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We’re not overgrazing, we’re under managing ~ A3 Columnists Paris Reidhead

Crop Comments

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Lee Mielke

Mielke Market Weekly Auctions Classifieds Farmer to Farmer Summer Fairs

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Dryden Dairy Day Parade ~ Page A2

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. ~ Ephesians 4:2-3

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Dryden Dairy Day Parade DRYDEN, NY — This year brought us to the 29th Annual Dryden Dairy Day. The parade is part of a full celebration of June is Dairy Month.

Dryden is a small farming community in Upstate New York that is surrounded by area farms. The event incorporates local business, schools and churches for a fun-filled parade and then a gathering at the small community park. Everything in the park is based on the goodness of Dairy and Dairy products.

This year the parade was dedicated to a local Grange member and long time farmer, Roger Gleason, and after the area farmers losing one of the most reliable and trusted repairman in April, a local Dryden Dairy farmer was

inspired to organize a tractor procession for the end of the parade. Troy Sherman, a farmer from just outside of town honored his best friend and tractor repairman, Melvin Jackson Scholes Jr., in a way that would have made “Tractor Jack” proud.

Over 50 tractors lined up for the largest number of tractors to ever take part in the parade. As they rolled through the streets of the quaint rural Upstate New York town, tractors from the surrounding region showed their respect and honor to a man who provided over 20 years of tractor service to over 150 regional farms.

Jack was based in a neighboring community, Groton, but travelled into towns hours away. He is missed

The lead tractor driven by Jack’s friend and the brigade organizer, Troy Sherman.

Photo by Doreen Barker

Scholes family watching the parade as it rolls by.

Photo by Doreen Barker

Troy Sherman, a farmer from just outside of town honored his best friend and tractor repairman, Melvin Jackson Scholes Jr., in a way that would have made “Tractor Jack” proud.

Photo provided by Ashley Scholes dearly by his family, friends and Jack’s daughter, Julie Scholes said “I extended farming family. I think that want to thank everyone for their partiche was looking down from above with ipation in the parade. Troy Sherman a smile on his face, saying “Living the was awesome for getting this together. I Dream” while watching all those can’t express enough gratitude to shined up tractors roll down Main everyone that took time from their busy lives to honor my dad. Thank You!” Street.

Online Farmers’ Market now available in the Mohawk Valley

by Elizabeth A. Tomlin An online farmers market, which has been available in the Capital District, is now available in the Mohawk Valley, as well.

“FarmieMarket is a venture that stemmed from a lifetime of involvement in the agricultural industry, and my personal beliefs in promoting local family farms through economic and environmental sustainability,” said Sarah Gordon, the founder and Chief Executive of FarmieMarket. “As a third generation farmer, I grew up on a beautiful farm settled on a hilltop in Knox, NY, raising grassfed beef and our own annual hay crop. Our family farm, Gordon Farms, has stayed afloat over the years — sometimes by a narrow margin — through my family’s hard work.”

Gordon began marketing her family farm’s products online in January 2010, using social networking tools and a website she developed. “The whole thing really took off! From there, I began talking to other farmers I knew from the Hilltowns and offered to help them to market their products by building synergy amongst local farmers in a central, internet-based market place.” Heldeberg Market was the first FarmieMarket to serve Albany County.

Gordon said small farms like her family’s farm often work with limited

resources and can’t take time away from the farm to spend time at a farmer’s market that frequently doesn’t pay. “By marketing on behalf of family farms online, I can save farmers time and money and reach a broader customer base than may be at a traditional farmers’ market,” she explains.

Since the launch of FarmieMarket in June 2010, the demand has grown incredibly. “Farmers have increased profits, we’ve served hundreds of customers, and we’ve attracted lots of great press!” stated Gordon. “We’ve also attracted the attention of farmers and customers all over the Capital Region. In response to popular demand, FarmieMarket.com was founded to provide marketing services to small farms throughout the region.”

FarmieMarket expanded in July 2011 to serve Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer and Saratoga Counties in Upstate New York. Gordon says that this fostered “stronger rural and regional economies by cultivating a closer relationship between farm communities and the suburban and urban areas throughout the Capital Region, while also bringing fresh local foods to customers in a convenient way that makes it easy for anyone to “green” their lifestyle.”

In 2012 Dutchess and Ulster Counties were added to the growing

list of counties.

More recently, FarmieMarket began working throughout the HudsonMohawk Valleys. “This year, I’ve hired new managers to open markets in Columbia, Greene, Otsego, Herkimer, Montgomery and Fulton Counties,” said Gordon. “FarmieMarket is presently serving a contiguous 12 county zone in the Hudson-Mohawk Region from Cooperstown to Saratoga to Beacon through four different service territories. Each market connects customers to the farms most local to them. In the future, we hope to grow throughout New York State and into neighboring states.”

Montgomery County Agriculture Development Director Missy Potter and the Water and Soil AED program hosted a meeting attended by Gordon, which Handy and Sue Keith also attended. “We were intrigued by her ideas,” commented Handy, “and we spent the weekend talking about it and researching FarmieMarket.”

Handy said she and Keith decided it appeared to be the best model they had seen and they decided to apply as Mohawk Valley district coordinators.

“Consumers can order once a week, using the online store. They can choose what, how much, and from whom they want to buy their produce, meat, etc.

Just like at a brick and mortar farmer’s market.” The customer pays with his

credit card upon checkout.

Keith compares the FarmieMarket to making purchases from Amazon.com.

“A great thing about FarmieMarket is that you can order anytime from your own computer and your order will be delivered to your door.”

At this time the Mohawk Valley FarmieMarket has six vendors, including Creek’s Edge Elk Farm, Crum Creek CSA, Blue Moon Farm, Willowplace Farm, Takacs’ Greenhouse and the Bird Haven Bakery.

“We are on the search for more vendors from all across our territory, which includes Montgomery and Fulton Counties, Little Falls, Cooperstown and Cherry Valley areas,” said Handy. “Our plan is to have a nice variety of products, right now we are heavy on the meat vendors, so we are specifically looking for non-meat producers.”

All farmers participating in FarmieMarket.com are required to only sell products that are 100 percent free of antibiotics, herbicides, hormones, pesticides, preservatives and are also GMO-free.

“As farmers we don’t need to worry about what is in our meat or how our animals were raised or what they were fed,” said Handy.

Go to www.Farmiemarket.com for more information.

by Troy Bishopp NEWARK VALLEY, NY — This situation of farmers under-managing grazing land, plants, animals, biological systems and finances was the backdrop of what internationally renowned holistic grazing educator and South African rancher, Ian Mitchell-Innes, has seen throughout America on his three month lecture series preaching the gospel of working in “wholes”.

“The grazing opportunities in the Northeast are absolutely exciting but one has to treat it like a train stop.

You’ve got to be ready to get on. Money will not save us, management will,” said Innes.

Creating this grazing workshop with a different perspective using holistic management decision-making tools was the brain-child of Brian Reaser, Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District’s agricultural planner, Board Treasurer of the CNY RC&D Council and former intern on Ian Mitchell-Innes’s 16,000 acre ranch with its 7,000 head of beef cattle.

“Having Ian’s view and practical experience on what planned, high density, tall grass, grazing systems can do to heal the land and increase profit with limited inputs is a new idea whose time has come, however controversial it may be.”

Ian took the farmers and conservation agency professionals from across New York and Pennsylvania on a journey of looking at the water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow and community dynamics and how using holistic goals, planning (grazing chart); tools (grazing management, animal behavior, plant recovery times); testing questions and how monitoring contributed to

addressing the triple bottom line of the farm. He spent considerable time on the importance of increasing carbon in the soil which feeds the whole ecosystem. “If you concentrate your management on improving soil health, you won’t be sending your money to town.

We need to keep famers on the land,” he said.

The conversation then turned to grazing practices which ramped up the idea of leaving more residual (up to 80 percent of the forage) by trampling with high stock densities moved multiple times a day just grazing the tops of plants. Ian is convinced that intensive short grass grazing doesn’t feed the microbes and provides the animals with an overabundance of “funny” protein. Instead he prefers to graze taller, more energy rich tops because it keeps the pH of the rumen at 7 which leads to improved animal performance.

Mark Bader from Free-Choice Minerals in Wisconsin lent his hand in explaining the pitfalls of grazing too much protein and the health benefits of a balanced mineral profile. “In the end, the rumen bacteria make all the decisions,” said Mark.

This discussion led to calculating pasture sizes and laying out paddocks to achieve the trampling effect and a pasture walk to see how Drew Lewis’s herd impacted the land. He suggested that rectangles are conducive to trampling while square paddocks are less. “Try practicing this technique by making an inclusion zone with your animals in a paddock for a few hours and observe how much trampling you want and mimic this in your other paddocks. What we’re after is the creation of organic matter and exciting the biological life in the

Mark Bader from Free-Choice Minerals explains rumen function when animals eat a lot of protein.

soil. Overgrazing is a function of time in a paddock not numbers,” emphasized Ian. Participants shored up their visual skills of what constitutes good rumen fill on the left side of the animals, looked at the perfect “pumpkin pie” manure pat, scouted for dung beetles and watched how the animals nipped off the top third of plants, confirming many of the ideas presented. A question and answer period then progressed into sell-buy marketing, clipping pastures and making hay (or not), a cow’s energy field, silvo-pastures, hunting leases, carbon sequestration, matching birthing to the onset of grass production, mineral feeding, grazing riparian areas, bringing young people into the business and addressing financial weak links.

“I have found that most of our

Ian Mitchell-Innes explains the trampling effect to the group of farmers.

Photos by Troy Bishopp

problems stem from making rash decisions and not stepping back and truly thinking while weighing it against your farm family goals. I’ve found its best to go sit under a tree and watch your animals graze. Most of the answers are there if you can see the ‘whole’ in the management,” quipped Ian. Host, Drew Lewis of Brother’s Ridge Farm in Newark Valley who manages over 200 acres of pasture with a herd of beef cattle and hair sheep couldn’t be more positive about what he has learned from mentor Brian Reaser.

“I’ve learned that holistic planned grazing is a means to cost effectively manage the soil, the animals, profitability and my time. I’m especially appreciative of Ian bringing in the concept of making decisions with two generations in mind. This management style keeps farmers on the land and gives my children opportunity.”

Dairyman, Brian Moyer, from Towanda, Pennsylvania came to learn how to improve his bottom line. “I was introduced to a lot of ideas and strategies that have me rethinking my short and long term goals. It was great to hear experiences from practicing farmers and see the progress on the land.”

Beef farmer, Michael Lyusell from Pine Meadow Farm in Hector, NY, who is rehabilitating land that was abandoned for 50 years sees the benefits from Ian and other farmer’s knowledge. “This has helped me try to figure out how to improve land with grazing animals. I can see, more clearly, how using my grazing planning chart and leaving more residual to feed the soil microbes will improve my operation over time.”

This forward-thinking holistic grazing management training was sponsored by the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Professional Development Program (NESARE), The Central NY RC&D Council, Inc., Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District and Brother’s Ridge Farm.

For more information contact Brian Reaser at 607-687-3553 or visit www.cnyrcd.org/planned-grazing-participants/ or www.sare.org

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Rain, chilly temperatures don’t dampen Oneida County Farm Fest goers

by Pat Malin VERONA, NY — Bundled up in winter jackets and caps, or unexpectedly shivering in t-shirts, some kids stomping around delightedly in their precocious mud boots, they came — as expected — to the Oneida County Farm Fest 2013 on June 7.

The event is held rain or shine, and once again, it rained at Brabant Farms. But the gray skies, cool temperatures, drizzle and mud didn’t deter 2,000 folks, big and small, from attending the free event.

Farm Fest allows the public to take a close look inside a working Oneida County dairy farm. The event offers fun and educational activities, including tours of the farm, agriculture-related displays, exhibits and demonstrations, pony rides, a hay maze and children’s games.

As some visitors sat under the tent enjoying a chicken barbeque and others grabbed a free container of Chobani yogurt and enjoyed free strawberry sundaes courtesy of Candella’s farm, Ron Bunce, executive director of Cornell Cooperative

Extension of Oneida County, a cosponsor of the event, walked around the grounds and smiled at the turnout.

“Last year it poured, so this year isn’t bad,” said Bunce. He explained that the Farm Fest committee had tinkered with the schedule previously, but have settled for a weekday after Memorial Day. Nevertheless, the unpredictable spring weather in Central New York will always have the upper hand.

“We tried to do it on a Wednesday or a Thursday so we could get the school kids, and then have the public come to the farm on a Saturday, but that makes it more challenging for the farmers,” he said. “They were tied up for two days. We decided to have it on one day. Next year, Memorial Day is the last Friday of the month, but May is too early to have it.”

You couldn’t have a party without guests, so they began trickling in slowly when the gates opened at 4:30.

Farm Fest also served as an interactive classroom for nearly 500 Oneida County elementary school students earlier in the day. However, the city

Cover photo by Doreen Barker Cynthia Miller driving one of the tractors at the Dryden Parade in honor of Melvin Jackson Scholes Jr., who was known as “Tractor Jack”.

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kids from the Utica School District happened to have a half-day of school and couldn’t attend Farm Fest this year.

One of the farm’s owners, Paul van Lieshout, explained how the farm spends many hours of preparation for the event, and he worried about the weather and the turnout.

“Yesterday, we had a downpour,” he said as he escorted guests through the elevated, glass-enclosed dairy parlor.

“The committee puts a lot of time in (planning) to try and showcase agriculture. The school kids came in at 9:30, so we started milking at 2:30 this morning instead of 4. Then we started again at 4:30; otherwise, there would be a large block of time where they couldn’t see any milking.”

Rainy weather during Farm Fest doesn’t have to be viewed as negative.

“This is a good message to send the kids that farmers will be here regardless of the rain or hail,” Bunce concluded.

Terry Sciortino, whose family operates Sciortino Farm in Marcy, was a Fest volunteer who greeted the hayride participants. Her husband, Vito, and son, Joshua, volunteered to drive the wagons, while another farmer, Dave Schieferstine, narrated the tour.

The Oneida County Farm Fest committee decided that it’s best for each farm to host the event two consecutive years. In its initial year, the farm gets to work out any kinks and usually has smooth sailing the second year.

Mike Tuttle of Lee Center brought his young son, Brandon, to his first Farm Fest early in the evening and found the parking lots filled. “I was surprised I had to park in the back behind the barn,” he said.

Even though Tuttle grew up on a farm in Boonville, it was a new experience for

Heather Lessels explains the milking process to her daughter Alyssa, 4, during a visit to the Oneida County Farm Fest at Brabent Farm in Verona, NY.

The tractor pull was a big hit among the toddlers visiting the annual Oneida County Farm Fest, which was held for the second consecutive year at Brabant Farm in Verona, NY. Photos by Pat Malin

Brandon. The four-year-old at first feared the hefty cows in the barn. After playing hide-and-seek behind the hay bales, he finally mustered up some courage. He took a handful of hay and tossed it at the startled bovines.

“This is a clean operation,” Tuttle observed of the Brabant Farm, which has been a Dairy of Distinction for 25 years.

Similarly, Scott Lituck, who lives a stone’s throw from Brabant Farm and has farming in his blood, brought his two children, Andrew, 8, and Katelyn, 11, to see a real farm in action. “We had planned on coming (regardless of weather),” he said.

“My grandparents’ farm is just over there. It’s an apple orchard. I spent a lot of time on the farm when I was young, helping grandpa trim the trees and spray them, and harvest the apples. But grandpa gave up dairy farming in the early 1960s and then drove a milk truck.”

Lituck, like Tuttle, works in an office, so they feel it is important to expose their children to the traditions of farming. “I wish we could keep the farm in the family,” Lituck said. “It belonged to my mom’s parents. If I was fortunate enough, I’d expand the apple farm. I only live a few miles away.”

Many of the young visitors at Farm Fest ran, not walked, when they saw a modest display of antique tractors and farm equipment outside the calf barn.

But their eyes grew wide when they spied the mini-tractors. An organization in Oriskany Falls called Mohawk Valley Power of the Past has been hauling the antiques and the toy tractors to the Farm Fest for the last 10 years.

The Oneida County Farm Fest received the 2010 New York Agricultural Society’s Agricultural Education Award based on the event’s ability to share valuable information on local agriculture to diverse segments of the community.

The event is co-sponsored by Oneida County farmers, Oneida County Farm Bureau, Oneida County Dairy Promotion and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County.

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Quality fleece production

by Katie Navarra Twelve months of work is measured in a matter of minutes. Shearing day reveals the overall health of the animal and defines the income that animal has produced in its fleece.

A successful shearing day begins months in advance and is achieved with proper nutrition and grazing management practices.

Nutrition A quality clipping begins well before shear-

Shearing is only uncomfortable for sheep in poor condition and lacking the “meat” on their backs.

ing. In addition to the animal’s breeding nutrition, pasture management and parasite control significantly impact the quality of the fleece

produced.

“Protein and energy are the two big things,” Aaron Gabriel with Cornell Cooperative Extension said, “the stage of the plant affects quality more than anything.”

The flock’s forage, whether it is hay, pasture or silage, should be submitted for analysis.

“Samples should be taken on a regular basis as the pasture composition changes throughout the year,” he added.

Depending on the results of an analysis, the animals may require grain and/or supplements.

In addition to protein and energy, fiber producing animals need two key amino acids, cysteine and methionine.

Both amino acids contain sulfur. “When we had acid rain there was a lot of sulfur in the soil and we didn’t really need to worry about it,” he said, “however, we now need to supplement pastures with sulfur fertilizers.”

Sulfur levels can be tested with soil samples.

Traditional soil samples do not measure sulfur levels. When preparing soil samples, take two.

The samples will be sent to separate labs. One will determine the soil’s sul-

The sheep should be moved to a different location on the shearing board for the nitty, gritty shearing that removes the dirty fleece from the legs.

fur levels and the second will measure the pH level.

The pH levels also impact pasture quality.

“Clover and grasses need a pH between 6.2 and 6.8. Alfalfa needs 6.8-7,” he noted, “always spend money on lime before fertilizer.” A soil test will show the soil’s pH and include recommendations for the amount of lime needed to correct an imbalance.

Grazing practices “We always think of the animal’s wellbeing,” Gabriel said, “but we have to think about the plant too.” A plant’s nutrition is stored in its roots. The stored nutrients are used to make leaves and other processes critical to the plant.

Timing is everything.

“When we graze bluegrass we start at 5 to 6 inches and graze down to 1 to 3 inches,” he explained, “timothy, orchard and broom grass we start at 6 to 10 inches. Anything over 10 inches sends up a seed stalk making fiber.”

Knowing when the pastures are ready for grazing is only part of the equation. It is equally important to know when to stop grazing a pasture, allowing it to rest. The length of graze time and rest time varies.

In the spring regrowth can occur within four days. “Measure how much dry matter the flock is eating and keep them in the pasture no more than four days,” he said. Then provide a rest period. The rest period may be as short as two weeks in the spring and up to six weeks by midsummer.

“After grazing a paddock, clip it to about four inches,” Gabriel said, “clipping is the best weed management.”

Rotational grazing also helps with parasite management. “Moisture and manure will accelerate parasites,” he added, “spread out manure so it dries and the soil dries.”

Overgrazing a pasture creates greater opportunities for parasite ingestion.

Shearing “A whole year’s worth of work can be ruined in

five minutes of shearing,” Kennedy said.

Taking time to prepare for shearing day can increase the price paid for the fleece.

Provide a clean surface. “I have a dedicated piece of plywood that is used for nothing else,” Kennedy said. Shearing on the ground can contaminate the fleece with manure, dirt and other debris. A tarp is not a good option either as it can be slippery and unstable.

Establish a good relationship with the shearer. “He asks what I want him to do,” she said, “a shearer should also be able to trim their toes and give wormer.”

Document the day the animal is shorn and record the weight of fleece produced.

The shearer’s technique plays an important role in the final value of the fleece. “The blanket should come off all in one piece,” Joe Hamilton, Shearer, explained, “when you have pills on a sweater it is from making too many shears and breaking the strength of the fiber.”

Like reading the growth rings in a tree’s trunk, the sheep’s fiber is a nutritional thumbprint. “You can tell the health of the animal by the luster/shine and the crimp in the wool,” he said.

Fleece should have

A healthy sheep will produce fleece with crimps that look like a lasagna noodle.

Photos by Katie Navarra consistent crimps, like a some people bring us,” lasagna noodle, Mary Jeanne Packer of throughout the entire Battenkill Fibers said, length of the fiber. Flat “we will empty a bag of or straight sections indi- fleece and find manure, cate stress in the ani- toe clippings and more, mal’s life. The straight, all decreasing the value uncrimped pieces are of the fiber.”

Producing fleece is a weaker and susceptible year-long commitment. to breakage. sound Once the fleece is Implementing removed from the ani- nutritional and grazing mal, lay it out on a flat combined with careful surface and carefully shearing day techniques remove pieces of hay, can lead to successful dirt or other debris. “You and profitable fleece prowouldn’t believe what ducing operations.

John Hudson of Monroe Tractor receives promotion Monroe Tractor recently promoted a new parts manager to their Auburn branch. John Hudson, longtime Monroe employee, received the promotion and began his

John Hudson began his new position as parts manager for Monroe Tractor’s Auburn branch on April 1.

Photo courtesy of Monroe Tractor

position as Auburn Parts Manager on April 1.

Hudson began his new job in the throes of this year’s wet planting season, yet with a couple hectic months under his belt, he remains optimistic. “[The change] has been challenging due to the busy year but I expect good things for the future,” he said.

Before the transfer, Hudson worked at Monroe’s Canandaigua branch, where he was employed for the past 15 years.

Clay VanVostrand, Auburn branch manager, made positive remarks regarding Hudson’s promotion.

“We’ve worked with John for many years and we

look forward to many future years with him.”

Monroe Tractor is a family-owned company that sells and services equipment for the agriculture and construction industries. The company was founded by Henry Hansen in Henrietta, NY in 1951. Today it boasts 11 locations throughout New York State. The Auburn branch, where Hudson now works, has been a part of Monroe since the 1980s.

Stop in and say hello to John at Monroe Tractor, 1410 Clark Street Road, Auburn.

For more information about Monroe Tractor visit www.monroetractor.com or call 866-6835338.

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Crop Comments

by Paris Reidhead Field Crops Consultant Wild Phlox and A2 Milk Three years ago there was a very prevalent weed in most of the Northeast — a weed so abundant and so pretty that I wrote a column about it. I called the column “Attractive Nuisance”. This weed is very commonplace along road shoulders, as well as edges of meadows. Its scientific name is Hesperis matronalis. It has a number of common names, the most frequently used being Damask Violet, Summer Lilac, Mother-of-theEvening, Sweet Rocket, and Wild Phlox. Well, 2013 seems to be another year for H. matronalis (or whatever common name you wish to call it).

According to the Invasive Plant Atlas of New England, the weed Hesperis Matronalis is “An upright, multibranched, short-lived perennial or biennial which typically grows 23 feet tall (less frequently to 4 feet). Features white, lavender or purple, 1/2 inch, 4-petaled flowers in loose, terminal racemes which bloom in late spring.

Flowers are very fragrant, particularly in the evening (Hesperis comes from the Greek word for evening).”

We can thank Eastern Europe for sending us this weed. As far back as the 1700s, H. matronalis became naturalized in many areas of eastern North America as a garden escapee. Even now, plants of this species are cultivated in many parts of the globe due to their attractive springtimeblooming flowers.

The common name of H. matronalis that I used three years ago was Sweet Rocket. Since I’m given somewhat to equal opportunity, this time I’ll refer to it as Wild Phlox (Yeah, I thought it was spelled with an “f” also).

Wild Phlox can grow 40 inches or taller, with multiple upright hairy stems. Typically the first year of growth produces a mound of foliage, with

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flowering occurring the second year. Usually these plants are biennials, but some varieties are perennials.

The plants have showy blooms in early to midspring. The leaves are alternately arranged on upright stems. Leaves have short hairs on both top and bottom surfaces, giving the foliage a somewhat rough feeling. The largest leaves of Wild Phlox are five inches long and one inch wide.

Each flower is almost an inch across, and has four petals. Although some cultivated varieties may have mixed colors on their petals, the wild forms are almost entirely purple, lavender, or white. Some Wild Phlox plants can bloom until August, but warm weather shortens the blooming period. Most likely because of protracted cool spring weather, these plants are so prolific this year along roadsides, particularly county and town.

So one might think that highway departments are planting them in some kind of beautification project… not likely with budget cuts so rampant. I don’t think I can drive more than a hundred yards without seeing at least one of these specimens.

The reason I am so interested in these plants is because I believe the Wild Phlox blossom color manifestation is a function of classic blending genetics.

In other words the flowers are colored purple, white, or lavender (which can be defined as half purple/half white). I discussed my blending ideas with one botanical expert (who shall remain nameless); he agrees with me on the blending behavior of H. matronalis. Referring to Wikipedia’s online guestion/answers we learn: with genetic blending the traits’ appearances are not dominant over each other, so neither is fully expressed.

Some examples of incomplete dominance are: skin color, hair body (curly, wavy, straight), and

height in humans.

With livestock the most unquestioned example of blending occurs within the Shorthorn cattle breed and its hair color trait. Shorthorn cattle have no recessive genes for color, unlike Holstein: a blackand-white Holstein could be carrying a recessive gene for redand-white color; this is because that animal had one parent that was red and white, and the other parent was black and white. With the Shorthorn breed, if one parent is white and the other is red, the offspring will be a blend of

the two colors, known as roan. So in terms of color genetics, Shorthorn cattle practice blending as much as Wild Phlox weeds.

This blending tendency is becoming evident in cattle in another trait which will, I believe, prove to be much more significant than flower color in a weed, or even hair color in a bovine.

That trait relates to the make-up of casein, the most common protein in milk. There is a variation in cow’s milk casein which makes it hard to digest for some groups of people… certain ethnic groups, elderly people, and folks with celiac issues (like gluten intolerance). This change was actually a genetic mutation that took place in Northern European cattle breeds (including those on the British Isles) about 8,000 years

ago. That variation is referred to as A1 milk.

Interestingly, the older unchanged genotype for casein configuration is referred to as A2. And somewhere between 95 and 99 percent of people have no digestive (or other health) issues with A2 milk. Fortunately… and wonderfully… the genetic blending rules apply to the A1 vs. A2 issue. A fairly sophisticated... and yet economical... genetic test can determine if a particular cow is pure A1, pure A2, or hybrid A1/A2. Every dairy cow on the planet is one of these three options, making her unique from every other mammalian female (no other mammal species underwent the casein mutation like cows did).

Many times folks who think they are lactoseintolerant actually have issues with A1 milk...

and would not have problems with A2 milk.

If a bull that is hybrid A1/A2 is bred to a cow that is also hybrid A1/A2, we would expect the resulting offspring to be 25 percent A1/A1, 50 percent A1/A2, and 25 percent A2/A2. And the laboratory tests looking for these casein trait genes can “see” them as well as I could see white, lavender, and purple Wild Phlox earlier today (as I write). The blending principle will make it possible for a lot more people to enjoy drinking milk, once they know that it came from an A2/A2 cow. Using the same guidelines, one can take two lavender Wild Phlox plants, crossbreed them, and expect the next generation to be 25 percent white, 50 percent lavender, and 25 percent purple.

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While the Viking’s 700cc-class engine already makes more power than some larger 800ccclass machines, the vehicle’s handling and offroad capabilities truly set it apart.

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Yamaha announces all-new three-person VIKING™ Side-by-Side vehicle

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Yamaha from A7 maintains constant belt tension for reduced wear and the industry’s most natural feeling all-wheel engine braking.

The Viking’s optional Electric Power Steering (EPS) system provides the industry’s best balance of light feel with positive feedback from the terrain. The system reads steering wheel torque, vehicle speed, On Command setting and negative feedback to determine the appropriate amount of assist in any given situation.

The Viking’s utility functions combined with Yamaha’s proven durability were designed for hard work, tough chores and long days in the field or on the trail. The rear steel cargo bed was purpose-built for durability and convenience. Large enough to carry a fully loaded pallet, the assisted dump bed can pack up to 600 pounds of equipment and supplies while the standard twoinch receiver hitch is rat-

ed to pull 1,500 pounds.

The Viking’s chassis also contributes to its off-road capability with nearly 12 inches of ground clearance at the lowest point, a full steel/composite smooth skid plate front-to-back and side-to-side, and an optimized frame with upturned side rails allowing for smoother transitions over obstacles. The Viking features light, natural-feel handling in both the EPS and nonEPS configurations. The front and rear suspensions outperform the competition even with heavy loads.

Comfortable ride The Viking’s long-travel, four-wheel independent suspension is perfectly balanced to provide a plush and comfortable ride with a quality damping feel in rough terrain, all while carrying either a light or full load.

The gas charged shocks help reach the delicate balance of damping and resistance with one or

three people, fully loaded or empty.

The all-new Maxxis Big Horn 2.0 tires were designed specifically and exclusively for the Viking with maximum performance and durability. The new Big Horns provide an optimized balance of sidewall and tread center stiffness in a tire that delivers an excellent combination of traction, precise steering and comfort. The Viking’s large diameter front and rear brake discs with dual piston calipers on all four wheels ensure good balance and power during braking — with or without cargo. The Viking also comes equipped with a mechanical parking disc brake.

Little extras are a big deal when they help increase productivity and fun. Things like marinegrade electrical connections and wiring, a sealed maintenance-free battery, digital meter and easily accessible and serviceable foam air filter

and engine are built into the Viking to help owners stay on task or trail — and out of the shop.

The all-new Viking EPS and non-EPS mod-

els will be available starting this August.

Standard models come in Steel Blue, Hunter Green (with sun top), Red (with sun top) and

Realtree AP HD camo (with sun top).

Details at www.YamahaOutdoors.com.

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departure of our foreign exchange students. We had a girl from the Netherlands and a boy from the Philippines.

They had assimilated into our group and we knew we probably would never see them again.

On our 50th anniversary roster their names were listed with no addresses!

I was always a forward thinker. I did not think of graduation as the end of anything. I looked ahead to college. Although I would still be living at home, I would be pursuing my degree to become a teacher. Teaching was always one of my options. I also thought about doing something in the medical field because I loved the sciences, but in the end the cost was more than I could afford. There was not much financial assistance in those days. I did earn a Regents scholarship so that kept me in New York State.

In the end I have to say that I believe the Lord had a hand in my choice.

He put up roadblocks that kept me near home.

It was the right choice for me. I loved to teach. I loved my students and I loved the environment.

To think that you impacted so many lives is staggering.

Graduation, itself, was just a ceremony. We walked across the stage when our name was called to receive our diploma. From that point on we were considered adults. We were responsible for our own actions or lack of them.

Webster’s defines graduation as “having completed a course of instruction at a school or college”. I see it as much more than that. I see it as a new beginning.

Whether you go to college or go to work your life will never be the same. Every day is a gift.

What we do with that gift defines our life.

Some say life is what happens as we move forward in this world. We have decisions to make.

Some of them are really weighty. The choice of a mate is one of them. I recently spotted the picture of two classmates that married a couple years after graduation. I was proud to see that they made it to their 50th anniversary. In

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Hickory from A9 these days that is a monumental accomplishment. How many of my classmates will be able to claim 50 years?

Another weighty decision is your career choice. When I entered the teaching field I intended to stay in the field until I retired. That is no longer the case. With budget constraints many very good teachers cannot stay in the field until retirement.

Teaching was never the most highly paid job for the amount of education that you had to put in.

When others graduated from college they found the labor market more lucrative. For me, the bonus was having off all summer to be with my children and to help on the farm. That last day of school each year was a celebration of my freedom to do what I wanted to do. To answer a question that I am sure is on many of your minds — no, teachers do not get paid vacations! They actually withhold pay throughout the year that is payable to teachers at the end of the term. They

can take it as a lump sum or they can have it spread out to cover all the weeks of the summer.

My time off offered many opportunities. I could plant the garden. I could make meals for the hayers without having to come home after school and try to organize things. I could finally do my “spring cleaning”.

There just was no time during the school term to get it done. The weekends were devoted to laundry, cooking, and cleaning. I just did what really needed to be done.

I have always loved the

poem by Robert Frost about the road less traveled. “Two roads in the wood diverged and I took the road less traveled and that made all the difference.” I guess you could say that I took the road less traveled. I married a dairy farmer and moved to the country.

That was a move that defined my life. I have continued to learn throughout my lifetime.

People talk about their bucket lists. I guess probably I have checked off a few of mine, but I have no formal list. I like my life where I live. I like

being part of the children’s and grandchildren’s lives. I do miss my other half. I am no longer half of a partnership. I miss the friendship and camaraderie that being a spouse presents.

Yesterday I had to present the morning message at church in the minister’s absence. I have learned so much preparing sermons to be

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portunity to share with my audience about how blessed my life has been.

Life has taught me how to weather the storms and come out on the other side a better person. May I never lose the love of learning.

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delivered. Tonight I present at a senior gathering.

That is different forum. I get to share about my writing.

Never did I think I would say I was a writer much less an author, but it is now what I do. I underwent a different sort of graduation, a silent one where I transitioned to the writer’s life. It presents a wonderful op-

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In a letter to lawmakers June 13, the American Soybean Association (ASA), National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), National Sunflower Association and the U.S. Canola Association urged the House of Representatives to quickly consider and pass H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (“FARRM”) Act. “Our organizations support many of the programs included in H.R. 1947, as reported by the Committee on Agriculture. The bill would consolidate conservation programs, reauthorize and fund agricultural research,

energy, and export promotion programs, and make improvements in federal crop insurance.

We strongly support these provisions, and ask that you oppose any amendments which would eliminate or weaken them,” said the groups in the letter.

“We are very encouraged by the momentum that the farm bill has going into the House, and we urge Representatives to act quickly to provide farmers with the certainty we need moving forward,” said ASA President Danny Murphy, a soybean grower from Canton, MS. “We are convinced that lawmakers can work together to

pass a bill that both supports agriculture and confronts our budgetary obligations responsibly.”

“We were pleased to see the 2013 farm bill pass with such strong support in the Senate last week and urge the House to swiftly follow suit,” NCGA President Pam Johnson, a corn farmer from Floyd, Iowa said. “Passing a comprehensive, market oriented farm bill is critically important to not only agriculture but to every American. We encourage the House to adopt policy that will be both responsive to taxpayers and effective in helping farms remain viable and productive.”

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The groups noted, however, their concern with the bill’s Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program option, which they argued would set high, fixed reference prices for program crops which, in some cases, exceed their historical prices and cost of production; and tie payments to producers to crops they grow in the current year, which could distort planting decisions and production if market prices fall below their support levels.

“Since the 1996 Farm Bill… farm policy has provided planting flexibility, encouraging producers to respond to

market signals in making their planting decisions rather than to the prospect of receiving government payments,” wrote the groups. “We do not want to see policies return to the era of high supports tied to current-year plantings, which distorted crop production in the 1980’s. The PLC program in the Committee bill should be modified to make it responsive to the market rather than the government.”

The groups spoke to a potential amendment from Representative Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) that would address their concerns by setting reference prices at a percent-

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“They would also reduce the likelihood of the program violating U.S. commitments under the WTO. Moreover, they would achieve an estimated $10 billion in savings in addition to the Committee bill.”

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Soybean, corn, sunflower and canola growers press House on Farm Bill

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Farm Aid music and food festival heads to New York on Sept. 21 Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews to headline Farm Aid 2013 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — Farm Aid announced that its annual benefit concert will return to the Northeast on Saturday, Sept. 21, taking place at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Saratoga Springs, NY. “In New York and across the Northeast, family farmers are pioneering change in our farm and food system.

This region has strong agricultural roots and offers fertile ground for new farmers and sustainable agriculture,” said Farm Aid President Willie Nelson. “On the Farm Aid stage in September, we’ll celebrate the hard work of family farmers and support their efforts to grow strong and healthy communities for all of us.”

Farm Aid 2013 will feature Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews.

Additional artists will be announced soon. The concert benefits and promotes Farm Aid’s mission to keep family farmers on the land, strengthen and revitalize America’s food

system, and support the growth of the Good Food Movement — the growing number of people seeking local, organic, humanely raised and family farm-identified food.

Farm Aid 2013 will be an all-day music and food festival featuring a unique mashup of artists and genres on the stage and serving concert-goers family farm-identified, local and organic foods with its own HOMEGROWN Concessions®. In Farm Aid’s HOMEGROWN Village, concertgoers will have the chance to meet farmers, engage in hands-on food and farm activities, and learn about the ways family farmers are enriching our soil, protecting our water and growing our economy, in addition to bringing us good food for good health.

“New York is pleased to host Farm Aid’s annual benefit concert this September in Saratoga Springs,” Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said.

“This star-studded event will support Farm Aid’s mission to promote family farmers and healthy eating, as well as raise awareness about the im-

portant role farms play in our economy and culture.

Here in New York, we are continuing to grow our state’s vibrant agricultural industry through initiatives such as the FreshConnect program, which provides more avenues like farmers markets to connect New Yorkers with fresh, affordable and locally grown food products. We are also making important investments in regional food distribution hubs and marketing efforts like Taste NY to promote New York-made agricultural products and niche industries such as yogurt and wine, beer and spirits. New York is committed to its farmers, and so I commend Farm Aid for their work in helping farmers all across the nation flourish.”

Farm Aid has long collaborated with and supported organizations and organizers in the Northeast who are growing the Good Food Movement.

Many of the region’s farmers have been served by Farm Aid’s hotline and Farmer Resource Network. Over the past 28 years, Farm Aid has made grants of more than $2.5 million

Livestock Grazing Tour of Chenango County on June 27 Cornell Cooperative Extensions of Delaware and Chenango Counties, and Chenango County Soil and Water Conservation District have collaborated in putting together this one day tour to visit different farms highlighting various livestock grazing, marketing strategies, and management practices.

Schedule: 10-11:30 a.m. Overlook Hereford Farm, operated by Earl and Blaine Reiling.

323 State Highway 7, Afton, NY. Highlights: Livestock watering systems, steep slope grazing management, teff grass, integrating cash cropping with grazing operations.

12-2 p.m. Lunch and tour of Black Acres Ranch, owned by Fred Gaylord.

224 Jesse Greene

Road, Greene, NY. Highlights: Lunch, beef handling facilities, new pasture seeding management, integrating Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) into operations, and stocker cattle management.

2:30-4 p.m. Natural Borders Farm, operated

by Elva Svendsen.

2003 State Highway 220, McDonough, NY. Highlights: Mixed livestock species management: (beef, dairy replacement heifers, sheep, pastured poultry), sharing services with others for labor management, Grassland Reserve Program (conservation easements and supporting conservation practices).

Cost for attending this event: $10 per person, which includes lunch.

For people attending from Delaware County:

Meet at Watershed Agriculture Program Office, 44 West State Street, Walton, at 8:45 a.m.

Transportation provided but space is limited.

For all not needing transportation from Walton or coming from other areas: You may drive on your own and arrive at the first stop at 10 a.m, and the second and third stops if you wish to come later.

Those not desiring to have lunch or who wish to partake of only some of this event, there will be no charge, but please still sign up and RSVP to Kim Holden.

All participants please RSVP by Monday, June 24. To sign up contact Kim Holden by phone at 607-865-7090 or email: kmh19@cornell.edu

in the Northeast region — nearly half a million in New York alone — supporting programs that expand access to family farm food and grow new markets for farmers, create change in the food system, and help farmers thrive.

“Over a year ago, several of my colleagues and I first hoped out loud that Farm Aid would come to New York State to celebrate and support our hard-working family farmers,” said Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (DNY). “I am so pleased that Willie Nelson and Farm Aid have chosen New York to showcase the finest music talent in the world alongside our New York family farmers, who are producing some of the best dairy products and fresh fruits and vegetables in the world.”

Tickets for Farm Aid 2013 will go on sale Friday, June 28, at 10 a.m.

EDT. Tickets will be available at www.ticketmaster.com.

“Saratoga Performing Arts Center is tremendously proud and excited to host the 2013 Farm Aid music and food festival at our historic outdoor venue,” said Marcia J. White, SPAC’s president and executive director. “Over the past 48 years, SPAC’s stage has been at the center of countless legendary concerts and live music events; Farm Aid may top them all with its superstar lineup of artists fueled by the crucial mission of promoting and supporting family farms, healthy eating and strong communities.

SPAC itself is surrounded by a greenbelt of

nearly 75,000 acres of beautiful, fertile Saratoga County farmland.

The opportunity to be part of an event that will benefit these neighbors and farmers across America represents a defining moment in SPAC’s history.”

Farm Aid welcomes the participation of the local business community and offers corporate sponsorship opportunities. For more information, contact Glenda Yoder at glenda@farmaid.org.

For concert updates, follow Farm Aid on Twitter (@farmaid) and on Facebook (www.facebook.com/farmaid), and visit www. farmaid.org/concert.

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that ethanol mandates have resulted in sizeable increases in feed prices and they emphasized the need for new dairy policy to address the cost of production, which one panelist said averaged about $24 per hundredweight nationally, about $5 more than farmers are receiving for their milk. It was also pointed out that supply management won't accomplish much if imports make up any shortfall.

They admitted that the current dairy title is likely to be a part of the final Farm Bill and their only option then would be to lobby lawmakers via future milk price hearings that the Secretary of Agriculture is mandated to hold in the Farm Bill.

On another policy matter of importance to the dairy industry, debate has begun on immigration reform. The Senate decided to limit it debate, in hope of having a bill passed by July 4. A NMPF press release reported that the Senate version contains a new visa program for dairy farm workers, one it helped to shape. "This new approach is better for employers, better for employees, better for law enforcement, better for the economy, it's better for America," NMPF concluded.

Checking the cash dairy markets; cheese was mixed this week. The blocks fell to $1.7225 per

pound, down 2 1/2-cents on the week but still 10 3/4-cents above a year ago. The barrels closed at $1.7725, up a penny and a quarter on the week, 20 cents above a year ago, and a nickel above the blocks. Thirteen cars of block were sold on the week and two of barrel.

The AMS-surveyed U.S. average block price fell to $1.7775, down 3.4 cents.

Barrel averaged $1.7621, down 1.3 cents.

Cheese production is lower than previous months, but remains above a year ago, according to USDA's Dairy Market News (DMN). Milk supplies for manufacturing are increasing as Class I usage falls due to schools closing for summer. Much of this milk will go to Class III cheese and the increased production will add to already heavy inventories in storage. Demand is reported to be lackluster with many buyers hoping to wait for a bottom in prices, DMN said. Cheese exports for January to April totaled 210.7 million pounds, up 7 percent from a year ago.

Jerry Dryer points out in his June 7 Dairy and Food Market Analyst that April export sales "underlined the fact that the USA is a major player in the world marketplace." He wrote that the April Dairy Products report "suggests that output might not be keeping up with demand."

Cheese exports, for example, consumed 5.7 percent of the cheese produced this year; however, production January through April was only up 2.3 percent. Butter production was up 3.3 percent, but exports were up 5.8 percent. Nearly two-thirds of the April nonfat dry milk/ skim milk powder production left the country. "Suddenly, the inventories don't look as daunting," concludes Dryer.

Speaking of exports; Cooperative Working Together (CWT) accepted seven requests for export assistance this week to sell 1.612 million pounds of cheese to customers in Asia. The product will be delivered through October 2013.

CWT members also agreed to increase its membership requirement from 2 cents per cwt. to 4 cents, effective

July 1 and running through December 31, 2015. The farmer-funded program is in its 11th year and, since the start of 2011, has helped member cooperatives sell 257.7 million pounds of American-type cheeses and 111.5 million pounds of butter to 39 countries, according to a CWT press release.

"With the export market growing at a rate five to eight times faster than the U.S. market, the vote by CWT's member cooperatives will ensure the U.S. is a consistent and competitive supplier of dairy products in the world's growing dairy markets," said NMPF President and CEO, Jerry Kozak.

NMPF also announced this week that Chief Operating Officer Jim Mulhern will take over as President and CEO on January 1, 2014 for the retiring Kozak. Mulhern joined NMPF in January and has managed NMPF's communications, government relations, and membership functions. Kozak will continue his involvement with the organization's CWT program.

Cash butter closed the week a penny lower, at $1.5350, a half-cent below a year ago when the spot price gained 12 1/4cents on the week, marching to $1.93 by the second week of October.

Only three cars were sold on the week and AMS butter averaged $1.55, down 6.8 cents. Weekly butter stocks were up 52.1 percent from a year ago, according to FC Stone's June 13 eDairy Insider Opening Bell, and at their highest level since Sept. 7, 2009.

The Foreign Agricultural Service reports that exports of butter and milkfat for January to April totaled 43 million pounds, up 4 percent or 1.8 million pounds from the same period a year ago.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.7025, up a penny on the week. Extra Grade remained at $1.70. The AMS powder average move up a penny and a half, to $1.6839. Dry whey dropped 1.3 cents, to 56.82 cents per pound.

The Agriculture Department's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report

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The Senate Passed its Farm Bill

House is expected to take up its version the week of June 17 Needless to say, dairy processors are not happy with the dairy title nor are all dairy farmers.

That was evidenced in a special tele-conference on Wednesday by the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC). The conference featured a panel of dairy producers from Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, and California who voiced disappointment in the dairy title, charging that the margin insurance program contained in the legislation will not cover losses incurred by farmers and that taxpayers will be stuck picking up the tab.

Several panelists charged that dairy cooperatives are not representing their farmer members. They charged

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Greenwich FFA Banquet

by Liz Waite, Reporter, Greenwich Central School Greenwich FFA held the Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, June 5, at the Greenwich High School with over 225 members and guests attending. Multiple students were honored for their contributions throughout the school year. Special guests attending included New York State Sentinel, Dan Truso and District President Gabby Jordan. Junior High Members receiving the Most Valuable Member Awards were Kassidy Kuzmich and Kelsey Carpenter.

The very prestigious Senior High FFA Star Awards were bestowed on Star Freshman, Kevin Casey, Star Sophomore, Liz Waite, Star Junior, Devlin Kennedy, and Star Seniors, Bradley Gifford and Michelle

Pellington. Assemblyman Tony Jordan awarded Citations from the New York State Assembly recognizing the Greenwich FFA for their accomplishments through the year.

The junior high officers were presented with their retiring pins. Junior High FFA Officers completing their year of service included Julia Houser, Bryanna Booth, Connor Booth, Kassidy Kuzmich, Samantha Boyea, and Arek Gordon. The Senior High FFA Officers President Easton Murray, Vice President Scott Thomas, Treasurer Breana Scribner, Secretary Gabby Jordan, Reporter Hannah Wilbur, and Sentinel Margaret Brownell inducted the new FFA Officers. The 2013-2014 Officer team includes Scott Thomas, Margaret Brownell, Alex O’brien, Kaylah Gulley, Liz Waite, and Bethany Sloan.

Scott Thomas (L-R), Gabby Jordan, Easton Murray and Breana Scribner with Assemblyman Tony Jordan.

Photo courtesy of Greenwich FFA

Gouverneur Central School FFA holds Annual Banquet

by Ryan Hight, Reporter, Gouverneur FFA On May 15, the annual FFA Banquet was held at Gouverneur Central School. Gouverneur FFA was honored with the presents of New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel Aubertine, he gave an inspirational speech. He was then presented with a plague as an honorary member of the Gouverneur FFA. Also present was the state FFA president Amanda Rhodes, she gave an inspirational speech talking about her year of service. The 2013-2014 New York State FFA President elect Ashley Willits and Vice President elect Jake Ledoux helped with handing out awards. Approximately 170 people attended this event supporting our local FFA. Awards were given to Ag students for their outstanding achievements in class. Community members were also given awards for their help and time

devoted to the Gouverneur FFA. Claire Gates was recognized as a candidate for the American FFA degree. This is the highest degree given to a FFA student in our nation.

Gouverneur FFA students are very dedicated to the Ag classes and FFA. They work very hard all year to get ready for the banquet. The banquet is very important as it shows all the accomplishments of the FFA and its members.

We would like to thank the Gouverneur school board and the Agriculture Advisory board for supporting our educational trips and learning new things in the Agriculture business world. Also, we would like to thank the Gouverneur Hospitality Club for all the hard work and dedication, serving a great meal at the banquet. We would like to thank everyone who attended the banquet. We couldn’t do it without the continuing support.

Participates at the 2013 Gouverneur FFA Banquet included: NYS Agriculture Commissioner Darrel Aubertine, NYS President Amanda Rhodes, NYS President Elect Ashley Willits, NYS Vice-President Elect Jake Ledoux and the Gouverneur FFA Officers.

Photo courtesy of Gouverneur FFA

2013 Delaware County 4-H Award recipient Mikaelan Cucciarre-Stuligross is this year’s recipient of the Delaware County 4-H Award.

Each year, Delaware County 4-H is allocated a memorial contribution from the Carley Memorial Fund. This fund was created by the Carley family to help fund 4-H programming and education. Through these funds we are able to provide one Delaware County youth an award toward their college education along with many other 4-H programs and opportunities throughout the 4-H year.

To be eligible to receive the Delaware County 4-H Award, applicants must be a graduating high school senior or a high school graduate continuing their education at an accredited institution in the year in which they are applying; be a Delaware County resident; be a member of the Delaware County 4-H Program for a minimum of three consecutive years immediately prior to the year of application (college age applicants must have been a member of Delaware County 4-H for a minimum of three years prior to graduation from high school; complete an application; and submit two letters of recommendation).

Applications are reviewed are judged on 4-H partic-

ipation, community service, leadership, and quality of application essay. This year, one recipient was chosen and awarded $1,000.

Mikaelan is the daughter of Mike and Nancy Cucciarre-Stuligross of Walton and is a 13 year member of the Crafty Kids 4-H Club and a six year member of 4-H Teen Council. Through Mikaelan’s 4H career, she has excelled in many project areas: public speaking, clothing & textiles, food & nutrition, gardening, photography, community service, economics, arts & crafts, woodworking, cultural education, bike, outdoor education & recreation, rabbits, dogs, poultry, hobbies & collections, recycling, and a teen leader.

Mikaelan was also one of six recipients who received a statewide scholarship from the New York State 4-H Foundation.

Congratulations to Mikaelan on her well-deserved awards. We commend her on her accomplishments throughout her 4-H career and wish her well on her future endeavors.

Mikaelan Cucciarre-Stuligross Photo courtesy of Delaware County CCE

did not change its 2013 milk production forecast from last month but lowered 2014 output as "relatively weak milk-to-feed ratios in the third and fourth quarter of 2013 are expected to slow production growth in the first half of 2014."

Look for 2013 milk production to hit 201.8 billion pounds, up from 200.3 billion in 2012 and 196.2 billion in 2011. The 2014 estimate, now put at 204.5 billion, is down 100 million pounds from last month's projection.

Fat basis exports for 2013 were lowered based on slow butter exports through April. Skim-solid exports were higher based on expectations of continued robust nonfat dry milk (NDM) exports.

Fat and skim basis exports for 2014 were unchanged. Fat basis imports were raised for 2013 and 2014.

Forecasts for 2013 cheese and butter prices were lowered from last month, reflecting greater stocks and weaker-thanexpected prices to date.

The NDM price was

raised on tightening supplies and expectations of continued robust export demand. The price range for whey was narrowed.

As a result of the lower cheese price forecast, the Class III price expectation was reduced.

Look for the 2013 Class III to average $17.80$18.20 per cwt., up from $17.44 in 2012 and compares to $18.37 in 2011.

The 2014 average is expected at $17-$18.

The Class IV price prediction is down as lower butter prices more than offset higher NDM. The 2013 average is now projected at $18.15-$18.65.

The 2014 average was projected to average $17.75-$18.85.

The 2014 butter price forecast was lowered as stocks remain high, but other product prices were unchanged. The Class III price forecast was unchanged, but the Class IV price was lowered.

The report was neutral for soybeans but bearish for corn, according to the Insider Opening Bell.

"While USDA lowered projected corn production 135 million bushels to 14

billion, average yield by 1.5 bushels to 156.5 bushels, and new-crop carryout to 1.949 billion bushels, the cuts were not as large as expected."

The beans supply-anddemand picture was largely left unchanged.

Milk production is steady to increasing in most regions of the nation, according to USDA's weekly update.

Extreme heat in the Southwest and California was putting increased stress on those dairy herds.

California's July Class I milk prices were not announced this week but have been delayed until June 21 due to a hearing to consider possible increases to the Golden State's milk prices.

The Milk Producers Council's Rob Vandenheuvel, in his June 7 member newsletter, points to the differences between the 4b and Federal Order Class III prices and says the "California Discount" is enjoyed by California's roughly 60 cheese manufacturers

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Wanted: Livestock producers in Chenango County Submitted by Rich Taber, Grazing/Ag Economic Development Specialist Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County New York, in collaboration with the Chenango County Agriculture Development Council is initiating a direct marketing listing service for livestock producers who would like more exposure and coverage for their products that are for sale.

This service is for beef, dairy heifers, sheep,

swine, horse and poultry producers who would like to list any livestock products or services that they might have for direct sale to the public.

This is an effort to strengthen and enhance the ability of producers to market their goods and contribute to farm profitability.

Any livestock producer in Chenango County who would like to add their name to the list simply contact Rich

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I will contact you and get as many details as possible. We plan on informing the public about Chenango’s products by creating brochures, and using internet and social media as well. This is part of our ongoing efforts to keep Agriculture the number one industry in Chenango County!

the country. The State's cheese manufacturers come up with excuse after excuse about why it's perfectly appropriate to have this huge discount in the price they pay for milk, but the facts simply don't support their claims. About 75 percent of California's milk production is sold to make either cheese or butter and nonfat dry milk," according to Vandenheuvel.

Updating a story from a few weeks ago, Nevada Governor Brian San-

doval vetoed a bill to allow statewide distribution of raw milk. Under current law, local milk commissions are empowered to certify raw milk for sale within their own county. AB209, approved previously in the Nevada House and Senate, would have permitted distribution throughout the state. In announcing his veto, Sandoval cited the "significant public health risks" represented by consuming raw milk.

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"California's dairy families have long argued that this gap runs directly against the guidelines in California law that requires our prices to be in a 'reasonable and sound economic relationship' with what comparable milk is sold for around

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Have you captured an interesting or unusual moment around the farm, greenhouse or dock that brings a smile to your face? Share it with Farm Credit East by uploading your best shots to FarmCreditEast.com by July 31.

Winning photos will be featured in Farm Credit East’s 2014 calendar and also on its website.

From all entries, 14 photographs will be selected for a $100 prize each.

“The judges look for

lots of fresh imagery that illustrates life in the country today,” says Karen Murphy, vice president of marketing communications.

“We select two very different kinds of entries for the calendar. First, we look for photos that show off the best of Northeast farming, horticulture, forestry and commercial fishing. And second, we select photos that celebrate country life in New England, New York or New Jersey.”

What makes a shot a winner? Technical quality, clarity and composition, of course, but the team also selects photos that capture each photographer’s unique view of life in the country. So take your camera to the county fair, the barn, the dock, the corn field or Fourth of July barbecue and send in the many ways that country living enriches our lives.

“Since we launched the photo calendar contest in 2006, the number of entries has grown

steadily,” says Murphy.

“Last year, we received more than 600 shots of country life from dozens of talented photographers. We are off to a very good start this year, and we look forward to receiving many more entries by July 31.”

Only digital shots are accepted. Contest rules and an entry form, as well as photos from last year’s calendar can be found at www.farmcredi t e a s t . c o m / Ca l e nd a r.

The submission deadline is July 31.

Tara Bailey, of McCray Farms in Clymer, NY, has quite an eye for capturing farm life. Here Daniel McCray is disking a field where he will later plant corn for feed on the family’s dairy farm.

Photo courtesy of Farm Credit East

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Washington County Fair 2013 County Fair long on tradition, never short on fun — Washington County Fair to Kick Off on Aug. 19 GREENWICH, NY — Summer in the country, the annual Washington County Fair will be ready to kick off on Aug. 19, in a celebration of agriculture, tradition and community. The week long fair will have plenty of livestock, entertainment, carnival rides and, of course, fair food.

This year’s fair will see the addition of the Masters of the Chainsaw

Livestock competition is one of the long held traditions at the Washington County Fair.

Woodcarvers, with daily shows starting on Tuesday and an auction of the carvings on Sunday. Also new this year is Dragon Scales and Faerie Tales.

A special addition is the Raminator, Monster Truck. This exhibit and demonstration will be presented by Stephen’s

Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge Ram. Stop by Friday through Sunday to check out this awesome truck.

At the Motorsports Arena, a variety of free events are planned. Monday and Tuesday, the Washington County Fair

noon with a racecar exhibit and autograph session. Taking part in the 2013 reunion are special guest from the Motorsports Museum in Weedsport; Harry Elkima, Karl Schartner, Pam Forney & Rich Appleby.

Along with the traditional livestock shows, Animal Alley Ministries will be returning with an educational, interactive exhibit of exotic animals.

Some of the other activi-

ties fairgoers may partake in are the Firemen’s Parade, Talent Show, Ms. & Mr. Madison County Pageant, Madison County Youth Bureau’s Events Tent, and a Past & Present Poetry reading.

Buckle up for some of the wildest rides at the Fair. The power pulling competitions will lead off with the truck pull Saturday morning at 9 a.m. and the tractors will be pulling Sunday starting

at 9 a.m. The ever popular Demolition Derby & Rollover Contest is slated for 7 p.m. Saturday evening. New this year wristbands for the grandstand will go on sale at 2 p.m., with seating at 6 p.m. Note this show is always a sell out and seating is limited to 1,500.

For a Full Schedule of Events and More Information visit us online at www.madisoncountyfairny.com

The week long Washington County Fair will include youth competing in many livestock shows.

Photo courtesy of Washington County Fair

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Madison County Fair rocks with country BROOKFIELD, NY — The 174th edition of the Madison County Fair will be serving up an exciting mixture of entertainment during its four day run July 11-14. The venue includes all of the offerings of a traditional county fair; animals, agricultural, exhibits, contest, pageants, midway rides, fair cuisine, along with an impressive lineup of popular national and local music entertainers.

New for 2013 the Fair will feature a night of Rock & Roll and a night of Country Music. The Grammy award winning rock band Survivor will perform in front of the grandstand opening night (Thursday, July 11) with special guest Wicked & Red Hush. On Friday, July 12, Nashville superstars Steve Holy and Mark Wills will co-headline the grandstand country mu-

sic show with special guest L yndsey Highlander. Popular local bands that will be appearing throughout the Fair for FREE in the stage area include; Northern Lights, Fritz Polka, Jason Wicks, Fulton Chain Gang, BoCNY, The BOMB, Pulsate, and Gridley Page.

The Brookfield Speedway Racers will return for their Fourth Annual Reunion on Friday after-

Bring the whole family because you can get this close to a chicken, to a horse, a cow, to a goat or a sheep for six days of fun at the 172nd Saratoga County Fair, Tuesday, July 16, through Sunday, July 21, at the Saratoga County Fairground, 162 Prospect Street in Ballston Spa, NY. The Fair is open 9 a.m. to midnight daily; the midway is open 12 noon to midnight daily. The Live Music Pavilion, sponsored by Coors Light and MY TV4 Albany, is open every night at 8 p.m. featuring top bands including “Eliminator,” a ZZ Top Tribute Band from Kansas City opening day. Concessions are open every day10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

General admission is $10 each day with special gate premiums being offered Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Parking in all the Fair-managed lots is always free and there are over 500 new, free parking spaces this year.

Discount price advantage sale “Tickets to Go” tickets available at all Price Chopper locations.

Tuesday included in your admission is a free Beach Bag (while supplies last), sponsored by The Gazette and 99.5 The River.

Wednesday included in your admission is a free E-Tablet Cover (while supplies last), sponsored

by Times Union and Today’s Country107.7 GNA. Wednesday $4 for Senior Citizens Admission (65 and over) until 5 p.m. Thanks to the sponsors Today’s Options Medicare Advantage Health Plans, Senior’s will receive the premium giveaways as well. For Senior Citizens Day, Gary Ferris will be presenting his re-creation of a World War 2 radio broadcast, and Local Living Live will be providing the free picnic lunch for Senior Citizens attending. It all takes place noon Wednesday (Senior Day) in the Live Music Pavilion.

Thursday included in your admission is a free Insulated 16 ounce Mug (while supplies last), sponsored by the Times Union and Froggy 107.1.

All week we still offer “Smaller then Me is Free” (less than 52”) for the children.

Admission all week is free to active duty military members. Active duty ID is required. Families, retired military and dependents are not eligible for free admission.

This year’s season ticket is $30 and admits one person all week.

The rest rooms are clean, bright and feature a large, single family rest room where one can change a baby or accompany a person who is handicapped and needs assistance.

The Fair’s new entertainment line-up this year is “The Magic of Agriculture” Agricadabra Magic Show sponsored

by Radio Disney. It is 25 minutes of quick paced magic and balloon art.

The show uses facts about agriculture in New York State, such as Broiler chickens, egg layer chickens, milk production, average age of farmer and what percentage of farmers are women and were each ranks among New York State. Host Brad Matchett will also be featured each night in the Brad Matchett Comedy Hypnotist Show at 8 p.m. in the Talent Pavilion.

The Alaskan Grizzly Experience gives the public an opportunity to get up close to a real Alaskan Grizzly Bear, while learning a little about them and what to do if you encounter a Grizzly Bear in the wild. They are USDA and FWC licensed and sponsored by CW 15 Albany and CBS 6.

Returning will be favorites such as Master of the Chainsaw Brian

Ruth and The Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show sponsored by News Center 10, Rosaire’s Royal Racing Pigs sponsored

by Quandt’s and Froggy 107.1, the amazing vegetable spearing, mouth juggling, hilariously funny Matt Baker, Comedy Juggler and the R.W. Commerford & Sons Petting Zoo. Free in the National Grid & Hits 95.5 Grandstand, Tuesday and Sunday, is the JM Productions Demo Derby; Wednesday is NYTPA Tractor Pulls, Thursday and Friday is the Double M Western Pro Rodeo, and Saturday is the four wheel drive Truck Pulls.

There are links to these fine shows on our website, www.saratogacountyfair.org.

The Midway at the Saratoga County Fair is brought to you by Amusements of America, recognized throughout the industry as one of the nation’s premier carnival operators. “Pay One Price Rides” hand stamps are available every day for just $20 and are good from 12 noon to midnight Pageants include Saratoga County Fair Pageant, the County Miss & Lady of the Fair Contests and, of course, the Start to Star talent

contests sponsored by 101.3 The Jockey Radio and Saratoga Today Newspaper.

The Live Music Pavilion (formerly known as the Beer Garden) is sponsored by Coors Light and MY TV4 Albany. The bands perform from 8 p.m. to midnight. You must be 21 with proof of age to enter. On Tuesday, Eliminator, sponsored by 99.5 The River and Cole’s Collision; Wednesday is Chelsea Cavanaugh, sponsored by 107.7 WGNA; Thursday is Skeeter Creek sponsored

by Froggy 107.1; Friday is Vivid, sponsored by PYX 106; Saturday is the Whiskey City sponsored by 104.9 The Cat; and Sunday features Johnny and the Triumphs sponsored by Q101.7.

Departments and shows include cattle, draft and saddle horses, goats, bees & honey, farm produce, flowers, culinary, home arts, fine arts, antiques, talent show, sheep, fair pageants, education, Grange, 4-wheel-drive pull and conservation.

In addition to the many ribbons given away, over $40,000 is awarded in premium money each year at the Fair for everything from cows to crafts, and pies to art. The best

of the best is at the Saratoga County Fair.

Come, have fun, and bring the whole family!

Remember to wash your hands after any animal contact. There are free sanitizing stations for your convenience at animal exhibit areas throughout the fairgrounds.

Please support the sponsors who make this fair possible: Today’s Options Medicare Advantage Health Plans, The Adirondack Trust Co.; Radio Disney; TrustCo Bank; Cole’s Collision Centers; Curtis Lumber Company; Chamber of Southern Saratoga County; Price Chopper; Rock Auto; Stewart’s Shops; National Grid; Coors Light; My TV4 Albany and Quandt’s.

The fair extends sincere thanks to the Public Safety Experts who ensure a safe and enjoyable day at the fair.

The Fair is a rain or shine event. Updates and reports have a link on our Facebook page which will be updated frequently during the week of Fair. For more information, visit the website at www.saratogacountyfair.org or call the Saratoga County Fair office at 518-885-9701.

Rigs Semi-truck Pulls and the Demolition Derby are sure to fill the stands, so get there early.

Fairgoers can enjoy free entertainment and sup-

port the county’s agricultural heritage by visiting the many farm families that exhibit at the fair each year.

Puddles the Clown will

be back from Tuesday through Sunday in the GE Family Picnic Pavilion, painting faces and bringing laughter to the little ones.

This entertainment tent will provide family friendly concerts including performances by Smokey Greene, Bobby Dick Entertainment, Brad Matchett Comedy Hyponotist, The Hand Picked Band, Hair of the Dog and more.

Thursday is the annual Fitzgerald Bros/Pepsi/ Hannaford Bike Give a Way. Returning for a third year, Queensbury radio station 107.1 is hosting FROGGY Karaoke Night on Friday.

Children 13 and under get in free and adult ad-

mission is just $10. All entertainment is free of charge and discount carnival ride tickets are available for advance purchase on the fair’s website, www.washingtoncountyfair.com or call 518-692-2464. Advance adult admission tickets are available at area Price Chopper stores and at the Fair Office.

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Pennsylvania State Fairs listed by date The Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs consists of 110 agricultural fairs, associations or societies across Pennsylvania that have as their focal point education and showcase of agriculture, horticulture, tourism and more.

Over five and one-half million fairgoers who attend fairs each year can attest to the quality of what fairs have to offer.

Pennsylvania State Fairs listed by date: • Mercer County Grange Fair (June 23-29) • Butler Fair (June 28July 6) • Wolf’s Corners Fair (June 30-July 6) • Franklin County Fair (July 7-13) • Derry Township Agricultural Fair (July 7-13) • Mason Dixon Fair (July 8-13) • L ycoming County Fair (July 12-20) • Jefferson County Fair (July 14-20) • Sewickley Township Community Fair (July 15-20) • Jacktown Fair (July 16-20) • Bedford County Fair (July 21-27) • Clarion County Fair (July 21-27) • Troy Fair (July 22-27) • Kimberton Community Fair (July 22-27) • Shippensburg Community Fair (July 22-27) • Plainfield Farmers Fair (July 23-27) • Jefferson Township Fair (July 23-27) • Fayette County Fair (July 25-Aug. 3) • Lebanon Area Fair (July 27-Aug. 3) • Potter County Fair (July 28-Aug. 3) • Schuylkill County Fair (July 29-Aug. 3) • Morrisons Cove Dairy Show (July 29-Aug. 2) • Clearfield County Fair (July 29-Aug. 3) • Goshen Country Fair (July 29-Aug. 3) • Wayne County Fair (Aug. 2-10) • Clinton County Fair (Aug. 3-10) • Huntingdon County Fair (Aug. 4-10) • Greene County Fair (Aug. 4-10) • Reading Fair (Aug. 4-11) • Cameron County Fair (Aug. 4-10) • Union County West End Fair (Aug. 4-10) • Tioga County Fair (Aug. 5-10) • Sykesville Ag & Youth Fair (Aug. 5-10)

• Cochranton Community Fair (Aug. 5-10) • Mountain Area Fair (Aug. 5-10) • Dawson Grange #419 Community Fair (Aug. 510) • Venango County Fair (Aug. 5-10) • Mifflin County Youth Fair (Aug. 5-10) • Butler Farm Show (Aug. 5-10) • Carbon County Fair (Aug. 6-10) • Warren County Fair (Aug. 6-10) • Elk County Fair (Aug. 6-10) • McKean County Fair (Aug. 10-17) • Washington County Ag Fair (Aug. 10-17) • Fulton County Fair (Aug. 11-17) • Bullskin Township Community Fair (Aug. 11-17) • Kutztown Fair (Aug. 12-17) • Dayton Fair (Aug. 12-17) • Lawrence County Fair (Aug. 12-17) • Montour-Delong Community Fair (Aug. 12-17) • Middletown Grange Fair (Aug. 14-18) • Westmoreland Fair (Aug. 16-24) • Crawford County Fair (Aug. 17-24) • Somerset County Fair (Aug. 17-24) • Williamsburg Community Farm Show (Aug. 18-24) • Harford Fair (Aug. 19-24) • Elizabethtown Fair (Aug. 19-24) • Blue Valley Farm Show (Aug. 20-24) • Hookstown Fair (Aug. 20-24) • South Mountain Fair (Aug. 20-24) • Perry County Community Fair (Aug. 20-24) • Northumberland County Fair (Aug. 22-24) • Centre County Grange Encampment & Fair (Aug. 22-29) • West End Fair (Aug. 25-31) • Indiana County Fair (Aug. 25-31) • Erie County Fair (Aug. 26-31) • Big Knob Grange Fair (Aug. 27-31) • Allentown Fair (Aug. 27-Sept. 2) • Greene-Dreher-Sterling Fair (Aug. 27-Sept. 2) • Kiwanis Wyoming County Fair (Aug. 28Sept. 2) • Sullivan County Fair (Aug. 28-Sept. 2) • Stoneboro Fair (Aug. 29-Sept. 2)

• Juniata County Fair (Aug. 31-Sept. 7) • Spartansburg Community Fair (Sept. 1-7) • Cambria County Fair (Sept. 1-7) • Waterford Community Fair (Sept. 2-7) • West Alexander Fair (Sept. 2-7) • Ox Hill Community Fair (Sept. 2-7) • Jamestown Community Fair (Sept. 3-7) • Claysburg Farm Show (Sept. 3-7) • Luzerne County Fair (Sept. 4-8) • Cumberland Ag Expo (Sept. 4-7)

• York Fair (Sept. 6-15) • McClure Bean Soup Festival & Fair (Sept. 8-14) • Berlin Brothersvalley Community Fair (Sept. 8 & 11-14) • Cookport Fair (Sept.

9-14) • Sinking Valley Fair (Sept. 10-14) • Denver Fair (Sept.

10-14) • Albion Area Fair (Sept. 10-14) • Gratz Fair (Sept. 15-21) • Beaver Community Fair (Sept. 15-21) • Harmony Grange Fair (Sept. 17-21) • Southern Lancaster County Fair (Sept. 18-20)

• Oley Valley Community Fair (Sept. 19-21) • North East Community Fair (Sept. 19-21) • Bloomsburg Fair (Sept. 21-28) • Ephrata Fair (Sept.

24-28) • West Lampeter Community Fair (Sept. 25-27)

• New Holland Farmers Fair (Oct. 2-5) • Unionville Community Fair (Oct. 4-6) • Manheim Community Farm Show (Oct. 7-11) • Hollidaysburg Community Fair (Oct. 8-10) • Dillsburg Community Fair (Oct. 14-19)

Essex County Fair planned July 31-Aug. 4 Making plans for the summer? Let us help you with an affordable, educational, fun day at the Essex County Fair in Westport, NY. All day admission (only $10 each) includes carnival rides, games, shows, exhibits and demonstrations with free parking. Wednesday and Thursday are Senior Days — 60 & older — you get a coupon for $2 off at food vendors.

Thursday is Carload Sale night — $25. for a vehicle with everyone in their seatbelt. One of our features is the only “car

rollover contest” in northern New York or Vermont. After that there will be a Figure 8 Race, on Friday night, Aug. 2.

Talk about a thrill show!

New this year is Essex County Fair Beauty Pageant for babies to 12 year olds (sign up online at www.essexcountyfair.org new games, a new carnival — East Coast Midways and several new agricultural demonstrations plus. two new acts (three times daily). Merriloons the Clown will be on hand daily to do profes-

sional face painting and entertain the little ones while you view the exhibits in Floral Hall.

We are an agricultural fair so there are many animals showing daily from New York and Vermont.

We welcome any farm families to enter and enjoy the fair. Horse show truck ins are available.

For the rednecks / thrill seekers, in our crowd, we offer Street Legal Truck Pulls, Car Rollover Contest, Garden tractor Pulls, Demolition Derby and a really good country band out of Ohio that can

fiddle up a storm (Chris Higbee and band).

Hope you are making plans to attend the Essex County Fair. The dates are July 31 through Aug. 4. Our schedule is online. You can get here via the Essex / Charlotte ferry, Lake Champlain bridge at Crown Point turn north onto Rt. 9N, Rt. 87 exit 31 turn south 4 miles or by Amtrak. Any questions can be emailed: countyfairfun@yahoo.com . See you at the fair.

Herkimer County Fair updates Events and Contest Participation The Herkimer County Fair is being held Aug. 13-18 and is seeking contestants for this year’s events including the Queen Pageants, Talent Show, Idol Contest, and Demo Derby.

The Demo Derby is being held on Friday, Aug. 16. Drivers must be at least 18 years old. The Queen Pageants are being held Aug. 13 with girls of different age groups from 4-17 and boys 4-12.

The Herkimer County Fair Idol contest tryouts are scheduled for Aug. 4 at the Fair Grounds with

semi and finals held during fair. The Talent Show is being held Aug. 17 with any age or talent. All events require pre-registration and acts are limited.

For further questions, complete rules and applications, call 315-895-7464 or go to www.HerkimerCountyFair.org.

Help Feed the Hungry The Herkimer County Fair is joining the other county fairs across the nation to help feed the hungry. Fair goers are being asked to bring in non-perishable food items to the fair and receive a chance to win

daily prizes and a grand prize at the end of the fair. All items collected will be displayed in the commercial building along with the names of the donating sponsors.

We are looking for businesses to donate items or gift certificates to give

out each day of the fair.

The food will be distributed after the fair to food banks of the Mohawk Valley. If interested in donating please contact the Herkimer County Fair at 315-895-7464.

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Date: Location — Name of Fair • June 29-July 2: Goshen - Goshen Historic Track • June 30-July 4: Sandy Creek - Oswego County Fair • July 6-10: Cortland Cortland County Youth Fair • July 12-15: Brookfield - Madison County Fair • July 6-8: Weedsport Cayuga County Fair • July 10-14: Penn Yan - Yates County Fair • July 10-15: Watertown - Jefferson County Fair • July 11-15: Henrietta - Monroe County Fair • July 16-21: Angelica - Allegany County Fair • July 16-21: Waterloo - Seneca County Fair • July 17-21: Batavia Genesee County Fair • July 17-21: Hemlock - Hemlock Fair • July 17-21: Lowville Lewis County Fair • July 17-22: Mor-

risonville Clinton County Fair • July 17-22: Ballston Spa - Saratoga County Fair • July 19-22: Cairo Greene County Youth Fair • July 10-14: Owego Tioga County Fair • July 18-21: Afton Afton Fair • July 13-29: Middletown - Orange County Fair • July 23-29: Dunkirk - Chautauqua County Fair • July 23-29: Boonville - Boonville Fair (Oneida Co.) • July 24-28: Canandaigua - Ontario County Fair • July 30-Aug 4: Caledonia - Livingston County Fair • July 24-29: Whitney Point - Broome County Fair • July 27-Aug 4: Cobleskill - Cobleskill “Sunshine” Fair (Schoharie Co.) • July 30-Aug. 5: Little

Valley - Cattaraugus County Fair • July 31-Aug 5: Gouverneur - St. Lawrence County Fair • July 31- Aug. 5: Horseheads - Chemung County Fair • July 31-5: New Paltz - Ulster County Fair • July 31-5: Morris Otsego County Fair • Aug 1-4: Ogden Monroe County Fair • Aug 4-12: Malone Franklin County Fair • Aug 13-18: Palmyra Wayne County Fair • Aug 7-12: Norwich Chenango County (Norwich) Fair • Aug 8-12: Westport Essex County Fair • Aug 8-19: Hamburg Erie County Fair • Aug 11-18: Pike Wyoming County Fair • Aug 13-18: Walton Delaware County Fair • Aug 14-19: Altamont - Altamont Fair (Albany/

Schenectady/Greene) • Aug 14-19: Frankfort - Herkimer County Fair • Aug 14-19: Bath Steuben County Fair • Aug 20-26: Greenwich Washington County Fair • Aug 21- Sept. 6: Trumansburg - Trumansburg Fair (Tompkins Co.) • Aug 21-26: Rhinebeck - Dutchess County Fair • Aug 25-Sep 5: Syracuse - New York State Fair • Aug 30-Sept 5: Fon-

da - Fonda Fair (Montgomery Co.) • Aug 29-Sept 3: Chatham - Columbia County Fair • Aug 23-Sept 3: Schaghticoke - Schaghticoke Fair (Rensselaer Co.) • Sept 27-30: Old Bethpage - Long Island Fair 2012 Youth Fairs • July 10-14: Homer Cortland County Junior Fair • July 23-28: Albion Orleans County 4-H Fair • July 27-29: Carmel -

Putnam County 4-H • July 19-23: Cairo Town Park - Greene County Youth Fair • TBA: Albion - Orleans County 4-H Fair • TBA: Syracuse Onondaga County Youth Fair • Aug 1-5: Lockport Niagara County Youth Fair • Aug 11: Warrensburg - Warren County Youth Fair • Aug 17-19: Grahamsville - Sullivan County Youth Fair

Eight million dollars in new spending generated by fairgrounds Washington County fair economic/fiscal impact study is conclusive: Fairgrounds have a major economic impact on local economy GREENWICH, NY — It has long been held that the Washington County Fair, and the activities that take place on its fairgrounds, have a major economic impact on our local economy. For the first time, research data supports this claim.

The New York Association of Agricultural Fairs, in partnership with Dutchess, Erie, Jefferson and Washington County Fairs, contracted Camoin Associates of Saratoga Springs to conduct studies at the aforementioned fairs. The results are conclusive and the Washington County Fair generates over $8 million in new visitor spending (new visitor is someone who lives out-

The Washington County Fair and other events hosted at the fairgrounds during the year generates $8 million in economic impact on local economy.

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side of the county,) creates 181 jobs and adds over $442,000 in tax revenues. These numbers drive home the point that our County Fair/fairgrounds is an economic engine for our local economy.

“We are committed to serving our county and carrying out our mission

The Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival is among many events hosted at the fairgrounds throughout the year.

of educating the public about agriculture at the Washington County Fair,” said fair manager, Mark St. Jacques.

“It is heartening to know that of the 135,000 annual visitors to all the events hosted by the fairgrounds, over 94,000 (visitors) are coming from outside the County, “said St. Jacques.

Events hosted at the fairgrounds include the

Annual Washington County Fair, two Washington County Antique Fair and Flea Markets, Bark for Life Cancer Walk, Memorial Day Van Group, Antique Truck Show, Antique Tractor Pull, Dog Agility Competition, and the Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival.

“What would change in Washington County if the Fairgrounds did not exist?”

To view the full report, visit http://camoinassociates.com/documents/FinalReportEconImpactofWashingtonFairgrounds-WCF.pdf The 2013 Washington County Fair runs from Aug. 19-25. The Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival runs Oct. 5 and 6. For other events and information please visit washingtoncountyfair.com.

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T RU C K S ATA tells Congress damaging hours-of-service changes are unwarranted In testimony, on June 18, before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s panel on highways and transit, Steve Williams, chairman and CEO of Maverick USA, said upcoming changes to federal hours-ofservice rules are costly and unsupported by data or research.

“FMCSA’s motivation to change these rules

was not based on evidence demonstrating a problem,” said Williams, a past chairman of ATA and the current chairman of the American Transportation Research Institute.

“FMCSA’s three paragraph statement in the rulemaking called ‘The Purpose and Need for Regulatory Action’ did not cite any research or data analysis showing a problem. That

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Williams cited an ATRI report that found “statistically significant” declines in the number of crashes under the basic framework of the current rules.

Specifically he pointed to a 31 percent drop in preventable collisions between 2004-2009.

“The industry will lose operating flexibility and productivity, and the rules will increase driver

stress and frustration,” he said, noting an estimated 1.5 percent to 4 percent reduction in productivity will translate to “between $500 million and $1.4 billion in lost productivity.”

Williams also said that it is “difficult, bordering on impossible, to accept FMCSA’s suggestion that corresponding benefits will result from these changes and that they will somehow offset all

the costs.”

Pointing to an ATRI study released yesterday, Williams said “FMCSA’s claim that 15 percent of drivers work more than 70 hours per week to be grossly overstated” and that after correcting that false assumption “the pending restart changes would have a net annual cost (not a benefit) to industry and society.”

Because of FMCSA’s

flawed analysis and process, Williams called on Congress to postpone the July 1 effective date of these rules until the agency completes mandated research on the rule. He also asked Congress to request independent analysis of the regulation and to require FMCSA to report to Congress on any future changes to the hours-ofservice rules.

ATA opens registration for Annual Management Conference & Exhibition ARLINGTON, VA — The American Trucking Associations recently announced it has opened registration for the year’s premier trucking industry gathering, the annual Management Conference & Exhibition, scheduled for Oct. 19-22 in Orlando, FL. “Last year’s MC&E was the best attended this century,” said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves, “and I expect this year’s program to be just as informative and pro-

ductive for ATA’s members and exhibitors.”

This year’s MC&E opens Oct. 19 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, FL, with the annual golf tournament to benefit the ATA Insurance Task Force and highlighted by the firsttime attendees orientation and chairman’s membership committee social.

The conference’s first full day features the “All Eyes on the Economy” luncheon and general session and the opening

of the ATA Exhibit Hall, where attendees can review the latest advances in truck safety, sustainability and productivity.

“MC&E is a unique event in the trucking industry that allows Mack to showcase our assets, as well as meet with current and potential new business partners,” said Michael Reardon, vice president of sales for Mack Trucks. “As an exhibitor, we get access

to top-notch leaders in the industry who are looking for the latest innovative products for their fleets and to form new partnerships.”

Day two of the meeting leads off with Governor Graves’ annual “State of the Industry” address followed by a humorfilled presentation by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and satirist Dave Barry. The stellar line-up of speakers continues with former Flori-

da Governor Jeb Bush at the Advocacy and Government Affairs Luncheon, and the day finishes with ATA’s firstclass educational sessions, this year focusing on trucking technology, legal issues, industry advocacy and government regulations’ impact on the bottom line.

The conference’s final day is highlighted by the ATA Banquet, featuring entertainment by the best-selling comedian of

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Major vote will help relieve costly farm burden Legislature passes two percent agricultural assessment cap to rein in rising property taxes Farmers in New York State just received a big boost to help contain rising property taxes. The Assembly followed up the Senate’s action by unanimously passing a bill that will cap agricultural land assessment increases at two percent a year. This has been a top priority for New York Farm Bureau this legislative session. There

has been great concern among our farmer members who have seen rising land values push up property tax bills for farmland in recent years, essentially doubling since 2006.

Agricultural land assessments are dictated by a complicated formula that takes into account national production value statistics and soil type. Currently, New York farmers pay $38.41 per acre in property taxes, according to Farm Credit East. That

is the second highest rate in the country and eats up 15 percent of a farm’s net income. This puts farmers in this state at a clear competitive disadvantage.

“The passage of the two percent cap on agricultural assessments is welcomed news on farms all across New York. Not one has been immune to the skyrocketing property taxes that make it more difficult to provide local food and products to their communities. We

Crop Insurance Accountability Act closes loophole in House Farm Bill “We are at risk of repeating the mistakes leading to the Dust Bowl, if we do not close the loophole that would allow farmers to receive crop insurance premium subsidies without being held accountable for practicing good stewardship on the land.”

The National Wildlife Federation commends Congressmen Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) for their leadership in introducing The Crop Insurance Accountability Act in the House of Representatives.

This important legislation would ensure the continuation of a “conservation compact” between taxpayers and farmers that has been in place for decades, whereby producers protect wetlands and reduce soil erosion on their land in exchange for taxpayer subsidies. The bill mirrors a provision in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s version of the Farm Bill, which makes producers ineligible for crop insurance premium subsidies if they drain wetlands or fail to use a conservation plan on vulnerable land. This commonsense measure is supported by the major conservation, commodity, and crop insurance groups. Unfortunately, the House Agriculture Committee failed to include this important link between wetland and soil conservation and crop insurance subsidies in their version of the bill, despite overwhelming support.

“Taxpayer dollars should not be used to underwrite crop insurance subsidies for risky practices such as draining wetlands or foregoing good conservation stewardship,” said Larry Schweiger, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation. “We are at risk of repeating the mistakes leading to the Dust Bowl, if we do not close the loophole that would allow farmers to receive crop insurance premium subsidies without being held accountable for practicing good stewardship on the land.”

Wetland conservation and soil conservation practices — commonly known as conservation compliance — have long been required as a condition for receiving certain farm bill subsidies.

However, conservation compliance provisions are not currently required to receive crop insurance premium subsidies, which results in taxpayers subsidizing more than 60 percent of crop insurance premiums, on average.

“As traditional commodity crop subsidies are reduced or eliminated, and conservation funding decreases, it is critically important to close this loophole which threatens soil and water quality as well as wildlife habitat,” Schweiger said.

“Without linking these key soil and wetlands protections to the federal crop insurance program, the estimated $90 billion from taxpayer subsidies for crop insurance over the next 10 years could do a lot of damage. Soil erosion will choke waterways and destroy fish and wildlife habitat, and hundreds of thousands of acres of valuable wetlands will be lost, causing increased flooding and water pollution.”

“We strongly urge members of the House of Representatives to support The Crop Insurance Accountability Act and include it in the final version of the farm bill,” Schweiger said.

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commend the Agriculture Committee Chairs, Senator Patty Ritchie and Assemblyman Bill Magee, for ushering this bill through their respective houses, and we are hopeful Governor Cuomo will sign off on the legislation that will go a long way to keep New York families on their farms,” said Dean Norton, President of New York Farm Bureau.

“Land taxes are crushing farmers, threatening to drive many right out of business, and making it harder to keep generations-old farms in the family,” said Senate Agricul-

ture Chair Patty Ritchie.

“That’s why I’ve sponsored and passed this bill two years in a row, and why the Senate made reform a key part of our ‘Grown in New York’ agriculture plan this year.”

“Passage of the assessment tax cap legislation will no doubt help to keep family farms in New York while maintaining the nutritious, high quality local food network that the State’s consumers expect. I would like to especially thank my colleagues from both upstate and downstate who under-

stand the significance of this bill, and how it will help grow New York agriculture,” said Assembly Agriculture Chair Bill Magee (D-Nelson). “New York Farmers have seen alarming increases in their property taxes for farmland, and this bill addresses that.”

While the legislation will address the immediate needs of farmers, New York Farm Bureau is also advocating for the establishment of a working group comprised of stakeholders and experts to address the long term problem of agricultural assessment valuation.

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Milk Marketing Board adjusts over-order premium Concerned that a combination of factors has begun to adversely impact in-state sales by instate processors, the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board has adjusted the over-order premium for the remainder of 2013 to be more closely in line with premiums in nearby markets.

From July 2013 through December 2013, the over-order premium on Class I milk produced, processed, and sold in Pennsylvania will be at least $1.85 per hundredweight, consisting of a base over-order premium of $1.60 per hundredweight and a variable fuel adjuster of at least $0.25 per hundredweight. The Pennsylvania-mandated premium will remain higher than the premium paid on all classes of milk in nearby markets.

Most of the adjustment was accomplished through a re-set of the fuel adjuster. The overorder premium fuel adjuster has been in place since July 2004 and

since then has adjusted the over-order premium based on diesel fuel costs and market conditions at that time. The board concluded that the fuel adjuster order no longer properly accounted for current diesel fuel costs and market conditions. The board issued a new fuel adjuster order to bring the fuel adjuster up-to-date.

The testimony at the hearing was generally in agreement that milk prices would be relatively strong during the second half of 2013. The board concluded that the base over-order premium should be reduced $0.25 per hundredweight as part of the overall adjustment to the total premium level.

Recognizing the impact of the decision, Board Chairman Luke Brubaker took a long term view.

“Based on all of the evidence we had available at the hearing,” Chairman Brubaker remarked, “I believe that we set the over-order premium at a level con-

sistent with, but still higher than, surrounding markets and that will have a greater positive impact on Pennsylvania’s dairy industry in the future.”

Chairman Brubaker observed that the adjustment to the over-order

premium would also reduce retail milk prices, noting that “since Pennsylvania’s retail prices directly follow the farm price, any reduction in the over-order premium will result in a direct reduction in Pennsylvania retail prices.”

In its order, the board also emphasized that the mandated premiums are only one factor it will consider and reiterated its intention to examine all facets of Pennsylvania milk pricing. However, the board concluded at this time the mandated

over-order premium should be adjusted to better reflect premiums in nearby markets and in recognition that it should not bear so much of the burden for other classes of milk.

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by Judy Van Put On Sunday, June 2, 2013, the Sullivan County Horse Council presented its first Equine Expo at Stonewall Farm, Jeffersonville, NY. SCHC President Eunice Hartling came up with the idea for the expo last summer, and

began contacting vendors and other horse industry folks as the idea grew.

The large indoor arena at Stonewall Farm was the perfect venue for more than a dozen vendors, and the outdoor arenas were lined with spectators who en-

joyed watching many demonstrations.

The Ridge Riders Drill Team, who traveled over from New Paltz, NY, launched the day’s schedule of outdoor events. Led by organizer Donna Putnam, (Vice President of Ulster Coun-

ty Horse Council) the eight riders (ranging in age from a 12-yr-old new rider to adult “Moms”) performed to music, executing circles, pinwheels, ‘thread the needle’ and a ‘suicide charge’; and looked sharp in their matching blue shirts,

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Mary Mugnai, of the Island Long Riders in costume before performing her Mounted Shooting Demonstration. black pants and helmets… even their horses sported matching blue saddle pads.

This performance was

actually the Ridge Riders’s debut, as the group had just assembled the drill team in February.

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Sullivan County Equine Expo is a big hit

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Sullivan from A29 She explained that “The hardest part is having horses that all get along.

We do a lineup to see which ones get along (best) were…” The Ridge Riders next performance is anticipated to be at the Ulster County Fairgrounds this summer.

In the Indoor Arena, Dr. Ronald Feindt, VMD of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery and Equine Nutrition, traveled up from Pipersville, PA to give an interesting talk on Equine Nutrition, especially as it relates to performance horses. Dr. Feindt discussed three important areas to consider when looking to optimize your horse’s performance based on his nutrition — and put forage at the top of the list, stating it was important to optimize the forage that is available to your horse

— and feed the very best hay and quality pasture that is possible. Second on the list was to take a good look at your horse’s condition to see what you might be doing right or wrong; and third was to examine the feed and supplements that you’re providing, stating that the best and most efficient feed schedule might not be what you expect.

Using Nikki, a beautiful chestnut Quarterhorse mare owned by Eunice Hartling as a model, Dr. Feindt stated she was in very good shape, although considered an ‘easy keeper.’ He pointed out how her withers were filled in, and how flat her back was, with no crease or ridge; and that she had a nice loin and croup. Her neck and shoulders blended in smoothly with her body (with not too

much fat behind her shoulders) and her barrel was filled in with the ribs not visually distinguishable but easily felt.

A discussion followed about feed (concentrates) and cost. Dr. Feindt explained that often a horse owner thinks that feeding a run-of-the-mill 10 percent feed is less expensive than feeding a more expensive formula. However, he cautioned, you need to match the feed to the size, weight, body condition and level of work of the horse (whether he is resting, working, performing, or is a geriatric horse.) And most importantly, he said, is to find a highquality feed with a good balance of amino acids, vitamins and minerals.

You might find that the more expensive feed is cheaper in the long run, depending on the amount

needed for your horse’s best nutritional needs.

The Ulster County Horse Council sponsored the Large Animal Response — and Carol Fitzpatrick, President of the UCHC, was on hand to give the Demo and talk.

Next on the program of outdoor demonstrations was the Mounted Shooting Demonstration, performed by the Island Long Riders and the Malibu Cowboy Shooters.

Participants were Nola Haupert-Keill on her Palomino Paso Fino stallion, Cardillo sin Par, and her son Robbie Keill on Calif de Color Sin Par, the black and white Paso Fino stallion; and Mary and Joe Mugnai, from Bethpage, Long Island. A note of interest is that Joe was trying out a brand-new mounted shooting horse for the first time, and he per-

formed excellently. The shooters delighted the crowd, as they raced down the arena and fired their black powder-single-action 6-shot handguns at the red and white balloons positioned atop the barrels. The horses raced around the barrels in the timed event and never even flinched as their riders switched guns, pulled hammers back and took shots, which left a wake of smoke and smell of gunpowder behind.

In the next arena, riders were preparing for the Cowboy Challenge, always a crowd pleaser. A few practiced by leading their mounts through the obstacles, which included walking through a large puddle, under a shower curtain, through a ‘noodle gate’ with the backdrop of the mounted shooters’ gunshots in the

background. But when the time came for the Cowboy Challenge, the mounted riders did well with their horses as they negotiated the colorful and unusual obstacles in the arena.

Farriers John Schick and Jim Moran were on hand to demonstrate their farrier skills — both trimming and shoeing horses as well as creating shoes on their red-hot forge.

John Schick later gave a donkey driving demonstration “which went over well,” according to Sullivan County Horse Council Secretary, Alix Didrich.

The children in attendance were particularly enthused, as “they were even given the chance to ride the donkeys.”

The large indoor arena provided ample room for the vendors, which included Carrie’s Rescue, started

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and started the rescue for dogs last year. Assisted by Brittanie Senor and Ashley Luckey, who work with

Carrie at the Youngsville Veterinary Clinic, Youngsville, NY (which also had a table at the Equine Expo) the group takes in rescue dogs that have been impounded by local dog wardens, and determines which are deemed worthy of adoption; then seeks good homes and places them for adoption. “So far, we’ve been successful in adopting out several dogs.”

There was ample opportunity to purchase tack from a few different vendors as well as the Tack Swap, which offered “Bring any gently used Tack or show clothes, put a price on your item to sell, or buy a nice item for the upcom-

ing show season.”

The live demonstrations continued with Learning Theory on Horses and Dogs, given by Donna Henke of Delaware County Agway, and a Western Dressage Demonstration. Dani Pinto rode her big bay Overo horse in the Western Dressage demonstration with Barbara Moran (who with her husband, Eddie, provided the venue for the Equine Expo at their Stonewall Farm) and also used him for her Groundwork demonstration.

All had a great time — and congratulations should go out to the Sullivan County Horse Council for presenting an excellent Equine Expo!

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Coalition calls for strong farm safety net in Farm Bill WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the House prepares to consider the farm bill, a coalition of 50 commodity groups, lending organizations, and other agricultural stakeholders led by the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau sent a letter expressing support for crop insurance and opposition to amendments that will limit its effectiveness.

The Farm Bill approved by the House Agriculture Committee strengthens and enhances crop insurance protection. The letter urges Congress to reject amendments that discourage producer partic-

ipation or undermine private sector delivery.

The message is signed by a diverse group of national and regional trade associations representing farmers, ranchers, lenders, crop insurers and reinsurers, agents, input suppliers, agricultural processors, conservationists, and other agribusinesses.

“Farmers, their lenders and suppliers, and stakeholders from across the industry agree that crop insurance is the farm policy of the future,” said CIRB Chairman Greg Mills of ADM Crop Risk Services. “The effective public-private

partnership has been crucial to delivering timely support to producers when they need it most.”

The letter also notes that crop insurance underpins the rural economy, helping agricultural producers purchase needed supplies and supporting jobs throughout the countryside. One recent study led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers found that crop insurance saved 20,900 off-farm jobs and generated $2.2 billion in

off-farm economic impact in the states of Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming alone during 2012.

“Crop insurance is a key reason that farmers have been able to return to the fields and continue producing food, fiber, feed and fuel this year.” CIRB Executive Vice President Michael Torrey said. “Actions that reduce participation in crop insurance are out of touch with the realities of modern-day farming and would pave

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2. In a small bowl, combine tomato sauce and Italian dressing. Evenly spoon sauce mixture over top. Lower heat, cover and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until vegetables and chicken are tender, stirring occasionally.

3. When serving, evenly spoon sauce over chicken pieces. Freezes well. Makes 4 servings.

• Each serving equals: 167 calories, 3g fat, 25g protein, 10g carb., 783mg sodium, 2g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 3 Meat, 2 Vegetable. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

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SEE ONE OF THESE AUTHORIZED KUBOTA DEALERS NEAR YOU! NEW YORK ATLANTA, NY 14808

NEW YORK (cont.)

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WATERLOO, NY 13165

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SHARON SPRINGS FARM & HOME CENTER

1437 Route 318 • 315-539-7000

CLAVERACK, NY 12513

NORTH JAVA, NY 14113

WOODHULL, NY 14898

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LAMB & WEBSTER, INC.

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4120 Route 98 585-535-7671 • 800-724-0139 ONEONTA, NY 13820

SPRINGER’S INC.

SYRACUSE, NY 13205

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LAMB & WEBSTER, INC.

FULTONVILLE, NY 12072

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Crs Rt. 219 & 39 716-592-4924 • 800-888-3403

RANDALL IMP. CO. INC.

GREENVILLE, NY 10586

GREENVILLE SAW SERVICE, INC. 5040 State Route 81 West • 518-966-4346 MOORES, NY 12958

DRAGOON’S FARM EQUIP., INC. 2507 State Route 11 • 518-236-7110

JOHN S. BLAZEY, INC. 111 Holmes Street 315-597-5121

Route 12 • 315-831-3091 SALEM, NY 12865

SALEM FARM SUPPLY 5109 St. Rte. 22 518-854-7424 • 800-999-3276 www.salemfarmsupply.com

LAMB & WEBSTER, INC. 5304 State Route 417 607-458-5200

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA 17022

WHITE’S FARM SUPPLY, INC. CANASTOTA, NY • 315-697-2214 WATERVILLE • 315-841-4181 LOWVILLE • 315-376-0300 www.whitesfarmsupply.com

REMSEN, NY 13438

EVANS EQUIP. CO., INC. TROY, NY 12180

SHARON SPRINGS FARM & HOME CENTER 1175 Hoosick St. • 518-279-9709

CARLISLE, PA 17013

MESSICK’S FARM EQUIPMENT, INC. 225 York Road 717-367-1319 • 800-222-3373 www.messicks.com

2700 Erie Blvd. East • 315-446-5656

638 Route 13 • 607-753-9656

2991 St. Hwy. 5S • 518-853-4500 www.randallimpls.com

EMPIRE TRACTOR

PENNSYLVANIA (cont.)

PENNSYLVANIA ABBOTTSTOWN, PA 17301

MESSICK’S FARM EQUIPMENT, INC. 7481 Hwy. East (Rt. 30) 717-367-1319 • 800-222-3373 www.messicks.com

MESSICK’S FARM EQUIPMENT, INC. Rt. 283, Rheems Exit 717-367-1319 • 800-222-3373 www.messicks.com HONESDALE, PA 18431

MARSHALL MACHINERY INC. Rt. 652, 348 Bethel School Rd. 570-729-7117 www.marshall-machinery.com

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2002 JD 9650 STS 4000 hrs, 2WD large single drive tires, yield monitoring H000127 $75,000 $65,000

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2008 Claas 3050FC 10ft mower conditioner designed to mount on front 3pt tractor U17567 $10,714 $8,462

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2004 Case IH DCX131 2 pt hitch, new cutterbar, rubber rolls U12232 $18,571 $14,900

More pre-owned equipment SPRAYERS / APPLICATION EQUIPMENT

Rogator 874 sprayer H000778 (B)................................................................................. $155,250 BBI Liberty 6 ton, 1000 PTO like new (C) ........................................................................ $17,200

SP FORAGE HARVESTERS

NH 2115 with heads H000918 (B).................................................................................... $39,995 JD 6810 fwd w/KP and rotary corn, p/u heads H001548 (B)............................................. $62,500 Claas 870 eng and cutter drum rebuilt, new knives and shearbar, all new wear liners U11254 (B) .................................................................................................................... $106,000 Claas 870 2850 eng hrs, 2100 cutter head hrs, 800x65R32 drive, 540x65R24 steer tires, rear hydr, auto lube, KP (C)............................................................................................. $139,900 Claas 870 2004 U17760 (A) .......................................................................................... $149,900 Claas 860 1996 3787 hrs U19332 (AC) ........................................................................... $59,995 Claas 850 2005 U12206 (B) .......................................................................................... $125,000 Claas 870 2005 1139hrs new Scherer KP U11214 (B)................................................... $150,000 Claas 890 2004 Speedstar H000126 (AC) ..................................................................... $109,900

SP FORAGE HARVESTERS

Claas 900 2003 4000 hrs H000228 (A) ......................................................................... $120,410 Claas 900 2006 3320 eng hrs, 2781 cutter hrs, 800x65R32 50%, 540x65R24 50%, auto lube, cracker, U16177 (C) ....................................................................................... $175,913 Claas 970 2009 Scherer KP, 4WD, cameras H002256 (AC) ............................................ $256,250 Claas 960 2009 Scherer KP, 4WD, cameras H002257 (H) .............................................. $287,500 Claas 960 2009 1900 hrs U17232 (AC) ......................................................................... $287,500

See our full list of used equipment on www.monroetractor.com

We reserve the right to change prices, or not sell an item, due to error in pricing.

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Albany, NY (AL) Danny Speach 585.236.7345

Auburn, NY (A) Clay VanNostrand 866-315-6311

Batavia, NY (B) James Kingston 866-320-2166

Binghamton, NY (BG) Jeremy Palmer 866-321-4277

Canandaigua, NY (C) John Poppoon 866-325-0388

Elmira, NY (E) Tom Sutter 800-866-8912

Hornell, NY (H) Kris Bower 800-866-8925

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COMPLETE CATTLE DISPERSAL CHRIS & BARBARA PARKHURST 1042 UPHAM ROAD, EARLVILLE, NY 13332

FRIDAY JUNE 28, 2013 11:00 A.M.

Directions: From Route 26 in Georgetown, NY, turn on to County Road 64. Go 1.5 mile, and turn right on to Upham Road. The first farm on the left.

A familyy farm m sincee 1948,, Thee Parkhurst'ss havee been n farmingg theirr wholee life.

Cattle: (70) Head of Hi Grade Holstein cattle. (45) Milking, (12) Recently fresh. Cows are milking heavy, with some due for fall. Cows milking up to 100 lbs. There are nice young cattle in this herd. (5) Bred heifers due for July-November. (8) Short bred heifers, and (12) NB to short yearlings. Cows go outside everyday. A year round herd. Currently averaging 70 lbs. in the tank. 65 years of AI breeding. Sires used: Dillion, Toystory, Judd, Marcellus, Pomeroy, Nitro, and more. Dairy of Distinction Awards and Super Milk Awards. Regular herd health program.

Chris & Barbara have done an excellent job with their cattle. Will have sire's for cattle.

Machinery/misc.: Knight 7712 Slinger Spreader w/floatation tires. 3 hp. Stay Rite Vacuum Pump. 300 gal. plastic tank, 100 gal. plastic tank, Forks, shovels, and other misc. items found around the farm. The farm is for sale. Contact Van Billings Real Estate at 315-429-0300.

Sale Managed by:

Gene Wood’s Auction Service, Inc. Cincinnatus, NY 13040

Tel: (607) 863-3821

Visit us on the Web @ genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com July 12, 2013, Jack Wood's Sale Barn: Good Cattle & Machinery already consigned.

MACFADDENS' SUMMER AUCTION

SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH • 8 AM

AT OUR YARD ON US RT. 20, 4MI EAST OF SHARON SPRINGS, NY TRACTORS - FARM - CONSTRUCTION - TURF - ANTIQUES & MORE COMING IN DAILY! ONLINE BIDDING AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://MACFADDEN.NEXTLOT.COM TRACTORS: JD 7930 4wd w/ ILS, front 3pt, 50K transmission, 5400 hrs immaculate condition!!; Case IH Puma 165 4wd w/ 3400 hrs, big tires, wgts, one owner and it's nice; MF 2680 4wd w/ cab & ldr - 900 hrs; Kubota M9000 HiClearance 4wd w/ cab; Landini Rex 100 4wd orchard tractor w/ cab; NH T5040 2wd w/ 471 hrs - 85hp; JD 5103 2wd w/ 203 hrs; Nice JD 2750 2wd w/ hi-lo, 2 hyd. 4200 hrs; Ford NH TS100 2wd; Ford 7600 w/ cab; Ford TW35 2wd; JD 3020; JD 4010; (2) very nice Oliver 2255s w/ Cat V8 both 2wd w/ cab; Case IH 995 turbo 2wd - one owner; Landini Blizzard 85 4wd w/ cab & ldr; Oliver 1655 gas w/ 1727 orig hrs; Case 1410 - fresh OH; Ford 6600; Ford 4600; IH 100HC w/ cult. (2) IH 656 dsl; Nice IH 574; IH 544; IH 544 w/ ldr; More coming in daily!

COMPACT TRACTORS, UTILITY VEHICLE & MOWING EQ.: MF 1540 4wd w/ ldr & backhoe - 800 hrs; MF 1532 4wd w/ ldr & backhoe - 260 hrs; Kubota L3400 hydro w/ ldr; Kubota B6200 4wd; Kubota B20 w/ ldr; NH TZ18DA w/ ldr & hoe; Ford 1920 & 1900 4wd w/ ldr; Kubota L3410; 40hp Mahindra 4wd w/ ldr & backhoe - low hours; Kubota RTV900 Camo w/ half cab & dump - only 200 hrs - near new!; Kawasaki 4x4 mule; Jacobsen AR2500 4wd diesel rotary mower; (4) Cub Cadet, Dixie Chopper & Husqvarna zero turn mowers; New Demo Ferris zero turn mower; (10) late model Cub Cadet & JD lawn & garden tractors; Cub Cadet, Toro, & Cushman utility vehicles; Jacobsen out front diesel mower; Ransomes 723D diesel mower; Snapper Zero turn mower; Bush Hog 12ft batwing finish mower; Several large commercial lawn mowers & golf course mowers; more coming in by auction day!

FARM EQ.: NH 595 big square baler - Excellent!; Like new NH BC5060 baler w/ thrower; NH 316 baler w/ thrower; Nice NH 311 w/ thrower; JD 338 baler w/ kicker; (2) NH 575 balers w/ 1/4 turn chutes; 2011 Elho wrapper - done 378 bales since new!; JD 336 baler w/ kicker; Hesston 540 round baler; M&W round baler; (3) Gehl 1470 balers; Hesston 555 round baler like new; CIH 8450 round baler; Vermeer 504L baler; Sharp Kuhn 4 star hyd fold tedder; (2) NH 162 tedders; Kuhn double rotary rake; NH 258 rake; 09 Kuhn FC353 9ft discbine; 2010 JD 730 MoCo discbine less

than 40 acres since new!; (2) New Idea 5209 discbines; Gehl 2412 discbine; JD 925 discbine; JD 1327 discbine; Kverneland 10ft discbine - excellent!; Claas 3000 10ft front mount discbine; NH 1465 haybine - like new; NH 474 7ft haybine - like new; Vermeer bale wrapper; NH 1037 & 1034 bale wagons; (4) kicker wagons; Pequea feeder wagon; United Farm Tools 8ft No-Till Drill; Kverneland 3pt bale round bale chopper; Kuhn TB181 offset flail mwr; Husky 3000 gal tank spreader; JD 7720 4wd combine w/ 6RN & grain heads; JD 4400 combine; Kelley & Bradco 3pt backhoes; Houle manure pump; (7) used bush hogs 4-7ft; (5) used ldrs; large row of misc equipt; + much more!

CONSTRUCTION EQ.: 2011 Caterpillar 236B-3 Skid steer with cab & AC - only 74 hrs!!; 2011 Caterpillar 226B-3 Skid steer w/ cab & AC - only 147 hrs!!! JD 50-D excavator; Mustang 3503 excavator w/ thumb - only 646 hrs; Yuchai mini excavator w/ cab - 100 hrs!; NH 575D TLB; Hitachi EX200-2 excavator; Case 420 Skid steer w/ cab; Case 1840 skid steer - 2000 original hrs!; Gehl 4840 skid steer; NH L555 skid steer; Case 400XT directional drill on tracks - only 1800 hrs - hard to find!! '77 Gradall G440; Case 310 dozer; New Goosen bale chopper; more coming in!

SALVAGE & REPAIRABLES: Case IH 7210 Magnum 2wd w/ duals - weak engine; JD 6400 4wd w/ ldr - light fire damage; 2007 Hitachi ZX120 excavator w/ 1200 hrs - cab fire; Cat 267 Skid steer- cab fire; Late JD 2640 w/ 148 ldr - engine trouble; Ford 1920 4wd w/ ldr & hoe - bad clutch; more coming in!

ANTIQUE TRACTORS: Nice original JD 70 Dsl Std; JD 620 one owner w/ original title from 1957!; Nice JD G; nice Farmall Cub w/ cultivators; Super nice original AC D12; Farmall MD; JD 620 - restored; Nice Early MH 55 Diesel - restored w/ big rubber; Farmall 450; Farmall 460 puller; AC WC grader; Leyland 154-restored; more coming!!

TERMS: Cash or good check. All items sold as is. All purchases must be paid in full day of sale. Pick up within 2 weeks. List is subject to change. Call early to consign. All buyers & sellers welcome!

MACFADDEN N & SONS,, INC. 1457 Hwy. Rt. 20, Sharon Springs, NY 13459 (518) 284-2090 or www.macfaddens.com

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Palmesano: Two percent cap on agricultural land taxes is major victory for family farms New York State Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R, C, I — Corning), along with a bi-partisan coalition of lawmakers, the New York Farm Bureau and family farms across New York State breathed a sigh of relief with the passage of Assembly Bill A.165. The bill caps the agricultural property tax assessment at two percent. Skyrocketing land assessments have forced the cost of farmland tax bills to unmanageable levels. New York farmers’ property taxes had reached the second highest in the nation in recent years at $38.41 per acre, more than $25 per acre higher than the national average. This cost amounted to 15 percent of New York farmers’ net income being consumed by property taxes; as a percent of income this was the highest in the nation.

“The passage of this bill comes at a crucial time for our state’s farmers, who have been carrying far too large a tax burden,” said Palmesano. “Capping the agricultural assessment at two percent will provide much needed relief to our farmers and help ensure the survival of an industry that is vital to our state’s economy. I was very pleased that so many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle supported this bill. I’m sure the Senate will move quickly to approve the measure and send it to the governor to sign into law.”

In the past 10 years, New York’s farmers have seen their property taxes essentially double. Additionally, the increase in taxes has coincided with pronounced increases to the cost of essential materials such as fuel and feed, as well as increases to labor and health care costs. These various increases dramatically lower the farmers’ bottom line and also prevent new farmers from joining in the state’s long farming tradition. Ultimately, the higher costs fall directly on the backs of every New Yorker in the form of higher grocery prices.

“The two percent agri-

cultural assessment cap has been a top priority for New York Farm Bureau this legislative session. Its passage will help our farms rein in rising property taxes that limit growth and

prosperity for agriculture in this state. We are very appreciative of Assemblyman Palmesano’s cosponsorship of the bill and his support that helped move this important legislation through

his chamber,” said Dean Norton, President of New York Farm Bureau.

The bill, which passed the Assembly on June 18, will now be sent back to the Senate for final approval.

Country Folks has partnered with the New York State Corn and Soybean Growers Association to publish the summer edition of the Association's newsletter, The NY Crop Grower. This will be a special insert to the JULY 15th edition of Country Folks East and West.

It will also be mailed to all of the members of the association and to prospective members. This will also be taken to Empire Farm Days in Seneca Falls in August.

THE DEADLINE TO ADVERTISE IN THIS ISSUE IS JUNE 28TH If you sell harvesting equipment, grain drying equipment, grain storage, seed or provide custom harvesting you need to be in this issue!

To place an ad or to inquire about advertising opportunities in this or future issues please contact your Country Folks sales rep or Jan Andrews at jandrews@leepub.com or 1-800-218-5586 ext 110 The New York Corn and Soybean Association provides all editorial and photos for this publication.

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) expressed concern over a decision by the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board (PMMB) to reduce the overall Class I premium price paid for milk by a total of 83 cents (or 31 percent) for the sixmonth period beginning July 1. The board decided to decrease the overorder premium by 25 cents per hundredweight to $1.60 and to dramatically cut the fuel ad-

juster add on by 58 cents per hundredweight to 25 cents.

“We are deeply concerned that the Milk Marketing Board chose to reduce the overall premium by nearly onethird of the current premium. The decision translates into already tight margins on our dairy farms becoming even tighter with smaller milk checks to support family operations,” said PFB President Carl T.

Shaffer. “The amount of the reduction is simply unjustified based on current market conditions for dairy farmers, whose production costs have reached all-time highs over the past four years.”

During testimony and through exhibits presented in a May hearing before PMMB, PFB experts painted a very detailed picture of how rising production costs and shrinking profit margins continue to

burden farm families across the state. “Dairy farmers need every penny they can get to help ease tight profit margins. Our cost of production is significantly higher than it was a few years ago. In fact, the majority of input costs have continued to go up, with some costs nearly double the cost level of 2009,” said PFB Vice President Richard Ebert, who is chairman of PFB’s

State Dairy Committee and a Westmoreland County dairy farmer.

Farm Bureau noted that the PMMB’s decision sends a discouraging message to farm families, particularly the next generation of milk producers. “We are trying to picture a future where my son Josh can quickly come on board as a partner on the farm, but we’ll have to work even harder to sustain cash flow, particularly if current condi-

tions remain the same.

Significant reductions in the premium we receive for milk can make the difference between us taking out a loan to expand operations or not,” added Ebert.

The over-order premium and the fuel adjuster add-on mandated

by PMMB are assessed on fluid (Class I) milk that is produced, processed and sold entirely within Pennsylvania, which is the fifth largest dairy producing state in the nation.

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AUC TION CALENDAR To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 Monday, June 24 • Town of New Scotland. 14 lot(s) in NY Online Auction. Closing at 6:15 pm. ‘03 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, ‘01 Chevrolet Tracker SUV, 20,000 gal. temporary water storage bladder, 48” 3pt hitch Ford brush hog & more. Auction’s International. 800-536-1401 ext. 115 www.auctionsinternational.com • Town of Pitcairn Hwy. Dept. 2 lot(s) in NY Online Auction. Closing at 6:30 pm. 1996 JD 544G loader, Henderson stainless steel sander box and spreader. Auction’s International. 800-5361401 ext. 115 www.auctionsinternational.com • Town of Theresa Hwy Dept. 3 lot(s) in NY Online Auction. Closing at 8 pm. ‘95 International 6x4 dump truck w/plows, Massey Ferguson pulverizer, heavy duty 3pt hitch winch. Auction’s International. 800-536-1401 ext. 115 www.auctionsinternational.com • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752.

• 10:30 AM: Saranac Lake, NY (along State Rte. 3 in Exxex Co. between Bloomingdale & Saranac Lake. Ron Edgley’s Retirment of Windy Mountain Farm. (Grower of early stage seed potatoes). Complete dispersal of high quality machinery. Pirrung Auctioneers, 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com • 12:00 Noon: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, Sue Rudgers, Manager, 518-584-3033 • 12:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dryden, NY. Calves. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-844-9104

• 12:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Horses & Hay. 1:30 pm Calves & Beef. Regular Monday schedule. Tim Miller, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy and Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315287-0220 • 4:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203, Chatham, NY. Regular Sale starting with calves.

Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-420-9092 or Auction Barn at 518-392-3321. www.empirelivestock.com • 11:30 PM: Hosking Sales, New Berlin, NY. Weekly Livestock Commission Sale starting at 12:30 pm with Produce, Small Animals, Dairy, Feeders, Sheep, Lamb, Goats, Pigs. Calves & cull cows at approx. at 5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com Tuesday, June 25 • Private Consignor. Romulus NY. 1 lot(s) in NY Online Auction. Closing at 7:30 pm. Bergmann MPB906ST 18 portable compactor. Auction’s International. 800-536-1401 ext. 115 www.auctionsinternational.com • Town of Yorktown. 31 lot(s) in NY Online Auction. Closing at 8 pm. Mack dump trucks, semi tractor, International dump truck, paver, roller, low boy trailer, plow blades, sanders and more.

Auction’s International. 800-536-1401 ext. 115 www.auctionsinternational.com • 10:00 AM: Mohawk Valley Produce Auction, 840 Fords Bush Rd., Fort Plain, NY. Produce Auction. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction, 518568-3579 or 518-568-2257

B RO U G HT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES Rte. 125, E. Middlebury, VT 05740 Sale every Monday & Thursday Specializing in Complete Farm Dispersals “A Leading Auction Service” In Vt. 800-339-2697 or 800-339-COWS 802-388-2661 • 802-388-2639 ALEX LYON & SON Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc. Jack Lyon Bridgeport, NY 315-633-2944 • 315-633-9544 315-633-2872 • Evenings 315-637-8912 AUCTIONEER PHIL JACQUIER INC. 18 Klaus Anderson Rd., Southwick, MA 01077 413-569-6421 • Fax 413-569-6599 www.jacquierauctions.com Auctions of Any Type, A Complete, Efficient Service philcorn@jacquierauctions.com AUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL 11167 Big Tree Rd., E. Aurora, NY 14052 800-536-1401 www.auctionsinternational.com BENUEL FISHER AUCTIONS Fort Plain, NY 518-568-2257 Licensed & Bonded in PA #AU005568

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BRZOSTEK’S AUCTION SERVICE INC. Household Auctions Every Wed. at 6:30 PM 2052 Lamson Rd., Phoenix, NY 13135 Brzostek.com 315-678-2542 or 800-562-0660 Fax 315-678-2579 THE CATTLE EXCHANGE 4236 Co. Hwy. 18, Delhi, NY 13753 607-746-2226 • Fax 607-746-2911 www.cattlexchange.com E-mail: daveramasr@cattlexchange.com A Top-Quality Auction Service David Rama - Licensed Real Estate Broker C.W. GRAY & SONS, INC. Complete Auction Services Rte. 5, East Thetford, VT 802-785-2161 DANN AUCTIONEERS DELOS DANN 3339 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY 14424 585-396-1676 www.cnyauctions.com dannauctioneers.htm DELARM & TREADWAY Sale Managers & Auctioneers William Delarm & Son • Malone, NY 518-483-4106 E.J. Treadway • Antwerp, NY 13608 315-659-2407

• 1:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A, Central Bridge, NY. Dairy, sheep, goats, pigs and horses; 3:30 PM feeders followed by beef and calves. Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-3213211.

Wednesday, June 26 • Town of Vestal Hwy Dept. 31 lot(s) in NY Online Auction. Closing at 7:15 pm. 2001 IR compaction roller, Morbark brush chipper, CAT wheel loader, (2) ‘98 International 2574 dump trucks w/plows.

Auction’s International. 800-536-1401 ext. 115 www.auctionsinternational.com • Highgate Center, VT. Complete Dispersal of registered Jersey herd, field & barn equipment for John & Jane Ferland. Sale Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-474, neks@together.net, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892 • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752 • 11:00 AM: Robert Labare, 248 Cty. Rt. 35, Chateagay, NY. Complete Dairy Dispersal and Machinery Auction. 58 A.I. Sired Holstein Cows & 42 Hfrs. 8 dry cows, 10 bred hfrs, 15 yearlings to RTB (10 from 5-8 mos.), 7 calves. DHI rolling yearly herd avg. 4.4 BF, 3.0 protein, 269,000 SCC, 68.2 lbs. avg. Tractors, hay equip, tilling & planting equip, harvesting & feeding equp. & misc. items. Northern New York Dairy Sales, 518-481-6666, Sales Managers Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503, Harry Neverett 518-651-1818 www.nnyds.com • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

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• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dryden, NY. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-844-9104 • 1:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Calves followed by beef. Tim Miller, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 Thursday, June 27 • Town of Cuba. 1 lot(s) in NY Online Auction.

Closing at 6 pm. ‘05 Ford F-550 dump truck. Auction’s International. 800-536-1401 ext. 115 www.auctionsinternational.com • Private Consignor. Syracuse NY. 1 lot(s) in NY Online Auction. Closing at 6:45 pm. ‘87 Caterpillar backhoe w/Extend-a-hoe. Auction’s International. 800-536-1401 ext. 115 www.auctionsinternational.com • State of New Hampshire Surplus. 20 lot(s) in NY Online Auction. Closing at 6:15 pm. ‘08 Chevy Express van, ‘08 Ford F250, ‘06 Pontiac Grand Prix, ‘06 Chevy Trail Blazer, ‘02 Honda Rebel motorcycle, misc. equipment & more. Auction’s International. 800-536-1401 ext. 115 www.auctionsinternational.com • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752 • 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, Sue Rudgers, Manager, 518-584-3033

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D.R. CHAMBERS & SONS 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY 13849 607-369-8231 • Fax 607-369-2190 www.drchambersauction.com EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKETING LLC 5001 Brittonfield Parkway P.O. Box 4844, East Syracuse, NY 315-433-9129 • 800-462-8802 Bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .607-776-2000 Burton Livestock . . . . . . . . . . .315-829-3105 Central Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . .518-868-2006 Chatham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518-392-3321 Cherry Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716-296-5041 Dryden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .607-844-9104 Farm Sale Division . . . . . . . . . .315-436-2215 Gouverneur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315-287-0220 Half Acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315-258-9752 Pavilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585-584-3033 FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK 3 miles east of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20.

Livestock Sale every Wednesday at 1 PM Feeder Cattle Sales monthly Horse Sales as scheduled 585-394-1515 • Fax 585-394-9151 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com FRANKLIN USED EQUIPMENT SALES, INC. AUCTION SERVICE Franklin, NY • 607-829-5172 Over 30 Years Experience in Farm Equipment Auctions Frank Walker, Auctioneer P.O. Box 25, Franklin, NY 13775 fwalker2@stny.rr.com

FRALEY AUCTION CO. Auctioneers & Sales Managers, Licensed & Bonded 1515 Kepner Hill Rd., Muncy, PA 570-546-6907 Fax 570-546-9344 www.fraleyauction.com GENE WOODS AUCTION SERVICE 5608 Short St., Cincinnatus, NY 13040 607-863-3821 www.genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com GOODRICH AUCTION SERVICE INC. 7166 St. Rt. 38, Newark Valley, NY 13811 607-642-3293 www.goodrichauctionservice.com H&L AUCTIONS Malone, NY Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787 or 483-8576 Ed Legacy 518-483-7386 or 483-0800 518-832-0616 cell Auctioneer: Willis Shattuck • 315-347-3003 HILLTOP AUCTION CO. Specializing in Agricultural & Construction 863 Smith Rd., Clyde, NY 14433 Jay Martin 315-521-3123 Elmer Zieset 315-729-8030 www.hilltopauctioncompany.com HARRIS WILCOX, INC. Bergen, NY 585-494-1880 • www.harriswilcox.com Sales Managers, Auctioneers, & Real Estate Brokers

To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 • 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Our usual run of dairy cows, heifers & service bulls.

Tim Miller, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy and Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315287-0220 • 5:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A, Central Bridge, NY. Calves, followed by Beef. Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.

Friday, June 28 • 9:30 AM: Newark Valley, Ny. Public Auction.

Farm & Construction Equip. Consignments welcome. Nice selection of hay equip. Trucking available. Goodrich Auction Service, 607-642-3293 www.goodrichauctionservice.com • 5:30 PM: Refton, PA. 2 Day Auction. 5:30 pm on the 28th and 8:30 am on the 29th. Refton Community Fire Company Sale. . Leaman Auctions, 717-464-1128 www.leamanauctions.com • 6:00 PM: Wayland, NY (Steuben Co.). Deusenbery Farms, Inc. Dairy Barn & Dairy Farm Equip.

Auction. Pirrung Auctioneers, 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com • 11:00 AM: Complete Cattle Dispersal. Chris & Barbara Parkhurst, 1042 Upham Rd., Earlville, NY. Gene Wood’s Auction Service, Inc., 607863-3821 www.genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com Saturday, June 29 • 10:00 AM: 275 Jackson St., Belchertown, MA. Lampson Brook Farms Auction. Tractors, trucks, trailers & equip. Full listing and pictures online.

Jacquier Auctions, 413-569-6421 auctioneer2@jacquierauctions.com www.jacquierauctions.com

• 9:00 AM: 4011 CR 25 Waneta Lake Rd., 2 mi.

W. of Rt. 226, Tyrone, NY. 3 mi. S. of Rt. 230, Wayne, NY, 12 mi. W. of Watkins Glen. Estate of Alfred Osborne Auction. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676, 585-233-9570 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm • 9:30 AM: Manasse Auction Yard, 12 Henry St. (Rt. 26 South), Whitney Point, NY. Seized/Repo Vehicle Auction. 100 vehicles, construction equip., lawn & garden, compact tractors, plus 3 collector cars, body shop equip., restaurant equip., beauty shop equip. Mel Manasse & Son Auctioneers & Licensed Real Estate Brokers, 607-692-4540, 800-MANASSE www.manasseauctions.com Monday, July 1 • 11:30 PM: Hosking Sales, New Berlin, NY. Monthly Fat Cow & Feeder Sale. Weekly Livestock Commission Sale starting at 12:30 pm with Produce, Small Animals, Dairy, Feeders, Sheep, Lamb, Goats, Pigs. Calves & cull cows at approx. at 5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-6993637, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com Wednesday, July 3 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 Friday, July 5 • 6:00 PM: D.R. Chambers & Sons, 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY. Horse Sales every other Friday. Tack at 1 pm, horses at 6 pm. . D.R. Chambers & Sons, 607-369-8231

www.drchambersauction.com Monday, July 8 • 11:30 PM: Hosking Sales, New Berlin, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Weekly Livestock Commission Sale starting at 12:30 pm with Produce, Small Animals, Dairy, Feeders, Sheep, Lamb, Goats, Pigs. Calves & cull cows at approx. at 5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com Wednesday, July 10 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 Thursday, July 11 • 3:00 PM: NY Steam Engine Assn. Show Grounds, 3349 Gehan Rd., off Rts. 5& 20, 5 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY. NYS Two Cylinder Expo XI JD Consignment Auction. 1st day of Expo XI Show. For show info contact John & Cheryl Jensen 585-526-6607. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676, 585-233-9570 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm Friday, July 12 • 10:00 AM: Bath, NY (Steuben Co.) Haverling High School Auditorium. Steuben Co. Tax Title Auction. Thomas P. Wamp & James P. Pirrung licensed Real Estate Brokers. Pirrung Auctioneers, 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com

• 6:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Cattle Sale. . Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • Jack Wood’s Sale Barn, Cincinnatus, NY. Good Cattle & Machinery already consigned. www.genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com Saturday, July 13 • 601 North Peterboro St., Canastota, NY. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.alexlyon.com Monday, July 15 • 11:30 PM: Hosking Sales, New Berlin, NY. Monthly Sheep, Lamb, Goat & Pig Sale. Weekly Livestock Commission Sale starting at 12:30 pm with Produce, Small Animals, Dairy, Feeders, Sheep, Lamb, Goats, Pigs. Calves & cull cows at approx. at 5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607699-3637, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com Wednesday, July 17 • 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.

Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-2965041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558

PA RT I C I PAT I N G A U C T I O N E E R S HOSKING SALES Sales Managers & Auctioneer 6810 W. River Rd., Nichols, NY 13812 Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 005392 Looking to have a farm sale or just sell a few?

Give us a call. Trucking Assistance. Call the Sale Barn or check out our trucker list on the Web site.

607-699-3637 • Fax 607-699-3661 www.hoskingsales.com hoskingsales@stny.rr.com HOSKING SALES-FORMER WELCH LIVESTOCK MARKET Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 008392 P.O. Box 311, New Berlin, NY 13411 607-847-8800 • 607-699-3637 cell: 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com hoskingsales@stny,rr.com KELLEHER’S AUCTION SERVICE 817 State Rt. 170 Little Falls, NY 13365 315-823-0089 • 315-868-6561 cell We buy or sell your cattle or equipment on commission or outright! In business since 1948

LEAMAN AUCTIONS LTD 329 Brenneman Rd., Willow St., PA 17584 717-464-1128 • cell 610-662-8149 auctionzip.com 3721 leamanauctions.com MEL MANASSE & SON, AUCTIONEERS Sales Managers, Auctioneers & Real Estate Brokers Whitney Point, NY Toll free 800-MANASSE or 607-692-4540 Fax 607-692-4327 www.manasseauctions.com MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION 488 Cherry Hill Rd., Middlefield, CT 06455 Sale Every Monday Lisa Scirpo 860-883-5828 Sales Barn 860-349-3204 Res. 860-346-8550 MOHAWK VALLEY PRODUCE AUCTION Auctions every Tuesday at 10 am 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY 13339 518-568-3579 NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLE Norman Kolb & David Kolb, Sales Mgrs.

Auctions Every Mon., Wed., & Thurs.

717-354-4341 Sales Mon., Wed. • Thurs. Special Sales

NORTHEAST KINGDOM SALES INC. Jim Young & Ray LeBlanc Sales Mgrs. • Barton, VT Jim - 802-525-4774 • Ray - 802-525-6913 neks@together.net NORTHAMPTON COOP. AUCTION Whately, MA • Farmer Owned Since 1949 Livestock Commission Auction Sales at noon every Tues. • Consignments at 9 AM 413-665-8774 NORTHERN NEW YORK DAIRY SALES North Bangor, NY 518-481-6666 Sales Mgrs.: Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503 Harry Neverett 518-651-1818 Auctioneer John (Barney) McCracken 802-524-2991 www.nnyds.com PIRRUNG AUCTIONEERS, INC. P.O. Box 607, Wayland, NY 14572 585-728-2520 • Fax 585-728-3378 www.pirrunginc.com James P. Pirrung R.G. MASON AUCTIONS Richard G. Mason We do all types of auctions Complete auction service & equipment Phone/Fax 585-567-8844

ROY TEITSWORTH, INC. AUCTIONEERS Specialist in large auctions for farmers, dealers, contractors and municipalities.

Groveland, Geneseo, NY 14454 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com TOWN & COUNTRY AUCTION SERVICE Rt. 32 N., Schuylerville, NY 518-695-6663 Owner: Henry J. Moak WILLIAM KENT, INC. Sales Managers & Auctioneers Farm Real Estate Brokers • Stafford, NY 585-343-5449 www.williamkentinc.com WRIGHT’S AUCTION SERVICE 48 Community Dr., Derby, VT 14541 802-334-6115 www.wrightsauctions.com

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Auction Calendar, Continued (cont. from prev. page) • 3:00 PM: D.R. Chambers & Sons, 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY. Dairy Day Special Feeder Sale. Every Wednesday following Dairy. D.R. Chambers & Sons, 607-369-8231 www.drchambersauction.com Friday, July 19 • 11:00 AM: Lakeview Holsteins, 2456 Rt. 14, Penn Yan, NY. Selling complete dairies and registered & grade cattle. Hilltop Auction Company, Jay Martin 315-521-3123, Elmer Zeiset 315-7298030 Saturday, July 20 • 11:00 AM: Tully, NY. Slice of Summer at Currie Holsteins & NY Holstein Summer Picnic. 100 of the finest Holstein in North America will sell. NY Picnic hosted by the Currie family & all are invited. Sale managed by The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com Monday, July 22 • 11:30 PM: Hosking Sales, New Berlin, NY. Weekly Livestock Commission Sale starting at 12:30 pm with Produce, Small Animals, Dairy, Feeders, Sheep, Lamb, Goats, Pigs. Calves & cull cows at approx. at 5:30 pm. . Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com Wednesday, July 24 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 Saturday, July 27 • 9:00 AM: Martins Country Market, Waterloo, NY. Annual Summer Equipment Auction. Selling complete farm lines, estates, selling eq. for farmers, dealers, construction, bank reposes, large & small trucks. Hilltop Auction Company, Jay Martin 315-521-3123, Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030.

• 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Horse sale. Tack at 9 am, horses at 10 am. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 10:00 AM: 2139 Ganaan-Southfield Rd., Southfield, MA. Gillette Welding & Fabrication Auction.

Trucks, trailers & equip., welders, equip., shop equip., tools & other misc. equip. Jacquier Auctions, 413-569-6421 auctioneer2@jacquierauctions.com www.jacquierauctions.com Sunday, July 28 • 10:00 AM: Washington Co. Fairgrounds, Rts. 29 & 392, Old Schuylerville Rd., Greenwich, NY. Tri State Antique Tractor Club, Inc. 2nd Annual Consignment Auction of antique & modern equipment. 2nd day of Antique and Irwin Show. For info contact Bill Herrick, 518-692-1106. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676, 585233-9570 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm Monday, July 29 • 11:30 PM: Hosking Sales, New Berlin, NY. Weekly Livestock Commission Sale starting at 12:30 pm with Produce, Small Animals, Dairy, Feeders, Sheep, Lamb, Goats, Pigs. Calves & cull cows at approx. at 5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com Wednesday, July 31 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515

www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558

• 2:00 PM: Empire State Farms. Total Full blood Wagyu Dispersal. 170 head sell. For full details contact James Danekas at 916-837-1432, or Mercedes Danekas at 916-849-2725 or visit www.jdaonline.com. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607699-3637, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Friday, August 2 • 6:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Cattle Sale. . Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Wednesday, September 4 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558

Wednesday, August 7 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 • 2:00 PM: New York Steam Engine Assoc. 5th Annual Consignment Auction. 1st day of Pageant of Steam show. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676, 585-233-9570 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm Thursday, August 8 • Next to Empire Farm Days, Rt. 414, Seneca Falls, NY. Important 2 Day Auction. Trucks, Farm Equipment, Large Construction Equipment, Landscape Supplies &Equipment, Recreational Equipment, Fleets, Complete Liquidations, Repo’s, Leas Returns & Consignments of all types! Roy Teitsworth, Inc, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com Wednesday, August 14 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 Wednesday, August 21 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 Saturday, August 24 • 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Produce Auction Inc., Penn Yan, NY (Yates Co.). Late Summer Farm Equipment, Light Construction, Equipment Auction. Pirrung Auctioneers, 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com Wednesday, August 28 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 Saturday, August 31 • Lancaster Co., PA. Androscoggin Holsteins Dispersal. One of the highest BAA herds in the country & the finest Red & Whites! Owner: John Nutting, Leeds, ME. Co-managed by Stonehurst Farm and The Cattle Exchange. Sale managed

by The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

Thursday, September 5 • WNY Gas & Steam Engine Assoc. Inc. 3rd Annual Consignment Auction, 1st day of show Sept 5-8. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-3961676, 585-233-9570 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm Saturday, September 7 • 9:00 AM: Town of Lansing Highway Department, Rts. 34 & 34B, Lansing (Ithaca), NY. Lansing Municipal/Contractor Equipment Auction.

Roy Teitsworth, Inc, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Cattle Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Wednesday, September 11 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 Saturday, September 14 • 8:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, Groveland, NY (Geneseo Area). Groveland Fall Consignment Auction. Construction Equipment, Heavy & Light Trucks, Landscape Machinery, Nursery Stock. Roy Teitsworth, Inc, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Horse sale. Tack at 9 am, horses at 10 am. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Sunday, September 15 • 11:00 AM: H&L Auction, Malone, NY. 2nd Annual Franklin County Auction. Seized vehicles, cars, trucks, 4 wheelers, snowmobiles, heavy equip. H&L Auctions, Scott Hamilton 518-4838787, cell 518-569-0460, Edward Legacy 518483-7386, cell 518-832-0616 Wednesday, September 18 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 Thursday, September 19 • 10:00 AM: Conestoga, PA. 2 Day Sale! Frey Farms Milking Herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal.

Same starting time both days. Over 900 Head of sire ID, AI sired and served Holsteins! Owners: Frey Farms, Inc. Sale managed by The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com Saturday, September 21

• 9:00 AM: Lamb & Webster, Routes 39 & 219, Springville, NY. Used Equipment Auction. Farm Tractors, Machinery, Lawn & Garden Equipment.

Roy Teitsworth, Inc, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Cattle Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Wednesday, September 25 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 Thursday, September 26 • 11:00 AM: Homer, NY. Bud Ranch Holsteins Complete Dispersal. 150 outstanding registered Holsteins. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com Saturday, September 28 • Morrisville, NY. SUNY Morrisville Autumn Review Sale. 100 high caliber Holsteins. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com Saturday, October 5 • 9:00 AM: CNY Farm Supply, Cortland, NY. Construction Equipment, Farm Machinery, Trucks, Recreational Vehicles & Trailers. Roy Teitsworth, Inc, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 9:00 AM: Monroe Co. Fleet Center, 145 Paul Rd., Rochester, NY. Monroe County Municipal/Contractor Vehicle & Equipment Auction.

Heavy Equipment, Tandem & Single Axle Trucks, Trailers, One Tons, Pickups, Vans, Cars & Landscape Equipment. Roy Teitsworth, Inc, 585-2431563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Cattle Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Saturday, October 12 • 9:00 AM: The Fairgrounds in Hamburg, NY, 5600 McKinley Pkwy (closest to Clark). Municipal & Contractor Equipment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 11:00 AM: Cochranville, PA. Ar-Joy Farm Select Sale. Owners: Duane & Marilyn Hershey. 100 of the finest Holsteins at Ar-Joy. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 www.cattlexchange.com Thursday, October 17 • 11:00 AM: Chateaugay, NY. Rocklan Holsteins Complete Dispersal. Mike Garrow, owner. 175 Head sell! One of the greatest type and production herds in the world!. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com Saturday, October 19 • Richfield Springs, Pullis Farm. OHM Club Sale.

Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, cell 607972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Cattle Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Saturday, October 26 • 9:00 AM: NYS Fairgrounds, 581 State Fair Blvd., Syracuse, NY. Onondaga County Area Municipal Equipment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 11:00 AM: Ithaca, NY. New York Holstein Harvest Sale. Hosted by Cornell University Dairy Society. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middlefield, CT June 10, 2013 Calves: 45-60# .35-.40; 6175# .95-1; 76-90# 1.101.1250; 91-105# 1.15-1.19; 106# & up 1.20-1.24.

Farm Calves: 1.25-1.90 Started Calves: .45-.56 Veal Calves: .5-2.70 Open Heifers: .92-1.15 Beef Heifers: .84-.920 Feeder Steers: .70-1.05 Beef Steers: .87-1.2450 Stock Bull: .80-1.35 Beef Bull: .9050-.97 Sow: 14-26 Feeder Pigs (ea): 50-80 Sheep (ea): 55-160 Lambs (ea): 60-200 Goats (ea): 65-260; Kids 4095.

Canners: up to 80.75 Cutters: 81-87 Utilty: 88-92 Rabbits: 7-30 Chickens: 6-37.50 Ducks: 11-18 *Middlesex Auction is pleased to announce we have an additional Beef Buyer “JBS USA” joining us every Monday!

ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES East Middlebury, VT June 17, 2013 Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 75-82; Boners 80-85% lean 72-81; Lean 8590% lean over 1000# 63-74, under 1000# 40-60.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls 92-125# 55-140; 80-90# 55100.

Vealers: 100-120# 50-58; 90-100# 50-62.50; 80-90# 45-60; 70-80# 35-50.

COSTA & SONS LIVESTOCK & SALES Fairhaven, MA June 12, 2013 Cows: Canners 20-71; Cutters 71.50-78; Util 79.50-87.

Bulls: 98 Steers: Hols. 75-83 Calves: 10-243 ea.

Feeders: 47-140 Sheep: 57-90 Lambs: 108-172 Goats: 47-145 ea; Kids 28110 ea.

Sows: 35 Boars: 5-8 Hogs: 50-58 Chickens: 2-16 ea.

Rabbits: 2.50-16 ea.

Ducks: 3.50-21 ea.

Pigeons: 2.50-5.75 ea. *Sale every Wednesday at 7 pm.

FLAME LIVESTOCK Littleton, MA June 18, 2013 Beef Cattle: Canners 40-75; Cutters 65-82; Util 78-86; Bulls 80-98; Steers 98-110; Hfrs 89-95.

Calves: Growers 79-125; Veal 70-90; Hfrs. .75-1.10.

Hogs: Feeders 40-50; Roasters 70-100; Market .50.65; Sows .35-.40.

Sheep: 35-55 Lambs: 1.10-1.80 Goats: 100-140; Kids 20-80 NORTHAMPTON COOPERATIVE AUCTION, INC Whately, MA June 11, 2013 Calves (/cwt): 0-60# 13-25; 61-75# 10-33; 76-95# 28-50; 96-105#A 35-50/cwt; 106# & up 35-39.

Farm Calves: 60-125/cwt Feeders: 60-106/cwt Heifers: 74-77/cwt Bulls: 113/cwt Canners: 10-71/cwt Cutters: 73-83.50/cwt Utility: 85-95/cwt Sows: 41-48/cwt Hogs: 45-81/cwt Boars: 12-13/cwt Feeder Pigs: 49-90 ea.

Lambs: 125-200/cwt Sheep: 47.50-80/cwt Goats: 30-200 ea.

Rabbits: .50-15.50 ea.

Poultry: 1-9.50 ea.

Hay: 2 lots, 3-3.20/bale Straw: 1 lot, 2/bale HACKETTSTOWN AUCTION Hackettstown, NJ June 18, 2013 Livestock Report (/#): 30 Calves .15-1.15; 39 Cows .63-.88; 2 Easy Cows .26.48; 10 Steers .94-1.18; 4 Feeders (/#) .901.40; 4 Hfrs .69-.88; 6 Bulls .84-.94; 3 Roasting Pigs (/#) .09-.75; 6 Butcher Hogs .19-.70; 26 Sheep .20-1.25; 8 Lambs (/hd) 50-65, 50 (/#) .10-1.45; 41 Goats (/hd) 20-140; 9; 1 Nanny 68.

Poultry & Egg Report (/hd): Heavy Fowl 5-5.50; Geese 22.50-27.50; Pheasant 14.50-27.50; Broiler .30; Pullets 2.50-10; Misc. 1.40; Chicks 1.75-6.50; Guinea Keet 1.50; Bantam 4-4.50; Gosling 11; Roosters 5-9.50 ea; Peacock 135; Bunnies 1.50-5; Quail 2.75; Ducks 218; Rabbits (/#) .50-1.90, (ea) 2-3; Turkeys 20-27.50; Pigeons 3-5.25; Guinea Fowl 11.

Grade A Eggs: Brown XL 1.35-1.55; L 1.35-1.45; S 1.45.

Hay/Straw/Grain Report (/bale: 75 Alfalfa 2; 305 Mixed 2.85-3.50; 45 Orchard 3; 353 Grass 2.50-5.10; 125 Mulch 1-2.60; 168 Rye Straw 4-4.20; 22 Shell corn 7; 20 Oats Feed 5.50; 17 Posts .50.

CAMBRIDGE VALLEY LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Cambridge, NY No Report EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKET

Chatham, NY No Report VERNON LIVESTOCK Vernon, NY June 10 & 13 2013 Calves: Hfrs. .40-1; Grower Bulls over 92# 1-1.70; 80-92# .60-1.20; Bob Veal .10-.50.

Cull Cows: Gd .72-.88; Lean .40-.75; Hvy. Beef Bulls .70.99.

Dairy Replacements: Fresh Cows 600-1100; Handling Hfrs. 1100-1350; Springing Hfrs. 1000-1300; Bred Hfrs.

700-1050; Fresh Hfrs. 8001100; Open Hfrs. 400-750; Started Hfrs. 100-350; Service Bulls 300-700.

Beef: Feeders .50-1; Hols.

Sel .85-1.10.

Lambs: Market 1-2; Slgh.

Sheep .25-.50.

Goats: Billies .70-1.70; Nannies .60-1.20; Kids .10-.80.

Swine: Sow .30-.50 CENTRAL BRIDGE LIVESTOCK Central Bridge, NY No Report CHATHAM MARKET Chatham, NY June 17, 2013 Calves: Grower Bulls over 92# 1.10-1.45; 80-92# .65.80; Bob Veal .55-.57.

Cull Cows: Gd .79-.8450; Lean .73-.7750; Hvy. Beef bulls .92-1.01.

Beef: Feeders 300-750# 116-126; Veal 150-299# 110145; Hols. Steers 87-92.

Lamb & Sheep: Feeder 180215; Market 55-70.

Goats: Billies 230-265; Nannies 70; Kids 27-125; Bottle Babies 10.

Swine: Hog 125-300# 40-90.

CHERRY CREEK Cherry Creek, NY June 12, 2013 Calves: Hfrs. 1-1.25; Grower Bull calves over 92# 1.201.375; 80-92# 1-1.10; Bob Veal .25-.55.

Cull Cows: Gd .73-.82; Lean .45-.74; Hvy. Beef Bulls .87.985.

Beef: Feeders .92-.94; Veal (finished) .96-1.13; Ch 1.151.19; Hols. Ch 1.02-1.055; Sel .92-.97.

Lambs: Market 1.20-1.45; Slgh. Sheep .375-1.

Goats: Nannies .72-.92; Kids 1.175.

Swine: Hog .72-.76; Sow .45-.49; Boar .05.

DRYDEN MARKET Dryden, NY June 10 & 12, 2013 Calves: Hfrs. .85-1.45; Grower Bull calves over 92# 1.25-1.85; 80-92# .50-1.25; Bob Veal .20-.50.

Cull Cows: Gd .82-.915; Lean .69-.8; Hvy. Beef Bulls .82-.87.

Beef: Feeders .95-1.10

Gouverneur

Canandaigua Pavilion Penn Yan Dryden Cherry Creek

Bath

Vernon New Berlin

Cambridge

Central Bridge Chatham

GOUVERNEUR LIVESTOCK Governeur, NY June 13, 2013 Calves: Hfrs. .60-1.10; Grower Bulls over 92# 1.30-2.15; 80-92# .75-1.40; Bob Veal .20.50.

Cull Cows: Gd .77-.84; Lean .60-.75; Hvy. Beef Bulls .72.945.

PAVILION MARKET Pavilion, NY June 10, 2013 Calves: Grower over 92# 1.175-1.35; 80-92# .85-1.05; Bob Veal .15-.45.

Cull Cows: Gd .80-.865; Lean .725-.78; Hvy. Beef Bulls .96.

Beef: Ch 1.205-1.225; Hols.

Ch .94-1.02.

Goats: 60-70 Swine: Sow .48-.495; Boar .12.

BATH MARKET Bath, NY June 13, 2013 Calves: Grower Bull calves over 92# 1.175-1.425; 8092# .775-.90; Bob Veal .20.60.

Cull Cows: Gd .76-.84; Lean .645-.75; Hvy. Beef Bulls .90.915.

Goats: Billies 82.50-147.50; Nannies 40-102.50; Kids 50.

Swine: Hog .49-.61; Sow .36; Boar .11-.37; Feeder Pig /hd 37.50-57.50..

FINGER LAKES PRODUCE AUCTION Penn Yan, NY June 5, 2013 Produce: Asparagus 2-2.70; Beets 1.20-2.10; Eggs .601.95; Lettuce .30-1.30; Peas (1/2 bu) 37; Rhubarb .85-.90; Spinach (1/2 bu) 10; Spring Onions .45-.65; Strawberries (qt) 2.25-4.70; Tomatoes (25#) 29-45; Zucchini (1/2 bu) 21. *Produce Mon. at 10 am,

Wed. & Fri. at 9 am sharp. * Hay auctions Fridays at 11:15 am.

FINGER LAKES HAY REPORT Penn Yan, NY No Report * Produce Mon. at 10 am.

Wed.-Fri. at 9 am sharp. * Hay auctions Fridays at 11:15 am.

FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE FEEDER SALE Canandaigua, NY June 5, 2013 Beef Steers: 301-500# 86162; 501-700# 92-155; 701# & up 96-131.

Beef Heifers: 301-500# 81153 501-700# 87-137; 701# & up 76-133.

Beef Bulls: 301-500# 93140; 501-700# 89-126; 701# & up 87-113.

Holsteins: 301-500# 77103; 501-700# 78-96; 701# & up 79-98.

Bred Replacements: 5801110.

Families: 820-1450 FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE Canandaigua, NY June 12, 2013 Dairy Cows for Slaughter: Bone Util 66-84.50; Canners/Cutters 46-76.

Dairy Bulls for Slaughter: HY Util 85-98.

Slaughter Calves: Bobs 95110# 40-67.50; 80-95# 3565; 60-80# 30-62.50; Vealers (grassers) 250# & up 75-95.

Dairy Calves Ret. to Feed: Bull over 95# 80-160; 80-95# 75-157.50; 70-80# 70-100.

Beef Calves Ret. to Feed: Bull over 95# 75-100.

Beef Steers: Ch grain fed 113-126; Sel 93-108; Hols.

Ch grain fed 98-111; Sel 84.50-92.

Hogs: Slgh. US 1-3 60-71;

Sows US 1-3 49-50.

Feeder Lambs: Ch 50-80# 105-129.

Market Lambs: Ch 80-100# 78-110.

Slaughter Sheep: M 35-65 Rams: Ch 130# & up 37-51 Goats (/hd): L Billies 110# & up 125-217.50; L Nannies 85-107.50 HOSKING SALES New Berlin, NY June 17, 2013 Dairy Cows for Slaughter: Bone Util .65-.93; Canners/Cutters .58-.70; Easy Cows .60 & dn.

Bulls/Steers: .81-.9250 Feeders: Dairy .77-.81; Bulls 1-1.13; Steers .84-.95.

Calves: Bull calves 96-120# .90-1.25; up to 95# .10-1; Hols. Hfrs. under 100# 1.

Dairy: Milking age top 2275; Short Bred Hfrs. top 1000; Open Hfrs. top 780; Started calves top 350.

Goats: 25-385 Lambs: up to 1.50 Sheep: .46-.50 BELKNAP LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belknap, PA No Report BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belleville, PA No Report CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA June 18, 2013 Slaughter: Steers Hi Ch & Pr 1310-1550# 126.50-130; Ch 1155-1660# 121-125.25; Sel 1125-1600# 116-117.50; Hols. & Jerseys Hi Ch & Pr 1375-1560# 110-113; Ch 1375-1680# 103-106.50; Sel & Lo Ch 1240-1475# 92102.50; Age/Cowish cpl 7888; Hfrs. Ch 1280-1565#A 121-123.

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WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

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WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Cows: Breakers/Boners 7585.50; Lean 77-81.50; Big Middle/lo dress/lights 6974.50; Shelly 68 & dn.

Bulls: 1320-2515# 90.50-92.

Feeder Cattle: Hols. Strs. & Hfrs. 540-695# 78-90; Hfrs.

Dairy X 440-670# 87-90; Bulls Char & Herefords 600870# 88-103; Dairy type 600# 75.50.

Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols.

Bulls No. 1 95-120# 120-130; No. 2 90-135# 110-122; No. 3 80-110# 80-107.

Swine: Hogs 45-50% lean 225-265Z# 66-68 345-410# 4952; Sows 515-590# 54.2558; 335-485# 50.25-55.50 cpl thin 45.75-47; thin/weak/rough 31-40; Boars 540645# 5-8.

Feeder Pigs: male shoats 60-90# 77.

Goats (/hd): L Nannies 142175; thin 90-127; families 135-140; Fancy kids 142155; Fleshy kids 105-135; small/thin/bottle 32-62.

Lambs: Gd & Ch 40-75# 100-152 80-95# 102-127; 100-115# 115-125.

Sheep: all wts. fat 25-35.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Small Animal Sale June 18, 2013 Rabbits: 5-21 Bunnies: .50-7 Rabit Family: 9 Roosters: 2.50-11 Hens: 3-5.50 Chicken Family: 15 Meat Chickens: 5.50 Peeps & Chicks: .50-2 Pullets: 2-4.50 Ducklings: 3.505.50 Ducks: 3-5.50 Guinea Keets: 1.75-2.50 Guinea Pigs: 4 Quail Peeps: 3 Pigeons: 3-6.50 Turkeys: 7.50-9 Turkey Peeps: 3.50 Goslings: 5-5.50 Pheasants: 7-8 Phasant Peeps: 1-3 Eggs (/dz): Jum Brown 1.60; XL Brown 1.90; XL White 1.50; L Brown 1.65-1.70; M Brown 1-1.40; S Brown .40; Green 1.30; Turkey .70; Turkey Red Hen Brown 1.20; Fertile Mallard Pekin 1.10.

Eggs sold single: Fertile Guinea .10; Fertile Turkey.40 * Animals sold by piece. Sale starts at 5 pm.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Graded Feeder Pig Sale No Report DEWART LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET, INC June 17, 2013 Cattle: Hols. Steers Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1376-1656# 106; Ch 2-3 1502-1588# 99-100.50; Sel 1-3 1156-1556# 90-96.

Cows: Prem. White 82-86; Breakers 75-79; Boners

69.0-76; Lean 64.50-74.50.

Bulls: G 1 1808# 96 Calves: 180. Bull calves No. 1 94-126# 115-127.50; 8492# 110-122.50; No. 2 94124# 110-122.50; 80-92# 85100; No. 3 94-120# 75-100; 80-92# 45-75; Util 70-106# 25-50; 60-68# 15-27.50; Hfr. calves No. 1 84-106# 95112.50; No. 2 78-112# 5082.50; Util/non-tubing 72-90# 20-30.

Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 4060# 115-122.50; 70-80# 115130; 90-100# 107.50-115; Gd 106-134# 67.50-77.50; Util 1-2 120-172# 40-60.

Hay (/ton): Grass 62.50; Mixed 170; Timothy Grass 120.

Straw (/ton): 110-160 EarCorn (/ton): 165-200 Oats (/bu): 3.50-4 GREENCASTLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Greencastle, PA June 17, 2013 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1386-1538# 126-128; Ch 2-3 1206-1564# 121.50125.50; Hi Sel & Lo Ch 2-3 1374-1664# 116-119.50; Sel 2-3 1024-1358# 113-116; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 11081608# 104-108.50; Ch 2-3 1126-1698# 96-102; Sel 1-3 1254-1498# 88-92.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1212-1276# 122125.50; Ch -3 1074-1370# 118-120.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 88.2594.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 74-79.50, hi dress 81-86, lo dress 70-72; Boners 80-85% lean 72-76.50, hi dress 7879, lo dress 66-70; Lean 8590% lean 66-71, lo dress 5862.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 11201902# 92-98, hi dress 14341656# 102.50-107.50, lo ress 1156-1892# 82-89.

Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L 1 400-500# 136; 500-600# 125; M&L 2 500-700# 102.50; M&L 3 300-500# 90105; Hfrs. M&L 1 300-500# 134-139; 500-600# 132.50; M&L 2 400-600# 117.50130; M&L 3 700-900# 81100; Bulls M&L 3 300-500# 125-130; 500-700# 122.50130; M&L 2 300-500# 119128.

Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 96-126# 140-162.50;80-94# 105-122.50; No. 2 80-128# 120-152.50; No. 3 80-118# 60-100; Util 60-124# 30-60.

Holstein Heifer Calves: No. 1 86-108# 105-110; No. 2 8092# 85-90.

Barrows & Gilts: 45-49% lean 200# 55.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch 2-3 40-60# 105-110; 60-80# 100117.50; 80-100# 115-125; 100-120# 117-127.50; Ewes Gd 1-3 127-262# 30-44.

Pennsylvania Markets Mercer

Jersey Shore

New Wilmington

Dewart Leesport Belleville Homer City

New Holland Carlisle Lancaster Paradise

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Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 40-60# 60-70; Sel 2 40-60# 40-60; Sel 3 20-40# 20-32; Nannies Sel 1 80-130# 100122.50; Sel 2 80-130# 72.50110; Billies Sel 2 100-150# 147.50-175.

INDIANA FARMERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION Homer City, PA No Report KUTZTOWN HAY & GRAIN AUCTION Kutztown, PA June 15 2013 Mixed Hay: 7 lds, 50-280 Timothy: 2 lds, 215-245 Grass: 14 lds, 60-175 Straw: 5 lds, 90-165 Clover: 1 ld, 50 LANCASTER WEEKLY* CATTLE SUMMARY New Holland, PA June 7, 2013 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1260-1610# 122-125; Ch 2-3 1180-1605# 120-125; Sel 2-3 1045-1495# 115120; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1400-1630# 109-112.50; Ch 2-3 1350-1735# 103-108.50; Sel 1-3 1205-1650# 97-103.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-3 1065-1495# 114.50-119.50; Sel 2-3 1045-1400# 1076.50-111.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean 79-82.50, lo dress 75-78.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 80-85, hi dress 86-89.50, lo dress 75-80; Boners 80-85% 78-83-50, hi dress 83.50-86, lo dress 7277.50, Lean 85-90% lean 7579, lo dress 64-74.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 9252305# 92-97, hi dress 102112, lo dress 85-92.

Graded Bull Calves: No. 1 114-128# 120-136; 106-112# 152-156; 94-104# 170-176; No. 2 120-128# 141; 106118# 164-177; 94-104# 180197; 88-92# 105; 80-86# 70; No. 3 90-130# 80-111; 8088# 55-60; 72-78# 35; Util.

60-110# 20-40; Hols. Hfrs.

90-105# 80-110; No. 2 70-

125# 60-80.

LEBANON VALLEY LIVESTOCK AUCTION No Report LEESPORT LIVESTOCK AUCTION Leesport, PA No Report MIDDLEBURG LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middleburg, PA June 11, 2013 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1260-1485# 126.50130; Ch 2-3 1175-1460# 121-123.50; Sel 2-3 10951350# 110-116; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1340-1485# 109116; Ch 2-3 1220-1570# 100-104; Sel 2-3 1195-1370# 86.50-96.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1210-1400# 118.50124; Ch 2-3 1100-1300# 115-120; Sel 2-3 1090-1520# 100-106.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 88; Breakers 75-80% lean 72-78, hi dress 76-80, lo dress 6874; Boners 80-85% lean 70.50-76.50, hi dress 76.5078, lo dress 62-67; Lean 8590% lean 65-69.50, hi dress 71-74, lo dress 60-64.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 11951950# 91-94.50, hi dress 985-1815# 99-100; lo dress 990-1695# 86-89.

Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L 1 200-400# 135-145; 400700# 130-137; M&L 2 400600# 105-112; 600-700# 102-112; M&L 3 200-300# 47-85; 400-500# 65-87; 600700# 92; 800-1000# 82; Hfrs.

M&L 1 300-500# 115-120; 500-700# 118-120; M&L 2 200-500# 97-112; 500-700# 105-111; 700-800# 100; M&L 3 200-500# 65-85; 500-700# 65-75; 700-900# 70-82; Bulls M&L 1 200-400# 115-122; 400-600# 110-120; M&L 2 500-700# 97-110; 700-900# 88-100; M&L 3 200-400# 8082; 500-600# 63-77.

Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1

95-120# 117-125; No. 2 95120# 100-117; No. 3 94-115# 80-105; Util 65-95# 30-75.

Holstein Heifer Calves: No. 1 90-95# 75-105; No. 2 7095# 35-50.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 235-290# 61-64.50; 45-49% lean 220303# 56.50-630.50.

Sows: 300-500# 38.50-45; 500-700# 53.50-54.50.

Boars: 270-680# 12-14.50 Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 10-20# 45, one group 80; 20-30# 6568; 30-40# 68-77.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 40-60# 122-132; 6080# 100-140; 80-100# 110145; Ewes Gd 2-3 130-140# 50-52.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 40-60# 95-125; 70-90# 102120; Sel 2 10-20# 15-20; 3050# 35-55; 60-70# 45; Sel 3 10-30# 5-10; 30-50# 15-35; Nannies Sel 1 80-130# 130132; Sel 2 80-130# 110-115; Sel 3 50-80# 80-92; Billies Sel 1 50-100# 115-135; Sel 3 50-100# 102.

MORRISON COVE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Martinsburg, PA June 17, 2013 Steers: Gd 100-110 Heifers: Gd 100-108 Cows: Util & Comm. 74-78; Canner & Lo Cutter 74 & dn.

Bullocks: Gd & Ch 88-92 Bulls: YG No. 1 85-92 Feeder Cattle: Steers 100115; Bulls 90-110; Hfrs. 75110.

Calves: 118. Gd 90-100; Std. 15-55; Hols. Bulls 90-130# 80-140; Hols. Hfrs. 90-130# 75-100.

Hogs: 33. US 1-2 68-70; US 1-3 65-68; Sows US 1-3 4250; Boars 10-33.

Feeder Pigs: 4. US 1-3 2050# 40-60.

Sheep: 46. Ch Lambs 120130; Gd Lambs 110-120; Slgh. Ewes 35-60.

Goats: 28-175 MORRISON COVE LIVESTOCK AUCTION

POULTRY & RABBIT REPORT Martinsburg, PA June 17, 2013 Roosters: 5.50-7.75 Banty Roosters: 1.50-5.50 Heavy Hens: 2-3 Banty Hens: 1-2.75 Pigeons: 4.25 Guineas: 5.50-8.25 Geese: 8.50 Bunnies: 1-4 Rabbits: 4.75-10.50 MORRISON COVE LIVESTOCK AUCTION HAY REPORT Martinsburg, PA June 17, 2013 Grass: 180-205 Mixed Hay: 190-225 Rd. Bales: 115-145 Lg. Sq. Bales: 75-140 Straw: 195-205 NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES New Holland, PA June 13, 2013 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1270-1550# 123-125; Ch 2-3 1180-1595# 120-125; 1610-1665# 116.50-118.50 Sel 2-3 1115-1465# 115119; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1575-1630# 109-112.50; Ch 2-3 1430-1735# 103-108; Sel 2-3 1205-1580# 97-102.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-3 1170-1495# 115-119.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem. whites 65-75% lean 7982.50, lo dress 75-78.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 80-85, hi dress 86-89.50, lo dress 75-80; Boners 80-85% lean 78-83.50, hi dress 83.50-86, lo dress 72-77.50; Lean 8590% lean 75-79, lo dress 6474.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 12001830# 92.50-97, lo dress 8490.50.

Graded Bull Calves: No. 1 114-128# 120-136; 106-112# 152-156; 94-104# 170-176; No. 2 120-128# 141; 106118# 164-177; 94-104# 180197; 88-92# 105; 80-86# 70; No. 3 90-130# 80-111; 8088# 55-60; 72-78# 35; Util 60-110# 20-40.

Holstein Heifer Calves: 90105# 80-110; No. 2 70-125# 60-80.

NEW HOLLAND PIG AUCTION New Holland, PA No Report NEW HOLLAND SHEEP & GOATS AUCTION New Holland, PA No Report PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Report Compared to last week Corn sold mostly .10 to .30 lower, Wheat sold mostly .20-.40 lower, Barley sold mostly .05 to .20 lower, Oats sold

mostly steady & Soybeans sold mostly .20-.40 lower.

EarCorn sold steady.

Southeastern PA: Corn No. 2 7.20-7.35, Avg 7.08, Contracts 5.33-5.35; Wheat No. 2 6.30-7.61, Avg 6.74, Contracts 6.41-6.82; Barley No. 4, Contract 4.25; Oats No. 2 4.70; Soybeans No. 2 14.8015.19, Avg 15.01, Contracts 12.59-12.80; EarCorn 204.

South Central PA: Corn No. 2 7-7.20, Avg 7.18; Wheat No. 2 6-6.75, Avg 6.38; Barley No. 3 4-4.50, Avg 4.16; Oats No. 2 4; Soybeans No. 2 13.90-15.11, Avg 14.67; EarCorn 197.

Eastern & Central PA: Corn No. 2 6.60-7.35, Avg 7.11, Month Ago 7.16, Year Ago 6.39; Wheat No. 2 67.61, Avg 6.66, Month Ago 7.22, Year Ago 6.24; Barley No. 3 4-5.15, Avg 4.23, Month Ago 4.54, Year Ago 4.10; Oats No. 2 3.75-4.70, Avg 4.32, Month Ago 4.32, Year Ago 3.93; Soybeans No. 2 13.50-15.77, Avg 14.59, Month Ago 14.38, Year Ago 13.07; EarCorn 190-204, Avg 198, Month Ago 198, Year Ago 185.

Western PA: Corn No. 2 6.37-6.68, Avg 6.53; Wheat No. 2 6.45; Oats No. 2 5.25; Soybeans No. 2 14.34.

Central PA: Corn No. 2 6.60-7.33, Avg 5.67; Barley No. 2 4-5.15, Avg 4.57; Oats No. 2 3.75-5.50, Avg 4.62; Soybeans No. 2 14.3014.80, Avg 14.59.

Lehigh Valley: Corn No. 2 7.05-7.30, Avg 7.17; Wheat No. 2 7.15; Barley No. 3 4.25; Oats No. 2 4.30; Soybeans No. 2 14.88.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Weekly Livestock Summary June 14, 2013 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 124-126.75; Ch 1-3 118.75-124.25; Sel 1-2 114.50-118.50; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 107-111.50; Ch 2-3 101-105.25; Sel 1-2 9398.75.

Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 119.75-125; Ch 1-3 114.50118.75; Sel 1-2 105-109.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 74.50-79.25; Boners 80-85% lean 73.2578; Lean 85-90% lean 68.2573.

Bulls: 90.75-94.75; hi dress 99.50-103, lo dress 84.5088.75.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300500# 135-145; 500-700# 130-137; M&L 2 300-500# 105-112; 500-700# 102-112; M&L 3 300-500# 92.50103.50; 500-700# 90.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300500# 115-120; 500-700# 118-120; M&L 2 300-500# 97-112; 500-700# 101.25-

113; M&L 2 300-500# 65-85; 500-700# 65-75.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300500# 118.75-122.25; 500700# 115-126.25; M&L 2 500-700# 97-110; M&L 3 300-500# 81.25-83.50; 500700# 69-84.75.

Vealers: Util. 60-120# 26.2554.

Farm Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 95-120# 118.50132.25; 80-90# 98-110.50; No. 2 95-120# 112-128.50; 80-90# 85-101.50; No. 3 bulls 80-120# 67.75-99; No. 1 Hols. hfrs. 84-105# 94.50112.75; No. 2 80-105# 5980.25.

Hogs: 49-54% lean 220300# 62-65-69; 300-400# 5860; 45-49% lean 220-300# 58-61.50; 300-400# 4952.50; Sows US 1-3 300500# 52-54; 500-700# 57.5058.50; Boars 300-700# 1717.50.

Graded Feeder Pigs: US 12 20-25# 250-270; 25-30# 230-260; 35-45# 200-220; US 2 20-30# 160-230, mostly 180-220; 30-40# 190-220.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs non-traditional markets, Wooled & Shorn Ch & Pr 2-3 40-80# 160-180; 60-80# hair sheep 157-160; 80-90# 162164; 90-125# 160-172; Wooled & Shorn Gd & Ch 13 40-60# 145-157; 50-60# hair sheep 140-150; 60-80#

137-160 hair sheep 136-144; 80-90# 138-158, hair sheep 136-138; 90-120# 144-157; 130-150# 146-152; Wooled & Shorn Util & Gd 1-2 40-60# hair sheep 130-140; 50-60# 133-137; 60-80# 130-140, hair sheep 120-140; 80-100# 120-130; 110-130# 117-126.

Slaughter Ewes: Gd 2-3 M flesh 70-110# hair sheep 62-75; 110-160# 52-86, 120140# hair sheep 50-62; 170200# 5062; Util 1-2 thin flesh 100-110# hair sheep 50-56; 110-160# 40-58; 140-150# hair sheep 40-44; 160-200# 40-50; Cull 1-2 120-150# 3440; 180-200# 30-32; 220225# 30-34.

Slaughter Bucks: 110-150# 67-77, hair sheep 42-75; 160-190# 42-70; 200-250# 40-52; 225# hair sheep 38.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 40-60# 140-145; 60-80# 145180; 90-110# 145-177; Sel 2 40-60# 108-122; 60-80# 120134; 90-110# 120-130; Sel 3 40-60# 75-100; 60-80# 90116.

Slaughter Nannies/Does: Sel 1 100-125# 180-202; 130-150# 150-195; Sel 2 80125# 122-180; 130-150# 120-140; Sel 3 80-125# 70118.

Slaughter Bucks/Billies: Sel 1 130-150# 220-240; 170-180# 210-280; Sel 2 110-150# 150-195; 150-160#

177-182; Sel 3 110-150# 120-147; Wethers Sel 1 70100# 175-197; 100-125# 157-300; Sel 2 75-100# 137157; 100-125# 170-190.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Hay Market Summary Hay & Straw Market For Eastern PA: All hay prices paid by dealers at the farm and/ton. Compared to last week Hay sold .20-.50 lower & Straw sold .25-.60 higher.

All hay & straw reported sold/ton. Alfalfa 120-250; Mixed Hay 75-220; Timothy 75-200; Straw 80-160; Mulch 50-60.

Summary of Lancaster Co. Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 93 lds of Hay, 33 Straw; Alfalfa 120-410; Mixed Hay 80-380; Timothy 135-225; Grass 100-250; Straw 107270.

Diffenbach Auction: June 10, 36 lds of Hay, 10 Straw.

Alfalfa 390-410; Mixed Hay 135-380; Timothy 135-225; Grass 142-240; Straw 125270.

Green Dragon Auction: June 14, 38 lds Hay & 15 Straw. Alfalfa 120-325; Mixed Hay 90-350; Timothy 210; Grass 100-210; Straw 107230.

Wolgemuth Auction: June 12, 10 lds of Hay & 8 Straw.

Mixed Hay 80-295; Timothy 180-192; Grass 170-250; Straw 135-205.

Central Pennsylvania: 49 lds Hay, 15 Straw. Alfalfa 120; Mixed Hay 50-280; Timothy 50-245; Grass 50-175; Straw 90-220.

Dewart Auction: June 10, 6 lds Hay, 1 Straw; Mixed Hay 57.50-120; Timothy 50-165; Grass 125; Straw 175.

Greencastle Auction: June 10 & 13, 0 lds Hay, 0 Straw.

Kutztown Auction: June 15, 22 lds Hay, 5 Straw; Mixed Hay 50-245; Timothy 215305; Grass 60-175; Straw 90165.

Middleburg Auction: June 16, 11 Hay, 2 Straw; Mixed Hay 70-170; Grass 50-150; Straw 195-220.

Shippensburg Auction: June 8 & 11; 65 lds Hay, 9 Straw. Alfalfa 120; Mixed Hay 88-180; Timothy 55-210; Straw 100-165.

VINTAGE SALES STABLES June 11, 2013 Slaughter Steers; few Ch 23 1350-1500# 124; Sel 1-3 1350-1650# 115.50-119.

Slaughter Holsteins: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1400-1600# 109110; Ch 2-3 1350-1650# 105-108.50; Sel 1-3 14001650# 101-104.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-3

1150-1350# 114-117.75.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean 76-79.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 76-80, hi dress 81-84, lo dress 7175.50; Boners 80-85% lean 75-79, lo dress 69-74.50; Lean 85-90% lean 68-72.50, hi dress 73.50-76, lo dress 63-67.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 10402205# 89.50-92, hi dress 9393.50, lo dress 85.50-89.

Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 120# 109; 95-113# 117-125; 90# 102; No. 2 95-113# 115131; 90# 105; 83# 72; No. 3 95-109# 80-83; 83# 55; 75# 30; Util 84-106# 45-52; 73# 25.

Graded Holstein Heifers: No. 1 93-115# 100-107; No. 2 84-93# 70-92; Util/non-tubing 65-93# 12-42.

WEAVERLAND AUCTION New Holland, PA June 13, 2013 Mixed Hay: 2 lds, 160-170 Straw: 2 lds, 165 EarCorn: 1 ld, 170 WOLGEMUTH AUCTION June 17, 2013 Alfalfa: 3 lds, 90-205 Mixed: 34 lds, 60-472.50 Timothy: 2 lds, 140-310 Grass: 9 lds, 50-340 Straw: 16 lds, 80-250 Fodder: 1 ld, 90

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Center for Beef Excellence News for June 19, 2013 The USDA provided on Friday, June 21, its regular monthly update on cattle inventories in feedlots with +1,000 head capacity. As has been the case for the past 9 months, the latest survey is expected to show that the number of cattle on feed on June 1 remained below year ago levels. Analysts polled by Dow Jones newswires ahead of this report on average indicated that they expect the total inventory to be down 3.5 percent compared to June 2012. This implies a feedlot inventory of 10.689 million head. On May 1, feedlot inventories were pegged at 10.735 million head, 3.4 percent less than the

previous year. As is usually the case, market participants will focus closely on the overall number of cattle placed on feed during May as well as the composition of the cattle going on feed. On average, analysts expect placements to decline 4.1 percent compared to 2012 levels.

Placements in March and April were larger than the previous year as dry conditions in a number of areas forced producers to send cattle to market earlier than normal. Also, a backlog of feeders that was created late last year and early in 2013 increased the number of cattle available for placement in early spring. The March

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and April increase in placements likely reduced availability for May placements. Also important to consider is the decline in the number of feeder cattle coming from Mexico. In the spring of 2012, Mexican

feeders made up as much as 30 percent of placements in the five state area (CA, AZ, NM, TX and OK). In April 2013, Mexican feeder cattle imports made up about 15 percent of placements in feedlots in

these states. Imports of feeder cattle from Mexico in April were down 42 percent from a year ago.

Mexican producers have sharply reduced the number of heifers they ship to the U.S. market.

In the first four months of the year, Mexico shipped 392,310 head of feeder cattle to the U.S.,

144,868 head or 27 percent less than a year ago.

Shipments of heifers were down 80,888 head or 52 percent from a year ago while shipments of male calves were down 63,980 or 17 percent from a year ago. Feeder cattle imports from Canada were

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SEIZED / REPO VEHICLE AUCTION - (100 VEHICLES) Construction Equipment; Lawn & Garden; Compact Tractors; PLUS: (3) Collector Cars; Body Shop Equip.; Restaurant Equip.; Beauty Shop Equip.; Manasse Auction Yard, 12 Henry St. (Rt. 26 South), Whitney Point NY

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9:30AM

Auction To Be Held @ Manasse Auction Yard, 12 Henry St, Whitney Point, NY 13862. From I-81 Take Exit 8; From Northbound: Take Right Off Exit, Go 100 Yards To Henry St.; From Southbound: Take Left Off Exit, Go 1 Mile To Route 26 South, Go 1/2 Mile To Henry St.; Watch For Auction Arrows.

(100) NYS Seized / Local Finance Co. Repo Vehicles Of All Types (100) - Selling @ 11AM Including: NYS Child Support Seized Vehicles: Cars: '05 Ford Crown Vic 4DSN; '03 Jaguar; '04 Pontiac Bonneville; '05 Suzuki Reno; '07 Plymouth Breeze; '97 Acura; '96 Chrysler Sebring Convertible; '95 Mits. 3000 GT; '02 Mercury Sable 4DSN; '01 Kia Optima 4DSN; '00 Nissan Maxima; '00 Audi A6 4DSN, Loaded; '98 Lexus 4DSN, Loaded; SUV's: '05 Chevy Suburban 4Dr, 4wd; '03 Ford Expedition; '03 GMC Yukon Denali; '02 Chevy Tracker; '01 Olds Bravada 4Dr.; '98 Ford Expedition XLT, Loaded; '96 Land Rover 4Dr.; Trucks: '00 Chevy Silverado 1500 LS; '98 Chevy 1500, 4x4; Vans: '98 Ford Cargo Van E250; Trailer: Homemade 10' Utility Trailer; Motorcycle: '04 Suzuki Intruder; Note: NYS Seized Vehicles Are Subject To Prior Redemption & Approval. Also, Personal Items Of Value To Be Sold; (50+) Local Finance Co Repo Vehicles Including: Cars: '07 Ford Focus ZX4 Hatchback; (2) '01 Pont. Gr. AM; '02 & '01 Chevy Impala; '05 Dodge Neon; '99 Chevy Lumina; '01 Merc. Sable LS; '01 Saturn L200; SUV's: (3) '02 Chevy Blazers; '00 Chevy Blazer; '99 GMC Jimmy; '00 Olds Bravada; '02 Kia Sportage; '02 Ford Explorer; Trucks: '01 Chevy Silverado; Many Other Repo's Coming In!! Other Consigned Vehicles: Convertible & Corvette: '02 Ford Mustang Conv., Bright Red w/ Black Top, 6 Cyl Auto, 117K Mi.; '75 Chevy Corvette; Cars: '03 Ford Taurus SE, 73K Mi.; '00 Buick Lesabre, Leather, 73K Mi.; '01 Pontiac Gr. AM; '00 Cadillac Deville, Pearl White, 92K Mi.;'02 Chevy Malibu, nice; '99 Volkswagen Bug 2DSN, 130K Mi.; '99 Chevy Lumina; '98 Cadillac Deville, 110K Mi.; '94 Buick Lesabre; SUV's & Trucks: '06 Hummer H3 AWD, Loaded, Awesome!, 110K Mi.; '05 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer, Loaded, 105K Mi.; '04 Buick Rendezvous, AWD, 110K Mi.; '02 Kia Sportage; '02 Merc. Mountaineer; '00 Chevy Blazer; '99 Chevy Silverado; '98 GMC Jimmy; Vans: '00 Dodge Caravan; '83 Ford EC1 Van; Special From Groton Schools: '07 Dodge Caravan, 32K Miles, Well maintained, Super Nice!; Comm'l Walk Behind Mower 48"; Woodworking Equipment Including Jointer, Band Saw, Dust Collector, Duct Cleaner, Etc.; From Chenango Forks Schools: '00 Chevy Lumina; '96 Ford E350, 19 Pass Diesel Bus, Needs Fuel Pump; Special - Collector Cars - Selling @ Approx 11:30AM '40 Chevy Coupe Hot Rod, 3/4 Restored, 350 V8, Auto, Needs Interior Finish, A Nice Car; '50 Ford 2-Dr., Original Flathead Motor & 3 Spd. On The Column; '75 Chevy Corvette, Red, T-Tops; SPECIAL - Compact Tractors, Forklifts; Trailers; Trucks; Attachments; Scissor Lifts; 3pth Equipment; Shop Equipment & Tools; Special Selling @ 1PM: Due To The Merger Of New Holland Binghamton & Four M Equipment Sales - Selling Excess & Duplicates: Trucks, Trailers, Forklifts, Rental Equipment, Trade-Ins, Equipment Parts, Attach., Etc. Including: Compact Tractors: Kubota L3010, 4wd, Hydro, Woods 1009 Quik Tach Loader, R4 Tires, 1061 Hrs., Nice!; New-Demo New Holland 1510 4wd Compact w/ Loader, Hydro, Skid Ldr. Mtd. Bucket, 5 Hours!!!, Balance Of Factory Warranty; JD 650 4wd Compact Loader- Backhoe, Nice; Ford 1900 4wd Compact w/ Blade; Bolens Compact; Pickup: '06 Chevy 2500 Silverado 4wd Pickup w/ Alum. Tool Boxes, Real Nice!!; Farm Tractor: Zetor 6211 w/ Full Cab, 60 Hp, Nice!; Forklift: Clark Indoor 4000lb LPG Forklift; Trailers: '08 Cam 14k Deckover Equip. Trlr, 18' + 4' Beaver Tail; 24' Gooseneck Equipment Trailer, Tri-Axle, Super Nice!; '09 Zook 18' 10k Equip.

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The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) is pleased to introduce the dairy heifer synchronization protocol sheet, which outlines established synchronization protocols that may help producers improve heifer reproductive performance. In 2011

DCRC released the dairy cow synchronization protocol sheet to help veterinarians, consultants and dairy producers more effectively manage reproductive performance on-farm.

“The heifer protocol sheet was created based on the latest research

and information available to the dairy industry,” says Dr. Todd Bilby, Chair of the DCRC Education Committee. “Our goal is to help veterinarians, industry professionals and producers make informed decisions related to heifer synchroniza-

tion and reproductive programs.”

The heifer protocol sheet is intended to provide a foundation for discussion as veterinarians, consultants and dairy producers work together to make reproductive management decisions;

the DCRC does not endorse one protocol over another, nor does DCRC endorse synchronization protocols over any of the other approaches to dairy cattle reproduction. The protocol sheets are reviewed annually by representatives from the

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the year, U.S. imported about 120,832 feeder cattle from Canada, 53,518 head or 80 percent more than a year

ago. Still, in the first four months of the year we have seen a net decline of more than a quarter million feeder cattle coming to the U.S. from our neighbors to the north and south.

There is some disagreement among analysts as to the kind of de-

cline in placements we could see in the latest USDA survey. Of the 11 analysts polled by Down Jones, one of them expected placements to decline as much as 15.7 percent from a year ago.

On the other hand, there were four analysts that expected placements to

fall by 2 percent or less.

Dry conditions in a number of areas may point to a continued flow of feeder cattle onto feedlots.

However, feedlots have struggled with poor margins and May live cattle and corn prices did little to change that equation.

September and December corn prices actually increased in the second half of May. On the other hand, October live cattle futures lost some 400 points between the beginning and the end of May. Cattle marketings are expected to be down 2.1 percent in May. This is consistent with the preliminary steer and heifer slaughter num-

bers we have for May. May estimates peg steer and heifer slaughter for the month at 2.217 million head, down 2.5 percent from a year ago.

Keep in mind that the slaughter number will be larger than the above feedlot marketing estimate as feedlot numbers only cover operations with capacity of 1,000 head or more.

PA Center for Beef Excellence Inc. with information from the CME Report, Cattle Buyers Weekly and other resources.

For more information call 717-705-1689.

Beef from B10 sharply higher than a year ago in the first four months of the year (they were lower in May). In the first four months of

Regular Livestock Sale Wed., July 3, 2013 • 1 PM SALE AS USUAL Also Featuring 21 Boer X Goats, 20 does, 1-3 years old & 1 buck, 2 years old.

All have been exposed to buck. Does are due to kid from July to September. 1 doe sells with kids by her side.

OTHER CONSIGNMENTS: 40 pure Spanish Goats, also dewormed.

40+ Head of Boer Goats from Hidden Acres Ranch, premier breeder of Boer goats in 2005 and 2006 at N.E.L.E. Spring kids are at their sides and bred again for fall kidding.

FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK EX. 3 Miles East Of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20 585-394-1515 for info

Consignment Auction Sunday, June 30 at 10:00 AM 269 Mercer Street (Route 33), Hightstown, NJ

Selling Construction, Landscape and Farming Equipment The last sale was a beaut. Bring us your equipment, cars, trucks, attachments, tractors, implements, tools, power equipment, hardware, building material, Airplanes (yes we can sell that) and we will turn it into GOLD!!! (well at least cash money), we will start taking consignments on Monday June 24.

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Alfred’s Auctions Inc. 609-448-7653 alfred@alfredsauctions.com

ESTATE OF ALFRED OBORNE AUCTION SAT, JUNE 29, 2013 • 9AM 4011 CR 25 Waneta Lake Rd, 2 mi. W. of Rt 226, Tyrone, NY, 3mi. S. of Rt 230, Wayne, NY, 12 mi. W. of Watkins Glen.

3 Phase Tool and Die Machine Shop Equipment: Bridgeport Series J., 2 hp digital readout; Bridgeport model 117445, digital readout, automatic crossfeed; Monarch horizontal lathe model 10" EE, 12 1/2 x20", Cincinnati Hydrashift 15x36" lathe; LeBlond 14x60" lathe; Bliss broaching machine; punch press; Ex-Cell-O 1 hp planer- sander; K.O. Lee Co. manual hydraulic vertical mill, as is; Master sander. Model R 24", 2 hp; Roll-In bandsaw, 1 ph; rolling workbenches; indexing table; quantity of lathe accessories and machine shop tools; granite surface plates.

Shop Tools: Matco 65"&60" rolling tool chests; wrench sets; Century 250 amp ACDC welder; oxy-acetylene torch set; grinders; sanders; chop saw; Delta table saw w/ 4' saw guide; B&D radial arm saw; Powermatic 16" CD wood planer; pipe threader; shop crane; 18 shop carts; Jenny Steam Jenny 200 Plus; Steam Jenny Series 760; quantity, variety power and hand tools; misc steel; steel storage rack; engine stand; battery chargers; portable air compressors; parts washer; Niagara #150 crimper; pipe bender; quantity box lots.

Forklifts: Clark C500 Y150, LP, 15000#, outside forklift; Clark GCS 25 MB LP, 4000#, 15' lift, 960 hrs, warehouse forklift; LP tanks; forks.

Fork lifts not running: Clark C500 YS 80 LP; Yale diesel; Clark C500 HY70 gas; Clark C 20-B 2000# LP; Hyster S25A 2750#; forklift continental 6 cyl. engine.

Antique Ford Model T cars, parts: 1914 Model T brass car, partial restoration, reproduction runabout body, engine turns over, needs front fenders, throttle handle and rod, throttle actuator, brass handles and small parts; Model T Speedster, mostly complete and together, engine turns over, electric start; Model T project car, has frame, engine and trans.; quantity Model T parts; hand crank dump box mounted on Model T frame; Model A & B engines; Model A wheels; 6-8Rx19.5 tires and wheels, ex.; Sunstrand static balancer.

Misc: Kenworth style fiberglass pickup hood; doodle bug body; '74 Fruehauf 42', '84 Stoughton 48' and '80 Comet 42' storage trailers, no registrations; single & tandem axle small trailers; '97 Dodge Dakota pickup box only; certified hip roof trusses for 28'x32' building; Simplicity 50" 0-turn 20 hp mower, repaired, needs reassembly; Bolons Husky Hydrostatic 1886, runs, needs starter, w/ front blade, attachments; pickup alum tool box; banding machine; 2- Mattler-Toledo 2000# scales; alum. ext. alum and step ladders; quantity misc conduit, electrical and plumbing supplies; quantity box lots.

Preview: Fri. June 28, 10-am-6pm and Sat. June 29, 8am Sale Order: 3 auctions sell at the same time.

Auction #1: 9am Bridgeports, lathes, machine shop tools.

Auction #2: 9am Few antique items, misc. shop items & tools, 10 m Model T cars and parts, remaining shop tools.

Auction #3: 9am Misc. equipment outside, roof trusses, 10:30am forklifts, storage trailers, remaining misc equip and tools.

Terms: ID for bidder number, cash, check. Payment w/ Visa, MC, Disc 3% fee.

DANN AUCTIONEERS, DELOS DANN, 3339 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY 14424, 585-396-1676 or 585-233-9570 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm UPCOMING AUCTION: Thurs, July 11, 2013 3pm NYS Two Cylinder Expo XI John Deere Consignment Auction, 1st day of Expo XI Show, July 11-13, NY Steam Engine Assn. Show Grounds, 3349 Gehan Rd, off Rts 5 & 20, 5 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Early listing: '37 JD AOS, full steel, sn 1180; AO; BO; '38 B w/ fenders; '39 L; '41 H, 730 LP Hi-Crop; 4020D Hi-Crop; 820. Call to advertise.

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Dairy Cow & Heifer Sale Wed., June 26TH • 10:30 AM All Consignments Welcome Cows - Heifers - Bulls

Special Mention: Top 20 cows picked from 40 cow tie stall herd from Butler Co. Consignors: please send all info w/truckers for catalog Thank You

SALE MANAGED BY: New Holland Sales Stables, Inc. David Kolb 61-L

717-354-4341 (Barn) 717-355-0706 (FAX)

UPCOMING SALES:

1. Annual Driving Horse Sale - Fri., July 5th, 9AM. Free Ice Cream All Day. 2. Riding Horse & Pony Sale - Mon., July 8th, 10AM 3. Special Dairy Heifer Sale - Wed., July 10th, After Cow Sale 4. Fri., Eve. Horse Sale (Drafts & Drivers) - July 19th, 6PM

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New dairy heifer synchronization protocol sheet now available

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LARGE PUBLIC AUCTION

FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH @ 9:30 AM

AUCTION TO BE HELD IN OUR YARD AT THE CORNER OF ROUTES 38 & 38B IN NEWARK VALLEY, NY. (19 MILES WEST OF BINGHAMTON, 8 MILES NORTH OF OWEGO OFF I-86)

TRACTORS: AC 7580 4wd w/ 3pt, pto, remotes, duals; AC D17 wfe; Case 930, 870, 2090, Case IH 5230 MFWD Rops, ps; David Brown 990, 1200; Deutz DX120 & DX140 MFWD; Ford 8N, 3400 ldr, 4000 D 8 spd w/ ldr, 6000 Commander w/ 350 Diesel V8, (2) Ford 7000, 1 w/ dual power, 7700 MFWD; IH 340 w/2pt & wfe, 2404, Hydro 70 New engine nice! 756 w/cab, 784 w/cab, 1086, 3388 2+2; JD 3020 Diesel, JD 4430, 7400 MFWD; Kubota BX25 Compact loader & backhoe, L2250 4x4 & ldr, M5040 4wd & ldr, nice! MF 135, 265 Orchard, 285 rebuilt and field ready!; Mitsubishi compact, Oliver 880 gas, 1750 Diesel, clean! Same Leopard 85 4wd, cab, loader Lawn & Garden: Cub Cadet 1440, LT1050, Kubota ZD21, 72" Deck, nice but needs engine work. Cub Cadet pulling tractor, Steiner UTV, 4wd, gas powered, Husqvarna, Craftsman & others INDUSTRIAL: Skid Steers: NH LX885 Turbo w/ High Flow, NH LS160, Bobcat 863, 843, 763, Case 1845 Special, 40XT, Mustang 920 (needs work) Other: Cat D4H Dozer, High Track, enclosed cab, Nice!; Fiat Allis 605B Loader w/ bucket & forks; IR DA30 Roller w/ Deutz; Gradall 534B Telehandler; Case 580K 2wd Backhoe; Multiquip Welder/ Gen. (Runs), Willys Jeep (Salvage) New Pallet Forks, Grapple Buckets, Blank Plates FARM MACHINERY: Balers: NH 326, 273 super sweep & kicker nice, 273, 269 square balers; NH (2) 851, 847, Hesston 5545 round balers; NH 70 thrower; New Idea 5212 & JD 1326 discbines; (3) NH 489, JD 1209, MF 725 haybines; Case IH 3205 3pt disc mower; Kuhn GA4120, NH (2) 256, 56, JD 851 rakes; Kuhn 452, Fahr, JD tedders; Howse 8' 3pt mower as new; Ford, MF, Oliver sickle bar mowers; White 508 4x & 5x ASR, IH 4x ASR, IH 720 5x ASR, JD 2500 5x, Several 1x-4x 3pt plows; Oliver 9' transport disc, Bush Hog wing disc, several 3pt discs; IH 10 Grain drill nice; Packers, cultivators; JD 540, 46A (off 3020), 45 & IH 2250 ldrs; 3pt 6 row cultivator; Leinbach phd; EZ trail metal rack & flat wagons; Kidd 800 3pt bale chopper; Woods 6' stonerake w/ wheels, Woods 6' backblade, several backblades, boompoles, scoops, Inverters for discbines, New gates, bale + bunk feeders, corral systems & more!

TERMS: Cash or good check day of sale, nothing removed until paid in full. All items are sold as-is and are subject to change due to daily business, call on a particular item. There is No Buyers Premium! Many items will sell regardless of price! Your Consignments Accepted!

NOTE: This is an early list made weeks in advance, much more than listed!

Goodrich Auction Service Inc. Newark Valley, NY (607) 642-3293 www.Goodrichauctionservice.com

BEST BUYS IN USED EQUIPMENT

Nice Little Bass Boat $3,500 TRACTORS CIH 885 Cab 2WD CIH 234 CIH 5120 2WD CIH 5140 2WD CIH 7110 Cab, 2WD CIH Farmall 95 Case IH MX 255 Kubota BX2660 Kubota BX2200 Kubota L3600 w/LDR Kubota L3400 HST PROJECT TRACTORS Kubota M6950 TILLAGE Case IH 3950 Disk RF, 19’ Case IH 720 5x18 Auto Case IH 496 Disc 22’ Case IH 5700 Chisel, 13x Case IH 496 Disk 20’ RF CIH 6500 Chisel 9x Deere KBA Disk, 10’ Deere 2810 6x Auto Dunham 6x Cultivator Ford (White) 151 5x Auto

CIH DC132 Discbine 2 Yrs. Old

IHC 475 Disk, 17’ IHC 720 4x16 Auto IHC 415 Mulcher, 14’ IHC 700 7x18 Tlr IH 720 6x18 On Land IHC 720 4x18, Auto IH 330 Disk, 13’ IH 710 4x16 Auto IH 720 5x16 Auto IH 5500 Chisel 10x IH 55 Chisel 12x IH 531 Plow 3X Krause Landsman 3118 Landoll Till all 15’ NH TD50 Disk RF 14’ MATERIAL HANDLING Automatic Mill w/Auger (c) Diller Feeder Wagon Gehl 7285 Mixer Great Bend 760 Loader Houle 3600 Tank IH 12’ Shredder IHC 2350 Loader Knight 3450 Mixer Knight 8024 Slinger Meyers 3626 Spreader

NI 3639 Spreader Uebler 812 Feed Cart HAY & FORAGE CIH DC132 Discbine Deere 1327 Discbine Hesston 17’ Tedder Jiffy Block Deck Kuhn 6T-3200 Rake Kuhn FC4000 Kuhn SR11V Rake Kuhn 4120 Rake NH 900 Forage Harvester New Idea 5209 Pequea Bale Wagon CONSTRUCTION Case 621B Wheel Loader Case 1845C Skid Steer PLANTING & SEEDING CIH 955 Dry, 4x CIH 955 6x11 CIH 900 Liquid, 6x CIH 5300 18x7 Drill Deere 7000 Dry, 6x IHC 5100 21x7 Drill Deere 7200 6x Vac

Hardi 500 Gallon Sprayer IH 5100 Drill 18x7 White 5100 4x Liquid White 6100 4x Dry Planter COMBINES A&L Grain Cart CIH 1020 17 1/2’ CIH 1660 CIH 1460 CIH 1043 Corn, 4x CIH 2144 CIH 2388 CIH 1020 20’ CIH 963 6x CIH 1063 6x CIH 1660 RWA IH 943 Corn 4X IH 1420 Killbros 475 Cart UM 625 Cart MISCELLANEOUS 1480 Combine Parts 1440 Combine Parts 1460 Combine Parts IH 710 & 720 Parts Plow Pronovost P800 Snowblower

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In 2013, the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) is funding research to evaluate the agricultural benefits and environmental impacts of using tile drainage on farms.

The use of tile drainage has been a critical best management practice on American farms since 1835. In the early 1900s, William H. Miner, for whom the agricultural research institute in

Chazy, NY, is named, championed the use of patterned tile drainage to dramatically improve drainage efficiency and crop production potential on poorly-drained North Country soils.

The farmer-driven NNYADP has identified the need for research to better understand how the use of tile drainage interacts with the soil, crop production and the environment in the Lake Champlain Basin region

TRACTORS CIH JX1070C 560 Hrs., 2WD, ROPS, (Like New). $15,000 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke NH Workmaster 45 Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,250 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 450H Dozer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . Chatham JD 6200 w/620 Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,500 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 750 B Crawler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville (2) JD 6330 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 6715 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville COMPACT TRACTORS Ford 1925 w/Loader 450 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,900 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 46 Backhoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . Chatham JD 110 TLB, Loader/Backhoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,900 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 790 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 790 w/Loader & Hoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,700 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 4110 w/Loader & Deck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,500 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 900 HC Cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 950 w/Loader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 2305 TLB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 4100 w/Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 . . . . . . . . . . Clifton Park JD 2210 w/Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . Chatham JD 3320 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 3720 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 3720 Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . Chatham JD 4400 w/60” Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 4440 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 4720 w/400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 5101E w/553 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen Kubota BX2200 loader, blower/mower . . . . . . . . . . $9,500 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville NH TC45D cab/loader/front blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen NH TC48DA TLB, cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville NH TZ25DA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen MF 205. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . Chatham NH TC29DA w/Loader, Hydro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,400 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville SKID STEER / CONSTRUCTION Bobcat 435 Excavator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 35D Excavator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,500 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 96’ pwr rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . Chatham NH LS180 cab/heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen MOWERS CONDITIONERS JD 530 MoCo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 920 MoCo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 926 MoCo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,950 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 956 Moco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,500 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville HAY AND FORAGE JD 7450 (900 Hrs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $219,500 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 640B Pickup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke Claas 860 w/Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,500 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville HS 420 Rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,250 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 74 Rake w/dolly, rubber teeth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 670 Rake w/dolly, rubber teeth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,300 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 3950 w/2 row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 74 rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,850 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 751 Tedder-Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $800 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville Miller 1416 merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 2 Row Corn HD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,250 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 751 tedder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,850 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 3970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville Gehl 860 w/2R 6’ po . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,950 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville Gehl 1475 Forage Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,950 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville

of Northern New York, where agriculture is considered a major nonpoint source of phosphorus to the lake.

Tile-drained fields generally reduce total phosphorus loss compared to undrained fields, largely due to reducing surface runoff.

However, few controlled field studies have been conducted over multiple years in the Northeast to quantify crop and soil benefits as well as po-

tential water quality risks and benefits from tile-draining fields.

Project leader Eric Young, Agronomist and Soil Scientist at the W.H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, says, “Tile drainage is an economically and environmentally important management practice for dairy and crop farmers. On poorlydrained soils, properly installed and maintained tile drainage sys-

HAY AND FORAGE NH 166 inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,450 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville NH 256. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,850 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville Miller Pro 1416 Twin Merger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,500 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville Miller Pro 1416 Twin Merger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,500 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville PLANTING / TILLAGE Amco 27’ disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville AC 3 bottom 3 pt. plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $975 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke JD 750 15’ No-till drill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,500 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 1450 4 bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 1750 6 Row Liquid/Dry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,000 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 7200 6 Row Liquid Zone Till . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,800 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 8250 DRILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 2500 5 bottom (nice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 2800 6 bottom trip plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,900 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville BALERS JD 328 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 335 RB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goshen JD 338 w/42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . Chatham JD 338 w/40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,800 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 348 w/40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 348 w/40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 457 round baler Nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,900 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 535 round baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,900 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke Gehl 1475 round baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,950 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville JD 566 w/Mesh Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,900 . . . . . . . . . . . Fultonville MISCELLANEOUS Freeman 14’ 2 Beater, F&R Unload F. Box on Gear $2,500 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke Howard 4’ Roto Tiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 . . . . . . . . Schaghticoke Woods 6’ Grooming mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,200 . . . . . . . . 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tems produce greater crop yields; reduce erosion and surface runoff; decrease the potential for soil compaction; enhance soil quality, and lead to greater farm profitability.”

“However, under unique conditions, tile drainage can accelerate the loss of nitrate-nitrogen and dissolved phosphorus, two important crop nutrients that often limit yield, but also have the potential to contribute to water quality degradation,” Young adds.

Long-term field runoff plots have been established on a cool season grass hay field at the Lake Alice Wildlife Management Area in Chazy, NY. The trial plots will be managed as a typical dairy-based grass forage production system with nitrogen applied in early spring and manure nutrients applied

after each cutting.

The research team, which includes a University of Vermont graduate student, will capture and evaluate surface and subsurface drainage water from the tile-drained and undrained fields during the growing and non-growing seasons to quantify how soils, crop management and other field conditions affect critical nutrient conservation and loss.

The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program provides practical, on-farm research, technical assistance, and outreach to farmers in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.

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Monday, June 17th sale - cull ave. .72 Top cow $.93, bulls/steers $.81 $.9250, bull calves top $1.25, heifer calves top $1.00, Dairy feeders $.77 - $.84, Feeder bulls $1.13, Feeder Steers $.84 - $.95, Dairy - Milking age top $2275, Short Bred Heifers top $1000, Open heifers top $780, started heifer calves top $350. Goats $25 - $385, Lambs up to $1.50, cull Sheep $.46 - $.50.

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Saturday, Oct. 19th - sale held in Richfield Springs, OHM Holstein Club Sale Chairman Jason Pullis 315-794-6737. Call with your consignments.

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Heat stressed dairy cattle

by Dillon Snell, Dairy Management and Production Major, SUNY Cobleskill With summer now underway, heat stress is beginning to have an impact on most Northeast dairies. Although heat stress in herds hasn’t become a detrimental issue thus far in the season, it’s only so long until the cool rainy temperatures we have been encountering fade away and our well producing herds begin to see milk yield levels decrease.

Generally it’s a simple task to pick out a severely heat stressed cow, but at what point does heat stress begin affecting production, and how can a producer impact this situation?

In all reality a high producing dairy cow could experience mild heat stress with an environmental temperature as low as 68 degree F. This mild heat stress could result in production loss as well as nega-

tively impact milk components. Dairy cattle are more susceptible to encountering heat stress than most other animals because of the heat generated from fermentation in the rumen. A dairy cow’s rumen is comparable to its own internal furnace that burns all year, so moderately warm temperatures with some relative humidity can have detrimental effects on production.

Heat stress here in New York begins to unravel its presence in the month of May. Some signs a producer can look for while walking through his herd entail the following.

First would be a decrease in dry matter intake. Heat stressed cows will not consume as much feed so if you notice an abnormal amount of your cattle are avoiding feed bunks at times they generally consume it’s likely your herd is enduring some heat stress. Next check

standing times if a large percent of your herd is standing either in stalls or feed allies they are attempting to cool themselves by allowing air to flow under them. Many cows may also begin perching.

Even though perching could also be a sign of inadequate stall size, it may similarly be a resulted attempt for cattle to lower body temperature themselves, by having more body surface area cooled from air flow. An increased amount of lameness may occur in the herd as a result of cows not getting a sufficient amount of resting time due to the extended period of time standing. More severe signs of heat stressed cattle would be symp-

toms such as faster respiratory rates and heavy breathing which is noticeable behind the upper rear ribs in the hip area. Count the number of breaths your cow takes if she is in the range of 80 beats per minute or more she most likely has a core body temperature of 103 degrees F and is heat stressed. In extreme cases of heat stress, cattle will begin panting like a dog and drool foam from their mouths. If you witness this don’t automatically begin spraying the cow down with cold water as it could send your bovine into shock. Remember once a cow’s core body temperature reaches 108 degrees F it will most likely result in death.

There are numerous strategies a herdsman can practice at their dairy to aid in the battle of heat stress. Limiting

overcrowding in groups and pens by pasturing heifers and dry cows will

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MONTROSE, PA — The Northern Tier Championship Show, which will be held on Thursday, Aug. 1, at 9:30 a.m., at the Kiwanis, Wyoming County Fairgrounds, Meshoppen, PA, will again host a Pennsylvania Championship show (open to PA residents only), and an open and junior Red & White show.

The Red & White show is open to all exhibitors regardless of state and will be recognized by the Red & White Dairy Cattle Association (RWDCA) when selecting their AllAmerican and Jr AllAmerican nominations.

In order to show, exhibitors must adhere to the following RWDCA requirements: animals must have RWDCA registration paper, owners must be a member of RWDCA, animals must be true Red in color (questionable animals may submit genotype testing) and animals must carry 87 percent dairy bloodlines as designated by RWDCA guidelines. For more information or clarification contact RWDCA at 608-6764900 or rwdcareg@ gmail.com.

This year’s judge will be Garrett Sammons, John-

stown, NY. He owns and operates Stonecree Farms with his wife Ann and children, Clyde & Rachel.

A long-time Red and White breeder, Sammons and family bred Stoncree Factor Festive-Red EX-93 3E, with 8 Excellent and 18 Very Good daughters.

On the judging side, Sammons has judged numerous shows including the New York State Fair and Spring Junior Show, Associate Judge New York Spring International Holstein Show, State 4-H shows in Maine, Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania. Sammons also serves as official judge for

the New York PDCA judging conference.

Arrival time and checkin is by 7:30 p.m., on July 31, which includes registration and health papers. Entries cost $8 per animal and must be postmarked by July 19.

Entries received after this date will be $15 per animal. Send checks payable to the Northern Tier Championship Show and entry forms, available on PA Holstein Association’s Web site (www.paholsteins.com), to David Castrogiovanni, 3621 Turnpike Rd., Montose, PA, 18801 or call 570-278-3680. Please in-

dicate on the form whether the entry will show in the PA Championship Holstein show or the Red & White show or both. Animals entered in

both shows will be required to pay a double entry fee — one for each show. No supplies or bedding are provided.

Heat from B14 help lower barn temperatures. Also try creating more lactating groups to limit the amount of time a cow spends in a holding pen. This change will decrease stress levels in the herd. For example instead of sending a group of 80 cows into the holding pen make two separate 40 cow groups.

Unless tunnel ventilated, your barns’ windows and side curtains should be removed and opened up to promote maximum ventilation. If manageable, try to change feeding times to a cooler time of the day such as early morning and late evening, cattle will be encouraged to eat more if they aren’t trying to combat the heat during feeding times. Although these are all effective methods of preventing heat stress the most paramount way to lower cattle’s core body temperature is evaporative cooling.

Evaporative cooling is the effect you feel when the wind blows on you just after getting out of the pool. In order to develop an evaporative cooling system in your barn a farmer needs just water and air movement.

Placing misting sprinklers and fans over feed allies will not only prevent heat stress but encourage intake and ultimately production by making the feed bunk a

cool pleasant place for cattle to be on even the hottest of days. Another key place to input an evaporative cooling system would be in holding areas before cattle are being milked. Water tubs should also be checked, cleaned and inspected daily, seeing as a cows’ water intake could nearly double when heat stressed.

In order to prevent your herd from the effects of heat stress this summer and maintain profitability as well as production, make your best efforts to keep your cattle cool, drinking, and transition them to a summer ration a few weeks ahead of time not after the heat is already here. Adequate water sources are the most influential factor in milk production not only in the summer but year round. Along with production water is a key contributor in maintaining a standard body temperature in cattle, so make sure you keep your cows drinking frequently with free choice watering systems. It’s understandable that this time of the year is the busiest trying to manage all our crops, but if we can take the time to make these changes in our herd we will see improved herd health, production levels, and profitability.

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Have your logo or brand permanently displayed at the American Angus Association headquarters Recognition on the second granite planter in the “Building an Angus legacy!” project will be offered on Angus Trading Post July 1-11.

Angus enthusiasts have a second opportunity to have their brand or logo permanently engraved into a polished black granite planter at the American Angus Association® headquarters’ front entrance by making their bids for this recognition at www.angustradingpost.com. The online auction will take place July 1-11. The auction will close at 10 a.m. on July 11, and the winning bidder will be announced prior to the champion owned heifer drive at the National Junior Angus Show in Kansas City, MO. This planter is the second of four planters available, and recognition on the two remaining planters will be offered at a later date. The winning bidder for recognition on the second planter will have the opportunity to engrave a logo or brand on one face of the planter and text that includes a name, farm or ranch name, etc., on the face directly across from the brand or logo. The winning bidder will also be able to choose the location, from the three location opportunities left, for this second planter.

Wilma Minix, Black Witch Farm, Hoschton, GA, purchased recognition on the first of the four planters, for $7,500.

The granite planter recognition auction is part of the Angus Foundation’s “Building an Angus legacy!” brick naming drive, available only for a limited time through July 15. Net proceeds from this project will benefit Angus youth, education and research programs.

The American Angus Association front entrance walkway will be completely remodeled with black granite and red brick to match the historic building. Until July 15, for a tax-deductible unrestricted donation of $250, $500 or $2,500 to “Building an Angus legacy!” you will be recognized on a beau-

tiful personalized engraved granite paver. After July 15, if the Angus Foundation opens a second phase for order sub-

mission, prices will go up to include on-site engraving cost.

Only text will be allowed on the granite

pavers, and each paver size has line and character limits to follow.

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“Specializing in Dairy Bedding” e Oak Farm Bedding, LLC W h it 508 White Oak Rd. New Holland, PA 17557 Wendell • (717) 989-4153 Wesley • (717) 587-7192

KILN DRIED BULK BEDDING Delivered all of NY & New England or you pick up at mill.

110 Cu. Yd. Trailer Loads

Works Great in Both Freestall & Tiestall Barns

BARN REPAIR SPECIALISTS: Straightening, leveling, beam replacements. From foundation and sills to steel roofs. HERITAGE STRUCTURAL RENOVATION INC., 1-800-735-2580.

Bedding

Florida Osceola Turkey • Alligator • Hog Hunts

Load Size

Bedding

ADVERTISING DEADLINE

Syracuse Fiber Recycling, LLC

Wednesday • 5:00 PM

~ Presently Servicing Over 100 Dairy Farms Throughout New York State Including “Super Milk” Producers ~ Year Round Supply, Lime In Every Load, pH Always 11.5+ ~ Loads Delivered in 72-80 Yard Quantities; Smaller Amounts Can Be Picked Up At Our Syracuse Site ~ Producing Quality Bedding for over 15 years

“Bedding For Dairy Cows”

For as little as $8.25 - place a classified ad in

Country Folks

Call Peg at 1-800-836-2888

or 518-673-0111 or email classified@leepub.com

WOOD SHAVINGS: Compressed bags, kiln dried, sold by tractor trailer loads. SAVE! www.pinebec.ca 1-800-6881187

Roger W. Elston Joseph E. Elston

P.O. Box 8, Syracuse, NY 13209 (315) 487-4346

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1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Bedding

Bedding

BEDDING SAND for COW STALLS

• Stones • Gravel • AgLime Mark J. DuPont, Owner Cell 315-796-5084 Home 315-845-8471

Building Materials/Supplies

Buildings For Sale

#1-40YR painted steel, galvanized & galvalume, also #2 available w/all trim & accessories. Complete Building Packages. Before you buy call Mohawk Metal Sales, 315-853-ROOF(7663)

FA R M R A I S E D H O M E BUILDER, featuring Bill Lake Homes. Your plans or ours.

Also featuring Redman Homes doublewides & singlewides. w w w. k d h o m e s n y. c o m kdhomes@frontier net.net Dave, KD HOMES, 379 Stafford Ave., Route 12, Waterville,NY 315-841-8700

Building Materials/Supplies

Building Materials/Supplies

Beef Cattle

5 BLACK ANGUS BULLS FOR SALE

REG. BLACK ANGUS Bulls & Heifers, $900 to $1,300. 845758-3332 or 845-876-4111

• Metal Roofing and Siding in Many Colors

FOR SALE: Reg. yearling Black Angus bulls. NBAR Primetime, 878, Leachman Right Time & New Day breeding. NYSCHAP certified herd.

Hauman Angus, 315-5368154 REG. BRAUNVIEH BEEF CATTLE: Bred cows due June & July. Young bull for summer breeding. First calf heifers with calves. Very gentle, handled daily, stanchion trained & excellent bloodlines. Call 315225-5181

• Gluelam Poles, Lumber, Trusses

EMPIRE ANGUS FARM JOSEPH SHIVERS

607-829-3451 FOR SALE: 2 Registered, grass fed, Devon Bulls, 3 years old. 845-629-1462 for details.

HEREFORD BULL FOR sale.

Route 34, Lansing, NY. 607533-4094.

MURRAY GRAY HEIFERS For Sale, Ancramdale NY. For more information, please contact Herondale Farm at 518329-3769 or via email at info@herondalefarm.com

SEVERAL nice Black & Red Angus yearling breeding bulls

by Boyds New Day & Bismark ready to breed your cows this year. Reasonably priced from $1,295 to $1,500. Contact 607-277-4383 leave message

REG. ANGUS Heifers & Bulls from top Quality Embryos.

518-436-1050, 802-376-6729

STRICTLY GRASS-FED feeder calves for sale. Grassfed/closed herd Black Angus/ Baldies. Approx. 70 feeder calves, 500-650lbs +/-. For more information please call 845-629-1000, 845-361-4997

REG. BLACK ANGUS bull, 2 years old, Sire is Midland, out of Newpen Farm Herd. 607836-6394.

WANTED: Feeders 250 lbs+ up, year round buyer. Beef for sale, 700 lbs. plus. 518-7961818

Building Materials/Supplies

Building Materials/Supplies

Midlakes Metal Sales 24 ga, 26 ga, 28 ga, 29 ga, Plus Aluminum (Direct Shipments - Wholesale, Retail)

• Polebarn Packages - Any Size up to 80x600 ~ Quick Turn-Around, We Ship Anywhere ~ Located in the Heart of the Fingerlakes

Buildings For Sale

Buildings For Sale

Double O Builders LLC

518-673-1073 or 518-774-7288 • Dairy Facilities • Machinery Sheds • Pole Barns • Free Stall Barns • Tie Stall Barns • Garages • Gravity Flow Manure Systems • Horse Barns • Riding Arenas

GO WITH THE LEADER IN POST FRAME CONSTRUCTION FOR OVER 40 YEARS!!!!

315-720-5573

Lifetime Warranty We build what we sell No Sub Crews Any Size Or Description of Building Most Structures Erected Within 30 Days Beat Our Price? I Don’t Think So!

570-398-5948 (o) 570-772-2352 (c) Business Opportunities

Business Opportunities

Do You Grow Grapes?

Do You Make Wine?

CHECK OUT

Or Call For a Sample Copy

800-218-5586

Custom Butchering

Cars, Trucks, Trailers 2009 DODGE Dually, excellent condition; 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. Call for details 315-393-6615

Concrete Products

Residential • Agricultural • Commercial

Union Springs, NY

by S&L Builders

www.wineandgrapegrower.com

Call today and join our family of satisfied customers!!

INSULATION SERVICES NELSON ZIMMERMAN

Professional Pole Barns

607-869-9483

MIDLAKES SPRAYFOAM SAVE ENERGY - GO FOAM • FREE ESTIMATES

Buildings For Sale

35 years of experience

Beef Cattle

Registration #s: 17499237 17499238 17499239 17501015 17499575 All High Quality Genetics & AI Sired

Buildings For Sale

Garages * Shops * Free-Stall Barns * Equestrian Riding Arenas * Variety of Agricultural Plans & Usage Designed & Engineered to Meet Your Needs Fully Insured for your protection & Peace of Mind Guaranteed Worksmanship FULL WARRANTY and FREE QUOTES

Steel or Wood Frame

“Visit us at the Central New York Farm Progress Show and see all the new and innovative ways Fingerlakes Construction can solve your agricultural building needs!”

BARN FLOOR GROOVERS®

LARRY’S CUSTOM MEATS

• USDA Facility • All Processing Available • Smoking Done on Premises 3487 St. Hwy. 205 Hartwick, NY 13348 (607) 293-7927

CONCRETE SAFETY GROOVING IN

1/2”, 3/4” or 1 1/2” Wide Grooves Protect Your Cows From Injuries and Slippery Concrete • Free Stalls • Holding Areas SAFE A T LA ST • Feed Lots • Pens • Stalls • Walkways

Dick Meyer Co. Inc.

• • • • •

www.barnfloorgroovers.com

607-435-9375

CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-228-5471

USDA FACILITY ORGANIC CERTIFIED HALAL PROCESSING 5A – POULTRY, BISON NO NITRATE SMOKING STAMFORD, NY

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Custom Butchering

Custom Butchering

E&M CUSTOM MEATS SLAUGHTER & PROCESSING 315-533-6921 6201 RT 233 Westmoreland, NY All types of livestock

Earl & Marcus Pattington

Meat Processing Special!

Choose FARMER’S PLACE for your Meat Processing Needs and Get FREE SLAUGHTERING! To Save Up

$70 ON WITH COUP

FARMER’S PLACE

256 Co. Rte. 20, Downtown South Edmeston, NY 13411 607-847-8234 • www.joesfarmersplace.com

Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle

CATTLE TRUCKING

HERD OF ORGANIC Jersey cows, 65 head, mostly first, second & third calf. 518-3584183

USED COWS WANTED

Custom Services COLOR GLOSSY PHOTO CALENDARS: Only $12.00 includes tax. Send us your digital prints and we will make a beautiful keepsake calendar for you. You may also bring in your photos on a disc or thumb drive. If you would like us to mail it is a $5.00 extra fee. Only 3 day turnaround time. Contact Lee Publications bsnyder@leepub.com or 518673-0101

Monday’s to Hoskins & Vernon Tuesday’s to Central Bridge

518-231-1622

FOR ALL YOUR EXCAVATING NEEDS. Ponds dug, land cleared, drainage ditches.

CHEAP! 315-360-6789

Custom Services

Custom Services

B.K. Transfer 5324 County Rd 14 Odessa, NY 14869

“A Farmer Friendly Direct Marketing Service” Barb Kelley Owner/Operator Licensed & Bonded

Toll Free 1.877.208.0123

• Accepting All Types of Livestock

Local 607.703.0052

• Competitive Pricing • Trucking Available

New York Custom Processing, LLC Rt. 8, Bridgewater, NY All Cuts Vacuum Packed and Bar-Coded for Tracking and a Complete Printed Inventory of Your Product Call For Appointment

315-204-4089 or 315-204-4084 Now USDA Certified Organic Custom Services

Custom Services

Cell 607.227.5282 Working With You, The Farmer

Monday 9am - 4pm Thursday 9am - 3pm

Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle

100 WELL-GROWN freestall trained Holstein heifers due July & August. Had all shots.

315-269-6600

FARMER TO FARMER

PROSKINE CATTLE TRUCKING

FRESH HEIFERS

To Three Local Markets

1 to 4 Weeks - Large Assortment to Pick From Had All Shots Freestall & Parlor Trained

607-244-5185

Big or Small, We Truck Them All

315-269-6600 35 REGISTERED milking Jerseys. Call after 8pm for information 315-750-6951

FRESH COWS NEEDED

5-MIXED BREED Organic dairy heifers to breed this Summer/Fall; also 7-Organic yearling mixed dairy heifers.

570-833-2080, 570-499-6757

BAGGING HEIFERS 50 ON HAND At All Times

518-762-8772 518-705-1668 BOSS LIVESTOCK: WANTED Holstein Jersey or Mixed Dairy Herds, immediate payment and removal. Also Dairy Cows For Sale: One or 100your choice, quality replacements. Call Chris Boss 315219-0590(cell), 315-8581651(home).

DEAD - DOWN - DISABLED CATTLE Call 607-722-5728 Anytime

1-800-777-2088 AMERICAN RENDERING CO. BINGHAMTON, NY

SPRINGING HEIFERS for sale. Call 315-376-3215, 315523-2558

Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle

HEIFERS orr HERDS Buying or Selling, give us a chance.

Reputable dealers since 1937.

Joe Distelburger 845-344-7170

Strong demand for youngstock, heifers and herds.

Visit Our New Troy, NY Location!

DISTELBURGER R LIVESTOCK K SALES,, INC. buycows@warwick.net CLIP & SAVE

FREE REMOVAL

Down - Disabled - Dead Cattle Servicing: Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, Chenango and Montgomery Counties NOW SERVING: Broome & Cortland Counties CALL ANYTIME Call by 8am for Guaranteed Same Day Removal

1-855-3CATTLE 1-855-322-8853 EMPIRE RENDERING SERVICES

Groups of 1st & 2nd Lactation Contact Us With Your Information

4 CERTIFIED ORGANIC dairy cows. (2) Holsteins, (1) Jersey, (1) Cross, $1,300 each. 607-336-3656

Lower your SCC & improve conception.

Low cost, effective, easy use. Our 39th year. If over 50,000 SCC call today. 1-800876-2500 1-920-650-1631 www.alphageneticsinc.com Resellers Wanted

jeffking@kingsransomfarm.com

518-791-2876

www.cattlesourcellc.com

FULL CIRCLE FARM is selling their purebred, easy to work with, tie stall, dairy herd.

70 head total, 38 milking, 14 bred heifers, 10 breeding age, 8 calves. Many descendants of the “Star” & “Ella” families.

REALLY need to be seen, to be fully appreciated. Family health issues forcing sale.

Asking 95K or Best offer. 315520-4408 or e-mail @ fcfny@aol.com

Herd Expansions

WANTED All Size Heifers

Also Complete Herds Prompt Pay & Removal

315-269-6600

ATTENTION FARMERS

WA N T E D

Down - Disabled & Fresh Dead Cows For Rendering - Courteous Service FREE PICKUP!

315-793-0043

ATTENTION FARMERS

Operating 6 Days~Monday thru Saturday

W ANTED

DOWN, DISABLED & FRESH DEAD COWS FOR RENDERING FREE PICKUP!

PINE TREE RENDERING Route 37, Brier Hill, NY

315-375-8459

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1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Dairy Cattle WANTED

HEIFERS

300 Lbs. to Springing Free Stall Herds & Tie Stall Herds (ALL SIZES)

Dogs

Farm Equipment

REGISTERED ENGLISH SHEPHERD PUPS. e-mail TandD_Kaschak@msn.com www.kaschak-kennels.tripod.com Serious inquiries only. 814796-4070

NH 310 W/THROWER, $4,000. NH 575 w/thrower, low wear, $12,000. 256 & 258 hay rakes, new Pequea 11ft rotary rake, $6,500. 2 star Kuhn tedder, like new, IH 986, $8,500, JD 4520 $8,500, NH 492 haybine, NH 595 tandem axle manure spreader, $8,000, IH & JD front & rear weights, PTO generators.

203-530-4953.

BASKIN LIVESTOCK 585-344-4452 508-965-3370

Farm Equipment

- WANTED -

3ph.

SITREC CEMENT MIXER w/hydraulic tilt, excellent condition, $700.00. 315896-6144

Heifers & Herds Jack Gordon (518) 279-3101 Dairy Equipment 6000 Mueller 900 Mueller 4500 Mueller 850 Sunset 4000 Mueller 800 Universal 3500 Mueller 800 Sunset 3000 Girton 800 Mueller 3000 Mueller 800 Surge 2-3000 S.S. 735 Sunset Sugar Tanks 700 Mueller 2500 Mueller 625 Sunset 2-2000 Mueller 600 Mueller 1500 Mueller 545 Sunset 1500 Surge 500 Mueller 1350 Mueller 400 Mueller 1000 Zero 310 Sunset 3-1000 Mueller 300 Mueller 1000 Surge 250 Mueller New Sunset Tanks New & Used Compressors 200-4000 Gal. StorageTanks Used Freheaters

585-732-1953 BLUE DIAMOND all stainless, contour milking parlor, double 8 herringbone, air operated, complete w/bulk tank to floor mats. 585-739-9335

USED DAIRY EQUIPMENT Bulk Milk Coolers, Stainless Steel Storage Tanks, Pipeline Milkers, Milking Parlors, Vacuum Pumps, Used Milking Machine Plus Agitator Motors, Stainless Steel Shells, Weigh Jars, Etc.

CJM Farm Equipment 802-895-4159 SEVERAL USED Double 6 and 8 parlors w/ATO’s and 3” low lines complete. Several 2”: pipelines, used vacuum pumps, receiver groups, claws, ATO’s, washer boxes, etc. 585-732-1953

Drainage & Tiling

EXCESS EQUIPMENT: JD 260 Self-leveling loader, joystick valve, 2 sets of brackets, $2,800. JD 9300 backhoe attachment for track-loader or dozer, parts or repair, $1,000.

1954 Ford NAA tractor, original Tin, runs excellent, $3,000. 315-855-7897 FARMCO Steel Kicker Wagons

8’x18’ Good Condition NEW HOLLAND 278 Hay Baler

845-482-3811 Ask for Dan

IH CULTIVATORS, 4 row, 3pt. hitch, like new, $750.00.

WANTED: 2-18.4-38 tires 60% or more tread. 518-6956180 JD 2950 2WD ROPS AND canopy 148 loader w/bucket and bale spear, 18.4-38 rears, 3746hrs. Nice, clean tractor. $16,900. 518-732-2445.

Farm Machinery For Sale

MANY IH 1066’S, 1466’S, fender and cab tractors, $7000 - $12,000. IH Tractor Parts. 518-677-2854, 518222-6291.

NH 269 BALER W/KICKER, looks good, works excellent, asking $2,500, OBO. 315269-6440.

Drainage & Tiling

1984 INTERNATIONAL V8 diesel, w/16’ aluminum Agway box, dump w/cross auger in back, $9,600. 315-794-2859, 315-841-8411

Farm Equipment

SUMMER

Farm Equipment

IS

HERE!!

BATWING MOWERS, COMBINES & HEADS NH 8770 MFD . . . . . . . . . .$36,500 JD 4050 MFD PS . . . . . . . .$26,900 CIH 8910 MFD . . . . . . . . . . .$36,000 CIH 7130 MFD . . . . . . . . . . .$34,000 CIH 5140 MFD NICE . . . . . .$26,500 CIH 5130 LDR, MFD, HI HRS $13,500 IH 1486 NEW TA . . . . . . . . .$13,900 IH 1086 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,900 IH 1086 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CALL IH 966 FENDER . . . . . . . . . . .$8,250 IH 856 FENDER . . . . . . . . . . .$7,500 IH 856 NEW TA . . . . . . . . . . .$9,500 IH 806 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6,900 IH 656 WEAK HYDRO . . . . . .$3,500 FD 4100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6,500 BOBCAT CT 225 W/LDR, NEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13,900 JD 9510 CM, 4WD . . . . . . . .$65,000

JD 9500 4WD . . . . . . . . . . . .$46,000 JD 9500 2WD . . . . . . . . . . . .$30,000 JD 653A BEAN HEADS .$3,000 & UP JD FLEX HEADS . . . . . . . . . . .CALL JD CORN HEADS . . . . . . . . . .CALL JD CX15 BATMOWER . . . . .$11,500 JD 7000 6 ROW, DRY . . . . . . . .$6,500 LANDPRIDE COMMANDER 5020 MOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,000 TOP AIR 500 G SPRAYER . . .CALL GRAVITY BOXES . . . . . . . . . .CALL 2100 GAL. PLASTIC TANKS, NEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CALL IH & WHITE PLOWS 4X-10X . .CALL FRONT END LOADERS NEW & USED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CALL BRILLION 9 SHANK . . . . . . . .$6,500 LOTS OF DUALS . . . . . . . . . .CALL TRACTOR WEIGHTS . . . . . . .CALL

Alternative Parts Source Inc. Chittenango, NY •

JD 2950 4X4 W/CAB, $20,000, Farmall H, rebuilt motor, w/hydraulics, $2,200.

607-544-4632.

1950 FARMALL M, VGC, 1969 International 1600 truck w/14ft dump grain rack, 1948 INT. KB7 truck w/14ft dump grain rack. 315-246-3125.

315-687-0074

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

05-06 John Deere 310G 4x4 Backhoe, Cab. $36,999.00.

1-800-548-2558

1992 CASE-IH 1680 4WD combine, contour header adjustment, 3,500 engine hours, $48,500/OBO. 315420-8328, 315-382-6334

05-06 N.H. LB90 4x4 Backhoe, 4-In-1, Cab. $28,999.00.

1-800-548-2558 1840 CASE Skid steer, good motor, needs work, $4,300.

518-812-1428

1995 MACK CH 13, 400 Mack engine, 13 speed Mack transmission, Mack heavy rears, sleeper. $10,000 obo. 607532-4754.

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

2 Floater tires 66x43-25, $800; 4-16.1x16.5 tires & rims, $120 each. 607-2796232 days, 607-533-4850 nights

2004 JOHN DEERE 5320 w/541 loader, 1,200Hrs.; MFWD, power reverser, canopy, new bucket, excellent condition, $25,000. 518-3254261

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

MABIE BROS., INC. New MF 4608L 80 Engine HP Utility Tractor w/12x12 Power Shuttle Trans.

New MF Hesston 1745 4x5 Auto Tie Variable Chamber Baler

85711 Kinderhookk Rd.. Kirkville,, NY Y 13082

315-687-7891 1 • 315-510-2400

MabieBros.Com

PRE-OWNED EQUIPMENT

NH 575 Baler w/#72 thrower, choice of 3, all Miller Pro 1416 Windrower merger, steel low wear and shed kept . . .$12,500-$18,500 pickups, 7.5 width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,900

2008 Krone 4013 13’ center pivot impeller conditioning, like new . . . . . . . . . . . .$22,500 JD 335 Round Baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,900

Dry Up Those Wet Fields Numerous studies show that field drainage installed correctly results in:

30-50% yield increases Reduced soil erosion 1-2 year payback in most cases Learn more at estoltzfusexcavating.net/tilingfaqs and grab your FREE Tiling Guide

Or call: (518) 568-7882 to discuss your project E Stoltzfus Excavating, LLC “We Do The Dirty Work”

Combine Salvage

K & J Surplus 60 Dublin Rd. Lansing, NY 14882 (607) 533-4850 • (607) 279-6232

Claas Disco 3000 10’ Front Mount Disc 2010 JD 5085M 85HP, 4x4, Left Hand Power Mower with Impellers . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,500 Reverser, Loader & Forks, Exc. Cond.$39,500

LENOX FARM SUPPLY Hop Bottom, PA

570-357-2868

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

2007 NEW HOLLAND 1431 mower, drawbar swivel hitch, very good condition, $17,500.

315-794-1969

9’ KELLY RYAN Silage Bagger, excellent shape. 315-7251720

STOLTZFUS & FARMCO FEEDERS

FORD 8N, 9N, Ferguson, TO-20, miscellaneous parts, fenders, etc. Call 315-4392685 East Syracuse,NY

Gehl 860 chopper w/H.H., 1000RPM, metalert, hydraulic tongue, $4,000. Little Falls,NY. 315-868-3505.

John Deere 4040S 4x4 Cab Tractor. $21,999.00. 1-800548-2558

Call 800-836-2888 to place your classified ad.

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

GEHL 1475 silage round baler, $8,500; Buffalo Valley 36’ elevator, electric motor, $2,400; Vermeer 5041 Silage baler, $8,500; Gehl 125 grinder mixer, hammers turned once, $6,900; Gehl 100 grinder mixer, hammers never turned, scales, $5,900.

Garry Ulmer 570-323-0987

3950 JOHN DEERE CHOPPER w/heads, excellent condition. 607-237-4574, 607222-9409

9X18 EASYTRAIL BALE wagon w/8 ton kory gear, used 2 seasons, $3,000. NH 1034 auto bale wagon, bought used but never used, $6,000.

315-783-0595.

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

TRANSPORT HAY ELEVATORS 1 1/2” square tubing, 14 gauge 24’ - 48’ Includes Motor & Wheels Other sizes available Call for prices.

ON SALE NOW! — UP TO $200 DISCOUNT ON ALL PRICES WITH EARLY ORDER!

Headlocks • Haysavers • Slant Bars on skids or wheels all sizes 8’ to 32’ 16’ Headlock Wagon . . .$3,350 24’ Headlock Wagon . . .$4,200 16’ Slant Bar Wagon . . .$2,150 28’ Slant Bar Wagon . . .$3,000 16’ Haysaver Wagon . . .$3,200 24’ Haysaver Wagon . . .$3,800

www.blissfarm.com For pics of our feeders

WE BEAT ALL OTHER DEALERS! Ask about free delivery to the Albany or Hudson Valley area!

The best in “Farmer to Farmer” sales

BLISS FARM 802-875-2031

We Custom Build Wagon Gears - 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 Ton

MILO MFG. • PENN YAN, NY

315-536-8578

We e Buy y and d Sell New w & Used Bale e Grinders and d Grain n Grinders

Farmer 2 Farmer LLC 585-322-4015 2003 Claas Jaguar 900 Chopper

Case 5140 4x4 Cab Farm Tractor. $19,999.00. 1-800548-2558

BEST BUYS IN USED DISC MOWERS 703202

CASE RB454 silage round baler, 921 bales through, self oiler, rotocutter, reverser, electronic controls for inside tractor . . . . . . . . .$30,500/OBO GEHL CTL85 turbo skid steer, 2 speed, hi-flow, air, heat, quick attach, 250 hrs. . . . . .$45,500/OBO CASE MAXXUM 140 full cab, 4WD, w/Case L755 ldr., 60 hrs. . .$115,000/OBO

w/8 row rotary head and 10’ grass head. Will be dealer inspected. 625 HP, about 3900 hours. $120,000 00 OBO

Call Ronnie at 802-989-9830 or 802-758-2138

Lower your feed cost!

Save an average of 3 to 4 lbs of grain per cow per day Going from non processing to a processor. $6.00 corn. . . .

COMBINE: CASE IH 1688 with corn & grain head. 315521-2552

GET A

$22,500

703670

CLAAS 3050FC/ 8550AS TRIPLE MOWER, FLAIL CONDITIONING, 30’ MOWING CAPACITY, SPRING FLOATATION

$38,500

$5,500

COMING

701273

15’, 2 PT SWIVEL HITCH, STEEL ON STEEL ROLLS, HYD TILT, 1000 PTO

KUHN FC313TG 10’ FLAIL COND, 2 PT HITCH, 540 RPM

$12,500

$22,900

703216

703311

KUHN FC4000RG 13’ ROLLS

$17,500

NH H7230

10’4”, RUBBER ROLLS, HYD SWING TONGUE, HYD HEADER TILT

$19,500

702471

NH 1412

702192

10’4”, 540 RPM, SHEAR HUB PROTECTION, FLAIL

NI 5512

12’ HYD SWING, 2 PT HITCH

$9,500

$17,900

ORDER YOUR PARTS ONLINE THRU OUR WEB SITE: www.whitesfarmsupply.com

COMBINES: Many recent arrivals. Huge selection JD & Case IH. Some only 2 years old. zeisloftequip.com 800919-3322 Bloomsburg, PA FARGO DUMP WAGON, always stored inside, excellent condition, $7,500. 585-7399335

703166

GEHL DC2345 9’ STRAIGHT HITCH, 540 RPM

JD MOCO 956

518-872-1386

CENTURY 500 gallon sprayer $1,500; 2 row Holland 3pt carousel transplanter, like new, $1,800; 4 single row Holland carousel transplanters, new condition, $800 each; JD 6x30 RG stiff shank cultivator, $875; Case IH 183 cultivator 6x30 tunnel shields, S-tine, new condition, $1,550; JD 825 & White 378 6x30 cultivators, tunnel shields, $1,000 each; JD 15’ rotary hoe, $500; JD 924 flex head, $3,800; JD 220 flex head, $3,400. Mike Franklin 607-749-3424.

CASE-IH DC515 15’3”, STEEL ROLLS, SWIVEL HITCH

$19,500

CASE IH 8435 SILAGE SPECIAL round baler, VGC, New Firestone 800/65R32 tire and 800/70R38 tire both w/rims.

315-536-3807 CASE IH 8930, 7140, MX135, MX120, C80. 2166 combine mechanics special, 1063 corn head, 1020 25’ grain head, Miller Pro rear unload wagon.

585-732-1953

701927

CASE-IH DC102 540 PTO, STEEL ROLLS, DRAWBAR HITCH

©2007 CNH America LLC. All rights reserved. Case IH is a registered trademark of CNH America LLC. CNH Capital is a trademark of CNH America LLC. www.caseih.com

4154 State Rt. 31, Canastota (315) 697-2214 (800) 633-4443

962 State Rt. 12, Waterville (315) 841-4181 (800) 859-4483

8207 State Rt. 26, Lowville (315) 376-0300

387 Center St., Franklin (607) 829-2600

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Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

FOR SALE: Jay-Lor mixer model 3650 twin screw, works great with round bales of hay, used very little, cows are gone, $22,000; Valmetal hay grinder, great for round bales of silage, like new, $16,000; Husky 4,500 gallon manure spreader, like new, $18,000; John Deere baler model #530, works great, $4,500; John Deere grain drill 18 hole, old but works good, $3,500; International 110 with bucket, low hours, like new, $56,000; 3,000 gallon milk tank, works good, will consider all offers.

Call 607-336-5151

JD DISCBINE 1360, $4,200, JD 1010 bulldozer rotary blade, $4,500; 1594 International w/scoop, 2WD, $4,500; International 574, $3,000; International 986, $4,500.

315-845-8020, 315-868-9696

MACK ENTERPRISES

REEL Type Stone Picker, Riteway, $3,200; Stoltzfus lime spreader, $4,200. 607279-6232 days, 607-533-4850 nights

HAY EQUIPMENT

NEW Field Master 11’ Rotary Rake Model 250, Tandem Axle, Hyd. Lift $7,250

Finger Lakes Equipment Nelson Horning

585-526-6705 HERCULES, CONTINENTAL WAUKESHA: Farm and Industrial Engine Parts, M&M Surplus Sales, P.O. Box 381, Chester, NY 10918. 845-4693597, Fax 845-469-0990.

IH DISGUSTED???

706, 806, 1206, 756, 856, 1256, 1456, 766, 966, 1066, 1466, 1566, 886, 986, 1086, 1486, 1586, 3288, 3388, 3488, 3588, 3788 & Other Models CUT THIS AD OUT NOW! Put in Your Operators Manual

800-808-7885

JD 2010 GAS, REBUILT motor, trans good, really nice shape, w/loader, not on tractor, $3,500. NH TC40-D, 4WD, 16 LA loader, Woods RM-90 finish mower, clean & new looking, $15,000. 845-7785094 or 845-913-8466.

JD 5830 self-propelled chopper, engine rebuilt last spring.

New turbo & injector pump, very nice looking machine, field ready. Comes w/4 row chain head, 7’ grass head & kernel processor, $45,000 firm. 315-569-1761, 315-5698267 JD 8420, 8200, 8120, 7920, 7405, 6615, 6520, 4955, 4560, 4055, 2555. JD 347 & 348 wire kicker balers; NH BC5050 baler, less than 1000 bales; NI 4844 baler. 585-7321953

JOHN DEERE TRACTOR PARTS Many New Parts in Stock RECENT MODELS IN FOR SALVAGE: • 2640 • 2150 • 4955 PS cab • 3255 4WD • 4010 • 4020 •2240 •4320 •2010 gas w/good eng • 4240 quad • 4230 ROPS • 4030 • 3020 syncro • 3010D

We Rebuild Your Hydraulic Pumps, SCV Valves, Steering Valves, etc.

All Units are Bench Tested MANY USED TRACTOR PARTS ALREADY DISMANTLED CALL FOR YOUR NEEDS

NELSON PARTS LLC PENN YAN, NY

800-730-4020 315-536-3737 Kennedy Tractor of Williamstown, NY (315) 964-1161 Farmall Super MTA barn fresh, 2Pt PS, SN 72927, wfe, exc. runner, good tin & rubber, needs some cosmetics $4,850; Case VAC 14 Eagle Hitch (good) $2,450; Farmall C WFE nice shape $1,850; Farmall AV $1,850; 4x4 JD 4200 w/JD Ldr, Hydro 25-30HP Dsl, 900 hrs, industrial rubber, exc. runner $9,750; 4x4 Agco ST25 w/Ldr 20HP Dsl, 1100 hrs, ind. rubber, hydro, clean $8,950; 4x4 Kubota BX2200 Cab & 60” Belly Mower 20HP Hydro, Dsl, well maintained $5,750; 4x4 Kubota M8950, Full Cab/Heat/Air 85-90HP Dsl, all new tires, lots of weights, dual outlets, all ready for summer work! $10,900; 4x4 Case 580 Super L, Fully Heated Cab & E-Hoe very clean $24,500; Trailer Type Int 100 SB Mower $1,275; 3Pt NH 451 3Pt SB Mower $1,750; Landpride RCR2510 Demo 10’ Rotary Mower (3) gearboxes, 540 PTO, chainguard kit $5,250; JD M w/Front Blade, Quick Hitch, Rear Tire Chains, Land Plow (1) Btm, Good Runner all original $2,500; Bush Hog Brand RDTH 72 Finish Mower 6’ Width, 3Pt, excellent $1,650; 3Pt Kioti & Delmorino 6’ Finish Mowers 3Pt, new $1,750 & $1,850; Woods 3Pt Landscape Rake 6’ w/wheels, new $850; York 3Pt Landscape Rake 8’ $495; 4x4 Kubota B2100 w/60” Belly Mower & Fr. Snowblower 20HP Dsl, low hrs, hydro, very clean! $8,950; Lots More Tractors & Equip In Stock

KUHN KNIGHT VERTICAL mixer, like new, all options, $22,000. 607-234-4029, 607226-2596.

KUHN ROUND BALE Wrapper, Model RW1600, bought new last year, wrapped about 100 bales, price negotiable.

315-822-4242 LARGEST SELECTION of late model grain heads & corn heads in East. $1000 off most heads this month only. Zeisloft Eq. 800-919-3322 LEON Rock Picker, model D60, good to fair condition; Massey Ferguson 3pt hitch side mower. 518-669-3197 or after 8pm 518-568-5129 ask for Art

(716) 358-3006 • (716) 358-3768 Ship UPS Daily www.w2r.com/mackenterprises/

New & Used Tractor & Logging Equipment Parts

Maine to N Carolina

SAVE UP TO 50% on new combine parts. Any make. We stock & ship. 800-919-3322. zeisloftequip.com

Got trucks?

Got SLOW TRACTORS? Replace the Trucks and the Tractors with a fleet of FASTRAC front PTO

TIRES & RIMS of all sizes; duals, most sizes. PARTS FOR: Int. 1460 combine, 886, 986, 1086, 1486, 5088 tractors, Case 970, 1070, 1370, 2290, 2670. 585-732-1953

Welsarth@Msn.com

WE WILL BEAT ANY Internet deal on combines, plus give 1 year motor & trans. warranty. That’s a fact. 2.7% financing. Zeisloft Eq., Bloomsburg, PA 800-919-3322

JCB Tractors PleasantCreekHay.Com

MF540 SOYBEAN SPECIAL combine diesel 13ft flex head & 13ft grain head, $5,900.

716-549-7359 after 9pm.

NH 1049 bale wagon, 160 bale capacity, good condition, $11,000. 315-729-2281 NH 258 hay rake, 9’, field ready, $2,200; E.Z.Trail 9x18 hay rack w/gear, like new, $2,850. 315-374-2788 NH 311 BALER W/THROWER, excellent original condition, always inside, low use, $5,600, OBO. 315-796-3747.

SMILEY’S EQUIPMENT Tedders, discbines, haybines, balers, hay rakes, cultipackers, disks, harrows, cultivators, seeders, corn planters, rototillers, York rakes, brush hogs, 1 to 6 bottom plows, 3pt. backhoes, bale spears, bale wrappers, square bale choppers, manure spreaders, fertilizer spreaders, hay elevators, corn choppers, corn pickers, flail mowers, hay wagons.

Dozers, $3,500; tractors, 2 wheels and 4 wheel drives, cheap, $1,000 up; pickups, $1,000 up; backhoes, $3,000 up; excavators, $9,000 up; pavers, $1,500 up; rollers, $850 up; skid steers, $2,500 up; tractors with loaders, $1,800 up; equipment trailers & landscape trailers, $300 up; new 5 ton dump trailers, $5,000; dump trucks, $1,500 up. All types of parts for haying equipment and all makes of tractors and much more! Buying machines dead or alive!

Trucking Available

518-634-2310

Buying Corn, Feed Wheat & Oats

(315)) 549-82266 Romulus, NY 14541

TRY SUDAX 2 Cuttings Nutritionally Comparable to Corn Plant In June

MOTORHOME 33 ft. class A, with central air, generator, propane heat, full bath, queen bed, underside storage, 17K miles. Immaculate condition, $16,500. 315-853-2006 NEW STEEL BALE WAGONS, 9x8x18 2”pressure treated floor, w/wide track 8T gear, $3,999. 10 bale round bale carrier, 6x12”main box beam, $3,550. Feeder wagons.

10’Brillion seeder; NH LS190 skid-steer. 570-446-3170

YOUR SOURCE FOR:

• Livestock Feeds • Ration Balancing • SeedWay Seeds • Crystalyx Products

5500 to $7500

$

Per Acre

315-855-4353

Farm Machinery Wanted WANTED TO BUY: Used farm & construction equipment, all makes and models, running or not, 1980’s & newer. Will 315777-2357

WANTED

Used Self-Propelled

CHOPPERS & DISCBINES

John Deere - Claas New Holland Burnt - Blown Up - Parts

518-848-4669 Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Custom Roasting and Cooling Your Soybeans,Corn, etc.

At Your Farm or Mill Serving All of NY State

WEILER’S GRAIN ROASTING

(315) 549-7081 CORN SILAGE FOR SALE $65.00/ton. Call 585-7399335

Will-O-Crest Farms selling CORN SILAGE ($65/T) & STRAW BALES (Lg Square) Contact Bruce 7am-8pm

Fencing AT T E N T I O N FA R M E R S : Cedar Fence Posts, 6’,8’,10’ & 12’; 1000’s of Rustic Furniture pieces; rough cut cedar lumber. Fred, Copenhagen,NY 315-688-2807 ELECTRIC FENCE CONTROLLER REPAIRS. Factory authorized warranty center for Zereba, ParMak, many others.

No charge for estimates. Quick turn-around time. Send or bring to our shop, any make, any model. 518-284-2180 LOCUST POSTS, POLES, Split Rails, 6x6’s, 4x4’s. Other hardwood & softwood boards and planks, custom cut. Also lots, land cleared, woodlots wanted. 518-883-8284

Country Folks’

Classifieds

800-836-2888

JD 336 #30 . . . . . . . . .$3,900 JD 337 w/chute . . . . . .$4,200 JD 48 Loader . . . . . .$1,550 Vicon 1210 Rnd Baler $3,500 Kuhn 23’ Tedder . . . . .$3,800 Miller Pro 1100 Rotary Rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,950 NH 256 Rake . . . . . . .$1,450 New Diamond 3pt. Wrapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,900 New EHE 18’ Tedder .$6,500 Kidd 610 Round Bale Chopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,800 Used & New JD Baler Parts

JOHN DEERE FM6 cultivator, $1,200; 2011 Kuhn SR108 wheel rake. 716-664-3757, 716-450-7062

Randolph, NY

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

800-836-2888

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585-414-3082 Delivery Available

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Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Grain Roasting On Your Far m

Soybeans • Corn Barley • Wheat

Waterville Grain Roasting Oneida Co., NY

315-534-8948

Fencing

Fencing

2033 Brothertown Road Deansboro, NY 13328 Phone: (315) 841-4910 Fax: (314) 841-4649 Hrs: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm Sat. 8am-Noon Spring/Summer www.williamsfarmfence.com

williamsfence@gmail.com

~ Available Now ~ ~ reels ~ poliwire ~ step in posts etc. ~ hi tensile ~ wire mesh ~ gates ~ split rail fencing ~ hay feeders ~ posts of all sizes ~ tools ~ cattle handling equipment ~ water tubs & valves ~ mineral feeders

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Fencing

Fencing

E FARM FENCE & SUPPLY EMPIR “Miles of Quality Start Here”

• High Tensile • Split Rail • Misc. Types of Fence • Energizers • Fencing Supplies

4097 Rt. 34B, Union Springs, NY 13160 RUSTIN WILSON

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

A N MARTIN GRAIN SYSTEMS 315-923-9118 Clyde, NY WE SPECIALIZE IN

• Sukup Grain Bins • Dryers • Grain Legs • Custom Mill Righting

• Hopper Feed Bins • Transport Augers • Crane Service • Dryer Service

Hay - Straw For Sale

Help Wanted

H AY

WANTED:

Farmer to Farmer Wet and Dry

Round & Square Bales

1st, 2nd & 3rd Cut Hay Also Square Bales of

STRAW CALL STEVE

519-482-5365

(315) 364-5240

ONTARIO DAIRY HAY & STRAW

Ag Service Tech

Cazenovia Equipment Company, a premier John Deere Dealer is looking for experienced service technicians to join our team in any of our eleven locations in New York.

The right candidate has strong mechanical skills, understands the performance of farm equipment and implements applications.

Quality Alfalfa Grass Mix Lg. Sq. - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Cut

ALSO CERTIFIED ORGANIC Low Potassium for Dry Cows

Call for Competitive Prices NEEB AGRI-PRODUCTS

519-529-1141

PLEASANT VIEW FARMS HAY & STRAW Lg. Round, Lg. Sq., Sm. Sq.

Hay - Straw For Sale

Hay - Straw For Sale

HAY & STRAW

FOR SALE

ALFALFA - Delivered Cell

717-222-2304 FARMERS

Fertilizer & Fertilizer Spreading

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

HI-MAG LIME

24’ DRYING BIN; Brock 18’ drying bin; 21’ 6 ring drying bin, nice; 24’ DMC stirator, Design III, nice, $3,000; Brock 24” LP heater, nice, $800.

570-966-9893

Delivered by the Truckload Also EQUINE & BEDDING SAND

FOB McConnellsville, NY Delivery Available

888-339-2900 ext. 10

WE GOT LIME

NEW AND USED Grain Dryers: GT, MC, GSI. Call anytime toll free 1-877-422-0927

2012 BALEAGE. Albany,NY area. James Frueh, 518-4361050

ROBERT ROLLE

Hay - Straw Wanted

518-768-2344

GOOD QUALITY HAY & STRAW. Large Square Bales.

Will load or ship direct. 802849-6266

10 Ton Minimum Limited Availability

FOR SALE: Baling Twine, Net Wrap & Bale Wrap. Call Bonita @ 717-380-9571.

Large Quantity Discount ALSO BEDDING SAND & CHICKEN MANURE

ROY’S

(518) 234-4052

HAY & STRAW: Large or small square bales. Wood Shaving Bags and Grain.

René Normandin,Québec, Canada 450-347-7714

FOR SALE: Horse quality first & second cut grassy hay, big & small square bales. Delivered.-315-264-3900

HAY SAVER Plus Hay Preservative, 68% Propionic Acid.

Product available in Waterloo, NY. Delivery Available. Conoy Ag, Elizabethtown, PA 717367-5078

Hay - Straw For Sale

Hay - Straw For Sale

The Best Method For Covering Hay Stacks

SPREADING SERVICE LLC Spreader By Float

cell#

607-434-1024

Roy Van Warner

607-432-7476

Long or Short Large Squares

STANTON BROTHERS

3 0 To n M i n i mu m

Fertilizer & Fertilizer Spreading

WHEAT STRAW GRASS HAY

Nick 845-901-1892

Spreader & Spreading Available

Fertilizer & Fertilizer Spreading

Quality

WILL DELIVER

HI-MAG

Call T J Allen 315-845-6777 315-868-2438

All Grades Hay & Straw Horse & Dairy Quality Bagged Shavings & Sawdust

1st & 2nd Cut Wrapped Round Bales Delivery Available Call Louis 860-803-0675

New Lime Hi - Cal

ALWAYS WANTED TIMOTHY MIXED HAY ALFALFA MIXED HAY

The job requires computer knowledge and good communication skills. John Deere equipment repair knowledge and experience is a plus.

Technicians have access to state-of-the-art computer diagnostic information, John Deere education programs, as well as performance incentive programs.

Cazenovia Equipment offers competitive compensation package, 401K retirement program, employee discount, personal leave days many group employee benefits.

Apply now...

Fax Resume to (315) 655-8433 Email Resume: jobs@cazequip.com

www.cazenoviaequipment.com Large Dairy in Cayuga County, NY

Looking for Experienced

HERDMAN

1st, 2nd & 3rd Cuttings Also Small Square Mulch

e-mail swhite3273@aol.com

WANTED: 1st & 2nd cut big & small squares. 315-363-9105

MILKER WANTED: 3PM-midnight, housing provided. Gansevoort, NY. 518-744-4052 or lksmiles1@msn.com

Call 4M FARMS 315-684-7570 • 315-559-3378

Heating

CENTRAL BOILER E-Classic OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACES. Cleaner and Greener. EPA Qualified. Call today Halloran Farm 845-482-5208.

Weller & Associates has been providing comprehensive crop insurance solutions for over thirty years. We use John Deere APEX/AMS technology to provide accurate timely service. We are looking for an individual with strong educational skills to represent us in Central New York.

See the web site http://tinyurl.com/nq4nve7

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

CENTRAL BOILER EClassic OUTDOOR FURNACES. Cleaner and Greener. 97% Efficient. EPA Qualified. Call North Creek Heat 315-8663698

HERDSPERSON WANTED! PROTECT YOUR FEED FROM THE WEATHER Save money in prevented feed losses & up to 5 seasons of use Large Inventory • Next Day Shipping

Must have a Bachelor’s degree, experience with hog, sheep, and cow herds and a drivers license in good standing. Housing Available.

ROCKY MEADOW FARM

www.thecenterfordiscovery.org Contact Erica at ecuthbertson@tcfd.org or 845-707-8308

810 South 14th Ave., Lebanon, PA 17042

1-866-887-2727 • 1-717-228-2727 www.supertarp.com • rockymeadowfarm@evenlink.com

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1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Hogs

Miscellaneous

Parts & Repair

TAKING ORDERS for Spring piglets, feeders and slaughter hogs, all corn & milk fed. Also freezer ready pork cuts & sausage. Hull-O Farms 518239-6950, Durham,NY

YARD SIGNS: Full color with stakes, double sided. Stakes included. Starting at $15.00 each. Call your sales representative or Beth at Lee Publications 518-673-0101 or bsnyder@leepub.com. Please allow 7 to 10 business days when ordering.

IH TRACTOR PARTS

Hoof Trimming SHAMANSKY’S HOOF TRIMMING, references available.

518-231-3162

Hoof Trimming

Poultry & Rabbits

BATES CORPORATION

12351 Elm Rd BOURBON, IN 46504 New, Used & Rebuilt We Ship Anywhere CHECK OUT OUR MONTHLY WEB SPECIALS!

email: giespasture@frontiernet.net www.NEPPAHatchery.net

Our Web Address: www.batescorp.com

M.D.’ S HOOF TRIMMING • Corrective and MaintenanceTrimming • Sore Problem Feet Repaired and Wrapped

MIKE DVORAK 315-725-1720

1-800-248-2955 STARTERS, ALTERNATORS, and GENERATORS for all domestic and import engines.

Also HIGH TORQUE DIESEL STARTERS. Prompt Service 315-826-7892 Gary Sneath

Serving g Alll off New w York

Horses PAIR REG. HAFLINGERS, full brothers, 2yr. gelding, one 1yr. stud, good size, make ex. team, good for vet, farrier, UTD. 518-766-4621

Livestock Wanted CASH FOR DAY OLD BULL CALVES Eastern Wayne, Northern Seneca & Cayuga Counties. 315-521-0309

Lumber & Wood Products LOCUST 4x4’s, fence posts, split rails, lumber. Natural, chemical free non poisonous alternative to pressure treated that has strength and lasts a lifetime. 518-883-8284

Maintenance & Repair

GOODRICH TRACTOR PARTS Rt. 38 & 38B, Newark Valley, NY

607-642-3293

KICKER RACKS 8’x16’ Up To 9’x18’

We Rebuild Forage Boxes FEEDER RACKS FLAT RACKS

16’ & 20’

Pickup & Delivery Available

Witchley MFG. 6591 Greenway New London Rd., Verona, NY 13478

Ph. (315) 336-8268 1/2 mile past Warner Sales & Service

Miscellaneous BUSINESS CARD MAGNETS only $75.00 for 250. Free Shipping. Call Beth at Lee Publications 518-673-0101 or bsnyder@leepub.com Please allow 7-10 business days for delivery

Call Thompson Island LLC 518-796-4828

518-568-5322

Van Billings Real Estate, LLC

Poultry Goslings, ducklings, chicks, turkeys, guineas, bantams, pheasants, chukars, books, medications.

315-429-0300

Offering the Best in Farms, Land, Homes www.vanbillingsrealestate.com 14 S. Main St., Dolgeville, NY 13329 Licensed Real Estate Broker

Old Dairy Farm now used for beef with extensive farm buildings & renovated two family farm house. Beautiful setting. Double twelve milking parlor but no milking equipment left. Feed barn, heifer barn, metal machine barn, ponds, great potential.

Argyle - 100 Acres $550,000 Dairy of Distinction

Poultry & Rabbits

Real Estate For Sale Cornish Cross Broilers & Colored Broilers

www.myerspoultry.com

LAND FOR SALE: Little Falls area, 59.9 acres, field & woods, $65,000; 17.9 acres field & woods, $35,000; owner financing. Fort Plain area, 60 acres, fields, 2797’ road frontage, $119,000; also 5.3 acres, great view, $16,000, owner financing. 518-861-6541 www.helderbergrealty.com

Real Estate For Sale

Real Estate For Sale

(7 Meat Varieties)

Extremely hearty & perfect for free range Layer Chicks, Turkeys Ducklings, Guineas, Much More

DEMEREE REALTY Little Falls, NY 13365 Phone (315) 823-0288

www.demereerealty.com • demeree@ntcnet.com #75 - Dairy farm with 255 acres is certified organic - new 50x200 ft. coverall bldg. with bedding pack for up to 100 cows, 40x160 ft. 2 story barn converted to double-9 milking parlor & lg. holding area, nice 32x70 ft. pole barn w/water & electric for heifers & calves. 120 acres tillable / 90 pasture & 40 woods, 14 room 2 family home & nice mobile home, yr. around creek Asking $625,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .REDUCED TO $495,000 MORE LAND AVAILABLE #720 - VERY NICE 250 ACRE DAIRY FARM - 4 miles south of Sangerfield borders Rte. 12. 170 acres tillable, 50 pasture, 90 woods - 60 tie stall, 2 story cow barn with wide fronts, large milk house, 2 bulk tanks, 72 stall 2 story heifer/dry cow barn with wide fronts, two barns hooked together, concrete barnyard, 3 concrete silos with black top for unloading wagons. Big 20 room house built by a doctor 150 years ago, new wood/oil furnace, great water supply. Some of the best soils in NEW YORK STATE Asking $698,000 . . . .REDUCED TO $650,000. BIG HOUSE HAS BEEN PAINTED, NEW ROOF, COMPLETELY REMODELED.

Van Billings

Columbus - 77 Acres $299,900

(717) 365-3234

(814) 539-7026

Maintenance & Repair

Financing for Farmland, Timberland, Commercial and Waterfront Properties.

Fast Approvals & Closings

PO Box 399 Gratz, PA 17030

TRACTOR WEIGHTS

100 lb. IHC Style Suitcase Weights 85 ea.

10 or more 75 lb. available

Write or call for prices & availability

Real Estate For Sale

MORTGAGES AVAILABLE

Clearview Hatchery

Parts

AC, IHC, MF, JD, CASE & OTHERS Wheel weights and suitcase weight brackets.

Free freight 1,000 lbs or more.

Also skid steer weights and brackets.

NEPPA Hatchery Jill & Ken Gies 660 Fordsbush Road Ft. Plain, NY 13339

Call the IH Parts Specialists:

Hoof Trimming

Day Old Chicks: Broilers, Layers Turkeys

Real Estate For Sale

Perfect Dairy of Distinction - High milk producing Organic farm, ideal for rotational grazing. 68 tie stalls, new milking equipment, 100 acres, mostly tillable. 21,000 lb. herd average. Excellent buildings, silo, shop and ranch home. Cattle and machinery also available. Additional beautifully remodeled farmhouse on 7 acres may be available. Call for milk production.

Georgetown - 135 Acres - $589,900 - Dairy of Distinction Picture perfect Dairy of Distinction.

First time offered outside the family.

Fully functioning dairy farm with excellent barn, milks 53 cows, 3 silos, 6 ton grain bin, holds 10,000 small bales, 135 acres with 65 acres tillable, good woods and pasture. An excellent grazing farm. Other outbuildings include equipment shop and garages for equipment storage. Additional 46 acres available for lease with 36 acres tillable. Two fine homes in excellent condition. Beautiful 4 bedroom ranch with inground pool and decks with beautiful views plus an older 4 bedroom farmhouse also in fine condition with sparkling hardwood floors. This farm is a real gem.

Rentals

FOR RENT 9’ Silage Bagger Call for Price & Availability

315-725-1720 Rentals

Rentals

FORESTRY CUTTER FOR RENT

#16 - CERTIFIED ORGANIC 100 ACRES NEAR LITTLE FALLS, has great views of the MOHAWK VALLEY. 3 outstanding building lots along road 5S, some tillable land, nice woods and a pond. It is located one mile from the AMISH SALE BARN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$198,000 #76 - HUNTING LAND 82 acres on quiet road, great hunting, outside in the country, near Middleville, great place to build a new home, 1065 ft. of road frontage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $100,000 C-87 - Well-kept residence with newly remodeled building, centrally located on a 5.6A corner lot with road frontage. Two-story frame residence updated in 2007, 9 room, 4BR, 1 full bath, 34x73 remodeled, fully insulated building with vinyl siding, carpeted two-room office/reception area, built-in shelving, restroom, large paved parking area, woodworking shop (19x34), storage area (21x34).The paved driveway and parking alongside well-kept spacious lawns makes this an elegant setting for a business or hobby farm. Priced to Sell at . . . . . .$145,000

• Blaze Wildlife Trails • Trim Tree Lines • Clean Up Old Orchards • Reclaim Grown Up Meadows (For Rent or Custom Hire)

Call Lamar 315-246-1154

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Roofing

ROOFING & SIDING

MID-STATE TECH INC.

e Metall Roofing g & Siding..

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Calendar of Events EAST NOTE: Calendar entries must arrive at the Country Folks office by the Tuesday prior to our publication date for them to be included in the calendar of events. Email: jkarkwren@leepub.com

MAY 6 - OCT 26 Groundswell Center Offers Scholarships for Sustainable Farming Trainees The Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming is offering scholarships for limited resource trainees in its 2013 Sustainable Farming courses. These courses provide training in small scale, commercial organic farming systems and are geared for beginning and aspiring farmers. Programs begin May 6.

Apply now. Groundswell’s 100-hour Sustainable Farming Certificate Program runs from May 6 to Oct. 26. Finger Lakes CRAFT: Monthly farm tours and social gatherings. Organic Farming Fundamentals: Six sessions, May 8-June 26. Commercial Organic Vegetable Production Basics: Eight sessions, May 22 - Aug. 28. Organic Livestock Production Basics: Six sessions, July 3 - Aug. 7.

Pastured Poultry Intensive: Full day workshop, Aug 12.

Sheep Dairy Intensive: Full day workshop, Aug 18. Hog Breeding and Farrowing Intensive: Full day workshop, Sept. 16. Draft Horse Intensive: Two day workshop, TBA. Poultry Processing Practicum: Full day workshops, TBA. Tuition for each program is on a sliding scale. Program details and an online application form can be found at www.groundswellcenter.org.

Call 607-319-5095 or e-mail info@groundswellcenter.org.

JUN 24 Grazing and Nutrient Management Evening Field Day Hepler Beef Farm in New Milford Township. Start at 6:30 pm. The first one half hour of the evening session will cover the new nutrient (manure and fertilizer) management rules. Then the group will take a guided walk and talk over several of the intensively grazed pastures.

The interactive talk and walk will be led by the beef operation owners Curt, Brian and Ben Hepler and assisted by the local NRCS staff. The last

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Calendar of Events part of the evening session will feature refreshments (locally made ice cream). If you are planning on attending please RSVP to Laura Holbrook at 570-278-4600 ext. 262.

“Re-Inventing the Hudson Valley Breadbasket” Migliorelli Farm, Red Hook, NY. 10:30 am - 2:30 pm. A field day showcasing Cornell’s regional Hudson Valley wheat and barley variety trials in the Hudson Valley and a discussion of market opportunities in baking, brewing and distilling. Cost: Pre-registration cost is $25 or $30 after the pre-registration deadline. The pre-registration deadline is June 20.

Cost includes lunch. For registration information call Carrie Anne at 845-3403990 ext. 311 Registration forms are available on the CCE Ulster County website at www.cceuc.org.

Preregistration payments should be sent to: CCE Ulster County, 232 Plaza Rd., Kingston, NY 12401.

1992 Fruehauf 5000 Gallon Stainless Steel Tanker, 11-20 Rubber, S Cam Brakes, Pump and Hose Included. $8,900

1978 Fruehauf 9200 gallon aluminum tanker. Rear fill with doors and flip to spread option. 22.5 tires at 90%, brakes at 90% and 4 new HD springs.

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JUN 29 Game of Logging level 2 7:30 am - 5 pm. Level 2 focuses on maximizing chainsaw performance. Individuals will learn about chainsaw maintenance; carburetor setting; filing techniques; limbing & bucking techniques; spring pole cutting; & felling techniques.

Level 1 is a prerequisite.

Individuals will be responsible to provide their own chain saw, helmet, leather boots, chaps, safety glasses or face screen, ear muffs or plugs and to dress for the weather. Participants should pack a brown bag lunch and enough water for the day.

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JUN 26 Pasture Walk Albany Township, Bradford County, PA. 11 am - 2 pm.

Participation and lunch are free for those who register by June 21. To register or ask for directions, contact Laura Hewitt at 570-265-2717 or info@endlessmountainsrcd.org JUN 27 Learn How to Sell Fruits & Vegetables to the USDA 2-3 pm. Free webinar. Registration is required and space is limited. Visit http:// bit.ly/145Arm2 to register today. On Internet at www. ams.usda.gov/commodity purchasing

24.5 rubber, new brakes, drums, and springs.

Rollover tarp in good condition. Full frame, Good trailer.

1993 Mack CL613 Tri-axle Tractor 440hp, 18 speed, 14k front axle, 44k rears, 20k lift axle, wetline, excellent condition, stock #4339 $18,900

$15,900 2002 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD DURAMAX 4x4, Longbed, Extended Cab, 173K, With New Injectors at 100K. Good honest truck.

$9,900 2008 Cat D5K XL Dozer 3400 Hours, Canopy w/heater, System One U/C in very good condition, With 20” pads, 6 way PAT blade, GPS ready $68,900

2004 Cat 312C EROPS with heat and AC, 5574 hours, new chains and sprockets, mechanical thumb, 38” bucket $67,500

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1993 Kawasaki 90ZIII Wheel Loader 4.5 CY Bucket with teeth, cab with heat & A/C, Cummins 290hp, only 7348 hours $38,900

1996 Cat 938F Wheel Loader 13,442 hours, Cab with heat and AC, 20.5x25 tires at 80%, 3CY bucket with BOE, ride control and 4 speed powershift $45,900

2000 Volvo ACL64 Daycab Cummins N14 435hp, 8LL, 12k front axle, 46k rears, Wetline, 22.5 rubber at 75%, 488951 miles, stock #4341 $26,900

2010 Ammann Double Drum Roller Only 7 Hours!! 32” drums, spray system & vibratory. Save $$$$$. Only $19,900!

2004 International 7600 Southern Truck, C-10 Cat, 305 HP, 9 Spd Trans., 35,000 GVW, No Rust Priced To Sell Or Trade

1999 GMC 7500 250 Cat, Low Miles, Allison Automatic Transmission with PTO Provision, Air Brakes, 33,000 GVW, Cheap!

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1987 Mack DM688 300 Mack, Mack Air To Air 6 Speed Low Hole Transmission, 26’ Roll Back With 20,000# Winch, Stabilizer, Low Miles, No Rust.

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1986 Mack DM686S 300 Mack with Jake, Mack 6 Spd Low Hole Trans., 18,000 Front, Mack 44,000 Rears, Mack Camelback, Double Frame, Southern Truck, No Rust. Priced To Sell Or Trade

2003 Peterbilt 379 Daycab Cummins N14, 8LL, double frame, Wetline, 443,548 miles, 201” wheelbase, 24.5’s on aluminum wheels, 14k front axle, 46k rears, stock #4340 $36,900 (Also 1999 same specs)

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Pre-registration/prepayment is required. Class is limited to 10 participants.

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Ohio National Youth Heifer Show Wilmington, Ohio. 8 am.

Held in conjunction with the 2013 National Ayrshire Convention. All Ayrshire youth coming to the convention from across the US are eligible to participate. Entry forms are available online at www.usayrshire.com/news or by calling the ABA at 614335-0020. Entries are due no later than June 17. For more information, contact Dru Mercer at 574-727-9192 or druandsara@bright.net.

JUL 1 U.S. Ayrshire News Youth Contest Deadline National Ayrshire Convention, Wilmington, OH. Ayrshire junior members who are interested in participating in the national queen contest, display contest, photo contest, quiz bowl and dairy jeopardy are encouraged to complete the application forms available on the ABA web site at www.us ayrshire.com/applications.html JUL 1 - AUG 16 Summer Youth Lessons Each 45 to 60 minute, hands-on lesson is geared for youth ages 5 to 12. There needs to be a minimum of 5 youth participants to schedule a lesson and a maximum of 25 youth can be accommodated for each lesson.

Summer youth program coordinators may schedule one or both of the lessons for the period of July 1 through Aug. 16, by contacting Extension educator Linda Wegner no later than June 27 at 518-673-5525 ext. 114 or lew9@cornell.edu.

JUL 5-7 Northeast Reining Horse Show Eastern States Exposition Coliseum, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield, MA. Contact The Big E, 413-7372443, 413-205-5115.

On Internet at www.

TheBigE.com JUL 8 Farmer Training Meetings Heather Ridge Farm, Preston Hollow. 3-5 pm. Other 2013 schedule date include: • Aug. 12: Majestic Farm, Mountain Dale • Sept. 9: Dirty Girl Farm, Andes • Oct. 14: Rondout Valley Organics, Ellenville • November 2013: Contradance TBD A full schedule and host farm background can be found at www.

CatskillsCRAFT.org.

JUL 8-12 Joint Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association & the American Society of Animal Science Indianapolis, IN. 35 symposia on topics such as animal genetics, food science and animal well being. On Internet at jtmtg.org JUL 10 4-H Shooting Sports Program CCE of Albany County, 24 Martin Rd., Voorheesville, NY. 6-8 pm. Participants must be between 11 & 18 years of age. There is a participation fee of $35 for each

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Participants must preregister and registration will be limited. To register a youth, or for more information, contact Eileen DePaula at 518-765-3500 or e-mail oremd32@cornell.edu.

Evaluating Alfalfa & Corn Crops in the Field A-Dale Farm, 3576 Pratts Rd., Bouckville, NY. 7-8:30 pm. The program has been approved for 1 pesticide recertification credit. Attendees must arrive on time and stay for the entire program to be awarded credit. Please register by calling CCE of Madison County at 315-6843001.

JUL 10-11 Small Business Workshops • Jul 10 - Sullivan County Soil & Water Conservation District Bldg, 64 Ferndale Loomis Rd., Liberty, NY • Jul 11 - Brooks House of BBQ, Oneonta, NY. The workshops are geared toward farmers, food based businesses and forest products manufacturers, but any small business owner will find the information useful.

Both workshops run from 4:30-8 pm. Registration is $20 and includes dinner.

Those interested in attending can register online before June 28, by visiting www. financing-your-businessoneonta.eventbrite.com or www.financing-yourbusiness-liberty.eventbrite. com. Those with questions can contact Josh VanBrakle at 607-865-7790, ext. 112.

JUL 10-13 Region 16 Arabian Championships Eastern States Exposition Coliseum, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield, MA. Contact The Big E, 413-7372443, 413-205-5115. On Internet at www.

TheBigE.com JUL 11, SEPT. 5 & 19, OCT. 3, NOV. 7 & DEC. 5 Maple Program Webinar You can join this webinar by going to https://cornell. webex.com/cornell/onstage /g.php?t=a&d=645431179 or to cornellmaple.com and click on maple webinars.

Password is the word maple.

Seminar runs 7-8 pm. Past webinars can be viewed by going to www. cornellmaple.com. For more information contact Steve Childs at slc18@cornell.edu or call 607-255-1658.

JUL 13 Flies on your livestock on pasture? What’s the buzz?

Sheffer’s Grassland Dairy, 74 Sheffer Rd., Hoosick Falls, NY. 6-8 pm. A field meeting to learn how to control flies. There is no cost for the meeting, but an RSVP is appreciated. For more information or to register, please contact Marcie Vohnoutka at mmp74@cornell.edu or 518272-4210.

Backyard Edibles & Medicinal 10 am - 2 pm. Explore some of the plants, shrubs, and trees that can be used just outside your door. Who knows - maybe we’ll even

find an edible mushroom or two. Come along and find out. (CFA members free) $10 non-CFA members; sturdy shoes required.

Preregistration required. Contact CFA, 845-586-3054 or e-mail cfa@catskill.net.

Delaware County 4-H Duck Race Third Brook in Walton, NY. Tickets cost $5 each or $20 for five tickets. Five prizes will be awarded: 1st/$500; 2nd/$250; 3rd/$150; 4th/$100 and 5th/$50. 4-H Duck Race tickets can be purchased from any Delaware County 4-Her or by contacting the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County office in Hamden at 607-865-6531.

Horse & Buggy Play Day High & Mighty Farm Therapeutic Riding & Driving Center Inc., 71 County Rte. 21c, Ghent, NY. 10 am - 3 pm.

Call 518-672-4202 or visit high-n-mighty.org Lunch.Games. Prizes, costume parade, silent auction and treasures for Kids. Benefit to purchase a horse drawn vehicle suitable for drivers with special needs.

Join us for activities that are fun for drivers, passengers and spectators.

JUL 14 Meeting to Show Robotic Milkers Tayl-Wind Farm, 1680 Marshall Rd., Cassville, NY. Noon until ? Come whenever, but we will be hosting a dish to pass lunch at 1:30 pm that everyone is invited to. Meat, drinks, tableware provided.

JUL 14-16 2013 New York State Maple Tour Hudson Valley Resort & Spa, Kerhonkson, NY. Descriptions of the tour sites are now available at the “2013 NYS Maple Tour” heading at www.cornellmaple.com. Cost is set at $195/person to include the tour, meals and the annual banquet. Registration and tour stop information is available at www.cornellmaple.com and www.nysmaple.com or call Carrie Anne at 845-3403990 ext. 311. The registration deadline is July 3, 2013.

Completed registration forms and payments should be sent to: Attn: Carrie Anne Doyle, Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County, 232 Plaza Rd., Kingston, NY 12401.

JUL 18 Summer Evening Pasture Walk Long Lesson Farm, 444 Goosen-Regan Rd., Buskirk, NY. Enjoy a presentation from Columbia-Greene CCE livestock educator Mick Bessire, have question and answer time with the farm owners while we walk the pastures and light refreshments. We plan on discussing pasture renovations, soil health and weed control, but the discussion will move in the direction that participants have interest in. Make sure to bring your pasture and grazing questions. Cost of the meeting is $5. For more information and to RSVP please contact Marcie Vohnoutka at 518-272-4210 or mmp74@cornell.edu.

JUL 19-21 N.E. Sheep Sale & Northeast Youth Sheep Show Eastern States Exposition Coliseum (Mallary Complex), 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield, MA. Contact The Big E, 413-737-2443, 413205-5115. On Internet at www.TheBigE.com JUL 20 Growing Great Field Tomatoes 10 am - 12:30 pm. Join Max Apton of Stone Barns Center for a walk through the tomato patch as he discusses varietal selection, plant training and other cultural practices that can pay off with a bumper crop of tomatoes. Participants will gain an understanding of how Stone Barns Center farmers bring tomatoes from seed catalog, to field, to yield! For more information about this workshop and other upcoming workshops, visit www.virtualgrange.org or 914-366-6200 ext.134.

JUL 23-24 National Mastitis Council Regional Meeting DoubleTree Hotel, Portland, ME. This two day conference will consist of educational seminars in addition to specialized, interactive short courses. Individuals will be able to select specific topics of interest to them. Contact NMC Office, 608-848-4615 or nmc@nmconline.org.

JUL 24 & 25 NYCSGA Soybean Marketing 101 Workshops The New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association (NYCSGA) will be hosting “Soybean Marketing 101” workshops in Eastern and Northern New York. The first meeting will be July 24, at the Carolina House, 59 Broad St. (Rte. 9) in Kinderhook, NY, from 6- 8:30 pm.

The second workshop will take place Thursday, July 25, at the Hilton Garden Inn off Arsenal St., in Watertown, NY, from 11:30 am 1:30 pm. Attendees must RSVP by July 19, to Julia Robbins, juliacrobbins@ gmail.com or 315-583-5296.

Attendance at a “Soybean Marketing 101” meeting will also include a complimentary ticket to the NYCSGA Summer Crop Tour, Aug. 13, at the Du Mond Farm in Union Springs, NY. JUL 25 Emerald Ash Borer Workshop Cornell Cooperative Extension, 24 Martin Rd., Voorheesville, NY. 11 am. An infestation is now in Albany County. Following his talk, Mark will host a visit to a site infested with EAB, for those who wish to see an infestation first hand. At the site Mark will show the progression of the insect damage and talk about best practices once a tree has been attacked. Call 518-7653500.

JUL 27 Catskill Forest Festival 10 am - 4 pm. Free admission. The 4th Annual celebration of our region’s forests located at Margaretville Village Park Pavilion. Logging competition, arts &crafts, Maple products, sawmill, wood products, recreation vendors, forestry equipment, food &

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Madison County Open Farm Day 10 am - 4 pm. 37 farms will be opening their gates to the public on this day. All you need is an Open Farm Day passport and a cooler to bring home lots of local food.

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JUL 31 2013 Biofeedstock Tour Big Flats Plant Materials Center, Big Flats, NY. A demonstration of a biomass gasification and power generator and presentations from Cornell University, SUNY Morrisville, Sweet Water Energy Inc., First

Source Bioproducts LLC., Ernst Conservation Seeds and NRCS. Presentations on establishment methods of grasses and willows, management of diseases, sustainability on marginal land, large scale contract seeding and harvesting and utilization of biomass for thermochemical and lignocellulosic conversion and pelletization.

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SUCCESSFUL AUCTIONS FOR 43 YEARS KEN BOND SAND & GRAVEL COMPLETE LIQUIDATION AUCTION

PH (585) 243-1563 FAX (585) 243-3311 6502 Barber Hill Road, Geneseo, New York 14454 WWW.TEITSWORTH.COM

TUESDAY JULY 2, 2013 at 5:30 PM Rt. 89, Wolcott (Wayne County) NY

Notice: The owner is retiring, the equipment is older but usable. See separate ad for the real estate description & details. Gravel pit with residence sells at 5:30 followed by equipment.

Location: 4821 Rt. 89, 3 miles south of Rt. 104, approximately 15 miles north of Rt. 5 & 20 at Seneca Falls.

Selling: (5) Crusher & Screens Cedar Rapids 1024 portable jaw crusher w/diesel power, S/N 5734 Kolman 202 portable screening plant 4x7, double deck, Wisconsin power Kolberg portable screening model 230-50 (no power) RVS Syntron 6x8 3 deck w/water on tower (5) 30x80 conveyors, electric Basset 4x52 sand screw 6" diesel water pump 1996 Cat 140KVA diesel GenSet, 3304 Cat power, 1692 hrs.

Concrete plant includes: Cement tank & water

tank on tower w/Barber green conveyor & hopper powered by Kolman GenSet in building w/air compressor (3) Loaders: Trojan 3000 Torjan 1900 Hough 80 Dozer: Case 1450 (8) Trucks: 1994 Ford L9000 tandem dump 1990 White Volvo tandem dump GMC single axle dump Ford super duty 1 ton dump truck IH 50' bucket truck Ford 8000 rollback 1989 Autocar rear unload mixer truck w/new engine 1985 Oshkosh front unload 4 axle mixer truck

Inspection: July 1, 2013 10am-4pm or appt.

Terms: Full payment auction day, 5% buyer's fee on all items.

ABSOLUTE GRAVEL PIT AUCTION! Bond's Gravel Pit, Rt 89 in Butler, NY

29.5 acre property with operational gravel pit and 7 bedroom, occupied, rental house. Pit produces Sand, #1, #2, #3 and Item 4. Over 400,000 tons of product left. This active pit is permitted and in use. Ready for a new owner to begin operations. Real estate sells then the equipment.

Full information packet can be found online at www.teitsworth.com, or call to request one.

Pit will be sold to the highest bidder regardless of price!

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5x5 digital scales, shop tools, torch set, and Carolyn Schwann, Licensed Real Estate Broker more

Trucking Company Fleet Reduction Internet Only Auction Running online from July 2nd - 9th Road Ready and Fleet Maintained Visit www.teitsworth.com for information and photos You won't want to miss this rare opportunity to buy Quality, road ready units at auction.

Listing: This auction will include (5) 53' van trailers, (9) 48' van trailers, (2) 28', 45' and 40' van trailers. (4) trailer dolly's will also be up for auction.

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