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not receiving federal aid. Republican legisPut on your walking shoes and gas up lators have their own ideas, but implethe car. The farm exposition and workshop menting them could push any relief to season is underway. On almost any given 2018. Either way, this “relief” is a one-shot day, classes and shows are taking place all deal and does nothing to address the bigacross The Land area. ger problem: the incredible costs of health The MN Ag Expo just wrapped up here care. in Mankato. The Iowa Power Farming In a Jan. 19 Pioneer Press story, David Show kicks off in Des Moines on Jan. 31 Montgomery writes, “The 298,000 and the Hawkeye Farm Show takes place LAND MINDS Minnesotans buying individual insurance in Cedar Falls from Feb. 28 through March in 2015 had average medical bills of around 2. On those same dates in Minnesota, the

By Paul Malchow $5,300 for the year. But just over 6,000 of Central Minnesota Farm Show is being those people had more than $50,000 in held in St. Cloud. The West Central Ag Show is scheduled for March 14 and 15 in Willmar, medical bills in 2015. Combined, these 6,000 people Minn., followed by the North American Farm and accounted for more than $600 million in total 2015 Power Show in Owatonna, Minn. from March 16-18. medical bills — 40 percent of the entire $1.6 billion Add to that list the myriad of classes and work- market from just 2 percent of its members.” shops taking place on the county and regional level. Insurance providers count on premiums paid by Minnesota and Iowa Extension programs have calen- “healthy” Minnesotans to dilute the expense of those dars chock full of learning opportunities — from gar- with high-cost conditions. But as premiums continue to dening to pesticide and manure handling procedures skyrocket, those “healthy” people may drop coverage. to estate planning and most everything in between. Faced with insuring a higher percentage of people with Many farm organizations hold their annual meetings high-cost conditions, insurance providers are simply no this time of year. And don’t overlook classes offered by longer offering coverage at all to the self-insured. your local community education organization.

To their credit, Minnesota political leaders are lookSub-zero temperatures and frigid winds make it ing at health insurance costs beyond the one-year easy to hunker down at home and wait for spring. But band-aid. Going forward, Dayton has proposed to with ever-changing technology, new equipment, seed make MinnesotaCare available to the public. offerings and government guidelines, it’s important to One option could be a “reinsurance” plan which utitake advantage of these shows and classes to stay lizes state funds to lighten the burden of health current and make the best decisions for your farming insurance providers. Under this system, insurers and operation. Chances are you’ll run into neighbors and patients pay all medical costs for a given patient up old acquaintances doing the same thing. to a certain dollar figure each year. After that point, Look for members of The Land staff at the Minnesota the reinsurance program pays a percentage of the shows. Stop by our booth to say hello. We always like patient’s total costs (50 percent has been proposed) until a cutoff point has been reached. Any costs above to meet our readers and hear their comments. that cutoff point are paid by the insurers. n Now that Donald Trump has been sworn in as our Of course, the devil is in the details. What dollar 45th president, perhaps the ballyhoo can subside and level must be reached before the reinsurance proour elected and appointed officials can work on the gram kicks in? What percentage of the patient’s costs tasks at hand. The issue of affordable health insur- will reinsurance cover? What will be the cutoff point ance has looked strong coming out of the gate — both before costs are handed off to the insurers? And what nationally and locally. But talk is cheaper than the will this program cost Minnesota taxpayers?

Paul Malchow is the managing editor of The Land. premiums self-insured citizens are paying out.

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 11 — Wool is making a comeback with garment consumers 18 — Senator Klobuchar’s staff seeks Farm Bill input in New Ulm

19 — Minnesota Extension aids with weed management plans

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Feb. 3-4 — Farm Bureau Leadership Conference — Bemidji, Minn. — Conference designed to raise awareness of agriculture issues, provide advocacy tools and enhance networks, leadership skills and professional development; tours available for Bemidji Woolen Mills, Norbord Inc. and North central Door Co. — Contact Ruth Meirick at (651) 768-2115 or ruth.meirick@fbmn.org or visit www.fbmn.org Feb. 10-11 — Pipestone Lamb and Wool Program Lambing Time Short Course and Bus Tour — Pipestone, Minn. — Program includes computer record-keeping session, lambing time management, health topics and bus tour of sheep operations — Contact Claire Beekman at (507) 825-6822 or Claire.Stone@mnwest.edu or www.pipestonesheep. com

Feb. 14 — Ag Symposium — North Mankato, Minn. — South Central College hosts New Tools for New Rules Ag Symposium — Contact (507) 3897342 or visit www.soutcentral.edu/agsymposium Feb. 14 – Cherokee County Agriculture Show — Cherokee, Iowa — Agriculture show at Western Iowa Tech Community Center — Contact director@ cherokeeiowachamber.com or (712) 225-6414 or visit www.cherokeeiowa.com Feb. 16 — Women in Ag Network Conference — Willmar, Minn. — Planning for the future for women in ag; learning, networking and inspiration — Contact Emily Wilmes at University of Minnesota Extension, krek0033@umn.edu or (320) 255-6167 or visit www.extension.umn.edu

Feb. 21 — Iowa Pork Regional Conferences — Carroll, Iowa — Swine health, swine market outlook and barn safety will be discussed — Contact Barb Nelson at Iowa Pork Producers Association at (800) 372-7675 or bnelson@iowapork.org

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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.sfa mn.org/ conference/ or e-mail info@sfa-mn.org

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Agriculture checkoffs: more money, less accountability On Jan. 5, Harvest Public Media Certainly, no one on the state beef counreported that “a federal investigation has cil or the national checkoff’s Cattlemen’s been launched into the alleged embezzleBeef Board knew. The same goes for anyment of $2.6 million by an employee” of one at the Agricultural Marketing Service the Oklahoma Beef Council.

— the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s checkoff administrators who often offer According to the report, the state’s beef long assurances on the steadfast integrity checkoff-collecting group had been unaware of federal commodity checkoffs (albeit that “its former accounting and compliance usually after Oklahoma-like scandals). manager” allegedly “started forging checks FARM & FOOD FILE in the group’s name” beginning in 2009.

Worse, there’s strong evidence that they still don’t know. It’s posted on the By Alan Guebert Remarkably, the undetected check writOklahoma Beef Council’s website under ing continued through 2014 when the “Industry Information” and a subsesame person “allegedly embezzled quent drop-down tab titled “Audit.” $316,231 — nearly 9 percent of the state beef council’s annual income,” and then for two The “Audit” tab pulls up a 15-minute video from a more years, into 2016, when “the compliance manag- 2012 meeting which shows two high-ranking CBB offier allegedly forged 131 checks totaling $557,789.” cials, Chief Executive Officer Polly Ruhland and Chief How does a dime or more out of every checkoff dol- Financial Officer Katherine Ayers, explaining how the lar collected by a state’s beef council go missing for beef checkoff monitors “expenditures of all the dollars.” more than seven years without anyone at any level The meeting was held shortly after another checkoff even noticing? scandal rocked the CBB and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (the CBB’s largest contractor). That Easy, explained Tom Fanning, chairman of the scandal, reported the New York Times, found “…tens of Oklahoma Beef Council. The council had “a staff thousands of expenditures” — about $215,000 — “that member that did not share [its] vision.” were either improperly charged to the marketing fund Vision? or lacked adequate documentation” under USDA rules.

If so, then it’s more accurate to say that the “staff It was pure coincidence that as Ruhland and member” mentioned by the boss was, in fact, the Ayers were explaining to CBB directors “how your only person at the council who actually had a clear staff works to fulfill oversight every day” back in view of where millions in Oklahoma checkoff dollars 2012, that someone at the Oklahoma Beef Council went for many, now-embarrassing years. was writing unauthorized checks totaling $328,132

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that no one, including Ruhland and Ayers, would miss for another four years.

It cannot be coincidence, however, that weeks after the Oklahoma checkoff acknowledged a missing $2.6 million in checkoff money, the group’s website still sports a years-old video on diligent “oversight.”

It will get worse.

Presently, at least 14 states now collect a second, in-state-only beef checkoff — usually an extra 50 cents or $1 per head — in addition to the mandatory, non-refundable $1-per-head federal checkoff.

More checkoff money without improvements in oversight means more opportunities for more people to help themselves more often.

USDA could patch the many holes in the checkoff fence. Don’t count on it anytime soon, however, because it’s busy with an ongoing court fight over the Organization for Competitive Markets’ request for public documents used in the department’s controversial 2013 report which downplayed NCBA’s repayment of “improperly charged” checkoff money.

USDA is also busy with a court challenge over its even more controversial decision to approve the pork checkoff’s 2006 purchase of the unused “Pork. The Other White Meat” motto from the National Pork Producers Council for a staggering $60 million. (On Jan. 9, USDA asked the court to dismiss the suit.)

Little wonder, then, that much-needed checkoff reform and obvious improvements in accountability are delayed. USDA is too busy explaining past checkoff scandals to address reforms farmers and ranchers need to head off future scandals.

As such, it’s just a matter of time before the next one and the one after that and …

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Couple builds English sheep flock by Red River

By TIM KING The Land Correspondent TWIN LAKES, Minn. — When Margo and Ray Hanson returned to Minnesota from Alaska 11 years ago, they were looking around for a sheep breed to raise on their 85-acre farm bordering Marsh Creek in the Red River Valley. They call their farm Marsh Creek Crossing.

“I grew up on a cattle ranch, so I know something about cattle,” Margo said. “But we felt sheep would be easier to handle as we’re in our 60s. We love to eat lamb and we also thought sheep would be better suited for our pastures, which are mixed woods and meadows.”

The Hansons began asking around for ideas on sheep breeds and they discovered that the local Extension Agent, Jim Stordahl, had Border Leicesters – an English breed dating back to the mid-1700s.

“He told us about their mellow temperament, good mothering abilities, beautiful fleece, non-aggressive rams, and hardy lambs,” Margo said. “We were sold!”

Once they had decided to raise Border Leicesters, Stordahl also directed them

“Judy has worked tirelessly to educate shepherds about the disease and help them eradicate OPP from their flocks,” Margo said. “OPP usually manifests itself first by a ewe having a muchreduced milk supply. Within a few years, she usually dies. Our flock is tested annually, by blood draw, to maintain our flocks’ 100 percent test negative status.”

The starter flock the Hansons obtained from Lewman included five ewe lambs, two older ewes, and a ram.

The flock, like the rest of Lewman’s flock of Border Leicesters, was also certified scrapie free under the Scrapie Flock Certification Program, or SFCP. Breeding The Hansons wanted to build their flock on the foundation of hard work done by Judy Lewman to provide them with SFCP certified and OPP negative Photos submitted by Margo Hanson Ray and Margo Hanson’s flock of Border Leicester sheep are under the watch of a sheep. Unfortunately, Judy’s 2009 and 2010 ewe lambs were spoken for. pair of llamas at the Hanson’s 85-acre farm near Twin Lakes, Minn.

“We had no idea how difficult it to an experienced Border Leicester Leicesters for 35 years.” would be to find more registered Border shepherd.

Lewman’s Border Leicesters test Leicesters that were SFCP certified “We bought our first sheep from Judy negative for Ovine Progressive and OPP test negative,” Margo said.

Lewman of Spring Creek Farm near Pneumonia, or OPP. That was imporFinally, they located Susie and Dan Minnetrista, Minn.,” Margo said. “She tant to the Hansons because OPP can See HANSON SHEEP, pg. 7 had been raising white Border kill ewes.

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Border Leicester sheep noted for calm demeanor were very impressed with our fleece. I sell mature ewe fleeces for $10 per pound and lamb fleeces for $12 per pound.”

A skirted and scoured fleece weighs between 6 to 8 pounds. Border Leiscester fleece colors range from white to black, silver and brown. They grow between 6 to 12 inches in a year and have a medium-to-coarse fiber.

“The wool is best suited for garments that are not worn next to one’s skin,” Margo said. “Socks made from Border Leicester fleece wear for a long time.

It’s also favored for weaving or rug making.”

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Fleece They also select for thick, curly fleeces and conformity to breed standards.

The New Zealand genetics from the Wilsons’ Oregon flock helped with fleece quality.

“The New Zealand ewes have a thicker fleece and faster growing lambs, in our opinion,” Margo said. “The Canadian genetics, which came from Judy Lewman, provided beautiful curly fleeces and very hardy sheep.”

Developing a flock that produces high-quality fleeces has paid off.

“I used to sell nearly all my fleeces online, but for the past couple years I have sold most of them to a company in California,” Margo said. “They previously bought from my Etsy store and

they start feeding them hay.

“That keeps the vegetable matter out of the fleeces,” Margo said. “Coated fleeces are very desirable.”

In addition to fleeces, the Hansons sell breeding stock and lamb meat. They’ve done some crossbreeding as well.

“We have been very happy crossing our Border Leicesters with a Siremax ram to produce a faster growing, meatier market lamb,” Margo said. “Many people cross Border Leicesters with Bluefaced Leicesters. The Border Leicester is considered a maternal breed, so they will cross nicely with many breeds.”

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HANSON SHEEP from pg. 6 Wilson’s flock in Canby, Ore., and in 2009, they purchased three naturalcolored and five white ewe lambs. The Wilsons’ careful breeding program provided the Hansons with sheep that also carried top quality New Zealand genetics.

As the Hansons have built their ewe flock to 35, they have selected for other genetic traits, including good maternal instincts.

“A ewe with good mothering instincts will give birth to a set of twins, lick them vigorously, and nudge them toward her udder,” Margo said. “She keeps track of her lambs when they are small and calls and looks for them if they are out of her sight.”

Margo and Ray also select for ewes who have calm dispositions, even during a crisis. For example, last spring Margo came upon a ewe giving birth.

The 8-year-old mother-to-be was in trouble.

“I saw the tail of the lamb protruding,” Margo said. “That’s very bad as a lamb can rarely be born this way. I was able to reach in and turn the lamb without restraining the ewe. This isn’t easy as she is pushing against your efforts to push the lamb back into the womb and turn it to come out front feet and head first. Then I delivered the twin sister.

Both lambs were fine and the ewe was up quickly and went right to work licking and mothering her lambs.”

In addition to calm and nurturing mothers, Ray and Margo have selected for heavy milking ewes which produce twins and are easy keepers.

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Goat Dispatch delivers weed control to yards, farms

By ERIK POSZ The Land Correspondent FARIBAULT, Minn. – Weeds and brush are a real nuisance, especially when they’re an invasive species.

Whether you’re dealing with garlic mustard, Canada thistle, or the much more aggressive brush — common or European buckthorn, just getting a handle on them (let alone actually managing these plants) can be costly and take a lot of time.

Pulling these plants is an option, but this will be time intensive and the plants come back pretty rapidly. Spraying herbicides and defoliants can knock them back some; but once again this is an ongoing process and can potentially be expensive. Plus, such chemicals aren’t always the best option in city parks, groves, lawns and certain farms.

Amanda and Jake Langeslag of rural Faribault have a much more eco-friendly, less time-intensive and much more fun way to deal with invasive weeds and buckthorn – goats.

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Jake and Amanda Langeslag’s herd of goats never met a plant they didn’t like. The Langeslags have turned the animals’ voracious appetites into a thriving business.

“This was something we’d been kicking around for a couple of years before we started,” Jake said. “I saw a news piece on goats being used to control noxious and invasive weeds in Red Wing. There was a DNR contact at the

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end of the article. They were looking for more people to participate.”

Jake has a neighbor with goats. He talked to his neighbor about the idea, and time went by. Eventually, Jake and Amanda thought they’d have a stab at renting goats out for weed control.

“It was four years ago that we went and borrowed six or eight goats and just started practicing with them,” Jake said. “We put them out behind the house to see what they’d eat and how they’d do. They did a really good job, and it kept growing from there.”

The couple expanded their operation by putting goats in neighbors’ yards to clear out primarily garlic mustard.

People started taking notice at the good job the goats were doing.

Today, Jake and Amanda own and operate Goat Dispatch and will deliver goats up to two-and-a-half hours away.

Clients include municipalities, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, farmers, private homeowners and park services.

Unique diet The Langeslags’ herd number has grown from single digits to more than 150 goats. Those goats have a unique diet.

“I talked to game managers in parks and they said garlic mustard was one plant they were having issues with,” Jake said. “When I talked with other goat operations, they said goats didn’t really eat garlic mustard. But we put our goats into a patch of the stuff and they really took to it. Now they eat it like crazy.”

In addition, the goats strip the bark off of buckthorn. The plant then sends out runners, but the goats keep those trimmed back so that competing plants have an advantage over the buckthorn.

The goats also defoliate the buckthorn.

“People are going out with weed whips and sprays to control these plants,” Jake said. “Basically, these plants are just a forage that isn’t being utilized. So we are converting these unwanted plants into something else – meat or dairy – with the goats.”

The goats’ unique diet doesn’t end there. Jarett Spitzack, who works for Goat Dispatch, said one of the favorite items the goats enjoy eating is old Christmas trees.

“Jake saw an article where goats were eating old Christmas trees,” Spitzack said. “So we went to the some of the neighbors’ places and got their old Christmas trees and did a little study.

Now we have the River Bend Nature Center in town here where there is a drop off site for people to leave their Christmas trees. We hauled about 100 of them home two days ago. The goats are just having a blast eating them.”

Jake Langeslag examines his goats’ handywork on a buckthorn tree on his farm.

Spitzack added that goats are good moderators when it comes to their diet.

They won’t overdo it on any one item.

He said they’ll eat on the Christmas trees for a while, then eat some hay followed by stripping bark off of brush.

“They don’t over-consume on one thing,” Spitzack said. “They are very good at finding a variety of things to eat.”

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City ordinances don’t always welcome foraging goats with them on their rules so they can have the option of this ecologically-friendly option of dealing with noxious and invasive species.”

Amanda and Jake are working on growing their herd. They are crossing breeds that have the specific foraging traits they want. And the hard work is paying off. Jake said there are lot of new bookings and more importantly a lot of customers returning from

previous years.

“This isn’t a onetime solution,” Jake said. “It is an ongoing maintenance. Some people book us a couple times per year, others once a year, or even once every couple of years. It depends on your individual situation.”

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GOATS from pg. 8 Goat care Raising and caring for goats isn’t all fun and games.

Amanda said there is a lot of work behind the scenes that goes into care for the health of the animals.

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“Veterinarians aren’t really trained in caring for goats,” Amanda, a registered nurse, said. “And there aren’t any dosages for goats when it comes to medicines. There is a lot to keeping (the goats) alive. And there is a lot of stress with this.”

In addition to veterinarian care, there are other hurdles Goat Dispatch has to deal with.

“A lot of the cities have ordinances against goats,” Jake said. “So a park or homeowners will express interest, but then we can’t set up because there are rules against it. So we are taking these winter months to visit with some of these cities and work

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Lamb and wool producers are operating in black ink

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer CHASKA, Minn. – Sheep producers are one of the few agricultural enterprises operating in black ink due to sheep numbers, according to Minnesota Jeremy Geske Lamb and Wool Producers Secretary Jeremy Geske.

“Sheep numbers nationwide have been in a slow decline for several years,” said Geske. “We only raise about half of what we consume so there is certainly room for producers to expand.”

A good reason for that expansion is the surge of interest in wool. “Wool is an excellent fiber,” Geske explained. “It can be more expensive, but clothing manufacturers and consumers are finding out it’s worth more too. It lasts longer. It has unique qualities for warmth and durability. It’s a good

product and more people are discovering its value. Our producers have long known you capture value from both sources – mutton and wool.”

Geske operates a 45-ewe flock near New Prague, Minn.

One would think a steady growth in sheep numbers would increase producer membership, but member numbers have stayed about the same. “We gain a few members each year, but some drop out or retire each year also.

Our membership stays around 250 members. We have a little over 2,000 producers in Minnesota.”

Total U.S. production is about 5.21 million head of sheep and lambs. Texas leads with about 740,000 head; California is second with 550,000 head; and Colorado is third with 365,000 head. Minnesota ranks in the top 10 with about 220,000 head. According to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, there are slightly

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Geske said, “From my perspective the lamb industry is better off than the livestock industries and also corn, soybeans and wheat producers. Lamb isn’t super high-priced right now; but with lower feed costs these days, there is profit in lamb production.”

At the Dec. 2-4 Shepherd’s Holiday of the Minnesota Lamb and Wool Producers, use of antibiotics to help prevent and treat disease was a major topic. However, Geske said a new rule was announced on Dec. 2 which eliminated minor species from the proposal.

“It will still have an impact on sheep producers, but not nearly the impact we thought was going to happen,” he said.

Geske indicated the push against antibiotics in livestock is mostly from animal rights organizations. “Anything they can do to make raising livestock more difficult seems to be their agenda.

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Wool produced in Minnesota is accumulated in a couple of warehouses outside Minnesota. Padula explained, “The bulk of that wool is being exported to China, to India, to other low-cost textile manufacturers and being sold to consumers in those countries.”

In that case, why is wool imported into the United States? “Because U.S. sheep producers, especially here in the Midwest, are mostly raising dual-purpose sheep that don’t produce the finer type of wool being used in many of these new fabrics. Mostly, our wool goes into the outerwear garments where heavier, bulkier wool is the choice,” he said.

When it comes to finer wools, the buzz is Merino, said Padula. Merino is a wool-type sheep. He said many U.S. sheep growers use breeds with some Merino pedigree so we do have the ability to capture that market.

He pointed out that most Minnesota wool gets transported out of state for the initial process, the scouring or washing to remove the lanolin and dirt.

Commercially, that occurs in two places, Texas and South Carolina.

Lamb meat It’s a different story with lamb meat. Most Minnesota mutton goes to either of the coasts because those population centers have high lamb consumption.

“But there is now a growing ethnic population here in the central United States that is accustomed to eating lamb,” Padula said. “However, most of the Minnesota lamb is processed in Illinois, Ohio or Colorado.

Many consumers are acquainted with leg of lamb and lamb chops.

“Interest is now growing for something called lamb bacon. We realize there are ethnic and religious groups that do not consume pork. But they are looking for something that has that bacon type experience and lamb fits,” Padula said. “We have chefs across America now getting more creative on new and different ways to use lamb in the various meats.

We have such a growing segment of new cultures across America used to lamb in their diets; but not necessarily the traditional leg of lamb offering. And not to be ignored is the growing demand for organic lamb production.”

Padula urges caution on going organic due to certification requirements. “We can’t all go organic. But if some do, then go for it,” he said. “The science doesn’t show that it’s any better, both in terms of growing the sheep, and in the nutritive value of organic mutton.”

Global view China continues to be the number-one sheep producer in the world while Australia leads in wool production. Padula said sheep numbers worldwide are slowly going down because of ongoing drought conditions in Australia. That will impact the amount of lamb meat and wool globally.

“We’re a global player here in the United States,” explained Padula. “There’s no tariff on sheep or wool.

There’s no quota on lamb meat or wool coming into America. So we’re freely traded and that means at the whim of the international market.”

Worldwide, the U.S. doesn’t make the top 10 in production numbers.

“Minnesota producers continue to traditionally lead the United States on production efficiencies ... lambs per ewe,” stated Padula. “That’s partly due to the research community at the University of Minnesota which, way back in the ’60s and ’70s, were doing genetic research on highly prolific breeds of sheep. The Pipestone Wool Management program got behind these efforts. So we lead the nation on pounds of lamb per ewe and weaning percentage.” v

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer CHASKA, Minn. — Chippewa County sheep producer Bob Padula said wool is a sustainable, natural fiber that will become a top consumer choice.

Producers gathered at the Minnesota Lamb and Wool Producer Shepherd’s Holiday, held Dec. 2-4, in Chaska, were energized by wool’s comeback.

“Wool has taken on a new life as a technical masterpiece of nature. It performs like the technical fibers and out-performs them on other characteristics. Consumers today are looking at natural, sustainability issues,” Padula said. “Wool fits those needs and thanks to new styles and new uses of wool, it’s not the old-style wool that people remember … the itchy, the scratchy, the heavy, bulky materials.”

Padula is a long-time consultant for the American Wool Council and director of the West Central United States Sheep and Wool Marketing Association. He has worked in the wool production, marketing and quality improvement for over 25 years and helped develop national wool quality improvement and assurance programs.

He maintains a flock of Targhee ewes and commercial Merino sheep near St. Cloud.

“Today the new fabrics and designs are incorporating lighter weight wool — producing wool garments totally different with the consumers. Wool has come of age. Consumers are becoming more eco-conscious of what they are buying. Wool fits that perfectly,” Padula said.

This is not just a U.S. phenomenon. Padula credits designers and consumers in other countries for leading the parade on this new attitude and regard of wool and wool-based fabrics and clothing for both men and women.

“As the sheep industry and wool industry in other countries promotes the advantages of wool, U.S. clothing designer started asking, ‘How can we do this in America?’ Padula said. “So the reality is that we should credit the rest of the world for waking us up to these new standards of thinking of wool as indeed a premier fiber.”

Padula thinks producers should be part of the trend.

They should be aware of new attitudes, new thinking and new designs that consumers, especially women, are buying into these days. “It’s not the same old wool fiber and wool fabrics that we’re used to,” he said.

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South African sheep thrive on Iowa grass, legumes

By TIM KING The Land Correspondent SUMNER, Iowa – Stephanie Mitcham raises a flock of about 1,000 Dorper, White Dorper, and Ile de France sheep on 120 acres of pasture near Sumner, in northeastern Iowa’s corn and soybean country.

Dorper sheep are a hair and wool-shedding breed with origins in South Africa. Two separate Dorper breeds were originally developed in that country and Stephanie’s Crane Creek Farm has both breeds.

The Dorper has a white body with a striking black head. The breed is the result of a cross with the moderately-prolific Horned Dorset and the Fat Tailed Blackhead Persian sheep. The Blackhead Persian gave the Dorper its telltale black head as well as its “shedding sheep” characteristic. Shedding sheep have a coat that is made up of both hair and wool and they shed both, making shearing unnecessary.

The White Dorper is also a shedding sheep. But, unlike the Dorper, it has a pure white body.

“Some of the White Dorpers originated from the Fat Tailed Van Rooy sheep crossed with Dorset Horn sheep,” Mitcham said. “Other White Dorpers originated from the Blackhead Persian crossed with Dorset Horn just like the Dorpers.”

Van Rooy sheep are also shedding sheep and are

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sometimes called the Van Rooy White Persian.

Although the Dorset and White Dorset are fairly similar in lineage as well as look, the two breeds do have some different characteristics.

“The White Dorpers tend to have better shedding coats and more docile dispositions,” Mitcham said.

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“The White Dorpers, when crossed with Romanovs, tend to raise more pounds of lamb as compared to Dorper-Romanov and Katahdin-Romanov crosses,” she said.

Romanov sheep are a highly prolific Russian breed known for lambing triplets and quadruplets.

Katahdins are an American shedding breed.

“The White Dorper-Romanov crosses are raising 10 to 13 percent more lamb in both a conventional barn lambing system as well as in an extensive hands-off pasture lambing system,” Mitcham said. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Neb., has performed these studies and the studies are ongoing. This should give the White Dorper a huge advantage in a maternal cross for commercial operations and indeed, USMARC is developing the ultimate shedding maternal ewe from White Dorper, Romanov, and Katahdin crosses.”

Mitcham used to cross Dorpers with Romanov at Crane Creek Farm. She was happy with the results.

“In the early days, when I first had the Dorpers, I made a lot of White Dorper-Romanov and lesser numbers of Dorper-Romanov crosses,” she said.

“These really were wonderful commercial ewes – the best I ever worked with. They were medium sized, very fertile, and excellent mothers. They were yearround breeders, had shedding coats (if good shedding White Dorper or Dorper rams were used), thrived on forage only, and would raise triplets on good pasture.

They were hardy and tail docking and foot trimming were not needed. They also did not require deworming and were very easy-care productive maternal ewes.”

Adaptable Although the two Dorper breeds originate from the warm and semi-arid regions of Africa, they’ve prospered in many different climates including Mitcham’s grass and legume mix paddocks in northeastern Iowa.

“They have done very well on my farm and over the years I have selected for the animals and their offspring that have thrived,” Mitcham (who has been raising Dorpers and White Dorpers since 1994) said.

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Crane Creek sheep are on an all-grass, no-grain diet Mitcham also raises Romanov and Ille de France sheep and Karakachan and Maremma guard dogs.

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cold months. The ewes that are bred to lamb inside, in addition to yearly rainfall. Thus, there are less outside, and lamb three times in issues with internal parasites. But two years, Mitcham says. they have done well in many locaMarket tions around the world including here in Iowa.”

Along with selling White Dorper and Dorper breeding stock, The two Dorper breeds have Mitcham sells forage-finished thrived at Crane Creek Farm on a lambs to individual buyers and year-around, all grass and no grain through local lockers. She says the diet, according to Mitcham. The high quality of the carcass and the sheep are rotated through variousflavor of the meat is a strong marsized paddocks using movable elecketing point. tric wire. Water and minerals are available in the paddocks at all “They have absolutely delicious times. The paddocks are surrounded and mild-tasting meat with no lanby a permanent electric perimeter olin taste. It can be eaten cold and fence. Mitcham says the Dorpers are is still delectable,” Mitcham said. efficient at grazing the paddocks.

“They have excellent carcass quality with well-developed legs and “They will eat pretty much anyloins and little fat.” thing – including browse and thistles,” she said. “I have photos of the White Dorper and Dorper sheep Dorpers with their feet on the backs are a good choice for small farmers of their flock mates, eating leaves because there is a good market for from trees. They eat the pastures White Dorpers are prized breeding breeding stock and the sheep uniformly and don’t leave patches stock, producing heavier lambs for require no shearing or tail docking, of grasses and legumes that other market. according to Mitcham. ruminants might not find to their “They are attractive, easy to care taste.” for, thrive on forages alone, and have great personMost of the Crane Creek Dorper and White Dorper alities that are calm and inquisitive,” she said. lambs are born in the paddocks from late May through the end of October. Although Mitcham has limited space, a few lambs are born inside during the

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Grain Outlook Ethanol supports corn price Editor’s Note: Joe Lardy, CHS Hedging research analyst, is sitting in this week for Phyllis Nystrom, the regular “Grain Outlook” columnist.

The following marketing analysis is for the week ending Jan. 20.

Livestock Angles Speculation boosts market

Grain Angles Increasing cash flow

Since the end of October, the livestock markets have been on a recovery rally from the highs made in 2014. This has followed what appears to be a fairly common theme in commodity prices. The theme appears to be a return to inflation in the days ahead. So there has been a sentiment by speculators to buy all commodities as prices will soon rise. This plus reduced live supplies of live inventories has sparked the recent strength in livestock markets.

The cattle market has seen the cash market advance rather rapidly so far in the month of January.

JOE TEALE The cash market, which had been Broker a discount to the futures, has Great Plains Commodity now moved to a premium - reflectAfton, Minn. ing the push by packers to accumulate inventory. This advance has pushed live prices to levels not seen for months.

As the cash market advances, one concern is the beef cutout has not followed the strength in cash.

This is beginning to squeeze the packer margins which could slow or end the current push to higher cash prices paid for live inventories. Another concern continues to be the slow movement of boxed beef as compared to recent years. If demand continues to remain at current levels, it would appear that there would be some difficulty in maintaining further strength in cash prices. Once again, it boils down to supply and demand to dictate the future prices for the cattle market. Producers should continue to monitor market conditions and protect inventories as warranted.

As Warren Buffet said, “You need cash. Cash is like oxygen. When you don’t need it, you don’t notice it.

When you do need it, it’s the only thing you think about.” A lot of us in production agriculture are living examples of this concept. Markets over the last 18 to 24 months, and even for the foreseeable future, have forced many to think about one thing only: the need for cash.

Is it possible to avoid a situation where a business is devoid of cash?

Cash is sometimes historically viewed as an unproductive asset. Basically, idle cash is MATT LANGE not making money. One should AgStar Business invest it elsewhere to generate Consultant greater return. Given the volaRiver Falls, Wisc. tility in commodity driven agriculture, cash should not be viewed this way. Being smart about cash allows you to leverage your money and take advantage of opportunities as they arise to position your business for long-term success. It also helps finance operations and reduce market risk. While markets may still force businesses into a cash crunch, those that build stronger cash positions coming out of good cycles will withstand the turbulence of down cycles better than those who are fairly tight on cash.

But, how do we get there? How does a grower get to that point of having a cash surplus? To help us look at cash generation, we’ve compiled a list of best practices used by top producers to help you in generating more cash for your operation.

CORN – The corn market posted a good week of gains closing higher in three of the four trading sessions with the only loser accounting for just a half of a cent. Corn gained 11.25 cents on the week and stopped right at the 200-day moving average at 369.75 where it settled on Jan. 20. The March/May spread is still at 6.5 JOE LARDY CHS Hedging Inc. cents, but did trade out to 7.25 St. Paul cents during the week.

This week’s ethanol data was very supportive for the corn market. Production hit an all-time record for the third straight week at 1.054 million barrels per day.

Production has also been above 1 million barrels per day for 12 straight weeks. Ethanol stocks jumped sharply higher by 1.1 million barrels. This week and last week combined make the biggest build in stocks ever for a two-week period.

The concerning item is that ethanol margins have dropped off pretty substantially. Net margins are now only about 4 cents. With margins falling off, it would be natural to assume production should back off; but the ethanol plants have missed that memo and are still going full steam ahead.

Corn inspections were very good this week.

However, the pace needed to meet the U.S. See LARDY, pg. 15 See TEALE, pg. 15

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

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Argentina flooding could have impact on soybean market

Examining costs aids cash flow LANGE from pg. 14 First and foremost, maximize productivity.

Sometimes in cash-strapped businesses, cost-cutting measures backfire and negatively impact productivity. We need to consider the net return of an expense.

Cutting a particular fertilizer or chemical may have detrimental impact to yields. Consider stress testing a cost for its net impact. For example, how much additional yield do I need to get in order to use a fungicide on my corn?

Understand which cash outflows usually don’t decrease when markets decrease margins. Leased equipment, land rents, family living withdrawals and utilities are cash outflows in business. While they could decrease, in actuality, they very rarely do when markets are down. In fact, in many cases, these cash outflows increase when cash is available and never seem to return to prior levels. These cash outflows can enter a very dangerous area of becoming quasi-fixed costs. It is important to understand how to control these costs and limit their growth. We must also consider at times, how we can reduce their impact.

Limit loss comes up a lot when I discuss land rent with farm operators. In many areas of the country that I work in, land rent is overpriced for the return.

We have to face reality. While very few farmers like to give up rented land or even consider selling land that they own, what is the cost to the business? I encourage operators to look at each parcel of land and break down the cost and revenue of that piece.

Even though we may give up land to the competition, it may be the best avenue for our business and its cash flow.

Scrutinize repairs and replacements. This always

seems to be a constant debate — regardless of our cash position — because sometimes when a piece of equipment needs to be repaired, we automatically send it in for repair without any questions. But we need to look back at each individual equipment item on our balance sheet and really ask whether we should be repairing it. Or have repair costs gotten to the point where it justifies actually replacing it.

Could we be more productive or more efficient at a lower cost? The same thing goes for determining inhouse work versus outsourcing labor or specialized services. If we have a large equipment line that has a great deal of debt to run our cropping enterprise, perhaps we need to evaluate outsourcing that and reducing our equipment line to make the operation more cash efficient.

Most operations have already gone through the process of liquidation of non-performing assets. It’s unusual in the current environment to have equipment or assets just sitting there not generating revenue. But it’s always a key item to go back and evaluate. “Hey, are we getting the most value out of this piece of equipment or this particular asset?” If we have a lot of wooded acres that we own, are we generating any revenue off of that? Maybe there’s a source of revenue to investigate.

Lastly, I think it’s always important to look at debt structure. Speak with your lender, with your consultant or your advisory team to look at how to perhaps re-balance debt. Can things be adjusted in a certain way that helps reduce our cash outflow?

These are all short-term items which can help generate more. Evaluating these steps puts your operation in a better position cash-wise and helps sustain your business long-term. v

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TEALE from pg. 14 The hog market has also seen the cash market advance very quickly to move from a discount to a premium to futures. It has been a very quick advance in cash prices as packers have scrambled to meet slaughter needs. Increasing slaughter capacity is rumored to be one of the catalysts behind the current strength in the hog market.

However, in the past few weeks, the futures market has met considerable resistance and the market has virtually gone sidewise during that time. Noticeably, the pork cutouts at the same time have also virtually gone sideways. These events could be signaling a change in the current rally that we have experienced over the past several months. Without the advancement in the pork cutout, the packer margins are being squeezed which could reflect into a less aggressive stance in accumulating inventory.

Here, as with the cattle, supply and demand will dictate the future prices in the hog market. One note from a seasonal standpoint: at this time of year, the market usually sees a moderate price decline into the Easter period before once again moving toward a prospective summer high. Therefore, producers should remain aware of current trends in the market and protect inventories as needed. v

36 million bushels and topped expectations.

Following the pattern of inspections, sales are down by half from where they were just five weeks ago. We are clearly seeing the shift of business from the United States to South America. However, because business has been so front loaded, total commitments are already at 88.4 percent of the USDA export total.

The Rosario grain exchange cut its Argentinian bean production estimate from 54.4 to 52.9 million metric tons. They are estimating that just over 700,000 hectares have been lost to flooding. With planting estimated at 99.1 percent complete, they

are estimating final acreage at 19.2 million which is down only a fraction from their previous estimate of 19.3 million hectares. The Rosario numbers are in sharp contrast to many private analysts who think over 2 million hectares have been lost and total production is down around 50-51 mmt. With the dry weather forecasted for the next week we will get a much better damage estimate; but things might not be quite as bad as some originally thought.

Outlook: The price direction for soybean will be dictated by the situation in Argentina. If the damage is limited, we should see a setback of 20 to 30 cents very quickly. The specs continue to build length in the soybean pit, so they should be a supportive factor going forward as well. v

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LARDY from pg. 14 Department of Agriculture’s number has fallen behind by 134 million bushels. Corn exports were also very good at almost 54 million bushels. That is more than double the previous week. Total commitments of 1.484 billion bushels is way ahead of the pace of last year’s 877 million.

Outlook: Great exports and very strong ethanol data has the corn market poised to break out of the stagnant range it has been in. If corn can push past the 200-day average and continue to see fresh export announcements, we could see a rally past the $3.80 mark next week.

SOYBEANS – The soybean market was the focus of the grain trade this week. When additional rains hit the already-saturated key growing areas of Argentina, the market was quick to put in additional risk premiums. March soybeans gained 21.25 cents this week despite being up two days and down two days. After shooting higher on USDA data last week, there are no technical obstacles in the way. The March/May spread has been very stale staying between 8 and 9 cents.

There were no export sales announcements for soybeans this week, and only one in the past two weeks.

Export inspections were good, but they are still in a declining pattern. Inspections are about half of what they were during the peak. Export sales were good at

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Cash cheese prices up; butter down at Global Dairy Trade This column was written for the marketing week ending Jan. 20.

The Jan. 17 Global Dairy Trade auction reversed the direction again. The weighted average for all products offered inched up 0.6 percent, following a drop of 3.9 percent on Jan. 3 and 0.5 percent on Dec. 20.

Buttermilk powder led the declines, down 10.1 percent, after leading the gains on Dec. 3 with a 4.5 percent increase. Skim milk powder was down 1.6 percent, following a gain of 2.3 percent, and whole milk power was off 0.1 percent after a 7.7 percent plunge last time.

Anhydrous milkfat was up 3.7 percent after inching 0.6 percent lower last time. Butter was up 1.6 percent after inching 0.5 percent higher, and cheddar cheese was up 1.3 percent after a 1.4 percent rise last time.

FC Stone equated the average GDT butter price to $2.0098 per pound U.S. – topping $2 for the first time since February 2014. Chicago Mercantile Exchange butter closed Jan. 20 at $2.25 per pound. GDT cheddar cheese equated to about $1.7872 per pound

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18 cars of block traded MIELKE MARKET U.S. dairy cow culling was WEEKLY hands at the CME and 19 up from November but of barrel. down from a year ago,

By Lee Mielke Midwestern cheeseaccording to the U.S. makers reported an Department of abundance of milk the Agriculture’s latest week of Jan. 16, Livestock Slaughter according to Dairy Market News and report. An estimated 253,000 head that meant “fully active production,” were slaughtered under federal inspection in December, up 9,800 head according to Dairy Market News.

“After last week’s reports of relatively or 4.0 percent from November but strong cheese demand, this week’s 2,400 head or 0.9 percent below reports were mixed. Some producers December 2015. Culling in the were seeing an expected slowdown folJanuary to December period totaled lowing the heavy demand at the end 2,885,700 head, down 29,300 head of 2016. Other Midwestern cheese profrom 2015. ducers are receiving more orders now n than this time last year and expect Cash cheese prices were down and increasing demand in the weeks to butter was up in the Martin Luther come.”

King Day holiday-shortened week.

Western cheese makers report Block cheddar closed Jan. 20 at steady and seasonal domestic demand for blocks, but lower calls for barrels.

Cheese output is active with plenty of milk available. Mozzarella and packaged retail cheese production are ramping up a little in advance of the Super Bowl. Barrel inventories are long and supplies of blocks are growing as sales descend from the pre-holiASK US ABOUT YEAR SPENDING SPEC END day peak, according to Dairy Market IALS! News. n Cash butter closed the week at $2.25 per pound, up 2.5 cents, and 8 cents above a year ago, with only three carloads sold on the week at the CME.

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Central butter producers report readily available cream again this week, says Dairy Market News.

“Cream supplies are ample across the U.S., as Midwestern butter makers are receiving offers from east and west suppliers. Butter demand is a bit lower now than this time last year, but expected to strengthen in the upcoming weeks.”

Western butter output is following typical seasonal patterns. Cream is in good supply and keeping churns running at a steady pace. Manufacturers report some of the strong demand for milkfat and butter in the fourth quarter of 2016 has carried forward into 2017 and are “a little surprised with the solid domestic sales.” n Spot Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Jan. 20 at $1.0050 per pound. This is down 2.75 cents on the week, but 26.25 cents above a year ago, with 13 cars sold.

The Daily Dairy Report’s Sarina Sharp wrote in the Jan. 13 Milk Producer Council newsletter that “Milk powder demand is solid, but inventories are growing. Europe’s mountain of powder continues to weigh – both psychologically and monetarily. The European Commission received bids for 26.3 million pounds of the skim milk powder in its Intervention stockpile last week. It rejected all of them because they were “too far from the prevailing market price and the minimum selling prices set at the previous tender.”

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ing the Class I value averaged $2.2518 per pound, milk sales thus far in 2016.

USDA’s latest commercial disappearance data Kurzawski reported that the EU also mandated, “In up 15 cents from January. Nonfat dry milk averaged $1.0198 per pound, up 5.8 cents. Cheese aver- shows strong dairy demand for November. the light of the tenders received for the third paraged $1.7027 per pound, down 10.3 cents; and dry American cheese was up 9.7 percent from a year tial invitation to tender, a minimum selling price whey averaged 43.22 cents per pound, up 3.4 cents ago and up 5.8 percent from October. Total cheese should not be fixed.” He says that “The EU use was up 6.1 percent from a year ago and 3.7 perCommission intends to hold two tenders per month from January.

Fluid milk consumption crept a little higher in cent above October. Nonfat dry milk use jumped until all of the allocated volume (put into the November, following a 3.5 percent slide in October.

23.6 percent in November and butter demand was scheme before Nov. 1, 2015) has been sold.”

November packaged fluid milk sales totaled 4.18 up 5.3 percent from a year ago.

The Jan. 13 Dairy and Food Market Analyst added billion pounds, up 0.4 percent from November 2015, FC Stone’s Dave Kurzawski pointed out in his a consideration in the powder market writing, according to Dairy Market News. Conventional Jan. 13 Insider Closing Bell, “So far in 2016, milk “Currency is still a headwind to this market. The product sales totaled 3.96 billion pounds, down 0.2 use is growing at a better clip than milk production.

Mexican peso hit a more-than-10-year low vs. the percent from a year ago. Organic products, Through November, total milk use is 2.2 percent U.S. dollar this week. The U.S. dollar is up 22 perat 222 million pounds, were up 11.6 percent. higher on a total solids basis versus a 1.4 percent cent year-over-year against that currency, which Organic represented about 5.3 percent of total sales increase in milk production (milk output through makes nonfat dry milk prices 71 percent higher for the month.

October 2016).” He adds that “It should be noted year-over-year for Mexican buyers.”

Whole milk sales totaled 1.2 billion pounds, up 5.4 that milk production in November and December And, speaking of currency concerns and the global percent from a year ago, with year-to-date running will likely close the gap somewhat. And it should be market, USDA’s Jan. 19 Livestock, Dairy, and 4.7 percent above a year ago and making up 29.3 noted that these numbers don’t automatically mean Poultry Outlook warned: “The U.S. is expected to percent of total fluid sales.

Skim milk sales were ‘bullish.’ Milk production actually exceeded total face strong competition from the EU for cheese down 11.2 percent from a year ago and down 11.3 milk solids use as detailed by USDA in 2014 and exports in 2017. After a setback in 2014 and 2015 percent year-to-date. we all know what happened that year. But the due to a Russian trade ban, EU cheese exports are Total packaged fluid milk sales for the 11 months numbers affirm really nice 2016 holiday demand.” expected to total 1.808 billion pounds in 2016 and of 2016 totaled 44.8 billion pounds. This is down 0.7 Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist who resides are forecast to reach a record 1.819 billion pounds percent from the same period a year ago. in Everson, Wash. His weekly column is featured in in 2017. A key issue facing the United States’ newspapers across the country and he may be export competitiveness with the EU is the strong Year-to-date sales of conventional products, at v dollar compared to the euro.”

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Klobuchar staff gets input from farmers on Farm Bill

By MARIE WOOD The Land Associate Editor NEW ULM, Minn. — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klubuchars’s staff, along with Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson, traveled across the state for a two-day tour to gather input on the 2018 Farm Bill, Jan. 23-24. Klobuchar, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said via video she was ready to get to work on the new farm bill, starting with listening to farmers, who are the “backbone of the Minnesota economy.”

At the New Ulm meeting on Jan. 23, about 25 farmers came to let the senator know what’s working and what’s not. Staff was charged with bringing the information back to Klobuchar. Most attendants agreed that the Farm Bill was fine, but that it needed adjustments.

According to Frederickson, the current Farm Bill is projected to cost 489 billion over five years, while the 2018 farm bill is projected to cost 466 billion. About 80 percent goes to the nutrition title and 20 percent goes to ag producers.

This spring and early summer, hearings will begin on the 12 titles of the farm bill, which include commodities, conservation, crop insurance, trade, credit, extension and more.

Credit One suggestion was to raise crop loan rates to help farmers. According to the Farm Service Agency website the commodity loan range for corn by county is $1.771.89 per bushel. Raising the price to $3 would help farmers and give them more cash flow, said Joe Neaton, Minnesota president of National Farmers Organization.

“When we plant corn, we create new jobs. When we spend $1 in agriculture, that regenerates $7 throughout the economy,” said Neaton.

He pointed out that farmers pay the money back with interest. However, in the budgeting process, the funding is credited out of the farm bill, but not credited back, explained Frederickson. Not all loans come back in cash; some loans are paid back in bulk commodities, Frederickson noted. Loan payments are credited to the general fund.

“It puts a bad light on the farmers,” said Neaton.

Commodities Steve Hoffman, who with wife Kerry operate a 140 cow dairy near New Ulm, spoke up on the Margin

Protection Program. He said that the backbone of the MPP is good, but the feed cost factor needs to be adjusted.

“It seems to be about one dollar on the low side,” said Hoffman.

In addition, the payout is calculated in two-month segments. One Steve Hoffman month could be a positive margin and the next month could be negative and they can wipe each other out. Hoffman said it would help if the payments were calculated on a monthly basis.

“We’re not getting back what we feel we should,” said Hoffman.

Participation in MPP has dropped since 2015. After the meeting, Hoffman noted that each year they have enrolled at lower coverage rates.

Sarah Schmidt, communications and government relations director for Associated Milk Producers, Inc., in New Ulm, backed Hoffman up.

Schmidt explained that the feed cost formula was constructed when feed prices were high so the feed cost formula was adjusted lower.

The result?

In 2016, when milk prices were Sarah Schmidt low, dairy farmers paid $20 million into MPP and received $12 million in payments. Had the feed cost formula not been adjusted, farmers would have received $43 million dollars, noted Schmidt.

“We paid more into a program in times of low milk prices than dairy farmers received,” said Schmidt.

“While it’s just a dollar in the tweak of the formula, it would have made a huge difference for dairy farmers.”

Kevin Paap, Minnesota Farm Bureau President who farms near Garden City, brought up the Agricultural Risk Coverage-County payments being drastically different across county lines.

For those hoping for a simpler program, getting rid of ARC-CO and Price Loss Coverage choices doesn’t look like an option. The reason is that the farm bill must work in both Southern and Northern states.

Conservation Denny Schmidt, farm manager for Upper Midwest Management Corporation, has concerns with the

Conservation Reserve Program. Schmidt said CRP rates are as high as $300 an acre in Minnesota. The result is that top-producing farmland is being taken out of production.

“The government, with its high rental rates for CRP, is actually outbidding our local farmers,” said Schmidt.

He noted that the intent of CRP is to take marginal or sensitive ground to erosion out of production, not prime farmland. For example, 10 years ago a farmer received about $140 an acre. That land can be re-enrolled for more than double today.

“Some of these farmers are using the Conservation Reserve Program as a retirement fund,” said Schmidt.

He suggested adding an inflationary and deflationary clause into CRP rates. Schmidt added that most cash rental rates are in the $250-$275 per acre range and that USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service is lagging by a Bob Roelofs couple years in its rental rates.

Bob Roelofs, a corn, soybean and hog farmer near Vernon Center, agreed.

“They need to bring it down because it (CRP) shouldn’t be competing with the farmer. The program is designed for crap ground,” Roelofs said.

“They shouldn’t be offering more than $200 an acre period. It should be 100 bucks, 150 bucks.”

Brian Werner, legislative assistant to Klobuchar, is looking into the Environmental Benefits Index. He is also aware of concerns on how CRP will work with the buffer law.

Trump card Harlan Anderson, veterinarian and farmer near Cokato and supporter of President Trump, has worked on farm bill legislation in past years. He said the senator should consider that the possibility of “No Farm Bill” is pretty high with Trump.

“I have a lot of confidence in our farmers. I don’t think we’re so dumb, we can’t farm without a farm bill,” said Anderson.

Frederickson noted that if there is no farm bill, Congress would have to repeal permanent law.

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Extension leads herbicide resistant weed workshops follow wind restrictions, downwind buffers to protect sensitive plants, and no ammonium sulfate can be used with it. Weeds must be less than 4 inches tall.

In addition, spray tank contamination is an issue.

And tanks need to be triple rinsed.

“I would consider hiring the spray part of it done,” said Hoverstad.

Meanwhile Dow AgroSciences offers Enlist Duo, which is dicamba and glyphosate, to be used on Enlist soybeans. Enlist Duo is approved by the EPA and registered by the MDA. However, the soybean seed awaits approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. According to the Dow website, the company plans to launch the cropping system this year.

Hoverstad warns that the seeds and herbicides are not interchangeable. You can’t spray Enlist on Xtend soybeans and vice versa. These are cropping systems.

Make a plan Palmer amaranth has been confirmed in conservation plantings in Yellow Medicine and Lyon counties, but it’s more widespread in Iowa. The plantings have been traced to contaminated seed mixes. Liz Stahl, University of Minnesota Extension educator, called Palmer amaranth “waterhemp’s evil cousin.”

Palmer amaranth is often resistant to multiple herbicides. The good news, said Stahl, is that the Palmer amaranth identified in Minnesota is not See WEEDS, pg. 20

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For many producers, a greater mix of herbicides likely will be needed.

Mark Bernard, a crop consultant who owns Agro-Economics in New Richland, advises using a pre-emergence herbicide and a variety of post-emergence herbicides to attack multiple sites of action. A few guys will use some cultivation techniques Mark Bernard too, said Bernard.

Tom Hoverstad, University of Minnesota scientist at SROC, presented a summary of his 2016 weed management trials in soybeans.

“We are going to have the opportunity to use dicamba in soybeans,” said Hoverstad.

For giant ragweed control in soybeans, he completed an Xtend Soybean Trial. Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Xtend soybeans are dicamba and glyphosate tolerant and to be used with XtendiMax, a low-volatility dicamba. In addition, BASF’s Engenia herbicide can be used in this system.

The Environmental Protection Agency has approved XtendiMax and Engenia. The products are under review by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. That means XtendiMax and Engenia may be available by spring planting.

All the labels are very specific to target spraying and minimize drift. For instance, the XtendiMax label authorizes only one nozzle. Applicators must

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By MARIE WOOD The Land Associate Editor WASECA, Minn. – If you thought the days of walking beans are long gone, think again.

Herbicide resistance, particularly in common and giant ragweed, waterhemp and tall waterhemp, is a growing problem across Minnesota. The most limited tools are in soybean fields. That’s why the University of Minnesota Extension is holding meetings to educate farmers on creating weed management plans that include a variety of herbicide groups to attack multiple sites of action (SOA), along with adopting new and old cultural techniques.

While farmers are becoming all too familiar with glyphosate resistance, weeds are also showing resistance to other groups of herbicides.

Non-chemical options include using a rotary hoe, hand pulling, planting cover crops, crop rotation changes and altering planting dates. For instance, spring tillage and planting soybeans later may help manage early-emerging weeds. Scouting and walking beans is critical.

Paul Knutson, who farms near Owatonna, said he believes he has giant ragweed that is resistant. He admits that his acreage is small enough that he can still hand pull. “I use the walk-the-fields method as much as I can.”

Knutson was one of many farmers and certified crop advisors who attended an herbicide resistant weed program at the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca on Jan. 13. He talked to scientists about cover crops that may help in his fields.

“If we can reduce the amount of chemicals, that would be nice,” said Knutson.

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Plan control as if you have herbicide resistance WEEDS from pg. 19 resistant. MDA is working to eradicate the aggressive weed that grows 2-3 inches per day, up to 6-8 feet tall.

In addition, Stahl identified weeds, such as waterhemp and giant ragweed, that are glyphosate resistant across Minnesota.

Liz Stahl “We can’t spray our way out of this,” she said.

Your plan should include chemical and non-chemical methods and Stahl expects it will cost more and it won’t be simple. She advises talking to your neighbors about weed resistance in their fields.

“Plan that you do have resistance out there,” said Stahl.

Resistance is identified in herbicide groups 2 (ALS), 9 (glyphosate) and maybe 14 (PPO), according to the Extension.

Stahl recommends the following steps to build a weed management plan that include herbicides from multiple SOA groups.

Pre-emergence: Choose a pre-emergence herbicide to treat your soil that addresses major weed concerns. Pre-herbicides help to decrease the density and species of weeds, promote uniform size for post applications and increase the window to get post programs done, she explained.

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All meetings are 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Registration is $10; $15 at the Slayton location. Pre-registration is requested. Visit http://z.umn.edu/resready Contact: Liz Stahl at (507) 372-3900, ext. 3912 for Slayton and St. James locations Dave Nicolai at (651) 480-7706 for Montevideo and Hutchinson locations Pre-herbicides also allow you to use more SOA Groups.

“Pre-herbicide is a must. Plan that you have resistance out there,” said Stahl.

The best pre-herbicides for giant ragweed in soybeans are in herbicide Groups 2 and 14. In research done near Rochester, Prefix, Surveil and Authority First emerged as the best weed control. Watch your labels closely and pay attention to rotation restrictions when using these products.

According to a waterhemp summary from the U of M Extension completed in west central and southeast Minnesota, layering of effective group 15 preherbicides such as Dual II Magnum, Outlook and Warrant is one strategy that can provide season-long control of glyphosate resistant waterhemp. A group 14 pre-herbicide can be layered with a group 15 preherbicide, as well. Extension advises making your layered application at 30 days after planting. Still, new strategies, including non-chemical, options must be implemented.

Post-emergence: Stahl recommends using herbicides from at least two SOA groups to hit your target weeds. She outlined the best post-herbicides. She included group 9 herbicides or glyphosate.

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“Glyphosate still controls other weeds,” reminded Stahl.

The best post-herbicides to attack different sites of action are in group 4, which are growth regulators; group 10 which is Liberty or glufosinate; and group 14, which are PPO inhibitors and include Cobra and Flexstar.

Stahl also mentioned that group 15 herbicides have been shown to control giant ragweed while also being excellent on grasses, waterhemp and lamb’s quarter.

Write it down: The plan can be just a simple chart and Stahl handed out an easy-to-use worksheet.

July 1 and done: Extension recommends July 1 as your target date to complete chemical applications to soybeans (R1).

Non-chemical: When it comes to cultural tools, Stahl recommends trying at least one cultural tactic per field: spring tillage; delayed planting or walking beans. Other cultivation tools include using a rotary hoe, cultivator, hand pulling, cover crops and crop rotation.

The bottom line says Stahl is to make your weed management plan more robust in 2017 and different from 2016 and 2018.

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milk glass vase. The plant is about 8 inches wide and 6 inches tall. The leaves are curved in such an artistic manner they seem to be dancing.

Tillandsias grow differently than most house plants, but are tough enough to thrive in the average home.

Immerse the plants in tepid water for about 20 minutes every few weeks. Dry them on a towel before putting them back in their container.

Mist the plants every few days with a fine spray of water. Fertilize them by adding a pinch of Orchid or house plant fertilizer to your mister. Place the plants in bright filtered light, but keep them out of direct sunlight.

Native to forests, mountains and deserts of South and Central America, the West Indies and southern United States, these adaptive plants have over 650 species. Spanish moss, often seen on live oaks in the South is a Tillandsia.

Propagation is by seed, or by off sets called pups. When the pups are about two-thirds the size of the mother plant, they can be separated and grown as a new specimen. A single

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Tillys are trending now as popular houseplants. “Tilly” is a nickname for Tillandsia, (pronounced til-land-seeah), and they are commonly known as air plants. Most species are Epiphytes — i.e. they can grow without soil and can attach to other plants. The attachment does no harm to the host plant because they absorb water and nutrients through their leaves and the roots are only used as anchors.

My experience with air plants was limited to having a few several years ago and not taking care of them correctly (which ended in their demise).

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This “booklet for cooklets” is aimed at the younger set – both in recipe selection and in ease of preparation.

That’s no reason to suggest, however, that adults won’t be just as pleased with many of these kiddie concoctions.

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4 tablespoons cream cheese, softened 3 tablespoons sugar 1-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted Trim the crusts from the bread slices. Spread 1 tablespoon of cream cheese on each slice of bread. Roll up the bread slices with cream cheese on the inside.

Cut each roll into thirds. Stir together sugar and cinnamon.

Dip each cut roll into the melted butter, then in the cinnamon/ sugar mixture. Place rolls seam side down on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 These “snails” are full of cinnamon minutes. Serve warm or cool. Adult and cream cheese deliciousness. They help: Assist with cutting the bread prove that one key to cooking with kids and using the oven. is KISS: Keep It Simple, Silly. n Cinnamon Snails You don’t have to wait for St. 4 slices bread

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TERMS â&#x20AC;˘ The successful bidder must enter into a purchase contract at the conclusion of the bidding on January 30, 2017.

At that time, 10% of the final balance of the price will be due and payable with the $25,000.00 applied towards the earnest money requirement. The balance of the price together with normal buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s costs and a purchaserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premium of 1.50% of the purchase price will be due and payable in cash no later than March 1, 2017, the date of closing. â&#x20AC;˘ Seller shall pay all real estate taxes payable in 2016 and prior years; Purchaser shall pay all real estate taxes payable in 2017 and thereafter. â&#x20AC;˘ Seller shall furnish an abstract of title indicating marketable title. â&#x20AC;˘ Possession of the property shall be given to the successful bidder upon receipt of payment in full. â&#x20AC;˘ Property is being offered and will be purchased in an â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS ISâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;WHERE ISâ&#x20AC;? condition. â&#x20AC;˘ Personal Representativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deed and Trusteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deed(s) delivered at closing shall be subject to easements, agreements, and restrictions of record, if any. â&#x20AC;˘ Checks of unsuccessful bidders will be returned at the conclusion of the sale. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snow Dateâ&#x20AC;? January 31, 2017 (listen to KNUJ if bad weather).

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DRYSDALE ANGUS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; THREE OAKS ANGUS JOINT PERFORMANCE ABERDEEN ANGUS PRODUCTION SALE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2017 12:00 NOON LANESBORO LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET LANESBORO, MINNESOTA SELLING: â&#x20AC;˘ TWO-YEAR OLD AND YEARLING BULLS â&#x20AC;˘ OPEN HEIFERS â&#x20AC;˘ BRED HEIFERS â&#x20AC;˘ COWS WITH CALVES AT SIDE The Drysdale herd is one of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s select performance programs. Year after year the bulls have excelled at the Midland Bull Test Station in Columbus, Montana. The Three Oaks $QJXV KHUG KDV RQH RI WKH ÂżQHVW VHOHFW JURXSV RI $QJXV WR EH IRXQG DQ\ZKHUH 7KH IHPDOHV SURGXFH H[WUHPHO\ KHDY\ FDOYHV WKDW ZHDQ DQG WKH\ ZRQÂśW GLVDSSRLQW \RX SIRES OF CATTLE SELLING: â&#x20AC;˘ Musgrave Big Sky â&#x20AC;˘ Connealy Black Granite PVF Insight â&#x20AC;˘ EXAR Upshot â&#x20AC;˘ SAV Angus Valley )RU \RXU IUHH UHIHUHQFH VDOH ERRNOHW FRQWDFW DQ\RQH LQ WKH RIÂżFH RI WKH 6DOH 0DQDJHUV TOM BURKE, KURT SCHAFF, JEREMY HAAG, AMERICAN ANGUS HALL OF FAME, at WORLD ANGUS HEADQUARTERS Box 660, Smithville, MO 64089-0660 Phone: (816) 532-0811 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax: (816) 532-0851 â&#x20AC;˘ angushall@earthlink.net www.angushall.com

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Drysdale Angus Willard, Nora and Chelsey Drysdale 65070 E CR 30 Wabasha, MN 55981 +RPH :LOODUGÂśV &HOO &KHOVH\ÂśV &HOO

Three Oaks Angus Wayne and Carol Fries 29603 Sunset Trail Cannon Falls, MN 55009 +RPH &HOO

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Hay & Forage Equip

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FOR SALE: Hesston 1345 Hydro-swing disc-bine, 12', excellent condition. New Prague 952-212-9506 Bins & Buildings

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FOR SALE: Grain bin 36' diameter, 9 narrow rings tall, full floor, approx 20,000 bu capacity, to be removed April 1st, $5,000/OBO. 641330-1657 Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys.

100% financing w/no liens or red tape, call Steve at Fairfax Ag for an appointment. 888-830-7757 Grain Handling Equip

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FOR SALE: Grain dryer farm fans, 420J, single phase, wet tank; 3250 BU wet corn auger; 8â&#x20AC;? grain bins, 10,027, 6,024, 4421, drying floor, ladders inside & out, safety cage w/ 24â&#x20AC;? fans, roof vents; 1060 Feterl grain auger, PTO. Lake Crystal. 507-317-4692 FOR SALE:Used grain bins, floors unload systems, stirators, fans & heaters, aeration fans, buying or selling, try me first and also call for very competitive contract rates!

Office hours 8am-5pm Monday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Friday Saturday 9am - 12 noon or call 507-697-6133 Ask for Gary WANTED: 30' Stirator, can pick up. 715-223-3664 Farm Implements

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FOR SALE: (2) AC tractors, model #170, 1 w/ all hyd loader; NH 258 side rig.

507-838-8288

Polk Equipment, Inc.

AUCTION

SPRAYERS & APPLICATORS TRAC, 893 HRS-LIKE NEW

RIPPERS & CHISELS 2013 KUHN KRAUSE 4850-18 DOMINATOR 2009 KRAUSE 4850-15 DOMINATOR 2011 JD 2100 7SH INLINE RIPPER JD 915 5SH TOGGLE TRIP 2014 UNVERFERTH 132 7SH PT RIPPER1000 ACRES UNVERFERTH 130 5SH INLINE RIPPER DMI TIGER TWO 5SH RIPPER KRAUSE 4809 9SH DISC CHISEL JD 1600 12SH CHISEL PLOWS & CULTIVATORS WHITE 588 5X PLOW ASR JD 845 8R30 CULTIVATOR HYD FOLD JD 85 12R30 CULTIVATOR HYD FOLD WHITE 378 12R20 CULTIVATOR FIELD CULTIVATORS & FINISHERS JD 726 27FT FINISHER 3 BAR SPIKE W/BASKET SUNFLOWER 6331 22FT FINSHER W/5 BAR SPIKE KRAUSE 6150 20FT FINISHER W/5 BAR SPIKE KENT VI 12FT FINISHER W/ 5 BAR SPIKE 2014 KRAUSE 5635 40FT 3BAR COIL W/ BASKET-1000 ACRES SUNFLOWER 5035 24FT CULTIVATOR 3 BAR COIL TINE DMI TIGERMATE 2 27FT CULTIVATOR 4 BAR COIL TINE JD 1010 24FT CULTIVATOR 3 BAR COIL TINE PLANTERS & DRILL 2012 JD 1770NT 12R30, 1200 TOTAL ACRES 2006 JD 1760 12R30 NT W/LIQ JD 7200 6R30, NT W/LIQ CIH 1200 24R30 W/LIQ 2005 JD 1790 12/23 NT 1998 JD 1780 16R31 2005 KINZE 3500 8-15 NT 2003 JD 1590 DRILL 15FT W/MARKERS 2014 JD 1590 DRILL 10FT W/SEEDER- LIKE NEW 1994 JD 750 DRILL 15FT W/SEEDER 1991 JD 750 DRILL 15FT JD 455 30FT DRILL JD 1520 3PT, 10” SPACING GP 1520P 15FT 10” SPACING PRECISION DRILL GP 1006NT, 10FT W/SEEDER 1614 TOTAL ACRES BRILLION SSD10 10FT SEEDER DISCS 2010 KRAUSE 8200 31FT RF DISC W/ BASKET-NICE KRAUSE 4990 27FT RF DISC SUNFLOWER 1232 27FT RF DISC 2010 FRONTIER DH1615 15FT RF DISC JD 621 9FT DISC

MASSEY FERGUSON 25 3PT 8FT DISC BUSHHOG 8FT OFFSET DISC CIH 330 25FT VT PACKERS & CRUMBLERS UNVERFERTH 1225 24’ ROLLING HARROW LOW ACRES UNVERFERTH 225 28’ ROLLING HARROW J&M TF212 24FT ROLLING HARROW JD 200 30FT CRUMBLER DMI 22FT CRUMBLER BRILLION XL144 30FT PACKER BRILLION PDT16 16FT HIGH LIFT PACKER-NEW BRILLION 12FT PACKER BRILLION WM2602 21FT MULCHER- LOW USE BRILLION WM 2601 21FT MULCHER HAY EQUIPMENT 2008 NH 575 BALER-LIKE NEW 2005 NH 570 BALER 2013 NH BR7060 SILAGE SPECIAL, 1500 BALES 2004 JD 457 W/NET WRAP 2008 CIH RBX 453 SILAGE ROUND BALER 1993 CIH 8420 ROUND BALER 2012 CIH DC92 9’3 DISCBINE- LIKE NEW 2005 NH 499 12’1 HAYBINE 1996 JD 710 7FT HAYBINE- CLEAN MOWERS 2015 NH HM236 7FT DISC MOWER 2014 CIH MDX 41 8FT DISC MOWER- LIKE NEW 2015 CIH MDX 31 7FT DISC MOWER- LIKE NEW JD HX15 15FT BATWING MOWER BUSHHOG 12715 15FT BATWING JD 717 & JD 709 MOWERS BUSHHOG 207 7FT PT MOWER ALAMO 5FT PT MOWER WOODS RD 8400 FINISH MOWER WOODS RM 59 FINISH MOWER JD 370 6FT 3PT FLAIL MOWER IH 1100 7FT PT SICKLE MOWER (2) JD 737 LAWN MOWERS JD 485 LAWN MOWER GRAIN CARTS & WAGONS BRENT 1082 GRAIN CART BRENT 670 GRAIN CART UNVERFERTH 7000 GRAIN CART PARKER 6500 GRAIN CART UNVERFERTH 430 W/BRAKES J&M 425 W/TARP & BRAKES, 2 COMPARTMENT 2-KILLBROS 385 WAGONS KILLBROS 350 W/TARP, JD GEAR CONSTRUCTON CASE 21D PAYLOADER CAT 430D IT, CAH, MFD, 4500 HRS 2013 CAT 304ECR, CAH, 1600 HRS 2011 BOBCAT E45, CAH, 3300 HRS 2014 BOBCAT S590, CAH, 2SPD, 489 HRS

2004 BOBCAT 463, OS, 900 HRS 2011 DEERE 323D, CAH, 2 SPD, 2600 HRS 2006 DEERE CT322, CAH, 2000 HRS (2) BOBCAT 530, OS, GAS CASE 1835C, OS, 3300 HRS MISCELLANOUS EVERSMAN 650 DIRT PAN ROWSE 500 DIRT PAN MOWHAWK 7FT 3PT BLADE BUSHHOG SBX600 6FT GRADER BOX KING KUTTER BB60 6FT GRADER BOX FRIESEN 240T SEED TENDER- VERY NICE WOODS BH1050 BACKHOE TRAIL-EZE 24FT 12TON TRAILER SNOWMACHINE 7FT SNOWBLOWER GEORGE WHITE 7FT SNOWBLOWER KATOLIGHT 25KW GENERATOR WINPOWER 25KW GENERATOR WINCO 30KW GENERATOR

Local Motels in Warsaw, Indiana •Super 8 - 574-268-2888 •Wyndham Garden - 574-269-2323 •Comfort Inn - 574-269-6655 •Holiday Inn Express 574-268-1600 •Hampton Inn - 574-268-2600

Local Airport: Warsaw - 5 miles

Major Airports: South Bend or Fort Wayne - 50 miles

TERMS: Cash or Good Check on the day of the Auction. NO EXCEPTIONS ONLINE BIDDERS SHOULD PRE-REGISTER 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE at www.polkequipmentinc.com

LUNCH WILL BE SERVED BY SCOTTY’S PIG ROAST

ALL ITEMS must be removed from the lot by February 12, 2017 • NO CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED! EVERYTHING SELLS! DIRECTIONS: 5 miles north of Junction US 30 & SR at Warsaw or 9 miles south of Junction US 6 & 15 at New Paris, 50 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, 50 miles southeast of South Bend, 110 miles from Chicago and Indianapolis.

NOTE: Due to early printing, there will be additions and deletions • NO SALES after January 7th, 2017 • AUCTIONEERS: Mike Berger AU#0870052 • Gary Olsen AU#01031658 • Roger Ford AU#01026697 • Kelly Hoffman AU#1010019 • Jeremy Edwards AU#09100129 • Gary Horras, Ringman • Steve Feldman, Clerk

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

HARVEST EQUIPMENT 1993 CIH 1644, RT, CHPR, SR, RWA, 3700 HRS- NICE AVCO NI 323 PICKER- “1 OF A KIND” LIKE NEW 2010 CIH 3406, HDP, KR CIH 2206, HDP, KR 2007 CIH 2412 12R30, HDP, KR CIH 944 4R36 1997 JD 893, HDP, RR 1996 JD 693, HDP, KR 1995 JD 693, RR 1988 JD 643 2007 JD 630F 1988 JD 920 1992 JD 915 1986 CIH 1020 20FT NUMEROUS HEAD TRAILERS 20-30

HARDI CM1200 90FT 1200 GAL TANK CIH DMI 4300 16R30 NH3 APPLICATOR W/ RAVENS – LOW USE DMI 2800 11SH 28% APPLICATOR

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TRACTORS 2013 JD 8235R, PS, ILS, 1600 HRS 2008 JD 8430, PS, ILS, 3300 HRS 2002 JD 8520T, WG, 4830 HRS 2011 JD 7215R, PQ, 1800 HRS 2008 JD 7830, MFD, IVT, 2745 HRS 2008 JD 7830, PQ, MFD, 2080 HRS 2007 JD 7430P, MFD, PQ, LDR, 410 HRS 1997 JD 7810, PQ, MFD, 1477 HRS 2008 JD 6330P, MFD, PQ, LDR, 3800 HRS 2007 JD 6715, MFD, PQ, 3200 HRS 2003 JD 6415, TWD, LDR, 3530 HRS 2005 JD 5525, CAH, MFD, LDR, 2200 HRS 1992 JD 4760, MFD, PS, 4682 HRS 1991 JD 4455, TWD, PS, 3485 HRS 1982 JD 4650, MFD, PS, 6000 HRS 1983 JD 4450, TWD, QE, 5865 HRS 1983 JD 4250, TWD, PS, LDR, 6400 HRS 1969 JD 4020, OS, 7585 HRS 2009 JD 2520, HST, MFD, LDR, 675 HRS JD UNSTYED A, RESTORED 2011 CIH STEIGER 385, BB, GUIDANCE, 1200 HRS 2002 CIH STEIGER 450, BB, 3317 HRS 1996 CIH 9330, PS, 3PT & PTO, 4305 HRS 2010 CIH MAGNUM 305, PS, SUSPENSION, GUIDANCE, 2800 HRS 1996 IH 7240, MFD, PS, 7822 HRS 1996 CIH 7210, TWD, PS, 4980 HRS 1997 CIH 5250, CAH, MFD, PQ, LDR, 2730 HRS 2014 CIH 75A, OS, MFD, 600 HRS 2016 CIH 70A, OS, MFD, LDR 300 HRS 1972 IH 966, OS, FENDER 2013 NH T8.330, PS, SUSPENSION, 1100 HRS 2002 NH TJ450, PS, BB, 6465 HRS 2011 NH 3045, CAH, CVT, LDR, 850 HRS 1999 NH TC33D, OS, HST, LDR, 2150 HRS 2012 CHALLENGER 665D, CVT, SUSPENSION, 1600 HRS MF 275, OS, TWD, 1675 HRS CASE 4690 3PT & PTO, 5600 HRS

Polk Equipment, Inc. 6407 North State Road 15 Leesburg, Indiana 46538 • 574-453-2411

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• 5/8” drum roller wall thickness • 42” drum diameter • 4”x8” frame tubing 3/8” thick • Auto fold

MANDAKO 12’-60’ LONG ROLLERS

FOR THE BEST DEAL ORDER NOW!

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14 miles So. of Sauk Centre

PAYNESV ILL

E, MN

ILL PAYNESV

E, MN

The Following Described Property Will Be Sold At Farm Located At 21908 273Rd Ave, Paynesville, MN. Being 1 Mile Northeast Of Paynesville On MN Hwy #23 Then 3 Miles North On Stearns Co Rd #33 And 1 Mile East On 220Th St. Or 1 Mile North Of Roscoe, MN On Stearns Co Rd #10 And 1 1/2 Miles West On 220Th St.

Saturday, February 18th 2017 • 10:30 a.m.

WAGONS 2-H&S 500 16 ft front unloading, metal sides, forage boxes w/12 ton MN tandem axle running gears, 3-J&M 350 bushel gravity boxes w/ heavy duty 12 ton J&M running gears and 10–20 truck tires, Bradford 8 ton running gear, J&M 200 bushel gravity box w/Gehl 7 ton runInternational 756 diesel tractor wide front, ning gear, MN Super 6 ton running gear w/flat 3 Pt, rock box, 540/1000 PTO, 16.9x38 rack, 6 ton factory running gear w/flat rack. rear rubber, hub duals, 3878 Hrs. HAY STRAW 40 round bales mixed hay net wrapped, COMBINE HEADS JD Turbo Diesel Combine, hydrostatic, 30 round bales straw net wrapped, 100 7214 Hrs, JD 643 6 row 30” corn head, small square bales straw.

JD 922 bean head, JD 4 belt pickup 1997 Chevy Silverado 4x4 head, header trailer.

1/2 ton, 230,000 miles 1 owner, extended V-8 automatic, 3rd door AUGERS Westfield W80 8”x61’ PTO Auger w/ JD 7000 12 Row 30” Flat Fold Planter swing hopper, hydraulic lift, Westfield Liquid fertilizer, herbicide, and insecticide boxes, W80 8”x56’ PTO Auger, Koyker 8”x50’ trash cleaners w/add on Dandi planter hitch PTO Auger, Brandt 745 7”x45’ PTO Auger.

H&S MS-370 Tandem Axle Manure Spreader w/hydraulic end gate, Polyflor sides, double HAY STRAW beater (like new) 40 round bales mixed hay net wrapped, 30 round bales straw net wrapped, 100 Lorenz 885 8 Ft Double Auger Snowblower small square bales straw.

540 RPM w/hydraulic spout Lunch By: Friends of Salem.

Kiefer Built 14 Ft Stock Trailer Bumper Proceeds go to the Salem Historical Pull tandem axle Church Association.

TRACTORS 1988 Case-IH 7110 MFWD Diesel Tractor Cab, 3 Pt, 3 Hyd, front weights, quick hitch, 540/1000 PTO, power shift, 520/85R/38 rear rubber, dial 8733 Hrs. (Clean)

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MACHINERY International 720 5x18 Auto Reset Plow, Deutz-Allis 2500 heavy duty tandem disc w/ folding wings, cushion gang, Melroe 420 36 ft multi-weeder, Int. 45 Vibrashank w/ Noble 3 bar mulcher, JD 1209 haybine, New Holland #56 roll-a-bar rake, MN #5 roll-a-bar rake, JD 24T square baler, Kovar 7 section spike tooth drag on cart w/ hydraulic evener, Lorenz 4 row 3 pt cultivator Danish tooth, Lorenz model 100 grinder mixer w/ scale, IH short hopper blower, 8 ft 3 pt blade, Gehl 1060 forage chopper auto max w/ 2 row narrow head, 4 section pony drag, 14 ft cula-packer, case-IH 5100 14 ft press drill w/ grass seeder, Owatonna 205 40 ft Flyte elevator w/ hopper, Martin MK 72” PTO finish mower, Onan 25 kw PTO alternator on cart, 3 pt bale mover

Not responsible for accidents Lunch on grounds Number system used www.ziemerauctions.com or midwestauctions.com, click on Ziemer

035 Farm Implements

FOR SALE: 800 gal Mueller Bulk Tank on tandem axles w/ stainless transfer pump & 2” hose. Phone 952-2129506

We buy Salvage Equipment Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc. (507)867-4910

035 Tractors

036 Planting Equip

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: In case of inclement weather listen to KASM AM 1150 or KDJS 95.3 FM. Very few small items.

Please be on time. Thanks Ziemer Auctioneers

Usual Terms of Auction (cash or approved check day of sale).

No items removed until settled for. Everything Sold As Is.

Ziemer Auction Service, 3176 198th Ave NW New London, MN 56273

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Monosen NGT FOR SALE: John Deere 11R24” planter, PT, PTO vac, sin5520, MFWD w/ loader, gle Yetter row cleaners, $29,000; Caterpillar D4 bullsqueeze pump for liq dozer, $6,000; JD 7000 6RN starter, corn & bean seed planter, no fert., $3,000; JD disc; 6R24” IH 800 CH, wide front, fenders & dual $5,500/both. 320-269-1451 HYD for 3020. 507-330-3945 036

FOR SALE: Case IH 7120 Tractors tractor, duals, 3pt, dual PTO, 4 reverse, very good '11 JD 8235R, 1996 hrs, FWA, FOR SALE: Steiger KM225, shape. 507-427-3561 TW35 MFWD, 4x4 IH 4386, 16spd PS, Auto Track 1486, 1066, JD 7000 & 7100 ready, exc cond, FOR SALE: Ford NH 8360 planters; 42' JD field cult; $125,900/OBO. '06 JD 8430, tractor w/ Miller loader, 1600 chisel plow; IH 470 3317 hrs, rear & front duals, cab, FWA, $40,000/OBO; disks, 18' & 21'. 320-266-6569 ILS susp, tires 90%, 16spd Sunflower 5034 28' clutivaPS, Auto Track ready, exc NEW AND USED TRACTOR tor, $10,000; Demco 850-gal. cond, $124,000/OBO. 507-32760' sprayer, $12,000. All exPARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 6430 cellent. (218)639-9304 55, 50 Series & newer tractors, AC-all models, Large FOR SALE: '06 2210 BuhlerFOR SALE: New 9' Meteor, Inventory, We ship! Mark Versatile 210HP, FWA, 3558 2 auger, 3pt snowblower, Heitman Tractor Salvage hrs, 18spd PS, 4 remotes, $4,500; '09 Bobcat S300 skid 715-673-4829 nice, field ready, 358/85R-34 loader, heat & air, 2 spd, tires, duals, 480R/80R-46, 2,300 hrs, $22,500; JD 4555 Harvesting Equip 037 Super Steer, HD rock box, MFW tractor, PS, 3pt w/ $56,900/OBO. 507-327-6430 quick hitch, 18.4x46 w/ duals, $32,900; '09 NH BR7090 FOR SALE: '82 JD 4640, baler, net & twine wrap, power shift, axle mount duExtraSweep hyd pick up, als, 9300 hrs, well kept. 5073400 bales, $12,900. 320-769276-4768 cell or 507-375-3194 2756 home JD '03 9650STS, Single pt Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Re- FOR SALE: 601 Ford trachook up ContourMaster pair Repair-Troubleshootyield & moisture less tor, 2spd tranny, no power ing Sales-Design Custom monitor & globe. 20.8 38 steering, no live power, hydraulic hose-making up duals 28L 26 rear tires. nice shape, $3,500. 763-218to 2” Service calls made.

Has been through JD 2797 STOEN'S Hydrostatic Sershop every year, I have FOR SALE: JD 8760 in very the service records. 4300 vice 16084 State Hwy 29 N good condition, $35,000. 507eng hrs, 3300 sep hrs, Glenwood, MN 56334 320318-9168 $48,500. (507) 317-2398 634-4360

AMVAC SmartBox Insecticide System for 12R planter. Came off JD 7300 planter. Used 2 seasons. Includes all accessories.

Over $5,000 new. Sell for $2,500. (507) 381-6488 FOR SALE: 24R smartbox system for JD mini hoppers, $1,500. 507-649-1886 FOR SALE: Fast S/S fertilizer tanks for inside tracks of JD 8000RT tractor, $8,500/OBO. 507-649-1888 or 507-649-1886 Tillage Equip

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36 Ft KENT DISCOVATOR/ Finisher (2006) Double Fold, (350HP Min) Real Good.

MANDAKO 46 Ft Land Roller Hyd Floating Hitch Like New. 319-347-6677 MANDAKO LAND ROLLER (3” Shafts not 2 7/16”) Like New. John Deere 30 Ft #726 Mulch Finisher, Good Blades w/ 5 Bar Harrow Real Good. 319-347-6138 Machinery Wanted

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All kinds of New & Used farm equipment – disc chisels, field cults, planters, soil finishers, cornheads, feed mills, discs, balers, haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 WANTED: 717 or 718 NH Chopper. (608)625-2412 WANTED: 780 or 540 JD Manure spreader, good or for parts, also Surge or Alamo vacuum pumps any condition. 320-630-8131 WANTED: 9 to 12 yard pulltype dirt scraper, forced injection, must be a nice unit, reasonably priced; 60' of 8” U-trough. If no answer, leave msg. 507-354-3987 Spraying Equip

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'94 Terragator Model 1903, 4465 hrs, 85' boom, 2000 gal SS tank, Cummins L10 Eng, 18spd torque boost trans, Raven controller, Outback Auto Steer, $27,000. (641) 590-1102 Wanted

FARM MISC. Heavy duty 6’x6’ square bale feeder, 3-round bale feeders, 3 cattle panels new, 8 hole stainless hog feeder, electric fencers, partial rolls barb wire, fencing supplies, rakes, forks, shovels, 8 ft aluminum pickup topper, 20 ft grain bin w/ aerator floor (disassembled), bin sweep, Senator front tine tiller, 100 gallon Poly stock tank, Patz metal seed corn sign

Bill Heitke Estate AUCTIONEERS Mark Ziemer, Lie. 34-46, New London, 320-354-4312 Cell: 320-979-4044 Brian Ziemer, New London 320-354-5308

Farm Implements

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WANTED: 7' Farm King or Allied snowblower w/ single auger in good condition, not over 12 years old. 507-4306154 WANTED: Holstein/Beef cross calves. 952-292-5255 WANTED: Young farmer looking for 9500 or 9510 combine, low hrs., good shape, looking to buy package deal, bean & cornhead.

952-292-2019 Feed Seed Hay

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1st Crop Clean Grass Hay, 4x5 Round Bales, Net Wrap, $25/ea. 2nd Crop Grass Hay, Rained On, $25/ea. Delivery Available Within 135 Miles of Rice Lake. 715-296-2162

Feed Seed Hay

050 Feed Seed Hay

050

CONVENTIONAL SOYBEAN SEED Certified MN 1701 CN (1.7) and MN 1806 CN (1.8) High yield varieties developed

by U of M Glen Iverson, Lamberton MN MN Seed Permit #20172023 (507) 445-3388

Livestock

Kenny Rogers

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FOR SALE OR LEASE REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & yearlings; bred heifers, calving ease, club calves & balance performance. Al sired. In herd improvement program. J.W. Riverview Angus Farm Glencoe, MN 55336 Conklin Dealer 320864-4625

‘15 JD Gator TS 4X2, bed lift, bed liner, front bumper, 240 hours ................................. $5,750 ‘09 Kubota M135X MFWD, cab, air, loader, 2900 hrs............................................... $39,000

live at the Verizon Wireless Center in Mankato on March 12, 2017!

Look for the details on our facebook page at www.facebook.com/thelandonline 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

NEW YEAR SPECIALS @ MILLER SELLNER Loc Stk #

Model................................................................................Was Asking ..... New Year Spec. Price

BL

119386

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

SE

18141S

New 2014 Farm King 9ft Snow blower....................................... $10,130 ......................... $8,350

SL

X0151

New 2014 56200 Bobcat 78” snow blower .................................. $6,276 ......................... $4,950 *****More New & Used snow blowers on hand*****

17172S

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

SE

173155

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

SE

17132S

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

SL

KC210

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

BL

14367S

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

BL

104296

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

SL

A0600

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

SE

18757S

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

SE

17678S

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

BL

126946

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16 Steiger 580Q 36” tracks, 930 hr - Full Pro 700 Auto Str .................... $289,900

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

‘14 Steiger 620Q, 920 hrs., Lux Cab, 36” tracks,

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

spacing, full auto steer, DLX Cab ........ $229,900

6 remotes, hi cap hyd ........................ $289,900

hrs, 120” spacing .............................. $219,900

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We have Quad Trac & Combine Tracks in Stock

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USED 2WD TRACTORS 24 Month Interest Free • Call For Details ‘16 C-IH MAG 380 TRACK CVT, LUX CAB, SUS FRT AXLE, 120 INCH SPACED, 5

RDY, HD DBAR ......................................................................................... $96,500.00 ‘16 C-HI Maxxum 125 545 hrs, CAB, MFD, 16x16 Trans, 540/1000 PTO .......JUST IN

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

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

‘16 CIH Magnum 380 Row Trac, CVT 551 hrs,

HRS ........................................................................................................ $239,900.00

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

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

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

lux. cab, sus, ft axel. .......................... $239,900

16 MAG 380 ROW TRAC 551 HRS FRT DUALS 24

1990 Steiger 9150

2012 JD 9560RT 2110 HRS LEATHER CAB 5

IN TRK 120 SPACED WITH BLADE .........$275,000

POWER SHIFT-PTO-7467 hrs............... $39,900

REMOTES 36 INCH TRKS ...................$199,900

15 STEIGER 470 358 HRS 800 TIRES PTO LUX

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

2014 MAGNUM 220 lux cab, 19 speed, power

CAB FULL GUIDANCE ........................ $229,900

820 sep hrs ....................................... $279,900

shift, 2584 hrs ..................................... $96,500

‘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

LOADER, 4 TO CHOOSE FROM ............................................................. $69,500.00 ‘15 C-IH FARMALL 55 CVT CAB, MFD, CVT TRANS, Case-IH loader ..... $39,900.00 ‘16 C-IH FARMALL 45 CVT CAB, MFD, CVT TRANS ............................... $32,500.00 ‘15 C-IH FARMALL 50 C 700 HRS, ROPS, HYDRO, MFD, LOADER............. $19,900 ‘15 C-IH FARMALL 40 C 418 HRS, ROPS, HYDRO, MFD, LOADER.............JUST IN

USED 4WD TRACTORS 24 Month Interest Waiver Or Low Rates Available • Call For Details ‘12 J0HN DEERE 9560RT 36 INCH TRACKS, LEATHER CAB, BIG HYD PUMP, XENON LITES, 5 REMOTES, JD AUTO GUIDE RECEIVER, 2110 HRS ................ $199,900.00 ‘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, TWIN HYD PUMPS, 360 LIGHT PKG, 931 hours, FULL AUTO STEER, Excellent Tracks ................................................... $289,900.00 2014 C-IH STEIGER 500 RCQ 1120 HOURS, 6 REMOTES, PTO,LUX CAB, BIG HYD PUMP, 120 INCH SPACING, 24 INCH TRACKS, ................................... $249,900.00 C-IH STEIGER 470 RCQ 729 HOURS, 6 REMOTES, PTO, DLX CAB, BIG HYD PUMP, 120 INCH SPACING.................................................................... $229,900.00

C-IH STEIGER 350 RCQ 825 HRS, 3 PT, PTO, LUXURY CAB, 120 INCH SPACED, HD HYD PUMP, 18” TRACKS ................................................................. $219,900.00 C-IH STEIGER 470 358 HRS, LUX CAB, PTO, 800 TIRES, FULL PRO 700

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REMOTES, HI CAP HYD PUMP, SUS FRT AXLE with FRONT DUALS, 551

GUIDANCE, HID LIGHTS ....................................................................... $229,900.00 ‘02 STX 375 4333 hrs, deluxe cab, 710/70 R42 duals ................................ $85,000.00 C-IH STEIGER 370 572 HRS, LUX CAB, PTO, 480R50 TIRES,................ $189,900.00 C-IH 9150 7100 HOURS, POWERSHIFT, PTO ............................................ $39,900.00

USED COMBINES 24 Month Interest Waiver Thru Case Credit • Call For Details ‘13 C-IH 9230 1049 ENG HRS, 820 SEP HRS, TRACKS, RWA ............................................................. $279,900.00 ‘10 JD 9670 COMBINE 1269E/1009S HOURS, CORN & SOYBEAN MACHINE...........................................$125,000

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8 row 30 inch corn head ..................................................................................................$22,900.00 8 ROW 30 INCH ...................................................................................................................$15,900.00 8 ROW 30 INCH ...............................................................................................................$13,900.00 35 FT PLATFORM W/AIR REEL ........................................................................................$30,000.00 35 FT PLATFORM ............................................................................................................$13,000.00 30 FT PLATFORM ..............................................................................................................$6,900.00

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

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‘13 JD 6170R, Cab, IVT trans, MFWD, 859 hrs., w/ H380 loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x46 duals ..... ......................................................................$123,000 ‘09 NH 6070, Bi-directional, 3543 hrs., cab air, w/NH

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N) ’16 JD R4045, 175 Hrs, 120’ Boom ....................... $365,000 (N) ’16 JD R4045, 841 Hrs, Dry Box ........................... $329,000 (OW) ’15 JD R4045, 444 Hrs, 120’ Boom................... $319,500 (OW) ’16 JD R4038, 350 Hrs, 120’ Boom................... $309,900 SOLD $289,900 (OW) ’15 JD R4038, 759 Hrs, 120’ Boom...................

(OW) ’15 JD R4045, 739 Hrs, Dry Box........................ $287,500 (OS) ’15 JD R4030, 159 Hrs, 90’ Boom ...................... $265,900 (OS) ’15 JD R4030, 149 Hrs, 90’ Boom ...................... $253,000 (N) ’13 JD 4830, 384 Hrs, 90’ Boom .......................... $234,900 (OW) ’13 JD 4940, 2127 Hrs, Dry Box ........................ $212,500 (OW) ’13 JD 4830, 1011 Hrs, 100’ Boom ................... $209,900 (OW) ’12 JD 4940, 120’ Boom ................................... $209,900 (OW) ’12 JD 4830, 880 Hrs, 90’ Boom ....................... $203,500 (OW) ’13 JD 4940, 1211 Hrs, Dry Box ........................ $202,500 (OW) ’13 JD 4830, 688 Hrs, 90’ Boom ....................... $189,900 (OS) ’15 JD 4630, 271 Hrs, 90’ Boom ........................ $187,900 (OW) ’13 JD 4830, 904 Hrs, 90’ Boom ....................... $184,500 (OW) ’13 JD 4830, 1752 Hrs, 90’ Boom ..................... $179,900 (OW) ’13 JD 4830, 2059 Hrs, 90’ Boom ..................... $179,900 (OW) ’12 JD 4830, 1688 Hrs, 90’ Boom ..................... $168,500 (OW) ’12 JD 4730, 676 Hrs, 100’ Boom ..................... $166,900 (OW) ’13 JD 4730, 1714 Hrs, 90’ Boom ..................... $165,900 (OW) ’12 Ag-Chem RG1100, 1680 Hrs ....................... $165,000 (OW) ’12 Case Patriot 3330, 1650 Hrs ....................... $165,000 (OW) ’13 JD 4730, 1888 Hrs, 90’ Boom ..................... $164,500 (OW) ’12 JD 4730, 1855 Hrs, 90’ Boom ..................... $154,900 (OW) ’12 Ag-Chem RG1100, Dry Box ......................... $150,000 (OW) ’13 JD 4630, 736 Hrs, 80’ Boom ....................... $146,900 (OW) ’14 JD 4630, 1578 Hrs, 90’ Boom ..................... $145,900 (OW) ’13 JD 4630, 1082 Hrs, 90’ Boom ..................... $142,900 (OW) ’13 JD 4730, 1501 Hrs, 90’ Boom ..................... $139,900 (OW) ’12 Miller N2XP, 1700 Hrs ................................. $135,000 (OW) ’11 Ag-Chem 994, 1768 JHrs, 100’ Boom ......... $134,900 (OW) ’09 JD 4730, 1400 Hrs, 90’ Boom ..................... $131,900 (OW) ’09 CIH Patriot 4420, 3600 Hrs ......................... $125,900 (OW) ’08 JD 4730, 3562 Hrs, 90’ Boom ..................... $112,900 (N) ’05 JD 4720, 2079 Hrs, 80’ Boom ........................ $109,500 (OW) ’08 Ag-Chem 1074SS, 2226 Hrs ......................... $94,900 SOLD $89,900 (OW) ’08 JD 4830, 4160 Hrs, 90’ Boom .......................

(OW) ’06 JD 4720, 4100 Hrs, 90’ Boom ....................... $84,900 (H) ’98 JD 4700, 1454 Hrs, 80’ Boom .......................... $73,500 (OW) ’06 JD 4920, 6500 Hrs, Dry Box .......................... $65,000 (OW) ’06 Ag-Chem 1074, 4600 Hrs ............................. $59,900

3 pt hitch, 540/1000 pto., 480x50 tires & duals ......................................................................$109,000

duals .............................................................$115,000 480x46” duals, front duals .............................$67,000 ‘03 CIH MX210, 5550 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., 380x46” tires & duals.........................$59,000 ‘11 NH T8.300, 1644 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lights, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd. valves, Auto Steer Complete, 520x46” duals ............$89,000 ‘13 CIH 290, 1250 hrs, 3PT, PTO, big pump, 480 front duals, 250 rear ...............................................$12,500

COMBINES ‘13 Care/In 670, 1294 eng/647 sep. hrs., premium cab, HID lights, Hitorque VSD, chopper,

spacing 3 pt, 4 hyd. Hiflow, PTO .................$180,000

conturmaster, 520x42”duals ........................$167,000 ‘14 CIH, 340 Row Trac 287 hrs, luxury cab, suspended ‘13 JD 660, 1180 eng/892 sep hrs., Premium Cab, cm, frt axle, 18” tracks, 76” spacing, 6 hyd remotes,

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‘13 NH T8.300, 801 hrs, MFWD, 4 hyd,

LA1953 loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x30 tires.... ‘05 CIH MX255, 4282 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO,

‘94 FH 6640 SLE, MFWD, cab, loader ..............$25,000

‘12 JD 4830, 880 Hrs, 90’ Boom.................$203,500

duals .............................................................$110,000

84lb loader, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x34 tires ........ ‘13 CIH 260, 577 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 540/1000 ........................................................................$62,500 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 420x46” tires &

loader .............................................................$75,000

'13 JD 4730, 1501 Hrs, 90' Boom .................$139,900

front axle, 3 pt., 4 hyd., Hi-Flow, 1000 PTO, 480x50”

standard pump, 3 pt. 1000 pto, full guidance............ ......................................................................$195,000 ‘14 CIH, 310 Row Trac 998 hrs, deluxe cab, powershift, 120” spacing, 16” trucks, suspended front axle, 5 hyd valves, hi-flow, complete guidance ......................................................................$165,000

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

HID lights, high torque USD chopper, 520x38” tires + duals.........................................................$157,500 ‘00 JD 9650TS, 3611 eng./2645 sep. hrs., chopper, 20.8x38” duals ...............................................$55,000 ‘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 ‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, 520x42” duals ...............................$149,000

valves, Hi-Flow, 620x42” tires ......................$215,000 ‘09 NH CR9060, 2400 eng./1800 sep. hrs., tracker, ‘12 JD 9410R, 675 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO, 5 hyd.,

chopper, 520x42” duals ................................$72,500

big pump, 480x50” tires & duals .................$215,000 ‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs., tracker, ‘12 JD 9410R, 1259 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., HID lights, 520x46” tires & duals ...................................$169,000 ‘12 CIH 400HD, 320 hrs., 4 hyd., big pump, 520x46” tires & duals .................................................$165,000 ‘02 CIH 425, 3465 hrs., 24-spd. manual, 4 hyd.,

chopper, chaff spreader, air compressor, 520x42” tires & duals ...................................................$52,000 ‘96 CIH 2188, 4WD, tracker, chopper, bin ext., 3520 eng/2546 sep.hrs., 520X 42” tires & duals ........................................................................$36,000

710x38” tires & duals .....................................$89,000 ‘13 JD 660, 694 eng/603 sep, 520 & 38 duals ..............

‘97 JD 9200, 24sd, PTO, 208-42 duals .............$51,000

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‘08 7230 JD, 24 spd, power quad, 4300 hrs, MFWD .... ‘11 Claas Lexior, 740, 1466 eng/899 sep hrs, 4x4 ........................................................................$55,000 520x42 duals ................................................$109,000 ‘04 7420 JD, Cab, IVT, 184-42, 4670 hrs...........$60,000

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TRUCKS ‘12...Pete 587, IS & 15 Cummins 406k .............$40,000

‘11 Versatile 305, MFWD, 690 hrs., 4 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 ‘11 Freighliner 125 DDIS Detroit, 217k..............$39,000 PTO, HID lights, front wts, fender ..................$99,000 ‘02 Freightliner FL, 6x6 w/ 18’ flat bed 8Ik ........$35,000 ‘10 JD 8270R, 3888 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x46” tires & duals ....................................$99,000 ‘14 CIH 260, 605 hrs, MFWD luxury cab, 4 hyd, 3 pt hitch, 1000 pto., 480x50 duals ....................$118,000

‘02 Int 4900 DT466, auto 3060p, tandem, 666k............. ........................................................................$14,500 ‘05 Sterling LT9500, C9 Cat, tandem, 7spd, 352k.......... ........................................................................$25,000

‘12 CIH 260, 1784 hrs., Deluxe cab, 19-spd. PS, susp. ‘06 GMC C6500, Dls, auto, 16’ flat bed, 328k .....$9,500

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

A touch of Norway

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anska has always celebrated its Norwegian heritage with a Syttende Mai festival. As with most events, there is a need to keep interest up.

“To keep it going sometimes we have to have projects,” said Alicia Helling, a Hanska promoter. “The first project was the town hall that had been built back in the 1800s by the townspeople.”

The hall, with its stage and balcony, was refurbished and updated and still serves as a performance and gathering locale. It was when Helling and her husband visited Norway that she got an idea for another project — a stabbur.

A stabbur is a granary or storage house on Norwegian farms, built on pillars to keep out rodents. The second story was used to dry meat and provide sleeping quarters for hired help. She thought a replica would be very appropriate in Hanska.

Some folks thought of it as “Alicia’s folly,” she said.

But Helling was passionate about her vision and, joined by others, they started raising money. At the same time, there was a man living on a farm near New Ulm who had built a couple of log cabins. A stabbur has similar construction. The vision and the builder were there. All that was needed was the funding.

They were making slow progress when a benefactor — James Amundson — stepped forward and said, whatever it takes, let’s get it done. With his monetary donation, the work went forward.

The builder, Frank Vanderveur, got white pine trees which were being removed for the construction of I-35. He used them as the logs and constructed the stabbur on the farm. It was then disassembled, brought to the Hanska park and reassembled.

The Hanska stabbur is larger than those in Norway. It functions as a museum and as a backdrop for wedding and graduation photos. One of its displays is a model of a stave church, which took the builder three years to craft in exquisite detail from popsicle sticks.

The stabbur has become a prized landmark of the town’s Norwegian heritage.

When people from Norway visit Hanska, “they’re surprised and impressed,” said Helling.

“They are not expecting to see a stabbur.”

The stabbur is open on special occasions. If you want a tour at other times, Alicia Helling loves to talk about it.

Her phone number is (507) 439-6271. v

Hanska, Minn.