Trader's Dispatch March 2021 by The Trader's Dispatch

MARCH 2021

Vol. XXII No. 2 P.O. Box 997 Conrad, MT 59425-0997

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Reclamation webinar series

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NDSU Extension and Ag Research News Energy development is one of the leading industries in North Dakota. “Successful reclamations of lands used for energy development is critical as these lands are often key to the state’s leading industry, agriculture,” says Miranda Meehan, NDSU Extension livestock environmental stewardship specialist. “The advancement of reclamation methods and strategies must continue for the sake of landowners, oil and gas industries, and the state.” To aid that effort, NDSU Extension, Dickinson State University, the Society for Range Management, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality and BKS Environmental are hosting the North Dakota Reclamation Webinar Series. The webinars will be held each Wednesday in March at 11 a.m. These webinars will bring together those involved in energy reclamation to learn about new methods and technoloCONTINUED ON PAGE A2

PRODUCTION SALES

Mar 13, Duncan Ranch Co, Joplin MT................................................................ A5 Mar 15, Whistling Winds Angus, Inc, Hingham MT........................................... A7 Mar 18, Malek Angus Ranch, Highwood MT...................................................... A9 Mar 18, Kicking Horse Ranch, Great Falls MT................................................. A11 Mar 20, Central Montana Gelbvieh & Angus Genetics, Lewistown MT........... A6 Mar 20, Sidwell Ranch & Frank Herefords, Columbus MT............................. A10 Mar 24, Master Angus, Chinook MT................................................................. A17 Mar 24, Westphal Registered Red Angus, Grass Range MT.......................... A19 Mar 27, Valley View Charolais, Polson MT........................................................ A21 Mar 29, Harrer’s Lost Lake Ranch, Great Falls MT......................................... A23 Mar 31, Open Gate Ranch, Simms MT............................................................. A37 Apr 1, Bowles J5 Reds, Glasgow MT............................................................... A27 Apr 1, Arntzen Angus Ranch, Hilger MT.......................................................... A25 Apr 5, Gollaher Ranch, Cascade MT................................................................ A18 Apr 7, Nissen Angus, Chinook MT................................................................... A29 Apr 9, Regency Acres, Sidney MT.................................................................... A31 Apr 10, Like It Like That Red Angus, Chinook MT.......................................... A34 Apr 14, Pass Creek Angus, Wyola MT.............................................................. A35 Apr 21, Milk River Angus, Chinook MT............................................................ A24 May 6, Koenig Ranch Reds, Glasgow MT........................................................ A43

MT Pulse Crop Committee

The Montana Pulse Crop Committee will meet virtually through Zoom on March 10, 2021 beginning at 9:00 a.m. The committee is currently seeking proposals to fund market development projects and educational projects designed to promote and enhance Montana’s pulse industry. All funding awards will be determined by the Montana Pulse Crop Committee and proposals were due March 1, 2021 by 5:00 pm MST. Proposals must be submitted through the Webgrants system (https://funding.mt.gov/index.do). A complete list of guidelines, eligibility requirements and application proCONTINUED ON PAGE A2

UPCOMING AUCTIONS

Mar 1 - 17, Steffes Group, Farm Retirement, Online........................................A14 Mar 8 - 25, Musser Bros Auctions & Real Estate, Equipment, Online..............A3 Mar 8 - 31, Big Iron Auctions, Three B Farms, Online......................................A33 Mar 18 - 30, Kinsey Auctioneers & Real Estate, American Harvest, Online....A4 Apr 13 - 22, Shobe Auction & Realty, Hamilton Farms, Online.......................A39 Apr 17, Kevin Hill Auction Service, Estate Auction, Superior MT..................A22 Apr 24, Gardner’s Auction Service, Corkran Estate, Potomac MT.................A26 May 2, Smith Sales Co., Spring Fever, Miles City MT......................................A20 May 8, Kevin Hill Auction Service, Farm Auction, Trout Creek MT.................A28

Along Highway 2 in northern Montana near Columbia Falls there is a spring that flows year ‘round. In the winter when the water freezes the minerals from the mountain side make a colorful display of ice.

2021 Crop Insurance coverage for those affected by the irrigation canal tunnel collapse

By Jessica Groskopf, Regional Agricultural Economist, Nebraska Extension have been made, challenges remain for irOn July 17, 2019, Tunnel No. 2 colrigators relying on this system. lapsed on the Goshen / Gering-Ft Laramie The metal “ribs” installed to support the irrigation canal, leaving 107,000 acres of tunnels along the canal have reduced the farmland without water for much of the water delivery capacity of the system to 75 2019 growing season. Although repairs to percent. This reduction in water capacity the collapsed tunnel and two other tunnels raises many questions for farmers and landowners regarding crop insurance coverage for the upcoming 2021 crop year. Crop insurance is a federal program adAnchor Polled Herefords, Vaughn MT.........................A15 Brownell Polled Herefords, Conrad MT......................A26 ministered by the USDA Risk Management Clay Creek Angus, Greybull, WY.................................A12 Agency. All crop insurance policies, regardCrane Show Pigs, Pritchett CO...................................A28 less of the crop insurance agent, are subject Curlew Cattle Co., Whitehall MT..................................A15 Dallas Polled Herefords, Canyon Creek MT...............A32 to the same provisions. Crop Insurance Ehlke Herefords, Townsend MT...................................A15 provides protection against “unavoidable, Feddes Herefords, Manhattan MT...............................A15 naturally occurring events”. Geib Red Angus, Dagmar MT......................................A30 J Bar E Ranch, Plentywood MT...................................A10 Farmers along the Goshen / Gering-Ft K.L. Slagsvold Herefords, Lindsay MT........................A15 Laramie canal were covered for production McMurry Cattle, Billings MT........................................A15 losses in 2019. In some cases, farmers could Rimrock Cattle Co, Kevin MT.......................................A48 also have filed a claim against the prevented Sleeping Willow Ranch, Stevensville MT....................A26 Thomas Herefords, Gold Creek MT.............................A15 planting portion of their policy for the 2020 Turner Angus, Shelby MT.............................................B13 growing season. For producers who had a Wichman Herefords, Moore MT...................................A10

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Reclamation webinar series CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

gies to improve reclamation success. The dates for the webinars and the topics that will be covered are: • March 10 - pipeline reclamation • March 17 - innovative approaches to reclamation • March 24 - using technology to enhance reclamation • March 31 - reclamation to achieve the most bang for your buck To view a complete schedule and register for the webinar series, visit https://www.ndreclamation.com. Participants may ask questions during the live webinars. The webinars will be recorded and the recording will be archived at https://www.ndreclamation.com for later viewing.

MT Pulse Crop Committee CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

cedures are available on the Montana Department of Agriculture’s website (https://agr.mt.gov/PulseProgram). To receive information to join the committee’s Zoom meeting on March 10th, please contact Dani Jones at Danielle.Jones@mt.gov. The Montana Pulse Crop Committee’s mission is to invest in and deliver support for marketing, research, education, and policy development programming that improves return on investment for the pulse producers of Montana.

Coverage for irrigation canal tunnel collapse CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

policy in both 2019 and 2020, the insurance period for a 2020 prevented-planting loss started on March 15, 2019 (prior year sales closing date). However, the insurance period for a 2021 prevented planting loss only extends back to March 15, 2020, so the reduced flow of water from the tunnel repairs is no longer an insurable cause because the event that caused the collapse of the tunnel occurred outside the insurance period. Prevent planting cannot be claimed for the 2021 season because of reduced flow from the tunnel repairs. Concerns regarding irrigation water availability due to snowpack are still relevant. However, this is a separate issue from the carrying capacity of the Goshen/Gering-Ft. Laramie canal. This information is designed to support and help clarify existing crop insurance policy provisions and procedures. For more detailed information and options you may have, please consult a crop insurance agent. ##### Why did the farmer wrap the cow around his body? It was a jersey.

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USDA News Release The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General Signup period, which had previously been announced as ending on February 12, 2021. USDA will continue to accept offers as it takes this opportunity for the incoming Administration to evaluate ways to increase enrollment. Under the previous Administration, incentives and rental payment rates were reduced resulting in an enrollment shortfall of over 4 million acres. The program, administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provides annual rental payments for 10 to 15 years for land devoted to conservation purposes, as well as other types of payments. Before the General CRP signup period ends, producers will have the opportunity to adjust or resubmit their offers to take advantage of planned improvements to the program. “The Conservation Reserve Program provides a tremendous opportunity to address climate change both by retiring marginal cropland and by restoring grasslands, wetlands, and forests,” said Robert Bonnie, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary. “CRP has a 35-year track record of success beyond just climate benefits, by providing income to producers, improving water quality, reducing erosion, and supporting wildlife habitat and the hunting and fishing opportunities that go along with it. By extending this signup period, we’ll have time to evaluate and implement changes to get this neglected program back on track.” As one of the largest private-lands conservation programs in the United States, CRP provides both economic and conservation benefits by taking land out of agricultural production. Program successes include: • Sequestering in soils and plants over 12 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), or about the same amount that the entire state of Delaware emits annually. • Preventing more than 2 billion tons of soil from being blown away by wind erosion over the life of currently enrolled acres. • Reducing phosphorous reaching streams by almost 85 million pounds, nitrogen by nearly 450 million pounds, and sediment by over 160 million tons in 2020 alone. • Creating more than 2.3 million acres of restored wetlands while protecting more than 177,000 stream miles with riparian forest and grass buffers, enough to go around the world seven times. • Establishing over a half million acres of dedicated pollinator habitat and nearly 15 million more acres of diverse plantings that provide forage for pollinators. • Increasing populations of ducks and other game birds, prairie chickens, and such grassland songbirds as Baird’s Sparrow. CRP in the Northern Great Plains supports an estimated 8.6% of the grassland bird population. • Increasing habitat that supports economic opportunities, such as job creation, related to hunting and fishing activities. This signup for CRP gives producers an opportunity to enroll land for the first time or re-enroll land under existing contracts that will be expiring September 30, 2021. All interested producers, including those on Indian reservations and with trust lands, are encouraged to contact their local USDA Service Center for more information. All USDA Service Centers are open for business, including those that restrict in-person visits or require appointments. All Service Center visitors wishing to conduct business with FSA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, or any other Service Center agency should call ahead and schedule an appointment. Service Centers that are open for appointments will pre-screen visitors based on health concerns or recent travel, and visitors must adhere to social distancing guidelines. Visitors are also required to wear a face covering during their appointment. Our program delivery staff will continue to work with our producers by phone, email, and using online tools. More information can be found at farmers.gov/coronavirus.

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Traditionally, horses are mounted, lead, and tacked up (fitted with saddle and bridle) at their left side, call the near side. Most riders are right-handed, making it awkward to use the right side (far side). Another popular explanation is that the near side was used by military riders who had swords attached to the left side of their bodies. By mounting on the horse’s left side, the sword did not interfere with the mounting process.

Recommended malting barley varieties for 2021

Scott Heisel, American Malting Barley Association, Inc. The American Malting Barley Association (AMBA) Board of Directors has developed a list of recommended malting barley varieties to US growers for the 2021 crop year. AMBA is a nonprofit trade association of 58 brewing, distilling and malting companies that are end users of US malting barley. The list is meant to inform US producers which malting barley varieties the industry intends to use in the upcoming year. Some varieties will be used in large quantities and many others are only utilized is niche markets, so producers are encouraged to contact their local elevator, grain handler or processor to gauge market demand for any variety grown in their region prior to seeding. Changes from the previous year include dropping Scarlett, and the addition of Flavia, Mayflower and Moravian 179. Flavia is a winter variety developed by Ackermann Saatzucht in Germany. It has done well in the mid-Atlantic and other areas of the eastern US. Mayflower came out of the Malteurop breeding program. It has good yields in the northern plains and intermountain west. Mayflower has lower protein and moderate enzyme levels desired for use in making all malt beers. Molson Coors developed and released Moravian 179. It has demonstrated higher yields, kernel plumpness, and test weight compared to Moravian 69 and lower lodging. With these changes from last year, the list of recommended malting barley varieties for 2021 is as follows:

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MONTANA BRANDS FOR SALE Cattle & Horses right shoulder

$12,000

Cattle - left hip Horses right shoulder

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SPRAYER FOR SALE 2007 Apache AS710 3990 hours, 90-ft. booms, triple nozzles, 800 gallon tank with Trimble 750 gps, new pump and tires.

Projected crop profits for 2021 are improved NDSU Extension and Ag Research News

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The NDSU Extension projected crop budgets are guides for large multicounty regions. (NDSU Photo)

The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension projected crop budgets for 2021 are available for the state’s producers, says Ron Haugen, NDSU Extension farm management specialist. The 2021 projected profits vary by region and crop. “The budgets are guides for large multicounty regions,” says Haugen. “Returns and costs can vary considerably between producers within a region. Also, the budgets estimate returns to labor and management with no consideration of price and yield variability or risk. A perfect comparison of crops is not achieved because different levels of labor and management and risk exist.” Generally, most crops in all regions have improved profit from the previous year. Hard red spring wheat projects positive returns to labor and management in all regions of North Dakota, with the northeastern region showing the most at $49 per acre With the run-up in soybean prices, large positive returns to labor and management are shown in all regions. The southeastern region shows the largest soybean return at $122 per acre. Corn projects positive returns in all regions, with a range from $44 to $107 per acre. Malting barley shows great positive return, based on the market price used in the budget calculations. Malting barley contracts are encouraged to lock in a price. Barley is a crop that can be grown with reasonable input costs. “Specialty crops may show a positive return, but usually have limited contracts and acreages, and also may have higher risk,” Haugen says. “Generally, for most crops, the projected total costs per acre are generally flatter than last year’s projections,” he adds. “Fertilizer expense is slightly higher. Seed, chemicals and insurance costs are generally flat. Fuel, lube and repairs are slightly lower. Cropland rents for most regions are flat.” The NDSU Extension-developed budgets are available online at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/farmmanagement/cropbudget-archive or by searching online for NDSU Crop Budgets.

MGGA and MGF offer scholarships

The Montana Grain Growers Association (MGGA) and the Montana Grains Foundation (MGF) will each offer scholarships to be used for the 2021-2022 school year. MGGA will award two $1,000 scholarships to students pursuing an agricultural related degree at the college of their choice. Applicants or their parent, grandparent, or legal guardian must be a current producer member of MGGA. MGF will award two $2,500 scholarships to Montana State University (MSU) juniors or seniors pursuing a degree in Ag Business, Ag Education, Plant Science or Environment Sciences (apply through MSU at http://agriculture.montana.edu/students/scholarships.html), and two $2,500 scholarships to MSU graduate students. Applications must be received no later than April 1, 2021, and the winners will be announced by May 1. More information and application forms are available by calling the MGGA office at 406-761-4596 or online at MGGA Scholarships (https://www.mgga.org/about/mggascholarships/) and MGF Scholarships (https://www.mgga. org/foundation/mgfscholarships/).

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4-H educators helping youths build business savvy

PASTURE WANTED

University of Wyoming Extension model to allow youths to do, reflect and The Rocky Mountain Youth Entrepreneur apply. Series created by University of Wyoming “A lot of things are just doing and that’s (UW) Extension 4-H educators to help where it stops because they haven’t reflected youths develop a local food business on it or make some changes and apply it in launches with its first meeting in March. a different area,” said Wood. Educators involved in the project are KelShe said the series will help youths delie Chichester in Niobrara County, Joddee velop groundwork to create a business that Jacobsen in Natrona County, Mary Louise may not just be for the summer but someWood in Albany County and Glenn Owings thing they take with them while they are in in Teton County. college or even longer. The series is free and open to all youths Jacobsen hopes this project will help ages 14 to senior in high school and is a youths think through the issues that may combination of in-person and online meetcome up with a business like what happens ings. They do not have to be currently when things go wrong, the idea outlives its enrolled in 4-H but will be enrolled if they usefulness or competitors enter the market. plan to participate. “It gives them the skills to make con“We began to kick around the idea of it nections with community partners they informally,” said Chichester, of how the need and maybe help them develop some program originated. “We keep hearing this of those business skills, bookkeeping skills buzzword of entrepreneurship and youth and things like that,” said Owings. entrepreneurship, and we felt like we had Participation is expected at all scheduled an opportunity to do something.” dates throughout the year. To register, visit The opening of applications for the John http://bit.ly/RockyMountainYouthEntreP. Ellbogen Foundation grant provided the preneurship. For more information, contact boost needed to get this project put together, Chichester at 307-334-3534 or kelliec@ shared Chichester. uwyo.edu. The team applied and received $6,860 in funding. This two-year project is designed to help youths learn about vision and mission statements, research the food truck/Community Service Agriculture/farmers market industry, design their companies and think through a product and service plan. The second year will dig into market analysis, competitive analysis and an operational plan to include finances, growth and conWW Resource 0022 tingency and wrap up with a capstone project. “Our idea is unique because we are looking at the kid with the germ of the idea,” said Jacobsen. The program helps them go through the steps and think through the entire business plan, from financials to marketing to their names. Youths are limited to either developing a food truck, sire Shipwheel Resource 6503 birth date 02/28/20 farmers market stand or Act BW 93 205 Wt 890 WR 118 CED BW WW YW Milk Marb RE $M $W $B farm stand, shared Jacobsen. +1 +2.6 +73 +136 +19 +.41 +.82 +60 +62 +148 “They have to go stepby-step-by-step and really WW Rainfall 0830 develop the plan,” she said. The series is also designed for youths who may not have a business idea yet, said Wood. “So many of our 4-H kids already have a project, so why not take it that next step and market it?” said Wood. “Or at least learn it and then apply that to a different part of their life.” The program is set up sire S A V Rainfall 6846 birth date 02/11/20 in an experiential learning

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Home on the Range: UM alumna makes hay in business, ranch life

When Loni Judisch was a lanky elementary school student, she would race her classmates behind the little Bynum school, under the wide-open skies of Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front. Inevitably, Judisch would stop running, catch her breath and look back. She was always far ahead of her classmates. “I learned I was fast during track and field days with neighboring schools,” Judisch said. Later, her speed followed her through Conrad High School, where she still holds the high school state record for the women’s 400-meter. She raced all the way to the University of Montana, where the UM legacy ran for track and field, competing in the unforgiving 400-meter and 200-relay sprint and relays for five years. At UM, she received the Most Valuable Track Athlete award and learned to balance the demands of a Division I athlete while working toward two degrees. In 2008, in the worst recession and job market of a generation, she graduated from UM with bachelor’s degrees in business administration and fine arts. “I remember imagining myself as a professional sprinter or working somewhere in the corporate marketing world after college, but deep down I was always a rural kid,” she said. “I always had an entrepreneurial spirit.” So, she made the decision to join her husband and high school sweetheart, Ross Judisch, to work the 100-year old Judisch Ranch, homesteaded by Ross’s family near the tiny town of Ledger, Montana. Returning home after college to family and land felt natural, she said. After all, agriculture and UM are both in her roots. Her grandfather ran a sheep and cattle ranch in Bynum all his life, the same town where her great-grandfather Ira taught at Bynum School for more than 50 years. Her dad and UM alumni ’82 Rock Perkins, was an ag lender in Conrad, banking and farming on and off throughout his career. Now a mother of three children, ages 11, 9 and 3, and smack dab in the middle of calving season, Judisch and her family manage and market Haymaker Beef. The business sells cuts and boxes of pasture raised beef from the Judisch Ranch’s Black Angus and Charolais mix herd. They help run the 900-head cattle operation with the extended Judisch family. The business is good and growing, and there is always work to be done. The cows need to be checked. Meals need making. Calves monitored, kids off to school, and bills need to be paid. “Ranch life never stops,” she said. “Running multiple businesses only makes it more challenging, but that’s when I remember (from UM track) to stay in my lane and focus and not get distracted on someone else’s race. The same is true in business and life.” The cows feed on native grasses and are fed a mixture of grass and hay and alfalfa in winter months. Cows that will be processed are fed a mixture of grass, hay and grain, making for exceptionally tender cuts, which Judisch boxes and ships to Montana customers directly from the ranch after being processed at Lolo’s Locker. She also sells cuts at local farmer’s markets and explores additional markets in schools, restaurants and possibly grocery stores. “It’s really an interesting time to be in agriculture in Montana,” she said. “Markets change, and there’s a lot of new, innovative technology, ideas, program sand commodities out there. There’s also an influx of

younger people in our area coming back to ranch and farm.” Judisch said her UM classes in business, marketing and economics provided the confidence and skills required of an entrepreneur to remain profitable and competitive in Montana’s $2.5 billion livestock industry. “Ag has always been a risky business, and it always will be,” she said. “For me, the difference is having that business background so we can make decisions that won’t jeopardize the entire operation.” Navigating federal funds that help small businesses stay afloat in the pandemic, Judisch applied for a CARES Act grant and used the funds to buy a freezer for a valueadd to the ranch. She sold out of stock of earlier this year with the most in-demand cuts being Haymaker’s assorted boxes of ribeye, T-bone, New York strips, tenderloins, flat irons and sirloins. “Montana has been a leader in farm-totable for some time, and we’re edging into the market with ranch-to-table,” she said. “When you look at overhead, transportation costs and shipping, making a choice for operating direct-to-consumer can keep prices low and increase long-term sustainability.” The physical demands of packing and shipping boxes of meat, hosting toddlers, working cows, feeding cattle and bailing hay isn’t for the weak, but it’s something Judisch said is a choice every day. “I remember my UM track coach, Bryan Schweyen, sharing with us that no matter how hard I’m working, there is always someone out there who is going to be working harder than you,” she said. “That has stuck with me years later. It applies to every area of life.” Judisch also makes time for her artistic side that was nurtured at UM in painting classes. She started with a camera off eBay a few years back and now runs a photography business capturing senior portraits, weddings and local families in the area. She manages the Haymaker Beef business, website and Instagram account, where she documents ranch and family life, sharing the daily rituals of animal care and chores that might make just about anyone pine for a day job on the ranch’s pastures. “There’s up and downs every day, to be sure, but to be able to combine your work and your life can be pretty great,” she said. “I owe a lot of my training and creativity to UM. Especially the idea that it takes hard work to be successful.” ##### Spring almost always arrives on March 20 or 21, but sometimes on the 19th. The reason the equinoxes and solstices don’t always come on the same day is that Earth doesn’t circle the sun in exactly 365 days.

Student receives remote sensing fellowship for organic farming research

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By Reagan Colyer, MSU News Service geared toward coming up with management A Montana State University (MSU) docsuggestions for the farmer to be able to use toral student studying organic farming and in real life,” said Loewen. “Conventional developing management practices for organic Phone (406) 546-7952, Saint Ignatius, MT systems have increased yields with the adopfarmers in Montana was recognized recently by the state branch of a national remote senstion of precision agriculture and using these techniques to track the effect of seeding rate ing body. of both cover and cash crops can help orSasha Loewen, who is in his third year of doctoral studies in the Department of Land Reganic systems to emulate those same practices within their own unique constraints.” sources and Environmental Sciences in MSU’s MontanaView, hosted by MSU’s Spatial College of Agriculture, was one of two MSU Sciences Center and led by SSC director Scott students to receive MontanaView’s annual Powell in the Department of Land Resources fellowship. 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UM News Service Pursue Your Passions (PYP), the Universaid. “There are also weekly opportunities to connect with the women in their courses sity of Montana’s women’s entrepreneurlive on Zoom.” ship and leadership program, is offering two Now may not be a bad time to investigate new and one returning online course this a business idea that has been sitting on the spring. All courses are open to the public, as back burner, said Christine Littig, chair of well as UM students. Although the classes the PYP board and Missoula Small Busiare designed for women, anyone can enroll. “Women can be more risk averse or less ness Development COVID relief business likely to speak up than their male counteradviser. “There are so many moving parts in parts,” said Morgan Slemberger, director of business, and our classes work to provide women’s entrepreneurship and leadership women with practical learning tools, as at UM. “PYP is designed to create a safe well as community connection to peers and space for women to share their ideas out resources,” Littig said. “Each class focuses loud, with each other.” on various tools that will support women in The upcoming schedule of PYP courses achieving their own definition of success – will include a practical introduction to busiwhether it be building a personal network ness for people with a start-up idea, as well or understanding business basics to start as introductions for anyone looking to exsomething.” pand their professional networks to support All PYP classes are accompanied by their business or career. The classes are: digital badges of completion, a unique • Build Your Brand and Network: Februresume or social media detail that is inary 22- April 30 • Business Basics I: March 15- April 30 tended to lift PYP learners a step above • Business Basics II: May 10- June 18 their competition. Since 2015, PYP has helped Montana “We hope there are systemic implications women realize their personal and profesfor these badges that begin to support women in their next promotion, attaining a new sional goals. According to a 2020 survey, job or as they start to investigate investment students in the Build Your Brand and for their businesses,” Slemberger says. Network course reported an overall 60% In addition to digital badging, each onincrease in their likelihood to apply for a managerial or leadership position, and 48% line class provides a platform for women reported an increase in their overall network to connect with resources and each other to and brand confidence. further support opportunities and learning. “Our courses are online, but in the future To learn more about Pursue Your Pasthe courses will be accompanied by an onsions, or to enroll in the courses, visit www. umt.edu/passion or text the phrase “pasline network where women can interact tosion220” to 52855. gether and support each other,” Slemberger

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Updated Crop Compare program for 2021

NDSU Extension and Ag Research News North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension has updated the Crop Compare program, which is a spreadsheet designed to compare cropping alternatives. The program uses the direct costs and yields from the 2021 projected crop budgets for nine regions of North Dakota, but producers are encouraged to enter the expected yields and input costs for their farm. The user designates a reference crop and enters its expected market price. Depending on the region, a broad selection of nine to 18 crops are compared. The program provides the prices for competing crops that would be necessary to provide the same return over variable costs as the reference crop. “Producers can compare these ‘break-even’ prices to expected market prices to see which crop is most likely to compete with the reference crop,” says Ron Haugen, NDSU Extension farm management specialist. “Grain prices can move quickly. The program provides a tool for producers to check the changing scenarios until final planting decisions are made this spring.” The program includes an underlying assumption that fixed costs, such as machinery ownership, land, and the owner’s labor and management, do not vary among crop choices and therefore do not need to be included in the analysis. “In practice, there may be differences in fixed costs that should be considered,” Haugen says. “For example, there may be additional labor, management and risk associated with a competing crop,” Haugen adds. “If all the labor and management is provided by the owneroperator, it would be considered a fixed cost and could be excluded. However, the producer should add some cost if he or she would only want to produce the crop when an adequate reward would be received for the extra time and management required relative to the reference crop.” A similar rationale could be used if a competing crop is considered higher risk. The Crop Compare program is available online at https:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/farmmanagement/tools.

Readying replacement heifers

K-State Research and Extension News Anyone who has lived with teenagers can attest that their food consumption can be high as they are rapidly growing to their adult size. In much the same way, growing beef herd replacement heifers also need to have their nutritional needs met so that they reach puberty at around 12 months of age, according to Kansas State University veterinarian Bob Larson during the recent Beef Cattle Institute Cattle Chat podcast. “Research has shown that with a good nutritional plan, it is reasonable to expect replacement heifers to reach maturity between 11 and 13 months of age,” Larson said. For spring calving herds grazing dormant grass or corn stalks in the winter, Larson said supplementation may be needed for optimal growth. Veterinarian and BCI director Brad White added that January is a great time to assess the condition of the replacement heifers and plan for the necessary gain needed for breeding in the late spring. “As we are evaluating the replacement heifer now, we need to think about how many days are left until breeding season and think about the target weight we want her to be at,” White said. “To estimate the rate of gain, take the amount of gain needed divided by the number of days left until breeding.” Larson said that for most replacement females nine months of age, that gain will range from 1 to 2 pounds of gain per day. “Heifers that will weigh 1,200 to 1,300 pounds when they are mature will typically reach puberty by the time they weigh 750 to 850 pounds,” Larson said. To get the most accurate measurement of weight, the veterinarians advise taking the heifers somewhere to be weighed. “I cannot eyeball weight accurately, so I really have to run them across a scale,” Larson said. White added: “Weight can be estimated by loading a group on the trailer and driving them across the scale to give you an idea of the average weight of the group.” To hear more of this discussion, listen in to the BCI Cattle Chat podcast online (https://ksubci. org/2021/01/15/post-calving-breeding-replacementheifers-pointers-for-newoperations-rotational-grazing-fencing-options/).

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KHR 96D

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1090 4.04

101

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Granite Yale

-1.4

110

.65

.18

82.65

KHR 06H

TV Sam

102

1115

4.66

116

3.39

KHR 67A

-0.7

100

.80

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80.89

KHR 08H

KHR 96D

107

1060

4.13

103

3.24

KHR 67A

-0.5

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72.53

KHR 12H

KHR 96D

100

1020 4.62

115

3.14

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-1.7

100

.63

.15

79.38

KHR 13H

Granite Yale

104

1045

4.10

102

3.23

KHR 14B

-0.3

105

.87

.08

74.57

KHR 54H

KHR 38F

109

1036 4.35

109

3.36

KHR 14B

-2.7

102

.98

.04

77.61

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101

1101

4.65

116

3.61

KHR 08W

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109

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78.89

KHR 77H

KHR 01E

104

1085 4.26

106

3.69

KHR 06W

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100

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.23

81.98

3.40

KHR 52C

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116

.72

.19

82.65

KHR 52C

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107

1120

4.17

104

KHR 09H

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107

1087 4.36

109

3.33

-1.9

109

.90

.14

80.33

KHR 14H

Taylor Made

101

1124

4.51

113

3.47

KHR 25A

-0.1

120

.59

.24

83.76

KHR 17H

Taylor Made

118

1143

4.33

108

3.54

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0.2

126

.65

.13

83.93

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KHR 52C

110

1091 4.43

111

3.39

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113

.64

-.04

73.05

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KHR 03F

106

1117

4.06

101

3.57

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108

.44

.29

81.87

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KHR 41E

101

922

3.72

3.03

KHR 25A

-1.0

.85

.09

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K-State beef cattle expert cautions against cold stress

K-State Research and Extension News A Kansas State University beef cattle specialist is urging the state’s producers to continue monitoring their cattle’s condition, especially during periods when Mother Nature sends her winter chill. Justin Waggoner, a beef systems specialist with K-State Research and Extension, said producers are often ready to deal with heat stress during the summer, but cold stress during the latter stages of winter can also be challenging. “Cattle are very robust creatures; they are able to withstand a wide range of temperatures,” Waggoner said. “But January and February are often our most extreme temperatures in Kansas, and that can certainly have an impact on cattle.” Cattle are most comfortable when they are in what is known as the thermoneutral zone, a range of temperatures where they are not experiencing cold or heat stress. Waggoner said a cow’s condition going into a cold period will affect how the animal can withstand stress. “If we have a cow that is in good condition, she is going to be able to withstand colder temperatures better than a cow that is exceptionally thin,” he said. “If we take a cow that is in good condition and has had adequate time to grow that winter hair coat, that animal can withstand some fairly cold temperatures. Typically, they won’t experience cold stress until the ambient temperature (the ‘real-feel’ temperature) reaches 18 degrees Fahrenheit.” Rain, snow and wind complicate the situation, Waggoner added. “When you wet that hair down, it reduces its ability to trap air and insulate the cow,” he said. “With a wet coat, a cow can experience cold stress even at 60 degrees F.” Waggoner said cold stress increases the cow’s energy requirement -- not protein which is a common misconception. “One thing we see producers do when we get a cold weather event is they roll out hay,” Waggoner said. “What I recommend is utilizing hay that is slightly better quality than the forage those cattle currently are grazing. For example, if they had been turned out on milo or corn stalks, then a moderate quality grass hay will be higher quality than those stalks they were on.” Waggoner also suggested other high quality forages, such as alfalfa, may be used as a supplement. “In some regions of the country, it’s not uncommon for producers to use concentrates such as corn or byproducts as supplements during the winter. Producers might add 1 to 2 pounds of corn or byproduct feedstuffs under conditions of a storm front, in combination with some of the other things I’ve mentioned.”

What parasites are plaguing livestock?

University of Wyoming Extension University of Wyoming (UW) researchers are surveying Wyoming cattle and sheep producers about pests tormenting their livestock. “The goal of this survey is to understand the current degree of external parasitism, prevalent external parasites, diagnosis, and treatment methods in Wyoming livestock as well as the ﬁnancial impact on Wyoming producers,” said Derek Scasta, UW Extension rangeland specialist. Parasites are broken down into six categories: flies, lice, ticks, mange, cattle pests and sheep pests. “We would like to give Wyoming cattle and sheep producers the opportunity to help guide our livestock parasite research and extension efforts at UW and have created the survey,” said Scasta. The survey is at bit.ly/externalparasites. The survey was created by Craig Calkins, DVM, a Ph.D. student in rangeland ecology and watershed management at UW and a member of the Army veterinary corps, with input from extension sheep specialist Whit Stewart, Berit Bangoura and Myrna Miller, both in the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory, extension entomologist Scott Schell, and Scasta. “The survey might look long, but it should allow for quick clicking through if a particular livestock or parasite species is not of interest or concern to you,” said Scasta. The survey is part of Calkin’s research. “Calkins has been focused primarily on external parasites of livestock with a particular focus on horn flies but also interest in other species parasitizing both cattle and sheep,” said Scasta.

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dling rabbits; On February 5, 2021, the Montana Fort Benton Realty, LLC 1426 Front Street Fort Benton, MT 59442 • Using dedicated clothing in areas where Department of Livestock (DOL) received rabbits are housed; notification that four rabbits in Yellowstone • Not sharing equipment with other rabCounty tested positive for Rabbit Hemorbit owners; rhagic Disease (RHD). The disease has • Not commingling rabbits from multiple also been reported in New Mexico, Texas, sources; Arizona, Colorado, California, Utah, Ne• Preventing visitors from entering areas vada, Washington, Wyoming, Florida, and where rabbits are housed, particularly if New York. visitors also own rabbits; and The rabbits were found dead by a landFarm/Ranch, Home & Gardens: 19 Acres with 14 acres cropland lo• Avoiding contact with wild rabbits. owner and reported to regional Fish Wildlife cated 20 miles East of Conrad, MT. Includes nice 4-bedroom home and good set of farm buildings with shop, storage/barn buildings, and grain/ RHD is reportable in Montana, meaning and Parks (FWP) staff. The rabbits were not feed storage. Large garden area and tall matures trees around buildings. anyone who suspects animals may be infectwild, but instead appeared to be domestic Water storage for agricultural, livestock and garden use. Water District ed is obligated to report that information. rabbits that had previously been released provides 120,000 gallons of water annually, and more water could be Reports should be made for both domestic in the area. Samples from the rabbits were available. Near Glacier National Park. Good hunting and fishing nearby in Bob Marshall Wilderness, the Marias River, and Tiber Reservoir......... and wild rabbits. If you have questions or submitted to the Foreign Animal Disease ..................................................................................................$499,500 wish to report suspected cases of RHD in Diagnostic Laboratory in New York State Call Mark 406-788-9280 domestic rabbits, please contact DOL at where infection was confirmed. DOL is (406) 444-2976. To report a wild rabbit working to identify how the disease was “We look forward to assisting you mortality, please contact FWP at (406) introduced into Montana. with all of your Real Estate needs” 577-7880. For more information, view the RHD is highly fatal. Infected rabbits may USDA RHD Factsheet: https://www.aphis. present with varying clinical signs including 406-622-3803 www.fbrealty.com usda.gov/publications/animal_health/fsfever, sudden death, dullness, lack of aprhdv2.pdf petite, wasting, diarrhea, neurologic signs, and/or respiratory signs with bloody discharge from the nose or mouth. RHD is spread by direct contact with live or dead rabbits, or indirectly through contaminated objects, including rabbit meat and pelts. The virus can also be transmitted from a person with contaminated hands, scavengers, Gra or insects, and can remain r in Pe Yearl ze 1500 a infectious in carcasses or G 28 Ton Silage f ) .o the environment for weeks 130 A ings on a .5 lbs(69% TDN* 3 Pasco, WA cre P to months. Day t. Cattle i f v o o r t 30 Da The disease affects both 5-7 w y s domestic and wild rabbits. The virus does not affect * Jesse Norcutt, Currant, NV humans or other domestic animals. There is no Greenway Seeds Grazing Corn (GX80) is the No. 1 grazing corn in the nation treatment for infected rabbits and population die-offs because it is 5-6 days earlier than the competition. may occur when the disease This allows the rancher to plant 5-6 days later and still reach peak is introduced into naïve sugar content (pre tassel) before the frost shuts you down! populations. 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NDSU Extension and Ag Research News Grants of up to $750 for youth gardening projects are available through North Dakota State University (NDSU). Funds may be used to purchase gardening supplies (tools, soil, seeds, plants or containers) and educational supplies. Schools, 4-H clubs, church groups and other youth organizations are encouraged to apply. Any project related to youth and gardening is eligible. More than 3,300 youth participated in Junior Master Gardener projects in 2020. These projects included starting school gardens, beautifying schools and parks, constructing raised beds for the elderly and growing food for local food pantries. “We want these grants to add opportunity for youth gardening projects that help participants enjoy the outdoors, gain knowledge, serve community needs and develop skills to use for a lifetime,” says Dean Aakre, NDSU Extension 4-H youth development specialist. Approximately 50 projects are supported across the state each year. For more information and an application form, go to https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/jrmastergardener. The application deadline is March 12, 2021. For more information, contact Aakre at dean.aakre@ndsu.edu, NDSU Extension horticulturist Tom Kalb at tom.kalb@ndsu.edu or NDSU Extension agent Carrie Knutson at carrie.knutson@ ndsu.edu.

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New chickpea disease study to begin

Panhandle Perspectives, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Interest in chickpea production in NeIn an effort to resolve these issues, we have braska has ebbed and flowed over the last 20 recently been awarded a U.S. Department of years. Beginning about 2000 chickpeas, also Agriculture (USDA) Specialty Crops Block known as garbanzo beans, became a popular Grant issued through the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. A planned three-year crop to rotate into production systems, particularly in Box Butte County. study will begin in 2021 with the purpose In 2005-06 acreage of the new crop apof evaluating these new products and their proached 10,000 acres planted. However, ability to effectively manage the disease until due almost exclusively to the appearance of cultivars with acceptable genetic resistance a disease called Ascochyta blight, interest in are commercially available. the crop dropped drastically. This devastatOur primary objective with this study is to ing disease, caused by a fungus, Ascochyta answer the question on whether any of these rabiei, is considered to be the most important new chemicals will have the same positive yield limiting factor worldwide, and is preseffect on protecting other crops (chickpeas ent everywhere chickpeas are grown. in this case) against fungal diseases in the Over the last three years, interest in plantsame manner as they have had previously ing chickpeas has been on the upswing due with bacterial diseases in dry beans. to increasing public demand and its usage in Even if new, high-yielding resistant cultivars are produced, previous research with dry salad bars (before COVID) and food products bean breeder, Carlos Urrea, determined that such as humus. Although its planted acreage neither technique would properly manage the in Nebraska was projected to exceed 12,000 disease alone. It is still highly likely that both in 2020 (it was about 12,200 in 2018), the disease is still an issue that must be addressed to chemical applications coupled with genetic achieve successful production and economic resistance will be necessary to completely returns for the growers. Until this disease is and properly handle this disease. We are also effectively controlled, or management stratattempting to identify the best-performing egies are recognized, production acreage in chemical products that reduce disease development and improve yields. Nebraska will likely remain sporadic. Current Disease Management Managing this disease has historically been very difficult. Under cool, wet conditions, the pathogen is very aggressive and unbelievably destructive. Genetic resistance will ultimately be the most efficient method for disease management but producing new disease-resistant cultivars adapted to this region is a slow process. Several fungicides have McCumber Influence 7121 Reg# 18844405 also been available, but they are expensive, and populations of the fungal pathogen in Nebraska have developed resistance to the strobilurin class of fungicides such as Quadris and Headline. Furthermore, producers are reluctant to include additional Master Influence 0402 high cost inputs into their Reg # 19839494 farming systems if it can be avoided. Fungicide-alternative chemical products New chemical products are gaining in popularity that are less expensive than standard fungicides, environmentally friendly, commercially Master Influence 0407 available, and can be utilized Reg # 19839470 by organic producers. They are also highly unlikely to induce resistance to the plant pathogens. Over the last decade in Scottsbluff, we have successfully demonstrated the utilization of several of these products (SaniDate and OxiDate) for managMaster Influence 0405 ing bacterial diseases in dry Reg # 19839495 beans, and new products are being released seemingly each year. New funded project ##### There is a growing movement to call the vernal (spring) equinox the March Equinox or Northward Equinox to avoid “Northern Hemisphere bias.”

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By Reagan Colyer, MSU News Service Montana State University (MSU) doctoral student Erik Killian was recently recognized for his work in utilizing publicly accessible technology to approach precision agriculture research and was awarded a fellowship from the remote sensing body MontanaView to further his research. Killian, who received his bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences from the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences in MSU’s College of Agriculture in the spring of 2020, returned to the college’s Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology to pursue his doctorate. He conducts research with assistant professor Jennifer Lachowiec and partners with several of MSU’s campus farms in Bozeman, as well as assistant professor Jed Eberly at MSU’s Central Agricultural Research Center in Moccasin. Originally from Vermont, Killian blends unmanned aerial vehicles — known as UAVs or drones — with his interest in plant genetics to learn more about trends in crop emergence dates and to expand precision agriculture knowledge across Montana’s diverse landscapes. He said that, rather than having to physically move through a field looking at plant emergence, using drones allows for the collection of more comprehensive data in less time and with less labor. “This particular project began in 2019 with Dr. Lachoweic’s interest in plant emergence timing,” said Killian. “Grouped emergence timing helps with overall yield by keeping competition between plants for soil space and sunlight most equal. Using UAVs can help by cutting down the amount of work it takes to monitor that at a field level.” Killian’s work uses entirely open-source computer programs to process data and images he collects in the field. Using such programs and making them more accessible is one of the missions of MontanaView, the state branch of the larger consortium AmericaView, which has branches in 41 states. Open-source programs are designed by their creators to be free and available to the public, but they can be less polished and user friendly than some proprietary programs. Killian hopes his work can help create resources for everyday users to become familiar with some of the program options available. “With this project I’m trying to create a workflow that other people can follow to make these options more accessible,” Killian said. “Rather than having to do all the work themselves, people could use these examples to learn more about these tools and simplify the process.” Monitoring emergence through Killian’s project can help dial in when to plant and how to maximize the efficiency of fertilizer and irrigation application, especially given Montana’s wide range of climates and agricultural landscapes. “One of the most direct applications of Erik’s work relates right here in central Montana with the shallower soils we have,” said Eberly. “We’ve been able to demonstrate, primarily through satellite imagery, that we can map soil depth across a field. Knowing the depth of our soil in a moisturelimited environment allows us to know more about how our crops will grow. Using drone imagery gives us much higher resolution and opens up even more things we can do in precision agriculture.” Killian was one of 10 MontanaView fellowship recipients. Other honorees came from the University of Montana, Salish Kootenai College and Montana Tech. With the fellowship, Killian will receive $1,500 to continue his research at a number of agricultural sites around the state. He will also present at the annual MontanaView conference in April, where he will share his work with producers and remote sensing specialists. According to Lachowiec, Killian’s open-source approach opens up new possibilities for remote sensing in precision agriculture. “Even though emergence is the focus of this particular project, we hope this can be easily modified to look at other things, like yield and temperature,” she said. “There’s a lot of control in the hands of the user with this approach. There’s so much that this technology can be used for that your imagination is really the limit.” ##### Holidays that occur in spring include Easter, Passover, April Fool’s Day, Earth Day, Arbor Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Cinco De Mayo, and Holi (festival of colors in India). ##### One long-term study found that, at least in the Colorado Rocky Mountain region, spring begins, on average, about three weeks earlier than it did in the 1970s.

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No CED BW WW YW SC DOC CEM Milk Marb RE $W $B • He purchased his first registered Angus cattle in 1936. +185 +67 +.61 +1.18 +20 +10 +26 +1.92 +143 +77 +1.8 +9 Lost Lake 10-4 19068221 +13 +.5 +69 +136 +1.49 +8 +18 +.70 +.48 +58 +154 Marda Swagger 463 17864907 +6 +.6 +87 +151 +.18 +24 +13 +26 +.36 +.75 +91 +146 17849954 A473 Rock Call, LakeWrite, 10-4 19068221 KCF Bennet The Lost or Email for a • Catalog or other information. Meadow Ranch in Helena, MT, in 1947. All cattle BVD-free • Vaccination program, comprehensive EXAR Monumental 6056B 18379347 +11 -.7 +130 +66 +122 +1.09 +9 +13 +26 +1.33 +.69 +67 +184 • Performance tested • Extra docility Lost Lake Arrogance D67 18563876 -3 +12+11 +4 +87 +150 +1.33 +7 +28 +.46 +.47 +84 +149 +143 +84 +.92 +.36 +32 MGR Treasure 18156972 -1.3 +69 +133 +.94 +17 +18 +12 +1.19 +.52 +56 +155 +11 +32 +1.41 +74 +1.4 18460820 683 Blacksmith Marda • Angus cattle allowed him to make a down payment on Green Lost Lake18460820 Arrogance D67 18563876 EPD’s18882375 of +11 Leading Sires of Calves in+.81 2021 LLR Sale (as of 12/31/20) Marda Blacksmith 683 +1.1 +70 +125 +1.44 +33 +33 -.03 +.74 +79 +108 Act BW CED BW WW YW M 365 Weight • Balanced EPDs • Cattle get Nutrition, yet retain Condition Hilltop Edge 3747 +11 +.5 +81 +141 +13 +13 +24 +.78 +.65 +84 +156 • Angus cattle allowed that ranch to flourish. Musgrave 316 Exclusive 18130471 +1.2 +77 +87 +135BW +.99 +.18 +22• Fertility testing = physical exam + scrotal size + semen test +11 +23 +.67in +79 DOC +146 1321# RE +91 +.75+17577+67 +.36 +26 +13 +151 +.6 +6 17864907 Reg. No +8 +6 CED YW+.78 Milk $W $B 463 Blacksmith Meadow Ranch 1947. Swagger Marda McCall Consensus 4092 17876966 +.8 +69 Auction +123 WW +1.48 +24 +122 Western Livestock •+24 Great Falls, MT +21 85SC +.46 7Helena, +.33 0.8 MT, in 143 31 Marb Marda 683 18460820 KCF Bennet The Rock A473 17849954 +9 +1.8 +77 +143 +1.92 +26 +10 +20 +1.18 +.61 +67+.70 +185 +68 +180 • Performance tested • Extra docility Stevenson Big League 70749 18836113 +4 +2.9 +100 +170 +.29 +22 +12 +23 +.57 +.41 +92 +185 • Many “heifer bulls” with retained growth +155 Monumental 6056B 18379347 +11 -.6 +66 +121 +1.09 +6 +26 +1.39 +56 +.52 +1.19 MGR Treasure 18156972 +12 -1.3 +67 +132 +.99 +20 +12 +1.22 +.41 +53 +154 +12 +18 +17 +.94 +133 • Angus cattle allowed his son, Wm. T. "Bill" Harrer, to make a down +69 -1.3 +12 18156972 Treasure MGR Marda Blacksmith 683 18460820 +11 +1.4 +74 +1.41 +32 +11 +95 +32 +.36 +.92 +143 +67 +118 •EPDs Angus cattle allowed that ranch to flourish. Stevenson Declaration 70748 18836115 +0+8 +83 +154 +.46 +11 +37 +.54 +.51+.16 +171Heifers Top AI+8 sires of17876966 2020 calves •• as 6/1/20 Mccall Consensus 4092 • Fertility testing = physical exam + scrotal size + semen test PT Socket 534 18313282 +2.2 +62 +114 +1.95 +8 +31 +.66 +84+.54 OCC Ultimate Answer 520 18228919 +8 +1.6 +70 +118 +7+130 +.90 +20 +29 +.81 +80 +148 Selling 100 Yearling Bulls and 12 Fancy Yearling Volume discounts on bull purchases +175 +79 +.67 +.78 Lake +23 +11ofon +22 payment the Lost Ranch in Ft. Benton, MT in 1968. +.99 +135 +77 +1.2 +6 18130471 Exclusive 316D4 Musgrave SMarda S Black Granite 18538491 +11 +1.8 +69 +119 +6+151 +1.57 +30 +32 +.58 +.55 +78 +138 ake 10-4 19068221 +13 +.5 +69 +136 +1.49 +8 +18 +.70 +.48 +58 Swagger 463 17864907 +6 +.6 +87 +.18 +24 +13 +26 +.36 +.75 +91 +146 SydGen Resolve 7132 18769311 +13 +0 +58 +115 +.85 +10 +37 +1.05 +1.21 +73 +168 Tag H58+154 • •Livestock Insurance (Loss of Use and Mortality) Shared Premium Many “heifer bulls” with retained growth Name Reg. No +8 CED BW WW YW SC DOC CEM Milk Marb $B to MGR Treasure 18156972 • Angus cattle allowed his son,RE Wm. T.$W "Bill"+.46 Harrer, make a+84 down +185 +92+28 +.41 +.57 +23 +12 +22 +.29 +170 +100 +2.9 +4 Windy Ridge Swagger 714 18960623 +1.1 +86 +140 +1.27 +22 +27 +.34 +.62 +93 +132 18836113 70749 League Big ake Arrogance D67 18563876 -3 +4 +87 +150 +1.33 +7 +.47 +149 Stevenson Call, Write, or Email for a Catalog or other information. Lost H58 MGR Treasure 18156972 +69 16+133 +17 +18 55morphed +12 +155 Over time, that0.51 ranch from a+.52 Hereford+56 ranch to a Lake Radio Current Sire Averages 6 1.2 +12 55 -1.3 97 0.77 8 +.94 25 0.50 126 +1.19 • •Delivery is Free within Montana and discounted to adjacent states Volume discounts on bull purchases payment on the Lost Lake Ranch in Ft. Benton, MT in 1968. EXAR Monumental 6056B 18379347 +11 -.7 +66 +122 +1.09 +9 +13 +26 +1.33 +.69 +67 +184 +171 • +95 OCC Ultimate Answer 520 18228919 +.51 Blacksmith 683 18460820 +11 +1.1 +70 +125 +1.44 +33 +33 -.03 +.74 +79 +108 +.54 +37 +11 +7 +.46 +154 +83 +0 +8 19826843 18836115 70748 Declaration Stevenson Musgrave 316 Exclusive 18130471 +6 +1.2 +77 +135 +.99 +22 +11 +23 +.78 +.67 +79 +175 commercial Angus ranch to the current predominantly registered We think ourpriorities priorities are clearwhen when you compare ourAI with current breed averages! EPD’s of Leading Sires of Calves in 2021 LLR Sale (as of 12/31/20) We think our are clear you compare our sires with current breed averages! l Consensus 4092 17876966 +8 +.8 +69 +123 +1.48 +24 +.65 +21 +.46 +.33 (sire+67 +122 Livestock Insurance (Loss of Use and Mortality) Shared Premium is pictured) +168 +73 •• sires On-line sale and bidding +1.21 +1.05 +37 +10 Hilltop Edge 3747 18882375 +11 +.5 +81 +141 +.81 +13 +24 +.78 +156 +6+13 +.85 +115 +58 +0 S S Black Granite D4 18538491 +13 18769311 7132 Resolve SydGen Stevenson Big League 70749 18836113 +4 +2.9 +100 +170 +.29 +22 +12 +23Grant +.57 +.41 +92 +185 • Over time, that ranch from aDeanna Hereford ranch to aDOB Angus ranch, operated by and+84 Harrer. Treasure 18156972 +132 +.99 morphed +20 +12 +1.22 +.41 +53 +154 2/2/20 Reg. No CED +12 BW -1.3 WW +67 YW SC DOC Milk Marb RE $W $B • Delivery is Free within Montana and discounted to adjacent states • Free board on bulls until April 15, 2021 126 55current 0.51 0.50 25 8 +10+7 Declaration 70748 18836115 +8 18960623 +83 0.77 +154 +.46 +11 +37 +.54 +.51 +171 KCFStevenson Bennet The RockAverages A473 17849954 +96714 +1.8 +77 +143 +1.92 +20 +1.18 +67 +185+95 16+26 97 commercial Angus ranch to +.61 the predominantly registered 55+0+1.6 1.2 Windy Ridge Swagger Ultimate Answer 520 18228919 +8 +70 +118 +.90 +20 +29 +.16 +.81 +80 +148 Stevenson Declaration 70748 Sire Current onumental 6056B 18379347 +11 -.6 +66 +121 +1.09 +6 +26 +1.39 +.70 +68 +180 Karen (Harrer) Davis owns and operates her registered Windy • •Harrer’s Satisfaction Guarantee including 84 years of experience. On-line sale and bidding Grant & Deanna Harrer • ack Granite D4 18538491 +11 +1.8 +69 +119 +1.57 +30 +32 +.58 +.55 +78 +138 X SydGen Resolve 7132 18769311 +13 +0 +58 +115 +.85 +6 +10 +37 +1.05 +1.21 +73 +168 Angus ranch, operated by Grant and+84 Deanna Harrer. Marda Blacksmith 18460820 +11when +1.4 +74 compare +130 +32sires +11with +32 +.36 +.92+.66 +143 averages! breed current Socket 534 18313282 +8 +2.2 +62 +1.41 +1.95 +8 +67 +118MF+93 AI our you areC:clear Ridge Angus Ranch in+31 conjunction with+.54 Lost Lake Ranch. priorities our think 683 We 406-899-9061 • H: 406-452-2010 CC&7 72 Ridge Swagger 714 18960623 +8 +1.1 +86 +140 +1.27 +22 +27 +.34 +.62 +132 • +114 Free board on bulls until April 15, 2021 Current Sire Averages 6 1.2 55 97 0.77 16 8 25 0.50 0.51 55 126 e 10-4 +13 +.5 +69 +136 +1.49 +8 +18 +.70 +.48 +58 +154 Marda Swagger 463 19068221 17864907 +6 +.6 +87 +151 +.18 +24 +13 +26 +.36 +.75 +91 +146 • Karen (Harrer) Davis owns and operates her registered Windy drharrer@gmail.com Windy Ridge Ranch • Harrer’s Satisfaction Guarantee including 84 years of experience. We think our priorities are clear when you compare ourAI sires with current breed averages! Main Barn • 406-737-4336 e Arrogance D67 18563876 -3 +4 +87 +150 +7 +28 +.46 with +.47 +84 +149 We think our priorities are clear when compare our sires with current breed averages! Ridge Angus in conjunction Lost Lake Ranch. Karen &Ranch Chuck Davis MGR Treasure 18156972 +12 -1.3 +69 you +133 +.94 +17+1.33 +18 +12 +1.19 +.52 +56 +155 406-737-4320 Jeff Schile , Manager • 406-737-4315 Harrer Deanna lacksmith 683 18460820 +11 +1.1 +70 +125 +1.44 +33 +33 -.03 +.74 +79 +108 & Grant Lost Lake Ranch “In The +22 Real World Sale” Windyridge@itstriangle.com Act BW+23 CED +.78 (Production) BW WW M 365 Weight Musgrave 316 Exclusive 18130471 +1.2 +77 +135 +11 +.67 YW +79 +175 Wm.T +6 (Bill) & Dolores Harrer+.99 406-452-2010 H: • 406-899-9061 C: Consensus 4092 17876966 +8 +.8 +69 +123 +1.48 +21 80+24 2 3.7 88 +.46 166 32+.33 1356#+67 +122 406-771-8229 • 406-737-4393 •+170 wtharrer@q.com Stevenson 18836113 +4 +2.9 +100 +.29 +22 +.99 +12 +23 +.57 +.41 +92+.41 +185 Grant & Deanna Harrer Ranch Ridge Windy .com drharrer@gmail asure Big League 70749 18156972 +12 -1.3 +67 +132 +20 +12 +1.22 +53 +154 Lost Lake Ranch “In The World (Production) Sale” • AllDeclaration registered 70748 bulls are sire-parentage verified by testingReal C: 406-899-9061 •DNA H: 406-452-2010 Stevenson 18836115 +8 +0 +83 +154 +.46 +7 +11 +37 +.54 +.51 +95 +171 406-737-4336 • Barn Main Davis Chuck & Karen +29 mate Answer 520 18228919 +8 +1.6 +70 +118 +.90 +20 +.16 +.81 +80 +148 drharrer@gmail.comEPDs Windy Ridge Ranch • D4 All registered bulls have genetically-enhanced 406-737-4320 • 406-737-4315 Manager ,+58 Schile Jeff Western Livestock Auction • Great Falls, MT k Granite +11 +1.8 +69 +119 +1.57 +30 +32 +.58 +.55 +78 +138 Tag 030 SydGen Resolve 7132 18538491 18769311 +13 +0 +115 +.85 +6 +10 +37 +1.05 +1.21 +73 +168 Windyridge@itstriangle.com Main Barn • 406-737-4336 Karen & Chuck Davis Windy Ridge Swagger 030 • All cattle Wm.T BVD-free Harrer & Dolores (Bill) idge Swagger 714 18960623 +8 +1.1 +140 +1.27 +22 as of+27 406-737-4320 Jeff , +86 Manager • 406-737-4315 Top 2020 calves Current Sire Averages 6 1.2Schile 55AI sires 97 of0.77 16 8 • EPDs 25 0.506/1/20 0.51+.34 55 +.62 126 +93 +132 19836916

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No CED BW ofWW YW in SC DOC Sale CEM (asMilk Marb RE $W Syd Gen $BMandate 6079 EPD’s of Leading Sires Calves 2021 LLR of 12/31/20) Hilltop Edge 3747 +.5 for +81 a+141 +.81 or +13other +13 information. +24 +.78 +.65 +84 +156 • Performance tested Call, 18882375 Write, or +11 Email Catalog Sire Reg. No WW +1.09 YW +9 SC Milk +.69 Marb +67 RE +184 $W $B EXAR Monumental• 6056B 18379347CED +11 -.7BW +66 +122 +13 DOC +26 +1.33 docility KCF Bennet The RockExtra A473 17849954 +9 +1.8-.6 +77 +143 +1.92 +26+1.09 +10 (as+20 +1.18 +.61 +67+.70 +185 +68 +180 Grant & Deanna Harrer EPD’s of Leading Sires of Calves in 2021 LLR Sale of 12/31/20) EXAR Monumental 6056B 18379347 +11 +66 +121 +6 +26 +1.39 Hilltop Edge =3747 18882375 +11 +.5 +81 +141 +.81 +13 +13 +24 YW+.78 +.65Weight+84 +156 testing physical exam +No scrotal• size + semen test +130 Act BW +32 CED +11 BW WW M 365 C: 406-899-9061 H:+8 406-452-2010 Blacksmith 18460820 +11 +1.4 +74 +32 +.36 +.92 Sire• Fertility Reg. CED BW WW YW SC DOC Milk Marb RE +143 +67 $W +118 $B Krein PTMarda Socket 534 683 18313282 +2.2 +62 +1.41 +114 +1.95 +8 +31 +.66 +84+.54 90 +26 9 +10 0.3 62 95 16 +.61 1233# +67 KCF Bennet The Rock A473 17849954 +9 +1.8 +77 +143 +1.92 +20 +1.18 +185+58 • Many “heifer bulls” with retained growth drharrer@gmail.com EXARLake Monumental 6056B 18379347 +11 -.6 +66 +.18 +121 +24+1.49 +1.09 +6 +.36 +26 +.75 +1.39 +.70 +146 +68 +154 +180 Lost 10-4 +69 +136 +8 +18 +.70 +91+.48 Marda Swagger 463 19068221 17864907+13 +6 +.6+.5 +87 +151 +13 +26 • Blacksmith Volume discounts on 18460820 bull purchases Marda 683 18563876 +11 +1.4 +74 +130 +32+1.33 +11 +32 +.36 +.92+.46 +84+.47 +143 Tag+84 H75 +149 Main Barn • 406-737-4336 KreinLake PTMGR Socket 534 D67 18313282 +8 +2.2 +62 +1.41 +114 +17 +1.95 +8 Davis +31 +.52 +.66 +56 +.54 +155 +67 +118 Lost Arrogance -3 +12 +4 +87 +150 +7 +28 Karen Treasure 18156972 -1.3 +69 +133 +.94 +18 & Chuck +12 +1.19 B & D Edifice • Livestock Insurance (Loss of Use and Mortality) Shared Premium 406-737-4320 Lost Lake 10-4 19068221 +13 +.5 +69 +.18 +136 +24+1.44 +1.49 +8 +.36 +18 +.75+.70 +.48 +146 +58 +154 Marda Swagger 463 18460820 17864907 +6 • 406-737-4315 +.6+1.1 +87 +151 +13 +26 +91+.74 Jeff Schile , Manager Marda Blacksmith 683 +11 +70 +125 +33 +33 -.03 +79 +108 19865430 Musgrave 316 Exclusive 18130471to-3 +6 +1.2+4 +77 +135 +.99 +22Windyridge@itstriangle.com +11 +23 +.78 +.67 +79+.47 +175 • Delivery is Free within Montana, discounted adjacent states or Lost Lake Arrogance D67 18563876 +87 +.94 +150 +17 +1.33 +7 +1.19 +28 +.52+.46 +56+.33 +84 +149 McCall Consensus 4092 17876966 +69 +123 +1.48 +21 Wm.T (Bill) & +8 Dolores Harrer DOB +67 2/7/20 +122 MGR Treasure 18156972 +12 -1.3+.8 +69 +133 +18 +24 +12 +155 Stevenson Big League 18836113 +4 +2.9 +100 +170 +.29 +22 +12 +23 +.57 +.41 +92 +185 EXAR Monumental 6056B sale day 70749 pickup discount MardaTreasure Blacksmith 683 18460820 +11 +1.1 +70 +125 +1.44 +33 +33 -.03 +.74 +79 +108 MGR 18156972 +12 -1.3 +67 +132 +.99 +20 +12 +1.22 +.41 +53 +154 • 406-737-4393 • wtharrer@q.com Musgrave 316 Exclusive 406-771-8229 18130471 +6 +1.2 +77 +135 +.99 +22 +11 +23 +.78 +.67 +79 +175X Stevenson Declaration 70748 18836115 +8 +0 +83 +154 +.46 +7 +11 +37 +.54 +.51 +95 +171 • 4092 On-line and bidding +8 McCall Consensus 17876966 +.8 +69 +123 +24 +21 +.16 +.46 +.81 +.33 Hoover +67 +122 OCC Ultimate Answer 520 sale 18228919 +1.6 +70 +118 +1.48 +.90 +20 +29 +80 +148 Dam Stevenson Big League 70749 18836113 +4 +2.9 +100 +170 +.29 +22+1.57 +12 +30 +23 +.57 +.41 +92+.55 +185 +78 MGR Treasure 18156972 +12 -1.3 +67 +132 +.99 +20 +12 +1.22 +.41 +53 +154 • Free board on bulls until April 15, 2021 S S Black Granite D4 18538491 +11 +1.8 +69 +119 +32 +.58 +138 SydGen Resolve 7132 18769311 +13 +0 +58 +115 +.85 +6 +10 +37 +1.05 +1.21 +73 +168 Stevenson Declaration 70748 18836115 +8 +0 +83 +154 +.46 +7 +11 +37 +.54 +.51 +95 +171 OCC Ultimate AnswerGuarantee 520 18228919 +1.6 +86 +70 +140 +118 +1.27 +.90 +22 +20 +29 +.34 +.16 +.62 +.81 +80 +132 +148 Windy Ridge Swagger 714 18960623 +8 of experience. +1.1 +27 +93 • Harrer’s Satisfaction including 84 years Current Sire Averages 6 1.2 55 97 0.77 16 8 25 0.50 0.51 55 126 S S Black Granite D4 18538491 +11 +1.8 +69 +119 +1.57 +30 +32 +.58 +.55 +78 +138 SydGen Resolve 7132 18769311 +13 +0 +58 +115 +.85 +37 YW +1.05 +168 Act BW +6 CED +10 BW WW M +1.21 365 Weight+73 85our AI 3+1.27 sires 1.3 with 72 current 123 +27 27 breed 1243# Windy Ridge Swagger 714 18960623 +8 when +1.1 +86 +140 +22 +.34 averages! +.62 +93 +132 We thinkour our priorities areclear clear when youcompare compare sires We think priorities are you our with current breed averages!

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Forage sorghum and sugarcane aphids

By Sorghum Checkoff Agronomy Director Brent Bean, Ph.D. Unlike grain sorghum, there are only a few forage sorghum hybrids that have sugarcane aphid (SCA) tolerance. With the exception of these few, at best, all we can say is that certain hybrids are less susceptible than others. On a positive note, companies have been working to incorporate SCA tolerance into their forage sorghum, particularly those used for silage. It is expected that SCA-tolerant silage sorghum hybrids will be introduced to market in the coming years. In sorghum silage, Texas A&M University research has shown yield can be reduced as much as 40 percent prior to sorghum flowering if a high infestation of SCA occurs and is left uncontrolled.(1) Additionally, quality of the silage is reduced, primarily because of a reduction in starch due to lower grain production. Both silage yield and quality are affected much less if SCA infestations occur after the grain milk stage. However, late infestations can produce honey dew in sufficient quantities which could interfere with harvest. The insecticides labeled and most recommended for use in forage sorghum are the same as those used in grain sorghum. These are Corteva’s Transform and Bayer’s Sivanto Prime, and its soon-to-be replacement, Sivanto HL. The label for Sivanto HL includes a soil applied application. This is new and will be especially useful in forage sorghum. A third product, Sefina from BASF, recently received a federal label for sorghum with state labels expected soon. Management practices to avoid or minimize SCA damage Sorghum Silage • Plant early with an early maturing hybrid and hope to harvest prior to SCA infesting the field. • Avoid planting in narrow rows. Use at least a 30-inch row, which allows better coverage if an insecticide application is needed. • Insecticide coverage is critical. If SCA populations are beginning to increase prior to canopy closure, consider making an insecticide application even if levels have not yet reached an economic threshold. • Consider applying by chemigation (labeled for Sivanto) when possible for improved insecticide coverage. • In regions where SCA infestations are a regular occurrence, consider applying Sivanto HL in the seed furrow at planting or other soil application methods as stated on the label. Sorghum Sudangrass Hay • In regions where early season SCA infestation may occur, consider using an insecticide seed treatment such as Cruiser, Poncho or Gaucho, which will provide early season control for roughly 40-45 days. This is especially important if the planting date is delayed. • If SCA infestation occurs and canopy closure is such that good insecticide application coverage cannot be achieved, consider harvesting early and monitoring regrowth forage for SCA. Apply an insecticide as needed prior to canopy closure. Grazing • Using good management grazing practices will go a long way in managing SCA. This means turning cattle out to graze sorghum no taller than 40 inches or approximately 40 days after emergence. Rotational grazing should also be an effective management tool. • If SCA infestation levels begin to build, consider treating as soon as possible to achieve good insecticide coverage. High levels of SCA will result in moldy leaves and cattle will avoid grazing these areas leading to wasted forage. • There is a seven-day grazing restriction following a Transform or Sivanto application. Reference: 1. Ed Bynum and Jourdan Bell. 2019. Sugarcane Aphid Damage to Forage Sorghum Silage Yield and Quality induced by different Infestation Levels for the Texas High Plains. TGSP Final Report. https://www.sorghumcheckoff. com/for-farmers/forage-production/.

Horses in Rehab

Yes, there are rehab centers for horses. Rehabilitation centers are also known as lay-up facilities. Horses are usually sent there for specialized medical treatment and recuperation from injuries and surgeries. These facilities are common for racehorses, for whom the chances of injury are much higher than for non-racing horses.

4-H’ers corral honors in Catch-A-Calf competition

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HAY FOR SALE University of Wyoming Extension Grass/alfalfa, straight alfalfa, 1100# round bales...$50/bale platform for answering questions and distribEight Wyoming 4-H’ers exhibited their Catch-A-Calf projects at the National Western uting the requirements of the program, shared Call Dick Preputin, 406-788-1986, Conrad, MT Stock Show (NWSS) early in January despite Keil. COVID-19 cancellations. When the 2021 NWSS was cancelled, “This program year looked very different participants had their steers for just over four from a typical year,” said Molly Keil, superinmonths and had four more left before the exCall us today to get a quote! tendent of the NWSS Catch-A-Calf program pected completion of the program, shared Keil. and a former Albany County 4-H Extension “It did send panic through the Catch-A-Calf educator. “The only normal aspect was the families,” said Keil. “Thankfully, the leadership kids got to catch calves at the NWSS rodeo, at the National Western Stock Show recognizes pre-pandemic.” the value of this program and they knew how Wyatt Harrison from Basin received reserve important it was for these kids to be able to champion in her showmanship class, second in complete what they started.” record books, eighth in sponsor relations, ninth Typically, only the top two participants are in the production phase and sixth overall. able to sell in the NWSS Junior Livestock Sale We do all types of insulation! Haydan Huyser from Evansville received based on total points awarded from all aspects • Polyurethane Spray Foam • Blow-in Fiberglass • Cellulose champion for his live placing class and second of the project including sponsor relations, • Fiberglass Batting • Roof Foaming & Coatings in the carcass contest. interview, record book, industry performance, Wyatt Jarman from Rozet was seventh in documents submitted on time, showmanship record books and twelfth in production phase. placing and live placing. Each participant who Jaeden Cleven from Laramie was sixth in completed all aspects of the project was able sponsor relations and tenth in production phase. to sell this year. Other participants included Cael Churches “Although this was far from a normal of Laramie, Brea Mills of Yoder, and Evan program year, these kids were rewarded for Smith and Logan Stockton of Cheyenne. sticking with the project until the very end,” Due to the cancelations of the 2021 NWSS, said Keil. Conrad, MT • 406-450-4232 there were no rodeos for the next group of applicants to catch their steers. With over 70 applicants, 40 names were ower of randomly drawn to participant redictability in the 2021-2022 program year, shared Keil. What does 65 years of breeding with Garrett Burkett of Evansthe same goal in mind get you? ville, Chelsi Green and Macie Hopkin of Cowley, Kayden A consistent, predictable product Makinen of Rawlins, Yazmin that has stood the test of time. 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By Carrie Knutson, NDSU Extension Agent, Grand Forks County As the seasons change, we try to spend the most time we can outside before darkness forces us indoors. Last year, I purchased outdoor lights to hang on a portion of our backyard fence. The additional lighting allowed us to enjoy our yard after dark. My family loved the lights so much that I went back and bought more. Adding outdoor lights might entice you to spend more time enjoying your outdoor space this summer and into the fall. When designing outdoor lighting, we don’t have “rules,” but design elements are guides to help us make a visually pleasing design. A few of the design elements to think about are balance, rhythm, simplicity, unity and accent. For example, create unity with fixtures that have the same type of finish and light color. Create rhythm by using pools of light, not constant brightness. Space lights so that you are guided around the outdoor space. Balance light so areas of your outdoor space are not left in the dark. Use multiple lights to accent the focal point of your outdoor space. Focal points could be prize plants, artwork or a seating area. If you would like to use a tree as a focal point, make sure to illuminate the trunk as well as the foliage. Otherwise, the foliage will look like it is floating. You can find a variety of types of lights on the market for outdoor use. Canopy lights reflect down onto surfaces and are used in gardens or to highlight paths. Wash lights provide a soft, diffused light for brightening walls or fences. Bullet lights project a narrow beam of light and are ideal for lighting focal points. String lights also can be used to accent a focal point. Well lights are buried in the ground and used to brighten the underside of plants. Down lights are located in high places to brighten areas below. Flood lights cast a bright wide beam and are used to light up trees or sides of structures, or for security. You also have a variety of ways to power lights, from battery and solar power to lights that need electric cables. Do some research and find what is within your capabilities and budget. My garden lighting is still a work in progress. I need to work on creating balance and unity in my lighting design this summer. How will you add to your outdoor space this summer? Happy gardening!

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Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum The time for spring planting alfalfa is just around the corner and two traits often confused, are fall dormancy and winter survival. Recently we covered winter survival, let’s look at fall dormancy. Fall dormancy is a measure of an alfalfa plant’s ability to regrow in the fall after harvest and spring following winter. It is scored on a scale ranging from 1 to 11 with 1 being most dormant and 11 the least. Higher dormancy means a harvested plant will focus its resources in the fall more on building reserves to survive the winter and less on new growth. This tendency toward slower regrowth manifests throughout the year, with less dormant varieties typically recovering faster in the spring and producing overall higher yields. Another role dormancy plays is keeping plants from starting growth during the random warm-ups in the fall and winter months. Plants that break bud during these periods are subject to winterkill. Finally, fall dormancy can impact the harvest timetable. Lower dormancy ratings means a plant regrow slower. This translates into more time to remove forage from the field before “windrow disease” and field traffic become a concern. In the past, fall dormancy traits were linked with winter survival. With new varieties, this isn’t always the case, so fall dormancy needs to be evaluated on its own. Variety selection depends upon your management, production goals, and ability for a stand to make it through winter without sacrificing additional yield. If you have regular issues with stand winterkill, a lower rated variety with improved dormancy. In Nebraska, we recommend dormancy ratings 1 through 5.

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Montana Farm Bureau Federation Ag NewsWire The Montana Farm Bureau Foundation and the Montana Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee are offering several scholarships for students pursuing higher education. New this year is an online portal which not only directs the applicant to each appropriate scholarship available but provides a simple way to submit necessary documentation. • The 2021 MFB Foundation CYF&R Scholarship. The Montana Farm Bureau Foundation will award one $1,000 scholarship to a current member of the Collegiate Chapter of Young Farmers and Ranchers at MSU Bozeman, UM Western, Miles Community College or Dawson Community College. The purpose of this scholarship is to assist Collegiate Young Farmer and Rancher members in pursuing a degree from an accredited institute of higher education and enrolled at that institution for the Fall 2021 semester. The scholarship is not limited to students seeking a degree or career in agriculture. Postmarked on or before April 1, 2021. • The 2021 Bernard Greufe Honor Scholarship. This $1500 scholarship assists Montana high school students pay for higher education. The applicant must be pursuing a degree from an accredited institute of higher education, although the award is not limited to students seeking a degree or career in agriculture. Postmarked on or before April 1, 2021. • The 2021 Future of Agriculture Honor Scholarship. This $1500 scholarship, administered by the Montana Farm Bureau Foundation, is made available through generous donations from Seed Source, Inc. of Toston, Montana. The purpose of this scholarship is to assist students towards the completion of a degree in a field pertaining to agriculture. A special emphasis will be given to applicants who have shown ingenuity in agricultural production and advancement of small- scale agriculture. The applicant must be pursuing a major, minor or graduate degree in a field pertaining to agriculture from an accredited institute of higher education. Students must be enrolled at that institution for the Fall 2021 semester and achieved at least a sophomore level of education. Postmarked on or before April 1, 2021. • The Montana Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee Scholarships: Two $1,500.00 scholarships are available through the sponsorship of the MFB Women’s Leadership Committee. The scholarships are available to young men and women. The applicant must be an incoming college freshman and must be from a paid Montana Farm Bureau member family. Applications will be scored on scholastic achievement, future goals, community involvement and school activities. The scholarship must be used in the year it is awarded. Must be submitted to the applicant’s county Farm Bureau office by April 1, 2021. To learn more about the scholarships and to sign in to the scholarship portal, visit https://mfbf.org/Programs/Scholarships. For more information call 406-587-3153 or email scottk@mfbf.org. In addition, some county Farm Bureau scholarships are available via the portal.

Houseplants for health and wellness

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By Esther McGinnis, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension to 12 small plants versus the control group, In the winter evenings, my family and I who received no plants. stay in our small sitting room surrounded In reviewing patient records, the reby houseplants. searchers in both studies found that the Thanksgiving cactus, snake plant, ivy, surgical patients recovered faster in the fiddle leaf fig, calatheas and Chinese everMONTANA BRAND FOR SALE presence of plants. These patients also took green adorn the room. Horses - left thigh, Cattle - left rib fewer and milder pain relievers, reported The downstairs family room is much less pain and fatigue and were shown to Single iron $9500 nicer with a bigger TV and a fireplace. have lower blood pressure. However, something about the tropical Phone (406) 785-2321 These initial studies show that indoor jungle vibes attracts us to the small sitting plants can have a profound effect on our room. Science shows why my family and I health and mental well-being in specific are drawn to this cozy area. circumstances. The one thing we can count Research shows that houseplants can on is that more research will be conducted play a role in health and wellness. Studies in this interesting area in the future. In the show that viewing common houseplants can meantime, try an experiment of your own by make us feel more relaxed physically and incorporating houseplants into your interior psychologically. environment. 406-390-5076 • Chester, MT The exact mechanism isn’t understood, For more information about gardening, but we possibly feel connected to nature by contact your local NDSU Extension agent. Providing all your cattle needs! seeing plants indoors. This can be a great Find the Extension office for your county at restorative benefit for individuals who live • Cake • Tubs • Liquid Feed https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/direcin cold, snowy climates. • KayDee Mineral • Salt tory/counties. Plants can make our homes feel more comfortable during winter when the furnace Supplementing Cattle With ##### dries the air. Placing several large plants in A “pregnant” GM crash test-dummy The Customer In Mind! a small room can raise the humidity to more is called the “Maternal Anthropomorphic comfortable levels. Measurement Apparatus version 2B” – or COMPETITIVE PRICING! Houseplants can affect our perceptions MAMA2B. of a room and make it seem more comfortable, fresh and clean. These effects extend to the classroom. A study from SAV Elation 7899 Reg 18911198 a junior high school in Taiwan shows that students perceive a classroom with multiple houseplants to be more welcoming. Even more amazingly, the same study documented fewer instances of student punishment for misbehavior and absences on account of illAnnual Production Sale ness. Unfortunately, plants in the classroom did not increase test scores. Musgrave 316 Stunner Reg 18467508 At the college level, inBlaine County Fairgrounds • Chinook, MT structor evaluations were higher in plant-filled classSelling rooms. College students rated the classes as stimulating and reported their interest in the subject matter increased. On a positive note, the Sired By students scored the instrucSAV Elation 7899 tor higher for enthusiasm and clearness of instrucMusgrave 316 Stunner tion. The effects of houseSquare B Milestone 7413 plants on evaluations were Square B Milestone 7413 Reg 19167792 most noticeable for college Ellingson Homestead 6030 classes taught in rooms that lacked windows. Ellingson Accelerate 5264 In the workplace, placing Hilltop Prairie Pride 4677 houseplants in a windowless room can increase produc21AR Emulation 7172 tivity, lower blood pressure and increase concentration and more! on computer tasks. Another study documented lower levels of fatigue in workplace environments that incorporate plants. HD50K Enhanced EPDs • Carcass Ultrasounded Research projects that Performance Tested • Verified Parentage study the effect of plants on Tested BVD-PI free • Fertility Tested hospital patients are most impressive. Two studies NO CREEP from 2008 and 2009 evaluated the effects of multiple foliage plants and flowers on patients recovering from appendectomies and thyroid surgery. Both types of surgeries have a standard protocol that made comparison J eff , C hristie , C harley & t yson n issen • (406) 357-2643 • info @ nissenangus . Com easier between the group of patients who received eight

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Calving 101 – for those not directly involved in agriculture

Karla Wilke, Cow-Calf Systems and Stocker Management Specialist, UNL Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center, Scottsbluff Newborn calves are usually given an ear Whether or not we work in agriculture, Annual Private Treaty Bull Sale tag to identify who the mother is, possibly a in rural Nebraska and other farming and Registered Red Angus Bulls For Sale vaccine, and may be moved with their cow ranching areas, agriculture provides us with Quiet dispositions, Yearling bulls for your consideration out of: to a “pair” pen away from the cows who some of the first signs of spring. We have KCC Excellence, Supremecy, WFL Merlin, Perseverence, have not calved. Most cows will deliver all smiled at newborn baby calves bucking, GMRA Triology, Sleep Easy, No Worries, Night Focus, their calves unassisted, but if the weather is head butting each other, and running with Profitbuilder, Feddes Patriot, and other sires. especially cold, the newborn calf may need their tails sticking straight out. These bulls will make quality heifer bulls and herd sires. to be temporarily removed from the cow and But those who aren’t farmers or ranchers, Please call, text or email for more information. rapidly warmed up in a warmer box, a water or otherwise involved in agriculture, might 406-480-1148 bath, or through other means. A calf should wonder what “calving season” is and why geibredangus@nemont.net • Geib Red Angus on Facebook have a body temperature of 101 degrees. A it is such a big deal to the men and women calf whose body temperature drops below of agriculture. Driving by those playing 86 degrees will die without intervention. calves, they might not realize all that goes If a blizzard or an arctic blast hits during into making sure those babies get a good, calving, typically everyone in the operation healthy start. Trailer orders backed up until Spring finds themselves checking cows, attending Calving season brings more intense work babies, running towels through the laundry Put your order in now!! to the ranchers – in addition to what they for the next wave of wet babies, or whatever have been doing all winter, like feeding the else needs to be done. The kitchen is often cattle, chipping and pitching ice off tanks, taken over by cold baby calves. making sure the cattle have windbreaks, and Cattle production is both a science and an at times bedding. Cows have to be checked art and producers are very knowledgeable more regularly for signs of going into labor. about best-management practices necessary This is especially true for heifers, young Travalong 31-ft. gooseneck flatbed for a healthy cow and calf. A cow may need cows expecting their first calf. assistance delivering the calf if she is not This often means someone has to check with duals making progress in a reasonable amount them every two hours through the night as of time. This is a messy process, which well as in the daytime. Many cattle producHillsboro typically leaves the person assisting the cow ers are married couples and they usually flatbeds covered in afterbirth fluid - which does not split the night shifts and work together on smell like perfume. the day shifts. This is where the old saying In Stock My husband told me once about taking comes from: “Couples don’t need marriage a girl on a date and having to deliver a calf counseling, they just need to work cattle on the date. He said he never saw her again together and figure out what the real issues after that day. Looking at the dried afterbirth are right there”. on my coveralls, the cow poop splattered in Weather is seldom the cattleman’s friend my hair, and feeling the sticky colostrum on in the Great Plains, where the majority of my fingers, it dawned on me that my stunthe cattle are raised. Spring is especially ning good looks and charming personality volatile and can bring temperature swings were likely not actually what earned me the from mild, sunny 40-degree days to frigid Mrs. in front of my name. wind chills of minus-20 degrees Fahrenheit Calves get their immunity through colosand blizzards. Those responsible for the trum, the first milk a cow produces when a cattle have to feed and care for the cattle calf is born, which must be received as soon either way. as possible after birth. If the calf is slow to The positive side of a minus-20-degree get up and nurse, the producer has to assist wind chill is that two Carhartt coats on top We Are the calf with nursing or supplement the calf of coveralls make all of us look fat, and if with a powdered colostrum supplement. an upset mama cow hits you for getting too Open! Farmers and ranchers spend a lot of time close to her baby, there is a lot of padding observing all the calves to make sure they there to cushion the hit. Additionally, if you are nursing and bonding well with their cow. have to scale the fence in this attire plus Young calves can be especially suscepinsulated muck boots, you can skip going tible to illness the first two months of life. to the gym today. 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MSU News Service Adults use several different avenues to 18 years old is too young for a child to take pass on assets, such as money or property, to control of a large sum of money or other children. After their death, people may use a assets, due to their lack of financial experiwill to make a bequest to a child or distribute ence. She added a custodial account is a from a living or testamentary trust as gifts. great alternative for a parent or adult who “While children under the age of 18, the wants to gift assets during their lifetime, legal age of adulthood in Montana, may make a bequest in a will or make distribureceive gifts of assets, such as cash, mutual tions from a trust. The custodian can be the funds, stocks and bonds, and hold title to person making the gift, such as a parent or property, Montana law limits their legal grandparent, or a trust company. capacity to act on their own behalf,” said Custodial accounts include savings acMarsha Goetting, Montana State Univercounts at a financial institution, such as a sity (MSU) Extension family economics bank or credit union, a mutual fund comspecialist. pany or a brokerage firm. Although assets Children under 18 can’t sign binding placed in the account are for the benefit of contracts, such as a purchase agreement the child, Goetting stressed that control over for real estate, a credit card agreement or the assets is not handed over until the child a loan contract according to Montana law. reaches 21. However, children do gain complete control The MontGuide explains how custodial and access of their deceased parents’ propaccounts are allowed under the Montana erty at age 18, unless the parent establishes Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. It is a trust or custodianship. MSU Extension available at: http://store.msuextension.org/ has released a MontGuide that discusses publications/FamilyFinancialManagement/ information related to custodial accounts MT199910HR.pdf. Copies are available at for children under the age of 21. Extension and reservation offices. Goetting said some adults believe that

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Horses, just like humans, have health food stores with every imaginable product on the shelf. Where do you begin? It is a complex science deciding how to balance the horse’s need for over 15 different minerals, in addition to other trace minerals (those needed in smaller amounts). Veterinarians and certified horse nutritionists are your best bet for making these decisions.

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Updates to strengthen protection for farmlands, grasslands and wetlands

USDA News Release The U.S. Department of Agriculture working lands, helping to sequester carbon, (USDA) released the final rule for its Agtrap sediment, and filter pollutants for clean water. ricultural Conservation Easement Program ACEP’s agricultural land easements (ACEP), which enables agricultural pro(ALE) component assists state and local ducers and private landowners to protect governments, non-governmental organizafarmlands, grasslands, and wetlands with conservation easements. The rule updates tions and American Indian tribes that have ACEP as directed by the 2018 Farm Bill farmland or grassland protection programs and incorporates public comments made on purchase conservation easements from eligian interim rule. ble landowners. This helps protect the long“Conservation easements are a critical term viability of the nation’s food supply by conservation tool helping landowners suspreventing conversion of productive working farmland and grassland to non-agricultural tain vital working landscapes and wetland uses or non-grassland uses. ecosystems,” said Terry Cosby, acting chief The wetland reserve easements (WRE) of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation component helps landowners restore and Service (NRCS). “These minor updates to protect wetlands in agricultural landscapes the ACEP final rule are intended to improve that provide benefits, including increased processes that will help strengthen the imwildlife habitat, improved water quality, pacts of our investments and continue to reduced impacts from flooding, groundwater elevate protection of ecologically important recharge, and more outdoor recreation and lands through voluntary conservation.” educational opportunities. NRCS provides ACEP is USDA’s premier conservation technical and financial assistance directly easement program, offering financial and to private and tribal landowners to restore, technical assistance to help protect producprotect and enhance wetlands through the tive farm and ranch lands from conversion purchase of these easements. to other uses and to restore and protect the NRCS received more than 570 comnation’s critical wetlands. It uses innovative conservation systems to support the restoraments on the ACEP interim rule, which was tion of wetland ecosystems and to protect CONTINUED ON PAGE A35

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published on January 6, 2020. Overall, comments expressed support for the changes made in the interim rule but requested some clarifications and additional changes. View the final rule on the Federal Register. The final rule responds to these comments and adopts the interim rule with minor changes, including: Updates to ACEP: • Revised the definitions for beginning farmer or rancher, eligible land, farm or ranch succession plan, future viability and maintenance to provide additional clarity, especially around succession planning. Updates to ACEP Agricultural Land Easements: • Incorporated priority into the ACEP-ALE ranking criteria for lands enrolled in the Transition Incentives Program under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP-TIP). • Clarified the non-federal match requirements and added new types of costs that may be used to satisfy the non-federal match requirements. • Modified one of the regulatory deed requirements to clarify the types of changes to the easement deed or easement area that must be approved in advance by NRCS. • Updated the regulatory language describing the United States’ inspection authority to reflect the existing right of enforcement language used in ACEP-ALE conservation easements, wherein NRCS provides the agricultural land easement holder and the landowner notice and a reasonable opportunity to participate in an inspection of the easement area. • Revised the regulatory language to specify the minimum and maximum durations for ACEP-ALE agreements based on an eligible entity’s certification status under ACEP-ALE. Updates to ACEP Wetland Reserve Easements: • Incorporated priority into the ACEP-WRE ranking criteria for lands enrolled in the CRP-TIP that are farmed wetland and adjoining land that has the highest wetland functions and values and is likely to return to production after the land leaves CRP.

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K-State Research and Extension New Kansas State University has launched a new self-paced online course, Finances and the Farm, now available to Kansans and others. “It is important, especially during these challenging times, to be proactive with your farm financial management,” said LaVell Winsor, agricultural economist with the K-State Research and Extension Farm Analyst Program. “Making this training online and self-paced means individual producers or farm families can complete the six lessons at a time that works best for them and from the comfort and safety of their own homes or offices.” The course is similar to the popular in-person Farm Financial Management classes held this time last year that drew nearly 700 participants. “Many of the participants from our classes last winter expressed that they would like to complete this material with their spouse or other shareholders on their farm,” said Robin Reid, an extension economist with K-State’s Department of Agricultural Economics. “This online course will give them that opportunity.” This year’s training can be taken for educational purposes only, but also has been approved to fulfill requirements for Farm Service Agency borrower’s training financial credit, Winsor said. The six-lesson classes will delve into such topics as balance sheets, income statements and cash flow. Depending on the type of farm they operate, participants can choose either a Cattle and Crops case farm or a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) and Farmer’s Market case farm for which they can complete hands-on financial activities. The Finances and the Farm training prepares participants to use financial management techniques and to set goals for their own operations, plus learn about making changes to avoid financial difficulties, Reid said. Bonus content includes information on determining the costs of production, grain marketing and family communication. The fee for those taking the course for educational purposes only is $100. For those seeking FSA credit, the fee is $300. Additional information about this training and other topics can be found at www.agmanager. info.

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Tea for Two Tuesday

Date When Celebrated: Third Tuesday in March Tea for Two Tuesday is established for two or more people to enjoy a cup of tea together. Tea is a very relaxing beverage. And, how much more pleasant it is, when it is enjoyed with others. While the name of this very special day, is Tea for Two Tuesday, we encourage you to have “a spot of tea” with any number of people. Go ahead.... make it a Tea party. The more, the merrier! Call yourself a “Teetotaler” if you like. But, drinking tea does not make you a Teetotaler. (Sometimes spelled Teatotaler, Tee Totaler and other variations) By definition, a Teetotaler is someone who has sworn off alcohol, often turning to tea as a substitute. They say variety is the spice of life. We encourage you to try different types of tea today. There is no shortage of tea flavors, some have caffeine, some are caffeinefree.

Record high red meat, beef, and pork production

USDA December 2019 contained 22 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. December 2020 contained 23 weekdays (including 1 holiday) and 4 Saturdays. Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.85 billion pounds in December, up 3 percent from the 4.73 billion pounds produced in December 2019. Beef production, at 2.32 billion pounds, was 3 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.78 million head, up 1 percent from December 2019. The average live weight was up 16 pounds from the previous year, at 1,389 pounds. Veal production totaled 5.6 million pounds, 14 percent below December a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 40,600 head, down 19 percent from December 2019. The average live weight was up 14 pounds from last year, at 242 pounds. Pork production totaled 2.51 billion pounds, up 3 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 11.5 million head, up 1 percent from December 2019. The average live weight was up 6 pounds from the previous year, at 294 pounds. Lamb and mutton production, at 12.0 million pounds, was down 1 percent from December 2019. Sheep slaughter totaled 197,800 head, 1 percent above last year. The average live weight was 121 pounds, down 2 pounds from December a year ago. January to December 2020 commercial red meat production was 55.7 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 2019. Accumulated beef production was down slightly from last year, veal was down 14 percent, pork was up 2 percent from last year, and lamb and mutton production was down 7 percent.

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This time of year we are getting tired of the “winter” menu. Here are a few options to add a little variety to winter cooking.

Cheesy Spinach and Artichoke Dip

8 ounces cream cheese - softened 10 ounces chopped spinach - thawed and squeezed of excess water 1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts - drained well 1/2 cup green onion, tops only - divided 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese - divided 1 cup mozzarella - divided 1/4 cup mayonnaise 2 cloves garlic - minced Heat oven to 350 degrees F and set aside 1/4 cup green onion, 1/4 cup Mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Blend together remaining ingredients and pour into an 8x8 greased baking dish. Top with the onions and cheese that have been set aside and bake for 20 minutes until bubbling and cheese is melted. Serve hot with crackers.

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1/2 teaspoon brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon onion powder 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon paprika 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper 4 corn tortillas (6 inches) In a small bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Stack the tortillas; cut into six wedges. Arrange in a single layer on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Spritz the wedges with cooking spray; sprinkle with seasoning mixture. Bake at 375° for 9-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 5 minutes. Yield: 2 servings.

Pork Baby Back Ribs

4 pounds pork back ribs Your favorite barbecue sauce (purchased or homemade) Season ribs with salt and pepper. Place ribs on a medium-hot grill over indirect heat; close grill hood and grill until ribs are tender, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. (add more charcoal briquettes to fire, if necessary, to maintain grill temperature of about 325-350 degrees F.) Finish by turning and basting ribs with barbecue sauce for the last 15 minutes. Serve ribs directly from the grill or, for extra tender ribs remove from grill, wrap in heavy aluminum foil. Place foilwrapped ribs in brown paper bags, close bags and let ribs rest for up to an hour. Unwrap ribs, cut into serving pieces and serve with extra barbecue sauce.

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12 new potatoes, quartered 4 lbs corned beef brisket 3 bay leaves 4 carrots, sliced 2 onions, sliced 8 black peppercorns 1 head cabbage, wedged water, to cover Place potatoes and carrots in bottom of crock-pot. Add brisket, onion, bay leaves and peppercorns. Add enough water to cover. Cover, and cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 4-5 hours. Add cabbage halfway through cooking. ##### Q: Why couldn’t the leopard play hide and seek? A: Because he was always spotted. ##### Q: What starts with E, ends with E, and has only 1 letter in it? A: Envelope.

UW Extension debuts financial know-how video series

University of Wyoming Extension A series of brief videos addressing financial issues Wyoming residents face began Monday, February 22. “Michelle’s Monday Minute” debuted on the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension Facebook page by extension community development educator Michelle Vigil. “Since Wyoming is facing many challenges in the economic realm, I wanted to offer one- to three-minute videos on a variety of money subjects,” said Vigil, based in Campbell County and serving northeastern Wyoming. Series topics will not include investing but general money topics with a seasonal twist, such as college planning in January or going back to school in August. Subjects include tax changes for 2021, budgeting, debt repayment, financial emergencies, saving, making extra money, home buying, retirement, fraud, college planning and student loans, bill prioritization, and work and money, among others. “With each video, look for two to three helpful tips and a resource each week,” Vigil said. Links to resources will be included in the postings. Vigil will also highlight UW Extension financial informational programs such as the Master Money Coach, Tax Facts, Money Talk and the community development education team’s Facebook Live video series.

Trick horses

In circuses and exhibitions throughout the world , horses are trained to perform some amazing feats, such as jumping over an automobile, jumping through a hoop of fire, walking a narrow plank, sitting down, laying down, playing dead , bowing down, rearing, rearing and walking at the same time, pushing a baby stroller picking up or pushing objects, counting with their front legs, smiling, kissing, hugging, rolling over and so on. This is a testament to the heart of a horse to please humankind.

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NDSU Extension and Ag Research News As seed sales activity has increased in recent weeks, so have the number of inquiries the North Dakota State Seed Department (NDSSD) has received regarding the proper USED CULVERTS & labeling of seed. BRIDGES FOR SALE “Buyers and sellers both should understand that all seed intended for planting purposes must be properly tested and labeled in accordance with North Dakota seed laws,” says Bridges: Jason Goltz, NDSSD regulatory manager. “Labeling laws (2) 55’x13’ Steel Girder - Wood deck....... $40,000 each protect both the labeler and the customer. Regardless of use, (1) 28’x15’ Timber Bridge................................. $25,000 whether for crop production, cover crop, pollinator habitat (2) 17’x13’ Timber Bridges.......................... $5000 each or forage production, all seed must be labeled. (2) 41’x 9’ Rail car with timber decking.......... $8000 ea. 18” - 96” diameter, lengths up to 64-ft. “When selling or buying seed, it is important to remember (1) 41’x10’ Rail car with timber decking......... $6000 ea. Available in a variety of sizes and thicknessness. Some bands (2) 35’x10’ Rail car with concrete decking..................... . a few key points,” Goltz adds. and other fittings are available. Most are 1/2 price of new. ................................... $5000 each, Both for $7000 Most varieties of agricultural crops are protected by some . (other sizes available also) type of intellectual property rights laws and some crop varietTreated Timber: $1 per board foot un- Freeman 1390 baler, ies are required by federal law to be certified by an official 16”x22” bales, Inder 20 feet long. seed certifying agency. In North Dakota, most agricultural $1.50 per board foot Line square-3 string. crops sold must be identified by variety name, but the seller Deutz 4 cylinder 67 over 20 feet long. is responsible for knowing, Goltz says. The unauthorized sale hp, very low hours.... Timbers are negotia.......................$8000 of a protected variety, even to a neighbor or friend, is illegal. ble on price based 2007 Kobelco ED190 Violations of seed laws can be expensive. In North Dakota, off their condition. 121 HP, 36” bucket with Many different sizes to a violation of the Plant Variety Protection Act, for example, hydraulic thumb, 6810 choose from. can result in a fine up to $10,000 per violation. Seed labeling hours, 6-way blade, tight boom, newer sprockets/ requirements are outlined in state seed law, Chapter 4.1-53 Call Scott 406-370-9924 idlers with rock guards, forestry guards, heat and air, of North Dakota Century Code. Optimal weight 45,000 lb.................................. $90,000 Stevensville, MT “The visual appearance of seed is not always a good indicator of seed quality,” Goltz says. “This season is a good example, as the NDSSD seed lab has observed a sig• Larger Capacity, Non-Leaking Transition Field Loaders nificant number of common • Controlled Vertical Discharge Flow samples of poor quality.” Self-Propelled • Larger Heavy Duty PEER Bearings Although the samples Field Loaders • Heavier Duty Undercarriage appeared normal, the germination results were low, • Thicker Walled Tubing 8S WR demonstrating the need for %3+ • Wider Conveyor Belts testing at a qualified lab that (50% higher capacity than similair sized tubes) follows the Association of Transfer Conveyors Official Seed Analyst rules for testing seed. 8S WR Belt The seller is responsible IW Drive-Over Pitstops Conveyors for testing and labeling each seed lot offered for sale Watch a Bunning Manure in North Dakota. Proper Spreader shred a Volvo! testing is the only way to assess the factors necessary for a legal label, such Heat Treated Boron Auger Flights as germination percentage, 3 Year Warranty purity, and the presence of Fully contaminants such as weed Welded seed and other crop seed. Construction Buyers are advised to never purchase seed that 8S WR is not labeled nor accept a %3+ promise that the label will 7 ton to 50 ton Capacity be mailed later. HIGH OVER THE ROAD CAPACITY STAINLESS TENDER

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Black Forest Cake Day

Date celebrated: March 28th Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte is a word that is perhaps beyond the reach of most of us, a rich word with a rich history, but perhaps a bit too exotic to describe a treat we are all familiar with. And what a treat it is, rich layers of chocolate sponge cake mortared together with a flavorful whipped cream and assortment of cherries, and frosted and topped with more of the same. That’s right, it’s a Black Forest Cake! History of Black Forest Cake Day A true Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte is made with the rich flavorful liquor that comes from the region for which it’s named Schwarzwälder Kirsch(wasser). In the region grows a variety of tart cherries that lend the spirit its unique flavor, and in turn provide a notable and local flavor to the Black Forest Cherry-Torte. This cake certainly has a long storied history, having first appeared in Schwarzwälder (The Black Forest) in 1915, or so that’s the tale that Josef Keller told until his death in 1981. Whether his tale is true or not, what is well known is it was indelibly tied to Berlin by 1931, and has spread throughout the world to become a famous and recognizable treat. Interestingly, there is actually a Swedish variation of this dish, consisting merely of layers of rich flavorful chocolate and whipped cream. Once this is completed the Schwarzwaldtårta is decorated with rich slivers or plates of chocolate and dusted with cocoa powder for a distinctive and delicious appearance. In spite of the shared name, it has no other relation to the Cherry-Torte mentioned above. How to celebrate Black Forest Cake Day Why, you get to celebrate Black Forest Cake Day in the best way possible! You get to celebrate it by eating Black Forest Cake, in any of the dozens of varieties that this delicious chocolate treat can come in. While the Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte has a very specific recipe, there is always room for variation when you’re eating a Black Forest Cake! Maraschino cherries are without question a popular selection for this, but you can also make it with Rainier Cherries for a sweeter flavor, or the dark red cherries that are traditional for a tarter, more striking taste. Black Forest Cake Day is your chance to indulge yourself in this German delicacy.

Spring Vernal Equinox

Date When: March 20 Ah, Spring! A time when “a young man’s thoughts turn to thoughts of love”... and outdoors and fishing and gardening and........ And, let’s not leave out the ladies. Spring brings out these thoughts and more, for both ladies and gentlemen. So, let’s go and enjoy what many believe to be the best season of them all! The Spring Vernal Equinox brings days and nights in equal proportions. It is simply the day when there is exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of nighttime. But, did you know that this is only true on the Equator? For the rest of us, the timing is a little sooner, or later, depending upon where we live on the planet. We won’t go any deeper than that, as this a fun site, not a science course. The other thing to note is that the Spring Equinox is just a calendar date. From a standpoint of weather in your area, real spring arrives sooner or later depending upon where you live in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Flexi-Coil 5000 air drill with 3450 tank..$44,900

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Flexi-Coil 5000 39-ft. air drill, 9” spacing, steel packers with 2320 cart..............$15,000 (L) Flexi-Coil 5000 45-ft. air drill, 12” spacing....... ..................................................$15,000 (L)

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Study seeks ranchers’ input on grassland conservation programs

University of Nebraska-Lincoln A newly launched survey by Nebraska “There are 22 million acres of range and pastureland in Nebraska, providing imExtension seeks ranchers’ input on the design of grassland conservation programs in mense amounts of economic and ecological the state. The survey, a partnership among benefit,” added Martens. “Directly involvNebraska Extension, Nebraska Cattlemen’s, ing ranchers in the design process hopefully Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition, Nebraswill allow us to create programs that enka Game and Parks Commission, and the hance ranching family’s livelihoods while University of Nebraska, is a targeted effort still meeting many of the conservation goals to get feedback directly from the ranchers set out in things like the Farm Bill.” in the state. The study is open for participation now “What we hear from ranchers is that until March 30th. Ranchers owning or there is an expectation that they can do leasing rangeland or improved pasture in everything: be profitable, be sustainable, Nebraska are encouraged to participate. To and be conservationists, said Kyle Martens, go to the study or find more information, the graduate student leading the study. “But please visit the following website: go.unl. when we look at the design of conservaedu/grasslands. The study is partially funded by the tion programs nationally, local farmers and USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture Research ranchers are often left out of the discussions and Education program and is supported by on how these programs look and will be Nebraska Extension, the University of Necarried out.” Martens and the partners hope to address braska, Nebraska Cattlemen’s Association, this by asking ranching families to complete Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the a brief 15-minute survey on some basic Sandhills Task Force, Nebraska Grazing elements of conservation programs. SpeLands Coalition, and many private ranching operations in the state. cifically, the study looks at the preferences For more information contact Kyle for management actions, payment amounts, Martens, Kmartens3@unl.edu or 406-404and contract lengths in voluntary conserva4559. tion programs.

Deciphering a hay test: TDN

Brad Schick, Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum Recently we looked at ADF and NDF and how it is used to measure a hay sample’s fiber content which affects digestibility and forage intake which help predict animal performance. Now, we will look at Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN). Often, the terms TDN and energy are used interchangeably when discussing forages and feeds, but realistically TDN is only one measurement of energy. TDN is a combination of digestible fiber, lipids, soluble carbohydrates, and proteins. Acid detergent fiber or ADF is usually the least digestible part of the forage and is used to calculate TDN. The assumption is that the lower the ADF, the higher energy the forage. Knowing TDN is useful especially for diets that are primarily forage. TDN is one of the most important values to know from our hay test. In cases involving brood cows, TDN is often overlooked. Without consideration, diets may be lacking energy as much or more than crude protein because protein often receives more focus from producers. Values for TDN vary with forage type and maturity. For example, alfalfa can range from 60 to 70% TDN with coolseason grasses having 55 to 68% TDN, and warm-season grasses with lower TDN values of 45 to 65%. Understanding energy is important for the health and nutrition of livestock. Use TDN to calculate forage energy availability and meet animal needs.

National Puppy Day

Date When Celebrated: Always March 23 National Puppy Day, also called International Puppy Day, celebrates puppies! It is a special day to recognize the unconditional love puppies give us, and the joy they bring into our lives. It should come as no surprise, that one of the goals of National Puppy Day, is to encourage us to adopt orphaned puppies. How to Celebrate National Puppy Day The top ways to celebrate this very special day, is to adopt a puppy and to play with your puppy. The list of ideas are almost endless. Do anything with or for your puppy, or further the welfare of abandoned and orphaned puppies. If your puppy is grown up, feel fee to extend these ideas for this day to your “big, grown-up puppy”. Origin of “National Puppy Day”: National Puppy Day was created in 2006 by celebrity Pet & Home Lifestyle expert, Colleen Paige.

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What are your favorite, least favorite vegetables?

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Starting at $2,000/hd. with “Have some Brussels sprouts,” my husband said to our volume discounts and delivery available kids when they were much younger. “They look like little green brains.” Lease Options Available OAC Well, that certainly was an enticement, I recall thinking to myself. Top Stevenson Angus Sires I gave him “the look.” All the Brussels sprouts remained on our kids’ plates after Call today to schedule a viewing! the meal. I think my husband ate their Brussels sprouts, too. Maybe that was the goal. Wayne & Roxy Gillespie, Kevin, MT 406-337-2863 I reminded him of the Brussels sprouts event one evening. “I love Brussels sprouts with a little butter,” he noted. Chris & Lacy Roberts, Cut Bank, MT 406-209-5378 “‘Alien brains’ are really good.” Maybe that’s what he called them years ago. I do not think our kids ever ate Brussels sprouts, even though the two of us enjoy them. montanaseeds.com • NON BLOAT montanaseeds.com MontanaSeeds.com What are your top two favorite vegetables? How about montanaseeds@gmail.com montanaseeds@gmail.com montanaseeds@gmail.com your two least favorite vegetables? • NATURALLY GLYPHOSATE TOLERANT • NON BLOAT In 2019, a poll of 2,000 people gathered the “most liked” • APHID & WEEVIL RESISTANT and “least liked” vegetables among U.S. residents. TURALLY GLYPHOSATE TOLERANT Corn and potatoes were the top two favorites, and carrots Alfalfa loses 1/4 to 1/3 of its digestible • APHID WEEVIL RESISTANT protein & through bloat, lack of condensed tannis and tomatoes tied for third place. montanaseeds.com • • NON NON BLOAT BLOAT Yes, we in the nutrition field count tomatoes as vegetables, • montanaseeds@gmail.com • NATURALLY NATURALLY GLYPHOSATE GLYPHOSATE TOLERANT TOLERANT even though botanically, they are the “fruit” of the plant. •• APHID montanaseeds.com APHID & & WEEVIL WEEVIL RESISTANT RESISTANT Onions and green beans also were top-rated vegetables montanaseeds@gmail.com with an 85% approval rating. What were the least favorite veggies among U.S. residents? • NON BLOAT Turnips, beets and radishes were the top three least favorite • NATURALLY GLYPHOSATE TOLERANT vegetables. • APHID & WEEVIL RESISTANT Brussels sprouts were the fourth least liked vegetables. I wonder if my kids were surveyed. 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Several used efficient John Deere sprayers in stock! Variety of boom makes and widths available. Several units are ready to roll with turnkey GPS!

2020 John Deere R4060, 132-ft. carbon fiber, 20” spacing, ExactApply, VF420/95R50 tires, hi-flo pump with dual flowmeter, auto solution command, front fill, boom-leveling, complete GPS system, extended warranty through 03/2024 or 2000 hours, 295 hours. Tag #73959............................. $465,000 (1)

#69560

2018 John Deere R4045, 132-ft. carbon fiber, 20” spacing, ExactApply, 420/95R50 tires, boom air purge, auto Solution Control System, complete GPS system, 503 hours. Extended warranty through 3/2023 or 2000 hours. Stock #69560............... $447,500 (1)

2015 John Deere R4045, 120-ft. steel booms, 20” spacing, 5 body nozzles, eductor, manual solution control, VF420/95R50 tires, complete GPS system, 1812 hours. Stock #72956.................................. $249,500 (14) 2015 John Deere R4045, 120-ft. steel booms, 20” nozzle spacing, manual solution control, IF 380/105R50 tires, front fill, complete GPS system, 2185 hours. Stock #69659...... ................................................ $235,000 (1) 2011 John Deere 4930, 120-ft. booms, 20” spacing, 380/105R50 tires, hi-flo solution pump, BoomTrac Pro 5, fence row nozzles, deluxe cab, 3210 hours. Stock #69458......... $135,000 (12) 2016 Case IH 4440, 120-ft. booms, 20” spacing, 620/70R38 tires, AutoBoom height control, complete GPS system, Aim CommandPro, active hydraulic suspension, 1450 hours. Stock #73404.... $247,500 (14) 2011 Case IH 4420, 120-ft. booms, 20” spacing, 1200 gallon tank, 650/65R38 tires, Aim CommandPro, complete GPS system, 3216 hours. Stock #71958...... $104,000 (2)

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AIR DRILLS

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#72860

2020 John Deere 1890, 60-ft., 10” spacing, Intelligent Ag all run blockage, ProSeries Opener, wide spoked gauge wheels, crumbler closing wheel, float tires on tool, 430 bushel tow between cart, 10” auger, KSI hopper, 800 tires on cart. Stock #72860...... .............................................. $312,500 (14) 2014 John Deere 1890, 60-ft., 10” spacing, Intelligent Ag all run blockage, single shoot, spoked gauge wheels, 550 bushel tow behind cart, hydraulic drive, KSI conveyor, section command. Stock #70581....$219,000 (1) 2013 John Deere 1890, 60-ft., 7.5” spacing, single shoot, John Deere all run blockage, solid gauge wheel, 550 bushel tow behind cart, 10” auger, duals on cart, hydraulic drive. Stock #70823................ $194,800 (3) 2011 John Deere 1835, 60-ft., 10” spacing, double shoot, 1” points, 4” capped steel press wheels, all run blockage, 430 bushel tow behind cart, 10” auger, ground drive. Stock #68666.........................$115,000 (11) 2009 John Deere 1830, 60-ft., 7.5” spacing, single shoot, all run blockage, capped 3” steel press wheels, 270 bushel tow between cart, 8 run, 12” conveyor. Stock #68765.................................... $75,000 (12) 2013 Bourgault 6650, 66-ft., 12” spacing, double shoot, primary blockage, 550 bushel tow between cart, duals on cart. Stock #66530.................................. $129,000 (12) 2009 Case IH 700 Flex, 70-ft., 12” spacing, single shoot, no blockage, 1” point, steel press wheels, 430 bushel tow behind cart, dual fan, 3 tank, hydraulic drive, 10” fill auger. Stock #70854..................... $38,000 (1)

UTILITY VEHICLES

Ready to upgrade from your cold ATV into a cozy, enclosed side by side? We have several options to choose from and new units arriving daily.

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2018 John Deere 8355M gator, diesel, cab with heater, horn, radio, power lift box, 2102 miles. Stock #72559...................$19,900 (1) 2018 John Deere 835M gator, gas, no cab, glass windshield with wiper, power lift box, winch, radio, hood rack, 3800 miles. Stock #72830.......................................$18,500 (1) 2018 John Deere 835M gator, gas, cab with HVAC, roll down windows, manual lift cargo box, bench seat, 10,910 miles. Stock #71461.....................................$16,500 (12) 2015 John Deere 825i gator, cab with heater, roll down windows, winch, power lift cargo box, power steering, bench seat, 9810 miles. Stock #66734...................$14,500 (3) 2014 John Deere 825i gator, poly cab, bench seat, power lift cargo box, 72” blade, 9034 miles. Stock #74289....................$9500 (12) 2016 John Deere 825i gator, enclosed cab with heat, grill guard, bench seat, 6290 miles. Stock #74625....................$9000 (12)

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100 HP+ LOADER TRACTORS

Any chore is easier when you have a little muscle and horsepower. Look at these great work horse units we have in inventory!

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#71092

2019 John Deere 6175R, IVT 50k, PTO, 4 SCVs, 650/85R38 rear tires, 480/70R34 front tires, receiver, 660R loader, bucket, grapple, 440 hours. Stock #71092....................$212,500 (1) 2012 John Deere 6210R, IVT, 40K, limited slip TLS+, 4 SCVs, PTO, 620/70R42 rear tires, 600/65R28 front tires, premium plus cab, cold weather package, H380 loader with grapple, 7200 hours. Stock #74297......................$94,000 (1) 2019 John Deere 6155M, 20/20 CommandQuad+, 3 SCVs, 520/85R38 rear tires, 420/85R28 front tires, cold start package, 114 L/Min hydraulic pump, 660R loader with grapple, extended warranty 05/2022 or 1500 hours, 879 hours. Stock #71094.......$147,500 (16)

2019 John Deere 6145M, 24/24 AutoQuad, 3 SCVs, PTO, 480/80R42 rear tires, cold start package, 114 L/ Min hydraulic pump, 640R loader with grapple, 725 hours, extended warranty 8/2023 or 5000 hours. Stock #71445... ........................................ $139,500 (11)

#74538

2015 John Deere 5085M, 16/16 power reverser, open station, air seat, 3 SCVs, 460/85R30 rear tires, 320/85R24 front tires, 595 backhoe, 161 hours. Stock #74538..............................$62,000 (15) 2009 John Deere 6230, 16/16 power reverser, corner post exhause, PTO, 2019 John Deere 6155M, 20/20 Powr16.9-34 rear tires, 13.6-24 front tires, Quad+, 3 SCVs, PTO, 420/80R38 rear 673 loader with grapple, 350 hours. tires, 420/85R28 front tires, 640R loadStock #74290......................$64,900 (1) er, grapple, 847 hours. Extended war2019 John Deere 5075E, 12/12 power reranty through 10/2025. Stock #71444.. verser, standard cab, dual mid valves, ........................................$138,000 (14) 16.9-28 rear tires, 9.5-24 front tires, 2019 John Deere 6145M, 24/24 Powr540 PTO, 1091 hours. Stock #73257... Quad+, 3 SCVs, 3-pt., PTO, 480/80R42 ..........................................$38,500 (15) rear tires, 420/85R28 front tires, 640R 2018 John Deere 5045E, 9F/3R, open loader, grapple, 600 hours. Extendstation, dual mid valves with joystick ed warranty through 6/2024. Stock control, 540 PTO, 520M loader with #70748............................$142,000 (16) bucket. Stock #75002.........$28,000 (2) 2015 Case IH Maxxum 140, CVT 40K, 2016 Case IH Maxxum 150 T4B, partial powershift, PTO, 3 SCVs, suspend3 SCVs, 3-point, PTO, 6 rear weights, ed cab, L755 loader, grapple, 6 rear 18.4-42, L755 loader with grapple, weights. Stock #74184.....$84,000 (12) 2400 hours. Stock #72984..$79,900 (1)

4WD and ROW CROP TRACTORS

Are you ready to make the spring field work easier? Take a look at the many options of 4WD and row crop tractors that we have available! Anything to match your operation and budget!

2019 John Deere 9620RX, 18/6 PowerShift, 36” Durabilt 3500 tracks, 5 SCVs, premium light package, radar, complete GPS system, 550 hours. Extended warranty through 10/2022 or 1500 hours. Stock #73199......... .............................................. $495,000 (14) 2015 John Deere 9570R, 18/6 PowerShift, IF800/70R38 tires, 5 SCVs, ActiveCommand steering, high-flow hydraulic system, dual hydraulic pump, complete GPS system, 5600 lb weight package, 2752 hours. Stock #72827.................................... $280,000 (1)

#70503

2010 John Deere 9630, 18/6 PowerShift, differential lock, 4 SCVs, 48 gpm hydraulic system, radar, complete GPS system, rear wheels weights, 22 front weights with support, 4152 hours. Stock #70503................... .............................................. $156,900 (12) 2020 John Deere 9520R, 18/6 PowerShift, IF800/55R46 tires, 4 SCVs, PTO, complete GPS system, 8500 lb weight package, 515 hours. Extended warranty through 2/2023 or 1500 hours. Stock #73200....................... .............................................. $440,000 (14) 2019 John Deere 9470RX,18/6 PowerShift, 30” Duradrive 3500 tracks, 4 SCVs, PTO, deluxe light package, premium cab, complete GPS system, 459 hours. Stock #69880.................................. $457,500 (14) 2019 John Deere 9470R, 18/6 PowerShift, IF800/55R46 duals, 4 SCVs, PTO, premium light package, complete GPS system, 581 hours. Extended warranty through 2/2022 or 1500 hours. Stock #69857....................... .............................................. $367,500 (14)

#73198

2020 John Deere 8345RT, AutoPowr IVT, 16” Camso Ag 6500 tracks, 5 SCVs, radar, poly mid rollers, complete GPS system, 22 front weights, 10 rear weights, 400 hours. Extended warranty through 12/2022 or 1500 hours. Stock #73198............. $372,500 (14) 2019 John Deere 8345R, IVT 40K, ILS susp., 6 SCVs, PTO, 420/85R34 front duals, 480/80R50 rear duals, 85 gpm dual hydraulic pump, complete GPS system, extended warranty through 04/2024 or 5000 hours, 807 hrs. Stock #70674.......... $351,000 (15) 2019 John Deere 8320R, IVT transmission, ILS suspension, 420/85R34 front duals, 480/80R50 rear duals, 6 SCVs, PTO, 85 gpm dual hydraulic pump, complete GPS system, 1088 hours. Extended warranty through 4/2024 or 5000 hours. Stock #69801.................................. $321,000 (15) 2008 John Deere 7930, IVT 40K, Intelligent Power Management, 4 SCVs, electro-hydraulic controls, 45 gpm hydraulic pump, PTO, 480/80R46 rear tires, 420/90R30 fronts, 5660 hours. Stock #74161................ ................................................ $91,000 (16) 2007 John Deere 8430T PowerShift transmission, 25” tracks, wide spacing, 42 gpm hydraulic pump, 4 SCVs, deluxe comfort cab, front and reat HID lights, 3-point, PTO, dual beam radar, 22 front weights, 5653 hours. Stock #73428.......................... $93,000 (15)

#74546

2005 Case IH STX375, 30” quad track, differential lock, complete GPS system. 4650 hours. Stock #74177............... $89,000 (12) 1999 Big Bud 400, 12 speed PowerShift, 3406 Cat engine set at 475 hp, twin hydraulic pumps, 5 SCVs, 70,000# Clark axles, 800/65R32 Trelleborg tires, case drain. Stock #73411........................ $149,000 (14)

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2013 New Holland T9.615 36” quad track, GPS system, cab susp., HID lights, 2838 hrs. Stock #74546................. $199,000 (12)

Did your harvest not go as planned with unexpected break downs and expensive service bills?? We still have several affordable units to choose from!

2019 John Deere S780, 378 engine/257 separator, Combine Advisor, dual VF520/85R42 drive tires, rear 750/65R26 tires, advanced Powercast tailboard, 28.5-ft. unload auger, power fold grain tank, complete GPS system. Stock #70403................ $435,000 (14)

#64833 2018 John Deere S780, 398 engine/285 separator, Contour-Master, Combine Advisor, ActiveYield, power fold grain tank, 26-ft. unload auger, IF 520/85R42 duals, 750/65R26 rears, complete GPS system. Stock #64833........................ $420,000 (12) 2018 John Deere S780, 831 engine/615 separator, Combine Advisor, Active/Yield, IF 800/70R38 tires, 750/65R26 rear tires, manual grain tank, 28.5-ft. unload auger, Advance Powercast tailboard, complete GPS system. Tag #74596..... $365,000 (14) 2016 John Deere S690, 1000 engine/735 separator, Interactive Combine Adjustment, power fold grain tank covers, 26-ft. unload auger, advanced Powercast tailboard, LSW1100/45R46 drive tires, LSW710/60R30 rear tires, complete GPS system. Stock #69908.................................. $319,000 (14)

#69034

2016 John Deere S680, 1004 engine/717 separator, IF800/70R38 tires, lateral tilt, fixed speed feederhouse, advanced Powercast tailboard, power fold grain tank, 26-ft. unload auger, interactive combine adjust, complete GPS system. Extended warranty through 7/2022. Stock #72016.................................. $310,000 (14) 2009 John Deere 9770, 2101 engine/1777 separator, level land feederhouse with fixed speed drive, extended wear grain handling system, 22-ft. hi-cap unload auger, chopper, chaff spreader with powercast tailboard. Stock #73494................. $94,000 (3) 2005 John Deere 9760 2422 engine/1940 separator, level land fixed speed feederhouse, deluxe header control with header height sensing, 26-ft. unload auger, 800/70R38 singles, chopper/spreader. Stock #72843.......................... $81,000 (12) 2016 Case IH 8240, 1188 engine/817 separator, dual drive tires, lateral tilt feederhouse, HID lighting, hydraulic fold grain tank and cover. Stock #71959................ $235,000 (3)

2016 John Deere S680, 1093 engine/776 separator, IF800/70R38 tires, lateral tilt, advanced Powercast tailboard, power fold grain tank covers, 26-ft. unload auger, interactive combine adjust, complete GPS system. Stock #69034............. $270,000 (1) 2015 John Deere S680, 936 engine/618 separator, 520/85R42 duals, 750/65R26 rear, TriStream rotor, 26-ft. unload auger, Powercast tailboard. Extended warranty through 6/2022. Stock #70512........... $267,500 (14) 2014 John Deere S670, 1860 engine/1304 separator, ProDrive transmission, Contour-Master, 800/70R38 drive tires, manual vane tailboard, manual grain tank extensions, complete GPS system. Stock #72619.................................. $159,000 (11)

#72028

2014 John Deere S670, 1060 engine/677 separator, IF900/60R32 drive tires, 620/75R26 rear tires, TriStream rotor, advanced Powercast tailboard, 26-ft. unload auger. Stock #72028.................................. $218,000 (12) 2013 Case IH 8230, 2312 engine/1715 separator, dual drive tires, lateral tilt feederhouse, MagnaCut chopper, GPS. Stock #69613.................................. $127,500 (14)

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Differences in gene-related activity between ancient, modern corn

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, IANR News in turn affects how much corn it yields. The Roughly 9,000 years ago, Native Ameriother, tb1, contributed to maize losing the can farmers in southern Mexico began multiple branches of teosinte and gaining domesticating teosinte, the wild ancestor yield as a result. of modern corn. In both cases, the team demonstrated that It would take a while — probably another the maize-specific methylation reshaped few thousand years — but their efforts the neighboring DNA regions that regulate would eventually begin to bear more edible gene activity, causing them to form loops fruit. Whereas the ancient teosinte plant associated with gene activation. When the produces hundreds of slender, thumb-length methylation rate was lower, as it is in maize, ears with no more than a dozen rock-hard the two genes showed telltales of greater kernels, a foot-long ear of modern maize activity; when methylation was higher, as can boast more than 500 chewable ones. in teosinte, that gene expression dropped Those differences, and many others, substantially. manifested from differences in genetic code Analyses of the maize genome also — the inheritance of an advantageous gene revealed that differentially methylated here, the spontaneous mutation of a gene DNA regions — sometimes methylated, there. But new research led by the Universometimes not — seem to have an outsized sity of Nebraska–Lincoln’s (UNL) Jinliang influence on genetic variation, which can Yang has begun to reveal how activating and lead to new traits, when compared with deactivating genes, rather than swapping regions that are less frequently or almost them out or rewriting them, may also have always methylated. directed the evolution of maize. Though Yang emphasized that the findThe research team set out to search the ings are not conclusive, he said they do entire DNA of teosinte and maize for patsuggest that differences in methylation beterns of methylation and demethylation: tween teosinte and maize contributed to the the addition and subtraction of molecules emergence of functionally important traits known as methyl groups. When methyl in the latter. The team is already planning groups latch onto or depart from certain segto strategically modify methylation levels in ments of DNA, they sometimes turn nearby the DNA of live maize plants, and monitor genes off or on. Much like DNA itself, patexpected physiological changes, in the hope terns of methylation can be passed down of securing more-robust evidence. It’s also through generations, making the process a busy investigating roughly 60 other genes potentially powerful actor in an evolutionwhose activity the team suspects could be ary story — and a potentially powerful influenced by maize-specific methylation. secret to breeding better corn. Better understanding how and where Yang and his colleagues already knew methylation might be affecting the physical that about 25% of cytosines — one of the traits, or phenotypes, of maize should help four data-encoding DNA bases — undergo plant breeders better predict the outcomes of at least some methylation in maize. To pincrossing two varieties, Yang said. Mapping point the location of the methylated DNA the specific locations, levels and conseregions in maize and teosinte, the team quences of methylation activity might even treated both genomes with sodium bisulfite. help hone those predictions to the point that Acting as a kind of chemical decoder ring, breeders can evaluate their results before the the sodium bisulfite converted unmethyloffspring has reached maturity. ated cytosines, but not methylated ones, “Even if we can improve a little bit of into a different DNA base. That analysis the accuracy, the economic impact will be allowed the team to identify the presence massive,” Yang said. “Right now, the conand location of about 5,000 DNA regions ventional breeding is done just by observing that are methylated differently in maize than the phenotype after harvesting the kernel in teosinte. from the field. With this enhanced protocol, “Understanding the patterns of this we can more accurately predict the plant’s variation is largely untapped territory,” said fate in its very early stages. We can collect Yang, assistant professor of agronomy and the DNA and conduct sodium bisulfite sehorticulture. “So, we’re trying to understand quencing to characterize the genetics and whether there are any patterns during these the (methylation) characteristics and predict domestication and recent improvement proits performance (from that).” cesses that have contributed to the (physiThat capacity, in turn, could further ological) variation.” push the pace in the race to improve yields Using that batch of distinctly methylated enough to feed a global population that’s DNA regions as a reference, the team found expected to grow from 7.8 billion to nearly two nearby genes known to play important 10 billion people by the year 2050. roles in maize development. One of the “It will speed up the breeding process,” genes, vgt1, influences when the maize Yang said. “And speed is huge.” plant will reach maturity and flower, which

International Waffle Day

Date When Celebrated: March 25th Waffle Day is a day that you can waffle on issues and decisions. And, it certainly is a day to get ut the waffle iron and eat waffles. This holiday originated in Sweden. It is called Våffeldagen. The holiday coincides with the Feast of the Annunciation. This day was also considered the start of spring in Sweden and Europe. It became a custom for Swed-

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Some food contamination starts in the soil

Kaine Korzekwa, Agricultural Research Service When most people hear “food contamination,” they think of bacteria present on unwashed fruits or vegetables, or undercooked meat. However, there are other ways for harmful contaminants to be present in food products. Angelia Seyfferth, a member of the Soil Science Society of America, investigates food contamination coming from the soil where the plants grow. “It all comes down to the chemistry of the soil,” explains Seyfferth. Most recently, Seyfferth has been studying rice. The elements arsenic and cadmium can be present in the paddies where rice is grown. She presented her research at the virtual 2020 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. “Contaminants being taken up by crop plants is a route of dietary exposure to contaminants that is understudied,” Seyfferth says. “We can help decrease human exposure to toxins by applying our knowledge of soil chemistry.” Small amounts of arsenic and cadmium are present all over the globe and can be detected in many food products. It’s the concentration in the vegetable or fruit, the chemical form of the element, and how much of it someone eats that determines if an individual experiences a negative health effect. High concentrations of arsenic and cadmium are harmful to the body. Consuming low doses over a long period of time can even cause cancer. Elements like arsenic and cadmium can be in different chemical forms depending on their environment. Contaminants are taken up by plants when their chemical form in the soil resembles a nutrient the plant needs. “How food is grown affects not only the concentration of contaminants, but also where the contaminants are stored within the food,” says Seyfferth. “If we understand the chemical forms of contaminants in soil, we can design solutions to decrease plant uptake of them.” In rice, arsenic and cadmium uptake results from opposite conditions. Arsenic can be taken up when the field is flooded. Cadmium is more likely to be taken up when the field is not flooded. Seyfferth’s work has searched for a way to prevent plants from taking up arsenic and cadmium from the soil. This is often done by adding materials to the soil, called amendments. An amendment helps change the soil environment. By changing the soil environment, researchers can help control the chemical forms and plant uptake of contaminants in the soil. In this case, Seyfferth found that adding rice husk residue to rice paddy soils can help lower the amount of arsenic and cadmium taken up by the plants. Rice husk residue is plant material left over after processing rice for human consumption. This solution is simple yet effective. Rice husk residue is high in the element silicon, which is an important nutrient for rice. The chemical form of silicon is similar to the form of arsenic taken up by rice plants when fields are flooded. This similarity helps ‘distract’ the plant, which prevents it from taking up as much arsenic. In soils where cadmium is a problem, rice husk residue helps make the soil less acidic. This helps to lock up cadmium in the soil. The silicon in the husk may also help decrease the toxicity of cadmium. “Not all sources of silicon behave the same way though,” says Seyfferth. “In order for it to be effective, the silicon source must provide silicon in a high enough concentration during the time the rice plant is filling grain. Rice husk residue is a successful source because it breaks down slowly and releases silicon throughout the growing season.” High arsenic can decrease grain yield, but Seyfferth’s work shows that adding rice husk residues can help prevent yield loss. Half of the world depends on rice as a staple food, so this research has exciting potential for positive impact. In the past, Seyfferth has studied similar contamination issues in mushrooms. For most American adults, the amount of arsenic and cadmium they consume from rice and mushrooms is not enough to cause concern. But there are other populations that eat these products more frequently and from an early age. “People need to be aware of their daily load of contaminants, which depends on their body weight, the concentration and chemical form of the contaminant in the food, and the amount consumed,” Seyfferth explains. “The daily load is highest for people who consume rice multiple times a day and who may also have arsenic in their drinking water,” she says. “Some examples include populations in South and Southeast Asia.” CONTINUED ON PAGE B6

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ROUND & SQUARE BALERS

2005 Case RBX562 round baler with net wrap. Excellent shape. Tag #Doug0819........................................................................................$13,500 Hesston 4900 big square baler, 23,000 bales. Tag #Pete0720...............$16,500

PLOWS

Ford 145 roll over plow. Tag #HiddenL0820...............................................$2500 John Deere 335 3-bottom roll over plow. Tag #Hug0219.......................... $3500

BACKHOES, LOADERS, SKID STEERS GRADERS, CRAWLERS & EXCAVATORS John Deere HH80 hammer. Tag #Brent0720.............................................$9500 Bobcat 863 skid steer loader. Tag #Hug0520..........................................$15,000

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GRAIN AUGERS

Westgo 1310 10”x60-ft. side delivery auger. #Hugh0220...........................$2500

COMBINE & HAY HEADERS

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MISCELLANEOUS

Bale spears to fit skid steer loaders. Tag #Hug1019. 40 hp electric motor. Tag #Lorenze0620.....................................................$1200 30 hp electric motor. Tag #Lorenze0620.......................................................$900 Feterl 8-ft. snowblower. Tag #Fey0620.......................................................$6500 12-ft. blade off of Cat 85 track tractor. Tag #Russ0520...............................$6500 Ezee-On 2130 loader off a Case 2590 tractor. Tag #Don0520...................$3500 Gjesdahl grain cleaner with 2 augers. Tag #TomH0920.............................$7500 Degelman 12-ft. blade. Tag #Reid0820......................................................$7500 NEW!! Danuser hydraulic post hole digger, 9” & 12” auger. Tag #Hug0620....$3000 Preg testing chute, partial hydraulic. Tag #BrokenP0620.........................$20,000

LAST MONTH’S NEW ITEMS

International 454 2WD tractor, power steering, 3-point, 1000/540 PTO, shuttle transmission, good tires. Tag #BobC0221..............................................$5000 Cub Cadet 782 18 hp Kohler engine. Tag #BobC0221...............................$1000 Flexi-Coil 67 XL, 50-ft. suspended boom, dual sprayer nozzles, windscreens. Tag #TysonR0221...................................................................................$9500 Versatile 800 4WD tractor, 5908 hours, Cummins 85 engine. Tag #Tyson0221.. .............................................................................................................$10,000 Case IH 9280 4WD tractor, new Power Shift transmission, 4000 hours on engine overhaul. Tag #Randy0221..................................................................$55,000

EQUIPMENT & PRODUCTS AVAILABLE

• Supreme Mixers, new and used • Ezee-On post drivers. • Ezee-On air seeders with special discounts. • Keho and Edwards aeration equipment. • Many more products can be obtained. • Call me for your parts needs for any make.

TRAILERS

Donahue 28-ft. trailer. Tag #Carl0919.........................................................$3000 1987 Holiday Rambler 35-ft. RV, sleeps 6, has new awning, 70,000 miles. Tag #JackW0420............................................................................................ Call Tulsa 12-ft. flatbed with tail roll and winch. Tag #Jack0420........................... Call Doepper Super 8 hay trains, hauls 40 round bales. TAg #JeffH04201....$10,500 Fruehauf 22-ft. van trailer with 1500 gallon chemical tank. Tag#DBerk1220. Tandem axle combine trailer. Tag #DBerk1220. 1991 Aljo 21-ft. gooseneck travel trailer, sleeps 6, has refrigerator and sink, air conditioning, sound system. Tag #Mary0919........................................$8500

HARROWS

1998 Flexi-Coil System 82 60-ft. harrow with straight tines, down pressure springs. Tag #Paul0220.................................................................... $13,000 Bougault 7200 84-ft. heavy harrow. Tag #Rog0420................................$40,000 18-ft. drawbar spike tooth harrow. Tag #JackW0420...................................... Call

2WD & 4WD TRACTORS

1976 Versatile 900 tractor with 18.4x38 tires, 6038 hours. Tag #TomH0920....... .................................................................................................................$7000 John Deere 1010 tractor, 3-point, 540 PTO, power steering. Loader is available. Tag #ANF0820......................................................................................$6500 Allis Chalmers 170 2WD tractor, loader, 3-point, 540 PTO. Tag #Neal0720...$7500 Ford 5635 MFD tractor, 75 hp, 3-pt. loader, dual PTO, 2359 hours. Tag #Reid1120............................................................................................$25,000

AIR SEEDERS & DRILLS

Flexi-Coil 2340 air cart with 5000 air seeder. Tag #TomH0920...............$29,000 Haukaas marker for 45-ft. Flexi-Coil air seeder. Tag #BigSky0720............$3500 2013 Sunflower 60-ft. air seeder, 10” spacing, single shoot, 3 Rank Edge on shank with 360 bushel air cart. Tag #KevinB1118............................$145,000 Victory 35-ft. air seeder, 14” spacing with 5” spreader (actually will spread 7” spacing), 2320 tow behind tank with auxiliary 3rd tank, rubber packers. Can be either single or double shoot. Tag #Rick0416................................. $18,500

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A frozen natural spring near Columbia Falls, Montana looks spectacular with the color. Supposedly the colors are created from minerals in the hillside.

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Angelia Seyfferth is an associate professor at the University of Delaware. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and the University of Delaware. The 2020 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting was hosted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

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A man suffered a serious heart attack and had open heart bypass surgery. He awakened from the surgery to find himself in the care of nuns at a Catholic Hospital. As he was recovering, a nun asked him questions regarding how he was going to pay for his treatment. She asked, “Do you have health insurance?” He replied in a raspy voice, “No health insurance.” The nun asked, “Do you have money in the bank?” He replied, “No money in the bank.” The nun asked, “Do you have a relative who could help you?” He said, “I only have a spinster sister, who is a nun.” The nun became agitated and announced loudly, “Nuns are not spinsters! Nuns are married to God.” The patient replied, “Then send the bill to my brotherin-law.”

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Buzzards Day

Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always held on March 15 Bizarre as it may seem, today we celebrate buzzards. It’s not like buzzards are cute or cuddly, or any other pleasant adjective for that matter. So, before we continue, let’s make certain we know what we’re celebrating. A buzzard is also known as a Turkey Vulture, or simply called a Vulture. Buzzards are scavengers. They eat road kill or carrion. By definition, they eat the dead and putrefying meat of animals..... yuck. Now, aren’t you glad to know that we’re celebrating buzzards today? How on earth did we ever get to the point of having Buzzard’s Day? Walter Nawalaniec, a Cleveland, Ohio patrolman and bird watcher, tracked the spring migration of returning turkey vultures to the Cleveland area each year. He told local reporter Robert Bordner and historian Eunice Morton that he had observed the buzzards had returned to the area exactly on March 15 for the past six years. History has since proven that Buzzards return to the Cleveland, Ohio area on March 15 most years. Watching the buzzards return each year became an annual event in the Cleveland area. Along the way, serving and eating pancakes and sausage became part of the tradition for this day. Did You Know? The Migratory Bird Act of 1918 protects buzzards. Turkey vultures perform an important role in the eco-system, cleaning the environment of dead animals. I suppose if people call you an “old buzzard”, then this day is for you, too! ##### A husband and wife were driving through Louisiana. As they approached Natchitoches, they started arguing about the pronunciation of the town. They argued back and forth, then they stopped for lunch. At the counter, the husband asked the blonde waitress, “Before we order, could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce where we are very slowly?” She leaned over the counter and said, “Burrr-gerrr Kiiing.”

##### Q: If you were forced to go through one of the following doors, which door do you go through with 100 % certainty you’d stay alive: a door with a man with a gun behind it, a door with a tiger who hasn’t eaten in 7 years behind it, or a door with an electrical chair behind it? A: The one with the tiger behind it, because if it hasn’t eaten in 7 years it’s dead. ##### What’s the anatomical juxtaposition of two orbicularis oris muscles in contraction? A kiss.

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2020 Versatile Vertical Tillage 3 units to choose from $115,000

2019 Versatile 570DT Front and rear diffential locks, 6 electrohydraulic remotes, 3/4” coupler return kit, variable pitch reversing, deluxe cab package, $405,000

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2015 Versatile 310 Cummins, Powershift, 4WD, 1531 hours, 6 remotes, High Flow hydraulics, Auto Guidance, GPS $140,000

2014 Versatile 550DT Cummins QSX15, 550 hp, 2868 hours, 6 remotes, high flow hydraulics, 1000 PTO $258,000

2010 Versatile 220 Cummins, Powershift, 220 hp, 540/1000 PTO, 4 remotes, duals, 1350 hours, clean tractor - $98,500

1977 Versatile 825 II Nice clean tractor with a 12-ft. Leon blade $28,000

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1979 Big Bud 320/10 Cummins NTA855 turbo, 320 hp, 4WD, 3 remotes, duals $50,000

1981 Big Bud 525/50 Very clean updated Big Bud Ready to go to work, 600 hp, 3,692 hours, 4 remotes, High Flow hydraulicss $180,000

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2012 Challenger MT965C 5 remotes, Trimble auto steer PTO, Full weight package front and rear. $220,000

2010 Challenger MT765 6220 hours, 3 pt., 24” tracks, 4 rear remotes, 306 hp, Powershift transmission. $125,000

2004 John Deere 9760 STS Axle extensions, Nice clean combine. $65,000

2014 Claas Lexion 750 Dual Drive Tires, Deluxe cab, plus many more features! One owner stored inside, Super clean $180,000

2014 Pillar DH6010 250 acres on new disks, rubber packers, mud scrapers, double shoot, Flexi-Coil towers. $125,000

2011 Seedmaster 7012 Double shoot All Run Intelligent Ag. Most of the seed and fertilizer tips have been changed last spring $190,000

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1990 Case IH 9170 Tractor runs great has high hours but don’t let that scare you. Cummins, 375 hp, 4WD, Powershift - $48,000

2005 Spra-Coupe 7650 Raven rate controller, Raven autosteer, 660 gallon plastic tank, chemical inductor, triple nozzle bodies, Perkins engine $60,000

3 Case IH ATX700’s 1 - 60-ft. • 2 - 70-ft. with ADX3430 carts $98,000 2016 Frontier 42-ft. fixed tandem, double hopper, steel wheels $25,000

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1979 Friggstad 53-ft., super clean and straight for its age, tires are good. Ready to go to work $20,000

2005 Peterbilt 379 Cat, 475 hp, Fuller manual 10 speed transmission, air ride, aluminum wheels, raised roof sleeper $42,000

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Case IH ADX3430 430 bushel tow between with 70-ft., 12” spacing, Case 700 single shoot drill $7.00 per acre plus delivery and pickup

Flexi-Coil 2320 Tow between with 39-ft., 12” spacing 5000 air drill $7.00 per acre plus delivery and pickup

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Versatile 895 Manual, 310 hp, duals $80 per hour, 100 hour minimum plus delivery and pickup. Ask about weekly or monthly rental rate

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Farm King 6650 Disc 32-ft., 24” blades, heavy duty disc $7.00 per acre, 100 acre minimum plus delivery and pickup.

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln IANR News In March 2019, 81 of Nebraska’s 93 counties were declared in a state of emergency due to significant flooding and blizzards. Nebraska Extension provided vital assistance to communities during the state’s disaster response and recovery and continues to offer a lifeline for many struggling to cope. More than a year and a half later, as the ripple effects of the crisis continue, stress levels for front-line caregiving professionals remain elevated. Extension employees have a wide array of tools with which to help communities after natural disasters such as wildfires, tornadoes and other severe weather events. But the resources and tools they have to address their own emotional well-being after such disasters are far fewer. A group of Nebraska researchers is working to change that for extension personnel throughout the United States. Holly Hatton-Bowers, assistant professor of child, youth and family studies, is the program director of a national project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and housed at the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, focused on identifying ways to support the wellness of extension employees following a natural disaster. She and her team are developing an online platform to help the broader extension community learn practical coping strategies and access their wellness. “Sometimes we forget about the helper,” said HattonBowers, a Children, Youth, Families and Schools research affiliate. “People supporting communities during and after natural disasters need effective ways to support their wellbeing, too.” Because natural disasters usually occur with little warning, they can leave a trail of destruction that results in significant financial and material losses to individuals and communities. People exposed to such hardship often experience psychosocial problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. Extension personnel are not immune from the same mental health challenges. They invest long hours working directly with distressed and traumatized people, spend less time with their own families and friends, and sometimes are affected personally by the disaster. Research shows that psychological recovery from traumatic events relies heavily on social support. Such support is associated with positive psychological outcomes, workplace engagement and job satisfaction. The team aims to develop, implement and evaluate resources that provide strategies to effectively cope and seek support. Two products are being developed with help from the Children, Youth, Families and Schools communications team: an interactive, web-based Reach Out for Wellness course and a Disaster Recovery Self-Assessment. These will comprise a sustainable resource toolkit designed to combat extension employee burnout, empathy fatigue and turnover while enhancing workplace engagement. After using the resources, Hatton-Bowers said, extension employees are expected to better understand their own wellness and the natural disaster’s impact on them, and how to use their support system to cope with their stressors. Additionally, extension employees’ improved wellness is expected to lead to more supportive work with individuals and communities recovering from a natural disaster. A lack of support resources for extension employees, Hatton-Bowers said, may jeopardize their emotional health and ability to fulfill their mission during disaster recovery. Gilbert Parra, associate professor of child, youth and family studies and program co-director, said asking for help can be difficult. “In our society, we are sometimes hesitant to reach out for the support of others,” said Parra, a Children, Youth, Families and Schools research affiliate. “One of our goals is to develop a module that covers the importance of support and effectively using support.” Lorey Wheeler, Children, Youth, Families and Schools research associate professor and co-PD, said the team is conducting needs assessments, using focus groups and interviews to talk to extension responders who work in disaster-affected communities, and administrators. These focus groups and interviews include questions about extension employee wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We hope to have a ground-up approach and not limit our focus groups to Nebraska, or only one type of disaster, so we can develop something that can be scaled up successfully,” Wheeler said. Researchers are interviewing extension personnel from all levels, from Nebraska and other states. Most participants CONTINUED ON PAGE B11

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Most participants have identified the need for information and training on extreme stress and self-care practices during disaster response. Co-PD Michelle Krehbiel, youth development specialist and associate professor for Nebraska Extension’s 4-H Youth Development, said that because many educators live throughout the state, they are the face of the university in their community. “You have people who are representing the university and engaging in those communities,” she said. “They are community leaders in their towns and help provide their neighbors and fellow citizens with connections and resources.”

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Proposal Day

Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always March 20 Ladies and gentlemen, this could be a big, big day. It’s Proposal Day! Valentine’s Day last month came and went. He didn’t, or couldn’t, gather up the nerve to ask you. Along comes another day and another opportunity. For those in love, this could very well be the big day that will change your lives. Use caution on this day. When he begins by saying: “I would like to propose to you....”, he may end with “......that we go see a movie.” Remember, it’s Proposal Day. It is a day to make proposals. However, it may not be the one you want to hear. With all the suggestions about romance on Proposal Day, one must recognize that this day can be about ANY type of proposal. For example, legislators may propose a new law, you might attend a meeting about a new business proposal, or a friend may simply propose that you go to a movie or a ball game.

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Pesticide Performance and Water Quality

By Cecil Tharp, Pesticide Education Specialist, MSU Department of Animal & Range Science; and Adam Sigler, Water Quality Extension Associate Specialist, MSU Department of Land Resources & Environmental Sciences Poor water quality can significantly reduce the efficacy of many pesticide products. Applicators should always test their water for turbidity, pH and hardness prior to using a pesticide mixture. It is not uncommon for Montana applicators to use water sources with pH levels greater than 8.0 and/or hardness ratings greater than 150 ppm. Regions where poor water quality can affect pesticide product performance include stretches along the Madison Valley, many areas along the highline of northern Montana and areas of southeastern Montana. This is because pesticide mixtures are often composed of greater than 95 percent spray solution, thus a slight variation in water quality can have a significant impact on pesticide performance. Even a slight reduction in pesticide performance may result in poor control of tough pests. To compensate, applicators often raise product rates resulting in unnecessary losses in revenue. Many water sources in Montana antagonize performance of a wide array of pesticides. This may be due to: acidity and alkalinity; minerals dissolved in water; or suspended soil particles (dirty water). Acidity & Alkalinity The pH value describes the acidity and alkalinity of a solution. A small number of water (H2O) molecules break into hydrogen (H+) ions and hydroxide (OH-) ions and the balance between the two is measured as pH. Minerals in the water affect the pH with a scale we think of as ranging from 0 – 14: • pH = 7…..neutral (H+ equals OH-) • pH > 7…..alkaline (more OH-) • pH < 7…..acid (more H+) This scale is logarithmic. For example, natural rain water has a pH slightly under 6, which is 10 times more acidic than a neutral pH of 7, meaning the concentration of H+ is more than 10 times higher in rain water than neutral water (Table 1).

Water pH and Pesticides. Most insecticides, fungicides and herbicides are weakly acidic or neutral and can be used in pH solutions from 4 - 7. When these pesticides are placed into water in the opposing alkaline pH range (pH > 7) they undergo degradation or hydrolysis. Hydrolysis is the break-down of a larger pesticide molecule into simpler units. These simpler units often are not absorbed by the pest sufficiently, or are rendered completely inert (Whitford et al., 1986). For example, weak acid pesticides such as 2,4-D amine or glyphosate break down (dissociate) quickly to smaller molecules when mixed in an alkaline solution (pH > 7), while weak alkaline pesticides such as the sulfonyl-urea class (Ally, Escort, Amber, Harmony Extra, Express, and Accent) break down (dissociate) quickly when mixed in an acid solution (pH < 7). Some common pesticides that are extremely susceptible to pH levels over 7 would be 2,4-

D amine, glyphosate, glufosinate ammonium, ammonium salt of imazethapyr, and a wide range of carbamate and organophosphate insecticides (Table 2). Applicators should test their water prior to a spray application using a pH meter or pH litmus strips. A pH meter is the most accurate method of determining pH of water. Applicators should keep in mind that pH of water sources can change with time and should be reassessed periodically; this is especially true with surface water. An adjuvant is a general term for any substance added to a pesticide product to enhance performance. Water pH can be adjusted using various adjuvants known as buffering agents or acidifiers. These buffers can lower the pH of the spray solution from alkaline to 6.0-6.5 for weakly acidic pesticides. Some examples of commercially available buffering agents are Buffer Xtra Strength (Helena Chemical Co.), Buffer (Ladda Co.), Spray-Aide (Miller Chemical), Class Ballast (Cenex/Land O’Lakes), LI 700 (Loveland Industries), Trifol (Wilbur Ellis), Super Spread 700 (Wilbur Ellis), etc. A detailed listing is available at http://www. herbicide-adjuvants.com/. To determine how much buffering agent to add to the tank, an applicator must know the pH of the water, the volume needed to treat, and the buffering agent used (Table 3). Applicators should follow all buffering agent directions to determine exactly how much adjuvant to add to the tank. If a buffering agent isn’t used to adjust the pH to an ideal range, then applicators should remember to use spray mixtures as soon as possible. This will minimize the amount of time for dissociation to occur. Minerals Dissolved in Water The activity of some herbicides can be adversely affected by certain minerals that are dissolved in water. This is especially true of salt-formulated herbicides such as Roundup (glyphosate), Poast (sethoxydim), Pursuit (ammonium salt of imazethapyr), and Liberty (glufosinate ammonium). TDS is typically composed of six major minerals in water. The dissolved minerals carry a positive (cation) or a negative (anion) charge that can be summarized as follows: Positive (cations) Negative (anions) Calcium (Ca++) Sulphate (SO4- - ) Magnesium (Mg++) Chloride (Cl-) Sodium (Na+) Bicarbonate (HCO3-) TDS may be determined for a water sample by evaporating it to dryness and weighing the minerals that remain, or by measuring the specific conductance (SC; microsiemens per cm) of the sample. If SC is less than 500 μS/cm (0.5 dS/m) it is unlikely that pesticide performance will be affected. Treatments vary between high levels of Calcium (Ca++), Magnesium (Mg++), and/or Iron (Fe+++) [hard water] when compared to high levels of bicarbonates (HCO3-).

Bicarbonate Waters If bicarbonate (HCO3-) levels are greater than 400 to 500 ppm, performance of some grass herbicides such as Poast (sethoxydim), Select (clethodim), Achieve (tralkoxydim) and 2,4-D amine can be affected. To mitigate this problem applicators can add ammonia type adjuvants, other non-ionic surfactants, acidifiers or buffers. Hard Water The term water ‘hardness’ refers to presence of metals with a positive charge of more than 1, such as calcium (Ca++), magnesium (Mg++), and iron (Fe++). Total hardness is measured in parts per million or in grains per gallon and labs typically report results in terms of calcium for simplicity, even though other cations are making up part of the hardness. One grain (per gallon) equals 17.1 ppm. These cations can further reduce the effectiveness of weak acid pesticides, especially if the pH of the water is above the ideal range. The effect happens because of the pesticide dissociating into positively and negatively charged components and the cations in the water binding with the negatively charged portion of the pesticide. This results in molecules that either can’t be absorbed by the target pest, enter at a slower rate, or form insoluble salts. Hardness can range anywhere from 0 to over 800 ppm and a simple classification system is provided in Table 4. Follow these guidelines regarding hardwater: • Always read and follow precautions regarding hardness on the pesticide product label. • Weak acid pesticides such as clopyralid, 2,4-D amine, glyphosate and dicamba may lose efficacy if hardness exceeds 150 ppm, especially if pH is greater than 7.0. • 2,4-D amine formulations can be totally deactivated if hardness is greater than 600 ppm. • Many other herbicides will lose efficacy if hardness is greater than 400 ppm if iron is present. Hardness can be reduced with addition of dry ammonium sulfate (NH4)2SO4 at 8.5 to 17.5 lb per 100 gallons of water, or liquid fertilizers (such as 28 percent N, 32 percent N, or 10-34-0) at a rate of 1.25 – 2.5 percent per 100 gallons. It works by reducing the pH and also through SO4- - combining with hard water cations. Performance might be enhanced further by addition of a non-ionic surfactant. Turbidity Turbidity is the haziness of a liquid caused by suspended particles. Turbidity is caused by things like soil and organic matter which can reduce the effectiveness of many pesticide active ingredients, especially those with a high soil binding potential (KOC) including: Diquat; Permethrin; Paraquat; Bifenthrin; and Glyphosate. These pesticides are very susceptible to CONTINUED ON PAGE B13

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inactivation by suspended soil particulates so applicators should always use clear, clean water in spray tanks. In addition, soil particulates will plug nozzles and screens leading to uneven spray patterns and lost time repairing equipment. Applicators can easily test turbidity by dropping a quarter into a five gallon bucket filled with water. If the water is too cloudy to see the quarter, seek an alternative source of water for spray mixtures. General Rules to Follow Always test your water source and assess suitability for spraying pesticides. If water

quality is in question, applicators may wish to: • reduce the water volume to the minimum required for good coverage and performance. This is usually expressed as gallons per acre (GPA) on the pesticide product label. Always check the pesticide product label for the minimum output that is acceptable.

• use pesticides that are least affected by water quality. For example, if an applicator using 2,4-D amine has water with a high pH, he may wish to switch to a 2,4-D ester formulation. • use non-ionic surfactants, buffers, or acidifiers depending on the water quality problem. • use the highest labeled rate. • spray as soon as possible after adding the pesticide to the spray tank. • use ammonium sulphate fertilizer (21-00-24) at a rate of 8.5 to 17 lb per 100 gallons of CONTINUED ON PAGE B14

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water for hard water (many weak acid herbicides lose efficacy if hardness is greater than 150 ppm). • avoid using products containing sethoxydim, clethodim, and tralkoxydim if bicarbonate levels are greater than # 500 ppm. Research has demonstrated liquid ammonium sulphate fertilizer at about 1.5 quarts per acre will overcome the antagonistic effects of bicarbonate in spray water Water Quality in Montana Water quality in Montana varies dramatically from the snowmelt-fed mountain drainages of the west to the arid prairies of the east. In general, shallow aquifers in western river valleys fed by mountain snowmelt have low total dissolved solids with specific conductivity (SC) values commonly under 500 μS/cm. In central and eastern Montana counties, high salinity often produces SC values greater than 5,000 μS/cm; the eastern half of the state also sees most of the highest bicarbonate values. Hardness varies depending on geology and can be high anywhere in the state. The average pH of groundwater across Montana is above 7 and many aquifers are above 8, but there are groundwater sources with natural pH below 7, mostly in the western half of the state. Groundwater quality is typically relatively stable

through time but can vary seasonally and can be extremely different in different wells right next to one another. For this reason water testing is very important at multiple intervals during the year. Kits and Digital Meters Water quality can be tested on-site by obtaining litmus test kits or digital meters for testing pH and/or hardness. Testing costs and procedures vary considerably. Litmus strips can be purchased to test pH and/ or hardness. These strips are inexpensive but offer less precision than digital meters. Strips are placed into a water solution for 5 to 30 seconds prior to comparing colors to an easy to read pH chart. They can be purchased at local hardware stores, online, or are available in test kits from various pesticide manufacturers. Digital pH meters can range from $50 - $150, but offer quick precise measurements if calibrated properly. Digital meters are calibrated by placing the meter in solutions of known pH which can be purchased from a number of online distributors. Applicators using multiple sources of water while performing many applications may wish to purchase digital meters to measure water quality. Water samples may also be sent to many water quality testing laboratories, or contact your

county Extension office for more information on testing water samples. For a list of certified water testing laboratories navigate to http://waterquality.montana.edu/docs/WellEducated.shtml. Applicators may also contact the MSU Pesticide Education Program at: MSU Department Animal & Range Science 103 Animal Bioscience PO Box 172900 Bozeman, MT 59717-2900 406-994-5067 www.pesticides.montana.edu Email: ctharp@montana.edu References Deer, H. M. and R. Beard. July 2001. Effect of water pH on the chemical stability of pesticides. Utah State University Fact Sheet. AG/ Pesticides/14. McKie, Peggy and W. S. Johnson. 2002. Water pH and its effect on pesticide stability. University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet. FS-02-36. Whitford, Fred, D. Penner, B. Johnson, L. Bledsoe, N. Wagoner, J. Garr, K. Wise, J. Oberneyer, and A. Blessing. 1986. The impact of water quality on pesticide performance. Purdue University Extension. PPP-86.

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Noxious weeds to watch out for this summer

Yellow Starthistle has yellow flowers with long spines (¾ to 1 inch) on the receptacles. (Steve Dewey, Bugwood.org)

Rush skeletonweed rosette and flowering stem. Photo from the Ericson Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. Rush skeletonweed, a member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), is an herbaceous perennial with a rosette very similar to that of dandelion. Populations are found most often on low-nutrient, coarse-textured soils in open forest types and shrub-steppe plant communities. Rush skeletonweed is a problem in wheat and grain fields and rangelands where it reduces yields and forage production.

Leaves of yellowflag iris (photo courtesy of www.texaswaterlilies.com, 2011). Most flowers bloom between May and July. Flowers are insect pollinated.

Yellowflag iris occurs in temperate climates, typically in plant communities associated with water.

Rush skeletonweed achenes, left photo. Rush skeletonweed flowerhead, right photo. Photo by Joseph DiTomaso, University of California, Davis, used with permission.

Dyer’s woad flowering stems with yellow flowers and green silicles.Dyer’s woad is a tap-rooted biennial weed threatening rangelands, forests, and pastures in Montana because of its rapid growth rate and prolific seed production.

Yellow Starthistle pod.

Cottony tufts remaining after Yellow Starthistle seed dispersal. (Richard Old, Bugwood.org)

A dyer’s woad stem showing sessile leaves with auricles that clasp the stem.

Plumed (A) and plumeless seeds (B). (Cindy Roche, Bugwood.org)

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American Society of Agronomy The element nitrogen is a double-edged sword. It is essential for growing plants and feeding people, but it is also a leading cause of pollution across the world. Only by using nitrogen more sustainably can the positive and harmful effects of nitrogen be balanced. Xia (Emma) Liang, a member of the American Society of Agronomy, studies nitrogen loss during food production. Liang and her team created a framework that accurately measures nitrogen loss across a wide variety of crops and food products. She recently presented their research at the virtual 2020 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. “This framework can capture the environmental impacts and societal costs of nitrogen losses,” Liang explains. “This allows us to potentially provide information to inform consumers, producers, and policymakers.” The team hopes this research will help make major progress in making agricultural systems across the world more sustainable, less polluting, and more profitable. Their framework measured both overall nitrogen loss and nitrogen loss intensity. The latter is the loss per unit of food or per unit of nitrogen produced. This allowed better comparisons across different crops and food items. For example, cereal grains have a low loss intensity but a high overall loss because they are grown in such large quantities. On the other hand, an animal product like buffalo meat has a high loss intensity but a low overall loss. This is due to the small amount produced. The framework reveals that the loss quantity and loss intensity vary a lot for different food products, especially when compared between farmers and countries. The database includes 115 crop and 11 livestock commodities at the global scale. Cattle contribute the most to global nitrogen pollution. They are followed by the production of rice, wheat, maize, pork, and soybeans. Beef is also the food with the highest loss intensity, followed by lamb, pork and other livestock products. Generally, the loss intensity of livestock is much larger than the loss intensity of crop products. “The lowest nitrogen loss for the 11 livestock products exceeds that of vegetable substitutes,” Liang says. “This confirms the importance of dietary change to reduce nitrogen loss through consumption.” The nitrogen loss from fields can cause harm in multiple ways. It can cause smog and further climate change. It harms soil and water, as well as the plants and animals that live there. For humans, high levels of nitrogen in the air and water have been connected to illness. Liang highlights that with current activities, the planet’s nitrogen boundary, a “safe operating space” for humanity, is exceeded by over two-fold. Solutions are complex. On farms themselves, there are many techniques to better manage nitrogen. These include better fertilizer technologies and practices, improved crop varieties, and following the “4 Rs.” This means using the right fertilizer in the right amount at the right time in the right place. There are also ways to improve nitrogen management in livestock. However, Liang explains that on-the-farm solutions are only half the battle. An economic approach is also needed. “An economic approach would provide incentives for adopting better nitrogen management practices,” she says. “For instance, incentives should be given to promote sustainable measures to maintain the soil nitrogen. These include reducing the risk of soil degradation and erosion and the overuse of fertilizers.” Individuals can also adopt helpful changes, she adds. Reducing consumption of meat and reducing food waste are two options. Another is having discussions about sustainable nitrogen management. “When we buy a washing machine or a car, we can choose a more water efficient and energy efficient product by water and energy rating,” Liang says. “However, despite growing recognition of the importance of nitrogen in sustainable food production and consumption, we don’t follow a similar idea for foods we eat.” Xia (Emma) Liang is an agriculture researcher at the University of Melbourne. This research was supported by the University of Melbourne Research Initiatives Fund Grant Scheme of the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, Meat Livestock Australia, Australia Research Council, Australia-China Joint Research Centre, Healthy Soil for Sustainable Food Production and Environment, and Incitec Pivot Limited.

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Doctor’s stories

A man comes into the ER and yells, “My wife’s going to have her baby in the cab!” I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the lady’s dress, and began to take off her underwear. Suddenly I noticed that there were several cabs, and I was in the wrong one. -Dr. Mark MacDonald, San Antonio, TX At the beginning of my shift I placed a stethoscope on an elderly and slightly deaf female patient’s anterior chest wall. Big breaths,” I instructed. Yes, they used to be,” remorsefully replied the patient. --Dr. Richard Byrnes, Seattle, WA One day I had to be the bearer of bad news when I told a wife that her husband had died of a massive myocardial infarct. Not more than five minutes later, I heard her reporting to the rest of the family that he had died of a “massive internal fart.” --Dr. Susan Steinberg, Manitoba, Canada I was performing a complete physical, including the visual acuity test. I placed the patient twenty feet from the chart and began, “Cover your right eye with your hand.” He read the 20/20 line perfectly. Now your left.” Again, a flawless read. Now both,” I requested. There was silence. He couldn’t even read the large E on the top line. I turned and discovered that he had done exactly what I had asked; he was standing there

with both his eyes covered. I was laughing too hard to finish the exam. --Dr. Matthew Theodropolous, Worcester, MA During a patient’s two week follow-up appointment with his cardiologist, he informed me, his doctor, that he was having trouble with one of his medications. Which one?” I asked. The patch. The nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours and now I’m running out of places to put it!” I had him quickly undress and discovered what I hoped I wouldn’t see. Yes, the man had over fifty patches on his body! Now the instructions include removal of the old patch before applying a new one. --Dr. Rebecca St. Clair, Norfolk, VA A new, young MD doing his residency in OB was quite embarrassed performing female pelvic exams. To cover his embarrassment he had unconsciously formed a habit of whistling softly. The middle-aged lady upon whom he was performing this exam suddenly burst out laughing and further embarrassed him. He looked up from his work and sheepishly said, “I’m sorry. Was I tickling you?” She replied, “No doctor, but the song you were whistling was ‘I wish I was an Oscar Meyer Wiener” --won’t admit his name

Missing Parts

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Panhandle Perspectives, University of Nebraska-Lincoln When beef producers look at annual cow costs and doing an economic analysis, three categories tend to make up the largest percentage of total costs: feed, labor/equipment and cow depreciation. Other expenses, such as breeding expense and veterinary costs, tend to be significantly less than the “Big Three.” To conduct an economic analysis of a ranch, first break the ranch into enterprises to understand where value is being created and costs are occurring. Land ownership, hay production, cow-calf and replacement heifer development are four of the major enterprises on many ranches. Feed Including both grazed feed and harvested feed, 40-70 percent of annual cow costs fall into this category. If the ranch is owned, the cash cost for feed may be less; however, when conducting an economic analysis, grazed and harvested feed from owned land should be valued at market price. In other words, the cow-calf enterprise is asked to pay fair market value for the grass that is grazed and the hay that is fed. If the land is owned, the market value of the grass is counted as a return to land ownership. The same goes for hay raised on the ranch. What is the market value for the same quality of hay if you were to sell it off the ranch? The cow-calf enterprise should be asked to pay that value to the hay enterprise. If the market value of the grass that cows graze or the hay they are fed is not being accurately accounted for, then it’s possible the cow-calf enterprise is being subsidized by other enterprises on the ranch. Labor/Equipment When categorizing costs to the cowherd, labor and equipment can be lumped together as a single category because they often go hand-in-hand. Equipment is often purchased to reduce labor, and labor is needed to operate equipment. These two things together are also often identified as a fixed, or overhead, cost. Overhead costs are expenses that don’t change very much based on the number of cows in the herd. For example, if a rancher has 200 cows and leases a neighbor’s place and is now able to run an addition 100 cows, they probably are not going to buy another pickup, trailer, tractor, or ATV just because they added another 100 cows. The equipment they had to care for 200 cows is likely adequate to care for 300 cows. Overhead costs related to labor/equipment tend to be the second-largest expense for the cow herd after feed. When a rancher is serious about trying to address annual cow costs, overhead expenses per cow unit is an area where there is often opportunity to improve. Increasing the number of cows per person/equipment or aggressively finding ways to reduce the labor/equipment needed to care for cows are two ways to address this expense. Cow Depreciation Cow depreciation is an economic cost that is often overlooked on many ranches. The costs associated with getting a bred heifer into the cowherd are often hidden because many ranchers raise their own replacement heifers. In an economic analysis, the heifer calf’s market value at weaning is identified and then all additional costs from weaning until she enters the herd as a bred female are accounted for. A market value is placed on the heifer at weaning because that was value generated by the cow-calf enterprise. A market value is also placed on the bred heifer at the time she enters the cowherd because that value minus her weaning value was value generated from the replacement heifer development enterprise. The heifer calf could have been sold at weaning or she could have been sold after being developed as a bred heifer. Knowing the economic cost of developing a replacement heifer can give insight into understanding where value is being created and where costs are occurring on the ranch. If the market value of a bred replacement heifer is less than what it costs the ranch to develop her, buying replacements may be a better option. Cow depreciation expenses can be addressed three ways for a cow-calf enterprise. 1. Reduce the cost to get a cow into the herd. 2. Create and capture more value from a cow when she leaves the herd. 3. Find ways to increase the number of years that a cow is productive in the herd. For many ranchers, creatively finding ways to reduce or even eliminate cow depreciation can be a significant way to CONTINUED ON PAGE C5

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reduce annual cow costs. A quick and dirty way to calculate the cost of depreciation to a cow herd inventory that basically remains constant is to annually compare the market price of bred females entering the herd to the revenue being generated by cows leaving the herd. Don’t forget to include death loss when counting the cows that leave the herd! If bred heifers have a market value of $1,500 and cull cows leaving the herd have a value of $700, this is $800 of depreciation. If a cow is in the herd for an average of four years, this is a cost of $200 per year for cow depreciation. As we close the year on 2020 and start 2021, now is a great time to evaluate all of the costs associated with the cow-calf enterprise. In particular, take a look at “The Big Three” of feed, labor/equipment and cow depreciation. Consider where there are opportunities to make changes that could improve profitability in the upcoming year and develop a plan to implement them. ##### The Law of Volunteering” If you dance with a grizzly bear, you had better let him lead. ##### “The Law of Self Sacrifice” When you starve with a tiger, the tiger starves last. ##### What do you call a cow with no legs? Ground beef. - Don, Age 10

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University of Wyoming Extension Partners that span governmental boundarthe results in several years,’” he said. “The ies and jump private-public borders hope to science-practice gap is relatively large in throw a tight noose around invasive grasses that model.” degrading Wyoming lands and halt estabThe group wants to narrow that gap to lishment of other invasives. where science and practice are difficult to A public and private funding mix would separate. drive the Institute for Managing AnRather than using many small research nual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems plots to learn what management methods (IMAGINE) based in the College of Agriwork, IMAGINE would work within landculture and Natural Resources at the Uniscape-scale management projects to collect versity of Wyoming (UW). The effort casts and analyze data at larger scales and over a broad net to confront invasive grasses longer timeframes, said Mealor. like cheatgrass, ventenata and medusahead “All of which requires planning and through fundamental research, community partnership for the life of some of those science and creating what its originators call programs,” he said. next generation partnerships. Mealor noted a diverse team will help “To take a truly comprehensive look at better understand invasive grass impacts annual grass invasion, it requires much ranging from changes in soil microbial more than a few weed guys,” said Brian communities to landscape-scale distribuMealor, director of IMAGINE and director tion patterns to socio-economic impacts and of UW’s Sheridan Research and Extension benefits of control. Center. “This thing doesn’t work without coopIMAGINE partners include community eration,” he said. colleges, multiple colleges and departments Slade Franklin, weed and pest coordiacross the UW campus, and entities outside nator with the Wyoming Department of UW including the Wyoming Game and Fish Agriculture, agreed. Department and the Wyoming weed and “By building on the unique relationship pest control districts. the College of Agriculture and Natural ReHe said next steps include forming an adsources and the Wyoming Weed and Pest visory board, discussing priority landscapes Control Districts already has, IMAGINE and research needs, building structure to will improve the reciprocal flow of data and address some of the recommendations in knowledge between university researchers the Governor’s Invasive Species Initiative and land managers,” Franklin said. “This final report, and seeking additional funding. will not only provide a benefit to the state The governor’s report is at https://bit.ly/ of Wyoming but will be valuable to many wyo-invasive-species. of Wyoming’s neighboring states.” The broad collaboration will increase the The effort is being paid for by public and odds of success against invasive grasses, private funding. Budget-challenged times said Barbara Rasco, dean of the College of means private support will be a sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources. backbone for public-private partnerships, “This is a problem that needs immediate said Craig Russow, major gift officer with attention,” she said. “As stated in the report, the UW Foundation. those who depend directly on the land for The ability to expand research depends their livelihoods are not the only people on creating chairs and positions at UW to impacted - the public also depends on and initiate and create meaningful research and expects the benefit provided by functioning get those results to Wyoming producers, and healthy ecosystems - clean air, clean and he said. abundant water, habitat for wildlife, food, IMAGINE will bring together partners fiber and recreational values.” that may not normally sit at the same table, Rasco said the effort will take advantage said Mealor. of expertise in the college. Using community-science could reap big “Specifically, with control of invasive benefits. species and our understanding of what is “Each year, unplanned experiments take involved with the management of ecosysplace on thousands of acres of Wyoming tems on a large scale,” she said. (weed control treatments, burns, shifted IMAGINE involves on-the-ground exgrazing patterns), and little to no data are perts and those managing lands to create not collected to see what their impacts were,” only the science needs but the structure to he said. best deliver new information to those who “If we are able to work together within can use it, said Mealor, an associate profesthose projects to learn more from them, sor in the Department of Plant Sciences in while combining that information with the college. designed, replicated studies in strategic The effort would change traditional relocations, our knowledge base and predicsearch models. tive abilities around managing annual grass “Historically, our research/engagement invasion will increase tremendously.” model has been ‘tell us what you want to For more information, contact Mealor at know, we’ll do the research and give you 307-673-2856.

Something on a Stick Day

Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always March 28 Something on a Stick Day celebrates things on a stick. So what comes on a stick? Practically anything. The first thing that comes to mind is popsicles and fudgesicles. Hotdogs and marshmallows on a stick are popular at campfires. There’s also corndogs, shrimp and many Chinese treats like pot stickers. Cocktail wieners and cheese are picked and eaten on a stick(a

toothpick). Wooden skewers used when cooking on the grill, contain all sorts of meats and vegetables. The list goes on and on. You can also get just about anything on a stick when receiving food samples at a store or festival. Celebrate this fun day by serving food for meals and snacks on a stick. The kids will love it. So will you! BTW: We are glad that today is Something on a Stick Day and not “Something on a Shingle Day!

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2015 Freightliner M2 Non CDL, Allison automatic, Cummins ISB, Morrison body, NorthStar air compressor, Miller Bobcat welder with rebuilt engine. Only 102,000 miles, serviced. Stock #UGF2007....... $49,900

1990 Autocar ACL66 AWD, Allison automatic, 350 hp Cummins, 46,000 lb. rears, Holan 88-52 Boom-reaches 46-ft. 5”, front & rear outriggers, air & electrical to the rear, many compartments. Only 48,500 miles, serviced. Stock #505698................................................... $47,500

2006 International Durastar 4300 DT466 engine, Allison automatic 16-ft.6” x 96” flatbed with stakes, Waltco 3000 lb. rail lift gate. 120,476 Miles, serviced. Stock #U305922.......................................................... $29,900

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International Fanny Pack Day

Date When Celebrated: This holiday is held on the second Saturday in March In the 1980s a new fad hit the world scene. People wore fanny packs to carry belongings, It allowed women to carry cosmetics, keys, wallets, IDs and other belongings, freeing them from lugging their purse around everywhere they went. Fanny packs were not seen as feminine. Men found fanny packs useful, too. While they were called fanny packs, more often than not, the pack was worn in the front. Positioned in the front of the body, fanny packs were a far safer way to carry wallets and keys, keeping belongs safe from pick pockets. Like all fads, the fanny pack craze faded. However, some people wear fanny packs to this day, for the convenience and security they provide. Origin and History of “International Fanny Pack Day” The roots of International Fanny Pack Day began in 2007 when Nick Yates of Portland, Oregon came across a homeless person while going home from a Christmas party. He felt pity on the man, and gave him some fruitcake that was in his fanny pack. Based on this chance meeting, Nick got the idea to began a charitable campaign to give food to the poor and needy. With this brainstorm, International Fanny Pack Day was conceived. Nick went to food shelves and businesses seeking donation and to promote this day. It didn’t take long for this special day to grow in popularity. How to Participate in International Fanny Pack Day The best way to fully participate in this day, is to go into your closet and dig out your fanny pack. Fill it with foods and distribute the food to the poor and needy.

Medicare test

The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, ‘Hello.’ ‘Mrs. Sanders, please.’ ‘Speaking.’ ‘Mrs. Sanders, this is Doctor Jones at Saint Agnes Laboratory. When your husband’s doctor sent his biopsy to the lab last week, a biopsy from another Mr. Sanders arrived as well. We are now uncertain which one belongs to your husband. Frankly, either way the results are not too good.’ ‘What do you mean?’ Mrs. Sanders asks nervously. ‘Well, one of the specimens tested positive for Alzheimer’s and the other one tested positive for HIV. We can’t tell which is which.’ ‘That’s dreadful! Can you do the test again?’ questioned Mrs. Sanders. ‘Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time.’ ‘Well, what am I supposed to do now?’ ‘The folks at Medicare recommend that you drop your husband off somewhere in the middle of town. If he finds his way home, don’t sleep with him.’

Near Miss Day

Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always March 23 Near Miss Day commemorates the day a huge Asteroid nearly missed hitting the earth. On March 23, 1989, an asteroid the size of a mountain, came within 500,000 miles of a collision with Earth. In interstellar terms, it was a near miss. Had it collided with the Earth, it would have left a devastating crater the size of Washington, D.C. It’s affect on the planet would have been catastrophic. Since then, there have been other near misses. .....Whew!! Near misses with large, potentially life threatening galactic objects happens on an infrequent basis. It is believed a large asteroid collided with the earth and caused the extinction of dinosaurs. Scientists believe it is only a matter of time before another catastrophic collision with Earth. But, don’t worry. The odds are it will not happen for a long, long time. Other Asteroid Near Misses: 2003 SQ222 - Approximately 10 meters in diameter, came within 54,700 miles of earth on September 27, 2003. Asteroid 2002 EM7 - Approximately, 70 meters long, this rock came within 288,000 miles in March, 2002.

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Keyhole Steel Brace System

With over 40 years of experience, we specialize in large ranch projects and offer competitive pricing. Available exclusively through Gateway Arch & Fence, our Keyhole Brace System alleviates 100% of the torching, plasma cutting, and welding typically done while building running H braces and corners. While safety is a huge issue, time is of the essence when building fence. The Keyhole Brace System allows one person to drive and assemble a full corner in under thirty minutes. A two person team can fully set posts, cut rails, and wire a corner in close to 10-15 minutes. A simple H brace can be done in five minutes.

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Making wheat and peanuts less allergenic

Adityarup “Rup” Chakravorty, American Society of Agronomy The United States Department of Agriculture identifies a group of “big eight” foods that causes 90% of food allergies. Among these foods are wheat and peanuts. Sachin Rustgi, a member of the Crop Science Society of America, studies how we can use breeding to develop less allergenic varieties of these foods. Rustgi recently presented his research at the virtual 2020 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting. Allergic reactions caused by wheat and peanuts can be prevented by avoiding these foods, of course. “While that sounds simple, it is difficult in practice,” says Rustgi. Avoiding wheat and peanuts means losing out on healthy food options. These two foods are nutritional powerhouses. Wheat is a great source of energy, fiber, and vitamins. Peanuts provide proteins, good fats, vitamins and minerals. “People with food allergies can try hard to avoid the foods, but accidental exposure to an allergen is also possible,” says Rustgi. Allergen exposure can lead to hospitalization, especially for people with peanut allergies. “For others, avoiding wheat and peanuts is not easy due to geographical, cultural, or economic reasons,” explains Rustgi. Rustgi and his colleagues are using plant breeding and genetic engineering to develop less allergenic varieties of wheat and peanuts. Their goal is to increase food options for people with allergies. For wheat, researchers focus on a group of proteins, called gluten. The gluten in bread flour makes dough elastic. Gluten also contributes to the chewy texture of bread. But gluten can cause an immune reaction for individuals with Celiac disease. In addition, others experience non-celiac gluten sensitivity, leading to a variety of adverse symptoms. Researchers have been trying to breed varieties of wheat with lower gluten content. The challenge, in part, lies in the complicated nature of gluten genetics. The information needed to make gluten is embedded in the DNA in wheat cells. But gluten isn’t a single protein – it’s a group of many different proteins. The instructions cells needed to make the individual gluten proteins are contained within different genes. In wheat, these gluten genes are distributed all over a cell’s DNA. Since so many portions of the DNA play a role in creating gluten, it is difficult for plant breeders to breed wheat varieties with lower gluten levels. “When we started this research, a major question was whether it would be possible to work on a characteristic controlled by so many genes,” says Rustgi. For peanuts, the situation is similar. Peanuts contain 16 different proteins recognized as allergens. “Not all peanut proteins are equally allergenic,” says Rustgi. Four proteins trigger an allergic reaction in more than half of peanut sensitive individuals. Like the gluten genes in wheat, the peanut allergen genes are spread throughout the peanut DNA. “Affecting this many targets is not an easy task, even with current technology,” says Rustgi. Rustgi and the research team are testing many varieties of wheat and peanuts to find ones that are naturally less allergenic than others. These low-allergenic varieties can be bred with crop varieties that have desirable traits, such as high yields or pest resistance. The goal is to develop low-allergenic wheat that can be grown commercially. In addition to traditional breeding efforts, Rustgi is also using genetic engineering to reduce allergenic proteins in wheat and peanuts. For example, a technology called CRISPR allows scientists to make very precise changes to a cell’s DNA. Rustgi is using CRISPR to target gluten genes in wheat. Recent improvements in CRISPR technology allow researchers to target many genes at once. Genes targeted by CRISPR are changed or mutated. This means that cells can no longer ‘read’ these genes to make the specific proteins. “Disrupting the gluten genes in wheat could yield wheat with significantly lower levels of gluten. A similar approach would work in peanuts,” says Rustgi. Other approaches include understanding how gluten production is regulated in wheat cells. As it turns out, one CONTINUED ON PAGE C12

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2015 Dodge Challenger SRT HellCat

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Cat 140G Grader

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1999 Deere 250 Skidsteer

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2007 Genie Z45/25J Boom Lift

Only 1370 hours, 4x4, diesel engine, nice machine...$26,000

2015 Komatsu WA380 Wheel Loader

Only 3600 hours, cab with air conditioning, camera, ride control, radial tires, 4.5 yard bucket with quick couple.... $157,000

2015 Polaris Ranger XP

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Bobcat E42 Excavator

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Making wheat and peanuts less allergenic CONTINUED FROM PAGE C10

protein serves as a ‘master regulator’ for many gluten genes. That’s important because disrupting this master regulator could lead to reduced amounts of gluten in wheat. Targeting a single gene is much easier than trying to disrupt the several gluten genes. “Wheat and peanuts are the major sources of proteins to many, especially those living in resource-deprived conditions,” says Rustgi. “Finding affordable ways to make wheat and peanuts available for all is very important.” Developing wheat and peanuts with reduced allergen levels is a key step toward this goal. “These crops will also reduce accidental exposure to allergens,” says Rustgi. “Also, they would limit the severity of reactions if exposure did happen.”

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1990 Peterbilt 378 dump truck, Cummins N14, 18 speed, 12,000 lb. fronts, 40,000 lb. rears..........$25,000

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Jack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. They loaded up Jack’s minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. They pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night. “I realize it’s terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I’m recently widowed,” she explained. “I’m afraid the neighbors will talk if I let you stay in my house.” “Don’t worry,” Jack said. “We’ll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we’ll be gone at first light.” The lady agreed, and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night. Come morning, the weather had cleared, and they got on their way. They enjoyed a great weekend of skiing. About nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the ski weekend. He dropped in on his friend Bob and asked, “Bob, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski holiday up North?” “Yes, I do.” “Did you happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a visit?” “Yes,” Bob said, a little embarrassed about being found out. “I have to admit that I did.” “And did you happen to use my name instead of telling her your name?” Bob’s face turned red and he said, “Yeah, sorry, buddy. I’m afraid I did. Why do you ask?” “She just died and left me everything.”

A boy and math

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2006 Kenworth W900 Cat Accert 475 hp, 13 speed transmission, new clutch and transmission, new tires, cold air conditioner, 12,000 lb front, 40,000 lb rear, 3.55 ratio, 13,000 lb lift axle, extensive motor work with records, new seats, work ready.......................................... $62,500

2003 Peterbilt 379 Cat C12, 430 hp, 13 speed transmission, 234” wheelbase, 12,000 lb. front, 40,000 lb. rears, R/A Reyco suspension, aluminum rims, 70% virgin tires, no rust, ready to work............ ................................................... $54,900

1991 Ore-West 15-ft. box, spring suspension, super singles..................... $15,500

1997 Clement triple axle, 15-ft. pup trailer, hi lift gate, spring suspension, 11R22.5 tires............................................... $7500

2005 Mack Granite CV713 E7 460 hp, 440,000 miles, 10 speed, 14,600 lb. front, 13,200 lb. steerable lift axle, 40,000 lb. rears on Mack Camelback, two line wet kit, Pro Tech aluminum cab guard, new drive tires............................ $42,500

1973 Kenworth 900A Cummins 350 hp, 13 speed, 12,000 lb. front, 40,000 lb. rears on Hendrickson Walking beam pad over beam, great project truck.............. $7500

1993 Trail King 3 axle low boy, air ride, 102” wide, third axle flip, 29-ft. well, 12ft. rear deck, 10-ft. neck. manual detach. 80% rubber................................. $23,500

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A ten-year-old boy was failing math. His parents tried everything from tutors to hypnosis, but to no avail. Finally, at the insistence of a family friend, they decided to enroll their son in a private Catholic school. After the first day, the boy’s parents were surprised when he walked in after school with a stern, focused and very determined expression on his face, and went right past them straight to his room, where he quietly closed the door. For nearly two hours he toiled away in his room - with math books strewn about his desk and the surrounding floor. He emerged long enough to eat, and after quickly cleaning his plate, went straight back to his room, closed the door, and worked feverishly at his studies until bedtime. This pattern continued ceaselessly until it was time for the first quarter report card. The boy walked in with his report card -- unopened -- laid it on the dinner table and went straight to his room. Cautiously, his mother opened it, and to her amazement, she saw a bright red “A” under the subject of MATH. Overjoyed, she and her husband rushed into their son’s room, thrilled at his remarkable progress. “Was it the nuns that did it?,” the father asked. The boy only shook his head and said, “No.” “Was it the one-on-one tutoring? The peermentoring?” “No.” “The textbooks? The teachers? The curriculum?” “Nope,” said the son. “On that first day, when I walked in the front door and saw that guy they nailed to the ‘plus sign,’ I just knew they meant business!”

NWMAC recruits for open positions

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Montana Department of Agriculture grant applications and attending hearings, The Montana Department of Agriculture typically over the course of several days (MDA) is currently recruiting for open poin March. The NWMAC recommends and sitions on its Noxious Weed Management presents funding counsel to the MDA DirecAdvisory Council (NWMAC). The following council terms expire June 30, 2021: tor for approval. Additional one-day council • Livestock Production Representative meetings are also held in January and July • Herbicide Dealer or Applicator each year. • Biological Research and Control Interests Those interested in serving on the NWMAC Representative are encouraged to submit a letter of interest • Western County Weed District Repreand application to MDA by May 1, 2021. More information and applications are available sentative on the NWMAC website (https://agr.mt.gov/ • Agriculture Crop Production RepresentaNWTF-Council). Nominations can be submittive. The advisory council is appointed by the ted to: Montana Department of Agriculture, MDA Director and provides guidance conP.O. Box 2002014, Helena, MT 59620-0201. The Montana Department of Agriculture’s cerning noxious weed programs and to the mission is to protect producers and consumNoxious Weed Trust Fund Grant Program, which assists counties, local and tribal comers, and to enhance and develop agriculture and allied industries. For more information munities, researchers and educators in efforts on the Montana Department of Agriculture, to combat noxious weeds. Responsibilities visit agr.mt.gov. include reviewing Noxious Weed Trust Fund

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Used Haying Equipment

2003 Case IH RB562 twine & mesh....... .....................................$22,000 Case IH RB564 round baler, net & twine, only 5900 bales................. $22,500

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New Haying Equipment Case IH 1504 Windrower

Used Sprayers & Tillage

Brandt SB4000 suspended boom sprayer, 90-ft. boom...................$19,900 John Deere 2100 inline ripper... $3500

Used Combine Headers

2013 Case IH 3152 40-ft., uppercross auger kit, transport.............. $40,000

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New Grasshopper Mowers In Stock Grasshopper 725D 61” or 72” deck Grasshopper 524V 42” deck

Used Lawn Mowers

2016 Grasshopper 729 liquid cooled, 72” deck, mulching kit.......... ........................................................................... $9500 335 Big Block 61” deck, 64 hours................................... $8900

Miscellaneous Used Equipment Case IH 330 Turbo till, 34-ft., consigned.... ......................................... $30,000 2013 Haybuster 2650 bale processor........ ......................................... $15,000 2014 John Deere 520 20-ft. shredder good condition.............................. $14,000 Phoenix rotary harrow, 60-ft., very nice condition, consigned................ $20,000 Rem VRX grain vac, 300 hours...... $17,500

New Miscellaneous Equipment In Stock

Danuser Pallet Forks - 48”, 4000 lb. Danuser Hydraulic Post Hole Digger & Augers Danuser T3 Hydraulic Post Drivers REM VRX grain vac Garfield 10-ft. drag scraper Danuser Hammer post pounder Schulte FX1800 rotary mower Parma 30-ft. land plane

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2014 Volvo MC135C, 300+/hours, enclosed cab, heat, air conditioning, AM/FM radio, ride control, 2 speed travel, auxiliary hydraulics, quick attach, switchable pilot controls, 12x16.5 tires, 92 hp, 8500 lbs, 6000 lb max lift load, 3000 lb operating load. Very nice condition, recent service. Located in Spearfish, SD............................................................................. $43,900 2014 Gehl RS634 telehandler, 1900 hours, open ROPS, frame tilt, 3 steering modes, 3 forward/3 reverse gears, foam-filled tires, 6000 lb lift, 34-ft. reach, weighs 18,000 lb. Has been through the shop, all repairs have been done, recent service, very nice condition. Located in Spearfish, SD............................... $45,900 2000 New Holland LB90, 3270 hours, enclosed cab with heat, 4x4, extend-a-hoe, 24” dig bucket, auxiliary hydraulics. Machine is in nice overall condition, fresh service and jobsite ready. Located in Victor, MT..................................................................................... $34,900 2011 New Holland C238, 1380 hours, high-flow hydraulics, enclosed cab, heat, air conditioning, cloth air ride seat, switchable pilot controls, AM/FM radio, bucket leveling, 2 speed travel, hydraulic coupler, auxiliary electrics, extra counter weights, 90 hp, 3800 lb operating load, 7600 lb tip load, recent tracks. Has been through the shop and just serviced. Located in Victor, MT........................................ $41,900 2016 Bobcat E35i, 450 hours, enclosed cab, heat, air conditioning, long arm, cloth suspension seat, AM/FM radio, auxiliary hydraulics, hydraulic thumb, hydraulic quick coupler, extra counter weight, 18” bucket. Recent service, like new condition. Located in Spearfish, SD.............................................. $49,500 2015 Cat 272D XPS High Flow skidsteer, 1970+/- hours, enclosed cab with heat and air conditioning, AM/FM radio, heated cloth air ride seat, quick coupler, ride control, HIGH FLOW auxiliary hydraulics, extra counter weights. Just serviced, very nice condition. Located in Spearfish, SD................................................................................ $49,900 2007 SkyTrak 6036, 4325+/hours, auxiliary hydraulics, 72” carriage, 48” forks, very nice foam filled tires, 6000 lb capacity, 36-ft. reach. Has been through the shop, all repairs are done, recent service. Located in Victor, MT............ $39,900 2005 Cat D5G XL, 3400+- hours, enclosed cab, heat and air conditioning, AM/FM radio, CD, cloth suspension seat, 3 shank ripper, 6-way PAT blade, 20” track shoes, undercarriage is approximately 75%, had just been through the shop, serviced by Cat, very clean, tight dozer. Located in Spearfish, SD.................................................... $79,900

Use trigger dates as drought decision making guide

NDSU Extension and Ag Research News expect reduced forage production of 30% to As drought continues to affect much of 70% or more, depending on the timing and the western U.S. and North Dakota, ranchers amount of rain, severity of the drought and will make management decisions that deal past management. Plan for removing cattle with the land, livestock and even people. earlier, reducing the stocking rate, weaning “Based on the lack of fall moisture in calves early or culling cows. Assess the 2020 and snow this winter, the odds for a establishment and stand quality of summer negative impact on forage production of annual forages and soil moisture conditions. pastureland and hay land in 2021 is more • Graze pastures that have drinking water likely than not,” cautions Kevin Sedivec, shortages later in the grazing season, savNorth Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension rangeland management specialist. ing pastures with better water resources for “We need to remember that drought consummer use. • If hot, dry conditions persist, monitor ditions are common in the northern Plains,” dugouts and ponds for cyanobacteria (bluehe adds “We know 70% to 80% of our forage green algae), which is toxic to livestock. production is driven by moisture that occurs Restrict livestock’s access to the water if it by early July in the Dakotas and by late June is toxic. in eastern Montana and Wyoming.” • Take precautions to prevent nitrate Tools available to help predict forage poisoning because some plants accumulate production include: nitrates during periods of drought. • NDSU Forage Prediction Calculator: • Maintain a monitoring plan to measure https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/drought/foragesutilization and minimize overgrazing. and-grazing • Continue to assess the water sources. • Grass-Cast: https://grasscast.unl.edu July 1-30 Producers also know most of their hay is • If drought conditions persist throughout harvested by early July. July, expect reduced forage production of “The lack of snow creates different 50% or more, depending on the severity of concerns,” says Miranda Meehan, NDSU the drought. Plan for removing cattle earlier, Extension livestock environmental stewculling cows, weaning calves early or movardship specialist. “Many stock ponds and dams rely on snowmelt runoff for recharge. ing to alternative forages or crop residue Without recharge, these livestock drinking earlier than planned. water sources will become low, creating wa• Assess the establishment and stand qualter shortage and potentially deadly water.” ity of late-planted summer annual forages Total dissolved soluble (TDS) and sulfate and soil moisture conditions. levels can reach toxic levels when water • Maintain a monitoring plan to measure levels are low. High levels of TDS and utilization and minimize overgrazing. sulfates lead to herd health issues and low • Assess current year and carryover winter calf weights. feed inventories. Purchase hay resources as Another concern with low water levels needed. is that cattle can become stuck in the mud. • Continue to assess the water sources. Here is a decision guide for livestock August 1-30 producers based on trigger dates to plan for • If drought conditions persist throughout drought impacts: August, expect reduced forage production April 15-30 of 70% or more because plant growth will • Assess pasture drinking water condidie off earlier than normal and standing feed will be reduced. Expect lower-quality feed tions. Test water quality for TDS, sulfates and lower cow performance unless cattle are and nitrates. Water quality should be monisupplemented with high-quality feed. tored as long as drought conditions persist. • Maintain a monitoring plan to measure Make sure the water supply is adequate utilization and minimize overgrazing. and have a strategy in place when the water • Continue to assess the water sources. levels become low or toxic. September 1-30 • If drought conditions occur throughout • Make a final assessment of the yield April, the growth of introduced cool-season of annual forages grown for late-season pastures (crested wheatgrass, smooth brome grazing. grass) will be below average. If lower pro• Inventory other harvested feed and duction is expected, delay cattle turnout and determine the quantity of crop residue on feed hay longer, evaluate alternative feeds cropland. available or plan for fewer grazing days. • Estimate the amount of forage in winter If these grasses comprise hay land, expect pastures. below-average production and plan to grow • Maintain a monitoring plan to measure emergency feed or purchase hay. The earlier utilization and minimize overgrazing. you purchase hay, the most economical the • Continue to assess the water sources. prices will be. If hay is in short supply, prices October 1-30 often double by the fall. • Evaluate stand quality and probable for• Use September through October precipitation to predict stocking rates for the age production of winter cereal crops used next growing season. Start planning for for grazing or haying purposes. The lack of future needs and changes. snow cover increases the risk of winterkill “Having a plan in place with well-defined on winter cereals and alfalfa. trigger dates for implementing drought May 1-31 management strategies will help you get • If drought conditions occur in May, through the drought and minimizes losses,” expect reduced forage production of 10% Sedivec says. “The longer you wait to make to 40% or more, depending on the severity management decisions, the fewer option of the drought. Plan for removing cattle will be available and the greater the risk earlier, reducing the stocking rate or weanfor losses.” ing calves early. Plan for alternative forages These resources can help producers deor feeding options if none of the above are velop a plan to fit their operation: desired. Plan to begin grazing tame pastures • https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/publications/ or post-contract Conservation Reserve Prolivestock/strategies-for-managing-droughtgram lands if available. in-the-northern-plains • Continue to assess the water sources. • http://drought.unl.edu/ranchplan/OverJune 1-30 view.aspx • If drought conditions occur in June,

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By Reagan Colyer, MSU News Service A Montana State University (MSU) assistant research professor was recently recognized by the International Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Symposium for her doctoral work studying the role pests play in a wheat disease cycle. Uta McKelvy, who received her doctorate from the Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology in MSU’s College of Agriculture this fall, is also an associate Extension specialist for the department and works in MSU’s Schutter Diagnostic Laboratory alongside professor Mary Burrows. Last month, McKelvy received the organization’s outstanding Ph.D. student award. McKelvy was the only recipient of the award for 2020. After completing her undergraduate and master’s degrees in her native Germany, McKelvy came to MSU for her doctoral studies in 2016. She focused her research on wheat streak mosaic virus, a wheat disease that was hitting the state hard at the time. In her studies, she explored how different agronomic practices could lessen the risk of wheat streak mosaic disease; how the wheat stem sawfly, a common insect pest, adds to wheat yield losses; and the risk of perpetuating the wheat streak mosaic disease cycle. “We wondered if there was a connection between wheat stem sawfly and the effect they have on the risk of wheat streak mosaic disease,” said McKelvy. “Both the insect pest and the virus occur in the same geographic region and share wheat as a common host, but the interaction between the insect and the disease had not been looked at.” McKelvy tailored her work to have the highest possible applicability for Montana growers with research plots all over the state, including at MSU’s Arthur H. Post Farm near Bozeman and the Northern Agriculture Research Center in Havre as well as on-farm sites in Amsterdam and Big Sandy. A significant result of the project was an online learning tool called AWaRe — short for Assessment of Wheat streak mosaic Risk — in collaboration with Burrows and fellow MSU researchers Tim Seipel and Robert Peterson. The AWaRe tool allows producers to input the many variables at play in their own fields, such as planting date, variety selection and seeding density and helps them learn about the potential risk for wheat streak mosaic virus in their own crops. “Wheat streak is not a new disease. It has been known in the U.S. for almost 100 years,” said McKelvy. “But this wheat pest complex is very complicated, so it can be hard for growers to understand all the different factors involved and how they influence what is actually observed in the field. The goal was to break the most important information down in simple terms and turn it into a model that can be used on a producer’s phone.” In addition to honing her research skills, McKelvy said her doctoral work also helped kindle a love for Extension programming and interaction with local stakeholders to solve real, on-field problems. “Getting to combine the scientific research and outreach components was new for me,” she said. “Talking to growers really motivated and inspired me. Being able to interact with the people who would actually be users at the end of this project was really motivating and gave it so much more meaning.” The 2021 International Integrated Pest Management Symposium, which includes representatives from more than 30 countries, has been postponed until the spring of 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The theme for the upcoming symposium is “Implementing IPM across Borders and Disciplines.” “The International IPM Symposium is the premier global event for anyone involved in integrated pest management, and these awards recognize the work being done across the nation and world to manage pests safely,” said Shaku Nair, the symposium awards committee co-chair. “Integrated pest management is a holistic, science-based approach to managing pests to reduce risks to people and the environment.” A full list of awardees can be found at https://ipmsymposium.org/2021/awards.html. ##### My brother-in-law, a retired farmer, collects antique tractors. He has an entire barn full of them, absolutely amazing, not even any room to walk, and all in perfect working order. He confided in me the other day what his worst fear is. “A barn fire?” I asked. “No, not at all. I’m afraid that when I am gone, my wife will sell all my tractors for what I told her I paid for them.”

International Find a Pay Phone Booth Day

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Corralling carrots’ microbial allies could stymie disease

Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service Carrots, while in the ground, are home to a community of microorganisms, some members of which wage a kind of battle for supremacy against others that cause plant disease and costly losses to farmers who grow the vegetable. Now, a team of university and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists has begun to identify some of these “good guy” microbes. Reported in the June 2020 issue of PLOS One, the findings provide a critical step toward learning how carrot growers could enlist these beneficial microbes as an effective defense against diseases like Alternaria leaf blight. One clue to emerge is soil-building practices that allow the microbes to colonize carrots, protecting them from attack. Another tantalizing clue is the genetic makeup of the carrot varieties themselves, which may predispose them to being colonized. Annually, Americans eat nearly 14 pounds of carrots per person, making it the nation’s six-most consumed fresh vegetable. In addition to adding appealing color and flavor to salads, vegetable medleys and other dishes, carrots are rich in beta carotene, vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. Seven states, led by California, produce 94 percent of the U.S. carrot crop. Threatening that farm-to-table supply, however, is Alternaria dauci, the fungal culprit behind Alternaria leaf blight, which occurs in most areas where carrots are grown. Unchecked, the disease causes decay in both the carrot’s distinct feathery leaves above ground and taproot, below ground, diminishing its yield, quality and marketability. Fungicide use, rotations with non-host crops and resistant varieties are among tactics used to counter Alternaria leaf blight. However, the potential of bacteria and fungi that peacefully colonize the carrot plant—called “endophytes”— may also have merit, said Philipp Simon, a plant geneticist who leads the ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit in Madison, Wisconsin. To learn more, collaborators with Purdue University and the Organic Seed Alliance, together with Simon, evaluated 36 diverse commercial carrot varieties and breeding lines for their reactions to Alternaria leaf blight in either conventionally managed or organically farmed plots. In the conventional plot, for example, pre-emergent herbicides were applied after the carrots had been planted, while in organic plot, weeds were hand-pulled as needed. The researchers ranked the severity of Alternaria leaf blight in the carrots on a scale of 1 to 12 and harvested the vegetables. They grew cultures of endophytes from nine of lowest-scoring (healthiest) carrot varieties and identified them using DNA “fingerprinting” methods. They also conducted petri-dish and seed experiments confirming the endophytes’ anti-Alternaria activity. Among their findings: • More bacteria (22 species) than fungi (six species) were isolated from the carrot varieties. • Stenotrophomonas, Xanthomonas, Pseudomonas, Paenibacillus and Methylobacterium bacteria were among the most prevalent. • Soils in organic plots had more organic matter, a greater diversity and abundance of endophytes, and plants grown in these plots had lower disease levels than conventional plots. • Some carrot varieties’ genetic makeup made them more “endophyte-friendly” than others, especially in the organic plot. Other varieties hosted lots of endophytes regardless of how they were grown, suggesting a complexity that still needs to be teased out. Exactly how the endophytes protect carrots also isn’t well understood. Some possible explanations include excluding Alternaria leaf blight fungi from choice space and nutrients, secreting antibiotics to keep them at bay or by helping mobilize the carrot plant’s own defense, called “induced systemic resistance.” The researchers plan additional studies to learn more about which mechanisms are at work in carrots and explain these results. They will also conduct more field trials to confirm and expand upon the results observed thus far. ##### I witnessed one of my students pick up a calf’s tail and immediately kiss the calf directly under the base of the tail. I asked, “What are you doing that for?” “I’ve got chapped lips,” was his reply. “Well, that won’t cure them,” I said sternly. “No, sir, but it keeps me from licking them.”

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Freedom Ranger Hatchery, Inc. Few things are as frightening to chicken Coop keepers as a snake in the chicken coop. A coop apron is another excellent option These slithering pests will go after both for preventing coop access without requirbaby chicks and adult chickens, which can ing a raised floor. stress even the healthiest of flocks. Even An apron prevents animals from digging though only a small percentage of snakes into the coop by using fencing or hardware are venomous, they can still deliver a nasty cloth that’s at least half an inch thick. Using bite that’ll require treatment. staples or screws, connect the material to Why Do Snakes Go into Chicken Coops? the bottom outside of your chicken coop. Like most animals, snakes require much Then, bring the fencing out approximately of the same physiological needs as your 20 inches from the coop along the ground. birds do. Snakes will enter a coop for the The fencing will sit flush to the ground and following three reasons: can be covered with dirt, wood chips, or • Hunger – The snakes are after either gravel to hide it. the eggs, the chickens, or the rodents that 3. Cover Holes and Gaps with Hardchickens sometimes attract. A chicken coop ware Cloth is an easy meal for them! Lastly, cover up all holes and gaps with • Thirst – Yes, snakes need water as well. hardware cloth. It’s the most effective at Sometimes water dishes on the ground are keeping snakes and other predators out of more comfortable for them to access. your enclosure. Snakes have a knack for • Shelter – Chicken coops tend to be getting through tiny spaces, so it’s essenwarm and dry, providing protection or tial to check for holes around your coop. shade from the heat. Snakes love to hide Quarter-inch hardware cloth is small enough in bedding. to prevent snakes from getting in. If you’re noticing that the egg producClear Out Tall Grass, Debris, Or Bushes tion from your chickens suddenly begins to Eliminate easy ways for snakes to get to dwindle for no apparent reason, it could be your coop by clearing up any debris, wooda hungry snake that has been snacking on piles, or compost. Snakes love to hide out in their eggs or stressing out your birds. these types of places. Trimming back bushes Do Snakes Eat Chickens? and keeping your lawn or weeds mowed The short answer is yes; snakes do eat short will also help. Snakes are vulnerable full-grown adult chickens. in open areas, so if you cut tall grass, clear Most of the time, though, snakes are there debris, and trim back bushes, you’re less for the eggs or baby chicks since they’re likely to attract them. easier to digest. 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Here are a few ways to What Are the Signs That You May Have keep the rodent population down around A Snake in the Chicken Coop? your coop: The following are several indicators to • Trap rats and mice keep your eyes peeled for as they are strong • Put away chicken feed at night when hints of an uninvited pest: mice run most rampant • Missing Chicks – One goes missing • Use a treble feeder or a bucket feeder every few days. to minimize spills and reduce rodent access • Fewer Eggs in the Nests – One snake If you are more vigilant about reducing can eat two eggs in a session. the rodents that are running around your • You Find Regurgitated Egg Shells – coop, you’re much less likely to attract Snakes always spit the crushed empty shell snakes as well. It’s a win-win! back up. Can I Trap Snakes That Are Eating My • Dead Chicken with a Wet Head – Chickens? A sign the snake could not swallow the You sure can! There are many types of chicken whole. snake traps available on the market, likely at • Snake Skins Laying About – A good your local stores. You’ll want to make sure indicator of sneaky snakes. to find one that can humanely trap snakes, Seeing any of the above signs means it’s such as the cone or funnel trap. likely time for you to investigate ways to Funnel traps, also called minnow traps, keep these reptiles out of your roost. are ideal for trapping snakes safely without How Do I Prevent Snakes from Slithering killing or harming them. Check carefully to Their Way into My Coop? make sure your snake isn’t venomous before Snake-Proof Your Chicken Coop handling it, and release it away from your Snake proofing your chicken coop is chicken coop. an important step you can take to make it difficult or nearly impossible for snakes to enter your chicken coop. The following are the main steps you should take: 1. Consider Raising the Floor of Your Coop Snakes usually find their way into coops while chasing after rodents to munch on. Raising the floor of your enclosure—even by a few inches—helps prevent snakes and burrowing animals from gaining access to your coop. Double-check that you’ve sealed the floor and walls so that there are no gaps or other access points. 2. Consider Adding an Apron to Your

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SPRAYER, AIR SEEDER AND SEED FOR SALE

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Under cover vegetables, Season Extension, Part 1

By Catherine Wissner, University of Wyoming Extension Laramie County Growing in a high tunnel or hoop house can be very rewarding and help improve vegetable yields. Both are nonpermanent unheated greenhouse structures typically covered with plastic, their names are interchangeable. However; growing under plastic has a very different set of growing rules from growing outside. High tunnels are used for extending the growing season, by starting earlier, think February or March and going as late as December in more norther climates. Late getting your garden in; a high tunnel to the rescue, it can also accelerate the growing season. Need protection from; frost, wind, a high tunnel can do that along with some protection from small hail. There are many high tunnel/hoop house choices from kits to DIY for homemade models. Questions to ask yourself before you get one; how many people I am growing for, what do I want to grow and will it fit the site. Other important considerations; water and soil quality, wind and snow loads, what type of covering material and growing methods. Are you going to grow direct in ground or in containers? What works in an outside garden can be very damaging inside a high tunnel. High tunnels have a different set of rules to follow. Regardless of growing direct in the soil, raised benches or containers you need to take a holistic approach to soil and water management. Develop a fertilizer plan with low nitrogen inputs (the first number) of around 10%, keep records of what and when you fertilize. Never use Miracle Grow or manures in your high tunnel or greenhouse. Miracle Grow is the wrong type of nitrogen your plants will get very leggy, have insect problems and few fruit, but lots of leaves. Myth busting, never use manures in a high tunnel! They are very low in nitrogen, but very high in salts and can make your soil close to toxic. Soil in a high tunnel heats up faster which is great for your tomatoes, peppers and many other warm season vegetables. However, it causes organic matter to decompose quicker compared to outside garden soil, a loss of 1.5 to 3% OM/ year isn’t unusual. After each season you need to add organic matter back to the soil. Grass clippings, leaves, old hay, peat moss or your own non-manure based composts are best. Do not work manures into the soil as they will raise the soil salt levels and cause irreversible soil damage. Myth, high tunnel needs to be hot. Keeping the temperature below 95 degrees inside the high tunnel is very important. Pollen will start to lose its viability at 90 degrees, may even stick together if the humidity is too high and not transfer. Most vegetable plants will drop blossoms and stop growing at temps above 95 degrees. Air circulation is important, roll up sides work best for controlling temperatures. If you don’t have roll up sides, then a box fan or two to keep the air moving along with open windows or lots of vents. Rule, keep the air moving and temp under 95 degrees. Myth, humidity should be high in a high tunnel/hoop house. While a botanical garden conservatory has high humidity for their tropical plants it’s not what you want in your high tunnel. High humidity in your high tunnel will foster fungal, bacterial and insect problems that will be next to impossible to get rid of. Rule; keep your high tunnel on the dry side, don’t turn your high tunnel into a petri dish. General rules for keeping your high tunnel happy and plants healthy: Increase Air Circulation, Decrease humidity. Never use an overhead watering system, Sanitation is everything keep your tunnel clean of dead plants and weeds. Not all fertilizers work in a high tunnel, Never Use manures or Miracle Grow in your high tunnel or vegetable garden. Since 2002, Catherine Wissner works for the University of Wyoming Laramie County Extension Office as the county horticulturist and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture from Colorado State University. She has 15 years’ experience growing in high tunnels and selling at Farmer’s Markets. Catherine can be reached at cwissner@uwyo.edu.

Air transportation

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Dry weather brings opportunities and challenges for Great Plains wheat

By Claire Hutchins, U.S. Wheat Associates Market Analyst “saving grace” for Colorado wheat producPersistent dryness is both a blessing and ers. As of Oct. 25, USDA pegged Colorado’s a curse to winter wheat farmers across the HRW at 78% emerged, on track with last U.S. Plains states. Dry conditions acceleryear and the 5-year average. “When you’re ated the autumn row crop harvest, which in a serious situation like this, any moisallowed for quick planting and of hard red ture is highly needed,” said Brad Erker, winter (HRW) wheat, but critically low Executive Director of the Colorado Wheat subsoil moisture levels in states like Kansas Administrative Committee. However, only and Colorado may leave producers more 24% of the state’s HRW is in good to excelvulnerable to unpredictable winter weather. lent condition compared to 59% last year on According to USDA, 41% of the crop for extreme dryness. If drought persists through harvest in 2021 is in good to excellent the winter, Colorado’s crop could suffer condition, below some analysts’ average yield and test weight losses. Producers are expectations of 53% and 15 points below hoping for solid winter precipitation which this time last year. could revitalize critically low soil moisture Here is a look at winter wheat planting levels and protect farmland from serious and development conditions by state. wind erosion. Texas. HRW planting progress is right The U.S. Drought Monitor shows abnoron schedule with 72% of the crop in the mal to exceptional dryness in predominant ground. While dryness persists in the Texas winter wheat growing regions from northern Panhandle, overall crop condition is in line Texas to the U.S.-Canadian border. with last year at 37% good to excellent. Nebraska. As of Oct. 25, the state’s winter HRW planted area in the state is expected wheat planting campaign for harvest in 2021 to increase for the 2020/21 crop. “We can was complete. “Dry conditions were a ‘douattribute the increase in planted acres to imble-edged sword’ for Nebraska. It helped proved prices and more favorable planting with a quick row crop harvest and allowed conditions,” said Darby Campsey, Director traditional wheat areas to be planted quickly. of Communications with the Texas Wheat But some producers waited to plant due to Producers Board. extremely dry conditions,” said Royce SchKansas. Here, the HRW crop is 92% aneman, Executive Director of the Nebraska planted, 4 points ahead of this time last Wheat Board. An early row crop harvest, year. “Mid-September rains helped the early favorable weather and strong marketing planted crop to emerge and come up pretty conditions could lead to increased Nebraska strong,” said Kansas State University Wheat HRW acreage year-over-year. and Forage Specialist Romulo Lollato, “but According to USDA, only 43% of the the crop planted after Oct. 5 is more hit or state’s winter wheat is in good to excellent miss.” Kansas producers took advantage of condition, compared to 61% this time last dry autumn weather and a quick row crop year on persistent dryness through the late harvest to accelerate rotational winter wheat summer and autumn. Recent snowfall in planting. According to Justin Gilpin, CEO the west helped alleviate drought concerns, of the Kansas Wheat Commission, favorbut more is needed in the coming months. able harvest weather could increase Kansas Producers are hoping for much needed snow winter wheat planted area year-over-year. across the state to help boost soil moisture However, increased dryness throughout levels and protect the crop through the the state, particularly in the west, could winter. challenge early winter wheat development. Good news from South Dakota. RelaExcessive dryness at planting delays emertive dryness in South Dakota is a welcome gence and could delay every phase of crop change compared to last year’s overly wet development, said Lollato. Delayed crop field conditions. “Going into the fall, foldevelopment may push grain filling into lowing this year’s incredible harvest, there hotter conditions, which has the potential were tremendous weather and price incento challenge test weight and yield. Produc ers are hoping for a mild winter and a cool tives for producers to plant more winter wheat compared to last year,” said Reid spring with plenty of precipitation to boost Christopherson, Executive Director of the the state’s yield potential. According to the South Dakota Wheat Commission. Most of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminthe state’s winter wheat went into the ground istration (NOAA), the short term weather ahead of recent, beneficial snowstorms. As forecast in Kansas calls for moderate to of Oct. 25, 80% of the state’s winter wheat heavy precipitation in southern Kansas, is emerged and 77% of the crop is in good to which would help early HRW development. excellent condition. Looking ahead, producNOAA’s Quantitative Precipitation Foreers in southern South Dakota expect mild cast (QPF) predicts beneficial rainfall in to warm temperatures that would help with southern Kansas, western Oklahoma and soil moisture absorption and strong early Northern Texas over the next few days. crop growth before the winter. “Pray for rain” in Colorado. About all the U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) will coneastern third of Colorado, where most of tinue to monitor Great Plains winter wheat the state’s winter wheat is grown, is under development in the coming months. extreme drought. Two snowstorms between September and late October have been the

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There were three people stranded on an island, a brunette, a redhead, and a blonde. The brunette looked over the water to the mainland and estimated about 20 miles to shore. She announced, “I’m going to try to swim to shore.” She swam out five miles and got really tired. She swam out ten miles from the island, and she was too tired to go on, so she drowned. The second one, the redhead, said to herself, “I wonder if she made it. I guess it’s better to try to get to the mainland than

stay here and starve.” She attempts to swim out. The redhead had a lot more endurance than the brunette, as she swam out 10 miles before she even got tired. After 15 miles, she was too tired to go on, so she drowned. The blonde thought to herself, “I wonder if they made it! I think I’d better try to make it, too.” She swam out 5 miles, ten miles, 15 miles, NINETEEN miles from the island. The shore was just in sight, but she said, “I’m too tired to go on!” She swam back.

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Winter survival in alfalfa

Nebraska Extension Pasture & Forage Forum survive freezing temperatures and make it Whether you planed it originally or held through winter. Increased hardiness can lead off due to dry conditions in the fall, the time to reduced yield potential, but for a high for spring planting alfalfa is just around the dollar perennial forage, having a stand year corner. Selecting the right seed is crucial, after year is key. and two traits to consider are fall dormancy In the past, winter survival traits were and winter survival. These traits are often linked with fall dormancy. With new varitreated the same but are different. Let’s look at winter survival. eties, this isn’t always the case, so winter Winter survival or winter hardiness is survival needs to be evaluated on its own. the ability for an alfalfa plant to make it We want to pick a winter survival ranking through winter without injury once the plant that will get us through winter without comgoes dormant. This is different than the fall promising yield. Where you are in the state dormancy rating that measures the alfalfa’s plays a big role in what to pick. Winter temability to prepare for and recover from dorperatures affect the choice but maintained snow cover is also important. As snow can mancy. Winter survival is measured on a 1 help insulate the ground, parts of the state to 6 scale with 1 being extremely hardy and that regularly have open winters may need 6 not hardy. For Nebraska, a winter survival as high or higher survival rating than colder rating of 3 is about as high as we want to locations with winter-long snow cover. go. There are free alfalfa ratings available Bottom line for Nebraska, a winter survivonline that may be helpful for comparison between varieties. al rating of 3 is about as high as we want to As temperatures drop and days shorten, go and areas with open winters or regularly alfalfa plants change their physiology to colder temperatures should be even lower.

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Emily Matzke, American Society of Agronomy Plant breeders are constantly working to develop new bean varieties to meet the needs and desires of the food industry. But not everyone wants the same thing. Many consumers desire heirloom-type beans, which have great culinary quality and are visually appealing. On the other hand, farmers desire beans with better disease resistance and higher yield potential. The bean varieties that farmers want to grow are sometimes different than the varieties consumers want to purchase. Until now. Travis Parker, a plant scientist at University of California, Davis, has worked with a team of researchers to release five new varieties of dry beans that combine the most desirable traits. The new varieties, UC Sunrise, UC Southwest Red, UC Tiger’s Eye, UC Rio Zape, and UC Southwest Gold, were recently highlighted in the Journal of Plant Registrations, a publication of the Crop Science Society of America. “Our new beans combine the best of both worlds for farmers and consumers,” says Parker. “They combine the better qualities of heirloom-type beans with the better qualities of commercial types.” Heirloom-type beans often represent older bean types that are known for culinary qualities and seed patterns. These are highly desired by consumers. Heirloom types often fetch a higher market value than other beans. Commercial dry beans often have higher yields, shorter maturity times, and improved disease resistance. While they possess qualities desirable to producers, they don’t command as high of a market price compared to their heirloom counterparts. “Our goal was to improve field characteristics of the heirloom beans without losing culinary characteristics,” said Parker. “We have an interest in higher-value varieties and want them to grow well.” Farmers growing the heirloom dry beans often sell the beans to health-conscious consumers or high-end restaurants. This sale often leads to a higher price point. However, these beans are prone to disease and don’t perform well in the field. “We know that existing heirloom beans don’t usually do well in terms of yield,” said Parker. “Breeding beans for high yields is a major improvement for farmers. The new varieties are high-yielding, heat-tolerant, and are also resistant to bean common mosaic virus.” Incorporating disease resistance was essential when developing the new bean varieties. Bean common mosaic virus is a well-known problem that is hard to control in the field. “The only really effective means to handle the virus is through genetic resistance,” explains Parker. The new varieties, such as UC Sunrise, satisfy the need for farmers to have a bean that is disease resistant while also yielding 50% more than heirloom types. In addition, the beans do not take as long to grow between planting and harvest. Commercial and heirloom beans come from the same species, but they are in different market classes. The heirloom varieties are bred with intimate knowledge of what tastes good and what works well in the kitchen. “In recent decades, there has been less attention paid to consumer desires during the bean breeding process,” says Parker. “There are more layers between the breeder and the consumer. We are trying to make sure to keep consumers in mind while incorporating qualities that are beneficial to the farmer.” With consumer desires in mind, the research team used cross-pollination to breed plants with key characteristics they selected. As Parker and the team continued the breeding process, they performed taste tests to ensure the beans met the level of culinary quality expected of an heirloom-type bean, in terms of flavor and visual appeal. This research was supported by the Clif Bar Family Foundation, Lundberg Family Farms, the United States Department of Agriculture Organic Agriculture Research & Extension Initiative, and the United States Department of Agriculture Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program. ##### Q: What did the magnet say to the other magnet? A: I find you very attractive! ##### Q: Why did the skeleton cross the road? A: To get to the body shop.

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From MSU News Service A statewide survey conducted by Monfood management skills to cook more, plan tana State University (MSU) researchers ahead and reduce waste. Not everyone has during the COVID-19 pandemic determined the resources to navigate our new situation.” that food security — or having consistent Not surprisingly, with food hoarding access to enough food for an active, healthy rampant in the early weeks of the pandemic, life — has decreased substantially among respondents reported a decline in food availMontanans. At the same time, anxiety and ability, particularly in remote communities, other feelings of mental distress are on the Byker Shanks said. About 77% of responrise. dents indicated that some of the foods they The survey results (https://www.monneeded were unavailable. Nearly half of the tana.edu/cairhe/projects/byker-shanks/ respondents reported buying more food out COVID-19-food-security.html), released of fear or anxiety. in December under the title “The Impact of Beyond the pandemic’s particular effect COVID-19 on the Health of Montanans,” on food security in Montana, the survey include the responses of 1,944 participants also explored the broader impact on the between April and September 2020. The well-being of respondents. For example, research received grant support from MSU’s 34% reported financial hardship due to COCenter for American Indian and Rural VID-19, and 37% said they had engaged in Health Equity, or CAIRHE. negative health behaviors, such as greater “This survey was the first of its kind in alcohol consumption and more screen time, Montana to report about the immediate since the start of the pandemic. impacts of COVID-19 on food security,” In a six-question assessment of psychosaid lead researcher Carmen Byker Shanks, logical distress, respondents indicated an a CAIRHE investigator and associate proincrease in all six measures since the panfessor in MSU’s Department of Health and demic began. For example, thinking back Human Development. “In addition, we to the period before the pandemic, 2.4% of investigated a variety of health variables, respondents answered, “all of the time” or since the causes and consequences of food “most of the time” in response to the quesinsecurity are multifaceted. To build solution “How often did you feel nervous?” That tions to food insecurity in our state, we must number jumped to 21.5% for the time after understand the entire scope of the issue.” COVID-19 struck Montana. Byker Shanks leads a separate CAIRHE “Navigating a variety of information in project that aims to increase the availability the media was stressful to Montanans beof healthy foods at two rural Montana food cause it was unclear what was accurate,” pantries while promoting nutritious diets to Justin Shanks said. “The public needs to be decrease health risks. When the pandemic equipped with tangible strategies to access, reduced her ability to work with her food analyze and share media in the contempopantry partners last year, she pivoted a porrary digital era that’s defined by an evertion of her research to include the statewide increasing pace of access and quantity of survey. The project is supported by a threeinformation from multiple sources.” year, $464,943 grant from the National But the news isn’t all bad, Byker Shanks Institutes of Health. said. A majority of respondents, 54%, also Byker Shanks’ co-investigators on the reported positive health behavior changes survey project are Michelle Grocke, assissince the start of the pandemic, such as tant professor in the Department of Health more exercise and greater connection with and Human Development and an MSU family and friends. At the community level, Extension specialist; Justin Shanks, former the survey highlighted a greater sharing of faculty at the MSU Library; Eliza Webresources and more flexible federal food ber, CAIRHE research project manager; assistance for those in need. and graduate research assistant Kimberly Last August, with early results of the Scanlon. Montana survey in mind, Byker Shanks “This research casts light on an often published an editorial (https://ajph.apoverlooked consequence of COVID-19, hapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/ which is greater food insecurity and anxiety AJPH.2020.305760) in the American among many sectors of our rural populaJournal of Public Health titled “The COtion that are already facing health dispariVID-19 Pandemic: A Watershed Moment to ties,” said Dr. Alexandra Adams, director Strengthen Food Security Across the U.S. of CAIRHE and a nutritional scientist. “It Food System.” In it, Byker Shanks and her should be an important tool for those who three co-authors from institutions in Arizona are working to make sure underserved popuand Nebraska said the pandemic provides lations aren’t left behind as the pandemic “an opportunity to develop policy, systems continues.” and environmental strategies to enhance During the early months of 2020, the food security, reduce inefficiencies and deresearch team developed the online surcrease inequities, now and into the future.” vey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on Also prompted in part by the survey, Montanans’ food security, health behaviors Byker Shanks and her colleagues published and health outcomes, then distributed it a position paper (https://academic.oup.com/ statewide through email and social media tbm/article-abstract/10/6/1382/6024607? beginning in late April. redirectedFrom=fulltext) in Translational Among the survey’s most significant Behavioral Medicine titled “Scaling Up findings is the reported increase in food Measurement to Confront Food Insecurity insecurity. Prior to the pandemic, 11% of in the USA” that outlines strategies to bolthe survey respondents were food-insecure, ster measurement of food security. while 18% reported food insecurity during In their report on the Montana survey the pandemic. findings, Byker Shanks and her MSU co“Recommendations to stock up on food investigators make similar recommendaand limit trips to the grocery store aren’t tions for state and local policymakers. Those possible for those who can’t afford to purrecommendations include leveraging policy chase large amounts of food, or who live in and programmatic support to promote food communities without access to a consistent security; reorienting food systems to ensure food supply,” Byker Shanks said. “COadequate food for all; formalizing strateVID-19 requires considerable and rapid gies for resource sharing and the use of behavioral shifts for everyone, including CONTINUED ON PAGE C31

National Celery Month

Month When Celebrated: Always March March is National Celery Month. It’s a month to celebrate this marshland vegetable. You’re up for a Celery-bration, aren’t you!? Of course you are! Native to the Mediterranean, Celery is one of the best foods you can eat. It is very, very low in calories, People say it takes more calories to eat celery, than the calories it contains. It is high in fiber, potassium, and vitamins A and C. Celery adds a tasty crunch to salads and tuna fish. It’s great in soups, stuffing, and many other recipes. It is a great snack paired with a variety of dips, or peanut butter. And, what would a Bloody Mary be without a stalk of celery!? Did You Know? Celery has been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years. Back in 850 B.C., Celery seed was believed to have healing powers. Benefits include: preventing gallstones, aids in indigestion, and helps to lower blood pressure. So, there’s plenty of reasons to eat ample amounts of celery. How does one celebrate National Celery Month? Dig out your recipe book, and make foods with celery. Give the kids, celery and peanut butter for a bedtime snack. See how many times you can use celery in your meals and snacks this month.

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federal aid; making mental health resources more readily available; communicating to Montanans through a variety of methods; and creating support systems to encourage positive habits. “This moment in time highlights a food insecurity crisis that’s existed for decades,” Byker Shanks said. “We have a responsibility to solve an inexcusable problem in a society where enough food and resources are available, but we don’t distribute them equally to everyone.” To learn more about the survey, visit montana.edu/cairhe/ projects/byker-shanks/COVID-19-food-security.html.

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Montana MIWW 2020 Contestants (top row left to right) - Gracie Phipps (PreTeen) of Brusett, Addyson Hobbs (PreTeen) of Great Falls, Jasmine Powell (Senior) of Havre, Katie Afflack (Senior) of Cascade, Bonnie Campbell with model Norm (Made for Others) of Shepherd, Tammy Townsend with model Bella (Made for Others) of Vaughn, (bottom row left to right) - Maggie Toeckes (Junior) of Power, Shea Ostberg (Junior) of Fairfield, Tabitha Vermulm (Junior) of Conrad, Dana Holzer (Adult) of Stanford, Jan Alexander (Adult) of Miles City, Bonnie Campbell (Adult) of Shepherd, Andrea Berry (Adult) of Hardin.

The Make It With Wool contest looked different this year at the State level and at the National level. Both contests were held with a mail-in format. At the State level, we had 2 Juniors contestants, 2 Seniors, 4 Adults, and 2 Made for Other entries compete for the top placing in the mail-in contest. After a long afternoon of examining garments, photos, videos and contestant information sheets, the judging panel agreed on the following final placings with Maggie Toeckes of Power in 1st place for the Junior category, Jasmine Powell of Havre winning the Senior division, and Bonnie Campbell of Shepherd taking the Adult and Made for Other groups. Maggie Toeckes has been participating in the MIWW program for seven years and has become a very independent seamstress who is excited to learn new things. She constructed a two-piece ensemble this year with a dress and jacket pairing. The little black dress is constructed from a solid black lightweight wool, and the shorter length jacket is made from a royal blue and black herringbone plaid flannel with both pieces being fully lined. Maggie continues to grow as an exceptional seamstress and her hard work has paid off with the chance to represent Montana this year in the National contest. Maggie is a sophomore at Power High School and participates in volleyball, band, speech and drama, art, 4-H, and numerous church activities. Maggie is sure to look like a masterpiece at her next art show in her awesome outfit. Senior contestant, Jasmine Powell has competed in the MIWW contest for about 15 years. This year she designed a practical yet fashionable 2-piece ensemble with her romper and jacket. She combined two patterns to create the design for her romper. The bodice of the romper is made from a blue, black and winter white lightweight plaid, while the bottom is a solid midnight blue gabardine. Her color-blocked jacket is constructed from a heathered winter white flannel and a heathered blue flannel and features an exposed fashion zipper down the front. The romper is entirely enclosed as instead of facings, she chose bias bindings for the armholes, neckline, and hemline. She then turned the hem up and enclosed the lining inside so when it is turned inside out the only thing to see is the outside of the lining and the bias trims. Jasmine learned several new techniques this year including the bias binding, inserting a fashion zipper in the jacket, along with color-blocking of that garment. Jasmine is a paraprofessional

at a multi-grade classroom at a Hutterite Colony north of Havre and has recently taught herself how to crochet. She still enjoys the company of her cats and rabbits while creating her next crocheted masterpiece. Montana’s Adult winner, Bonnie Campbell, constructed a two-piece ensemble consisting of a pair of heathered gray flannel pants and a blue and gray plaid flannel jacket. Bonnie pulled out her favorite and most comfortable pants pattern for her flannel pants. She chose a complimenting open front vented swing back jacket to compliment her pants. A dressy but yet comfortable grouping which Bonnie will get a lot of use out of. Bonnie’s specialty is inside out flat fell seams which is her go to construction method that she used in her unlined jacket. Bonnie is a retired teacher and she and her husband Norm spend a lot of their time traveling including going back to their college rodeo Poly Royal banquets each spring. Bonnie and her husband and model, Norm Campbell, also participated in the Made for Other category this year. Bonnie used the inside out flat fell seam method on Norm’s blue and gray plaid flannel western shirt which matches Bonnie’s jacket. Bonnie and Norm have been married for 59 years and Bonnie has constructed several of Norm’s shirts over the years which he enjoys wearing to his submarine reunions each year. Norm is a great sport in modeling for Bonnie and helping her reach the 1st place win this year. Jean Harrison, our Director for the Montana MIWW Quilt, Applique Project, and Afghan contest, reports that she had one entry this year in the Afghan category. Jasmine Powell entered her beautiful Granny Square Afghan. She used primary colored yarn to create her “flowers” and surrounded them in winter white. Jasmine is self-taught and continues to increase her stitch portfolio by watching YouTube videos and trial and error of course. Her favorite projects are afghans for upcoming babies in the family and close friends. In the National MIWW mail-in contest there were a total of 68 contestants which included 21 Junior contestants, 20 Senior contestants, 20 Adult contestants, and 7 Fashion Design entries. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, an in-person National Contest was not possible, therefore contestants mailed their entries to different judging locations per category. Winners were anCONTINUED ON PAGE C36

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nounced during a virtual Contestant Recognition and Awards Program on Saturday evening, February 6, 2021. Montana’s contestants always have a great showing at the National contest and this year did not disappoint. Maggie Toeckes, Montana’s Junior representative, placed in the top 10 among some very creative entries. Congratulations to her on a job well done. As has been stated for many years, all of the National contestants are already winners for making it that far and this year is no different. The competition was fierce and we are very proud of our Montana representatives again this year for doing an outstanding job. The Junior Division was won by Cortney Olinger of South Dakota; Roman Merck of Kansas placed first in the Senior Division; Marcie Mirgon of Michigan garnered 1st place in the Adult Division; and the Fashion Design contest was won by Hailey Gray who is attending Baylor University. Because the National Contest was mail-in the contestants missed out on the opportunity for some great workshops. To make up for that and still get an educational piece from this year’s National contest, participants have been invited to join in a virtual workshop on Saturday, February 13, 2021, titled “What Needle Should I Use?”. The workshop is being put on by Rhonda Pierce of Schmetz Needles and should be very enlightening. As we put a close on our 2020 MIWW year, we are hoping for a “normal” year next year where we can join together and celebrate wool. For more information on the Make It With Wool program, please visit and like our Montana Make It With Wool Facebook page, Montana Wool Growers Association Facebook page, or email Montana MIWW Director Amanda Powell at aspowell11@hotmail.com.

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Case 580 Construction King, loader, 4 cylinder diesel, power steering, QC bucket, forks and straight blade, 3-pt. with mount for backhoe, no PTO, 4-speed transmission, torque converter and shuttle, runs good. Good small ranch machine.... $4900

1979 Oshkosh 6 wheel drive water truck, 290 Big Cam Cummins, jake brake, 9 speed transmission, 4000 gallon tank with new 2” self load pump and pressurized spray bar, 2” water cannon and hose reel, will run highway speeds. Great Ranch truck or for snowplow................... $10,500

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