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“Advice is like snow — the softer it falls, expecting wisdom and knowledge to prethe longer it dwells upon us, and the vail. None of these Cabinet choices have deeper it sinks into the mind.” Poet Sampolitical history getting in the way. They uel Taylor Coleridge created that beautidon’t owe anything to anyone! ful message. I think it’s a gem anytime Actions of this new Republican Congress and particularly today in view of the might be even a bigger surprise than rather abundant snow that has cascaded doings and comments of Mr. Trump. upon our Minnesota landscape these past Republican control of both houses should few weeks. I’m assembling my thoughts generate compromise. That should happen on Dec 17. Outside temp here at Olivia, LAND MINDS in the Minnesota Legislature also. After Minn., is zero at noon, but tonight and health care issues, property taxes, corpoBy Dick Hagen tomorrow apparently we’ll be exploring rate income taxes and huge amounts of some new record lows for December. That new money for roads and bridges, will predicted wind chill of minus 35 tomorrow will be a peace still exist between the two parties? I think so. character test to say the least.

Yes, a painful transition for Democrats but our democracy goes through this awkward cycle every How can you not avoid some thoughts on the Nov. four years. And I do believe a newer and stronger 8 election and a few things since that earth-shatterAmerica will dominate the Washington, D.C., agenda ing event? I can’t, so tread with me a few minutes starting with a significant cutback of federal bureauand maybe we’ll agree on a comment or two. cracies across the board.

You will be the captain of your destiny said Mr. Our Congress has become a bit of an insult to us taxTrump at his Iowa thank you tour. What remarkable payers and a source of embarrassment to our friends advice. If we needed anything to stir our ambitions, and allies. We are still an amazing democracy, but yes our imaginations too, those words should kickAmerica we can do better. Shades of socialism started start most of us. For too many years it seemed the disrupting our vision some time ago. Each additional majority of us had become content with our federal government being the captain. We were just along for entitlement provision further clouds our future. the ride with virtually no say in the destiny of this How will agriculture weather this potential storm? vessel other than pay our taxes so the captain could Some marketing agreements may be history includkeep dreaming up new adventures for his crew. I pre- ing the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Our various comfer to call them new entitlements. modity groups are directed by common-sense people willing to compromise if that is the doable solution.

Speaking of Trump’s thank you tours, what a And who’s to say that Mr. Trump can in fact make remarkable public relations coup? Total coverage by better deals? His promises are strong. Will he deliver?

Fox News as we would expect. But significant mention by much of the remaining media too. Our presiShutting the door on immigrants will be a slippery dent-elect certainly knows how to milk a cow when slope. According to Minnesota AgriGrowth, Minnethe cow is willing. And apparently much of America sota immigrants earned $12.2 billion in 2014 and tuned in even though rhetoric was somewhat repeat- paid $1.1 billion in state and local taxes plus $2.2 able from stop to stop. billion in federal taxes. Their data indicated immigrants make up 8 percent of Minnesota’s population You Iowa folks certainly jammed that Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines for his Iowa visit. And with the and 6 percent of its entrepreneurs. Also half of Minnesota’s immigrants are naturalized citizens. right connections, seating was convenient. Imagine my surprise sitting in my Olivia home when I Stress seems to be on everyone’s agenda these noticed my Iowa farmer cousin and his bride just a days. Perhaps that is why Sunday school Christmas few seats behind Mr. Trump! Cousin Gordy apparprograms are such genuine sources of pleasure, and ently enjoyed Trump’s message as he stayed wide relief. Our kids both sing the message and practice it awake during the entire 56-minute presentation! too: Peace on earth, good will to men.

Regardless of how you voted, people are listening You’ve now wrapped up 2016. An incredible year to our new leader. Like you, I’m intrigued about with incredible yields; often negative margins for all those first 100 days unwrapping Jan. 20. With 4 gen- your work and investment, and unfortunately little erals in his Cabinet, positive things should happen.

See LAND MINDS, pg. 4 With so much business experience in that crew, I’m

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‘Fan’ mail includes a wish for a ‘Mooey Christmas’ As this thinly-priced farm year and you will write a column pointing out the deeply bitter election year glides toward hundreds of contradictions from Hilary its inevitable end, readers continue to pack (sic) Clinton and Tim Kaine. That would my e-mail inbox with sugar-coated complibe a balanced approach.” ments and napalm-encased invective.

Mike’s comments are similar to many Sometimes this polar divide is showreceived by me and newspapers that pubcased by comments on the same column lish the Farm and Food File. Several and, sometimes, these warmly compliasked in some form, as one Ohio reader mentary/on-fire angry emails even arrive FARM & FOOD FILE asked, “Why do you people even print a the same day. This past summer, however, guy like Guebert?”

By Alan Guebert one pair of opposites arrived within an There are many possible answers to hour of each other. that simple, loaded question. One is that, Sunday, July 31 at 8:22 am: “God maybe, the editors like what I write. bless you,” wrote Candice S. for “your Another could be that maybe they like article in the South Bend Tribune… how I write it. (it) was right on.”

The more likely reason, however, is that the ediSunday, July 31 at 9:38 am: “WOW, nice work at tors see their newspapers as public gathering places politicizing your garbage article on July 29. You did a where people discuss the news, share ideas, and hack job…” encounter different opinions to ensure that important issues — like trade, Farm Bills, environmental Another reader, Kevin B., pointed his electronic standards, renewable fuels, and climate change — blowtorch my way Nov. 23 after a post-election column questioned President-elect Trump’s commitment are debated openly and from all sides. to global trade, low inflation, and low interest rates.

That’s the idea behind newspapers’ “Op/Ed” pages, an American invention, incidentally. Contrary to “Wow,” he began, “your message is quite sickening.

First off, it is hypocritical… King Obama’s policies have what most suspect, the “Op” isn’t shorthand for been nothing more than a wealth redistribution plan.” “opinion;” it’s shorthand for “opposite,” as in the page opposite of the editorial page.

Mike S. sent the same sentiment in mid-July after The position is both literal and figurative. Literal a post-Republican convention column reminded in that it is located in the same place, opposite of the readers Mike Pence, now the vice president-elect, editorial page, every day, and figurative in that it voted both for and against the Renewable Fuel Stanusually holds stories and columns that are the oppodard while in Congress. site of those found on the newspaper’s editorial page. “(Y)our Sunday column… was reasonable [until] Even at that, maybe newspapers “print a guy” like you decided to question the conservatism of farmers me because I work relatively cheap, never miss a and ranchers,” Mike’s email read. “My hope is, foldeadline, and know the proper use of a semicolon. lowing the DNC (Democratic National Convention),

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Commas, I admit, remain mysterious.

Not all the mail since July arrived on fire. Most, in fact, was complimentary and some was even sweet.

More than one came from Europe; another from a longago acquaintance who is now in a post-retirement (Are we that old?) second career as a Lutheran minister.

One card, though, stood out among the rest. It’s old and yellowed and arrived in an old and yellowed envelope that carried no return address. It only was postmarked “Grand Rapids, WI.” The card’s front shows five Holstein cows huddled in a snow-sprinkled pasture and a rising, full moon behind them. Inside the card reads: “Mooey Christmas.”

More poignantly, however, the sender — in a shaky but clear hand — wrote above that message, “Allie Boy,” and signed under it, “Howard.”

A year’s worth of low prices and even lower politics fades to complete insignificance when someone somewhere offers such a kind and loving gift as that.

Thank you.

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Thank producers, families for their dedication

LAND MINDS from pg. 2 excitement about positive cash flow anywhere in this ag sector for 2017. Cash corn in Olivia is $2.96 today; soybeans $9.47.

But survive you do. And we thank you producers and your families for your dedication. Agriculture in 2017 will continue to be challenging and we hope profitable too. Weather appears to be the unknown that might alter this pending economic crisis.

Psalm 118:24 reads “This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” That message doesn’t impact your break- evens for 2017, but those precious words can be a guiding influence.

My ag teacher kept this message on his bulletin board: Always keep your words soft and sweet just in case you have to eat them. That is still good advice. At our morning coffee we’re sometimes guilty of trying to outdo each other with words of wisdom.

One of my retired farmer friends provided this gem: Remember your sole purpose in life may be simply to serve as a warning to others.

Keep smiling. A French author Victor Hugo wrote: “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race.” Let’s pray for lots of sunshine. Best to you in 2017.

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Limiting your wardrobe to 15 items can be liberating ture’s need for financing, fitness centers, and thrift stores. No debt. No flab. No rubbish.

No way! Maybe less really can mean more.

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The blonde sitting across from me couldn’t wrap her mind around it. Not that she said it aloud. I simply watched her jaw drop to her chest and knew she disagreed.

The blonde to my left did not. She looked at me and then told our shared story. A few years back we were challenged through work to limit our clothing to 15 items for one month. And though we found the request extreme, we did it. And it changed us, though temporarily.

We got meticulous with our wardrobe. If we were only going to wear 15 items for the next 30 days, what items could mix and match? What outfits could be dressed up and down? And when we wore the same thing again and again, who would be clueless and who would judge? And if they judged, why did we care so much?

Alecia merged this challenge into her life without drawing attention to her brake pedal. I did not. In my extreme nature (my sisters call me a swinging pendulum, and my hubby and children would agree) I removed every single piece of clothing from my closet except the 15 I could wear. The closet looked sickly. Starved if that were a thing. But its emptiness contained gain.

It now took a minute or less to decide what to wear — be it morning, evening, or anytime, anywhere. There was no time wasted putting things on and off again, tossing things on the bed and returning them back to hangers. What was there was there. Put it on or go naked. Something even the homeless do not do.

And though it looked like lack, it provided abundant freedom and contentment. I learned what it is to see the sufficiency of what is in hand. What was there was enough — adequate and good.

When our oldest daughter was on the junior high basketball team, their already small team got smaller still, thanks to a nasty flu bug. Elizabeth’s team had six players. The opposing team had 23.

The benchwarmers couldn’t even fit on one bench!

She was unnerved, as were teammates. But their coach wouldn’t stand for it. “Girls, I don’t care if they have 53 players,” she said. “Each team can only have five players on the court at one time. We have

that and we can win.” And those young girls had enough of what was needed to do just that.

As we enter into a New Year we will pray and hope and strive for more of all that is good and right. Which is good and right! But in the longing for more, there is a needed place for words like enough and sufficiency. Think of what living in the reality of self-control and contentment could mean to our cul-

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They are best of friends and business partners, and couldn’t be more different from one another. Something I found oddly beautiful.

Intrigued, I leaned in as they shared their passion for fashion with our small group. First they talked color — what to wear and what to avoid — THE BACK PORCH dependent on the color of hair,

By Lenae Bulthuis eyes, and skin. Then they spoke of accessories and having a 27-hanger capsule wardrobe. Count it out. Twenty-seven items of clothing (minus undergarments and uniforms) that would be your wardrobe for a season. They were serious.

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‘Farming 50 Years From Now’ — How right were they?

By RENAE B. VANDER SCHAAF The Land Corespondent Now my title isn’t original at all. It comes from an article that originally appeared in The New England Homestead Co and was condensed and republished in Standard Oil’s Digest of Farm News. The magazine I have appears to have been published around 1960.

The article’s author, John L. Russell Jr., looks to the future and wonders (as we all have) what farming will look like in 50 years. It’s interesting to look at his past predictions to see if they were fulfilled.

Russell begins by assuring us that there will be plenty of food in the year 2,000 A.D. (as he wrote it). There must have been some thought that our vitamins and energy for living would come from electrical current, nuclear power or from a tiny capsule, but Russell assures us that we will still sit down to eat a good old turkey or steak. Whew — I am glad that prediction hasn’t come true. Eating is mighty enjoyable!

Population was going to increase,

so that by “2,000 the face of the earth will be swamped with 6,250,000,000 humans.”

Well, the United Nations says the population was 6.1 billion. If I am right in my translation, that looks like 6,100,000,000. He estimated that really well.

There is a paragraph that says the old red barn, silo and farmhouses will have a sleek, modern, air-conditioned look.

Well, I have to admit that the tall silos look pretty abandoned now, and barns are becoming a rarity, and how many farmhouses are without air conditioning these days?

Our food growing looks like it’s fast-forwarding through a movie tape, as he indicated growth regulators would let us produce 3-pound broilers in eight weeks and 2,000 pounds of beef in the time it takes to have a 500-pound beef. Plus, frozen sperm

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true that in the 1960s, factories began relocating to rural areas from the cities. Farm wives and youth made up the employee list.

He expected our farm produce would all just be used up in the vicinity, and if we wanted to go to the city, we would just hop on the monorail, then board a Carveyor system. Little cars would take us to the heart of the city where moving sidewalks would carry that had been irradiated in nuclear us to wherever we wanted to go. It’s reactors would mutate offspring into a good thing the moving sidewalks bigger, stronger and better livestock didn’t happen, as most of us don’t get for BETTER prices. Well ... enough exercise already!

This man was pretty amazing, as His prediction on the house luxuries he said computers and other devices is pretty accurate when he listed stanwould permit farmers to do all their farming while they sat in the armchair dard equipment, except I don’t know what a germicidal lamp is. My dishes smoking a pipe, monitoring a TV conare not cleaned in a super-sound wave sole. Well, the pipe has become taboo, chamber that makes them spic and but the technology is there (isn’t it?) span without any soap or water. for the rest to happen.

I guess we all love our shower and We weren’t going to have to worry bath time too much to exchange it for about the weather destruction, as fine sprays that evaporate into the air. climate would be controlled via satelHe did predict that robots would lites. Spraying and dusting at the time be doing more of the work. Well, I do of planting would eliminate insects and diseases. (There he doesn’t have it think that robots could be keeping our fields clean, applying nitrogen just at quite right. The weather isn’t ours to control, and it seems as though insects the right time, just as they are milking our cows and picking some of our and diseases have increased.) But fruits or vegetables. climate control is still a hot topic.

Mr. John L. Russell, Jr. did such a Nuclear energy must have been the good job of predicting, it would be inpopular idea of the day, as he refers to teresting to see his predictions for the it often. Rather than having the large next 50 years. What are yours? cities continue to grow, America was Renae B. Vander Schaaf lives on a going to be a land of smaller commucorn and soybean farm near Orange nities which were self-contained and City, Iowa, where she writes, gardens, self-sufficient, with the energy coming bakes and farms. v from small nuclear power plants. It’s

Letter: Columnist was right about Minnesota DNR To the Editor: To start, one thing I greatly appreciate about this magazine is that they have the backbone to print all sides of any given issue, nearly unheard of in a farm magazine.

Moving along, nearly everything I care about on this earth is regulated and or overseen by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. I’ve had

many intersections in my life with them.

In the The Land Dec. 2 issue’s article titled “Blast from the past: What would Bert Hanson say?,” there was a flashback from a 1981 column. Then columnist Bert Hanson called the DNR public teatsuckers; it just doesn’t get better than that!

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Doug Peterson retires from Minn. Farmers Union

Q: With Trump as your partner Q: How did that argument sell so to speak does the Farmers with your city cousins?

Peterson: We sold them on the Union win?

Q: During this historical election process just wrapped up, both candidates supported the Renewable Fuel Standard. Now what will happen?

Peterson: It would seem so. And we hear from Canada that President Trump may renegotiate NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) also. NAFTA did some things not so good for U.S. agriculture. Farm gate prices are what counts. Trade all you want, but if you don’t have a better price at the farm gate who wins?

Just those doing the actual trades and that would be the big companies set up to handle these deals. I don’t sell to China. I sell to a local elevator.

Q: So how do you build fair trade?

Peterson: Basically, it’s pretty simple; it has to be good for both sides.

Typically we are mother of all markets so everyone wants into our marPeterson: We’ll just have to wait kets. We, however, need to make sure our producers are protected. Even the and see.

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clean air issue. It had become a health care concern in the Cities. So we had good messages: clean air, economic development, more jobs and stronger tax base. About $450 million dollars of state money invested in this program generated into about $9 billion of additional value. Even if you are a banker, that’s a damn good deal!

Today about 29 ethanol plants in Minnesota processing about 30 percent of all our corn and providing good paying jobs to employees. Farmer shareholders have done OK too.

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Trade all you want, but if you don’t have a better price For the past 14 years, Doug Peterat the farm gate, who wins? Just those doing the actual son has served as the president of the Minnesota Farmers Union. Peterson trades and that would be the big companies set up to first ran for public office in 1976 and handle those deals. I don’t sell to China. I sell to a local since 1986, he has been in an election elevator. cycle every other year. He spent 12 Doug Peterson years in the Minnesota Legislature.

He became MFU president in 2002.

Q: So what do you expect from rency manipulation with China. But even be rambling around the halls of “So I’ve had my run and it’s time to President Trump in regards to it always seemed China was able to the state Legislature when they start price us right out of the market with up in January. Lots of new faces this farm policy? share,” said Peterson.

Peterson: At this stage I don’t currency manipulation. That issue year so their take on agriculture may Q: The usual question: Any parknow much about what he believes needs to be addressed in any trade need some coaching! My wife and I ticular highlight? agreement. have been dating for 48 years now.

Peterson: Too many to count. I other than what he has said about Q: What’s your likely role to be I’ve got a farm to run. And I’m pretty found Farmers Union in a good place trade agreements. He’s lining with certain my bride will enjoy my comwhen I started and believe we’re in a Farmers Union on that issue it when you are no longer sitting in pany full time for a change! appears. We were not for TPP (Trans- the chair? better position now.

The Land interviewed Doug PeterPacific Partnership) because there Peterson: Well I’ll still be around.

Q: Has the message changed? was no transparency in the agree- I’ve been doing public policy for son at the AgriGrowth Council Annual v Peterson: The message is that ment. We felt the intellectual proper- 40-plus years. Chances are I’ll still be Meeting on Nov. 10, in St. Paul. farmers count, rural communities ties that were being guaranteed in offering advice now and then. I might count, renewable energy counts. When perpetuity mostly benefited large I was in the Legislature virtually agri-businesses and were way out of every bill dealing with ethanol or bio- line. We also have issue with those diesel I had a hand in. We worked ‘kangaroo world court’ situations of across the aisle in those days. That’s being able to sue someone in this why Minnesota became the first state country based on what they felt were in the nation to mandate 10 percent damages being incurred against their ethanol fuels. I convinced fellow legis- country, or countries. There was no lators that ethanol could be a key way to overturn the decisions of this driver in economic development for so called ‘world court.’ Who would want that? agriculture.

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Grazing pigs in orchards for healthy orchards, pigs

By Tim King breeds so he’s trying to cross them to come The Land Correspondent up with a decent-sized pig that does well on pasture and is easy to manage.”

LA CRESCENT, Minn. – Pigs raised grazing orchards make for healthy Harry and an intern who is responsible orchards and pigs, according to Jackie for the farm’s livestock are monitoring litand Harry Hoch, of Hoch Orchards near ters from different crosses.

La Crescent. Pigs, along with chickens, “Some crosses didn’t do well on pasture,” are used to control insects and weeds in Jackie said. “They have struggled and we’ve their certified organic orchard and berry had to supplement their feed. Our goal is to plantings. not have to feed them anything from off the Harry and Jackie are the second genfarm. Right now we trade apple cider vineeration of Hochs to raise fruit on the farm gar for grain from a local farmer but otherand orchard in southeastern Minnesota. wise they are completely fed from the Although the original apple trees were farm.” grafted onto root stock that produced The farmer that barters for vinegar feeds large standard size trees, the Hochs have it to his livestock. The pigs at Hoch Orchard recently been planting mostly trees Submitted photos also get a regular dose of the vinegar that grafted onto dwarfing root stock.

In England, the Gloucestershire Old Spot pig is called the orchard pig. the Hochs produce.

“We have all the different sizes of trees Gloucestershires graze orchards after the fruit has fallen to clean the or“There is a belief that the probiotics in but most are dwarf trees,” Jackie said. chard and help control pests. the vinegar add health to the animals,” “Dwarf trees do better in an organic sysJackie said. tem because you can manage the struchas fallen. They clean it up and that helps break The Hoch Orchard pigs also eat lots of apple pomture of the trees by keeping them more open. If you some of the pest cycles as well as provide some ferace that is left over from cider making. During ciderthink of that big picturesque apple tree, there are a tility.” making season, the Hoch cidery presses 1,000 gallot of places for moisture and for insects to hang out.

The Hochs have two other breeds of heritage lons of cider per week. Most of the cider is sold as Dwarf trees don’t have that and they also yield pigs. The Mulefoot is a very old American breed fresh juice but some is made into hard cider, accordsooner.” that does not have cloven feet like other swine. It is ing to Jackie.

Hoch Orchards now has about 10,000 apple trees especially suited to their needs because it does well planted on 30 acres. They also have apricots, plums, on pasture and forages for itself. The Mangalitza, Grazing rotation cherries, raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries. or Hungarian hairy pig, also does well on pasture Most of the feed the pigs eat is obtained by foragPigs play an important role in the management of and is fairly self-sufficient. It has Eastern Euro- ing and grazing in the orchard, however. To graze, all of those crops. pean and Wild Boar origins and is the only known the pigs are rotated through small paddocks, or “Animals are an integral part of any system,” swine breed that develops long hair. Mangalitza grazing blocks, under the direction of the livestock intern.

Jackie said. “I don’t know how we could farm with- meat is prized. out them. Putting pigs to graze in orchards is some“We train the young pigs to electric ribbon wire,” “People reallly like the meat from the Mangalitza,” thing that has been done for ages. One of the breeds Jackie said. “It has more marbling of the fat.”

Jackie said. that we have is the Gloucestershire Old Spot. In Pigs that have learned to respect electric ribbon Harry is working to develop a cross from the England, they are called the orchard pig. They are wire are put to work in the orchard from spring to three breeds that will do even better on pasture. able to be rotated through the orchard after the fruit “What he’s trying to do is take some of these older fall except during harvest. In the spring, the pigs are breeds and cross them to see if we come up with rotated through the orchard to do some tillage and

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Animals are moved often to protect trees and soil The Mangalitza, or Hungarian hairy pig, also does well on pasture and is fairly self-sufficient. It has Eastern European and Wild Boar origins and is the only known swine breed that develops long hair.

“Sometimes it can be too much tillage, especially if it’s been raining a lot,” Jackie said. “We usually check on them once a day. How often we rotate them depends upon how many apples were there, how much other forage was there, and how wet it’s been.

Our intern checks on the animals to make sure that they have water and anything else they need. She’s also assessing what’s left in that plot and whether or not to move them.”

Once there is too much snow, or the ground freezes, the Hochs have straw bedded winter housing for their pigs. Sows farrow in the winter housing or in the orchard, depending on the season.

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ORCHARD PIGS from pg. 8 eat insects and rodents. In early summer, they’ll pass through the orchard again as they clean up the small green apples dropped by the trees. Then, after harvest, they rotate through again.

“They’ll be in the orchard at least until it snows,” Jackie said. “If it doesn’t snow too deep we’ll keep them there longer. They eat apple drops and some of the grasses.”

Jackie says that the pigs graze in a range between 6 inches above and below the soil surface.

“If we put the pigs in an orchard block they will go to the cultivated area first because it’s softer,” she said. “They will be flipping the soil a little to get at the insects that were in the ground. That interrupts the pest cycle and it also eliminates the need for fall cultivation.”

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Research ties sow and progeny diet to kyphosis deficiency could occur.

Some studies have shown feeding very high levels of phytase, commonly known as “super-dosing,” may overcome these issues. In studies in which pigs responded to super-dosed levels of phytase, the higher levels increased the digestible phosphorus, and may have overcome negative effects of high calcium and/ or zinc oxide levels on phosphorous retention.

As long as the exact causes of kyphosis remain unclear, producers should consider the possibility of nutritional deficiencies as a possible cause of kyphosis. When investigating kyphosis outbreaks, be sure to look closely at possible deficiencies in calcium, phosphorous and vitamin D3 in sow and pig diets.

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Research from the University of Wisconsin has given pork producers some things to consider when identifying and mitigating the causes of kyphosis, a condition characterized by an abnormal, outward spinal curvature in pigs. While the causes for the condition remain unclear, the research has demonstrated a dietary connection to kyphosis.

Kyphosis, sometimes referred to as “humpedback,” typically doesn’t appear until pigs are five to six weeks old. Possible factors include physical or metabolic abnormalities, trauma, genetics, disease stress, environmental stress, or strain on the lumbar spine.

Research shows an increased risk of kyphosis in pigs born to sows lacking dietary supplementation of vitamin D3 throughout gestation and lactation.

It also identified an increased risk for kyphosis if the post-weaning diets were deficient in vitamin D3, calcium, and/or phosphorous. While deficiencies in vitamin D3, calcium and phosphorous can be linked to increased kyphosis risk, the answer is more complex than simply feeding more of those nutrients.

The relationships between minerals play an important role.

For example, growing evidence indicates some post-weaning diets could be marginal in phosphorus.

Feeding high levels of calcium and/or zinc oxide for extended periods could exacerbate phosphorus deficiencies, leading to reductions in performance and an increased risk of bone diseases.

One tool to improve calcium and phosphorous digestibility is feeding phytase. However, phytase brings its own challenges to the mix. Different sources of phytase can perform differently and release different amounts of dietary phosphorous, depending on their stability in premixes and feed manufacturing, and their actual activity in the final feed. If a nutritionist is crediting phytase for improved digestibility of phosphorus, but the phytase activity is lower than expected, a phosphorous

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Mineral nutrition can increase sow herd longevity Foot lesions can bleed away profits on swine operations, but many foot problems can be prevented by proper trace mineral nutrition in sow diets.

Copper, zinc and manganese are the three trace minerals most demanded by sows. Feeding the right amounts of these minerals is essential to the longevity and reproductive success of sows.

Second to reproductive failure, sow lameness is the next reason sows are culled from herds. An average of 30-35 percent of sows in any given herd expe-

rience lameness. Producers should target that number to be just 10 percent of their herd.

Mike Hemann, swine account manager at Zinpro Corporation, agrees on the importance of decreasing turnover in the sow herd.

“We know that a sow must reach her fourth parity to realize her economic potential,” he says. “By working to decrease lameness in the sow herd, we can increase the longevity in sows and, in turn, can see more sows reach their economic potential.”

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“Sows that are healthy and not lame are getting up and going to the feeder,” Hemann went on to say. “They are maximizing feed intake, providing the proper nutrients to their gestating litters and piglets throughout the gestation and lactation periods, respectively.”

One indicator of good sow performance is low somatic cell counts. Trials at Zinpro Corporation have concluded that sows fed the proper amounts of copper, zinc and manganese trace minerals experience lower somatic cell counts. Hemann notes, “this is tied directly to the white blood cell count in the sows. They have less inflammation and are overall healthier. This can lead to improved performance in both the sows and pigs.”

Several kinds of lesions can impact the health of a sow. Keeping a close eye on the overall sow foot health is imperative for producers.

Toes slightly longer than normal can eventually impact sow gait when walking. Improper dew claws can be slightly longer than normal and can even extend to the floor surface when the pig is standing. They can also be torn or completely missing. Sows experience heel overgrowth and erosion

when there are cracks and overgrowth and/or erosion in the soft heel tissue.

Heel-sole crack occurs when there is a separation at the juncture of the heel and sole. White line is visible when a separation occurs along the white line of the foot. Horizontal wall cracks are evident when a hemorrhage is visible and when there is a horizontal crack in the claw wall. Vertical wall cracks occur when there is a vertical crack evident on the claw.

Many of these foot lesions can be caused by a nutritional deficiency or imbalance and can help be prevented by properly feeding the correct amounts of the trace minerals.

Manganese is essential for healthy joints, tendons and overall bone density. Zinc aids in wound healing and helps with corium health. Copper is needed for strong connective tissue and white line health. Copper and zinc also are crucial in a sow’s diet for sole, heel and horn strength and elasticity.

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Calendar of Events Jan. 1 – Veterinary Feed Directive: What You Need to Know – Calmar, Iowa – The Northeast Iowa Dairy Center hosts a meeting on the implementation of the VFD for veterinarians, producers and feed industry personnel – Contact Denise Schwab at (319) 721-9624 or dschwab@iastate.edu Jan. 3 – Research Updates for Ag Professionals – Waseca, Minn. – University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center hosts the Institute for Ag Professionals Research Update featuring research-based strategies to deal with today’s changing pests, diseases, varieties and nutrient and environmental recommendations – Contact SROC at (507) 835-3620 Jan. 10 – Annie’s Project – Saint James, Minn. – Six week course on finances, marketing, and risk for farm women – Contact AgStar at (866) 577-

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– Program highlights research and topics related to weed management, forage management, cover crops, corn production, water quality, soybean production, soil fertility and University of Minnesota Extension activities – Contact Southern Research and Outreach Center at (507) 835-3620 or nelso191@umn.edu or visit sroc.cfans.umn.edu Jan. 12 – Winter Crop Day – Saint Charles and Lake Crystal, Minn. (two locations) – Program highlights research and topics related to weed management, forage management, cover crops, corn production, water quality, soybean production, soil fertility and University of Minnesota Extension activities – Contact Southern Research and Outreach Center at (507) 835-3620 or nelso191@umn.edu or visit sroc.cfans.umn.edu Jan. 13 – Winter Crop Day – Waseca and Kasson, Minn. (two locations) – Program highlights Phosphorus Fertilizer Management and Herbicide Resistant Weeds – Contact University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach

Center at (507) 835-3620 or nelso191@umn.edu or visit sroc.cfans.umn.edu Jan. 12-13 – 2017 Minnesota Organic Conference – Saint Cloud, Minn. – Farmer-oriented education and trade show sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture – Contact Cassie Dahl at (651) 201-6012 or visit www.mda.state.mn.us Jan. 17-18 – Minnesota Pork Congress – Minneapolis – Swine specific trade show and education event – Visit www.mnporkcongress.com or contact Minnesota Pork at (507) 345-8814 or mnpork@mnpork.com Jan 25-26 – MN Ag EXPO – Mankato, Minn. – Minnesota Corn and Soybean growers host trade show, seminars, events and annual meetings – Visit www.mnagexpo.com Jan. 19 – Women in Dairy – Hutchinson, Minn. – Women in Dairy meets at Crow River Winery and Vineyard – Contact University of Minnesota Extension at (320) 484-4334 Jan. 19 – AgStar Technoledge Conference – Mankato, Minn. – Conference offers information on the latest equipment in tractor, field or barn and

how to select the right tools for your business – Visit AgStar.com/Technoledge Jan. 19-20 – Upper Midwest Regional Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference and Trade Show – Saint Cloud, Minn. – Growers can explore new ideas, network with other growers, talk with exhibitors and attend seminars – Visit Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association at www.mfvga.org or call (763) 434-0400 or contact mfvga@msn.com Feb. 3-4 – Minnesota Farm Bureau Leadership Conference – Bemidji, Minn. – Conference to raise awareness of ag issues, provide advocacy tools and enhance networks and leadership skills – Contact Ruth Meirick at (651) 768-2115 or ruth.meirick@fbmn.org or visit www.fbmn.org/leadership-conference Feb. 11 – Sustainable Farming Association Conference – Saint Joseph, Minn. – Celebrate work being done by farmers to improve soil health, conserve water and enhance sustainability – Contact SFA at (844) 922-5573 or visit www.sfamn.org/conference/ or e-mail info@ sfa-mn.org

Three semi self-paced home study courses are available online with registration open now through Jan. 17.

Course materials and discussion boards will be posted on the course Moodle side. The registration fee is $75.00. Courses will start on Jan. 11 and close on April 5.

To learn more and register go to www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/ beef/ • Introduction to Beef Cattle Feeding: An introduction to the principles of cattle feeding with a focus on cattle health, nutrition, facilities and best management practices of manure handling and usage.

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Cidery is taking root, crafting heirloom ciders

By TIM KING The Land Correspondent COLD SPRING, Minn. — “Would you like to sample some apples?” Peter Gillitzer, of Milk and Honey Ciders, asks two visitors to the cidery near Cold Spring. Gillitzer then begins slicing small wedges from apples with names like Black Oxford, Wickson and Chestnut. The flavors are nothing like the sweet but uncomplicated fruit currently in favor on grocery store shelves. These apples, like the hundreds of other varieties that Milk and Honey Ciders uses, are loaded with aromas and fascinating flavors that linger in your mouth.

“Just like you would never expect to make great wine from grapes that you buy in the grocery store,” Gillitzer said, “the familiar eating apples at the grocery make rather uninspiring cider.”

In fact, some excellent cider apple varieties are barely edible. Peter calls apples like the Dabinett and Amere de Bellevue bittersweets. Eaten fresh, they are astringent and bitter. In a cider, they provide depth, body and flavor, he said.

Ciders with the potential to be inspiring include not only apples that are Bittersweets. The “Sharps” apples are more acidic and balance the tannins from the Bittersweets. They lend brightness to a cider and

The wooden keg next to Peter Gillitzer is more for show than production.

Each of the stainless steel tanks seen in the background holds 1,000 gallons of fermenting cider.

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Not as much.

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include varieties such as the little Wickson apple and Harrison — an apple variety dating back to the founding of the country. Finally, a group of apples which cider makers refer to as “Sweets” or “Aromatics” provide flavor and aroma. For example, Newtown Pippin apples add a grapefruit-like flavor and Chestnut Crabs provide tropical fruit aromas, according to Gillitzer.

To supply some of the apples for its hard ciders, Milk and Honey Ciders has an orchard of approximately 2,000 trees in long rows surrounded by 8-foottall fencing to keep deer out.

“We have about 30 different varieties planted in the orchard,” Gillitzer says. “Let me find you a Golden Russett to sample. They are just coming into production.”

Most of the trees, which are trellissed similar to grapevines, are young and just beginning to produce.

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the trees are mature, most of the fruit will be on the outside of the tree and easily harvested.

“The idea is to create a wall of fruit that we can harvest as we drive by with a wagon,” Gillitzer said.

But, for the time being, the young orchard is yielding only a few apples.

“We’re buying most of our fruit,” Gillitzer said.

“Some of these varieties are very rare and difficult to locate.”

Crafting cider Gillitzer and his partners, Adam Theis and Aaron Klocker, look for apples to buy as far away as New England. A Michigan orchard provided the apples for Milk and Honey Ciders 2015 Heirloom Cider. That orchard has a collection of around 450 rare and heirloom apple varieties. Some of the varieties which make up the 2015 Heirloom Cider are Golden Russet, Esopus Spitzenberg, Knobbed Russet, Arkansas Black, and Winesap.

The partners describe Heirloom Cider as a semidry cider with varieties that balance sharpness with soft tannins and a subtle sweetness. Like all of Milk and Honey ciders, it is lightly carbonated. Heirloom Cider was bottled for Milk and Honey by Third Street Brewing in Cold Spring.

“It’s a good cider for people who aren’t familiar with ciders to start with,” Peter said.

The other two 2015 ciders available are the 2015 Kingston Cuvee and the 2015 Grand Cru. The Kingston Cuvee is named after a Bittersweet apple called See CIDER, pg. 13

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Milk and Honey ciders finding their way into area taverns ally simple,” he said. “We use the best apples that we can, grown in the best way possible. We choose apple varieties that will create a high quality cider and then we try not to screw it up.

“There are all sorts of styles that you can focus on such as the fermentation, the cellaring and aging, the process itself, or different yeast strains. But our focus is on using high quality fruit and then doing everything we can to let the apples shine. We don’t do anything crazy with the process. We use a very neutral champagne yeast and we

Livestock antibiotic rule effective Jan. 1 tions will be changing from over-thecounter to prescription. Producers need to talk to their veterinarians now about the new antibiotic regulations.

The antibiotic changes do not apply to injectable antibiotics.

If you have been regularly or occasionally using antibiotic medications that are routinely added to livestock feed or water, it is most important to talk to your veterinarian and your feed supplier about steps you will need to take to stay in compliance with the new VFD rules.

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Resources available for FDA’s antibiotic changes tant antibiotics used in feed will be changing from over-the-counter to Veterinary Feed Directive. Water soluble medications will be changing from OTC to prescription. Both VFDs and water Rx medications will require a veterinarian-client-patient relationship. The antibiotic changes do not apply to injectable antibiotics.

The antibiotic changes will affect producers, veterinarians, feed mills and suppliers. Producers include all livestock producers including 4-H, FFA and other youth raising livestock.

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FOLEY, Minn. — Sarah Schieck, Regional Extension Educator for Swine Production, shared information recently about the new Veterinary Feed Directives that will go into effect on Jan. 1. These new rules, related to livestock medications, cover other species of livestock along with swine. The antibiotic changes will affect producers, veterinarians, feed mills and suppliers. Producers include all livestock producers — including 4-H, FFA and other youth raising livestock.

Medically-important antibiotics used in feed will be changing from over-thecounter to VFD. Water soluble medica-

Gillitzer stands in his young apple orchard’s Golden Russett section. Since the trees are not mature enough to bear much fruit, Milk and Honey buys most of the apples it needs to make cider.

age six to nine months at a minimum.”

You can find Milk and Honey’s 2015 Grand Cru and Kingston Black on tap at numerous bars in the Twin Cities as well as at the White Horse and Anton’s in St. Cloud and sometimes at La Ferme in Alexandria. Heirloom Cider in bottles is more widely available. Check the company’s website at www. milkandhoneyciders.com for a complete list. You can also buy cider at the cidery and the public is invited to the apple pressings which take place throughout the fall and early winter. v

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CIDER from pg. 12 Kingston Black blended with Dabinett and Wickson. The partners describe it as a highly interesting, off dry, tannic cider with notes of anise and wormwood. The Grand Cuvee, made with Yarlington Mill, Dabinett, and Wickson has deep herbal notes.

To make complex ciders that are off dry with notes of herbs and wormwood require a dedication to simplicity and a faith in your apples, said Gillitzer.

“We make cider by keeping it re-

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Specialist talks common sense on dairy nutrition

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Though relatively young, Tamilee Nennich is long on common sense when talking dairy nutrition. Nennich is a Bagley, Minn., native with a University of Minnesota academic background.

She earned her Ph.D. at Washington State University, Pullman. Her first work was at Texas A&M University; followed by seven years as an extension dairy specialist at Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind. Today, however, she is back home in Minnesota working as a dairy nutrition specialist for Famo Feeds in Freeport.

Famo Feeds, in business for over a century, handles all types of livestock feed products. Nennich said, “I’m just passionate about working in the dairy industry. I love working with dairy cows, dairy farmers. Any opportunity I can have to improve the life of dairy farmers and hopefully help their cows is important to me.”

Nennich spent a few minutes with The Land at the Minnesota Milk Dairy Conference, Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, in St. Cloud.

Q: What is the most common default in dairy farming today?

Nennich: All dairy farmers are working for maximizing milk production. They focus on milk, but keeping cows healthy is equally important. Plus, the need to consider milk components also. They’re paid on milk fat and milk protein levels, not just total volume of milk. So sharp producers need to focus on both herd health and milk components.

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Q: I spent lots of bucks for this barn and now I want lots of cows in there. When are there too many?

Nennich: I think stocking density is more a factor than most realize. It’s basic … if cows are overcrowded they don’t have space to eat, or space to lie down. Sacrifice these two items and you won’t have healthy, high-producing cows. So getting your herd into higher stocking densities definitely gets to be a challenge for your cows. You are definitely getting into a density issue when you get up to 120 percent density. Some make it work — even at that rate.

Photo by Dick Hagen But it takes careful day-by-day management. Stage Tamilee Nennich is a nutrition specialist for Famo of lactation makes a difference too. Don’t crowd durFeeds in Freeport, Minn. ing early lactation (like the first six months). And don’t overstock dry cows either. Nor those close-up that question. We are a company with the capability cows just a few days from calving. of putting any nutrients you wish into your feeds. We Q: So can waterbeds minimize the density make our own vitamin and trace mineral mixes. We can provide a basic feed mix that any dairy farmer issue? would need, even a specialized vitamin/trace minNennich: Again, it depends on your management. eral pack to counteract nutritional deficiencies. A Waterbeds in tie stalls work fine, but waterbeds in a customized nutrition program is pretty much the free stall barn don’t eliminate density problems normal with our dairy customers. unless you are in that 110 percent category.

Q: How do you go about customizing a nutriQ: Does pushing for peak production shorten tion program? the longevity of dairy cows?

Nennich: We match their feed mixes to their forage Nennich: Tough to answer because it boils down program. Simple to say, but that means doing nutrient to economics of your operation. If, for example, you analysis of each forage and then adjust as needed are ramping up with lots of new heifers, maybe it through the year as they get into different forages. would benefit to push production even if longevity is Q: 2016 was a tremendous forage year. Does challenged. that influence the nutritive value of these forTamilee Nennich can be reached via e-mail at ages? tnennich@famofeeds.com; phone, (320) 290-9948; or v Nennich: Definitely but most important is the cut- visit www.famofeeds.com. ting cycle of each crop. Maturity of those forages at stage of cutting is key; but so too is fertility of the soils growing the forage. Plus, of course, proper handling and storage of the forage are vital to nutritive value.

Q: I’m a 200-cow dairy farmer with a 28,000pound herd. What’s the quickest and most costeffective strategy for getting my herd up to 30,000 pounds?

Nennich: Maintaining the health of those cows is Minnesota Pork Congress is a swine specific number one as you push for higher production. We talk stronger nutrition as being the route to go but tradeshow and education event that features a wide on-farm management is just as critical. I like to sit variety of tradeshow exhibitors, timely seminars down with producers and talk their entire dairy pro- and social activities designed exclusively for pig gram. We can start with nutrition, but I need to help farmers and pork industry stakeholders. producers figure out if there are other management The event takes place at the Minneapolis Convenroadblocks. That means an on-farm visit to see your tion Center. Trade show hours are Tuesday, Jan. 17, cows, observe their environment which includes how 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday, Jan. 18, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. they are fed, their handling into the milking parlor Admission is $15 at the door. For more informaand feeding processes — be that free stall, tie stall tion, visit www.mnporkcongress.com. v and even parlor feeding.

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Minn. company breeds multi-trait seed for global market We need to be breeding new seed products today to accommodate all the stresses of the future.

Ed Baumgartner

As for the political climate in Puerto Rico, Baumgartner said it’s like working with every government. “It changes every four years giving us a new landscape to work with. The Puerto Rico economy is hurting these days. Some natives are leaving Puerto Rico to find work in the states. We lost four employees this year that went to the states to unite with their families who would provide good jobs for them too.”

3MG employs about 30 people year-around at their Puerto Rico facility, plus upwards of 200 for seasonal work. At Olivia, the staff numbers six, but ramps up to about 20 each season during plot planting and harvesting. Because of merger mania continuing in the seed industry, 3MG research contracts vary from year to year. World politics is always a factor. He noted China’s anti-GMO policy quickly generated ripple effects through the entire corn industry.

New venture startup seed firms are frequent customers of 3MG. “The clientele has changed dramatically over the past 12 years we’ve been at this work,” Baumgartner said. Research and testing contracts keep expanding around the globe. This year, 12 counv He questions if transgenetic hybrids have soon run tries are part of 3MG’s total business portfolio. their course. The company has done lots of contract

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developed a proprietary breeding methodology in corn that utilizes the fast environment of Puerto Rico and harnesses all of its various growing season challenges to develop very tough products. The products from this methodology we label as Durayield — our trademark for products with high levels of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance.

Durayield utilizes many genes that already exist in corn. The good Lord has provided everything we need in our crops to be successful. We see no need to insert something extra from another species.

Durayield genes have been selected to express themselves when challenged by the environment in which they are grown. This means they turn on when needed and off when not needed, keeping as much energy as possible focused on grain production.

Baumgartner challenges current thinking. “Many in agriculture believe we will not be able to keep up with world climate change and the predicted disasters it will contain. To the contrary, it is our belief we can actually head off these disasters by the extreme stress-breeding segment of our proprietary breeding methodology.

“Our opinion is, we need to be breeding new seed products today to accommodate all the stresses of the future. We ensure adaptability by properly testing new products where they are to be grown. We also believe our proprietary breeding methodology is transferable to other crops.”

Baumgartner envisions a new future for seed production to meet the needs of a growing world population and a changing world climate. “And if we selectively breed the right kind of toughness into this seed it will also dramatically reduce pesticide and other chemical inputs. A total seed that is farmer friendly is my ambition,” he summed up.

research work on genetically modified organism crops. But he wonders if the industry has plateaued.

“Today, many seedsmen and farmers are seeing real value is back in the genetics. That has been our focus since day one. Transgenic traits of today are more like accessories … they protect, but they do not enhance. Instead, we’re incorporating these tropical genes expressing toughness to differing environmental challenges into our 100-day and earlier inbreds.

It’s a slow, tedious process, but developing new seeds that can produce food in a variety of different environments around the world is exciting.

“The reality today is that corn breeding is becoming consumer driven. If a farmer growing and feeding non-GMO corn to his livestock better connects with the consumer on both value and taste, then it’s a win-win situation for growers and consumers. This farm-to-fork movement is very real out there.

“As we get deeper into working with the genetic toughness of selected inbred lines to the extreme variations of Mother Nature, we think hybrids of the future will be more able to withstand challenges of pests, insects, weather stresses, even variations in the soils of a given production area.”

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer OLIVIA, Minn. — “Mother Nature doesn’t work in a vacuum.” That comment came from Ed Baumgartner, 56-year-old president of 3MG (Third Millennium Genetics) North. Baumgartner’s seed research and development firm is based in Olivia, Minn. His comment sets the stage for the diversity of this 12-year-old company.

Baumgartner speaks candidly, “The majors in the seed industry are still focusing on just one trait at a time. We see it differently. Our research constantly includes multiple environments. For example, if we concentrate on drought tolerance, you more than likely will first observe heat stress. That in turn shows us a few things about water efficiency. Then, quite rapidly, you are also seeing nutrient-use efficiency indicators.”

These multiple trait expressions within a single cropping season get multiplied by up to three generations within a 365-day period for 3MG. This is because 3MG conducts this research in Puerto Rico weather with its generous heat and sunshine. Plus, 3MG utilizes seasonal research and yield plots at Olivia and locations in North Dakota and South Dakota help confirm actual Corn Belt yield data.

Noted Baumgartner, “We’re seeing that when we select for more heat tolerance, we’re also getting better cold tolerance. So everything is related. We’re not after just one specific item in our testing programs. Yes, we could make faster gains if we concentrated on just one item. But Mother Nature throws a different curve ball every year. So our breeding system is checking out a variety of environmental challenges each generation.

“Sure, it gets more complicated when you track multiple traits through individual inbred lines. But when you let Mother Nature be the judge, so to speak, of when you have a new inbred tough enough to handle these various challenges, the rewards are great. We’re seeing much higher yields of our second generation products under a variety of conditions.”

Testing is intense with 3MG. They operate a 600acre research farm at Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico which permits up to three cycles of testing observations per year. Its startup in 2004 puts them at 32 crop cycles and well into their third generation of breeding work on selected material.

Explained Baumgartner, “Over the years we have

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‘Best of Back Roads’ book celebrates rural life

By PAUL MALCHOW The Land Managing Editor Our rural culture is built on the road less taken. When settlers cleared that first acre of cropland and our ancestors sank a plow share to till the virgin soil, it was the road less taken.

Pioneers took uncharted territory and made it their own — bringing with them their heritage, customs, loves and passions. Through generations, the landscape has changed. But those customs and passions remain, dotting our countryside with hidden gems to be found on our back roads.

On Feb. 23, 2003, The Land unveiled a new feature — “Back Roads” — with little fanfare except for a prominent place on that issue’s back page. Assistant Editor Lynnae Schrader and Staff Writer Denice Woller spearheaded the effort stating, “Our intent is to capture in word and image the life of rural Minnesota, one person or one scene at a time.”

Since that first “Back Roads” essay, The Land has published more than 350 slices of life in rural Minnesota and Iowa. Some of the articles featured institutions such as state and national parks. Others visited small

and unique businesses started by people with the same pioneer spirit as the first farmers who homesteaded our states.

“Back Roads” has taken readers to festivals, churches, pow-wows, county fairs and cafés. Our writers drove the gravel roads where old farmers bale hay and young farmers combine corn.

Some of the essays are peeks into the daily triumphs and struggles of our neighbors.

The Land is proud of the success and popularity of “Back Roads,” but even more proud of the ingenuity, dedication and beauty depicted on the last page of our magazine. It teaches us to explore and appreciate the life stories which are found every day on our back roads.

Here’s a sneak peek at some of the “Back Roads” photos and essays included in “Best of Back Roads: Stories of hidden gems in Minnesota and Iowa.” Our archival quality hardcover book features photos and stories from 2003 to today. You will find this keepsake book is part travel guide and part history lesson.

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Feb. 28, 2003: The Land Staff Writer Denice Woller wrote the first “Back Roads” feature. She attended a potluck at the Montevideo Community Room.

There she met, (from left) Connie Lein, Elane Bergo and Jill Darrington. The three were reminiscing and telling tales about growing up. They had just watched the play “Stories from Montevideo, MN.”

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July 8, 2011: The Land Correspondent Kristin Kveno visited Hoffman dairy farm. The family opened their dairy farm near New Ulm, Minn., to the public so that people could experience life on the farm. Princess Kay of the Milky Way, Katie Miron, also stopped by the farm.

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Dec. 3, 2004: The Land Assistant Editor Lynnae Schrader visited David Lill’s dairy barn near Carlisle, Minn. Lill, an Otter Tail County dairy farmer and photographer, featured his Brown Swiss dairy herd in a coffee table photo book titled “Cows Like You’ve Never Seen.” Lill’s herd donned feather boas, nuns’ habits and sombreros for the shoot.

Lill first encountered fame when his photo of one of his Brown Swiss cows appeared on the cover of The Hoard’s Dairyman in 1991.

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June 25, 2010: The Land Correspondents Tim and Jan King visited St. Isidore’s church near Staples, Minn. St. Isidore is the patron saint of farmers and on her feast day in May 2010, the country church, long since closed, was opened wide. A few locals, with the help of Father Ralph Zimmerman, brought back the tradition of blessing seeds and tractors.

Feb. 23, 2007: The Land Correspondent Richard Siemers visited Marble Store, near Canby, Minn. Larry and Lu Yackley resurrected the Marble Store in 2004. The couple grew up in the area, but when they moved back the store was closed. In 1979, a new owner had made it half café, half store. No longer a store, the café is once again a community gathering place.

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Cash Grain Markets corn/change* Dover Edgerton Jackson Janesville Cannon Falls Sleepy Eye Average: Year Ago Average:

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Grain prices are effective cash close on Dec. 27. The price index chart compares an average of most recently reported local cash prices with the same average for a year ago. *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Grain Outlook Corn, soybean prices plunge

Livestock Angles Price volatility to continue

The following marketing analysis is for the week ending Dec. 23.

CORN — March corn finally broke out of its $3.50 to $3.65 trading range this week and edged toward the December low of $3.41.75 per bushel. The low this week was $3.45.5 per bushel. Fresh news was in deficit this week as volumes faded throughout the week and traders headed home for the holidays. Improved weather in South America sparked the selloff in soybeans and corn was pulled lower along with it.

For the week, March corn fell 10.5 cents to $3.45.75 per PHYLLIS NYSTROM CHS Hedging Inc. bushel, July corn dropped 10.5 St. Paul cents to $3.60, and the December contract tumbled 10.25 cents to $3.76.25 per bushel. Corn has closed unchanged or lower for the last seven sessions. Ongoing strength in the U.S. dollar has also been a drag on the market.

Weekly export sales were excellent and exceeded expectations at 49.2 million bushels. This keeps us 76 percent ahead of last year when the U.S. Department of Agriculture is predicting a 17.2 percent increase in exports year-on-year. Total commitments at 1.35 billion bushels represents nearly 61 percent of the total 2.225 billion bushel export forecast. We need 25.6 million bushels of sales per week to fulfill the USDA’s projection.

Weekly ethanol production was down slightly from the previous week, but at 1.04 billion barrels per day, was still the second highest ever. Ethanol

As the year 2016 comes to a close, the livestock markets have overall seen a volatile year in price movement. Moving into the new year, the expectation will likely be that little will change as far as price volatility is concerned, at least in the first quarter of the new year. The battle between supply and demand will more than likely continue to be the dominant feature in the price discovery in all livestock markets.

The cattle market has continued the price slide which began in late October of 2014 throughout 2016. The recent rally in prices has relieved some pressure. However, it is yet to be JOE TEALE determined whether the long Broker slide in prices is over. When Great Plains Commodity examining the supply side in the Afton, Minn. cattle market, the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cattle on Feed report suggested cattle placed in feedlots during November were a bit larger than analysts expected. The marketed number and the number of cattle on feed were just slightly higher than anticipated. Overall, the report was interpreted as slightly negative to the deferred months because of the larger-than-expected placement number. On the demand side, the USDA also released a Monthly Cold Storage report that indicated a continued growth of beef stocks in storage. This suggests a continued slow demand for beef products at current prices. Therefore, unless demand grows for beef or supplies of beef are reduced, it would appear that any further rally in live prices will meet resistance at higher levels. Technically, the futures market appears to be moving into key resistance areas which could produce an end to See TEALE, pg. 19

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Grain Angles Maximize capital investment value Think back to a time when you made a recent capital purchase. Maybe a piece of equipment, maybe some land or maybe a recent expansion. So many thoughts, ideas and concerns surround that type of purchase.

In order to maximize the true value of a capital investment on your farm, due diligence and analysis are key. Start with these three questions.

1. Is this purchase helping replace poor performing equipment?

2. Does this purchase help as part of a larger expansion?

MATT LANGE AgStar business 3. Will this purchase improve consultant the efficiency of production on our Baldwin, Wis. farm?

If we’re able to answer, “Yes,” to one of those three questions, then we’ve probably solidified the basis for making that capital investment. The next step is to prioritize our needs. A great place to start is with this quadrant chart that we’ve come up with. The chart is on the following page.

A. First (Quadrant A), is this capital purchase urgent and important? That means, I need it within the next 12 months to accomplish the goals that I’ve listed in the question portion. This could be maybe a skid loader that has 6,000, 7,000 hours on it, you’ve had significant repairs, and it’s not with repairing any more. Maybe that’s a specific asset that fits into this category.

B. The next section (Quadrant B) is for things that we need within the next two years. Maybe this is a See LANGE, pg. 19

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

Choosing not to make purchase may be best decision Any time we make any capital investment, we always have to ask the question, ‘If I do this, what may it prevent me from doing later down the road?’

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Hog supply more than expected TEALE, from pg. 18 the current recovery rallies.

Producers at this juncture should remain cognizant of current conditions and protect inventories as needed.

The hog market has rallied from the recent lows made in late October on relatively good demand for pork. However, the recent USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report may have changed the outlook for hog prices in the weeks ahead. The report indicated far more hogs than the trade was anticipating which could end the recent rallies in prices. This would indicate from the supply side that pork supplies will be more than adequate to meet current demand.

The current demand has seen a retreat in overall

movement of product as pork cutouts have moved higher in recent weeks. This would indicate that it is likely that packers will be more selective and cautious in their bidding for live inventory in the days ahead. Technically speaking, the hog prices have recently moved into an area where there is very good resistance and have already backed away from this area in recent trading in both cash and futures.

The recent USDA Cold Storage report did indicate a good draw down on pork in storage. However, it seems unlikely that it will completely offset the increase in hog numbers in the weeks ahead. Producers should take note of the fact that the futures are now carrying a premium to the cash market and consider protecting inventories if given the opportunity. ❖

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your business. This document is a terrific conversation starter and provides an opportunity to share and get feedback from all partners in the business. Ideally each individual completes the worksheet documenting their specific prioritizes and aiding in the team discussion.

The last key aspect of capital budgeting is really managing the asset. Once we have made that significant investment, how are we financing it? Are we going to be utilizing some cash, and if we do, does that compromise our cash position going down the road?

Maximizing its full value A lot of times with any capital investment, we want to make sure that we’ve attributed the right resources and the right amount of time dedicated to

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new planter with upgraded technology. We can get by, we’ve made some repairs, but we don’t need to buy it right here today. Maybe that’s on our two year horizon. It’s important to our business, but it’s not urgent.

C. In the third quadrant (Quadrant C), we’re really looking at capital investments that need to be made on the five year horizon.

This may be a new combine for example. We have several years of life left in this piece of equipment.

We haven’t realized its full depreciable value yet and our operating costs aren’t significantly high at this point in time. That may be something we push off on that five year horizon.

D. Finally (Quadrant D) is for capital investment that requires more research. This may be something like a machine shed or shop. There are lots of options and variables with those types of investments, and may be something that’s beyond that five year horizon, requiring a little bit more due diligence. In this particular case, it is not necessarily about the time frame, but rather investigating what options make this investment truly worthwhile. The goal we’re trying to accomplish is a five-year capital budget for

each asset so we’re getting the maximized return on it. Having under-utilized assets is not only costly from a financial standpoint, but ties up dollars and limits our return on that investment. If you are in need of new/upgraded pieces of equipment and have a limited land base to spread out the cost, perhaps look to leasing or forming a partnership with another producer to share assets. Some of the best capital investment decisions are the ones we didn’t end up purchasing.

Undoubtedly, any time we make any capital investment, we always have to ask the question, “If I do this, what may it prevent me from doing later down the road?” This is critical with any capital investment, but especially with land. Land always seems to be a priority for producers. If it is your priority, then you need to consider how you will be in the best position to acquire land if and when it becomes available. Remaining flexible and targeting capital investments can enable you to be in the financial position to do so. Asking some of those questions, discussing it as a team and managing the asset can all become a practical and helpful process for your operation.

This quadrant is available as a downloadable document on our website.

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Brazil was top soybean supplier to China in 2016 NYSTROM, from pg. 18 stocks were steady at 19.1 million barrels. Ethanol crush margins fell 16 cents per gallon for the week to 43 cents.

Ag Rural is projecting Brazil’s total corn crop at 88.3 million metric tons compared to USDA’s forecast for 86.5 mmt. The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange pegged Argentina’s corn planting at 63 percent complete compared to 36 percent last year.

Bird flu in Asia has resulted in 1 million birds culled in Japan and 20 million in South Korea. Egg prices are soaring. Human cases of bird flu were reported in China with two fatalities so far.

Outlook: Technically, if support in the March corn at $3.41.75 per bushel is taken out and confirmed, a bearish outlook may take hold with $3.25 per bushel (the August and fall low) as the next downside target. As of this writing, the 100-day moving average, and also the 62 percent retracement from the December low to the December high, at $3.50.5 per bushel is first resistance. Corn may be a sideways market until after the first of the year with holiday mentalities and attendance expected to continue to fall in the coming week. The next significant USDA report will be released on Jan. 12 containing the final crop report as well as Grain Stocks as of Dec. 1.

SOYBEANS — All you had to do was look at the soybean price action this week to know that

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Argentina’s weather forecast was for rain. And they did get rain in needed areas. A key reversal lower on the chart opened the week to further slides. January soybeans broke their $10.20 support level and March soybeans took out their $10.30 support level this week. With nearby support pierced, profit taking ensued. With the expiration of January options right before the Christmas holiday, the $10.00 strike price acted as a price magnet for the January contract.

However, even that wasn’t able to hold. Palm oil tumbled to a four-week low which added to the negative sentiment.

The low this week in January soybeans was $9.87.75 per bushel. For the week, January soybeans plunged 46.75 cents lower to $9.90/bu., the July contract fell 44.5 cents to $10.14.5 and November soybeans dropped 37.25 cents to $9.82.5/bu. March soymeal crumbled 9.80 to 311.60 and soyoil declined by two full points to 35.00.

The weather forecast for rain in Argentina was verified this week and more rain is in the forecast through the end of the year. Argentina’s Ag Ministry increased its soybean production outlook from 56.0 mmt to 56.6 mmt. The BAGE put Argentina’s soybean planting at 76 percent complete vs. 82 percent last year.

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South American weather will continue to capture center stage in holiday trading and beyond. If weather forecasts continue to be aggreeable to crop development, (soybean) prices should be headed lower. plete by the end of January. Harvest in Parana will begin in mid-January with the rest of the country starting in February.

Weekly soybean export sales were above trade estimates at 66.6 million bushels. Our pace above last year fell from 29 percent to 27 percent. Total commitments at a record 1.7 billion bushels account for 84 percent of the USDA’s 2.050 billion bushel export outlook. The USDA is projecting a 5.9 percent increase in year-on-year exports. We need just 10.2 million bushels of sales per week to hit the USDA’s target. It’s estimated that China is well covered for its January needs but may need to purchase 2 mmt for February. This business will likely go to Brazil.

China’s soybean imports in November were up nearly 6 percent from last year at 7.8 mmt. The U.S. share jumped 32 percent from last year to 5.6 mmt.

Argentina claimed the second place supplier spot with 1 mmt. For the first 11 months of the calendar year, China imported 74.2 mmt, which is up 2.3 percent from the previous year. Of the total, Brazil was the top supplier with 37.7 mmt with the United States in second place at 25.5 mmt.

Outlook: First and foremost, South American weather will continue to capture center stage in holiday trading and beyond. If weather forecasts continue to be agreeable to crop development, prices should be headed lower. Record Brazilian bean production expectations, large U.S. ending stocks, and a strong U.S. dollar remain negative catalysts to the market.

Nystrom’s Notes: Contract changes for the week ending Dec. 23 as of 12:30 p.m. CST: March Minneapolis wheat was down 13.5 cents, Chicago lost 15.75 cents and Kansas City fell 8.5 cents. February crude oil was unchanged on the week, ULSD fell 3 cents while RBOB gained 2.75 cents, and natural gas ran 12.25 cents higher. The U.S. dollar maintained strength with a 0.050 increase to 103.00. ❖

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Together accepted 10 requests for export assistance the week before Christmas from member cooperatives to sell 228,178 pounds of cheddar cheese, and 1.3 million pounds of butter to customers in Asia, Central America, the Middle East, and North Africa. The product has been contracted for delivery through March 2017 and, after adjusting for cancellations, put CWT’s 2016 exports at 51.6 million pounds of American-type cheeses, 11.1 million pounds of butter (82 percent milkfat) and 21.3 million pounds of whole milk powder to 23 countries on five continents.

■ The big bang you heard Dec. 21 was CME dairy prices. The cheddar blocks plunged 8.5 cents and continued down from there, closing Dec. 23 at $1.69 per pound. This is down 11 cents on the week but still 28.5 cents above a year ago. The barrels rolled to $1.5550 on Dec. 23, down 14.5 cents on the week but 12.5 cents above a year ago and still at an unsustainable 13.5 cents below the blocks. On the week, 10 cars of block traded hands and 30 of barrel.

Midwestern cheese producers report another strong week in orders, according to Dairy Market News. Pizza cheese has slowed a bit as more traditional holiday type cheeses are in higher demand.

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Also could be some cash flow and tax deciThis column was written for the marketsions coming into play. Whatever the case, ing week ending Dec. 23. we’ll be sure to keep a close eye on slaughGlobal milk production may be falling, ter rates as we head into a 2017 when but that’s not the case in the United more cows will be taken off rBST (which States, thanks to rising cow numbers and could also positively impact cull rates).” impressive gains per cow. November out■ put in the top 23 states totaled 16.1 billion pounds, which is up 2.6 percent from The bears are not in hibernation and November 2015, according to the U.S. came out for the last Global Dairy Trade Department of Agriculture’s preliminary MIELKE MARKET auction of 2016. The 168 bidders reversed data. The 50-state total, at 17.1 billion WEEKLY direction on the weighted average for all pounds, was up 2.4 percent. There were no products offered, inching 0.5 percent By Lee Mielke revisions in the October numbers and lower, following gains of 3.5 on Dec. 6, remains at 16.5 billion pounds, up 4.5 percent on Nov. 15, and 11.4 per2.7 percent from October 2015. cent on Nov. 1.

November cow numbers in the 23 Anhydrous milkfat led the declines, down 2.3 perstates totaled 8.67 million head, up 4,000 from Octo- cent, after gaining 2.9 percent on Dec. 6. Lactose folber and 33,000 more than a year ago. Output per cow lowed, down 1.6 percent. Whole milk powder inched averaged 1,851 pounds, up 40 pounds from a year 0.8 percent lower after jumping 4.9 percent in the ago and the highest November output since the last event. Gains were led by rennet casein, up 3.3 series began in 2003. percent, following a 2.3 percent rise. Buttermilk powCalifornia topped its year-ago output for the second der was up 3.1 percent, after leading the losses last month in a row, but barely — up 0.2 percent, despite time, down 2.6 percent. Cheddar cheese was up 1.9 percent after a 2.2 percent increase. Butter inched a drop of 11,000 cows. Output per cow was up 15 pounds. Wisconsin was up 2.2 percent, on a 45-pound up 0.5 percent after a 1.7 percent boost last time.

Skim milk powder was unchanged, following a 1.4 gain per cow. But cow numbers were down 3,000 percent rise last time. head.

FC Stone equated the average GDT butter price to Texas raised eyebrows with the biggest gain — up $1.9514 per pound U.S. Chicago Mercantile 11.4 percent from a year ago, thanks to a whopping Exchange butter closed Dec. 23 at $2.2475 per 28,000 more cows and a 90-pound gain per cow. pound. GDT cheddar cheese equated to about Increased cow numbers spurred Michigan, up 5.3 $1.7356 per pound U.S. and compares to the Dec. 23 percent, on 12,000 more cows and output per cow CME block cheddar at $1.69. GDT skim milk powder was up an impressive 50 pounds. Idaho also milked was at $1.1887 per pound U.S. and whole milk pow12,000 more cows, and got 30 pounds more per cow. der was at $1.6186 per pound U.S. Grade A nonfat This is up 3.6 percent. dry milk price closed Dec. 23 at $1.02 per pound.

New York was up 4.4 percent and was second in HighGround Dairy says the “flat but sustained the milk per cow gain, up 80 pounds, though cow numbers were unchanged. New Mexico posted a 65- result to this week’s GDT auction will give Fonterra and its farmer shareholders some extra confidence pound gain per cow, propelling it to a 3.7 percent going into the summer Christmas period.” increase from a year ago, while cow numbers were up 1,000. Minnesota was up 1.3 percent on a 20“The traded market is proving to be extremely pound gain per cow and 1,000 more cows. Washingresilient,” HighGround Dairy says. “Chinese demand ton was one of five states showing a decline. Produc- has yet to drop away like some had expected after tion was off 0.2 percent on 2,000 fewer cows, though the December-January arrivals were procured and output per cow was up 10 pounds. the market is seeing further Middle Eastern demand slowly returning. It also seems that this auction saw ■ increased participation from South East Asian buyU.S. dairy cow culling was up from October and ers, noting that an additional nine buyers were from a year ago, according to USDA’s latest Liveactive versus the last event. Perhaps these buyers stock Slaughter report. An estimated 243,200 head were slaughtered under federal inspection in Novem- have been waiting for the market reversal that has just never arrived.” ber. This is up 6,000 head or 2.5 percent from OctoHighGround Dairy cautions however, “There are ber and 12,600 head or 5.5 percent above November still plenty of headwinds for importing regions. A 2015. Culling in the January to November period volatile year grinds to the finish and we cross the totaled 2,632,700 head, which is down 26,900 head line without any major price correction, and some or 1.0 percent from 2015.

FC Stone’s Dec. 23 Early Morning Update reported buyers hoping for China’s demand to recede may be that dairy cow slaughter eclipsed 60,000 head for the taking another look at their strategy. Fat and protein pricing is now above five-year averages, but not by second week in a row for the week ending Dec. 10. much, and there is argument for further upside with “December marks the first time since mid-March milk production still lagging in key export regions. we’ve seen a weekly number at or above 60,000 Dairy exporters will start 2017 firmly on the front head,” according to FC Stone. “Perhaps inclement foot,” HighGround Dairy concludes. weather is the culprit. With the gain in cow numbers ■ during November, perhaps producers are rotating In other trade news, Cooperatives Working out some inventory to make more room in the barns.

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Milk supply reports have been varied. Some cheese producers are buying spot loads at discounted rates, while others report a scarcity of milk. Most report that milk supplies should be up with school breaks, which will divert milk from bottling plants to the cheese vats.

Western cheese makers report good consumer demand, but they expect orders to slow over the holidays.

Domestic demand has helped offset the lack of abundant export opportunities and has provided some price support for current cheese production.

Some buyers say there is plenty of cheese in inventory. Barrels are long and some buyers are making purchases at heavily discounted prices for barrels that have a little more age.

Blocks are in good supply, tighter than barrels, but no shortage, according to Dairy Market News.

Nov. 30 American-type cheese stocks were down 3 percent from October but were up 2 percent from November 2015, according to USDA’s latest Cold Storage report. The total cheese inventory was also down 3 percent from October but was 3 percent above a year ago.

■ On Dec. 19, butter hit the highest price since Aug. 15, 2016, then gave most of it back — only to rally and settle back at the Dec. 19 $2.2475 per pound. This is up 5.75 cents on the week and 21 cents above a year ago with 15 cars sold on the week.

Central butter production is mixed, reports Dairy Market News, but with sluggish cream interest from Class II processors, cream is more available.

November saw a good drawdown in

stocks, according to USDA Cold Storage data, down 29 percent from October, but a strong 21 percent above November 2015 Western butter makers are easing into seasonal first quarter schedules.

Cream is plentiful as Class II manufacturers wind down production. Butter inventories are seasonally lower. A few contacts suggest that stocks may be tighter than they have been for some time. Domestic demand is still good as consumers prepare for holiday gatherings, but the holiday baking season is passing quickly. Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk climbed to $1.05 per pound on Dec. 22, the highest level since Oct. 6, 2015, only to give it back and close at $1.02. This is unchanged on the week, but 26 cents above a year ago, with 14 cars sold on the week.

■ The Federal order Class I base milk price starts 2017 with a jump. The January price was announced at $17.45 per hundredweight, up 57 cents from December, $1.41 above January 2016, and equates to about $1.50 per gallon, up from $1.45 in December and $1.38 a year ago. It is the highest Class I since January 2015.

“Dairy margins improved over the first half of December, following a strong milk rally while feed costs held relatively steady,” according to the latest Margin Watch from Chicago-based Commodity and Ingredient Hedging.

“Projected forward margins are above the 90th percentile of the previous decade through the first half of 2017, and above the 80th percentile for the remainder of the year,” the Margin Watch states. “Milk prices have been responding to a significant decline in global production. In addition to recent losses from New Zealand, EU milk production in October declined 957 million

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pounds from last year, to below 26.5 billion.

This was the fifth consecutive month of lower year-over-year output in the EU-28, and marked the largest monthly milk deficit in decades for the continent. European producers have responded to a new incentive program that provides a bonus for producing less milk than a year ago. Combined production in the EU and Oceania was 1.6 billion pounds lower than in October of 2015.”

“CME dairy product prices have been surging as a result,” the Margin Watch says, “but it remains to be seen if the U.S. can capitalize on increased export sales.”

“Feed costs have held relatively steady with limited feature in the market. USDA made no changes to corn or soybean balance sheets in the December WASDE (World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates) report, and traders are already turning attention to the January report, which will include final production and quarterly grain stocks. Weather remains mostly favorable for production in both Brazil and Argentina,” the Margin Watch concludes.

■ In politics, a new congressional effort to prod federal regulators to crack down on the inappropriate labeling of products designed to imitate milk has drawn support from the International Dairy Foods Association and National Milk Producers.

Both organizations thanked lawmakers for speaking out on the issue, according to a joint press release. A letter was written by Reps. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and cosigned by a bipartisan coalition of 32 other members of the House. The letter urged U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf to “more aggressively police the improper use of dairy terms, which are used on the labels of many products that have no real dairy ingredients.”

“Federal standards of identity stipulate that milk and related foods have to be made from animal sources to use these established dairy terms. Thus, plant-based foods and beverages made of nuts and grains are ‘misleading to consumers, harmful to the dairy industry, and a violation of milk’s standard of identity,” the letter said. “We request that the Food and Drug Administration exercise its legal authority to investigate and take appropriate action against the manufacturers of these

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Dairy Margins improved over the first half of December, following a strong milk rally while feed costs held relatively steady.

— Margin Watch misbranded products.”

California dairy producers face continued environmental challenges that may be a sign of things to come. Western United Dairymen’s Paul Sousa wrote in his Dec. 16 newsletter, “With the passage of Senate Bill 1383, many dairy producers are wondering what it means for them and their dairy.

“The legislation directs the California Air Resources Board, in consultation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, to adopt regulations to reduce methane emissions from dairy manure management by up to 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030. ARB must work with stakeholders to identify and address challenges and barriers to dairy methane emissions. ARB must also conduct research to help identify a variety of methods to achieve the reductions and quantify the potential reductions from those methods.

“SB 1383 states that any regulation can only take effect on or after January 2024 if the regulations are technologically and economically feasible. This gives dairy families seven years to prepare and to implement reductions voluntarily with incentive funding,” according to the WUD “CDFA is currently administering $50 million of funding to achieve the goals of this legislation voluntarily.

Much more funding will be needed to help dairies make the reductions and WUD will advocate for the necessary funding levels.”

■ Lastly, but certainly not least, I want to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a very happy and blessed Christmas. It is a time worn phrase but one that still rings true; “There is a reason for the season.”

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. ❖

Dairy farmers see negative incomes in operation “Minnesota is staying static.

Because of more milk per cow, we’re increasing milk production. But we’ve stayed around 465,000 cows for some time now. All surrounding states have been increasing their cow numbers dramatically in the last few years.

“So what we are seeing is a move back to the Midwest but not specifically Minnesota. No, it’s not complacency on the part of Minnesota dairy farmers. But we’re regarded as a rules and regulations state. We strive for a positive relationship with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Are there issues? Absolutely. But we need to think about how we can make things work rather than why they can’t.”

Lunemann is not challenged with the Minnesota buffer law because he has only about 100 feet of county ditch on his property.

“I think more science needs to be applied to make sure we do have clean water. That is the goal for all.

But let’s do it a smart way. Let’s not be taking land out of production that has very minimal impact on water. In other words, let’s keep the emphasis on buffers where they need to be.

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seen any year quite like this one. Even more surprising … my fourth cutting yielded better than my second or third.”

Lunemann predicts steady growth in robotic milking.

“Those of us with larger herds already have our parlors in place,” he said. “So at this point, the robot systems are primarily for the small to medium-sized herds. They’re expensive, but productivity and overall impact on herd health is significant.

And there’s a reduction in labor intensities. Robots make dairying more sustainable … we can do more with less.”

Lunemann’s operation would need about 12 robotic systems to handle his 800-cow herd. “Costing about $220,000 per system, our operation couldn’t justify such an investment,” he reasoned.

“But robotic milking with 100-cow carousels is intriguing. Some of that technology is just about ready to come online. This is further along in Europe.

I think it will happen. I’m not certain the cash-flow requirement to justify the investment.”

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By DICK HAGEN the books for many producers.”

The Land Staff Writer ST. CLOUD, Minn. — AskExtra bushels or tons per ing the president of the Minacre always helps, noted Lunenesota Milk Producers Associmann. “Like most farmers, we ation the top three issues for always push to make more,” he the dairy industry, one would said. “One standard rule in the expect better milk prices dairy industry: When prices would top the list.

Pat Lunemann are low, we produce as much as we can. When prices are high, But not so, said MMPA President Pat Lunemann. The Clarissa, we produce as much as we can so we Minn., 800-cow dairy farmer said this: don’t really help ourselves.”

“Health insurance today tops the list.

The dairy industry is concerned that Then we talk prices, particularly milk President-elect Donald Trump will not prices today. And third would be the enter the TPP agreement.

Margin Protection Program. Is it even “Data we’ve looked at so far suggest working?” the impact of TPP wouldn’t have been The MPP, widely touted by the U.S. great, but it would have been in the Department of Agriculture as the right direction,” he said. “About 15 perreplacement program for Milk Income cent of U.S. dairy production is Loss Compensation in the 2014 Farm exported, and China continues to be one Bill, was intended to compensate dairy of our major importers. They typically farmers for financial losses based on a look to New Zealand and Australia set formula with current milk prices first, but we’re in the pack. We need to and feed costs as weighted factors. be cognizant of the fact that about 30 But Lunemann, who has served as percent of all major American commodiMMPA President for the past nine ties — both grain and livestock — years, challenges “When feed prices depend on export markets today.” are low because our commodities are He also questions whether the next so poorly priced, that’s just a double secretary of agriculture will have whammy for dairy farmers who pro- much impact on future pricing of agriduce their own crops.” cultural products. “He may have more Lunemann thinks changes will hap- impact on Congress. Regardless the pen. He recently discussed the issue administration, there are few experts with both Marin Bozic, University of on ag policy,” he said. “So we need a Minnesota professor in dairy foods good ag secretary who can drive home marketing economics and Congress- what is important for our rural econman Collin Peterson, a long-time stal- omy and U.S. farmers.” wart of sensible economics in the Dairy farming nation’s Farm Bill.

Lunemann farms in Todd County, “Peterson is ranking member of the which got soaked excessively a few House Agriculture committee and times this season, even a foot of snow highly respected by his colleagues on and sloppy rains in November. both sides of the aisle. Collin helped “Our soils are very saturated going write the Margin Protection Program; into winter,” he said. “For most of us but this was when commodity prices dairy farmers, alfalfa is our major crop were much higher. Today, it is not and how it weathers the winter is working as we thought it would, so always a concern.” some repackaging is needed,” He’s encouraged with the new generexplained Lunemann. ation of alfalfas soon to be getting into Interviewed at November’s Midwest the market. “These are low-lignin Dairy Conference in St. Cloud, Lune- alfalfas that will be wonderful for our mann indicated 2017 break-even cows and good for our fields because prices for his dairy operation would we may be able to do one less cutting have to be in the $16-$17 per hundred- and still get a good yield and better weight bracket. “This year we’ve had a TDN (total digestible nutrients) vallot of $15 prices, so dairying has ues. One less trip over our fields cuts mostly been a money-losing proposi- costs per acre and perhaps enhances tion for many. It’s gotten slightly better soil structure also.” recently, but it takes some really good So was this a five-cutting year for months to make up for this series of alfalfa?

“For many, yes” said Lunepoor months. Dairy farmers throughout the upper Midwest range from mann, who explained, “We’re in a probably $14 to $20-plus in terms of three-cut region, but this year we had cost of production. So unfortunately, four. That was incredible. I’ve never

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January is a gardener’s time for cozy reflections about successes and failures of the last growing season. It is a time to earnestly look through all the garden catalogs, make some lists and decide what new varieties to try.

A flower I grew for the first time last summer was a IN THE GARDEN marigold named ”Yummy Mummy.” The seed was proBy Sharon Quale vided by the University of Minnesota Extension and was given to Master Gardeners who participated in a pollinator study.

Not many pollinators visited the test plot, but a beautiful tiny tree frog spent an entire afternoon in a blossom and appeared to relish his place in the sun. This green frog is a Hyla Versicolor and can be colored gray to creamy white but can change colors from grayish green to solid green. Though these frogs are associated with woods and swamp land, they frequently are in residential areas and can climb nearly anything using their toe pads.

Marigolds used to be on my list of “very ordinary and very common” plants. Frequently they were planted in monotonous rows of the same colored cultivar. How boring, I thought. I hesitated to have many in the garden, wrongly thinking of the many interesting and unusual flowers that would be better choices. Yummy Mummy changed all of that wrong thinking!

The cultivar Yummy Mummy’s scientific details include the botanical name: African Marigold; genus: Tagetes; and the species: Erecta. The very name conjures visions of an edible sarcophagus, but don’t think edible. Think splendid, spectacular chrysanthemum-like flowers on an easy to grow marigold.

Ruffled blooms with curved tubular petals when fully open can reach a spread of 5 inches. Strong stalks average about 12 to 18 inches in height.

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shades of orange, yellow and gold. These make great container specimen plants as well as impressive choices for borders. They also can be tucked into open spots in a vegetable garden. They germinate in a week or less and give great results when seeded directly in the garden.

The marigold is a native of Southern United States and regions in Mexico. There are well over 50 species being cultivated. Uses include: treating skin ailments, relieving swelling, making yellow dyes, use as a tincture of tea, as well as extensive use in companion planting in vegetables gardens. A seed source for Yummy Mummy is www.territorialseed.com.

Gertrude Jekell, a garden writer from the early 20th century, wrote, “… before you tip your aristocratic noses in the air, stop and think about the beautiful marigold … a valuable annual should not be neglected because it is common and easy to grow and often planted monotonously in endless lines. It should be remembered that if the plant was misused, it was not the fault of the plant, but that of the general acceptance of a poor sort of gardening.”

Sharon Quale is a master gardener from central Minnesota. She may be reached at (218) 738-6060 or squale101@yahoo.com. ❖

Market must get back in balance LUNEMANN, from pg. 23 Plus, we need to look at new practices, new strategies that can enrich water quality while also rebuilding soil health and enriching our total environment.

“I propose that we need to direct more money toward research to better ensure that we are making the right decisions.”

Using dairy checkoff dollars for this type of research is a bit of a problematic question, said Lunemann. The research has to benefit dairy products and consumer education. It cannot be directed towards brick and mortar projects that create more milk.

Markets With the positive attitude of most dairy farmers,

Lunemann said agriculture is a cyclical enterprise.

The problem today being, downward cycles are continuing with no predictable timing of when the turnaround will happen.

“2014 was a great year,” Lunemann stated. “The past two haven’t been good. But if the market gets back in balance, things will come back our way. We’re seeing the market come back in balance in other countries ... in New Zealand, Australia, and even in the European Union which recently stopped their quota system. That did just what you would expect — a rapid increase in production and a real skid in dairy profits. But they’re leveling off now and that could put the United States in a better position into world markets.” ❖

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Reduced $786,500 / $5,500 per acre.

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Deer & Turkey Hunting Need land to hunt deer and turkey on. Single hunter looking for land to hunt on in Blue Earth or surrounding counties. Respectful of your land and crops. Call or email me at breedlovevstar@yahoo.com 507-380-0014 Thank you for your consideration Daniel Caballero

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‘13 JD 9410R, 1612 hrs., 4WD, 410 HP, ‘03 JD 9520, 5164 hrs., 4WD, 450 HP, 710-70R42, Duals, 5 HYDS..........$229,000 800-70R38, Duals, 4 HYDS..........$125,000

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‘95 JD 6400, 5577 hrs., 2WD, 85 HP, ‘07 JD 8130, 3756 hrs., MFWD, 240 HP, 18.4X34, 2 HYDS..................$32,500 380-90R50, Duals, 4 HYDS..........$119,900

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‘12 JD 3520, 175 hrs., MFWD, 37 HP, ‘14 JD 6170M, 3407 hrs., MFWD, 170 loader, 59” SB, Ehydro..........$36,900 HP, 420-80R46, 3 HYDS..........$92,500

‘12 JD 6125 R 512 hrs MFWD 138 HP ‘13 KUBOTA M135, 338 hrs., MFWD, 135 460-85R38 3 hyds loader..............$99,000 HP, 3 HYDS, loader.......................$69,900

‘14 JD 60G, 91 hrs., Excavator, 16” Tracks, ‘07 JD 320, 227 hrs., SKID, 66 HP, ‘12 JD 320D, 3595 hrs., SKID, 66 HP, ‘10 JD 326D, 1195 hrs., SKID, 76 HP, 36” Bucket.......................................$69,900 Power, Quick Tach, Cab...$17,900 Cab, 2 SPD, 76” Bucket...............Call Cab, 2 SPD, Bucket..............$32,500

‘81 JD 6620, 4700 hrs., 125 HP, 23.1X26, ‘03 JD 9550, 2320 hrs., 1590 SEP, ‘04 JD 9560STS, 2773 hrs., 1875 SEP, ‘10 JD 9770STS, 1760 hrs,1259 SEP ‘13 S670, 1189, 907 SEP 650-85R38 Chopper, DAM, DAS.....................$7,500 18.4RX38.......................$89,000 PRWD, 18.4X38, Duals..........$115,000 hrs, 18.4X46 duals..............$165,000 Duals...................................$249,000

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‘14 JD 326E, 1203 hrs., SKID, 74 HP, DIESEL, ‘12 JD 328D, 2177 hrs., Skid, 80HP, 2 ‘11 JD 332D, 500, Skid 91HP, 2 Speed, BOBCAT S650, 1668 hrs., SKID, 74 HP, ‘13 JD S680, 971 hrs., 672 SEP 650-70R38 , ‘13 JD 9560RT, 2147 hrs., Track, 560 HP, 30”, 5 HYDS..................................................................$249,000 12X16.5, Cab, 76” Bucket...................$43,000 SPD, 84” Bucket....................$299,000 CAB 84” Bucket.....................$147,000 2 SPD, CAB, Quick Tach .........$37,500 Duals...................................................................$299,000

‘14 JD S680, 645 hrs., 462 SEP, 650- ‘12 JD 618C, 18R22, Chopping, ‘09 JD 1710, 12R30, Pro Shaft ..

85R38, Duals......................$355,000 Rowsense......................$110,000 ......................................$34,900

‘06 JD 1770, 24R30, CCS, Liquid, ‘05 JD 1770NT, 16R30”, 3 BU Boxes, ‘14 JD 1770NT, 16R30, CCS, ‘09 JD 1770NT, 24R30 fert., vacuum ‘05 JD DB44, 24R22, 1.6 BU, ‘03 JD DB44, 24R22, 1.6 BU, ‘04 JD DB44, 24R22, CCS, ‘09 JD DB44, 24R22, FERT, FERT...............................$117,900 Monitor..................................$45,000 Liquid FERT...................$120,000 monitor...............................$132,000 Liquid FERT.....................$75,000 Liquid FERT....................$65,000 FERT...............................$99,900 CCS...........................................$125,000

‘13 D 568 Baler, Mega Wide, Net Wrap, 13 JD 569 Baler, Mega Wide, Net Wrap, UNVER 1225, Basket, 55’, Monitor.........................................$35,500 Monitor........................................$32,500 Double............................$31,000

‘08 JD 2210, Field Cult, 50.5’, ‘12 JD GATOR, 205 hrs., 23 HP, ‘13 GATOR, 975 hrs., 4WD, 50 HP, Shanks, Harrow................$55,000 625I, 4WD, Power Dump....$9,700 Power Dump.....................$14,750

‘09 JD DB60, 24R30 Seedstar 2, fert. ...............................................................................$154,500

‘01 JD 200, Seedbed Finisher, 39’, ‘07 KUBOTA RTV1100, 1138 hrs., ‘08 JD GATOR, 600 hrs., 4WD, Double Fold.........................$8,900 Utility Vehicle, 4WD, 25 HP........$12,900 Camo, Plow..........................$9,750

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‘09 PARKER 938, Grain Cart, 900- BRENT 1082, Grain Cart, 1000 BU, HARDI Sprayer, 88’ Boom, Triple 60X32, Roll Trap, Scale....$29,500 900-60R32..........................$37,500 Nozzles.............................$18,900

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FOR SALE: New Mandako FOR SALE: Whoule 7300 & Mandako 40 Ft Land Roller roller, 40' roller, $28,500; 9500 gal. Tanks, Krohne (42x5/8” Rollers) Heavier 20' inline roller, $15,500, day flow meter, disk incorporaFrame & Bearings 3” time. 320-987-3177 tors, $28,000 - $35,000. 320Shafts. J Deere 5 Shk #2700 582-1051 w/ Rear Hyd Leveler. Both FOR SALE: NH 195 spreadReal Good. 319-347-6676 er w/ end gate, very good We buy shape. (507)523-3305 Salvage Equipment Parts Available Hydrostatic & Hydraulic ReHammell Equip., Inc. pair Repair-Troubleshoot(507)867-4910 ing Sales-Design Custom IH 886 new TA, clutch, fluhydraulic hose-making up ids, front tires, lights, cab, 036 to 2” Service calls made. paint, exc. cond. $12,500. IH Tractors STOEN'S Hydrostatic Ser350 Diesel, TA, PS, fast '11 JD 8235R, 1996 hrs, FWA, hitch, good tin/rubber/runvice 16084 State Hwy 29 N 16spd PS, GPS & Auto ner $3,500. Trade for gas Glenwood, MN 56334 320Track ready, exc cond, loader tractor. 218-428-6525 634-4360 $134,000. '06 JD 8430, 3317 hrs, rear & front duals, ILS susp, tires 90%, 16spd PS, GPS & Auto Track ready, exc cond, $132,000. 507-3276430

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‘14 JD S660 2-WD Combine, 435 Hrs., 800 Singles or 520/85R42’s W/Duals, HD Hi-Torque Rev., Chopper, 26’ Auger, Warranty..........$199,500 ‘10 JD 9770STS 2-WD Combine, 1174 Hrs., Pro-Drives, 5-Spd.Feeder House Rev., 20.8X42’s W/ Duals, 28LX26 Rears, Chopper................$139,500 ‘11 JD 9530 4-WD PS, 1662 Hrs., Michelin 800/70R38’s W/Duals, Deluxe Cab W/Active Seat, Hid-Lights, Wt.Pkg., AutoTrac Ready .......$169,500

‘12 CIH Steiger 350HD, 710/70R42 duals, 1000 PTO, 3 point hitch, complete guidance, 1480 hours......................................... $129,000

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‘11 John Deere 7215R, triple link front suspension, 20 speed power quad, 480/80R50 duals, 2480 hours ................................ $92,500

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‘12 JD 1760, 12X30 wing fold planter, vacuum, insecticide, nice ................................... $32,500 ‘15 JD Gator, TS 4x2, bed lift, 478 hours .............................................................. $5,500

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All kinds of New & Used farm equipment – disc chisels, field cults, planters, soil finishers, cornheads, FOR SALE: 9600 JD comfeed mills, discs, balers, bine, stored inside, through haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 shop every year, duals, Yield Monitor that makes Wanted 042 map, $28,000. 507-532-2094 WANTED: JD 1755 vacuum MC 820 corn dryer, 260 hrs, 6 row dry fertilizer planter, heat & cool or full heat.

NewerJD chopper, 6 row; Stainless steel screens, sin(2) 3 ft yellow Angle Iron gle phase LP, excellent. extension drag wings. 507(608)548-2040 720-1186 Brent 1194 grain cart, on tracks. (608)548-2040

SEED CORN SAVINGS! FOR SALE: 1981 JD 4040, Tillage Equip 039 Great pricing on leading cab, powershift, 18.4-38 National conventional & tires, 6,750 hrs., good, clean GREAT PLAINS 36 Ft #6536 technology hybrids. Comtractor. Call 507-456-4909 One Pass Finisher w/ 5 Bar bine with “KLEENACRES” HR Drag (2005). Glencoe 13 solutions program, mainFOR SALE: 2005 JD 8520T, Shank Older Soil Saver tain yields & save $100 to 3600 hrs, 30” tracks, 3 pt, (Stretch Model) (Good $150 per acre input costs.

PTO, exc cond $99,900; 8' Blades). Both Real Good.

Lorenze snow blower, www.kleenacres.com 319-347-2349 Can Deliver or catalog 320-237-7667 $1,595. 507-240-0294

Sleepy Eye, MN (SE) (888) 645-7355 (507) 794-2131 Bingham Lake, MN (BL) (800) 705-6608 (507) 831-1106 Slayton, MN (SL) (507)836-8571

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Farm King 960, 96” double auger snow blower, 540 PTO, new ........................................ $3,400

‘09 JD 9870STS combine, 520/85R42 duals, 2WD, chopper, tank extension, 1592 sep. hours ............................................................ $99,000

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'99 JD 8300 MFWD Tractor, 20.8R42 rears w/ duals, 16.9R30 fronts, rubber 90%, big hyd pump, 4 hyd remotes, front wgts, 1000 PTO, quick hitch, 7K hrs.

Very nice, late model 8300 Planting Equip 038 Feed Seed Hay 050 tractor, $49,000. Call (507) 789-6049 11R24” Monosen NGT 1st Crop Clean Grass Hay, 4x5 Round Bales, Net planter, PT, PTO vac, sinFOR SALE: '06 2210 BuhlerWrap, $25/ea. 2nd Crop gle Yetter row cleaners, Versatile 210HP, FWA, 3558 Grass Hay, Rained On, squeeze pump for liq hrs, 18spd PS, 4 remotes, $25/ea. Delivery Available starter, corn & bean seed nice, field ready, 358/85R-34 Within 135 Miles of Rice disc; 6R24” IH 800 CH, tires, duals, 480R/80R-46, Lake. 715-296-2162 $5,500/both. 320-269-1451 $58,900. 507-327-6430

‘11 John Deere 8260R, powershift, 1300 front axle, 540/1000 PTO, HID lights, 380/90R54 duals, 2350 hrs. ................................. $116,000

‘15 Case 580N tractor loader backhoe, 4WD, cab with heat and air, extendahoe, 2 stick JD style controls, 640 hrs. ......................... $54,000

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FOR SALE: JD 8400, FOR SALE: JD 2700, 5 shank MFWD, front & rear wts, ripper, 2004 model, nice 11,000 hrs., 20.8 x 42 tires, condition, $16,500. 507-227$38,000. 320-510-0468 2602 John Deere #726 (30 Ft – 9”) NEW AND USED TRACTOR Mulch Finisher, Good PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, Blades(19 3/4”) w/ 5 Bar 55, 50 Series & newer tracDrag Real Good. LANtors, AC-all models, Large DOLL #1230 – 9 Shank New Inventory, We ship! Mark Style Disk Chisel w/ LevelHeitman Tractor Salvage er Like New. 319-347-6138 715-673-4829

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New Red Devil SSL Mount 8’ Snow Bower .................................. $9,850 ............$7,500

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2013 Magnum 340, 844 Hrs, “Special Silver Edition” ............ $225,000 ........$210,000

2013 Case SR200 SSL, 2894 hrs, Cab w/H&AC, 2 Speed, ....... $31,500 ..........$25,000

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2013 Steiger 450 HD, 622 Hrs, 710-70R42R1W FI, 4 Rem ..... $249,500 ........$235,000

17648S

2013 Case SR220 SSL, 2394 hrs, Cab w/H&AC, Hyd Cplr ......... $35,900 ..........$28,950

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12883B

2014 500 Quad, 715 Hrs, Luxury Cab, Pro 700, 30” Tracks .... $319,000 ........$299,950

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17315S

2013 Case TR320 SSL, 1732 hrs, Cab w/Ht, Air Sus Seat, ........ $38,500 ..........$35,000

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535 Quad

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NEW Bobcat 55” Grapple............................................................. $1,600 ............$1,300

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12899B

2014 600 Quad, 1235 Hrs, Pro 700, Lux Cab, 36” GY, HID ...... $347,900 ........$319,900

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17064S

New Demco 750 Gravity Box, Used 455/55R 22.5 Truck Trs...... $24,800 ..........$16,950

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19619S

2013 JD 8360RT, 1356 Hrs, 25” & 16” Tacks, “Nice” ............. $242,000 ........$235,000

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17132S

New CIH 2612 Chopping Corn Head ....................................... $135,900 ..........$85,000

NEW Thunder Creek DTT50 Def Tote ....................................................................... $2,600 ............$1,950

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17766S

New CIH 30’ 3162 Flex Draper .................................................. $87,000 ..........$58,950

BL

11869B

MY2012, 1240-16R30 Pivot, Bulk Fill,Meter Mount R Clutch ... $92,500 ..........$82,500

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KC210

New 2013 Geringhoff RD830 Chopping Corn Head .................. $101,000 ..........$76,000

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10662B

MY2010, 1250-24R30, FF, Bulk Fill, PDP, PTO Pump, R Mkr...... $69,950 ..........$62,500

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14367S

2010 7088, 1017E/777S, 18.4x42 w/Dls, HID, Pro 600, ......... $145,000 ........$135,000

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19495S

MY 2013, Kinze 3660-16R30-Pivot, Bulk Fill, Scale, Liq Fert .... $79,500 ..........$69,950

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10429B

2010 7120, 1597E/1162S, 18.4x46 Kirchner Dual Package .... $179,950 ........$169,950

BL

11973B

NEW Salford 8210 Plow, 5x5 - 10 Bottom, Hyd Steer ................ $67,500 ..........$45,000

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A0600

2014 Maxxum 140 MC w/L755 Loader, .................................... $92,500 ..........$85,000

BL

12219B

Used 2009 3710 Plow, 10 Bottom, New boards & Lays ............. $39,900 ..........$27,950

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18757S

2010 Magnum 245, 480/80R50 w/Duals, Pro 700, WAAS ....... $124,950 ........$119,950

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12483B

11 Shank 870 w/Reel, 7” Points, Auto Reset ............................. $62,500 ..........$57,500

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12855B

2007 Magnum 275, 2647 Hrs, 46” Dls, Pro 600 WAAS ........... $129,500 ........$109,950

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18118S

2010 Brillion LCS3, 9 Shank 24”, Ft & Rr Disk on 15” Ctr ......... $17,500 ..........$14,950

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17678S

2014 Magnum 290, 1739 Hrs, 480/80R50, 380/80R38 ........... $169,950 ........$155,000

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18909S

2011 Wishek 862NT-34’ ............................................................ $47,500 ..........$42,500

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12694B

2012 Magnum 315, 1026 Hrs, Luxury Cab, 480/80R50........... $205,000 ........$169,000

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19110S

2009 M&W 2200, 9 Shank, Long Tine Harrow, Dsk Gange ........ $16,950 ..........$14,500

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17677S

2014 Magnum 340, 1885 Hrs, 50”Dls, 59gpm, 5 Hyd, ........... $225,000 ........$185,000

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Ag Track Scraper Track 36” Ag Track

Part# 84140100 Part# 87734601 Part# 87734600

$5995.00 $7495.00 $8611.00

16 Steiger 580Q 36” tracks, 930 hr - Full

16 Steiger 580Q 1375 hrs, Lux Cab, Full

16 Steiger 580Q 910 hrs Big Hyd Pump-6 Remotes-36

‘16 Steiger 580Q,595 hrs Lux Cab Hi Cap

Pro 700 Auto Str .................... $289,900

Auto Str ................................. $269,900

inch Trks-Full Pro 700 Auto Str.....................$299,900

Hyd Pump 36 inch TRKS ............ $319,900

2012 JD 9560RT 2110 HRS LEATHER CAB 5

‘13 C-IH 9230 combine, 1049 hrs, Tracks, RWA

1990 Steiger 9150

REMOTES 36 INCH TRKS ........................ $209,900

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PS-PTO-7467 hrs ................................ $49,900

‘02 C-IH MX240 6700 HRS, DELUXE CAB, DUAL PTO .............................. $49,900.00

2002 MX 240

‘16 Magnum 340 row trac, lux. cab, suspension,

‘15 Case 580 SN Backhoe, 208 hrs, 4x4,

‘16 C-IH FARMALL 120C CAB, MFD, POWERSHUTTLE TRANS, with CASE-IH

6722 hrs-dual pto, DLX Cab ................. $49,900

front axel, 120” spacing, 536 hrs. ...... $219,900

ext-hoe, 208 hrs. ................................. $74,500

‘15 Steiger 470, 729 hrs., PTO, 6 remotes, 120”

Farmall 50C, hydro trans,

Steiger 350 row trac, 3 PT PTO, lux cab, 845

spacing, full auto steer, DLX Cab ........ $249,900

MFD, 15 hrs......................................... $28,900

hrs, 120” spacing .............................. $239,900

‘16 CIH Magnum 310 Row Trac, 88” spacing,

‘16 CIH Magnum 380 Row Trac, CVT 2584 hrs,

2016 C-IH 7240 COMBINE 351 hrs, duals

308 hrs DLX Cab ............................... $199,900

lux. cab, sus, ft axel. ............................ $96,500

JUST TRADED ................................... $279,900

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We have Quad Trac & Combine Tracks in Stock

Prices good while supplies last.

Ask our Service Dept. about installation and alignment.

USED 2WD TRACTORS 24 Month Interest Free • Call For Details ‘11 John Deere 8285R 985 hrs, JD auto steer, Active seat, Xenon Lites, $149,900.00

LOADER.........................................................................................................JUST IN ‘16 C-IH FARMALL 105C CAB, MFD, POWERSHUTTLE TRANS, 493 HRS, with CASE-IH LOADER .........................................................................................JUST IN ‘15 C-IH FARMALL 50 C CAB, MFD, HYDRO TRANS, 25 HRS................. $29,900.00 ‘15 C-IH FARMALL 55 CVT CAB with A/C, MFD, CVT TRANS, Case-IH loader.............................................................................................................JUST IN

USED 4WD TRACTORS 24 Month Interest Waiver Or Low Rates Available • Call For Details ‘14 C-IH STEIGER 620Q 920 HRS, LUX CAB, HI CAP HYD, 6 REMOTES, 36” TRACKS, FULL PRO 700 AUTO STEER ................................................ $289,900.00 ‘12 J0HN DEERE 9560RT 36 INCH TRACKS, LEATHER CAB, BIG HYD PUMP, XENON LITES, 5 REMOTES, JD AUTO GUIDE RECEIVER, 2110 HRS .................................................... $209,900.00 ‘16 C-IH STEIGER 580Q LUX CAB, HI CAP HYD, 360 LIGHT PKG, 595 hours, FULL AUTO STEER, Certified PreOwned, 36” Tracks .................................... $319,900.00 ‘16 C-IH STEIGER 580Q LUX CAB, HI CAP HYD, 360 LIGHT PKG, 910 hours, FULL AUTO STEER, Certified PreOwned, Excellent Tracks ........................... $299,900.00 ‘16 C-IH STEIGER 580Q LUX CAB, HI CAP HYD, 360 LIGHT PKG, 930 hours, FULL AUTO STEER, 36” Tracks ...................................................................... $289,900.00 ‘16 C-IH STEIGER 580Q LUX CAB, TWIN HYD PUMPS, 360 LIGHT PKG, 931 hours, FULL AUTO STEER, Excellent Tracks ................................................... $279,900.00

2016 C-IH STEIGER 580Q LUX CAB, HI CAP HYD, 360 LIGHT PKG, 1375 hours, FULL AUTO STEER, Certified PreOwned, Excellent Tracks ................. $269,900.00 2014 C-IH STEIGER 500 RCQ 1120 HOURS, 6 REMOTES, PTO,LUX CAB, BIG HYD PUMP, 120 INCH SPACING, 24 INCH TRACKS, ................................... $269,900.00 C-IH STEIGER 470 RCQ 729 HOURS, 6 REMOTES, PTO, DLX CAB, BIG HYD PUMP, 120 INCH SPACING.................................................................... $249,900.00 C-IH STEIGER 350 RCQ 825 HRS, 3 PT, PTO, LUXURY CAB, 120 INCH SPACED, HD HYD PUMP, 18” TRACKS ................................................................. $229,900.00 C-IH STEIGER 370 572 HRS, LUX CAB, PTO, 480R50 TIRES,................ COMING IN C-IH STX375 4400 HRS ............................................................................. COMING IN C-IH STEIGER 485Q TRACKS, PTO, 3 PT, 3000 HRS, ........................... COMING IN C-IH9150 7100 HOURS, POWERSHIFT, PTO ............................................. $49,900.00

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‘16 C-IH MAG 380 TRACK CVT, LUX CAB, SUS FRT AXLE, 120 INCH SPACED, 5 REMOTES, HI CAP HYD PUMP, SUS FRT AXLE with FRONT DUALS, 551 HRS ........................................................................................................ $239,900.00 ‘16 C-IH 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 .. $215,000.00 ‘16 C-IH MAG 340 TRACK POWERSHIFT, LUX CAB, SUS FRT AXLE, 120 INCH SPACED, 6 REMOTES, HI FLO HYD, 18 INCH TRKS, 536 hrs............. $219,900.00 ‘16 C-IH MAG 310 TRACK POWERSHIFT, DLX CAB, 88 INCH SPACED, 4 REMOTES, HYD, 18 INCH TRKS, 308 hrs ........................................... $199,900.00 ‘14 C-IH MAGNUM 220 2584 HRS, 480/80R46 REAR TIRES W/DUALS, AUTO STR RDY, HD DBAR ......................................................................................... $99,900.00

USED COMBINES 24 Month Interest Waiver Thru Case Credit • Call For Details ‘16 ‘13 ‘16 ‘13

C-IH C-IH C-IH C-IH

9240 9230 7240 9230

‘10 ‘08 ‘04 ‘11 ‘10 ‘15

C-IH C-IH C-IH C-IH C-IH C-IH

354 engine hours, TRACKS, RWA, LOADED ................................................................................................$389,900.00 1049 ENG HRS, TRACKS, RWA, ..................................................................................................................COMING IN 350 engine hours, DUALS, BEST LIGHTING, LUX CAB, ................................................................................ $279,900.00 combine 1049 eng hours, Tracks, RWA ......................................................................................................... $279,900.00

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Combines & Tractors N ‘15 JD 9620R, 244 Hrs ................................. $382,000 OW ’15 JD 9470RT, 221 Hrs ............................. $344,900

(OS) ’12 JD S660, 766 Sep Hrs, Duals ............. $204,900

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(N) ’12 JD S660, 881 Sep Hrs, Duals................ $199,900

TRACK TRACTORS

(N) ’11 JD 9570, 7851 Sep Hrs, Duals .............. $159,900

‘04 Cat. 765, 4602 hrs., 18” tracks, 120” spacing, 3 pt., PTO, front wgts., ......................... Very Clean!

OS ’15 JD 9520R, 356 Hrs ............................... $319,900

(H) ’09 JD 9570, 820 Sep Hrs, Duals ................ $159,900

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OW ’14 JD 9560R, 852 Hrs .............................. $319,900

(H) ’09 JD 9870, 1325 Sep Hrs, PRWD ............ $155,900

H ’14 JD 9560RT, 940 Hrs ................................ $314,900

(OS) ’10 JD 9570, 724 Sep Hrs, Duals .............. $149,900

OW ’14 JD 9560RT, 1391 Hrs ........................... $299,900

(H) ’08 JD 9570, 1129 Sep Hrs, Duals .............. $139,900

BP ’13 JD 9510R, 793 Hrs ............................... $274,900 OS ’15 JD 9420R, 376 Hrs ............................... $274,000 (OW) ’12 JD 9560RT, 4795 Hrs ........................ $259,900

H ’12 JD 9410R, 590 Hrs ................................. $214,900

(B) ’04 JD 9760, 2380 Sep Hrs, Duals ................ $84,500 (H) ’03 JD 9750 STS, 2049 Sep Hrs, Duals ........ $79,900 (OS) ’01 JD 9550, 1910 Sep Hrs, Walker ............ $69,900

H ’09 JD 9430T, 2761 Hrs ................................ $179,500

(OS) ’01 JD 9550, 1656 Sep Hrs, Walker ............ $68,500

H ’09 JD 9330, 1813 Hrs .................................. $176,500

(OS) ’00 JD 9750 STS, 3427 Sep Hrs, Duals ...... $65,000

H ’05 JD 9620T, 4099 Hrs ................................ $132,500

(B) ’03 JD 9450, 17890 Sep Hrs......................... $62,900

N ’98 JD 9400, 4326 Hrs .................................... $84,500

(OS) ’98 JD 9510, 2101 Sep Hrs ........................ $49,900

H ’00 JD 9200, 3800 Hrs .................................... $74,500 (B) ’00 JD 8410T, 6673 Hrs, 30” Tracks ............. $68,900 OS ’97 JD 9100, 4181 Hrs .................................. $67,500 H ’97 JD 9300, 5630 Hrs .................................... $66,900 OW ’99 JD 8400T, 4240 Hrs, 18” Tracks............. $53,900 (B) ’91 JD 8760, 5600 Hrs ................................. $45,900 BP ’91 JD 8760, 6817 Hrs, 3 PT ......................... $42,500 N ’91 JD 8560, 7298 Hrs, 3 PT ........................... $39,900 OW ’83 JD 8650, 7500 Hrs, PTO, 3 PT ............... $27,500 CaseIH Equipment (N) ’14 CIH 9230, 1175 Sep Hrs, Tracks, PRWD ... $307,500 (OS) ’14 8230 Combine, 491 Sep Hrs .............. $279,900 (OW) ’11 8120 Combine, 758 Sep Hrs ............. $189,900 (OS) ’09 Magnum 305, 3200 Hrs, PS ............... $129,900 (H) ’13 CIH Magnum 180, 3650 Hrs, CVT......... $109,900 (OS) ’03 CIH MXM190, 3800 Hrs, PS ................. $54,900 (B) ’12 870 Ripper, 9 Shank, Harrow ................. .$54,500 (B) 870 Ripper, 11 Shank ................................... $49,900 (OS) ’87 CIH 7130, 10,378 Hrs .......................... $37,500 (N) ’09 MRX690, 5 Shank................................... $18,900 Combines (OS) ’15 JD S660, 174 Sep Hrs, Duals ............ .$294,900 (OW) ’15 JD S660, 242 Sep Hrs, Duals ............ $279,900 (OW) ’14 JD S670, 530 Sep Hrs ....................... $259,900 (OS) ’14 JD S670, 530 Sep Hrs, Duals ............. $259,900 (OW) ’13 JD S670, 543 Sep Hrs, Duals ............ $249,900 (H) ’12 JD S680, 941 Sep Hrs, Duals................ $248,500 (OW) ’13 JD S670, 500 Sep Hrs, Duals ............ $245,900 (N) ’14 JD S660, 618 Sep Hrs .......................... $239,900 (OS) ’12 JD S670, 698 Sep Hrs, Duals ............. $239,900 (H) ’12 JD S660, 275 Sep Hrs, Duals................ $234,900 (OW) ’13 JDS660, 595 Sep Hrs, Duals ............. $229,900

‘03 CIH 1020, 30’ flex.................................... $6,000 ‘97 JD 930 30’ flex head w/ fill finger auger .... $6,900 ‘05 JD 643, 6R30”, low tin ............................ $6,000 ‘05 Geringhoff 6R30” chopping cornhead ..... $22,500

............................................................... $215,000 ‘10 NH 98D 8R30” cornhead .......................$20,000

(B) ’06 JD 9660 STS, 2180 Sep Hrs, Duals ......... $89,900

H ’97 JD 9400, 4790 Hrs .................................... $79,500

4WD TRACTORS ‘13 JD 9460R, 1377 hrs., 1000 PTO, 3 pt. hitch, 5

COMBINE HEADS ‘08 CIH 3408 8R30” cornhead.................... $19,500

(B) ’05 JD 9560 STS, 1133 Sep Hrs, PRWD ..... $114,900

H ’13 JD 9410R, 830 Hrs ................................. $244,900

BP ’07 JD 9630T, 2827 Hrs .............................. $189,000

480x46” duals, front duals ...................... $65,000 ‘03 CIH MX210, 5550 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,

hyd. valves, Hi-Flow, 620x42” tires

(H) ’06 JD 9760, 1950 Sep Hrs, PRWD .............. $94,500

H ’11 JD 9530, 2310 Hrs .................................. $189,900

duals ...................................................... $119,000

(OS) ’08 JD 9570, 878 Sep Hrs, Duals .............. $139,900

OS ’12 JD 9510R, 1129 Hrs ............................. $249,900

OW ’13 JD 9410R, 1392 Hrs ............................ $205,000

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tires .......................................................... $65,000 4 hyd., 380x46” tires & duals .................. $59,000 ‘12 Kubota M110, Cab, MFWD, 240 hrs., w/Kubota ‘11 NH T8.300, 1644 hrs., Lux. cab, HID LA1953 loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x30 lights, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd. valves, tires .......................................................... $55,000 Auto Steer Complete, 520x46” duals ..... $89,000 Massey Ferguson 35 Deluxe, Wide front, power ‘12 Kubota M110, MFWD, 240 hrs., 3 pt., steering, Paulson loader, w/the bauer ...... $4,000 PTO, loader w/8’ bucket.......................... $55,000

(OS) ’11 JD 9570, 690 Sep Hrs, Duals .............. $159,900

BP ’14 JD 9560RT, 745 Hrs .............................. $324,900

‘13 CIH 260, 577 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 540/1000

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(OS) ’97 JD 9500, 2065 Sep Hrs ........................ $29,500 (H) ’90 JD 9500, 3509 Sep Hrs .......................... $23,900 MFWD Tractors (OW) ’14 JD 8320R, 604 Hrs, PS ..................... $254,900

‘12 JD 9410R, 675 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, 480x50” tires & duals ............................................................... $219,000 ‘12 JD 9410R, 1259 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., HID lights, 520x46” tires & duals ................. $172,500 ‘12 CIH 400HD, 366 hrs., 1000 PTO, 6 hyd., big pump, 480x50” tires & duals ................ $185,000 ‘12 CIH 400HD, 320 hrs., 4 hyd., big pump, 520x46” tires & duals ............................ $169,000 ‘02 CIH 425, 3465 hrs., 24-spd. manual,

(OS) ’13 JD 8360R, 930 Hrs, IVT ...................... $245,900 (OW) ’15 JD 8370R, 1316 Hrs, IVT ................... $244,900

‘11 Versatile 305, MFWD, 690 hrs., 4 hyd., 3 pt.,

(OW) ’15 JD 8345R, 2328 Hrs, IVT ................... $229,900 (B) ’15 JD 8270R, 238 Hrs, PS, Ext War ........... $218,000 (N) ’15 JD 8245R, 195 Hrs, PS, Ext War ........... $215,000 (N) ’15 JD 7270R, 253 Hrs, IVT, Ext War ........... $209,500 (OW) ’14 JD 8270R, 415 Hrs, Ext War .............. $208,900 (B) ’14 NH T8.360, 128 Hrs, ILS ...................... .$199,950 (OW) ’11 JD 8360R, 2450 Hrs, IVT, ILS ............ $199,900 (B) ’13 JD 8260R, 400 Hrs, PS ......................... $189,000 (OS) ’13 JD 7215R, 481 Hrs, IVT ...................... $164,900 (N) ’10 JD 8270R, 1208 Hrs, PS....................... $154,900

1000 PTO, HID lights, front wts, fender .. $99,000 ‘10 JD 8270R, 3888 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x46” tires & duals ................. $99,000 ‘08 JD 7830, MFWD, 4117 hrs., 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt., 380x50” tires & duals ........................ $81,000 ‘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

(B) ’14 NH T7.230, 344 Hrs, PS........................ $129,900

PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, front duals, 480x50”

(OS) ’09 JD 7930, 2368 Hrs, Auto Quad ........... $124,900

rear duals .............................................. $139,000

(N) ’06 JD 8130, 3180 Hrs, PS ......................... $119,900 (B) ’15 JD 6150R, 419 Hrs, AQ, Ext War ........... $114,900 (OS) ’04 JD 8220, 3789 Hrs, One Owner .......... $109,500 (OS) ’05 JD 8120, 2737 Hrs, Dual PTO ............. $109,000 (H) ’03 JD 8220, 3865 Hrs, PS F/Duals............. $107,900 (H) ’03 JD 8320, 3848 Hrs, PS ......................... $105,500 (N) ’02 JD 8320, 3786 Hrs, PS ......................... $103,500 (H) ’14 JD 5115M, 150 Hrs, loader ..................... $79,900 (B) ’05 JD 8420, 9036 Hrs, ILS .......................... $69,900 (B) ’96 JD 8100, 5828 Hrs ................................. $67,900 (B) ’97 JD 7810, 11,000 Hrs, PS ........................ $44,900 (B) ’03 JD 7520, 10,800 Hrs, IVT ....................... $39,900

COMBINES ‘13 JD 660, 1180 eng/892 sep hrs., Premium Cab, cm, HID lights, high torque USD chopper, 520x38” tires + duals ........................... $157,500 ‘00 JD 9650TS, 3611 eng./2645 sep. hrs., chopper, 20.8x38” duals......................................... $57,000 ‘09 CIH 8120, 2145 eng./1566 sep. hrs., Pro 600 Monitor, yield + moisture monitor, rock trap, tracker, chopper 900 x 32” single’ drive tires ................................................................. $99,000

4 hyd., 710x38” tires & duals .................. $89,000 ‘12 CIH 7230, 605 eng./434 sep. hrs., Lux. cab,

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(OW) ’15 JD 8370R, 2380 Hrs, IVT ................... $239,900

‘97 JD 930 30’ flex head w/ full finger auger ... $6,900

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rock trap, chopper, 520x42” duals ............................................................... $179,000 ‘12 CIH 7130, 1839 eng./1355 sep. hrs., tracker, chopper, 520x42” duals ........................ $110,000 ‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs., 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.,

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondent Richard Siemers

Farmer cultivates theater Many folks in the area are involved in the art of farming, weaving together their knowledge of livestock, plants, soil, and technology, while factoring in the weather. There are others in the area that cultivate the fine arts and theater, dance, music, painting, and the like. There is at least one person for whom both farming and the arts, specifically theater, have defined his adult life.

Madison farmer Carmen Fernholz is well-known in the circles of organic and sustainable agriculture. He has led workshops for the University of Minnesota and given lectures to a variety of forums. He speaks from the experience of the 400-acre certified organic cash crop farm that he and his wife, Sally, have operated since 1971.

They raise corn, soybeans, alfalfa, and small grains, which vary from season to season between barley, oats, wheat and flax.

For most of those years, Fernholz has also been involved in theater.

Three years ago he retired after 25 years of directing high school productions at Lac qui Parle High School, having started before consolidation when it was Madison High School. He continues to be the stage director of productions for the Lac qui Parle Players, who perform at the Prairie Arts Center in Madison.

Neither farming nor the theater was part of his game plan when he left high school. Fernholz grew up on a farm a couple miles east of Madison, the farm on which his sisters, Annette and Kay, still live.

“When I grew up on the farm we would work morning to night, so (as a teenager) you just had to get away from it,” he said.

He enrolled in college and majored in English. He had acted in high school plays, but when a friend invited him to try out for a play during his junior year in college, that was it.

“I really got hooked on theater,” Fernholz said. “My college advisor said ‘If you want to go into theater, sell everything you’ve got and plan to be poor for a long time.’”

Instead he did the practical thing.

He taught high school English and coached wrestling and track in Sleepy Eye from 1965 to 1970. That’s also where he started directing school plays.

“When I started teaching, I thought that’s going to be it for me in farming,” he said. “But the more time I spent in the classroom, the more I realized I can’t be inside on these nice days.”

He found the time of separation from the farm to be beneficial. He said he grew more objective and less self-centered in his thinking as he matured.

The farm began to look attractive, but he didn’t think it would be possible to farm again. All he knew was that he didn’t want to spend his life in the classroom.

Farming With Sally, whom he married while living in Sleepy Eye, he moved back to Madison where his father was still farming. There were no farm sites to rent, though there were 80 acres for sale. After drifting through a couple jobs for a year, he enrolled to go for a master’s degree in counseling. At least he would not spend his day in a classroom, he thought.

The day he was to leave for his first classes in the master’s program, he told his wife, “Sally, I’m not going to college. I’m going to town and buy that 80 acres.” Sally was supportive. “We didn’t know where we were going, but we did it. And I’ve never regretted it.”

Through the years they added acres to reach their current 400. The farm where he grew up is just across the section.

“I’m doing field work all summer long,” he said. “First thing in spring it’s planting small grain, then there’s a little break before I plant the corn and beans, then there’s the cultivation.

About that time the first cutting of hay is ready, next is the second cutting of hay, then shortly after that it’s harvest of the small grain. Then we’ve got a third cutting of hay, and this year we had a fourth cutting of hay. Then we get into the fall harvest of corn and beans.”

“I like it,” he said, speaking of the work and the variety of chores. “But what was fortunate for me, I never lost track of being able to be involved in the fine arts.”

Theater The first opportunity came when the community theater needed a director for a play. After a few productions with the Lac qui Parle Players, the high school principal asked if he would want to direct their plays. That led to

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25 years of doing fall and spring plays at the high school, plus some musicals.

“I really love working with kids,” he said. “One of the most rewarding things as a director was to see the transformation of a shy little ninth grader come on the stage and hardly say ‘boo’ and at the end of the final performance come up and say, ‘When is the next play?’”

He also finds his work at the Prairie Arts Center very rewarding, especially since the community of Madison is so supportive of the arts, he said. The city owns the building and keeps it up.

Fernholz is on the board of the Lac qui Parle Players, which oversees most of the activity there.

Performing a Christmas show has been a tradition for the Players for over 20 years. This year they entertained with a concert featuring an orchestra, chorus, and readings. Fernholz was again the stage director.

Fernholz thinks that his involvement in theater has benefited him in his role chairing boards of ag organizations and leading workshops on organic agriculture, marketing and the like. “I directly connect that to having been involved in theater, that ability to feel comfortable in front of groups, and consequently be more in a leadership role,” he said.

And it wouldn’t be surprising if his farming efforts of plotting his fields and coordinating the varied tasks through the growing season have a subtle influence on envisioning how the action should move on the theater stage. Both his farming and the theater are organic enterprises, after all.

Carmen Fernholz was able to return to the farm, which he realized that he missed. He never made it to the Broadway stage.

“I always said, the next best thing for me was to direct community theater. I totally enjoy it,” he said. “And I loved directing high school plays. For me as a full-time farmer, it is such a nice break from the routine.”

Check out the Lac qui Parle Players at www.prairieartscenter.com. ❖

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