a moving target,” Untiedt said. Untiedt’s crew harvests about 2 acres each day for Ribar’s Corn Roast. Fresh corn gets delivered after 11 p.m. each night. Crowds have mostly left the fairgrounds by that hour. Sweet corn picking starts at daylight each morning. Then it gets chilled with an ice bath until the evening delivery to the State Fair. How much corn is delivered each day? The guy delivering the corn gets the number from Ribar. “When they unload the truck, I’ve figured out what I need tomorrow and perhaps the next day,” Ribar said. “After 30 years I’ve got a pretty good track record on daily ears. Left over corn? Yes, sometimes; but this corn has a five-day shelf life.” Family business Both Ribar’s daughters work with him at the State Fair. He smiled and said, “I lost my son to his own food stand. He does Duke’s Food Team at the Wisconsin State Fair.” For Ribar, the State Fair and the
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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. — A regular observance at the Minnesota State Fair is fair-goers chewing their way through freshly-roasted ears of sweet corn for breakfast, lunch, mid-afternoon snacks, supper and early evening tastes before the grandstand show. Brad Ribar, the corn roast guy at the State Fair, has a crew of youngsters who serve about 225,000 ears of sweet corn in 12 days! And sweet corn eaters don’t just chew their delicacies in the vicinity of the big corn roast eatery. You see corn eaters roaming the fairgrounds munching away. Ribar has been in the state fair sweet corn business since 1985. He saw a sweet corn stand at the Wisconsin State Fair in 1980. Obviously, the idea germinated. Today, his Corn Roast stand is a Minnesota tradition. Ribar said his busiest days occur during the weekend splash. “Right around 25,000 ears on a Saturday last year,” he recalled. “That’s a real push for my young crew, but they have unending energy it seems.” Each ear is roasted either in the large electric-driven rotisseries or on the large charcoal grill. Then, with husks pulled back, each ear is dipped in a melted butter vat and then offered to the customer ear tip down. It can be a jungle behind the counter, but people seem to delight in watching the operation. Hiring employees to work the stand is no problem. “They work hard, but they seem to enjoy the camaraderie that’s part of this wild scene,” said Ribar. “In past years, we’ve usually had 25-30 people on the waiting list to work here. This year, it was only about five. We pay by the hour. Essentially, there are two shifts, but some work through the entire day. This atmosphere around here is sort of crazy, but kids enjoy the work.” Corn starts cooking around 7 to 7:30 a.m. with the first cobs ready for eating about 8 a.m. “Why not sweet corn for breakfast? It’s just like corn flakes,” joked Ribar. Harvest As you know, sweet corn tastes sweetest when eaten within 48 hours of harvest. Timing is key. Who grows this succulent corn to meet this incredible hunger each day? Jerrry Untiedt of Waverly, Minn., in Wright County is the producer. His 300 acres near Mon-
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Enestvedt Seed saw increase in non-GMO hybrid sales By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. — Enestvedt Seed Company has the distinction of the longest history as an ag exhibitor at the Minnesota State Fair, with photos and clippings on the inside walls of the booth to prove it. These days, genetically modified organism seeds are top-of-mind for both farmers and consumers. Roger Enestvedt, leader of this family-owned operation now in its 117th year, said 70 percent of their projected 2017 corn sales are non-GMO hybrids. He expects the increase to continue in the market for conventional corn hybrids. “We get quite a few questions here at the State Fair. Even non-farmers are curious about this GMO stuff,” Enestvedt said. For the new season, eight of the 11 hybrids in the Enestvedt lineup will be non-GMO hybrids ranging from
90-day maturities on up to 115-day hybrids. Production for growing conventional seed is much the same as in GMO seed fields. “We do pre-plant weed control and one or two additional apps as needed during the growing season,” Enestvedt stated. “Plus we have a stringent fungicide application program. Keeping seed fields healthy and disease-free is the goal.” Bill Zaske, Enestvedt seed production director, is optimistic about seed production and availability of nonGMO hybrids for the 2017 crop year. Anyone in the seed business reflects on 2015 as being one of the finest seed production years ever. “I think this seed year will be close,” Zaske ventured. “Pollination was good, stands are good, I think we’ve got a quality seed crop out there.” Zaske added that the rain needed to stop.
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Last year we were over 50 percent non-GMO hybrids and likely will have even more for the 2017 crop season. — Bill Zaske For Enestvedt Seed, non-GMO hybrids are a trending product. “We had quite a big production and sold virtually everything we had for this 2016 crop year,” Zaske said. “Last season we were over 50 percent non-GMO hybrids and likely will have even more for the 2017 crop season.” When it comes to packaging, Enestvedt still does some 80,000 kernel count bags, but totes are Dick Hagen replacing the handling of bagged Bill Zaske of Enestvedt Seed Company talked seed. corn with Minnesota State Fair visitors. “Forty bags is a lot of handling for a guy with a 24-row or bigger means higher labor costs too. “Nonetheless,” said Zaske, “when planter,” said Enestvedt. “So seed totes dispensing directly into the seed hop- you’re coming from $7 corn to $3 or less, that’s a big bite. So what you pay per is the popular choice.” A tote is 40 units, so 320,000 seeds is for seed is a reality in this cost what you get by going the tote route. If squeeze. We must be on the right your planting rate is 32,000 kernels track, since our conventional hybrids per acre you’ve got a 10-acre fill before sales keep increasing.” Enestvedt Seed also provides a soythat seed tender does another refill. Seed price is one factor in decisions bean lineup — both public varieties on conventional versus GMO hybrids. and NorthStar Genetics — and other Often non-GMO seeds cost upwards of grains including wheat. Established in 1900, Enestvedt Seed $100 less per unit. Zaske cautioned that a few more trips across the field is in Sacred Heart, Minn., and located might eliminate that initial seed cost on the farm homesteaded in 1867. Visit benefit. Weed control and fungicide the website: www.enestvedtseed.com to ❖ issues jack up costs per acre and that learn more.
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Johnson emphasized the value that Hefty Seed offers their producers. “Despite tight profit outlooks for next season, every acre will get planted,” said Johnson. “We’re not just selling a product. We’re selling a value of agronomic services. This Ag PhD Field Day is our way of sharing ideas on a variety of issues.” Some of those issues included soil testing; a presentation by the current national corn yield champion David Hula of Charles City, Va. and his predecessor, Randy Dowdy of Valdosta, Ga.; and panels on drainage and estate planning. The date for next year’s Hefty Seed Ag PhD Field Day is July 27, 2017. ❖
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Another week of rain and storms kept producers out of the fields much of the week ending Sept. 18, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were only 3.3 days suitable for fieldwork, but farmers in east central and southeast Iowa had over 5.0 days suitable. Activities for the week included chopping corn for silage, seed corn harvest, manure application and cutting hay. Topsoil moisture levels rated 1 percent very short, 3 percent short, 77 percent adequate and 19 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 1 percent very short, 4 percent short, 81 percent adequate and 14 percent surplus. Reporters in the northern third of Iowa noted some fields with standing water. Ninety-five percent of the corn crop reached the dent stage or beyond, three days ahead of the fiveyear average. Crops are maturing rapidly with 52
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Every year there are price wars out there. We’re very competitive, especially in the soybean market.
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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer BALTIC, S.D. — With crops looking exceptional in the Baltic, S.D., area for the Hefty Seed Ag PhD Field Day on July 28, Hefty soybean agronomist Tanner Johnson talked confidently about 2016 possibly being a new high-yield year. “We’ve been catching timely rains,” Johnson said. “We started the season with good soil moisture. Crops are looking terrific.” He may be right. The September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report pegged the U.S. soybean yield at a record 50.6 bushels per acre. Since day one, soybeans have been the primary driver for Hefty Seed, but corn sales are now bumping up. Hefty’s success in soybeans is rooted in selling the full load of seed and various treatments. That full treatment seed package includes fungicides, insecticides, inoculants plus some biological products such as QuickRoots, a Monsanto product. Dick Hagen “There are lots of biologicals out there these days Tanner Johnson, soybean agronomist for Hefty Seed, preand new stuff coming out every year,” said John- dicts record yields for soybean crops this year. son. “Biologicals soon will be just as common as fertility inputs. Monsanto’s QuickRoots is a good cost effective, but not necessarily every year. But the example with noticeable yield gains of a half-a- payoff years can be upwards of an additional eight bushel up to three or four bushels.” bushels. Your ROI from that yield bump covers your With rows narrowed to 30 inches and many now at seed treatment costs for the next five years. Most 20 inches, seeding rates are strong. “We’re up in growers understand that.” terms of general recommendations,” stated Johnson. Because of the economic crunch in farming, many “We plant from 140,000 up to 200,000 depending on wonder if seed price battles will be likley. soils, soil health and varieties.” “Every year there are price wars out there,” said Carryover fertility from the previous corn crop is Johnson. “We’re very competitive, especially in the standard process, especially if organic matter is soybean market. Corn, because of all the genetic good. Mineralization of stover also boosts soil fertil- traits and associated technologies that go into proity. Johnson noted some guys foliar feed nutrients ducing new hybrids, doesn’t dollar down easily. too. Because we are also corn and soybean producers Soybean seed costs depend on planting rates and (about 2,600 acres), we’re aware of farmers needing seed treatments: “$45 plus the treatment package to minimize their total input costs. We’re available to puts you at about $60 per acre at a 150,000 planting answer questions; we walk fields with our cusrate,” recalled Johnson. “Yes, seed treatments are tomers. We want to improve yield, profitability and the condition of your land and water.”
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The following marketing analysis is for the week ending Sept. 16. CORN — Let’s talk about the elephant in the room first — the Sept. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The yield was cut to 174.4 bushels per acre from 175.1 bu./acre in August. This is still a record yield, but didn’t drop by as much as the trade was anticipating. The trade estimate was a decrease to 173.4 bu./ acre. Corn production for 2016-17 fell to 15.093 billion bushels on this report from 15.153 billion bushels on the August report. The new number is still a record crop! The pre-report trade forecast was close at 15.027 billion bushels. Carryout for the 2016-17 crop year was published at 2.384 billion bushels, down from 2.409 billion in August, but higher than forecasts for 2.239 billion bushels. If realized, this would be the largest carryout since the 1987-88 crop year. PHYLLIS NYSTROM CHS Hedging Inc. Category changes on the 2016-17 balance sheet included St. Paul a reduction of 25 million in feed/residual, which fed into the smaller ending stocks number. There have been questions raised about the year-on-year increase in the feed/residual category. The 2016-17 number is 5.65 billion bushels, up from 5.2 billion in 2015-16, an increase of 8.6 percent. Many question whether we’ll really have the animal numbers to support this, when increased wheat and sorghum feeding is taken into consideration. The ending stocks-to-use ratio was essentially steady at 16.5 percent. The national on-farm average price was up a nickel to a range of $2.90 to $3.50 per bushel. Corn ratings were unchanged week-on-week as of Sept. 11 at 74 percent good/excellent. As of that date, 33 percent was mature versus 32 percent on average, 87 percent was dented compared to the 82 percent average, and 5 percent was harvested versus 7 percent on average. On the 2015-16 U.S. corn balance sheet, carryout grew slightly from August’s 1.706 billion bushel outlook to 1.716 billion bushels on the recent report. The trade estimate was 1.711 billion bushels. The only category change was a cut in exports of 10 million bushels to 1.915 billion bushels. The ending stocks-to-use ratio was unchanged at 12.5 percent. World corn carryout for 2015-16 was slightly higher than the trade projection
For some lucky grain producers, the stars have aligned and the opportunity to acquire additional farm real estate has presented itself. With current land prices, sometimes investing with a partner (or another family member) can make the deal more manageable and benefit both parties. While this can be a great experience and typically add value to the operation, there are some considerations unique to this kind of partnership. As a lender, we want our clients to have an awareness of how the property is valued. For example, what if there's a point in the future where you need to get out of the deal? In that case, having an agreed-upon value for the property ahead of time is critical. There are different ways of determining the value of the property. Regardless of the protocol you select, it’s imperative to make certain that the language in the buy-sell agreeAL BENNETT ment is clear and appropriate. It should have lasting releAgStar Principal vance, so it’s applicable both now and in the future. A great option is to have the agreement drafted by an experienced Business Consultant Mankato, Minn. attorney. The agreement should then be reviewed and interpreted by an independent third party to see if they read it the same way as the attorney thought he wrote it. Also, it’s important that you and your partner(s) understand it. Make sure you are aligned on the intent and that the intent is clearly documented. One method of determining valuation is by formula. Certainly, it’s got to be a formula which is appropriate for the business and aligns with the earning capacity of the business. You would never want to have a formula for valuation that would put the stability of the business in jeopardy. If you ever decide you have to get out of a land deal, you have to be able to afford to do so. Without the right formula, you may be unpleasantly surprised. Another method used to determine valuation is with fixed price. Generally, there’s nothing wrong with having a fixed price for this type of a deal. If you’re going to go down that route, you’ll want to make sure there’s a mechanism in place for annual updates. Additionally, have an agreement in writing outlining what would happen if annual updates aren’t kept current or if you can’t reach consensus. It’s also a good idea to include whether or not the annual updates are
See NYSTROM, pg. 31
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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.
WASDE report predicts record soybean yield Weekly export sales were 37.4 million bushels, in line with expectations. We need to average 23 million bushels per week to achieve the USDA outlook for 1.985 billion bushels. Total export commitments for 2016-17 are 865 million bushels or 44 percent of the USDA export forecast. The fiveyear average export commitments at this time of year as a percentage of the final export number is 46 percent. The August National Oilseed Processors Association crush was a letdown at 131.8 million bushels compared to the pre-report estimate of 136.2 million bushels. This suggests the 2015-16 U.S. Department of Agriculture crush projection is too high by 13 million bushels and will need to be adjusted on the October report. How this will translate to the ending stocks number will be affected by any higher adjustment to the residual category. Argentina is still considering delaying their promised 5 percent reduction in the soybean export tax to 25 percent. Argentine President Macri had
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promised to cut the bean export tax by 5 percent yearly. The election promise to eliminate the corn and wheat export taxes was kept. OUTLOOK: Early yield reports have been in some cases “unbelievable” and lend credibility to the 50.6 bushels per acre USDA forecast. While the USDA upped the soybean yield an impressive 1.7 bushels per acre, it doesn’t necessarily mean it couldn’t be raised again next month. A strong U.S. dollar index and declining crude oil market added to pressure this past week. The funds still hold a net long position and this could extend the negativity if/when they bail out. On the supportive side this week were decent export sales and harvest delaying rains. Forecasts for the next few weeks are mixed on the subject of above average rainfall. First support in the November contract is the recent low at $9.37 per bushel, with next support not apparent until closer to $9.00 per bushel. Resistance is viewed at $9.70 per bushel, then $9.90 per bushel. ❖
Determine farmland value for lack of marketability. It’s best to consult an attorney for more information on discounts, and include your accountant in this discussion as well. All parties need to understand and agree on any discounts, what they will be and how they might impact the ultimate value of the property. It should also be noted that the decision makers are working on language to do away with these discounts in the future. All the more reason to consult with your professional advisors before assuming they will apply to your situation. Keeping your trusted advisors, such as your real estate agent, lender, accountant and attorney, as an active part of the conversation will help ensure you’re making the best decision for you and your operation. Determining valuation is a solid first step as you work with your experts to design a meaningful, beneficial and professional real estate purchase. Visit www.agstar.com/edge for more industry expertise. AgStar Financial Services is a cooperative owned by client stockholders. As part of the Farm Credit System, AgStar has served 69 counties in Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin with a wide range of financial products and services for more than 95 years. ❖
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BENNETT, from pg. 30 binding and, if so, for how long? It’s very common to see valuation established via an appraisal. If you are going to have an appraisal to determine value, it could work to have one appraisal prepared by a single appraiser pre-approved by both parties. Sometimes, it makes more sense for the buyer and seller to each hire an appraiser. Before the appraisal(s) are done, make sure everyone knows who is paying for what. Typically for one appraisal, the cost is split between the buyer and seller. If two appraisals are conducted, the buyer and seller usually each pay for their chosen appraiser. If two appraisals are done, how far apart can the results be? Our recommendation is such matters are defined up front. If there is less than 10 or 15 percent deviation, perhaps you average them to arrive at the agreed-upon value. If there is a broader discrepancy, it might be appropriate to have a third appraiser and the mean of those three evaluations becomes the binding value. Finally, if this transaction is in a closely-held family entity, are there discounts? There are sometimes discounts for minority interest and the discounts
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March contract fell 4.25 cents to $3.47.25 per bushel. The next report to watch for is the Grain Stocks as of Sept. 1 to be released on Sept. 30. SOYBEANS — The WASDE soybean report was the bearish surprise this week when the USDA pegged the U.S. soybean yield at a record 50.6 bu./ acre! This is up from the August 48.9 bu./acre estimate and the pre-report trade forecast for 49.2 bushels per acre. Record yields are predicted for Illinois (61 bushels per acre!), Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Interesting to note that since 2000, there have been eight years when the soybean yield increased from the August to September report. Of the eight years, the final yield in January was higher than September a total of seven times. This jumped the production from a projected 4.06 billion bushel crop on the August report to a massive record 4.201 billion bushels on the September report! Other changes to the balance sheet included a 60 million bushel smaller carry-in, an increase of 10 million bushels to crush at 1.95 billion bushels and a 35 million bushel increase in exports to 1.985 billion bushels. Ending stocks rose 10.6 percent from 330 million in August to 365 million bushels this month. The ending stocksto-use ratio climbed from 8.2 percent to 9.0 percent. The national average farm price fell a nickel on both ends to a range of $8.30 to $9.80 per bushel. The 2015-16 U.S. soybean carryout fell from 255 million bushels in August to 195 million bushels in September. This was significantly below the 232 million bushel trade estimate. The change came from a corresponding increase in exports of 60 million bushels to 1.94 billion bushels. The ending stocks-to-use ratio retreated from 6.6 percent to 4.9 percent. World soybean carryout for 2015-16 was neutral at 72.9 mmt versus 72.27 mmt estimated and 73 mmt last month. Carryout for 2016-17 was 72.2 mmt, higher than August’s 71.24 mmt and the trade estimate of 70.37 mmt. Soybean conditions as of Sept. 11 were unchanged for the week at 73 percent good/excellent. This was 15 percent above the average and helps confirm the 50 plus yield is realistic. Dropping leaves was pegged at 26 percent, slightly ahead of the 25 percent average.
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NYSTROM, from pg. 30 at 209.3 million metric tons versus the 208.75 mmt estimate, but right at the 209.34 mmt August estimate. For the 2016-17 crop year, world carryout is predicted at 219.5 mmt. This is down from August’s 220.81 mmt outlook, but in line with the 219.35 mmt trade outlook. Weekly export sales were disappointing at 27.7 million bushels for 2016-17 and 800,000 bushels for the 2017-18 crop year. Combined sales were the lowest since February. Total 2016-17 export commitments of 671 million bushels equates to 31 percent of the USDA’s current 2.175 billion bushel outlook. The five-year average for sales as a percentage of the final export number is 30 percent. We need to average 31 million bushels per week of export sales to hit the USDA target. Weekly ethanol production rebounded slightly, up 6,000 barrels per day to 1.004 million bpd. Ethanol stocks fell from 867 million gallons to 849 million gallons. Ethanol margins are estimated at 30 cents per gallon, up 4 cents for the week. The Rosario Grain Exchange in Argentina is projecting their corn acres to climb 18 percent year-on-year to 14 million acres this year. The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange is forecasting a 25 percent increase in planted corn acreage with planting already 6.7 percent complete. OUTLOOK: Interest rate hike this month? We started the week with statements that the Fed may not be in any hurry to raise interest rates — maybe not until December. Spillover sentiment and uncertainty over what may happen to interest rates may have been a factor in holding the market together on report day. Supportive factors in the market include slow grower sales, recent rains that have slowed harvest progress, disappointing early yields (hearing some reports of Diplodia in Illinois and Missouri), and fund short covering. Negative factors include technical selling, a strong U.S. dollar, disappointing demand, and the anticipated record yield and crop. This may allow consolidation-type trade in the near term. U.S. weather forecasts are divided with some calling for rain and others seeing drier weather in the second half of September. Support in the December corn lies in the $3.23-$3.36 area, then the contract low at $3.14.75 per bushel. At this time, most believe the $3.00 level will hold. A close over $3.43.25 is needed to negate the downward trend. For the week, December corn closed down 4 cents at $3.37 per bushel and the
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Pay attention to 2016 crop insurance payment bean futures during the month of October, other producers receive no indemnity payments, Even though the U.S. Department of with prices finalized on Nov. 1. even though both producers had the same adjusted Agriculture is projecting record corn and acutal production history yield and the same final soybean yields on a national basis in If the average 2016 CBOT December 2016, it is possible that a significant corn futures price in October is below the yield. number of corn and soybean producers in $3.86 per bushel base price for corn, For example, at an adjusted APH corn yield of 190 some areas of southwest Minnesota, as which seems likely at this point, then the bushels per acre, a producer with 85 percent coverwell as adjoining areas of Iowa and initial base price is used to calculate the age would have a yield guarantee of 161.5 bu./ acre, South Dakota, could qualify for crop revenue protection guarantees for corn. and a revenue guarantee of $623.39 per acre, while a insurance indemnity payments in 2016. Otherwise, the October harvest price producer with 75 percent coverage would have a would be used. If the average 2016 CBOT yield guarantee of 142.5 bu./acre, and a revenue Much of this region dealt with planting delays last spring, excessive rainfall dur- FARM PROGRAMS November soybean futures price in Octo- guarantee of $550.05 per acre. If the actual 2016 ber is above the $8.85 per bushel base yield was 175 bu./acre, with a $3.30 per bushel haring the growing season, severe storms, By Kent Thiesse price for soybeans, which also seems vest price, the producer with 85 percent coverage and in some cases a very dry weather likely, then the harvest price is used would receive a gross indemnity payment of $45.89 pattern in July and early August. to calculate the revenue protection per acre, while the producer with 75 percent coverThis weather combination will likely guarantees for soybeans. The CBOT age would receive no indemnity payment. result in corn and soybean yield average price for October is used to reductions on numerous farms across Many growers purchased upgraded levels of revcalculate the value of the actual harvested bushels in enue protection crop insurance for the 2016 growing the region. 2016 for all revenue protection insurance policies. As season, which included the higher trend-adjusted With federal crop insurance, every year is differyields that were available. ent. And with the multiple options available to pro- of Sept. 15, the CBOT futures prices were approximately $3.30 per bushel for December corn and ducers, there are many variable results from crop The lower CBOT corn prices will also increase the $9.50 per bushel for November soybeans. If the averinsurance coverage at harvest time. The 2016 crop likelihood of crop insurance indemnity payments for age CBOT prices stay at these levels, the base prices year will be no different, with some producers corn on several upper Midwestern farms, which have choosing yield protection policies (yield only) versus of $3.86 per bushel for corn, and the harvest price of 80 percent and 85 percent revenue protection insur$9.50 per bushel for soybeans would be used to calrevenue protection policies (yield and price). Proance policies for 2016. ducers will have differences in the level of coverage, culate the revenue protection insurance guarantees for corn and soybeans in 2016. Soybean crop insurance payments will not be as and with some producers choosing “optional units” likely with revenue protection insurance policies in Corn and soybean producers had the option of rather than “enterprise units” for 2016. 2016, since the soybean CBOT harvest price is likely In the Midwest, most corn and soybean producers selecting crop insurance policies ranging from 60 to be higher than the base price on March 1. Soybean percent to 85 percent coverage levels. The level of in recent years have tended to secure some level of payments will only occur when there is sufficient insurance coverage can result in some producers revenue protection crop insurance coverage, rather than standard yield-only protection policies. Produc- receiving crop insurance indemnity payments, while See THIESSE, pg. 33 ers like the flexibility of the revenue protection policies which provide insurance coverage for Calculating estimated 2016 Revenue Protection Crop Insurance payments reduced yields, as well as in instances where the harvest price drops below initial base price. Corn Soybeans Sample Actual Sample Actual In 2016, corn crop insurance loss calculations with yield protection policies and revenue protecA. 2016 Trend Adjusted APH Yield 190.0 ________ 52.0 ________ tion policies will function differently, due to the B. Revenue Protection Policy % Coverage 80% (.80) ________ 85% (.85) ________ likely Chicago Board of Trade harvest price for corn being below the 2016 crop insurance base price C. Coverage Yield (A x B) 152.0 ________ 44.2 ________ (which was finalized on March 1, 2016). D. Revenue Protection Base Price $3.86/bu. $8.85/bu. Soybean crop insurance loss calculations with both yield protection and revenue protection poliE. Guaranteed Insurance Coverage/Acre (C x D) $586.72 ________ $391.17 ________ cies will function similarly in 2016, due to the F. Revenue Protection Harvest Price (Est. on 9-15-16) $3.30/bu. ________ $9.50/bu. ________ CBOT harvest price for soybeans likely being higher than the 2016 base price. However, the payG. Harvest Guarantee/Acre (C x F) $501.60 ________ $419.90 ________ ment rate will likely be different. H. Final Guarantee/Acre (Higher of E or G) $586.72 ________ $419.90 ________ The established base prices for 2016 yield protecI. Actual Harvested Yield/Acre 160 ________ 40 ________ tion and revenue protection crop insurance policies on March 1, were $3.86 per bushel for corn and J. Revenue Protection Harvest Price (Est. on 9-15-16) $3.30/bu. ________ $9.50/bu. ________ $8.85 per bushel for soybeans. This will be the payK. Crop Value/Acre (I x J) $528.00 ________ $380.00 ________ ment rate for 2016 yield protection policies for corn and soybeans. The $3.86 per bushel will also likely L. Gross Insurance Payment/Acre (H – K) $58.72 ________ $39.90 ________ serve as the final price to calculate revenue guaranM. Revenue Protection Insurance Policy Premium/Acre $9.00 ________ $13.00 ________ tees for calculating potential revenue protection crop insurance indemnity payments for corn. The N. Net Insurance Indemnity Payment Per Acre (L – M) $49.72 ________ $26.90 ________ final harvest CBOT price for November soybean O. “Threshold Yield” (H/J) (Yield where payments begin) 177.8 ________ 44.2 ________ futures is likely to be higher than $8.86 per bushel, which would then result in the harvest price being Notes: These estimates are for revenue protection insurance policies. Harvest Prices for revenue protection policies are based on the used to determine the revenue protection insurance average price during the month of October for December Chicago Board of Trade corn futures, and for November Chicago Board of Trade guarantee for soybeans. The final harvest price for soybean futures. Harvest prices are final as of Oct. 31, 2016. Premium estimates are for “enterprise units” in southern Minnesota, revenue protection insurance policies with harvest using trend-adjusted yield calculations. price protection is based on the average CBOT Prepared by Kent Thiesse, Government Farm Management Analyst December corn futures and CBOT November soy-
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Producers should properly document crop yield losses farms that are highly susceptible to natural disasters, such as flooding, drought, frost, etc. Producers who paid the extra premium level for optional units in 2016, and are located in areas with reduced corn and soybean yields, could see a substantial financial benefit from that decision with potential 2016 crop insurance indemnity payments. Please refer to the Revenue Protection Crop Insurance Payment Example Table for 2016 on page 32. The table uses crop loss examples for corn with an 80 percent revenue protection coverage insurance policy, and soybeans with 85 percent revenue protection coverage, utilizing enterprise units, and with trend adjusted yields selected. The Table also contains space for producers to put in their own APH yields, insurance coverage levels, premium costs, projected yield and harvest
prices, in order to make estimates for potential 2016 crop insurance indemnity payments for corn and soybeans. The bottom line on calculating potential crop insurance payments: Producers who have crop revenue losses in 2016, with potential crop insurance indemnity payments, should properly document yield losses for either “optional units” or “enterprise units.” A reputable crop insurance agent is the best source of information to make estimates for potential 2016 crop insurance indemnity payments, and to find out about documentation requirements for crop insurance losses. It is impor-
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tant for producers who are facing crop losses in 2016 to understand their crop insurance coverage, and the calculations used to determine crop insurance indemnity payments. The University of Illinois FarmDoc web site contains some good crop insurance information and spreadsheets to estimate crop insurance payments. The FarmDoc web site is located at: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/ Kent Thiesse is a government farm programs analyst and a vice president at MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn. He may be reached at (507) 726-2137 or kent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com. ❖
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THIESSE from pg. 32 yield loss. However, the revenue protection payment rate will likely be slightly higher than the payment rate with yield protection policies. A large majority of Midwest corn and soybean producers utilize enterprise units for their crop insurance coverage, which combines all acres of a crop in a given county into one crop insurance unit. By comparison, optional units allow producers to insure crops separately in each township section, but are offered at a substantially higher premium rate. Enterprise units work quite well with revenue protection policies to protect against price drops during the growing season, and when a producer has most of their land in the same general area. Optional units are preferable when a producer has a variety of land that is spread across a wide area in a county, or when producers have individual
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USDA raises 2016 milk production forecast in WASDE The following marketing analysis is for for 2016 were forecast higher as butter the week ending Sept. 16. and cheese stocks remain high and fat basis ending stocks were raised for 2017. The U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its 2016 milk production forecast Cheese and butter prices were lowered from last month in its latest World Agrifor 2016 and 2017 “as supplies remain cultural Supply and Demand Estimates high,” but prices for nonfat dry milk and report “as the cow inventory appears to whey were forecast higher “as the global have steadied in the face of expected supply tightens and demand strengthens.” improvements in returns.” The 2017 foreThe Class III milk price forecast was cast was also raised “to reflect slightly MIELKE MARKET lowered for 2016 and 2017 “as the more rapid growth in milk per cow.” WEEKLY expected reduction in the cheese price 2016 production and marketings were more than offsets the whey price By Lee Mielke projected at 212.2 and 211.3 billion increase.” Look for a 2016 Class III pounds respectively, up 100 million average of $14.75-$14.95 per hunpounds from last month on producdredweight, down a nickel from last tion and up 200 million pounds on month’s report and compares to $15.80 marketings. If realized, 2016 production would be in 2015 and $22.34 in 2014. The 2017 average is now up 3.6 billion pounds or 1.7 percent from 2015. projected at $14.95-$15.95 also down a nickel from a 2017 production and marketings were projected at month ago. 216.1 and 215.1 billion pounds respectively, up 300 The Class IV price was lowered for 2016 “as the million pounds on production and 200 million lower expected butter price more than offsets the pounds on marketings from last month. If realized, higher NDM price but was raised for 2017 as higher 2017 production would be up 3.9 billion pounds or NDM prices more than offset the lower butter price 1.8 percent from 2016. forecast.” The Class IV is projected to average $13.65-$13.95/cwt., down a dime from last month’s Fat basis exports were raised for 2016 and 2017. WASDE, and compares to the 2015 average of $14.35 Cheese and cream exports have remained firm in 2016 and strength in whole milk powder exports is and $22.09 in 2014. The 2017 Class IV projection is for a range of $13.80-$14.90/cwt., up 20 cents from expected to carry into 2017, according to the WASDE. On a skimsolids basis, the export forecasts what was expected a month ago. for 2016 and 2017 were raised on higher WMP and ■ whey sales. Fat and skim-solids basis ending stocks Meanwhile; dairy farmers won’t likely see
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“Western cheese makers report no problems finding milk,” according to Dairy Market News. “Manufacturers are seeking out a few extra spot loads of milk to fill up production runs. Cheese production is steady and facilities are running at or near full capacity. Marketers suggest inventories are a bit long for American and Italian cheeses but industry contacts feel these stocks will be drawn down in the next few months. A few contacts note a growing buyer interest for retail cheese. Domestic cheese demand is stable for most cheese varieties” according to Dairy Market News. ■ One cloud hovering over the rising global dairy market is the bankruptcy of Hanjin, the world’s seventh largest shipping company. Hanjin has stopped taking new cargo, affecting U.S. imports and exports of all kinds from coast to coast. Add to that the Cooperatives Working Together export program suffered a costly legal setback. The Daily Dairy Report’s Sarina Sharp writes that, “After five years of litigation and commensurate legal fees, CWT could not stave off a consumer class action lawsuit. “The much touted success of the CWT’s herd retirement program raised consumer’s dairy product prices, in violation of antitrust and consumer protection statutes,” Sharp reports. “NMPF (National Milk Producers Federation) and member cooperatives Dairy Farmers of America, Land O’Lakes, Dairylea Cooperative and Agri-Mark agreed to a $52 million settlement.” ■ Cash butter saw its sixth consecutive week of decline, closing Friday at $2.00 per pound, down 3.25 cents on the week, lowest it has been since April 4, 2016, and 71.75 cents below a year ago when it shot up 15.25 cents, on its way toward peaking at $3.1350 per pound on September 25. On the week, 13 cars found new homes at the CME. Dairy Market News says butter manufacturing is uneven throughout the Central region and churning activity is lower in a few processing plants as cream supplies fluctuate. “Processors are expecting to increase butter production in order to meet the anticipated high demand for Fourth Quarter,” Dairy Market News says, “but demands from many retail channels and restaurants are strong.” Western butter output is steady in advance of the
transparent trade.” The press release states that “The groups oppose a Canadian Agreement in Principle recently concluded between Canada’s dairy producers and processors. The agreement, which is undergoing finalization and review in Canada, would provide an incentive to substitute Canadian dairy ingredients for imported dairy ingredients and would unfairly subsidize exports of Canadian dairy products. If ratified, the agreement would take effect November 1, 2016. “The three U.S. organizations were joined by the Australian Dairy Industry Council, the European Dairy Association, the European Whey Products Association, the European Association of Dairy Trade, Mexico National Chamber of Industrial Milk, and the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand. Each of the dairy organizations asked officials in their respective countries to initiate a WTO dispute settlement proceeding to challenge the agreement once its details are announced.” ■ Lastly; the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program announced that it is teaming up with Merck Animal Health to offer a series of informational webinars as part of the FARM Version 3.0 rollout. “This webinar series will further build upon the strong partnership between the Merck Dairy Care365 Program and the FARM Program that was established last year,” a press release stated. NMPF and Merck announced last summer that the two groups would “collaborate to help ensure a comprehensive, industry-wide approach to employee training and animal care in the dairy industry. Through the partnership, dairy producers across the country have access to the tools, resources and workshops available through the Merck Animal Health Dairy C.A.R.E. Initiative, which is nicely designed to complement FARM.” Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist who resides in Everson, Wash. His weekly column is featured in newspapers across the country and he may be reached at lkmielke@juno.com. ❖
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fall butter season, according to Dairy Market News. “Butter is moving well through existing contracts and buyers are placing orders for their holiday butter needs and some contacts are starting to see a little seasonal uptick in retail butter sales. Processors are not having any difficulty finding available cream. A few manufacturers report comfortable butter inventories and a willingness to sell off milkfat as opposed to churning. Butter inventories across the industry vary from long to committed.” Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Sept. 16 at 91 cents per pound, up a half- cent on the week and 1.25 cents above a year ago, with 12 cars exchanging hands on the week at the CME. Checking milk prices; California’s October Class I milk price is $17.77/cwt. for the north and $18.04 for the south. Both are down 35 cents from September but are 40 cents above October 2015. The northern Class I average for the year stands at $15.98, down from $17.62 at this time a year ago and $24.91 in 2014. The southern average now stands at $16.25, down from $17.90 a year ago and $25.18 in 2014. The October Federal order Class I base price is announced by USDA on September 21. American cheese demand in July was down 0.8 percent from a year ago and down 4.4 percent from previous-month levels, according to USDA's latest data. Total cheese use was up 0.5 percent from a year ago, but 3 percent below the previous month. Year to date, American cheese use is 0.1 percent lower, and other than American cheese use is up 3.7 percent, which puts total cheese use, up 2.2 percent. FC Stone’s Dave Kurzawski wrote in his Sept. 14 Insider Closing Bell that “On the surface these numbers do not read bullish, but the world market wasn't off to the races in July either. When you roll the global market into the picture, we can see an increase in demand at higher prices. In other words, we'd advise not leaning too heavily on the July disappearance data in making bearish arguments” Nonfat dry milk demand was down 9.8 percent in July and butter demand was down 4.97 percent, compared with previous-year levels. On a month-tomonth basis, commercial disappearance of butter decreased 10.5 percent, while nonfat dry milk use was down 12.5 percent. Kurzawski points out that “So far in 2016, nonfat dry milk use is down 10.2 percent, but butter use is 3.2 percent higher.” ■ In politics; Canada is in the doghouse. Dairy organizations in the United States, Australia, the European Union, Mexico, and New Zealand have written their respective trade and agriculture officials, “expressing indignation about Canada’s recent actions to deepen its already prohibitive restrictions on dairy trade,” according to a joint press release from NMPF, the U.S. Dairy Export Council, and the International Dairy Foods Association. “The groups said Canada’s increasingly protectionist policies violate international trade obligations, hold out the prospect of trade diversion with attendant global price-depressing impacts and are in conflict with the principles of free markets and fair and
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MIELKE from pg. 34 in retail and food service, reports Dairy Market News. “Most varieties of cheese are moving well. However, cheese with any irregularity or age is a lot harder to move. Manufacturers are running their facilities at or just below capacity. Some manufacturers are looking for additional loads of milk to round out cheese production. Spot loads of milk are a little harder to find and cheese makers need to reach further out of the region to find extra milk. Although milk components are increasing, a few processors are fortifying cheese to improve yields,” Dairy Market News says.
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Land values declining with low grain prices By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer MORGAN, Minn. — Farmland values are beginning to decline as low market prices have taken hold and are expected to stay there for a couple years. “Declining commodity prices have to put the lid on land prices,” said Dennis Schmidt. “There no longer are excess dollars out there looking for a place to go to work.” Dennis Schmidt is accredited farm manager of Upper Midwest Management in New Ulm, Minn. He reported that farm sale activity has also slowed. “Always a few sales but at a lesser price,” said Schmidt. “We’re on a downward trend. Where it’s going? I don’t know. It will correct, but when is the inevitable question.” Outside investors no longer are land buyers. Today’s farmland market is almost exclusively farmers. Schmidt said investors who are looking for a higher return aren’t finding it in land purchases. Cash rental rates are declining so much that “decent returns” for the investor buyer just don’t exist. Plus real estate taxes for the investor buyer are even more an issue because they don’t qualify for the homestead exemption tax break. So what might be projected returns for the investor buyer? “You’re likely looking at no more than two to three percent,” replied Schmidt. A significant reduction of property taxes are high on the agenda of Schmidt and also every farmer. With 30 percent of farm operators today being 65 years of age and older, and 40 percent of those retiring in four to five years, the transition of farm ownership has become a huge issue for many. “This needs to investigated,” said Schmidt. “Farmers need to be working with lawyers and accountants to properly establish that transition plan. The financial inventory has gotten so high for many of these older farmers that they need experts to guide them.”
Declining commodity prices have to put the lid on land prices. There no longer are excess dollars out there looking for a place to go to work. — Dennis Schmidt Management criteria has become a major factor in making a farm loan. “Many lenders are now setting the rental rate they will allow their farm operators to pay,” said Schmidt. He stated there isn’t excess money for negotiating higher rental rates than a neighboring farmer who might be after the same land. Crop choice makes some difference. But with corn and soybeans, $400 cash rent simply doesn’t work these days, although sugar beets might. “I just checked data from a University of Illinois farm management specialist investigating cash rent for corn production,” said Schmidt. “He shows a net return to the farmer of $190. That’s all that is left to pay rent and to pay the farmer himself. That is a little scary.” After an early summer bump in soybean prices, this same specialist redid his soybean budget. His net jumped to $325 when using $10.60 instead of $9 bean prices like early this year. “He’s recommending that for 2017, farmers raise more soybeans and back off on corn,” said Schmidt. The ugly reality is that commodity prices will be struggling in the red ink category for the next couple of years. “The pendulum has swung so quickly into negative margins that growers need to exercise extreme caution on any and all input costs,” said Schmidt. Dennis Schmidt was interviewed by The Land at Minnesota Farmfest in August. ❖
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n’t — or wouldn’t — talk or why he never had, but Annie figured he’d say something when he was good and ready. She worried about him, too, but in the meantime, he was a good help for Samuel. And, oh, Samuel! There were times when Annie remembered what she gave up to love him, and she wondered how they’d lost that love. Was it the hardship? The isolation? The farm, the drought, the loss of crops or children? She wasn’t sure of that, or anything, except that they needed rain. So when the sky turned black that hot afternoon and electricity filled the air, there was hope … But, of course, you know better. You know what happened to the Dust Bowl during the Dirty Thirties, and in “I Will Send Rain,” anticipation is half the story. From the very first paragraph, author Rae Meadows makes it difficult not to become mired in the Bells’ lives,
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and impossible not to watch in steely dread as each character in this book falls apart slowly or becomes slightly insane (or both). Our sentryduty is complicated by creeping dust and dirt that almost seems alive. It nearly becomes a sinister character in itself, giving the story a rubber-band tightness that runs snapping and sparking on every page. This dark novel felt Armageddon-like to me, and I was wrung out by the end. But it’s been awhile since I’ve been as
satisfied with a story as I was with this one — therefore, I highly recommend it. In a good way, reading “I Will Send Rain” will leave you in a puddle. Look for the reviewed book at a bookstore or a library near you. You may also find the book at online book retailers. The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and never goes anywhere without a book. She lives in Wisconsin with three dogs and 10,000 books. ❖
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Rain, rain, go away. That never worked, did it? You could chant those four words all you want — trying to keep your picnic, reunion or party from being ruined. But the sky opened up and there you were. Rain, rain, go away — unless, as in the new novel “I Will Send Rain” by Rae Meadows, that’s the kind of storm you really need. Another day of 100-degree weather. That was Annie Bell’s second thought, as she eased herself out of bed, off the sweat-soaked sheet and, away from her sleeping husband, Samuel. It would be a 100 degrees again today, just like it had been for weeks. Her first thought had been of the baby she’d lost 10 years before. Annie often wondered what Eleanor would be like, and it confounded her that Samuel never thought about their second-born. Then again, a lot about Samuel confounded her. And then there was Birdie. Annie’s worried about her first child. At 15, Birdie seemed to be on the edge of all kinds of possibilities, and none at all. Birdie thought she was in love with Cy Mack, and Annie knew that Birdie dreamed of life in a city but Cy Mack was never going to take her away from the Oklahoma panhandle, that was for sure. Escape was what Annie wanted for Birdie more than anything. And Fred — sweet, mute, Fred, 7 years old, frail and rather sickly. Nobody knew exactly why Fred could-
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Friday, September 23, 2016 NOTICE OF UPCOMING JACKSON COUNTY, MN. 80 ACRES +/Ͳ Rost Township
FARMLAND AUCTION Tuesday, September 27, 2016 @ 10:30 A.M. Sale LocaƟon: At the LakeĮeld American Legion Hall at 413 Main Street in LakeĮeld, Minnesota.
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143 tillable acres +/-. Owner will provide certificate of survey on or before closing. Productivity Index: Surety- Agridata Inc. -79.3 weighted average. 65.82 acres of the total is Port Byron Silt Loam. Remaining acres are a number of different types that are listed in the information packet. Two parcels with 40 foot easement area to connect the parcels. (To be sold as one.) Possession after 2016 crop is harvested. Building Site & Pasture Acres not included in sale. Asking Price $1,058,200 / $7,400 per acre.
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2 FARM TOY COLLECTIONS AUCTION SATURDAY, OCT. 8th, 2016 10:00AM Location: Cokato City Hall 255 Broadway Ave S · Cokato, MN 55321
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• Pedal Tractors • One Eighth Scale Tractors • Precision Toys • Dealership Advertising • 40+ Custom Toys • Downtown Mpls. Lionel Train • Many Vintage New Toys Model • MM U302 Pedal 10 of 10 • Majority of toys are I/16th • Many vintage and collectible scale or larger 1/16 Toys
Jerry Arndt Collection/David Winter Estate Auctioneer Note: We are very excited for this huge farm toy auction! Jerry has collected farm toys and traveled toy shows for 42 years and has decided to sell his large collection. We also have 70 toys from the Dave Winter estate. Many hard-to-find toys and custom pieces and all are selling without a buyer's premium. These toys are in excellent shape many are new. Feel free to come inspect Friday afternoon as we setup. All items are sold as-is. Statements made by auctioneer on auction day take precedence over printed material. Cash, good check & credit cards accepted. 4% fee on credit card purchases. Auctioneer–Derek Lundeen# 86-86 (612)280-1725
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OUTSTANDING REAL ESTATE & LAND AUCTION FRIDAY, NOV. 4TH, 2016 · 3:00PM LOCATION: HEWITT COMMUNITY CENTER 512 WISCONSIN ST., HEWITT, MN 767.25 ACRES OF GOOD CENTRAL MN TILLABLE FARMLAND, HAY GROUND EXC HUNTING & RECREATIONAL LAND SELLS AT AUCTION IN SIX PARCELS EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE PARCELS RANGING FROM 40+/- ACRES BUILDING SITE TO 257.78 +/- ACRES. PARCELS INCLUDE GOOD PRODUCTIVE TILLABLE FARM LAND THAT HAS PRODUCED EXC CORN, SOYBEAN, SMALL GRAIN, EDIBLE BEAN & HAY CROPS. OWNERS SAY WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR POTATOES. INCLUDES IRRIGATION WELL & OLDER EQUIPMENT. ALSO INCLUDES SOME OF THE TOP HUNTING LAND IN THE AREA WITH ABUNDANT WILDLIFE. OWNERS DECLINING HEALTH & FULL RETIREMENT ARE MAJOR FACTORS IN THEIR DECISION TO DISCONTINUE THEIR FARMING OPERATION. NOTE: SELLING AT PARCEL #1 AT 10:30 AM THE SAME DAY WILL BE AN EXCEPTIONAL LINE OF WELL MAINTAINED FARM EQUIPMENT, TRUCKS, TRAILERS & RELATED ITEMS.
OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THIS WELL MAINTAINED 200 ACRE FARM. INCLUDES 135 ACRES +/- OF HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE TILLABLE FARM LAND, EXC HEAVILY WOODED PARCEL OFFERING SOME OF THE BEST DEER & SMALL GAME HUNTING IN THE AREA. 4 BR HOME, GOOD 41 COW DAIRY BARN, ALL DAIRY EQUIPMENT INCLUDED. SEVERAL LIVESTOCK SHELTERS, MACHINE STORAGE & MISC. OUT BUILDINGS. GREAT LOCATION W/ GOOD TAR ROADS IN ALL DIRECTIONS. PROPERTY LOCATION: SECT. 01, TWP 042, RANGE 030, PLATTE TOWNSHIP. MORRISON COUNTY, MN. ALSO SELLING: COMPLETE DAIRY & BEEF HERDS & OUTSTANDING LINE OF PRIMARILY JD FARM EQUIPMENT. FEED, TOOL & RELATED ITEMS.
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HELP WANTED: Herdsman Sell your land or real estate Barn roofing Hip or round roof barns & other buildfor small tie stall dairy. in 30 days for 0% commisings. Also barn & Quonset Some field work & maintesion. Call Ray 507-339-1272 straightening. Kelling Silo nance. Auto take-offs, 1-800-355-2598 robotic feeding. Housing in- Real Estate Wanted 021 cluded. 715-294-3488 SILO DOORS WANTED: Land & farms. I have clients looking for Wood or steel doors shipped Real Estate 020 promptly to your farm dairy, & cash grain operastainless fasteners tions, as well as bare land hardware available. parcels from 40-1000 acres. (800)222-5726 Both for relocation & inLandwood Sales LLC vestments. If you have even thought about selling contact: Paul Krueger, Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys. 100% financing w/no liens Farm & Land Specialist, or red tape, call Steve at Edina Realty, SW Suburban Fairfax Ag for an appointOffice, 14198 Commerce FOR SALE: 160 acre farm ment. 888-830-7757 Ave NE, Prior Lake, MN for sale east of Osakis MN. 55372. 320-760-1830
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PRE-OWNED EQUIPMENT ‘14 JD S670 Combine, 638 Hrs, Pro-Drives, 5-Spd.Rev., 520/85R42’s, Chopper, Thru JD Service Program, Warranty-Sept.2018 ..... $199,500 ‘13 JD S660 Combine, 442 Hrs., Firestone 76-50R32’s or 520/85R42’s W/Duals , Chopper, Maurer Bin Ext.......................................... $182,500 ‘13 JD 612C (12R30”) StalkMaster Chopping Corn Head, Thru JD Inspection & Service Program, Field Ready! ............................................... $59,500
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FOR SALE: Grain door kit Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Re- FOR SALE: JD Van Brunt NH #28 blower; NH 33 green FOR SALE: '01 JD 8310, for a rear unload Gruetts grain drill, 10', hyd & feed chopper; 40' hay/grain pair Repair-TroubleshootMFWD, new 18.4R46 rears Grain Cart w/ Tarp/Walking forage box. (715)896-0828 grass, $200. 952-873-6870 elevator. All in good condiing Sales-Design Custom w/ duals, new 14.9R34 Duals Good Augers & Tires tion. 608-488-4931 hydraulic hose-making up fronts, GreenStar ready, Nice Unit. RHINO 20 Ft FOR SALE: JD 4400 comJD 4RW 444 cornheads: 1 '89 4455 JD, 5847 hrs, 15spd, 3 6400 hrs, big hyd pump, 4 to 2” Service calls made. #SR240 Flex Wing Cutter bine w/ soybean head, exc We buy high tin, $750, 1 low tin SCVs, LED lights, $61,500. SCVs, very clean, original STOEN'S Hydrostatic Ser(2007) Well Maintained cond, field ready; (2) Salvage Equipment $900. Both very good. NH Call or text Dean (507) 381cond, $59,400. 507-789-6049 vice 16084 State Hwy 29 N Real Good. 319-347-2349 Schuld bulk bins, 350 & 200 Parts Available 489 haybine $700. 715-5204422 Glenwood, MN 56334 320BU, 320-769-2205 OR 320-841Hammell Equip., Inc. 7692 634-4360 Farm Implements 035 0398 (507)867-4910 FOR SALE: JD 4850 tractor 9650, 9750 STS combines, 6850 MFWD, P/S, exc 20.8x38 chopper, 9520, 8420 tractors. tires & duals, recently harvester, slurry store , acchecked by JD shop, 8500 cepting trades. (608)778hrs, 2nd owner & in great 6600 cond, $32,500; Ford LN9000 FOR SALE: '97, JD 9400 tandem axle truck w/ Warcombine ,1300 sep hrs, 2,000 ren spreader box, Cummins engine hrs, all options & eng, 10spd, spread fert or yield monitor, $45,000; JD lime, works great, 643 cornhead, calmer chop$12,500/OBO. 701-640-4697 per, $15,000;JD 920 bean(5) John Deere Tractors Many items head, $7,500, all exc cond, FOR SALE: JD 6620 w/ 20' bean head & 443 cornhead, (2) Caterpillars will sell for less on a packnot listed $7,000; 21' Artsway stalk age deal. 507-263-3276 Ten & D4 chopper, $1,600; 10”x63' - come spend FOR SALE: 12' Artsway Feterl auger w/ hyd lift, “100-Year Estate” the day. shredder, exc. shape. (608) $1,500; 40' elevator, $200; 248-2888 1971 C 50 w/ box & hoist, $500. 507-639-5070 FOR SALE: 1981 8820 JD w/4-bar spring harrow – 24’ Ford field cultivator – Spring Devil 4-row LOCATION: From Owatonna, MN take I-35 - 8 miles south combine, 20 serial numbers FOR SALE: MF 1135D trac30” 3-pt. cultivator – 4-Section spike drag and cart – Lindsay 4-section under the Titan 2 machine, to Exit 32 (or Hope), then take Co. Rd. #4 or SW 93rd St. east tor w/ 5100 hrs, axle mount & has many accessories drag – New Idea 2-row stalk chopper – 7’ 3-pt. blade – Lilliston rolling .7 miles to Co. Rd. #3, then go south 1.3 miles to auction site. duals, good cond, $7,750; like Titan 2 machines, very 4-row cultivator – Walsh 300 gal. field sprayer – John Deere #38 sickle (Watch for auction signs.) Brent 410 grain cart, in dependable, available w/ good cond, holds 450 bu, albar mower (good) – Minnesota 10’ grain drill w/seeder on low rubber 224 soybean platform & 643, ways shedded, $3,500. 507– Vaughn loader for WD-45 – Set 14.9-38 band duals for WD-45 – Set high tin cornhead. 320-86410 A.M. 340-1001 18.4-34 band dual for 4020 – Fordson 2-bottom plow – 6-Row stalk 5325 FOR SALE: Sunflower 4311 chopper, 540 PTO (good). TRACTORS FOR SALE: 1998 JD 9100, disc ripper, ripper is a ANTIQUE MACHINERY & MISC. 1970 John Deere 4020 diesel, open station, 5,500 hrs., WF, 18-4-34 4560 hrs, 12spd bareback JD915 7-shank, can be desteering & hinge pins have tires, 2 outlets, 3-pt., Syncro trans., side console, SN: 235672R, 1-owner McCormick Deering threshing machine (good) – Waterloo Boy 1-1/2 tached from 4311 rock flex been replaced, looks & – 1971 John Deere 4320 diesel, WF, Hiniker cab, lights, 5,400 hrs., hp gas engine, SN: 85125 – 5 hp Hit & Miss engine #172789 (in parts) disc & each implement drives excellent, Syncro trans., side console, 3-pt., – Horse potato planter on steel (good) – Horse potato digger (good) – used seperately, $6900. 507$61,000/OBO; 2008 JD 2700 236-8370 2 outlets, front fenders, front 4-Wheel steel hay rack – 25+ Tractor mags and Hit & Miss parts – (7) Ripper, 5 shank, new weights, 20.8.34 tires and band Large endless belts – Clipper grain cleaner (nice) blades & points, looks like FOR SALE: Wheatheart 8” hopper auger, 5hp electric – latform scale – Case 30” boiler cover – Chicken nest and feeders new, $20,500/OBO. 507-359duals, SN: 016032R, 1-owner – motor, like new; Klugman 9045 or (cell) 507-276-3772 1941 John Deere H, NF, runs and – Stone wheel – Oak hand drill press w/bits – Small forge – JD lights – 4 wheel header trailer, addrives, 9.5-32 tires (like new, SN: Old car lights – Model A axle – Vulcan 2”x12” jack – Lots of seed corn FOR SALE: 2010 Case IH, justable for any header. 26612 – 1968 John Deere bags – Pioneer seed bags – (4) Lightning rods – JD PTO air compressor 7120, RWA, 1300 eng hrs, 320-760-5492 909 sep hrs, 520-85R-42” 2510 diesel, open station, – American Gasoline engine books – Caps – Fairbanks-Morse engine FOR SALE:7130 Case IH tires, w/ straddle duals, 600WF, 3-pt., 9,000 hrs., fend- manuals – Wico magneto book – Ironmen album magazine – Seed corn Magnum, 6600 hrs, 1300 on 65R-28” rear tires, mower ers and lights, 15.5-38 tires books – OTC hand tools book – Moisture meter Model AV-20 – John new engine; 1061 Butler grain ext; 2012 Case IH (like new), 1 outlet, Syncro Deere tractor sales literature – 1958 (The Furrow Magazines) ChrisFarm King auger, good 3162 draper head, 35' Sukup cond; 31' Butler Farm King trans., SN: 015623R w/ tensen Impl. Co. (Owatonna) – Stewart Clipmaster Model 51 – (2) John air reel; 2008 Drago, 8R30, w/ 7.5 horse motor; Rew/ headsight sensor, 2 rows John Deere 46A loader – 1937 John Deere Model A, unstyled, flat spoke, Deere hard hats – 50+ Gravity oilers – Wolf trap #4 – Egg washer – Plus tired. 507-317-4571 or 507w/ choppers, 2 rows w/ SN: 452774 w/trans. overdrive box, all complete, needs tires, stuck – 1922 much more not listed. 326-7652 stompers; Killbros 36' highWAGONS & AUGERS Fordson Model F standard on steel, SN: 216757, loose, not running, speed head trailer, tandem Gavity boxes: 350 Killbros on very good complete – Allis Chalmers WD-45, WF, lights, 14.9-38 tires Minnesota 250 gravity box and 10-ton gear – Parker gravity box and axle, model HC362; Case Kasten Wagon, $1,500; 165 (like new), PS, 3-pt. w/SpeeCo log splitter (very good) – 1979 J.I. Case running gear – Parker gravity box w/fertilizer auger – Flare box w/hoist 22' head trailer, $240,000 for Huskee on Huskee Wagon, 2470 Traction King 4WD tractor, 175 hp, duals, diesel, 23.1-30 tires, and SnowCo gear – Flare box w/hoist and John Deere gear – 42’6” Grain whole works, but will sepa$1,000; F-BIC FarmHand rate. 507-317-6647 5,500 hrs., radio, AC, 3-pt., 2 outlets, SN: 10121249, very good – 1930 auger w/motor – Hutchinson 52’8” auger w/motor (nice) – SnowCo Miker-Grinder, $500; Snowco auger, 60x80, $500. 320Caterpillar Ten tractor, high model, gas, lights, SN: PT-4112, PTO, runs 6’x30” grain cleaner – Hutchinson double screen and cart w/7” auger – FOR SALE: 750 MF com693-3811 and drives, all complete (very good) – 1974 Gleaner Model F corn and SnowCo o4” 16’ portable auger w/motor – Columbus 8-1/2 ton gear. bine, 507-380-8358. bean special combine, gas, cab, lights, 13’ bean head, 4-row wide corn TERMS: Cash or good check w/proper ID (local checks only). Credit FOR SALE: Auger 10x61' Harms Mfg. Land Rollers, Brand New, 12'-$6,500; 14'head, 4-narrow corn head – 1947 Caterpillar D4 tractor, diesel, lights, cards w/4% convenience fee. Nothing removed from premises until hyd lift, swing hopper, like $7,000; 16'-$7,500; 24'479 hrs., PTO, runs and drives, small motor needs work, SN: 7410438 – settlement is made. Everything must be paid for on auction day. Evnew flighting, $3,400; Field $14,000; 32'-$16,500; 42'Sprayer, 60' hyd boom, tan1964 Ford C-600 cab-over truck, gas, w/16’ Parkhurst box, hoist, engine erything sold as-is, where-is. Not responsible for accidents. Verbal an$19,500. Others from 8'62'. dem axle, hyd pump, 440 needs work, good tires – 1952 Chevrolet 1-1/2 ton truck w/hoist, no box, nouncements take precedence over all printed material. 715-234-1993 Raven controller, $3,400; 4-spd., good one to restore. JD 12 ton #1075 wagon w/ J&M 525 grain cart, 24.5x32 AUCTIONEER’S COMMENT: Folks, these types of auction sales only SHOP & MISCELLANEOUS 300 BU grav box, 12 ply tires, $6,900; '06 JD 2700 9 Logan lathe w/all attachments – Black & Decker Super Service valve come around every once in a while. This sale will have something for tires, $1,300; 6620 JD comshank disk ripper, $11,900; refacer, size 11/16, NWB, #1835024 – OTC press – Baldor 5 hp motor everyone. The site is over 100 years old and untouched. Most is bought bine, 643-6R cornhead, 218 JD 9510 combine, 30.5x32 beanhead, field ready, tires, GreenStar, 2,700 sep – Central 4” wood lathe – Baldor 1-1/2 hp motor – Dayton 3 hp motor – new and has all manuals. Lunch and portable toilets available. Come $6,000, retired. 507-835-4724 hrs, $34,900; JD 643 oil bath Knipco heater – Many new hand tools – Forks and shovels – 1973 Trinity enjoy the weekend with us. Thanks, Dennis. Many more items, including cornhead, $3,900; 35' IH 1,000 gal. LP tank w/30% – Mercury Model RB7-AY chain saw – Jari 4 a car, antique furniture, crocks, antiques, steam engines, cider press, FOR SALE: Balzer model, 5500 chisel plow, $3,900. JD 20' stalk chopper, excellent hp sickle mower – John Deere Model 160 lawn mower – Allis Chalmers coaster wagon, household and toys will be auctioned on October 2. 220 20' stalk chopper, condition. $3,500. 320-283Big Ten lawn tractor and deck – Ski-Doo Nordic 371 snowmobile – Snap$4,900; '69 JD 3020D trac5789 or 320-760-0692 tor, 3pt, 2 hyds, recent OH, per rear-tine tiller (needs work) – Complete cab for Gleaner F combine $9,500; (6) 20' to 40' head – Gandy Turf Tender fert. spreader – John Deere Model 80 square box FOR SALE: Fantini choptrailers, from $300. 320-769ping 8R CH; 70' Elmer lawn cart – (2) 42” steel wheels w/lugs – Many steel wheels – (2) 100 gal. 2756 drag, Merritt alum hopper pickup tanks w/12 volt pumps – GasBoy 1820 pump (new in box). grain trailers; '89 IH 1680 JD 2410 30' chisel plow, Tru FARM MACHINERY AUCTIONEERS combine; 690 Killbros grain depth shanks, single point International Model 6000, 13’ Conser-Till plow, nice – John Deere Model cart; 24R30” JD pl on Kinze Dennis Jensen, Lic. 74-15-005 depth, $18,900; JD 630 30' 7000 planter, 4-row wide, dry fert., (good shape) – John Deere Model bar; Big A floater; 175 flex head, last used on 9610 507-456-1210 Michigan ldr; IH 964 CH; 400 3-pt. rotary hoe – John Deere Model 450, 5x20” semi-mount plow combine, $6,750; JD 643 low jensenauctions@gmail.com White 706 & 708 CH & tin cornhead, $3,250; Park(very good) – John Deere RWA 13’ wheel disc – John Deere RWA 21’ Larry Lee, Lic. 19-65 parts; White plows & er 605 625 bu gravity box, wheel disc (needs repair) – John Deere RWA 21’ wheel disc (very good) parts; (3) 4WD drive pick44.5x22 tires, fenders, lights – John Deere front mount 4-row cultivator – 21’ Wil-Rich field cultivator View auction on www.auctionsgo.com (search by Jensen) ups ('78-'80); JD 44' field & brakes, $10,900; Wil-Rich cult; 3300 Hiniker field 20' stalk chopper, exc cond, cult; IH 260 backhoe; about 700 acres, $6,900. 320header trailer. 507-380-5324 769-2756
Sat., October 1, 2016
JENSEN AUCTIONS
507-456-1210
“Where Farm and Family Meet”
10643 Co. Rd. #3 • Owatonna, MN 55060
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Main Office: Ag Service Center, 840 Pioneer Avenue • PO Box 4 • Lafayette, MN 56054-0004
USED DRYERS & AUGERS .......... (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L)
Feterl 12”x72’ swing hopper ............$8,995 Westfield WR, 80x51, elec. ..............$2,995 Westfield WR, 80x31, elec. ..............$1,950 Westfield WR, 80x26, elec. ..............$1,695 Westfield, 10”x31’, J elec.................$1,850 Hutch 8”x62”, swing hopper ............$6,495 Hutch 10”x72’, swing hopper ..........$5,900 Sheyenne 13”x70’, swing drive, w/hanger bearing ...........................$13,900 (L) Sudenga 10”x31’, electric ................$3,495 (L) Sudenga 10”x41’, PTO .....................$4,600 (L) Sudenga 10”x56’, electric ................$4,995
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SKID LOADERS ....................... (L) Bobcat S850, heat, A/C ..................$46,500 (L) Bobcat S630, heat, 2 spd., 400 hrs. .......................................................$34,900 (L) ‘13 Bobcat S590, heat, 2-spd. .......$31,600 (L) ‘14 Bobcat S550, heat, 2-spd. .......$29,900 (L) Bobcat S160, heat, 2-spd. .............$21,900 Bobcat S150, heat, 2-spd., 300 hrs. .......................................................$24,900 (L) ‘13 Gehl R220, heat, 2-spd. ...........$34,800 (L) ‘12 Gehl V330, heat, AC, 2400 hrs. .......................................................$34,600 (L) Gehl V330, heat, 2-spd. .................$3É,o00 (L) ‘14 Gehl 4240E, heat, new rubber..$22,900 (L) (2) Gehl 4240E, heat ............ From $18,900 (L) ‘12 Gehl 5640E, heat/AC, 2-spd. ....$28,800 (W) Gehl 4240, 4400 hrs. .....................$14,900 (W) Gehl 4240, 1100 hrs. .....................$23,200 (W) Gehl 4625, 1600 hrs., Sharp! ........$11,500 (L) Gehl 4640E, 2-spd., heat ...............$18,500 (W) NH LS150, 3200 hrs. .....................$14,900 (L) ‘14 Mustang RT175, 500 hrs. ........$37,900 Mustang 940E, 800 hrs. ..................$9,900 (L) Case 430, 2-spd. ............................$24,900 (L) OMC 320, w/bucket .........................$4,375
SPREADERS .......................... (L) JD 370 .............................................$4,950 (L) Meyer 3245, V-Max........................$12,900 (W) H&S 430 ........................................$19,200 (W) Kuhn Knight 1230 ............................$9,900 (W) Kuhn Knight 8124 ..........................$18,500
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(G) Wilrich 957, 9-shank......................$33,900 (L) Wilrich 957, 5-shank......................$16,500 (L/G) (3) Wilrich 957, 7-shank ... From $20,600 (L) Wilrich 513, Soil Pro, 9-24 ............$39,600 (W) Great Plains Turbo Chisel, 7- & 11-shank ............................................................CALL (W) Great Plains 24’ Turbomax ..................CALL (L) Great Plains Turbo Chisel, 11-shank .......................................................$22,800 (L) Glencoe DR 8699, 7-shank ..............$7,900 (L) Krause Dominator, 18’ ...................$34,900 (L/G) (2) Krause 18’ Rippers ................$39,500 (L) Krause Dominator, 18’ ...................$33,900 (L) ‘11 Krause Dominator, 12’ .............$29,900
(L) Wishek 16’ Disc w/harrow .............$21,800 (L) JD 2700, 9-24 Ripper ....................$23,900 (G) JD 2700, 7-shank...........................$23,900 JD 2210, 45.5’, 4-bar .....................$42,900 (L) JD 985, 49.5’, 3-bar .......................g¤o^ åå (L) JD 980, 38.5’, 3-bar .......................gÔ¤^ åå (L) JD 980, 44.5’, 3-bar .......................$17,500 (L) JD Model 230 Disk, 26’ ...................$4,750 (L) CIH 600 PTX Chisel Plow, 38’ ........$29,800 (L) CIH 370 Disc, 28’ ...........................gϤ^ åå (L) CIH 730B........................................$17,900 (L) CIH Tigermate II, 45.5’, w/bskt. .....$3|,900 (L) CIH Tigermate II, 54.5’, 4-bar ........$29,800 :LOULFK &KLVHO SORZ .................. ..gÔÔ^oåå
TMR’S ................................. (W) Knight 5073, tow ...........................$17,199 (W) Kuhn Knight 3300 ............................$5,200 (W) Kuhn Knight 5055 ..........................$14,900 (W) Kuhn Knight 5135 ...............................CALL (W) ‘14 Kuhn Knight RA142 ......................CALL
SPRAYERS ............................ (L) (G) (L) (L) (L) (L)
Hardi 1000 gal., 60’ boom .............$14,400 Century 750 gal., 60’ boom .............$6,500 Demco 700 gal., 66’ boom, ff ........$14,900 (2) Redball 1200 gal., 90’ boom ....$19,900 Redball 670, 1200 gal., 66’ boom ..$13,800 Top Air 800 gal., 60’ boom ..............$9,350
MISCELLANEOUS .................... (L) Vicon Disc Mower ..........Starting at $5,950 (L) JD 1025R w/loader, 23 hrs. Cab/Mower/Snowblower ................$23,900 (L) Frontier 750 Grain Cart ..................$19,900 (L) Loftness 20’ Chopper.......................$9,600 (G) Used Grain Legs .................................CALL (L) Woods 20’ Chopper, 3-pt. ................$5,950 (L) EZ-Flow 300 bu. Box........................$1,950 (L) Used Snowblowers .............................CALL (L) Tonutti 5’ Disc Mower ......................$4,500 (W) H&S Rake ........................................$4,700 (L) H&S Gear .........................................$4,399 H&S 9-Wheel Rake ..........................$3,499 Val-Metal Model 5600 Bail Chopper .......................................................$13,800 (L) J&M 1151, scale/tarp.....................$48,900
(W) 72” Box Blade, skid steer, universal attachment .......................................$2,899 (W) 72” Dump Bucket, skid steer, universal attachment .......................................$3,299 (W) Westin 84” Snow Bucket, skid steer, universal attachment ........................... $975 (W) ‘80 Allied 8’ 3-pt. Single Auger (L) DMI Tigermate II, 42.5’, 3-bar .......$¤o, 00 Snowblower, w/hyd. chute ...............$1,999 (G) (2) DMI 730 Rippers ......................$10,900 (L) Steel Tracks, Fit S850 Skid ..............$3,799 (L) (2) DMI 527 .................. Starting At $9,300
TRACK TRACTORS
‘03 CIH MX210, 5550 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., 380x46” tires & duals............ $59,000 ‘12 CIH 550 Quad Track, 3582 hrs., Lux. cab, ‘11 NH T8.300, 1644 hrs., Lux. cab, HID cab suspension, 4 new tracks - 30”, 4 hyd., lights, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd. valves, diff. lock, big pump ......................... $169,000 Auto Steer Complete, 520x46” duals $89,000 ‘13 CIH 450 Quad Track, 1285 hrs., 30” belts, ‘12 Kubota M110, MFWD, 240 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 3 pt., hitch, big hyd. pump, full PTO, loader w/8’ bucket .................... $55,000 auto guidance .................................. $215,000 ‘13 CIH 450 Quad Track, 925 hrs., 30” belts, full steering w/receiver, 4 hyd. valves ‘03 CIH 1020, 30’ flex ........................... $6,000 ........................................................ $190,000 ‘09 NH 74C, 35’ flex ............................ $14,500 ‘04 Cat. 765, 4602 hrs., 18” tracks, 120” spacing, 3 pt., PTO, front wgts., .. Very Clean! ‘05 JD 643, 6R30”, low tin .................... $6,000 .......................................................... $79,000 ‘05 Geringhoff 6R30” chopping cornhead .......................................................... $22,500 ‘02 Challenger 765, 3650 hrs., 18” tracks, 1000 PTO, front wgts., 4 hyd. valves, Very Nice! .......................................... $78,000 ‘13 JD 680, 942 eng./643 sep. hrs., 4x4, ‘10 Challenger 765C, 2866 hrs., 3 pt., PTO, 6 hyd., 18” tracks ............................ $119,000 CM w/5-spd. feederhouse, chopper, long unloading auger, 520x42” tires & duals ‘12 JD 9560RT, 1250 hrs., 30” tracks, 4 hyd., front wgts. ....................................... $199,000 ........................................................ $200,000 ‘09 JD 9670, 1842 eng./1181 sep. hrs., CM, chopper, extended wear ........... $110,000 ‘00 JD 9650TS, 3611 eng./2645 sep. hrs., ‘12 JD 9560R, 921 hrs., HID lights, 4 hyd., Michelin 800x38” tires & duals ....... $218,000 chopper, 20.8x38” duals ................... $57,000 ‘12 JD S670, Hilko Sidehill, 630 eng./361 ‘13 JD 9460R, 1377 hrs., 1000 PTO, 3 pt. sep. hrs., chopper, HID lights, power cast hitch, 5 hyd. valves, Hi-Flow, 620x42” tires ........................................................ $215,000 tailboard, 520x42” tires & duals...... $195,000 ‘12 JD 9410R, 675 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO, ‘14 JD 670, 4x4, 397 eng./302 sep. hrs., CM, straw spreader, long unloading auger, 5 hyd., big pump, 480x50” tires & duals ........................................................ $219,000 straw spreader, 900x32” single rice & cane drive tires, Comprehensive Warranty Until ‘12 JD 9410R, 1259 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., Sept. 2, 2019 - or 3,000 Hrs. .......... $190,000 HID lights, 520x46” tires & duals.... $179,000 ‘12 CIH 9230, 4WD, 831 eng./588 sep. hrs., ‘12 JD 9360R, 1075 hrs., 1000 PTO, 3 pt. power bin ext., rock trap, tracker, chopper, hitch w/coupler, 520x42 tires & duals 620x42” duals ................................. $189,000 ........................................................ $175,000 ‘13 CIH 9230, 909 eng./594 sep. hrs., ‘12 CIH 400HD, 366 hrs., 1000 PTO, 6 hyd., chopper, tracker, 620x42” duals ..... $180,000 big pump, 480x50” tires & duals .... $185,000 ‘12 CIH 8230, 4WD, 969 eng./777 sep. hrs., ‘12 CIH 400HD, 320 hrs., 4 hyd., big pump, 520x46” tires & duals ..................... $169,000 rock trap, chopper, power topper .... $185,000 ‘11 CIH 8120, 1499 eng./1129 sep. hrs., ‘02 CIH 425, 3465 hrs., 12-spd. manual, 4 hyd., 710x38” tires & duals............ $89,000 chopper, tracker, 620x42” duals, power bin ext. .................................................. $118,000 ‘12 CIH 7230, 605 eng./434 sep. hrs., Lux. cab, rock trap, chopper, 520x42” duals ‘10 JD 8270R, 3888 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, ........................................................ $180,000 3 hyd., 18.4x46” tires & duals......... $105,000 ‘12 CIH 7130, 1839 eng./1355 sep. hrs., ‘13 JD 8260R, 1000 PTO, 3 pt., 4 hyd., big tracker, chopper, 520x42” duals ...... $118,000 pump, 480x50” tires & duals .......... $119,000 ‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs., ‘08 JD 7830, MFWD, 4117 hrs., 540/1000 rock trap, chopper, 520x42” duals .. $155,000 PTO, 3 pt., 380x50” tires & duals ..... $81,000 ‘09 CIH 7088, 1193 eng./895 sep. hrs., ‘12 JD 7200R, MFWD, 1685 hrs., 12-spd., rock trap, chopper, 30.5x32” singles 3 pt., 4 hyd. valves, 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x46” ........................................................ $110,000 duals.................................................. $93,000 ‘12 CIH 5130, 4WD, 776 eng./578 sep. hrs., ‘13 JD 6170R, cab, IVT trans., 540/1000 PTO, rock trap, chopper, lateral tilt, 620x42” tires 480x46” tires & duals, (has JD H380 loader ........................................................ $139,000 w/joystick) ....................................... $125,000 ‘13 Challenger 560C, 489 eng./278 sep. hrs., ‘12 CIH 290, 434 hrs., PT, 3 pt., 540/1000 (Has ATI Track System), 36” belts, 4WD, PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, front duals, 480x50” chopper, lateral tilt, HID lights ......... $175,000 rear duals ........................................ $140,000 ‘09 NH CR9060, 2400 eng./1800 sep. hrs., ‘12 CIH 260, 1784 hrs., Deluxe cab, 19-spd. tracker, chopper, 520x42” duals ....... $75,000 PS, susp. front axle, 3 pt., 4 hyd., Hi-Flow, ‘08 NH 9060, 4x4, 1786 eng./1332 sep. hrs., 1000 PTO, 480x50” duals ............... $110,000 rock trap, chopper, 620x42” duals .... $89,000 ‘13 CIH 260, 577 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 540/1000 ‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs., PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 420x46” tires & tracker, chopper, chaff spreader, air duals ................................................ $119,000 compressor, 520x42” tires & duals ... $55,000 ‘05 CIH MX255, 4282 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 480x46” duals, front duals ....... $65,000
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4186 Int'l, good runner, 3pt, $5,500/OBO. Call 715-2873265 FOR SALE: '78 Allis Chalmers 7020, 3228 actual hrs, good shape. Call for pictures; FOR SALE: 84” Schweiss double auger snowblower, exc shape. 507822-0234 FOR SALE: 1206 Int'l tractor, good shape, straight, $12,000/OBO. 715-698-2793
COMBINE HEADS
FOR SALE: 1555 Oliver loader special, 4700 hrs, $8,000; G1355 Oliver, $11,000; 52' Hesston disk harrow, $8,500; 8' service body, $800. 218-955-0888
COMBINES
FOR SALE: Allis C w/ Woods mower, $1,500; Also Allis 8070, FWA, new paint, new motor, new tires, 540/1000 PTO, $35,000. 320333-4075 FOR SALE: Case IH 9130 row crop special, 3pt, PTO, P/S, 8300 hrs, nice grain cart tractor. 507-327-8101
4WD TRACTORS
ROW CROP TRACTORS
LARSON IMPLEMENTS 5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95 763-689-1179
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FOR SALE: CIH 5288, FWA, new eng, 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x42, $36,000. 320-249-8556 FOR SALE: JD 2840 tractor, 3500 hrs, very sharp, $12,500. 320-249-8556 FOR SALE: JD 4430 w/ JD 148 loader, 5806 hrs, good rubber, duals, $16,000. 320693-3877 FOR SALE: JD 4630, 18.4x42s, 1000 PTO, $12,500; JD 4030, cab, $15,500; JD 5075E, FWA, ldr, 1,000 hrs, $32,000. 320-987-3177 Daytime only FOR SALE: JD 8310, MFWD, duals, wgts, always shedded, excellent condition. 216-219-9507 Int'l 986, 4600 hrs, new interior, new 18.4x38 tires, new paint & details, front wgts, excellent condition, $15,500. 651-380-6921 JD 6140R, MFD, GreenStar ready, motor ready, never had a loader, 425 hrs, retiring, $90,000. 715-495-0873 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 Harvesting Equip
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#1317 UNVERFERTH X-TREME Auger Cart 1325 Bushel w/ Tarp & Scale Floater Tires. Trade For Smaller?? 319-347-6677 CAN DELIVER '96 Case IH 2188, 4742 hrs, 3404 sep hrs, AFX rotor, rock trap, duals, hopper ext, yeild monitor, 2nd owner, many new parts, well cared for, $32,000 or make offer. 507-327-4137 2 - 2007 Meyers chopper boxes w/exts, model 4518, 13T wagons w/16.5x16" tires. (715)746-2332 555 MF hydro combine w/ hyd reel drive, 963 13' bean head, 1143 & 1144 cornheads, 15' grain head, MF pickup attachment head, $8,500. (715)825-3867 or 651260-8955
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FOR SALE: JD 520 stalk chopper, 1000 PTO, low acres, $14,500; set of rice tires 30.5x32s mounted on JD rims, $4,500/set. FOR SALE: JD 643 cornhead, low tin, oil bath, very good, $5,000; Also JD 220 flex bean head, Tiger Jaw, good, $2,000. Call 507-3304028 FOR SALE: JD 6620 side hill combine, 4233 hrs, new 28L26 Firestone super all traction tires. 612-807-6748 after 4pm. FOR SALE: JD 915 flex head, stored inside, no dents in auger or dividers. Poly, cutter bar & reel, like new. Dial-a-matic header hgt control, exc cond, $6,000 320-685-3703 evenings FOR SALE: JD 925 full finger bean head, very good condition, $10,500. 507-2279001 or 507-276-2387 FOR SALE: JD 9500 combine; JD 693 cornhead; JD 925F beanhead, all in great shape. 507-828-5030
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USED EQUIPMENT FROM A NAME YOU CAN TRUST! ‘12 T-770, glass cab w/AC, hi flow aux., 1100 hrs. ................................. $49,000 ‘14 T-650, 1 Million Ed., SJC controls, 900 hrs. ..... $47,000 ‘13 T-590, glass cab w/AC, 917 hrs. .................... $38,500 (3) ‘12 S-750, glass cab w/AC, 730 hrs. & up ...............Starting at $30,900 ‘09 S-300, glass cab w/AC, 2190 hrs. .................. $27,500 ‘07 S-220, glass cab w/AC ................................. $23,500
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6600 JD combine, gas manu- FOR SALE: 16 stalk stom- FOR SALE: 2001 model 56 pers complete w/ frame for al trans, 1850 hrs, 2nd ownBob edible bean combine, 16-22� rows or 12-30� rows, er, always shedded, 23.1x26 $26,500, call 320-392-5380 or stompers are adjustable tires; 6600 combine diesel, 320-287-0187 up, down, & sideways, were 3200 hrs, shedded, $3,800 ea/ used on aproximately 300 FOR SALE: Behlen corn offers. Both very good acres, $3,500. 612-210-7165 tires. 507-662-5264 dryer, LP gas, single phase w/ twin electric motor fans. 507-202-3702 FOR SALE: '79 M2 Gleaner FOR SALE: 1978 JD 7700 combine, 3400 hrs & 643 FOR SALE: Case IH 1660 combine, field ready, cornhead, works good, al$2,500; '73 GMC truck, good combine; 1020 bean head, ways shedded, $5,000; 900 16' box & hoist, $3,500. 507many new parts; 863 6R Case standard, 2500 hrs, 995-2513 cornhead, many new parts. very good, $3,300. 507-276320-980-5762 FOR SALE: '81 8820 com3136 bine, field ready, spent FOR SALE: Case IH 2206 over $9,000 in last 3 yrs, FOR SALE: 1988 IH 1620 cornhead, 6R30, poly combine, 3160 hrs, good $8,500. 507-391-5127 snouts, hyd stripper plate, condition, $8,500. Call 320real nice shape; WANTED: FOR SALE: '83 IH 1440, new 847-4099 or 320-269-1451 JD true depth shankes for cone & accelerator in 2001, chisel plow, 507-530-8875 asking $8,900; 1020 16.5' FOR SALE: 1990 Gleaner R50 combine, 2600 sep hrs, FOR SALE: Dakon 300 bu bean head, $3,000; IH 844 30.5x32 & 14.9 26 rear tires, cornhead, $1,000; 3 gravity gravity wagon, shedded, Deutz engine, grain moniboxes. Phone 507-766-6041 very good condition, $1,850. tor, 436 Hugger cornhead, 320-864-6206 FOR SALE: '83 IH 1440, new 315 beanhead, very good cone & accelerator in 2001, condition. 612-202-7944 FOR SALE: Demco 650 cart, asking $8,300; 1020 16.5' nice, $17,500; Brent 472 cart bean head, $2,400; IH 844 FOR SALE: 1998 9510 maxiw/ tarp, $11,500; Brent 410 mizer combine, straddle cornhead, $600; 3 gravity cart, $4,800. 320-249-8556 duals, 85% rubber, hopper boxes. Phone 507-766-6041 ext, unload auger ext, well FOR SALE: IH 1083 cornFOR SALE: '90 1680 commaintained, JD monitor, head, WP bearings, and rebine, 5,000 hrs, 30.5x32 done, excellent shape, field 3150 eng hrs, 1925 sep hrs, tires. 320-293-8086 ready, $4,225. 507-533-4620 $44,500. 320-296-9106
(3) ‘12 S-650, glass cab w/AC ................Starting at $31,900 ‘14 S-590, glass cab w/AC, 2-spd., 1875 hrs. ...... $32,500 ‘99 753, glass cab & heater, 750 hrs. .................... $12,500 ‘14 NH L-225, glass cab w/AC, 890 hrs. .................... $31,900 ‘00 JD 250, 4100 hrs.... $7,900 (7) Bobcat Snow Blowers .................Starting at $1,750 (2) Warrior Wood Splitters .................Starting at $1,750
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USED TRACTORS
TILLAGE
‘03 Sunflower, 32’, 5-bar spike ....... Specials Sunflower 4630, 11-shank, Demo .. Specials Sunflower 4233-19 w/3-bar harrow Specials DMI 530B ........................................ Specials DMI/NH 775, 7-shank ..................... Specials ‘12 JD 3710, 10-bottom .................. Specials ‘08 JD 3710, 10-bottom .................. Specials ‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar harrow . Specials
SKIDSTEERS
Bobcat S650 w/575 hrs. ................. Specials NEW NH Skidsteers - On Hand ...... Specials
PLANTERS
HAY TOOLS
New Hesston & NH Hay Tools - ON HAND
MISCELLANEOUS
NEW Salford RTS Units .................. Specials NEW Salford Plows......................... Specials NEW Unverferth Seed Tenders ...... Specials NEW Westfield Augers ................... Specials NEW REM 2700 Vac. ...................... Specials NEW Hardi Sprayers....................... Specials NEW Riteway Rollers ...................... Specials NEW Lorenz Snowblowers ............. Specials NEW Batco Conveyors ................... Specials NEW Brent Wagons & Grain Carts . Specials NEW E-Z Trail Seed Wagons .......... Specials NEW Rock Buckets & Pallet Forks . Specials REM 2700, Rental ........................... Specials Unverferth 8000 Grain Cart .................... Sold Pre-Owned Snowblowers, 7’-9’ ...... Specials Pre-Owned Sprayers ...................... Specials
All Equipment available with Low Rate Financing
SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENT Hwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MN
Phone (507) 234-5191 or (507) 625-8649 Mon. - Fri. 7:30-5:00 • Sat. 7:30-Noon www.smithsmillimp.com
USED TRACTORS
‘13 NH T9.615, 775 hrs. ...............................$260,000 ‘96 NH 9682, 4646 hrs., Reman. eng. at 425 hp. ....................................................................$79,500 ‘09 NH TV-6070, loader, 3-pt. both ends, 750 hrs. ....................................................................$99,900 ‘05 NH TC-29DA, loader .................................$13,500 ‘55 Ford 900 .....................................................$4,000 ‘52 Ford 8N ......................................................$1,950 ‘12 JD 7330 Prem., MFD, IVT, 1500 hrs. ......$106,900 ‘13 JD 6140M, MFD, cab, 1980 hrs. ...............$69,500 ‘76 AC 7040, 7000 hrs. ....................................$6,000 ‘74 AC 185 ........................................................$7,250 ‘08 CIH Farmall 60, MFD, cab, loader, 506 hrs. ....................................................................$31,500
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(2) ‘14 W-R Quad X2, 60’ w/rolling baskets .................................................Starting at $43,600 ‘14 W-R Quad X2, 40’ w/rolling basket .........$55,000 ‘15 W-R XL2, 34’, 4 bar-harrow .....................$36,500 ‘97 W-R Quad 5, 32’, 4-bar harrow................$14,950 ‘98 W-R 2800, 27’, 4-bar harrow .....................$8,500 ‘14 W-R 513 Soil Pro, 9-shank, harrow .........$42,500 ‘09 W-R 957 Ripper, 5-shank, harrow ............$17,500 ‘01 DMI 730B, levelers ...................................$10,900 JD 2800 Plow, 6-bottom, on-land hitch............$5,950 Oliver 548 Plow, 4-bottom ...............................$1,250 White 508 Plow, 4-bottom ...................................$800 White 253 Disk, 10’9� .........................................$750 ‘10 Wishek 862NT Disk, 16’, 30� blades........$23,000
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‘08 Kinze 3800, 24x30, liq. fert. .....................$48,900 Traux 8’ No Till Drill ..........................................$4,995
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(2) ‘11 NH H-7450, 13’ Discbine, 2-pt. swivel hitch ....................................................................$21,500 ‘15 NH H-7230, 10’ Discbine, drawbar swivel hitch ....................................................................$19,000 ‘11 JD 946, 13’ Discbine, V10 steel rolls........$23,500 ‘99 JD 820, 9’ MoCo .........................................$5,500 Gehl 2170, 9’ Haybine ......................................$2,750 NH 456, 6’ Pull-Type Sickle Mower ..................$1,500 (2) ‘02 NH FP-240, Crop Pro, 3-row cornhead, hay head............................................ Each $27,500 ‘10 NH FP-230, Crop Pro, 2-row cornhead, hay head......................................................$36,500 ‘02 NH FP-230, Crop Pro, 2-row cornhead, hay head......................................................$20,900 ‘90 Meyers 500, 18’ Forage Box & Wagon.......$6,350 Gehl 970, 16’ Forage Box & Wagon..................$3,950 ‘03 H&S 860 Blower .........................................$3,650 ‘10 NH BB-9060 Lg. Sq. Baler, packer cutter .$72,500 ‘03 NH BR-780 Rd. Baler, net & twine ...........$14,995 (2) ‘04 NH BR-780 Rd. Baler, twine only .................................................Starting at $10,900 ‘06 NH BR-770A Rd. Baler, twine only ...........$13,950 ‘15 NH 460 Rd. Baler, crop cutter, net wrap ...$38,900 ‘15 NH 460 Rd. Baler, Silage Special, Net wrap ....................................................................$32,500 ‘07 N-H BR-740A Rd. Baler, wide pickup .......$12,500 ‘89 NH 853 Rd. Baler ........................................$2,500 ‘08 JD 468 Rd. Baler, twine & net wrap .........$20,900 ‘95 NI 4855 Rd. Baler, twine only .....................$5,995 ‘98 NH 570 Baler w/72 thrower .......................$8,900 NH 315 Baler w/70 hyd. drive thrower.............$3,500 JD 896 Rake ........................................................$650 Kuhn GA7302DL Rotary Rake ........................$10,900 NH 144 Invertor ................................................$2,750 ‘14 Tonutti GTH540 Pro, 17’ Tedder .................$4,650
‘13 White 8936, 36x20, tracks, liq. fert........$205,000 ‘10 White 8222, 12x30, liq. fert......................$49,900 ‘98 White 6242, 12x30 or 13x15 ....................$19,900 White 6100, 12x30, vert. fold, liq. fert ...........$12,500 (2) ‘98 White 6100/6900, 8x36 twin row, dry fert. .......................................................... Each $11,500 White 5100, 4x38 twin row ..............................$4,500 ‘06 G-P YP1625-32, 16x30 twin row, Precision units ............................................................$59,900 ‘05 J&M 1075 Grain Cart, scale, 35.5x32 tires ....................................................................$20,500 ‘11 G-P YP1225A, 12x30 twin row, liq. fert ...$79,900 ‘14 G-P YP425A, 4x36 twin row, dry fert. ......$28,500 Brent 472 Grain Cart, scale ..............................$9,900 IH 800, 6x30 .....................................................$3,750 ‘08 NH 185 Spreader ........................................$7,950 Artsway 5165 CattleMax Roller Mill...............$18,900
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FOR SALE: New Idea, mod- FOR SALE: Sukup 24' twin JD, 220 bean head, poly FOR SALE: 14' JD chisel FOR SALE: IH 800 plow, 7 All kinds of New & Used skids, good condition, el 324 picker, super sheller. plow, model 1600, $1,400; auger stirator. 507-259-4109 bottom, 18” frame, spring farm equipment – disc chis$1,950. 715-495-0873 Call evenings or leave a 47' 6” auger, $200. 507-359reset, new plow lays, good els, field cults, planters, message. 651-345-2587 4189 coulters, $5,500; Flex Till FOR SALE: Year-Round 500 soil finishers, cornheads, rolling basket to fit Case IH bu gravity box, large flota- Tillage Equip feed mills, discs, balers, 039 FOR SALE: CIH 2015 MRX 730B, $3,500. 507-236-4173 FOR SALE: Reil 5th wheel tion tires, heavy ply, truck haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 690 Ripper, 12.5', 5 shank, grain trailer, hyd lift, 300 red & white trim, good con18 Ft Great Plains Turbo-Til <300 acres, perfect cond, bu, excellent shape, $4,225. dition & shedded. 320-864FOR SALE: White 27' 427 Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712, (2008) Series II Original hyd. adj. gangs, 507-533-4620 6206 chisel plow, good rubber, Glencoe 7400; Field Cults Blades 19 1/2” Real Good. $24,900/OBO. (507) 995-4808 points 50%, lights, nice, under 30': JD 980, small LANDOLL #1230 9 Shank FOR SALE: Very nice '92 JD 6620, 444 cornhead, well $7,900. 952-201-1176 grain carts & gravity boxes Disk Chisel Individual FOR SALE: IH 735 veriable Case IH 1688, well mainmaintained, stored inside. 300-400 bu. Finishers under Blades Newer Style Like tained, 3870 hrs, duals, width plow, 5 bottom 18”, FOR SALE: Wishek 862 disk, 507-450-4982 or 507-498-5471 20', clean 4 & 6R stalk chopNew. 319-347-2349 Can Del RWA, $26,900; 1083 corngreat shape, good wear or 507-498-5491 18' w/ a Gates harrow, pers; Nice JD 215 & 216 parts, $3,195. 507-276-3659 head, $5,950. 612-701-3186 $23,000. 320-420-5604 flex heads; JD 643 cornheads Must be clean; JD corn planters, 4-6-8 row. 715-299-4338
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Alfalfa square baleage individually wrapped 160 to 190 RFV delivered by truck load; clean 3x4 straw bales also available. 866-575-7562 Alfalfa, mixed hay, grass hay and straw, medium squares or round bales, delivered. LeRoy Ose, call or text 218-689-6675 Buyers & Sellers of hay, straw, corn, wheat, oats & other grains. Western Hay available. Fox Valley Alfalfa Mill. 920-853-3554 Poultry
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New Idea 803C power unit. FOR SALE: A very nice se715-673-4970 lection of 2016 hatched Black Jersey Cockerals & WANTED TO BUY: Older Pullets, available after 10mounted rotary hoe, any 1-2016. Welcome to come to condition large or small or my farm & select or I will complete machine. 507-339ship. Joe Vivian, 1796 Lee 3745 Center Rd, Amboy IL, 61310. 815-632-7254 WANTED: 4 bottom pulltype plow, in working condition, prefers JD or IH, Livestock 054 call 651-564-0606. FOR SALE: Black Angus bulls also Hamp, York, & Feed Seed Hay 050 Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts. 320-598-3790 1st Crop Perfect Clean Green Grass Hay, SMALL Dairy 055 SQUARE BALES, $3.50/Bale. Delivery Avail- WANTED TO BUY: Dairy able Within 135 Miles of heifers and cows. 320-235Rice Lake. 715-296-2162 2664
EQUIPMENT FOR SALE New ‘16 Leon V425 hydra push 425 bushel tandem axle, vertical beater manure spreader.......................$24,000 ‘13 CJH Magnum 290, R50 duals, front duals, weights, GPS system, 3400 hours .........................................$89,000 ‘01 JD 9650 STS Combine,18.4R42 duals, level land feederhouse, chopper, 2320 sep. hrs ............................ $44,000 ‘13 JD 7280R, IVT, triple link susp., 480/80R50 duals, 3410 hrs ...... $98,500 ‘10 CIH Magnum 225, CVT, 380/90R54 duals, 4600 hrs ....................... $66,000 ‘10 Meyer 8126, 26’ rear unload forage box on new Meyer XT2200XL tandem trailer, roll tarp ......................... $29,500
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FOR SALE OR LEASE REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & yearlings; bred heifers, calving ease, club calves & balance performance. Al sired. In herd improvement program. J.W. Riverview Angus Farm Glencoe, MN 55336 Conklin Dealer 320864-4625 FOR SALE: 7 registered polled Shorthorns, 2nd calf cows, $2,000/ea. 5 spring calves, $500/ea. 2.5 yr old registered polled Shorthorn calf ease bull from Waukaru, IN, $3,000. (608) 323-3503 FOR SALE: Register short horn beef bull calves, avail end of Oct, 1st of Nov, 218924-2337 Registered Polled Hereford breeding bull, w/ papers, gentle, 16 months old. Elk Mound, WI. 715-879-5766
WANT TO BUY: Butcher cows, bulls, fats & walkable cripples; also horses, sheep & goats. 320-235-2664
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Call: 320-212-5220 or 320-392-5361 • Will Consider Trades! • FLATBEDS DOUBLE DROPS ‘97 Wilson, 48/96, SX, AR, Alum. ‘99 XL Specialized Double Drop, Floor, Alum. Crossmembers, 48/102, 29’6” Well, New 80% T&B, Sandblasted & 255/22.5 RGN, Mechanical Painted ............................$7,000 Detach RGN ...................$17,500 ‘95 Utility, 48/102, SX, AR, Alum. (30) Van & Reefer Trailers Floor ................................$5,000 - On Hand, 48/102 - 53/102, ‘03 Great Dane, 48/102 Combo, Water, Storage, or Over The AR, Closed Tandem Slider$8,000 Road ............... $2,500 to $3,500 HAY SIDES...with any END DUMP Flat or Drop Deck Sales: $1,000 ‘97 Raven, 36’ Alum., AR, New HOPPERS Liner, 90% T&B ..............$18,500 ‘11 Maurer, 42/66 Alum. Ag MISCELLANEOUS Hopper, AR, 11/24.5 Alum. Whls., ‘01 Ford 350 Pickup, Alum. Tool New T&B ........................$19,000 Box, 2WD .........................$2,500
DROP DECKS ‘06 Komatsu WD150PS ‘97 Wabash, 53/102, SX, AR, Extendahoe, 4x4, Cab/Heat/Air, Alum. Floor, 255/225, Clean 1500 Hrs., Very Clean ....$27,500 ......................................$16,500 ‘70 Kenworth Conv., 270 Engineered 5’ Beavertail Kit: Cummins, 9-Spd. PS, AR, New Includes: Paint, LED Lights & Recaps, Alum. Whls. ........$5,500 All Electrical .... $5,250 Installed ‘10 Honda Civic, 80K Mi., .................................. $3,250 Kit Clean ND Car ...................$7,750 ‘70 JD Wide Front, Good Rubber ........................................$2,500
0% FOR 36 MONTHS OR 1.5% FOR 60 MONTHS (B) 2013 JD S690, 1,207 Sep. Hrs., PRWD ............................. $254,900
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(OS) 2015 JD S660, 174 Sep. Hrs., 520/85R42’s.................... $294,900
(OW) ‘15 JD 640FD, 40’ Draper .................................. $84,900 (OW) ‘13 JD 640FD, 40’ Draper .................................. $72,900 (OW) ‘13 JD 635FD, 35’ Draper .................................. $68,900 (OW) ‘12 JD 635F, Air Reel.......................................... $37,900 (OS) ‘14 JD 630F, low acres ........................................ $32,500 (N) ‘12 JD 630F, Air Reel ............................................. $29,900 (H) ‘09 JD 625F ........................................................... $21,900 (B) 2010 JD 9670, 765 Sep. Hrs., (H) ‘06 JD 625F ........................................................... $19,900 (OS) 2012 JD S660, 1,050 Sep. PRWD ............................. $164,900 (OS) ‘09 JD 635F ......................................................... $19,900 Hrs., AT Ready ................ $189,900 (OS) ‘08 JD 630F ......................................................... $16,500 (B) ‘08 JD 630F ........................................................... $15,900 (OW) ‘07 JD 635F ........................................................ $14,900 (N) ‘04 JD 630F ........................................................... $12,900
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(B) ‘14 JD 618, 18 Row 20”, chopping...................... $149,900 (B) ‘13 JD 618, 18 Row 20”, chopping...................... $129,900 (OS) 2014 JD S670, 530 Sep. Hrs., (H) ‘14 JD 612, 12 Row 30”, chopping ....................... $94,900 AT Ready ......................... $259,900 (B) ‘11 Geringhoff RD1230, 12 Row 30”..................... $69,900 (OW) ‘13 Geringhoff RD830, 8 Row 30” ..................... $67,500 (OW) ‘10 JD 612, 12 Row 30”, Chopping.................... $59,900 (B) ‘08 JD 612, 12 row 20”, chopping ......................... $49,900 (B) ‘09 JD 606, chopping ............................................ $46,900 (OS) ‘05 Drago, 6 row 30” chopping ........................... $28,900 (B) ‘00 Geringhoff RD630, 6 Row 30”......................... $24,900 JD 608, Chopping .......................................starting at $39,900 (N) 2012 JD S670, 802 Sep. Hrs., JD 608, Non-chopping................................starting at $34,900 AT Ready ......................... $204,900 JD 893, 8 row 30” ......................................starting at $12,500
(H) 2008 JD 9570, 984 Sep. Hrs., Contour Master ............... $134,900
(OS) 2014 Case IH 8230, 491 Sep. Hrs., Loaded ................... $279,900
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#580 GT (Tox-O-Wik) dryer - Coming In Wishek #862NT disk, 16‘, 30“ blades, VG Wishek #842NT disk, 13-1/2‘, 28“ blades 9-Shank Disk Chisel S&H 150 Bu. 2-Wheel Bunk Wagon 5 Yd. Soil Mover/Scraper w/hyd. push off, repainted, new hoses, Like New NI #3625 Galv. Spreader w/hyd. end gate Rebuilt Smidley Hog Feeders & Steer Stuffers 4 & 6 Row Stalk Choppers ATG 1200 Automatic Roller Mill w/blower (2) Lundell 325 bu. Gravity Boxes, VG
(B) 2013 JD S660, 483 Sep. Hrs., (OS) 2010 JD 9570, 724 Sep. Hrs., (H) 2001 JD 9560 STS, 2,006 Sep. (OS) 2010 JD 9770, 1,000 Sep. Contour Master ............... $149,900 Hrs., Contour Master ........ $69,900 Hrs., AT Ready ................ $169,900 520/85R38’s.................... $199,900
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(OS) 2001 JD 9550 Walker, 1,857 (B) 2005 JD 9560 STS, 1,133 Sep. (OW) 2011 JD Case IH 8120, 758 (H) 2004 JD 9760, 1962 Sep. Hrs., Sep. Hrs. ........................... $69,900 Hrs., PRWD..................... $114,900 Sep. Hrs., AT Ready ........ $189,900 Yield & Moisture Sensors . $84,900
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50 Black Angus steers & Limousin & Red Angus FOR SALE: Suffolk, Polyheifers, #450-#550. 608-792Bulls. Delivery avail. Hampay ram lambs, 2 year9423 or 608-788-6258 mond, WI. 715-821-3516 lings, (1) 2 year old, size & muscle, Suffolk Ewe lambs. Dexter cow & bull for sale, 507-445-3317. Leave mes057 reg w/ADCA. (715)307-8952 Horse sage. 507-822-3398 or (715)273-6077 Marg Horse Company Buying horses of all kinds. www.thelandonline.com Feeder Cattle For Sale. Please call (715) 896-2213. (Beefmaster Cross), yearlings coming off of pasture. 715-658-1618
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‘13 Magnum 315, Lux. Cab, Hi Cap. Hyd. Pump, Susp. Front Axle, 983 hrs. ...$155,000
‘15 CIH Steiger 580, susp. Lux. cab PTO, 710R42 duals, 479 hrs. ..$269,900
‘15 CIH Steiger 500 Quad, 479 hrs. ........................$319,900
16 Steiger 580, 743 hrs, Lux. cab, LED lites, 6 remotes, big hyd. pump . $319,900
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‘13 CIH 7230, 680 eng./544 sep. hrs. ........................$199,900
‘07 CIH 8010, 1752 eng. hrs. .........................................JUST IN
‘16 Steiger 580Q, 787 hrs, Lux. cab, hi capacity hyd., LED lites ..$319,900
‘14 CIH 3162, 35’ Draper ........................................$49,900
‘08 CIH Steiger 435, 800R38 tires, full auto guide, 2674 hrs. $129,900
‘15 Steiger 470, 677 hrs., PTO, 6 remotes, CIH Steiger 370RCQ, 187 hrs., 120” spacing, full auto steer ..... $249,900 Lux. cab, 3-pt., PTO ......$249,900
‘14 CIH 4408, 8R30 Chopping Cornhead ........................$64,500
‘16 CIH Magnum 310 Row Trac, 88” spacing, 112 hrs. ...$199,900
‘16 CIH Magnum 380 Row Trac, CVT, 470 hrs. .................$239,900
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‘13 CIH 7230, 680 eng./544 sep. hrs., 520x42 duals, leather, HID lites, Loaded Corn/Bean Machine, CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED UNIT - Coming In After Season .................................................................. $199,000 ‘07 CIH 8010, duals, Excellent Condition ............................................................................................ COMING IN ‘07 CIH 8010, duals, Excellent Condition ............................................................................................ COMING IN ‘15 ‘14 ‘11 ‘12 ‘10 ‘08 ‘04 ‘10 ‘10 ‘09 ‘14 ‘14 ‘15 ‘15 ‘15 ‘15
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CIH 4408, 8R30” chopping cornhead ..................................................................................................$69,900 CIH 4408, 8R30” chopping cornhead ..................................................................................................$64,500 Geringhoff, 8R chopping cornhead .....................................................................................................$49,900 ‘14 Bobcat T-590, cab, A/C, ‘05 Bobcat T-250 ...........JUST IN CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead...................................................................................................................$39,900 (DEMO) ‘16 MD-72 Disc Mower, ‘94 JD 8570, 250 hp., 20.8x38 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead...................................................................................................................$29,900 6’8” cut ............................. $6,985 duals, 3810 hrs. ..............$49,900 1290 hrs. .........................JUST IN CIH 2208, 8R30”....................................................................................................................................$28,500 CIH 2208, 8R30”....................................................................................................................................$24,500 Live Bidding Opens: Sale Ends (check for times): CIH 2020, 35’ platform..........................................................................................................................$13,000 Monday, September 19 Wednesday, September 21 CIH 2020, 35’ platform w/Crary air reel ...............................................................................................$18,000 CIH 2020, 30’ platform w/Crary air reel ...............................................................................................$15,000 Lot #6068 Lot #5841 Lot #5832 CIH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform.......................................................................................................$49,900 CIH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform.......................................................................................................$52,500 CIH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform.......................................................................................................$56,500 CIH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform.......................................................................................................$57,500 CIH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform.......................................................................................................$58,500 CIH 3162, 35’ flex draper platform.......................................................................................................$59,500
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CIH Steiger 580Q, 743 hrs., Lux. cab, hi-capacity hyd., 6 remotes ......................................................... $319,900 CIH Steiger 580Q, 787 hrs., Lux. cab, hi-flow hyd. system, 4 remotes.................................................... $319,900 ‘15 CIH Steiger 580, 479 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, 800 duals, PTO, full Pro 700 auto steer, hi-capacity hyd. pump, HID lites ....................................................................................................................................................... $269,900 ‘15 CIH Steiger 500, 471 hrs., Lux. cab, PTO, twin flow hyd. w/6 remotes, full Pro 700 auto steer, HID lites ..................................................................................................................................................................... $319,900 CIH Steiger 470 RCQ, 677 hrs., Dlx. cab, PTO, big hyd. pump, 120” spacing, 6 remotes ..................... $249,900 CIH Steiger 370 RCQ, 187 hrs., Lux. cab, 3 pt., PTO ............................................................................... $249,900 CIH Steiger 350 RCQ, 850 hrs., 3 pt., PTO, 120” spacing ........................................................................ $219,900 ‘08 CIH Steiger 435, Lux. cab, 800x38 duals, full Pro 600 auto steer ..................................................... $129,900 ‘94 JD 8570, 3810 hrs., 250 hp., 20.8x38 duals ........................................................................................... $49,900
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‘16 CIH Steiger 580 Quad Track, PS, 30” tracks, 4 hyd. remotes, 1,150 hrs.
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‘14 Bobcat S570, cab w/AC, 2-spd., advanced controls, air ride seat, 122 hrs.
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‘16 CIH Magnum 380 Track, CVT, 470 hrs., Lux. cab, susp. front axle, 120” spacing, 5 remotes, hi-capacity hyd. pump, 24” tracks, front duals ..................................................................................... $239,900 ‘16 CIH Magnum 380 Track, CVT, 224 hrs., Lux. cab, susp. front axle, 120” spacing, 6 remotes, hi-capacity hyd. pump, dual PTO, 18” tracks ....................................................................................... $249,900 ‘16 CIH Magnum 340 Track, 260 hrs., PS, Lux. cab, susp. front axle, 120” spacing, 6 remotes, hi-flo hyd., 18” tracks .............................................................................................................................. $239,900 ‘15 CIH Magnum 340 Track, 946 hrs., PS, Lux. cab, susp. front axle, 360 light pkg., 120” spacing, 6 remotes, hi-flo hyd., 18” tracks .......................................................................................................... $209,900 ‘16 CIH Magnum 310 Track, 115 hrs., PS, Dlx. cab, 88” spacing, 4 remotes, hyd., 18” tracks ..... COMING IN ‘13 CIH Magnum 315, 983 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, high capacity hyd. pump, front & rear duals .......... $155,000
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Liberty/Bayer ..............................13
Agri Gold Hybrids ........................9
Lundeen Auction & Appraisers ..38
Arnolds ................................24, 25 Boss Supply ................................16 Broskoff Structure ........................7 C & C Roofing............................26
M S Diversified ..........................40 Mages Auction ............................39 Matejcek Implement ..................46 Mid-American Auction ..............39
Carlson’s Orchard Bakery ..........29
Miller Sellner ..............................40
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'99 Chevy C6500, dump truck, Cat dsl motor, 202,293 mi, 16x8x5 dump box, automatic, dump thru spreader/lift gate, retractable tarp, side tool boxes, 26,000 GVW, $16,000. 612-328-1380
David Gass..................................39 Doda USA ..................................21
Peterson Farm Seed ....................21
FOR SALE: '74 IH tandem grain truck, 20' box, very clean, $9,500/OBO. Blooming Prairie MN 507-456-2001
Double B Manufacturing ............18
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Duncan Trailers ..........................45
Property Brokers ........................38
FOR SALE: '91 E350 Dually, 7.3 dsl, AT, 120k miles, 12' Omaha flatbed, re-man trans, strong engine, rust free truck, $2,500. 320-5830881 FOR SALE: (6) 24.5 Lo Pro tires, 12-14/32 left of depth, 285/75R24.5 14PR. Good for farm truck. Make Offer. Call 952-292-2019 FOR SALE: 2005 Volvo, ISX 450, sleeper cab, 10 speed, new rubber, new exhaust, 696,000 mi; 2013 Wilson Commander trailer, spread axle, Dura Bite wheels 24.5” rubber, electric roll tarp, $70,000. 507-317-6647 Miscellaneous
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Ritter Ag......................................37 Rush River Steel & Trim ............22 Ryan MFG ................................34
Jim Masching..............................26
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K & S Millwrights ................28, 33
Sorensen Sales & Rentals ..........45
Keith Bode ..................................44 Kerkhoff Auction ..................38, 39 Kroubetz Lakeside Campers ......28 Lagers of Mankato......................16
Spanier Welding............................7 Syntex ........................................35 United Farmers Coop..................42
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USED EQUIPMENT LARGE SELECTION OF WHEEL RAKES IN-STOCK CIH Magnum 8920, FWA, 5500 hrs. .................................................................................... $60,000 CIH 7130 Mag, 2WD, 4300 hrs, 540-1000 PTO ................................................................. $45,000 CIH Magnum 190, FWA ........................................................................................................ $10,500 CIH 7230, FWA, 3500 hrs., New 18.4-42 tires ...................................................................... $76,000 CIH 7220, 2WA, 2200 hrs. ..................................................................................................... $75,000 CIH 7220, 2WA, 6200 hrs. ..................................................................................................... $46,000 CIH 7210, FWA, 5000 hrs. ..................................................................................................... $59,000 CIH 9170, PS, 4500 hrs., 20.8-42 tires.................................................................................. $56,000 CIH 5240 Maximum, FWA, 3100 hrs, w/loader ................................................................. $47,000 CIH 7140, FWA, 4400 hrs. ..................................................................................................... $53,000 CIH 7120, FWA ...................................................................................................................... $47,000 CIH MX200, 2WD, 4500 hrs., 18.4-46 tires ........................................................................... $62,000 CIH MX110, FWA ................................................................................................................... $42,000 CIH 885, 2WD, w/cab, 3500 hrs, Sharp .............................................................................. $11,500 IH 5488, 2WA, 540/1000 PTO................................................................................................ $21,000 IH 5088, 2WD, 7200 hrs., 18.4-38, New Paint ...................................................................... $21,000 IH 3688, Sharp - Turbo........................................................................................................... $22,000 IH 1566, 2WD, dual PTO, 6800 hrs., Nice ............................................................................ $17,000 JD 5075E, FWA, w/loader, no cab, 1000 hrs ...................................................................... $32,000 JD 4630, 2WD ...................................................................................................................... $12,500 JD 4030, 2WD ...................................................................................................................... $15,000 CIH 4800, 24’ field cultivator ....................................................................................................$9,500 CIH 4800, 26’ field cultivator ....................................................................................................$9,500 CIH 4300, 39’ field cultivator ................................................................................................. $15,500 CIH Tigermate II, 26’ field cultivator .................................................................................... $26,000 CIH 3950, 25’ cushion gang disk.......................................................................................... $23,000 CIH 3950, 25’ cushion gang disk w/mulcher ....................................................................... $22,000 JD 714, 9-shank disc chisel .....................................................................................................$9,000 JD 712, 11 shank disc chisel plow ....................................................................................... $8,500 Glencoe 7400SS, 9-shank disc chisel ....................................................................................$9,500 IH 720, 6x18 plow, on-land .......................................................................................................$5,500 IH 720, 5x18 plow .....................................................................................................................$3,000 IH 720, 5x16 plow .....................................................................................................................$2,500 CIH 527B ripper ..................................................................................................................... $17,500 H&S 170 grinder .................................................................................................................... $29,500 ‘11 Artsway 6520 grinder ..................................................................................................... $29,000 Gehl 125 grinder, no scale .................................................................................................... $13,500 Demco 650 cart. ................................................................................................................. $17,500 Demco 550 box ..................................................................................................................... $10,500 Demco 550 box ........................................................................................................................$8,200 Demco 450 box ........................................................................................................................$9,500 Brent 410 cart ....................................................................................................................... $4,800 Brent 472 cart w/tarp ........................................................................................................ $11,500 Demco 365 box ........................................................................................................................$5,200 CIH 530B w/lead shanks .................................................................................................. $15,500 CIH 530B w/lead shanks .................................................................................................. $17,500 CIH 530C w/lead shank, Like New ....................................................................................... $31,000 CIH 530C, New Blades .......................................................................................................... $22,000
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hen twin brothers Les and Roy Lange opened Lange’s Café along U.S. Highway 75 and Minnesota Highway 23 in Pipestone 60 years ago, they had as their goals “quality food and generous portions, and friendly full-service.” When their son and nephew Steve Lange took over 43 years ago, he kept those goals. Admirable as that is, it may not be different from the goal of many other cafés. What does differentiate Lange’s Café is that in all of those 60 years, the doors have never been closed. Never! Not once! Even when they remodeled or added on, they kept the café open. Their commitment to never closing was set in concrete in 1961 when Les and Roy buried the keys to the front door in a sidewalk they were adding. A Minnesota blizzard can’t close it either. “During a blizzard we have people sleeping in the booths,” Steve said. Lange’s Café is known beyond Pipestone — and not just by stranded travelers. They have been featured in Jane and Michael Stern’s book “Road Food” as well as other national publications. But the locals alone would keep them busy because they like the food. Lange’s in-house bakery provides their pies, sweet rolls, bars and breads. They serve real potatoes. (“We peel them every day,” Steve said.) Their hot beef sandwich and sour cream raisin pie are two items they’re known for. And you may want to save room for their homemade ice cream. As of this summer, a large cup of coffee is $1.17, and they keep refilling your cup every time they walk by until you finally call a halt. As they celebrate their 60th anniversary this year, Steve has taken on a partner, Ryan Mollema, who had worked at Lange’s the past three years. Ryan falls right in line with the goals of quality food, generous portions, friendly service, and keeping the café open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. But would he even have a choice? When there is no key to the front door, you might as well keep the grill hot. Having never closed for a minute from the day it opened appears to be a record in Minnesota, and every day the record keeps growing. Minnesota Highway 23 and U.S. Highway 75 run together for a few blocks through Pipestone. You’ll find Lange’s Café along that stretch of road. ❖
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