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Farm News • Equipment for Sale • Auctions • Classifieds Erie County announces Sheep Show winners FFA Page A24

Fingerr Lakes Fiberr Festival welcomes approximately 4,000 0 visitors s ~ Page e2

Columnists Lee Mielke

Mielke Market Weekly A13 Paris Reidhead

Crop Comments

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Auctions Classifieds Farmer to Farmer

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Show me your ways, O LORD, and teach me your paths. ~ Psalm 25: 3

Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival welcomes approximately 4,000 visitors

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by Jennifer Wagester HEMLOCK NY — Gorgeous weather graced this year’s Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival. The event welcomed about 4,000 visitors over the Sept. 17-18 weekend.

Long-time attendees have enjoyed sunny skies for the past five years, though inclement weather wouldn’t keep them away. While other fiber festivals are larger, the friendly atmosphere at the Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival keeps people coming back year after year.

The festival started 17 years ago with a handful of fiber arts enthusiasts sharing their common interests. It now fills all but the horse barns at the Hemlock Fairgrounds.

This year local and outof-state vendors showcased the latest trends and innovations in fiber arts along with time-honored techniques. Visitors of all ages enjoyed learning, making friends, and

experiencing fiber arts through hands-on exhibits.

Chairperson Anne Marie Graham describes the event as “cozy.” About 100 vendors hosted booths at the festival. The booths were adorned with their wares of fleeces, raw fibers, and yarn skeins. Spinning wheels and drop spindles were also on display along with garments, natural textiles, and handmade crafts. Attendees were welcome to run their fingers through the fibers and try their hands at spinning or rug hooking. Everyone was friendly and eager to share their knowledge and passion for fiber arts.

Guilds representing local crafters participated in the festival and their members were on hand to demonstrate their arts.

The guilds included the Rochester Knitting Guild, the Weaver’s Guild of Rochester, the Genesee Valley Fiber Arts Guild,

Sandy Creek Alpacas of Kendall, NY, provided a SpinOlution Mach II spinning wheel for “test drives.”

Master Gardeners of Livingston County, the Southern Tier Fiber Arts Guild, and the Genesee Valley Sock Machine Club. The Genesee Country Lace Guild offered opportunities for visitors to watch experienced lace artisans weave intricate patterns and to try making lace. The Genesee Valley Handspinners Guild displayed hand coverings made by their members. These items resulted from the guild’s November “fiber exchange” and visitors could vote for their favorite item.

An array of sheep fleeces, skeins of yarn, and handcrafted items were submitted for judging and display at the festival. Over $750 in cash prizes were awarded to the winners. The number of entries has been on the rise and more entries are expected as the competition expands. Next year a category for Angora goat fleeces will be added. A list of the 2011 winners will soon be posted on the festival’s Web site.

Alongside contest entries, creatively designed preemie hats crafted by members of the Genesee Valley Handspinners Guild were displayed.

The guild will donate the hats to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Rochester in honor of a member’s little girl who spent 83 days in the PICU before coming home.

Fibers harvested from a wide variety of animals were showcased throughout the festival.

Breeders also brought Shetland sheep, Angora goats and rabbits, alpacas, and llamas for display. Visitors of all ages were spotted taking pictures of the animals and running their hands through the fleeces while asking lots of questions.

Youngsters especially loved the Angora rabbits.

They smiled and pointed as wool was plucked from a rabbit and immediately spun into thread.

Breeds that come in a variety of colors are popular as their wool does not have to be dyed. Bill and Sandy Truckner of Twin Springs Farm in Avonmore, PA, brought four colorful Shetland sheep to the festival. The breed offers 11 colors in 30 coat designs in shades of grey, white, black,

Volunteers showed visitors how felt can become art at a felting demonstration.

Photos by Jennifer Wagester

fawn, and shades of brown.

The variety makes it hard for breeders to have just a few. Bill and Sandy’s small herd has grown over the years to include more colors and they continue to adjust their breeding program to achieve rare color combinations.

Live demonstrations of sheep herding were provided in the fairground’s horse arena. Dawn Welch of Wind Over Woods and Jean Barrett of Wicked Working Dogs presented training and herding techniques. Their Australian shepherds moved sheep along the rails, making herding look easy. Dawn Welch said it takes about two years to train a dog to herd well and then continuous training after that to maintain those skills.

Her sheep herd includes ewes at three levels (easy, more difficult, and challenging to herd) to help dogs progress through training.

During the weekend, 31 classes were offered.

The topics covered included spinning, natural dyeing for greens and yellows, weaving, Tunisian crochet, various knitting classes, felting, jewelrymaking, and rug hooking. Free demonstrations were also provided throughout the festival.

The demonstrations featured sheep shearing, silk reeling, felting, drop spindling, skirting a

fleece, making flax into linen, carding alpaca fiber, and rakestraw spinning and plying.

Those in need of a break could enjoy refreshments at one of the many food stands or a free horse drawn wagon ride courtesy of Gladacres Farm.

Overall, Chairperson Anne Marie Graham and her team of volunteers felt the event was a success. Tina Turner, Carolyn Rivello, and Caroline

Baker-Drake were Anne Marie’s support network and Kathy Jarvis, along with another co-chair, will lead next year’s festival. They look forward to continuing the tradition that has made such a positive impact on the fiber arts community.

For more information about the Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival, visit the Genesee Valley Handspinners Guild Web site at www.gvhg.org.

A member of the Genesee Country Lace Guild shows 5year-old Alison Wagester how to make lace.

Crowd control experts work the masses tional Forest last year, and there was a 300’ descent into the meadow,” said Zook, noting that the big horses would have had trouble negotiating that slope. “We like to keep smaller horses around for that.”

There are five full-time members in the mounted unit who are responsible for the horses’ daily care and training. In addition, 25 field riders located throughout the state are trained to ride and handle the horses during events such as parades, sports playoffs and other large gatherings.

At Ag Progress Days, four officers in the patrol unit demonstrated one of the most important tasks they do as a mounted unit — crowd control.

Zook explained that during crowd control detail, there are officers he refers to as ‘ground guys’ behind the mounted squad. “Our job is to manage the crowd, move them where we want them, then let the ground guys take over.”

A group of volunteers came into the ring to participate in the crowd control demonstration. Following a series of commands from Zook, the four riders maneuvered their mounts into the crowd, which quickly dispersed when faced with the large animals. Using an echelon movement with one or two horses in the lead, a unit can move crowds away from gates and clear the way for police vehicles.

“It’s like a snowplow,” said Zook. “We push them off the fence, get the ground guys in place, and we’ve managed the crowd.” As riders maneuvered their mounts into the crowd, Zook shouted commands to the unruly group. “Get back! Get away from the fence! Get away from the gate! Get back!” Zook and his team also demonstrated a split echelon that might be used down a city street with sidewalks and buildings on either side. “The goal is to split and disrupt a crowd so that the ground men can get in for further control,” he said. “Another formation, known as the wedge formation, can be used to push through a crowd to allow a patrol

When crowds don't respond immediately, the police force will continue to pursue them.

Photos by Sally Colby

Crowds quickly disperse when faced with large, imposing and unfamiliar animals.

car or ambulance to enter an area.”

To demonstrate another strength of a mounted patrolman, Penn State’s

equine instructor and judging team coach Brian Egan acted as a man trying to escape the police on foot. Two mounted pa-

trolmen pursued Egan and had no trouble apprehending him.

Anyone who wants to donate a quiet gelding

that might be suitable for mounted police work should contact Corporal Crimbing at 717533-9111.

Beginning a successful small farm operation Cornell University Cooperative Extension can offer you the training and resources to select an enterprise suited for success. This introductory course designed for small, part-time or prospective farmers will be held on Tuesday evenings, Oct. 4, 11, 18, and 25 at Healthy Community Alliance, 1 School Street in Gowanda, NY, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Topics to be covered: Agriculture 101 is an

introduction to agriculture within the region and an overview of agricultural terminology.

Since the soil is the foundation of farming, the series continues with the Basics of Soil & Plant Fertility. Basics of Farm Bookkeeping & Taxes introduces participants to sample financial systems available for use and tax related farm issues. Selecting an enterprise without checking the farm resources or mar-

keting opportunities can create a roadblock to success. In the fourth class of the series we take a look at Selecting an Enterprise & Marketing What You Produce.

Enrollment will be limited; pre-registration is required by Sept. 29. There is a cost for this workshop. For more information or to pre-register contact Ginny Carlberg, 716664-9502 x 202; Sharon Bachman, 716-652-5400 x 150 or Lynn Bliven,

585-268-7644 x 18.

An additional session will be available to the public and to the participants of the Beginning Farmer Course entitled Pasture Management and Hay Quality Evaluation. Held on Nov. 1 covering the opportunities for forage based enterprises in Western New York there is a cost for this class. For more information or to pre-register for these two sessions, please contact Lynn Bliven at 585-268-7644 ext 18.

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by Sally Colby Sammy, Jake, David and Alvin are crowd control experts. They don’t flinch when faced with rowdy fans at sports events, aren’t afraid of firecrackers and stay cool in heavy traffic. And if someone thinks they can outrun one of these beasts, they’re in for a surprise. These four, who weigh over a half-ton each, are horses used by the Pennsylvania State Police for a variety of details that would prohibit men and women from doing the job alone.

The four horses were present at Ag Progress Days last month with their riders Cpl. Brad Zook, Cpl. Carol Peters, Trooper Michael Sprague and Trooper Allison Goswick.

“All of our horses are donated,” said Zook as he described the handsome group to the crowd. “They aren’t all the same. We look for size — a minimum of 16 hands. Size helps intimidate and move the crowd. We like them to be between 5 and 15 years old, preferably closer to 5.” Zook says that although they used stick with dark-colored horses, they’re now ‘hitting the color wheel.’

“You’ll see us at football games, standing on street corners, patrolling, looking for trouble and maintaining peace,” said Zook as he explained that the most desirable horses are drafts. “We need a horse that’s going to do that. Drafts and draft crosses are cold-blooded and they’re happy to stand around. What you see us doing right now is about 80 percent of our detail.” The horses are trained for work detail and desensitized to fireworks, sirens, flashing lights, tarps, tennis balls and water guns; and after about a year of specialized training, they’re ready for work on the streets.

Right now, there are 25 horses in the police headquarters in Hershey.

Breeds include American Quarter Horse, Belgian, Tennessee Walker, Percheron and a variety of crosses. There are also some smaller, non-draft horses that are useful for mounted searches through wooded areas and rough terrain. “We went up to Allegheny Na-

Field day shows perennial grass trials, alerts growers to smut

by Kara Lynn Dunn BELLEVILLE, NY — “These are beautiful stands. We are incredibly impressed with how well this variety trial is growing here,” said Cornell University Research Associate Dr. Hilary Mayton with the Biofuel Perennial Grass Project. She was talking to farmers, conservationists and students about the switchgrass, big bluestem and other perennial grass trial plots at the Belleville-Henderson Central School campus in Belleville, NY. “Now that these stands are mature, we are looking to see which varieties will produce relatively stable yields over time,” Mayton said.

Switchgrass takes three years to mature. Mayton said the key to establish-

ing a strong stand starts with high quality seed.

“Find the best quality seed for a high rate of germination. Cornell will test seed samples for germination,” Mayton said.

Testing has shown that seed tag labels do not always accurately reflect the germination/dormancy ratio.

Most growers plant 8 to 10 pounds of seed per acre.

“Fields should be planted between early-mid May through June. You can mow in mid-July to knock down the weed pressure and open the grass canopy, then leave it alone,” Mayton said. “The first year you want the crop to establish its roots. Especially don’t mow a warm season grass crop past July 15-20.”

This switchgrass smut info card shows healthy and infected seed heads, and encourages farmers to contact the Cornell Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic at 607-255-7850 if they see what could be switchgrass smut.

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Cornell University Plant Pathologist Dr. Gary C. Bergstrom (L-R), Belleville-Henderson Central School FFA Advisor and Agriculture teacher Tedra McDougal, FFA members Amanda Rhodes and J.W. Allen, Cornell Cooperative Extension Field Crop Educators Mike Hunter with CCE Jefferson County and Joe Lawrence with CCE Lewis County, and Cornell University Biofuel Perennial Grass Project Research Associate Dr. Hilary Mayton.

Photos by Kara Lynn Dunn In the fall, the nutrients in the crop where they have grown these grasses return to the roots and directly impact for many years.” the perenniality of the crop and the Both researchers said they are interlong-term life of the stand. ested to measure the long-term sustain“The second year before the crop ability and disease resistance of grass breaks dormancy, you can spray mixes over a monoculture crop. The inRoundup to kill the first flush of weeds, tent is to get ahead of the time when New then do not cut until after September and York state will have thousands of acres only cut to 8 to 10 inches,” Mayton said. of grasses creating the opportunity for “In trials co-sponsored by the North more disease in the crops.

Central SunGrant Region and the U.S. Switchgrass smut is one of the disDepartment of Energy in such states as eases that Bergstrom is asking growers South Dakota, Oklahoma, Iowa, and to recognize in grasses for bioenergy Virginia, New York has had the highest purposes as well as in ornamental or yields of all the trials,” Mayton said. “We conservation plantings. see strong and steadier yields in part “We would like growers to look for this because of the rain here, and we think disease. Smut affects the plant’s seed we can boost our yields more with production and can stunt crop yield up breeding and selection.” to 50 percent,” Bergstrom said. “Smut Cornell University has approximately may also occur in ornamental grasses 16,000 seedlings in its plant nursery used for landscaping.” collection and is just beginning selecSmutted seed heads showing fungal tion breeding. spores have been seen in the switchMayton said the research team has grass trials in Chemung County, NY, as shipped the harvested grasses to a well as in trials in Pennsylvania. processor for evaluation on how well Growers can send suspicious seed they process into biofuel pellets. The heads from their switchgrass crops to Sunburst variety, for example, could Bergstrom at Cornell for evaluation. not be processed into pellets, while oth“There is currently no treatment for er varieties do form well into pellets, smut, however, fungicidal treatments of bricks and other formats for use as a seed are under evaluation and smut-refeedstock for direct combustion or gasi- sistant variety trials are underway at fication. the USDA NRCS Big Flats facility and at The Northern New York Agricultural the research facilities of Ernst Seed in Development Program has provided Pennsylvania. This research is supportfunding for the side-by-side compar- ed in part by the New York Farm Viabilisons of the grasses as a potential ener- ity Institute. We will have our first readgy crop. Conservationists are also find- ings on variety reaction there later this ing the grass trials useful for selecting year. In the meantime, reducing the species for creating wildlife habitat, shipment of infected seed is helpful in such as pheasant preserves. controlling the spread of the disease,” Field day organizer and Cornell Coop- Bergstrom said. erative Extension of Jefferson County Bergstrom said switchgrass rust is alField Crops Educator Mike Hunter, so a threat to switchgrass biomass said, “We are seeing a surge in interest yield. Rust spores move north from in conservation practices by individuals southern states on air currents and afand such groups as Ducks Unlimited fect switchgrass crops sporadically in and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.” the northern states.

Next on the researchers’ agenda is to Members of the Belleville-Henderson evaluate mixed seedings of the various FFA attending the program included grasses. The impact of nitrogen on the New York State FFA President J.W. crops will be trialed at the Belleville- Allen, Amanda Rhodes and incoming Henderson school plots. advisor Tedra McDougal.

Cornell University Plant Pathologist For more information on switchgrass Gary C. Bergstrom said, “We are already production in Northern New York, go watching for initial signs of disease in online to www.nnyagdev.org. For inforNew York and drawing on information mation on Cornell perennial grass refrom such states as Iowa and Kansas search, visit www.grassbioenergy.org.

Cover photo by Jennifer Wagester George Bancroft smoothly shears wool off a sheep during one of the many sheep shearing demonstrations.

Susquehanna County native shines in showmanship showdown HARRISBURG, PA — Sabrina Clark of Springville, Susquehanna Co., bested 140

intermediate showmen at the 14th Youth Showmanship Contest at the 2011 All-American

Dairy Show in Harrisburg.

A record number of juniors — 354 — vied for

top showman honors in this year’s show, for youth ages eight to 21.

Clark showed Abby, a

Top 10 Senior Showmanship from left to right: 5th place Troy Longenecker, Annville, PA; 9th place Jordan Kennedy, Butler, PA; 10th place Austin Johnson, Latrobe, PA; 2nd place Logan Derrickson, Middletown, DE; 1st place Cassidy Schirmer, Galena, MD; 3rd place Lena Aiken, New Wilmington, Pa.; 4th place Sabrina Dixon, New Wilmington, PA; 7th place Haley Groat, Walton, NY; 8th place Ashley Dietz, Columbus, Ohio; 6th place Amber Dietz, Southington, Ohio.

Intermediate Showmanship Contest winner Sabrina Clark of Springville, PA. winter calf owned by a Chittenango, NY friend, as intermediate 8th – Kyle Barton, Andivision champion. cramdale, NY Showmen don’t need to 9th – Mike Barton, Anbe exhibiting animals at cramdale, NY the show to compete in 10th – Ashlee Heath, the showmanship com- Andover, Ohio petition. This was Clark’s Clark received a savfirst time competing in ings bond, embroidered the contest. She is the chair and neck ribbon.

14-year-old daughter of Other top 10 finalists reCharlie and Kim Clark. ceived a blanket and cash Emily Yeiser of Harris- prize. burg, Dauphin Co., evalKaila Stoltzfus, 12, uated the intermediate East Earl, Lancaster Co., division of the popular was the highest placing showman. showmanship contest. Guernsey Remaining winners in She received a savings the intermediate divi- bond sponsored by the Pennsylvania Junior sion were: Association.

2nd – Lexi Winkler, Guernsey The first place Ayrshire Woodbine, MD 3rd – Bailee Mazarro, showman, Lexi Winkler, 13, Woodbine, MD, reWilliamsfield, Ohio 4th – Darrel Kitch, ceived a show halter sponsored by the PennDanville, Montour Co. 5th – Kyle Jackson, Co- sylvania Ayrshire Breedlumbia Crossroads, er’s Association. Dawson Hostetter, 12, Annville, Bradford Co. 6th – Kayla Umbel, Em- Lebanon Co., was the highest-placing Jersey mitsburg, MD 7th – Jason Randall, exhibitor.

Top 10 Junior Showmanship from left to right: 5th place Brooke Andera, Great Valley, NY; 3rd place Eric Smith, Sadlersville, MD; 7th place Joclyn Snyder, Greenville, PA; 9th place Natalie Youse, Ridgely, MD; 8th place Mikayla Davis, Leesport, PA; 1st place Mason Mazzaro, Williamsfield, Ohio; 2nd place Jordan Helsley, Roaring Spring, PA; 4th place Jadyn Isiminger, Union City, PA; 10th place Lane Kummer, Evans City, PA; 6th place Cecelia Winkler, Woodbine, MD.

Senior Showmanship winner Cassidy Schirmer of Galena, MD.

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Top 10 Intermediate Showmanship from left to right: 7th place Jason Randall of Chittenango, NY; 8th place Kyle Barton, Ancramdale, NY; 9th place Mikey Barton, Ancramdale, NY; 4th place Damel Kitchen, Danville, PA; 5th place Kyle Jackson, Columbia Crossroads, PA; 1st place Sabrina Clark, Springville, PA; 3rd place Bailee Mazarro, Williamsfield, Ohio; 10th place Ashlee Heath, Andover, Ohio; 6th place Kayla Umbel, Emmitsburg, MD; 2nd place Lexi Winkler, Woodbine, MD.

HORSE TALES

By Judy Van Put

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Bridle Hil Farm The twelfth and final FARMSTOCK 2011 Working Farm Tour event was held on Saturday, Sept.

3. Scores of adults and children attended the event, which began at noon at Bridle Hill Farm, located high on a hillside overlooking Jeffersonville, NY. Despite a forecast of showers for the afternoon, the rains held out all day, and participants were happy to be able to partake in the outside events as well as those held in the barns and indoor arena.

Bridle Hill owners Elinor and Dan Young were busy getting their farm ready for the event — as some horses were brushed and saddled, while others provided demonstrations on grooming and saddling.

With plenty of help on hand, thanks to staff and volunteers who handled some of the activities, the Youngs were able to divide their time, with Dan giving tours of the farm and Elinor providing individual riding lessons while other activities were ongoing.

Dan made several trips around the perimeter of the scenic 35-acre farm with his six-wheeler, filled to capacity with enthusiastic youngsters — and elders. More than a mile of white eight-foot, fourrail PVC fencing sur-

rounds the barns, riding arenas, ponds and verdant pastures, creating a beautiful backdrop for the restored 1830s farmhouse and historic barn.

Dan pointed out the solar panels on the barn, explaining that the farm has now ‘gone green,’ having installed a GroSolar system of ninety-six 190-watt Evergreen Spruce Line photovoltaic modules, which total more than 18,000 watts of peak DC power. The system provides more than 1,600 kWh per month (on average) of solar electricity.

We drove along the periphery of Bridle Hill Farm, and through pastures and fields that Dan explained have all been leveled and seeded with horse pasture mix containing timothy grass, Kentucky blue grass, fescue, ryegrass and clover — all are weed-free and rock-free, and provide easy footing for trail rides along the property.

There are three outdoor arenas on the farm, including a 60 x 60 lesson arena, a 140 x 240 jumping arena, and a full dressage arena. The focal point of the farm is the spacious, Amish-built 80-foot by 180-foot, 10stall equine facility. The barn features twin fivestall bays, each with roomy side alleys with crossties for saddling and

Bridle Hill Farm owner Elinor Young provided individual English trotting lessons in the indoor arena, while husband Dan gave farm tours and other employees gave grooming demonstrations and mini Western trail rides.

grooming; and two custom-built tack rooms complete with instant ondemand hot water heaters and radiant incandescent hot plates for safe heating of food or snacks. The shower stall features infra-red heat lamps and on-demand hot water for the shower.

The stalls are 12’ by 12’ custom boxes, with large protected windows, automatic waterers and deep bedding.

Connecting stalls feature a removable interior wall to provide adequate space for foaling. The barn houses an airy 144-foot by 80-foot by 18-foot high heated indoor arena, along with a large viewing room with sturdy impact-resistant safety glass.

It was in this indoor arena that Elinor provided individual lessons.

Farmstock “students” were given a lesson in English trotting — and taught how to post at a trot while on a lunge line. Both children and adults alike enjoyed having the opportunity for a private lesson in the beautiful facility.

Back in the historic (1830s) converted horse barn, employees and volunteer helpers gave grooming and saddling demonstrations. Even the smallest visitors were able to take part in grooming, by standing on a chair while being closely supervised (and working with a very patient, calm horse!)

Those who wished to go on a “mini Western trail ride” were issued safety helmets, and were taken outside to the lesson

Participants were given basic horseback riding skills before heading out on the Western Trail ride at Bridle Hill Farmstock event.

Photos by Judy Van Put arena, where they were given instructions on how to mount up and ride correctly. Then, they mounted their horses and were taken around the perimeter of the barns, paddocks and pond area. The smiles on the faces of the children were enough to brighten up the cloudiest of days — and their enthusiasm at riding and working around the well-behaved and well-cared for Bridle Hill horses carried the

day.

Bridle Hill Farm has just finished up its summer “Horse Camp” which runs from the last day of school in June throughout the summer till the first day school begins in September. The farm gives private as well as group lessons and offers trail rides. This year Bridle Hill expands their offerings to include setting up for horse shows, thanks to Instructor/ Trainer Megan Bryan.

Megan has trained with Olympians and worldchampions, and has successfully competed in Show Jumping, Dressage, and Three-Day Eventing. She specializes in all levels of English riding as well as horse training and competition training.

For more information on lessons, trail rides, or leasing a horse at the farm, please visit www.BridleHillFarm.com or call 845-482-3993.

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by Ann Swanson When the weather gets cold, we look for comfort Comfort comes in many forms, but certainly one way we find comfort is in food. Now that the cold weather is returning, my thoughts turn to things that warm the body.

Mugs have become a popular item. I am not sure just when they made their debut onto the scene, but once they came they were embraced. I love placing my hands around a mug of hot coffee early in the morning. When I taught school I often carried my mug through the hallway to my classroom. The mug allowed for plenty of coffee plus some headroom so that I did not drip it along the way.

My grandfather did not have a mug, but he had a generous plain white cup that he always used. Grandma on the other hand used a cup from her set of dishes as she enjoyed her breakfast cocoa. I think I used a plain white cup, too, because I wanted to be just like grandpa as I drank my cup of coffee.

When I started to come to the farm I found out that mugs were the accepted cups around here. The men always wanted a mug for their coffee. Since this was a Swedish household I found out that the serving of coffee was a time tested ritual. No one ever left grandma’s house without first having a cup of coffee.

Today my cupboard is

filled with mugs of every shape and size.

Many of them were gifts from former students.

While I like some of the shapes better than others, I much prefer a mug to drink my hot beverages because things stay warm longer in them than in the fancy ones that come with sets of dishes. I also have mugs that are seasonal.

When Christmas nears I haul out all of my Christmas mugs. I have enough to serve the family plus a few extra in case we have visitors. I also have a set of Easter mugs so during the spring those come out. I actually bought some extra ones since there were not enough to go around.

I have a generous collection of fancy tea cups that came to me as gifts. There are also a number of them that I purchased as souvenirs. While I love the memories, the cups do not see much use. I cannot imagine handing one of the men a fancy tea cup for his beverage. I have used them when I entertain the ladies. We used to have a neighbor club known as the Friendly Neighbor Club. When I entertained I could use my fancy cups. The ladies enjoyed a bit of luxury after a busy day.

When my husband bought me our first set of dishes he picked out a brown drip-ware pattern. They were sturdy and stood the test of time. He also bought me a set of matching

mugs because the cups that came with the set were very shallow. We hardly ever used the cups, but the mugs took a beating as the family and the haying crew ate at Hickory Heights.

Years back I made my good dishes into my everyday dishes because they were not as heavy as the old ones.

Once again, I rejected the cups except on special occasions. When the family eats together we always grab the mugs. It does not matter if we are having cof-

fee, tea, or cocoa, the mugs are the containers of choice.

We often use mugs for soup as well. It is a large enough serving and is easier to handle than a spoon and bowl.

My grandson especially enjoys dipping his grilled cheese sandwiches in his mug of tomato soup.

When I ate out recently with my cousins one of them ordered French onion soup. She asked her sister if she had the recipe that their mother used to make. I did not say anything, but I was

sure that I had a recipe at home. Once I remembered to look for it, I sent it off in an e-mail to my cousin. The hardest thing about making French onion soup is slicing the four cups of onions.

Along with mugs soup is the ultimate cold weather comfort food. I love homemade soup.

During the fall and winter months I try to make a batch of some kind of soup each week.

Since it is hard to make a small batch of soup that gives me the opportunity to share some

of my leftovers with family and friends.

I am sure we will get some more nice weather, but while it is cool I think I cook up a batch of soup. I am hungry for a good bowl of vegetable soup so that is most likely the first kind I will make. If it warms up, I’ll just pop my leftovers in to the freezer. It is so nice to have a batch of soup to take out on the spur of the moment if company arrives.

Ann Swanson writes from her home in Russell, PA. Contact at hickoryheights1@verizon.net

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JOHN DEERE 3 pt chopper, used on less than 50 acres, $800; Great for wet land.

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BUSH HOG 7 foot with 2 gearboxes, very good condition, extends out past right tire, 40 HP, Min $1,500, firm. 518-7975161.(NY)

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Cultipacker wheels, 17”x2”, $10. Bridgestone turf tire, 13.6x16 $150. 716-7353272.(NY)

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3 PTH wood splitter, like new, $500.

WANTED: 3 pth sickle bar mower, Saratoga Co. Area. 518-541-3390.(NY)

KNOWLES hay wagon, 6 ton gear, 18’ wood, body good condition. $1,400. 203426-5094.(CT)

INFRARED tube heater, 30’ long, 75,000 BTU, rarely used, $1,400. Clyde. 315-9465261.(NY)

2” pipeline jar washer, 3 hour compressor.

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GEHL 1475 silage special round baler with variable chamber in good condition, $6,500. 315-684-3228.(NY)

NEW HOLLAND 716 forage wagon, excellent condition, $3,500. Zimmerman hyd. forage wagon, good condition, $2,000; Ford 6,000 commander $2,000. 585-5910116.(NY)

USED COW neck straps, good shape, $2.50 each. 518-842-9496.(NY) FOR SALE: Piglets, cut and wormed, south of Rome. 315-886-6394.(NY)

JOHN DEERE 620 wide front end, 3 pt tin, work good, tires good, runs. 315-8132616.(NY)

WANTED: Belted Galloway bull, 1 1/2 to 3 years old, for several Hereford cattle, must be wormed, healthy, ready. 315-6835365.(NY)

WANTED: Corn binder, pto driven on rubber tires, must be in good condition, or fixable. 207-423-5452.(ME)

GRAIN BIN, 30 ft. diameter, ten thousand bu, dismantled, stored inside, asking $4,500. Yates Co. 585-301-2385.(NY)

GOOD COND. IH 966; also, haybine, baler with thrower, tedder, 3 hay wagons, all very good to excellent condition. 413-6673692.(MA) 2 ROW head, fits 720, 830 IH chopper, sunset 625 bulk tank, kaiser Omega vacuum pump, only good for sap. 518-8420229.(NY) 2003 FORD F350, stake body, gas, 2wd, dual wheel, good condition, 130,000 miles, $5,000 OBO. 315-569-0613.(NY) WANTED: New Holland feed grinder mixer, any shape, for parts. 518-756-3364.(NY)

FLUTE for sale, perfect for the beginning music student. $200. Tioga Co. 814-3264678.(PA) SURGE 25Kw generator, on cart, pto driven, $2,700 or BO; IH 400 cyclo air planter, PTO driven, $2,150 or BO. 518-8487035.(NY) SNOWBLOWER, 8’ double auger, 3 pt hitch, DeLaval receiver jar, 2”, fuel tank 500 gal., Ontario Grain Drill. 315-3371499.(NY) NEW IDEA HIGH MOISTURE and sheller units, fits your picker. John Deere model D and model 60 for parts, offers. 315-8793022.(NY) 1989 COACHMAN 24’ tow behind camper, good condition, must sell. 315-5158069.(NY)

3970 JOHN DEERE Chopper, hay head, 3 row corn head, ready to work, $9,800; 518643-8621.(NY)

SINGLE SEAT Buggy, lights work, wheels, brakes & gear guaranteed for 2 years, possible two seater available. 315-5362596.(NY)

BALE GRABBER, wifo manufactured, excellent condition. Hydraulic cylinder included, $1,200 firm. Wool sheep. Purebred rams. Guard Llama. “FREE” Arabian mare. 585-526-5393.(NY)

RAIN-FLO Challenger 1800 mulch lifter, excellent condition, used very little, $150.

Ford major tractor 4WD with loader, needs work, $3,500. 716-649-0410.(NY)

NH 256 rake and dual hitch, $1,000 OBO; 3 stage piston off 15’ gravel body, recently rebuilt w/ pump, $1,000 OBO. 802-5228798.(VT)

WANTED: Cab for MF 285, cab for MF 175, 5 ton grain bin. 802-276-3119.(VT) REG. black Angus bull, 2 1/2 years old, quiet disposition, excellent type, $1,300.

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REG. Highland cattle for sale: steers, $1.00 per pound. Yearling heifers, $700; bred cows $1,000; you haul 585-747-4383.(NY)

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Crop Comments

by Paris Reidhead Field Crops Consultant (Contact: renrock46@hotmail.com)

Costly cobs A bushel of ear corn is classically defined as weighing 35 pounds, while a bushel of shell corn (#2 grade) is supposed to weigh 56 pounds. Two bushels of ear corn weighing 35 pounds each are figured to yield, upon shelling, 56 pounds of shell corn and 14 pounds of cob.

Pretty handy mathematical relationship: two bushels of ear corn yield one bushel of shell corn.

These numbers are not terribly modern. I say this because with modern hybrids a dried down whole ear, reflecting state of the art breeding (in this case not genetic engineering), likely yields less cob than 20 percent.

That is, 70 pounds of dry ears probably yields less than 14 pounds of cob (and thus more than 56 pounds of kernels).

(Some 30 years ago, as I recall, at least one seed corn company proudly announced the arrival of “mini-cob” varieties.)

Originally, based on data tallied by well-respected dairy scientists, four acres of ear corn supported as much milk as five acres of shell corn.

With modern corn varieties I’m more comfortable saying that five acres of ear corn replaces six acres of shell

corn.

I am revisiting the benefits of whole ear corn as a cattle feed for two main reasons. First, I believe that this year a lot of corn will mature enough to be picked or combined, after corn silage needs are met. Secondly, if we accept that the cob, in conjunction with the rest of the ear, wet or dry, supports a lot of milk production, then relegating the cob to the role of worm fodder is economically very unwise. This is particularly true with modern seed corn costs approaching $100 per acre... or worse, depending on just how tight seed corn supplies are for 2012 plantings. If we accept that cobs have in fact been bred to be smaller, it can be shown that the total amount of milk energy from five acres of ear corn is equal to the energy harvested from six acres of shell corn. Then add the other crop input costs, and the cob starts looking quite valuable.

When I was a dairy/field crops county ag agent, the most recent research praising ear corn was complied by Cornell Dairy Scientist G.W. Merrill, who tallied feed trial results in 1971.

Quoting Prof. Merrill: “When judgments

against the use of high moisture ear corn for dairy cattle are presented on the basis that the digestibility of corn cobs per se is low compared to corn grain… it is inappropriately done without consideration for the quantity of cob involved and its effect on the entire ration. The assumption that the absence of cob allows more space in the digestive tract for intake of other feeds to achieve a higher energy intake and increased productivity is not supported by results of feeding trials.” That’s professor talk for “the cob puts all its rumen space to good use”.

About the same time that Merrill was publishing his research, one time zone to the west, Professor Howard Larsen was tallying similar findings at the University of Wisconsin. Let me quote Dr. Larsen: “Our feeding trials show we’re getting about equal performance from high moisture shelled corn and high moisture cob corn.”

Larsen went further out on the limb, commenting about butter fat, “fat percentage can be maintained at a significantly higher level with high moisture ensiled ear corn than with high moisture ensiled shell corn, both from oxygenlimited structures.”

There’s no recent research, at least that I know of, that would take issue with the findings of Professors Merrill and Larsen. The idea of re-

placing 60 acres of shell corn with 50 acres of ear corn makes economical sense from the standpoints of both agronomy and animal nutrition. In this scenario, I have some ideas as to how the liberated ten acres could be used. Other crops could be grown on these ten acres, preferably not row crops. Another possibility would be to let the field lie fallow, i.e., give the land a vacation.

Of the 60 acres, 50 could meet the farm’s grain needs in the form of ear corn (to feed dairy cows), and 10 could be sold as cash crop shell corn.

Grain prices are getting weird for dairymen, weird in a bad sense. As of Sept. 20, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) price of #2 shell corn for March 2012 future delivery is $7.16 per bushel, or $256 per ton. So a four ton per acre shell corn harvest (143 bushels) would be worth over $1,000 on the CBOT. Even if Northeast grain growers are not selling grain directly on

the basis of futures, these CBOT prices have a lot to do with what determines what corn actually sells for.

There are indications that corn futures prices have been based on unjustifiably rosey corn harvest forecasts. Let me be specific: early May U.S. corn acreage plantings, intended and actual, were pegged by USDA at 92.3 million.

The late June floods, which wiped out huge planted corn acreages in the Missouri and Mississippi flood plains, did not impact USDA’s yield forecasts, in terms of harvestable acreage. Only recently did USDA [through its National Ag Statistics Service (NASS)] lower their expected per acre corn yield projections from 153 bushels to 149. When the 2011 corn harvest experiences its final tally, odds are that total acreage will be about 12 percent less than this 92.3 figure, and total yield per acre will be

about four percent less.

Corn futures will jump a fairly decent amount when the final harvest data is tallied, particularly if China returns to the global grain market, checkbook in hand.

Did NASS mess up some statistics here with crop data? Very possibly.

And if they did, that crop booboo can be added to a cow wide-shot: despite terrible heat and drought in most of Texas and New Mexico, NASS recorded 77 million more pounds of milk produced in Texas and New Mexico in July 2011, than in that month last year. Interestingly, Federal Milk Marketing Order 126, which regulates most of the milk produced in those two states, showed that total milk production in Texas and New Mexico was actually 77 million pound less for July of this year than it was in July of 2010.

They say figures don’t lie, but that liars figure.

Well, sometimes the figurers manage to shoot themselves in the foot.

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Penn State marks 100 years of beef cattle breeding with sale UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — The Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences will celebrate 100 years of breeding Angus beef cattle with a production sale Oct. 21 at the Beef-Sheep complex on Orchard Road near the University Park campus.

Featuring 49 lots comprising 84 cattle, the event will include bred cows, cow-calf pairs, bred heifers, weaned heifer calves and weaned bull calves.

The cows and bred heifers are sired by leading sires in the breed, and they will be bred to outstanding bulls from across the country.

Twenty-seven stu-

dents enrolled in a livestock-marketing course will assist with the sale, including developing sale advertisements and Facebook entries.

“We are very proud of the tradition we have at Penn State for the production of high-quality Angus cattle,” said John Comerford, associate professor of dairy and animal science and coordinator of the university’s beef program.

“This sale marks a milestone for breeding Angus cattle while providing an important educational opportunity for our students and a resource for beef-production research over the past century.”

In addition to the

sale features, students are learning from leaders in the industry around the country other methods of marketing beef cattle.

These methods include feeder -calf and fedcattle marketing, international marketing, cattle photography, promotion in niche markets, and customer communications.

Information about the sale, including a complete digital sale catalog, is available on the American Angus Association Web site at www.angus.org . For more information about the sale entries, contact Penn State’s Beef Farm manager, Wendall Landis, at 814-863-0831.

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IS CORN RATIONING ON THE HORIZON? Issued Sept 16, 2011 The Agriculture Department raised its milk production estimate in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report after reducing it slightly in the August issue. The September 12 report says the dairy herd has been expanding at a more rapid rate than expected. However, the 2012 forecast was reduced as higher forecast feed prices will reduce the rate of growth in milk per cow.

Look for 2011 output to hit 195.7 billion pounds, up 100 million pounds from the August projection. That compares 192.8 billion pounds in 2010. The 2012 estimate is 198.5 billion pounds, down 300 million from last month’s estimate.

Commercial exports for 2011 were raised on the strength of current product exports. 2012

fat basis exports were lowered, largely on slightly weaker butter exports. Skim solids imports were raised for both 2011 and 2012.

Cheese prices for 2011 were forecast lower, but nonfat dry milk (NDM) and whey was forecast higher on the strength of relatively strong exports.

Butter prices were unchanged.

The Federal order Class III milk price estimate was lowered, based on the lower forecast cheese price, but the Class IV price forecast was unchanged from last month. Look for a 2011 Class III average of $18.25-$18.45 per hundredweight, down from $18.40-$18.60 expected a month ago. The 2010 average was $14.41. The 2011 Class IV price remained at $19.05$19.35, up from $15.09 in 2010.

Butter and cheese prices for 2012 were unchanged from last month’s report but NDM

and whey prices were forecast higher. The 2012 Class III price forecast was unchanged from a month ago, at $16.10-$17.10, but the Class IV forecast was raised to $16.50-$17.60, up a nickel. The 2011 all milk price forecast was lowered to $20.15$20.35 but was unchanged at $17.80$18.80 for 2012.

The report showed U.S. corn production at 12.497 billion bushels, down 417 million from the August estimate. Expected yields are down across most of the Corn Belt, with an expected average of 148.1 bushels per acre, down from the August forecast of 153 bushels per acre.

The soybean forecast, at 3.085 billion bushels, was up from the 3.056 billion projected in August. The higher prices are expected to curb exports and domestic use, according to USDA. Some suggest that the corn situation is such that there may be rationing in 2012, reported Dairy Profit Weekly editor Dave Natzke in Friday’s DairyLine.

Drought-parched fields in the Southwest and storm-damaged crops in the Northeast are driving

the concern over the supplies and price of livestock feed, he said, and was a subject of interest on Capitol Hill.

Natzke said that feed supplies and prices were a dominant theme this week, as we head into the fall harvest, starting with USDA’s Crop Production and World Ag Supply & Demand Estimates reports, and culminated with a House Livestock, Dairy and Poultry subcommittee hearing to examine feed availability and its effect on the nation’s livestock producers.

“Much of the concern centered on corn,” Natzke reported, and he pointed to USDA’s lowered harvest estimate, citing summer weather conditions that reduced expected yields to the lowest average since 2005. He added that this is the largest area planted to corn since 1944, but “the resulting harvest compared to expected use will leave the corn supplies at their lowest levels since 2006,” and based on those projections USDA said seasonaverage corn prices would range $6.50$6.70 per bushel.

“The feed situation has prompted suggestions

corn rationing may be needed in 2012, and calls for changes in everything from U.S. energy policy regarding corn used in ethanol production and land-use policies to changes in dairy policy to help farmers manage milk-feed price margins,” Natzke warned.

Increasing feed prices in relation to milk prices could also impact the federal budget. Projections from National Milk’s Roger Cryan indicate federal payments to dairy farmers through the Milk Income Loss Contract program could be triggered as early as November and run through the end of fiscal year 2012.

“Feed, and resulting human food supplies may even be impacting consumer opinions,” Natzke concluded. A consumer study by the Center for Food Integrity found 40 percent of consumers surveyed said U.S. farmers should not be responsible for addressing global hunger, but rather that it was more important to teach developing nations how to feed themselves.”

“Sharply higher feed prices for the balance of 2011 and into 2012 and lower forecast milk and

dairy product prices next year will lead to a slight retrenchment in cow numbers,” according to the latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook. However, production per cow and milk production are expected to continue to rise both this year and next, according to USDA. Cow numbers are projected at 9.2 million head this year, and output per cow was raised slightly from last month to 21,280 pounds for the year. The U.S. dairy herd in 2012 is expected to decline slightly to 9.19 million head, with most of the contraction coming in the second half of the year. With an additional milking day in 2012, milk per cow is forecast to climb by 1.5 percent to 21,605 thousand pounds. Although milk production and output per cow will be higher next year compared with 2011, the September forecast represents a downward revision from August estimates.

Meanwhile; USDA says milk production varies throughout the U.S. Dairies in the Southeast and Southwest, where high daytime temperatures have been in place

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for an extended period, note production is slipping. Most northern tier states indicate cow comfort has helped production rebound from the summer doldrums.

Milk haulers in the Northeast are logging extra miles and hours to reach farms along routes where roadbeds were damaged by Hurricane Irene and, with the arrival of rainstorms from Tropical Storm Lee, some dairy plants reported water damage and operational disruptions. The full impact on dairy operations of wind, rain, wildfires and drought has yet to be tallied.

Dairy-quality forage availability is tight in some areas. Some operations with corn in the fields are debating whether to harvest corn for grain or silage, according to USDA, and milk processors reported bottled milk demand in the Labor Day week was steady to higher. Manufacturing capacity was adequate within most areas.

Cooperatives Working Together accepted 17 requests for export assistance from Darigold, Dairy Farmers of America, Foremost Farms, and United Dairymen of Arizona to sell a total of 4.17 million pounds of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese to customers in Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. The product will be delivered through January 2012 and raised CWT’s 2011 cheese exports to 66.5 million pounds to 20 countries, the equivalent of 665 million pounds of milk.

California’s October Class I milk price is $21.50 per hundredweight for the north and $21.77 for the south, down $2.06 and $2.07 respectively from September but are both $3.06 above October 2010. The northern price average for 2011 is $20.72, up from $16.66 at this time a year ago.

The southern price average is $20.99, up from $16.93 a year ago. The Federal order Class I base price is announced by USDA on September 23.

Spot block cheese closed Friday September 16 at $1.7775 per pound, down threequarters on the week, but still 4 1/4-cents above a year ago. Barrel gained 2 cents early in the week, then gave it back and closed at $1.72, unchanged on the week, and a penny above a year ago. Twelve cars of

block traded hands on the week and 10 of barrel. The NASS-surveyed U.S. average block price fell 11 cents to $1.8752 while the barrels averaged $1.8036, down 9.1cents.

Jerry Dryer reported in his September 9 Dairy and Food Market Analyst that the retail processed (barrel) cheese business is “in big trouble.” He cited retail sales data but added that processed cheese sales in the foodservice and ingredient channels “seem to be doing well.”

Export orders on block cheese are resuming, Dryer wrote, “partly because of lower USA prices and partly because customers need the cheese,” but he warned that “We could see a wider-than-usual price spread blocks and barrels for the next several weeks.

Cheese prices will very likely bounce around down here, maybe until the end of the month, before pushing moderately higher as holiday sales come online.”

Cash butter closed September 16 at $1.9025, down a penny on the week, and 32 cents below a year ago.

Only two cars traded hands on the week. The NASS average fell to $2.0356, down 2 1/2cents. NASS powder averaged $1.5578, up a penny and a half, and dry whey averaged 58.9 cents, up 0.1 cent.

Butter dropped below $2 faster than e-Dairy economist Bill Brooks expected, according to his Tuesday’s DairyLine report. Retailers are thinking about what they’ll be doing promotion wise for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, he said, and “may hold off seeing how low the price will go.” The downturn is not good news for farmers, he acknowledged, but will probably spur sales. A few weeks ago, retailers probably weren’t giving much thought to butter promotions with prices above $2, he said.

People are “a little nervous” as to where cheese prices will go, according to Brooks. Buyers may be looking for more downside while sellers hope the price moves higher, he said, and as a result, prices are “tracking sideways.”

He also mentioned that the football season provides some support for Cheddar demand in par-

ticular and then shifts to pizza and Mozzarella.

“Anyone who watched some football over the weekend probably saw numerous pizza commercials providing some pretty decent pricing points for purchases of pizza,” Brooks said. He mentioned a national chain that’s giving away pizza to members of email groups and “that will help push the nonAmerican, rather than the American cheese and maybe keep some of the milk out of Cheddar facilities,” he concluded, “and the price decline will also help Christmas sales.”

Another factor playing into the downturn in cash dairy prices is that dairy exports were off in July. Jerry Dryer blamed high prices “taking their toll in markets around the globe.” Cheese exports, for example, were

up just 4 percent versus a year ago, he said, after being up 22 percent in April through June and 61 percent higher, January through June.

Skim milk powder exports, on the other hand, staged a recovery in July, up 22 percent from 2010.

Exports were up just 2.8 percent in the April to June period. Ditto for whey products, according to Dryer, up 23 percent for July after trailing year-ago levels by 13 percent during the preceding three-month period. Lactose was up 10 percent during July; up 19 percent April thru June, but butter shipments fell 40 percent in July after being up 37 percent April through June.

USDA’s Dairy Market News reports that international prices on whole and skim milk powder and whey are lower in

both Europe and Oceania and that milk production is higher in both Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand milk supplies are building and processing plants are ramping up production,” according to DMN. Price trends have shown slight weakness in recent weeks, according to the e-Dairy’s Insider Closing Bell, and “internationally, the decline in the Euro the past two weeks has made products from that region lower in relative value.”

Checking the other side of the ledger; National Milk’s Import Watch shows U.S. dairy imports were up but still below the average of the last five years, according to NMPF’s Jim Tillison in Thursday’s DairyLine.

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He stressed that the report is designed to keep Federation members informed of what is happening to dairy imports “so we don’t get close to the safeguard levels and find ourselves in a situation where we have imports displacing U.S. product.”

A huge import issue was milk protein concentrates, according to Tillison, but those imports continue to decline on a fairly steady basis, he said. He admitted that, while dairy imports were up slightly in the first six months of 2011, “our exports of dairy products are much much higher than the imports.

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In wake of flooding, disinfect contaminated wells UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — The central and eastern parts of the state were saturated by frequent heavy rains in early August before being drenched by Hurricane Irene and then inundated by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee. The resulting flooding could have contaminated many private water wells.

Well owners should disinfect the water supplies before drinking water from them, according to a water-quality expert in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

“Hundreds if not thousands of water wells were flooded by the runoff from this latest storm,” said Bryan Swistock, water resources extension specialist. “In addition to seeing flood water around their wells or springs, homeowners also might notice increased sediment in their water. Even after this goes away, bacteria still may contaminate the water supply.”

Swistock noted that a simple coliform bacteria

test from a water-testing lab can determine if the water supply is safe to use or if disinfection is needed. “If residents suspect that their wells may be contaminated, they should contact their local or state health department or county Penn State Extension office for specific advice on disinfecting them,” he said.

Swistock urged residents to follow the suggestions below — found on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Web site at www.epa.gov/safewater/privatewells/whatdo.html — for dealing with a well that likely was flooded. Local water-well drillers and contractors should be contacted to inspect well components.

If flood conditions are known to have occurred or are suspected at a well, the well and pump should be inspected.

Swiftly moving flood water can carry large debris that could loosen well hardware, dislodge well construction mate-

rials or distort the casing. Coarse sediment in the flood waters could erode pump components. If the well is not tightly capped, sediment and flood water could enter the well and contaminate it. Floods also may cause some wells to collapse.

After flood waters have receded and the pump and electrical system have dried, do not turn on the equipment until the wiring system has been checked by a qualified electrician, well contractor or pump contractor. If the pump’s control box was submerged during the flood, all electrical components must be dry before electrical service can be restored. Get assistance in turning the pump on from a well or pump contractor.

All pumps and their electrical components can be damaged by sediment and flood water.

The pump, including the valves and gears, will need to be cleaned of silt and sand. If pumps are not cleaned and lubri-

cated properly, they can burn out. Get assistance from a well or pump contractor, who will be able to clean, repair and maintain different types of pumps.

Before disinfection, check the condition of the well. Make sure there is no exposed or damaged wiring. If you notice any damage, call a professional before the disinfection process.

Materials needed include at least a gallon of nonscented household liquid bleach, rubber gloves, eye protection, old clothes and a funnel.

To disinfect, follow these steps: • If the water is muddy or cloudy, run the water from an outside spigot with a hose attached until the water becomes clear and free of sediment.

• Determine what type of well you have and how to pour the bleach into the well. Some wells have a sanitary seal with either an air vent or a plug that can be removed. If it is a bored or dug well, the entire cover can be lifted off to

provide a space for pouring the bleach into the well.

• Mix a gallon of bleach with a few gallons of water. Take the chlorine mixture funnel (if needed) and carefully pour the bleach mixture down into the well casing.

• After the bleach has been added, run water from an outside hose into the well casing until you smell chlorine coming from the hose, then turn off the outside hose. If chlorine odor never develops at the faucet, you may need to add more bleach to the well.

• Turn on all cold water faucets, inside and outside of the house, until the chlorine odor is detected in each faucet, then shut them all off. If you have a water treatment system, switch it to bypass before turning on the indoor faucets.

• Wait six to 24 hours before turning the faucets back on. It is important not to use this water for drinking, cooking, bathing or washing

during that time period — it contains high amounts of chlorine.

• Once the waiting period is up, turn on an outside spigot with hose attached and run the water into a safe area where it will not disturb plants, lakes, streams or septic tanks. Run the water until there is no longer a chlorine odor.

Turn the water off.

The system now should be disinfected, and you can use the water. However, the water should not be used for drinking until a bacteria test indicates that the disinfection procedure was effective. Have the water tested for bacteria seven to 10 days after disinfection.

For more information, visit the EPA’s Web site on flooded well safety at www.epa.gov/safewater/privatewells/whatdo.html or download the free Penn State fact sheet, “Shock Chlorination of Wells and Springs,” at www.age.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/f/F %20140.pdf .

Fall online courses for farmers open for registration Business course, which will help you document the feasibility of your business and prepare to seek funding from banks and other lenders.

Financial records are the foundation of tracking your farm’s progress toward profitability. Need some guidance in setting up your recordkeeping systems? Then BF 104: Financial Records is for you.

On the production side, we offer: BF 120: Veggie Farming — back by popular demand, this jampacked course has now been divided into two parts (with BF 121 being offered in January).

BF 120 covers the planning, budgeting, site selection, and planting, while BF 121 will pick up where BF 120 leaves off and take you through considerations in season-long care, harvest, and marketing.

Raising poultry is a popular enterprise for many small farmers, so this Fall we’re introducing a new course, BF 130: Poultry Production, to cover the basic requirements of producing and profiting from chickens, ducks,

and turkeys.

Before you sink a lot of money into equipment, consider taking BF 105: Machinery and Equipment, another new course designed to help you weigh your options and make smart decisions about what’s best for your farm scale and situation.

BF 110: Soil Health returns again this Fall to introduce growers at all levels of experience to practical on-farm applications of soil health concepts. This course will again incorporate an optional in-person field day at an amazing farm in Northern NY that will demonstrate improvement of soil health on a working farm.

To learn more about each course, please visit http://nebeginningfarmers.org/onlinecourses. From this site you can visit our Annual Course Calendar, learn more about our Instructors, see answers to Frequently Asked Questions, read details for each course, and even visit a sample online course.

Courses often fill very quickly, so don’t miss your chance to sign up today.

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The growing season is still in full swing, but here at the Northeast Beginning Farmer Project, we’re already thinking about “education season”. Six of our seven online courses — including four new topics — are still open for registration, ready to help you continue your farming education. As always, our courses are taught by experienced Cooperative Extension educators, farmers, and other specialists.

Courses are usually six weeks long, require a fee, and include both real-time meetings (online webinars) and onyour-own time reading and activities. We do not offer any academic credit, but those who successfully complete a course will receive a certificate and are also eligible for Farm Service Agency (FSA) borrower training credit, which can improve your eligibility to receive a low-interest FSA loan.

We’ve got several courses that will help you build the “invisible infrastructure” of your farm business: If you’re ready to write a farm business plan, sign up for the BF 202: Planning to Stay in

Musical offerings for this year’s Apple Festival Following are the musical offerings for this year’s Apple Festival which will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1 and 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., at the BementBillings Farmstead, 9142 State Route 38, Newark Valley, NY. Admission price: $6 adults, $4 student/senior, $18 family rate.

It’s hard to imagine a traditional celebration without traditional music, but the Society’s Apple Festival offers a feast for a variety of senses, your musical tastes being among those that have the best offerings.

This year’s festival has many outstanding returning groups with a number of new additions. Drawing from both a wide geographic region and a wide diversity of musical styles and traditions, the hard-core music lover may have trouble experiencing the Festival’s other activities.

The 13 groups performing on two separate stages will give their audience a chance to hear folk, bluegrass, Celtic, traditional fiddle music and other music that cannot really be categorized. Many groups perform original tunes. The instrumentation is just as varied: acoustic guitars, banjos, dulcimers, fiddles and mandolins along with more exotic entries.

Several returning groups such as the Seneca Moon String Band and the trio of Hope Greitzer, Jim MacWilliams and Curt Osgood (Rosie’s Ready Mix) are widely known

throughout the region.

The group New Appalachia is an acoustical Bluegrass Gospel band that operates as a Christian musical ministry and the group Nate and Kate includes a bit of juggling. Other groups include Molly and the Motonix, Tom and Marie, Tioga County Heymakers, C & T Bluegrass and the Volsteads.

Pat Kane whose musical roots are solidly in Ireland will be appearing once again. He is a hardworking, full-time musician who plays a variety of instruments, has a wonderful voice and can call a square dance and play his fiddle at the same time. His singing won him first place on two occasions at the New York City Fleadh Cheoil.

New to the festival this year is Joe Crookston.

His release “Able, Baker, Charlie and Dog” was voted Album of the Year by the Folk Alliance of Memphis, Tennessee. He was a song writing grant recipient from the Rockefeller Foundation and a Mountain Stage New Song Finalist.

Another new group is the Hickory Project with music described as “hard-driving traditional and original acoustic.” It includes National Mandolin Champion Anthony Hannigan. The group has performed in Europe, the Celtic Isles and Australia and has six CD’s and one DVD to its credit.

One other newcomer is Driftwood consisting of four multi-instrumentalists. The Grass Roots

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Farmer Emergency Meeting scheduled Sept. 28 Due to the severe flooding that the Southern Tier experienced recently, Cornell Cooperative Extension in Broome County will be holding an informational session for the agricultural community on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 1 p.m., at the Town of Chenango Hall, 1529 State Route 12, Binghamton, NY. We have invited representatives from the following organizations to present and we will have information from all of them. Farm Bureau will be providing refreshments. Pre-registration is requested by calling Carol at 607-772-8953.

• Farm Service Agency (FSA)

• Farm Service Agency — Farm Loan Department • Natural Resource Conservation Services (NRCS) • Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) • Farm Net • Farm Bureau • Crop Growers • Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) • CCE-South Central Field Crops Team — Janice Degni • New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) Sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County, Broome County Farm Bureau and Broome County FSA office.

Festival described them as a “serious force in the Upstate music scene.”

Chris Kocher of the Press and Sun-Bulletin put it this way: “They are a band that refuses to be boxed in.”

This year’s festival includes an acoustic jam tent from 1 to 4 p.m. both days hosted by Danielle Swart on Saturday and Eric and Melanie Rees on Sunday. Audience participation encouraged. And after a hiatus of many years Morris Dancers will return to the Apple

Festival on Sunday at 3:30 p.m.

A full listing of all the groups with complete descriptions and biographies can be found at the following links: h t t p : / / t o m marie.com/AF2011_Saturday.html and h t t p : / / t o m marie.com/AF2011_Sun day.html.

This year’s festival also includes presentations

by Linda Chatfield as Lucy L yman Bement (Lucy was Asa Bement’s second wife) and Douglas Weeks as Dr.

Rumex, a 19th century herbalist who expound on the virtues of natural healing. Later in the afternoon, another dramatic scenario will take place based on the Clinton-Sullivan campaign of the Revolutionary War. This will be done by various members of the Hickory Long Guns, our Black Powder Guild.

This program is made possible, in part, with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program, administered locally by The Arts

Council of the Southern Finger Lakes.

As a way of helping those in need due to recent flooding, the Society will be accepting donations of non-perishable food or cash to be given to the Southern Tier Food Bank and 10 percent of the net proceeds from the Festival will be given toward flood relief.

For more information on the Festival and to learn about other events and activities of the Newark Valley Historical Society, visit www.nvhistory.org.

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Vermeer introduces a new generation of Rebel® Balers Twelve years ago, Vermeer introduced the first ever hitch ‘n go baler designed to meet the needs and pocketbooks of producers with low horsepower tractors looking to roll their own highquality round bales.

Today marks the launch of the new Rebel Baler generation, this time with two models — the Rebel 5420 and 5520 Balers — and several significant new features incorporated from larger Vermeer models, but still maintaining the userfriendly functionality and meeting the lower horsepower requirements of the popular original.

“Because the Rebel Baler has been such a strong leader in its class, we spent a lot of time working on new features that enhanced baler performance, while keeping the functionality simple and the price very competitive,” says Phil Chrisman, Baler Product Manager. “We also wanted to answer a customer need that was not filled with the last Rebel Baler introduction. By offering both 5x4 and 5x5 models, we can now offer a 5x5 baler for owners who do not need the higher capacity balers, but want to produce larger bales at an economical price point.”

With the integration of Vermeer Super M baler technology — the newly designed netwrap system and the featurefilled Bale Expert™ monitor — Rebel Baler owners will have the newest designs to help achieve the desired baling performance. Newly integrated belts with Alligator rivet laces are used for maximum strength.

A new balanced density system, helps increase belt life by keeping them taut and preventing tangles, and as a result, it produces better-looking bales.

Optional Haysaver wheels are easy to adjust with just a few quick turns of a wrench. The optional netwrap system is user-friendly for loading and feeding, and features a net spreading system that can wrap bales in less than 10 seconds — right to the edge.

The optional Bale Expert monitor helps customers monitor bale size and shape and prevents bale chamber overfill with an alarm system – all without the operator leaving

the tractor cab. Another new feature is the optional moisture sensing kit, perfect for lifestyle producers providing the knowledge that they are putting up high quality hay.

“This new Rebel Baler offers lifestyle producers the quality and reliability of Vermeer baler technology in a package specifically designed for their needs. That’s what the

Rebel brand is all about and what producers with lower horsepower tractors deserve,” says Chrisman.

With a 40 hp (30 kW) tractor the Rebel 5420 Baler produces 5’ diameter x 4’ wide (1.5 m x 1.2 m) bales that weigh up to 1,000 lbs (454 kg). The 5520 produces 5’ diameter x 5’ wide (1.5 m x 1.5 m) bales that weigh up to 1,400 lbs (635 kg).

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Beef Council partners with Washington County Food Bank to stamp out hunger BEDFORD, PA — The Greater Washington County Food Bank commemorated its 30th Anniversary with a 24hour food drive, Aug.

26-27, at the Meadows Racetrack and Casino, Washington. With partnership from the Pennsylvania Beef Council and other businesses

and organizations, the Food Bank attempted to break the current world record donation of 559,885 pounds of nonperishable food.

During the 24-hour period, the Food Bank collected 431,011 pounds of food that included 42,300 pounds

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Two young visitors to the Great American Food Drive in Washington, PA, pose with the Hereford cow statue at the Young Farmer’s Area.

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Managing flood damaged crops Recent high water has caused much flooding in lowland corn and soybean fields. This has raised many questions about how to manage these crops. Based on previous experience with floods in Pennsylvania and other Northeastern states, we can expect several key issues • Affected fields will contain a lot of debris and plants will have a lot of soil on them.

• Conditions will be dusty and dirty during harvest.

• Farmers can experience extra costs from wear on shear bars, knives and bearings.

The silage made from flood damaged fields can range from acceptable to black or rotten.

Decreased milk production and performance is likely when flood damaged crops are fed.

If fields sustain flooding and significant damage, contact the crop insurance adjuster

to document the loss before taking action to remedy the situation.

Consider contacting the local FSA office to report losses as well.

Below are some recommendations and observations that may help in making harvesting and marketing decisions.

Corn for silage • Corn destined for silage will be more at risk for fungal and bacterial contamination.

Take steps to promote good fermentation, such as heavy inoculation and extra packing in the silos. A good fermentation will kill many (but not necessarily all) pathogens in the silage.

• Target the least affected fields for silage and harvest above the silt line to avoid soil contamination.

• Avoid chopping corn for silage that has considerable dirt or silt on it.

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• It might be best to mow the previously flooded pastures and wait for them to regrow before grazing.

• Mowed forage that has been lying in the field for more than one week should simply be chopped and blown back onto the field, particularly if it is showing signs of molding (forage is slimy).

• Roots in soil flooded for 2 to 3 weeks may die from suffocation (no oxygen available for the roots to respire).

• Root diseases such as Rhizoctonia or Phyotphtora can increase in wet soils and lead to thinned stands next year.

• Avoid pasturing or harvesting silt laden forage crops if at all possible.

Corn for grain • Harvesting for grain is likely a better option than for silage where flooding has occurred.

• Combine air filters likely will need to be changed more frequently. Operators should take steps to avoid breathing the dust.

• Harvest when the fodder is dry to help limit the dirt in the grain. Monitor the dirt in the corn coming into the bin and avoid the worst sections of fields.

• Harvesting highmoisture corn at the drier range of accept-

able levels could improve the ability to clean dirt from the corn.

• The expected quality of grain is uncertain and should be monitored. The potential for crop contamination by flood waters could affect the marketability of grain and silage. Check with grain brokers for more information on marketability as it becomes available.

• Monitor for sprouting. Some river bottom fields are prone to bird damage and often have some sprouting risk.

The flood may exacerbate the problem. Try to adjust the combine to remove most of the sprouted grain.

• Monitor for molds.

Corn from flood-damaged fields should be evaluated for grain quality and kept separate if there are indications of molds. Mold and mycotoxin levels can be determined by most feed testing laboratories and used as guidance in marketing.

• The risk of molds and sprouting is likely a function of the exposure to the water and stage of growth. Corn that was under water will have an increased risk for molds and bacterial rotting. This may be more pronounced in corn that was already drying down (<40 percent grain moisture)

and then took on moisture during the flood.

• Monitor for bacterial stalk rots. Fields that remained flooded for more than 12 hours are most at risk for stalk rots.

• The crop may mature more rapidly under these conditions, since corn that has been stressed when near maturity often seems to dry down fast.

• If the grain is deemed unfit for animal use, then it will be necessary to pursue crop insurance claims. If producers expect a claim, they should consult with an adjuster prior to harvest.

Other Crops • Soybean crops likely will experience increased harvest losses and increased machinery problems during harvest. Many soybeans may be impossible to harvest due to lodging and debris. Monitor grain quality prior to harvest.

In summary, flooddamaged crops are at risk for quality and harvest losses, but by monitoring and managing carefully, we may be able to salvage some of them.

Prepared by: Greg Roth, Jud Heinrichs, Craig Altemose, Virginia Ishler and Marvin Hall, Departments of Crop and Soil Sciences and Dairy and Animal Science.

approximately 10,100 families in Washington

County and across the state. Although the col-

lection fell short of breaking the world record, the celebration continued through the weekend.

The festival kicked-off with a concert by country music group Lonestar and continued through the day Saturday with appearances by several Pittsburgh Steelers players. Donnie Iris, Pittsburgh’s rock legend, also visited the festival.

The PA Beef Council, together with several agriculture groups including the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, staged themselves in the Young Farmer’s Area to teach both young and old festival participants about Pennsylvania agriculture.

For more information about the Washington County Food Bank and ways to donate, visit their Web site at www.gwcfb.org.

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chopped for silage so that it can be evaluated before feeding. Forage should be tested before feeding, paying particular attention to dry matter percent, starch, ash, mycotoxins and fermentation profile.

• Silage and high moisture corn from these fields should be evaluated at feed-out and animal health should be closely monitored. Soil contamination alone may not be a serious animal health factor, but contamination from manure, sewage treatment plants and other chemicals is unknown and could vary from one situation to another.

• In all cases try to minimize the soil contamination and during feed-out, attempt to dilute these forages with normal quality forages as much as possible.

Hay and pasture crops • Soil and organic matter on forage crops can also lead to fermentation issues, increased ash, decreased digestibility, and animal health problems, especially for horses.

• Avoid pasturing or harvesting silt laden forage crops if at all possible.

• If pastures are grazed, don't allow the animals to graze the plants too close to the ground because the majority of the contamination will be in that area

FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE American Farm Bureau Federation

Agriculture’s folk hero

by Stewart Truelsen America has a fondness for folk heroes, some real, some fictional, like Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack; frontiersmen Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone; Casey Jones, the brave engineer; Pecos Bill, the cowboy who rode a tornado; and of course Johnny Appleseed, the itinerant nurseryman.

Ironically, Johnny Appleseed is perhaps the most-celebrated but least heroic. He was

nothing like Daniel Boone who killed a bear with his bare hands, as the story goes. Today, Boone would be in trouble for that feat with fish and game officers and animal rights activists.

Appleseed, on the other hand, wouldn’t harm a mosquito. He put out his campfire at night so insects wouldn’t be drawn into the flames.

Johnny Appleseed is one of the real folk heroes. His real name was John Chapman. He was born around the time of

the Revolutionary War and is thought to be buried at Ft. Wayne, IN. Johnny Appleseed catapulted to folk hero status in the 19th century, was rediscovered by Walt Disney and remains a popular character in children’s books.

One could consider him an agriculturalist because he planted orchards on America’s early frontier, largely around Ohio and Pennsylvania. But he was a very strange fellow according to a new biography, Johnny Appleseed, The Man, the Myth, the American Story by Howard Means.

Chapman usually went barefoot and wore odd headgear, including

a pyramid of hats, one of which was a tin pot. His shirt was a burlap coffee sack with holes cut out for his head and arms.

Each winter he would load up on apple seeds that he got for free from cider presses in Pennsylvania. Then he would strike out on foot along rivers and Indian trails to unclaimed land where he would plant the seeds in spring and make a brush fence around them to keep out the deer.

Chapman later returned to collect seedlings which were sold or bartered with newly arriving settlers, most of whom were farmers. Oftentimes they were required to plant an

orchard as a stipulation of land ownership.

The apples from his trees were mostly puny, sour little things, according to Means, who wondered why he didn’t use grafting techniques that were known at the time to produce a desirable apple variety. He may not have cared, Means surmised, because many of the apples were fed through a press and the juice fermented to make hard cider, brandy or vinegar.

During the course of his life, Chapman bought several lots in towns along his way, leading to the conclusion that he might have been a small-time land speculator. He also was a reli-

gious zealot who approached settlers with a cheery greeting and news that he said came direct from heaven.

Even by frontier standards John Chapman was an odd character, although he was welcomed wherever he went as a missionary of goodwill. The life stories of many pioneers have been lost or forgotten, which is really a shame, but their odd visitor, Johnny Appleseed, is remembered to this day.

Stewart Truelsen is a regular contributor to the Focus on Agriculture series and is the author of a book marking the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 90th anniversary, Forward Farm Bureau.

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Institute grant helps get local produce to BJ’s Wholesale Clubs A two-year effort by marketers and growers from the Upstate Growers and Packers Cooperative is finally bearing fruit.

Thanks to the work of the cooperative, which is funded in part by the New York Farm Viability Institute, New York produce, starting this summer, is being featured in 38 BJ’s Wholesale Clubs (BJ’s) statewide as part of the retail chain’s Farm to Club initiative.

Farms from Stephentown in eastern New York to Eden south of Buffalo are supplying produce to BJ’s, which is committing significant floor space to the initiative in an effort to meet customers’ demand for quality, locally grown produce.

“I’m very excited about it,” said Tony Emmi of Emmi and Sons Farm in Baldwinsville and Liverpool. “It’s promoting local produce, which is something we should be doing. We grow a lot of crops here in New York State. It’s great to see a company like BJ’s is promoting our product.”

The Upstate Growers cooperative partnered with logistics provider C.H. Robinson Worldwide based in Minnesota to provide New Yorkgrown product to BJ’s and ensure that member farms had adequate product to keep the shelves stocked.

“It’s had a serious impact on farmers and it shows a really good collaboration with a big retail chain,” said Marty Broccoli, an agricultural economic development specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension who works with the cooperative.

“It’s not easy (for farmers). Growers have to be willing to make the commitment. They’ve been beaten up and dragged around. Those growers who want to continue to grow their farm and their business know they have to do things like this.”

And things like this are possible, in part, because of grant money from the Syracusebased New York Farm Viability Institute.

A regional sourcing agent from C.H. Robinson said the coordination of the co-op was a critical component in developing this program for BJ’s in New York.

“My experience with Marty’s group has been outstanding,” F. Scott Fein said. “I don’t think we could have done the job we’re doing without these particular growers. Working with Luke George, the general manager of the co-op, he’s helped us tremendously.”

And the BJ’s deal is only the beginning.

“We’re doing other projects outside of this Farm to Club,” Fein said.

“Luke and I are working with more than just one project and more than just one retailer.”

BJ’s has launched its Farm to Club in nine states, mostly in the Northeast. With 38 locations, New York has more BJ’s than any other state, Fein said.

The local produce display features special tables with point-of-sale signage alerting customers to the presence of locally grown cucumbers, green peppers, squash, tomatoes and zucchini.

Many of those customers are already actively seeking those items.

“The program has been doing very well,” he said.

“Originally, I think because all of the commodities included are traditional summer varieties, the idea was to go with the conventional summer period — the Fourth of July through Labor Day. But I have heard rumblings they may continue through the month of September.

Besides creating a brand new market for local produce, Farm to Club also allows New York growers to take advantage of the regional retail giant’s distribution network. That replaces a model where farms reach individual agreements with retailers and are responsible for delivery to the store, Fein said.

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Central New York’s Emmi said the agreement with BJ’s is helping him save on shipping costs.

“Instead of shipping stuff to New York City or Philadelphia or the Boston market, we’re selling it right here,” he said.

Fein has been working on the project even

longer, and he is proud of the results.

“On a personal level, this has been the hardest thing I’ve ever worked with in my life,” he said. “New York State is six hours from one end to the other.

There are a lot of challenges. We were committed to making it work with people like

Luke and Marty and the great growers — Emmi, (Baldwinsville’s) Brian Reeves, (Kirkville’s) Jeff Kubecka, (Utica’s) Joe Juliano, all of them. We told them what we were going to do, and they bought into it.

“We followed through.

They followed through.

I’m just happy to be a part of it.”

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A Few Words

by Phoebe Hall Happy retirement Last evening on the way home from up town, my husband thought that I’d like a little side trip. Our friend, HL, after over 30 years of running a dairy farm with his wife, decided to call it quits to retire and just grow crops. So we ventured into his driveway and drove around looking at all the empty barns.

It was like a big tomb,

with not one animal or noise emerging from all the barns. No calves, no big heifers, not even a cat, just nothing. But they are on a mission to complete what he had originally intended to do back in the 1970’s when he began farming at this location. He entered the intended partnership as the field and crops person. But after a very short period of time the owner passed away sud-

denly and HL and his wife had to make some tough choices. For years they did all the milking and chores, 24/7.

My husband, with tongue in cheek, has always taken credit for HL’s successes, as he claimed he trained him right here on this farm.

It was back in the mid 1950’s when all of a sudden HL appeared on the scene, then was around all the time. With both of WC’s parents working off the farm to keep the farm going and the older brothers were all out in the world, it was a perfect fit.

One of the most reminisced stories from that period was about clean-

ing the gutter in the ‘modern’ 1939 dairy barn. It was very up to date when it was rebuilt after the 1939 fire, but in the 1950’s, farmers were starting to install modern gutter cleaners.

But here it was all done with shovels and forks.

One person drove the tractor and spreader through the barn and two others loaded the animal waste into the spreader. Since WC was the manager, he took the responsibility of doing the driving and HL and anyone that was unfortunate enough to wander in, would join him in this duty.

Well, one Saturday morning, TS was draft-

ed for the other gutter.

He wasn’t as experienced as HL was and threw the waste a little too hard, with the results being that HL received a good share of it all over him. When WC saw what had happened, he knew what was coming next. HL, never to be out done, threw his shovel full right over the spreader on to TS’s back as he was bending over.

To make a long story short, the barn was a complete mess and not very much of the waste made it into the spreader that morning. You can only guess what HL and TS looked like after this debacle.

To end this story, you just never know any day that you wake up what your Creator is going to put in your path. But today, HL is training WC. Good going, HL, and may you enjoy the next 30 years a little more than the last 30. We know that it will seem like retirement, even though we know you’ll never completely retire.

May God continue to bless you and your family on this new adventure.

Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work-this is a gift of God. (Ecclesiastes 5:19) NIV

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Secretary LaHood said, “We’ve got unemployed construction workers, standing by, ready to roll up their sleeves right now. This is the moment for Congress to set aside the politics and partisanship, to pass the American Jobs Act, and to put America back to work.”

In his address to the nation, President Obama called on Congress to pass the American Jobs Act, which will invest in job-creating transportation projects and establish a National Infrastructure Bank, a concept with strong bipartisan support. There is also wide agreement among business leaders, labor unions, economists and elected officials that making significant investments in America’s roads, rails, and airports will not only put hundreds of thousands of people to work quickly, it is crucial to the nation’s future economic growth and prosperity.

Steven Sandherr, CEO of the Associated General Contractors, said, “There are few more effective ways to create good jobs, deliver great roads, build a strong economy and protect taxpayers than to invest in infrastructure. That is why the Associated General Contractors of America stands with the President and everyone else that is willing to make the investments

needed to revive our industry and rebuild our economy.”

Associated General Contractors is one of the nation’s largest trade associations for the construction industry.

Secretary LaHood also called on Congress to immediately pass an extension of the surface transportation bill, which is set to expire on Sept. 30. If Congress allows the current surface transportation extension to expire, more than 4,000 federal employees will immediately go without pay. If Congress delays actions for just 10 days beyond that, nearly $1 billion in highway funding that could be spent on construction projects across the nation would be lost. And if Congress waits even longer, almost 1 million workers could be in danger of losing their jobs over the next year.

Secretary LaHood spoke at the construction site of the 11th Street Bridge Project in Washington, D.C., which could be shut down if Congress fails to pass a surface transportation extension by Sept. 30.

There are roughly 380 workers on the 11th Street Bridge project, which will reduce congestion by replacing two existing bridges with three new bridges and improving interchanges for local and freeway traffic. By 2030, these bridges will serve almost 180,000 vehicles every day — helping the region become more economically competitive. Scheduled for completion in 2013, the $300-million project is being completed with $189 million in federal-aid.

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Erie County Fair announces Sheep Show winners The 4-H Sheep Leadline Contest took place Tuesday. Aug. 16, in the Showplex Arena.

In a Leadline contest, exhibitors take their animals around with a rope and show them off to the judges.

The results are as follows.

Senior Division (Ages 14-19)

1st Place: Shannon Keele 2nd Place: Brittany Dykeman Junior Division (Ages 9-13) 1st Place: Janna Milks 2nd Place: Angelyn Brown Congratulations to all of our winners!

2011 Tioga County 4-H Youth Fair Results The Tioga County 4-H Youth Fair was held during the annual Tioga County Fair in July with 4-H members bringing out their best projects for evaluation by judges and the buyers at the livestock sale.

This event is a time for 4-H members to show the results of their hard work completed over the past year, and to be fairly and constructively evaluated on their progress by skilled and knowledgeable people.

This year, 43 4-H members brought 272 animals to the fair for participation in the many shows and the livestock sale. The animals included beef, dairy, hog, sheep, goat, llama, alpaca, poultry, rabbits, cavy, horses and dogs. Eighteen members sold 45 animals (beef, hog, goat, dairy steer and sheep) to local buyers at the 4-H Livestock Sale that netted $17.075.46. And, 110 youth exhibited 246 projects in the 4-H Youth

Building that included gardening, heritage crafts, foods, science projects, art, natural resources, crafts, photography, sewing, record books and much more.

4-H members, parents and leaders took turns working non-stop in the 4-H Food Booth and Dairy Bar serving up drinks, meals and wonderful ice cream treats to fair visitors. The 4-H Shooting Sports program operated the 4-H Air Rifle trailer for those that wanted to test their shooting skills.

The following are the results of the 2010 Tioga County 4-H Youth Fair shows and exhibits: 4-H Dairy show held Wednesday, July 20: The judge was Stuart Young from Cortland, NY. Cloverbud Presentation Garret Stocks, Owego and Megan Henry, Candor. Novice Showmanship Champion - Emily Henry, Candor; Senior Showmanship Champion - Sonja Hamley, Barton;

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Livingston County 4-H Caledonia Fair results The Livingston County 4-H Animal Science Program was well-represented at the Caledonia Fair during August.

Master Showman awards were given to Maia Scott, swine; Sarah Murray, goat; Martin Callan, dairy; and Dustin Ayers, rabbit.

At the Swine Show, Maia Scott was awarded first place in Senior Showmanship, named Grand Champion Gilt for her January spring gilt, and named Grand Champion in the market hog program.

Sarah Murray also received multiple honors at the Goat Show. She was awarded first place in Novice Showmanship, named Best of Show with her Lamancha doe kid, and awarded Reserve Best of Show with her Nigerian Dwarf doe kid.

During the Dairy Show, Martin Callan earned

first place in Senior Showmanship. In addition, he was named Junior Champion — Holstein and Junior Reserve Champion — Holstein.

Lastly, Callan was named Supreme Champion with his winter heifer calf.

Finally, Dustin Ayers claimed first place in Senior Showmanship during the Rabbit Show. Ayers was also named Best of Show and Reserve Best of Show with his French Lop doe and buck.

With the county fairs over for the year, select Livingston County 4-H members are headed for the New York State Fair.

In addition to the Animal Science Program, over 100 building exhibits have been invited to participate.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Livingston County would like to congratulate everyone who participated at the Hemlock and Caledonia Fairs.

Master Showman - Sonja Hamley; Junior Champion Dairy of all Breeds Sonja Hamley; Senior Champion Dairy of all Breeds - Kristy Alexander, Barton; Grand Champion Dairy of all Breeds - Sonja Hamley; Best Bred by Exhibitor Sonja Hamley.

4-H Goat Show held Wednesday, July 20: The judge was Jennifer Ryan from Oxford, NY. Cloverbud Presentation - Dakotah Hartman, Barton; Katherine Popp, Newark Valley and Amanda Whatley, Candor. Novice Showmanship Champion - Daniel Popp, Newark Valley; Junior Showmanship Champion Mackenzie Hill, Barton; Senior Showmanship Champion - Amy Miles, Newark Valley; Master Showman - Mackenzie Hill. Champion Pygmy Goat - Donald Van Dusen, Barton; Senior Champion Dairy Doe Daniel Hartman, Barton; Senior Champion Meat Doe - Mackenize Hill; Champion Lightweight Market Goat - Zach Williams, Barton; Champion Mediumweight Market Goat - Mackenzie Hill; Grand Champion Market Goat and Reserve Grand Champion Market Goat Mackenzie Hill.

4-H Poultry Show held Thursday, July 21: The judge was Rev. Roland Romig from Sayre, PA. Cloverbud Presentation Luke Huizinga, Willseyviller; Eli Smith, Apalachin; Owen Huizinga, Willseyville; Garrett Stocks; Madigan Gow, Little Meadows, PA; Katherine Popp; and Amanda Whatley. Beginner Showmanship Champion Marlie Lukach, Endicott; Intermediate Showmanship Champion - Thomas Ritz, Apalachin; Advanced Showmanship Champion - Amy Miles; Master Showman - Amy Miles; Grand Champion Turkey - Daniel Popp; Grand Champion Hen of all Breeds - Amy Miles; Grand Champion Cock of all Breeds - Kennedy Hill, Barton.

4-H Rabbit Show held

Thursday, July 21: The judge was Karen Waite from Candor, NY. Cloverbud Presentation - Dakotah Hartman, Barton; Maddison Anders, Owego; Laney Brind, Berkshire; and Amanda Whatley. Beginner Showmanship Champion - Lily Morgan, Berkshire; Junior Showmanship Champion - Caitlin Jennings, Apalachin; Senior Showmanship Champion - Amy Miles; Master Showman - Amy Miles; Best of Wool Breeds Amy Miles; Best of Commercial Breeds - Lily Morgan; Best of Fancy Breeds - Isaac Kasperek, Owego; Best of Pet - Caitlin Jennings; and Best of Show Caitlin Jennings.

4-H Sheep Show held Thursday, July 21: The judge was Doris Powell from Rome, PA. Cloverbud Presentation - Tammy Perrotta, Barton; Mackenzy Bishop, Barton; Kathryn Simmons, Berkshire; Cara Milewski, Newark Valley; and Amanda Whatley. Novice Showmanship Champion - Daniel Hartman, Barton; Junior Showmanship Champion - Trenton Perrotta, Barton; Senior Showmanship Champion - Ethan Supa, Johnson City; Master Showman Trenton Perrotta; Champion Purebred Ram Meaghan Griffen, Tioga Center; Champion Purebred Ewe - Trenton Perrotta; Champion Purebred Flock - Meaghan Griffen; Champion Crossbred Ewe Meaghan Griffen; Champion Crossbred Flock Meaghan Griffen; Champion Overall Breeding Animal - Trenton Perrotta; Champion Lightweight Market Lamb Tyler Ward, Candor; Champion Mediumweight Market Lamb Tyler Ward; Champion Heavyweight Market Lamb - Ethan Supa; Grand Champion Market Lamb - Ethan Supa; Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb - Dani Kindrew, Barton.

4-H Horse Show held Thursday, July 21 and Friday, July 22: The judge was Nicky Kurty

First Place Senior Division: Shannon Keele.

Photo courtesy of Erie County Fair from Binghamton, NY. - Tyler Ward; Master Cloverbud Presentation - Showman - Tyler Ward; Macoyia Stoneking, Grand Champion BreedNewark Valley; Kylie ing Animal - Tyler Decker, Owego; Laney Williams; Champion Brind, Berkshire. Novice Lightweight Market Beef Showmanship Champion Isaac Smith, Apalachin; - Evan Powell, Newark Champion Heavyweight Valley; Junior Showman- Market Beef - Zach ship Champion - Megan Williams; Grand ChamKlett, Owego; Senior pion Market Beef - Zach Showmanship Champion Williams; Reserve Grand - Brianna Cart, Owego; Champion Market Beef Walk-Trot English Donald Van Dusen; Champion - Evan Powell; Champion Lightweight Walk-Trot Western Dairy Feeder Steer Champion - Zlatko Zu- Daniel Hartman, Barton. kich, Owego; Walk-Trot4-H Hog Show held FriCanter Western Champi- day, July 22: The judge on - Marah Seaver, was Brad Huffines.

Apalachin; Junior Eng- Novice Showmanship lish Grand Champion - Champion - Trenton PerJax Maxian, Berkshire; rotta; Junior ShowmanSenior English Grand ship Champion - Cherish Champion - Brianna Simmons, Berkshire; Cart; Junior Western Senior Showmanship Grand Champion - Marta Champion - Ethan Supa; Lengyel, Owego; Senior Master Showman - Ethan Western Grand Champi- Supa; Grand Champion on - Katy Standinger, Breeding Animal - DonOwego; Junior Trail ald Van Dusen; ChampiChampion Marta on Lightweight Market Lengyel; Senior Trail Hog - Dylan Hartman; Champion - Brianna Champion MediCart; Novice Gymkhana umweight Market Hog Champion - Kayla Mar- April Simmons, Berktin, Owego; Junior shire; Champion HeavyGymkhana Champion - weight Market Hog Marta Lengyel; Senior Ethan Supa; Grand Gymkhana Champion - Champion Market Hog Martie Ritz, Apalachin.

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Home,, Family,, Friendss & You The Kitchen Diva

by Angela Shelf Medearis A chicken in every pot With the political season under way, with all of its political promises, I’m reminded of a famous old political slogan, about “a chicken in every pot.” While the quote is often attributed to President Herbert Hoover, its origin is thought to be from King Henry IV of France.

In the 17th century, he reportedly said that, “I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he is unable to have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.”

The Republican Party expanded the saying during the 1928 presidential campaign in an advertisement that promised “a chicken in every pot and a car in every backyard, to boot.”

While modern-day promises have changed somewhat, it’s still a wonderful thing to come home to a pot full of flavorful chicken. If you’re the one responsible for the cooking, that could be a problem — unless you use a slow cooker to make that meal.

Slow cookers use a low temperature to cook foods

and retain moisture. They generally operate at 170 F to 280 F. This might seem too low to be safe, but in fact, the slow cooker’s direct heat on the food, long cooking time and the steam produced inside a tightly covered container makes the process safe. The combination kills harmful bacteria that can cause illness. It also helps less expensive, leaner cuts of meat become tender and shrink less, according to the Food Safety and Inspection Service.

My recipe for Sweet and Sour Slow-Cooker Chicken contains easy convenience ingredients and is a complete and delicious meal in a pot ... and that’s a promise!

Sweet and Sour Slow-Cooker Chicken 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1/2-inch strips 2 tablespoons light soy sauce 1 (16-ounce) package fresh or frozen and thawed stir-fry vegetables 1 (8-ounce) can pineapple chunks in unsweetened juice, drained, reserving juice

1/2 cup purchased sweet-and-sour sauce 2 teaspoons cornstarch 1 teaspoon grated ginger root or 1/2 teaspoon powdered ginger 1 large (about 16 ounces) can or bag crispy chow mein or rice noodles 3 green onions, white and green parts, cut into 1inch pieces 1. In 3 1/2 to 4-quart slow cooker, combine chicken and soy sauce; mix to coat evenly. Add the stir-fry vegetables and reserved pineapple juice. Stir to combine.

Cover; cook on low setting for 4 to 5 hours.

2. In small bowl, combine sweet-and-sour sauce, cornstarch and gingerroot or powdered ginger; and stir until well-blended. Stir into chicken mixture. Add pineapple chunks; stir gently to mix.

3. Increase heat setting to high; cover and cook an additional 20 to 25 minutes. Serve over chow mein noodles and sprinkle with the green onions. Makes 6 servings. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

Delightfully dairy Did you know that milk contains 9 essential nutrients? Drinking milk, eating other dairy foods, and consuming at least 3 dairy products every day makes it easy for kids to get the bone-building calcium and other nutrients their bodies need. My name is Stephanie Hallenbeck and I am your Jefferson County Dairy Ambassador. Here’s a great recipe to help your children become healthy.

Strawberry Crunch Cream (Serves 6) 300 mL (heavy) cream 2 tbsp. superfine sugar 12 oz. strawberries 6 biscuits, crushes Whip together the cream and sugar until peaking. Fold the crushed fruit and biscuits into the cream. Spoon into glasses, top each with a strawberry and serve.

Enjoy.

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2011 Empire Farm Days Winners announced

Empire Farm Days Manager Melanie Wickham (L) and her sister Stephanie Abrahamson celebrated 25 years of service with the outdoor agricultural trade show in 2011.

Photo courtesy of Empire Farm Days

SENECA FALLS, NY –\— Empire Farm Days has announced the winners of competitions and drawings at the 2011 farm show held at Rodman Lott & Son Farms in Seneca Falls, NY. Dairyman Peter Fleming of Fleming Farms in Elmira, Chemung County, NY, is already hauling feed, water, and calves with the Kubota RTV 500 he won, and is using it to fix fences when his kids are not enjoying the prize sponsored by Kubota.

“I actually thought it was a joke when some-

one called to say I had won. I have been attending Empire Farm Days for about 20 years and always make good contacts and learn about good products,” Fleming says.

Terri Petras of Tillson, Ulster County, NY, won the Empire Farm Days Equine Center saddle sponsored by Empire Farm Days.

Thirty-six students competed in the New York State FFA Welding Contest sponsored by Haun Welding, Briggs and Stratton Yard Power Products Group,

Clinton Tractor and Implement, and the Calidonna Family. The top three finishers earning Morrisville State College scholarships were Dakota Sampson of Pioneer Central FFA $1,000, Dan Chaney of Pioneer Central FFA $750, and Josh Hitchcock of Randolph Central FFA - $550. Sampson and Chaney won the team competition with Hitchcock and Cole Spengler finishing second.

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House agriculture chairman questions EPA over farm myths

by Mike Oscar On Thursday, Sept. 8, the House Agriculture Chairman Frank Lucas sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson criticizing the administration for downplaying farmers’ fears and for failing to respond to a series of questions posed by the committee six months after they were sent.

EPA Administrator Jackson has repeatedly come under fire from farm state lawmakers for EPA rules affecting the agricultural community, but they have dismissed some of those concerns as “myths” about EPA’s policies.

In his letter, Chairman Lucas wrote, “our committee is not raising idle concerns, we are seeking forthright answers that will help farmers and ranchers

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By clarifying your agency’s intent through these questions, you can help dispel any mischaracterizations of regulations which are currently under consideration by your agency and give American businesses the regulatory certainty they need to invest in our economy.”

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Seth Lincoln of Skaneateles, NY, visited Empire Farm Days with his grandfather and enjoyed a complimentary bag of potato chips from the Empire State Potato Growers Hospitality Center.

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Schiebel of VernonVerona-Sherrill Central School received the 2011 Empire State Potato Growers Scholarship that provides $500 per academic year for up to four consecutive years of agricultural education. Schiebel is majoring in agribusiness at SUNY Cobleskill.

Also at the Leadership Luncheon, Porterdale Farms of Adams Center, NY, in Jefferson County was presented the New

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Gillibrand announces Senate passage of Disaster Relief Bill Bill includes $5.1 billion for FEMA, $266 million for USDA WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced Senate passage on Sept. 15 of the Disaster Relief legislation. The $6.9 billion disaster funding bill included $5.1 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and $266 million for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Senator Gillibrand aggressively lobbied her Senate colleagues to pass this disaster package. Senator Gillibrand has traveled across the state, receiving briefings and viewing the damage caused by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, working to bring all federal resources to bear to aid in the recovery. Senator Gillibrand has toured damage on Long Island, in Westchester County, the Capital Region, Catskill, Schoharie County and Binghamton.

“This legislation is a step forward to ensuring federal assistance to help our families, farmers, businesses and communities recover,” said Senator Gillibrand.

“America has always stood by those suffering from disaster and

helped them to rebuild.

We have an obligation to help these families rebuild today. Across New York — the North Country, Capital Region, Mohawk Valley, Hudson Valley, Southern Tier, and Long Island — no one can question the devastation these storms left in these communities. We must stand with them in this time of great need.” $5.1 billion for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund The FEMA Disaster Relief Fund provides Public Assistance and Individual Assistance to designated counties.

Without final passage of this legislation, FEMA will likely run out of funding in the next few weeks and be unable to pay, reimburse, or loan money to families and communities.

FEMA’s individual assistance program includes a range of programs, such as home repair, temporary housing, grants for serious disaster-related needs and expenses not covered by insurance or other assistance programs.

Public assistance is federal aid made available to public and certain nonprofit entities for emergency services and the repair or replacement of public fa-

cilities damaged in a natural disaster. Qualifying municipalities and entities can use public assistance funding for debris removal and cleanup, emergency protective measures to save lives and prevent further property damage following a storm and to repair washed out and heavily damaged roads and bridges.

Local governments can also utilize this source of funding to repair water control facilities including dams and levees, to repair public buildings and equipment damaged from the storm, repair utilities, and repair or restore public parks and other recreational facilities. $78 million for the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) The ECP is coordinated through the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) to provide emergency funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to repair farmland damaged by natural disasters, and to carry out emergency water conservation measures during severe drought. Conservation practices include removing debris, restoring fences and conservation structures, and providing water for livestock.

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After the flood: cleanup and removal of mold EDEN — Extension Disaster Education Network With the flood cleanup stage well underway some flood victims are finding discarding items, particularly those with sentimental value, can be difficult.

However, keeping certain items soaked by water may be unhealthy.

Some materials tend to absorb and keep water more than others.

As a general rule, materials that are wet and cannot be thoroughly cleaned and dried may have to be discarded because they can remain a source of bacteria and mold growth.

Homes with all porous items removed may begin to develop mold growth. This is especially the case for homes that have been exposed to water and moisture for long periods.

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posed to mold even if it is dead. Killing it by applying a biocide such as chlorine bleach does not minimize health risks, so it must be removed.

Anyone spending more than a brief time cleaning in a moldy environment should use a HEPA filter or N95 rated mask; typically it will have two straps.

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For land to be eligible for ECP resources, the natural disaster must create new conservation problems that if left untreated would impair or endanger the land, materially affect the land’s productive capacity, represent unusual damage, and be so costly to repair that federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use.

ECP program participants receive cost-share assistance of up to 75 percent of the cost to implement approved conservation practices determined by county FSA committees. Individual or cumulative requests for cost-sharing of $50,000 or less per person, per disaster are approved at the county committee level, $50,001 to $100,000 is approved at the state level, and over $100,000 is approved at the federal level. Technical assistance may be provided by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). $139 million for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) The EWP was established to help conserve natural resources following natural disasters by relieving imminent hazards to life and property caused by floods, fires,

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by Krishna Ramanujan When Robin Davisson, a Cornell molecular physiology professor, started her career at the University of Iowa’s medical school, she was unexpectedly asked to teach a neuroanatomy course to more than 140 medical, dental and physician assistant students in her first full semester on the job. With minimal teaching experience and training, she struggled at first — an all-too-common challenge for new faculty everywhere.

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Tompkins County Soil and Water Conservation District announces recent award winners Tom & Sally Brown, Paul & Laura Fouts — Fouts Farm. The Luncheon had just over 60 people in attendance with guest speakers Senator James L. Seward, Senator Thomas F. O’Mara, Terre Dennis — Congressman Richard Hanna’s Cortland Regional Director, and the Tompkins County Dairy Princess — Abbie Teeter. It was also attended by members of the Tompkins County Administration, Tompkins County Legislature, Farm Bureau, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency, Tompkins County Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Directors, local teachers, Town Supervisors and Highway Superintendents, and county farmers. The event was sponsored by the Tompkins County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Tompkins County Farm Bureau, and hosted at the Carey Farm in Groton owned by Dan and Ann Carey.

D.V.M. and Ph.D. in the field of comparative biomedical sciences, said that teaching has helped her research, an insight that is supported by studies.

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The Tompkins County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) hosted an Appreciation and Recognition Luncheon on Friday, Sept.

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Find out what you can do as a hunter or property owner to protect yourself.

Mike had been thinking about this day for weeks…the first Saturday of hunting season.

Mike wanted to make sure everything was perfect since he was taking his twelve year old son hunting for the first time, the same age he was when his father first took him and he shot his first quail. He has been hooked on hunting ever since.

Earlier in the week he took his son to an outfitter store and got him everything he needed.

Mike spent the previous evening laying everything out. He verified that he had packed his shotgun sling, leg gaiters, shells, hunting vest, and favorite shotgun. Thank goodness he remembered to pack the First Aid Kit. Twenty pounds of gear was packed and loaded in the vehicle. The coffee pot was scheduled to brew at 4:30 a.m.

Mike met up with his hunting partner John and his son at their usual meeting place and time. The group of four had been hunting for hours, but with no success.

Finally, they flushed a large covey out of some plum thickets.

John went off to search for a downed bird. The three other hunters walked over to another covey about 200 feet away. A quail flew up behind Mike and he turned around and unknowingly shot in John's direction. John screamed out in pain.

The rest of the afternoon was spent dressing John's wounds in the field, running to the Emergency Room, and answering questions from the conservation officer interview. Obviously, the day did not end as expected.

Mike did not expect John to name him in a lawsuit, after all they had been friends for 25 years, but he could have. Fortunately, Mike had purchased liability insurance to cover the hunt club members and the owner of the property where they hunted regularly.

No one expects to go hunting and get injured,

but like most any outdoor activity, injury is a risk. Since firearms are typically involved, the injury may be more serious. Every year the International Hunter Education Association (IHEA) compiles a hunting accident incident report. The most prevalent “major factors” cited for these accidents include the following: “Failure to identify target, Victim out of site of the shooter, Firearm fell from insecure rest, Failure to use safety belt, Victim moved into line of fire, Shooter swinging on game, Failure to check beyond target, Careless handling of firearm.”

IHEA recommends hunters and shooters follow four basic rules of firearms safety, known as the TABK acronym.

T - Treat every firearm as it if were loaded A - Always point the firearm in a safe direction.

B - Be sure of your target and what is beyond your target.

K - Keep your finger out of the trigger guard and off the trigger until ready to shoot.

How Can Hunters Reduce Risks?

Hunting accidents of all types happen every year. Most hunting accident victims are responsible hunters who have over 10 years' experience. Although hunting accidents have trended downward as a result of increased hunter education requirements, there are still approximately 1,000 hunting accidents annually. Ten percent are fatal. What can you do to increase safety while hunting?

1. Get proper education. Read, take a hunter safety education course, watch hunter education videos, take an on-line course. A variety of resources exist.

Taking a class can be interesting and rewarding, regardless of how long you have been hunting.

2. Practice the skills needed. It's one thing to be book smart and another to put it into play.

Some students take a course, but then don't touch a firearm until opening day. Shooting arrows and firearms can be done in a number of safe, supportive places.

3. Follow state guidelines for wearing hunter orange. This universal hunter safety color will dramatically reduce your chance of being mistaken for game.

Each state has its own guidelines, which can be viewed on www.

IHEA.com under “Hunter Education”.

4. Don't take deer stand safety requirements for granted. Follow the instructions on deer stand equipment and check for faulty equipment. In the state of Alabama alone, 2010 had a record number of deer stand accidents.

Fourteen accidents were reported and four of these were fatal.

5. Establish a method for locating and communicating with other members of your hunting party. Have a map that outlines where each member will be hunting.

Have an emergency plan in place.

6. Don't forget the rules of safety in your ambition to get an animal. Don't cut corners at the end of the day in order to get a trophy so that you can call it a successful day.

7. Avoid consumption of drugs and alcohol.

How Can Landowners Reduce Risks?

Landowners can assist hunters by making sure property lines are well marked and posting “No Trespassing” signs.

Hazards such as wells, cliffs, and cable gates should be well identified to help prevent accidents and injury. A safe area for campfires should be designated.

Lastly, establishing open lines of communication with the hunt club can go a long way towards maintaining an accident free environment.

Is Hunting Lease Liability Coverage Needed?

Liability lawsuits can ensue as a result of the emotional and financial stress resulting from injury. If you are leasing hunting land from a private landowner, hunting lease insurance can protect you and your loved ones from financial catastrophe. With a general liability insurance policy, coverage is provided if a club member is found legally responsible for the accident.

The beauty of hunting lease liability insurance is the fact that the insurance company is obligated to defend you whether it is a frivolous case or not.

What Coverage is Needed?

Most policy holders look for the following benefits to be included: Member -to-Member

Coverage, Guest Liability Coverage, Fire Damage Liability, and Liability from tree-stands and ATV's. The coverage most recommended has $1 million per occurrence general liability coverage and $2 million general aggregate.

Who Should be Covered?

All landowners who charge a fee to hunt.

Most state statutes offer a lower level of liability protection when there is compensation involved.

The American Hunting Lease Association (AHLA) program is designed to protect both the landowner and the hunters and can be purchased by either party.

How Much Will It Cost Prices vary from underwriter to underwriter and are sometimes based upon a number of variables. Some insurers will charge based upon number of people in the hunt club, game harvested, location of the property, size of the property, and cost of lease. Prices can range from $175 and up per policy.

At American Hunting Lease Associa-

tion the price is based upon one variable: acreage. AHLA is one of the top sellers of hunting lease insurance in the country and gets low pricing due to the high volume of policies sold.

Through AHLA, a policy that insures both landowner and hunting club costs only $175 for less than 500 acres.

Does the Landowner need to be Named as an Additional Insured?

More and more landowners are requiring the hunting club to purchase insurance naming the landowner as an additional insured. If the landowners are named in a suit caused by an occurrence of the hunting club on their land, they will be covered.

What Protection is Provided to the Club in the Event of Legal Action?

If the hunting club becomes legally obligated to pay damages for bodily injury or property damage arising from claims against the club, the hunting lease liability insurance policy will pay all sums due up to

policy limits.

What separates American Hunting Lease Association's Policy from other Underwriters?

1. Annual insurance rates as low as $175.

2. No membership dues or any other hidden fees.

3. No Deductible.

4. AHLA offers a hunting lease agreement template FREE to policy holders. Use AHLA's program and put your trust in a time tested proven contract. A sample lease agreement can be viewed at www.aHuntingLease.org 5. The Insurance Carrier is Praetorian Insurance company, rated “A (excellent)” by A.M. Best.

We can control a lot of outcomes in the woods, but when tragedy strikes it is better to be safe than sorry. Is it worth the risk to put your financial security at stake due to an unforeseen catastrophe?

For more information on American Hunting Lease Association, visit www.aHuntingLease.org or call 866-782-6330.

Your National Beef Checkoff Program: 25 years and counting Part 2: Promoting beef as what’s for dinner You might remember seeing the television commercials with actor James Garner touting beef as “Real Food for Real People” back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, or Robert Mitchum kicking off the “Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner” campaign in May of 1992.

After a brief stint with a “Beef. It’s What You Want” slogan in 1988, the checkoff returned to “Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner” in 1999, but this time featuring the deep, powerful voice of cowboy actor Sam Elliott for nearly a decade.

And that brings us to the checkoff’s latest radio ads, which have tantalized taste buds for beef since 2007 with a sultry recognizable voice reminding consumers that beef is not only good tasting — but good for them.

Yes, beef is still what’s for dinner. And these efforts to keep it that way over the years are thanks to your investment in the national Beef Checkoff Program, which is wrapping up its 25th year in operation on behalf of the cattle ranchers, farmers and importers who pay into the program nationwide.

In this second part of a six-part series celebrating the beef checkoff’s silver anniversary, we’re focusing on the historical accomplishments of your checkoff

investment into beef promotion.

Consumer Advertising The launch of the checkoff’s $21.7 million beef promotion campaign at the start of the national checkoff program in the fall of 1986 marked the largest concentrated promotion campaign that the beef industry has ever launched — even to date.

And it’s still the only national self-help program that the industry has operating on its behalf.

Since the early days of the checkoff, however, “promotion” programs funded through the beef checkoff have included far more than consumer advertising — with things like foodservice and retail promotions and partnerships, as well as new product initiatives and veal promotions. But consumer advertising remains an important anchor in the overall strategy to increase consumer demand for beef.

And the success level of the “Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner” campaign and its predecessors has been tremendous, according to industry standards. For example, consumer recognition of the beef industry slogan has reached as high as 86 percent during its run — a level that any number of huge corporations with budgets exponentially larger than the checkoff would be

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(Remember, the checkoff cannot single-handedly turn around a bad market, so even at times when the market may not be as strong as producers would hope, this indicates that their dollar-per-head investments certainly are making things significantly better than they would be without the checkoff. That’s an important concept to understand when it comes to measuring the checkoff’s results.)

Other Key Promotions The list of promotion program achievements funded by the beef checkoff goes on and on.

But let’s go beyond advertising and take a look at some of the key promotional accomplishments of your Beef Checkoff Program during its first 25 years: • Based on important muscle-profiling research that the checkoff completed near the turn of the century, the checkoff launched Beef Value Cuts into the marketplace, giving consumers increased choices for steaks and roasts from single muscles in the chuck and round. These cuts — including the flat iron steak, petite tender and ranch cut from the shoulder clod, the sirloin tip from the knuck-

le and the Western griller from the bottom round — increased the value of the chuck and round by creating steaks and roasts with quality taste, tenderness and price points that consumers were seeking. Now selling at the rate of 15 million to 20 million pounds a year, Beef Value Cuts have been a big hit with consumers, some available in tens of thousands of restaurants and supermarkets nationwide, as the checkoff continuously works on promotion of these and other new cuts. In 2010, for example, the checkoff introduced six more new cuts from the beef round – including the Santa Fe Cut, the Round Petite Tender, the San Antonio Steak; the Tucson Cut, the Braison Cut, and the Merlot Cut — in options suitable for retail and foodservice sectors.

• Foodservice partnerships have garnered as much as $60 in promotions from restaurant and other foodservice companies for every dollar invested in the same promotion by the checkoff. While that number varies from year to year — though always remains at a ratio strongly in favor of the checkoff program — the foodservice sector of the industry clearly sees value in working directly with cattle producers to deliver your quality product to consumers — and it’s putting its money where its mouth is. The checkoff also supports an award-winning foodservice marketing cam-

paign, known as BEEFlexible, which dishes up new ideas for chefs and restaurant operators looking to offer creative beef items that attract consumer attention.

• Just having a good product isn’t enough.

You have to get that product to consumers when, how, and in the form they both desire and understand. That’s where the checkoff’s Beef Made Easy program and other training sessions, promotional materials, and partnerships have stepped in.

They have helped retailers improve their beef merchandising strategies to present a growing number of beef items to their meat and freezer cases in a way that is attractive and meaningful to buyers.

• After developing a Long Range Plan for veal promotion, the checkoff has worked with major restaurant chains to get veal added to their menus, especially in the last few years. During the last 18 months, for example, 14 restaurant chains have added veal to their menus, thanks to checkoff partnerships and promotions.

Even this short list makes it clear that cattle producers and importers who volunteer to make decisions about how to spend their and your checkoff dollars are resourceful. So the next time someone asks you, ‘What has the checkoff done for me lately?’, you can start with an overview of its 25 years of PROMOTION accomplishments.

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pleased to boast.

With its recognition and creative television, radio and print commercials over the years, the checkoff’s promotion campaign helped first slow the decline, and later turn around consumer beef demand, which had been spiraling sharply downward in the 1980s.

As the industry changed over time — and other checkoff program areas focused on helping cattlemen improve the quality and consistency of the product they offered to fickle American consumers, so too did the focus of the promotion campaigns.

Amid today’s health-conscious consumer population, the checkoff is proud to boast that 29 cuts of beef qualify as lean — a quality that market research identifies as near or at the top of consumers’ list of demands from beef they purchase today. The checkoff advertising campaign focuses on that, as well as other consumer demands, like convenience and, always, great taste.

As checkoff expenses have increased dramatically while revenues have not, the producer leaders who serve on the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and state beef councils have worked diligently to leverage every dollar to the fullest extent possible.

In fact, the latest comprehensive econometric

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NSAC releases letter to the Super Committee and Farm Bill budget views; comments on Obama farm budget proposals WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition urged the congressional deficit reduction or super committee to take a policy and reform-oriented approach to reducing total farm bill spending while renewing investments in underfunded areas including new farmers, rural development, conservation, renewable energy, agricultural research, and new market development.

The NSAC letter to the Committee urged them to resist further cuts to farm conservation beyond the $2 billion Congress has already cut since the 2008 Farm Bill, to place hard caps on farm commodity and crop and revenue insurance subsidies, to end subsidies for the conversion of prime grasslands, to renew funding for critical mandatory farm bill programs that have no secured baselines after the end of the current farm bill cycle in 2012, and to protect antihunger programs from cuts.

A more detailed nine page document accompanies the letter and includes the full scope of the NSAC farm bill budget proposal.

NSAC Policy Director Ferd Hoefner contrasted the NSAC view with the farm bill cuts proposed by President Obama on Sept. 19: The Obama proposal holds promise, especially in the call for the end of direct payments.

The farm bill cuts the President offered, however, are disproportionate to the size of the farm bill budget relative to total federal mandatory spending. In addition to the unfair size of the cut, the Administration proposal has three other problems.

First, the Administration would cut direct payments without offering a new alternative safety net proposal, even while proposing to leave a largely failed disaster program in place at a very substantial total cost equaling roughly half of the total

savings. Disaster assistance should be built into the new safety net at a significantly lower cost, and eliminated as a free-standing program.

Second, all of the subsidies they do propose to leave in place are available without any effective limit on the size of the subsidy

any one farm can receive. As such, they would focus the cuts on small and mid-sized farms, while allowing the largest farms continued access to the loopholes currently written into law to largely avoid the cuts that apply to everyone else.

Third, they do not

take account of the dire need to put money into farm, food, and rural programs that create jobs, new business opportunities, and new healthy food options but that have shrinking or soon to be non-existent budgets.

The NSAC proposals by contrast would keep farm bill cuts at more

equitable levels, target cuts so that the largest and wealthiest farms would actually have to contribute to deficit reduction, and align spending policies with widely supported public values with respect to increasing farm and rural economic opportunity, conserving natural resources and protect-

ing the environment, and improving access to healthy food.

NSAC members from around the country will be contacting the Joint Select Committee and the House and Senate Agricultural Committees over the coming weeks to push for smarter budget cuts and real reform.

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AUCTION SECTION and MARKET REPORTS COBY CLASSIC XIV SHOW CALF SALE October 14th, 15th & 16th SPONSORED BY SUNY COBLESKILL AMERICAN ANIMAL PRODUCERS CLUB This is a show calf sale of both steers and heifers from the ages weaning to yearling. All sale animals will be halter broke. There will be a variety of breeds with 30 head of cattle available from some of the Northeast's best breeders of fine cattle.

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Schedule of Events * Friday - Cattle are brought in. * Saturday is the Sale @ 3 PM. Come early to preview our fine selection of show quality heifers and steers. * Sunday is the New York State Junior Beef Producers Show.

Cattle purchased in the sale on Saturday can be shown on Sunday with no entry fee if you are a junior. This is the last show of the season. * For SHOW information contact Charlie Davis at (315) 662-7691 or at hawknestfarm@hotmail.com * There will be youth activities such as a beef judging, meat ID, and a stockman's quiz.

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Subcommittee wraps up audit hearing series WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Sept. 13, Representative Timothy V. Johnson, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, held an audit hearing to examine U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rural development programs. This is the eleventh and final hearing in the audit se-

ries designed to provide members of the committee with a greater understanding of farm policy.

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review of the programs administered by USDA’s Rural Development agency, which includes the Rural Business and Cooperative Service (RBS), the Rural Housing Service (RHS), and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS). RBS provides help to rural areas to develop job opportunities.

RHS manages housing needs, as well as health facilities, fire and police stations, and other com-

munity facilities. RUS addresses needs for basic services such as water, sewer, waste disposal, electricity, and telecommunications.

“The continuing discussions in Congress on spending and the budget have added impetus to our discussions today.

Through this series of hearings we are assessing how USDA is utilizing the authorities provided through this com-

mittee, and where scarce funds are being allocated. As we approach the next farm bill, it is important that we have a clear idea of how programs are being implemented as we look for opportunities to streamline and improve them,” said Chairman Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL).

“We heard testimony today regarding the many challenges facing rural America and this

administration’s efforts to leverage increasingly limited federal dollars to position rural communities to compete in this global economy. From rural broadband initiatives to lending for rural housing, we ought to ensure USDA Rural Development programs meet the needs of rural communities in every corner of the country,” said Ranking Member Jim Costa (D-CA).

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Saturday October 1, 2011 9:00 AM Auction To Be Held @ Broome County Fairgrounds, 2924 US Rt. 11, Whitney Point, NY 13862. Take I-81: To Exit 8, To Rt. 11. Whitney Point Is 15 Mi. North Of Binghamton, 20 Miles South Of Cortland.

Large Auction Consisting Of Tractors, Farm Equipment, Construction Equipment Commercial & Residential Lawn & Garden Equipment; Plus: School Buses & Vehicles Early Hi-Lites Including: Farm & Utility Tractors - JD 4455, 2wd w/ Cab, Quad Range, Nice Cond.!, Needs Trans/Differential Work; JD 2550; MF 255 w/ MF Loader; IH 706 w/ Loader; Long 610, Dsl., Utility; MF 175 w/ Ldr.; Ford 3000; Ford 8N & 9N; IH 656, Needs Eng. Work; IH 1066; Muir Hill 4wd, 100+Hp; Many Others; (15) Compact Tractors: JD 4500, 4wd w/ Ldr., Nice; JD 4200, 4wd, Hydro w/ Ldr.; (2) Ford 1520, 4wd, Hydro’s; Kubota L3650, 4wd; Satoh 650 w/ Ldr.; Kubota L2184, 7’ All Hyd. Snowplow For Kub. L Series; Construction Equipment: JLG 45’ Art. Aerial Lift, Dual Fuel, Nice; NH TLM 430, 4wd Telehandler w/ Bkt.; Dresser TD-7 Dozer, 6-Way Bld; JD 240 Skid Steer; Case 1840 Skid Steer; Eager Beaver 20-Ton –Air Brake & 10-Ton Tagalong Trailers; Skid Ldr. Clam Bkt; New Skid Ldr. Forks; 85KW Diesel Generator; Trojan 124 4wd, Wheel Ldr.; Case W4 Art. Wheel Ldr.; Yale 6-Ton Solid Tire Forklift; Hyster Indoor Forklift; Special Equipment Trailer: ‘06 Ledwell 48’ Drop Tail, Drop Deck Equip. Trailer w/ Winch, Super Nice!!!; Dump Trucks & Service Trucks: ’87 IH S1600, Diesel, Crew Cab Dump; ’03 Ford F350, Enclosed Utility Body Truck, 4wd, Diesel; Utility Vehicles & ATV’s: (2) JD HPX Gators, 4wd; JD Gator 6x4 Diesel; Polaris Ranger 6x6; Honda 4-Wheeler; (2) ’06 Club Car Precedent Golf Carts; EZGO Golf Cart; Farm Equipment: JD 447 Round Baler; CaseIH 8440 Round Baler; Kuhn GA6000 Double PTO Rake System; Roto-Pac 10’ Agbagging Unit; Deutz 6 Rotor Tedder; Kuhn 8118 Spreader; JD 874 T/A, V–Spreader; Kuhn 8014 V-Spreader; Mesch 1150 Skid Ldr. Sawdust Shooter; Kory 12-Ton Running Gear; JD 915F, Flex Head; NH 467 Haybine; AC 14’ Disc; Mill Creek Small PTO Spreader-New; Pequea PTO Tedder; NH 256 Rake; Hyd. Dual Raking Hitch; Several 3pth Items: Landpride 6’ PTO Landscape/Harley Rake; JD 975, 2x Plow, Used 10 Times, Like New; JD 7’ PTO Snowblower; Ford 2x Plow; Pittsburgh 6’ Disc, Like New; 5’ PTO Rototiller; 5’, 6’ & 7’ Rotary Mowers; Drags; Commercial Golf Course / Turf Mowers: ’05 Jacobsen LF3587, 4wd, Fairway Mower, 134” Cut Width, Nice!!; (2) Jacobsen 1880 Super Lightweight Fairway Mowers, 4wd, Late Model!, Nice Units; JD 3225B Fairway Mower; Progressive 15’ Wing / Finish Mower, Fold Up, Nice!; Ransomes 513 Fairway Mower; (15) Commercial Zero-Turn Mowers: JD 1545, 4wd, 72” Deck, Late Model!!; Exmarks: (3) 2772’s, 29Hp, Liq. Cooled, 72” Decks w/ Baggers, Nice Units, Very Expensive; (2) 2560’s w/ 60” Decks; Dixiechopper w/ 50” Deck, 23Hp, 78 Hrs., Like New; Toro Z-Turn, 60”; Scag 72”; Others Coming!!! (75) Lawn & Garden: JD’s-The Nicest Group Of JD Lawn Mowers We Have Ever Had!, Including: (2) X475 w/ 62” Decks, Fancy!; 445 w/ 60” Deck; GX345; (2) 345 w/ 54” Decks; 325 w/ Blower; F620 Zero-Turn; GT245; LX277 w/ Cab, Deck, Blower; 318; (3) 316’s; LX280; LX277; L130; LT133; X320; LA 175; LT180; LX176; F525; SST18; LT155; LX176; Many Others; Cub Cadet’s: 982 w/ Cab & Blower; LT 1050; LT2135; LT1170; LT 1045; Others; Simplicity 20Hp w/ Mower, Blower, Cab, PS; DR Field & Brush Mower, Gas Eng., Tow Behind, Nice!; (15) New & Used Trailers: (8) New Cross Country Equipment Trailers Including: 5-Ton Tilt Deck, 18’; 5-Ton T/A Equip; 4-Ton T/A Equip; 18’ Car Hauler, T/A; 6’x14’ H.D. Landscape; 5’x10’ & 5’x 8’ Landscapes; 4’x8’ OffRoad Dump Trlr; Midlantic 16’ Tilt Deck Trlr., T/A; 6’x12’ Landscape w/ High Sides; ’03 Hawk

12’ T/A, Hyd. Dump Trailer; 18’ Equip. Trlr.; Special NYS Sales Tax Seized Vans: ’04 Chevy 1500 Cargo / Tool Van; ’02 Chevy 2500 Cargo / Tool Van; School Buses, Trucks & Equipment From Local School Districts - Selling @ 11:30AM; Buses: ’03 Amtran Flatnose, Diesel, 72-Pass, Nice; ’02 Bluebird TC2000 Flatnose, Cummins Dsl., 71-Pass; ’00 & ‘99 Bluebird TC2000’s Flatnose, Cummins Dsl., 75-Pass; (4) ’01 –’99 IH 66-Pass Buses, DT466 Eng.’s; Pickup: ’00 Chevy 2500, 4wd, 66k Orig. Miles w/ Meyer 8’ V-Plow, Real Nice Truck; Grounds Equipment: ’93 Jacobsen HR5111, 11’ Wing-Finish Mower, 4wd, Diesel, 1130 Hrs., Super Nice!!; Aera-Vator 3pth, PTO, Roller/Aerator, Nice; Air Compressors: IR T-30, 2 Cyl., Real Nice; (2) Johnson Flow Comp’s; Others; Many Quality Tools & Small Items (Selling Inside Bldg @ 9AM): Hunter D111, Align. Mach. w/ Heads, Up To ’05; Snap-On, 5Hp, Upright Air Comp.; Assoc. Battery Charger; 1” Air Impact; Coke Mach; Jukebox; Several Stihl Chainsaws & Trimmers; Billy Goat Walk-Behind Blower; Davenport Pellet Stove, 1 Yr. Old; Wonderwood Wood Stove, 1 Yr. Old; Special: Group Of Old Barn Beams & Barn Boards; PLUS: Group Of Nursery Stock Including (Selling @ 11:00AM): Bloodgood, Jap. Maples, Dogwood, Oak Trees, Burning Bush, Hydrangea, Blueberry Bushes, Rhododendron, Alberta Spruce, Lilacs, Etc., Etc.; (10) Pallets Of Field / Flag Stone; Plus Livestock: Group Of (15) Asst.

Beef Cattle, Others Coming!!; Live Interactive Online Bidding Available For This Auction Through www.equipmentfacts.com Many Other Items Coming, Items Being Added Daily!! Watch Our Website For More Pics & Updates!! Consignments Welcomed If Pledged To Absolute Sale!! Receiving Consignments: Tues 9/27 Thru Thurs. 9/29, 9-5PM; Fri. 9/30, 9-12 Noon; Livestock Only Accepted Friday Morning; Terms & Conditions: Payment In Full Day Of Auction In Cash, Good Check or Major Credit Card w/ Positive ID; 3% Buyers Premium On Items Over $1,001 (Except School Items & State Vehicles); 13% Buyers Premium On Items $1000 & Under; 3% Discounted Buyers Premium For Payments Made By Cash Or Good Check. Payment In Full Day Of Auction, Nothing Removed Until Settled For!; Note: A Large Auction Here Of All Types Of Equipment & School Surplus Vehicles & Equipment, Plus Large Group Of New Equipment Trade–Ins From Local JD, NH & Cub Cadet Dealers.

Auction Order: 9:00AM: Small Items In Building; 9:30AM: Lawn & Garden & Comm’l Mowers, Driven Over Ramp; 11:00AM: Nursery Stock; 11:30AM: State Tax Vehicles, Followed

By School Buses & School Equipment Items; 12 Noon: Tractors, Construction Equipment, Turf Equipment, Utility Vehicles, Trucks, Trailers & Farm Equipment; 2 Auctions At Once Going All Day, Bring A Friend!

Sales Managers & Auctioneers Licensed Real Estate Brokers In NY, NJ & PA Whitney Point, N.Y. 13862 607-692-4540 / 1-800-MANASSE www.manasseauctions.com

Household appliance grant program for storm recovery announced $8 million program to assist victims of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee Assemblyman Gary D. Finch (R, C, I – Springport) has announced an $8 million appliance grant program launched by Governor Cuomo that will provide assistance to those who saw property damage as a result of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. The program is designed to help New Yorkers replace household appliances, such

as refrigerators, boilers washing machines and furnaces.

Grant amounts are fixed for different appliances and may cover up to 100 percent of the costs of a purchase.

“Residents statewide have suffered catastrophic damage and many have been left without basic necessities,” said Finch. “Anyone who has been affected by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee should inquire immediately in order to help defray the

costs of rebuilding.”

Residents statewide in affected areas are eligible and must prove that they have been impacted by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee and that these products are not covered by insurance or FEMA assistance. For residents affected by Hurricane Irene, grants on purchases of approved appliances and equipment will be retroactive to Aug. 29, 2011, and for residents affected by Tropical Storm Lee, grants will

be retroactive to Sept.

9, 2011.

Purchases of appliances and equipment, with the exception of dehumidifiers, must be for replacement purposes only and purchases covered by insurance or FEMA are not eligible. All grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis for completed applications, which became available beginning on Monday, Sept.

19. In order to inquire, or to apply, go to www.NYSApplianceRe-

bates.com, or call 877NY-SMAR T (877-6976278). The grant program will continue until funding runs out.

“There is a limited amount of funding, so it’s important that anyone who thinks they may be eligible to act quickly in order to receive assistance,” said Finch.

For more information, contact Assemblyman Finch’s district office at 315-255-3045.

A list of eligible equipment and appliances and rebate levels is as

follows: • Refrigerators (ENERGY STAR) — $350 • Clothes Washers (ENERGY STAR) — $250 • Clothes Dryers w/Moisture Sensor (higher efficiency) — $250 • Dehumidifiers (ENERGY STAR) — $100 • Furnace (ENERGY STAR) — $2,000 • Boiler (ENERGY STAR) — $2,500 • Hot Water Heater Tanks (electric- higher efficiency; gas — ENERGY STAR) — $400

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AUC TION CALENDAR To Have Your Auction Listed, See Your Sales Representative or Contact David Dornburgh at 518-673-0109 • Fax 518-673-2381 Monday, September 26 • Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Due to Loss of feed Schoharie County Milking Herd - 50 head Dairy all stages of lactation. 4 fresh in the last 30 days, 12 fresh in the last 60 days, balance all stages. Ave. 50#/cow in tank.

Many reg. cows in this group info at ringside.

Also consigned a group of Jersey X Hfrs; a group of Hols. bred hfrs. A reg. bred heifer springing milking Shorthorn sired by Ferdinand. A Dutchbelt service bull. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-8478800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752.

• 12:00 Noon: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. 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: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Misc. & Small Animals. 1:00 pm Dairy. We now sell Lambs, Goats, Pigs & Feeders immediately following Dairy. Calves & Cull Beef approx. 5;5:30 pm. . Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 12:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Sheep, Goats, Pigs, Horses & Hay. 1:30 pm Calves & Beef. 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: 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, 800-536-1401 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, 607746-2226 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., 419865-3990 info@yoderandfrey.com www.yoderandfrey.com

Tuesday, September 27 • 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 28 • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd.,

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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

Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752 • 10:00 AM: 7045 Blue Ridge Ave., Harrisburg, PA. Secured Creditors Auction of Construction Equip., Support Equip. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315633-2944, Site phone 863-602-8365 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, 802525-4774, Auctioneer Reg Lussier 802-6268892 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 • 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, 315829-3105 • 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 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

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• 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-258-9752 • 10:00 AM: Bath, NY (Steuben Co,).

Steuben Co. Surplus Vehicles, Heavy Equipment & Accessories. Pirrung Auctioneers, Inc. 585-728-2520 www.pirrunginc.com • 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 • 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, 800321-3211.

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., 717464-1128, 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 • 10:00 AM: 840 Fordsbush Rd., Fort Plain, NY. Auction every Friday. Full line of pro-

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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 duce, bedding plants & flowers. Mohawk Valley Produce Auction, 518-568-3579 • 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 • 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 • 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, 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 • 10:00 AM: 6308 Gascon Ln., Conesus, NY. Auction. Equipment, Tools, Antiques, Furniture, Coins & Guns. R.G. Mason Auctions,, 585-567-8844.

Monday, October 3 • Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Monthly Fat Cow & Feeder sale. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637,

607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 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

Thursday, October 6 • 1490 Crispin Dr., Elgin, IL. Part II Champion Environmental Secured Party Auction.

Remediation, Demolition, Asbestos Removal Contracting Equip., Tools & Accessories. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-633-2944, 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, 413-569-6421 • 9:00 AM: Hamburg Fairgrounds, Hamburg, NY. Municipal & Contractor Equipment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585243-1563. www.teitsworth.com • 10:00 AM: Athens Stockyards, Athens, PA. First Opening Day for Chris Brown Auction

Service running Misc. & Small Animals Auction. Fall Round-up Beef Sale featuring 6 Almer Finnerty Beef Herd Dispersal. Brown Auction Service, Chris Brown, 570-4580310, Co-Managed by Hosking Sales, Tom & Brenda Hosking, 607-699-3637

Monday, October 10 • Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Monthly Heifer sale. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-8478800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Wednesday, October 12 • Lexington, KY. Late model Cat & Komatsu Construction Equip. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, 315-633-2944 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

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, 607746-2226 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, 607-8292600 • 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: Middlesex Livestock Auction, 488 Cherry Hill Rd., Middlefield, CT. 8:30 am rain or shine. Accepting consignments Oct. 12 & 13 from 9-7 pm, Oct. 14 from 9-5 pm with preview all day. Middlesex Livestock Auction, Lisa Scirpo 860-883-5828, Sale Barn 860-349-3204 • 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: LaPlume Excavating, 119 Newton Rd., Plaistow, NH. Contractor Retirement Auction. 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 • 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 607-699-3637, 607-8478800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771, Brad Ainslie Sale Chairman 315-822-6087 www.hoskingsales.com • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Calf Sale. Don Yahn, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041, 585-

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

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

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

TOWN & COUNTRY AUCTION SERVICE Rt. 32 N., Schuylerville, NY 518-695-6663 Owner: Henry J. Moak

PIRRUNG AUCTIONEERS, INC. P.O. Box 607, Wayland, NY 14572 585-728-2520 • Fax 585-728-3378 www.pirrunginc.com James P. Pirrung

WILLIAM KENT, INC. Sales Managers & Auctioneers Farm Real Estate Brokers • Stafford, NY 585-343-5449 • www.williamkentinc.com

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

WRIGHT’S AUCTION SERVICE 48 Community Dr., Derby, VT 14541 802-334-6115 • www.wrightsauctions.com

September 26, 2011 • COUNTRY FOLKS West • Section B - Page 5

HOSKING SALES Sales Managers & Auctioneer 6810 W. River Rd., Nichols, NY 13812 Tom & Brenda Hosking • AU 005392 Looking to have a farm sale or just sell a few?

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

607-699-3637 Fax 607-699-3661 www.hoskingsales.com hoskingsales@stny.rr.com

Auction Calendar, Continued (cont. from prev. page)

Tuesday, October 25

738-2104

Monday, October 17 • Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Monthly Lamb, Sheep, Goat & Pig Sale. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-6993637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 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, 315-633-2944 www.lyonauction.com • 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

Thursday, October 20 • 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 • 9:00 AM: 423 Ashwood Rd., Darlington, PA. Construction Equip., Trucks & Trailers.

Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc., 419-8653990 info@yoderandfrey.com www.yoderandfrey.com

Friday, October 21

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www.hoskingsales.com • 11:00 AM: Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY. The Eastern New York Fall Heifer Sale. kmooney498@aol.com, or call 845-7023643

• 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, 607-7462226 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: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Fall Machinery Sale.

We will be accepting Machinery on Thurs.

20th & Fri. 21st. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-9721770 or 1771

• 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 • 10:00 AM: 175 Wolf Run Rd., Cuba, NY. Estate of Steve Petzen. Excavating Equip. & Trucks. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563. www.teitsworth.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 27 • Moira, NY. Carl & Annabelle Bilow. 85 head of Quality Dairy Cattle. “Super Milk” every year since 1986. Delarm & Treadway, Sale Managers & Auctioneers, 518-483-4106 • 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 • 9:00 AM: 5563 East Main St., Batavia, NY. Empire Tractor Relocation Auction. Farm Tractors, Equipment, Agricultural Parts, Store Inventory, Store Pictures. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563. www.teitsworth.com • 11:00 AM: Middlesex Livestock Auction, 488 Cherry Hill Rd., Middlefield, CT. Fall Feeder Cattle Auction. Accepting consignments Fri., Oct. 28 12-6 pm; Sat. Oct 29, 711 am. Middlesex Livestock Auction, Lisa Scirpo 860-883-5828, Sale Barn 860-3493204

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, 607746-2226 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, 607-7462226 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. Selections are underway. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607-847-8800, cell 607-9721770 or 1771 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, 607746-2226 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

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

Saturday, January 7

Thursday, November 17

• 10:00 AM: 3517 Railroad Ave., Alexander, NY. Z&M Ag & Turf Auction. Public Auction Sale of Farm Tractors, Machinery, Landscape, Tools and Lawn Tractor-Mowers. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., Auctioneers, 585-243-1563. www.teitsworth.com

• Bow, NH. Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc., 419-865-3990 info@yoderandfrey.com www.yoderandfrey.com • 4:30 PM: Bath Market, Bath, NY. Special

• Kissimmee, FL. Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc., 419-865-3990 info@yoderandfrey.com www.yoderandfrey.com

Monday, February 6

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middlefield, CT September 19, 2011 On the Hoof, Dollars/Cwt Calves:45-60# .20-.25; 6175# .30-.3750; 76-90# .40.45; 91-105# .50-.55; 106# & up .60-.6250.

Farm Calves: .65-.75 Started Calves: .24-.30 Veal Calves: .55-1.10 Heifers: Open .75-1.55; Beef .93-1.25.

Feeder Steers: .9250-1.50; Beef .80-1.15 Stock Bull: .75-1.10 Beef Bull: 85.50-88 Feeder Pigs: 40-65 Sheep, ea: 70-110 Lambs, ea: 100-190 Goats, ea: 140-175; Kids 55-75 Canners: up to 67.50 Cutters: 68-71 Utility: 72.50-79 Rabbits: 5-15 Chickens: 3-12 Ducks: 3-10

NORTHAMPTON COOPERATIVE AUCTION, INC Whately, MA September 20, 2011 Calves: (/cwt) 0-60# 10-33; 61-75# 30-56; 76-95# 1065; 96-105# 46-60; 106# & up 46-50.

Farm Calves: 70-135/cwt Feeders: 55-84.50/cwt Heifers: 60-71/cwt.

Steers: 77-78/cwt.

Bulls: 78-83/cwt.

Canners: 20-58/cwt Cutters: 59-67/cwt Utility: 67.50-75/cwt

CAMBRIDGE VALLEY LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Cambridge, NY No report EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKET BURTON LIVESTOCK Vernon, NY September 15, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. .75-2.25; Grower Buull Calves over 92# .80-1.30; 80-92# .60-1.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .62-.75; Lean .45-.60; Hvy. Beef Bulls .50-.78.

Dairy Replacements (/hd): Fresh Cows 1000-1500; Springing Cows 900-1300; Springing Hfrs. 900-1500; Bred Hfrs. 800-1200; Fresh Hfrs. 1000-1550; Open Hfrs.

500-1000; Started Hfrs. 200500.

Beef (/#): Feeders .701;Hols. Sel .75-.94.

Lamb & Sheep (/#): Feeder 1-1.50; Market .70-1.30; Slaughter Sheep .30-.65.

Goats (/hd): Billies 80-190; Nannies 75-135; Kids 30-80.

Swine4 (/#): Hog .40-.60.

CENTRAL BRIDGE LIVESTOCK

Central Bridge, NY September 15, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. .75-2.25; Grower Bull over 92# .801.30; 80-92# .60-1.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .62-.75; Lean .45-.60; Hvy. Beef Bulls .50-.78.

Dairy Replacements (/hd): Fresh Cows 1000-1500; Springing Cows 900-1300; Springing Hfrs.

9001500;Bred Hfrs. 800-1200; Fresh Hfrs. 1000-1550; Open Hfrs. 500-1000; Started Hfrs. 200-500.

Beef (/#): Feeders .70-1; Hols. Sel .75-.94.

Lamb & Sheep (/#): Feeder 1-1.50; Market .70-1.30; Slaughter Sheep .30-.65.

Goats (/hd): Billies 80-190; Nannies 75135; Kids 30-80.

Swine (/#): Hog .40-.60.

CHATHAM MARKET Chatham, NY September 19, 2011 Calves (/#): Grower over 92# .95-1.20; 80-92# .701.10; Bob Veal .45-.55.

Cull Cows (/hd): Gd 6770.50; Lean 62-67.50; Hvy. Beef Bulls 78-80.50.

Lamb/Sheep (/hd): Feeder 120-140; Market 175-190; Slaughter 52-60.

Goats (/hd): Billes 120160; Nannies 85-120; Kids 45-70.

Swine (/#): Sow .40; Boar.11. *Buyers always looking for pigs.

CHERRY CREEK Cherry Creek, NY September 14, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. 2.50; Grower Bull over 92# .901.20; 80-92# .50-1.05; Bob Veal .05-.40.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .60-.74; Lean .40-.64; Hvy. Beef Bulls .75.

Beef (/#): Ch 1-1.11; Sel .90-.95; Hols. Sel .75-.85.

Goats (/#): Kids 1.65.

Swine (/#): Hog .70; Sow .57.

DRYDEN MARKET Dryden, NY No report GOUVERNEUR LIVESTOCK Governeur, NY September 15, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. .80-2.35; Grower Bulls over 92# .801.525; 80-92# .55-1.075; Bob Veal .20-.50.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .70-.82; Lean .50-.71; Hvy Beef Bulls .63-0.785.

PAVILION MARKET Pavilion, NY September 15, 2011 Calves (/#): Grower Calves over 92# 1-1.40; 80-92# .501.15; Bob Veal .05-.40.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .60-.77; Lean .40-.64; Hvy. Beef Bulls .73-78.

Beef (/#): Sel .85-.89; Hols.

Gouverneur

Canandaigua Pavilion Penn Yan Dryden Cherry Creek

Bath

Vernon New Berlin

Cambridge

Central Bridge Chatham

Sel .84-.88.

BATH MARKET Bath, NY September 15, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. 1.50-2.30; Grower Bulls over 92# 11.45; 80-92# .90-1.20; Bob Veal .20-.50.

Cull Calves (/#): Gd .66.76; Lean .59-.67; Hvy. Beef Bulls .68-.73.

Beef (/#): Feeders .75-1.15.

Lamb/Sheep (/#): Market 1.40-1.55; Slaughter Sheep .40-.45 Goats (/hd): Billies 75-85; Nannies 60-100.

Swine (/#): Sow .66-.77; Sow .40-.53; Feeder Pig (/hd) 52.50-55.

Straw: 230 Hay Fridays @ 11:15. Produce Mon. @ 10 am, WedFri. @ 9 am sharp!

FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK AUCTION Canandaigua, NY September 21, 2011 Dairy Cows for Slaughter: Bone Util 48-75; Canners/Cutters 38-72; HY Util 60-75.

Dairy Replacements: Fresh Hfr. 930.

Slaughter Calves: Bobs 95-110# 40-65; 80-95# 3562; 60-80# 30-60; Vealers 250# & up 76.

Dairy Calves Ret. to Feed: Bull over 95# 60-140; 8095# 55-135; 70-80# 50-100; Hrs. 100-205; Beef Ch grain fed 102-118; Sel 80-92.

Holstein Steers: Ch grain fed 86-100; Sel 75-82.

Hogs: Slaughter US 1-3 6166; Boars US 1-3 12-20; Feeders US 1-3 35-51.

Feeder Lambs: Ch 50-80# 145-182.50.

Market Lambs: Ch 80-100# 100-175.

Slaughter Sheep: M 32-82.

Rams: Ch over 130# 84.

Goats (/hd): Nannies L 6082.50.

FINGER LAKES PRODUCE AUCTION Penn Yan, NY September 14, 2011 Acorns: .25-.70 Apples (1/2 bu): 1.75-25 Beans (1/2 bu): 4-13 Beets (bunch): 1.25-1.40 Broccoli (hd): .90-1.50 Brussel Sprouts: 1-1.20 Butternuts: .20-1.30 Cantaloupe: .70-2.20 Cauliflower (hd): 3.05 Cabbage (hd): .25-1.05 Cucumbers (1/2 bu): 1.5015 Eggplants (1/2 bu): 1-9 Grapes (12 bu): 3.50-32 Hot Peppers (1/2 bu): .756.50 JBL’s (1/2 bu): 2.50-10.50 Mums: 1.05-8 Nectarines (8 qt.): 8.5012.50 Onions (bu): .10-.55 Peaches (1/2 bu): 8-25 Pears (1/2 bu): 6.50-12 Peppers (1/2 bu): 2-11.50 Pickles (1/2 bu): 8.50-23 Pie Pumpkins: .50-1 Plums (peck): 7-10.50 Pumpkins: .65-20 Raspberries (pt): 1-4 Salad Tomatoes (pt): .251.45 Salt Potatoes (1/2 bu): 7.50-10.

Strawberries (qt): 4.50 Sweet Corn (dz): .35-2.65 Sweet Potatoes (1/2 bu): 8.50-16 Summer Squash (1/2 bu): 2-17.50 Tomatoes (25#): 10-38 Watermelons: 1-2.90 Zucchini (1/2 bu): 2.5017.50 Produce Mon @ 10 am, Wed-Fri @ 9 am sharp.

FINGER LAKES HAY AUCTION Penn Yan, NY September 16, 2011 Hay: 60-115 1st cut; 115180 2nd cut; 115-200 3rd cut.

HOSKING SALES New Berlin, NY September 19, 2011 Cattle: Bone Util .60-.77; Canners/Cutters .58-.65; Easy Cows .60 & dn.

Bulls: Bulls/Steers .80.

Calves: Bull Calves 96120# .80-1.10; up to 95# .10-.95; Hols. Hfrs. under 100# 1.25.

Lambs: 60-95# 1.20-1.90; Cull Sheep .50-1.

Goats: 50-142.50.

BELKNAP LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belknap, PA No report BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belleville, PA September 14, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Sel 1-3 1300-1510# 87.50-90.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 4 1600# 85.50.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 67.25-71.25, lo dress 66-67; Boners 8085% lean 62.50-67.25, hi dress 68.75-72.50, lo dress 55.75-60; Lean 85-90% lean 54-61, hi dress 61-65.50, lo dress 50-55.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1250# 69.

Feeder Cattle: Steers L 3 Hols. 352-415# 65-75; 515645# 68.50-78; Bulls M&L 1 550-805# 74.50-80.50.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 95-115# 127-142; No. 2 Hols. 95-120# 85-120; 8090# 80-112; No. 3 75-105# 46-77; No. 1 Hols. Hfrs. 85105# 200-240/hd; No. 2 90# 175/hd.

Vealers: 75-95# 37-47.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 45-50% lean 240# 165/hd.

Sows: US 1-3 450-500# 190-220/hd.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 2050# 20-38; Roasters 170# 122.5/hd.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 45-60# 130-155.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 2 20-35# 17.50-42.50; 5065# 45-70; Nannies Sel 2 120# 80# 55.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA September 20, 2011

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COSTA & SONS LIVESTOCK & SALES Fairhaven, MA September 21, 2011 Cows: Canners 20-56; Cutters 56.50-64; Util 64.5071.50.

Bulls: 69.50-85 Steers: Hols. 64.50-75.50 Calves: 20-115/ea.

Feeders: 44-144 Sheep: 65-81 Lambs: 170-175 Goats: 58-191/ea; Kids 29115/ea.

Feeder Pigs: 31/ea.

Chickens: 1.50-12 Rabbits: 3-22 Ducks: 3-18 * 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 1.702.

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

Sows: 36-56.50/cwt Hogs: 130/cwt Boars: 16.50-19/cwt Shoats: 125/ea.

Pigs: 26-37/ea.

Lambs: 125-190/cwt Sheep: 45-100/cwt Goats: 12-135/ea.

Rabbits: 1-6/ea.

Poultry: .50-16.50/ea.

Hay (8 lots): 2.30-3.60/bale. northamptonlivestockauction.homestead.com HACKETTSTOWN AUCTION Hackettstown, NJ September 20, 2011 Livestock: 33 Calves .101.21, Avg .74; 44 Cows .46.5-.74.5, Avg .63; 9 Easy Cows .05-.54.25, Avg .35; 16 Feeders 300-600# .651.15, Avg .82; 12 Heifers .31.5-1.05.5, Avg .66; 12 Bulls .39-5-.88.5, Avg .73; 19 Steers .56-1.07, Avg .81; 3 Roasting Pigs 12-63, Avg 43; 22 Sheep .30-1.05, Avg .62; 4 Lambs (ea) 40-46, Avg 43.50, 83 (/#) .80-1.98, Avg 1.50; 40 Goats (ea) 17105, Avg 50.94; 25 Kids (ea) 18-68, Avg 32.12. Total 322 Poultry & Egg: Heavy Fowl (/#) .15-.60; Leghorn Fowl (ea) 1.50-3.25; Pullets (ea) 6.50-8.50; Bantams (ea) 1.50-.50; Roosters (ea) 212; Bunnies (ea) .75-7; Rabbits (/#) 1.50-2.25; Pigeons (ea) 1-2.25; Guineas (ea) 46.

Grade A Eggs: White Jum XL 1.50; L 1.16; Brown Jum XL 1.85-1.90; L 1.80; M 1.05.

Hay, Straw & Grain: 6 Mixed 1-2; 6 Grass 1.202.10; 2 Mulch 1.40. Total 14.

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Slaughter Steers: Ch 1135-1485# 113-119; Sel & Ch 1125-1415# 106113.75; cpl Ret. to feed 89105; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 14151535# 102.50-104.50; Ch 1365-1685# 96.50-101.50; Sel & Lo Co 1140-1655# 92.50-96; cpl thin 87.50-90; few commercial dairy types 71-85; Hfrs. Hi Ch & Pr 1170-1250# 118-121; Ch 1230-1305# 111.50-117; Sel & Lo Ch 1310-1620# 105-110.50; one Hols.

1205# 91; Beef Cow types 1315-1550# 92-107.50.

Slaughter Cows: Boners lo dress full 66.50-71; Lean 6570; Big Middle/lo dress/lights 58-66; Shelly 57 & dn.

Feeder Cattle: Steers Hols.

300-600# 75-89; 720-855# 74-77; Jerseys 455-640# 58-73; one Beef X dairy 330# 106; Bulls dairy types 135-185# 60-73; Beef/Dairy X 355-600# 86-94; one Hols. 1065# 67.50.

Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols.

Bulls No. 1 95-115# 125135; No. 2 85-130# 80-125; No. 3 80-115# 57-105; Util 55 & dn.

Swine: Sows 375-535# 5056; Thin/weak/rough 25-48; Boars 565# 30.50.

Goats: L Nannies/Billies 106-210; thin 98; Fleshy Kids 82-102; Small/thin 3469.

Lamb: Thin Gd & Ch 40100# 148-170.

Sheep: all wts. 75-113.

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 20, 2011 Rabbits & Bunnies: .5017.50.

Pigeons: 2-3.30 Pullets: 2.75-6 Ducks: Guinea Pigs: .50-.75 Goose: 4.50 Chicks/Chickens: 2-6.50 Gerbils: 2.50 Parakeet: 8 Guinea Peeps: 2.50 All animals sold by the piece. Sale starts at 5 pm CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC State Graded Feeder Pig Sale Carlisle, PA September 16, 2011 US 1-2: 47 211-26# 154160; 10 36-39# 130-145; 11 42-58# 101-111; 45 62-72# 84-114; 49 81-99# 81; 68 123-127# 81-85.

US 2: 24 17-18# 77-78; 4 47# w/tails 84; 26 55-71# 98-108.

US 2-3: 29 26-40# 80-84.

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Eighty-Four As Is: 66 25-71# 50-101; 13 56-120# 25-26; 6 60# 1. *Next State Graded Sales Fri., Oct. 7 & 26. Receiving 7:30 am till 10 am. Sale time 1 pm.

DEWART LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET, INC Dewart, PA September 19, 2011 Steers: Ch 2-3 1114-1408# 113-114.25; Sel 1-3 11101478# 108.50-111.50.

Heifers: Ch 2-4 1060-1194# 112-113; Sel 1-3 10881220# 108.50-110.

Cows: Prem. White 72; Breakers 68-70.25; Boners 62-65.50; Lean 50-60.25.

Bulls: 1560-1836# 73-76; Feeders 336-378# 95-102.

Calves: 158. Bulls No. 1 94120# 127-142; 84-92# 105120; No. 2 94-124# 115130; 80-92# 80-107; No. 3 94-116# 82-115; 80-92# 6275; Hfrs. No. 1 88-98# 280315; No. 2 78-102# 140-235.

Veal: Util 20-70.

Feeder Pigs: (/hd) 33-40.

Sheep: Lambs 78-92# 140152.50; 100-116# 152.50170; Ewes 138-166# 92.50120.

Goats (/hd): Kids No. 1 6070# 95-130; No. 2 30-40# 35-42.50.

Hay: 8 lds, 110-280/ton.

EarCorn: 6 lds, 195200/ton.

Straw: 2 lds, 160-185/ton.

EIGHTY FOUR LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Holland, PA September 19, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Ch 2-3 1240-1485# 110-115.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-3 1065-1210# 110-113.

Slaughter Cows: Prem Whites 65-75% lean 82; Breakers 75-80% lean 7376.50, lo dress 71-71.50; Boners 80-85% lean 6872.50, lo dress 63-65; Lean 85-90% lean 61-66, hi dress 67.50-68, lo dress 58-60.

Slaugter Bulls: YG 1 11951875# 77-82; YG 2 13401995# 74-76.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300# 137; 500-700# 113-119; 700-800# 112-114; 800900# 94-102; M&L 2 500-

700# 99-106.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 250-300# 125-130; 300500# 108-118; 500-700# 102-115; 700-900# 94-106; M&L 2 300-500# 92-105; 500-700# 95-96; 700-900# 89-90.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300500# 109-114; few fancy 125-135; 500-700# 107115; M&L 2 300-500# 100109; 500-700# 88-100.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 90-120# 107.50-130; No. 2 90-130# 80-105; No. 3 85-120# 40-77.50; Hols.

Hfrs. No. 1 75-100# 255270; Beef 65-105# 100-155.

Vealers: Util 65-120# 2037.50.

Slaughter Hogs: Boars 700-800# 20-24.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch 1-3 50-85# 160-175; 110-140# 150-162.50.

Ewes: Util 1-2 142-285# 6077.50.

Slaughter Goats: Sel 1 45# 52.50; 65# 65; Sel 2 60# 55; Nannies Sel 2 85# 85; 105165# 62.50-67.50/cwt; Sel 3 62-70# 20-32.50; Billies Sel Sel 2 87# 52.50.

GREENCASTLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Greencastle, PA September 19, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1288-1556# 118-121; Ch 2-3 1246-1566# 114118; Sel 1-3 1178-1556# 107-114.

Slaughter Holstein Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1591# 101; 1670# 99.50; Ch 2-3 12941598# 95-100; Sel 1-3 12661354# 88-94.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1370-1468# 115-118; Ch 2-3 1144-1528# 109114.50; full/YG 4-5 1320# 104; Sel 1-3 1200# 102.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 70-74.50, lodress 68.25-70.50; Boners 80-85% lean 65.50-70.50, hi dress 69.75-74, lo dress 6065; Lean 88-90% lean 6166.50, hi dress 65.25-68, lo dress 52-59.25.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1166-1894# 74.50-79.50; 2222-2390# 71-78; hi dress 1666-1842# 85-85.50; YG 2

1194-1258# 62.50-71.50; Bullocks 1046-1076# 86-90.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 210# 137.50; 410-484# 112.50132.50; 523-562# 111-119; 816-990# 101-110; M&L 2 420-478# 100-106; 640674# 80-97; L 3 Hols. 318438# 85-95; 642-1063# 7286.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 284# 119.50; 353-484# 110112.50; 516# 100; M&L 2 261-286# 81-100; 348-478# 81-107.50; 866# 87.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 244288# 121-139; 338-494# 107.50-117.50; 508-544# 103-108; M&L 2 332-448# 93-110; 558-690# 79-88; L 3 Hols. 280-379# 81-87.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 94-126# 125-152.50; 90-92# 115-125; No. 2 94118# 95-125; 80-92# 85115; No. 3 94-108# 65-95; 74-92# 55-80; Hols. Hfrs.

No. 1 94-116# 220-230.

Vealers: Util 66-118# 18-51.

Slaughter Hogs: Sows US 1-3 418# 57; Boars 432# 34.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch 2-3 42-69# 147.50-187.50; 72107# 142.50-180; 110-118# 150-177.50; Ewes Gd 2-3 89-156# 70-80; 213# 65.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 45-60# 80-85; 70-85# 100125; Sel 2 25-40# 29-50; 4560# 55-75; 65-70# 65-105; Nannies Sel 1 100-160# 8097.50; Sel 2 90-130# 60-84; Billies Sel 1 140-150# 135140; Sel 2 100# 90.

INDIANA FARMERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION Homer City, PA No report KUTZTOWN HAY & GRAIN AUCTION Kutztown, PA September 17, 2011 Alfalfa: 2 lds, 150-185 Mixed Hay: 6 lds, 150-295 Timothy: 2 lds, 250-265 Grass: 3 lds, 200-275 Straw: 2 lds, 170-185 Rye Seed: 3 lds, 13.2513.50/bu.

Corn: 2 lds, 75-165 LANCASTER WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY New Holland, PA September 16, 2011

Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1215-1630# 118-122; Ch 2-3 1140-1605# 114118; Sel 2-3 1090-1380# 110-114.50; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1335-1515# 97101.50; Ch 2-3 1225-1585# 91-97; Sel 2-3 1187-1455# 87-90.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1065-1280# 112.50115.50; Ch 2-3 1095-1270# 111.50-113.

Slaughter Cows: Prem Whites 65-75% lean 7076.50, hi dress 76.50-78; Breakers 75-80% lean 66.50-74, hi dress 74-76.50, lo dress 60.50-66.50; Boners 80-85% lean 64-69, hi dress 69-72, lo dress 61-64; Lean 85-90% lean 59-64, hi dress 64-67, lo dress 53-59.

Slaughter Bulls: Mon.YG 1 1580-1875# 79-84.50; Bullocks 860-1640# 84.5088.50; hi dress 965-1435# 89-94; lo dress 825-1320# 76-84; Thurs. YG 1 11251730# 79-83, hi dress 11101770# 84-87.50, lo dress 950-1450# 72-75.50.

Graded Holstein Bull Calves: Mon. No. 1 95-120# 125-145; 80-90# 100-115; No. 2 95-125# 100-125; 8090# 80-95; No. 3 100-115# 60-90; 70-95# 40-70; Util 65100# 30-45; Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 70-105# 250-340; No. 2 6595# 120-220; Jersey Xbred 60-95# 50-130; non-tubing 60-110# 15-60; Tues. No. 1 pkg 120# 107; 95-112# 135147; 85-90# 95-105; No. 2 95-113# 130-145; 84-90# 97-110; No. 3 83-108# 85102; pkg 84# 70; pkg 74# 17; Util 83-108# 55-60; pkg 73# 15; Graded Hols. Hfrs No. 1 93-113# 300-345; No. 2 91-103# 240-280; pkg 82# 100; non-tubing 62-90# 1550.

Graded Bull Calves: Thurs.

No. 1 114-128# 138-148; 94112# 154-162; 90-92# 123; No. 2 112-128# 133-147; 94110# 154-168; 88-92# 106107; 80-86# 87; No. 3 90130# 99-116; 80-88# 80-83; 72-78# 40; Util 90-110# 52; 60-80# 17-30; Hols. hfr. calves No. 1 90-110# 200290; No. 2 75-115# 75-125; non-tubing 70-80# 15-20.

LEBANON VALLEY LIVESTOCK AUCTION Fredericksburg, PA No report LEESPORT LIVESTOCK AUCTION Leesport, PA September 14, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Ch 2-3 1270-1545# 108.50-112; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 13801560# 100-103; Ch 2-3 1410-1585# 94.25-98.25.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 3-4 1195-1315# 103-106.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 7072.50; Breakers 75-80% lean 67-69.50; Boners 80-

85% lean 62-64.50; Lean 85-90% lean 56.50-61.50, lo dress 50-56.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1715-1895# 78.50-84.50.

Feeder Steers: L 3 Hols. one lot 517# 81.

Vealers: Util 70-100# 37.5057.50.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-125# 137.50-155; 80-90# 110-130; No. 2 95120# 125-137.50; 80-90# 95-115; No. 3 95-120# 70120; 80-90# 55-90.

Lambs: Ch 2-3 60-75# 180187.

Goats: Kids Sel 1 50# 95; Sel 2 40-50# 51-69; 50-60# 83-88; 60-70# 93-100.

Nannies: Sel 2 70# 57.5064.

Billies: Sel 1 120# 158; Sel 2 90-120# 130.

Feeder Pigs (/cwt): US 1-3 21-35# 62.50-85.

Slaughter Hogs: 45-50% lean 240-310# 60-64.

MIDDLEBURG LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middleburg, PA September 13, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1310-1565# 117.50120.50; Ch 2-3 1155-1500# 113-117.50; Sel 1-3 11051450# 109-113.

Slaughter Holstein Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1360-1545# 102-105; Ch 2-3 12251550# 95-100.50; 1640# 96; Sel 1-3 1125-1520# 89-93.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1125-1445# 115.50119; Ch 2-3 1120-1395# 110-115.50; Sel 1-3 9951235# 104.50-108.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 75.50;Breakers 75-80% lean 67.50-71.50, lo dress 66; Boners 80-85% lean 6469.50, hi dress 69-71, lo dress 59-64.50; Lean 8590% lean 57-64, lo dress 48.50-55.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1035-2000# 75.50-88; 2260# 70.25; YG 2 10351205# 60.50-76.50.

Feeder Steers: L 2 745# 84; L 3 Hols. 605-810# 6776.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 340-480# 95-105; M&L 2 460# 77; 500-695# 72-87.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 335427# 110-117; 575# 98; M&L 2 350# 62; 523-743# 70-88.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-125# 122-150; No. 2 95-125# 87-120; 80-90# 95-112; No. 3 70-105# 4592; Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 90-100# 180-257; No. 2 Hols. Hfrs 75-85# 85-105.

Vealers: Util 60-95# 20-57.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 230-275# 65-66, single 70; 285-315# 61.50-64.

Sows: US 1-3 346-497# 5260; 545-720# 58.50-63.

Boars: 380-660# 33.50-34; Jr. 295# 56.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 40# 36; Roasters 100-175# 55.50-69/cwt.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 57-65# 150-167; 70102# 135-167; 110-125# 115-150; Yearlings 100160# 97; Ewes Gd 2-3 105220# 75-92.

Slaughter Kids: Sel 1 5075# 90-132; Sel 2 under 20# 25-35; 20-40# 35-80; 45-65# 57-87.

Slaughter Nannies: Sel 1 110-160# 85-97; Sel 2 90130# 52-70; Sel 3 70-100# 45-57.

Billies: Sel 1 170# 137; Sel 2 100-120# 92-110.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Martinsburg, PA September 19, 2011 Cattle: 72 Steers: Ch 105-110; Gd 95100.

Heifers: Ch 102-108; Gd 95-100.

Cows: Util & Comm. 63-70; Canner/lo Cutter 62 & dn.

Bullocks: Gd & Ch 72-81 Bulls: YG 1 68-72 Feeder Cattle: Steers 75100; Bulls 60-85; Hfrs. 5590.

Calves: 102. Gd 80-90; Std 15-50; Hols. Bulls 90-130# 60-130.

Hogs: 32. US 1-2 70-74; US 1-3 65-70; Sows US 1-3 5262; Boars 22-40.

Feeder Pigs: 45. US 1-3 20-50# 25-55 Sheep: 23. Lambs Ch 150170; Gd 130-150; SI Ewes 52-75.

Goats: 20-125 MORRISON’S COVE HAY REPORT Martinsburg, PA September 19, 2011 Alfalfa/Grass: 190-230 Mixed: 95-170 Rd. Bale: 57.50-95 Lg. Rd, Bales: 165 Straw: 170

Hay Auction held every Monday at 12:30 pm.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY & RABBIT REPORT Martinsburg, PA September 19, 2011 Roosters: 4.50-7 Hens: .25-2.50 Banties: .10-1.50 Pigeons: 1.50-4 Guineas: 4 Ducks: 3-7 Bunnies: 2-6 Rabbits: 8-17 Auction held every Monday at 7 pm.

NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES New Holland, PA September 15, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1315-1555# 119-122; Ch 2-3 1140-1375# 114118; Sel 2-3 1120-1330# 110-114.

Holstein Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1335-1515# 97101.50; Ch 2-3 1245-1585# 92-95.50; Sel 2-3 11871455# 87-90.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1065-1280# 112.50115.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean 70-73, hi dress 74-78; Breakers 7580% lean 67-70, hi dress 72.50-74.50, lo dress 60.5063; Boners 80-85% lean 6468, hi dress 68-71, lo dress 61-63; Lean 88-90% lean 59-63.50, hi dress 64-67, lo dress 54-58.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1125-1730# 79-83, hi dress 1110-1770# 84-87.50; lo dress 950-1450# 72-75.50.

Graded Bull Calves: Hols.

No. 1 114-128# 138-148; 94112# 154-162; 90-92# 123; No. 2 112-128# 133-147; 94110# 154-165; 88-92# 106107; No. 3 90-130# 99-116; 80-88# 80-83; 72-78# 40; Util 90-110# 52; 60-80# 17-

30.

Holstein Heifer Calves: No. 1 90-110# 200-290; No. 2 75-115# 75-125; Non-tubing 70-80# 15-20.

NEW HOLLAND PIG AUCTION New Holland, PA No report NEW HOLLAND SHEEP & GOATS AUCTION New Holland, PA September 19, 2011 Slaughter Lambs: Non-traditional markets: Wooled & Shorn Ch & Pr 2-3 50-60# 196-210; 60-80# 172-192; 80-90# 175-188; 90-110# 163-178; 110-130# 161176; 130-150# 158-170; Wooled & Shorn Ch 2-3 4060# 160-186; 60-80# 159172; 80-90# 156-171; 90110# 153-167; 110-130# 150-165.

Slaughter Ewes: Gd 2-3 M flesh 120-160# 90-102; 160200# 84-100; 200-300# 8499; Util 1-2 thin flesh 120160# 68-83; 160-200# 7182.

Slaughter Kids: Sel 1 4060# 81-105; 60-80# 102118; 80-90# 110-124; 90100# 115-131; 100-110# 145-160; Sel 2 40-60# 6085; 60-80# 72-95; 80-90# 92-103; Sel 3 30-40# 44-56; 40-60# 34-70; 60-80# 5994; 80-90# 81-96.

Slaughter Nannies/Does: Sel 1 80-130# 88-103; 130180# 108-128; Sel 2 80130# 63-78; 130-180# 8494; Sel 3 50-80# 49-62; 80130# 56-71.

Slaughter Bucks/Billies: Sel 1 100-150# 163-178; 150-250# 187-202; Sel 2 100-150# 92-105; 150-250# 126-141.

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 two weeks ago corn sold .30 to .40 lower, wheat sold .10-.20 lower, barley sold steady to firm, oats sold steady to weak & Soybeans sold .30 to .50 lower. EarCorn sold steady to 1 lower. All prices /bu. except ear corn is /ton.

Southeastern PA: Corn No. 2 Range 7.07-8.23, Avg 7.69, Contracts 6.85-7.01; Wheat No. 2 Range 6.387.14, Avg 6.91, Contracts 6.50-6.67; Barley No. 3 Range 4.25-5.75, Avg 4.90, Contracts 4.50; Oats No. 2 Range 4-5, Avg 4.41; Soybeans No 2 Range 12.8713.35, Avg 13.04, Contracts 12.87-12.90; EarCorn Range 213, Avg 216.50.

Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 7.50-8.25, Avg 7.92; Barley No. 3 Range 4.754.95, Avg 4.81; Oats No. 2 Range 3.80-4.30, Avg 4; Soybeans No. 2 Range 1313.95, Avg 13.47; EarCorn Range 195-235, Avg 215.

South Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 7.52-8, Avg 7.80; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.28-7.45, Avg 6.36; Barley No. 3 Range 4.25-6, Avg 5; Oats No. 2 Range 3.25-5, Avg 3.96; Soybeans No. 2 Range 13.15-13.80, Avg 13.55; EarCorn Range 165.-240, Avg 201.66 Lehigh Valley Area: Corn No. 2 Range 7.45-7.70, Avg 7.56; Wheat No. 2 Range 7.06-7.10, Avg 7.08; Barley No. 3 Range 4.95; Oats No. 2 Range 4.50; Soybeans No. 2 Range 13-13.47, Avg 13.29; Gr. Sorghum Range 7.55.

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PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Weekly Livestock Summary No report PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Hay Market Summary September 19, 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 100-160 clean; Mulch 60-80.

Summary of Lancaster Co. Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 159 lds Hay, 49 Straw. Alfalfa 110-380; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 115-440; Timothy 120-330; Grass Hay 130-380; Straw 125230 clean.

Diffenbach Auct, N. Holland: September 12, 74 lds Hay, 16 lds Straw. Alfalfa 140-380; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 125-440; Timothy 240-330; Grass 130-380; Straw 155-205 clean.

Green Dragon, Ephrata: September 16, 20 lds Hay, 10 Straw. Alfalfa 230-280; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 170275; Timothy 147-250; Grass Hay 165-235; Straw 160-232 clean.

Weaverland Auct, New Holland: September 8, 2 lds Hay, 0 Straw. Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 165-175.

Wolgemuth Auction: Leola, PA: September 14, 45 lds Hay, 7 lds Straw. Alfalfa 90310; Alfalfa/Grass Mix 122280; Straw 120-230; Grass 145-265; Straw 172-230 clean.

Summary of Central PA Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 74 Loads Hay, 10 Straw.

Alfalfa 160-405; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 110355; Timothy 130-265; Grass 175-275; Straw 150200 clean.

Belleville Auct, Belleville: September 14, 15 lds Hay, 1 ld Straw. Alfalfa 305-405; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 170355; Straw 160.

Dewart Auction, Dewart: August 24, 3 Lds Hay, 1 Straw. Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 170; Grass Hay 150; Straw 195 clean.

Greencastle Livestock: September 12 & 15, 6 lds Hay, 1 ld Straw.

Alfalfa/Grass 115-147.50; Timothy 130; Straw 135.

Kutztown Auction, Kutztown: September 17, 13 lds Hay, 2 Straw. Alfalfa 150185; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 150-295; Timothy 250-265; Grass Hay 200-275; Straw 170-185 clean.

Middleburg Auct, Middleburg: August 30, 9 lds Hay, 1 Straw. Alfalfa 325-335; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 110195; Grass 190; Straw 175.

Leinbach’s Mkt, Shippensburg: August 20 & 23, 28 lds Hay, 4 Straw. Alfalfa 160250; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 75300; Timothy 130-145; Grass Hay 175; Straw 120140x 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 19, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1315-1540# 120-122; Ch 2-3 1190-1390# 115120; Sel 2-3 1090-1380# 109-115; Hols Sel 11251390# 82.50-87.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-3 1105-1455# 110.50-114.50.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 69.50-74.50; Boners 80-85% lean 6469.50; Lean 85-90% lean 59-65.50, lo dress 52-57.

Holstein Bull Calves: No. 1 95-120# 110-125; 85-90# 50-65; No. 2 100-120# 80110; No. 3 95-125# 50-60; 70-90# 35-50; Util 65-115# 15-45. * Next Feeder Cattle Sale Oct. 14.

WEAVERLAND AUCTION New Holland, PA September 15, 2011 Loads: 17 Alfalfa: 1 ld, 210 Mixed Hay: 6 lds, 165-275 Grass: 2 lds, 125-180 Straw: 5 lds, 130-190 WOLGEMUTH AUCTION Leola, PA September 21, 2011 Loads: 58 Mixed Hay: 25 lds, 105-265 Timothy: 4 lds, 170-275 Grass: 13 lds, 70-260 Straw: 12 lds, 160-200 Oats: 1 ld, 195 Rye: 1 ld, 75

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Eastern & Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 7.078.23, Avg 7.76, Mo. Ago 8.21, Yr Ago 4.93; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.28-7.45, Avg 6.67, Mo Ago 6.51, Yr Ago 6.57; Barley No. 3 Range 4.25-5.75, Avg 4.93, Mo Ago 4.93, Yr Ago 2.45; Oats No. 2 Range 3.25-5, Avg 4.11, Mo Ago 4.09, Yr Ago 2.36; Soybeans No. 2 Range 12.87-13.95, Avg 13.34, Mo Ago 12.97, Yr Ago 10.18; EarCorn Range 165-240; Avg 209.71, Mo Ago 204, Yr Ago 121.

Western PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.80-7.75, Avg 7.30;Wheat No. 2 Range 6.13; Oats No. 2 Range 3.40-3.89, Avg 3.54; Soybeans No. 2 Range 12.81.

Farmers’ Guide to the Conservation Stewardship Program 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 environmental 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 hints. It also includes a new five-page section with data analysis of the program’s first two sign-up 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 conservation 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.

The leading resource concerns currently ad-

dressed 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.net.

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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 agreements 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.

According to U.S.

Grains Council Latin America Regional Director Kurt Shultz, U.S. farmers face stiff competition in Colombia as U.S. corn imports are currently taxed at a 15 percent duty while Canadian feed wheat now can be imported duty-free.

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, repre-

WEEKLY SALES EVERY MONDAY HOSKING SALES - FORMER WELCH LIVESTOCK Weekly Sales Every Monday 12:30 Fresh Produce from Casey Farm Market, Misc. & small animals; 1:00 Dairy; **We will now sell lambs, goats, pigs, feeders immediately following Dairy. Calves and cull beef approx. 5:00-5:30PM. Help us increase our volume - thus making a better market for everyone. **We are Independent Marketers - working 24/7 to increase your bottom line. Competitive marketing is the way to go.

Monday, Sept. 19th sale - Cull cows ave. .58 top cow .77 wt. 1149 $884.73 (cows up to $1522.78) Bulls up to .80 wt. 777 $621.60, bull calves top $1.10, heifer calves $1.25. Lambs from 60#-95# -.85 - $1.90, Cull sheep .50 - $1.70.

Monday, Sept. 26th - Due to Loss of feed - Schoharie County Milking Herd- 50 Head Dairy all stages of lactation. 4 Fresh in the last 30 days, 12 fresh in the last 60 days, balance all stages. Ave. 50#/cow in tank.

Many Registered cows in this group info at ringside. Also consigned a group of Jersey X Heifers; a group of Holstein bred heifers. A registered bred heifer springing Milking Shorthorn sired by Ferdinand. A Dutchbelt service bull.

Monday, Oct. 3rd - Monthly Fat Cow & Feeder sale.

Monday, Oct. 10th - Monthly Heifer Sale.

Saturday, Oct. 15th - Richfield Springs, NY. 63rd OHM Club Sale - 11 AM. Chairman - Brad Ainslie 315-822-6087. Watch for future ads. Brad says this will be the best group ever!

Monday, Oct. 17th - Monthly Lamb, Sheep, Goat & Pig Sale.

Saturday, Oct. 22nd 11AM - Fall Machinery Sale. We will be accepting Machinery on Thurs. 20th & Fri. 21st. Already consigned: Case 5220 Tractor 4WD loader, cab; NH L150 Skid Loader; HLA sand/sawdust shooter; Rissler 510 feed cart mixer. Please call to get into the following ads.

Spring sale was a big success lets keep it going.

Friday, Nov. 11th - Fall Premier All Breeds Sale - held at the sale facility in New Berlin. Selections are underway - Call if you want to participate We Don't want to miss anyone.

LOOKING TO HAVE A FARM SALE OR JUST SELL A FEW - GIVE US A CALL. **Trucking Assistance - Call the Sale Barn or check out our trucker list on our Web-Site. Call to advertise in any of these sales it makes a difference.

Directions: Former Welch Livestock 6096 NYS Rt. 8, 30 miles South of Utica & 6 miles North of New Berlin, NY. www.hoskingsales.com Call today with your consignments.

Tom & Brenda Hosking 6096 NYS Rt. 8 New Berlin, NY 13411

607-699-3637 or 607-847-8800 cell: 607-972-1770 or 1771

senting 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 for corn’s 25 percent over -quota base tariff, the rate would be reduced each year by 2 percent, while at the same time, the volume of the tariff rate quota would increase by 5 percent, compounded annually. That

growth will result in an approximately 133.8 million bushel tariff rate quota the year before the over-quota tariff is completely eliminated for corn.

Source: NCGA News of the Day: Tuesday, Sept. 6

RALPH POORMAN WELDING

(formerly Steelfab piers, fabrication, maintenance)

RETIREMENT AUCTION

Sat., Oct. 1, 2011, 9am

1726 Rt. 89, 1/2 mi. S. of Rts. 5 & 20, Seneca Falls, NY Welding Equipment: Tigwave 250 AC-DC welder with large & small torches; Hobart Bata-Mig 200 welder for aluminum; Century 250 AC-DC welder; oxy-acetylene tanks & torches; small set of tanks with Aircraft torch; LS Graves, Rochester, NY punch; Power cutting torch with heavy welding table; power oxy-acetylene. torch with track; several boxes aluminum, stainless & mag. tig rod; large quantity stick special purpose welding rod; large assortment welding jigs & clamps; hand & bench grinders; sanders; polishers; rotary band saws; rotary hammer; 3 hp 14” cut off wheel with 20’ track; Niagara 8’ shear. 3/16 cap; Boxbreak; 48’ rolls on stand; several power & hand rolls; DoAll power band saw; Fereed 8x36” belt driven lathe; Atlas 6x24” lathe; small lathe; Worthington 1 1/2 hp 2 cylinder air compressor; air compressors, paint guns; drills; air power tools; Morris taper; tapping jig; Max 43 Hypertherm 1/4“ air cutter press; 20’ tig torch; small tig torch; heavy welding table with hydraulic power ram; welding table; DeWalt saw with table; rubber lined sand blast booth; air & electric hoists; 1/2 -1-1/2 T chain hoists; steel storage racks; wrought iron tools; anvils; power shears; metal cutting saws; 1/4 - 3/4“ bolts; cabinets; lathe round stock; misc lathe stock; quantity welding shop supplies.

Misc. Equipment & Building Materials: 10’ aluminum siding break; rolls of aluminum & vinyl; nail gun; coils of nails; wheel pullers; 1/4 - 3 hp. electric motors; two new 300 amp circuit breaker boxes; entrance cable; spool 12/3 direct burial wire; misc. electric wire, boxes, switches, hangers; quantity flex conduit & fittings; SS screen rolls; pulleys; antique hand tools; lumber: 2x4x14’, 2x6x20’, 2x10, T-111 siding, rough saw 2”.

Farm & Lawn Equipment: 1956 Ferguson 40 with 11.2x38 power adj. rear wheels; Oliver 3 pt. 2B plow; disk; drag; 8’ roller; King Kutter 3 pt. 60’ lawn mower; 3 pt 6’ rotary mower; 3 pt buzz saw; trailer mounted wood splitter with Kubota 2 cylinder diesel; 3 pt pto vertical wood splitter; Simplicity Legacy 24.5 hp 3 cylinder diesel with 60” mower & front loader, 405 hrs.; Grasshopper 614 14 hp. B & S with 42” mower; Gravely (valve stuck) with mower, sickle, plow, rototiller; three utility trailers (1 with registration); handle tools.

Info & Preview: by appointment Ralph Poorman 315-539-3256 Preview: 8am auction day Terms: ID for bidder number, cash, check auction day. Payment w/Visa, MC, Disc. 3% fee.

Sale Order: 9:00 am: welding shop equipment; 11:30 am farm, lawn equip, lumber, remaining welding equip.

DANN AUCTIONEERS, DELOS DANN,

3339 Spangle St., Canandaigua, NY 14424, 585-396-1676. www.cnyauctions.com/dannauctioneers.htm UPCOMING AUCTIONS Sat Oct. 15th, 9am: - Canandaigua City School District Surplus Equip., Old Maintenance Center, 239 N. Pearl St., Canandaigua, NY, buses, pickups, cars, school equip.

Info call Nick Cutri 585-396-3745, 8-5pm

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

FRIDAY

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 busi-

ness 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 celebrated 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

SPECIAL HEIFER AUCTION AT HILLTOP DAIRY FACILITIES

OCTOBER 7TH

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11:00 AM

3856 Reed Road Savannah, NY 13146 - six miles north of Savannah, south of Wolcott Taking consignments of heifers of all ages from started calves to springers and fresh heifers Already cosigned various groups of heifers For more information or to arrange trucking contact:

ELMER ZEISET 315-729-8030 OR 315-584-8260 OR HOWARD W VISSCHER AUCTIONEER 607-699-7250

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 agricultural 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/Brie fing/FarmIncome/.

www.countryfolks.com

PUBLIC AUCTION

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011 10 AM JD TRACTORS & PARTS Location: 230 Center Rd. Elmer, NJ 08318 (GPS Will Not work for this address) Directions: From Rte 40, East of Woodstown West of Elmer, at the Pole Tavern Circle go S. on 77 to the 2nd Blinker Light. Make a Right onto 540 W. travel 1 mile. Turn Right onto 663/Center Rd. travel 1 mile, auction is on the Left. Follow the Auction Signs.

Personal Collection of Neil Lang

Auctioneers Note: After a long hard decision Neil has decided to sell these tractors due to health conditions. All announcements day of auction take precedence over printed material!

For questions feel free to contact Neil before 7am, between 12:30-1:30pm or after 6pm at 856-455-2368.

Terms: Cash or Check w/Proper ID Auctioneers: Dennis Wolgemuth & Ralph Brenneman

SALE CONDUCTED BY:

WOLGEMUTH AUCTION (#2357)

For more information, call or check our website.

(717) 656-2947 FAX: (717) 656-6011 WWW. WOLGEMUTH-AUCTION.COM • Email: Wolgemuth-auct@juno.com

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TRACTORS: JD 330-V Special #330097 Restored, JD 330-S #330228 Restored, JD M Hi Clearance w/Cults #41316, JD M w/Rebuilt Motor #18788, JD 430-S Powered Steering #147437 Restored, JD Ustyled L #622248 Restored, JD Ustyled L #621248 Nice Original, JD 40-S w/Cult #64907, JD 40 T w/Wide Front #75638, JD 50-N Cult w/Side Dressers, JD L Elec. Start w/Whl Weights & Cult, JD L w/Hercules Engine #625729 Nice Original, 1950 WaterLoo Bronco w/Cult Model 100 #423 Restored, The General #684196 Restored, 1938 Silver King Elec Start w/Plow #1346, IH Super A-V w/Cult #328598 Nice Original, Nice Original JD L. TRACTORS FOR PARTS or TO RESTORE: JD M Hi Clear, (3) JD ANH’s, (2) JD M’s, JD 40.

EQUIPMENT: KBL 3PT 5’ Disc Harrow, JD M 5’ Harrow, JD M Snow Plow, JD M Plow, JD 3 PT 2B Plow w/Coulder & Cover Brds, JD 3PT 6’ Harrow, JD M 6’ Disc Harrow w/Cleaners, JD Mansur Walk Behind Cornplanter.

TRUCK: 1947 WC-22 White Dump Truck w/ 33,450 Original Miles.

PARTS: Unstyled L Parts - Chin, Hood, Fire Walls, Radiator, Unstyled L Ser Plate #621731, JD L Ser Plate, Restored JD M Grill, Side Dressing Units, JD L Parts NOS, JD L LA - Parts, Grills, Hoods, Radiators, 1 Set Rims, Front Wheels, Plows, Cults, Oil Baths, etc., Dubuque Cult Parts, Dubuque Parts NOS, Dubuque Weights, JD 3 PT 5’Blade w/SS Plate, JD 3 PT Tool Bar, 24” Turf Tires, Cult Parts, Gas Tanks, JD L Adjustable Front Ends, JD L Cult. Parts, JD Single Wheel Front End, Tool Bars, Top Links, Good Hercules NXB Motor Only, JD L Frame #681045, JD L NOS, (2) 42” Like New Tires.

JD BOOKS: JD Service Manuals - 1000, 2000, 3000, & 4000 Series.

Pennsylvania Shepherd's Symposium set for Oct. 22 and 23.

Whether you currently own sheep or goats, or are considering starting a small ruminant flock or herd, you should plan to attend the Pennsylvania Shepherd's Symposium and Beginning Shepherd's Workshop on Saturday, Oct. 22, and Sunday, Oct. 23.

The symposium will be held at the Samuel E. Hayes Jr. PA Livestock Evaluation Center, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA on Saturday,

Oct. 22 and will focus on reproduction. Making sound reproduction management decisions can really make a significant impact to your flock, both economically and genetically. Join us as we explore the reproduction systems of the ram and ewe and learn how technology has come to play a vital role in the process.

Topics covered will include everything from ram collection to embryo transfers.

Our featured speaker is Glen Erickson of New Frontier Genetics in Wellsville, Utah. Erickson is actively working with deer, goats, sheep, and some exotic species on semen collection and evaluation, artificial insemination, and embryo transfer. After spending over 20 years as the Shepherd at Utah State, Glen now travels the country performing reproductive procedures for some of the most elite flocks

and herds.

The day will also include the opportunity to meet with our industry's youth. We will offer a youth program that will have a breakout session in the morning to discuss basic reproduction and then join the hands-on portion of the symposium in the afternoon.

The youth portion will run simultaneously with the symposium program.

There will be a lamb

Berry Growers Workshop for Western New York State and Northern PA This is your last chance to sign up for the Berry Growers Workshop on Oct. 12 (Wednesday) at the Belfast Fire Hall.

Allegany / Cattaraugus Cooperative Extension is hosting this all day workshop with our expert team of Cornell

University faculty. If you want to learn how to grow your own berries or you already are and need more information on pests, diseases, varieties, and high tunnel production, this is the workshop for you!

The workshop will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at the Belfast Fire Hall (11 Merton Ave.), Belfast NY, 14771.

The fee of $25 in-

cludes lunch (non-refundable). Pre-registration required. To register, contact Colleen Cavagna at 585-2687644 ext. 12 or e-mail cc746@cornell.edu.

UPCOMING SALES ATHENS STOCKYARDS

AUCTION

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Consigners please provide birthdates, milk wts, fresh dates, Sire & Dam info, Current SCC, Pedigrees on Registered animals especially bulls.

Good uddered recently fresh & close Heifers are in Demand.

Thank You

SALE MANAGED BY: New Holland Sales Stables, Inc. David Kolb 61-L

EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, COINS, GUNS

Chris Brown 286 East Sones Road Muncy, PA 17756 570-458-0310

Consignments of Cows - Bulls - Heifers Welcome Weaned Calves to Mature Cows

717-354-4341 (Barn) 717-355-0706 (FAX)

NOTICE: Special Dairy Heifer Sale Wed., Oct. 5th Strong demand for Quality Breeding Age Open Heifers & Short Bred Holstein Heifers that are bred to Holstein Bulls.

PLEASE BRING CATTLE IN ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 30TH

Next Feeder Cattle Sale Sat., Oct. 15, 2011 @ 10 AM

Brown Auction Service

Dairy Cow & Heifer Sale Wed., Sept 28TH • 10:30 AM

Sat., Oct., 1, 2011 • 10 AM

3 Miles East Of Canandaigua, NY on Rt. 5 & 20 Cash or good check day of sale, nothing to be removed until settled for, Announcements day of sale take precedence over advertising Visit Our Web Site www.fingerlakeslivestockex.com

Co- Managed by:

LLAND SALES STABLES, IN W HO E N Located 12 Miles East of Lancaster, PA Just Off Rt. 23, New Holland C.

FEEDER CATTLE SALE

FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK EX.

Fall Round-up Beef Sale - Featuring Almer Finnerty Beef Herd Dispersal.

40 Head of Cows, Calves, Bulls, all ages all sizes. Mostly Black Baldies, Few Reds. Large Framed crossbred beef cattle all in excellent condition.

Consignments welcome the beef market remains high - take advantage of it.We will also take consignments of Lamb, Goats & Pigs. Call Tom & Brenda Hosking at number below.

Starting Oct. 8th will be the first Opening Day for Chris Brown Auction Service running Misc. & Small Animals Auction. This will start following the beef cattle. All interested in consigning or questions give Chris a call.

Directions to Sale Barn: From Rt. 86 (old 17) take Exit 60 take Rt. 220 South approx. 5-6 miles, left on Rt. 199 North sale barn will be on your left.

Tom & Brenda Hosking AU005392 6810 West River Road Nichols, NY 13812 607-699-3637

management information for both first-time and experienced shepherds. This year's focus will be all things wool Topics covered will include: basic wool handling, preparation, storage, evaluating your clip, marketing and sales, and how to improve your wool quality.

Plan to attend this motivating and educational symposium and workshop with fellow sheep enthusiasts.

For more information and to pre-register, contact Joanne Evans at 717-485-0532 or by e-mail at genetic@innernet.net

For info call: 585-394-1515

Saturday, October 8, 2011 10AM

Hosking Sales

luncheon, showcasing the contestants for the 2012 Pennsylvania Lamb & Wool Queen contest.

Throughout the day, there will be a silent auction going on to benefit the PA Sheep & Wool Growers Association. The evening will feature a reception and door prizes, concluding with the PA Sheep & Wool Growers Annual Meeting.

The Beginning Shepherd's Workshop will be held on Sunday morning, Oct. 23 at the Penn State Sheep Barns, University Park, PA. The goal of the workshop is to provide hands-on

SAT., OCT 1ST • 10:00 AM

31st Keystone Autumn Klassic Registered Shorthorn Sale SAT., OCT. 15th, 2011 12:30PM Woodside Farm 379 Woodside Road Waynesburg, PA 15370

Selling • Spring Calves • Open Females • Bred Females • Cow Calf Pairs • 2 Bulls

724-627-7240 Bradley Eisiminger 379 Woodside Rd., Waynesburg, PA 15370 Email: bradleyshirley@windstream.net Web: www.woodsideshorthorns.com

DAN GASCON 6308 GASCON LN CONESUS, NY 14435

Dan had been a collector for many years and is now going to retire from retirement and collecting for health reasons. Located off Rt. 15 onto Gascon Ln. Watch for R. G. MASON AUCTION arrows.

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World Dairy Expo: “Around the World of Dairy in 5 Days” MADISON, WI — Dairy industry enthusiasts will soon be traveling from faraway places to the Alliant Energy Center in Madison Oct. 4 through 8 to take a virtual trip “Around the World of Dairy in 5 Days”. World Dairy Expo, the destination, is expecting over 65,000 producers and industry professionals to converge from 90 countries for the five-day dairy celebration.

More than 2,500 head of North America’s most beautiful bovines from 37 states and 7 Canadian

provinces will parade across the colored shavings within the themed Showring where official judges with a keen eye for cattle will select the champions. Each animal brings along a traveling caravan of professional fitters to make sure that their stay in Madison is clean, comfortable and relaxing. All seven major dairy breeds will compete for the ultimate overall Supreme Champion on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 5 p.m.

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the seams” as a record 795 exhibiting companies from 28 countries will provide dairy producers a chance to explore everything from new self-propelled feed delivery systems to computerized herd management systems, rotary parlor to robotic equipment. Over 120 new companies will join this year, allowing dairy producers a chance to discover the latest inventions, go hands-on with the coolest gadgets and share the newest ideas in dairy management. Visitors are en-

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28 from 12-12:30 p.m., presented by the Center for Dairy Excellence.

“With the new fiscal year beginning in October, we expect that producers will have the opportunity to include the Dairy Gross Margins program in their risk management plans,” said Zepp. “With milk prices and commodity markets changing daily, all dairy farm families should evaluate their risks and have a risk management plan in place for the next 6 to 12 months.”

Led by Alan Zepp, risk management program coordinator for the center, the ‘Protecting Your Profits’ series

provides a monthly update on what dairy and commodity markets are doing and a historical review of milk margins based on actual commodity prices.

This month’s call will include a review of current market conditions, a look at the center’s ‘Protecting Your Profits’ scorecard and an estimate of the expected margins for the Dairy Gross Margins Program in September. Zepp will also explain the status of the program for the Oct. 28-29 sales period and will review the status of a dairy gross margin contract purchased in February 2011.

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BF 202: Writing Your Farm Business Plan The Northeast Beginning Farmer Project at Cornell University is offering an online course in writing a farm business plan for beginning farmers. The classes will take place from 78:30 p.m. on Wednesdays Oct. 5-Nov. 9.

This course is geared for new farmers, as well as those expanding or transitioning from one farm enterprise to another. Minimum requirements to enroll in this class include identifying the type of farm you want, some shortterm and longer -term farm business goals, and the geographic area or state where you in-

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Upon completing this course, students will have a full business plan in a form ready to be implemented on the farm. The business plan may be used to guide you in decisionmaking in running the farm business. Additionally, the business plan will be in a form ready to submit to a banker, private investor or grantor, in the event you are seeking outside funding.

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by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Recently I traveled to North Carolina and Virginia to view the damage from Hurricane Irene, survey the response efforts, and meet with local residents. This trip was my fourth in as many months to make sure that the USDA is helping families rebuild and recover from natural disasters including tornados, wild fires, floods and drought.

So I’ve seen how tough times are affecting folks across the nation, and particularly our farmers and ranchers. Unusual weather patterns have driven thousands of Americans from their homes, and threatened their livelihoods. And my heart goes out to all of those who have been touched by these disasters.

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The American Sheep Shearers Council (ASSC) is hosting a shearing event at Kyle Farms near Avon, NY, to benefit the Farmer-Veteran Coalition (FVC) in December. Coordinators for this event are Elaine Bristol, Matt Kyle and Doug Rathke.

“Up to 10 shearers will be shearing 1,000 ewes to raise money for the FVC,” said Doug Rathke, longtime USA Shearing Team member for the ASSC. “Not only will this event provide an opportunity to promote the shearing industry, but the proceeds will be donated to an organization that is advocating agriculture and helping America’s veterans.”

The FVC is a nonprofit organization

that works with recent military veterans to assist them in using their many relevant skills to create a new generation of innovative, ecological and financially successful young farmers.

The ASSC is seeking sponsors for the event; in addition, individuals will be able to donate per head shorn to the FVC. For more information on the event, contact Rathke at 320-5876094. To learn more about the FVC, visit www.farmvetco.org.

The promotional committee of the ASSC is looking for new ways sheep shearers can support agriculture and the sheep industry outside of sheep shearing competitions.

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585-739-0263

Call for the Sales Office Nearest You:

Warsaw, NY (585) 786-8191

Buildings For Sale

Buildings For Sale

WANTED: Steers 200# & up.

570-561-8488

Bedding

USA Gypsum Bedding Reduce your bedding costs!

And Improve Soil - Naturally!

Gypsum Bedding

Building Materials/Supplies

GRIP X 1 Barn Dry

• Cheaper than sawdust shavings or straw.

• Barn dry filling your gutters & tanks?

• Reduce mastitis & cell Gypsum dissolves. counts.

• Use less! More • Use in place of absorbent than lime Hydrated Lime. products.

• Improves your soil Try Grip X1 Today!

• Available in bulk. www.usagypsum.com • Phone 717-335-0379 Also Available at: Dealers wanted in select areas Central Dairy & Mechanical, Martinsburg, PA, ph 814-793-3721 Genesee Valley Nutrition, Piffard, NY, ph 585-243-9597 Himrod Farm Supply, Penn Yan, NY, ph 315-531-9497 Homestead Nutrition, New Holland, PA, ph 888-336-7878 Levi Fisher, Honey Grove, PA (Juniata County), ph 717-734-3145 Martin’s Ag, Shippensburg, PA, ph 717-532-7845 Elam Miller, Fort Plain, NY, ph 518-993-3892 New Bedford Elevator, Baltic, OH, ph 330-897-6492 Norm’s Farm Store, Watsontown, PA, ph 570-649-6765 Robert Rohrer, Millmont, PA, ph 570-898-1967 Steve B. Stoltzfus, Lykens, PA, ph 717-365-3804 Walnut Hill Feeds, Shelby, OH, ph 419-342-2942

Professional Pole Barns

by S&L Builders 35 years of experience Lifetime Warranty We build what we sell No Sub Crews Any Size Or Description of Building Most Structures Erected Within 30 Days Beat Our Price? I Don’t Think So!

570-398-5948 (o) 570-772-2352 (c)

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CLASSIFICATION Announcements Antique Tractors Antiques Appraisal Services ATV Auctions Backhoe/Loaders Bale Covers Barn Equipment Bedding Beef Cattle Bees-Beekeeping Bird Control Books Building Materials/Supplies Buildings For Sale Business Opportunities Cars, Trucks, Trailers Chain Saws Christmas Trees Collectibles Computers Custom Butchering Dairy Cattle Dairy Equipment Dogs Electrical Employment Wanted Farm Machinery For Sale Farm Machinery Wanted Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn Fencing Fertilizer & Fert. Spreading Financial Services For Rent or Lease For Sale Fresh Produce, Nursery Grain Handling Eq., Bins & Dryers Groundcover Guns Hay - Straw For Sale Hay - Straw Wanted Help Wanted Herd Health Hogs Hoof Trimming Horse Equipment Horses Housing For Stock Industrial Equipment Insurance Irrigation Lawn & Garden Legal Notices Livestock For Sale Livestock Wanted Llamas Lumber & Wood Products Maintenance & Repair Maple Syrup Supplies Miscellaneous Mobile Homes Motorcycles Organic Parts & Repair Pest Control Plants Poultry & Rabbits Real Estate For Sale Real Estate Wanted Recreational Vehicles & Motor Homes Seeds & Nursery Services Offered Sheep Silos, Repairs, Silo Equip.

Snowblowers Snowmobiles Snowplows Stud Service Tires & Tire Repair Service Tools Tractors Tractors, Parts & Repair Trailers Tree Trimming & Removal Truck Parts & Equipment Trucks Vegetable Vegetable Supplies Veterinary Wanted Water Conditioning Waterwell Drilling Wood For Sale

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

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Buildings For Sale

Buildings For Sale

FINGERLAKES CONSTRUCTION

Custom Services

Custom Services

TITAN ENTERPRISES

CUSTOM CROPPING & HARVESTING Manure hauling, semis & tankers.

Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle

ATTENTION DAIRY FARMERS Call before you dump high bacteria or antibiotic bulk tanks!

Hay & corn chopping with trucking.

High moisture corn snaplage harvesting.

Combining, small grains & corn.

585-721-4728

Buying all hot loads of milk, minimum of 9000 pounds. Price is $2/hundred.

Prompt and timely pickup at the farm or Grade A tanker wash facility on premises for loads being delivered.

Before you pull the plug... call day or night.

(585) 734-3264 • (585) 734-3265

FOR RENT Silage & Kernel Processors Also Hammermills 315-536-7634 607-243-7009 x2

Garages • Equestrian • Commercial Agricultural Crews Trained to OSHA Standards

Clyde:: 315-923-7777 Batavia:: 585-343-1777

Steel or Wood Frame

Concrete Products

ROCK CONSTRUCTION

BARN FLOOR GROOVERS®

CUSTOM BUILT

Freestall Heifer Commodity Machinery Storage Bldgs

Complete Renovations

ALL TYPES OF CONCRETE WORK

R. & C.. Konfederath Corfu, NY

585-599-3640 716-474-3348

ALWAYSS AVAILABLE: 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.

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

www.fingerlakesconstruction.com Buildings For Sale

Dairy Cattle

Dairy Cattle

50 WELL GROWN Freestall Heifers due within 60 days.

Joe Distelburger 845-3447170.

WANTED

95 WELL-GROWN freestall trained Holstein heifers due October & November. Had all shots. 315-269-6600

CONCRETE SAFETY GROOVING IN

FOUR RED & WHITE Holstein Heifers, nice looking animals, due October, $1,600/ each. 585-764-7973

1/2”, 3/4” or 1 1/2” Wide Grooves Protect Your Cows From Injuries and Slippery Concrete • Free Stalls • Holding Areas SAFE A T LA ST • Feed Lots • Pens • Stalls • Walkways

WANTED All Size Heifers

Dick Meyer Co. Inc.

Also Complete Herds Prompt Pay & Removal

CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-228-5471

(ALL SIZES)

BASKIN LIVESTOCK 585-344-4452 508-965-3370

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

www.cattlesourcellc.com

315-269-6600

- WANTED -

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HEIFERS

300 Lbs. to Springing Free Stall Herds & Tie Stall Herds

Herd Expansions

www.barnfloorgroovers.com

WANTED: Herd of Holstein cows 40 to 50 head. 315-5367515. Call evenings.

Custom Butchering

E

THES SAVE ERS FOR B M OR U N PARL THE

Dairy Equipment 1990 Double Parallel Kipe Parlor for sale. 20 SST II DeLaval take-offs. DeLaval 78 vacuum pump. (1) 5 hp compressor. $10,000 or BO. Buyer responsible for removal. 716-450-7062 or 716-450-7065.

Custom Butchering

New York Custom Processing, LLC Rt. 8, Bridgewater, NY

Now Open & Booking Animals No Lines ~ No Waiting Cutting & Wrapping Rate

.65¢ per Lb.

All Cuts Vacuum Packed and Bar-Coded for Tracking and a Complete Printed Inventory of Your Product Call For Appointment

315-204-4089 or 315-204-4084

Custom Services

Custom Services

AUTOMATIC ROLLERMILL

POLITICAL PROMOTIONAL PACKAGES available for reasonable prices.

Call Beth at Lee Publications 518-673-0101 or email bsnyder@leepub.com

RENTALS Hi-Capacity for Hi-Moisture Corn or Corn Silage

$

3.00 Per Ton

Several Mills Available

315-536-8854 or 315-536-6747

CUSTOM BAGGING USE BAGS FOR YOUR EXTRA SILAGE NEEDS

CUSTOM ROUND BALING • Wet or Dry • Wet Bale Wrapping

Use Our Roto-Cut to Make Your Bales More TMR Friendly

RICK AUSTIN

315-331-0633

CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS!

Call Our Toll Free Number 1-800-836-2888 Have Your Credit Card Ready

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

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

Dairy Equipment

ATTENTION DAIRY FARMERS We Need Good Used Tanks • 100-8,000 ga. - Call Us

• 3000 Gal.Girton D5 • 3000 Gal.Storage • 2000 Gal.DeLaval • 2000 Gal.Mueller OE • 2000 Gal.Mueller OH • 2000 Gal.Mueller O SOLD RI OH • 1500 Gal.Mueller • 1500 Gal.Mueller OHF • 1500 Gal.Mueller OH • 1250 Gal.DeLaval • 1250 Gal.Mueller OH SOLD PA • 1000 Gal.Mueller O • 1000 Gal.Mueller M • 1000 Gal.Mueller OH SOLD PA

• 1000 Gal.Sunset F.T. • 1000 Gal.Mueller OH • 1000 Gal.DeLaval • 900 Gal.Mueller OH SOLD NY OH • 800 Gal.Mueller • 800 Gal.Majonnier • 800 Gal.Mueller OH • 735 Gal.Sunset • 700 Gal.Mueller OH • 700 Gal.Mueller V • 700 Gal.Mueller M • 600 Gal.Mueller OH • 600 Gal.Mueller M • 600 Gal.DeLaval Rnd

• 545 Gal.Sunset • 500 Gal.Mueller MW • 500 Gal.Mueller M • 500 Gal.Majonnier • 415 Gal.Sunset • 400 Gal.Jamesway • 400 Gal.Majonnier • 375 Gal.Milkeeper • 300 Gal.Majonnier • 300 Gal Mueller M • 300 Gal.Sunset • 200 Gal.Sunset SC • 180 Gal.Milkeeper • 150 Gal.Mueller RH

HEAT EXCHANGERS S • TUBE E COOLER 300-6000 0 Gall Storage e Tanks

We e Do o Tank k Repair

SHENK’S

505 E. Woods Drive,

Sales 717-626-1151

Lititz, PA 17543

Dogs

Dogs

BORDER COLLIE PUPS. Red, Black, Blue & Merle, working lines, ABCA Reg. Shots.Dep. 518-673-5456

DOGS: Neutered male Pembroke Welsh Corgi, $300; miniature Austrailian Shepherds, $500-$850; Shihtzu mixed puppies, $250; free Spitz. 607-244-1644

Farm Equipment

Farm Equipment

Lower your feed cost!

Save an average of 3 to 4 lbs of grain per cow per day Going from non processing to a processor. $6.00 corn. . . .

Electrical Let our 35 years of electrical experience go to work for you.

Providing Complete Grain/Dairy Facility Installations, Facility Power Distribution & Lighting, Motor Control Centers, Automation & Troubleshooting, and New Services & Upgrades.

Call Jeffrey at Agri-Fab & Repair, Inc. dba AFR Electrical Service

@ 585-584-9210

Farm Equipment WOODS 3180 15’ batwing rotary mower, 540 PTO, clean, field ready machine.

607-776-2303

Farm Machinery For Sale (1) JOHN DEERE 6620 Combine, good shape, $7,000.

315-539-3996 1680 CIH COMBINE, 4x4; 1063 corn head; 1994 IH 22’ grain dump. Koskinen Farms, Trumansburg, NY 14886, 607387-9208 1950 ALLIS CHALMERS WD, 45hp w/front & rear mounting cultivators, runs good, stored inside. 716-542-9750 1989 CASE IH Model 1020, 25’ flex head, good working cond., must sell, need the money. 607-776-4714 1996 JD 750 GRAIN DRILL, sale priced at $16,900. Good value, nice drill. Zeisloft Eq. 800-919-3322 2 STALKSTOMPERS w/teflon pads for Case IH 1000 Series corn head. Exc. cond. Both for $200.00. Red Creek,NY 315573-3037 (2) NEW Farm dump trailers, asking $2,700 & $2,900. 315536-8446

IH & WHITE PLOWS & PARTS JD 4650 MFD, new PS . . . . . . .$28,500 Case IH 9170 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,500 CIH 5140 new eng. C/A . . . . . . .$21,500 CIH 4366 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,900 IH 3588 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,500 IH 966 Fender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,250 IH 1066 Black Stripe, new engine, exc. cond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14,500 IH 1066 4WD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,500 IH 1066 w/LDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Call IH 1066 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,900 IH 806 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6,900 IH 656 weak hydro . . . . . . . . . . .$3,500 IH 424 w/LDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,500 IH 656 diesel, RBT eng . . . . . . . .$6,500 FD 4100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6,500 Kilbros 350 gravity wagon . . . . .$2,200

JD Combines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Call JD 9510 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,900 JD 9500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,900 JD 843 corn head . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,900 JD 643 corn head . . . . . . . . . . . .$6,750 Gehl CB1200 chopper w/heads.. ....$2,000 JD 4-8R corn head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Call JD 8300 drill w/seeder . . . . . . . .$3,750 Case 8430 Round baler . . . . . . .$5,000 Elwood 4WD unit . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,500 Loaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Call IH & White plows 3x-10x . . . . . . . . .Call IH 100# Front End wgts.. . . . . . . .$105 1st Choice GS520-4 tedder . . . .$4,500 Chisels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Call

Alternative Parts Source Inc. Chittenango, NY •

315-687-0074

A-C black 6-30 corn head - fits L+M, stored for years. 585237-3969

HUSKY Tiger lagoon pump, 6”, 42’, used one season, $11,000; (8) 50” barn fans, $450/ea. 518-895-2088

Farm Machinery For Sale IH-TRACTOR PARTS: Newused-reman. 06-86 Series.

We stock A&I and Ag Parts.

Jim’s Fix-It. 315-536-7653

ANOTHER JD 9550 sidehill arrived & thousands less than others. Lots of new parts.

3.8% fin. Zeisloft Eq. 800-9193322

IH 686 tractor on steel, $6,900; Ford 8700 tractor, 20.8x38, $6,900. 315-5364783

INTERNATIONAL 800 10 bottom/700 8 bottom trailer/White 588 7 bottom on-land; 2 M&W 400 bushel w/heavy hi-floatation gear, grain boxes. 315536-3807

BADGER PTO ROLLERMILL, auger in, auger out. 315-8226883

IH ONE ROW corn picker, $1,000; NH 213 spreader, like new, $3,200. 716-679-4666, 716-785-1773

JD 4960 MFWD, recent overhaul, used on our farm.

Reduced to $58,500. Zeisloft Eq. 800-919-3322

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Big Tractor Parts Steiger Tractor Specialist 1. 10-25% savings on new drive train parts 2. 50% savings on used parts 3. We buy used or damaged Steigers 4. We rebuild axles, drop boxes, transmissions with one year warranty.

1-800-982-1769

US or Canada American made quality parts at big savings

CASE IH 1020, 20’ flex head, very good condition, $4,500.

315-576-1310 GLEANER A combine with 2 heads, 12’ grain head and 3 row corn head, $2,900; MF 1745 4’x5’ round baler like new approx. 900 bales $12,500. 716-795-9276 H&S 310 Manure Spreader, 2 beaters, end gate, tandem axle, good condition, $2,500.

315-536-0252 H&S Rear unload forage wagon, (3) 9’ 5-ring hopper beds. Case IH 1063, John Deere 893, NH 824, and 2 Row Green JD corn heads.

585-223-1135 HAVE A BREAKDOWN OR NEED A EXTRA TRACTOR? John Deere 4230 for rent, $12.00 per hour. Nelson Parts, 315-536-3737

(8) CASE IH 1063 corn heads, 6RN. Large selection 863-963. Zeisloft Eq. 800-9193322

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

’07 JD 5325 ROPS, 4WD, 146 hrs., nice .$24,800 JD 7410 cab, 4WD, PQ, 11,000 hrs . . . . .$23,800 JD 7210 cab, 4WD, PQ, 9,700 hrs . . . . . .$23,500 JD 6310 canopy, 2WD, PQ, 4,000 hrs. . . .$14,500 Penn Yan, NY

Farm Machinery For Sale

315-536-8919

2008 KUBOTA M125X DTC CAH 125 HP, MFD, DUAL REMOTES, 85% RUBBER, 2692 HOURS

$33,000 570-587-1725

MABIES OEM PARTS Massey Challenger Allis White Krone Perkins Hesston 315-687-7891 315-510-2400

2006 CHALLENGER MT445B

CAH, 75 PTO HP, MFD, 2 REMOTES, FULL SET OF FRONT WEIGHTS, 3 POINT HITCH, 16.9-34 REAR TIRES, 13.6-24 FRONT TIRES, 422 HOURS

$32,500

570-587-1725 Canandaigua, NY

Massey Ferguson 1030 compact 2 wheel . . . . . . . $4,000 Oliver 1550 gas tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 Oliver 1750 gas tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,800 Gleaner F2 diesel with 313 flex head . . . . . . . . . . . $6,900 Gehl 1540 blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 M&W gravity box gear & ext. 10 ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 Sunflower 9 shank disc chisel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,000 White 588 5X reset plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000 IH 1460 combine with 15’ flex head . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 IH 1010 15’ grain head, very nice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000 New Idea 2 row narrow picker, 12 roll bed & sheller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming In EZ Trail Mod 300 box & gear with ext., sharp . . . . . $3,200 2-Used 8 ton EZ Trail running gears . . . . . . . . . $800 each Several used gravity boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . $900 to $1,200 Like New JD Cat II quick hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400 4 used 18-4-38 tires & rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150 each White 2-85 fender tractor for parts, would make great Cummins protect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 Massey Ferguson 2x mtd plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 Gehl 95 grinder mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,250 3 1 8 6 Fr e s h o u r R d . , C a n a n d a i g u a , N Y 1 4 4 2 4

(585) 394-4691 or (585) 394-4057 Serving the American Farmer Since 1937

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THINK SUMMER

8x58’ GSI transport auger, top drive, oil bath, $3,600. 315986-2487

HUGE SELECTION of grain heads: 925, 922, 920, 918 & 915. Over 50 in stock including Case IH 1020 15’,17½’, 20’,22’. Best quality heads & largest selection on East Coast. Zeisloft Farm Eq., Bloomsburg,PA 800-919-3322

(7) JD 693 poly corn heads, some with hyd. deck plates.

Zeisloft Eq. 800-919-3322

GET A

Farm Machinery For Sale

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

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Farm Machinery For Sale JOHN DEERE 6400 MFWD, PTO 540/1000, dual hyd., $14,500; Brillion 27’ X-fold packer, good cond., $9,200.

315-536-3807

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale JOHN DEERE 930 flex head, Crary air reel 00-10 Series hook-ups, Contour Master dial-a-matic, 1/2” thick MayWes poly skids, stored inside, w/header cart, $14,995.00.

585-704-5762

Farm Machinery For Sale

’02 Houle Multipurpose Lagoon Pump 540 PTO, 8 Inch Discharge, New Impellor, No Sand

$8,900

315-374-3396

2009 MAXXUM 115

CAH 117 HP, 24 SPEED TRANSMISSION, MFD, 3 REMOTES, 1862 HOURS

$42,500

570-587-1725 JD’S IN STOCK

JD 8320-R • JD 8420 • 3 - JD 7930’s • JD 6115-D JD 2550 & JD 2555 • JD 720 Coming In: JD 8110 & 7410

CASE IH TRACTORS IN STOCK

2010 Case IH 335, 305 & 275 all loaded, with 200 hrs or less!

Case IH MX120 C/A, 4x4 w/2500 orig. hours NH TD5050 C/A, 4x4 w/820 Ldr, 405 hrs.

NH 8160 C/A 2 wheel, very nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,500 NH FP230 chopper w/3 row & hay (No KP) package. . . $19,500 Knight 8132 slinger spreader, through the shop . . . . . . $17,500 JD 9510 combine, 2900/2500 hrs w/18 flex head, all through the shop! package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,500

Farm Machinery For Sale JD 224, $1,350; JD 336, $2,400; NH 853 round baler, $1,950; Deutz Fahr 2 Star tedder, $2,150; Sitrex 4 Star tedder, $2,200; Diller 920 bale wagon, $2,600; H&S 14 wheel V-rake, $3,750; JD 328, $6,500; JD 347W, $2,900; NH 315, $1,950. Nelson Horning 585-526-6705 JD 7720 4x4 w/approx. 100 hrs. on new engine, 643 low tin oil bath corn head, 918 flex, 216 rigid, straw chopper.

Willing to separate; IH 886, CAH, 5000 hrs., very clean & straight; Krause 21’ disk w/packer hitch & float, needs blades. 315-730-4469 JOHN DEERE BALER PARTS, new & used. New wrappers, tedders, crimpers, grabbers, rakes. Nelson Horning 585526-6705 KEMPER Corn Head for John Deere 5830 chopper; John Deere 5830 chopper, 4WD for parts or repair; International 815 diesel combine; New Holland 166 winrow converter.

315-532-5581 PTO Generators Dayton 50/25KW nice trailer - $2,750 & Winpower 70/35KW on pallet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,450 Front Mt. Snowpushers 7’, 8’, 12’, 14’ & 15’, new & used 3Pt Snowblowers 4’, 5’, 6’, 7’& 7 1/2’, new & used Used Farmi 601 3pt log winch . . . . . .$4,150 Quicke 980 Loader & 7’ Bkt (QA) new w/mts to fit MF, Agco & Challenger . . . . . . . .$4,150 Vermeer Trencher V3550A w/front blade, Dsl, low hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,500 Ford NH 4630, Fully Heated Factory Cab 5560HP Dsl, 1800 hrs, dual outlets, clean inside & out! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$11,500 4x4 NH TC45D w/NH Ldr 40HP Dsl, hydro w/outlets, rabbit/turtle control on joystock, adj.

ROPS (nice!) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14,500 4x4 Zetor 50HP Dsl w/Allied 594 Loader dual outlets, one owner, 1400 hrs, exc. tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,750

Kennedy Tractor (315) 964-1161 Williamstown, NY “We Deliver” KICKER BALE WAGONS $2,350; 8 & 10 Ton Running Gears, $1,325-$1,500; 20’ Bale Carriers, $2,750. Horst’s Welding, 585-526-5954

MAINE TO N. CAROLINA We broker and manage Multi Farm Partnerships.

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See Lots More at www.andrewsfarm.com

ANDREWS FARM EQ., INC. Conneautville, PA 16406 814-587-2450 or 814-573-3344

Wet fields? Make land tile application a part of your crop rotation @ PleasantCreekHay.com Welsarth@Msn.com Compare our front PTO tractors speed, options, and prices.

MECCA pull type grape harvester, good condition, field ready; JD 245 self leveling loader, joy stick, complete w/brackets, excellent condition. 607-243-8803, if no answer leave message.

NEW AND USED PARTS for New Holland 782, 790, 890, 892, 900; John Deere 3940, 3950, 3960. NEW & USED New Holland baler parts.

Closed Sundays. 607-2438151

Farm Machinery For Sale

NEW EQUIPMENT New Holland Hay Equipment, Round Balers, Discbines, Rakes New Holland Tractors, Skid Steers Kioti Tractors & Loaders Bush Hog Rotary Cutters, Blades H&S Manure Spreaders, Forage Boxes, Rakes Claas Rakes & Tedders

570-673-5143 HESS FARM EQUIPMENT INC. Rt. 414 2 miles East of Canton, PA

www.hessfarmequipment.com New Skid Loader Attachments, Buckets, Pallet Forks, Manure Forks, Round Bale Grabbers, Bale Spears, Feed Pushers, Adapter Plates, Skid Steer Hitch

MARTIN’S WELDING

315-536-8854

Nitrogen Sideress Applicator Package: BLU-JET 9-shank 30”, 3pt. hitch, tool bar, can be 11-shank, with ground driven 4450 John Blue piston pump; And set of Demco saddle tanks, 250 gal./ea. All for $9,000. Red Creek, NY. 315573-3037 OVER 30 JD 6-row corn heads in stock. Also large selection Case IH. 1 year warranty on gear boxes. Zeisloft Farm Equip. 800-919-3322 www.zeisloftequip.com PEOPLE WILL PAY TO HUNT on your land. Earn top $$$ for hunting rights. Call for a FREE quote and info packet toll free 1-866-309-1507 or request at www.BaseCampLeasing.com

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

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

Smiley’s Farm & Ind Equipment

WHITE 6045, 45hp PTO, well maintained, low hours, loader w/bucket & plow, $11,499.

315-926-5642

Excavator, $12,500; Case 450 Dozer, $8,500; JD 350C Dozer, $11,500; White 4x4 Loaderhoe, $9,500; Case Loaderhoe, $6,000; MF 4x4 Hoe, $10,000; IH diesel Dump Truck, $4,000; GMC pickup, $1,500; JD Lawnmower, $600; 4x4 Ford, $4,500; Hesston 4x4 & cab, $8,500; JD 4230 Tractor, $12,500; 1020 JD, $4,500; David Brown, $3,500; New Dump Trailer, $5,000; 9 Ton Trailer, $1,500; Baler, $2,000; Round Baler $1,500; Corn Picker, $1,500; Corn & Flail Choppers, $1,200 up; Brush Hogs, Discs, Harrows, Plows & More.

Buying Machines Dead or Alive

Farm Machinery Wanted 4 ROW NARROW corn head, for a 510 Massey Ferguson combine, quick attach. 315986-4004 leave message

WANTED

John Deere 5460, 5820, or 5830 Choppers

814-793-4293

WANTED: 48” rotary grain cleaner with auger. 315-6266779

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

518-634-2310 SPECIAL: JD 6600 diesel combine, good, $3,800; JD 215, 218 & 220 flex heads, stainless bottoms, poly skids, pipe reel, $3,200; Unverferth grain cart, 400 bushel, $4,800; Westfield transport auger, 8x36 w/5hp motor, $1,500; Hutchinson PTO transport auger, 6x33, $1,500.

Mike Franklin 607-749-3424

85 ACRES excellent mature corn; 45 acres second cutting; 200 gallon fuel tank. 315-4962356

THE LARGEST SELECTION of Quality JD & Case IH combines in East. 1 year warranty on motor & transmission. 3.8% fin. zeisloftequip.com 800919-3322, Bloomsburg, PA

USED COMBINE PA R T S K & J SURPLUS LANSING, NY 607-279-6232 Days 607-533-4850 Nights VANDALE TUMBLE MIXER, feeds 50 cows, mixing one time per day, good condition, $2,500; German Shepherd pups, CKC, $525.00. 315536-2121

WANTED

Massey Ferguson

BUYING Mold & Heat Damaged Grains. Also high moisture corn. Auburn,NY. Call Ralph 315-729-0918

Custom Roasting and Cooling Your Soybeans,Corn, etc.

At Your Farm or Mill Serving All of NY State

WEILER’S GRAIN ROASTING

165, 175, 265, 275, 285 Any Condition

814-793-4293

(315) 549-7081

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

413-834-4689 Skid Steer Attachments •Buckets •Pallet Forks •Bale Spears •Rock Forks •Grapples ~ Call for Price Burkholder Repair LLC

315-536-8446

Pat O’Brien & Sons For all your feed needs!

• Steam Flaked Corn • Protein Mixes

• Corn Meal • Minerals

• Energy Mixes • Nutritional Services

Pick-up or Delivery from our Geneva Feed Mill

We Buy All Grains! Call Pat @ 716-992-1111

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Fencing

Fencing

SHAMROCK FARMS (585) FENCING 669-2179

DAN FITZPATRICK

8408 CARNEY HOLLOW RD., WAYLAND, NY 14572 Sales & Installations Building Since 1981

• Posts • Board • Split Rail • HT Wire • Vinyl • Energizers

Empire Farm Fence & Supply

Buying Corn, Feed Wheat & Oats

“Miles of Quality Start Here”

(315)) 549-82266 Romulus, NY 14541

• High Tensile • Split Rail • Misc. Types of Fence • Energizers • Fencing Supplies 4097 Rt. 34B, Union Springs, NY 13160 RUSTIN WILSON (315) 364-5240

Burkholder Fencing

LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS

CORP.

8545 MAIN ST. P.O. BOX 660 CLARENCE, NY 14031 PHONE# (716) 633-1940 FAX# (716) 633-1490

“NOW SELLING” CORN, RYE, OATS, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, CORN MEAL, DDGS HOMINY, BEDDING, SOYBEAN MEAL, WHOLE COTTONSEED, BEET & CITRUS PULP PELLETS, CORN GLUTEN FEED & MEAL, HOMINY, BAKERY MEAL AND CANOLA MEAL

Free Estimates Anthony Burkholder 607-869-5780 Closed Sundays

Improve Your Farm Efficiency

ALL TYPES OF FENCES

Heavy Duty Galvanized Gates

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

50 Mile Radius

HI-CAL Lime & Lime Spreading Big Square Baling Liquid Manure Spreading & Pumping Electronic Rate Controlling GPS Guidance Clinton Zimmerman Savannah, NY

315-729-1066 Save Money ~ Call Us

GEHL 2 row corn head. 716257-3660

Fresh Produce, Nursery

Serving The Northeast

E&A Fence LLC 518-993-5177

771 St. Hwy 163, Fort Plain, NY Fencing

R & R FENCING LLC • • • •

Equine Livestock Post Driving Pasture & Paddock Design BRIAN ROSS

585-599-3489

9479 Alleghany Rd Corfu NY 14036 15 Years of Professional Fencing Installations “Quality You Can Trust”

Visit Us Online 24/7 www.countryfolks.com

Fertilizer & Fertilizer Spreading SCHAFER LIQUID FISH FERTILIZER, 100% Organic OMRI listed. For pricing call WIGFIELD FARMS, Clyde, NY 14433, 315-727-3910

3 Bins plus 68 Foot Leg 1300 BU per hour (2) 9 ring 30 foot 15,000 bushel with floor and fans, (1) 7 ring 10,000 bushel dryer 30 foot with stiration and 2 farm fans, propane single phase motors. $25,000 will separate you take down bins, leg is on the ground

Call (585)) 734-3264 Hay - Straw For Sale

PUMPKINS, GOURDS, WINTER SQUASH etc.

Hay - Straw For Sale

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

1st & 2nd CUT Orchard Grass mix, no dust, big square bales; 1st & 2nd cut Timothy/Alfalfa mix; 2nd cut pure Alfalfa round bales, stored inside. Call Jason 315694-8600

ALSO CERTIFIED ORGANIC

From Bushels to Tractor Trailer Loads

Hay For Sale

Call for Competitive Prices

Hornell,NY

First Cut, Second Cut, Timothy and Alfalfa

ANY SIZE LOTS AVAILABLE

Hoeffner Farms

WE DELIVER

519-604-8683

Generators

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers MFS 18’ 7 ring grain bin with 6” unload drying floor, small fan, $4,000. Torn down. 570966-9893

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

Low Potassium for Dry Cows

NEEB AGRI-PRODUCTS

519-529-1141

Hay - Straw Wanted

ALWAYS WANTED

NOBODY beats our prices on Voltmaster PTO Alternators, Sizes 12kw-75kw. Engines Sets and Portables Available.

MOELLER SALES 1-800-346-2348

ONTARIO DAIRY HAY & STRAW

TIMOTHY MIXED HAY ALFALFA MIXED HAY 1st, 2nd & 3rd Cuttings Also Small Square Mulch

Call 4M FARMS 315-684-7570 • 315-559-3378

H AY Farmer to Farmer Wet and Dry Round & Square Bales

1st, 2nd & 3rd Cut Hay Also Square Bales of

STRAW CALL STEVE

Giorgi Mushroom Company, located in Berks County now buying the following materials:

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

NEW AND USED Grain Dryers: GT, MC, GSI. Call anytime toll free 1-877-422-0927

519-482-5365

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

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

Contacts: Kevin Eickhoff 610-926-8811 ext. 5216 keickhoff@giorgimush.com

A N MARTIN GRAIN SYSTEMS 315-923-9118

Clyde, NY

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

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

Allen Hollenbach 610-926-5753 ahollenbach@giorgimush.com Michele Fisher 610-926-8811 ext. 5189 mfisher@giorgimush.com

WANTED: 1st & 2nd cut big & small squares. 315-363-9105

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Fencing

Made in USA

BOARD • VINYL • WOVEN WIRE • HI TENSILE

CORN, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, RYE, OATS & MANY OTHER MISC. PRODUCTS.

RYE SEED, $11.00 per hundred. 607-749-3424

Cyclops Energizers

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

Quality Services You Can Count On Custom Farming “Since 1995”

607-769-3404 607-324-0749 eves

“NOW BUYING”

CALL (716) 633-1940 FOR PRICES & ASK FOR: DON POWELL BILL SCHMAHL SCOTT SCHULTZ

Quali Guara ty nteed

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

Spr ing Lak e Far ms

For Sale

Custom Fence Building for: Horses, Cows, Goat, Sheep and Deer We Build: Hi-tensile, woven wire, hot coat, split rail and board fences Also, we sell pressure treated or cedar post, fencing supplies and gates

FALL DISCOUNTS NOW

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Help Wanted

WANTED

ASSISTANT HERDSPERSON for 400 cow Finger Lakes dairy. High production, excellent facilities, competitive compensation. Responsibilities to include fresh & sick cow care, breeding protocols, DC 305 records, calf health.

607-592-6759.

Hay & Straw - All Types We Pick Up & Pay Cell 717-222-2304 Buyers & Sellers

WANTED

HAY & STRAW

Trailer Load Lots Janowski Bros.

315-829-3794 315-829-3771

WANTED

Pre Cut Rye Straw 50 to 75 Lb. Bales

302-737-5117 302-545-1000 Heating

Dairy Farm Assistant Herdsman Full Time Position Available for 600 Head Dairy Farm Responsibilities to include diagnosis and treatment of cows, calving assistance and milking parlor duties.

Wage based on experience.

Send Resume and References to minnsfarms@rochester.rr.com Night herdsperson/equipment operator needed needed on large dairy in Skaneateles area. Responsibilities include monitoring and assisting in the maternity barn, bedding and grooming stalls, and running manure separation equipment. Contact Pat by e-mail pat@twinbirch.net

Hogs

Help Wanted

BOAR SEMEN. Fresh semen available on 2 powerful X-breds and 1 Duroc boar. Club pig sires. Guaranteed semen available. A.I. supplies also. Call for details 585-721-6873. Reasonable pricing.

ASSISTANT HERDSMAN for 950 cow farm in Western Saratoga County,NY. Wage plus benefits. David Wood, 518-882-6684 or drwfarm@aol.com

FEEDER PIGS, 60plus high quality available. Also registered yorkshire and cross bred breeding age gilts. 585721-6873

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Horse Equipment 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

Horses TEAM OF Belgian Mares broke to all machinery, sound, traffic safe and quiet. Also black Percheron gelding used for doing weddings and carriage rides. Erin C. Lundy 315493-1051

Miscellaneous 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

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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.

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

Real Estate For Sale

4500 Latting Road, Farmington, NY

Parts

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

12 Beautiful country ACRES with woods, open field and stream. Horses permitted. MORE LAND AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. Canandaigua School District. Ranch style, cedar and brick sided home. 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths. Hardwood floors throughout. Full walkout, finished lower level with wood burning stone fireplace . .$184,900

GOODRICH TRACTOR PARTS

Rt. 38 & 38B, Newark Valley, NY

607-642-3293

Irrigation

Poultry & Rabbits

IRRIGATION PIPE, over 14,000’, aluminum 3” to 6”, fittings, risers, valves, $12,500.

Steve 716-649-6594

RAINBOW RIDGE FARM New 5-A licensed facility processing chickens, turkeys, ducks and more. 607-8692287 7:30-8am.

Parts & Repair

Parts & Repair

By appointment only: Kelli Baker, Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker

585-746-2724

kellibaker@realtyusa.com

COMBINE PARTS

New, Used & Rebuilt Combine, Corn Head & Grain Head Parts!

BRYANT COMBINE PARTS U.S. 27, Bryant, IN 47326 • 800-255-1071 www.bryantcombineparts.com

ORDER NEW AFTERMARKET COMBINE & TRACTOR PARTS ONLINE 24/7

WE SHIP UPS & TRUCK FREIGHT DAILY

Real Estate For Sale

Real Estate For Sale

POSSON REALTY LLC 787 Bates-Wilson Road Norwich, NY 13851

(607) 334-9727

WRITERS WANTED

Real Estate For Sale

Cell 607-316-3758 www.possonrealty.com possonrealty@frontiernet.net David C. Posson, Broker

Richard E. Posson, Associate Broker

Dairy of Distinction #2286 - Jefferson County Free Stall Operation. 450 +/- acres with over 200+ tillable acres, large fields, good soils. Partially certified organic. Additional land to rent. Very nice 118 stall free stall barn, patz, TMR mixer, and shuttle feeder system. Dbl 6 milking parlor, 2 good machinery buildings, 2 story barn for young stock. Very nice 2 story remodeled 5 bdrm home plus an additional 2 story 5 bdrm home also included. 2 houses great barns lots of land all close by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asking $600,000, farm can be easily made into 2 farms.

Nice Largge Home #2273 - Jefferson County Gentleman's Farm. 170 acres with 95 acres tillable all in hay. Balance woods and pasture. Some timber lots of firewood awesome hunting. 50 stall 2 story dairy barn plus a 24x30 woodworking shop. Additional barn for machinery and hay. Could be used for additional stock. Beautiful 2 story 7 bedroom Victorian home. Large Rooms very spacious living. This farm would make a nice beef or hay operation. Year round stream for watering cattle. Grows tremendous hay, lots of land close by to rent. Good location close to Watertown, Lake Ontario, and the beautiful Thousand Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asking $324,000

Showplace Madison County Dairyy Farm with a large modern home #22544 - Neat, Clean, & Turn-key. 220 acre farm, 160 exceptional well drained tillable acres with additional 40+ acres to rent. Balance mostly pasture, some woods. Two story 68 stall dairy barn with attached 80 stall free stall for dry cow and young stock. 3 very nice Morton machinery buildings. Nice 2 story 5 bedroom 3 bath Modern Home. This is truly an exceptional farm that has everything. Great milking facility, room for heifers and dry cows, plenty of machinery storage, and enough supporting lands. Farm recently appraised by leading Ag Bank at close to $550,000. . . We're asking $550,000, cattle, machinery, and feed available On the Rivver - Minutes from the Adirondack Park. No Better Location for Roadside Sales. #2272 - Located on thee Beautiful West Canada Creek.

Herkimer County 123 acre Gentleman's Farm. Exceptional soils. 50 acres tillable. Silt Loem. High organic matter and premier vegetable soil. 20 acres of pasture in good fence. Balance woods. Lots of firewood. Awesome hunting. 2 story dairy barn w/65 tie stalls. Enclosed manure room. Side addition for 20 additional heifers. Large drive-in hay mow 10,000 bale capacity. Good 60x80 machinery building w/8x14 cooler for vegetables. Good 28x48 Greenhouse with water and power. Nice 2 story 3 bdrm home with a large attached 2 car garage. New windows and furnace. Farm is currently used for roadside sales of beef, hogs, and veggies but could be Dairy again. Over 1500 ft of frontage on West Canada Creek. Awesome fishing and kayaking.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reduced from $320,000 to $300,000 Hunting Land #2289 - Oneida Countty - 87 acres - mostly wooded - Awesome deer and turkey hunting. Power and telephone at the road. Would make a nice parcel for a camp or year round living. Priced to sell! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asking $120,000

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Silos, Repairs, Silo Equipment

250 Acre Farm in Central New York With 70 Holstein milkers, 40 young stock, including 1 month old up to 2 years old. Beautiful land with lots of opportunity. Buildings include renovated barn with spacious cow stalls, tiestalls w/mats, addition on barn houses heifers & dry cows.

Big spacious 5 stall garage.

Big 5 bedroom, 1½ bath farmhouse. Must see property. Tons of equipment in excellent shape and wellmaintained.

$650,000.00

315-489-0742

MARTIN’S SILO REPAIR Specializing in Teardown & Rebuilding New & Used Staves Silos • Shotcrete Relining • Distributors • Fill Pipe • Replacement Doors • Roofs • Chutes • General Repair

Will Buy Good Used Concrete Stave Silos SHOTCRETE SERVICE

Silos, Repairs, Silo Equipment

Tractors, Parts & Repair

REPLACEMENT SILO DOORS & HARDWARE AGRI-DOOR

FOR SALE: Farm machinery parts and older tractor parts.

DON’s PLACE, formerly Knapp’s. 585-346-5777

Jake Stoltzfus 649 South Ramona Rd. Myerstown, PA 17067

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

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

Repair Retaining Walls Strength Existing Masonry Walls Stanley, NY

585-526-6575

NEW JAMESWAY Unloaders In Stock. Sales, Parts and Service on Jamesway, VanDale, J-Star and Big Jim Unloaders. Converting Harvestore silos to top unloading.

717-768-7456

Roofing

Roofing

SILO Corp.

Arcade, N.Y.

(585) 492-1300 • Precast Bunk Silos 6’x8” to 13’-4” High • Silo Repair Service • Salt Storage Structures

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

Best prices, largest selection.

585-243-1563

10’ side wall

13’4” side wall

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

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

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

Services Offered

NORTHEAST SILO DEMO: Need a cheap, quick & easy way to get your silo down?

Will travel, give us a call. 518568-3560

ART TIMMEL

Tractors, Parts & Repair

“The Diesel People!”

Tractor Parts

2905 Simpson Rd., Caledonia, NY

585-538-4395 • 1-800-311-2880 Since 1982

Just 1 mile south of Route 20 on 36 south

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

Allis Chalmers, all models.

Large inventory! We ship.

Mark Heitman Tractor Salvage, 715-673-4829

Tractors

(Qty 10) Peterbilt 335 Mixer Trucks, Cummins (Qty 2) 1998/99 Ford LT9513 Day Cabs, ISC 315hp, 8LL, 20 front axle, 46k full locking 2002 Peterbilt 385 Daycab (1) w/Cat, (2) w/Cummins power, 13 speed, 20k front rears, average 68,000 miles. 18-1/2’ of frame Cat C12 425hp, 10 speed, Air ride, Wetline, aluminum axle, 46k full locking rears, 16 feet of double frame wheels, 544k miles, 185” wheelbase. behind the cab. We will separate the mixer behind cab, new rubber. $29,900 each SHARP TRUCKS $23,900 from the chassis. Call for price.

FOR SALE: 2004 John Deere 7520 IVT transmission, w/cab, MFWD, 741 self leveling loader, 3,680Hrs., new tires on front, two remotes, rear weights. Call office 607-3245374 for further details.

2005 Terex TCX225 Excavator, Long stick and long U/C. Only 1348 hours, 42” digging bucket, excellent condition $69,750

Tractors, Parts & Repair

TRACTOR PARTS NEW & USED

• We Have Over 7000 Parted Tractors • Many Late Models • New & Used Parts • UPS Daily *Nationwide parts locating service*

Anderson Tractor Supply Inc. 20968 TR51 • Bluffton, OH 45817

800-391-5462

PARTS •

2003 FL70 SA Reefer Truck 3126 Cat 210HP, 6spd, 26,000GVW, Air Brakes, Spring Susp, 193k miles, 22’x102” Reefer, Body Built 11/05, 16,492 Reefer Hrs., Tuck Away Lift Gate. $16,900

TRUCK & EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICE

PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS

2001 Nissan 8000# Forklift Cab with heat, sideshift, 7800 hours $9,900

2003 New Holland LW230B Loader, Cab with heat and AC, traction control, 5325 hours, 26.5 rubber, 4.8 CY bucket with coupler and forks $69,500

Please check our Web site @ www.caledoniadiesel.com PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS • PARTS

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3626 Brown St., Collins, NY 14034 Shop - (716) 532-2040 Eves & Weekends (716) 532-2919

2003 Great Dane 45’x96” Reefer Trailer, Tandem Axle, Spring Susp, Sliding Axle, New Caps, Flat Steel Floor, Rollup Door, Side Door with Lift Gate, 9,042 Hrs. $6,900

1995 Cat 312 Excavator, 5036 hrs, long stick, 31” bucket, hydraulic thumb, U/C 40% $32,000

2006 Deere 310G Loader/Backhoe, 2044 hrs, MFWD, cab with heat and AC, extend-a-hoe $46,900

1999 Kohler 350KW Generator Self contained, 350kw, 3 phase, 480v, 60hz, 200 gallon fuel tank, 6638 hours $28,900

2007 Case 621D Wheel Loader, 3045 hrs, GP bucket, JRB coupler, good rubber

John Deere 9500 4WD, 30.5x32’s at 90%, Straw Spreader, 3794 Sep. Hours $27,900

40-43 ft. Aluminum Grain Hopper Trailers in stock and arriving weekly.

Prices Starting at $22,500

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• Sales & Installation • On The Farm Service • A Large Parts Inventory • Willing to Travel for Service Work • 7 Days a Week, Parts & Service • Financing Available

Silos, Repairs, Silo Equipment

Martin’s Farm Trucks, LLC

CALEDONIA DIESEL, LLC

11’T wall

LOW PRICES - FAST DELIVERY – FREE LITERATURE

A.B. MARTIN ROOFING SUPPLY, LLC

Trucks

888-497-0310

BUY DIRECT – We manufacture Metal Roofing & Siding.

ABM & ABX Panel - Standing Seam - PBR Panel

Trucks

1972 KENWORTH W900 400hp cummins, 13 speed, under 300,000 miles, 2008 Jet 36’ hopper bottom grain trailer w/roll tarp, good tires and brakes all around, $25,000.

Will separate if trailer sells first. 716-680-5499

Trucks 11’ center wall

800-836-2888

Trucks for All Your Needs - Specializing in Agri-Business Vehicles

1997 DODGE 4x4, extended cab, 8’ box, extra set of 10 ply tires, $2,500 OBO. 607-8685518, 315-694-2214

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Calendar of Events

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

SEP 28 Farmer Emergency Meeting Town of Chenango Hall, 1529 State Route 12, Binghamton, NY. 1 pm. Pre-registration is requested. Informational session for the agricultural community due to the severe flooding. Contact Carol, 607-772-8953.

SEP 28 NYFB Foundation Golf Classic Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. The 2011 Classic will feature a special raffle to raise funds to supply storm victims and shelters with agricultural coloring books and activity books. Registration will begin at 9:30 am with tee time set for 11 am.

Call 800-342-4143.

SEP 29 Strategic Marketing Workshop for Livestock Producers CCE of Wayne County, 1581 Rte. 88 North, Newark, NY 14512 and CCE of Wyoming County, 410 North Main St., Warsaw, NY. Each session is 6:30-8:30 pm. follow up session in Sullivan County on Oct. 6. Contact Nancy Glazier, 585-315-7746.

OCT 1 Newark Valley Historical Society Apple Festival Bement-Billings Farmstead, 9142 State Route 38, Newark Valley, NY. 10 am - 5 pm. Admission price: $6 adults, $4 student/senior, $18 family rate. A full listing of all the groups with complete descriptions and biographies can be found at the following links: http://tommarie.com/AF2011_Saturday.html and http://tommarie.com/AF2011_Sunday.html. As a way of helping those in need due to recent flooding, the Society will be accepting donations of non-perishable food or cash to be given to the Southern Tier Food Bank and 10 percent of the net proceeds from the Festival will be given toward flood relief. On Internet at www. nvhistory.org

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1 Week $12.55 per zone / 2+ Weeks $11.55 per zone per week 1 Week $12.85 per zone / 2+ Weeks $11.85 per zone per week 1 Week $13.15 per zone / 2+ Weeks $12.15 per zone per week 1 Week $13.45 per zone / 2+ Weeks $12.45 per zone per week OCT 3 Interfering Plant Ecology and Management Neuhauser Tree Farm, 434 West Groton Road; Groton, NY. 5:30-7:30 pm. New York’s woodlands are increasingly threatened by a multitude of noxious plant species that impose many costs on landowners and the surrounding community.

Join us for an informative evening as foresters from NYS DEC & CCE will discuss and demonstrate a variety of practical, effective, do it yourself strategies to control undesirable vegetation in the forest and farm landscape.

Contact Brett Chedzoy, 607535-7161 or e-mail bjc226@ cornell.edu.

OCT 4 Know Your Cuts Human Services Complex in Montour Falls (323 Owego St, Room 120). 6:30-8:30 pm. Having a clear understanding of the different processing options and cuts of meat will allow you to provide specific directions to your butcher and communicate with confidence to your customers. To cover the costs of the workshop, registration is $10/person or $15/farm. You can register online at http://knowyourcuts.eventbrite.com. Space is limited, so please register early.

Contact CCE Schuyler, 607-535-7161.

OCT 5 - NOV 9 Business Planning Class for Farmers Cornell University. All classes are from 7-8:30 pm.

Course fee is $175. Register online: http://nebeginningfarmers.org/online-courses /register-for-upcomingcourses.

OCT 10-11 Joint Leadership Conference Syracuse, NY. Like usual, an Agri-Business Breakfast will be held the morning of Oct. 11 with a focus on growth of dairy in the Northeast.. Call 888-589-6455, ext. 5598.

OCT 12 Southern Tier Commercial Berry Growers Workshop Belfast Town Hall, 11 Merton Ave., Belfast NY. 8:30 am 4:30 pm. DEC credits have been approved for categories 1a, 10 and 22 (three credits).

There is a fee for this program (lunch is included in price), $25. Pre-registration is required by Oct. 3, fees are non-refundable.

Contact Colleen Cavagna, 585-2687644 ext. 12 or e-mail cc746 @cornell.edu.

OCT 22 Tree Farm Field Day Burnham Woodlot, East Finley, Washington County, PA. 12:30-6 pm. $10/person.

Call 724-223-8781.

OCT 28-29 2011 Cornell Sheep & Goat Symposium • Oct. 28 - Cornell Sheep Farm, Hartford, NY - 11 am - 5 pm • Oct, 29 - Morrison Hall 7:45 am - 6 pm Simultaneous programs for commercial and small farm dairy and meat producers.

Special sessions for FAMANCA cerification, on farm necropsie and many others.

To obtain complete program and registration information for the Symposium go to www.sheep.cornell.edu and click on the calendar. Online registration for credit cards is available. Contact Victoria Badalamenti, 607-255-7712 or e-mail vb65@cornell.edu.

OCT 29 Cornell Beef Replacement Auction Dryden, NY. Registered and commercial heifers, bred heifers and cows. Angus, Simmental, Hereford. Contact Mike Baker, 607-2555923 or e-mail mjb28@cor nell.edu.

NOV 7-8 2011 Cornell Agribusiness Strategic Marketing Conference Hyde Park, NY. A full conference agenda and registration information will be available.

Check out http://marketing pwt.dyson.cornell.edu regularly for updates.

NOV 7-8 Got Woods? Got Livestock?

Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel in Watkins Glen, NY. Come learn how Silvopasturing (sustainable woodland grazing) can improve the health, performance and viability of livestock operations and woodlands in the Northeast.

The conference is open to all, but foresters, graziers, researchers and conservation professionals are especially encouraged to attend this inaugural event. For agenda and registration, visit http://nesilvo pasture.eventbrite.com.

Contact Brett Chedzoy, 607535-7161 or e-mail bjc226 @cornell.edu.

JAN 27 & 28 4th Annual Winter Green-up Grazing Conference Century House, Latham, NY. 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.

Contact Lisa Cox, 518-7653512.

Despite adverse weather, corn production remains strong The United States is still on track to produce the third-largest corn crop on record, estimated to total 12.5 billion bushels of corn, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture reports released Sept. 12. Despite U.S. corn farmers facing several major weather events that negatively impacted much of the production acreage, causing national average yield estimates to drop to 148.1 bushels per acre, the world corn stocks projection has increased, more than offsetting the

reduction projected for the country.

“We have heard from many of our peers across the country about what’s going on in their fields and their expectations come harvest, and we have seen first-hand some of the problems of a very difficult year in important areas of the Corn Belt,” said NCGA President Bart Schott, a grower from Kulm, ND. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to those who lost all or some of their crops this year.

Even as many farmers

struggle to rebuild, we know that the resilient, independent spirit of the American farmer will prevail.”

This spring, rain and flooding delayed planting in much of the Corn Belt while flooding and blown levies along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers caused growers to lose planted acres. In Texas and much of the South, scorching heat and drought devastated the crop while abnormally high temperatures in July and August impacted a large area of the

Corn Belt to a lesser extent. As harvest approached, many farms along the Atlantic Seaboard were devastated as Hurricane Irene pounded the operations with strong winds and heavy rain. On top of all this, hail and high winds impacted thousands of acres in the Midwest during the growing season.

Even in light of these events, it is important to keep the final production estimates in perspective, realizing that a 12.5 billion bushel harvest

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would still be the thirdlargest on record. Only 10 years ago, the average yield nationally was 138 bushels per acre and production totaled only 9.5 billion bushels. The decade before that, the average yield reached only 107 bushels per acre nationally and production totaled only 7.5 billion bushels. Even as estimates are revised down to account for the damage done to the 2011 crop by weather, the strides made through innovative technology and techniques continually allow growers to excel even under difficult circumstances.

“This year’s crop clearly illustrates the need for a sound farm policy that includes crop insurance and the risk management tools necessary for our country to provide critical assistance to farmers when they face crop losses due to adverse weather conditions,” said Schott. “We also recognize from past years the need for sup-

port in the face of crop disease or volatile markets. We hope that this lesson remains prominent in the minds of our legislators as they discuss the 2012 farm bill and find ways to deliver aid to farmers when they need it that is faster, simpler and smarter.”

In addition, Schott noted, the marketplace will respond to make sure all needs are covered. World corn ending stocks are projected up 2.9 million tons from August, with increases in South America and Europe more than offsetting the reduction projected for the United States. Further, distillers grains from ethanol production provides a highquality, high-value feed product for livestock producers, displacing more than 1.2 billion bushels of corn in livestock rations this marketing year in the United States and abroad.

Source: NCGA News of the Day, Monday, Sept. 12

NCGA unveils proposal for 2012 Farm Bill

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and crop reporting districts to set the crop revenue guarantee and would establish a guarantee based on the fiveyear Olympic average of revenue.

Payments would be limited to 10 percent of the guarantee, based on planted acres and adjusted to a farm’s yield. Payments would cover lost revenue between 85 to 95 percent of the guarantee. Marketing loan rates would be restored to standard levels, rather than being reduced by 30 percent in ACRE. “While today’s farm bill provides critical assistance to farmers when they face a significant loss, growers also need a program that can efficiently address gaps in protection that cannot be addressed by federal crop insurance alone,” Schott said.

“ADAP will assist in streamlining those goals and ensure farmers are better protected when revenue is lost due to crop disease, volatile commodity markets and adverse weather across multiple years.”

Source: NCGA News of the Day, Monday, Sept. 12

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The National Corn Growers Association has unveiled the Agriculture Disaster Assistance Program, a commodity title proposal for the 2012 farm bill that will modify and replace the existing Average Crop Revenue Election Program and provide a more effective and responsive safety net for growers.

“Responding to a charge by our voting delegates to investigate transitioning direct payments into programs that allow producers the ability to mitigate risk, our grower-led Public Policy Action Team developed a crop-specific, revenuebased risk management tool that provides a safety net when growers are facing a loss,” said NCGA President Bart Schott. “We are focusing on simplification and faster delivery of assistance when it is needed.”

ADAP builds on the existing structure of ACRE and is designed to address the need for simplification and elimination of overlapping coverage with individual crop insurance.

Changes include the use of harvest prices

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NOTICE - Monroe County and area municipalities are working to consolidate services by selling equipment in a regional auction with the City of Rochester, Monroe County Water Authority, local towns, villages and schools.

More equipment coming, check our website for additional information. www.teitsworth.com LOCATION - 145 Paul Rd. at the MCF Center.

From Rt. 390 approx. 6 miles north of NYS Thruway, take Scottsville Rd. (Rt. 383) exit 17 off Rt. 390, proceed S.W. 2 miles and turn right on Paul Road (Rt. 252A) to auction site.

SELLING EQUIPMENT: Loaders & Backhoes JD 624H wheel loader, S/N 574514 2001 JD 624 wheel loader, AC, ride control Komatsu WA320-3 wheel loader, S/N A30134 Komatsu WA250TC wheel loader, S/N A75058 JD 544G wheel loader, quick coupler, S/N 558954, new 17.5-25 rubber, GP bucket, 11" plow blade, forks, 5200 hrs.

Fiat Allis FR10C wheel loader, GP bucket, S/N 610588, 2005 NH LB75D 4WD tractor loader backhoe, EHOE, 2199 hrs.

JCB 210 tractor loader backhoe, S/N 484532 Ford 555C tractor loader backhoe, S/N AH09282 Case 580K 4WD tractor loader backhoe, S/N JJG0010756 Case DH4B 4WD tractor w/backhoe, diesel Case hyd. hammer Skid Steer Loaders: Bobcat 863 skid steer loader, w/cab, heat, S/N 51440619, 1700 hrs.

Cat 287B skid steer loader w/tracks, S/N 2209 Cat 267 skid steer loader w/tracks, S/N 802 Cat 257B skid steer loader w/tracks, S/N 697 Rollers, Chippers, Lifts, & Misc.: 2001 Terex RT boom lift, S/N 16438, 573 hrs.

Cat TH220B telehandler 2000 Hypac drum roller

Wacker RD880 vibratory roller 2002 Vermeer BC1320A chipper 1995 Bombadier SW-48 sidewalk plow IR air compressor TANDEM & SINGLE AXLE TRUCKS & TRAILERS: 2000 Volvo WG64F T/A, Everest dump body & plow equipment, Cummins M-11, Fuller 8LL, 120K, very good condition 1995 Ford LN 9000 T/A dump 1985 Ford LT9000 T/A dump, Cummins (2) 2004 Sterling S/A tractors 1997 IH 2674 S/A dump, plow & wing, Cummins 1991 Mack S/A dump, w/plow & wing, sander 1990 Ford L9000 S/A dump, Cat 3406B 1988 Ford L8000 S/A dump, plow, 70K 1987 Ford L9000 S/A dump, Cummins 1987 Ford F800 S/A dump 1986 F8000 S/A w/10' sander body, diesel, auto., 88K 1986 Autocar S/A dump, Cummins 1986 Ford F600 dump, gas 2002 J&J 34' Tri-Axle 2001 landscape trailer 1993 Custom trailer 1990 Eager Beaver 9T tag trailer 20T trailer, needs work 1996 Dandy dump trailer 1996 Leo trailer 1997 Smith SS "V" body 12' sander SPECIALTY: (2) 2006 Ford shuttle bus 2003 Ford shuttle bus 1997 Ford bus, 22K (2) 2001 Ford 350 aerial lift truck 2000 IH 4700/Altec S/A utility/bucket truck, 138K 1999 IH 4700 S/A auger/pole setter truck, 135K Fiberglass S/A "pup" enclosed trailer.

1984 Ford C8000 w/Vac-All E10 sweeper, Cat 3208 frt./JD 6414 rear, used every week!

1997 E-One Hurricane 110' ladder truck, Detroit Series 60, auto., 300 gal. tank, Hale 1500 GPMS (2) 1987 E-One Hurricane 110' ladder truck, Detroit Series 60, auto., 300 gal. tank, Hale 1500 GPMS 1981 E-One Hurricane 110' ladder truck, Detroit Series 60, auto., 300 gal. tank, Hale 1500 GPMS

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NOW TAKING CONSIGNMENTS! Selling: (35) Trucks & trailers; (30) Specialty trucks; Equipment incl: loaders & backhoes; (25) 1-tons, pickups, vans, cars & much more!

Inspection: Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, 12 P.M. - 4 P.M. Visit our website for more info www.teitsworth.com.

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Selling Off Site: 1992 E-One Hurricane 110' ladder truck, Detroit Series 60, auto. has been in accident, to view contact Tom Swartz ,585428-7002 1 TONS, PICKUPS, VANS, CARS: 2001 Ford F550 dump, diesel, 4WD, plow 2000 Ford F550 4WD dump, diesel, auto., plow, needs torque convertor, 50K 1999 Ford F450 hook lift truck sells w/dump and flat bed, diesel 1992 Ford F450 dump (2) 2008 Ford F350SD 4WD pickups, V8 gas, AC, auto., tow package, plow, bedliner, very good condition, 20K& 31K 2008 Ford F350 dump, 2WD, liftgate, gas, auto., 26K 2004 Ford F350 4WD pickup, diesel 2001 Ford F350 dump 2001 Ford F350 utility 2000 Chev. 3500 4WD dump, frame problem 2000 Ford F350 4WD pickup, diesel 2000 Chev. 3500 4WD pickup, needs trans.

(3) 1996 Ford F350 4WD dump 1996 Ford F350 dump 2006 Chev. 2500HD Silverado crew cab pickup, 56K 2005 Ford F250SD 4WD pickup, auto., 73K 2005 Chev. 2500 pickup 2003 Chev. 2500HD utility, 6.0L, 84K 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup, engine problem (3) 2001 Ford F250 pickup 2001 Ford F250 4WD pickup w/plow 1997 Ford F250 4WD pickup 2009 Ford F150 2WD pickup, reg. cab, AC, PL, PW, cruise, 45K 2008 Miles ZX 40ST 72V electric pickup 2003 Chev. 1500 pickup 2001 Chev. 1500 4WD Silverado pickup 2001 Chev. 1500 ext. cab pickup 2001 Chev. 1500 pickup 2000 Chev. 1500 4WD pickup 1999 Ford F150 4WD pickup 1998 Ford F150 pickup, auto.

1997 Ford F150 ext. cab pickup 2001 Chev. S-10 pickup, 50K 1999 Chev. S-10 ext. cab pickup 1996 Chev. S-10 ext. cab pickup 1991 Dodge Dakota

(7) 2007 Chev. Tahoe, 4WD, AC, PW, PL, 134K-165K 2007 Jeep Cherokee, 4WD (2) 2006 Ford Escape 4WD Hybrid, PL, PW, AC, 79K & 111K 2002 Ford Explorer 4WD 2001 Ford Explorer 4WD 2001 Chev. Suburban, AC, PL, PW, cruise, 114K, third seat 2001 Chev. 4WD Blazer 2001 GMC Jimmy (2) 2009 Ford Crown Vic, damaged (5) 2008 Ford Crown Vic (12) 2007 Ford Crown Vic (9) 2005 Ford Crown Vic 2004 Chev. Impala 2003 Chev. Impala 2003 Mercury Sable (3) 2002 Chev. Impala 2002 BMW 745i 4DSD, auto., 104K 2001 Ford Taurus 2000 Chev. Lumina 2000 Chev. Impala 1998 Lincoln Continental, AC, PL, PW, cruise 1998 Ford Crown Vic 1997 Plymouth Breeze 1994 Honda Accord (2) 2004 Ford passenger van, diesel 2002 Chev. Cube van 2002 Plymouth Voyager 2002 Chev. C3500 van (3) 2001 Chev. C3500 van 2001 Ford E350 van 1999 Chev. Venture van 1997 Chev. Astro AWD van 1997 Dodge van 1992 Chev. step van Tractors, Mowers, & Landscape: Kubota RTV 900 RTV w/cab & heat JD 620 4x4 Gator w/cab 2000 JD 6x4 Gator 2000 JD Gator-Pro JD 6x4 Gator Kubota M4700 tractor w/loader 1997 Jacobsen bat wing mower, engine problem 1996 Cushman Frontline 72" mower (2) 2009 Toro mowers 2008 Toro mower

SELLING FOR MONROE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY: (2) 2004 JD 310SG 4WD tractor loader backhoes, EHOE, 4000 & 5600 hrs., SN: 937872 & 937842 2004 IH 4200 crew cab utility, diesel, 82K 2000 IH 4700 S/A dump, diesel, 57K 1997 Ford F350 utility, 90K 2003 Ford F150 pickup 2001 Chev. 1500 4WD pickup 2005 Ford Ranger 2004 Ford Ranger 2002 Chev. S10 pickup 2004 Chev. C3500 EXPRESS van MISC: 10' ProTech push blade; Bobcat snowplow blade; IR stationary 125CFM compressor; Cat 3208 210 hp. engine; Stihl chains; 3500W & 4000W generators; (2) 110 gal. PU fuel tanks; Stihl string trimmers; and more!

Large qty. of bicycles; tools, jewelry & misc. electronics from Monroe County Sheriff Unclaimed Property INSPECTION: Friday, September 30, 12:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. TERMS: Full payment auction day, cash, check, MC/Visa or municipal voucher. 2% buyer's fee waived for payment with cash or check.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011 9:00 A.M. MONROE COUNTY MUNICIPAL EQUIPMENT AUCTION HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, CARS & TRUCKS 145 PAUL RD., ROCHESTER, NY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2011 9:00 A.M. MUNICIPAL & CONTRACTOR EQUIPMENT AUCTION HAMBURG FAIRGROUNDS, HAMBURG, NY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2011 9:00 A.M. CONTRACTOR RETIREMENT AUCTION LAPLUME EXCAVATING 119 NEWTON RD. PLAISTOW, NH

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2011 9:00 A.M. ONONDAGA COUNTY AREA MUNICIPAL EQUIPMENT AUCTION MUNICIPAL & CONTRACTOR EQUIPMENT SYRACUSE, NY (NYS FAIRGROUNDS) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2011 9:00 A.M. EMPIRE TRACTOR RELOCATION AUCTION FARM TRACTORS, EQUIPMENT, AGRICULTURAL PARTS, STORE INVENTORY, STORE PICTURES 5563 EAST MAIN ST. BATAVIA, NY

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