LENDALL MECHAELSEN Location manager for United Co-op's Kamrar site
“It will be done by harvest, and
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“If we see bad weather coming in, and we know farmers can get some things done, we’ll stay open to help them out,” Mechaelsen says.Siouxland
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room for bigger tractors, bigger duals, and accommodate greater weights.With the old scale, larger tractors had to pull off in order to weigh just the wagons.
CHANGE UNDERWAY AT KAMRAR
The Kamrar site is open until at least 7 p.m. during harvest season and sometimes until 8 p.m., but it’s really up to what’s happening in the fields.
“In the fall, especially at night,
United Cooperative puts major investment in Hamilton County sites
LENDALL MECHAELSEN has a good view from the catwalk at the Kamrar United Co-op site of workers down below preparing to install a new scale for harvest season.
it could get a little tricky for them to see,” Mechaelsen said.
Larger duals would not fit on the scale and the combined weight of tractor, wagon and load, was just too much, according to Mechaelsen.“Thisscale has a capacity of 200,000 pounds, and the old scale would not go that high,” he said.
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Today’s larger wagons can hold up to 750 bushels of grain, and with a tractor pulling two wagons, loads can get very heavy, very fast.The new scale is also set six feet further away from the building, allowing farmers to maneuver more easily as they approach.
“If we see bad weather coming in, and we know farmers can get some things done, we’ll stay open to help them out."
Scales is the general contractor for the scale. Mechaelsen said it will be much like the new scale at United Coop’s Stonega facility. The floor and walls will each be one foot thick, while the deck itself will be 16 inches thick.
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KAMRAR — The skyline of Kamrar is taking on a new look as harvest season nears this year, but it’s what’s going on at ground level that may have an even bigger impact as farmers begin bringing in the Workharvest.isunderway at United Cooperative in Kamrar for the installation of a new scale that will make it easier and safer for today’s bigger loads to weigh before dumping their loads.
“It was just time to update,” says Lendall Mechaelsen, location manager at Kamrar. “This should make it faster and be very nice for everyone.”At14feet wide and 80 feet long, the new scale and deck will be two feet wider than the old scale. That additional size will provide ample
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are really concerned about how dry it is,” she said. “They are clearly exhibiting drought symptoms; leaves are rolled up, they’ve got potassium deficiency firing, nitrogen deficiency firing.”
Hamilton County isn’t alone. She noted similar conditions in Humboldt and Webster counties, and said it continues on with drought conditions
ANGIE RIECK-HINZ ISU Extension field agronomist
It’s not a lack of nutrients, she said, but the inability of the plant to make use of nutrients, and get those flowing through the plant, due to the lack of “There’smoisture.going to be some diminished yields in those fields,” Rieck-Hinz said, “and it’s probably too late to help those out.”
“I can’t look at six fields within a two-mile area and see much consistency. all just so spotty.”
It’s
Drought concerns are also coming into play for the corn crop in many areas. That was particularly evident walking a corn field south of Webster City recently.
“I’ve seen a few leaf diseases out there, but nothing too serious,” she said. “There’s been some frogeye leaf spot, but it’s all in the lower canopy. It doesn’t look like it’s moving up, so I don’t see heavy disease pressure.”
“There are a few diseases, but for the most part I would say the soybeans look pretty good,” she said. Again, it’s a very spotty nature this growing season.
Despite the issues, overall, she remains fairly optimistic for farmers.
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“I was in those fields because they
Hoping for just a few more timely rains is the name of the game as harvest season nears in Iowa. For some, it might already be too late, but for others it could be just enough for a strong finish to an unpredictable growing“That’sseason.thewhole point this year, it’s been so spotty for rainfall,” said Angie Rieck-Hinz, ISU Extension field agronomist. “I can’t look at six fields within a two-mile area and see much consistency. It’s all just so spotty.”Sheis not one to make predictions for harvest season, but is watching carefully to see how the drought monitor changes in the weeks ahead. She’s been walking both corn and soybean fields in early August and seeing some drought issues.
“In our dryer areas, it’s tough to close the row in some places,” Rieck-Hinz noted. “We still have iron deficiency showing up in some areas where it’s a little dryer.”
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By LORI BERGLUND lberglund@farm-news.com
SLOW DOWN: IT’S HARVEST TIME
Farmers know the technical things that will help keep them and their families safe on the job, but sometimes subtle reminders, and taking care of the small stuff, can actually help improve the big picture of farm safety.
Harvest time brings more than just the working farmer to the field. Family members, some of whom don’t regularly work on the farm, may be delivering meals in the field. Grandchildren love to come visit at harvest time and can be underfoot very quickly as they run to great-grandpa maneuvering a combine that looks like a giant toy to a toddler.
Tom Rabbitt, manager at K.C. Nielsen in Harcourt, understands well the pressure that farmers are under this time of year. He has a few simple safety
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Following basic safety tips can help ensure a safe harvest
After all these years, farming remains the most dangerous occupation in America, according to the National Safety Council. Iowa State University Extension noted that farm fatalities are actually on the decline, but much progress remains to be made in order to keep farmers safe on the job.
Scottleg.is pleased that United Co-op was able to make the improvements in order to better serveAlongfarmers.with Stratford, Stonega continues to be one of United’s busiest sites in the fall.
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The use of DEF is part of
“If we run out of room we haul to Webster City or Highview,” he adds.
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At its Highview site, United Co-op is installing a new bulk tank for diesel engine fluid (DEF), according to Rick Moore.
The woodhouse was a growing liability as tin siding would blow off in the wind.
Diesel engine fluid from the new 7,500-gallon tank will be made available to customers in totes of 250 to 330 gallons for on-farm use. Smaller quantities will also be available in 55 gallon drums or even jugs of just 2.5 gallons.
DEF is not a fuel additive, but injected separately into the exhaust stream so it does not affect engine performance. Made of de-ionized water and urea, the purpose is to help clean up the exhaust before it’s released into the air, reducing it to basically nitrogen and water.
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“We wanted to clean up the property,” Mechaelsen said. Any replacement storage would be in long-range plans. It’s customary in the fall to haul to other sites as needed.
-Farm News photo by Lori Berglund THE OLD WOODHOUSE BIN to the right may have a certain charm, but loose tin siding made it a liability. United Co-op is cleaning up the Kamrar site and plans to burn the aging woodhouse in September.
New look at Stonega
Along with those with came a 4,500 bushel per hour corn dryer and 20,000 bushel per hour
we’re hoping it’s done by Sept. 1,” he Alsoadded.underway at Kamrar is the removal of an aging woodhouse. The 50,000 bushel wood storage bin has been a centerpiece of the Kamrar skyline since the late 1960s or early 1970s and was showing its Two,age. 90-bushel steel bins that were filled through the woodhouse have already been taken down. The woodhouse itself is slated to be burned on Sept. 10, weather permitting.
facility.“We put up a new grain facility at Stonega, and it just turned out so nice,” Scott said.
“Gas has come down some, diesel has come down some, but we still have a way to go,” he said.
new emission standards to help diesel engines burn cleaner.
In addition, the steel bins had some mechanical issues and were not feasible to repair.
The work at Stonega included a new 140,000 bushel wet bin and a 580,000 bushel dry bin.
He notes that DEF is used in most any kind of diesel engine, from trucks, tractors and combines to over-the-road semis and Lookingmore.ahead, United Coop also plans to take delivery on a new propane truck in the spring. In the meantime, Moore continues to wait along with farmers for fuel prices to come down.“When are prices coming down,” is the question Moore gets all the time. He only wishes he had the power to make that change. Booking ahead is the option he has and is happy to discuss the options with farmers at their convenience.
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“DEF is a product that new trucks and new vehicles have to use,” Moore says. “It helps burn cleaner exhaust.”
While the work at Kamrar will change the landscape there a bit, United Co-op General Manager Tim Scott noted that even more work was completed in the last year at the Stonega
One of the next projects ahead for United Co-op will be a new bean dump site at its Stratford site, according to Scott.
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from the top labeled (1) through (5). Triangles are significant because they are always the second to last move of a sequence. This means, once wave (5) is complete, we will expect a counter-trend rally that retraces 50-62% of the decline back up to $6.70 - $7.10 in 2023.
Chart 1 Chart 2 See KRISTUFEK, Page 7C Chris
Below is our outlook for the most probable path for corn prices and some of the studies to support it.
Summary: Look for corn prices to zigzag lower into harvest (seasonal average Oct 4), targeting the $5.00-$5.25 zone. Once evidence of a bottom is clear, prices will retrace 50-62% of the decline back up to $6.70 - $7.10 in 2023 before making another new low in harvest 2023 near $4.00.Like many commodities, Corn has gone on a wild ride the past year. At Trilateral, we love to focus on price for three reasons:
3. Price has the ultimate affect on your bottom line. Marketers get paid on price and end-users have price as cost inputs.
1. Everything known is reflected in price. This is an assumption, but one worth understanding and believing.
Future events are probability. For many, the last three years have been enlightening. No future result, for instance, is guaranteed. The best we can do to predict the future and act is to recognize that it is a collection of possibilities and give each scenario a probability. We should then act in accordance with the more likely scenarios while making sure that any "worst-case scenario" is not too detrimental to our bottom line.
Chart 1 (top right): Corn prices are amid a wave 4 triangle (shown A-BC-D-E) that will resolve itself to the downside to complete a 5-wave move
Comparing the downside goal of $5.25 to the important critical resistance level of $6.83, we can state that the risk-reward ratio for going short at today's settlement of $6.12 is 1.00:2.72. (shown on chart). In other words, short positions risk $1 to gain $2.71. Ideally, the ratio is risk $1 to make $3, but $2.71 is still good. This means that for marketers, having most of your corn
A technical viewpoint and forecast for corn prices the next 15 months KristufeK
2. You can run studies on price. This can give you confidence and help make unbiased decisions.
As of August 18th:
When predicting markets, it is imperative you know where you are wrong and act accordingly. Critical resistance (aka where we are wrong) is at $6.83/ bu. If December corn re-establishes itself above $6.83, it would call for a new interpretation of the wave structure. The expected wave (5) should take prices down to the $5.20-$5.00 level this harvest.
sold makes sense. For end customers, you can wait to buy until the market disproves our hypothesis (price over $6.83).
On the bottom of the chart, ADX stands for Average Directional Movement Index and it can be used to help measure the overall strength of a trend. You can see how effective it is in taking advantage of a large portion of a big move.
Chris Kristufek, CMT (chartered market technician), is a director at Trilateral.
Once the harvest low is in place, the market will be ready for a countertrend move that retraces 50-62% of the decline. The most common retracement in all markets throughout history is 50%. However, we can be ready for a 62% retracement because many market participants will mentally anchor the 2022 rally and believe it is happening again and be willing to pay higher. It will be at this 62% retracement level that marketers can feel comfortable selling a good portion of their crop. Our longer-term view is depicted in the weekly continuous chart below.
If all goes to plan, look for the longerterm averages to flatten out (horizontal) and price to jump above. This will present a buying signal.
If/when prices fall toward $5.25, it will be prudent to wait for divergence in downside momentum, as extrapolated on the chart below.
The longer-term moving averages (40 and 50 day) are still sloped lower and providing resistance to price and illustrating the long-term trend is still lower.Shorter term moving averages (5 and 10 day) are below their longer-term counterparts and are turning lower.
Since RSI remains below 60, we are more confident taking a bearish stance.
Chart 3 (top right):
Chart 2 (bottom right, Page 6C):
The relative strength index (RSI) is a momentum indicator used in technical analysis. RSI measures the speed and magnitude of a security's recent price changes to evaluate overvalued or
The chart gives evidence from price studies that help build confidence in the outlook.
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undervalued conditions in the price of that security. Andrew Cardwell helped develop a way to look at the RSI a bit differently that helps identify trends.
Chart 4 (bottom right): At right is a 30-year seasonal chart of corn. As you can see, the seasonal low usually happens around Oct. 4 because it is harvest time.
Kristufek Continued from Page 6C Chart 3 Chart 4
If an uptrend is healthy, RSI should stay above 40. If a down trend is healthy, RSI should stay below 60. You can see on the chart below how this worked well in getting on the uptrend early and how the uptrend broke down.
While harvest is always a rush, pacing oneself is another good piece of safety advice.
“These tools save lives and limbs. Uncontrolled bleeding from arms and legs is the most preventable cause of death in injured patients,” Mayo Clinic advised.
“Be aware of your surroundings,” Rabbitt recommended.
Iowa law requires all vehicles that travel at speeds of less than 30 mph on public roadways to display an SMV
Jim Legbold farms primarily in Humboldt County and, while he has a few concerns, remains pretty confident for the harvest season ahead.
While rain and plant health are always a concern, Legbold
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tips to help ensure a safe harvest for“Slowall. down,” he said. “Whether it’s driving at an appropriate speed, or simply slowing down to think before taking a specific action, can help avoid an accident, or prevent a simple repair from becoming a much more costly repair. Taking time to think keeps everyone safe.
Forsign.fellow motorists, please be patient. Farmers are working hard to put food on your table.
“We got a little moisture over the weekend (Aug. 5–7), which is great,” he said. “We picked up an inch to almost 2.5 inches over most of my farm, which was very helpful.”
From traffic on the ground, to power lines, fences, ditches, intakes and more, look around before you go, and make a mental note of any items that could pose a risk.
As a final note, Rabbitt encourages farmers to call whenever they have a question on making
Along with all the other equipment checks underway before harvest, it’s also a good idea to check the condition of slow-moving vehicle signs. Once purchased, these are often forgotten and can rust and lose their reflective quality.
Buddy seats have become very popular in today’s combines, and almost everyone enjoys taking a ride at some time during the harvest. Remember that most of those folks who may be riding along are not accustomed to climbing up on today’s towering machinery. Make sure machinery is disengaged and provide spotters as necessary to help young and old get up in the cabForsafely.children, Rabbitt said time in the buddy seat is a great time to teach the next generation about farm safety. Explain how the machinery works, what the moving parts do, and encourage them to always respect the power of the machine at work.
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Commodity prices, while better than some years, are not much comfort when the cost of inputs climbs as rapidly as it has this “Everybodyseason.sees where the (commodity) prices are, and everybody responds accordingly, and that includes our suppliers,” Legbold said.
“The more hours you put in after dark, the greater your risk of injury,” Mayo Clinic said in a farm safety press release.
Don’t burn the midnight oil.
“I’m optimistic,” he said. “If we have some timely rains from here on out, we’ll have a pretty decent crop.”
repairs themselves safely, or when they need to bring it in. As harvest nears, extended hours will become common at implement dealerships, often dictated by weather, just as farmers themselves have to abide by what the weather is doing.
Input costs are number one concern
International concerns are another driving factor for the inflation that has hit farmers very“We’vehard. got other issues going on in the world that cause higher prices for some things,” he said. “We’re dependent on fertilizer coming from Russia, and that’s a problem right now. We’re dependent on herbicide coming from China, and that’s kind of a problem right now. We’re lacking in oil production; fuel prices are high. It’s just everything.”
But never communicate behind the wheel. Drivers of semis, tractors, pickups and all motorists can stay safe by setting the phone down and keeping eyes trained ahead.
Mayo Clinic advises farmers to stay rested and take breaks during the work day. While many farmers eat on the go, pulling over, shutting down equipment, and eating a healthy meal can save time and money by helping farmers stay alert and avoid accidents.
Before harvest arrives, this is a good time to assemble a first aid kit and to make extra kits for different pieces of equipment and remote farm sites. A good first aid kit should always include a tourniquet, according to Mayo Clinic.
It’s also important to communicate with family members. Don’t assume that others know which field you will be working in next. Let them know what time you hope to finish and check in if running late.
said input costs are really what weighs on his mind most of all in this inflationary year.
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Early August brought heavy rains across northern Iowa, little to no rain in some areas, but a beneficial amount to much of Legbold’s farm.
Legbold would like to see some balance between commodity prices and input costs that would help farmers stay profitable and stay in business.“Inthe long run,” he said, “I’d like to see maybe a little lower prices, and good yields, so we could average things out.”
“They’re green inside and we think it might have been a drought issue prior to this rain coming on.”
Just a few days after the rain, Rieck-Heinz was out walking a soybean field with Legbold.“We’re looking at the health of the soybean plant here, looking at the nodules and trying to figure out if some of the nodules are actually producing like they’re supposed to,” he said.
to the west.
“The more hours you put in after dark, the greater your risk of —injury."MAYOCLINIC
Meals and snacks should be well balanced, providing protein and plenty of water.
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