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‘80 CAT D5B 26X, Shows 6892 Hrs, 3306DI, 6 Spd, EROPS, 30” Shoes ........................................................................... $19,500 (2) CAMOPLAST 30” TRACKS For CIH STX Quad.$500 & $750 ‘62 JD 3010 1634 Hrs. since OH, Dual Loader with Bucket and Hay Forks, 2 Remotes...................................... $10,500 CAMOPLAST 36” TRACK FOR JD9030/RT ........ $750 ’74 VERSATILE 900, 8368 Hrs, Duals, 3 Remotes…...... $7,000 ’62 ALLIS CHALMERS HD6 DOZER, Shows 3020 Hrs, Angle Blade .............................................................. $5,950 ’09 JD 8230T, 5400 Hrs, AutoSteer, New Tracks & Idlers, Front Weights....................................................... $112,500 JD 8400T, 8K Hrs, Late Tracks, PTO, AutoSteer Ready ....... $55,000 ’83 AC 8070, 9K Hrs, MFWD, Self Leveling Loader With Grapple & Joystick, Power Shift, Rear Duals................. $27,950 UNUSED KINZE KIT FOR CUMMINS CONVERSION ON JD 8850,...................................................... $30,000 (3) JD 8850’S, (2) with PTO, PARTING OUT...... $15,000 EA. ’76 JD 4430, 11845 Hrs, Hydraulic Front Assist, Rear Duals.. $24,950 ’03 CHALLENGER MT765, 10K Hrs, 30” Tracks, Full Weight Package, PTO, 3 Point, Saddle Tanks ............. $49,500

COMBINES & HEADERS

‘11 CASE IH 8120 LEVEL LAND 4016 Sep Hrs., Luxury Cab ..................................PARTING OUT, 1/2 OF NEW ‘96 CASE IH 2188 1 Owner/Operator Since New, 4797 Sep Hrs., ‘96 Case IH 1010-30’ Head, ‘06 2020-30’ Flex Head................... $22,000 ‘85 IH 1470 4905 Engine Hrs., New Chopper, Good Tires........... $2,950 CRARY CWS For MacDon 40’, Extra Driveline and Fan............. $7,000 ’00 CIH 2015 PICKUP HEAD ........................... $9,000 JOHN DEERE 625F AUGER, New/Unused ..........$6,950 ’92 JD 9600, Leveler, 5261/3875 Hrs, ’90 JD 930R Head & Cart................................................................. $14,950 ’91 JD 9600, Leveler, 3570 Sep Hrs, Parts Machine....... $6,950 ’04 CIH 1020-25’ FLEX, Crary Air Reel, Cart .......$6,500

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’09 CIH 7088, 2924E/2391S Hrs, 4WD, New Tires, 1 Season On Engine & Trans, Pro 700 Head, Redekop Chopper, ’12 CIH 3020-30’ Flex Head................................. $149,000 ’94 CIH 1688 HILLSIDE, 4494 Hrs, Chopper, Spreader, ’05 CIH 2020-30’ Flex Head.......................................... $14,950 ’13 CIH 8230 Level Land, 3368E/2471S Hrs, Cross Auger Clutch, Long Unloading Auger, 40’ Draper Available ..... $119,000 ’95 JD 8970, Shows 6117 Hrs, 400 Cummins, Jakes, 12 Spd Powershift, Firestone 710X38 Radials, (4) Remotes, 3 Point................................................................ $44,950

’15 JD 8245R, 3981 Hrs, MFWD, GS3 Head With AutoSteer .......................................................... $169,000

’09 CHALLENGER MT855C, 6914 Hrs, 36” Tracks, PTO, AutoSteer, Full Weight Package............................. $145,000

’06 JD 9760STS, Rahco Leveler, 6280E/5130S Hrs, 4WD, Comprehensive Records, ’13 JD 630R With Cart, ’11 JD 630F With Cart............................................................. $75,000 ’05 GLEANER R75, 3800E/2800S Hrs, Cummins M11, 4WD, Fine Cut Chopper, Long Unloading Auger, Lateral Tilt, ’12 Gleaner 8200-30’ Flex With Crary Air Reel & Cart..... $75,000 ’04 GLEANER R75, 4465E/3466S Hrs, Cummins M11, 2 Spd Hydro, Fine Cut Chopper, Large Unload Auger Lateral Tilt, ’10 Challenger 8200-30’ Flex Head & Cart.................... $44,950 ’99 GLEANER R72, 3883E/3176 Hrs, Cummins M11, Fine Cut Chopper, Lateral Tilt, ’10 Gleaner 8200-30’ Flex Head With Crary Air Reel & Cart ............................................. $39,950 CIH 1688, HILLCO 2000, 5K Hrs, 500 Hrs On Reman Engine, 2 Seasons On Hydro, CIH 1020-25’ Flex Head & Cart.... $19,900 ’01 CIH 2388, 4710E/3629S Hrs, Hillco 2800, 4WD, ’05 CIH 2020-30’, Cart ......................................................... $35,000

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’11 GVM 9275, 4229 Hrs, Viper 4, AutoSteer, 30.5 Tires, 1600 Gallons, 90’ Booms ........................................ $60,000 ’04 LORAL 6400 DRY SPREADER, 5069 Hrs, Cat, Allison, Easy Steer With FMX750, Airmax 1000 Body, 70’ Booms.......... ............................................................................. $49,950 RAVEN SIDEKICK PRO ICD CHEMICAL INJECTION SYSTEM, Complete With Pump & Tanks..................... $3,500 (2) RAVEN CR-7 HEAD WITH DOMES ........ $1,500 ea. RAVEN SCS 4400 CONTROLLER........................ $1,250 RAVEN 460 CONTROLLER...................................... $750 RAVEN SWITCHMATE.......................................... $1,500 HYPRO HYDRAULIC DRIVE PUMP........................ $500

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VEHICLES

’91 FREIGHTLINER COE, 711K Mi, Series 60. 9 Spd, A/R, Setback Front Axle................................................... $7,500 ‘82 MACK SUPERLINER Mack 6 Cylinder, 13 Speed, 20’ Bed/Hoist, Removable Box, Roll Tarp ....................... $16,950 ‘74 MACK RL700L Mack 6 Cylinder, 10 Spd, 20’ Alloy Aluminum Hopper Bed, Roll Tarp .............................. $10,950 ‘78 FORD F600 370 V8, 4WD, 5-Spd. Trans. ........ $2,400 ’99 IH 9200, 731K Mi, Series 60 @ 400 HP, 10 Spd, Alum Outside Wheels .................................................... $19,950 ’05 WINNEBAGO JOURNEY, 68K Mi. 350 Cat, Allison, Exhaust Brake, 39’, (3) Slides, Aluminum Wheels, Air Ride, Onan Generator......................................................$49,950 ’19 KAWASAKI BRUTE FORCE 750 4 WHEELER, 4557 Mi, Fuel Injected V Twin .......................................................... $5,000 ’75 CHEVROLET C65 CAB/CHASSIS, 427, 5X2, Air Brakes, PTO & Reservoir w/ Valve ................................................. $1,950 ’12 KW T800, 543K Mi, Cummins ISX @ 485 HP, 10 Spd, 0 Miles On Out Of Frame Overhaul, Lift Axle, APU, All Aluminum Wheels ...... $95,000 ’12 KW T800, 577K Mi, Cummins ISX @ 485 HP, 10 Spd, Late In Frame, Lift Axle, APU, All Aluminum Wheels........................ $75,000 ’88 KW T600 DAYCAB, Cummins , 9 Spd, Outside Aluminum Wheels.......................................................................... $13,000 ’94 CHEVROLET KODIAK SERVICE TRUCK, 119K Mi, Cat 3116, 5X2 Trans, Air Brakes, 1000 Gal Fuel Tank, Oil Tanks, Air Compressor.............................................. $7,250 ’94 FORD F700 SERVICE TRUCK, 109K Mi., 5.9 Cummins 12 Valve With Mechanical Pump, Allison Automatic, Air Brakes, AutoCrane .................................................. $6,400

TILLAGE BUYS

SHOPBUILT HYDRAULIC HARROW CART, 60’, 5 Bar Stiff & 3 Bar Flex .................................................... $3,500 KILE FERTILIZER POINTS FOR CHISEL PLOWS.........MAKE OFFER WILRICH FIELD CULTIVATOR, 32’, Plumbed For Liquid Fertilizer, Tine Harrrow................................................................... $3,200 (2) JD 3710 PLOWS, 10 Bottoms, Spring Reset... $16,000 EA. JD 1000 FIELD CULTIVATOR, 36’, DYKO Points, Morris Tine Harrow .......................................................................... $3,000 JD 980 FIELD CULTIVATOR, 2210 Shanks, 38’4”, Plumbed For Liquid, 3 Bar Time......................................................... $14,950 WILRICH 2900 PLOW, 9 Bottoms, Spring Reset, IH Bottoms..$8,500 (10) MCFARLANE 5 BAR X 5.5’ FLEX HARROW, Near New ...... ...............................................................................................$3,000 MCGREGOR HYDRAULIC HARROW CART, 50’, 7 Bar Flex, AgPro 185-D Airbox....................................................... $19,950 BROEMELING HYDRAULIC CART, 50’, Danish Tine Sections ................................................................. $6,950 MCKEE DANISH TINE CULTIVATOR, 32’, Flex Harrow.. $2,000 SOIL SAVER, 18’, Extra Center Section.................. $1,950 MCGREGOR HEAVY HARROW CART, 42’, 500 Gallon Poly Tank, 5 Bar + 5 Bar Flex .................................................... $7,950

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’06 IH 9400 DAYCAB, Shows 143625 Mi, Cummins ISX, 10 Spd, All Aluminum Wheels .................................... $17,950 ’69 KW W900, Cummins, 9 Spd, 20’ Bed & Hoist With Box, Roll Tarp, Seed Hog Rear Auger............................................... $14,950 ’75 FORD F600, 35167 Mi, V8, 5X2 Speed, Bed & Hoist...$6,000

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BALERS – ROUND

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BALERS – SMALL SQUARE

NH BC5080, 2016 commercial 16x18 ��$25,500-$22,500 NH BC5080, 2016, commercial 16x18, new knotters, new floor ��$29,000 NH BC5070, 2016, commercial 14x18, more details coming ��$21,700 NH 580, 2007, commercial 16 x 18 ��$12,000 Freeman 370 engine baler��$15,000 Freeman 330 engine baler��$11,000

BALE WAGONS / STACKERS

NH BW28, 2004, 4,313 hours, super singles �� $89,000 NH 1075, diesel, meter shows 1,154 hours, freshly serviced, 2-tie kit �� $34,900

RAKES

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FORAGE HARVESTERS

NH FR780, 2019, 1,191 engine hours, 2x12 drum, air compressor, hyd� Lateral float, crop processor, 2wd, 721 HP, 8 row 600 BFI header, leather seat �� $299,000

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NH SPEEDROWER 260, 2022, 500 hours, 2 speed, standard cab, 416 Plus header ��$178,000 NH SPEEDROWER 260, 2019, 577 hours, 3 speed, deluxe cab, 416 header w/ “plus” upgrades��$159,900 NH SPEEDROWER 260, 2019, 545 hours, 2 speed, standard cab, 416 header w/ “plus” upgrades ��$149,000

upgrades��$149,000 NH SPEEDROWER 260, 2019, 679 hours, 2 speed, deluxe cab, 416 header w/ “plus” upgrades��$149,000 NH SPEEDROWER 260, 2019, 594 hours, large monitor, 416 header, steel rolls ��$159,000 NH SPEEDROWER 260, 2017, 1,657 hours, new tires, deluxe cab ��$109,000 NH SPEEDROWER 260, 2016, 3 speed, deluxe cab, 518 hours ��$150,000 NH 750HD rotary header�� $4750 NH H8080, 2008, 416 header, 1,966 hours ��$74,800 NH 499, 12’ hydro-swing, rubber rolls �� $7,700 NH 416 rotary header, 2020, good rolls, needs a few things ��$15,000 NH HS16 sickle header, 2016, average condition��$10,000 NH 210R, 2020, rubber rolls ��$24,000 NH 210S 10’ pull type rotary, 2020, steel rolls, swivel hitch ��$22,000 CaseIH WD2505, 2022, 328 hours, GPS, high speed, NH 416 PLUS header, steel rolls ��$195,000 CaseIH WD2505, 2022, 375 hours, GPS, high speed, NH 416 PLUS header, steel rolls ��$193,000 JD 4990, 14’ 990 Rotary header, steel rolls, 2,378 hours ��$43,700 MacDon M1240, 2022, Only 51 hours!!!, R216 rotary grass seed header w/ only 30 hours!! �� $200,000

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NH Boomer 50C, 2020, cab, 4wd, hydro, loader, only 179 hours�� $42,900 NH T9�600, 2016, 3,352 hours, high idler smart tracks, GPS, 6 remotes, NEW TRACKS!! �� $275,000 NH T7�270, 2017, 1,599 hours, auto-command trans, 18�4 duals, GPS ��$171,000 NH T7�260, 2019, 1186 hours, deluxe cab, autocommand cvt, 20�8R42 singles��$186,000-$179,000 NH T7�260, 2019, 1213 hours, deluxe cab, autocommand cvt, 20�8R42 singles��$186,000-$179,000 NH T6050, 2009, cab, 4wd, 3,400 hours, semi powershift ��$51,000 NH T1520, 2008, 631 hours, 35HP, gear drive, rops, loader, backhoe ��$21,000 NH TG305, 2007, duals, new rubber, suspended front axle, 8,800 hours �� $79,900-$74,900 NH TC29DA, 2006, 4wd, loader w/ SSL QA, 1,956 hours, supersteer, fully serviced $15,900-$14,900 NH Workmaster 25S, 2022, only 80 hours!!, loader, backhoe��$21,000 NH Workmaster 25S, 2021, hydro, loader, only 55 hours!! �� $17,000 AGCO 6690A, 1991, cab, 4wd, loader, 4,180 hours, 87 HP ��$29,000 CaseIH Farmall 120C, 2021, Cab, 4WD, 3,195 hours, 24x24 trans, MSL loader �� $62,000 Case 2090, 1980, cab, 2wd, meter shows 3,754 hours ��$13,700 Ford 5610, 1984, 2wd, loader, reman engine ��$12,900 International 400, gas, wide front end, great bend loader, TA ��$5,370 JD 4030, 1976, cab, 2wd, 8,400 hours, synchro-mesh trans, 158 loader w/ bucket ��$19,700 JD 4020, 1967, ROPS, 2wd, powershift, lots of recent work �� $13,750 Mitsubishi ST1840, 1980, diesel, 4WD, 18HP, 72” woods blade included ��$5,500

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By Dana

Holiday cakes and cookies

Here are some holiday treats from EatWheat.org.

spoons milk and ¼ teaspoon vanilla or lemon extract.

Homemade holiday sugar cookies

Chocolate pinwheel cookies

Ingredients 1 cup salted butter, softened ½ cup confectioners’ sugar ½ cup granulated sugar 1 large egg ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon cream of tartar ½ teaspoon baking soda Directions Preheat oven to 375°F. In large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Add egg and vanilla; continue beating until well mixed. Reduce speed to low; add flour, cream of tartar and baking soda. Mix until a soft dough is formed. Cover; chill dough 30 minutes. Roll out dough (¼” thick) onto clean surface. To prevent dough from sticking, sprinkle with flour as needed. With cookie cutters, cut out cookies. Use floured metal spatula to transfer cookies onto greased or parchment-lined baking sheets. Reroll trimmings and cut. Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Let cool a few minutes on baking sheets. Transfer cookies to wire rack. When completely cool, decorate with icing, sugars, and sprinkles. Grandma’s decorator icing Combine with mixer 3 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar, ½ cup shortening, 4-5 tablespoons cold water, ½ teaspoon lemon extract, ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract and ⅛ teaspoon sea salt. Glossy sugar icing Whisk together 2 cups confectioners’ sugar, 2-3 table-

Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup butter, softened (Do not substitute margarine.) ⅔ cup granulated sugar 1 large egg, beaten 1-2 tablespoons milk 1 (1-ounce) square unsweetened baking chocolate, melted Directions 1. In small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. 2. In mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. 3. Add egg, and milk; beat until well mixed. Add the flour mixture and stir to form a dough. (If dough is dry, add 1-3 teaspoons additional milk.) 4. Divide dough in half. Add the melted chocolate to one half of the dough and mix together. Gently knead chocolate dough by hand to thoroughly combine. 5. Between sheets of wax paper, roll each piece of dough into a 12” x 9” rectangle. Place the chocolate dough on top of the plain dough. Roll up, beginning with 12-inch side. Wrap in wax paper and chill 15 minutes. 6. Preheat oven to 350°F. With a sharp knife, cut roll into 1/3” slices. Place each slice about 1 inch apart on ungreased or parchment-lined baking sheet. 7. Bake 10-12 minutes or until slightly browned. Remove from baking sheet; cool on rack. See Kitchen, Page A5

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Kitchen

Continued from Page A4

Holiday lemon bundt cake

Ingredients 2 cups cake ﬂour, divided 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar 2 large eggs, room temperature 1 ½ teaspoons lemon extract 2 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest ¼ cup whole milk, room

Instructions Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 10 to 12-cup Bundt® pan with nonstick baking spray with flour; set aside. For the bundt cake In medium bowl, sift together 1 ¾ cups cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. In bowl of stand mixer fitted with Holiday lemon bundt cake. paddle attachment, beat butter, cream temperature cheese and sugar on medium until well ½ cup drained, chopped mara- combined. Add eggs, lemon extract and schino cherries lemon zest; beat 2 minutes on medi½ cup chopped hazelnuts (Filberts) um-high or until very light and fluffy. For lemon glaze: With mixer on low speed, alter1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar nately add flour mixture and milk to 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice cream cheese mixture. Scrape sides For garnish: of bowl to ensure batter is thoroughly Maraschino cherries and hazelnuts mixed. Blend just until combined. (optional) Toss remaining ¼ cup cake flour

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with maraschino cherries and hazelnuts. Fold into batter. Pour batter into prepared pan. Tap gently on counter to release air bubbles. Bake for 40 – 45 minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean and cake is golden brown and internal temperature is 200°F – 210°F. Cool cake in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run knife around edges of pan to loosen sides of cake. Remove cake from pan; cool completely on wire rack. For lemon glaze: In medium bowl, whisk together confectioners’ sugar and lemon juice to make desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle glaze over cooled cake and garnish with cherries and hazelnuts, if desired. See Cookies, Page A7

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ave you ever had your wallet “lifted?” It’s a funny word...”lifted”. Did you know it became a synonym for stealing as a result of building fence? Like any new invention barbed wire was not universally accepted. In Texas the railroads and a few big ranchers tried to ban its use by passing a bill in the state legislature making it illegal to use “Glidden’s Wire.” Despite these eﬀorts the West got in a big hurry to fence itself in. Eventually the wire became as scarce as upper teeth in a cow. And any wire that was available was expensive. That is when the practice of “lifting” a wire from another person’s fence became a popular night time activity. Usually only the top wire was taken as anything more would be considered common thiev-

ery. In this manner many a young rancher “lifted” himself up by his bootstraps to ﬁnd fortune and fence. Frank Luther was a popular Democratic mayor of Cimarron, Kansas and a young rancher during the time this ‘heavy lifting’ was going on. In fact, Frank recalled engaging in the practice himself before he became a politician. “There was a long fence,” he wrote, “belonging to a big cattle company. I was working along quietly up a hill. I’d pull out the staples from two or three posts, roll the wire to that point, then go to staple pulling,” Frank recalled. “Presently I began to notice, once in a while a tug on the wire I was working on. I couldn’t understand it, so I crawled up to the top of the hill and looked over. What I saw plumb amazed me.

Coming up the opposite slope of the hill, swiping the same top wire I was working on was the Methodist preacher of Cimarron’s only church!” “Such a thing could never happen these days,” you say. Want to bet? While I was checking on a ranch we leased I came upon a young man removing the boards from my working corrals. He was not just removing the top board but was taking it all oﬀ! The man’s work clothes consisted of a designer shirt with an alligator on the pocket, pants with pleats and loafers without any socks. I recognized the man as a lawyer in our community. “Excuse me sir, but what do you think you are doing?” I had the gall to ask.

See Pitts, Page A7

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Whole wheat chocolate peppermint drop cookies.

Continued from Page A5

Whole wheat chocolate peppermint drop cookies

Ingredients ½ cup unsalted butter, melted 1 cup brown sugar ¾ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 2 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2/3 cup Dutch-process cocoa 1 ¾ cups white whole wheat ﬂour 1 cup dark chocolate chips ½ cup white chocolate chips ½ cup crushed peppermint candy 36 whole peppermint candy

Pitts

Continued from Page A6 “Oh, hello. I am redecorating my office and we are going for the rural look. I thought this old wood would have a dramatic effect as paneling in my office.” “But can’t you see that wood is part of my working corrals?” I asked. “These old corrals looked so old and dilapidated,” responded the lawyer. “I thought they were abandoned and didn’t think anyone would mind. I actually thought I was doing someone a favor by tearing the corrals down.” (Which I’ll admit didn’t say much for the shape my corrals were in but I wasn’t going to spend a lot of my own money fixing up another man’s property.) “Well, you are not doing

melts (Wilton), optional Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease or line with parchment paper two cookie sheets. In medium bowl, mix together melted butter, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs and vanilla, beating until smooth. Stir in the cocoa and ﬂour; the dough will be sticky. Mix in the chocolate chips and crushed peppermint candy. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets, leaving 1 ½-inch between them. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until cookies are set. Remove from oven. If desired, place a whole peppermint candy in center of each cookie. Note: cookies will be very soft coming out of the oven, but will ﬁrm up as they cool on the cookie sheet. me a favor.” I said. You are trespassing and destroying another person’s property. I ought to call the cops or take you to court and sue you,” I threatened. “For that you will have to retain a lawyer and that can get very expensive.” “How much?” I asked just out of curiosity. “About $500 an hour for a good lawyer,” the barrister replied smugly. In a plea bargain the lawyer kept the corral lumber in exchange for the legal advice he had given me and we called the whole thing even. I remember thinking at the time this whole episode took place that a lawyer that would steal corral lumber could not possibly remain a lawyer for very long. Sure enough, just the other day I read where the man is now a judge.

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Randy Fortenbery with his family — wife Eve, daughter Shannon and son Josh — circa 1990.

Economist Continued from Page A1

“Especially a surprise or any kind of political upheaval, it changes market dynamics significantly,” he said. That’s just the nature of markets, Fortenbery said. “Information is changing all the time, and if you allow markets to function, they’re going to reflect the

most recent information,” he said. “I’m just trying to keep abreast of what’s happening globally, and then bring back what that might mean for us in Washington agriculture.” Fortenbery delivers an annual economic outlook at the Spokane Ag Show, and speaks at industry conventions, meetings and field days. “He’s an economist that’s fun to listen to — he can put it in terms that growers can understand,” said Ben Bar-

WSU IMPACT CENTER WSU IMPACT Center https://ses.wsu.edu/ impact-center stow, a wheat and barley farmer near Palouse, Wash., and chairman of the Washington Grain Commission. “He is top-notch in his field. USDA and people in industry contact him frequently

and ask him about economics and policy stuff. We are really fortunate to have him here. He’s probably one of the top three ag economists in the country.”

Small grains economics

Thomas Randall “Randy” Fortenbery, 65, was hired in 2011 to be WSU’s first endowed chair in small grains economics. The grain commission established the endowment

in 2009, renaming it in 2012 to honor former CEO Tom Mick upon his retirement. Research endowments are perpetual, and managed by WSU with distributions made annually to the faculty member holding the endowment. The commission’s original principal for the economic endowment was $2 million. The current value is nearly $2.8 million, according to the commission. See Fortenbery, Page A9

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Randy Fortenbery and his wife, Eve, went fly fishing on the Grande Ronde River in October. Fortenbery, a popular speaker for farmers with his market outlooks, is an avid outdoors enthusiast. had to ﬁgFortenbery ure“Ioutkindwhatof the industry Continued from Page A8

“Any time anything comes up about wheat economics, pricing or trade, Randy is always on top of it, and if he’s not, he’ll ﬁgure out something and come up with an answer for you,” Barstow said. “There’s been multiple times we’ve had some questions come up and Randy comes back a year later with a fully researched answer for it. He’s just an amazing asset.” When he started at WSU, the job deﬁnition was wide open.

needed from me, because they put a lot of money into this position,” Fortenbery said. “It was important to figure out how that money could best be used and how the producers would benefit from the position.” The funds are invested by the WSU Foundation and Fortenbery receives earnings off the investments to support his research and outreach activities. “When he gives presentations, the rooms are usually packed,” said Randy Suess, retired wheat farmer and See WSU, Page A11

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grain commission board member when Fortenbery was hired at the university. “So many people come to hear what he has to say, because he’s pretty well been spot-on when it comes to predicting what the future’s going to be.” “Selling a crop once it’s been harvested is nearly as important as growing it,” said Michelle Hennings, executive director of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers. “Randy is very skilled at taking the many factors that could impact the price of wheat and presenting that information in a way that is easier to understand and lets producers use it to inform their marketing decisions.”

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Fortenbery grew up in Anchorage, Alaska; South Dakota and Lewistown, Mont. “I moved around a bit, my dad was a bush pilot and a wildlife biologist.” His grandparents were farmers. He lived in ag areas growing up, and spent time working for farmers or at grain elevators when he was younger. He and Eve, his wife of 40 years, have two children, Josh, an attorney in Juneau, Alaska, and Shannon, until recently a buyer for an outdoor retailer and now membership and giving manager at the Museum of Idaho; and one granddaughter, Poppy, 4 months. He originally studied zoology and wildlife management. He was interested in working with large mammals in wilderness areas. “I enjoy spending a lot of

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Marketing Pointers from Randy Fortenbery 1) Try to develop pricing objectives at planting time for the new crop. These should be based on current market conditions and the outlook for the coming months. You may have multiple prices for different portions of the crop. 2) It is good to develop some price objectives early even if you do not want to start forward pricing your crop until March or April because of yield worries. 3) If you are storing a crop already harvested, try to think less in terms of future price direction, and more about whether the market is offering you a profit over your storage costs. If you can lock in a minimum of 5 cents per bushel per month for storage that may turn out better than just hoping prices go up in the future. 4) Be careful about storing a crop if the local price is already quite high, by historical standards, to the current futures price. Even if futures prices go up, cash prices may not. 5) In times of high price volatility, try to step back from the day-to-day price fluctuations and pick sale prices with a longer-term view of market activity. 6) Pay attention to the general market outlook but be careful about speculating with too much of your crop on higher prices if current prices already provide an opportunity to cover costs and earn a margin. 7) Don’t listen to your neighbor — he or she probably didn’t sell for $1 a bushel more than you! 8) Marketing plans need to be flexible as conditions change, but those that take the time early to develop a marketing plan often do better than those with a wait-and- see approach.

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He was a year ahead of Eve at Montana State University. While waiting for her to graduate, he was offered the opportunity to get a master’s degree in economics. He’d already taken a lot of economics courses as electives. That prompted a shift in careers. “I got really interested in futures and options markets, and how those are used to provide information to all kinds of decision-makers,” he said. Fortenbery was a futures trader for 30 years. He was the director of research at Frontier Risk Management in Chicago, and managed the direct trading of part of the firm’s portfolio. “As a company we had what was at the time the largest speculative futures trading fund focused on agriculture, and had some of the country’s largest agribusiness firms as clients who we managed hedging for,” he said. He doesn’t do much ag futures trading these days. “That’s a very time-intensive activity, and it’s kind of high risk,” he said.

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“You don’t want to be in a position where you’re getting later in your career, you take a hit and you have to try to get it back.”

Making an IMPACT

Fortenbery is also director of WSU’s IMPACT Center. When commodity commissions, private companies or state agencies have a specific agriculture-related question, they go to him. Fortenbery and up to nine fellow researchers find the answers. “It’s fun because we’re really focused on a question that is important to some-

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“At a time when we are looking to increase the viability and competitiveness of Washington’s agricultural products, it’s vital that we have a team that understands not only the importance of Washington’s agriculture industry but also the role it plays in our state’s economy,” said Derek Sandison, director of the state Department of Agriculture. “Randy Fortenbery’s research and expertise surrounding agricultural economics continues to benefit Washington agriculture at every level.”

Making informed decisions

Fortenbery enjoys visiting with farmers, and learning what they see as their primary challenges. “Some of it are things I can’t help them with, like dealing with individual pests,” he said. “But some of it, maybe I can.” He recommends farmers be realistic about their opportunities, and not panic when they experience “a significant risk event.” “A lot of times, we’ll get a nice run in the market, and people just are convinced that it has to continue to go, and they’re very reluctant to make a marketing decision because they don’t want to lose another nickel or another dime, but they may be risking a dollar not to do that,” he said. Fortenbery hopes to help growers make an informed decision. “Just trying to step back and take an objective view of what is reasonable and good for your operation is probably the most important thing,” he said.

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‘98 JD 9200, 8597 Hours, Full Power Shift, 3 Valve Hyd, Triple, 20.8x42 Wheel Weights, Clean Cab, 310 HP, Recently Fully Serviced............................................ $45,900

‘18 NEW HOLLAND WORKMASTER 50, 535 Hours, ROPS, 8x8 Mechanical Shuttle Transmission, 540 PTO, 3PT Hitch, Draw Bar, 4WD, Diff Lock, 2 Rear Remotes, Aftermarket Electric Splittle Valve, 611TL Loader, Skid Steer Quick Attach, Bucket, 935 GBH Backhoe Attachment, Mechanical Thumb, New Seat, Consigned............................................ $39,900 $38,000 ‘18 NEW HOLLAND WORKMASTER 50, 535 Hrs, 4WD, 8.3x24 Fronts, 13.6x28 Rears, Loader, 2 Remotes, 1 Kickout, PTO, 3PT, 1500KG Lift Hitch, Parking Brake, Hyd Steering, 8x8 Synchro ................................................................ $37,500 ‘16 NEW HOLLAND BOOMER 24, 252 Hours, 540PTO, 3PT, 4’ Tebben Mower, 7’ Kind Kitter Back Blade, Cons .... $16,900 ‘15 NH BOOMER 33, 308 Hours, 4WD, Hydrostatic Transmission, Loader, R4 Tires, 72” Box Scraper, Consigned..........$19,900 ‘83 FORD 5600, 2WD, 75HP, Loader, Rebuilt Motor and Hydraulic, New Pint, SS Quick Attach, Cons.............................. $29,000 ‘84 STEIGER CP1360, 450 HP, Front and Rear Lockers, Calcium and Weight Pkg, LED’s, New Batteries, Consigned ..... $38,900 ‘79 VERSATILE 875, with 7900 Hours, Consigned.................. ............................................................................ $9,000

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BLM bans use of cyanide devices to control predators By GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press

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Peter Orwick, executive director of the American Sheep Industry Association.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will no longer allow federal wildlife managers to use spring-loaded cyanide devices, known as M-44s, to help ranchers protect their livestock from predators. A coalition of environmental and animal welfare groups, led by the Center for Biological Diversity and Predator Defense, petitioned the agency in June to ban M-44s, calling them “indiscriminate killing devices.” M-44s have been used since the 1930s to control predators in the West — mainly coyotes, foxes and feral dogs. The devices work by ejecting sodium cyanide directly into an animal’s face and mouth, causing death within seconds. Opponents, however, argue M-44s pose a threat to unintended targets, including humans, pets and endangered species. The BLM stated in a press release that its decision to ban M-44s follows existing bans or restrictions in several states, including Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California. The devices are also currently prohibited on national wildlife refuges and by the National Park Service. BLM spokesman Brian Hires declined an interview, though in the agency’s press release it stated

“THIS GOOD NEWS IS LONG OVERDUE, BUT IT’S OUTRAGEOUS THAT OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES CONTINUE TO USE THESE DEADLY DEVICES. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON UNTIL M-44S ARE PULLED FROM FEDERAL LANDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.” Collette Adkins, carnivore conservation program director at the Center for Biological Diversity

that less than 1% of M-44s set by USDA Wildlife Services in 2022 were on BLM land. Collette Adkins, carnivore conservation program director at the Center for Biological Diversity, praised the BLM’s decision as a step in the right direction. “This good news is long overdue, but it’s outrageous that other federal and state agencies continue to use these deadly devices,” Adkins said. “We’re going to keep the pressure on until M-44s are pulled from federal lands across the country.” Two bills were introduced this year that would do just that, sponsored by Democratic Reps. Jared Huﬀman of California, Steve Cohen of Tennessee and Sen. Jeﬀ Merkley of Oregon. M-44s are still being used in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming. Ranchers there claim the devices are valuable tools to protect their See Cyanide, Page B3

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livestock, especially when inclement weather prevents them from being able to regularly check traps or patrol vast grazing allotments. Peter Orwick, executive director of the American Sheep Industry Association representing more than 100,000 producers nationwide, said the vast majority of M-44s are used on private land and the BLM’s ban amounts to little more than a public relations stunt. “They’re very highly regulated,” Orwick said of the devices. “They use GPS to track the location from where they’re installed. There’s a ton of paperwork that goes with it. That’s all part of the procedure and permitting process that’s gone through multiple (reviews)

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In addition, most dairy producers have locked up most of their feedstuffs for the winter. If they were going to reduce cow numbers, they probably would have done it during the summer, he said. “I think the other thing is when you look at … replacement values, it’s extremely expensive to go out and replace a cow for these dairies now,” he said. In addition, the availability of replacement heifers is relatively limited, and they’re expensive. If producers plan to keep milking, they know it’s going to take them 18 to 24 months to regrow their herd, he said. “I think we got to a point here where producers kind of realized that, and that’s what’s really led to this pullback, this slowdown in terms of dairy cow slaughter,” he said.

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Dairy Continued from Page B4 “So you’ve just seen guys naturally slow down their culling in order to try to stabilize those herd numbers and potentially be ready … to grow a little,” he said.

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Production per cow has been disappointing, with USDA reporting per-cow production unchanged or negative year over year for three out of the last four months, he said. StoneX’s expectation is now that cow herds have stabilized, production per cow will bounce back and 2024 milk production will be up about 1% year over year, he said. “So we’re looking at some pretty substantial recoveries in terms of our milk production toward the back end of ... next year,” he said. But it’s not going to be in line with the 15-year historical growth of a 2% annual average increase, he said.

Supply and demand

Globally, the environment right now has been weak supply and weak demand, he said. “We’re at a really tricky balance point I think … from a dairy standpoint because that supply … is pretty tight and not really projected to grow too much for the next few months,” he said. But StoneX expects demand to come back in 2024. “And if it does, then we’re going to get into a situation where supply is going to be very short relative to demand, and it’s a long time to turn that supply back on,” he said.

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sales of privately owned timberland across the three states from 2004 to 2020. Information about each transaction, including price and location, was then compared to wildfire activity at or around the time of sale. During the 1980s and 1990s, Lewis said an average of 0.42 wildfires burned within 15 kilometers of the forests per decade, or what he called the “fire arrival rate.” However, from 2000 to 2020, that rate increased to 0.72 fires per decade.

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“Economic theory would say that if you’re holding any kind of asset, if the risk goes up, then the price of that asset should go down,” Lewis said. “We were interested in testing that, because nobody had tested that particular channel between wildfire and timberland before.” Indeed, the researchers found that wildfires have caused an 8.7% decline in the value of private timberland. Most of the losses were not due to direct burning on the properties, but by the higher risk of invest-

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Drought further reduced the value of private timberland by an average of 1%, they found. Based on other recent climate studies, Wang and Lewis attributed about $6.2 billion of the $11.2 billion in total damages to climate change. See Drought, Page B9

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Continued from Page B8 “I think one of the main things (this study) answers is it gets at how climate change, wildfires and drought are affecting the value of what we call natural capital,” Lewis said. “Wildfires are changing the risk of holding timberland, so it’s worth less now with that higher risk. Even if the land hasn’t burned directly, damages are still happening.”

wildfires in recent years, caused a 5% decline west private timberland values Breaking the data down according to the researchers. of the Cascades. East of the and a 0.2% drought stress • The pattern was Cascades, the losses were gain, which the researchers between the three states, Wang and Lewis found that: reversed in Washington, 3.5% due to drought and said was the result of most • In Oregon west of the where drought caused a 8.1% due to fires. private timberland being Cascade Range, drought 0.2% decline in private tim• In California, wildfires located in the wetter northstress reduced private timberland value and wildfires caused a 13.7% decrease in western region of the state. berland values by 1.6% and wildfire losses were 7.7%. East of the Cascades, drought stress dropped to 1.1% and wildfire losses to 6%. The difference was largely due to more private timberland west of the CasGrangeville: (208) 983-1730 Nez Perce: (208) 937-2402 cades being closer to large

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Environmental groups have petitioned Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to direct the Department of Fish and Wildlife to write a rule regulating the lethal control of wolves.

Wolf advocates appeal to Inslee again By DON JENKINS Capital Press Environmental groups have petitioned Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to direct wildlife managers to write a rule imposing new restrictions on shooting wolves to protect livestock. The petition, submitted Nov. 27, is the second time in three years wolf advocates have sought Inslee’s support for regulations that would replace the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s case-by-case decision-making. Inslee granted a similar petition in 2020 and ordered up a rule. The Fish and Wildlife Commission, which has the last word, eventually sided with wildlife managers, who say a ﬂexible policy has served the state well. Since 2020, wolf killings have gotten worse, Center for Biological Diversity wolf advocate

Amaroq Weiss said. “With no rules in place to make wolf-killing a last resort, we expect things will get even worse,” she said. Fish and Wildlife endangered species manager Julia Smith said the department already uses lethal control as a last resort and disputed that the state is killing more wolves. “It’s false. It’s simply not true,” she said.

Commission backs protocol

The appeal to Inslee comes one month after the Fish and Wildlife Commission rejected binding the department to lethal-control regulations. The commission stuck with a protocol from the department’s Wolf Advisory Group that allows the department to make calls after reviewing the number of predations and the eﬀorts to prevent them. The department has authorized the removal

of 44 wolves since 2012. Over that time, the state’s wolf count has increased to 216 from 27. Environmental groups have gone to court several times to stop the shooting of wolves, but the department’s ﬂexible lethal-control protocol has held up. Judges have deferred to the department’s judgment. Environmental groups want codiﬁed rules that include prohibiting the department from killing wolves on public land and barring ranchers from shooting wolves caught in the act of attacking livestock. Stevens County rancher Scott Nielsen, who organizes the Cattle Producers of Washington range-riding program, said ranchers have been frustrated by the department, too. “We would probably try to do what (wolf advocates) are doing if we thought we See Wolves, Page B11

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could get a sympathetic ear from the governor,” he said. “Further restricting the department is not going to be good for wolf management.”

Inslee to consider plea

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An eastern Washington wolf. Wolf advocates are again petitioning Gov. Jay Inslee to institute a new policy for managing wolves.

Inslee spokesman Mike Faulk said in an email that the governor views wolves as an important part of the state’s ecosystem. “Gov. Inslee intends to have a thorough discussion with staff about this latest petition before commenting or taking further action on it,” Faulk said. Fish and Wildlife has killed two wolves this year and 10 in the three years since Inslee sided with wolf advocates in 2020. Over the three years before then, Fish and Wildlife killed 16 wolves. “It’s actually fewer than ever,” Smith said.

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Weiss said wolves killed by ranchers should be counted, too. The state’s “caught-in-theact” law allows ranchers to shoot wolves attacking livestock or guard dogs. Three wolves were shot in 2022 and one this year, according to Fish and Wildlife. “While it’s not the agency itself killing wolves, it’s the state allowing the killing of wolves,” Weiss said. Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind, who decides whether the department will remove wolves, told the commission in October that the department uses lethal control “incredibly conservatively.” “If there’s a legitimate complaint, it’s on the ranchers’ side,” he said. “I very much agreed with the director’s comments,” Nielsen said. “If anyone has a gripe, it’s ranchers, not the environmental groups.”

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Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Wolverines den in deep spring snowpacks. To date, the wildlife service said it The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sees no sign that climate change has hurt announced Wednesday it will list wolverthe estimated 300 wolverines in the Northines as a threatened species, citing future ern Rockies and the North Cascade Range. global warming as the main threat to the See Climate, Page B14 snow-loving carnivore in Washington, By DON JENKINS Capital Press

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Climate models, however, predict that by 2100 spring snowpacks will diminish by 10% to 50% at the altitudes wolverines den, according to the agency. The loss of snow will make it harder for wolverines to overcome other threats such as low reproductive rates, an intolerance for humans and potential inbreeding, the agency stated. “Current and increasing impacts of climate change and associated habitat degradation and fragmentation are imperiling the North American wolverine,” Paciﬁc Regional Director Hugh Morrison said in a statement.

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The wildlife service has contemplated listing wolverines as a threatened species for a decade. The agency in 2020 concluded wolverines would have ample snowpack in 2055. The agency recently changed its viewpoint, extending its snowpack outlook to the end of the century. The agency also changed its standard for adequate spring snow depth from 20 inches to 39 inches. Wolves stash perishable food in snow year-round. Higher temperatures could spoil food or lead to pilfering by other animals, according to the agency. Environmental groups campaigned to give wolverines the protection of the Endangered Species Act, ﬁling suits in federal court to prod the wildlife service. “We’re happy the species is ﬁnally getting the protection it needs,” Center for Biological Diversity carnivore conservation legal director Andrea Zaccardi said. The wildlife service has not yet done a study on the economic consequences of listing wolverines.

Although wolverines inhabit high altitudes between tree lines and ice-capped peaks, they travel through connecting valleys, potentially aﬀecting logging and mining at lower altitudes, Zaccardi said. The wildlife service describes wolverines as looking like a small bear with a bushy tail. It’s the largest member in a family of species that includes the weasel and mink. Alaska has thousands of wolverines. Fish and Wildlife’s announcement applies to wolverines in the Lower 48. Unregulated trapping and predator control in the late 1800s and early 1900s extirpated wolverines, according to Fish and Wildlife. Wolverines returned to the U.S. by migrating from Canada. Only Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming are known to have wolverines breeding within their borders. Wolverines have occasionally been spotted in Oregon, California, Colorado and Utah. Washington has an estimated 50 wolverines isolated from Rocky Mountain wolverines, according to Fish and Wildlife. Wolverines have recently bred in Mount Rainier National Park. A wolverine, presumably a lone disperser, was seen on the Long Beach Peninsula in 2021 feeding on an elephant seal carcass more than 90 miles from the nearest known occupied habitat. The wildlife service said it knows of two cases of wolverines attacking farm animals in the past ﬁve years. Both attacks occurred outside where wolverines are normally found. A wolverine was caught in a chicken coop in Klickitat County in south-central Washington and was shot and killed by the landowner. A wolverine attacking sheep in Utah was trapped and released into the Uinta Mountains in northeast Utah.

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Pomologist: Crop load management critical in apple orchards By BRAD CARLSON Capital Press Apple growers can more effectively optimize crop loads — critical to profitability, yet easy to get wrong without proper attention — by taking advantage of recent advancements, according to Michigan State University pomologist Todd Einhorn. Einhorn, who spoke at the Idaho State Horticultural Society annual convention Nov. 16-17 in Nampa, said controlling crop load is the most critical management practice in apple production, and profit can be reduced when the load is too high or too low. New prediction models, technologies and thinning chemistries can help apple growers as they work to best manage crop loads, he said. See Apples, Page C3

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period of cell formation and division, “cell numbers will Continued from Page C2 be reduced, and essentially “Capturing the most light it doesn’t matter how good that you can” is a longtime your management practices principle that still holds, are in the next three months. Einhorn said in an interview. You can’t make up the lost “What has changed is growth,” Einhorn said. Managing apple crop that the grower needs to return the investment rap- loads requires much less idly” given high labor and guesswork thanks to new technical information land costs that drive that drives predictive increased orchard models, and updated density, he said, addprotocols for applying that management ing interventions and is more intensive and management strathas less margin for egies, he said. The error. Todd include Managing an apple Einhorn strategies pruning specifi cally orchard is also made more complex by new culti- for bud load and chemical vars and a changing market, thinning. Using updated models Einhorn said. “Some cultivars that pro- and real-time weather data duce very well have fallen can help the orchardist avoid “thinning as we always used out of favor,” he said. Fruit weights also to,” Einhorn said. New models integrate decrease as loads increase, temperature and sunlight Einhorn said. Fundamentals of preci- over time to help project carsion crop load management bohydrate-fueled growth. include growing trees that Lower carbohydrate profill the orchard space with duction could signal that high-quality wood as early over-thinning would result as possible, creating bal- from applying a chemical at anced leaf-to-fruit ratios, a standard rate. Apple growers have establishing high interception and distribution of more time periods available light and emphasizing cell for thinning thanks to new chemical formulations, Einformation. Apple size at harvest horn said. “Because new chemisdepends on the number of cells formed, a process com- tries are coming, there is a pleted a month or so follow- need to evaluate their efficacy in different regions,” ing bloom. If a tree is stressed and he said. Einhorn previously leaves and other parts of it compete too briskly for worked at Oregon State and resources during the critical Fresno State universities.

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The Idaho State Seed Laboratory at ISDA headquarters in east Boise.

Fees

Continued from Page C6 presentation at the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Seed Association’s winter convention in Garden City. The association early last summer petitioned ISDA to revise the administrative rules for the lab, particularly those that deal with its fee structure, according to Knight and association representatives. Making sure the lab can meet current and future needs was among the reasons they cited. In the petition, the association said the fee structure was not in line with those of private seed labs and surrounding states’ labs, “and in fact, we are quite a bit behind,” Knight said. “We are usually a ways behind in updating fees in our rules.” Higher fees would take effect July 1 if the legislature approves them. The seed lab offers an array of tests for over 200 crops, according to ISDA. It supports enforcement of the Idaho Pure Seed Law and receives samples from seed companies seeking to test for various qualities and characteristics. Revenue from services increased from $255,000 in fiscal year 2016 to $370,000 in 2022, according to a department budget request for the next fiscal year. About 93% of seed samples are from Idaho seed companies. The lab also receives samples from nine other Western states.

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EPA to revise vulnerable species pilot By DON JENKINS Capital Press The Environmental Protection Agency said Nov. 22 it will revise its vulnerable species pilot project, responding to charges the plan would bar pesticides on millions of acres and devastate U.S. agriculture. The EPA signaled it will abandon requiring farmers in “avoidance” zones to confer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service three months before spraying. The EPA also indicated it will likely reduce the acres in the pilot program. The EPA said it was responding to comments from farm groups, states, weed-control scientists and others that criticized the plan. The USDA warned consequences for U.S. farms would be “staggering.” “Commenters universally requested EPA to re-consider its approach,” the EPA stated in a six-page update on the pilot program.

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A Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly, found in isolated pockets in Western Oregon and Western Washington.

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Continued from Page C8 The EPA announced the pilot program in June, designating “pesticide use limitation areas” to protect 27 threatened or endangered species, including the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly in Oregon and Washington. The EPA said it picked species with “small ranges,” but the new pesticide restrictions applied to more than 100 million acres in parts of 29 states. The EPA committed to the pilot program in a court settlement with environmental groups that alleged the agency was failing to meet its obligations under the Endangered Species Act. The settlement also commits EPA to develop new “strategies” for minimizing the use of pesticides. The vulnerable species pilot proposes stiffer restrictions and, according to critics, tosses aside the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, the nation’s fundamental pesticide law. EPA acknowledged the criticism. Rather than “avoiding” spraying, farmers will be expected to follow EPA rules to “minimize” spraying, according to the EPA. “This would alleviate the need to coordinate with (Fish and Wildlife) before agriculture applications,” the EPA stated in the update. The EPA said it will work with Fish and Wildlife, the USDA and the University of Georgia to refine the pes-

habitat” for its survival. The Washington and Oregon agriculture departments The Environmental Protection Agency proposes new pesticide restrictions to protect warned the pilot program 27 species across the U.S. The plan threatens agriculture, according to the USDA. (17 of the 27 species are indicated on the map below) could hurt Taylor’s checkWyoming Rusty patched Poweshiek White Bluffs Leedy's erspot butterfly habitat by toad bumble bee skipperling bladderpod roseroot preventing pesticide appliTaylor’s cations that control invasive checkerspot weeds. The EPA also said it will reconsider restrictions it Mead's milkweed Palmate-bracted has proposed for non-agriOzark bird's beak cavefish American cultural applications, such burying Four freshwater Madison beetle mussels Cave isopod as for controlling mosquitos and invasive weeds on rangeland. Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew Okeechobee Farm groups, states and scigourd Two vernal pool Seven Lake Attwater's greater fairy shrimp entists from around the counWales Ridge plants prairie-chicken try weighed in against the pilot WASHINGTON Taylor's checkerspot butterfly program. The EPA received The EPA proposes to designate 4.8 million acres more than 10,000 comments, (shaded orange on map) in Western Oregon and Western Washington as a "pesticide use limitation area." Farmers but most were a form letter would have to get permission from the U.S. Fish and OREGON Wildlife Service to spray pesticides. supporting the pilot. The EPA will provide another update on the pilot program in fall 2024. The ticide use limitation areas. avoiding spraying pesticides Oregon to protect the butter- agency remains unclear The EPA also said it will on 2.4 million acres in West- fly. Fish and Wildlife desig- about when it will start the revisit how it selects species ern Washington and Western nated 1,941 acres as “critical program. for the pilot project. The EPA said it picked species that are particularly vulnerable to pesticides. Fish and Wildlife does not list pesticides as a threat to the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. Efforts to obtain comment from the EPA on whether the butterfly would be removed from the pilot program were not successful by Capital Press deadline. The EPA has featured the butterfly in presentations on the pilot program, stating lessons learned from protecting Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies could be applied to other butterflies. The EPA has proposed

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Potato researchers aim to decrease the risk that the crop will sustain bruise-related “cutting black” during storage. Pressure bruising is among the industry’s leading causes of lost revenue, especially in the fresh potato market, according to a news release from the University of Idaho. Pressure bruises affect 10-20% of potatoes coming out of storage. A $42,470 grant from the Northwest Potato Research Consortium is funding the work by UI Extension potato post-harvest physiologist Gustavo Teixeira, UI Extension potato storage specialist Nora Olsen and USDA Agricultural Research Service research plant physiologist Munevver Dogramaci. The researchers started a study testing three compounds for their potential to block bruised tissue from darkening. Though the products are not labeled for use on potatoes in the U.S., the work could lead to more in-depth studies that prompt registering them for potatoes. “That is a huge potential for these products if we get good results,” Teixeira said. Potatoes are firm when they enter storage but lose water through respiration. After eight or nine months, the weight of the pile can start to flatten those near the bottom. Once the potatoes are removed and exposed to oxygen, bruises usually darken within four days and make them less desirable. The goal is to control the cutting black, not the pressure bruise, Teixeira said. See Storage, Page C11

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Potatoes are piled shortly after harvest.

Storage

Continued from Page C10 “We are inducing the pressure bruise, and at the end of storage after about eight months, we are going to apply products,” he said. Researchers on Sept. 19 placed concrete blocks on piles of Russet Burbank potatoes to simulate typical storage conditions. The potatoes will be stored for eight months. For five days before coming out of storage, some will be treated with 1-Methylcoclopropene (1MCP), nitric oxide or diphenylamine (DPA) in gas form. DPA and 1MCP are both widely used in the U.S. apple and pear industries — DPA to control browning resulting from superficial scald, and 1MCP to help extend shelf life, according to the university. In Europe, 1MCP also is used to reduce potato shrinkage.

Bruises darken as part of the process plants use to heal wounds. Stimulating wound healing is a function of ethylene, one of the first hormones a vegetable produces when it is damaged. Teixeira and his team intend to apply 1MCP to block ethylene action in bruised potatoes. DPA is an antioxidant, which can prevent the initiation of browning by reacting with oxygen, according to UI. A control group of potatoes exposed to pressure bruise using the concrete blocks will remain untreated, as will a group that will not be subjected to simulated pile pressure. Researchers plan to spend about three months evaluating data, starting in early May. If their tests produce encouraging results, they’ll likely test combinations of the compounds in a follow-up experiment, according to UI.

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Easterday takes ‘Cody’s Beef’ suit to appeals court By DON JENKINS Capital Press

Tyson Fresh Meats featured Washington cattleman Cody Easterday, now serving time for wire fraud, in a campaign to sell beef in Japan. The image was provided by a law firm representing Easterday in a lawsuit against Tyson.

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several years billed Tyson for procuring and feeding more than 265,000 head of cattle that didn’t exist. Easterday pleaded guilty to wire fraud and liquidated his family’s farming and ranching empire in Eastern Washington in bankruptcy court. He still owes Tyson $177 million in restitution, according to court records. Easterday alleges Tyson owes him an unspecified amount of money for using his name and photo in a joint-marketing campaign between Tyson and Japanese food conglomerate Nippon Ham. The venture began in 2013 and continued as late as June 2022, according to Easterday’s attorneys. There was no written profit-sharing contract, and Tyson denied making a side deal over “Cody’s Beef” separate from its cattle-buying agreement with Easterday Ranches. Easterday provided an email exchange with Tyson executives in which he asks about his “cut.” Bastian ruled the exchange didn’t provide enough details to prove Tyson made an offer and that Easterday accepted it. “Moreover, the terms of the alleged oral contract are so indefinite that the court wouldn’t be able to enforce it,” wrote Bastian, who also sentenced Easterday. Also, according to Bastian, Easterday’s “unclean hands” prevented him from recovering any money from Tyson. Easterday alleges he provided 65,000 head of cattle for the Cody’s Beef campaign. Bastian noted that cattle were the vehicle for his fraud against Tyson. Bastian also dismissed a lawsuit Easterday filed accusing Tyson of anti-trust activities. Easterday’s attorneys have not appealed that dismissal.

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The University of Idaho has hired Armando Falcon-Brindis as an assistant professor of entomology and extension specialist based at the UI Parma Research and Extension Center. He will start Jan. 7. Falcon-Brindis has an extensive research background in pollinators, biological pest control agents, ecology and taxonomy, according to a release from the UI College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. “I like to understand

why we have a certain pool of species in one area,” he said. “What are those conditions making those species occur?” Now a research associate with the University of Kentucky, Falcon-Brindis has focused on insect pests affecting hemp production as well as field crops such as soybeans, corn and wheat. His approach to integrated pest management includes bio-pesticides and various biological control options in addition to using chemical pesticides. With UI, he plans to

explore whether some of the same biological control methods he has used for hemp will prove effective in protecting hops — a major crop in the Parma area and a member of the same plant family. “It will be great to do some experiments with biological pesticides,” Falcon-Brindis said in the release. “There are oils, bacteria and viruses that are currently being used, and they can be a good option if you spray them at the right time.” He also is interested

in conducting research on mint, including trials involving pest-resistant mint cultivars, the use of natural enemies of mint pests, and biological control options to quash pest populations. USDA estimates that 75% of food crops raised in the U.S. depend on pollinators, which are in decline, according to the university. Falcon-Brindis said he aims to apply his background in native pollinators to helping growers of crops that require pollinators, such as alfalfa and tree fruit. “There’s a lot of research that already demonstrates that native bees and native pollinators are way better at pollinating and helping the plants set seeds and fruits compared with honeybees,” he said. Falcon-Brindis plans to evaluate the entomology of the Treasure Valley’s agricultural landscape and surrounding native plant communities. He will use several statistical tools and new approaches to modeling to analyze his data. He aims to incorporate artificial intelligence to improve efficiency and reduce labor; to use drones to aid in early detection of pests, crop diseases and crop stress; and to use sensors for early detection of harmful insects as well as for insect tracking and remote counting. “I wish for my research findings to improve people’s lives,” said Falcon-Brindis, who will move to Idaho with his wife, Gabriela, and their 8-year-old daughter. “We’re so excited to move over there. I feel joy and excitement to start working and collaborating with colleagues.” He was educated in Mexico, earning a bachelor’s degree in 2009 in animal science, a master’s degree in 2014 in environmental science and a doctoral degree in 2019 in natural resources management.

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Drought, cattle cycles make U.S. net beef importer By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital Press The U.S. became a net beef importer during the past year, as drought continued to impact the domestic cattle industry, according to analysts. Oﬀsetting positions in cattle cycles in the U.S. and the Southern Hemisphere, exaggerated by weather patterns, have caused a redistribution of the global beef trade that will continue in 2024, they said. The contractionary phase in the U.S. cattle herd, after prolonged herd liquidation due to drought, will cause beef production to decline. This will generate the need for increased imports and decreased exports, according to Rabobank analysts. If weather conditions in the U.S. improve, the contraction in cattle numbers may be more pronounced, the analysts said in the latest “Global Beef Quarterly Report.” This year will mark the fourth consecutive year of herd liquidation in the U.S. More precipitation would heal depleted pastures and oﬀer cattle producers a reason to slow beef cow culling and start to retain replacement heifers, Lance Zimmerman, a senior animal protein analyst with Rabobank, told Capital Press. “As that happens, beef supplies tend to pull back even more as those cows and heifers stay on farms and ranches at a higher rate than normal,” he said.

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On balance, global beef volumes will remain steady in 2024. Increases in production in countries such as Australia, Brazil and Mexico will oﬀset declines in Canada and the U.S. Aggregate consumption levels are expected to drop by 1% year over year in 2024. But trade will need to shift, given the diﬀering rates of production and consumption in individual countries, Angus Gidley-Baird, a senior analyst of animal protein with Rabobank, told Capital Press.

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U.S. beef exports are down this year, and imports are up. For example, the U.S. is a large supplier of beef to countries such as Japan, South Korea and China, he said. “With reductions in U.S. production, we expect exports to contract. To make up for that reduction,

we expect to see some of the other suppliers — Australia and Brazil in particular with their increasing production — to ﬁll some of these gaps,” he said.

importer of beef in 2023. U.S. imports from Australia, Mexico, New Zealand and Brazil are expected to increase this year. China’s large beef inventories are expected to slowly More imports With production down, decline in the fourth quarter the U.S. became a net of 2023 and early 2024.

“Although we are expecting Chinese imports to increase in 2024, we will need to work through these higher inventory levels ﬁrst, which may mean that we don’t see a lift in imports in the early part of 2024,” Gidley-Baird said. In the European Union, regulations on deforestation-free products in 2024 could impact beef import ﬂows. Cattle numbers in the EU declined through 2023, and EU beef production is expected to be 1.5% lower year over year in 2024. Rabobank analysts will be watching how the new environmental requirements will be met and if imports can make up for the decline in domestic production. If domestic consumption ends up dropping, it could have broader implications across the entire beef trade complex. “The broader implications are in relation to how EU importers respond to the new deforestation regulations and whether this has an impact on their ability to import or causes them to change suppliers,” he said.

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