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VCCP Winter Classic gets bigger and better with age ~ Page A2 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. ~ 2 Timothy 1:7

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VCCP Winter Classic gets bigger and better with age

by Jennifer Showalter HARRISONBURG, VA — With only seven years in the books, the Virginia Club Calf Producers’ (VCCP) Winter Classic is on the roll! Unseasonably good weather, coupled with some of the best show cattle and showman around recently made the Seventh Annual VCCP Winter Classic and First Annual VCCP Eastern Elite Production Sale quite a success.

Exhibitors from 10 states throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Mid-West made their way to the Rockingham Country Fairgrounds for a weekend of stiff competition. Brandon Callis, Livestock Judging Coach at Blinn College in Texas, had his work cut out for him as he sorted through the nearly 500 head of heifers and steers.

“The show went well. It was our best and biggest show ever,” said VCCP member Neal Buchanan. “The barns were all full and everyone seemed to have a good time and liked the judge.”

Before the show got under way, VCCP members proudly welcomed John Sullivan of Dunlap, IA to host a clinic referred to as the “Stock Show University.” Sullivan is an industry leader who started the Sullivan Show Products Line. He shared clipping and fitting techniques, touching on show cattle nutrition, giving showmanship pointers, answering questions, and visiting with some 50 to 100 kids who took advantage of the opportunity.

The VCCP Scholarship Foundation was set up last year to encourage youth to further their education with a college degree. The Comer family donated a quilt in memory of their grandfather, which was auctioned off for $2,000. The money was set aside in a scholarship fund to be awarded at this year’s VCCP Winter Classic. Applicants for the scholarships were required to write an essay on either how they feel they can contribute to the future of agriculture or what they see as the biggest obstacles the agricultural industry is facing today. The winners were recognized during the opening ceremonies. VCCP members presented Tyler Donnelly of Emmitsburg, MD with a $1,000 scholarship, Melissa Grimmel of Jarrettsville, MD with a $500 scholarship, and Zack Bartenslager of Lewisburg, WV Virginia with another $500 scholarship.

To push the scholarship program forward, the Comer family donated a second quilt and numerous other farms and individuals contributed to the VCCP Scholarship Fund. The 2012 quilt auction, along with the additional donations, brought in nearly $4,000 to be given back to next year’s scholarship winners at the 2013 VCCP Winter Classic. “Our plan is to grow this fund each year and give scholarships to those who choose to further their education in college,” said Buchanan.

The First Annual VCCP Eastern Elite Production Sale was held a short distance away at Pano’s Restaurant. The sale included 72 lots of some of the country’s most elite cattle genetics.

Dwyer Cattle Services in Illinois managed the sale and of the 72 lots sold, 18 were purchased over the Internet at cowbuyer.com. Live and Internet sales averaged right at $3,000 per lot with the highest selling lot bringing $10,000.

This 5/8 Simmental bred heifer was consigned by Taylor Buffington and Amity Farms of New Windsor, MD. Show results: The Grand Champion Market Heifer was shown by Kelsey Delaplaine and the Reserve Champion Market Heifer was shown by Lexie Matthews. Christopher Shelton exhibited both the Grand and Reserve Champion Hereford Steer. Pam Bissett cleaned up the Angus steer show with the Grand Champion, while Weston Snyder followed closely behind with the Reserve Champion Angus Steer. Riley Randall proudly led the Champion All Other Breeds steer, while Jonathan Barrett was next in line with his Reserve Champion All Other Breeds steer.

Exhibitors, who purchased steers and heifers in the 2011 VCCP Best of The Valley Sale, had the opportunity to enter those calves in both a VCCP steer class and a VCCP heifer class. Jason Clark exhibited the Champion Best of the Valley VCCP Steer and was presented a check for $1,000. Olivia McHale exhibited the Reserve Champion VCCP Steer and was awarded $750.

The Crossbreed Steer Show was split into four divisions, with each division champion being welcomed back to the overall championship drive. Jenna Kibler exhibited the Champion Crossbred Steer in Division 1, while

Tony Edwards received a check for $750 for exhibiting the Champion Heifer.

Marie Lock’s Champion Hereford Heifer was selected as the Supreme Grand Champion Heifer.

Kyle Lutz was next in line with the Division 1 Reserve Champion Crossbred Steer. Elizabeth Nixon showed the Division 2 Champion Crossbred Steer, while Chet Stem followed closely behind with the Division 2 Reserve Champion Crossbred Steer.

Bobby Keirns topped the next division with the Division 3 Champion Crossbred Steer, and Grant McIntosh followed with the Division 3 Reserve Champion Crossbred Steer. Melissa Grimmel had the Division 4 Champion Crossbred Steer, while Taylor Buffington was next in line with the Division 4 Reserve Champion Crossbred Steer.

Bobby Kierns’s Division 3 Champion Crossbred Steer went on to be selected as the Overall Grand Champion Steer, and Kierns picked up a check for $1,000. Melissa Grimmel’s Division 4 Champion Crossbred Steer was named the Overall Reserve Champion Steer, and she took home a $750 check. Grant McIntosh’s Division 3 Champion Crossbred Steer came back to be Third Overall Champion Steer, while Jenna Kibler’s Division 1 Champion Crossbred Steer was titled the Fourth Overall Steer. Stepping out of the crossbred lineup, the judge selected Riley Randall’s Champion AOB Steer as the Fifth Overall Steer.

Marie Lock exhibited the Champion Hereford Heifer, while Nick Bohrer was next in line with the Reserve Champion Hereford Heifer. Shane Heizer topped the Angus show the Champion Angus Heifer, while Errer Hill Farms exhibited the Reserve Champion Angus Heifer.

Stewart Moxley showed both the Champion and Reserve Champion Red Angus Heifers. Cooper Canada sorted his way to the top of the lineup with his Champion Simmental Heifer, with Campbell Show being next in line with the Reserve Champion Simmental Heifer. Canada also exhibited the Champion Percent Simmental Heifer, while the Reserve Champion Percent Simmental Heifer banner went to Thomas Willis.

The Champion Maintainer Heifer was shown by Laura Hauser, with the Reserve Champion Maintainer Heifer being exhibited by Samantha Fabian. Christina Hash showed the Champion Shorthorn

Heifer, while Cory Krietz had the Reserve Champion Shorthorn Heifer.

Jared Harshman exhibited the Champion All Other Breeds Heifer and Brittany Truax was next in line with the Reserve Champion All Other Breeds Heifer. Madison Jones exhibited the Champion Cross Bred Heifer, while Jordan Carter exhibited the Reserve Champion Crossbred Heifer. Tony Edwards had the Champion VCCP Heifer and received a $750 check, while Conner Orrock exhibited the Reserve Champion VCCP Heifer and was presented a $500 check.

Marie Lock’s Champion Hereford Heifer came back to be selected as the Supreme Grand Champion Heifer. Lock walked away with a $750 check.

Madison Jones’s Champion Crossbred Heifer was named the Reserve Supreme Champion Heifer, and Jones was presented a $500 check. Cooper Canada’s Champion Percent Simmental Heifer went on to be selected as the Third Overall Champion Heifer. Shane Heizer Champion Angus Heifer came back to be named the Fourth Overall Champion Heifer, while Fifth Overall Champion Heifer honors went to Jared Harshman with his Champion All Other Breeds Heifer.

First through third of each class received monetary premiums, but VCCP members work hard each year to provide prizes for the remainder of the entries. From hats, gloves, rope halters, restaurant coupons, and T-shirts sponsored by Farm Credit no one walked away from the 2012 VCCP Winter Classic empty handed.

Without question, an event of this caliber takes a tremendous amount of planning and teamwork. Looking back over the past seven years, VCCP members are extremely proud of what they have pulled together and are even more excited to see what their future holds.

“The Virginia club calf would like to thank everyone who helped in any way to make this show possible. It takes a lot of planning and hard work and we couldn’t put this show on without the help of others. Thanks again and we look forward to seeing you in 2013,” said Buchanan.

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by Stephen Wagner When moderator Jeff Graybill introduced PSU Forage expert Marvin Hall, he said he had saved Hall for speaking as the lunch hour drew nearer, and in order to wake up everyone.

“What is the price for hay right now?” Hall asked as he rapidly walked around the hall and into the audience. “What is hay selling for per ton? How do you manage hay when it is $300 per ton? $400? $500?

You manage it exactly the same as if it was $150 per ton.

It’s the same management at just a little bit more money, but your costs are going up, too, so it’s all relative. You need to keep a budget. You need to know what your expenses are and what your income is. You can go online and get all these budget examples for alfalfa production, grass production, and they calculate a lot of the stuff for you.” Hall is on his way. Hall’s reputation is that of a maverick, one with a sense of humor, as well as a man who cuts to the chase.

One of the things you learn when you start researching budgets is that you have fixed costs which are relatively high – costs for the land, costs for the tractor, costs for equipment. Those things don’t change whether you get a half ton yield or a 10-ton yield.

Those fixed costs remain the same. So the more yield you get, the more tons you have to stretch out those fixed costs.

“Yield,” Hall continued, “is still the 800 pound gorilla in the room when it comes to profitability of forages. We talk

a lot about quality but yield is what drives the system. That’s the big thing we need to look at. When you start mixing stand, yields start going up a little bit. I get a lot of phone calls from people who say ‘I want to grow timothy. I can get a $50 per ton bonus if I have timothy hay to sell at the hay market.’ It would be smart to take a long hard look at that. If your timothy yield is about half your alfalfa yield, even at $50 a ton, you’re losing money.

“It pays to know what you’re buying. Every one of the companies selling seed, each with alfalfa varieties, are each saying ‘this is the best variety.’

How can that be? Well, you’d better be doing some homework to make sure which one is the better variety, because it pays. It can make a difference in the profitability of your forages.”

Hall has the advantage of being born into farming and being raised on a farm. He started learning at an early age. Observation and education helped him form a lore that he is all too willing to share with farmers who want to know. Looking at a figurative alfalfa field, he offered a note on tractoring. “Minimize your wheel traffic. Let’s talk about what wheel traffic does to your forage yield. On average, wheel traffic reduces alfalfa yield by about 12 percent.

What is 12 percent? If you are normally getting five tons per acre in your alfalfa field, what you would be getting off it if you didn’t have to drive over it would be a little over 5 1/2 tons. That’s about .7 more

Penn State forager Marvin Hall interacts with the crowd at the most recent Lancaster County Crop Day held at the Farm and Home Center on Jan. 19. tons yield per acre if you didn’t have to drive on it.

“What we can do is minimize how much we drive on it and change some things we do. At the bottom of the alfalfa plant the buds start to grow when we harvest it. What happens is that traffic comes through, the wheel hits the bud and snaps it off. Some of those buds will keep growing, and new buds will start growing where the old ones were snapped off. But it delays re-growth and causes it to be a little bit lower in yield.

What you want to do is minimize how many of those you drive over. When I was growing up on the farm, my dad’s rule

There are a lot of losses that take place from the time the forage is standing in the field until it’s on the wagon. Anytime that loss can be minimized, that will equal more hay in the barn and more money in your pocket.

was that you never followed the same track out of the field twice, completely opposite of what we should have been doing. We should have had one track and tried to get on that as quickly as possible to minimize wheel traffic.”

Additionally, Hall has thoughts on proper sized equipment. “There’s no need to have a 120 horsepower tractor pulling a rake. The more weight you have on that thing, the more you’re going to crush those buds and the more you’re going to damage your alfalfa. For every inch of raising the cutting height we get about 4/10ths of a ton cutting yield decrease. You reverse that every time you drop the cutting height an inch. The problem is that some people have taken this way too far.

What they’re doing is scalping the ground which hurts the plants. About two inches is where you want to be unless you’re in a rocky field in which case you might want to raise a little bit to keep your knives and guards in shape.”

There are a lot of losses that take place from the time that forage is standing in the field until you get it on the wagon.

A lot of stuff gets lost. Anytime you can minimize that loss means more hay in the barn and more money in your pocket. “How do we minimize loss?” Hall asks rhetorically.

“Swath manipulation is one way. If you’re going to do something to move that swath around, do it before it gets below 40 percent moisture.

Don’t leave it in a wide swath.

It’s about 23 percent mois-

ture, just about ready for baling, then go rake it.”

“In our climate,” writes Penn State Ag Engineer C. Alan Rotz, “good drying conditions are important and difficult to obtain. As forage dries in the field, the top of the swath dries more rapidly than the bottom.

Manipulation of the swath can speed the drying process by moving the wetter material to the upper surface. Swath manipulation can also improve drying by spreading the hay over more of the field surface, increasing exposure to the radiant solar energy and drying air.

There are three operations used in haymaking to manipulate the swath: tedding, swath inversion, and raking. Swath inversion machines have been used that gently lift and invert the swath. Exposing the wetter bottom of the swath speeds drying, reducing the average field-curing time a few hours.

Swath inversion is not as effective for improving drying as tedding, but shatter loss is very low. With less drying benefit, there is less potential for reducing rain and respiration losses.”

In closing, Hall reminded haymakers to “spread the windrow out. Spread that swath out. Get the sun and heat on it so it dries as quickly as possible. Think about how you store and where you keep it. Keep your costs under control. Keep the agronomics, the pH and the fertility up to snuff. Wheel traffic, cutting height, try to minimize those losses. Shorter rotations. After you’ve got the yields under control, start focusing on the quality.”

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Winter Forage Conference draws big crowds with sessions on how to turn cattle into weed eaters ~ Part 1

by Karl H. Kazaks WYTHEVILLE, VA — The Virginia Forage and Grassland Council’s 2012 Winter Forage Conferences were a great success. The conference was held four times in mid-January, in Wytheville, Weyers Cave, Gordonsville, and Chatham.

The featured speaker at the conference was Kathy Voth, an expert on using livestock as a land management tool who has developed a method for training livestock to eat weeds and other non-traditional forages. Virginia Tech’s Dr. Chris Teutsch and Dr. Scott Hagood also spoke about weed management at the conference.

Voth lives in Colorado. She worked for the Bureau of Land Management for many years before starting her own business, Livestock for Landscapes, dedicated to training cows to be weed managers. Working throughout the Rocky Mountain region and California, she has trained cattle to eat leafy spurge,

spotted knapweed, Canada thistle, black mustard, Italian thistle, distaff thistle, late-season diffuse knapweed, and dalmation toadflax.

Voth’s system educates cattle to add new plants to their diet. Once educated animals adapt to weeds to which Voth has introduced them, they will eat other weeds as well.

“After I teach them to eat one weed,” she said, “then another weed, they’ll eat all weeds.” They will also train their offspring and herdmates to become weed eaters.

Her method is based on decades of academic research about how animals choose what to eat and other aspects of animal behavior done at Utah State University and elsewhere.

“Weeds are really good,” Voth said.

“Cows love them.”

Training cows to eat weeds In Voth’s years of experience, cows foraging on weeds are healthy and have typical weight gain, calving, and reproductive performance.

The biggest challenge, she avers, is not

Cover photo courtesy of VCCP Kelsey Delaplaine exhibits the Champion Market Heifer at the 2012 VCCP Winter Classic.

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training the cattle to eat weeds but convincing people that it is possible to turn cattle into weed managers.

Every year farmers and ranchers spend billions trying to control weeds, yet weed populations continue to grow, and some weeds are becoming herbicide resistant.

Sometimes, herbicide use can actually increase weed popul a t i o n s , b e c a u s e once the herbicide dissipates, weeds come back more strongly than the native plants.

Because weed seeds can remain viable in the soil for decades, and because the seed bank of weeds in the soil is vast, Voth said, “Weeds will also be with us.”

Given these factors — particular the multiple costs associated with herbicide applications — Voth suggests it is worthwhile to reconsider why we consider weeds detrimental.

In fact, weeds are nutritious, often having higher protein levels than the plants typically managed for in grazing systems.

What’s more, weeds are available when other forages aren’t, either because of seasonal or climactic (weather, drought) conditions.

Finally, training cattle to graze weeds is more economical than spraying weeds. Spraying involves equipment, fuel, labor, and herbicide costs, whereas training cattle to graze weeds takes about a total of 10 hours spread over the course of about one week. After that, you will have your own herd of weed managers resident in your pastures for years to come, managing weeds even in hard to reach places.

By accepting weeds as part of our grazing landscape, and educating cattle to eat them, it can reduce the advantage of weeds currently have and permit better growth of traditional forages.

Voth emphasized that her technique “is not breed specific, it’s a cultural thing. Some people eat walrus meat, some people eat sushi, but they’re all capable of eating either one.” It’s a matter of being trained to eat a certain diet. “Some people eat bugs,” she said.

How do animals choose what to eat? Cattle are biologically wired to choose feeds high in nutrients and to avoid toxins. If a weed is non-toxic and nutritious, cattle will eat it, if they can be trained to try it in the

first place.

Voth developed a system of introducing new forages to cattle based on research that showed the more positive experiences an animal has with new foods, the more likely it is to try other new foods.

Also, she relied on the finding that adding a familiar flavor to a new food made it more likely an animal would try that new food. ~Kathy Voth F i r s t , before training a cow to eat a weed, you need to know the characteristics of the plant. It is useful to know its nutritive value, but it is crucial to know its toxicity. Never train cattle to eat a weed which will lead to diminished performance, or worse, Voth said.

Voth typically trains animals who will stay on the farm the longest (and thus be able to train other animals) usually heifers or cow-calf pairs. She uses groups ranging in number from 15-50. Larger groups require more work when harvesting weeds as part of the training process, while smaller groups don’t have enough social pressure and competition.

Voth starts by creating a routine in which cattle are introduced to a variety of new foods. She uses the same routine - driving the same truck, honking, and feeding from the same tubs. She buys eight different feeds with different flavors, textures, and smells - and feeds them in the morning and afternoon for four days.

On the fifth day, she skips the morning feeding (causing anticipation for the afternoon feeding). For the afternoon feeding, she mixes harvested weeds with a food the cattle have already eaten. Usually, the cattle won’t eat all the weeds. On Day Six, she does the same thing, reducing the amount of familiar food mixed with the weeds. On the Day Seven, she feeds only weeds.

Ideally, this training will occur in a pasture with a population of the target weed. Once you see evidence that the cattle are grazing the target weed, you can stop training the animals.

Once you try this method and see its value, you may start to reevaluate how you think about weeds, Voth said. Instead of trying to eliminate them from your pastures, you may start managing them along with the other plants in your pastures your cattle will eat, freeing you from the cost and time demands of spraying.

“After I teach them to eat one weed and then another weed, they’ll eat all weeds. Weeds are really good. Cows love them.”

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“It will take a while for the lower prices to have an impact, but then less efficient milk producers will have no choice,” Dryer warned. “They will put a padlock on the barn door. Bankers will

the February 13 eDairy Insider Opening Bell that cheese prices dropped more quickly than he originally anticipated, which could mean they’ll turn around more quickly. He anticipates that cheese purchases for summer grilling will begin to boost prices in March or early April but until then, “prices will likely trade in a relatively tight range.”

Butter saw the fifth week in a row of decline but ended Friday on an up note, gaining a penny and three quarters on five offers. It closed at $1.4150, still down 1 3/4-cents on the week, and 59 cents below a year ago when it lost 8 1/2 cents. Ten cars were sold.

NASS butter averaged $1.4991, down 4.9 cents.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed at $1.2925, down 4 1/4cents, and Extra Grade held all week at $1.2975.

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Looking “back to the futures;” the average Class III milk price for the first six months of 2012 stood at $17.60 per hundredweight (cwt.) on January 6, $17.28 on January 13, $16.81 on January 20, $16.85 on January 27, $16.35 on February 3, (after factoring in the announced January Class III milk price) $16.19 on February 10, and was hovering around $16.02 late morning February 17.

California’s March Class I milk price is $17.60 per cwt. for the north and $17.87 for the south. Both are down 92 cents from February and $1.64 below March 2011. This is the third month in a row they have declined. The 2012 average now stands at $18.67 for the north, up from $17.52 in the same period a year ago. The southern average is $18.94, up from $17.79 a year ago.

The March Federal order Class I base price is $16.30, down 73 cents from February, $1.93 below a year ago, and equates to about $1.40 per gallon. That put the 2012 average at $17.38, up from $16.44 at this time a year ago and compares to $14.74 in 2010.

The NASS-surveyed butter price averaged

$1.5220 per pound, down 6.7 cents from February. Nonfat dry milk averaged $1.3930, down 2.3 cents. Dry whey averaged 65.31 cents, down 3.8 cents, and cheese averaged $1.5553, down a nickel.

Dairy producers will be receiving Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) payments. National Milk projected the following as of February 9: 27.3 cents for February; 52.7 cents for March; 79.38 cents in April; 77.84 cents for May; 63.83 cents in June; 45.57 cents for July; and 10.45 cents for August. Details are posted at www.nmpf.org/milk_pric ing/milc payments. The University of Wisconsin’s Dr. Brian Gould also updates MILC projections each week at http://future.aae.wisc.edu/collection/software/current_MILC_est.xls.

The March Class I base was a dime lower than National Milk projected so the MILC payment may be a nickel higher than anticipated however Dr. Brian Gould predicted a March MILC of 37 cents, prior to Friday’s futures settlements.

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The “Dark Clouds” Are White Issued Feb. 17, 2012 Rising milk production is the “white cloud” hiding the silver lining on dairy’s horizon. Jerry Dryer warned on his February 10 Dairy and Food Market Analyst, “This is not the traditional spring flush arriving earlier than usual.

There will be a traditional spring flush which starts in the South this month and then presses north extending thru May in the Northeast and Upper Midwest.”

“These cows have no regard for the problems being created,” Dryer wrote, and “Some processors are already

be patient with good producers, but have no time left to work with the marginal.” He predicts a “greater-than-usual exit this year.” For more details call 561-445-1074 or write jdryer@dairymarketanalyst.com.

Meanwhile; cash cheese prices were mixed on Valentine’s Week as they awaited Friday afternoon’s January Milk Production report. The blocks closed that Friday at $1.4875 per pound, up 1 1/4-cents on the week but 46 3/4-cents below a year ago. The barrels closed at $1.48, down a half-cent on the week and 43 3/4-cents below a year ago. Thirteen cars of block found new homes on the week and three of barrel. The NASS-surveyed U.S. average block price fell to $1.5311, down 2.8 cents, while the barrels rolled to $1.5294, down 1.2 cents.

FC Stone dairy economist Bill Brooks said in

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The January Cattle report showed a 1 percent higher inventory of dairy cows on farms than a year earlier.

However, the number of heifers for milk cow replacement and the number of heifers expected to calve in 2012 were both reported 1 percent below a year earlier.

Although the cow inventory forecast for 2012 is only raised slightly to 9.19 million head, the January report points to higher forecast cow numbers early in the year, with a sharper fall off than projected in January expected later in 2012.

Milk per cow is forecast higher than in January at an average 21,645 pounds. USDA said the higher than expected milk per cow observed in the fourth quarter of 2011 will likely continue through 2012. Further, the mild winter is expected to benefit production, especially in the first quarter. On balance, this forecast would lead to 199 billion pounds of milk production in 2012, higher than the January estimate and 1.4 percent above the 2011 total output, according to USDA. On a brighter note; Dairy Profit

Weekly (DPW) reports that, based on the latest data from the U.S. Dairy Export Council and National Milk, December U.S. dairy product exports were equivalent to 13 percent of U.S. milk solids production, the 21th straight month in which exports have been between 12 and 15 percent of output.

2011 exports were equivalent to 13.3 percent, compared with 12.8 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, imports as a percent of milk solids production were just 2.9 percent in 2011, DPW said.

The CME’s Daily Dairy Report (DDR) says cheese imports at 315.3 million pounds, were up 3.4 percent from 2010, the first increase in nine years. Last year’s small gain notwithstanding, U.S. cheese imports have dropped by 34 percent since peaking in 2002, according to the DDR. Milk protein concentrate imports totaled 118.7 million, down 8.1 percent from the prior year. Imports of casein and caseinates jumped 39 percent however, to 195.1 million. Imports of butterfat dropped 6.3 percent to 28.8 million, according to USDA trade data.

Speaking of the world market; prices were lower on the semi-monthly Global Dairy Trade auction. The weighted average price for skim milk powder was $1.48 per pound, down 2.6 percent from the February 1 auction. Winning prices for whole milk powder averaged $1.55 per pound, down 3 per-

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• Why does Alltech predict that epigenetics and programmed nutrition are the future of meat production?

• Why is salesmanship fundamental to building a business?

• What does the next generation of lawyers, marketers and economists need to know about a growing new economy and a primary requirement of life — food?

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Forum for Rural Innovation slated for March 9 The eighth annual Forum for Rural Innovation will be held Friday, March 9, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Best Western Lee-Jackson Motor Inn & Conference Center in Winchester, VA. The purpose of the forum is to showcase new and exciting projects and programs that enhance farm or rural business profitability. The theme of this year’s Forum is “Direct Marketing Beyond the Traditional Farmers Markets.”

Speakers will discuss their success with providing innovative agrieducation programs and share ideas on how to maximize your production by creating value added products. Also featured will be the benefits of using social media and technology to gain exposure for your business. Three area farms will be highlighted to explain how they have transitioned from traditional agriculture to innovative food production, preservation, and distribution. The Forum programs will emphasize farming for high-profitability by using innovative and sound business approaches particularly suited to the Mid-Atlantic region.

Forum topics and speakers will include: New Approaches for Some Old Crops Bill Mackintosh, coowner of Mackintosh Fruit Farm, Berryville, VA. Mackintosh Fruit Farm grows, harvests, cans and markets a wide variety of products including tomatoes, greens, strawberries, jams, pumpkins and apples. With hundreds of acres of fruit and orchards being lost annually in this region, learn how this family farm expanded on-farm marketing opportunities and increased fruit production A Winter Community Supported Agriculture Model Todd Erling, executive director, Hudson Valley Agribusiness Development Corporation, Hudson, NY, and Jim Hylland, president, Winter Sun Farms, New Paltz, NY. Winter Sun Farms partners with local, sustainable farms to supply a wonderful winter share

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Gaps in the Metropolitan Washington Food System Brian LeCouteur, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Washington, DC. Hear an informative overview of agriculture in the Washington region, in terms of what the region’s farmers are growing and how much of the region’s demands they are able to meet.

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Susquehanna County farmer Cheryl Matulevich (far right) talks about the role farmers are playing in producing healthy food and informing the public about how they can still eat healthy on tight food budgets as part of a Food Check-Out Week news conference at the Scranton Ronald McDonald House. Also speaking at the news conference were (from left to right) Scranton House Executive Director Richard Bradshaw, Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty and Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Media Relations Director Mark O'Neill.

Forum from A10 Innovation Awards will be presented to Doug Fabbioli, Fabbioli Cellars, Leesburg, VA; Tyler Caudle, Cedar Springs Farm, Kearneysville, WV; and B i l l Mackintosh, Mackintosh Fruit Farm, Berryville, VA. In addition, exhibits by agricultural suppliers, support agencies and area businesses will be featured the entire day. Area agribusinesses are encouraged to participate with exhibits and displays.

The registration fee of $40 per person includes the forum program, morning refreshments, and a buffet

lunch. Registration information is available online at www.LoudounFarms.org or by calling 703-7770426. Pre-registration by March 1 is required.

The Forum for Rural Innovation is a cooperative educational effort by the Offices of Agricultural Economic Development and Cooperative Extension in Clarke, Fauquier, and Loudoun Counties of Virginia; Jefferson and Berkeley Counties, West Virginia; the Town of Berryville; and the Small Business Development Center of the Eastern Panhandle.

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Pennsylvania farm families highlight healthy food at Food Check-Out Week events

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Mielke from A6 cent. The weighted average price for anhydrous milk fat was $1.61 per pound, down 10.5 percent. Cheddar cheese was $1.61 per pound, down 2.3 percent.

In other export news; Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted 36 requests for export assistance this week to sell a total of 6.2 million pounds of cheese and 4.5 million pounds of butter to customers in Asia, Central America, the Middle East and North Africa.

USDA’s weekly update reports that milk production continues to increase in most areas of the U.S. with more surplus milk and components available. The increases are creating balancing issues earlier than normally expected. Pricing levels are under pressure for surplus milk, cream, and condensed skim offerings. Northeast output is increasing due to mild weather. Plant capacity is tight, yet expected to ease a bit as maintenance projects are completed.

Production is increasing in Florida and other Southeastern states.

Auxiliary milk processing facilities are being utilized in the region to process current supplies.

Milk is increasing in the Midwest. Surplus supplies are moving from flat to a minus $4, based on Class usage. Milk output is strong in the Southwest. Arizona and California processors are seeing intakes build and creating more issues to handle them. Northwest

production is trending higher on a week-to-week basis and above year ago levels and the Seattlebased Northwest Dairy Association has even created a “base” program for the months of April through September.

USDA issued a final rule this week implementing changes in the weekly dairy product price survey. Beginning April 4, survey prices will be published every Wednesday and the data will be collected by the Ag Marketing Service, rather than NASS. These prices will be used in Federal Order formula pricing starting with the May Class I base price on April 18.

DPW also reported this week that the on-again, off-again financial settlements between Dean Foods and Southern Marketing Agency (SMA) and dairy farmer plaintiffs in the “Southeast Milk” antitrust lawsuit are apparently on-again.

Original terms of a $140 million Dean settlement were announced July 14, 2011. However, dairy farmer members of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a co-defendant in the lawsuit, were decertified from the class two weeks later. On February 14, U.S. District Judge Ronnie Greer officially reinstated DFA producer members into a “DFA Settlement Subclass,” making them eligible for the Dean payments, as well as a separate, $5 million SMA settlement proposal. Attorney fees and legal costs could take

as much as one-third of the total. Producers must fill out settlement claim forms and mail them to the fund administrator by May 1. The trial date for DFA, National Dairy Holdings, LP, Dairy Marketing Services, LLC, Mid-Am Capital, LLC, and Gary Hanman, former DFA CEO, is July 10.

In politics; the International Dairy Foods Association’s Connie Tipton

spoke at a roundtable this week sponsored by the Republican members of the House Committee on Small Business examining the interests of America’s small businesses in the Next Farm Bill. The roundtable included groups representing wheat, corn, and soybean growers; pork producers; and dairy farmers.

Tipton told committee members the dairy in-

dustry is “heavily regulated by rules that were designed to address problems that existed nearly a century ago and that those regulations now stifle innovation and growth.”

She urged members to co-sponsor H.R. 3372, which would phase out federal milk pricing regulations and allow prices to be negotiated between buyers and sellers and warned that

a proposal sponsored by Representative Collin Peterson (D-MN) and backed by dairy cooperatives would impose an entirely new regulatory burden on dairy processors to enforce a new program to periodically limit milk production.

Read her text at http://www.idfa.org/ne w—views/statements— speeches/details/6967/.

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RALEIGH, NC — The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumers Services will begin accepting applications March 1 from local farmers markets interested in grants for cooperative advertising assistance. The funding is made possible through a $125,000 grant from the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission.

“The state operates five farmers markets, but there are more than 200 farm-

ers markets in North Carolina,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “This cost-share program will help our smaller markets spread the word about the locally grown products available in their own backyard.”

Funding is available for cooperative advertising projects that promote North Carolina’s farmers markets across the state. The department will pay half of the total cost of advertising, up to $2,500.

Farmers markets wishing to apply must meet the following requirements: • Must be located in North Carolina; • More than 50 percent of vendors must be North Carolina residents; • Must complete a pre-project and post-project survey; • Must complete a pre-approval form; • Must use the “Got to Be NC Agriculture” and “N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund

Commission” logos in any sponsored advertising; and • May use any type of media to promote markets except website design.

Funds are limited and will be allocated based on the order applications are received. For more information or to apply, contact NCDA&CS marketing specialist Kevin Hardison at 919-707-3123, or e-mail atkevin.hardison@ncagr.gov.

Professional Crop Producer Conference planned The 2012 Pennsylvania Professional Crop Producer Conference is set for Feb. 22-23 at the Lancaster Host and Conference Center in Lancaster, PA. This conference will bring together crop producers, advisors and educators to learn about some of the important topics in today’s high tech crop production in Pennsylvania. Leading speakers from industry, universities and government have been invited to share some of the keys to success in profitable crop production.

John McGillicuddy, an Iowa crop consultant, will be on hand for several presentations and a pre-conference workshop this year. He was a big hit at last year’s conference and is back by

popular demand. Evelyn BrowningGarris, a noted historical climatologist who has advised everyone from Texas cattle raisers to Midwestern utilities and Canadian banks about what the coming season will bring will shed some light on 2012 weather here in the Mid Atlantic region. There will also be several sessions on Precision Ag Technologies, including Tim Norris, from Ag Info Tech in Ohio, who is a leading consultant in this important area.

This year, the conference has a number of new features, including a preconference symposium, a spouses’ tour, an evening market simulation program, and a special Advanced Equipment Technology Program where

industry leaders explain equipment innovations with some hands on demonstrations. This will be a great opportunity to network with other crop producers and consultants on the latest strategies for producing top yields. The conference will also feature a trade show and roundtable discussion for producers on some key topics from the 2011 growing season.

The conference is sponsored by four crop commodity groups in the state: The Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance, The Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council, The Pennsylvania Corn Growers Association, and the Mid Atlantic Soybean Association in conjunction with Penn State Extension.

This year the registration has been reduced to $75 for this two-day information packed conference. For more information on registering, exhibiting or being a sponsor of the conference, check out the conference website, www.professionalcropproducersconference.org, or call 717-635-2320 for more information.

Check-Out from A11

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau President Carl Shaffer receives a certificate of recognition from Hershey Ronald McDonald House Executive Director Kathy Denton recognizing the substantial contributions Pennsylvania farmers have made to the house, which supports sick children and their families. Farm Bureau donated nearly $13,000 to the Hershey House this year.

Photos courtesy of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau

including fresh fruits and vegetables,” said PFB President Carl T. Shaffer.

A link has been created on the PFB website where consumers can learn more about finding solutions to eating healthy and nutritious food on a tight budget.

The link is: foodcheckout.pfb.com (do not use www).

“At a time when many consumers are finding it difficult to meet the needs of their families, farmers continue to provide Americans with the safest, most abundant and most affordable food supply in the world,” added Shaffer.

For the 14th consecutive year, PFB is marking FCOW by making deliveries of food, cash, gift cards and other contribu-

tions to Pennsylvania’s five Ronald McDonald Houses in Danville, Hershey, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton.

Pennsylvania farm families donated $60,192 to the five Ronald McDonald Houses in 2012. Pennsylvania farmers have collected more than $777,200 in total donations since the FCOW program was initiated by PFB’s State Women’s Leadership Committee in 1998.

The Ronald McDonald Houses provide a home away from home for families with seriously ill children receiving medical treatment at area hospitals.

“These houses help reduce some of the emotional and financial stress on families with sick children, and can be especially helpful for families living in ru-

FFA members provide assistance to Pennsylvania Farm Bureau members by unloading food and other donations at the Danville Ronald McDonald House as part of Food Check-Out Week.

ral communities who must commute long distances to be with their children at specialized hospitals. Farm families are thrilled to continue our strong partnership with Ronald McDonald Houses and to play a small role in helping families who use these houses,” concluded Shaffer.

Total donations this year to each Ronald McDonald House include: Danville — Pennsylvania farmers sent food, cash and other donations totaling $22,180 to the Danville Ronald Donald House.

Hershey — Pennsylvania farmers raised $12,900 in donations for the Hershey Ronald McDonald House.

Philadelphia — Pennsylvania Farm

Bureau member donations for the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House totaled $15,662.

Pittsburgh — Through the volunteer work of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau members, the Pittsburgh Ronald McDonald House received $4,755 in total donations.

Scranton — Pennsylvania farmers collected $4,695 in food and cash donations for the Ronald McDonald House in Scranton.

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is the state’s largest farm organization with a volunteer membership of more than 53,000 farm and rural families, representing farms of every size and commodity across Pennsylvania.

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by Angela Shelf Medearis

The Kitchen Diva

Just the facts The health field has many interesting facts that are not well known. Here are some interesting nutrition, health and physical activity facts that might surprise you.

Did you know that ...

1. A sweet red bell pepper has more vitamin C than an orange? One-half cup of red bell pepper has about 95 mg of vitamin C, compared to 70 mg in one medium orange. Try sliced raw red pepper in a salad or saute it in your fajitas for extra vitamin C. 2. Vitamin C helps your body absorb more iron?

We best absorb iron from meat sources, but there also is iron in plants. Vitamin C helps with plant iron absorption as well as counteracting certain foods (such as tea) that may inhibit iron. Add some lemon juice to your tea or mandarin orange slices to your spinach salad to get the most iron from your foods.

3. Stretching after physical activity is more beneficial? A good warm-up before activity is essential, but stretching cold muscles may do more harm than good. At the end of a workout, muscles are warm and stretching can help prevent soreness later.

4. A baked potato with skin has twice as much potassium as a banana? A medium baked potato with skin has about 925 mg of potassium compared with 422 mg in a medium banana. Fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts and seeds are all good sources of potassium, so eat more of them.

5. Beans have nutrients similar to vegetables and meat? They have vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fiber like vegetables, and protein and iron like

meat. They also do not raise blood sugar very much and help with digestion. Everyone should eat more beans.

6. Bread that is brown is not always 100 percent whole-wheat bread? It may be very similar nutritionally to white bread, but with brown coloring.

Read the nutrition label and make sure the first ingredient has the word “whole” in it, then you’ll know you are getting 100 percent whole-wheat bread.

7. Did you know that 0 grams of trans fat on the label doesn’t always mean zero? Companies can round down and list 0 grams of trans fat if the food has less than 0.5 grams. Look for the word “hydrogenated” in the ingredient list to determine if the food does have some trans fat.

(Additional information courtesy of Melissa Bess, Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, Camden County, University of Missouri Extension)

Roasted Red Bell Pepper Soup Red bell peppers are simply green bell peppers that have been left on the vine to continue to ripen.

The long vine-ripening time increases the amount of vitamin C in the peppers. Adding cannelloni beans to the soup provides it with a creamy texture and boosts the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, fiber, protein and iron in the dish. Adding the lemon juice boosts the flavors of the soup and helps the body to absorb iron.

1 (15 ounce) jar of water-packed, roasted bell peppers, or 3 fresh bell peppers, roasted and peeled (see Tips below) 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 large onion, chopped

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1 tablespoon minced garlic 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/4 teaspoon sugar 2 (15 ounce) cans cannelloni beans, drained and rinsed 2 (14.5 ounce) cans low-sodium chicken broth 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1. Drain the jar of bell peppers. In a large pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Saute the onion and garlic in the oil for 5 minutes, or until the onion is translucent. Add the roasted red bell peppers, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and sugar. Saute for 2 to 3 minutes.

2. Place vegetables and the beans in a blender or food processor and puree. Add one can chicken broth. Puree the soup until smooth and return it to the pot. Stir in remaining can of chicken broth until mixture is smooth. Heat 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in lemon juice. Soup can be eaten hot or cold or used as a sauce for meats or vegetables.

Tips for roasting fresh bell peppers: Preheat oven to broil. Place bell peppers on a baking sheet and broil on oven’s top rack, using tongs to turn them as each side blackens. Place blackened peppers in a paper bag, close tightly and allow to cool for 20 to 30 minutes. Peel off skin by rubbing peppers with paper towels. Do not rinse peppers.

Discard stems and all seeds, and slice the peppers. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

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FEB 20 - MAR 13 Pennsylvania to host Beef Cattle Producer Seminars Seminars beginning at 6 pm are located at the Mercer Co. Extension Office (Feb. 20), Indiana Co. Extension Office (Feb. 22), Belle Vernon Christian Center Church (Feb. 28), and the NRCS Building in Somerset (March 5). Seminars beginning at 6:30 pm are located at Tioga County Fairgrounds (March 7), and Columbia County Extension Office (March 13).

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Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation Board to Meet Maryland Dept. of Agriculture headquarters, 50 Harry S. Truman Pkwy., Annapolis, MD. 9 am. Contact MALPF Office, 410-841-5860.

No Till Meeting Hoss’s Steak & Sea House in Shamokin Dam. 7-9 pm.

Vegetable, vine and fruit crop growers are encouraged to attend this meeting Attendees pay for their meals.

Please register with the Conservation District (570-8373000) one week in advance.

Contact Barry Spangler, 570-837-3000 ext. 118.

Pesticides and Farm worker Health Toolkit Train the Trainer Workshop Hillsborough, NC. On Internet at www.ncagr.gov/ aspzine/str-pest/pesticides/PesticideCalendar/dis playevent.asp?DisplayID=4678 Putting Small Acreage to Work Conference Gaston County Citizens Resource Center, Dallas, NC. 8:30 am - 3 pm. This conference will provide information for people interested in starting or expanding small scale farm enterprises. Class sessions will start promptly after registration. Pre-registration forms and a fee of $35/person and $20 for each additional person are due by Mon., Jan. 23.

Checks made payable to Gaston County Cooperative Extension. To register go to: http://smallacreage.eventbr ite.com or call Gaston Co. Cooperative Extension at 704-922-2112 for more information.

FEB 29 Get to Know Your Soils UD Kent Co. Cooperative Ext. Office, 69 Transportation Circle, Dover, DE. 6-9 pm.

Contact Phillip Sylvester, 302-730-4000 or e-mail phillip@udel.edu.

Introduction to Ginger Production Workshop Silk Hop, NCe. 1 pm. On Internet at http://chatham .ces.ncsu.edu/growings mallfarms/workshops.html Lameness Prevention Workshop Meadow Wood Farm, 2075 Colebrook Road, Lebanon, PA. 10 am - 2 pm. Advance registration is required. The registration fee is $10/person. To register, call the Penn State Extension Dairy Team office, toll free at 888-373-7232. For more information about the workshop, contact John Tyson at jtt107@psu.edu, 717-248-9618 or Dan McFarland at dfm6@psu.edu, 717840-7408.

MAR 1 No Till Meeting Hoss’s Steak & Sea House in Shamokin Dam. 7-9 pm.

Grain, forage and hay growers are encouraged to attend this meeting. Topics may include equipment availability, pest control and manure management. Contact Barry Spangler, 570-837-3000 ext. 118.

MAR 6 7th Annual Organic Grain, Forage & Vegetable Production Meeting Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD. 8 am - 3:30 pm.

The event will cover nutrient management on organic farms, breeding and variety trials on organic corn and soybeans, tools to transition to organic farming, managing invasive pests, grants and crop insurance. Register

by March 1. Contact Jenny Rhodes, 410-758-0166 or jrhodes@umd.edu.

On Internet at www.mda.state .md.us Tools for Irrigation Management UD Kent Co. Cooperative Ext. Office, 69 Transportation Circle, Dover, DE. 9-11 am.

Contact Phillip Sylvester, 302-730-4000 or e-mail phillip@udel.edu.

MAR 10 Introduction to Grafting Workshop Campbell Tree Farm, 1348 Stitzinger Rd., Tionesta, PA. 1-3 pm. The workshop is free to attend but seating is limited. Please register by March 1. Contact Penn State Extension, 814-755-3544 or email forestext@psu.edu.

Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s College PDA Livestock Evaluation Center, PA Furnace, PA. Beginning at 8:30 am. Reservations are due to Dr. John Comerford 814-863-3661,

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MAR 14 Webinar - New Insect Pests Noon to 1 pm. To register go to http://estension.psu.edu /vegetable-fruit. The cost is $15.

MAR 15 Specialty Crops: From Hops to Truffles Reidsville, NC. 6 pm. On Internet at http://rockingham.ces.ncsu.edu/index.ph p?page=events&event_id=23 425 MAR 18 VA BCIA Southwest Bull Test Open House Hillswinds Farm. Dublin, VA. Contact Scott Greiner, 540-231-9159, or e-mail sgreiner@vt.edu.

MAR 24 VA BCIA Southwest Bull Test Sale Wytheville, VA. Contact Scott Greiner, 540-2319159, or e-mail sgreiner@ vt.edu.

MAR 28 Using Smart Phones and Tablet Computers in Direct Marketing Silk Hope,NC. 7 pm. On Internet at http://chatham. ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmall farms/workshops.html Virginia Food and Beverage Expo Greater Richmond Convention Center, downtown Richmond, VA. 9 am - 4 pm.

Hundreds of Virginia foods and beverages will be on display, allowing attendees an opportunity to meet one on one with producers, select new items for their stores, restaurants or hotels and place orders right on the show floor. The Expo will feature the popular “Best New Products Awards” competition as well. Admission is free. The show is open exclusively to the food and beverage trade, not open to the public. As a special bonus for the 2012 show, anyone attending the Virginia Food and Beverage Expo will be able to attend the Wineries Unlimited Trade Show in the adjacent exhibit hall for free.

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Windermeres Markie Maid makes way to Supreme Champion Draft Horse title HARRISBURG, PA — Windermere Farm of Spring Mills, Centre County, took home the Supreme Champion draft horse title for the second consecutive year on Friday, Jan. 6, during the Draft Horse Breed Show

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Gerald Allebach’s champion entry, Windermeres Markie Maid, was also selected as the winner for the Percheron Best of Breed class and was named Percheron

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Walt Rice of Shining Eye Percherons, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, took home Percheron Grand Champion Stallion honors with

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The first place winners for Friday’s Percheron Show were: Percheron Gelding – Kandy, Gerald Allebach, Winderemere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co. Percheron Gelding Mated Team (Halter) – Sid and Phantom Regiment, Gerald Allebach, Windermere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co. Percheron Stallion, 1 year and under 2 – Shining Eye Hawks Talon, Walt Rice, Shining Eye Percherons, Cumberland Co. Percheron Stallion Foal – Shining Eye Farran, Walt Rice, Shining Eye Percherons, Boiling Springs, Cumberland Co. Percheron Junior Champion Stallion – Shining Eye Farran, Walt Rice, Shining Eye Percherons, Boiling Springs, Cumberland Co. Percheron Reserve Junior Champion Stallion – Shining Eye Hawks Talon, Walt Rice, Shining Eye Percherons, Boiling

Springs, Cumberland Co. Percheron Grand Champion Stallion – Shining Eye Farran, Walt Rice, Shining Eye Percherons, Boiling Springs, Cumberland Co. Percheron Stallion, any age bred by Exhibitor – Walt Rice, Shining Eye Percherons, Boiling Springs, Cumberland Co. Percheron Mare, 5 years and over – Forest Grove Amys Areba, Gerald Allebach, Windermere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co. Percheron Mare, 4 years and under 5 – Windermeres Morning Rain, Loren Fry, Colonial Manor Farms, Lancaster, Lancaster Co. Percheron Mare, 3 years and under 4 – Blackmist Prince Surprise, Tonya School, Blackmist Perhcerons, Halifax, Dauphin Co. Percheron Senior Champion Mare – Walt Rice, Shining Eye Percherons, Boiling Springs, Cumberland Co. Percheron Reserve Se-

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nior Champion Mare – Windermere’s Morning Rain, Loren Fry, Colonial Manor Farms, Lancaster, Lancaster Co. Percheron Mare, 2 years and under 3 – Windermeres Markie Maid, Gerlad Allebach, Windermere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co. Percheron Mare, 1 year and under 2 – Shining Eye Sweet Virginia, Walt Rice, Shining Eye Percherons, Boiling Springs, Cumberland Co. Percheron Mare foal – Blackmist Spring Aster, Wanda Leiby & Tonya School, Blackmist Percherons, Halifax, Dauphin Co. Percheron Junior

Champion Mare – Windermeres Markie Maid, Gerald Allebach, Windermere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co. Percheron Reserve Junior Champion Mare – Windermeres Isadora, Gerald Allebach, Windermere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co. Percheron Grand Champion Mare – Windermeres Isadora, Gerald Allebach, Windermere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co. Percheron Mare, any age Bred by Exhibtor – Gerald Allebach, Windermere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co. Percheron Junior Getof-Sire (under 2 years) – Exhibitors line up their entries during the Percheron Best of Breed class.

Gerald Allebach, Windermere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co. Percheron Open Get-ofSire – Tonya Scholl, Blackmist Percherons, Halifax, Dauphin Co. Percheron Produce of Mare – Tonya Scholl, Blackmist Percherons, Halifax, Dauphin Co. Percheron Mare and Foal – Wanda Leiby and Tonya Scholl, Blackmist Percherons, Halifax, Dauphin Co. Percheron Stallion and Two Mares (any age) – Patrick Cold, Skyview II Percherons, Spring Mills, Dauphin Co. Percheron Two Mares belonging to one Exhibitor – Gerald Allebach, Windermere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co.

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Percheron Mare Mated Team (Halter) – Gerald Allebach, Windermere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co. Best of Breed Percheron – Windermeres Markie Maid, Gerald Allebach, Windermere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co. Supreme Champion Draft Horse – Windermeres Markie Maid, Gerald Allebach, Windermere Farms, Spring Mills, Centre Co. The 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show is the largest indoor agricultural event in the nation, featuring nearly 6,000 animals, 10,000 competitive exhibits and 300 commercial exhibitors.

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Cribbing has multiple causes, management practices can help A recently published analysis of nearly 20 years of research on cribbing will provide horse owners with valuable information about the behavior and ideas for management practices that could reduce the frequency of this undesirable equine habit.

“Owners of cribbers seem genuinely interested in the behavior and are eager to learn about how they may better manage their horses,” said Carissa Wickens, assistant professor and equine Extension specialist at the University of Delaware. Wickens conducted the cribbing research analysis as a part of her doctoral program at Michigan State University (MSU), which she completed in 2009.

Cribbing Cribbing is a behavior in which horses anchor their top teeth onto some fixed object, such as a fence or stall wall, pull backward, contract their neck muscles and take air into their esophagus, resulting in an audible grunt.

The behavior is known as a stereotypy — a repetitive behavior without any apparent reason or purpose. Viewed by many horse owners as problematic, cribbing can lead to dental problems, weight loss and poor conditions in horses exhibiting the behavior. Estimates put 4.5 percent of U.S. horses, or as many as 414,000, as cribbers.

“I think if we can better understand cribbing behavior, especially the cause(s) of cribbing, we may be able to identify horses that are at risk and make improvements as necessary to their management, which would ultimately allow us to further reduce the number of horses that exhibit this and other stereotypic behaviors,” Wickens said.

Through analyzing the vast amount of research conducted on cribbing since the 1990s, Wickens found that the behavior has multiple causes and likely results from a complex combination of or interaction between factors including genetics, gastrointestinal and brain physiology, and the horse’s environment and management. According to Wickens, it is possible for horse owners to reduce cribbing behavior if

they put certain management practices in place.

Management practices “I think possibly the most important message for horse owners is that the manner in which we house and manage our horses can have a tremendous impact on their behavior,” she said.

Many of the studies analyzed provided evidence that limiting a horse’s ability to engage in foraging and social behavior increases the risk of stereotypic behaviors, like cribbing. There are also some strong associations between cribbing and the horse’s diet; horses fed high-concentrate and low-forage diets may be at greater risk for developing stereotypic behavior.

“Once a horse becomes a cribber or crib-biter, it is unlikely that the horse will ever completely stop

performing this behavior despite attempts from the owner to stop the horse from cribbing,” Wickens explained. “However, providing the horse with ample forage, turnout into the pasture and opportunities to socialize with other horses may be helpful in reducing the frequency of the behavior or the amount of time the horse spends cribbing.”

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General guideline One general guideline is to limit grain feedings to maximum single meal intakes of around 5 pounds per 1,000 pounds of body weight.

“Of course, some concentrates are less energy dense than others, so following recommended intake levels on feed bags is a good practice,” Freeman said.

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Additional information about colic and feed management is available on the Internet at http://osufacts.okstate.edu and through Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service county offices by asking for OSU Extension Fact Sheet No. 3921, “Understanding Colic in Horses”; No. 3973, “Feeding Management of the Equine”; No. 3997, “Nutrient Needs of Horses”; and No. 3928, “Evaluating Rations for Horses”.

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Those costs, in addition to costs associated with dental work and the extra energy spent cribbing instead of grazing, could be reduced if the beneficial management practices are implemented.

Wickens believes there is still work to be done to further investigate cribbing behavior. While there are some clues already, the underlying mechanism behind the behavior still needs to be completely explained.

The information re-

searchers currently have could also have applications and implications for preventing and managing stereotypic behavior in other species.

Since the horse genome is available to scientists, cribbing may provide an ideal case study on the relationship between genetics and the environment in the development of stereotypic behavior in horses.

Find the complete cribbing research review article in Applied Animal Behavior Science. For more information on Wickens’s research, contact her at cwickens@udel.edu.

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nancial effect of additional regulations or other programs and lobby Congress or Harrisburg on your behalf.

Additionally, individual farmers have called us to get these various economic measures and other official statistics to incorporate into their business plans or to take to their lender.

This survey also provides the data to generate the USDA Annual Report on Family Farms as required by Congress.

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To generate this financial picture, we annually conduct the Agricultural Resource Management Study (ARMS) across the entire United States.

About 540 Pennsylvania growers are being asked for their help along with 245 in New York, 415 in Ohio and 33,522 others nationwide.

In addition to the average farm, this year we are focusing on those that are involved in growing sorghum and barley, and broiler producers. To provide information for the Northeast regional summaries, about 200 of these sampled in Pennsylvania were selected for the commodity-specific questionnaires.

Trained interviewers from the local area will be contacting a pre-selected sample of farmers to ask for their help.

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For previous reports and other summarized data go to www.ers.usda. gov/Briefing/ARMS/.

FARMS, LAND IN FARMS and LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS: This report was released Feb. 17. Pennsylvania farm numbers fell slightly from 2010 to 2011 at 62,200 farms. A farm is “any establishment from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold or would normally be sold during the year.” This definition includes government payments and places that had no sales but the value of their animals was at least $1,000. Research, institutional and experimental farms are included as well as places with the entire acreage in government programs such as Conservation or Wetlands Reserve programs.

2011 VEGETABLE SUMMARY PUBLISHED JAN 26: End of season statistics are published annually for major vegetable crops nationwide.

Pennsylvania crops are listed here for the 2011 season. Prices received by growers are a weighted average of wholesale and retail sales.

Sweet corn for fresh market totaled 819,000 hundredweight or 8.4 million dozen if using 9.7 pounds per dozen. This is 13 percent less production than a year earlier. The average Pennsylvania price in 2011 was $37.30 per hundredweight.

Tomatoes for fresh market totaled 173,000 cwt, down 32 percent from a year earlier. The average Pennsylvania price in 2011 was $68.50 per cwt.

Snap beans for processing totaled 43,580 tons, up 39 percent from a year earlier. The average Pennsylvania price in 2011 was $292 per ton.

Cabbage for fresh market totaled 155,000 cwt, down 61 percent from previous year. The average Pennsylvania price in 2011 was $20.60 per cwt.

Strawberry total production was 40,000 cwt, 29 percent below 2010.

The average Pennsylvania price in 2011 was $212 per cwt.

Cantaloupe production totaled 185,000 cwt, 28 percent above 2010. The average Pennsylvania price in 2011 was $28.10 per cwt.

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tion was 1,026,000 cwt, 6 percent above 2010.

The average Pennsylvania price in 2011 was $14.20 per cwt.

CATTLE COUNTS PUBLISHED JAN 27: Pennsylvania farms had 1.61 million bovine on hand Jan. 1, unchanged from the previous year.

Pennsylvania milk cows, at 540,000 head, is down 3,000 head from previous year; 160,000 beef cows — up 3,000 head; 315,000 milk cow replacements — up 5,000 head; 45,000 beef cow replacements — up 5,000 head; 55,000 other heifers — up 5,000 head; 145,000 steers — up 5,000 head; 25,000 bulls — unchanged; and 325,000 calves — down 20,000 head.

Nationwide, bovine inventories are 2 percent below the previous year.

Compared to last year’s inventories: Milk cows up 1 percent; beef cows down 3 percent; milk replacement down 1 percent; beef replacements up 1 percent; steers down 2 percent. Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in all feedlots was 14.1 million head, up 1 percent.

SHEEP and WOOL PUBLISHED JAN 27: Pennsylvania farms had 89,000 sheep and lambs on hand Jan 1, down 9 percent from a year earlier. These sheep were on 3,672 farms in Pennsylvania.

Breeding ewes at 56,000 head is down 10 percent from previous year. Other changes are: replacement lambs down 19 percent, rams unchanged, and market sheep and lambs unchanged.

Wool production in Pennsylvania totaled 355,000 pounds in 2011, down 5 percent from previous year. Average price to growers was 44 cents per pound, up 7 cents per pound from 2010.

GOATS COUNTS PUBLISHED JAN 27: Pennsylvania farms had 60,500 goats on hand Jan 1. Milk goats at 15,000 head are down 6 percent from last year.

Pennsylvania ranked fifth nationally in having the largest number of milk goats. Meat goats at 45,500 head were down 1 percent from previous year. Pennsylvania ranked 14th nationally for the largest amount of meat goats in the United States.

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For more information on NASS surveys and reports, call the NASS Pennsylvania Field Office at 717-787-3904.

PROFITABILITY and FAMILY FARM ECONOMICS: There will continue to be regulations, legislation and other decisions made about agriculture that affect your profits, losses and your ability to farm. Just as on your farm, decisions made with little or no information are likely to be wrong. I believe that good measures of the farm financial condition and other objective statistics are needed so that decisions affecting agriculture are made with the facts.

Therefore, it is important for us to have an accurate picture of the financial situation of the American farmer. Farm organizations can use this financial picture to review the potential fi-

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Natural selenium coproduct good for sheep

by Sandra Avant A more cost-effective, longer-lasting selenium supplement for livestock may soon be available, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist.

Animals as well as humans need selenium, a trace mineral and component of antioxidants, to stay healthy. Inadequate selenium in sheep reduces conception rates, increases neonatal mortality, and in some instances, causes “white muscle disease” — nutritional muscular dystrophy. Selenium deficiency in sheep and cattle costs livestock producers an estimated $545 million annually in losses and affects livestock in more than 35 states where regions are deficient in the mineral.

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) animal scientist Bret Taylor at the ARS U.S. Sheep Experiment Station (USSES) near Dubois, Idaho, along with researchers at North Dakota State University, studied the effects of a milling coproduct, derived from selenium-rich wheat harvested in South Dakota,

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ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports USDA’s priority of promoting international food security.

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Sheep can be fed the selenium coproduct before being released to graze selenium-deficient range. The coproduct will provide enough to meet their selenium requirement, according to Taylor. Animals will not need any additional supplements until they return for lambing the following year.

In areas where soil and vegetation are low in selenium, ewes that consume a selenium-rich wheat coproduct in their feed pass the needed selenium to their nursing offspring. The adults can retain the selenium benefit for up to a year before they require more of the coproduct.

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Equipment: Bushhog 2615 legend batwing bushhog; Wood 320 bat wing mower; New Idea 4227 hay tedder; York 8' york rake; King Kutter 8' scraper blade; Pallet forks; quick attach; Muratori 6' tiller; Skid steer buckets, quick attach, 5 & 6 foot; International 530 PTO manure spreader; Gravity wagon; Sprayer, 3 point; Cyclone Seeder, 3 point; Scraper, 6', 3 point; Finish mower, 6', 3 point; Chain harrow, 12 foot; Engine for Ford 3000 D; Portable coral, (14) 12 foot panels; (2) 16 foot panels, (1) 4 foot panel & entrance

gate, other gates.

Lawn n & Garden,, Tools,, Toys: 1997 Suzuki K50 moped, 2600 miles, great condition; Ford YT16H riding mower; Pressure washer; TracVac 5.5HP; Paner 15"x6"; Propane heater; TroyBilt SuperBronco tiller; Torque wrench; Wood & C clamps; Pallet Jack; Lawn seeder - aerator combo; Chopsaw; (2)-028 Stihl chainsaws; Drills, portable; Grinders, electric; Fencing supplies; Cattle supplies; Large Barn fan; Black fence paint; Lumber; Steel pieces; Floor jack; Mineral feeders; Feed troffs; Fence rails; Double creep feeder; Boom lift; Cutting edges; American Wire fence; Culvert pipe; Air hose & torch hose on reel, new; Horse Tac: Blankets; Halters; Feed & water buckets; Jumps and many more items to be listed!

Householdd & other: Full size pool table; Halex dart board & cabinet; Racoon hunting lights; Small apartment refrigerator; Glass top table & six chairs; Fox horns & whips; Fire proof file cabinet w/combination lock.

Terms: All items must be

removed from the property within one week of the date of the auction. Payment by cash or check w/I.D., VISA or MasterCard. There is a 6percent buyers premium added to all purchases with a 3-percent discount for cash or check. Credit Statement will show charge from “R Craig Damewood”; Bill Tillett & Craig Damewood, Auctioneers does not issue refunds or exchanges of any kind, for any reason. All sales are final. Customers may not return items for any reason, or receive a refund.

Credit Card Customers may not request charge-backs against auctioneers for any reason. Not responsible for accidents; food served.

Billl Tillettt andd Craig Damewood,, Auctioneers Ikee Swart,, Auctioneer Brian n Damewood,, Auctioneer R #141,, 680,, 2246,, 3881 VAAR 703-303-47600 & 540-454-2326

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FEEDER CATTLE

HAGERSTOWN, MD FEEDER CATTLE: Feeder Steers: 120. M&L 400-600# 145-167; 600750# 126-145; few 1050# to 114.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 300-500# 145-162; 500650# 122-140; 700-900# 95130; 950-1100# 103-116.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 250375# 170-187; 400-500# 160-190; 500-700# 125-165; Angus 1036# @ 107.

MT. AIRY NC FEEDER CATTLE: 356.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1-2 300-342# 188-203; 360375# 190-195; 460-463# 170-178; 630-640# 162162.50; 653# 159; 743# 139.50; 755-790# 135.50138.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1-2 205-230# 152-219; 351360# 138-174; 415-448# 158.50-179; 555-590# 130156; 625# 138; 670-675# 129-139.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1-2 435-449# 176.50-183; 556560# 152-170; 605-640# 155-156.50.

Bred Cows: M&L 1-2 Young 1230-1255# 860-940 /hd 1-3 mos bred; M&L 1-2

Young 910-1180# 8501020/hd 4-6 mos bred; 1205-1390# 999-1240/hd 46 mos bred; M&L 1-2 Middle Aged 725-825# 510-720/hd 4-6 mos bred; 920-930# 600-875/hd 4-6 mos bred; 1030-1085# 900/hd 7-9 mos bred; M&L 1-2 Aged 960990# 460-690/head 4-6 mos bred.

119; 520-535# 105-120; 650-665# 104-106.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1-2 450-495# 140-194; 500545# 145-190; 550-595# 140-177; 605-645# 130-151; 655-685# 130-144; 702735# 131-141; 755-792# 119-131; 800-840# 106124; S 1-2 450-495# 100137; 510-540# 112-146.

SILER CITY, NC FEEDER CATTLE: 970 Feeder Steers: M&L 1-2 215-245# 170-212.50; 250295# 175-232; 300-345# 169-230; 350-395# 170224; 400-445# 160-223; 450-491# 185-203; 505545# 175-184; 575-596# 165-179; 600-640# 134-151; 652-695# 141-150; S 1-2 200-240# 125-160; 255285# 132.50-159; 330-340# 120-140; 355-395# 105150; 400-445# 118-156.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1-2 260-291# 137.50-175; 300345# 139-179; 350-395# 143-176; 400-445# 130-180; 450-495# 127-163; 500547# 140-165; 550-595# 139.50-153; 610-647# 127141; 665-695# 109-131; 705-740# 122-126; S 1-2 305-345# 117.50-129; 350390# 110-138; 400-440# 110-120; 465-495# 100-

BLACKSTONE, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 70.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 400-500# 169; 500-600# 162; M&L 2 300-400# 180; 400-500# 166; 500-600# 165; 600-700# 146; M&L 3 400-500# 179; 500-600# 155.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 400-500# 142; 500-600# 140.50; M&L 2 300-400# 152; 400-500# 157; 500600# 130; 700-800# 122; M&L 3 300-400# 146; 400500# 140; 500-600# 130134.50; 600-700# 126; S 1 400-500# 125-164.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-400# 190; 400-500# 134-180, mostly 165-180; 500-600# 149-151; 600700# 140; M&L 2 300-400# 184; 400-500# 146-178, mostly 159.50-178; 500600# 154; 600-700# 135.50; S 1 300-400# 170.

EASTERN BISON ASSOCIATION 16th Annual Show & Sale March 10th, 2012

Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg, PA SALE BEGINS AT 11:00 AM Inspection of Bison 9:00 - 10:30 am For more information contact Bob Sexten 614-419-2809, Tupper Sverduk 717-817-8480 or Aaron Calfee 540-309-9362 Terms: Cash, Check accompanied by bank letter of credit, or credit card - MC or Visa.

3% buyer’s premium waived for payment in cash or check.

7531 N US Hwy 421 Clinton, NC 28328 Directions to Sale Site: From Interstate I-95 “Dunn, NC” Take Exit 73. Turn onto 421 South and go approximately 19 3/10 miles. The sale site will be on your right.

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1929 John Deere GP “Has several rare options” Fresh Engine, New Tires, Carb, Mag and More Tricycle John Deere 140 “Super Nice” 140 Parts Mower Commercial Grade Zero Turn Mower “Kubota Diesel Engine” 6 Foot Deck Cub Tractor with Belly Mower “Fresh Engine and Paint John Deere B Super Nice Cub Tractor “Won Blue Ribbon in Denton Tractor Show” 2 Super A’s Ford WorkMaster Ferguson 30 140 Farmall “1 pt. Hitch” Assortment of Farm Implements Assortment of Old Coins Several Old Aladdin Lamps Several pcs of Watt Pottery Tiller 2 Lawn Mower Carts Assortment of Long Handled Tools New Rebuilt T-1 Chevy Engine L “Needs Completion” Assortment of NOS Tractor Parts 4 New Tractor Tires 2 Yard Carts Allis Chalmers B with Cultivators Antique Dresser Base Old Pine Country Farm Table Old Tobacco Grading Bench Old Timey Free Standing Radio Old Cane Bottom 1950’s Dinette Set “Red & White” 1960’s Juice Glasses Refrigerator Dishes Several pcs of Sandwich Glass Small Pine Cabinet 1920’s Hoosier Style Cabinet Whirlpool Refrigerator GE Microwave 3 pc 1920’s Bedroom Suite 1930’s Double Door Wardrobe Antique Corn Sheller “on box” Antique Radio Magnavox Table Model Radio 2 Oak Bow Front China Cabinets Black & Decker Coffee Maker

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2012

Preview 9:00 AM

Assorted Pots & Pans Leonard Electric Range Uniden Cordless Phone Assortment of Old Patterns Old Rolling Pins Assortment of Old Bowls Enamel Pot 3 Aluminum Folding Chairs Antique Mantle Clock Magnavox Floor Radio George & Martha Table Lamp Box of Books Old Metal Trunk 12 ga. Mississippi Valley Single Barrel Shotgun Savage Model 6 22 Semi Auto Rifle Several pcs of Antique Furniture Assortment of Costume Jewelry Old Wash Pot Nice Small Storage Building “To Be Moved” Entry Door & Roll Up Door 20 ft. Storage Container Several Vintage Hat Pins Several Vintage Hand Made Quilts Pole Lamp Wooden Plant Stand Old Floor Rocker 2 Sewing Machines RCA Table Model TV Platform Rocker Mahogany End Table 1920’s Dresser “Round Mirror” Rare 1920’s Metal Bed “built in storage on footboard Assortment of Clothes Several Handmade Quilts Dirt Devil Vacuum Cleaner Window Fan Assortment of Pictures 4 Metal Dinette Chairs 3 pc Living Room Suite Antique Floor Rug 2 Antique End Tables Rare Bakelite White Airline Radio Auctioneer: Wm. Thomas Bradley, NCAL 5443 Antique Coal Heater Antique Rocker PO Box 983, Salemburg, NC 28385 Assortment of Glasses (919) 201-7530 Pr. of Figurine Lamps Email: guardmut@aol.com Several Hummel Plates Big Screen TV

Terms and Conditions: We accept Visa and Mastercard, Cash or Approved Check. 10% buyer’s fee applies. ANNOUNCEMENTS DAY OF SALE TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER ANY PRINTED MATERIAL Cash Travelers checks or good checks if known to us, otherwise letter of credit from bank. Positive identification required. All items sold as is, where is and no warranties implied, with any announcement made the day of sale taking PRECEDENCE over any printed material. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THEFT OR ACCIDENS. Auctioneer is not responsible for the accuracy of any description or condition of any item sold.

174-195; 600-700# 146-165; 700-800# 131-151; 800900# 137-145.10; 9001000# 129; M&L 2 200-300# 205; 300-400# 205-221; 400-500# 169-197; 500-

ANOTHER ABSOLUTE AUCTION BY OWNBY Farm m & Dairyy Relatedd Equipment

MARCH H 17THH SATURDAY-10:30 0 A.M..

Nathan Mason, Callaway, VA (Near Rocky Mount)

Tractors, Skid Steer, Trucks, Trailers, Hay, Manure Handling, Tillage & Forage Equipment

Noo Buyer’ss Premium!

Call for Brochure 804-730-0500 VAAF 86

Mechanicsville, VA

www.ownbyco.com

600# 190-191.75; 600-700# 145; S 1 400-500# 130.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 166-180; 400500# 129-166; 500-600# 124-173.50; 600-700# 135147; 700-800# 121-135; 800-900# 123; M&L 2 200300# 150-152.50; 300-400# 139-167; 400-500# 130-157; 500-600# 120-146; 600700# 127-130; 700-800# 109-123.50; S 1 300-400# 133-142; 400-500# 110-121; 500-600# 103.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-400# 187-224; 400500# 170-190; 500-600# 141-189; 600-700# 136-159; 700-800# 110-126; 800900# 110-141; 900-1000# 111; M&L 2 200-300# 175; 300-400# 146-208; 500600# 147-153; 600-700# 147-159; 700-800# 130; 800-900# 95-108; 900-

1000# 100; S 1 300-400# 98.

SW VA FEEDER CATTLE: 692.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 182-201; 400500# 177-209; 500-600# 159-193; 600-700# 159-175; 700-800# 127-155.50; 800900# 124-126; 900-1000# 116-116.50; M&L 2 400500# 165-195; 500-600# 140-184; 600-700# 131-168; S 1 400-500# 170-180; 600700# 150-158.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 300-400# 115-122.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 160-171; 300400# 155-169; 400-500# 157-165; 500-600# 140-164; 600-700# 130-147; 700800# 123.50; 800-900# 113; M&L 2 200-300# 115-165; 300-400# 148-177; 400-

L COW W SALE SPECIAL S PECIAL FAUQUIER LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE, INC. 7404 John Marshall Hwy., Marshall, VA Office: 540-364-1566 or Toll Free 877-416-5653

Tuesday, Mar ch 6, 2012 Complete Dispersal of 100+ Bred Cows Plus 6 Whitestone Bulls Regular Sale at 2:00 PM Bred Cows will be offered at 3:00 pm Cows will be preg-checked on 3/5/12 at the sale barn.

For more information or to consign, please contact: Lindsay Eastham, Manager 540-272-7048 Randall Updike, Field Rep. 540-522-6885 Wes Ware, Field Rep. 304-270-0276

AUCTION

Sat., March 3, 2012 @ 9:00 AM CONSTRUCTION - FARM EQUIPMENT VEHICLES - PERSONAL PROPERTY

CREWE TRACTOR, 1842 WATSONS WOOD RD., CREWE, VA 23930 (JUNCTION OF US 360 & RT 49) ALSO ITEMS FROM THE TOWN OF FARMVILLE 2002 DODGE VANS 3500 12-PAS. BUS V8 5.9L GAS-AUTO 99,000 MI. & 121,000 MI.; 2003 FORD 450 BUS 19 PAS.V8 7.3L DIESEL 176,000 MI.; 1996 EXPLORER XLT V6 4.0L-AUTO 102,000 MI.; 1998 FORD E350 19 PAS. BUS V10 6.8L-AUTO 257,000 MI.; 2003 E450 19 PAS. BUS V8 7.3L DIESEL 135,000 MI.; 1994 GMC 1500 5.0L V8 PU 143,000 MI.; 1995 CHEV. 3500 CREWCAB 6.5L DIESEL PU 117,000 MI.; 1994 GMC 1500 5.0L V8 PU 153,000 MI; 1994 GMC 1500 5.0L V8 PU 156,000 MI.; POLICE SURPLUS: 2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT 2.4L 4 CYL. 4 DOOR 103783 MI.; 2001 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L V8-AUTO 79,520 MI.; 2001 CHEV. 2500 VAN 5.7L V8 12-PAS. 69,075 MI.; POLICE SEIZED EQUIPMENT: 1988 MERCEDES 4 DR. RED 208,520 MI.; 1992 BMW 4 DR. SILVER 226,071 MI.; 1989 CHEV. 4 DR. CAPRICE 99,644 MI.; 1981 CHEV. PU; 2011 MOTORIZED SCOOTER; 2006 DODGE MAGNUM ST. WGN. 145,000 MI.; 1997 FORD EXPLORER 170,000 MI.; 2005 CHEV. AVALANCHE BURGUNDY; 2003 HARLEY-DAVIDSON 100TH ANNIVERSARY 88 CU IN DYNA WIDE GLIDE 14,945 MI!; PARTIAL LISTING: JD 2750 W/ 245 LOADER; JD 5410 4WD ROPS 541 LOADER; JD 2755 W/ LOADER; JD 3020 DASH CONTROLS; FORD 4000 & 3000; FORD 7710II ROPS W/ 777B LOADER; FORD 7710 SEMI-CAB; FORD TW35 CAB DUALS; FORD 5640 4WD CAB W/ 7411 LOADER; IH 1066; KUBOTA M8540 4WD CAB 163 HRS!; DEUTZ DX140 CAB DUALS; DEUTZ 6006; DEUTZALLIS 5215; CASE-IH 275 W/ 2245 LOADER ONLY 876 HRS!; IH 340; NEW HOLLAND TC40A 4WD HAS LOADER BRACKETS; FORD 1920 2WD; FORD 3910; FORD 3430 2WD W/ LOADER; JD 1207 HAYBINE; JD 925 10' MOCO DISCBINE; VICON 10'; JD 1460 DISCBINE; NH 495 HAYBINE; PEQUEA 710 FLUFFER; AGCO 4217 4 BASKET MANUAL FOLD TEDDER; VICON 4 BASKET MANUAL FOLD TEDDER; KUHN 5001THA 8 WHEEL HYD. FOLD TEDDER; KRONE 550KT 4 BASKET TEDDER; VICON 7 WH. 1 DIRECTION RAKE; GEHL 418 8 WH. RAKE; VICON 8 WH. MANUAL FOLDING RAKE; PAZA 3PT. 4 WH. RAKE; NH 256 RAKE; HAY BALERS; CASE-IH 8430; NEW IDEA/AGCO 4854; HESSTON 5510; NH 678 & 851; MF 450; NH 320 SQ. BALER; ROTARY CUTTERS-DRILLS-MISC; JD MX8 3PT. (LIKE NEW!); RHINO SE10-4A 12' OFFSET; IH 510 D. DISC DRILL; TUFFLINE 38 102024 9.5' OFFSET DISC HARROW; MILLER-MATIC 251 WELDER (ALUM. & REGULAR); 2009 KAWASAKI 4000 2WH. DR. MULE; 2010 KAWASAKI TERY X LE 4WH. DR. MULE; GRASSHOPPER 220 ZERO-TURN MOWER 60'; GRASSHOPPER 225 ZERO-TURN MOWER 48'; MORE ITEMS TO BE ADDED!

VA Auctioneer License #000392 email: info@carwileauctions • (434) 392-5604 or (434) 547-9100

500# 149-165; 500-600# 134-163; 600-700# 120142.50; 700-800# 105; S 1 300-400# 135-150; 400500# 145-153; 500-600# 145-154; 600-700# 117-123.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-400# 180-192; 400500# 157-195; 500-600# 153-195; 600-700# 127-150; 700-800# 130-140; 800900# 105.50-117; M&L 2 300-400# 170-185; 400500# 152-190; 500-600# 147-185; 600-700# 145-152; 700-800# 122-134; S 1 400500# 170-180.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 14.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 400-500# 129-139; 500600# 124-128.

FRONT ROYAL, VA FEEDER CATTLE: No report.

HOLLINS, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 317.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 196-201; 400500# 178-181; 500-600# 163-172; 600-700# 159-165; 700-800# 127-143; 800900# 124-126; 900-1000# 116.50; M&L 2 400-500# 165-182; 500-600# 140-157; 600-700# 131-151.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 166; 400-500# 160-165; 500-600# 140-154; 600-700# 139-141.50; 700800# 123.50; 800-900# 113; M&L 2 300-400# 148-165; 400-500# 163.50-165; 500600# 134-142; 600-700# 120-138; 800-900# 105.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 400-500# 176.50; 500-600# 156; 600-700# 127-147; 800-900# 105.50-117; M&L

2 400-500# 172.50; 700800# 122-127.

LYNCHBURG, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 201.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 400-500# 189.50; 500-600# 174; 600-700# 154-157.50; M&L 2 300-400# 203; 400500# 174-192; 500-600# 160-177.75; 600-700# 151152.50; 700-800# 127; M&L 3 300-400# 198; 400-500# 178.50; S 1 400-500# 180; 500-600# 168.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 172; 400-500# 162; 500-600# 150; 600700# 132; 700-800# 120; M&L 2 300-400# 179-180; 400-500# 164-164.50; 500600# 149-153; 600-700# 132-133; 700-800# 117; M&L 3 300-400# 182.50183; 400-500# 165; 500600# 148; 600-700# 128.50; S 1 300-400# 180; 400-500# 145; 500-600# 136.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-400# 211.50; 400-500# 185-201.50; 500-600# 166; 600-700# 153; M&L 2 300400# 204-211.50; 400-500# 189-205.50; 500-600# 174.50-176; 600-700# 152; S 1 300-400# 177-196, mostly 177; 400-500# 176200, mostly 200; 500-600# 157.

MARSHALL, VA FEEDER CATTLE: No report NARROWS, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 411 Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 139-146.50; 400500# 134-146.50; 500-600# 129-135; 600-700# 130135.50; 700-800# 118124.50; M&L 2 300-400# 138-145.50; 400-500# 130-

ABSOLUTE FARM EQUIPMENT

AUCTION

Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 10:00 am 7843 NC Hwy 55 Seven Springs, NC 28578

Farm Equipment, Trucks, 1941 Chevy, Golf Cart, JD Lawnmower, Produce Coolers, Tools For More Information on Auction Visit our website at www.ammonsauctions.com Ammons AUCTIONEER: Auctions BEN AMMONS – NCAL 6581 910-658-7142

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N VA FEEDER CATTLE: 1116.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 188-220; 400500# 176-200; 500-600#

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AUC TION CALENDAR To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact Dave Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 • e-mail: ddornburgh@leepub.com Monday, February 27 • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752.

• 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: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Misc. & Small Animals. 12:30 Produce, 1 pm Dairy. We now sell Lambs, Goats, Pigs & Feeders immediately following Dairy.

Calves & Cull Beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 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, 315-8293105 • 4:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203, Chatham, NY. Regular Sale. Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518392-3321.

“Ralph” Dubell. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc., 585728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com

Monday, March 5 • Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Monthly Fat Cow & Feeder Sale. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-6993637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Saturday, March 10 • 9:00 AM: Penn Y an, NY (Yates Co.). Finger Lakes Produce Auction Spring Farm Machinery Consignment Auction. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc., 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com • 9:00 AM: Penn Yan (Yates Co.) New York. Finger Lakes Produce Auction Spring Farm Machinery Consignment Auction. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc., 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com • 3:30 PM: Benton Fire Dept., 932 Rt. 14A, Benton Center, 3 mi. N. of Penn Yan, NY. Seneca Farm Toy Auction. Show 8:30 am - 2 pm. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm

Tuesday, February 28 • 10:00 AM: 97 Loop Rd., Quarryville, PA (Lancaster Co.). 53 Acre Dairy Farm. Leaman Auctions, J. Edward Leaman, 610-662-8149, 717464-1128 www.leamanauctions.com, auctionzip.com 3721

Wednesday, February 29 • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Calf Sale.

Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 • 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: 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

Monday, March 12 • Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Monthly Heifer Sale.

Group of Springing Heifers from one farm. 1 pm Dairy, followed by sheep, Lamb, Goats, Pigs & feeders. Calves & Cull beef approx. 5-5:30 pm.

Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-8478800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Friday, March 16 • Andover, NJ. Mooney Farms Complete Dairy Dispersal. 180 Head sell - 90 milking age, 90 youngstock. Hi-Grade sire ID Holsteins sell. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Saturday, March 17 • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.

Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 10:30 AM: Nathan Mason, Callaway, VA (near Rocky Mount). Another Absolute Auction by Ownby. Farm Equipment Dispersal. No Buyer’s Premium!. Ownby Auction & Realty Co., Inc., 804730-0500

Thursday, March 1 • 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, Sue Rudgers, Manager, 518-584-3033 • 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

Friday, March 2 • 10:30 AM: Chesterfield (Burlington Co.) New Jersey. Katona Farms and Neighbors Farm Machinery Auction. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc., 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com

Saturday, March 3 • 10:30 AM: Columbus (Burlington Co.) New Jersey. IH Tractors and Haying Equipment for

Monday, March 19 • Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin) . Monthly Sheep, Lamb, Goat & Pig Sale. Dairy 1 pm followed by sheep, lamb, goat, pigs & feeders. Calves & cull beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Wednesday, March 21 • 8:55 AM: Rising, MD. 3 Day Retirement Auction.

Business Liquidation. Leaman Auctions, J. Edward Leaman, 610-662-8149, 717-464-1128 www.leamanauctions.com, auctionzip.com 3721 • 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

Friday, March 23 • 4918 Rozzells Ferry Rd., Charlotte, NC. General Consignment Auction. Godley Auction Co., 704399-6111, 704-399-9756

Saturday, March 24 • Atglen, PA. The Gala at Glen Valley II. Hosted by Glen Valley Farm. The Cattle Exchange, 607-7462226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Saturday Horse Sales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Monday, March 26 • Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Special Holiday Sheep, Lamb, Goat & Pig Sale. Note this date is the last week of March. Call for advertising your group - it makes a difference. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Wednesday, March 28 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Easter Lamb & Goat Sale approx.

5 pm. . Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Saturday, March 31 • Cobleskill, NY. 31st Annual Cobleskill Dairy Fashion Sale. Hosted by SUNY Cobleskill Dairy Cattle Club. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 205 Hanley Rd, Nassua, NY. Estate Auction.

Case-IH 685 4x4 Diesel w/loader, JD 4030, Oliver 1755 tractors, Befco C50 15’ Batwing finish mower, Wood Working & Mechanics tools, Horse equip. & Tack, Lumber, Cattle Show equip. & gates, Asst furniture & collectibles. Jacquier Auctions, 413-569-6421 www.jacquierauctions.com • 9:00 AM: Windmill Farm Market, 3900 Rt. 14A, 5 mi. S. of Penn Yan, NY. Equipment Consignment Auction. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-3961676 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm

Thursday, April 5 • 11:00 AM: 2324 Ridge Rd., Penn Yan, NY. Marvin & Mildred Koek Excellent Farm Equipment Retirement Auction. IH 1420 4WD combine, ‘95 Ford 16’ grain truck, tillage, planting & harvest equip. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-3961676 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm

Friday, April 6 • 11:30 AM: Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin).

Spring Premier All Breed Sale. Selections are underway. Accepting registered high quality cattle.

Give us a call. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-6993637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Saturday, April 7

• 10:30 AM: Independence Township (Allegany Co.) New York. Complete Line of Good Farm Machinery and Livestock Handling and Support Equipment for Lyon View Farm. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc., 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com

Friday, April 13 • 10:30 AM: Catskill Tractor, Inc., 384 Center St., Franklin, NY. Farm Equipment Consignment and Inventory Reduction. Franklin Used Equipment Sales, Inc. Auction Service, 607-829-2600 • 6:00 PM: Syracuse, NY. NY Spring Color Breed Sale. Held in conjunction with the NY Spring Dairy Carousel. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

Saturday, April 14 • Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Machinery Consignment Sale. Tim Miller, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 8:00 AM: Beaver Mountain Farms, 1820 County Rt. 7, Ancram, NY. On the Farm of Don & Betty Duksa, 22nd Annual Auction. Quality Consignments Accepted. Leaman Auctions, J. Edward Leaman, 610-662-8149, 717-464-1128 www.leamanauctions.com, auctionzip.com 3721 • 4:00 PM: Syracuse, NY. New York Spring Holstein Sale. Held in conjunction with the New York Spring Dairy Carousel. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

Saturday, April 21 • Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Annual Spring Machinery Sale & Plant, Tree & Shrub Auction.

Accepting consignments groups or single items.

Consignments already coming in call today to get into advertising it will make a difference.

Expecting a field full of quality farm equipment.

Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-8478800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Saturday, April 21 • Quarryville, PA. Wea-Land Holsteins Complete Dispersal. Landis Weaver & Family, Owners. Comanaged by The Cattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farm. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 8:25 AM: Newton, PA. Inventory Reduction.

Farm tractors & equipment. Leaman Auctions, J. Edward Leaman, 610-662-8149, 717-464-1128 www.leamanauctions.com, auctionzip.com 3721 • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.

Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 10:00 AM: Argyle Livestock Station, 8 McEachron Hill Rd., Argyle, NY. Machinery Consignment Sale. Franklin Used Equipment Sales Inc., Frank Walker Auctioneer 607-8295172 • 10:30 AM: Dalton (Livingston Co.) New York. Dr. Lonnie and Donna Meeusen Retirement Auction.

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MARKET REPORTS 138.50; 500-600# 120-135; 600-700# 119-132.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 128; 400-500# 124-130; 500-600# 120.50122.50; 600-700# 108118.25; 700-800# 103-110; M&L 2 300-400# 127130.25; 400-500# 115127.75; 500-600# 120.50122.25; 600-700# 105-110; 700-800# 102.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-400# 144-156; 400500# 133-156, mostly 156; 500-600# 125-126; 600700# 122; M&L 2 300-400# 150; 400-500# 133-135; 500-600# 122; 600-700# 114.

ROCKINGHAM, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 61.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 2 600-700# 148; 800-800# 141; M&L 2 700-800# 130.

STAUNTON, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 300.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 209-220; 400500# 185-200; 500-600# 185.50-195; 600-700# 146165; 700-800# 135-151; 800-900# 145.10; M&L 2 200-300# 205; 300-400# 205-221; 400-500# 185-197; 500-600# 190-191.75; 600700# 145; S 1 400-500# 130.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 168-180; 400500# 152-166; 500-600# 150-173.50; 600-700# 142147; 700-800# 131-135; M&L 2 300-400# 167; 400500# 157; 500-600# 134146; 600-700# 128.50-130; 700-800# 121; S 1 300-400# 133-142; 400-500# 110-121.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-400# 224; 400-500# 170-187.50; 500-600# 175189; 600-700# 159; M&L 2 300-400# 208; 600-700# 147-159.

TRI-STATE, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 172.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 400-500# 195-209; 500600# 180-193; 600-700# 163-175; 700-800# 150155.50; M&L 2 400-500# 181-195; 500-600# 170-184; 600-700# 155-168; S 1 400500# 170-180; 600-700# 150-158.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 300-400# 115-122.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 160-171; 300400# 160-169; 400-500# 157-164; 500-600# 155-164; 600-700# 130-144; M&L 2 200-300# 115-165; 300400# 150-163; 400-500# 151-159; 500-600# 150-163; 600-700# 124-135; S 1 300400# 135-150; 400-500#

145-153; 500-600# 145-154; 600-700# 117-123.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-400# 180-192; 400500# 185-195; 500-600# 180-195; 600-700# 140-150; 700-800# 130-140; M&L 2 300-400# 170-185; 400500# 181-190; 500-600# 172-185; S 1 400-500# 170180.

WINCHESTER, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 461.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 192-205; 400500# 176-198; 500-600# 164-181; 600-700# 148-161; 700-800# 141-149.75; 800900# 125-126.50; 9001000# 125; M&L 2 400-500# 158; 500-600# 136-158; 600-700# 125-147; 700800# 125.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 166-180; 400500# 144-161; 500-600# 144.50-159.50; 600-700# 134-148; 700-800# 131; M&L 2 300-400# 142-160; 400-500# 118-139; 500600# 127-143; 700-800# 108-114; S 1 400-500# 109.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200-300# 177.50-220; 300400# 177-199.50; 400-500# 170-198; 500-600# 164-173; 600-700# 141-149; 700800# 128-140; 800-900# 120; M&L 2 400-500# 139159; 500-600# 152-159; 600-700# 127-132; S 1 400500# 130; 500-600# 126.

WYTHE COUNTY, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 203.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 182; 400-500# 177; 500-600# 159-167; 600-700# 159-159.50; 700800# 140-142; 900-1000# 116; M&L 2 400-500# 168174; 500-600# 166; 600700# 154.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 155-168; 400500# 157-159; 500-600# 148-151; 600-700# 138.50147; M&L 2 300-400# 171177; 400-500# 149-159; 500-600# 148; 600-700# 130-142.50.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 400-500# 157; 500-600# 153; 600-700# 148; M&L 2 300-400# 170-176; 400500# 152-164; 500-600# 147-156; 600-700# 145-152; 700-800# 134.

SLAUGHTER CATTLE SILER CITY, NC SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: Breaker 70-80% lean 1455-1915# 85-86.50; 1400-1845# hi dress 87-96.50; Boner 8085% lean 830-875# 75-79; 845-860# hi dress 81-85; 935-1385# 76-84.50; 950-

1385# hi dress 85-95; 9201290# lo dress 61-74; Lean 85-90% lean 620-755# 6877; 820-1180# lo dress 5260.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1560-2225# 89-98; 15152125# hi dress 99-109.50.

Cows/Calf Pairs: 16. S 12 800-850# young to middle age cows w/50-200# calves 825-950/pr; M&L 1-2 9001100# young to middle age cows w/150-350# calves 875-1450/pr; L 1-2 11501300# young to middle age cows w/100-350# calves 1225-1575/pr.

MT. AIRY SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: Breaker 70-80% lean 1120-1235# 80-85; 1500-1590# 8286.50; 1400-1755# hi dress 90.50-94; Boner 80-85% lean 765-890# 75; 9101330# 74-89.50; 960-1350# hi dress 90-94.50; 14001545# 81.50-88.50; Lean 85-90% lean 650-695# lo dress 54.50-64; 820-1200# 70-75; 800-1385# lo dress 48-68.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1255-1465# 86-98.50; 17102235# 98-100; 1700-2320# hi dress 103.50-108.

Cows/Calf Pairs: 25. S 12 600-825# middle age cows w/75-260# calves 8001050/pr; M 1-2 865-1060# middle age cows w/80-235# calves 950-1275/pr; L 1-2 840-1375# middle age cows w/90-300# calves 9501350/pr.

SW VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 229.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 8490; 1200-1600# 80-92.50; HY 1200-1600# 85-93; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 70.50-84; 1200-2000# 7088; HY 1200-2000# 8195.50; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 66-73; 850-1200# 56-71.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 90-100; 15002500# 76.50-106; HY 10001500# 100-104.50; 15002500# 104-114.

HAGERSTOWN, MD SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: 92.

Prem. Whites 85-88.50; Breakers 78-85; Boners 7784, lo dress 73-76; Lean 6976; Thin & Light 68 & dn.

Slaughter Bulls: 4. hi dress 1 1834# @ 108; Avg. dress 1500# @ 96.50; dry fed Angus 1300# @ 116.50.

Fed Steers: 48. Hi Ch & Pr 1280-1580# 128-131.75; Ch 2-3 few to 126.50; Ch Hols. 1550# @ 112.

Fed Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 1400-1550# 127-130.50; Ch 2-4 1200-1550# 123129; L Ch 1150-1450# 118122; Dairy culls 1000-1400# 83-94.

Calves: 78. Hols. Bulls Ret. to Farm No. 1 95-110# 180-197; 78-94# 180-202; No. 2 95-125# 160-185; 7894# 150-175; Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 102# @ 182; BW face Bulls 100-110# to 255; Beef X Hfr. 88# @ 220.

N VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 303.

Holstein Holstein Steers: Std. 2-3 15001650# 101.50-109.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7783.75; 1200-1600# 71.5086.50; HY 1200-1600# 84103.50; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 68.25-88.50; 1200-2000# 67-87.50; HY 1200-2000# 80-90; Lean 8590% lean 750-850# 47.5076; 850-1200# 46.50-79.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 78-88.50; 15002500# 83.50-96.75; HY 1000-1500# 94.50; 15002500# 94-94.50.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 37.

M&L 1, few M&L 2, 3-12 yrs. old, bred 2-8 mos. 9871525# 615-1275/hd.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 76.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 40-165; 100-130# 155/cwt.

BLACKSTONE, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 72.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7076; 1200-1600# 72-78; HY 1200-1600# 79-83.50; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 68-74; 1200-2000# 69-74; Lean 85-90% lean 8501200# 55-64.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 92; 1500-2500# 75.50-85; HY 1500-2500# 86-89.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 53.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 1200-1600# 79-82; HY 1200-1600# 92.50-100; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 68.2582.50; 1200-2000# 69-71; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 47.50; 850-1200# 46.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 88.50.

FRONT ROYAL, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 36.

Slaughter Steers: Ch 2-3 1300-1500# 119.50-134; 1500-1850# 125-134.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 23 1200-1400# 130-134.50.

HOLLINS, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 28.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 1200-1600# 80-82.50; HY 1200-1600# 85-86.50; Boner 80-85% lean 1200-2000# 70-79; HY 1200-2000# 81; Lean 8590% lean 850-1200# 56-67.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1500-2500# 76.50-90.50.

LYNCHBURG, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 119.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7682; 1200-1600# 78-85; HY 1200-1600# 86-96; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 7379; 1200-2000# 75-82; HY 1200-2000# 83-89; Lean 8590% lean 750-850# 45-55; 850-1200# 52-62.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 98-105; 15002500# 79-90; HY 15002500# 91-92.

MARSHALL, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: No report ROCKINGHAM, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 135.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7881; 1200-1600# 71.50-82; HY 1200-1600# 84-88; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 71-77; 1200-2000# 6787.50; HY 1200-2000# 8086; Lean 85-90% lean 750850# 55; 850-1200# 5875.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 83.50; 15002500# 83.50; HY 15002500# 94.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 74.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 40-112, few 147-197/hd; 100-130# 155/cwt.

STAUNTON, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 71.

Slaughter Steers & Heifers: Std. 2-3 15001650# 101.50-109.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean HY 12001600# 88; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 70.50-80; 1200-2000# 73-82; HY 1200-2000# 89-90; Lean 8590% lean 750-850# 71; 8501200# 62-79.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1500-2500# 90-96.75.

Slaughter Steers: Ch 2-3 1100-1300# 109-124; 13001500# 132; 1500-1850# 125.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 23 1200-1400# 119-127; 1400-1600# 126.25-133; Sel 2-3 900-1000# 100.

TRI-STATE, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 98.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 8690; 1200-1600# 90-92.50; HY 1200-1600# 71-77; Boner 80-85% lean 8001200# 76-84; 1200-2000# 85-88; HY 1200-2000# 5965; Lean 85-90% lean 750850# 66-73.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 92-100; 15002500# 89-106; HY 10001500# 100-104.50; 15002500# 107-114.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 6. 610 yrs. old, bred 7 mos. 8601080/hd.

Cows w/Calves at Side: 3. 5-6 yrs. old w/250# calves 1590/pr.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 1.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 105/hd.

WINCHESTER, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 152.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7685; 1200-1600# 76.5084.50; HY 1200-1600# 8588.50; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 68-80; 12002000# 67-79.50; HY 12002000# 83-85.50; Lean 8590% lean 750-850# 44-71; 850-1200# 57-69.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 83-87; 15002500# 87.50; HY 10001500# 98.75; 1500-2500# 95.50-106.75.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 66. M 1, few M 2, 5 yrs. old to aged, bred 2-8 mos. 10151560# 930-1250/hd; M 2, few M 1, 5 yrs. old to aged, bred 2-8 mos. 813-995# 735-940/hd.

Cows w/Calves at Side: 8. M 1, 4 yrs. old to aged w/calves 85-200# 8701130# 1010-1260/pr.

Heifers: 5. Bred. M 1, few M 2, bred 7-8 mos. 8401052# 875-1260/hd.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 9.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 95160/hd; 100-200# 200215/hd.

WYTHE CO SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 94.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 8488; 1200-1600# 82-87; HY 1200-1600# 89-93; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 70.50-80; 1200-2000# 7583; HY 1200-2000# 85.5095.50; Lean 85-90% lean 850-1200# 58-71.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 90-93.50; 15002500# 86.50-96.50; HY 1500-2500# 104.

HOG REPORT

HAGERSTOWN, MD PIGS Pigs & Shoats (/hd): 2030# 38-44; 1 lot 43# @ 45; 80-100# 74-93; (/#) 120150# 80-100; Boars 1 270# @ 63.

Butcher Hogs: 66. US 12 250-300# 76-80; 300350# 77-80; No. 1-3 240350# 69-75; No. 2-3 1 240350# 66-68.

Sows: 17. 400-500# 5461; 325-375# 62-69; thin/rough 53 & dn.

NC SOWS: 300-399# 52.72-58.67; 400-449# 54.79-58.50; 450-499# 47.10-59.88; 500-549# 5560.92; 550# & up Prices not reported due to confidentiality.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA HOGS: No report.

HOLLINS, VA HOGS: No report.

MARSHALL, VA HOGS: No report.

N VA HOGS: No report.

Bucks: Sel 1-2 70-110# 169.

Does: Sel 1-2 70-100# 115-146; 100-150# 100.

MT. AIRY SHEEP: No report.

MT. AIRY GOATS: 35.

Slaughter and Replacement Classes: Kids: Sel 1 20-40# 50-60; 40-60# 6580; 60-80# 90-95; Sel 2 2040# 45; 60-80# 65-77.50.

Does/Nannies: Sel 1 100-140# 97.50-105; Sel 2 50-70# 50; 70-100# 55-75; 100-140# 90-92.

Bucks/Billies: Sel 1 100-150# 125-160; Sel 2 70-100# 70-75.50.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA SHEEP: no report

HOLLINS, VA SHEEP/GOATS: No report MARSHALL, VA SHEEP: No report.

MARSHALL, VA GOATS: No report.

ROCKINGHAM, VA GOATS: No report

S VA HOGS: No report.

ROCKINGHAM, VA SHEEP: No report.

WINCHESTER, VA HOGS: No report.

WYTHE CO, VA HOGS: No report.

LAMB & GOAT MARKET N VA SHEEP: 11.

Slaughter Lambs: Spring, Wooled, Ch & Pr 80-110# 190-207; Wooled, Gd & Ch 1-3 60-90# 184; Wooled, Ch & Pr 3-4 130160# 150; Wooled, Gd & few Ch 1-2 30-60# 177; 6090# 190-200.

Rams/Ewes: 19. Ewes Ch 2-4 84; Gd 2-4 7085.50.

Rams: all grades 74-108.

HAGERSTOWN, MD LAMBS: Gd L Ch Wooled 90-120# 180-195; 1 lot 144# @ 163; Ewes 90-150# 85-102.

WINCHESTER, VA GOATS: 12.

Kids: Sel 1-2 20-40# 225; 40-60# 202-230; 6080# 230; Sel 3 20-40# 190.

Bucks: Sel 1-2 100-150# 159; 150-250# 139.

Does: Sel 1-2 100-150# 108-110.

WYTHE CO SHEEP: No report.

WYTHE CO GOATS: No report.

CASH GRAIN MARKET

FREDERICKSBURG, VA GOATS: No report.

ROCKINGHAM, VA HOGS: No report.

STAUNTON, VA HOGS: No report.

WINCHESTER, VA SHEEP: 21.

Lambs: Wooled, Gd & few Ch 1-2 60-90# 200; 90110# 198.

Rams/Ewes: Ewes Gd 24 82.

SHENANDOAH SHEEP: 14.

Slaughter Lambs: Spring, Wooled, Ch & Pr 80-110# 190-207; Spring, Wooled, Gd & Ch 1-3 6090# 184.

Slaughter Ewes: Ch 2-4 84; Gd 2-4 85.50 SILER CITY, NC GOATS: 76.

Slaughter and Replacement Classes: Kids: Sel 1 under 20# 40-47.50; 2040# 55-65; 40-60# 70-80; 60-80# 85-90.

Yearlings: Sel 1 60-80# 95-115; 80-100# 130-155.

Does/Nannies: Sel 1 5070# 85-100; 70-100# 110125.

Bucks/Billies: Sel 1 70100# 145; 100-150# 160170; 150-250# 190-235.

SILER CITY, NC SHEEP: No report

NC GRAIN US 2 Yellow Corn was 8¢ higher. Prices were 6.887.13, mostly 6.88-7.03 at the feed mills and 6.636.83, mostly 6.78 at the elevators. US 1 Yellow Soybeanswere 1 to 2¢ higher.

Prices were 13.02 at the processors, 12.07-12.78 at the feed mills and 12.4212.62, mostly 12.58 at the elevators. US 2 Soft Red Winter Wheat was 12¢ higher. Prices were 6.65, mostly 6.65 at the elevators. Soybean Meal (f.o.b.) at the processing plants was 363.30/ton for 48% protein.

Feed Mills: Bladenboro 6.98, -----, ----; Candor 7.13, -----, ----; Cofield 6.88, 12.78, ----; Laurinburg 6.98, -----, ----; Monroe 7.03, ----, ----; Nashville 7.08, -----, ---; Roaring River 7.08, -----, ----; Rose Hill 6.98, -----, ---; Selma ----, 12.07, ----; Statesville 6.88, -----, 7.44; Warsaw 6.98, -----, ----; Pantego #2 7.03, -----, ----.

Elevators: Cleveland ----, -----, ----; Belhaven ----, ----, ----; Chadbourn ----, -----, ---; Clement ----, -----, ----; Creswell 6.63, 12.62, ----; Elizabeth City 6.68, 12.58, 6.65; Greenville ----, -----, ---; Lumberton ----, -----, ----; Monroe ----, 12.62, ----; Norwood 6.78, 12.42, ----; Pantego ----, -----, ----; Register ----, -----, ----; Warsaw #2 6.83, -----, ----.

beyond 10 miles mostly 2.50 /mile. 120 tons. Hay 100 tons.

Alfalfa: Lg. Sq. Prem.

270; Gd 57/bale; Sm. Sq. Gd 5.60-5.85/bale.

Alfalfa/Orchard Grass: Lg. Sq. Prem. 70/bale; Sm. Sq. Prem. 6/bale.

Mixed Grass: Lg. Sq. Gd 24-30/bale; Sm. Sq. Gd 2-2.10/bale; Lg. Rd. Gd 2026/bale; Sm. Rd. Gd 30/bale; Fair 40.

Orchard Grass: Lg. Sq. Gd 25/bale 2nd cut; Sm. Sq. Gd 3.70/bale 1st cut; Fair 1.85/bale 1st cut; Lg. Rd. Gd 120 2nd cut, 2034/bale 1st cut; Fair 20/bale; Sm. Rd. Gd 19 1st cut.

Straw: Lg. Sq. 20/bale Timothy/Orchard Grass: Lg. Sq. Gd 26/bale; Sm. Sq. Gd 3.50/bale; Lg. Rd. Gd 135.

Corn Fodder: Lg. Rd. 12/bale.

POULTRY REPORT NC BROILERS & FRYERS The market is steady and the live supply is adequate to meet the moderate demand. Average weights are mostly heavy. The estimated slaughter for Wednesday in NC is 2,617,000 head compared to 2,262,000 head last Wednesday.

NC EGGS The market is steady on all sizes.

Supplies are moderate. Retail demand is fair. Weighted average prices for small lot sales of grade A eggs delivered to nearby retail outlets: XL 113.81, L 113.04, M 85.86 & S 79.

NY EGGS Prices are steady. Offerings are moderate to occasionally heavy. The NY shell egg inventory is 2% higher than last Monday.

Demand is light to moderate. Market activity is moderate. Prices to retailers, sales to volume buyers, USDA Grade A & Grade A white eggs in ctns, delivered store door, cents per dz. XL 102-106, L 100-104, M 78-82.

FARMERS MARKET

HAGERSTOWN, MD GOATS: Sel 1 80-110# 1115-142.

N VA GOATS: 11.

Kids: Sel 1-2 20-40# 181; 40-60# 145-203; 6080# 138; Sel 3 40-60# 108.

STAUNTON, VA SHEEP: No report.

STAUNTON, VA GOATS: No report.

TRI-STATE, VA GOATS: No report.

Soybean Processors: Fayetteville, 13.02; Raleigh, 13.02.

RUSHVILLE SEMIMONTHLY HAY AUCTION Prices/ton FOB unless otherwise noted. Delivery

NC STATE FARMERS MARKET Beans, Round Green (25# bx) 30; Beets (25# bag) 17.65; Cabbage, Pointed head and Round Green (50# crate) 12;

Greens (bu ctn) Collards 9, Turnips 12-13.25, Spinach (25# bx) 18; Peas, Crowder (bu bag) 12-20, (bu shelled) 24; Peanuts, Green (35# bg) 35; Sweet Potatoes (40# bx) 14-21.75. Wholesale Dealer Price: Apples (traypack ctn 100 count) WA Red Delicious (traypack ctn) 32.95-33.15, WA Golden Delicious (traypack ctn) 33-34.50, WA Granny Smith (traypack ctn) 3436.50; WA Gala 29-41.50; WA Fuji (traypack ctn) 34.50-38; WA Pink Lady (traypack ctn) 38-41.50; Asparagus (11# ctn) 23.2524.05; Bananas (40# ctn) 20.50-21.50; Beans, Rd Green (1-1/9 bu ctn) 3337.15, Pole (1-1/9 bu) 3033; Beets (25# sack) 11.5513.65; Blueberries (flat 12 1-pt cups) 24-34; Broccoli (ctn 14s) 15.35-20; Cabbage (50# ctn) 11.05-15; Canta-loupe (case 12 count) 30.95-34.35; Carrots (50# sack) 15.75-22.95; Cauli-flower (ctn 12s) 17.85-19.50; Cherries (16# bx) 48; Celery (ctn 30s) 25.85-28.55; Cilantro (ctn 30s) 17.95-19.65; Citrus: Oran-ges CA (4/5 bu ctn) 26.15-30.65, FL (4/5 bu ctn) 21-22; Pink Grapefruit CA (4/5 bu ctn) 22-25.05; Tangelos FL (80 count box) 25-26.95; Lemons (40# ctn) 34.35-39.05; Limes (40# ctn) 32-39.05; Oranges CA Navel (4/5 bu ctn) 23.4527.65, FL Navel (64 count) 23.55-26.15, Tangerines (120 count) 24; Corn (ctn 4 ?-5 dz) Yellow 20.05-23.65, White (ctn 4 ?-5 dz) 20.0523.65; Cranberries (24 12 oz pkg) 24.50; Cucumbers, Long Green (40# ctn) 16.35-19, Pickles (ctn 40#) 16.35-20.55; Eggplant (25# ctn) 21-24; Grapes, Red Seed-less (18# ctn) 26.5039.35, White Seedless 26.50-28.50, Black Seedless 28, Red Globe 34; Greens, Collard (bu ctn/loose 24s) 10, Kale (ctn/bunched 24s) 17.1521.15, Turnips, topped 11.85-14.65; Honey-dews (ctn 5s) 17; Kiwi (ctn 117s) 11.65; Lettuce (ctn 24s) Iceberg, wrapped 21.5024.50, Greenleaf (ctn 24s) 21.50-24, Romaine (ctn 24s) 21.50-24.50; Nectarines, Yellow-White flesh (1/2 bu ctn) 24; Onions, Yellow (50# sack) Jumbo15.75-20, White (25# sack) 15-16, Red (25# sack) 15, Green (ctn 24s) 20.0525.75, Sweet Onions (40# ctn) 20-25.05; Peach-es, Yellow-White Flesh (1/2 bu ctn) 18; Peanuts, Green

(35# bg) 53-69; Pears, Bartlett (16# ctn) 27; Bell Peppers, Green (1-1/9 bu ctn) 15.75-24, Red (11# ctn) 32, Yellow (11#ctn) 32; Potatoes (50# ctn) Red size A 18-22.15, Red Size B 2528, White size A 14.5020.75, Russet ID 20.5021.15; Radishes, Red (30 6-ounce film bgs) 12.8512.95; Plums, Red (28# ctn) 24; Squash, Yellow Crook-neck (3/4 bu ctn) 19.35-23, Zucchini (1/2 bu ctn) 18-20; Strawberries CA (flat 8 1-qt conts) 21.5525.65; Sweet Potatoes, Orange (40# ctn) 16-21.45, White (40# ctn) 20-20.75; Tomatoes, vine ripened XL (25# ctn) 16-18, Cherry (flat 12 1-pt conts) 13.95-18, Roma (25# ctn) 16-18, Grape (flat 12 1-pt conts) 16-19.50; Turnips, topped (25# film bg) 11.55-14.50.

WESTERN NC FARMERS’ MARKET Apples (traypack ctn) Red Delicious 25-32, Golden Delicious 25-30, Granny Smith 25-30; (bu loose pack) Red and Golden Delicious, Stayman, Rome, Empire 16-20; Bananas (40# bx) 20-20.50; Beans, Halfunner (bu) 32; Broccoli (ctn) 14-16.50; Cabbage (50# bg) 8.75-10; Cantaloupes (ctn 9-12 count) 1823.75; Cauliflower (ctn) 16.50-18; Citrus: Grapefruit 14.50-18, Navel 18-20, Oranges 18.75-20, Tangerines, Honey 20-24; Lemons (ctns 95 count) 26 26.50, (165 count) 26-32; Corn (crate) Bi-Color 16.50; Cucumbers, Long Green (11/9 bu) 15.75-16, Pickle (11/9 bu crate) 30; Grapes, Red and White Seedless (18# ctn) 22.50-28; Lettuce, Iceburg (ctn) 14.75-17; Nuts (50# sack) Mixed 115, Pecans 140; Onions (50# bg) Yellow Jumbo 11-14, White 22.50-24; Onion Sets (32# bg) Yellow, White and Red 22-25; Bell Pepper (11/9 bu ctn) L & XL 1215.50; Potatoes, Irish (50# bg) 16-20, Russet 15-19; Seed Potatoes (50# bg) Kenne-bec, Yukon Gold and Red Pontiac 16-20; Squash (3/4 bu) #1 Yellow Crookneck 18-19, (1/2 bu) Zucchini #1 16-18.25; Strawberries (flat 8 1# conts) FL and CA 10.75-22.50; Sweet Potatoes (40# bx) Red or Orange #2 12-16; Tomatoes (25# bx) XL and Larger 11.50-14; Turnips (25# sack) 12.50 MARKET

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