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“How I take care of my pigs is how I show I’m thankful for the pigs,” accordingto Marti Knoblock of Rock Rapids, Iowa. Turn to Page 6B to read how this 2015America’s Pig Farmer of the Year finalist is commited to animal care, food safetyand sustainable farming.

Visit www.AmericasPigFarmer.comfor information about the award, andwww.PorkCares.org for details on the

award winner, announced Oct. 7.

We continue to read about obesity andother “lifestyle” issues cheating us from alonger life. What we don’t realize is thatGod has a plan for aging. And many of us,myself included, need to start payingattention. These words that were sharedwith me, and I pass on to you, essentiallyare just for us seniors, but you will noteGod’s plan fits many, regardless the age.So please read on...

We all know that most seniors never getenough exercise. However in His wisdomGod decreed that seniors become forgetfulso they would have to search for theirglasses, keys and other things thusdoing more walking. God looked downand saw that it was good.

Then God saw another need. He made seniors losecoordination so they would drop things requiring tobend, reach and stretch. God looked down and sawthat it was good.

Then God considered the function of bladders anddecided seniors should have additional calls ofnature requiring more trips to the bathroom, thusproviding more exercise. God looked down and sawthat it was good.

So as you age and battle a few infirmities rememberit is God’s will. All this is in your best interest so quitmuttering under your breath.

Up next, sent to me by my sister, a retired medicalprofessional, these nine facts to remember as we age:

No. 9 — Death is the No. 1 killer in the world.No. 8 — Life is sexually transmitted.No. 7 — Good health is merely the slowest possible

rate at which one can die.No. 6 — Men have two motivations: hunger and

hanky panky, and they can’t tell them apart. If yousee a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich.

No. 5 — Give a person a fish and you feed them fora day. Teach a person to use the internet and theywon’t bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.

No. 4 — Health nuts are going to feel stupid some-day, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.

No. 3 — All of us could take a lesson from theweather. It pays no attention to criticism.

No. 2 — In the ’60s, people took acid to make theworld weird. Now the world is weird and people takeProzac to make it normal.

No. 1 — Life is like a jar of jalapeño pep-pers. What you do today may be a burningissue tomorrow.

So enjoy getting older. And thanks be toGod for these “tools” that will help us getthere. You active farmers are getting plentyof exercise right now bringing in yourlargest crops in history — well, most of you.

Now let’s jump into politics. It’s becomingan extremely entertaining agenda. Westarted with 16-plus Republican candidatesfor U.S. President. We’re already down to

14, I think. A few more will likely fall bythe wayside soon. But I must say I amquite intrigued, and at times amused, by

the “political outsiders” who obviouslyhave captured the attention of many people. Yes, Mr.Trump offers some outrageous commentary, yet his“free speech” and business successes generate respect.And he is indeed never without an answer.

We all know Congress needs to be fixed. With a $19trillion national debt, they can’t keep kicking the candown the road. You perhaps have heard of billionaireWarren Buffett’s quick remedy. “I could end the deficitin five minutes,” he said in a CNBC interview back in2011. “You just pass a law that says that anytime thereis a deficit of more than three percent of GDP, all sittingmembers of Congress are ineligible for re-election.”

Suffice to say Election 2016 will be a humdinger. Atthis stage who knows what will happen. All I cansuggest is that the Congress of the United States isin for some major changes. If not, we have only our-selves to blame.

Farm friends, enjoy this remarkable harvest season.I’m even more certain that my earlier boasting aboutMinnesota’s state average corn yield surpassing thatof Iowa is a safe bet. I think Minnesota growers willnudge 184 bu./acre or better and that would be a 10-bushel increase over their previous best in 2006. Cer-tainly wish there was some assurance you would bemarketing this huge crop for $4 or better.

As 2015 moves toward the finish line, this closingthought: With incredible forest fires in our westernstates, extreme moisture in the eastern Cornbelt,and now huge rains and hurricane storms on theEast Coast, we in middle America have indeed beenblessed. Thanksgiving should be a most memorableevent for all of us.

Dick Hagen is staff writer for The Land. He can bereached at [email protected]. ❖

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By Dick Hagen

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Most U.S. farm and commodity groupsaren’t clear on the exact elements of thejust-agreed-upon Trans-Pacific Partner-ship. That lack of understanding, though,hasn’t stopped any from praising this“new, high-standard trade agreement thatlevels the playing field for Americanworkers and American businesses.”

For example, our good friends at theNational Cattlemen’s Beef Association saythe TPP “will immediately reduce tariffsand level the playing field for U.S. beefexports to these growing markets.”

It can’t come too soon for Americancowboys because recent free trade deals— NAFTA (Canada and Mexico);KORUS (South Korea); and CAFTA (Central Amer-ica) — are flooding the United States in beef.

In fact, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showsU.S. beef imports for January through July, 2015,nearly 33 percent higher than the same period in2014, 2.16 billion pounds now versus 1.6 billionpounds then. Moreover, U.S. beef imports from ournew TPP partners over the same period show Aus-tralia beef up 55 percent, New Zealand up 15 per-cent, Canada up two percent, Mexico up 39 percent,Japan up 108 percent, Argentina up 46 percent andChile up 145,579 percent.

Those revealing numbers, however, didn’t stop theNCBA’s Sunshine Boys from proclaiming that “Withthe completion of this (TPP) work, NCBA looks for-ward to increased demand and growth for beef

exports across the Pacific Rim” because“(b)eef exports currently add over $350 toeach head of cattle sold in the UnitedStates.”

Even if accurate, that highly debatablenumber still won’t cover today’s nearly$500-per-head losses in slaughter cattle,most of which is tied to soaring beefimports, too-high retail beef prices, and astrong dollar.

Relief will be a long time coming underTPP because, as Bloomberg Newsreported Oct. 6, the richest “Pacific Rim”

target, Japan, will see its “tariffs onbeef… cut to nine percent over 16 yearsfrom 38.5 percent.”

Really, a 1.84 percent tariff drop per year for 16years? That’s a slap in the face, not a cut in tariffs.

These easy-to-find challenges to NCBA’s sillyTrans-Pacific cheerleading point to several underly-ing myths at the heart of Big Ag’s rock-ribbed beliefthat free trade is the past, current, and future salva-tion of American farms and ranches.

One myth is that all U.S. farm and ranch profitsare tied directly to free trade. The Obama WhiteHouse made that connection again Oct. 5 when itnoted “roughly 20 percent of all farm income in theUnited States,” is “provided” by “exports.”

True, but farm income is not farm profit. If it were,U.S. net farm income would have risen when agexports rose from $141 billion in 2013 to $152 billion

in 2014. Instead, U.S. net farm income fell from$135 billion to $126 billion in that period.

Another myth about free trade is that trade agree-ments are about freedom to export. In truth, mosttrade deals “specify who will be protected frominternational competition and who will not,”explains the Economic Policy Institute in itsoverview of the TPP.

Clear evidence comes from America’s giant neigh-bor, Canada whose ag minister announced his dairyand poultry farmers will be compensated for “anylosses” caused by TPP before the deal was evensigned. It confirms Nobel Prize-winning economistJoseph Stiglitz’s long-held belief that free tradedeals are “managed trade agreements, tailored forcorporate interests…”

American farmers and ranchers know this in theirbones but not their hearts. They are farmers andranchers, not exporters. Big Agbiz — Cargill, JBS,Smithfield, ADM and the like — are global buyersand sellers who, when able to play both sides of anytrade-leveled playing field the world over, rarelylose.

Maybe that’s why the Big Boys aren’t sayingsquat about the TPP; they got everything theydemanded during negotiations. Now they want youto pressure Congress to pass it for them and theirshareholders.

In fact, they’re betting on it and, already, theirbets are paying off.

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By Alan Guebert

OPINION

Statements from the presidentsof several industry groups uponannouncement of the Oct. 5 Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.National Cattlemen’s BeefAssociation“While the full details of the partnership willnot be released until the President presents itto Congress, cattle producers are assured thisis a true 21st century agreement. The TPPwill immediately reduce tariffs and level theplaying field for U.S. beef exports to thesegrowing markets. TPP is a major win not onlyfor the beef industry, but for all U.S. exportproducts, growing the economy whilesupporting jobs and investments inagriculture and technology.” — Philip Ellis

National Corn Growers Association“NCGA is pleased that an agreement hasbeen reached in the Trans-Pacific Partnershipnegotiations. We are hopeful that thisagreement continues the tradition of past freetrade agreements, which have had a positiveimpact for America’s farmers and ranchers. Inthe coming weeks, we will carefully examinethe agreement to determine whether it is inthe best interests of America’s corn farmers.The Asia-Pacific region represents 40 percentof the world’s economy, a huge opportunity

for American agriculture. The United StatesTrade Representative has promised a high-standard, comprehensive, and meaningfultrade agreement. When the full text of theagreement is released, we will review it toensure this is the case. NCGA is committedto fair and open trade policies that givefarmers greater access to markets and levelthe global playing field.” — Chip Bowling

American Soybean Association“ASA applauds trade ministers from the 12nations that make up the Trans-PacificPartnership for concluding an agreement thatis intended to create more opportunities,economic growth, and jobs. Over half of thesoybeans produced by American farmers areexported overseas, and export markets areextremely important to our domestic livestockcustomers as well. This trade agreement hasthe potential to increase agricultural exportsto new markets and to allow U.S. farmers tobetter compete in existing markets. From theoutset of these negotiations, ASA has beensupportive of a TPP that expands the accessof American soybean farmers to ourcustomers overseas. From the statementsmade by our negotiators, it appears that theagreement will eliminate tariffs and othermarket access barriers in most markets, andsubstantially increase access in remaining

markets. We are optimistic that soybeans,soybean products, and the livestock productsproduced by our customers all will fare wellin the TPP agreement when specific detailsare revealed. ASA plans to carefully read theterms of the agreement to ensure thatsoybean farmers as well as livestockproducers, which represent a substantialmarket for soy products, are getting a fairdeal before rendering a final judgment on theTPP agreement; everything that we’ve seenand heard thus far makes us feel verypositive. ASA thanks the U.S. TradeRepresentative and U.S. Department ofAgriculture officials who have been workingtirelessly on behalf of U.S. farmer throughoutthe TPP process.” — Wade Cowan

National Pork Producers Council“NPPC played an active role throughout thefive-plus years of negotiations, providing U.S.negotiators with key information on barrierswe face in the 11 other TPP countries andoffering guidance on outcomes that wouldensure substantial new market accessbenefits for U.S. pork in those markets. Welook forward to reviewing the full text of theTPP agreement and the schedules of marketaccess concessions as soon as possible. Weare reserving final judgment on the packageuntil then.” — Ron Prestage

Ag industry groups on TPP agreement

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It’s not easy to get people to agree onthings these days. Our political climate,combined with the constant din of socialmedia and 24-hour cable news channels, providesample opportunity for confrontation, and little timeto have an actual conversation.

However, I think there’s one thing most everyonecan agree on: We all want to breathe cleaner air andsave a few bucks when we put fuel in our vehicles. Iam proud to say that Minnesota’s corn farmers arehelping to make both of those things happen.

Over the last two years, the Minnesota Corn Grow-ers Association has been part of a broad coalitionthat has made investments to install flex-fuel pumpsat Minnesota stations. More than 40 fuel stationsnow contain about 120 flex-fuel pumps capable ofdispensing a combination of regular unleaded, E15 (afuel blend of 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gaso-line approved for use in all vehicles made in 2001 ornewer), E30 or E85 (for flex-fuel vehicles only).

Earlier this month, we received word that the Fuel-ing Ethanol Choice in Minnesota coalition will soonbe able to fund 620 new flex-fuel pumps in Min-nesota thanks to a grant from the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture.

In addition to MCGA, the coalition includes theAmerican Lung Association in Minnesota, Minnesotaethanol plants, Minnesota Department of Agricul-ture and the Minnesota Biofuels Association. Fundsfrom these organizations will be combined with theUSDA grant to install the new flex-fuel pumps andfurther cement Minnesota as a national leader inhomegrown biofuels.

Why is MCGA investing in flex-fuel infrastructure?Obviously, more flex-fuel pumps means greateraccess to ethanol fuels and better markets for Min-nesota-grown corn. But our reasons go well beyondstrengthening the corn market.

Flex-fuel pumps provide drivers witha cleaner-burning choice at the pump.

According to the Environmental Protec-tion Agency, replacing a gallon of gasoline with a gal-lon of ethanol reduces greenhouse gas emissions byas much as 60 percent.

When the Twin Cities region was in non-attain-ment status with EPA due to poor air quality in themid-1990s, we turned to ethanol to help clean our air.It worked. Today, corn farmers remain committed toethanol and are making the necessary investmentsin infrastructure and research to use ethanol in thefight to curb global warming and preserve our planetfor future generations.

Typically, ethanol is also less expensive than gaso-line. On average, a gallon of ethanol costs about 50cents less than a gallon of gasoline. You can usuallyfill up with E15 for 10-20 cents less than regularunleaded, E85 for as much as $1 less per gallon.

The owner of a new vehicle today can expect to payover $600 less for fuel over the vehicle’s lifetimebecause of ethanol-blended gasoline.

For far too long, the oil industry has been success-ful in blocking the installation of flex-fuel infrastruc-ture in order to maintain its monopoly on our fueltanks and our wallets. Minnesota corn farmers havenever been intimidated by Big Oil’s deep pockets andpolitical power. We’re going to keep working onbehalf of all consumers for market access for home-grown biofuels.

Cleaner-burning and less expensive choices at thepump are becoming more of a reality for Min-nesotans. We’ve still got a long battle ahead, but restassured, Minnesota’s corn farmers will keep fighting.

This commentary was submitted by Bruce Peterson,a Northfield, Minn., farmer and former President ofthe Minnesota Corn Growers Association. ❖

Commentary: Breathe easier with flex-fuelOPINION

SHAKOPEE, Minn. — The Min-nesota Corn Growers Associationstate board of directors recentlyelected Noah Hultgren as its newpresident for 2015-16. Hultgrengrows corn, soybeans, sugar beets,edible beans and canning vegeta-bles on his family farm near Ray-mond, Minn., in Kandiyohi County.

Hultgren is a fourth-generationfamily farmer and was elected to the MCGA board in2011. He replaces Bruce Peterson from Northfield,whose one-year term as president ended on Sept. 30.

“MCGA has accomplished a lot in recent years onbehalf of corn farmers, especially in the areas ofresearch, environmental stewardship and ethanol,”Hultgren said.

“The next step is to build on those achievementsand leverage them in a way that connects with non-farming consumers. Corn farmers have an amazingstory to tell. We need to make sure we’re telling itand making our voices heard outside of the farmcommunity.”

When Noah isn’t farming, he spends time with hiswife Paula and their three daughters. He’s also alicensed Realtor, an appraiser trainee and enjoysfantasy sports, golfing, deer hunting, fishing andsnowmobiling.

Also at its September meeting, MCGA elected St.James farmer Harold Wolle, Jr. first vice president;Tim Wiersma, Wells, treasurer and Kirby Hettver,DeGraff, secretary.

MCGA has over 7,100 members and represents theinterests of more than 24,000 corn farmers through-out Minnesota. The Minnesota Corn Research & Pro-motion Council administers the efficient and effec-tive investment of Minnesota’s corn check-off. Theshared mission of both organizations is to identifyand promote opportunities for corn farmers, whilebuilding better connections with the non-farmingpublic.

To learn more about MCGA and the MCR&PC, goto www.mncorn.org.

This article was submitted by the Minnesota CornGrowers Association. ❖

Hultgren named new MCGA president

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It was just shy of October whendaughter Elizabeth stepped out of herhome baffled. She asked Landon, herfive-year-old, why he wasn’t wearing ashirt. “I’m hauling manure,” he said.

“Why do you need your shirt off to dothat?” she asked.

Landon shrugged, pointed to the guywho was pumping their pit, and said,“Because he is.”

You don’t ever have to ask our younggrandsons who they are paying atten-tion to. All you have to do is watchthem play. During harvest season they’ve got theircombine, trucks and bins spread from one end of theliving room to the other. Come basketball season,they’ll be charging through the house like they’rehigh school players bolting from the locker room atthe state tournaments.

Children are like sponges. They soak in their sur-roundings, repeating our words and emulating ourattitudes and actions. In one of my all-time favoritebooks, “Too Small to Ignore,” Dr. Wess Staffordlikens them to wet cement.

“When you poke your finger into wetcement, you get instant results. The inden-tation is there for all to see,” writesStafford. “Later on, as the cement begins toset up, you have to push hard to make animpression. When it comes to full-scaleadults, the concrete has become like a rock.If you want to reshape the spirit at this

point, you need a hammer and chisel.”Stafford implores his readers to press the name of

Jesus on every child’s heart. I couldn’t agree more.But it goes beyond matters of faith. Children’s heartsare tender and pliable in every aspect of their lives.The things they hear, see and experience in theirhomes and schools, on their screens and on thestreets, shape the people they become.

It’s why telling a child to “do as I say, not as I do,”won’t cut it. Faith, work ethic, care for people, andthe world we live in is more often caught thantaught. Though adults may be inattentive to howtheir personal choices impact the next generation,the kids are paying keen attention. They are watch-ing how we react and interact. What may feel routinein the way we do life are wet-cement moments in theheart of a child.

That’s why how we love, value, and care for chil-dren matters so much!

Think back. When you were little, who believed inyou before you believed in yourself? Like me, it’sprobably your parents or other family members. Andthere was a teacher named Mrs. B.

She had this red pen that was always, always withher. That pen was in constant motion, and it did itsshare of editing my papers.

But much more than that, it encouraged. Mrs. Bused her red words and her real love for God andkids to shape the next generation. That dear ladysaw something in me long before I could see it inmyself. And I’m grateful.

This is the calling — the “get to” — of every parent,grandparent, teacher, coach, and children’s ministryor youth volunteer. We get to pay it forward! We getto be people who invest in the lives of the next gener-ation. We get to tell children why they matter to Godand to us.

Here’s the thing. One day they may pay it forward,too. “Your small pebble in the pond of one child’s lifemay send out ripples that eventually transformmany others,” writes Stafford. And the culminationof changed lives will revolutionize the world.

Lenae Bulthuis muses about faith, family, andfarming from her back porch on her Minnesota grainand livestock farm. She can be reached at [email protected] or @LenaeBulthuis. ❖

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By SARAH JOHNSONThe Land Correspondent

An unusual book arrived on my doorstep the otherday, the unexpected yet oddly fascinating “TheWhole Goat Handbook” by Janet Hurst (VoyageurPress, 2013). In this nifty volume I discovered awhole universe of goats I never would have believed.You can milk ’em, you can eat ’em, you can spin theirhair into yarn, and you can make the darnedestsoaps out of their milk. Plus they’re full of personal-ity and generally too smart for their own good.

The author, Janet Hurst, is an avid fan of allthings goaty, and the book is chock full of informa-tion, photos and anecdotes about the critters thathave stolen her heart. Goats have transcended bothtime and geography, appearing in history again andagain, among disparate cultures. The consumptionof goat meat and milk (including cheese) has beengoing on long, long before humans could write downany sort of recipe.

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Following is a recipe for making beautiful, flavor-ful and easy pint jars of feta cheese cubes, onionsand tomatoes marinated in basil-tinged olive oil. Asthe recipe says, it makes a wonderful all-in-onesalad topping as well as a heavenly dipping saucefor bread. A lover of all things feta, I jumped right onthis recipe and fixed a couple of pint jars — a greatfeature of this recipe is you can use it to make two or20 or 200 jars — and received a rating of four out offour “yums” from the extended family. They have tomarinate in the fridge for a week, but your patiencewill be amply rewarded.Feta in Olive Oil with Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Feta cheese in brine, cut into 1⁄2-inch cubesFresh whole basil leavesOnion, slicedGarlic clovesSun-dried tomatoesOlive oilPint-sized jars with lidsPlace the feta cheese cubes in pint jars. Arrange

the fresh basil leaves around the inner surface ofthe jar so they look attractive. Layer the feta cheesewith the sliced onions, garlic cloves and sun-driedtomatoes. Fill the jars with olive oil, and refrigeratethem for a few days for the flavors to blend.

Serve at room temperature. The oil picks up the fla-vors and makes an excellent salad dressing or dip forwarm French bread. This recipe can accommodateother vegetables, such as zucchini and fresh peppers.

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Three-cheese Italian-style pasta shells burstingwith saucy deliciousness? Count me in, especiallynow that the season is calling for heartier fare. Mix-ing up one’s cheese choices with the occasional chevreand other “exotic” cheeses to expand one’s repertoire isa very good thing to do.Stuffed Shells with Chevre

1 box jumbo pasta shells, cooked and drainedaccording to package directions

1 jar prepared marinara sauce, traditional style2 eggs3 1⁄2 cups chevre blended with 1⁄2 cup goat (or cow)

milk4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided1 1⁄2 cups grated Parmesan cheese, divided1 tablespoon dried parsleyBeat the eggs in a large bowl. Stir in the

chevre/milk blend, 3 cups of the mozzarella, 1 cup ofParmesan and the parsley. Fill each cooked shellwith the cheese mixture. Arrange the filled shells ina baking dish; top with marinara sauce. Add theremaining Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses on top.

Bake, covered with foil, until bubbly, about 45 min-utes at 325 F. Uncover and cook until the cheese ismelted, about 5 minutes. Let the shells stand fiveminutes before serving.

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Goat meat may be a little “tough” to think about,but it’s not tough to chew, contrary to its reputation.(You do have to make sure you’re buying “young” goatif you are using the meat in chunks, but ground goatmeat is often from a more senior animal, and that’sfine.) Goat is often cooked with Tex-Mex or Latin sea-

sonings as well as plenty of peppers, onion and garlicto offset any gaminess it may possess.Ground Goat Meatloaf With Chipotle Ketchup

1 pound ground goat meat2 eggs1⁄2 cup prepared pico de gallo1 small onion, chopped2 cups crushed saltine crackersChipotle ketchup (recipe below)Combine the ingredients in the order listed up to

the chipotle ketchup. Form the mix into a loaf andplace it in a baking pan. Bake for 45 minutes at 350F. Remove from oven and spread 1⁄4 cup chipotleketchup on the top of the meatloaf. Return it to theoven for five minutes. Remove it from the heat andlet it stand for five minutes before slicing and serv-ing with extra chipotle ketchup on the side.Chipotle Ketchup

To one cup of your favorite ketchup, add 3 table-spoons canned chipotle in adobo puree. Stir in a dashof cinnamon, salt and honey. Refrigerate. Yields a lit-tle over one cup.

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The simple additions of lemon juice and fresh chiveslets the character of the fresh chevre shine in this nextrecipe for a cheese dip. (Replace the chives with what-ever fresh herbs suits your fancy if you’ve got ‘em.)Goat cheese is flavorful enough to carry the day.Goat Cheese Dip

4 ounces fresh chevre1⁄2 cup sour cream1 tablespoon lemon juice1/8 cup chopped chivesSalt, to tasteMix the first four ingredients, then fold in the

chives. Add salt to taste. Place in a ramekin andchill. Serve with crackers and perhaps some pepperjelly.

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Visit www.quartoknows.com and search for “TheWhole Goat Handbook.”

If your community group or church organizationhas printed a cookbook and would like to have itreviewed in the “Cookbook Corner,” send us a copy to“Cookbook Corner,” The Land, P.O. Box 3169,Mankato, MN 56002. Please specify if you wish tohave the cookbook returned, and include informationon how readers may obtain a copy of the cookbook.Submission does not guarantee a review. ❖

Goat cookbook offers recipes from many cultures Cookbook Corner

The Johnson clan givesfour out of four ‘yums’to Feta in Olive Oil

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Andy Pulk Wannaska, Minn. Roseau CountyOct. 11: “We’re in the process of takingsunflowers out as we speak. ... (The yields)aren’t near what we hoped for.”

The PulksWannaska, Minn.Corn, soybeans, spring wheat withgrass seed, sunflowers

Joan Lee McIntosh, Minn. Polk CountyOct. 9: “A few days where the temp got hotand there was no moisture, it definitelyaffected the crops.”

John Haarstad Rothsay, Minn. Otter Tail & Wilkin CountiesOct. 9: “I’m very happy with what we’reseeing for yields and how harvest isprogressing.”

Rodney Froemming Garfield, Minn.Douglas CountyOct. 9: “Harvest is fun when the weather isthis nice.”

Dale Filzen Renville, Minn.Renville CountyOct. 9: “No rain delays, no heat delays.Beet harvest is about as smooth as we’llever see it.”

Nathan Thorpe Canby, Minn.Yellow Medicine CountyOct. 1: “I’m very thankful for what we havehere; not every year you get a crop likethis.”

Delayne Pagel Winthrop, Minn.Sibley CountyOct. 1: “I thought they’d yield a little bitbetter than they are (but the beans are still)better than last year by a long shot.”

Harlan Marble Mapleton, Minn.Blue Earth CountyOct. 3: “Test weight has been down insome of (the beans).”

Nate Heusinkveld Wykoff, Minn.Fillmore CountyOct. 1: “I think (corn) will be pretty goodyielding, the way it looks.”

Brian Kemp Sibley, IowaOsceola CountyOct. 1: “The corn is still fairly wet, (but)the forecast looks really good for the nextseveral days.”

The Lees McIntosh, Minn.Organic hay, corn, oats, soybeans; conventional wheat, soybeans

The Haarstads Rothsay, Minn.Corn, soybeans

The Froemmings Garfield, Minn.

Corn, soybeans, wheat,alfalfa, rye

The Filzens Renville, Minn.Corn, soybeans, sugar beets, navy beans

The Thorpes Canby, Minn.Corn, soybeans

The Pagels Winthrop, Minn.Corn, soybeans, wheat,kidney beans

The Marbles Mapleton, Minn.Corn, soybeans, hogs

The Heusinkvelds Wykoff, Minn.

Dairy cows, corn, alfalfa,barley, peas, winter rye

The Kemps Sibley, IowaCorn, soybeans

FOLLOWING THE 2015 GROWING SEASON By KRISTIN KVENOThe Land Correspondent

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Did you miss our 2015 ‘From the

Fields’ farmer introductions back

in May? Check them out at

http://bit.ly/FTF2015

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The latest full ‘From the Fields’ crop reports from our Minnesota

& northern Iowa producersThe Pulks Wannaska, Minn.

Weather conditions were good when The Landcaught up with Andy Pulk on Oct. 11. “We’re inthe process of taking sunflowers out as wespeak.” What isn’t nice are the yields they’reseeing — “They aren’t near what we hoped for.”The cause of the lower-than-expected yieldsappears to be diseases in the field. For better orworse, things were wrapping up — Pulk estimatedthey had only another day left in the sunflowers.

Once that’s done, he said,“we’ll catch up on tillagefirst, then start on corn.”Pulk planned to start corn onThursday or Friday and it“should take four or fivedays.” He said they’re ahead

of schedule. “Overall, harvest is going reallywell,” he said.

The Lees McIntosh, Minn.

“Got the beans all done,” Joan Lee told TheLand on Oct. 9. “Beans went really well.” Leestarted soybean harvest Sept. 26 and finishedOct. 1. The conventional beans were put in a binat the farm, while the organic ones went to anelevator in Clearbrook, Minn. There’s still somecorn to harvest, but “we don’t have that much todo; maybe 30 acres to combine.” Lee’s husband,Mark, has been hauling out some of the manure

and will be working it into thefields. In general, “the heatdid a toll on the yields,” Leesaid. The beans felt that heatin the late summer, early fall.“A few days where the tempgot hot and there was no

moisture, it definitely affected the crops.”

The Haarstads Rothsay, Minn.

“It’s been excellentweather.” The Land spokewith John Haarstad in themidst of corn harvest Oct. 9.Harvest started seven daysearlier, which is a “couple weeks early.” He saidthe great weather has helped move harvest along.“Some fields are surprising me, some aredisappointing me,” Haarstad noted. Once corn

harvest is complete, it will be tillage time,followed by tile time. Haarstad has quite a fewtiling jobs to do after harvest. Overall, hisanalysis of the season: “I’m very happy with whatwe’re seeing for yields and how harvest isprogressing.”

The Filzens Renville, Minn.

“Soybeans are done.” Dale Filzen spoke withThe Land on Oct. 9 and was happy to report thatthe bean yields were “better than expected.” Hefinished combining beans more than a weekearlier. Filzen started combining corn on Oct. 1 orOct. 2 — he said the days seem to roll alltogether for him at this point in harvest. The cornis “good” and he “had some earlier corn that was16 or 17 percent.” Filzen estimated that he’s

“about 50 percent done withcorn.” Meanwhile, the sugarbeets “are getting lifted aswe speak.” Filzen has hisbeets custom harvested.There’s been “no rain delays,no heat delays. Beet harvest

is about as smooth as we’ll ever see it,” he said,and hoped everything would be wrapped up bythe weekend. Filzen expects to be finished withcorn harvest by the end of next week.

The ThorpesCanby, Minn.

When The Land spoke with Nathan Thorpe Oct.1, he said he expected the soybean harvest to bewrapped up by the end of the day. Thorpe begancombining beans Sept. 19 and was pleased athow things have turned out — “the weather’sbeen great; yields are excellent.” Next he’ll take acouple of days to spread fertilizer and do somechisel plowing on bean ground, and figured he’dbe “ready to go” on corn around Oct. 5. “This is

perfect harvest weather,”Thorpe said. Corn harvest isexpected to take about threeweeks to complete. Aroundthis date Thorpe is normallyjust starting on beans, socorn harvest this year will be

ahead of schedule. “I don’t think you could ordera better year (for weather). ... I’m very thankfulfor what we have here; not every year you get acrop like this.”

The PagelsWinthrop, Minn.

Kidney bean harvest isfinally finished, DelaynePagel told The Land Oct. 1,reporting he was “OK withthe yield.” Once the kidneybeans were done, Pagel started on corn. “I’m kindof impressed with the yields on the corn,” hesaid. Then soybeans became ready so Pagelswitched to that; he said he’d never combined

bean stalks that green. “I thought they’d yield alittle bit better than they are (but they’re still)better than last year by a long shot.” Pagelexpected it will take about one to two weeks tocomplete bean harvest, then he’ll start again oncorn. “This is a slow year to combine due to tallstalks.” Pagel is pleased that the “moisture onthe corn isn’t too bad.” His goal is get all cropsharvested by Halloween. He still remembers theHalloween blizzard of 1991, something hewouldn’t care to see again.

The MarblesMapleton, Minn.

Soybean harvest is almostcomplete for Harlan Marblebut there’s no rest in sight —the corn is nearly ready to go.The Land spoke with Marbleon Oct. 3, and he reported that he hoped tofinish the beans the next day. He found that the“test weight has been down in some of it” but“above average” for yields. Harvest began Sept.

24 and has gone “really well.” When the beansare done, Marble will start preparations for cornharvest. “We could be full-blown into corn byWednesday (Oct. 7),” he predicted. Marbleexpects it will take anywhere from 10 days tothree weeks to harvest the corn. In the midst oflong days and nights in the combine, Marble callsthis harvest “perfect.”

The HeusinkveldsWykoff, Minn.

Corn silage harvest is complete for NateHeusinkveld. When The Land spoke toHeusinkveld on Oct. 1 he was grateful for thegood weather during harvest and called the crop“pretty good.” Now the focus is on “haulingmanure and getting ready to do high-moisture(corn).” Heusinkveld planned to start combiningthat corn in about a week. “I think it will bepretty good yielding, the way it looks.” He expects

it will take three days tocomplete corn harvest. He’smore than thankful thathaying is done —“It was ahard haying year,” he said,which he attributes that to “alot moisture making it tough

to dry.” Yield was good, however. Heusinkveldwould like to get the calf barn finished beforewinter. There are still crops the field but withgood weather, the end of harvest is in sight.

The KempsSibley, Iowa

In the midst of soybean harvest, Brian Kemptold The Land Oct. 1 that the weather continuesto be wonderful. Not only that, but he was happywith the yields he was seeing. “I’ve got severalmore days yet (of combining),” said Kemp, whostarted combining beans Sept. 24. “The corn isstill fairly wet,” he said, “(but) the forecast looksreally good for the next several days.” Kemp planson “checking out the corn” over the next two

weeks. Overall, he said,harvest conditions have beenfavorable. “It’s a good harvestso far.”

The Froemmings Garfield, Minn.

Corn harvest has begun forRodney Froemming. “Lookslike a good yield,”Froemming reported whenspeaking with The Land onOct. 9. “We’ve only got about 300 acres of corn,”he said, and expected to finish it in a week.They’re at least 10 days ahead of their averageharvest date. The corn is currently at 21 percent

moisture. Froemming expected to be wrapping upsoybeans the weekend of Oct. 10-11. A little rainon Oct. 7 caused an unplanned pause in thebean harvest. “Not a good drying day today” dueto the cloudy conditions, he said, but theweekend looked great to finish things up. Evenwith the little rain, “Harvest is fun when theweather is this nice.”

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Visit www.TheLandOnline.com to view ourcomplete calendar & enter your own events, or

send an e-mail with your event’s details to [email protected]

Oct. 15-18 – Minnesota Beef Expo – St. Paul, Minn. – Premier beefindustry events featuring Supreme Row Sale, Junior Show, tradeshow at Minnesota State Fairgrounds – Visit www. mnbeefexpo.comor contact (651) 643-6476 Oct. 21 – Right Tool for the Job: Selecting and Caring for GardenTools – Morris, Minn. – Class offers tips on cleaning, sharpening, andpreserving your garden tools at West Central Research and OutreachCenter – Visit wcroc.cfans.umn.edu or contact (320) 589-1711 Oct. 22 – Women Caring for the Land Workshop – Corcoran, Minn.– Women-only peer to peer discussion and field trip to seeconservation practices in action – Contact Beth Kallestad at (507)301-9900 or [email protected] or visitwww.wfan.org/wfan-calendar/ Oct. 30 – Food Security Summit – Minneapolis, Minn. – Forum onmeeting the world’s demand for safe, affordable and nutritious foodand the war on big food – To register, contact Amy Burggraf at (612)432-6790 or [email protected] Nov. 3 – Minnesota Renewable Energy Roundtable – Morris, Minn. –Event focuses on biogas and anerobic digesters and includes a tourof Riverview Dairy – Visit www.auri.org or contact Nan Larson at(507) 537-7440 or [email protected]. 5-6 – Farmer Cooperatives Conference – Minneapolis, Minn. –National forum on cooperative issues, trends, challenges andstrategies, networking and education event for cooperative directors,managers and ag business – Contact Ann Reynolds at UW Center forCooperatives at (608) 263-4775 or [email protected] or visitwww.uwcc.wisc.edu Nov. 10 – Workforce Conference – Mankato, Minn. – Increaseunderstanding of the different points of view that each generationbrings to a workplace – Contact Jill Resler of Minnesota Pork at(800) 537-7675 or [email protected] or www.mnpork.com Nov. 12 – AgriGrowth Annual Meeting and Conference –Minneapolis, Minn. – Event for Minnesota’s food and ag industrywith speakers on the economy, geopolitics, water issues, nationalpolitics, climate change, GMO labeling, sustainability – ContactMary Kay Delvo at (651) 905-8900 or [email protected] orvisit www.agrigrowth.org Nov. 18 – Deck the Halls with Nature – Morris, Minn. – Decorate forthe holidays with red twig dogwoods, pine cones, evergreens andmore at West Central Research and Outreach Center – Visitwcroc.cfans.umn.edu or contact (320) 589-1711. Dec. 1 – Transitioning to Organic Workshop – Morris, Minn. – Freeworkshop for grain and forage producers who want to learn aboutorganic certification and transition process – Contact Jill Sackett atUniversity of Minnesota Extension at (507) 389-5541 [email protected] Dec. 1-3 – Minnesota Dairy Conference & Expo – St. Cloud, Minn.– Education, industry information and networking at River’s EdgeConvention Center – Visit www.mnmilk.orgDec. 15-16 – 2015 Conservation Tillage Conference – Willmar,Minn. – Hands-on information on conservation tillage which can helpgrowers conserve soil, time and fuel – Contact Jodi DeJong-Hughesat University of Minnesota Extension at (320) 235-0726 [email protected] or visit minnesotacornerstone.com/?p=3270

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Ornamental grasses haveregularly graced private gar-dens as well as being usedextensively in public gardensand landscape projects forseveral decades.

One splendid cultivar isHakonechloa or Japanese For-est Grass. This is the absolutebest ornamental grass forshade to a partly shaded area.

Our clump is six years oldand just this year has exhib-ited the attributes that makeit a “must have” in a partly shaded area. It is a rela-tively slow grower and stays in a well-behavedclump, gradually expanding as its rhizomes spreadeach year.

Hakonechloa was a designated Perennial Plant ofthe Year in 2009 and that award guaranteed I wouldpurchase it! Plants given that award have beenhighly tested and recommended by growers.

This member of the grass family (Poaceae), bright-ens and adds texture as well as rhythm as the leavesmove readily in a slight breeze. The plant growswider than it is tall — about 12 inches high and 14-plus inches wide. The color at a distance is an eye-catching chartreuse shade but a closer inspectionreveals the cream stripes on the leaves. It tends to bedark chartreuse in heavier shade and a brighter goldtone when grown in more sun.

Japanese Forest Grass appreciates rich humus,partial shade, plenty of moisture and well-drainedsoil. A good mulch helps retain moisture and keepsweeds down. It is not prone to diseases and I let theplant keep its foliage through the winter to act as aprotective mulch. In early spring I cut off the driedleaves and wait for the bright new sprouts to appear.

Hakonechloa comes from the Hakone region ofJapan, a famous park area with a view of MountFuji. Visitors from near and far to this area aredrawn to the grace of this plant that grows abun-dantly on the cliffs.

It has a bamboo-like appearance and makes agreat border, can cascade over a low bank or wall,makes a good container plant adding a rounded

buffer to taller plants and is just by itself outra-geously stunning.

I read one description that said they look “amazingas a solid planted row mimicking a long-limbed shagcarpet”. Our six-year-old clump will be gettingdivided next spring to make a long-limbed char-treuse shag carpet!

Readers ask: What can I do to stop the Asian bee-tles and box elder bugs from getting inside my house?

These unwanted guests push into cracks and enterhouses near the foundation or any other place theycan gain entry. They like warm sunny places so con-trols should be mainly on the south and west sides ofyour house. The University of Minnesota Extensionlists effective insecticides available to the public as:bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, cyhalothrin, deltramethrin,permethrin and tralomethrin. There are many tradenames for these chemicals; read the “Active Ingredi-ents” on the label. The best time to spray is when youfirst see the insects clustering around your house.Once the pests get inside the best control is a vac-uum cleaner.

Sharon Quale is a master gardener from centralMinnesota. She may be reached at (218) 738-6060 [email protected]. ❖

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IN THE GARDEN

By Sharon Quale

Sharon Quale

A good garden clean up in the fall can reduce thenumber of pathogens that survive the winter andcause problems next year.Vegetable garden

For large gardens, bury all plant debris as soon aspossible after harvest to begin the break downprocess. Do not plant the same family of plants atthat same location for 2-4 years. Next year, plants ofthe same family need to be a minimum of 10 feetaway from the location of this year’s diseased crop.

For small gardens, which do not have space torotate to a new location, remove all infected plantdebris including leaves, stems, roots and fruit.

Do not save seed from infected plants.

Clean up tools and equipmentTools, trellis, stakes or other equipment used with

diseased plant material can be cleaned with a 1-to-9solution of bleach and water.

• Remove all soil and plant debris from tools andtrellises.

• Mix 1 cup bleach with 9 cups water.• Wearing water proof gloves wash all tools and

equipment with the bleach solution.• Rinse with clean water and dry before storing.This is an excerpt of an article submitted by Univer-

sity of Minnesota Extension Educator MichelleGrabowski. She may be contacted [email protected]. ❖

Cleaning up after plant disease

Livestock AnglesExcitement incattle market

There still is a lot of excitement in the livestockmarkets. This excitement is mainly in the cattle mar-ket as that market falls to yearly lows while the hogmarket continues on firm ground.

Both the cattle and the hogs have now seen largemoves in both directions in thepast few years. Each large moveto all-time highs was followed byvery severe drops after thesehighs were attained. Each ofthese rallies were met by the lackof demand at higher prices for theproduct rather than for the cur-rent supply.

The cattle market has seen asteep decline in both the futuresmarket and the cash market sincethe beginning of September. Thissevere drop in price was precipi-tated for several reasons.

The price of beef became too expensive as a proteinsource in comparison to other competitive meats. Thefact that cattle weights grew to enormous levels,caused the larger beef production to make up for thefewer animals that were available. This caused beefin storage to grow to levels not expected because ofthe fewer number of cattle available. And last but notleast the stronger U.S. dollar caused a slow down inthe export market.

So in combination of these different fundamentalfactors the result was a massive liquidation offutures contracts and live cattle.

Obviously the market is oversold for the timebeing, however until the fundamentals of supply anddemand come in concert with the total meat complex,

Grain AnglesTake control ofyour business

It’s never too early to begin your plan for manag-ing 2016. Even before the 2015 harvest is completedmany producers will have their seed and fertilizerinputs booked in order to capture discounts.

AgStar updates our Margin Manager with projectedincome and expenses for corn andsoybeans on a quarterly basis.Thissimple yet powerful tool — whichyou can find online atwww.AgStar.com/marginmanager— makes it easy to calculate thecosts of operation and helps deter-mine how those costs impact yourper bushel price objectives. Ournumbers come from a survey ofregional vendors for seed, fertilizerand chemical inputs.

On the other expense items, wereview our grain client enterpriseinformation and also utilize FIN-BIN and Extension data to come up with per-acreestimates. Not surprisingly our 2016 projections forcorn and soybeans do not look very rosy. Totalexpenses, not including land costs and family living,are showing approximately $550/acre for corn andapproximately $295 for soybeans. Depending onyour land costs and family living and taxes, 2016looks to be “in the red” in terms of profitability.

So as a producer, when you are reviewing your pro-jected costs of production what are some things toconsider?

• Some of your expense items are based on a com-parison to where you have been in the past. Is theinformation accurate? Are your records of good qual-ity (and on an accrual basis) so that you have

Local Corn and Soybean Price Index

Grain OutlookCorn climbs close to $4

The following market analysis is for the week end-ing Oct. 9.

CORN — December corn this week pushed to itshighest level since mid-August, but was unable toclimb through $4.00 per bushel, topping out at $3.993⁄4 before retreating into the Oct.9 U.S. Department of Agriculturecrop report. There was very littlemarket moving news for themarket to absorb, allowing fundactivity to dictate direction. Har-vest weather was clear for theweek and grower selling pickedup slightly; but with softer basislevels, corn was mainly going intostorage or delayed price, hencevery limited hedging pressure.

Highlights from the monthlyUSDA crop report included theaverage corn yield raised by one-half bushel to 168 bushels per acre vs. the estimate of166.4 bu./acre and last month’s 167.5 bu./acre fore-cast. Corn yield forecasts for leading states: Iowa at183 was up 2 bu./acre, Illinois at 170 was cut 3bu./acre, Indiana unchanged at 156 bu./acre, Min-nesota at 184 was up 1 bu./acre, Nebraskaunchanged at 184 bu./acre, South Dakota at 161 wastwo higher, and Wisconsin was two higher at 164bu./acre. The planted acreage number was cut500,000 acres to 88.4 million acres and harvestedacres 400,000 acres to 80.7 million acres. The endresult was a 30 million bushel decline in productionto 13.555 billion bushels (estimate 13.453 billion).

Carry-in was down just 1 million bushels due tosome various changes in the 2014-15 balance sheet.The demand side of the 2015-16 balance was

Cash Grain Markets

Sauk RapidsMadisonRedwood FallsFergus FallsMorrisTracy

Average:

Year AgoAverage:

corn/change* $3.34 -.05$3.26 -.03$3.33 -.05$3.26 +.00$3.21 -.08$3.36 -.05

$3.29

$3.03

soybeans/change*$8.19 +.30$8.44 +.30$8.54 +.30$8.34 +.34$8.36 +.17$8.49 +.27

$8.39

$8.88

Grain prices are effective cash close on Oct. 13. The price index chart compares an average of most recently reported local cash prices with the same average for a year ago.*Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

PHYLLIS NYSTROMCHS Hedging Inc.

St. Paul

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

See NYSTROM, pg. 14A See TEALE, pg. 15A See LARSON, pg. 14A

JOEL LARSONAgStar Financial Services

Credit Director Blue Earth, Minn.

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JOE TEALEBroker

Great Plains CommodityAfton, Minn.

NYSTROM, from pg. 13Auntouched. Ending stocks for thisyear reflected the 31 million bushelsupply decrease to 1.561 billionbushels versus the average tradeguess of 1.500 billion bushels. Theaverage on-farm price was raised anickel on both ends to $3.50-$4.10per bushel.

World ending stocks fell to 187.8million metric tons from last month’s189.7 mmt forecast and compared tothe average estimate of 188.7 mmt.Brazil’s 1 mmt production increase to80 mmt made up for Argentina’s 1mmt cut to 24 mmt. Both FSU andUkraine corn production were low-ered by about 2 mmt each.

Weekly export sales were a disap-pointment at 20.5 million bushels.Total export commitments are down28 percent from last year and we need31 million bushels of sales per weekto hit the USDA export forecast of1.85 billion bushels.

It’s never too early to begin talkingabout next summer’s weather. Thisyear’s strong El Niño usually means amilder than normal and less snowy

winter in the northernPlains and into theMidwest, but it’s notalways true. The current record strongEl Nino is given a 95 percent byNational Oceanic and AtomosphericAdministration to extend through thewinter and into 2016. The U.S. ClimatePrediction Center is forecasting a“gradually” weakening to El Niño thiswinter. The gradual weakening usu-ally doesn’t threaten our summercrops, but a rapid weakening couldlead to adverse summer weather forcrops.

OUTLOOK: Cheaper sources of cornare available in the world and that hasbeen reflected in export sales. Corn isavailable as indicated by weaker basislevels. Yes, corn rallied 80 cents lastyear from the Oct. 1 low, but the low of$3.18 1⁄4 last year was extremelylower than where we are this year.There are reports that China’s over-whelming corn stocks may preventthem from fulfilling their importagreement with Ukraine. U.S. exportcommitments are lagging. Harvest isjust approaching the halfway pointand later bushels are anticipated to hit

the market as storagespace fills up.Where will any unex-

pected demand originate from? Chinacut their purchase price to farmers by10 percent this year, but stocks arestill expected to rise. Recently, theirprice equated to $315 per ton com-pared to Chicago Board of Tradefutures at $155 per ton. According toreports, China continues to importrecord amounts of non-corn feed ingre-dients.

I would leave December corn’s resist-ance at $3.95/$4.00 with first supportat $3.75, then $3.65 per bushel. Thereis still over half of the corn to be har-vested and space may become a scarcecommodity. December corn fell 6 1⁄2cents for the week to close at $3.82 3⁄4per bushel. The July corn contract wasa nickel lower at $4.05 1⁄4 per bushel.

SOYBEANS — Soybeans followedthe same path as the corn market thisweek with a rally into mid-week onfund short covering, then a retreat intothe USDA report. Soybean harvest isconcluding in areas around the Mid-west and yield reports just continue toimpress everyone. The November/Jan-uary spread finally widened as basislevels weakened and reports of com-mercial storage reaching capacity insome areas.

The October USDA crop reportraised the average yield from 47.1bu./acre last month to 47.2 bu./acre.This was spot on the 47.2 bu./acre pre-trade estimate. The final soybean crophas been higher than the October fore-cast in nine of the last 15 years and Iwould anticipate it is likely to happenagain this year. State-by-state yields:Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsinunchanged at 53, 54, and 48 bu./acrerespectively; Minnesota, Indiana, andMissouri all up 1 bu./acre at 48, 51 and41 bu./acre respectively; Nebraska wasunchanged at 56 bu./acre, Ohio up twoat 50 bu./acre and South Dakotasteady at 46 bu./acre.

On the 2015-16 balance sheet, thebiggest surprise was the slash inacreage of 1.1 million acres on bothplanted and harvested acres. Har-vested acres are now at 83.2 millionacres, planted at 82.4 million, for aresulting 47 million bushel drop inproduction to 3.888 billion bushels.Including a decline in carry-in from2014-15 of 19 million bushels, anincrease in crush of 10 million anddecrease in exports of 50 millionbushels, ending stocks were down 25million bushels. The new ending stocksfigure at 425 million bushels was well

above the 414 million bushel pre-report outlook and last year’s 191 mil-lion bushel carryout.

World 2015-16 ending stocks werepegged at 85.10 mmt, larger than the84.41 mmt estimate and last month’s84.98 mmt number. The projection forthe crop Brazil is planting now jumped3 mmt from last month to a record 100mmt (in line with Conab’s forecast)and Argentina was unchanged at 57mmt. China’s soybean imports weresteady from last month at 79 mmt.

Exports sales for the week were verygood at 47.2 million bushels. Totalexports are running 26 percent behindlast year. We need to sell approxi-mately 19 million bushels per week tohit the USDA target. China was ontheir Golden Week holiday that endedOct. 8, but when they returned theirprices dropped about 76 cents perbushel for the week.

OUTLOOK: Looking forward, theworld has excess soybeans, SouthAmerican acres and production areforecast to rise, crude oil’s outlook isone of limited upside, and laggingexport commitments may hinder arally over $9.00 in the short run. TheNovember soybean contract hasrespected the $9.00 resistance level ona closing basis since August. The firstline of support is $8.68 1⁄4, then downat the contact low at $8.53 1⁄4 perbushel. November beans for the weekrallied 11 1⁄2 cents to close at $8.85 3⁄4per bushel. The July soybean contactwas up 14 cents at $9.05 1⁄2 perbushel.

Nystrom’s notes: Contract changes forthe week ending Oct. 9: DecemberChicago wheat down four cents, Min-neapolis 2 1⁄4 cents higher and KansasCity down 1⁄4 cent. November crude oilrallied $4.09 to $49.63, ultra-low-sul-fur diesel up seven cents, reformulatedblendstock for oxygenate blendinggained 7 1⁄2 cents and natural gas rosea nickel. ❖

LARSON, from pg. 13Aexpenses placed in the right categoryand allocated to the correct crop year?

• What expenses can be reduced, ifany, and what is a realistic goal forexpense reduction? Setting a realisticgoal such as x$/acre or x$/bushel pro-duced is a good place to start. Therehave been a few articles circulatingrecently challenging producers todrop $100/acre in corn. Is this possi-ble in your operation while still tryingto maintain your own yield goals?

• The “big four expenses” (land cost,seed, fertilizer and chemicals) accountfor greater than 60 percent of thetotal cost of producing corn and soy-beans in our Margin Manager. Theymight be higher in your actual cost ofproduction. Since they represent sucha high percentage, any savings inthese areas may get you closer to yourexpense reduction goals. However, inthe case of seed, fertilizer and chemi-cals, will you sacrifice yield for reduc-tion in expenses?

• Family living is a very touchy sub-ject for most producers and lenders.Controlling family living expense

takes discipline and a real commit-ment amongst all family members.2014 FINBIN data indicates an aver-age farm family of three adult equiva-lents has family living of greater than$62,000. Add income taxes and non-farm asset purchases and you’re over$100,000 total family living. Knowinghow much you are allotting to familyliving now and where your familycould possibly reduce is worth theeffort. Consider how off-farm incomeoffsets your family living costs.

Projecting your cost of production ispart of a good overall managementplan. A review of your Margin Man-ager with your AgStar Financial Ser-vice Officer can be very helpful as youwork towards getting control of yourbusiness.

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MARKETINGSoybean harvest is con-cluding in areas aroundthe Midwest and yieldreports just continue toimpress everyone. TheNovember/Januaryspread finally widenedas basis levels weak-ened...

Most crop producers in Min-nesota and northern Iowa thatare enrolled in the countyyield-based Ag Risk Coveragefarm program choice on theircorn base acres will earn a sig-nificant farm program paymentfor the 2014 crop year.

In addition, farm operators insome counties will also earnsignificant ARC-CO paymenton soybean base acres for the2014 crop year. All farm pro-gram payments for the 2014crop year are being paid inOctober 2015.

All 2014 ARC-CO pay-ments are based on the final national market yearaverage price for the 2014 crop year, which was fromSept. 1, 2014 to Aug. 31, 2015, and MYA prices werefinalized on Sept. 30, 2015. The final 2014 MYAprices announced by the National Agricultural Sta-tistics Service were $3.70 per bushel for corn, and$10.10 per bushel for soybeans.

These are the MYA prices that will be used acrossthe United States on a county basis to determine ifcorn and soybean producers are eligible for a 2014ARC-CO payment in October. Based on the finalMYA prices, there will be no 2014 Price Loss Cover-age payments for either corn or soybeans.

The 2014 ARC-CO payments for corn or soybeansare being paid when the actual 2014 county revenuefor that crop falls below the 2014 county “revenueguarantee” for that crop. The actual county revenueis the 2014 NASS county yield for corn or soybeans,which was reported in the spring of 2015, times thefinal 2014 MYA price for that crop. If that revenueamount is lower than the “revenue guarantee” forthat crop in a given county, producers in that countythat are enrolled in the 2014 ARC-CO farm programwould earn a 2014 ARC-CO payment.

The revenue guarantee for a given crop is thebenchmark revenue times 86 percent (0.86). The BMrevenue is the five-year (2009-13) county averageyield (dropping the high and low yield) times the BMprice, which is the five-year (2009-13) average MYAprice (again dropping the high and low price). The2014 national BM prices were $5.29 per bushel for

corn and $12.27 perbushel for soybeans,which will also likely bethe BM prices for the2015 crop year.

Since these corn andsoybean BM prices wereconsiderably higher thanthe final 2014 MYAprices, it increases thelikelihood of 2014 ARC-CO payments in manycounties.

Please refer toTables A and B forthe annual MYA

prices, and the calcu-lations for BM MYAprices for corn and soy-beans.

The relationshipbetween the 2014 NASScounty yields and the2014 county BM yields isextremely important incalculating potential2014 ARC-CO paymentsfor corn and soybeans ina given county. Express-ing the 2014 NASScounty yield as a “percentof BM yield” is moreimportant than the finalcounty yield in determin-ing estimated ARC-COpayments.

If the 2014 NASScounty yield, expressed asa “percent of BM yield,” is below 100 percent, therewill likely be a 2014 ARC-CO payment for corn andsoybeans. However, as the 2014 “percent of BM yield”increases above 100 percent, the 2014 ARC-CO pay-ment for corn or soybeans is reduced, and if that per-centage is high enough, there would be no 2014 ARC-CO payment.

Please refer to Tables C and D on the followingpage for likely estimates of 2014 ARC-CO paymentsfor corn and soybeans.

Observations on the likely 2014 ARC-CO payments for corn and soybeans:

• Corn — Any county that has a “percent of BMyield” of 105 percent or less will likely realize themaximum (100 percent) estimated 2014 ARC-COpayment for that county.

• Corn — Counties with a “percent of BM Yield” of106-110 percent will likely see an estimated ARC-CO payment that is 50 percent to 100 percent of themaximum ARC-CO payment.

• Corn — Counties with a “percent of BM Yield” of111-115 percent will likely see a partial ARC-CO

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TEALE, from pg. 13Arallies may be short-lived.Producers should remain cognizant of market condi-tions and protect inventories when available.

Hogs have been able to hold their own in price overthe past several weeks. Packers have been persistentin the desire to accumulate inventory to maintain alarge slaughter level at the current positive profitmargins.

However as we approach the mid-$70.00 area andabove basis lean, it would appear that we may seemore resistance in further price advancement. Thepork cutout levels are also moving into areas near

the $90.00 area and above where previous consumerresistance slowed the advance.

The fact that the export market has slowed, alsowarrants some caution that higher prices may behard to maintain.

The good news is that the consumer has beenattracted to pork because of its value in comparisonto the other meats. This could have long-term impli-cations that would be positive for pork and pork pro-duction.

Producers should stay on top of market conditionsand protect inventories as needed. Pay close atten-tion to premium and discounts in the markets. ❖

Price of hogs remained steady

FARM PROGRAMS

By Kent Thiesse

MARKETING

Table A: Corn MYA price for the ARC-CO program

Year MYA Adj. MYA Five-Year Olympic Likely Range of Price Price * Avg. Price ** Five-Year O.A.

Price2009 $3.55 $3.70 N/A N/A2010 $5.18 $5.18 N/A N/A2011 $6.22 $6.22 N/A N/A2012 $6.89 $6.89 N/A N/A2013 $4.46 $4.46 N/A N/A2014 $3.70 (final) $3.70 (final) $5.29 N/A2015 N/A $3.70 (est.) $5.29 N/A2016 N/A N/A $4.79 (est.) $4.79 - $5.00

* — The $3.70 Corn PLC reference price is used to calculated the five-year Olympic Average price in any year thatthe MYA price is below $3.70 per bushel.** — The five-year Olympic Average price takes the adjusted MYA price for the previous five years, drops the highand low prices, and averages the other three years, which becomes the BM MYA price.

Table B: Soybean MYA price for the ARC-CO program

Year MYA Adj. MYA Five-Year Olympic Likely Range of Price Price * Avg. Price ** Five-Year O.A.

Price2009 $9.59 $9.59 N/A N/A2010 $11.30 $11.30 N/A N/A2011 $12.50 $12.50 N/A N/A2012 $14.40 $14.40 N/A N/A2013 $13.00 $13.00 N/A N/A2014 $10.05 (final) $10.10 (final) $12.27 N/A2015 N/A $8.40 (est.) $12.27 N/A2016 N/A N/A $11.87 (est.) $11.65 - $12.00

* — The $8.40 Soybean PLC reference price is used to calculated the five-year Olympic Average price in any yearthat the MYA price is below $8.40 per bushel.** — The five-year Olympic Average price takes the adjusted MYA price for the previous five years, drops the highand low prices, and averages the other three years, which becomes the BM MYA price.

See THIESSE, pg. 16A

All tables prepared by Kent Thiesse

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Table D: 2014 ARC-CO Payment Likelihood For Soybeans

Assumptions: • 2014 BM MYA soybean price = $12.27/bu.• Final 2014 soybean MYA price = $10.10/bu.• 2014 ARC-CO payments paid on 85 percent (0.85) of Soybean Base Acres

County Soybean Benchmark (BM) Yields55 50 45 40 35

Est. Revenue Guar./Acre $580.87 $527.61 $474.85 $422.09 $369.33Max. ARC-CO Payment $57.37 $51.15 $46.94 $41.72 $36.51(Per Base Acre)

Actual 2014 Soybean NASS Yields (% of BM Yield)Final 2014 MYA Price 100% 90% 95% 105% 110%(price/bu.) Est. 2014 ARC-CO Payment (% of Max. Paymt./Base Acre)

$9.80 62 100 100 22 0$9.95 50 100 90 9 0$10.10 38 100 80 0 0$10.25 25 100 67 0 0

THIESSE, from pg. 15Apayment, depending onthe final MYA price.

• Corn — Counties with a “percentof BM Yield” above 120 percent willlikely see either a very small ARC-COpayment, or possibly no 2014 ARC-COpayment.

• Soybeans — Any county that has a“percent of BM yield” of 94 percent orless will likely see the maximum 2014ARC-CO payment, or a very high per-cent of the maximum.

• Soybeans — Counties with a “per-cent of BM yield” of 94-100 percentwill likely see an estimated ARC-COpayment between 35-90 percent of themaximum payment.

• Soybeans — Counties with a “per-cent of BM yield” above 102 percent willlikely see no 2014 ARC-CO payment.

There can be a significant differencein the estimated 2014 ARC-CO pay-ments from county to county, depend-

ing on the 2014county NASS yield,

expressed as a “per-cent of BM yield.” The estimated 2014ARC-CO payment for corn in mostsouthern Minnesota and northern Iowacounties will be at the maximum level,which ranges from $70-$80 per cornbase acre, with slightly lower paymentrates in central and northern Min-nesota. The ARC-CO estimates for cornwill likely be different in states such asIllinois and Indiana that had muchhigher county NASS corn yields in2014, and probably had a much higher2014 “percent of BM yield.” Approxi-mately 99 percent of the corn base acresin Minnesota, and 97 percent in Iowa,are enrolled in the ARC-CO program.

The estimated 2014 ARC-CO pay-ments for soybeans in Minnesota andnorthern Iowa is significantly differentthan corn, and will be totally depend-ent on the 2014 “percent of BM yield”for a given county. The estimated 2014ARC-CO payments for soybeans in

southern Minnesota and northern Iowaare likely to range from zero to justover $50 per soybean base acre. Abouthalf of the counties in that regionwould get either apartial or maximumpayment, dependingon the 2014 countyyield, expressed as a“percent of BM yield,”compared to the five-year county averagebenchmark yield.Over 98 percent of thesoybean base acres inMinnesota and Iowaare enrolled in the ARC-CO program.

There can be a wide variation in 2014ARC-CO payments from county-to-county, even in neighboring counties.For example, Blue Earth County insouth central Minnesota is likely toreceive the maximum 2014 ARC-COpayment for soybeans, due to having a2014 “percent of BM Yield” of only 93percent. However, neighboring Waton-wan County had a 2014 “percent of BMyield” of 110 percent, and producers willreceive no 2014 ARC-CO payments forsoybeans. Understanding the “percent ofBM yield,” and why there is such a widevariation in 2014 ARC-CO paymentsfrom county-to-county, can be very diffi-cult for producers to understand.

Farm operators should be aware thatthe 2014 ARC-CO payments will likelybe subject to mandatory sequestrationreductions by the Federal government.Sequestration is the reduction ofannual spending for most federal pro-grams, including U.S. Department ofAgriculture farm programs, which waspart of the 2011 legislation passed byCongress intended to reduce the Fed-eral budget deficit. It is expected thatUSDA will be required to reduce 2014farm program payments by approxi-

mately seven percent.Available resources

• I have developed and updated aninformation sheet titled “Estimating 2014

Corn and SoybeanARC-CO Payments,”which looks at the esti-mated 2014 ARC-COpayments for corn andsoybeans at the final2014 MYA prices, aswell as various otherMYA price levels, andat various county 2014NASS yield levels,expressed as a “percent

of BM yield.” To receive a copy of thisinformation sheet please contact me [email protected].

• Kansas State University has devel-oped a “2014 ARC-CO Payment Esti-mator,” which is an Excel spreadsheetthat can estimate 2014 ARC-CO pay-ments for most crops in most countiesin major producing crop states in theUnited States. It now has the final2014 MYA prices entered, and shouldgive a fairly accurate estimate of 2014ARC-CO payments for corn and soy-beans. There are drop-down lists forstate, county, and crop. The spread-sheet can be found at www.agmanager.info or http://goo.gl/PiFz5b

• The University of Illinois FarmDocwebsite has prepared 2014 ARC-COcorn and soybean payment estimatesfor nearly every county in the UnitedStates at various MYA price levels. Fol-lowing are the links to that data:

Corn — http://goo.gl/bJuXuGSoybeans — http://goo.gl/6iDHszKent Thiesse is a government farm pro-

grams analyst and a vice president atMinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn.He may be reached at (507) 726-2137 [email protected]. ❖

Significant difference between corn, bean payments

Table C: 2014 ARC-CO Payment Likelihood for Corn

Assumptions: • 2014 BM MYA corn price = $5.29/bu.• Final 2014 corn MYA price = $3.70/bu.• 2014 ARC-CO payments paid on 85 percent (0.85) of corn base acres

County Corn Benchmark (BM) Yields190 175 160 145 130

Est. Revenue Guar./Acre $864.39 $796.15 $727.90 $659.66 $591.42Max. ARC-CO Payment $85.43 $78.69 $71.94 $65.20 $58.45(Per Base Acre)

Actual 2014 Corn NASS Yields (% of BM Yield)Final 2014 MYA Price 100% 90% 95% 105% 110%(Price/bu.) Est. 2014 ARC-CO Payment (% of Max. Paymt./Base Acre)

$3.60 100 100 100 100 100$3.70 100 100 100 100 91$3.80 100 100 100 100 70$3.90 100 100 100 86 49

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Over 98 percent ofthe soybean baseacres in Minnesotaand Iowa areenrolled in theARC-CO program.

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Minnesota farmers were able toharvest about one-fifth of both theirsoybean and corn crops during the 6.3days suitable for fieldwork for theweek ending Oct. 11, 2015, accordingto U.S. Department of Agriculture’sNational Agricultural Statistics Ser-vice. This was the second most dayssuitable for fieldwork this crop sea-son, just behind last week’s 6.4 dayssuitable. Most of the state experi-enced high winds, helping to dry downcorn but also drying topsoil. Farmerswere also tilling harvested fields.

Soil moisture levels decreased withthe wind and lack of significant rainduring the week. Topsoil moisturesupplies were rated four percent veryshort, 21 percent short, 73 percentadequate, and two percent surplus.Subsoil moisture supplies were ratedfour percent very short, 16 percent

short, 78 percent adequate, and twopercent surplus.

With almost all of Minnesota’s cornacreage mature, one-fifth of theacreage was harvested during theweek. Corn harvest was 29 percentcomplete, 12 days ahead of the previ-ous year but one day behind normal.Corn moisture content of grain at har-vest was 19 percent. Corn conditionrated 89 percent good to excellent.Corn harvested for silage was nearingcompletion.

Soybean harvest was 91 percentcomplete, 13 days ahead of last yearand nine days ahead of average.

Ninety-three percent of the potatocrop has been harvested, just behindlast year but two days ahead of nor-mal. Over one-third of the sugarbeetcrop was harvested during the week,

advancing to 88 percent complete, oneday behind last year but 11 days aheadof average. Regarding sunfloweracreage, 56 percent has been har-vested, nine days ahead of average.Sunflower condition rated 57 percentgood to excellent.

Pasture condition rated 68 percentgood to excellent, down three percent-age points from the previous week.

This article was submitted by theUSDA National Agricultural StatisticsService. ❖

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Check soil temps beforeapplying nitrogen fertilizer

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This column was written for themarketing week ending Oct. 9.

Trans-Pacific Partnershipnegotiations ended Oct. 5 butdetails of its outcome aresketchy. So, who got “TP”edand who profited?

I asked HighGround Dairy’sEric Meyer in Friday’s Dairy-Line if Canada’s supply man-agement program survived —“It seems that it did.” Meyerreported that Canada’s Inter-national Trade Minister said the TPP“preserves the main pillars of the sup-ply manage system,” though he admit-ted that it will mean some lost revenuefor Canadian dairy producers, but thelosses will likely be mitigated by “a faircompensation package.”

Meyer says it appears the UnitedStates may have gained some access toother countries to export dairy productsthrough the TPP but New Zealand dairyprocessor Fonterra expressed disappoint-ment with the TPP in a press release.

Fonterra chairman John Wilson saidthat, while he was “very disappointedthat the deal falls far short of TPP’s orig-inal ambition to eliminate all tariffs,there will be some useful gains for NewZealand dairy exporters in key TPP mar-kets such as the United States, Canadaand Japan. Greater benefits will be seenin future years as tariffs on some prod-uct lines are eliminated.” He added that“the entrenched protectionism demon-strated by the U.S. dairy industry in par-ticular had ensured that the deal ondairy failed to reach its potential.”

New Zealand has access to the U.S.dairy market but is limited by quotas.They gained some access, Meyer said,but it was not as much as they hadhoped for.

The Daily Dairy Report says Canadawill allow imports of fluid milk, but 85percent must be processed in Canadaand, “given the distance of the otherTPP partners, the United States islikely to be the sole source.”

“Exporters like New Zealand andAustralia are more likely to send milk

powders, cheese and but-ter. The United States willreduce or phase out tariffson dairy productsimported from NewZealand,” continued theDaily Dairy Report.

The TPP must now beratified and the DailyDairy Report speculatesthat might not happenuntil early next year inthe United States, while

Canadians will vote on it Oct. 19.■

The federal order hearing process inCalifornia saw a continuation of testi-mony in support of the proposal submit-ted by California Dairies, Inc., DairyFarmers of America and Land O’Lakes.

The Milk Producers Council’s RobVandenheuvel spoke in support of theproposal on Monday as well as two pro-ducers, the National Farmers Union,Eric Erba from California Dairies, Inc.,Lon Hatamiya of the Hatamiya Group(an expert retained by the cooperativesto testify on California quota valuationissues), and Paul Christ, a retired vicepresident of Land O’Lakes.

Donald Shippelhoute, director of theDairy Marketing Branch at the Califor-nia Department of Food and Agricul-ture, submitted data Oct. 8 which wascompiled by CDFA in response torequests from U.S. Department of Agri-culture and industry participants.

Vandenheuvel anticipated that addi-tional witnesses in support of the coop-eratives’ proposal will likely go intonext week and once that testimony andevidence is completed, USDA will beginhearing testimony and evidence on theproposal submitted by the Dairy Insti-tute of California.

One proponent is Kings Countydairyman Xavier Avila, who haspushed for a federal order years ago. Inan interview in California Ag Today,Avila condensed the argument: “For thepast 10 years, our whey prices have

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MIELKE MARKETWEEKLY

By Lee Mielke

See MIELKE, pg. 20A

MIELKE, from pg. 19Abeen much less than the national whey price, so theCalifornia dairy industry has lost billions of dollars.

“It’s really simple. There are six pounds of wheyper every 100 pounds of milk. Basically for the last

few years, whey was 60 cents per pound. Doing themath, 60 cents times six pounds; you come up with atotal of $3.60 for the whey in each 100 pounds ofmilk. With the California Milk Marketing Order, wewere paid just 25 cents towards that total and the

plant kept the rest. The Federal order is basically thereverse; not quite, but almost the reverse.”

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International dairy prices continue to strengthen,if the Global Dairy Trade auction is a reliable indica-tion. The weighted average for all products was upfor the fourth consecutive session Oct. 6, registeringa 9.9 percent increase, following a 16.5 percent boostSept. 16, and 10.9 percent Sept. 1. Only one productoffered showed a decline. Butter was down 2.3 per-cent, following a 13.3 percent jump on Sept. 16.

Buttermilk powder led the gains, up 13.8 percent,following a 1.9 percent drop last time. Next was skimmilk powder, up 13.4 percent, after gaining 17 per-cent last time. Whole milk powder followed, up 12.9percent, after leading the pack last time with a 20.6percent leap. Anhydrous milkfat was up 9.9 percent,after jumping 13.7 percent last time. Lactose fol-lowed, up 5.9 percent, after climbing 3.1 percent.Cheddar cheese showed the smallest gain, up just0.5 percent, following a 10.7 percent gain last timeand 4.7 percent the time before that.

FC Stone reports the average GDT butter priceequated to about $1.3777 per pound U.S., down from$1.4098 in the Sept. 16 event. Contrast that toChicago Mercantile Exchange butter which closedFriday at $2.4175/lb. GDT Cheddar cheese equated

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MIELKE, from pg. 20Ato about $1.4670/lb. U.S., up from$1.4544 last time, and compares to Fri-day’s CME block Cheddar at $1.70. GDTskim milk powder, at $1.0284/lb. U.S., isup from 90.35 cents/lb. last time, andthe whole milk powder average, at$1.2808/lb. U.S., is up from $1.1316 inthe last event. CME Grade A nonfat drymilk price closed Friday at 99.5 cents.

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In other trade news: Carlene Dowie,associate editor of Australian Dairy-farmer magazine, writes that “TheRussian ban on dairy imports from anumber of Western countries, includingAustralia, is unlikely to be lifted untilat least 2018, according to Dairy Aus-tralia managing director Ian Halliday.The ban on food imports from theUnited States, European Union, Aus-tralia, Canada and Norway wasimposed in retaliation to Western sanc-tions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis.

“National Milk and the U.S. DairyExport Council have told the U.S. TradeRepresentative that Russia’s ban is ‘dis-rupting global dairy markets and appearsto violate international trade rules.’”

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Meanwhile USDEC reports Augustexports of U.S. cheese and whey prod-ucts were at or near multi-year lows,pulling overall volumes down for thefourth straight month. USDEC’s AlanLevitt reports that “Suppliers shipped139,281 tons of milk powders, cheese,butterfat, whey and lactose in August,down 13 percent from a year ago anddown six percent from July. Overseassales were valued at $390 million,down 33 percent from last year anddown six percent from July. Exportvalue was the lowest since February2011 (daily-average basis).

Cheese exports fell for the fifthstraight month, dropping to 22,658 tons,down 28 percent from last year, andmarks the lowest total in 31 months.Sales to every major customer werebelow a year ago, with a notable decline(down 59 percent) in exports to Japan.Year-to-date exports to Japan weredown 39 percent from last year. Ship-ments to South Korea also have slowed.

With very weak global whey markets,U.S. whey exports continued lower aswell, according to Levitt. Total wheyexport volume, at 32,843 tons, is down 18percent from last August and the second-lowest figure in five years (daily-averagebasis). Dry whey exports were off 22 per-cent; whey protein concentrate was down16 percent, and whey protein isolateexports were down 11 percent from 2014.

Exports of nonfat dry milk/skim milkpowder held up better. Suppliers moved42,880 tons, slightly more than July,but still down six percent from a yearago. Sales to Mexico (up 12 percent)and Southeast Asia (up eight percent)were above year-ago levels, but vol-umes to China and Middle East/NorthAfrica were lower.

August fluid milk exports were upeight percent from last year, led byrecord sales to Taiwan. Taiwan hasbeen the number-three single overseascustomer for U.S. milk this year, withyear-to-date purchases up 87 percent,according to USDEC.

Cooperatives Working Togetheraccepted 18 requests for export assistancethis week to sell 465,175 pounds ofcheese, 6.52 million pounds of butter and1.04 million pounds of whole milk powderto customers in Asia, Europe, the MiddleEast, North Africa and South America.

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Checking dairy prices at home, Ched-dar block cheese hit the highest levelsince Nov. 19, 2014 on Monday, $1.80per pound, only to reverse gears thenext three days, and then head back upFriday, closing at $1.70, still 4.75 centsbelow the previous week and 49.75cents below a year ago. The barrelspole vaulted 11.25 cents Monday, hit-ting $1.73, highest price since June 11,then gave 11 cents back on Oct. 6 andclosed Oct. 9 at $1.62, up a quarter-cent on the week, 48 cents below a yearago, and an above the norm eight centsbelow the blocks. Fifteen cars of barreltraded hands on the week.

Midwest cheese production is easilyaccommodating regular milk supplies,with little availability of extra milk,reports Dairy Market News. “Customerinterest in cheese purchases from man-ufacturers has slowed, due to fluctuat-ing prices and customer interest in see-ing more price stability beforecommitting beyond immediate needs.

“Strong but typical early fall demandfor Mozzarella has helped manufactur-ers move higher regional productionout the door. Manufacturers in the U.S.note the narrower difference betweenU.S. cheese prices and GDT prices com-pared with earlier in the year, as eas-ing the pressure from cheese imports.

“Regional grass-fed milk productionis nearing the end of the grazing sea-son. Production this year has benefitedfrom very good pastures. Cheese inven-tories are being held with confidencefor sale in coming months. While previ-ously the market niche was typicallydominated by smaller specialty manu-

facturers, there is increasing interestfrom established larger cheese manu-facturers, which has increased competi-tion for grass-fed milk supplies.”

Western cheese makers report pro-

duction is steady to lower and follow-ing typical seasonal declines in milkproduction. An increase in milk com-ponents is helping to boost cheese

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MIELKE, from pg. 21Ayields. Domestic demand continues tobe strong, says Dairy Market News.

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Spot butter, after plunging 63.50 centslast week, shed another 15 cents Mon-day but reversed gears Wednesday andfinished Friday at $2.4175 per pound,still 8.25 cents below the previous weekand 38.75 cents below a year ago whenit dropped nine cents, then plummeted80.5 cents the following week, and lost19 cents the week after that. Eighteencars were sold this week at the CME.

Butter is arriving in the UnitedStates in growing volumes, accordingto the Daily Dairy Report. “The U.S.imported 9.1 million pounds of butterand milkfat in August, a calendar yearhigh. Imports of butter, excludingother forms of milkfat, totaled nearly6 million pounds, the highest monthlyvolume since June 2004.”

Dairy Market News says lower sales

volumes, due to fluctuating prices, havemanufacturers concerned. Buyers arecareful in negotiating First Quarter2016 contracts.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk climbedto $1.10 per pound Monday but alsoretreated from there, closing Friday at99.5 cents per pound, down 6.5 cents onthe week and 38.5 cents below a yearago. Ten cars were sold on the week.

USDA’s 2015 and 2016 milk produc-tion estimates were unchanged fromlast month in the latest World Agricul-tural Supply and Demand Estimatesreport issued Friday but fat-basisimports were increased as domesticdemand continues to support higherimports of cheese and butter.

Class III milk prices were raised for2015, but lowered for 2016 as thedecline in whey prices more than off-sets higher cheese prices. Class IVprices were raised for both 2015 and2016 due to higher butter and nonfatdry milk prices.

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U.S. milk production is varied, reportsDairy Market News. Production issteady to higher in the Northeast,increasing in the Central region andNew Mexico, mixed in the Southeast,unchanged in California, steady to lowerin Arizona, lower in Idaho and Utah,and bottoming out in Florida. SomeMidwest milk is moving to Florida tomeet demand as consumers stock up inadvance of Hurricane Joaquin. SomeCentral region manufacturing milk isreceiving a premium over Class rangingfrom $.50 to $2.00 from manufacturersseeking extra milk volumes.

Milk production in Western Europe isseasonally low, but varies from countryto country, according to Dairy MarketNews. Farm level prices remain low,even as dairy commodity prices are ris-ing. The European Dairy Commissionallocated funding to aid farmers, butsources suggest that money will mainlygo towards funding private storage and

intervention assistance. This will alsoprovide support and aid in the impactof the Russian ban that was renewed inAugust for another year.

Eastern Europe milk production is atlower-than-normal seasonal levels. Thelower milk prices are still concerning formost farmers, but has not slowed pro-duction. Processors are reporting ade-quate milk supplies for current demand.They are choosing to make more of prod-ucts that will give them a higher return,which is currently whole milk powder.

Australia milk production is movingtoward the seasonal peak but is upslightly from last year for the seasonhowever month to date for Septemberis slightly behind last year. Spring iscontinuing to be dry in some key dairyareas which is causing some concern.

Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnistwho resides in Everson, Wash. Hisweekly column is featured in newspa-pers across the country and he may bereached at [email protected]. ❖

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Swan songThis week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondents Tim King (story) and Jan King (photo)

Do you have a Back Roads story suggestion? E-mail [email protected] or write to Editor, The Land, P.O. Box 3169, Mankato, MN 56002.

Mississippi River overlook, Houston County, Minn.

Just south of Brownsville, in Houston County, agroup of about 20 tundra swans is flying westfrom the east shore of the Mississippi River.

They are 200 feet above the water and show noapparent interest in landing. But suddenly they settheir six-foot wing span and the sun glints off theirbrilliant white feathers. They fall, seemingly, out ofthe blue sky onto the cold waters of the areas vastriver bottom wetlands. The small flock of birds isgreeted by the voices of 10,000 other swans alreadyresting here before heading east to Chesapeake Bay.

At its peak, in early to mid-November, this placemay be the resting spot for 50,000 swans, singing,gabbling and socializing while they rest up fromtheir Arctic to Atlantic migration.

Along with the swans are pintail, mallard and can-vasback ducks by the hundreds or even thousands.

There are also a plenitude of American coots andplayful bald eagles on their own migratory path.Above the swans a group of three of these eagles,two mature and one not, dive and chase each other,screeching and screaming.

At the river’s overlook, just off of Highway 26,there is a small, quiet, weekend carnival in process.It’s the annual Waterfowl Observation Day andmembers of the Friends of the Upper Mississippi arepassing out hot coffee to ward off the chill.

They’ve also got complimentary apples fromnearby Hickory Orchard and literature on the river.Near the edge of the overlook people using binocu-lars or powerful spotting scopes get a close-up ofswan and duck doings.

“Would you like to take a look?” asks a friendly fel-low who has driven from Duluth to see the spectacle.

People stand about quietly chatting with eachother and sipping their hot drinks. Among themthere are uniformed naturalists ready to answerquestions.

“Where do tundra swans sleep?”“During breeding season they usually sleep on

land but during the winter they sleep on the water.”“Why are some swans gray and others white?”“The gray swans are young and immature.”Most waterfowl follow north-south flyways on

their migrations. Tundra swans fly a diagonal route,Southeast by northeast, from the Alaskan andCanadian arctic to Chesapeake Bay and south to theGeorgia Islands. The high musical hooting of swansin late October and early November is a sign to usMinnesotans that winter is nearby. ❖

By DICK HAGENThe Land Staff Writer

A longtime board member of the Iowa PorkProducers Association, Dave Struthers ofCollins, Iowa, was elected as the group’sleader earlier this year. Global trade is amongthe many issues he deals with as IPPA presi-dent, and while it was a struggle to get theTrade Promotion Authority passed, he said itwas a first step in moving forward on gettingthe Trans-Pacific Partnership deal in place.

“Some of the bigger concerns we had with Japan andtheir gate price system are being dealt with. Get thoseissues resolved and that would be one of the biggestbenefits to U.S. pork producers,” said Struthers.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership mattersbecause Japan is the No. 1 buyer of U.S. porkproducts.

So why the struggles with TPA? Strutherssaid many people simply didn’t trust Presi-dent Barack Obama.

“They would comment, ‘I’m for trade butnot with this President,’” he said. “Finally wegot it passed but now the challenge is getting

the various members of the Trans-Pacific Partner-ship to comply with rules and regulations.”

Struthers noted some issues with Canada, particu-larly relating to their dairy industry which functionswith a strict quota system for each producer.

“But to compete globally they will have to give upsome of their protective issues for their own produc-ers. Our dairy industry has concerns,” he said. “WithJapan, we have some issues on the pork side withthe way they tariff our imports into their country.”

Even though agriculture is a small part of Japan’stotal economy, it has a strong voice in government.

“Their livestock segment in particular is very con-cerned about their competitive position againstproduct coming in from the United States and otherforeign countries,” said Struthers.

He said countries that can produce the best prod-uct at the lowest cost should be doing the trade.

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STRUTHERS, from pg. 1B“We all do what we’re best at and that’s what

partnerships are all about,” he said.Issues such as environmental rules and labor

laws cloud the efforts.“We all live on the same planet so we all need to do

a good job taking care of that planet,” said Struthers.“Yet if one country makes the product cheaperbecause they are cutting corners environmentally,that’s not fair to those who are following all the rules.”Pork producer

A third generation pork producer, Struthers’ grand-father moved from Kansas to Iowa in the 1930s, rais-ing both hogs and cattle in central Iowa. His fathercontinued the tradition and also was elected to theIowa Pork Producers Board of Directors.

“I’ve picked up from my father,” he said. “I don’tknow what the next generation will bring. I’ve gotthree kids. They know pigs but at this stage I don’tknow if they’ll want to do pigs. There are nieces andnephews so someone in the Struthers lineup willcontinue in hogs.”

Struthers is an independent, 300-sow farrow-to-finish operation. He is one of a declining number ofindependent producers; the bulk of Iowa hogs arecontract finishing operations on concrete tied inwith farrow-to-wean producers supplying the pigs.

Outdoor housing with concrete aprons and beddedsleeping quarters is his strategy. He pen breeds ingroups and finishes the bulk of his pigs in hoop barns.He farrows in confinement so he needs females withgood structural durability and enough back fat to sus-tain themselves in colder weather. That means aHamp-Duroc-Large White crossing program. He used

to be 100 percent artificial insemination, but when hedownsized to 300 sows he transitioned to pen breeding.

Pork producers often have to face people whoprotest against the methods used to raise pigs.

“There are always people who think differentlyabout production methods, primarily because theyhave never done it,” Struthers said. “In my 30 yearsof swine production I’ve pretty much done every-thing including pasture farrowing plus hogs on dirt,hogs on concrete in open lots, in hoop structures,early weaning of 18-day old pigs, the hot nurseryconcept, even hogs on nine different farms.

“We used to run 1,000 sows and had six employees.So I’ve lived that gamut, too. I learned handling hogsis easier than handling people so our current systemworks best for us.

“There’s no right or wrong system in pork produc-tion. Inevitably it comes down to the people andtheir skills regardless whether you are a dirt-floorbarn producer or a state-of-the-art computerizeddeep pit facility.”

Struthers’ system is working well. He has sowsthat stay in the herd for five years.

“I don’t wean early,” he said. “I wean at about 30days so those extra days with the piglets nursingmeans I don’t get sows rebred as quickly and thatperhaps accounts for the longevity in my sow herd.”

There’s good logic to his system. Because he weans anolder pig, he spends less on starter feeds and has greater

survivability post-weaning. That hoop barn grows hispigs from March to November after which his pigs moveinto slatted, power-ventilated barns during the winter.

“Because my buildings are older there’s no depreci-ation value left and minimal taxes and upkeep. Soletting these buildings sit empty during the summeris little cost to the business,” Struthers said.

When it comes to antibiotics, he supports usingantibiotics on sick pigs.

“USDA inspects all the food that we eat,” he said.“There can’t be any residues, including antibioticresidue on any of our meat. So to say that we are eat-ing antibiotics when we are eating meat is simplyerroneous.”

Struthers explained that if residues are found,those items are pulled off the line and disposed of,and the producer who supplied that meat is notifiedand inspected.

“To go antibiotic-free sounds good in many scenar-ios,” he said, “but think about that. How many of usare antibiotic-free? How many of us have gotten sickand taken antibiotics to get well?

“I’m a firm believer that preventative health meas-ures are better than curative measures. If we keepour animals healthy with good diets and clean envi-ronments we can minimize our use of antibiotics. Idon’t believe total elimination is best for that pig orthat consumer.”Iowa grown

Iowa pork producers lead the nation in pork pro-duction with nearly 40 percent of the U.S. produc-tion. Years back North Carolina was No. 2, but Min-nesota now claims that ranking. Struthers sees Iowacontinuing to grow its total production.

“We have the infrastructure; we have the know-how; we have the feed and we have tremendous cropproduction nurtured by the tremendous amounts ofhog manure that recharges our soils each year,” hesaid. “We still have plenty of land mass in Iowa thatcan use the organic nutrients produced by hogs.”

The Iowa pork checkoff is 40 cents per hundred-weight.

Dave Struthers was interviewed at the Clay CountyFair in Spencer, Iowa. Visit www.iowapork.org or call(800) 372-7675 to learn more about the Iowa PorkProducers Association. E-mail Struthers at [email protected]. ❖

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Inevitably it comes down to thepeople and their skills.

— Dave Struthers

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By MARIE WOODThe Land Associate Editor

If you raise livestock and you plan to make aninvestment or improvement to your operation, thenyou can apply for a Livestock Investment Grant fromthe Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

Minnesota livestock producers are eligible to bereimbursed 10 percent of a project’s cost with a min-imum expense of $4,000 and a maximum expense of$500,000. The maximum available per year is$25,000. In effect, you are eligible for a 10 percentreimbursement of projects costing $4,000 to$250,000. The lifetime cap for the grant is $50,000.

For 2016, the Minnesota Legislature has appropri-ated $2 million. The deadline is Dec. 18.

The grants are available for the purchase, construc-tion or improvement of buildings or facilities for the pro-duction of livestock, and the purchase of fencing, feedingand waste management equipment. Producers whohave suffered a loss due to natural disasters or unin-tended consequences may also apply. Expenses must beincurred between Aug. 1, 2015, and June 30, 2017.

The grant will not pay for livestock or land purchasesor for the cost of debt refinancing.

Minnesota livestock farmers must be in goodstanding with the state, a current resident or entityauthorized to farm in Minnesota, and principal oper-ator of the farm.

Here’s how it works. David Weinand is MDAgrants coordinator. As an example, Weinand used anew ventilation system in a finishing barn that will

cost an estimated $50,000. If the grant is approved,MDA will set aside $5,000. When the project is com-pleted, the producer will need to provide the MDAwith invoices and proof of payment.

“It definitely is worth it. It’s the easiest moneythey’ll earn in the shortest amount of time invested,”said Weinand.

Producers tend to be good record keepers so provid-ing proof of payment is not difficult. If the $50,000project comes in at $60,000, the grant still stands at$5,000, noted Weinand.Application

The application is online.Grants are awarded on a com-petitive basis and depend on the number of applicationsreceived. Weinand’s biggest tip is to look at the lastpage of the application to see how grants will beevaluated.

Projects that have the potential to receive more points

are those that help facilitate generational transition,help new operations, aid farmers with less years infarming, or clearly benefit the environment.

“The most important information I can offer is tomake sure your answers are crystal clear,” saidWeinand.

He explained that ‘crystal clear’ answers increasethe likelihood of scoring higher and being funded.

If someone has a project they are considering,chances are an application of a past-funded projectis available.

“If somebody has a project, odds are I could findan application that we have funded in the last fewyears that would be exactly the same,” saidWeinand.

You can call Weinand to request a previously-funded application, which is public record.

The grant can be used in combination with grantsfrom other sources, but not in conjunction withanother state program.

“State dollars cannot match state dollars,” saidWeinand.

The Livestock Investment Grant was first fundedby the Minnesota Legislature in 2008. Since then,468 livestock producers have invested an estimated$150 million in improvement to their operations. ❖

Applications open for livestock investment grantsLivestock Investment Grant Who: Minnesota Department of Agriculture What: Grants of 10 percent for $4,000-$250,000 projects When: Deadline is Dec. 18 Online: www.mda.state.mn.us/livestockinvestmentgrant Contact: David Weinand at [email protected] or(651) 201-6646

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EASTON, Minn. — Lori and DaleStevermer live on Dale’s family farm,Trails End Farm, a 150-sow farrow-to-finish operation near Easton. Theyare little, but in Minnesota they bene-fit from university research, stateorganizations, feed companies andpacking plants.

“It’s not ‘big is bad’ or ‘little is good.’As a small farm we feel fortunate thatthere are large farms around us tohelp us have the thriving industrythat we do,” said Lori.

A niche producer, the Stevermersmarket 2,000 to 2,500 pigs a year toCompart Duroc Premium Pork of

Nicollet, Minn.“It started with a personal relation-

ship,” said Dale.Compart Duroc is a branded pre-

mium pork that is sold to “white table”restaurants, barbecue teams, TwinCities grocers, and online. One of Com-part’s requirements is that the pigsare fed Hubbard Feeds, which was anatural fit for the Stevermers. Lori is amarketing specialist working with theswine nutrition group for HubbardFeeds in Mankato.

“It’s been a nice complement to farm-ing. I get a chance to see both sides ofthe fence. I can take what I learned atHubbard and bring it back home. I cantake what I learn at home and bring itback to Hubbard,” said Lori.

Dale operates the farm and managesthe herd, keeping some back forreplacement breeding stock. The workis physically challenging — moving500-pound animals in the directionyou want them to go.

“I do the whole shooting match andit’s a lot of work,” said Dale.

He also grows 450 acres splitbetween corn and soybeans.

“That’s what makes southern Min-

nesota so great for raising pigs. Wehave all these inputs right near youthat you grow a lot of, you sell the pigsto the packers nearby, and you put themanure in the ground to be used forthe crops,” said Lori. “It’s really a sus-tainable model and cycle.”Advocacy and promotion

Lori is president of the MinnesotaPork Producers Association. On thisvolunteer board, she works in advo-cacy, public policy and legislativeissues. She travels to Washington,D.C., to meet with elected officials.

In the last five years, the Stevermershave participated in many consumerevents including Minnesota PorkBoard “Oink Outings” which give con-sumers a chance to ask questionsabout where their food comes from.

Lori starts by finding their sharedvalues, which allows them to talkthrough misconceptions about howpigs are raised — what they feed them,how they care for them, when they useantibiotics.

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Dale and Lori Stevermer

STEVERMER, from pg. 4Bdrink, the environment that they arein,” said Lori. “Just because we live ona farm doesn’t mean we’re differentfrom them.

“When you talk about how you carefor animals and how hard it is to seeanimals not doing well and then whatdo you do and how do you take care ofthem. That strikes at the heart ofeverybody and once again brings thatcommonality together.”

Recently, the Stevermers haveanswered questions at events in Excel-sior, Edina and White Bear Lake.Questions range from what pigs eat tohousing and antibiotic use. Sometimesthe questions are asked aggressively.Dale and Lori have learned not to bedefensive and to speak in a languagethat consumers can understand.

“We really feel good when we canhave that question by somebody andimpact the way they think or changethat perception,” said Lori.

Some consumers think corporatefarms are bad, but Lori explains thatcorporations are often just a businessstructure.

“Because it’s corporate doesn’t meanthere aren’t a bunch of family facesbehind it,” said Lori.

Their sons, Brett, 21, and Adam, 18,attend the University of Minnesota inthe Twin Cities. Their daughter, Beth,is 15. Adam is runner-up MinnesotaPork Ambassador and Region 7 FFAvice president. They have beeninvolved in pork promotion, operatedtheir own livestock operation andshowed pigs for 4-H and FFA.

“They care about them (pigs) andthey learn how to care for them. It’snot a pet to them,” Lori said. “This iswhat we do. We raise animals that arefood for other people.”

The Stevermers also eat the porkthey produce. Dale likes to bring anaverage pig to the local butcher.

“It helps me keep tabs on what I amproducing myself, so I can continue tokeep the quality high on everything,”said Dale.Farrow-to-finish

Since 1997, Dale has used large-pengestation with electronic sow feedingstations. In each pen, there is one stationthat the sows enter and the machinereads their RFID tag, which allows thesows to eat a full daily allotment in onefeeding or multiple feedings.

“It’s gradual and we time it so thesow is able to eat the amount of food in

front of her,” said Dale.On average, sows are pregnant for

114 days. At Trails End, the sows comeinto labor on their own and once amonth, about 25 sows have a litter of12 pigs on average. Each pig weighs 3-3.5 pounds when born. In the first 21days, the sow produces enough milk toget those pigs up to 13-14 pounds. Thebaby pigs head to a nursery until theyare in the 40-pound range, then on tothe finishing barn until they reach amarket weight of roughly 270 pounds.

While some consumers think gesta-tion stalls are abusive, it is quite theopposite. It is an animal welfare prac-tice at Trails End Farm. Dale uses ges-tation stalls for breeding and early ges-tation especially for gilts, young swinethat have not yet farrowed. Using bothstalls and open pens works well.

“I’ve had the opportunity to managepigs in just about any situation, fromsome pasture work to 100 percent con-finement. I really feel this is the bestway to raise pigs,” Dale said.

Gestation stalls also are used forsows who lose an RFID tag so Dale cangive the sow extra feed and attentionand retag her. The stalls are even moreimportant during post weaning.

“If we move them right into the penthey are undergoing tremendous hor-monal changes and stress. The otheranimals in the pen are not and theywill be very rough on them,” said Dale.“For welfare reasons, I need to keepthe sows penned individually just to

protect them.”When the sows are nursing their

young, Dale keeps the sow and litter intheir own pen and uses farrowingcrates to protect the babies.

Dale provides micro-environments inthe farrowing house. He keeps theroom at 65-68 F for the sow’s benefit.The baby pigs have a creep areaheated to 90-95 F so they are not usingextra energy to stay warm.

“They are able to grow and stayhealthy,” Dale said. “Any extra stresseson them at that young age will tend tocause sickness.”

With the Veterinary Feed Directiveeffective January 2017, antibioticsthat are also used in humans willrequire a prescription and antibioticswill not be used for growth promotion.In her role at Hubbard Feeds, Lorihelps educate customers on the VFD.

“We are using antibiotics even moreresponsibly and with more veterinaryoversight,” said Lori.

Many consumers also don’t realizethat antibiotics have a withdrawaltime so the antibiotics are out of thepig’s system before it goes to market,Lori noted.

StewardsAt Trails End, a full year of manure

is stored in pits engineered to keepthe manure in and hold soil and waterout. Each fall, the manure is injectedinto ground that will be planted withcorn the following year. The soil andmanure are tested and nutrients arebalanced. Better technology makesthem better stewards.

“I am willing to drive a couple mileswith my manure tank because I’mgetting it to where crops need it a lit-tle more, and I try to build the soilwith the organic matter that’s in themanure and also the other nutrients,”said Dale.

Dale tried out cover crops this year.He used a mix that included cereal ryeand tillage radish. The cover crop helpscontrol soil erosion, works on com-paction, and ties up the nitrogen, mak-ing it more stable for next year’s crop.

“I see some real potential for it. Ineed some boots on the ground for meto see it on my own ground that Iknow quite well,” said Dale.

Dale also practices reduced tillage,as do many of his neighbors.

“As long as I keep growing a goodcrop I’ll do less and less,” said Dale. ❖

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ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa — MartiKnoblock follows his dad’s advice: theway you show you are thankful forsomething is by taking care of it.

“How I take care of my pigs is how Ishow I’m thankful for the pigs,” theRock Rapids farmer said. “If we don’ttake care of the pigs, the pigs won’ttake care of us. And I wouldn’t make aliving raising pigs.”

Knoblock extends the same gratitudeto consumers. To show he cares for con-sumers, he raises a safe, affordableproduct.

Every day on his farm, he lives outthe We Care Initiative of the NationalPork Board and National Pork Produc-ers Council. Like many American porkproducers, Knoblock is committed tofood safety, responsible antibiotic use,animal care, environmental steward-ship and community.

Knoblock farms with his brothers,Mitch Knoblock and Morris Metzger in GMCFarms, established in 1980. GMC Farms marketsabout 23,000 pigs per year.

Parents Glen and Joyce Metzger are still active inthe farm. Glen Metzger is the only dad Knoblockhas known; his father was killed in a tractor acci-dent when he was eight months old. Knoblock ismarried to Martha and together they have six chil-dren ages 5 to 16.

While their farm may be big, it’s still a familyfarm where his children work with their grandpaand uncles.

Knoblock and his brothers divide up the work ontheir 1,800-acre corn and soybean farm. Knoblocktakes care of the pigs while his brother Morris takescare of the equipment and the crops. His brotherMitch works with employee Dudley Knobloch in thefinishing barn. Mitch also handles the 200-headcow-calf operation.

“We all help each other on any given day or time,”he said.

Knoblock watches over the nursery, where everysix weeks they receive 2,800 piglets at 19 days old,weighing 12-13 pounds. They purchase the babypigs from a sow farm in South Dakota. He gets the

pigs up to 35-40 pounds before they move them intothe finishing barn.

GMC Farms owns its own semis to move pigs fromthe nursery to finishing barn to the JBS plant inWorthington, Minn. They all have their TransportQuality Assurance certification.

“Part of what I really appreciate about pig farmingand farming in general is being able to work with myfamily and being able to raise pigsthat are a safe, consistent productfor consumers and it’s affordable,”said Knoblock. “It’s a good feeling.”Sustainability

GMC Farms raises its own feed.The corn and soybeans go back tothe livestock, mostly the pigs.

“All the soybeans that we raise, westore on the farm here and thenevery week we take our soybeansinto Lester, Iowa,” said Knoblock.

Lester Feed and Grain has a soy-bean processing plant.

“For us, it’s a way to market oursoybeans through the pigs,” saidKnoblock. “We feel it’s a superiorsoybean meal product. Most of thebig soybean mill processing plants, they use chemi-cals where we use a physical press method. It’s eas-ier to utilize by the pig because it’s been heated up.We feel like we get good growth out of that. It’s localso we’re helping out our own community by support-ing the processing plant local here.”

GMC Farms also has its own feed mill. They chopabout 50 acres of silage for the cows each year. Therest of the corn crop is dry corn for the pigs. In theirfeed mill, they produce a total feed ration thatincludes soymeal, corn and dried distillers grains —producing about 7,000 tons of feed for their pigsannually.

Then the manure from their pigs isinjected five to six inches under the soiland the nutrients are used for nextyear’s corn crop. They also have beenpracticing strip tillage for the past fouryears.

“We have become more efficient. Weuse less natural resources and less feedthan my dad did,” said Knoblock.Nursery

The Knoblock children help out withchores in the nursery. DaughterKaryAnn, 14, has started to vaccinatethe pigs two to three weeks afterarrival. Son Riley, 16, does chores andhe’s a big help on summer load out days.

Rowyn, 5, will put his foot on the gateand the baby pig will nibble on him and

then run away if he makes a noise.“That baby pig experience is pretty neat,” said

Knoblock.As the pigs grow, they try to keep the penmates

together from the nursery to the finishing barn. Inthe nursery, there are 100 pigs to a pen. Pigs like tocuddle up with their buddies, said Knoblock.

The kids also help with feeding, with Dad checkingthe work of the younger ones. Onechore is to throw feed on a mat ineach pen in the nursery two to threetimes a day. While the pigs use anautomated feed system, a littleextra gets them off to a good start.Once a day, they clean their water.

“They also help if there are pigsfalling behind that we need to treat.They will help me identify andcatch those pigs,” said Knoblock.

GMC Farms is Pork QualityAssurance Plus certified. As a final-ist for this award, GMC Farms com-pleted the Common Swine IndustryAudit and scored very well.

“It reaffirms that we take care ofour animals, we have proper record

keeping in place and we keep our building up,” saidKnoblock. “It confirms what we do everyday.”

For instance, after the baby pigs are moved to thefinishing barn they power wash the nursery and dis-infect it. With a leaf blower, they blow everything dryand turn the heat up. That happens every six weeks.

“It’s rewarding to get the baby pig in at 19 days oldand get them into a clean environment. It’s fun to seethem mingle with their penmates,” he said. “Onething that people are amazed by when they comeinto our facilities is how clean the pigs are.”

Knoblock thankful to make a living raising pigsMarti Knoblock and his wife, Martha,market about 23,000 pigs per year innorthwest Iowa as part of GMC Farmsco-owned with Marti’s brothers, MitchKnoblock and Morris Metzger.

See KNOBLOCK, pg. 7B

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How I take care ofmy pigs is how Ishow I’m thankfulfor the pigs. If wedon’t take care ofthe pigs, the pigswon’t take care ofus. And I wouldn’tmake a livingraising pigs.

— Marti Knoblock

KNOBLOCK, from pg. 6BAnimal care

On the web, consumers see images ofpigs being packed into barns andpumped with antibiotics.

That’s not the case, said Knoblockwho is sharing his story to let con-sumers know how pigs are raised onhis family farm. For one, GMC Farmsfollows veterinary-recommended spac-ing and does not crowd their pigs.

“Pigs won’t be as healthy and won’tgrow as good,” said Knoblock. “We dowhat’s best for the pigs.”

As for antibiotic use, GMC Farmsstrives to keep their pigs healthy.

“We practice very strict biosecurity.We have to use less antibiotics becauseof good biosecurity. We vaccinate ourpigs. We try to be proactive instead ofreactive,” he said.

GMC Farms buys its water from therural water system and the water thatthe pigs drink is the same water the

family drinks.Lifestyle

His wife, Martha, grew up nearSalem, Ore., and was raised far awayfrom a livestock farm in Iowa. Yet, sheappreciates the lifestyle and values oftheir family farm, said Knoblock.

“You wave at everybody. You knowwho your neighbor is. When someonecomes on hard times, you help out,”said Knoblock.

The Knoblocks went through trying

times in 2011 when their son, Kendon,now 11, had a successful heart trans-plant. They stayed in Rochester forthree months. The community andtheir church showed their support.

“My brothers pitched in. I’m thankfulfor the family,” said Knoblock, who hada farm and job to return to.

Today, Kendon comes into the nurs-ery and enjoys working with the babypigs, wearing gloves and a dust mask

as a precaution.Knoblock sees a tight bond in his

children that comes from working andliving on a family farm. The kids areinvolved in 4-H and FFA and showboth pigs and cattle.

“Even if they choose not to farm, thelifestyle, work ethic, the honesty —that’s irreplaceable no matter whatthey decide to do in life,” saidKnoblock. ❖

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‘10 CS/IH 870 Disk Ripper, 13-shank,6” points....................................$62,000

‘12 Salford 8212 Moldboard Plow,10-bottom, 18”..........................$57,500

‘13 JD 9560RT, 626 hrs., Track,560 hp., 36” belts, 4 hyds ......$345,000

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15' JD Batwing Rotary Mow-er, 3 bale racks w/ runninggear, bumper hitch tele-scoping & swinging. 715-532-9904

Case IH 1063 6x30 cornhead,$3,750; Case IH 9170 trac-tor, 20.8x38, recent work or-ders, $27,900; IH 800 9x18pull type auto reset plow,$5,900; IH 710 5x18 auto re-set plow, $750; Feterl 10x66swing hopper auger, $950;320-769-2756

FOR SALE: '10 Case IH530C disk ripper; 400 buMinnesota gravity flowwagon. 507-822-2125

FOR SALE: '79 JD 4240 QR,Cab & Air, 7400 hrs; JD3020 diesel Wheatland, 3pt,WF; IH 303 combine w/bean & cornhead, goodcond; JD 45 loader, JD 148& 158 loaders; Case IH 2255loader, 3pt post hole drill;JD 40 PTO manure spread-er; JD Donahue 8x 28' &6x28' trailers. KoestlerEquipment 507-399-3006

FOR SALE: '97 JD 9400 com-bine, 2100 eng/1300 sep, AgLeader Y & M, chopper,chaff spreader hopper, exccond, $50,000; JD 643 CH,$12,000 on new calmerchopping kit(2014) all newseals in gear cases, $15,000;JD 920 BH, like new, $7,200.Lower price for pkg. 507-298-0120 or 507-263-3276

FOR SALE: DMI 730B, Eco-lo Tiger, $7,900; Versatile700 w/ duals, 3 hyds, $3,900;JD 2800 5 bottom plow,$2,200; Landoll 2200 7 shankdisk ripper, $2,900. Tradesconsidered. 320-583-9641

FOR SALE: JD 336 baler w/kicker; JD 12' BA graindrill; NH 56 hay rake; (6)concrete feed bunks; ap-prox 30 old stanchions;25KW Onan PTO generator.952-466-5876

FOR SALE: Merritt alumhopper grain trailers; '89IH 1680 combine; 690 Kill-bros grain cart; 24R30” JDpl on Kinze bar; Big Afloater; 175 Michigan ldr;IH 964 CH; White 706 & 708CH & parts; White plows &parts; (3) 4WD drive pick-ups ('78-'80); JD 44' fieldcult; 3300 Hiniker fieldcult; IH 260 backhoe; head-er trailers. 507-380-5324

FOR SALE: Older Caterpil-lar D6 w/hyd blade, $5,000;Parker 350 Bu gravity box,$2,000; 1953 JD G, $4,000;JD 80, $8,000. Deliveryavailable. 507-330-3945

Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Re-pair Repair-Troubleshoot-ing Sales-Design Customhydraulic hose-making upto 2” Service calls made.STOEN'S Hydrostatic Ser-vice 16084 State Hwy 29 NGlenwood, MN 56334 320-634-4360

JD 7800 MFW tractor, PQ,18.4x42, $34,750; JD 612C12x30 Stalkmaster corn-head, $28,500; JD 2800 8bottom vari width onland3pt plow, $3,450; JD 27stalk chopper w/ 4 wheels,$1,250; (2) JD 1075 runninggears, $1,300/ea. (2) Parker2500 325 bu gravity boxeson 12T trailers w/ trucktires, $1,250/ea. 320-769-2756

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USED TRACTORSNEW NH T9.505, 4WD ................................CALLNEW NH T8.320, FWA..................................CALLNEW NH T7.200, FWA..................................CALLNEW NH T4.105, w/loader ..........................CALLNEW Massey 4610, FWA, w/loader ............CALLNEW Massey 1736, w/loader ......................CALLNEW Versatile 450, 4WD..............................CALLNEW Versatile 310, FWA..............................CALLNEW Versatile 260, FWA..............................CALLNEW Boomer 37, w/loader ..........................CALL‘12 NH T9.560, 4WD ............................$210,000NH TV6070 bi-directional ......................$84,000‘12 Versatile 280 w/F&R duals, 760 hrs.

..........................................................$125,000‘12 Cat MT945C, 480 hrs. ....................$257,000

TILLAGENEW Sunflower 4412-07..............................CALLNEW Sunflower 4412-05..............................CALLSunflower 4630, 11-shank, Demo ..............CALLSunflower 4412-05, 5-shank ..................$25,000Sunflower 4233-19 w/3-bar harrow ............CALLNEW Wilrich 513, 9-shank, Demo ..............CALL‘09 Wilrich QX2, 55.5’ w/basket ............$48,500‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..........................$48,000‘08 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..........................$30,000‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar ....................$35,500

SKIDSTEERSBobcat S650 w/575 hrs. ........................$35,900NEW NH Skidsteers – On Hand ..................CALL‘11 NH 225 h/a, Loaded ..............................CALL

PLANTERSNEW White Planters ....................................CALL‘11 White 8516 CFS, Loaded ................$92,000White 6122, 12-30 ..................................$14,900White 6100, 12-30 w/twin row................$15,000

‘09 JD 1790, 24-20” w/liq. Esets 20-20 $92,000JD 1780, 24-20, 3 bus., res 20-20..........$38,500

COMBINESNEW Fantini Chopping CH ..........................CALLFantini Pre-Owned 8-30 Chopping CH ......CALL‘10 Gleaner R66, Loaded ....................$200,000‘10 Gleaner R76, Loaded ....................$210,000‘01 Gleaner R72, Just Thru Shop ..........$95,000‘03 Gleaner R65 ....................................$115,000‘90 Gleaner R60 w/duals ........................$18,000‘96 Gleaner R62 w/CDF rotor, exc. ........$58,000

HAY TOOLSNew Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand

MISCELLANEOUSNEW Salford RTS Units ..............................CALLNEW Salford Plows......................................CALLNEW Unverferth Seed Tenders....................CALLNEW Westfield Augers ................................CALLNEW Rem 2700 Vac ....................................CALLNEW Hardi Sprayers ....................................CALLNEW Riteway Rollers ..................................CALLNEW Lorenz Snowblowers ..........................CALLNEW Batco Conveyors ................................CALLNEW Brent Wagons & Grain Carts..............CALLNEW E-Z Trail Seed Wagons ......................CALLNEW Rock Buckets & Pallet Forks ............CALLREM 2700, Rental ........................................CALLUnverferth 8000 Grain Cart..........................CALLKinze 1050 w/duals......................................CALLPre-owned Snowblowers, 7’-9’ ..................CALLPre-owned Sprayers ....................................CALL

SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENTHwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MNPhone (507) 234-5191 or (507) 625-8649Mon. - Fri. 7:30-5:00, Sat. 7:30-Noonwww.smithsmillimp.com

and “Low Rate Financing Available”

SPECIALS– On All Equipment –

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2-JD 300 corn pickers, 1 for$2,000. 1 for parts or re-pairs for $1,000. Ellsworth,WI. 715-792-2768

FETERL 12 x 116 FT Used Comm Auger w/ Dual

Auger Hopper w/ PowerMover, Maximum Height(64 Ft) Good One. Brent 600Bu Grain Cart, Good Cond.319-347-2349 Can Deliver

FOR SALE: '06 Case 8010,duals, grain tank ext, moni-tor, 2700 eng hrs, 1977 sephrs, field ready, $87,000.952-237-0552

FOR SALE: 25 – new West-field augers on hand, vari-ous sizes on hand; 40 – usedportable augers on hand,various sizes. Call BroskoffStructures 507-256-7501Geneva MN

FOR SALE: 850 MF graycab combine, 6R30” corn-head, $4,000. 507-456-2566

FOR SALE: Case IH 2208 or2408 cornhead, $15,900/OBO.(715)792-2267 or 715-495-4467

FOR SALE: CIH 2206 6R30”Cornhead. Hyd stripperplates, 2100 acres, polysnouts, real nice shape.CIH 2606 chopping corn-head, nice shape. 507-530-8875

FOR SALE: IH 883 corn-head, working condition,stored inside, $1,700/OBO;Trailer available. 507-227-3428 No text messages,keep trying.

FOR SALE: JD 120 stalkchopper, 20', nice, fieldready, $8,500; also, IH 800onland plow, 10 bottom, 18”auto, good condition, $8,000.320-212-9240

FOR SALE: JD 608C 8R30chopping cornhead, notused in 2014, shedded. 320-815-3495

FOR SALE: JD 7700 w/ 20'soybean head. 507-426-7668

FOR SALE: JD 9400 com-bine & heads: JD 9400combine 3450 sep hours,JD 643 6R30” cornhead,653A 6R30” all crop headset up for sunflowers, JD920 flex head; JD 4 beltgrain pickup head, JD454 4R38” all crop headfor sunflowers; Alloway20' stalk chopper & JD653A all crop head forparts. Call or text 218-371-1186

FOR SALE: Parker J2500gravity box, 15” ext, 12Telectric wheel wagon,$1,750. 507-451-4036

FOR SALE: Rear grain kitfor Gruetts rear unloadchopper box. 715-896-1050

FOR SALE: Sharp LateModel MF 860, 1 owner 9120bean head, 1163 cornhead.$18,500/OBO 515-571-1372

Gleaner R60 4300 hr engine,6R hugger head, 4WD, ask-ing $16,000. Call after 3p608-201-1182

JD 643 cornhead, newer deckplates, $4,900. 715-246-2824

JD 9500 combine, 4100 hrsw/6R cornhead, $21,000; 920beanhead, $2,750. Can deliv-er. 262-492-0394

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WANTED: Farmall 560w/Elwood FA. Leave amessage (715)352-3087


'09 Pickett Twin MasterCombine. 1 owner, alwaysshedded, used on 500 acresper year, $125,900. 715-556-9090 or 715-377-2940

'98 Gleaner 830 hugger corn-head, has lateral or no-lat-eral hookup, good condi-tion, $10,500. (715)641-0608

1988 Titan2 7720 JD combine,exc tires, chopper, HD rearaxle, $12,500. 815-543-1890

740 Bu Unverferth #7200Grain Cart w/ Scale & TarpShedded Real Good. FarmKing 13x85 Auger w/ LowHopper, Newer Style. 319-347-6676 Can Deliver

AUGER SALEOn New Buhler Farm King

Augers (On Hand)13x95/13x85/13x70/13x36/

12x112/12x82/12x34/10x80/10x70/10x60/10x50/10x31

Dealer 319-347-6282 Can Del

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FOR SALE: Oliver tractors,1948 Fleet Line, #88/screengrill; 1959 770 dsl, powershift wheels; 1950 standard#88, All Total Restoration;1941 #70 row crop, 5 yrrestoration; Dual #3100 ldr,complete, no welds. 507-275-3159

Ford 800 tractor w/ Ford allhyd ldrs, new tires; IHC300 tractor NF, reg hitch,new paint, nice; JD 145semi mount plow, 3x16,very good; plow parts for720 IH plow, frogs & manyother parts. 320-779-4583 or320-864-4583

JD 9560RT, 2012, 36” tracks,high flow, 5 remotes, 725hrs., mint cond., alwaysshedded, bought new,farmer owned, $262,000.320-235-8349

NEW AND USED TRACTORPARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50,55, 50 Series & newer trac-tors, AC-all models, LargeInventory, We ship! MarkHeitman Tractor Salvage715-673-4829

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FOR SALE: '04 JD 7820,2WD, 993 hours, rock box,18.4-42 tires, 4 wheel wgts,,exc. condition, always shed-ded. 320-366-3589

FOR SALE: '51 JD G, totallyrestored w/ new tires. Roll-A-Matic, $7,550. 612-790-4191

FOR SALE: '65 JD 4020, newwiring, lights, radiator,good condition, $10,000. 507-828-5521

FOR SALE: '72 JD 7520,clean, 3pt PTO, runs good,$9,750. 612-790-4191

FOR SALE: 1970 JD 2520 dsl,great cond, 2000 originalhrs, $19,000/OBO. (715)573-5059

FOR SALE: JD 720 dsl, elecstart, SN722899, one of veryfew 720s w/elec start. 4 newbatteries, tight fly-wheel,uses no oil, good paint, NF,flat top fenders, 95% rearrubber, good tight depend-able tractor, no 3 pt hitch.715-239-5797 or 715-289-3836

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JD 930F bean head w/ singlepoint hook up, w/ carry airreel, very good cond,$9,000; 8x51 New Idea grainauger, good working condi-tion, $500. 715-299-0042

We buy Salvage Equipment

Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc.

(507)867-4910

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10' JD 7250, PRWD, 412 eng,182 cutter hrs, 650-75-R32's,new KP w/elec. adjust-ment, w/ 10' JD 676, fieldready, like new! $249,000.641-394-2455

1943 IH (H), new rubber,good tin & paint, runs good;'55 JD (50) one new reartire, new manifolds, rebuiltcarb, good tin & paint, runsgood. Delivery possible.507-383-5973

FOR SALE: '34 WC ACSN011981 square tank w/small gas tank, runs &drives great, tin work good,round spoke wheels allaround, brass radiator,$1,600. 952-985-0907

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See our website for a complete list of used machines availablewww.MinnesotaEquipment.com

EQUIPMENT(8) ‘13/’14 JD 6115M Tractors Available - Cab, MFWD, 24-Spd.,

Pwr. Quad Trans., 38 to 580 Hrs.– Price Range: $78,000 to $83,000

(7) ‘13/’14 JD 6125M Tractors Available - Cab, MFWD, 24-Spd.,Pwr. Quad Trans., 90 to 536 Hrs., (2) w/Loaders

– Price Range: $77,000 to $92,000(R) ‘09 JD 6430, MFWD, Cab, w/673 Loader, 208 hrs. ................................$89,000(R) ‘14 JD 6125R, MFWD, Cab, Heat & AC, 24-Spd. Reverser, H340 Self-Leveling

Loader, 135 hrs.....................................................................................$104,900(R) (5) ‘12 JD 320D Skidsteers, 2-Spd., Cab, Heat, A/C, Foot Controls,

(500 to 700 hrs.) ................................................................$31,500 to $32,900(I) ‘02 NH LS160 Skidsteer, No Cab, 740 hrs. ............................................$15,500(I) ‘11 JD 318D, 2-Spd., Cab, A/C, Foot Controls, 750 hrs. ........................$26,900(R) ‘05 JD 325, Cab, A/C, High Flow, 2300 hrs. ..........................................$24,900(I) Massey Ferguson 6290, Hi-Crop, MFWD, Cab, 133 hp. ......................$28,900

(I) Isanti • (R) Rogers

MINNESOTA EQUIPMENTNorth Hwy. 65 – Isanti, MN

(763) 444-8873Hwy. 101 & I94 – Rogers, MN

(763) 428-4107

*************** USED EQUIPMENT ***************‘12 10x72 auger & mover ..$7,500‘12 10x62 auger & mover ..$8,000‘14 13x42 truck auger,Demo ................................$5,800

‘14 8x32 truck auger,Demo ................................$3,200

‘06 10x71 Hutch auger &mover................................$7,000

CIH 260 Magnum tractor,Loaded, Like New!........................• NOW: $134,900

JD 930, 30’ flex head ........$3,500JD 510 ripper, 7-shank......$7,500

IH 720 plow, 7-18” ............$5,500CIH 3900, 30’ disk ..........$19,500‘15 USAGear 7’ backhoe ..$5,960TruAg 2 box tender ........$11,750EZ Trail 860 grain cart, red........................................$17,500

J & M 350 bu. wagon ........$2,700Hesston 1170 mower cond.,swing tongue, 1 steel / 1 rubber roll........• NOW: $4,950

Woodford Ag bale racks,10’x23’ - Call For Sizes....$2,295

H-10-64XT ............$9,750H-10-74XT ..........$10,350H-10-84XT ..........$11,000H-13-64XT ..........$15,250H-13-74XT ..........$17,000H-13-84XT ..........$18,000

H-13-94XT ..........$22,500H-13-104XT ........$25,750H-13-114XT ........$27,500T-832......................$3,375T-10-32 ..................$4,100T-10-42 ..................$4,825

- - - HARVEST INTERNATIONAL - - -

TRACTORS‘09 CIH 385, 4-wheel - $178,500‘11 CIH 315, Tracks - $214,500‘11 CIH 550 Quad, 36” PTO- $219,500

TILLAGECIH RMX370, 28’, 3 bar - $36,500CIH 730C - $24,900CIH 870, 14’ w/spike harrow- $38,500

CIH 870, 18’, 4 basket - $53,500CIH 530B - $15,000IH 720, 7-18 O/L, auto - $5,850

HARVEST‘99 CIH 2388, w/1020 25’ platform- $63,900

‘08 CIH 7010 - $169,500‘11 CIH 7088 - $219,500‘10 CIH 6088 - $199,500‘89 CIH 1680, w/1020 20’ platform

- $19,900‘09 CIH 2020, 30’ - $21,500‘04 CIH 1020, 30’ - $8,950‘10 CIH 2608, 8-30 chopping head- $55,000

‘01 CIH 2208, 8-30 - $18,500

LOCAL TRADES LOCAL TRADES

RABE INTERNATIONAL, INC.1205 Bixby Road (across from fairgrounds), Fairmont, MN507-235-3358 or 800-813-8300 • Get the Rabe Advantage

Case IH and CNH Capital are registered trademarks of CNH America LLC Visit our Web Site at http://www.caseih.com

– CLOSE OUT PRICES –New Aluma 8218 tilt w/4800# axle - $6,395, plus tax & licenseDemo - 870, 22’ w/Reel only 50A (e) - $79,500


Massey Ferguson MF 850combine w/6R cornhead,$6,000. 20' bean head $2,250.15' bean head, $2,500. 262-492-0394

White 2500 (Gleaner R52 w/Cummings 8.3) 2,650 hrs,$30,000; hugger flex & rigidheads avail. Gleaner M3diesel, $6.500. 715-235-4563

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DMI Coulter Champ II HD11 shank disk chisel w/autoreset, very good cond. 507-351-9910

FOR SALE: DMI model 900Ecolo Champ 9 shank diskripper, w/ hyd leveler, lowacres, very nice condition,$8,000/OBO. 320-226-3448

FOR SALE: Int'l 735 6-18variable width plow, newiron, field ready, $4,200.612-581-3166

International 720 4-BottomPlow Good condition andworking order when putaway. Feel free to cometake a look, $1,000/OBO(orbest offer) (507) 246-5386

Used parts for IH 720plows, toggle/auto reset. ½ price of new or less.

We ship anywhere.Call Maple Valley Farms

Randy Krueger(715)250-1617

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18' or 20' flex head for M2combine. 920-477-5082

All kinds of New & Usedfarm equipment – disc chis-els, field cults, planters,soil finishers, cornheads,feed mills, discs, balers,haybines, etc. 507-438-9782

Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712,Glencoe 7400; Field Cultsunder 30': JD 980, smallgrain carts & gravity boxes300-400 bu. Finishers under20', clean 4 & 6R stalk chop-pers; Nice JD 215 & 216flex heads; JD 643 corn-heads Must be clean; JDcorn planters, 4-6-8 row.715-299-4338

WANTED TO BUY: JD 2bottom plow, hyd lift & tripbottoms. ALSO – TO THEMAN FROM MORRIS: willaccept your offer on my '38A John Deere. 507-831-1308

WANTED: 8' or 10' BrillionSure stand seeder. ContactRueben Schrock, S2104 Ea-gle View Ln. Westby, WI54667

WANTED: JD 300 corn pick-er, must be in excellentcondition. Call 507-354-1069If no answer, please leavemessage.

WANTED: rear power ad-just rim for an AllisChalmers WD. 920-582-4962

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Dairy Quality AlfalfaTested big squares & roundbales, delivered from SouthDakota John Haensel (605)351-5760

Dairy quality western alfal-fa, big squares or smallsquares, delivered in semiloads. Clint Haensel(605) 310-6653

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‘14 JD 9460R, 513 Hrs., PTO, Ext. Warranty ...................$289,900

‘14 JD 8320R, 980 Hrs., PS, Leather, Ext. Warranty .....$229,900

‘12 JD 8335RT, 1647 Hrs.,25” Tracks ........................$235,900

‘09 JD 7930, 1084 Hrs., IVT,AT Ready ..........................$149,900

‘11 JD 8310RT, 1886 Hrs., PS, 30” Tracks, Leather .........$214,500

‘13 JD S670, 387 Sep. Hrs.,520/85R42’s .....................$278,900

(B) ‘11 JD 9330, 800 Hrs.,620/70R42’s .....................$219,900

‘12 JD S660, 145 Sep. Hrs.,Auto Trac Ready ..............$279,900

‘10 JD 9670, 732 Sep. Hrs.PRWD ............................... $219,900

'13 JD 2623VT, 40' Vertical Tillage, Rolling Basket ....................... $69,500

'11 JD 3710, 10 Bottom, Low Acres ..................................$39,900

“Visit agpowerjd.com for Complete Used Inventory and Great Finance Incentives”

www.agpowerjd.com

(B) Belle Plaine, MN

(952) 873-2224

(N) Northwood, IA

(641) 324-1154(OS) Osage, IA

(641) 732-3719(H) Holland, MN

(507) 889-4221(OW) Owatonna, MN

(507) 451-4054

TRACTORS4WD Tractors

(N) ‘14 JD 9510R, 628 hrs., Ext. Warranty ...............$299,900(OW) ‘14 JD 9460R, 534 hrs., PTO, Ext. Warranty ..$289,900(N) ‘14 JD 9460R, 374 hrs., Ext. Warranty ...............$284,900(OW) ‘15 JD 9370R, 480 hrs., PTO ..........................$269,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9410R, 571 hrs., PTO ..........................$259,900(OW) ‘10 JD 9630, 1360 hrs., 800/38’s ....................$234,900(B) ‘11 JD 9530, 1294 hrs., 800/70R38’s ..................$225,900(B) ‘11 JD 9330, 617 hrs., 620/70T42’s ....................$219,900(N) ‘11 JD 9630, 1428 hrs., 800/70R38’s .................$216,900(B) ‘10 JD 9630, 2138 hrs. ........................................$212,900(H) ‘09 JD 9530, 2802 hrs., 800/38’s ........................$189,900(OS) ‘09 JD 9330, 2124 hrs., PTO ............................$189,900(N) ‘08 JD 9530, 1356 hrs., 800/70R38’s .................$185,000(OS) ‘05 JD 9620, 2119 hrs., 800/70R38’s, duals ....$175,000(OW) ‘07 JD 9620 3973 hrs., PS ...............................$169,900(OW) '04 JD 9420, 4750 hrs, 3 pt hitch, 700's ........$135,900(OW) ‘97 JD 9400, 7138 hrs., 710/70R38’s ................ $79,900(B) ‘97 JD 9200, 4812 hrs., 710/38’s .......................... $79,900

Track Tractors(OW) ‘14 JD 9460RT, 523 hrs., leather ....................$299,900(OW) ‘13 JD 9460RT, 825 hrs., leather ....................$279,900(OW) ‘11 CIH 550 Quad, 2249 hrs., PTO .................$277,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8335RT, 567 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ........$269,900(OW) ‘11 JD 9630T, 1640 hrs. ..................................$249,900(OW) ‘13 JD 8310RT, 430 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ........$249,900(B) ‘97 JD 9630T, 1431 hrs. ......................................$249,900(B) ‘10 JD 9630T, 1907 hrs. ......................................$244,900(OW) ‘09 JD 9630T, 1737 hrs. ..................................$239,900(H) ‘12 JD 8335RT, 1157 hrs., IVT, 25” tracks .........$235,900(B) ‘11 JD 8310RT, 1883 hrs., PS, 25” tracks ..........$214,500(H) ‘05 JD 9620T, 3141 hrs. ......................................$134,900

Row Crop Tractors(OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 350 hrs., IVT, ILS .....................$299,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 350 hrs., IVT, Rental Return ....$294,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 480 hrs., IVT, ILS .....................$294,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 501 hrs., IVT, ILS .....................$289,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8345R, 491 hrs., IVT, ILS .....................$279,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8345R, 513 hrs., IVT, ILS .....................$274,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8320R, 350 hrs., IVT, Rental Return ....$269,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8320R, 350 hrs., IVT, ILS .....................$269,900(OS) ‘14 JD 8320R, 100 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty......$263,500(OW) ‘14 JD 8345R, 877 hrs., IVT, ILS, leather ........$249,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8295R, 474 hrs., IVT, ILS .....................$244,900(OS) ‘13 JD 8310R ....................................................$239,900(N) ‘14 JD 8320R, 938 hrs., IVT, ILS .........................$239,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, 969 hrs., PS, ILS .....................$229,900(OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, 980 hrs., PS, ILS .....................$229,900(OW) ‘15 JD 8295R, 350 hrs., PS .............................$229,900(N) ‘14 JD 8260R, 274 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty .......$210,000(OW) ‘14 JD 8295R, 1000 hrs., PS, ILS ...................$209,900(OS) ‘14 JD 7270R, 313 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty .....$209,500(Os) ‘14 JD 7210R, 240 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ......$179,900(OW) '10 JD 8245R, 1786 hrs, IVT, ILS ....................$179,900(OW) ‘11 JD 8235R, 950 hrs., PS, front duals .........$169,900(OW) '10 JD 8245R, 2065 hrs, IVT ...........................$162,500(OW) ‘10 JD 8245R, 2065 hrs., IVT ..........................$162,500(OS) ‘14 CIH 235, 214 hrs., PS .................................$160,000(B) ‘10 JD 8225R, 602 hrs., PS .................................$159,900(B) ‘09 JD 7930, 1078 hrs., IVT .................................$149,900(H) ‘13 JD 6170R, 568 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ........$142,900(OW) ‘08 JD 8130, 2246 hrs., IVT, ILS ......................$139,900(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 627 hrs., IVT ................................$138,900(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 639 hrs., auto quad ....................$129,900(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 413 hrs., auto quad ....................$126,900(B) '15 JD 6150R, 370 hrs, AQ Plus, duals ..............$124,900(H) ‘06 JD 8130R, 4742 hrs., 540/1000 PTO ............$112,500

(OS) ‘13 JD 6125R, 111 hrs., IVT .............................$108,900(OW) '00 JD 8310, 6100 hrs, ps, mfwd ...................... $83,500(B) ‘01 JD 8210, 6491 hrs., PS, MFWD ...................... $74,900(N) ‘14 JD 6115M, 93 hrs., PQ.................................... $74,900(N) ‘93 JD 7800, 4600 hrs., 2WD, loader ................... $56,500(B) ‘13 JD 5085M, 460 hrs., power reverser .............. $53,900(B) ‘09 JD 5105M, 1600 hrs., loader .......................... $52,500(N) '92 JD 4560, 4733 hrs, 2wd, ps ............................ $43.500(B) JD 5085M, 133 hrs., OS ........................................ $42,900(OS) ‘14 JD 5065E, 60 hrs., MFWD............................ $29,500(OW) '76 JD 4430, ps, auto trac ................................ $24,900(B) ‘80 White 2-85, 6904 hrs., Recent OH ................... $8,595

FALL TILLAGE(OW) ‘13 JD 2623VT, 40’ vertical tillage .................... $69,500(H) '12 CIH 870, 11 shank, r/basket ........................... $64,900(B) ‘12 CIH 870, 9-shank ............................................. $54,500(OS) ‘12 JD 3710, 10-bottom plow ............................ $49,900(B) ‘12 Salford 8212, 12-bottom plow ....................... $47,500(OW) ‘12 Krause 30’ vertical tillage ............................ $47,500(N) ‘14 JD 2700, 9-shank @ 24” ................................. $45,500(OW) ‘11 CIH 870, 9 @ 24” spacing ........................... $45,500(OW) '11 CIH 870, 9 shank @24"................................ $45,500(OW) ‘11 JD 2410, 55’ chisel plow ............................. $44,900(N) ‘14 JD 2410, 332’ chisel plow .............................. $43,000(B) ‘11 JD 2410, 47’ chisel plow ................................ $40,900(H) ‘10 Krause 4850, 9-shank ripper ......................... $39,900(OW) ‘11 JD 3710, 10-bottom plow ........................... $39,900(B) ‘12 JD 2410, 28’ chisel plow ................................ $38,900(H) ‘12 JD 2700, 7-shank, rolling basket ................... $37,900(B) ‘02 JD 637, 32’ disk ............................................... $34,900(OW) '11 JD 2700, 9 shank @ 24" .............................. $30,900(OW) ‘10 Sunflower 4412, 7-shank ripper ................ $29,900(B) ‘05 JD 512, 9-shank ripper ................................... $28,500(H) JD 635, 30’ disk ..................................................... $25,500(B) ‘02 JD 2400, 24’ chisel plow ................................ $24,900(N) ‘94 JD 3710, 10-bottom plow ............................... $22,500(B) ‘99 JD 3710, 6-bottom, on land ........................... $21,900(OS) ‘09 JD 512, 5-shank ripper ................................. $21,500(OW) ‘96 JD 3710, 9-bottom plow ............................. $20,000JD 2700, 5-shank ............................... (7) Starting at $19,950(B) ‘97 JD 680, 11’ chisel plow ..................................... $9,900

COMBINES(H) ‘14 JD S680, 278 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty .........$339,900(N) ‘14 JD S670, 215 sep. hrs. ..................................$319,900(N) ‘14 JD S660, 159 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty .........$289,900(OW) ‘14 JD S660, 228 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty ......$284,900(OW) ‘12 JD S660, 145 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty ......$279,900(OS) ‘13 JD S660, 363 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty .......$269,900(H) '12 JD S660, 275 sep hrs, duals .........................$255,900(OW) ‘11 JD 9770, 758 sep. hrs., PRWD .................$219,900(OS) ‘11 JD 9670, 770 sep. hrs., duals ....................$218,500(OW) ‘10 JD 9870, 945 sep. hrs., PRWD .................$205,900(B) ‘09 JD 9770, 856 sep. hrs., PRWD .....................$189,900(OS) ‘08 JD 9570, 571 sep. hrs., duals ....................$182,900(OW) ‘09 JD 9770, 1173 sep. hrs., duals .................$179,900(B) ‘09 JD 9670, 1097 sep. hrs., PRWD ...................$169,900(OS) ‘10 JD 9570, 724 sep. hrs., duals ....................$169,900(H) ‘11 JD 9770, 1978 sep. hrs., duals .....................$156,900(H) ‘08 JD 9570, 984 sep. hrs., duals .......................$154,900(H) ‘07 JD 9660, 1364 sep. hrs. ................................$139,900(H) ‘06 JD 9760, 1511 sep. hrs., duals .....................$134,900(B) ‘04 JD 9760, 1365 sep. hrs., PRWD ...................$134,900(H) ‘05 JD 9860, 2034 sep. hrs., PRWD ...................$132,500(B) ‘05 JD 9560, 1133 sep. hrs., PRWD ...................$132,500(OW) ‘06 JD 9660, 1542 sep. hrs., duals .................$125,900(OW) ‘07 JD 9760, 1815 sep. hrs., duals .................$125,900(H) ‘05 JD 9660, 1792 sep. hrs., duals .....................$119,900(N) ‘05 JD 9560STS, 1454 sep. hrs., duals ..............$119,500

(OW) ‘05 JD 9660, 1384 sep. hrs., duals .................$115,900(H) ‘04 JD 9560, 1581 sep. hrs., walker, duals ........$108,000(H) ‘04 JD 9560, 1355 sep. hrs., walker ...................$102,500(OW) ‘06 CAT 580R, 2100 sep. hrs., duals ................ $99,900(H) ‘01 JD 9650STS, 2006 sep. hrs., duals ................ $95,900(OS) ‘03 JD 9450, 1734 sep. hrs., walker .................. $88,500(H) ‘03 JD 9750, 2049 sep. hrs., duals ....................... $84,900(H) ‘02 JD 9550, 1652 sep. hrs., walker ..................... $84,900(OW) ‘01 JD 9550, 1857 sep. hrs., walker ................. $79,900(OW) ‘00 JD 9550, 1841 sep. hrs., duals ................... $78,900(OW) ‘01 JD 9650, Walker, 2500 sep. hrs. ................. $68,000(OW) ‘90 JD 9500, 1438 sep. hrs., singles ................ $32,500(OS) '90 JD 9500, singles, 10 series updates ........... $32,500(H) ‘89 JD 9500, 4564 sep. hrs., duals ....................... $27,500

CORNHEADS(OW) ‘14 JD 618, 18R20”, chopping ........................$159,500(N) ‘14 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ............................$104,900(B) ‘14 JD 608, 8R30”, chopping ................................ $79,900(H) ‘12 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping .............................. $74,900(B) ‘11 Geringhoff RD1230, 12R30”, chopping ........ $74,900(H) ‘11 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping .............................. $69,900(OW) ‘10 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping .......................... $64,900(B) ‘09 JD 612, 12R20”, chopping .............................. $64,900(B) ‘08 JD 612, 12R20”, chopping .............................. $61,900(OW) ‘08 JD 612, 12R20”, chopping .......................... $55,500(OW) ‘10 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping .......................... $55,000(OW) ‘10 Drago N12TR, 12R30”, chopping ............... $49,900JD 608C, 8R30”, chopping, 16 To Choose From ............................................................. Starting @ $39,900(H) ‘09 JD 608, 8R30”, non-chopping ........................ $29,900(OW) ‘09 JD 608, non-chopping ................................. $37,900(OW) ‘08 JD 612, 12R30”, non chopping ................... $33,900(H) ‘04 JD 1290, 12R20” ............................................. $33,000(OS) ‘08 JD 608, 8R30”, non-chopping ..................... $31,500(B) ‘00 JD 1092, 12R20”, knife rolls ........................... $26,900(B) ‘00 Geringhoff RD630, 6R30”, chopping ............ $24,900(OW) ‘06 Harvest Tec 4308C, chopping ................... $22,900(B) ‘94 JD 693, 6R30”, knife rolls ............................... $14,900(B) ‘94 JD 693, 6R30”, knife rolls ............................... $15,495JD 893, 8R30”, 20 To Choose From ..........Starting @ $9,950(B) ‘94 JD 893, 8R30” .................................................... $6,500(B) ‘81 JD 843, 8R30” ................................................... $4,900

GRAIN CARTS(B) ‘09 J&M 1150, duals, tarp .................................... $49,900(N) ‘12 Brent 1282, scale, tarp ................................... $42,500(OS) ‘89 Brent 678, scale ........................................... $21,000(H) ‘10 Demco 650, tarp ............................................. $18,900(OS) Brent 672 ............................................................. $17,000(OS) Brent 670 ............................................................. $16,000(N) ‘08 Brent 576 ......................................................... $14,900(OS) Brent 572, tarp .................................................... $13,900(B) ‘95 Parker 685 ....................................................... $10,900(B) Ficklin CS 14000, 650 bu. ...................................... $9,900

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(H) ‘06 JD 9520T, 4012 hrs., 36” tracks, AT ready(B) ‘12 JD 8335RT, 1455 hrs., 18” tracks, 5 SCV, leather(OW) ‘12 JD 8310R, 922 hrs., PS, Certified Pre-Owned(OW) ‘14 JD 8295R, 928 hrs., PS, front duals, leather(OW) ‘12 JD 7260R, 1197 hrs., IVT, loader ready(B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 878 hrs., IVT, duals, PT Warr. until 4-9-17(N) ‘08 JD 9570, 775 sep. hrs., 30.5x32 singles(OS) ‘05 JD 9660, 1325 sep. hrs., 20.8x38 duals(H) ‘04 JD 9760, 1962 sep. hrs., 20.8x42 duals(H) ‘13 JD 2623, 29’ disk, harrow

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Limousin & Red AngusBulls. Delivery avail. Ham-mond, WI. 715-821-3516

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WANT TO BUY: Butchercows, bulls, fats & walkablecripples; also horses,sheep & goats. 320-235-2664

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Doctor's buggy, Amish re-stored, rubber wheels,$1,200/OBO. 17” longhornsaddle, 16” Billy Royalesaddle, 17” Steuban. $200ea. 262-642-7560

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FOR SALE: RegisteredHampshire lamb ram.Wambeam Hampshires 507-437-1506

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Rams For Sale: Montadaleand commercial. 608-488-5271 or 608-797-2228

The 41st annual North StarBred Ewe Sale will be heldSaturday, October 31st at7:00 p.m. at the PipestoneCounty Fair Grounds inPipestone, MN. Once again,we will be selling 115 headfrom some of the bestflocks in the country. Thefeatured breeds includeSuffolks, Hampshires,Dorsets, Rambouillets,Katahdins and Southdowns.We will be giving away 2$100 gift certificates forkids 18 and under to use to-ward the purchase of a eweat this years sale. Formore information, or to re-quest a catalog, please visitour website at www.northstarsale.com or

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FOR SALE: 170 R.F.V. 1stcutting Alfalfa 900 lbs,medium square bales. De-livery Available. 218-689-6675

FOR SALE: 2000 bu certifiedorganic ear corn or shelled2015 crop. Ammon Miller,553 310th St. Wilson, WI.54027

FOR SALE: Grass Hay70" round bales, net-wrapped, no ditch hay,tested 9-13% protein,3000 tons. Delivery avail-able. $75/ton. (507) 430-0607

WANTED AND FOR SALEALL TYPES of hay &straw. Also buying corn,wheat & oats. Western Hayavailable. Fox Valley Alfal-fa Mill. 920-853-3554

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WANTED TO BUY! USEDBULK MILK COOLERALL SIZES. 920-867-3048

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WANTED: Dairy cows onmilk assignment, downpayment 10 to 40 cows.Bob Colson, N6059 TimberDrive, Rib Lake, WI 54479.715-427-5579

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For Rent: Full Blood BlackAngus Bull, excellent tem-perament. 715-964-8979

FOR SALE OR LEASEREGISTERED BLACKANGUS Bulls, 2 year old &yearlings; bred heifers,calving ease, club calves &balance performance. Alsired. In herd improvementprogram. J.W. RiverviewAngus Farm Glencoe, MN55336 Conklin Dealer 320-864-4625

FOR SALE: 7 springers one1st calf heifer and 2 yr oldWaukaru bull. All regis-tered pulled shorthorn.$3000/ea. 608-323-3503

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‘12 CIH Steiger 350HD, 480/80R50duals, 1000 PTO, 1280 hrs.........$145,000

‘14 CIH Magnum 235, Luxury cab,cab susp., 480/80R50 duals, 420/85R34single fronts, high capacity hyd. pump,4 remotes, 305 hrs., Warranty ..$116,000

‘14 NH T8.390, cab susp., susp. frontaxle, 620/72R42 rear duals, 600/65R28single fronts, complete GPS system,450 hrs., Warranty ......................$149,500

‘12 JD 5055D, 2WD, open station,675 hrs...........................................$12,000

‘12 Case 521E wheel loader, JRB coupler,3rd valve, 20.5x25 tires, 620 hrs. $95,000

‘13 NH L230 skid loader, cab w/heat & air,2-spd., hyd. coupler, 255 hrs. ......$35,000

‘13 Farm King Feterl 10x82 swinghopper auger, New..........................$8,000

‘14 CIH 3230 self-propelled sprayer,100’ boom, 800 gal. tank, 295 hrs., GPScomponents, Warranty ..............$147,500

‘03 JD 9520, 710/70R42 duals,4016 hrs.........................................$97,500

‘11 JD 608C, 8x30 non-choppingcornhead ......................................$30,500

‘12 NH BR7090 Specialty Crop roundbaler, net wrap, endless belts, 9857 bales......................................................$14,500

‘99 JD 8400, 380/90R50 duals, new380/85R34 single front tires, front wgts.,4 remotes, 12,200 hrs., Through ServiceProgram ........................................$49,500

‘12 Case 580SN Tractor/Loader/Backhoe,4WD, extendahoe, pilot controls, air,1750 hrs.........................................$51,500

‘14 Case 580SN Tractor/Loader/Backhoe,4WD, extendahoe, pilot controls, ridecontrol, air, 250 hrs. ......................$69,500

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Keith BodeFairfax, MN 55332507-381-1291LARSON IMPLEMENTS5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95

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TRACK TRACTORS‘12 JD 9560RT, 859 hrs., 36” tracks, 1000 PTO,

4 hyd., front wgts. ............................$245,000‘15 Challenger 765D, 210 hrs., 25” tracks,

3 pt., 1000 PTO, 6 hyd., front wgts. $190,000‘13 Challenger MT 765D, 726 hrs., 25” tracks,

3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., front wgts. $180,000‘09 Challenger MT 765C, 3180 hrs., 18” tracks

on 120” center, cab w/buddy seat, PS, 3 pt.,1000 PTO, 6 hyd., 20 front wgts., 8 idlerwgts. ................................................$118,000

4WD TRACTORS‘13 JD 9460R, 389 hrs., PS, 1000 PTO, 5 hyd.,

Hi-flow, 480x50 tires & duals, Ext. P.T.Warranty ..........................................$220,000

‘12 JD 9560R, 921 hrs., HID lights, 4 hyd.,Michelin 800x38” tires & duals ......$229,000

‘13 JD 9410R, 640 hrs., 1000 PTO, 5 hyd.,big pump, 480x50 tires & duals ......$210,000

‘12 JD 9410R, 675 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO,5 hyd., big pump, 480x50 tires & duals........................................................$228,000

‘13 JD 9360R, 290 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO,5 hyd., Hi-flow, 480x46” tires & duals........................................................$199,000

‘12 JD 9410R, 1259 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd.,HID lights, 520x46 tires & duals......$190,000

‘13 CIH 550, 235 hrs., Lux. cab, 1000 PTO,6 hyd., Hi-flow, HID lights, 800x38 tires &duals ................................................$225,000

‘12 CIH 400HD, 366 hrs., 1000 PTO, 6 hyd.,big pump, 480x50 tires & duals ......$195,000

‘12 CIH 400HD, 320 hrs., 4 hyd., big pump,520x46 tires & duals ......................$185,000

‘05 CIH STX375, 6675 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,710x38 tires & duals ........................$89,000

’02 CIH 425, 3465 hrs., 12-spd. manual trans.,4 hyd., 710x38 tires & duals ............$95,000

’09 Versatile 485, 1704 hrs., gear drive,12-spd., 4 hyd., front & rear wgts., 800x38tires & duals ....................................$140,000

‘13 NH T9.615, 634 hrs., 4 hyd., Hi-flow,800x38 tires & duals, full auto steer........................................................$200,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS‘14 JD 8285R, 1255 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 1000 PTO,

front wgts., 4 hyd., 380x50 tires & duals........................................................$145,000

‘13 JD 6190R, 765 hrs., IVT trans., 3 pt.,540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x46 tires &duals ................................................$115,000

‘10 JD 8270R, 3888 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,3 hyd., 18.4x46 tires & duals ..........$109,000

‘04 JD 8120, 5083 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,3 hyd., 520x42 tires & duals ............$78,000

‘12 CIH 315, 481 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,4 hyd., big pump, 480x50 tires & duals........................................................$152,500

‘13 CIH 290, 1249 hrs., Lux. cab, cab susp.,18-spd. PS, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., Hi-flow,480x50 rears & duals, 480x34 fronts &duals, front wgts. ............................$135,000

‘12 CIH 290, 434 hrs., PT, 3 pt., 540/1000PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, front duals, 480x50rear duals ........................................$149,000

‘12 CIH 260, 1784 hrs., Deluxe cab, 19-spd.PS, susp. front axle, 3 pt., 4 hyd., Hi-flow,1000 PTO, 480x50 rear tires & duals,14 front wgts. ..................................$115,000

‘13 CIH 260, 577 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 540/1000PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 420x46 tires &duals ................................................$129,000

‘03 CIH MX210, 5550 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO,4 hyd., 380x46 tires & duals ............$63,000

COMBINES‘11 JD 9770, 1116 eng./736 sep. hrs., CM,

5-spd. feederhouse, chopper, bin ext.,520x42 tires & duals........................$175,000

‘11 JD 9670, 1116 eng./736 sep. hrs., CM,chopper, 20.8x38 tires & duals........$149,000

‘08 JD 9770, 4x4, 1396 eng./936 sep. hrs.,CM, chopper, bin ext., 520x42 tires & duals........................................................$135,000

‘10 JD 9870, 1500 eng./1220 sep. hrs., 5-spd.feederhouse, Pro-drive, choppper, 1250x32single tires ......................................$125,000

‘09 JD 9870, 1895 eng./1233 sep. hrs., 5-spd.feederhouse, Pro drive, 520x42 tires & duals........................................................$125,000

‘09 JD 9570STS, 1498 eng./904 sep. hrs., CM,chopper, Auto Track ready, Maurer bin ext.,30.5x32 tires....................................$119,000

13 CIH 7130, 511 eng./399 sep. hrs., lateral tiltfeeder, rock trap, chopper, power bin ext.,800x32 drive tires............................$165,000

‘12 CIH 8230, 4WD, 969 eng./777 sep. hrs.,rock trap, chopper, power topper ....$200,000

‘11 CIH 8120, 934 eng./729 sep. hrs.,rock trap, chopper, 520x42 duals ....$169,000

‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs.,rock trap, chopper, 520x42 duals ....$169,000

‘09 CIH 7088, 1193 eng./895 sep. hrs.,rock trap, chopper, 30.5x32 singles $129,000

‘10 CIH 9120, 4x4, 859 eng./615 sep. hrs.,field tracker, chopper, extended wear, HIDlights, 620x42 tires & duals ............$169,000

‘13 Challenger 560C, 489 eng./278 sep. hrs.,(Has ATI Track System), 36” belts, 4WD,chopper, lateral tilt, HID lights ........$189,000

‘09 NH CR9060, 2400 eng./1800 sep. hrs.,tracker, chopper, 520x42 tires & duals..........................................................$79,000

‘08 NH 9060, 4x4, 1786 eng./1332 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, 620x42 duals ......$95,000

‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs.,tracker, chopper, chaff spreader, aircompressor, 520x42 tires & duals ....$65,000

COMBINE HEADS‘05 Geringhoff 830 roto disc, 8R30”....$25,000‘10 NH 98D, 8R30” cornhead ..............$24,500‘09 NH 74C, 35’ flex head ....................$14,500‘08 CIH 3408, 8R30”, hyd. deck plates

..........................................................$25,000‘07 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head ................$12,500‘05 JD 630, 30’ flex head ....................$13,000‘07 Geringhoff roto disc head, 16R22”,

for JD ................................................$29,000

Pets & Supplies 070

Barn Cats Giveaway:Barn cats to good homes,fixed, some shots. (507)532-7422

Livestock Equip 075

FOR SALE: Cattle & Hoggates; Also, Peterson cattlewaterers w/ heating unit.507-728-8393

Mueller 1000 gallon milktank, $5,500. 262-492-0394

VOLMATIC Jamesway bunkfeeder, LOYAL 9" x 26' el-evator on transport, FORE-MOST Squeeze Chute. 715-532-9904

Trucks & Trailers 084

2000 Merritt grain trailer,42', air ride/air dump, exccond, $14,500. 715-495-0757

FOR SALE: 20% off NewGooseneck trailer. 27+5,32', 2 - 10K axles. 507-947-3859 or 507-381-6576

FOR SALE: 42' hopper bot-tom, $10,900. Semi storage& insulated trailers, somew/ side doors; loadingramps; Curtain van trail-ers, older flat beds; Con-tainers, Water tanks &spray parts. (701)474-5780www.rydelltrailers.com

Miscellaneous 090

FOR SALE: Axle Mount du-als, exc shape, tires use-able, also Roll-o-maticfront end for JD 60, alwaysshedded, just needs paint.605-261-6212

Goats 062

Two purebred Saanen bucksout of DHI superior lines,milk machine, vacuumpump, milk stands, dehorning box and dehorners,bucket feeder, blankets.262-642-7560

Swine 065

Compart's total programfeatures superior boars &open gilts documented byBLUP technology. Duroc,York, Landrace & F1 lines.Terminal boars offer lean-ness, muscle, growth. Ma-ternal gilts & boars areproductive, lean, durable.All are stress free & PRRSfree. Semen also availablethrough Elite Genes A.I.Make 'em Grow! CompartsBoar Store, INC. Toll Free:877-441-2627

FOR SALE: Duroc, ChesterWhite, Spot breeding ageboars; Also, nice group ofChester-Duroc F1 gilts. CallSteve 507-456-7746 or Dale651-895-4342

FOR SALE: Hamp &Hamp/Duroc boars & gilts,320-598-3790

FOR SALE: Yorkshire,Hampshire, Duroc &Hamp/Duroc boars, alsogilts. Excellent selection.Raised outside. Exc herdhealth. No PRSS. Deliveryavail. 320-568-2225

Pets & Supplies 070

Australian Shepherd puppiesfor sale. Call or text 320-980-4577 or 320-420-0868

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DAMAGED GRAINWANTEDANYWHERE

We buy damaged corn andgrain any condition

- wet or dry -TOP DOLLAR

We have vacs and trucksCALL HEIDI OR LARRY

NORTHERN AG SERVICE INC800-205-5751

FLATBEDS‘02 Great Dane, Curtain Side,

48/102, AR, Closed Tandem......................................$9,250

‘81 Lufkin 42/96, ClosedTandem, Steel, 80% T/B, New5th Whl. Plate, Clean ......$5,500

‘94 Wabash, Black, 38/102,Sandblasted, Painted, 80% T/B......................................$5,000

‘95 Stoughton 48’ Flatbed,96” Wide, Wood Floor, SlidingTandem, 1R22.5 Disc Wheels......................................$9,500

HOPPER‘94 Wilson AL Bottom Grain,

96” Wide, 66” Sides, 2-Spd.Doors, Front/Rear Catwalks &Ladders, Shur-Lok Roll Tarp,11R24.5 Wheels ..........$14,750

DROPDECKS‘07 Fontaine Drop Deck, 48/102,

Steel, SX, Air Ride, Wood Floor....................................$19,000

‘07 Fontaine Drop Deck, 53/102,Air Ride, Steel, Spread Axle,Wood Floor, Sandblasted &Painted, Beavertail ......$25,000

Engineered 5’ Beavertail:Kit Includes: Paint, LED Lights& All Electrical ..........$3,750 Kit........................$5,750 Installed

‘75 Transcraft Drop Deck,Red, 40/96, New Floor, Tires,Brakes ..........................$10,000

‘87 Transcraft Drop Deck,Red, 53/102, Closed Tandem,Beavertail, New Recap Tires,Alum. Wheels, New Paint,New Floor, LED Lights, VeryClean ............................$16,000

‘95 Wilson Combo, 48/102,AL Floor, SX, Alum. Wheels,AR, New Tires, No Rust,Clean ............................$16,500

DOUBLE DROPS‘80 Transcraft Double Drop,

53’, 33’ Well Non-Detachable,AR, Polished Alum. Wheels,New Hardwood Decking, 80%T/B, Clean ....................$10,000

‘99 XL Specialized Double Drop,48/102, 29’6” Well, New255/22.5, RGN MechanicalDetach RGN..................$19,000

MISCELLANEOUS(30) Van & Reefer Trailers,

48/102-53/102 - Great ForWater Storage Or Over TheRoad ..................$3,500-$5,500

Custom Haysides:Stationary ......................$1,250Tip In-Tip Out ................$1,750

AR or SR Suspensions....$500 SP/$1,000 AR per axle

‘97 Peterbilt 379 Conventional,N-14 435 Cummins Eng., Eng.Brake, 13-Spd., AR, 48” High-Rise Sleeper, 11R22.5 Alum.Wheels ........................$21,900

HANCOCK, MNwww.DuncanTrailersInc.comCall: 320-212-5220 or 320-392-5361

• Will Consider Trades! •

Miscellaneous 090

Round top shelter, 13' wide x20' long x 10' high, covernew in box, $250. (715)271-5632

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Winpower Sales & ServiceReliable Power SolutionsSince 1925 PTO & automat-ic Emergency ElectricGenerators. New & UsedRich Opsata-Distributor800-343-9376

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place your classified ad inThe Land, Farm News,AND The Country Today.Call The Land for moreinfo @ 507-345-4523 • 800-657-4665.

PARMA DRAINAGEPUMPS New pumps &parts on hand. Call Min-nesota's largest distributorHJ Olson & Company 320-974-8990 Cell – 320-212-5336

RANGER PUMP CO. Custom Manufacturer of

Water Lift Pumps for field drainage Sales & Service

507-984-2025 or 406-314-0334www.rangerpumpco.com

REINKE IRRIGATIONSales & ServiceNew & Used

For your irrigation needs 888-830-7757 or 507-766-9590

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Model HP Hrs Stock RetailArticulated 4WD Tractors LF 78 JD 8430 8400 124132 $20,000 HL 92 JD 8560 200 5296 110256 $52,500 SC 90 JD 8760 8737 121544 $54,500 PA 93 JD 8770 300 5103 119521 $59,900 PR 95 JD 8770 300 7552 119125 $69,900 AL 99 JD 9300 360 3897 121891 $99,000 LF 2 JD 9320 375 3676 118823 $139,000 ST 3 JD 9320 375 3676 119240 $135,500 ST 11 JD 9330 375 1370 120984 $198,000 HL 14 JD 9360R 360 473 119915 $247,500 AL 13 JD 9410R 1555 121477 $229,000 WA 7 JD 9430 425 4323 102628 $185,000 HL 6 JD 9520 450 5016 110315 $141,500 ST 13 JD 9560R 560 266 123386 $295,000 SC 10 JD 9630 530 1746 123341 $235,000 AL 7 Case STX330 330 2475 121089 $137,900 GC 9 NH TV6070 155 2565 124501 $89,000 Track Tractors 05 JD 8120T 121728 $117,900 14 JD 8310RT 123432 $249,000 12 JD 8360RT 118640 $229,000 12 JD 8360RT 118110 $237,900 98 JD 8400T 107047 $59,900 13 JD 9510RT 106027 $315,000 3 JD 9520T 106966 $135,000 8 JD 9530T 103711 $170,000 9 JD 9530T 116919 $195,000 12 JD 9560RT 123342 $280,000 7 JD 9630T 116666 $170,000 Chisel Plows HL 11 JD 2410 113416 $43,000 SC 11 JD 2410 118151 $40,000 SR 13 JD 2410 107071 $42,000 Corn & RC Hdrs GL JD 444 123435 $2,900 GC 12 JD 606C 103644 $40,900 HL 13 JD 606C 105888 $61,500 WA 13 JD 606C 115136 $61,500 GC 13 JD 606C 116470 $63,500 GL 14 JD 606C 116529 $65,500 AL 8 JD 608C 103409 $47,500 GL 9 JD 608C 107503 $51,000 LF 9 JD 608C 117225 $52,000 PA 12 JD 608C 118668 $71,000 ST 12 JD 608C 124034 $69,500 LF 13 JD 608C 104504 $55,000 GC 14 JD 608C 116532 $76,900 PA 14 JD 608C 118946 $76,000 PA 9 JD 608CC 115865 $55,000 PR 9 JD 612C 85667 $69,500 LF 9 JD 612C 103694 $69,500 LF 10 JD 612C 106243 $75,000 GC 11 JD 612C 96087 $84,000 SC 12 JD 612C 96203 $89,000 HL 12 JD 612C 103729 $87,000 PA 12 JD 612C 106737 $94,000 HL 12 JD 612C 121335 $84,900 ST 13 JD 612C 103714 $92,000 SR 13 JD 612C 105862 $92,000

ST 13 JD 612C 113792 $97,000 GC 13 JD 612C 122102 $80,000 GL 14 JD 612C 116928 $109,900 SC 12 JD 616C 119307 $103,900 GC 13 JD 618C 107764 $139,000 PA JD 643 124401 $14,900 SC 76 JD 643 116692 $5,900 PA 98 JD 693 124563 $16,900 AL 81 JD 843 103725 $6,900 SC 94 JD 893 116465 $18,900 PA 99 JD 893 124555 $21,500 GL 2 JD 893 114989 $25,500 AL 4 JD 893 108419 $25,000 HL 5 JD 1293 116503 $26,500 GL 98 NH 996 N6 122331 $14,800 HL 6 Grnghf RD-800-B 107701 $37,000 HL 9 Grnghf RD830B 108516 $43,500 LF 7 Grnghf ROTA-DISC 1222 118082 $48,900 WA 12 C IH 2612 123509 $69,000 AL 5 Drago N8TR 123266 $24,900 Combine Platforms GL 15 JD 615P 123825 $25,500 GC 15 JD 615P 123826 $25,500 LF 4 JD 630F 115042 $17,500 LF 5 JD 630F 124289 $17,500 PR 6 JD 630F 102082 $19,500 WA 6 JD 630F 124368 $17,500 WA 8 JD 630F 123222 $16,500 HL 11 JD 630F 113753 $28,500 LF 11 JD 630F 124642 $28,500 SC 12 JD 630F 114693 $34,500 PA 5 JD 635F 115254 $16,900 GL 7 JD 635F 106239 $23,900 LF 8 JD 635F 117842 $29,900 SR 8 JD 635F 118156 $21,000 HL 8 JD 635F 124215 $15,995 PA 9 JD 635F 102899 $25,000 PR 11 JD 635F 103780 $29,000 WA 12 JD 635F 118150 $38,900 HL 13 JD 635F 124287 $39,500 PA 14 JD 635F 118013 $41,000 SC 93 JD 930 118153 $3,500 PA 95 JD 930 118500 $3,500 SR 3 JD 930 102604 $10,900 HL 3 JD 930 106015 $15,500 PA 3 JD 930 108660 $16,000 LF 0 Case 1020 115269 $9,000 Combines sep hrs BX 12 JD S660 230 103641 $229,000 PA 14 JD S660 89 116531 $321,000 PA 12 JD S670 1350 119308 $209,900 SR 13 JD S670 193 117817 $350,000 SC 14 JD S670 180 116534 $355,000 SR 12 JD S680 357 118623 $349,000 PA 12 JD S680 849 120199 $275,000 GL 13 JD S680 271 106005 $325,000 LF 13 JD S680 466 122092 $310,000 PA 13 JD S690 600 119306 $314,900 SR 14 JD S690 300 121722 $375,000 HL JD 4400 124589 $7,900 ST 81 JD 4420 123860 $10,000

SC 74 JD 6600 4765 116742 $7,500 GC 79 JD 6620 3946 114517 $8,900 LF 79 JD 8820 5082 117971 $10,900 PR 91 JD 9400 120109 $29,000 LF 97 JD 9400 2297 118510 $54,900 AL 91 JD 9500 2970 123181 $39,900 AL 97 JD 9510 4340 109268 $40,900 PA 05 JD 9560W 4097 124069 $65,000 SR 08 JD 9570 STS 1084 115868 $159,000 LF 10 JD 9570 STS 122037 $209,000 GL 00 JD 9650 STS 124288 $94,500 SC 00 JD 9650 STS 1875 121140 $94,900 PR 03 JD 9660 STS 2115 124158 $98,500 AL 08 JD 9670 STS 908 115788 $179,000 LF 04 JD 9760 STS 1534 116288 $135,000 SC 04 JD 9760 STS 107702 $114,500 AL 09 JD 9770 STS 1213 117362 $185,000 LF 09 JD 9770 STS 1756 124372 $154,000 LF 10 JD 9770 STS 1047 107129 $207,000 GC 10 JD 9770 STS 1080 118492 $195,000 ST 09 JD 9870 STS 1230 106732 $190,000 GL 09 JD 9870 STS 1150 120212 $189,000 WA 10 JD 9870 STS 1246 118149 $198,500 GL 11 JD 9870 STS 750 106008 $229,000 GC 10 C IH 7088 1090 124472 $164,000 Plows JD 2700 118667 $6,900 90 JD 2810 124095 $5,800 JD 3710 123535 $21,000 90 JD 3710 121339 $22,000 09 JD 3710 116642 $35,900 12 JD 3710 106765 $44,500 13 JD 3710 113639 $47,500 IH 710 124587 $1,800 Case 700 117274 $6,500 Melroe 911 120268 $3,500 White 588 124457 $1,800 Rippers 00 JD 512 116991 $20,000 09 JD 512 110185 $27,500 12 JD 512 95853 $44,000 13 JD 2100 124520 $12,500 01 JD 2700 117368 $15,000 01 JD 2700 117875 $15,000 05 JD 2700 118476 $22,000 08 JD 2700 123762 $32,900 08 JD 2700 123790 $24,500 09 JD 2700 118932 $34,000 09 JD 2700 124072 $29,950 10 JD 2700 116633 $39,900 10 JD 2700 124024 $27,900 11 JD 2700 116015 $36,500 12 JD 2700 105885 $36,500 12 JD 2700 118104 $39,900 13 JD 2700 116881 $34,000 13 JD 2700 117389 $44,900 13 JD 2700 118291 $39,500 13 JD 2720 111657 $55,000 13 JD 2720 115312 $75,900 14 JD 2730 119676 $99,000 03 Case 6750 123753 $15,500

DMI COULTER CHAMP II HD 120267 $7,000 DMI 527 119106 $8,900 DMI ECOLO-TIGER 730B 123819 $14,900 12 Salford 9813 108447 $59,000 12 C IH 870 118569 $60,000 Skid steers 01 JD 250 124640 $13,750 03 JD 250-II 120712 $12,900 05 JD 317 121212 $18,500 06 JD 317 117268 $17,900 10 JD 318D 122690 $29,500 11 JD 318D 118841 $27,500 13 JD 318D 118347 $34,900 13 JD 318D 123203 $25,900 14 JD 318E 108869 $39,500 14 JD 318E 116500 $32,500 06 JD 320 121295 $21,000 12 JD 320D 118469 $32,000 12 JD 320D 119124 $37,900 12 JD 320D 117925 $33,900 12 JD 320D 115969 $34,500 12 JD 320D 119942 $34,500 12 JD 320D 120847 $29,900 12 JD 320D 124756 $27,000 12 JD 320D 123100 $28,750 13 JD 320D 124216 $40,900 13 JD 320D 122022 $41,900 13 JD 320D 120486 $38,500 13 JD 320D 116507 $36,500 13 JD 320D 123473 $38,000 13 JD 320D 116758 $33,500 14 JD 320E 118329 $41,900 14 JD 320E 116485 $44,500 14 JD 320E 121065 $45,000 14 JD 320E 124162 $29,700 10 JD 326D 124134 $15,900 11 JD 326D 118859 $34,900 11 JD 326D 118490 $24,900 14 JD 326E 122026 $44,900 14 JD 326E 117771 $45,700 14 JD 326E 115176 $44,900 14 JD 326E 120126 $44,000 14 JD 326E 121064 $49,900 14 JD 326E 105983 $46,900 14 JD 326E 116309 $41,500 06 JD 328 123396 $26,900 11 JD 328D 123506 $26,000 12 JD 328D 116477 $46,500 12 JD 328D 119423 $27,500 13 JD 328D 115737 $44,900 13 JD 328E 104185 $53,900 14 JD 328E 124407 $49,500 14 JD 328E 123437 $45,900 11 JD 332D 117927 $33,900 13 JD 332E 113769 $53,700 14 JD 332E 115525 $53,900 14 JD 332E 113305 $54,900 14 JD 332E 116321 $57,500 13 NH L223 118202 $34,900 82 Gehl 3510 118391 $5,999 13 C IH SR200 122870 $34,500 08 C IH 430 120756 $22,500

‘10 JD 9630 4WD1746 hrs

Stk #123341

‘09 NH TV60702565 hrs

Stk #124501

‘12 JD 616CStk #119307

$235,000

$89,000

$103,900

‘13 JD S680806 sep hrsStk #122092

‘14 JD S690420 sep hrsStk #121722

‘09 JD 9870 STS1720 sep hrsStk #120212

‘11 JD 2410Stk #118151

‘09 JD 3710Stk #116642

‘14 JD 2730Stk #119676

$310,000

$375,000

$189,000

$40,000

$35,900

$99,000

SOLD

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