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between the moisture content of snow and “Winter is not a season, it's an occupadiscovering the quality of your snow blower. tion.” Rarely does anyone seem to enjoy blowing — Sinclair Lewis out the driveway (why did we need a threeLike it or not, winter is coming. Our stall garage?). The only time such activity calendars tell us winter officially begins elicits a smile is when the darn snowblower on Dec. 21. Our bodies tell us winter actually starts and runs. Still, there is an arrives when we duck outside on a quick element of synchronicity watching neighbor errand without a coat. For our readers in after neighbor cutting an 18-inch swath at northern and western Minnesota, winter the pace of a Galapagos sea turtle — white is already here — calendars be damned. plumes shooting high into the air. LAND MINDS Your suffering is our solace. Here in Kidding aside, winter weather is not only By Paul Malchow Mankato, we might be cursing the cold, a pain in the outer extremities, but can be but we’re not digging our cars out of a downright dangerous. Those snowblowers may seem foot of icy slush — yet. docile and plodding, but they still pack enough horseOh sure, those early seasonal storms pique our power to permanently change your nickname to curiosity and sense of adventure. Weather forecast“lefty.” ers tell us with bug-eyed fervor about winter storm Cars and trucks can instantly lose their sense of warnings and several inches of snow and who gets direction on slippery roads. No matter how many hit and who does not. Like children anxious to see if winters you’ve driven through, that first snow of the Santa came, we pop our heads out the door in the season takes a little getting used to. Go a little morning to see what Mother Nature delivered. slower into that four-way stop. In residential areas, Those living inside the dark purple amoeba on the be on the lookout for excited youngsters darting into weather map labeled “+12” know to get their grothe street — especially if snow is piled high along ceries early. Even the most seasoned Midwesterner sidewalks and driveways. Expect the unexpected. has swung by the store on their way home to pick up It might not seem like the manly way to go, but eggs, milk and bread only to find a great selection of keep a winter kit inside your vehicle — at least an soy milk (not that there is anything wrong with that) and little else. Bread buyers are even less discerning. extra blanket and a flashlight. If you’ve ever had to spend a few hours snowbound inside a car, you know Late-comers to the blizzard party are destined to toasting hot dog and hamburger buns for tomorrow’s what I mean. If you’re taking a longer trip in bad weather, let someone know where you’re going and breakfast. the route you plan to take. Cell phones are wonderWinter outdoor enthusiasts may be giddy with the ful, but not 100 percent reliable. prospect of fresh snow to play in; but for saner folk, By the time February rolls around, making light of the closer you live to the storm epicenter, the greater our winters is downright a necessity. You’ve worn the hope that the forecast is wrong. Rural residents every sweater you own 1,000 times, the house gets have to plow the driveway to get out. City dwellers smaller by the day, and green grass is a fleeting will find the municipal plow jockeys have already memory. But taking winter lightly can be a big — deposited three feet of packed snow all along the even fatal — mistake. Use common sense, enjoy safe avenue. And woe to anyone who has to park on the travels and come back home to the ones who love street. you. Granted, snow removal is less taxing since the Paul Malchow is the managing editor of The Land. dawn of the snow blower unless that snow happens He may be reached at editor@TheLandOnline.com. ❖ to be wet and heavy. There is a direct correlation
INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 — Republican State Representative Kurt Daudt previews upcoming legislative session 6 — New congress faces key agriculture issues 10 — Looking back at The Land columnist Bert Hanson 14 — The Land’s 2017 Soybean Seed Guide 18 — Farmamerica’s new director has big plans for the future
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The DuPont Pioneer Advantage Against Goss’s Wilt What Is Goss’s wilt?
Will Goss’s wilt be a concern in 2017?
Goss’s wilt is a bacterial disease that is becoming more widespread in Minnesota and South Dakota.
Most likely. Goss’s wilt can be most severe the year following a Goss’s wilt infection because of the increased amount of bacterium in the residue. It overwinters in infected corn residue.
How do I recognize Goss’s wilt? ) Early leaf symptoms are oblong or elongated lesions of water- soaked, grayish-green tissue that progress to long, dead streaks
) Goss’s wilt can affect the plant at growth stage and can spread after infection. Most symptoms appear near silking
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) Dark green or black freckles (water-soaked, irregular spots) within the lesions
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Yes. Yield losses from susceptible corn products can be significant. In heavily infected fields, this disease can cause devastating damage with corn yield losses approaching 50 percent.
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Dwayne Andreas, the FBI and me Dwayne Orville Andreas, the pocket-sized ping to criminal price-fixing charges hurricane that built a sleepy soybean based on secret recordings made by a comprocessor, Archer Daniels Midland Co., into pany insider, later identified as Mark a global giant, died Nov. 16, in a Decatur, Whitacre, an ADM division vice president. Ill., hospital. He was 98. Here’s some history many may not know. Andreas’s career was as long and profNot long after the June 1995 Federal itable as it was remarkable and jaded. Bureau of Investigation raid on ADM’s headJust last week someone again asked me if quarters, the Department of Justice began to it was true that the ADM corporate jet see their star witness, Whitacre, dim. was the only unescorted American airFARM & FOOD FILE The problem was that Whitacre, now an craft permitted in Soviet airspace during accused embezzler, had been talking — to By Alan Guebert the Cold War because it carried Andreas everyone. He talked to Scott Kilman of and his grocery sack of needed American the Wall Street Journal, Nancy Millman of farm goods. the Chicago Tribune, Sharon Walsh of True or not, the story captures the the Washington Post, Ron Henkoff legend of the world’s soybean king. On of Fortune magazine, John Stebbins his way to the throne, however, the federal governof Bloomberg News, Kurt Eichenwald of the New ment twice caught ADM breaking the law. York Times, and, beginning in July 1996, me. The first time, in 1978 (according to the New York He wasn’t the only one talking. In mid-1996, my Times), was for fixing prices on “grain sold to the Food fax machine began spitting out unedited FBI interfor Peace Program.” The second, in 1996, led to ADM view notes, yet-to-be published news stories, and pleading guilty to criminal charges of price fixing. something called The Watch Letter, a multi-page effort filled with insider information, gossip, and tips Both scandals stopped short of charging Andreas on the ADM case. directly; but the second delivered his son, Michael, to federal prison while dear old dad accepted an offer of The Letter was written by David and Carol Hoech, immunity. owners of Global Consultants, a small Florida-based firm with deep ties to international ag markets. That’s the history most farmers know: ADM copDavid, too, talked endlessly, mostly off-the-record, to journalists about ADM and Dwayne Andreas. He openly despised both. Still, journalists talked to Hoech because he seemed to have friends, sources and tipsters everywhere. If you wanted the number of Dwayne Andreas’s bedside telephone, Hoech had it. Raw transcripts of FBI interviews conducted yesterday? Hoech was your guy. Need to talk to Whitacre? Call Hoech and Mark would be on the line a minute later. Who was this rainmaker? After two decades of talking to Hoech, it’s still hard to say. He did know Whitacre, ADM, and global ag products like no one else. ADM, he preached, embodied everything wrong with American business — rigged prices, dishonest dealings, phony front groups and contempt for customers. Dealing with Hoech, however, was not easy. He was loud, pushy and fearless. Shortly after we met, I began to receive anonymous, threatening telephone calls from who knew. “Relax, man,” Hoech would advise, “that’s just ADM.” A second later he’d ask, “Hey, man, you own a gun?” He wasn’t joking. Then, on Labor Day 1996, no matter who I dialed on any of my three office lines, I always got the same person at the same place: “ADM Security, this is Betty.” Hoech’s phones had the same problem. Was I scared? Top to bottom. I used a neighbor’s telephone to call the FBI, the same FBI that had raided ADM a year earlier. No one ever called back. Hoech, however, did. And he kept calling — for 20 years. Often I’d pick up the phone to hear, “Hey, brother, you okay?”
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Minn. GOP Legislature will push Dayton to action
Snow cover coupled with rain and additional snow limited Minnesota farmers to only 2.4 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Nov. 27, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. While harvest has been completed in many areas, some producers are still hoping to finish out harvesting, tillage, and manure applications as conditions allow. Iowa Fieldwork across much of Iowa was winding down and wrapping up in many parts of the state during the week ending Nov. 27, according to NASS. Statewide, there were 4.7 days suitable for fieldwork. Activities included harvesting, tiling, baling,corn
stalks, hauling and spreading manure, and anhydrous application when conditions were dry enough. Corn harvested for grain was virtually complete in Iowa at 99 percent, equal to both the previous year and the five-year average. Precipitation during the week hampered producers in southwest and south central Iowa as they tried to finish corn and soybean harvest. Grain movement from farm to elevator was rated 40 percent moderate to heavy. This article was submitted by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. This is the final weekly crop report for 2016. ❖
more hobby farms than conventional farms. But we do know that folks are hurting with property taxes and with commodity prices now being so low. I know there are struggles out there in our ag community.” He senses that Minnesota’s economy is stagnant and uneasy. “What we would like to do is create a growing economy where jobs are filled and people have better chances to improve their own situation. We know that just getting government out of the way is the first step,” Daudt said. “We’re talking about eliminating the bureaucratic red tape and the many regulations that just hamstring business, including agriculture.” Rep. Kurt Daudt was interviewed at the AgriGrowth Annual Meeting and Conference, Nov. 10, in St. Paul. ❖
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work with us and not be an obstructionist on the message that Minnesota voters expressed this last election. This 2016 election really was a referendum on a lot of his policies,” he said. “He asked Minnesota to give him complete control of state government in his final two years in office. Instead, they gave complete control of the Legislature to the other party because they wanted that check and balance. I think that speaks very loudly and my hope is that he hears that message.” Earlier in his political career, Daudt was a county commissioner in Isanti County. He lives on his grandparents’ farm five miles east of Zimmerman. He has been a consultant and worked in car dealerships. “I don’t come from a district that’s heavy in agriculture,” Daudt said, “but it is rural Minnesota. We perhaps have
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think the governor is hung up By DICK HAGEN on property tax reform. The Land Staff Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. — When “He gets so much pressure Rep. Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, from outside groups like the heads back to the state capital, Minnesota Teachers Union after his re-election for a and other big financial supfourth term, the Minnesota porters of the Democratic House majority leader will be Party. These groups don’t want working with Sen. Paul Kurt Daudt to give any money back,” he Gazelka, R-Nisswa, and the said. “They want to use it all new majority leader of the Minnesota for increased spending. But he also did Senate. With control of the Legisla- admit to me that tax reform is the ture, will Republican lawmakers have right thing to do. He knows folks are more leverage over Democratic Gov. hurting, so I’m hoping we can keep the Mark Dayton? pressure on him and get these things “I think it now becomes easier to get accomplished.” a bill on the governor’s desk,” said If not done in special session, then Daudt. “The number one goal will be to Daudt sees a reshuffling of some of get rid of that crunch at the end of our these bills to fit within the new revlegislative sessions. Having Republi- enue forecast for 2017. New House and cans control both bodies of the Legisla- Senate members will want a say in ture will hopefully let us get new legis- what happens. lation to the Governor in a more Daudt predicts a new level of energy orderly schedule.” when the Legislature reconvenes in Daudt was still hoping for a special special session or January at the start session this calendar year, but consid- of the new legislative calendar. ers it a long shot. A special session “My hope is that the Governor does could address the health insurance rate increases. Daudt said he doesn’t have a genuine sense that he wants to
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Lobbyist warns new leaders to heed ag issues By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. — Passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership in this lame-duck session of Congress could leave some scars for the Trump presidency. “Donald Trump may have kicked over the apple cart, but he didn’t Dave Ladd break the axle,” contends Dave Ladd of RDL and Associates in Woodbury, Minn. Ladd is a veteran lobbyist and Washington, D.C., observer, who was interviewed at the AgriGrowth Annual Meeting and Conference on Nov. 10. “We think through the lens of agriculture. Generally speaking, the majority of agricultural groups support trade,” Ladd said. “But the devil is always in the details of trade agreements. Trump doesn’t believe TPP will benefit America as a whole. Most in our agricultural sector view it differently.” Ladd said he thinks trade agreements have become a form of political, policy and regional engagement. “So trade agreements are ongoing issues woven into our world economy,” he said. “China works agreements on a regional basis with undesignated boundaries depending upon current political climates and monetary issues. Various players will be on that battlefield; but if we’re not one of the players, we potentially stand to lose. “The Japanese legislature held off on joining TPP until they see what happens here. Once you are seen as an unreliable player, the playing field doesn’t disappear. The game is still going on. So the question becomes, do we want to be in the bleachers? Or do we want to be on the field to assure that we still have opportunities to export our goods?”
Ladd maintains it was a majority in the House and Senate who broke that apple cart long ago. “What this election showed us is that a large part of the electorate voted their disgust,” he said. “You campaigned telling us what you were going to do. We gave you these majorities in both the House and the Senate, but you didn’t follow through. So our Congress, in my opinion, broke that axle; and in the process, broke faith with the electorate.” Ladd is offended by the labels of “educated” voters and the disregard of the “uneducated” rural voters. “My grandfather graduated from a class of seven in South Dakota. He was one of the smartest guys I’ve known,” he said. “I think our Washington, D.C., crowd seems to forget that we have an intelligent, educated and well-connected population in rural America that is also deep in common sense. These people are looking at their livelihood, their children, the next generation and what this may be costing them both financially and constitutionally.” Farm economy Concerns about the U.S. economy are huge. Net farm income is forecast to be down 11.5 percent from 2015. This 2016 figure could be the lowest since 2009. But there is unanimous agreement that federal regulatory policies relating to agriculture are moving in the wrong direction. Ladd sees agriculture, food production and farm policy as a huge national security issue. “You feed your people or they get cranky. We’re so fortunate in America with a combination of good people running our farms, great technology and a continual ambition to do better,” Ladd said. “Some say American agriculture is over-producing and the supply/demand equation is not working. But we also realize that much of our excess food production is not getting into those countries where it is most needed.
“Plus, consumer trends keep changing,” Ladd went on to say. “China and India are key examples. Thanks to better jobs, they have a new middle class that wants more diversity in their foods. That has become a huge market for U.S. agriculture. There is a continual evolution, not only in consumer demand, but also in science and technology. We’re constantly learning how to better feed the world.” What change does he anticipate after Presidentelect Trump takes office on January 20? “I usually give these presidential elections a fourto-six-month shakeout period,” commented Ladd. “There’s about 4,000 jobs just in the Washington environment that will be replaced, plus nationwide about 2 million government jobs potentially getting new faces. The Trump team will have their 100-day agenda which they’ll quickly get to the Hill. Suffice to say that under President-elect Donald Trump, our Congress and nation will be experiencing change, perhaps even severe in some agencies. “Perhaps equally intriguing is what comes out of the White House the next two months? Will there be a flurry of new executive orders? “For our new president, he and his staff will be doing heavy-duty prioritizing to determine what to take on and what time frame for new actions. For a Congress with lots of new faces, staff is key as to what gets accomplished.” ❖
Hoech despised ADM, Andreas GUEBERT from pg. 4 David Hoech died Aug. 8, 2015, not quite two months after my family and I saw him in his comfortable home west of St. Louis. We had a lengthy, laugh-filled visit before his ailment, pulmonary disease, drained him of all color and energy. It was time to say that good-bye. “Don’t worry about me,” Hoech growled in my ear as he leaned heavily on me to steady himself. “I’m gonna outlive that little (expletive) in Decatur.” It was one of the rare times he got it wrong. The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the United States and Canada. ❖
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Table decorations can be festive, inexpensive, stunning The holiday season is upon us and table decorations play an important role in the festivities. A simple and inexpensive table arrangement I make every year uses tips of conifers, sprigs of dried baby’s breath, glass ball ornaments and half a dozen fresh roses. The arrangement can be IN THE GARDEN horizontal or round, depending on the shape of your table. By Sharon Quale Mine is about 20 inches long, 14 inches wide and 8 inches high. Items needed for this centerpiece are: • A container and block of wet floral foam • Sprigs of different colored conifer branch tips • Six fresh red roses • 12 glass 2-inch diameter red ornaments • Wood shish kabob sticks • Baby’s breath Place the wet floral foam in the container. (A bread pan covered with colored foil will work fine.) Begin adding the greenery cut into 6 to 10-inch lengths. I have used dark green Norway pine, Mugho pine, Silberlocke Korean fir and Colorado blue spruce — all from our garden. The different colors, needle lengths and textures of these conifers add depth and contrast to the arrangement.
The finishing touch is adding the sprigs of either fresh or dried baby’s breath to give a surprise lift of color and airiness to the design. I dry baby’s breath every year, but fresh is readily available from floral shops. It is important to bring the evergreen branches down toward the table and almost hide the container. This gives a full and lush look and integrates the arrangement with the table. This arrangement will remain beautiful for up to two weeks. The conifers need no special treatment. The roses can have their stems re-cut after a few days to keep them fresh longer. Other colors of roses and Christmas balls can be used to coordinate with different color schemes. The blue spruce, red roses and white baby’s breath give a classic all-American red, white and blue theme to this elegant and inexpensive centerpiece. Photo by Sharon Quale Because this is such a relatively low-cost The next step is to cut and add the roses, spacing and long-lasting arrangement, a smaller version them evenly throughout the evergreen base. Then makes a welcome gift to give to a shut-in as well as add the glass ornaments. I suspended them from 6an appreciated hostess gift. There is nothing quite inch or longer picks made from the wood kabob like a beautiful floral centerpiece to enrich the sticks. Remove the metal collar from the ornament atmosphere of a room and make any occasion speand insert the stick. The stick can be glued to the cial. ball, but I have found it isn’t necessary. Adjust the Sharon Quale is a master gardener from central length of the sticks to give a pleasing balanced Minnesota. She may be reached at (218) 738-6060 or appearance. Placing the balls at different heights squale101@yahoo.com. ❖ makes the design more interesting.
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their dad and talk to Jack’s teacher, Jackson would not back down. He was right. He slammed his fists on his car seat and said, “Sam said it so it is true!” When our girls were in second grade, their teacher sent a note home on the first day of school that read in effect, I will not believe everything your child says to me about your home, if you do not believe everything your child says to you about school. The struggle to discern truth is real, and the problem is bigger than little people’s stories. There was a time when you could take people at their word and believe all that you read in print or on the screen. But with biased media coverage and everyone having access to a keyboard and a personal social media platform where they can share and spew, facts and opinions have merged into muck. What is truth? When weighing stories from the news or the ones passed around tables in the break room, café or our kitchens, we may be persuaded truth comes from the one who is most passionate, polished, knowledgeable, or well read. To make the mining for truth even more
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To make mining for truth even more challenging, most stories have a nugget or more of truth. They are just given to us slanted.
challenging, most stories have a nugget or more of truth. They are just given to us slanted. And though each side may contain something that is true, it does not necessarily equate capital “T” Truth! It’s popular to make truth relevant. What’s true for you is true for you; what’s true for me is true for me. It sounds wonderfully tolerant. Cue the Coke commercial and sing of brotherly love and world peace. Here’s the thing. We can be as confident and sure of our truth as Jackson was of Sam’s shark, and we can still be wrong. But what if we are not? What if your conviction is fact? What if that thing you know that you know that you know is true, is just that. It is absolute truth! What then? Then give me ears to hear you by how you share, and I will seek to do the same for you. If you scream louder, I will tune you out. If you point your finger, I’ll turn away. If you bring in reinforcements, I’ll bring in mine. But if conversation happens in a space of grace, where we care more about the other person than about who is right, absolute truth can still be shared — but in a way that has the potential to unite instead of divide. Lenae Bulthuis muses about faith, family, and farming from her back porch on her Minnesota grain and livestock farm. She can be reached at lenaes bulthuis@gmail.com or @LenaeBulthuis. ❖
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“Natalie had a bat in her house,” said grandson Jackson who is in his first year of preschool and the telling of tales about his classmates. “Ugh!” moaned his 6-year old brother Landon from the seat the boys shared in the back of my Jeep. “Bats are disgusting!” “And you know what Sam THE BACK PORCH had in his house?” Jackson asked, then paused long. “A By Lenae Bulthuis shark!” “He did not,” Landon said. “Right, Nana? He did not have a shark in his house!” “He did, too! His dad saw it, his mom saw it, his sister saw it,” said Jack. And though Landon protested the fish tale and said he was going to ask
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What would Bert Hanson say? Bert Hanson was the plain spoken farmer and cattleman who wrote a column in The Land from 1976 to 1986. On his farm near Vernon Center, Minn., he led a colorful life. He is known for raising one of the top Shorthorn cattle herds in the nation and being a pioneer in farm aviation. He was a cornhusker, walnut cracker, trucker, pilot and tiling contractor. His daughter, Barb Glynn, recalls that her dad would type his columns with two fingers on a manual typewriter. While many loved his blunt columns, other readers loathed them, but either way everyone read him. “They had to read him so they could at least complain if nothing else,” said Glynn. When she was growing up on the farm, Hanson flew a four-passenger Cessna. While he often smoked cigars in his office, he also lit up once the plane was airborne. Hanson was ahead of the times when it came to farm aviation. On April 18, 1947, Hanson said, “There’s nothing like a plane to look over your land. I can analyze a drainage or erosion problem in an hour from the air which would take surveyors a month.” He had a 1946 Ercoupe, using the alfalfa fields as a landing strip. What would Hanson, a member of the Flying Farmers, think about drones today? He also preserved the traditions of old-time farming. In 1927 and 1931, Hanson was a Minnesota state cornhusking champion. Then in 1942, his farm was one of the sites of the cornhusking contest. One article referred to him as a “cornfield athlete.” And without Hanson, we might not have Minnesota Farmfest. From Sept. 11 to 17, 1972, the first Farmfest was held on his farm. The event included a World Ploughing Contest, Grand National Tractor Pull, crop demonstrations and big name entertainment. On the last day of the show, a monument called the Cairn of Peace was unveiled to recognize all the countries that participated in the World Ploughing Contest. Bob Hope appeared as did the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. According to Hanson, the cleanup lasted a month or more! In his columns, he railed against taxes, school levies, big government (before we called it big government), the Army Corps of Engineers and the “Blessed” Department of Natural Resources. He was a proponent of organic farming and picked up garbage in ditch clean-ups. Bert Hanson died in 1989 at the age of 87. Here are some excerpts from some of his most loved and loathed columns in The Land. January 1977: America, no longer the land of plenty! It is the land of too much. Who would have ever dreamed that we would arrive at this point in history? Too much labor, too much wheat, too many automobiles, too high a price structure, too many wild burros, too many wolves (not all the four-legged kind), too many wild horses and some not so wild, too many drunken drivers, too many guns even after we gave 10 million to the Vietnamese, too many divorces, too many worrying about the swine flu shots, too many worrying about cancer. March 1979: If you have cattle or sheep, it might be
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Bert Hanson: The Land columnist 1976-1986 a very good time to think about organic farming, as it is termed. You could save a bundle on chemicals and commercial fertilizer, relieve the pressure on the grain markets and probably end up with more dollars than by the method you are following. August 1980: Our local school issue has again come up, asking for more money as all of them seem to be doing, but some excuses seem rather odd. The three schools in our district have been here a long time, and it seems like it will take a couple of million dollars to put any of them in shape to comply with state regulations, and the enrollment is dropping. Safety is mentioned, but the only injuries that I can recall that have happened to any students were from sports. They also talk about cost of transportation but don’t hesitate to take a pair of busses a hundred miles for a two-bit ball game. All I will add is get out and vote. October 1981: The beloved, over-staffed DNR finally has gotten the counties from Franklin to Le Sueur to control the river, to prevent clear-cutting timber and the building of houses along that part of the stream. You may think you own a piece of land, but you sure don’t control it. It shouldn’t be much of anybody’s business what you do on your own land, but we have so many public teatsuckers that they have to mess into other people’s business to seem to be employed. It makes you wonder what Bert would say about American politics today. Information on Bert Hanson’s life is from the book, “The Best of Bert.” ❖
2 large ripe bananas, peeled and mashed In a blender, mix all ingredients except the flours and bananas. Whip until smooth. Pour the batter into a mixing bowl and blend in the flours and bananas. Spray the bottom only of a glass pan with a nonstick spray; pour in the batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. ■ Add a little tzing to your usual twice-baked potatoes with generous Greek seasonings and a limited amount of strongly flavored feta cheese, which add so much tzippy tzest you won’t miss the calories. Twice-Baked Greek Potatoes Yields: 8 servings 4 large baking potatoes 1/2 cup 1 percent milk 3 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled Oregano, to taste 1/2 teaspoon salt
The Johnson clan gives four out of four ‘yums’ to Spicy Clam Chowder In a 3-quart saucepan, combine potatoes, onion, carrot, water and margarine. Simmer over medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring frequently. Add additional water if vegetables start to stick. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat. Simmer for 10-15 minutes. Remove bay leaf before serving. ■ Everybody loves banana bread, but it’s not so great for the waistline. Enter Banana Pan-Bread, which uses the amazing richness of pureed prunes (you read that right) to replace the usual oil and buttermilk. Skip the egg yolks, use half wheat flour, half white, and you’re on the road to Guilt-Free City, baby. Banana Pan-Bread Yields: 24 servings 1 cup sugar 4 egg whites 1 teaspoon coconut extract 4 ounces small pitted dried prunes 2 tablespoons water 1 teaspoon salt 1-1/2 teaspoon baking soda 8 ounces wheat flour 8 ounces white flour
1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 cup green onions, thinly sliced 2 bacon slices, cooked and crumbled Pierce potatoes with a knife; bake at 400 degrees for one hour. Cool; cut each potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out pulp into a large bowl, leaving a 1/2-inch thick shell. Mash pulp with a potato masher. Add milk and cream cheese; stir with a whisk. Add feta cheese, oregano, salt and pepper; stir well. Spoon potato mixture into shells. Place on a baking sheet; bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with green onions and bacon. If your community group or church organization has printed a cookbook and would like to have it reviewed in the “Cookbook Corner,” send us a copy to “Cookbook Corner,” The Land, P.O. Box 3169, Mankato, MN 56002. Please specify if you wish to have the cookbook returned, and include information on how readers may obtain a copy of the cookbook. Submission does not guarantee a review. ❖
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When it comes to cooking and baking, there are easy (and tasty) healthy substitutions you can incorporate in your daily meal preparation. Many foods can be made healthier without sacrificing flavor. Substituting new foods for your tried-and-true staples might feel foreign at first, but if you stick with it you will start to see how much you love the taste — and the effects on your body. The Mankato Eagles Auxiliary 269 sells cute mini-cookbooks for a measly five bucks to raise funds for its many good works. This month: “Better Health.” (Next month, we’ll do the opposite: “Irresistible Cookies and Bars!” Because fair is fair.) ■ My family can attest that Spicy Clam Chowder lives up to its name. Fresh vegetables, generous seasonings and those chewy little clam-bits combine to create a fragrant, hearty, dairy-less broth with an added kick. Add oyster crackers for lunch or a loaf of bread and greens for supper for the very epitome of ease and good taste. Four out of four “yums” from the Johnson gang! Spicy Clam Chowder Yields: 6 servings 1 cup red potatoes, peeled and cubed 1/3 cup onion, chopped 1/4 cup carrot, chopped 1/4 cup water 2 tablespoons margarine 2 (14-1/2 ounce) cans whole tomatoes, undrained, cut up 3/4 cup spicy vegetable juice 1 (6-1/2 ounce) can minced clams, undrained 2 tablespoons ketchup 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, snipped 1 bay leaf 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco pepper sauce 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves 1/8 teaspoon pepper
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Estimate expenses now for 2017 marketing plan Average 2017 corn and soybean budgets for cash rented farmland look unprofitable at projected input costs and current market prices. In 2007, prices were similar to what is available in 2017 for corn and soybeans. The table compares actual figures for 2007 and 2015 from the David Bau FINBIN database for southern Minnesota and compares them to trends for 2017. The figures for 2017 indicate losses on both corn and soybeans. Even with crop insurance and government payments, corn lost money in 2015. Examine “Total direct expense per bushel” and you will see that in 2007 Southern Minnesota farmers needed to receive $2.37 per bushel of corn to cover the direct costs and $5.12 per bushel for soybeans. Comparing these to the trend figures for 2017 of $3.43 for corn and $8.16 for soybeans, this represents a 45 percent increase in corn costs and 59 percent increase in soybean costs, while prices are the same or flat. Farmers setting up marketing plans may be interested that corn is projected at $4.16 per bushel after government and insurance payments and $10.18 for soybeans. With current 2017 prices well below these levels, farmers are forced to look for ways to make $3.25 corn and $9.00 soybean prices work. Also listed on the table are the major input costs. Rents are the top input cost accounting for 41 percent for soybeans and 27 percent for corn in the trend 2017 columns at $194 per acre. There should be pressure on rental rates to decrease in 2017, but there will need to be some tough negotiations. Landlords with increasing property taxes have been behind the curve — increasing rental rates during the record prices and now are trying to play catch up at a time when budgets do not support current rental rates and other input costs. For corn, the next major input cost is fertilizer. Fertilizer prices have declined significantly in 2017. There is a very direct relationship between potential yield and fertilizer, so it is not a good area for farmers to cut on the amount. Seed cost is the next highest expense and there may be a small decrease in seed costs for 2017 from dealers. But again, it will be hard to lower these costs further without affecting yields. The most recent actual numbers available are from 2015, but
farmers should use their 2016 cost figures when looking for areas to cut costs. Depreciation is one item that can be trimmed, but does not quickly change as a farmer’s equipment size usually matches their farm size. I am sure farmers will be looking at all costs and trying to lower them somehow. Farmers will need crunch the numbers to see
where the costs will be and then what prices are needed to cover these costs and start a marketing plan. It would be nice if farmers could generate the positive incomes of 2007 compared to projected losses in 2017. This article was submitted by David Bau, Extension educator, agricultural business management, University of Minnesota Extension. ❖
Corn and soybean input costs comparison between 2007, 2015 and 2017
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Viking 2155N Relative Maturity: Early Group 2 Conventional Variety Impressive yield potential, keeping up with the best-available RR2 beans in our trials (66.1 bu. avg. in 2016). Good defensive package with
good tolerance to IDC, Phytophthora and Brown Stem Rot. PI88788 gene for Soybean Cyst Nematode. Well-adapted to SD, IA, MN and WI.
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Viking 2188AT12N Relative Maturity: Early Group 2 Conventional Variety Excellent multi-gene aphid resistance may eliminate the need for spraying insecticides. Very high yield potential, competing with RR2Yield soybeans in our replicated testing (66.7bu. avg. in 2016). Taller plant type. PI88788 gene for Cyst Nematode resistance. Yellow hilum, average protein.
67009X Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 0.09 A taller line with good lateral branches, very good IDC and stress tolerance. Great emergence and BSR tolerance helps it handle the tough RRV soils. Very good Phytophthora field tolerance with heavy pod development at every node plus strong top cluster ability gives this variety top-end yield potential. 56009NRR2Y Relative Maturity: 0.09 Brings multiple characteristics into one variety for the northern soybean grower with the unique Rps 3a + 1c gene for Phytophthora root rot protection with SCN. Plus good IDC and SWM tolerance compared to competition. Excellent emergence and stress tolerance and multi-year consistently top performing data on variable soil types and environments. 5601RR2Y Relative Maturity: 0.1 Strong agronomic package and solid overall performance in northwestern Minnesota and North Dakota. Very good IDC and BSR tolerance. Good lateral branching showing good width for an early variety.
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6703XN Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 0.3 Adapts to variable soil types and environments and is an offensive/defensive variety. Rps 3a gene, excellent IDC, stress tolerance, outstanding emergence and standability exhibiting strong lateral branching. Overall very solid agronomics. 6707XN Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 0.7 An attractive, unique looking line with very good IDC and stress tolerance. Will handle tough clay soils and has a high Phytophthora field tolerance. Best positioned on average to poor soils in adapted RM and further north.
6709XN Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 0.9 Has a strong agronomic package with great IDC, Phytophthora field tolerance and emergence. Aggressive lateral branches fill the row quickly and heavily podded at each node with a good ability to top cluster pods. Strong performance in Minnesota with improved performance going west. 6713XN Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 1.3 RM Has attractive large dark green leaves and a high yield potential paired with a solid agronomic package including very good drought tolerance. Carries the unique Rps 3a +1c gene for multi-race Phytophthora root rot tolerance and an excellent overall disease package that will perform in many environments. Position Minnesota west into South Dakota and North Dakota. 6617XN Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 1.7 Has very consistent performance results from southern Minnesota west into South Dakota. An excellent standing variety with fantastic emergence and a moderate resistance to BSR. An offensive/defensive variety with remarkable SWM tolerance. 5719NRR2Y Relative Maturity: 1.9 Has an attractive uniform field appearance and a very strong agronomic package with very good BSR, SDS and SWM tolerance. Aggressive upright lateral branches heavily podded with the ability to top cluster pods. Good choice for cold soils and stress prone acres east to west in adapt RM. 5721NRR2Y Relative Maturity: 2.1 Has a very solid overall disease package; resistant to BSR, very good SDS and above average IDC tolerance making it a great fit for most acres. Very consistent top-end performance across South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. Good choice for bean on bean rotations and stress prone soils. 6721XN Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 2.1 Has dominate yield potential across a large area east to west. A medium-tall variety with amazing lateral branches and width. Heavily podded on the main stem with a high number of four-seed pods. Position in most environments and a very good choice for stress prone acres.
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www.dairylandseed.com DSR-0225/R2Y Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 0.2 Impressive looks and yield for northern environments. Nice early vigor with lateral branching, good height and standability. Strong agronomic attributes for BSR and PRR. Segregating for P188788 to provide some SCN tolerance. Tested as DST01-000/R2Y in 2015 and beat the plot average 87 percent of the time.
DSR-0988/R2Y Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 0.9 New 0.9 RM with excellent yield potential. Superb performance in MN and ND. Top of the line PRR protection. Agronomically sound from top to bottom. Can move south as an early option and still maintain yield. DSR-1313/R2Y Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 1.3 Exciting new 1.3 RM for consistency. 82 percent win record over the plot average. Excellent stress tolerance in every category. Covers any soil or management style. Medium height and bushiness. Striking appearance in season and at harvest.
LG Seeds www.lgseeds.com C1337RX Relative Maturity: 1.3 Xtend C1337RX performs well across the entire Group I geography. High yield potential with a great defensive package. Medium tall height plants have an attractive light tawny brown look. C1855RX Relative Maturity: 1.8 Xtend C1855RX is a complete package of high yields and defense with excellent IDC scores and good tolerance to BSR and white mold. Performs well across the late Group I and the early Group II zone. Medium tall height plants have an attractive light tawny brown look. C1870R2 Relative Maturity:1.8 Roundup Tolerance C1870R2 performs at a high level, furnishing top end yields, has a good disease profile, with excellent emergence and standability. Plants exhibit good pod clustering on the main stem of medium height plants. C2126RX Relative Maturity: 2.1 Xtend C2126RX has dominating yield performance and will be a key line in this maturity. Medium tall plants sport many podded side branches. A complete package of high yields and defense. Disease package protects with resistance to PRR, BSR, SCN and high tolerance to SDS and IDC.
04x427 Relative Maturity: 0.4 Looks to set a new yield standard in the 0.2-0.5 range. Excellent IDC score plus Rps3a Phytophthora gene. Cyst protection, very nice line.
C2520R2 Relative Maturity: 2.5 Roundup Tolerance C2520R2 dominated mid-Group II research trials across the Midwest and has a superior defensive package as well. Medium tall, light tawny, attractive plants are broadly adapted with protection against IDC, PRR, BSR, SDS, white mold and SCN. Also has exceptional stress and drought tolerance.
10x127 Relative Maturity: 1.0 Exciting soybean offering at 1.0 maturity. Rps3a, excellent IDC, cyst protection. Strong emergence and good stress tolerance.
C2535RX Relative Maturity: 2.5 Xtend C2535RX shows consistent performance across environments, has very high yields on prairie soils. Medium tall with a moderate stature. Disease package protects with resistance to PRR, BSR, SCN. Handles IDC and has good scores against SDS and white mold. Moves north well as a fuller season choice. C2766RX Relative Maturity: 2.7 Xtend C2766RX covers a large footprint across the entire corn belt from east to west. Top notch yield potential and is moderate in stature. Consistent yields across environments with very good early vigor with solid standability. Disease package protects with resistance to PRR, BSR, SCN and is highly rated against SDS and IDC.
Mustang Seeds www.mustangseeds.com 00x977 Relative Maturity: 0.09 Nice package Rps1k along with MR on BSR. Medium-tall plant with very good emergence. Yields with soybeans several days later.
07x727 Relative Maturity: 0.7 Very good IDC score with cyst protection. Taller, thin line plant. Plant in zone or push north for best yields.
13x927 Relative Maturity: 1.3 Great soybean cross related to our proven 14323 RR2Y. Cyst protection plus Rps3a protection. Exciting soybean for that mid Group 1. 18x827 Relative Maturity: 1.8 White mold tolerance very high. Excellent standability with very nice western movement. Moderate resistance to brown stem rot. 21x127 Relative Maturity: 2.1 The yield dominator in early Group II soybeans. Med-tall plant with good stress tolerance. Very nice total agronomics with this bean. 27x827 Relative Maturity: 2.7 Excellent package with this high-yielding soybean. Rps3a + Rps1k wow protection, very good white mold. Very good IDC; a must plant if 2.7 fits your maturity. 30x727 Relative Maturity: 3.0 Has been top notch performer from the start. Very good white mold rating, MR on BSR. Very reliable performance in wide area. 13327 RR2Y Relative Maturity: 1.3 Exciting new addition to the Roundup Ready 2 Yield lineup. Very broad adaption with very impressive yields. Excellent performance in years of testing.
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DSR-1526/R2Y Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 1.5 Excellent new 1.5 RM with a broad reach. Improved height, yield and adaptability over DSR1515/R2Y. Solid across management and environmental variables. Good against PRR, IDC, WM, SDS and SCN. Genetically prone to larger seed size to boost yield potential.
DSR-2017/R2Y Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 2.0 New workhorse with top end yield potential. Agronomically sound in all categories. Can work in any soil or management style. Stands out in the toughest situations. Good looks from emergence through harvest.
C2255R2 Relative Maturity: 2.5 Roundup Tolerance C2255R2 adds a high yielding product to the Early Group II line-up that offers an excellent disease profiles. Medium tall plants are widely adapted across the upper Midwest with stable high yields across varied environments.Great agronomics – emergence, vigor, standability. Resistance to SCN, PRR and BSR. Superior ratings for IDC, SDS. Good scores against white mold.
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DSR-0807/R2Y Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 0.8 Consistent in low-yield situations and excels in better environments. Rps1c and PRR field tolerance promote vigorous early growth. Resistant to BSR. Best in class WM score in late Group 0 RM. Caution where IDC is an issue.
DSR-1870/R2Y Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 1.8 New 1.8 RM addition with a broad reach. Medium-tall in a fuller plant type. Handles BSR, WM and SDS. Good choice on IDC prone soils.
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NS 0012R2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 00.1 Exclusive to NorthStar Genetics. Ultra early maturity. Excellent defensive package. Unique pod clustering at top of plant. NS 0042R2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 00.4 Best suited on your highly productive soils. Superior white mold and IDC tolerance. Use in conjunction with NS 0080R2. NS 0052R2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 00.5 Very good IDC tolerance. Strong emergence in cold soil conditions. Consistent performer east/west along US Hwy 2 to Canadian border. NS 0072R2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 00.7 Med-tall plant with great lateral branching. Very strong IDC tolerance for tough conditions. Great early season vigor results in strong yield performance. Package with a purchase of NS 0081NR2.
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NS 0852NR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 0.8 Excellent yield with strong agronomics. Outstanding IDC tolerance. Very strong early season vigor. Maintains yield potential with southern movement. NS 1492NR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 1.4 Broadly adapted to a variety of soil types. Very good brown stem rot protection. Yield leader in multi-year trials. High stress tolerance. NS 1776NR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 1.7 Medium-tall bean that is broadly adapted for strong performance across eastern South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Outstanding IDC
tolerance, ideal for alkali soils. Excellent resistance to brown stem rot, and the Rps1k gene for phytophthora tolerance in wet conditions. Strong, fast emergence with very good standability. NS 2031NR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 2.0 Strong emergence that leads to strong in-season standability. Medium-tall plant with excellent SDS and BSR tolerance. Rps1c gene for exceptional phytophthora tolerance. Keep off fields with a history of white mold. NS 2282NR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 2.2 Outstanding yield potential across multiple growing environments. Rps1c gene for exceptional phytophthora tolerance and excellent resistance to brown stem rot. Medium-tall soybean that is well adapted from South Dakota to Michigan. Improved stress tolerance makes it ideal for marginal soils. NS 2362NR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield Relative Maturity: 2.3 New, medium-tall soybean with outstanding overall stress tolerance. Near full resistance to brown stem rot. Excellent resistance to IDC, SDS, and white mold. Strong performance in South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan.
NS 60082NXR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 00.8 Earliest RR2 Xtend variety available. High yield with terrific defensive package. Excellent emergence and standability. Superior IDC tolerance. NS 60092XR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 00.9 Two years worth of data shows strong yields in the north. Has been extremely competitive to NorthStar NS 0111R2 in replicated trial data. Very strong defensive package, with yield punch. NS 60442NXR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 0.4 Rps3a, IDC, and cyst protection in one product. Consistent high yield performance in 2014 and 2015 replicated data. Data supports growing this one based on yield alone. NS 60622NXR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 0.6 Broadly adapted across North Dakota and Minnesota. Maintains performance with southern movement into central Minnesota. Strong IDC, SCN, and SWM scores make a great defensive package. Competes extremely well with the newest RR2 varieties.
NS 1550NLL LibertyLink Relative Maturity: 1.5 Consistent high yields in replicated testing in Minnesota and South Dakota. SCN protection with great IDC and SWM scores. Excellent choice in this maturity.
NS 60932NXR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 0.9 Excellent performance in Southern North Dakota as well as Minnesota and South Dakota Group 1 areas. Excellent phytophthora and IDC tolerance. Lateral branches on med-bush plant type express high yield.
NS 1742NLL LibertyLink Relative Maturity: 1.7 Two-year trial testing shows outstanding performance. Strong defensive package with great IDC score. Showy med-bush plant type, you can see the yield potential.
NS 61271NXR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 1.2 Showy appearance that fills rows well. Adapted to most soils, with best performance in the loam/clay loams. Rps3a, cyst protection, and IDC tolerance.
NS 2372NLL LibertyLink Relative Maturity: 2.3 Excellent yield potential, competing well with Roundup Ready 2 Yield varieties. Strong cyst nematode resistance. K-gene for good phytophthora resistance. Position away from high pH soils.
NS 61312NXR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 1.3 Combines Rps3a and Rps1c in one product. Outstanding performance in all Group 1 areas. Will yield with our NorthStar NS 1492NR2. NS 61751NXR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Xtend
Relative Maturity: 1.7 Central Minnesota performer that moves south well to Iowa border. Broad adaptation with great IDC tolerance for tougher soils. Competitive yielder with NorthStar NS 1911NR2. NS 61882NXR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 1.8 Superior SWM and BSR protection. Excellent standability through harvest. West central Minnesota and eastern South Dakota yield leader. NS 62002NXR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 2.0 High yielding early Group 2 variety. Don’t plant just for the Xtend trait, this thing flat out yields. Med-tall, med-bush plant type, you can see the yield in this one. NS 62332NXR2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Relative Maturity: 2.3 Very eye-appealing plant type with excellent standability. Resistant to brown stem rot. Broad east to west adaptation from South Dakota to Michigan.
Producers Hybrids www.producershybrids.com 0814NRX Relative Maturity: 0.8 This new 0.8 RM Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean variety brings an excellent IDC score with very good stress tolerance. It has HRps 3a for Phytophthora control. This variety has very good northern movement as it tends to lean a little earlier than an 0.8. With a more upright stature, 0814NRX is a great fit for narrow row or solid seeding situations. 1015NRX Relative Maturity: 1.0 This new 1.0 RM Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean variety brings a very good IDC score, excellent standability and very good stress tolerance in the late group 0/early group 1 maturity. It also has both the Rps 3a + 1c genes in it for very good Phytophthora tolerance. In addition, 1015NRX has SCN resistance and good southern movement.
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www.producershybrids.com 1315NRX Relative Maturity: 1.3 This new 1.3 RM Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean variety brings the Rps 3a + 1c genes for very good Phytophthora tolerance along with good emergence and standability. Good stress tolerance and a good IDC score, along with SCN resistance, allows for a broad area of adaptation for 1315NRX.
1715NRX Relative Maturity: 1.7 This new 1.7 RM Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean variety brings very good SWM tolerance. This is the go-to line if SWM has been an issue on your acres in the past. Very good standability, stress tolerance and SCN resistance makes this a versatile variety. The 1715NRX line strengthens in yield data as you move west across Minnesota.
1815NRX Relative Maturity: 1.8 This new 1.8 RM Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean variety has good southern movement with a broad area of adaptation. It also has the Rps3a gene for Phytophthora tolerance. 1815NRX has very good IDC tolerance along with its SCN resistance. 1905NR2 Relative Maturity: 1.9 This new 1.9 RM Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybean variety has exceptional yield from a plant that has a very uniform appearance. Along with its SCN resistance, it also has very good Phytophthora tolerance. 1905NR2 also has very good emergence, standability and stress tolerance.
2315NRX Relative Maturity: 2.3 This new 2.3 RM Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean variety has very good emergence and standability. Along with its very good SWM tolerance it also has BSR resistance. 2315NRX has an above average SDS tolerance along with its SCN resistance. 2515NRX Relative Maturity: 2.5 This new 2.5 RM Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean variety has very good east to west movement. It also has excellent emergence and standability. Along with its SCN resistance and very good BSR resistance, 2515NRX has good SWM and SDS tolerance.
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2115NRX Relative Maturity: 2.1 This new 2.1 RM Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean variety has a very broad area of adaptation with excellent emergence. The very
good lateral branching makes this soybean an excellent choice for rows over 20 inches wide. 2115NRX also has very good IDC tolerance and BSR tolerance packaged with its SCN resistance.
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1415NRX Relative Maturity: 1.4 This new 1.4 RM Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean variety brings nice agronomics with an excellent IDC score, very good SWM tolerance and excellent stress tolerance. Along with this, it also has the Peking source of SCN resistance. A very nice agronomic package with very good top end yield potential makes 1415NRX a fit on many acres.
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Farmamerica director sees acres of potential By PAUL MALCHOW The Land Managing Editor WASECA, Minn. — The crops are in, the ground is bare, and throughout the townships you can almost hear a collective sigh of relief as an unusually soggy 2016 is about to be history. Like many of the farms in the area west of Waseca, the Farmamerica campus is pretty quiet on this blustery November morning — everywhere except Jessica
Rollins’ office. Rollins had just come on board this fall as Farmamerica’s new director. In a few short months, hundreds of grade school children will be visiting the agricultural interpretive center. Rollins wants to make sure the learning experience is the best possible. “I’m super excited to be here,” Rollins exclaimed.
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Jessica Rollins became the Farmamerica director this fall. Farmamerica, located in Waseca, Minn., is an agricultural interpretive center. “We can have so much fun. My heart is with farmers and I’m looking forward to share the story of farming — past and present.” When Rollins says her heart is with farmers, it’s not just a company line for the board of directors. Rollins grew up on her parents’ farm near Harmony, Minn. With thoughts of a career in psychology after high school, Rollins attended Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. During her senior year she lived on an Australian sheep farm for six months and decided agriculture was where she wanted to be. “I was struck by how similar (Australia’s) agriculture was to ours,” Rollins recalled. “The crops, the farms, their concerns, government regulations … it’s just the same as us — just in a different country.” Rollins went to work for Archer Daniels Midland and when funding for her department was cut, she moved on to the South Dakota Pork Producers Council. It was there she discovered a liking for graphic arts and writing. Those skills got Rollins hired by a public relations firm in the Twin Cities whose client was the Minnesota Soybean Council. But city life was not suiting Rollins. “I needed to be closer to farming,” she admitted. Rollins landed on her feet doing video editing and public relations work for Pioneer in Mankato. When the Farmamerica position became available, Rollins jumped at the chance. “This is Minnesota’s ag interpretive center,” she said, “not just the Waseca area. There is so much potential. We have incredible space and such a great story.” Farmamerica Farmamerica was established by the Minnesota legislature in 1978 as a place to showcase and preserve the state's agricultural heritage. The site was originally 120 acres. Over time, acreage was added See FARMAMERICA, pg. 19
Farmamerica offers first farm experience to many youth
— Jessica Rollins
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The Farmamerica visitor center sits on 360 acres in rural Waseca, Minn. Visitors begin their experience at the Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center here at the visitor center.
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take Farmamerica on the road (so to speak) providing more agriculture experiences to classrooms. Rollins would also like to provide learning opportunities for a wider range of age groups. Most student tours are geared toward grades three through six. High school students will utilize Farmamerica facilities for projects and FFA leadership training takes place on the grounds. “There is a gap between what we offer grade school and high school students,” Rollins said. “I think another piece missing is information about modern ag techniques.” But for now, Rollins must get ready for another year of tours. Summer visitors can take a self-guided tour; but tour guides are available for groups of 10 or more. With tour guides, grounds maintenance and field crops, Farmamerica utilizes more than 150 volunteers and a few paid staff in the summer. There is also the matter of tending to 360 acres of land. Crystal Valley Cooperative takes care of most of the planting. DuPont Pioneer uses some of the land for test plots. Birds Eye plants sweet corn and peas on some of the acreage. “I love the partnership we have with these businesses,” said Rollins. “They are filling both our needs. I’d like to look at doing more crop research in the future.”
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FARMAMERICA, from pg. 18 as well as buildings and exhibits. Today, Farmamerica occupies 360 acres with a visitor center, a pond, prairie restoration, many external historical buildings, plus a large collection of antique tractors and farm equipment. The ponds and wetlands associated with the prairie have been restored to reflect the time in Minnesota history prior to settlement of the region in the 1850s. Farmamerica features an authentic 1850s settlement and a 1930s farmstead which includes a house, dairy, windmill, barns and other out-buildings. There is a one-room schoolhouse, church, blacksmith shop, town hall, feed mill and grain elevator. The primary focus of Farmamerica is education. Rollins estimates 2,000 students tour the facility each year. The majority of these are grade school children; and in some cases, their visit to Farmamerica is the first time they experience live farm animals up close in a farm setting. “We don’t have any livestock in the winter,” Rollins said. “But we have mules, pigs, calves, sheep, goats, chickens and maybe even some ducks.” Since there are no tours given in the winter, the calendar leaves precious few weeks during the school year for students to visit. Plus, travel time is a serious consideration when trying to provide youngsters with a meaningful farm experience. Rollins would like to
Farmamerica has gardens from the 1850 and 1930 eras, and Rollins would like to explore the possibility of expanding the site’s vegetable gardens. “We have to look at the manpower it would take to keep the gardens weeded and maintained,” she reasoned, “and what to do with the produce. I know some places give the produce to a food shelf, but right now I’m not sure how that works.” Farmamerica’s funding, and thereby its existence, lies at the mercy of the state Legislature and the biennial
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budget process. “Funding from the state has been steady for the past 10 years,” said Rollins. “The Waseca Area Foundation gives us grant money for school programs. We get some grant dollars, donations and money from memberships. I’d like to have more fund-raising events ... partnering with local organizations.” Operations of Farmamerica is governed by a board of directors which is currently chaired by Warren Formo. There are 15 seats on the board. Each seat is a three-year term and board members are limited to a maximum of three terms. The board meets once a month and the annual membership meeting takes place in April. There are various levels of memberships, beginning with individual memberships at $25 per year. Visit www.farmamerica.org or call (507) 835-2052 for information on memberships, volunteer opportunities and educational programs. ❖
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Farmer shows purple pride with precision planter in bean field By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer SACRED HEART, Minn. — Special messages in crop fields are old hat. Usually cut into a field when the crop is in early growth stage, “I Love You” is always a cherished message — especially when creative farmers get their bride into an airplane for an aerial view. And corn mazes can be excellent revenue generators. So how about a 20-acre Minnesota Vikings logo planted smack dab in the center of a 175-acre soybean field? To gain perspective, the logo is about the size of the new Vikings stadium. Far fetched? Not if you are a Minnesota Vikings fan and have the technology smarts programmed into a planter that can change varieties instantly while planting Photo by Dick Hagen at upwards of 10 mph. Jeff Boersma of 212 Seed and Chemical in Bird Island, Minn., provided the That is precisely what Ryan precision farming technical inputs to “grow” this Minnesota Vikings logo in Aalderks, 41-year old Renville the middle of Ryan Aalderks’ soybean field. County farmer, accomplished this year. This was a team project with Jeff Boersma of 212 Seed and Chemical in Bird Island, Minn., who provided the precision farming technical inputs. “We tried it and it turned out pretty good,” said 22’9” long Aalderks. w/tandem axle, 14’ blade w/industrial Iron chlorosis was the catalyst in initiating this cutting edge, 9’ wide game. Chlorosis causes yellowing of the plants’ in the narrow position, leaves. Aalderks used two seed varieties with differmany options ing iron chlorosis tolerances to obtain the contrasting colors. The game began in 2011 when Aalderks began collecting precise yield data across the field, which was shared with Boersma who did overlays of each field with soil maps, soil samples and yield data 3 pt. heavy duty from the last five years. Rock Lifter “He then programs different planting rates across Available in the field based on different soil types which also preStandard or cisely identifies iron chlorosis sections within the field,” Aalderks explained. “All this data proHeavy Duty grammed into my planter monitor automatically switches from offensive to defensive varieties, depending upon the soil beneath my planter at that precise moment.” The two had seen pictures of fields where variety choices were made on the go based on soil data. Aalderks had a 175-acre field which looked like a for leveling good trial run for this variety-switching strategy. tile lines So how did Boersma scope out the dimensions of the Vikings logo to get such an exacting replica when Aalderks planted this 175-acre soybean field? Software to the rescue. “I can calculate acreage very rapDouble B Manufacturing idly,” Boersma said. “I have a variety of tools that I 6666 58th Avenue SE • Willmar, MN 56201
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Planter can switch seed types, planting rates on the go process is using varieties with great tolerance to iron deficiency chlorosis. Aalderks’ planter has two seed tanks — thus permitting two seed varieties with differing iron chlorosis tolerances. That’s why a defensive variety into the field’s hot spots (high chlorosis areas) and the switch to the offensive variety into the better ground utilizes each acre of the entire field. “With our input costs going up, we need to more precisely look at more variable rate usage of every input,” explained Aalderks. “It boils down to the fact that a dollar saved here and there over your entire farm adds up.” The planter model is a John Deere 1770, 16-row, 30-inch rows which Aalderks bought from an Indiana farmer who was already deep into precision farming technologies. So this two-year-old rig was equipped with what he needed for his venture. Each seed tank holds about 50 bushels. Next season He did some of the same variable input strategies on his corn. Yield and cost analysis is yet to come, but he’s certain this same precision farming program will be a major thrust of his 2017 cropping program. So next year? Aalderks thinks another Viking logo field is likely, but there might be some debate. His wife is a huge Green Bay Packers fan! So perhaps two computer-generated NFL logos in Renville County soybean fields in 2017? Stay tuned! ❖
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database was ready when it was time to plant.” His offensive bean variety was AsGrow 1636; the defensive bean for the higher chlorosis ground was AsGrow 1733. There’s enough color difference in these two varieties so there was no mistaking the Vikings Ryan Aalderks logo from 300-foot elevation via Boersma’s quadcopter drone. “My input team really keeps up with the technology game. Endless info is what this is all about. I give them lots of credit for helping me make all this fun work,” said Aalderks. Equipment Boersma related that Aalderks was one of the first Minnesota farmers to have a planter with the capability of almost instantly switching from seed A to B on the go and doing the same with planting rate. “Positioning agronomics is key to precision farming,” Boersma said. “We start with all layers of data and the input of the farmers’ knowledge of his fields such as the location of chlorosis areas within the field. We’ll position a soybean variety with good iron chlorosis tolerance and good yields just for that area. In the non-chlorosis areas, we’ll position a higheryielding bean.” Iron chelates can be added with the planter to help remedy these issues. In severe “nuclear ground” we can also variable rate the iron chelates. But the best
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PRECISION PLANTING from pg. 20 can use … even identifying almost to the square foot the acreage of a drowned-out spot. I geo-rectified that image into my GIS software as a layer on the map and then tagged the varieties and rates to the shape of the logo.” Boersma also noted the pubescence color of these two varieties differed. The in-season green color had a different shade. Prior to harvest, one variety was a tawny-orange color, the other more of a gray color. “The color differences really popped just before combining,” Boersma exclaimed. “This first season, we wanted to have a little fun with the planter. Seeing how precise we could plant was the primary goal. We got up to 99.9 percent singulation planting at almost 10 mph while also switching varieties every 4 inches on the go. It really is amazing technology. The goal is to maximize yield production on virtually every square foot of an entire field. Instead of more acres, we need to get better with each acre. More and better agronomic knowledge plugged into this kind of a planter certainly delivers that goal.” Strategy The field was planted on May 6 with a seed count up to 155,000 per acre, depending upon soil type and fertility. “It was a rush this past spring for Jeff to collect all my info,” said Aalderks, “plus inputs from my local fertilizer dealer and my seed dealer to match up the right seed choices. They did a good job. That total
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‘The Tree Man’ is modern-day Johnny Appleseed By RENAE B. VANDER SCHAAF The Land Corespondent AKRON, Iowa — Sometimes an interest takes one’s life in a totally different direction than one envisioned. And that’s OK, according to Kevin DeBoer, who fully expected to be grain crop and livestock farmer — not a livestock and tree Kevin DeBoer farmer. DeBoer says he always enjoyed trees. It was a sixth grade school field trip on trees that also encouraged this interest. “When I moved to this farm, it lacked trees,” said DeBoer. “I missed the trees, so I went to some of my dad’s bottom ground where trees grew naturally and dug up some of the seedlings.” “The next year, my brother wanted some trees planted at his new house in LeMars which was located in a new development,” said DeBoer. “Pretty soon, the neighbors wanted trees, then realtors began asking, businessmen thought a tree or two might look great outside their businesses and things just grew from there.” Like a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, Kevin DeBoer’s name became synonymous with trees. Especially when the local paper did an article on “The Tree Man,” he now had a business. “With that notoriety, I learned that the State of Iowa said I needed a license,” said DeBoer. “So I got one, which caused me to seriously look at the nursery business. The license has also given me the benefit of being able to purchase trees from distributors.”
When I moved to this farm, it lacked trees. I missed the trees, so I went to some of my dad’s bottom ground where trees grew naturally and dug up some of the seedlings. — Kevin DeBoer
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Kevin DeBoer offers trees and expert tree planting. Most of his trees are container grown which means they can be planted anytime as long as the ground isn’t frozen. He has taken some extension courses and Western Iowa Tech courses that complements his own learning of trial and error experiences. The DeBoer Tree Farm has been in business for almost 30 years now. He offers both trees and expert planting of the trees. Planting trees DeBoer’s trees are mainly container grown, which DeBoer says has some advantages.
The DeBoer Tree Farm has been in business for almost 30 years. This is a view of the conifers at this tree farm near Akron, Iowa. “When trees are grown in the field, they have to be harvested before the leaves come out in the spring,” said DeBoer. “Sometimes people don’t decide to plant trees until July or later. A container-grown tree can be planted anytime as long as the ground is not froze up.” DeBoer planted trees at the Dakota Fairgrounds in Nebraska last December. But most often his tree planting occurs from April to October. To aid in his planting of trees, he has modified a regular posthole digger that has a 14-inch auger bit. “By adding a rototiller blade that acts as a sweep blade, the tree has better growing environment,” said DeBoer. “Besides a larger hole, the soil is loose. The trees grow better in this softer soil.” This digger helps when you expect to plant 4,000 trees annually. To ensure good growth, DeBoer sends along a rooting stimulant which contains basic fertilizer to aid the roots. He won’t guarantee his trees unless a berm is planted around the newly planted tree to hold the water. He also suggests using tree chips, lightly piled close to the tree to prevent rodent damSee TREE MAN, pg. 23
DeBoer mixes grove soil with composted corn stalks
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Above: Part of Kevin De Boer’s tree fall chores include protecting the tree trunks from rabbits. Above right: DeBoer Tree Farm offers a wide variety of potted trees from which to choose. DeBoer keeps roughly 10,000 trees at his farm. Crisp apple,” said DeBoer. “They will eat the small trees down to a stub.” So in the fall, he is busy putting up fences to reduce rabbit damage. Winter weather can also be a challenge. A dry, windy and cold winter is hard on trees. One winter he sustained a loss of 4,000 trees. He will water trees during warm spells. See TREE MAN, pg. 24
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TREE MAN, from pg. 22 age, thicker further away. This also has the added benefit of reducing mower damage. DeBoer keeps close to 10,000 trees at his farm. Leafy trees, evergreens, a few fruit trees and some bushes, always keeping his customers in mind when selecting trees. “I choose trees on their hardiness, variety and disease resistance, and what the customer wants,” said DeBoer. “I prefer USDA Zone 3 for hardiness.” He orders trees from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Washington state. DeBoer said it is important to look at the seed source of the trees ordered, as that plays a big role in the tree’s abilities to stand the area’s cold winters. The trees will climatize to this area. The trees come bare root. DeBoer plants the trees into pots using his own soil composition of grove soil mixed with composted corn stalks. He puts both in a manure spreader which spreads it in rows, from which he hand shovels into containers. DeBoer hires high school and college students to help with this job in April. There are some people who just volunteer to help. Each potted tree gets a layer of tree chips. He does use a preemergence weed killer product which helps with weed control. Tree loss is very limited in the summer; but in the winter, rabbits can be a problem. “They really gravitate to the Honey
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DeBoer hands out free trees at garden shows TREE MAN, from pg. 23 Some of the evergreen trees will be laid down and covered with straw, removing it very early in the spring to prevent mold from forming. He also sprays the evergreens with a sealant to prevent winter weather from drying the needles. He works closely with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and farmers to build shelterbelts according to regulations. For a reasonable price, he plants the trees farmers purchase from him. His trees are priced very competitively, making it a good package deal for farmers and others planting large numbers of trees. He also encourages people to look at a variety of trees to help prevent a total tree loss if a disease was to appear. “Colorado and Black Hills spruces are popular trees,” said DeBoer. “But I would like people to consider the Norway spruce also. It is more disease resistant and just as winter hardy.” Another thing to consider is the location when planting trees. Some trees, such as willows, can take wet soil better. Other trees will survive
God created the trees; I’m just the distributor. — Kevin DeBoer
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A DeBoer Tree Farm sign is situated against a historic barn in the background. better if they are in a more sheltered location. Sharing DeBoer has a booth at garden shows where he hands out a free tree — seedlings that he cuts from hybrid willows. He really enjoys placing a tree in
anyone’s hands at these nursery shows. Who knows who is the next tree enthusiast? “God created the trees; I’m just the distributor,” said DeBoer. Visit www.deboertreefarm.com to learn more. ❖
Tree tips from Kevin DeBoer • Brome grass is deadly to trees. • Berms are necessary to hold water for newly planted trees. • Spray drift is becoming more of a threat to trees, young and old. • Plant a variety of trees. • If messy trees are a concern, look for a seedless variety. • A good time to plant trees is April through October.
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Grain Outlook Soy complex raises corn
Livestock Angles Cattle market overbought
Grain Angles Year-end reporting This is the time of year when grain producers refocus their attention and start getting asked for financial reports. Through working with our clients, we can offer guidance on financial reports and the why behind preparing them. Balance sheet One of the most common financial reports requested is the balance sheet. The balance sheet is a snapshot of what the producer owns and what they owe on a given day. This report should be completed on Dec. 31 or the last day of a business’s fiscal year. The grain producer makes many decisions during the months of December and January which CATHY OLSON AgStar Senior can have measurable impact to Business Analyst the balance sheet. Therefore, it is Mankator, Minn. important to have consistent year-end balance sheets. All balance sheet accounts should reconcile to the source document, such as bank or loan statements. 1. Tax/book basis — The tax basis balance sheet will omit assets that have no basis such as inventories. Fixed assets such as equipment are reported at the depreciated value which is often times significantly below market. 2. Lender/management balance sheets — Seek to get a balance sheet that reflects market values. This gives the producer a better understanding of their working capital and owner equity positions. 3. IRS – When an individual dies, the IRS will seek to get a full value balance sheet by way of appraisals. This balance sheet is used for calculat-
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So far, the month of November has been an excellent month for livestock prices. Both cattle and hog prices for the most part have advanced or at least maintained a steady type of price action. Several contributing factors seem to have come into play during the month. First there was the holidays on the doorstep and demand for meat generally increases for these holidays. Numbers of available inventories of animals declined slightly in the face of the expanding demand. And lastly the growing concern by many analysts that inflation is on the rise which brought speculative buying into the commodity markets. JOE TEALE These factors seemed to benefit Broker the cattle market the most. Both Great Plains Commodity cash and futures prices advanced Afton, Minn. into the Thanksgiving Day period to price levels not seen in weeks. Good competition by the packers over reduced available cattle numbers in recent weeks was a dominate feature in the price advance. Beef cutouts have also seen a good advance and at times seen an increase in demand for beef products. The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture Monthly Cattle on Feed report, released earlier in November, indicated the feedlots were not placing cattle as aggressively as in past months. This helped the futures market move from a discount to cash to a premium for a short period of time which signaled a more positive attitude toward the cattle market as a whole. The USDA Cold Storage Report brought some concern as beef stocks in storage remain high. This brings to attention that the comparison of the price
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The following marketing analysis is for the week ending Nov. 25. CORN — The holiday-shortened week brought a small rise in corn prices as they were dragged higher by the soy complex. It would not have been difficult for corn to have posted a lower weekly close except for the supportive tone out of the soy complex. December corn options expired the day after Thanksgiving and helped keep prices near the popular $3.50 strike price. Weekly export sales were very good at 66.5 million bushels. This is 77 percent ahead of last year when the U.S. Department PHYLLIS NYSTROM of Agriculture is predicting a 17.2 CHS Hedging Inc. percent year-on-year increase in St. Paul exports. Total commitments are 1.155 billion bushels compared to the USDA’s forecast for 2.225 billion bushels of exports, meaning we have 52 percent of the exports on the books. Argentina is competitive in the corn export arena for the March/April time slot. We need to keep our sales front-end loaded to be able to have a hope of achieving the USDA’s 2.225 billion bushel target. South Korea reported they have destroyed 1 percent of their poultry due to bird flu. While this isn’t significant so far, South Korea is the third largest buyer of U.S. corn. Weekly ethanol production fell by 3,000 barrels per day to 1.014 million bpd. This is the third highest production level of the current marketing year and remains as the largest production rate ever for this time of year. Ethanol stocks rose 400,000 barrels to 19 million barrels. Ethanol margins were up 2 cents
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RFS helps soybeans trade to highest level since July NYSTROM, from pg. 25 per gallon for the week at 32 cents per gallon. The final volume requirement for 2017 renewable fuel use was released from the Environmental Protection Agency this week. For 2017, it went from 18.8 billion gallon proposed volume to 19.28 billion gallons. For conventional or corn-based biofuel or ethanol, this means an increase from 14.8 billion gallons to 15 billion gallons. For cellulosic biofuel, it fell from a proposed 312 million gallons to 311 million gallons. For biomass-based diesel, it remained at 2.0 billion gallons. The International Grains Council increased their 2016-17 world corn production estimate by 7 million metric tons to a record 1.04 billion metric tons. Agroconsult raised their Brazilian corn production by 20 mmt to 92 mmt for 2016-17. Last year’s production was 72 mmt and the USDA’s outlook is 83.5 mmt. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced this week it will delay listing the July 2020 and December 2020 contracts as they seek comments on adding St. Louis as a delivery location. The USDA
will be releasing its 10-year baseline projections for U.S. crops and livestock on Nov. 29. OUTLOOK: December corn was up 3.75 cents for the week at $3.49.25 per bushel, July rallied 5.75 cents to settle at $3.73 and new crop December 2017 was 5.5 cents higher at $3.87.5 per bushel. A probable record South American corn crop this year and a 2.4 billion bushel projected U.S. carryover should limit the upside for corn. SOYBEANS — Soybeans shot higher when the Nov. 21 bell rang and never looked back. On the continuous soybean chart, soybeans traded to their highest level since July. Weakness in the Chinese yuan, which fell to an eight-year low vs. the U.S. dollar, was a major contributing factor to the sharp early week rally. Trade talk also centered on ideas with China cracking down on speculators in their markets, that money is moving into the U.S. market. The mid-week EPA announcement added to positive sentiment as well. Seasonal strength of soybeans rallying from Nov. 18 to Nov. 23 may have also attracted buyers. Beans had a streak of six straight higher closes as the holiday-shortened week came to a close. The rallying U.S. dollar and good South American weather didn’t seem to faze the money flowing into the soy complex. Strength stemmed from strong Asian markets and technical fund buying. Weekly export sales were above expectations at 69.8 million bushels. This brings total export commitments to 1.48 billion bushels and 26 percent ahead of last year. Year-on-year, the USDA is projecting a 6 percent increase in exports. The total com-
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Cash hog price should improve TEALE, from pg. 25 of beef to the other meats is still very high and will be a deterrent to increasing the demand for beef by the consumer. Currently, the cattle market is moving into a short-term overbought situation and could slow the current advance in price. Looking at the longer term, there are still factors to overcome that deal with supply and demand. Mainly, this is the disparity in price between beef, pork and chicken. Because of this, producers should closely watch current market trends and protect inventories as needed. The hog market has not quite seen the turnaround in prices that the cattle market has experienced. The futures has responded by moving from a deep discount to cash to a premium to cash in recent weeks. On the cash side, the market seems to be stabilizing after the long and protracted decline in price over the past several months. The pork cutout has remained very stable for the past month or so while cash hog prices have declined due to the more than adequate supply of inventory. This disparity between supply and demand is in the process of changing as hog numbers begin to decline and demand remains good. As this situation develops, cash hog prices should begin to improve over the next several weeks. Of course, as we move into the winter, weather becomes a major factor in the marketing of live inventory. This could provide some short term volatility from time to time. Producers should monitor market conditions and use discretion as to when to protect inventories. ❖
mitments are 72 percent of the total USDA forecast. The day before the holiday break, the EPA announced its levels for 2017 biofuel use. Advanced biofuel went from a proposed 4.0 billion gallons to 4.28 billion gallons for 2017. This swiftly pushed soybean and soyoil a step higher, while meal pulled back from their weekly high. AgroConsult upped the Brazilian soybean production to a record 102.6 mmt vs. 96.3 mmt last year. The USDA is carrying Brazil’s production at 102 mmt. The International Grains Council raised its world soybean production estimate 4 mmt to a record 336 mmt. Domestic soybean basis steady to firm this week, while the export numbers were weaker. This suggests we have too many beans headed down the river pipeline vs. processor demand. China was reportedly continuing to buy Brazilian soybeans for the last half of January. Ocean freight has been pushing higher. One factor is talk that China has been bringing in coal in preparation for a cold winter ahead. From the CME, beginning with the January 2019 soymeal contract, the delivery protein minimum level will be decreased from 48 percent to 47.5 percent. OUTLOOK: For the week, January soybeans soared 52.25 cents higher to close at $10.46 per bushel. July surged 48 cents higher to $10.64.5, and new crop November 2017 jumped 33.75 cents higher to close at $10.26.5 per bushel. Soybeans continue to extend their rally and until the money flow stops or profit-taking shows up, we could be in for increased volatility. The market is becoming overbought and changes could come unexpectedly. ❖
Cash flow projection forces planning OLSON, from pg. 25 ing estate value and potential taxes of the deceased individual. Income statement The income statement is the report that reconciles to the balance sheet. The annual net income on the bottom line of this report should be the same as it is in the equity section of the balance sheet. The income statement should provide the producer with a true picture of profitability for the business. 1. Cash/tax basis — Some confuse the tax return for an income statement. A tax return reflects how the producer managed their taxable income in a given year. The tax return does not recognize the year of production or what year the expenses represent. The tax return lacks the information needed to determine profitability. 2. Accrual adjusted — This type of income statement uses the cash reports and includes adjusting entries for payables, receivables, inventories and other adjusting entries. 3. Full accrual — This type of income statement is fully integrated with the balance sheet and reconciles with all balance sheet accounts. This is one of the highest levels of accounting and can be the most time consuming. The advantage is that it produces a
more accurate gauge of the financial performance in a given period. However, it does take extra effort to record the transaction at the time of the occurrence regardless of when cash is paid or received. Cash flow projection A cash flow is an estimate of all cash receipts and all cash expenditures that are expected to occur during a certain time period. Estimates can be made monthly, quarterly or other periods deemed appropriate for the business. Estimates will include nonfarm income and expenses as well as farm items. The cash flow looks only at actual cash transactions and not at net income or profitability. A cash flow will force you to think through your farming plans for the year. The cash flow can identify your peak operating loan and timing for cash needs such as rent, taxes or loan payments. This tool can help you manage your operating loan and your checkbook. It is a great tool to use when you are meeting with your lender. Other reports include a break-even and operating budget. For more insights from AgStar experts, check out AgStarEdge.com, where you’ll find grain and livestock industry news, legislative happenings and financial preparedness guidance. ❖
Corn growers must continue developing markets as both a major producer and major importer of U.S. agricultural products? Wolle: Africa is a big continent and the home to many, many people. Their population is forecast to keep growing. As we move forward to the end of this century, that country is going to need a lot of food. We need to prepare our production agriculture system to be able to help feed the world. To ramp up agriculture in Africa will need inputs on the total system: cooperatives that provide both products and technical expertise; a farm equipment industry to provide the machinery needed; even an extension system like we have in America that trains and educates its people. They’ve got a long way to go, but learning how to feed their own people should be a mighty strong motivation. Q: So should Minnesota Corn Growers be a connecting link in helping African farmers? Wolle: That would be wonderful if we could. But South Africa is a long way from Shakopee (MCGA headquarters). It’s a good thought. Maybe we need to think more on that at one of our upcoming board meetings. With more than 7,000 members, MCGA is one of the largest grassroots farm organizations in the United States. MCGA works to add value to every bushel of corn grown in Minnesota. ❖
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Q: What is the effect of eran businessman. He knows commodity prices on the what makes an economy grow implementation of these and I think he will do what he programs? can to protect and grow American agriculture. Wolle: That definitely is part of the challenge. It’s always Q: Despite these tighter easier to make investments on times, do you see Minyour farm when you are profnesota Corn Growers conitable. Economic viability is Harold Wolle tinuing to grow? part of sustainability, so some Wolle: I do. Basically measure of positive net because more and more proincome is likely to be a key ducers are realizing that if driver going forward. they grow the product they Q: So are there some posneed to assist with the itive break-evens in this demand also. We’re at about farming industry today? 8,000 members currently. We’ll be knocking on more Wolle: The pressure is obvifarm doors. Getting actively ous right now. But commodity involved is the crux of success both on prices cycle as we all know. Breakthe farm and in the marketplace. We evens vary from farm to farm for a variety of reasons. Different farmers put considerable money into corn will be in different positions on being research programs within the Univerable to make their break-evens gener- sity of Minnesota and other locations. We send our farm teams to Washingate some forward progress. ton, D.C. We host trade teams from Q: Might this 2016 presidential other countries on our own farms. We election have a positive impact on work hard together and thanks to our agriculture? Corn Research and Promotion commitWolle: I am cautiously optimistic. We tee, we’re making good things happen. export tremendous amounts of our Trade is now global. So is technology. agricultural production, so trade poli- We need to be wrapped into the total cies that allow us to continue and per- program of world agriculture to keep haps even increase our exports are our Minnesota agriculture sustainvital to our economic well-being. We’ve able. done a good job of producing grains, Q: About 10 years back you spent livestock and dairy products. Now we two weeks in South Africa as part need confidence that our export mar- of a Lutheran church mission. kets will continue. Mr. Trump is a vet- What’s your read on Africa today
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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. — Newly-elected president of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Harold Wolle of St. James, shared a few thoughts during a brief visit at the AgriGrowth Council Annual Meeting and Conference, Nov. 10 in St. Paul. Q: What are the top things on your agenda? Wolle: Our new vision statement provides the answer. The Minnesota Corn Growers Association is going to be the most sustainable and environmentally responsible farm organization in the United States. That’s a bold statement, but we Minnesota farmers are already using farming and conservation practices that get us a long way towards that goal. However, there’s room for improvement and MCGA will be a facilitator in every way to make these things happen. Q: And clean water is part of that mission? Wolle: Yes. When we say we’re going to be environmentally responsible that means we are going to have clean water leaving the farm. Implementation of the buffer law may help us. We continually need to work together with our local soil and water people. They have a lot of programs that will help us put conservation practices on the land. Plus they have cost-share programs which help us initiate these projects.
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The following marketing analysis is for the week ending Nov. 25. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, October milk production in the top 23 producing states totaled 16.5 billion pounds, which is up a bearish 2.7 percent from October 2015. It was the 33rd consecutive month that output was above that of a year ago. The 50-state total, at 17.6 billion pounds, was up 2.5 percent. Revisions lowered the original 23state September estimate by 6 million
pounds. It is now put at 16.0 billion pounds, up 2.3 percent from a year ago. October cow numbers in the 23 states totaled 8.67 million head. This is down 2,000 head from September, but 31,000 more than a year ago. Output per cow averaged 1,903 pounds, up 43 pounds from a year ago, thanks to mild weather conditions. It is the highest
October output since the series began in 2003. California topped year-ago output for the first time in 23 months. Output was up 1.8 percent, despite a drop of 11,000 cows. Output per cow made the difference, up 45 pounds. Wisconsin was up 2.2 percent on a 45-pound MIELKE MARKET gain per cow, but cow numWEEKLY bers were down 2,000 head. By Lee Mielke Idaho was up 4 percent, thanks to a 40-pound gain per cow and 12,000 more cows. New York was up 4.7 percent on a 90-pound per cow gain. New York cow numbers were unchanged. Pennsylvania was up 2.2 percent, thanks to a 50-pound gain per cow offsetting a loss of 4,000 cows. Minnesota was up 1.9 percent on a 30pound gain per cow and 1,000 more cows Michigan output was up 4.9 percent, thanks to 12,000 more cows and 40 pounds more per cow. New Mexico topped year-ago output by 1.1 percent on a 35-pound gain per cow, though cow numbers were down 2,000 head. Texas really poured it in the tank, besting the other states with an 8.2 percent jump in milk output — thanks to 26,000 more cows than a year ago and output per cow up 45 pounds. Washington state was up 2.2 percent on a 45-pound gain per cow though cow numbers were down 2,000 head. U.S. dairy cow culling was down from September and from a year ago, accordBrad Krumrey ing to USDA’s latest Livestock Slaughowner ter report. An estimated 237,200 head 320-979-9221 were slaughtered under federal inspecoffice: tion in the month. This is down 7,900 320-833-2228 head or 3.2 percent from September, and 19,300 or 7.5 percent below Octofax: ber 2015. Culling in the January to 320-833-2204 October period totaled 2,389,500 head, • Repairs which is down 39,500 head or 1.6 per• Installation cent from 2015. • Portable Welding ■ • Crane & Boom Truck Service HighGround Dairy asked a pertinent 217 E. Hall Ave. / P.O. Box 126 / Buffalo Lake, MN 55314 • www.ksmillwrights.com question in its milk production analy-
sis: If U.S. milk production is up 2.5 percent, why is the Chicago Mercantile Exchange block cheese price at its annual high and butter above $2.00 per pound? Their answer? “Strong fourth quarter domestic demand and lower prices in September and October likely generated some export business which has taken capacity away from CME-eligible product.” “U.S. milk output remains robust and should continue this way through at least early 2017,” HighGround Dairy says. “Supply will likely not be the culprit for a bull market in 2017. But strong domestic demand for non-cheddar cheese and butter along with the need for U.S. product overseas could keep prices higher than our typical fundamental instruments would suggest.” Looking globally, HighGround Dairy reports that “EU milk production has fallen against the prior year for four consecutive months (June-September) with expectations for weaker productivity into the end of the year and first quarter 2017. The Milk Production Reduction Scheme commenced in October and could keep a limit on potential upside,” according to HighGround Dairy. The Daily Dairy Report’s Sarina Sharp echoed some of that sentiment in the Nov. 18 Milk Producers Council newsletter. Sharp writes, “European milk output likely continued to contract last month. In addition to sustained financial pressures, producers were incentivized to tap the brakes to collect bonuses from the European Commission’s Milk Production Reduction Scheme, which took effect in October and continues through the end of the year. However, the significant rally in European dairy product prices may be encouraging producers to step cautiously on the gas. Fortunately, this metaphor is imperfect. A dairy is not a car, and it takes dairy producers time to shift gears. In the near term, contractionary momentum is likely to prevail in Europe,” she says. See MIELKE, pg. 29
United States has lots of American cheese to eat ■ The United States has plenty of dairy products to consume. Preliminary data in USDA’s latest Cold Storage report pegs Oct. 31 butter stocks at 227.7 million pounds. This is down a hefty 41.4 million pounds (15 percent) from September, but 48.9 million pounds or 27 percent above October 2015. American type cheese, at 729.9 million pounds, was down 12.9 million pounds or 2 percent from September but 33.2 million or 5 percent above a year ago. The total cheese inventory stood at 1.2 billion pounds, which is down 19.9 million pounds or 2 percent from September, but 69.4 million pounds or 6 percent above a year ago. FC Stone’s Brendan Curran wrote in his Nov. 23 Insider Opening Bell that the report was bearish as there was less drawdown on American cheese stocks than had been anticipated, “missing expectations of a 3 percentplus downdraft.”
Curran adds that total cheese stocks also saw less drawdown than expected, but butter stocks fell “well above expectations.” “Inventories do remain large,” he concludes, “and will likely need to stay elevated in order to maintain current stocks-to-use ratio.” ■ The USDA announced the December federal order Class I base milk price at $16.88 per hundredweight. This is up $2.10 from November, 17 cents above December 2015, and equates to about $1.45 per gallon — up from $1.27 in November and $1.44 a year ago. It is the highest Class I price since January 2015 and put the 2016 Class I average at $14.80, down from $16.34 in 2015 and $23.29 in 2014. The federal order benchmark Class III futures market portends better days ahead. The November contract settled Nov. 23 at $16.74/cwt. December was at
$16.86; January 2017 at $16.21; February, $16.15; and March was at $16.18. The peak for 2017 was $17.03/cwt. in September. Traders had to weigh the October Milk Production and Cold Storage reports in the shortened Thanksgiving week. They took the CME cheddar blocks to $1.9150 per pound on Nov. 22, but they closed on Nov. 23 at $1.86 — down a nickel on the week but 28 cents above a year ago. The barrels closed at $1.69, down 6 cents on the week, 14 cents above a year ago, but an unsustainable 17 cents below the blocks. Four cars of block traded hands on the week and 12 of barrel. Dairy Market News reports much of the milk freed up by the Thanksgiving holiday was finding its way into cheese vats. “Contacts say domestic retail demand has remained strong through the early stages of the holiday shopping season. Some suggest that See MIELKE, pg. 30
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MIELKE, from pg. 28 There are many in this country that have long called for supply management instead of programs like the Milk Income Loss Control or Margin Protection Program. But dairy’s chief lobbyist organization, the National Milk Producers Federation, is not likely to make another attempt to go down that road any time soon. And yet, one has to wonder how the Trump administration would view it. ■ In other milk supply news, the Nov. 21 Daily Dairy Report updated the situation in New Zealand following last week’s earthquake which hit the northeast region of New Zealand’s South Island. “Fonterra reports that 22 cooperative members are still without road access and are thus being forced to dump milk,” the Daily Dairy Report stated. “It is unclear when roads to the hardest hit area of Kaikora will reopen.”
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Some users buying blocks, barrels at deep discount MIELKE, from pg. 29 food service orders have dipped somewhat in response to the holiday and from supply pipelines getting filled. Inventories are long for barrels and cheese used for processing, but much tighter for fresh blocks”. Western cheese output is “active and a lot of milk is moving through cheese vats. Cheesemakers
report strong seasonal retail demand for cheese, but also note buyers are starting to push back against the higher prices.” Dairy Market News adds “Although supplies of fresh blocks of American style cheese are low or at least committed, some end users see the passing of Thanksgiving and the fast-approaching winter holidays as a signal to slow their purchasing. Inventories
of blocks and barrels used for processing are readily available. Because manufacturers are eager to keep older blocks and barrels moving out of their warehouses, some end users are making buys at heavily discounted prices.” ■ Cash butter closed at $2.0475 per pound, up 1.75 cents on the week but 85.25 cents below year ago, with eight cars exchanging hands on the week. Butter requests from some restaurants are active, says Dairy Market News. “At this point, churners are focusing operational schedules on year-end holiday manufacturing needs. Butter processors indicated
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Cream usage for holiday dips, eggnog is robust Southeast, Southwest, and Central regions.” “Milk intakes are in balance in most balancing plants across the country. However, milk supplies are uneven in some areas of the Midwest as milk is well short of keeping production facilities running at capacity. Nevertheless, in other areas of the Midwest, some organic milk volumes are clearing into the conventional market, as there is an oversupply for current needs. Nationwide, demand for bottled milk is mixed. Condensed skim interest from Class II/III processors remains strong. Cream usage for cream cheese, sour cream, whipping cream, dips, eggnog and other popular holiday dairy products is robust. Cream supplies are tighter in each region of the country. Cooperatives Working Together accepted 11 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Foremost Farms, Darigold and United
Dairymen of Arizona who have contracts to sell 1.517 million pounds of cheddar cheese and 1.091 million pounds of butter to customers in Asia, the Middle East, and Oceania. ■ FC Stone reports that an agreement has been made in the Netherlands regarding a series of measures intended to bring Dutch phosphate production in line with European regulations. The Dutch agricultural phosphate limit is 172.9 million kg and Dutch farmers have been in breach of this limit for the last three years. A host of measures have been agreed upon to reduce the phosphate level and includes a reduction of dairy herd num-
bers whereby farmers will be compensated for reducing the number of dairy cows on their farms in 2017. Secondly, farmers who produce more milk than a predetermined reference quantity will be penalized, with the level of penalization linked to the reduction in herd numbers. Thirdly, feed compounders have agreed to lower the levels of phosphorus in compound animal feeds. I ask you — what are the chances we see this kind of thinking happen to U.S. agriculture? 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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MIELKE, from pg. 30 that cream availability was improving as the week advanced. Some buyers are finding spot loads of bulk butter hard to find as inventories are heavily committed.” Dairy Market News says western butter makers are actively seeking cream to churn. “Cream has tightened as processors are eager to make print butter to meet holiday needs. Inventories continue to decrease due to the strong holiday demand.” Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk finished at 90.5 cents per pound, up 7.25 cents above a year ago, with nine cars sold on the week. ■ USDA’s weekly update shows farm level milk production is “steady in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Pacific Northwest, and the mountain states of Idaho, Colorado, and Utah. However, milk yields are higher in Florida and the
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3 hyd., 18.4x46” tires & duals ................. $99,000 ‘12 CIH 7130, 1839 eng./1355 sep. hrs., tracker, ‘08 JD 7830, MFWD, 4117 hrs., 540/1000 PTO, 3
chopper, 520x42” duals ........................ $110,000
pt., 380x50” tires & duals ........................ $81,000 ‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs., ‘13 JD 6170R, cab, IVT trans., 540/1000 PTO, 480x46” tires & duals, (has JD H380 loader w/ joystick) ................................................. $125,000 ‘12 CIH 290, 434 hrs., PT, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, front duals, 480x50” rear duals .............................................. $139,000 ‘12 CIH 260, 1784 hrs., Deluxe cab, 19-spd. PS, susp. front axle, 3 pt., 4 hyd., Hi-Flow, 1000 PTO, 480x50” duals .............................. $110,000 ‘13 CIH 260, 577 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 540/1000
rock trap, chopper, 520x42” duals........ $150,000 ‘12 CIH 5130, 4WD, 776 eng./578 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, lateral tilt, 620x42” tires .............................................................. $139,000 ‘09 NH CR9060, 2400 eng./1800 sep. hrs., tracker, chopper, 520x42” duals .......................... $72,500 ‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs., tracker, chopper, chaff spreader, air compressor, 520x42” tires & duals .............................. $55,000 ‘96 CIH 2188, 4WD, tracker, chopper, bin ext.,
PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 420x46” tires &
3520 eng/2546 sep.hrs., 520X 42” tires & duals
duals ...................................................... $119,000
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LARSON IMPLEMENTS 5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95 763-689-1179
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FOR SALE: 16' Wil-Rich 3pt mounted chisel plow w/ new points, very good condition; 14' Bush Hog 3pt mounted chisel plow, very good shape. 507-220-6810
‘04 Cat. 765, 4602 hrs., 18” tracks, 120” spacing,
‘05 CIH MX255, 4282 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO,
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DMI Tigermate II field cultivator, walking tandems, 3 bar harrow, 34 ½', excellent condition SN 0004972. 507-220-6810 Schweiss 8' snowblower, Loftness 8' snowblower, JD Donahue 28' trailer. Koestler Farm Equipment 507-399-3006 We buy Salvage Equipment Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc. (507)867-4910
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FOR SALE: 30' Salford 570 All kinds of New & Used WANTED TO BUY: Case IH SEED CORN SAVINGS! RTS, excellent condition. farm equipment – disc chisGreat pricing on leading 530 C ripper. 320-352-3878 507-381-5781 National conventional & els, field cults, planters, technology hybrids. Comsoil finishers, cornheads, John Deere #726 (30 Ft – 9”) Feed Seed Hay 050 bine with “KLEENACRES” feed mills, discs, balers, Mulch Finisher, Good solutions program, mainhaybines, etc. 507-438-9782 Blades(19 3/4”) w/ 5 Bar ALFALFA, MIXED hay, tain yields & save $100 to Drag Real Good. H&S 24 Ft WANTED: NH 892 chopper. grass hay, & feed grade $150 per acre input costs. Big Bale Feeder (42 Slots) wheat straw. Medium Call 608-479-1260 www.kleenacres.com 319-347-2349 Can Deliver squares or round bales. Deor catalog 320-237-7667 livery available. LeRoy Ose, call or text: 218-689Shop online at 6675
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FOR SALE: Black Angus bulls also Hamp, York, & Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts. 320-598-3790 Dairy
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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: 12 crossbred beef cows, pasture bred to Black Angus bull, call 320327-2721
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Registered Texas Longhorn breeding stock, cows, heifers or roping stock, top blood lines. 507-235-3467 WANT TO BUY: Butcher cows, bulls, fats & walkable cripples; also horses, sheep & goats. 320-235-2664 Horse
NEW & USED EQUIP. NEW EQUIPMENT • Sunflower Tillage • Hardi Sprayers • REM Grain Vac • Woods Mowers • J&M Grain Carts • Westfield Augers • Summers Equipment • White Planters • Wilrich Tillage USED EQUIPMENT • White 8524-22 planter • Alloway 22’ shredder • Tebben land roller, 45’ • J&M 750 grain cart • Sheyenne 1410, 10x70 hopper • JD 2700, 9-24 ripper • EZEE-ON 8T00, 30’ Disk • Wishek 862, 26’ disk • DMI 50’ crumbler • Wilrich Quad X2, 60’ F.C., rolling basket
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‘12 NH CR8090 Combine, 600 Hrs., Full Guidance System, Leather Seat, 620/70R42’s, Maurer Ext. W/Bubble-Up Auger,
Chopper ................................................................$189,500 ‘12 NH 880-CF 40’ Flex Draper, 3” Course Knife, Manual Cutterbar Suspension, HHC ..................................... $39,500 ‘15 JD 9370R 4-WD, 400 Hrs., Guidance Ready, PTO, 3-Pt. Hitch, High-Flow Hyd. W/5-Remotes, 480/80R50’s W/Duals ................................................................$229,500 ‘13 JD 8235R MFWD, PowerShift, ILS, 900 Hrs., Active
Compart's total program features superior boars & open gilts documented by BLUP technology. Duroc, York, Landrace & F1 lines. Terminal boars offer leanness, muscle, growth. Maternal gilts & boars are productive, lean, durable. All are stress free & PRRS free. Semen also available through Elite Genes A.I. Make 'em Grow! Comparts Boar Store, INC. Toll Free: 877-441-2627 FOR SALE: Yorkshire, Hampshire, Duroc & Hamp/Duroc boars, also gilts. Excellent selection. Raised outside. Exc herd health. No PRSS. Delivery avail. 320-568-2225 Livestock Equip
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FOR SALE: 1974, 1800 International truck, tandem twin screw, 20' box & hoist, 5 & 4 spd transmission. 507-4273561 Miscellaneous
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Seat, 60 Gal. Pump, Duals Front & Rear.................$158,500 ‘13 JD 6170R MFWD, 240 Hrs., 20 Spd. Quad, W.New JD
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Livestock, Machinery, Farmland... you name it! People will buy it when they see it in The Land! To submit your classified ad use one of the following options: Phone: 1-800-657-4665 or 507-345-4523 Mail to: The Land Classifieds THE FREE PRESS South Central Minnesota’s Daily P.O. Box 3169, Mankato, MN 56002 News Source Fax to: 507-345-1027 Email: theland@TheLandOnline.com Online at: www.thelandonline.com DEADLINE: Friday at 5:00 p.m. for the following Friday edition. Plus! Look for your classified ad in the e-edition.
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Combines & Tractors (H) ’12 JD S660, 275 Sep Hrs, Duals............................... $234,900 (OW) ’13 JDS660, 595 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................ $229,900
OW ’16 JD 9620RX, 400 Hrs ........................................... $454,900
(H) ’12 JD S670, 1100 Sep Hrs, Duals............................. $209,900
OW ’16 JD 9620RX, 400 Hrs ........................................... $454,900
(N) ’12 JD S670, 802 Sep Hrs, Duals............................... $204,900
OW ’16 JD 9570RX, 55 Hrs ............................................. $429,900
(OS) ’12 JD S660, 766 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................ $204,900
N ‘15 JD 9620R, 244 Hrs ................................................ $382,000
(N) ’12 JD S660, 881 Sep Hrs, Duals............................... $199,900
OW ’15 JD 9470RT, 221 Hrs ........................................... $344,900
(H) ’12 JD S550, 577 Sep Hrs, Duals............................... $199,500
OW ’14 JD 9560RT, 566 Hrs ........................................... $329,900
(N) ’10 JD 9770, 1000 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................. $169,900
BP ’14 JD 9560RT, 745 Hrs ............................................. $324,900
(N) ’11 JD 9570, 7851 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................. $159,900
OS ’15 JD 9520R, 356 Hrs .............................................. $319,900
(OS) ’11 JD 9570, 690 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................. $159,900
OW ’14 JD 9560R, 852 Hrs ............................................. $319,900
(H) ’09 JD 9570, 820 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................... $159,900
H ’14 JD 9560RT, 940 Hrs ............................................... $314,900
(B) ’09 JD 9870, 1390 Sep Hrs, PRWD............................ $159,900
OW ’14 JD 9560RT, 1391 Hrs ......................................... $299,900
(H) ’09 JD 9870, 1325 Sep Hrs, PRWD ........................... $155,900
BP ’13 JD 9510R, 793 Hrs .............................................. $274,900
(OS) ’10 JD 9570, 724 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................. $149,900
OS ’15 JD 9420R, 376 Hrs .............................................. $274,000
(H) ’08 JD 9570, 1129 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................. $139,900
OS ’12 JD 9510R, 1129 Hrs ............................................ $249,900
(OS) ’08 JD 9570, 878 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................. $139,900
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(H) ’08 JD 9570, 984 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................... $134,900
The ad prices listed are based on a basic classified line ad of 25 words or less. Ads running longer than 25 words will incur an added charge.
H ’12 JD 9410R, 590 Hrs ................................................ $214,900 OW ’13 JD 9410R, 1392 Hrs ........................................... $205,000
(B) ’05 JD 9560 STS, 1133 Sep Hrs, PRWD .................... $114,900
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BP ’07 JD 9630T, 2827 Hrs ............................................. $189,000 OW ’12 JD 9410R, 1157 Hrs ........................................... $179,950 H ’09 JD 9430T, 2761 Hrs ............................................... $179,500 H ’09 JD 9330, 1813 Hrs................................................. $176,500 H ’05 JD 9520, 3590 Hrs................................................. $138,500 H ’05 JD 9620T, 4099 Hrs ............................................... $132,500 H ’06 JD 9520T, 3161 Hrs ............................................... $129,000 BP ’05 JD 8520T, 6042 Hrs, 30” tracks............................. $84,900 N ’98 JD 9400, 4326 Hrs................................................... $84,500
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H ’11 JD 9530, 2310 Hrs................................................. $189,900
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OS ’00 JD 9100, 2470 Hrs ................................................ $79,900 H ’97 JD 9400, 4790 Hrs................................................... $79,500
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(OS) ’01 JD 9550, 1910 Sep Hrs, Walker ........................... $69,900 (OS) ’01 JD 9550, 1656 Sep Hrs, Walker ........................... $68,500 (OW) ’01 JD 9650, 2500 Sep Hrs, Duals............................ $64,900 (B) ’95 JD 9600, 2160 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................... $22,900 (OS) ’95 Gleaner R62, 1776 Sep Hrs ................................. $42,500 (OW) ’97 JD 9600, 3287 Sep Hrs, Duals............................ $32,900 (OS) ’97 JD 9500, 2065 Sep Hrs ....................................... $29,500 (H) ’90 JD 9500, 3509 Sep Hrs ......................................... $23,900 MFWD Tractors (B) ’05 JD 8420, 9000 Hrs, ILS ......................................... $69,900
OS ’97 JD 9100, 4181 Hrs ................................................ $67,500
(OS) ’00 JD 9750 STS, 3427 Sep Hrs, Duals ..................... $65,000
H ’97 JD 9300, 5630 Hrs................................................... $66,900
(N) ’15 JD 8370R, 282 Hrs, Ext War ................................ $299,500
OW ’95 JD 8770, 4382 Hrs, PTO ....................................... $65,900
(OS) ’15 JD 8320R, 325 Hrs, IVT, ILS .............................. $277,000
OW ’99 JD 8400T, 4240 Hrs, 18” tracks ........................... $53,900
(B) ’15 JD 8270R, 238 Hrs, PS, Ext War .......................... $218,000
BP ’91 JD 8760, 6817 Hrs, 3 PT ....................................... $42,500
(N) ’15 JD 8245R, 195 Hrs, PS, Ext War .......................... $215,000
N ’91 JD 8560, 7298 Hrs, 3 PT ......................................... $39,900
(N) ’15 JD 7270R, 253 Hrs, IVT, Ext War .......................... $209,500
OW ’83 JD 8650, 7500 Hrs, PTO, 3 PT .............................. $27,500
(OW) ’14 JD 8270R, 415 Hrs, Ext War ............................. $208,900
CaseIH Equipment (OS) ’14 8230 Combine, 491 Sep Hrs ............................. $279,900 (OW) ’11 8120 Combine, 758 Sep Hrs ............................ $189,900 (OS) ’13 Magnum 235, 252 Sep Hrs, PS ........................ .$129,900 (OS) ’09 Magnum 305, 3200 Hrs, PS .............................. $129,900
(N) ’09 MRX690, 5 Shank.................................................. $18,900 Combines (N) ’11 JD 9870, 1450 Sep Hrs ....................................... $165,000 (B) ’14 JD S680, 317 Sep Hrs, PRWD ............................. $324,900 (B) ’14 JD S660, 192 Sep Hrs, PRWD ............................. $299,900
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(H) ’03 JD 9750 STS, 2049 Sep Hrs, Duals........................ $79,900
(B) ’14 NH T8.360, 128 Hrs, ILS ..................................... .$199,950 (OW) ’11 JD 8360R, 2450 Hrs, IVT, ILS ........................... $199,900 (B) ’10 JD 8345R, 1831 Hrs, IVT, ILS ............................... $194,900 (B) ’13 JD 8260R, 400 Hrs, PS ........................................ $189,000 (OS) ’13 JD 7215R, 481 Hrs, IVT ..................................... $164,900 (H) ’12 JD 8285R, 2504 Hrs, PS, Front Duals .................. $159,900 (N) ’10 JD 8270R, 1208 Hrs, PS...................................... $154,900 (OW) ’14 JD 7210R, 338 Hrs, IVT, Ext Wa ........................ $144,900 (B) ’14 NH T7.230, 344 Hrs, PS....................................... $129,900 (OS) ’09 JD 7930, 2368 Hrs, Auto Quad .......................... $124,900 (OW) ’07 JD 8230, 4324 Hrs, PS ....................................... 116,900 (B) ’15 JD 6150R, 419 Hrs, AQ, Ext War .......................... $114,900 (OW) ’07 JD 7930, 2905 Hrs, Auto Quad ......................... $112,900 (OS) ’04 JD 8220, 3789 Hrs, One Owner ......................... $109,500
CHECK We do not issue refunds.
(OS) ’15 JD S660, 174 Sep Hrs, Duals ........................... .$294,900
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(OW) ’13 JD S670, 543 Sep Hrs, Duals ........................... $249,900
ADVERTISING NOTICE: Please check your ad the first week it runs. We make every effort to avoid errors by checking all copy, but sometimes errors are missed. Therefore, we ask that you review your ad for correctness. If you find a mistake, please call (507) 345-4523 immediately so that the error can be corrected. We regret that we cannot be responsible for more than one week’s insertion if the error is not called to our attention. We cannot be liable for an amount greater than the cost of the ad. THE LAND has the right to edit, reject or properly classify any ad. Each classified line ad is separately copyrighted to THE LAND. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited.
(OW) ’14 JD S660, 228 Sep Hrs, Duals ........................... $324,900
(H) ’03 JD 8320, 3848 Hrs, PS ........................................ $105,500
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(OW) ’15 JD S660, 242 Sep Hrs, Duals ........................... $279,900 (OS) ’14 JD S670, 530 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................ $259,900
(B) ’05 JD 8420, 9036 Hrs, ILS ......................................... $69,900 (OS) ’05 JD 8120, 2737 Hrs, Dual PTO ............................ $109,000 (H) ’03 JD 8220, 3865 Hrs, PS F/Duals............................ $107,900 (H) ’04 JD 8520, 6612 Hrs, ILS… ................................... $107,500
(H) ’12 JD S680, 941 Sep Hrs, Duals............................... $248,500
(OS) ’01 JD 8310, 7441 Hrs .............................................. $79,900
(OW) ’13 JD S670, 500 Sep Hrs, Duals ........................... $245,900
(OS) ‘95 JD 8200, 4786 Hrs .............................................. $69,900
(OS) ’12 JD S670, 698 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................ $239,900
(B) ’97 JD 7810, 11,000 Hrs, PS ....................................... $44,900
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(B) ’03 JD 9450, 17890 Sep Hrs........................................ $62,900
H ’00 JD 9200, 3800 Hrs................................................... $74,500
(B) 870 Ripper, 11 Shank .................................................. $49,900
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(B) ’04 JD 9760, 2380 Sep Hrs, Duals ............................... $84,500
OW ’00 JD 8410T, 5760 Hrs, 24” Tracks ........................... $74,900
(B) ’12 870 Ripper, 9 Shank, Harrow ................................ .$54,500
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(B) ’06 JD 9660 STS, 2180 Sep Hrs, Duals ........................ $89,900
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4WD/Track Tractors OW ’16 JD 9620RX, 400 Hrs ........................................... $454,900
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We have Quad Trac & Combine Tracks in Stock Look up your Case IH parts online and send your request directly to us! Ag Track Scraper Track 36” Ag Track
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16 Steiger 580Q 930 hr - Full Pro 700
16 Steiger 580Q 1375 hrs, Lux Cab, Full
16 Steiger 580Q 736 hrs Big Hyd Pump-6 Remotes-36
‘14 Bobcat T-590, cab, A/C,
Auto Str ................................. $289,900
Auto Str ................................. $269,900
inch Trks-Full Pro 700 Auto Str.....................$309,900
1290 hrs.............................$36,900
Wilrich V957 DDR
2016 Bobcat T770, 130 hrs adv
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1990 Steiger 9150 PS-PTO-7467
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Chopper............................$399,000
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Prices good while supplies last. Ask our Service Dept. about installation and alignment. USED COMBINES
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24 Month Interest Waiver Thru Case Credit • Call For Details ‘16 CIH 9240, 254 engine hours, TRACKS, RWA, LOADED ...........................................................................$399,000 ‘14 CIH 7240, 350 engine hours................................................................................................................... COMING IN ‘11 CIH 8120, 3100 eng hours...........................................................................................................................................
2002 MX 240
‘16 Magnum 340 row trac,
‘15 Case 580 SN Backhoe,
6722 hrs-dual pto ................................ $49,900
454 hrs.............................................. $219,900
208 hrs................................................ $74,500
‘15 Steiger 470, 677 hrs., PTO, 6 remotes, 120”
CIH Steiger 370RCQ, 187 hrs., Lux. cab, 3-pt.,
Steiger 350 row trac, 3 PT PTO, lux cab, 825
spacing, full auto steer ....................... $249,900
PTO ................................................... $249,900
hrs ..................................................... $239,900
‘16 CIH Magnum 310 Row Trac, 88” spacing,
‘16 CIH Magnum 380 Row Trac, CVT .................
2016 C-IH 7240 COMBINE
112 hrs.............................................. $199,900
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JUST TRADED ................................... $250,000
2005 JD 9620T 5687 hrs, just in, 36” trks..........
2014 MAGNUM 220
2011 John Deere 8285R
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2274 HRS............................................ $45,900
984 hrs.............................................. $149,900
USED COMBINES PLATFORMS & HEADS ‘10 ‘08 ‘04 ‘10 ‘15 ‘15
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8 row 30 inch corn head ...............................................................................................................$22,900 8 ROW 30 INCH .............................................................................................................................$15,900 8 ROW 30 INCH .............................................................................................................................$13,900 35 FT PLATFORM .........................................................................................................................$18,000 35 FT FLEX DRAPER ...................................................................................................................$56,500 35 FT FLEX DRAPER.....................................................................................................................$57,500
USED 4WD TRACTORS 24 Month Interest Waiver Thru Case Credit • Call For Details CIH Steiger 580Q, LUX CAB, HI CAP HYD, 360 LIGHT PKG, 736 hours, FULL AUTO STEER, Certified PreOwned, Excellent Tracks .....$309,900 CIH Steiger 580Q, LUX CAB, HI CAP HYD, TWIN PUMPS, 360 LIGHT PKG, 930 hours, FULL AUTO STEER, Excellent Tracks ...........$289,900
CIH STEIGER 470 RCQ, 677 HOURS, 6 REMOTES, PTO, DLX CAB, BIG HYD PUMP, 120 INCH SPACING. ..............................................$249,900 CIH STEIGER 370 RCQ, 187 HRS, 3 PT, PTO, LUXURY CAB ....$249,900 CIH STEIGER 350 RCQ, 825 HRS, 3 PT, PTO, LUXURY CAB, 120 INCH
CIH Steiger 580Q, LUX CAB, HI CAP HYD, 360 LIGHT PKG, 1335 hours,
SPACED, HD HYD PUMP, 18” new HD tracks ...........................$219,900
FULL AUTO STEER, Certified PreOwned, Excellent Tracks .....$269,900
‘94 JD 8570, 250 HP, 3810 HRS, 20.8X38 DUALS ..........................$49,900
‘14 CIH Steiger 620Q, Lux Cab, Hi Cap Hyd, 6 Remotes .......COMING IN
CIH 9150, 7100 HOURS, POWERSHIFT, PTO ................................$49,900
‘14 CIH STEIGER 500 RCQ, 1120 HOURS, 6 REMOTES, PTO,LUX CAB, BIG HYD PUMP, 120 INCH SPACING, 24 INCH TRACKS.........$269,900
‘05 JD 9620T, 5687 HRS, 5 REMOTES, 36 INCH TRK, PTO ..........$89,900 STX and STEIGER PTO, TOW CABLE & 3 PT. KITS ON HAND!!!
USED 2WD TRACTORS 24 Month Interest Free • Call For Details ‘16 CIH MAG 380 TRACK, CVT, LUX CAB, SUS FRT AXLE, 120 INCH SPACED, 6 REMOTES, HI CAP HYD PUMP, DUAL PTO, 18 IN TRACK, 1021 HRS .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................$215,000 ‘16 CIH MAG 340 TRACK, POWERSHIFT, LUX CAB, SUS FRT AXLE, 120 INCH SPACED, 6 REMOTES, HI FLO HYD, 18 INCH TRKS, 454 hrs .........$219,900 ‘16 CIH MAG 310 TRACK, POWERSHIFT, DLX CAB, 88 INCH SPACED, 4 REMOTES, HYD, 18 INCH TRKS, 280 hrs .................................................$199,900 ‘11 JD 8285R, 945 hrs, JD auto steer, Active seat, Xenon Lites ..........................................................................................................................................$149,900 ‘02 CIH MX240, 6700 HRS, DELUXE CAB, DUAL PTO ...................................................................................................................................................COMING IN ‘15 CIH FARMALL 55 CVT, CAB, MFD, CVT TRANS, LOADER 251 HRS.......................................................................................................................COMING IN
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s a kid, I used to imagine going to see the St. Cloud Rox play. If only I could have made it to Sauk Centre, I could have taken the train, I dreamed. But, I never did make to Rox Stadium. I didn’t even know they renamed it Municipal Stadium in 1971. And I didn’t know the stadium was demolished that very year to be replaced with a mere shopping mall. How barbaric! How uncivilized! I learned these things recently when I visited the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It’s on the second floor of St. Cloud’s River’s Edge Convention Center. Near the museum entrance is a huge wall-sized photo of fans streaming into the old Rox Stadium. There’s a skinny kid going in. He looks like me. If you follow that boy into the museum you can revisit some of your baseball dreams. The place is packed with enough amateur baseball photos, art and mementos to get even the least nostalgic of us thinking about old times — even though it’s all behind glass. A baseball signed “TJ 3” caught my attention. It is
the third ball used by Tyler Jendro of the Sobieski Skis in the no-hitter that he threw in the 2014 Amateur Baseball State Tournament. Jendro and the Skis are modern day heroes around Morrison County. Nearby Jendro’s No. 3 are old fielders and first base gloves used by members of the Waseca Braves. One wonders what heroes from Waseca achieved miracles with those sweat-stained and weathered gloves? Not far away is a display of old uniforms from teams from Edina, Rochester, Mora, Austin and Blooming Prairie. You’ll also find a rogues gallery of all the Hall of Fame’s inductees since its founding in the early 1960s. The 2016 inductees are Roger Fregin, Flensburg; Ponch Rausch, Richmond; Dave “Slick” Sell, Glencoe; and Doug Schuette of Brownton. The 2016 Hall of Famers display is attractive and includes the inductees jerseys, a first baseman in action photograph and some baseball art. There’s lots of other fun baseball art. As part of a display on Minnesota’s Negro League, there is a painting of an outfielder reaching into the stands as he attempts to steal a home run from some
unknown batter. The painting captures so much that is wonderful about baseball. Go see it! There’s also some very cool Twins memorabilia. ❖
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