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Corn and soybean growers recognized~ Page 2

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ~ Matthew 7:7

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Corn and soybean growers recognized

by Sally Colby Despite a challenging growing season, Pennsylvania corn and soybean growers managed to achieve enviable yields. Winners of yield awards were recognized at the Professional Crop Producers Conference held recently in Lancaster, PA. “Some our entries were washed away, but we averaged 192 bushels/acre,” said Dr. Greg Roth, Penn State University professor of agronomy. “Average populations were 30,000.” Roth noted that members of the corn club have been increasing yields over the past 20 years by 3.3 bushels/acre. “When we have good management skills and use modern genetics and equipment, we can make some real progress. We’ve also gotten some pretty good no-till yields.

The top producer of no-till shelled corn is David Wolfskill of Berks County, with 270.5 bu/acre. Wolfskill grew Dekalb DKC64-69 following soybeans. Wolfskill was also recognized as the three-year champion no-till producer with a 273.2 bu/acre average over three years.

Michael Eckert, Chester County, was the top producer of tilled, shelled corn with 225.3 bu/acre. Eckert grew Hubner H5555 following soybeans.

The champion three-year average tilled shelled corn producer is Linda Krall of Lebanon County. Krall’s three-year average yield is 234.2 bu/acre.

Mike Reskovac, president of the Pennsylvania Corn Growers Association, says the organization helped growers through sessions at Ag Progress Days. He also said the association will become more involved in policy-making and state executive meetings. The group will be represented by a delegate at the upcoming National Corn Growers Congress in Nashville.

Del Voight, Penn State grain crop specialist who serves on the state soybean board as an educational member, noted that 2011 was a tough year.

“Despite all of the anomalies, we had an average yield of 73.98 bu/acre.

That’s pretty tremendous for the year we just went through.” Voight noted this is even more of an accomplishment because the seed drop has decreased.

“Usually it’s about 180,000, and now it’s down to 167,000 plants/acre. To maintain yields with that drop validates some of the research that’s been going on.”

Voight recognized members of the 80-bushel club: Burnell Nolt, who grew 80.72 bu/acre of Asgrow 4130;

Jennifer Reed-Harry, Pennsylvania Soybean Board, presents an 80-bushel club award to James Hershey at the Professional Crop Producers Conference.

Photos by Sally Colby

(L-R) - Linda Krall (Lebanon County), champion shelled corn three-year average; Robert Rook (Bucks County), second place tilled shelled corn producer; and John Frederick and son (Bucks County), third place tilled corn three-year average.

Jim Hershey who grew 81.56 bu/acre of Pioneer 93M11; Matt Hess who grew 83.39 bu/acre of Asgrow 4232 and Charles Farms who grew 86.28 bu/acre of Pioneer 93Y91.

This year’s regional award contest allowed for growing differences in different parts of the state. The 2011 regional award winners include Dave McGlaughlin (central tier region) who grew 65.68 bu/acre of Asgrow 4130; Rick Telesz (western tier region) who grew 76.39 bu/acre of Hisoy 31A03; and Clint Charles (southeast region) who grew 86.28 bu/acre of Pioneer 93Y91. Charles was also recognized as the state leader in production.

“When we think about 80 bushels of beans, it wasn’t too many years ago that we were struggling to get 60 bushels,” said Voight. “The sunlight energy to convert into oil and protein is a lot different than corn.” Voight acknowledged harvest supervisors, including crop consultants and county extension agents, who helped with the contest. “A lot more education happens when you can look at the final populations and what changes can happen to make yields go up. We also looked at fertility this year - the average pH on these fields was 7. We’ve

been preaching that for years, so we’re on our way.”

Jennifer Reed-Harry, PennAg Industries, provided an executive update for the Pennsylvania Soybean Board, noting that there is new focus on providing what farmers need. ReedHarry invited farmers to sign up for the 2012 yield contest, and noted that the annual soybean field day will be held August 23 at Penn State’s Landisville research station. She also mentioned the ongoing Farmers Feed Us campaign, a joint effort of Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania soybean producers.

Larry Breech, president of the MidAtlantic Soybean Association, noted that the organization he heads is different from the soybean board. “We’re the ones carrying your message down to D.C.,” he said. “We’re the trade association. The soybean board cannot get involved in those things. The soybean board is about promoting, research and education; we’re about carrying the message and representing individual farmers in D.C.” Breech encouraged growers to join the organization, noting that a stronger membership means a stronger voice in legislative issues.

National Organic Program rule amends allowed, prohibited materials The National Organic Program published a final rule in the Federal Register to amend the use of materials in organic crop production and processing. These changes, reflected in the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances, will be effective on March 15.

Incorporating feedback from public comments, the rule will allow the use of four new substances in the production or processing of USDA organic products: • Microcrystalline cheesewax, used to hold moisture in logs growing organic mushrooms.

• Acidified sodium chlorite, used to sanitize food and food contact surfaces.

• Non-organic dried orange pulp (in

multi-ingredient organic products), if organic orange pulp is not commercially available.

• Non-organic Pacific kombu seaweed (in multi-ingredient organic products), if organic Pacific kombu seaweed is not commercially available.

The rule will also prohibit the use of bleached non-organic lecithin, a component of vegetable oils. Lecithin is often used as a natural mixing agent (emulsifier) or lubricant in commercial food production. The rule will clarify an allowance for de-oiled non-organic lecithin in organic food processing if the organic form is not commercially available.

The final rule, which includes the full regulatory text detailing the allowance and prohibition of these

substances, is available at www.regulations.gov (search for keyword NOP10-0079; NOP-09-02FR).

The changes to the National List published in the final rule were recommended by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). This citizen advisory board is responsible by law to advise the National Organic Program on what substances should be allowed and prohibited in the production and handling of USDA organic products.

NOSB members must consider specific criteria when voting to allow or prohibit a substance, including demonstrated need for the substance and its impact on human health and the environment. In specific cases, including three substances addressed in this rule, the NOSB also determines

if a substance is available in organic form on a scale large enough to support organic agriculture.

The National List is a subpart of the USDA’s organic standards that identifies synthetic substances that may and nonsynthetic (natural) substances that may not be used in organic production.

The National Organic Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture facilitates trade and ensures integrity of organic agricultural products by consistently implementing the organic standards and enforcing compliance with the regulations.

For further information about the final rule, contact Melissa Bailey, Ph.D., NOP Standards Director, at 202-720-3252.

by Karl H. Kazaks WYTHEVILLE, VA — At the 2012 Virginia Forage and Grassland Council (VFGC) Winter Conference, Virginia Tech’s Dr. Chris Teutsch and Dr. Scott Hagood stressed the importance of taking an integrated approach to weed management.

What are weeds? “In pastures I’d say a weed is something we can’t get cows to eat,” said Teutsch.

Acknowledging the conference’s keynote speaker, Kathy Voth (who spoke about turning cattle into weed eaters), Teutsch said, “Maybe we need to rethink how we think about weeds. Weeds can have nutritional value.”

In fact, Virginia Tech research has shown that weeds can be not only high in nutritional value but also more digestible and higher in crude protein than traditional forages.

“A lot of times cows are eating more weeds in our pastures than we realize,” Teutsch said.

In addition to acknowledging the role of livestock (and their grazing habits) in an integrated weed control strategy, Teutsch said that it is also important to consider the qualities of the soil and plants in the pasture.

“Forage quality is inherently related to stage of growth — for weeds as well as grasses,” he said. Good grazing management will strive to maximize palatability of forage (and that applies to weeds as much as more traditional forages).

What’s more, to help minimize weed populations, Teutsch said, the best deterrent “is a healthy and vigorous sod.” To develop that, you have to pick the right type of forage — one that is regionally adapted, suited for your soils and grazing program, persistent, and drought and heat tolerant.

Setting the appropriate stocking rate is also “absolutely critical,” said Teutsch, both for managing weed populations

Jerry Swisher and having a profitable operation. The correct rate will be based on many factors, including soil fertility and the details of your grazing management.

“Sixty percent of the cost of a cow-calf operation is winter feeding,” Teutsch said.

“The longer you can graze, the more profitable you’re likely to be.”

When it comes to devising a grazing management system, there are many factors to consider, including the residual height left after grazing and the rest periods between grazing.

Residual height is important for many reasons, including weed control. If more leaf area is left after grazing, the plant will experience better growth, and there will be less pressure from weeds. What’s more, residual height also determines drought tolerance.

How you graze your cattle can affect the botanical composition of your swards.

“The beauty of a grazing system is you can customize it to fit the needs of your farm,” Teutsch said. “Even a weekly move is better than continuous grazing.”

As for clipping pastures, Teutsch said, “If you do it, you must do it timely — before the weed seeds develop.”

Otherwise, you’ll just spread the weed seeds throughout your pasture. The big drawback to clipping is the cost — Teutsch estimates it to be about $15-$20 per acre.

Herbicide use also has its costs. Teutsch recommends making sure you

have matched the right herbicide to the target weed, and consider spot application. “Herbicides can be part of an integrated weed control program,” he said.

Building and maintaining soil fertility is also crucial to good forage development. Doing so in times of high fertilizer prices, however, can be a challenge. So Dr. Teutsch gave some tips for maximizing your effort to improve soil fertility. The bottom line, he said, “Is not feeder cattle prices but what we’re putting back into the bank when we’re done.”

To determine soil fertility, indicator plants can be useful, but there is no substitute for a soil test. “A soil test will tell us where fertility needs to be so we can maintain a healthy and vigorous sod and repel weeds,” said Teutsch. Pastures should have their soil tested every two or three years.

A soil test will tell you your soil acidity, which affects both nutrient availability and nitrogen fixation. Because soil acidity can be such a major limiting factor, sometimes the best investment in soil fertility is liming.

As for nitrogen, consider managing for legumes as a nitrogen source, with a goal of having them comprise 20-30 percent of your pastures.

Legumes share nitrogen with grasses indirectly, through pathways including dung and urine deposition and death and decomposition. Thus, establishing legumes in a field is not equivalent to applying nitrogen directly. The amount of nitrogen provided by legumes in the first growing season after establishment will be less than in subsequent years.

As with all forages, make sure the legumes you’re using are suited to your soil — alfalfa or clover may not be the best choice. Lespedeza does well on poorer soils, and growing it may be more cost-effective than paying to improve your

The Virginia Forage and Grassland Council’s 2012 Forage Producer Award Winner was Charlie Fugate, of Duffield, VA. Here, Council President Robert Shoemaker presents the award to Fugate and his daughter. soil fertility to maximize production of a more common legume.

Teutsch noted that grazing animals remove only a small amount of nutrients as compared to hay and silage production, so considering buying and feeding hay.

And when you do feed hay, feed it on your poorer soils, to help spread nutrients.

Livestock are a good way of spreading nutrients in pastures; the higher the stocking density, the better the distribution of nutrients.

There can be, in cases of continuous grazing, uneven distribution of nutrients in areas where livestock spend more time (e.g., where they water or seek shade).

Rotational grazing, Teutsch said, is a good way to attain a better distribution of nutrients in your pastures.

Finally, although organic sources of nutrients may not be costeffective when used simply for their nitrogen value, they may be your most economically efficient choice if you need other nutrients they can provide, such as phos-

phorus. So consider broiler litter or biosolids as possible nutrient sources, Teutsch advised.

Using herbicides as part of an integrated weed control system Hagood spoke about how to use herbicides in an integrated weed control program.

He stressed that herbicides cannot be used by themselves as weed control without considering other aspects of a weed management program, such as the various factors (animal training practices, soil pH and fertility, forage variety selection, establishment practices, and grazing management practices) detailed by Voth and Teutsch.

Correct weed identification is the first step to a weed control program, Hagood said. Virginia Tech has a weed ID guide, a website with color pictures of common weeds, available on the Internet at www.ppws.vt.edu/weedi ndex.htm. The page contains many links to weed control publications.

When raising alfalfa, site selection and weed

control prior to establishment are crucial.

Perennial broadleaf weeds are difficult to control in alfalfa, and should be removed prior to establishment. When spraying, however, know that herbicide resistance in the soil can diminish alfalfa seedling growth, so time your applications to allow for herbicide dissipation.

One of the challenges with establishing alfalfa is that its seedlings are relatively slow-growing compared to many weeds which have a rapid initial growth period. This competition from weeds can be minimized by seeding no-till.

There are, however, treatments available for conventional tillage, as well as herbicides available for use in established stands (most of which are recommended for fall or spring dormant applications).

Select a treatment which suits your individual conditions and follow label instructions.

As for the treating weeds in a grass forage system, again identification of weed type is paramount, as is timing of application.

Annual weeds are best controlled when young and actively growing.

Perennials can be wellcontrolled by a combination of clipping and subsequent herbicide application.

For help with devising an integrated weed control program for your farm, contact your local extension agent.

Awards presented The conference was also an occasion for the VFGC to hand out two awards.

The 2012 Forage Producer Award Winner was Charlie Fugate, cattle producer and farmer from Duffield.

The Harlan White Distinguished Service Award — given only when merited by an individual’s service to Virginia’s forage and livestock industries — was given to Jerry Swisher, a longtime grazing proponent and forage expert, and a welldeserved honoree.

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Winter Forage Conference emphasizes the importance of an integrated approach to weed management ~ Part 2

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Keys to dairy success in the next 10 years

by Sally Colby What is your objective in the dairy business? Dr. Bruce Jones, professor of agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, addressed this question in the opening presentation of the 2012 Dairy Summit held recently in Lancaster, PA. The answer to that question is “To maximize profit, to make money,” said Jones, “subject to some constraints.” Jones explained that constraints include biological (cow’s production limits), labor, land availability at a reasonable price, financial capita and risk tolerance - how much risk are we willing to take?

“We have to figure out the best way to achieve our profit objective that’s what management is,” said Jones.

“Objectives must be both meaningful and achievable - we have to know industry and know what we have to do to get return on our money comparable to other dairies.”

Jones says that dairy producers must continually determine how they stack up against the market to see if they can acquire the resources needed to stay in business. He added that it’s essential to have a standardized information system that can be used to evaluate your own performance against the industry, the sector and the economy. “There is no substitute for accounting,” he said. “If you’re going to be successful, you have to be willing to be measured. But you don’t have to be your own accountant - you have

more important things to do.” Jones says that farmers shouldn’t necessarily be the ones who keep the books, but make sure they analyze the books.

“The profit-maximizing manager is always asking ‘what returns can be gained from the use of one additional unit of input?”, said Jones. “If we make one little change, what might happen? Any time I can commit one more unit of input to the production process and get something more than the cost of that input, I’ll do it. A profit-maximizing manager is always looking to go right to the max and squeeze the last bit of profit or efficiency from the production process.”

Jones provided two profit-maximizing examples, starting with $6.00

Cover photo by Sally Colby Soybean grower Dave McGlaughlin, at left, was the highest yield grower for the central tier, and Cliff Charles was the highest yield grower for the southeast and overall state winner.

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corn in 2008. “We had people in the dairy science department asking if we could afford to feed high-priced corn,” he said. “The counter was, ‘can you afford not to?’

We looked at the price of milk and the price of corn and said, ‘even when corn is expensive, the production response we get from feeding corn more than covers it.’”

Another example is using corn silage as a forage source. “Corn silage yields at a very high rate,” said Jones. “If it yields at a very high rate, you can get your forage production requirement satisfied with fewer acres. If you can use fewer acres for forage, you can use the excess acreage to produce a high-value crop such as corn. We can actually make more money in terms of meeting production needs of the cow as well as the handling the cropping activities of the operation.”

Producers must decide whether they want to produce commodities or specialized products. “Most people in the farming business are producers of commodities,” he said.

“The people who are going to survive in a commodity market are the low-cost producers.” In contrast, producers who choose to enter specialty markets such as organic have had great success, but have higher costs due to regulations. “People are making money making organic milk,” said Jones. “But they have to convince the consuming public that this organic product is different and worth the premium.”

Dairy farmers must be aware of whether or not a supply control policy will likely be employed in the dairy industry, and decide where they stand on this policy debate. “A supply control policy limits the amount of milk that will be produced,” said Jones. “Supply control will preserve the status quo, and there will be a ceiling for anyone who is trying to innovate and grow.” For producers who have already expanded, supply control will ensure that there is no competition to face. But producers who still want the option to expand and incorporate the next generation will have to deal

Dr. Bruce Jones, agriculture economist at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, challenged dairy producers to consider the keys to success in the dairy business in the coming years.

Photo by Sally Colby with anti-supply control.

Jones explained that restrictions on production practices in our systems are costs that determine the competitive position of dairy producers in both domestic and international markets.

When a state, region or country puts in restrictions for production practices, those producers at a competitive disadvantage to other producers who aren’t facing those same regulations. Jones reminds producers that society decides how commercial agriculture will be allowed to produce goods. “As we keep putting restrictions on producers, more costs are in the system and producers are at a competitive disadvantage in the world marketplace,” he said.

“Society will pay more for food products. We have to make sure everyone understands that regulations and restrictions on production practices are costs on all consumers as well as producers.”

In closing, Jones said that although analysis

and planning do not guarantee success, lack of analysis and planning nearly guarantees problems, if not failure. He advises dairy farmers to be mindful of how to maximize profits and figure out ways to overcome resource constraints that will allow prosperity and success.

Jones also advises farmers to continually benchmark their operations against the industry, keeping an eye on what others are doing in terms of dairy improvement, milk production, turnover, herd health and calving interval.

“At some point, analysis has to stop and decisions have to be made,” said Jones. “I like to call it analysis paralysis - we can look at the financial analysis, but eventually we have to make decisions. Some people keep poring over reports and look at numbers because they’re trying to avoid the decision. Good managers know that they have to ultimately make a decision and go forward.”

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in the 23 states totaled 8.5 million head, up 13,000 from December and 93,000 above a year ago. Output per cow averaged 1,857 pounds, up 46 from a year ago.

California was up a whopping 6.6 percent from a year ago, thanks to 29,000 more cows and a 95 pound gain per cow.

Wisconsin was up 3.7 percent, on a 65 pound gain per cow but cow numbers were unchanged. Idaho was up 4.7 percent on 8,000 more cows and 60 pounds more each. New York was up just 0.3 percent on a 5 pound gain per cow but cow numbers were unchanged.

Pennsylvania was up 0.6 percent on a 20 pound gain per cow but cow numbers were down 3,000. Minnesota was up a half percent, thanks to a 25 pound gain per cow but cow numbers were down 5,000 head.

The biggest gains were again in the west. Arizona was up 7 percent on an 85 pound gain per cow and 5,000 more cows. Texas was up 3.8 percent on a 25 pound gain per cow and 10,000 more cows. Washington

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Vermont was the only state in the top 23 showing a decline, off a half percent, but New Mexico’s rate of gain slowed in January despite a 12,000 cow increase, up just 0.7 percent. Output per cow plunged 60 pounds.

USDA’s Livestock Slaughter report estimated 263,800 culled dairy cows were slaughtered under federal inspection in January, up just 1,900 from December, and virtually unchanged from the 263,900 in January 2011.

FC Stone dairy economist Bill Brooks called the Milk Production report “bearish” on butter but indicates strong pizza sales on the cheese side. Cash block cheese closed February 24 at $1.4675 per pound, down 2 cents on the President’s Day holiday shortened week, and 52 cents below a year ago when it was flirting with the $2 level. Barrel closed at $1.47, down a penny on the week and 48 cents below a year ago. Nineteen cars of

block traded hands on the week and five of barrel. The NASS-surveyed U.S. average block price fell to $1.5046, down 2.7 cents, while the barrels averaged $1.5251, down 0.4 cent.

USDA’s Dairy Market News reports that cheese production remains above expected levels as increased milk supplies are available and offered at discounts in some cases. Buyers are attempting to determine if this is the “bottom” for the near term and whether to increase orders or wait for lower prices. This waitand-see attitude is increasing inventories at some cheese plants.

Butter closed at $1.4175, up a quartercent on the week, but 60 1/4-cents below a year ago. Nine cars found new homes on the week. The NASS average fell to $1.4417, down 5.7 cents. NASS nonfat dry milk averaged $1.3637, down 4 cents, and dry whey averaged 63.95 cents, down 0.2 cent.

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Milk Supply Outpaces Milk Demand Issued Feb. 24, 2012 January milk production in the top 23 states totaled 15.8 billion pounds, according to

pounds, up 1.8 percent from 2010. Cow numbers in 2011 totaled 9.19 million head, up 0.8 percent from 2010, and milk per cow averaged 21,345 pounds, up 197 pounds from 2010. The Department pointed out that the average output per cow has risen 14.7 percent since 2002. January output in the 50 states totaled 16.9 billion pounds, up 3.4 percent.

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National Ag Day is March 8 March 8th is National Ag Day, a time when producers, agricultural associations, corporations, universities, government agencies and countless others across America gather to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided

by American agriculture.

As the world population soars, there is even greater demand for the food, fiber and renewable resources produced in the United States.

The National Ag Day program believes that every American should: • understand how food, fiber and renewable resource products are produced.

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Each year, members of the agricultural industry gather together to promote American agriculture. This effort helps educate millions of consumers.

By far, the most effective part of this program is the role you play in helping spread the word. A few generations ago, most Americans were directly involved in — or had relatives or friends involved in — agricultural-related endeavors. Today, that is no longer the case.

That is why it is so important that we join together at the community level... our voices, in concert, become a shout that carries our message a great deal further than any one of us can do alone! We are pleased that you have joined this effort to promote American agriculture. Agriculture is AMAZING! Americans need to understand the

Plowing up the past The Northwest Connecticut Draft Horse Association was established in 1989. We are

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time. If you plan on spending the day plowing with us you are also welcome to join us for a

value of agriculture in their daily lives.

Here are just some of the key reasons why it’s important to recognize — and celebrate — Ag Day each year: • Increased knowledge of agriculture and nutrition allows individuals to make informed personal choices about diet and health.

• Informed citizens will be able to participate in establishing the policies that will support a competitive agricultural industry in this country and abroad.

Employment opportunities exist across the board in agriculture. Career choices include: • farm production • agribusiness management and marketing • agricultural research and engineering • food science • processing and retailing • banking • education

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• landscape architecture • urban planning • energy • and other fields.

Beginning in kindergarten and continuing through 12th grade, all students should receive some systematic instruction about agriculture.

Agriculture is too important a topic to be taught only to the small percentage of students considering careers in agriculture and pursuing vocational agricultural studies.

Agricultural literacy includes an understanding of agriculture’s history and current economic, social and environmental significance to all Americans. This understanding includes some knowledge of food, fiber and renewable resource production, processing and domestic and international marketing.

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The Northwest Connecticut Draft Horse Association’s Spring Plow Day will be held April 22.

a Diverse Group of Members from New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut interested in learning more about and promoting the draft horse. Ownership of a horse is not necessary to become a member, just the interest in draft horses.

We hold Dinner Meetings on the 1st Thursday of the month in Morris, CT. Our meetings are informational and we try to incorporate guest speaker into several meetings a year. Members’ Annual Events include Spring Plow Day in April, a Picnic & Tailgate Tag Sale in July and a Fall Field Day, Nov. 4, 2012. We also enjoy Field Trips and Group Drives throughout the year.

We currently are preparing for this year’s

event is open to the public free of charge and includes plowing demonstrations throughout the day. Several members, who do not wish to plow, hitch up their teams and spend the day giving wagon rides. The event gives our members a chance to do a little spring cleaning by motivating us to dust off our tack, cleaning up our horses and get out in the field to play.

One teamster once said after working a noticeably boney field “a bad day of plowing is better than a good day of work.”

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“This is an opportunity for Farmers Union and the cooperative community of the upper Midwest to teach young people about cooperative business principles and history, to introduce them to a wide variety of co-ops, and to show them that there are great careers in strong, ethical and community-minded businesses,” said NFU President Roger Johnson.

To make cooperative education come alive for the participants, students visited CHS headquarters, heard cooperative leaders, farmers, and government experts explain current challenges facing co-ops, and toured housing, retail and marketing cooperatives across the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Presenters included members, directors, employees and managers from traditional and value-added agricultural cooperatives, as well as perspectives from electric, housing, and workerowned co-ops, as well as consumer cooperatives such as credit unions,

REI and natural foods coops. Representatives from recently established cooperatives and the Peace Corps provided perspectives on cooperative development here and abroad.

Additional supporters included CoBank, Farmers Union Industries Foundation, SPIRE Federal Credit Union, CHS, Inc., National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Education Foundation, Minnesota Cooperative Education Foundation, Federated Youth Foundation, and Organic Valley.

“Farmers Union’s activities involve cooperation, education, and civic activism, so it is valuable to have events like this one to help bring those topics together,” said Johnson.

“Our own history is so closely tied with the cooperative movement. Cooperatives were made possible by legislative activity, and brought to life in communities both rural and urban. Farmers Union has a strong commitment to providing cooperative education not only to our own members, but also to the general public, and especially to young people.”

To learn more, visit www.nfu.org.

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Shirtsleeves and bootstraps make for ‘rich’ farmers

by Glen Cope My parents taught me from a young age that you need not look any farther than the end of your own shirt sleeve for a helping hand. It’s a creed that I, and most of the farmers in this great country, live by. In an era of corporate greed and government bailouts, I’m mighty proud of that old shirtsleeve, as I know other farmers and ranchers are. We are also fond of our trusty bootstraps, by which we sometimes have to pull ourselves up.

We’ve all heard that old expression that “Farmers are the salt of the Earth.” As a fourth generation farmer, I truly believe it. We care deeply for our land, animals and ability to provide food for our country. But, as people become further removed from agriculture, that old expression is not being met with the same public acceptance it once was.

Public misconceptions, mostly fueled by anti-agriculture activists, are giving farmers a bad rap. For example, because farmers have been innovative in research and technology to better care for the environment and provide healthier food with fewer inputs, we are being punished for being too tech-savvy. Because we incorporate with other family members for tax purposes, we are called “big, corporate ag,” even though 98 percent of U.S. farms remain family-owned. And because we care for our animals in a scientifically-proven and veterinaryapproved manner, we are told by activist groups that we don’t know how to care for our animals.

Recently, I was in a taxi cab in New Orleans on the way to the airport heading home to Missouri. In a lighthearted conversation with the cab

driver, I mentioned I was a farmer. His first response was, “Oh, you must be rich.” Far from it, I told him, explaining the many input and operating costs we have and how farmers really live.

This conversation was still on my mind when I landed back at my local airport and got into my muddy farm truck, which painfully stuck out in a sea of shiny cars and SUVs. As I headed home, the houses and subdivisions grew fewer and fewer and the rows of streetlights were replaced with fencerows and cow pastures. I returned home to the farm where not only I was raised, but my father, grandfather and great-grandfather also grew up. And I could not help but think of the blessings that farmers experience every day — the fresh air and green grass, and the ability to raise one of the safest and most abundant food supplies in the world. Most importantly, I am able to raise my children as I was raised, in a rural setting, while teaching them the values of a hard day’s work.

It’s a shame that all Americans can’t experience living and working on a farm for just one day. They’d get some fresh air in their lungs and some dirt under their fingernails; they’d get to use some really cool farm equipment and technology, knowing these tools are contributing to a safer and cleaner environment; they’d get to work with and care for some of God’s best living creatures; and, best of all, they’d get to work alongside their families.

Farmers are rich the cabbie says?

Maybe we are rich after all.

Glen Cope, a fourth generation beef producer in Southwest Missouri, is chair of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmers and

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The Washington County Farm Bureau will again in 2012 offer several sponsorships and grants to young adults of Farm Bureau families for educational advancement. Up to $5,000 is awarded to a Washington County, Maryland, youth who expresses interest in agriculture. The deadline to apply is April 15.

Scholarship and grant requirements: Don Schwartz Agricultural Scholarship — One $2,000 scholarship awarded annually (50 percent given in each of

two semesters) for a major in Animal Sciences.

Funds can be used for tuition and/or books and will be sent directly to the college or university.

Requirements: Washington County, MD, resident; graduating high school student or full time college student in good academic standing (grade transcript must be provided); completion of application; 500-word essay relating to animal sciences; personal interview with the WCFB Scholarship Committee (if necessary); two letters of refer-

ence (no relatives) must accompany application; winner will be encouraged to speak at a farm bureau function; applicants must be Farm Bureau members.

Washington County Farm Bureau Scholarship — Two $1,000 scholarships awarded annually (50 percent given each of two semesters).

Funds can be used for tuition and/or books and will be sent directly to the college, university or trade school.

Requirements: Washington County, MD, resident; graduating high school student or full time college student in good academic standing

(grade transcript must be provided); completion of application; 500-word essay relating to their field of study and how they can relate it to agriculture; personal interview with the WCFB Scholarship Committee; two letters of reference (no relatives) must accompany application; winner will be encouraged to speak at a farm bureau function; applicants must be Farm Bureau members.

Matthews Family Farm of Yadkin County won the annual North Caroli-

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NC Soybean Producers announce yield contest winners

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Washington County Farm Bureau Grant — One $1,000 grant awarded annually to an individual who is pursuing a new enterprise or business venture relating to agriculture for which they are financially responsible.

Requirements: Washington County, MD, resident; applicants must be 17 to 21 years of age; completion of application; Completion of Business Plan (form will be provid-

na Soybean Yield Contest with an entry of 86.1 bushels per acre. Kevin Matthews received the top yield award from Dean Johnny Wynne of the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences at North Carolina State University and Commissioner Steve Troxler of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.

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North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension and the awards are sponsored by the North Carolina Soybean Producers Association. Matthews received a plaque and an expense-paid trip to Commodity Classic.

Medlin Farms of Union County was runner-up with a yield of 85.3 bushels per acre and Circle S Ranch of Union County received the third place award with a yield of 81.6 bushels per acre.

In the annual Most Efficient Yield Contest, Medlin Farms placed first in the state with a per bushel cost of $4.09.

Drew and Everett Medlin received the first place award from Dean Wynne and Commissioner Troxler and Medlin Farms also received an expense-paid trip to Commodity Classic. The Most Efficient Yield Contest rewards producers for achieving the lowest cost of production for soybeans on a per bushel basis.

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430 WEAVERLINE feed cart, stainless, good condition, 315-527-5602, No Sunday Calls!(NY) RISSLER SILAGE conveyor, 18” double chain, incline, covers 55’, also C60 Chevy truck with 16’ silage body, hydraulic tailgate. 607-627-6637, 607-627-6245.(NY) REGISTERED American Sable buck, for stud, Klisse lines, $45 each service. Goat milk. Soap available. www.Afgms.webs .com. 518-775-3571.(NY) KELLY RYAN blower deck, vg condition, $4,500 firm. Charlie. 518-568-2182.(NY) NON GMO shelled corn; Also, 708 New Idea combine, 4 wheel drive with flex head and 4 row corn head. 315-536-0798.(NY) WANTED: STILL NEED Haymow carriers

by Fowler, Gardner, Farrell, Chamberlain, Fitzhugh, Ricker, Cross for wooden tracks, steel rod tracks, MFG, catalogs. 717-7920278.(PA) FARMALL A block crankshaft, cam shaft, no hyd., $275. Mack motor 237, factory rebuilt, 40,000 mi., $1,200. 413-7385379.(MA) INTERNATIONAL MODEL 15 rollerbar hay rake works well, New drive chain, spare teeth $850. OBO. 508-829-3712.(MA) NI Corn planter, $5,000; 2 Saddledred mare for sale, make offer; Dog kennel for sale, make offer. Montgomery Co. 518993-4589.(NY) FINNX dorset ewes, 45, sell as flock, no foot rot. Shepard needs year off. Preference to good home. Delivery considered.

607-659-5904.(NY) MORTZ 25’ goose neck trailer & hand turn corn chopper. 716-912-6109.(NY) LIKE NEW recum bent bicycle. Like new, would like to get rid of it. $500 OBO. No Sunday calls Please! 607-243-7119.(NY) WANTED: A model 40 or 420 John Deere tractor, wide front end, 3 ph. 802-2545069.(VT) HAY PACKAGE, NH 268 baler, NH 477 haybine, NH 258 rake, prefer for small farm, field ready, delivery available, $4,000. 607-829-6817.(NY) GEHL 2004 2580 silage special baler, asking $17,500, will trade for dairy cows. 315322-4354.(NY) WANTED: HORSE DRAWN DISK, 6’ or 7’ wide. John L. Stoltzfus, 8049 No. 3 Rd. Lowville, NY 13367.(NY) USED 1000 gal. oil tank, $895./ea. Used 3000 gal. oil tank, $1,895./ea. 15/20 years old; Never in ground; good condition. 203880-6814.(CT) 10 ft. Brillion cultipacker, tandem rolls, 16 ft. transport spring tooth harrow, 12 ft. roller mulcher, four wheel lift. 315-398-9211.(NY) NEW HOLLAND 352 grinder mixer, great shape, ready to use, $4,300; JD F-250 3bottom plow, semi-mount, hyd. reset, $650.

315-497-0860.(NY) RAIN FLOW model 2550 bed former, mulch layer. Krause model 4100 24’ field cultivator. 2 row Powell transplanter. 716445-5218.(NY) 2009 EZ-TRAIL GRAVITY WAGON, like new $4,000. JD 46A loader w/brackets $750. OBO. Noble 6 row cultivator $1,500.

No Sunday calls. 315-536-7841.(NY) 4 HEAVY DUTY frame mount no-till coulters, 5x7, by Pequea planters, good condition, $275. each. 315-536-6150.(NY) J.D. #7000 CORN PLANTER, 6 row $3,200. 607-731-6284.(NY)

WANTED: HUSQVARNA 272XP chainsaw in good running condition. Also, Harrow discs, 18” dia. notched 1” hole. 860-3070043.(CT) MM Super Jetstar 3 with Kelly loader, Oliver Super 55 diesel, 3 ft. power steering,s mall loader will fit Super 55. 607-7613883.(NY) FORD BACKHOE, partial fire damage on one side of engine, good hoe, 4000 commercial three cylinder, taking offers 1965 model. 315-536-1091.(NY) WANTED: 2 flex augers, prefer 5 inch.

FOR SALE: 6 plastic totes, 250 gal. $50 each or BO. 315-651-2043.(NY) CASE IH 781 chopper, 1 hay head, 2 corn heads, 1 parts, 1 new, IDEA hay rake. 315536-7529.(NY) WANTED: HERDI TRAILER SPRAYER with 40’ booms. 585-506-7300.(NY)

2005 DRYHILL MANURE PUMP 32’ multipurpose new gear box 1yr ago works great $8500. 315-246-8439.(NY) WHITE 508 four bottom plow (not spring reset). $1,150; IH 3414 backhoe, $4,900.

607-898-4256.(NY) DELAVEL FLOOR PAILS newer style 70 pound like new, also dumping station with jar and dryer, also newer washer $1,500.

315-298-7246.(NY) JOHN DEERE Van Buren grain drill, fert, grass seed, runs ,all excellent condition, horse or tractor. 607-538-9612.(NY) 9” SNOW PLOW HYDRAULIC angle loader hook up $850; 72” bucket skid loader hook up $650; 1996 6400 $11,900; 315-531-8672.(NY) WANTED: Looking for a farmer in NY, or PA to sell me feeder pigs. If you have, or will have call 802-730-7068.(VT) YORK RAKE, 8 foot; Wood hyd. angle adjustable caster wheels, vgc, $950; Curtis skid steer, snow plow, 8 foot, vgc, $1,250; 585-729-4608.(NY)

MINI DONKEYS, swans, geese, ducks, pheasants, peacocks, Nigerian dwarf goats, chickens, 10 miles North of Utica, 79pm. please leave message. 315-8962336.(NY) 2 TON NAPA cherry picker, like new, $200; 225 Lincoln welder, $100; Hobart 290 TF9 stick welder, older, complete, $350. 315536-3994.(NY) 6600 JD Combine, 15’ grain head, $4,000; 5-18 white plow with side hill, $1,200; NH 315 baler, $400. 315-923-7071.(NY) 2006 F250 4X4, gas, auto, cruise, air, 50,000 miles, one owner $15,000. nice farm truck. 315-232-4326.(NY) IH3588 $9,500. J.D. 7020 $9,500. 1984 GMC 7000 grain truck $7,500. J.D. 8820 combine parts tires B.O. 315-3315388(NY) GEHL MX 135 grinder mixer, NH 352 grinder mixer, NI 323 1-row corn picker.

WANTED: NI box spreaders, good or bad.

315-219-9090.(NY) HERFORD BULL coming 3 proven $1,800.

OBO. 716-604-6087.(NY) WANTED: 18’ - 20’ grain silage body; For sale Ford F-series cab, hood, and parts.

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BELGIAN stallion, 14 years old, white m/t, excellent pedigree, long neck, we’ve kept sisters and daughters why selling him (offers). 585-465-0235.(NY)

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COMBINE TRACKS with final drives, fit on 4400 JD combine, $2,900; Also, 7’ Gehl hay head, 2 row corn head. 607-2438282.(NY)

FOR SALE: New Holland 255 skid steer, $6,000; Mensch mod 1150 skid steer mount sand shooter, $1,500; 518-3987665.(NY)

WANTED: JD 146 loader, fit 40-50 series.

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150,000 BTU portable kerosene master heater, excellent condition, $225. 315-2520360.(NY) WANTED: A pair of 18.4-38 rear tractor tires, about 50% wear. 585-567-8941.(NY) WANTED: Pair 15.5x38 rear tractor tires, no dry rot. FOR SALE: Oliver 4-5 bottom plow, new mold boards, coulter blades.

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TD15C dozer, Bomag 120 vib/roller, Ford trac. 600, 5000 w/ bkt., 5610 ford bkt. ldr., scraper box, potato equipment, 585-4577061.(NY) 454 INT’L UTILITY TRACTOR, 3 point hitch buzz saw, Int’l belly mount balanced head sickle bar mower farmall parts tractor. 607-343-2768.(NY) ORGANIC SHELLED CORN, organic buch wheat bulk for feed NOFA, NY certified round bales, grass, hay please no Sunday calls. 315-536-7634.(NY) MODEL 451 NEW HOLLAND 9’3” three point hitch sickelbar mower bought new 2001 kept inside excellent condition $2,800. Millerton NY. 845-518-0552 1999 NH 499 haybine hydro tilt header, excellent rollers, comes with extra sickle and rollers. Stored inside. $6,500 firm. 315865-6815.(NY)

FOR SALE: Feeder pigs $70. Emanual Z. Stoltzfus 707 Thompson Rd. Little Falls, NY 13365.

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FOR SALE: One row potato digger, horse drawn; One row potato planter, horse drawn. $200 ea. or $350 for pair. 518-5973215.(NY) ALPINE BRED DOE, due 1st week of April, $150; Also, (2) 10 month bucks, $100 ea. Stafford Springs. 860-684-5540.(CT) 2ND CUT BALEAGE 5X4 $40 bale, also 590 Allied loader off MF 1085 $2,500.

OBO. 716-572-6217.(NY) 25’ HAY OR GRAIN elevator, good shape, $350. 4831 State Hwy. 10, Fort Plain, NY 13339 NH 355 grinder mixer, used daily, kept inside, $2,250. 518-859-8986.(NY) WANTED: HOOF TRIMMING TABLE, stationary or portable. 607-243-7953.(NY)

NH 258 $2,300; JD 640 $1,900; Rakes/Dolly wheels; JD 6300, cab, 2wd, P.Q., 8,000 hours, 16 speed, asking $16,900. 518-885-5106.(NY) TRANSFER SWITCH to hook up generator use Also 3- wire corn cribs, good shape. 315-673-3995.(NY)

THREE CERTIFIED organic heifers. One Holstein, two Hol/Jers cross. Due May and June to Jersey. $1,500 each Clifton Springs. 585-771-7724.(NY) J.D. 3-PT 2-ROW CORN PLANTER, AB144 irrigation traveler 1 1/2 hose 395 J.D. 630 part restored W.F. 3-PT hitch gas. 978433-8974.(MA) FOR SALE: 1965 Ward LaFrance fire truck, 310 HP, waukesha engine, power steering, 19,000 miles, $6,500 or BO. 315865-5657.(NY)

KELLY RYAN AGBAGGER, nine foot tunnel, good condition Arcade, NY $15,000.

OBO. 585-457-3161

JD 4030 48 loader, one owner, JD 1210A grain wagon Central NY 315-729-8018

OPEN BRED MILKING CROSSBREEDS, also 6 barrel claws with built in valves. 518859-8085(NY)

79 FORD L9000 DUMP TRUCK, 15’ steel box, 671 Detroit 13 speed, 487,000 miles $8,000. 585-332-2037(NY)

LANAIR WASTE OIL HEATER, will trade for diesel dually PU four firestone super rock grip 30ply tires $1,000. 90’s PU. 585991-8489.(NY)

WANTED IN WNY: JD A/60 or 50/520 to make hay for 4h cow herd. Prefer wfe 3 pt running & reasonable. 585-973-7128.(NY)

CATTLE HEAD gate, automatic, manual.

Owego $250. 607-687-4679.(NY)

ANDES Combination wood propane cook stove; Wainscote cupboard; Maytag wringer washer. EVES 315-524-4007.(NY)

FOR SALE: INT. model “1100”, trailer mower, John Deere 4 bottom trailer plow, Farmall “M” with loader. Bath, NY 607-7948380

(1) RAM SHEEP for sale, 1 yr. old, $175. or obo, Seneca Falls. 315-246-0378.(NY)

GOODYEAR Dynatorque 24.5-32 tires, 25% tread, $350/pair. 315-729-0566.(NY)

WANTED: 8’ x 20’ gooseneck livestock trailer, must be good condition, call 315783-2020.(NY)

IH 470 WING DISC 18FT $2,000. JD wheel weights, Devaval plate cooler $275. 315536-3382(NY)

JOHN DEERE model 42 bale ejector with electric controls. Brand new. Still crated.

Complete $5,500. 716-773-5333.(NY)

Fordson Major diesel, Case 430, Moline 6B, Farmall Super H, Ford 2n, Moline U, Moline 2B, call for pics. 518-922-6301.(NY) FOR SALE: 5 large springing Holstein heifers bred to Jersey bull, calf hood, vaccinated & triangle nine.

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Healthy eating, healthy kids and healthy families

by Kathleen Jablonski, Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development Nutrition. The word evokes thoughts of eating your veggies, picking healthy things to eat and restricting sweets. Yes, that is part of it. Modeling healthy eating habits for children is a HUGE part of what we can do to help youth live a full and healthy life.

When my children were growing up, I worked as a high school family and consumer science (aka home economics) teacher. In that role, I had an opportunity to reach 125 teens a day. You’d better believe they watched what I ate, what I had for snacks and, what went home to my family from the grocery store. At school and at home, I tried to model healthy choices.

The students knew that when they planned a meal in foods lab they would not be using high fat, high sugar recipes, and that they would be making some foods choices based on their body’s nutritional requirements.

It carried over to my own home as well.

My children were given healthy choices, sugary snacks were limited, and sugary drinks were not in the home. They were sent outside to play every day after school. They helped in food preparation, and when appropriate, food growing and shopping. (That’s the national 5-2-1-0 campaign, check it out at www.healthynh.com/fhc/initiatives/ch_obesity/5210.php) My children now have families of their own. I can say the healthy eating modeling paid off in how they make nutritional choices now as well as how they are feeding my grandchildren.

Good nutrition is about choices, healthy choices.

When you read the research on weight control and healthy eating, it all points to one thing: making

healthy, nutrient laden eating choices over a lifetime.

The “new” United States Department of Agriculture’s campaign for Americans is called MyPlate. It is meant to be used in conjunction with the information found in the last 10 years of nutrition research and the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (http://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/) to help Americans visualize what their plate should look like when making healthy eating choices.

It brings to the American public a tool to use to fight obesity. If serving size recommendations for your age, activity level and size are followed, it will help a person get to and maintain a healthy weight.

It all starts with an eight inch plate divided into four unequal quadrants. The concept is very simple: over half your plate should be fruits and vegetables, with emphasis on the vegetables, protein should be one serving, and the other serving should be grains, preferably whole grains. The beverage should be a non-sugary drink with a dairy product or dairy substitute as the recommendation.

What is a serving size? There are many places you can find this information. I recommend you check out a website from one of the land grant university’s Cooperative Extensions to learn more about serving sizes. Some sites that I like are: www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/, which tells you (by food) how much a serving size it.

This website: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy258 compares servings of food to common household objects. Do you want something to post on your refrigerator? Try this PDF from the University of California: www.ca.uky.edu/ agc/pubs/nep/nep201a/nep201a.pdf Research has found that, on average, most people can stop their natural weight gain by adding 2,000

steps a day to their daily life or by eating 100 less calories. To lose weight, most people need to add more steps and eat less. (Pennington Biomedical Research Center, www.pbrc.edu/ ) This research was duplicated by the University of Kansas Medical Center (www.kumed.com/default.aspx?id=58310).

Their research suggests “…eating 100 fewer calories each day can help you maintain a healthier weight. Did you know that by cutting just 100 calories a day you can lose about 10 pounds in a year? It’s not a diet. It’s a lifestyle change. By trimming a bit here and there, you can still enjoy your favorite foods at home and in restaurants. You’ll soon see that small changes do add up!”

University of Kansas has a list of behaviors families can model to make healthy eating choices. Some of them are the way we eat, not necessarily what we eat.

Their research goes on to recommend the following items. Eat slowly. Eat only when you’re hungry. Use one less tablespoon of butter, margarine or oil.

Choose vinegar and oil salad dressing. Make broth-based soups. Steam your veggies. Don’t clean your plate. Another option, when possible, is to order a smaller entrée portion.

There is research to back up the saying “breakfast is the most important meal of the day”.

Breakfast contributes, for youth and adults, to higher achievement, lower rates of absence and tardiness, increased concentration, fewer calories, and better nutrition. We know that children learn from watching parents. It stands to reason that if you do not model eating breakfast; your children will not get the benefits either.

Making healthy eating changes can take a while. Change one habit (or two) at a time, involve the whole family in the decision making and take the first step to healthy eating and living.

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MDA announces new cost-share assistance for manure injection/ incorporation ANNAPOLIS, MD — The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) today announced that costshare assistance is now available to dairy, beef or swine farmers who incorporate manure into their crop fields using manure injection and incorporation equipment designed to conserve the soil and reduce nitrogen and phosphorus losses to the environment.

“We are extremely excited to offer this new conservation tool to farmers,” said Maryland Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance. “In the past, manure has been typically applied to the soil’s surface. The only way to get it below the surface was to till it into the soil, which can promote soil erosion. Since many Maryland farmers use no-till cultivation, manure incorporation has become more challenging. Today, there are several new technologies that allow farmers to partially incorporate or directly inject manure below the surface. These techniques have been scientifically proven to reduce ammonia nitrogen losses to the environment from the manure and minimize soil erosion. It’s a win-win for farmers and the environment.”

According to MDA offi-

cials, $85,000 has been earmarked for manure injection/incorporation.

Qualifying farmers will be reimbursed between $10 and $45 an acre to rent manure injection and incorporation equipment or hire contractors to perform the work for them. Eligible equipment includes no-till manure injectors and vertical tillage equipment such as the Turbo-Till and AerWay. In addition, other brands of vertical tillage equipment may be eligible for this cost share program.

Minimum tillage equipment such as a chisel plow and disk harrow do not qualify for financial assistance.

Under the program, liquid, slurry, semi-solid and solid dairy, beef and swine manures are eligible to be injected or incorporated into the soil.

Incorporation must be performed within 24 hours of surface application. Manure application and injection/incorporation may only occur during spring, summer or fall under certain conditions. For more information, farmers should contact their local soil conservation district or the MACS program at 410-841-5864.

The manure injection/incorporation program is administered by

Manure Handling the Maryland Agricultural Water Quality Cost-Share (MACS) Program and is available to farmers statewide on a first come basis. All par-

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by John J. Hanchar Cost of crop production information is valuable to the owner of a cash grain farm looking to answer the following questions and others: • What crops should I produce?

• When developing a marketing plan, what should my price targets be?

• What production practices should I employ – for example, conventional or reduced tillage practices, a standard or intensive wheat management system?

To best use cost of crop production information, farm business owners should understand two important aspects of costs of production.

First, recognize and understand that a number of cost of production measures exist for a given enterprise, good or service. Costs can be grouped in a variety of ways – variable and fixed, operating and ownership, cash and non - cash are examples.

There is no single cost of production. The notion of a single measure suggested by the question “What is your cost of producing a bushel of corn grain?” is not accurate.

A clearer question would be, “What is your total cost of producing a bushel of corn grain?”

Even here, one has to be clear about what is being included.

Second, recognize and understand the different methods used to calculate costs. Is the measure calculated from farm records using enterprise cost summary and analysis? Or, is the measure calculated from farm records using a whole farm method?

Cost concepts Costs of production are defined as the value of resources used in the production of goods and services.

Traditional resource groupings include land, labor, and capital, where capital is described for its ability to purchase inputs other than land and labor. Labor includes hired family and nonfamily, unpaid family, and operator labor. Examples of goods and

services produced include corn, wheat, soybeans, and custom work among others.

The enterprise cost accounting approach allocates costs to the production of a good or service. Some costs are easier to allocate to a particular enterprise than others. For example, accrual operating expenses such as fertilizers, seeds and plants, and chemicals among others are relatively easy to allocate to corn grain production.

However, machinery and equipment expenses, both fixed and variable, and labor expenses are more difficult, because these inputs are used in the production of multiple goods and/or services, or enterprises, for example, corn, wheat and soybeans for a cash grain operation. Various methods exist for allo-

cating these costs including a method that is based upon the hours of use by enterprise.

The whole farm method allocates costs to an enterprise using accrual receipt and expense information from the business’ income statement. For example, to estimate the total cost of producing a bushel of corn grain, make the following calculation: Total cost of producing corn grain = Total costs for the business – Accrual, non - corn grain receipts Dividing by corn grain produced (accrual basis) yields a per bushel measure. Note, use of the word “estimate” above.

An illustration of the whole farm method Suppose the following is information from the 2011 income statement

for a representative 1,000 acre farm producing corn grain and soybeans.

• Accrual receipts total $665,861 with corn grain accounting for $444,835 of the total, and soybeans the remainder.

• Accrual operating expenses total $440,026, while depreciation expense is $29,452.

If the value of the operator’s labor and management is $50,000 and interest on average equity for the year as an opportunity cost is $21,694, then total costs are $541,172.

Subtracting accrual receipts for soybeans, $221,026, from total costs for the business, $541,172, and dividing by bushels of corn produced, 85,600, yields an estimate for the total cost of producing a bushel of corn of $3.74.

Subtracting accrual re-

ceipts for corn grain, $444,835, from total costs for the business, $541,172, and dividing the result by bushels of soybeans produced, 18,267 bushels, yields an estimate for the total cost of producing a bushel of soybeans of $5.27 per bushel.

Remember, these are estimates derived from the business’ income statement. The producer who is not comfortable with estimates from the

whole farm method can utilize enterprise cost summary and analysis methods to more accurately calculate costs for their business.

If you would like to discuss using your business’ income statement to develop some cost of crop production estimates and/or using enterprise cost summary and analysis to generate costs, please contact me.

Source: Ag Focus, February 2012

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as cream remains readily available, according to USDA, and continues to move from one region to another to find churning capacity or willing buyers. Often, churning activity is surpassing demand, thus clearances to inventory continue.

Speaking of inventory; the Agriculture Department’s latest Cold Storage report showed January butter stocks soared 60 percent from December and hit 171.2 million pounds, up 44 percent from January 2011.

American type cheese, at 612.5 million pounds, was unchanged from December but 4 percent below a year ago. Total cheese stocks declined 1 percent during January, to 977.8 million pounds, 7 percent below a year ago.

Milk production across the country is generally more enhanced this year than in previous years for this time of the season, according to USDA’s weekly update.

As pointed out last week, much of that is attributed to a fairly mild winter and the increasing volumes are being met with challenges as some milk and components are having a hard time finding available processing capacity.

Class I sales are typical for this time of the month although some

stronger demand occurred in the Central region where late winter storms sent consumers to stores for bottled milk and food staples.

Last week I reported that Seattle-based Northwest Dairy Association is implementing a “base” program for April through September. Its processor arm, Darigold, experienced a major fire this week in one of its two dryers at its Lynden, Washington plant. Capacity was reduced to 60 percent at an operation that dries 4 million pounds of milk per day.

Repairs will take three to five months, according to Darigold officials, and the cause of the blaze is still under investigation.

On a brighter note, Dairy Profit Weekly Dave Natzke reported in Friday’s DairyLine broadcast that the Food & Drug Administration’s annual report on milk drug residue testing had some good news. The number of milk samples testing “positive” for drug residues was a record low in 2011. Of nearly 3.8 million milk samples analyzed, just 1,079 (28 one-thousandth of 1%) tested positive and none of those positives were found in pasteurized milk and dairy products headed to consumers.

On the down side, he reported that consumers are getting less milk in fluid form. Based on government estimates, less than 28 percent of all milk marketed in 2011 was sold in gallon jugs and other packaged fluid products. “With dairy consumption inching upward, that means U.S. consumers are purchasing more cheese, butter, yogurt, dairy protein foods and other dairy products,” Natzke said.

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, $16.08 on February 17, and was hovering around $15.71 late morning February 24.

Speaking of milk prices; Dairy Profit Weekly reports that Vermont’s congressional delegation has introduced legislation to extend the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program beyond its expiration date at the end of fiscal year 2012. The MILC Continuation Act of 2012 would extend

MILC for one year at current levels.

You’ll recall that the MILC payments are triggered when the Class I price in Boston falls below $16.94 per hundredweight (cwt.). Currently, the base payment rate is any positive difference between $16.94 and the Class I milk price at Boston, times 45 percent. There is also a “feed cost adjuster,” increasing the payment when the price of a cwt. of dairy feed rises above its target of $7.35.

Set to expire September 30, 2012, the potential payment total also takes a significant hit in its final month, when payments drop to 34 percent of the difference in the $16.94/cwt. trigger and the actual Boston Class I price.

Payments under the program are limited by production. Currently, producers are eligible to receive payments on up to 2.985 million pounds per fiscal year.

Meanwhile, the University of Wisconsin’s Dr. Brian Gould, updated his MILC payment projections. Based on February 17 futures and Class I base price announcements, he projects producer payments of 8 cents per cwt. for February; 44.1 cents for

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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — A team of Penn State students is helping a Pennsylvania farm to reduce waste nutrients and generate energy, thanks to a course-based academic competition.

The students participated in an innovative program, called the Learning Factory, through the Biological Engineering Design (BE 466W) class.

Since its inception in 1995, the Learning Factory has allowed participants to partner with companies and sponsors, bringing real-world problems to the classroom.

Teams of four to six students receive an initial budget of $1,000 from a sponsor to formally develop a product for the company. These products then are presented at the Engineering Design Showcase, where teams compete in various categories.

A six-student team finished second out of 54 teams in the People’s Choice Award category at the showcase for designing an on-farm anaerobic digester for small-scale farming. The team was sponsored by Ron and Keppy Arnold-

sen, who own an 11-acre farm in Huntington.

Team members of the College of Agricultural Sciences included Biological Engineering majors Jonathan Amt (senior, Doylestown), Jason Hegedus (senior, Ruffs Dale), Brian Kelly (senior, West Chester), Tom McCarthy (senior, Spring City) and Andrew Wolos (senior, Bethel Park). Amanda Peak (senior, Burlington, N.J.), a Chemical Engineering major from the College of Engineering, rounded out the team.

The Arnoldsens were looking to save energy and recycle manure and organic waste on their farm. They also were interested in using recycled energy to power a hydroponic greenhouse, which would allow them to extend the growing season so they could provide greens to restaurants in winter months.

“We were responsible for three main components: the solar collector, gas collection and the anaerobic digester,” McCarthy explained. “The goal was to put wastes and organic matter — in

this case pig manure — into the anaerobic digester to produce usable biogas that could help offset the cost of heating fuel for the greenhouse.”

With this, PEnergy was born.

“We’re hoping that by recycling substances like pig manure and converting it to usable energy, it will not only help reduce energy costs for the farm, but it also will help clean up the Chesapeake Bay watershed,” said Hegedus.

Anaerobic digesters are not always feasible for small-scale farmers and those on larger farms cost upwards of $1 million, McCarthy pointed out.

“There were no previous designs or places of reference to use as examples for some parts of the project,” he said.

The students worked on the design during the fall 2011 semester, designing and building the project, as well as writing technical reports for the class.

“We put in a lot of time, some 12-hour days,” said Hegedus. “But the engineering experience was very rewarding.”

In the end, the students built a

working digester on the farm. “We were able to work through the whole design and building process,” he added. “This has definitely been good for me as a prospective engineer.”

PEnergy is only one example of the projects and products that are churned up by the Biological Engineering 466W class. More than 3,000 projects have been designed and produced for nearly 300 sponsors by the Learning Factory over the years.

“The Learning Factory is a College of Engineering program that gives industry partners a great opportunity to have problems addressed by bright and enthusiastic students,” said Jeffrey Catchmark, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, who developed and instructs the Biological Engineering Design class.

“And it gives the students a great opportunity to get hands-on design experience and learn more about how industry challenges are solved.”

Growing Pennsylvania through reform, restraint and responsibility

by George Greig, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture As our mild winter begins to turn into spring — a time for new life, planting and growth — here at the Department of Agriculture we are continuing to work to keep Pennsylvania growing.

Part of that effort includes testifying this past week during 2011-12 budget hearings with the Senate and House Appropriations committees. The hearings provided an important opportunity to not only support Gov. (Tom) Corbett’s recommended agriculture budget, but to share insight about the important work the department does each day to protect human, animal and plant health.

Gov. Corbett’s budget holds steadfast to these vital duties to keep our consumers safe and our farmers farming. It’s a budget that keeps Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry as a major source of economic growth and revitalization for our commonwealth.

It’s also a budget grounded in difficult realities but framed in optimism.

The governor said he wouldn’t raise

taxes, and he’s not. He said we won’t spend more than what we have, and we won’t. We must continue the journey that will turn the road to recovery into the path to prosperity.

Part of that journey includes remaining committed to our core missions, to promote profitable and viable farms, farmland and related agriculture industries; ensure a safe food supply from farm to fork; provide producer and consumer protection through licensing, inspections and laboratory analysis; and assist in the distribution of food to nutritionally at risk Pennsylvanians.

Just as his budget shows, Gov. Corbett is committed to keeping agriculture viable.

During his first year in office, with the help of the general assembly, he made PA Preferred™ the permanent brand of Pennsylvania agricultural commodities. Not only does this more easily link producers and consumers, it supports local communities. Made in PA. It makes a difference.

We also worked together to create

the Dairy Leadership Council to support our dairy farmers. The council has met and has been brainstorming in workgroups to provide recommendations to Gov. Corbett on policies, procedures, regulations and legislation to help develop the dairy industry.

Also important to our core missions are research and education, and the governor’s 2012-13 budget preserves funding for research that keeps our industry growing, Penn State Cooperative Extension, our state’s only veterinary medicine school at the University of Pennsylvania, and perhaps our most direct way of educating citizens about where their food comes from, county and local fairs.

The department remains committed to providing food to nutritionally at-risk Pennsylvanians during these tough economic times through level funding of the State Food Purchase and the Farmers Market Nutrition programs.

This budget is a continuation of tough choices Pennsylvania had to make last year, but through reform, re-

straint and responsibility, we will keep Pennsylvania growing.

I am confident that the agriculture community will continue to be as resilient as ever. Farmers have been working for generations to build their farms on responsibility, efficiency and profitability. And Gov. Corbett’s budget is rebuilding Pennsylvania on those same principles by providing alternatives to raising taxes and further burdening our citizens while continuing to support the state’s number one industry.

tol Hill and which I reported on here last week. MPC’s Rob Vandenheuvel wrote that he agreed with Tipton that “our pricing system addresses a problem that existed many years ago but disagrees with anyone that tries to argue that our fundamental problem no longer exists.”

The problem, according to Vandenheuvel, is that dairy farmers “produce a highly-perishable product that must be sold every day to a group of buyers (processors) that don’t have to buy every day and don’t have to buy from any specific dairy.” “That fundamental reality,” argued Vandenheuvel, “still impacts our dairy farms just as it did 100 years ago and puts our dairy farmers at an immediate disadvantage when coming to the negotiating table.”

“In response to this fundamental im-

balance, our industry has enlisted the government, whether that’s the Federal government (Federal Orders) or a State government (such as California) to act as a “referee” in establishing at least a minimum price that those buyers of milk (including IDFA’s members) must pay for the milk they purchase,” he wrote, “And it’s that government function that IDFA is trying to eliminate.”

Finally, National Milk is expressing concern over a new report on the “anti-competitive practices pervasive in the New Zealand dairy industry.”

The report “highlights why the U.S. dairy farmer sector is so concerned with including U.S.-New Zealand dairy trade in a potential Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement (FTA),” a Federation press re-

lease explained, and the issue is one NMPF has communicated to the Obama Administration.

The report was prepared by the Dairy Export Council (USDEC). An accompanying letter notes that “New Zealand’s largest company has been provided special privileges by the government that enables it to maintain a roughly 90 percent market share of the milk produced in New Zealand. This advantageous position has given this single dairy company direct control of more than one third of world dairy trade without even accounting for the additional sales controlled through its many production and distributor relationships around the world,” USDEC said.

Details are post at www.nmpf.org.

Mielke from 19 March, 76.5 cents for April, 83.9 cents for May, 72.4 cents for June, 68.9 cents for July, 45.5 cents for August, 22 cents for September, 8.8 cents for October, 1.3 cents for November, and none for December.

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted 17 requests for export assistance this week to sell a total of 1.3 million pounds of cheese and just under 1 million pounds of butter to customers in Asia, Central America, the Middle East and North Africa. That raised 2012 CWT cheese sales to 24.5 million pounds and 19.9 million of butter to 16 countries.

In dairy politics; California’s Milk Producers Council (MPC) took IDFA’s Connie Tipton to task in its February 17 newsletter for comments she made last week on Capi-

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375-600# 125-140.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 400-500# 127-147; 600700# 102-122.

Feeder Bulls: 400-550# 150-165; 1 675# @ 121.

March 10, 2012, 9:30 A.M. Oakfield Farm, 16371 Glen Ella Rd, Culpeper, VA

Farm Machinery - Trucks & Trailers - Equipment Tools - Horse Tack - Household and More To View Listings and See Photos go to www.tillettanddamewoodauctioneers.com Jim and K.T. Atkins have sold their Culpeper farm and are moving to another chapter in their lives. We are pleased to bring you the auction of their valuable farm equipment and tools.

This farm sale contains a great deal of quality merchandise.

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Dairy Replacements: 2 M Fresh 1000-1100.

MT. AIRY NC FEEDER CATTLE: 526.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1-2 200-245# 201-228; 260295# 210-227; 320-345# 193-207; 366-385# 200-205; 438# 176; 457# 180; 533540# 166-181.50; 645# 155; 686-695# 151-152.50; 747# 140.50; 812-820# 134-

135.50; S 1-2 355-395# 120-167.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1-2 265-270# 170-194; 323328# 181.50-183; 351-395# 173-179.50; 410-444# 159175; 455-475# 156-164.75; 510-544# 156.50-164; 570580# 147-149; 600-630# 144-150; S 1-2 335-345# 152-165; 450-455# 101-144; 510-530# 130-136; 598# 145.

AMERICAN LINEBACK DAIRY CATTLE ASSOCIATION

20th Anniversary Sale!

Sat., March 24th at 12:00 Noon Hosted by Kish Valley Dairy Sales in Belleville, PA Selling 50 Head of Linebacks.

Show Calves, Heifers, Springers, Fresh Cows and a few breeding Bulls.

We have selected a NICE group, something for everyone! Semen also available.

Please join us before the sale for a complimentary pig roast provided for all Lineback enthusiasts to celebrate 20 successful years!

For more info, contact: Park Myers, Jr. - 717-483-6736 Barnard Baily - 484-883-2819 Bob Bashore - 717-865-3161 Elden Woolf - 610-334-1238

AUCTIONS Feeder Bulls: M&L 1-2 400-447# 170-200; 460495# 165-175.50; 500-543# 159-177; 570-580# 160-163; 600-648# 144-148; 650# 137-145; 745# 128; S 1-2 405-435# 140-150; 505545# 148-150; 605-620# 119-141; 655-680# 114134.

Bred Cows: M&L 1-2 Young 640-895# 725-890/hd 4-6 mos bred; M&L 1-2 Middle Aged 945-1045# 825850/hd 1-3 mos bred; 9201130# 875-1100/hd 4-6 mos bred; 1200-1365# 9351050/hd 4-6 mos bred; 9351095# 875-1100/head 7-9 mos bred.

SILER CITY, NC FEEDER CATTLE: 1215 Feeder Steers: M&L 1-2 150-180# 170-185; 205235# 160-222.50; 250-296# 170-238; 300-345# 168-231; 350-395# 165-229; 400445# 150-223; 450-495# 170-200; 500-548# 175201; 550-590# 170-186; 600-645# 137-167; 650698# 148-155; S 1-2 225245# 106-130; 255-295# 120-160; 300-335# 110-140; 355-395# 110-158; 400445# 115-146.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1-2 205-245# 137.50-225; 250295# 134-184; 300-346# 140-179; 355-395# 130-177; 400-440# 140-169; 450-

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497# 130-177; 500-545# 120-167; 550-593# 130-166; 600-645# 130-148; 650695# 120-131; 700-735# 110-134; 753-780# 118-123; 800-835# 118-124; 850890# 96-110; S 1-2 400435# 110-133; 455-490# 115-126; 570-590# 106-117; 610-645# 120-129.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1-2 450-495# 150-200; 500545# 135-198; 550-595# 150-180; 600-645# 125-160; 650-690# 140-152; 700745# 130-139; 750-795# 120-136; 810-830# 100-112; 865-895# 104-116; 920940# 103-108; S 1-2 450495# 100-127; 505-540# 102-130; 555-595# 100-135; 655-695# 100-128; 700745# 116-125.

BLACKSTONE, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 59.

Feeder Steers: M&L 2 400-500# 184; 500-600# 169.50; 600-700# 141; M&L 3 400-500# 175; 500-600# 160; S 1 300-400# 180.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 400-500# 154.50; 500-600# 140-149; M&L 2 300-400# 162; 400-500# 147-156.50; 500-600# 118-151; M&L 3 300-400# 162; 400-500# 145; 500-600# 139.50; S 1 400-500# 130; 500-600# 136.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 400-500# 148.50-187, mostly 177; 500-600# 150-170, mostly 170; M&L 2 300400# 204; 400-500# 195.50; 500-600# 160.50-180, mostly 180; S 1 300-400# 180; 500-600# 145-158.

N VA FEEDER CATTLE: 1436.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 200-300# 190-215; 300400# 190-219; 400-500# 176-206; 500-600# 164-196; 600-700# 136-174.50; 700800# 140-155; 800-900# 125-126.50; 900-1000# 125140.50; M&L 2 200-300# 180-210; 300-400# 170-205; 400-500# 158-190; 500600# 136-190; 600-700# 125-171; 700-800# 125; 800-900# 125-128.50; M&L 3 600-700# 110-138; S 1 400-500# 143-160; 500600# 138-160; 600-700# 120-141.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 300-400# 122; 600700# 87; 700-800# 97.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 180-200; 300400# 166-198; 400-500# 144-169; 500-600# 144.50164.50; 600-700# 130161.50; 700-800# 130134.50; M&L 2 300-400# 125.50-160; 400-500# 118165; 500-600# 125-148; 600-700# 111-127; 700800# 108-114; S 1 400-500#

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109-165; 500-600# 140-148.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200-300# 177.50-220; 300400# 177-219; 400-500# 170-198; 500-600# 140-186; 600-700# 130-149; 700800# 128-140; 800-900# 120; M&L 2 400-500# 139187; 500-600# 144-180; 600-700# 127-133; S 1 400500# 130-165; 500-600# 126-167.

SW VA FEEDER CATTLE: 343.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 200-300# 185; 300-400# 185; 400-500# 172.50-187; 500-600# 165-181; 600700# 166-170; 700-800# 150-158; 800-900# 136.50; M&L 2 200-300# 193; 300400# 193; 400-500# 163180; 500-600# 159-173; 600-700# 142-165; 700800# 124; S 1 500-600# 131-140s.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 200-300# 105-139; 300-400# 126-135.50; 400500# 122-133.50; 500-600# 104-126; 600-700# 127.50133; 700-800# 98.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 129; 300-400# 164-175; 400-500# 155-176; 500-600# 148-155.50; 600700# 143-161; 700-800# 131-131.50; 800-900# 116; M&L 2 200-300# 150-168; 300-400# 160-175; 400500# 151-168; 500-600# 144-150; 600-700# 136-143;

700-800# 117-125; S 1 300400# 147-155; 400-500# 140-145.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200-300# 149-180; 300400# 175-193; 400-500# 172-188; 500-600# 156-182; 600-700# 146-161; 700800# 129-138; 800-900# 100-116; 900-1000# 105114.50; M&L 2 200-300# 175-197; 300-400# 170-189; 400-500# 171-189; 500600# 161-163; 600-700# 140; 700-800# 115; 800900# 85-110; 900-1000# 95; S 1 400-500# 130-160.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA FEEDER CATTLE: No report FRONT ROYAL, VA FEEDER CATTLE: No report.

HOLLINS, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 379.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 203-207; 400500# 186-197; 500-600# 172-187.50; 600-700# 166; 700-800# 130-139; M&L 2 400-500# 194.50-198.50; 500-600# 161-174.50; 600700# 140-148.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 500-600# 117; 700800# 105; 1000-1100# 81.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 169; 400-500# 165-177; 500-600# 159.50164; 600-700# 145-147;

700-800# 126; M&L 2 300400# 174-181; 400-500# 168.50-170; 500-600# 152159; 600-700# 141-142; 700-800# 119.50-126.50.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-400# 208-211; 400500# 180-187; 500-600# 169.50; 600-700# 146; 700800# 116; M&L 2 300-400# 212; 400-500# 191.50-192; 500-600# 172.50; 600-700# 150.

LYNCHBURG, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 1601.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 208; 400-500# 190-193.50; 500-600# 170179.50; 600-700# 154-160; 700-800# 148.25; M&L 2 300-400# 208-215.50; 400500# 192.75-197; 500-600# 171-178.50; 600-700# 157162; 700-800# 144.50147.75; M&L 3 300-400# 190-202; 400-500# 190.50193; 500-600# 175; 600700# 153-157.50; 700-800# 131; S 1 300-400# 189; 400500# 187.50; 500-600# 161168.50; 600-700# 152.50.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 177; 400-500# 164.50-168.50; 500-600# 156.50-157.25; 600-700# 135-144.50; 700-800# 125.50; M&L 2 300-400# 175-186.50; 400-500# 165.50-169.85; 500-600# 158-158.50; 600-700# 132148; 700-800# 129; M&L 3 300-400# 175-185.50; 400-

500# 158-168.75; 500-600# 153-158.50; 600-700# 130.50-135; 700-800# 114.50-120; S 1 300-400# 166.50; 400-500# 140164.25, mostly 164.25; 500600# 126-145.50, mostly 145.50; 600-700# 123.50.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-400# 213; 400-500# 179-191.50; 500-600# 162170.50; 600-700# 155; M&L 2 300-400# 207.50-216.50; 400-500# 188-198.50; 500600# 1589168; 600-700# 154.50; S 1 300-400# 185205.50, mostly 205.50; 400500# 185.50; 500-600# 147-

167, mostly 155-167.

ROCKINGHAM, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 84.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 400-500# 203; M&L 2 400500# 179.

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

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 400-500# 165.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 2 500-600# 144-151; 600700# 133.

MARSHALL, VA FEEDER CATTLE: Feeder Steers: M&L 1 500-600# 161-169.50; 600700# 164.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 500-600# 150-158; 600700# 138-142; M&L 2 400500# 147-155 Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 500-600# 151-152.

STAUNTON, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 860.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 200-300# 190-215; 300-

NARROWS, VA FEEDER CATTLE: No report

Franklin n County,, PA

QUALITY Y FORAGE E AUCTION FRI.. MARCH H 16,, 2012 2 @ 10:00 0 AM

Located at: 4747 Ft. Loudon Rd. Mercersburg, PA 17236 Just Minutes from I-81 & PA Turnpike along Rt. 75. 3 miles south of Ft. Loudon & 1 mile north of Mercersburg - Betweeen James Buchanan Middle & High Schools

2300 TONS • • • •

500 0 Tonss Alfalfa a / Grasss haylage 500 0 Tonss Alfalfa a haylage 1100 0 Tonss Corn n Silage e - kernall processed 250 0 Baless Oatlage,, 3x3x6,, individuall wrap,, treated w// Silo o King • 200 0 Baless dry y 1stt cutt mixed d hay,, 3x3x8 Analysis available now and at auction with samples. Small 50 ton lots available. Forages are in 10’ Ag Bags on slate pad. Fast loading w/ telehandler - No charge! Trucking available. Nearby scales. To be removed by May 1, 2012. Approx. tonnage paid for in full at auction, adjustment made after weighing.

Terms: Cash or PA check w/ proper ID. Announcements day of auction take precedence over printed matter.

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LATE ADDITIONS: TRACTORS: JD 7220 CAH 4x4 IVT Trans, 6000 hrs, sharp; JD 4240 CAH powershift, 6834 hrs; JD 820 diesel, 2 cyl WFE fully restored; JD 730 diesel WFE 3pt fenders, fully restored; MF 135 diesel; Case David Brown 885 diesel; White 100 2WD CAH Cummins, one owner; JD 2755 ROPS; JD 70; JD 5420 new paint; JD 5525 (sharp); JD 5225 sharp; PLANTERS DRILLS: JD 7200 6RN liquid fert frame no till; JD 1560 15ft no till grass box dolly; JD 750 15ft dolly grass box; Kinze 2000 planter; CIH 5100 drill; JD 8300 drill; NH 316 baler w/JD kicker; CIH 950 planter; HAY EQUIP.: JD 854 round baler net wrap silage special cutter like new; Gehl 2365 discbine; CIH 8330 haybine; JD 530 round baler; CIH bale accumulator for big square bales; JD 1008 mower; (2) NH 256 rakes; Kverneland 7550 3pt bale wrapper; 3pt IH 9ft hyd drive rake; Zimmerman 24ft bale wagon; JD 566 round baler; Pequea HR10 rake; Hesston 5217 4 star tedder; (2) NH 56 rakes; Gehl 1470 baler; NH 1499 SP haybine; NH 688 baler (new belts); NH 688 baler; FORAGE EQUIP: Badger 1055 forage wagon, 14 ton tandem gear; Keystone forage wagon front-rear; Claas 4 row chopper head fits JD; Gehl 1540 blower; Badger 1055 forage wagon; Miller Pro 1060 540 RPM; Badger 1055 forage wagon; TILLAGE: JD 635 14ft disc; Brillion 15ft harrow; Glencoe CP-40 15ft packer; Unverferth 4 shank ripper 3pt ARS; Oliver 316 3pt plow ARS; IH 4 bottom plow ARS; OTHER EQUIP: IH 1460 combine 4500 hrs chopper; NI 3739 spreader top beater; 24ft enclosed car trailer; Dresser TD8 dozer 6 way blade; NEW STEINSAMMLER rock forks and grapples; Moline corn sheller mounted on old GMC truck; Knight 8030 spreader; JD 320 skid loader, 1100 hrs; JD 6x4 Gator (nice); JD 4x2 Gator (nice); Gehl 125 grinder mixer.

MANAGER’S NOTE: This is only a partial listing. There will be a lot more equipment by sale day unadvertised. Some equipment is subject to prior sale. We are not responsible for No Shows. C.V.P.A. and Auction Co. are not responsible for accidents on or off premises.

All announcements on auction day take priority over printed materials.

March 5, 2012 • MID-ATLANTIC COUNTRY FOLKS FARM CHRONICLE • Section A - Page 26

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, March 5

Saturday, March 10

• 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 • 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy and Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220 • 4:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203, Chatham, NY. Regular Sale. Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518392-3321.

• 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 • 10:00 AM: R.G. Mason Auction Facility, 10784 Rt. 19, Fillmore, NY. Building, Flooriing, Tool & Remodeled Materials Auction. R.G. Mason Auctions, 585-567-8844 www.rgmasonauctions.com • 12:00 Noon: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11, Gouverneur, NY. Selling bred cows, calves, steers & bulls. Three different groups of bred cows due for spring calving. (10 R&W Herefords bred red, 11 BB crosses bred black, 8 black Angus bred black). Also a set of 20 black Angus heifers weighing 4-500#, 20 good cross hfrs. & bulls weighing 600# and many more consignments. All consignments welcome. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220 • 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

Wednesday, March 7 • 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

Thursday, March 8 • 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 • 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy and Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220

Friday, March 9 • 6:03 PM: Short Tract Firehall, Co. Rt. 15, Short Tract, NY. Fishing & Tool Auction. R.G. Mason Auctions, 585-567-8844 www.rgmasonauctions.com

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 • On the Farm, 196 Airport Road (county 603), Andover, NJ. Mooney Farms Complete Dairy Dispersal. 180 Head sell - 22 bred heifers, balance open heifers & calves. Hi-Grade Holsteins all AI sired & bred. This is a well bred herd of cows with cows milking over 100 lbs/day and go out everyday. Not many sales held in NJ anymore this is an opportunity to purchase cattle worth the money. This will be worth your trip. Cattle will be inoculated for shipping fever and pregnancy checked. Interstate testing will be provided after the sale to anyone who will be needing it. Catalog at ringside. Watch next weeks ad for more details.

Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-8478800, 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

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

Tuesday, March 20 • North Woodstock Rd, Southbridge, MA. Foreclosure Greenhouse Farm Auction. Jacquier Auctions, 413-569-6421 www.jacquierauctions.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 • 10:00 AM: 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 607-699-3637, 607-8478800, 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 • 12:00 Noon: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11, Gouverneur, NY. Lamb, Sheep and Goat Easter Sale. All animals taken Fri., March 30 from 8 am - 5 pm.. Also accepting until 10 am day of sale. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220

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

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134.50; M&L 2 400-500# 138-160; 500-600# 130-148; 600-700# 111-127; S 1 400500# 140-165; 500-600# 140-148.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200-300# 190-215; 300400# 180-219; 400-500# 175-197; 500-600# 174-186; 600-700# 130-140; M&L 2 400-500# 170-187; 500600# 159-180; S 1 400-500# 140-165; 500-600# 140-167.

TRI-STATE, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 233.

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Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 164-175; 400500# 155-176; 500-600# 148-155.50; 600-700# 161; 700-800# 131; 800-900# 116; M&L 2 200-300# 168; 300-400# 160-169; 400500# 151-168; 500-600# 144-150; 600-700# 138-143; 700-800# 117; S 1 300-400# 147-155; 400-500# 140-145.

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WINCHESTER, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 636.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 190-221; 400500# 182-209; 500-600# 170-189; 600-700# 148-172; 700-800# 133-148; 800900# 128-135.50; 9001000# 128; M&L 2 300-400# 162.50; 400-500# 147.50174; 500-600# 161; 600-

MID-ATLANTIC SPRING EQUIPMENT AUCTION Construction Equipment, Tractors, Trucks, Trailers, Planters, Tillage, Implements, Equipment, Lawn and Garden, Tools, ATV’s & More

SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M

Location: Delaware State Fairgrounds (Green Lot) - 18500 S. DuPont Hwy, Harrington, Delaware.

Construction Equipment: JCB 508C Forklift w/40' Boom & 8' Bucket - 4WD; Kubota 4540 backhoe; JD 240 skid steer; 1996 Ditch Witch Trencher Model 3610 - 850 hrs. w/Backhoe attachments; Rhino 75 Backhoe 3ph w/18" bucket; NH 3ph backhoe; storage pods, 20 yd. & 15 yd. dumpsters and much more not listed.

Tractors: 2008 Kubota M125 - 329 hrs. w/loader; 2008 NH TC 34 DA 4WD hydro - 200 hrs. w/15L 68" loader - 4WD; 1999 JD 790 - 588 hrs; New Holland TC30 4WD hydro w/110TL loader - 717 hrs; JD 4320; Oliver 1900 Checkerboard; Ford 640 w/ front blade; JD "B"; Ford 9N; MF 65, JD MT; Case 1070; 1954 & 1958 Farmall Super MTA and many more not listed.

Tractors To Be Sold At Approximately 2:00 p.m.

Trucks, 5th Wheel Camper & Trailers: 2004 GMC C7500 Duramax Diesel 4000 gal.double wall tank, top & bottom load oil truck; 1990 GMC 7000 Diesel Top Kick 2700 gal. three pocket oil truck w/recovery pump; 1987 International S1700 2900 gal. two pocket tank oil truck; 2000 GMC C7500 Diesel w/IMT 6425 boom & 18' bed; 1994 International 8200 Truck Tractor; 2006 Ford F-550 XL Super Duty Power Stroke V8 Diesel w/1000 gal waste & 300 gal. water tank; 2003 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL Power Stroke V8 Turbo Diesel w/Reading utilty & crane; 2006 Ford F-450 XL Super Duty Power Stroke V8 Turbo Diesel w/Omaha utility body & Thieman lift gate; 2004 Ford F-550 XL Super Duty Power Stroke V8 Turbo Diesel w/Reading utility & Tommy Gate lift gate; 1987 GMC 7000 w/1600 gal. elliptical tank; 2003 Ford E-350 Super Duty work van; 1998 Chevy 3500 - diesel; 2008 Chaparral Coachman 5th wheel Camper; 2006 DTOE flat bed car trailer; 2003 PAMR enclosed utility trailer; 2003 10' US cargo enclosed utility trailer; 16' Trailer w/ winch; storage trailers; 12'x54', 8'x32' & 8'x10' office trailers; The Frog Vacuum Recovery Tank; an assortment of single & double axle utility trailers and more not listed.

Tillage, Implements & Equipment: JD 2800 four bottom V-width plow; JD 1600 14' chisel plow w/buster bar; Case IH 5400 - no till drill; John Blue 400 gal. sprayer, JD 7000 four row dry planter w/ splitter; JD 7000 six row liquid - no till: JD 7200 four row liquid planter - no till; JD 444 corn head; Hobbs hard hose irrigation reel; International 56 two row dry planter; International 800 four row dry planter; Hardi ditch bank mower; JD 346 square baler; Gehl 1475 round baler; Vermeer S04 round baler; JD 336 square baler; NH 144 hay inverter; Grain cleaner; several funnel body wagons; 3ph post hole diggers; 3ph 6', 7' & 8' scraper blades; box blades; 3ph dirt scoops; 3ph yard rakes; and much more.

Lawn & Garden, ATVs: JD 757 Z Trak w/60" - 298 hrs; Cub Cadet Tank w/60" - 65 hrs; Hustler Super Z w/66" - 72 hrs; JD X465 w/54" - 415 hrs; JD LX176 w/48"; Cub Cadet HDS3205 w/48" - 1186 hrs; JD X540 w/28 hrs & warranty to 6-17-15; 1984 JD 420 w/60" - 1733 hrs; JD LX277 w/48"- 414 hrs; JD 345 w/54"-1244 hrs; JD GT275 w/48"; Kubota RTV900 w/front plow; JD HPX Gator w/4WD - 861 hrs. & fully enclosed cab; 2010 JD 4x2 TX Gator-195 hrs; 2009 JD 4x2 TS Gator - 624 hrs; JD 4x2 TS Gator fully loaded - 337 hrs; JD HPX diesel Gator; 2007 Can-Am mini DS90 four wheeler, Avanti 125 four wheeler 6.5 hp Yard Machine chipper; Toro Powerlite snow blower; JD J3816R chainsaw; Stihl weed wackers; Echo GT2000R weed wackers and more.

Hit & Miss Engine, Tools & Miscellaneous: Stover "Type K" hit & miss engine w/pump; Monarch Model 75 lathe w/accessories; Southbend 14' metal lathe w/3 & 4 jaw chuck; Kohler 60kw generator; Apache 250 air compressor - New w/warranty; Apache WP30 3" water pump - New w/warranty; Puma 80 gal. air compressor; Snap-on tool box, Wards welder w/cart; transit w/measuring stick; scaffolding; alum. ramps; shop hoist; front & rear tine tillers; Case IH & Int. pedal tractors; trailer winches; welders & access.; generators; pressure washers; hand tools; shop rugs & towels and much more.

Terms & Conditions: Payment on the day of sale with Cash, Certified Check, Cashier's Check or approved check with a current letter of credit from your bank. Also accepting debit cards & major credit cards. 5% clerking fee on all sales which will be discounted entirely for customers paying with cash, approved check or debit card. NO BUYER'S PENALTY, NO SALES TAX & NO TITLE FEES. We accept pre-approval letters from major lenders. All items sold "As-Is and Where Is" with no expressed or implied warranties unless announced otherwise by auctioneer on the day of sale. All items are subject to being sold prior to day of sale. Announcements made day of sale supersede any and all advertisements. Wilson's Auction Sales is not responsible for accidents or items after they are sold.

Accepting Consignments: Monday, March 19th thru Thursday, March 22nd from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wilson's Auction reserves the right to reject items inappropriate for this auction or items deemed not sellable. If in doubt, please call ahead for approval. Loader & Forklift service available. All items must be removed from the Delaware State Fairgrounds within 72 hours of the auction date, or owner will be responsible for any fees that may be incurred for removal.

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Auctioneer’s Note: This is only a partial listing as many items are coming in daily. Auction will start promptly at 9:00 a.m. This will be a full day of Auction Excitement with something for everyone. Plan to bring a friend as there are several wagons of small items, and four auctioneers selling throughout the day. There is Plenty of Convenient Parking. Visit our web site for updated listings and several color photos of items in this sale.

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Valuable Real Estate Auction scheduled for Saturday, March 17, 2012 Valuable Real Estate Auction scheduled for Saturday, March 31, 2012 Mid-Atlantic Fall Equipment Auction scheduled for Saturday, September 22, 2012 MID-ATLANTIC EQUIPMENT AUCTION - Message Line: (302) 422-8548

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700# 130-143; 700-800# 125.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 160-182; 400500# 158-175; 500-600# 148-165; 600-700# 134146.50; 700-800# 122-132; 800-900# 122; M&L 2 300400# 140-164; 400-500# 139-158; 500-600# 132-142; 600-700# 127-137; S 1 500600# 135; 600-700# 115.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200-300# 165-213; 300400# 185-216; 400-500# 175-204; 500-600# 168.50184; 600-700# 147-162; 700-800# 143.50-150; M&L 2 500-600# 154-168; 600700# 139-153; 700-800# 122-134; S 1 600-700# 135.

WYTHE COUNTY, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 80.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 200-300# 185; 300-400# 185; 400-500# 172.50; 500600# 172.50; 600-700# 166; 700-800# 150; 800-900# 136.50; M&L 2 200-300# 193; 300-400# 193; 400500# 163-173; 500-600# 159-173; 600-700# 165; 700-800# 124.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 200-300# 105-139; 300-400# 127-35.50; 400500# 132-133.50; 500-600# 116-126; 600-700# 127.50133.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 129; 300-400# 175; 400-500# 159-166; 500-600# 152; 600-700# 143; 700-800# 131.50; M&L 2 200-300# 150; 300-400#

175; 400-500# 166.50-168; 500-600# 148-150; 600700# 136-143; 700-800# 125.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200-300# 149-180; 300400# 175; 400-500# 172; 500-600# 156; 600-700# 161; 700-800# 138; 800900# 100; 900-1000# 106114.50; M&L 2 200-300# 175; 300-400# 170; 400500# 171; 500-600# 161162; 600-700# 140; 700800# 115; 800-900# 85; 900-1000# 95.

SLAUGHTER CATTLE SILER CITY, NC SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: Breaker 70-80% lean 1430-1775# 78-88; 1405-1999# hi dress 89-93.50; Boner 80-85% lean 900-1395# 76-89.50; 925-1390# hi dress 90102.50; 935-1350# lo dress 61-75.50; Lean 85-90% lean 860-1135# lo dress 5667.

Other Cows: M&L 1-2 Young 600-820# 82-96.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1390-1480# hi dress 103106.50; 1530-1995# 9699.50; 1535-2145# hi dress 100-114.50.

Cows/Calf Pairs: 1. M 12 1050# middle age cows w/200# calves 1180/pr.

Baby Calves, per head: Holsteins 65-80.

MT. AIRY SLAUGHTER CATTLE:

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400# 190-219; 400-500# 180-206; 500-600# 175-196; 600-700# 136-174.50; 700800# 140-155; 900-1000# 130-140.50; M&L 2 200300# 180-210; 300-400# 170-205; 400-500# 170-190; 500-600# 165-190; 600700# 140-171; 800-900# 125-128.50; M&L 3 145-160; 500-600# 138-160; 600700# 120-141.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 600-700# 87; 700800# 97.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 180-200; 300400# 180-198; 400-500# 145-169; 500-600# 145164.50; 600-700# 130161.50; 700-800# 130-

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MARKET REPORTS Slaughter Cows: Breaker 70-80% lean 165-865# 8089; 950-1365# 82-90; 14051720# 80-89.50; 15051765# hi dress 92-93.50; Boner 80-85% lean 850885# 79.50-80; 975-1395# 77-90; 1140-1290# hi dress 92-94; 1035-1325# lo dress 70-75; 1425-1925# 8089.50; Lean 85-90% lean 680-790# lo dress 50-65; 835-1345# 54-78; 8451225# lo dress 50-68.

Other Cows: S&M 1-2 Young 750-780# 80-81.50; S 1-2 Young 710-745# 7677.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1025-1475# 96-102.50; 1430-1435# hi dress 104.50-106.50; 1190-1255# lo dress 73-84; 1585-1990# 90-102.50; 1630-1950# hi dress 105-109.50; 15401895# lo dress 78.50.

Cows/Calf Pairs: 6. S 1-2 700# middle age cows w/210# calves 975/pr; M 1-2 837.50-860# middle age cows w/80-300# calves 1000-1025/pr; L 1-2 11401345# middle age cows w/100-310# calves 11001590/pr.

SW VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 161.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7992; 1200-1600# 85.50-98; HY 1200-1600# 99.50; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 69.50-88; 1200-2000# 7787.50; HY 1200-2000# 9095.50; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 50-83; 850-1200# 60-87.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 85.50-98.50; 1500-2500# 87-108.50; HY 1000-1500# 100.50; 15002500# 100.50.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 4. M 1, 5 yrs. old, 1290-1315# 1010-1060/hd; L 1, 4-5 yrs. old 975-1180# 750-960/hd.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 5.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 110/hd; 100-130# 265/cwt.

HAGERSTOWN, MD SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: 68.

Prem. Whites 90-95; Breakers 82-87; Boners 78-84, hi dress @ 95; Lean 72-78; Thin & Light 71 & dn.

Slaughter Bulls: 2. YG 1 1892# @ 100; YG 2 1240# @ 88.

Fed Steers: 25. Hi Ch & Pr 1375-1550# 130-132.75; Ch 2-3 1450-1650# 129130; Sel & L Ch Dairy X 1350-1600# 98-110.

Calves: 85. Hols. Bulls Ret. to Farm No. 1-2 78115# 190-205; 116-128# 160-185; few 70-75# 155165; Hols. Hfrs. No. 1-2 95-

110# 130-145; Beef X Bulls & Hfrs. 88# 105-195; Slaughter few 90-120# 6087.

N VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 406.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7586; 1200-1600# 75-91; HY 1200-1600# 85-96; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 6287; 1200-2000# 67-90; HY 1200-2000# 80.50-95; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 4471; 850-1200# 57-79.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 83-92; 15002500# 75.50-100; HY 10001500# 84-98.75; 15002500# 91.50-106.75.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 76.

M&L 1, few M 2, 5 yrs. to aged, bred 2-8 mos. 8001560# 735-1550/hd.

Cows w/Calves at Side: 13. M&L 1, 4 yrs. old to aged w/calves 85-200# 8701130# 1010-1550/pr.

Heifers: 21. Bred. M&L 1, few M 2, checked safe w/calf 800-1100# 875-1425/hd.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 79.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 33182.50/hd; 100-130# 185215/cwt.

BLACKSTONE, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 57.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 74.50-80; 1200-1600# 74.50-80; HY 1200-1600# 81-85; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 62-74; 12002000# 65-75.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 83-90; 15002500# 77-82; HY 10001500# 91-98.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: No report FRONT ROYAL, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: No report HOLLINS, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 59.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 1200-1600# 78.50; HY 1200-1600# 8589.50; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 77-82; 12002000# 78-83; HY 12002000# 83-86.50; Lean 8590% lean 850-1200# 65-75.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1500-2500# 94-103.

LYNCHBURG, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 317.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7986; 1200-1600# 80-87.50; HY 1200-1600# 88-92; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200#

69.50-76; 1200-2000# 7078; HY 1200-2000# 7987.50; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 58-69.50; 8501200# 59-70.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 81-97; 15002500# 89-98; HY 10001500# 98-106; 1500-2500# 99-108.50.

MARSHALL, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 1200-1600# 85-87.75; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 72-82.50; 1200-2000# 77-82.50; HY 1200-2000# 84.25-93; Lean 85-90% lean 850-1200# 5563.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 89; 1500-2500# 89-91.50.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 13.

M&L 1-2, 3-8 yrs. old 9001100# 1000-1400, mostly 1050-1200/hd.

ROCKINGHAM, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 127.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 1200-1600# 75-78; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 62-79.50; 12002000# 69-81.50; HY 12002000# 88-90; Lean 85-90% lean 850-1200# 72-78.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1500-2500# 81-93; HY 1500-2500# 96.25-98.50.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 70.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 33182.50/hd; 100-130# 185/cwt.

STAUNTON, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 60.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7586; 1200-1600# 79-91; HY 1200-1600# 92-96; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 7787; 1200-2000# 79-90; HY 1200-2000# 92-95; Lean 8590% lean 750-850# 57-69; 850-1200# 65-79.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1500-2500# 75.50-89.50; HY 1000-1500# 84-92; 1500-2500# 91.50-95.50.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 10.

M&L 1, checked safe w/calf, bred 2-8 mos., 10001550/hd.

Cows w/Calves at Side: 5. M&L 1, w/baby calves by side 1300-1550/pr.

Heifers: 16. Bred. M&L 1, checked safe w/calf, 9501425/hd.

TRI-STATE, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 108.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7985.50; 1200-1600# 85.5098; Boner 80-85% lean 800-

1200# 69.50-77; 12002000# 77-87.50; HY 12002000# 95.50; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 50-55; 8501200# 60-68.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 95-98.50; 15002500# 94-108.50.

WINCHESTER, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 118.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7786.50; 1200-1600# 78.5087.50; HY 1200-1600# 8991.50; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 71-82.50; 12002000# 71.50-79.50; HY 1200-2000# 86-87.50; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 59.50-70; 850-1200# 6575.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 88.50; 15002500# 77.50-89.50; HY 1000-1500# 94.50-108; 1500-2500# 91.50-106.75.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 60. M 1, few M 2, 4 yrs. old to aged, bred 3-8 mos. 10051610# 910-1430/hd; M 2, few M 1, 4 yrs. old to aged, bred 2-8 mos. 800-990# 725-1030/hd.

Cows w/Calves at Side: 4. M 1, w/calves 125-200# 1160-1345# 1230-1460/pr.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 6.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 65180/hd; 100-130# 117.50/cwt; 130-200# 230/cwt.

WYTHE CO SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 53.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 88.50-92; 1200-1600# 9093; HY 1200-1600# 99.50; Boner 80-85% lean 8001200# 79-88; 1200-2000# 84-87.50; HY 1200-2000# 90; Lean 85-90% lean 750850# 55-83; 850-1200# 6987.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 85.50-93.50; 1500-2500# 87; HY 10001500# 100.50; 1500-2500# 100.50.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 4. M 1, 5 yrs. old, 1290-1315# 1010-1060/hd; L 1, 4-5 yrs. old 975-1180# 750-960/hd.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 5.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 110/hd; 100-130# 265/cwt.

HOG REPORT HAGERSTOWN, MD PIGS Pigs & Shoats (/hd): 2030# 41-49; 35-50# 39-61; 60-80# 55-70; (/#) 100-150# 55-80; 180-200# 64-70.

Butcher Hogs: 22. US 13 225-280# 71-76; 200-225# 67-70.

Sows: 6. 490-625# 59-63; 1 560# @ 72.

Boars: 2.

475-700# 29.75-30.50.

NC SOWS: 300-399# 53.85-60; 400-449# 55-61; 450-499# 53-61; 500-549# 56-63; 550# & up 57-63.34.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA HOGS: No report.

HOLLINS, VA HOGS: No report.

MARSHALL, VA HOGS: No report.

N VA HOGS: No report.

ROCKINGHAM, VA HOGS: No report.

S VA HOGS: No report.

STAUNTON, VA HOGS: No report.

WINCHESTER, VA HOGS: 2.

Boars: 300-700# 26.5029.50.

WYTHE CO, VA HOGS: No report.

LAMB & GOAT MARKET N VA SHEEP: 70.

Slaughter Lambs: Spring, Wooled, Ch & Pr 6080# 219; 80-110# 179.50; 110-125# 170-174; Spring, Wooled, Gd & Ch 1-3 6090# 178.50; Wooled, Ch & Pr 1-2 90-110# 190-193; Wooled, Gd & few Ch 1-2 60-90# 200; 90-110# 194198.

Ewes: 1. Gd 2-4 82.

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

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

N VA GOATS: 12.

Kids: Sel 1-2 20-40# 225; 40-60# 202-230; 60-80# 230; Sel 3 20-40# 190.

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

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

MT. AIRY SHEEP: No report.

MT. AIRY GOATS: 20.

Slaughter and Replacement Classes: Kids: Sel 1 20-40# 45-50; 40-60# 87.50-

90; 60-80# 115.

Yearlings: Sel 1 80-100# 125-155.

Does/Nannies: Sel 1 100-140# 110; Sel 2 50-70# 40; 100-140# 87.50-95.

Bucks/Billies: Sel 1 100150# 160; 150-250# 147.50150.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA SHEEP: no report FREDERICKSBURG, VA GOATS: No report.

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

MARSHALL, VA GOATS: No report.

ROCKINGHAM, VA GOATS: No report ROCKINGHAM, VA SHEEP: 34.

Slaughter Lambs: Spring, Wooled, Ch & Pr 80110# 179.50; 110-125# 170174; Spring, Wooled, Gd & Ch 1-3 60-90# 178.50.

SHENANDOAH SHEEP: 28.

Slaughter Lambs: Spring, Wooled, Ch & Pr 6080# 219; Wooled, Ch & Pr 12 90-110# 190-193; Wooled, Gd & few Ch 1-2 90-110# 194-197.

SILER CITY, NC GOATS: 48.

Slaughter and Replacement Classes: Kids: Sel 1 under 20# 35; 20-40# 47.5057.50; 40-60# 70-77.50; 6080# 90-92.50.

Yearlings: Sel 1 60-80# 100-120; 80-100# 130-190.

Does/Nannies: Sel 1 5070# 100; 70-100# 125; 100140# 150; Sel 2 50-70# 75.

Bucks/Billies: Sel 1 100150# 195; 150-250# 200240.

Sheep, per head: 17.

Slaughter Ewes: Gd 100200# 160-190; Util 80-100# 105.

SILER CITY, NC SHEEP: No report STAUNTON, VA SHEEP: No report.

STAUNTON, VA GOATS: No report.

TRI-STATE, VA GOATS: No report.

WINCHESTER, VA SHEEP: 11.

Slaughter Lambs: Wooled, Ch & Pr 3-4 130-

160# 170; Wooled, Gd & few Ch 1-2 90-110# 180.

Rams/Ewes: Ewes Gd 24 110.

Rams: all grades 74.

WINCHESTER, VA GOATS: 54.

Kids: Sel 1-2 20-40# 200; 40-60# 220-249; 60-80# 224; Sel 3 20-40# 186-236; 40-60# 199.

Slaughter Bucks: Sel 1-2 70-110# 151-189; 150-250# 110.

Slaughter Does: Sel 1-2 50-70# 125-200; 100-150# 84-90.

WYTHE CO SHEEP: No report.

WYTHE CO GOATS: No report.

CASH GRAIN MARKET NC GRAIN US 2 Yellow Corn was 13¢ higher. Prices were 7.037.37, mostly 7.03-7.23 at the feed mills and 6.81-7.07, mostly 7.07 at the elevators.

US 1 Yellow Soybeans were 7-8¢ higher. Prices were 13.43 at the processors, 12.49-13.30 at the feed mills and 12.84-13.10, mostly 13.10 at the elevators. US 2 Soft Red Winter Wheat was steady. Prices were 6.88,

mostly 6.88 at the elevators.

Soybean Meal (f.o.b.) at the processing plants was 381.90/ton for 48% protein.

/mile.

Feed Mills: Bladenboro 7.16, -----, ----; Candor 7.37, -----, ----; Cofield 7.03, 13.30, ----; Laurinburg 7.16, -----, ----; Monroe 7.08, -----, ----; Nashville 7.26, -----, ----; Roaring River 7.13, -----, ---; Rose Hill 7.16, -----, ----; Selma ----, 12.49, ----; Statesville 7.06, -----, 7.64; Warsaw 7.16, -----, ----; Pantego #2 7.23, -----, ----.

NC BROILERS & FRYERS The market is steady and the live supply is adequate to meet the moderate demand. Average weights are heavy.

The estimated slaughter for Wednesday in NC is 2,557,000 head compared to 2,600,000 head last Wednesday.

Elevators: Cleveland ----, -----, ----; Belhaven ----, -----, ----; Chadbourn ----, -----, ---; Clement ----, -----, ----; Creswell 6.81, 13.03, ----; Elizabeth City 6.83, 13.10, 6.88; Greenville ----, -----, ---; Lumberton ----, -----, ----; Monroe ----, 13.05, ----; Norwood 7.07, 12.84, ----; Pantego ----, -----, ----; Register ---, -----, ----; Warsaw #2 7.01, -----, ----.

Soybean Processors: Fayetteville, 13.43; Raleigh, 13.43.

RUSHVILLE SEMIMONTHLY HAY AUCTION Prices/ton FOB unless otherwise noted. Delivery beyond 10 miles mostly 2.50

No report POULTRY REPORT

NC EGGS The market is steady on all sizes. Supplies are moderate. Retail demand is moderate. Prices weighted average prices for small lot sales of grade A eggs delivered to nearby retail outlets: XL 114.76, L 113.04, M 85.86 & S 80.

NY EGGS The market is steady on all sizes. Supplies are moderate. Retail demand is moderate. Weighted average prices for small lot sales of grade A eggs delivered to nearby retail outlets: XL 114.76, L 113.04, M 85.86 & S 80.

FARMERS MARKET

NC STATE FARMERS MARKET Beans, Green (25# bx) 30; Beets (25# bg) 17.65; Cabbage (50# crate) Pointed Head & Round 12; Greens (bu ctn) Collards 9, Turnips 12-13.25, Spinach (25# bx) 18; Peas, Crowder (bu bg) 12-20, Crowder (bu shelled) 24; Peanuts (35# bg) Green 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 (traypackctn) 33-34.50, Granny Smith WA (traypack ctn) 3436.50, Gala WA 29-41.50, WA Fuji (traypack ctn) 34.50-38, WA Pink Lady (traypack ctn) 38-41.50; Asparagus (11# ctn) 22.6523.25; Bananas (40# ctn) 21.50-24; Beans, Rd Green (1-1/9 bu ctn) 29-33, Pole (1-1/9 bu) 29-33; Beets (25# sack) 11.55-13.65; Blueberries (flat 12 1-pt cups) 24-34; Broccoli (ctn 14s) 15.15-20; Cabbage (50# ctn) 11.05-15; Cantaloupe (case 12 count) 30.9534.35; Carrots (50# sack) 15.75-22.95; Cauliflower (ctn 12s) 19.50-20; Cherries (16# bx) 48; Celery (ctn 30s) 25.85-28.55; Cilantro (ctn 30s) 17.95-19.65; Oranges,

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 bx) 25-26.95; Lemons (40# ctn) 30-36.15; Limes (40# ctn) 27-32; Oranges, CA Naval (4/5 bu ctn) 23.4527.65, FL Naval (64 count) 23.55-26.15, Tangerines (120 count) 24; Corn (ctn 4 ?-5 dz) Yellow 20-25.45, White (ctn 4 ?-5 dz) 2022.65; Cranberries (24 12 oz pkg) 24.50; Cucumbers (40# ctn) Long Green 16.35-19, Pickles (ctn 40#) 16.3520.55; Eggplant (25# ctn) 21-24; Grapes, Red Seedless (18# ctn) 26.50-27.50, White Seedless 26.5027.50, Black Seedless 28, Red Globe 34; Greens, Collard (bu ctn/loose 24s) 10, Kale (ctn/bunched 24s) 17.15-21.15; Turnips (topped) 11.85-14.65; Honeydews (ctn 5s) 17; Kiwi (ctn 117s) 11.65; Lettuce (ctn 24s) Iceberg (wrapped) 18.95-21.50, 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) Jumbo 15.05-20, White (25# sack) 15-16, Red (25# sack) 15, Green (ctn 24s) 16.4520.05; Sweet Onions (40# ctn) 20-25.05; Peaches, Yel-

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low/White Flesh (1/2 bu ctn) 18; Peanuts (35#) Green 5369; Pears, Bartlett (16# ctn) 27; Bell Peppers, Green (11/9 bu ctn) 14.35-15.75, Red (11# ctn) 32, Yellow (11# ctn) 32; Potat-oes (50# ctn) Red Size A 17.95-22.15, Red Size B 25-28, White size A 14.50-20.75; Russet, ID 20.50-21.15; Radishes (30 6-oz film bgs) Red 12.85-12.95; Plums, Red (28# ctn) 24; Squash, Yellow Crookneck (3/4 bu ctn) 15.55-23, Zucchini (1/2 bu ctn) 18-20; Strawberries, CA (flat 8 1-qt conts) 24.5525.65; Sweet Potatoes, Orange (40# ctn) 16-20.05, White (40# ctn) 20-20.75; Tomatoes, vine ripened XL (25# ctn) 16-18; Tomatoes, Cherry (flat 12 1-pt conts) 13.95-18, Romas (25# ctn) 16-18, Grape (flat 12 1-pt conts) 16-19.50; Turnips (25# film bg) Topped 11.5514.50.

WESTERN NC FARMERS’ MARKET Apples (traypack ctn) Red Delicious 25-32, Golden Delicious 25-30, Granny Smith 25-30, (bu loose pack) Red & 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; Canta-loupes (ctn 9-12 count) 18-23.75; Cauliflower (ctn) 16.50-18; Citrus: Grapefruit 14.50-18, Navel 18-20, Oranges 18.75-20, Tanger-ines, Honey 20-24; Lemons (ctns 95 count) 2626.50, (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) Mixed115, 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 12-15.50; Potatoes, Irish (50# bg) 1620, Russet 15-19; Seed Potatoes (50# bg) Kennebec, Yukon Gold and RedPontiac 16-20; Squash (3/4 bu) #1 Yellow Crook-neck 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 & Larger 11.50-14; Turnips (25# sack) 12.50.

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Fanex by Vicon 6 Rotor Tedder, Field Ready, Pull Type............................................$5,000 ’08 Vermeer TE 250, 25’, 6 Rotor Tedder, Ex. Cond................................................$13,900 Kuhn GMO 77 HD, 3Pt. Disc Mower, Good.... ..........................................................$3,500 ’73 Ford 3000 8 Speed Manual, 1 Remote, Diesel, Good Rubber, No Rust! ................... ..........................................................$5,500 New Holland 255 Tedder-Rake Combo, Good Condition...........................................$2,000 ’01 NH 688 Round Baler, Auto Wrap, 5x6, Good Condition.................................$8,500 ’09 Vermeer 555XL w/Net Wrap, Good Condition.........................................$13,900 NEW! HayMag 4 Rotor Tedders w/Hyd.Fold & Tilt, 18’ ..............................................$4,995 Massey Ferguson 4225, 2WD, 1036 Massey Loader, Cab, Air, 2 Remotes, 1,500 Hours, Bale Spike.......................................$23,900 Pictures at www.tractorcare.com

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Hay - Straw For Sale

200 LARGE ROUND BALES grass hay, some rain damage, $5.00 per bale. 540-825-3207

CLEAN BRIGHT STRAW selling in 21 bale-twined tied bundles. 10,000 bales at $3.10/bale loaded on your truck. Prices good through March 21st, 2012. Madison County, Central Virginia. Call 540-948-4043, 540-718-1567

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Also approx. 20 large square bales of mowed rye straw, excellent for horses.Early cut 1st cutting square bales, approx. 58lbs. grass & timothy mix. Picked up or delivered, any amount, large quantity. 518-929-3480, 518329-1321

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MIXED GRASS HAY for sale. $25.00/Roll, 4x5. 540-8602145

ONTARIO DAIRY HAY & STRAW

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HAY & STRAW

For Sale All Types Delivered Cell 717-222-2304 Growers, Buyers & Sellers Giorgi Mushroom Company, located in Berks County now buying the following materials:

HAY CORN STOVER STRAW All bale sizes and types, including ROUND BALES, accepted.

Spot Buys or Long Term Contracts Small or Large Quantities Quick Payment

CALL TODAY FOR NEW “HIGHER” PRICING Contacts: Allen Hollenbach 610-926-5753 ahollenbach@giorgimush.com Kevin Eickhoff 610-926-8811 ext. 5216 keickhoff@giorgimush.com Michele Fisher 610-926-8811 ext. 5189 mfisher@giorgimush.com

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Sales Position Available Due to our sales rep retiring, Country Folks has an opening in Central NY. Applicants must have a basic knowledge of agriculture, reliable transportation, good driving record and be willing to learn. Sales calls to agribusinesses requires an average of 3 days on the road a week with no overnight travel required.

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with recent experience doctoring cows. Some assistance in AI breeding on sizeable modern dairy in northern VT. Salary based on experience, housing package possible.

Call 802-782-9058

WANT TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD? CALL: 1-800836-2888 Poultry Processing Plant Supervisor. On-farm USDAinspected processing. 7500+ birds per week. Upstate New York location. Experience required. Spanish language helpful. Salary depends on experience. Email resume to: MariaW@hvc.rr.com

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Horses FOR SALE: Rocky Mountain Horses, Trail Safe/Rockfish Stables, Blue Ridge Mountains/VA. 804-943-3818

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Sell Your Your Items Reader Ads Ads Sell ItemsThrough Through Reader P.O. Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428

1-800-836-2888 1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com classified@leepub.com

Lumber & Wood Products TOMATO STAKES, hardwood, with or without points, available 1”x1” to 1½”x1½” sq. and 36” to 72” long, one pallet or tractor trailer load picked up or delivered. Erle D. Anderson LUMBER PRODUCTS INC., www.woodstakesupplier.com Located in Virginia. 804-7480500

Real Estate For Sale

HUNTING/CAMPING PROPERTY Southwestern Virginia Bland County

Tires & Tire Repair Service

Radial 240-R4 Truck Tire 22.5 Available

TM

62+/- ACRES

THOUSANDS OF AG PARTS available online at www.PaulBparts.com.Sprayer parts include Teejet Nozzles/Tips, Nozzle Bodies, Pumps, GPS Guidance, Foam Markers, and much more.

Weasler PTO Driveline Parts available for North American, Italian, and German series. Or call 717-738-7355 ex.275.

ATV Trails, Springs Deer, Turkey, Grouse Adjoins National Forest

Parts & Repair

IH TRACTOR SALVAGE PARTS

Sheep 50 BRED EWE lambs and ewes for sale. 540-383-2316, 540-280-2961

Roofing

PHONE IT IN

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Several Purchase Options Available. Call

540-255-9112

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Can Be Used on Silage Trucks or Manure Trucks

Hill Top Tire

402 State Hwy 163 Fort Plain, NY

(518)) 993-2235 www.hilltoptire.net

New, Used & Rebuilt We Ship Anywhere CHECK OUT OUR MONTHLY WEB SPECIALS! Call the IH Parts Specialists:

Our Web Address: www.batescorp.com

1-800-248-2955

calculate the cost, enclose your check or credit card information and mail to:

E-MAIL E-mail your ad to classified@leepub.com Mid-Atlantic ON-LINE - Go to www.countryfolks.com and follow the Place a Classified Ad button to place your ad 24/7!

Name: (Print)________________________________________________________________ Farm/Company Name: ________________________________________________________ Street: _________________________________________ County: ____________________ City: __________________________________________ State: ________ Zip: __________ Phone #_____________________Fax #________________Cell #_____________________ e-mail address: _____________________________________________________________ Payment Method: Check/Money Order American Express Discover Visa MasterCard Card # __________________________________________Exp. Date __________________ (MM/YY)

Name On Credit Card:(Print)____________________________________________________ Signature: ________________________________________ Todays Date: ______________ (for

credit

ABM M & ABX X Panell - Standingg Seam m - PBR R Panel LOW PRICES - FAST DELIVERY – FREE LITERATURE

A.B. MARTIN ROOFING SUPPLY, LLC Ephrata, PA 1-800-373-3703 N e w v i l l e , PA 1-800-782-2712

PO Box 399 Gratz, PA 17030

(717) 365-3234 Real Estate For Sale 100-ACRE FARM: 60 cow barn, 30 heifers barn, house, trailer, ready to milk.

Burke,NY.518-483-3370

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www.abmartin.net • Email: sales@abmartin.net

Tractor Parts NEW AND USED TRACTOR PARTS: John Deere 10,20,30,40 series tractors.

Allis Chalmers, all models.

Large inventory! We ship.

Mark Heitman Tractor Salvage, 715-673-4829

SOLLENBERGER SILOS, LLC, 5778 Sunset Pike, Chambersburg, PA 17201. Poured Concrete silos since 1908, Manure Storage and Precast Products. For Information: Ken Mansfield 717-503-8909 www.sollenbergersilos.com “1908-2008” Celebrating 100 Years

Trucks

Trucks

‘99 Red Ford F350 7.3 Diesel, 4x4, 6 Speed 97K miles, New Cannonball Bale-Dump Bed,

CALL! Other Similar Trucks Available for Sale Cannonball & Butler Bale Beds Sold & Installed

Bonny View Farms - 540-460-3535

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1 Week $9.85 per zone / 2+ Weeks $8.85 per zone per week 1 Week $10.15 per zone / 2+ Weeks $9.15 per zone per week 1 Week $10.45 per zone / 2+ Weeks $9.45 per zone per week

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Full line Pole Building material. ~ Lumber - Trusses - Plywood.

Call 800-836-2888 to place your classified ad.

Clearview Hatchery

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Roofing

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BUY DIRECT – Wee manufacture

717-949-2034 Toll-free 1-877-484-4104

Goslings, ducklings, chicks, turkeys, guineas, bantams, pheasants, chukars, books, medications.

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Jake Stoltzfus 649 South Ramona Rd. Myerstown, PA 17067

Poultry

Place my ad in the following zones: Country Folks East Country Folks West Country Folks of New England Country Folks Mid-Atlantic Farm Chronicle Number of weeks to run_______

East

1 Week $9.55 per zone / 2+ Weeks $8.55 per zone per week

REPLACEMENT SILO DOORS & HARDWARE AGRI-DOOR

1000 NOFA Certified Organic Brown Isa Pullets. Hatched in September just started laying.

Will separate $10.00 each.

Clayville, NY (315) 794-8713

West

ROOFING & SIDING

Silos, Repairs, Silo Equipment

Poultry & Rabbits

Cost per week per zone: $9.25 for the first 14 words, plus 30¢ for each additional word.

(Phone #’s count as one word) If running your ad multiple weeks: Discount $1.00 per week, per zone.

For MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover customers, fill out the form below completely and FAX to Peggy at (518) 673-2381 MAIL IT IN - Fill out the attached form,

BATES CORPORATION 12351 Elm Rd BOURBON, IN 46504

FOR BEST RESULTS, RUN YOUR AD FOR TWO ISSUES!

Just give Peggy a call at 1-800-836-2888

Country Folks Classifieds, PO Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428

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1 Week $13.45 per zone / 2+ Weeks $12.45 per zone per week 1 Week $13.75 per zone / 2+ Weeks $12.75 per zone per week 1 Week $14.05 per zone / 2+ Weeks $13.05 per zone per week

Calendar of Events MID-ATLANTIC REGION NOTE: Calendar entries must arrive at the Country Folks office by the Tuesday prior to our publication date for them to be included in the Calendar of Events. Email: jkarkwren@leepub.com

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).

Visit www.uproducers.com or call Blaine Winger at 724996-8608 or Glenn Eberly at 717-943-2962 for more information.

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 8 PQA Plus Training Research & Education Center, Rooms 1 & 2 on Route 9, Georgetown, DE. 7 pm.

There is no charge for this program however it is requested that you RSVP by March 6. Contact Susan Garey, 302-730-4000 or email truehart@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,

by March 1.

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/growing smallfarms/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.

Contact Lisa Lloyd, 804-7864278 or e-mail lisa. lloyd@vdacs.virginia.govOn Internet at www.vaexpo.com

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