Country Folks New England 9.3.12

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4-H project launches careers in dairy farming ~ Page 3 “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” ~ Isaiah 26:3

Rhode Island’s Washington County Fair

by Sanne Kure-Jensen Families and farmers have been enjoying the Washington County Fair in Richmond, RI for over 45 years. This was once again Rhode Island’s largest agricultural event entertaining over 100,000 visitors from across New England.

Livestock competitions included dairy, beef, rabbit, poultry, rooster crowing, sheep, swine, working steers and herdsman. Rhode Island 4-H exhibits and competitions included photography, art, baking, produce, crafts, a dog show and more. There were tractor, horse, pony and oxen

pulls. An animal costume parade was held on Sunday.

Local FFA chapters entered landscape designs with a Conservation Garden theme.

The winners won these premiums: 1st: $125, 2nd: $100, 3rd, 4th and 5th: $75 each.

On top of the agricultural excitement, visitors enjoyed

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Emma Tucker (age 6) at the Washington County Fair with “Joany” (2 months) of the Cotrell Homestead in West Kingston, RI. Photos by Sanne Kure-Jensen

at the Fair were eligible to win once. The 2012 winner was Alex LaPrise of EMMA Acres in Exeter, RI. The 2012 Fair ran five days, Wednesday — Sunday, Aug. 15 — 19.

scheduled for Aug. 14 — 18,

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Devon Cranston (age 5) with “Cupcake” and Caleb Cranston (age 9) with”Cuddleigh.” This was Devon’s first and Caleb’s third competition at RI’s 2012 Washington County Fair. The Border Leicester lambs were four months old. The boys are from West Greenwich, RI.

midway rides, food concessions and kiddy land. Concert performances included Eden’s Edge, Abbey Road, Ricochet, Jimmy Lehoux, Sarah and the Tall Boys, Casey James, Gale County, Darryl Worley, Branded and Collin Raye.

Fireworks thrilled late-night visitors.

All food concession booths are owned and operated by local, non-profit organizations fundraising for their community services. Many raise the majority of their operating budgets at this Fair. Together, these non-profits raised well over $250,000.

Alex LaPrise with “Buttercup” of EMMA Acres in Exeter, RI. Alexis won the 2012 Ann Stone Memorial Trophy.

Ann Stone Memorial Trophy A longtime friend of the Fair, Ann Stone was a 4-H leader who guided many youths to “do their best.” This perpetual trophy was awarded to the youth who demonstrates sportsmanship, leadership and integrity during the Fair season. All 4-H youth and competitors showing animals

Lincoln Chagnon (age 9) brought home a first prize at his first 4-H competition with “Francis” (5 months) of Ocean Breeze Farm in Westerly, RI.

Continue e to o page e 3 forr more e photos off the e Washington n Countyy Fair.

4-H project launches careers in dairy farming

Troy Sankey with “Tess” and Cynthia LaPrise with “Wish” of EMMA Acres in Exeter, RI are featured here after competing at RI’s 2012 Washington County Fair.

Photos by Sanne Kure-Jensen

Reserve Supreme Dairy Cow. Alex won Supreme Showman.

Sankey grew up exhibiting beef cattle but now prefers working with dairy cows.

Cynthia LaPrise grew up on a dairy farm called Bailey Brooke Farm in East Greenwich, RI and hadn’t exhibited in a 4-H competition since she was a teenager.

EMMA Acres joined the Rhody Fresh dairy co-op in 2008. Sankey said “Rhody Fresh does more marketing than any single farmer could

afford. They show up at events around the state with animals and product samples helping promote local dairy farms and growing Rhode Island’s loyal customer base.” While this helps raise awareness about farming in Rhode Island, Sankey said most kids in his high school “still don’t really get what it takes to be a farmer or work on a farm.”

The teachers care and promote buying locally. The high school hosts Agriculture Day; Sankey said it is more about

horticulture than livestock, but it is a start. Rhody Fresh butter will be available starting this fall along with its full line of milk and cream already sold across Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts.

The 12-acre farm was named after Cynthia and Scooter LaPrise’s four children — EMMA for Elizabeth, Matthew, Maggie and Alex.

This fall, Alex will study Accounting and Agriculture at URI. The family has ambitious plans to grow the farm and

have a homemade ice cream shop in the next 10 years.

Each year, EMMA Acres opens to the public for Open Farm Day sponsored by Cabot Cheese. Scooter LaPrise was recognized as Conservation Farmer of the Year in 2007 for his efforts in building a new milking facility and innovative manure handling. The farm is too small to provide enough hay or forage so the cows are fed in a new free-stall barn offering cool shade on hot summer days. Hay and silage are purchased from nearby farms. A grant from the NRCS helped fund the manure storage and heavy use area projects.

Rising feed prices mean the milk income barely covers the electricity and some of the feed costs.

Cynthia and Scooter LaPrise have off-farm jobs to help keep the farm running. The far m used to have many different types of animals but has recently narrowed their focus to their dairy operation; they have just two pigs for meat and a few laying hens.

For more information on EMMA Acres, see www.far mfresh.org/food/f ar m.php?far m=2310, or email Scooter LaPrise at kendalllogging@aol.com

Rhode Island’s Washington County Fair Continued

Joseph Slater (age 9) shows his love for“Pixie” (3 months) of Breen Hollow Farm.

Photos by Sanne Kure-Jensen

Experienced competitors, Abbey and Hannah Foster (twins, age 10) of River Raven Farm in Bradford, RI swept their class at the Washington County Fair with “Lilo” and “Izzy.”

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by Sanne Kure-Jensen “Our farm is a 4-H Project gone wild,” said Alex LaPrise.

The LaPrise family of EMMA Acres in Exeter, RI purchased three calves as part of a 4-H project in 2001. They shipped their first milk with Agri-Mark in 2008. The LaPrise family loves working with their cows and have expanded their herd to 70 Jersey-blend cows; 32 cows are being milked this summer.

“I love doing this,” Troy Sankey, age 17, said about dairy farming. He plans a career as a dairy farmer in RI. Sankey learned about dairy operations while working with his girlfriend, Alex, at EMMA Acres.

EMMA Acres dairy cows swept the Dairy and Holstein Competitions three days in a row at the 2012 Washington County Fair in Richmond, RI. Sankey and “Tess,” a 3-yearold headstrong, red and white Holstein from EMMA’s Acres won Grand Champion in the Junior Show and Reserve Grand Champion in the Open Show; Cynthia LaPrise and “Wish,” another red and white Holstein, won Grand Champion. EMMA Acres won Grand Champion Jersey and then Supreme Dairy Animal with Alex’s Jersey “Buttercup.”

“Tess” won

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Annual State 4-H dairy show attracts over 60 competitors On Aug. 13, 64 4-H’ers, ages 11 to 18, from throughout the state competed at the annual University of Vermont (UVM) Extension 4-H Dairy Show in Highgate.

The show was held at the Franklin County Fair and Field Days grounds.

Judges for the event were Seth Johnson of Tunbridge (colored breeds), and Dan Lacoss of Barton (Holsteins).

For the 4-H’ers, activities began the day prior to the show. In addition to practicing and preparing their animals for the show, they participated in a clipping contest and fun get-acquainted activities.

The show got underway with the fitting and showmanship classes where the 4-H’ers were judged on their poise as well as presentation and handling of their animal. For the conformation classes, arranged by age and breed of animal, judges looked at the physical structure, condition and appearance of the animal.

Chelsea Abbott, Fairfield, was named the Senior Fitting and Showing Champion. The Junior Champion was Maggie Kirby, East Montpelier.

In the conformation classes individuals earning championships for their breed were:

(L-R) Elle Purrier, Montgomery; Courtney Banach, South Burlington; and Caitlyn Abbott, Fairfield compete in the fitting and showmanship class for 16-year-olds at the State 4-H Dairy Show. Caitlyn placed first, Courtney second and Elle third in this class.

Photo by Susie Marchand Ayrshire Senior Champion and Grand Champion: Ashley Woods, Enosburg Falls, with her two-year-old cow.

Cynthia LaPrise of EMMA Acres in Exeter, RI and “Wish” took Grand Junior Champion: Kelli Jerome, Champion in the Holstein Show at the Washington County Fair.

Leicester, with her fall calf.

Brown Swiss Senior Champion and Grand Champion: Shelby Biasini, Morrisville, with her four-year-old cow. Junior Champion: Kathryn Wright, Enosburg New England Farm Weekly Falls, with her summer yearling.

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Holstein Senior Champion and Grand Champion: Elle Purrier, Montgomery, with her two-year-old cow. Junior Champion Grand Champion: Britney Hill, Bristol, with her summer yearling.

Jersey Senior Champion and Grand Champion: Tiffany Tracey, Vergennes, with her three-year-old cow. Junior Champion: Megan Hill, New Haven, with her winter calf.

Milking Shorthorn Junior Champion and Grand Champion: Kyle Letourneau, East Charleston, with his spring yearling.

Renee Lacoss and Susie Marchand, volunteer leaders of the Shelburne Explorers 4-H Club, received the Ed Gould Award, given in memory of Gould, a strong supporter of the dairy industry. The award is presented annually to an adult who provides leadership and support to the Vermont 4-H dairy program.

The recipient of the John Knapp Award is Michael Ingwersen of Addison. The award is given in honor of the late John Knapp, a 4-H volunteer who coached the state quiz bowl team for several years, to the 4-H’er who receives the highest individual scores in the Vermont 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest.

Thirty-five competitors also earned the chance to compete in the regional 4-H dairy show at Eastern States Exposition in W. Springfield, MA in September.

For information about the Vermont 4-H dairy program contact Wendy Sorrell, UVM Extension 4-H livestock educator, at (802) 656-5418 or (800) 571-0668, ext. 2 (within Vermont).

4-H student presents at Animal Science Day Ethan Dunbar from Friendly Fences 4-H Club presented “wool felted soap” at Animal Science Day. During the session that he lead, all participants learned how to felt wool around a soap bar, making washcloths with soap inside. Ethan helped to develop and present one of the stations at the Grafton County Animal Science Day.

Ethan Dunbar holds a plate of his baked goods that he exhibited at the North Haverhill Fair in New Hampshire.

Feeds, Forage and Nutrition workshop at Tufts tance in any feeding program addressed. In basic terms prebiotics can be said to be those factors in the diet that serve to keep the good bacteria in the digestive tract healthy and probiotics are microorganisms which result in a positive health benefit to the animal.

Following lunch and Christine’s presentation, the attendees walked back to the Farm Dept. for a discussion of feedstuffs and ingredients led by Kevin Wollam, nutritionist at Central Connecticut Co-Op, Manchester, CT. During his presentation Kevin touched on many topics that relate to the feed industry. With the current interest in the ethanol industry, especially in this drought-stricken year, it was noted that the feed industry buys most of the residue from ethanol manufacture for animal feed and other commodities that would not be suitable for human consumption. Many interesting tid-bits from the industry were of interest to the group.

One point was the fact that many salt mixes have fillers with low nutritional value; another was that sweet feeds were first introduced as a means of covering up bad odors. Red salt blocks identify the block as containing iodine.

Those who have the proper storage facilities can achieve significant savings by buying in bulk. This is not always feasible in small operations but should always be kept in mind when reassessing an overall business plan with a possible eye to expansion.

When buying forage core, samples should be taken from a random number of round bales for analysis with the price determined by the actual feeding vale of the forage being purchased. One suggestion is that the price be set by the percentage protein given that that component is the highest priced fraction of the total feedstuff.

Tufts again achieved its stated goal of presenting a program geared to its basic target group: those who want to learn more about the basics of the multitude of agricultural activities available before making commitments to areas that they may be poorly suited.

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such unwanted deviations. The aim should be to keep the body score of any group of beef cattle in the 5-7 range to avoid unwanted and unnecessary feed related problems.

Problems associated with low body scores include failure to come in heat, low conception rates and decreased calf vigor. It is likely that many cattle on ranges in the west will be suffering from such problems related to drought conditions including the unavailability and high cost of hay and concentrates. On the other hand, many hobby farms have animals with the problem of being overly conditioned but with some of the same issues affecting those on the low end of the scale. These should be easily corrected with proper levels of nutrition.

Following the body scoring session, the managers discussed some of the issues that relate to the “art” of feeding. Not everything that relates to good feeding practices is based on high levels of science. Are the feed bunks free of moldy or spoiled feed? Sweeping the bunks on a regular basis is very helpful, not only insuring avoidance of the intake of unwholesome feed but also gaining an idea of what the feed intake really is. Waterers are often overlooked when doing a self evaluation. Is the water being offered the stock of a quality that the manager would drink himself/herself?

What is the character of the manure? Is there undigested corn being passed and if so, why? Is the color consistent with what is being fed?

Silage bunk management is another area that needs careful oversight. A walk through the feedlot will reveal much valuable information to Addressing the audience are (L-R) Sam Anderson, the carefully trained eye. Keeping the face of Jennifer Hadsley, Director of the New Entry Program, and the silage in the bunk as even as possible to Dr. George Saperstein, Chairman of the Dept. of insure that any possible spoilage is kept to an Environmental and Population Health. absolute minimum, especially during hot Photos by George Looby, DVM weather. First cutting hay is often a problem especially for the smaller operator who is putat Tufts. This project is designed to give support ting up small bales. The vagaries of the weather and guidance to those who have an interest in during late May and early June often make the farming as a career but have had rather minimal harvesting of excellent first cutting next to hands-on exposure. impossible, which translates into first cutting After welcoming remarks by Dr. George whose feeding value is compromised, making Saperstein, Chair man of the Dept. of adjustments in the feeding program necessary Environmental and Population Health and to make up for its lower Jennifer Hashley, Director of the New Entry value.

Program, the group walked to the cattle barn For lunch the group where they were introduced to the principles of walked to the Vargus Body Scoring Beef Cattle. Scott Brundidge, Campus Center for a workLivestock Manager at the far m, and Dr. ing lunch with Christine Saperstein, using live cattle with varying levels Sullivan, representing Blue of body conditioning as models, pointed out the Seal Feeds, who gave the landmarks that are used to develop body scores. group an overview of aniWithout a set of uniform guidelines, almost mal nutrition with emphaevery observer views an animal’s condition in a sis on ruminants. somewhat different manner but by using estabChristine first reviewed the lished criteria almost every individual is able to nutrients that are considdevelop body scores in a more uniform way. ered essential to an aniExperienced body scorers should be within a mal’s well being and health very short range of each other when evaluating including water, protein, a group of animals. Beef cattle, unlike many energy, carbohydrates, other animals that are scored on a scale of 1-5 fats, vitamins, and minerare graded on a scale of 1-9, allowing for fine als, stressing that with all tuning differences in a given group of animals. of the emphasis on other Body areas used to make evaluations are the factors, water remains the backbone, ribs, hooks, and pins. An animal with most essential single nutria body score of 1-4 would appear to be thin with ent. Problems relating to visable bony protuberances while the cow at the deficiencies of the various other end of the scale would have no bones viscomponents in the diet able and rolls of fat especially over the tail head. were discussed and issues Body scoring is a valuable tool in determining relating to feed additives the nutritional status of a herd or group within were addressed. Prebiotics the herd, allowing the manager to make approand probiotics were Attendees body score a priate changes in the feeding program to correct defined and their imporby George Looby, DVM The Far m Department of The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, North Grafton, MA played host to a group of both experienced and entry level farmers on Thursday, Aug. 2, attending another in a series of continuing education programs, this one focusing on beef cattle nutrition. The program was developed, produced and coordinated by the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project which is affiliated with the School of Nutrition

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Future of Corn Futures The Wikipedia on-line encyclopedia addresses the concept of “futures” as the economic backbone of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) as follows: “A futures exchange or futures market is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized futures contracts; that is, a contract to buy specific quantities of a commodity or financial instrument at a specified price with delivery set at a specified time in the future. These types of contracts fall into the category of derivatives.

Such instruments are priced according to the movement of the underlying asset (stock, physical commodity, index, etc.). The aforementioned category is named ‘derivatives’ because the value of these instru-

ments is derived from another asset class.” To me this stuff is complicated... not surprising since I only earned a C when I took basic agricultural product marketing at Cornell many years ago.

Wikipedia cites one of the earliest records of futures trading as the brain-child of Thales, a philosopher in ancient Greece who developed a “financial device, which involves a principle of universal application.”

Thales would predict whether the olive harvest would be exceptionally good the next autumn.

Confidently, he made agreements with local olive-press owners to deposit his money with them to guarantee him exclusive use of their olive presses when the harvest was ready.

Thales successfully negotiated low prices be-

cause the harvest was in the future and no one knew whether the harvest would be plentiful or pathetic, and because the olive press owners were willing to hedge against the possibility of a poor yield. When the harvest time came, and a sharp increase in demand for the use of the olive presses outstripped supply, he sold his future use contracts of the olive presses at a rate of his choosing, and scored financially. (Note: I find no evidence that olives are traded on the CBOT.) CBOT was formed in 1973. I’ll examine four ag commodities futures which are traded there: soybean oil meal (priced by the ton), whole raw soybeans, shelled corn, and wheat; “beans”, corn, and wheat are priced by the bushel.

Grain supplies and costs continue to plague livestock people. Livestock people sometimes seem to forget that ruminant digestive systems are designed to process roughages first, then grains second. Thus, demand for these grains is higher (in my opinion)

than it needs to be. I dug up prices for commodity grains on the Chicago Board of Trade (September futures), converted from bushels to tons. For September of 2011, futures prices, converted to dollars per ton, were: soybean oil meal @ $362, soybeans @ $457, shelled corn @ $244, and wheat @ $231. These are prices which I consider most relevant to dairy farmers.

They were CBOT figures, but that their relative costs give producers useful information for feeding management decisions. The

comparable values for September 2012 futures (which, as you read this are no longer “futures”) are: soybean meal @ $532, soybeans @ $583, shelled corn @ $284, wheat @ $290.

The biggest reason for the increase in these commodity prices is (nobrainer here) the record drought which continues to ravage the nation’s grain belt. Uncertainty in the corn harvest predictions caused confusion in pricing of that commodity. USDA forecasts in late spring... despite horrific moisture short-

ages in the Midwest... predicted per acre corn yields might drop ten percent from the original estimates of 160 bushels. Mid-July revisions by USDA pointed to a 25 percent paring of that overly optimistic figure. By that time corn had either successfully pollinated... or hadn’t.

Combinations of excess heat and little or no rainfall had already taken their toll. By mid-August grass-roots level corn experts (the ones with mud... or more accurately dust... on their

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economic engines in the Northeast according to an economic impact report recently released by Farm Credit East, the largest lender to Northeast agriculture.

The report found that the 64,570 farms and re-

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and resulted in 379,000 jobs on and off the farm.

“Agriculture is a major economic engine in the Northeast and this means jobs, local food production and economic activity in hundreds of communities,” said Bill

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Referring back to the ancient Greek anecdote mentioned earlier, let me stress that this is a very loose example of futures trading; more likely it meets the definition of an option contract, since Thales was not obliged to use the olive presses if the yield was poor (he’d already “pre-rented” them).

In closing, let me fast forward to comparatively modern history, i.e., Professor Darrah’s class (at Cornell, ca. 1966). Toward the end of each semester, Darrah would demonstrate different ways that someone involved in ag marketing could “lose his shirt” (things like selling steers when everyone else was selling their steers, etc).

Each time he mentioned something stupid to avoid in marketing, he would tear off part of his shirt, starting with a cuff.

With each successive marketing blunder to avoid, he tore off another part of his shirt, until all that remained of his white dress shirt was the collar (and his tie), and of course, his suit jacket.

When the end-of-class bell sounded, he nonchallantly returned, as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. This particular lecture was so popular that lots of former students cut other classes to attend it. And word got out to scores of artsies from the lower campus who helped pack the auditorium.

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boots) were forecasting average national corn yields to barely clear the century mark. Drought issues impacted corn disastrously; the weather impact on soybeans was much better, merely terrible. To compound this domestic mess, all these markets are global, sensitive to items such as intended soybean purchases by China, and expected wheat harvests in the Ukraine. It’s easy to forget that until late in the 2011 growing season, government crop forecasters seemed to ignore the massive destruction wrought by Missouri River floods on hundreds of thousands of Midwest crop acres!

One variable still impacting CBOT corn pricing is the demand placed on the market by cornbased ethanol production. Practically speaking... despite the federally-mandated 10-percent inclusion rate of this alternative fuel in gasoline... just how well does $8 corn pencil into the cash flow of distilleries?

Controversial laws establishing the subsidy and tariff (protecting ethanol production) ran out at last year’s end.

Ethanol yields 30 percent less octane than regular gasoline, and already I’m starting to see more and more gas stations selling ethanol-free gasoline. Several Midwest corn-based ethanol distilleries have closed their doors. Simple economics may balance out

Northeast from 7 activity. In addition, New York agriculture generates 196,200 jobs, both on and off the farm, statewide. Milk and cattle production accounts for 40 percent of the total agricultural output impact generating nearly 28,500 jobs.

• Massachusetts agriculture and related processing activities is responsible for $13 billion in output, with $5.5 billion being value-added, which stays within the community. In addition, Massachusetts agriculture generates 68,110 jobs. Commercial fishing is the state’s largest sector, at $1.5 billion in output and more than 12,000 jobs, but the cranberry and green-

house industries are also major economic contributors.

• New Jersey has a long history of farming and fishing as indicated by the approximately $11.5 billion impact on state economic output and 61,000 jobs generated statewide. Greenhouse and nursery production is the state’s largest sector with $919 million in output and 8,864 jobs generated.

• Connecticut contributed $4.6 billion in output and generated more than 26,700 jobs.

Greenhouse and nursery production is the state’s largest sector generating $457 million in output and 4,782 jobs.

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extremely diverse. Farm businesses create economic activity and jobs not only on the farm, but also through (1) farm services businesses which are upstream to farming and would include suppliers, repair, equipment, lenders, insurance, etc., and (2) processing activities which are downstream to farming and would include dairy processing plants, sawmills, wineries, etc.

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• Commercial fishing dominates Rhode Island with $172 million in output and 2,400 jobs generated. As a whole, the Ocean State’s farming and fishing industries generated approximately $1.1 billion impact on state economic output and generated 7,500 jobs statewide.

This report titled Northeast Agriculture:

The Overlooked Economic Engine was compiled by Farm Credit East based on information generated from an independent study completed by Dr. Rigoberto Lopez from the University of Connecticut. The purpose of the

TRACTORS 2000 NHTS100 4wd, Cab, 32x32 Shuttle, 2 Remotes, 2135 Hrs. $39,995 2007 NH TL100A 4wd, Cab, w/NH 830TL Loader, 2068 Hrs. . . . $43,795 2010 NH T6030 4WD, Cab, 95HP, w/NH 840TL Loader, 1100 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,500 2007 NH TG305 255 HP, Front/Rear duals, Deluxe Cab, 1750 Hrs $139,500 2009 NH TD5050 4wd, ROPS w/NH 820TL Loader/Canopy . . . $34,375 1990 Ford 8830 4wd, Cab, Rear Duals, Power Shift, 6650 Hrs. $31,250 1974 Ford 3400 3 Cyl. Diesel w/Industrial Loader, New Paint. . . . $8,500 2000 NH TC33D 4WD, HST, 33HP w/Loader, 1038 Hrs . . . . $13,625 1995 Ford 8670 4WD Super Steer, Rear Duals, 10,900 Hrs. . . . $34,900 2000 NH TL70 2WD, ROPS, Tractor - 1499 Hrs.. . . . . . . . . . $11,900 Case IH 674 2WD, Diesel Utility Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,200 1973 Ford 2110 LCG 3 Cyl. Gas Engine w/Loader, 3847 Hrs . . . $3,995 2010 Mahindra 2415 4WD, Gear Trans, R4 Tires, Loader, 276 Hrs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,250 1980 JD 850 2WD, ROPS Tractor - 3502 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,995 1986 Ford 1210 2WD Compact w/Ford 702A Front Blade, 1091 Hrs.. $3,500 2010 NH TD5030 4WD ROPS - 380 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,900 2011 NH T6030 4WD, Cab w/NH 840TC Loader, 485 Hrs.. . $79,900 1998 Case IH MX110 4WD, Cab Tractor, 3 Remotes, 5612 Hrs. . $36,250 AGRICULTURE EQUIPMENT WIC Cart Mounted Bedding Chopper with Honda Engine . . . $1,450 2010 E-Z Trail CF890 Round Bale Carrier/Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,995 NH 824 2 Row Corn Head for a NH 900. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,250 Gehl 970 14’ Forage Box on Gear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,950 Gehl 940 16' Forage Box on Tandem 12 Ton Gehl Gear . . . . $2,995 Krause 2204A 14' Disc Harrow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,780 2002 NH 570 Square Baler w/70 Thrower, Ex. Cond. . . . . . . $19,600 Knight 3300 Mixer Wagon - Good Cond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,200 2003 Challenger RB46 Silage Special Round Baler . . . . . . $17,500 2011 H&S CR10 10 Wheel Hyd. Fold Rake - Like New . . . . . $5,295 1998 John Deere 3 Row Corn Head from JD 3970 . . . . . . . . $3,200 1988 NH 900 Forage Harvester, Metalert, 900W Pick-up Head . . . . $6,720 2010 Snowco 24’ Skeleton Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,150 2010 H&S BW1000 Inline Bale Wrapper - Like New . . . . . . $24,500 Case IH 415 Cultimulcher 12’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,700 Jaylor 2350 Vertical Cutter/Mixer/Feeder Wagon . . . . . . . . . . $6,300 2007 Krause 7400-24WR 24’ Rock Flex Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . $27,500 Wil Rich 25’ Field Cultivator, Spring Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 2003 Gehl 2580 Round Baler, Silage Special, 4x5 Bale. . . . . $9,800 New Idea Box Spreader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,100 Woods RM59 3pt. Finish Mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $700 2011 WIFO 3pt. Pallet Forks - 3000 lb. Capacity, Like New . . . . $795

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report was to illustrate the importance of agriculture and related industries to the Northeast economy. To view a full copy of the report contact your local Farm Credit East office or visit FarmCreditEast.com.

1999 NH 824 2 Row Corn Head to fit NH 900 . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,250 2003 NH 27P Windrow Pickup head to fit NH 900 . . . . . . . . . $1,800 1992 Landoll 11’Tilloll one pass Tillage Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,400 NH 477 7’ Haybine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,400 Vicon 3pt. Wheel Rake, 4 Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $525 Knight 3015 Reel Auggie Mixer Wagon w/Scales, 147 Cu. Ft. Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,450 2007 Sweepster Quick Attach 8’ Broom w/PTO Pump and Reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,000 Avalanche 10’ Quick Attach Snow Pusher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,750 2000 JD 328 Square Baler w/42 Ejector-Nice Condition . . . $11,500 1991 Case IH 8450 Round Baler, 4x6 Variable Chamber. . . . $9,500 New Holland 273 Square Baler w/54A Thrower. . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 Kuhn FC353GC Hydra Swing Disc Mower/Conditioner . . . . $12,500 1999 NH 570 Square Baler w/72 Thrower, Excellent Cond. . $16,800 CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 2010 NH B95B TLB, Cab w/Heat and AC, Pilot Control, Extendhoe, 418 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000 2008 NH M459 Telehandler 45’ reach, 420 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . $60,000 2011 NH W190C Wheel Loader, 4.5 Cu.Yd. Buckets, Like New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Your Choice $172,500 2007 NH E70SR Excavator w/Blade, Steel Tracks, Cab w/Heat /AC 1613 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,500 2009 NH E135B SR Excavator w/Cab, Dozer Blade, 36" Bucket, 2028 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $98,750 2011 NH D85B Crawler/Dozer, LGP Tracks, OROPS, 300 Hrs. $68,750 2010 NH L170 Skidsteer, Cab w/Heat, Pilot Controls, Hyd. Q-Attach Plate, 72" Bucket, 100 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $31,875 2007 NH W110 Wheel Loader, 1025 Hrs, Excellent Cond.. . . $87,500 2007 NH W170B Wheel Loader, 2743 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $76,250 1990 Hitachi EX60G Excavator w/Rubber Tracks - 3841 Hrs.$24,500 Case 350 Crawler Loader w/4 in 1 Bucket, Diesel, 6417 Hrs. . . . $6,000 2008 NH L160 Skidsteer w/Cab & Heat, 72” Bucket, 3476 Hrs. $13,500 2011 NH L218 Skidsteer w/Cab and Heat, Hyd. Mount Plate, 638 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $31,500 2011 NH L175 Skidsteer w/Cab, Heat & AC, Pilot Controls, 40 Hrs., Like New. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,900 ATTACHMENTS 2008 NH /FFC 66" Skidsteer Tiller - Like New . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,900 2009 Bradco 48” Pallet Forks, SSL Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $600 Wifo SSL Mount Bale Grabber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $950 2011 NH/McMillon Hyd. Drive SSL Post Hole Digger w/9" Auger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,950

RFA applauds U.S. Appeals Court on E15 decision approved in order for retailer to offer E15. Today, at least one station in Lawrence, KS, is selling E15 under the conditions set by the partial waiver. “[The Aug. 17] decision is an important step forward in the nation’s quest to diversify our nation’s fuel supply,” said Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen.

“Adding an E15 option along side E10 and higher ethanol blends allows consumers to make the fuel decisions that work best for them and their vehicle. Ethanol has a 30 year track record of safe and effective use in the market place and that record will continue. Allowing for addi-

PENNSYLVANIA MM WEAVER & SONS, INC. 169 North Groffdale Rd. Leola, PA 717-656-2321

NEW YORK CORYN FARM SUPPLIES INC. 3186 Freshour Rd. Canandaigua, NY 585-394-4691

ELDER SALES & SERVICE INC. 4488 Greenville-Sandy Lake Rd. Stoneboro, PA 724-376-3740

ALEXANDER EQUIPMENT 3662 Buffalo St., Box 215 Alexander, NY 585-591-2955

MAINE KRAMERS INC. 2400 W River Rd. Sidney, ME 207-547-3345

CATSKILL TRACTOR INC. 384 Center St. Franklin, NY 607-829-2600

tional ethanol use will help lower prices at the pump, create domestic jobs, and accelerate the commercialization of new biofuel technologies.”

Currently, the market for ethanol confined to E10 blends has been saturated.

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 provide much-needed market access to help ensure the growth and evolution of the domestic renewable fuels industry continues.

For more information on E15, visit www.ChooseEthanol.co m/E15.

NEW YORK SHARON SPRINGS GARAGE, INC. Rt. 20 Sharon Springs, NY 518-284-2346

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On Aug. 17, the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit sided with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its partial waiver approval for E15 ethanol fuel for model year 2001 and newer light duty vehicles and all flex fuel vehicles. This represents nearly two-thirds of all vehicles on the road and almost 75 percent of vehicle miles driven.

Since the initial waiver filing in March 2009, vehicles were tested using E15 for a combined six million miles, health effects data on E15 was collected and approved, and a first of its kind misfueling mitigation plan was required and

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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

1 egg 1 Taco shell, crisp and hot 1 Tbsp chopped tomatoes 2 Tbsp. shredded Cheddar cheese 1 - 1 1/2 Tbsp. Salsa Scramble egg until firm but moist. Season with salt and pepper, if desired. Spoon into taco shell. Top with tomato, cheese and salsa.

Egg Burger for Breakfast

1 1 1 1

tsp. butter egg slice cheese bun, heated or toasted Melt butter in skillet over medium heat. Break egg into pan and break the yolk and mix well with egg white. Sprinkle on salt and pepper if desired. When egg is set, turn and cook other side.

Place cheese slice on warm bun, top with cooked egg. Cover with other bun half. Serve with burger toppings or serve as is.

Pizza Eggs

1 8 oz. can Pizza sauce 4 eggs 2 English muffins 1/4 cup Mozzarella cheese Pour sauce in a skillet. Cover and heat.

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!

This week’s Sudoku solution

Ethanol industry touts lower gas prices at the pump with new “Open Road” ads WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following on the success of its long-running “Right Here, Right Now” ads, the Renewable Fuels Association is debuting a new ad which focuses on ethanol’s ability to lower gas prices at the pump and offer consumers relief in a difficult economy.

The “Open Road” campaign is the first of its kind, focusing on ethanol, saving consumers money at the pump and improving overall engine performance. The ad points out that in 2011, the use of

ethanol helped reduce the average price of gas by $1.09, saving American families $1,200 over the year. Additionally, as a high octane additive, ethanol helps car engines run cleaner and reduces engine knock and pinging.

The increasing use of ethanol fuel has a positive impact on our nation’s economy by providing jobs, on our environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and on our national security by dramatically reducing foreign oil dependence. It is important that con-

sumers are aware of these benefits and that America’s energy future starts here at home.

Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company (CVEC) and the Minnesota Bio-fuels Association are featuring the ad at the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis, MN and the Woodbury 10 theater in Woodbury, MN, where the ad will reach anticipated annual impressions of 150,000 and 400,000 respectively.

“Ethanol is a major contributor to the economy in the state of Minnesota,” said Mike Jerke,

General Manager of Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company. “These theater ads are a great way to show customers that this domestic fuel is a safe, clean-burning fuel that is reducing gas prices and saving Americans money.”

“We are excited to have the ‘Open Road’ ad run in our local theaters to educate the public on fuel that is being produced in our state,” said Tim Rudnicki, Executive Director of the Minnesota Bio-fuels Association, Inc. “As the industry continues to grow, it is

KRAMER'S INC. RFD #3 Box 245 Augusta, ME 04330 207-547-3345

FOSTERDALE EQUIPMENT CORP. 3137 Route 17B Cochecton, NY 12726 845-932-8611

CLINTON TRACTOR & IMPLEMENT CO. Meadow Street, PO Box 262 Clinton, NY 13323-0262 315-853-6151

WHITE'S FARM SUPPLY, INC. RD 4, Box 11 Jct. Rtes. 31 & 316, Canastota, NY 13032 315-697-2214

LAMB & WEBSTER INC. 601 West Main Springville, NY 14141 716-592-4924

important that consumers are educated on ethanol’s benefits and know that America’s energy future starts here at home.”

Minnesota is the fourth leading ethanol producer state in the U.S., producing nearly 1.13 billion gallons of ethanol annually at 22 biorefineries. A large contributor to the state’s economy, the ethanol industry helps support over 70,000 jobs in Minnesota and has helped reduce wholesale gas prices in the Midwest by an average of $1.69 per gallon.

Sponsored by Golden Grain Energy, Homeland Energy Solutions, Absolute Energy, and Big River Resources, the ad will play in selected movie theaters in Iowa and MN. Across 112 screens, 74,000 new movie-goers will be educated on America’s fuel weekly.

“Iowa produces nearly 30 percent of our nation’s supply of ethanol,” said Walt Wendland, President and CEO of Golden Grain Energy and Homeland Energy Solutions. “These ads are a great reminder to our consumers that this fuel grown in their backyard is providing relief at the pump and an alternative to foreign oil.”

Iowa is the number one ethanol producer in the U.S., with 41 ethanol biorefineries producing nearly 3.7 billion gallons of ethanol annually. For comparison, Iowa only uses 1.4 billion gallons of gasoline every year.

Ethanol production is a powerful stimulant for Iowa’s economy, generating $2.4 billion in household income and

supporting nearly 48,000 jobs throughout the Iowa economy.

To view ad, please visit www.EthanolRFA.org.

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Alternative Fuels

FARMER TO FARMER MARKETPLACE FOR SALE: Allis Chalmers D-15 series, 2 all hydraulic loader, real good rubber and condition $3,500. 315-783-7618.(NY)

GEHL 100 grinder mixer 100 bushel works good $3,500. 315-879-7475.(NY)

WANTED: 2228.(NY)

NH hay rake 256, reconditioned, new paint & tires, $1,950; Pincor generator, 40kw, $2,100. Port Byron,NY 315-374-2788

NEW HOLLAND chopper model 770 with hay head $1,400. Crown rotary rock picker.

518-293-6298.(NY)

165 4X4 ROUND bales hay $25. each.

Knox, NY. 518-872-0077

SHAVINGS WHITE PINE kiln dried 3.25 cu. ft. Paper bags good quality fire wood for sale mostly hardwood. Fort Plain, NY. 518568-3203

KATAHDIN RAM Lambs ready to breed your Ewes now, two are white, one is black and white, handsome $125. each. 315823-2256.(NY)

TREE FARMER skidder 1968 CS good condition, tires and chains great shape $11,000. obro. 802-249-0504.(VT)

1982 RED CHEVY TRUCK, 1` ton, 12 foot rack, 36,800 miles, no rust, excellent condition $7.995. 315-331-1184(NY)

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

DOUBLE HITCH tongue for buggy, like new $600. obo. 6”-8”x8’ Round Locust fence posts $10.00 each. Call after 6pm.

585-554-6188.(NY)

FREE 24X60 cross silo and 130 cow post and beam barn. No longer needed. Richfield Springs, NY Cell number 619-7427236

DAIRY GOATS - milkers, registered Alpines, Saanens, recorded grades CAE, CL, Johnes neg. need to downsize. 315858-2847.(NY)

FARMALL M tractor 1952 with disc brakes, good tin, NFE good condition, plus two H parts tractors. 315-370-8382.(NY)

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)

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)

HAY FOR SALE: Large round bales, 1st cutting. Call 518-762-1523.(NY)

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518-568-

AUTOMATIC ROLLER mill 1800 with blower, ready for corn $5,000. obo. 315-5366747.(NY)

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BLACK WELSH/ Shetland sheep for sale.

Good pets and pasture managers with nice black wool $100. each. 802-462-3909.(VT)

WANTED: Electronic Choreboy pulsators.

607-243-8436.(NY)

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)

16’ BADGER MODEL BN950 forage wagon, 3 beater with roof. Heavy duty detachable hay bale spear for bucket. 607962-1477.(NY)

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THREE 4YR. OLD commercial Cows used as recepents confirmed safe in calf available Oct. $1,500. obo. www.jkwpolledherefords.com 518-469-3777.(NY)

SATOH TRACTOR 3PT excellent condition $3,500 obo. Bush Hog brand 5’ cut 3pt excellent condition $800. obo. 315-2530456.(NY)

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2000 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500, 4X4, rare 5 speed manual transmission, extended cab, LS package, 98,000 miles 8995 call for details. 607-674-6025.(NY)

3 RED ANGUS Heifers bred to registered Red Angus Bull. Due April 2013, $1,250. each. 607-276-6471.(NY)

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SKIDLOADER 610 BOBCAT good $4,385.

1986 Chevy. truck tailgate, good $125.

1995 Dodge truck roof sunvisor $125. Textan saddle $1,075. 585-591-8230.(NY)

TWO ALL LEATHER Western saddles $250. each. Overo paint 7 years sound trail gelding, flashy! Too many horses asking $3,000. 585-589-9188.(NY)

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

607-369-7656.(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)

JD G $3,000. AC WD45 $2,150. AC WD $1,500. 845-594-7582.(NY)

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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2000 New Holland TS110 2WD cab, cold ac 4698 hrs, 16 speed power shift dual pto and remotes ex 15.5x38 radials very clean sharp runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$22,500 1998 New Holland TS100 cab, air MFWD, 80 hp, 4083 hrs, 16 speed power shift 540+1000 PTO 4 remotes 90% 18.4x34 and 14.9x24 Goodyear super traction radials very clean original runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000 1997 New Holland 7635 MFWD, 2700 hrs cab, air, 86 hp, 540 + 1000 PTO 24 speed Quicke 310 loader clean runs ex $24,500 1995 New Holland 8970 MFWD, 210 hp, super steer 20.8x42 radial axle duals 18.4x30 radials front, 22 front weights 4 remotes 7597 hrs, clean original runs ex . . . . . . . . . .$36,500 1994 New Holland 7740 SLE MFWD, cab, air, 87hp, 4 remotes ex 18.4x38 and 14.9x28 radials 5073 hrs, Ford 7411 loader very clean runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$22,500 1987 Ford 7710 series 2 MFWD cab, air, ex 18.4x38 radials 16.9x24 fronts 3 remotes 4800 hrs, clean runs ex . . .$15,500 1984 Ford TW15 MFWD cab, like new 20.8x38 and 16.9x28 radials 5100 hrs, dual power dual pto and remotes runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$16,000 1981 IH 3688 cab, cold ac ex 20.8x38 radials 5200 hrs, 3 remotes very clean original runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13,500 1977 Ford 9700 2WD cab, air, 5417 hrs, new 460/85R/38 rears dual power dual remotes and pto clean original runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,500 1998 MF 6180 110 hp, MFWD, cab, air, 32 speed dynashift only 1225 hrs, 4 remotes 18.4x38 and 14.9x28 radials Quicke Alo 6755 SL loader one owner sharp ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$37,500 1997 MF 8140 MFWD, cab, air, 32 speed dyna shift 20.8x38 radials 16.9x28 radials front 5300 hrs, 145 hp, 3 remotes runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000 1980 MF 275D new style steering 8 speed ex 18.4x30s dual remotes Laurin cab extra clean original . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,000 2008 McCormick MTX120 MFWD, cab, air, 118 hp, 16 speed power quad LHR, 18.4x38 and 14.9x28 radials 2591 hrs with L165 SL loader very clean runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$47,500 2007 CIH Maxxum 110 MFWD, cab, air, 16x16 power shift LHR, like new 18.4x38 and 14.9x28 Michelin radials 1160 hrs, front weights and fenders very very sharp like new . . . . . .$47,500 1981 Case 1490 2WD 75hp, cab, air, power shift ex 18.4x34s dual pto and remotes 5600 hrs, clean runs ex . . . . . . .$7,500 1983 Case 2294 2WD cab, cold ac 4700 hrs, like new 20.8x38 Michelin radials power shift front weights dual pto and remotes very clean runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13,500 1967 IH 1256D cab, 5666 hrs, dual pto and remotes ex 18.4x38 rears good TA nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,500 1981 White 4-175 4x4 5641 hrs. 2002 cat 3208 engine 210 HP, 3ph pto quick coupler ex 20.8x38s runs ex . . . . . . . .$11,500 1981 White 2-85 cab 2WD like new 18.4x38s clean original runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,000 1980 White 2-85 MFWD cab, 4406 hrs, 18.4x38 radials new 16.9x24 radials front dual remotes clean runs ex . . . .$10,500 White 2-105 MFWD, cab, new 20.8x38 and 16.9x26 radials with self leveling loader clean runs ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,500 Allis Chalmers ED 40 diesel 3PH nice clean 40 HP runs good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,000 2001 NH BB940 3x3 square baler last bale ejector, roller bale chute applicator knotter fans real clean . . . . . . . . . . .$27,500

New Holland 570 baler with model 72 hydraulic drive bale thrower real nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,000 2 New Holland 575 wire tie balers hydraulic bale tension pickup heads and hitch with NH 77 pan type kicker real sharp ex cond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,000 each 2003 CIH RBX 452 4x5 round baler same as NH BR740 wide pickup head bale ramps real nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,000 2003 NH BR750 4 ft wide by up to 6 ft high variable chamber wide pickup head netwrap and twine bale ramps very nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$11,000 2009 JD 582 silage special 4x5 round baler crop cutter edge to edge mesh wrap or dual twine wide pickup 6700 bales very sharp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$22,500 2005 JD 457 silage special 4x5 bale mega wide pickup head netwrap and double twine bale ramps very nice . . . . .$10,500 2007 New Holland 1412 discbine impeller conditioner very clean ex low usage discbine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14,500 2006 JD 530 discbine impeller conditioner super sharp like new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15,000 2005 JD 530 impeller discbine hydra angle on head real clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13,500 1999 JD 925 discbine 540 pto impeller conditioner 9ft 9in very nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,500 1995 JD 920 9ft9in discbine impeller conditioners works good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,000 2000 NH 1411 discbine 540 pto ex rubber rolls 10ft 3 in cut very nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,500 Late model Kuhn KC 4000G center pivot discbine rubber rolls ex cond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,500 2-NH 38 flail chopper real nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,750 each New Idea 325 2 row corn picker and super sheller with 12 roll husking bed on picker real nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,500 each Fransguard SR4200p tandem axle hydraulic lift 13 ft 6 in width rotary hayrake very little use like new . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,500 New Holland 258 hayrake rubber mounted teeth in ex cond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,000 Kvernland Taarup 17 ft hydraulic fold tedder ex cond 2 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,000 Fella TH540T 17 ft hydraulic fold hydraulic tilt hay tedder just like new hardly used at all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,500 Kuhn GF5001 TH hydraulic fold 17 ft hay tedder ex cond low usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,500 Morra trailer type bale wrapper self loading very nice . .$4,500 White 251 10 ft disc harrow spring cushion gangs ex discs real nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,500 New Holland 451 3PH 7ft sickle bar mower . . . . . . . . . .$1,500 Allis Chalmers 3PH balanced head mower 7ft mow ex .$1,000 Massey Ferguson 3PH dyna balance sickle bar mower new guards and knife ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,750 Kverneland 3 bottom 3PH plow ex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,000 Brand new NH 62lb loader fits TM NHS’s or MXM case IH never used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,000 JD 843 quick tatch self leveling loader 3rd valve to front electronic joystick 9ft bucket like new off JD 8430 MFWD $10,000 JD 840 self leveling loader mounting brackets for JD 7000 series tractor high volume bucket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$,7,500

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predictable,” Buis continued. “Currently there is a tremendous amount of misinformation surrounding the drought and ethanol production and educating policymakers on the facts is a top priority.

Ethanol production does not use 40 percent of the corn, but only 16 percent of the total net corn acreage. In the production of ethanol, only the starch is removed, so the co-product is a high protein animal feed, known as distillers grains, which not only replaces corn for livestock feed, but also displaces soybean meal.

The market is already working in the response to high commodity prices.

Ethanol production is down 15 percent and obligated parties have the option to use an excess of 2.5 billion RFS credits.

This waiver would only

hurt family farmers by asking them to accept a lower price during a year they are facing a short crop.

When you look at the facts, obligated parties will continue to use ethanol in blending gasoline as it is the cheapest source of octane on the market — and removing that ability would only drive up gas prices, having a far greater effect on consumers.

“The biofuels industry has created and supported nearly 500,000 jobs during difficult economic times, and to grant a waiver that would cause widespread job loss and suppress investment in the next generation biofuels would set a bad precedent.

An isolated event surrounded by hysteria and misinformation should not dictate policy decisions,” Buis concluded.

NFU joins coalition calling for drop-in biofuels funding for military WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Farmers Union (NFU) joined a coalition of agriculture, renewable energy, and national security organizations urging the U.S. Senate’s Subcommittee for Defense Appropriations to support Department of Defense (DoD) funding for accelerated production of domestically produced, advanced, drop-in biofuels for military use.

In a letter addressed to Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, and Ranking Member Thad Cochran, RMS, the coalition noted the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) entered by the DoD with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy last year that pledged a federal investment of $510 million in partnership with the private sector. Under the MUO’s terms, $170 million would be provided by each participating agency.

“The purpose of the MOU is consistent with history. The U.S. military has worked with Congress to develop and deploy innovative technologies that have improved national security and strengthened American military superiority at sea, in the skies and on the battlefield,” the coalition stated.

The letter was signed by the Advanced Biofuels Association, Air Line Pilots Association, Airlines For America, Algal Biomass Organization, American Farm Bureau Federation, Biotechnology Industry Organization, National Farmers Union, Operation Free, and the Pew Project on National Security, Energy & Climate.

“Adopting advanced, ‘drop-in’ biofuels will help the DoD and the nation achieve broader national security objectives,” the letter stated. “U.S. access to the world’s oil supplies is not guaranteed. Continued reliance on foreign oil puts U.S. troops at risk of supply disruptions during military or humanitarian missions.”

National Farmers Union has been working since 1902 to protect and enhance the economic well-being and quality of life for family farmers, ranchers and rural communities through advocating grassrootsdriven policy positions adopted by its membership.

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dard (RFS), explaining the inherent flexibility of the RFS to deal with a short crop, as caused by this year’s drought. Additionally the letter went on to explain the many counterintuitive consequences of waiving the RFS. “While the Environmental Protection Agency has the fiduciary duty to review the petitions filed by state governors, I felt it was critical that the industry communicated the importance of the RFS and how a waiver will not accomplish the goal of bringing down grain prices,” stated Tom Buis CEO of Growth Energy.

“Trying to blame the ethanol industry is disingenuous and misplaced.

The true culprit is Mother Nature and there is no tool available to alter the un-

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Smart Marketing includes services & relationships not just products

by Brian M. Henehan, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University In agriculture, we have a tendency in marketing to focus most of our attention on the hard products

we produce and bring to market — fruits, vegetables, meat, grains, milk, or cheese. Today’s markets demand more attention to the services and relationships associated with marketing the actual

product itself. The smart marketer is one who not only produces a high quality product, but also delivers needed services and builds effective relationships with customers.

A useful way to exam-

ine these questions of services and relationships is to begin with the old journalistic outline of — who, what, where, when, why, and how. We also need to understand the distinction between a

When does your product need to arrive? Time is of the essence for all of us. How can you cut your customer’s time spent receiving or handling your product? Are there ways to minimize the time your consumer (convenient parking, check-out) or customer (processing invoices or payment) does business with you? Just-in-time delivery and automated inventory replenishment are becoming standard business practices in both the retail and food service industries.

Why should your customer do business with you in regards to the services you offer and the value you bring to the business relationship? Why should you be considered a “preferred” supplier by your customer? Why should your ability to attract consumers to your product add value to your customers business?

How will you better understand what services and relationships will be needed to insure the effective marketing of your products? In a rapidly changing marketplace, those services and relationships are changing. How will your services increase the productivity and profitability of your customers?

In summary, smart marketers not only deliver high quality products that are relevant to consumers, but must also provide valuable services to build effective relationships with customers. Hopefully, answering some of these questions might shed some light on how to improve your marketing capacity. In the haste to produce the hard product itself, don’t forget the needed services and relationships that will keep your product on the shelf, on the plate, or in the hands of consumers.

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customer and the consumer. Our customers may actually be consumers if we are direct marketers. But usually a relationship with some type of intermediary customer is required to get the farm product to the end-user, the consumer.

Typical intermediary customers in the food system can include: wholesalers, retail supermarket buyers, food service buyers, brokers, or processors.

Who are you doing business with? If you are a direct marketer, know your consumer. Who are they in regards to: age, income, residence, family size, gender, ethnic group, etc.? How is your consumer base changing?

What services will enhance your relationship with your consumers? If you are working with other types of customers, learn about their operations: sales, distribution, terms of trade, transaction protocols, etc. How do your customers understand the consumers that buy your products? What information about consumers can they share with you, or you with them, to assist both of you in better serving them?

What makes your product superior? What differentiates your product from the rest of the pack? What will make your product more attractive to your customers or consumers?

What will your product bring to the assortment of products your customer markets? What information can you provide along with your product (nutritional values, recipes, portion sizes, variety, etc.) to increase sales?

Where will your product have to end up to effectively serve your customers or consumers?

How will your product hold up in transit? Will your product arrive in a package ready for store display or use in the kitchen? Are there any ways to make life easier for those who buy your products in regards to scheduling or delivery?

Can you better coordinate shipping with other firms shipping similar products in your area?

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Infrastructure investments could save U.S. farmers millions Soy checkoff study shows weakness in U.S. transportation system could affect U.S. advantage U.S. farmers depend on a 50-year-old highway system, a 70-yearold inland waterway system and a railway network built in the late 1800s to move their products from the fields to end users. This aging transportation system has been providing U.S. soybean farmers a competitive advantage in the global market, but a recent study funded by the United Soybean Board’s (USB’s) and soy checkoff’s Global Opportunities (GO) program supports the growing evidence that this advantage continues to be threatened by the deterioration of U.S. highways, bridges, rails, locks and dams. The study, “Farm to Market – A Soybean’s Journey,” analyzed how soybeans and other agricultural products move from the farm gate to customers, highlighting weaknesses found in the system along the way.

The study was recommended by the checkofffunded Soy Transportation Coalition.

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tion network has been vital to the U.S. soy industry, not only in moving our product to domestic processors but also in delivering U.S. soy to our international customers as well,” says Dale Profit, soybean farmer from Van Wert, Ohio, and USB director. “We need to protect this advantage if the United States is going to remain the preferred source for soy throughout the world.”

The U.S. inland waterway system remains a precarious leg of a soybean’s journey. The deteriorating lock system remains at risk of failure, and dredging needs to be done to encompass new larger ships that will be possible with the expansion of the Panama Canal, due to open in late 2014. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has the responsibility to maintain a depth of 45 feet on the lower Mississippi River, but, due to funding issues, has not been able to dredge to maintain an adequate navigable channel, limit-

ing ships to 42-foot draft, meaning the vessel holds fewer soybeans. If U.S. waterways cannot accommodate these larger ships, the U.S. soy industry may not be able to capitalize on the potential advantages that the expanded Panama Canal will offer. The checkoff-funded study also shows that limiting the volume of soy that can be in one shipment could lead to higher freight costs.

The U.S. railway network has also been under pressure, especially as more U.S. soybeans have made their way to China. The industry has seen an increase in rail movement from the

western Soybean Belt to the Pacific Northwest. In 2009-2010, 68 percent of U.S. soybeans traveling by rail ended their U.S. journey in the Pacific Northwest. The study predicts that China’s import of U.S. soy will continue to grow, doubling by 2020-2021.

“Brazil has several proposed infrastructure projects that haven’t been completed yet,” adds Profit. “But if those improvements are made in Brazil, it would put them on par with U.S. soybean farmers as far as transportation costs, and we would lose that advantage.”

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Influenza resources tion in humans from eight states including one in Hawaii, three in Illinois,138 in Indiana, one in Michigan, 72 in Ohio, four in Pennsylvania, three in West Virginia and two in Wisconsin. All of the cases reported exposure to swine prior to the onset of illness. Most of the cases, with the exception of Hawaii, reported swine exposure while attending or exhibiting swine at an agricultural fair.

Most human illnesses have resulted in influenza-like symptoms similar to seasonal influenza such as fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, muscle aches and all cases have recovered. No sustained or ongoing human-to-human community transmission of H3N2v virus has been observed at this time.

The Pork Checkoff staff is remaining abreast of

the current events related to flu through close communication with United States Department of Agriculture and the CDC to receive ongoing updates and provide feedback. Checkoff will continue to provide information and materials about the flu to state pork associations, the Extension service and the corresponding state animal health officials and veterinary public health officials.

The Checkoff’s Producer Public Health and Workplace Safety Committee leadership also has offered valuable guidance.

To date, the Checkoff has developed several awareness/educational materials. These include: • Influenza talking points for our producer and customer audiences have been posted on the State Net website and e-

mailed to state pork associations.

• A letter for all swine exhibitors showing at county/state fairs and other shows along with an educational poster for fair exhibitors that focuses on good habits/best practices to help keep our pigs and people healthy has been distributed to state pork associations, state animal and public health officials, 4-H extension educators and the major breed associations.

• An educational poster for visitors “Help Keep Our Animals Healthy: Wash Your Hands” that describes proper hand washing has also been widely distributed.

• Talking points and an educational poster for people working at pig displays (e.g. farrowing barn displays) and in swine barns at fairs that lists basic good

habits/preventative measures to keep pigs and people healthy has been distributed to state pork associations, state animal and public health officials and the major breed associations.

• National Pork Board’s, “A Champion’s Guide to Youth Swine Exhibition,” has been reprinted and distributed to state associations, state animal and public health officials and the major breed associations.

• An educational handout for buyer at fairs (sales of breeding and market animals) that affirms that pork and pork productions are safe to eat and outlines basic animal health monitoring and biosecurity recommendations have been widely distributed.

• Risk management recommendations for exhibitions and show pigs have been distributed to state

pork associations, state veterinarians and state public health veterinarians.

• All materials contain the pork safety message.

Pork is safe. You can’t get flu from eating or handling pork and pork products.

• The Pork Checkoff’s producer communications team continues to conduct daily media monitoring in both traditional and social media platforms.

To download the resources, please visit Pork Checkoff’s www.pork.org and click on “Influenza Resources” on the homepage.

If you have any additional questions related to this issue, please contact Dr. Jennifer Koeman, Director, Producer and Public Health, National Pork Board at 515-223-2633 or jkoeman@pork.org.

Source: Pork Leader, Aug 23

NMPF joins coalition of agriculture groups pushing members of Congress to pass new Farm Bill The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) has joined forces with nearly 40 other farm and ranch organizations to raise public awareness of the need for Congress to pass a new, comprehensive, five-year 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 biobased 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.

“National Milk stands united with these other groups — each of which has strong and distinct policy priorities — yet all of whom are committed to passing a new, comprehensive bill this year,” said Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of NMPF. “Dairy farmers have been working for three years on developing a new and better safety net, and we need a new farm bill to bring that effort to fruition.”

In addition to the Aug. 22 launch of the coalition, Farm Bill Now is launching an interactive web portal at www.FarmBillNow.com, through which visitors can connect to their members of Congress and show their support for a new five-year farm bill. Using messages to Congress via social media, event locations and times, and an online petition, FarmBillNow.com gives both farmers and consumers the resources they need to make their voices heard, telling Congress that the farm bill needs to be completed before the current farm food law expires in September.

Kozak said that the coalition effort will call attention to the fact that the farm bill is important to more Americans than just those working in agriculture.

“Calling the farm bill the ‘farm bill’ suggests its impact is limited only to farms and to the rural areas to which they are so closely tied. It’s really a jobs bill, a food bill, a conservation bill, a research bill, an energy bill, and a trade bill. In other words, it’s a bill that affects every American,” he said.

“The farm bill has a broad impact on our citizens

and our economy. It provides healthy foods to millions of schoolchildren and nutritious options to families in need. It develops and expands trade with valuable foreign markets. By reducing spending significantly compared to prior farm bills, the proposals pending right now in Congress address the need to get our nation’s fiscal house in order,” Kozak said.

In the coming weeks, Farm Bill Now will hold events in Iowa, and on Capitol Hill, to underscore this message. On Aug. 28, farmers representing multiple groups within the coalition will discuss the Farm Bill Now effort at the annual Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, the nation’s largest outdoor farm show.

On Sept. 12, the groups will gather on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol alongside members from the Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as leaders from other major farm and commodity groups, rural development, livestock, conservation, hunger, consumer and energy organizations to encourage Congress to pass the bill before programs expire at the end of the month.

Hereford genomic-enhanced EPDs available The American Hereford Association (AHA) is the first beef breed to develop and market its own genomic predictions.

The AHA approach is the first of its kind to work with the scientific community and the National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium (NBCEC) to build its own training and validation population. This approach is important because AHA now has access to all of the genotypes, phenotypes and pedigrees, which will allow the Association and its members to continue to train and build the

Hereford-specific panel.

Today more than 1,200 Herefords have been 50k genotyped and eight sires whole-genome sequenced. This population has been used to train and validate the Herefordspecific panel. Dorian Garrick, Iowa State University Lush Chair in animal breeding and genetics and NBCEC executive director, has led the research and development.

According to Garrick AHA took a pro-active approach testing and validating the tools available to make sure when releasing a Hereford genomic product it was reli-

able and useful to AHA members. During this process the Association aligned itself with researchers and worked collaboratively with the NCBEC, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Meat Animal Research Center and other global Hereford associations.

In late June AHA transitioned its DNA testing to GeneSeek Inc. located in Lincoln, NE. With this move, Hereford breeders have the option to utilize a 50k panel to obtain genomic information to enhance the accuracy of Hereford expected progeny differences (EPDs).

The genomic information obtained is blended with conventional EPDs to produce genomic-enhanced EPDs (GEEPDs). GE-EPDs are available on all traits reported by the AHA. “The Association’s role is to give our members tools to make improvement in beef production,” Jack Ward, AHA chief operating officer and director of breed improvement, says. “Genomic-enhanced EPDs are the next phase in breed improvement strategies that will allow our members to continue to improve the genetics

they produce. GE-EPDs will allow Hereford producers to make even more accurate and more rapid genetic improvement.”

Today producers can find animals with GEEPDs by visiting Hereford.org. In the “EPD Search” section of the site, producers can search for animals with GE-EPDs. Animals with genomic information collected will have a GEEPD logo below their EPD profile on the details screen.

“Although the process to get to Hereford GEEPDs has taken time,

the process developed by AHA will greatly benefit the Association and members for years to come,” Garrick says.

“AHA is the first beef cattle breed association to develop and market its own genomic predictions, and with this process in place, the Hereford breed will be able to continually add to its training data and improve the accuracy of Hereford genomic predictions.”

For more information about AHA’s genomic testing, contact Jack Ward at 816-842-3757 or jward@hereford.

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As the 2012 state fair season continues, everyone needs to take steps to ensure that show pigs and people stay healthy.

Influenza or “flu” occasionally can be transmitted from people to pigs and pigs to people. The Checkoff has created several materials available for producers and exhibitors to use to keep themselves and their animals healthy. These tools also help to reinforce the message that pork is safe — you can’t get flu from eating or handling pork and pork products. Recently, there have been several reports of influenza infection in people and pigs.

The CDC issues weekly updates on this status.

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The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station receives CDC Lyme Disease grant for the management of ticks to prevent Lyme Disease NEW HAVEN, CT — The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) today announced that the Centers for Dis-

ease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a cooperative agreement (grant) for research to CAES on an integrated

and individual tick management programs to reduce the risk of Lyme disease. The lead investigator at CAES is Chief

Entomologist Dr. Kirby C. Stafford III. The co-investigators from CAES are molecular scientist, Dr. Goudarz Molaei, and

wildlife biologist, Dr. Scott C. Williams. Dr. Anthony DeNicola from White Buffalo, Inc. is another scientist who will

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be participating on the project. The project will provide $300,000 each year for the three year project period from Sept.

1, 2012 to Aug. 31, 2015.

Lyme disease continues to be the leading arthropod-associated human disease in Connecticut and the United States.

There were 3,041 confirmed or probable cases of Lyme disease reported in Connecticut in 2011, which likely represents only 10 percent of the diagnosed cases.

“This grant will support critical field research on a very important public health problem in Connecticut and many other states” said Dr. Louis A. Magnarelli, Director of CAES. Dr. Stafford noted that “this funding will allow us to evaluate some the tick control strategies that we have been testing over the years in an integrated approach to reduce the population of the blacklegged tick (i.e., deer tick) that transmits the pathogens for three human diseases. Over 24 percent of the ticks from Redding that were tested last year were infected with the Lyme disease spirochetes.”

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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 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 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.

USDA’s Livestock Slaughter report estimated 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 return to normal production patterns.”

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 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,

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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 confined 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 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

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ports 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

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Get ready for the YEMMies— Young, Educated, Millennial Mothers

by Bob Giblin The United States is starting to see a shift that could hold profound implications for agriculture and food preferences.

This shift will drive change in grocery stores and marketing channels, and it could translate into changes inside the farm gate. A new research study, “Trouble in Aisle 5,” by Jefferies and Alix Partners, outlines serious challenges to traditional grocers, but some of the trends identified point to real opportunities for agriculture to

connect to the Millennial generation, and make improvements that appeal to all customers.

In 2001, the Millennial generation (born 19822001) surpassed Baby Boomers (born 19461964) 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 over the marketplace is poised to skyrocket.

Though many Boomers would paint Millennials as a fast-food generation, Millennials are much bigger “foodies” than their parents or grandparents. Many are more educated and bettertraveled than Boomers were at similar ages. Millennials are likely to have been exposed to more ethnic types of food than their parents. They have grown up with the Food Channel, cooking shows,

rock-star and celebrity chefs and upscale or specialty food stores. They like exotic, diverse and international cuisines.

The “Trouble in Aisle 5” study says the transformation spurred by the Millennials has the potential to “create a chaotic marketplace that dramatically changes where and how consumers shop for groceries, and what they bring home.”

Grocers will be faced with a group of consumers with little loyalty to specific brands or retailers; fewer ties to the

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American Farm Bureau Federation community; a high value on convenience; and a conflicting dynamic where they are focused on paying the lowest price, yet are more willing to pay for specific attributes. They are willing to travel and pay more for unique products that they want. In part, that helps explain the growth in both specialty markets and big box mass merchandisers, which are more popular with Millennials than Boomers.

Natural and organic products are more important to Millennials. They generally want more choices, more flavors and more variety — especially for fruits, vegetables, meats and seafood.

Though more men are now grocery shopping, women typically account for 85 percent of food purchasing decisions.

That will continue with a new, powerful group that is emerging — Young, Educated Millennial Mothers. The study predicts that YEMMies will set the trends for spending in the coming years, and are dedicated to shopping on their own terms.

Over the next two years YEMMies, and Millennials in general, say they will increase their purchases of all food categories, especially fresh produce, fresh meat and seafood, dairy and packaged foods.

The way they shop will also be very different. Already, nearly half of all Millennials use tablets and smart phones to make grocery purchases. They use them to check prices, get coupons, order ahead to save time and to gather product information.

The use of technology to gather information about food provides agriculture and retailers alike a great opportunity to connect directly with Millennials. Technology allows farm and ranch families to help this new, emerging group of grocery shoppers understand where their food comes from, and how.

As retail grocers come to grips with changing expectations of this emerging demographic, and adjust to betterserve the Millennials, farmers and ranchers will have an even better reason to ramp up their customer relations skills. As discriminating as the foodie culture has been, the YEMMies are about to take food decisions to the next level.

Connecting with them will help not only prevent trouble in aisle five, but it could also improve the food shopping experience for all of us.

Bob Giblin writes, speaks and consults about agricultural and food industry issues, policies and trends.

Mielke from 23 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 longterm 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 mi-

nor 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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WNV and EEE Found in Animals in Massachusetts The Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s laboratory tests samples from any Massachusetts animals that have signs consistent with mosquito-born viruses. A horse in Ludlow tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) on Aug. 13, and has since been euthanized due to complications from the disease. On Aug. 23, two additional animals, a horse from Georgetown and an alpaca housed on the Halifax–Plympton line, were confirmed positive and have died from complications associated with Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).

Animal owners are reminded that there are USDA licensed vaccines available to protect horses from WNV and EEE. For other susceptible

species such as emus, pheasants, llamas, and alpacas, owners should contact their veterinarians regarding the advisability of vaccination in those species.

In addition to vaccination, owners should reduce potential mosquito breeding sites on their property by eliminating standing water from containers such as buckets, tires, and wading pools — especially after heavy rains. Water troughs may provide mosquito breeding habitat and should be cleaned periodically during the summer months to reduce mosquitoes near paddock areas. Horse owners should consider keeping horses in indoor stalls during times of peak mosquito activity between dusk and dawn

to reduce their risk of exposure to mosquitoes.

Use of approved mosquito repellents is also recommended.

If an animal is suspected of having WNV or EEE, owners should contact their veterinarian immediately. The presence of these diseases must be reported to MDAR’s Division of Animal Health by calling 617-626-1795 and the Department of Public Health (DPH) by calling 617-983-6800.

The State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board within the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources oversee mosquito control in Massachusetts. For more information call 617-626-1777 or visit, www.mass.gov/agr/mos quito/index.htm

Looking for a farm loan FSA helps Worcester, Middlesex and Essex county farmers get started — and keeps them going.

The United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers farm loans to farmers who have experience and want to own or operate their own farm, but are unable to get financing from a traditional lender.

FSA provides financial assistance and business planning to help ensure the future well-being of American agriculture.

Presently, the fixed rates for operating loans are 1.25 percent and Farm Ownership loans are 3 percent. These are record lows. Thus far 4.5 million has been approved in loan financing to both existing and start-up operations.

For more information, visit www.fsa.usda.gov or contact: Worcester County FSA 508-829-4477 or Middlesex, Essex County FSA 978-692-5163

Morrisville Autumn Review Sale Saturday,, Septemberr 8th,, * 11:00AM Cornell Cooperative Extension Building, Morrisville, NY 80 Holsteins will be offered! Outstanding young fresh cows! Springing bred heifers! Cows milking over 100lbs! Fancy yearlings & calves from generations of EX & VG dams!

Always one of the great buying opportunities of the year for Holstein Breeders!

Cattle are inoculated against shipping fever, tested negative for BVD-PI & tested for immediate interstate shipment!

Directions: From Stoplight in Morrisville, turn south on Sale Managed By/Catalogs Eaton Street & follow for 1/2 mile past school to Cooperative Extension building on right.

Sale Chairperson: Katy Kemmeren 607-316-7223

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PARTIAL LISTING: CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT: Cat 416B Backhoe, 4x4, 4 In 1 Bkt, E-Hoe, s/n 82K01380; 2003 John Deere 110 Backhoe, 4x4, Std Hoe, Front & Rear Aux Hyd, Rear Coupler, s/n LV0110T311222; John Deere 400 Backhoe, 18" Bkt w/Teeth, Std Hoe, 6' BOCE Bkt; 1986 John Deere 544D Rubber Tired Loader, Erops, Heat, 6 Cyl Dsl, 2 Yd Bkt; John Deere 401C Front End Loader, 4x2, 8 Sp, Hrs Read: 3971; 2005 Kubota R520 Rubber Tired Loader, Forks, Bkt, Dsl, s/n 10030; Lull 7X Rough Terrain Forklift, Gas, Hrs Read: 4420, s/n 638; AG & UTILITY TRACTORS: Case Int'l 7110 Ag Tractor, 4x4, Erops, A/C, 3 Pt, Dual PTO, TRP1 Remote, s/n JJA0002908; Kubota M6800 Tractor w/Kubota LA1002 Loader, Cab, A/C, Hrs Read: 814, s/n 70134; Kubota B2410 Tractor w/Loader & Mower Deck; John Deere 6420 Tractor w/640 Self Leveling Loader, Auto Quad 24 Forward/24 Reverse, Comfort Cab, A/C, Extra Size Rubber Tires Rear 18-38", Front 13.6-28", Hrs Read: 2410, s/n LO6420V340183; John Deere 6410 Tractor, 20 Sp, w/640 Loader, Orops, Hrs Read: 4416, s/n LO6410V219463; John Deere 5425 Ag Tractor, 4x4, Erops, Dsl, 3 Pt, PTO, Dual Remote, w/542 Loader, No Bkt; John Deere 4410 Ag Tractor, 4x4, Hydro, w/430 48" Q/C Loader, 3 Pt, PTO, Remote, s/n 342129; John Deere 4230 Ag Tractor, 4x4, Dsl, 3 Pt, PTO, Dual Remotes, w/260 Loader; John Deere 4010 Tractor, New Rebuilt Motor, Hrs Read: 498, s/n 2T-59282; John Deere 2755 Tractor w/Loader, Cab; John Deere 2150 Ag Tractor, Dsl, 3 Pt, PTO; John Deere 2030 Ag Tractor, Dsl, 3 Pt, PTO, Remote, s/n 158056; John Deere 950 Utility Tractor, 4x2, Yanmar Dsl, 3 Pt, PTO, 13.6/12-28 Turf Tires, Hrs Read: 5756, s/n 016569; 1997 New Holland 4835 Tractor, 4x2, 12 Sp, Cab w/Heat & A/C, All Glass, Turf Tires, Category 2 3 Pt Hitch, Hrs Read: 2751, s/n 001135474; Massey Ferguson 3625 Ag Tractor, 4x4, Dsl, Erops, 3 Pt, PTO, Dual Hyd, w/MF DF260 Loader, s/n 7644200; Ford 7710 Tractor, 4x4, w/Front Loader Mdl 777F, Bkt, Cab, 3 Pt Hitch; Case 885 Tractor, 4x2, Front Bkt, 3 Pt Hitch, Dsl, s/n 885/111012378; COLLECTIBLE TRACTORS: John Deere M Ag Tractor, Gas, PTO; John Deere 730 Ag Tractor, Dsl, Pwr Steering, 3 Pt, PTO Remote, Hrs Read: 5612, s/n 732142; John Deere 520 Ag Tractor, Gas, 3 Pt, PTO, Remote; FARM IMPLEMENTS: H&S Forage Wagon Twin Auger HD, s/n 791762; John Deere 330 Round Baler, s/n 330178; Kuhn GMD600 Disc Cutter, s/n B5807; New Holland 565 Baler, s/n 801697; Hesston R553 Round Baler, s/n 02244; Hesston R530 Round Baler, s/n 04037; John Deere 780 Manure Spreader; New Holland 570 Baler, s/n 997750; Massey Ferguson 12 Baler, s/n 530229; John Deere CC1360 Mower, s/n 320293; Gehl 1085 Auto Max Chopper; John Deere 3975 Chopper; New Holland Kicker For Baler; John Deere 1350 Mower, s/n 340145; John Deere 1360 Disc Mower, s/n 324833; 2006 Krone 38 Tedder, s/n 703021; Bush Hog 1437 Disc Harrow; Forage King Hay Rack; John Deere 338 Hay Baler, s/n E00338T30067; Krause 3950 Hyd Disc Harrow, s/n 1334; John Deere Hyd Disc Harrow; Aitchison 1414C Tine Drill, s/n A10707; Kuhn 4120TH Rake; Kuhn 12' Tedder; Gyrorake GA6522; Kuhn CF5001T Digid Drive Tedder; Kuhn FC250RD Disc Mower; John Deere 435 Round Baler, s/n 889343; Tag-Along Disc Harrow; Frontier CS1384 Seeder; Kuhn GA 4120TH Master Drive Tedder; Kuhn GE7501MH Tedder; New Idea 3609 Manure Spreader; John Deere 3955 Forage Harvester w/Corn & Hay Head; John Deere 8350 Grain Drill; Agri Link Hay Basket; 25 Gallon Sprayer; John Deere Chopper Head; Landpride AFM4016 Tow Behind Bat Wing Mower, Center/Left/Right, 9 Blades, Pneumatic Tired, 540 PTO, Hyd Lift, 16' Cutting Width, s/n 443821; LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT: 2 Wagon Creep Feeder; Hoof Trimming Chute; Misc Corral Panels; Misc Round Bale Feeders; THREE PT HITCH ATTACHMENTS: Kuhn GF7501 MH Digid Drive 3 Pt Tedder; Rhino Athens 156 3 Pt Spring Tooth Harrow; John Deere MX5 3 Pt Mower; Vicon 3 Pt Spreader; Set Of 3Pt Harrows; Beaver P10TI 3 Pt Flail Head Mower; 12' 3 Pt Spring Tooth Harrow; Kuhn 8' 3 Pt Rotator Tiller, s/n EL100N-255; Bomford B457 3 Pt Flail Mower, s/n 3001CA; Frontier LR2084 3 Pt 7' Rake; Finn GH60A 3 Pt Conditioner; Frontier RB2072 3 Pt Back Blade; Landpride LR1572 3 Pt Rake w/Gauge Wheels; 3 Pt Side Rake; Kverneland 85-8 3 Pt 3 Bottom Plow; Kuhn VKD170 3 Pt Flail Mower; John Deere MX6 3 Pt Bush Mower; John Deere 616 3 Pt Bush Mower; John Deere 609 3 Pt Bush Mower; (2) 3 Pt Post Hole Augers; SKID STEER ATTACHMENTS: (4) New Versatech Pallet Forks; Brush Grapple; Versatech 1 Cyl Brush Grapple; (2) New Versatech 1 Cyl Grapple Bkts; New (2) 60", (2) 66" & (2) 72" Smooth Bkts; New Stump Bkt; (20 New Versatech HD Sgl Tine Hay Spears; New 78" Snow & Mulch Bkt; New 72" Rock Bkt; BUCKETS & ATTACHMENTS: Frontier ST1028 Snow Blower; Frontier 5' Grader Blade; Fisher 8' Minute Mt Snow Plow; Erskine 841FM Front Mt Snow Blower, s/n 1001300; Round Bale Squeeze Attachment; John Deere Front Mt Snow Blower; John Deere 430 Snow Plow; Q/C Power Angle Plow; Q/C Forks; New Excalibur X36 Thumb; COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE & GROUNDS CARE EQUIPMENT: John Deere 2500A Reel Mower, Dsl; Ferri TD32 Over The Rail Mower; Husqvarna LR125 Riding Mower; John Deere 42C Belly Mower; John Deere 4100 54" Belly Mower Fits 4400; John Deere GT262 Riding Mower; John Deere 335 Riding Mower w/Rototiller; John Deere 757 Z Track Mower w/Leaf Vac; John Deere Z425 EZ Track Mower; John Deere LT190 Riding Mower; John Deere F935 Mower; John Deere 111 Riding Mower; John Deere Commercial Lawn Mower; Craftsman Track Drive Snow Blower; Reinco TM35VSG Power Mulcher, 40 HP EC Gas, s/n 4404; 1971 Vermeer 2460A Stump Grinder, 44 HP Deutz Dsl, Hrs Read: 2579; Trac-Vac 462-ZK 6 Hp Leaf Vac; Peco Leaf Vac; Under Belly Mower Decks; Flail Mower; UTILITY VEHICLES: John Deere 625I Gator, 4x4; John Deere 625I Gator, 4x4; John Deer 620I Gator, 4x4, Gas EFI, Hyd Dump, s/n 081446; GEM E825 Electric Utility Cart w/Flatbed; S/A DUMPS: 2002 GMC C5500 S/A Dump, Cat 3126, 225 HP, Spring Susp, Hyd Brakes, PTO, 8' Steel Dump, (3) Chutes, Hitch, Tarp, Under CDL, Miles Read: 114,000; 1988 Chevy S/A Dump, Gas, 4 Sp, Miles Read: 62,397, Vin #1GBC5D1A3JV111311; FLATBED & VAN BODY TRUCKS: 2004 Ford F550XL Super Duty w/9' Dejana Rack Body, 4 Dr, 7.3L V8 Powerstroke Turbo Dsl, Auto, Hyd Brakes, A/C, Hitch, Utility Boxes, Miles Read: 125,000; 2001 Mitsubishi Fuso FE-SP 18' Box Truck w/Roll Up Door, 175 HP Dsl, Auto, Pwr Windows/Locks, A/C, Ramp, Miles Read: 44,000; FLEET VEHICLES: 2003 GMC 2500, 4x4, A/C, Vin #1GTGK29U03Z299645; BOAT: Starcraft Alum Boat w/Johnson 10 HP Outboard & Trailer; EQUIPMENT & TRUCK PARTS & COMPONENTS: Tractor Cab; Curtis Cab; Misc Turf Tires w/Rims; Misc Tires; Misc Rims; Misc Attachment Parts; Misc New Parts Inventory; SUPPORT EQUIPMENT: Northwest MF6500 Outdoor Pallet Furnace; John Deere 295 Welder; Crop Care PR2500 Wrapper; John Deere G5500KE Genset; John Deere Push Mower; Universal Roof; Ariens ST724 Snow Blower; Split Fire 2260 Log Splitter; (2) Walk Behind Spreaders; AND MORE!

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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: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dryden, NY. Calves. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-844-9104 • 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 607-9721770 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

Tuesday, September 4 • 1:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A, Central Bridge, NY. Consigned from Washing Co. Farmer. Overstocked sends 10 fresh hfrs., Hols.

X. All have had 9 way & have been wormed. Real nice group of hfrs. Dairy, sheep, goats, pigs and horses; 3:30 PM feeders followed by beef and

calves. Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-3213211.

Wednesday, September 5 • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752 • 10:00 AM: New Haven, VT. Selling 181 head holsteins, farm & barn equipment and feed for Paul and Suzann Audy. Wrights Auction Service, 802-334-6115 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dryden, NY. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-844-9104 • 1:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Calves followed by beef. Tim Miller, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558

ALEX LYON & SON Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc. Jack Lyon Bridgeport, NY 315-633-2944 • 315-633-9544 315-633-2872 • Evenings 315-637-8912 AUCTIONEER PHIL JACQUIER INC. 18 Klaus Anderson Rd., Southwick, MA 01077 413-569-6421 • Fax 413-569-6599 www.jacquierauctions.com Auctions of Any Type, A Complete, Efficient Service philcorn@jacquierauctions.com AUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL 808 Borden Rd., Buffalo, NY 14227 800-536-1401 www.auctionsinternational.com BENUEL FISHER AUCTIONS Fort Plain, NY 518-568-2257 Licensed & Bonded in PA #AU005568

Friday, September 7 • 10:30 AM: 163 Strumlock Rd, Poland, NY. Cattle, machinery, milking and barn equip. and more.

David Unger & Gene Woods Auction Service www.genewoodsauctionservice.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 315-7298030

Thursday, September 6

Saturday, September 8

• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752 • 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, Sue Rudgers, Manager, 518-584-3033 • 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

• Jacksonville, NC. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • North Country Storage Barns. 2nd Annual Shed and Shrubbery Auction. Benuel Fisher Auctions, 518-568-2257 • 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

B RO U G HT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES Rte. 125, E. Middlebury, VT 05740 Sale every Monday & Thursday Specializing in Complete Farm Dispersals “A Leading Auction Service” In Vt. 800-339-2697 or 800-339-COWS 802-388-2661 • 802-388-2639

usual run of dairy cows, heifers & service bulls.

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

• 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, 585-5678844 www.rgmasonauctions.com

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

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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, 413-569-6421 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, 607847-8800, 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

Wednesday, September 12 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558

Friday, 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

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

Livestock Sale every Wednesday at 1 PM Feeder Cattle Sales monthly Horse Sales as scheduled 585-394-1515 • Fax 585-394-9151 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

FRANKLIN USED EQUIPMENT SALES, INC. AUCTION SERVICE Franklin, NY 607-829-5172 Over 30 Years Experience in Farm Equipment Auctions Frank Walker, Auctioneer P.O. Box 25, Franklin, NY 13775 fwalker2@stny.rr.com FRALEY AUCTION CO. Auctioneers & Sales Managers, Licensed & Bonded 1515 Kepner Hill Rd., Muncy, PA 570-546-6907 Fax 570-546-9344 www.fraleyauction.com GENE WOODS AUCTION SERVICE 5608 Short St., Cincinnatus, NY 13040 607-863-3821 www.genewoodsauctionserviceinc.com GOODRICH AUCTION SERVICE INC. 7166 St. Rt. 38, Newark Valley, NY 13811 607-642-3293 www.goodrichauctionservice.com H&L AUCTIONS Malone, NY Scott Hamilton 518-483-8787 or 483-8576 Ed Legacy 518-483-7386 or 483-0800 518-832-0616 cell Auctioneer: Willis Shattuck • 315-347-3003

AUC TION CALENDAR To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 head All AI sired Holsteins. Owner Pete Maynard. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607847-8800, 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

Monday, September 17 • 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 55:30 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

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, 607847-8800, 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

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 • 3:00 PM: Brockport, NY. Donal Hibsch Contracting Retirement Auction. Selling full line of ccontracting equip. including JD 323DT skidsteer with 40 hours; Kubota KX161 excavator; ‘07 Chevy 2500 Duramax; ‘03 Ford E450 diesel; Delta power tools and much more. www.williamkentinc.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 518-392-3321. www.empirelivestock.com

Friday, September 28 • Chicago, Il. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com

Saturday, September 29 • Atlantic City, NJ. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • Twister Valley, Fort Plain, NY. Power Sports Consignment Auction. Benuel Fisher Auctions, 518-568-2257 • 10:00 AM: 43 Meadowbrook Rd, Granby, CT. Complete Commercial Woodworking Shop & Antiques. Jacquier Auctioneers, 413-569-6421 www.jacquierauctions.com

Sunday, September 30

Wednesday, September 26

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

• 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

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

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PA RT I C I PAT I N G A U C T I O N E E R S HARRIS WILCOX, INC. Bergen, NY 585-494-1880 www.harriswilcox.com Sales Managers, Auctioneers, & Real Estate Brokers HILLTOP AUCTION CO. 3856 Reed Rd., Savannah, NY 13146 Jay Martin 315-521-3123 Elmer Zieset 315-729-8030 HOSKING SALES Sales Managers & Auctioneer 6810 W. River Rd., Nichols, NY 13812 Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 005392 Looking to have a farm sale or just sell a few?

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

607-699-3637 • Fax 607-699-3661 www.hoskingsales.com hoskingsales@stny.rr.com HOSKING SALES-FORMER WELCH LIVESTOCK MARKET Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 008392 P.O. Box 311, New Berlin, NY 13411 607-847-8800 • 607-699-3637 cell: 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com hoskingsales@stny,rr.com

KELLEHER’S AUCTION SERVICE 817 State Rt. 170 Little Falls, NY 13365 315-823-0089 • 315-868-6561 cell We buy or sell your cattle or equipment on commission or outright! In business since 1948 LEAMAN AUCTIONS LTD 329 Brenneman Rd., Willow St., PA 17584 717-464-1128 • cell 610-662-8149 auctionzip.com 3721 leamanauctions.com MEL MANASSE & SON, AUCTIONEERS Sales Managers, Auctioneers & Real Estate Brokers Whitney Point, NY Toll free 800-MANASSE or 607-692-4540 Fax 607-692-4327 www.manasseauctions.com MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION 488 Cherry Hill Rd., Middlefield, CT 06455 Sale Every Monday Lisa Scirpo 860-883-5828 Sales Barn 860-349-3204 Res. 860-346-8550

NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLE Norman Kolb & David Kolb, Sales Mgrs.

Auctions Every Mon., Wed., & Thurs.

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

R.G. MASON AUCTIONS Richard G. Mason We do all types of auctions Complete auction service & equipment Phone/Fax 585-567-8844

NORTHEAST KINGDOM SALES INC. Jim Young & Ray LeBlanc Sales Mgrs. • Barton, VT Jim - 802-525-4774 • Ray - 802-525-6913 neks@together.net

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

Groveland, Geneseo, NY 14454 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com

NORTHAMPTON COOP. AUCTION Whately, MA • Farmer Owned Since 1949 Livestock Commission Auction Sales at noon every Tues.

Consignments at 9 AM 413-665-8774 NORTHERN NEW YORK DAIRY SALES North Bangor, NY 518-481-6666 Sales Mgrs.: Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503 Harry Neverett 518-651-1818 Auctioneer John (Barney) McCracken 802-524-2991 www.nnyds.com PIRRUNG AUCTIONEERS, INC. P.O. Box 607, Wayland, NY 14572 585-728-2520 • Fax 585-728-3378 www.pirrunginc.com James P. Pirrung

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

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• 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, 585-243-1563 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.

• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.

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

Auction Calendar, Continued (cont. from prev. page) 450-0558

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, November 2 • 10:00 AM: Dansville, NY (Livingston Co.).

Dwight & Deanna Knapp retiring from dairying.

265 freestall/parlor top end Holsteins. (135 milkers) Blue Diamond 8 side contour parlor, corn ensilage, haylage. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. www.pirrunginc.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 315-7298030

• 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.

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

Friday, October 5

Thursday, October 18

• 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 315-7298030

• Wyoming, Wyoming County, NY. Farm Reaql Estate Auction. Selling 20 acre farm house with house, barns, pasture, pond, woods and orchard.

Excellent hunting. www.williamkentinc.com

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Wednesday, October 17

• 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

Wednesday, October 10 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558

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, 315420-9092 or Auction Barn at 518-392-3321. www.empirelivestock.com

Saturday, October 13 • Odessa, TX. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S of utica & 6 miles N of New Berlin. OHM Holstein Club Sale. Sale hosted by Roedale Farms in Richfield Springs. Brad Ainslie sale chairman 315-8226087. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 9:00 AM: Hamburg Fairgrounds, Hamburg, NY . Municipal & Contractor Equipment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203, Chatham, NY. Fall Machinery Auction. Call to consign. Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-420-9092 or Auction Barn at 518-392-3321. www.empirelivestock.com • 1:00 PM: Chatham market, 2249 Rte. 203, Chatham, NY. Fall Feeder Calves/Beef Roundup Auction. Call to consign. Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315420-9092 or Auction Barn at 518-392-3321. www.empirelivestock.com • 11:00 AM: Ben K. Stoltzfus Farm, Intercourse, PA. Vison-Gen & Friends Sale. Co-managed with Stonehurst Farm. 100 outstanding Holsteins, many with contract Genomic pedigrees. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

Sunday, October 14 • 1:00 PM: Cohocton, NY. Komma Land Auction.

321 acres in two parcels of outstanding private hunting and recreational lands plus agricultural lands with rental income. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc.

Saturday, October 20 • Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S of utica & 6 miles N of New Berlin. Eastern Breeders Brown Swiss Sale. Sale managed by Modern Associates, Hosking Sales assisting. Call with your consignments. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-6993637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.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 • 11:00 AM: Hobart, NY. Hosking Farm Complete Dispersal. 120 Holsteins. Don & Joanne Hosking.

Tremendous cow families, quality, low SCC & lots of type & production. The Cattle Exchange, 607746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

Wednesday, October 24 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558

Saturday, November 3

Saturday, December 1 • 9:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, 6502 Barber Hill Rd., Geneseo, NY. Special Winter Consignment Auction. Farm & Construction Equipment, Heavy & Light Trucks, Liquidations & Consignments. 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

Wednesday, November 7 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558

Friday, November 9 • Pleasant Lane Beef Farm, Hannibal, NY. Selling complete line of late model equipment. (Save the date, late model equip. you don’t find at absolute public auction.) Ray was very successful and equip. is in great shape with most only few years old. Hilltop Auction Company, Jay Martin 315521-3123, Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030

Saturday, November 10 • 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

Thursday, October 25

Wednesday, November 14 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558

Saturday, October 27

Wednesday, October 31 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558

Thursday, November 29 • 11:00 AM: Lampeter, PA. Destiny Road Holstein Dispersal. Jay Stolzfus, owner. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

• Canastota, NY. A.Lyon & Son, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • Hosking Sales (former Welch Livestock), 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Fall Premier All Breed Sale. Call early to consign to make catalog & advertising deadlines. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.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

• Pigeon Acres Farm, Manheim PA. Selling complete dairy of 175 mature cattle. Hilltop Auction Company, Jay Martin 315-521-3123, Elmer Zeiset 315-729-8030 • 9:00 AM: Syracuse, NY (NYS Fairgrounds).

Onondaga Co. area Municipal Equipment Auction. Municipal & Contractor Equipment. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Professional Auctioneers, 585243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 • 11:00 AM: Cornell Livestock Pavilion, Ithaca, NY. The NY Holstein Harvest Sale. 100 of the finest Holsteins to sell all year!. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

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

Friday, November 16 • Gettysburg, PA. Spungold Holsteins Milking Herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal. Dale & Deanna Bendig owners. The Cattle Exchange, 607-7462226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com Wyoming County, NY. Reserved for 300 head dairy dispersal. Excellent pedigrees. Watch our website for more information. www.williamkentinc.com

Wednesday, November 21 • 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.

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

Thursday, November 1

Wednesday, November 28

• 11:00 AM: Reserved for major Holstein Herd Dispersal in NY. The Cattle Exchange, 607-7462226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

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

Saturday, December 8 • 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

Wednesday, December 12 • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Wednesday, December 19 • 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.

Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-2965041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716-450-0558 • 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale.

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

Wednesday, December 26 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20. Regular Livestock Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock, 585-3941515 www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-4473842, Sue Rudgers, Manager 716-296-5041, Lonnie Kent, Auctioneer & Sales Manager 716450-0558

Friday, April 5 • Intercourse, PA. Past Present Future Sale hosted by C.K. Kerrick & Matt Kimball. Held at te Ben K. Stolzfus sale barn. Co-Managed by The Cattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farm. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES East Middlebury, VT August 27, 2012 Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean not well tested; Breakers 75-80% lean 73-83; Boners 80-85% 67-79.50; Lean 85-90% lean 1000# & up 55-76.50; Lean 85-90% lean under 1000# 35-55.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls 92-125# 66-110.

Vealers: 100-120# 50-70; 90-100# 50-66; 80-90# 3560; 70-80# 30-45; 60-70# 20-45.

COSTA & SONS LIVESTOCK & SALES Fairhaven, MA No Report FLAME LIVESTOCK Littleton, MA August 28, 2012 Beef Cattle: Canners 3565; Bulls 80-104; Cutters 6273; Steers Hols. 90-120; Util 72-86; Hfrs 80-90.

Calves: Growers 80-115; Veal 80-110; Hfrs 80-140.

Hogs (ea): Market 55-60; Sows 30-35; Boars 5-10; Roasters 80-130; Feeders 40-65.

Sheep: 40-70 Lambs: 120-170 Goats (ea): 50-110; Billies 120-180; Kids 10-50.

NORTHAMPTON COOPERATIVE AUCTION, INC Whately, MA August 28, 2012 Calves (/cwt): 0-60# 5-38; 61-75# 25-52.50; 76-95# 40-50; 96-105# 40-57; 106#

& up 60-115.

Farm Calves: 60-115/cwt Start Calves: 55-111/cwt Feeders: 50-106/cwt Heifers: 63-73.50/cwt Bulls: 81-93.50/cwt Rep. Heifers: No Market Rep. Cows: No Market Canners: 10-64/cwt Cutters: 65-75/cwt Utility: 75.50-86/cwt Sows: 35-37.50/cwt Hogs: 30-68 Shoats: 75-89 Feeder Pigs: 32-58 ea.

Lambs: 100-135/cwt Sheep: 37.50-120/cwt Goats: 5-132.50 ea.

Rabbits: .50-16 ea.

Poultry: 1-13 ea.

Hay: 6 lots, 1-4.30/bale.

HACKETTSTOWN AUCTION Hackettstown, NJ No Report CAMBRIDGE VALLEY LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Cambridge, NY No report EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKET Chatham, NY No Report VERNON LIVESTOCK Vernon, NY August 20-23, 2012 Calves: Hfrs. .40-1; Grower Bull over 92# .70-1.10; 8092# .65-.85; Bob Veal .10.60.

Cull Cows: Gd .68-.84; Lean .45-.78; Hvy Beef Bulls .72-.99.

Dairy Replacements: Fresh Cows 900-1350; Handling Hfrs. 800-1250; Springing Hfrs 850-1400; Bred Hfrs 700-1200; Fresh Hfrs 7501450; Open Hfrs 450-1000; Started Hfrs 150-500; Service Bulls 500-1000.

Beef: Feeders .50-1.20 Lamb & Sheep: Market 1-2; Slaughter Sheep .20-.65.

Goats: Billies .75-1.70; Nannies .65-1.25; Kids .10-.70.

Swine: Sow .30-.50 CENTRAL BRIDGE LIVESTOCK Central Bridge, NY August 23, 2012 Calves: Hfrs. Calves .40-1; Grower Bull Calves over 92# .70-1.10;80-92#.65-.85; Bob Veal Calves .10-.60; Cull Cows: Gd. .68-.84; Lean .45-.78; Heavy Beef bulls .72-.99; Dairy Replacements: Fresh 900-1350; Springing Cows 800-1250; Springing Hfrs. 850-1400; Bred Hfrs.

700-1200; Fresh Hfrs. 7501450; Open Hfrs. 450-1000; Started Hfrs. 150-500; Service Bulls 500-1000;

Beef: Feeders .50-1.20; Lamb & Sheep: Market 12; Slaughter Sheep .20-.65; Goats: Billies .75-1.70; Nannies .65-1.25; Kid Goats .10-.70; Swine: Sow .30-.50 CHATHAM MARKET Chatham, NY August 27, 2012 Calves: Grower over 92# .90-1.25; 80-92# .75-.90; Bob Veal .63-.67.

Cull Cows: Gd .72-.7950; Lean .63-.6950; Hvy Beef Bulls .82-.9650.

Beef: Feeders 398-725# 6890; Steers 800# 109-110.

Lamb/Sheep: Feeder 1.451.70; Market 1.20-1.0; Slaughter 60.

Goats: Billies 1.60-2.10; Nannies .70-.75; Kids .45.55 CHERRY CREEK Cherry Creek, NY August 22, 2012 Calves: Hfrs. .85-1.60; Grower Bulls over 92# .801.20; 80-92# .70-1.10; Bob Veal .10-.60.

Cull Cows: Gd .73-.83; Lean .40-.76; Hvy. Beef Bulls .81-.96.

Beef: Feeders .75-1.65; Veal 1.01-1.20; Hols. Ch .951.05; Hols. Sel .81-.93.

Lambs: Market 1.20; Slaughter Sheep .40-.55.

Swine: Hog .65; Sow .30.42; Boar .05-.12; Feeder Pig/hd 20-40.

DRYDEN MARKET Dryden, NY August 20, 2012 Calves: Hfrs. .50-.70; Grower Bulls over 92# 1-1.35; 8092# .75-1.05; Bob Veal .10.70.

Cull Cows: Gd .78-.89; Lean .68-.77; Hvy. Beef Bulls .88-1.05.

Beef: Feeders .80-.95.

Goats: Billies 70-165; Nannies 35-60.

Swine: Feeder Pig .4050/hd.

GOUVERNEUR LIVESTOCK Governeur, NY August 23, 2012 Calves: Hfrs. .50-1.25; Grower Bulls over 92# .601.35; 80-92# .65-.90; Bob Veal .20-.40.

Cull Cows: Gd .77-.865; Lean .68-.79; Hvy. Beef Bulls .80-.9050.

PAVILION MARKET Pavilion, NY August 20, 2012 Calves: Hfr. Calves 1-1.35; Grower Bulls over 92# .901.20; 80-92# .75; Bob Veal .25-.50.

Cull Cows: Gd .77-.84; Lean .60-.79; Hvy Beef Bulls

Gouverneur

Canandaigua Pavilion Penn Yan Dryden Cherry Creek

Vernon New Berlin

Cambridge

Central Bridge

Bath

Chatham

.94.

Beef: Hols. Ch .82-1 Goats: Nannies .65 Swine: Hog .51-.55 BATH MARKET Bath, NY August 23, 2012 Calves: Grower Bull Calves over 92# .80-1.20; 80-92# .70-1.05; Bob Veal Calves .10-.50.

Cull Cows: Gd. .79-.87; Lean .67-.78; Hvy. beef Bulls .95-1.05.

Beef: Feeders 1-1.15 Lamb & Sheep: Market .85-1.20.

Goats: Billies 70-110/hd.; Nannies 60-75/hd.; Kids 3570/hd.

Swine: Hog .85-.89; Sow .24-.32; Boar .50; Feeder pig 20-45/hd.

FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK AUCTION Canandaigua, NY No report FINGER LAKES PRODUCE AUCTION Penn Yan, NY August 27, 2012 Apples (1/2bu.): 5-9.50 Beans (1/2 bu): 2-9.50 Broccoli (hd): .55-.65 Cabbage (hd): .95-1.30 Cantaloupes: .65-1.95 Eggplants (1/2 bu): 1.50-5 Eggs (dz): 1.15-1.90 Grapes (1/2 bu): 2-17 Hot Peppers (1/2 bu): .5010.50 Nectarines (1/2 bu): 6.5015 Onions: .60-.75 Peaches (1/2 bu): 5-30 Peppers (1/2 bu): 1-13 Pickles (1/2 bu): 6-20 Pie Pumpkins: .35-.45 Pumpkins: .50-3.10 Salad Tomatoes (pt): .25.90 Sweet Corn (dz): .45-2.65 Summer Squash (1/2 bu):

.50-10 Tomatoes (25#): 5.50-25 Watermelons: .75-3.10 Zucchini (1/2 bu): 3-11 FINGER LAKES FEEDER SALE Penn Yan, NY No report FINGER LAKES HAY AUCTION Penn Yan, NY August 24, 2012 Hay: 1st cut 185-295; 2nd cut 190-300; 3rd cut 200295.

Straw: 110-170 HOSKING SALES New Berlin, NY August 27, 2012 Dairy Cows for Slaughter: Bone Util .70-.81; Canners/Cutters .58-.70; Easy Cows .60 & dn.

Bulls/Steers: .88-.98 Feeders: No Market Calves: Bull calves 96-120# 1.10-1.23; up to 95# .10-1; Hfrs. Hols. under 100# 1.25.

BELKNAP LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belknap, PA No report BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belleville, PA No report CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA August 28, 2012 Slaughter Cattle: Steers Hols. Ch. 1555-1630# 101103.25; Return to feed 83.50-88.

Cows: Breakers/Boners 7481.50; Lean 71-81; Big Middle/Lo Dress/Lights 67-73; Shelly 65 & dn.

Bulls: Hols. 1575# 93.

Feeder Cattle: Steers Hols.

325-375# 83-85; Hfrs. M&L 1 435-585# 113-117; Mixed Dairy 170-770# 68-90; Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols. bulls No. 1 95-120# 102106; No. 2 90-120# 92-100; No. 3 85-140# 67-87; Util. 60 & down Hols. Hfrs. 115-140# 125; CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA August 28, 2012 Rabbits: 1-6 Bunnies: .50-10 Rabbit Family: 19 Roosters: .75-6 Hens: .50-5.50 Pullets: .50-1.25 Banties: .50-3.75 Ducks: 2-6.50 Pheasants: 6.50-10 Turkey: 15 Guinea: 4.50 Guinea Keets & Peeps: 44.50 Pigeons: 1-4.25 Eggs (/dz): X-L Brown 1.90; X-L White 1.60; L Brown 1.80; M Brown 1.40-1.60; Fertile Guinea Eggs .601.25; Sale starts at 5 pm.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC State Graded Feeder Pig Sale Carlisle, PA Sows 380-395# 35.75-37; 405-485# 32.5037.25; 505-555# 33-38.75; Wet thin rough 20-31; Boars 230-560# 11.50-36; Feeder Pigs 48-65# 64-70; DEWART LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET, INC August 27, 2012 Cattle: Hols. Steers Ch 2-3 1204-1510# 100.25-104.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 79-81.50; Boners 76-78; Lean 68-78.50.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1

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MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middlefield, CT August 27 2012 Calves: 45-60# 30-35; 6175# 65-67.50; 76-90# 70.7250; 91-105# .75-.7750; 106# & up 80-82.50.

Farm Calves: .85-1.30 Started Calves: .45-.52 Veal Calves: 1.4250-1.80 Open Heifers: .8750-1.05 Beef Heifers: .88-1 Feeder Steers: .85-1.25 Beef Steers: .9050-1.01 Stock Bull: .80-1.4250 Beef Bull: .98-1.10 Sows: one at 37.50 Butcher Hogs: 1-1.05 Feeder Pigs (ea): 42.50-80 Sheep (ea): 95-100 Lambs (ea): 145-185 Goats (ea): 95-135 Kids Goats (ea): 32.50-80 Canners: up to 71.50 Cutters: 75-80 Utility: 81-85 Rabbits: 5-22 Chickens: 4-21 Ducks: 3-10 * Open Labor Day Sept. 3.

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WEEKLY MARKET REPORT 400-500# 114-122; M&L 2 350-500# 107-112; 500600# 85-97.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 400500# 115-124; M&L 2 450500# 108-123 Calves: 164. Bulls No. 1 94126# 115-132; 80-92# 92110; No. 2 94-120# 100-122; 80-92# 80-97; No. 3 94110# 80-100; 76-92# 60-85; Util 70-104# 35-65; 54-68# 10-35; Hfrs. No. 1 80-104# 120-122; No. 2 64-106# 70107.

Feeder Pigs (/hd): 15# 37; 40-50# 44-48.

Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 6070# 95-110; 70-80# 92-102; 90-110# 85-95; Ewes Util 12 166# 62; 220# 40.

Goats (/hd): Kids Sel 1 7080# 117-135; 100# 125; Sel 2 60# 107; Sel 3 under 20# 22; 30# 27; 60# 65; Billies Sel 1 180# 185.

EarCorn: 2 lds 240-290/ton.

Hay (/ton): 12 lds, Alfalfa 80; Alfalfa/Grass 85; Grass 125-185; Mixed 110-325; Timothy Grass 150-200.

Straw (/ton): 2 lds, 170; Oat 1 ld, 5.40/bu.

EIGHTY FOUR LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Holland, PA No report

Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1155-1600# 119125.50; Ch 2-3 1180-1585# 114-119; Sel 2-3 10751470# 112-115; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1355-1635# 105109.50 Ch 2-3 1220-1640# 100-105.50; Sel 2-3 10201595# 94-99.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1260-1380# 115.50120.50 Ch 2-3 1020-1385# 111-114.50; Sel 2-3 10451370# 107-111.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.White 65-75% lean 78.50-87.50, hi dress 90-94; Breakers 75-80% lean 7682, hi dress 82-85, lo dress 69-76; Boners 80-85% lea3.504, lo dress 65-71.50; Lean 85-90% lean 65-74, hi dress 74-79.50, lo dress 5965.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1045-1915# 95-100, hi dress 102-105, lo dress 8593.

Graded Bull Calves: No. 1 94-120# 120-127; 86-92# 90; No. 2 112-118# 100-110; 102-110# 120-129; 94-100# 105-123; 80-92# 90; No. 3 80-130# 75-85; 72-78# 22; Util 60-110# 17-38; Hols.

Hfr. Calves No. 1 80-110# 75-100; No. 2 75-100# 5075.

GREENCASTLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Greencastle, PA August 23, 2012 Slaughter Cows: Prem.White 65-75% lean 82.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 73-76.50, hi dress 76.50-77.75; Boners 8085% lean 72-75.50; Lean 85-90% lean 62-67, hi dress 69.25-72.50, lo dress 53.5058.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1552-1862# 90.50-97.50; one hi dress 110; lo dress 1552-2222# 85-88.

Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 96-126# 120-135; 80-94# 80-100; No. 2 80-128# 95122.50; No. 3 80-118# 60100; Util 60-124# 20-65.

LEBANON VALLEY LIVESTOCK AUCTION Fredericksburg, PA August 21, 2012 Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean 79; Breakers 75-80% lean 6469, hi dress 73-77.50; Boners 80-85% lean 60-61; Lean 85-90% lean 55-57, lo dress 45-59.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1110-1460# 820-85.

Return to Farm Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-120# 100-115; No. 2 95-120# 8095; No. 3 70-120# 60-75; Util 65-115# 35-50.

INDIANA FARMERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION Homer City, PA No report

MIDDLEBURG LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middleburg, PA August 21, 2012 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1360-1500# 119.50121.50; Ch. 2-3 1165-1490# 111-118; Sel. 2-3 10801520# 104-110; Hols. Hi. Ch. & Pr. 2-3 1270-1635# 101-105.50; Ch. 2-3 12351630# 94-100; Sel. 1-3 1155-1510# 86-90; Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1185-1470# 114119.50; Ch. 2-3 1020-1360# 111-116.50; Sel. 2-3 10051145# 104-110.

Slaughter Cows:

KUTZTOWN HAY & GRAIN AUCTION Kutztown, PA August 23, 2012 Alfalfa: 1 ld, 260 Mixed Hay: 5 lds, 210-255 Grass: 11 lds, 80-250 Straw: 2 lds, 115-140 Rye Seed: 1 ld, 11.50 LANCASTER WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY New Holland, PA August 24, 2012

LEESPORT LIVESTOCK AUCTION Leesport, PA No report

Pennsylvania Markets Mercer

Jersey Shore

New Wilmington

Dewart Leesport Belleville Homer City

New Holland Carlisle Lancaster Paradise

Eighty-Four Prem.White 65-75% lean 81-83.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 73.50-79, hi dress 7981, Lo dress 71-73; Boners 80-85% lean 68-73, hi dress 74-75; Lean 85-90% lean 64-69, hi dress 70-71, lo dress 53.50-58.50; Light Lean 85-92% lean 43-46.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1015-1900# 96-105, lo dress 965-2005# 82-87; Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L 1 500-700# 130-165; M&L 2 500-700# 105-130; Hols.

Steers L 3 300-500# 75-87; 500-700# 73-97; Hfrs. M&L 1 200-300# 175; 300-500# 130-157; M&L 2 300-400# 100-118; Bulls M&L 1 300500# 145-185; 500-700# 115-135; M&L 2 300-500# 110-132; 500-700# 90-112; Hols. Bulls L 3 300-500# 8392; 500-700# 78-82.

Ret. to Farm Calves: Hols.

Bulls No. 1 95-120# 110122; 80-90# 70-90; No. 2 95120# 92-112; No. 3 75-115# 50-70; Util. 65-95# 10-67.50; Hols. Hfr. Calves No. 1 7595# 100-112; No. 2 80-100# 60-92; Hols./BeefX calves 65-85# 65-120.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 220-265# 69-70; 45-50% lean 230280# 65-69.

Sows: US 1-3 300-500# 3438; 500-700# 42-42.50.

Boars: 420-430# 11.50-12.

Feeder Pigs: No Market.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 40-60# 100-105; 6080# 100-122; 90-100# 97110; Ewes Gd. 1-3 145-190# 30-50; Rams 175# 72.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 20-40# 55-67; 40-60# 85105; 60-80# 107-120; Sel. 2 10-20# 15-35; 20-40# 6077; 60-80# 80-95; Sel. 3 2040# 20-50; Nannies Sel. 1 80-130# 132-142; Sel 2 80130# 75-77; Billies Sel. 1 100-150# 152-175.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Martinsburg, PA

August 27, 2012 Steers: Ch 108-115; Gd 101-107.

Heifers: Ch 106-115; Gd 100-105.

Cows: Util & Comm. 72-82; Canner/lo Cutter 72 & dn.

Bullocks: Gd & Ch 85-95.

Bulls: YG 1 92-98.

Cattle: Steers 100-130; Bulls 90-104; Hfrs. 90-120.

Calves: Ch 115-135; Gd 90110; Std 15-70; Hols. Bulls 90-130# 60-120; Hols. Hfrs.

90-130# 100-125.

Hogs: US 1-2 62-64; US 13 60-62; Sows US 1-3 2840; Boars 8-28; Feeder Pigs US 1-3 20-50# 15-65.

Sheep: Lambs Ch 110125; Gd 100-110; SI Ewes 45-50.

Goats: 12-120.

MORRISON’S COVE HAY REPORT Martinsburg, PA August 27, 2012 Alfalfa: 190-260 Grass: 155-265 Rd. Bales: 50-145 Lg. Sq. Bales: 85-195 Straw: 145-180 Hay Auction held every Monday at 12:30 pm.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY & RABBIT REPORT Martinsburg, PA August 27, 2012 Roosters: 3-7 Hens: .25-4 Banties: .50-2 Pigeons: 1-1.50 Ducks: 3-4.25 Bunnies: 1-2.75 Rabbits: 4-11.50 Auction held every Monday at 7 pm.

NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES New Holland, PA August 23, 2012 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1155-1600# 120125.50; Ch 2-3 1195-1585# 115-119; Sel 1-3 10751470# 112-115.

Slaughter Holsteins: Hi Ch & Pr 2-4 1355-1635# 105109.50; Ch 2-3 1220-1638# 100-104; Sel 2-3 10201595# 94-98.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1260-1380# 115.50120.50; Ch 2-3 1140-1385# 111-114.50; Sel 2-3 13501370# 107-109.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-70% lean 8287.50, hi dress 90-94; Breakers 75-80% lean 7682, hi dress 83.50-85, lo dress 70-74.50; Boners 8085% lean 73.50-79, hi dress 80-83.50, lo dress 68-73; Lean 88-90% lean 65-70.50, hi dress 71.50-75.50, lo dress 59-64.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1045-1915# 94-100, hi dress 102-105 lo dress 8593.

Graded Bull Calves: No. 1 94-120# 120-127; 86-92# 90; No. 2 112-118# 100-110; 102-110# 120-129; 94-100# 105-123; 80-92# 90; No. 3 80-130# 75-85; 72-78# 22; Util 60-110# 17-35.

Holstein Heifers: No. 1 80110# 75-100; No. 2 75-100# 50-75.

NEW HOLLAND PIG AUCTION New Holland, PA No Report NEW HOLLAND SHEEP & GOATS AUCTION New Holland, PA August 27, 2012 Slaughter Lambs: Wooled, Shorn Ch & Pr 2-3 50-60# 122; 70-80# 114-128; 90110# 76-96 clipped; Wooled, Shorn Ch 2-3 60-80# 104118; 110-130# 110; Wooled, Shorn Gd & Ch 1-3 50-60# 122-124; 60-80# 110-121; 80-90# 110-114; 90-110# 99-120.

Slaughter Ewes: Gd 2-3 M flesh 120-160# 68-78; 160200# 70-74; 200-300# 75; Util 1-2 thin flesh 200-300# 58.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 80-90# 104-112; 90-100# 110-132; 100-120# 110138; Sel 2 50-60# 60-74; 7080# 80-84; 80-90# 70-92; 90-100# 84-104; 100-120# 100-114; Sel 3 50-60# 4052; 70-80# 48-56; 80-90# 75-82; Nannies/Does Sel 1 50-80# 52; 80-130# 100120; 130-180# 130-140; Sel 2 80-130# 74-110; Sel 3 5080# 56-66; 80-130# 58-92; Bucks/Billies Sel 1 100-150# 150-198; 150-250# 180247; Sel 2 100-150# 145167; 150-250# 158-182; Sel 3 100-150# 110-137; Wethers Sel 1 100-150# 140-174; 150-200# 211242; Sel 2 100-150# 114167; Sel 3 50-100# 95-120.

NEW WILMINGTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Wilmington, PA No report NEW WILMINGTON PRODUCE AUCTION, INC. New Wilmington, PA No report PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Report Compared to last week corn sold steady, Wheat sold .10 to .15 lower, Barley sold .15-.20 higher, Oats sold .05 to .10 lower & Soybeans sold .40-.50higher.

EarCorn sold 5-10 higher.

All prices per bushel except EarCorn is per ton.

Southeastern PA: Corn No. 2 8.57-9.35, Avg 8.86, Contracts 8-8.14; Wheat No. 2 8.67-8.87, Avg 8.74, Contracts 8-8.10; Barley No. 3 4.70-5.75, Avg 5.25, Contracts 5.75; Oats No. 2 4-4.80, Avg 4.40; Soybeans No. 2 16.81-17.43, Avg 17.09, Contracts 16.7217.01; EarCorn 240.

South Central PA: Corn No. 2 8.20-9.30, Avg 8.61; Wheat No. 2 7.80-8.40, Avg 8.13; Barley No. 3 4-4.50, Avg 4.33; Oats No. 2 3.254, Avg 3.63; Soybeans No. 2 15.90-16.72, Avg 16.46; EarCorn 210.

Eastern & Central PA: Corn No. 2 8.40-9.23, Avg 8.82, Month Ago 8.73, Year Ago 8.46; Wheat No. 2 7.15-9.05, Avg 8.36, Month Ago 8.70, Year Ago 7.28; Barley No. 3 4-5.85, Avg 5.01, Month Ago 4.75, Year Ago 4.78; Oats No. 2 3.255, Avg 4.06, Month Ago 4.02, Year Ago 4.09; Soybeans No. 2 15.35-16.78, Avg 16.66, Month Ago 16.13, Year Ago 13.94; EarCorn 195-240, Avg 233.75, Month Ago 220, Year Ago 223.75.

Western PA: Corn No. 2

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT 8.60-9.06, Avg 8.88; Barley No. 3 5-5.15, Avg 5.32; Oats No. 2 4-4.50, Avg 4.25; Soybeans No. 2 1616.64, Avg 16.37; EarCorn 195-290, Avg 242.50.

Central PA: Corn No. 2 8.60-9.06, Avg 8.88; Barley No. 3 5-5.15, Avg 5.32; Oats No. 2 4-4.50, Avg 4.25; Soybeans No. 2 1616.64, Avg 16.37; EarCorn 195-290, Avg 242.50.

Lehigh Valley: Corn No. 2 8.60-9.25, Avg 8.86; Wheat No. 2 8.60-9, Avg 8.80; Barley No. 3 5.75; Oats No. 2 3.85-4.50, Avg 4.17; Soybeans No. 2 16.30-17, Avg 16.64.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Hay Market Summary Hay & Straw Market For Eastern PA: All hay prices paid by dealers at the farm and/ton. Compared to last week hay sold steady to 10 lower & straw sold steady.

All hay and straw reported sold /ton. Alfalfa 140-325; Mixed Hay 110-325; Timothy

100-250; Straw 100-180; Mulch 50-75.

Summary of Lancaster Co. Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 121 lds of hay, 22 Straw; Alfalfa 160-410; Mixed Hay 90-470; Timothy 137-370; Grass 80-330; Straw 100-240.

Diffenbach Auction, August 20, 56 lds Hay, 9 lds Straw. Alfalfa 180-410; Mixed Hay 90-470; Timothy 150-370; Grass 120-330; Straw 130-210.

Green Dragon Auction, August 24, 20 lds Hay, 2 lds Straw. Alfalfa 145-300; Mixed Hay 100-350; Timothy 137; Grass 120-255; Straw 125-165.

Weaverland Auct, New Holland: August 23, 16 lds hay, 3 lds Straw. Alfalfa 200235; Mixed Hay 150-280; Timothy 2215; Grass 80235; Straw 150-170.

Wolgemuth Auction, August 22, 29 lds Hay, 8 lds Straw. Alfalfa 225-310; Mixed hay 125-300; Timothy 175-300; Grass 130-280; Straw 142-200.

Summary of Central PA Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 84 Loads Hay, 9 Straw.

Alfalfa 60-295; Mixed Hay 50-260; Timothy 75-210; Grass 80-250; Straw 115-

155.

Dewart Auction, Dewart: August 20, 12 lds Hay, 2 Straw. Mixed Hay 60-185; Grass 80-170.

Greencastle Livestock: August 9 & 13, 4 lds Hay, 0 Straw. Mixed Hay 50-95; Timothy 72.50; Grass 80.

Kutztown Auction: August 25, 22 lds Hay, 2 Straw.

Alfalfa260; Mixed Hay 210255; Grass 80-250.

Middleburg Auction: August 21, 11 lds Hay, 2 Straw. Alfalfa 250-295; Mixed Hay 130-260; Timothy 160-210; Straw 130.

Shippensburg Auction: August 18 & 21. 35 lds Hay, 3 Straw. Alfalfa 60-200; Mixed Hay 75-200; Timothy 75-170; Grass 65-1656; Straw 127-140.

VINTAGE SALES STABLES August 27, 2012 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1300-1540# 121-124; Ch 2-3 1240-1585# 116119.50, muddy 111.50-115; Sel 2-3 1225-1385# 110113.50.

Slaughter Holsteins: Ch 23 1360-1690# 98-101; Sel 23 1255-1315# 95-95.75.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 73.50-77, hi dress 77-81.50, lo dress 70.50-71; Boners 80-85% lean 72.50-76.50, hi dress 77-82, lo dress 70.50-72.50; Lean 85-90% lean 70-73.50, hi dress 76-77, lo dress 6069.

Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 95-115# 100-115; No. 2 85110# 80-100; No. 3 80-115# 55-70; Util 60-90# 15-55. *Next Feeder Cattle Sale

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WEAVERLAND AUCTION New Holland, PA August 23, 2012 Alfalfa: 2 lds, 200-235 Timothy Hay: 1 ld 215 Orchard Grass: 3 lds, 80235.

Mixed Hay: 7 lds, 150-225 Grass: 3 lds, 145-205 Straw: 3 lds, 150-170 EarCorn: 2 lds, 245-250 Oats: 1 ld, 6.75 Rye: 6 lds, 14.50-15.50 WOLGEMUTH AUCTION August 22, 2012 Alfalfa: 2 lds, 268-310 Mixed: 18 lds, 199-300 Timothy: 4 lds, 246-300 Grass: 5 lds, 201-280 Straw: 8 lds, 164-200 Oats (/bu): 2 lds, 6-5.75 Fodder: 1 ld, 125

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PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Weekly Livestock Summary August 24, 2012 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 119.75-123.75; Ch 13 114.50-117.50; Sel 1-2 109.25-113; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 102.50-109.50; Ch 23 98-102; Sel 1-2 91.5095.75.

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Slaughter Bulls: hi dress 105.50-109.50, Avg. dress 91.25-98; lo dress 85.50-90.

Feeder Catle: Steers M&L 1 300-500# 125-145; 500700# 130-165; M&L 2 300500# 110-120; 500-700# 105-130; M&L 3 300-500# 77-84; 500-700# 80-87; Hfrs. M&L 1 300-500# 127149.50; 500-700# 120-131; M&L 2 300-500# 100-118; 500-700# 90-116; M&L 3 300-500# 73-98; 500-700# 80-87; Bulls M&L 1 300500# 146-166; 500-700# 122.25-133.50; M&L 2 300500# 110-132; 500-700# 103-118; M&L 3 300-500# 83-92; 500-700# 78-82.

Vealers: Util 60-120# 10-70.

Farm Calves: No. 1 Hols.

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Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 4954% lean 220-270# 66.5070; 45-49% lean 250-300# 63-66; Sows US 1-3 300500# 29-31; 500-700# 39.50-42.

Graded Feeder Pigs: US 12 20-30# 105-135; 30-35# 80-105; 35-40# 70; 40-50# 80-85; US 2 15-25# 150160; 25-30# 100; 30-40# 6095; 40-45# 60-85.

Slaughter Sheep: Ch & Pr 2-3 40-60# 180-220; 60-80# 142-176; 80-110# 142-180; Ch 1-3 40-60# 124-144; 6080# 96-137; 80-110# 86128; Ewes Gd 2-3 160-200# 30-40; Util 1-2 120-160# 3062.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Ssel 1 40-60# 66-94; 60-80# 100112; 80-100# 104-130; Sel 2 40-60# 50-90; 60-80# 74104; 80-100# 106-118; Sel 3 40-60# 47-64; 60-80# 7080; Nannies Sel 1 80-130# 106-130; 130-180# 126156; Sel 2 80-130# 76-100; 130-180# 112-125; Sel 3 5080# 70-78; 80-130# 64-86; Billies Sel 1 100-150# 156180; 150-250# 210-245; Sel 2 100-150# 130-170; 150250# 178-200; Sel 3 100150# 102-147; Wethers Sel 1 100-150# 150-188; 150200# 210-252.

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• 1994 Mack 22 foot steel dump, Heavy Spec 350HP 8LL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,000.00 • Volvo truck w\manure tank, 4250 Houle tank 350HP 8LL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000.00 • JD 4960 4 new tires, brackets for 14' Degelman Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,000.00 • JD 7410 remanned transmission. . . . . . . . . . . $42,000.00 • JD 4030 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,000.00 • Kuhn 24' rake GA 7922 1 yr old . . . . . . . . . . $20,000.00 • Chisel Plow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500.00 • Landoll 2200 disk ripper, many new parts, 5 shank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000.00 • Richardton 700 Dump Wagon w\lift extensions and scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000.00 • JD 3970 Chopper w/kernel processor, grass head only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,000.00 • JD 780 Hydrapush Box Spreader . . . . . . . . . . . $8,000.00 • GA 6000 Double Rake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,000.00 • 12 Ton Shelby Equipment Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . $2,800.00 • 14' Degelman Blade set up for 4960, has brackets for midmount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,000.00 • 956 Mower conditioner w/trailer. . . . . . . . . . . . $22,000.00 • 18' Sunflower V-tine plow\finisher. . . . . . . . . . . $2,500.00 1989 Mack dump 7sp 300 HP aluminum dump, hyd tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,000.00 • Houle 42' trailer pump, 2 years old great shape, heavy duty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000.00 • Houle Tank 4500 gallon low discharge . . . . . . $12,000.00 • 10 HP Variable Speed Lobe vacuum pump . . . $5,000.00 • 20 8' Cement H-Bunks, 7 8' Cement J-Bunks . $5,400.00 • 70 Calf Hutches Various brands various condition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50-$250 each • 20 Calf Tel Super hutches, various condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250-$450 each • 14 Germania Model-E arm detachers . . . . . . . $2,800.00 • Keenan Mixer-FP70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500.00 • Knight Reel Auggie-3050 Commercial . . . . . . . $8,000.00 CALL STEVE or WADE 603-399-9922 WESTMORELAND, NH

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Kuhn Knight 8110 Slinger Spreader (1) Year Old, 540 PTO $10,500; 2004 2x4 JD 5520 Deluxe Cab & JD LDR Heat/AC/Stereo, 2500 hrs, 75-80 HP, Dsl, 12 Spd w/Power Reverser, Super Clean $23,500; 4x4 Kubota 85-90 HP, Dsl, Full Cab, AC/Heat, New Tires All Around, Dual Outlets, Field Ready! $11,900; 4x4 Landini 75-80 HP, Dsl, Full Glass Cab AC/Heat 3000 hrs, Dual Outlets $15,900; ‘99 NH 4835 w/Sd Mt Sicklebar Mower 60 HP, Dsl, 2000 hrs, Canopy, Super Clean! $9,750; 4x4 MF 1040 w/MF LDR 40 HP, Dsl, One Owner, 1100 hrs $8,950; 4x4 NH 2120 Heated Cab w/NH LDR, 40 HP, Dsl, 725 hrs $8,950; Lots More Tractors & Equip In Stock

Krone #130 round baler, Sil/String, $5,500; Int’l 5288, 4WD, ROPS, 200 hp, 4,000 hrs., $15,000; Int’l 766, Black Stripe, Cab, 3,100 hrs. orig, Super nice! $12,500; JD 750, 2WD, 23hp, turf tires, $4,200; Int’l 574, 50 hp, gas, 3ph., $3,800; NH 1412, 10’ Discbine, flail cond., $8,500; Kverneland Round Bale Processor, $2,500; Kelly Backhoe #30, 6’, 3ph., good cond., $2,800; Kub Backhoe #4560, 10’, exc., $2,800; NH 329 Manure sprdr., 90 bu., $2,200; Full line of farm equipment available! www.youngsmilkywayfarm.com 802-885-4000

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Farm Machinery For Sale

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END OF SUMMER FEEDER SALE! Headlock, Haysaver, and Slantbar feeders all available in sizes 8'-32' on skids or 4 wheels Custom made headlock panels @ $75/lock - includes all mountings.

Slantbar panels @ $25/foot including mountings

Customizing work readily available at very reasonable rates!

Call now for price quote on your needs!

Bliss Farm Enterprises (802) 875-2031 Also available: Hay wagons, bale carriers, round bale grabbers & wrappers, running gears, chain drag harrows, Sitrex Hay equip. and much, much more!

Prices well below any dealer!

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Welsarth@Msn.com MF #822 round Baler, Sil/String, $5,500; Krone 1250 Combi-Pack round baler & wrapper, exc., 100K new, $22,000; Int’l 966, open, 115 hp., Nice machine! $9,500; Kuhn GA6000 Double Rotary Rake, ready to save you lots of time! $8,900; Fransgard Winch V-5000, $2,300; Rotary rakes, 10-13’, $1,800 & up; Sitrex 17’ tedder, $2,300; 2Grapple buckets, hyd., 6’ $1,800 & $2,250; NH 66 Square baler, $1,500. 802376-5262 NEW HOLLAND 790 chopper, 2 row corn head plus 6’ grass head, excellent condition, $9,500. CT 860-949-2434 NEW IDEA 707 UNI, Perkins diesel w/868 chopper & 3R768 WN harvester head, good condition, $2,900. 518-7534724

Fencing

WELLSCROFT FENCE SYSTEMS Hi Tensile & Portable Electric Fences Solidlock Woven Wire Pressure Treated Posts King Hitter Post Pounder

Great Prices/Fast Service Call For Brochures 603-827-3464 or info@wellscroft.com

Fertilizer & Fertilizer Spreading HAVE WET FIELDS? Have compaction issues? Low yields? Call D&D Farm Service/Agri-SC 1-888-401-4680

For Rent or Lease DAIRY FACILITY: Sharon,CT. Registered cattle, 45 cow tiestall w/dry cow barn & calf barn with or without house, flexible as which buildings for rental, available October 1st.

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For Sale

TINGLEY

• Hi-Top Work Rubbers #1300 - $17.00/pr • 10” Closure Boots #1400 - $22.00/pr • 17” Knee Boots #1500 - $26.00/pr

Sizes S, M, L, XL, 2X, & 3X

Fruit Processing Equipment FOR SALE: Heavy Duty Apple Hand Parer/Slicer Combination. 15 to 20 apples per minute with 2 operators. $995.

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Hay - Straw For Sale

518-768-2344

Knowledge of the industry a must.

AMARAL FARMS 1st & 2nd cutting good quality hay, round silage bales 4x5. Call 860-576-5188 or 860-4506536 FOR SALE: Quality first & second cut big & small square bales. Delivered. 315-264-3900 GOOD QUALITY HAY & STRAW. Large Square Bales.

Will load or ship direct. 802849-6266 LARGE SQUARE BALES, processed first & second cut.

Call 802-864-5382 or 802578-7352

ONTARIO DAIRY HAY & STRAW

Quality Alfalfa Grass Mix Lg. Sq. - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Cut

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Fresh Produce, Nursery

Pumpkins, Gourds, Winter Squash, etc.

RISSLER round bale feeder, TMR feed carts, used 605 Vermeer baler. 413-357-6453, 413-207-2335

Farm Machinery Wanted

Pie, Jack-O-Lantern, White & Munchkin Pumpkins Acorn, Butternut, Spaghetti, Buttercup, Ambercup, Sweet Potato, Sweet Dumpling Squash

ANY SIZE LOTS AVAILABLE From Bushels to Tractor Trailer Loads

Reasonable Prices - Delivered

Large Square Bales Semi Load or Half Load

800-747-3811 845-901-1892 adenbrook.com

TOP QUALITY 1st cut 4x4 wrapped round bales, timothy/rye & grass/clover combination, $55.00. 413-626-1379

Hoeffner Farms

Hay - Straw Wanted

WANTED TO BUY: Rake/tedder 4-Star such as a Case or other. 401-295-5279

607-769-3404 607-324-0749 eves

HAY & STRAW

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

Hornell,NY

A N MARTIN GRAIN SYSTEMS 315-923-9118

Clyde, NY

WE SPECIALIZE IN • Sukup Grain Bins • Dryers • Grain Legs • Custom Mill Righting

• Hopper Feed Bins • Transport Augers • Crane Service • Dryer Service

WRITERS WANTED

STANTON BROTHERS 10 Ton Minimum Limited Availability

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Articles could include educational topics as well as feature articles.

Please send resume to Joan Kark-Wren jkarkwren@leepub.com or call 518-673-0141

FARM MANAGER SEEKING EXPERIENCED FARMER TO MANAGE 50 COW HERD IN CT. Hay and equipment maintenance essential. Full compliment of benefits.

Creamhillfarms@gmail.com or

917-544-0463

Herdsman Wanted for 80 cow tie stall family owned dairy. Must be experienced milker and knowledgeable in calf care.

References required. Salary negotiable.

Call 518-398-7640 leave name and number.

Horses TEAM OF HEAVY BLACK Percheron 7 & 8 year old geldings, 17-2 hands, farm broke, traffic safe. Also, 11 year old chestnut Belgian gelding, anyone can drive. Erin C. Lundy 315-493-1051

Help Wanted

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Miscellaneous

Real Estate For Sale

YARD SIGNS: 16x24 full color with stakes, double sided.

Stakes included. Only $15.00 each. Call your sales representative or Beth at Lee Publications 518-673-0101 or bsnyder@leepub.com. Please allow 7 to 10 business days when ordering.

DELANSON, NY: 258 Acres, half wooded, balance pasture and meadows. Long road frontage. Year round stocked stream. Picturesque and private country setting. Super buy at $275,000. Call BrokerAlton Makely 518-234-4371.

Roofing

Parts

NEW, USED & RECONDITIONED PARTS FOR CONSTRUCTION & AGRICULTURE Case-JD-IHC Crawlers Case-JD-Ford-IHC TLB’s Case-JD-Wheel Loaders Skid Loader Parts SPECIAL: MultiKey Construction Sets $45

Trailers TEITSWORTH TRAILERS: Over 400 in stock now! PJ Goosenecks, Dumps, Tilt Tops, Landscape, Car Haulers, Skid Steer & more.

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

A.B. MARTIN ROOFING SUPPLY, LLC Full line Pole Building material. ~ Lumber - Trusses - Plywood.

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607-642-3293

Parts & Repair

IH TRACTOR SALVAGE PARTS BATES CORPORATION

Services Offered

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CANVAS PRINTS: All sizes.

Mounted or Unmounted. Just bring in or send us your photo at Lee Publications. Call 518673-0101 bsnyder@leepub.com

WEDDING INVITATIONS printed and designed by Lee Publications: 100 (4.5x6) Invitations including envelopes with 100 RSVP postcards.

Only $150.00 +tax. We can also do smaller and larger amounts. Call for pricing and designs 518-673-0101, or bsnyder@leepub.com Also Save the Dates • Shower Invitations • Baby Announcements and more.

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

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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

SEP 4 Incorporating Draft Horses onto the Small Farm Doc’s Leap Farm, East Fairfield, VT. 2-4 pm. $10 for NOFA-VT members, $20 for non-members.

Geared toward those interested in learning more about farming with horses. Contact NOFAVT Summer Workshop Series, 802-434-4122 or email info@nofavt.org.

SEP 11 Custom Slaughter & Regulatory Literacy Full Circle Farm, Wells River, VT. 3-5 pm. Tour the facility and learn about the opportunities and challenges a custom slaughter facility might provide for your farm or region. Call 802-434-4122 or e-mail info@nofavt.org.

Invasive Woodland Plants Maple Wood Nursing Home Conference Room, County Complex River Rd, Westmoreland NH. 9:30 am - 1 pm. Join us for an informative presentation on identify-

Trucks

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1987 LN8000 10 wheel dump truck, 17’ body, $7,900; 2005 Ford F450 cab & chassis, dual wheels, diesel, one owner, $8,100. 978-544-6105

Silos, Repairs, Silo Equipment

1-800-248-2955 Real Estate For Sale

NEW ENGLAND NOTE: Calendar entries must arrive at the Country Folks office by the Tuesday prior to our publication date for them to be included in the calendar of events. Email: jkarkwren@leepub.com

Real Estate For Sale

DEMEREE REALTY Little Falls, NY 13365 Phone (315) 823-0288

www.demereerealty.com • demeree@ntcnet.com #720 - VERY NICE 250 ACRE DAIRY FARM - 4 miles south of Sangerfield borders Rte 12.

170 acres tillable, 50 pasture, 90 woods - 60 tie stall 2 story cow barn with wide fronts, large milk house 2 bulk tanks - 72 stall 2 story heifer/dry cow barn with wide fronts, two barns hooked together, concrete barn yard - 3 concrete silos with black top for unloading wagons.

Big 20 room house built by a doctor 150 years ago - new wood/oil furnace - great water supply. Some of the best soils in NEW YORK STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ASKING $698,000 REDUCED TO $650,000 BIG HOUSE HAS BEEN PAINTED, NEW ROOF, COMPLETELY REMODELED. #266 - Nice hobby farm w/35 acres - 10 tillable, 22 pasture & 2 woods - good 6 rm., 3 bdrm. home w/new roof & vinyl siding has oil hot air heat & full cellar - also 64x36 ft. 2 story barn w/high ceilings, new electric service & good upstairs storage area - year around creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$160,000 REDUCED TO $140,000 #267 - Hobby/horse farm w/49 acres - 27 tillable, 12 pasture & 8 woods - 10 rm. 2 story home in good cond’t w/deck, above ground pool, vinyl siding, steel roof, circular driveway & full basement - 84x40’ 2 story barn w/cleaner, 34x18’ horse barn w/4 stalls - 24x74’ garage w/shop, 26x75’ hay storage shed & 14x30’ steel silo - 2 wells & half acre pond w/fish . . . . .$210,000

St. Lawrence Silo Service • New Stave Silos

C-86 - 179A Hobby Farm, 64A tillable, 100A well-established, marketable woods, 35x70 twostory Dutch Barn, 18x50 concrete silo; 24x70 open pole barn for storage, 20x24 garage. Very nice colonial two-family home, 3600 sq. ft. living area, completely remodeled, 12 rooms, two kitchens, four full baths, 7BR, 13x24 attached greenhouse, attached two-story garage, two creeks running through woods, private, rural location, on a gravel dead end road, close to the village of Fort Plain; great views overlooking the Mohawk River; great hunting and recreational property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $360,000

1988 Peterbilt 379 Rolloff, 350 Big Cam Cummins, 13 Spd, Air Ride, Aluminum Wheels. $14,500

1988 Peterbuilt 379 3406B 425 Cat, 15 speed, 24.5 wheels, wet kit, will separate, sleeper. $9,750

1994 Western Star 14/40k axles, 3406B, Wet Kit, Cat, 9 speed, 24.5 tires, low miles $16,500

SOLD, But we can build one for you.

‘95 Mack CL700 3406B Cat, 18 speed, 46k, full locking rears. $17,500

• Stave Replacement • Silo Retensioning • Shotcrete Relining • Footer Repairs • Fill Systems • Silo Parts • Chute Repairs CALL FOR ESTIMATE

(315) 393-3399 Lisbon, NY 13658 www.slsilo.com

2000 Mack RD 688S Heavy Spec

#66 - VERY NICE - 5 acre building lot on quiet paved country road, not far out of Utica, 440’ of road frontage, open lot with trees on outside borders. PRICED RIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$28,000 C-84 - Turnkey Purchase Feed Operation located on 14 acres in southeast Montgomery County. 40x150 two-stall dairy barn w/60 lg. tie stalls, lg. enclosed spreader room; 36x52 addition w/tie-rails for heifers, calf pens, 21x30 milk house, 2” pipeline, 30x36 mixer room with stationary mixer and elevators; 42x86 Morton Bldg. with horse stalls and heated shop; 36x50 steel machine shed; 27x47 two-stall garage; two-story home, 5BR, 1 1/2 baths, 14x70 mobile home on-site, 3BR, 2 baths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $250,000

1986 Mack Superliner RW713 350 12 speed, 16/44k axles, 24.5 wheels, Fresh Paint. $10,500

1995 Mack RD 688S Heavy Spec

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

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Large inventory! We ship.

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Fermec TLK860 Backhoe $12,500

CALL FOR PRICING 1990 9400 gal Fruehauf, 1984 9200 gal Fruehauf, 1980 9200 gal Freuhauf, 1989 9200 gal Heil

Many New and Used Feed and Gravel Bodies

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Ephrata, PA 1-800-373-3703 N e w v i l l e , PA 1-800-782-2712

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’07 CHEVROLET 2500, 4x4, gas, AT, new Cannonball hay bed, $18,500; 2000 Ford F3509, extra cab, 4x4, 7.3 diesel, 6spd., new Cannonball hay bed, $18,500; 2006 Ford F350, extra cab, 4x4, 6spd., diesel 6.0, new Cannonball hay dump bed, $22,500; 2006 Ford F250, extra cab, AT, 4x4, new Butler hay bed, $18,500; 2001 Dodge 2500, extra cab, diesel, AT, new Butler hay bed, $15,500; 2001 Ford F250, 4x4, gas, AT, new Cannonball spike bed, $9,500.

Bonny View Farms, Raphine, Virginia 540-460-3535

Calendar of Events

ing invasive woodland plants, discussion on the challenges and the benefits of controlling them and how to address the problems associated with them. Bring a bag lunch and come prepared to venture out. Contact Conservation District, 603-756-2988 ext.115, email sharlene@cheshirecon servation.org. On Internet at www.cheshireconservation. org SEP 12 Soil Testing, Management & Cover Crop Strategies & NOFAVORE Social Wellspring Farm, Marshfield, VT. 4-6 pm. Registration requested. Call 802-4344122.

On Internet at www.nofavt.org SEP 14 Taste the View Dinner & Auction Quonquont Farm, Whately, MA. 6-9 pm. To benefit CISA. Call 413-575-4680 or e-mail info@quonquont.com.

SEP 14-16 Northeast Animal Power Gathering & Draft Animal Power Network Annual Meeting Perry Farm, Dutton Brook Lane, Brownington, VT. Noon. A gathering for those who use and appreciate draft animal power to learn, sare and discuss the practice & theory of animal power applications on farms and woodlots. Families are welcome, camping and meals are available.

Contact Rebekah Baily, 802-7542 3 9 6 o r e - m a i l bekah@nealperryfarm.com.

SEP 14-30 The Big E West Springfield, MA. Call 800-745-3000. On Internet at TheBigE.com SEP 16 Rural Vermont’s 5th Annual Tour De Farms Shorecham, VT. Advance registration $28/adults, $13/kids 16 & under. Day of registration is $50/adults, $20/kids 16 & under. Farm fresh foods, amazing bicycling and spectacular scenery are in store. The event offers 3 loop rides (approx. 10, 25 & 30 miles) and a family friendly five mile walking or biking option. At frequent designated stops, family farmers will treat bicyclists and walkers to tasty samples of local foods such as apple cider, quiche, bread, roasted vegetables, yogurt, wine, maple syrup and cookies. On Intern e t a t w w w . ruralvermont.org/5th-annualtour-de-farms or www. bikereg.com/net/17071 SEP 24 Poultry Extravaganza Randolph, VT. $10 for NOFA-VT or VGFA members & $20 for non-members.

Focus on health & nutrition of pastured poultry, including balancing poultry rations with alternative feeds. Contact NOFA-VT, 802-4344 1 2 2 o r e - m a i l info@nofavt.org.

OCT 2 Building a Strong Management Team Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 1 pm. Dr.

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Calendar of Events 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 Winter Tunnel Production and Season Extension Bread and Butter Farm, Shelburne, VT. 3-5 pm. Free for farmers & VVBGA members, $10 NOFA-VT members & $20 non-members.

Contact NOFA-VT, 802-4344122 or e-mail info@nofavt.org.

OCT 2-3 “Come Home to Kansas” 2012 National Angus Conference and Tour Doubletree Hotel-Airport, Wichita, KS. Call 816-3835100 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 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 OCT 5 “Making Sense of the Global Dairy Markets” Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 11 am. Alan Levitt will be discussing just how large the global marketplace is and where the market is headed. He will outline the current US export situation, key markets and what factors are driving the global price. Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1).

On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com The Effect of Risk on Dairy Farm Management Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI (Mendota 2 meeting room). 1 pm. Dr. Christopher Wolf will examine the risk that different sized dairies face, how risk

has changed over time and what the management implications are for dairy farmers.Continuing Education Credits: ARPAS (1), RACE (1).

On Internet at www.worlddairyexpo.com OCT 6 Should You Treat Them or Should You Eat Them?

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WEDNESDAY KEYNOTE SPEAKER Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, the industry’s most important forum for the discussion and analysis of issues relevant to the trade is widely recognized as a leader in understanding and assessing the state of the perishable food industries.

Mr. Prevor is the fourth generation of his family to be active in the food business in the United States. Prior to launching his own company, he served as a director of his family’s company, which was an importer, exporter and wholesaler of foodstuffs.

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