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Polymeadows Farm: Value-Added

by Anne Buchanan “Don't suck on her nose! That's not polite!” Jennifer Lawrence scolds the newborn part-Toggenburg part-Alpine goat more interested in the kid next to her than her bottle. Jennifer pulls the new one closer and convinces her that the bottle really does contain food.

Jennifer and her husband Melvin own Polymeadows Farm, a goat dairy farm on 340 acres in the historic district of Shaftsbury, VT. On a fine summer day, anyone driving north on route 7A from Bennington is likely to be treated to the sight of 120 milk goats grazing the field where Jerseys once grazed.

Melvin is a fifth-generation Vermont dairy farmer. Now in his fifties, he grew up on Polymeadows Farm, haying the fields he still hays today, and milking those Jerseys. Like most small family farmers, he wouldn't do what he does if he didn't love it; the monetary rewards are slight, but the satisfaction he gets from filling the haymow and, with Jennifer, tending their goat herd, makes it worth the hard work and stress of trying to make a living on a small dairy farm today.

Polymeadows has been in Shaftsbury since 1804, first a sheep farm, as many Vermont farms were then, switching to dairy mid-19th century. Melvin's father, Alvan, bought Polymeadows in 1965 after having managed it for more than a decade. He made a good living, milking 150 cows in the best of times.

When Al was ready to retire in 1989, he turned the farm over to Melvin.

Melvin and Jennifer thought they'd be milking Jerseys for the rest of their working lives. But, as with so many dairy farmers, the declining returns, coupled with the rising cost of producing milk caught up with them even before the economic decline that began in 2008. It was 2002 or so when they realized they needed to make a change or they were going to have to sell out.

Jennifer and Melvin considered a number of alternatives, including having the farm certified organic, but the cost of doing that was prohibitive, and in any case, they couldn't wait the three years that would have taken. Jennifer had bought a couple of pet Angora goats a few years before, and she bred them, and soon her small herd grew to eight.

She and Melvin loved those goats, so Melvin thought perhaps they should consider milking goats, since goat milk brings in a lot more per hundredweight than cow milk. Besides, a stubborn

Melvin plants alfalfa, along with other forage crops at Polymeadows Farm.

Photos by Anne Buchanan goat's whole lot easier than a cow to pick up and put where you want her! They contacted Vermont Butter and Cheese about the possibility of selling to them, toured some local goat farms and decided to make the change.

They still had a lot to learn, but they bought 150 cross-bred doelings, retooled the milking parlor, and built up a viable herd. By 2005 they were milking 120 goats and selling to Vermont Butter and Cheese. One of the dairy's conditions was that the Lawrences provide winter milk, which brought them a premium price, but even so circumstances were still tight. Three or four years ago another cheesemaker approached them about buying milk and was willing to pay a price that made the change worthwhile. Soon the new buyers were turning the 700 or 800 pounds of milk the Lawrences produced every day into prize-winning cheese.

However, by the winter of 2009 the cheesemaker was feeling the economic

After selling most of their milking goats to raise capital for their micro-dairy, the Lawrences have rebuilt their goat herd.

pinch and cheese was piling up in their caves. In February they told Melvin and Jennifer that they could no longer buy their milk. This was devastating, given all the work they had put into building the herd. And of course, 150 goats still needed to be fed and milked twice a day.

Without a buyer, Melvin faced the immediate prospect of having to dump hundreds of gallons of milk. As Melvin says, “Telling a dairy farmer he has to dump milk is the worst insult you can give him.”

There were many days after that when they were sure they'd have to sell the farm. But Jen and Melvin love their goats, and they love what they do, so they decided they'd give it one last chance. After selling most of their milking goats to raise capital, they contacted the local milk inspector, Greg Lockwood, for advice about value-added alternatives. Jennifer had long thought about building a dairy, and he encouraged her.

With the help of their friend Hank

Madigan, they spent the spring of 2010 converting their dirt floor 2-car garage into a microdairy. They installed a 50gallon pasteurizer, an industrial sink, a freezer and some coolers, and they found a small filler/capper customized for microdairies. They had to rebuild their goat herd and Hank set about building a market for their products.

Now Jennifer bottles milk and chocolate milk, makes yogurt, maple smoothies, feta, chèvre, and hopes to soon get into the ice cream business. She's a fixture at the Wallomoosac Farmers' Market in downtown Bennington. Hank delivers their products to stores throughout western New England and a distributor even takes them to New York City.

Things are looking good at the moment; like many farmers, Jennifer and Melvin will keep farming until the money runs out. They have no regrets about making the switch to goats. If nothing else, as Melvin says, “Goats are much better smoochers than cows!”

A 50-gallon pasteurizer was installed along with coolers, a freezer and other equipment needed for their micro-dairy.

Apple Harvest Kick-off Day in Rhode Island Scituate on supplying local apple products to restaurants and small markets and grocers in the state.

Rhode Island has 24 commercial orchards and most offer pick-your-own opportunities.

Although some orchards and farms sustained damage from tropical storm Irene, there are plenty of apples left for picking.

Hardest hit were the trees on the southeast side of orchards, especially the early apple varieties.

“The strong winds tore many apples from those trees,” said Jan Eckhart, owner of Sweet Berry Farm in Middletown.

However, his orchard sustained minimal damage.

“We only lost a couple of apple trees, a few branches here and there, and one peach tree.” Our wire trellis system helped to stabilize and protect the trees.” The storm also damaged their cut flower beds and late berry crops.

Apples have been a part of Rhode Island agriculture since the 1600s. The first North American variety, Yellow Sweeting, was developed by William Blackstone in Cumberland. The Rhode State Fruit is the Island Greening apple, developed in 1796 in Newport's Green End area, and is still an important apple variety for commercial and home use.

Apple Day began two years ago in Massachusetts, promoted by the New England Fruit Growers Association and the Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture. This year, Rhode Island joined Massachusetts and Connecticut in hosting Apple Harvest Day promotional events.

Heather Faubert of the University of Rhode Island, Jan Eckhart of Sweet Berry Farm, Kerri Stenovitch of the Rhode Island Fruit Growers Association, Paul Brule of USDA and Ken Ayars of the RI DEM, Division of Agriculture attended the Sweet Berry Farm event in Middletown, RI.

Farm stand and gift shop at Sweet Berry Farm, Middletown, RI. Photos by Sanne Kure-Jensen

Ken Ayars, director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Agriculture, reading the governor’s proclamation declaring September Rhode Island Apple month.

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by Sanne Kure-Jensen Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee proclaimed September Rhode Island Apple Harvest Month. The Rhode Island Fruit Growers Association and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Division of Agriculture hosted their first Apple Harvest Kick-Off Day on Wednesday, Sept. 7.

Rhode Island Apple Day was celebrated with visits to four Rhode Island orchards to raise awareness of the history of the local apple industry, to bring attention to Rhode Island's apple orchards at harvest time and to encourage people to go apple picking.

The orchards that participated in Kick-off Day were: • Sweet Berry Farm, Middletown • Pippin Orchard, Cranston • Barden's Family Orchard, North Scituate • Narrow Lane Orchards, North Kingstown Ken Ayars of the DEM Division of Agriculture, Kerri Stenovitch of the Rhode Island Fruit Growers Association, Al Bettencourt of Rhode Island Farm Bureau, Paul Brule of USDA's FSA and Heather Faubert of URI attended the Sweet Berry Farm event in Middletown.

DEM Director Janet Coit joined representatives from Kids First at Pippin Orchard in Cranston to stress the importance of providing fresh, local fruit to children.

Representatives from Farm Fresh RI spoke at Barden's Family Orchard in North

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Two pieces of legislation could hurt immigrant farm workers

by Bethany M. Dunbar Two pieces of federal legislation could make life harder for immigrant farm workers in Vermont — and the farmers who employ them.

One, called E-Verify, could require farmers to verify that their employees’ identification and citizenship papers are in order.

Another, called Secure Communities, could require local police to act as an arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and work to deport any immigrants with whom they might come into contact — if their documentation is not complete.

In states where Secure Communities has been in force, crime victims are not willing to call local police for fear of deportation.

“Criminals are the biggest beneficiaries when immigrants fear the police. We can’t solve crimes that aren’t reported because the victims are afraid to come forward to the police,” said Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton.

Bratton is quoted in a report that was just released by a group opposing the Secure Communities plan.

Secure Communities is already law in some states and could become law in Vermont in 2013.

Advocates from the Vermont Migrant Farmworker Solidarity

Project and the Vermont Workers Center are urging Gov. Peter Shumlin and Vermont’s Congressional delegation to fight the Secure Communities plan.

Immigrant farm workers have become an important part of the Vermont economy on dairy and vegetable farms all over the state.

Estimates of the number of immigrant farm workers in Vermont range between 1,500 and 2,000.

Currently the law says farmers must ask for their documents, but Vermont farmers are not required to check or verify these documents.

E-Verify would mean they would have to check online or with some other method to make sure each person’s paperwork — normally a Social Security card and photo id of some sort — is in order.

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy has sponsored legislation called AgJobs that would provide farm workers a path to citizenship. The bill would create a blue card. It would set up a system to legalize workers who have been living and working here for at least two years.

President Barack Obama was an original co-sponsor of the plan when he was a senator from Illinois, but a spokesman for the Vermont Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project complained in a press release that more

Cover photo by Anne Buchanan Jennifer and Melvin Lawrence, with Biter, Melvin's favorite goat in the barn.

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recently he has become “Deporter-inChief.”

According to the report, in 1980 the United States deported 20,000 people. In 2010, 400,000 were deported.

Congress has not been willing to act on AgJobs as a separate issue from the question of national immigration reform.

Touring the Orleans County Fair recently, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Ross said he is aware of how important the workers are to farmers in Vermont, but it is a federal issue. He said he doesn’t know what Vermont can do about it.

Sen. Vince Illuzzi of Derby, VT, who was showing Ross around the fairgrounds, said he has heard complaints from U.S. workers saying the immigrants had taken jobs they wanted.

One advocate for farm workers who grew up on a dairy farm in West Glover, VT, described in a recent telephone interview how her own early experience shaped who she is today.

“My grounding is literally on a farm,” said Rebecca Young, who works for Farmworker Justice in Washington, D.C. Young said she is well aware that immigrants are working on Vermont farms these days and knows that, at least in some cases, they are valued as an important part of the operation and treated fairly.

“Vermont really has the opportunity to do something right,” she said, “because Vermont is small compared to some of these huge ag states.”

She said Vermont could be a model for how the farm community could do things right and treat all workers humanely.

Young recently finished her master’s degree in Brattleboro at the School for International Training in social justice and sustainable development.

She got interested in the issues of immigrant farm workers after living in Guatemala for seven years.

“I really wanted to learn Spanish,” Young said, and that led her to study and volunteer in a little town in the

mountains of Guatemala that seemed a lot like home, even though the worlds are very different.

Young teaches immigrant farm workers about pesticide safety, heat stress, illnesses related to farm work, and talks to them about workers’ rights. She also helps them develop leadership and organizing skills.

Adrienne DerVartanian is a senior attorney and policy analyst who works with Young at Farmworker Justice. She said their group supports AgJobs, which would allow a path towards citizenship. But they do not support a plan Leahy has proposed that would add dairy farm workers to an existing guest worker program for seasonal workers. It might help farmers but not necessarily workers.

DerVartanian said the Ag Jobs bill would help because it could improve conditions for all farm workers, but it has been around since about 2000 and the political climate is not encouraging for that bill these days.

She said states that already have E-Verify include Arizona, Georgia, Alabama and Indiana. Workers are leaving those states, which has affected the ability of farmers to get their crops in.

She said in some places U.S. workers are getting displaced because they are not willing to put up with conditions employers impose on immigrants — either too much production is expected of them or they are not provided with water to drink, high enough wages or breaks.

Immigrants often arrive in the U.S. already heavily indebted to their employers, she said, which means they have no choice but to stay.

The employers essentially own them.

Secure Communities would make things even worse for immigrant farm workers because they would be so reluctant to call police, according to the report recently released by the Vermont Migrant Farmworkers Solidarity Project.

“The vulnerability of workers is at a very high level,” DerVartanian said.

Vermont’s dairy industry conference slated for Sept. 21 The Vermont Dairy Industry Association (VDIA) is holding its annual meeting and conference on Sept. 21 at the Double Tree Hotel in South Burlington, VT. The conference program runs from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., followed by a reception and awards program, beginning at 5 p.m., sponsored jointly with the Vermont Feed Dealers and Manufacturers Association. The Vermont Feed Dealers’ program continues on Sept. 22.

The VDIA annual conference is a great opportunity for students, farmers, field staff, laboratory staff, processors, regulators, and educators involved with Vermont’s dairy industry to meet and learn about current developments and issues.

The conference will begin with a round table discussion of the University of Vermont’s Food System “Spire.” Allen Sayler of H. Randolph Associates will provide insights on the

Global Food Safety Initiative and its impact on hazard analysis and critical control point planning by processors as well as how to survive and thrive under the 2011 food safety modernization act recently passed by Congress.

After lunch, Jill Goodroe of the New England Dairy Promotion Council will give an update on the Fuel Up to Play 60 program. Andrew Novakovic of Cornell University will speak on milk pricing policy and how it affects Vermont dairy farmers. A panel of Vermont farmers sharing their experiences with robotic milker installation and operation rounds out the program. The annual VDIA business meeting and election of directors follows the educational portion of the program.

For registration information or questions about the VDIA, go to www.vdia.org or contact Nathan Miller at 802-545-2320.

Worden brings perspective as National Holstein President

Chuck Worden is the National President of the Holstein Association USA. While the U.S. dairy industry is facing challenges due to rising production costs and the need for national and regional milk marketing policy changes, Worden also cites advancements which will allow the industry to be responsive in the future. Chuck and his wife Vanessa operate Wormont Dairy with their sons in Cassville, NY. Photo by Steven E. Smith

stabilization, price discovery and future production should be considered as well.

Opportunities While the dairy sector is addressing change, Worden is quick to speak of the industry’s future including advancements such as genomics in dairy cattle. “It’s an exciting time for the Holstein Association right now.

Genomics gives the industry a measure of the quality of genetics and allows breeders to determine the best new animals in the breed while they are young calves. Besides speeding up genetic progress, genomics provides so much more information to be obtained about cattle than ever before.” In order for this technology to continue to be advanced, Worden indicated that the industry needs to embrace verification through avenues such as DHI testing and animal classification. By testing and classifying, the association is measuring the phenotype.

“This information is how genomic measures are recalibrated. We need to do this to continue to improve the system. We need to collect this data

efficiently and cost effectively to get more data. One of my goals is to see Holstein go forward, streamline the process so we can include more cows and more dairyman so that we are of service to all dairyman.”

New information Worden gave a recent example of how genomics is advancing opportunities for the dairy industry. “A previously unknown lethal recessive that can result from certain matings was present in three breeds until it was measured through genomics. A haplotype or groups of genetic markers within the DNA of cattle have been determined to cause the failed conception or early embryonic losses when a pregnancy inherits the same haplotype from both sire and dam.

There are three haplotypes in Holsteins, one in Jerseys and one in Brown Swiss that have this effect on reproduction. While there will be no need to cull animals with the given haplotypes, genomics information can be used to avoid low probability conception matings of animals with the same haplotype. “This type of information which will help dairy-

man understand health trait data as well as other aspects of performance such as feed efficiency measures will become a great tool for purebred and commercial breeders alike.”

Advancement Worden conveyed that the cattle breeders should recognize that genomics increased the generation interval and doubled the net merit of the bulls in A.I. stud. “As we continue with the process, we will be advancing genetics very fast. With genomics, an A.I. sire could have sons being born before sire is even two years of age. As a result, instead of evaluating first crop daughters when the sire is five years old, we could already be using grandsons. I can see this industry potentially collecting and slaughtering bulls in the future due to the technology of genomics.

Perspective Worden’s perspective on the path that lies ahead for dairy at the state and national level as leader of the Holstein breed association is backed by years of farming and agriculture organization involvement. Chuck and his wife Vanessa farm with their sons Wayne, Mark and Eric joined by their daughter Lindsay and daughter -in-law Kate in Cassville, NY. The Wordens who started farming in New York, moved to New Mexico in 1994 and developed a large dairy there. Worden’s interest and commitment to purebred cattle never waned and in 2004, they returned to New York to operate a smaller farm. “One of the reasons we decided to return to New York was so that we could involve our children in the operation.”

Worden credit his family and especially his father for his involvement in purebred cattle. Chuck’s father was a registered breeder of both beef and dairy cattle. He served on the National board of the Shorthorn, showing all Americans which resulted in supreme champion shorthorn bull over all breeds when shorthorn was not among the premier beef breeds. “My message to the industry is the same as the one for my family, ‘Actively embrace change as it will be a constant for the rest of your life. If you aren’t involved in how things are changed, it will be someone else decisions affecting you.’”

Free tax reduction seminars for open space landowners Landowners have until Oct. 31 to enroll in Public Act 490 Program WINDSOR, CT — Landowners who hold open space, farmland or forest land that are interested in reducing their tax burden have until Oct. 3 to enroll in the state’s Public Act 490 (PA 490) program, which allows these types of lands to be taxed at a lower rate.

The program was created to allow “less intensively used” lands to be taxed at a rate that reflects their current use, rather than their highest possible use. By doing so, the pressure to develop these lands is reduced and open space is preserved.

“The PA 490 program is a wonderful program to help our state maintain its open and wild spaces, but it

is complex. Since PA 490 was enacted, The Connecticut Farm Bureau has become the trusted resource for municipalities and landowners when it comes to understanding how the program works,” says Joan Nichols, Government Relations Specialist with the Connecticut Farm Bureau. “For more than a quarter century, we have published and distributed a guide to PA 490 and have worked with landowners, assessors, government officials, and others to help them understand how the law works and how it can be used to preserve open space and help towns receive a fair assessment value for properties.”

To help educate those who are interested in participating in the program before the annual filing deadline, the Connecticut Farm Bureau

will conduct three free seminars across the state, giving an overview of PA 490, explaining how land is classified under the program, what its limitations and restrictions are, and how landowners can work with their local assessors to have their property classified under the program. All of those who attend will receive a copy of the PA 490 guide. Locations are: • Colchester — Sept. 22, 6-8 p.m., Colchester Town Hall, 127 Norwich Ave. • Bethel — Sept. 28, 6-8 p.m., Fairfield County UCONN Cooperative Extension Office, 67 Stony Hill Road.

• Windsor — Oct. 5, 6-8 p.m., Connecticut Farm Bureau Association, 775 Bloomfield Ave. “Since PA 490 was passed in the 1960s, there have been a number of court cases that have further clari-

fied the way the law works,” said Nichols. “If used correctly, PA 490 facilitates a partnership between landowner and assessor and is a smart growth tool, preserving open space lands that not only add intangible aesthetic value to a town, but also contribute more tax money than they consume in town services.

However, to be effective, towns and landowners need to have a full understanding of the program. Our new guide and seminars will go a long way to help everyone better comprehend this important law.”

The seminars are free and open to all and no reservations are required.

If you have a question about the seminars contact the Connecticut Farm Bureau at 860-768-1100 or visit www.cfba.org .

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by Steven E. Smith These are challenging times with the potential for exciting advancement. From his position as National President of Holstein USA Chuck Worden of Cassville, NY cites opportunities that will require focus and commitment from the dairy sector in New York as well as on the national level.

U.S. dairy policy “Significant change to U.S. dairy policy has been considered ever since the precipitous fall of U.S. milk prices in 2009. Holstein Association USA has assisted with the development of the proposed Dairy Market Stabilization Act. “While this act has not been made into law, the current draft proposal known as the Foundations for the Future (FFTF) plan has elements of the Dairy Market Stabilization,” stated Worden.

The FFTF proposal has been promoted by the National Milk Producers Federation and Worden indicated that the Holstein Association USA has been influencing this policy development. Worden explained that until this proposal is in the form of a bill, the Holstein Association will continue to influence the most aggressively pursued plan that is in the current pipeline.

“What was the Dairy Market Stabilization Act is now more of a shell compared to what it was as a stand alone program.”

That is among the reasons Worden believes that “as an industry we need to energize the base and make our voices heard relative to these proposed changed.

Although the National Holstein Association exceeds 28,000 members that has influence from the top down, it is important to have momentum from the grassroots up.”

“The Holstein Association has met with U.S. Representative Collin Peterson to lobby for changing the proposed trigger from $6 to $7 so that the program would provide a more responsive but less dramatic shift in milk price during changes in the milk supply/ milk demand market event. We have requested hearings to discuss and evaluate the federal milk marketing orders.” From Worden’s vantage point, other concepts of other groups regarding price

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Bacterial boomerang According to studies recently published by the University of Maryland’s (U. of M.) School of Public Health, poultry farms that have adopted organic practices and ceased using antibiotics have significantly lower levels of drug-resistant enterococci bacteria that can potentially spread to humans. The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives (online Aug. 10, 2011), is the first to demonstrate lower levels of drug-resistant bacteria on newly organic farms in the United States and suggests that removing antibiotic use from large-scale U.S. poultry farms can result in immediate and significant reductions in antibiotic resistance for some bacteria.

“We initially thought we would see some differences in on-farm levels of antibiotic-resistant enterococci when poultry farms transitioned to organic practices. But we were surprised to see that the differences were so significant across several different classes of antibiotics even in the very first flock of birds that was produced after the transition to organic standards,” explained Amy R. Sapkota, assistant professor at U. of M. “It is very encouraging.”

(Enterococci are bacteria originating in gastro-intestines.)

Sapkota and her multi-university team investigated the impact of removing antibiotics from U.S. poultry farms by studying 10 conventional and 10 newly organic large-scale poultry hous-

es in the mid-Atlantic region. They tested for the presence of enterococci bacteria in poultry litter, feed, and water, and tested its resistance to 17 common antibiotics.

Quoting Sapotka, “We chose to study enterococci because these microorganisms are found in all poultry, including poultry on both organic and conventional farms.

The enterococci also cause infections in human patients staying in hospitals. In addition, many of the antibiotics given in feed to farm animals are used to fight Gram-positive bacteria such as enterococci.

These features, along with their reputation of easily exchanging resistance genes with other bacteria, make enterococci a good model for

studying the impact of changes in antibiotic use on farms”.

Not recalling the meaning of Gram-positive, I looked it up on Wikipedia’s online encyclopedia. There I found that Gram-positive bacteria are those that are stained dark blue or violet by Gram staining. I believe Gram was a wellknown PhD researcher.

The Gram-positive trait makes the mcrobe in question much easier to examine under the microscope. The rest of Wikipedia’s definition gets really complicated for someone who never took microbiology and only got a C in college biochemistry. While all farms tested positive for the presence of enterococci in poultry litter, feed, and water as ex-

pected, the newly organic farms were characterized by a significantly lower prevalence of antibioticresistant enterococci. For example, 67 percent of Enterococcus faecalis recovered from conventional poultry farms were resistant to erythromycin, while 18 percent of Enterococcus faecalis from newly organic poultry farms were resistant to this antibiotic.

Dramatic changes were also observed in the levels of multi-drug resistant bacteria (organisms resistant to three or more antimicrobial classes) on the newly organic farms. Multi-drug resistant bacteria are of particular public health concern because they can be resistant to all available antibiotics, and are, therefore, very diffi-

cult to treat if contracted by an animal or human.

Forty-two percent of Enterococcus faecalis from conventional farms were multi-drug resistant, compared to only 10 percent from newly organic farms, and 84 percent of Enterococcus faecium from conventional farms were multi-drug resistant compared to 17 percent of those from newly organic farms.

“While we know that the dynamics of antibiotic resistance differ by bacterium and antibiotic, these findings show that, at least in the case of enterococci, we begin to reverse resistance on farms even among the first group of animals that are grown without antibiotics”, said Sapko-

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• Should there be an Organic exemption from conventional milk supply management?

• What is the threat to certification and the environment from Natural Gas Exploration and GMO’s?

• In the year of the

Farm Bill, do advocacy groups do more harm than good?

• How can the ‘thinking-man’ plan for profit and success from graz-

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were mostly theoretical to me until late last summer, when I was hospitalized for three days.

Then these concerns became more emotional in mid-March of this year, when I spent another six days in the hospital.

While in recovery I thought about MRSA

(methicillin-r esistant Staphyllococcus aureus), which is the most common drug-resistant pathogen hitting medical facilities in the U.S. The U. of M. research actually parallels excellent broadcast journalism anchored Feb. 9 and 10, 2010, by CBS’ Katy

Couric. In those CBS Evening News reports, Couric shared a concern of public health officials that widespread use of antibiotics on healthy farm animals may be putting people at risk.

The microbial menace (my term) that Couric addressed was, in fact, MRSA, which plagues both the poultry and hog industries. In 2009, a University of Iowa study found a new strain of MRSA — in 70 percent of hogs, as well as 64 percent of hog farm workers — on several farms in Iowa and western Illinois. All those farms used antibiotics routinely. The same study found zero MRSA on antibioticfree poultry and hog operations; these latter weren’t organic… they were just antibiotic-free.

With American farmers’ excessive use of growth-promoting antibiotics in livestock,

Katy Couric reported on a possible alternative in Denmark, where preventive antibiotic use in livestock is banned. That country’s 17,000 farmers pridefully call it the “Danish Experiment”.

Unlike industrial farms in the U.S., Danish farmers use antibiotics sparingly, only when animals are sick. This experiment to stop widespread use of antibiotics was launched in 1998.

At that time, European studies had proven there was a link between animals consuming antibiotics every day and people developing antibioticresistant infections from handling or eating that meat. Since the ban took effect, the incidence of these infections has plummeted significantly.

One group of researchers in the Danish project has shown that if antibiotics are no longer used in a given livestock envi-

ronment, that location will be free of drug-resistant bacteria within three years.

In response to this and other related research, the Food and Drug Administration has gotten Congress to introduce and pass legislation banning some types of antibiotics used to treat humans from being given to healthy farm animals. In Europe (beyond Denmark) this issue has caused organic certifiers to prohibit the use of conventional farm manure on organic farms.

This is because, in their minds, there is no doubt that liquid manure, anaerobically managed, is a hotbed of microbial danger. This sentiment has “jumped the big pond” to convince our (USDA) National Organic Program to prohibit the use of conventional farm manure as a crop input on organic farms.

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“This year’s program at the NODPA Field Days tackles the most pressing issues for organic dairy farmers no matter who you sell your milk to,” said NODPA President Rick Segalla.

The event starts in the morning on the 29th with a tour of Siobhan Griffin’s Raindance Farm, Schenevus, NY in the foothills of the Catskills where she milks 90 cows that graze on 200 acres. Participants will learn about incorporating cheese production into their dairy operation and the process of developing markets, creating products and on-farm cheese processing. Troy Bishopp will be at the farm to show producers how to ‘Read the Landscape.’

Troy is a regional grazing specialist from the Madison Co. NY, SWCD/Upper Susquehanna Coalition. Participants in the workshop will learn how to assess whether their pastures are moving forward or backward in productivity and profitability by monitoring (assessing) percentage forage ground cover, biological activity, plant species diversity, earthworm and dung beetle populations, and much more.

Following lunch and registration at noon on Thursday, we will kick off the Field Days program with a panel dis-

cussion entitled, “Facts and Fiction: Demystifying Private Label Milk” at which Peter Miller, CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley, Northeast Regional Pool Manager, Kelly Shea, WhiteWave Foods, Vice President-Industry Relations & Organic Stewardship, and other invited industry professionals will discuss what we need to know about private label milk and whether it impacts pay price. Next, and new this year, we will experiment with a different format by holding an open producer and participant meeting on Thursday afternoon where we will explore the future of organic dairy and how producers can ensure their voice is heard on regulatory, policy and marketplace issues.

After Thursday’s education program, attendees will have time to catch up with both new and old friends, and visit the Trade Show during the Social Hour. We will host an Organic Pig Roast for our banquet and afterward will hear from Francis Thicke, our Keynote Speaker. Francis is an organic dairy farmer and soil scientist who has been a leader in the organic community for many years and is very innovative in his farming and marketing practices. He is a leading advocate for sustainable and organic agriculture and recently ran unsuccessfully for the the position of Secretary of Agriculture for Iowa. Francis will challenge us to take

more control of our future as organic dairy producers by sharing his own farming experience and vision for the future.

Francis Thicke published his book, “A New Vision of Iowa Food and Agriculture” in June, 2010. NODPA’s Annual Meeting will follow the keynote presentation.

A producer-only meeting will be held early Friday morning, where producers can speak about their concerns, challenges and successes without fear of their views hindering their relationship with their processors. Beginning at 9 a.m., workshops will include “Natural Gas Exploration: What impact will it have on Organic Certification?” with Lisa Engelbert, NOFA-NY organic certifier, James Northrup, energy expert, and Paul Allen, PA organic dairy farmer addressing the group. After a milk break there will

be a panel discussion entitled “Advocacy Groups in the Organic Dairy Marketplace: Why they are important and necessary.” Panel members for this session include Liana Hoodes, National Organic Coalition’s director; organic dairy farmer, Cornucopia Board member and past NOSB member, Kevin Engelbert; OTA Board member, WhiteWave Foods Vice President-Industry Relations & Organic Stewardship Kelly Shea, organic farmer and past candidate for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Francis Thicke, and additional organic leaders. Afterward, we will have lunch, during which time the Trade Show will be open, and there will be the ever-popular door prize drawings for products generously donated

by NODPA sponsors and trade show participants.

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DHIA & Dairy Section whole afternoon to a production based workshop entitled “Thinking-Man’s Grazing: Learning How to Plan your Grazing for Profit, Production and Success.” This workshop offers practical, handson learning experience on grazing plan strategies and will include examples of farms that have applied these strategies. Attendees will learn how to plan their grazing ahead of time to meet their personal production goals. Troy Bishopp, who will lead the presentation, is a grazing consultant, a Holistic Management Educator from the Madison Co. NY SWCD/Upper Susquehanna Coalition, and a project leader for a NESARE funded professional development grazing training project through

the CNY RC&D Council in Norwich, NY. For farmers that want to attend there are scholarship funds available.

For more information and to register for the Field Days, please go to www.nodpa.com or email ednodpa@comcast.net or call 413-7720444 to speak with Nora Owens, Field Days Coordinator.

Field Days is sponsored by Horizon Organic, Lakeview Organic Grain, Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative, American Organic Seed, Organic Dairy Farmers Cooperative, Fertrell, MOSA, NOFANY, PA Certified Organic.

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Jobs, jobs, jobs -- farms, farms, farms

by Lynne Finnerty This year, Labor Day must have seemed a bittersweet celebration to many, with more than 15 million Americans on the unemployment rolls.

Farmers and ranchers typically don’t belong to labor unions.

They can’t go on strike, because that would mean hungry livestock and potential crop losses. But, here’s one good reason to think of farmers around Labor Day: because agriculture is creating jobs at a time when our nation needs them — badly.

According to a joint USDA-Purdue University report, agriculture will generate an estimated 54,400 job openings each year for the next five years for college graduates with degrees in food, renewable energy and environmental specialties.

USDA on Aug. 31 predicted that our agricultural exports would set a new record this year at $137 billion. That translates into more than 1 million American jobs, thanks to farmers’ and ranchers’ productivity and high demand for their products around the world. Next year’s ag exports are expected to be equally strong.

If Congress approved the free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, we could add nearly $2.5 billion more to the annual export tally, along with 22,500 more jobs. Every $1 billion in agricultural exports supports 9,000 U.S. jobs, according to USDA, including transportation workers, food processors, packers and others.

Another report, released in August by the Battelle Institute, an independent research group, looked at agriculture’s impact on the economy of the productive North-Central U.S. The report values the 12-state region’s agriculture, forestry and value-added products system at $125 billion, supporting 2.4 million jobs. The industry is poised to expand with new markets such as health, specialty crops, biofuels and other biobased products. That opportunity, however,

depends on whether the U.S. makes adequate investments going forward in research and development.

Clearly, one way to create jobs is to have a strong agriculture. To make that happen, government should not hamstring farmers and ranchers with unnecessary regulations.

One of our strengths, obviously, is trade. To take advantage of this, we must continue to open foreign markets by negotiating and ratifying trade agreements that eliminate tariffs and other trade barriers.

And, believe it or not, allowing some non-citizens to work on U.S. farms plays a role in creating jobs for Americans. It’s simply a fact that most Americans don’t choose to make a

career out of picking produce for two to three months out of every year. If farmers can’t get the workers they need to harvest crops when they’re ready, we will lose up to $9 billion worth of agricultural production per year.

That’s thousands of American jobs at stake.

Comprehensive immigration reform should be part of our nation’s job-creation plan.

The president, Congress and even political candidates will float lots of job-creation ideas over the next few months. They should take a look at what’s working in America’s heartland. Maybe the “jobs, jobs, jobs” mantra should become “farms, farms, farms.”

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As a recap we will recall that last year’s event welcomed Joel Salatin and Ray Archuleta to the stage as our two primary speakers. The drawing power of these two names and the great reputation this informative conference has built in a very short period of time

brought attendees from as far away as Texas and Idaho. When these attendees were asked why they made such a long trip the answers were quite similar. It seems these attendees could make the trip to Albany, NY, and participate in the conference for less money than going to other conferences closer to home with the same speakers.

That was just what Tom Gallagher and Morgan Hartman, organizers of the event, needed to hear. Gallagher, a long time Cornell Cooperative Extension of Albany County ag agent, and Hartman have focused

on making the Winter Green-up an excellent value for the money.

They take seriously the mission of Cornell Cooperative Extension to conduct research, education, and outreach on behalf of New York’s farmers. And really, this is the mission of the entire Extension Service in all 50 states.

In that vein, Hartman and Gallagher have put together another incredible lineup of speakers who bring real world experience and academic expertise together to present possibilities for graziers here in the Northeast.

Over two days, Jan. 27 and 28, 2012, the Winter Green-up committee will have five great speakers: • Greg Judy will be here to talk about his mob-grazing operation in Missouri and how that practice has been building topsoil, finishing beeves, and bringing in native species of grasses and forbs simply through altering the animal management on his farms.

• Kathy Voth, animal behaviorist and long time Bureau of Land Management employee will discuss her process of training different species of livestock to eat what many of us call weeds. If

be presenting a tremendous look at building a “brand” for your farm.

Jim has worked extensively with farmers across the Finger Lakes region of New York State on this very process so important to making farming operations profitable. You won’t want to miss this presentation.

This information and process is incredibly useful for anyone selling from their farm, not just those of us who are direct marketing our farm products. Even if you are selling weaned calves to feedout operations, creating the brand, the name recognition of your higher quality and consistency cattle/sheep/carrots/wh atever you sell, is important to capturing any premiums that might be available for your product.

Mark your calendars for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27 and 28, 2012, to attend the 4th Annual Winter Green-up Grazing Conference in Latham, NY at the Century House.

Please contact Tom Gallagher at tjg3@cornell.edu, Lisa Cox at lkc29@cornell. edu, or Morgan Hartman at blackqueenangus@yahoo.com for more information and to get on the mailing list for registrations. You can also call Lisa Cox at 518- 7653512 at the Albany County CCE office in Voorheesville, NY.

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The House Agriculture Livestock, Poultry and Dairy Subcommittee held a dairy policy hearing on Thursday, Sept. 8. The hearing witnesses included U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials from the Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS).

After attending the hearing, NMPF President and CEO Jerry Kozak issued this statement: “The general tone of the questions at today’s hearing from the committee members indicates a concern that current dairy programs are not up to the task of providing a meaningful farm-level safety net.

“NMPF shares that concern, and that’s what has driven the creation of Foundation for the Future. We believe we have the best answer to the bottom line question of what should come next for dairy policy.”

NMPF President and CEO Jerry Kozak discusses dairy policy with Congressman Tom Rooney (R-FL), Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.

The National Milk Producers Federation, based in Arlington, VA, develops and carries out policies that advance the well being of dairy producers and the cooperatives they own. The members of NMPF’s 31 cooperatives produce the majority of the U.S. milk supply, making NMPF the voice of more than 40,000 dairy producers on Capitol Hill and with government agencies. Visit www.nmpf.org for more information.

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the animals eat the plants and thrive on them, are they really weeds?

• Ulf Kintzel from right here in New York State will discuss his 100 percent grass-fed sheep and lamb production as well as an overview of his farm practices including the training and marketing of his sheep herding dogs as well as the top notch hair sheep breeding stock and market lambs.

• Eddie Draper, Program Director of the Wye Angus Farm for the University of Maryland is coming to the conference this year not as an attendee, but as a speaker.

Eddie has supported the conference the last three years as an attendee and also through contributions from the Wye Angus program toward the fund raising raffle at the conference. Eddie’s presentation will entail a history of the Wye Angus herd and it’s transition from a private entity to one wholly owned by the University of Maryland Foundation. This tremendous genetic resource of registered Aberdeen Angus cattle has not been outcrossed since 1957 which offers the researchers at the University of Maryland an uncommonly uniform gene pool with which to work for a myriad of studies.

• And finally, Jim Ochterski from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County, NY will

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by Hubert J. Karreman Hi Folks, This month is back to basics and discussion of parasites in calves as I like to do this time of year.

I really think that parasitism, whether internal (stomach worms and coccidia) and external (flies and mange) are truly a weak link in the chain of organic livestock health and growth. I say this coming from being in the trenches for many years now. I see crummy looking calves out on pasture at this time of year — “natural raised”, certified organic or conventional.

It must be remembered that if pasturing animals in the same areas year af-

ter year, there will be parasites waiting for each group as they arrive. Pastures look really nice early on but those stomach worm larva are invisible to our eye and are out there rapidly multiplying and loading the animals that are out there eating the forages. That’s because the stomach worm larva crawl to the tips of the grass blades to be taken in again by the animal to start their life cycle all over again (to feed and reproduce themselves within the animal’s digestive system).

This is why I am in favor of clipping pastures or at least dragging pastures with a set of chains: it

smears out the manure paddy and those larva will dry out in the sun and wind and not live to climb up the grass blades to be eaten and taken in again.

But here we are in September and the best pasture season is already behind. And during this particular pasture season it seems like flies have been merciless as well.

What do your calves on pasture look like right now? Are they sleek and in good body condition just like when you weaned them or set them out to pasture? Or do they look a bit more ragged now — perhaps a bit pot-bellied, their hair being dry looking and reddish black (not

shiny black as it should be), with thin back leg muscles and some dried diarrhea up high on their legs and tail? If so, these are classic signs of internal stomach worm infestation.

It would be wise to catch a few up and look in their eye sockets to see how pink or pale white the sockets are. In sheep and goats, it is common to use the FAMACHA test which basically looks at their eye sockets and, depending on how white (indicating anemia), this will indicate when to treat them with a conventional wormer.

While the FAMACHA test is technically not valid for calves, looking at their eye

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tion from the NOSB, will soon be allowed (still only for emergency situations, with a 90 day milk withhold). Typically in the past I have recommended ivermectin as a single treatment — essentially to reset the individual animals which are infested — and then get the management in place to keep things in prevention mode rather than reaction (treatment) mode.

Fortunately, there are many plant based medicines being used around the world against internal parasites. In the chapter I wrote called “Phytotherapy for Dairy Cows” in the book Veterinary Herbal Medicine (by Wynn and Fougere, Mosby, 2007), I reported on a study that showed birdsfoot trefoil or chickory interplanted into pasture decreased stomach worm larva burden significantly compared to straight white clover and rye pasture. This is because of tannins contained in the birdsfoot trefoil and chickory.

However, we are later in the grazing season, so what should we treat with right now if our young stock look crummy? One treatment is to give 10cc of the high tannin, iron and mineral “Ferro” once daily for 5 days in a row — this is highly effective but requires individual animal dosing which most farmers do not like to do when it comes to a group of heifers outside (understandable). Perhaps trying Dr. Paul’s “Eliminate” would be worthwhile. It has ginger root, diatomaceous earth, neembark, garlic and yucca root — good ingredients to battle internal parasites in the digestive tract. It is a simple dosing: 1 capsule / 500 lbs one time and repeat in 3 weeks. Another would be to try Agri-Dynamics Neema Tox or Vermi Tox as both have some positive benefits as shown by clinical trials at Chico State University. Weaned cattle are dosed at 1 oz/300-400 lbs for 3 days in a row. Remember, you can use ivermectin if your animals are in really bad shape — and you probably should at that point.

Remember, now is the time to really check your young stock on pasture for signs of internal worm infestation. If they are infested and nothing is done about it, the first batch of damp cold weather will likely bring on pneumonia — and that is not at all desirable. So be mindful: stop and observe your animals and take action as needed now, not later.

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sockets will still reveal the degree of blood loss as well. Calves just hide it until later in the disease.

In organic agriculture, with the requirement of animals 6 months and older to get a minimum of 30 percent dry matter from pasture over the grazing season, it is only a matter of time before the young stock, which are not immunologically mature against stomach worms, will become infested if pasture management is not top notch. A big part of it all is proper feeding to ensure excellent energy intake while on pasture. This can be from high energy forages or giving some grain. The immune system depends heavily on proper daily energy intake. It should be noted that adult animals do NOT need to be wormed as they can live in balance with a stomach worm challenge in their environment — unfortunately young stock can’t because they haven’t experienced worms previously. Note: lung worms can, and do, infect adult cattle especially in wet years.

I think a good goal is to raise calves that do have some challenge with stomach worm larva in the pasture, yet are managed and fed well enough that instead of becoming infested, they instead build immunity due to a low level exposure. This is a kind of a natural vaccine effect. Unfortunately not many farms seem to be able to achieve this. The result is somewhat stunted calves that likely will freshen a month or two later since they won’t reach breeding size as quickly. However, calves that do make it through this tough period of life — usually between 4-11 months of age — start looking really nice again by a year old and go on to do fine. Even if they did look crummy due to a significant stomach worm infestation, they will now be really strong against pasture stomach worm challenges the rest of their lives.

So how do we treat internal parasite infestations on certified organic farms? Well, as of this writing, only ivermectin is allowed to be used — and only for an emergency need when methods acceptable to organic have not succeeded in restoring an animal to health. However, earlier this summer, the USDA released an official statement that fenbendazole and moxidectin, on recommenda-

Expand your dry cow arsenal with vaccination Arm your cows with protection against E. coli mastitis

If your dry cow mastitis management program doesn’t include vaccination, you could be leaving your cows defenseless against environmental pathogens.

Coliform mastitis, caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) and other bacteria, can have devastating effects if a cow’s immune system isn’t armed to fight infection.

“E. coli mastitis vaccines are like artillery for a cow’s immune system.

They help protect against

infection and minimize fallout when cases do occur,” said Dan Funke, quality milk manager with Pfizer Animal Health.

By establishing E. coli mastitis vaccination programs and supplementing with mastitis prevention steps, such as teat sealants and environmental management, you can help reduce coliform mastitis severity and provide your cows with a better chance for successful treatment and re-

covery.

Funke offers three steps for equipping your herd with tools to help prevent severe coliform mastitis.

1. Investigate the enemy: Knowledge is power and with a little reconnaissance, you can better prepare a defense strategy. Culture mastitis cases and review records with your veterinarian to identify common pathogens on your dairy operation. E. coli is the most common cause of

coliform mastitis, but other pathogens can be to blame. Tailor your vaccination and treatment protocols to the causative pathogen.

2. Devise a defense strategy: With culture records in hand, work with your veterinarian to develop a vaccination program that protects against E. colimastitis.

Review product labels, dosing and administration information, and efficacy and research to select the best vaccine for

you and your dairy operation. Also, consider vaccines with lower endotoxin levels to limit negative reactions to vaccination.

3. Watch your flanks: Even with the best defense in place, including dry cow treatment, teat sealants and vaccination, don’t forget the basics of good management. Vaccines and pharmaceutical products are never a substitute for good management. Work with your nutritionist to ensure your dry cow ration is op-

timal. Cow and facility hygiene also is necessary to limit exposure to environmental pathogens.

Be sure to set your cows up for success in their next lactation by providing them with an arsenal to fight off coliform mastitis. Talk to your herd veterinarian to confirm your herd is protected, and visit www.milkqualityfocus .com to get additional insight on dry cow management and E. coli mastitis vaccination.

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CHEESE DEMAND/ MILK SUPPLY Issued Sept. 9, 2011 The latest employment data showing no job creation in August and declining consumer confidence doesn't bow well for the dairy industry, according to the University of Wisconsin's Dr. Brian Gould. Speaking in Tuesday's DairyLine, Gould said consumers

are not willing to purchase food away from home (restaurants). He cited the August consumer confidence index which declined from 59.2 to 44.5. That's about a 20 percent drop, he said.

When asked about cheese prices, Gould pointed to existing stocks relative to production and said

"They're pretty high."

Case in point is the ratio of American cheese stocks to American cheese production in July which was the highest since 1987, "so we have a lot of stocks out there relative to production," and he warned that he's not optimistic there'll be a rebound in prices in the near future.

Futures prices on cheese are pretty stable, according to Gould, right around $1.70, plus or minutes five cents, "so right now the indicators are not looking for substantial changes on the up side or even on the

downside."

By the way; the July Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all food was 228.3, up 4.2 percent from July 2010, according to USDA. The dairy products index was 214.8, up 7.9 percent.

Fresh whole milk was up 10.2 percent, cheese was up 8.1 percent, and butter was up 21percent from a year ago.

Prices were mixed in Tuesday's Global Dairy Trade (Fonterra) auction, according to the CME's Daily Dairy Report (DDR). The weighted average price for skim milk powder was $1.56 per

milk closed Friday at $1.49, down 2 cents, while Extra Grade held all week at $1.61. NASS powder averaged $1.5424, down 2.4 cents.

Block cheese closed Friday at $1.7850, down a half-cent on the week, but a nickel above a year ago.

Barrel closed at $1.72, down 4 cents on the week, and a penny and a half above a year ago. Six carloads of block traded hands on the week and 13 of barrel. The NASS U.S. average block price fell 10.9 cents, to $1.9843, while the barrels averaged $1.8964, down 18.1 cents.

Checking the milk supply side; the full impact and damage assessment of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee is still being assessed.

Empire State News.net reports that farmers who were forced to dump milk may be eligible for USDA payments to compensate them. Meanwhile; the Agriculture Department reports that milk production in the Southeast and Florida were mostly steady at reduced levels. Milk intakes in the Midwest were fairly steady.

California and New Mexico milk production is steady to lower with Arizona trending lower.

Production in the Pacific Northwest is at expected volumes, while Utah and Idaho milk supplies are above year ago levels.

Class I orders are fair to good to fill needs for schools resuming classes. Cream markets are unsettled to weak. Demand ahead of the Labor

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pound, up 0.3 percent from the August 16 trading. The whole milk powder price, at $1.50 per pound, was down 1.6 percent.

The anhydrous milkfat price was $1.97, up 2 percent, and the Cheddar cheese for industrial use price received an average winning bid of $1.84 per pound, down 4.7 percent from the prior auction. The tradeweighted average for all products was down 1.4 percent from the prior event, and down 25.8 percent from the peak levels established in early March, according to the DDR. Traders and handlers have mixed opinions on what direction price will trend, says USDA. Some feel that weakness will continue, while others indicate the recent weakening trend will cease and prices will possibly firm.

Matter of interest; eDairy economist Bill Brooks notes that European butter prices are near $2.59 per pound while Oceania prices are just below $1.95.

U.S. butter has plunged to the lowest level since May, closing the second Friday of September at $1.9125 per pound, down 9 1/4cents on the Labor Day holiday-shortened week, down 18 cents in two weeks, and 31 cents below a year ago. No butter was sold on the week.

The lagging NASS-surveyed butter price averaged $2.0596 across the U.S., up 0.9 cent from the previous week.

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Weather throughout most of Europe has been quite mild for much of the current milk production season. Outside of dry conditions earlier this summer, producers and handlers indicate that the season has been quite favorable for milk output.

Stocks of European manufactured dairy products are generally available for both domestic and international buyer interest. Sales activity has remained quite good from both. Traders and handlers were quite surprised at the level of sales activity in recent weeks and traders are indicating that skim milk powder is moving both domestically and internationally, but whole milk powder sales are more limited, probably due to price. Traders feel that now that the summer vacations season is coming to a close and Ramadan is over, more buyers will be returning to the marketplace for upcoming fall and winter needs.

Early spring weather patterns are being reported in the Oceania region. The snow storm in New Zealand a few weeks ago is history and weather patterns are showing more signs of spring versus late winter.

Most producers and handlers indicate the snowfall did little to negatively impact the dairy industry. Milk production trends remain in line with recent projections, with New Zealand 2-4 percent higher and Australia in the 1-2 percent increase range. A favorable end to the most recent production season in Oceania is causing producers in both countries to consider expansions, according to USDA. Australian milk producers are indicating that milk production growth during the upcoming year will be restrained by herd growth but anticipate that production will potentially be more noticeable in the 2012-2013 year.

Having experienced a number of years of negative or minimal growth, it will take a number of years to turn this trend around, especially for Australian producers.

Back on the home front, looking "back to the futures" combined with the announced Class III prices for July and August, the Federal order Class III contract's average for the last half of 2011 was $19.75 on August 5, $19.42 on August 12, $19.18 on August 19, $19.36 on August 26, $19.63 on September 2, and was running $19.35 at the close of spot trading on September 9.

In other milk price news and looking "back to the futures" combined with the announced Class III prices for July and August, the Federal order Class III contract's average for the last half of 2011 was $19.75 on August 5, $19.42 on August 12, $19.18 on August 19, $19.36 on August 26, $19.63 on September 2, and was running $19.35 at the close of spot trading on September 9.

In dairy politics; the International Dairy Foods Association's Peggy Armstrong addressed falling fluid milk sales in Wednesday's DairyLine, blasting efforts that would result in higher

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She warned that milk is "losing ground" in "a competitive beverage environment," reporting that per capita milk consumption has continued a slow and steady decline at a rate of about 1percent a year for the past 35 years, according to USDA data, but a recent statistic suggests the de-

cline might be escalating.

U.S. fluid milk product sales declined 1.4 percent in 2010, the largest annual decline in more than a decade, she said, and "This trend has continued into 2011, with U.S. fluid milk product sales down 1.6 percent through June."

She said "It's important to note that according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the retail price of milk has been higher during most of this period than the same month a year earlier so it appears that in a tight economy and a competitive marketplace, consumers are increasingly looking to bever-

ages other than milk."

"That's is why the last thing the U.S. dairy industry needs is a change to the Federal Milk Market Order system that would result in higher Class I prices," she warned, and pointed to the plan proposed by Representative Collin Peterson of Minnesota which is based National Milk's "Foundation for the Future."

"NMPF's own analysis estimates that the minimum fluid milk price would have averaged 51 cents higher in recent years under the proposed federal order changes in the draft legislation," Armstrong

charged. "Everyone in the U.S. dairy industry should pay close attention to dairy policy reforms that could hurt demand. That especially applies to proposed legislation that will increase the cost of fluid milk products. We cannot afford to lose any more ground and Americans cannot afford to lose the health benefits of drinking milk," she said.

Congress has plenty on its plate to deal with, primarily the economy and budget issues, according to National Milk's Chris Galen in his Thursday DairyLine talk.

He said the nation awaited President Obama's

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or a problem from the past?" Wisconsin dairy producer, John Pagel, who has established a "Risk Management Not Supply Management" website, said he doesn't believe supply management is the answer for the Midwest or for the U.S. dairy industry. He argued that there are so many foreign countries that need dairy products and the Midwest is "sitting in the driver's seat in being able to supply those products."

Pagel does agree that the dairy industry needs a safety net but not supply management. The free market allows farmers to produce as much as they like, he argued, "The better job that you can do on your farm and the more efficient you can be, creates profit on the bottom line and it's up to the rest of the industry to help us export products and do the best job that we can to make sure our dairy industry stays strong."

He admits there'll be ups and downs like any other business but doesn't believe it's in farmer's best interest to "slow down production and reduce possible opportunities for feeding the rest of the world," as he put it.

He praised National Milk's efforts to put together a program that would help the dairy industry but supply management is one part he and others do not agree with. He admitted there are regional differences that present challenges in putting a plan together but, with the Midwest having a large amount of processing capacity, "we don't want someone telling us how much milk we can produce" and therefore favors risk management as opposed to supply management. More details and a petition are available to sign at www.stopsupplymanagement.com.

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plan to help the economy and deal with high unemployment. Coincidentally Thursday was also the first meeting of the so-called Congressional Super Committee whose mandate is to identify an additional $1.5 trillion in budget savings over the next decade.

"A lot of what's going to drive the process here this fall in Washington is to reconcile those two issues," Galen said, "How to stimulate the economy formally or informally and help put people back to work and at the same time, identify ways to cut government spending."

The committee is supposed to complete its work around Thanksgiving, he said, and present recommendations for Congress to vote on.

Many expect farm programs to be targeted for cuts, he concluded, so the groundwork may be in the works for the next Farm Bill.

The House Agriculture Livestock, Poultry and Dairy Subcommittee also held a dairy policy hearing Thursday. Witnesses included USDA officials from the Farm Service Agency and Agriculture Marketing Service.

After attending the hearing, NMPF President &CEO Jerry Kozak stated in a press release that the general tone of the questions at the hearing from the committee members indicated "a concern that current dairy programs are not up to the task of providing a meaningful farmlevel safety net." He added that "NMPF shares that concern, and that's what has driven the creation of Foundation for the Future. We believe we have the best answer to the bottom line question of what should come next for dairy policy."

But, Friday's DairyLine asked the question, "Is supply management a solution for the future

Home,, Family,, Friendss & You Getting to the root of common food safety myths

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by Deb Maes, UNH Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Resources When you go grocery shopping, you carefully check the condition of the produce, packaged foods and the contents of the meat and dairy coolers to find foods you think are freshest and safest to eat. But all foods — regardless of the way they were produced — need to be handled and stored properly to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria that can cause foodborne illness, according to the non-profit Partnership for Food Safety Education.

The four myths are presented with the facts consumers need to know to help reduce their risk of foodborne illness: • Myth: Freezing foods kills harmful bacteria that can cause food poisoning.

Fact: Bacteria can survive freezing temperatures.

Freezing is not a method for making foods safe to eat.

When food is thawed, bacteria can still be present and may begin to multiply. Cooking food to the proper internal temperature is the best way to kill harmful

bacteria. Use a thermometer to measure the temperature of cooked foods and check this handout to view the current recommended cooking temperatures for meats. http://fightbac.org/storage/documents/flyers/cook_fightbac_factsheet_2010_color.pdf • Myth: I eat a vegetarian diet, so I don’t have to worry about food poisoning.

Fact: Fruits and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet, but like other foods they may carry a risk of foodborne illness. Always rinse produce under running tap water, including fruits and vegetables with skins and rinds that are not eaten. Never use detergent or bleach to wash fresh fruits or vegetables as these products are not intended for consumption.

Packaged fruits and vegetables labeled “ready-to-eat” or “washed” do not need to be re-washed.

• Myth: Plastic or glass cutting boards don’t hold harmful bacteria on their surfaces like wooden cutting boards do.

Fact: Any type of cutting board can hold harmful bacteria on its surface. Regardless of the type of cut-

Morning fuel for school — “break the fast” (NAPSA) — There are many good reasons breakfast is often called the most important meal of the day.

Most significantly, breakfast gives you energy. When you wake up in the morning, your body has been fasting, or going without food, during the hours you were asleep. Eating breakfast means you “break the fast” and give your body (and brain) the energy needed to function — very important for school-aged children.

Studies have shown that children’s learning is stimulated and they perform better academically when they are “fueled for school.” Eating breakfast also helps to develop better eating patterns-you and your family will feel more satisfied and be less likely to overeat or eat too much junk food later in the day.

Breakfast provides a great opportunity to get all the daily vitamins and minerals needed by eating nutritious foods such as whole grains, fruits and dairy products.

You can have these delicious breakfasts ready in

minutes: • Fill toasted whole grain waffles with peanut butter and jam for a unique breakfast sandwich; serve with orange juice.

• Mix yogurt, frozen strawberries, skim milk and bananas in a blender for a tasty smoothie.

• Heat frozen pancakes and top with fruits and with syrup or honey.

• Make breakfast sandwiches with bagels, cheese, egg substitute and precooked sausage.

For a special morning treat, create this delicious yogurt parfait to make everyone in your family smile.

Breakfast Yogurt Parfait

1 1/2 cups vanilla low-fat yogurt 1/2 cup low-fat granola 1 cup berries (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries), frozen or fresh Layer in parfait glasses or bowls: granola, yogurt and fruit. Repeat layers. Serves two.

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ting board you use, it should be washed and sanitized after each use. You can make your own sanitizer solution by mixing one teaspoon of household bleach and one quart of water in a spray bottle. Once you have washed your cutting boards with hot soapy water rinse, then spray your bleach solution. Let air dry. I you have one, put your cutting boards into the dishwasher and run a regular cycle. Solid plastic, tempered glass, sealed granite, and hardwood cutting boards are dishwasher safe. However, wood laminates don’t hold up well in the dishwasher. Once cutting boards of any type become excessively worn or develop hard-to-clean grooves, they should be discarded.

• Myth: Locally-grown, organic foods will never give me food poisoning.

Fact: Any food, whether organic or conventiona grown, could become unsafe with illness-causing foodborne bacteria at any point during the chain from the farm to the table. Consumers in their homes can take action to keep their families safe. That is why it is important to reduce your risk of foodborne illness by practicing the four steps: Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill. Also, if you buy your produce from a loca farmer’s market, ask a few questions about how they keep their food safe from planting, to harvest to sales The Partnership introduced the Home Food Safety Mythbusters series in September, 2009, as part of its outreach to consumers, food safety educators and the media on the importance of safe food handling to good health. “The Partnership wants all consumers — regardless of their dietary choices — to feel confident that they’re informed on the risks of foodborne illness and prepared to protect themselves by handling and preparing food safely.” said Shelley Feist, the Partnership’s Executive Director.

Donna’s Day: creative family fun

by Donna Erickson Mention “slow-cooker meals” and your mind no doubt drifts to chilly fall and winter weather eating.

Mine, too, until my oldest son, Bjorn, took charge of dinner a few nights ago and ladled up bowlfuls of his tasty slow-cooker chicken tortilla soup. Topped with crisp bean sprouts from the Asian market, cilantro from the garden and a handful of grated cheese and crushed chips, his version of Tex-Mex/Asian fusion made for healthy family fare.

It even gets better when considering the threeminute prep time factor. No need to saute the chicken or chop vegetables ahead of time. Simply let your kids open five cans of basic ingredients while you unwrap a package of fresh chicken breasts. Dump all the food in the cooker, turn it to low, and soup’s on in 6 to 8 hours. It doesn’t get much easier than that!

Bjorn’s Slow-Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup

2 (14.5-ounce) cans stewed tomatoes 1 (15-ounce) can black beans 1 (4-ounce) can diced green chili peppers 1 (15-ounce) can chicken broth 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts; or 1 pound for a less-dense soup Toppings: Grated Cheddar cheese Cilantro Mung Bean sprouts Tortilla Chips, crushed 1. Place all soup ingredients in a slow cooker and stir together lightly. Cover, set slow cooker to low and cook for 6-8 hours.

2. When ready to serve, remove the cooked chicken and shred into bite-size pieces with a fork. Place the shredded chicken back in the slow cooker and stir.

Cook for another hour if you wish, or ladle in large soup bowls.

3. Add toppings according to taste. Serve with a green salad and enjoy fresh fruit for dessert. Makes 6 to 8 servings (c) 2011 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.

Foundation for the Future Program conducive to the U.S. growing its role as major dairy exporter The Foundation for the Future (FFTF) dairy policy program has been designed to allow the U.S. to build on its burgeoning role as a consistent global exporter of dairy products, according to the National Milk Producers Federation, which helped design the proposal.

The U.S. is on pace to export 13 percent of its milk production in 2011

— the highest portion ever — and many overseas markets for dairy products are expected to continue growing at a faster rate than the U.S. market.

Thus, any changes to current dairy policy “must not place the U.S. farmer at a competitive disadvantage,” according to NMPF board member Les Hardesty, a dairy producer

from Windsor, CO. In order to make the U.S. more competitive globally, the multifaceted approach of FFTF eliminates the Dairy Product Price Support Program, Hardesty said. Currently, the price support program acts as a government-funded buyer of last resort for commodities including cheese, butter and non-

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portion of those sales did, because products were sold to the government, rather than commercially, Hardesty said.

Some critics have alleged that Foundation for the Future’s Dairy Market Stabilization Program (DMSP), if and when it activates, will so greatly reduce domestic production that exports will be choked off. But Hardesty disputed that, saying that the DMSP “only activates when margins are extremely low, and would not be active when domestic or international demand is sending strong signals for more milk output.”

Also, the Foundation

for the Future proposal contains a provision that prevents the DMSP from kicking in if U.S. prices are 20 percent or more above world prices for cheddar cheese and skim milk powder. This clause will ensure that any market stabilizing slowdowns in milk production don’t unintentionally distort the relationship between U.S. and world prices, creating an imbalance that could incentivize more imports, and/or hinder exports.

“American dairy farmers have invested millions of dollars in building and fostering an export capability, through the creation and continued funding of both the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), and the Cooperatives Working Together program,” Hardesty noted. “We are fully aware that foreign sales of U.S.-made dairy products are crucial to the current and future health of our industry, and don’t want policies that would detrimentally affect our export capabilities.”

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fat dry milk powder. But the program also can act as a disincentive to export, when, during periods of low price, product manufacturers have greater incentive to sell surplus commodities to the government, rather than on the world market. Such was the case in 2009, when U.S. dairy exports dropped and government price support purchases surged.

“Once this program is eliminated, markets, during periods of surplus, will clear more quickly,” Hardesty said.

This will be in contrast to what happened in 2009, when global dairy sales didn’t drop, but the U.S.

For Records Processed Through DRMS Raleigh 800.496.3344 • www.dairyone.com HERD OWNER

TYPE TEST

B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

MAINE

ANDROSCOGGIN-SAGADAHOC HEMOND HILL FARM DHI STEPHEN BRIGGS DHIR-AP TWIN BROOK DAIRY LLC DHI-AP R.E.HEMOND FARM INC. DHI-AP EAST LEDGE FARM DHIR ALDEN FISHER DHIR-AP WATERMAN FARM INC. DHIR-AP CHRIS & JEANIE LEWIS DHI-AP BOTMA FARM DHI-AP ALDEN FISHER DHIR-AP JOSEPH & VIRGINIA ROSEBERRY DHI-AP LOWELL FAMILY FARM DHIR BARKER FARMS INC DHI-AP GOODNOW JERSEY FARM INC DHIR CHRIS & JEANIE LEWIS DHI-AP

H H H H H H H H H M H J H J A

69.2 489.5 88.3 303.2 53.7 46.1 62.3 108.1 83.1 24.9 72.6 64.5 100.6 29.9 15.0

KAYBEN HOLSTEINS HALL C.W. PINELAND FARMS, INC ZACHARIAS PETER BAKER BROOK FARM GARY WINSHIP AND FAMILY BAKER BROOK FARM YOUNG C.E. TRUDY GRAFFAM

DHIR DHIR DHIR DHIR DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR DHI-AP

H H H H H H X H A

76.8 50.0 74.8 41.5 28.9 48.9 33.5 60.2 26.1

25426 23391 21568 22039 18860 18470 17837 18011 16732

938 874 823 812 721 686 689 670 649

3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.9

767 711 661 658 581 552 544 539 513

3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1

DAVIS, JIM & RICK JOHN DONALD BAILEY HILL FARM RICHARD COREY FARRINGTON, THAYDEN MARC BAILEY SHADY LANE FARM TURNER, MALCOLM HERD 1

DHIR DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H X H

58.0 76.6 25.0 35.8 55.3 55.7 39.3 36.4

21180 20793 19355 19252 19268 19526 15270 17574

829 769 692 755 782 672 681 642

3.9 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.1 3.4 4.5 3.7

686 612 609 595 594 572 523 522

3.2 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.4 3.0

SILVER MAPLE FARMS INC 1 CLEMEDOW FARM SILVER MAPLE FARMS INC 1 PEARSON RICHARD PEARSON RICHARD NICK MICHAUD GAIL QUIMBY PLOURDE, ARTHUR E. JASON & JOY RAY

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-AP

H H J H X H X H J

121.5 95.0 79.3 102.5 19.6 139.0 76.8 65.1 61.8

26873 23163 19784 20516 16430 19302 18650 18593 15339

986 747 949 901 854 771 778 679 676

3.7 3.2 4.8 4.4 5.2 4.0 4.2 3.7 4.4

817 718 717 661 610 583 568 547 537

3.0 3.1 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.5

RALPH PEARSE & SONS HAWES LINCOLN J NEWBERT, GARY & ANDREA TIBBETTS, BARRY & ELAINE

DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H

33.7 39.6 58.8 52.4

24070 18520 18636 18409

856 734 691 680

3.6 4.0 3.7 3.7

712 584 564 556

3.0 3.2 3.0 3.0

DHI-AP DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H X H

72.8 100.8 38.5 19.4 23.4

24656 22290 20453 17542 17849

824 844 753 746 680

3.3 3.8 3.7 4.3 3.8

741 681 640 606 530

3.0 3.1 3.1 3.5 3.0

DHI-AP DHIRAPCS DHI-AP DHIRAPCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIRAPCS DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H H H H H

53.0 359.1 610.4 997.3 47.0 208.1 199.8 170.5 130.7 39.9

24581 23312 23973 22452 22381 20959 20707 18869 19796 16516

921 877 875 812 872 770 780 749 724 694

3.7 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.0 3.7 4.2

745 717 711 690 681 671 651 622 604 538

3.0 3.1 3.0 3X 3.1 3X 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.3

DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP

H H H X H H H H H H X H H J

114.5 72.3 264.0 271.0 108.1 401.6 58.5 367.1 60.6 51.3 92.6 47.3 45.6 39.8

26049 24066 23559 20889 22079 21736 21201 20346 20421 18699 16729 18035 16817 14821

923 843 905 919 917 828 799 794 741 753 691 689 636 712

3.5 3.5 3.8 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.8 4.8

781 733 711 705 682 672 636 613 611 572 537 531 526 518

3.0 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.1 3X 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.5

THE THOMPSON FARM DHI-AP H 78.0 LARRABEE HAROLD & GALEN DHI-APCS H 482.9 INGRAHAM JOHN W & SONS DHI-APCS H 419.3 KEENE DAIRY DHI-AP H 95.5 CLEMENTS WALTER DHI-AP H 36.4 SCHOFIELD, WAYNE DHI-AP H 27.4 ALAN & SUE HUNTER DHI-AP H 83.0 SIMON STOLL DHI-AP X 45.9

23798 23913 21256 19588 19464 18666 19358 15548

904 882 871 757 702 730 760 660

3.8 3.7 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.2

743 704 662 600 584 578 577 532

3.1 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.4

JOHNSON FARM INC. GIRARD, RYAN ALDERWOOD FARM, INC. HIGHLAND FARMS INC DUNN, FRED HARRISON FARM LEARY FARM INC.

21866 21229 20129 17684 19309 18196 17918

843 729 772 879 743 784 661

3.9 3.4 3.8 5.0 3.8 4.3 3.7

709 639 633 623 600 581 525

3.2 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.2 2.9

CUMBERLAND

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FRANKLIN

KENNEBEC

KNOX-LINCOLN

OXFORD

BISSELL JOHN & CINDY CONANT ACRES INC. KUVAJA FARMS INC KUVAJA FARMS INC LONE MOUNTAIN FARM

PENOBSCOT-PISCATAQUIS SCOTT KEITH VEAZLAND FARMS SIMPSON RON,BETH STONYVALE INC. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE LIBBY LAND HOWARD BROS SAWYER WILLIAM & SONS VELGOUSE FARM, LLC EATON FARM

SOMERSET

DANIEL HARRIMAN DICKINSON FRANK CHARTRAND FARMS INC. CAMBRIDGE FARMS MARK OUELLETTE JR. SOMERSET FARMS L.P DEAN PAINE BOSWORTH FARMS INC. FARRAND CHARLES SMITH ROGER SEVEY LAROY L CONNOLLY JAMES D & MARY JAMES STROUT JOSHUA CLARK

WALDO

YORK

DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR DHI DHIR-AP DHI-AP

H H H J H H H

77.6 28.4 66.2 247.9 52.2 45.2 49.5

26641 1038 3.9 821 3.1 26268 954 3.6 796 3.0 3X 24838 963 3.9 785 3.2 25191 923 3.7 764 3.0 21102 824 3.9 651 3.1 21967 776 3.5 643 2.9 21654 768 3.5 642 3.0 20493 782 3.8 623 3.0 20427 778 3.8 619 3.0 19524 640 3.3 579 3.0 18089 690 3.8 554 3.1 15509 737 4.8 553 3.6 17493 663 3.8 547 3.1 15303 722 4.7 535 3.5 17281 679 3.9 521 3.0

TYPE TEST

HERD OWNER

CHESHIRE

Top 40 Herds For August B R COW E E YEARS D

RHA MILK

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

NEW HAMPSHIRE

WINDYHURST FM PARTNERSHIP DHIR-AP STONEHOLM FARM DHI-APCS STONEWALL FARM DHI-AP SAWYER SHELDON S DHIRAPCS

H H H J

182.4 784.3 24.8 308.8

25846 24157 21334 16545

963 821 765 837

3.7 3.4 3.6 5.1

771 735 644 606

3.0 3.0 3X 3.0 3.7

RITCHIE, GEORGE F. HD2 KEITH DAVID RITCHIE, GEORGE F. HD3 RITCHIE GEORGE F HD 1

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H X A

15.3 211.9 27.2 76.5

23169 19606 16475 15833

726 794 709 586

3.1 4.0 4.3 3.7

738 616 601 526

3.2 3.1 3.6 3.3

KNOXLAND FARM INC FITCH FARM, LLC POMEROY, KEITH E. ALVIRNE SCHOOL FARM

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H

337.1 103.3 78.3 19.6

24662 26252 22886 21252

988 919 835 987

4.0 3.5 3.6 4.6

793 786 706 654

3.2 3.0 3.1 3.1

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H X H

61.3 220.0 62.2 159.2 77.7 14.0 79.5

25747 25697 23572 23751 22904 18866 20439

982 948 926 882 823 816 739

3.8 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.6 4.3 3.6

789 785 725 718 662 641 638

3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.1

BODWELL, H & SONS FERNALD FARM DAIRY, LLC GREAT BAY FARM

DHI-APCS H 245.5 DHI-AP H 179.8 DHI-APCS H 107.1

25226 23776 20309

959 3.8 772 3.1 992 4.2 695 2.9 809 4.0 601 3.0

UNH CREAM UNH RESEARCH HERD SCRUTON'S DAIRY FARM NAUGHTAVEEL FARM

DHI-APCS DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHI-AP

H H H H

29.0 85.1 258.1 108.6

27448 1056 3.8 841 3.1 26059 998 3.8 796 3.1 24482 922 3.8 747 3.1 23752 864 3.6 729 3.1

LECLAIR GARY D. KEITH KIMBALL JOHNSON, JOLYON BOB & SUE FOULKS ECCARDT FARM, INC. MC NAMARA, PATRICK BOB & SUE FOULKS HOLMES, JEFF AND STEVE

DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP

H H H H H H X J

169.8 555.4 37.8 80.0 109.6 180.1 17.7 61.1

25264 23166 24238 22677 22853 21538 19023 17250

GRAFTON

HILLSBORO

MERRIMACK-BELKNAP JONES, MARION & GORDON HIGHWAY VIEW FARM BACHELDER, KEITH MORRILL FARM DAIRY BARTLETT ,A.S.&S.A. GLINES, GEORGE HERD GLINES, GEORGE HERD

ROCKINGHAM

STRAFFORD-CARROLL

SULLIVAN

973 899 916 812 838 868 771 773

3.9 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.5

786 748 710 707 688 675 664 611

3.1 3.2 3X 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.5

3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.2 3.9

765 727 686 684 667 653 646 623 620 581 536 534 529

3.0 3X 3.1 3.1 3X 3.1 3.1 3.1 3X 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.1

VERMONT

ADDISON

DEER VALLEY FARM BLUE-SPRUCE FARM INC FOUR HILL FARMS BINGHAM, WILLIAM AND KIM MIDDLEBROOK FARM INC. M AND J DAIRY THOMAS, BRAD AND JILL PLOUFFE HILL FARM SABOURIN, GERARD & JUDY BLUE-SPRUCE FARM INC RANDALL MUNGER PLOUFFE HILL FARM BARBARA LADUC

H 434.0 H1320.7 H1504.8 H 69.4 H 176.7 H 306.5 H 172.6 H 39.8 H 96.0 A 47.7 X 69.5 X 17.5 H 45.7

25673 23831 22121 21923 21800 21298 20846 20523 20185 18996 16658 15866 17226

921 859 821 841 850 773 776 727 763 719 687 660 676

DHI-AP H 64.1

28101

955 3.4 863 3.1

265.1 77.8 102.2 48.3

21811 20099 19425 15449

819 791 778 630

QUINTIN,ANDRE

DHI-AP H 373.4

26426

930 3.5 796 3.0 3X

KNOXLAND FARM

DHI-AP H 852.7

25710 1009 3.9 815 3.2

CHITTENDEN

TWIN OAKS DAIRY FARM LLC

FRANKLIN

DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

BURT, JASON AND CHRISTINA DHI-AP H FOURNIER INC, RENE & SON DHI-AP X GORT0N,GRANT JOHN DHI-APCS H BERARD, RICHARD DHI-AP X

GRAND ISLE ORANGE

RUTLAND

BOOK BROTHERS MACH FARM, INC. GLEN AND MARTHA HAYWARD GLEN AND MARTHA HAYWARD

WINDSOR

BILLINGS FARM MUSEUM WADE MAXIM

DHI-APCS DHI-APCS DHI-APCS DHI-APCS

3.8 3.9 4.0 4.1

3.8 3.8 3.8 4.3

643 631 603 507

659 654 646 631

2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3

H H H B

118.1 151.3 90.9 14.6

21697 20640 21004 19128

817 789 799 825

3.0 3.2 3.1 3.3

DHIR J DHI-AP J

41.1 70.5

15944 14717

808 5.1 589 3.7 710 4.8 542 3.7

TYPE TEST

HERD OWNER

H H J J H H H

103.6 241.4 215.5 18.4 176.5 115.6 69.0

21974 21617 16693 15828 18961 19445 17658

WHOLEY COW FARM WHOLEY COW FARM BOYDEN BROS. DAIRY ROBERTSON,CHRIS & BOB MT.TOBY FARM

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP

H X H H H

41.0 17.5 91.0 90.6 103.2

26623 1008 3.8 828 3.1 22769 1069 4.7 806 3.5 24951 938 3.8 770 3.1 23089 956 4.1 713 3.1 22244 872 3.9 689 3.1

DHIR DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR

H H H H B H J

61.5 229.6 112.0 104.3 130.3 190.9 93.3

23209 22833 22544 20237 19605 20603 15631

HAMPSHIRE

COOK, GORDON, JR. & HANK LONGVIEW FARM BELDEN, LUTHER A. INC PARSONS, HENRY & EDWARD ALLARDS FARM INC. DEVINE FARM, INC. KOKOSKI, JOHN HD1

918 866 870 842 778 816 834

FAT

% 3 % FAT PRO PRO X

DHIR J 11.0 DHIR-AP H 89.2

15107 16527

747 4.9 572 3.8 676 4.1 520 3.1

POMEROY & SONS PALMER, TERRY MURPHY, TOM

DHI-AP H 71.5 DHI-AP H 152.6 DHIR-AP H 31.3

22260 20363 17735

850 3.8 696 3.1 783 3.8 626 3.1 638 3.6 540 3.0

TULLY FARMS, INC. PICKARD, JAMES & ELEANOR

DHI-AP H 128.1 DHI-AP H 84.4

20188 18472

814 4.0 649 3.2 723 3.9 565 3.1

HERRICK, DAVID SAM RICHARDSON'S DAIRY, INC.

DHI-AP H 94.0 DHI-AP H 164.4

24184 23260

870 3.6 755 3.1 795 3.4 700 3.0

BRISTOL COUNTY

DHI-AP H 19.3

20862

774 3.7 643 3.1

HAMPDEN

MIDDLESEX ESSEX

BRISTOL

RHODE ISLAND

WASHINGTON KENYON, FRANCIS COTTRELL HOMESTEAD

DHI-AP H 62.4 DHI-AP H 15.0

20692 17873

781 3.8 635 3.1 671 3.8 570 3.2

CONNECTICUT

HARTFORD

SMYTHS TRINITY FARM MILLBORNE FARM FUSIEK, D, & COULTER FUSIEK HASTINGS FARM H0USE OF HAYES PERRY, SCOTT COLLINS POWDER HILL FM. COLLINS POWDER HILL FM. MILLBORNE FARM HASTINGS FARM

DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP

H H H H H H X H G J

25.9 22.3 48.8 126.0 75.9 29.0 46.1 37.7 26.6 11.4

22445 21528 21586 20532 19389 19112 16676 17729 16127 14926

829 794 816 803 728 818 715 696 715 714

3.7 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.8 4.3 4.3 3.9 4.4 4.8

685 663 652 638 589 563 548 544 539 532

3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.6

JACQUIER, ROBERT & PETER CHRIS & TODD HANNAN WEIGOLD FARMS LLP FREUND'S FARM, INC. ARETHUSA FARM LLC TANNER T. SUNSET HILL FARM 1, INC. MEADOW RIDGE FARM LLC. JACQUIER, DAVID & MELODY THORN, CLINTON ARETHUSA FARM LLC CARLSON, DOUGLAS J. BIRCH MILL FARM WHITETAIL FARM 1

DHI-APCS DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR

H H H H H H H H H H J H X H

951.9 37.8 88.2 271.2 71.9 147.4 42.3 69.2 414.8 29.0 27.6 62.4 36.6 32.1

27837 23994 23519 22778 22957 20503 20517 20370 18786 18532 16018 16956 16193 16869

974 918 906 820 975 768 759 817 705 798 866 652 627 638

3.5 3.8 3.9 3.6 4.2 3.7 3.7 4.0 3.8 4.3 5.4 3.8 3.9 3.8

830 749 725 699 675 644 618 613 603 600 577 528 507 505

3.0 3X 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.0

DHIR-AP H 155.5 DHIR-AP X 40.5

22622 16347

798 3.5 677 3.0 3X 720 4.4 545 3.3 3X

LITCHFIELD

NEW HAVEN/MIDDLESEX GREENBACKER, C & SNS FM 2 GREENBACKER, C & SNS FM 2

NEW LONDON SPIELMAN FARM RIVER PLAIN DAIRY BLUESLOPE FARM, INC NORMAN, ERNEST R.

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHI-APCS DHI-APCS

H H H H

388.6 51.0 119.0 108.3

21532 20838 18107 16526

861 775 699 616

4.0 3.7 3.9 3.7

690 641 534 517

3.2 3.1 2.9 3.1

BAHLER FARMS INC. BAHLER FARMS INC. UNIV OF CONNECTICUT HYTONE FARM MAPLELEAF FARM, INC SHADOW VALLEY FARM UNIV OF CONNECTICUT SHADOW VALLEY FARM FISH FAMILY FARM

DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-APCS DHI-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP

H H H H H H J X J

958.8 967.7 81.2 256.7 227.6 116.0 25.0 46.9 27.8

25790 24579 25891 22882 22508 19182 16313 17001 14677

932 894 895 898 903 705 786 706 711

3.6 3.6 3.5 3.9 4.0 3.7 4.8 4.2 4.8

786 755 744 722 698 584 581 563 528

3.0 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.6 3.3 3.6

TYLER BROTHERS HD. 2 SAM'S DAIRY SAM'S DAIRY MAY HILL FARM TYLER BROTHERS HD. 2

DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHIR-AP DHI-AP DHIR-AP

H H J H J

110.8 18.9 20.9 139.4 152.4

23195 23344 17077 19584 16504

924 879 864 714 813

4.0 3.8 5.1 3.6 4.9

729 719 633 612 596

3.1 3.1 3.7 3.1 3.6

TOLLAND

WINDHAM

3X 3X 3X

3X

SOFT COLLOIDAL PHOSPHATE CANTON MILLS, INC.

MARTHA & ROBERT KILMER JR DHI-AP FAIRFIELDS DAIRY FARM, LLC DHI-AP HIGH LAWN FARM DHIRAPCS MARTHA & ROBERT KILMER JR DHI-AP ZIEMBA, MICHAEL,MARK & TIM DHI-AP TURNER FARMS, INC. DHI LEGEYT, RICHARD &BETTY DHI-AP

FRANKLIN

889 835 794 748 715 708 736

RHA MILK

COOK, GORDON, JR. & HANK HARTSBROOK FARM

MASSACHUSETTS

BERKSHIRE

B R COW E E YEARS D

4.0 3.9 4.8 4.7 3.8 3.6 4.2

4.0 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.0 4.0 5.3

690 654 591 578 578 558 549

761 702 692 652 650 637 607

3.1 3.0 3.5 3.7 3.0 2.9 3.1

3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.9

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Vocational rehab program offers help to farmers in Irene’s aftermath BURLINGTON, VT — When Tropical Storm Irene ripped through Vermont recently, it left in its wake flooded fields, destroyed crops and extensive damage to farm buildings and homes.

For many farmers, dealing with the aftermath, the storm also brought increased stress, anxiety and uncertainty about where to turn for help.

Rural and Agricultural VocRehab (RAVR) may be the answer. The program, a collaboration between University of Vermont (UVM) Extension and VocRehab Vermont, has

provided services to farmers and rural residents for more than 40 years.

It offers health evaluation, counseling and assistance, including direct financial aid, to people with chronic illness or injury to help them secure employment or adapt their workplace to allow them to continue to work. Counselors also work with individuals overwhelmed by events that they have seen and experienced, providing guidance along with a compassionate ear.

According to Margaret Gilman, a RAVR coun-

selor based in the Rutland office, during this current crisis, RAVR staff are available to touch base with farmers, listen to their concerns and offer professional input. All staff members are experienced in working with farmers and familiar with the types of health problems, stresses and injuries that may occur on farms.

“We also can refer them to other relevant agencies and organizations,” Gilman says. “Or we can make arrangements to return at a more convenient time to offer services

and provide long-term, ongoing assistance.”

RAVR staff will make on-site farm visits to help assess damage and emerging issues and work with other agricultural professionals to develop comprehensive plans for recovery and sustainability. The program also assists farmers and rural citizens with chronic health conditions with worksite and home modifications; equipment adaptations and repair; work-related gear and vo-

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power lines.

The increasing size of farm equipment, particularly grain tanks on combines that have become higher with extensions, allows operators to come perilously close to overhead power lines over entrances to fields.

It is vital to keep equipment safely away from them — a minimum 10foot safety radius around the electric line.

Farm operators, family members, and farm employees are urged to take these measures:

• Use a spotter when moving tall loads near lines.

• Inspect farm equipment for transport height, and determine clearance with any power lines under which the equipment must pass.

• Make sure everyone knows what to do if accidental contact is made with power lines. These accidents are survivable if the right actions are taken.

To learn more about electrical safety visit www.SafeElectricity.org.

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shut down and don't want to talk are the people most likely to be suffering from the negative effects of stress and anxiety. It makes sense to call on us for help.”

RAVR staff are located in UVM Extension offices at three locations statewide. They can be reached in Rutland at 800-281-6977, St. Albans at 800-639-2130 and St. Johnsbury at 800-545-8920. No fees are charged for any services or assistance.

Farm workers urged to be aware of overhead power lines Safe Electricity urges farm operators, family members, and employees to beware of overhead power lines, to keep farm equipment safely away, and to know what to do if accidental contact is made with power lines.

Safe Electricity urges all farm workers to visit www.SafeElectricity.org and watch the video story of farmer Jim Flach, who was fatally injured as he climbed down from his equipment that was in contact with overhead

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cational training.

“Most farmers do not typically call early in a situation,” Gilman notes.

“Instead they often wait and only call when they are frustrated after not finding help on their own for their ongoing health concerns, whether physical pain and limitations or added stress such as occurred with Irene.

“Farmers who do not seem to improve, can't follow through with their plans, always seem at “square one,” and/or

DHI TOP 40 FOR AUGUST NAME

Brd Cows

Milk

FAT %

PRO %

* Denotes Herds Milked 3X

Following is the August\\ 2011 VT DHIA Top 40 herds of 10 or more animals based on protein pounds in each County serviced by VT DHIA and processed through the Dairy Records Management Processing Center, Raleigh, NC during the calendar month. Rolling herd averages will appear on this list for herds which have chosen the option to have their herd average published and the herd has 12 consecutive tests including components for each test.

CONNECTICUT NEW LONDON H H H H H H H H H J J

361 82 103 144 109 30 45 35 34 13 48

26872 1037 3.9 24961 976 3.9 24705 857 3.5 24663 833 3.4 23600 1064 4.5 22659 809 3.6 20102 745 3.7 17499 711 4.1 17756 657 3.7 13074 606 4.6 13170 597 4.5

879 793 775 745 718 704 594 564 542 479 476

HILLSIDE FARM

H

57

19004

767 4

589 3.1

H H H H H J J X H A X

39 90 201 213 25 108 52 19 174 96 76

23039 24748 22848 23025 21622 16317 16906 16721 17934 17720 14808

924 987 853 815 786 814 769 704 676 712 631

761 759 733 722 649 613 596 562 562 560 501

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TOLLAND

WINDHAM

COATNEY HILL FARM 2 HIBBARD HILL FARM FAIRHOLM FARM INC. VALLEYSIDE FARM LLC ROCK MAPLE FARM 1 COATNEY HILL FARM 1 ROCK MAPLE FARM 1 ROCK MAPLE FARM 1 DESJARDINS DORIS KINGSWOOD FARM SELBUORT VALLEY FARM

4 4 3.7 3.5 3.6 5 4.5 4.2 3.8 4 4.3

3.3 * 3.2 3.1 3 3 3.1 3 3.2 3.1 3.7 3.6

3.3 3.1 3.2 3.1 3 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.4

MASSACHUSETTS BERKSHIRE CRICKET CREEK FARM

B

24

8923

FRANKLIN

DARRIDGE FARM HAGER BROS. FARM LLC. DAVID DUPREY KAREN HERZIG GUNN STEVE HAGER BROS. FARM LLC. HUNT FARM CRAIG W. AVERY MAPLEDGE JERSEYS

H 35 H 136 H 60 H 45 H 87 J 15 H 128 J 50 J 37

WORCESTER

CV & MARY L SMITH JR OTTER RIVER FARM LLC JIM & KRISANNE KOEBKE TEMPLETON DEVELOPMENTAL CR WHITTIER FARMS INC. TEMPLETON DEVELOPMENTAL CR CHERRY HILL FARM PETER HAWKES

H 30 H 192 H 80 H 30 H 142 X 27 H 82 J 128

370 4.1

26421 948 3.6 25307 1079 4.3 21257 820 3.9 21566 857 4 20263 816 4 16344 872 5.3 18943 678 3.6 13701 720 5.3 11596 521 4.5 24529 25693 22685 22398 21655 20842 17295 15177

916 865 915 929 846 911 711 743

3.7 3.4 4 4.1 3.9 4.4 4.1 4.9

319 3.6 786 776 660 651 641 590 567 531 415 798 764 713 687 679 646 566 563

3 3.1 * 3.1 3 3.2 3.6 * 3 3.9 3.6 3.3 3 * 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.7

NEW HAMPSHIRE CHESHIRE VINCENT & CAROL MALNATI

H

83

18499

735 4

562 3

H 208

20828

793 3.8

667 3.2

TULLANDO FARM INC. PATCH FAMILY DOUGLAS & DEBORA ERB GRAFTON COUNTY FARM PUTNAM WILLIAM & CYNTHIA CATHARINE MABIE

H 442 H 127 H 75 H 81 H 19 A 10

25757 24938 23269 22622 18705 2993

993 989 933 899 803 105

809 781 726 706 607 84

BOHANAN FARM

H 205

29573 1011 3.4

891 3 *

H 186

30080 1099 3.7

931 3.1 *

H 495 H 34 H 454 X 11 B 18 M 33

24319 23147 20260 19234 16949 17306

COOS

RICHARD & MURIEL MARTIN

GRAFTON

MERRMK-BELKNP

3.9 4 4 4 4.3 3.5

STRAFFORD-CARROLL

ATHMOR HOLSTEINS

SULLIVAN

PUTNAM FARMS INC. JOHN W. LUTHER EDWARD MACGLAFLIN GREGORY & MARCIA CLARK GREGORY & MARCIA CLARK GREGORY & MARCIA CLARK

3.1 * 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.8

894 841 906 825 824 720

3.7 3.6 4.5 4.3 4.9 4.2

745 700 613 589 555 533

3.1 3 3 3.1 3.3 3.1

3.9 3.8 5.4 3.7 3.9

770 755 673 653 589

3.2 3.3 3.9 3 3.2

NEW YORK MONTGOMERY SKIFF-S DAIRY FARM LLC HOBART & CYNTHIA PICKARD HOBART & CYNTHIA PICKARD PETERSHEIM SAMUEL & SADIE JOHN G. KELLETT JR. M. CHARLES EVANS TERRANCE & MICHAEL H0AG SEVEN VIEW FARM SLATEHILL FARM MIKE SWART GEORGE & KATHY CRAFT

H H J H H

71 32 13 84 64

24357 23170 17178 21770 18334

953 884 924 801 712

H

59

24857

933 3.8

764 3.1

H 103

17844

719 4

582 3.3

H 114 H 130 H 70 X 24

20350 20987 20067 16033

796 821 739 627

675 660 608 510

OTSEGO

RENSSELAER SCHOHARIE

3.9 3.9 3.7 3.9

Brd Cows

GEORGE & KATHY CRAFT

Vermont DHIA Country Folks List for the Month Ending August 2011

BERIAH LEWIS FARM INC. JACK TIFFANY JOHN OSGA STEVE SNURKOWSKI CLARK WOODMANSEE III DAVID HYDE GERALD & DEBORAH GRABAREK GARY PISZCZEK REW FARM SANKOW BEAVER BROOK FARM LLC. CATO CORNER FARM

NAME

3.3 3.1 3 3.2

G

34

H H H H H H B J H B G

922 134 154 106 20 79 10 14 83 15 23

WASHINGTON

IDEAL DAIRY FARMS TAYLOR & ALAN HENDERSON WILLIAM LUNDY HOLLISTER BROTHERS GARY & DEBRA MOORE DON DURKEE GARY & DEBRA MOORE GARY & DEBRA MOORE SKIFF FARMS INC. SKIFF FARMS INC. WAYNE FOOTE

Vermont Dairy Herd Improvement Assn., Inc. 226 Holiday Drive Ste. 3 White River Jct, VT 05001-2089 Phone 1-800-639-8067

Milk

FAT %

PRO %

NAME

Brd Cows

Milk

13577

585 4.3

437 3.2

CREAM PAT FITZGERALD CREAM NORDIC HOLSTEINS LLC SHELBURNE FARMS MURRAY THOMPSON PAT FITZGERALD NORDIC HOLSTEINS LLC WAYNE BARR

H 25 H 41 J 15 H 159 B 118 G 34 B 17 H 137 H 31

* Denotes Herds Milked 3X

29106 1121 3.9 23963 950 4 23294 879 3.8 23341 947 4.1 21800 926 4.2 20438 887 4.3 16989 838 4.9 16398 775 4.7 17823 674 3.8 14328 606 4.2 11756 483 4.1

894 743 720 711 688 613 571 569 535 491 369

3.1 * 3.1 3.1 3 3.2 3 3.4 3.5 3 3.4 3.1

ORGANIC MONTGOMERY JOHN G. KELLETT JR.

H

64

18334

712 3.9

589 3.2

20331 15629 9043

765 3.8 653 4.2 427 4.7

623 3.1 530 3.4 299 3.3

H 156

23916

926 3.9

736 3.1

J

17419

729 4.2

605 3.5

29061 27662 27075 27587 25286 27102 26206 24188 25055 25017 25047 23836 24568 24065 23417 22145 22427 21601 22423 23281 21525 21289 21008 20899 21459 20306 19432 17821 19379 20372 19423 19567 16712 17276 18208 17573 15953 13253 13976 11802

1091 1017 1039 1015 996 998 973 876 1026 975 928 946 991 875 869 840 860 784 875 826 798 845 832 837 724 799 792 786 773 783 766 776 713 621 646 631 599 643 552 583

913 868 844 832 824 817 801 773 768 763 762 758 751 746 715 690 681 676 673 671 671 671 668 648 644 633 631 614 611 606 601 578 563 536 530 524 498 462 428 421

RHODE ISLAND KENT KEVIN BREENE KEVIN BREENE THE WOLOOHOJIAN FAMILY

H X G

25 20 10

PROVIDENCE WRIGHT'S DAIRY FARM

WASHINGTON

THE LAPRISE FAMILY

41

VERMONT ADDISON VORSTEVELD FARM WAYNE & JEANNINE PARTRIDGE GOSLIGA FARM INC. KAYHART BROTHERS LLC WOODNOTCH FARMS INC. B DANYOW FARM LLC DAVID RUSSELL TIM & JULIE HOWLETT CHIMNEY POINT FARM L.P FOSTER BROTHERS FARM INC. HATCH FARM INC. CHARLES & BRENDA CHARRON BRACE ALEX & MICHELE MARC & NORRIS BRISSON TERRIER LEE BRIAN & CINDY KAYHART WILCON FARM MILLBORNE FARM JEFF & BRIAN TREADWAY KAYHART FARM INC. ROBERT & SUZANNE HUNT JOHN E. & BILLIE JO C. FORGUES PAT & MELANIE HARRISON ANTHONY & BARBARA CORREIA HANSON STEPHEN & SYLVIA ARTHUR & JOAN HUESTIS HAROLD & ANJE DEGRAAF PAT & MELANIE HARRISON ORR ACRES JEFFREY & OLIVE PHILLIPS FIFIELD JEFF & LISE LESLIE RUBLEE JOHN & LISA ROBERTS SCAPELAND FARM KETTLE TOP FARM SCOTT & MARY PURINTON MARTHA SEIFERT DAVID & MELANIE CARMICHAEL COTA BROTHERS FARM INC. TACONIC END FARM

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H X H H H H H H X H H H H B A H H H J X J

750 112 580 601 291 759 171 518 120 452 571 56 154 814 37 88 436 175 348 201 314 239 48 462 59 313 136 55 99 57 144 72 169 55 22 57 12 49 106 31

RUPERT VALLEY HOLSTEINS LEON CLARK JR KEN LEACH

H 327 H 179 H 68

23768 1033 4.3 20477 819 4 20114 799 4

757 3.2 * 637 3.1 609 3

H H H H H H H H J J H J H H H X J J J X H J J

62 105 113 64 325 175 67 53 428 41 75 151 59 182 52 10 63 74 48 15 55 48 38

24346 22772 23075 19971 22722 22241 21604 19988 16878 16123 18300 15429 19356 18009 17801 17285 15533 14831 14403 15215 17061 12842 11415

916 868 904 831 997 783 867 770 784 806 761 794 779 717 659 778 736 697 755 728 658 572 524

765 725 721 679 675 673 667 651 595 586 584 572 569 565 555 554 538 530 518 503 494 462 397

H

23

22662

979 4.3

BENNINGTON

ROGER & JOY WOOD DOROTHY & ANGELA WILLSON SCOTCH BURN FARM JAMES W. SEYMOUR KEMPTON FARMS INC. DON-SIM FARM KEITH DAY SCOTT LANGMAID LAGGIS BROS. BRIAN NICHOLS PLYN N BEATTIE LUCKY HILL FARM MARY KAY & DENNIS WOOD BILL & JENNIFER NELSON DON LANGMAID BILL & JENNIFER NELSON WILLIAM & GWEN PEARL LING ARTHUR & SHARON DWAYNE & DEBORAH MARCEAU MARY KAY & DENNIS WOOD ROLAND & SHONNA HEATH JR. BRIAN & KATHLEEN SOMERS ERIC BEAN MURRAY THOMPSON

CALEDONIA

CHITTENDEN

3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.6 4.1 3.9 3.7 4 4 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.9 3.5 3.7 4 4 4 3.4 3.9 4.1 4.4 4 3.8 3.9 4 4.3 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.8 4.9 3.9 4.9

3.8 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.4 3.5 4 3.9 4.6 5 4.2 5.1 4 4 3.7 4.5 4.7 4.7 5.2 4.8 3.9 4.5 4.6

3.1 3.1 3.1 3 3.3 3 3.1 3.2 3.1 3 3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3 3.1 3 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.2 3 3.1 3 3.4 3.1 2.9 3 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.6

* * * * * * * * * * *

* * * *

3.1 3.2 3.1 3.4 3 3 * 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.2 3.7 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.3 2.9 3.6 3.5

748 3.3

FAT %

PRO %

23291 22698 18323 19900 17067 17032 17870 19224 19239

941 792 880 722 759 867 720 706 675

716 675 623 606 598 596 594 588 574

H 311 H 235 H 26

24344 24260 21483

897 3.7 997 4.1 813 3.8

DAN & SHAWN GINGUE HOWRIGAN HOME FARM MIKE BENJAMIN WYNN PARADEE BERKSON DAIRY ANDREW & SUSAN BROUILLETTE REAL & MARY LAROCHE BALLARD ACRES LLOYD DIANE & BRADLEY LUMBRA TOM & MARY MACHIA LTD. CARPSDALE FARMS SIMON DEPATIE WRIGHT FAMILY FARM SIZEN DAIRY FARM HAROLD J. & LAWRENCE HOWRIGAN DANIEL & KAREN FORTIN WARREN HULL & SONS M. D. HOWRIGAN INC. & SON PAUL & RAMONE & DANIEL COUTURE J. & MACCAUSLAND S. WOLCOTT HOWRIGAN HJ & A & LAWRENCE BEN WILLIAMS GARY & CRAIG TINKER BEN WILLIAMS PAUL-LIN DAIRY PARADEE DORA & BRAD CALLAN PAUL & ANITA MACADAMS DENIS RAINVILLE NEWTON FARMS INC. GARRY & EILEEN TRUDELL KIRT WESTCOM NEIL H. & JOANNE W. DOANE FLEURYS MAPLE HILL FARM WALTER & DIANE BERTHIAUME GARY HANNA

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H J H H J X J H H H H H H J J X J

550 247 558 35 95 81 257 223 131 187 75 121 537 146 283 85 98 252 131 23 244 46 126 34 32 76 40 122 86 124 114 90 33 45 87

26800 1091 4.1 25314 927 3.7 25296 1041 4.1 24386 839 3.4 23566 894 3.8 24272 926 3.8 23696 890 3.8 23221 884 3.8 23503 904 3.8 22372 867 3.9 21239 815 3.8 23020 870 3.8 21559 842 3.9 22578 1176 5.2 21004 860 4.1 21155 794 3.8 20925 815 3.9 21891 957 4.4 20778 809 3.9 16932 783 4.6 19891 755 3.8 19735 766 3.9 17360 836 4.8 17466 729 4.2 15224 728 4.8 16183 646 4 16466 608 3.7 16528 627 3.8 19649 655 3.3 14658 560 3.8 12751 495 3.9 10450 488 4.7 10799 479 4.4 11370 468 4.1 8789 413 4.7

815 806 776 750 737 737 726 724 723 692 690 687 682 680 652 648 643 640 630 628 617 603 602 578 553 513 503 500 491 425 389 381 374 371 316

J & M LADD FAMILIES FARM

H

74

19288

649 3.4

569 3

H J H

38 89 30

22256 14918 18215

902 4.1 733 4.9 710 3.9

680 3.1 555 3.7 549 3

ROUTHIER & SONS AUBURN STAR FARM STEPHEN & CARLA RUSSO

ESSEX

FRANKLIN

GRAND ISLE

ARTHUR & LARRY MORRILL LES & CLAIRE PIKE DEBORA WICKART

LAMOILLE

ORANGE

WALTER & MARGARET GLADSTONE WHITE FARM ROBERT & MELANIE SWENSON PINELLO FARM SILLOWAY FARMS HARKDALE FARM INC. VERMONT TECH COLLEGE DAVID P. DAVOLL KENNETH & LISA PRESTON THYGESEN KYLE & JENNIFER PEASE FAMILY FARM & SHIRLEY PEASE TIM & JANET ANGELL THYGESEN KYLE & JENNIFER ROBERT J HOWE OUGHTA-BE-FARM LLP ROBERT & LINDA DIMMICK HARKDALE FARM INC. JEFFREY & BETH BAILEY ALLENVILLE FARM WARREN PRESTON FARM 1 ROBERT J HOWE ANTHONY & CHRISTINE BROWN JOSEPH O. ANGELL RAY E. CHURCHILL THOMAS & REBECCA LOFTUS OUGHTA-BE-FARM LLP DAVID CHILDS L.JR. & GORDON HUNTINGTON DUANE & DALE WILLIAMS LLOYD & JASON BAKER M. GARY MULLEN DEAN & TERRI CONANT CHESTER & SCHEINDEL ABBOT DEAN & TERRI CONANT STEVEN SMITH JAMES WILLIAMS BRANDON BUCOSSI STEVEN & LINDA SMALL THEODORE & LINDA HOYT CRAIG RUSSELL

H 1180 H 118 H 47 H 248 H 71 H 61 H 95 H 37 H 53 H 42 H 72 J 57 X 12 H 29 J 18 H 64 J 81 H 47 H 83 H 89 J 13 J 39 J 43 J 18 J 44 J 47 J 48 A 61 H 36 J 67 X 22 A 62 X 58 X 11 H 40 X 30 J 46 J 46 A 51 X 82

* Denotes Herds Milked 3X

4 3.5 4.8 3.6 4.4 5.1 4 3.7 3.5

3.1 3 3.4 3 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 3

759 3.1 743 3.1 674 3.1 3 * 3.2 3.1 * 3.1 3.1 3 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3 3.2 * 3 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 3 3.7 3.1 3.1 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.1 3 2.5 2.9 3.1 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.6

26106 1014 3.9 25744 962 3.7 25697 1027 4 24821 944 3.8 24560 920 3.7 21715 911 4.2 21598 896 4.1 20917 775 3.7 19704 667 3.4 20469 783 3.8 19442 722 3.7 16754 789 4.7 18257 775 4.2 19567 780 4 17489 783 4.5 18893 759 4 15418 812 5.3 18353 721 3.9 18951 726 3.8 17692 641 3.6 15180 739 4.9 15795 753 4.8 14976 726 4.8 14406 663 4.6 14553 677 4.7 14803 710 4.8 14006 662 4.7 16051 680 4.2 17092 618 3.6 13408 670 5 15552 640 4.1 15690 647 4.1 13977 653 4.7 13859 674 4.9 15874 555 3.5 14853 589 4 11871 542 4.6 11716 536 4.6 13085 519 4 13217 530 4

820 818 781 771 739 713 695 670 640 633 608 600 594 594 581 577 576 570 561 557 556 547 537 529 527 520 519 516 498 498 496 488 475 474 472 467 414 404 400 399

3.1 * 3.2 3 3.1 3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.3 3 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.1 3 3.1 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.2 2.9 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.4 3 3.1 3.5 3.4 3.1 3

25181 24623 22727 23372 22909 22333 21147

779 721 719 718 706 698 662

3.1 * 2.9 * 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 * 3.1

ORLEANS FAIRMONT DAIRY LLC J DENIS & CLAIRE MICHAUD VERNON & MARY JUDITH HURD WILLARD & TED TAFT AARON & CHANTALE NADEAU NEIGHBORHOOD FARM WEBSTER DANIEL & MEGAN

H H H H H H H

382 451 48 400 167 805 74

924 903 906 913 859 878 811

3.7 3.7 4 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.8

Biotech acres continue to grow globally As demand for corn and other crops continues to grow, farmers are meeting the challenge through the use of biotech crop varieties.

Producing higher yields

and alleviating stressors, the scientifically designed crops are growing in popularity the world over as farmers see firsthand their many advantages.

“Biotechnology has helped me produce more corn more consistently,” said South Dakota farmer Chad Blindauer, chair of the National Corn Growers

Association’s Trade Policy and Biotechnology Action Team. “It has helped me become a better farmer, a more efficient farmer, and I believe that is why we’ve

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Brd Cows

BRUCE & LAURIE PERRON PADDLEBRIDGE HOLSTEINS GARY & GAIL LYMAN BRIAN & CYNTHIA DANE JACQUES COUTURE JOHN & DEANNA BROE ANDY ANDREWS JOHN & DEANNA BROE PAMELA HELENEK JACK & ANNE LAZOR JOHN & DEANNA BROE LAURENCE LUMSDEN & FAMILY WAYNE SR. DONCASTER LAINI FONDILLER

H H H H H X H H J J J H J A

WOOD LAWN FARMS INC. RICHARD SHELDON CASH & KAREN RUANE BARTHOLOMEW BROS. HERD 1 PAUL & KARI LUSSIER CASH & KAREN RUANE JOESPH & OR UNA MORRISSETTE BARTHOLOMEW BROS. HERD 1 CLIFTON & D.R. CRESSY PARKER DAVID & MICHELE GERRY & DIANE COLVIN SHAUN YOUNG SHAUN YOUNG MCCULLOUGH BURTON & SON

43 47 71 95 61 35 79 19 26 51 25 58 50 41

RUTLAND H H H H H X H A H H J H X H

170 173 65 105 145 10 29 38 28 90 34 38 25 35

Milk

FAT %

PRO %

NAME

Brd Cows

21244 19255 18876 18594 18295 16100 17847 17194 14241 12712 12409 14557 10653 1942

836 762 726 685 704 717 653 632 676 644 604 526 484 76

3.9 4 3.8 3.7 3.8 4.5 3.7 3.7 4.7 5.1 4.9 3.6 4.5 3.9

633 594 589 583 554 546 525 523 507 456 444 424 373 56

3 3.1 3.1 3.1 3 3.4 2.9 3 3.6 3.6 3.6 2.9 3.5 2.9

GEORGE CARPENTER JR. VONTRAPP FARMSTEAD SHARON PECK

H X D

22991 22514 20953 20368 18192 15213 16166 15283 16832 15335 11852 15434 13947 13650

899 898 735 803 595 634 618 641 630 579 586 601 585 531

3.9 4 3.5 3.9 3.3 4.2 3.8 4.2 3.7 3.8 4.9 3.9 4.2 3.9

737 665 626 625 524 507 489 487 485 478 450 447 439 430

3.2 3 * 3 3.1 2.9 * 3.3 3 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.8 2.9 3.1 3.2

26377 1038 3.9 24470 912 3.7 23598 745 3.2 19324 864 4.5 19669 758 3.9 19546 750 3.8 20084 792 3.9 16275 803 4.9 19146 691 3.6 17737 731 4.1 18311 715 3.9 17157 705 4.1 17090 664 3.9 16273 629 3.9 14420 806 5.6 14857 642 4.3 12216 544 4.5

806 770 732 672 643 634 625 612 575 562 559 555 527 511 475 468 435

3.1 * 3.1 * 3.1 3.5 * 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.8 3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.6

* Denotes Herds Milked 3X

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Pakistan (6 million), South Africa (5 million) and Uruguay (3 million).

While the United States has been a leading adopter of biotech crops — reaching 94 percent of soybeans, 90 percent of cotton and 88 percent of corn acres this year — other countries, including Brazil, are expediting approvals of biotech crops. Brazil approved eight traits in 2010 alone, including approving one before the United States.

“While U.S. farmers have led the way in adopting biotech crops, it’s safe to say other countries and regions are catching up,” Blindauer said. “As more people understand firsthand the benefits of biotechnology, we’ll only see that accelerate. This will make it important for more countries to have sound regulatory systems in place to help ensure a reliable flow of grain, feed and food to those around the world who need it.”

Source: NCGA News of the Day, Tuesday, Aug. 23

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seen biotech crops adopted at such a rapid rate not only here in the United States, but in a couple dozen countries around the world.”

In 2010, just 15 years after the first biotech crops were commercialized, farmers in 29 countries planted and produced biotech crops on 366 million acres, according to a report published earlier this year by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications.

Growth remains strong, with biotech acreage increasing by 34.6 million acres, or roughly 10 percent, between 2009 and 2010 according to ISAAA report author Clive James.

He explained that this was the second highest annual acreage growth ever for biotech crops.

The report noted that the United States leads the way in acres planted at 165 million in 2010, followed by Brazil (63 million), Argentina (57 million), India (23 million), Canada (22 million), China (9 million), Paraguay (6 million),

Fellowship of Christian Farmers Editor’s Comments

Storm Warnings I’m writing this column on Monday, Aug. 29, the day after Hurricane Irene traveled up the East Coast raising havoc with everything in it’s path. As all the media focused on the storm and possible dangers associated with it, the images in our minds of the approaching storm were of fear and uncertainty.

Would the storm strike us? How much rain would fall? How about flooding?

Power outages? The list goes on.

Well, we know the answers to the above concerns. We, in Central New York, escaped with some flooding in low

lying areas, but didn’t experience a great deal of loss. Other areas, especially in the Schoharie County region did not fare as well. I just got off the phone with Pastor Jim Woolford, pastor of Gallupville Gospel Church in Schoharie, a good friend and one who has helped FCFI many times at farm shows. His report was not good. Farmers barely escaped as flood waters came into their barns while the farmers were milking. One farmer lost 80 cows. Many have lost all their crops in fields. They’ll have no feed for their animals this winter. FCFI will be organizing work mis-

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FCFI at Empire Farm Days

sion trips ASAP to help where needed. If you’d like to help, please contact me at 315-736-5864. I was working in Maine and Connecticut the previous week and got home safely early Saturday morning, just before we felt the storm. Please keep the folks in the devastated areas in your prayers and consider how you may help.

This storm and its aftermath will disappear, although it might take years for some to recover, but there is another one on the horizon. It’s the moral decay that is destroying our great country.

When working shows, especially fairs, for FCFI, it is becoming more and more evident that the moral fabric is being destroyed right before our very eyes.

From the way young ladies dress, yes, even some mature ones, to the language people use and the disrespect for any-

thing good and moral, it’s no wonder our country is in the shape we find ourselves. But there is hope and that’s where we, as Christians and members of FCFI come in. We need to continue sharing the good news of Jesus Christ.

Most are willing to listen. The storm clouds are rising; let’s continue to sound the warning. Jesus Christ and a relationship with him will calm the storms both in our own lives and in our country.

Philosopher Edmund Burke once said, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.”

It’s no time to sit idly by and do nothing. The folks in Schoharie County need us. Our country needs to stand up and be counted.

Remember to give Him thanks in all things, Bill Brown

The FCFI tent at Empire Farm Days remained busy all three days of the show with over 2,000 stopping by to hear the message. FCFI workers are (L-R) Josiah Gant, with an armful of sticksto refill display cans; Charlie Jones, from Gallupville Gospel Church in Schoharie County sharing with a group and Brittany Gant, part-time secretary for the northeast office of FCFI in Marcy, NY, explaining the wonderful message of forgiveness to a show attendee.

Bill Brown continued to spread the message at Empire Farm Days.

Mission trip to Albania 2012

It takes lots of work to prepare walking sticks for all the shows where FCFI exhibits.

Shown working hard at Empire Farm Days are (L-R) Caleb Blair, Uriah Portner, Josiah Daniels and Josh Gant from Friendship Baptist Church in Rome, NY.

The Fellowship of Christian Farmers International will once again sponsor a mission trip to Albania in the winter of 2012. FCFI continues to make mission trips available, both domestic and to foreign countries, for those who feel they would like to expand their service. George and Julie Holmes from Trumansburg, NY, will host their 18th FCFI trip to Albania.

Two mission groups are available for those interested in joining the Holmes.

Each group is scheduled for two weeks in duration, with one in January and the other in February. Anyone going to Albania will be involved with assisting at two children’s meetings, helping with Bible studies, packing seeds, visiting orphaned babies in the hospital, helping at an English school, visiting full-time missionaries to encourage them, and sharing your faith with the Albanian people. You will also be involved in handing out reading glasses and seed packets to individual homes and schools.

At the end of the trip, you will have time to visit historical sights and a couple of farming villages before heading home. If this sounds challenging, please contact us at 607-387-6538. We’d love to have you join us.

Fellowship of Christian Farmers Farm show report The purpose of the Fellowship of Christian Farmers International is “To build, maintain and strengthen faith for the farmer, farm family and rural community by presenting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.” We, in the Northeast, have carried that message this summer from Clinton, ME, to Buffalo, NY, from Brooklyn, CT to Batavia, NY, from Dannsville, NY, to Owego, from Lockport to Seneca Falls, NY, and from Hebron, CT, to Mohawk and Vernon Center, NY, all the while keeping our goal of sharing Christ’s love with as many as possible. And we’re not done yet! The fall schedule will find us in Ontario, Canada, Lowville, NY, and then we head to Moultrie, GA, for the largest outdoor farm show in the south. We also have several mission trips scheduled from the storm ravaged Schoharie County in New York to a possible work trip to Vermont and then to two trips to Florida. I include the mission trips

because they, as well, give us opportunity to show Christ’s love in a very practical way. James 2:17&18 “Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.”

We have had around 7,000 people stop by our tents this summer, with the largest shows still on the schedule. The International Plowing Match in Ontario, Canada and the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Georgia will see over 20,000 visit our tents. Around 350 have already made Christ their savior and hundreds of others have been challenged to consider where they will spend eternity. God only knows how many will reconsider this powerful question.

“If you died today, are you sure Heaven will be your home?” It’s a question we all need to answer.

FCFI traveled to the Maine State Farm Show in Clinton, Maine in August. Chuck Anken is shown with three young people. Twenty-five people made the all important decision to accept Christ as their savior at the show.

Mission trip opportunities The Fellowship of Christian Farmers International is sponsoring two mission trips to Florida in late October and early November.

The mission trip to Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO) in Fort Myers, FL, is scheduled for Oct. 29 to Nov. 5 and the mission trip to Reality Ranch Ministries, Zolfo Springs, FL, will take place from Nov. 6-12.

ECHO work projects include machine repair; fence building; plumbing, electrical and outside repairs; cleanup, chain saw, clearing farm land; irrigation repairs, ditch digging; landscaping, mulching, trimming; planting and harvesting; general maintenance, power washing and cleaning; seed bank, packaging seeds; and making jellies and jams. The cost for the trip is $320 per person from Fort Myers, FL, which includes food and lodging at the Lehigh Resort Club in Lehigh Acres, FL. For more information on this mission trip, contact Bill and Kathy Brown at 315-736-5964 or 315-749-6823. For more information about ECHO, visit www.echonet.org.

Work projects planned for the Reality Ranch Ministries trip include work on Pastor Randy Johnson’s home, building a new pole building and many smaller

maintenance jobs including painting, pressure washing, and fence building.

The cost for the trip is $320 per person from Orlando, FL, and includes food, lodging and some cost of materials for construction projects.

Reality Ministries Inc. is a non-profit corporation, founded on June 12, 1980.

The ministry’s founder and president, Randy Johnson, easily relates to the cowboy life, having spent years doing ranch work and being involved in Rodeo.

Injured in a diving accident that rendered him quadriplegic, Randy committed his life to Christ, Aug, 28, 1975. He then became dedicated to sharing the Gospel. He is an ordained minister. He provides “Cowboy Church” before the rodeo begins for the contestants, workers, rodeo fans and anyone else who wants to attend. You don’t have to be a Cowboy to come!

Some of you might remember Pastor Randy, he was keynote speaker at the 1996 FCFI Conference in New York.

For more information on this mission trip, contact Ron and Deb Herrold at 219-916-3535 or 219-916-3994, or Bill and Kathy Brown, 315-736-5964 or 315-749-6823. For more information on Reality Ranch Ministries, visit www.realityranchministries.org.

Chris Dearborn from Olcott Bible Church in Olcott, NY, shares the bead story at Niagara County Fair in Lockport, NY. The church has partnered with FCFI and has successfully exhibited at the fair for the last six years with great results. This year 106 people committed their lives to Christ at the Fair.

New York FCFI members win top environmental award

New York’s highest environmental honor, the Agricultural Environmental Management Award, was presented to Porterdale Farms of Adams Center, NY, on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The three generation dairying family and sponsoring Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District received the award from New York State Agricultural Commissioner Darrel J. Aubertine during the Agricultural Leadership Luncheon at Empire Farm Days near Seneca Falls, NY. What began in 1938 as Glenn and Ruth Porter started farming 35 dairy cows, leaped to 150 cows by 1958 after son, David, and wife, Judy, took over the farm.

Porterdale Farms leaped again as the next generation — Ron and wife, Mary, and Greg and wife, Lisa, — took charge. Today, the farm milks 1,750 cows and manages 5,000 acres with 36 employees.

This 18th annual AEM award bolsters public awareness of exceptional farmer efforts in preserving the environment. It’s jointly sponsored by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Empire State Potato Growers and American Agriculturist.

“As one of the first thousand-cow dairies in the state, Porterdale Farms has had a lifelong commitment to being good stewards of the land — a practice and belief that dates back long before state requirements for large livestock farms came about,” Aubertine said.

The Porters are actively involved with the Fellowship of Christian Farmers International, with Dave serving on the international board of directors. John Vogel, editor of American Agriculturist, added the following, “Their faith, belief in family, plus a good team of employees and advisors has been the foundation of their success.”

Source: American Agriculturist

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On right, Josh Gant explains the bead story at the 25th Annual Antique Truck Show held Aug. 6 and 7 in Batavia, NY.

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Harvest Worksheet from the Fields and Crops Manager Software Program

The Dairy One Improver Agricultural Management Resources Group Welcomes New Staff Member Specializing in Feedwatch Support The Agricultural Management Resources (AMR) group at Dairy One is pleased to announce the addition of Kevin Streeter to the staff as an Applications Support Specialist. Kevin grew up on a custom heifer-raising operation in central New York and graduated from Cornell University in 2005 with a B.S. in Animal Science. While in school, Kevin worked as a herdsman and an AI technician.

Since graduation, Kevin worked as a nutritionist for a feed company in Vermont and for a veterinary school in the Caribbean. For the past two and a half years, Kevin worked as a nutritionist, and he is also part-owner of his family farm with 60 cows that are milked with a Lely Robotic Milker. He also raises heifers on his farm, with 200 head on feed.

As Applications Support Specialist for the AMR group, Kevin will be supporting Feedwatch, with a focus on feeding and feed management. He is currently traveling and meeting current Feedwatch customers. If you have any questions, please contact Kevin by phone at 800.496.3344, ext. 2188 or by e-mail at kevin.streeter@dairyone.com.

This worksheet is printed from Fields and Crops Manager and is meant to be kept in the chopper to make it easy for the operator to record the number of loads from each field. From this sheet, it is easy to key the number of loads with an average weight for each field.

Using your scales and frequently sampling for percent dry matter would be best, but absent the scales, you can use the table below to estimate the forage dry matter you are taking off each field.

Average Silage Dry Matter Density on Wagons Weighed at the University of Wisconsin Marshfield Ag Research Station

Students Visit Farm to Learn About Agriculture On June 1, 2011, a group of 6th graders from Odessa Montour school district visited Bergen Farms in Odessa, New York. Representatives from Dairy One, DMS, CIDEC, Cornell, and the farm were on hand to describe their jobs, educational experience, and the relation of their jobs to agriculture. Students toured the farm and learned about the milking parlor and milk storage, nutrition, herd reproduction, veterinary services, manure handling and storage, soil sampling, machinery, and other components of running a large-scale dairy operation.

Use this harvest information, along with previous years' information, with your crop consultant to begin working on next year's strategy. Begin with what you have, and then work towards acquiring a yield monitor.

Strongly consider a yield monitor for your next chopper. This information is much more valuable than just reinforcing where your fields need tile. Your geospacial harvest information, overlaid on field information, such as electroconductivity maps, is valuable for creating and evaluating subfield management sections, as well as adjusting your variable seed planting and fertilizer rates.

Increasingly, your crop consultants will be asking you for this information to help you enter your next phase of increasing yields.

PREPAY NOW…SAVE LATER! This is a great year to consider participating in Dairy One’s prepay program. You can realize tax advantages, save money on your testing bill, and eliminate the inconvenience of paying on test day. Each year, Dairy One members of all herd sizes take advantage of this popular program. Look for information coming soon, or call 800-344-2697, ext 2159.

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INDUSTRIAL MF 60H 4wd ldr backhoe; Hydra-Mac 2650 SSL; Vermeer V4550A & V450 dsl trenchers - both like new; Skylift mini-derrick w/post hole digger & bucket; JD 1010 & 2010 Dozers; Wood Miizer LT30 bandsaw mill; Excavators; NH LS140 w/cab; Bobcat 553 w/cab-400 hrs!; skid steers; backhoes, stone rakes; ‘02 Johnson 4000 sweeper w/5.9 Cummins; (2) Razorback diesel power trowels; Bobcat 4x4 dsl Utility vehicle w/cab; ZM 7ft snowpusher (4) new 23.5-25 tires & more!!!

TURF EQUIPT. Toro Multipro 5500 sprayer; Toro 2300 topdresser; Salsco greens roller; JD 3215A Fairway mower; 5 JD 180B greens mowers; Near new JD 1000 Aerocore aerator; JD 1545 mower w/cab & snowblower; Ferris IS300; CC Zforce; 5 walk behind commercial mowers; 10 lawn tractors; plus more coming in!

FARM EQUIPT. NH 1895 SP forage harvester 4wd w/Cat 3306 eng low hrs; Kelly-Ryan Ag Bagger; JD 556 round baler; Krone KR160 round baler; Welger Mastercut round baler; Super sharp NH 311 baler; Sharp NH 1465 haybine; JD 630 discbine-like new; Nice Case IH 8309 discbine; JD 820 MoCo; NI 5209; Kuhn 3pt disc mwr; 2 NH bale wagons; Kuhn GT300 rotary rake; NH 256 & 56 rakes; IH 35 rake; rakes; Bushwacker 15ft batwing; Case IH round bale processor; Brillion 25ft cultimulcher; Excellent Great Plains No-Till drill; JD 8250 21x7 drill; 20 new radial tractor tires including 28-30-34-38-42 inch sizes; All kinds of farm equipment as usual including tillage; hay equipment; mowers; rakes; balers; loaders; snowblowers; Woods ditchbank mower; JD 12’ Heavy disc; JD 213 grain head; Oliver 2x rollover plow; lots of 3pt eq; 2 complete farm estate sales; we will be full! Plus more coming daily!!!

ANTIQUE TRACTORS: Approx 1pm; Great antique lineup featuring a gorgeous local Oliver and MH collection. Completely original set of Oliver Super 66 gas; Super 66 diesel; Super 77 gas and Super 77 diesel - all 4 tractors completely original with perfect sheet metal - a once in a lifetime opportunity!; Plus an Oliver Super 55 w/ an absolutely perfect restoration; From same collection; MH Pony; MH Pacer w/ original MH tires; MH Colt and Mustang - both all original w/ WF & 3pt; MH 44 Special WF & 3pt all original; Hudson Valley collection including Fordson tractor with original plow, original canvas cover and all manuals plus 2 nice Ford 9Ns, JD rollover plow; NOS Wards plow; JD hiller; Hoover potato digger and Hoover potato planter-both never rained on!

1927 Ford Model T touring car; all from same Hudson Valley farm; Ford 8N w/ flathead V8 - beautiful! Rare MM BG offset; MM V w/ cultivators; MM Twin City KTA on steel - all original; Sharp original 1947 Cat D2 dozer - 1800 orig hrs!; Rare 1940 Caterpillar R5 (less than 50 made! S/N3R28SP); 1939 Cat D2 tailseat orchard S/N5J338SP; Cat R2 gas; Rare Lombardini Castoro diesel vineyard crawler w/ blade-very low hours; Rare Schmiedag diesel crawler with original German paperwork; Sharp all original JD Lindeman crawler very early flatback S/N 330887; (2) other good original JD BO Lindeman crawlers; Rare early JD MC w/Lindeman undercarriage-one of 10 built; JD 620LP; JD 730 diesel; 1939 JD BNH-totally original; 1939 JD H w/ original paint and tires-NICE !! JD GP on steel; JD 50 LP gas; JD LI original w/mower; JD H; JD MT w/ cultivators-very low hours; Oliver 80 industrial; Jacobsen G10; 1973 Chevy C10 pickup with factory 454/automatic-40,000 mi from Kansas - completely original from Jims collection - WOW!! Rare Military IH I-9; Rare Pampa Lanz I cyl hot bulb tractor from Argentina - totally original; Rare IH Farmall Super FCC w/ 3pt Made in France - Sharp original; Farmall 450 diesel; Rare Mercury “The Trackless Train” 3 wheel warehouse tractor; Rare Cockshutt 35 Wheatland; MH Pacemaker; MH 101; 1980 GMC John Deere service truck; AC B & C both restored; 1960’s Harley Davidson golf cart; 10 antique lawn mowers; Plus many more tractors coming in!!

HIT & MISS ENGINES; Approx 1pm; Great hit and miss engine collection featuring a rare 1 3/4 hp Stickney; an IH 1hp Mogul; IH 2 1/2hp Mogul; 2hp Fairbanks upright; Original 1 hp Brownwall; 1hp Emerson-Brantingham; Gilson “Goes Like Sixty” 1hp; Aermotor; Restored Airway 4hp; Associated ChoreBoy 1 3/4 hp-Restored; Cushman upright; Majestic 1 1/2 hp; Rare 7hp Ruston Hornsby; 1930 Lister diesel; 4hp Lister Ball Top; Petter 1hp Apple Top w/ pump; Ruston Hornsby upright diesel; New Idea; DeLaval 3 1/2 hp; Hercules 1 1/2 hp & 3hp; Economy 1 1/2 hp; Meco 4hp-restored; HVID 8hp diesel; 1 1/3 hp Sandow; Caile Perfection 1hp upright; IH LB w/ radiator-original; JD LUC-NOS never run!; Rare Harley-Davidson stationary engine; over 50 engines total! Many ANTIQUES, SIGNS ETC incl. antique implements plows; discs; corn shellers; grinders; Porcelain & other farm signs including Esso; Kendall; Surge; Large “IH Farmall Tractors” plus several more; 1917 Dowagiac one horse drill; Coffee grinders; Cider press; 1920’s Westinghouse Range NOS!; 100yr old telephone switchboard; MH disc plow; 1890 Oliver plow-orig; NI & Oliver Literature racks; toys; + more!

TERMS; Cash or good check. Full payment day of auction. List is subject to change. All items sold “as is.” Selling w/ 2 Auctioneers bring a friend.

Consignments taken ‘til 5pm Friday, Sept. 23rd. Major items onsite by Friday Sept 16 will be on internet auction. Five percent buyer’s premium for internet buyers only.

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Forage Harvest, Preservation and Feedout Economics

by Dr. Tim Snyder, Nutrition Manager, Renaissance Nutrition, Inc. Are you maximizing milk production from forage? Do you know what your feed shrink is costing with higher priced grain and forage? Could you use $320 / cow / year more income from forage management improvements?

Forage Quality Value A complete listing of feed prices and relative values for use in replacement purchase of shrinklost forage or grain is updated monthly at www.das.psu.edu/research-extension /dairy/pdf/feedprices.pd f/view.

Corn Silage is listed at $36 /ton in the August Penn State survey. An often used rule of thumb for corn silage is 8 times the corn bushel price; at $7.50 that would be $60 /ton. A more thorough Penn State price estimator puts the negotiation range for 2011 standing corn for corn silage at $55 to $65/ton using 150 bu/acre grain (20 ton/acre silage) at $7.50/bu corn. We've heard numerous locations reporting $60+ /ton for corn silage this season. CS with low grain content is worth less, however Digestibility of forage fiber and starch (in corn silage) drives milk production. Using the University of Wisconsin (UW) Milk 2006 software, a BMR corn silage with a 70% 30 hour NDFD and 30% starch yields 90 lbs more milk per ton and 650 more lbs more milk per acre (at a 20 ton yield) than a conventional corn silage with 60% NDFD and 35% starch. The Professional Dairy Managers of PA (PDMP) provide yearly summaries, including Milk 2006 valuations, of 100+ varieties of corn silage every November after harvest at www.pdmp.org/10corn_s ilage_data.htm. Compare

and select varieties that meet your nutritional and agronomic needs for maximum income.

Storage and feedout losses Bolsen (KS 1993) reported bunker silo losses of 10-15% in the top foot, 4-6% in the next 2 feet from the top of bunkers and 9% overall, after 6 months storage if immediately covered with plastic. Losses increased to 22% and 10% if covering was delayed 7 days; and to 62% and 35% in the top and 2nd foot from the top if left uncovered.

Bolton and Holmes (UW 2009) summarized numerous studies and noted that nothing compares to plastic and touching tires to minimize silage losses. More recently introduced oxygen-barrierplastic silo covers have dropped surface and top spoilage dramatically.

These require an additional plastic cover and a weighting method for complete protection. A reusable, automated liquid-filled-bladder cover system has been in use in Europe for several years and has recently been introduced in the U.S. Silage packing density greatly influences storage losses, and lower density results in greater losses found near the top of bunkers. Griswold (PA 2009) determined density and dry matter were related to losses. He reported 13 to 15 lb / cu ft of DM density with DM of 31 to 39% kept loss under 4% in their trial. They reported silage densities (and loss) of 17.8 # (lost 5.4%), 16.8# (lost 4.1%) and 13.5 #/cu ft. (loss 10.3%) at 2, 5 and 7 ft from the floor of a bunker silo. Craig (PA 2009) sampled 113 bunkers at 57 PA farms over 5 years and found average density of the forage was 15.5 lbs/cu ft in the bottomcenter and 11.2 in the top-center. Sides were lower than the center. Average bunker densities

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ranged from 8.2 to 16.8 lbs DM / cu ft. Only 29% of bunkers sampled had an average density over their target 14 lbs DM / cu ft. They cited 1995 research by Ruppel showing losses that approached 20% when silage density was less than 14 lbs DM/ cu ft.

The University of Wisconsin (UW) has numerous articles and spreadsheets that cover topics related to forage storage available at www.uwex. edu/ces/crops/uwforage/storage.htm. Holmes (UW 2005) in the Average Density of Silage in Storage spreadsheet allows you to safely determine your feed out rate and density, by noting feedout disappearance from various size storages. To improve results next season, Holmes's (UW 2011) Bunk Density Calculator spreadsheet provides information on how thick packing layers should be, and what tractor weight is needed depending on the rate of bunker filling and time spent packing to achieve their recommended density of greater than 15# DM/cu ft.

Changing from a 10 in. to a 5 in. packing layer can increase packing density by 3 - 5 lbs/cu ft.

Bolton and Holmes (UW 2009) graphed silage feedout losses showing a 3 inch removal rate at 15 lb/cu ft. packing density resulted in a 3.5% loss, but at a 10 lb. density, loss increased to 7%. At a 9 inch removal rate and 15 lb. density loss was 1.5%, but at the 10 lb. density loss was 3%.

They recommend never removing less than 6 inches per day.

Summary Good management can limit combined harvest, storage and feedout losses to 10-15%. Poor management can result in combined losses up to 60 to 75%. Be aware that the losses are the most digestible nutrients. Less digestible nutrients remain, resulting in poorer quality forage. Muck (2009) stresses the best use of inoculants is in combination with good

silage management.

Keeping the feedout face tight and smooth and only removing as much silage as will be fed in 12 hours will minimize heating & spoilage. Bolton and Homes (UW 2009) recommend use of several smaller silos to fill, pack and cover each more quickly. If forage is coming in rapidly, by filling and packing 2 bunkers simultaneously you can use more packing tractors, with less interference. They note benefits of north-south bunker orientation (to minimize snow accumulation) and open end bunkers to increase management flexibility.

Also, a deeper pile (8 ft or more) reduces surface area to volume with a 12 x 50 x 365 bunker at 10% loss losing about 20 tons less than an 8 x 75 x 365 ft bunker.

It's important to calculate forage and feed inventory in the fall and make any purchases

when supplies are available and generally lower priced. Using the UW density and sizing calculators or worksheets from the Crop Storage Institute (www.crop storage.com) will allow you to plan ahead for this year's needs. Holmes's (UW 2011) newest spreadsheet on Determining Value of Improved Silage Management brings together the numerous factors to estimate the money that could be saved on your operation. Using his example values for a 100 cow dairy (with heifers), with corn silage at $60 / as fed ton, corn at $7 / bu, and haycrop at $175 (dry hay basis), reducing losses from 30% to 20% by improving management will save over $32,000 / year. Taking steps to reduce the losses that occur at harvest, filling, storage, feedout and in the trough could net a dairy farm up to $320 / cow / year.

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D&R FARMS COMPLETE DISPERSAL DATE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011; TIME: 10AM LOCATION: 1791 HOLLOW RD, BARTON, VT DIRECTIONS: Off exit 26 take Route 58 East toward Willoughby go past Desmarais Equipment take next right onto Hollow road to auction site. Watch for auction signs.

D&R Farms have commissioned us to sell the contents of the farm to include; beef cattle, equipment & machinery, farming accessories & feed.

74 HEAD BEEF CATTLE

This herd consist of (36) mature pure blood Black Angus (some with papers), (2) mature Dutch Bell beef (1 registered), (22) ready to wean calves, (11) fancy Black Angus bred heifers & (2) pure bred bulls.

D& R Farms has had 25+ years of high quality Black Angus beef with many showings in the US & Canada.

EQUIPMENT & MACHINERY M9000 Kubota Tractor w/roll bar roof (1688 hrs) & LA1251 Kubota bucket, 80-66 Hesston 4WD Tractor (4545 hrs), 915 JD Moco 9' disc mower w/fingers, 3610 Gehl Skid Steer, 4150 New Idea Rake w/front wheel, Vicon Andex 423T Rake (1 yr old), Grimm tedder, KR-130 Krone baler w/netting & string, Salsco self contained bale wrapper, 3722 New Idea spreader w/hydraulic tailgate (like new), 24' Eby 5th wheel aluminum cattle trailer w/deck, 16' 5th hitch equipment trailer w/wood floor, 520 Pequea 24-cow feeder w/front hitch, Wifo bale clamp, bale spear, 8' 3pth scrapper blade, Kools blower, 500 Polaris Sportsman 4 wheeler w/winch (as is), 500 Artic Cat snow machine, Puma Artic Cat snow machine, & more

ACCESSORIES (8) complete pens w/catch chutes (to be dissembled by buyer), 20+ gates in various sizes, complete show stalls & equipment to include; halters, rings & fitting chutes, Sullivan aluminum show box w/halters & blow dryers, Rubbermaid water tubs, platform cattle weighing scale, round bale feeders, (2) aluminum pick-up boxes, Val Metal grain cart, Gallagher fencers, snow machine dolly, storage caddys, 250 gal fuel tank w/hand pump, mineral tank, various small farming tools, etc... & more FEED - 450+- first cut & 250+ second cut round bales.

SPECIAL Omega EM-32 Semen tank w/ Embryos & Black Angus semen straws to be sold w/reserve.

TERMS: Cash or good check w/ID. ***Purchases will not be released until paid in full. For buyers unknown to management, they must provide letter of credit issued to Wright's Auction Service. *** Lunch catered by Wright's Catering Service. Sale managed by Wright's Auction Service, Newport, VT & CC Miller Jr., Morrisville, VT

Email: info@wrightsauctions.com Website: www.wrightsauctions.com AUCTIONEER: Ron Wright - TEL: (O) 802-334-6115 (C) 802-673-9840 CC Miller Jr. - TEL: (O) 802-888-3670 (C) 802-793-1583 Ring man: Roland Ayers - TEL: 802-343-3750 Gate man: Jimmy Dean - Ontario

Dairy & Barn Equipment Dispersal Saturday, September 24, 2011 @ 11:00 am Nelson & Betty Leduc 818 Perry Mills Rd - Champlain, NY 12919 518-298-8068 DIRECTIONS: 3 miles West of I-87 in Champlain to Perry Mills Rd . Approx. 5 Miles East of Mooers, turn North at V.F.W onto Perry Mills Rd. First farm on left "WATCH FOR SIGNS"

170 HEAD ALL CATTLE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AND VET CHECKED 79 Cows: 15 fresh last 2 months- 5 Due Oct., 2- Nov, 7- Dec, 8- Jan, 4- Feb. -- 50% are 1st & 2nd calf lactation Raised in free stall milked in tie stall -- 3.7 Fat - 3.1 Protein - 275,000 cc -65 lbs average in the tank 88 Freestall Heifers: (84 Holsteins- 4 Blue) 12- springing, 17- bred 1 to 5 months, 6 - RWB, 11- Ready to breed, 10 - 600 to 700 lbs, 13- 500 to 600 lbs, 12- 400-500 lbs, 7- calves 3 Bulls- 1 Blue (2yrs old), 2 Holstein (1yr old) Sample of Herd Sires: Tarmark- Alabama- Kenston- Matrix

ALSO SELLING

Milking Equipment: 800gal Boumatic bulk tank w/ compressor & Alfa Laval tank washer, Complete 80 cow 2" universal pipeline appox. 390' w/ sinks, jar & 6- Germania units 60/40, 5hps Mast port vacuum pump Feeding Equipment: (2) Wic #52 feed carts 9hps -1 is excellent cond. 1yr old, Wic Grain cart, Wic bedding chopper, (2) Grain carts Barn Equipment: Houle barn cleaner 5hps w/ 370' chain (clockwise), (54)-Trojan water bowls, (50)- Electric cow trainers, (4)- 20" barn fans, (3) 36" Exhaust fans, Tunnel fan, Zareba fence controller, Electric fogger, Electric Dehorner, Vet supplies

To see pictures check out our Web site: www.nnyds.com Terms: ABSOLUTELY NO CREDIT!! CASH OR GOOD CHECK - ALL ITEMS SOLD AS IS

N orthern New York Dairy Sales

1838 STATE RT. 11~NORTH BANGOR, NY 12966 • 518-481-6666

Sales Managers Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503 Harry Neverett 518-651-1818

Auctioneer John “Barney” McCracken 802-524-2991

As growers head to the fields to begin harvest, the National Corn Growers Association announces that harvest forms for the 2011 National Corn Yield Contest are now available online. While the harvest information form deadline of Dec. 1 may seem distant, entrants are invited to report online at their earliest convenience to facilitate the expedient processing of information.

“As growers in many areas are already beginning final harvest preparations, we invite contest applicants to submit harvest forms early thus allowing NCGA staff time to thoroughly review each form,” said Steve Ebke, chairman of the NCGA Production and Stewardship Action Team.

“The National Corn Yield Contest plays a significant role in recognizing excellence and finding new, more productive techniques. We hope that growers continue to

support the contest by seeing their entry through and submitting their completed harvest data forms.”

The National Corn Yield Contest (NCYC) is in its 47th year and remains NCGA’s most popular program for members. With more than 8,300 entries, the 2011 NCYC set a new participation record again this year. The 2010 contest received a then-record number of entries with 7,125 participants.

The online harvest form is available to both farmers and seed representatives using a similar login process to the initial entry form. Login does require submission of the entrants NCGA membership number.

When using the online harvest form, it is key that all entrants complete one final step. Following submission of the online harvest form, entrants must submit a printed copy of the harvest confirmation form with the

appropriate weight tickets attached for verification. Failure to do so will void entry. Forms and other required documentation must be sent by mail to NCGA, and postmarked no later than seven days after the final yield check, or by Dec. 1, whichever is earlier. See complete rules for details.

Winners will receive national recognition in publications such as the NCYC Corn Yield Guide, and potentially receive trips or other awards from participating sponsoring seed and crop protection companies.

During the 2012 Commodity Classic in Nashville, TN, state winners will be presented awards at the NCYC Breakfast and national winners will receive awards at the NCGA Awards Banquet.

For more information visit: www.ncga.com /national-cor n-yieldcontest Source: NCGA News of the Day, Thursday, Sept. 1

TWO DAY SALE The 35th Annual Sale of the New York State Draft Horse Club will be held...

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011 Tack & Equipment 9:00 AM Tack & Equipment Consignments taken until 11:00 AM on Thurs., Oct. 6 NO Saddles Will Be Accepted Outside Machinery will be sold at 10:00 AM

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2011 Horses 9:00 AM Horse consignments taken until 11:00 AM on Friday, October 7 THE SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE

CORTLAND COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS CORTLAND, NEW YORK Directions: Exit 12 from I-81 South then south one mile or from New York Route 13 go north on US 11 to village line. Signs will be posted.

NEW AND USED EQUIPMENT BEING SOLD! SALE WILL BE HELD UNDER COVER.

ABSOLUTELY NO PETS ALLOWED

Yearling Raffle $1.00 per ticket or book of six for $5.00 DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN. Drawing at the Sale.

Yearling or $500.00

Auctioneers: LeRoy Yoder, Shipshewana, Indiana Dave Myers, Decatur, Indiana

To make consignments or for information contact: Chuck Minturn David Johnson Lisa Furman 7639 Freeman Rd. 1590 Erieville Rd. 1121 Ridge Road Auburn, NY 13021 Erieville, NY 13061 Lansing, NY 14882 315-253-0760 315-662-3440 607-533-7553 • lmf14@cornell.edu

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Managers Notes: The Leduc family has sold their farm. This good, young, honest herd has not been pushed.

This is a sale you don't want to miss!!

We are also selling their full line of machinery in April 2012 Nelson has a super line of machinery. It's a line-up that you don't see sold every day.

Lots of new models & low hour equipment

Save time during harvest!

Yield contest online harvest form now available

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To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 Monday, September 19 • Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Monthly Sheep, Lamb, Goat & Pig Sale. Call with consignments. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-847-8800 or 607-6993637 www.hoskingsales.com • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-2589752.

• 12:00 Noon: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, 585-738-2104.

• 12:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dryden, NY. Calves. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-844-9104 • 12:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Horses & Hay. 1:30 pm Calves & Beef. Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy and Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220 • 4:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203, Chatham, NY. Regular Sale. Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518-392-3321.

• 6:00 PM: Madison Central School. School Buses - ‘03 Ford E450 school bus & ‘99 Chevy G30 school bus w/(2) wheelchair stations. Both with keys & clean titles.

• 6:10 PM - Town of Yorktown Water Dist. Vehicles - Komatsu D38E bulldozer, ‘01 Kobelco 330LC excavator, ‘78 Bomag roller, ‘08 Ford F350 pickup, Crown Vics & more.

• 7:43 PM - Village of Whitehall Police Crown Vics - ‘98, ‘99, & ‘05 Ford Crown Vic 4 door Police Interceptor w/4.6L V8 EFI gas engines. Sold with keys & clean titles.

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Tuesday, September 20 • 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY. Auction every Tuesday. Groceries, hay, straw, grain & firewood. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction, 518-568-3579 • 1:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A, Central Bridge, NY. 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, 800-321-3211.

Wednesday, September 21 • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752 • 9:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104.

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. 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. Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041, 585-7382104 Thursday, September 22 • Cadiz, OH.Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc., 419-865-3990 info@yoderandfrey.com www.yoderandfrey.com • San Bernardino, CA. Government Surplus, Vehicles, Construction Equip.,

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 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

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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

Commercial Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 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. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033, 585-738-2104.

• 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Dairy Cattle followed by Beef & Calves.

Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 2:00 PM: Gouverneur Market, 952 US Hwy. 11, Gouverneur, NY. Calves, Pigs, Goats, Dairy and Beef. Jack Bero, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-322-3500, sale barn 315-287-0220 • 4:00 PM: Holley, NY. Danny Moore Farms Machinery & Tool Auction - Selling a full line of farm machinery including Ford & IH tractors, nearly new NH baler, plus other NH hay equipment, tillage equipment, Snap-On tools and more. William Kent, Inc., Sale Managers and Auctioneers, 585343-5449 www.williamkentinc.com • 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.

Friday, September 23 • South Bend, IN. 2 Auctions in One Day! Complete Liquidation of Late Model Construction, Support Equip. & Large Job Completion of Late Model Construction, Support Equipment & Large Job Completion of Late Model Earthmoving Equip., Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 9:30 AM: Newark Valley, NY. Large Public

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Auction. Farm & Collector Tractors, Construction Equip., Farm Machinery.

Goodrich Auction Service Inc., 607-6423293 www.goodrichauctionservice.com • 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY. Auction every Friday. Full line of produce, bedding plants & flowers. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction, 518-568-3579 Saturday, September 24 • Betty & Nelson LeDuc, Champlain, NY. Dairy Dispersal. 180 head. Northern New York Dairy Sales, 518-481-6666, Joey St. Mary 518-569-0503, Harry Nererett 518651-1818 www.nnyds.com • Woodward, PA. Houserdale Holsteins Dispersal. Featuring 100 registered Holsteins. David Houser & family, owners.

The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. Public Consignment Auction of Farm Machinery, Construction Equipment, Autos, Trucks, Trailers and small tools. Consignments accepted on Friday from 8 am till noon. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc., Complete Auction Services, 802-785-2161 • 9:00 AM: Routes 39 & 219, Springville, NY. Lamb & Webster Used Equipment Auction of Farm Tractors & Machinery. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-2431563. www.teitsworth.com • 9:30 AM: 4501 Leipzig Ave., Mays Landing, NJ (Atlantic City Race Track). Rental Return Auction of Construction, Aerials, Attachments, Support, Trucks & Trailers.

Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-633-2944, Site phone 609272-9702 www.lyonauction.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

THESE

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 HARRIS WILCOX, INC. Bergen, NY 585-494-1880 www.harriswilcox.com Sales Managers, Auctioneers, & Real Estate Brokers

AUC TION CALENDAR To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 info@yoderandfrey.com www.yoderandfrey.com Wednesday, September 28 • 10:00 AM: 7045 Blue Ridge Ave., Harrisburg, PA. Secured Creditors Auction of Construction Equip., Support Equip. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-633-2944, Site phone 863-6028365 www.lyonauction.com • 11:00 AM: Hardwick, VT. Complete Dispersal of registered Jersey herd, 110 head and all barn equip. for Maple View Farm. Sales Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-626-8892 neks@together.net • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Feeder Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 716-296-5041, 585-738-2104.

• 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 10:00 AM: Barton, VT. Selling 75 head Beef Cattle, Equipment, Machinery & Hay for D&R Farms. Wrights Auction Service, 802-334-6115, www.wrightsauctions.com.

Thursday, September 29 • 1250 Roosevelt Hwy., (Rt. 18), Hamlin, NY. Robert Caswell Construction Retirement Auction. Selling lifetime accumulation plus additions. Harris Wilcox, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-494-1880 www.harriswilcox.com • 10:00 AM: Bath, NY (Steuben Co,).

Steuben Co. Surplus Vehicles, Heavy Equipment & Accessories. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com Friday, September 30 • 9:00 AM: Showaker IH Sales & Service, 44 Hair Rd., Newville, PA. Public Auction of

rare & unique memorabilia. Two day event Sept. 30 - Oct. 1. Quality collection of Farmall, McCormick & IH. Leaman Auctions Ltd., 717-464-1128, AuctionZip Auctioneer ID #3721 ed@leamanauctions.com www.leamanauctions.com • 10:00 AM: Barker, NY. Atwater Farms Fall Consignment Auction- Featuring very sharp John Deere 9500 combine with 3 head, JStar 7200 tanker, JD skid steer and much more! Now accepting consignments.

William Kent, Inc., Sale Managers and Auctioneers, 585-343-5449 www.williamkentinc.com Saturday, October 1 • 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., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563. www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale.

Please vaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 10:00 AM: 100 Donnertown Rd., Altoona, PA. Retirement Complete Liquidation Auction for Krieger Contracting. Crawler Tractors, Loaders, Excavators, Backhoes, Scrapers, Rollers, Haul Trucks, Equip. Trailers, Welders, Attachments and much more.

Online bidding available at www.lyonauctionlive.com. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com Monday, October 3 • 1:00 PM: 1518 Hicks Field Rd., East Fort Worth, TX. Rental Fleet Auction of late model Rental Fleet Construction Equip., Attachments, Support, Aerials, Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-633-2944, Site phone 817-847-2071

www.lyonauction.com Wednesday, October 5 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 12:00 PM: East Middlebury, VT. Annual Fall Dairy/Feeder Consignment Sale. Addison County Commission Sales, 800-339COWS or 802-388-2661.

Thursday, October 6 • 1490 Crispin Dr., Elgin, IL. Remediation, Demolition, Asbestos Removal Contracting Equip., Tools & Accessories. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315633-2944, Site phone 262-903-6269 www.lyonauction.com Friday, October 7 • Tuscaloosa, AL. Late model Construction, Logging Equip., Attachments, Support, Pickups, Truck Tractors & Dump Trucks.

Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com Saturday, October 8 • Martinelli Construction, 234 Thomaston Rd., Morris, CT. 2008 IH 4400 Truck w/rolloff, Komatsu CK30 Track Skidsteer, Kubota Track Excavator; Utility & Equipment Trailers; IR 642 Lull Lift & Manlift; tools. Auctioneer Phil Jacquier, 413-5696421 • 9:00 AM: Hamburg Fairgrounds, Hamburg, NY. Municipal & Contractor Equipment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563. www.teitsworth.com Wednesday, October 12 • Lexington, KY. Late model Cat & Komatsu Construction Equip. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-6332944 www.lyonauction.com • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock

PA RT I C I PAT I N G A U C T I O N E E R S HOSKING SALES Sales Managers & Auctioneer 6810 W. River Rd., Nichols, NY 13812 Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 005392 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 LEAMAN AUCTIONS LTD 329 Brenneman Rd., Willow St., PA 17584 717-464-1128 • cell 610-662-8149 auctionzip.com 3721 leamanauctions.com KELLEHER’S AUCTION SERVICE R.D. 1, Little Falls, NY 315-823-0089 We Buy or Sell Your Cattle or Equipment on Commission or Outright In Business Since 1948!

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

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

Consignments at 9 AM 413-665-8774

ROBERTS AUCTION SERVICE MARCEL J. ROBERTS Specializing in farm liquidations.

802-334-2638 802-777-1065 cell robertsauction@together.net

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

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

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

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

MOHAWK VALLEY PRODUCE AUCTION 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY 13339 518-568-3579 NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLE Norman Kolb & David Kolb, Sales Mgrs.

Auctions Every Mon., Wed., & Thurs.

717-354-4341 Sales Mon., Wed. • Thurs. Special Sales NORTHEAST KINGDOM SALES INC. Jim Young & Ray LeBlanc Sales Mgrs. • Barton, VT Jim - 802-525-4774 Ray - 802-525-6913 neks@together.net

PIRRUNG AUCTIONEERS, INC. P.O. Box 607, Wayland, NY 14572 585-728-2520 Fax 585-728-3378 www.pirrunginc.com James P. Pirrung R.G. MASON AUCTIONS Richard G. Mason We do all types of auctions Complete auction service & equipment Phone/Fax 585-567-8844

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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E. of Canandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale.

Please vaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 10:30 AM: Woodhull, NY (Steuben Co) Space Farm Dairy Herd & Farm Machinery Auction. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-7282520 www.pirrunginc.com Monday, September 26 • Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Schoharie County 50 head Dairy. All stages of lactation. Selling due to loss of feed. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607847-8800 or 607-699-3637 www.hoskingsales.com • 6:00 PM: Military Memorabilia Private Collection. WWII Studebaker M29C Weasel, ‘55 Dodge M43 ambulance, ‘42 Dodge 1.5 ton truck, ‘67 Kaiser M52A2 semi tractor & more. Auctions International, 800-5361401 www.auctionsinternational.com Tuesday, September 27 • Ben K. Stolzfus Farm, Intercourse, PA. PA Dairy Classic Sale featuring herd reductions for Liddleholme (NY) and Schug’s Holsteins (OH). 100 head will sell. Co-Managed by The Cattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farms. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 9:00 AM: Spencer’s Inc. of Mt. Airy, 525 Quarry Rd. (Spencer’s yard), Mt. Airy, NC. One Owner Complete Liquidation Going out of Business Absolute Auction.

Construction Equip., Trucks & Trailers. Online bidding is provided by RealtimeBid. Visit their Web site at www.realtimebid.com for more information and to bid online.

Note: There is an additional 2% buyer’s premium for online bidders. Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc., 419-865-3990

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Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Friday, October 14 • Detroit, MI. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • Intercourse, PA. Plankenhorn Farms Complete Dispersal. Co-managed with Stonehurst Farms. Dr. Sam & Gail Simon, owners. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 10:30 AM: Catskill Tractor Co., 384 Center St., Franklin, NY. Fall Inventory Reduction and Machinery Auction.

Consignments accepted. Frank Walker Auctioneers, 607-829-2600 • 5:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special Feeder Calf and Beef Replacement Sales.

Phil Laug, Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000 or 315-427-7845.

Saturday, October 15 • Sweet Water Farm Auction, 26 Barker St., Three Rivers, MA. IH 5088 & 1086, JD 2020, Dozer, IH Silage Trucks, Equipment, Owner George Foskit. Auctioneer Phil Jacquier, 413-569-6421 • 11298 State Route 149, Fort Ann, NY. Late model Construction Equip., Forestry Attachments, Support Equip., Tagalong & Equipment Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. Public Consignment Auction of Farm Machinery, Construction Equipment, Autos, Trucks, Trailers and small tools. Consignments accepted on Friday from 8 am till noon. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc., Complete Auction Services, 802-785-2161 • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale.

Please vaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 11:00 AM: Richfield Springs, NY. 63rd OHM Holstein Club Sale. 100 head of quality registered Holsteins sell. Hosted by Roedale Farm, the Pullis Family. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-847-8800 or 607-6993637, Brad Ainslie Sale Chairman 315822-6087 www.hoskingsales.com Wednesday, October 19 • Manassas, VA. Cat Construction Equip., Support, Attachments, Forklifts, Dump Trucks, Pickups & Equipment Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • Allentown, PA. State Auction. Complete Liquidation of Automotive Dismantling Operation. MAC Car Crusher, Rubber Tired Loaders, Rollback & Dump Trucks, Vans.

Over 100 Cars (40-50 running), UNBELIEVABLE Accumulation of Motors, Transmissions, Shocks, Glass & Much More.Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Thursday, October 20 • Darlington, PA. Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc., 419-865-3990 info@yoderandfrey.com www.yoderandfrey.com • 140 Manda Ct., Troy, MO. Complete Liquidation of Concrete Precast Plant plus Real

Estate. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-633-2944, Site phone 262-903-6269 www.lyonauction.com • Gordonville, PA. Jo-Lan Farm Complete Dispersal. John & Rachel Lantz, owners.

Co-Managed by The Cattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farms. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com Friday, October 21 • Ben K. Stolzfus Farm, Intercourse, PA. Vision-Gen & Partners Elite Offering.

Hosted by Vision Genetics. Co-Managed

by The Cattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farms. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com Saturday, October 22 • 9:00 AM: Syracuse, NY (NYS Fairgrounds). Onondaga County Area Municipal Equipment Auction of Municipal & Contractor Equipment. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563. www.teitsworth.com • 10:30 AM: Woodhull, NY (Steuben Co.) Levi Farmwald Retirement Auction. Horses, Dairy Herd & Farm Machinery. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com • 11:00 AM: Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY. The Eastern New York Fall Heifer Sale. kmooney498@aol.com, or call 845-7023643 Tuesday, October 25 • 10:00 AM: 12601 State Rd. 545, North Winter Garden, FL. Rental Returns of Late Model Construction, Support Equip., Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com Wednesday, October 26 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Thursday, October 27 • Moira, NY. Carl & Annabelle Bilow. 85 head of Quality Dairy Cattle. “Super Milk” every year since 1986. Delarm & Treadway, Sale Managers & Auctioneers, 518-4834106 • Cleveland, OH. Complete Liquidation Cat Construction Equip. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com Friday, October 28 • Bloomfield, NY. Bennett Farms Milking Herd & Bred Heifer Dispersal. Bennett Farms, Inc. owners. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • Detroit, MI. Large Construction, Agricultural Equip., Attachments, Support Equip.

Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com Saturday, October 29 • Syracuse, NY. Construction, Support, Attachments, Aerials, Trucks & Trailers.

Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com Tuesday, November 1 • Pell City, AL. Truck Tractor & Specialized Trailer Auction. Large quantity of specialized trailers of different configurations: 19 axles, Trail Kings, Liddell, Hobb & others.

Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com Wednesday, November 2 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Saturday, November 5 • Canaan Tire, Gandolfo Dr, Canaan, CT. 5 Oliver Tractors, 1989 Ford Service Truck, Tire and Service Equipment, Office Equipment. Auctioneer Phil Jacquier, 413-5696421 • Delaware, OH. Late Model Rental Return Construction Equip., Aerial Lifts, Attachments, Support Equip. & Camping Trailers.

Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com • Ithaca, NY. New York Holstein Fall Harvest Sale. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • Ithaca, NY. NY Fall Harvest Sale. Hosted

by Cornell University Dairy Science Club.

The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 8:30 AM: Gray’s Field, Rt. 5, Fairlee, VT. Public Consignment Auction of Farm Machinery, Construction Equipment, Autos, Trucks, Trailers and small tools. Consignments accepted on Friday from 8 am till noon. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc., Complete Auction Services, 802-785-2161 • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale.

Please vaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Wednesday, November 9 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Thursday, November 10 • Ben K. Stolzfus Farm, Intercourse, PA. Reserved for a major New York Herd Dispersal w/ a BAA of 110%! Co-Managed

by The Cattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farms. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com Friday, November 11 • 11:30 AM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Fall Premier All Breeds Sale. 100 head of quality all breeds sell. Call to participate in this sale. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-847-8800 or 607-6993637 www.hoskingsales.com Saturday, November 12 • Madison, NY. Fern Hill Farm II Milking Herd Dispersal. 100 outstanding registered Holsteins sell. Jack Russin & Family, owners. The Cattle Exchange, Dave Rama, 607-746-2226 daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • Racine, WI. Late Model Earthmoving Equip., Truck Tractors, Dump Trailers, Equip. Trailers, Campers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale.

Please vaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Tuesday, November 15 • Houston, TX. Late Model Construction Equip., Aerials, Forklifts, Support, Trucks & Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com Wednesday, November 16 • The Pines Farm, Barton, VT. 150th Top of Vermont Invitational Dairy Sale. Free turkey for every buyer. Sales Managers, Northeast Kingdom Sales, 802-525-4774, Auctioneer

Reg Lussier 802-626-8892 neks@together.net • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Thursday, November 17 • Bow, NH. Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc., 419-865-3990 info@yoderandfrey.com www.yoderandfrey.com • 4:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special Feeder Calf and Beef Replacement Sales.

Phil Laug, Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000 or 315-427-7845.

Saturday, November 19 • Ledyard, CT (Foxwood Casino). Earthmoving Construction Equip., Aerial Lifts, Forklifts, Support, Dump Trucks, Truck Tractors, Equip. & Dump Trailers. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers www.lyonauction.com Wednesday, November 23 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Wednesday, November 30 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Saturday, December 3 • 9:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, Groveland, NY. Special Winter Consignment Auction of Farm & Construction Equipment, Heavy & Light Trucks, Liquidations & Consignments. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563. www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi.

E. of Canandaigua, NY. Feeder Cattle sale.

Please vaccinate your cattle & bring documentation. Cattle accepted Thurs. & Fri. between 7:30 am - 6 pm. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Wednesday, December 7 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Saturday, December 10 • 9:00 AM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Horse Sale. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com • 11:00 AM: Ulysses, PA (Potter Co.) Fox Hill Farms (The Hoopes Family) Complete line of upscale vegetable farm equipment.

Real estate sells at 10:15 am. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com Wednesday, December 14 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Thursday, December 15 • 4:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special Feeder Calf and Beef Replacement Sales.

Phil Laug, Mgr., Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-776-2000 or 315-427-7845.

Wednesday, December 21 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com Wednesday, December 28 • 1:00 PM: Finger Lakes Livestock, 3 mi. E. of Canandaigua, NY. Regular livestock sale every Wednesday. Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange, 585-394-1515. www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT

COSTA & SONS LIVESTOCK & SALES Fairhaven, MA September 14, 2011 Cows: Canners 30-57; Cutters 58-66; Util 66.5075.50.

Bulls: 79.50-104 Steers: Ch 111-115.50; Sel 107-110.50; Hols.

72.50-102.

Heifers: Ch 101-111.50; Sel 85-104; Hols. 78-90.

Calves: 35-200/ea.

Feeders: 58-151 Sheep: 87-106 Lambs: 145-181 Goats: 68-154/ea; Kids 35-111/ea.

Sows: 45 Boars: 27 Feeder Pigs: 45-75/ea.

Chickens: 3-15.50 Rabbits: 4.50-31 Ducks: 4.50-23 * Sale every Wed. @ 7 pm.

FLAME LIVESTOCK Littleton, MA September 13, 2011 Beef Cattle: Canners 4055; Cutters 55-68; Util 6771; Bulls 70-90; Steers 90106; Heifers 60-78.

Calves: Growers No. 1 .751.25; No. 2 .50-1; Veal .701.20; Heifers 1-2; Other .50-.75.

Hogs: Feeders 3040/ea;Sows .40-.50; Roasters 65-80/ea; Boars .25; Market 50-70/ea.

Sheep: 75-92; Lambs 1.70-2.

Goats: Billies 150-210/ea; Kids 30-70/ea.

NORTHAMPTON COOPERATIVE AUCTION, INC Whately, MA September 13, 2011 Calves: (/cwt) 0-60# 5-25; 61-75# 10-62; 76-95# 1562; 96-105# 59-61; 106# &

up 56-64.

Farm Calves: 70-180/cwt Start Calves: 36/cwt.

Feeders: 85-125/cwt Heifers: 82.50-90/cwt.

Steers: 60/cwt.

Bulls: 85/cwt.

Canners: 20-60/cwt Cutters: 62-68/cwt Utility: 70-77.50/cwt Sows: 45.50/cwt Boars: 20-29/cwt Shoats: 73-80/ea.

Pigs: 46/ea.

Lambs: 140-200/cwt Sheep: 40-94/cwt Goats: 5-180/ea.

Rabbits: 1-7/ea.

Poultry: .50-12/ea.

Hay (22 lots): .505.10/bale. northamptonlivestockauction.homestead.com HACKETTSTOWN AUCTION Hackettstown, NJ No report CAMBRIDGE VALLEY LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Cambridge, NY No report EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKET BURTON LIVESTOCK Vernon, NY September 8, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. .75-2.30; Grower Buull Calves over 92# .80-1.30; 80-92# .801.25.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .65-.77; Lean .52-.65; Hvy. Beef Bulls .74-.85.

Dairy Replacements (/hd): Fresh Cows 9001500; Springing Cows 8501400; Springing Hfrs. 10001700; Bred Hfrs. 900-1200; Fresh Hfrs. 900-1600; Open Hfrs. 500-1000; Started Hfrs. 150-400.

Beef (/#): Feeders .701.20.

Lamb & Sheep (/#): Feeder .80-1.50; Market .75-1; Slaughter Sheep .35-.65.

Goats (/hd): Billies 100190; Nannies 75-125; Kids 30-80.

CENTRAL BRIDGE LIVESTOCK Central Bridge, NY September 8, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. .75-2.30; Grower Bull over 92# .801.30; 80-92# .80-1.25.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .65-.77; Lean .52-.65; Hvy. Beef Bulls .74-.85.

Dairy Replacements (/hd): Fresh Cows 9001500; Springing Cows 8501400; Springing Hfrs. 10001700;Bred Hfrs. 900-1200; Fresh Hfrs. 900-1600; Open Hfrs. 500-1000; Started Hfrs. 150-400.

Beef (/#): Feeders .70-1.20 Lamb & Sheep (/#): Feeder .80-1.50; Market .75-1; Slaughter Sheep .35-.65.

Goats (/hd): Billies 100-

190; Nannies 75125; Kids 30-80.

CHATHAM MARKET Chatham, NY September 12, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. 1.001.50; Grower over 92# .65.85; 80-92# .55-.70; Bob Veal .44-.50.

Cull Cows (/hd): Gd .72.76; Lean .58-.66; Hvy. Beef Bulls .79-.8150.

Beef (/hd): Feeders 106118; Veal 44-74; Hfrs.

75.50-87.50.

Lamb/Sheep (/#): Feeder 1.40-1.70; Market 1.85-2; Slaughter .60-.70.

Goats (/hd): Billes 150185; Nannies 120-130; Kids 35-70.

Swine (/#): Hog .62-.69; Sow .40-.45; Feeder Pig .40-.70. *Buyers always looking for pigs.

CHERRY CREEK Cherry Creek, NY September 7, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. 2; Grower Bull over 92# 1-1.25; 80922# .50-1.15; Bob Veal .05-.50.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .60-.75; Lean .45-.62; Hvy. Beef Bulls .83.

Beef (/#): Ch 1-1.13; Sel .88-.95; Hols. Ch .94; Sel .80-.85.

DRYDEN MARKET Dryden, NY No report GOUVERNEUR LIVESTOCK Governeur, NY September 1, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. 1.352.85; Grower Bulls over 92# .85-1.45; 80-92# .60.80; Bob Veal .20-.74.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .65-.82; Lean .50-.78; Hvy Beef Bulls .72-.85.

PAVILION MARKET Pavilion, NY September 8, 2011 Calves (/#): Grower Calves 2.50; over 92# 1-1.25; 8092# .70-1.15; Bob Veal .05.75.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .60-.75; Lean .40-.62; Hvy. Beef Bulls .75.

Beef (/#): Feeders 1.06.

BATH MARKET Bath, NY September 8, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. 1.622.10; Grower Bulls over 92# .90-1.30; 80-92# .801.10; Bob Veal .20-.50.

Cull Calves (/#): Gd .62.74; Lean .58-.68; Hvy. Beef Bulls .70-.82.

Goats (/hd): Billies 70-90; Nannies 40-70; Kids 20-25.

Swine (/#): Sow .48-.54; Feeder Pig (/hd) 35-45.

FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK AUCTION Canandaigua, NY

Gouverneur

Canandaigua Pavilion Penn Yan Dryden Cherry Creek

Vernon New Berlin

Cambridge

Central Bridge

Bath

Chatham

September 14, 2011 Dairy Cows for Slaughter: Bone Util 59-76; Canners/Cutters 39-71; HY Util 68.50-83.

Slaughter Calves: Bobs 95-110# 30-60; 80-95# 2557.50; 60-80# 20-55.

Dairy Calves Ret. to Feed: Bull over 95# 60120; 80-95# 55-115; 7080# 50-85; Hrs. 100-200; Beef Bull over 95# 60117.50.

Beef Steers: Ch 100-117; Sel 85-95; Hols. Ch grain fed 88-100; Sel 75-84.

Hogs: Slaughter US 1-3 60; Sows US 1-3 40-56; Boars US 1-3 21.

Feeder Lambs: Ch 50-80# 130-197.50.

Market Lambs: Ch 80100# 117.50-140.

Slaughter Sheep: M 39.

Rams: Ch over 130# 75.

Goats (/hd): Billies L 110# & up 97.50-175.

Nannies: L 60-80.

FINGER LAKES PRODUCE AUCTION Penn Yan, NY September 7, 2011 Acorns: .50-.70 Apples (1/2 bu): 4.2512.50 Beans (1/2 bu): 1-14.50 Beets (bunch): .50-1.75 Broccoli (hd): .45-1.75 Butternuts: .50-1 Cantaloupe: .10-2.05 Cauliflower (hd): 1.852.35 Cucumbers (1/2 bu): 1-10 Eggplants (1/2 bu): 2-8 Eggs (dz): 1.05-1.75 Grapes (12 bu): 9-26 Hot Peppers (1/2 bu): 3.50-10.50 JBL’s (1/2 bu): 4-7.50 Lima Beans (1/2 bu): 5-10 Mums: 3-10 Nectarines (8 qt.): 5.50-10 Onions (bu): .05-.25 Peaches (1/2 bu): 6.50-16 Pears (1/2 bu): 6-17.50 Peppers (1/2 bu): 2-11.50 Pickles (1/2 bu): 2.50-18 Pie Pumpkins: .25-.55 Plums (peck): 5-12 Potatoes (1/2 bu): 8-10.50 Pumpkins: .30-.55

Radishes: .30-.55 Raspberries (pt): 1.452.85 Salad Tomatoes (pt): .451 Salt Potatoes (1/2 bu): 8.50-12.50.

Sweet Corn (dz): 7-12 Summer Squash (1/2 bu): 2.50-9 Tomatoes (25#): 7-25 Watermelons: 1.25-2.60 Zucchini (1/2 bu): .75-9 Produce Mon @ 10 am, Wed-Fri @ 9 am sharp.

HOSKING SALES New Berlin, NY No report BELKNAP LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belknap, PA No report BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belleville, PA September 7, 2011 Slaughter Cows: Prem Whites 65-75% lean 71.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 67.25-68.50, lo dress 66; Boners 80-85% lean 6065.25, hi dress 67.75; Lean 85-90% lean 54.25-60.75, lo dress 46.50-54.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1610-1790# 76.25-77.75.

Feeder Cattle: Steers L 3 Hols. 210-425# 74-75; 575785# 69-75.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 95-110# 115-145; No. 2 95-110# 80-115; 80-90# 82-100; No. 3 70-105# 5077; No. 1 Hols. Hfrs. 85105# 210-350/hd; No. 2 80100# 85-130/hd.

Vealers: 65-85# 20-49.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 45-50% lean 260275# 140-165/hd.

Sows: US 1-3 300# 140/hd.

Boars: 370# 125/hd.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 2045# 24-45.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 40-65# 100-160; 70-100# 110-160; 110130# 145-160; Yearlings 90-120# 105; Ewes Gd 2-3

135# 80; Rams 100# 105.

Slaughter Goats: Sel 2 under 20# 10-40; 20-50# 30-50; Nannies Sel 1 130140# 95-110; Sel 2 80130# 70-95; Billies Sel 1 140# 120.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA September 13, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Sel & Ch 1090-1390# 110113.50; cpl Hols. 10651190# 95.50-97.25.

Slaughter Cows: Boners 65-73; Lean 68.50-74.50; Big Middle/lo dress/lights 57.50-68; Shelly 56 & dn.

Bulls: 1150-1380# 81.5088.50.

Feeder Cattle: Bulls Beef 825# 84.

Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols.

Bulls No. 1 95-115# 135140; No. 2 80-125# 100135; No. 3 75-155# 55-98; Util 50 & dn; Hols. Hfr. 1 100# 210.

Swine: Hogs 205-240# 5659.50; 250-265# 57.5059.50; 275-290# 58-60.25; thin 275-290# 53-55; Sows 480# 61.

Feeder Pigs: As Is/Roasters 90-105# 35-70 Boar: 150-575# 33.50-40.

Goats: L Billies 155; Fleshy Kids 102-112; Small/thin 24-69.

Lamb: Gd & Ch 60-90# 158-160; one 145# 122.

Sheep: all wts. 65-97.

Sale every Tuesday * 5 pm for Rabbits, Poultry & Eggs * 6 pm for Livestock starting with Calves * Special Fed & Feeder Cattle Sale Tues., Sept. 20.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA Small Animal Sale September 13, 2011 Rabbits & Bunnies: 1-8 Pigeons: 1.50-5 Turkeys: 14 Ducks/Ducklings: 1-9.50 Goose: 3 Parakeet: 8

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MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middlefield, CT September 12, 2011 On the Hoof, Dollars/Cwt Calves:45-60# .25-.30; 6175# .35-.40; 76-90# .42.56; 91-105# .48-.5250; 106# & up .5750-.65.

Farm Calves: .70-.85 Started Calves: .22-.28 Veal Calves: .85-1.35 Heifers: Open 75-132.50; Beef 79-85.

Feeder Steers: .66-1.20; Beef .64-.83 Stock Bull: .59-1.35 Beef Bull: 73.50-85 Boars: one at 16 Sows: 32-50 Butcher Hogs: one at 65 Feeder Pigs: 60-75 Sheep, ea: 77-90 Lambs, ea: 60-190 Goats, ea: 85-190; Kids ea 42.50-140.

Canners: up to 65 Cutters: 66-69 Utility: 70-73 Rabbits: 6-33 Chickens: 5-20 Ducks: 4-22

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Rabbit Families: 9-10 Chicks/Chickens: .50-9 Turkin: 1 Guineas: 5-7.25 Guinea Pigs: .50-2.50 All animals sold by the piece. Sale starts at 5 pm CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC State Graded Feeder Pig Sale Carlisle, PA No report *Next State Graded Sales Fri., Sept. 16. Receiving 7:30 am till 10 am. Sale time 1 pm.

Pennsylvania Markets Mercer

Jersey Shore

New Wilmington

Dewart Leesport Belleville Homer City

New Holland Carlisle Lancaster Paradise

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Eighty-Four DEWART LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET, INC Dewart, PA September 12, 2011 Bulls: 1516-1664# 7981.50.

Cows: Breakers 65.50-68; Boners 60.50-65; Lean 5559.50.

Calves: 167. Bulls No. 1 94# & up 140-172.50; 8090# 105-145; No. 2 94# & up 105-135; 80-90# 75100; Hfrs. 94-106# 340370; 88-92# 285-360.

Feeder Pigs: (/hd) 42-70.

Goats (/hd): Billies up tp 150.

Hay: 8 lds, 90-300/ton.

EarCorn: 6 lds, 185215/ton.

Straw: 4 lds, 145-180/ton.

EIGHTY FOUR LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Holland, PA September 12, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Ch 2-3 1225-1305# 115.50-116; Hols. Ch 2-3 1305# 93.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1255# 117.50; Ch 2-3 1120-1185# 112-115.

Slaughter Cows: Prem Whites 65-75% lean 75.5078; Breakers 75-80% lean 71.50-74.50, hi dress 75, lo dress 69-71; Boners 8085% lean 67-71.50, hi dress 72-74, lo dress 6566.50; Lean 85-90% lean 60-65.50, hi dress 69, lo dress 57-59.

Slaugter Bulls: YG 1 1310-2155# 79-83; YG 2 1220-2100# 73-77.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-500 126.50-137.50; 500-700# 119-124; 700900# 107-116; M&L 2 300500# 117-125; 500-700# 107-115.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-500# 117.50-125; 500700# 110-118; M&L 2 300500# 106-115; 500-700# 103-109.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300500# 118-125, few fancy 131-134; 500-700# 111118; M&L 2 300-500# 100112.50; 500-700# 96-107.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 90-120# 110-140; No. 2 90-130# 90-107.50; No. 3 85-120# 45-87.50; Hols.

Hfrs. No. 1 90-100# 215235; Beef 95-200# 127.50140.

Vealers: 65-120# 15-45.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 45-50% lean 260280# 63-66.

Sows: US 1-3 300-500# 55-56.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch 1-3 50-80# 187.50-199; 80100# 180-191; 100-130# 165-175.

Slaughter Yearlings: 123150# 87.50-92.50.

Ewes: Util 1-2 215# 70.

Slaughter Goats: Sel 1 48# 72.50; 60-70# 92.50117.50; 90-95# 130-135; Sel 2 45# 70; 75# 62.50; Nannies Sel 2 70-85# 5557.50; 110# 57.50/cwt; Billies Sel 1 195# 85/cwt; Sel 2 145# 85/cwt.

GREENCASTLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Greencastle, PA September 12, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1294-1564# 116118.50; Ch 2-3 1228-1596# 111-116.50; Sel 1-3 11761336# 107-111.

Slaughter Holstein Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1520# 98.50; 1646# 97; Ch 2-3 1306-1506# 93-95; Sel 1-3 1084-1592# 87-92.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1410# 113.50; Ch 2-3 1056-1580# 107.50109.50; full/YG 4-5 13021580# 103-106; Sel 1-3 1050-1380# 100-105.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 73.5076.25; Breakers 75-80% lean 68.25-73; Boners 8085% lean 64.25-69, hi dress 69-72.25, lo dress 57.50-63.25; Lean 88-90% lean 57-64, hi dress 65-70, lo dress 50-57.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1372-2146# 73-83; YG 2 1136-1486# 72-74.50; Bullocks 1146-1408# 86.5095.

Feeder Steers: L 1 888# 111; M&L 2 402-412# 100107.50; L 3 Hols. 448# 91; 612-912# 86-92.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 208-264# 112.50-122.50; 290-422# 117.50-120; L 2 446# 102.50.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 316475# 115-132.50; 538724# 92-125; L 2 248#

117.50.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 96-112# 130-157.50; 90-92# 125.50-135; No. 2 94-125# 100-135; 86-92# 90-120; No. 3 94-115# 65100; 74-92# 52.50-80; Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 82-94# 200-245.

Vealers: Util 58-118# 17.50-59.

Slaughter Hogs: Sows US 1-3 368-488# 48-54; 630# 55; Jr. Boars 189-221# 4549.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 Roasters 176-202# 5970/cwt.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch 2-3 52-65# 175-190.50; 86102# 157.50-195; 110136# 170-190; Ewes Gd 23 96-142# 75-80; Rams 162# 85.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 40-55# 85-110; 60-70# 100-115; Sel 2 20-35# 37.50-72.50; 40-60# 57.50100; Nannies Sel 1 90130# 90-102.50; Sel 2 80120# 60-85; Billies Sel 1 140-170# 130-155; Sel 2 120-140# 112.50-125.

INDIANA FARMERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION Homer City, PA No report KUTZTOWN HAY & GRAIN AUCTION Kutztown, PA September 10, 2011 Alfalfa: 3 lds, 135-185 Mixed Hay: 7 lds, 125-230 Timothy: 2 lds, 195-300 Grass: 3 lds, 150-280 Straw: 6 lds, 150-200 Rye Seed: 1 ld 13.50/bu.

Firewood: 1 ld, 55 LANCASTER WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY New Holland, PA September 9, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1250-1645# 115120; Ch 2-3 1165-1535# 110.75-116.50; Sel 2-3 1070-1490# 108-113; Hols.

Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1430-1575# 97-100; Ch 2-3 12851650# 91.50-96; Sel 2-3 1290-1530# 90-92.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1200-1300# 110.50-113; Ch 2-3 1100-

1335# 107.25-109.75; Sel 2-3 1030-1225# 104.25107.

Slaughter Cows: Prem Whites 65-75% lean 7076.50, lo dress 68.50-70; Breakers 75-80% lean 6872, hi dress 72-76, lo dress 62-68; Boners 80-85% lean 64-68.50, hi dress 68.5073, lo dress 59.50-64; Lean 85-90% lean 58-62, hi dress 63-66.50, lo dress 51-56.50.

Slaughter Bulls: Mon. YG 1 1555-1970# 83.50-86; Bullocks 890-1385# 84.5088.50, hi dress 810-1370# 90-95; lo dress 750-1680# 80.50-84; Thurs. YG 1 1035-2050# 79-83, hi dress 1325-1890# 87-91, lo dress 1015-1315# 7679.

Graded Holstein Bull Calves: Mon. No. 1 95130# 145-160; 80-90# 105117; No. 2 95-120# 132147; 75-90# 80-100; No. 3 100-115# 100-120; 80-95# 40-75; Util 70-120# 30-50; Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 95-105# 300-340; No. 2 75-115# 140-260; Tues. No. 1 112121# 110-113; 95-103# 121-123; 85-90# 90-108; No. 2 114# 107-110; 95103# 120-128; 75-90# 87102; No. 3 82-109# 70-87; pkg 70# 50; Util 74-107# 30-45; Graded Hols. Hfrs No. 1 pkg. 115# 335; pkg 101# 360; pkg 95# 325; pkg 85# 260; No. 2 91-108# 260; 73-83# 50-100; nontubing 64-83# 12-45.

Graded Bull Calves: Thurs. No. 1 86-118# 112127; No. 2 112-128# 108112; 88-112# 119-126; pkg 80-86# 95; No. 3 80-130# 85-102; pkg 72-78# 50; Util 80-110# 30-45; pkg 60-78# 15; Hols. hfr. calves No. 1 95-105# 230-290; No. 2 75100# 200-185.

LEBANON VALLEY LIVESTOCK AUCTION Fredericksburg, PA September 6, 2011 Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 68-73.50; Boners 80-85% lean 62.5067.50, lo dress 55-58; Lean 88-90% lean 55-60.50, lo dress 45-51.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 95-120# 115-148; 8090# 70-115; No. 2 95-120# 80-120; No. 3 90-120# 3060.

Vealers: 60-100# 10-45.

LEESPORT LIVESTOCK AUCTION Leesport, PA September 7, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Ch 2-3 1150-1415# 107.50110.50; Hols. Ch 2-3 13751490# 97.25-98.25.

Slaughter Heifers: Sel 2-3 1100-1230# 80-88.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 67-70.50; Boners 80-85% lean 6267.50;Lean 85-90% lean 57-62.50, hi dress 62.5067.50, lo dress 48-53.50.

Vealers: Util 70-105# 1040.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-120# 122.50137.50; 80-90# 80-105; No. 2 95-125# 105-125; No. 3 90-115# 90-105; 70-90# 40-90; Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 110-115# 240-260.

Lambs: Ch 1-3 40-70# 195-215.

Goats: Kids Sel 1 40-60# 85-87.50; Nannies Sel 1 80-130# 94-130; Sel 2 80130# 71-90.

MIDDLEBURG LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middleburg, PA September 6, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1220-1475# 116116.50; Ch 2-3 1130-1500# 111-115; full/YG 4-5 13351385# 109.50-111; Sel 1-3 1090-1285# 107.50-111.

Slaughter Holstein Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1315-1500# 99.50-103; Ch 2-3 1235-1570# 95-99.50; 1710# 87-90; Sel 1-3 11901570# 89-94.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1195-1295# 112.50-113; Ch 2-3 10551435# 106.50-112.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 7375.50, hi dress 80.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 6772, lo dress 64; Boners 8085% lean 63-68, lo dress 55-56; Lean 85-90% lean 58-64, lo dress 48-54.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1470-1855# 84.50-92; Bullock 1235# 99.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 655# 105; Herefords 345445# 92-100; M&L 2 325487# 100-111; 677-990# 91-99; L 3 Hols. 3050-370# 77-82; 500-915# 74-82.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 290-425# 90-104; 530770# 82-92; Herefords 255385# 92-107; M&L 2 480# 88; 610# 89.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 365490# 90-113; 517-785# 91105; Herefords 390# 87; L 3 Hols. 810# 82.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-125# 140-169; 8590# 122-1440; No. 2 95-

115# 100-137; 80-90# 87120; No. 3 70-115# 40-85; Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 85-125# 190-245; No. 2 Hols. Hfrs 70-95# 140-185.

Vealers: Util 60-95# 10-55.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 230275# 64-66, single 73.50; 280-283# 64-66.75; 4550% lean 235-277# 6364.50; 285-310# 62-65.

Sows: US 1-3 365-478# 51-59.25; 635-680# 65.7566.

Boars: 530-765# 33.5033.75; Jr. 305-335# 54-56.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 3555# 44-54; 65-80# 45-59.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 35-62# 137-150; 102# 160-162; Yearlings 80-95# 97-112; Ewes Gd 2-3 112-158# 70-97; Rams 175-215# 117.

Slaughter Kids: Sel 1 45# 82; Sel 2 under 20# 20-22; 25-40# 32-50.

Slaughter Nannies: Sel 1 120# 90-107; Sel 2 90120# 70; Sel 3 70-110# 4062.

Billies: Sel 1 120# 130.

Wethers: Sel 2 100# 112120.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Martinsburg, PA September 12, 2011 Cattle: 118 Steers: Ch 105-112; Gd 100-105.

Heifers: Ch 104-110; Gd 98-103.

Cows: Util & Comm. 65-75; Canner/lo Cutter 65 & dn.

Bullocks: Gd & Ch 72-82 Bulls: YG 1 65-75 Feeder Cattle: Steers 80105; Bulls 70-95; Hfrs. 6590.

Calves: 90. Ch 100112.50; Gd 80-95; Std 1550; Hols. Bulls 90-130# 50120; Hols. Hfrs. 90-130# 100-200.

Hogs: 66. US 1-2 68-72; US 1-3 63-65; Sows US 13 50-60; Boars 25-60.

Feeder Pigs: 13. US 1-3 20-50# 30-48 Sheep: 49. Lambs Ch 160180; Gd 150-160; SI Ewes 60-80.

Goats: 20-140 MORRISON’S COVE HAY REPORT Martinsburg, PA September 12, 2011 Alfalfa/Grass: 225-255 Mixed: 95-145 Rd. Bale: 85-120 Lg. Rd, Bales: 165 Straw: 150-175 Hay Auction held every Monday at 12:30 pm.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY & RABBIT REPORT Martinsburg, PA September 12, 2011 Roosters: 4.50-7 Hens: .25-3 Banties: .10-1.75 Pigeons: .50-4.75

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Ducks: 3-9 Bunnies: 1-5.50 Rabbits: 6-10 Auction held every Monday at 7 pm.

NEW HOLLAND PIG AUCTION New Holland, PA September 7, 2011 US 1-2: 18 hd, 20-30# 110135; 46 hd, 30-40# 100120; 9 hd, 40-45# 70-80; 56 hd, 70.

US 2: 20 hd, 20-25# 180220; 50 hd, 30-35# 100105; 42 hd, 40-55# 70-80 *Next Feeder Pig sale is Wed., Sept. 21.

NEW WILMINGTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Wilmington, PA No report NEW WILMINGTON PRODUCE AUCTION, INC. New Wilmington, PA No report PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Market Summary Compared to last week corn sold .20 to .30 lower, wheat sold .30-.40 lower, barley sold .10 higher, oats sold steady to .05 higher & Soybeans sold steady to

.05 higher. EarCorn sold 510 lower. All prices /bu. except ear corn is /ton.

Southeastern PA: Corn No. 2 Range 7.52-8.48, Avg 7.99, Contracts 6.387.46; Wheat No. 2 Range 6.81-7.79, Avg 7.33, Contracts 6.09-7.05; Barley No. 3 Range 4.70-5.10, Avg 4.90; Oats No. 2 Range 5.20; Soybeans No 2 Range 13.54-14.06, Avg 13.79, Contracts 13.6613.23; EarCorn Range 235-235.

Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 7.70-8.65, Avg 8.31; Barley No. 3 Range 4.754.95, Avg 4.81; Oats No. 2 Range 3.80-4.30, Avg 4; Soybeans No. 2 Range 13.65-13.95, Avg 13.70; EarCorn Range 195-250, Avg 222.50.

South Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 7.86-8.10, Avg 7.98; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.41-7.25, Avg 6.31; Barley No. 3 Range 4.255.30, Avg 4.87; Oats No. 2 Range 3.25-5, Avg 3.87; Soybeans No. 2 Range 14.15-14.20, Avg 14.17; EarCorn Range 165.

Lehigh Valley Area: Corn No. 2 Range 8.05-8.22, Avg 8.11; Wheat No. 2 Range 7.40; Barley No. 3 Range 5.05; Oats No. 2 Range 4.50; Soybeans No. 2 Range 13.50-14.49, Avg 13.86; Gr. Sorghum Range 7.90.

Eastern & Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 7.528.65, Avg 8.16, Mo. Ago 8.01, Yr Ago 3.42; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.41-7.79, Avg 6.88, Mo Ago 6.35, Yr Ago 3.16; Barley No. 3 Range 4.25-5.30, Avg 4.88, Mo Ago 4.82, Yr Ago 2.23; Oats No. 2 Range 3.255.20, Avg 4.13, Mo Ago 4.32, Yr Ago 2.40; Soybeans No. 2 Range 13.5014.49, Avg 13.88, Mo Ago 13.75, Yr Ago 10.52;

EarCorn Range 165-250; Avg 211.25, Mo Ago 212.50, Yr Ago 107.15.

Western PA: Corn No. 2 Range 7.25-8.50, Avg 7.74;Wheat No. 2 Range 6.55; Oats No. 2 Range 3.50-4, Avg 3.72; Soybeans No. 2 Range 13.72.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Weekly Livestock Summary September 9, 2011 Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 115.50-120; Ch 1-3 110115; Sel 1-2 108-111.

Holstein Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 97-100; Ch 2-3 91.75-96; Sel 1-2 89-92.50.

Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 110.50-113.50; Ch 1-3 106.50-110.50; Sel 1-2 101-106.

Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 68-74; Boners 80-85% lean 63.50-70; Lean 8590% lean 57-62.

Bulls: YG 1 83-91; YG 2 76-84.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300-500# 117-143; 500700# 114-137; M&L 2 300500# 107-134; 500-700# 93-127.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-500# 107-136; 500700# 101-127.50; M&L 2 300-500# 115-120; 500700# 80-111.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300500# 92.50-135; 500-700# 93-125; M&L 2 300-500# 102.50-127; 500-700# 93107.

Vealers: Util 60-120# 1040.

Farm Calves: No. 1 Hols. bulls 95-125# 115-160; No 2 95-125# 85-140; No. 3 80-120# 30-85; No. 1 Hols.

Hfrs. 84-105# 240-340; No. 2 80-105# 140-260.

Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 4954% lean 220-270# 62-68; 45-50% lean 220-270# 60.50-63.

Sows: US 1-3 300-500#

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Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch & Pr 2-3 40-60# 212226; 60-80# 200-215; 80110# 190-212; Ch 1-3 4060# 178-194; 60-80# 186192; 80-110# 180-188.

Ewes: Gd 2-3 120-160# 114-129; 160-200# 116131; Util 1-2 120-160# 88103; 160-200# 82-84.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 40-60# 70-118; 60-80# 112-127; 80-100# 126-141; Sel 2 40-60# 56-72; 60-80# 82-102; Sel 3 40-60# 5068; 60-80# 60-80.

Nannies: Sel 1 80-130# 105-119; 130-180# 108123; Sel 2 80-130# 92-107; Sel 3 50-80# 48-63; 80130# 68-81.

Billies: Sel 1 100-150# 127-142; 150-250# 165180; Sel 2 100-150# 116131.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Hay Market Summary September 12, 2011 Hay & Straw Market For Eastern PA: All hay prices paid by dealers at the farm and /ton. Compared to last week hay & straw sold steady. All hay and straw reported sold /ton. Alfalfa 130-200; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 130-210; Timothy 120-180; Straw 100-150 clean; Mulch 60-75.

Summary of Lancaster Co. Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 122 lds Hay, 20 Straw. Alfalfa 218-315; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 115400; Timothy 175-365; Grass Hay 135-260; Straw 90-220 clean.

Diffenbach Auct, N. Holland: August 22, 42 lds Hay, 8 lds Straw. Alfalfa 130-315; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 130-400; Timothy 175-365; Grass 160 clean.

Green Dragon, Ephrata: August 26, 36 lds Hay, 3 Straw. Alfalfa 160-300; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 135315; Timothy 152-290; Grass Hay 145-205; Straw 147-187 clean.

Weaverland Auct, New Holland: September 8, 2 lds Hay, 0 Straw.

Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 165175.

Wolgemuth Auction: Leola, PA: September 7, 5 lds Hay, 0 lds Straw. Alfalfa 255; Alfalfa/Grass Mix 235280; Straw 185-200 clean.

Summary of Central PA Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 59 Loads Hay, 7 Straw.

Alfalfa 100-230; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 95267.50; Timothy 125-225; Grass 80-200; Straw 150200 clean.

Belleville Auct, Belleville:

September 7, 21 lds Hay, 0 lds Straw. Alfalfa 110-220; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 145267.50; Timothy 155-162; Grass Hay 80-192.50.

Dewart Auction, Dewart: August 24, 3 Lds Hay, 1 Straw. Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 170; Grass Hay 150; Straw 195 clean.

Greencastle Livestock: August 22 & 25, 9 lds Hay, 0 ld Straw. Alfalfa/Grass 70100.

Kutztown Auction, Kutztown: August 27, 18 lds Hay, 4 Straw. Alfalfa 100230; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 95-208; Timothy 225; Grass Hay 110-200; Straw 155200 clean.

Middleburg Auct, Middleburg: August23, 8 lds Hay, 2 Straw. Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 115-250; Timothy 125; Straw 150 clean.

Leinbach’s Mkt, Shippensburg: August 13 & 16, 25 lds Hay, 6 Straw. Alfalfa 170-300; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 75-250; Timothy 145-165; Grass Hay 227; Straw 90-145 clean.

New Wilmington Livestock, New Wilmington: August 19, 3 lds Hay, 1 lds Straw. Alfalfa 200; Timothy 150; Grass Hay 200; Straw 145 clean.

VINTAGE SALES STABLES Paradise, PA September 12, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1215-1630# 118122, mostly 118.50-121; Ch 2-3 1180-1605# 115118; Sel 2-3 1090-1380# 111-114.50; Hols. Ch 2-3 1225-1360# 95.50-97.75.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-3 1095-1270# 111.50-113; full 1060-1155# 108-110.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 64.5067.50; Boners 80-85% lean 62-64; Lean 85-90% lean 58-62.50, lo dress 52-57.

Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 95-120# 97-112; 85-90# 65-75; No. 2 100-120# 7597; 85-95# 50-65; No. 3 95125# 50-60; 70-90# 40-50; Util 65-115# 12-35. * Next Feeder Cattle Sale Oct. 7.

WEAVERLAND AUCTION New Holland, PA September 8, 2011 Loads: 2 Mixed Hay: 2 lds, 165-175 WOLGEMUTH AUCTION * Leola, PA September 14, 2011 Loads: 59 Alfalfa: 6 lds, 189-310 Mixed Hay: 28 lds, 188280 Timothy: 4 lds, 176-230 Grass: 7 lds, 205-265 Straw: 7 lds, 191-230 Baleage: 1 ld, 42 Rye: 3 lds, 14-14.75

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NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES New Holland, PA September 8, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1250-1615# 116.50120; Ch 2-3 1175-1435# 113.50-116.50; Sel 2-3 1070-1425# 109-113.

Holstein Steers: Ch 2-3 1295-1650# 91.50-96; Sel 2-3 1290-1530# 90-92.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean 74.5076.50, lo dress 68.5072.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 69-72, hi dress 72.5076, lo dress 62-66; Boners 80-85% lean 64.50-68.50, hi dress 69-73, lo dress 59.50-63; Lean 88-90% lean 58-62, hi dress 63.5066.50, lo dress 53.5056.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1035-2050# 79-83, hi dress 1325-1890# 87-91; lo dress 1015-1315# 76-79.

Graded Bull Calves: Hols.

No. 1 86-118# 112-127; No. 2 112-128# 108-112; 88-112# 119-126; pkg 8086# 95; No. 3 80-130# 85102; pkg 72-78# 50; Util 80110# 30-45; 60-78# 15.

Holstein Heifer Calves: No. 1 95-105# 230-290; No. 2 75-100# 200-185.

NEW HOLLAND SHEEP & GOATS AUCTION New Holland, PA September 12, 2011 Slaughter Lambs: Nontraditional markets: Wooled & Shorn Ch & Pr 2-3 5060# 206-221; 60-80# 196211; 80-90# 192-207; 90110# 196-211; 110-130# 180-194; Wooled & Shorn Ch 2-3 40-60# 174-202; 60-80# 184-201; 80-90# 182-196; 90-110# 179-194.

Slaughter Ewes: Gd 2-3 M flesh 120-160# 104-119; 160-200# 102-117; Util 1-2 thin flesh 120-160# 72-87.

Slaughter Kids: Sel 1 4060# 92-132; 60-80# 118143; 80-90# 130-145; Sel 2 30-40# 60-70; 40-60# 66100; 60-80# 94-118; 8090# 118-126; 90-100# 120134; Sel 3 30-40# 43-57; 40-60# 49-80; 60-80# 7491.

Slaughter Nannies/Does: Sel 1 80-130# 106-120; 130-180# 111-126; Sel 2 80-130# 86-100; 130-180# 89-114; Sel 3 50-80# 5065; 80-130# 66-81.

Slaughter Bucks/Billies: Sel 1 100-150# 128-142; 150-250# 168-122; 150250# 128-140.

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USDA assisting growers, livestock and milk producers damaged by Hurricane Irene WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to offer services to farmers whose livestock and crops were damaged in the devastation brought on by Hurricane Irene. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says USDA is deploying personnel and resources to assist the efforts by federal, state and local authorities in response to the hurricane.

“We continue to closely coordinate with many partners to meet the immediate and plan for the long-term needs of those affected by Hurricane Irene,” said Vilsack. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to all who have suffered losses caused by this massive storm. USDA is

ready to provide food, emergency assistance and other resources to the affected areas.”

Hurricane Irene affected the ability of some dairy cooperatives and handlers in the Northeast to pick up milk at local farms particularly in Southern Vermont and Eastern New York. In some instances milk was dumped on the farm when it was unable to be picked up on a timely basis or where loss of power impacted milk quality, rendering such milk as non-Grade A. Due to the impact of this natural disaster on dairy farmers in the Northeast, USDA is taking administrative action to include this milk as part of the Federal milk marketing order

pool for the months of August and September as needed, although it was never delivered to a plant for processing.

This decision will enable cooperatives and handlers to pay the Federal order blend price to affected producers on all the volume that they produced including any milk dumped due to Hurricane Irene.

USDA encourages all farmers, ranchers, producers, landowners and rural communities to contact their local USDA Farm Service Agency Service Center to report damages to crops or livestock loss; their local Rural Development office for housing, business or community assistance information and/or their

local Natural Resources Conservation Service office for help with debris removal. Below are some programs that offer assistance: • Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) — NAP provides financial assistance to eligible producers affected by drought, flood, hurricane, or other natural disasters.

NAP covers non-insurable crop losses and planting prevented by disasters. Landowners, tenants, or sharecroppers who share in the risk of producing an eligible crop are eligible.

Eligible crops include commercial crops and other agricultural commodities produced for food, including livestock feed or fiber for which the catastrophic

level of crop insurance is unavailable. Also eligible for NAP coverage are controlled-environment crops (mushroom and floriculture), specialty crops (honey and maple sap), and value loss crops (aquaculture, Christmas trees, ginseng, ornamental nursery, and turf grass sod).

• Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) — SURE was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill and covers crop revenue losses from quantity or quality deficiencies only in those counties and contiguous counties declared disaster areas by the Agriculture Secretary or in cases where the overall production loss exceeds 50 percent. Approved crop insurance or non-

insured crop disaster assistance must be in place to qualify.

• Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm Raised Fish (ELAP) — ELAP was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill to provide emergency relief to producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish and covers losses from disaster such as adverse weather or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires not adequately covered by any other disaster program.

• Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) — LIP was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill to provide assistance to livestock producers for livestock deaths from disaster events, in excess of normal mortality.

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Researchers uncover genetic link to cattle diseases

by Sandra Avant The origin of three costly cattle diseases is genetically linked, according to findings from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers.

Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) in Clay Center, NE, have discovered a location on bovine chromosome 20 that is associated with the incidence of the most prevalent bacterial diseases — pinkeye, foot rot and bovine respiratory disease (pneumonia) — that affect feedlot cattle.

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

Bovine respiratory disease accounts for 75 percent of feedlot illnesses and up to 70 percent of all deaths, with economic losses to cattle producers exceeding $1 billion annually.

The estimated costs for

pinkeye are $150 million yearly, and losses to dairy producers due to foot rot range from $120 to $350 per animal.

Eduardo Casas, research leader of the Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit at the ARS National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, and a former USMARC geneticist, examined the genetic makeup of cattle for evidence of genes associated with resistance or tolerance to diseases.

Casas and his colleagues combined pinkeye, foot rot and bovine respiratory disease to represent overall pathogenic disease incidence.

They developed half-sibling families from crossbreed bulls: a BrahmanHereford, a BrahmanAngus, a PiedmonteseAngus and a Belgian Blue-MARC III (part Red Poll, Pinzgauer, Hereford and Angus). An analysis of DNA samples from the 240 offspring infected with one or more of the diseases revealed a genetic marker, called a quantitative trait locus (QTL), on

chromosome 20. This QTL is associated with the three diseases.

Chromosome 20 is located near genetic markers related to other diseases and may have a significant effect on the overall health of cattle, according to Casas.

Identifying genetic markers responsible for disease would provide an opportunity to produce cattle with increased disease tolerance, which also could help reduce economic loss associated with diseases.

Results from the research were published in the Journal of Animal Science.

Read more about this research in the September 2011 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.

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Minimizing costs and building profits with on-farm genetics In this time of ever increasing input costs at the farm level, from feed to fuel to maintenance costs of the cow herd or sheep flock, we are all looking for ways to offset those costs as best we can.

From a herd management standpoint one way to minimize costs is to get the herd as efficient as possible on feed and to minimize the labor inputs. For many of us this means moving to an all forage, all the time production paradigm. Others have chosen not to go that route because it

doesn’t make sense for their particular farm goals.

One thing that can work to the benefit of all livestock or dairy producers is how we choose the stock that gets to stay on the farm and continues to produce for us. Whether we raise sheep, goats, chickens, or cattle makes little difference, the animals that give us the best bang for the buck are the ones that help make our operation profitable. And if the operation isn’t profitable it isn’t sustainable.

It is a common practice for stock producers to

seek the best off-farm genetics to enhance the productivity of their farming operation. While this is especially true of the dairy industry and its link to the A.I. studs, it is also true of most commercial stock operations regardless of the species being raised.

Something that is perhaps being missed is the fact that our individual farms are not produced by cookie cutters. Every farm and farmer is different in terms of micro climate, management practices, soils, etc. Thus, the stock that thrive in one

operation may not do so in another. This seems reasonable, doesn’t it?

Yet, when the glossy A.I. stud catalogue comes out we all want to see what is the newest, hottest, bestest, fastest, etc. stud animals out there. Maybe we ought to take a step back and look at the stock on our own farms that work the best for us.

One eminent breeder of beef cattle in Wyoming often says, “The best cow in the herd is the one that goes unnoticed the longest.” In other words, that cow that brings in an average to above average

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completed graduate studies at the University of Georgia and has worked for University of Georgia Cooperative Extension for the last 26 years. He is a past Chairman of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, serves as chairman of Carroll County’s Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board and the Georgia Agricultural Land Trust.

Bill has made over 100 presentations throughout the U.S. and Canada speaking on behalf of sustainable agriculture and meat animal/forage systems. Bill and his wife Di maintain a minimal input Angus herd (Hodge Ranch, LLC) that utilizes year round grazing with no supplemental feed.

They also direct market grass finished beef, pastured pork, and free range eggs in the metro Atlanta area.

The first pasture walk to be led by Bill will be at the Crosby Farm owned

by Tim Lippert in Berne, NY, Albany County on Sept. 21 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The second pasture walk will be at Rita Partee’s Fleur-de-Lis Farm in Seneca Falls, NY, Seneca County, on Sept. 24, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Lunch for the Sept. 21 event in Berne is a potluck dish to pass affair with burgers and drinks supplied by the Hudson Mohawk RCD Council.

Lunch will be provided at the Sept. 24 event by the New York Angus Association.

Additional support for these two events comes from NE SARE, Albany County Cooperative Extension, the Albany County SWCD, Seneca County Extension, the Seneca County SWCD, the Finger Lakes RCD Council, the Hudson Mohawk RCD Council, NY GLCI, the Finger Lakes Graziers Group and the NY Angus Association.

All of these groups have come together in support of these two pasture walk/talks to make them free of charge to the public.

For more information and to register for the Albany County event please contact Donna Murray of the Hudson Mohawk RCD Council at 518-2702668 or dmurray@rensco.com For more information and to register for the Seneca County event please contact Robert Groom at 315-573-2569 or robert@angus.us.

Or as a point of contact for either event, please contact Morgan Hartman at blackqueenangus@yahoo.com or 413-3588435.

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calf every year for years on end is likely a better cow for the operation than the “super cow” that produced those two “great” calves before she had to get shipped for not breeding back. Very few of us can afford to keep our herds or flocks as pets.

These animals must work for a living, for our living.

They need to breed back reliably every year and do so for years on end to help us be profitable. How many breedings to conception does it take to get that milk cow in calf? I’m guessing the fewer the better. What does that cow that needs regular foot trimming cost vs. another cow that needs little or no foot trimming?

By identifying those most reliable, but maybe not the most outstanding, cattle or ewes or does on the farm and then selecting ONLY those females for breeding to off-farm bulls, rams, etc. we can maybe move our home raised herds or flocks ahead better by using home raised offspring out of those “best” females.

Yes, I’m advocating keeping some male progeny around out of your cows/ewes/does and using them to infuse the best of the off-farm genetics along with the best of the on-farm genetics across your entire herd or flock. In this way you or I can achieve something that has been forgotten about; uniformity and consistency within our own farm management paradigm and the microclimate in which it runs.

A bull raised in a hothouse environment in Wisconsin may produce daughters that read well on test, but will they necessarily do that well in a different environment in Florida? What about range cattle from the Coastal Plain of Mississippi in Upstate New York? Undoubtedly some good has been identified in those herds from those sires, but how can we most efficiently get those traits infused in our own herds or flocks? To answer that question Bill Hodge will be conducting two pasture walks in Upstate New York during the third week in September.

Bill is a co-founder and president of Sustainable Genetics, LLC and has over 40 years experience in the livestock industry.

After completing undergraduate work at Virginia Tech he had the unique experience of serving as herd manager for Wye Plantation, Queenstown, MD under the tutelage of the late Jim Lingle, a master breeder of both dairy and beef cattle. Bill

Farmers’ Guide to the Conservation Stewardship Program

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The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) has released an updated version of our popular Farmers’ Guide to the Conservation Stewardship Program. The Guide is intended to help family farmers, ranchers, and foresters understand the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) enrollment process. In addition, it provides clear information on conservation activities eligible for CSP payments to improve conservation performance and environ-

mental benefits.

The CSP is a whole farm and comprehensive working lands conservation program administered by USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). Its primary focus is management practices. The philosophy of the program is captured by the subtitle of the Farmers’ Guide — Rewarding farmers for how they grow what they grow.

The revised Guide includes step-by-step enrollment guidance, key definitions, and helpful

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hints. It also includes a new five-page section with data analysis of the program’s first two signup periods in 2009 and 2010. This data section includes analysis of program participation by geographic region, land use type, commodity type, and the top conservation practices and enhancements chosen by farmers and ranchers who have enrolled in the program.

CSP targets priority resource issues in specific states and watersheds, paying farmers for the adoption of new conser-

vation enhancements and the active management of ongoing conservation activities to help solve the resource concerns. CSP payments are directly calibrated to environmental benefits derived from particular practices. All CSP participants must already exceed stewardship standards for at least one priority resource concern and agree to exceed standards for additional concerns through the adoption of advanced conservation management measures.

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The leading resource concerns currently addressed by the program are water quality, wildlife habitat, soil quality, and erosion. In some areas of the country water conservation and air quality are also priority considerations.

In just three years of operation, the program has enrolled nearly 30,000 farmers and ranchers operating over 37.5 million acres of farm and ranch land that is now under fiveyear, renewable CSP conservation contracts.

CSP enrollment acreage since passage of the 2008 Farm Bill is roughly equal in size to the entire state of Georgia or Iowa or Michigan.

To date, CSP “green” payments are averaging $170 million per year per sign-up, or approximately $850 million for each annual enrollment class over the course of the five-year CSP contract.

Individual farmer contracts are capped at $40,000 per year, with the average-sized contract currently running between $15,000 and $20,000 per year.

CSP is popular with producers, with twice as many applicants as

there is funding competing for enrollment. Enrollment is based on environmental benefit scores as determined by the Conservation Measurement Tool (CMT).

The CMT is explained in detail in the Guide.

CSP is a continuous sign-up program, meaning producers can apply to enroll at any time of the year. However, there is generally one cut-off date at which point NRCS will rank all proposals on hand, based on environmental benefits, and determine which will be awarded contracts for that year. Though NRCS has not announced anything yet, in all likelihood the 2012 cut-off date for ranking and awards will be early in the 2012 calendar year.

The Farmers’ Guide to the Conservation Stewardship Program is available for download on our Web site on our publications page at www.sustainableagriculture.net/ publications.

Printed copies of the Guide can also be purchased. To inquire about ordering printed copies, e-mail NSAC atintern@ sustainableagriculture.n et.

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Following a successful campaign in June and July, the Corn Farmers Coalition announced it will extend its summer campaign to educate policy makers in Washington.

In its third year, CFC continues to bring messages to Capitol Hill about the U.S. family farmers who produce corn, our nation's top crop. It is estimated that the total 2011 campaign will reach an extremely targeted audience with more than 40 million distinct impressions.

“This summer, we made amazing headway in bringing our messages about family farming and agriculture to our nation's capital,” said National Corn Growers Association President Bart Schott.

“By bringing our campaign back in September, we will be able to reinforce this excellent work just as our federal legislators return from recess to create policies that will impact corn growers across the country.”

Corn farmers from 14 states and NCGA support the Corn Farmers Coalition program to introduce

a foundation of facts seen as essential to decision making, rather than directly influencing legislation and regulation. The positive fact-based messages are directed at legislators and staff, agency employees such as Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy, think tanks and other non-government organizations who participate in the policy dialogue in Washington.

The Corn Farmers Coalition will re-launch its major advertising campaign with “station domination” at the Capitol South Metro Station, placing prominent messages in front of many legislative and regulatory staff that use the station in their daily commute.

The program will begin Sept. 1 after a monthlong recess reflective of the legislative calendar. It is estimated that in the month of September alone, this campaign will reach 800,000 people.

For more information go to www.cornfarmerscoalition.org Source: NCGA News of the Day, Wednesday, Aug.17

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Consignments Accepted on Friday - Sept 23rd from 8:00 to 12:00. Small items will be accepted until 10:00.

Corn Farmers Coalition builds on summer success of 2011 campaign

Foundation for the future offers affordable risk management tools to dairy farmers of all sizes

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Dairy farmers of all sizes will benefit from the risk management opportunities featured in the Foundation for the Future (FFTF) dairy policy program, designed by the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), and drafted into legislative form by Representative Collin Peterson (D-MN).

In particular, the Dairy Margin Protection Program (DMPP) presents farmers with the opportunity to insure up to 90 percent of their milk production against catastrophically low margins, due either to low milk prices, high feed costs, or the combination. Be-

cause the financial stability of dairy operations increasingly depends on margins, rather than milk prices, giving farmers a way to protect their operation’s equity when margins are tight is a huge improvement over the status quo government safety net programs, which are solely focused on milk prices, according to NMPF. “It’s always being said that farmers are price takers, not price makers, but under this new safety net, dairy producers will have the option of making a smart investment to prepare for the type of worst-case scenario like what we expe-

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rienced in 2009,” said Doug Nuttelman, a dairy farmer from Stromsburg, NE, and a member of the NMPF task force that developed the DMPP. Nuttelman explained that the DMPP offers a Basic level of margin insurance at no cost to producers; all they will have to do is sign up for it, once the Foundation for the Future program is implemented. Under the congressional draft, 75 percent of a farm’s milk production history will automatically be eligible for protection at $4 per hundredweight margin (defined as the gap between the all-milk price, and a national average of feed costs).

But the real opportunity for farmers comes under the Supplemental option of the DMPP, according to Nuttelman, because up to 90 percent of a farm’s production history can be insured in increments up to an additional $4/cwt.

The cost of any optional, additional insurance will be shared between the USDA, and producers who elect for Supplemental coverage.

“This gives farms of all sizes the chance to indemnify themselves at a level up to eight dollars per hundredweight, meaning that if the milk

price is $14, and feed costs are above $6 per hundred, the insurance program will pay them on all their production that particular month.

Or, if milk prices are $20, and feed costs are above $12, they’ll get paid,” Nuttelman said. If producers don’t want that level of protection, the Supplemental program offers a sliding scale of options, in 50 cent per hundredweight increments.

And the real attractiveness of this program to smaller-scale operators is that “the margin insurance program allows for risk management regardless of whether you produce 100,000 pounds of milk per month, or one million,” he said. “Many other types of private risk management tools require a minimum volume of milk in order to enter into a contract.

But the DMPP is open to everyone, large or small.

This brings a new degree of protection to even the smallest dairies,” Nuttelman said.

He also noted that the

DMPP is compatible with other risk management programs already in use, such as forward contracts. That type of program allows farmers to lock in a future price that may be attractive and profitable to them, whereas the DMPP allows producers to insure against an unattractive scenario where poor margins may bleed away

their equity.

For Nuttelman, whose multigenerational Nebraska farm involves two sons, having insurance against equity loss “would make it easier for us to sit down with the banker, because if he sees that we are protected against the downside, both he and I can invest more confidently in the future of our farm.”

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Farmers lose markets as Congress stalls on FTA with Colombia Now more than ever, it is critical the Congress ratify the pending U.S.Colombian Free Trade Agreement and ensure that U.S. farmers compete on a level playing field against foreign suppliers set to make significant headway into the country’s feed market. Traditionally a Top 10 export market for U.S. corn, Colombian corn imports have eroded substantially over the past four years and

stand to further decline in light of new trade agreements recently implemented with alternate suppliers.

“U.S. corn producers stand ready to develop and provide corn products to meet the modern demands of global consumption,” said National Corn Growers Association First Vice President Garry Niemeyer. “I urge Congress to work swiftly to pass the pending free trade agree-

ments with Colombia, as well as those with Korea and Panama.”

Specifically, Canadian feed wheat farmers currently enjoy an advantage as their nation’s FTA with Colombia was implemented beginning Aug. 15. In the short 10 days after the agreement took effect, Colombian buyers have placed orders for more than 77.1 million bushels of Canadian feed wheat.

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Notably, Brazilian and Argentine corn enter this market with a duty of 6.7 percent.

This differential has been clearly reflected in the decline of U.S. corn exports to Colombia. In

2007, Colombia imported 118.1 million bushels of corn with the United States enjoying a 93 percent market share. In 2010, however, U.S. market share has shrunk to only 20 percent, representing a $475 million dollar loss to the U.S. economy.

Under the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, the United States would have immediate access to Colombia’s market for 82.7 million bushels of corn at a zero percent duty. Over the course of the 12-year phase out

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Vilsack makes statement on reports of record agricultural exports and strong farm income Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on data released recently showing record U.S. farm exports and farm income: “This year brought a host of challenges for America’s farmers, ranchers and producers: Hurricanes, floods, drought and other extreme weather have driven thousands of Americans from their homes, destroyed crops, and threatened our rural communities. But despite the setbacks, American agriculture is thriving, demonstrating again that the men and women who own and operate America’s farms and ranches are some of the most resilient in the world.

“We learned this week in the Farm Income report that both net cash income and net farm income are record in nominal terms and, adjusting for inflation, are at their highest levels since the early 1970s. Meanwhile, total farm debt declined nearly 2 percent.

“That’s a major achievement and a testament to our farmers and ranchers, who continue to work hard, innovate and make smart business decisions in these challenging times. It shows that they are making good investments, reducing their debt, and using their resources wisely. Their success story is not cele-

brated often enough.

And it is due, in part, to their willingness to seize opportunities in new markets, both domestic and foreign.

“Farmers are working with USDA and other partners to expand opportunities to sell their products regionally and in their own communities. Making these sorts of connections — so a farmer can sell to a local school, hospital, or a family just a few dozen or hundred miles away — helps keep wealth right here in America, and is creating good paying jobs in our rural communities.

“Our farmers are also the best in the world at finding consumers far from home. Today, a new forecast of U.S. agricultural exports confirmed that ‘Grown in America’ products remain in high regard and high demand in the rest of the world.

The current U.S. export forecast for fiscal year 2011 is $137 billion, $22 billion higher than the previous record set in 2008 and $28 billion above 2010. And exports for 2012 will remain equally strong and help to support over one million American jobs. In fact, taken as a whole, the United States is in the midst of experiencing the three best years in our history in terms of agricultural exports.

“Strong exports have enabled agriculture to

remain one of only a few sectors of the U.S. economy to enjoy a trade surplus. This year’s surplus is projected at $42.5 billion — a record — and next year should be $32 billion, the third-highest.

In the months ahead, USDA will continue to work to maintain and expand this level of production through our commitment to agricul-

tural research and development, removing barriers to trade, maintaining a strong safety net for farmers, and helping to expand our local and regional food systems. This is how we will build an economy that continues to grow, innovate and out-compete the rest of the world.

“The export forecast also highlights why we

must move forward with pending trade agreements. Congress can help U.S. farmers and ranchers maintain a competitive advantage — and help to keep jobs here at home — by ratifying the South Korea, Colombia and Panama agreements. When fully implemented, those three agreements will immediately add more

than $2 billion per year to our economy and support thousands of additional jobs here in the United States.”

The latest export data is available via the Global Agricultural Trade System at www.fas.usda.gov/data. asp. The latest Farm Income data is available at www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/FarmIncome/.

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Approximately $50,000 is available in 2011 to fund up to five projects that quantify an emerging pest situation, develop IPM methods, or educate audiences about IPM. Each proposal is limited to $10,000. Learn more about this program, and download a full Request for Applications (RFA) for instructions on how to apply.

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Public and private institutions or organizations, businesses, commodity groups, and private individuals are invited to submit applications. The primary project director (PD) must reside in the Northeastern region, but co-PDs may be from outside the region.

If you have questions about the program, contact grants manager John Ayers at 814-235-0688 or at jea@psu.edu.

This grant program is distinct from the Center’s IPM Partnership Program, which funds working groups, IPM documents, and outreach.

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POLITICAL PROMOTIONAL PACKAGES available for reasonable prices.

Call Beth at Lee Publications 518-673-0101 or email bsnyder@leepub.com

WANTED

USED DAIRY EQUIPMENT

Dairy Cattle

BASKIN LIVESTOCK 585-344-4452 508-965-3370

HEIFERS

300 Lbs. to Springing Free Stall Herds & Tie Stall Herds (ALL SIZES)

50 WELL GROWN Freestall Heifers due within 60 days.

Joe Distelburger 845-3447170.

CERTIFIED ORGANIC Dairy Herd for sale, Holstein, Holstein crosses, 25 in milking herd, 14 heifers and calves, herd avg.

14,884 lbs., butterfat 4.0, protein 3.0, SCC 76,000. 802-5844077 kurganbc@kingcon.com

HEIFER BOARDING Concentrate Your Efforts on Making Milk - Let Us Raise Your Heifers - Quality Care ~ References Available ~ SILAGE ALSO AVAILABLE Springfield, VT • 802-885-4000

Heifers & Herds

www.cattlesourcellc.com

Dairy Equipment

Dairy Equipment

We have clients in need of herds, fresh cows, bred, and open heifers. Call Us with your information or email jeffking@kingsransomfarm.com

518-791-2876

WANTED

BERG-BENNETT, INC.

Also Complete Herds Prompt Pay & Removal

Call Toll Free 1-800-724-4866

315-269-6600

Hook & Eye Chain • Manure Augers & Pumps Replacement Gutter Cleaner Drive Units

RD #2 Box 113C, Wysox, PA 18854

All Size Heifers

SEMEN COLLECTED ON YOUR BULL At Your Farm or At Our Stud in Verona, NY

All Semen Processed at Our Lab Under Strict Regulations Electronic Seal of Straws (no powder plug)

Free Stalls

Tumble Mixers

Tie Rail Stalls

Conveyors

Comfort Stalls

Feeders

Cow Comfort Pads

Ventilation

WE OFFER PARTS & COMPONENTS FOR EVERY CLEANER

40 Years Experience

Dependa-Bull Services

BETTER PRICES ~ BETTER SERVICE

315-829-2250 Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle

Agricultural Commercial Residential

Whether you’re looking for a few heifers or a large herd, we have a quality selection of healthy, freestall trained cattle.

Herds ranging in size from 30-200+ tie or freestall.

24-29 G Pane a. ls

Wiin Haven Farm 978-874-2822 978-790-3231 Cell Westminster, MA

Building Materials/Supplies

CJM Farm Equipment 802-895-4159

NEW YORK STATE approved 150 gallon pasteurizer with recorder, $12,000 OBO; 400 Gal. Girton Milk Tank w/ compressor, $1,800 OBO; Heat exchanger, $1,600 OBO; 4’x5’ cooler w/ new compressor, $3,500 OBO; 3 Door reach in cooler, $1,400 OBO; High Temperature washer for bottle washing, $3,500 OBO; Milk pump, $950 OBO; New Milk Bottles for sale. 518-2793362

Jack Gordon (518) 279-3101

Cut to the INCH 16 s Color

Bulk Milk Coolers, Stainless Steel Storage Tanks, Pipeline Milkers, Milking Parlors, Vacuum Pumps, Used Milking Machine Plus Agitator Motors, Stainless Steel Shells, Weigh Jars, Etc.

- WANTED -

ALWAYSS AVAILABLE:

Dogs BORDER COLLIE PUPS. Red, Black, Blue & Merle, working lines, ABCA Reg. Shots.Dep. 518-673-5456

Strong demand for youngstock, heifers and herds.

Visit Our New Troy, NY Location!

DISTELBURGER R LIVESTOCK K SALES,, INC. Middletown, NY (845)) 344-71700 buycows@warwick.net

WANTED:

Agricultural Buildings Metal Roofing Pressure Treated Posts

Holstein Heifers Bred 1-5 Months.

Prompt Pickup & Payment

CENTER HILL BARNS RICHARD PITMAN, INC

P.O. BOX 262 EPSOM NEW HAMPSHIRE 03234

TELEPHONE 603.798.5087

Dairy Cattle

Herd Expansions

Beef Cattle

BARN REPAIR SPECIALISTS: Straightening, leveling, beam replacements. From foundation and sills to steel roofs. HERITAGE STRUCTURAL RENOVATION INC., 1-800-735-2580.

Custom Services

FAX 603.798.5088

Northeast Kingdom Sales, Inc. P.O. Box 550 Barton, VT 05822

Jim Young

Ray LeBlanc

(802) 525-4774 Cell: 274-0179

(802) 525-6913 Cell: 249-2155

FAX: (802) 525-3997 Email: neksales@together.net http://www.together.net/~neksales

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Farm Equipment

Farm Equipment

You can’t afford downtime!

Use Dual-Cut Rolls For Peak Performance

Y QUALIT TEED N A R A GU

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

JOHN DEERE TRACTOR PARTS

Front Mount Snowpushers 7’, 8’, 12’, 14’ & 16’, new/used 3Pt Snowblowers: 4’, 5’, 6’, 7’, 7 1/2’, new/used PTO Generators Dayton 50/25KW on trailer, very good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,750 & Winpower 70/35KW on pallet . . . . . . . . $2,450 4x4 Ford 2120 w/Ford 7109 Ldr 40HP Dsl, 1300 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,950 4x4 NH TC45D w/NH Ldr 35-40HP Dsl, w/outlets & rabbit/turtle control on joystick, very good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14,500 Vermeer V3550A Trencher w/Front Angle Blade low hrs, Dsl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,500 (job ready) 3Pt Farmi Log Winches new/used 18’ Steel Rack Kicker Wagon on good gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,500 4x4 Long 50HP Dsl w/Reverser & ROPS Canopy 2900 hrs, well maintained . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6,950 4x4 Kubota L3410 w/Heated Cab 30-35HP Dsl, “Ag Tires” w/3pt snowblower “Package” . . .$9,850

MACK ENTERPRISES

Many New Parts in Stock RECENT MODELS IN FOR SALVAGE:

•4430 qd, cab 6420 burnt •JD L3020 dsl PS •E4020 •3010 •2630 •2950 4WD •L4020 PS •2640 •2010 •JD 5400 4WD burnt We Rebuild Your Hydraulic Pumps, SCV Valves, Steering Valves, etc.

All units are Bench Tested Many Used Tractor Parts Already Dismantled CALL FOR YOUR NEEDS

NELSON PARTS 800-730-4020 315-536-3737

Randolph, NY

(716) 358-3006 • (716) 358-3768 Ship UPS Daily www.w2r.com/mackenterprises/

New & Used Tractor & Logging Equipment Parts

NEW HOLLAND 718 2-row corn chopper, New Holland 717 wide grass head chopper, Both choppers, good condition, kept under cover. 860886-3943

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1155 MASSEY FERGUSON, good shape, $6,000; 24’ SI Feeders feeder wagon, $1,800. 802-434-2151, 802434-3565 BADGER PTO ROLLERMILL, auger in, auger out. 315-8226883 Case Int’l 695, 4WD, ldr., ROPS, F/R, $13,500; NH 477 haybine, $1,200; Flail mowers, 5’ & 8’, $800 & $1,300; JD 327- 346 sq. balers w/ kickers, nice, $4,800 ea.; NH 269 baler- nice, $2,400; Buffalo 3ph, 2 row corn/ vegetable planter w/ fert, $2,600; 4’-7’ bush hogs, $400 & up. Full line of farm equipment available! 802-885-4000 GEHL 7285 mixer wagon with scales, $3,200; Richardton 1200 dump wagon, $2,200.

413-477-6988

JD 2940, 90hp, ROPS, canopy, $6,000; Krohn KR151 round baler, silage/ twine, $5,500; MF 150, gas, nice, $4,500. JD 2 row, wide, green, corn head, good, $850; JD 3940 w/ hay head, parts or use, $1,500. 802-376-5262

Farm Machinery For Sale

JOHN DEERE BALER PARTS, new & used. New wrappers, tedders, crimpers, grabbers, rakes. Nelson Horning 585526-6705

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

MAINE TO NORTH CAROLINA We broker and manage Multi Farm Partnerships.

Wet fields? Make land tile application a part of your crop rotation @ PleasantCreekHay.com Welsarth@msn.com Become a Partner Dealer 91 Front PTO Tractors, 25 Mph+, Air Brakes, 151-331HP 2006 Claas 3300 (x2) 330HP, 31Mph . . . . . .From $155,241 US 06-07 JCB 8250 (x2) 260HP, 44Mph . . . . . .From $106,270 US 2009 NH 7050 (x2) 241HP, 31Mph . . . . . . . . . . . . .$125,054 US 04-06 NH TVT190 (x5) 190HP, 31Mph . . . . . .From $68,737 US 95-03 JCB 3185 (x10), 188HP, 42Mph . . . . . .From $30,731 US 05-06 JD 6920 S (x4) 160HP, 31Mph . . . . . . .From $81,248 US 94-02 JCB 155 (x7) 155-174HP, 38-50 Mph . . . . . .$29-64K US 99-03 Case IH MX 150 (x4) 150HP, 31 Mph . . . . . .$57-62K US 10 w/Loaders, 160-250HP, 42Mph . . . . . . . . From $28K 21 R/over Kverneland Plows 4-12 bottoms . . . $16-103K US 29 Triple mowers, 10 w/collectors

$

20,000.

Don’t Be Caught Without Power

413-207-5843 Massey Ferguson

Farm Machinery Wanted

Farm Machinery For Sale

88 Int. • Auto, 4200 Gal.

9,800 - 518-643-9468 or 518-570-9468

$

Charles McCarthy Farm Machinery

BUY ~ SELL ~ TRADE

GEHL 865 chopper, 1,000 RPM, electric controls, TR3038 2 row narrow corn head, 6’ grass head, field ready, $6,000. 860-567-9537

3 Phase, 750hp, 95 Hours, Original Paint

814-793-4293

TRACTORS • FARM MACHINERY • UTILITY TRAILERS

JD 3955 forage harvester, excellent condition, 2-row corn head plus grass head, $19,900. 978-544-6105

GENERATOR

165, 175, 265, 275, 285 Any Condition

Farm Machinery For Sale Int’l 966 Turbo, Dynoed, 165hp, new clutch, TA, etc., recent mtr- Awesome! Int’l 766- Black Stripe, cab, 3100 hrs orig., Super nice! $14,950 each. JD 920 disk mower/ cond., $4,800; Salsco wrapper w/ motor, $4,800. 802376-5262

V12 Cummins 400kw

WANTED

Kennedy Tractor (315) 964-1161 Williamstown, NY “We Deliver”

Questions? Call us. PH# Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

PH: 570-869-1551 Cell: 607-759-4646 4698 ST. RT. 3004

570-833-5214 MESHOPPEN, PA 18630

Combine Salvage

K & J Surplus 60 Dublin Rd. Lansing, NY 14882 (607) 533-4850 • (607) 279-6232

Roto Grind Tub Grinder model 1090 . . . .$16,500 1960 Farmall Cub tractor with cultivators & plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,900 6’ Bush Hog Mower $875 5’ Rotary Mower . .$675 6’ Howse Finish Mower, 3pt. hitch . . . . . . . . .$875

3RN Corn Head for a Hesston or Field Queen chopper. Also, looking for Hesston or Field Queen choppers. 845-2645726

WANTED

John Deere 5460, 5820, or 5830 Choppers

814-793-4293

413-834-4689

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

SANDY DODGE

30 ACRES OF CORN SILAGE for sale. West Bridgewater, Mass. 774-274-7249

MCCORMICK MCX140 POWER SHIFT, 4wd, cab, AC, quick-tach 810 loader . . . . . . . . . . . .$38,500 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ‘88 GMC 18’ Platform Dump, Cat Diesel, 53,000 GVW, Lots of Extras, Very Good . . . . . .$11,500.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • New 8x18 Bale Wagon, Steel Sides & Oak Floor, 8 Ton Gear w/11Lx15 Implement Tires, Ready for Field $3,585. *With All Steel Construction .Add $300.

•••••••••••••••••• New Running Gear - 3 Ton .$750.

6 Ton $900; 8 Ton $1150; 10 Ton $1295.

12 Ton Tandem . . . . . . . . .$1,995.

With 11L by 15 Implement Tubes & Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$90 Ea. •••••••••••••••••• Exchange 15” for 16” Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Plus $15 Ea. Wide Track Gear . . . . . .Plus $60.

•••••••••••••••••• Dry Hill Bale Grabbers Round Bale . . . . . . . . . . $1,150 Heavy Duty Round or Square Bale double piston . . . . . $1,795 •••••••••••••••••• 16’ & 20’ Aluminum Ladder Conveyor w/Belt for Hay or Bag Shavings, 120# w/Motor . .$1,450/$1,550.

•••••••••••••••••• Morra Tedder 17’, Used .$4,350.

New . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,950.

Morra Rotary Rake, Tandem 9’ 3pt. Hitch, New .$4,500.

11’ Pull Type, New .$7,200.

CIH DCX101 Discbine (Same as NH 1411) . . . . . . . . . . .$13,500 CIH SBX540 Baler w/Thrower (Same as NH 575) . . . .$15,500 J&L Hay Saver, Feeders Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CALL Other Sizes Wagons,Tedders, Rakes, Feeders & Gates Available Call SANDY DODGE 668 RT. 12, PLAINFIELD, CT 06374

860-564-2905

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Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

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Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

“BUYERS OF GRAIN”

POST DRIVER, shaver HD10 manual tilt w/3pt hitch bracket. Bought new in 2008, not used since installing new springs last fall. $2,750. Call or email Ben 207-892-6820 sebagolakeranch@gmail.com

Fresh Produce, Nursery

Pumpkins, Gourds, Winter Squash, etc.

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

Hay - Straw For Sale

Hay - Straw For Sale

FOR SALE: Quality first & second cut big & small square bales. Delivered. 315-264-3900

TOO MUCH HAY?

FOR SALE

Try Selling It In The

All Grades Hay & Straw Horse & Dairy Quality Bagged Shavings & Sawdust

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

A N MARTIN GRAIN SYSTEMS Clyde, NY

WE SPECIALIZE IN

Hay - Straw For Sale

STANTON BROTHERS

• Hopper Feed Bins • Transport Augers • Crane Service • Dryer Service Hay - Straw For Sale

ONTARIO DAIRY HAY & STRAW

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

10 Ton Minimum Limited Availability

ALSO CERTIFIED ORGANIC

518-768-2344

Call for Competitive Prices

Low Potassium for Dry Cows

NEEB AGRI-PRODUCTS 4’x5’ ROUND BALES first cut, good quality. Picked up or delivered. Augur Farms 203530-4953 AMARAL FARMS 1st cutting good quality hay, round bales 4x5. Call 860-576-5188 or 860-450-6536

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ASSISTANT HERDSMAN for 950 cow farm in Western Saratoga County,NY. Wage plus benefits. David Wood, 518-882-6684 or drwfarm@aol.com

519-529-1141

ROUND BALES OF HAY, good quality, early cut, $35.00-$40.00. 413-238-0117

Country Folks is looking for self-motivated free-lance writers to contribute to their weekly agricultural paper.

Knowledge of the industry a must.

Articles could include educational topics as well as feature articles.

Hay - Straw Wanted

WANTED

Hay & Straw - All Types

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

We Pick Up & Pay Cell 717-222-2304 Buyers & Sellers Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

WORKER FOR HORSE, SHEEP & BIRD FARM ON HOPE ISLAND, CASCO BAY, ME.

Do you yearn for peace & quiet? Do you love animals?

Do you want the country life? Then this is for you! Apartment provided with salary plus gas and electric. You’ll love it!

We have other help. Send resume in detail including previous employment, telephone number, and address.

mrs.c@gmbny.com

Help Wanted

Alltech is currently looking for a Territory Sales Representative with a strong dairy background for Pennsylvania. Alltech sales people are highly motivated professionals who provide a natural link between marketing, research and the customer. Alltech ranks among the top 10 animal health companies in the world. The company has experienced consistent growth since it was founded in 1980. Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, Alltech has a presence in over 110 countries with distributors around the world.

Today it employs 2,600 people and growth continues at a rate of 20 percent.

Key responsibilities include: Regularly visit our industry partners (feed companies, consulting nutritionists, veterinarians, producers, government agencies, etc) across the territory to manage existing relationships while cultivating new relationships Drive sales by identifying customer needs and finding solutions Attend industry events and tradeshows to showcase Alltech in a positive, professional manner

The ideal candidate should have: A strong technical background: BSc, MSc or higher Strong verbal and written communication skills Interest and experience in the animal health or nutrition industries Self-motivated and proactive A valid driver’s license E-mail resumé and cover letter to: mgast@alltech.com

Alltech | Pennsylvania 1860 Charter Lane, Suite 203 Lancaster, PA 17601 Fax: 717-393-9774 • mgast@allltech.com

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Grain Handling Equip.

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315-923-9118

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Hornell,NY

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CLASSIFIEDS

WILL DELIVER

HAY & STRAW: Large or small square bales. Wood Shaving Bagged. René Normandin,Québec,Canada 450347-7714

Hoeffner Farms

Heating

800-836-2888

Fencing

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“Call for Market Information and Bids” 518-272-7212 or 800-833-3636 Clayton Charles - Ext. 131 - Corn • John Maloy - Ext. 102 - Soybeans Matt White - Ext. 115 - Oats

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Hoof Trimming

Hoof Trimming

Affordable Hydraulic Hoof Trimming Tables • Heavy Duty Professional Quality • Increased Production With Less Effort • Models Available In Stationary & Portable • Limited Warranty

The Ultimate in Tilt Tables SHEP’S WELDING, INC. PO Box 296, Chiefland, FL 32644 • www.shepswelding.net

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1-800-370-8454 Horse Equipment

Miscellaneous

English Saddle Set (Complete) Wintec 500 Close Contact CAIR 16 ½” Seat Color: Caramel, 50” Professional Choice English Girth, Stirrup Straps and Irons, Leather Bridle, Reins, and Breast Collar to match, 2 Pads, Complete Gullet System, $650.00. 518673-2858

C A M PA I G N P O S T E R S : Very reasonable prices. Call Beth at Lee Publications 518-673-0101 or email bsnyder@leepub.com

Parts & Repair

Parts & Repair

“BELT T BUSTERS” $ave on Flat Belts for Your Farm Machinery

21 Years of Customer Satisfaction QUALITY BELTS AT FARMER PRICES Now Available: Extensive Line of Trailers & Trailer Parts ~ Call for Information & Prices

Agricultural Belt Service Route 75, Eden, NY 14057 Call 716-337-BELT Now accepting MasterCard, Visa & Discover

Real Estate For Sale

POSSON REALTY LLC 787 Bates-Wilson Road Norwich, NY 13851

(607)) 334-97277 Celll 607-316-3758 www.possonrealty.com possonrealty@frontiernet.net David C. Posson, Broker

Parts & Repair

Real Estate For Sale

NEW, USED & RECONDITIONED

IH TRACTOR SALVAGE PARTS

100 ACRE FARM, 60 cow barn, 30 heifers barn, house, trailer. Burke,NY. 518-4833370

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

BATES CORPORATION 12351 Elm Rd BOURBON, IN 46504

New, Used & Rebuilt We Ship Anywhere CHECK OUT OUR MONTHLY WEB SPECIALS!

GOODRICH TRACTOR PARTS

Richard E. Posson, Associate Broker

22233 - Madisonn Countyy Show w placee Freee Stalll operation.

500 acres, 330 tillable well drained high lime very productive soils w/additional 200 acres rented with more land available.

All on a quiet road w/very nice setting. Main free stall modern 4 row with 207 free stalls. Second barn 4 row w/additional 98 free stalls. 2 other barns for 100 head of young stock or dry cows & a pre-fresh barn with additional 12 stalls. Very nice Double 10 rapid exit parlor with crowd gate. 5,000 gallon bulk tank. 36x80 machinery building with heated shop. Large pad for corn silage and haylege. Separate heifer facility for 200 head of heifers available for rent close by. Good remodeled 2 story 3 bdrm home. This is a great area of Central NY to farm in.

Everything is close by. Long growing season, good milk markets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Askingg $1.355 million

Roofing

Roofing

ROOFING & SIDING

Call the IH Parts Specialists:

Our Web Address: www.batescorp.com

Rt. 38 & 38B, Newark Valley, NY

607-642-3293

1-800-248-2955

Real Estate For Sale

Real Estate For Sale

e Metall Roofing g & Siding..

BUY DIRECT – Wee manufacture

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

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

www.demereerealty.com • demeree@ntcnet.com

Dave Gabel Agricultural Belt Services

Real Estate For Sale

Parts

#501 - Outstanding “Dairy of Distinction” farm w/500 acres, COULD BE A GREAT GRAIN, 360 tillable, 70 pasture & 68 woods - like new 2 story barn w/130 tie stalls & gravity flow to manure pit - 3 yr. old free stall heifer barn w/113 stalls - also 14 stall dry cow barn - 2000 gal. B.T. & 2” pipeline - new 30x40 ft. heated work shop - 22x20 ft. grain dryer - 2 26x20 ft. metal grain bins - 2 25x70 & 2 12x90 ft. bunk silos, 20x70 & 20x60 ft. Harvestore silos - extra nice 2 story home with 9 rms. - also 2nd home w/6 rms. & a small tenant house - 2 wells & 6 ponds - farm borders Rte. I-88 South of Albany - priced to sell @ . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,100,000. COWS & MACHINERY AVAIL. #69 - Farm w/150 A. - 130 tillable, 20 woods, nice apple orchard, outstanding looking property w/very good 2 story home w/beautiful lawns and nice in-ground swimming pool - also outside wood furnace, 2 story barn with lg. heated shop at one end - nice creek borders property - located across the road from #70. Priced @ . . . .$435,000 #15-A - Great commercial buy on Rte. 5S just outside of Herkimer & Mohawk, NY on 50 acres of mostly flat & tillable land w/1730 ft. of rd. frontage - has lg. 2 story house with kitchen, dining area, living rm. & one bedroom downstairs & 2.5 bedrooms upstairs all on one side of house with room for lg. kitchen, living rm., 2 lg. bedrooms upstairs on other side of house - this property would be a nice location for a new shopping mall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $950,000 #36 - Nice hunting & recreation property on very quiet road - 141 acres near Adirondack Park on south side - 5 rm. A-Frame home w/attached 10x18 ft. breezeway & 20x24 ft. work shop - lots of water - 125 ft. well - 3 ponds, 2 stocked w/bass & 3 creeks - INCLUDES TRACTOR AND LAWNMOWER - PRICED @ . . . .$268,000 #35 - JUST LIKE THE PONDEROSA W/NO NEIGHBORS IN SIGHT! Lots of good hunting & panoramic views - 490 acres in secluded country setting - 206 acres of managed wood lots - 200 acres tillable land - Nice 7 rm. three yr. old modular home w/garage underneath - eat-in kitchen w/oak cabinets, full basement, buried electric & phone lines - also 2 story barn w/horse stalls & new 45x30 ft. single story addition 3 well, 1 EX. spring & 2 lg. ponds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $980,000 C-68 - 107.6 A. Farm, 81.6 A. prime, river bottom farmland with 27 A. woods; spacious 2400 sq. ft. well-maintained 150 yr. old farmhouse, 10 rm., 5BR, 1 1/2 baths, new windows and furnace, full cellar, enclosed porch, furnishings included; two-story dairy barn, 48 stanchions, heifer/calf tie-stalls, Patz barn cleaner in covered manure room; 14x70 concrete stave silo, three-bay garage with overhead doors, additional bldgs. for storage, all in excellent condition, one pond and year round creek runs through poperty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asking $395,000

22855 - Greatt Buy!! Western NY Free Stall Operation located on a quiet road. 560 acres of land 315 acres tillable growing corn and hay. Decent growing season. Additional 440 acres available to purchase. 3 good free stall barns with 300 stalls.

Manure lagoon, 30x90 machine shop, 5 bunker silos with 7,000 ton capacity, Double 6 herringbone parlor. Good 2 story 4 bdrm 1 bth home in good condition. This farm is an ongoing operation, can be purchased with cattle, machinery and feeds.

Owners are retiring. . . . . . . . . . . . . Askingg $750,0000 baree 22844 - Herkimerr Countyy 233 acree Gentleman'ss Farm.. 23 acres 15 acres tillable balance pasture. 35 acres additional land to rent close by. Good 2 story 58 stall barn with 28 new stalls.

Side addition for 25 head of heifers. Shop and machinery building. 4 run in sheds. Nice remodeled 2 story 4 bbrm 2 bth home.

This farm has a very pretty setting. 20 mins south of Utica and Herkimer. Nice little farm for someone who wants to raise beef, horses or milk a small dairy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reasonablyy pricedd att $179,0000 22800 - Otsegoo Countyy Dairyy Farm.. 25 acres total, 10 tillable, balance pasture. Plenty of additional land close by to rent or purchase feed, dealers in the area. Single story conventional barn with 55 ties set up to milk. 20x80 young stock barn. 2 upright silos 20x60 & 18x60. Older 2 story 4 bdrm 2 bth home in good condition. New windows, new septic. All located on a quiet road, mins to Cooperstown. Buy for Dairy or would make a nice farm for horses or beef. . . . . . . . . . Askingg $175,000

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SEP 22-24 3rd International Symposium on Mastitis and Milk Quality St. Louis, MO. Submission of abstracts for presentation at this fall symposium (either as a poster or orally) will be due by March 1. Watch the NMC Web site at nmconline.org for more details.

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OCT 1-2 13th Annual North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival Forster’s Farm, 60 Chestnut Hill Rd., Orange, MA. 10 am - 5 pm both days. Rain or shine. $5/day for adults, weekend pass $8. Kids under 12 free. Call e-mail deb@seedsofsolidarity.org.

On Internet at www. garlicandarts.org OCT 8-9 7th Annual Connecticut Garlic & Harvest Festival Bethlehem Fairgrounds, 384 Main St. North (Route 61), Bethlehem, CT. 10 am - 5 pm daily. Fresh garlic and farm produce, garlic specialty food vendors, crafts, garlic food court, garlic growing lectures, garlic cooking demonstrations, live entertainment, amusements and plenty of samples make this a must for the garlic lover.

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