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Ozone’s Impact on Soybean Yield: Reducing Losses

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Country Living House Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Quilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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Ag Management

The Grand Island Independent People tend to think of ozone as something in the upper atmosphere that protects the earth's surface from ultraviolet (UV) radiation. At the ground level, however, ozone is a pollutant that damages crops, particularly soybean.

Lisa Ainsworth, a University of Illinois associate professor of crop

sciences and USDA Agricultural Research Service plant molecular biologist, said that establishing the exposure threshold for damage is critical to understanding the current and future impact of this pollutant.

"Most of my research is on measuring the effects of ozone on soybean, determining the mechanisms of response, and then trying to improve soybean

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tolerance to ozone so that we can improve soybean yields," she explained.

Ozone is highly reactive with membranes and proteins and is known to damage the human lung.

It also harms plants, slowing photosynthesis and accelerating senescence, the process of aging.

As a result, they take in and fix

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MARKET GLANCE Livestock and Products, Weekly Average

Crops, Daily Spot Prices Year Ago 4 Wks Ago 10/26/12

Nebraska Slaughter Steer 35-65% Choice, Live Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$121.79 Nebraska Feeder Steers, Med. & Large Frame, 550-600# . . . . . . . . . . . .155.74 Med & Large Frame, 750-800 # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145.00 Choice Boxed Beef, 600-750# Carcass . . . . . . . . . .186.97 Western Corn Belt Base Hog Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86.21 Feeder Pigs, National Direct, 50#, FOB . . . . . . . . . . . .* Pork Carcass Cutout, 185#, 51-52% Lean . . . . . . . . . .* Slaughter Lambs, Ch. & Pr.,Heavy, SD Dir. . . . . . . . .168.50 Nat. Carcass Lamb Cutout, FOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405.73

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162.62 148.63 198.49 80.39 * 86.46 98.50 300.33

Wheat, No. 1, H.W. Imperial, bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.43 Corn, No. 2, Yellow, Omaha, bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.43 Soybeans, No. 1 Yellow Omaha, bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.88 Grain Sorg. No. 2 Yellow, Dorchester, cwt . . . . . . . . .10.98 Oats, No. 2, Heavy Minneapolis, MN, bu. . . . . . . . . . .3.52

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Nebraska Farm & Ranch - Weather

Weather Commentary Provided By Al Dutcher—UNL, State Climatologist

Al Dutcher Report

Allen Dutcher

The past two weeks brought one precipitation event to the state during the 11/4-11/5 time frame.

Scattered light rain was reported across the eastern third of the state with totals approaching a tenth of an inch across portions of east central and northeast Nebraska.

Most of the major weather problems were isolated to the eastern U.S. as Hurricane Sandy brought devastating wind, flooding, and snow to the midAtlantic and the Northeast.

Another coastal storm brought a renewed round of wind, rain, and snow to this hard-hit region during the 11/7-11/8 time frame. The deep upper air trough across the eastern U.S., essentially blocked the eastward movement of systems trying to make landfall across the western U.S. and explained why little in the way of active weather was reported across the central U.S. Now that there are signs that the eastern U.S. upper air trough is finally breaking down, a more active pattern may be in store for parts of the central U.S. during the next two weeks.

Week One Forecast, 11/10 - 11/16: The most significant precipitation event during this period is expected to occur during the 11/1011/11 time frame. A strong upper air trough that crossed the Rockies is expected to bring a variety of weather to the central U.S. on 11/10. Rain and thunderstorms are possible across the eastern third of Nebraska during the afternoon hours; some likely will meet severe criteria.

Across

western Nebraska, precipitation will start as rain, but quickly change over to snow. At this time, it appears major snow accumulations will fall north of the state.

The surface cold front should clear the state during the overnight hours, and precipitation should shift east of the state by the afternoon hours of 11/11. Before the moisture exits the state, a mixture of snow and rain is possible across eastern Nebraska, but little in the way of snow accumulations are expected. High pressure builds into the region, with a gradual warming trend as the week progresses. Models hint that a weak wave will pass across the southern Plains on 11/16 with light rain possible across southern Nebraska. Heavier moisture with this system is currently forecasted to fall across eastern Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

High Temperatures: 11/10 (45 NW - 73 SE), 11/11 (28 NW - 39 SE), 11/12 (39 NE - 48 W), 11/13 (48 NE - 57 SW), 11/14-11/15 (55 NE -67 SW), 11/16 (43 NE - 55 SW).

Week Two Forecast, 11/17 - 11/23: Weather models indicate that some light showers are possible across extreme southeastern Nebraska on 11/17 as the 11/16 system moves eastward into the lower Mississippi River valley.

High pressure is once again forecasted to build into the central U.S. during the 11/18-11/20 period.

Another wave of low pressure is forecasted by the models to move across the southern Plains during the 11/21-11/22 time frame. At present, only light rain and/or sprinkles is currently forecasted for the southern half of the state.

Once again, the bulk of significant moisture is expected to remain south of Nebraska and target Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Dry conditions are currently projected for 11/23.

High Temperatures: 11/17 (45 NE - 54 W), 11/18 (53 NE - 62 SW), 11/19 (57 NE - 68 SW), 11/20 (45 NW - 59 SE), 11/21 (37 N - 48 S), 11/22 (35 NE - 47 W), 11/23 (43 NE - 55 W).

Agricultural Summary: For the week ending November 4, 2012, most corn remaining to be harvested is in western counties where some producers are struggling to harvest lodged crops due to the high winds in mid-October, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office.

Statewide, corn harvest was 97 percent complete and sorghum harvest stands at 94 percent, both well ahead of average. Winter wheat conditions declined as emergence of the winter wheat crop has been slow and poor in some areas and now stands at 83 percent, well behind average. Some dry bean fields were damaged by the freeze and have been harvested for livestock feed. Soil temperatures averaged below 50 for most of the state except for some southern border counties. Anhydrous applications have now begun while fall field work continues.

Weather Summary: Average temperatures varied widely across

Weather Outlook

Western

Central

Eastern

Saturday, November 10

Saturday, November 10

Saturday, November 10

High: 39 Low: 10

the state from 2 degrees below normal in the east to 7 degrees above normal in the Panhandle. Highs ranged from lower 60’s to upper 70’s and lows dipped into the mid 20’s. No precipitation was reported by recording stations.

Field Crops Report: Corn harvested for grain was 97 percent, well ahead of 83 last year and 64 average.

Winter wheat emerged was 83 percent, well behind 99 percent last year and 98 average due to dry soils.

Wheat conditions rated 19 percent very poor, 30 poor, 38 fair, 12 good, and 1 excellent, well below 78 percent good to excellent last year and 69 average.

Sorghum harvested was 94 percent complete, ahead of 79 last year and 60 average.

Dry beans harvested were 99 percent, near 100 last year and equal to 99 average.

High: 66 Low: 30

Chance of Precip: 40%

Chance of Precip: 20%

Scattered Wintry Mix

Isolated Showers

High: 66 Low: 30 Chance of Precip: 15%

Isolated Storms

Sunrise: 7:36 AM - Sunset: 5:34 PM

Sunrise: 7:18 AM - Sunset: 5:22 PM

Sunrise: 7:13 AM - Sunset: 5:13 PM

Sunday, November 11

Sunday, November 11

Sunday, November 11

High: 30 Low: 19

High: 30 Low: 18

High: 27 Low: 7 Chance of Precip: 10%

Chance of Precip: 50%

Partly Cloudy

Isolated Snow Showers Sunrise: 7:19 AM - Sunset: 5:21 PM

Sunrise: 7:14 AM - Sunset: 5:12 PM

Monday, November 12

Monday, November 12

Monday, November 12

High: 34 Low: 18

High: 36 Low: 25

High: 30 Low: 23

Sunrise: 7:38 AM - Sunset: 5:33 PM

Chance of Precip: 0%

Chance of Precip: 5%

Mostly Sunny

Mostly Sunny

Chance of Precip: 50%

Partly Cloudy

Chance of Precip: 5%

Mostly Sunny

Sunrise: 7:39 AM - Sunset: 5:32 PM

Sunrise: 7:20 AM - Sunset: 5:20 PM

Sunrise: 7:15 AM - Sunset: 5:11 PM

Tuesday, November 13

Tuesday, November 13

Tuesday, November 13

High: 46 Low: 30

High: 45 Low: 30

Chance of Precip: 5%

Chance of Precip: 0%

Mostly Sunny

Mostly Sunny

High: 41 Low: 30 Chance of Precip: 5%

Mostly Sunny

Sunrise: 7:40 AM - Sunset: 5:31 PM

Sunrise: 7:22 AM - Sunset: 5:19 PM

Sunrise: 7:16 AM - Sunset: 5:10 PM

Wednesday, November 14

Wednesday, November 14

Wednesday, November 14

High: 43 Low: 32

High: 48 Low: 32

Chance of Precip: 0%

Chance of Precip: 5%

Mostly Sunny

Mostly Sunny

High: 46 Low: 32 Chance of Precip: 5%

Mostly Sunny

Sunrise: 7:41 AM - Sunset: 5:30 PM

Sunrise: 7:23 AM - Sunset: 5:18 PM

Sunrise: 7:18 AM - Sunset: 5:10 PM

Thursday, November 15

Thursday, November 15

Thursday, November 15

High: 46 Low: 36 Mostly Sunny

High: 50 Low: 37 Mostly Sunny

High: 50 Low: 37 Sunny

Sunrise: 7:43 AM - Sunset: 5:29 PM

Sunrise: 7:24 AM - Sunset: 5:17 PM

Sunrise: 7:19 AM - Sunset: 5:09 PM

Friday, November 16

Friday, November 16

Friday, November 16

High: 48 Low: 34 Partly Cloudy

High: 41 Low: 36 Drizzle

High: 43 Low: 36 Drizzle

Sunrise: 7:44 AM - Sunset: 5:28 PM

Sunrise: 7:25 AM - Sunset: 5:17 PM

Sunrise: 7:20 AM - Sunset: 5:08 PM

Saturday, November 17

Saturday, November 17

Saturday, November 17

High: 48 Low: 30 Sunny

High: 52 Low: 39 Mostly Sunny

High: 46 Low: 37 Partly Cloudy

Sunrise: 7:45 AM - Sunset: 5:27 PM

Sunrise: 7:26 AM - Sunset: 5:16 PM

Sunrise: 7:21 AM - Sunset: 5:07 PM

Sunday, November 18

Sunday, November 18

Sunday, November 18

High: 48 Low: 37 Sunny

High: 55 Low: 45 Sunny

High: 52 Low: 43 Sunny

Sunrise: 7:46 AM - Sunset: 5:27 PM

Sunrise: 7:27 AM - Sunset: 5:15 PM

Sunrise: 7:22 AM - Sunset: 5:06 PM

Monday, November 19

Monday, November 19

Monday, November 19

High: 52 Low: 37 Partly Cloudy

Sunrise: 7:47 AM - Sunset: 5:26 PM

Nebraska Weather and Crops Report

November 8, 2012

High: 52 Low: 48 Isolated Showers

Sunrise: 7:29 AM - Sunset: 5:14 PM

High: 52 Low: 50 Mostly Cloudy

Sunrise: 7:24 AM - Sunset: 5:06 PM

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November 8, 2012

Nebraska Farm & Ranch - Country Living

Young Children Can Learn to Enjoy New Foods Susan Hansen, Extension Educator, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Colfax County Children learn food preferences at a very young age. Often, they go through periods when they will eat only a few select items. However, children can learn to like a variety of foods if they are presented at an appropriate time and in an interesting manner.

Children respond better to new foods presented at the beginning of a meal when they’re most hungry. Keep new food portions small and attractive. Cut into animal shapes, for example.

Color, flavor and texture variety also appeal to children. Young children tend to prefer moist food textures, so gravies or sauces added to dry foods may make them more appealing. Seasonings may be added, but should be kept to a minimum to accentuate natural food flavor.

Foods are best served to children warm, at room temperature or chilled. Food served too hot or very cold is more likely to be rejected.

The best way to encourage children to try new food is to serve as a good role model. Be willing to try new foods yourself to encourage a pattern of behavior that children will mimic.

Finicky eaters are best left alone without making a fuss about the situation. Resist the temptation to reward children for “trying a bite.”

Children who are allowed to try foods at their own pace are more likely to try new foods again.

When food is rejected, don’t make an issue of it.

Simply reintroduce the food at another time. It can take several exposures before a child will try a new food. Pairing a familiar food with a new one also may help.

Follow Guidelines When Using Products in Microwave Susan Hansen, Extension Educator, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Colfax County Although almost every U.S. household has at least one microwave oven, many people aren’t aware that only certain containers should be used to heat or reheat food. Glass and ceramic cookware can be safely used for microwave cooking.

However, use the following recommendations when using other products and containers: Only use containers and products which have been approved as “microwave safe.” These items are designed to withstand high temperatures, especially in foods high in fat and sugar.

Don’t use margarine tubs, sour cream containers or whipped topping bowls for microwave heating or cooking. These plastic cartons can melt or even burn. Additionally, chemicals from the plastic could be transferred into food during heating.

Hard, plastic containers and trays included in microwaveable meals have one-time use,

designed for that particular food. Don’t use them to heat other meals.

When heating food with special crisping or browning devices, like those used for microwave pizzas, follow the cooking instructions on the package. These devices aren’t meant for reuse.

Waxed paper is the only paper product safe for use in the microwave. Other paper items like plates, towels and napkins haven’t been tested for use in a microwave during cooking. Never use brown grocery bags or newspapers in the microwave, as they could catch fire.

Heating foods inside oven cooking bags is safe for use in the microwave and promotes even heating.

Plastic wrap may melt when in contact with hot foods. It’s best to use wraps that are designed for microwave use, but make sure that even these wraps don’t touch the food.

Don’t eat from a package that becomes charred during heating.

Horticulture Update Noel Mues, Extension Educator, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Furnas County Tree Leaf Clean-up -- Rake or mow tree leaves on a regular basis to prevent a heavy layer building up on turf before winter. Leaf layers that shade the grass can smother and kill grass, or create conditions favorable for snow mold disease. If leaves are not used for compost, the easiest way to dispose of them is to mow them into the turf. After mowing, pulverized leaves should not cover the turf but filter into turfgrass so green grass blades are exposed. Research at Purdue and other Midwestern universities shows that tree leaves can be mulched without detrimental effects on the soil or turf.

Keep Mowing to Mulch Those Leaves -Last mowing of the season typically falls in early November. As long as turf is growing, continue to mow to prevent tall grass lodging and matting during winter. There is no need to lower the height of turfgrass going into winter. Maintain the same height, 3 to 3.5 inches for Kentucky bluegrass and 3.5 inches for tall fescue, year round. See http://turf.unl.edu/pdfctarticles /Octmulchtreeleaves.pdf.

Storing Lawn Mowers -- At the end of the mowing season, drain the gas and follow the winterizing instructions in the owner's manual.

Sharpen mower blades. Keep mowers in tip-top running condition by having a competent service person thoroughly inspect the mower once a year.

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Dormant Seeding -- Dormant seeding can be successful if specific conditions are met. First, the seed must be physically in the soil to avoid animal feeding and mid-winter germination if surface temperatures become warm. Second, seeding rates are best increased by 10-20 percent because of potential seedling loss, and third, spring weather conditions cannot abruptly change from optimal for germination, to lethal for seedlings (a risk with dormant seeding). If used, dormant seeding is typically done close to or just after Thanksgiving. To improve the success of dormant seeding, refer to http://turf.unl.edu/pdfctarticles/oct_improving_d ormant_seeding_success.pdf. To determine how late you can seed, see http://turf.unl.edu/pdf ctarticles/Octdormantseeding.pdf.

Warm Soils and Irrigation -- In late October, average soil temperatures across the state ranged from 50 to 59 degrees Fahrenheit. Even with freezing air temperatures, root and rhizome growth can continue until soil temperatures drop below 40 degrees. Fall root growth aids drought recovery but only if adequate soil oxygen and moisture is available. Continue to provide moisture in the absence of rainfall, without overwatering so soil oxygen levels are lowered due to saturated soils. Planting of deciduous trees and shrubs can also continue.

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Nebraska Farm & Ranch - The Lighter Side

November 8, 2012

• IT’S THE PITTS by Lee Pitts • Stuff I Don’t Need (Best Of)

by Lee Pitts

Call me a curmudgeon but I think our lives might possibly be enhanced if we could just get rid of a few things that we don't really need, but can't seem to live without. Besides cluttering up our three car garages, they clutter up our lives as well.

This holiday/shopping season seems like a good time to re-prioritize and to simplify my life, so I have compiled a list of the stuff in our modern society that I can easily live without.

This may come as a surprise to some, but my life would change very little without state lotteries, hemorrhoid and feminine hygiene advertisements on television, leveraged buyouts, call waiting, drive-by shootings, flavored water and modern art.

I consider my library complete without a single book supposedly written by a Kardashian, Survivor, Bachelorette, American Idol or steroid-enhanced athlete.

Perhaps I should be ashamed to admit that I do not own a single silk tie, pair of designer jeans or a wrist watch that cost more than some families make in an entire year.

I find that I can easily live without an earring, or the few hairs I have left on my head tied into a goofy looking ponytail. I don't need a wife with a tattoo, a hyphenated last name or a pierced eyelid,

navel or nostril. I find life a lot simpler without glitz, greed and Glitter Barbie.

Have the following items really made this a better place to live? Gas powered leaf blowers, electric wrenches, Facebook, 25inch stereo speakers mounted in the back of small pickups, offensive tee shirts, television sets with 500 channels but nothing worthy of watching, and rap music?

I don't need to stay in a $500-dollar-anight motel room with carpet on the walls, concierge service and a fern bar in the lobby to sleep well at night. My conscience is clear.

There are some people whom I don't want cluttering up my life either. These would include religious terrorists, doomsday environmentalists, screaming TV stock peddlers and pushers, animal rights whackos, mid-afternoon talk show hosts, PETA members, Madonna, the British Royalty, psychoanalysts, punk kids who shoot their classmates, debutantes, nannies, adulterers, child abusers, militant vegetarians and Lady Gaga. (Although, as a rancher I did like her all-meat dress, even though it did seem a bit impractical.)

Couldn't we all get along without assault rifles, corporate welfare, news fakers, six figure pensions for tyrannical ex-employees of government agencies, air you can see and

chemicals you can't, purple hair, $1,000-aplate dinners, doggie spas, political action committees, blogs, taxpayer subsidized vacations, and pushy and domineering bureaucrats no one voted into office?

There may be something missing in my life but I'm pretty sure it is not quiche, caviar, arugula, soy burgers, sun-dried tomatoes, brie, horsemeat or the Iron Chef.

Surely the world would not come to an end tomorrow without junk mail, tanning salons, speed-trap radar, porno movies, touchy car alarms, Rogaine, the Home Shopping Network, that dude in Nigeria who is always emailing you with a get-richquick scheme and cats and dogs with more clothes than millions of children who live in third world countries.

I could live in a world quite comfortably without pushy crowds, abused children, overpaid college football coaches who cheat (it’s just a game, people), drunk drivers, breast cancer and political correctness.

It occurs to me that during this holiday season, this materialistic world of ours might be a lot better off if more people would be as concerned about some Make-AWish list as they are their own lengthy shopping list.

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Table Topper Assembling: 1. Sewing Row #1 - Sew together the following: one 1/2 squAre triangle, one rectangle square, and one 1/2 square triangle.

2. Sewing Row #2 - Sew together the following: one rectangle square, one 4-patch, and one rectangle square.

Cutting & Sewing Directions: (All seams are sewn 1/4” unless otherwise indicated) 3. Sewing Row #3 - Repeat sewing Creating 1/2 Square Triangle Units: instructions from Row #1 but turn upside Using one dark charm square and one down. light charm square, place right sides 4. Sew all three rows together as shown. together. Draw a solid line diagonally 5. Make three more to complete your table from corner to corner on the light square.

Sew 1/4” away on each side of the drawn line. After both lines are sewn, cut down the solid drawn line to make two pieces.

Make 16 units. Square each unit to 4 1/2”.

Fabric Requirements: 12 dark charm squares 24 light/medium charm squares 3/4 yard for backing 27 inch square of batting 1/4 yard for binding

Creating Background Squares: Cut light and medium charm squares in half to create 2 1/2” x 5” pieces. Sew one light 2 1/2” x 5” piece and one medium 2 1/2” x 5” piece together. Make 16 units.

Square each unit to 4 1/2”.

Nebraska Pork Producers Feed Hurricane Sandy Victims Shane Meyer, president of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association announced today that Nebraska’s pork producers have pledged $5,000 of their pork checkoff funds to assist in feeding victims of Hurricane Sandy. Nebraska was one of two states to initially contact the National Pork Board and suggest such an endeavor and one of the first states to offer its support. “This is one time where Nebraska’s hog farmers can have an immediate impact and offer support and care to those East Coast families and communities who have been hit hard by the hurricane,” Meyer said. The National Pork Board’s Pork Checkoff ’s event trailer equipped with grills and cooking supplies is on the East Coast to assist in feeding victims of the largest Atlantic hurricane on record. Although 24 states have been impacted by the storm, the hurricane hit New York and New Jersey especially hard, flooding numerous streets, tunnels and subway lines, as well as cutting off electricity to parts of the city and its suburbs. In response, the National Pork Board and pork producers from several states are donating over $50,000, the nation’s leading pork processors are donating thousands of pounds of product to the effort, and many producers will be traveling to the East Coast to personally roll up their sleeves to help feed those impacted by the storm. “This is just another way pork producers demonstrate that they care for people and their communities.

Contributing to a better quality of life in producers’ communities is one of the six ethical principles of the We Care initiative, a joint effort of the Pork Checkoff, through the National Pork Board, and the National Pork Producers Council,” said Conley Nelson, president of the National Pork Board.

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November 8, 2012

Priorities for Lame Duck Session: Farm Bill and Preventing Tax Hikes

by Congressman Adrian Smith Grand Island Office 1811 West Second Street, Suite 105 Grand Island, NE68803 Phone: (308) 384-3900 Fax: (308) 384-3902

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When Congress returns to Washington after the election, we have a long list of items to address before the end of the year. One of the biggest priorities, especially for Nebraska producers, will be passing a responsible farm bill to prevent a lapse in policy. Congress also must act to prevent the largest tax hike in American history before the current rates expire on January 1, 2013.

The Farm Bill expired on September 30, and Congress has not yet passed a new bill or an extension. It is important to note while the bill expired, there has not been an immediate lapse in most farm programs. The Continuing Resolution passed by Congress in September funds most Farm Bill provisions through the end of March 2013, including the crop insurance program.

While some programs do need to be reauthorized, commodity programs are not immediately impacted because the 2008 Farm Bill covers these programs through the 2012 crop year.

The urgency to pass a Farm Bill does not mean Congress should rush through an irresponsible bill. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance

Program (food stamps) accounts for 80 percent of the cost of the Farm Bill, and would result in nearly $1 trillion in spending over the next ten years. At a time when Americans are demanding reforms to reduce spending, it is reasonable to make modest changes to the nutrition title to cut costs without affecting families in need. The House should pass amendments to reduce spending on the nutrition title before sending a bill to a conference committee where a compromise with the Senate can take place.

Another major issue of concern to Nebraskans and all Americans is the tax increase set to take effect on January 1, 2013, when the current rates expire. Without action, this tax increase would be the largest in American history. Two years ago, President Obama and a bipartisan majority in Congress extended current rates to prevent damage to a weak economy. Our economy remains sluggish today, and raising taxes on any American now would only make things worse.

To prevent the tax increase and the immediate harm it would cause families, small businesses

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and the economy as a whole, Congress should extend the current rates for all Americans.

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To prevent another short-term extension of tax rates, Congress should pass a fast-track authority to complete tax reform in 2013. The last major overhaul of the tax code was in 1986, and broad reform is needed again to make the code more fair, simple and predictable. Fast-track authority will help ensure Congress gets the job done within the next year. As a member of the Committee on Ways and Means, which is responsible for tax reform, I look forward to this process.

During the lame duck session, Congress will likely address several other pending issues, but completion of the Farm Bill and preventing the largest tax increase in American history are my most urgent priorities for producers and taxpayers.

Honoring Our Heroes

By Governor Dave Heineman Lincoln Office/State Capitol P.O. Box 94848 Lincoln, NE 68509-4848 Phone: 402-471-2244 Fax: 402-471-6031

Veterans Day is November 11, and this provides a great opportunity to honor and remember those who have served our state and our country in uniform. As we observe Veterans Day, I want to express my sincere gratitude to our veterans for their service. We’re proud of these men and women and their families for what they have done for us.

This year, the Nebraska Department of Labor has joined with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to hold Hiring Our Heroes events throughout the state. These events helped over 9,000 veterans across the country find employment. I want to thank the U.S. Chamber and National Chamber Foundation for spearheading this event and bringing it to Nebraska.

In Nebraska, there are approximately 4,800 Army and Air National Guard men and women, and thousands more Nebraskans serve in the active duty military Reserves. The enthusiasm surrounding Hire Our Heroes shows that the courage and sacrifice demonstrated by these men and women has not gone unnoticed. Current and former military members bring sought-after skills to the workforce.

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Nebraskans stand behind our men and women in uniform, both during and after their service.

The Hiring Our Heroes events bring Nebraska’s employers and service members together in an environment that creates opportunities for both groups. Nebraska’s military members have important skill sets and qualities that employers value. They have honed skills like leadership, problem-solving, an ability to operate under pressure, time management and many others.

These are abilities that our employers are looking for today.

The same can be said for Nebraska’s military spouses, who have been asked to take on many more responsibilities and roles while their loved ones have deployed. They, too, have exceptional qualities that are directly transferrable into today’s work force.

I would also like to invite you to view a new recruitment video entitled, “Nebraska Hires Veterans.” It was produced by the Nebraska Department of Labor to draw job-seeking veterans to Nebraska. The video features veterans from various parts of the country and a wide array of occupations, discussing why Nebraska truly is

“The Good Life” when you’re transitioning from military service.

Following active duty deployments, many servicemen and women are looking for employment and a place to call home. The veterans in this video provide just a few examples of the job opportunities and quality of life veterans can find in Nebraska.

The video is being distributed to and by veterans, their friends and family, veteran support organizations and many others. Links to the video can be found on nebraska.gov and dol.nebraska.gov.

We are fortunate to live in a country where people are willing to step up to defend the liberties we hold dear. I know the men and women of the Nebraska National Guard are very appreciative of the support they receive from the people of Nebraska.

To our veterans, thank you for the service you have given to our state and our nation. We are very proud of you.

Veterans Day: A Time for Reflection, Repayment

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Through the many changes during our nation’s history, some things remain constant: America’s dedication to democracy and the commitment of the men and women who defend it by putting their lives on the line for the ideals we hold dear.

As we reflect upon another Veterans Day, we remember those who sacrificed so much for our great country. Our military heroes left the comfort of family and friends and often put themselves into harm’s way to protect and preserve our way of life.

This Veterans Day, let us remember the sacrifices of our service members and their families.

Many of our returning veterans face great challenges. Some served in the far corners of the world and even after returning to civilian life their battle isn’t over. Some have sustained serious wartime injuries.

Some suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). And they all return to a struggling economy.

We owe it to our veterans to help ensure their health and success. As a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, I remain committed to passing smart, meaningful policies that help

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our vets. Responsibly addressing veterans’ health issues must be a top priority, whether through legislation to increase awareness of health care needs or pushing for upgraded veterans’ healthcare facilities. I was pleased to hold a Senate field hearing to highlight the need for upgrades at the Omaha Veterans Administration hospital, and the funding has now been allocated to begin designing it. I remain focused on ensuring the new facility becomes a reality.

PTSD and traumatic brain injury are among the top challenges many veterans face. We must strengthen a support system focused on veterans’ mental health. The Post-Deployment Health Assessment Act, a bill I helped write and which passed in 2010, seeks to achieve this goal. It provides all service members with mental health checkups before deployment, upon return and every six months for the following two years. More can always be done, and I will continue to seek solutions to this ongoing epidemic.

More must also be done to help the 12 percent of post-9/11 veterans looking for work. While in the service, veterans learn valuable skills that can

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translate into civilian jobs at home.

Unfortunately, red tape often hinders efficient civilian certifications. That’s why I introduced the Helping Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Return to Employment (HIRE) at Home Act with Senator Mark Pryor (D-Ark.).

This bipartisan bill streamlines the certification processes by requiring information sharing among certain state licensing agencies and the Department of Defense.

This way, the Department of Defense can train service members to ensure they are not only skilled for the battlefield, but also meet the certification requirements for similar civilian jobs.

Nothing we can do in Congress will ever fully return the favor to those who have given so much for America. But we must do all we can to honor them. All Americans share in the responsibility of caring for our veterans who have defended our freedom. Fewer causes are so imperative or so noble. This Veterans Day, we remember the service of our brave men and women in uniform. We thank them for their sacrifice and for their service.

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Proud Supporters of FFA Featuring Chapters in these Counties Antelope • Boone • Colfax • Knox • Madison • Nance • Pierce • Platte

Twin River FFA Chapter Attends National Convention McKenzie Cuba, Twin River FFA Chapter Reporter On Wednesday, October 24, the Twin River FFA Chapter took off for the National FFA Convention.

This year’s theme was “Grow.” At the National FFA Convention, many activities took place such as Career Development Events, Leadership Skills Events, leadership workshops, hypnotist shows, rodeos, sessions, tours, and even a concert from The Band Perry and Brantley Gilbert.

Twin River’s first stop was St. Louis, Missouri. At St. Louis, they went to the Gateway Arch and rode the small, egg-shaped elevators 630 feet to the top to view the city. There, they also toured the Museum of Westward Expansion. In the museum, there were talking statue displays, such as Native American Indians who told their stories.

After the Gateway Arch, the Twin River FFA Chapter then headed for Indianapolis, Indiana, where the National FFA Convention was held.

Arriving on Thursday afternoon, Twin River’s nine members and some 53,000 other members attended the third session where they recognized all the sponsors and donors. They then listened to one of the national officers, Seth Pratt, give his retiring address on finding your perfect environment, and also listened to the humorous keynote speaker, Dr. Lowell Catlett, give a speech about the bonds humans have with other people, objects, ideas and even pets.

The Twin River members then woke up on Friday morning and explored the Career Fair. There were more than 300 booths sponsored by colleges, manufacturers, companies and services present at this fair. After this, they attended the sixth session and watched the Proficiency Awards ceremony. The members then took off for home, but two alumni

members, Brennan Christman and Nicolas Czarnick, walked across the stage to receive their American Degrees on Saturday morning. Brennan Christman was unable to attend due to college. Brennan Costello, the Nebraska 2011-2012 president, was chosen as one of the national vice presidents on Saturday also.

After 1,475 miles driven and 23 and a half hours on the road, the Twin River FFA Chapter made countless memories. Next year’s National FFA Convention will be held in Louisville, Kentucky. FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

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Lindsay Holy Family FFA Chapter Adds Classes, Greenhouse Kyle Frauendorfer, Lindsay Holy Family FFA Chapter Secretary It is the start of the second year for the Lindsay Holy Family FFA chapter, and our classes and community projects have become more diversified.

Last year was a year of many new opportunities.

With new teacher Mr. Marcus Urban, the students were offered agricultural classes such as Plant Science, Ag. Science, Animal Science, Ag. Business, and Ag. Leadership. Last year the chapter had a group of kids participate in Livestock Judging and Agricultural Science Competitions at State FFA in Lincoln. The chapter

has plans to have even more members competing down at State FFA this upcoming year.

This year the students were offered even more class opportunities, with Food Science and Horticulture being offered. First semester has started off with Food Science. The Lindsay Holy Family FFA students have made things such as homemade butter, homemade mozzarella cheese and dehydrated fruits. Next semester the students will switch over into Horticulture.

Horticulture class will persist of a lot of class time followed with time out in the brand new greenhouse that was built last spring by some of the members of the Lindsay Holy Family FFA program. The chapter will be selling plants out of

the greenhouse to the community of Lindsay. The Lindsay Holy Family FFA Chapter looks forward to becoming more active in the community, learning more in class and competing in FFA competitions.

Lakeview FFA Continues to Grow Cole Blomendahl, Lakeview FFA Advisor Four Lakeview freshmen won free FFA jackets sponsored by the Nebraska FFA Foundation.

These lucky kids are Morgan Langmack, Austin Foltz, Layne Janssen and Megan Coan. To receive a jacket, students completed an essay-based application about why they deserved a jacket.

On September 26, the freshman Lakeview FFA members took a trip to Central Community College for Greenhand Leadership Day. There, they learned about leadership opportunities in

FFA and career opportunities in ag education.

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October 2 saw sophomore and junior Lakeview FFA members traveling to Northeast Community College in Norfolk for the annual Impact Workshop. There students participated in workshops led by the Nebraska State FFA Officers. The primary purpose of these workshops was to focus on leadership, communication and teamwork. Juniors who attended were Nick Harms, Chase Jaster, Taylor Engel, Rena Garretson, Colton Wilke, Cade Behlen, Levi Bakenhus, Tim Kummer and Sam Morse.

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Plainview FFA Chapter Awarded Three Stars

Verdigre FFA Chapter Attends National Convention

Rebekah Beltz, Plainview FFA Chapter Reporter

Kevin Randa, Verdigre FFA Advisor

The Plainview FFA chapter returned from their five-day adventure in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Saturday, October 27. The lucky few that got to go consisted of nine members and Mr. Kment. The eager group left Tuesday, October 23, at 8 p.m. from the Ag shop to head to Norfolk to get on a charter bus. While on the bus, the kids slept, talked and watched movies for the 18 hours they traveled, with rest stops in-between time. When they got down there, the Plainview representatives got settled in to the Sheraton Hotel and got dressed in official dress for the first opening session. At Conseco Fieldhouse, they sat in the stadium and listened to a keynote speaker, Scott Hamilton, who inspired everybody with his message that no matter how hard life seems, keep going and try harder. After the session, everybody went back to the hotel and got ready for the next day.

Day two started early, everyone was dressed and on the bus by 7 a.m. The sleepy group walked around the career show and learned about the new inventions of agriculture and saw different college booths from all over the United States. After they got their fill of the career show, the Plainview FFA members made their way back over to Conseco Fieldhouse for the afternoon session where Morgan Hall, the secretary, and Rachel Sorensen, the president, walked across the stage to receive the National Chapter Award; Plainview’s FFA Chapter received three stars on this award. The chapter placed in the top 10 percent of the states excellence chapter application, and then was sent to the national judges to judge our application where it received the three stars. That night the kids listened to another great keynote speaker named Dr. Lowell Catlett, who gave an amazing speech.

All in all the Plainview FFA kids had a great time, got to see the big city, heard some great speeches and learned new ways to improve their agricultural ways in life.

Six members of the Verdigre FFA Chapter and sponsor Mr. Randa attended the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., on October 23-27. While in Indianapolis, members took part in the opening ceremonies and national proficiency awards. They attended keynote speaker Scott Hamilton, the National Career Fair, hypnotist, and the rodeo. They also toured the Indianapolis Speedway, Kelsay Dairy and the National FFA Headquarters. Verdigre FFA also has several upcoming activities. First is the annual Work and Pie Auction on November 1, where we will be selling 50 workers’ services and pies.

November 15 is our local speaking contest and degree ceremonies, where speakers will give

their speeches and freshman and sophomores will receive their degrees. On December 5, the Verdigre FFA will be hosting the district Leadership Skills Events.

Crofton FFA Chapter Happenings Stephanie Mann, Crofton FFA Advisor The Crofton FFA chapter has been in full swing again for the new school year. Our August activities were kicked off at the first chapter meeting, which was held Tuesday August 21, with 85 members in attendance. Once again, our kick-off meeting was very successful. Our normal business was conducted, and following the meeting, members enjoyed some fun games. We will have more than 90 members again this year.

On Saturday, August 25, twelve FFA members who would attend the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, were given the opportunity to help out at the Kohlberg Pioneer, Inc. (KPI), family picnic in Yankton, South Dakota. In return, KPI made a donation to be used by those members who attended the National FFA Convention. Crofton FFA members ran several games, which were enjoyed by children of KPI employees. Crofton FFA members also helped clean up the park after the games were over. We really appreciate the opportunity Kohlberg Pioneer, Inc., offered us.

There were several activities for members to be involved in September. Three Crofton members competed in the District Tractor Driving Contest, which was held in Pierce on the morning of September 15. Ronnie Ausdemore, Luke Kleinschmit and Derek Van Heek put their tractor operators’ safety and maintenance skills to the test. They all did very well. Then that same day, the September meeting was held in the evening at Mrs. Mann’s home. Members ate hot dogs and s’mores after the meeting. The highlight of the annual Crofton FFA gathering is the team scavenger hunt after dark. The District Dairy Selection Contest took place on September 19 in Hartington. The junior high team of Justin Holland, Kali Pavlik and Tanner Schiferl earned first place! Individually, Kali earned the first place medal, Tanner earned the second place

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purple, and Justis earned a blue for fourth place.

The junior high team of Samantha Altwine, Mariah Sage and Lauren Steffen earned second place! Individually, Sam, Lauren and Maria earned blue ribbons. The junior team of Brittany Guenther, Lucas Miller, Katie Petersen and Chelsea Wortmann earned second place!

Individually, Chelsea earned a purple for second place, Katie earned a purple, and Lucas earned a blue. The junior team of Keeley Hagge, Justin Mueller, Kaitlynn Vornhagen and Alyssa White earned a blue ribbon. All four team members earned blue ribbons. The senior team of Henry Goeden, Mathew Guenther, Lane Weidner and Jessica Wubben earned a blue. Individually, Mathew and Lane earned blues, and Henry and Jessica earned reds. The senior team of Brent Evans, Jacob Kaiser, Jazmin Wubben and Andrea Zavadil earned a red ribbon. Andrea received a blue, and Jazmin earned a red ribbon.

Preston Evans earned first place in the alternates division.

October was also a very busy time for everyone, including members of the Crofton FFA Chapter.

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On October 9, the senior Lakeview ag students took a trip to Stanton, Nebraska, for land judging.

In land judging, the student must decide what type of soil they are examining by studying the characteristics of the soil and what treatment would be best for the land. Seniors who attended were Josh Broekemeier, Trevor Holmburg, Ben Loseke, Trev Zimba, Curtis Hoadley, Chilton Kush and Keaton Lusche.

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Cedar Rapids FFA Teams

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St. Edward FFA Chapter Active and Involved Tim Laughlin, St. Edward FFA Advisor

JaCee Johnson, Cedar Rapids FFA Chapter Reporter Recently the Cedar Rapids FFA Chapter participated in District Range Judging. As teams, Senior Team A placed 18th out of 54 teams. Team A consisted of Evey Choat, Ally Kennedy, Derek Martinsen and Trey Mogenson. Senior Team B consisted of James Noble, Jocelyn Kuncl, Trent Braun and Jacob Ahlers, and they placed 34th out of 54 teams. Senior Team C consisted of Kaylee Penne, Cole Pataki and Jacob Muckey. Our Junior Team A had Joel Scott, Jacob Kennedy, Fina Choat and MaKayla Mogenson, and they placed 22nd out of 60 teams. Junior Team B placed 49th out of 60, and on that team was JaCee Johnson, Sydney Newquist and Mackenzie Tompkins. On October 9, 2012, we held a night meeting. At the meeting we started by getting our pizza, then we discussed future events such as the district Leadership Skills Events, which will take place in Aurora, Neb., and our planned Open House. Finally we ended the night with playing games.

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Nebraska Farm & Ranch - FFA

November 8, 2012

Elgin Chapter Members Attend National FFA Convention Bailey Carpenter, Elgin FFA Chapter Reporter Fifteen members of the Elgin FFA Chapter along with around 55,000 other FFA members, advisors, and guests from across the United States attended the 85th annual National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., October 24-27.

For the past seven years the convention has been held in “Indy” and will move to Louisville, Ky., for the next seven years and then back to Indy in 2016.

While in Indy, members attended sessions, visited the National FFA Expo, shopped at the FFA shopping mall. They saw Brantley Gilbert and The Band Perry and went to “The World’s Toughest Rodeo,” featuring the best bull and bronc riders. They toured Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., and stopped at the St. Louis Arch. Along with speeches and ceremonies made by the national FFA officers, keynote speakers during the sessions were Olympic gold medalist and figure skater, Scott Hamilton; the national FFA advisor, Dr. Steve Brown; and Josh Bleill, an Iraq War veteran and now spokesperson for the Indianapolis Colts.

Josh Bleill was severely wounded in 2006 in Fallujah, Iraq, losing both of his legs above the knees. Besides being able to attend and visit these exciting places and hear these inspiring messages, the members watched national contests, including parliamentary procedure and public speaking.

They also sat in on a workshop of choice. Many of the Elgin members attended one called “Protect the Harvest,” which discussed how students can identify current legislative issues that threaten

American livestock production and other animalrelated activities, and how to advocate on these issues on behalf of farmers, ranchers, hunters and related agribusinesses.

On Saturday, the last day of convention three members of the Elgin FFA Chapter officially

received their American FFA Degree. Alex Dierks, Nathan Anderson, and Ben Pelster all met the qualifications to receive this high honor. Ben was the only one able to make the trip out, but we are very proud of all three of them!

CROFTON FFA CHAPTER HAPPENINGS...

Continued from page 9 October 2. The students learned about service, commitment, social media and how important it is, because it can enhance or ruin a person’s image. Shortly after IMPACT, the Crofton FFA Tailgate fundraiser was held at Crofton’s Homecoming football game. We would like to thank everyone, especially the parents, who helped with this FFA fundraiser. Funds raised helped out the members who attended the National FFA Convention. We also would like to thank community members who helped support the Crofton FFA Chapter by purchasing tavern meals. We held our monthly meeting during second homeroom during school in October because with all of the athletic events, there were no open nights available. It was a very brief meeting but many things were taken care of. Once again, 85 members were in attendance.

Parliamentary Procedure has officially kicked off for all teams, while many others are preparing for other Leadership Skills Events. October also brings some of the members’ favorite time of year, National FFA Convention. Twelve members and two adults attended nationals in Indianapolis for four days. Crofton FFA members attended the

business sessions and listened to some outstanding motivational speakers. They went to the Agricultural Career Show and on educational tours, including the Blue Springs Caverns, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indiana Horse Park. After the long bus ride to “Indy,” the convention was three days of non-stop leadership activities and little sleep. We wanted to get the most out of the experience and we very much appreciate the opportunity to do so. Every member who attended the 85th National FFA Convention described it as the “experience of a lifetime!”

Current Crofton FFA activities include our annual fruit sales fundraiser, which officially kicked off on November 1 and will run through November 26. Thank you, in advance, to all of the community members who will help us out with our biggest fundraiser of the year. The November meeting was held on November 8. We will be having our Adopt-a-Highway roadside cleanup in November. In addition, we hope to have a “Fight Hunger” activity during the months of November and December. We have a committee of members working on getting details out to the rest of the

members. District Leadership Skills Events will be held on December 5 in Verdigre. Crofton speakers are preparing in many areas such as Creed Speaking, Junior High Discovery Speaking, Junior Public Speaking, Senior Public Speaking, Extemporaneous, Cooperative Speaking, Natural Resources Speaking, Agricultural Demonstration, Job Interview, Junior High Quiz Bowl and Parliamentary Procedure. As you can see, there will be no break in meaningful activities in which Crofton FFA members can take part.

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Nebraska Farm & Ranch - Market

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By David M. Fiala

Weekly Ag Market Breakdown

Country Grain Prices as of 11/6/12 Location

Corn

Aurora Bloomfield Bruning Chappell Columbus Franklin Fremont Funk Gordon *** Grand Island Grant Hastings Hemingford Holdrege Imperial *** Kearney Kimball Lexington Lincoln Maywood McCook Merna Nebraska City Norfolk North Platte Ogallala Ord Overton Sidney St.Paul Superior Waco Wahoo Wayne Alliance Imperial Gordon Hemingford

New Corn

$7.39 $7.38 $7.39 $7.28 $7.47 $7.34 $7.59 $7.41 $6.99 $7.39 $7.31 $7.41 $7.19 $7.32 $7.31 $7.40 $7.31 $7.39 $7.41 $7.41 $7.36 $7.35 $7.52 $7.44 $7.41 $7.29 $7.46 $7.37 $7.26 $7.35 $7.38 $7.36 $7.47 $7.66 671 Above Above Above

$6.01 $5.90 $5.96 $5.94 $6.07 $6.01 $5.76 $6.01 $5.96 $6.01 $6.01 $5.96 $5.96 $6.00 $5.96 $5.96 $6.01 $5.96 $5.38 $5.96 $5.96 $6.01 $5.91 $6.01 $5.96 $5.96 $6.01 $6.01 $5.96

Beans

New Beans

$14.68 $14.63 $14.59 $14.25 $14.71 $14.55 $15.08 $14.67

$12.61 $12.69

$14.68 $14.25 $14.71

$12.58 $12.36 $12.59

$14.52 $14.25 $14.57

$12.46 $12.36 $12.46

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$8.38 $8.98 $8.42 $8.38 $8.35

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$5.71 $5.55 $5.56

$8.79 $8.62

$8.51 $8.38

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$12.80 $12.51

$14.47 $14.60 $14.58 $14.68

$12.46 $12.56 $12.66

$35.00 Pinto Oil Flowers (new) Spring Wheat(new) Spring Wheat(new)

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December 2012 Corn (CBOT) - Daily Chart

$7.17 $7.04

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Crop Basis Charts from Reporting Locations as of 11/6/12 Corn Basis

Soybean Basis

Wheat Basis

Sorghum Basis

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$8.58 $8.63

Corn trade has been choppy but we managed to rally following the election which has us a nickel higher on the week heading into Thursday. Outside markets have been all over the map this week, and were sharply lower on Wednesday. The marketplace has turned its attention to European issues and the looming fiscal cliff, but corn managed to avoid pressure. The December chart has maintained its sideways tone with support at $7.32, and several levels of resistance of $7.56, the 50-day moving average, then $7.76, our October high.

Ethanol production was up a shade on the week, and pulled ahead of the needed USDA pace. Basis levels have softened as week energy prices compress ethanol margins. Corn harvest is winding down, the weekly progress report listed it at 95% complete, although there are some concerns about storm damage in the East where the bulk of the corn remains. The corn export inspections slipped to 14.7 million which is behind the needed pace.

World cash corn prices continue to firm and the US will likely gain some competiveness. Looking forward to Friday the average trade guess is for a yield .1 bushels per acre more at 122.1 with a range of 120.9 to 124, but a lower harvested acreage. So the average production estimate is at 10.63 versus 10.7 billion bushels on the October report; the range is 10.1 to 10.88. The average carryover estimate is at 635 versus the 619 million October number, the range is 485-750. The weekly export sales numbers continued to be disappointing; they were only 157,600 metric tons Thursday morning.

Hedgers call with questions, expect any changes on the USDA report Friday morning to set the tone for next week.

Open . . .7.444 High . . .7.480 Low . . . .7.406 Close . . .7.450 Change +0.012

$5.71

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$12.91 $12.39 $12.41 $12.46 $12.81 $12.65 $12.51

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Corn

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$14.53 $14.92 $14.51 $14.30 $14.52 $14.87 $14.60 $14.51

Northern $38.00 Oil Flowers Spring Wheat $9.02 Spring Wheat $9.07

Wheat

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Soybeans

Wheat trade has turned higher this week with world wheat markets supporting the bull argument. Going into Thursday, Chicago is 30 higher, KC is 23 higher, and Minneapolis is 20 higher. Winter wheat planting is effectively complete, with most emerged. Wheat crop conditions slipped 1% to 39% good to excellent. This is the lowest rating for this time of year since the mid1980’s, chart wise, trade has worked above the major moving averages, and a nearby Chicago move through the $9.10 area would be seen as bullish on the chart. European wheat markets are now within striking distance of the all time highs. Weather remains poor for the wheat in the hard red wheat belt, while Russia is in ok shape for now. The Southern Hemisphere is getting underway with harvest soon. For Friday’s report the average trade guess for the new USDA carryover is at 665 million versus 654 on the October report, so no big change is anticipated. The weekly export sales report only listed 209,400 metric tons. The sales need to pick up not just the futures to support the fundamental bull argument. Hedgers call with questions.

Soybean trade continues to struggle at the low side of the range caused by poor outside market action, ideas of a slightly bigger bean yield and lack of threatening weather in South America.

For the week, beans are 19 cents lower, meal is $6 lower, and oil is 64 lower. On the November chart, we have support at $14.97, and resistance is at $15.34, and $15.75. Harvest progress is now 93% complete, and should be wrapping up shortly. Basis has stayed firm as user hunt for bushels. Export business has reportedly been active, although there have been no official confirmations by the USDA. South American weather has improved in the near term to allow planting to progress. The weekly export sales number was surprisingly low on beans at 186,400 metric tons, but very strong on products at 194,500 metric tons of meal, and 36,700 metric tons of oil. If export news slows down and there is no fresh friendly news, we need to respect the potential for downside. Looking forward to Friday the average trade guess is for a yield .4 larger than last month at 38.2; this would still be over 5 bushels per acre below the June yield numbers when things looked near ideal in the US. The average 2012- production estimate is 2.89 billion bushels versus 2.86 last month. The average carryover estimate is still tight at 133 million versus 130 million last month. Hedgers call with questions.

Support: Resistance

Chicago 845 921

K City 886 960

Minneapolis 927 983

December 2012 Wheat (CBOT) - Daily Chart Open . . . .8.940 High . . . .8.972 Low . . . .8.880 Close . . .8.914 Change .-0.026

Support: Resistance

Jan. 13 1451 1599

Dec. Meal 450 500

Dec. Oil 4660 5192

January 2013 Soybeans (CBOT) - Daily Chart Open . . .15.070 High . . .15.134 Low . . .15.004 Close . .15.056 Change .-0.012

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November 8, 2012

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Creek Valley FFA Members Attend the 85th National FFA Convention Clarice Ford, Creek Valley FFA Chapter Reporter On Tuesday, October 23, nine Creek Valley FFA members -- Clarice Ford, Kelsey Wade, McKenzie Akeson, Keegan Michel, Cory Phillips, Aftan Bartels, Logan Criswell, Roy Koech and Caitlin Thomas -- and Mrs. Whiting and Terry Akeson left to go to North Platte. At North Platte, they got on a bus that took them to Indianapolis for the 85th National FFA Convention. After a bus ride of 16 hours, they arrived in “Indy” at about 2 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon. After everyone was settled in the hotel, Creek Valley members left to the first session of the National FFA Convention. They listened to the keynote speaker Scott Hamilton.

On Thursday, they started their day bright and early by leaving the hotel at 7 a.m. sharp. The Creek Valley FFA members had the chance to go to the Indianapolis Speedway and Museum Tour.

When the FFA members got back to the National FFA Convention, they had a chance to explore the Career Show and Expo. That night they attended the third session of the National FFA Convention.

There they listened to keynote speaker Dr. Lowell Catlett. Later that night, they also had a chance to go to the Nebraska FFA dance at the hotel.

Friday, Creek Valley FFA members had another long day, leaving the hotel at the same time. This time they went to see the Indiana Mounted Patrol.

They learned about what the mounted patrolmen had to go through in training and riding a horse,

as well as their duties. After that, some of the Creek Valley FFA members went to leadership workshops while others continued to explore the Career Show. That night they went to the seventh session of the convention, where they listened to keynote speaker, Josh Bleill. After leaving the session the Creek Valley FFA members ate at Maggiano’s, a fine Italian restaurant.

Saturday, Creek Valley FFA members left the hotel at 6:30 a.m. They went back to the career show that day and stayed until 10 a.m., leaving for home at about 11:30 a.m. They then got home at 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning.

The Creek Valley FFA chapter would like to thank Terry Akeson for taking time out of his busy schedule to help sponsor us and for buying pizza for us on Wednesday night.

Sioux County FFA Chapter Plans Community Service Projects for Senior Center and Community Trisha Hunter, Sioux County FFA Advisor Sioux County High School has enjoyed working with its 2012-2013 FFA officer team to improve the community and our members’ leadership skills.

This month the Sioux County FFA Chapter will be the club of the month at the local senior center and will decorate tables, play bingo, write letters and bring treats for the center. Each year students love to spend time with the residents of the center.

The Sioux County FFA chapter is planning on purchasing a plasma cutter that they are going to use for several community service projects.

Members plan to make signs for businesses and schools that are in the community. Our Sioux County FFA chapter is focusing on community service and preparing our young people to be great leaders in their schools and communities.

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Bayard FFA Chapter News Aubry Cottrell, Bayard FFA Chapter Reporter The Bayard FFA Chapter for this school year is off to a great start. We have 69 members in our chapter this year. At our annual labor auction in September, we earned $17,000, which is a record high for our chapter. We are planning on purchasing a new robotic plasma cutter this year.

Morrill County Farm Bureau has graciously donated $2,500 towards purchasing the plasma cutter, which sponsorship we greatly appreciate.

Our chapter has participated in the District Land Judging competition so far this school year. We had the top four placing teams at this contest.

Only one team from the school can go to state, which was our first place team of David Schuler, Zac Rice, Trenton Applegate and Jadon Smith.

They placed fifth at the state contest and will be representing Nebraska at nationals in Oklahoma in April. David Schuler placed first at districts and

third at state individually. Our 2012-2013 officer team consists of Kayellen Hall as president, JaLee Pilkington as vice president, David Schuler as secretary, Megan Schuler as treasurer, Aubry Cottrell as reporter, Trenton Applegate as Sentinel, and Lane Kizzire as parliamentarian.

We are looking forward to the rest of this year!

Bridgeport FFA Members Auction Gets Suprising Results Kevin Myers with help from Breanne Franklin, Bridgeport FFA Chapter Reporter, and Kristen Fellhoelter, Bridgeport FFA Chapter President If you were to look up the word generosity in the dictionary, you would either find the phrase “See Bridgeport” or you would see a picture of the many community members that attended the first annual FFA Members Auction held on Tuesday, October 16, at the Prairie Winds Community Center.

Each year, FFA Chapters hold a member’s auction to raise money so the students involved in the club will have funds to help pay expenses for the many activities and contests they will be attending throughout the school year. With the wonderful support of the parents and community members, the students of the Bridgeport FFA Chapter will be able to hit the ground running, as stated by school board member, Dale Nichols.

Following the burger feed, Bridgeport FFA Chapter President Kristen Fellhoelter and Mick Lund, member of the advisory board, welcomed and thanked all the parents and community members in attendance. In addition, President Fellhoelter informed the packed house of the obligations of each member bought during the fund-raiser, which is eight hours of work.

As each student nervously walked in front of the large crowd to be auctioned off, auctioneers Mike Goeman and Del Kraupie began singing out and receiving bids, first $100 then $200, and the FFA members watched in amazement as the parents and community members kept nodding their heads or raising the hands.

As the amounts kept going up and up, the smiles of appreciation of the Bridgeport FFA members’ faces shone brighter and brighter. At first, the

looks on the students’ faces were of disbelief or astonishment that people would support them as they did, but soon these looks turned to pure joy and thankfulness as student after student stepped up to the front of the crowd with huge smiles on their faces, and some even flexing their muscles to let everyone know how much work they can do.

As the bidding continued, the energy from the auctioneers kept the atmosphere of the evening alive. With smiles all around, community members in attendance gladly kept bidding. And maybe with a little friendly competition, the donations continued to rise as many of the Bridgeport FFA members went for more than $1,000.

“I was hoping to be able to receive a bid of $500,” stated FFA member Janelle Kesterson, “but when they started at $500 I knew that all was good.”

Before the event, Miss Alissa Neitenbach, Bridgeport High School Agriculture Education Instructor and FFA Advisor had shared with her students that membership auctions she has attended recently brought on average $200 per student, and the highest she could recall was $400. “She definitely hasn’t been to Bridgeport,” stated Courtney Beyer just before being auctioned off. “Our community knows how to show their support.” And support they did.

The highlight of the evening had to be when Miss Neitenbach stepped forward to be auctioned off. As the bidding quickly surpassed the $1,000 mark, then the $2,000 mark, before ending at $2,700, the expression of astonishment and the bright smiles of appreciation were priceless. “I thought I was going to cry,” Miss Neitenbach stated later as she dabbed at her eyes. “This is incredible; the support from everyone is so wonderful.”

Morrill FFA Starts Third Year as a Chapter!

Madie Schaefer, Morrill FFA Chapter Reporter The Morrill FFA chapter is off and running. We are very excited about the upcoming year. This year’s Morrill FFA chapter is run by an elite set of officers. Raina Younkin, serves as president, Haleigh Pike as vice president, Wyatt Petersen as secretary, Devon Williamson as treasurer, Madie Schaefer as reporter, Andie Parminter as historian, Matt Hessler as parliamentarian and Aaron Wadhams as sentinel.

We have started to practice for our upcoming Leadership Skills Event and Career Development Event contests. The first contest will be in Chadron, Nebraska on the fifth of December. At this contest, Morrill FFA members will participate in speaking contests, Ag Demo and Creed contests. This year our chapter also participated in the IMPACT l leadership conference. Students got a chance to work with state officers and other local FFA members, improving their leadership and communication skills.

This September, our Morrill FFA chapter teamed up with BETA seed and helped the local elementary students with a farm safety day.

Elementary students learned about canal safety, all-terrain vehicle safety, fire safety, electricity safety, and grain bin safety, to name just a few of the many more safety stations. Each of the groups was lead by a Morrill FFA member throughout the day. The highlight of the day was watching the local John Deere dealership run a dummy through a PTO (power take off) demonstration. The students learned about the dangers of tractors and why to stand clear of all moving equipment.

This year will be the Morrill FFA’s third year as a chapter. Due to local support, the chapter has been able to be very successful at the local and state level. “I am so excited for what the future holds for this chapter. I believe that with the large classes coming up, our chapter will be able to grow more and more every year,” states Mrs. Cox, Morrill FFA advisor. The chapter has many more projects and activities they will participate in, in the next coming year.

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Scottsbluff FFA Chapter Senior Team Places Third at Range Judging Brayden Auer, Scottsbluff FFA Chapter Reporter The Scottsbluff FFA Chapter has had a great year so far. We had many members attend the IMACT leadership workshop on September 5, held at the Gering Civic Center. The chapter also held its annual Welcome Back Dinner for members and parents. Members also helped out at the NEST Fest and Kids Explore.

This year we had a record number of members participate in Land and Range Judging. The area range judging contest took place on September 18 in Kimball County. The chapter had thirteen members participate. In the Junior division was: Tanner Devana, A.J. Brannan, Jamie Carlson, Jocelyn Brunner, Richie Klemm, Alissa Sweley, Hailey Andrews and Kaldon Meininger. In the Senior Division was: Danielle Pilquist, Austin Kniss, Katey

Myers, Zach Perlinger and Tevyn Baldwin. The senior team of Katey Myers, Austin Kniss, Zach Perlinger and Tevyn Baldwin received third place. Baldwin placed first individually.

Baldwin advanced to the state contest held in Stanton County on September 26 and placed 22nd individually. The Old West Regional Contest was scheduled for October 6 in Scottsbluff, but due to inclement weather, had to be canceled. The land judging contest was held on October 4 in Gurley, Neb. The Scottsbluff chapter had thirteen members participate. The freshman participants were Paige Weborg and Hunter Hill. Sophomore members included Bailey Imel, Sam McQuistan, Jarrett Rattliff, Levi Shope and Logan Veenendaal.

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Alliance FFA Chapter Receives Silver Ranking at National Level Cheryl Aby, Alliance FFA Chapter Reporter The Alliance FFA Chapter has had a busy fall.

School started with Alliance FFA members showing at the Nebraska State Fair over Labor Day. Alliance FFA results were the following in the beef cattle category: Krista Carter, Heavyweight Reserve Champion Market Steer; Sage Henderson, purple ribbon for Middleweight Market Steer; and Connor Wright, purple ribbon for Lightweight Feeder Steer. In the crops, range boards and horticulture categories, Alliance FFA members earned the following: Cheryl Aby, blue ribbon for display board; Amanda Lower, blue ribbon for display board; Ashtyn Shrewsbury, blue ribbon for range board; and Ashtyn Shrewsbury, purple ribbon for special horticulture board.

Shortly after state fair, the state officers were out in the Nebraska panhandle hosting the Impact motivational workshop. Alliance FFA had many members attend: Tegan Hill-Ramirez, Aaliyah Dun, Brent Thomas, Shelbie Bolinger, AnnaVogel, Cheryl Aby, Tess Benham, Whitney Hall, Michalla Favela, Jake Stinson, Seth Walton, Alexandra Stitch, Denny Garza, Rhianna Minich, Cassidy Joslin and Trevor Leisy. This workshop

was a great way to get new members excited about and involved in FFA. A picnic was held at the park for the September meeting, games were planned by the officers, a meal was provided and new members were introduced.

Finishing out September, Alliance students were busy working concession stands and cleaning stadiums. Also, a tailgate party before one of the football games was held to assist in raising money for the National FFA Convention.

Alliance FFA students participated in the Area I Land Evaluation Contest in October, which was held at Gurley. Results of the area land judging contest for Alliance FFA were that member Krista Carter received a white ribbon. Other Alliance FFA students who attended were Alex Stitch, Trevor Leisy, Cheryl Aby, Teagan Hill-Ramirez, Cody Henderson, Whitney Hall, Chase Dye and Shelbie Bolinger. The top four schools at the contest were Bayard, Kimball, Scottsbluff and Alliance, in that order.

In October, the Alliance Ag program was shown support from their local cooperative, Westco, by an award of grant and support money of $10,000 for a welding area.

Ten members of the Alliance FFA Chapter traveled to Indianapolis for the National FFA Convention beginning on October 23. Attending members were Chris Wright, Amanda Lower, Cheryl Aby, Denny Garza, Chase Dye, Rhiannon Minich, Ashytyn Shrewsbury, Krista Carter, Hannah Kesterson and Connor Wright. The chaperones who assisted with the trip were Marie Cervantes and Charlie Wright. The Alliance FFA participated in the national FFA Food Science Career Development Event. Hannah Kesterson received a first place individual award, Ashtyn Shrewsbury earned a gold individual award, and Krista Carter and Connor Wright earned bronze individual awards. The Alliance team received a silver ranking. While at nationals, the Alliance FFA alumni were also recognized with silver ranking on the Outstanding Affiliate Award.

This years’ FFA officers are Ashtyn Shrewsbury, president; Krista Carter, vice president; Chase Dye, secretary; Cheryl Aby, reporter; Rhiannon Minnich, historian; Chris Wright, sentinel; and Chelsey Rodriguez parliamentarian. Ms. Walla serves as the Alliance FFA Chapter advisor.

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Cattle Prices Expected to Continue to Rise The Grand Island Independent The impacts of the 2012 drought continue to play out in a beef industry discouraged by high feed prices and large cattle-feeding losses.

In the latest Cattle On Feed report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that placements into feedlots dropped sharply in September following substantial declines in July and August. As a result, on-feed numbers are now down nearly 3 percent as the beef industry is doing its part to reduce corn and other feed usage, according to Purdue University Extension Economist Chris Hurt.

"Drought has been particularly cruel to the beef cattle industry," Hurt said. "A multipleyear drought in the Southern Plains has been followed by a devastating midwestern drought in 2012 that is now forecast to continue into 2013. Brood cows remain the last major livestock industry that is land extensive. So when dryness causes wide stretches of land to be unable to support cow grazing, producers have to buy feed or send the cows to town."

In reviewing the year, Hurt said the 2012 drought began in the eastern Corn Belt in the spring and early summer but migrated westward in the late summer and fall. Today the drought conditions still cover 62 percent of the lower continental United States according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The central Great Plains has become the epicenter, with Nebraska having 95 percent of the state in the worst two drought categories. In addition to Nebraska, six other states, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota and Iowa, have more than 50 percent of their area in the worst two drought categories. These states represent 30 percent of the nation's beef cows.

"While some important beef cow areas have gotten relief from the drought, others have a discouraging outlook," Hurt said. "Improved moisture conditions began in August and have continued into the fall in the eastern Corn Belt and the Southeast. However, the forecast is for the drought to continue and possibly intensify

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"The cattle on-feed numbers were supportive to the overall expected reduction in per capita beef supplies of about 3 percent through the first half of 2013," Hurt said. "As a result, finished cattle prices are expected to continue to rise this year and into 2013. For the just completed third quarter, steer prices averaged near $120 per hundredweight. Prices are expected to be near $125 for the final quarter of 2012 and $130 in the first quarter of 2013.

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"That moderation could begin in a small way with lower soybean meal prices in the spring of 2013, assuming reasonable South American soybean production," Hurt said. "Further declines in feed costs could occur with a better grazing season in the spring and summer of 2013 and a return to larger U.S. corn and soybean crops next year," he said.

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NEBRASKA HAY SUMMARY Week Ending 11/2/2012 Eastern Nebraska: Compared to last week: Alfalfa, grass hay, ground/delivered alfalfa sold steady to firm, dehydrated alfalfa pellets sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was light to moderate. Some sellers letting hay go with cows on fall stalks. A lot of corn stalks are getting baled this week. Some diaries were active this week buying top quality alfalfa. Some imported hay from surrounding states and Canada has gone up 30.00 to 40.00 per ton, and prices are not included in this report. Prices are dollars per ton FOB (freight on buyer) stack in medium to large square bales and rounds, unless otherwise noted. Prices from the most recent reported sales. Nebraska Department of Agriculture has a hay and forage directory available at www.agr.state.ne.us click on Hay Information.

Northeast Nebraska: Alfalfa: Supreme large squares 250.00 to mostly 300.00. Premium large squares 225.00-250.00. Good large rounds 200.00230.00. Grass Hay: Good large rounds 180.00-200.00, few at 220.00. Cornstalks round bales 70.00-85.00.

Fall planted oat hay in large rounds 150.00.

Dehydrated alfalfa pellets, 17 percent protein: 335.00-350.00; Alfalfa meal: 340.00-350.00.

Platte Valley of Nebraska: Supreme large squares 275.00-300.00; Good large squares 200.00.

Premium small squares 350.00. Good large rounds 200.00-230.00. Grass Hay: Good large rounds 180.00200.00. Corn stalks or bean stubble large round bales 90.00-100.00. Alfalfa ground/del local hauls 250.00-

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Western Nebraska: Compared to last week: All classes trading steady to firm with continued resistance from buyers noted at the upper end of the price range due to a very light supply. Light to moderate demand with slow trading activity. Producers are continuing to retain their remaining hay supplies as they are anticipating upcoming feeding needs for the winter season. USDA-NASS has a production forecast of 55.6 million tons, which is down 15 percent from last year. If this is recognized it will be the lowest production level since 1953. All prices dollars per ton FOB stack in large square bales and rounds, unless otherwise noted. Most horse hay sold in small squares.

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Head . . . . . . . . . .Wt . . . . . . . . .Avg Wt . . . . . . . .PriceAvg . . . . . . . . . . . .Price 8 . . . . . . . . .263 . . . . . . .263 . . . . . .204.00 . . . . . . . . .204.00 194 . . . . . .300-349 . . . . .331 . . .180.00-226.00 . . . . . .214.29 300 . . . . .351-399 . . . . .384 . . .178.00-222.00 . . . . . .198.78 52 . . . . . . . .386 . . . . . . .386 . . . . . .210.50 . . . . . . . . .210.50 763 . . . . . .400-448 . . . . .428 . . .171.00-208.00 . . . . . .193.08 349 . . . . . .421-431 . . . . .425 . . . . . .207.00 . . . . . . . . . 207.00 1265 . . . . .451-497 . . . . .479 . . .160.00-189.50 . . . . . .180.34 291 . . . . . .481-485 . . . . .483 . . .189.00-190.00 . . . . . .189.40 1400 . . . . .500-545 . . . . .526 . . .158.00-177.00 . . . . . .169.25 161 . . . . . .510-515 . . . . .512 . . .175.25-180.00 . . . . . .177.62 194 . . . . . .501-533 . . . . .519 . . .178.25-184.00 . . . . . .180.65 1525 . . . . .550-597 . . . . .570 . . .149.75-170.75 . . . . . .161.42 18 . . . . . . . .553 . . . . . . .553 . . . . . .170.00 . . . . . . . . .170.00 8 . . . . . . . . .598 . . . . . . .598 . . . . . .147.75 . . . . . . . . .147.75 84 . . . . . . .610-636 . . . . .630 . . .155.00-163.50 . . . . . .161.54 989 . . . . . .600-648 . . . . .620 . . .148.00-169.50 . . . . . .158.81 90 . . . . . . . .645 . . . . . . .645 . . . . . .168.00 . . . . . . . . .168.00 112 . . . . . .658-672 . . . . .664 . . .146.00-162.00 . . . . . .158.74 231 . . . . . .651-685 . . . . .669 . . .146.50-159.00 . . . . . .154.59 284 . . . . . .700-745 . . . . .711 . . .146.50-159.75 . . . . . .155.24 7 . . . . . . . . .700 . . . . . . .700 . . . . . .136.00 . . . . . . . . .136.00 168 . . . . . .751-798 . . . . .760 . . .138.00-151.85 . . . . . .147.83 14 . . . . . . .753-756 . . . . .755 . . .140.00-141.50 . . . . . .140.86 394 . . . . . .801-843 . . . . .823 . . .142.00-148.00 . . . . . .146.08 136 . . . . . .859-876 . . . . .867 . . .140.00-146.50 . . . . . .144.11 88 . . . . . . .922-929 . . . . .924 . . .137.25-146.00 . . . . . .143.60

Head . . . . . . . . . .Wt . . . . . . . . .Avg Wt . . . . . . . .PriceAvg . . . . . . . . . . . .Price 24 . . . . . . . .293 . . . . . . . .293 . . . . . . .193.00 . . . . . . . .193.00 194 . . . . . .306-348 . . . . . .337 . . . .160.00-193.00 . . . . .180.88 254 . . . . . .353-399 . . . . . .376 . . . .152.00-181.00 . . . . .168.40 832 . . . . . .400-449 . . . . . .426 . . . .149.50-180.00 . . . . .163.17 841 . . . . . .452-499 . . . . . .470 . . . .147.50-169.00 . . . . .156.59 45 . . . . . . . .459 . . . . . . . .459 . . . . . . .169.50 . . . . . . . .169.50 1018 . . . . .500-548 . . . . . .521 . . . .142.50-156.50 . . . . .150.40 138 . . . . . .521-530 . . . . . .525 . . . .151.00-167.00 . . . . .157.45 108 . . . . . . .511 . . . . . . . .511 . . . . . . .159.50 . . . . . . . .159.50 439 . . . . . .550-592 . . . . . .574 . . . .135.00-159.00 . . . . .145.48 69 . . . . . . .554-571 . . . . . .566 . . . .149.75-151.75 . . . . .150.32 107 . . . . . .601-639 . . . . . .611 . . . .131.00-147.00 . . . . .142.26 285 . . . . . .600-649 . . . . . .619 . . . .135.00-150.00 . . . . .142.12 55 . . . . . . . .605 . . . . . . . .605 . . . . . . .151.00 . . . . . . . .151.00 123 . . . . . .650-692 . . . . . .681 . . . .138.50-144.00 . . . . .140.94 50 . . . . . . .650-659 . . . . . .654 . . . . . . .138.50 . . . . . . . .138.50 130 . . . . . .702-746 . . . . . .726 . . . .133.00-139.25 . . . . .136.38 568 . . . . . .760-798 . . . . . .774 . . . .131.00-143.00 . . . . .138.92 396 . . . . . .802-841 . . . . . .818 . . . .130.00-142.25 . . . . .138.56 154 . . . . . .858-891 . . . . . .879 . . . .131.85-137.75 . . . . .135.72 59 . . . . . . .916-948 . . . . . .941 . . . .125.00-139.75 . . . . .132.26 52 . . . . . . .955-981 . . . . . .963 . . . .121.00-138.00 . . . . .127.45 14 . . . . . .1007-1029 . . . .1023 . . . .119.75-120.00 . . . . .119.93

Feeder Steers Medium & Large 1-2 Head . . . . . . . . . .Wt . . . . . . . . .Avg Wt . . . . . . . .PriceAvg . . . . . . . . . . . .Price 23 . . . . . . .341-344 . . . . . .343 . . . .205.00-210.00 . . . . .206.08 49 . . . . . . .380-394 . . . . . .390 . . . .173.00-185.50 . . . . .179.84 102 . . . . . .403-449 . . . . . .434 . . . .164.00-186.00 . . . . .177.06 199 . . . . . .451-498 . . . . . .476 . . . .150.00-174.00 . . . . .167.12 91 . . . . . . .509-545 . . . . . .530 . . . .149.50-164.50 . . . . .154.97 6 . . . . . . . . .508 . . . . . . . .508 . . . . . . .149.50 . . . . . . . .149.50 69 . . . . . . .572-596 . . . . . .583 . . . .143.00-155.00 . . . . .150.67 90 . . . . . . .606-647 . . . . . .629 . . . .145.00-156.75 . . . . .153.24 4 . . . . . . . . .711 . . . . . . . .711 . . . . . . .129.50 . . . . . . . .129.50 16 . . . . . . .800-821 . . . . . .808 . . . .132.00-137.75 . . . . .135.56 21 . . . . . . . .874 . . . . . . . .874 . . . . . . .133.00 . . . . . . . .133.00

Lean hog futures exploded higher on Wednesday due to lightly friendly cash action, followed by chart buying. December futures are 230 higher on the week and moved to the highest level since July. If we can hold on above $80 for another day it should have the chart watchers calling a clear move to a higher momentum market again. Cash prices have held up supporting the move near by. Cutout has held together reasonable and the US is priced competitively on the world export market. Packer margins should be reasonable, and producers’ margins are trending better. Hedgers call with questions, and focus on margins looking into next year. If we catch some upward momentum near term at new highs and happen to see grain trade break it may be the best presented margins in some time.

Dec. 12 7530 8280

Feb. 13 8152 8822

December 2012 Hogs (CBOT) - Daily Chart Open . . .77.500 High . . .80.400 Low . . .77.300 Close . .80.100 Change .+2.525

Feeder Heifers Medium & Large 1-2 Head . . . . . . . . . .Wt . . . . . . . . .Avg Wt . . . . . . . .PriceAvg . . . . . . . . . . . .Price 18 . . . . . . .324-340 . . . . . .332 . . . .151.00-162.00 . . . . .157.74 31 . . . . . . .361-397 . . . . . .374 . . . .151.00-164.00 . . . . .159.47 74 . . . . . . .408-445 . . . . . .441 . . . .150.00-167.50 . . . . .161.47 141 . . . . . .455-499 . . . . . .484 . . . .144.00-155.00 . . . . .149.03 30 . . . . . . .517-547 . . . . . .529 . . . .136.00-141.00 . . . . .139.04 12 . . . . . . . .541 . . . . . . . .541 . . . . . . .147.50 . . . . . . . .147.50 54 . . . . . . .553-593 . . . . . .568 . . . .137.50-142.50 . . . . .139.95 17 . . . . . . .618-647 . . . . .635 . . . .125.00-127.00 . . . . .126.20 30 . . . . . . .830-847 . . . . . .841 . . . .127.50-130.50 . . . . .129.44

5 Area Weekly Weighted Average Direct Slaughter Cattle Week Ending: 11/4/12

Confirmed: 74,496 Week Ago: 97,339 Year Ago: 115,366

Live Basis Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head Count . . . . . Weight Range (lbs) . . . . . . . . . . .Price Range ($) Weighted Averages Slaughter Steers (Beef Breeds): (lbs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .($) Over 80% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,534 . . . . . . . . .1,325-1,550 . . . . . . . . . . .124.00-127.00 1,466 . . . . . . . . . . .125.87 65 - 80% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,924 . . . . . . . . .1,275-1,525 . . . . . . . . . . .122.00-127.00 1,432 . . . . . . . . . . .125.72 35 - 65% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14,149 . . . . . . . .1,140-1,520 . . . . . . . . . . .122.00-127.00 1,297 . . . . . . . . . . .126.46 0 - 35% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 . . . . . . . . . .1,325-1,325 . . . . . . . . . . .127.00-127.00 1,325 . . . . . . . . . . .127.00 Weighted Averages Live Basis Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head Count . . . . . Weight Range (lbs) . . . . . . . . . . .Price Range ($) (lbs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .($) Slaughter Heifers (Beef Breeds): Over 80% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,846 . . . . . . . . .1,200-1,475 . . . . . . . . . . .124.00-127.00 1,336 . . . . . . . . . . .125.85 65 - 80% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,847 . . . . . . . .1,115-1,475 . . . . . . . . . . .124.00-127.00 1,318 . . . . . . . . . . .125.88 35 - 65% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,416 . . . . . . . .1,085-1,300 . . . . . . . . . . .125.00-127.00 1,158 . . . . . . . . . . .126.54 0 - 35% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .============================================================================================================== Weighted Averages Dressed Basis Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head Count . . . . . Weight Range (lbs) . . . . . . . . . . .Price Range ($) Slaughter Steers (Beef Breeds): (lbs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ($) (Paid on Hot Weights) Over 80% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,519 . . . . . . . . . .860-1,003 . . . . . . . . . . . .194.00-198.00 930 . . . . . . . . . . . .196.58 65 - 80% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,422 . . . . . . . . . .781-1,000 . . . . . . . . . . . .193.00-198.00 918 . . . . . . . . . . . .196.24 35 - 65% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 . . . . . . . . . . .886-925 . . . . . . . . . . . . .195.00-195.00 911 . . . . . . . . . . . .195.00 0 - 35% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Weighted Averages Dressed Basis Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head Count . . . . .Weight Range (lbs) . . . . . . . . . . .Price Range ($) Slaughter Heifers (Beef Breeds): (lbs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ($) Over 80% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,332 . . . . . . . . . .768-903 . . . . . . . . . . . . .195.00-198.00 838 . . . . . . . . . . . .196.89 65 - 80% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,872 . . . . . . . . . .716-910 . . . . . . . . . . . . .195.00-198.00 814 . . . . . . . . . . . .196.51 35 - 65% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,375 . . . . . . . . . .678-826 . . . . . . . . . . . . .195.00-200.00 756 . . . . . . . . . . . .198.45 0 - 35% Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-

Weekly Weighted Averages (Beef Brands): Head Count Avg Weight Avg Price Live FOB Steer . . . . . .24,682 . . . . . . .1,361 . . . . . . .126.17 Live FOB Heifer . . . . .23,109 . . . . . . .1,236 . . . . . . .126.23 Dressed Del Steer . . . .7,141 . . . . . . . 924 . . . . . . .196.37 Dressed Del Heifer . . .6,579 . . . . . . . .811 . . . . . . . .197.05

Sales fob feedlots and delivered.

Estimated net weights after 3-4% shrink. Other: Contract sales; Formula sales; Holsteins; Heiferettes; Cattle sold earlier in the week, but data not collected on day of sale; Etc.

Week Ago Averages:

Year Ago Averages:

Head Count Avg Weight Avg Price Live FOB Steer . . . . . .30,927 . . . . . . .1,401 . . . . . . .126.58 Live FOB Heifer . . . . .24,940 . . . . . . .1,250 . . . . . . .126.63 Dressed Del Steer . . .13,001 . . . . . . .912 . . . . . . .197.78 Dressed Del Heifer . .11,558 . . . . . . .810 . . . . . . . .198.57

Head Count Avg Weight Avg Price Live FOB Steer . . . . . .36,227 . . . . . . .1,368 . . . . . . .121.54 Live FOB Heifer . . . . .25,347 . . . . . . .1,212 . . . . . . .121.00 Dressed Del Steer . . .13,993 . . . . . . .910 . . . . . . . .194.61 Dressed Del Heifer . . .9,470 . . . . . . . .799 . . . . . . . .193.41

Cattle

Hogs

Support: Resistance

MARKET: Bassett Livestock Auction – Bassett; Ericson/Spalding Auction Market – Ericson; Huss Livestock Market LLC – Kearney; Imperial Livestock Auction – Imperial; Lexington Livestock Market – Lexington; Ogallala Livestock Auction Market – Ogallala; Tri-State Livestock Auction – McCook; Valentine Livestock Auction – Valentine Receipts: 18,713 Last Week: 22,728 Last Year: 28,611 Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold steady. Heifer offerings sold steady to 2.00 higher. Quite a few weaned calves sold in the mix, majority of the cattle had fall shots. Demand was mostly good with moderate to good size crowds in attendance. Rather large numbers of slaughter cows (bred/open) continue to be liquidated due to the exceptional drought; 77% of Nebraska is in this category. Slaughter cattle live sales traded mostly .50-2.00 lower from 125.00-127.00 with dressed sales steady to 2.00 lower at 195.00197.00. This week’s reports sales volume was 60 percent steers, 39 percent heifers with balance on bull calves.

Around 29 percent of the feeders weighed over 600 lbs.

Support: Resistance

Dec. 12 12332 12742

Jan. 13 Feeder 14372 14787

Cattle trade has remained actively sideways, with trade 5 lower for the week on live cattle, and feeder cattle 120 lower. Cash trade should pick up to end the week with packers short bought, but with poor margins the packer lacks enthusiasm.

Offers are at $124, and asking prices are at $128.

It is expected that packers are trying to back off chain speed substantially. The cutout has improved during the week, with choice up 1.19 at 193.93 and select up 1.22 to 176.76. The choice select spread has stayed fairly stable, and the feedlots still seem reasonably current. The December futures contract has support at $124.50 which is

the recent low, and resistance is now up at 125.55, the area of the 10-day and 20-day. Feeder cattle placements should pick up as poor grazing conditions, and forage shortages encourage sales. The trade is also still assessing the impact of the storm on beef demand, with seasonal slowness typical this time of year as turkey gets its time to shine.

Cattle are down versus hogs this week which could be an illustration of a fundamental shift in demand due to the higher beef prices. Hedgers call with questions.

January 2013 Feeder Cattle (CBOT)

December 2012 Live Cattle (CBOT) - Daily Chart

Open .145.300 High .145.575 Low . .144.850 Close .145.325 Change .-0.175

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Wide Reach Sparks Chief Industries’ Success Emily Nohr, The Omaha World-Herald GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Fiery sparks pour out from under a welder's mask as he fuses grain tank sumps. Across the way, workers place the steel frame for a soon-to-be thrift store.

And at another Chief Industries location some 25 miles away in Hastings, ethanol production is under way at a plant that produces about 70 million gallons a year.

Meanwhile, in Kearney, Chief employees churn out grain bins; in Omaha, a Chief plant supplies the rail car industry with doors; and in Lincoln, a new Chief project rises in Lincoln's West Haymarket district.

Each distinct business is one of eight divisions that make up Grand Island-based Chief Industries. The company has doubled its sales volume during the past 10 years and celebrated a record year last year.

Last month, the company was named large manufacturer of the year by the Nebraska State Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The award was based on Chief's eagerness to leap into new markets and its geographical reach, said Nebraska chamber spokesman Jamie Karl.

Head down Interstate 80 and you'll see the company's impact on the state from Kearney through Grand Island, Hastings, Aurora, Lincoln and Omaha.

Chief also has plants in Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri and Colorado and even overseas in the United Kingdom and France, too — not to mention the dozens of countries where the company supplies manufactured components to various companies.

Much of the company's success is driven by its diversification efforts, said D.J. Eihusen, chairman and chief executive officer, with the company adding a new industry or two nearly every decade since its beginning in 1954.

"If you look at the industries we're involved in, we're not the biggest, but we aspire to be the best," said Eihusen, a third-generation Eihusen to oversee the company. "In every industry we've gotten involved in, we've taken that mentality."

Wading into new markets takes a perfect marriage of demand and expertise, Eihusen said.

The company first looks for a need in the marketplace, then evaluates if it has the capabilities to perform the work. It listens to its customers.

But success, he said, is largely about giving the company's divisions freedom to make decisions on their own, and that's the kind of foundation that founder Virgil Eihusen — D.J. Eihusen's grandfather — laid for the company.

"He had such insight," said marketing manager Gary Werner of the elder Eihusen. "He could see the growth of things. He didn't know where things would end up, but he could see the value, and that's why and how Chief Industries diversified so much."

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demands in manufacturing led to the creation of a slew of businesses that go far beyond the construction industry.

Between the 1960s and 1990s, the company launched into steel manufacturing, farm building manufacturing, powder coating, electrostatic painting, ethanol production, metal fabrication and more.

The 2000s gave Chief the chance to reel in its diversification plan.

"We, at one time, had 14 divisions and subsidiaries," Eihusen said. "We were too diversified, and we were trying to do too many things."

So the company made some adjustments. It trimmed businesses, consolidated others and rebranded.

Cuts included a recreational vehicle manufacturer, an electronic display systems manufacturer and a Kansas City-based construction company. The consolidations helped to streamline business ventures that were similar.

The company tacked the Chief name and logo onto its ventures so that "people know you're part of the same operation," Eihusen said. "Really, what it stands for us is a leader."

Chief continues to grow, but under each of its eight major divisions. Today, those divisions and the years they were established are: Chief Construction Co. (1954); Chief Agri Group (1961); Chief Buildings (1966); Chief Custom Homes (1970); Chief Carriers (1973); Chief Custom Products (1986); Chief Ethanol Fuels (1990); and Chief Fabrication (1991).

Chief's solid business plan helped the company get through the recession in "overall good shape," Eihusen said.

The company suffered a significant drop in its housing division and laid off about 100 workers in Grand Island, Kearney and its Indiana plant. A surge in business through Chief's agricultural products division helped the company offset the housing decline, and the company rehired those employees who lost their jobs.

"During times like that, our diversity truly comes through," he said of the economic decline, adding that the company has about 25 more employees compared with pre-recession levels.

So far during the 2010s, the company has had strong export growth, hasn't been forced to outsource jobs overseas like other companies and currently has its largest number of back orders in six or seven years, Eihusen said. But economic uncertainty driven by the election has caused some problems.

"New business and quote activity over the last few months has really started to slow down," he said.

Still, the company puts up a thousand buildings each year, continuing to lead the state's market share of pre-engineered metal buildings.

The company's overall financial stability has allowed it to invest in new equipment as the old ages and new, sleeker products hit the market. In its metal fabrication warehouse, the company has lasers and robots that can work 24 hours a day.

"We have consistently grown, and that is how we'll continue," Eihusen said.

This year, the company moved into a 20,000square-foot plant in Grand Island that specializes in building secondary containment systems for the oil industry. It falls under the Chief Agri division and employs 15 people.

And in a first venture into real estate development, Chief Buildings is partnering with real estate and development company WRK LLC of Lincoln on the Canopy Street redevelopment project near the $178 million Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. The Canopy Street plan, set to open next fall, includes apartments, condominiums, retail stores, offices and a hotel.

With its hand in so many industries, the Lincoln project is an opportunity for Chief to grow within its divisions. For example, Arrowhead Steel Fabricators, a department under Chief Buildings, is providing the structural steel for the overall construction efforts, Eihusen said.

Using in-house products and services also provides a competitive advantage, he said.

"As we continue to grow our development arm, we'll use our products and services we have as a company," he said. "We're very vertically integrated in that regard. We can do electrical, construction and provide the product."

With about 1,350 employees — 700 of them in Grand Island — Chief is Grand Island's secondlargest employer, said Marlan Ferguson, president of the Grand Island Area Economic Development Corp.

"That number of employees is huge for the community," he said "Most of them live in town or close by and own homes, and it's a huge impact on the community."

But that isn't the only way Chief leads, Ferguson said. The company helps to sponsor the Nebraska State Fair, the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce, the Nebraska State Chamber and various youth activities in and around the community. Chief is also part of the United Way's Pacesetter program.

"They get involved in a lot of volunteer organizations,” Ferguson said. “For a community this size, that's important."

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Making History Again on a Historic Parcel David Hendee, The Omaha World-Herald NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- As a young man four decades ago, Lynn Frederick saddled a horse and helped a neighbor round up cattle on rangeland each fall.

The broad, grassy divide between the South Platte River and Medicine Creek was sandy and dry. It mostly was cattle country, not farmland.

Frederick remembers a hill so steep that a fourwheel-drive pickup failed to top the summit.

Then the pivots came, and everything changed.

Within a decade, the cattleman neighbor and the grassland were gone. In their place were Prudential Insurance Co. and 66 center-pivot irrigation systems watering circular fields of corn.

Now the pivots have irrigated their last crops and this patch of prairie is about to come full circle.

Four natural resources districts (NRDs) announced last week plans to buy the irrigated farmland to shut down pivots -- now 115 total -- and tap the site's underground water to boost flows in Nebraska's Republican and Platte Rivers.

The cropland will be reseeded to grass.

It's an irony that doesn't escape Frederick and others who recall the history of this sprawling irrigation complex southwest of North Platte.

Big irrigation systems pumped water from a bountiful aquifer to nourish corn, potatoes, soybeans and popcorn that otherwise would have shriveled in semi-arid southwest Nebraska.

After Prudential owned the land, it was purchased by a cattleman with roots in Texas and New Mexico, who cut down hills and plowed thousands more acres to add dozens more pivots on the former Prudential land.

The pickup-defying peak fell.

Prudential's heavy investing in Nebraska agricultural land in the late 1970s triggered a citizendriven election campaign 30 years ago that created the nation's toughest restriction on farming by non-family corporations.

It was known as Initiative 300. Corporations were not allowed to farm in Nebraska unless family shareholders worked the farm.

The voter-approved constitutional amendment stood as an icon of the underdog taking on big business and winning. Advocates said they leveled the playing field between outside investors and family farmers.

Initiative 300 withstood several attempts to overturn it before a three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in 2006 that the amendment violated federal restrictions against state laws that discriminate in interstate commerce.

Frederick is now 60 and a farmer who grazes cattle and raises a little corn north of Dickens. His place is on the western edge of the block of irrigated land the natural resources districts are buying from an out-ofstate investment group known as Wexford Financial, its latest owner.

He said the sandy grassland is marginal cropland that's especially susceptible to wind erosion and should never have been broken up, especially so much of it.

The operation is called Lincoln Farm. It spans more than 30 square miles.

Dean Edson, executive director of the Nebraska Association of Resources Districts, said the state is making history again on a historic parcel of land.

"But for a different purpose,'' he said. "Now we're restoring the land to grass and using the water to benefit stream flows.''

Jasper Fanning, general manager of the Upper Republican Natural Resources District in Imperial, said the pipeline project will take out of production farmland that requires extremely large amounts of water to grow crops, with minimal economic impact to local communities.

"It wasn't our motivation, but we're undoing some of the things that Initiative 300 set out to prevent," he said.

The deal calls for the NRDs to buy the 19,518-acre operation for $83 million, paid for by a tax imposed on the districts' irrigators. In addition to the Upper Republican, the NRD partners are the Middle Republican in Curtis, the Lower Republican in Alma and the Twin Platte in North Platte.

The project is expected to add about 45,000 acre-feet of water to the rivers in dry years to help Nebraska comply with agreements with other states and the federal government. The targeted volume of water would cover more than 70 square miles, one foot deep.

Pipelines will carry water pumped from the site to tributaries of the Platte and Republican.

Edson and Fanning said the project may evolve to include other environmental benefits. The site, for example, may be useful in jointly managing supplies of underground water and water in rivers and streams.

The Lincoln Farm project does not affect a Twin Platte NRD and Central Platte NRD proposal earlier this year to convert portions of a canal system that carries water from Lake McConaughy to recharging aquifers, instead of directly watering crops.

"We still believe that should happen," said Kent Miller, general manager of the Twin Platte NRD. Miller said the Lincoln Farm project should provide adequate water for the Twin Platte NRD to get back to 1997 conditions in the Platte River. The district, however, still needs to find water to return the river to earlier supply-and-demand conditions.

And there will continue to be a demand for water in the Platte to meet Nebraska's obligation to endangered and threatened species, Miller said.

Fanning said the Lincoln Farm project is a far more efficient solution than buying land and permanently retiring irrigated acres near rivers with the hope that enough groundwater will seep into the streams to improve flows.

Two primary benefits are the ability to time water releases to the river when additional flows are needed and to be certain of the volume of water. Otherwise, NRDs and the state are left to rely on computer models and ultimately guess at how much water made it to the river.

Without such certainty, Nebraska taxpayers are at risk of being held liable for financial damages for not complying with interstate agreements on sharing water -- and courts could order farmers to stop irrigating, devastating families and communities.

"We know the consequences of not coming up with a solution,'' Edson said. "Our irrigators are happy to pay a tax to protect the irrigation we have now.''

Frederick said he looks forward to seeing grass returned to the rolling prairie.

"The pivots changed the contour of the land. It'll look a little different,'' he said. "But it'll grow good grass. It won't take long. If we get rain.''

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Panama Trade Agreement Begins, But Ag Trade Threatened by the Lack of Farm Bill Robert Pore, The Grand Island Independent This week, Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., and Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., praised the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement going into effect. But the Nebraska Corn Board said future trade agreements are in doubt without a farm bill.

Smith said the U.S. Panama trade agreement is the third U.S. trade agreement enacted in 2011.

Trade promotion agreements with Colombia and South Korea took effect earlier in 2012.

"The three trade agreements with Panama, Colombia and South Korea are now in effect, bringing mutual economic benefits and expanding export opportunities for Nebraska goods, crops and products," Smith said.

As a member of the Ways and Means Committee and its Subcommittee on Trade, Smith said opening new markets for Nebraska agriculture abroad is a top priority.

"Increased trade remains a bright spot for our economy, and an all-too-rare area of bipartisan agreement to grow our economy and create American jobs," he said.

Johanns said the agreement reduces or eliminates tariffs on nearly 90 percent of U.S. goods entering Panama, and nearly half of U.S. agricultural commodities to Panama will immediately become duty-free, including wheat, high-quality beef, barley, soybeans and bacon.

Prior to implementation, tariffs on some U.S. goods entering the market in Panama could be more than 80 percent.

"The implementation of this trade deal is welcome news that's been a long time coming," Johanns said. "The U.S. is already Panama's largest trading partner and our market share will only grow now that Nebraska's ag producers can start selling many of their products there duty free."

As Secretary of Agriculture, Johanns said he saw many trade agreements stalled unnecessarily by partisan politics.

"Fortunately, progress has been made over the past year when it comes to trade and I hope that

will continue," he said. "While our economy continues to struggle, Congress and the Administration should promote free trade to enable the sharing of quality American goods."

But partisan politics was one of the reasons why the Farm Bill has not passed so far this year by Congress. According to the Nebraska Corn Board, which has sent a letter to members of the Nebraska Congressional delegation and Rep. Frank Lucas, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, the failure by the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a five-year farm bill before adjourning last month may mark the beginnings of a drought on U.S. agricultural exports.

During a conference call organized by the U.S. Grains Council last week, Nebraska farmer Curt Friesen, who is vice chairman of the Nebraska Corn Board, was notified that a trade mission organized by the council to promote corn exports was indefinitely postponed. In total, three trade missions, one each focusing on corn, sorghum and barley, have been postponed.

Such missions, according to the Nebraska Corn Board, are supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Market Development (FMD) funding with additional support from commodity checkoff dollars like from the Nebraska Corn Board. The funds are also used to keep trade offices open in numerous foreign countries.

According to the USDA, agricultural exports during the 2011 calendar year totaled some $136 billion dollars, while corn exports totaled nearly $14 billion.

Because the House failed to vote on a farm bill, the current bill expired Sept. 30. The Nebraska Corn Board and 20 other Nebraska organizations, from general farm and feed organizations to commodity groups to lenders to livestock and poultry organizations, all voiced their desire to see a farm bill passed.

"Trade missions are critically important for our foreign customers," Friesen said. "They want to meet the actual producers of their commodities, they want to know who is growing the crops, how

they are grown, who is feeding the cattle, pork and poultry, and how it is processed. While we are asleep at the wheel with farm legislation, other countries are doubling down on promoting their ag products."

For example, Australia is investing billions of dollars promoting its beef, especially in Asia, which is a key market for U.S. beef exports.

We need to be aggressive in Asia promoting our corn-fed beef because the market there is expanding and beef exports add tremendous value to cattle here in Nebraska," said the Nebraska Corn Board’s Kelsey Pope. "At the same time, Brazil and Argentina are ramping up efforts to sell corn and soybeans."

Because the Farm Bill did not pass in the House, as it already has in the Senate, FMD program funding ended Oct. 1 and Market Access Program (MAP) funding, another foreign market development tool, will end Dec. 31.

"Nebraska products like corn, soybeans, sorghum, wheat, beef, pork and poultry all utilize these funds, so the ripple effect will have profound impacts on rural communities and our state until Congress acts," Friesen said.

According to the U.S. Meat Export Federation, exports add $212 in value to each beef animal and nearly $56 to the value of each hog.

"Exports are vital for those sectors and Nebraska, and all of these animals consume our corn, soybeans and related feed products," said Pope.

It is not only export programs that are hurt with the failure of getting a farm bill passed, according to the Nebraska Corn Board.

"Conservation, dairy, energy and specialty crops are all impacted, but just as important this year is the need for drought assistance for livestock producers," Friesen said.

"Hopefully representatives will hear from the countryside and realize just what is at stake and the ripple effects of not taking action will have back on Main Street in their district."

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OZONE’S IMPACT ON SOYBEAN YIELD: REDUCING LOSSES Continued from page 1 less carbon, reducing yield. Ainsworth said ground level concentrations of ozone are already high enough to damage crop production.

"Ozone reacts very quickly once it enters the leaf through the stomata," she said. "It can form other oxygen radicals and also hydrogen peroxide. Then a series of cascading reactions causes a decrease in photosynthesis, reducing stomata conductance."

The plant's response to ozone mimics a hypersensitive response to a pathogen attack.

"At quite high concentrations of ozone, you can get leaf bronzing, stippling of the leaves, and necrotic spots," Ainsworth said. "At really high concentrations, you get cell death." The metabolic changes then feed forward to affect plant productivity.

Ainsworth's group conducted a two-year study in 2009 and 2010 at the Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment facility at the university. It was the first dose-response experiment to look at ozone and soybean under completely open-air conditions.

They investigated the responses of seven different soybean genotypes to eight ozone concentrations. The plants were exposed to ozone concentrations ranging from ambient levels of 38 parts per billion up to 200 parts per billion.

"This is quite high, but unfortunately, those kinds of concentrations are what very polluted areas of China and India are looking at today," Ainsworth said.

Significant Reduction in Yield The researchers found any increase above the ambient concentration was enough to

reduce seed yield: roughly half a bushel per acre for each additional part per billion.

"This is significant," Ainsworth said.

"Especially considering that background concentrations of ozone today vary year to year, anywhere from about 38 to 39 parts per billion to about 62. That can be 15 bushels per acre from one year to the next that farmers are losing to ozone."

The researchers compared the results of this study, which used modern genotypes, with results from experiments conducted in controlled environments in the 1980s. They found that the responses of the modern genotypes were similar to those of the older genotypes.

"Breeders haven't inadvertently bred for ozone tolerance in more modern lines," Ainsworth said. "They're still sensitive to ozone, which means that farmers are still subject to these yearly variations in ozone and are losing yield accordingly."

Potential increases in background ozone are predicted to increase soybean yield losses by 9 to 19 percent by 2030. Levels were particularly high during this year's growing season because most days were sunny and warm, and thus they were favorable for ozone formation.

Peaks on many days exceeded 80 parts per billion, twice the known sensitivity threshold.

The research was recently published online in Plant Physiology and can be accessed at www.plantphysiol.org/content/early/2012/10/0 4/pp.112.205591.abstract. Amy Betzelberger, Craig Yendrek, Jindong Sun, Courtney Leisner, Randall Nelson and Donald Ort are co-authors.

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World Championship Rodeo Features Nebraska Contestants GERING, Neb. -- Four Nebraskans will represent their home state at this year’s National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas this December.

Two-time World Champion Steer Wrestler Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., will compete at his seventh NFR. Over his ten year pro rodeo career, Gorsuch has won $968,000 and is the 2006 and 2010 world champion. He worked for Kinder-Morgan as a pipeline welder until his breakthrough moment in 2005, when he became a full-time rodeo competitor. He and his wife have two young sons.

Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb., will compete in the bareback riding at the NFR. He has hopscotched from first to second place in the world standings all year, and goes into this year’s NFR in second place behind Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah. Dent, an all-around athlete, played football and wrestled in high school, winning a state wrestling championship as a senior and leading the Mullen High School football team to its state championship his junior year, with 2,488 yards rushing. This will be his fifth year to qualify for the NFR. He and his wife Kay ranch near Mullen and are expecting their first child this January.

Saddle bronc rider Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb., enters the NFR in tenth place in the world standings. He grew up on the family ranch and attended Oklahoma Panhandle State University in Goodwell, rodeoing at the collegiate level before going pro in 2007. This will be his second trip to the NFR. Trula Churchill, Valentine, Neb., will make her first trip to the NFR this December. The cowgirl is married to Linn Churchill, who qualified for the NFR in the steer wrestling in 2006. She is a former teacher and enters the NFR in fourteenth place.

The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo has a purse of over $5 million dollars and is ten nights of rodeo competition, with world champions crowned after the final performance. The rodeo runs December 6-15 at the Thomas and Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

More information can be found at www.prorodeo.com.

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Dean Gorsuch wrestles a steer at the 2010 National Finals Rodeo. The Gering, Neb. man is a two-time world champion steer wrestler and will compete for his third title this December in Las Vegas. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Mike Copeman.

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Nov 17 - Ogallala (Keith County) Annual Arts and Crafts Show; Fairgrounds Crafts, quilts and art show. (308) 284-4066 www.visitogallala.com Nov 17 - Seward (Seward County) Seward Junior Women's Club Annual Fall Craft Fair; Fairgrounds. More than 100 vendors with a variety of products. (402) 519-4111 www.sew ardne.com Nov 18 - Wood River (Hall County) Jim Salestrom; Wood River High School Theater, 13800 W. Wood River Rd. Fresh off the Dolly Parton tour! This Emmy Award winning songwriter's music crosses generational boundaries and is enjoyed by fans of all ages. 2:30pm, Free.

(308) 583-2606 www.woodriver.k12.ne.us Nov 19 - Humboldt (Richardson County) Christmas Window Opening; City-wide.

Shopping, games, soup supper, vendors, visits from Santa and horse and buggy rides. (402) 8622821 www.ci.humboldt.ne.us

Nov 22-Dec 31 - Hemingford (Box Butte County) Hemingford Community Christmas; City-wide. Drive through the life-sized holiday scenes. Christmas music plays from 4-9pm, scenes are illuminated until midnight. (308) 487-1176 www.ci.hemingford.ne.us Nov 23 - Sidney (Cheyenne County) OldFashioned Christmas and Lamplight Tours; Hickory Street Square and Ft. Sidney Museum.

Visits from Santa, hayrack rides, hot chocolate, music and lamplight tours of the museum's decorated buildings. (308) 254-5851 www.cheyen necountychamber.com Nov 23-Dec 30 - Grand Island (Hall County) Fantasy of Trees; Stuhr Museum; 3133 W. Hwy. 34. Nearly 100 lavishly decorated trees are on display. Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm; Sun, noon-5pm; $6-$8.

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Nov 24-25 - Columbus (Platte County) Craft Giftique; Center Mall, 23rd St. & 32nd Ave. Sat, 9am-5pm; Sun, 10am-4pm (402) 564-1845 Nov 24-25 - Fordyce (Cedar County) WJ Ranch Cowboy Christmas; WJ Ranch, 5565 892 Rd. Featuring arts from more than 50 vendors, buggy and pony rides, roping shows, family activities, visit from Santa, refreshments and more.

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The Heartland Express Category Index 1000 - Hay & Forage Equip

1500 - Hay and Grain

2200 - Horses

3000 - Other Equipment

Mower, Windrowers, Swathers, Rakes, Balers, etc.

Alfalfa, Prairie Hay, Straw, Seed, Corn, Bean, etc.

Registered, Grade, Studs, Tack, Mares, etc.

Antique Items, Fencing, Buildings, Catchall, etc.

1100 - Tillage Equip

1800 - Livestock Equip

2300 - Other Animals

5000 - Real Estate

Tractors, Implements, Sprayers, Cultivators, etc.

Chutes, Gates, Panels, Feeder Wagons, Bunks, etc.

Dogs, Poultry, Goats, Fish, etc.

Farm Real Estate, Non Farm Real Estate

1200 - Irrigation Equip

1900 - Cattle

2500 - Services

6000 - Bed and Breakfast

Engines, Motors, Pumps, Pipe, Pivots, Gear Heads, etc.

Feeder Cattle, Heifers, Bulls, Services, etc.

Help Wanted, Custom Work and Services, etc.

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7000 - Special Events

1300 - Grain Harvest Equip

2000 - Swine

2600 - Transportation

Combines, Heads, Augers, Dryers, Carts, etc.

Feeders, Sows, Boars, etc.

Cars, Pickups, Truck, Trailers, ATV, Planes, etc.

1400 - Other Equipment

2100 - Sheep

2800 - Construction

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Feeder Lambs, Ewes, Bred Ewes

Dozers, Scrapers, Loaders, Crawlers, Heavy Trucks, etc.

Guide Hunts, Fishing Trips, Singles

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LOADING SCRAPER, OLDER UNIT, KS L O A 0 0 E N K T 7 , , 2 4:W 00 AP E IOSH W (6 LE X ,50 5 G ' DR , B (308) 436-4369 PLO 00.00, F 95-559105H HA- RURSO 74$-600 , 70 H E ARH KS - , ER, $5 6 3 151 N 960 DAPTER 0 50ITHH P 048:3) 8 MOT , (308 P 5:4 E ADHSEAD KS - FORD 2N WITH 5' WOODS $1,1 - NE W 308) 9 S W 58 CD9O - D A NE EELS, ( , 6-16' 3.00H0, P(130:1 $45O0 NORS ) 624- $650 0:711 M BELLY MOWER, $2,900.00, (620) A 0 950 P 4 1 $SHI , 7 GE A 217 , K - FOR RSIES CJORNSCELL 5 H 6 5 W 0 E 7 U 6 $ N 7 :3 ,$C 00874 HP RH 865-2541 O E0 S A5LE00 T 2 IH , E 'S 3 ) , 5 - $312, 61-A2L OU NE - NEW LE/W W IL - LARGE SELECTION OF NEW, 4-18 , (30008, (3 50HP 2:3 $4 ADS X4(X580) 3 OLY KSNBALR E , 8 L K I E E 0 0 L 2 08) 5:4 O 0 P I E L , 8 USED & REBUILT TRACTOR PARTS, E3 0.0 624 $60 0, ( A R- L2A6R5LOERN, N& ,36N"E A-0377 456 - JI CAS , $1,00 712 1 GE20" E., -360 R -217 0, IH, JD, MM, MH, AC, OLIVER & S ) E 7 N LTER NE 8N7E0 - R. O3U08 (308 MIND 220 ER ENOTHERS. 0D GPLEASE OTH WEUYSHIP COIULE2RS H1A9Y09- C- OBRHUEL-1AL1DS24 30NDS, M ) 832- E 26 DAILY. R N I E R F 0 B G W E A OR GI O 370-1149 AKE 156 03CALL,D(217) TR 56 AR L0T3 WFROR SBAALLEN2S8T2A-1L3 AIN 4 AINE - SALE STERE E TK 32FOVRO W-INTCR H '40'S, OFF APP ES K B R R T G G N F D 2 R E A S A E L E 0 WA COBBSS - 'SO SAL 30'SUC& OND2I604 LES CELL: D. HOR NE& G- REGISTERED FOR ANGUS, PP INDOWION, 03 B O C K ' 5 A L S & A E H R J & A S E E L 9 H 2 S L E O 2 L - E , H, TCH G T A E S W A 0 S M ' A 308-870-1119, (308) 732-3356 G A S S A S S 6 0 O , D R ST S TORTC IN2G HEDIN E 99 W AL . R ASS 19L9E 5425B-L A ORG ANCK MO FOR 11 GSI 3 L TARP R VY 1 OLD CUT ANTE2 EYR -367S- . (25) PLE OCOMING ERSA KDS -DU, R$9A9CCNOEW RGA 9NE - 5 M CK 20 OL OR 360 0 5 ET 1 B R 8 3 FO D AL N567 2 A 1 E K 5 R M O N CHAROLAIS S BULLS(308) 7 O O USIS P9AY 9 86 L ER

To place your classified ad call Jodi @ 800-658-3191

1109 - PLANTERS FOR SALE KS - 1990 JD 7200, 16R30”, 250 MONITOR, MARKERS, IN-ROW FERT. GOOD CONDITION., $23,000.00, (620) 865-2541 NE - C-IH 12R36” VERTICAL FOLD 3 PT, ALWAYS SHEDDED, (308) 995-5515 1110 - SEEDERS FOR SALE NE - 4010 CONCORD AIR SEEDER. 308-3600377 OR, (308) 282-1330 1111 - DRILLS FOR SALE NE - !! ROUND CAPS !! THE ULTIMATE GRAIN DRILL PRESS WHEEL CAP! COVERS COMPLETE FACE OF WHEEL. CONVERTS V FACED WHEELS TO ROUND FACE FOR BETTER FLOTATION & DEPTH CONTROL. PERFECT FIT! EASY TO INSTALL! DON YUNG DISTRIBUTING, KIMBALL, NE., (308) 2352718 KS - 30” HOE AIR SEEDER DRILL $3500. 40’ DISC AIR SEEDER DRILL, $14,000, (785) 871-0711 NE - 150 & 7100 DRILLS, FERT. BOXES, BLACK HEAVY DUTY WHEELS, DBL HITCH, TRANSPORTS & PARTS, (308) 995-5515 NE - 800 DRILL FOR SALE: SHEDDED, GRASS SEEDER INCLUDED. $200 DELIVERY AVAILABLE FOR A FEE. CALL:, (402) 6609203 1113 - CULTIVATORS FOR SALE SD - 3-PT 8R FLAT FOLD, $1,500.00, (605) 386-2131 1114 - SPRAYERS FOR SALE NE - CENTURY 500 GALLON PULL BETWEEN, $400.00, (402) 787-2244 KS - ‘07 MILLER MD 1000, 90’ BOOM, CUMMINS & ALLISON, RAVEN GPS, 1500 HRS, $98,000.00, (620) 865-2541 1115 - SHREDDERS FOR SALE IA - IH 50 4 ROW STALK CUTTER, $1,250.00, (712) 299-6608 1120 - FERTILIZER EQUIPMENT WANTED TO BUY NE - YETTER 2995 COULTERS, (308) 2821330 FOR SALE KS - APPLY PRE-PLANT, DUAL, AT PLANTING SIDE-DRESS, FOLIAR OR IRRIGATION. SURE CROP QUALITY LIQUID FERTILIZERS. BALANCED FORMULATIONS BLENDED TO YOUR SPECS. FLEXIBLE FINANCING OPTIONS. “ASSURING CROP SUCCESS FOR YOU”.

DELIVERY DIRECT TO YOUR FARM, (800) 635-4743 1130 - TRACTORS, TILL. OTHER FOR SALE TX - NEW & USED FARM EQUIPMENT. NEW & USED PARTS. TRACTORS, COMBINES, HAY & FARM EQUIPMENT. KADDATZ AUCTIONEERING & FARM EQUIPMENT SALES. ORDER PARTS ONLINE AT: KADDATZEQUIPMENT. COM, (254) 582-3000

1201 - ENGINES/MOTORS WANTED TO BUY KS - WANTED TO BUY: VERTICAL HOLLOW SHAFT ELECTRIC MOTORS. ANY CONDITION., (620) 668-5416 FOR SALE NE - USED VEE BELTS: 3-IHC C176” $15 EA; 4 GATES C240” $20 EA; 3 DAYCO C240” $15 EA; 4 DAYCO C270” $15 EA 1 DAYCO C116 $10 EA; 1 DAYCO 94” X 1 1/4” WIDE $10, (308) 624-2177 DIESEL SPECIALTIES of OMAHA INC. is your one stop shop for your diesel fuel injection needs. We carry a large exchange stock of diesel fuel injection pumps, nozzle assembles, & turbochargers on hand, ready for immediate exchange. We are factory authorized. Let us help you keep downtime to a minimum.

Diesel Specialties of Omaha Inc. 13325 B Street, Omaha, NE 68144 (402) 330-0580 service@dieselspecialtiesofomaha.com

1202 - PUMPS FOR SALE NE - 3X4 BERKELEY PUMPS, PRIMING VALVES AVAILABLE, (402) 364-2592 1203 - PIPE WANTED TO BUY NE - WANTED TO BUY: USED ALUMINUM PIPE. PAYING TOP CASH PRICES. WE PICK UP ANYWHERE IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. MINIMUM PURCHASE 1000’ PIPE. CALL FOR A QUOTE, (308) 380-4549 FOR SALE NE - IN STOCK UNDERGROUND PIPE, WIRE AND FITTINGS. TRENCHING AVAILABLE. PLEASE CALL, (402) 678-2765 1205 - GENERATOR FOR SALE IA - WINCO GENERATORS, NEW & USED, 1PH 50KW $4,170. KATO LIGHT NEW 1PH AND 3PH WINPOWER USED 1PH $1,000.

CALL WES SEBETKA AT, (641) 990-1094 1206 - GEAR HEADS FOR SALE NE - AMARILLO GEARHEADS: 110HP 4:3 $700, 70 HP 4:5 $650, 50 HP 4:5 $600, (308) 624-2177 NE - US MOTORS GEARHEADS 90HP 4:3 $450, 50HP 5:6 $650, 50HP 10:11 $700, 50HP 5:4 $600, 30HP 4:3 $300, (308) 6242177 NE - DERAN/RANDOLPH GEARHEAD 100HP 4:3 $500, PEERLESS GEARHEAD 2:3 $300, (308) 624-2177

To place your classified ad call Jodi @ 800-658-3191

We Sell Reconditioned Field-Ready Tractors! * CASE IH 7140 MFWD * CASE IH 3294 MFWD * CASE IH 2294 MFWD * CASE IH 2096 MFWD w/ Loader * CASE 2290 MFWD w/ Loader * CASE 2590 * CASE 2390 (3) * CASE 2090 * CASE 2290 (2) * CASE 1070 * Misc. Used Loaders * Ford 8N w/ Mower Blade and Trip Scoop - One-Year Warranty on Tractors! -

41 Years CASE Experience Call for Free Trouble-Shooting Advice: 308.858.4410 Anytime

November 8, 2012 1207 - PIVOTS FOR SALE

USED PIVOTS ‘94 Reinke 8-Tower ‘82 Reinke 6570, 7-tower, OLD1,289

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‘78 Reinke 680, 8-tower, 1,275, 750 GMP brass impacts, SR100 & 200 endgun ‘95 Zimmatic, 7-tower, 7-179’ spans w/44’ O.H. sprays, 11.2x24 tires Zimmatic 410, 7-tower, rators drops, BP, SR100, 5, 341 hrs.

(2) ‘92 Valley, 8-tower, steel drops, recap tires, 1,300 .......$30,000 ea.

Valley, 7-tower, new tires, new Zim panel & tower boxes Older Valley Corner System

www.plainsequipmentgroup.com

(402) 363-1917 (800) 749-5871 1208 - TRAVELER SYSTEMS FOR SALE

SOUTHWEST RAAFT CO. Rotating auto-Aligning Flotation Track • Reduces center-pivot irrg rut problems • No tire slippage & digging • Works on all brands of sprinklers Bob Gruner - 806-678-0268 Bob_gruner@hotmail.com www.nostuckpivots.com

1209 - PUMPS WITH MOTORS FOR SALE NE - 3/4 BERKELEY PUMPS WITH PRIMING VALVES, ATTACHED TO YOUR CHOICE OF INDUSTRIAL 300 FORD OR 262 ALLIS W/RADIATORS, AND CARTS, (402) 3642592 1230 - IRRIGATION MISC. FOR SALE WI - SERVING THE MIDWEST WITH COMPLETE IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT, ALL TYPES, NEW & USED. CONTACT ROBERTS IRRIGATION COMPANY AT 1500 POST ROAD, PLOVER, WI 54467, (800) 434-5224 1301 - COMBINES AND ACCESSORIES FOR SALE KS - ‘99 JD 9610, SHEDDED, DUALS, EXT, CM, 1600 HRS. , NEW PARTS, EXCELLENT, $85,000.00, (620) 865-2541 NEW VERSALTILE DEALERS USED FORAGE HARVESTERS & HEADS ‘09 Claas 980 ...........................Call ‘05 Claas 900 ...........................Call ‘04 Claas 900 ...........................Call 4-Claas 880 .............From $40,000 Claas RU600, 8 row head .............. ..................................From $30,00 *************************** COMBINES 2-Cleaner S-77 ......from $245,000 2-’10 Cleaner R76..From $220,000 2-’08 Cleaner R75 ...........$188,500 ‘83 L3, 24’ head, 1723 hrs$15,000 *************************** MISCELLANEOUS Sunflower Tillage equipment.......... ..............................Coming in daily White 4-210 ........................$6,500 Twin Diamond 12 row 30 strip Cat ..........................................$22,200 Quinstar 8 row strip till .......$7,500 ALLIS WHITE HESSTON MASSEY FERGUSON

Kalvesta Impl.

Company, Inc. 620-855-3567 KALVESTA, KS 67856 www.kalvestaimplement.com NE - 1990 1660 CASE-IH COMBINE, W/1054 CORN HEAD, 20’ 1020 FLEX HEAD. CALL:, (308) 467-2318

Nebraska Farm & Ranch 1301 - COMBINES AND ACCESSORIES FOR SALE - CONT’D MN - CONKLIN® PRODUCTS-BUY WHOLESALE FACTORY DIRECT. LONG DISTANCE LUBRICANTS, FASTRACK® ANIMAL PRODUCTS, FEAST® LIQUID FERTILIZERS, PAINTS AND WATERPROOFING SYSTEMS. WWW. FRANKEMARKETING. COM, DEALERS NEEDED! FOR CATALOG CALL:, (855) 238-2570 KS - 2005 NH CR970 COMBINE, 4X4 CHOPPER, SPREADER, NEW HYDROSTAL, LOW HOURS, GPS, MOISTURE AND YIELD MONITOR, 74C 30’ FLEX, WILL CONSIDER PARTIAL TRADE, $135,000. PH-, (620) 238-0211 KS - 1998 NH TR98 COMBINE, 4X4, WILL CONSIDER PARTIAL TRADE, HEADS AVAILABLE, $25,000. PH-, (620) 238-0211 1302 - COMBINE HEADS WANTED TO BUY NE - 2008 REEL FOR 630F, (402) 726-2488 NE - JD 893, (402) 726-2488 FOR SALE SD - WE REBUILD COMBINE & WINDROWER HEADER AUGERS TO LIKE NEW CONDITION. PONCELET’S WELDING, RAMONA, SD. (605) 480-4860 OR, (605) 482-8405 KS - EXCELLENT LATE MODLE 1243 CORN HEAD, LOW TIN, OIL, BATH, HARD SURFACED ROLLS & DECK PLATES, STRAIGHT TIN, 60 SERIES HOOK UP. $15,500 WITH CORN REEL. PICTURES ON NEXTTECH!, (785) 452-5685 KS - CAT F30 30 FT FLEX HEAD. $3500 PH, (620) 238-0211 NE - JD 843 CORN HEAD, POLY SNOUTS, POLY UNDER AUGER, ALL GEARBOXES OVERHAULED IN 2010, (402) 726-2488 1303 - CORN PICKERS WANTED TO BUY NE - WANTED! A LATE MODEL, IN GOOD CONDITION UNI-PICKER. CALL:, (402) 5640910 1305 - WAGONS/GRAVITY WAGONS FOR SALE IA - DEMCO 550 OR 650 GRAVITY WAGONS. CALL, (712) 210-6587 IA - SEVERAL WAGONS, STAN HOIST 6 OR 7 X 12’, OTHER LARGE, GRAVITIES, FLARE WAGONS. POMEROY, IOWA., (712) 299-6608 IA - DEMCO GRAVITY WAGON AND GRAIN CART, (712) 210-6587 1306 - GRAIN CARTS FOR SALE NE - A&L 425 BUSHEL. ROLLOVER TARP, 540 PTO, (308) 436-4369 1307 - GRAIN DRYERS FOR SALE

GRAIN DRYERS

Reliable - Efficient Vacuum Cool Towers NEW Trilogy Low

Call Jeff (515)577-7563 Ask about M-C Trax Remote Monitoring 1313 - GRAIN STORAGE UNITS FOR SALE

KOEHN CONSTRUCTION (1) 27’ dia. 12,000 bu, bin with full floor, 8 in auger & 24” axial fan.

(1) 27’ 8,000 bu, bin with new full floor, 8 in auger & axial fan.

(2) 21’ dia. bins with full floors & fans.

(1) 70’ leg with new motor & drive heavy duty catwalk Call Jeff for Prices 308-882-1845

1330 - GRAIN HARVEST OTHER FOR SALE IA - MIDWEST PNEUMATIC. BRANDT, CONVEYAIR, REM, VACBOSS, HANDLAIR. NEW, RECOND, PTO OR ENG DRIVEN, PUMPS, AIR LOCKS, PIPE, PARTS, SERVICE. 5 YR LOANS W/ GREAT RATES. 40+ UNITS IN STOCK. OUR HIGH VOLUME MEANS YOUR BEST DEAL! WE DELIVER! MACEDONIA, IA, (800) 480-2487

1330 - GRAIN HARVEST OTHER FOR SALE - CONT’D NE - NEW ORTHMAN DRY BEAN CUTTERS, (308) 995-5515 NE - FOR SALE! AUTOMATIC GRAIN BIN FAN CONTROLLER BY SENTRY PACK. THE EASIEST TO OPERATE & MOST RELIABLE CONTROLLER AVAILABLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION CANTACT JOHN SMEDRA AT VALLEY GRAIN MANAGEMENT. ORD NE., (308) 7300251 1401 - 3 POINT BLADES FOR SALE IA - 2 OR 3 PT BLADES: 6’, 7’, 8’, 9’, (712) 299-6608 1408 - DAIRY EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

BULK TANKS-USED DAIRY EQUIPMENT Buy-Sell-Trade

800-844-5427 1412 - SHOP TOOLS,WELDERS, ETC FOR SALE

Air Compressors • Heavy duty cast iron, no alum., 3-5 & 10 h.p. elec. Disc valves, not Reed valves, rod inserts, 2 stage, 60-80-120 & 200 gal.

All compressors priced delivered.

North Central Air 619 S. Morgan, Downs, KS

785-454-3409 1415 - FURNACES AND HEATERS FOR SALE ELIMINATE • RISING • FUEL COSTS: Clean, safe and efficient wood heat.

Central Boiler Classic and E-Classic Outdoor Wood Furnace; heats multiple buildings with only one furnace. 25 year warranty available.

Heat with wood, so splitting! Available in dual fuel ready models. www.CentralBoiler.com. WE ALSO HAVE whole house pellet/corn/biomass furnaces. Load once per month with hopper. www.Maximheat.com.

A-1 Heating Systems Instant rebates may apply! Call today! 307-742-4442.

1430 - OTHER EQUIPMENT FOR SALE IA - WWW. WHEELRAKE. COM, (712) 3662114 KS - ORTHMAN & BUCKEYE FRONT 3 PT HITCHES, $1500 EACH., (620) 865-2541 IA - 6 ROW 30 BUFFALO CULTIVATOR WITH GUIDANCE SYSTEM. CALL, (712) 210-6587 1501 - ALFALFA HAY WANTED TO BUY IA - QUALITY SML OR LG SQ ALFALFA OR MIXED IN SEMI LOADS, (641) 658-2738 KS - WANT TO BUY: ALFALFA/GRASS PICKED UP OR DELIVERED ROUND OR LARGE SQUARE BALES. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL KEVIN MELVIN AT, (620) 5463507

ALFALFA WANTED: Big squares or rounds.

Alfalfa & any grass wanted.

Chris, PH-620-253-2661;

Toll Free-877-394-0890 FOR SALE NE - ALFALFA, 4X4X8 BALES, DAIRY QUALITY, SHEDDED & TARPED, HAMEL HAY CO CELL 308-962-6399 HOME, (308) 962-5474 NE - GRINDING QUALITY ALFALFA IN LG RD BALES, HAMEL HAY CO CELL 308-9626399 HOME, (308) 962-5474 NE - HORSE QUALITY IN SM SQ BALES, SHEDDED & TARPED HAMEL HAY CO CELL 308-962-6399 HOME, (308) 962-5474

Call Now!

Page 27 1501 - ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE - CONT’D KS - ALFALFA: ROUNDS OR SQUARES. PICKED UP OR DELIVERED. CALL ROY AT PLEASANT ACRES., (620) 804-1506 KS - BUYING ALFALFA HAY PICKED UP OR DELIVERED AT FARM PAID ON DELIVERY AT SCALES (877)285-8200, (800) 835-2096

FOR SALE

Grass or Alfalfa!

Delivery by semi-loads Call Steve for more information

308-325-5964 NE - FOR SALE! 825 SMALL SQUARE SUPREME ALFALFA BALES. 75LBS. 5TH CUT. $10.00 A BALE. YOU PICK-UP. BUTTE NEBRASKA. DELIVERY FOR A FEE. CALL:, (402) 340-0702 1502 - PRAIRIE HAY FOR SALE IA - LARGE RD & BIG SQ BALES GOOD QUALITY GRASS HAY, DELIVERED IN SEMI LOADS ONLY, (641) 658-2738 KS - TOP QUALITY SM SQ, CAN DELIVER SEMI LOAD LOTS, (785) 528-3779 KS - TOP QUALITY 4X4X8 SQ, CAN DELIVER SEMI LOAD LOTS, (785) 528-3779 FIRST CUTTING MEADOW AND PRAIRIE GRASS HAY: Horse quality, small squares (40 to 50lb/bale), guaranteed no mold, weeds or rain! All bales straight from the field to building. $10.75 per bale firm.

Round Bales Available $300/Ton Firm.

Delivery Available F.O.B. Call 308-530-5567.

Cell service sparse, if no answer keep calling.

1505 - STRAW WANTED TO BUY IA - GOOD CLEAN, BRIGHT SM SQ IN SEMI LOADS, (641) 658-2738 FOR SALE KS - 1, 000 BALES OF WHEAT STRAW , NET WRAPPED. PLUS 400 BALES OF CRP GRASS. CALL:, (620) 243-3112 1512 - SEED WANTED TO BUY KS - WE BUY DAMAGED GRAIN - GRAIN VACS AVAILABLE. ALSO DAMAGED GRAIN FROM GROUND PILES., (316) 640-3203 FOR SALE IA - BUYER & SELLER OF PRAIRIE GRASS & WILDFLOWER SEED, OSENBAUGH SEEDS, LUCAS, IA., (800) 582-2788 WY - CERTIFIED SAINFOIN SEED: CAN OUT PRODUCE ALFALFA. WILL NOT BLOAT LIVESTOCK. VARIETIES INCLUDE: SHOSHONE/BIG HORN REMONT. $1.45/LB. TO ORDER GO TO WWW.SAINFOINSEED.COM OR CALL MARK AT 307-202-0704 OR CARMEN AT, (307) 645-3380 KS - FOR SALE: HIGH QUALITY TRITICALE SEED. CLEANED, 54LB TEST WEIGHT, 90’S % GERMINATION. REASONABLE DELIVERY FEE. DELIVER ANYWHERE BULK OR BAGGED. CALL BROCK BAKER AT 316-2491907, (620) 983-2144 1530 - HAY & GRAIN OTHER WANTED TO BUY

1530 - HAY & GRAIN OTHER FOR SALE - CONT’D

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE Knight 3036 Reel Mixer ............Call Knight 3375 Reel Mixer ............Call Knight 3450 Reel Mixer ............Call 07 Kenworth T2000 Truck ..$37500 Peck 12x82 Auger, swing ...$12000 JD 4440..............................$20000 NH 791 Tandem sprdr ..........$4750 Cobey Tandem sprdr ............$3500 Case 584 Forklift ..................$6900 20' Steel Feedbunks .................Call Haybuster 256+2............Coming In JD 2020................................$5250 Westendorf Loader...............$1750 New EZ Haul Hay Trailers In Stock

BradWhiteEquipment.com Broken Bow, Nebr.

308-870-0206

NET WRAP, TWINE, BALE wrap-acid-bags. Inventory Reduction Sale - 48”x9.480’ $189; 51”x9.840’ $192; 64”x7.000’ $180 roll; 64”x10.000’ $250; 4000’ 350knot $24.95; 20,000’ 110 $21.95; 30” bale wrap $71.95. Preservative 83/# 9x250 $442; 9x300 $500. Ask about free delivery! Jordan Ag Supply.

815-868-2220 1806 - GRINDER MIXERS FOR SALE CO - FARMHAND 817, GRINDER/MIXER NEEDS MINOR REPAIRS. $1200., (303) 6443840 1810 - MANURE SPREADERS FOR SALE OK - 2008 INTERNATIONAL PAYSTAR. CAT, 18SP, ROTOMIX VERTICAL SPREADER 80219. 1337 ENGINE HOURS, 21, 853 MILES. EXCELLENT CONDITION! FAMILY OWNED/ OPPERATED. WEDER FARMS: 580-735-2344 EVE. 508-735 -2751 OR CELL,, (580) 7275323 1813 - FEEDERS FOR SALE IA - 24’ HAY FEEDERS MEALS ON WHEELS. SAVES HAY, SAVES TIME & SAVES MONEY! CALL, (712) 210-6587 1815 - WATERERS FOR SALE

GIANT RUBBER WATER TANKS Tanks made from used earth moving tires.

Sizes from 6 to 13 foot.

Can be open topped or drinker holes cut for frost-free winter use. Full loads can be delivered anywhere in the United States.

Guaranteed best quality & lowest price.

Call

DAMAGED GRAIN WANTED ANYWHERE WE BUY DAMAGED GRAIN & FEED PRODUCTS IN ANY CONDITION WET OR DRY INCLUDING DAMAGED SILO CORN AT TOP DOLLAR WE HAVE VACS & TRUCKS CALL HEIDI OR LARRY

NORTHERN AG SERVICE, INC. 800-205-5751 FOR SALE IA - WWW. REPLACEMENTRAKEWHEELS. COM, (712) 366-2114

605/473-5356

1819 - WINDMILLS FOR SALE NE - MONITOR PUMP JACK-CHOICE OF GAS OR ELECTRIC MOTOR, $650.00, (308) 4364369 1820 - LIVESTOCK BEDDING FOR SALE MN - BEDDING FOR SALE. DRY SAWDUST FOR DAIRY BARNS, DELIVERED ON WALKING FLOOR TRAILERS. WILL DELIVER TO MN, EAST SD, WEST WI, & NORTH IA ONLY. ALSO AVAILABLE SWEET CORN SILAGE IN THE FALL. CALL FOR PRICES, (320) 8642381 1903 - OPEN HEIFERS FOR SALE NE - GELBVIEH AND BALANCER OPEN HEIFERS, (402) 879-4976 www.myfarmandranch.com www.myfarmandranch.com www.myfarmandranch.com

Located 3 1/2 miles east of Plainview, NE on Highway 20 To Sell Corn call

See us at Booth 3811 Pavillion 2 at Farm Power Show

Husker Trading at 240 Seed Express

Gary Hellerich Valparaiso, Nebr.

Sales • Parts • Service

866-348-7537

402-560-8508, Cell 402-784-2987, Home

To Purchase Distillers Grains call

Ryan or Todd at 877-487-5724 ext 3 or 1

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1903 - OPEN HEIFERS FOR SALE - CONT’D

1909 - BULLS FOR SALE

1930 - CATTLE OTHER FOR SALE - CONT’D

Purebred Black Angus Bulls Quality low input genetics Bulls available for fall use.

308.876.2211 • www.crossdiamondcattle.com Red Angus- 235 head two-yr-old bulls, 230 comm. bred heifers, 30 head open heifers Cross Diamond Cattle Company Annual Sale Dec. 10, 2012, Bertrand, Neb.

1912 - BACKROUNDING/FEEDING FOR SALE Let Us Start Your Grass Cattle.

1904 - BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE

Bred Heifers - For Sale Heifers are all Black/BWF and will weigh 1050 lbs.

850 Black AI’d to Calve Feb. 5 for 7 Days.

250 BWF AI’d to

Calve Feb. 8 for 1 Day.

AI sires are Connealy In Sure, LT Bennetts

Total and LT Sundance (Final Answer Son)

510 Black/BWF to Calve Feb. 12 for 21 Days.

350 Black/BWF to Calve March 5 for 21 Days

The pasture-bred heifers were bred to proven calving ease Lindskov-Thiel and Ellingson Angus black bulls.

For more info, call:

605-850-3887 1906 - BRED COWS FOR SALE

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Pine Valley Angus York, NE 402-366-4691

CATTLE SHOP .COM

Fall Calving Cows Available Several Nice Sets of Angus Cows

Doornbos Cattle Co., Preconditioning and growing. We have the experience, background and facilities to handle highly stress calves.

Jerry Doornbos, DVM, Scott City Kansas, Office, PH-316-872-5150; CELL-316-874-0949

1913 - BABY CALVES FOR SALE KS - FALL CALVING COWS, (620) 872-5150 OR - FALL CALVING COWS 225 YOUNG FALL CALVING COWS FOR SALE IN WESTERN IDAHO. 70% BLACK HIDED. WILL SELL IN LOAD LOTS., (509) 586-7441 OR - SPRING CALVING COWS 300 YOUNG SPRING CALVING COWS FOR SALE IN WESTERN IDAHO. 70% BLACK HIDED. WILL SELL IN LOAD LOTS., (509) 586-7441 1914 - BISON WANTED TO BUY

BUFFALO WANTED All classes, any quantity

402-694-9353 1917 - LONGHORN CATTLE FOR SALE

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605/466.2464 • 605/466.2238

Visit www.TheCattleShop.com to learn more If you would like to speak to a Cattle Shop Representative Contact Us at 660-641-9945 or contact@thecattleshop.com

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If you are out of feed and don’t know what to do, call us to discuss your options.

We will feed your cows, steers, heifers or replacement heifers.

Call Joe at 785-527-0164 or Bryan at 785-527-1165 Located in Munden, KS 2001 - FEEDER PIGS FOR SALE

Park’s Livestock The Place to Buy and

605-430-0529 2230 - HORSE- OTHER FOR SALE NE - FREE!!!! COLTS, FILLIES, MARES. SKIPPER W, SHINING SPARK, PEPPY DOC SAM & JET-DECK BLOODLINES PICK-EM UP/ HAULEM AWAY. CALL:, (308) 384-1063 2301 - DOGS FOR SALE WY - GOOD QUALITY BLUE HEELER AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOGS: BRED IN MICHIGAN. BEST DOGS I HAVE EVER HAD! PUPS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON A REGULAR BASIS. $300.00., (307) 272-1915 MO - HANGING TREE/HEELER X STOCK PUPS, WORKING PARENTS. PUPS ARE GOING FAST! CALL TODAY! 8 WEEKS OLD AND SHOWING DESIRE TO WORK. CALL:, (573) 470-5432

Sell Feeder Pigs and SEWs

Contact: Teresa

800-582-4933

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Offering

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Very distinct old NE family Brand.

No longer in cattle business.

-- $12,000 --

308-238-4204 www.myfarmandranch.com www.myfarmandranch.com

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2501 - HELP WANTED/NEED WORK NE - FAMILY OWNED AG EQUIPMENT DEALER LOOKING FOR A FULL-TIME SALES PERSON. EQUIPMENT INCLUDES MCCOR MICK, VERMEER, TYM, BUSHHOG & SEVERAL SHORT LINES. RESUMES WITH REFERENCES MAY BE SENT TO MILLER REPAIR LLC, PO BOX 89 MAXWELL, NE 69151. CALL, (308) 582-4303NE - FRAMING CARPENTERS WANTED FOR YEAR ROUND WORK. EXPERIENCE PREFERRED. PLESE CALL MATT:, (308) 529-0825 Straub International, a Case IH complex in central Kansas, needs service technicians in our Great Bend, Larned Hutchinson, Salina, Whichita and Pratt locations. Excellent benefits and an incentive plan that works. Up to a $5,000 signon bonus. Contact Dave at 620-285-1128 or dzecha@straubint.com

KS - EXPERIENCED PELLET MILL OPERATOR: SALARY COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE. CONTACT JIM OR DAVE AT XTRA FACTORS, PRATT KANSAS AT, (620) 6725616

SHEEP HERDSMAN WANTED! Seasonal help for 6-8 weeks. Looking for someone with dogs to watch over sheep herd while on corn stalks in South Dakota.

Call Kenny for information:

605-530-8094

or e-mail at k_van_dyke@hotmail.com

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SEEKING SKILLED INDIVIDUALS: CURRENT OPENINGS INCLUDE:

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2101 - FEEDER LAMBS FOR SALE SD - CUSTOM SHEEP FEEDLOT: LAMBS & EWES TO FEED, FATTEN & GROW!!! SHIPPY SHEEP FEEDLOT. CALL KYLE AT 605-8420935 OR DALE 605-842-3967. WWW. SHEEPFEEDLOT. COM, (605) 842-3967 2208 - HORSE TRAINING FOR SALE

•130 Red Angus Based Commercial Heifers, Bred to our 1A calving ease bulls •80 1A Bred Heifers bred to outstanding A.I. sires •30 Bred 1A Cows, some with heifer calves at side •5 Elite Heifer calves from the top of our herd All females will be ultasounded for pregnancy Free Delivery within 400 miles!

2,500 Bred Cows, Heifers and Pairs.

For Information go to armitagelivestock.com or call PH-918-625-5689

Hardrock Cattle Co. LLC

November 8, 2012

AT T E N T I O N C AT T L E M E N

 MILL MAINTENANCE   FEED TRUCK DRIVER  Qualified individuals must possess proven feedlot skills, work references, excellent work habits and first-hand knowledge of the feedlot industry.

Cargill is a worldwide company that offers a full range of benefits, group health insurance, dental, vision, 401(K) pension plan, Salary compensatory to experience interested individuals may apply at the feedlot located at:

- 12998 County Road 42 10 miles NE of Yuma, CO or contact: Chris Evans, Yard Manager 970/848-5331 ext. 4 Lori Perkins, Office Manager 970/848-5331 ext. 2

Ranch/Farm Hand Wanted!

• 150 HEAD BLACK ANGUS HEIFERS HIGH ALTITUDE, EXTRA FANCY, MODERATE FRAMED, BANGS and PRE-BREEDING VACCINATED START CALVING APRIL 1 FOR 34 DAYS • REYES-RUSSELL LBW BULLS $1450 • DELIVERY BY OCTOBER 15

Full-time position

CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE 2012 WYOMING PREMIUM HEIFER PROGRAM

308-520-1379 308-532-9671

HEIFERS WILL NOT DISAPPOINT • GOOD GENETICS

located 10 miles N/W of North Platte, NE. Horse rider/Mechanics a must.

House & utilities provided.

Reference required!

PLEASE CALL AND COME SEE, SOUTH PASS, WY

After 8 pm cst.

• 307-389-4821 •

OTR Driver

CSU-Eastern Colorado Research Center

300 bred 2 year old heifers. Black and Black/White face. AI bred to Cedar Ridge. Cleaned up with low birth weight angus bulls for 40 days.

Doug (970) 520-7599

3 years tanker endorsement.

Clean MVR, Some drop & hook, Live load & unload. 1-3 weeks out. Contact Norman at

PenPo Transportation, LLC Brush, CO 970-380-8247 or pennington.r@gmail.com Service technician: Central Nebraska irrigation dealership looking for service technicians.

Competitive pay and possible moving bonus for proper candidate. Late model equipment. Full benefits package available. Prefer applicants with a CDL and electrical degree. For additional information Please call (866) 544-2300 or e-mail application and resume to horizonag@horizonaginc.com www.myfarmandranch.com www.myfarmandranch.com www.myfarmandranch.com www.myfarmandranch.com www.myfarmandranch.com

November 8, 2012 2501 - HELP WANTED/NEED WORK CONT’D

Nebraska Farm & Ranch 2502 - CUSTOM WORK/SERVICES CONT’D

Parts personnel: Ag retail business in central Nebraska looking for over the counter parts person.

Applicant must be familiar with parts inventory and invoicing. Applicant must be computer literate and able to deal with people. Competitive pay with potential for full benefits. For additional information Please call (866) 544-2300 or e-mail application and resume to horizonag@horizonaginc.com

Want to Buy! Buying corn stalks in field $40.00 an acre!

Buying bean stubble in field $50.00 an acre!

Call Matt at 308-380-8972

Sales Person: Ag retail business in central Nebraska is looking to expand. Looking for sales personnel to sell grain bins and equipment, center pivots and irrigation equipment.

Buildings and other ag equipment.

Applicant must be a self starter and self motivated, able to build and maintain long term customer relationships. For additional information Please call (866) 544-2300 or e-mail application and resume to horizonag@horizonaginc.com

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NE - LOOKING FOR HAY HAULING: 3 SEMIS & 3 48’ STEP-DECK TRAILERS WITH EXTENSIONS. SQUARE OR ROUND BALES IN NEBRASKA AND SURROUNDING STATES. REASONABLE RATES. PLEASE CONTACT LENNY AT, (308) 379-2282 2602 - PICKUPS WANTED TO BUY KS - GOOD FACTORY BED FOR ‘73-’79 FORD PICKUP, NO RUST THROUGH, (620) 8652541 FOR SALE NE - THIRD SEAT FOR 95-99 SUBURBAN, TAUPE LEATHER, $100.00, (308) 624-2177 NE - 2005 DODGE DURANGO: 105, 000 MILES, 5. 7 L, ALL WHEEL DRIVE, SILVER, 6 CD PLAYER, VERY CLEAN! $9,799 CALL:, (402) 920-1419

Agricultural chemical company EXPANSION! Local exclusive territory.

Great$$$. Flex hours. Computer skills NOT needed. Start ASAP. CELL 941-456-8384. www.Atlantic-PacificAg.com WINNER CIRCLE FEEDYARD, MINATARE, NE HAS AN OPENING IN THE MILL. Experience preferred but will train the right person.

Benefits include BCBS Health insurance and paid vacation. Applicant must have a valid drivers license. Call Ron at: 308-631-5392 or 308-783-2131.

2502 - CUSTOM WORK/SERVICES KS - CORN HARVESTING: NEW JD EQUIP. , GRAIN CARTS WITH SCALES, 6 LATE MODEL SEMI TRUCKS, DAILY FIELD PROD DATA AVAILABLE. LET US ASSIST YOU IN GETTING THAT VALUABLE CROP IN THE BIN OR ELEVATOR. REFERENCES. SKINNERHARVESTING. COM/CALL SKINNER HARVESTING LLC, (620) 343-8140

ADAMS MUDJACKING & FOOTING REPAIR www.adamsmudjacking.com (402)-770-2566

Adams Mudjacking & Footing Repair Contact Paul: 402-770-2566

adamsmudjacking.com adamspiering.com • Interior Floors Raised • Stabilize Foundations • Raise Concrete • Restorations • Foundation Piers • Most Any Slabs IA - WANTED DAMAGED CORN AND WHEAT: PAY PREMIUM DOLLAR WITH VACS IN TRUCKS. CALL CODY 402-350-8187 OR WES 402-250-4185, (402) 350-8187 KS - CORN, MILO, WHEAT HARVESTING WANTED. TWO JD MACHINES & SUPPORTING TRUCKS., (785) 567-8515 SD - SPREAD IT, LLC-CUSTOM FEEDLOT CLEANING & MANURE HAULING. CALL DAN TOLL FREE @ 877-271-9430 OR, (605) 940-3275 IA - DISC BLADE SHARPENING. ON-SITE ROLLING, NO TEAR DOWN, NO GRINDING. CALL, (319) 377-0936 SD - WILL BALE LARGE ROUND BALES WITH MF HESSTON 2856A OR LARGE SQUARE BALES WITH NEW MF HESSTON 2170XD (EXTRA DENSITY) BALER. ALL CROPS. WILL TRAVEL CALL DENNIS AT, (605) 430-1496 NE - ALL STEEL FEEDLOT FENCING. STEEL FEED BUNKS. PORTABLE CALVING SHEDS. FREE ESTIMATES AND WE TRAVEL. MEISTER WELDING., (402) 367-2479 CO - FALL HARVESTING WANTED; CORN, SOYBEAN, MILO, AND SUNFLOWER. NEW CASE IH COMBINE WITH SUPPORTING EQUIPMENT. ANYWHERE!, (719) 342-1091

2603 - TRUCKS WANTED TO BUY

COLLECTOR WANTS SALVAGE: Old Pick-ups, Trucks, Cars, Panels, Station Wagons Before 1959, Model A Bodies.

PAYING WAY MORE THAN SALVAGE PRICE! Please let me know what you have! In the Dakotas every week! Call, E-mail, or write

218.639.2809

Page 29 2603 - TRUCKS FOR SALE - CONT’D IA - 1999 PETE-385, W/48� SLEEPER, 10 SP, 795, 000 MLS 90K ON CAT OVERHAUL, NEW TIRES, SHARP! 1991 379, DAYCAB, 13 SP, LOW MILES, 3406 CAT. WET-KIT. CALL:, (712) 420-2683 NE - 2000 PETE 379: CAT C15, 63� SLEEPER, 265� WHEEL BASE, NEW FRONT TIRES, REAR TIRES AT 50%. GOOD CLEAN TRUCK! CALL:, (402) 340-0125

ddonley@eot.com • David Donley 36961 State HWY 78 • Ottertail, MN 56571

FOR SALE SD - 1952 IH L160 TRUCK, 16’ COMBINATION GRAIN & STOCK BOX & HOIST, GOOD CONDITION. $2000, (605) 386-2131

PETERBILT Of GC

FOR SALE! (5) International 4700, dt466 Allison Auto, 12 front, 21 rears, Make Great Feed Trucks!

Call 800-821-5667

We offer a complete below ground level cutting & piling of your trees. Call for details.

07 Int. 9400, C13, 9sp..............$28,900

402-462-9802

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2615 - AIRPLANES FOR SALE NE - MONI MOTOR GLIDER AND TRAILER, LOW HOURS, (402) 364-2592 2618 - SEMI TRACTORS/TRAILERS WANTED TO BUY IA - LATE MODEL TRLRS & TRUCKS WITH LIGHT DAMAGE OR IN NEED OF ENGINE REPAIRS, (641) 658-2738 FOR SALE KS - 1974 UTILITY CHASSIS W/2-350 BU. GRAVITY BOXES, HYD AUGERS, ETC., $9,500.00, (620) 865-2541 NE - ‘77 MACK 686 W/’90 CORNHUSKER 42’ HOPPER BOTTOM, 1000 BU. , LIGHTWEIGHT HOPPER CAN HAUL BIG LOAD, WILL SEPERATE IF NEED BE, $14,500.00, (308) 874-4562 MO - 400 BUSHEL PUP, (660) 548-3804 2630 - TRANSPORTATION OTHER FOR SALE

PH - 1-800-844-4057 3255 West Jones Ave. Garden City, KS 6746

2005 Peterbilts & Kenworths, ALLISON AUTOMATICS, tandem axle, cab and chassis, can build to suit, Steve 785-259-6817

Exira Auto Sales Hwy. 71, Exira, IA • 712-268-5345 www.exiraauto.com ‘12 Suzu Grand Vitara, 4 WD.................................................$19,900 ‘11 Chevy 2500 Crew Cab, shortbed, 4x4, diesel, 75K ............32,900 ‘09 Dodge 3500 Quad Cab Dually 4x4, diesel auto................$22,950 ‘09 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab, Dually, 4x4, diesel, auto.............$28,600 ‘09 Dodge 3500 SRW, Quad Cab, 4x4, longbed, diesel, auto..$23,900 ‘08 Dodge 2500 Quad Cab SLT, 4x4, longbed, diesel, auto ...$21,600 ‘08 Dodge 3500 Reg. Cab Dually 4x4, diesel 6 spd...............$19,950 ‘08 Chevy 1500 Crew Cab 4x4, cloth, 5.3 V8, 53K ................$19,700 ‘08 Chevy Tahoe 4x4, cloth, 75K............................................$19,800 ‘08 Honda Ridgeline CR, 8 cyl, auto, 4x4, 73K......................$16,700 ‘08 Chevy 2500 Reg Cab 4x4, 6.0 gas, flatbed, 93K..............$16,400 ‘08 Chevy 2500 Reg Cab 4x4, 6.0 gas, flatbed, 96K..............$15,900 ‘08 Ford F-250 X Cab, shortbed, 4x4 auto, 5.4 V8, 90K ........$12,900 ‘07 Ford F-250 Reg Cab 4x4, auto, V10.................................$11,900 ‘06 Dodge 3500 Reg Cab Dually 4x4, flatbed, diesel 6 spd ...$18,400 ‘06 Dodge 3500 Quad Cab Dually 4x4 diesel 6 spd...............$19,400 ‘05 Dodge 2500 Quad Cab, longbed, 4x4, diesel, auto..........$15,400

2604 - GRAIN TRAILERS FOR SALE KS - GOOSENECK 350 BUSHEL, DUAL HOPPER, TANDEM DUAL, ROLL TARP, EXCELLENT, $6,500.00, (620) 865-2541 2605 - STOCK TRAILERS FOR SALE

CIRCLE D LIVESTOCK & HORSE TRAILERS FLATBED TRAILERS • 1-800-526-0939 • www.circle-dtrailers.com 2612 - CAMPERS FOR SALE IA - 1976 HOLIDAY RAMBLER. 22’ SLEEPS FOUR. EXCELLENT CONDITION. NEW TIRES, NEW PLUMBING, NEW GAS REFRIGERATOR, NEW GAS WATER HEATER, AIR CONDIIONING AND HEAT. PLEASE CALL, (712) 2106587

F&S Truck Parts is buying and selling truck beds in your area.

Call Zach at 800-440-0721 pick up and delivery available 2802 - DOZERS FOR SALE OK - 1992 D8N DOZER, NEW UNDERCARRIAGE EXCELLENT CONDITION., (405) 5677139 KS - CAT D6C, $14,000.00, (785) 871-0711 2803 - DIRT SCRAPERS WANTED TO BUY MO - WE BUY & TRADE USED HYDRAULIC EJECTION SCRAPERS, (660) 548-3804 SK - WANTED: CATERPILLER CABLE SCRAPERS, LEVER HOLDINGS INC. CALL, (306) 682-3332 FOR SALE MO - NEW & USED SCRAPERS- EJECTION & DUMP, ANY SIZE, (660) 548-3804 NE - PULL BEHIND BOX SCRAPERS, 10’ & 12’; 3PT’S 6’ & 8’, (402) 678-2277 MO - NEW TOREQ BY STEIGER & LEON SCRAPERS, (660) 548-3804 MO - TOREQ 40� PTO DITCHER, $7,800.00, (660) 548-3804

Doc Holl Trailers

833 H Ave. • Ogden, IA • 515-231-2360 Used Finishline and H&H Trailers

Finishline Trailer Dealer & PMC Hay Feeder Equipment

‘05 GMC 2500 Crew Cab, shortbed, 4x4 diesel .....................$18,900 ‘05 GMC 3500 Reg Cab flatbed, 4x4, auto, diesel .................$15,900 ‘04 Dodge 3500 SRW Quad Cab SLT, 4x4, shortbed, diesel, auto ...$17,950 ‘04 Dodge 3500 Dually, Reg Cab, 4x4, diesel, 6 spd, 134K flatbed .$16,700 ‘04 GMC 3500 Dually, 4x4, diesel, utility bed ........................$13,900 ‘03 Chevy Avalanche LT, 4x4, auto, leather, V8, sunroof........$10,700 ‘02 Dodge 2500 Quad Cab, 4x4, 360 auto, new trany & black ...$3,400 ‘01 Ford Ranger, X Cab, 4 dr., V6 auto, 4x4, 105 ....................$4,600 ‘00 Ford F-350 SRW Crew Cab Lariat 4x4 diesel...................$14,900 ‘99 Ford F-250 Reg Cab, 4x4, diesel, auto, 121K ..................$10,850 ‘99 Ford F-250 Crew Cab, XLT, 4x4, 5.4 V8, auto, 125K..........$7,900 ‘99 Jeep Wrangler Sport, hard top, 6 cyl., 5 spd.....................$7,450 ‘98 Dodge 3500 Quad Cab dually 4x4, V10 auto .....................$7,900 ‘95 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4x4 6 cyl auto ..................................$1,400 ‘’88 Toyota, 4x4, 4 cyl., 5 spd..................................................$1,800 ‘77 IH Scout 4x4 V8, auto air, No Rust....................................$5,000

MO - CHEVY C65 10 WHEELER, 18’ BED, ROLLOVER TARP, 5+2 SPEED, RUNS GOOD, $7,000.00, (660) 548-3804

We Can “Holl� & “Doc� Your Trailers or Feeders Anywhere!

Rich’s Ag Service Give us a call for all your Repair needs!

General Diesel Repair, AG, Construction, Irrigation Power Units, Over the Road, Engines, Air Conditioners

308-293-5108

Fisher Truck Sales SEVERAL 2004-06 WHITE COLUMBIA DAY CABS. 4 HAVE CAT. C-15’S AND 2 HAVE C-12’S, LOW MILES, 169� WB, 10 SP, DUAL EXHAUST’S, POLISHED TANKS & ALLOY STEERS. CALL BEN AT 402-460-1697

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2005 PETERBUILT 335, 18 FT BOX TRUCK, OR CAB/CHASSIE, ISC 831 CUMMINS, ALLISON AUTO, 33K GPW, IDEAL FOR GRAIN TRUCK W/ AIR TAG OR FUEL DELIVERY TRUCK. CALL: 402-469-0789 2004 COLUMBIA DAY CAB, CAT C-12, 10 SP, 430K MILES, DUEL EXHAUST, 169� WB, RYDER FLEET TRUCK, TILT, JAKE, NICE! 402-469-0789 2007 KENWORTH, TA100, 60� FLAT TOP ARROW CAB, CAT C-13, 470H.P. 10SP, WHITE, ALLOY WHEELS, SHARP! CALL BEN AT 402-460-1697 2005 TA100 DAY CAB, 10SP, 3 PEDAL AUTOMATIC, ISX CUMMINS, ALLOY WHEELS, THIS WOULD MAKE A GREAT FARM TRUCK ANYONE COULD DRIVE. 2001 4900 TWIN SCREW AUTOMATIC, DT466, DBL FRAME, NEW WHITE PAINT, WOULD SET UP NICE WITH PUSHER & 22’ BOX. 2000 GMC C-7500, AUTO, CAB-CHASSIE, DBL FRAME, 1997 FL70, 6SP, 3126 CAT, LOW MILES

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2803 - DIRT SCRAPERS FOR SALE - CONT’D MO - BUFFALO 12’ BOX BLADES IN STOCK, (660) 548-3804 ND - SCRAPER: BUY & SELL OLD CABLE SCRAPERS, CAT 60, 70, 80; LETOURNEAU LS, LP, FP; A/C; ALL MAKES AND SIZES, WILL CONVERT OVER TO HYDRAULICS, VERY PROFESSIONALLY DONE, TIRES & PARTS. CONTACT STEVE, WWW. STEVEVOIGHTMAN. COM. CELL 701-6808015 OR BUS., (701) 742-2182 KS - 6 YD PULL TYPE FORCED EJECTION, $2,950.00, (785) 871-0711 MO - LEON HYDRAULIC EJECT 1450 WITH EXTENSIONS, NEW TIRES & PAINT, (660) 548-3804 2807 - GENERATORS FOR SALE ND - GENERATORS: 20 KW TO 2000KWDIESEL, PROPANE & NATURAL GAS. ALL LOW-HOUR TAKEOUT GENSETS. CUMMINS /ONAN, KOHLER, CAT, DETROIT DIESEL & MORE. ABRAHAM GENERATOR SALES COOPERSTOWN, ND (INVENTORY ONLINE) WWW. ABRAHAMINDUSTRIAL. COM. WE SHIP NATIONWIDE!, (701) 797-4766 KS - PTO DRIVEN GENERATOR, $1,000.00, (785) 871-0711 2822 - SKID STEER LOADERS FOR SALE KS - BOBCAT 963, $20,000.00, (785) 8710711 2824 - MATERIAL HANDLING EQMT FOR SALE NE - 1500-8000# (MOSTLY 4000#), AIR TIRES & NEW FORKS, (402) 678-2277 2827 - BUILDING SUPPLIES FOR SALE MN - THE BEST RADIANT FLOOR HEAT WATER TUBING. CALL TODAY FOR A FREE ESTIMATE ON A COMPLETE SYSTEM. VOLUME DISCOUNTS, FACTORY OUTLET PRICES. COMPARE & SAVE! GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICES. WWW. MIKESHEATING. COM & CALL, (800) 446-4043 3002 - ANTIQUE TRACTORS WANTED TO BUY SD - MINNEAPOLIS MOLINE ANY OLDER MM, (605) 386-2131 FOR SALE IA - AC, IH, OLIVER, M-M WHEEL WEIGHTS, (712) 299-6608 3003 - ANTIQUE VEHICLES WANTED TO BUY SD - IH 6 SPEED SPECIAL TRUCK, (605) 386-2131 SD - OLDER JEEPS, CJ 2A, 1948 OR OLDER, ALSO MILITARY, (605) 386-2131 NE - 1950 FORD CRESTLINER & 1951 VICTORIA, (308) 876-2515 FOR SALE NE - 1950 GMC 450 WRECKER, GOOD TIRES, GOOD CAB, GOOD GLASS, $2,500.00, (308) 874-4562

To place your classified ad call Jodi @ 800-658-3191

3005 - FENCING MATERIALS FOR SALE

GALVENIZED GUARDRAIL Grade 1 and Grade 2 Please call for delivered quote 423-791-4771 • 712-726-3562 620-546-3507 STRUCTURAL PIPE

 Excellent Condition  Overstock Price 

2 3/8 @ $.95 ALL SIZES AVAILABLE RPJ ENERGY Now selling large square bales, Alfalfa & Grass Hay

Call or E-mail Ray:

970.405.8866

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3W Livestock EQUIPMENT WINTER SPECIAL ON CONTINUOUS FENCE • 6 Bar 1 1/4" 14 Gauge 20' Section- $85 • 5 Bar 1 1/2" 14 Gauge 20' Section- $91 • 1 3/4" Schedule 40 20' Section- $98

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3013 - METAL PRODUCTS WANTED TO BUY

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3018 - LUMBER FOR SALE NE - CEDAR LUMBER, GREEN OR KILN DRIED, PINE, BLACK WALNUT, COTTONWOOD & OAK AVAILABLE. CEDAR MULCH CHIPS. PEELED TREATED CEDAR FENCE POST. DRY KILN CEDAR OR PINE SHAVINGS. DELIVERY AVAILABLE. SPRINGVIEW, NE. WE ALSO BUY LOGS. CALL, (402) 497-3571 3030 - OTHER FOR SALE WY - FOR SALE: NEW AND USED COAL STOKER STOVES. ALSO MAGIC HEAT, RECLAIMERS, PARTS, SERVICE AND ADVICE FOR MOST MAKES. THANK YOU!, (307) 7543757 3031 - TARPS FOR SALE

CASH CLEANING UP YOUR FARM OR RANCH taking grain bins, metal buildings, combines, tractor, old equipment

3032 - GIFT ITEMS FOR SALE MN - GREAT GIFTS FOR YOUNG & OLD! ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOKS ABOUT FARM FAMILIES. COLLECTOR SERIES OF STORIES ACCURATELY DEPICT FARM FAMILIES, ANIMALS & CHORES WITH IMAGINATION & HUMOR. PRESERVE YOUR FARM HERITAGE WITH THESE KEEPSAKE, BOOKS. SAMPLE PAGES & REVIEWS BY CHILDREN, FARMERS, PARENTS & GRANDPARENTS AT WWW. GORDONFREDRICKSON. COM. ORDER FROM AUTHOR ONLINE, BY EMAIL OR BY PHONE. FOR MORE INFO OR QUESTIONS: TWOGFSC@INTEGRA.NET, (952) 461-2111 3034 - WIND GENERATORS WANTED TO BUY SD - JACOBS 32 VOLT WIND GENERATOR, ALSO WINCHARGER USED DURING THE ‘30’S & ‘40’S, WILL PAY ACCORDING TO CONDITION, (605) 386-2131 5000 - FARM REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

- Reduced Price Crockett Ranch: This is a working ranch located west of Lance Creek Wyoming. It consists of 15,921 deeded acres with 4,349 BLM, 640 State, 320 private lease for a total of 21,230 acres. Scenic draws provide great deer and antelope hunting. The ranch is watered by perennial and seasonal creeks, springs, reservoirs, wind mills and pipe lines.

Price-$4,250,000. $267 per acre.

NEWMAN REALTY 215 E. 20th Street Torrington, Wy 82240 307-532-7131 land@newmanrealty.net www.newmanrealty.net

Street Sweeper Brush. Great as Livestock Back Scratchers Waterproof Billboard Vinyls for Hay Tarps, Pond Liner and Equipment Covers.

Fully insured for your safety

Used Conveyor Belting for Fencing and Flooring

1055 S. Range - PO Box 508 Colby, KS

Rubber Roofing or Pond Liner.

(785) 462-8255

PAYING YOU CASH FOR EVERY TON HAULED

308-5 530-8 8842 3016 - BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES FOR SALE NE - HIGH DENSITY FOAM BOARD INSULATION. $18.56 PER SHEET - 4’ X 8’ X 2” THICK. ELIMINATE FROST HEAVING IN CONCRETE. PERFECT FOR IN-FLOOR HEATING APPLICATIONS. CALL LITEFORM AT, (800) 551-3313 NE - JNB CARPORTS CARPORTS, BUILDINGS UP TO 100 FT SPAN EQUIPMENT BUILDINGS AND GARAGES DREAMSCARPORTS. COM JIM HADDIX, (308) 249-4702

Complete Overhauls G3406 .......................$15,000 G855 .........................$15,000 Complete OH Includes: All new pistons & liners, valves, seats, guides, paint, dress out parts, gauges & run-in

580-338-3986

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Safety Mesh Covers as Livestock Shade.

repurposedmaterialsinc.com Call: 303-321-1471

To place your classified ad call Jodi @ 800-658-3191

5000 - FARM REAL ESTATE FOR SALE - CONT’D NE - LOG HOME. 4 YRS OLD. 30X50 GARAGE & BARN. 160 AC. 100 ACRES IN ALFLAFA. 2 MI. N OF CHAPPELL, NE., $265,000.00, (308) 874-4562

Prime South Dakota Ground 471 Acres (+/-) Hand Co, SD Excellent soil ratings. Land like this is rarely available. Nearly all tillable.

633 Acres (+/-) Aurora Co, SD Ideally situated and suited for prime hunting property. 125.3 acres CRP.

Call me today #605-350-0413 Dick Shelton - Broker/Owner The Real Estate Connection, Inc. Huron, SD

KANSAS CROP LAND 180 acres (will divide) All tillable, $2500/acre www.country-heritage.net 913-755-9885

CABIN REALTY & AG SERVICES FARM & RANCH REAL ESTATE SALES & MGT. P. O. BOX 157 ERICSON, NE 68637 OFFICE: 308-653-2018 FAX: 308-653-2019

Terry K. Held, Broker

Current Listings 237+/- Acres, excellent for hunting on the South side of Niobrara River, creek and excellent views. Good access with REA and Rural Water, Knox County, NE. 160 Acres Northeast of Grove Lake, improved with 50 acres cropland, excellent hunting, creek and trees, Antelope County, NE. 320 Acres Irrigated cropland, Wheeler County, NE.

Used as Livestock/Nursery Shade, Variety of Sizes.

and more!

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30’x50’x10’..................$8,579 40’x60’x12’ ................$11,999 60’x100’x16’..............$26,706 100’x150’x16’............$58,425

Metals to

Engine Machine Specialist High Efficiency & Long Life G855 .........................$21,000 G3406.......................$22,500

3016 - BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES FOR SALE - CONT’D

November 8, 2012

489+/- Acres Irrigated cropland and pasture, Rock County, NE.

www.HomeLandRE.com 6403 Old Hwy 40, Park, KS Farmstead with 41 Acres, three bedroom house with full basement, two car garage, workshop, other out-buildings & established windbreak.

Many recent upgrades to the home. $159,000 480 Acres Rawlins Cty., KS Dryland. 15 miles North and 3 miles West of Levant. Immediate possession - All of the Seller’s minerals to Buyer. $3, 00/Acre-SOLD-

160 Acres All grass unit, Brown County, NE. 800 Acres Water Rights Available, Lower Loup NRD 5001 - NON-FARM REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Rock L. Bedore (785) 443-1653 WANTED - YOUR LISTING

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FOR SALE BY OWNER PRICE REDUCED COUNTRY LIVING! 34 ACRES AND LARGE NEWLY REMODELED HOME. 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRIDGEPORT, MORRILL COUNTY, NEBRASKA. 24 IRRIGATED ACRES, TREES, HUNTING, GUEST OR RENTAL HOUSE, BARN, EXTRA GARAGE, GRAIN BIN AND MORE.

PHONE 308-262-1370 LEAVE MESSAGE IF NO ANSWER.

VLACH CONTRUCTION INC. Earth work of all types.

Central Platte Natural Resources District

215 Kaufman Ave Grand Island NE 68803

Order Seedlings for Spring Planting

“We now install drainage tile up to 12 inches” Rick Vlach 308-245-4165 Home • 308-219-0072 Cell Steve Kriewald 308-219-0454 Cell Scotia, Nebr.

Ź Over 30 varieties of trees & shrubs Ź Bundle of 25 seedlings for only $17.50 Ź 50% cost share available And...receive a10% discount if your order is placed by December 31, 2012.

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118 acres Crawford Co., Iowa...$1,003,000 (Goodrich Township) 90 crop acres & pond 96 acres Crawford Co., Iowa .......$675,000 (Milford Township) 60 crop acres

Hunting Country Real Estate LLC www.huntingcountry.net 109 North 4th Ave., Logan, Iowa • 712-644-3955 Mitch Barney (Broker) Private Land Sales and Auction Services Licensed associates throughout IA, NE, KS, MO, OK, TX, CO

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November 8, 2012 5001 - NON-FARM REAL ESTATE FOR SALE - CONT’D NE - 2 GOLF COURSE LOTS IN ARIZONA CITY, AZ. ARIZONA CITY IS NEAR INTERSTATE 10 & INTERSTATE 8, 50 MILES SOUTH OF PHOENIX & 50 MILES NORTH OF TUCSON POPULATION 12,000. THE COURSE WAS BUILT BY PROFESSIONALS IN THE 80’S. ONE OF THE LOTS BORDERS THE GOLF COURSE & IS THE LARGEST PRICED AT $55,000 #1736. THE 2ND LOT IS 2 BLOCKS FROM THE COURSE AT $25,000 #1441. ALL TAXES & ASSESSMENTS ARE PAID IN FULL, IMMEDIATE POSSESSION AVAILABLE. BEAUTIFUL AREA & GREAT WEATHER. IF INTERESTED CALL DEL AT 308-234-1453 & YOU MAY LEAVE A MESSAGE.

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Nebraska Farm & Ranch 5004 - PASTURE RENT WANTED TO RENT

Wanted: Pasture to Rent for 200 to 400 cow/calf pairs for 2013 & beyond. Anywhere in Nebraska. Prefer total care. We are located in Smith Center KS. 785-389-5111 5006 - RENTAL PROPERTY WANTED TO RENT NE - WANT TO RENT! FATHER ALONG WITH SON (WHO IS HOPING TO GET STARTED FARMING) LOOKING FOR FARM GROUND TO RENT. MODERN EQUIPMENT, WILL PAY GOING RENT PRICE. PLEASE CALL 308-2632361 OR, (308) 991-5184 7001 - SPECIAL EVENTS FOR SALE MT - NEED TICKETS OR PACKAGES FOR THE NFR? DECEMBER 6TH THROUGH THE 15TH. BALCONY SEATS AVAILABLE! BEARTOOTH TRAVEL; CALL BONNIE AT 800-554-2303 OR, (406) 445-2303 www.myfarmandranch.com www.myfarmandranch.com www.myfarmandranch.com www.myfarmandranch.com

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SEDGWICK COUNTY, COLORADO 152 ACRE IRRIGATED FARM Includes 125-a. sprinkler and 15-a. flood.

600-gpm well and a full reservoir right.

Rick Kusel - Cumming Realty LLP 108 W. 1st, Julesburg, CO 80737

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Midlands Classified Ad Network WORK FOR DEPT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES. VIEW CURRENT JOB OPENINGS AT WWW.DHHS.NE.GOV PHARMACIST WANTED! WAL-MART PHARMACY OF CHADRON, NE HAS AN IMMEDIATE SALARIED STAFF PHARMACIST OPENING. THE LOW VOLUME RETAIL PHARMACY IS LOCATED IN BEAUTIFUL, RURAL NORTHWEST NE. EXCELLENT PAY, COMPETITIVE BENEFITS, AND MUCH MORE. SEEKING FRIENDLY, PATIENT-ORIENTED, SKILLED PHARMACIST. QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, ELIGIBLE FOR NEBRASKA LICENSURE MAY APPLY. PLEASE CALL TINA 308-432-6995 OR KURT 479-295-1405 DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT. DOUGLAS, WYOMING. THE DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT WILL PROVIDE STRATEGIC GUIDANCE AND MANAGEMENT DIRECTION FOR THE HOSPITAL’S QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS. REQUIREMENTS: BACHELORS DEGREE IN NURSING; MASTERS DEGREE PREFERRED.; WYOMING LICENSURE AS A REGISTERED NURSE (OR ABILITY TO OBTAIN).; FIVE YEARS OF NURSING WITH STRONG BACKGROUND IN QUALITY ASSURANCE AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT. WE OFFER A COMPETITIVE SALARY AND AN EXCELLENT BENEFIT PACKAGE. MINIMUM SALARY: $27.84/HR(INCREASED DEPENDING UPON EXPERIENCE). INCLUDES RELOCATION AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE. WYOMING ALSO HAS NO STATE INCOME TAX. FULL DETAILS AND APPLICATION AT: WWW.CONVERSEHOSPITAL.COM QUESTIONS: LINDA YORK 307-358-1402 EXPERIENCED SERVICE TECHNICIAN. PEERLESS TIRES FOR LESS. GERING, NE CLEAN-CUT, HARDWORKING, MOTIVATED INDIVIDUALS NEED APPLY. EXPERIENCE IN ALIGNMENTS/FRONT END/BRAKE SERVICE REQUIRED. HOURLY PAY + BONUS ON PARTS & LABOR. DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIRED. ***$500 SNAP-ON TOOLS SIGN-ON BONUS*** PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG TEST. APPLY AT 3410 N. 10TH STREET, GERING, NE OR CALL JOHN AT 307-315-2544 ASSISTANT BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH. BAYARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR AN OPENING FOR AN ASSISTANT BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH FOR THE 2012-13 SCHOOL TERM. BAYARD IS A CLASS C2 SCHOOL IN SCENIC WESTERN NEBRASKA. INTERESTED CANDIDATES PLEASE VISIT WWW.BAYARDPUBLICSCHOOLS.ORG TO OBTAIN AN APPLICATION FORM AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SEND ALL INFORMATION TO TAMRA TILLMAN, ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR, BAYARD

PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PO BOX 607, BAYARD, NE 69334, SCHOOL PHONE (308) 586-1700. BAYARD IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. THE POSITION WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL FILLED. SITE MANAGER LOCAL APT COMPLEXES ARE SEEKING A FT SITE MANAGER. POSITION OFFERS A CHALLENGING OPPORTUNITY, COMPETITIVE WAGE AND BENEFITS PACKAGE. SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE A CLEAR CREDIT, CRIMINAL RECORD, AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG SCREEN. HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH AFFORDABLE/HOUSING PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS, WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF FAIR HOUSING REGULATIONS, AND SKILL IN PROBLEM SOLVING, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, AND DEALING WITH CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION /SITUATIONS. INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS SHOULD EMAIL SNUFFER@COSTELLOCO.COM OR CALL (605) 336-9131, EXT 123 EEO/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS NEEDED. $2,000 SIGNON BONUS! JBC NEEDS SEVERAL TANKER DRIVERS TO BE BASED IN THE SCOTTSBLUFF & NORTH PLATTE AREA. JBC OFFERS ABOVE AVERAGE PAY AND BENEFITS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TOP-NOTCH DRIVERS. A CDL WITH HAZMAT AND TANKER ENDORSEMENTS, 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND MINIMUM AGE OF 24 ARE REQUIRED. APPLY ONLINE AT WWW.JBC1.COM OR PHONE 800-6583106.

PEERLESS TIRE CO. LOOKING FOR ASSISTANT MANAGER TRAINEE. HARD WORKING, MOTIVATED. MUST HAVE VALID DRIVERS LICENSE AND MUST PASS PRE- EMPLOYMENT DRUG TEST. APPLY AT 3410 N. 10TH STREET, GERING, NE. OR CALL 307-315-2544 CDL DRIVER. BAYARD, NEBRASKA. DRIVER FOR CORN HARVEST NEEDED IMMEDIATELY. FULLTIME OPPORTUNITY ON LARGE FARM AND COW/CALF OPERATION AVAILABLE AS WELL. NON-SMOKING ENVIRONMENT CALL: 308-5861599. LEAVE MESSAGE GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PHYSICAL THERAPISTS! CASPER, WYOMING. INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT POSITIONS OPEN FULL BENEFITS, COMPETITIVE SALARY. UP TO $25K TUITION/LOAN REIMBURSEMENT AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE. ELIGIBLE FOR WYOMING LICENSE CPR CERTIFICATION EMAIL RESUMES: APPLEGATES@ERNESTHEALTH.COM OR CALL 307.268.7741 THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ROADS IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR A CONSTRUCTION TECH I IN GERING, NE. FOR A

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION OR TO APPLY, VISIT WWW.STATEJOBS.NEBRASKA.GOV OR YOUR LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. AN ON-LINE STATE APPLICATION MUST BE COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE OF NOVEMBER 9, 2012. NOTIFY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AT 402-471-2075 IF YOU NEED ACCOMMODATION IN THE SELECTION PROCESS. (TDD CALLS ONLY: 402-4714693). THE STATE OF NEBRASKA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER CDL DRIVER SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA. CLASS A CDL DRIVER NEEDED. SEASONAL WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FULL-TIME FOR THE RIGHT PERSON. LIVESTOCK HAULING EXPERIENCE HELPFUL. CALL 209-417-9630 PLANT MANAGER, SIDNEY, NEBRASKA. DESCRIPTION: DEVELOP AND FOSTER A "SAFETY FIRST" CULTURE.; ESTABLISH EXPECTATIONS FOR A SAFE AND CLEAN WORKING ENVIRONMENT.; MANAGE PRODUCTION SCHEDULE.; OVERSEE PLANT QUALITY CONTROL AND SAFETY; ENSURE PLANT OPERATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH ESTABLISHED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. REQUIREMENTS: EXPERIENCE WITH MANAGEMENT WITHIN FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.; 4 YEAR DEGREE PREFERRED.; UTILITY POLE EXPERIENCE A PLUS. EMAIL RESUMES: RICK.BLESKEY@BLPOLE.COM FARMER'S CO-OP IS A PROGRESSIVE AND FINANCIALLY STRONG COOPERATIVE IN NW NEBRASKA AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN AGRONOMY SALESPERSON AT THE FARMER'S CO-OP HEMINGFORD LOCATION. THIS SALESPERSON WILL MAKE FARM VISITS TO EXISTING AND POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS. SELL SERVICES AND PRODUCTS IN A MANNER THAT WILL OPTIMIZE THE COOPERATIVES MARKET SHARE AND SAVINGS AND PROVIDE OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE. REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE A GOOD DRIVING RECORD,ATTENTION TO DETAIL, ABILITY TO LIFT 50 LBS OR MORE AND BE A TEAM PLAYER. AG BACKGROUND IS PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED. COMPETITIVE WAGE (BASED ON EXPERIENCE) AND A FULL BENEFIT PACKAGE INCLUDING MEDICAL, LIFE, VISION, DENTAL, SHORT/LONG TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE, 401K, PENSION, SICK AND VACATION LEAVE, HOLIDAYS AND UNIFORM ALLOWANCE. CONTACT JIM HUTCHINSON AT 308-487-5219 OR EMAIL TO JIM.HUTCHINSON@FARMCOOP.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION SANDBERG IMPLEMENT PARTS COUNTERPERSON, GERING, NEBRASKA. FULL-

TIME 40+ HOURS PER WEEK AND EVERY OTHER SATURDAY. IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT. WAGE COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE. QUALIFICATIONS: DEPENDABILITY, EXPERIENCE WITH PARTS COUNTERS OR AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT A PLUS, COMPUTER PARTS/BUSINESS SYSTEM EXPERIENCE HELPFUL, OUTGOING PERSONALITY AND INITIATIVE MAIL RESUMES SANDBERG IMPLEMENT, 160085 HWY 71, GERING, NE 69341 OR ROBERT@SANDBERGIMPLEMENTINC.COM BUSINESS HUNTER - SELF CONFIDENT PERSON NEEDED TO PROWL CENTRAL NEBRASKA HUNTING FOR NEW BUSINESS FOR OUR GROWING COMPANY. RESUME AND SALARY REQUIREMENTS TO: BUSINESS HUNTER, JCO COMMERCIAL FLOORING, BOX 881, HASTINGS, NE 68902-0881.

FULL-TIME CASE MANAGER, RESCARE WORKFORCE SERVICES, SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA. SALARY: $14/HR W/BENEFITS. QUALIFICATIONS: PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; DESIRE TO HELP OTHERS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT; ABILITY TO WORK WITH A VARIETY OF PEOPLE; MULTITASKING IN A FAST-PACED ENVIRONMENT; APPLICANTS MUST ATTEND THE MEETING AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. MEETING THURSDAY, NOV. 15TH, 6PM 1721 BROADWAY, 3RD FLOOR APPLICATION WWW.RESCARE.COM/CAREERS.CFM DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION & DIRECTOR OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. EDUCATION SERVICE UNIT 13, SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA. DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION REQUIRES NEBRASKA ADMINISTRATIVE CERTIFICATE WITH ENDORSEMENT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION REQUIRES NEBRASKA ADMINISTRATIVE CERTIFICATE WITH ENDORSEMENT IN GRADES 712. SALARY BASED ON TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. SEND LETTER OF INTEREST, RESUME AND CREDENTIALS: DR. JEFF WEST, ADMINISTRATOR, ESU#13, 4215 AVENUE I, SCOTTSBLUFF, NE 69361 OR JEFFWEST@ESU13.ORG APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 7, 2013 EOE WESTERN NEBRASKA VETERANS HOME IS SEEKING A LICENSED PHARMACIST TO PERFORM PHARMACIST DUTIES ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 308-6320356.

APPLY AT WWW.STATEJOBS.NEBRASKA.GOV EXPERIENCED CONCRETE LABORERS WANTED. PAUL REED CONSTRUCTION, 2970 N. 10TH ST., GERING, NE 69341.

WESTERN NEBRASKA VETERANS HOME IS SEEKING CARING & DEPENDABLE RN SUPERVISOR - 3 NIGHTS WEEK $21.947/HR. ADDITIONAL PAY FOR EXPERIENCE APPLY AT WWW.STATEJOBS.NEBRASKA.GOV TO ENJOY STATE OF NEBRASKA BENEFITS. CDL DRIVER, BRIDGEPORT, NE. STARTS ASAP. FULL-TIME. COMPETITIVE WAGES PERFORMANCED-BASED RAISE AFTER 90 DAYS, 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE, DOT SCREENING. LOCAL HAULS. CALL (308)262-1899, LEAVE MESSAGE CHADRON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL & HEALTH SERVICES IN CHADRON NEBRASKA IS ACTIVELY SEEKING A DIALYSIS RN. THE HEMODIALYSIS NURSE IS PROFICIENT IN PROVIDING HEMODIALYSIS THERAPIES TO PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE. THE NURSE WORKS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DIRECTOR OF DIALYSIS, MEDICAL DIRECTOR, AND PATIENTS PHYSICIAN. THE HEMODIALYSIS NURSE MUST POSSESS THE PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES TO SUCCESSFULLY PERFORM THE JOB AS STATED IN THE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS. ADHERENCE TO ALL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IS REQUIRED. CCH&HS UTILIZES GAMBRO MACHINES. EXPERIENCE PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED. APPLY AT CHADRON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, CHADRON, NE OR CALL 308.432.5586.

ATTENTION TECHNICIANS WE'RE EXPANDING! BUZZ'S MARINE IS LOOKING FOR A MARINE SERVICE TECHNICIAN. FULL-TIME POSITION WITH COMPETITIVE WAGE AND BENEFIT PACKAGE INCLUDING HEALTH INSURANCE, 401K AND PROFIT SHARING. FULLY TRAINED MARINE TECHNICIANS CAN EARN $60,000 TO $70,000 A YEAR. WE WILL PAY FOR YOUR TRAINING. MARINE, AGRICULTURE OR AUTOMOTIVE EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION: 507 CENTRAL AVE., KEARNEY. EMAIL INFO @BUZZSMARINE.COM OR CALL 308-234-4576.

FULL-TIME SPORTS REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER NEEDED AT THE LEXINGTON CLIPPER-HERALD. DUTIES INCLUDE: COVERING 5 LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TEAMS.; PHOTOGRAPHY; OTHER LOCAL STORIES OF INTEREST.; EXPERIENCE IN JOURNALISM WRITING/QUARK/PHOTOSHOP HELPFUL.; COMPETETIVE WAGE/ 401K/INSURANCE BENEFITS. SEND RESUME TO DAVID PENNER, EDITOR, LEXINGTON CLIPPER-HERALD, P O BOX 599, LEXINGTON, NE 68850

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