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“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8

Sold-out Keystone Show draws farmers

by Sally Colby If the subject of farm equipment comes up at the end of the year, farmers start to talk about the Keystone Farm Show — also known as ‘the farmers’ farm show’ — held annually at the York Fairgrounds in York, PA. Since its inception in 1998, the show has grown to a three-day event that attracts farmers from New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, northern Virginia and Pennsylvania.

“Today we had an issue that hasn’t happened in years,” said Lee trade show manager Ken Maring. “We had trouble finding enough spaces for people to park.” But Maring says that’s a good problem — it means farmers are coming out to see the latest in farm equipment and services.

Maring added that although Tuesday

was well-attended, Wednesday typically draws the most visitors. “It’s the middle of the week for farmers,” he said. “They can relax and plan chores around it.”

Maring noted that all seven buildings on the fairgrounds were wellattended at all times. “We also have a couple of buses from Virginia,” he said, “and I’ve taken several phone calls from people who want directions coming from Virginia.” Although Maring hadn’t had a chance to visit with every exhibitor by the end of the day on Tuesday, he noted that the trailer dealers at the show were extremely happy with traffic. He added that one of the exhibitors referred to Keystone as attracting ‘the most diverse buying crowd he’s ever seen’.

“He said he’s had a diversified crowd

The Keystone Farm Show, held in York, PA. on Jan. 4,5 and 6, provided an opportunity for farmers to learn about the latest in ag equipment.

Photos by Sally Colby The Keystone Farm Show is one of looking for everything from tillage equipment to tractors to pressure Lee Publications’ six major trade shows. The next show is the Virginia washers,” said Maring.

Many farmers who visit the Keystone Farm Show, held at Augusta Expo Farm Show take the opportunity to Land in Fishersville, VA, slated for update their pesticide applicators’ Jan. 19, 20 and 21. In addition to license by attending seminars taught by exhibits and demos of a variety of farm Penn State extension educators on both equipment and services, the Virginia Tuesday and Wednesday. This year, Farm Show features a popular skid Keystone featured sessions on ‘The fate steer rodeo.

Because the show sells out every of pesticides in the environment’, Soybean pest management update, year, Maring says that the 2013 Surfactant management to increase Keystone Farm Show, scheduled for pesticide efficiency, What’s new in her- Jan. 8, 9 and 10, will include addibicides for 2012, Spill management and tional exhibit space in a 66’ x 104’ Pesticide record keeping requirements. tent.

For more information on Lee Trade In addition, Land O’ Lakes offered a special one-day seminar on Wednesday. Shows, visit www.leetradeshows.com/

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Attendees compare notes on the previous growing season and discuss the best methods of putting up silage.

Farmers discuss the advantages of mixers.

The Wood-Mizer was busy demonstrating the versatility of a portable saw mill.

Maple producer becomes more energy efficient Doug and Linda Fairbanks own and operate a maple production facility in Chautauqua County, NY, where they produce approximately 1,200 gallons of maple syrup annually. The equipment used in converting the raw sap to maple syrup was outdated and inefficient. They applied for and were awarded a Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant to help purchase a new reverse osmosis

machine and a new heat combustion chamber, according to Rural Development New York. These two items helped increase the efficiency of their operation in the evaporation process.

Additionally, the new combustion chamber increased safety and efficiency mechanisms. The new reverse osmosis machine is about twice as efficient as the old machine.

Don’t let Salmonella sneak up on your herd The clinical signs of Salmonella are easy to identify — sudden weight loss, weakness, fever, diarrhea and dehydration. While these symptoms signal clinical Salmonella on your dairy, they are only the tip of the iceberg. The majority of Salmonella infections in herds are sneaky and often can go undetected for long periods of time in the form of subclinical salmonellosis.

These cases show no visible clinical signs of disease, so they are difficult to identify yet reduce a herd’s productivity.

What’s worse, Salmonella pathogens can spread from animal to animal throughout an operation for months without detection.

“USDA data tells us that nearly half of all dairies are infected with Salmonella, and in herds over 500 cows, that number jumps to 61 percent,” explains Gary Neubauer, DVM,

senior manager, Pfizer Animal Health Cattle Technical Services. “Most of those infections are subclinical, resulting in decreased milk production and cattle that are more susceptible to other diseases, especially right after calving.”

A subclinical case of salmonellosis can develop as a result of exposure to three different types of pathogen carriers: • Active carriers that shed the Salmonella organism in manure and/or milk • Symptom-free carriers that infrequently shed organisms • Dormant carriers that harbor Salmonella but do not shed bacteria Dr. Neubauer points out that cattle can often move among these carrier states. For example, a dormant carrier may become an active carrier and vice

FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE American Farm Bureau Federation

Agriculture’s stellar performance ing an ample supply of food at reasonable prices has been met and exceeded.

The reasons for American agriculture’s stellar performance are apparent in a report issued by the Economic Research Service (ERS), the agency of the Department of Agriculture responsible for economic analysis.

The 77-page report basically boiled down to the fact that American farmers and ranchers are still able to produce more with less; that is more food with fewer labor hours and less land than was used 30 years ago. As a result, U.S. farm productivity has increased nearly 50 percent.

There are a number of factors cited in the

versa. Carriers can infect the rest of the herd through fecal-oral contamination of bacteria shed during periods of stress. Dr. Neubauer recommends taking these steps as part of a Salmonella control plan: • Maintain clean facilities. Evaluate your fresh cow, transition and calving pens. Apply fresh bedding on a consistent schedule and remove all manure from the facilities.

• Sanitation is key. Feeding equipment and loaders should not be used for manure handling. Help reduce the spread of bacteria by using chlorhexidine (Nolvasan® Solution) to clean calf-feeding utilities and oral treatment equipment, on a regular basis.

• Enforce biosecurity measures. used in agriculture dropped during the period measured by the report (1982 to 2007), declining from 54 percent to 51 percent of total U.S. land area.

Farming also used 30 percent less hired labor and 40 percent less operator labor.

In the past, the work ethic of farmers has often been cited as a contributing factor in productivity gains.

There’s really no differ-

Insist that all visitors, including your veterinarian, wear clean boots and clothing. Wash boots regularly with orthophenylphenol (Stroke Environ®) and launder work clothes daily.

Ideally, work attire should be left at the dairy.

Work with your veterinarian to develop a Salmonella control program.

Reducing your herd’s risk of Salmonella Newport is important for the future of your dairy, as well as safety of our food supply. Don’t wait until you’ve seen a clinical outbreak of the disease; start working on a program today.

For more information on ways to reduce your risk of Salmonella visit www.SalmonellaRisk.com.

ence today. Farmers and ranchers are still incredibly hard workers, but thanks to better education, training and technology they also work smarter.

Throughout the history of American agriculture there has never been a time when the people who work the land to produce our food, fiber and fuel have said, “That’s good enough.”

Instead, they have always tried to do better.

This attitude may not show up in statistical tables, but that commitment to continual improvement is a driving force that makes American agriculture so successful.

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.

Leasing Your Land for Natural Gas Exploration A Leasing Your Land for Natural Gas Exploration meeting will be held on Jan. 17, 7 to 9 p.m. at Addison High School.

Cornell Cooperative Extension will hold an informational meeting on leasing land for natural gas exploration, and how to best manage any money received from leasing or royalties.

The speaker is James Leonard. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO) Certified Minerals Manager. He is also a NARO National Board member and NARO-New York Board member and

Vice-President. Leonard’s professional practice consists primarily of natural gas lease and utility scale wind and solar power lease consulting, litigation support, management advisory services, financials and taxation.

In 2009, Leonard co-authored (along with Joseph Bennett, CPA of Cornell University) a course designed specifically for accountants dealing with the complex income and taxation issues of individual mineral rights owners.

For further information contact Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County at 607-664-2300.

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by Stewart Truelsen “Jobs, jobs, jobs” seems to be the campaign theme for both major parties in 2012, and while unemployment is a terrible hardship, we can be thankful that the campaign is not about “food, food, food.”

In an election year there is sure to be a focus on all the things that are wrong with the economy and the country at large.

Both political parties would like to make things better. Unemployment, housing, energy, education and a crumbling infrastructure are all going to be touched on in campaigns.

What’s missing from the list is food and agriculture and that’s because America does not have a food crisis.

The basic goal of produc-

report that enabled American agriculture to achieve these results.

They include innovations in the way farms are organized, managed and handle risk, as well as changes in production practices.

Genetically engineered seeds and no-till farming were credited with reducing machinery, fuel and pesticide use.

Advancements in drip and pressure irrigation systems conserved water. In fact, agriculture relies more on science and technology for growth than other industries.

The ERS report also noted that farm production has shifted to larger units over the past quarter century. These larger crop and livestock operations can take advantage of scale economies and are better positioned to negotiate contracts. Yet, 97 percent of all farms remain family operations, some of them going back four or five generations.

The amount of land

Fairbanks Maple Products, Sugar Shack, Chautauqua County NY.

Crops and techniques for winter harvest

by Sanne Kure-Jensen As part of the New England Vegetable & Fruit Conference and Trade Show, held Dec. 13-15, speakers described their experience with winterhardy greens and outdoor storage of root crops.

Michael Kilpatrick of Kilpatrick Family Farm in Middle Granville, NY, shared photographs from his farm and recommended his most valuable farm tool, a notebook.

“Write everything down and use the data for planning and improvement,” Kilpatrick said. His notebooks are filled with data on temperature, rainfall, sun and clouds, planting dates, harvest dates, yield and crop rotations.

Planting techniques To raise yields, Kilpatrick interplants short season crops with long season crops, like greens with tomatoes. By the time the tomatoes are 3feet tall, the lettuces are ready for harvest. Winter interplanting is accomplished by planting pac choi and Swiss chards together, due to the winter temperatures; they grow at different rates and complement each other.

Fall plantings include onions and shallots overplanted with greens. The micro greens and baby lettuces shade out most weed seeds; when the early crops are harvested, the onions can grow on.

Planting Schedule and Varieties Kilpatrick detailed his planting schedule and many successful varieties. By June 1 the Churchill and Dimitri Brussels Sprouts were planted for fall and winter harvest. Favorite leeks include Megaton, Lexton and Bandit. By July 10 Bolero, Yellow Sun, Purple Haze and Rainbow carrots were planted. Two Swiss Chards were planted: Bright Lights by Aug. 1 in fields or mini houses, Aug. 10 and Oct. 13 and 28 in high tunnels or greenhouses; Fordhook Giant was planted by Sept.

10 in high tunnels.

At the Farmer to Farmer “Successful Winter Growing” Growers Forum, the following spinach varieties were recommended by the audience: Space (best according to majority), Beauty (very green), Corvair (pretty), Hunter (dark green), St. Helens (light green, resists fusarium), Lombarden (sweet

Cover photo by Sally Colby The Keystone Farm Show is the ideal venue for farmers to learn about new products.

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and delicious in fall), Menorca (delicious, short stems). Raccoon and Crocodile spinach were recommended for cooking and Tyee was reported as the least productive variety.

Kossack, Winner and Kilibro Kohlrabies were planted at Kilpatrick Family Farm by Aug. 1. By Sept. 1, Red Meat, Nero Tondo, Alpine and Miyashige radishes were seeded.

Kilpatrick’s favorite shallots are Ambition or Picador. In February these onions were seeded for April transplanting: Prince or Pontiac, Redwing and Gold Coin. Bridger and Forum were seeded for overwintering. Ruby Perfection and Deadon cabbages were planted by June 1.

Kilpatrick also spoke about the trials that seed companies were conducting with winter growing. Last year High Mowing Seeds trialed 13 varieties of spinach overwinter. The highest yields were achieved with Giant Wonder, Space and Pigeon with regrowth harvests starting in January and continuing until May. Farm favorite lettuces included Sulu, Concept, Magenta, Winter Density and Johnny’s 5 Star mix.

Blends included Lettony, Antaga, Defender, Galactic, Yankee mix and DMR mix. For head lettuce, Kilpatrick recommended Breen and Spretnak.

Kilpatrick described his favorite braising or Asian greens: Pac Choi was seeded Aug. 20 and 25. Transplants were field planted Sept. 16 and indoor transplanted Sept. 30. Broccoli Raab, Vitamin Green, Tokyo Bekana (customer favorite), Yukina Savoy were seeded Sept. 9 and transplanted to high tunnels in mid October. Leaves, rather than heads, were individually harvested, washed, dried and bagged for sale.

Kale was seeded July 5 and field transplanted Aug. 5. Indoor kale was seeded July 20 and Aug. 4 for transplanting Aug. 17 and Sept. 1.

Customers loved to buy and eat colorful Chidori Kale (ornamentals in red or

white) since Kilpatrick nicknamed it “Peacock” Kale. Braising greens benefit from leaving a little rosette at first harvest to boost photosynthesis and speed regrowth.

Tips for Handling Greens Spinach is washed in a tank aerated by a fish tank bubbler.

Micro greens need only 30 days to harvest size. At Kilpatrick Family Farm staff use cordless grass sheers to harvest micro greens. When they tired of swapping and recharging batteries, they wired the clipper.

Gradually hardened off lettuces and greens can take cooler temperatures and survive well into winter under row covers. Plant lettuces in the center of the row; kale, spinach and other greens are more cold tolerant and can be planted on the outer rows.

Kale is very cold hardy; Kilpatrick only covers it when temperatures drop to 15 F. Leaves are stored loose in bins in the coolers until packaged for sale.

Popular Specialty Crop Ginger is harvested in fall for immediate CSA delivery and some is frozen and stored for a “treat” in mid-winter.

Other conference speakers placed ginger in a basket by their cash registers and impulse sales soared.

The Kilpatrick Family Farm website has a resource page with helpful references and slides from all of Michael Kilpatrick’s conference talks at www.kilpatrickfamilyfarm.com/NEVF. html. You can read summaries of most of the speakers’ presentations from the 2011 New England Vegetable & Fruit Conference at www.newenglandvfc.org/2011_conference/proceedings/nevfc-2011-proceedings.pdf. A summary of Michael Kilpatrick’s talk on Diversified Winter Crops starts on page 106.

To learn more about Kilpatrick Family Farm, visit www.kilpatrickfamilyfarm.com. You can contact Michael Kilpatrick via email at michael@kilpatrickfamilyfarm.com or call 518300-4060.

Demonstrating the past to preserve the future

by Sally Colby When Brad Whyte was 13, he had a friend who had a steel-wheel tractor. “I wasn’t able to drive or do much else yet,” said Whyte, “so when the opportunity came along to buy my first antique tractor for $50, I had to have my dad go get it for me.” Whyte says it was ‘a lousy winter day’ when he and his dad towed the 1930 John Deere GP home.

Whyte recalls that the old tractor needed only a little magneto work to get it running, and once it was repaired, he was hooked. Today, Whyte has about 30 antique tractors, mostly Olivers, Internationals and John Deeres (including his first 1930 GP). “I grew up on an Oliver,” said Whyte.

“That’s what my dad farmed with, so that was my brand of choice to collect.”

Following his interest in old steam and gas-powered farm equipment, Whyte is the president of the New York Steam Engine Association (NYSEA), formed in 1960. The organization hosts a four-day steam pageant in August, drawing visitors who marvel at the big iron farm equipment that has been preserved for future generations to enjoy. “We aren’t just steam and antique farm tractors,” said Whyte, “There’s something for everybody. We thresh and plow with steam engines and old prairie tractors.”

Although prairie tractors weren’t common in the northeast, several collectors bring them for demonstrations.

“Prairie tractors are some of the biggest, earliest tractors built,” said Whyte. “They were so big they never made it to the northeast. They were used to break the sod in the prairies at the turn of the century. Hundreds were built, but only a few survived.”

Prairie tractor brands exhibited include the Rumely Oil Pull, Hart-Parr, Case, Mogul and Titan.

Steam-powered engines were popular from around 1870 to the early 1900s. Whyte says that gas tractors arrived on the farm scene in the 1900, but weren’t perfected until around 1920. “The old steam guys wouldn’t give up what they had,” he said, “but gas tractors were taking over. Gas replaced steam because steam required a fire in the steam vessel at all times. That fire was a big problem with sparks near the barns, or during threshing, especially when they were out on the prairie threshing wheat.

They’d light the wheat field on fire and there was no easy way to put the fire out.” Like custom operators of today, most steam traction engines went from farm to farm to help with tasks such as threshing, baling and other routine farm tasks.

Although they got the job done, steam tractors were dirty, and passersby were likely to end up covered with coal ash and water from condensed steam. “Most companies built steam tractors into the 1930s,” said Whyte.

“Some of the engines at show are from 1920 through 1925, but that was the downhill side for steam. That seems like a short window, but it was such a marvelous change from hard labor to something that could ‘do things’ mechanically.”

But Whyte thinks the contrast is not so much from steam to gas tractors as it was from beasts of burden (horses, oxen) to an affordable gas tractor that would work on the small farms of New York and other agricultural areas throughout the northeast. And while steam traction engines were being

A restored Avery tractor with an 8-bottom plow works the ground during the New York Steam Association's Pageant of Steam. used throughout the Midwest, New young people. For every 10 of the old York farmers were still using horses. generation, we might get one new. We “Farmers went from walking behind an don’t want these old machines to all animal to a (steam) machine that could end up with private collectors.” labor all day long and get so much Whyte says some of the machines more work done,” he said. “From plow- displayed at the pageant have stayed ing a half acre in a day with a mule to with families for close to 100 years. a machine that could do 50 acres. It “We don’t have the same love affair must have been quite unreal for them.” with our equipment that we had 40 Antique tractors, like nearly any- years ago,” he said, recalling how thing else old, are pricy. Whyte says young farm children would claim that that hard-to-find prairie tractors might their family’s tractor was the best. carry a price tag of around $600,000, “When I was a kid, a farm tractor was but added that some antique tractors a member of the family. That’s how from the early 1900s to 1925 are still these tractors survived, staying in a reasonably priced yet rare enough to family even after their usage years interest a new collector. Whyte noted were done.” Whyte says he has become that most of the antique farm equip- more interested in steam traction ment displayed at the pageant is pri- engines in the past 10 years, and now vately owned, some by retired farmers that he’s been around these big and others who have ag backgrounds. machines, he’s more familiar with “We’re getting fewer and fewer people them and understands why they were who remember stationary threshing dear to peoples’ hearts.

For details on the 2012 Pageant of from around 1910,” said Whyte. “We’re trying to promote more entries for Steam, visit www.pageantofsteam.org

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Many steam traction engines were 'belted up' to operate equipment such as this sawmill.

A Case steam engine pulls a plow across a field at the Pageant of Steam. Farmers who used these machines usually had one or two people on the plow to operate the plowshares.

Photos courtesy of Bob Hicks

Crop Comments

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

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Wiggly Warriors The first time I was officially introduced to red wigglers (genus Eisenia) was in 2001. Sue and I were visiting my son and his wife in Switzerland; they live in the western, French-speaking, part of that tiny nation. We also visited some friends who live in the eastern, German-speaking, part of the country. During that side-trip excursion, as guests of Ruedi and Joan Keller, we saw some pretty neat organic gardening. Kellers had very little yard with their condo. He did most of his gardening in the back yard of a neighbor who had a regular type home with a decent-sized yard.

He paid the land-owner rent by giving him produce. The whole deal worked out quite well.

Going back 123 months,

let me mentally revisit my Swiss host one more time. Ruedi had introduced red worms into his least aged pile of compost. We had a very brief conversation in German, which worked out okay for me: my German is limited… his English is non-existent.

Well, actually Ruedi would tell us “come on”, if he thought that Sue, Joan, and I were walking too slowly.

By using large wooden pallets, Ruedi had fashioned four bays in which to store different stages of compost. In his system there were three different degrees of aged compost. He aerated the future plant food, with pitchfork, by pitching the most aged compost into the empty bay.

Then he pitched the medium-aged compost

into the bay where the most-aged material had been. Then he pitched the least-aged compost into the bay where the medium-aged compost had been. There was always one empty bay.

As hard as he was working, he wanted to show me who the real workers were. He picked up a couple red worms from the medium-aged compost pile, and explained to me that without the wigglers he would not have good compost. So I asked him if the worms traveled underground from one compost pile to another, or did they move on top of the soil. He quickly replied (translated), “I didn’t ask them, and they didn’t tell me”. The Web site www.redwormcomposting.com/quickfacts-about-worm-composting/ is an excellent resource which deals with composting. From it we learn that worm composting (vermicomposting) involves the breakdown of organic wastes through the joint action of worms and microor-

ganisms (although there are often other critters that get involved).

Regular (soil and garden) earthworms cannot be used for worm composting. And they will die if added to an indoor worm bin. Composting red wiggler worms are specialized surface dwellers (not burrowers), typically living in very rich organic matter such as manure, compost heaps or leaf litter.

This Web site also says that the most common variety of red wigglers used for composting is Eisenia fetida, although it’s larger cousin, Eisenia hortensis (a.k.a. the “European Nightcrawler”) is commonly used as well (more commonly to be sold as bait worms).

Thus most likely hortensis was the species which was processing Ruedi’s compost piles.

Eisenia may be common on farms, due to the presence of animal manure, but generally has to be introduced to compost heaps, which Ruedi had to do at some point.

Lumbricus rubellus is an-

other species (and also a small reddish worm) sometimes used for vermicomposting, but is not as effective as E. fetida and E. hortensis. Earthworms (night crawlers, scientific name Lumbricus terrestris) play second fiddle, compared to red wigglers. My guess is that the larger size of the L. terrestris renders it less mobile for non-stop penetration of compost heaps, compared to its cousin L. rubellus and the very distant relatives in the Eisenia genus.

Red wiggler worms thrive in darkness, swearing off light; regular light is harmful to Eisenia, but red light is not. They are hardy workers and can eat half of their own weight every day.

Having hearty appetites, they can live off food scraps such as banana peels and chicken mash, a very palatable (to them) mix of cornmeal and chicken meat. This mix works well for raising red worms as fish bait.Adding crushed egg shells (or other cal-

cium sources) can help stimulate red worm reproduction. These invertebrates also live well in damp places. As fish bait, they wiggle around on the hook and have been known to survive in water for several days at a time, unlike the larger earthworm which often drowns before being eaten.

Red worms technically graze on the microbial community that colonizes waste materials — not really the waste itself (although they certainly ingest some of the rotting waste in the process).

Some research has indicated that protozoans are the primary food source, while there is also evidence that fungi and other microbes are consumed as well.

There have been a number of research studies indicating that vermicomposting can significantly reduce levels of pathogens in waste materials, such as

Crop Comments A7

Common ground

by Steve Suther They say it takes all kinds to make the world, and the adage is all about people. Look around the mall, watch TV or check out the Internet and you find ready evidence of the individuality of individuals.

Look at the world of ideas out there — maybe way out there — in politics, government and economics.

Most of us share some common ideals such as a respect for life, liberty and equality. We believe in that unique spark, call it a soul, that makes us human and drives us to achieve. With that spark comes the fire of independence as another basic ideal, especially in agriculture. We all like to do things our way, starting with a brand of

truck or breed of cattle.

Some like green tractors, others like red. Some build only barbwire fences, others use woven net or rely on electricity. Some spend evenings checking e-mail, or check every smartphone buzz; others roll their eyes at the thought of computers. Horses are part of the deal for some while others ride four-wheelers.

There are millions of ways to raise cattle, too, if you consider that no two farms or ranches around the world operate exactly the same.

Even in North America, where there is more common ground in cattle production, there are still great differences. We may take issue with the genetic selection, management and marketing program across the road, not to mention what is going on a couple of states away.

Yet this business is driven by the need to make consistent profits, to keep the lifestyle going.

Among all of those subsets of people, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, you can find a commitment to raising the kind of beef people rave about.

They aim for the high-quality beef target

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because it pays now and it builds demand for their future. Sure, they find their own ways, but nearly all of their cattle are fed grain in commercial feedlots for at least the four to six months before harvest.

Diversity in genetics is a useful resource in the big picture, but it works best not to have too much of it in one herd. Too much of that good thing makes it impossible to zero in on any target.

Within those feedlots, any diversity in placements on feed is magnified before harvest. For example, a Kansas yard that analyzed records on many thousands of cattle for more than a decade found a range of at least 4 pounds (lb.) daily gain among the most variable quarter of cattle pens.

Times 150 days on feed, that meant starting weights grew apart by 600 lb.

A similar spread is apparent in terms of quality grade. Even without the weight difference, premiums and discounts can create a value spread of $500 or more.

The need for maintaining common ground extends through every segment of the beef industry, through the packinghouse and all the way to the consumer. Although all beef buyers are individuals, they come together on the issue of wanting predictable value for their beef dollars.

A View from Hickory Heights

by Ann Swanson Encouragement Goes a Long Way toward Success A commercial that aired during the holiday season is one of my favorites. I remember seeing it before, but it never gets old.

A family attends a concert in a large auditorium. The couple is stunned when they realize that their son is missing. At about the same time they discover that he is missing the curtain on the stage goes up. A young boy is seated at a baby grand piano and begins to play “Chopsticks”. The mom tells the dad to go get the boy.

Before that happens the maestro comes out.

He tells the lad to keep playing and he adds variations to create a

beautiful song that brings thunderous applause from the audience.

We never know what happens to the young boy but it is assumed that he reveled in the encouragement given by the expert. Maybe he went on to be a piano virtuoso. Maybe he went on to be a heart surgeon.

It does not matter what happened to him. The significance is in the act of encouragement.

In the role of classroom teacher I had the distinct pleasure of being the one to provide encouragement to many youngsters through the years. When the psychologists told me that I got more out of a student than he had to give, I just shrugged my shoul-

ders. I guess that encouragement paid dividends.

The song “A Spoonful of Sugar” comes to mind.

A governess gained respect from her young charges because she treated them with respect. She offered that spoonful of sugar instead of criticism.

In today’s world no one wants to take the blame — for anything! It is always someone else’s fault that something happens. A big company served their coffee too hot. Another large company manufactured cribs that were harmful to infants. A medical supply company manufactured structurally unsound knee or hip replacement.

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takes. We need to acknowledge those mistakes. People are not entitled to exorbitant compensation for pain and suffering or anything else. Companies stake their name on the quality of merchandise they produce, but have had to pay dearly.

Folks, we all pay for this even though the cost may be hidden in the next product that is made by that company.

There is no free ride.

When someone wins a law suit, it is going to cost everyone money.

Sorry, but this took on a life of its own. Every once in a while that happens. Back to the fine art of encouragement.

We all have the opportunity to minister to others through the fine art of encouragement.

How much better things would be if we focused on the positive things that people do instead of the negative ones.

Make it a conscious effort to take time to com-

pliment someone for a job well done.

Instead of criticizing a person focus on what was done well. Everything that is done has something positive about it. Find that positive aspect and begin there.

The power of positive thinking is nothing new.

I have a copy of a book written by Norman Vincent Peale in 1952 with a renewed copyright of 1978. My copy of this book happens to be the golden anniversary edition. As Dr. Peale expounds on the virtues of facing life with a positive outlook it becomes evident how much attitude plays a part in life.

He includes chapters titled “Believe in Yourself”, “How to Create Your Own Happiness”, “Expect the Best and Get It” and “How to Break the Worry Habit.” This man not only wrote about positive thinking he incorporated it into his life successfully.

Negative thinkers

cannot fathom that any of this works, but they need to give it a chance before they reject it, because if you believe, it can make a difference.

Be the encourager.

Pick someone up when they are down. While you are helping others, you help yourself.

It is the same when it comes to volunteer duties. When you do something to help out another person you are a benefactor as well. It feels good to do something that is useful to others. If you are not currently volunteering your service somewhere, think of where you might like to get involved. Most organizations are thrilled to have new volunteers join their ranks.

Be like the maestro and create a work of art when it is least expected.

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

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NYBPA Trade Show The New York Beef Producers’ Association will host a Trade Show at their Annual Meeting, Banquet and Conferences, on Jan. 20-21, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Syracuse. Be part of this exciting weekend.

Numerous producers from around the state attend to see the latest products, services and breed representatives. Some of the vendors displaying their products at our T rade Show

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The New York Junior Beef Producers Association (NYJBPA) Annual Semen Sale will be held on Jan. 21, at 12 p.m. in conjunction with the New York Beef Producer’s Conference at the Embassy Suites Hotel, East Syracuse, NY. Juniors from across New York State are assisting in putting this great event together, which will include semen from these different beef breeds: Angus, Charolais, Club Calf, Hereford, Limousin, Red Angus, Shorthorn and Simmental.

The industry’s most sought after bulls will be offered at this event.

Semen has been donated by different bull studs and breeders from across the na-

tion, and we thank all of them for making this event possible: ABS Global, Accelerated Genetics, Andersen’s Maple Farm, NY; Boyd Beef Cattle, KY; Brookefield Farms, NY; Cates Farms, IN; Compton Farms, NY; Genex/CRI; Glade Haven Herefords, NY; Jay Hakes, NY; Jensen Bros., KS; Jones Show Cattle, Ohio; McCurry Angus Ranch, KS; Rally Farms, NY; Reed Enterprises, MO; Select Sires; Trowbridge Farms, NY; Ned & Jan Ward, WY; Whitestone Farm, VA; Windy Point Angus, NY. All proceeds go to benefit the NYJBPA and their activities to help young beef enthusiasts grow. The NYJBPA is one of the

Juniors showing at the Spring Preview Show in Lockport, NY. Photos courtesy of Shanahan Cattle Promotions

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2012 Ag Industry support letter The New York Beef Producers’ Association would like to extend an invitation to all Agribusinesses to participate in the Trade Show to be held in conjunction with our New York Annual Feeder’s Conference, Annual Meeting, and Winter Management Program. All events will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 6646 Old Collamer Road, off Carrier Circle, in Syracuse, NY, on Jan. 20 and 21.

This is the largest gathering of cattlemen held in New York and an excellent opportunity to promote your products and services to beef producers. For maximum exposure for exhibitors, the trade show will be set up throughout the atrium and in a designated area for those who want things locked up at night.

The NYBPA and Dr. Mike Baker, Cornell Cooperative Extension Beef Cattle Specialist are putting together an excellent program that we expect to be very well

attended.

Exhibit space will be $160 for both days and includes an 8 foot space with a draped table. The trade show area will be open to attendees from 8 a.m.

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We also offer for

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Please fill it out and return it with your payment to: NYBPA,

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Education for cattle feeders and cow/calf producers Educational events for cattle feeders and cow/calf producers will be offered: • on Jan. 20, at the 2012 New York Cattle Feeder’s Conference and on • Jan. 21, at the 2012 New York Beef Producer’s Winter Management Meeting Both events will be held at the NYBPA’s

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The Winter Management meeting will focus on production practices along with

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Tested. Proven. Unbeatable.

Make plans for genomic testing With spring bull sale season around the corner, producers should plan ahead to submit DNA samples in order to receive test results in a timely manner.

“If you are considering genomic tests for this spring, now is the time to place your orders,” said Bill Bowman, American Angus Association® chief operating officer (COO) and president of Angus Genetics Inc. (AGI).

“Members are encouraged to order their tests well in advance of

spring bull sales to ensure that they have the results when needed.”

Once breeders submit DNA samples, there is a 3-4-week processing time for most tests, and there are sale catalog deadlines to consider.

“Even in today’s business of speedy turnaround times and weekly evaluations of expected progeny differences (EPDs), breeders can still miss their window of opportunity to include important information in their

sale books,” Bowman says. “We encourage breeders to budget a four-week turnaround time in order to better meet marketing deadlines.”

Angus breeders may submit genomic orders online through AAA Login and mail samples to AGI, which then processes the order for testing at the appropriate genomic labs.

To learn more about genomic testing or how to submit samples, visit www.angus.org or call 816-383-5100.

NYBPA All Breed Bull and Heifer Sale

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Consignments are now being accepted for the upcoming All Breed Bull and Heifer Sale to be held at the Empire Farm Days site in Seneca Falls, NY, on April

27. Deadline is Feb. 1. The form is on our web site www.nybpa.org or contact Brenda Bippert at nybeefproducers@aol.com or 716-870-2777.

Beef Production in NY: what’s the opportunity for 2012 and beyond?

For the first time in history, the U.S. exported more beef than was imported. This was due to increased exports of low end cuts and grind to Mexico and increased exports of high end cuts to Japan and South Korea.

With Japan raising age restrictions on age at slaughter to 30 months, this should further improve the export market for the U.S. The trend is for beef prices to continue to rise. Price cycles are usually 5 years and we are currently 2 years

into a high-price swing.

Much of this upward cycle will weigh on our economy as well as the European Union. Time will be the judge if we see a double-dip in the recession.

For the first time, the retail market is driving wholesale prices nationally. Wal-Mart moved to promote Choice over Select cuts, they say in response to their consumers.

The price spread has risen to $0.20 per pound, predicted to stabilize between that and $ 0.12.

The consumer is looking

for a high quality product for the flavor experience.

It will take time to build the cow herd back up. So, here in New York we should be sitting pretty. We have 3 million acres of idle land that could be used for pasture. Marginal land is better suited for pasture than crop production.

Our temperate climate is well suited to receive adequate rainfall for pasture and other crops.

So, will you grow your herd, or start a herd?

Pencil it out. If yes, genetic selection is critical.

If you are looking at the commodity market, marbling is the key. Choose your cows and bulls wisely. Carcass ultrasounding may be an important tool to assist with herd development.

Local markets continue to grow as well.

Much of this informa-

tion came from a webinar (online seminar) I heard with Dr. Shane Ellis. Shane is from Iowa State and will be at this year’s New York Beef Producers Association’s Feeders Conference Jan. 20 in Syracuse.

Source: Ag Focus, January 2012

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by Nancy Glazier Let’s take a look into the crystal ball of beef as we enter the New Year.

Cattle numbers are generally on a 10-year swing, with the herd size to swing upwards in 2015. We are at an alltime low with numbers.

As with any look into the future of agriculture, Mother Nature has her input. Last year and 2010 saw severe droughts in the southern plains states with Texas hardest hit. USDA/NASS estimated cow numbers were down 0.5 percent in 2011 and predicted to decline 3.9 percent in 2012, and continue to decline in 2013 by 2.8 percent. There may be one more year of drought conditions due to La Nina weather patterns.

These number declines mean fewer calves next year, and the year after.

Feed prices are partly to blame for declining numbers. Corn prices shot up for 2011 with a small decline as 2011 wanes (Dec. 9). Price per head to feed out cattle rose $80 between January and October. Modified distillers and hay went up as well. Corn prices are predicted up in the spring. Price paid for feeders went up early in the year as supply dwindled. Many feedlot owners purchased stockers (500-600 pounds) early, fed them on available pasture prior to sending to their feedlots at 700-800 pounds.

Another prediction is corn acreage for 2012.

The USDA predicts record acreage will get planted, the largest in world history. A high supply should bring the price down.

World demand for beef is at an all-time high.

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Ford 2n, original, 2 speed, overdrive, nice, $1,800, will trade towards 1960s-1970s ford pickup. 607-387-9598.(NY)

MINI HORSE carts, brand new, will fit A or B size mini horses, nice, vinyl padded bench seat. Call 716-692-8828.(NY) WANTED: 1930 or 1931 Ford Model A Coupe for Father and Son project. 716572-9102.(NY) ONE ARMSTRONG 18.4-38, one Goodyear 18.4-38, both on John Deere rims and with new tubes, 40%, $300 each OBO. 607-278-5846.(NY) WANTED: ONE ROW PTO potato digger, good working condition, 13.6x38 double ring chains, platform scale 100# minimum with extra weights. 315-382-2833.(NY) WANTED: small wood fired evaporator pan; FOR SALE: ACA registered lab puppies, yellow and chocolate, ready to go Jan. 25th. 585-526-5804.(NY) NH DISCBINE, 1411, like new, less than 70 hours, stored inside, retired farmer, $16,000. 716-542-2095.(NY) FIRST CUTTING mixed grass baleage, June cut, 22 bales, $32 ea. 2nd cutting grass baleage, $42, 26 bales, size 4’x4’.

607-674-9345.(NY) BRADY 15 ft. stalk chopper, 14 ft. trailer with hoist and grain racks. 18.4x38 snap on duals. 315-789-8859.(NY)

WANTED: 16 inch hammer mill screen to fit NH fine mesh. 315-536-3834.(NY) JD MoCo 936 discbine, excellent condition, $11,900. 518-527-2701.(NY) PATZ BEDDING chopper, like new, used very little, $3,000; 5 - 10 ft. head locks, $250. ea. Dump Trailer, $975. 585-5544295.(NY) MILK TANK 800 Darikool in use, will be replaced with larger one soon. Price to sell.

585-396-3401.(NY) CASE INTERNATIONAL 2250 loader, valve, bucket, brackets, fit utility 574 thru 895, like new, $3,500; Loader CIH-LA 118 fits DX55-TC55, $3,000. 607-6564568.(NY) 1st, 2nd cutting, grass hay, 60 lb bales.

Knight 3300 mixer wagon, auger, discharge, stored inside, 8-10 years. 716-9836232.(NY)

HEAVY DUTY 21 Kasten forage wagon w/ tandem gear, $2,250; 3pt 9-tooth chisel plow w/ depth wheels. No Sunday Calls.

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(2) NICE HOLSTEIN heifers, due to freshen in February, $1,200. Andrew D. Hershberger, 392 C.R. 30, Williamstown, NY 13493

5 TON TYLER fertilizer spreader, good condition with extra parts. 315-5733121.(NY)

GELBVIEH Highland Cross heifers for sale, delivery available. Call Diane, 860621-6363.(CT)

WANTED: Any purebred color breed heifer calf, for a 4-H dairy project. 716-9579193.(NY)

WANTED: Corn sheller, leave message at 315-651-1512.(NY)

WANTED: Oliver Cletrac HG or OC-3. 315697-3178.(NY)

Chukar Partridges, $5 each; Quail, $4 each; German Shepherd stud service.

WANTED: Compound bow ready to go!

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FARMALL 200, corn sheller, corn drag, 6” 20” auger, IH-FH cultivator, IH 420 2x plow, papec silo filler, dagelman rock rake, AC 2x plow. 518-731-8663.(NY) DEUTZ 6 cylinder air cooled engine, good running, 200 hp, $2,000. Portable hydraulic hole punch with 110v power unit, $1,200.

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THREE SUPER CALF hutches, $600 or best offer. Three black poly tanks, (2) 3000, (1) 2000 asking $4,200 includes everything. 315-364-8569.(NY)

3 LARGE UTILITY poles, new condition, (2) 36 ft., (1) 30 ft., $150 ea. will separate, I can load. 315-252-0360.(NY)

FORD TW10 w/ heavy duty loader, bale grabber, bucket. CCW Patz barn cleaner, used, couple hundred feed, 2” s/s pipeline.

607-522-4340.(NY)

1972 CHEVY P-up dump body, good condition, $1,750; Oak lumber, 5/4” rough cut planks, NH 822 corn head for parts. 518731-1590.(NY)

WANTED: 4’ sickle mower, 3 pt. for JD 2520. 518-392-9422.(NY) WEAVERLINE feed cart, #430, new bearings in augers, new sprockets, web and batteries; WANTED: Eight bolt hub for 3 1/2” axle. 315-536-6027.(NY) 7.3 LITER Navistar diesel, Ford truck engines, Ford three cylinder diesel tractor engine 4.5 liter, John Deere Powertech engine, low hours. 585-526-4785.(NY) WANTED: FORD 7600 engine block, steering components, CASE 1690 head, piston, rings, push rod, used, working condition, can pick up. 315-868-4787.(NY)

WANTED: Dairy Goat for immediate milking. Will pay good price. Samuel A. Gingerich, 34529 Zang Road, LaFargeville, NY, 13656

ROUND BALES, horse, beef hay, 1st cutting, stored inside, 2003 CTS Cadillac, stored winters, loaded, 66,000 mi., copper color, sporty. 607-329-0301.(NY)

CASE IH 1896, 2wd cab tractor, $9,000.

Duals, 20.8x38, almost new hardware, 30% tread, $1,500. No Sunday Calls. 315568-1573.(NY)

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FIVE CERTIFIED ORGANIC JERSEY Hol. cross, 1st and 2nd calf heifers, $6,000 OBO. 315-823-4969.(NY) MILKING DEVONS for sale, bulls (2010) and heifers (2011). Leave message. 315536-0539.(NY)

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Proper mineral management key to keeping cattle healthy

by Brian Wallheimer Beef producers shouldn’t overlook proper mineral intake as part of an overall feeding plan, according to a Purdue Extension specialist.

Ron Lemenager, a professor of animal sci-

ences, said minerals are becoming a more important issue as feed options have changed.

“I think we pretty much had minerals taken care of when everyone was feeding corn and hay,” Lemenager said. “But then it

changed and we introduced by-products like distillers dried grains, corn gluten feed and soybean hulls, which changes our supplementation strategy.”

If minerals such as copper, zinc, manganese and selenium are out of

balance, a cow could have problems with immune function, reproduction, digestion and metabolism, and onset of puberty, among other issues.

“Minerals are involved with pretty much every metabolic

process in the body.

Animals do not perform without them,” Lemenager said. “If you don’t properly provide them, it can cause problems.”

Lemenager said the right combinations of forage, feed and sup-

Producers should develop a mineral strategy, understand how to read and interpret a feed tag, and know how the minerals will interact once ingested.

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plements can minimize the amount of minerals necessary in some cases. He added that the composition of feeds in different areas would require different strategies.

Producers should be familiar with a few key issues involved in mineral management: • Bioavailability.

Lemenager said animals do not absorb certain forms of minerals. Many minerals in the oxide form, such as copper oxide, do not deliver the copper a producer might intend.

• Antagonists. Some minerals work against others. For example, mineral supplements high in iron or zinc may counteract the ability of an animal to absorb copper. In those cases, additional copper may be necessary.

• Chelates. Animals absorb these organic forms of minerals better, but they are more expensive. Lemenager said the cost could be worth it if the animal is stressed or severely deficient, but may not be worth it in other situations.

• Delivery methods.

Lemenager said loose minerals and blocks are effective, but controlling how much an animal consumes can be difficult with those methods. Blocks can also be hard on the animal’s tongue. Mixing minerals with other feeds can better ensure

New embryo transfer rule begins A new embryo transfer (ET) rule, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2012, requires Angus producers who want to register embryo transfer (ET) calves to request an ET authorization when the first owner of a calf is different than the owner of the donor dam.

The new Rule 104(d)(12), adopted at the American Angus Association®’s September Board meeting, states: If the first owner of the calf is different than the owner of record of the donor female, and the embryo removal date is on or after Jan. 1, 2012, the owner of the donor female must obtain and transfer an ET Authorization to the account of the first owner before the calf is eligible for registration.

“Embryos may pass through several hands before a calf is born and registered,” says Don Laughlin, Association director of member services. “ET Authorizations allow the person who is responsible for flushing the donor cow to confirm dates, sires and type of flush (such as in vitro or split embryo) on a calf through the Association’s AAA Login service.”

The authorization will confirm ET registrations when the breeder and first owner are not the same, creating a record between the buyer and seller of

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Cattle from A19 proper consumption.

In general, producers should develop a mineral strategy, understand how to read and interpret a feed tag, and know how the minerals will interact once ingested.

More information on proper mineral management is available in Lemenager’s article, “How do you know if you’re feeding the right mineral?” on pages 1820 in the winter 2011 edition of Indiana Beef Magazine. Other beef resources can be found at www.thebeefcenter .com Source: www.extension.org

the embryos.

The new rule will not affect every Angus producer. In fact, fiscal year numbers at the end of FY 2011 showed approximately 15 percent of all embryo registrations would need an ET authorization to be

registered, if the rule was previously in place.

“Before the new rule, the sire, donor dam, embryo removal date, sex of the calf and the birth date from the first owner (the person registering the ET calf) was known.

Now,

thanks to information from the person who owned the donor dam at the time of the flush, we will know the parentage, range of age and possibly the sex on any pregnant recipients. This increases accuracy of the Associ-

ation’s records and decreases errors,” Laughlin said.

He added, “This rule will also provide an avenue for a seller to monitor registration of embryos or confirmed pregnancies from the donor of which they no

longer have control.”

ET Authorization is free and processed through AAA Login, similar to artificial insemination (A.I.) certificates.

Contact the member service department at 816-383-5100 for more information.

A Few Words

by Phoebe Hall

The weather You’ve heard the old adage; ‘Everyone is talking about the weather, but no one is doing any-

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thing about it’. Maybe the reason nobody does anything about it is that they can’t. We heard this week, that December

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2011 had the least amount of snow of any December on record.

And they also reminded us that back in the mid 1990’s, we had only three inches of snow in December. But in early January that year, everything broke loose and we received 65 inches in two days and the National Guard had to be called

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in to help. They also reminded us that, since we live up along the Great Lakes with all the lake effect weather, no two years are alike, so don’t bank on anything.

As farmers we have our own weather forecasters around all the time, all we have to do is look for them. One of the main ones is observing

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the winter coats of hair on our animals. The last time I looked at them they were very well endowed and looked like they were ready for Siberia. Another sure sign of impeding inclement weather is when we start seeing activity in our rodent traps.

Maybe if I turned the thermostat down they

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wouldn’t find this house so comfortable.

It also seems that just before a prolonged period of inclement weather arrives, our telephone landline tends to develop problems. Almost inevitably, it’s mice that have taken up residence in the junction boxes along the underground lines. For some reason, they seem to know when to honker down in the safest place that they can find. That is, until the telephone technician comes along and disrupts their safe haven.

Since my husband has been keeping a diary for almost 40 years, I thought this might be a good time to see what we’ve survived in the past winters. It read; 12/25/74; 2” snow, beautiful, got up at 5 a.m. back in the house all done with chores by 7 a.m., kids helped, thank goodness. 12/5/75; 55 degrees. 12/13/76; minus four degrees, down to minus 12 degrees, very cold, gutter cleaner and silo unloader wouldn’t work. Went to accountant for tax planning. 12/12/77; from 6 up to 34 degrees.

12/21/78; snowy, cold, 25-45 mph winds.

12/25/79; rainy, windy, 3 1/2 inches of rain.

12/25/80; cold snowy, minus 11 degrees at 5 a.m. barn very cold.

12/30/81; 30 degrees, large flock of geese still around.

12/25/82; record high, 60 degrees at 8 a.m. 12/26/83; very cold, 0-15 degrees, very windy. Wish it would warm up. 12/28/84; ground feed, disked corn stalks, 50 degrees.

12/14/85; blizzard, 6” of snow, 12/15/85; 6” of snow, 12/16/85; 6” of snow, 12/17/85; 6” of snow, 12/18/85; 6” of snow, 12/19/85; 6” of snow, 12/20/85; only 2” of snow.

I can’t remember receiving all that snow back in 1985, just before Christmas. It adds up to almost 45 inches in just one week. I’m thankful that spring was only a little over 90 days away!

But as we look back, the next year we did buy our first front wheel drive loader tractor.

Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him to help you do it and he will. (Psalms 37:5) TLB

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Winter Production of Vegetable Crops in Upstate New York CANANDAIGUA, NY — Growing winter crops for direct or wholesale marketing can be profitable and practical, despite challenging weather conditions. Since winter is traditionally a slow time for produce farms, winter crops need to be balanced with other seasonal demands on the farm and farmer.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County and the Cornell Vegetable Program are hosting a special workshop on winter vegetable production.

Part-time and full-time farms interested in winter crop production can get valuable tips and insights from our special guest farmer speakers: • Paul and Sandy Arnold of Pleasant Valley Farm will explain their year-round production methods and their unique “$10,000per-acre Rule” • Chaw Chang from Stick and Stone Farm will explain how they have transitioned to winter production, storage, and marketing • Jan van der Hyde of Bejo Seeds will share the latest insights on varieties, winter harvesting, and storage Topics will include: • Crops that can be grown in winter in New York • Scheduling to be successful with winter crops — when to direct sow seed, when to transplant • Quick tunnels and their costs — what works/what doesn’t with winter conditions • Pest management during cool seasons • Making the jump from winter crops as a sideline to a major part of farm income • Tips for managing the pace of winter farm work — do you need to go full bore in the growing season if you are also growing and

marketing winter crops?

This workshop is directed to small-scale and larger -scale vegetable growers (organic and conventional)

throughout New York State.

Fee: $25 per person includes lunch, handouts, and expert advice on winter vegetable production.

Pre-registration is required by Jan. 10 by calling Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County at 585394-3977 x427 or email Nancy Anderson

with your full contact information to nea8@cornell.edu.

Winter Production of Vegetable Crops in Upstate New York will be held on Thursday, Jan.

12, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County, 480 North Main Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424.

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Penn State Extension offers ‘Equine Parasite Puzzle’ seminar Did you know that parasites are becoming resistant to the deworming products that are on the market today? Have you been faithfully deworming your horses every six weeks only to learn that this is no longer the recommended practice?

Are you confused about when to worm your horse and how often?

Do you know which horses on your farm have natural resistance to parasites and which may need to be dewormed more frequently? Have you ever had your horse colic, especially after being wormed?

The Penn State Cooperative Extension Equine Program Team is offering a full day seminar designed to help horse owners make sense of the parasite puzzle. “Piecing Together the Equine Parasite Puzzle,” will be held Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Eden Resort and Conference Center, located at 222 Eden Road, Lancaster, PA. The cost of $55 per person includes all instruction, hand-out materials and lunch.

Until recently, the common method of reducing parasite infections in horses was to rigorously de-worm horses every six to eight weeks. Since there are only three major classes of de-worming agents available, resistance to these drug classes is increasing and cases of resistant parasites are now being reported worldwide.

Horses move frequently from state to state and often internationally as well and may move resistant parasites to new farms. This one-day seminar will feature top specialists and researchers in the field who will review the life cycles of the parasites and will explain how resistance occurs.

The speakers will also discuss the effects of rainfall, temperature, pasture rotation, and manure composting on parasite infection. Participants will learn how to prepare a slide and perform fecal egg counts and will be able to work with their veterinarian to develop a program targeted for their specific farm situation.

The agenda for the seminar is: • 9-10:30 a.m. — Dr. Ed Jedzejewski, DVM, Manager Penn State Equine Farm. Thinking Like a Parasite: Types of Parasites, Biology, and the Science of Resistance. What monitoring parasite levels in the Penn State herd has taught us about parasite management; • 10:30 a.m.–noon — Dr. Michael Sukhdeo, Rutgers University Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The Ecology of Parasite infection on Horse Pastures and Implication for Control Strategies ; • noon-12:45 p.m. — Lunch.

12:45-1 p.m. — Dr. David Wolfgang, DVM, Penn State Department of Veterinary Medicine. How to Conduct Fecal Egg Counts in Horses and What the

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Results Can and Cannot Tell Us; and 1-2:30 p.m. — Donna Foulk, Equine Extension Educator, and Dr. Wolfgang, DVM, Penn State. Putting Together the Pieces. Participants will practice making a slide and counting eggs and will work through a series of problems dealing with parasite infection and management.

This program is one of many educational programs being offered by the Penn State Extension Equine Program Team throughout the state. Additional programs include: Caring for the Geriatric and Aging Horse to be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 10, at the Best Western Conference Center in Bethlehem, PA. This seminar will present the latest information on how to meet the nutritional needs of geriatric, underweight, and metabolically challenged horses. Other topics will include adopting practices to increase comfort and manage pain in older horses; understanding diseases associated with the aging process; developing appropriate vaccination, dentistry and de-worming programs; and addressing the mental and physical needs of geriatric and/or rescued horses; and knowing when to say good-bye to your equine friend. This short course has been developed for barn managers, non-profit groups that care for older and/or neglected

horses, and anyone that rides or cares for older horses.

Equine Environmental Stewardship short courses will be held on the following dates and locations: • March 7, 14, 21, and 28 — Lehigh County Ag Center, Allentown, PA; • April 3, 10, 17, and 24 — Columbia County Extension Office; and • April 5, 12, 19, and 26 — Wayne County Extension Office.

Participants in this short-course will be made aware of new and emerging information that will benefit their horses, their farms and the environment.

Participants will learn how to: reduce grazing health risks; rotate and rest pastures; identify grasses, weeds and toxic plants; properly fertilize soil; properly store, compost and apply manure; develop feeding programs for horses that meet but do not exceed nutritional requirements. Participants will also learn how the manure and nutrient management regulations will impact their farm. Cost is $45 per person for all sessions.

For any of the course content information, or to arrange for a course to be offered in your locale, contact Donna Foulk at dlf5@psu.edu or at 610-7461970. To receive program registration materials or to be added to the list serve regarding the Equine Program Team offerings, contact Norma Young at njy1@psu.edu.

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Soil health and reduced tillage sessions at Expo Tuesday, Jan. 24 The Soil Health & Cover Crop session at last year’s Expo had a record attendance of nearly 140 growers, consultants, industry reps and Cornell/CCE staff. This year’s session, on Jan. 24, will cover traditional cover crops as well as the newer crucifer cover crops, and how to best manage them. Featured on the program is Paul Salon, USDANRCS Big Flats Plant Materials Center. He’ll discuss the newest

cover crop technique — mixing diverse grasses, legumes and crucifers to maximize soil building and crop yields.

Chris Martin, Martin Farms, Brockport, and Joe Brightly, Brightly Farms, Hamlin, will describe their experiences and experimentation with different cover crops, including some innovative planting methods. George Abawi, Cornell, will document the many soil and crop benefits that have occurred with good soil manage-

ment in his long-term cover crop and tillage trial. Finally, Thomas Bjorkman, Cornell, will explain how to get the most from your cover crops without risk.

Tuesday, Jan. 24 and Thursday, Jan. 26 Reduced tillage grower-speakers are on the program in the Processing Vegetable, Sweet Corn, Vine Crops and Cabbage sessions, sharing how they do it and the soilbuilding and crop benefits they’ve seen.

Donn Branton, Branton Farms, LeRoy, will share his decades of experience with zone and no-till in processing vegetables. Dan Brainard, Michigan State University, brings research results on the benefits of reduced tillage and cover crops in sweet corn.

Tim and Nick Stanton, Stanton’s Feura Farm, Feura Bush, will describe their success with reduced tillage in vine crops and other vegetables.

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New York State Agricultural and Community Recovery Fund (ACRF) Wholesale Farm Operation Match Component On Sept. 3, 2011, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the creation of an Agricultural and Community Recovery Fund (ACRF) to help rebuild the agricultural industry and farming areas impacted

by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. The Farm Operation Match Component of the ACRF is a coordinated effort by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSDAM) and the New York State Homes and Community Renewal (NYSHCR) to provide emergency funding to help with on farm operating costs incurred as a result of damage by natural disasters.

Fund Administration ACRF is administered

by NYSDAM in coordination with NYSHCR. Under the Farm Operations Match Component, farms located in the following counties may be eligible to receive funding subject to the availability of funds: Albany, Broome, Chenango, Chemung, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery, Nassau, Oneida, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Suffolk, Sul-

livan, Tioga, Ulster, Warren, Washington, and Westchester.

Submission requirements Applications must be RECEIVED by 4 p.m. on Jan 30, 2012 to: NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets, 10-B Airline Drive, Albany, NY 12235.

Attn. Lucy Roberson, Director, Fiscal Management, NYS Agricultural and Community Recovery Fund (ACRF), - Wholesale Farm Operation Match Component.

Note: Applications received by fax or e-mail will not be accepted. Applications received after Jan. 30, 2012 will not be eligible to receive funding.

Programmatic Questions should be directed to: Steve McGrattan by calling 518-457-7836 or emailing him at Steve.McGrattan@agriculture.ny.gov.

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The 2012 Crystal Ball — five ethanol stories to watch in the year ahead 2011 was an exciting year for American ethanol production.

Evolutions in the marketplace, advancements in technology, and progress in policy have all set the stage for a new era in American ethanol production.

Gone is the tax incentive that helped build the industry and then was allowed to expire after it had served its purpose.

Also gone is the tariff on imported ethanol.

Still in place, however, are the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and a marketplace that is now comprised of 10 percent ethanol and growing.

With this backdrop, here are five stories to watch for in 2012, in

the humble opinion of the RFA: 1. First commercial availability of E15 blends for MY2001 and newer vehicles.

The RFA is working very hard to finalize federal requirements to certify E15 blends.

Once completed, getting E15 blends into the marketplace becomes a state-by-state march, with some states like Iowa and Illinois ready to go as soon as the federal requirements are completed. When E15 gallons are first legally available is still up in the air, but we are betting if it happens in the first half of 2012.

2. Free and fair trade of ethanol. In addition to being the world’s largest pro-

ducer, consumer, and exporter of ethanol, American ethanol producers are also the lowest cost producer.

With this emergence, new challenges from ethanol interests in other nations have arisen. Whether it is the European Union anti-dumping investigation or the vacillating ethanol policies in Brazil, a fair resolution to trade challenges will be important to the continued growth and evolution of domestic ethanol production.

3. “You want the truth?

You can’t handle the truth!”

The upcoming year promises to see a great deal of legal activity surrounding American ethanol use.

The recent ruling by a federal judge that California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is unconstitutional will be appealed. And, arguments in the o i l / f o o d pr ocessing/envir onmental lobbying industry lawsuit against EPA’s approval of E15 have yet to be heard.

All of this, as well as international litigation, promises to keep legal beagles busy in the year and years to come.

4. Wave on wave of RFS challenges. The conventional wisdom is Congress will accomplish even less in 2012 than it did last year — with it being an election year and all. While this may prove to be true, it will

not stop those who oppose American renewable fuels from seeking to dismantle the RFS. We expect the barrage of unsubstantiated attacks on the RFS to continue and even intensify as the tax credit that long served as the boogeyman for anti-ethanol interests has expired.

5. Answering cellulosic ethanol challengers. Construction is slated to begin on commercial scale cellulosic ethanol biorefineries with production to follow in early 2013. These facilities would be the first commercial-scale project of their kind in the world. In order to assure these efforts are successful, Congress must renew key tax

provisions for cellulosic ethanol producers before they expire at year’s end. The RFA, and its partner organization, the Advanced Ethanol Council, will make extending these policies a top legislative priority.

Obviously, there are a host of issues with regard to America’s ethanol and energy sector that will deserve our attention.

Eliminating unnecessary subsidies for the petroleum industry and accurately accounting for carbon emissions from transportation fuels are good examples. But we believe these five storylines will have the most lasting impact on ethanol production in the U.S.

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John Deere 7280R awarded tractor of the year for 2012 at Agritechnica, the world’s largest indoor farm show John Deere’s new 7280R tractor has been chosen as Tractor of the Year for 2012 from a group of seven finalists by 20 leading European farm machinery magazine editors. The award was made in November at the Agritechnica event in Hanover, Germany, which is the world’s largest indoor agricultural equipment show.

“This was quite an honor for this tractor to be recognized as the best for 2012 at this premier European farm show,” said Jarrod McGinnis, division marketing manager, John Deere Waterloo Works. “This new tractor, designed and built in Waterloo, Iowa, features worldclass technology and leads the industry in power, comfort, and control.”

James Wienkes, tractor engineering manager at the John Deere’s Waterloo Works, and German branch manager Helmut Korthöber received the Tractor of the Year 2012 trophy at the show on behalf of John Deere’s.

The John Deere’s 7280R, introduced in June 2011, develops a maximum of 310 hp with Intelligent Power Management (IPM) and represents stateof-the-art tractor technology. In addition to featuring a fuel-efficient Stage IIIB (Interim Tier 4) EGR diesel engine, the 7280R is available with ActiveCommand Steering™, which won a DLG Gold Medal at Agritechnica in 2009.

“The optional ActiveCommand Steering system automatically adapts the steering force for optimum control and maneu-

verability in the field and on the road,” explained McGinnis. “In addition, the tractor features the spacious CommandView™ II cab with CommandArm™ operator console, GreenStar™ 3 CommandCenter™ display and optionally available ActiveSeat™ suspension — which

also won a DLG Silver Medal this year — to provide the ultimate in operator comfort.”

The 7280R is designed as a highly versatile workhorse for tillage, planting, haying, loader work and many other operations on the farm and ranch, and can be equipped with

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Home,, Family,, Friendss & You Touchdown for dairy

by Jasmine Wratten, Oneida County Dairy Princess January is here and many of us have made New Year’s resolutions. A good resolution to start this year would be incorporating 3-Every-Day of dairy into the family’s diet. Milk is a nutrient powerhouse, containing calcium, protein, potassium, and vitamins A, D, and E all in one serving. Worrying about calories?

Fear not, milk and other dairy products are found in low-fat options that still bring the same nutrients and flavors as the originals.

Some ways to incorporate dairy into the diet are; enjoy a smoothie made with yogurt and fruit for breakfast, put low-fat cheese onto a sandwich for lunch, and enjoy delicious mac’n’cheese for dinner.

Consuming three servings of dairy is very easy and a surefire way to keep your family healthy and happy.

As the Super Bowl approaches, keep in mind dairy when looking for snacks to feed the hungry masses.

Snacks such as dips with yogurt and cheese, snack mixes with cheese, and the ever popular milkshake will delight the taste buds of everyone on the guest list. For an easy and delicious snack try the following recipe courtesy of the National Dairy Council. Ragin’ Cajun Bean-and-Cheese Dip is sure to satisfy the appetites of all your football fans.

1 cup chopped green bell pepper 1/2 cup diced reduced-fat smoked sausage Cooking spray 4 cups (16 ounces) freshly shredded reduced-fat sharp Cheddar cheese, divided Baked tortilla chips Combine tomatoes and next six ingredients. Spoon mixture into a 2 quart casserole dish coated with cooking spray.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until bubbly.

Top with cheese; bake an additional 5 minutes or until cheese melts. Serve with baked tortilla chips.

So even when winter weather gets you down, cheer up with a warm cup of hot cocoa and pour some milk in to get another serving of dairy, because three servings every day will keep you happy and healthy. This is Jasmine Wratten, the Oneida County Dairy Princess, reminding you to eat a balanced and nutritious diet that includes 3-Every-Day of dairy. The Oneida County Dairy Promotion program is funded by farmers and strives to promote and encourage the consumption of milk, nature’s most nearly perfect food.

Ragin’ Cajun Bean-and-Cheese Dip

by Suzanne Foote, Washington County Dairy Princess Even as the harvest season is coming to a close it is never the wrong season to buy local when you are considering purchasing dairy products. The local farms of Washington County ship their milk to businesses and cooperatives like Stewarts, AgriMark and Dairylea, to name a few. Our milk ends up on the shelves in the corner convenience stores as well as the larger grocery stores. So, when you buy dairy products you can be confident that you are supporting the local economy and the many Washington County dairy farm businesses.

The dairy case has something for everyone! Enjoy one of my fall favorites, Macaroni and Cheese and remember you are supporting your local economy!

Makes 16 Servings Prep Time: 40 min Cook Time: 35 min Ingredients 1 (14.5-ounce) can chili-seasoned diced tomatoes 1/4 cup water 1 teaspoon hot sauce 2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning 2 (16-ounce) cans pinto or red kidney beans, rinsed, drained and mashed with a fork

Jasmine Wratten, Oneida County Dairy Princess, attended a breakfast with Santa at the Stittville Elementary school where she handed out milk and answered any dairy questions the public had. They saw roughly 250 people in three hours.

Buy local: dairy products Macaroni and Cheese

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4 cups cooked elbow macaroni (about 2 cups uncooked) 2 cups (8 oz.) shredded sharp cheddar cheese 1 cup cottage cheese 3/4 cup sour cream 1/2 cup milk 2 tablespoon grated fresh onion (if desired) 1 1/2 teaspoons butter, melted 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 egg, slightly beaten 1/3 cup dry bread crumbs 1 tablespoon butter, melted 1/4 teaspoon paprika In a bowl, stir-together macaroni, cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, milk, onion, butter, salt, pepper, and egg. Spoon into a 2 quart casserole dish. Combine bread crumbs with butter and paprika. Sprinkle over casserole. Cover and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Uncover, bake 5 minutes or until set.

The Washington County Dairy Princess program is made possible through the support of the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council, the local planning and management organization funded by dairy farmer check-off dollars.

WNY vegetable farms make top 100 list by Tom Rivers, trivers@batavianews.com; edited by C. MacNeil, CVP Four WNY vegetable farms are included in the list of top 100 vegetable growers in the Northeastern U.S., a ranking done by the American Vegetable Grower magazine.

Torrey Farms, Elba, ranked 13th, grew vegetables on over 6,000 acres in 2010. My-T Acres, Batavia, had over 5,000 acres, Kludt Brothers Inc, Kendall, had over 3,000 acres, and Lynn-Ette and Sons Inc, Kent, had 2,600

acres in 2010. The four WNY farms are all family-run operations, noted Patti Riner, co-owner of My-T Acres.

The farms grow vegetables for processing as well as for fresh market.

Source: Veg Edge, January 2012

Red Jacket Orchards Inc. expands production Red Jacket Orchards is a family owned and operated farm that grows and processes fresh fruit from 600 acres of orchards in Geneva, NY (Ontario County). Through the Business & Industry guaranteed Loan Program, they received a $2.4 million loan. The company developed an apple based fresh fruit juice line that contains no additives, concentrates, or coloring.

After some initial success in product testing, Red Jacket decided to expand

the production of their juice and made plans to build a 21,500 square foot juice processing plant next to their existing facility.

USDA Rural Development New York administered a B&I guaranteed loan that assisted in the construction of the facility. The plant is now operational and products are sold locally through their retail farm stand, as well as in some local and regional grocery chains including Wegman’s and Price Chopper.

Air Quality Initiative

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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) The USDA-NRCS Air Quality Initiative is a subset of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. As a participant of this voluntary program, you can be eligible to receive financial and technical assistance to help you plan and apply conservation practices that will preserve or improve air quality on your farm. Farmers in selected counties who are involved in livestock or crop production on eligible land, may apply for the program. Eligible land includes cropland, pasture, private nonindustrial forestland and other farmland.

Air Quality Initiative applications will focus on addressing ozone, particulate matter, greenhouse gases and energy conservation concerns in New York.

Eligible conservation practices The list of eligible Air Quality Initiative conservation practices are: • Agrichemical Handling Facility • Amendments for Treatment of Agricultural Waste • Anaerobic Digester, Controlled Temperature • Combustion System Improvement • Composting Facility • Conservation Cover • Conservation Crop Rotation • Cover Crop • Critical Area Planting • Field Border • Herbaceous Wind Barriers • Integrated Pest Management • Mulching • Nutrient Management • Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till • Residue and Tillage Management, No Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed • Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till • Roofs and Covers 367 Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility

• Stripcropping • Waste Storage Facility • Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment • Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation Additional information for many of these practices can be found on our Conservation Practices Web page.

Conservation activity plans • Comprehensive Air Quality Management Plan • Ag Energy Management Plan — Headquarters • Ag Energy Management Plan — Landscape.

Availability The Air Quality Initiative is available in the following counties in New York State: Albany, Bronx, Chautauqua, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Genesee, Greene, Jefferson, Kings, Livingston, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, New York, Niagara, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Putnam, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Suffolk, Wayne and Westchester.

A current Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) is not required prior to applying for Waste Facility Cover, Methane Flare, and Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility, however, if you have a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan, you will receive additional points when application is ranked.

Ranking periods EQIP applications are accepted yearround. NRCS has established two ranking periods for 2012: Ranking Period 1: Feb. 3, 2012 Ranking Period 2: March 30, 2012 To be considered for funding under a ranking period, each application must be received, determined eligible and evaluated by the deadlines listed above.

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SEMINAR SCHEDULE TUES. JANUARY 3, 2012 11am-11:30am The Fate of Pesticides in the Environment, Paul H. Craig, Penn State Cooperative Extension (1 Core Credit)

11:30am-12pm Soybean Pest Management Update, Del Voight, (1 Category Credit)

1:00pm-1:30pm Surfactant Management To Increase Pesticide Efficiency, Mena Hautau (1 Core Credit)

1:30pm-2:00pm What’s New in Herbicides for 2012, John Bray (1 Category Credit)

WED., JANUARY 4, 2012

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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) The Organic Initiative is available in all 50 states for farmers who are certified organic, transitioning to certified organic, or organic exempt according to USDA’s National Organic Program regulations. The Organic Initiative is a subset of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to eligible persons who are willing to use conservation practices to protect and conserve our natural resources.

Participation in the Organic Initiative is open to persons who are certified organic or are transitioning to organic. In order to be eligible, those who are transitioning to organic certification must use conservation practices for certified organic production that are consistent with an Organic System Plan (OSP), and provide the name and contact information of the USDA accredited organic certifier they are working with. Those who are already certified organic must submit a copy of their Organic System Plan to NRCS along with the name and contact information of their organic certifier, and use conservation practices that are consistent with their Organic System Plan.

Conservation practices will be offered that address resource concerns consistent with the Organic System Plan. Eligible practices include but are not limited to Cover Crop, Diversion, Nutrient Management, Pest Management, and Prescribed Grazing. In addition, NRCS offers Conservation Activity Plans that support conservation planning for organic agriculture.

Eligible conservation practices The list of eligible Organic Initiative conservation practices are: • Access Control • Animal Trails and Walkways • Conservation Cover • Conservation Crop Rotation • Contour Buffer Strips • Contour Farming • Contour Orchard and Other Perennial Crops • Cover Crop • Critical Area Planting • Diversion • Drainage Water Management • Fence • Field Border • Filter Strip • Forage and Biomass Planting • Forage Harvest Management • Grassed Waterway • Herbaceous Wind Barriers • Integrated Pest Management • Irrigation System, Microirrigation • Irrigation Water Management • Mulching • Nutrient Management • Pipeline • Pond

• Prescribed Grazing • Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till • Residue and Tillage Management, No Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed • Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till • Riparian Forest Buffer • Riparian Herbaceous Cover • Seasonal Tunnel System for Crops • Spring Development • Stream Crossing • Stripcropping • Structure for Water Control • Terrace • Water and Sediment Control Basin • Water Well • Watering Facility • Well Water Testing • Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment • Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation Additional information for many of these practices can be found on our Conservation Practices Web page.

Conservation activity plans • Nutrient Management Plan • Integrated Pest Management Plan (IPM) • Irrigation Water Management Plan • Conservation Plan Supporting Organic Transition Ranking periods EQIP applications are accepted year-round. NRCS has established three ranking periods for 2012: Ranking Period 1: Feb. 3, 2012 Ranking Period 2: March 30, 2012 Ranking Period 3: June 1, 2012 To be considered for funding under a ranking period, each application must be received, determined eligible and evaluated by the deadlines listed above.

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USDA revises national nutrient management standard States will have until Jan. 1, 2013 to revise national standard to meet state-specific criteria Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has revised its national conservation practice standard on nutrient management to help producers better manage the application of nutrients on agricultural land.

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to assist producers in applying available nutrient sources in the right amount, from the right source, in the right place, at the right time for maximum agricultural and environmental benefits.

NRCS’s nutrient management experts worked with universities, non-government organizations, industries and others to revise the standard to ensure it is scientifically sound. Key changes in the standard include expanding the use of technology to streamline the nutrient management process and allowing states more flexibility in providing site-specific nutrient management planning using local information when working with producers.

NRCS state offices will have until Jan. 1, 2013 to modify the national standard to meet state specific criteria for implementation.

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Orleans County 4-H’ers highlight foods produced in NY in Cooking Contest In November, 11 4-H members participated in the annual Grown in New York contest. The Grown in New York contest features demonstrations of recipes featuring products that are produced in New York State. In addition to the silent demonstration, participants submit a menu that complements their featured recipe and analyze the general nutritional value of the menu. Participants are encouraged to alter recipes to make them healthier, or to suit their individual tastes and needs.

There are four divisions in which 4H youth can participate in, Junior Novice, Junior, Senior and Senior Novice, with cash prizes available for each division.

Participants in the Senior Division were: Jenny McKenna making Salsa Fresca and Nichole Sands, making Taco Salad. First place went to Nichole

Sands and second place went to Jenny McKenna.

In the Junior Division: Lauren Becht made Blueberry Scones, Claudia Drechsel made Pumpkin Pancakes, Emma Mathes made Cheddar Apple Bread, Andrew Moore made Baked Fajitas, Zachary Moore made Apple Zucchini Loaf and Riley Seielstad made Pumpkin Pancakes. First place went Lauren Becht, second place went to Claudia Drechsel and third place went to Emma Mathes.

In the Junior Novice Division, Andrew Drechsel made Garden Pasta Salad, Rachel Gregoire, made Fat Free Oatmeal Cookies, Jacques Gregoire made Whole Wheat Brownies, and Will Gregoire made Egg Free Whole Wheat Banana Bread. First place went to Andrew Drechsel, second place went Jacques Gregoire and third place went to Rachel Gregoire.

Lauren Becht demonstrates how to make Blueberry Scones in Orleans County 4-H’s Grown in New York Contest.

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Penn State students compete in the National Collegiate Poultry Judging Contest UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — A team of students from Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences finished fourth overall at the fall National Collegiate Poultry Judging Contest, held recently at the University of Arkansas.

Penn State’s team consisted of Justin Knoebel, of Elysburg, an Animal Sciences major; Philip Wise, of Spring Mills, an Agricultural Science major with a Poultry and Avian Science

minor; Michael Taylor of Fairview, an Animal Sciences major with a Poultry and Avian Science minor; and Molly Winkle of Hookstown, an Animal Sciences major with a Poultry and Avian Science minor.

In addition to taking fourth place overall, the Penn State team finished fourth in the breed selection and carcass quality division and fourth in the egg production and quality division.

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University and the University of Arkansas were the top three teams overall. Penn State and Louisiana State University rounded out the top five.

There were a total of eight teams and 31 individuals in the 2011 fall contest.

Knoebel was the eighth highest individual overall, seventh in breed selection and carcass quality and eighth in egg production and quality. Wise placed 13th overall and sixth in egg production and quality.

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Pennsylvania Young Farmers to host annual winter conference The Pennsylvania Young Farmers Association (PYFA) will hold its 52th annual winter conference at the Best Western Bedford Inn, Bedford, PA, Feb. 79. The conference is being hosted by The Bedford County Young Farmers, a newly formed young farmer chapter organized through the Bedford County Technology Center.

Deadline is Jan. 13 for early registration and Jan. 23 for full-price registration and Jan 30 for late registration.

The three-day program will include a business meeting, educational workshops, tours and recognition of outstanding young farmers and others who support the efforts of PYFA. Tours include the Bedford County Technical Center,

Everett; Singing Brook Farms, operated by the Snider Family, which has been farming in Bedford County since 1785; BC Stone, creators of one-ofa-kind pieces for residential and commercial customers; Blue Triangle Hardwoods, a mill offering one-stop shopping; and REI distribution Center, a 500,000square-feet facility that serves REI stores throughout the country.

Workshops will feature speakers on Marcellus Shale; local, national and global markets; and the impacts of soil fertility on corn production.

Spouses’ program includes a visit to beautiful Bedford Springs Resort, learning about its history including the role of the resort in World War II, and a visit to downtown Bedford, which features many

unique and interesting retailers and cafes.

A Spokesperson for Agriculture contest will be held, including a media blitz on Tuesday morning to help inform supermarket shoppers of agriculture’s role in

bringing them fresh, wholesome, nutritious foods. For more information contact Britney Marsh, public relations director, 3360 Spring Road, Carlisle, PA 17013, or phone 717887-8586.

Funded by the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association, the contest gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations governing the grading of eggs and poultry. Competitors also must demonstrate their ability to select the breeders that will produce the most eggs and the offspring that will produce the meatiest carcass most efficiently.

Deadline for awards nominations is Jan. 15.

Applications should be sent to Marsh.

Attendees are requested to bring a non-perishable food donation for the local food bank.

Cost for the entire conference is $100 if postmarked by Jan. 13; $110 if postmarked by Jan. 23; $130 by Jan. 30.

Registrations should be mailed to Ed Zug, 390

Peters Creek Road, Peach Bottom, PA 17563. He may be reached at 717-5483178 or at edzug@frontiernet.net. Hotel reservations should be made directly with the Best Western Bedford Inn, 814-623-9006.

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Winter safety tips for farm animals Although we have had a mild winter thus far, we all know those cold winter days will come.

While the grain producers can spend their days in a heated shop or at an extension meeting, farmers with livestock always face a few more challenges. While most animals can handle the cold quite well, they still need their basics of food, water and shelter.

Most animals will respond to cold temperatures by consuming more feed. This is not a

time to sacrifice on feed quality however. A larger amount of poorer quality feed may not support the energy requirements of the animal. Check with your nutritionist before adjusting rations.

Make sure your animals will have an ample supply of water available.

Reduced water intake will cause your animal to decrease the amount of dry matter it consumes as well. In buildings, make sure water lines are insulated if need

be. Be sure that trough heaters are in good shape, especially the cord. If you have plastic troughs, make sure the heaters are “caged” to prevent melting the side. If you hand water your animals, consider using warm water to increase intake.

Depending on animal species, production level and weather, your animal’s needs for shelter will vary. For example, a dry beef cow may only need a wind break while chickens may need an

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Lastly, have an emergency preparedness plan in case of an extended period of severe weather or blizzard. Make sure to properly take care of yourself first, so you can then take care of your animals.

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Home,, Family,, Friendss & You Appl-icious ways to prepare a delicious and nutritious fruit (NAPSA) — At only 80 calories, apples are high in dietary fiber and vitamin C. They contain iron and other trace minerals and vitamin A. One serving of apples has more of the antioxidant power needed to fight aging, cancer and heart disease than any other fruit.

If you pick your apples from the farmer’s market or grocery store, there are many mouthwatering ways to enjoy them. Try these tempting recipes that combine fresh crisp apples with creamy caramel.

Creamy caramel-topped apple pie makes the most of the season's fresh apple harvest.

Caramel-Glazed Apple Pie Prep Time: 20 minutes Bake Time: 55 to 65 minutes Yield: 8 servings Apple Pie: Pastry for double-crust pie 8 cups peeled and sliced cooking apples (about 4 to 6 large) 1/3 cup Karo® Dark Corn Syrup

3 tablespoons butter OR margarine, melted 3 tablespoons sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons Argo(r) or Kingsford’s® Corn® Starch 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt Caramel Glaze: 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup chopped pecans 3 tablespoons Karo Dark Corn Syrup 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted 1 tablespoon Argo or Kingsford’s Corn Starch Preheat oven to 375° F. Fit one pie crust into bottom of 9 1/2-inch deepdish pie pan. Add apples.

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Bring orchard goodness to your table (NAPSA) — On crisp days, it can be delightful to come home to a warm dessert baked up with fresh apples.

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This light yet luscious cake could become the apple of your eye and a family favorite. a small bowl, combine topping ingredients and mix together until large crumbs form. Combine first four cake ingredients. In a large bowl, beat olive oil and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating in between additions. Beat in vanilla extract. Add dry ingredients and beat on low speed, just until mixed. Batter will be thick. Fold in chopped apples. Transfer batter to prepared pan and sprinkle with topping. Bake at 350° F for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.

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Good Housekeeping Macintosh-Oatmeal Cookies 1 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup (2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs 2 medium (about 2 cups) Macintosh apples, peeled, cored and diced 3 cups quick-cooking oats, uncooked 1 cup dark seedless raisins 1. In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat sugar and margarine or butter until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, vanilla extract, salt and eggs; beat just until blended, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. With spoon, stir in apples, oatmeal, raisins and walnuts.

2. Preheat oven to 350 F. Drop batter by level 1/4 cups, about 3 inches apart, on 2 ungreased large cookie sheets.

3. Place cookie sheets on 2 oven racks. Bake cookies 20 to 25 minutes until golden, rotating cookie sheets between upper and lower racks halfway through baking time. With pancake turner, remove cookies to wire racks to cool.

4. Repeat until all batter is used. Store cookies in tightly covered container. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

• Each serving: About 275 calories, 12g total fat (2g saturated), 18mg cholesterol, 205mg sodium, 39g total carbs, 5g protein.

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Biodiesel statement on EPA Renewable Fuels Rule Industry has exceeded 2011 target, calls for continued growth WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) expressed support for the EPA’s final rule establishing U.S. renewable fuel requirements for 2012 and called on the Obama administration to act quickly in completing a 2013 rule that maintains the EPA’s recommended volume increases for Biomass-based Diesel.

The 2012 rule raises the Biomass-based Diesel program to 1 billion gallons, up from 800 million gallons this year. According to the latest EPA figures, the biodiesel industry had produced some 908 million gallons through the end of November, exceeding th e 2011 requirement with one month of production remaining.

“This industry has shown without a doubt that it can meet and exceed the goals of this program in a sustainable way, with a diverse mix of feedstocks,” said Anne Steckel, vice president of federal affairs at NBB, the trade association for the U.S. biodiesel industry. “Our industry has plants in nearly every state in the country that are hiring new employees and ramping up production, in part because of the demand that this policy creates. As the only EPA-designated advanced biofuel being produced on a commer-

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Steckel also urged the administration to issue a final rule for 2013 volumes raising the Biomass-based Diesel requirement to 1.28 billion gallons, as the EPA proposed earlier this year. The EPA postponed finalizing the 2013 volume, saying it needs more time for review.

“We would have preferred to see that number released in this announcement and hope to see it finalized soon so that our member companies can plan their investments and continue boosting this economy,” Steckel said. “The increase will create thousands of jobs, improve our energy security by diversifying the fuel supply and cut down on pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.”

A recent economic study on biodiesel found that domestic production of 800 million gallons supports more than 31,225 jobs, generates income of nearly $1.7 billion to be circulated throughout the economy, and creates more than $3 billion in GDP. At 1.28 billion gallons of production — the EPA’s initial proposal for 2013 — the industry would support 50,725, generate $2.7 billion in income, and create nearly $5 billion

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by Anna Meyerhoff, Bilingual Farm Safety Educator, The New York State Center for Agricultural Medicine & Health - NYCAMH Skidsteer loaders are powerful machines that help with a variety of tasks around the farm. They can be used with many different attachments and are maneuverable in tight spaces. A unique attribute of skidsteers is the location of the operator’s seat between the lift arms and pivot points. This limits the field of vision and requires the

operator to enter and exit the machine by climbing over the bucket.

Like a tractor, skidsteers can put people at risk for rollover and runover incidents. Additionally, injury or death can result from crushing incidents, in which the operator is often caught between the lift arms and frame of the skid steer. To prevent these incidents from occurring, modern skidsteers have fully enclosed cabs. Additionally, skidsteers manufactured since the 1980s are equipped with interlocking controls for safety. This prevents operational controls from being unintentionally engaged by requiring a seatbelt, restraint bar, or pressure switch in the seat to be activated in order for the controls to function. Older skidsteers may not be equipped with these safety features.

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controls may fail and are not a substitute for safe work practices.

Getting ready Before using the skidsteer, always perform a pre-operational check. Inspect the tires, check for leaks, and look for damaged or missing parts.

Climb on with the lift arms lowered and the bucket flat on the ground. Maintain three points of contact and enter the cabin facing the machine in order to avoid slips or falls. Always be sure to use the safety bar and seatbelt to keep your body in the operator’s seat. Use of personal protective equipment such as hearing protection, eye protection and a hardhat is recommended when operating the skidsteer. Make sure the engine and gauges are functioning properly and test the controls while still in a safe area. Correct problems and make repairs if necessary.

Safe skidsteer operation • To avoid crushing injuries while operating a skidsteer, keep your body inside the cabin and remain seated at all times.

• If you must exit the machine with the lift arms raised, always engage the mechanical locking device — do not rely on just the hydraulic system.

• Never allow anyone to stand under a raised bucket or work out of a raised bucket.

• Never allow extra riders.

• Never modify or remove safety features such as side screens, overhead shields, the ROPS (rollover protective structure). Always use seatbelts and restraint bars correctly.

• Skidsteers can overturn when not operated safely. Keep your center of gravity low, and avoid lifting loads too high. Be cautious around uneven ground or slopes.

• Be aware of objects, people and animals around you — skidsteer operators may have a very limited field of vision, especially when carrying loads.

• Be cautious around gates, posts, fences, stalls or other obstacles. In tight quarters, reduce your speed and be cautious when turning.

When you’re done Before leaving the operator’s seat, be sure to lower the bucket to the ground.

Set the parking brake, allow the engine to cool, and turn off the skidsteer.

Consider leaving hearing protection hanging on the restraint bar so that it

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I WISH YOU A “DAIRY HAPPY” NEW YEAR Issued Dec. 30, 2011 2012 is upon us and we all wonder what lies ahead. It’s a far different world than our fathers and grandfathers lived in and perhaps they felt the same on New Year’s Day but I really do see us in a very different world.

If you’re still drawing breath and able to read this column then I think it safe to assume that you had your share of triumphs and trials in 2011. I had two major trials this year, the most recent being the passing of my wonderful mother on December 28. Our family gathered in celebration of her life in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

It is often easier to focus on the trials than the triumphs but I want to tell the story of the silversmith which has comforted me much over the years. Trials and tests are often referred to in Scripture as a refining process and in the book of Malachi there’s a verse that says; “He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver.” I learned that the smith must watch over the process to make sure not to leave the silver in the fire too long or the

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fire will ruin it, but if it’s not left in long enough, the fire will not burn away all of the alloys. Either way, the silver is worthless for fashioning it into something of use.

When asked how do you know how long to leave the silver in the fire, the smith replied, “I know the silver is ready to come out of the fire when I can see my image in the silver.”

The Agriculture Department announced December Federal order milk prices the last Friday of 2011 and the benchmark Class III price is $18.77 per hundredweight, down 30 cents from November but $4.94 above December 2010 and equates to about $1.61 per gallon.

The 2011 average is $18.37, up from $14.41 in 2010 and $11.36 in 2009. The December Class IV price is $16.87, down a dollar from November, but $1.84 above a year ago. The Class IV averaged $19.04 in 2011, up from $15.09 in 2010 and $10.89 in 2009. California’s comparable 4a and 4b prices will be announced by the California Department of Food and Agriculture on January 3, 2012.

Looking ahead, the

Class III futures had the January 2012 contract trading late Friday morning at $17.21, February $17.41, March $17.46, April $17.40, May $17.20, and June at $17.13.

The four-week, NASSsurveyed cheese price averaged $1.8070 per pound, down 3 1/2cents from November.

Butter averaged $1.6119, down 17 cents, nonfat dry milk averaged $1.4201, down 3.2 cents, and dry whey averaged 65.38 cents, up 1.6 cents from November.

Meanwhile trading at the Chicago Mercantile

Exchange was pretty quiet the last week of the year.

The 40-pound blocks of cheese closing at $1.5625 per pound, unchanged on the week, and 22 cents above that week a year ago. The 500-pound barrels closed Friday at $1.58, up 2 cents on the holiday shortened week and 24 cents above a year ago.

That’s the second week in a row the barrels moved higher. Only one car of barrel traded hands on the week. The lagging NASS-surveyed U.S. average block price fell to $1.6977, down 7.6 cents on the week, while

the barrels averaged $1.6356, down 7.4 cents.

Cash butter closed at $1.5950, also unchanged on the week, but 7 1/2-cents below a year ago. No spot butter was sold on the week.

NASS butter averaged $1.5918, down slightly.

NASS nonfat dry milk averaged $1.3766, down 6 1/2-cents, and dry whey hit 65.99 cents, up 0.4 cent on the week.

It was a bit of a lean week for dairy news specifically. The last Ag Prices report of 2011 was released Friday afternoon after our deadline.

But, there was good

news in improved October cheese and butter sales, according to USDA’s latest commercial disappearance data.

American cheese demand gained 4.7 percent from a year ago and was 3.6 percent above previous-month levels. Total cheese use was 4.6 percent higher than October 2010. Nonfat dry milk use, however, lost 16.5 percent, while butter use rose 18.1 percent.

The CME’s Daily Dairy Report (DDR) points out that August to October cheese use was up 1.8 percent from the prior

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Mielke from B2 year and butter use was up 12.7 percent. Cheese and butter usage for the year was up 3.1 percent and 10.7 percent, respectively. This fact, says the DDR, helped counter the decline in fluid milk sales, which were off 1.4 percent in the first 10 months of the year.

The Agriculture Department’s weekly milk production update reports that milk processing patterns are shifting and following expected holiday patterns. Fluid milk accounts and smaller processors are taking more time off around the holidays and reducing their milk orders.

Schools and colleges closing for the holidays create the normal, expected backflow of milk.

Other processors are increasing plant times to handle the increasing milk volumes. The expectations are that plants will be running

near capacity, but will be able to handle the current milk supplies.

Winter weather conditions were impeding transportation across several states in the South Central and Southwestern regions.

The impact is intense for those areas, but returning to normal, according to USDA. Many cheese buyers are positioning for the yearend inventory taking and waiting for the results of holiday movement before reordering, according to USDA’s Dairy Market News.

Packagers and processors operated on abbreviated schedules during the holiday weeks, reducing bulk cheese needs.

Cheese production has started to increase as holiday surplus milk volumes back into manufacturing channels to run as heavy as desired.

Extended schedules will be common into early

January. Some plants have orders for specialties for 2012 shipments, at least on some of their production. Most plants will make their default cheese, often cheddar that provides options for later sale, USDA said.

Butter demand tapered off Christmas week as needs had been shipped for the upcoming holiday. Some butter producers and handlers are indicating that some last minute orders did develop, but volumes were not significant. Retail feature activity across the country continued right up to Christmas week, USDA reported.

Throughout the fall of the year, retail features in all regions of the U.S. have been much heavier than anticipated.

This feature activity cleared strong volumes of print butter which kept butter churns very active all fall.

Looking international-

ly; New Zealand milk processors and handlers project that milk volumes are about 20 percent below peak levels and are trending lower as forecast earlier in the season. Steady rainfall was being reported on both islands and grass growth is good, although some milk producers are stating that grass quality might not be as positive as in previous years.

Australia’s milk production season is on the down side of the peak.

November output was trending 3.3 percent heavier than last November and year to date output (5 months) was running about 3 percent stronger, according to USDA. The Alliance of Western Milk Producers Bill VanDam wrote in his December 23 newsletter that milk production this year in New Zealand appears to be about the same as California annual production in terms of hundredweights produced with-

out adjusting for the differences in components.

But he pointed to the huge difference in the patterns of production.

Production drops to nearly zero in the winter months in New Zealand, he said, and climbs to nearly double California levels in their spring.

The implications of this difference are important, according to VanDam. Most glaring of those differences, he said, is the need for New Zealand to have sufficient capacity to process all of their milk in the highest month, October, at 6.4 billion pounds.

California needs to do the same thing, VanDam said, except California’s peak is only 3.8 billion pounds in May. “On the whole they must invest 1.7 times more in plant capacity,” Van Dam wrote. “Stated differently our plants can run, on the average, somewhere in the range of 90 percent of annual capacity while theirs will average only 59 percent of capacity.”

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The second important difference is in marketing, according to VanDam. “The pattern of production in New Zealand is more like a typical farm crop, for example corn, that needs to be harvested and stored in its season and parcelled out to meet customer demand which will be spread out throughout the year. The storage costs must be absorbed, including the value of the product that must be financed assuming producers will continue to be paid, at least partially, each month. There is also the requirement partially many times more storage capacity for each product than is required in California,” he concluded. “It will be very interesting to watch how each region’s markets adjust to these very different production styles.”

Dairy Profit Weekly reports that October U.S. alfalfa hay exports topped 155,000 metric tons for the second consecutive month, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the leading destination, according to USDA’s Foreign Ag Service.

October 2011 U.S. exports totaled 158,627 metric tons, the highest monthly total of 2011, and bringing the year-todate (Y-T -D) total to 1.291 million metric tons, compared to 1.443 million metric tons for all of 2010.

UAE imported 55,673 metric tons of U.S. alfalfa hay in October, its highest monthly total since December 2010, and bringing its Y-T-D total to 437,967 metric tons, or about 34 percent of all U.S. exports so far this year.

Japan remains the leading annual U.S. alfalfa hay market, importing 49,500 metric tons in October, bringing its 2011 Y-T -D total to 473,803 metric tons, about 37% of the U.S. YT-D total.

On a Y-T -D basis, South Korea ranks third, at 137,839 metric tons (16,188 metric tons in October). China ranks fourth, importing 24,731 metric tons in October, bringing the 2011 Y-T-D total to 119,532 metric tons, according to Dairy Profit Weekly.

I wish you all a happy and blessed 2012!!

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• 12:00 Noon: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale.

Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-5843033 • 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 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. Regular Monday schedule. Happy New Year to all!.

Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 12:30 PM: Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Special selling load of 4x4 Round bales,1st cutting net wrapped hay. Hay will sell just before Dairy. Monthly Heifer Sale: Lew-Lin Farm, Dryden, NY sends 15 Reg. Freestall Holsteins 9 of which had 80# to 130# milk for the tester last week all stages of lactation. Mostly 1st & 2nd lactation, Popular sires, good maternal lines you’ll like this group. Paul

Rohrbaugh, Schnevus, NY is sending 10-12 Open & Shortbred Reg. Holsteins popular sires & big record Dams - Outstanding group. Brian Champlin, Jefferson sends two Reg. heifers due sale time. Orange County, NY Dairy sending 3 fresh Jersey X heifers, 2 Springing w/2nd calf & a group of open heifers. Expecting a good selection in all age groups. Also selling a Reg. Brown Swiss Service Bull. Tom & Brenda Hosking 607-699-3637, 607847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com • 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 315-2870220 • 4:00 PM: Chatham Market, 2249 Rte. 203, Chatham, NY. Regular Sale.

Harold Renwick, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518-3923321.

Tuesday, January 10 • 1:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A, Central Bridge, NY. Consigned from Washing Co. Farmer. Overstocked sends 10 fresh hfrs., Hols. X. All have had 9 way & have been wormed. Real nice group of hfrs. Dairy, sheep, goats, pigs and horses; 3:30 PM feeders followed by beef and calves.

Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-321-3211.

Wednesday, January 11 • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop Off Only. John Kelley,

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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

Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-2589752 • 1:30 PM: Dryden Market, 49 E. Main St., Dryden, NY. Phil Laug, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 607-8449104 • 1:30 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Calves followed by beef. Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105 • 1:30 PM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Market, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842

Thursday, January 12 • Portland, OR. Major Job Completion Auction. Online bidding available. Alex Lyon & Son, Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc., 315-633-2944, 315-6339544 • 8:00 AM: Half Acre Market, Ridge Rd., Auburn, NY. Drop off only. John Kelley, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-2589752 • 12:30 PM: Pavilion Market, 357 Lake St., Pavilion, NY. Regular sale. Empire Livestock Marketing, 585-584-3033 • 1:15 PM: Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Our usual run of dairy cows, heifers & service bulls. Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315829-3105 • 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 315-2870220 • 5:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A, Central Bridge, NY. Calves, followed by Beef. Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auc-

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Monday, January 16 • 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. 1 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, 607847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

Wednesday, January 18 • 10:30 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Monthly Heifer Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm.

Empire Livestock Marketing, 716-2965041 or 585-447-3842

Thursday, January 19 • Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. Fat Cattle & Feeder Sale. Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105

Friday, January 20 • 12:00 Noon: 73 West First Ave., Windsor, PA. Public Auction of Windsor Meat Market. Operating business with retail meat sales & custom slaughtering. Leaman Auctions, 717-464-1128 or 610662-8149 www.leamanauctions.com

Saturday, January 21 • 10:00 AM: Gray’s Connecticut Valley Indoor Auction, White River Junction, VT. Townline Equipment Sales Used Equipment Auction. C.W. Gray & Sons, Inc., 802-7852161

Wednesday, January 25

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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 • 9:00 AM: Rt. 11 Cortland, NY (off exit 10). CNY Farm Supply of Recreational Equipment, Farm Machinery, Heavy Equipment, Cars & Trucks. Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Auctioneers, 585-2431563 www.teitsworth.com • 11:00 AM: Cherry Creek Market, 6732 Pickup Hill Rd., Cherry Creek, NY. Feeder Calf Sale. Followed by our regular Wednesday sale at 1:30 pm. Empire Livestock Marketing, 716-296-5041 or 585-447-3842

Thursday, January 26 • Burton Livestock, Vernon, NY. January Heifer Consignment Sale. Dale Chambers, Manager, Empire Livestock Marketing, 315-829-3105

Cow & Feeder Sale. 1 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, 607847-8800, cell 607-972-1770 or 1771 www.hoskingsales.com

• 9:00 AM: 3186 Freshour Rd., Canandaigua, NY. Coryn Farm Supplies, Inc. Public Auction of Farm Equip. & Tools. Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com

Saturday, February 11

• 10:00 AM: Batavia, NY. Jeff & Kathy Thompson Farm Machinery Auction.

Selling a full line of farm machinery including Case IH Maxxum 115, Case IH MX110, Case IH 7220, Case IH CX70 plus hay, tillage, barn equipment and much more. William Kent, Inc., 585343-5449 www.williamkentinc.com

• 9:30 AM: Penn Yan, NY. Farm Machinery & farm smalls plus a few household goods for Ivan & Verna Zimmerman.

L.W. Horst Auctioneer, 315-536-0954

Saturday, February 18 • 10:30 AM: Owens Farm, Smithfield, VA. Another Absolute Auction by Ownby. Farm Equipment Dispersal. No Buyer’s Premium. Ownby Auction & Realty Co., Inc., 804-730-0500

Tuesday, January 31

Saturday, March 3

• 3:00 PM: Central Bridge Livestock, Rte. 30A, Central Bridge, NY. Beef Replacement & Feeder Sale. Tim Miller, Mgr. & Auctioneer, Empire Livestock Marketing, 518-868-2006, 800-3213211.

• 9:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, Barber Hill Rd., Geneseo, NY. Consignment Auction of Farm & Construction Equipment, Heavy & Light Trucks. Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Auctioneers, 585-2431563 www.teitsworth.com

Friday, February 3 • 3:30 PM: Erie Co. Fairgrounds, Hamburg, NY. WNY Farm Show Virtual Auction! Farm machinery, tractors, ATV’s.

Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Auctioneers, 585243-1563 www.teitsworth.com

Monday, February 6 • Kissimmee, FL. Yoder & Frey Auctioneers, Inc., 419-865-3990 info@yoderandfrey.com www.yoderandfrey.com • Hosking Sales, 6096 NYS Rt. 8, New Berlin, NY (30 miles S. of Utica & 6 miles N. of New Berlin). Monthly Fat

Saturday, March 17 • 8:00 AM: Mendon, NY. Saxby Implement Corp. Public Auction. 200 Lawn Mowers, Vehicles, New Trailers & Much More. Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com • 10:30 AM: Nathan Mason, Callaway, VA (near Rocky Mount). Another Absolute Auction by Ownby. Farm Equipment Dispersal. No Buyer’s Premium.

Ownby Auction & Realty Co., Inc., 804730-0500

Wednesday, March 21

Friday, March 23

Saturday, March 24 • Atglen, PA. The Gala at Glen Valley II. Hosted by Glen Valley Farm. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 9:00 AM: Clymer, NY. Z&M Ag and Turf Farm Equipment Auction.

Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Auctioneers, 585-2431563 www.teitsworth.com

Saturday, March 31 • Cobleskill, NY. 31st Annual Cobleskill Dairy Fashion Sale. Hosted by SUNY Cobleskill Dairy Cattle Club. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com • 9:00 AM: Routes 39 & 219, Springville, NY. Lamb & Webster Used Equipment Auction. Farm Tractors & Machinery, Lawn & Garden Equipment.

Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Auctioneers, 585243-1563

www.teitsworth.com

Saturday, April 14 • Syracuse, NY. New York Spring Holstein Sale. Held in conjunction with the New York Spring Dairy Carousel. The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

Saturday, April 21 • Quarryville, PA. Wea-Land Holsteins Complete Dispersal. Landis Weaver & Family, Owners. Co-managed by The Cattle Exchange & Stonehurst Farm.

The Cattle Exchange, 607-746-2226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

Saturday, April 21 • 9:00 AM: Gerry Rodeo Grounds, RT. 60 Gerry, NY. Chautauqua County Area, Municipal & Contractor Equipment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com

Saturday, April 28 • 8:00 AM: Teitsworth Auction Yard, Barber Hill Rd., Geneseo, NY. 42nd Annual New York’s Favorite Consignment Auction. Roy Teitsworth, Inc. Auctioneers, 585-243-1563 www.teitsworth.com

Saturday, July 21 • Middleburgh, NY. Reflections of Maple Downs Sale. Hosted by Maple Downs Farm II. The Cattle Exchange, 607-7462226, daveramasr@cattlexchange.com www.cattlexchange.com

PA RT I C I PAT I N G A U C T I O N E E R S NORTHAMPTON COOP. AUCTION Whately, MA • Farmer Owned Since 1949 Livestock Commission Auction Sales at noon every Tues.

Consignments at 9 AM 413-665-8774

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

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

MEL MANASSE & SON, AUCTIONEERS Sales Managers, Auctioneers & Real Estate Brokers Whitney Point, NY Toll free 800-MANASSE or 607-692-4540 Fax 607-692-4327 www.manasseauctions.com

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

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

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

LEAMAN AUCTIONS LTD 329 Brenneman Rd., Willow St., PA 17584 717-464-1128 cell 610-662-8149 auctionzip.com 3721 leamanauctions.com

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

Auctions Every Mon., Wed., & Thurs.

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

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

L. W. HORST AUCTIONEER 1445 Voak Rd., Penn Yan, NY 14527 315-536-0954 • Fax: 315-536-6189

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

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

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

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

WILLIAM KENT, INC. Sales Managers & Auctioneers Farm Real Estate Brokers • Stafford, NY 585-343-5449 www.williamkentinc.com WRIGHT’S AUCTION SERVICE 48 Community Dr., Derby, VT 14541 802-334-6115 www.wrightsauctions.com

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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!

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

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT MIDDLESEX LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middlefield, CT January 2, 2012 Calves: 45-60# .28-.40; 6175# .45-.50; 76-90# .65-.70; 91-105# .7250-.85; 106# & up .8750-.95.

Farm Calves: 1.07-.1.40 Started Calves: .35-.42 Veal Calves: .85-1 Open Heifers: .65-.9750 Beef Heifers: .68-.9250 Feeder Steers: .60-.80 Beef Steers: .68-.95 Stock Bull: .9250-1.05 Beef Bull: .7050-.72 Boars: 2 at .05 Sows: 1 at .45 Butcher Hogs: 1 at 92.50 Feeder Pigs (ea): 145-175 Sheep (ea): 35-75 Lambs (ea): 70-135 Goats (ea): 45-190 Kid Goats (ea): 30-65 Canners: up to 69.50 Cutters: 70-74.50 Utility: 75-78.50 Rabbits: 6-40 Chickens: 5-40 Ducks: 8-18 * Sale Mon., Jan 2.

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ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES East Middlebury, VT December 29, 2011 Cattle: 99 Calves: 149 Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean 87.5090; Breakers 75-80% lean 73-80.50; Boners 80-85% lean 64.50-76; Lean 8590% lean 45-74.

Feeder Calves: 92-125# 70-140; 80-92# 70-80.

Vealers: 100-120# not well tested; 90-100# 55-75; 8090# 55-74; 70-80# 5260.50; 60-70# not well tested.

.60; Cutters .58-.72; Util .65.78; Bulls .70-.88; Steers 11.15; Hfrs. .65-.85.

Calves: Growers .80-1.40; Veal .70-1; Hfrs. .60-.80.

Hogs: Sows 35-45; Boars 20; Market 55-60/ea.

Sheep: 78-105 Lambs: 150-220 Goats: 75-140/ea; Billies 150-200/ea; Kids 50-128/ea.

NORTHAMPTON COOPERATIVE AUCTION, INC Whately, MA January 3, 2012 Calves (/cwt): 61-75# 1161; 76-95# 41-72; 96-105# 40-75; 106# & up 56-75.

Farm Calves: 75-160/cwt Start Calves: 66-88/cwt Heifers: 47-78/cwt Steers: 80-124/cwt Bulls: 83.50/cwt Canners: 30-62/cwt Cutters: 62.50-75/cwt Utility: 77-86/cwt Sows: 44/cwt Pigs: 46-57 ea.

Lambs: 130-155/cwt Sheep: 60-150/cwt Goats: 75-195 ea.

Rabbits: .50-11 ea.

Poultry: .50-13 ea.

Hay: 14 lots, 2.70-4.90/bale northamptonlivestockauction.homestead.com

COSTA & SONS LIVESTOCK & SALES Fairhaven, MA January 4, 2012 Cows: Canners 36-66; Cutters 67-73; Util 74-80.50.

Bulls: 81.50-93 Steers: Ch 117-119.50; Sel 110-116.50; Hols. 81-94.50.

Heifers: Ch 115-118.50; Sel 106-118; Hols. 7784.50.

Calves: 2-84/ea.

Feeders: 35-100 Sheep: 125-126 Goats: 138-155/ea.

Kids: 54-108/ea.

Hogs: 56-72/ea.

Feeder Pigs: 41-54/ea.

Chickens: 4.50-16 Rabbits: 4-18 Ducks: 3.50-18 * Sale every Wed. @ 7 pm.

HACKETTSTOWN AUCTION Hackettstown, NJ January 3, 2012 Livestock Report: 47 Calves .05-1.30, Avg .70; 45 Cows .34-.85, Avg .65; 4 Easy Cows .27.5-.58.25, Avg .42; 15 Feeders 300500# .40-1, Avg .60; 9 Heifers .59.5-1.09.5, Avg .84; 8 Bulls .76-.88.5, Avg .84; 12 Steers .72.5-1.27.5, Avg 1.01; 5 Hogs .43-.62, Avg .60; 4 Roasting Pigs (ea) 45; 8 Sheep .65-1.25, Avg .96; 1 Lambs (ea) 68, 22 (/#) 1.40-2.60, Avg 1.99; 1 Goats (ea) 46; 7 Hides (ea) 4-28, Avg 7.14. Total 188.

Poultry & Egg Report: Heavy Fowl (ea) 2.50; Pullets (ea) 8.50; Roosters (ea) 12-13; Ducks (ea) 5.5016.50; Rabbits (/#) 2-3.70; Pigeons (ea) 2.50-4.75; Guineas (ea) 4.50-7.50.

Grade A Eggs: White Jum XL 1.60; Brown Jum XL 1.80-1.85; L 1.75; M 1.151.20.

Hay, Straw & Grain Report: 13 Mixed 2.204.10; 4 Timothy 3-3.40; 9 Grass 2.50-4; 1 Oat Straw 1.50; 1 Oats 5.50; 2 Firewood 40-115. Total 30.

FLAME LIVESTOCK Littleton, MA January 3, 2012 Beef Cattle: Canners .45-

CAMBRIDGE VALLEY LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Cambridge, NY

No report EMPIRE LIVESTOCK MARKET Gouverneur

BURTON LIVESTOCK Vernon, NY No report CENTRAL BRIDGE LIVESTOCK Central Bridge, NY No report CHATHAM MARKET Chatham, NY January 2, 2012 Calves (/#): Grower over 92# 1.10-1.50; 80-92# 1.051.35; Bob Veal .57-.61.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .79-.84; Lean .67-.73; Hvy. Beef Bulls .81-.8450.

Beef (/price): Feeders 90105.

Lamb/Sheep (/#): Market 1.85.

Goats (/hd): Billies 120180; Nannies 75-90.

Hogs (/#): .69-.79. *Buyers always looking for pigs.

CHERRY CREEK Cherry Creek, NY December 28, 2011 Calves (/#): Hfrs. 1.70; Grower Bulls over 92# 1.251.475; 80-92# .70-.95; Bob Veal .20-.45.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd. .68-.80; Lean .59-.75; Hvy. Beef Bulls .835.

Beef (/#): Beef Ch 1.101.23; Hols. Ch .785-.99.

Lambs (/#): Market 1.925; Slaugter Sheep .575.

Goats (/#): Nannies .7752.10; Kids 1.70.

Swine (/#): Hog .69-.72.

DRYDEN MARKET Dryden, NY No report GOUVERNEUR LIVESTOCK Governeur, NY No report PAVILION MARKET Pavilion, NY December 29, 2011 Calves (/#): Grower over 92# 1-1.325; 80-92# .8251.175; Bob Veal .20-.45.

Cull Cows (/#): Gd .62.755; Lean .54-.695.

Beef (/#): Ch 1.10-1.225; Hols. Ch .85-1.005.

Lamb/Sheep (/#): Market 1.025-1.525.

Swine (/#): Hog .635 BATH MARKET Bath, NY No report FINGER LAKES LIVESTOCK AUCTION Canandaigua, NY January 4, 2012

Canandaigua Pavilion Penn Yan Dryden Cherry Creek

Bath

Vernon New Berlin

Cambridge

Central Bridge Chatham

Dairy Cows for Slaughter: Bone Util 59-80; Canners/Cutters 48-74; HY Util 73-85.

Slaughter Calves: Bobs 95-110# 50-70; 80-95# 4067; 60-80# 30-65; Vealers (grassers) 250# & up 64-83.

Dairy Calves Ret. to Feed: Bull over 95# 75-147.50; 8095# 70-145; 70-80# 65-90; Hfr calves 110-150.

Beef Steers: Ch grain fed 116-128; Sel 96-110; Hols.

Ch grain fed 87.50-108; Sel 78-85.

Hogs: Sows US 1-3 50-55.

Feeder Lambs: Ch 50-80# 150-182.50; Market Ch 80100# 100-120.

Goats (/hd): L Nannies 75132.50.

FINGER LAKES PRODUCE AUCTION Penn Yan, NY No report Produce Mon. @ 10 am, Wed-Fri. @ 9 am sharp!

FINGER LAKES HAY AUCTION Penn Yan, NY No report HOSKING SALES New Berlin, NY January 2, 2012 Cattle: Dairy Cows for Slaughter Bone Util .60-.74; Canners/Cutters .58-.65; Easy Cows .60 & dn.

Bulls: Bulls/Steers .62-.93.

Calves: Bull Calves 96120# .80-1.72; up to 95# .10-.95; Hols. under 100# 1.

Dairy: Grassland Dispersal avg. 1755; Top Hols. 3200, avg. 2175; Top Guernsey 1750, avg. 1392; Top Jersey 1100, avg. 858.

BELKNAP LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belknap, PA December 28, 2011

Slaughter Steers: Ch 2-3 1222-1308# 117-118; Sel 12 1424# 115.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Ch 2-3 1196-1268# 118-119; Sel 12 1182-1290# 113.50-115.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75# lean 8083.50, lo dress 79; Breakers 75-80% lean 76-79.50, hi dress 79, lo dress 72; Boners 80-85% lean 72-75.50; Lean 85-90% lean 67-71, hi dress 72, lo dress 63.5064.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1220# 76.50; YG 2 12500# 65.

Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L 1 400# 134.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 Hols.

Bulls 95-120# 112.50122.50; No. 2 90-120# 102.50-110; No. 3 90-120# 55-80; Beef type 114-142# 83-97.

Vealers: Util 65-120# 35-40.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 45-50% lean 2422263# 85-86; Sows US 1-3 400-600# 60-66; Boars 500600# 19-24.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch 1-2 70-100# 175-180.

Slaughter Goats (/hd): Kids Sel 1 60-65# 110127.50; 70-75# 130-149; Sel 2 60-70# 80-85; Nannies Sel 1 90-100# 120-128; Sel 2 80-90# 72.50-95; Billies Sel 1 140# 187.50; Sel 2 110# 120.

BELLEVILLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Belleville, PA December 28, 2011 Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 75.2577; Breakers 75-80% lean 71-75, lo dress 65.50-70; Boners 66-71.25, lo dress 60.50-64; Lean 59.75-64, hi dress 68.25, lo dress 54.5058.

Bulls: YG 1 1818# 76.25.

Feeder Cattle: Steers M&L 2 698-802# 75-91; L 3 Hols.

430# 85; Hfrs. L 2 768# 63; Bulls L 3 Hols. 872# 74.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 94-120# 116-138; 92# 114-116; No. 2 102-118# 85-112; 90-92# 84-102; No. 3 80-110# 68-82; Hols. Hfrs.

No. 1 90# 125/hd; No. 2 8090# 70-120/hd; Vealers 70110# 13-74.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 260-275# 185-190/hd; Sows US 1-3 400-500# 225-235/hd; Boars 370-450# 110125/hd.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 2040# 6-24; 55-60# 24-27.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 54-60# 210-220; 74100# 135-205; 110# 130; Rams 188# 76.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 2 under 20# 9-20; 20-35# 32.50-35; Nannies Sel 3 90# 55; Wethers Sel 2 150# 150.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA January 3, 2012 Slaughter Cattle: Steers Ch 1360-1500# 125-131; 1555-1690# 122-127.50; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 15501645# 115-124.50; Ch 1445-1670# 105.50-112; Sel & lo Ch full 1190-1575# 93.50-102; Hfrs. one Beef 1060# 115; one Hols. 1155# 123.50.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White/Hols. Hfr. types 80-90; Breakers 75-80% lean 74.50-79.50; Boners 68-75; Lean 65.50-75; Big Middle/lo dress/lights 5765.50; Shelly 56.50 & dn.

Feeder Cattle: Steers Jersey 835# 68; Hfrs. Hols. 320390# 64-80; Bulls Hereford 665# 71.

Calves Ret. to Farm: Hols.

Bulls No. 1 95-120# 130-

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT 142; No. 2 90-130# 105-130; No. 3 80-130# 80-105; Hols.

Hfrs. No. 2 80-110# 95-145.

Swine: Hogs 265-295# 6265; 300-320# 62-67; Sows 340-470# 44-48.50; 490580# 53-55.50; thin/weak/rough 26.5037.50; Boars 560# 30.

Goats (/hd): Nannies 106130.

Lambs: Ch 65# 230.

Sale every Tuesday * 5 pm for Rabbits, Poultry & Eggs * 6 pm for Livestock starting with calves. * Special Fed Cattle Sales Jan 17. * State Graded Feeder Pig Sale Jan 13. Receiving 7:30 until 10 am. Sale 1 pm for Chinese New Year.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC Carlisle, PA Small Animal Sale January 3, 2012 Rabbits: 1-16 Chickens: 1.75-6 Ducks: 3-9 Bunnies: 1-11.25 Chicks: .50 Quail: .75-3 All animals sold by the piece. Sale starts at 5 pm.

CARLISLE LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC State Graded Feeder Pig Sale Carlisle, PA No report *Next Sale Fri., Jan 13 for Chinese New Year 28-42#, 100-130# in strong demand for this sale.

Mercer

Jersey Shore

New Wilmington

Dewart Leesport Belleville Homer City

New Holland Carlisle Lancaster Paradise

Eighty-Four 614# 56-59.

Hay: 33 lds, 100-390/ton.

Straw: 5 lds, 190-235/ton.

Earcorn: 4 lds, 200-220/ton.

Rd. Bakes: 2 lds, 32-37/ld.

Firewood: 12 lds, 35115/ld.

EIGHTY FOUR LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Holland, PA No report GREENCASTLE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Greencastle, PA December 29, 2001 Slaughter Cows: Prem.

Whites 65-75% lean 7476.25; Breakers 75-80% lean 68-73, hi dress 73-74, lo dress 66-67.75; Boners 80-85% lean 64-68.75, hi dress 68.75-69.75; Lean 8590% lean 57-62.25, hi dress 63-67.25, lo dress 49.7554.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1352-1612# 78-81.50.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bull Calves No. 1 96-124# 130157.50; 80-94# 60-100; No. 2 94-124# 90-130; No. 3 94114# 60-100; 70-90# 40-60; Hols. Hfrs. No. 1 96-104# 120-140; Vealers Util 66130# 10-50.

INDIANA FARMERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION Homer City, PA No report KUTZTOWN HAY & GRAIN AUCTION Kutztown, PA December 31, 2011 Alfalfa: 2 lds, 295-310 Mixed Hay: 17 lds, 150-295 Timothy: 7 lds, 185-255 Grass: 8 lds, 145-360 Straw: 6 lds, 170-215 Firewood: 11 lds, 45-80 Soy Stubble: 1 ld, 130 LANCASTER WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY New Holland, PA December 30, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch &

Pr 3-4 1290-1600# 130132.50; Ch 2-3 1140-1525# 125-130; Sel 2-3 11251475# 116-121.50; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-4 1355-1675# 111-114; Ch 2-3 12001530# 107.50-110.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1125-1400# 125-127; Ch 2-3 1068-1490# 115120.

Slaughter Cows: Prem Whites 65-75% lean 75-80, hi dress 78-86.50, lo dress 68-75; Breakers 75-80% lean 69.50-77.50, hi dress 73-83, lo dress 64.50-72; Boners 80-85% lean 66-71, hi dress 69.50-78, lo dress 60-65.50; Lean 85-90% lean 60-65, hi dress 65-69, lo dress 53-59.

Slaughter Bulls: Thurs. No. 1 94-128# 120-132, 86-92# 80-110; No. 2 88-128# 105123; 80-86# 70; No. 3 80130# 70-87; 72-78# 25; Util 60-110# 20-30.

Holstein Heifer Calves: No. 1 95-110# 160-190; No. 2 80-95# 80-120.

LEBANON VALLEY LIVESTOCK AUCTION Fredericksburg, PA December 27, 2011 Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 68.50-72.50, hi dress 72.50-74.50; Boners 80-85% lean 59-64.50; Lean 85-90% lean 57-62, lo dress 45-51.50.

Feeder Calves: No. 1 95120# 130-167.50; 80-90# 95-120; No. 2 95-120# 100120; No. 3 80-110# 60-100; Util 70-105# 20-50.

LEESPORT LIVESTOCK AUCTION Leesport, PA December 28, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1360-1615# 109.50-113.50; Ch 2-3 1600-1695# 97.50-105.50; 1680-1710# 103.50-106.50.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1265-1275# 128-129.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean 72.5074.50, hi dress 77-78; Breakers 75-80% lean 69.50-73, hi dress 73.50-76; Boners 80-85% lean 65.5069, hi dress 69.50-73; Lean 85-90% lean 60-65.50, hi dress 66-67.50, lo dress 54.50-59.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1320-1875# 71-73.

Vealers: Util 70-110# 5077.50; 50-65# 12.50-27.50.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-120# 132.50147.50; 85-90# 110-125; No. 2 95-130# 115-135; 80-90# 85-100; No. 3 95-120# 80100; 80-90# 60-80.

Lambs: Ch 2-3 75# 180; 95115# 147.50-166; Ewes Gd 1-2 85-100# 92.50-105.

Goats: Kids Sel 1 30-40# 91-125; 60# 120; Sel 2 3040# 40-60; Nannies Sel 1 120-130# 120-140.

Feeder Pigs (/cwt): US 1-3 40# 145; 52-71# 77.50-100; 195# 60.50 MIDDLEBURG LIVESTOCK AUCTION Middleburg, PA January 3, 2012 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1370-1555# 129133.50; 1600# 127; Ch 2-3 1190-1585# 123-128.50; 1590-1660# 118.50-123; full/YG 4-5 1305-1585# 120; Sel 1-3 1160-1440# 117122.50; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1340-1560# 107.50-113.50; Ch 2-3 1260-1520# 100105.50; Sel 1-3 1295-1500# 95-99.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 1300-1450# 125-130; Ch 2-3 1125-1395# 119.50124.50; full/YG 4-5 11651255# 114.50-115.50; Sel 13 1175-1370# 113-118.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 70-75.50, hi dress 75-77, lo dress 65-69; Boners 80-85% lean 6772.50, hi dress 71-73.50, lo dress 60-65; Lean 85-90% lean 58.50-65, hi dress 67.50-70.50, lo dress 52-

58.50.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 1240-2105# 74-84, hi dress 1730-1785# 90-92; YG 2 1265-1880# 70.50-75.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 626# 100; Hereford 595# 92; M&L 2 620-930# 90-110; Herefords 490-620# 87-90; L 3 Hols. 205-325# 71-87; 8951106# 69-78.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 545-595# 105-110; Hereford 515# 86; M&L 2 355# 105; 595-600# 87-88.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 620# 119; M&L 2 360# 124; 500# 113; L 3 Hols. 260-325# 67.

Feeder Calves: Hols. Bulls No. 1 95-125# 130-147; 90# 115-127; No. 2 95-125# 105132; 80-90# 80-105; No. 3 95-125# 75-100; 75-90# 6787; No. 1 Hols. Hfrs. 90-110# 150-190; No. 2 80-100# 70110; Vealers Util 60-105# 10-75.

Slaughter Hogs: Barrows & Gilts 49-54% lean 230-275# 66-69; 280-360# 64-69; 4550% lean 247-275# 6366.50; 290-375# 61-65; Sows US 1-3 370-455# 5362; Boars 580-695# 2929.50.

Feeder Pigs: US 1-3 35# 22.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch 2-3 65# 240; 110-112# 127-152; Ewes Gd 2-3 120160# 77-90.

Slaughter Kids: Sel 1 70# 145; 100# 182; Sel 2 under 20# 25-30; 20# 42; 70# 107.

Slaughter Nannies: Sel 1 170# 150; pygmies 80# 7080; Sel 2 140# 92; Sel 3 100-110# 40-77; Billies Sel 1 pygmies 80# 100.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK AUCTION Martinsburg, PA January 2, 2012 Cattle: 72 Cows: Steers Ch 110-115; Gd 105-110; Hfrs. Ch 108113; Gd 100-108; Util & Comm. 67-77; Canner/lo Cutter 65 & dn.

Bulls: YG 1 63-75 Feeder Cattle: Steers 70110; Bulls 70-105; Hfrs. 75100.

Calves: 84. Ch 100-115; Gd 85-100; Std 15-80; Hols.

Bulls 90-130# 80-140.

Hogs: 19. US 1-2 70-75; US 1-3 65-70; Sows US 1-3 5058.

Feeder Pigs: 4. US 1-3 2050# 30-40.

Sheep: 24. Gd 140-160; SI Ewes 65-80.

Goats: 10-120 MORRISON’S COVE HAY REPORT Martinsburg, PA January 2, 2012 Alfalfa: 200-235 Alfalfa/Grass: 205-265

Grass: 150-220 Timothy: 165-185 Mixed Hay: 95-180 Round Bales: 85-160 Lg. Sq. Bales: 225, 1 ld Straw: 170, 1 ld Wood: 70-75 Hay Auction held every Monday at 12:30 pm.

MORRISON’S COVE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY & RABBIT REPORT Martinsburg, PA January 2, 2012 Roosters: 4-6 Hens: 1.50-3.25 Banties: 1-4.50 Guineas: 5.75 Ducks: 4-7.75 Bunnies: 6.75-10 Rabbits: 7.50-16 Auction held every Monday at 7 pm.

NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES New Holland, PA December 29, 2011 Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1290-1600# 130-132.50; Ch 2-3 1140-1525# 125-130; Sel 2-3 1125-1475# 116121.50; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-4 1355-1675# 111-114; Ch 23 1200-1530# 107.50-110.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 3-4 1125-1400# 125-127; Ch 2-3 1068-1490# 115120.

Slaughter Cows: Prem.

White 65-75% lean 76-80, hi dress 83-86.50, lo dress 7275; Breakers 75-80% lean 73.50-77.50, hi dress 79-83, lo dress 68-72; Boners 8085% lean 67-71, hi dress 74-78, lo dress 64-65.50; Lean 88-90% lean 60-65, hi dress 66-69, lo dress 54-59.

Slaughter Bulls: YG 1 9051740# 77-82, lo dress 10601640# 69.50-74.50.

Graded Bull Calves: No. 1 94-128# 120-132; 86-92# 80-110; No. 2 88-128# 105123; 80-86# 70; No. 3 80130# 70-87; 72-78# 25; Util 60-110# 60-110.

Holstein Heifer Calves: No. 1 95-110# 160-190; No. 2 80-95# 80-120.

NEW HOLLAND PIG AUCTION New Holland, PA No report NEW HOLLAND SHEEP & GOATS AUCTION New Holland, PA No report NEW WILMINGTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION New Wilmington, PA No report NEW WILMINGTON PRODUCE AUCTION, INC. New Wilmington, PA No report

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DEWART LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET, INC Dewart, PA January 2, 2012 Cattle: Hols. Steers Ch 1384-1454# 103.50-110; Sel 1146-1320# 94-103.

Cows: Prem. White 7577.75; Breakers 68-73; Boners 64.50-67.50; Lean 5964.

Bulls: 1394-1714# 73.5076; 2058-2118# 73.5077.50.

Holstein Bulls: 410-622# 107-127.

Feeder Heifers: 338-430# 107-118; 432-586# 106118.

Calves: 178. Bull Calves No. 1 94-120# 120-147; 8090# 90-135; No. 2 95-110# 95-120; Hfr. Calves No. 1 90105# 175-205; No. 2 80-95# 155-195; Util 65-100# 1080.

Lambs: 68-108# 175-205.

Goats (/hd): L Wethers 160167.50; Nannies up to 120; S Billies up to 122.50.

Feeder Pigs: 11-32/hd.

Hogs: 296-312# 61-68; Sows 306-438# 52-63; 550-

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WEEKLY MARKET REPORT PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Market Summary Compared to two weeks ago corn sold .40 to .50 higher, wheat sold .10 to .20 higher, barley sold .05 to .10 lower, Oats sold steady & Soybeans sold .40 to .50 higher. EarCorn sold 2-4 higher. All prices /bu. except ear corn is /ton.

Southeastern PA: Corn No. 2 Range 7.13-7.40, Avg 7.26, Contracts 5.86-5.90; Wheat No. 2 Range 6.337.02, Avg 6.64, Contracts 6.36-6.50; Barley No. 3 Range 4.70-5.50, Avg 5.10, Contracts 4.50; Oats No. 2 Range 4.50-4.80, Avg 4.80; Soybeans No 2 Range 11.24-11.73, Avg 11.45, Contracts 11.35-11.70; EarCorn Range 200.

Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.50-7.46, Avg 7; Wheat 5.64; Barley No. 3 Range 4.75; Oats No. 2 Range 3.60-4.30, Avg 3.96; Soybeans No. 2 Range 10.50-11.20, Avg 10.73; EarCorn Range 195-220, Avg 207.50.

South Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.60-7.75, Avg 7.11; Wheat No. 2 Range 4.92-6.60, Avg 5.98; Barley No. 3 Range 4-5, Avg 4.53; Oats No. 2 Range 3-4, Avg

3.41; Soybeans No. 2 Range 10.90-11.12, Avg 11.10; EarCorn Range 180.

Lehigh Valley Area: Corn No. 2 Range 7-7.57, Avg 7.20; Wheat No. 2 Range 7.45; Barley No. 3 Range 4.95; Oats No. 2 Range 4.55; Soybeans No. 2 Range 10.95-12.04, Avg 11.49; Gr. Sorghum Range 5.75.

Eastern & Central PA: Corn No. 2 Range 6.507.46, Avg 7.14, Month Ago 6.71, Year Ago 6.16; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.64-7.04, Avg 6.41, Month Ago 6.33, Year Ago 7.46; Barley No. 3 Range 4-5.50, Avg 4.75, Month Ago 5.05 Year Ago 4.15; Oats No. 2 Range 34.80, Avg 3.98, Month Ago 4.15, Year Ago 2.89; Soybeans No. 2 Range 10.5012.04, Avg 11.21, Month Ago 10.75, Year Ago 12.88; EarCorn Range 180-220; Avg 198.20, Month Ago 198.20, Year Ago 151.25.

Western PA: Corn No. 2 Range 5.70-6.50, Avg 6.24; Wheat No. 2 Range 5.93; Oats No. 2 3.20-4, Avg 3.56; Soybeans No. 2 11.41.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Weekly Livestock Summary

December 30, 2011 Slaughter Steers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 127-132.50; Ch 1-3 123-128; Sel 1-2 115-121; Hols. Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 109114; Ch 2-3 98-104-110.50; Sel 1-2 94-101.

Slaughter Heifers: Hi Ch & Pr 2-3 126-131; Ch 1-3 118.50-123.50; Sel 1-2 110116.

Slaughter Cows: Breakers 75-80% lean 68.50-74.50; Boners 80-85% lean 64-71; Lean 85-90% lean 57-64.

Slaughter Bulls: hi dress 81.50-89.50; Avg dress 7881.50; lo dress 70-78.

Feeder Steers: M&L 1 300500# 122.50-152; 500-700# 115-147; M&L 2 300-500# 112-135; 500-700# 95-115.

Feeder Heifers: M&L 1 300-500# 97-127; 500-700# 110-122.50; M&L 2 300500# 80-115; 500-700# 80102.50.

Feeder Bulls: M&L 1 300500# 122.50-137; 500-700# 115-125; M&L 2 300-500# 88-119; 500-700# 87-114.

Vealers: Util 60-120# 10-70.

Farm Calves: No. 1 Hols. bulls 95-125# 130-160; No. 2 95-125# 100-130; No. 3 80-120# 60-100; No. 1 Hols.

Hfrs. 84-105# 140-225; No. 2 80-105# 80-155.

Hogs: Barrows & Glts 4954% lean 220-270# 67-71;

45-50% lean 220-270# 64.50-67.

Sows: US 1-3 300-500# 5255; 500-700# 57.50-58.50.

Graded Feeder Pigs: US 12 20-30# 250-300; 30-40# 160-180; 40-50# 140-155; 60-80# 110-130; US 2 2030# 260-305; 30-40# 160170; 50-65# 120-145.

Slaughter Sheep: Lambs Ch & Pr 2-3 40-60# 240320; 60-80# 194-220; 80110# 170-200; 110-150# 150-188; Ch 1-3 40-60# 190-220; 60-80# 165-190; 80-110# 158-180; 90-130# 140-160; Ewes Gd 2-3 120160# 83-103; 160-200# 7893; Util 1-2 120-160# 64-84.

Slaughter Goats: Kids Sel 1 40-60# 88-116; 60-80# 110-140; 80-100# 122-144; Sel 2 40-60# 80-100; 60-80# 88-120; 80-100# 105-131; Sel 3 40-60# 51-78; 60-80# 70-90; Nannies Sel 1 80130# 112-132; 130-180# 133-153; Sel 2 80-130# 105121; 130-180# 116-130; Sel 3 50-80# 66-86; 80-130# 90110; Billies Sel 1 100-150# 220-240; 150-250# 285305; Sel 2 100-150# 175195; 150-250# 215-235.

PA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Hay Market Summary Hay & Straw Market For

Eastern PA: All hay prices paid by dealers at the farm and /ton. All hay and straw reported sold /ton. Compred to last week hay & straw sold steady to 10 higher.

Alfalfa 175-335; Mixed Hay 170-335; Timothy 150-240; Straw 120-170; Mulch 6090.

Summary of Lancaster Co. Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 211 lds Hay, 35 Straw. Alfalfa 190-370; Mixed Hay 135-450; Timothy 205-340; Grass Hay 105330; Straw 125-250.

Diffenbach Auct, December 26, 58 lds Hay, 7 lds Straw. Alfalfa 200-370; Mixed Hay 135-450; Timothy 200-340; Grass 105-320; Straw 150-250.

Green Dragon, Ephrata: December 30, 58 lds Hay, 9 Straw. Alfalfa 235-295; Mixed Hay 155-430; Timothy 122-430; Grass Hay 122305; Straw 170-230.

Weaverland Auct, New Holland: December 29, 39 lds Hay, 9 Straw. Alfalfa 265; Mixed Hay 210-300; Timothy 250-300; Grass 135-285; Straw 125-190.

Wolgemuth Auction: Leola, PA: December 28, 56 lds Hay, 10 Straw. Alfalfa 175315; Mixed Hay 175-365; Timothy 235-300; Grass

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Summary of Central PA Hay Auctions: Prices/ton, 145 Loads Hay, 33 Straw.

Alfalfa 175-360; Mixed Hay 100-400; Timothy 100-255; Grass 140-330; Straw 100270.

Belleville Auct, Belleville: December 14, 30 lds Hay, 2 lds Straw. Alfalfa 275-310; Alfalfa/Grass Mixed 135270; Grass 200-315.

Dewart Auction, Dewart: December 26, 19 lds Hay, 2 Straw. Alfalfa 360; Mixed Hay 210-400; Tmothy 125180; Grass 125-330; Straw 192-230.

Greencastle Livestock: December 26 & 29, 17 lds Hay, 3 Straw. Alfalfa 220; Mixed Hay 100-170; Grass 190.

Kutztown Auction, Kutztown: December 31, 34 lds Hay, 6 Straw. Alfalfa 295310; Mixed Hay 150-295; Timothy 190-255; Grass Hay 145-260; Straw 170215.

Middleburg Auct, Middleburg: December 27, 32 lds Hay, 14 Straw. Alfalfa 180205; Mixed Hay 155-205; Timothy 135-210; Grass 120-190; Straw 140-260.

Leinbach’s Mkt, Shippensburg: December 24 & 27, 43 lds Hay, 8 Straw. Alfalfa 135-270; Mixed Hay 110312; Timothy 100-245; Grass 190-265; Straw 165195.

New Wilmington Livestock, New Wilmington: December 16, 18 lds Hay, 0 Straw. Alfalfa 200-260; Timothy 185; Grass 200; Straw 210.

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Orchard Grass: 4 lds, 135270.

Mixed Hay: 26 lds Grass: 6 lds, 150-285 Baleage Grass: 1 ld, 85 Straw: 9 lds, 125-190 Firewood: 7 lds, 55-105 Corn Fodder: 1 ld, 130 Bean Stubble: 1 ld, 115 WOLGEMUTH AUCTION Leola, PA January 4, 2012 Alfalfa: 5 lds, 184-280 Mixed: 34 lds, 195-370 Timothy: 2 lds, 233-315 Grass: 12 lds, 188-250 Straw: 8 lds, 173-222 Baleage: 1 ld, 50 Fodder: 1 ld, 140 Stubble: 1 ld, 130

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The sale will feature lots comprised of elite flushes, embryo matings and semen that is not available on the open market. Donations will be accepted until Feb. 1, if you are interested in making a donation please contact Jake Alden or a junior board member.

The sale catalog will be available for viewing at www.etcow.com beginning on Feb. 8. The online auction will be open from 8 a.m. EST to 8 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Feb. 15 for ONE DAY ONLY! Bids will close at 8 p.m. EST Feb. 15.

Don’t worry if you had been saving up to purchase a hunting trip or weekend travel package from a fellow Shorthorn breeder. The junior board decided to keep the live auction on “Thursday night in Grand Island during the 2012 Junior Nationals. This auction will feature only trips, Shorthorn memorabilia, gift baskets and other “outside the box” items.

The general goal of the Funding the Future sale has not changed as the proceeds from both sales will still benefit AJSA activities. Some of these activities include the Knowledge Empowers Youth (KEY) Conference, Youth Beef Industry Conference (YBIC), junior board expenses and most importantly assist Iowa in hosting the 2013 Shorthorn Junior Nationals.

To learn more, contact the ASA office or visit www.shorthorn.org.

Apply for the 2013 Corn Board today The NCGA Nominating Committee is now accepting applications from members for the 2013 Corn Board.

Through the Corn Board, members can become an integral part of the organization’s leadership.

The NCGA Corn Board represents the organization on all matters while directing both policy and supervising day-to-day operations. Board members serve the organization

in a variety of ways.

They represent the federation of state organizations, supervise the affairs and activities of NCGA in partnership with the chief executive officer and implement NCGA policy established by the Corn Congress. Members also act as spokespeople for the NCGA and enhance the organization’s public standing on all organizational and policy issues.

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lifetime,” Niemeyer then encouraged prospective candidates to “step forward and take that chance.”

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NCGA’s St. Louis office at 636-733-9004.

Source: NCGA News of the Day, Tuesday, Dec. 27

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Monday, Jan. 9th - Special selling load of 4x4 Round bales 1st cutting net wrapped hay. The hay will sell just before Dairy. Monthly Heifer Sale: Lew-Lin Farm, Dryden, NY sends 15 Reg. Freestall Holsteins 9 of which had 80# to 130# milk for the tester last week all stages of lactation. Mostly 1st & 2nd lactation, Popular sires, good maternal lines you'll like this group. Paul Rohrbaugh, Schnevus, NY is sending 10-12 Open & Shortbred Registered Holsteins popular sires & big record Dams - Outstanding group. Brian Champlin, Jefferson sends two Registered heifers due sale time. Orange County, NY Dairy sending 3 fresh Jersey cross heifers, 2 Springing w/second calf, & a group of open heifers. Expecting a good selection in all age groups.

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Teaming up against the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

by Mary Woodsen, IPM Program A new pest has been pigging out on many of North America’s most important crops, posing an unprecedented threat to U.S. farmers. The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) burst onto the scene in 2010, causing catastrophic damage in most mid-Atlantic states.

Some growers of sweet corn, peppers, tomatoes, apples, and peaches reported total losses that year. The USDA has now awarded $5.7 million to 10 institutions across the country for research and education to help growers cope. The value of susceptible crops in the 33 states where BMSB has been established or sighted exceeds $21 billion, says Tracy Leskey, USDA entomologist.

Last year, the pest cost apple

growers alone $37 million. The team of 51 researchers’ goal is to uncover the mysteries of BMSB and use that knowledge to find management tactics that work — traps and lures, bio-pesticides, and natural enemies that kill BMSB. The Northeastern IPM Center will coordinate outreach to growers.

BMSB arrived from Asia circa 1996, in Allentown, PA, and quickly becoming a nuisance pest by overwintering in homes and commercial buildings. By 2004 it was showing up on farms and in forests. BMSB has a huge host range, hitting field crops, ornamentals and trees, feeding on about 300 species altogether.

“It’s the worst I’ve seen yet,” said University of Maryland entomologist

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Growers will need sprays for the near term, so Dively and a group of researchers are testing conventional and biological pesticides on tomato, pepper and eggplant. “You can kill 90 percent of them, but the next day you might have just as many,” Dively said last June 2011. The population might have been higher except for July’s record heat and drought. Young BMSB are vulnerable to drying — and dying — right after they’ve shed their skins during molting.

Growers have sprayed aggressively to keep BMSB in check. But broadspectrum sprays such as pyrethroids also kill beneficial insects that feed on pests, hampering nature’s own checks and balances. Beneficials help IPM growers protect crops through science-based tactics that keep environmental and economic costs as low as possible.

Henry Chiles of 1,500-acre Crown Orchard in Virginia saw severe damage in 2010. “We tried everything possible, including many sprays of pyrethroid insecticides, with no results,” he reported in a letter to USDA in 2010.

New York is among northeastern frontier states where BMSB is on the move, and 2011 marked the first ag sighting.

“Organic peppers were badly injured on a Hudson Valley farm,” said Peter Jentsch, a Cornell researcher on the BMSB team. No organically approved pesticides keep BMSB at bay. Traps and lures, beneficials, and biorationals could be several years from deployment.

The spark for a broad-based BMSB management project came in early 2010 when Tracy Leskey, USDA entomologist, put out the call to colleagues and assembled a working group funded by the Northeastern IPM Center. This spurred a coordinated solution, and within a few months plans for national research and outreach were underway. The BMSB working group wants to stay one step ahead, and it met with the BMSB team in late November to share the lessons from this season.

Scientists at Cornell and nine other universities or experiment stations are sharing in the USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant onthe biology, ecology, and management of BMSB.

Farm income forecast up for 2011 Net farm income is forecast at $100.9 billion for 2011, up 28 percent from 2010. All three measures of farm sector earnings (net farm income, net cash income, and net value added) are forecast to rise more than 18 per-

cent. Median total farm household income is also expected to rise.

Most farm households earn the majority of their income from offfarm sources.

For the full report, visit www.ers. usda.gov/Features/FarmIncome.

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Gold and Silver Key Awards given at New York Farm Bureau State Annual Meeting BINGHAMTON NY — New York Farm Bureau presented Gold Key Awards to four county Farm Bureaus at the group’s State Annual Meeting, held Dec. 6-8 in Binghamton.

Gold Key Awards were presented to Chenango, Oswego, Schuyler and D u t c h e s s / P u t n a m / We s t c h e s t e r Farm Bureaus. Gold Keys are awarded to county Farm Bureaus for overall program accomplishment based on membership size. In order to qualify for this award, the locality must have achieved its membership goal.

In addition to Gold Key awards, 47 Silver Key Awards were presented to county Farm Bureaus that have exhibited excellence in a variety of categories relating to effectiveness in policy implementation, promoting agriculture to the public and in classrooms, leadership development, and membership building.

While at the State Annual Meeting, members also had an opportunity to vote on the policy issues that will

guide the work of New York Farm Bureau for the coming year. New York Farm Bureau is dedicated to solving the economic and public policy issues that challenge the farming communities in the state. Gold and Silver Key Awards recognize County Farm Bureaus for their commitment to agriculture.

The counties receiving Silver Key Awards were: Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, D u t c h e s s / P u t n a m / We s t c h e s t e r, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Long Island, Madison, Montgomery, Monroe, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Washington, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates.

Gold Key County leaders accepting their awards included (L-R): Bradd Vickers, President, Chenango County Farm Bureau; Stephanie Bergen, President, Schuyler County Farm Bureau; NYFB President Dean Norton, Dave Tetor, Membership Chair, Dutchess-Putnam-Westchester Farm Bureau; and Nancy Weber, President Oswego County Farm Bureau.

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2001 JD 714 chisel plow, 11 shank w/disc, approx. 6500 acres since new, $11,000 OBO. 585-245-4739 3 CASE IH 1666 combines just purchased. Also (7) 1640/1660 combines. All Very Very Nice. Zeisloft Farm Eq. 800-919-3322 3.7% Fin. 8’ BADGER snowblower, excellent; 6-1/2’ International snowblower. New & used tires & rims of all sizes. 585-7321953 8’ SNOW PUSHER, standard quick tach, others available.

Pine Ridge Welding and Machine, Penn Yan, NY. 315536-2102

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 375, 9370, 9330, 8930, 7140, MX135, MX120, JX95, C80. JD & Bush Hog 15’ rotary mowers, excellent.

585-732-1953 CASE IH 7140 MFWD, local trade in, runs great. Only 5900 hours, only $41,900. Zeisloft Farm Eq. 800-919-3322 Bloomsburg, PA EVER WONDER if you are properly covered? Bring your policies for a free review. WNY Farm Show: February 2nd & 3rd, Hamburg NY FEBRUARY 2ND AND 3RD, Hamburg, NY: Earn pesticide applicator points from three on-site workshops!

WWW.WNYFARMSHOW.COM

ANDERSON hybrid inline wrapper, used 4 seasons, excellent condition, $18,000; Center Co., PA 814-422-0659 B&E MANUFACTURING: Kicker racks, slant bar feeders, headlock feeders, round bale carriers, low profile bale carriers. 315-536-9513

Best Price! Buy Now! • Pallet Forks - $595.00 Universal Attach Also Buckets for Skid Steers Price Subject to Change

GOOD BUY: Case IH 5240 MFWD with nice Westerndorf loader. Only $32,500. Zeisloft Farm Eq. 800-919-3322 HIGH QUALITY Used Tractors, no fresh repaints, mostly good clean original paint.

Zeisloft Farm Eq. 800-9193322 JD 8420, 8200, 7920, 7700, 7405, 7210, 5500, 4955, 4560; NH 8560; Ford 8830, TW15. 585-732-1953

Burkholder Repair LLC 315-536-8446

JD BALER PARTS: Used, New Aftermarket and rebuilt. JD canopy new aftermarket, $750. Call for pictures. Nelson Horning 585-526-6705

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale

’00 JD 7210 cab, 4WD, PQ, 9,784 hrs . . . . . . .$23,500 ’83 JD 2950 cab, 4WD, high&low dual hyd . . . .$13,500 ’94 JD 6400 ROPS, 2WD, syncro, dual hyd . . .$11,800 ’97 Daewoo DD80 dozer, cab, 6-way blade, hydro .Call Penn Yan, NY

315-536-8919

TRANSPORT HAY ELEVATORS 1 1/2” square tubing, 14 gauge 24’ - 48’ Includes Motor & Wheels Other sizes available Call for prices.

We Custom Build Wagon Gears - 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 Ton

MILO MFG. • PENN YAN, NY

315-536-8578

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

Farm Machinery For Sale

Farm Machinery For Sale JOHN DEERE 5720, 4WD, 3 row corn head, kernal processor, $22,500. TC33D New Holland tractor w/loader, 4WD, hydrostatic, 1300 hours, $11,500. 570-966-9893

Combine Salvage

K & J Surplus 60 Dublin Rd. Lansing, NY 14882 (607) 533-4850 • (607) 279-6232

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. . . .

JOHN DEERE TRACTOR PARTS

Many New Parts in Stock RECENT MODELS IN FOR SALVAGE:

• 6420 burnt • 6215 burnt • 5400 4WD burnt • 4430 qd, cab • E4020 •L4020 PS • E3020 • 3010 • 2840 • 2630 • 2010 We Rebuild Your Hydraulic Pumps, SCV Valves, Steering Valves, etc.

All Units are Bench Tested Many Used Tractor Parts Already Dismantled CALL FOR YOUR NEEDS

NELSON PARTS 800-730-4020 315-536-3737 Kennedy Tractor (315) 964-1161 Williamstown, NY “We Deliver” Ford NH 4630 Heated Factory Cab 5560HP Dsl, 1800 hrs, dual outlets, super clean $11,500; 4x4 Kubota 34HP Dsl, Heated Cab, Hydro,“Ag” tires w/new 5’ 3pt snowblower package $9,950; Ford 540 Heated Cab & Ford Ldr 50HP Dsl, PS 3pt live PTO $4,950; 3Pt snowblowers; Front Mt Snow Pushers; PTO Generators; 4x4 Long 50HP Dsl, exc. rubber/runner & tin $6,950; 4x4 JD 4200 Heated Cab 20HP Dsl, hydro w/JD 72” mower deck $Call; Lots more tractors & machinery in stock

GET A

2010 JD 8295 R C/A, MFD, 50” rear duals, 38” ft duals, ILS, active seat, leather, only 420 hrs, same as new! Compare at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $206,000 JD 8410 C/A MFD, 46” duals, 4 remotes, wts frt. & rear, Q-hitch, G. Star ready, 4800 hrs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $105,000 JD 8130 C/A, MFD, 46” duals, active seat, very fancy tr., looks new! . . . . . $131,000 JD 4020 w/148 ldr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,500 JD 2550 & JD 2555 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call!

Available Jan. 20th: JD 8320 R C/A MFD, same as new! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call!

JD 7810 C/A MFD, 3200 hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call!

2010 Case 275 Mag. C/A MFD, loaded, 145 hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $159,500 Case IH MX220 C/A MFD, 46” duals, 3 PTOs, 1870 hrs, sold new in Ohio. . $84,500 (2) Case IH 7140’s C/A MFD, 20x42 duals, 3 remotes, “1 has 2 PTOs”, choice at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,500 Case IH 125 Maxium, C/A MFD, only 556 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,500 Available Jan 20th: Case IH 335 & 305, very low hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call!

New Holland 8360 C/A MFD, 42” rears, 3950 hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,500 New Holland TS115A C/A MFD w/loader, 3200 hrs, very nice outfit . . . . . $43,900 New Holland 4630 4x4 w/loader, left hand reverser, 2 remotes . . . . . . . . . $16,900 Ford 4610 w/loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500 Ford 7740 canopy, 2 remotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,900 Ford 3000 remotes, nice little tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,900 New Holland DC85 dozer, 6 way, full hydro, wide track, only 2450 orig. hrs, exc. cond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call for details!

NH FP230 chopper, 3 row & hay head,“No K.P.”, has chopped 200 A. of corn, hay head never on, absolutely like new! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,500 NH 1411 & 1432 discbines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call!

NH BR740 silage special w/net wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,500 Good selection of White auto set plows, disc chisel plows, cultimulchers, disk, etc. Call!

Buhler Farm King (Allied) Snowblowers 60” $1,979 • 74” $2,754 • 96” $3,564 Skid Steers: JD 313 w/145 hrs., NH LX885 w/1700 hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call!

Buhler Farm King 72” Q-tach snow blade for skid steer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,875

See us at www.andrewsfarm.com Financing Available, Also Buying Late Model Tractors & Equipment Call Us for Your Spring Equipment Needs Now!

ANDREWS FARM EQ. INC. Conneautville, PA 814-587-2450 or 814-573-3344

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 KNIGHT 8014 slinger spreader, one owner, VG field ready condition, $7,000. 315-5363994 LOOKA HERE: 1997 JD 9600 4x4 combine with low hours.

Sharp & Priced Right. 3.7% Fin. $54,000. Great Buy! Zeisloft Farm Eq. 800-9193322

Maine To North Carolina PleasantCreekHay.com MANY IH 1066’s, 1466’s fender & cab tractors, $6,500$12,000; Du-al loader, $1,500.

518-677-2854 NEW AND USED PARTS for New Holland 770, 782, 790, 890, 892, 900, FP230, FP240.

John Deere 3940, 3950, 3955, 3960, 3970, 3975. NEW Horning crop processors.

NEW & USED New Holland baler parts & service. Closed Sundays. 607-243-8151 NEW HOLLAND TC29D compact diesel four wheel 7308 loader w/grapple, 7586 backhoe Woods 5’ finish mower, 600Hrs, nice, $14,200. 315597-5626

Farm Machinery For Sale New Skid Loader Attachments, Buckets, Pallet Forks, Manure Forks, Round Bale Grabbers, Bale Spears, Feed Pushers, Adapter Plates, Skid Steer Hitch

MARTIN’S WELDING

315-531-8672

MACK ENTERPRISES

Farm Machinery For Sale

Feed, Seed, Grain & Corn

WANTED

Massey Ferguson 165, 175, 265, 275, 285 Any Condition

814-793-4293 WANTED: Same Tractor, 130hp and above, 1968 Saab, 2 door, working condition. Call 518-673-5894

Randolph, NY

(716) 358-3006 • (716) 358-3768

Custom Roasting and Cooling Your Soybeans,Corn, etc.

At Your Farm or Mill Serving All of NY State

WEILER’S GRAIN ROASTING

Ship UPS Daily www.w2r.com/mackenterprises/

New & Used Tractor & Logging Equipment Parts

(315) 549-7081

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 PRICES REDUCED on all Combines in stock. The largest selection of later model JD & Case IH combines in East.

Zeisloftequip.com 800-9193322 RECONDITIONED 4-6-8R 7000 and 7200 planters. Also, one and two row sweetcorn, vegetable, pumpkin planters w/JD Max-Emerge. FrameMount no-till coulters. Custom b u i l d p l a n t e r s . Pe q u e a Planter, 717-442-4406

Smiley’s Equipment JD 4630, nice, $12,500; JD tractor & ldr, compact, $10,500; Hesston 4x4 & cab, $7,500; White 4x4 w/cab, 135hp, nice, $12,500; Int. 4x4, $10,500; 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; ‘08 Dodge 4x4 pickup, $16,500; ‘99 Ford pickup, $2,000; IH dsl dump truck, $2,500; Brush Hogs, Discs, Harrows, Plows & more. Excavator, $12,500; Case 450 Dozer, $8,500; JD 350C Dozer, $11,500; White 4x4 ldrhoe, $9,500; Case ldrhoe, $6,000.

BUYING MACHINES DEAD OR ALIVE

518-634-2310 TUBE LINE bale wrapper, 2008, model #TL5500, automatic, round or square bales, remote control, twin wrap, $18,000. 315-856-0032 Tubeline inline wrapper, model TL-5500, stored inside, asking $13,500. 228-2397248 USED Cardinal 86’ grain elevator, $2,500; Also, M.C. 675 grain dryer, $2,500; 716-2137843

YOUR SOURCE FOR:

Farm Machinery Wanted CORN STALK shredder & Kinze corn planter, 8x30”, dry fertilizer. 315-794-7316 GLENCO 17-shank chisel plow, MF 4880; Also, pair of 30.5x32 RNC tires. 716-2137843

WANTED

John Deere 5460, 5820, or 5830 Choppers

814-793-4293

• Livestock Feeds • Ration Balancing • SeedWay Seeds • Crystalyx Products Buying Corn, Feed Wheat & Oats

(315)) 549-82266 Romulus, NY 14541

MEDIUM RED CLOVER, good cover crop, very good nitrogen supply, excellent feed for $1.30Lb, over 2,000Lb $1.20Lb. Bay Farms 585-7476272

WANTED: 3 point hitch for Steiger PTA 325. 716-4740221

WANTED: Moldy or dusty corn for corn furnace. Can haul. Ontario County,NY. 585704-0687

Fencing

Fencing

SHAMROCK FARMS (585) FENCING DAN FITZPATRICK

669-2179

8408 CARNEY HOLLOW RD., WAYLAND, NY 14572 Sales & Installations Building Since 1981

• Posts • Board • Split Rail • HT Wire • Vinyl • Energizers

E FARM FENCE & SUPPLY EMPIR “Miles of Quality Start Here”

• High Tensile • Split Rail • Misc. Types of Fence • Energizers • Fencing Supplies

4097 Rt. 34B, Union Springs, NY 13160 RUSTIN WILSON

(315) 364-5240

Sell Your Items Through Reader Ads P.O. Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Fencing

Fencing

Improve Your Farm Efficiency

ALL TYPES OF FENCES Quali Guara ty nteed

Heavy Duty Galvanized Gates

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

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

Cyclops Energizers

518-993-5177

771 St. Hwy 163, Fort Plain, NY

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”

For Sale

Hay - Straw For Sale

TINGLEY

• Hi-Top Work Rubbers* #1300 - $17.00/pr • 10” Closure Boots* #1400 - $22.00/pr • 17” Knee Boots #1500 - $26.00/pr Sizes S, M, L, XL, 2X, & 3X

Naples Distributors (888) 223-8608

www.NaplesDistributors.com

Hay - Straw Wanted

HAY SAVER Plus Hay Preservative, 68% Propionic Acid.

87¢ per pound. Product available in Waterloo, NY. Delivery Available. Conoy Ag, Elizabethtown, PA 717-367-5078

Established, well equipped grass-based sheep dairy in Cazenovia, NY producing on-farm artisanal yogurts and award winning cheeses seeks experienced head cheese maker starting April 2012. Commercial acumen and marketing experience a plus.

Send resume to resumes@meadowoodfarms.com

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

GOODRICH TRACTOR PARTS

Rt. 38 & 38B, Newark Valley, NY

607-642-3293

Help Wanted

Financial Services

Established, successful agribusiness in Western New York is seeking a conscientious, self-motivated individual looking for a career as a commercial applicator. Commercial Applicator’s license preferred, but a Private or Technician license would also be considered. CDL Class A license a plus.

Successful candidate needs excellent communication skills to interact with customers and other employees.

Responsibilities: • Apply crop protection products, fertilizer, and ag lime • Ability to mix, load, and calibrate equipment • Must have good mechanical ability to maintain equipment and perform minor repairs • Accurate record keeping and ability to operate equipment safely and efficiently a must • Willingness to adapt to seasonal fluctuation in workloads (lots of O.T. during busy season) • Shop work or driving position during off-season • Other duties as assigned

H AY Farmer to Farmer Wet and Dry Round & Square Bales

Financial Services

NEW, USED & RECONDITIONED

Commercial Applicator Position

E&A Fence LLC

• • • •

Experienced Cheese Maker

Help Wanted

Serving The Northeast

R & R FENCING LLC

Parts

Made in USA

BOARD • VINYL • WOVEN WIRE • HI TENSILE

Fencing

Help Wanted

1st, 2nd & 3rd Cut Hay Also Square Bales of

STRAW CALL STEVE

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519-482-5365

We offer a competitive compensation package including health, dental, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) and possible bonus.

ONTARIO DAIRY HAY & STRAW

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

ALSO CERTIFIED ORGANIC

FOR LEASE: Organic dairy farm in Central NY, 3 bedroom house with 40 stall barn with pens for calves, 32 acres of pasture. Please call for details. 315-893-7616

Grain Handling Equip.

Bins & Dryers

Hay & Straw - All Types

NEEB AGRI-PRODUCTS

We Pick Up & Pay Cell 717-222-2304 Buyers & Sellers

15’ grain bin w/drying floor, $2,500; 18’ grain bin w/drying floor, $3,500. Both torn down.

570-966-9893

519-529-1141

www.countryfolks.com Hay - Straw Wanted

Hay - Straw Wanted

NEW AND USED Grain Dryers: GT, MC, GSI. Call anytime toll free 1-877-422-0927

ALWAYS WANTED

WANTED: 1st & 2nd cut big & small squares. 315-363-9105

Hay - Straw For Sale

1st, 2nd & 3rd Cuttings Also Small Square Mulch

FOR SALE: 1st cut baleage, big squares. 716-474-3973

Call 4M FARMS 315-684-7570 • 315-559-3378

HAY FOR SALE: 4x5 dry wrapped bales. Larchar Farms, 607-847-8393

TIMOTHY MIXED HAY ALFALFA MIXED HAY

585-768-8557

WANTED

Low Potassium for Dry Cows

Call for Competitive Prices For Rent or Lease

All inquiries will be kept confidential.

Horses TEAM of 15 year old blonde smaller Belgian mares, kid broke to all machinery and traffic. Erin C. Lundy 315-4931051

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

FOSTER/ADOPTIVE PARENTS NEEDED

Hillside Children's Center is looking for parents to provide short or long-term care for local youth. Generous daily stipend and ongoing support provided. Visit www.hillside.com/fostercare today to find out more.

Sell Your Items Through Reader Ads P.O. Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428

1-800-836-2888 classified@leepub.com Parts & Repair

Professional Services

IH TRACTOR SALVAGE PARTS

Custom Heifer Raising 150 Head capacity; complete service for quality raised heifers in Northern Tioga County Pa. 5 miles south of the New York border. Brubaker Dairy Farm 814-367-5062

BATES CORPORATION 12351 Elm Rd BOURBON, IN 46504

New, Used & Rebuilt We Ship Anywhere CHECK OUT OUR MONTHLY WEB SPECIALS!

Real Estate For Sale

Call the IH Parts Specialists:

Our Web Address: www.batescorp.com

1-800-248-2955 STARTERS, ALTERNATORS, and GENERATORS for all domestic and import engines.

Also HIGH TORQUE DIESEL STARTERS. Prompt Service 315-826-7892 Gary Sneath

96 ACRE FARM FOR SALE with buildings and woods, $135,000. 5353 Elm Creek Road, Randolph, NY 14772

Services Offered

• Sales & Installation • On The Farm Service • A Large Parts Inventory • Willing to Travel for Service Work • 7 Days a Week, Parts & Service • Financing Available

ART TIMMEL

3626 Brown St., Collins, NY 14034 Shop - (716) 532-2040 Eves & Weekends (716) 532-2919

SILO Corp.

Tractors, Parts & Repair

(585) 492-1300

10’ side wall

13’4” side wall

11’T wall

717-949-2034 Toll-free 1-877-484-4104

Real Estate For Sale

Real Estate For Sale

Real Estate For Sale

POSSON REALTY LLC 787 Bates-Wilson Road Norwich, NY 13851

(607)) 334-97277 Celll 607-316-3758 www.possonrealty.com possonrealty@frontiernet.net Richard E. Posson, Associate Broker

2312 2 - Jefferson n Countyy Farm - 190 acres located on a quiet road.

100 tillable acres good well drained soils all in hay. 50 acres of woods. Balance pasture. Modern 36x100 2 story barn. 32 tie stalls.

One large calving pen, enclosed manure room, patz cleaner, and pipeline milking system. This is a very nice little barn to milk a small dairy, raise beef or horses. 2 - 24x22 machinery buildings with lots of storage. Good 2 story 5 bdrm farm house w/new windows and siding.

This farm could be organic. Close to machinery, grain dealers, and shopping. Owners have reduced the price from an earlier listing from $385,0000 too $300,0000.. $15000 perr acre with buildings. Great buy on a nice little farm.

23022 - Otsegoo Countyy Freee stalll Operation. Buildings for 300 head. Double 8 milking parlor, 3,000 gallon bulk tank, large concrete pad for feed storage. Good 2 story 4 bdrm home. All situated on 70 acres of land w/40+/- acres tillable, gravel loem soils w/lots of

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

Trucks 1998 INTERNATIONAL 4900, DT466, single axle, 6 speed, 6 year old 18’ Allstar silage body, hydraulic tailgate, grain chute, very good condition, $19,500. 315-727-1290

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

A.B. MARTIN ROOFING SUPPLY, LLC 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

Real Estate For Sale

additional land to rent reasonable. Great location. Mins from Cooperstown or Oneonta. Farm would work well for dairy although buildings are conducive for horses and beef. Farm has 2 trout streams.

Excellent deer and turkey hunting. Nice area to live and farm.

Priced to sell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Askingg $245,000 2310 0 - Madison n Countyy - 45 acre Gentleman’s Farm. Quiet road beautiful view. 20 acres tillable Balance pasture. Good 2 story barn with 41 ties, barn cleaner, and milking system. New 30x56 insulated shop in-floor heat. Remodeled 2 story 3 bdrm home in very condition.

Nice location, close to machinery and ag dealers. Beautiful views of Chenango Valley. Mins from shopping and hospitals. Surely a very nice little farm. Owners are serious sellers who will consider all offers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Askingg $230,000 2293 3 - Chenangoo County. 34 acre Gentleman’s farm w/ the mineral rights. 15 acres tillable ground, all in hay. Will grow row crops or vegetables. 7 acres of pasture w/ year round trout stream. Balance woods. Lots of firewood & good hunting. Good 2 story 30x40 drive through barn. 20x20 tack building used for storage, wooden floor, would make a nice wood shop. 22x44 greenhouse. 2 story 4 bdrm home. Has been completely remodeled from the bottom up in the modern timber-frame style. Lots of exposed beams and timbers. New $35,000 poured concrete foundation. New siding, windows, kitchen, bathroom & floors. Farm sits atop a small valley. Very quiet & scenic.

Close to shopping, hospitals, schools, yet in the country. Would make a very nice hobby farm, raise beef or horses, grow a big garden, & enjoy hunting & fishing. Laid back country living at its’ best. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Reducedd from m $199,0000 too $175,000 2313 3 - Investmentt Property. 75 acres of bare land, near Cortland, NY. Mins from I81. 33 acres all in one field. Flat to gently rolling excellent well drained soils, good farm ground, currently rented to local farmer at $50 per acre. Balance of land is woods, excellent deer & turkey hunting. Small pond with ducks and geese. Property has a half a mile of road frontage and the gas rights to convey. This is a great investment property. Great location. Close to Syracuse, Cortland, Cornell College, and beautiful Finger Lakes area of NY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Askingg $145,000. Owner would consider financing.

Silos, Repairs, Silo Equipment WANTED: Used Slurrystore.

Please call 717-363-6741.

Tractor Parts ARE YOU IN NEED of any small engine or Agriculture parts? Why not give us a try? Visit us on- line at www.nnyparts.com or call 315-347-1755 for more information and prices.

2004 DODGE crew cab 4x4, 5.9 Cummins diesel, automatic, 59,500 miles, 8’ box, 5th wheel hitch, tonneau cover, fully loaded, new tires & brakes, no rust, like new. $24,500. 315-727-1290

Trucks

Trucks

2001 Mack RD688S Tri-Axle Southern Truck, 460 Mack, Jake, 8LL Trans., 20,000 Front, 20,000 Lift, Mack 46,000 Rears, Camel Back Price To Sell Or Trade

Trojan 1900 Articulating Loader, Detroit Power, Heat, Lights, Wiper, Runs Excellent, Cheap! Great Snow Machine Priced To Sell Or Trade

Pines 45x96 Walking Floor Trailer, Swing Doors, Roll-Over Tarp, Cheap! Priced To Sell Or Trade

1995 Steco Walking Floor Trailer, Roll-Over Tarp, Cheap! Priced To Sell Or Trade

ADVANTAGE TRUCKS (716) 685-6757 www.advantagetrucks.com

WE DELIVER

“Exporters Welcome”

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23044 - Oneidaa Countyy Dairyy Farm 140 acres, 80+ acres tillable well drained very productive soils right behind the barn, flat to gently rolling fields. An additional 86 acres tillable close by available to rent.

Nice remodeled 2 story dairy barn with 86 stalls. Tunnel ventilation.

Nice barn to work in. Attached 74 stall free stall barn w/large bedding pack and pens for calves. Barn has a manure pit for 3 month storage.

2 large machinery buildings. Good 2 story 5 bdrm home and 2 bdrm mobile home for hired help. This is a good turn-key operation.

Owners are retiring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Askingg $450,000

Jake Stoltzfus 649 South Ramona Rd. Myerstown, PA 17067

FOR SALE: Farm machinery parts and older tractor parts.

DON’s PLACE, formerly Knapp’s. 585-346-5777

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REPLACEMENT SILO DOORS & HARDWARE AGRI-DOOR

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

Arcade, N.Y.

ROOFING & SIDING

(717) 365-3234

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Village of Hilton, Monroe County,NY. Sitting on 2 acres, paved & fenced in parking, additional tennant income included. 585-392-7692

PO Box 399 Gratz, PA 17030

Tractor Parts

Silos, Repairs, Silo Equipment

• Precast Bunk Silos 6’x8” to 13’-4” High • Silo Repair Service • Salt Storage Structures

NORTHEAST SILO DEMO: Need a cheap, quick & easy way to get your silo down?

Will travel, give us a call. 518568-3560

Poultry

Clearview Hatchery

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

Silos, Repairs, Silo Equipment

Poultry & Rabbits

Goslings, ducklings, chicks, turkeys, guineas, bantams, pheasants, chukars, books, medications.

Silos, Repairs, Silo Equipment

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Calendar of Events 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 JAN 9-13 Trade a Tree Program After Christmas this year, trade in your old tree for a free Seedling! The Cayuga County Trade A Tree program offers residents an opportunity to recycle their Christmas trees in exchange for a Douglas Fir transplant. Your old tree will be turned into mulch and you receive a coupon to pick up a transplant in the spring.

Seedlings will be available for pickup on Fri., May 4, 2012 from 8 am to 6 pm at the Natural Resource Center at 7413 County House Rd., Auburn, NY. Christmas Trees can be dropped off at the Natural Resource Center on the following dates: • Jan. 9-13 - 8 am - 4 pm.

Contact Natural Resource Center, 315-252-4171 ext 3.

1 (2)) 19855 FREUHAUFF 80000 GALLON N ALUMINUM M TANKS,, on hub pilot rim and 23’ boom, field spread or nurse. Very Sharp!

Call 585-734-3264

Martin’s Farm Trucks, LLC

Trucks for All Your Needs - Specializing in Agri-Business Vehicles

1987 Mack Superliner RW TA Day Cab, E6, Jake, Mack 12 spd Extended Range, Double Frame, 44k Rears, Camelback, 830k mi. $15,900

1997 Ford L8000 SA Dump 8.3L Cum 250hp, 5x2, 10k mi on new clutch & trans, 39,000GVW, 10’ dump, salt spreader, 11’ plow, central hydr, 46K mi. $16,900

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CALEDONIA DIESEL, LLC TRUCK & EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICE “The Diesel People!”

2905 Simpson Rd., Caledonia, NY

585-538-4395 • 1-800-311-2880 Since 1982

Just 1 mile south of Route 20 on 36 south

JAN 11 2012 Madison County Crop Congress Empire Tractor, Route 20, Cazenovia, NY. 9:30 am - 3 pm. The day long meeting gives central New York crop and dairy farmers the opportunity to update themselves on new diseases, insects, legislation and products available Pesticide re-certification credits have been applied for and it is anticipated that 2.5 credits will be awarded. Lunch will be provided. Preregistration is required by Jan. 6. Contact CCE of Madison County, 315684-3001 ext 106.

Special Farm Family Relationships Webinar 3 pm. EST. “Dealing with the complexity of family and business relationships that exist on family owned farms,” the webinar will cover these discussion points: • Estate Planning - active and non-active family members in the farm business; • Farm Transition - ownership and control; • Organization - multiple family members working together; and • Exit strategies for the retiring farmer without a successor.

Question should be submitted to c.merry@agconsultants.org at least 10 days prior to the event.

JAN 11-14 National No Tillage Conference St. Louis, MO. Registration is $279/person, with a special $252 rate for additional farm or family members. On Internet at www.NoTillConference .com JAN 12 Winter Production of Vegetable Crops CCE of Ontario County, 480 North Main St., Canan-daigua, NY. 8:30 am - 2:30 pm. This workshop is directed to small scale and larger scale vegetable growers (organic and conventional) throughout New York State. Fee: $25/person includes lunch, handouts and expert advice on winter vegetable production. Pre-registration is required by Jan. 10.

Contact CCE of Ontario County, 585-394-3977 ext. 427 or e-mail Nancy Anderson with your full contact info at nea8@cornell.edu.

JAN 14 Western NY Maple School CCE of Wyoming County, 401 North Main St., Warsaw NY. Call 585-786-2251 or e-mail djw275@cornell.edu.

JAN 14, FEB 11 & MAR 10 Corning Winter Farmers’ Market 1 West Market St., Corning, NY. Contact Market Manager, 607-759-7665.

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2003 Kawasaki 60Z V Wheel Loader, 4532 Hrs, cab with heat & A/C, JRB quick coupler, 2 1/4 CY Bucket, Forks Available. $48,500

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2006 Freightliner M2106 Daycab MB 300hp, 10 speed, air ride, 12k front, 40k rears, 150” wheelbase 187,400 miles. $33,750

JAN 17 Leasing Your Land for Natural Gas Exploration Addison High School. 7-9 pm.

An informational meeting on leasing land for natural gas exploration, and how to best manage any money received from leasing or royalties. Contact CCE Steuben Co., 607664-2300.

Maple Production for the Beginner CCE Ontario Co., 480 North Main St., Canandaigua, NY. 6:30-8:30 pm. Contact CCE, 585-394-3977 ext. 427 or 436 or e-mail nea8@cornell.edu with your name, address & phone number.

Stability Amidst Volatility: Growing Crops and Feeding Livestock The Century House, 997 Rte 9 Latham, NY. 9 am - 3:30 pm.

Topic include skills to use the commodity markets, dairy rations insulated from market volatility, business skills needed in a volatile economy, managing crops in adverse environments, high forage rations; snaplage, BMR corn silage, growing your own grain, crop insurance and LGM-Dairy insurance. $45 pre-registration due by Jan 12. Contact Gale Kohler, 518-765-3500 or gek4@cornell.edu or Aaron Gabriel, 518-380-1496 or adg12@cornell.edu.

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2001 Freightliner FL80 Cab & Chassis 310hp Cat, Allison Automatic, 18k front axle, 46k rears, 16’ of double frame behind cab, 60,000 miles, auto-lube system. $34,000

(Qty 3) 2000 IH 4700 Bucket Trucks 7.6L 230hp, Allison automatic, double frame Dakota utility body, rear mount 50’ bucket with 4 stabilizers, 26,000 miles. $19,900 each

2008 Kenworth W900 Daycab, Cat C-15 475hp, 13 speed, 13,200# front axle, 46k full locking rears, aluminum wheels, 165k miles, southern truck $94,900

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2006 Deere 310G 4x4 Backhoe, EROPS, Extenda-hoe, 2050 Hrs. Excellent Condition $46,950

2002 Mack CH613 Day Cab 460hp, 18 speed, 14,600# front axle, 46k rears, double frame, good rubber, 527k miles. $27,900

(Qty 2) 2008 Peterbilt 365 Cab and Chassis’, Cat C13, 9LL trans, 20k front axle, 46k full locking rears, 21’ of frame behind cab, 144” C-T, 234” wheelbase, 110k miles, clean southern trucks $86,900 each

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2005 Sterling LT9522 Dump Truck, Detroit 14L 515hp, 8LL, 16’ aluminum body, 18k front axle, 46k full locking rears, double frame, electric tarp, 230,000 miles $54,900

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ROY TEITSWORTH INC. SUCCESSFUL AUCTIONS FOR 42 YEARS

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January Internet Auction January 10-17 2012 Go to www.teitsworth.com to bid!

NOTICE: This is our monthly online only auction. Each of these items will be sold by the timed online auction method. To register to bid or to get complete specifications and information regarding the pieces listed below, go to www.teitsworth.com SELLING: Tractors, Trucks, Cars, Pick-ups & Vans, and other Misc. items.

For Information Check our website or call Milo 585-739-6435, Richard 585-721-9554 or Cindy 585-738-3759

Annual CNY Farm Supply Winter Auction

Construction Equipment, Farm Machinery, Trucks, Recreational Vehicles & Trailers

Wed., Jan. 25, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M. Rt. 11 Cortland, NY

This is an early list. Much more is being added every day.

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(27+) Excavators 2009 Komatsu PC300 LCS, 1900 Hrs, Coupler; 2009 Komatsu PC 220 1700 Hrs, Coupler; Cat 312 w/thumb, plumbed; Komatsu PC 150 w/Thumb; Link Belt 2700, Clean; 2007 NH E275R Mini Excavator; NH EC45 w/cab, 600 hrs; NH EH30B, 2060 hrs; 2007 JCB 8035 ZTS, 621 hrs; Airmann AX500 (22+) Dozers Cat D6H; Cat D5C; JD 650G LT; JD 550 H LT; Case 550 G, 6way w/ root rake; (43+) Skid Steer Loaders and Attachments Bobcat T300 Track; Bobcat 852 LT; NH LS 180; NH LS 170; (2) LOWE 750 classic skid

steer loader w/auger attachments w/12" bit; JD 24A; Case 420; GEHL 3625; Bobcat 773; Skid steer loader grabble bucket (14+) Rollers 2002 Hypac 830, 66" vibratory roller; Bomag 56" vibratory pad foot roller; IR SD70 66" Drum drive vibratory roller (5+) Telehandlers Case 686G XR 6000 lbs; Skytrack 804Z 8000 lbs (12+) Loaders Cat 942G High reach w/BKT & forks; Case W20C w/ GP Bucket (56+) Farm Tractors JD 5203 4WD w/JD 522 LDR; Kubota L4310HST 4WD w/loader; NH 8160 4WD w/cab; Kubota M105 4WD w/cab and loader; Kubota L4630 4WD w/loader; Kubota M4700SD 4WD w/loader; MF 50L w/loader; Case IH 5140 4wd w/cab/air/heat; Case 1594 4WD; MF 4824 4WD w/ cab/AC - New (36+) Compact Tractors JD 4520 4x4 w/ldr 400 hrs; JD 4310 w/ldr 900 hrs; JD 4100 diesel, hydro, 4x4, 60" deck, snowblower; JD 855 diesel, hydro, 4x4, tractor, loader, backhoe; Earth Force EF4 4x4x4 ldr-backhoe 1200 hrs; Kubota 7300 4x4 w/belly mower; Kubota BX2200 4x4 w/loader; 2007 Kubota L48 tractor/

1st Annual WNY Farm Show *Virtual Auction Tractors, ATV’s, Farm tools, Trailers and more!

3:30 pm, February 3, 2012 Hamburg Fairgrounds, NY Notice: We are pleased to announce the first annual virtual auction held in conjunction with the WNY Farm Show. We will have many pieces onsite as well as several offsite, to be sold by pictures.

Selling: Tractors, farm equipment, vehicles, trailers, ATV’s and much more. As the auction gets closer check the website for full listing and pictures.

Online bidding will be available for all items through our website. *Virtual auctions are the same as live auctions, except that many items up for auction will be sold via pictures.

loader/backhoe; 1996 Kubota L300DT 4WD w/loader; Kubota BX23 Tractor/ loader/backhoe; Kioti LB1914 4WD; Kubota B7400 w/LA272 loader; Ringo 3000 4WD (42+) Farm machinery TMR mixer wagon w/scale; Knight mixer wagon; NH 305 manure spreader; Case IH 8650 bale processor; Hesston 530 round baler; JD 457 round baler; Niemeyer rotary rake; 2 star tedder; Kidd round bale chopper (32+) Trucks 2003 Chevy 5500 Duramax, stake; 2003 Chevy 2500 HD Pickup; 2003 Chevy 2500 HD Pickup; 2003 Chevy 1500 Pickup (20+) Trailers: 2004 34' Gooseneck, 24,000 lbs; 2009 16' dump; 2012 20' Tilt Top; 2011 Skid Steer Trailer; 2006 Hudson 10 Ton (35+) Big Toys & Lawn Equipment Kubota RTV900; Kubota RTV900; JD Gator, 6X4, Gas; Kymeo 55cc Scooter; Bush Hog 4400 UTV 140 hrs, winch, dump; Woods 72" 3pt finish mower, new; Polaris 4X4 Ranger Misc.

6' Lucknow 3pt snow blower; Woods 72' rear blade, new; 6 Drum lube system; Chains fit fork lift (1300x24 tire size); Winpower 20KW generator on wheels (250 outlet); Barrier clamp; Diadem 290 3pt hitch

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 9:00 A.M. CNY FARM SUPPLY RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT, FARM MACHINERY, HEAVY EQUIPMENT, CARS & TRUCKS RT. 11 CORTLAND, NY (OFF EXIT 10) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012 3:30 P.M. WNY FARM SHOW VIRTUAL AUCTION! FARM MACHINERY, TRACTORS, ATV'S ERIE COUNTY FAIRGOUNDS, HAMBURG, NY SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012 9:00 A.M. CONSIGNMENT AUCTION TEITSWORTH AUCTION YARD FARM & CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HEAVY & LIGHT TRUCKS GENESEO, NY

spinner/spreader; Chipper w/Deutz diesel; Hale pump; Generator 25KW Diesel; 500 Gal hydro seeder Do you have equipment to sell? Bring your machinery to one of the best-attended auctions of the winter season! Call Jesse at 585-738-2010 to discuss selling your equipment at auction.

SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012 8:00 A.M. SAXBY IMPLEMENT CORP. PUBLIC AUCTION 200 LAWN MOWERS, VEHICLES, NEW TRAILERS & MUCH MORE MENDON, NY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M. CORYN FARM SUPPLIES, INC. PUBLIC AUCTION OF FARM EQUIPMENT & TOOLS 3186 FRESHOUR RD., CANANDAIGUA, NY SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M. Z&M AG AND TURF FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION CLYMER, NY SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012 9:00 A.M LAMB & WEBSTER USED EQUIPMENT AUCTION FARM TRACTORS & MACHINERY, LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT ROUTES 39 & 219, SPRINGVILLE, NY

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