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Starting the conversation ~ Page 4 Columnist Lee Mielke

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Virginia Angus Breeders Show pulls Angus enthusiasts together ~ Page 2 “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” ~ Isaiah 26:3

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Virginia Angus Breeders Show pulls Angus enthusiasts together

by Jennifer Showalter HARRISONBURG, VA — The 51st Annual Virginia Angus Breeders Show recently drew 42 open and junior exhibitors from around the state to the Rockingham County Fairgrounds for a fun filled weekend of competitions and fellowship. The quality of cattle coupled with the talent of the exhibitors made for a great few days.

Junior Show Before getting into the evaluation of the cattle, the junior exhibitors had the

The David Reed Memorial Overall Supreme Showman honor went to Mackenza Muncy.

Myron Kennedy of Brookville, MD then had the pleasure of sorting through the 61 head of junior exhibits.

Morgan Alexander of Berryville, VA exhibited the grand champion steer, while Mark Alexander also of Berryville, VA stood next in line with the reserve champion steer.

Sarah Harris of Buchanan, VA exhibited the grand champion bred and owned cow/calf pair.

Chris Wojciechowski, of Middlebrook, VA, exhibits the grand champion bull during the open show at the 51st Annual Virginia Angus Breeders Show. CCW Prince Charming i324 is a March 2012 son of B C Lookout 7024.

Photos by Will Mayfield, courtesy of American Angus Association

The heat is on! This group of exhibitors pays close attention as the judge evaluates their cattle at the 51st Annual Virginia Junior and Open Angus Breeders Show.

Photo by Susan Epperly opportunity to participate in the appropriate showmanship class depending on their age. Will Fiske took top honors in the senior class, while Mackenza Muncy of Staunton, VA placed first in the intermediate class. The junior class was topped by Caleb Boden. Drue Clary won the novice class, while Ruthie Alexander took first place in the pee wee class. At the completion of all the division classes, the winners came back in to compete for the overall supreme showman.

The grand champion owned cow/calf pair was exhibited by Hunter Wimmer of Moneta, VA. James Outland of Midland, VA stood closely behind with the reserve champion owned cow/calf pair.

Dale Eastin of Gretna, VA exhibited the grand champion bred and owned bull, while Chris Johnson of Covington, VA was close on his heels with the reserve grand champion bred and owned bull.

Whitestone Georgina A034 won supreme champion and grand champion female at the 2012 Virginia Angus Breeders’ Show. Mackenza Muncy, Staunton, VA, owns the January 2011 daughter of B C Lookout 7024. She first won junior champion.

The grand champion bred and owned heifer was shown by Zach McCall of Greenville, VA. Mark Alexander was next in line with the reserve grand champion bred and owned heifer.

Mackenza Muncy cleaned up the owned heifer show with the grand champion. Zach McCall was the next to be pulled in with the reserve grand champion owned heifer.

Following the show, the exhibitors along with other cattlemen and guests gathered for a BBQ brisket and chicken meal sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health. Will Fiske, a summer intern with Pfizer Animal Health, took the opportunity to talk a little about the Pfizer’s HD 50K Test. The crowd then interacted in a live auction of a variety of items. The $4,500 raised from the live auction coupled with the $407 generated in a silent auction is intended to help with show expenses.

While everyone was gathered, Chris Wojciechowski, the chairman of this year’s breeder show, took the opportunity to dedicate the 51st Annual Virginia Junior and Open Angus Breeders Show to George Lemm of Whitestone Farm in Aldie, VA. Mr. Lemm has been a long standing member and supporter of the Virginia Angus Association.

To end the evening, the group kicked back and had some fun playing cornhole and socializing with each other.

Open Show Jeremy McDonald of Middletown, VA spent the following day evaluating the 58 entries in the open show. The grand champion cow/calf pair was shown by Chris Wojciechowski of Middlebrook, VA. Hunter Wimmer followed closely See Angus 3

CCW Miss Pride 6275, owned by Chris Wojciechowski of Middlebrook, VA and Trevor Whiteside, Queenstown, MD, won grand champion cow-calf pair. Miss Pride is the June 2002 daughter of Rito 9FB3 of 5H11 Fullback. A March 2012 bull calf sired by B C Lookout 7024 is at side.

Catie Hope of Berryville, VA received behind with the reserve grand champiboth the 2012 Premier Exhibitor and on cow/calf pair.

Wojciecowski came back in to win the Premier Breeder Awards.

“This year’s show was great. We were John Pyne Memorial Award for exhibiting the grand champion bull. Dale up this year six entries over our show in Eastin stood next in line with the 2011 and had more exhibitors.

Participation in VAA (Virginia Angus reserve champion bull.

Mackenza Muncy earned the Guenter Association) is always excellent. This Buse Memorial Award with her grand was just a time to showcase our juniors champion female, while Chris Johnson and adult members, their cattle, and followed with his reserve grand champi- enjoy each others’ company. This year we had several new exhibitors, some on female.

Wojciechowski wrapped up a great who were showing for the first time. I day when he received the Katheryn M. think the show was a great learning experience for them, to learn from some Robertson Challenge Memorial Award. of Virginia’s pros. I Elizabeth Cole of also think the show Stuart, VA received the Junior Golden “The show was about was about fair competition, learning show Pitchfork Award, and fair competition, cattle, and making Rebecca Chittum, of learning show cattle, lifelong friendships,” ERK Farm in Mt. Felicia Roberts, Crawford, VA, received and making lifelong said with the Virginia the Open Golden friendships.”

Angus Association.

Pitchfork Award.

The Ellen F. Ruddock ~Felicia Roberts For more information on the show, visit Memorial Award was the Virginia Angus presented to Mackenza Muncy for exhibiting the 2012 Virginia Association at www.vaangus.org.

Angus Breeders Show Supreme Champion.

Turning Pt Black Coffee 1617 won grand champion steer. The April 2011 son of Brookmeade Emblazon 904 is owned by Morgan Alexander, Berryville, VA.

Photos from Virginia Angus Breeders Show, junior division

M C Foxy 1044 won grand champion bred-and-owned female. Zachary McCall, Greenville, VA, owns the September 2011 daughter of GDAR Game Day 449. M C Foxy 1044 first claimed senior calf champion.

Photos by Will Mayfield, courtesy of American Angus Association

Dales Soldier 1368 won grand champion bull after first winning Junior Champion. The Feb. 2011 son of Duff Encore 702 is owned by Dale Eastin, Gretna, VA.

Right: Champion Hill Lady 7335 won grand champion cow-calf pair at the July 2012 Virginia Junior Angus Breeders’ Show. The Sept. 2009 daughter of S A V Pioneer 7301 is owned by Hunter Wimmer, Moneta, VA and is pictured here with June 2012 bull calf sired by K C F Bennette Upward X210.

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Starting the conversation

by Stephen Wagner An enormous red and white striped tent had been erected to create an instant auditorium, and a youngish Wyatt Yeakle sat in a folding chair to put on blue plastic boots, nearly as big as he was, to tour the new barn. The tour was part of an open house at Brook-Corner Holsteins on Mount Wilson Road in Lebanon PA, a farm owned by Reid and Diane Hoover. The Hoovers had recently expanded their dairy operation to between 270 and 280 milking cows to make room for the next generation. The new facility, completed in January of this year, features a double-12 Surge Westfalia parallel parlor with a vertical lift and a 260stall free-stall facility with a 25-cow special needs bedded pack. Fans, sprinklers and curtains in the barn are monitored by a vent genie automatic system. Keystone Alley scrapers, with a gravity flow system, handle the manure via a manure separator. “Reid and Diane have served as a model for business transformation in the dairy industry,” said John Frey, executive director of the Center for Dairy Excellence. “They have taken the necessary steps to prepare for their future

Attendees tour the new barn at Brook-Corner Holsteins.

Photos by Stephen Wagner

success and are working to achieve both their business and their family goals.”

Cover photo by Susan Epperly L-R: Mark Alexander and Chris Johnson exhibit at the 51st Annual Junior and Open Angus Breeders Show.

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Brook-Corner Holsteins is one of 10 farms involved in the Center for Dairy Excellence Transformation Team Program. As part of the program, the Hoovers agreed to document the process of transforming their operation from a 100-cow tie-stall facility to a 270-cow freestall facility. When a farm is looking to upgrade and sometimes doesn’t know where to begin, CDE can often step in. “The two places we always start is, first, we ask questions about what it is they want to do,” Frey explains. “And then we do one of two things. We either put a team of people around them, largely the people they would like but we also have other resource people we put around them; then we give them a small grant to help offset the costs of getting the conversation started. If they are not interested in a team, then they can look at our website. We have 12 or 15 very recognizable names we have retained as contract consultants who are sometimes employed by veterinary clinics or perhaps banks. So we give them a mini-grant to have that individual come in. This is part of a fairly straightforward process where they come to the farm and do a financial and operational walk-through.

Then they come back a week or two later and say ‘based on what you told me and based on what I saw, Here is Plan A and Plan B.’ We try to put resources on the farm, give a little bit of money to offset those costs of those early conversations.

“A couple of years ago, we actually had a chance to pursue a grant that gave families more than a little bit of money,” Frey continued. “We called that the Dairy Transformation Team Program. This farm was one of the 10 that was awarded a little bit larger grant to ‘get the conversation started.’

We’re here today showcasing the family. They talked a little bit about the conversations they had around the table through the team process. Most important, though, people are seeing the results, and that is a facility that

is right for the next generation.”

“My parents sort of gave me my start when they bought this farm in the early 1960s,” farm owner Reid Hoover said. “We started out with chickens, hogs and steers. Anything but dairy was not a pleasurable job for me. As time wore on, we tilted more to the dairy end of things. It’s been 40 years since I didn’t milk cows or we didn’t switch cows. One thing we’ve depended on a lot is our consultants, whether it was our feed consultant or crops…it seems there are so many things out there that we don’t fully understand and that we need help with. A lot of good people have helped us along the way. Probably most important is the fact that we were brought up to be good stewards of our soil, our crops; we like to take good care of our cows.

We were raised that way and we will continue to do things that way and that is very important to us.”

Among those consultants was Jim Tomanelli of Fulton Bank. “I was a part of this transformation team although I came in a little bit late,” he told the assembled. “I was happy to work with the Hoovers. I think with this particular project just the planning that went through this whole process was a very smooth transition. These guys worked their tails off building dairy numbers.

They actually got into this building with just about a full herd to capacity right away. It was the planning process that really made that occur. I was happy to be a part of it structuring the loans accordingly so that we didn’t have any issues.”

“We were engineers for the project,” said Randy Hoover of Team Ag. “Reid called me to do a survey in the fall of 2009. Here we are 2 1/2 years later and I think I counted about nine different plans or permits that had to be worked through, and at least six different review agencies just to get to this point. Congratulations on weathering the storm.”

Alan Zepp, CDE Risk Management Coordinator added that “Producers are going to have to learn to manage creating their own safety net with the tools that are available. Thirty years ago with an expansion like this you could guarantee what the milk price was going to be. You could project the milk price pretty easily five years ahead. It’s a little more difficult today.”

How is it today? John Frey spells it out. “Milk is a commodity, whether we like that or not. We’ve enjoyed two strong years after a relatively difficult 2009 and, not unexpectedly, supply has caught up with demand. When it catches up with demand, prices soften and that’s where we are in terms of prices. However, outlook forecasts toward the end of this year look much better, and frankly prices have not fallen to where they did in ‘09 and so we are thankful for that. Input costs remain high. Corn, soybeans, and other inputs - the price of fuel, insurances, and other things like that remain very high. Margins continue to be strained on dairy farms, particularly right now.”

41,000 more than a year ago. Output per cow averaged 1,826 pounds, up 6 pounds from a year ago.

California production was down 1percent despite a 13,000 cow increase but output per cow was down 35 pounds. Wisconsin was up 4.4 percent on a surprising 65 pound gain per cow and 7,000 more cows. Idaho saw a half percent increase on a 20 pound gain per cow while cow numbers were off 3,000.

New York was up 1.9 percent, thanks to a 35 pound gain per cow. Cow numbers were unchanged. Pennsylvania

mated 239,000 culled dairy cows were slaughtered under federal inspection in July, up 9,800 from June and 31,900 more than July 2011. Through the first seven months of 2012, cull cow slaughter totaled 1.762 million, up 97,600 from the same period in 2011.

Daily Dairy Report (DDR) analyst Mary Ledman reported in her website’s Daily Dairy Discussion that many analysts expected July output would show a decline. Year to date, the 50 state output is up 2.7 percent, according to Ledman, however she pointed out that cow numbers continue to decline and while the June count was lowered, July numbers were not as low as some expected.

Ledman blamed the contraction on margins and lack of profitability rather than draught and heat impacting cows, citing Wisconsin as an example. A year ago Wisconsin had a lot of heat and humidity but this year there was more heat

than humidity, she said, but “dairy producers have done a good job in mitigating the heat conditions.” She also pointed to the increases in Michigan and Minnesota.

Turning to the West, she pointed to declines in California, New Mexico, and Texas and said producers who are buying feed are really struggling plus milk prices in those regions and states tend to be less than those east of the Rockies.

The Alliance of Western Milk Producer’s Bill VanDam wrote in his August 17 newsletter that “The pattern the last 4 months is remarkable as the state moved from near record gains to a negative 1 percent in July.” He said “The lack of plant capacity in the state which triggered production controls by the cooperatives and others is one part. The drought caused prospect of higher feed prices is a second factor.

Low prices are gradually being replaced by better prices which should encourage producers to re-

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He adds that MILC payments add as much as $1.74 per cwt to prices paid to Minnesota and Wisconsin producers on all their milk. By now California producers are getting nothing because they have used up the annual 2.985 million pound limit several months ago.

And, while we’re in California, you’ll recall last week I mentioned the California Dairy Campaign has floated the idea of joining the Federal Milk Market order. Western United Dairymen (WUD) has scheduled a September 20 program to discuss it at the Tulare Ag Center.

We’ll keep you posted.

The cash market apparently didn’t like what it saw in the Milk Production report. Block cheese reversed three weeks of gain closing Friday at $1.8525 per pound, down 1 3/4cents on the week but 6 1/4-cents above a year

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It’s Still Above a Year Ago? Issued Aug 24, 2012 July milk production was not down as much as expected. The Agriculture Department’s preliminary estimate is 15.52 billion pounds in the top 23 states, virtually unchanged from June but up 0.8 percent from July 2011. The 50-state total, at 16.6 billion, was up 0.7 percent. Revisions added 2 million pounds to the June 23-state estimate, now put at 15.5 billion, 1.1 percent above a year ago.

July cow numbers, at 8.5 million head, were down 7,000 from May but

was down 1.5 percent due to a 10 pound loss per cow and 5,000 fewer cows. Minnesota was up 1.1 percent on a 25 pound gain per cow but cow numbers were down 2,000 head.

Other states of interest included Michigan, up 4.1 percent on 10,000 more cows and a 25 pound gain per cow. Missouri was up 4.7 percent on an 85 pound gain per cow, though cow numbers were off 2,000 head.

New Mexico was down 2.7 percent due to a loss of 45 pounds per cow and 2,000 fewer cows.

Texas output took a 2.4 percent decline on a 65 pound loss per cow but cow numbers were up 5,000 head. Washington State saw a 4.4 percent decline on a 35 pound drop per cow and 4,000 fewer cows.

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In 2001, the Millennial generation (born 1982-2001) surpassed Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964) as a percentage of the U.S. population. By 2020, Baby Boomers will fall to less than 20 percent of the U.S. population, while Millennials over 25 will reach 19 percent. Twenty-five years old is an important milestone; it’s when income and household formation accelerate and form the catalyst for increased consumption. Their influence

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They use them to check prices, get coupons, order ahead to save time and to gather product information.

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WANTED: English Springer pup or older, reasonable price, good farm home. 6-Lug rims for 01 Chevy Silverado. 518-491-4223 Cell 518-797-5161(NY)

ROCK PICKER Haines, clam shell type, 2 spare rims with tires, excellent shape, chains are 85%, tires are all 90%. 585-7282386.(NY)

JOHN DEERE 6620 sidehill combine 4WD. 315-269-3073.(NY)

NEW IDEA loader fits Allis D-series, snap coupler Allis back blade $250/o.b.o. Allis 60KW generator $4,000/o.b.o. 315-9424475.(NY)

THREE HOLSTEIN Heifers bred 3½ to 5 mo., New Idea ground manure spreader, 10-38 rear tire, Terratrac dozer buzzsaw.

607-369-7656.(NY)

NEW IDEA one row corn picker, good condition $1,800. WANTED: Chester white breeding age boar or gilts. 716-6529482.(NY) UNVERFERTH 230 gravity wagon $1,400.

J+M 230 gravity wagon $1,600. Kees-07 ZTorn 25hp. 52”-deck 675hrs. IH-820 head 13’ $1,600. 315-536-3382.(NY) FRONT WEIGHTS for F-340, F-240 $650. obo. 518-945-1715 or 518-567-1532.(NY)

FOR SALE: 2 Mini horse Colts $100. each.

315-626-2689.(NY) FOR SALE: Heritage Piglets, large black X Tamworth $75. 50 miles North of Albany, NY. 518-638-8628 or 518-638-8074

WANTED: Dexter Cows of Heifer Calves to start a herd, close to Syracuse, New York.

Fair price paid. 315-567-6631

WANTED: Loader detachable Bush Hog model# 2845QT, 2846QT, 2847QT in good condition. Will consider other brands, can pick up. 802-236-4917.(VT)

20’ BY 60’ SILO for sale with unloader, asking $2,000. obo. 315-865-5657.(NY)

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BLACK WELSH/ Shetland sheep for sale.

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WANTED: Electronic Choreboy pulsators.

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150 ACRES STANDING corn for chopping or grain, make offer. South of Pulaski, NY. 315-651-2265

JOHN DEERE unstyled L 1938, all original, good tag, comes with one bottom plow $8,300. Others for sale also. 845-7021501.(NY)

HD PTO DRIVEN log splitter, just built from Re-Con parts, will crush anything. 315733-3282.(NY)

GEHL 1065 CHOPPER; NH 28 blower; JD M-300 corn picker; NI 279 cut ditioner; Pequea 918 hay wagon tandem gear. 315219-9090.(NY) FOR SALE: 18FT auger for Badger silo unloader, like new condition, asking $250.

Call, please leave message. 607-2649365.(NY) JD 2940 TRACTOR win power 30 KW PTO generator, Allied 590 loader, Oregon electric chain sharpener, 2 Yale chain hoists.

716-572-6217.(NY) GILMORE GT-570 batch corn dryer, 2 Badger tandem axle forage wagons.

WANTED: Looking for Black Angus cattle/steers. 315-430-4115.(NY) ST. EGYPTIAN ARABIAN purebred weanling Filly Big Eyed Typey $1,500. Proud Stockier Colt $1,000. Greys, personality plus! Mature 15 hands. 607-849-4860.(NY)

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KOOLS BROTHERS K-B 60 silage blower VGC kept inside plus 55 feet of pipe $600. or best offer. 607-753-8485.(NY)

FOR SALE: Gehl hammer mill blower for high moisture corn $3,500. No Sunday calls please. 315-536-0512.(NY)

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SUNSET 735 GALLON bulk tank with compressor used daily replaced with a 1,500 gallon $1,000. obo. 315-3961549.(NY)

3 YEARLING DOE hi percentage Boer Goats $85. a piece. 315-684-3228.(NY) JD 640 LOADER with joy stick valve 7’ bucket $2,900. NH bale kicker complete with pump $1,100. 315-536-8854.(NY)

ALLIS 7010 1980 many new parts, looks great, motivated seller, good rubber, serious inquires only $7,300. obo. 607-6431551.(NY)

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Hot, humid weather contributes to growth of harmful organism RALEIGH, NC — Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler is encouraging farmers to have their corn tested for aflatoxin to prevent contamination of feeds and food.

Aflatoxin is a byproduct of the mold Aspergillus flavus, and can be harmful to both humans and livestock.

“Another hot, humid summer means there is potential for aflatoxin in corn,” Troxler said. “Having your corn tested is a good way to protect feed and food against this mold.”

Some farmers may need to have corn samples tested for crop insurance or quality assurance purposes. These samples must be submitted to a grain marketing location certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The tests cost $22.20 per sample.

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USDA-certified testing, and they will accept samples between 6:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. weekdays: Cargill Soybean Plant Attn: Ben Honeycutt 1400 S. Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27603 919-733-4491 Grain Grading Office Attn: Judy Grimes 407-G South Griffin St. Elizabeth City, NC 27909 252-337-9782 Farmers who grow or buy bulk corn to feed to their own animals can have it tested for free by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Constable Laboratory, 4000 Reedy Creek Road in Raleigh.

This laboratory is not on the Risk Management Agency’s approved testing facility list, therefore results from this location will not be accepted for insurance claims.

Farmers may drop off five pound samples of shelled corn at the lab or at one of six agricultural research stations. Forms for submitting samples will be available at the following collection sites: • Border Belt Tobacco Research Sta-

tion, 86 Border Belt Drive, Whiteville, 910-648-4703; • Peanut Belt Tobacco Research Station, 112 Research Station Lane, Lewiston-Woodville, 252-348-2213; • Tidewater Research Station, 207 Research Station Road, Plymouth, 252-793-4118; • Lower Coastal Plain Tobacco/Cunningham Research Station, 200 Cunningham Road, Kinston, 252-527-3579; • Piedmont Research Station, 8350 Sherrills Ford Road, Salisbury, 704278-2624; • Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station, 74 Research Drive, Fletcher, 828-684-7197.

Samples also may be mailed directly to the lab at the following address: N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Food and Drug Protection Division 1070 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1070 For additional information about the aflatoxin testing program, contact Jennifer Godwin or Michelle Gilliam at the NCDA&CS Food and Drug Protection Division, 919-733-7366.

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Vermeer expands high-capacity wheel rake line with the VR2040 High-Capacity Wheel Rake Forage producers can now harness the power and innovation of the Vermeer high-capacity wheel rake in an even larger package with the VR2040 High-Capacity Wheel Rake. With a 40 foot (12.19m) raking width and 20 rake wheels each equipped with individual wheel suspension, the VR2040 High-Capacity Wheel Rake helps maximize raking efficiency.

“When we announced our high-capacity wheel rake line with the VR1428 last year, we introduced some unique features to the wheel rake. With the VR2040, we’re offering those features to producers in an even larger capacity,” said Phil Egging, Vermeer Product Manager. “The VR2040 has the individual cylinders on each wheel, the same solid rake arm design — those things that have made the VR1428 able to cover ground and rake effectively are now available in a 40 foot raking width.”

The VR2040 features a dual-purpose lift and suspension cylinder on each rake wheel, coupled with a nitrogen-charged accumulator, for easily changing rake wheel settings and pressure. By properly setting the pressure, the down force on each wheel then remains consistent

through the entire range of motion, improving tooth life and hay pick up, and reducing dirt content in the windrow.

In addition, the unique design of the VR2040 features rugged construction with one-piece rake arms and a threepivot rear toolbar. This, in conjunction with hydraulic suspension on each rake wheel, provides superior rake flexibility and less maintenance than similar-sized rakes that require a pivot joint and additional caster wheel in the middle of the rake arm.

These design features allow the rake to flex 40 inch down or 66 inch up to float over the contours of the terrain, equating to over 8 foot of vertical range for maximum raking coverage.

“Everything about this rake design contributes to maximum raking coverage. There’s a misconception that a rake of this size needs a pivot joint in the arms in order to flex and cover contours, but between the cylinders on each individual wheel and the rear toolbar pivots, the VR2040 has superior vertical travel and ground contour following,” said Egging.

For more information about the VR2040, visit vermeer.com.

Forage producers can now harness the power and innovation of the Vermeer high-capacity wheel rake in an even larger package with the VR2040 High-Capacity Wheel Rake.

Maryland Saddles ‘n’ Spurs hosts Fall Fun Show The local 4-H horse and pony club, Saddles ‘n’ Spurs, is proud to announce the 10th Annual Fall Fun Show on Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center. There will be 55 classes for all riding skill levels. Trophies, ribbons and prizes will be awarded in each class. All entries are $3 per class or take advantage of the allday pre registration discount of $30 by mailing in the entry form before Sept. 6. The registration and entry form can be found at www.wchorsecouncil.org A sampling of the exciting classes offered at the 10th Annual Fall

Fun Show include Chinese Fire Drill, Vegetable Dash, Water Carry, Dress Up Relay, Flag Races and of course the more traditional classes like pleasure, equitation and trail.

With the all-weather footing, shady parking, public restrooms and standards and no grounds fee, showing couldn’t be better. More classes to enter than ever before!

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NCBA backs policymakers’ quest to bring relief to U.S. cattle ranchers The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) stands with 156 U.S. Representatives and 25 U.S. Senators in their quest to bring commonsense to Washington, D.C., and relief to rural America by encouraging Environmental Protection Agency Administrator (EPA) Lisa Jackson to

implement a waiver to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Recently, more than 150 representatives signed a letter to Administrator Jackson and on Aug. 7 more than 20 senators did the same. The letters went to Administrator Jackson because EPA was granted the authority in the

2005 Energy Policy Act, which set the initial RFS, and in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, which expanded the fuels standard, to waive the RFS because of severe economic or environmental harm.

In the House, the letter was a bipartisan effort led by Congressmen Bob

F UEL Goodlatte (R-VA); Jim Matheson (D-Utah); Steve Womack (R-AR); and Mike McIntyre (D-NC).

“The RFS mandate has created a domino effect.

Tightening supplies have already driven up the price of corn, and the extreme weather being experienced by much of the nation will only further

increase prices. I am pleased that my colleagues in the Senate have joined me and 155 other Members of the House of Representatives in urging EPA Administrator Jackson to act now to make a critical reduction in the RFS for 2012,” said Representative Goodlatte. “We should not be in a position where we are choosing between fuel and feed for our livestock.”

NCBA President J.D. Alexander said his organization supports American ethanol.

Alexander, who is a cattleman from Nebraska, said corn-based ethanol has done a lot to stabilize many rural communities in his state and yields a co-product, dried distillers’ grains, which many cattlemen use as a feed ingredient.

Alexander, like many of the members of Congress urging EPA to issue the waiver, is seeking a level playing field for cattlemen to compete “head-to-head” for a bushel of corn in one of the worst droughts in the nation’s history. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, roughly 70 percent of cattle producing regions are suffering from drought conditions.

“We find it concerning that these mandates are allowed to continue today in the worst drought I have seen in my lifetime. Seventy percent of cattle country is under drought conditions — this is not isolated to a certain part of the coun-

try. One has to wonder how bad the drought has to get before EPA uses its authority to grant a RFS waiver,” said Alexander. “This isn’t rocket science. Let the market work.”

The Senate letter was also a bipartisan effort led by Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Kay Hagan (D-NC).

“In light of the widespread droughts that are causing severe economic harm to our nation’s farmers and ranchers, I am proud that a bipartisan group of senators signed on to the Hagan/Chambliss letter that asks EPA to use its authority to waive the corn-ethanol mandate of the Renewable Fuels Standard,” said Senator Hagan. “A waiver from the corn-ethanol mandate will provide much needed relief for livestock and poultry producers suffering from record high corn prices brought on by the worst drought in 50 years.”

The RFS requires 13.2 billion gallons of cornbased ethanol to be produced in 2012 and 13.8 billion gallons in 2013, amounts that will use about 4.7 billion and 4.9 billion bushels, respectively, of the nation’s corn. Some agricultural forecasters now are estimating that just 11.8 billion bushels of corn will be harvested this year — about 13 billion were harvested in 2011 — meaning corn-ethanol production will use about four of every 10 bushels.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — New technologies, such as smart phones and tablets, allows new opportunities to access almost any type of information and data with the simple tap of an app.

Penn State’s Extension Dairy Team has developed a mobile app titled DairyCents that offers two features: calculate income over feed costs (IOFC) and feed price comparisons with the

Penn State Feed Price List or other users across the country.

Funding was provided in part by the USDA-Risk Management Agency.

The goal of developing the app was to provide useful information to the user while keeping it very simple. Income over feed cost is determined by taking milk income per cow minus feed cost per cow and addresses only the lac-

tating animals. It is a simple calculation but for most producers requires a lot of inputs because of all the different feeds fed and grouping strategies. The question arose: if using readily available market information to simplify the calculation would it result in a number that was realistic to the more in-depth calculation?

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Starting with market data from 2001, monthly prices for alfalfa hay, milk, corn grain and 48 percent soybean meal were used to determine feed cost per cow per day on diets developed by Virginia Ishler for cows averaging 65, 75, and 85 pounds of production.

The information was graphed over the multiple years and compared to the Penn State dairy’s IOFC. The results showed that trends and

interpretations were identical using the simplified version compared to the more in-depth calculation. If a producer wanted to get a sense of what was happening with the markets and how it was affecting IOFC, this app would show similar trends to the more detailed calculation. However, this approach should not replace a farm’s own IOFC as ultimately that is the best measure to determine if feed costs are in line with the herd’s performance.

Using the mobile app DairyCents is as easy as entering a zip code, selecting a milk production level, and date and the app will calculate IOFC. The display will show feed cost/cwt, feed cost/cow, gross milk price, milk margin/cwt milk and IOFC/cow/day.

Historic data can also be graphed for IOFC, feed cost and milk price starting from January 2012 on either a per cow or per cwt basis.

The second feature of DairyCents is allowing

the user to compare their purchased feed price to the Penn State Feed Price List and to other users in the database who have purchased the same feed. This section of the app allows the user to track over time how prices of select ingredients are trending. Each month the database will be populated with prices from the Penn State Feed Price List. As more users populate the database with their prices, eventually the user can compare their price paid to not only Pennsylvania but to other users across the country. The inputs are very simple: enter zip code, feed selection, unit, price per unit, number of units purchased and date. Feed Prices can be tracked over time and it can also be graphed against the feed price list and other users.

DairyCents is available for free through the app store on iTunes. More information about the app and the calculations can be found at extension. psu.edu/dairycents.

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Record keeping and inspections for animal feeding operations

by Thomas Bass, Montana State University Extension Animal feeding operations are the most likely type of animal agriculture operations to be subject to rules and regulations.

Most of these center around the manure handling and storage practices and equipment.

Introduction Record keeping and inspections are inextricably linked through the permit and nutrient management plan. In large part, only records can show an inspector that the operation is following its nutrient management plan (NMP) and permit requirements.

Physical evidence of compliance or violations may only play a small part in many cases.

The NMP is only a plan and describes many issues in general terms, however records allow the producer to manage very specifically and document that the intent of the NMP has been followed. Record keeping also allows you to document small changes in implementation of the NMP that could be the result of unseasonable weather and other unexpected influences.

When all is said and done, an operation with well organized and complete records that document compliance with the permit and NMP, and where there is no physical evidence of an unpermitted discharge should pass an inspection with flying colors.

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very likely that permitted operations will at a minimum be required to maintain: a basic NMP, with supporting materials and records on how the plan was followed. A CAFO, covered by a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit (even if administered by a state) has very prescriptive record keeping requirements. The EPA CAFO brochure titled, “What Are the Federal Record-Keeping and Reporting Requirements”, www.epa.gov/npdes/pu bs/cafo_brochure_recor d.pdf, outlines these requirements, however the final word on what is required will be described in the permit.

General records include: manure generation and inventory; manure and waste water transfers; manure storage inspections; storage capacity and levels; amounts and dates of any discharges; and mortality management. The remaining records are linked to land application and determination of

rates. They include: Manure and wastewater analysis; soil tests; crop yield expectations; rate calculation method (nutrient budgets); actual application locations, date and amounts; weather conditions; and equipment inspections and calibrations.

Annual Report The records described in the previous paragraph may be reviewed during an inspection.

However, many of them will also be summarized and reported to EPA or the state permitting authority on an annual basis (CAFO Reports).

The same EPA brochure explains these requirements. Briefly, they include: animal inventory; annual manure production; annual manure export; acres of land applied to and acres of land included in the NMP; documentation of any discharges; and is there a valid NMP for the operation.

Other record keeping benefits Records have many other benefits beyond

simply complying with the permit and validating the NMP. Records can assist in making important business decisions that impact the bottom line. New levels of efficiency can be attained by examining records such as yields, soil tests and manure and fertilizer usage. Finally, they offer a reduction in liability for producers. In the event of an accusation of environmental mismanagement, records help defend practices and document responsibility.

Inspections Historically inspections have primarily been complaint driven.

However, all NPDES permitted farms will be inspected by a regulatory agency at a routine interval (typically once a year); depending on the state, smaller AFOs may be included in a routine inspection schedule as well. Inspectors are looking for compliance with the permit and associated nutrient management plan, and that required management practices

MANURE HANDLING are documented. They will also look for any signs that indicate a discharge has occurred.

During an inspection, operators should have all relevant paperwork in order and available, including: permit, NMP, records and other supporting documents. The operator, planner or consultant should all be able to explain any components of the NMP. The EPA and their cooperat-

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Some 210 attendees — from Virginia, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina — enjoyed a variety of presentations, interactions with vendors, a delicious BBQ beef lunch, and a panel discussion on fertility. Many also participated in a cattle judging competition (there were three classes — cows, yearling heifers, and yearling bulls), and children also were able to play in bounce houses. Special note has to be made of the effort that the Thurman and Furrow families (of Lazy Acres) put into the event to make it all happen.

The event, which was the fourth time the Virginia Angus Association has

partnered with the Virginia Cattlemen’s Association for a social and educational event of this kind, began with a discussion of breeding soundness exams by Dr. Chris Sumner, veterinarian and co-owner of Rock Mount’s Farm Vet Services.

Following that, Anne Jones, Director of Beef Promotion for the Virginia Beef Industry Council (VBIC), spoke about how the VBIC promotes the beef industry to consumers in the commonwealth, and also gave some tips for grilling. One interesting point she

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Record from B14 5. Proper Chemical Handling 6. Conservation Practices to Reduce Nutrient Loss 7. Protocols for Manure and Soil Testing 8. Protocols for Land Application of Manure and Wastewater 9. Record Keeping Inspection preparation It is very helpful for a producer to conduct or initiate an educational or non-regulatory mock-inspection. This can be done with the confidential help of a third party. In some states, Extension may be able to assist. Additionally, many states may make their inspection protocol available. EPA has published a fact sheet titled: What to Expect when EPA Inspects Your Livestock Operation, www.epa.gov/oecaagct/ factsheets/epa-305-f-03-009.pdf.

Other tools are available, such as the nationally adapted Farm*A*Syst self assessment modules. These may not specifically address a permitted operation, but they help address environmental risk and liability based on practices.

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Participating in a USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service program may also offer an opportunity for a general assessment. Once again, this may be helpful in identifying critical areas, though likely will not directly address regulations. If a consultant is employed by the operation, that person may also assist in assessing the operation prior to a regulatory inspection.

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Lazy Acres from 15 highlighted was the recent discovery of a fifth taste for humans (after sweet, salty, bitter, and sour) — a taste known as umami.

Umami is a sensation of richness and fullness which is something humans get when they eat beef (among other things). There is even a new chain of restaurants called Umami Burger. Presumably as consumers gain an increased awareness of and appreciation for umami, it will help the beef industry.

While Anne was speaking, the new Executive Secretary of the Virginia Cattlemen’s Association, Jason Carter — the successor to Bill McKinnon — grilled marinated flank stank for attendees to sample. That was a prelude to

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The afternoon program at the field day included a panel discussion on fertility, including (from left to right) Dr. Bill Beal, Virginia Tech Professor Emeritus (specialty: beef cattle reproductive physiology), Bill Tucker, 7th generation farmer from Amherst County, and Clif Marshall, Select Sires Vice President (specialty: semen Acres 17 processing, evaluation, and distribution).

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“Pennsylvania has a proud tradition of hosting the nation’s outstanding livestock producers at KILE, the largest livestock show on the East Coast,” said Agriculture Secretary George Greig. “I welcome

exhibitors to showcase their quality animals and enjoy the events KILE has to offer throughout show week.”

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Educational Forum — Friday, Oct. 5, from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 6, from 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

• Beef Cattle Fitting and Showmanship Clinic — Friday, Oct. 5, from 7 - 8:30 p.m.

• All-breeds ewe sale — Saturday, Oct 6, at 5 p.m.

• RFD-TV national agricultural radio broadcast — Oct. 4-5 • Junior Beef Breeding Supreme Champion Female — Sunday, Oct. 7, at 1 p.m.

Returning events include: • Opening Ceremony and award presentations — Thursday, Oct. 4, at 4 p.m.

• Farm City Day — Thursday, Oct. 4 • Keystone Classic Barbeque Contest: Celebrity Judging — Friday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m.; “Best Legs in Town,” People’s Choice chicken leg contest — Saturday, Oct. 6, at noon; and Awards Ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 6, at 4:30 p.m.

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• Supreme Champion Bull and Female — Sunday, Oct. 7, about 2:30 p.m.

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• Agri-Kid Olympics — Saturday, Oct. 6, at noon For more information and a complete show schedule, visit www. keystoneinternational.s tate.pa.us.

Lazy Acres from 16 the tasty BBQ beef lunch.

After lunch, Carter moderated a panel discussion on fertility covering five topics: bulls, females, AI, estrus and synchronization, and trends in the industry.

Panelists for the event were Bill Tucker of Amherst’s Tucker Family Farms, Virginia Tech Professor Emeritus Dr. Bill Beal, and Clif Marshall, Vice President of Select Sires. The day concluded with the distribution of a number of nice door prizes.

All told, the event was a great success — and a good precursor to a busy fall sale season just ahead of us. For more information about upcoming sales and other events, check the Virginia Angus Association’s website at www.vaangus.org.

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Mielke from 5 ago when they tumbled 11 cents to $1.79. This is the first time the blocks have topped the year ago level since January. Barrel closed at $1.8025, down 3 1/4-cents on the week and 8 cents above a year ago. Eighteen cars of block traded hands on the week and 12 of barrel. The AMS-surveyed block price averaged $1.7552, across the U.S., up 3.8 cents, and the barrels averaged $1.7811, up 6.7 cents.

Cheese price increases have fueled interest in securing inventory before further price increases, according to USDA’s Dairy Market News. Demand for Labor Day retail specials and filling the pipeline for school openings added to immediate interest. Hot weather continues to impact milk volumes available for processing and cheese plants are paying premiums in some cases to secure additional milk.

Spot butter moved higher for the ninth week in a row, closing August 24 at $1.80 per pound, up three quarter-cents on the week but still 29 1/4-cents below a year ago. Nothing sold all week. The AMS butter averaged $1.7154, up 5.2 cents.

USDA reports that churning across the country is mixed. Overall butter demand is fair. Retail orders are stable as grocery shopping patterns are starting to pick up.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk hit $1.6650, up a penny and a half on the week. Extra Grade held at $1.6250. The AMS-surveyed powder price averaged $1.2575, up 1.1 cent, and dry whey averaged 53.99 cents, up a penny.

Checking the cupboard; the latest Cold Storage report’s preliminary data shows July butter stocks at 232 million pounds, down 5 percent from June but 24 percent above July 2011.

American type cheese totaled 634 million pounds, up 1 percent from June but 2 percent below a year ago. Total cheese stocks are 1.04 billion pounds, unchanged from June and 4 percent below a year ago.

Dairy product sales, including butter, often

realize a spurt in demand at this time of the season, according to USDA. On the other hand, food service orders are easing.

As the Labor Day Holiday approaches, which is often referred to as the unofficial end of the summer vacation season, food service orders for resort and vacation areas of the country adjust their buying patterns, often reflecting slower customer traffic through their operations.

Butter exports continue with the assistance of the Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) program which accepted two requests for export assistance this week to sell 127,868 pounds of cheese to customers in Asia and the South Pacific. The product will be delivered through September 2012 and raised CWT’s 2012 cheese exports to 73.8 million pounds plus 56.6 million of butter and anhydrous milk fat to 33 countries on four continents.

The Agriculture Department announced the September Federal order Class I base milk price at $17.59 per hundredweight, up $1.04 from August but still $4.19 below September 2011 and equates to about $1.51 per gallon. That brings the 2012 Class I average to $16.50, down from $19.23 at this time a year ago and compares to $14.83 in 2010 and $10.95 in 2009.

The University of Wisconsin’s Dr. Brian Gould does not anticipate an MILC payment to producers for the month or the foreseeable future, depending what Congress does, policy wise.

The AMS-surveyed butter price averaged $1.6877 per pound, up 16.3 cents from August.

Nonfat dry milk averaged $1.2518, up 9.3 cents.

Cheese averaged $1.7545, up 7.6 cents, and dry whey averaged 53.5 cents, up 4.1 cents.

Speaking of policy; Dairy Profit Weekly (DPW) reports that a court ruling apparently paves the way for increased ethanol use. The U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit sided with the Environmental Protection Agency and its partial waiver approval for

E15 ethanol (15 percent ethanol/85 percent gasoline) fuel for model year 2001 and newer light duty vehicles and all flex fuel vehicles which represents nearly two-thirds of all vehicles on the road.

Food, auto engine and oil refinery industry trade associations had challenged the approval of E15. The food industry said E15 approval would lead to higher corn and

food prices. Auto engine makers said E15 could open them to lawsuits if engines malfunctioned.

Since the initial waiver filing in March 2009, vehicles were tested using E15, health effects data on E15 was collected and approved, and a first-of-its-kind misfueling mitigation plan was required and approved in order for retailers to offer E15. Currently, the market for ethanol con-

fined to E10 blends has been saturated, according to the Renewable Fuels Association.

Allowing ethanol blends of up to E15 for 2001 and new vehicles, as well as increasing the availability of higher level ethanol blends up to E85, will open more markets to the domestic renewable fuels industry. The impact won’t be immediate, says DPW. Only one Kansas retailer

offers E15.

Meanwhile; the EPA opened a 30-day comment period on a request seeking a temporary waiver of Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements. The standard, which mandates the amount of ethanol that must be used annually, has been seen as a driving force behind reduced corn supplies and

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American Soybean Association (ASA) President Steve Wellman has confirmed 16 soybean growers from nine states to ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) Committee in 2012-13. WISHH Committee Members reelected David Iverson of South Dakota as chair and Andy Welden of Michigan as vice chair. Illinois grower Dan Farney is the new treasurer. Lucas Heinen of Kansas now serves as secretary.

New WISHH Committee Members for 2012-13 are: Gary Berg (IL); Ron Bunjer (MN); R yan Cahoon (NC); Dean Coleman (Iowa); Levi Huffman (IN); Mike Marron (IL); Joe Murphy (IL), and Art Wosick (ND). Returning to the Committee are Scott Fritz (IN);

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Wellman and Iverson recognize outgoing WISHH Members: Ken Bartlett (NC); Pat Dumoulin (IL); C.W. Gaffner (IL); Jared Hagert (ND); John Heisdorffer (Iowa); Barb Overlie (MN), and Jack Trumbo (KY).

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created new markets for our soy in Africa and beyond.”

A new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) science white paper released on July 24, highlights the importance of developing countries. It leads with, “The future success of U.S. agriculture is tied to economic growth in the developing world. These countries play a vital role in expanding feed and food export markets…”

The USDA paper also cites the world population is estimated at 7 billion as of May 2012 and will increase to more than 9 billion by 2050. Currently, nearly one billion people globally are estimated to be food insecure, with 44 percent residing in Sub-Saharan Africa, according

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Mielke from 18 higher prices for dairy cattle feed.

Dairy, livestock and food industry representatives, joined by more than 100 members of Congress and several state governors, have requested a temporary waiver to the standard. EPA has 90 days to decide whether a waiver should be granted.

And California’s Department of Food & Agriculture turned down a hearing request to consider changes to its pricing formula for milk used in cheese production, and a request for an emergency increase of 50 cents per hundredweight on all classes of milk produced in the state. Dairy farmers had sought the changes to help cover skyrocketing feed prices but Ag Secretary Karen Ross is forming a task force to look at the pricing structure and come up with long-term solutions.

National Milk has joined nearly 40 other farm and ranch organizations to raise public awareness of the need for

Congress to pass a new farm bill before current farm programs expire in September. The coalition, called Farm Bill Now, comprises associations and coalitions representing commodity crops, livestock, specialty and minor crops, energy and bio-based product groups, farm cooperatives and financial groups, as well as the nation’s two largest farm groups, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Farmers Union. Details are posted at www.farmbillnow.com.

And, a petition was circulated this week from Milkweed Editor Pete Hardin asking USDA Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to use his authority to call an emergency hearing to consider raising minimum milk prices paid to farmers to deal with one of the worst cost-income squeezes in history.

Details are posted at www.themilkweed.com.

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MT. AIRY NC FEEDER CATTLE: 465 Feeder Steers: M&L 1-2 352-385# 150-159.50; 425425# 144; 452-495# 139149; 500-520# 131-141; 558-558# 120; 620-620# 134.50; 665-670# 120.50125.50; 740-743# 115122.50; 845-845# 112; S 1-2 360-390# 104-137; 645645# 91.50; Hols L 2, 272272# 120; 517-517# 89.50; 560-591# 83-92.50; Feeder Heifers: M&L 1-2 270-290# 134-136; 318335# 142-148; 365-395# 134-148; 405-444# 130-139; 453-485# 125-140; 500538# 128-132; 550-555# 122-127; 605-618# 111.50118; 655-657# 114-119.50;

737-743# 104-109; S 1-2 420-435# 114-116; M&L 3 520-530# 101-112; 720740# 82-91; Feeder Bulls: M&L 1-2 405-422# 127-138; 450470# 125-139; 510-545# 125-134; 555-590# 122-128; 629-629# 112.50; 650-685# 112-122; 700-745# 106-114; S 1-2 410-435# 113.50-116; 550-585# 109-120; 605645# 107-110; M&L 3 505545# 114-119; 570-570# 112; Bred Cows: M&L 1-2 middle aged 1025-1030# 975-1025/hd. 7-9mo. bred; S&M 1-2 middle aged 875895# 800-1000/hd. 7-9mo. bred.

SILER CITY, NC FEEDER CATTLE: 907 Feeder Steers: M&L 1-2 265-295# 166-199; 300345# 130-175; 355-397# 130-179; 400-448# 120-160; 450-490# 120-149; 500530# 122-134; 550-580# 125-134; 605-647# 114-122; 675-695# 110-119; 701740# 112-124; S 1-2 360392# 105-128; 400-445# 104-115; 450-480# 109114; 575-595# 100-110.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1-2 255-285# 160; 300-345# 130-162; 350-395# 120-154; 400-445# 120-148; 450496# 120-129; 500-545# 116-130; 550-595# 117-134; 600-645# 109-119; 650685# 114-119; 700-720# 101-116; 765-785# 100-101; S 1-2 370-395# 105-115; 420-440# 100-114; 450495# 104-115; 500-525# 102-114; 555-575# 105-112; 600-630# 95-101; 650-695# 94-101.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1-2 450-495# 112-138; 500547# 110-136; 550-595# 110-128; 600-645# 105-119; 650-695# 105-118; 700742# 101-110.50; 770-795# 100-109; S 1-2 470-480# 95-104; 510-530# 107-108; 555-595# 90-105; 600-640# 91-100; 650-695# 92-100.

BLACKSTONE, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 139 Feeder Steers: M&L 1 500-600# 143.50; 600-700# 125-133.50; 800-900# 115; M&L 2 300-400# 158; 400500# 125-150; 500-600# 135-136.50; 600-700# 124; 700-800# 119; M&L 3 400500# 140; 500-600# 117; 700-800# 107; S 1 500-600# 123; 800-900# 110.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 400-500# 133.50; 500-600# 122-124.50; 600-700# 116; M&L 2 300-400# 117; 400500# 113-132.50, mostly 132.50; 500-600# 126; 600700# 106; M&L 3 300-400# 128; 400-500# 104-116; 500-600# 105-112; S 1 300400# 125; 400-500# 112; 500-600# 108.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 400-500# 140; 500-600# 130; 600-700# 109-111; M&L 2 300-400# 175; 400500# 139-151; 500-600# 101; 600-700# 111.50; S 1 500-600# 113; 600-700# 80.

N VA FEEDER CATTLE: 1238.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 140-167; 400500# 136-165; 500-600# 131-151; 600-700# 127.50147.75; 700-800# 127-145; 800-900# 123-131; 9001000# 118-127.75; M&L 2 300-400# 135-149; 400500# 133-151; 500-600# 130-145; 600-700# 121-133; 700-800# 116.50-128; 800900# 116-123; 900-1000# 110-122.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 300-400# 112; 400500# 102-104; 500-600 98100.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 130-146; 400500# 120-135; 500-600# 114-127; 600-700# 116-126; 700-800# 104-124; M&L 2 300-400# 122-142; 400500# 115.50-131; 500-600# 112-127.50; 600-700# 115123.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1

AUCTIONS 200-300# 125-150; 300400# 140-168; 400-500# 139-160; 500-600# 114.50144; 600-700# 120-132; M&L 2 300-400# 131-145; 400-500# 124-134; 500600# 117-128; S 1 400-500# 97.

SW VA FEEDER CATTLE: 789 Feeder Steers: M&L 1 200-300# 150-185; 300400# 156-166; 400-500# 145-161; 500-600# 136-150; 600-700# 127.50-136.50; 700-800# 124-133; 800900# 128-130.50; 9001000# 111.50; M&L 2 200300# 153; 300-400# 152162.50; 400-500# 139-155; 500-600# 136-147; 600700# 124-135.50; 700-800# 115-127.50; 800-900# 114115.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 200-300# 120; 300400# 111-122; 400-500# 114; 500-600# 86; 600-700# 91; 700-800# 91-99; 800900# 80.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 130-138; 300400# 138-150; 400-500# 130-153; 500-600# 123.50134; 600-700# 114-129; 700-800# 118-120; 800900# 85-110; M&L 2 200300# 136; 300-400# 137151; 400-500# 126-144.50; 500-600# 118-128.50; 600700# 115-127; 700-800# 107-115; S 1 400-500# 123127; 500-600# 114-117.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200-300# 159-180; 300400# 150-164; 400-500# 134-150; 500-600# 110-141; 600-700# 113-122; 700800# 95-116; 800-900# 110; 900-1000# 94-96; M&L 2 200-300# 143-157; 300400# 134-157; 400-500# 131-147; 500-600# 110-126; 600-700# 106-117; 700800# 95-115; L 3 400-500# 127; 500-600# 114; S 1 500600# 115-116.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA FEEDER CATTLE: No Report FRONT ROYAL, VA FEEDER CATTLE: No Report HOLLINS, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 156.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 200-300# 150; 300-400# 162; 400-500# 152-160; 500-600# 148.50; 600-700# 117-137; 700-800# 121; 800-900# 115; 1000-1100# 106.50; M&L 2 300-400# 157; 400-500# 135; 500600# 142; 600-700# 130; 700-800# 121.

Feeder Holstein Steers:

L 2-3 200-300# 118; 300400# 118; 400-500# 110.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 125; 300-400# 133; 400-500# 132; 500600# 132-133; 600-700# 118-121; 700-800# 106; 800-900# 102-106; M&L 2 200-300# 105; 300-400# 130; 400-500# 133; 500600# 118; 600-700# 118; 700-800# 90.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200-300# 160; 300-400# 146-160; 400-500# 160; 500-600# 146; 600-700# 112; 700-800# 115.50; M&L 2 200-300# 130; 300-400# 146; 400-500# 148; 500600# 148; 600-700# 115.

LYNCHBURG, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 368.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 400-500# 159-162; 500600# 150.75-151; 600-700# 134-138.50; 700-800# 124130.75; M&L 2 300-400# 160-168.50; 400-500# 158166; 500-600# 144.50-150; 600-700# 129-135.25; 700800# 126-127.50; M&L 3 300-400# 158; 400-500# 149-152; 500-600# 129.50137.75; 600-700# 129.50; 700-800# 127; S 1 300-400# 148; 400-500# 138.50; 500600# 125-125.50; 600-700# 122.50.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 400-500# 138-141; 500600# 132-139; 600-700# 123.50-125; 700-800# 118.75; M&L 2 300-400# 145.25; 400-500# 142.25; 500-600# 129.25-134; 600700# 124.50-125.50; 700800# 112.50-116.50; M&L 3 300-400# 132-138.50; 400500# 124-138; 500-600# 121-127.25; 600-700# 119; 700-800# 109; S 1 300-400# 140; 400-500# 125-137; 500-600# 123-124.50; 600700# 106-118.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-400# 159; 400-500# 135-164.50, mostly 147; 500-600# 128-135.50; 600700# 126; M&L 2 300-400# 167; 400-500# 139.50-165, mostly 145.50; 500-600# 119-134; 600-700# 127; S 1 300-400# 143; 400-500# 132-148; 500-600# 122.50.

MARSHALL, VA FEEDER CATTLE: No Report NARROWS, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 208.

Feeder Steer: M&L 1 300-400# 151; 400-500# 142-145.50; 500-600# 130138; 600-700# 120-134; 700-800# 128-132; M&L 2 300-400# 149; 400-500# 143; 500-600# 130-134; 600-700# 129-132.50; 700-

800# 135.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 400-500# 125-131; 500600# 123-132; 600-700# 123-125; 700-800# 115-120; M&L 2 400-500# 123124.50; 500-600# 115132.50; 600-700# 112.50123.50; 700-800# 120.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 400-500# 130-142; 500600# 128.50-129; 600-700# 126; M&L 2 300-400# 150.50; 400-500# 132; 500600# 1125.

ROCKINGHAM, VA. Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 300-400# 112; 400500# 102-104; 500-600# 98100.

STAUNTON, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 770.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 140-167; 400500# 140-165; 500-600# 131-151; 600-700# 130147.75; 700-800# 127-145; 800-900# 123-131; 9001000# 118-127.75; M&L 2 300-400# 135-149; 400500# 133-151; 500-600# 130-145; 600-700# 121-133; 700-800# 122-128; 800900# 116-123; 900-1000# 110-122.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 130-146; 400500# 125-135; 500-600# 119-127; 600-700# 116-126; 700-800# 104-124; M&L 2 300-400# 128-142; 400500# 125-131; 500-600# 118-126; 600-700# 115-123.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300-400# 140-168; 400500# 140-160; 500-600# 130-144; 600-700# 120-132.

TRI-STATE, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 404 Feeder Steers: M&L 1 200-300# 180-185; 300400# 163-166; 400-500# 145-161; 500-600# 140-144; 600-700# 127.50-132; 700800# 124-127; 800-900# 128; M&L 400-500# 139153; 500-600# 136-141; 600-700# 124-130; 700800# 115-122; 800-900# 114.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 300-400# 111.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 136-138; 300400# 142-150; 400-500# 142-153; 500-600# 123.50134; 600-700# 124-129; 700-800# 119.50-120; M&L 2 300-400# 140-145; 400500# 129-141; 500-600# 118-128.50; 600-700# 117127; 700-800# 110-115; S 1 400-500# 123-127; 500600# 114-117.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200-300# 180; 300-400# 150-164; 400-500# 142-150;

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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, September 3 • 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 (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S of utica & 6 miles N of New Berlin. Labor Day will be open as normal. Monthly Feeder & Fat Cow sale. Tom & Brenda Hoskings, 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 12:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Horses & Hay. 1:30 pm Calves & Beef.

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

Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-420-9092 or Auction Barn at 518-392-3321. www.empirelivestock.com

Wednesday, September 5 • 10:00 AM: New Haven, VT. Selling 181 head Holsteins, Farm & Barn equip and feed for Paul and Suzanne Andy. Wrights Auction Service, 802334-6115 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Calves followed by beef. Tim Miller, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105

Thursday, September 6 • 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Marketing, 585584-3033, Sue Rudgers, Manager, 518-584-3033 • 1:00 PM: 10400 Gillette Rd., Alexander, NY. WNY Gas & Steam Engine Assoc. 2nd. Annual Consignment. 1st day of show Sept. 6-9. Dann Auctioneers, Delos Dann, 585-396-1676 www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm • 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Our usual run of dairy cows, heifers & service bulls. Tim Miller, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-8293105 • 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy and Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315287-0220 • 5:30 PM: Donald & Arlene Timothy, 9179 Middle Rd, Short Tract, NY 14709. Tractor, farm equipment, hay, goat items, antiques and household, guns, auto. RG Mason Auctions, 585-567-8844 www.rgmasonauctions.com

Friday, September 7 • 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

Saturday, September 8 • Jacksonville, NC. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 9:00 AM: Town of Lansing Highway Dept., Rts. 34 & 34B, Lansing, NY. Municipal Surplus & Contractor Equipment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.

Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 10:00 AM: North Rd., (Wyben Section) Westfield, MA. Tractors & Cattle Trailer; Horse related items & Antiques Furniture, Toy Trucks, Tonkas, early games & comics. Jacquier Auctioneers, 413-5696421 www.jacquierauctions.com • 11:00 AM: Morrisville, NY. 30th Annual Morrisville Autumn Review Sale. 90 head. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

Monday, September 10 • 1:00 PM: Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S of utica & 6 miles N of New Berlin. Monthly Heifer Sale. Followed by sheep, lamb, goats, pigs & feeders. Calves & cull beef approx. 5-5:30 pm. Tom & Brenda Hoskings 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 4:00 PM: Stafford, Genesee County, NY. Tom & Helen Burns Auction. Selling tools, household and glassware. www.williamkentinc.com

Friday, September 14 • Albany, NY. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 11:00 AM: Smyrna, NY. Frog Rock Farm Complete Milking herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal. 55 head All AI sired Holsteins. Owner Pete Maynard.

Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-8478800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 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, September 15 • Boston, MA. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 8:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, 6502 Barber Hill Rd., Geneseo, NY. Special Fall Consignment Auction. Farm & Construction Equipment. Heavy & Light Trucks. Consignments welcome. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Saturday Horse Sales. Tack at 9 am, sale at 10 am. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 11:00 AM: Malone, NY. 2nd Annual Franklin Co. Auction. Seized vehicles, cars, trucks, 4 wheelers,

snowmobiles, heavy equipment. H&L Auctions, Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787, cell 518-569-0460.

Edeard Legacy 518-483-7386, cell 518-832-0616.

Monday, September 17 • 11:00 AM: Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S of Utica & 6 miles N of New Berlin. Monthly sheep, lamb, goat & pig sale. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 12:30 PM: 6096 NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY. Monthly sheep, lamb, goat & pig sale. Misc & small animals. 12:30 produce, 1 PM dairy. We now sell lambs, goats, pigs & feeders immediately following dairy. Calves & cull beef app 5-5:30 PM. Tom & Brenda Hosking, 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Wednesday, September 19 • Atlanta, GA. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 3:00 PM: D.R. Chambers & Sons, 76 Maple Ave., Unadilla, NY. Dairy Day Special Feeder Sale. Every Wednesday following Dairy. D.R. Chambers & Sons, 607-369-8231 www.drchambersauction.com

Friday, September 21 • Parkersburg, WV. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com

Saturday, September 22 • Scranton, PA. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • On the Farm, Poland, NY (Herkimer Co.). 250 head of certified organic cattle, haylage & dry hay.

Tom & Brenda Hosking, 607-699-3637, 607-8478800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • Scranton, PA. Complete Liquidation: Aggregate, Construction, Support Equipment, Truck Tractors, Dump Trucks & Trailers. A. Lyon & Son 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • Waddington, NY. Farm Machinery, Milkhouse & Barn Equip. Willis Shattuck, 315-347-3003, with H&L Auctions, Ed Legacy 518-483-0800, Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787 • 9:00 AM: Routes 39 & 219, Springville, NY. Lamb & Webster Used Equipment Auction. Farm Tractors & Machinery. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 9:00 AM: Alabama, Genesee County, NY. Carmine Scopano Real Estate, Firearm, fishing equip., tool and bar equip. Selling former Dew Drop Inn. www.williamkentinc.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.

Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-394-1515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 10:00 AM: Fuller St, Ludlow, MA. JD Skidsteer; Tractors; Tools; Horse Drawn Mowers & Equipment, Bumper Livestock Trailer. Jacquier Auctioneers, 413-569-6421 www.jacquierauctions.com

Monday, September 24 • Dallas, TX. A.Lyon & Son www.lyonauction.com

• Kutztown, PA. Plushanski Farm Real Estate Auction. Co-managed w/Bachman Auction. 320 acre state of the art dairy farm. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 6:15 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203, Chatham, NY. Feeder Calves & Beef Replacement Sale during regular livestock auction. Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-420-9092 or Auction Barn at 518392-3321. www.empirelivestock.com

Thursday, September 27 • Charleston, SC. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 10:00 AM: Bath, NY. Steuben Co Surplus Equipment, Vehicles, & Buses Auction. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. www.pirrunginc.com

Friday, September 28 • Chicago, Il. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 4918 Rozzells Ferry Rd., Charlotte, NC. General Consignment Auction. Godley Auction Co., 704399-6111, 704-399-9756

Saturday, September 29 • Atlantic City, NJ. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 10:00 AM: 43 Meadowbrook Rd, Granby, CT. Complete Commercial Woodworking Shop & Antiques. Jacquier Auctioneers, 413-569-6421 www.jacquierauctions.com

Sunday, September 30 • Atlantic City, NJ. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com

Thursday, October 4 • 4:00 PM: Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Lockport Farm Machinery & consignment auction. Now accepting consignments. Call our office or visit our website. 585-343-5449 www.williamkentinc.com

Friday, October 5 • Lapeer, MI. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 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

Saturday, October 6 • 9:00 AM: 145 Paul Rd., Exit 17, Rt. 390, Rochester, NY. Monroe County Municipal Equipment Auction.

Heavy Construction Equipment, Cars & Trucks. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Feeder Sale.

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

Friday, October 12 • 1:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203, Chatham, NY. Two day Sale. 1-5 pm. Fall Beef & Feeders Roundup Collection. Hay & water for overnight. Call to consign. Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-4209092 or Auction Barn at 518-392-3321. www.empirelivestock.com

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500-600# 127-141; 600700# 121-122; 700-800# 113-116; M&L 2 200-300# 143-147; 300-400# 141-147; 400-500# 140-147; 500600# 117-126; 600-700# 112-117; 700-800# 109-115; M&L 3 400-500# 127; 500600# 114.

WINCHESTER, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 452.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-400# 153-169; 400500# 150-162; 500-600# 148-157; 600-700# 131-142; 700-800# 117-130; M&L 2 300-400# 135-150; 400500# 139-152; 500-600# 142-151; 600-700# 120-131; 700-800# 109-120.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-400# 128-138; 400500# 123-133; 500-600# 115-127; 600-700# 120-124; M&L 2 300-400# 128; 400500# 115-120; 500-600# 113-122.75; 600-700# 115121.50.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200-300# 150-180; 300400# 142.50-157; 400-500# 151-168; 500-600# 137147.50; 600-700# 115-124; M&L 2 300-400# 133-145; 400-500# 140-155; 500600# 130-137.

WYTHE COUNTY, VA FEEDER CATTLE: 279.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 200-300# 150; 300-400# 156; 400-500# 148-160.25; 500-600# 136-144; 600700# 129-135.50; 700-800# 126-132.50; 800-900# 130.50; 900-1000# 111.50; M&L 2 200-300# 153; 300400# 162.50; 400-500# 148155; 500-600# 138; 600700# 129-135.50; 700-800# 120-127.50; 800-900# 115.

Feeder Holstein Steers: L 2-3 200-300# 120; 300400# 122; 400-500# 114; 500-600# 86; 600-700# 91; 700-800# 91-99; 800-900# 80.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 200-300# 130; 300-400# 146; 400-500# 135-143; 500-600# 126-132.50; 600700# 114-127.50; 700-800# 118; 800-900# 85-110; M&L 2 200-300# 136; 300-400# 140-151; 400-500# 130144.50 500-600# 125-126; 600-700# 115-124.50; 700800# 107-115.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 200-300# 159; 300-400# 157-159; 400-500# 143-149 500-600# 115-125; 600700# 113-114; 700-800# 95; 800-900# 110; 900-1000# 94-96; M&L 2 200-300# 157; 300-400# 157; 400-500# 131-145; 500-600# 110-124; 600-700# 106-109.50; 700800# 95.

SLAUGHTER CATTLE HAGERSTOWN, MD SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: Breakers 72-77, very hi dress 8696, hi dress 78-83.50; Boners 70-76, lo dress 66-70; Lean 62-69; Thin & Light 62 & dn.

Bulls: YG 1 1700-2000# 86-92.

Fed Steers: Ch 3-4 12001450# 113-117; L Ch 108112.

Fed Heifers: Hi Ch 12001400# 112-115.75; L Ch 108-111.

Calves: Hols. Bull Ret. to Farm No. 1 95-115# 95-110; 80-94# 85-102; No. 2 95115# 85-95; 80-94# 67-82; few Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 80100# 125-130; Jersey 90# at 97; BWF Bulls/Hfrs. 86-96# 180-190.

Slaughter Calves: Gd 80-100# 65 & dn; Veal 250350# 110-121.

SILER CITY, NC SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: Breaker 70-80% lean 1455-1775# 73-84; 1610-1645# hi dress 86-89; 1425-1505# lo dress 61-70; Boner 80-85% lean 930-1385# 73-83; 9401055# hi dress 88-93; 9301280# lo dress 65-75; Lean 85-90% lean 810-1080# 6270; 850-1170# lo dress 5660.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1315-1410# lo dress 82-88; 1500-2130# 93-100; 16802120# hi dress 103-107.

Cows/Calf Pairs: 3. M 1 2 950-1075# middle age cows w/100-175# calves 950-1250/pr; L 1-2 1400# middle age cows w/150# calves 1300/pr.

Baby Calves, per head: Holsteins 75-120.

MT. AIRY SLAUGHTER CATTLE: Slaughter Cows: Breaker 70-80% Lean 1070-1380# 75-82.50; 1045-1340# lo dress 70-72; 1425-1755# 75-82.50; 1465-1550# lo dress 68-72; Boner 80-85% lean 715-875# 78.50-79.50; 980-1355# 75-81; 8951270# lo dress 65-74; 14401710# 76-80; 1420-1560# lo dress 71.50-74.50; Lean 8590% lean 835-1335# 7073.50; 935-1390# lo dress 51-69; Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1010-1285# 90-97.50; 10801265# lo dress 88-88.50; 1540-2070# 89-97 Cows/Calf Pairs: 1. M 1 and 2 945# middle aged cows with 500# calves 1290/pr.

Baby Calves, per head:

Holsteins 35-110.

SW VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 355.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% Lean 850-1200# 68-83; 1200-1600# 67.5087; HY 1200-1600# 8088.50; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 63.50-78; 12002000# 67-82, HY 12002000# 74-85; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 50-65; 8501200# 56-77.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 85-102; 15002500# 85-109; HY 10001500# 93; 1500-2500# 95.50-104.50.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 2.

M&L 1, 8 yrs old 1135# 850/hd; L 1 7 yrs old 1110# 860/hd.

Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols Bulls 70-100# 140/hd.

N VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 309.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7284; 1200-1600# 71-86.50, HY 1200-1600# 85.2588.50; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 71.50-82.25; 1200-2000# 68-82.50, HY 1200-2000# 83-86.50; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 68.50-69; 850-1200# 65.5078.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 90.50-103.50; 1500-2500# 84.75-112.50; HY 1000-1500# 101-102.50; 1500-2500# 102.50-106.50.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 23.

M&L 1, few 2, 4 yrs. old to aged, bred 3-8 mos. 10401475# 920-1475/hd; M 2, few M&L 1, 4 yrs. old to aged, bred 2-5 mos. 885965# 810-1075/hd.

Cows w/Calves at Side: 3. M&L 1, 75-165# calves 1045-1335# 1175-1380/pr.

Heifers: 2. M&L 1, bred 36 mos. 920-930# 9201020/hd.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 59.

130-200# 160; Hols. Bulls 70-100# 25-1570/hd; 100130# 125.

BLACKSTONE, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 30.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 6875; 1200-1600# 70-76.50, HY 1200-1600# 77-85; Boner 80-85% lean 800-1200# 62-71.50; 1200-2000# 6574.50; Lean 85-90% lean 850-1200# 57.50-63.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 81-90; 15002500# 80-94.50.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA No Report FRONT ROYAL, VA

SLAUGHTER CATTLE: No Report HOLLINS, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 29.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% Lean 850-1200# 77.50-80; 1200-1600# 7379.50, HY 1200-1600# 8083.50; Boner 80-85% Lean 800-1200# 72-74.50; 12001600# 80; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 56-58; 8501200# 59.50-71.

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

Cows Ret. to Farm: 23. L 1, 5-9 yrs old, 925-1400# 925-1475/hd; M&L 1, 4-8 yrs old, 1095-1300# 10501500/hd.

Cows w/Calves at Side: 1. L 1, 4 yrs. old w/200# calf 650# 700/pr.

LYNCHBURG, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 202 Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% Lean 850-1200# 74-80.50; 1200-1600# 74.50-84.50, HY 12001600# 85-89; Boner 80-85% Lean 800-1200# 70-73; 1200-2000# 72-77, HY 1200-2000# 78-80; Lean 8590% Lean 750-850# 53-58; 850-1200# 57-68.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 81-85.50; 15002500# 90-94; HY 10001500# 86-90; 1500-2500# 95-98.50.

MARSHALL, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 60 Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% Lean 850-1200# 79.50-83; 1200-1600# 78.50-81.50, HY 12001600# 80-83.50; Boner 8085% Lean 800-1200# 79.5081.25; 1200-2000# 7381.50, HY 1200-2000# 8185.50; Lean 85-90% Lean 850-1200# 60.50-67.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1500-2500# 82.25-93.25.

ROCKINGHAM, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 127.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% Lean 12001600# 71-74; Boner 80-85% Lean 800-1200# 72-75; 1200-2000# 68-78; Lean 8590% Lean 850-1200# 65.5075.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1500-2500# 91.50-96.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 53.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 25105/hd; 100-130# 125.

STAUNTON, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 24.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7284; 1200-1600# 75-86.50; Boner 80-85% lean 8001200# 72-82; 1200-2000# 71-82; Lean 85-90% lean 850-1200# 73-78.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 93; 1500-2500# 93.50-112.50.

TRI-STATE, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 135.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 7478; 1200-1600# 83.50-87, Boner 80-85% lean 8001200# 69-78; 1200-2000# 75-81, HY 1200-2000# 85; Lean 85-90% lean 750-850# 50; 850-1200# 63.50-68.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 90-102; 15002500# 99.50-109.

WINCHESTER, VA SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 150.

Slaughter Steers & Heifers: Ch 2-3 1300-1500# 100-106.50; Hfrs. Ch 2-3 1000-1200# 106-113.50; 1200-1300# 110.50-115; 1300-1500# 112.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% Lean 1200-1600# 75-83.25; Boner 80-85% Lean 800-1200# 68-80; 1200-2000# 69.50-80.50, HY 1200-2000# 81-86.50; Lean 85-90% Lean 750850# 66; 850-1200# 59-73.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 79.50-89; 1500-2500# 90-95.50; HY 1000-15003 94.50-98; 15002500# 96.50-104.50.

Cows Ret. to Farm: 38.

M&L 1, few 2, 4 yrs. old to aged bred 2-8 mos. 7681480# 1285-1550/hd.

Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols Bulls 70-100# 2580/hd.

WYTHE CO SLAUGHTER CATTLE: 197.

Slaughter Cows: Breaker 75-80% lean 850-1200# 6873.50; 1200-1600# 67.5076; HY 1200-1600# 80-85; Boner 80-85% Lean 8001200# 63.50-69; 12002000# 67-71.50, HY 12002000# 74; Lean 85-90% Lean 750-850# 50-65; 8501200# 56-70.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1-2 1000-1500# 85-85.50; 15002500# 85-92; HY 10001500# 93; 1500-2500# 95.50-98.50.

Cows Ret. to Farm: M&L 1, 8 yrs old 1135# 850/hd; L 1, 7 yrs old 1110# 860/hd.

Calves Ret. to Farm: 3.

Hols. Bulls 70-100# 140/hd; 100-130# 125.

HOG REPORT HAGERSTOWN, MD PIGS Pigs & Shoats (/hd): 3040# 37-43; 40-50# 38-42; 55-65# 59-65; 75# at 77; (/#) 100-170# 90-100.

Butcher Hogs: 1-3 210250# 62-67; 1 252# at 73; 1 306# at 60.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA HOGS: Barrows and Gilts: U.S. 1-3 270-300# 52.25.

HOLLINS, VA HOGS: No Report MARSHALL, VA HOGS: No Report N VA HOGS: Barrows & Gilts: US 1-3 210-230# 75; 230-250# 6280.50; 250-270# 70-80; 270300# 60-75.

Sows: US 1-2 300-400# 6.

ROCKINGHAM, VA No Report S VA HOGS: No Report STAUNTON, VA HOGS: No Report WINCHESTER, VA HOGS: 18.

Barrows & Gilts: US 1-3 210-230# 75; 230-250# 6280.50; 250-270# 70-80; 270300# 60-75.

Sows: US 1-2 300-400# 6.

WYTHE CO, VA HOGS: No Report

LAMB & GOAT MARKET N VA SHEEP: 123.

Slaughter Lambs: Spring, Wooled, Ch & Pr 80-110# 107; 110-125# 100105; Spring, Wooled, Gd & Ch 1-3 60-90# 103; Wooled Ch & Pr 3-4 130-160# 124126; Wooled, Gd & few Ch 1-2 60-90# 125-135; 90110# 125-135.

Slaughter Ewes: Ch 2-4 57; Gd 2-4 65-77.

S VA SHEEP: No Report HAGERSTOWN, MD LAMBS: 78-110# 105112.

Sheep: Yearlings 230# 60-65; Ewe 184# at 57.

HAGERSTOWN, MD GOATS: (/hd) M Billies/Wethers 110-145; Sel 1 kids 74# at 85.

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MARKET REPORTS

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MARKET REPORTS N VA GOATS: Kids No. 12 20-40# 140; 40-60# 139170; 60-80# 136-155; No. 3 20-40# 133-140; 40-60# 160; Slaughter Bucks: Sel No. 1-2 150-250# 91-107.

Slaughter Does: No. 1-2 50-70# 64-100; 70-100# 70; 100-150# 69-104.

MT. AIRY SHEEP: No Report MT. AIRY GOATS: 37 Slaughter and Replacement Classes: Kids: Sel 2 20-40# 27.50-37.50, 40-60# 45-60, 60-80# 70-75; Yearlings: No Market Does/Nannies: Sel 2 100-140# 75-90 Wethers: No Market Bucks/Billies: No Market FREDERICKSBURG, VA SHEEP: No Report FREDERICKSBURG, VA GOATS: No report HOLLINS, VA SHEEP/GOATS: No report MARSHALL, VA SHEEP: No Report MARSHALL, VA GOATS: No Report ROCKINGHAM, VA GOATS: No Report ROCKINGHAM, VA SHEEP: 10.

Slaughter Lambs: Wooled Ch & Pr 1-2 110125# 105.

SHENANDOAH SHEEP: Slaughter Lambs: Spring, Wooled Ch & Pr 80110# 107; 110-125# 100; Spring, Wooled Gd & Ch 1-3 60-90# 103.

SILER CITY, NC GOATS: 125 Slaughter and Replacement Classes: Kids: Sel 1 under 20# 30-40; 20-40# 5065; 40-60# 67.50-77.50; 6080# 82.50-90; Sel 2 under 20# 15-25, 20-40# 40-45.

Yearlings: Sel 1 60-80# 100-120; 80-100# 140-145.

Does/Nannies: Sel 1 5070# 90; 70-100# 100-105; Sel 2 50-70# 52.50.

Bucks/Billies: Sel 1 100150# 120-125; 150-250# 172.50.

SILER CITY, NC SHEEP: 29.

Slaughter Ewes: Gd 100200# 130-160; Util 80-100# 105-120; Cull 60-120# 7080.

STAUNTON, VA SHEEP:

No Report STAUNTON, VA GOATS: No Report TRI-STATE, VA GOATS: No Report WINCHESTER, VA SHEEP: 19.

Slaughter Lambs: Wooled, Ch & Pr 2-3 60-80# 120; 80-110# 120-126; 110125# 110; Wooled, Gd & Ch 1-3 30-60# 120; Wooled, Ch & Pr 3-4 130-160# 115.

Slaughter Rams/Ewes: Ewes Ch 2-4 55; Gd 2-4 5962; Rams all grades 40-71.

WINCHESTER, VA GOATS: 68 Kids: Sel 1-2 20-40# 140-151; 40-60# 115-175; 60-80# 146-173; Sel 3 2040# 110-121; 40-60# 100110.

Bucks: No. 1-2 70-110# 130-160; 100-150# 154.

Does: Sel 1-2 70-100# 100-126.

WYTHE CO SHEEP: No Report WYTHE CO GOATS: No Report CASH GRAIN MARKET NC GRAIN US 2 Yellow Corn was 15 ¢ higher. Prices were 7.948.71, mostly 7.94-8.14 at the feed mills and 7.89-8.44, mostly 8.39 at the elevators.

US 1 Yellow Soybeans were 36¢ higher. Prices were 16.84 at the processors, 17.30 at the feed mills and 15.89-17.10, mostly 17.10 at the elevators. US 2 Soft Red Winter Wheat was 7¢ higher. Prices were 7.67-7.82, mostly 7.82 at the elevators.

Soybean Meal (f.o.b.) at the processing plants was 585/ton for 48% protein.

Feed Mills: Bladenboro 8.32, -----, ----; Candor 8.71, -----, 8.04; Cofield 8.14, 17.30, ----; Laurinburg 8.32, -----, ----; Monroe 8.59, -----, ----; Nashville ----, -----, ----; Roaring River 8.64, -----, ---; Rose Hill 8.32, -----, ----; Selma 8.04, -----, ----; Statesville 8.44, -----, 8.56; Warsaw 8.32, -----, ----; Pantego #2 7.94, -----, ----.

Elevators: Cleveland ----, -----, ----; Belhaven ----, -----, ----; Chadbourn ----, -----, ---; Clement 8.29, -----, ----; Creswell 7.89, 15.89, ----; Elizabeth City 8.04, 17.10, 7.82; Greenville ----, -----, ---; Lumberton ----, -----, ----; Monroe ----, -----, 7.67; Nor-

wood 8.39, 16.50, 7.69; Pantego ----, -----, ----; Register 8.24, -----, ----; Warsaw #2 8.44, -----, ----.

Soybean Processors: Fayetteville, 16.84; Raleigh, 16.84.

RUSHVILLE SEMIMONTHLY HAY AUCTION Prices/ton FOB unless otherwise noted. Delivery beyond 10 miles mostly 2.50 /mile. Hay 20 tons. No Report.

POULTRY REPORT NC BROILERS & FRYERS The market is steady and the live supply is adequate to meet the moderate demand. Average weights are mostly heavy. The estimated slaughter for Wednesday in NC is 2,663,000 head compared to 2,620,000 head last Wednesday NC EGGS: The market is lower on all sizes. Supplies are heavy. Retail demand is light. Weighted average prices for small lot sales of Grade A eggs delivered to nearby retail outlets: XL 163.90, L 160.97, M 98.38 & S 84.

NY EGGS Prices are steady. The undertone is steady. Current supplies are light to moderate on larger sizes, moderate to heavy on M’s. Retail demand remains ligt. Market activity s 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 116-120, L 114-118, M 89-93.

FARMERS MARKET NC STATE FARMERS MARKET Beets (25# bg) 20; Blackberries (flat) 23; Blueberries (flat) 20-22; Cabbage (50# crate) Pointed Head & Round 12-15; Corn, White or Yellow (4 dz crate) 13, (5 dz bg) 15; Cucumbers, Long Green (3/4 bu) 18, Pickling (3/4 bu) 20-28; Eggplant (1/2 bu) 15, (1-1/9 bu) 10-15; Okra (25# bx) 18-20; Potatoes Red or White (1 bu) 2025; Sweet Potatoes (40# bx) 12-15-22; Peaches (1/2 bu) 12-15; Peas (1-1/9 bu) 1522; Peanuts (30# bg) 35; Pepper (3/4 bu) 20, (1-1/9 bu) 12-15; Field Peas 20-22 (bu); Squash, Yellow (1/2 bu) 12, (3/4 bu) 20; Zucchini (1/2 bu box) 12, (3/4 bu) 20;

Tomatoes, Slicing Field (25# bx) 14-20; Tomatoes, German Johnson (25# bx) 30, Grape (12 pt flat) 15, Cherry (12 pt flat) 20, Roma (25# bx) 14-15; Watermelons 13.50 (ea), (bin) 90-120.

Wholesale Dealer Price: Apples (traypack ctn 100 count) WA Red Delicious (traypack ctn) 35.75-39, WA Golden Delicious (traypack ctn) 37-47, Granny Smith WA (traypack ctn) 34-39.50, Gala WA 32-36, WA Fuji (traypack ctn) 38-41, WA Pink Lady (traypack ctn) 3841.50; Asparagus (11# ctn) 38.65-40; Bananas (40# ctn) 23-28.75; Beans, Round Green (1-1/9 bu ctn) 22.9524, Pole (1-1/9 bu) 32-34; Beets (25# sack) 15.4521.15; Blueberries (flat 12 1pt cups) 22-25; Broccoli (ctn 14s) 19.50-20.15; Cabbage (50# ctn) 16.50-19.50; Cantaloupe (case 12 count) 19.95-21.25; Carrots (50# sack) 32.15-34.65; Cauliflower (ctn 12s) 18.0522.35; Cherries (16# bx) 48; Celery (ctn 30s) 28.05-29; Cilantro (ctn 30s) 18.6519.50; Oranges, CA (4/5 bu ctn) 32.15-36.25, 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) 32-37.35; Limes (40# ctn) 22-24; Oranges, CA Naval (4/5 bu ctn) 25-32.15, FL (64 count) 26.15-31.75; Tangerines (120 count) 24; Corn (ctn 4 ?-5 dz) Yellow 23.7525.75, White (ctn 4 ?-5 dz) 23.75-25.75; Cranberries (24 12 oz pkg) 24.50; Cucumbers (40# ctn) Long Green 21-23, Pickles (ctn 40#) 32-35; Eggplant (25#

ctn) 14-15; Grapes, Red Seedless (18# ctn) 26-29, White Seedless 26-29, Black Seedless 26, Red Globe 29; Grapefruit (40# ctn) 37.15; Greens, Collard (bu ctn/loose 24s) 10, Kale (ctn/bunched 24s) 10.5514.15; Turnip, Topped 11.8514.65; Honeydews (ctn 5s) 29; Kiwi (ctn 117s) 12.1513.15; Lettuce (ctn 24s) Iceberg (wrapped) 26.5027.95, Greenleaf (ctn 24s) 22-24, Romaine (ctn 24s) 27.50-29.50; Nectarines, Yellow/White Flesh (1/2 bu ctn) 24; Onions, Yellow (50# sack) Jumbo 23-27.55, White (25# sack) 14-16, Red (25# sack) 15-22.50, Green (ctn 24s) 14.65-19.65; Sweet Onions (40# ctn) 2225; Peaches, Yellow/White Flesh (1/2 bu ctn) 24; Peanuts (35#) Green 53-69; Pears, Bartlett (16# ctn) 34; Bell Peppers, Green (1-1/9 bu ctn) 14.35-20, Red (11# ctn) 25-32.50, Yellow (11# ctn) 29; Potatoes (50# ctn) Red size A 14-18.65, Red Size B 25-28, White size A 14.35-17.15; Russett, ID 19.35-23.95; Radishes (30 6-oz film bgs) Red 12.5014.35; Plums, Red (28# ctn) 27; Squash, Yellow Crooked neck (3/4 bu ctn) 17.75-23, Zucchini (1/2 bu ctn) 16-18; Strawberries, CA (flat 8 1-qt conts) 16.95-20; Sweet Potatoes, Orange (40# ctn) 16-21.45, White (40# ctn) 20-20.75; Tomatoes, vine ripened XL (25# ctn) 15.7519, Cherry (flat 12 1-pt conts) 19.25-20.75, Romas (25# ctn) 18-19, Grape (flat 12 1-pt conts) 20-21; Turnips (25# film bg) Topped 14.3522.15; Watermelon (bin)

125.

WESTERN NC FARMERS’ MARKET Apples (traypack ctn) Red Delicious 36-38, Golden Delicious 36-38; Gala, Mutsu, 20-24; Bananas (40# bx) 19.50-20; Beans (bu) Greasy Cut Shorts 45, Halfrunners 28-30; Broccoli (1/2 bu basket – Local) 12, (ctn) 16-17.75; Cabbage (50# ctn/crate) 11-14; Cantaloupes (ctn 9-12 count) 13.50-16, (bin 120-140 count) 180-200; Cauli-flower (ctn) 20-21.50; Lemons (ctns 95 count) 30-31.50, (165 count) 30-34.50; Corn (bg) Bi-Color, White & Yellow 15-16; Cucumbers (1-1/9 bu) Long Green 12-14, Picklers (1-1/9 bu crate) 28-30; Grapes (18# ctn) Red & White Seedless 24-25; Lettuce (ctn) Iceburg 21-22, Green Leaf 18-19, Romaine 21-23; Okra (1/2 bu – local) 18-20; Onions (50# bg) Yellow Jumbo 22-24; Peach-es (1/2 bu bskt) Freestone Monroe, White Rose, Flaming Prince 16-18; Bell Pepper (1-1/9 bu ctn) L & XL 1416; Potatoes, Irish (50# bg) White 13-22, Red 16-22, Russet 12.50-16.750; Squash (3/4 bu) No. 1 Yellow Crookneck 18-21, (1/2 bu) Zucchini No.1 12-14; Sweet Potatoes (40# bx) Red or Orange #2 12-15; Tomatoes, vine ripe (25# bx) XL & Larger 10-12, M 8, Green 10-14, Heirlooms (bu bskt) 45-50; Turnips (25# sack) 13.75; Watermelons (ea) 3-8, (bin 35/40 count) Seeded 120140, Seedless 150-180.

MARKETS

The Kitchen Diva

by Angela Shelf Medearis Quick snack mix Edamame has made its way across the ocean to the United States and is rapidly becoming a popular item in American kitchens. Edamame, which are soybeans, are widely eaten by the Japanese. In Japanese, edamame actually means “beans on a branch.” The term “edamame” is defined as an immature green soybean. I define it as delicious!

You can find edamame in the freezer with the frozen vegetables. They come still in the pod. The pod has been boiled and salted. You simply thaw the package in the refrigerator overnight, break and squeeze the pod, and pop the beans out into your mouth. You can also buy shelled edamame that has been dry roasted to add to soups and casseroles and salads. Wasabi flavored, dry-roasted edamame is a delicious addition to air-popped popcorn.

According to the nutrition facts on a package produced by Seapoint Farms, 1/2 cup of the shelled beans has just 100 calories, 3 grams of healthy fat, 8 grams of protein and 4 grams of dietary fiber.

Edamame contains calcium and is a good source of vitamin A, vitamin C and iron.

No matter how you define it, edamame is a great addition to your family’s healthy eating repertoire.

Edamame has a great blend of nutrients, which will

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help anyone fill up, stay full longer and reap the benefits of the other nutrients in the process. This recipe for my Quick Snack Mix contains a variety of ingredients that are available from Vitacost.com.

Best of all, it’s simple enough for children to make, and it’s the perfect grab-and-go snack for the whole family.

Quick Snack Mix

Add your family’s favorite snack ingredients and omit ingredients that you don’t care for to customize this delicious mix!

2 cups dry-roasted, lightly salted or wasabi edamame 2 cups yogurt-covered pretzels 2 cups sweetened banana chips 2 cups raisins 1 cup dried cranberries 1 cup dark chocolate almonds 1 cup shelled, lightly salted sunflower seeds

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Using a large bowl, mix all of the ingredients together. Package the snack mix in 1/2 cup portions in small, re-sealable bags. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc., and Angela Shelf Medearis

Breakfast before the bus comes

Breakfast doesn’t have to be traditional — it just has to be nutritious. And, it should start with protein: Eggs, cheese, yogurt, peanut butter — it’s just the very best way to jump start your day. Contact the VA Egg Council for more recipes at eggsrgr8@rev.net.

The Kangaroo

2 eggs Pita (pocket bread) 1 Tbsp. tomatoes, chopped 2 tbsp. shredded Cheddar cheese Whip eggs in a bowl. Melt butter in a skillet and pour in eggs — scramble. Cut pita bread in half, open pocket and spoon eggs and tomato into each pocket half. Top with cheese and serve warm.

Egg Taco

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Pizza Eggs

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When sauce starts to bubble, break eggs, one at a time into sauce. Cover and cook until eggs are cooked throughout.

Meanwhile, split English muffins and toast.

Spoon an egg onto each muffin half; top with more sauce and some cheese. Pizza for breakfast — Yeh!

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Bonny View Farms, Raphine, Virginia 540-460-3535 1991 FORD L9000 dump truck, Cat 315 motor and 8LL transmission, 16ft box, call for more info. $12,500 or bo. Call 585-721-1680

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AUG 23 - SEPT 3 Maryland State Fair State Fairgrounds, Timonium, MD. SEP 6 KNLA’s 13th Annual Summer Outing Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest, Clermont, KY. On Internet at www.KNLA.org Precondition Cattle Sale Stanley County Livestock Market, 13215 Indian Mound Rd., Norwood, NC. 7 am - 3 pm cattle arrive. Sale at 7 pm. Contact Marcus Harward, 704-474-7681.

SEP 6-9 Gas & Steam Engine Assoc. Rally 10400 Gillate Rd., Alexander, NY. Antique Tractors, Steam Engines, Log Sawing, Gas Engines, Treshing, Working Models, Woodwork-

ing, Tractor Pulls, Flea Market, Parades. Live music and daily tractor pulls each day.Delicious dinners offered each day. On Internet at www.alexandersteamshow.c om SEP 8 Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s Field Day Stone Ridge Manor, 654 Cold Spring Rd., Gettysburg PA. Hosted by Dan & Seth Snyder. Contact Ann Nogan, 570-254-6856 or e-mail Pacattlemen@aol.com.

The Fall Maryland Poultry Swap & Farmer’s Market Green Hill Farm, 5329 Mondell Rd., Sharpsburg, MD. 8 am - 2 pm. Contact Erin, 2 4 0 - 3 2 9 - 6 7 3 2 .

On Internet at www.MD poultryswap.blogspot.com SEP 13-16 VA State 4-H Horse and Pony Championship Virginia Horse Center. Lexington, VA. Contact Celeste Crisman, 540-231-9162 or e-mail ccrisman@vt.edu.

SEP 15-20 The 49th All American Dairy Show Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center, Harrisburg, PA. Featuring 23 shows in six days, including four full days dedicated to youth shows and more than 2,400 animals shown by

nearly 1,000 exhibitors from across the nation.. Call 717787-2905. On Internet at www.allamerican.state.pa.us SEP 18 Robeson Co. Area Beekeepers Assoc.

Monthly Meeting O.P. Owens Ag. Center, 455 Canton Rd., Lumberton, NC. 6:30 pm meal, 7 pm educational meeting. Contact Nelson Brownlee, 910-6713276.

SEP 20 Luzerne County Sustainable Landscapes Bus Tour Kirby Park, Old River Road, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Visit six sites that showcase natural stormwater management, green buildings, sustainable agriculture and more. 7:30 am - 4:30 pm. Contact Jessica Sprajcar, 717 798 2409 or e-mail jsprajcar@pa.gov. On Internet at www.dcnr.state.pa.us/ conservationscience/ sustainablelands/ conferences/index.htm Pesticide Recertification Class, Private Category V&X O.P. Owens Ag. Center, 455 Canton Rd., Lumberton, NC. Commercial class TBA. Contact Mac Malloy, 910-6713276.

SEP 22 4-H Centennial Celebration Cumberland County Extension Office, 310 Allen Rd., Carlisle, PA. 11 am - 4 pm. Come one, come all, and be prepared to learn about 4-H, share 4-H stories, battle it out in “Battle of the Barns,” and show off all the great ways that 4-H is alive and well.

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OCT 2 Building a Strong Management Team Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 1 pm. Dr. Bernard Erven will outline the three critical steps in forming an effective management team. Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1). On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com OCT 2-3 “Come Home to Kansas” 2012 National Angus Conference and Tour Doubletree Hotel-Airport, Wichita, KS. Call 816-383-5100 or sstannard@angus.org.

OCT 3 Avoiding Drug Residues in the Dairy Industry Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way,

Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 11 am. Dr. Geof Smith will discuss these critical points and give an overview of how drug residue testing in milk and meat is implemented in the US. Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1).

On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com Building US Agricultural Exports: One BRIC at a Time Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 1 pm. Brazil, Russia, India and China, also known as BRIC, have huge buying power, Jason Henderson will discuss this growing market and how it will affect agricultural exports and global food production. Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1). On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com OCT 3-7 10th Semi-Annual Beef Tour We will be traveling by bus to Ohio. Stops will include commercial and registered cow/calf operations, farmer feeders, and backgrounding operations. Tentative plans also include The Ohio State University and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. There

will be several pick up points across NY. Contact Dr. Michael Baker, 607-2555923 or e-mail mjb28@cornell.edu.

OCT 4 How Many Replacement Heifers Does Your Dairy Need Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 1 pm. Dr. John Currin will discuss how to manage your replacement herd in terms of size and quality. Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1). On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com Planning for Change: Transitioning the Family Farm Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 11 am. Elizabeth Rumley will discuss how to make the transition while keeping the farm financially viable for all parties involved. She will also outline ideas on creating a structured plan for making a smoother transition to the next generation. Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1). On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com

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