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Late harvest winding downWide range of yields reported

by Gordon WolfFavorable weather allowed farmers throughout the

state to harvest one-quarter of Iowa’s corn crop during the week that ended on November 2, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

NASS reported 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork during the week.

State Climatologist Harry Hillaker with the Iowa De-partment of Agriculture reported that the state enjoyed its driest week in nearly two years.

NASS reported that 61 percent of Iowa’s corn acreage was harvested, four days behind 2013 and 10 days be-hind the five-year average. The soybean harvest reached 91 percent complete, three days behind last year but a

day ahead of normal. It marked the first time this season that the soybean harvest was ahead of average.

Central IowaIowa State University (ISU) Extension Field Agrono-

mist Mark Johnson said crop production was behind all through harvest in the area he serves, but now nearly all the soybeans have been harvested and farmers are

quickly harvesting the corn.Johnson serves Boone, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Jasper,

Marshall, Polk, Story, Tama and Warren counties.“Yields have been all over the board,” said Johnson.

“Beans (have been) in the 20s to high 70s, with much of them in the upper 50s to mid 60s, and corn from 129 to 260-plus, with much of them in the 200 to 210 range.”

He said the ground remained wet, so equipment made many ruts in the fields.

“The corn will not dry much more now,” he said, “so drying is still required after harvest.”

Johnson added it is getting late in the season for fall soil sampling and fall-applied fertilizer.

He said farmers will be able to apply anhydrous am-monia this fall.

“In most cases, the soybeans were harvested before the four-inch temperatures got down to 50 degrees, and we are starting to see application,” Johnson said.

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The bean harvest is nearly completed and farmers are rapidly harvesting corn in western Iowa. Pictured, a western Iowa farmer works to complete his soybean harvest. Photo by Bruce A. Binning

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“Most likely not as much will be applied this fall as normal, especially on corn ground going to corn next year. By the time that harvest is completed, the ground may be frozen.”

The late harvest will also affect some producers who intended to seed ground cover this fall. Johnson said some fields will simply not be seeded.

The good news for farmers is that the soil-moisture profile is full, so they will head into 2015 in good shape.

“As far as topsoil now, as mentioned previously, much was too wet, so a lot of ruts were made and a lot of com-paction occurred,” said Johnson. “The good news is the freeze-thaw cycles will take out compaction in the top five to six inches.”

Northwest IowaIn the northwest region

of the state, ISU Exten-sion Field Agronomist Joel DeJong said the soybean harvest was virtually com-pleted, and the bean har-vest was a little later than last year. He estimated the corn harvest was 75 per-cent complete (as of No-vember 3), which is also behind last year’s harvest. DeJong added this year’s later-than-usual harvest is okay due to the weather his region has been fortunate to receive.

“Some neighborhoods look to be close to 90 percent complete, others only a little over half, but they seem to be progressing well,” he said.

DeJong serves Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury counties.

The harvest is being completed sooner than DeJong first anticipated.

He said, “On the first of October, I thought we would be harvesting much wetter corn and would not be this far along. The beautiful October weather really helped in both aspects. For the most part, that has been really helpful.

“Some fields have had problems with stalk integrity, but most were harvested early to reduce loss. Some fields have corn that remains somewhat wet, so we need to dry as we go, slowing the pace of harvest. But again, it is still drier than it looked like it would be a month ago.”

DeJong said yields in his region are in the higher-than-normal range for soybeans and corn. Fields that were well drained had better yields, with beans in the 70s and many in the 60s.

“If the ground was quite a bit wetter, reports dipped down into the 40s and sometimes less,” he added. “On average, it has been a good soybean year here, close to the good yields from 2013.”

Corn yields in northwest Iowa are also varying greatly, from 220 bushels per acre to 150.

“The USDA predicted this crop reporting district to be about 185 (bushels per acre) on average, but I think we might be just a little less than that,” said DeJong. “Some neighborhoods report excellent yields and others indi-cated a drop of 15 to 20 bushels per acre from last year. With those ranges it is hard to put an average together.”

DeJong said many farmers have started applying an-hydrous ammonia in his region and added that some producers have already been seeding cover crop. He said, however, some farmers backed away from seeding cover crops in late October because of the reduced chance for success at that late planting date.

DeJong is in the process of evaluating several soil moisture sites for soil levels to the five-foot depth. While he doesn’t have specific numbers for soil moisture, he

said that, just from handling the samples as he pulled them, he is certain that the soil moisture is above aver-age compared to the same time last year. He added this was common throughout the northwest Iowa counties where he took samples.

Southwest IowaAlthough farmers in southwest Iowa are behind last

year’s pace for the corn harvest, they played catch-up with soybeans, and most bean fields have been harvest-ed, said Aaron Saeugling, ISU Extension field agrono-mist. He serves Adair, Adams, Cass, Clarke, Decatur, Fremont, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawat-tamie, Ringgold, Taylor and Union counties.

Saeugling said the biggest concern due to the delayed harvest is the ability to apply fall fertilizer. He said this can put pressure on dealers and farmers next spring.

He added farmers will be able to apply anhydrous am-monia this fall unless southwest Iowa receives several days of freezing temperatures in the next week to 10 days and the soil freezes.

“Generally, soil temps are great for applying anhy-drous, however we need to watch soil moisture,” Saeug-ling said.

He said farmers in southwest Iowa are seeding cover crops.

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Saeugling said soybean and corn yields are above average and greater than last year’s yields in most fields. “We have a few exceptions, including the large hail event across most of the area this year, northern corn leaf blight and wet soils,” he said.

Saeugling said a challenge for producers is the com-modity prices.

“I think the biggest benefit in the last few weeks has been good yields and finally some nice weather to get this crop harvested,” he added. “We sure would like to have a nice November to continue to catch up with corn harvest and fall fertilizer.”

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pleted the soybean harvest. Beans in wet fields and beans that were planted later or are later maturing remain to be harvested, said Clarke McGrath, ISU Ex-tension field agronomist.

McGrath, who serves Crawford, Harrison, Shelby,

Audubon and Guthrie counties, added, “Corn is also on the downhill side, although now we are into the slower part of harvest for some guys. We are waiting on some corn to dry down, some wet areas in fields to be accessible, waiting on storage space or dryer space, and other issues like that. So the last part of harvest sometimes doesn’t go as quickly or as smoothly as early to mid-harvest time.”

The late harvest brings with it concerns about the standability of the remaining corn.

“The later we get, the further the stalks degrade and the higher the chances of ice and snow coming in, weighing plants down and causing lodging issues,” he said.

McGrath said yields in his area have varied greatly for corn and beans.

“With excessively wet years, we see wild swings in and between fields, and hybrids, simply due to soil drainage and genetic ability to withstand diseases. Wet years almost always mean a lot of disease pres-sure; this year was no exception,” he said.

McGrath continued that corn that didn’t suffer from storm damage and corn in fields that are relatively well drained is running from the 170s to the 220s, but because the yields vary so greatly within and between fields, some producers will be well above and others well below that range.

Corn in storm-damaged fields are yielding from a near total loss to the 120 to 150 range, McGrath said.

“We hear a lot of guys saying that they think they ended up averaging in the low 50s or so with beans,” McGrath said. “Too much rain really suppressed yields in areas this year; add the storm damage on top of that, it was a challenging season.

“Ranges on beans were all over the board too, from the 20s to 80s within the same fields, but overall, averages were probably right where most guys are telling us, in the low to mid-50s.”

Some farmers in McGrath’s area have started apply-ing anhydrous ammonia.

“It seems to be working well, with the exception of wet spots,” he said. “The forecast looks pretty good and NH3 supplies look pretty good, so we hope guys can get a fair amount of fall work done.”

McGrath added cover crops were air-seeded on quite a few acres from late September through mid-October.

“Most of those acres look pretty good,” he said. “I work with some guys who planned on seeding after harvest, some of them spread cover crops with dry fertilizer, some drilled them in, mostly in the mid-October or later time frame, and those acres are look-ing decent, too.

“I think a few more folks will get some cover crops put in before the (November 15) deadline given our harvest progress.”

Looking ahead to the next growing season, McGrath said the soil moisture profile is completely full, thanks to the abundant rain during the summer and fall.

“This is good and challenging at the same time,” said McGrath. “It’s good in that we start 2015 with a full profile of moisture, in case it is a dry year. The flip side of a full soil profile is that we see more runoff when we have rain, and it takes us a little longer to get back into the field after significant rainfall since we can see wet spots and sidehill seeps become more problematic.”

McGrath summed up the growing and harvest sea-sons: “It was a long and stressful year for the farm community; fighting uncooperative weather and dis-mal markets at the same time has been difficult for producers.

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“It’s not surprising that ethanol and biodiesel enjoy broad, bipartisan support in Iowa,” said IRFA PAC treasurer Walt Wendland. “It’s also encouraging to see that renewable fuels will remain in good hands in Iowa. We look forward to work-ing with all of the 2014 election winners for state and federal offices to continue to preserve and advance Iowa’s leadership

in renewable fuels production, agriculture and environmental stewardship.”

In the races for federal office, Iowa elected Joni Ernst to the U.S. Senate, and David Young and Rod Blum to the U.S. House. Iowans also reelected Governor Terry Branstad, and Representatives Steve King and Dave Loebsack. Each winning candidate reported strong sup-port for renewable fuels and the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in IRFA’s renewable fuels candidate survey. The survey can be found at http://iowarfa.org/2014CandidateSurveys.php.

The cost of drying corn, especially pro-pane bills, add significant expense at har-vest time. According to a case study con-ducted by Mark Hanna, agricultural engi-neer for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, propane accounts for more than 90 percent of the energy used in high-temperature corn drying.

“Considering that propane makes up such a large proportion of the energy needed for drying, farmers may want to compare their own propane consumption to the measure-ments from the case study,” Hanna said.

Led by Hanna, three ISU research and demonstration farm locations collaborated to measure the propane and electricity used for grain drying during the 2013 harvest season. The participating ISU farms in-cluded the Northeast farm near Nashua, Armstrong farm near Atlantic, and Ag 450 teaching farm near Ames. Additional sup-port for the project was provided by a grant

from the Iowa Energy Center.A new publication from ISU Extension

and Outreach illustrates the results of the researchers’ efforts. Energy consumption during grain drying (PM 3063C) is avail-able to download from the Extension On-line Store, www.extension.iastate.edu/store.

“The case study shows that total energy consumption during drying was primarily affected by the initial moisture content of the corn,” Hanna said. “Initial corn mois-ture content and air temperature will be different this year, but we plan to collect additional measurements this fall.”

The Farm Energy publications are part of a series of farm energy efficiency resources developed by ISU Farm Energy. This out-reach effort aims to help farmers and utility providers to improve on-farm energy man-agement and to increase profitability in a rapidly changing energy environment.

IRFA says winning candidates represent strong support for renewable fuels

Study measures propane used for grain drying


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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8• Retirement Auction, Tractors & Tools, Dunlap,

IA, Orville & Virginia Wright, Owners. Sale managed by Schaben Auction Service. (D)

• 208.66 Acres Harrison Co., Logan, IA Land Auction, 2722 Morley Place, Geise Family Farm Sale, Lyda Geise and Pinnacle Bank as Trustee of the Fred A. Geise Jr., Testamentary Trust, Owners. Auction location: The Twisted Tail Steakhouse, Beebeetown, IA. Ed Spencer Auction Co. (D)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9• Farm Equipment Sale, 12:00 Noon 943 1800th St,

Earling, Iowa, Don Herbst Revocable Trust, Owner. Pauley Family Auction Services, LLC, Auctioneers (D)

• Gun Auction, 10:00 a.m. Supertel Inn Conference Cen-ter, 800 Laurel, Creton, IA.140 Guns, Hunting Gear & Ammo. Auction conducted by West & Frey Auctioneers, LLC. & Creston Livestock Auction Services. (D)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10• Consignment Farm Equipment Auction, 9:00 a.m.

Cook Auction Co., Highway 7 NW, Clinton, MO. (D)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12• ONLINE ONLY AUCTION, 10:00 a.m. 334 Lots Sell-

ing. www.BigIron.com. Stock Auction Co. (D)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14• Western Iowa Preconditioned Calf & Yearling

Sale, Dunlap Livestock Auction, Dunlap, IA. (D)• Farm Retirement Auction, 10 a.m. 38278 146th St.,

Brewster, MN. Roger & Phyllis Malenke, owners. Steffes Group, auctioneers. (D)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15• Special Cattle Sale, Anita Livestock Auction, Anita.

11:30 a.m. weigh ups;12:30 p.m. feeders. Bernard Vais and Jesse Vais, Auction-

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Auctions

TRACK & MFWD TRACTORS2012 JD 8360RT track tractor, deluxe cab, IVT, 5 hyd., 60 gpm hyd. pump, 3 pt., Cat IV quick hitch, PTO, aux. hyd. connect, auto steer, 7” touch screen, integrated AutoTrac, SF1 Starfire 3000 receiver, deluxe radio pkg., work light pkg., cold weather pkg., wide drive wheel option, (22) front weights, HD Cat IV drawbar, adjustable track spacing, Dura 5500 30” tracks, 502 hrs., S/N1RW8360RVCD907818

2008 JD 8430T track tractor, deluxe comfort pkg., 255 hp., 5 hyd., 42-1/2 gpm pump, dual low flow return, 3 pt., quick hitch, PTO, AutoTrac ready w/Plug & Play, dual beam radar, cold weather pkg., Cat IV drawbar, ISO, (22) front weights, 18” tracks, 500 hrs. on tracks, 1,438 hrs., second owner, S/NRW8430T904045

1984 JD 4850, MFWD, powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., quick hitch, large 1000 PTO, K&M step kit, (20) front weights, inside rear wheel weights, 18.4-26 front tires, 18.4-42 duals at 80%, 5,602 hrs., 150 hrs. on New motor, S/NRW4850-P006539

2WD TRACTORS1990 JD 4555, JD air seat, quad range, 3 hyd., low flow return, 3 pt., lift assist, large 1000 PTO, radar, drawbar support, hammer strap, K&M step kit, JD performance monitor, 320/90R54 tires w/hub duals at 80%, 5,592 hrs., S/NRW4555H003706

IHC 1466, diesel, hyd. cushion seat, radio, open station, 2 hyd., 3 pt.,

top link, 540/1000 PTO, good TA, flat top fenders, New injector pump, 18.4-38 tires at 95%, 6,340 hrs., S/N2650116U011022

IHC 806, Hiniker cab, diesel, 2 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, good TA, fast hitch, front weight bracket, 18.4-38 tires at 50%, 5,802 hrs., S/N23501-S-Y

GPS EQUIPMENTJD 1800 display, SF1, auto steerJD Starfire 3000 globe JD Starfire ITC globe JD Brown box, SF1, w/parallel tracking, RowSense

Raven Cruizer, w/antenna and globe, New in box, S/N5569

SKID STEER LOADER& ATTACHMENTS2011 JD 328D skid steer loader, CAH, air ride seat, AM/FM/aux. radio, pilot controls, 2 spd., aux. hyd., power quick tach, 7 & 3 pin connect, self-leveling, reversing fan drive, cold weather starting pkg., (3) sets counter weights, defrost, HD rear grill louver, T-9 pkg., rear view mirror, w/78” construction bucket, 14-17.5 tires, 200 hrs., S/N1T0328DKKB0198789

Berlon snow bucket, 96”, bolt on cutting edge

Berlon receiver hitch, skid steer mount

JD pallet forks, 48” HARVEST EQUIPMENT2011 JD 9770 STS, Contour-Master, bullet rotor, premium cab, ProDrive w/Harvest Smart, auto steer ready, high torque variable speed reverser, high cap. lift cyl.,

fine cut chopper/spreader, deep tooth chaffer, round bar concave, Maurer hopper ext., HD final drives, adjustable rear HD spindle, coolant heater, 20.8-42 hub duals at 90%, 480/70R30 rear tires, 443 sep. hrs., 697 engine hrs., S/N1H09770SCB0743170

2013 JD 608C chopping corn head, 8x30”, knife rolls, poly snouts, hyd. deck plates, single pt. hookup, S/N1H00608CEDC757229

2009 JD 635F flex head, 35’, AHH, fore/aft, full finger auger, low dam, variable speed reel, stubble lights, single pt. hookup, S/NH00635F730543

GRAIN CART& GRAVITY BOXBrent 1082 grain cart, 20” unload auger, roll tarp, Weigh-Tronix 640 scale, large or small 1000 PTO, Firestone 35.5L32 diamond tread tires, S/NB26-040-123

H&S gravity box, 450 bu., 16.5-16.1 tires

2012 JD 1770NT planter, CCS, 16x30”, tri-fold, 2 pt., (2) 50 bu. tanks, Pro shaft drive w/Pro Series, pneumatic down force system, AccuCount sensors, (2) vacuum level sensors, mini seed hopper, Yetter shark tooth trash whippers, Tru-Vee openers w/single walking gauge wheels, half-width disconnect, markers, corn/bean discs, tire scrapers, S/N1A01770PKCM745472

TILLAGE EQUIPMENT2012 JD 2210 field cultivator, 44-1/2’, walking tandems, 6”

sweeps, 7” Perma-Loc sweep adapter, single pt. depth, 4-bar tine harrow, wing stabilizer wheels

2012 JD 2410 chisel plow, 24’, 16” spacing, walking tandems around, bolt-on factory rear JD rear hitch, single pt. depth, carbide tip straight shovels, 19-shank, Raven AccuFlow Super cooler, Raven 450 monitor, S/N1N02410XEB0745106

2012 JD 2700 disc ripper, 14’, 5” laser tip point, 8” cover boards, single pt. depth, front gang constant down pressure, 1,300 acres total, used two seasons, single owner, S/N1A82700XPL0745244

JD 331 disc, 31’, wing fold, 9” spacing, 24” blades, cone back blades, 24” fronts standard, 20 acres on blades & bearings, S/N012354

IHC 480 disc, 20’, wing fold IHC 760 offset disc, 15’ TRUCKS2002 Volvo VED-12, day cab, 345 hp., Eaton Fuller 7 spd., air ride, manual slide 5th, A/C, tilt, cruise, 275/80R45.5 tires on aluminum, 527,397 hrs., New front tires

1976 Chevrolet C60 single axle, 350 gas, 4&2 spd., 16’ wood box, cushion bumper hitch, 9.00-20 tires, 49,000 miles, needs brake work, single owner

TRAILERS2012 Timpte Super Hopper hopper bottom, 40’x66” sides, ag hopper, air ride, roll tarp, pressure gauge scale, stainless steel corners & back, 11R22.5 tires, outside aluminum rims, 6,500 miles

Stud King MD-38 tandem axle header trailer, 38’, S/N5002

Wabasso header trailer, 30’, low pro Water trailer, (2) 1,250 gal. poly tanks, 850 Series Briggs, 2” pump, all plumbed, surge brakes, J&M 13 ton running gear, 11-22.5 truck tires

Industries America tandem axle bumper hitch flatbed trailer, 7’x18’, wood deck, dovetail, ramps, 10,000 lb. axles

Army trailer, 7’x9’, 1-1/4 ton, stake sides, pintle hitch

Shop-built pull-type flatbed trailer, 6x10’, steel

OTHER EQUIPMENTDeutz-Allis SM-40 rotary mowerFarm Star fertilizer spreader Ag Chem ditch sprayer Clipper fanning mill Hog carrier, 3 pt. Pacer trash pump, 5.5 hp. BriggsLAWN & GARDEN2012 JD X724 ultimate lawn tractor, 62” deck

Pull-type yard sprayer, 22’ boom Fast lawn sprayerPull-type yard cart, steel ATVS2014 Polaris 900XP ATV2011 Polaris Sportsman ATVSEED TENDER, HOLDING BINS, & GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT

SHOP EQUIPMENTTANKSTIRES & PARTSFARM SUPPORT ITEMS

Steffes Group, Inc., 24400 MN Hwy 22 S, Litchfield, MN 55355Randy Kath, MN47-007, Scott Steffes MN14-51, Brad Olstad MN 14-70, Bob Steffes MN 14-09, Ashley Huhn MN47-002, Eric Gabrielson ND890, MN47-006, Randy Kath ND894, MN47-007 | 320.693.9371 | SteffesGroup.com

TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items.Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed.

Roger & Phyllis Malenkeor Randy Kath ofSteffes Group, 701.429.8894507.360.0315

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Roger and Phyllis have retired and moved off the farm. Steffes Group has the privilege of selling this exceptional line of equipment. Very few small items. Most equipment was purchased new and always shedded.

Live online bidding available on major equipment starting at 10:30AM. Registration, terms, photos and details at SteffesGroup.com.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 | 10AMLocation: 38278 146th

Street, Brewster, MN. From Brewster, 5-1/2 miles North on Nobles Cty, 1, 3/4 miles

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• Surplus School Equipment Auction, 12:30 p.m.. LOCATION: 1416 Industrial Parkway – Harlan Com-munity School Bus Barn, Harlan, IA. Harlan Community School, Owner. Osborn Auction LLC (D)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17• Absolute 3 Bedroom House Auction, 5:30 p.m.

2102 7th Avenue North. Dorothy E. Bielfeldt, Owner. Pauley Family Auction Service LLC, Auctioneers. (D)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18• Special Bred Female, Dunlap Livestock Auction, Dun-

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20• 21 +/- Acres of Commercial Land, 2 p.m. 211

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• 150.30 Acres +/- Monona County, IA. 10:30 a.m., Sale Location: Onawa Community Center. McCall Auction & Real Estate. (D)

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• Absolute Dealer Auction, 10:00 a.m. 3555 SW 18th St., Owatonna, MN, Ag Power Enterprises, Inc., owner. Everything sells! Gehling Auction Co. (D)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26• 158 Taxable Acres M/L Edna Twp Cass Co,

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RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION3 miles North of Kanawha, IA on R35 to 1515 James

Tuesday, November 25, • 11:00 A.M.

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Office 515-448-3079Auctioneer: Eugene RyersonGene’s Cell 515-689-3714Eagle Grove, Iowa

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2 1992 JD 4455 2 WD, quad 4408 & 5112 hrs.; 1993 Ford 846 Versatile 4 WD, new L10 Cummins 588 hrs. ago 7521 hrs.; 1996 9500 JD combine, duals, yield monitor, 1877/2724 hrs.; 8-30 893 poly JD cornhd.; 2003 JD 925 full fingered Flexhd.; 12-30 JD 7300 Vac mnt planter, 200 monitor.; Friesen 220 tandem seed tender.; 37 ½ CIH 4900 fld cult.; 5 shk DMI Ecolo-Tiger 530 disc ripper.; 5 Bot CIH 730 vari width plow, auto reset.; 20’ JD 230 disc.; 4 J & M 400 gravity boxes & gears.; 375, 300, & 250 gravitys.; 10”x31’, 10”x62’ Mayrath hyd raise w/trk hopper.; 8”x 60’Westgo. Partial List. Pictures on web.

Blizzard Date Wed. Nov 26, 2014 11 AM. 15 minutes of small items

RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION3 ½ E of Eagle Grove, IA on C54 to T ½ S & 2 E on R33

to Jackson Ave, 1 ½ S to 2811 Jackson Ave

Tuesday, December 2, • 11:00 A.M.

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TRACTORS 2006 JD 8330 MFWD, 4 valves, inside wgts, sold w/18.4R-46 JD duals, 16.9-30 frts, 60 GPM hyd pump, 1000 PTO, buddy seat, auto steer monitor w/star fire 3000. 2617 hrs Through JD shop every year. 1974 IH 966 diesel open station, wide front, 2 PTO, 3pt, 7781 hrs.COMBINE, HEADS, HEAD TRAILER 1995 JD 9500 Mauer Ext, yield mon, Vittetoe spreader, through JD shop every year, 2750/4146 hrs.2001 30’ JD 930 F Flex head, full fingered. 1995 6-30 JD 693 poly corn head. Underferth HT 30’ head trailer .WAGONS 2-644 Brent; 640 Brent; 605 Parker; 400 M&W, roll tarp; PLANTER, CULTIVATOR, SEED TENDER 12-30 JD 1760 Vac planter, 3 bu boxes, hyd wing fold, computer Trac 350 mon.; 12-30 JD 845 flat fold cultivator.; 2013 Unverferth tandem 2750 Seed Runner, divided tank, reversible conveyor, Honda elec start, digital scale.TILLAGE, STALK CUTTER, BATWING 2013 36’ JD 2210 fld cult, 3 bar leveler.; 5 shank JD 2700 disc ripper, disk levelers.; 21’ 6” JD 235 disc.; 6-30 JD 115 flail stalk cutter.; 15’ JD 1517 Bat wingAUGERS 10”X31’ Peck auger w/attached hopper, like new 10HP elect; 8”X62 Peck PTO w/truck hopper, hyd raise.; 8”x62’ Mayrath , hyd raise. Pictures on web.

Blizzard Date Thursday, December 4, 11 AM. No small items. Hours are prior to harvest.

Tract 1: 235.2 +/- Acres - $8,675 per acre

Acreage Site: 4.8 Acres - $95,000

Tract 2: 120 +/- Acres - $9,250 per acre

Tract 3: 80 +/- Acres - $9,250 per acre

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November 4 240 Ac Clinton Co 2 tracts - 160 ac and 80 ac

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November 7

98 Ac Palo Alto Co Sec 13 Lost Island Township

inside all tillable - 73.1 CSR call Chuck Sikora

November 22

Jackson Co, MN Acreage and Land

8 ac acreage - 5 bedroom home 30 ac land with 1160’ shoreline

December 2

75.9 Ac Dickinson Co Section 29 Lakeville Township

All tillable attractive farm 3 miles west of West Lake Okoboji

December 5

153 Acres Clay Co Section 8 Sioux Township

All tillable level prod. farm Adj. east side of Spencer, IA

December 9

315 Acres Scott Co Farmland south of New Liberty

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November 4 240 Ac Clinton Co 2 tracts - 160 ac and 80 ac

Broker: Dennis Stolk, ALC Ruhl Farm & Land

November 7

98 Ac Palo Alto Co Sec 13 Lost Island Township

inside all tillable - 73.1 CSR call Chuck Sikora

November 22

Jackson Co, MN Acreage and Land

8 ac acreage - 5 bedroom home 30 ac land with 1160’ shoreline

December 2

75.9 Ac Dickinson Co Section 29 Lakeville Township

All tillable attractive farm 3 miles west of West Lake Okoboji

December 5

153 Acres Clay Co Section 8 Sioux Township

All tillable level prod. farm Adj. east side of Spencer, IA

December 9

315 Acres Scott Co Farmland south of New Liberty

Broker: Ken Paper, ALC Ruhl Farm & Land

December 18 664 Ac Palo Alto Co

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4HYD ACT SEAT 6830HRJD 9100 #RW9100H001368 3745HR AUTOSTEER BROWN

BOX 20.8-38 3HYD 24SPD JD 8960 #RW8960H001305 20.8-42 3HYD DIFF LOC 5740HR

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2WD 2HYD TL 300HRJD 4450 #H004046 2WD CAH QUADCIH 9270 #JCB0027146 24.5-32 4HYD 4720HRCIH 9250 #JCB0031036 18.4-42 4HYD RCS TL QH 3612HR

V-NICECIH 9230 #JEE0032159 18.4-38 4HYD 6340HRCIH 7150 #JJA0047151 18F WTS 16.9-30 20.8-42 6545HR

4HYD TL QH MFD “VERY NICE”CIH 7130 #JJA0012450 2WD CAH DUALS WTS “VERY NICE”’10 JD 9670 #1H09670STA735959 20.8-42 2WD 28L26

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CIH 1680 #28833 30.5-32 RTWILRICH 34’ F CULT #445724 3 BAR SPIKE ROLL BASKETMCFARLANE 30’ TILLAGE #14150KRUASE 4850-12 DOMINATOR #2198’08 KRAUSE 4850-15 DOMINATOR #1823KRAUSE 4850-18 DOMINATOR #2210DMI 48’ F CULT #620820 5 BAR SPIKEDMI 44’ F CULT #021382 5BAR SPIKEDMI 24’ F CULT #121585CIH 9300 DISC RIPPER #JFH0012576 9X HYD FOLDCIH 6500 TILLAGE 11X HYD DISC W/LEVELER2-JD 7200 #A07200D501474 16R VAC NT COMBOS INSECT

POLY BOXESEZ TRAIL 280 WAGONDMI 280 WAGON #701412 12.5L15 WOODS 7144 GROOMING MOWER2-WOODS 3180 BW MOWER 15’ 540PTOBUSHOG 2610L #12-000281 BW MOWER

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30• Retirement Farm Machinery Auction, 1091

O’Banion Rd., Dunlap, IA. Francis & Marilyn Mumm, Own-ers, sale managed by Schaben Auction Service (D)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 1• 80 acre Crawford County Iowa Land Auction,

Section 13 Milford Twp. north of Vail, IA. Francis Stehlik Estate. Randy Pryor Auctioneer (D)

• 120 Acres of Prime Shelby County Farmground, 11:00 a.m. at Corely Community Club, Corely, Iowa. Har-riet E. Cox Trust and Alan W. Cox, Owners. Pauley Family Auction Service LLC, Auctioneers. (D)

• 80 Acres M/L Pottawattamie Co Land, 10 a.m. at Carson Comm Center, 316 S. Commerical, Carson, IA. Midwest Ag Services, Inc. (D)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3• Special Bred Female, Dunlap Livestock Auction, Dun-

lap, IA. (D)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5• Western Iowa Preconditioned Calf & Yearling

Sale, Dunlap Livestock Auction, Dunlap, IA. (D)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7• John Schaben Club Calf Auction, Dunlap Livestock

Auction, Dunlap, IA. (D)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11• AgIron Consignsignment Event, 605 E. Winfield

Ave., Mt. Pleasant, IA. Tractors, Trucks, Farm Equip, Con-struction Equip, Livestock Equip & More. Steffes Group.com (D)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17• AgIron Consignsignment Event, 1827 217th Rd.,

Boone, IA. Tractors, Trucks, Farm Equip, Construction Equip, Livestock Equip & More. SteffesGroup.com (D)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28• Very Large Equipment sale of late model JD

Equipment, Cranston Bros., Odebolt, IA. Pauley Bros Auctioneers (D)


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FAA regulations lag behind commercial drone development

by Dan MundtNot so long ago, flying

robots were seemingly confined to the realm of science fiction. The truth is somewhat different; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been around for nearly 100 years. As long ago as World War I, pilotless flying machines were built to deliver bombs deep into enemy territory. The Kettering Bug was a British pilotless drone that first flew in 1918, though the war ended be-fore it could be put into service. For most of the rest of the 20th century, unmanned aerial vehicles were designed and utilized primarily as expensive military systems, such as cruise missiles and target drones.

In the 1960s, the United States began building re-motely-controlled vehicles for surveillance, but it was not until the 1990s that technology progressed sufficiently for UAVs to become practical surveil-lance platforms.

With the rapid advance of computer and digital imaging technology in the late 1990s and early 2000s, along with technol-ogy developed for remote-control airplane hobby-ists, relatively inexpensive UAVs for commercial use have appeared on the mar-ket.

It did not take long for farmers to realize the pos-sibilities for UAVs in farm-ing operations.

“The best reason for a drone is to help make a farmer a better manager,” said Adam Sheller, director of national sales for UAV manufacturer Precision Drones. “There is no way a 2,000-acre grower can walk every field,” he said.

UAV technology gives farmers the ability to see every field and provides a high-quality image that shows how crops and live-stock are doing, Sheller

added.UAVs can help direct the

use of variable-rate tech-nology (VRT) for the ap-plication of crop inputs.

“We need to use the VRT technology to get to a system where we maxi-mize the number of bush-els with the least amount of nitrogen. We use crop health imaging with our drones so we can see where a crop is struggling and where it’s doing well,” Sheller said.

“There are water level issues everywhere now, and if you can variable -rate the water according to how your field is doing, that’s going to go a long way to help that farmer,” he added.

The problem with the sudden appearance of UAVs on the scene is that laws and regulations have not kept pace.

“Unfortunately, the Federal Aviation Admin-istration (FAA) has ruled that it is illegal to use these UAVs or drones for com-mercial purposes,” said Kristine Tidgren, staff at-torney for the Center for Agricultural Law and Tax-ation at Iowa State Univer-sity.

According to Tidgren, there is an exception under the FAA regulations for hobby aircraft, but that exception does not apply to farmers.

“The FAA did come out very clearly this summer and said the commercial use of a drone in a farm-ing operation, for example, scouting your crops that you are selling for profit, would not fall under the hobby exception.”

She added that many farmers are already using UAVs and assuming that their use fell within the hobby exception, but that use is not authorized by the FAA.

Sheller said the issue is frustrating, because a hobbyist could legally fly

a UAV over a farm field for fun, but the owner of the field could not legally fly the same UAV on the same path through the air to look at his crops.

“I think a lot of farmers have a problem with that,” he said.

Tidgren agrees that the law needs to adapt to the new technology, but the task is not easy.

She said the Iowa Leg-islature passed a bill that restricts law enforcement from using evidence ob-tained using a UAV from being admitted in crimi-nal or civil trials without a search warrant.

Enacting new laws to govern the private use of drones will be more diffi-cult.

“There will definitely

be some immense chal-lenges,” Tidgren said. “I’m sure that’s why these reg-ulations have been slow in coming.”

“Congress has given the FAA authority to regu-late all airspace from the ground up, so they’re tasked with ensuring safe-ty,” she said.

“We’ve seen the need for that because some of these

drones have come close to hitting commercial air-craft,” she added.

“Then you have all those privacy issues that have nothing to do with the FAA, but are going to be a huge burden on the state once everyone has a drone,” Tidgren said.

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“It implicates a lot of potential new criminal liability and civil liability, as well. There’s a whole legal framework that’s missing for an industry that’s re-ally set to grow and become huge.”

“We just need some kind of regula-tions to go by,” said Sheller. “The market is changing so fast that we feel that we need rules so we can adapt our product to be within those rules.”

Tidgren said, “It is a very difficult area right now. There’s nothing set in stone to help people, so some people have chosen to say, well I’m going to go ahead and do it. Others have been afraid and sit back and wait to see what’s going to happen.”

She noted that there has been move-ment on the issue of new FAA regulations in the last few months. Six aerial photo and video production companies were granted exemptions that allow them to fly UAVs.

“That’s really the first commercial use they’ve allowed in that way, so we’re hoping that will maybe crack open the gate to allow some more exemptions to go out there,” she said.

New FAA regulations are to be com-pleted by September 2015, according to Tidgren.

She said she believes the commercial use of UAVs will be allowed in many dif-ferent industries and agriculture will be one of them.

“I think it has to happen because there’s just so much benefit out there to using UAVs,” she said.

“I would say that by this time next year, we’ll know a lot more about what the fed-eral government’s approach is going to be toward regulating these.”

Iowa Learning Farms and Practical Farmers of Iowa will host several cover crop workshops across Iowa in Novem-ber.

Workshop topics range from using cover crop mixtures, selecting the right cover crop, using cover crops to enhance soil and water quality and cover crop ef-fects on soil health.

Speakers will be farmers who are using cover crops on their fields and experts from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, the USDA-National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, and

Practical Farmers of Iowa.All workshops are free and include a

complimentary lunch. Following is the schedule.November 12: Wallace Learning Center at

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As the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s implementation of the 2014 Farm Bill con-tinues, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vil-sack announced proposed changes to the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), one of the USDA’s largest conservation programs for working agricultural lands.

“Farmers, ranchers, and non-industrial forestland owners enrolled in the Conser-vation Stewardship Program are our na-tion’s conservation leaders as they go the extra mile to conserve our natural resourc-es,” Vilsack said. “This program continues to enable owners and managers of private lands to reach the next level of conserva-tion.”

The rule also establishes the role of CSP as one of the programs to help the Re-

gional Conservation Partnership Program accomplish its purposes. Vilsack said par-ticipants will be delivering more conserva-tion benefits than ever under the revised program rules.

USDA published an interim final rule containing the statutory changes to CSP in the Federal Register on November 5. USDA is seeking public comments on the rule through January 5. The public com-ments will be used to finalize the interim final rule.

The CSP interim final rule can be viewed at nrcs.usda.gov and the Federal Register. USDA will publish a final rule, which will establish the program’s policy for the life of the 2014 Farm Bill.

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Vilsack said NRCS is working to simplify the administrative complexity of CSP by streamlining the regulation.

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The 2014 Iowa Forage and Grassland Council Conference (IFGC) will take place on November 25 at the Des Moines Airport Holiday Inn.

The event begins with registration at 8 a.m., followed by the IFGC annual meeting at 9 a.m., and is open to anyone interested in forage and grassland issues.

The annual event includes general and breakout ses-sions and specific times for visiting with exhibitors. The conference ends at 3 p.m.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach beef pro-gram specialist Joe Sellers said IFGC members and non-members alike will benefit from attending this annual event.

Peter Ballerstedt, forage production manager at Baren-brug USA, will be the keynote speaker.

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Conservation and production goals are often pitted against each other, but one project is showing how the two objectives need not be mutually exclusive.

“The science is showing us that we can have both,” said Iowa State University researcher Lisa Schulte Moore.

That’s great news for farmers because, as Gary Van Ryswyk said, “Anybody who farms does not want their soil to leave their ground.”

Van Ryswyk farms at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Jasper County, raising crops alongside prairie strips as part of the STRIPS (Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips) research proj-ect. He has helped farm land owned by the refuge where the research plots were set up; he also uses strips in his own operation.

Prairie strips are an emerging agricultural conserva-tion practice that strategically integrates small sections of prairie into corn and soybean fields. The project has been supported by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture since it began in 2007.

The initial research site at Neal Smith Refuge demon-strated that planting diverse, native perennial vegeta-tion in small areas of crop fields with high conservation value reduces runoff and thereby keeps more soil and nutrients in the field.

Seven years later, the project is in the implementa-tion phase with more than 20 farmers and farmland owners interested in experimenting with prairie strips to demonstrate how the practice functions on different landscapes with different soil types.

Schulte Moore, Van Ryswyk and 21 other STRIPS collaborators, including researchers alongside farmers and landowners, as well as representatives from diverse agencies, are featured in a new 12-minute documentary that explains what the STRIPS project is, and why ev-eryone is so excited about it.

One reason is the disproportionate benefits that prai-rie strips offer.

Schulte Moore said, “We don’t need to put all of Iowa back into prairie, but if we can be really strategic and

put a little bit of prairie on the right spots in the land-scape, we can actually harness most of the benefits you would get (from) large patches of prairie.”

Prairie strips also have multiple roles on a landscape, from improving soil to providing wildlife and pollinator habitat and contributing to water quality.

“Every farm and farmer is different, and you can use the flexibility of these strips to meet their needs,” said Ben Gleason, of the Iowa Corn Growers Association.

Perhaps more exciting is the collaborative energy around the STRIPS project.

“It’s a great project because it’s interdisciplinary,” said Dave De Geus, of the Nature Conservancy. “There aren’t enough of these interdisciplinary projects going on.”

Conservation Districts of Iowa Executive Director Clare Lindahl added, “It’s not like any other conserva-tion practice I’ve ever encountered in that collaboration and rallying around it.”

In addition to the feature video, Restoring the Bal-ance: Prairie Conservation Strips, which debuted at the 2014 Extension Energy and Environment Summit at Iowa State University, the Leopold Center is producing several video shorts that tell more of the STRIPS story, one interview at a time.

The first two video shorts feature Iowa State research-ers Lisa Schulte Moore on STRIPS as “A Difference You Can See” and Matt Helmers on STRIPS as “A Nutrient Reduction Strategy.”

Two more video shorts are already in the works, one with landowner Maggie McQuown discussing why she wants prairie strips on her family’s century farm, and one with Anna MacDonald, Badger Creek Watershed co-ordinator for the Madison County Soil and Water Con-servation District, discussing the habitat prairie strips provide for native wildlife.

Restoring the Balance: Prairie Conservation Strips and the video shorts can be found on the STRIPS research website, www.prairiestrips.org, or the Leopold Center website, www.leopold.iastate.edu/stripsthemovie .

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This year, my husband and I are celebrating our wedding anniversary in November; I’ve been mar-ried to a farmer for 20 years. When I told my parents we were engaged, my dad asked if I liked to gamble. At that time, I’d been to a couple Iowa casi-nos, mostly playing nickle or penny slot machines. My sisters and I learned how to play black jack from mom and craps from dad (mom was not happy on that one) at an early age as a way to teach us how to do math quickly. When I responded that it could go either way,

he said being in a farm family is always a gamble. You plant seeds and tend to them, but how they turn out is a gamble based on the weather that year.

Before we walked into the church for the wedding ceremony, dad even asked me if I was sure because he could still get me out of it as he had the keys to the car in his pocket. But once we walked into the church, he said it was up to me. I nod-ded and we started walk-ing. I took the gamble.

Eight years later, my youngest son was born on All Saints’ Day, Novem-

ber 1. He wasn’t due until the end of November, on a midterm election year. This time I didn’t want to gam-ble, so I went to our audi-tor’s office and voted early.

Just in case.My family made fun of

me and said I would prob-ably go right up until the end.

Waiting to vote would probably have been a good gamble. With my first son almost five years earlier, I went up until a week before I was due, then spent two days in labor before finally having him. Even if the lit-tle kid came a week early,

he still would be born after the elections.

He was three weeks early. I was released from the hospital on election day. My vote still counted, but it was the first election to which I wasn’t able to take

my oldest son with me.In a couple years, the big

kid will be voting in his first presidential election on the little one’s 14th birthday.

That will be a big day in our family. One kid votes for the first time; one kid

gets his driver’s permit.Four years after that, the

little kid will vote in his first presidential election two days after he turns 18.

I only hope that they learn about the candidates, and make informed deci-sions before they cast their votes. But then again, elec-tions are just another gam-ble, and I always hope and pray we choose wisely.

We plant our candidates in their new positions, and tend to them by letting them know how we feel about issues important to us.

But the rest is up to them.

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Beef Pupusas & Curtido slaw

Ingredients 1½ pounds beef flank steak ¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)

Marinade: 3/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped ½ cup chopped fresh mango ½ cup chopped fresh pineapple 1/3 cup fresh lime juice 1/3 cup olive oil 2 tablespoons achiote paste 2 cloves garlic, chopped ¼ teaspoon pepper

Slaw: 1 package (16 oz) coleslaw mix 1 small red onion, thinly sliced 1½ cups chopped fresh mangoes 1½ cups chopped fresh pineapple

Pupusas: 2 cups instant corn masa 1½ cups warm water, divided ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Instructions1. Place Marinade ingredients in food processor or blender container. Cover; pro-

cess until almost smooth. Cover and refrigerate ¾ cup for dressing; cover and refrigerate. Place beef steak and remaining marinade in food-safe plastic bag; turn steak to coat. Close bag securely and marinate in refrigerator 6 hours or as long as overnight, turning occasionally.

2. Combine Slaw ingredients and reserved ¾ cup marinade in large bowl; toss to coat. Season with salt, as desired. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

3. Prepare Pupusas. Combine corn masa, 1¼ cups water, salt and pepper in large bowl until soft dough forms. Gradually add more water, if necessary. Divide dough into 6 equal balls. Make indentation in center of each ball; fill with about 2½ tablespoons cheese. Push dough up and around cheese to completely en-close. Flatten balls with hands or rolling pin into 5½ to 6-inch discs, making sure dough stays sealed. Cover with damp paper towels until ready to cook. Spray large skillet or griddle with nonstick cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat until hot. Place pupusas in skillet in batches; cook 2 to 4 minutes or until lightly browned, turning once. Keep warm.

Balsamic Pork Chops

Ingredients 8 boneless pork chops, ¾-inch thick 12 ounces balsamic vinaigrette dressing, (1 1/2 cups)

Instructions1. Place chops in large, resealable bag; pour vinaigrette dressing over. 2. Seal bag and refrigerate for 2 to 24 hours.3. Prepare medium-hot grill. Remove chops from marinade and pat dry. Discard

remaining marinade. 4. Grill chops directly over heat for about 8 to 9 minutes, turning once until in-

ternal temperature on a thermometer reads 145 degrees Fahrenheit, followed by a 3-minute rest time.

5. Serve desired number of chops for dinner; wrap and refrigerate remaining chops for up to three days.


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The ‘peel & stick’ Universal Preheater attaches to the bottom or the side of the oil pan and converts the housing into a heat transfer element. It warms the oil without burning it making cold starts easy. It can be used on gearboxes, transmissions, transfer cases, water tanks and even bulk oil tanks. The Preheater plugs into any 120 or 240 volt outlet and consists of a thin silicone fiberglass pad containing a metal grid. To install it, you clean an area on the bottom or side of the oil pan and press the pad onto it, then use silicone to seal the edges of the pad and place a flexible ceramic insulation pad over it. It is available in several models depending on the lube capacity. A 50 watt unit sells for $42 and a 350 watt unit sells for $133.

The Universal Filter Preheater Fits Diesel and Bio-Diesel Fuel Filter Housing (8” to 12” circumference, 2.5” to 4” diameter) for lube oil and hydraulic filters too. It wraps around the filter housing and reduces or eliminates the possibility of cold weather fuel gelling stopping the engine. It is easily removable and transferable and is wired for your choice of: direct current or alternating current or a convertible model combining dc and ac. A standard 12v Universal Filter Preheater sells for $138. NEW — Now Available For Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Dispensing Pump Fuel Filters!

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Quilters can make a mystery quilt this year. Each month, readers will find di-rections to make the block of the month. Each unfinished block will measure 12½” (or 12” when finished). Please refer to the January, 2014 and May, 2014 issues for equipment, fabric, and thread sugges-tions to finish this quilt.

For November’s block you will need three contrasting colors (unless you are using scraps). A is a light fabric, B is a medium, and C is dark.

Cutting InstructionsFabric A (light): Cut six 3” squares and

five 2½” squares.Fabric B (medium): Cut two 3” squares,

four 2½” squares, two 1½” x 10½” rectangles, and two 1½” x 12½” rect-angles.

Fabric C (dark): Cut four 3” squares and eight 2½” squares.

Piecing Instructions1. Make four half square triangles using

the two 3” squares of fabrics A and B. Trim to 2½” square. (Refer to Febru-ary’s instructions.)

2. Make eight half square triangles using the four 3” squares of fabrics A and C. Trim to 2½” square. (Refer to February’s instructions.)

3. Lay out and sew together as pictured below.

4. Use four 2½” fabric B squares for the corners. Place the square on the corner block as pictured to the right. Sew from corner to corner, then trim as shown.

4. Now, store this block (and fabric) until the December Iowa Farm and Ranch arrives with the next one!

This series is being submitted by Cindy Kaufman of The Family Quilt Shop in Fort Dodge, Iowa. If you need assistance, please call her at 515-576-0295.

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Vehicle is prize in Cy-Hawk Series promotion

Registration open for 9th annual Iowa Renewable Fuels summit

To educate sports fans about the 4,000 products made from corn, the Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) and Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) have teamed up to sponsor the Cy-Hawk Series. Iowa Corn sponsors the series, which showcases collegiate student athletes from Iowa and Iowa State competing in leading Olympic-style sports since 2011.

Through the series, Iowa Corn promotes ethanol by encouraging Iowans age 18 or older to enter to win a flex-fuel Chevy Equinox wrapped with their team’s favorite colors.

To add to the experience, 10 finalists will be chosen to attend the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series men’s basketball game in Iowa City on December 12. During halftime, at the end of a reverse drawing, one lucky fan will drive home a 2015 flex-fuel Chevy Equinox courtesy of Iowa Corn.

No purchase is necessary to enter. For complete contest rules and to enter to win the flex-fuel Chevy Equinox, visit iowa-corn.org/giveaway.

Iowa Corn also encourages fans to stop by the Iowa Corn booth at the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk events in Iowa City to enter to win an American Ethanol gift card to fill up their own vehicle at Kum & Go locations in Iowa.

Fans can also look for the Iowa Corn team at these Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series events:

Wrestling – November 29 at 7 p.m. at Carver Hawkeye Arena

Women’s basketball – December 11 at 7 p.m. at Carver Hawkeye Arena

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For more information about the series, track the score or play Pick ‘N Win, visit iowacorncyhawkseries.com.

Registration is now open for the 9th An-nual Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit and Trade Show. The summit, free and open to the public, will be January 27 at The Mead-ows Conference Center at Prairie Meadows in Altoona.

Spotlighted topics include state and na-tional issues affecting the renewable fuels industry, including the future of the fed-eral Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the impacts of the midterm elections on U.S. energy policy, and emerging opportunities for cellulosic ethanol, E15 and biodiesel.

“The Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit provides a great opportunity to listen to experts address state and national issues

impacting the future of renewable fuels, as well as network with biofuels professionals and business leaders from throughout the Midwest,” said Iowa Renewable Fuels As-sociation Executive Director Monte Shaw. “Taking into account the unclear impacts of midterm elections and the uncertain future of the RFS, there’s a no shortage of interest in the 2015 Summit that will bring together industry leaders, decision makers and the general public to shape Iowa’s energy fu-ture.”

Individuals can register to attend and review sponsorship and trade-show op-portunities by logging onto http://iowarfa.org/2015Summit.php.


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Tractors For Sale

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IA: I586 Model 4CH-7 duals. good condition. 712-2515493

IA:Want to buy clean INC 856 or 886 discel tractor, cab or loader optional 515-981-4067 A: Wanted International 340 UT tractor 712-722-0486

IA:Want to buy: Farmall “B” tractor w/or w/out belly mower. 507-224-2243 ask for Dick.

IA:JD MI (tractor) wide front starts and runs good. 300 IH (tractor) nice tractor good starter and runner 641-425-6139

Tilliage Equipment for Sale

A: C-IH 12R36”Vertical Fold 3 pt, always shedded 308-995-5515

IIA: JD 960 Field Cultivator, 27ft, 3 Bar Harrow, walking Beam Axles, $4200. 515-402-1219.

IA: Massey Ferguson 820, 21 foot disk 2,950. 641-345-2885

Grain Harvest & Han-dling Equipment For Sale

IA:Universal 75’ elevator leg, pulleys, bearings used one sea-son; very reasonable. Hutchin-son auger “new”. Sukup aexial aeriation fan 563-425-4262.

IA:Down-corn reel adaptable to row width and number of rows. Used silo doors 563-425-4262.

IA: Combine head movers from 25’ to 40’ wide please call 712-210-6587

IA: 2188 Vominr 3300 hours 30’ 1020 head 1083 corn head 672 Brent grain cart 674 grain cart unverferth mover 712-621-05112

IA: IH no. 45 feild cultivator 10 pt with mulcher $450. give away 16.9 x 38 band type duals. 712-728-3239

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IA: new idea 2 row mounted corn picker. good shape, $500. 712-246-1847

Irrigation Equipment For Sale

IA: WINCO geNeRATORS, NeW & USeD, 1PH 50KW $4,170. KATO LIgHT NeW 1PH AND 3PH WINPOWeR USeD 1PH $1,000. CALL WeS SeBeTKA AT, (641) 990-1094

Livestock Equipment For Sale

IA: Livestock equipment for sale. 26 4’ x 12’ precast concrete hog slats. 515-230-4733 or 515-230-1485

Livestock Equipment For Sale

IA: 24’ Hay feeders meals on wheels, Saves hay , saves time and saves money. Call 712-210-6587

IA: 2 Smidley feeders, 10 hole with lids, new, $900 each. 641-590-2815.

IA: IH 560 gas Fendens fast hitch. NF good rubber West-endorf W130 losfrt zz45,000 515-368-1358

Two new Smidly feeders, 10 hole with lids, $550 each 641-590-2815

Other Equipment for Sale

IA: Auctions Auctions more Auc-tions. Let us search for the items you need. We notify you when what your looking for comes up for sale at Auction. Its FRee. www.midlandsAuctions.com

IA: For Sale: 55 gallon drums. Only $5 each! Smitty Bee Hon-ey, Defiance, Ia 712-748-4292

IA: Wanted to buy: Palco free stall farrowing crates, other brands considered. 712-882-9840

IA 5 hp motor and aeriation fan inspected; fan mounts; aerlation tubes; 6” and 8” auger flighting; 41’ auger excel 563-425-4262

IA: 10’ Aitchison 3020C no till grassland drill, draw bar hitch, 6” spacings with coulters. excel-lent condtion $18,850 call 515-462-4438

IA: Orthyman MP3 Tracker guidance System, 2 blades, always shedded, $2900. 641-590-2815

IA: Hog oiler round $350, JD 2-row cultivate fits only 50 520 $350 conectible, 14-14-21/4” solid JD tool bar 3 point 712-420--3030

A:Used Ringsted welding stalk smasher, large unit covers 800-38 duals, 1 1/2 years old, like new 641-590-1820

IA:Orthman MP3 Tracker guid-ance system, 2 blades, always shedded, $4,700. 641-590-2815

IA: Hawkins Fertilizer Units, 16 units and parts, $125 per unit. 641-590-2815

IA: JD Fert. Openers, single disk, frame mounted, 16 units, excellent $570 each unite. 641-590-2815

IA: Watermelon style hog oiler $350, six section John Deere harrow wooden eveners $700 Parker 200 bushel wagon Westendorf gear $2,400. 712-420-3030

LIVESTOCK & ANIMALS

Livestock For Sale

IA: Dorset Rams fall and Jan born Dorset ewes and Few southdown ewe lambs 641-449-3226

IA: Minature donkeys any sex any age [email protected] or call 712-353-6730

IA: Leonard Limousin & Angus Bulls for Sale Private Treaty. 70 red, black, polled Limousin and Angus bulls, Holstein, Iowa. 712-368-2611. [email protected]

Livestock For Sale

IA: Registered gelbvieh Bulls, quality black gentle polled yearning bulls. Hobbs gelbvieh 641-766-6779 or 641-203-0863

IA: AKA Australian cattle dog pupplies (AKA Blue Heelers) Farm family raised. Had shots and de-wormed 712-883-2249

IA: Steer and heifer show pros-pects. For more information and photos, visit our website at www.mikemillerclubcalves.com or call 515-370-0695. Dana

Livestock Wanted

IA: Farrowing unit 1,500 to 2,000 sows, can switch to nurs-ery or finishing. In compliance, Ia NC Iowa. Call 641-590-2815

Hay, Grain & Forage For Sale

IA: Sioux Big Round Bull hay feeder 712-210-2611

IA: Small sq bales of good clea oats straw $4.00 per bale. 641-581-5775.

Hay, Grain & Forage Wanted

IA: “Wanted: Alfalfa, round and square bales, picked up or deliver, call Roy at Pleasant Acres. 620-804-1506

IA: Quality small or lg sq Alfalfa or misxed in semi loads 641-658-2738

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Cars/SUV’s For Sale

IA: 1994 Buick Park Avenue 3800 engine 170,000 miles, near new brakes and tires $2,000 cash or best offer. 712-830-6919.

IA: 1986 Monte Carlo LS fixed up $6,000. 1961 Chevy pickup original 3/4 ton $6,000. 712-253-1261

Cars/SUV’s Wanted

IA:1950 Ford Crestliner & 1951 Victoria Call 308-876-2515

IA: 1928 Dodge Bros 4 dr sedan good solid stored in barn, very little rust, tacky org int. $4,000 712-229-1735

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A: 1996 Allegro bus 87,000 miles diesel 8.3 Cummings, many extras $36,000 obo 319-269-6431 Jack @ Dike Iowa

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IA: 2 11.2 x 24 like new tires on 8 bolt rims $350. 319-981-1438

OTHER

Other For Sale

IA: Steel post. Dennis Becker Bancroft, Ia 515-538-1547

Cars/SUV’s Wanted

For sale by owner. 2001 Chevrolet 2500 HD 3/4 ton extended cab 4 door, 4 x 2 6.0 liter V-8, Alison trans, 106,000 miles. $6,750 firm. Call 712-269-2190 (304-tfn)

Trucks/Trailers For Sale

IA: l1985 Chevey C-60 grain truck hoist tires tarp like new Allisn auto trans, low miles. excellent condition 712-330-1988

IA: 1995 International 4000 series, 6 cyl,. 13 ton, flat bed, 13,000 miles, dual wheels, Mal-lard, Iowa 712-857-3432.

1999 Jet 42’ Steel Grain Trailer with Rounded hoppers, virgin rubber, good tarp and good paint. $10,000.00 Call 515-240-1499 (06-2014)

Other For Sale

IA: 76’ x 112’ 8512 square foot insulated building that will be available Jan 1, 2014. We would be happy to dicuss your needs. Adams Turkey Farms, Kirkman, Ia 712-766-3318 or 712-579-1355.

Other Wanted

IA: Wanted to buy old farm tools, hand woodworking tools, old seed corn items, boxed corn-sheller, hog oilers, corn items, foot powered machinery Call 515-890-0262

WORK

IA: Wanted: Person to custom farrow bred sows and gilts. Including facility and care. Nov 2014 - March 2015 or possibly year around. Will bring them bred and ready to farrow. Bruce Lorch 712-260-4555 or 712-735-4555.

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Bergman said the experience made it real for the students and helped them connect to Northey and his farm. Instead of just learning about the harvest, they experienced it.

Agriculture in the Classroom is a grass-roots program focused on helping stu-dents gain a greater awareness of the role that agriculture plays in the economy and society. The Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation supports Agriculture in the Classroom efforts throughout Iowa and coordinates programs like FarmChat.

Northey is a fourth generation farmer from Spirit Lake; he raises corn and soy-beans. He is serving his second term as Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and was elected to a third term on November 4. He prioritizes advancing science and new technologies, better care for air, soil and water and reaching out to all Iowans, in-cluding students, to tell the story of Iowa agriculture.

“Most students don’t have any oppor-tunity to experience what happens on a farm,” said Northey. “It is great to share what we are doing here on our farm with them.”

For more information about FarmChat or to learn more about Agriculture in the Classroom programs in your area, log onto www.iowaagliteracy.org.

Left: Jordan Creek elemen-tary students had the oppor-tunity to ask questions of Bill Northey. Photos submitted

Below: elementary stu-dents took a virtual ride in a combine during the Farm-Chat program.

Bill Northey appeared on the screen in this elementary school in West Des Moines during the FarmChat program in late October.


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Students at Jordan Creek Elementary in West Des Moines had the chance to ride in a combine and experi-ence corn harvest firsthand in late October with Secre-tary Bill Northey.

Through an Agriculture in the Classroom program called FarmChat, students interacted with and asked questions of Northey to learn about Iowa crops.

FarmChat uses technology (Skype, FaceTime and other software platforms) to bring the farm into the classroom. Students can speak directly with the farmer and even ride along in the combine all from the safety and security of their classroom.

“It is a great way to enable more students to experi-ence the farm,” said Iowa Agriculture Literacy Founda-tion education program manager Cindy Hall. “Speaking directly with farmers makes the learning come to life.”

Students learned about how corn is raised, how it is harvested and how important it is to the economy of Iowa.

More than 100 students in the fourth grade classes were able to take part in the conversation. They were given a virtual tour of the field and a combine and virtu-ally helped bring in the harvest.

Polk County Farm Bureau helped coordinate the event in the West Des Moines classroom. Elementary teacher Jan Bergman said her students were engaged the entire time. One student commented, “I feel like we’re in the field with him.”

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Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey stands by his combine on his farm near Spirit Lake and communicates with students in West Des Moines via an iPad and the Internet during a virtual tour arranged by the Agriculture in the Classroom program. Photo submitted

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