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Beautify your barn

Meet two craftspeople dedicated to this popular art form ALSO INSIDE: Dick Hagen has lunch with legislators The Land’s guide to Minnesota and Iowa county fairs Rebuilding the bison population in Sleepy Eye, Minn.

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Being a seasoned news guy brings with hearing the same song: the “We need to it a more-than-passing-fancy for politics. reach across the aisle and find common My interest in the political arena, howevground” blues. er, has less to do with issues and more Blame the Republicans, blame the toward the players and the political proDemocrats, blame Mark Dayton. The botcess itself. Each new legislative session, tom line is, not much is getting accomeach new senator, governor, congressman plished in St. Paul. and representative brims with hope and This is nothing new. The 2017 legislaambition. By the end of the session these tive session was historically inept — hopes and ambitions have often dissolved LAND MINDS many calling for a special session to pass into party cronyism, self-interest and

By Paul Malchow any kind of legislation. In 2016 there was marginal legislation (if anything is widespread dissatisfaction with House accomplished at all). representatives and state senators sitOn June 21, the U.S. House approved ting on their hands while the session its version of the 2018 farm bill by a clock clicked to zero. To show just how unhappy votmargin of 213-211. Officially called the Agriculture ers were with situation, almost 96 percent of House and Nutrition Act of 2018, the farm bill has become incumbents on the ballot were re-elected. In the the poster child of bloated legislation. The size and state senate, that number plummeted to 87 percent. scope of the farm bill guarantees no one is going to Go figure. approve of it in its entirety. Muddying the waters With another election quickly approaching, The even more, Republicans and Democrats are voting Land’s intrepid Dick Hagen attended a legislative for or against the bill because of immigration issues. luncheon hosted by lobbying giant Minnesota Organizations such as the American Soybean AgriGrowth Council. He spoke with AgriGrowth Association, National Corn Growers, Independent CEO Perry Aasness, a few elected officials and some Community Bankers of America and The National very interested constituents. His report can be Council of Farmer Cooperatives are pushing out found in this issue. press releases “applauding” the House passage. In The siren’s song remains the same: cut the politics each case, these organizations express a concern and do what is best to help the people of Minnesota. that the farm bill — any farm bill — is passed How many times will we believe it? How many before the September expiration of the 2014 version. times do we send the same people back to the capiIn one of his tweets, President Donald Trump tal to display their ineptitude? called the vote, “a big win for farmers.” To me, havThe same old song has a new verse this year as ing Trump weigh in on the farm bill is like having Dayton will not be seeking another term as governor.

Mahatma Ghandi picking out the steak for your This seems to be pumping new hope into the political backyard barbeque. Trump may know hotels, golf landscape. Those who felt Dayton was a self-serving courses and high-rise real estate, but I’m skeptical veto machine won’t have him to kick around anymore. of his agricultural expertise.

While visiting town celebrations and county fairs, Have you ever brought home a Thanksgiving turvoters will have opportunities to meet their local key only to find it was too big for your oven? The farm bill is too big for the oven. Regardless of which representatives and candidate hopefuls. Not only does this present an opportunity to get a feel for the version is finally passed and signed by the president, I propose we use the next five years to chop up candidates’ political agendas, it also gives them the opportunity to hear constituents’ concerns and prithe Agriculture and Nutrition Act into easier-toorities. Make the most of these meetings and have digest pieces. Children’s nutrition shouldn’t hinge your voices heard. on sugar subsidies which shouldn’t hinge on beginning farmer programs which shouldn’t hinge on This issue of The Land has a listing of county land conservation which shouldn’t hinge on rural fairs held throughout Minnesota and Iowa. These health care. Bounce the idea of revamping the farm fairs only take place because of the hard work, planbill off of the many candidates who are running for ning and dedication of hundreds of volunteers. office this fall.

Show your support for their efforts, see some amazing exhibits presented by our youth, have a corn dog Speaking of fall elections, we are all up to our armpits in candidates – incumbents and newcomers and lay the groundwork for a strong, productive 2019 legislative session.

— publicly decrying the partisanship and gridlock which continues to shackle our state government. It Paul Malchow is the managing editor of The Land. was only two years ago at this time when we were He may be reached at editor@TheLandOnline.com.v

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18 — The Land’s guide to county fairs in Minnesota and Iowa

30 — Sleepy Eye couple raise bison; local restaurants raise public awareness of this healthy protein source

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Seth Kveno of New Ulm, Minn. said this photo was taken in rural Gary, Minn. after a hard rain. “The wind relaxed to a calm and the evening sky opened up enough so the sun could reveal two rainbows over a pasture,” he wrote.

Paul Golden of Montevideo, Minn. captured this spring field work photo nearing the end of a long day.

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When Trump starts tweeting, Sonny starts packing Prince Edward Island, caressed in eastany line to troll with. In fact, Perdue has ern Canada’s provincial arms of New been the one on the hook since the Brunswick and Nova Scotia, is a lovely President handicapped him by withdrawplace to visit in June. Its sparkling red ing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership — sand beaches, miles of white-blossomed Big Ag’s biggest hoped-for trade deal — potato fields, and rolling carpets of lush before the Sonny even got on board. pasture form a color-soaked postcard for The 18 months since haven’t brought tourists and locals alike. many ag trade giggles and grins either.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny FARM & FOOD FILE Trump’s called-for renegotiation of the Perdue caught a glimpse of this maritime North American Free Trade Agreement

By Alan Guebert Eden June 15 during his day-long visit has led to one merry-go-round-afterwith Canada’s Agriculture Minister round of tough talk and tight smiles Lawrence MacAulay. The visit took between negotiators from Mexico, place at MacAulay’s dairy and potato Canada and the United States. farm which overlooks St. Peter’s Bay on the island’s Worse, when the three sides do tack-weld a wobbly north shore. framework together to support a new NAFTA, According to Canadian press reports, the two ag Trump bigfoots into the delicate deal with new chiefs spent part of their “amiable” day lobster fishing. dead-on-arrival demands meant more to blow up any agreement than to make one. Perdue then dutiThat’s no surprise. Perdue’s been fishing international waters since he took over USDA in late April fully drops in, pliers on his belt (Prince Edward 2017. It’s been a skimpy haul, however, because his Island is the latest example) to mend the damaged fences and soothe hurt feelings. boss, President Donald J. Trump, hasn’t given him It’s not exactly the role the Secretary thought he’d fulfill when he told U.S. farmers to relax. He had “the President’s ear” so American ag exports would not be harmed by Trump’s protectionist campaign tweets and talk.

Visit www.TheLandOnline.com to view our Perdue should have asked the President which complete calendar & enter your own events, was his good ear because the one he’s been talking or send an e-mail with your event’s details to into for a long time is solid oak. Since May, Trump editor@thelandonline.com. has repeated his intent to place tariffs on America’s best ag customers in every direction: north on June 30 — Garlic Growers Field Day — Kenyon, Canada, south on Mexico, west on China, and east Minn. — Seven Songs Organic farm hosts workon the European Union. shop on premium garlic production — Contact Jerry Ford at Sustainable Farming Association at jerry@ And the chest-thumping talk will not be cheap in sfa-mn.org or (763) 244-6659 or visit www.sfa-mn. rural America. Ag economists calculate that Iowa org/the-garlic-project/ will lose $624 million in soy sales alone to China July 3 — Corn and Soybean Weed Management Tour — Rochester, Minn. — Topics include waterhemp management options; corn and soybean herbicide management programs; new herbicide technologies; temperature inversions; using cover crops with pre-emergence herbicides;controlling volunteer corn in soybeans; and managing volunteer alfalfa — Contact Lisa Behnken at (507) 280-2867 July 10 – Summer Beef Tour — Windom, Minn.

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under Trump’s original tariffs — more if his June 18 threatened tariffs are imposed. Ohio State University figures farmers in the Buckeye State will see farm income crushed by 50 percent if the Trump tariffs go into effect.

Through it all, Perdue has maintained a frozen smile while offering plausible, albeit empty, explanations for a White House trade policy built on little more than a fact-free president with a Twitter account, a short temper and a long memory.

After his Canadian fishing adventure with MacAulay, Perdue again demonstrated his gift for not rising to any Trump-inspired trade bait. When asked about a timeline to complete NAFTA, the Secretary noted, “The president, interestingly enough, is a unique negotiator … does not respond to deadlines that much.”

Nor, it seems, does he respond much to what his secretary of agriculture tells him. Trade trash talk continues to tumble out of the White House unfiltered and unanalyzed even though commodity and equity markets dive lower each time the President finds the ALL CAPS key on his cell phone.

Which was exactly why Perdue day-tripped to beautiful Prince Edward Island. He went to reassure his Canadian counterpart — as well as U.S. and Canadian farmers and ranchers — that NAFTA talks would continue despite Trump’s Twitter rants against Canada, its farmers, and their “weak and dishonest” leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Well, at least he had some lobster after the first course of crow.

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Pressure of spring was extra hefty this planting season bring planting to a halt before it ever Spring planting. It’s probably the best began. Memorial Day weekend dealt us time of year (next to the fall harvest) for temperatures and humidity which would most farmers. They are tired of moving have given away my true identity if I had snow by then, and when the last of the actually melted. (Me and the butter cow lambs and calves are born and the — it’s best we both stay out of the heat.) warmth of the sun tells them it’s time to get out and get machinery ready to go, This year, the unforgiving weather was they leave the screen door swinging not the only trouble. Here at the behind them in their race to jump-start Schwallers, we had all kinds of experithe new crop year.

TABLE TALK ence in long suffering. The field cultivator At least I think that’s why they scamper By Karen Schwaller had recurring issues and the roller showed up with unexplainable damage. out so quickly. The fact they can do that is This was not the worst thing in general, testament to the notion my cooking at but when my husband can’t fix something himself, least gives them the strength to run away. it changes from an unfortunate situation into someI don’t understand why they love that time of thing that completely rocks his world. He does like year, really. The work is never done, they’re always to fix things himself. on the run, their phones ring constantly, they eat The sprayer, which has worked like a dream since most of their meals on the go, and graduation parhe’s had it, experienced issues with flow and speed. ties and planting time butt heads every year — This kept him from spraying on one valuable weatheven for their own children.

Looking at the bigger picture, the calendar chases er day which would have allowed him to cover some serious acres while my brother (who drove 90 miles them all year long with a laundry list of things to do each and every season. When day turns to night, here) ran the planter in a frantic effort just to try to help us get done. they just turn on the lights and keep working, no The pressure was turned up when planting plans matter how long they have been at it — often well changed because of late dates. The planter became past bed time.

This Iowa spring showed no sign of normalcy here. stuck a time or two in wet holes. The extreme heat and humidity took the blame for complicating plantBut then, neither did Mother Nature. She blew in ing, spraying and rolling schedules. The hay ground snow storm after spring snow storm in April; folwas looking like it was getting ready to be cut — lowed with copious amounts of rain just in time to

even before the planting had been finished — and we had precious little help to make it all happen.

All while the grain prices became smaller and the royal family became larger.

My husband would have had some explaining to do if our pastor had sprung up unannounced here this spring.

Farming is a lot of pressure in good years — but especially in years like this one, at least for farmers in our corner of the world. The down pressure was constant — not only on the planter, but on the one running it, too.

I liken farming to a river. It may seem calm on the surface, but the undercurrents of weather, markets, timeliness and financial pressures can pull us in unexpected directions. This year’s relentless undercurrents created a strong test of patience and wills — even for the most dedicated of farmers, but especially for those who have been unable to plant their crops at all.

A little humor helps, along with a splash of math sense. Farmers here needed both to configure the number of gallons of coping whiskey per acre it took just to get the crops planted.

Thank God for auto-steer. It’s rough out there.

Karen Schwaller brings “Table Talk” to The Land from her home near Milford, Iowa. She can be reached at kschwaller@evertek.net. v

It’s important to keep cows cool in the summer heat ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Heat abatement and preventing heat stress on a dairy farm seems easy enough, but there are so many things to keep in mind. Heat stress is important as it can have a huge economic impact on an operation.

Dairy cattle will significantly decrease dry matter intake during heat stress in an attempt to reduce heat production from the digestion and metabolism of nutrients. It is important to develop a nutrientdense ration during periods of heat stress.

Milk production can be significantly reduced during heat stress. Research has found that when cows experience days where the temperature heat index is between 65 and 73, milk yield loss averages five pounds per cow per day.

Heat stress also hinders reproductive performance of the dairy cow and consequential impacts can be seen for months following the exposure. Decreased fertility can lead to more days open and disrupt the cycle to which a cow enters and exits the milking herd. In addition, embryo loss is 3.7 times more likely in times of heat stress.

Always keep in mind that cows feel discomfort in the heat a lot sooner than we do. Cows are most comfortable at 50 F, and begin to feel heat stress at 68 F. With this in mind, make sure fans and sprin-

klers are being turned on at an adequate time.

Research suggests fans should be turned on at 65 F. Shade cuts solar heat gain for cows on pasture.

Cows in barns have shade. Roof overhangs provide more shade near the barn sidewalls.

Barn ventilation cools cows by providing air exchange between inside and outside. Ventilation can be by either natural or mechanical means. In hot weather, provide as much ventilation as you can.

Tunnel ventilation brings air in at one end or side of a barn and exhausts it out the other. Size fans and inlets correctly and make sure the fans are well maintained and inlets are open.

Mixing fans hung from rafters or trusses create air movement. Mixing fans do not provide air exchange between inside and outside, but they supplement the cooling effect of ventilation.

Low-pressure sprinklers along feed bunks or in holding areas wet the cows’ backs to provide cooling.

Wet the cows’ backs to the skin. Low-pressure sprinkler systems must turn on and off. Mixing fans enhance the effect. At 70 F, sprinklers should be turned on at a cycle of 2 minutes every 15 minutes.

As temperature increases, sprinklers need to cycle at shorter intervals.

High pressure misters cool the air by creating a fine mist or small droplets. The droplets need to evaporate before they hit the stalls or bedding. Place misters near inlets. Misters are not as effective when ventilation blows the mist out of the barn before the air cools.

Evaporative pads cool and humidify the inlet air in low-profile cross-ventilated barns. The pads need to be uniformly moist for best effect. Fresh water needs to be added, and check for mineral accumulation and algae growth.

As always, and especially in summer, cows need plenty of access to fresh water. There should be 1.2 to 3.6 linear inches of space per cow at a waterer. As temperatures increase, so does water consumption and crowding at waterers can occur. Ensure you have enough space at each waterer, as well as enough waterers. In freestall barns with four rows, waterers at every crossover is adequate. Understanding barn and pen design, as well as stocking rates, will allow you to make the right decisions when it comes to waterers. Also, think about having a waterer just outside the parlor. Cows consume about 10 percent of their daily water after milking.

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Everything you wanted to know about milk Your cookies are no good “Milk! A 10,000-Year Food today.

by Mark Kurlansky They’re too crumbly, too c.2018, Bloomsbury soft, too … something. They don’t taste right — maybe $29.00/$39.00 Canada because you’re missing an 385 pages essential from your fridge.

Ach, no snacks for you. mostly drink cow or goat Instead, you might as well THE BOOKWORM milk, as we have for the dunk into “Milk! A 10,000SEZ last 10,000 years since Year Food Fracas” by

By Terri Schlichenmeyer herding began (though mule Mark Kurlansky. milk may be better for us, In the beginning, there and pig milk is likewise palatable). was Earth — sprang from milk, if you Even so, it’s possible that the first subscribed to the beliefs of the Fulani time milk was taken from an animal, of West Africa, the Norse, Iraqis, the it wasn’t meant to be consumed in liqEgyptians, or the Greeks. They and others had milk or lactating women at uid form. It was probably meant to become cheese, yogurt, butter or somethe forefront of their creation myths, thing portable and less liable to spoil. which made things easy for them to Nobody knows when those products explain. began, but curds show up in ancient Even so, there’s no denying that text and the Greeks knew how to farmers were in on this history. make feta. Ice cream, by the way, sure“Each species has its own unique ly has roots that are ancient; but it milk,” says Kurlansky, and though it wasn’t written-about until surprisingshould be no surprise that simian ly later in history. By the time that product is “closest to that of humans,” happened, Europeans had already litvirtually nobody ever has a refreshing erally changed the landscape with glass of monkey milk. Instead, we cows they brought with them to the

Registration open for Master Conservationist Program HAMPTON, Iowa — Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and County Conservation Boards in Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Mitchell and Worth counties, in coordination with ISU Wildlife Extension and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is offering the newly-revitalized Iowa Master Conservationist Program in the North Iowa area this summer.

The Iowa Master Conservationist Program gives Iowans hands-on interaction with the diversity of Iowa’s natural resources. The program teaches about wildlife and plant communities, and provides accurate information on a broad range of conservation issues.

Ultimately, it provides individuals the resources to make informed, intelligent choices for leading and educating others on a sustainable lifestyle.

This program consists of seven faceto-face meetings that will be held in various locations in Floyd, Franklin, Cerro Gordo, Mitchell and Worth

Counties. The topics include conservation infrastructure and science, understanding Iowa ecosystems (prairies, forests, watersheds), implementing conservation practices in human dominated landscapes and to help educate others about conservation practices.

The seven face-to-face meetings will be held at various local locations from 6-9 p.m. on July 17, 24, 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21 and 28. Space is limited to the first 30 registrants.

The registration fee is $75 which is due at the time of registration.

To register, contact your local County Extension and Outreach office or phone the Cerro Gordo County Extension office at (641) 423-0844 or stop by at 601 South Illinois Ave. in Mason City.

Checks made payable to Cerro Gordo County Extension.

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New World. Settlers underscored that by accepting milk cows from England and new dairy practices.

As for the littlest milk-drinkers, wet nurses were often employed for reasons of illness, convenience or vanity on behalf of the mother.

Maybe that was safer anyway, because drinking cross-species milk was sometimes chancy and could even be deadly. But, says Kurlansky, by the late 1800s, there was “a scientist in France who had a theory.”

You may not believe there’s a lot to consume about a basic substance like milk. If you are lactose intolerant, all you know is that you can’t touch the stuff. But hold on. Inside “Milk,” there’s a surprising fact about lactose intolerance, and a whole lot more.

Starting in antiquity and bringing us up to modern times (and modern

Fracas”

problems), Kurlansky exhaustively examines everything you ever wanted to know about milk but didn’t know enough to ask. Kurlansky writes about humans, milk and human milk. We learn that dairying was perceived as playing in Marie Antoinette’s time. We see how American history would look vastly different without cows.

Kurlansky shares other facts and looks at esoteric milk-based foods that have been enjoyed through the ages.

And he includes recipes for the brave.

While this book is absolutely entertaining, it may be best-suited for foodies, historians and the curious. If you got “Milk,” you’ll know exactly how the cookies crumble.

Look for the reviewed book at a bookstore or a library near you. You may also find the book at online book retailers.

The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and never goes anywhere without a book. She lives in Wisconsin with three dogs and 10,000 books. v

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Iowa barn quilt organization currently on hold

By RENAE B. VANDER SCHAAF The Land Correspondent Stan and Linda Korver’s fascination with barn quilts began when their children attended Iowa State University. Their frequent trips to and fro gave ample opportunity to view the landscape between their farm near Orange City and Ames. The barn quilts captured their attention.

“There were all different kinds of quilts,” said Linda. “Some were literally quilt patterns, others were patriotic, college mascots and even the state of Iowa was depicted on one quilt.”

The barn quilts intrigued Korver, who has always liked quilts. Her mother, grandmother and aunts made quilts; but sewing was not something she did. She wondered if barn quilts could be her thing.

“When the Sioux County Extension scheduled a program about barn quilts, I attended,” said Korver. “Several of us raised our hands as we would like to Photos by Renae B. Vander Schaaf see more barn quilts in the area.”

Linda Korver worked hard as a member of the Barn Quilt of Sioux County Committee Linda Korver and four other women to help facilitate barn quilts in Sioux County. The first Quilt was hung on the Korver throughout the county met together to barn. It is the pinwheel design.

Barn quilts are usually best when done in bright colors — often with the opposite color on the color wheel. It needs to look good from far away.

A metal shield is placed on top of each quilt to protect the plywood from moisture damage caused by rain or snow.

Another issue was finding a place to work. The quilts are large and it takes several weeks to make one. Through word of mouth, friends of friends, the Barn Quilts of Sioux County were able to work in buildings that were heated or cooled depending on the season.

“It is a process of steps,” said Korver.

“The larger quilts required plywood to be joined together. There is a frame that goes around the plywood sheets and all of this is screwed together. This work was done by my husband, Stan.”

The drawing of the patterns proved to be a bit of challenge, but pencil drawing is easily erased until the pattern was perfect. Later a computer program helped. It wasn’t perfect, but certainly made designing the quilt easier, said Korver.

Before any quilts were started, the committee needed to figure out a way form the Barn Quilts of Sioux to hang the quilts. They are heavy, County committee in mid-2008. awkward to carry and the places on They spent several months the barns where they would usually researching barn quilts, gathering hang were high above the ground. information on how to make barn “We asked our local REC (rural elecquilts, hang them, protecting them tric cooperative) if they would help,” from the elements and securing said Korver. “When they agreed to funds for making the quilts. hang the quilts, we were ready to start.

This committee planned to help But we didn’t have a list of those who others with their barn quilts. They wanted quilts.” would make a quilt completely She volunteered their acreage farm from beginning to finish, give to be a place to begin. This didn’t give instructions to go about making a the Korvers much time to choose a patbarn quilt and sell the proper tern or the colors. There are so many This 4-foot by 4-foot “Flutterby” equipment to those who wanted to barn quilt design is easily seen possibilities.

But in a day or two, they make their own quilt. by travelers who pass the garage had chosen the pinwheel design.

“One of the things we learned on the Klover acreage.

“It’s a variation of the windmill,” was that a high grade of plywood explained Korver. “We have an old windwas required,” said Korver. “A regular barn quilt mill on our land, so this pattern seemed right to us.” measured 8-feet by 8-feet. The smaller quilts are From this first quilt, the committee went on to help 4-feet by 4-feet.” and/or make quilts for others throughout the county.

A specially-formatted paint manufactured by The quilts were expensive to make. It was not a Diamond Vogel Paint in Orange City is designed to money maker for the committee and there were supnot fade and is weather proof. At that time, Diamond plies that needed purchasing.

Vogel Paint was involved with “Keep Iowa Beautiful“ The interest appears to have dwindled and the campaign. Their contribution was to supply a certain number cans of paint. The barn quilts qualified committee has disbanded in the latter part of 2011. under this program.

Today, there are many quilts hung on barns and “It takes quite a bit of paint on a barn quilt,” said other farm buildings — some on regularly-travelled Korver. “There is first the primer, then the design highways, others on less travelled roads in the area.

The Korvers are not alone in their delight in seeing itself takes many coats. The colors do stay vibrant.” barn quilts. v

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Seed quality is both a private and state function

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer FARGO, N.D. — Quality issues regarding corn and soybean seeds are basically the responsibility of the commercial name on the seed container. Ken Bertsch “They’re doing their own field inspecting; their own laboratory testing. Labeling that seed accurately is their responsibility. Our only function with the private seed vendors is to take samples of some of that product and make certain it meets label claims,” said Ken Bertsch, state seed commissioner and 18-years in the North Dakota State Seed Department.

It’s a busy place. Bertsch said 18,000 to 20,000 seed samples are brought into the seed laboratory located on the North Dakota State University campus each year. Most are for purpose of final certification. Some are samples growers send in to check germination, purity and absence of weed seeds before the seed in put in the ground.

Bertsch pointed out the majority of seeds produced for the industry is by companies under their own quality assurance programs. In plain language, farmer satisfaction quickly identifies if there are any particular issues with a seed supplier.

“Seed quality within the corn and soybean industry is under the company umbrella — be that Pioneer, DeKalb, Monsanto, etc.,” said Bertsch. “Our involvement would be if a particular soybean or corn sample that we collected at a seed retailer’s location didn’t meet the label requirement. Here at the state seed department, we deal with certified seed production from the dozens of seed providers growing soybeans, various wheats, barley, oats and other cereal grain providers including field peas.”

Bertsch reflected 10 years ago when the program involved no more than 3,000 to 4,000 total acres of seed production in North Dakota. However, with the advent of a growing number and variety of crop seeds, testing at the North Dakota State Seed Department has expanded significantly Soybean acres in North Dakota (and northwestern Minnesota) have boomed in this same 10-year time frame.

Bertsch points out cereal crops (wheat,

barley, oats) fluctuate on an annual basis. However the bigger surprise in recent years in North Dakota is field pea. “It has expanded dramatically, especially in our western areas. “Field pea is grown as a livestock feed, though there is some edible usage also. Grown primarily in our western area because of its drought tolerance, field pea is also a good rotational crop with cereals.

Edible beans have been fluctuating with the commodity market. It might be 400,000 acres one year, 800,000 acres the next year.”

Bertsch admitted he has some concerns about disputes questioning the merits of GMO vs. non-GMO labels as it pertains to soybeans. He explained this is not primarily a function of the State Seed Department because the majority of seed is produced by growers complying with the specifications of the seed company. “So quality assurance of these private label soybeans is under their own jurisdiction.”

Is seed piracy an issue? In North Dakota, the State Seed Department is a separate function and not associated with the state department of agriculture like it is in most states. Bertsch indicated part of the responsibility of the Seed Department is to ensure that the “plant variety protection” is being honored. He pointed out the Plant Variety Protection Act assures a given seed can only be sold as a Class of Certified Seed. “They can’t be exchanged farmer to farmer. They have to be purchased legally, but can then be replanted by that farmer for a number of years should he choose to do so.”

Infractions can be penalized.

“Absolutely!” said Bertsch. “We can enforce PVP or labeling laws or anything relating to the seed laws with penalties.”

A poster displayed on a wall at the North Dakota State Seed Department reads: “SEED PIRACY … Is Your Seed Labeled And Legal? Intellectual Property Protection Drives Innovation.

Most crop varieties are protected by one or more of the following Intellectual Property Rights laws: Plant Variety Protected (PVP); Plant Variety Protected Title V; Utility Patents; License Agreements.

“Seed piracy may result in civil penalties and fines up to$10,000 per violation in N.D.,” the poster goes on to say.

“Seed sellers, buyers and conditioners

Seed quality within the corn and soybean industry is under the company umbrella ... Our involvement would be if a particular soybean or corn sample that we collected at a seed retailer’s location didn’t meet the label requirement.

— Ken Bertsch are all potentially liable. If you suspect seed piracy call: ND State Seed Department Regulatory Manager @ 701.231.5400 or Farmer’s Yield Initiative (FYI) tip line @ 877.482.5907.”

Despite costs impacting seed buying decisions, Bertsch defends the value of certified seed versus bin-run seed.

“You’ve got genetic purity and that in itself is what prompts sharp farmers to buy a particular seed. Also, certified seed is conditioned — meaning the larger, more viable seeds are what is being marketed. The smaller, likely

less-viable seed is not put in the bag.

Germination and purity, plus better overall quality are the benefits of certified seed.” Granted this doesn’t apply to corn and soybean varieties marketed through commercial seed companies.

Bertsch admits it is very likely some North Dakota certified seed is sold outside the state. Just as some certified seed comes into North Dakota from outside sources. That certified seed tag is your protection, he said.

The Seed Department lab even conducts certification work on treated seeds. The purity examination is a visual process. Germination testing involves seeds placed on wet towels placed in a germination chamber with specific standards of temperature and humidity for that particular crop. For most seeds, this is a 5 to 7-day process. But for grass seeds, it can extend out to 30 days.

Even vigor testing is showing up in some labs, but not so at the North Dakota State Seed Department.

Bertsch may be contacted via e-mail at kbertshc@ndseed.ndsu.edu or by phone at (701) 231-5415. v

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From beer cans to barn quilts: An artist’s journey

By Paul Malchow After completing that first barn quilt in The Land Managing Editor 2014, word of Haffner’s talent spread. She was approached by the wife of the pastor ROSE CITY, Minn. — When it comes of Rose City Free Church to paint a barn to describing Cindy Haffner’s interest in quilt for the parish. So far, Haffner has barn quilts, the word “pastime” doesn’t painted barn quilts for seven other parishreally fit. “Obsession” goes a little overioners in the congregation. board. But “dedication” is certainly accurate.

“A barn quilt is meant to tell a story,” Haffner explained. “There is meaning Just by driving onto Haffner’s properbehind the pattern and colors. One woman ty, it is easy to tell she doesn’t do things I did a quilt for had eight children, so the half-way. The gardens are weed-free, design featured an eight-pointed star. I the yard is trimmed. Her business, did one for a fellow who liked working Country Consignments, occupies a ruswith tools, so I incorporated a wrench tic barn which is cleaner than most design in the quilt.” houses. Haffner brings this attention to detail to her latest venture — painting With the help of her husband John, barn quilts.

Haffner has set up a studio in their garage. Using tall cardboard barrels, John Barn quilts are large wooden panels, fashioned a turntable on top of the barrel usually 8-foot square, painted to resemso Cindy can stand, paint and rotate the ble a pattern you would find on a sewn barn quilt in progress as she works. fabric quilt. Bold and colorful, barn quilts are popping up throughout Haffner creates her design on graph Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin counpaper and uses medium density overlay trysides — and not just on barns. panels for the finished product. (Medium Photos by Paul Malchow density overlay board is a paintable surHaffner became interested in the art Cindy Haffner has painted over 75 barn quilt designs and counting. face made of plywood form in 2014. “I like with a weather-resisquilting,” she said, tant resin overlay “but I hated ripping bonded to the wood and there’s a lot of by heat and presripping involved in sure. The overlay quilting. I like colboard’s resin content ors, I like to paint, so resists water, weaththis seemed like a er, wear and degragood fit.” dation.)

Haffner grew up After priming the near Millerville, board twice, Haffner Minn., the youngest then applies three of 17 children. She was already thinking big.” coats of white paint. said she caught the Then she draws a “art bug” when she Her love for art over the years led grid on the board started drawing picHaffner to cake decorating, sewing, and transfers the tures found in the interior design, photography and painting. It encyclopedia in seventh grade. When she was 16 she was during an eight-year stint as a visual display design from the graph paper onto the board. Using painted a 6-foot tall can of beer on her neighbor’s fish supervisor for a major retailer where she honed her painters’ tape, she marks off each area of color. house. “That project reminds me, even back then, I talent for color and arrangement.

See HAFFNER, pg. 11

One of Haffner’s neighbors proudly displays the International Harvester colors on his shed.

Haffner has been branching out with her design ideas. Here she has constructed a coat rack employing the barn quilt motif.

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Haffner’s work now on display at the Evansville Art Center HAFFNER, from pg. 10

Haffner has produced over 75 barn quilts for people as far away as Wisconsin. That particular quilt was a wedding present from the bride’s mother incorporating colors used in the wedding.

“I like the challenge of the color and the pattern,” Haffner confessed. “I like taking an idea and making it my own — not copying it. I think I get my best ideas when I dream.”

The Evansville Art Center, in Evansville, Minn., is displaying an exhibit of Haffner’s work throughout the month of July. The Art Center is open on Friday and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. v

Haffner insists on using high-quality exterior house paint for her creations.

Each colored panel receives three coats of paint. Light colors go on first, dark colors go on last. Haffner does not use a sealant of any sort on her barn quilts as it can yellow and diminish the bright colors of the quilt over time.

“A true barn quilt is 8-foot by 8-foot,” Haffner said, “but that requires there to be a seam in the quilt and I don’t care for that. The most popular size is 4-feet by 4-feet.”

Haffner works out of a converted garage. She often has four or five works in progress at one time.

Many of the elements in Haffner’s barn quilts have special meaning. In this design for the Rose City Free Church, the black cross represents sin, the white cross life eternal, and the red rose is the blood of Jesus. The dark to light strips symbolize the darkness of our lives becoming light when we turn to Jesus.

Haffner said she often has as many as five or six barn quilts in progress at one time. She writes on the painter’s tape what time the paint was applied and how many coats. A minimum drying time of four hours is needed before another coat can be applied. She estimates she can complete a quilt from start to finish in about a week.

There are five quilt trails in the north-central area of Minnesota, though none of them feature Haffner’s work. The Staples Area Trail features 20 quilts placed in and around the city of Staples, Minn. Branching out from each direction of Staples are four other trails. More information on these trails can be found at https:// barnquiltsmn.org; on Facebook; or via email at barnquiltscmn@gmail. com.

Pinkeye prevention strategies can help your herd ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Along with summer’s heat comes increasing fly populations. Face flies are a major source of pinkeye transmission in cattle during the summer months. Pinkeye is the most common disease affecting breeding age heifers and is second only to calf scours in diseases affecting nursing calves over three weeks of age.

Pinkeye is a highly-contagious disease which can affect all breeds of cattle; but it is more commonly found in pastured cattle than in feedlots. The first clinical signs are often tearing in one or both eyes with frequent blinking and a possible redness to the eye. Pain associated with their condition will often decrease feed intake. If the animal is left untreated, the disease may eventually lead to blindness in the eye.

Strategic management practices are the best way to prevent pinkeye. With a lower overall risk of disease, the con-

centration of bacteria will be lowered — reducing the risk of a severe pinkeye outbreak.

Make sure your cattle are eating a well-balanced ration. As with many diseases, cattle are more susceptible if their nutrition is imbalanced.

Deficiencies in protein, energy, vitamins and minerals could influence the likelihood of pinkeye in your herd.

Provide shade for your herd. Cattle which are constantly in direct sunlight have a greater risk of eye irritation which can lead to the development of pinkeye. Breeds that lack pigment on their eyelids like Herefords and Charolaise are even more susceptible to the disease due to their sensitivity to sunlight and decreased immune responses in the eye.

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Control flies around your farm. Good face fly control is very important for preventing the spread of pinkeye. Some methods of fly control include tags, insecticide pour-ons, dust bags and sprays. If you are using fly tags, be sure to remove them according to their expiration date. If they are left in the cows’ ears for longer, the amount of insecticide continues to decrease over time, causing insecticide-resistant strains of flies. Many producers choose to utilize multiple fly control methods to reduce fly populations around their livestock.

Vaccination against pinkeye may be recommended if the problem is persistent year after year. Be sure to work with your veterinarian to develop an effective pinkeye prevention and treatment plan for your herd.

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AGCO exec weighs in on U.S., international agriculture

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer JACKSON, Minn. — Bob Crain, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas (AGCO, North and South America) commented to about 180 people gathered at the Jackson, Minn.AGCO facilities, “This is a critical year for agriculture in Bob Crain America,” stressed Crain. “Along with our farmers, we’re the people who make America. And that’s why this ‘I Make America’ tour supports both farmers and the 1.3 million who work in the farm equipment manufacturing industry around the world. Free and fair trade drives our industry.”

Crain and Steve Patterson, event emcee and cohost of Twin Cities Live, Minnesota, led a panel discussion on May 17 featuring agricultural policies, the next farm bill, agricultural exports and questions from the audience.

Crain also stayed a few minutes for a private Q & A session with The Land.

The Land: The industrialization of agriculture is rapidly changing rural America. As farm numbers continue to shrink, what will be the structure of faming and rural communities?

Crain: Recognize that we will always have change.

What’s critical ahead is the balance. We all come from small communities. Many of us, myself included, have a farming background. But we have to keep tuned with what’s happening in the world in order to survive economically. And that means doing the right things for our rural communities and our own constituents.

The Land: You touched on the exploding connectivity of electronics — especially on farm equipment.

Young people are sharp. They quickly accept and adapt. But will farming have room for them?

Crain: The capitalization of farming today is a major challenge. Unless you inherit farm land, or marry into a farming opportunity, my recommendation (if you have the opportunity) is to start working with an established farmer. That will be a tremendous learning platform about the technologies of modern farming and might open a window for your own ambition.

The Land: Are you a farm protégé?

Crain: Yes, but I also grew up in a farm equipment dealership that is now a fourth-generation business in Georgia. Our farming operation was, and still is, cattle, corn and soybeans. Today, younger brothers and nephews are now managing both the farming operations and our farm equipment business.

The Land: AGCO is a world company. Are you seeing agricultural technology catching on in all countries?

Crain: My work with AGCO Americas also involves what’s happening to our marketing in South America. I’ll be in Brazil next week and am a monthly business traveler to this huge agricultural area. The need and interest in technology is strong both in Brazil and Argentina — perhaps stronger than here in North America.

Why? Primarily because Brazil farms are so substantially larger. With some, you are talking upwards of 100,000-acre farms everywhere you turn. So their need for technology is huge. And they know they are operating in a truly global environment — especially with growing markets to China, Africa and around the world. Brazil now exceeds the United States in soybean exports to China. Argentina is number-one in soybean meal exports. Yes, the United States is still the recognized leader, but other countries — especially these two South American countries — are right with North America when it comes to technology.

The Land: Is China still the ‘big elephant’ when it comes to world agriculture?

Cain: It is the big elephant. We need to keep cognizant of their population and their ‘more demanding’ foods. Now that the working class in China is making more money, they are eating more variety — both grains and meats. They are one of the biggest customers for North American agriculture. They will only become bigger and stronger and have demands for even more variety in their tastes. We always need to stay abreast with what’s going on in China.

The Land: Which leads to NAFTA and world trade. Is free trade without allotments in President Trump’s agenda for agriculture?

Cain: Certainly, President Trump will impact agriculture. We’ll see what happens to NAFTA. Hopefully, very little from an agriculture perspective. Current trade discussions with China right now reflect a little backing off the rhetoric. If there is any impact, we hope it will be positive for both countries and our trading allies around the world.

The Land: With a Congress showing little agreement on issues, is anyone listening to voters these days?

Cain: It does seem discouraging. Don’t try letters.

But do use email and even phone calls. You likely won’t talk directly with your elected official, but each has staff people that will take your message and hopefully relay your special concern. We must always remember we have a voice. We are a voter. v

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Webinar discusses dairy situation ST. CLOUD, Minn. —In response to the current dairy situation, the Four State Dairy Extension group is hosting three webinars which discuss how to recognize the signs of stress; how to deal with dairy farm families experiencing stress; analyzing a dairy for profits; the profitability of various dairy systems; and what FINBIN says about production costs.

The webinars will be held at 12 p.m. on July 10, 17 and 24. Presenters include Jim Salfer, University of Minnesota Extension, Larry Tranel, Fred Hall and Jenn Bentley, Iowa State Extension, John Shutske, University of Wisconsin Extension and Phil Cardoso, University of Illinois Extension.

The scheduled topics of discussion are “Recognizing and Managing Stress in Dairy Farmers” (July 10);

“Knowing your Cost of Production and Dairy Outlook” (July 17); and “Making Production Decisions During Challenging Times” (July 24).

To join the webinars, log on to https://connect. extension.iastate.edu/isuedairy. For more information, contact Jim Salfer at salfe001@umn.edu or (320) 203-6093.

The webinars are sponsored by Iowa State Extension and Outreach, University of Minnesota Extension, University of Illinois Extension and University of Wisconsin Extension.

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Rain is testing farmers’ patience in the south

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Blair Hoseth, Mahnomen, Minn., June 15

“Temps were a little cooler the last few weeks.” The Land spoke with Jamie Beyer on June 15 as she was enjoying the more seasonable weather. Spraying is almost finished except for a little soybeans left to get done.

“I just finished a round in the corn.” The Land spoke with Blair Hoseth on June 15 as he was in sprayer mode — getting corn sprayed, then onto spraying dicamba on soybeans today. Getting all the spraying done has been a little tricky as “we’ve been getting a little bit of rain all along.”

Blair Hoseth

Hoseth “got up all the first cutting alfalfa.” He wet wrapped it, which involved baling hay wet and putting it in long tubes. “When you take it out, it’s still wet but not moldy.” For Hoseth “it worked really well.” While it costs more and takes more time, the hay is “good quality.”

Jamie Beyer

Hoseth “sprayed the bugs in the second cutting alfalfa yesterday.” With more rain in the forecast, it’s go-time for the sprayer. “Today’s the last day to spray,” before the rain.

Overall, it’s been “pretty good weather for this time of year.”

The crops are “looking decent; average, probably,” Hoseth said. While rain has been falling periodically this growing season, “we don’t gave a surplus of moisture underneath.”

It’s not all time on the farm for Hoseth. He heads down to Shakopee, Minn. for a Minnesota Corn Growers Association committee meeting on June 20. He also is ready for some good fair fun at the Mahnomen County Fair June 28-30. Hoseth enjoys helping out with a few leadership clubs there.

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Matt Haubrich, Danube, Minn., June 22

Matt Haubrich

The corn is all sprayed. “We snuck in one bean field before the rain.” Haubrich has a lot of soybeans left to spray. “In the next day or two, I should be able to get out and start spraying beans.”

Haubrich had fungicide applied via airplane to the wheat on June 21, “just when it’s starting to head out.” The wet conditions are evident as “even the wheat is showing a little stress.”

On the livestock front, the lambs are “very close to being finished.” The first load will be ready for the first week in July — “running on schedule.” The “ewes have been out on pasture, they’re happy.”

The rain has been a constant these past few weeks, but Haubrich is hoping that warm, sunny weather will be the new constant soon.

Beyer’s focus has been “cleaning out the planter,” as well as putting seed and fertilizer away. She plans on equipment repairs soon if needed. She’s “hauling corn to the ethanol plant.” Beyer “had some of our buffers planted this week.” Eight acres were planted at that time by the Soil and Water Conservation District.

“Corn is knee high” and looking nice. The beans are “looking good.” Beyer plans on scouting in the next few weeks as neighbors are having some issues with iron deficiency in bean fields. Beyer drove to Mankato recently and observed a “real variety of how tall the beans are.” Wet field conditions this spring delayed planting. That delay is evident when you see the variation of bean growth in the area.

Beyer knows, “farmers are under stress.” With prices and tariff talk in full swing, Beyer understands the stress and frustration. Both those things are fluid and can change quickly. But what doesn’t change is the appreciation of a good healthy crop and beautiful weather.

Karson Duncanson, Mapleton, Minn., June 22

“There’s been some crop loss already.” The Land spoke with Karson Duncanson on June 22 as he was dealing with continued wet conditions.

“A couple percent of total crop has been lost.” In the past week, five to eight inches of rain has fallen. While some of Duncanson’s fields have been hit harder with rain than others.

On June 9 it “started raining and it’s been frequently since.” The Land spoke with Matt Haubrich on June 22 as he reported there’s “lots of wet fields.” The rain has caused yellowing of corn in lowground areas and side hills. There’s been little chance to dry out as it “continues to rain every couple days.”

Haubrich is thankful it hasn’t been a deluge of rain “we’ve been getting it in increments.” There is more rain in the forecast. “We got some thunderstorms here late weekend — early part of next week.” The good news is, the sun is expected to come back next week.

Jamie Beyer, Wheaton, Minn., June 15

With all the rain, there’s “nowhere for the water to go.” If the water doesn’t start receding, “we’ll be in deep trouble.”

Karson Duncanson

More rain is in the forecast for Sunday through Tuesday. Duncanson has no plans to replant any fields. He believes this year’s crops will have “average yields at best.”

Drainage is key this growing season. “Well-drained ground is going to have great crops,” Duncanson said.

Once the fields dry up, “we have a little side dressing on the corn left.” Duncanson also plans on finishing spraying soybeans. The corn is all sprayed, though Duncanson may “do a fungicide application.” Not being able to get in the field has meant Duncanson could start “doing our typical summer maintenance projects.”

Rain seems to keep coming and that has “wreaked its havoc.” The crops are showing the results of continued moisture. The sun has been in short supply; but with temperatures expected to soar by next weekend, the crops could get a respite from the rain and get some much-needed time in the sun.

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AgriGrowth Council gearing up for election year

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer ST. PAUL — Perry Aasness brings a diversified business background to his position as CEO with the Minnesota AgriGrowth Council.

Before joining AgriGrowth, Aasness had worked with the Minnesota Farm Bureau, National Pork Board, Perry Aasness USDA Farm Service Agency and Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

“We view AgriGrowth’s industry-wide perspective as essential in a state where agriculture and food sector is the second-largest economic driver,” said Aasness.

He described AgriGrowth as a unique organization — dealing with large companies involved in world trade issues as well as regulations pertaining to farmers and food processors.

Founded in 1968 to advocate for Minnesota’s agriculture and food sector, AgriGrowth boasts a membership of over 170 companies, organizations and individuals. The organization works the political arena in hopes to create a positive business climate for Minnesota’s food systems and agriculture Aasness spoke with The Land during the annual Legislative Review luncheon which AgriGrowth hosts for members and farm media. He was asked for his take on President Trump’s issues on agricultural trade.

His quick response, “Yes, I think there’s a lot of anxiety right now in terms of where this is all heading. China, for example, has many practices crowding the issue of fairness. In our tough farm economy right now, there’s lots of concerns about trade talk.”

Four state legislative representatives attended the luncheon. What sort of grade does Aasness give Minnesota’s 2018 session?

With proper political correction, he responded, “I think we will hear more on the missed opportunities

I think a lot of new people are seeing this as new opportunities in the political process. Primary caucuses have lost their impetus. That is why so many new candidates are willing to announce their candidacy without the endorsement of the party leaders.

— Perry Aasness of this session. Going in, we knew it was going to be a short session with a lot of politics because this is an election year. The biggest disappointment from AgriGrowth standpoint was the failure to not enact some form of tax conformity and tax reform with the federal tax bill.”

Why did Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton choose to veto the bill?

“I can’t read his mind,” offered Aasness. “There were things that he talked about in his tax proposal that were good for agriculture, such as Section 179 Accelerated Depreciation. Everyone agreed on that; but because it was part of a much bigger package that he didn’t agree with, that got lost by his veto also.

“We were hopeful as things moved along that there was good bipartisan discussions. It just simply should have gotten done. If it wasn’t quite what the governor wanted, he should have made that clear so we could find a way to include that section across the finish line. It doesn’t just affect agriculture and business. It’s going to affect all tax filers … Plus, our Department of Revenue may now have to design two systems of tax filings for next year and that is going to be a disaster.”

In view of the number of new filings for various elected offices recently, Asness thinks everyone will be looking ahead to see who’s filing, what will emerge

from the primaries, and how all this might affect agriculture come 2019.

“As the deck chairs get shuffled, I think a lot of new people are seeing this as new opportunities in the political process. Primary caucuses have lost their impetus. That is why so many new candidates are willing to announce their candidacy without the endorsement of the party leaders,” speculated Asness.

Aasness added that it is the intention of AgriGrowth to advance the candidate for governor who is solidly pro-agriculture. “By that I mean someone who is going to look out for our interests from a regulatory standpoint — looking to remove barriers that would allow agriculture to flourish. Without naming anyone at this point, it appears there are candidates that track more that way than others. By the same token, I think you will see our efforts elevating also for selected House and Senate members,” summed up Asness.

Would an AgriGrowth council board member consider being a candidate? This group has some intelligent, articulate and very successful farmers as part of the board.

Aasness commented, “You raise a good point. We can all get quite frustrated with our political system, but we need good people to run for office. Yes, it can be a tremendous sacrifice. And in this polarized environment of social media, even people with the very best backgrounds can get criticised. It’s not an easy task.

“But we are governed of the people, by the people, so we need real people who can create jobs and be dedicated to their elected cause. I’m not aware that anyone from our organization filed. On the other hand, our role at AgriGrowth is to be bipartisan in helping advance a stronger state for any and all people of Minnesota. We’ll put forth resources and we’ll support those candidates whom we think clearly has the interests of agriculture,” summed up Asness. v

Elected officials see plenty of problems

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer ST. PAUL — Taxes were a popular topic for the four legislative representatives who took part in AgriGrowth’s annual legislative luncheon on June 6.

The quartet shared a variety of opinions on other issues too.

Six-term Republican Representative Sarah Anderson of Plymouth, simply said, “Taxes continue to be a huge issue — especially since we didn’t get around to doing conformity with the new federal tax bill. When the next governor takes office Jan. 8, 2019, I think tax reform should be the number-one item on his/her agenda.”

DFL Senator Kent Eken of Twin Valley thinks lack of action on a major bonding bill was a critical mistake of the 2018 session. “We have a huge backlog of

deferred maintenance on our state highways and bridges. Yes, a $825 million general obligation bonding bill was passed, but that is insufficient. Next session, I’m suggesting we phase out property tax. It’s simply unfair. You’re penalizing success.”

Representative Clark Johnson, a third-term DFLer from North Mankato, stated, “Ground water legislation continues to divide agriculture and others.

There’s opportunity for everyone on this issue. But I think it important for agriculture to take the lead.

Nothing is more important down the road.”

Republican Senator Michelle Benson, in her third term from Ham Lake, is concerned about how consumer behavior negatively impacts health care costs.

“And day care providers for children have a growing fear over increasing state regulations. Reform has to See OFFICIALS, pg. 15

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Farmers Union President Wertish optimistic for next session

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer ST. PAUL — “Lots of things didn’t happen that should have happened.” That comment by Minnesota Farmers Union President Gary Wertish echoed the sentiments of many attending the AgriGrowth Gary Wertish Legislative Luncheon on June 6.

“Politics always play a big role,” Wertish said. “Because of the governor’s comments about line item vetoes of what he didn’t agree with, everything got rolled into big omnibus bills. And with the governor’s veto, lots of things we had proposed got wiped out with his signature.”

Wertish credits the one-year moratorium on the buffer bill as a plus. He said the 2019 legislature has a big job ahead — starting with conformity of the Minnesota tax law with the new federal tax bill.

Wertish was uncertain if we will see a lot of new faces at the state capital after this fall’s election. “It’s hard to say. In view of this rash of new filings, I think you will see many new faces next January when the 2019 legislature kicks into action. That’s both good

You’re always optimistic. That’s the very nature of being a farmer. However, there’s little doubt the credit crunch will catch a few more farmers again this season..

— Gary Wertish and bad. As you work with legislators, it’s a constant educational process to make them aware of your issues. But new faces could be refreshing too. Time will tell.”

Will a new governor make a difference? Wertish hesitated. “I think that’s been blown out of proportion,” he admitted. “Unfortunately, election year politics really reared up this session. Speaking for Farmers Union, and I suspect other farm groups as well, we’re willing to work with any governor. We’re all in this together.”

Wertish, himself a Renville County farmer (with two sons actually now running the show), is concerned about the continuing cost/break-even scenario of farming today. He admits for the time being it

Legislators name three top issues OFFICIALS, from pg. 14

mity that matches up with the federal tax program.” come, and soon, or we will be driv“Economic conditions for rural ing day care providers out of busiMinnesota,” added Sen. Ekin “Metro ness. Then what?” area can’t be prime income area The guest representatives were without rural Minnesota also prosequally candid when asked to idenpering. Also, growing concerns over tify their three top questions/issues long-term care for seniors — both for state government.

Sarah Anderson Kent Eken availability and costs. We will conRep. Johnson asked, “Who we are? tinue to have more and more senior How do we get along? Let’s quit citizens, but are we ready to proppartisan government. We’re stronerly accommodate them?” ger together. Wages are an issue.

Sen. Benson said, “Health We have more jobs than we have Insurance — especially the workers. Rebuilding our work force Minnesota Care package. Buy-in is critical.” has to happen. Tax conformity with Rep. Anderson chimed in, “The the federal tax program has to hapeconomy and cost of living. How do Clark Johnson Michelle Benson pen. Ramping up Minnesota values. we better educate our students?

Minnesota potential is huge. We’ve Day care issues. What parents now pay is astronomi- just got too many naysayers.” v cal. More personalization of education. Tax confor-

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appears American farmers are very capable of producing more than domestic and world exports can consume. Continually improving genetics; a fiveyear flush of good growing conditions in most agricultural areas of the United States and other countries; plus farmers using new technologies has definitely bumped both U.S. and world agriculture into new levels of production never before achieved.

However, another serious issue for Wertish involves day care centers and early childhood education.

Governor Mark Dayton was a staunch supporter of the Head Start program. “It’s even more concern for some immigrant kids,” Wertish said, “but all kids deserve a better start in life. Day care centers are vital. Less state regulation is a concern … and so too are the costs of getting kids enrolled in day care facilities. I think this should become a high priority item in next year’s educational funding.

“And with an aging population in Minnesota, head start programs for kids becomes even more important. In many situations, day care permits both parents to be working. Local schools are seeing if they can assist, but they would need additional funding to make that work. It takes a special skill to be a day care provider. Not everyone is suited to do this very demanding work and we are so often told, good day care is likely the most important segment of a child’s entire education process.”

Are more tough times ahead for farmers? ‘You’re always optimistic,” admitted Wertish. “That’s the very nature of being a farmer. However, there’s little doubt the credit crunch will catch a few more farmers again this season. That’s simply the nature of this incredible occupation we admire, we love and we cherish.” v

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Bilek: 2018 session more about what didn’t happen

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer ST. PAUL — When asked what did happen during the 2018 Minnesota legislative session, Amanda Bilek, Senior Public Policy Director of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, is more likely Amanda Bilek to tick off what didn’t happen.

Bilek was in attendance at the AgriGrowth annual legislative luncheon on June 6. She admitted the extension of the ditch mowing moratorium permits for another year was a positive.

Regarding transportation as it relates to agriculture, year-round exemption of the 150-mile limit as well as the electronic logging blocking devices and new additional investments in road and bridge infrastructure were also plus happenings.

“The tax issue was vetoed by Governor Dayton,” said Bilek. “Included was full conformity on Section 179 for agriculture. That would have been a real bright spot for agriculture. Other issues on ag finance and ag policy also were vetoed in that same allinclusive bill, in addition to a separate ag policy bill.

Bottom line … there simply were no big wins for agriculture.”

Is a house cleaning of elected officials needed to get more favorable results? “I don’t really know,” Bilek

Other issues on ag finance and ag policy also were vetoed in that same all-inclusive bill, in addition to a separate ag policy bill.

Bottom line … there simply were no big wins for agriculture.

— Amanda Bilek replied. “Things have gotten rather volatile in the Minnesota political scene — especially this rash of people suddenly becoming candidates for this or that opportunity. But I think what voters will be wanting to see are things getting done, not just talk. There was a lot that was left undone this year.”

Elected officials also want to make things happen and get over the gridlock attitude. “We very much want to — and need to — work with our members of both the Senate and the House plus the next governor,” Bilek added. “But we need assurances that the next governor’s pen isn’t so veto happy like the pen of Governor Dayton.”

So are Minnesota Corn Growers actively beating the drums at the state capitol on issues of high concern?

“Very definitely,” said Bilek, “and I’m one of the drum beaters. We also have a contract lobbyist and

she’s on board every day. We sent letters to each elected member on a buffer property tax credit. It did not pass the tax bill so it will be on our agenda next year. Funding concerns was the issue. Clean water funds vs. general revenue funds was the hang-up. So we’ll be looking at how we can make better use of those clean water fund dollars in the future to be more directed to on-the-ground practices.”

Buffer land tax credits are definitely on her agenda for the 2019 legislative session. “For farmers putting in buffers, they are paying essentially ag land property tax rates on those buffers. So a tax credit on those pieces of land would be a logical way to reduce the disparity. Both Democrats and Republicans were in favor of this tax credit, but they couldn’t reach agreement on how to pay for it.”

Bilek grew up on a farm in Wadena County. She graduated from Staples High School and then St. Thomas College in St. Paul. She’s been with Minnesota Corn Growers for about a year. Prior to that she was the State Government Affairs Director for an energy policy organization. So she’s keen on renewable fuels and the important energy arm of agriculture. She sees a strong future for both wind and solar energy — plus storage options for those resources. “Energy storage is coming on line and we’ll see and read lots more in this area ahead,” summed up Bilek who drives a flex-fuel Ford. v

Week of wet weather stifles fieldwork opportunities in Iowa Another week of storms which delivered heavy precipitation across much of Iowa resulted in just 2.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 24, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Activities for the week included checking rain gauges, assessing flood damage, harvesting hay, and applying post-emergent herbicides when weather permitted.

Topsoil moisture levels rated 1 percent very short, 6 percent short, 68 percent adequate and 25 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 3 percent very short, 10 percent short, 67 percent adequate and 20 percent surplus.

Heavy rainfall left many fields ponded and caused flooding in some northern counties. In south central Iowa, the topsoil moisture supplies rated adequate to surplus reached 66 percent — the highest percentage in these categories since the week ending June 4, 2017.

Eighty-one percent of the corn crop was rated in good to excellent condition. Nearly all of the soybean crop has emerged with 4 percent of the crop blooming, which is three days ahead of both last year and the five-year average. Seventy-nine percent of the soybean crop was rated in good to excellent condition.

Eighty-four percent of the oat crop has headed, three days ahead of average. Eighty percent of the oat crop

was rated in good to excellent condition.

With the first cutting of alfalfa hay nearing completion, the second cutting reached 8 percent complete.

Putting up hay was a challenge this week due to persistent precipitation. Hay condition rated 73 percent good to excellent. Pasture conditions rated 67 percent good to excellent. Heat and high humidity continued to stress livestock. Muddy conditions have made feedlot operations difficult.

Iowa experienced a pronounced pattern shift from previous weeks that brought measurable precipitation to the state. This active pattern produced both flash and short-term flooding across northwestern and western Iowa. On June 18, a stationary boundary situated over northwest Iowa fired up storms in the early morning and late afternoon hours. Council Bluffs recorded 5.52 inches of rain on the June 19, as thunderstorms moved through southern Iowa.

A low pressure system moved in on June 20, bringing heavy rain to the state’s northwestern corner.

Flood warnings were issued in multiple counties, including Clay, Dickinson and Osceola. As the day progressed, a line of severe thunderstorms formed in central Iowa and raced towards the north and east.

There were multiple reports of severe winds, hail and weak tornadoes, with Perry and Scranton counties observing snapped and uprooted trees.

On June 21, flood warnings encompassed six coun-

ties in the northwest as the low propagated south.

Isolated thunderstorms popped up in central Iowa that evening.

June 22 and 23 saw relatively quiet conditions across the state, while thunderstorms (some severe) returned on June 24 to central Iowa. A slow-moving line stretched from Centerville northwest to Le Mars bringing accumulations of up to two inches near Sioux City.

In terms of temperature, the week began with highs averaging 4-8 degrees above normal.

Donnellson, in Lee County, observed highs of 96 degrees on June 18 and 98 degrees on June 19 — almost 14 degrees above normal. Midweek saw temperatures fall below normal, with average departures up to eight degrees in the north and west. Sioux Center (Sioux County) reported a high of 65 degrees on June 21, which was almost 20 degrees below normal. The week ended unseasonably cool with average highs 10 to 12 degrees below normal in Iowa’s southern third. Statewide average temperatures were in the low 70s.

This article was submitted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. v

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Agriculture needs metro and outstate working together

By DICK HAGEN make government function The Land Staff Writer more effectively?

ST. PAUL — Maureen Gustafson: Leadership is Gustafson, marketing director always the first answer. And to for Gislason and Hunter, was me it means some way for the in attendance at the metro and the outstate comAgriGrowth annual legislative munities to better understand review luncheon on June 6. each other and find some balGislason and Hunter is a Maureen ance. That means recognizing Minnesota firm active in agri- Gustafson both segments are intertwined cultural law across and they have to work Minnesota. Keeping tuned in together. on what happened and what The Land: Did we not get didn’t happen during the leadership from our gover2018 Minnesota state legisnor? lative session is important to Gustafson: No. He simply all tax payers — especially a dug in his heels. Until his law firm with offices in issues were dwelt with, he Minneapolis, Mankato, New didn’t want to hear other Ulm and Des Moines, Iowa. issues or other viewpoints. He’s very Gustafson spent a few minutes with stubborn about his agenda. If it’s not The Land and shared her thoughts on being taken care of, nothing gets done. many issues of the 2018 legislature and The Land: Would a Republican govbeyond. She’s not bashful. ernor make a difference in how the The Land: What was the biggest dis2019 legislature functions? appointment of this past legislative Gustafson: It depends on who that session? person is. I don’t think it matters which Gustafson: Not having a tax bill party the governor represents. that is workable for all of our clients.

The Land:So would former Governor Plus, the Minnesota tax law doesn’t Tim Pawlenty be a better choice? line up with the new federal tax program. So now we have confusion. People Gustafson: No, I think he is metrodon’t know what to do. It’s going to cost politan-based. I don’t think he undera lot of money evaluating what they stands the needs of agriculture. So need to be doing to clear up the confu- from the prospectus of AgriGrowth sion.

Council and its membership — which The Land: So now what do you do? includes many agri-business and farm organization leaders of Minnesota — I Gustafson: Tough to determine right don’t think Pawlenty is a good choice. now. Looking at the various scenarios At this stage, I think Ron Johnson, the that could happen and give advice endorsed candidate, is more represenaccordingly in the best possible mantative of Minnesotans and has a more ner is where we are for now. global viewpoint of the entire state.

The Land: Why did this 2018 The Land: Your thoughts on Legislature have so many difficulties?

President Trump. Is he getting a negaGustafson: Not being able to func- tive image in the eyes of our agricultion in a bipartisan manner is most tural leaders for his involvement in obvious to me. It’s like they have forgot- trade talk issues? ten that working together is how laws Gustafson: He always has. Yes, he are written. Today, it’s like they are got a lot of votes from the agricultural following the religion of their particucommunity across America, but they lar party and they’re not comfortable didn’t realize what he might be doing crossing the line. It’s not good for the to foreign trade. They thought they economy; it’s not good for their constitwere getting a wise businessman who uents. was going to make wise decisions. But The Land: So what has to happen to instead, he has made numerous deci-

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We’re alienating anyone who wanted to work with us. We’re alienating years and years of positive trade agreements that were put in place. And this is hitting agriculture the hardest.

— Maureen Gustafson sions that have hurt the agricultural industry. Anything they thought he was going to do, he did the exact opposite. I think he’ll get U.S. agriculture

completely alienated from Mexico and Canada so who knows if we will even have NAFTA. The Land: Politically speaking, do you see any particular help for U.S. agriculture?

Gustafson: I don’t. And it will take a long time to recover — particularly since our production and marketing challenges cannot be solved quickly.

We’re alienating anyone who wanted to work with us. We’re alienating years and years of positive trade agreements that were put in place. And this is hitting agriculture the hardest. v

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Brown County Free Fair August 8-12 1201 N State St., New Ulm Aitkin County Fair www.browncountyfreefair.com July 4-7 507-354-2223 632 Minnesota Ave N, Aitkin Cannon Valley Fair www.aitkincountyfair.org July 1-4 Anoka County Fair 800 N Ninth St, Cannon Falls July 24-29 www.cannonvalleyfair.org 3200 St. Francis Blvd, Anoka 507-263-3548 www.anokacountyfair.com Carlton County Fair 763-427-4070 August 16-19 Becker County Fair 3770 Front St., Barnum July 25-28 www.carltoncountyfairmn.com Rossman Ave, Detroit Lakes 218-389-6737 www.beckercountyfair.tripod.com Carver County Fair 218-847-5490 August 8-12 Beltrami County Fair The following county fair information is courtesy of the Minnesota 501 West Third St, Waconia August 8-12 www.carvercountyfair.com 7223 Fairgrounds Rd NW, Bemidji Federation of County Fairs website — www.mfcf.com — and is 952-442-2333 subject to change. Where available, information includes a fair’s www.beltramicountyfair.org Cass County Fair-Pillager 218-444-8169 dates, fairgrounds location, phone number and website.

July 12-15 207 E Second St S, Pillager Benton County Fair www.pillagerfair.com July 31-August 5 218-839-5329 1410 Third Ave S, Sauk Rapids Cass County Fair-Pine River www.bentonfairmn.com June 28-July 1 320-253-5649 5744 County Rd 1, Pine River Big Stone County Fair www.thecasscountyfairmn.org July 11-15 218-821-0444 220 Fair St, Clinton Chippewa County Fair www.bscfair.org July 25-29 320-325-FAIR 584 First St, Montevideo Blue Earth County Fair www.chippewacofair.com July 26-29 340 Fairgrounds St, Garden City 320-793-6727 www.blueearthcountyfair.org 507-420-5689

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Chisago County Fair July 19-22 905 W Fourth St, Rush City www.chisagocountyfair.org 320-358-0296 Clay County Fair July 12-15 620 Main Ave. E, Barnesville www.mnclaycountyfair.com 218-354-2675 Clearwater County Fair August 1-5 800 North Main, Bagley www.clearwatercountyfair.com 218-694-2780 Cottonwood County Fair August 14-18 1480 Eighth Ave, Windom www.cottonwoodcountyfair.org 507-831-0023 Crow Wing County Fair July 31-August 4 2000 13th St SE, Brainerd www.crowwingcountyfair.com 218-829-6680 Dakota County Fair August 6-12 4008 220th St W, Farmington www.dakotacountyfair.org 651-463-8818 Dodge County Fair July 18-22 62922 Hwy 57 N, Kasson www.dodgecountyfreefair.com 507-634-7736 Douglas County Fair August 16-19 300 Fairgrounds Rd, Alexandria www.dcmnfair.com 866-656-FAIR Faribault County Fair July 26-29 235 Midway Rd, Blue Earth www.fairbaultcountyfair.com 507-520-6552 Fillmore County Fair July 16-22 Preston www.fillmorecountyfair.com Freeborn County Fair July 31-August 5 1031 Bridge Ave, Albert Lea www.freeborncountyfair.com 507-373-6965

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Goodhue County Fair August 7-11 44279 County 6 Blvd, Zumbrota www.goodhuecountyfair.com 507-732-5001 (fair) Grant County Fair July 19-22 605 Vienna Ave, Herman www.grantcountyfairmn.com 320-677-2284 Hennepin County Fair June 15 - 17, 2018 7205 County Road 101, Corcoran www.hennepincountyfair.com 507-222-0293 Houston County Fair August 15-19 203 History Lane, Caledonia www.houstoncountyfair.com 507-725-3397 Hubbard County Fair July 11-15 201 Fair Ave, Park Rapids www.hubbardcountyfair.com 218-252-0264 Isanti County Fair July 18-22 3101 Hwy 95 NE, Cambridge www.isanticountyfair.com 763-639-6853 Itasca County Fair August 15-19 1336 Fairgrounds Rd, Grand Rapids www.itascacountyfair.org 218-326-6470 Jackson County Fair July 24-28 78748 550th Ave, Jackson www.jacksoncountyfairmn.com 507-849-7222 Kanabec County Fair July 25-29 701 South Union Street, Mora www.kanabecfair.org 320-679-3371 Kandiyohi County Fair August 8-11 907 Seventh St NW, Willmar www.kandifair.com 320-235-0886 Kittson County Fair July 11-15 County Hwy 1, Hallock

www.kittsoncountyfair.org 218-843-3411 Koochiching County Fair August 10-12 12099 Hwy 71 N, Northome www.koochichingcountyfair.org 218-897-5205 Lac Qui Parle September 6-9 705 Fair St., Madison www.lqpfair.org 320-598-3989 Lake County Fair August 16-19 1381 Fairground Rd, Two Harbors www.thelakecountyfair.com 218-269-4159 Lake of the Woods County Fair July 11-14 County Hwy 1, Baudette lakeofthewoodsmn.com 218-634-1174 LeSueur County Fair August 16-19 320 Plut Ave, Le Center www.lesueurcountyfair.org 507-357-6500 Lincoln County Fair August 2-5 200 W Strong St, Tyler www.lincolncofair.com 507-247-5675 Lyon County Fair August 8-12 500 Fairgrounds Rd., Marshall www.lyoncountyfair.com 507-825-4303

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Norman County Fair June 20-23 503 W Thorpe Ave, Ada www.normancountyfair.com 218-784-4984 Northern Minnesota District Fair July 6-8 4940 Fairwood Ave., Littlefork www.northernmndistrictfair.com 218-278-4405 Olmsted County Fair July 23-29 Rochester www.olmstedcountyfair.com 507-282-9862 Otter Tail County Fair-East July 19-22 445 Fourth Ave SE, Perham www.eotcountyfair.org 218-346-2750 Otter Tail County Fair-West July 18-21 1812 Pebble Lake Rd, Fergus Falls www.wotcountyfair.com 218-736-0272 Pennington County Fair July 18-22 524 Barzen Ave. S, Thief River Falls www.penningtoncountyfair.com 218-688-0488 Pine County Fair August 1-5 707 First Ave NW, Pine City www.pinecountyfair.com 320-629-3408 Pipestone County Fair August 1-4 10th Ave. SE, Pipestone www.pipestonecountyfair.sites.

507-348-4919 Polk County Fair July 11-15 200 Polk Ave. SE, Fertile www.polkcountyfairfertilemn.com 218-945-6723 Pope County Fair July 18-21 230 Minnesota Ave. W, Glenwood www.popecountyfair.org 320-634-4855 Ramsey County Fair July 11-15 2020 White Bear Ave, Maplewood www.ramseycountyfair.com

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Latest trade war talk creates dip in dairy prices This column was written for the marketcent gain last time, and butter inched 0.8 ing week ending June 22. percent higher, following a 3.5 percent descent.

The slowing in U.S. milk output was again evident in May, but still ahead of FC Stone equates the GDT 80 percent the previous year for the 53rd month. butterfat butter price to $2.4831 per Preliminary U.S. Department of pound U.S. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Agriculture data shows output at 17.9 butter closed June 22 at $2.29. GDT chedbillion pounds in the top 23 states, up 0.9 dar cheese equated to $1.7449 per pound percent from May 2017. The 50-state U.S. and compares to June 22 CME block MIELKE MARKET total, at 19.1 billion pounds, was up 0.8 cheddar at $1.49. GDT skim milk powder WEEKLY percent. Revisions lowered the April estiaveraged 90.85 cents per pound and

By Lee Mielke mate 18 million pounds to 17.3 billion, up whole milk powder averaged $1.4464. just 0.5 percent from 2017.

CME Grade A nonfat closed June 22 at 76.25 cents per pound.

May cow numbers totaled 8.74 million head in the 23 states, up n 2,000 from April and 10,000 more than a year ago.

The USDA’s monthly Livestock, Dairy and Poultry The 50-state total, at 9.4 million head, was virtual- Outlook, issued June 18, mirrored projections in the ly unchanged from March and a year ago. Output June 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand per cow averaged 2,052 pounds in the 23 states, up Estimates — forecasting a slightly smaller milking 15 pounds from a year ago. herd for 2018, at 9.405 million head, as cow numbers California milk output was up 0.5 percent despite fell in April for the second month. Milk per cow was a drop of 18,000 cows from a year ago; but output forecast at 23,185 pounds for the year, 55 pounds per cow was up 30 pounds. Wisconsin was up 1.1 lower than previously forecast, due to slow growth in percent on a 30-pound gain per cow but 5,000 fewer April and higher than expected feed prices. cows were milked. New York was down 1.2 percent, The projected 2019 herd size is 9.41 million head, thanks to a 25-pound drop per cow. Cow numbers unchanged from last month. However, as higher were unchanged. Idaho was up 0.6 percent on 5,000 feed prices are expected to carry over into next year, more cows but got five pounds less per cow. the milk per cow forecast was lowered 40 pounds to Pennsylvania was down 2.1 percent on a 30-pound 23,495 pounds. loss per cow and 2,000 fewer cows. Minnesota was This month’s price forecasts account for the unchanged despite a 20-pound gain per cow. Cow recently announced implementation of the numbers were down 5,000. Michigan was off 0.3 on California Federal Milk Marketing Order, which is 4,000 fewer cows, but output per cow was up 15 expected to have product price impacts in 2019. pounds. New Mexico was unchanged even though USDA Agricultural Marketing Service economic output per cow was up 80 pounds and 3,000 more analysis expects the higher minimum milk prices to cows were milked. Texas bulk tanks bulged again, be paid by handlers manufacturing cheese and up 6.6 percent, thanks to 12,000 more cows and 85 whey (Class III in the federal order system) would pounds more per cow. result in less cheese production, contributing to Dairy cow culling eased back a little in May from higher cheese prices. As less cheese is produced, April, but remained above a year ago. The USDA’s more milk would move into butter and nonfat dry latest Livestock Slaughter report shows an estimat- milk production, lowering prices for those products, ed 245,100 head were slaughtered under federal according to the Outlook. inspection. This is down 3,800 head from April, but California farmer milk prices are expected to be 7,900 above May 2017. A total 1.33 million head higher under the FMMO than the state order, the were culled in the five-month period, up 72,600 Outlook stated, and “In other regions, dairy farmers head or 5.8 percent from 2017. would receive either higher or lower prices dependn ing on class utilization. On average, the U.S. allTrade war uncertainty contributed to the Global milk price would be higher.

Dairy Trade auction’s additional slippage on June “With lower expectations for milk production and 19. The weighted average of products offered the effects of the California FMMO more than offslipped 1.2 percent, following the 1.3 percent loss setting the effects of Mexican cheese tariffs, the on June 5. cheese price forecast for 2019 was raised to $1.625Cheddar cheese again led the declines, down 3.6 $1.725 per pound. The dry whey price forecast was percent, duplicating the June 5 loss. Anhydrous raised to 30-33 cents, based on higher expected milkfat was down 2.5 percent after falling 1.7 perexports and effects of the California FMMO. The cent. Skim milk powder was down 1.1 percent, folbutter price forecast was lowered slightly to $2.210lowing an uptick of 0.3 percent last time, and whole $2.340 per pound as higher exports of butterfat are milk powder was down 1 percent, after slipping 1.1 expected to more than offset by the effects of more percent. butter production as a result of the new FMMO. The nonfat dry milk price, however, was raised a penny Lactose was up 8.2 percent, following a 3.9 per-

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at the midpoint of the range to 75.5-82.5 cents per pound, as the effects of strong export demand should outweigh higher NDM production as a result of the California FMMO.” n HighGround Dairy reports, “Just like Mexico enacted a week ago, China has retaliated against U.S. tariffs with their own list — totaling approximately $50 billion of goods imported from the U.S. at an additional 25 percent duty, as of July 6.

“Unfortunately for the U.S. dairy industry, the list includes dairy products including whole and skim milk powder, cheese, butter, anhydrous milk fat, and most importantly, whey products.

“China is the U.S. whey industry’s most important customer,” says HighGround Dairy, “with more than 45 percent of total whey exports going to China — nearly 544.5 million pounds in 2017.”

The Dairy Outlook adds, “In 2017, the listed cheeses made up more than 99 percent of the volume of cheeses exported from the U.S. to Mexico. Mexico is the largest export U.S. destination for cheese. In 2017, 28.3 percent of U.S. cheese exports went to Mexico, accounting for 1.7 percent of U.S. cheese production. Mexico’s statistics, reported in the Global Trade Atlas, shows 75.1 percent of Mexico’s 2017 cheese imports came from the United States.

Canada also intends to impose tariffs on a wide range of products, effective July 1. The only dairy product on the list however is yogurt.

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USDA: Milk consumption sees first uptick in 10 months MIELKE, from pg. 25 ly podcast that dairy markets are likely over-reacting to the threat of tariffs on U.S. dairy products by Mexico and China.

Jerry Dryer, analyst and editor of the Dairy and Food Market Analyst newsletter, agrees, saying the market typically does overreact. However, speaking in the June 25 Dairy Radio Now broadcast, Dryer said he compared where the block and barrel cheese prices were when Mexico’s retaliatory tariffs were first mentioned and where they were at the middle of the week of June 18. The barrel price had plunged 25 cents, he said, and the blocks were down 13.5 cents.

“Those price moves took the Class III milk price from $15.36 per hundredweight to $13.85 in twoweek’s time,” Dryer charged. “That’s a big issue.

During the first four months of this year, the U.S. marketed 4.3 million pounds of cheese to Mexico.

That;s 107 truckloads that could have shown up on the CME “It’s going to hit us,” Dryer warned, “but probably not to the extent those prices reflect.”

Dryer added the cheese we shipped to Mexico in the first four months was valued at about $1.75 per pound. “We would have to drop our price to $1.30 to hold the line on the price to Mexico,” he concluded.

While he doesn’t think it will get that serious, “we do have some rough sledding ahead of us.” n Meanwhile, dairy margins were mixed over the first half of June, weakening in spot third quarter while holding steady in fourth quarter and improving slightly in the first half of 2019, according to the latest Margin Watch from Chicago-based Commodity and Ingredient Hedging LLC. The Margin Watch stated, “The main feature since the end of May has been a sharp selloff in both milk prices and the feed markets. Heavy commodity fund liquidation has been noted over the past couple of weeks as the managed money, non-commercial long position in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Commitments of Traders report has declined sharply in both corn and soybeans.

“China’s decision to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. soybean imports in response to the Trump Administration announcing new tariffs late last

MARKETING week on $50 billion of additional Chinese products threatens to escalate a trade war between the two,” the Margin Watch warned. “In addition, crop conditions for both corn and soybeans remain near record levels for this early part of the growing season.” n Cash dairy prices plunged the week of June 18 as political and trade fallout hit the markets and traders awaited the afternoon’s May Cold Storage data.

Spot block cheddar closed June 22 at $1.49 per pound. This is down 10.5 cents on the week, 5 cents below a year ago and down 10.75 cents since June 1.

The barrels finished at $1.2850, down 16.5 cents on the week and the lowest price since Jan. 16. It is 8.5 cents below a year ago, down 23.5 cents since June 1, and 20.5 cents below the blocks. Five cars of block traded hands on the week at the CME and 88 of barrel — the largest single week volume since the week of Dec. 15, 2017 when 97 barrels traded.

The cheese market tone is somewhat dim, says Dairy Market News. Midwest cheese demand is fairly steady but contacts are anxious regarding the growing CME block to barrel price gap, tariff related trade pushback and tumbling market prices.

Cheese plant managers are more apprehensive about taking any extra milk, hence spot discounts continue into week 25 at $3 to $4 under Class.

Western markets are unsettled. Inventories, especially for barrels, are heavy. Domestic demand is mixed. While branded retail sales are stable, processors say food service and commodity cheese sales have slowed. Contacts also forecast weaker international sales due to trade issues and uncertainties of the market and are concerned that reduced demand from key markets may create cheese surpluses.

Some manufacturers are opting to slow cheese output to limit inventory growth. Others are shifting from blocks to barrels to find a home for the available milk. With plenty of offers, buyers are in no rush to fill inventories. n Cash butter was down 6.25 cents on the week, falling to $2.29 per pound. This is the lowest price since April 16 and 30 cents below a year ago, with seven sales on the week.

Dairy Market News says Midwestern butter producers are still active on the spot cream market. Class IV cream supplies have grown alongside increasing cream demand. Butter churning remains active and central contacts remain confident that $2.00 cash prices are an unlikely near-term reality.

They suggest that with each penny lower, buyers are likelier to reenter the picture.

Western ice cream producers are taking more cream but cream is still available to butter manufacturers. A number of them are considering slowing the churns and selling some cream. Overall, butter

output is steady and in line with current demand but spot sales reportedly have slowed a bit the past couple weeks.

Spot Grade A nonfat dry milk closed June 22 at 76.25 cents per pound. This is down 2.5 cents on the week, 8.5 cents below a year ago, and down 6.25 cents since June 1. 12 cars exchanged hands on the week at the CME. The cash dry whey also succumbed, falling to 39.75 cents per pound, 1.25 cents lower on the week, with no sales reported.

The USDA announced the July federal order, and soon to be California, Class I base milk price at $15.36 per hundredweight. This is up 11 cents from June, $1.23 below July 2017, but the highest Class I price since January. The seven-month average is at $14.60, down from $16.32 at this time a year ago and compares to $13.96 in 2016. n Speaking of fluid milk, consumption inched up 0.4 percent in April according to the USDA’s latest tracking data, and reversed 10 months of decline. Fluid sales totaled 3.86 billion pounds, up 0.4 percent from April 2017.

Conventional product sales totaled 3.6 billion pounds, up 0.2 percent from a year ago. Organic products, at 211 million pounds, were up 4.9 percent and represented about 5.5 percent of total sales for the month.

Whole milk sales totaled 1.19 billion pounds. This is up 2.7 percent from a year ago, up 3.0 percent year-to-date, and made up 30.8 percent of total fluid sales in the month and 31.0 percent for the year.

Skim milk sales, at 311 million pounds, were down 7.6 percent from April 2017 and down 9.5 percent year-to-date.

Total packaged fluid milk sales in four-month period climbed to 15.9 million pounds, down 1.3 percent from the same period a year ago. Conventional products year-to-date totaled 15.0 million pounds, down 1.4 percent. Organic products, at 871 million, were down 0.1 percent. Organic represented about 5.5 percent of total fluid milk sales January through April. n In politics, the House passed its version of the farm bill on June 21, 213 to 211, with 191 Democrats and 20 Republicans opposing it. The legislation makes changes to dairy’s Margin Protection Program; requires USDA to study the prices used in the feed cost calculation; and includes work requirements for food stamp recipients which drew opposition from Democrats. The Senate version is expected to come to the Senate floor for a vote after the 4th of July recess.

Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist who resides in Everson, Wash. His weekly column is featured in newspapers across the country and he may be reached at lkmielke@juno.com. v

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Take biosecurity measures with you to the fair Like most Minnesota agriculturalists, I enjoy the summer’s county fairs and their livestock, and, of course, the ultimate competition exhibited at the Minnesota State Fair’s youth and open-class swine shows. It’s terrific to see so many folks who’ve worked hard to bring the best pigs in the Midwest to compete in classes of optimum quality peers.

My recent work has focused on livestock biosecurity — particularly in swine — and it always comes to mind when I’m attending pig shows. Of primary importance is that exhibitors return to their animals at home without bringing along a disease. For this reason, the messages of meticulous biosecurity and careful monitoring of animals’ health are integral parts of exhibitor education.

BEET and 4-H Livestock Day Camps The University of Minnesota’s Biosecure Entry and Education Trailer (BEET) has traveled across Minnesota this summer, taking the biosecurity message to 4-H livestock exhibitors. The BEET is used as part of the education for 4-H beef, swine, rabbit and meat goat exhibitors during summer 4-H Livestock Day Camps. Extension Livestock Educators Abby Neu, Sarah Schieck and Diane DeWitte developed specific biosecurity information related to each of the four species. BEET is set up as a mock feed room, a rabbit shed or a pig barn entry — depending on which species exhibitors are visiting it.

4-Hers spent time in the BEET learning how to don and doff barn-specific clothes and boots without bringing disease in from the outside. They practiced biosecure ways to feed and water their animals.

They learned how important it is to quarantine new or returning animals; and safe measures to care for those animals after they have cared for the “high health” animals in the herd.

4-H exhibitors applied lotion which (unbeknownst to them containing glo-germ) to their hands. They stepped through glo-germ powdered shavings as they entered the BEET. Later in the session, when

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the team turned on a black light and highlighted glowing smudges and fingerprints, it was apparent to everyone how easy it is to spread “germs” with unwashed hands and outside footwear.

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By Diane DeWitte healthy, and how to prevent and reduce the spread of diseases to their 4-H projects. One important practice repeatedly highlighted was washing hands with soap and water. The minimum recommendation is scrubbing hands thoroughly for 20 seconds — or about the time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday!”

At the end of the day, the BEET team gave each 4-H exhibitor a biosecurity starter kit. The kit is a five-gallon bucket which contains a bar of soap, a face mask, disposable gloves and disposable boots, a pack of disinfectant wipes and a brush for scrubbing. In addition, the exhibitors received a flash drive bracelet which contained the four species-specific disease, disinfectant and biosecurity information.

The 4-H Livestock Day Camps were hosted by the Minnesota 4-H program with collaboration from the Extension livestock educators. Extension Educator Abby Neu received an Extension Risk Management grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund biosecurity education at the day camps. The actual BEET unit is supported by the University of Minnesota Rapid Agricultural Response Fund from the State of Minnesota.

The BEET team also collaborated with Poultry and Livestock Supply (PALS) of Willmar, Minn., for acquisition, support and sponsorship of the biosecurity buckets and their contents. The USDA biosecurity grant covers the same educational activities during the summer of 2019 when the 4-H Livestock Day Camps will highlight four additional livestock species.

The Secure Pork Supply Plan The National Pork Board and USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service have collaborated to create the Secure Pork Supply plan. The SPS project plans response strategies in the event of a foreign animal disease outbreak in U.S. swine.

Minnesota’s Board of Animal Health oversees the Secure Livestock Supply project and has recruited Buffalo, Minn. veterinarian David Wright to spearhead the Secure Pork Supply plan.

Wright spent this spring meeting with swine producers and affiliated industry leaders to ensure that SPS becomes an integral part of swine farm health plans. SPS is a voluntary strategy for producers to create their own farm-specific and workable continuity of business plan in the case of a foreign animal disease outbreak.

SPS is on the lookout for four particular diseases: foot-and-mouth disease, classical swine fever, swine vesicular disease, and African swine fever. Foot and mouth disease and classical swine fever (hog cholera) were eradicated from the United States many years ago and African swine fever has never occurred here.

The scope, efficiency and extensive movement in See SWINE & U, pg. 29

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Grain Outlook Corn market remains ‘choppy’

Cash Grain Markets corn/change* soybeans/change*

Stewartville Edgerton Jackson Janesville Cannon Falls Sleepy Eye

$2.93 -.20 $3.12 -.22 $3.10 -.08 $3.11 -.11 $3.11 -.19 $3.10 -.23

$7.89 -.83 $7.97 -.87 $7.99 -.82 $8.08 -.58 $8.19 -.76 $7.96 -.83

Grain Angles Create a financial feedback loop

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 June 22.

CORN — It really felt like we were put through a meat grinder this week with the moves the corn market was making. Especially on June 19 when tariff talks sent July corn crashing to contract lows at 338.75. But the move was so fast and so severe that the shorts covered, cooler heads prevailed, and a recovery was on. By the end of the trading session on June 22, July futures were only down 4 cents for the week. Not a bad result for how bearish the market felt; but it was the fourth-straight week the corn market closed JOE LARDY lower.

CHS Hedging Inc. St. Paul Crop conditions continue to remain historically high at 78 percent good/excellent. This is the highest crop rating for this week going all the way back to 1994. We will have to wait until the July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report to see if the government is going to give us a yield increase. But my guess is conditions are so good they will make the adjustment higher.

Next week is the big quarterly stocks and acreage reports. The acreage report will be a key driver for the rest of the year as it is giving us the first real look at what got planted. Analysts are predicting a range of 87.5 to 89.4 million acres.

The corn market has seen speculators exit the market in large numbers. Over the past four weeks, specs have sold 181,000 contracts of corn and their overall position is long just 35,000 contracts. Over that same timeframe, futures prices have dropped from 405 down to 350.

Export sales were dismal for corn this week with old crop posting the second-lowest total of the marketing year at just 166,000 tons. Up until this week, recent sales have been averaging around 900,000 tons. The strong export pace, coupled with strong ethanol production, have really been the saving grace for corn.

Outlook: Most of the news has been bearish with great crop conditions, good weather so far, big spec

Fear has dominated the commodity markets over the past several weeks which have also included the livestock markets. This fear has arisen from the idea that tariffs may be implemented on U.S. livestock and grain exports by the foreign buyers in the upcoming days. As of this writing, no tariffs have been enacted on U.S. agricultural products. All of this fear has left the livestock markets oversold and the futures markets well discount to current cash prices on both cattle and hogs.

The cattle market was hit twofold — not only by the fear of tariffs on the beef exports, but JOE TEALE also by the recent U.S. Broker Department of Agriculture monthly Cattle on Feed report. Great Plains Commodity Afton, Minn.

That report was seen as slightly negative — primarily due to the greater-than-anticipated placement number and the slightly greater number on feed.

In the meantime, the cash trade has weakened during the period down to the $108 cwt. area on a limited number of trades. Beef cutouts have also been on the defensive as prices on choice have dropped below $220 cwt. — signifying weakness at the consumer level.

With the cattle market at all phases oversold, it would seem likely that some price recovery could surface in the near term. However, if any tariffs arise that are implemented on American beef, there could be additional weakness even at these price levels.

In the past decade, the amount of information on the farm has increased exponentially. In the age of big data, producers are becoming increasingly aware that the information they supply about their precision planting, yield mapping and hybrid choices is becoming more and more valuable. When that information is analyzed in a timely manner, it leads to better decision making. Currently, there is a lot of discussion revolving around what happens to that data after it is collected and who receives the benefit from collecting the data.

Are you getting enough value from the information on your farm? You may have thought about your production data, but have you thought about the data that you supply your lender with each year? When you supply tax returns, production data, balance GLENN WACHTLER Compeer Senior sheets and other information, Lending Officer your lender should provide you Baldwin, Wis. with feedback which will allow you to make better decisions for your operation. Do you know the financial strengths and weaknesses of your operation? Will your balance sheet and working capital be enough to withstand a couple more years of razor-thin margins? These questions can easily be answered from analyzing your financial information. You need to create a financial feedback loop with your lender.

A financial feedback loop will assist you in comparing your operation’s financial ratios with your lenders’ credit standards. It should also help you compare your farm with other operations of similar size in the region. Comparing your farm against benchmarks can inform you whether you may be in the top 25 percent of your peer group, or if you have some work to do in certain areas. When farming profitability declines, the need for communication with your lender increases.

What if your lender isn’t getting back to you with the analysis that you need? Many producers have found valuable feedback from Minnesota’s Farm business Management. FBM’s review of a farm operation is very comprehensive and the contact information can quickly be found with an internet search engine. They also generously supply their reports online for the public to access. Compeer Financial has also developed grain benchmarks which compare your operation with other full-time farming opera-

See LARDY, pg. 29

See TEALE, pg. 30

See WACHTLER, pg. 29

Average:

$3.08

$8.01

Year Ago Average: $3.23 $8.67 Grain prices are effective cash close on June 26. *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Livestock Angles Livestock market is oversold

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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Soybean export activity remains very slow LARDY, from pg. 28 selling, and an expectation for more corn acres. Price direction will get a lot of important fundamental inputs in the next few weeks with the stocks and acreage reports and then the July WASDE. Throw in the tariff wars with China, and this market is poised to stay choppy for a while.

SOYBEANS — The biggest impact of the trade wars was felt by the soybean market. Even before China had a chance to levy retaliatory tariffs on the United States, President Trump was offering a second round of taxes in anticipation of the Chinese response. When the news came out on the morning of Jun 19, the soybean market dropped sharply. A one point, July futures were down 63.5 cents. The market

MARKETING rebounded pretty quickly and by lunch time had recovered almost all of the losses. By the end of the session on June 22, July futures were only down 9 cents for the week. This did mark the fourth consecutive weekly loss.

Soybean crop conditions continue to hold at record levels. The current level of 73 percent good/excellent is tied with 2016 as the all-time high for this week.

In 2016, soybeans had a record yield of 52 bushels per acre.

Export activity continues to remain very slow with China pretty much ignoring any offers from the

United States. Brazilian premiums have taken off as they are now pretty much the sole supplier of Chinese needs. A record amount of beans are waiting to unload in China as savvy buyers got busy making purchases ahead of the escalating trade war. But there are still issues in Brazil as a trucking strike is still not fully resolved.

Outlook: The stocks and acreage reports will have a heavy influence on the market. But July 6 is the target date for the new tariffs to go into effect and I fully expect more headlines to fly before that date comes around. We could see more acres, and no tariff agreement, and be a buck lower just as easily as we could see as-expected acres and a trade deal and $10 beans again. v

Fair exhibitors should watch for changing health issues SWINE & U, from pg. 27 the U.S. swine industry would present tremendous challenges if a foreign animal disease outbreak occurred. The SPS plan includes biosecurity education, surveillance of animals, and establishment of a movement protocol in the event of an FAD outbreak.

SPS was developed with input from veterinarians, academia from University of Minnesota and Iowa State University, and swine industry leadership in an effort to ensure that the entire U.S. swine production and marketing structure will not be devastated if a foreign animal disease outbreak occurs.

Wright, collaborating with U of M Swine Extension Educator Sarah Schieck, has begun distributing the “Seven Steps to Participate” for pig producers. These steps break down the SPS plan into simple pieces which guide their participation.

These seven steps can be found online at z.umn.edu/ SPSmodules or by visiting the University of Minnesota Swine Extension website at http://blogswine.extension.umn.edu/.

Seneca Valley Virus Last summer the National Pork Board released a warning to swine exhibitors to be on the alert for Seneca Valley Virus. While it’s still early in the

2018 fair season, it’s not a bad idea to reiterate the importance of watching for SVV. Blisters (vesicles) at the coronary band are common clinical signs of SVV. The pig’s coronary band is the extremely vascular area where the hoof meets the hairline on the animal’s foot. When SVV was found in a Minnesota sow herd in 2015, the factor which caught the barn manager’s attention was lameness in the sows. They had developed painful blisters at their feet.

The main concern about SVV is that it looks very similar to foot and mouth disease and the only way to know the difference is by veterinary diagnostic testing. Producers and exhibitors who find blisters on their pigs or see any of the other clinical signs should get their veterinarian involved immediately.

Seneca Valley Virus can spread from pig to pig through direct contact; or can be spread by boots, brushes or other equipment. As in response to any pig illness, the affected animal should be isolated from healthy pigs. No pigs showing signs of SVV should be sent to a show or to market.

The Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project at the University of Minnesota has collected SVV incidence data and suggests that Seneca Valley Virus

appears to have a seasonal pattern with the number of cases increasing at the end of July.

Back to the Fair This summer’s county fairs and the Minnesota State Fair are terrific places to view livestock competitions and visit with old friends. Exhibitors should watch for of any changing health issues in their pigs — including coughing, diarrhea, fever or blisters. If a pig shows any of these signs, contact a veterinarian immediately.

Producers visiting the fairs must be diligent about changing clothes and footwear before returning to the pigs at home. Any site where unrelated animals congregate is a place for potential disease pickup.

Thorough hand-washing during and after a visit to the fair can destroy disease organisms and reduce the chance of taking a disease back home. Don’t be surprised if you hear “Happy Birthday” being sung at the sink!

four and five years ago. In addition, yields across the region were some of the highest averages that have been documented in recent history — leading to a year of extremely good production. And lastly, direct operating cost per acre held steady to a slight decline, meaning producers are managing to get more out of their operation for less. I am hopeful that this trend will continues.

Make it a point to start a financial feedback loop with your lender or another financial professional this season to ensure that you are getting the most value from your own financial data. As the amount of information available to us continues to increase, I

would encourage you to strive to stay ahead of the curve to understand how that data can benefit your operation. Knowing your numbers, knowing them well, and applying that knowledge to increase operational efficiency and ensure long-term success for your operation will be vital in the years to come.

Know what tools and resources you have, and remember you don’t face that task alone. I would encourage you to seek out and build strong communication with your financial partner. They are there to help you succeed and build a stronger operation.

For more insights from Glenn and the Compeer Financial team, visit Compeer.com v

Diane DeWitte is an Extension Educator specializing in swine for the University of Minnesota Extension.

Her e-mail address is stouf002@umn.edu. v

Strong relationship with lenders beneficial down the road WACHTLER, from pg. 28 tions in the region. For grain producers, you can compare your working capital per acre, machinery cost per acre, land cost per acre, yield information, and much more against other anonymous producers in the region.

There is no argument that in 2017, producers were once again faced with many challenges — with net income and repayment capacity declining. However, it is also important to point out there were some highlights. For example, machinery cost per acre declined, with many loans being paid off for purchases which were made in the higher income years

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Fischers hope “King of the Prairie” can be king of the plate

By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Correspondent SLEEPY EYE, Minn. — Once thundering across the Great Plains in large herds, the majestic bison have long symbolized this nation’s spirit and independence. According to the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife, during the 16th century, between 30 and 60 million bison roamed North America. In 1889, over-hunting and loss of habitat brought the number of bison down to around a thousand.

There has been a strong movement across the nation to increase the bison numbers. In 2016 the bison was named the National Mammal by President Barack Obama. From Yellowstone National Park to right here in Minnesota at Minneopa and Blue Mound State Parks, bison are thriving.

Private farms and ranches are also playing a part in the recovery of bison numbers. Craig and Elizabeth Fischer’s Sleepy Bison Acres, located outside of Sleepy Eye, Minn., is raising the majestic beasts for

Fischer describes Sleepy Bison Acres as getting “bit by the bison bug.” He didn’t jump right into raising bison. Instead, he “spent three years gathering all the info I could.”

The bison offered livestock diversity in an area that is “synonymous with productive farmland for corn and soybeans, which is fed to the hogs and cattle that are more typical for the area. We didn’t want to be an ‘average Joe.’” It was the health perspective — “healthy for the environment, healthy for the consumer” — that was important to the Fischers when deciding to start raising bison. In college, Fischer saw the “trend pushing towards a healthier perspective.” For Fischer, raising bison fit into that healthy lifestyle.

According to the National Bison Association, “bison is a highly nutrient-dense food because of the proportion of protein, fat, mineral and fatty acids to its caloric value. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, bison is clearly the better choice with significantly less fat and calories; less cholesterol; and bison contains higher amounts of protein, iron and vitamin B-12 than beef, pork, chicken and salmon.”

It was in 2013 that the Fischers got married and started their bison business. The Fischer family has expanded since then to include sons Bryce, age 3 and Logan, age 1. The livestock on the farm has grown as well to a herd of 26 bison, pastured chickens and pastured hogs on their 12-acre farm site.

Photo by Kristin Kveno

The Fischers are the fourth generation to live on the family farm. Pictured are (left to right) Bryce, Logan, Elizabeth and Craig Fischer.

Photo submitted

The Fischers welcomed a new additon to the herd this spring — bringing the total to 26.

a growing consumer market.

Farming has always been in Craig Fischer’s blood.

He is the fourth generation to live on his family’s farm site. It was while attending Rochester Community and Technical College that he first became interested in livestock. But not Old McDonald’s typical barnyard livestock. Rather, the mighty bison to be specific.

Packers resistant to live inventory TEALE, from pg. 28

Producers should continue to monitor market conditions and protect inventories if required.

The hog market appears to be running into price areas that are finding some packer resistance to paying higher prices for live inventory at this time. After penetrating the $82 cwt. area on a live basis, the market has slipped back below the $80 cwt. level in recent trading. While the pork cutout has continued to move higher past the $85 cwt. level, packers’ margins have narrowed and this has seen a more defen-

sive action in the acquisition of live inventory by the packers. Thus the downward drift in cash and futures.

Fear has also played a role in the market — primarily the futures prices — as futures have moved from a premium to cash to now a discount. Another matter that might influence the hog market are the seasonal patterns that usually bring about a high in the early summer months. Therefore, producers are alerted to maintain a watch on market developments and protect inventories if needed. v

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Because man does not live on bison alone, the Fischers also raise pastured hogs.

It’s not all life on the farm as Fischer works for the city of Sleepy Eye and Elizabeth is a dental hygienist for Woodview Dental in New Ulm. While raising bison is unique, it’s growing in popuSee BISON, pg. 31

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Growth in bison industry fueled by demand for meat BISON, from pg. 30 larity. “The bison industry was always a hobby until the 1990s,” Fischer said.

“The 90s exploded as a breeders market. It wasn’t a meat market. Now the growth within the bison industry is driven by meat demand.”

Fischer believes the “current meat market is a by-product of the correction within the breeders market.” He points out, “a lot of work had to be done to educate consumers.”

There was a time when water buffalo meat and bison meat were used interchangeably. But the two are “so different. That (water buffalo) meat left consumers with a less-than-satisfactory experience,” Fischer said.

The key to raising a successful bison herd is “making sure they’re happy.”

Fischer believes if the bison are conPhoto submitted tent, they’ll stay close and there’s no The Fischers also keep a flock of laying reason for them to want to wander. hens which provide eggs to local eating establishments.

The bison have no access to buildings and that’s by design as they have survived for millions of years in the elements.

They are made for this climate.

Sleepy Acres Bison are fed on pasture grasses; though Fischer will “treat bison with a little grain — purely to train them to come when we want.” The bison have no access to buildings and that’s by design as they have survived for millions of years in the elements.

They are made for this climate.

In 2017, Fischer had the opportunity to attend the International Bison Conference in Big Sky, Mont. “The goal was to gain some knowledge from the conference,” Fischer said.

Part of the conference included a visit to Ted Turner’s Flying D Ranch, located just southwest of Bozeman. Fischer

of growing his own herd. While the mouth.” The Fischers sell their bison exact number he’d like his herd to be at meat in quarters, halves and whole. is still unknown (even to Fischer), he’s Fischer believes in “growing local food hopeful consumers will continue to be that’s nutritious.” open to giving bison a try — whether at While Fischer is around the bison home or at their favorite restaurant. every day, he’s quick to point out, The local area restaurants are where “They’re wild. They demand your Sleepy Bison Acres meat is thriving. respect as they should. There’s a lot you Two restaurants in New Ulm including can learn from them.”

Lola’s (who also buys Sleepy Bison Bison may be large, but their size Acres eggs, chicken and pork) and the does not stop them from running up to New Ulm Country Club’s Cottonwood 35 miles per hour or jumping six-foot Grill (who also buys eggs), as well as at tall fences. “Their athletic ability is Patrick’s in St. Peter all proudly serve pretty fascinating. When the animal is bison on their menus. in its natural habitat, it’s mesmerizRaising bison isn’t a quick process. “It ing,” Fischer said. takes us an extra year to get to market Bison have been around for over 2 and breeding maturity,” said Fischer. million years. The Fischers are working That extra time is worth it as the hard to create a healthy environment health benefits of this lean meat are to grow their herd — ensuring that being heralded by organizations such they’re doing their part to keep the as the American Heart Association mighty bison thundering across the which endorses bison meat as a heart prairie for a long time to come. healthy product.

For more information on Sleepy Bison The Fischers also sell their meat Acres, visit www.facebook.com/sleepylearned that Turner’s ranch owned straight to consumers. Fischer puts it bisonacres/ or www.instagram.com/ over 10 percent of the total number of simply, “the product is good and people sleepybisonacres/. v bison in the country. Turner’s enthusi- are telling others through word of asm for bison and their future was infectious.

The National Bison Association states on its website there are an estimated 385,000 bison in North American private, public and tribal herds. The Association has begun a “Bison One Million” campaign to build the North American bison population to one million animals. Private herd managers estimate that the bison herds are capable of expanding at a rate of 20 percent Back Roads features interesting people and per year under optimal conditions.

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Sell your land or real estate in Alfalfa, mixed hay, grass hay, Case 1470TK 5725 hrs, very FOR SALE: Case IH 1830, FOR SALE: JD 510 round bal- JD 566 baler w/net wrap, stancultivator, Vibra er, good cond., $1,850 O/BO 30 days for 0% commission. and feed grade wheat straw. good cond, $14,500; 2-2600 12RN dard pickup, $6,500; JD 327 Medium squares or round Parker gravity boxes, 350 shank, late model, rolling (952)873-6483 Call Ray 507-339-1272 baler w/bale chute, $3,900; bales. Delivery available. bu, flotation tires, $2,800/pr; shields, very nice, always JD 9510 combine, RWA, The Land appreciates Farmers!

Call or text LeRoy Ose. 218- 2-Dakon 350 bu gravity box- shedded. 507-236-3138 30.5x32, big top grain ext, Real Estate es, 12T running gear w/exts, 689-6675 2500 sep hrs, $32,750; ‘03 FOR SALE: JD 5 belt grain Harms Mfg. Land Rollers, Wanted $2,200; C-60 -’63, 16’ box JD 925F full finger flexhead, Brand New, pickup, was on 9500 comCereal Rye, 2000# totes, 96% & hoist, runs good, $1,650; exc poly, $9,750; ‘92 JD 843 12’-$6,800; 14’-$7,000; bine, always shedded. $.15/pound.

WANTED: Land & farms. I germination, 61’x8” Hutchinson elec dry cornhead, 2 season on new 16’-$7,800; 24’-$14,800; (612)655-1053 have clients looking for Call (507)317-9948 corn auger, very little use, rollers, $4,900; Killbros 490 32’-$17,500; 42’-$20,500. dairy, & cash grain operaWANTED TO BUY: Dam- $4,000; Kewanee 21’ tandem Check out THE LAND online grain cart w/tarp, $6,450.

Others from 8’-62’. tions, as well as bare land aged corn, soybeans & other disk, $600; ‘98 Chevy 1/2 4x4 www.thelandonline.com (320) 769-2756 715-234-1993 parcels from 40-1000 acres. grains. Call Schwieger Cat180, 700mi, runs good, $1,650.

Both for relocation & investFOR SALE: JD 709 Gyro JD 7000 Corn Planter JD 4630 150HP, duals, field tle LLC. (507)236-5181 All equipment always shedments. If you have even 2 Row 3PT $1,800 ready, $11,900 OBO. 612-400ded, except auger. 507-317- mower, 7’ wide, heavy duty, thought about selling conalways shedded, exc shape, Fert Avail. $300/Row 5285 1482 tact: Paul Krueger, Farm & Bins & Buildings $2,600 O/BO. (507)317-5828 715-234-1993 Land Specialist, Edina ReThank you for reading The Land! alty, 138 Main St. W., New Ahrens Bins Sales Prague, MN 55372.

FOR SALE: Fantini chopping 507-697-6133 Farm Retirement, 10 Acre Country Building Site And 135 Acres Bare Land Auction paulkrueger@edinarealty.com 8R & 12R CH; 70’ Elmer www.usedbinsales.com Case IH 235 & MATT MARING (612)328-4506 drag, Merritt alum hopper (3) 8000 bu bins down & Farmall 826 grain trailers; 24R30” JD pl ready to load, $2,000/ea.

Case IH 235 MFWD on Kinze bar; Big A floater; Antiques & Magnum, 2150 CO. Collectibles Classified Line Ads 175 Michigan ldr; IH 964 Hours, R46 Duals, The Daley’s Are SellingWe Their Farm And Relocating Sell Family the Earth & Everything On It. CH; White 706 & 708 CH & Pro 700 Screen, SN: Therefore They Will Sell This Beautiful Building Site parts; White plows & parts; Buying and Selling Gold & ZDRB05971; And Farmland.

54’ 4300 IH field cultivator; Silver, collector coins, diaAuction Location: 15395 Hwy 61 Blvd. (240th Street East) Welch IH Farmall 826 Diesel Call 507-345-4523 JD 44’ field cult; 3300 Hinimonds, gold jewelry, silver MN 55089. (West Of Red Wing MN Or Just East Of Miesville, Open Station, Rock Box, MN On Hwy 61 Blvd) ker field cult; header trailer. dollars, pocket watches, an3Pt., 2 Hyd. SILO DOORS 507-380-5324 tiques, rare currency, any Wood or steel doors shipped White 8100 Planter 9:30am Sharp gold or silver items. 350+ promptly to your farm 12R30”, Excellent FOR SALE: 310 Bobcat skid www.maringauction.com gold coins for sale. Will travstainless fasteners loader, 16HP Kohler engine, Tillage Machinery Real Estate Auction Selling Approximately 11:00 A.M. el to buy! 35 years same rehardware available.

White 8100 Planter, 36” quick attach bucket that tail location. Fairmont, MN, Parcel 1 – 10 Acre 12R30” Vertical Fold, Liquid Fert., Row Cleaners, Corn (800)222-5726 has been rebuilt, $2,500/ Kuehl’s Coins, 507-235-3886 Building Site & Bean Plates, SM4000 Monitor; DMI Tiger Mate Field Landwood Sales LLC OBO. 507-822-0234

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Address: 15395 Hwy 61 Blvd (240th Street East) Welch MN 55089; Area: 10 Acres Just Surveyed; 1996 Built 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath, 4000 sq. ft. Home, Ranch Style, 2 Car Attached Garage, 200 AMP Electrical, 2 Zone LP Gas Furnace w/Central Air, Sun Room, Main Level Laundry, SS Kitchen Appliances, 6 Panel Doors, Steel Roof; Fully Conforming Private Septic System, Just Inspected; Shed/Heated Shop 48’ x 99’ x 16’, Partial Heated Shop; 60’ x 70’ x 14’ Post Frame Shed 45’x110’ Shed Open To South And 2 Story Barn; Great View, Move-In Condition, Located On Black Top

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Ag Equipment, Construction, Recreation, & More!

road, Nicely Landscaped, Ample Room For A Few Head Of Livestock Open House Dates: Sunday June 24th 11:00AM – 12:00 Noon Saturday June 30th 10:00AM – 11:30 AM Wednesday July 11th 6:00PM – 7:00PM

Parcel 2 136.58 Acres Class A Bare Crop Land 2018

OPENS: Wednesday, July 4 CLOSES: Wednesday, July 11

Watch for multiple online consignment auctions coming soon!

Scott Steffes ND81, MN14-51, WI2793-52

Grand Forks, ND 701.203.8400

Litchfield, MN 320.693.9371

Gravity Wagon, Augers, Attachments, Tools

Unverferth 630 Gravity Box, Running Gear With 4 Wheel Brakes, Light Kit, Roll Tarp; Harvest International H1072 Swing Hopper Auger; 2017 Harvest International T1342 Grain Auger; Westfield WR 60-51 Grain Auger, EMD; Fuel Barrels; 2016 CID Rotary Brush Mower, Skid Loader Plate, 60” Standard Flow; Miller Thunderbolt XL 225/190 AMP Welder; Air Compressor, Pressure Washer & Bolt Caddy

Dryer & Grain Bins

Farm Fans CF-AB-190 Corn Dryer, 1 Phase, 2379 Hours; Brock 3000 Bushel Wet Holding Bin; 13,000, 7,000 & 4,000 Bushel Grain Bins, Aeration Floor; 40’ x 6” Roof Cross Auger; Buyers Have 60 Days To Remove All Bins And Dryer

Starcraft Travel Trailer

2017 Starcraft 28’ 5th Wheel Travel Trailer, Slide Out, Address: xxxx Hwy 61 Blvd. Welch MN 55089; Area Loaded 136.58 Acres Part Of Section 10 Welch Township, Goodhue County; Tillable Acres: Approx. 133 Acres Viewing Of Machinery July 11th – 14th CPI: 78.8 Over Half The Farm Is 89 CPI Rating TERMS: Cash, Check, All major credit cards. All Sales Final. All sales selling in As-Is, Where-is condition. No Terms For Real Estate Auction: $30,000.00 Down The warrenties or guarantees expressed or implied. Photo ID Day Of Auction Per Parcel. Which Is Nonrefundable If required. All items Must be Paid In Full Same Day As Buyer Fails To Close. The Balance Is Due And Payable In Auction Full To The Sellers On Or Before August 22nd 2018 At attend the auction? Bid live online at proxibid Live And Online BiddingCan't At proxibid.com/maringauction www.proxibid.com/maringauction Which Time The Buyer(s) Shall Receive A Clear And Marwww.maringauction.com ketable Title. All Real Estate Taxes Shall Be Prorated To Chris & Denise Daley Owner/Sellers Date Of Closing. All Real Estate Sells In AS-IS Condition, FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL With No Warranties Or Guarantees Expressed Or Implied Chris Daley 612-730-8697

By The Seller Or Any Of Their Agents. Real Estate Sells MATT MARING MATT MARING AUCTION With No Contingences What So Ever. All Bidders & BuyCO. INC. CO. PO Box 37, Kenyon, Mn 55946 ers Must Conduct Their Own Due Diligence And Make We Sell the Earth & Everything On It. 507-789-5421 • 800-801-4502 Their Own Judgments Of Said Property. All Bidders/BuyMatt Maring, Lic. #25-28 • 507-951-8354 Kevin Maring, Lic. #25-70 • 507-271-6280 ers Must Have Their Finances In Order Prior To Auction.

Adam Engen, Lic. #25-93 • 507-213-0647 ®

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West Fargo, ND 701.237.9173

Cultivator, 30.5’ 5 Bar Spike Harrow; Krause 7300 Series Disk, 27.5’ Rock Flex Gangs, 3 Bar Tine Harrow; Glenco 7300 Chisel Plow 9 Shanks, Front Disc Gangs; Case 10’ x 6” Grain Drill, Grass Seeder, Low Rubber

Mt. Pleasant, IA 319.385.2000

Ames, IA 515.432.6000

Sioux Falls, SD 712.477.2144

For consignor information & location, complete terms, full lot listing & photos visit SteffesGroup.com

23451 County Road 26, Badger, MN

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OPENS: Thu. June 28 / CLOSES: Fri. July 6

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3 FARMER EQUIPMENT AUCTION

5 N of Goldfield, IA on R26, 1W on 170th, ½ S on Calhoun to 1733

TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2018 • 10:00 AM

656 IH utility /2000 IH ldr• ‘07 Chev Ext cab pickup, 113k miles• ‘78 4640 JD OH’d• ‘75 4430 JD• ‘76 4230 JD• ‘57 450 IH w/Freeman Ldr• ‘90 JD 9500 combine 3219/4773 hrs.• 8-30 843 cornhead w/poly snouts• Mauer head trailer up to 30’ head• ‘96 25’ JD 925 platform• ‘78 JD 6600 hydro 4421 hrs.• 4-30 443 high tin cornhead• ‘80 1460 IH combine, 4895 hrs.• ‘87 IH 1020 Flexhd• ‘97 IH 1063 6-30 cornhead• 8-30 JD 7000 & 6-30 JD 7000 planters• (2) 8-30 & one 6-30 RM cultivators• 15’ & 20’ JD 400 hoes• 6-30 JD 27 stalk cutter new hood• 24 ½’ JD 960 & Willrich 24’ 2500 fld cult• 22’ JD 1100 3pt fld cult• 5 shank 915 toggle trip ripper• (2) JD 1065 w/350 Killbros• 400 Parker single door• 2-375 & 2-350 Killbros & gears• 400 Parker 2 door• 300 Parker• ‘79 Chev C70 Truck, hoist & 16’ steel box• 11’ IH & 11’ Glencoe 3 pt chisels• 213 JD platform w/Ennis pickup• 94 Ford F-250 4x4, 151 K• 4 & 5 Bottom IH 710 plows• NH 401 steel roll crimper.

Partial list. Check Website For complete ad and Pictures

www.ryersonauctionrealtyltd.com

PREVIEW: Monday, June 18 – Friday, July 6, 8 AM – 5 PM. LOADOUT: Friday, July 6 – Friday, July 13th, 8 AM – 5 PM.

TO INCLUDE: Track, 4WD, MFWD Tractors, GPS Equipment, Combines, Flex Draper & Flex Heads, Pickup & Other Heads, Swathers, Grain Cart & Gravity Boxes, Air Drills, Planter, Vertical Tillage & Land Roller, Field Cultivators, Tillage Equipment, Semi Tractors, Pickups, Trailers, Self-Propelled Sprayer & Fertilizer Applicator, Grain Handling Equipment, Excavator & Tiling Equipment, Scraper & Ditcher, Row Crop Equipment, Other Equipment, ATVs, Farm Support Items

SteffesGroup.com 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND Steffes Group, Inc.

Scott Steffes MN14-51

KASEY SOLBERG, 701.741.0417 / RICHARD SOLBERG, 218.686.7715

or Dave Krostue at Steffes Group, 218.779.6865 Complete terms, lot listings & photos at SteffesGroup.com Consignment Auction

Tuesday, July 17th - 9 a.m.

55780 St Hwy 19, Winthrop, MN 1/4 mi W of Hwy 19 & 15 intersection

Boat & Vehicles: ’06 Chevy Equinox LT, 263273 mi; ’85 Lund 16’ boat w/ Spartan trailer, 30 HP Johnson outboard motor, elect start, pwr tilt & trim, new gas tank; 8’ x 19’ flatbed trailer, dual axle w/ winch; BBW Ind Little Rocker fifth wheel receiver hitch, 15k lbs & fifth wheel hitch; exhaust pipes for Victory CrossCountry, Vegas & Cross-Roads motorcycles Farm Machinery & Equipment: IH 1086 w/ cab, 5810 hr s, hub duals, r ock box & weights; ’61 IH Cub LowBoy tractor; Century sprayer, 1,000 gal, 90’ boom, 100 gal rinse tank; JD 235 disk 22’ wide; JD 10’ tandem disk; JD 1209 haybine; JD 466 manure spreader; IH 810-10 belt pickup head; Farm Fans AB-8B corn dryer; Hardi EST 500 sprayer w/ 60’ boom; JD 694 corn planter; Arps 70 snow blower, 6’, 2-stage, 3pt, PTO; sickle mower, 7’, 3pt; blade, 7’ 3pt; Oliver 4154, 3 bt plow; 2 bt plow w/ coulters; Parker gravity box, 425 bu; 8’ x 19’ hay rack w/ JD 1275 tandem axle gear; Mayrath 10” x 62’ auger; assort elect. Augers; 12’ bin sweep; IH #10 drill w/ grass seeder; 12” & 16” aeration fans; 2 sets of 18.4-34 duals; 20.8R38 duals; SnowCo grain cleaner; Lawn, Garden, Shop & Tools: J D SX95 r iding mower , 38” deck; DR 60” pull-behind finish mower w/ 13 HP engine; Swisher 44” pull-behind finish mower w/ 8.5 HP B&S engine; Roc & Well drill press; 9” x 54” Southbend lathe w/ new ¾ hp motor; Ryobi 16” scroll saw; Snap-On elect pressure washer; 5-pipe jacks; Harnischfeger TLI180 compact arc welder; air compressor ½ HP, 13 gal; airtanks; parts washer; anvils; Skilsaw; 2-man saws; mill saw blades; tow strap, 50’; Guns, Outdoor & Sport Equip: Glenfield Model 60, .22 cal, semi; New England Spor tster , .17HMK, single shot, bull barrel w/ Scheel’s 3.5 x 10 scope; Mossberg 695, 12 ga, bolt, slug gun; Springfield Model 67, 12 ga, pump; Daisy Red Ryder bb gun; Daisy model 111-B bb gun; Remington chokes, 20 ga; 7mm shell casings; duck, goose & turkey decoys; 8-gun wooden cabinet; Farm Antiques, Collectibles, Com. Kitchen Equip, Tools, Household, Toys & More!

View terms, complete list & photos at: magesland.com

Area Neighbors

Auctioneer: Matt Mages, 507-276-7002 Lic: 08-17-003

Clerk: Mages Land Co. & Auction Ser vice, LLC. Terms: 10% Buyer s Pr emium Fir e ar ms buyer s must have valid dr iver s license. Pistol buyers must have valid “permit to purchase”. Not Responsible for Accidents.

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AUCTIONEERS: Eugene Ryerson Office: 515-448-3079 Gene’s Cell: 515-689-3714 Eagle Grove, IA

USED PARTS LARSON SALVAGE Good selection of tractor parts - New & Used All kinds of hay equipment, haybines, balers, choppers parted out.

New combine belts for all makes.

Swather canvases, round baler belting, used & new tires.

6 miles East of

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AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Major equipment begins selling at 10:30 AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com.

2001 JD 9750 STS

1998 NH 9682

1999 Volvo 64T

AUCTION INCLUDES: Tractors, GPS Equipment, Harvest Equipment, Grain Cart, Air Seeder, Tillage Equipment, Semi Tractor & Trucks, Trailers, Pickup w/Sprayer, Grain Handling Equipment, Other Equipment, Recreation, Tanks, Shop Equipment, Parts & Farm Support Items

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Steffes Group, Inc. | 2000 Main Ave E, West Fargo, ND | 701.237.9173 Brad Olstad ND319

ROBERT “BOB” & VIRGINIA “GINNY” BUCK 701.640.2571

or Brad Olstad at Steffes Group, 701.237.9173 or 701.238.0240 TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer.

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Steffes Auction Calendar 2018

For more info call 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: SteffesGroup.com Opens June 26 & Closes July 10 Lake Willie RE Auction, Litchfield, MN 57+/- Acres, Timed Online Auction Opens June 28 & Closes July 6 Rick Solberg & Kasey Solberg Farm Auction, Badger, MN, Timed Online Auction Opens July 4 & Closes July 11 July Online Auction, Upper Midwest Locations, Timed Online Auction Opens July 6 & Closes July 13 Don Tisdale Collector Tractor & Parts Auction, St. Thomas, ND, Timed Online Auction Opens July 9 & Closes July 19 Anderson Family Antique Tractor Auction, Bertha, MN, Timed Online Auction Opens July 9 & Closes July 26 Hunting/Recreational Land with Building Entitlement Auction, 58.88+/- Acres, South Haven, MN Opens July 12 & Closes July 19 Curtis Jahnke Moving Auction, Durbin, ND, Timed Online Auction Friday, July 13 at 1PM George Besser Estate Auction, St. Cloud, MN Tuesday, July 17 at 10AM Robert “Bob” & Virginia “Ginny” Buck Farm Retirement Auction, Wahpeton, ND Wednesday, July 18 at 10AM Steve Breuer Farm Retirement, Mooreton, ND Friday, July 20 at 10AM Meeker County, MN Land Auction, 175+/- acres in 3 tracts, South Haven, MN Wednesday, August 1 at 9AM Aglron West Fargo Event, Red River Valley Fairgrounds, Tuesday, August 7 at 10AM Aglron Sioux Falls Event, Larchwood, IA Deadline to consign is July 9!

Thursday, August 16 at 9AM Wick Construction Retirement Auction, Valley City, ND Friday, August 24 at 10AM Lennie J Anderson Estate Farm Equipment & Land Auction, 120+/- Acres in 3 tracts & farm equipment Cokato, MN Tuesday, August 28 at 10AM Doug Fenner Living Trust Farm Retirement, Iroquois, SD Wednesday, August 29 at 10AM Calvin J & Jacky Gardner Farm Retirement, Webster, SD Thursday, August 30 at 10AM Mike & Tina Noteboom Farm Auction, Philip, SD

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FOR SALE: Case 1470, 5,742 hrs, always shedded, tin work excellent, as clean as you will find, must see to appreciate, $11,700. 507-317-1482

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AUCTION

1 mile north of Comfrey, MN -Sat, July 14, 2018 @ 9:00 a.m.

Tractors: 1991 JD 2955 MFWD, 4350 hrs, new clutch, rear engine seal, PTO clutches, transmission seals, partial power shift, H-Farmall, Fair Rubber, Runs Good, 350- IH Loader, Hyd Bucket, Stan Hoist, Very Clean, Allis Chalmers C Tractor (Doesn't Run, Motor Free)Titled Vehicles: 1979 Chev C70 Twinscrew 20' Crysteel Box & Hoist, Roll Tarp, Gas Engine, 1992 GMC Volvo Single Axle Semi Tractor, Cummings Engine, 9 Sp Trans, 1995 Featherlite 27' Gooseneck Trailer, Tandem Axle, Beaver Tail w/ Ramp, 21' Gooseneck Trailer, Triple Axle, Aluminum Rims, Beaver Tail, Pull Out Ramps, Side Boards, 2001 Mauer Steel Grain Hopper 40', Spring Ride, Ag Hoppers, 1978 40' Flatbed Semi Trailer w/ 2 1600 Gal Water Tanks, Induction Tank Pump, 1979 Ford 800 Grain Train Truck, Twin Screw Gas Engine, 5 x 4, 20' Box & Hoist, 1973 Chev C65 Cab & Chassis, 427 Gas Engine - 5 x 4 Trans, Tandem Axle, 1980 Ford L-800 Single Axle Grain Truck w/ 16' box & Hoist, 5 & 2 Trans, 370-4V, 10.00-20 Tires, 1960 Ford F-600 Tandem Truck w/ Tag Axle, 18' Box, Hoist, 292 V8, 5 Sp Trans, 2 Sp Axle Camper: 78 Chev Holiday Camper 68,000 Miles, Very Good Shape, AC Grain Cart: 7000 Unverfeth Grain Cart Hay Equip / Mowers: Diamond Hyd, Ditch Mower, 2-72" Decks, Hyd Driven, 1 Side Mount, 1 Rear Mount, Came off JD 6400 Tractor, Decks new in 2017, 435 JD Round Baler 540 PTO Monitor - Corn Stalk Chopper, J.D. 336 Square Baler, Bale Rack & Gear, 8' x 16', Allis Hay Cond - 6', Hay Rack, Vandale Feed Wagon, 16' Bale Elevator, Tillage: 700 5' x 16" Plow IH, 5'-18" AC 3 Pt Plow, JD 680 34' Chisel Plow, Gale 800 Chopper w/ Hay Head Sprayers, 300 Gal Sprayer, 200 Gal Sprayer, Ag-Chem 500 Gal. Hyd Fold 60', Electric, 1992 Haggie 280 Sprayer, 2800 hrs, New Engine, 60' Boom, Raven Monitor, Outback, Model 5, Rite Bar, Twin 400 Gal Poly Tanks 2 & 4 WD, Machinery: 10' JD Van Brunt Grain Drill - Rubber, 790 NH - Chopper Electric Controls, 2 Row Corn Head 1000 RPM, 7' Hay Head, 2 - Badgor Silage Wagons - 1586, IH Tractor, Patz Bale Chopper, 2 - Flare Boxes, Good Rubber, Rock Box, BushHog 6 Row Nallon Stalk Chopper, 4 Row Wide Rotary Hoe, Gehl Grinder Mixer No. 120 - 21" Hi Cap, New Idea 324-2 Row Wide Corn Picker, 8 Row JD Cultivator, 35 Minnesota Manure Spreader, Gravity Box, 496 International Disk - 32 ft. w/ Drag, 20' JD 400 Rotary Hoe, Balzer 20' Stalk Chopper, 250 bu Seed Gravity Wagon w/ Brush Auger w/ Self contained Power Unit, Lorenz 3 pt Snowblower, 2 Stage Double Auger, 20' Balzer Corn Stalk Chopper, 1994 IH 1020 30' Bean Head w/ Transport, Loftness Snowblower, JD 400 20' Rotary Hoe, NH 27 Silage Blower, JD 2500 4 BTM Plow - Auto ResetMel-Cam Rock Picker, 1083 Case IH Cornhead, 8 Row - 30” JD 4400 Diesel Combine 3 Belt Dummy Head Pick Up, 10’ Brady Chissel Plow Pull Type, 218 Bean Head Yellow for JD Wagons: Gravity Box, Dallon 260 Bushel, Livestock: Assorted Gates - 4' x 18', Cattle Panels, Hog Panels, 2 Bottomless Bunks 20', 1 Wood Bunk 20', Portable Scale, Hog / Calves, T-Posts, Misc Gates, Tube Type Cattle Gates Grain Bin: 27' Grain Bin, 8500 bu, New Door & Floor, 8" Vertical Unload Augers: 6 x 50' Auger w/ 7 1/2 Electric Motor, 6 x 50 Auger w/ Mount for Mower, 6 x 8 2 Wheel Trailer (Homemade), 52' Stainhoist Elevator, Westfield Auger W80-51 PTO, Westfield Auger W80-51 Electric, Westfield Auger MK-61 PTO Loader: Westendorf Model WL40 Loader w/ MDS Quick Tach Bucket Attachment JD 20 to 40 Series Mounts Westendorf Grapple Fork Misc: 32-Yetter Sharp Tooth row Cleaner wheels off 1255 16R CIH Planter, 32 - Gauge Wheels, Barn Cupola, 4 Wheeler - Snow Blade, Rock Wagon Hoist, Steel Deck, Two Point Post Hole Digger, 10 - THD - Demco Gravity Wagon Flotation Tire, 1178-BTT Gravity Wagon Flotation Tires, Bolt Bin, Fully Stocked, 2 Bin Sweep, 24' & 30', John Deere Rock Box - New Head Mower, PTO Generator, 48" Port Barn Fan, 500 Gallon Fuel Barrel - 12 v, Adaptor Plate - 5830 Chopper, Schedule 80 Plastic Pipe, Gas Air Compressor, 1958 JD #30 Combine w/ JD 4 Cyl Power Unit, 7' Cutter Bar w/ Pickup Head, Straw Chopper & Scour Cleaner, Stored Inside

WWW.KERKHOFFAUCTION.COM 1500 E. Bridge St Redwood Falls MN Auctioneers: Doug Kerkhoff, Zac Kerkhoff, Terry Marguth, Blair Anderson

To Consign Call: Rob VeerKamp - (507)822-4246 Tom Veerkamp (507)227-2352 Doug Kerkhoff (507)829-6859 Zac Kerkhoff (507)829-3924

ONLY A PARTIAL LISTING. PLAN TO BUY IN TWO RINGS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO & PICTURES

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Tractors

FOR SALE: Used Oliver & White tractor parts, including wide front for 77-880, $375; engine block for 1955D, $500; 3spd over & under for 105 White, $700. Also lots of other parts for Olivers & Whites. (218)564-4273 ,742 tinFOR SALE: 966 Int’l, 2,462 as original hrs, mint condition, ap- tin work excellent, always 482 shedded, duals, 3pt quick tatch, rock box, M&W pistons. As clean as you will find, $11,500. 507-317-1482

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AHRENS BIN SALES

70010 320TH ST • MORTON MN 56270 • 507 697 6133 (WEBSITE) WWW.USEDBINSALES.COM

GARY IS RETIRING!

Auction will be held Friday, August 3, 2018 at 10am at above address Auction held by Henslin Auctions, Bird Island, MN www.henslinauctions.com Lots of inventory discounted if bought before auction Bins still available 4000 bu – 33,000 bu.

Bins purchased by 7-10-18 have guaranteed completion date Sept. 15, 2018 if labor up is needed

FOR SALE: 1964 IH 706, narrow front end, dual PTO, runs good, new paint, new torque & clutch, $7,000 O/BO. (507)642-8391

4WD TRACTORS

FOR SALE: JD 4840 tractor, 18.4x42 tires w/ duals, front weights & quick hitch, good condition, $16,500/OBO. 507567-2442 or 507-456-8139

ROW CROP TRACTORS CONT.

‘14 JD 9560R, 1045 hrs, 800x38 duals, 5 hyd valves, wheel ‘13 NH T8360, 1150 hrs, luxury cab, 4 hyd, 1000 PTO, 3pt, wgts .......................................................................... $212,000 480x50 duals, auto steer complete ......................... $110,000 ‘13 C-IH 290, 1250 hrs, 1000 PTO, 3pt, 4 hyd valves, big ‘14 JD 9360R, 2550 hrs, 5 hyd valves, 480x50 tires & duals, ext warranty to 3/27/2020 or 4,000 hrs ................... $140,000 pump, front duals, rear 480x50 tires & duals .......... $113,000

FOR SALE: 1953 Super C overhauled Woods Bros. 72” mower deck. (320)864-6206

‘13 C-IH 260, 577 hrs , 540/1000 PTO, 3pt, 4 hyd hi -flow, ‘13 JD 9360R, 1799 hrs, 1000 PTO, 4 hyd valves, 620x42” tires & duals ............................................................. $159,000 front wgts, 420x46” tires & duals............................. $110,000

Mpls. Moline UTS-LP tractor, compl., good rubber, $1,250.

Also, IH 460, NF, Good Tires & Tin, $2,850. 712-288-6442

‘02 JD 9320, 5341 hrs, power shift, 1000 PTO, 4 hyd valves, 8 ‘12 C-IH 260, 1784 hrs, 1000 PTO, 3pt hitch, suspended front new 18.4x46” tires, auto steer ................................... $89,000 axle, 4 hyd valves, hi-flow, front duals, front wgts, 480x50” rear tires & duals ...................................................... $105,000 ‘13 NH T9.390, 2557 hrs, 1000 PTO, power shift, diff lock, 480x50 duals ............................................................ $120,000 ‘04 C-IH MX 285, 8540 hrs, 3 pt, 18.4x46 tires & duals, 1000 ‘11 NH T9.390, 905 hrs, power shift, HID lights, big pump, PTO, 4 hyd valves, front wts, eng overhauled-0 hrs . $59,000 480x50 tires & duals ................................................ $123,000

NEW AND USED TRACTOR PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 55, 50 Series & newer tractors, AC-all models, Large Inventory, We ship! Mark Heitman Tractor Salvage 715-673-4829

‘94 C-IH 9270, 8533 hrs, power shift, 4 hyd valves, 650x42” tires & duals ............................................................... $34,000

COMBINES

‘14 JD 680, 2WD, 1169 eng/821 sep hrs, contur master, ‘92 C-IH 9270, 9969 hrs, 12spd gear drive, 4 hyd valves, 520x42” tires & duals ................................................. $25,000 chopper, power bin ext, 520x42” duals ................... $169,000 ‘13 Versatile 2375, 1482 hrs, 1000 PTO, 12spd gear drive, ‘13 JD 660 4X4, 1598/1066 sep hrs, 2630 display, 710x42” tires & duals, Outback auto steer ............. $115,000 ContourMaster, chopper, 520x42” duals ................ $145,000

Tillage Equip

TRACK TRACTORS

FOR SALE: Case IH 4800 field cultivator, 26’, adjustable 3-bar harrow, low acres, paint above average, excellent cond, $6950. (507)8472710

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GREENWALD FARM CENTER Greenwald, MN • 320-987-3177 14 miles So. of Sauk Centre

‘13 JD 660, 1180/892 sep hrs, 2WD, ContourMaster, chopper, HID lights, 520x38 duals ......................................... $145,000

‘14 C-IH 340 Mag Row trac, 287 hrs, luxury cab, suspended ‘97 JD 9760 4x4, sep hrs, ContourMaster, chopper, bullet front, 18” tracks, 6 hyds, 1000 PTO, 76” track rotor, 3901 eng hrs/2618 sep hrs, 520x42” tires & spacing ..................................................................... $185,000 duals .......................................................................... $65,000 ‘15 C-IH 340 Mag Row trac, CV tranny, 1108 hrs , 30” tracks ‘94 HD 9760, 2WD, 3460/2268 sep hrs, ContourMaster, w/ 200 hrs , 4 hyd valves, hi-flow, 120” track chopper, bin ext, 480x42” tires & duals ................... $58,000 spacing ..................................................................... $179,000 ‘01 JD 9650STS, 4325/3014 sep hrs, ContourMaster, chopper, ‘04 Cat Challenger MT 755, 4844 hrs, 16” tracks, 4 hyd, 3 pt, 1000 PTO, JD ATU steering wheel ............................ $65,000 520x38” tires & duals ................................................ $44,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS

‘14 5130, 928/660 sep hrs, rock track, Tracker, chopper, 900, 5x32 single tires ...................................................... $142,000

‘11 C-IH 5088, 1743/1541 sep hrs, rock trap, chopper, ‘12 JD 8235, 2WD, 1235 hrs, cab, air, power shift, 3pt, 1000 PTO, 4 hyd valves, 18.4x46 duals .......................... $110,000 30.5x32 tires ............................................................... $93,000 ‘03 JD 8120, cab, air, 3832 hrs, 3 hyd valves, 540/1000 PTO, ‘15 Claas Lexion 750TT, 853 eng/492 sep hrs, 4x4, 35” tracks new front tires, 18.4x46 rear tires & duals................. $78,000 auto pilot, chopper, chaff spreader ......................... $225,000 ‘11 Versatile 305, MFWD, 690 hrs, 4 hyds, 3pt, 1000 PTO, ‘11 Claas Lexion 740, 1466 eng/1899 sep hrs, 4x4, chopper, HID lights, front wgts, 480x46 tires & duals .............. $98,000 520x42” duals ......................................................... $105,000

LARSON IMPLEMENTS 5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95 763-689-1179

Look at our Web site for pictures & more listings www.larsonimplements.com

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Hay & Forage Equipment

Harvesting Equip

FOR SALE: JD 2210 field cul- FOR SALE: Hesston 4590 tivator, 29.5’, 3 bar harrow, small square baler, very always shedded.

2013, always shedded, very good, little use, as clean as new, (320)288-8028 $29,800. 507-317-1482 FOR SALE: Lundell wagon, 6 ply tires, 2x10 hayrack floor,. www.thelandonline.com 507-334-9333

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

‘16 JD 825I Gator, power steering, aluminum wheels, canopy, 200 hrs ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $10,900 ‘12 JD 8285R, IVT, ILS, 620/70R42 single tires, 12,500 hrs ����������� $59,000 ‘13 Unverferth 1015 grain cart, 900/60R32 tires, roll tarp ���������� $29,500 ‘15 Case SV280 skid steer, no cab, 2 speed, hand controls, 1,842 hrs, new 78” bucket ������������������������������������������������������������������������� $21,500 ‘10 JD 9770 combine, 800/70R38 single tires, tank ext� 2WD, contourmaster, chopper, tank ext�, 1650 sep� hrs ��������������������������� $87,500 ‘01 JD 8110 MFWD, 380/90R50 duals, 540/1000 PTO, 42�5 GPM hyd� pump, 4 remotes, auto-trac ready, 10,300 hrs, just through service program�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $45,000 ‘13 JD 6150R MFWD, 20 speed auto quad plus transmission, 520/85R42 single tires, TLS front axle, loader ready, 3280 hrs ������������������������� $72,500 ‘67 JD 5020 row crop tractor, 18�4X38 duals ������������������������������� $7,500 ‘14 Case SV250 skid steer, cab with air, 2 speed, high flow, 320 hrs ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $31,000 ‘03 JD 9650STS combine, contourmaster, 18�4R42 duals, tank ext�, chopper, 3,100 sep� hrs, nice combine ������������������������������������������� $42,500 ‘16 Case SV280 skid steer, cab with air, 2 speed, 520 hrs ��������� $31,500 '13 CIH Magnum 290, 520/85R46 rear duals, front duals, HID lights, high capacity hyd� pump, 6 remotes, 3690 hrs, just through CIH service program�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $86,000 ‘14 CIH Magnum 280, 620/70R42 rear duals, 19 speed powershift, HID lights, 5271 hrs, new rear inside and front tires, engine rebuild and tractor inspection just completed by CIH dealer ���������������������������������������� $79,500

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Case IH 1083 8-30 cornhead, w/hyd deck plates, tall corn, some poly & tracker drive, comes w/wgt brackets for combine, nice head in good shape, shedded & on trailer, NO RUST, $3,750 or $5,000 w/ trailer. (507)276-5733 ‘04 Pickett One-step 6-30, 6R w/ tractor dividers, semiend delivery, 8-bar pickup, cushion shank, shedded, nice condition, $12,500. JD pick-up head w/ Westwood 388 pickup, $3,500. ‘79 JD 6620 combine, 5000 hrs, new engine, concave & raspbars, good belts, shedded & nice shape, $6,500. 763-218-2797

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Big, thick, Polled Hereford bulls. Semen tested. AI sired.

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Also, Hereford & Shorthorn cow/calf pairs. 715-597-2036

FOR SALE: Registered Angus FOR SALE: (2) 48’ floors, bulls, 2-yr olds & yearlings, split, complete, like new, fertility tested, guaranteed.

1/2 price of new; (2) Grain Miller Angus, Kasson, MN Handler 10” U-trough power (507)634-4535 sweeps for 48’ bins; Heavy wide corrugated sheets, FOR SALE: Red Angus yeargood condition. 507-697-6133 ling bulls, $1,400. Oehler Red Angus (507)931-5758 usedbinsales.com

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Cattle

Trucks & Trailers

armShorthorn yearling bulls. Regfield istered, quality A-I sired, ers, polled. Call Keystone Shortscs, horns. 715-202-0594 507Read The Land’s e-edition online at www.thelandonline.com

Swine

FOR SALE: 2000 Chevy 3500 Winpower Sales & Service dually, 4x4, AT, 454 engine, Reliable Power Solutions crew cab, flat bed, no rust, Since 1925 PTO & automatic 130K miles, runs perfect, Emergency Electric Gener$6,900. (320)583-0881 ators. New & Used Rich Opsata-Distributor 800-343-9376

Miscellaneous

GENERATORS Used, low hour take-outs. 20 kW - 2000 FOR SALE: Ash lumber, kW. Diesel, propane, & nat- milled & dried, 100 boards/ ural gas. CAT, Cummins/ pallet; clean barn wood, varOnan, Kohler, Detroit Diesel, ious lengths; black walnut & more. www.abrahamin- boards. (641)420-1029 dustrial.com. (701) 371-9526 PARMA DRAINAGE PUMPS New pumps & parts on hand.

Call Minnesota’s largest distributor HJ Olson & Company 320-974-8990 Cell - 320-212-5336 Trucks &

Compart’s total program features superior boars & open gilts documented by BLUP gus technology. Duroc, York, & Landrace & F1 lines. Terilts. minal boars offer leanness, muscle, growth. Maternal gilts & boars are productive, lean, durable. All are stress free & PRRS free. Semen Trailers also available through Elite ord Genes A.I. Make ‘em Grow! 2011 Stoughton grain trailer, AI Comparts Boar Store, INC. air ride, roller gates, farmer ble. Toll Free: 877-441-2627 owned, used very little, alorn FOR SALE: Berkshire boars ways shedded, $22,000 O/BO. 36 & Berkshire cross boars. (651)463-4521 or (651)387gus (320)583-3490 2085 ngs, ed.

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Miscellaneous

USED TRACTORS

NEW Versatile 500 w/ PS ........................................ Call ‘03 Versatile 2310, PS ..................................... $85,000 ‘06 Buhler 2210 w/ auto steer......................... $88,500 ‘12 Buhler 280...............................................$109,000 NEW Massey GC1715 w/loader ............................. Call NEW Massey 7722 FWA CVT ................................. Call NEW MF 1754 CAB, LDR...................................... CALL NEW MF 1736L, LDR ............................................ CALL ‘05 CIH MX210 ................................................ $89,500 NEW NH T4.75, T4.90, T4.120 w/loader.. ...... On Hand NEW NH T9.645, w/Smart Trac .............................. Call NEW NH Workmaster 60, 50, 35’s/loaders ... On Hand NH T8.275, 495 hrs ....................................... $155,000 ‘08 NH 8010 .................................................. $110,000 ‘96 White 6175 FWA....................................... $49,500

TILLAGE

Sunflower 4610, 9-shank ................................ $45,000 10’ Sunflower 4412-07 .................................... $31,000 DMI 530B ................................................................ Call DMI/NH 48’ FC w/bskt .................................... $32,500 ‘95 JD 726, 30’ ................................................ $21,500 10’ Wilrich QX2 37’ w/basket.......................... $38,500

PLANTERS

NEW White Planters ............................................... Call White 8182 12-30 w/liq .................................... Coming ‘12 White 8186, 16-30 w/liq. fert. .................... $59,000 ‘11 White 8516 CFS, Loaded .......................... $85,000 White 8186 16-30 w/liq .................................... Coming

CONSTRUCTION

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REINKE IRRIGATION Sales & Service New & Used For your irrigation needs 888-830-7757 or 507-276-2073

EQUIPMENT

New NH W80C wheelloader .......................... On Hand New NH E37C mini excavator ....................... On Hand New NH E26C mini excavator ....................... On Hand New NH track & wheeled skidsteers............. On Hand NH 230 w/cab & heat ...................................... $37,900

COMBINES

NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ........................... Call ‘14 CIH 7230 .................................................. $190,000 Gleaner R65 ................................................... $105,000 ‘12 Gleaner S77............................................ $205,000 ‘10 Gleaner R76, Loaded .............................. $195,000 Gleaner 3308 chopping corn heads ...................... Call ‘12 Gleaner S67, 532 sep hrs ....................... $235,000 ‘98 Gleaner R62 .............................................. $79,500

MISCELLANEOUS

NEW Salford RTS Units .......................................... Call NEW Salford Plows................................................. Call NEW Unverferth Seed Tenders .............................. Call NEW Westfield Augers ........................................... Call NEW REM VRX vacs. .............................................. Call NEW Hardi Sprayers............................................... Call NEW Riteway Rollers .............................................. Call NEW Lorenz Snowblowers ..................................... Call NEW Batco Conveyors ........................................... Call NEW Brent Wagons & Grain Carts ......................... Call NEW E-Z Trail Seed Wagons .................................. Call NEW Rock Buckets & Pallet Forks ......................... Call REM 2700, Rental ................................................... Call Pre-Owned Grain Cart ................................... On Hand

HAY TOOLS

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All Equipment available with Low Rate Financing

SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENT Hwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MN

Phone (507) 234-5191 or (507) 625-8649 Mon. - Fri. 7:30-5:00 • Sat. 7:30-Noon www.smithsmillimp.com

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ADVERTISER LISTING Ahrens Bin Sales .................................................................. 37 C & C Roof ing .................................................................... 12 Courtland Waste Handling .................................................... 17 Curt's Truck & Diesel ............................................................. 3 Dahl Farm Supply ................................................................ 25 Dan Pike Clerking ................................................................ 32 Diers Ag & Trailer Sales ...................................................... 15 Doda USA ............................................................................. 8 Greenwald Farm Center ........................................................ 37 Hanson Silo Company .......................................................... 27 K-Bid Online Auctions ........................................................... 7 Keith Bode ........................................................................... 38 Kerkhoff Auction ........................................................... 35, 36 Larson Implement .......................................................... 34, 37 Mages Auction ..................................................................... 34 Matt Maring Auction ...................................................... 32, 33 Minnwest Bank ...................................................................... 9 Murray Cty Draft Horse Show ................................................ 5 Pride Solutions .................................................................... 37 Pruess Elevator .................................................................... 38 Ryerson Auction................................................................... 34 Schweiss Doors .................................................................... 37 Smiths Mill Implement ......................................................... 39 Southwest MN K-Fence ........................................................ 26 Spanier Welding ................................................................... 13 Steffes Group ............................................................ 33, 34, 35 Walker Custom Siding .......................................................... 14 Wingert Realty ..................................................................... 32

County Fairs

Benton County Fair .............................................................. 22 Blue Earth County Fair ......................................................... 18 Brown County Fair ............................................................... 23 Nicollet County Fair ............................................................. 18 Rice County Fair .................................................................. 23 Steele County Free Fair ........................................................ 20 Waseca County Fair .............................................................. 21 Watonwan County Fair ......................................................... 19

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondent Tim King. Photos by Jan King.

See you at the zoo

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n a hot summer afternoon at Little Falls’ Pine Grove Zoo, there may be a tussle in the tiger enclosure over swimming pool rights. On this particular afternoon, the white Siberian tiger (who looks very large until she’s wrestling with the humongous tawny tiger) evicts the larger tiger from the refreshing water. Meanwhile, the bears and wolves are sleeping; the bison are chewing their cud; and the news hasn’t yet — and may never — reached the African Sulcata Tortoise.

But there is action in Prairie Dog town where the extended family of Black Tailed Prairie Dogs are alternately digging, scampering and napping. Nearby, however, the mountain lion and the bobcat (either which might enjoy a prairie dog snack at another time) are chilling under the shade.

“The zoo has moods,” says a zoo volunteer who, with her daughter, is in her third season of volunteering. “This morning, when it was cooler and during feeding time, the animals were very active.”

The 100 year-old zoo, which is part of the larger Pine Grove Park, is owned by the city of Little Falls and operated by the non-profit Friends of the Pine Grove Zoo. In recent decades, the zoo has been modernized with attractive landscaping; paved and fully handicapped accessible walking trails; lots of shaded benches; modern bathrooms; educational programs; a gift shop; and the Cougar Cafe.

Little Falls, Minn.

In the center of it all is a state-ofthe-art black bear exhibit featuring one very black bear and one cinnamon-colored bear. The bear enclosure, which has big glass walls for high-quality viewing, features pools, bridges and things to climb and play on. On this afternoon, the bears are having nothing to do with any of it.

They, like their neighbors, are sleeping the afternoon away. The very big very black bear is cat-napping against the observation window. He turns slightly, opens one eye, and gives a bear grin. He has jumbosized canine teeth.

Throughout the sleepy afternoon, looking at elk and zebras and emus and tarantulas, the cry of Blue and The General can be heard. They are the zoo’s wandering peafowl.

We didn’t see the kangaroos, but two of the joeys (which is what a young kangaroo is called) are zoo educators.

Throughout the summer two red kangaroo joeys, accompanied by a zookeeper, conduct a “Roo Walk-About” so guests can learn about the zoo’s Kangaroo Mob. It’s a popular event, so you must make a reservation. Call (320) 616-5595 or visit www.pinegrovezoo.com. v

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