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Maryland cattlemen honor military families

by Rebecca Long Chaney FREDERICK, MD — Honoring wounded and injured soldiers and the men and women serving in the military highlighted the Fourth Annual Wounded Warrior BBQ here at Fort Detrick’s Nallin Farm Pond. In addition to Fort Detrick’s military families enjoying the day full of activities, several wounded soldiers attended the event from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. The day kicked off when the buses arrived from the medical center escorted by the NAM Knights, a veteran and law enforcement motorcycle club.

Nearly 400 veterans, military families and volunteers attended the annual event.

A main sponsor of the event, the Maryland Cattlemen’s Association (MCA), helped organize the event along with leaders from Operation Second Chance. According to MCA Executive Director Scott Barao, the BBQ was the original idea of former MCA president and Dickerson, Md., cattlemen, Chip Smallwood.

“Chip Smallwood had the idea after helping with a dinner event at Walter Reed,” Barao said. “He thought it would be a noble thing for MCA to do.”

Soon after that discussion Barao met Cmdr. David C. Staten Jr. At the time, Staten was a board member for Operation Second Chance.

Getting the veterans and their families out of the hospital environment and giving them a place to reconnect is an important part of Operation

Second Chance’s work, according to Staten.

“I was in uniform and met Scott,” Staten said. “He told me about the association and how they wanted to do something for the wounded. We enlisted the help of Chip and the idea of a Wounded Warrior Appreciation BBQ was born.”

Staten said the BBQ is a great way to honor our soldiers. “They feel humbled,” he said. “They don’t like the attention because they don’t think of themselves as heroes, but they are and we treat them as such.”

The day opened with the presentation of colors, prayer, singing of the National Anthem and a welcome by the new Fort Detrick Garrison commander, Col. Allan J. Darden Sr. He not only welcomed the veterans, wounded soldiers, current military and guests, but thanked those volunteers for helping with the day. “I appreciate the Maryland Cattlemen’s Association for sponsoring this event,” he said. “Your sentiment for service and putting this on is awesome.

Sometimes we soldiers think we’re forgotten, but people like you keep it alive.

“The war doesn’t end when you come home, especially for the wounded and ill soldiers with us today from Bethesda,” Darden explained. “This is really cool. We just see a few, but the sentiment reaches all our soldiers nationwide and they feel it. I hope you continue the sentiment after today — it needs to carry on. If you live in a community and you have a warrior coming home, go see

Maryland Cattlemen’s Association member Lawrson Sayre of Churchville, MD, at left, along with his grandson Tyler, serve Spc. Jason White of Grand Rapids, MI. White was injured on May 20 of this year while serving in Afghanistan. White is being treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. them and help them come home properly.”

Darden invited a junior service member to the front to help him cut the Army’s 237th birthday cake. Spc. Olmstead, who had been with the army for three years, two of those years stationed at Fort Detrick, was honored to cut the cake with the new commander.

Immediately following opening ceremonies, military families and guests were invited to enjoy some of the 1,000

Garrison Commander Col. Allan J. Darden Sr., right, welcomes Spc. Olmstead to the front during opening ceremonies. Olmstead was invited to help Darden cut the birthday cake celebrating the Army’s 237th birthday. Olmstead was one of a few hundred being honored by the Maryland Cattlemen’s Association, the main sponsor of the wounded warrior event.

pounds of beef and 500 pounds of pork provided and prepared by the Maryland Cattlemen’s Association.

According to Barao, the event would not be possible without the tremendous community support and donations.

“It is a privilege for us, as an association, to set a day aside to honor and serve those who have sacrificed and given so much of themselves and their families toward the protection of our nation and our freedom,” Barao said. “This was such an incredible opportunity to reach out to those who serve our nation.”

Staten was humbled by Saturday’s event. “I served with the Marines for over four years,” he explained. “I look at these wounded guys and think to myself, ‘there, but for the grace of God, go I.’ One of the motorcycle escorts came up to me with a tear in his eye. He was a Vietnam vet and was moved by how we honored these guys. I know he healed a little because we honor all who served. There was a World War II vet, and vets from the Korean War, Vietnam, both Gulf wars, and the cold war veterans. We honored all who served.”

According to Staten, the event would not run near as smoothly without the support and leadership of the Maryland Cattlemen’s Association. “The members of the association are truly generous and patriotic people,” he said. “I have formed some great friendships over the

years with the MCA members.

The cattlemen understand the sacrifice and are sincere with their appreciation. In fact, Col. Darden made a comment to me that this event was “real” — that there is nothing selfserving about the people who volunteer. An honest appreciation. I think it is because of the nature and character of the MCA members that promote this event.”

The entire day was full of emotion and appreciation.

Staten described a marine at the BBQ who made a real impact on him. “I saw a young Marine walking around the pond with his wife,” Staten said. “He was struggling because he was braking in his new prosthetic leg. He was covered in sweat and in obvious pain. But I thought to myself, ‘this guy is doing his physical therapy outside on a beautiful day with his wife in hand instead of inside a cold hospital.’ It gave me joy. Like it did when I saw an amputee put his three-year-old son on a pony for the pony rides.”

The BBQ not only featured great food by the Maryland Cattlemen’s Association, but there were complimentary beverages, a band and lots of activities for children.

“This was my first and I thought it was a wonderful event for our wounded and injured warriors,” Darden said. “I also think that the wonderful people that decided to put this on embody what America is all about.”

by Stephen Wagner Penn State Extension Entomologist Dr. John Tooker, youthful, agile and funny, greeted a wagon load of people seated in pew-style benches who were interested in picking up new lore about Farming for Success, 2012. His associate, an equally humorous Dr. Katie Ellis, helped move their display table to the now stopped wagon so that passengers wouldn’t have to climb down to them. This event was held at the Penn State Research Station in Landisville, Lancaster County, PA. After Ellis briefly discussed pollinators, Tooker launched into an Insect Update.

“The same treatments are all over your corn and soybeans that are under attack these days,” he said, “and the USDA is going to have to make a decision soon on whether they are siding with farmers or beekeepers.

Beekeepers want neonicotinoid treatments banned in the United States.”

This is a relevant issue for growers and there are people on both sides of the fence who feel quite strongly about it.

Moving on to some pests of relevance, Tooker asked “Has anyone seen any armyworms this spring? They have been out of control. If you haven’t heard, I can share videos with you of roads just crawling with armyworms that are living up to their name.

Essentially, they are defoliating corn or hayfields, then moving into whatever is nearby.” Thousands of acres have been decimated by what Tooker calls true armyworms. True armyworms act like black cutworms, and are sometimes confused with gypsy moths.

They do not over-winter in Pennyslvania. They are blown up from storm fronts in southern states, where they do over-winter. Typically, in most years, the true armyworm is a mere curiosity with a couple plants chewed up here and there, but not a lot of damage is rendered. As to the extent of this year’s widespread damage, some people are chalking it up to an odd spring, but Tooker says “we have had

armyworm outbreaks like this in the past 30 years where we haven’t had odd springs.”

In Tooker’s mind, it is “an alignment of variables.” A true armyworm has three generations per year. The simple rule of thumb is that the first generation is the only economically important one. “The other rule of thumb,” he says is that “we don’t ever see populations like this. I would say that the second population bears watching. You can put pheromone traps out and trap their numbers. However, if you get 22 armyworms in your trap, and you want to know what to do with that number, good luck.” Hardly anyone has experience with trapping the second generation and making inferences from those catches to know what should be done. One way people are alerted to armyworms is that blackbirds flock to the swarms, or armies.

Slugs “This has been the perfect slug spring,” Tooker says. “It was so warm in March, most of the slugs hatched awfully early. One of the tactics you can use to avoid slugs is to plant early and try to outrun them.” But not everybody planted during that warm March, and by the time they did plant, the slugs were already active and feeding.

“Most of the fields I’ve seen,” Tooker recounted, “are armyworm and slug damaged and it’s hard to discern the two at times. The best way to tackle slugs is not with a single management tactic; it is with a number of things,” mechanical, biological, cultural, and chemical. With an associate, Sjoerd Duiker, Tooker “did some light disking in the spring. This is no-till ground. We did a very non-aggressive three-inch disking (straight vertical) meant to approximate a vertical tillage event.”

By so doing that, they were able to knock back the slug population by about 80 percent. Metaldehyde baits like Deadline are best for small portions of fields that are infested but you need to get good coverage. Such as

Dr. Katie Ellis gives a presentation about pollinators.

Penn State Extension Entomologist Dr. John Tooker gives an Insect Update to attendees at Farming for Success 2012.

Photos by Stephen Wagner four to six pieces of bait per square foot. The downside is that the product is expensive, which translates into $22 to $25 per acre. And even after adopting that course of action, people have to replant occasionally. Nitrogen solutions are also an option. Lannate is available but with the caveat that efficiency data is questionable. “We are researching the way that cover crops can control slugs and the way that natural enemies can help control slugs, but we’re not to the point where we can recommend a whole lot. The one thing I will say is crimson clover seems awfully promising. In my mind, it’s a preliminary thing but if you can put crimson clover in the ground before your corn, you’re going to have less slug trouble than if you don’t.”

Stink Bugs “You probably remember 2010 when stink bugs were everywhere,” Tooker said, easing into the last step of his update. The situation, however, did not worsen in 2011.

“If you are in the orchard business, brown marmorated stink bugs are already beginning to show up. They don’t typically show in field crops until corn ears are there, and once those ears harden up, they move into soybeans.” Right now overwintered adults are dying; nymphs are feeding where eggs were laid.

Caveats about stinkbugs include: • Watch the edge of your cornfields

in July, particularly next to woods; • Expect stinkbugs to move into soybeans when pods form; • Preventative sprays will not be effective due to poor residual activity; • Start scouting soybeans when pods appear; watch corn when kernels form; and • Focus scouting on edge of fields first.

Mid-Atlantic Brown Marmorated Stinkbug Scouting Protocol in Soybeans: • Begin scouting fields by mid-July to catch first occurrence; • Use a 15-inch sweep net; • 180 degree sweeps — dipping in the canopy; • Begin sampling on field edges especially near woodlots and overwintering areas; • Take 15 sweeps in 10 locations, concentrating on the field edge first and then moving toward inner portions of the field. Keep good records to track population changes over time; record numbers of bugs and life stage (adults or nymphs) captured for each bout of 15 sweeps. Adults have fully formed wings, nymphs do not; and • Be sure to count all species — green, brown and BMSB — adults and nymphs.

More information can be found at http://ento.psu.edu/extension/fieldcrops-new

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True armyworms and their hoodlum friends

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Farm Bill passes Senate — What are the farm groups saying?

The U.S. Senate passed the 2012 Farm Bill on June 21, meaning the measure is a big step closer to enactment. The Farm Bill, renewed every five years, is the largest source of funding for conservation on America’s working farmland, ranchland and private forestland. The legislation was agreed to by a vote of 64-35. With Senate passage of a 2012 Farm Bill, the focus now shifts to the House of Representatives, where the House Agriculture Committee is expected to begin marking up its own version July 11.

National Farmers Union (NFU) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement: “We are pleased that the Senate was able to come together in a bipartisan manner to pass the 2012 Farm Bill, which is such a vital piece of legislation for family farmers and ranchers across the country. We appreciate the hard work of the leadership of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, as well as the hard work of everyone in the full

Senate. We look forward to working with members of the U.S. House of Representatives to get a farm bill passed, and then working with both chambers of Congress through a conference committee to complete a bill by the time the current farm bill expires on Sept. 30.”

American Farm Bureau Federation Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, made the following statement: “The bipartisan farm bill approved today by the Senate (S.3240) provides farmers improved risk management tools consistent with Farm Bureau’s core principles. While no farm bill is perfect, this is a solid bill that was worthy of Senate approval. The bill includes important reforms and is fiscally responsible, while including important provisions to enhance crop insurance, maintain a viable marketing loan program and minimize the potential for farm program provisions to drive producer decisions.

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Cover photo by Jon Casey Keith, Dave, and Kent Spicher (L-R), operate Kish View Farms, a modern dairy near Belleville, PA. The farm hosted a tour by the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania on June 7.

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Federation hailed the bill’s passage as a “huge and historic step toward making a once-in-a-generation improvement in the safety net for America’s dairy farmers,” according to Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of NMPF. “Despite a variety of political, economic and institutional challenges, the leaders of the Senate, and in particular, the leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senators Stabenow and Roberts, have delivered on their promise to produce better farm and food policy. We appreciate their hard work in the past months, and will work in turn to ensure the House produces a similar bill in the coming months,” Kozak said.

National Corn Growers Association The National Corn Growers Association congratulates the Senate on passage of Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act (2012 farm bill).

NCGA also urges the House of Representatives to take action quickly.

“America’s farmers greatly appreciate the leadership and cooperative work by the Senate to pass the 2012

farm bill in a timely manner,” NCGA President Garry Niemeyer said. “We would also like to thank Senators Stabenow and Roberts for their bipartisan efforts throughout the process.

We have been calling on Congress to pass the new legislation before the current law expires on Sept. 30. NCGA is pleased to see this significant hurdle has been overcome.”

“Our focus now turns to the House Agriculture Committee with hopes that they will schedule a markup of their version of the farm bill for immediately following the July 4th recess,” Niemeyer said. “We look forward to continuing our work with agriculture advocates to pass a new common sense, reformed 2012 farm bill before Congress recesses in August.

Environmental Defense Fund “The Farm Bill is the United States’ primary means for engaging farmers, ranchers and foresters in stewardship of America’s natural resources,” said Sara Hopper, agricultural policy director of Environmental Defense Fund.

Perceptions, science and business

by Steve Suther The ancient Greeks used to debate what people know and HOW they know it. Deeply held convictions have wrestled with science-based knowledge ever since. And eventually, economics entered in, usually linked to science, if only the qualitative data on what people do with their perceptions.

You may know something because it is stated by a source you consider reliable, even infallible. You could know it because you’re confident of your interpretation of the data about it. Or you might feel the truth of something “in your soul,” as if your own perceptions are infallible; then you look for bits of science to support your beliefs.

That range is found everywhere from the ranch to the food consumer. Fans of certain “food philosophy” writers elevate authors to authorities because persuasive prose rings true for them. With enough disposable income, they may even pay more for food that fits their gastronomical belief system.

Consumers write the checks that pay our way in the beef industry, but you have to wonder how they know how beef cattle should be raised.

Perceptions can be spot-on, but they can also be arbitrary and out of touch.

Consumers several generations removed from the farm may think the scale required to make a living in agriculture is just wrong. Hundreds of cattle in a herd rather than six or eight?

Trying to make a profit? That can’t be good.

Some beef producers choose to cater to the various niche markets these ideas spawn, as an example of business meeting perception-based opportunity.

There’s often less risk in catering to science-based opportunities. Stories about the beef and producers are increasingly important in marketing.

But just telling banquet guests a story

about the beef won’t improve its flavor unless that beef was selected based on meat science to please consumers.

Many consumers “know” all fat is bad, even though science has discovered there is good fat (beef marbling) and bad fat (generally external and trimmed off the beef). On the producer side, some focus on genetics that deliver the good fat, but others see it as a fad or the cattle feeder’s concern.

Because of one brand’s success, some consumers form a positive impression of all beef linked to a breed.

Yet science says that ability to please consumers has more to do with the specifications than the breed, or rather that breed can provide all the attributes and tools required to hit those specs.

Science may trump perception, but business must consider both, along with practicality in labor costs.

Investing too much in a fad can be a mistake if perceptions shift, but always going with science can take you down a different road to ruin.

Your well-informed perceptions must guide your decisions. If science can add 30 pounds of beef at the expense of consumer satisfaction, it is worth it?

The industry may never know what it lost.

Is it worth it to follow the recipe for crossbreeding to capture the scientifically proven (infallible?) 4 percent advantage in commodity beef production? Or can you make up for it with the simplicity, greater predictability and genetic focus found in one breed?

Ultimately, in the long run, the consumer will decide.

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — The recent deaths of three Pennsylvania farm-family members in a manure-storage pond in Maryland is a stark reminder of the need for safety precautions when working around such facilities, according to a farm-safety specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

Although circumstances surrounding the recent fatal incident are still under investigation, there are several common hazards associated with openair manure pits and ponds, such as the one in which a Lancaster County man and his two teenage sons died, said Dennis Murphy, distinguished professor of agricultural safety and health.

"These ponds typically contain a thick liquid and floating crust in which movement is very difficult," said Murphy. "They also often have steep and slippery slopes that make getting out difficult or impossible."

He explained that localized layers of hazardous gases may exist above manure surfaces, especially on hot, humid days with little breeze. Release of these gases may be accelerated by movement, agitation, removal or addition of manure to the storage pond.

Someone unable to get out and trying to tread in manure may not have enough oxygen to breathe, and emergency response might be slow to arrive

because of remote or isolated farm locations, Murphy noted.

Tragically, incidents related to manure storages often involve multiple fatalities. "When someone falls into a manure-storage facility or is overcome by gases, the first reaction of nearby family members or farm employees often is to go in and help, and the wouldbe rescuers quickly can become victims as well," Murphy said.

Murphy recommends the following safety guidelines to minimize the risk of injury or death around an open-air manure-storage facility: • Make sure everyone who needs to be near manure-storage structures understand the hazards, including how the various gases can affect them.

• Make sure the open-air manure storage is surrounded by a fence and that access gates are locked to keep unauthorized personnel from entering the area.

• The facility should have manure drowning hazard signs and no trespassing signs on all sides of the storage.

• If you must go into the fenced area of the open manure storage, enhance your chances of rescue by wearing a safety harness with a life line attached to a safely located solid object or anchor.

• Never work alone. The second person's role is to summon help in an emergency and assist with rescue without entering the storage.

• Rescue equipment, such as flotation devices and lifelines, should be attached to every manure pump.

• Move slowly around the manure storage, since the ground sometimes can be uneven, causing a person to trip or stumble.

• Bystanders and nonessential workers should stay away from pump-out and other accessible areas.

• There should be no horseplay near the open manure pit or pumping equipment.

• Explosive gas may accumulate near where agitation or pumping is occurring. No smoking, open flames or sparks should be allowed.

• If equipment malfunctions during agitation or pumping of the manure, shut off all equipment and remove it from the storage before servicing or repairing.

• If you feel unsure about what you are preparing to do near the open manure pit, step back, contact someone and review the situation before proceeding.

• Be prepared to call 9-1-1 if an emergency happens. Being prepared means accurately describing the incident and number of victims and giving specific directions to the site.

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“Cow power” discussed at Stakeholder meeting Center hosts meeting for Pennsylvania Dairy Power Group Individuals representing the public utility commission, the power grid, the Chesapeake Bay Commission and the dairy farm population were all in attendance at the most recent Center for Dairy Excellence “Pennsylvania Dairy Power Stakeholders” roundtable discussion.

The meeting was held recently and served as a platform for the group to discuss opportunities and obstacles to expanding renewable energy production on Pennsylvania dairy farms.

As the nation’s fifth largest dairy state, Pennsylvania is home to 540,000 dairy cows producing about 10.75 billion pounds of manure annually. On-farm biogas recovery presents a huge under-tapped resource of renewable energy for the commonwealth.

“Methane digesters offer the farm and community very tangible benefits, including odor control, improved water and air quality, improved nutrient management, and the opportunity to incorporate food waste and other substrate material,” said John Frey, executive director of the Center for Dairy Excellence, the organization that hosted the meeting.

“Bringing together the stakeholders that can collectively ‘move the needle’ on profitable dairy-

generated energy production in Pennsylvania could provide significant benefits for our industry and for the individual dairy farm businesses.”

This is the third time this group has met in the past 14 months. At the second meeting held in January, the group identified as its goal “to leverage our collective interests to identify barriers and explore solutions for increased adoption of biogas production using anaerobic digestion (methane digester) technology on Pennsylvania dairy farms.”

This goal has served as the foundation for the discussion of the May meeting, which centered around regulatory, permitting and cost issues that are associated with methane energy production on the farm. David Dunn, developer of the Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) Cow PowerT Initiative, joined the group at this meeting to share how Vermont has linked farms, renewables and customers to expand on-farm methane energy production.

“The Cow PowerT initiative started as a discussion we had internally at CVPS on how we as a public utility could make methane digesters work for the farm and for our society,” Dunn told the group. “Cow Power, or methane energy pro-

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duction, was relatively easy to control and manage on our power grid system, providing a good 24-hour supply of energy. However, the initial investment on the farm was significant.

“Our community stepped up and committed to paying more for the ‘Cow Power,’ which provided farms with a new stream of revenue, our customers with a renewable energy choice, and us with tools to protect the environment,” he said. “Some of our customers did it because it felt good, and

others did it because it was good for their business. In the end, we like it because it is supporting the fabric of Vermont by supporting local businesses.”

Dunn explained how “Cow Power” works. Customers commit to paying a 4-cent premium for some or all of their electricity, knowing that four cents is paid directly to the farm. Currently the program is helping to produce energy for more than 3,000 customers. Farms produced more than 55,400,000 kWh of electricity for CVPS through

May 2012 and received $2.2 million in premiums through the program.

The group discussed whether a program like “Cow Power” was feasible in a de-regulated power system like Pennsylvania’s. Dunn explained the most significant advantage of the program was the ability to connect customers with their neighbors — the farmers — as a way to produce energy to meet local needs. The group agreed to continue discussions around methane energy production and how to identify solutions for expanding

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“The biggest benefit of a group like the [Dairy Power Stakeholders] meeting regularly is knowing that there are advocates working on behalf of this issue in various segments of the industry,” said Mike Brubaker, a partner at Brubaker Farms in Mount Joy, Lancaster County.

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• To prevent dehydration, another hazard associated with exposure to heat, drink cool water and avoid diuretics such as coffee, tea, alcohol or soda, as these can deplete body fluid.

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Kish View Farms hosts PDMP tour

by Jon M. Casey For brothers Keith and Kent Spicher, hospitality was the order of the day on June 7, when Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania (PDMP) members concluded the association’s daylong Dairy Issues Forum with a tour of Kish View

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generator online about a year ago,” said Keith Spicher, as half the visitors toured the digester and gen-set while the other half went off to observe the livestock side of the operation. “It took us about two years to get everything built and operational. Last year, we

were able to bring the system on line.”

Spicher explained that the system is large enough to provide electricity sufficient for five locations associated with the farm. He said that the oversight of the digester and the cows is his (Keith’s) responsibility, while Kent takes care of the crops and does the books.

All totaled, they farm about 600 acres and milk close to 400 cows.

Keith and Kent, along with their father Dave, Keith’s father-in-law Irvin Hartzler, Keith’s son Aaron, Mark Donahey their herdsman and four workers on the

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PDMP tour members get a closer look at the RCM International Gen-Set used to produce electrical power at Kish View Farms.

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“The planter is the most important piece of equipment on your farm, hands down,” said Bill Hoeg, Case IH planter sales and marketing manager in North America. “If planting isn’t optimized — if the seed isn’t planted in a way that maximizes yield potential — that immediately impacts your profitability and should be the No. 1 consideration when purchasing a new planter. No. 2 is planter reliability: You can’t afford to have your planter slow you down during your limited planting window.”

Hoeg cites six agronomic principles of optimized planting growers should consider when buying a new planter: proper seed depth; uniform seed depth across the planter and throughout the field; good soil-to-seed contact; uniform soil pressure all around the seed; accurate seed population; and accurate in-row seed spacing.

He says a lot of planter manufacturers focus only on in-row seed spacing and accurate populations, “because quite honestly, accurate population and in-row seed spacing are the easiest to impact. But those are only two factors. A planter should be able to deliver on all six agronomic principles right out of the box. It shouldn’t re-

quire hundreds of dollars of additional equipment on each row to improve planter performance,” Hoeg advises.

“Don’t get caught up in the hype.”

Planter agronomics “Agronomically, it’s not complicated.

If you plant at the right depth, seed will emerge faster. Plant at a uniform depth, and it’ll all come up together.

That gives you the best opportunity to maximize yields. Good soil-to-seed contact provides the best environment for seed to germinate. Uniform seed pressure is the hardest to affect, but you want to influence soil pressure on all sides of the seed to maximize moisture conductivity to the seed,” he adds.

When it comes to seed population and accurate seed spacing, Hoeg says every planter has operating rules. “As long as you stay within those rules, you can get respectable results. I suggest the Early Riser® planter does a better job, because we have a wider working range within each of those rules. We have a pull-gauge wheel, which allows the row unit to operate much more smoothly in rough fields.

We also have the largest diameter seed disk. A bigger disk doesn’t have to turn as fast, so we can remain its optimum

The planter is the most important piece of equipment on your farm, hands down.

operating range even in adverse conditions. Therefore, we can plant a wider range of populations and seed size more accurately at faster speeds.”

Maximum field time, minimum maintenance According to Hoeg, a planter should also be designed to maximize time spent in the field. “The more time you’re forced to spend handling daily maintenance and making adjustments, the less time you’ll have to plant.

“And once you’re in the field, how many adjustments will you have to make every day to keep your planter operating at its best? Are the seed meter and vacuum/air systems sensitive to humidity changes, adverse ground conditions or different seed sizes? If

there are four different seed plates you have to change just to handle corn hybrids, that’s going to slow you down,” he notes.

Operation, location and farming practices Hoeg says the size and type of operation are also key factors. “If you have livestock to care for in addition to cash crops, you may need to size the planter differently, because there are fewer hours in the day available for planting.

A lot also depends on the type of crop being planted. With some crops, you can’t use a 90-foot planter, like with cotton, so you’ll need to cover more acres with a smaller planter. Transport

have been started on feed at the main farm, the heifers are raised at four separate locations. The dry cows are housed at yet another farm, which Keith agrees is not ideal in the overall scheme of cow management. They are hopeful that the day will come when they can have all of the cattle housed at the same location to make herd management more efficient and easier on the staff.

Keith explained that when they bought out their father, they installed a double-5 walk-through parlor in their old bank barn, and in 1999, they built their first new, three-row, freestall barn. It accommodated approximately 180 head.

In 2001, they suffered a parlor fire that destroyed the barn. Within a few months, the new parlor came on line. It has served them since. Over time, they added two additional freestall barns and most recently, the manure digester.

Benefits of the digester Keith said their decision to install the RCM digester and gen-set from Martin Machinery was based primarily upon the incentives that were available at the time. These were in the form of grants that funded the project. The project began in 2009, and in early 2011, they began electrical power production. In addition to the ability to send electrical power to the grid, they are also producing hot water and heat for the parlor and one or two nearby homes. He said their layout currently operates at a “break-even” with respect to the amount of electrical power they supply to the grid versus the amount that the farm and associated homes consume.

“We do have a surplus of heat that we could use more effectively,” he said.

“We are looking for ways to use the additional heat that the power generation supplies. Today, we are burning excess

gas, something that we routinely do not have to do. We took in some outside food waste in the past few days, which has added digestible material to the digester’s output.”

Keith recalled that they previously bedded the dairy cattle with sand, but when the digester made manure solids more available, they began composting the dewatered solids and using the compost for freestall bedding. “We have not noticed a difference in the somatic cell count by switching from sand to compost,” he said. “We did find that we needed to grove the concrete because the switch made the floors slicker and the cows were having trouble with solid footing. So, we went ahead and grooved all the floors.”

He said the manure is scraped from each barn twice per week. Wash water from the milking parlor dumps into the sump system that gravity feeds from one barn to the next. From there, the manure waste goes to a collection pit where it is pumped to the anaerobic digester. Thus far, the system has worked exactly as designed. They also bed the stalls twice per week with freshly composted manure as is needed for cow comfort.

One of the foremost benefits of the digester appears to be the virtual elimination of the familiar odors that go along with dairy farming. Since this farm is directly across the highway from the Valley View Retirement Community, a 31-acre campus with 118 residential cottages and other retirement facilities, the elimination of much of the manure odor via the manure digester process, has helped to make Kish View Farms an excellent and conscientious neighbor. Additionally, the processed manure liquid makes for a quality, organic field applicant when spread on the surrounding cropland.

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Kish from 8 milking crew, all work together to create a successful operation. Aaron helps wherever there is a need. Irvin Hartzler drives the farm’s milk tanker truck, taking milk to the Land-O’Lakes plant near Carlisle, PA, four days per week.

Keith said that as their operation grew, they did a cost assessment of their milk hauling expenses. At that time, they were paying the going rate to ship their milk a very short distance to a local processing plant. That amounted to an extraordinary expense for each haul. They decided that they could “pay themselves” to haul the milk, especially since Keith’s father-inlaw had a CDL license and was interested in doing the driving, part-time.

Spicher said that it proved to be a good decision because approximately one

year after they had made that decision, the local milk plant, their former destination, closed permanently. The need for a new outlet for their milk was not a problem for them like it was other producers, because they had already begun taking their milk to Land-O’Lakes in Carlisle, PA. History of Kish View Farms “I started farming this land with my father Jonas in 1959,” said Dave Spicher, as visitors began arriving at the farm. “We milked 40 cows. Today, I am semi-retired.”

“Keith, Kent and I formed a partnership in 1992. I sold my share to them in 1998,” he added. “I still stay busy feeding the calves and doing some fieldwork.”

Since that time, the cow numbers have grown from 100 milking, to approximately 380 head. Once the calves

A worker scrapes manure in one of the freestall barns. This twice-weekly chore keeps the manure digester filled and operating efficiently. When the Spichers changed the cow's bedding from sand to composted manure, they grooved all of the concrete flooring throughout the freestall barn areas.

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What to look for when buying a planter

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NH #306 TANDEM axle, V-Spreader side slinger $3,100. Hay Macerator #6600, $6,500. 315-853-2837.(NY)

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FARMALL H 1941, new clutch, 12 volt, runs great, Straight sheet metal, original owners manual $1,900. OBO. 860-5670270.(CT)

8 WEEK OLD PITBULL PUPPIES, 6 females, 3 males ~ 716-592-7815.(NY)

27 FOOT ONE piece 20 section Headlocks, used in Goat milking parlor, very heavy, price $800. Cash firm, Millerton, NY. 845-518-0552

NH-144 HAY INVERTER $1,500. 12kw PTO generator on 5x10 trailer $1,300.

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Idaho was up 2.5 percent on a 50-pound gain per cow but cow numbers were unchanged. New York was also up 2.5 percent, on a 45 pound gain per cow. Cow numbers were also unchanged.

Pennsylvania was down 2.1 percent on a 15 pound per cow decline and 7,000 fewer cows.

Other states with large gains in cow numbers were Michigan, up 11,000 head; New Mexico and Texas, each up 10,000; Arizona, up 8,000; Colorado, up 6,000; and Indiana, Washington and Wisconsin up 5,000 each. Sates with fewer cows than a year included Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.

Meanwhile; USDA estimated 251,300 culled dairy cows were slaughtered under federal inspection in May, up 11,500 from the 239,800 culled in April 2012, and 31,300 more than May 2011. Through the first five months of 2012, cull cow slaughter totaled 1.294 million, up 55,500 from the same period in 2011. Based on May’s Milk Production report indicating there were about 9.27 million cows in the U.S., the May culling rate represented about 2.7 percent of the nation’s herd.

The cash dairy markets apparently liked what it saw in the milk production data. Block cheese closed the week at $1.6250 per pound, up a penny on the week but 50 1/2-cents below a year ago. The barrels closed at $1.6350, up 6 1/4-cents on the week, 44 1/4-

uct will be delivered through November 2012 and raised CWT’s 2012 cheese exports to 61.7 million pounds plus 45.2 million pounds of butter and Anhydrous milkfat to 32 countries.

FC Stone’s June 19 eDairy Insider Closing Bell reported that the June 19 GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction showed a significant decline in the average prices of commodities traded following a sharp rise two weeks ago. Anhydrous milkfat dropped 0.8 percent to $1.4025 per pound, or $1.1242 adjusted to 80 percent butterfat equivalent; cheddar cheese prices fell 3.7 percent to $1.4139 per pound; milk protein concentrate 70 dropped 2.7 percent to $1.9115 per pound; rennet casein declined 1.9 percent to $3.079 per pound; and skim milk powder fell 4.8 percent to $1.2855 per pound. Buttermilk powder prices rose 2.5 percent to $1.381 per pound, according to the Insider, and whole milk powder prices climbed 2.7 percent to $1.3091 per pound.

In other trade news; Dairy Profit Weekly reports that both U.S. neighbors are joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks. The U.S. and eight other countries, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Chile, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei, accepted Canadian and Mexican applications to become part of the TPP negotiations this week. The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) strongly supported Canada’s participation in the TPP negotiations.

Both groups agree that since Mexico has been invited to join the talks, it only made sense for

the third member of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to join as well. However, whereas Mexico and the U.S. already have removed all dairy trade barriers between them, this is not the case with respect to trade between Canada and the U.S., a situation which TPP must remedy, say the two organizations.

NMPF and USDEC trust that the approval by the U.S. government of Canada’s participation in the TPP talks has been accompanied by a clear understanding of U.S. expectations that all Canadian trade barriers against U.S. dairy products must be eliminated.

Canadian officials said they would defend the country’s domestic dairy supply management program in TPP talks.

Cash butter started the week on a down note, rebounded and climbed to $1.5450, then revered gears Friday ending six weeks of gain, and closed at $1.52, down 2 cents on the week and 54 cents below a year ago. Twenty one cars were sold this week.

AMS butter averaged $1.3877, up 2 cents.

Churning schedules across the country are active, basically absorbing cream volumes from regular and ongoing suppliers, according to USDA. Surplus cream volumes of earlier this spring are gone and churning activity is often keeping pace with demand, thus inventory clearances are lighter.

Class II cream demand is seasonally strong as ice cream and ice cream mix needs increase.

Overall butter demand is good as retail features continue to clear good volumes of print butter and restaurant and food service outlets, especially in resort and holiday areas of the country.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Friday at $1.2275, up a half-cent on the week. Extra Grade closed at $1.19, up 2 1/2. AMS powder averaged $1.0997, down 0.2 cent, and dry whey averaged 50.75 cents per pound, up a half-cent.

USDA’s June 15 Dairy Market News stated ahead of Monday’s Milk Production report that farm milk production was slipping gradually in

most areas and that bottled milk demand was heading toward “the summer doldrums.”

Crop progress is reported to be at or ahead of expected development to date. North Central region farmers’ activities center around second cuttings on alfalfa, while cool weather and intermittent rain had Utah and Idaho alfalfa harvesting temporarily on hold.

Corn in Texas improved with recent precipitation.

In milk pricing news; the July Federal order Class I base milk price was announced by USDA at $15.51 per hundredweight, up 27 cents from June but $5.52 below July 2011.

That equates to about $1.33 per gallon and pushed the 2012 Class I average to $16.34, down from $18.55 at this time a year ago, and compares to $14.60 in 2010 and $11.08 in 2009.

The University of Wisconsin’s Dr. Brian Gould predicts that the July Milk Income Loss Contract Payment will be about 86 cents per cwt.

The AMS-surveyed butter price averaged $1.3766 per pound, up 2.6 cents from June.

Nonfat dry milk averaged $1.1008, down 4 1/2-cents. Cheese averaged $1.5703, up 4.6 cents, and dry whey averaged 50.52 cents, down 3 cents.

Looking “back to the futures;” after factoring in the announced Federal order Class III prices and the remaining futures, the average Class III milk price for the first six months of 2012 stood at $15.70 on May 11 and $15.90 on June 15.

The last half was averaging $16.13 on May 25, $15.96 on June 1, $16.53 on June 8, $16.59 on June 15, and was trading around $17.02 late morning June 22.

In politics; the Senate, Thursday, passed by a 64 to 35 vote its version of the 2012 Farm Bill, but the timetable for a House version became less clear, according to Dairy Profit Weekly’s Dave Natzke in Friday’s DairyLine broadcast.

Faced with more than 200 amendments to its Farm Bill proposal, the Senate agreed to cut that to 73, Natzke reported,

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U.S. Lawmakers Got a “Dairy Good” Treat Issued Jun 22, 2012 The 30th Annual Capitol Hill Ice Cream Party was held June 21for members of Congress, families and staffs. A press release stated that about 2,000 gallons of ice cream and frozen yogurt, 6,000 root beer floats and 44 cases of sundae toppings were expected to be served. The party is sponsored by the International Ice Cream Association, Milk Industry Foundation and the National Cheese Institute, constituent organizations of the International Dairy Foods Association.

In the real world; U.S. milk production may be slowing. The Agriculture Department reported its May estimate for the top 23 producing states at 16.4 billion pounds, up just 2.1 percent from May 2011. The 50-state total, at 17.6 billion, was up 2 percent. Revisions added 38 million pounds to last month’s preliminary data, putting output at 16 billion pounds, up 3.5 percent from 2011.

The big story in the data is cow numbers.

The 23 state total, at 8.52 million head, while up 77,000 from a year ago, was down 3,000 from April, the first decline in 20 months. Output per cow averaged 1,924 pounds, up 22 from a year ago.

California was up 1.9 percent from a year ago on 16,000 more cows and 15 pounds more per cow. Wisconsin was up 2.4 percent, thanks to a 35 pound gain per cow and 5,000 more cows.

cents below a year ago, and a penny above the blocks. Three carloads of block found new homes on the week and one of barrel. The AMS-surveyed U.S. average block price climbed to $1.5879, up 3.6 cents, while the barrels averaged $1.5492, up 1.8 cents.

Production schedules at cheese plants are slowing as milk supplies appear to have passed the peak spring flush, according to USDA’s Dairy Market News.

Plant managers are keeping an eye on inventories and have reduced production in some cases. Mozzarella producers are especially conscious of reduced orders. Export demand has been helpful in moving cheese out of the country, according to USDA, but the strong U.S. dollar is hindering some sales.

The Foreign Agricultural Service reported April exports were up 31 percent from last year and up 12 percent for the year. However, exports of butter and milkfat for April totaled 13.2 million pounds, down 29 percent from April 2011.

Cumulative exports for the first four months of the year are running 32 percent behind last year.

Saudi Arabia, at 13.6 million pounds for the year, is the largest importer with a 15 percent increase from a year ago.

Butter and milkfat exports accounted for 5.9 percent of total butter production during January to April.

Speaking of exports; Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted 11 requests for export assistance this week to sell a total of 1.7 million pounds of cheese to customers in Asia, South America, the Middle East, North Africa and South Pacific. The prod-

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Home,, Family,, Friendss & You A sweet, cool treat to try (NAPSA) — Americans, it seems, are really hot for ice cream. People in the United States indulge more than those in any other nation, averaging 48 pints of ice cream per person, per year. Ninety-eight percent of all U.S. households purchase ice cream, with more sold on Sunday than any other day of the week. Here are a few more Cool Facts: • The first ice cream parlor in America opened in New York City in 1776.

• George Washington loved ice cream and had two ice cream machines at his home.

• It takes 12 gallons of milk to make one gallon of ice cream.

• The most popular flavors are Vanilla, Chocolate, Butter Pecan, Strawberry and Neapolitan, followed closely by Chocolate Chip, French Vanilla and Cookies & Cream.

• Cherry is the No. 1 Popsicle flavor.

• Twin Popsicles were invented during the Depression so that two children could share one treat.

Now you can find special deals on ice cream and novelties at the grocery store as the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) celebrates this love for cool treats with an annual June/July Summer Favorites Ice Cream & Novelties promotion.

Those experts on cool foods remind you to make the ice cream aisle your last stop, keep frozen purchases together in a separate section of the cart, and pack ice cream in an additional brown paper bag for the ride home.

Once you get home, you may care to try this tasty, favorite ice cream dessert:

Ice Cream with Hot Fudge Sauce 1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt 2 (1-ounce) squares semi-sweet chocolate 1 Tbsp. butter 2/3 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1/4 tsp. salt 1 cup evaporated milk Maraschino cherries (for garnish) For sauce, heat, melt and stir chocolate, butter, sugar, vanilla and salt together. Gradually add the evaporated milk, continuously stirring. Bring to a light boil over medium heat and cook until sauce is smooth and thickened (about 10 minutes). To serve, place large scoops of ice cream in each dish and top with Hot Fudge Sauce and cherries. Serves 6.

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The most popular ice cream topping is chocolate syrup.

Good Housekeeping Picnic Chicken This walnut-crusted baked chicken is delicious hot or cold.

Olive oil nonstick cooking spray 1 3/4 cups (about 8 ounces) walnuts 1 cup plain dried bread crumbs 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon up to 1/2 teaspoon of ground red pepper, also known as cayenne 2 large eggs 8 medium (4 pounds) bone-in chicken breast

halves, skin removed 8 medium (1 3/4 pounds) chicken drumsticks, skin removed 1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Grease two 15 1/2 by 10 1/2 inch jelly-roll pans with cooking spray.

2. In food processor with knife blade attached, process walnuts with 1/4 cup bread crumbs until walnuts are finely ground. In medium bowl, combine nut mixture, salt, ground red pepper and remaining 3/4 cup bread crumbs; stir until well-mixed. In pie plate, beat eggs.

3. Cut each chicken breast half crosswise into two pieces. One at a time, dip breast pieces and drumsticks in beaten egg, then into walnut mixture to coat evenly, pressing firmly so mixture adheres. Arrange chicken in jellyroll pans; lightly coat chicken with cooking spray.

4. Bake chicken until golden brown and juices run clear when thickest part of chicken is pierced with tip of knife, 30 to 35 minutes, rotating pans between upper and lower oven racks halfway through baking.

5. Serve chicken hot, or cool slightly, cover and refrigerate to serve cold later.

Makes 12 main-dish servings.

• Each serving: About 311 calories, 16g total fat (2g saturated), 113mg cholesterol, 468mg sodium, 10g total carbs, 32g protein. (c) 2012 Hearst Communications, Inc. All rights reserved

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Farmers try to ‘stop the flood of regulation’

by Erin Anthony Growing up, we all needed guidance at times.

Don’t run with scissors.

Don’t forget your jacket.

Don’t eat yellow snow. If you make that face one more time, it might get stuck like that.

But, as adults, not all guidance is helpful or benevolent. That is particularly true if the guidance is coming from a government regulatory agency. Take, for example, the Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to expand its regulatory reach under the Clean Water Act to nearly every drop of water, and some dry land, too.

Through what’s officially known as a “guidance document,” EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are seeking to remove the word “navigable” from the Clean Water Act. That action would allow them to regulate even a roadside ditch that holds water for only a few hours after a big rain. Both agencies have been upfront about their intent to use the guidance

process to increase their regulation of water bodies and lands that have been under the states’ regulatory authority.

Another issue is the way the agencies are going about it. They’re using a guidance document, rather than going through a proper rulemaking. Formal rulemaking allows input from farmers, ranchers and other landowners — the people who would be flooded with an expensive slew of new regulations and permitting requirements should the guidance document be put in place.

Along with farmers, ranchers and other landowners, there are another 544 people EPA and the Corps are ignoring: 535 U.S. senators and representatives and nine Supreme Court justices. The lawmakers who wrote the Clean Water Act never intended for the federal government to have the kind of control it is seeking over local bodies of water. Similarly, in two rulings, the Supreme Court affirmed

important limitations of the federal government’s jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. Having to get another permit doesn’t sound like that big of a deal, but at $30,000 to well over $100,000 for some permits, these requirements sometimes force growers to avoid farming otherwise productive acreage just so they don’t trigger federal permit and extremely costly mitigation requirements.

But in most parts of the country, it would be just about impossible to farm around every wet spot that EPA and the Corps want to regulate.

To dry up EPA’s effort, Farm Bureau has launched the “Stop the Flood of Regulation” campaign. As part of the campaign, farmers and ranchers are asking their senators and representatives to support the Preserve the Waters of the U.S. Act (S. 2245 and H.R. 4965), which would prevent EPA from taking action through this guidance document.

They also will be shar-

ing their stories of regulatory inundation through social media platforms. Look for the #stoptheflood hashtag on Twitter. And a Facebook page will give farm and ranch families a platform for sharing how this guidance effort might affect them.

There is no doubt; without action, a flood of federal regulations appears imminent. Many of our nation’s farms and ranches could find themselves awash in new, expensive and unwarranted regulations — even if

FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE American Farm Bureau Federation the cause of those regulations is an inch-deep puddle following a downpour. Long after the puddle dries, the effect of the regulations could linger.

Erin Anthony is assistant editor of FBNews, the official newspaper of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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search Service (ARS) National Animal Disease Center (NADC) in Ames, Iowa, have discovered that vitamin D may offer an alternative treatment for mastitis instead of antibiotics.

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

Molecular biologist John Lippolis, in the Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit at NADC, looked at the role of a natural form of vitamin D — prehormone 25-hydroxyvitamin D — in altering the response of the cow’s immune system to a mastitis pathogen, Streptococcus uberis.

Research indicates that precise levels of vitamin D need to be in the bloodstream to prevent conditions such as rickets, or softening of the bones. Higher levels are required for proper immune function. Prehormone 25-hydroxyvitamin D is found in the blood, but very little is found in milk.

In the study, cows were given vitamin D by infusion directly into the infected quarter of the mammary gland.

Scientists then evaluated data on feed intake, bacteria counts in milk, milk production, serum levels, and body temperature for all animals.

They found a significant reduction in bacterial counts and fewer clinical signs of severe infection in cows treated with vitamin D, compared to cows that received no treatment. In the early stage of the infection, as vitamin D reduced the bacterial

ARS molecular biologist John Lippolis has discovered that vitamin D may offer a natural alternative treatment for mastitis in dairy cows in place of antibiotics.

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counts, milk production was also greater in the treated animals.

These results suggest that vitamin D might help reduce antibiotic use in treating mastitis, according to Lippolis.

In addition, vitamin D has the potential to decrease other bacterial and viral diseases, such as respiratory tract infections.

Read more about this research in the May/June 2012 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.

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Mielke from 11 spending much of the week voting on those amendments before tackling the entire bill.

Two dairy-related amendments affecting federal milk market orders, one from Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA), calling for an increase in the frequency of dairy market reporting, and requiring a feasibility study of reducing the number of classes of milk from four to two; and a second amendment from Senator Olympia Snowe (RME), requiring federal milk marketing procedural reforms, as well as elimination of end-product pricing formulas, were approved.

A third amendment, from Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC), which called for prohibiting mandatory producer-funded checkoff programs, including the national dairy checkoff, was rejected. An

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Provisions having the biggest impact on dairy farmers will be the components of National Milk’s “Foundation for the Future” program and Rep. Collin Peterson’s (D-MN) “Dairy Security Act,” which of course brought praise from National Milk.

House Ag Committee chair Frank Lucas, who said he wanted to formalize a House version of the Farm Bill soon after the July 4 recess, apparently has had a change of plans, according to Natzke. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor recommended a delay in the House Farm Bill, in part to review the Sen-

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MT. AIRY NC FEEDER CATTLE: 493 Feeder Steers: M&L 1-2 383-383# 145; 458-460# 158; 525-547# 140-142; S 1-2 265285# 121-129; 323-323# full 99; 355-390# 111-141; 365390# yearlings 107-113; M&L 3 255-290# 113-138; Hols. L 3 350-365# 101-103; 473-495# 97-108; Feeder Heifers: M&L 1-2 352-390# 153-157; 410-446# 126-142; 450-485# 139-144; 525-547# 133-135; 600-630# 121-126; 658-658# 127; 724740# 104-105; M&L 3 355365# 110-139; 420-420# 98110; Feeder Bulls: M&L 1-2 400-430# 115-123; 453-485# 120-132; 505-534# 124128.50; 558-563# 120-145; 630-632# 114-121.50; 705730# 94.50-105; 758-758# 94.50; S 1-2 420-448# 100118; 465-495# 101-120; 505535# 87-109; 555-580# 90120; 550-590# fleshy 88-94; 585-590# full 86-90; 641-641# fleshy 80; 700-728# 88-96; M&L 3 455-460# 97-100; 720735# 85-97; 800-815# 96103; Bred Cows: M&L middle aged 975-1040# 820875/head 4-6 months bred SILER CITY, NC FEEDER CATTLE: 766 Feeder Steers: M&L 1-2 150-195# 162-187.50; 210245# 170-190; 250-265# 175180; 300-345# 150-196; 355395# 147-177; 400-440# 130164; 460-485# 145-153; 515545# 135-148; 555-585# 143-146; 600-645# 125-144; 665-695# 124-132; 710-736# 126-128; 825-835# 118-119; S 1-2 215-247# 125-148; 250265# 106-107.50; 310-315# 116-134; 360-392# 110-135; 410-440# 112-124; 490# 123;

512# 108; 598# 124.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1-2 150-160# 160-167.50; 210225# 132.50-160; 255-285# 150-164; 305-345# 150-167; 355-395# 140-166; 400-445# 130-163; 450-495# 130-150; 500-545# 120-152; 550-595# 120-146; 605-635# 120-135; 650-685# 115-128; 705-745# 100-117; 760-790# 110-118; 892# 110; S1-2 305-345# 120-130; 350-375# 114-133; 410-440# 102-120; 465-470# 113-121; 525-535# 115-117; 555-590# 100-118; 605-645# 101-117; 655-685# 95-106.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1-2 450-495# 130-159; 500-545# 120-149; 550-595# 120-146; 600-645# 110-125; 650-690# 115-135; 700-747# 110-120; 755-790# 100-114; 810-825# 105-111; S 1-2 450-490# 110-128; 505-540# 101-118; 550-590# 100-118; 610-630# 100-104; 665-695# 100-110; 810-840# 94-100; 865-895# 90-95.

BLACKSTONE, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 349 Feeder Steers: M&L 1 400-500# 150; 500-600# 145158; 600-700# 140.50-154; 700-800# 130-138; 800-900# 130; 900-1000# 119-119; M&L 2 300-400# 160; 400500# 140-152; 500-600# 140158; 600-700# 140-154; M&L 3 500-600# 138; 600-700# 125; S 400-500# 130; 500600# 130.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 400-500# 135; 500-600# 130141.50; 600-700# 128132.50; 700-800# 133; M&L 2 400-500# 135-142; 500-600# 120-142, mostly 136.50-142; 600-700# 126; M&L 3 400500# 120-137; 500-600# 111130 mostly 126-130; 600700# 121-123; S 1 400-500# 121.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 400500# 144-158; 500-600# 137.50; 600-700# 111; M&L 2 300-400# 156-158; 400-500# 140-159; 500-600# 126133.50; 600-700# 100-110; 700-800# 90; S1 400-500# 112-120; 500-600# 108-110.

N VA FEEDER CATTLE: 899 Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 140-184; 400-500# 145-185; 500-600# 145-170; 600-700# 136-160; 700-800# 125-135; 800-900# 125134.50; 1000-1100# 113.50;

M&L 2 300-400# 140-167; 400-500# 142-171; 500-600# 140-160; 600-700# 135-150; 700-800# 122-131; S 1 400500# 140-160; 500-600# 142157.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 200-300# 145; 300-400# 127; 400-500# 123-130.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 130-164; 400-500# 130-160; 500-600# 129-156; 600-700# 121-145; 700-800# 119-139; 800-900# 133; M&L 2 300-400# 128-146; 400500# 129-143; 500-600# 128143; 600-700# 120-136; 700800# 112; M&L 3 300-400# 117.50-122; 400-500# 110126; 500-600# 109-130; 600700# 110-126; S 1 300-400# 130-142; 400-500# 129-145; 500-600# 120-131.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200300# 186-197.50; 300-400# 140-183; 400-500# 140-176; 500-600# 110-157; 600-700# 110-150; 700-800# 129-137; 800-900# 115-120; M&L 2 200-300# 133; 300-400# 157.50; 400-500# 135-139; 500-600# 112.50-135; 600700# 129-138; 700-800# 107120.

SW VA FEEDER CATTLE: 296 Feeder Steers: M&L 1 200-300# 162-176; 300-400# 162-175; 400-500# 151-177; 500-600# 150-162; 600-700# 139-152; 700-800# 134148.50; 800-900# 112-138; 900-1000# 119; M&L 2 200300# 157-179; 300-400# 169179; 400-500# 150-183; 500600# 142-161; 600-700# 135145; 700-800# 136; 800-900# 120-124; 900-1000# 122; M&L 3 400-500# 110-128; 500-600# 125-130; 600-700# 130-137; S 1 400-500# 134140; 500-600# 134-140; 600700# 124.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 200-300# 110; 300-400# 127; 400-500# 110-127; 500600# 110; 600-700# 78-110; 700-800# 96; 800-900# 92106; 900-1000# 92; 1100#+ 92.50.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 126-170; 300-400# 147-170; 400-500# 138-157; 500-600# 135-148; 600-700# 125-141; 700-800# 120133.50; M&L 2 200-300# 121162; 300-400# 160-163.50; 400-500# 132-156; 500-600# 134-147; 600-700# 127-141; 700-800# 105-131;M&L 3

300-400# 135; 400-500# 110125; 500-600# 119; S 1 500600# 130.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200300# 149-187.50; 300-400# 149-159.50; 400-500# 140160; 500-600# 129-155; 600700# 123-130; 700-800# 110127; 800-900# 98-105; 9001000# 95; M&L 2 200-300# 148-168; 300-400# 140-151; 400-500# 125-153; 500-600# 130-150; 600-700# 118-127; 700-800# 105-119; M&L 3 300-400# 100; 400-500# 134136; 500-600# 118-124; 600700# 91; S1 300-400# 130146; 400-500# 120; 500-600# 121; 600-700# 104.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 28 Feeder Steers: M&L 1 500-600# 140-149.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 400-500# 142; M&L 2 600700# 133-135.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 400500# 150-160; 500-600# 150154; M&L 2 500-600# 150.

FRONT ROYAL, VA FEEDER CATTLE: No report.

HOLLINS, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 103.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 200-300# 180; 300-400# 165; 400-500# 160-165; 500-600# 151; 600-700# 149; 700-800# 132; S 1 400-500# 159; 500600# 150.50; 600-700# 146; 700-800# 125.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 200-300# 130; 300-400# 129.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 178-179; 300-400# 150; 400-500# 144; 500-600# 135-139.50; 600-700# 128; 700-800# 118; M&L 2 300400# 150; 400-500# 145; 500600# 137.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 400500# 149; 500-600# 141; 600700# 122; S 1 600-700# 118.

LYNCHBURG, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 992 Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 176; 400-500# 151175, mostly 175; 500-600# 143-156; 600-700# 139.50157.75; 700-800# 135-144; M&L 2 300-400# 178.50; 400500# 144.50-168, mostly 168; 500-600# 141.50-156.25; 600-700# 139.50-148.50; 700-800# 139; M&L 3 300400# 170; 400-500# 138-153;

500-600# 139.25; 600-700# 131.50; 700-800# 126; S 1 300-400# 155; 400-500# 132; 500-600# 135.50; 600-700# 131.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 163-165; 400-500# 143-154.75; 500-600# 136.50-143.50; 600-700# 125-135.25; 700-800# 123; M&L 2 300-400# 162; 400500# 139-153.75; 500-600# 134.50-142; 600-700# 125.50-130.50; 700-800# 118-119; M&L 3 300-400# 159-163.75; 400-500# 135140.50; 500-600# 132.25132.75; 600-700# 126128.50; 700-800# 110.50; S 1 300-400# 146; 400-500# 135.50; 500-600# 130; 600700# 119.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 400500# 154; 500-600# 128.50135.25; 600-700# 127.50; M&L 2 300-400# 174-179; 400-500# 144-173.50 mostly 154.50-173.50; 500-600# 126.50-137; 600-700# 129; S 1 400-500# 139-165, mostly 165; 500-600# 110-127.75.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 130-158; 400-500# 130-156; 500-600# 129-144; 600-700# 121-134, 700-800# 119-126; M&L 2 300-400 128146; 400-500# 129-142; 500600# 128-140; 600-700# 120127; M&L 3 300-400# 117.50122; 400-500# 110-126; 500600# 109-130; 600-700# 110126; S 1 300-400# 130-142; 400-500# 129-145; 500-600# 120-131.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300400# 140-170; 400-500# 140160; 500-600# 110-146; 600700# 110-141.

ROCKINGHAM, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 61.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 600-700# 142; 800-900# 125.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 200-300# 145; 300-400# 127; 400-500# 123-130.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 142.50; 500-600# 145.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 600700# 136.50.

TRI-STATE, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 260 Feeder Steers: M&L 1 400-500# 151-163; 500-600# 150-158; 600-700# 140-146; 700-800# 134-135; ML 2 400500# 150-160; 500-600# 142155; 600-700# 134-142; 800900# 120; 900-1000# 122; M&L 3 400-500# 110-128; 500-600# 125-130; 600-700# 130-137; S 1 400-500# 134140; 500-600# 134-140; 600700# 124; Hols. L 2-3 400500# 120; 600-700# 98-110.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 145-170; 300-400# 147; 400-500# 138-143; 500600# 135-143; 600-700# 139141; 700-800# 120-129; M&L 2 400-500# 132-142; 500600# 134-141; 600-700# 134141; 700-800# 111-117; M&L 3 300-400# 135; 400-500# 110-125; 500-600# 119; S 1 500-600# 130.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200300# 170-187.50; 300-400# 150-159.50; 400-500# 151160; 500-600# 144-155; 600700# 125-130; 700-800# 120127; M&L 2 300-400# 140150; 400-500# 140-151; 500600# 130-150; 600-700# 118127; 700-800# 110-119; M&L 3 300-400# 100; 400-500# 134-136; 500-600# 118-124; 600-700# 91; S 1 300-400# 130-146; 400-500# 120; 500600# 121; 600-700# 104.

STAUNTON, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 470.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 140-179; 400-500# 145-178; 500-600# 145-167; 600-700# 136-155; 700-800# 125-135; M&L 2 300-400# 140-167; 400-500# 142-160; 500-600# 140-160; 600-700# 135-150; 700-800# 122-131; S 1 400-500# 140-160; 500600# 142-157.

WINCHESTER, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 394 Feeder Steers: M&L 1 200-300# 177; 300-400# 174177; 400-500# 162-176; 500600# 150-158; 600-700# 140153.50; 700-800# 135-143; M&L 2 300-400# 141; 400500# 146-172; 500-600# 143; 600-700# 141; 700-800# 123; 800-900# 122; 900-1000# 112; S 1 400-500# 118.

MARSHALL, VA FEEDER CATTLE: Feeder Steers: Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 400-500# 143; M&L 2 127.50134.50; S 400-500# 135.50; Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300400# 159-170; 500-600# 129136; 600-700# 124-128; NARROWS, VA FEEDER CATTLE: No report.

Planter from 9 width may also be a determining factor for growers who have multiple farms and different locations – or for those who simply have to deal with a narrow bridge nearby.”

Other considerations are based on individual farming practices. “What inputs do you want to use, how do you want to apply them and in what types of soil? How much time do you have to get it all done? What system do you

want to use to fill the planter so you can minimize non-planting time? Are there going to be multiple operators running the planter? If so, ease of use becomes even more important.

“Even if you have big square fields, and there aren’t any waterways or other obstructions that cause you to plant in irregular rows, you will want to take advantage of the advanced systems that bigger planters offer,” Hoeg con-

tinues. “You’ll likely want AFS (Case IH Advanced Farming Systems®), row shut-offs, driving guides and mapping capabilities to help you utilize every square inch of ground. Irregularly shaped fields with waterways and terraces only enhance the need for these advanced systems. There are all kinds of nuances that factor into which planter model and options you need.

That’s why Case IH offers different

models, configurations, options and capabilities, from 15-foot to 90-foot Early Riser planters,” he concludes.

For more information about Early Riser planters, including demonstrations on how to create an ideal seed trench, how to achieve early, even emergence, and the benefits of pull- vs. push-gauge wheels, call your local Case IH dealer or visit www.CaseIH.com.

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AUC TION CALENDAR To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact Dave Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 • e-mail: ddornburgh@leepub.com Monday, July 2 • Hosking Sales . Monthly Fat Cow & Feeder Sale. Special - ROB-MICH Farm Registered & Grade Holstein Herd Dispersal. 40 Head (20 Reg.) 36 cows, 4 Bred Hfrs. Watch for the two Maternal sisters by Talent & Sept. Storm.

Also a fancy VG 87 R&W due sale day to Sept. Storm. Cows are in all stages of lactation with a few exceptionally fancy young cows here! Other job interest prompts this short notice sale. Owners: Robert & Michele Franklin & Family. Dairy will start at 1 pm.

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

Monday, July 2 • 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. 55:30 pm. . Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-6993637, 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, 315-829-3105 • 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 • 4:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203, Chatham, NY. Regular Sale. Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518-392-3321.

Wednesday, July 4 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585394-1515 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 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558

Thursday, July 5 • 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, July 6 • 4918 Rozzells Ferry Rd., Charlotte, NC. General Consignment Auction. Godley Auction Co., 704-399-6111, 704-399-9756 • 11:00 AM: Lakeview Holsteins, 2456 Rt. 14, Penn Yan, NY. Selling complete dairies and registered & grade cattle. Hilltop Auction Company, Jay Martin 315-521-3123, Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030 • 6:00 PM: D.R. Chambers & Sons, 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY. Horse Sales every other Friday. Tack at 1 pm, horses at 6 pm. . D.R. Chambers & Sons, 607-369-8231 www.drchambersauction.com

Saturday, July 7 • 9:30 AM: Bow, NH. Construction Equipment Liquidation for Farnese Construction. Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com

Monday, July 9 • Hosking Sales . Monthly Heifer Sale.

Special - 10 Head of Organic Cows - all stages of lactation. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-9721770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Friday, July 13 • 6:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale. . Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Saturday, July 14 • 9:00 AM: Canastota, NY. Annual Summer Auction. Late Model Construction Equipment.

Alex Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 9:00 AM: West Meetinghouse Rd., New Milford, CT. Estate of Chick Flynn. JD 4440D Powershift, 4000D, 5625D & 5525D 4x4 w/QT542 Loaders, 4400D 4x4 Compact w/430 Loader; JD 47 QT Backhoe; JD 950D 4x4, JD 440G Track Loader & Other Tractors, Hay & Tillage Equipment, Dairy Heifers, Bulls/Steers, Guns, Antiques & Furniture.

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

Wednesday, July 18 • 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 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041,

Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558 • 3:00 PM: D.R. Chambers & Sons, 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY. Dairy Day Special Feeder Sale. Every Wednesday following Dairy. D.R. Chambers & Sons, 607-369-8231 www.drchambersauction.com

Thursday, July 19 • 7:00 PM: Batavia, NY. Genesee County 4H Meat Animal Sale - Come support the local 4H youth by bidding on their 4H animals! See our website for more information. William Kent, Inc., 585-343-5449 www.williamkentinc.com

Saturday, July 21 • Middleburgh, NY. Reflections of Maple Downs Sale. Hosted by Maple Downs Farm II. Held in conjunction with the NY Holstein Summer Picnic. The Cattle Exchange, 607746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • Leyden, MA. Selling trucks, trailers, shop tools & farm equip. including pay loader and farm tractor for Zimmerman Livestock Trucking. Sale Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, neks@together.net, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892

Wednesday, July 25 • West Addison, VT. Bodette Farm Complete Equipment Dispersal. Sale Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, neks@together.net, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892

Thursday, July 26 • 6:00 PM: County Highway Maintenance Facility, Geneseo, NY. Livingston County Tax Title Auction. Thomas P. Wamp/Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc., 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com

Friday, July 27 • 10:00 AM: Haverling Central High School, Bath, NY. Steuben County Tax Title Auction.

Thomas P. Wamp/Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc., 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com

Saturday, July 28 • 9:30 AM: Martins Country Market. 3rd Annual Large Summer Equipment Auction.

Hilltop Auction Company, Jay Martin 315521-3123, Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030 • 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

Sunday, July 29 • 10:00 AM: Washington Co. Fairgrounds, Rt. 29 & 392 Old Schuylerville Rd., Greenwich, NY. Tri-State Antique Tractor Club Inc. antique Wheels and Iron Showw. 1st time consignment auction. Selling antique & modern farm, construction, gas engine, signs, toys, literature and related items. Show: Sat-Sun July 28-29. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-

396-1676 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm

Friday, August 3 • 11:00 AM: Lakeview Holsteins, 2456 Rt. 14, Penn Yan, NY. Selling complete dairies and registered & grade cattle. Hilltop Auction Company, Jay Martin 315-521-3123, Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030 • 6:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.

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

Saturday, August 4 • 10:00 AM: 1507 Pre-Emption Rd., Penn Yan, NY (Yates Co.). Real Estate Absolute Auction. 103 acre DeWick farm w/100 acres tillable, farmhouse, shop 2 machine sheds.

Thomas P. Wamp/Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc., 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com

Wednesday, August 8 • 2:00 PM: Gehan Rd., off Rts. 5-20, 5 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. NY Steam Engine Assoc. 4th Annual Consignment Auction. 1st day of pageant of Steam Show Aug. 8-11.

Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-3961676 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm

Thursday, August 9 • 1:00 PM: Route 414, Seneca Falls, NY. Farm & Equipment Auction. Next to Empire Farm Days Show. Farm Equipment, Tractors, Antique Equipment, Construction Equipment, Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com

Friday, August 10 • 10:00 AM: North Java, NY. Dairy Farm Machinery Auction - Selling a full line of farm machinery including Case IH 7140, IH 1566, IH 886, NH 1900 forage harvester, Kenworth W900B 10 wheeler, Claas 180 RotoCut baler, plus truck parts, tillage, planting, harvesting and more! See our website for more information. William Kent, Inc., 585-343-5449 www.williamkentinc.com

Wednesday, August 15 • Pike, NY. Wyoming County 4H Meat Animal Sale - Come support the local 4H youth by bidding on their animals! See our website for more information. Jacquier Auctions, 413-569-6421 www.jacquierauctions.com

Wednesday, August 15 • 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 585447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-2965041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558

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WYTHE COUNTY, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 170 Feeder Steers: M&L 1

200-300# 162; 300-400# 162; 400-500# 162; 500-600# 159.50-162; 600-700# 145151.50; 700-800# 135148.50; 800-900# 112; M&L 2 200-300# 179; 300-400# 179; 400-500# 162; 500-600# 157.50-161; 600-700# 145; 700-800# 136; Hols. L 2-3 200-300# 110; 300-400# 127; 400-500# 110-127; 500-600# 110; 600-700# 78; 700-800# 96; 800-900# 92-106; 9001000# 92.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 126; 300-400# 150; 400-500# 157; 500-600# 141141.50; 600-700# 125-135; 700-800# 126-133.50; M&L 2 200-300# 121; 300-400# 163.50; 400-500# 140-156;

500-600# 141-147; 600-700# 127; 700-800# 105-131.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200300# 149; 300-400# 149; 400500# 140-147; 500-600# 129; 600-700# 128.50; 700-800# 110; 800-900# 105; 9001000# 95; M&L 2 400-500# 125-150; 500-600# 135; 600700# 120; 700-800# 105-110.

SLAUGHTER CATTLE HAGERSTOWN, MD SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: Breakers, 78-84.50, hi dress 86; Boners 76-82; very hi dress 96-104; Lean 71-77; thin & light 70 down.

Slaughter Bulls: YG No 1

1200-1900# 103-112; very hi dress 1754# 123; YG No. 2 2040# 97.50.

Fed Steers: Dairy X Ch. 1375-1700# 105-110.50.

Fed Heifers: Ch. Hols.

1416# 101.50; M&L Springers 975-1250; 1 1425; Jersey 950; Fresh Hfrs M 1200-1350; Short Bred Hfrs S&M 650920; L open Hfrs 900-1125; M 600-900; S 275-950.

Calves: Hols. Bull Ret. to Farm No. 1 85-110# 180-202; 112-125# 160-185; No 2 80110# 140-180; No 3 80-110# 100-135; Hols. Hfrs Jersey X 76# 170-200; Beef X bulls 90110# 115-150; Beef X Hfrs 80# 115.

Butcher Hogs: 1-3 210280# 73-75.50; 290-325# 71.50-73.75; few 375# 66-67; Sows 1 566# 58.50; 325-350# 58-68; Boars 382# 39.

Feeder Steers: M&L frames 300-500# 160-170; 500-675# 130-157; 700-950# 102-125; Hfrs. M&L 200-235# 125-167; 475-575# 122-140; Bulls 225-400# 137-172; 500650# 125-135.

Goats: Nannies 115-135; Thin 60-75; Sel 2 30-60# 5085.

Lambs: Hi. Ch. 114# 177; 76# 165.

Pigs & Shoats: 40-50# 4849; 55-70# 60-69; 120-185# 66-76; 190-210# 73-75; Stock Boars 230-290# 59-65.

SILER CITY, NC SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: Slaughter Cows: Breaker 70-80% lean 1415-1790# 85.50-93; 1435-1670# hi dress 94-99; Boner 80-85 % lean 855-890# 83-86; 925-1210# 80-89.50; 1005-1360# hi dress 91-99; 915-1360# lo dress 71-79; Lean 85-90% lean 610-750# lo dress 53-65; 825-1180# lo dress 59-69.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1510-2115# 100-110; 17701880# hi dress 110.50-118.

Cows/Calf Pairs: 1. M 1- 2 975# middle age cows w/80# calves 925/pr.

Baby Calves, per head: Holsteins 65-120.

MT. AIRY SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: Breaker 70-80% Lean 985-1380# 83.50-87.50; 1415-1750# 81.50-89.50; Boner 80-85% lean 630-895# 80-90; 9101375# 79-89; 945-1360# hi dress 90-93; 910-1230# lo dress 75-77; lean 85-90% lean 750-750# 75-76; 8051125# lo dress 52-74; Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1025-1370# 95-106.50; 16102065# 95-103.50; 16001675# lo dress 92.; Cows/Calf Pairs: S 1 & 2 775# middle aged cows with 275# calves 720/pair; M1-2 930-1040# middle aged cows with 130-325# calves 9201025/pair; L 1-2 1160-1315# middle aged cows with 110170# calves 1200-1275/pair; Baby Hols. Calves 70-85; SW VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 305

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7886; 1200-1600# 76.50-88.50; HY 1200-1600# 90-96.50; Boner 80-85% lean 8001200# 73-84.50; 1200-2000# 77-88; HY 1200-2000# 80-93; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 43-79; 850-1200# 40-78.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 102-112; 15002500# 101-112; HY 10001500# 106.50-109; 15002500# 106.50-110.50.

Cows Ret. to Farm: L 1, 510 yrs. old 980-1055# 540900/hd; M&L 1, 2 yrs. old 935# 1175/hd; L 1, 3yrs old 1105# 1375/hd; calves at side M&L 1 5 yrs old w/125 # calf 900# 1100/pr; L 1, 5-10 yrs old w/100-200# calves 8801300# 960-1440/pr; M&L 1, 4 yrs old w/250# calf 1200# 1700/ir; L 1, 2 yrs old w/100# calf 850# 1125/pr.

Holstein Bulls: 70-100# 60-125/head; 100-130# 90.

Barrows & Gilts: US 1-3 190-210# 49; 210-230# 5666; 230-250; 250-270# 51; 270-300# 59.50.

N VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 311.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7292; 1200-1600# 78-88.50; HY 1200-1600# 86.25-97.50; Boner 80-85% lean 8001200# 75-89.50; 1200-2000# 74-90; HY 1200-2000# 85-98; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 68-78; 850-1200# 50-83.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 96-113.50; 15002500# 94.50-110.50.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 27.

M&L 1, few 2, 4-9 yrs. old, bred 2-8 mos. 835-1515# 960-1300/hd.

Cows w/Calves at Side: 2.

M&L 1, 3-4 yrs. old w/120135# calves 1015-1294# 1275-1425/pr.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 109.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 40215/hd; 100-130# 105-189.

BLACKSTONE, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 44.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7078; 1200-1600# 73-82; Breaker HY1200-1600# 83-90; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 76-78; 1200-2000# 73-79.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 80-87; 15002500# 88.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 70 Slaughter Cows: Steers Ch 2-3 1100-1300# 105116.25; 1300-1500# 110.25118.25; Hfrs Ch 2-3 10001200# 113.75-116; 12001400# 114.50-117.

FRONT ROYAL, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 41.

Slaughter Steers: Ch 2-3 1100-1300# 100; 13001500# 110-120; 1500-1850# 114.25-118.25.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-3 1000-1200# 91-122.25, mostly 100-122.25; 1200-1400# 113.50-120.50; 1400-1600#

90-119.75, mostly 101119.75; Sel 2-3 1200-1400# 96.

HOLLINS, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 34.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 8083; 1200-1600# 84-88; HY 1200-1600# 94-97; Boner 8085% lean 800-1200# 78-79; 1200-2000# 81-83.50; HY 1200-2000# 87.50; Lean 8590% lean 750-850# 6374.50; 850-1200# 71-79.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 102.50; 15002500# 102.50; HY 15002500# 105.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 5. L 1, 5 yrs old 1020-1125# 8751000/hd; M&L 1 5 yrs. old 1220# 1125/hd.

Cows w/Calves at Side: 1.

M&L 1, 5 yrs. old w/150# calf 11500# 1225/pr.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 7.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 50-80/hd; 100-130# 150.

LYNCHBURG, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 242 Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7487; 1200-1600# 74-90; HY 1200-1600# 91-104.50; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 7184; 1200-2000# 72-85; HY 1200-2000# 86-89; Lean 8590% lean 750-850# 56-63; 850-1200# 66-69.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 94-101.50; 15002500# 103-108; HY 10001500# 102-107.50; 15002500# 109-112.

MARSHALL, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 1200-1600# 8285; Boner 80-85% lean 8001200# 75-84; 1200-2000# 82.50-85.50; Boner HY 12002000# 84-90.25; Lean 8590% lean 850-1200# 59.5068.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 90-50-104.75; Calves Ret. to Farm: 70100# 70-112.50/head; 100130# 75-110; ROCKINGHAM, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 98.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% Lean 1200-1600# 8284, Hi Yield 1200-1600# 88.50-89; Boner 80-85% Lean 1200-2000# 77-88, Hi Yield 1200-2000# 93; Lean 85-90% Lean 850-1200# 73-80.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1500-2500# 102.50-110.50.

Calves Ret. to farm: Hols.

Bulls 70-100# 40-215; 100130# 189.

STAUNTON, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 61.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7286; 1200-1600# 78-88; HY 1200-1600# 91-94; Boner 8085% lean 800-1200# 81-89; 1200-2000# 82-90; HY 12002000# 91-98; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 68-78; 850-

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Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 175-195; 300-400# 150-161; 400-500# 144-155; 500-600# 135-144; 700-800# 129; 800-900# 120; M&L 2 200-300# 155; 300-400# 123130; 400-500# 136-140; 500600# 134.50-140; 600-700# 129-138; 700-800# 122-129.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200300# 176-200; 300-400# 173183; 400-500# 159-170; 500600# 133-144; 600-700# 130; 700-800# 122-128; M&L 2 300-400# 162-165; 400-500# 150-157; 500-600# 128-138; 600-700# 118-125.

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1200# 72-83.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 99-113.50; 15002500# 100-107.25.

TRI-STATE, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 131.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7886; 1200-1600# 81-88.50; HY 1200-1600# 90.50-93.50; Boner 80-85% lean 8001200# 76-84.50; 1200-2000# 80-88; HY 1200-2000# 8993; Lean 85-90% Lean 750850# 54-62; 850-1200# 65.50-72.5.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 102-112; 15002500# 104.50-112.

WINCHESTER, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 81.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 8187.50; 1200-1600# 84-88.50; Boner 80-85% lean 8001200# 77-86.50; 1200-2000# 82-86.50; HY 1200-2000# 89; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 60-69; 850-1200# 65-76.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 88.50-101.50; 1500-2500# 92-103.75; HY 1000-1500# 104.50-109.75; 1500-2500# 105-114.50.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 29.

M&L 1, few 2, 3-10 yrs old, bred 1-8 mos. 780-1375# 700-1335/hd.

Cows w/Calves at Side: 10. M&L 1-2, 3-8 yrs. old w/120-275# calves 9501290# 950-1525/pr.

WYTHE CO SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 135.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7980.50; 1200-1600# 76.5088.50;Hi Yield 1200-1600# 90-96.50; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 73-79; 12002000# 77-80; HY 1200-2000# 84; Lean 85-90% lean 750850# 43-65;850-1200# 4078.50 Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 102-105; 15002500# 101-107; HY 10001500# 109; 1500-2500# 110.50.

Cows Ret, to Farm: L 1 510 yrs. old 980-1055# 540900/hd; L 1 5yrs. old w/125# calf 900# 1100/pr; L 1 5-10 yrs. old w/125# calves 8801300# 960-1440/pr; Hols. Bull 70-100# 125/hd.

HOG REPORT HAGERSTOWN, MD PIGS Pigs & Shoats (/hd): 35.

50-60# 55-68; 60-70# 65-72; 1 lot 74# at 75; few 96# at 92; (/#) 100-160# 94-101; 180190# 89-91.

Butcher Hogs: 1-3 240300# 62-64.25; No. 2-3 215290# 58-61; 300-330# 61.5063; few 200-210# 67-68.25.

Sows: 350-550# 53-56.

Boars: 600#at 24.25.

NC SOWS: 300-399# 39.10-51; 400-449# 39.10-52;

450-499# Prices not reported due to confidentiality; 500549# 42-58.34; 550# & up Prices not reported due to confidentiality.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA HOGS: No report.

HOLLINS, VA HOGS: No report.

MARSHALL, VA HOGS: Barrows & Gilts: US 1-3 270-300# 65-66.

N VA HOGS: Barrows & Gilts: US 1-3 270-300# 69.

115-200; Sel 2 20-40# 40-50; Does Nannies Sel 1 100-140# 105-153; sel 2 100-140# 7595; FREDERICKSBURG, VA SHEEP: no report FREDERICKSBURG, VA GOATS: No report.

HOLLINS, VA SHEEP/GOATS: 22.

Feeder Lambs: Wooled M&L 1-2 40-60# 168; 60-90# 169; Wooled S&M 1-2 90110# 105.

Slaughter Rams/Ewes: Ewes Ch 2-4 70.

MARSHALL, VA SHEEP: No report.

ROCKINGHAM, VA HOGS: No report.

S VA HOGS: 2.

Barrows & Gilts: US 1-3 190-210# 56; 210-230# 50.

STAUNTON, VA HOGS: No report.

WINCHESTER, VA HOGS: No report.

WYTHE CO, VA HOGS: Barrows & Gilts: US 1-3 190-210# 56; 210-230# 50.

MARSHALL, VA GOATS: Slaughter Does: Sel. No. 1-2 100-150# 320/hd.

ROCKINGHAM, VA GOATS: ROCKINGHAM, VA SHEEP: 120 Slaughter Lambs: Spring, Wooled Ch & Pr 80-110# 115131; Spring, Wooled Gd & Ch 1-3 30-60# 129-135; 60-90# 121-136.

Slaughter Rams/Ewes: Ewes Ch 2-4 41-46.50; Gd 24 41; Util 1-3 55.

LAMB & GOAT MARKET N VA SHEEP: 97.

Slaughter Lambs: Spring, Wooled, Ch & Pr 60-80# 130141; 80-110# 130-141; 110125# 130-140; Spring, Wooled Gd & Ch 1-3 30-60# 120-140; 60-90# 137-138.

Slaughter Rams/Ewes: Ch 2-4 57; Gd 2-4 92.

Slaughter Rams: all grades 90.

S VA SHEEP: 11.

Feeder Lambs: Wooled, M&L 1-2 40-60# 168; 60-90# 169; Wooled, S&M 1-2 90110# 105.

Slaughter Ewes: Ch 2-4 70 HAGERSTOWN, MD LAMBS: Gd Ch 90-120# 167-170; 40-85# 175-185; Sheep Ewes 120-170# 72-80; 200# 62-70.

HAGERSTOWN, MD GOATS: No report.

N VA GOATS: 73 Kids: Sel 1-2 20-40# 145180; 40-60# 170-185; 60-80# 180-202.50; Sel 3 20-40# 127.50; 40-60# 125; 60-80# 162.50.

Bucks: Sel 1-2 70-110# 187.50; 100-150# 117.50; 150-250# 97.50-112.50.

Does: Sel 1-2 70-100# 115-122.50; 100-150# 80320.

MT. AIRY SHEEP: Slaughter Lambs: Gd 60100# 62.50 Ch & Pr 60-100# 65-90.

MT. AIRY GOATS: Slaughter and Replacement Classes: Kids: Sel 1 40-60# 95-122.50, 60-80#

SHENANDOAH SHEEP: Slaughter Lambs: Spring, Wooled Ch & Pr 60-80# 141; 80-110# 136-141; 110-125# 137.

Slaughter Lambs: Spring, Wooled Gd & Ch 1-3 30-60# 120-140; 60-90# 137-138.

Slaughter Rams/Ewes: Ewes Ch 2-4 57; Gd. 2-4, 92.

SILER CITY, NC GOATS: 119.

Slaughter and Replacement Classes: Kids: Sel 1 under 20# 35-45; 20-40# 5060; 40-60# 65-72.50; 60-80# 85-90; Sel 2 20-40# 40-47.50.

Yearlings: Sel 1 60-80# 95-110; 80-100# 120-200.

Does/Nannies: Sel 1 5070# 100; 70-100# 110122.50; 100-140# 175.

Wethers: Sel 1 100-150# 110-177.50.

Bucks/Billies: Sel 1 100150# 142.50-170; 150-250# 192.50-220.

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: 50.

Slaughter Lambs: Spring, Wooled Ch & Pr 60-80# 160176; 80-110# 140-160; 110125# 160; Spring, Wooled Gd & Ch 1-3 30-60# 184; 60-90# 175; Spring, Wooled Gd & Ch 1-3 30-60# 128-142; 60-90# 162-175.

Slaughter Rams/Ewes: 24. Gd 2-4 78-99; Util 1-3 94109.

Slaughter Rams: all grades 81-87.

WINCHESTER, VA GOATS: 53.

Kids: Sel 1-2 20-40# 130; 40-60# 150-175; 60-80# 123170; Sel 3 40-60# 100-116; 60-80# 100.

Bucks: Sel 1-2 70-110# 124.

Does: Sel 1-2 70-100# 125; 100-150# 80-101.

WYTHE CO SHEEP: No report.

WYTHE CO GOATS: No report.

CASH GRAIN MARKET NC GRAIN US 2 Yellow Corn was 2-3¢ lower. Prices were 5.80-6.55, mostly 5.80-6.10 at the feed mills and 5.59-6.29, mostly 6.25 at the elevators. US 1 Yellow Soybeans were 9-13¢ lower. Prices were 14.13 at the processors, 14.03 at the feed mills and 13.43-13.78, mostly 13.78 at the elevators.

US 2 Soft Red Winter Wheat was 3¢ lower. Prices were 5.60-6.19, mostly 6.14 at the elevators.

Soybean Meal (f.o.b.) at the processing plants was 444.90/ton for 48% protein.

Feed Mills: Bladenboro 6.11, -----, ----; Candor 6.63, ----, 5.88; Cofield 6.18, -----, ---; Laurinburg 6.11, -----, ----; Monroe 6.38, -----, ----; Nashville 6.43, -----, ----; Roaring River 6.43, -----, ----; Rose Hill 6.11, -----, ----; Selma ----, -----, 5.88; Statesville 6.18, ----, 6.47; Warsaw 6.11, -----, ---; Pantego #2 5.87, -----, 5.37.

Elevators: Cleveland ----, ----, ----; Belhaven ----, -----, ---; Chadbourn ----, -----, ----; Clement ----, -----, ----; Creswell 5.59, 13.53, 6.03; Elizabeth City 5.90, 13.78, 6.14; Greenville ----, -----, ----; Lumberton ----, -----, ----; Monroe ----, 13.77, 6.11; Norwood 6.25, 13.43, 5.60; Pantego ---, -----, ----; Register ----, -----, 6.14; Warsaw #2 6.29, -----, 6.19.

Soybean Processors: Fayetteville, 14.13; Raleigh, 14.13.

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

No report POULTRY REPORT NC BROILERS & FRYERS The market is steady & the live supply is adequate to meet the moderate demand.

Average weights are mostly heavy.

NC EGGS: The market is steady on all sizes. Supplies are moderate. Retail demand is good. Weighted average prices for small lot sales of grade A eggs delivered to nearby retail outlets: XL 120.79, L 116.14, M 84.86 & S 78.

NY EGGS Prices are steady on all sizes. Supplies range light to heavy on L&M, light on XL. The New York shell egg inventory is 1% less than a week ago. Retail demand is light to moderate. Distribu-tive demand is moderate to good.

Market activity is slow to mostly moderate. Prices to retailers, sales to volume buyers, USDA Grade A & Grade A white eggs in ctns, delivered to store door, cents per dz. XL 105-109, L 103-107, M 77-81.

FARMERS MARKET NC STATE FARMERS MARKET Beans, Green (25# bx) 30; Beets (25# bg) 12.95; Greens (bu ctn) Collards 9, Turnips 11.55-12, Spinach (25# bx) 18; Peas, Crowder (bu bg) 1220, Crowder (bu shelled) 24; Peas, Garden (25# bx) 20; Sweet Potatoes (40# bx) 1420.05; Squash, Yellow Crookneck (1/2 bu) 15; Tomatoes, Greenhouse (25# bx) 25.

Wholesale Dealer Price: Apples (traypack ctn 100 count) WA Red Delicious 32.9534.55, WA Golden Delicious 33-34.50, Granny Smith WA 34-36.50, Gala WA 32-36, WA Fuji 34.50-38, WA Pink Lady 38-41.50; Asparagus (11# ctn) 32.95-34.35; Bananas (40# ctn) 21-23; Beans, Round Green (1-1/9 bu ctn) 22.15-24, Pole (1-1/9 bu) 2527; Beets (25# sack) 15.7521.15; Blueberries (flat 12 1pt cups) 24-34; Broccoli (ctn 14s) 19.15-20; Cabbage (50# ctn) 12.15-12.95; Cantaloupe (case 12 count) 22.15-32.15; Carrots (50# sack) 19.6521.45; Cauli-flower (ctn 12s) 19.05-23.45; Cherries (16# bx) 48; Celery (ctn 30s) 29.50-35.65; Cilantro (ctn 30s) 17.95-18.65; Citrus: Orang-es CA (4/5 bu ctn) 26.15-30.65, FL (4/5 bu ctn) 21-22; Pink Grapefruit CA (4/5 bu ctn) 28.65-33.15; Tangelos FL (80 count bx) 25-26.95; Lemons (40# ctn) 34-44.35; Limes (40# ctn) 22-27; Oranges CA Navel (4/5 bu ctn) 31.45-33.95, FL Navel (64 count) 23.55-26.15, Tangerines (120 count) 24; Corn, Yellow & White (ctn 4 ?-5 dz) 1521.45; Cran-berries (24 12-oz pkg) 24.50; Cucumbers, Long Green (40# ctn) 23-25, Pickles (ctn 40#) 26-30; Eggplant (25# ctn) 20-24; Grapes, Red Seedless (18# ctn) 33-36, White Seedless 31-52, Black Seedless 28, Red Globe 28; Grapefruit (40# ctn) 28.65; Greens, Collard (bu ctn/loose 24s) 10, Kale (ctn/bunched 24s) 11.55-14.15; Turnips,

topped 11.85-14.65; Honeydews (ctn 5s) 29; Kiwi (ctn 117s) 12.75; Lettuce, Iceberg, wrapped (ctn 24s) 26.5030.45, Greenleaf (ctn 24s) 24.50-25, Romaine (ctn 24s) 24.50-26; Nect-arines, Yellow/White Flesh (1/2 bu ctn) 24; Onions, Yellow (50# sack) Jumbo 16.45-20, White (25# sack) 18-19, Red (25# sack) 15-22.50, Green (ctn 24s) 14.35-19.65; Sweet Onions (40# ctn) 24-25.75; Peach-es, Yellow/White Flesh (1/2 bu ctn) 20; Peanuts, Green (35# bg) 53-69; Pears, Bartlett (16# ctn) 34; Peppers, Bell Type Green (1-1/9 bu ctn) 22.9525, Red (11# ctn) 32, Yellow (11# ctn) 32; Potatoes, Red Size A (50# ctn) 15-17.95, Red Size B 25-28, White size A 18-26.15; Russet ID 21.8523.85; Radishes (30 6-oz film bgs) 12.95-15; Plums, Red (28# ctn) 27; Squash, Yellow Crookneck (3/4 bu ctn) 1518.45, Zucchini (1/2 bu ctn) 14-16; Strawberries CA (flat 8 1-qt conts) 20-26.45, NC (flat 8 1-qt conts) 17.95-20; Sweet Potatoes, Orange (40# ctn) 16-21.45, White (40# ctn) 2020.75; Tomatoes, vine ripened XL (25# ctn) 18.55-20, Cherry (flat 12 1-pt conts) 18.5522.95, Roma (25# ctn) 16-19, Grape (flat 12 1-pt conts) 1921; Turnips, topped (25# film bg) 11.55-17.15; Watermelon (bin) 175-200.

WESTERN NC FARMERS’ MARKET Apples (traypack ctn) Red Delicious 30-31.50, Golden Delicious 30-31.50, Granny Smith 30-34.50; Bananas (40# bx) 19.50-20; Beans (bu) Halfrunners 32-38, Snaps 18.50-24; Broccoli (ctn) 1518.75; Cabbage (50# ctn/crate) 12-14; Cantaloupes (ctn 9-12 count) 18.75-20; Cauliflower (ctn) 18-20; Citrus: Lemons (ctns 95 count) 31.50, (165 count) 32.50-34; Corn (crate) Bi-Color & White 14-15; Cucumbers (1-1/9 bu) Long Green 15.75-22, Picklers (1-1/9 bu crate) 27.50-30; Grapes (18# ctn) Red & White Seedless 35-49; Lettuce (ctn) Iceburg 21-22.75, Green Leaf 16-18.75, Romaine 18-21; Okra (1/2 bu) 24-26; Onions (50# bg) Yellow Jumbo 1616.50, Vidalia 23-26, (25# bg) 15-16; Peaches (1/2 bu basket) Clingstone 14-16; Bell Pepper (1-1/9 bu ctn) L & XL 16-19.50; Potatoes, Irish (50# bg) White 15-26, Red 16-24, Russet 18-20; Squash (3/4 bu) #1 Yellow Crookneck 1618, (1/2 bu) Zucchini #1 1214; Straw-berries (4 qt cont) NC & SC 11-13; (8-1# conts) CA 21.50; Sweet Potatoes (40# bx) Red or Orange #2 12-15; Tomatoes, vine ripe (25# bx) XL & Larger 15-18, Green 17.50; Turnips (25# sack) 15; Watermelons (ea) 5.50-8, (bin 35/45 count) Seeded 160, Seedless 200.

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