Rural Living, June 2017

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A NEW WAY TO RECYCLE AG PLASTICS ZIEGLER FAMILY FARM STANDS THE TEST OF TIME (AND TECHNOLOGY) Breakfast on the Farm: Event is a first for East Otter Tail County

AREA FARMERS PROVE THEIR COMMITMENT TO WATER QUALITY

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Recognizing the importance of dairy products – and the farmers who produce them More than 75 years since the annual celebration began, June Dairy Month continues to recognize dairy products and the farmers who produce them.

Festivities kicked off with World Milk Day on June 1, a day marking the importance of milk as part of a healthy and balanced diet. The day is also intended to recognize the dairy industry’s global contributions to economic development and agriculture, including the one billion people who derive their livelihoods from it, as well its commitment to sustainability and protecting the environment.

Throughout the month of June, people, companies and communities continue to recognize dairy’s positive impact on nutrition and the planet.

Dietary guidelines affirm dairy’s important place in the diet, recommending that people ages nine and older consume three servings of low-fat or fat-free dairy foods every day.

Dairy products including milk, cheese and yogurt provide important nutrition to families, including a high-quality

protein which supports healthy muscles and promotes fullness. Additionally, with only three ingredients listed on the label – milk and vitamins A and D – and about a 48-hour journey from the farm to the grocery store, milk is a local food which fits easily into the clean eating trend.

Dairy’s contribution to healthy eating would not be possible without the people behind the dairy products: dairy farmers. Dairy farmers work hard to minimize their impact on the environment, consistently focusing on recycling practices so that they use as little water and energy as possible in the daily management of their farms.

“June is a time when we can show our appreciation for the 7,400 dairy farm families in the Midwest,” says Midwest Dairy Association CEO, Lucas Lentsch, in a press release. “Dairy farmers demonstrate the highest commitment to producing nutritious milk while protecting the land on which they live and work, as well as fund research that leads to dairy product innovation.”

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Home, home on the range

Family farm outside of Perham stands the test of time (and technology)

BY KAYSEY PRICE Forum News Service

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Top: A longtime dairy, beef and crop farm, the Ziegler family farm has always had cattle.

Bottom-right: August Ziegler prides himself on his WD-45 Allis-Chalmers tractor, which he keeps in good condition. When he met his wife, he says, he knew she was the one because her family also had a WD-45 Allis-Chalmers tractor.

A small herd of black-and-white cows rounds a shed, hearing the “come boss, come boss” holler of their owner, August Ziegler.

They know the sound of his voice, familiar to the earthy morning air. He’s been calling the cows home since 1965, when he bought the farm from his father.

Ziegler spent much of his youth working on the family farm just outside of Perham, milking cows, helping in the fields and, in his off time, splashing around with family and friends in the Otter Tail River, which runs along the property.

Now, after years on the farm (and years away from the farm), years of dry-land farming (and years of irrigation farming), Ziegler and his wife Betty are looking

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“ I think you work just as hard, but you can accomplish more with the technology.”

— Betty Ziegler, on modern-day farming vs. farming in the past

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Top: August Ziegler took the Ziegler family farm from dry-land farming to farming with irrigation pivots, a much more productive way to produce crops. Left: Ziegler is rounding up all the little animals he can find for the East Otter Tail County Breakfast on the Farm event coming up in August. So far, he has goats and rabbits. He hopes to have calves and piglets, too.

forward to opening it up to the public as hosts of the first annual East Otter Tail County Breakfast on the Farm.

The event is coming up later this summer, and the Zieglers and other organizers hope people will come to eat, socialize and learn about farming.

FARMING, THEN AND NOW August Ziegler and his wife, Betty, both grew up on Minnesota dairy farms — she freezing, canning and cooking with her sisters and mother on a plot of land near Goodhue, Minn.; he milking cows with his father and brothers on the Ziegler farm, just west of Perham on Highway 10.

The trade was different back then, he said. On the Ziegler farm, they grew crops, but they had to rely on rainwater to hydrate them.

“Dry-land farming here for my father and brothers was very hit-and-miss,”

recalled Ziegler. “It was tough farming because of a lot of drought.”

On top of leaving the crop production up to the fickle weather, technology just wasn’t what it is today. Helicopters for spraying pesticides and multi-row potato picking machines didn’t exist.

Ziegler still has the one-row potato digger he and his father used back in the day and, sitting next to the modern-day potato picking machine that’s “as big as a building,” it looks pretty puny.

With recent machines, Ziegler estimates production on his farm has multiplied 10 times over.

“In a year of potato production on this farm (now), if you would put all of those potatoes in a row and start up at the northwest corner of Minnesota and go down to the southeast corner of Minnesota, you’d have two rows of potatoes all the way across the longest part of Minnesota,” said Ziegler.

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Part of the increased crop production is also thanks to the irrigation pivots Ziegler now has on his acreage.

Ziegler had fiddled with irrigation, taking a bit of water from the river on his property in the early 1970s. Now, though, he’s got 14 different pivots, one of which boasts the ability to water 165 acres alone.

Seems easy now — right? Well, not exactly.

“I think you work just as hard,” said Betty, “but you can accomplish more with the technology.”And for her husband, figuring out the technology itself was a battle. Ziegler had grown up dry-land farming, but then he left the trade for some time, travelling and doing missionary work in Africa.

When he came back in the early ‘90s, he and Betty had a lot of catching up to do.

“When I...restarted farming, I felt that I had moved back to age kindergarten in farming, rather than probably a 12th grade education I had when I left the farm, because the farm turned into a modern-day farm with technology that I had to learn,” said Ziegler.

The couple caught on, though, with help from family and friends, and they’re eager to share what they’ve learned from their years of experience during Breakfast on the Farm.  Kaysey Price/Forum News Service

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Event is a first for East Otter Tail County; to be held at the Ziegler farm Aug. 5 August and Betty Ziegler want to show the public that being a farmer is about being “a good steward of the land.”

That’s why they chose to host East Otter Tail County’s first-ever Breakfast on the Farm, coming up in August.

The Zieglers will open their farm up to the public for the event, serving up pancakes and sausages for free-will donations and setting up several “learning stations” to teach people about different aspects of farming.

They hope to have a few helicopters around to explain the importance (and usefulness) of the choppers, and August also wants to set his one-row potato picker next to the multi-row picker used today as a way to illustrate the changes farming has seen over the years. Other modern farm technology will also be on display for curious viewers.

One of the Zieglers’ goals for the day, August says, is “to help the public become more informed of what all the different technologies of farming are today compared to history.”

For the kiddos, there will be a little petting zoo of sorts, with goats, cows, rabbits and, hopefully, little pigs. A scavenger hunt and other games are also planned.

“The whole purpose of doing the Breakfast on the Farm is to bring consumers and farmers together,” says Alisyn Keil, one of the volunteer committee members helping to organize East Otter Tail County’s Breakfast on the Farm. “It’s a way for them to have open conversations about farming, food production and animal

welfare. Farmers and other ag-related professionals run the event and bring in educational booths and machinery so consumers can see up close and experience why farmers take such pride in their work.”

As Keil explains, Breakfast on the Farm is not a new concept. Many other states and counties have held and continue to hold variations of the event, mostly with great success. Typically, the events are held annually, rotating to different local farms every year to provide a variety of information and activities for those who attend.

Keil says this first-ever event for East Otter Tail County started with August Ziegler, who approached a few local ag businesses with the idea and offered his farm as the initial location for the event.

“From that seed it just grew,” says Keil.

“Local farmers were asked to join in, along with other ag organizations and various businesses. There have always been side conversations within the ag community about hosting a Breakfast on the Farm, which were inspired by similar events, and now it is finally becoming a reality.”

The breakfast will be served on a firstcome, first-served basis, rain or shine, on Saturday, Aug. 5 from 7 a.m. to noon. Free will donations will be accepted. The Ziegler family farm is located at 40327 490th Street in Perham.

Funds raised through donations help cover expenses, invest in future Breakfast on the Farm events, and go back into the community through the charitable efforts of various organizations.  Forum News Service Reporter Kaysey Price contributed to this report.

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Wadena County TUESDAY • JUNE 20 STAGING DAY

12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Home & Hobbies Entries 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - 4-H Conference Judging of all non-livestock projects. Exhibits brought in after 5:00 p.m. - on entry day will not be judged.

6:00 p.m. - Home & Hobbies Judging

WEDNESDAY • JUNE 21 SNEAK PEEK DAY

9:00 a.m. - 4-H Horse Show 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - All Open Class exhibits in place (non-livestock).

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - 4H Livestock 5:00 p.m. - Advanced Ticket Sales End for the Carnival - Midway Rides 6:00 p.m. - Vendor Buildings Open 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Carnival Rides by Midwest Rides Arm Bands 6:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. - Beer Garden Open 6:00 p.m. - Bingo - Beer Garden 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Petting Zoo 7:00 p.m. - Talent Contest on Concert Stage 5:00 p.m. - All animals in place 4-H and Open

THURSDAY • JUNE 22 KIDS/DAYCARE DAY

9:00 a.m. - Rabbit Show 10:00 a.m. - Opening Flag Ceremony -VFW local post 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Art Garden in the Old Beer Garden 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. - Beer Garden & Food Open 12:00 p.m. - Bingo - Beer Garden 12:00 noon - 10:00 p.m. - Vendor Buildings Open 12:00 noon - 7:00 p.m. - Historical Buildings Open 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Arm Bands for Carnival Rides 1:00 p.m. - Closing Carnival Rides for Midwest Rides 1:00 p.m. - 4-H Swine Show - Swine Barn 1:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Petting Zoo 2:00 p.m. - Bingo - Beer Garden 2:00 p.m. - Coin Scramble by Office 2:00 p.m. - 4-H Lamb Lead • 4-H Wool Show • 4-H Sheep Show - Sheep Barn Arena 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Free Nitrate Testing Clinic - Wadena Soil & Water Conservation District (bring 1/2 cup cool water in a zip lock or twist tie baggie or sterile jar) 3:00 p.m. - 4-H Beef followed by Open Class Beef (4:00 p.m.) - Dairy Show Arena 4:30 p.m. - 4-H Poultry Show - Sheep Barn Arena 7:00 p.m. - Enduro - Grandstand 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - “Wadena Whirlaways Square Dancing” - Pavilion at beer garden 9:00 p.m. - Closing Flag Ceremony - 4H 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. - Them Pesky Kids - Band Shell

FRIDAY • JUNE 23

SENIOR’S & VETERAN’S DAY

8:00 a.m. - 4-H Goat Show - Sheep Barn Arena 8:45 a.m. - 4-H Dairy Show - Dairy Show Arena PIE AUCTIO 9:00 a.m. - 4-H Fun and Games Horse Show - Horse Arena EATING CONN/PIE 10:00 a.m. - Flag Raising - 4H - 4H FUNDR TEST 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Dairy open class show FOLLOWING AISER 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. - Beer Garden & Food Open OPEN SHOW DAIRY IN 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. - Bingo - Beer Garden SHOW AREN THE A! 12:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Vendor Buildings Open 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Historical Buildings Open 12:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Reptile Man - Comm 2 Building 1:00 p.m.-Closing Carnival Rides by Midwest Rides Carnival 1:00, 3:00, & 5:00 p.m. - Sherwin Linton 1:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Petting Zoo 2:00 p.m. - Coin Scramble by Office 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Free Nitrate Testing Clinic - Wadena Soil & Water Conservation District (bring 1/2 cup cool water in a zip lock or twist tie baggie or sterile jar) 4:00 p.m. - 4-H Llama Show - Show Arena 4:00 p.m. - 4-H Pride Auction deadline for sign-up 5:00 p.m. - Chamber of Commerce Steak Fry just outside of beer gardens 7:00 p.m. - Central MN Bulls & Barrels 9:00 p.m. - Flag Lowering - 4H 9:00 p.m. - Dirt Road Dixie - Band Shell

SATURDAY • JUNE 24 FAMILY DAY

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A new way to recycle ag plastics Area farmers now have a free, easy and green option for getting rid of their pesky plastics

BY MARIE JOHNSON mtjohnson@perhamfocus.com North-central Minnesota is the latest area to join an ongoing effort across the Midwest to make it easier for farmers to recycle their agricultural plastics.

Until recently, farmers had limited, if any, options for recycling their used plastics, though the use of plastic materials is commonplace around farmsites and in the fields.

Thanks to an initiative by the Recycling Association of Minnesota (RAM), Revolution Plastics and other partners, 516 farms around the region now have dumpsters on site for the collection of recyclable ag plastics, including more than 100 farms in the Perham and Wadena areas.

Those dumpsters, distributed in April, joined hundreds of others previously distributed to farms around other regions

of Minnesota, as well as more than 2,000 placed in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa through similar recycling programs in those states.

As the RAM website explains, it’s common to see agricultural feed stocks, such as hay and silage, stored in long rows of white plastic or in bunkers covered in plastic. Other plastics are used for irrigation, to mulch fruits and vegetables in the fields, cover greenhouses and more.

These plastics help farmers cut costs and better preserve their harvests, as well as address the need for temporary storage of grain and other products.

Yet, the recycling options for farmers for these kinds of used plastics have generally been underdeveloped.

Historically, some of the plastics have been landfilled, but unfortunately, much has been burned in the field, generating dioxins and other pollutants, or dumped in some out-of-the-way place on the farm.

“ Our goal is to have the recycling of agricultural plastics be something as ordinary as putting your aluminum can in the aluminum recycling bin.”

The initiative by RAM and its partners is addressing this challenge -- and making the recycling process easy and free for farmers.

“We don’t want to point fingers; we want to identify the problem and see what can be done,” says Brita Sailer, executive director of RAM. “Ultimately, our goal is to have the recycling of agricultural plastics be something as ordinary as putting your aluminum can in the aluminum recycling bin.”

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them for use in their own products, she says, makes sense and “completes the circle” for the company.

“When the stuff is collected, it goes to a factory that shreds and washes it, it gets melted and it gets made into little beads,” explains Sailer.

Those beads eventually get turned into plastic products made by Revolution Plastics, primarily garbage can liners that are sold wholesale to larger organizations like schools. When local schools buy their garbage can liners from Revolution Plastics, they are helping to support the ag recycling effort.

“Most garbage haulers aren’t equipped to haul all this (ag plastic) stuff,” says Sailer. “So when Revolution Plastics stepped in and offered to do it, at their own cost, we were excited to work with them.”

There will be more dumpster dispersal events this June and into the future, and Perham and Wadena area farmers are encouraged to sign up for the program. Revolution Plastics does a lot of quality control in terms of which plastics can be put into the dumpsters, Sailer says, and not all farmers will be immediately eligible, “but it’s worth a try.”

“The idea is to spread this wherever possible,” Sailer says of the initiative.

“And the more people that sign up, the more routes will be added; demand creates a response from the company.”

The ag recycling dumpsters are expected to collect an average of 2,000 pounds of plastic per year, per dumpster -- saving an enormous amount of plastic from being burned or dumped into landfills.

RAM, Revolution Plastics and a consortium of Minnesota counties and partners including Minnesota Milk, Land O’ Lakes, First District Milk Association, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and others encourage farmers to sign up now to be considered for receiving a free dumpster at their farm. To do so, call 844-490-7873 or email collections@ revolutionplastics.com. 

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Top-left: Produce basks in the sunlight on the second level of Lida Farm's winter greenhouse. Ryan Pesch said that some of the produce is started in the greenhouse before being planted outside. (Meagan Pittelko/Forum News Service) Top-right: Produce sits on the shelves of Lida Farm's stand. Pesch said that the farm offers 18 varieties of tomatoes and about 20 varieties of peppers in addition to a wide array of other produce. (Submitted photo)

Producing a connection Lida Farm uses vegetables, herbs to connect with community members

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Ryan and Maree Pesch—along with their children Sylvia, Willem, and Graham— own and operate Lida Farm in Pelican Rapids.

Ryan Pesch grew up a city kid.

Sure, his family gardened, but they weren’t intense about it, and they certainly weren’t farmers.

Now, though, Pesch, his wife, and their three children live, breathe and -- most of all -- eat like farmers.

“I started to think, ‘How can I make a positive change in the world?’” he said. “I wanted to care for the environment directly.”

This thought process began back in Pesch’s college days, when he attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. He got involved in a tiny food co-op, and his idea of food began to change.

“They were really concerned about the environment, and I was pretty disgusted with the way everything was becoming paved-over, stripmall, consumer junk,” he said. “And, although you can change the laws, that won’t change the landscape.”

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The farm, named Lida Farm and located near Pelican Rapids, boasts a little under four acres of outdoor farming land, as well as a winter greenhouse.

“We grow whatever we can,” Pesch said. “We have 18 varieties of tomatoes, about 20 varieties of peppers, radishes, potatoes, squash, lettuce -- really anything you can grow here.”

It was this wide variety of produce, paired with the desire to share affordable, organic food with the community, that led the couple to start their own CSA program 11 years ago.

“People eat with their eyes,” Pesch explained. “So, the secret sauce to a CSA is to have 80 percent staple produce and 20 percent different, because no one only wants crazy produce and no one only wants boring produce.”

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a local farm; they will then receive boxes of fresh produce at predetermined intervals.

Lida Farm offers two kinds of CSA shares: a full share, where members receive a 3/4 bushel box of in-season produce every week for 16 weeks or an every-otherweek share, where members receive a box every other week over the same time. The cost varies from farm to farm and share to share, with Lida Farm offering shares starting at $255 for the season.

According to Pesch, the best part about participating in a CSA is getting organic, locally-grown produce for a rate that is more affordable than supermarket prices.

“It isn’t about extracting wealth,” he said.

“It’s a great way to eat healthy, and it’s a way to vote with your food dollar. You get to choose, in part, the world you want to have.”

Boxes vary in weight from week to week, but can weigh as little as six pounds toward the beginning of the season and as much as 35 pounds toward the end of the season. From small herbs to large watermelons, the boxes contain a wide range of produce throughout the season, which runs from June to October or November, depending on weather.

“It’s a mixed bag, so it helps people eat a wider variety of produce,” Pesch said.

“It’s also a way of cutting down on waste, because there’s lots of plastic packaging on our food today and we use as little of that as possible. We even use reusable boxes.”

After over a decade of providing CSA boxes to individuals living in or near Fergus Falls, Detroit Lakes, Perham and Pelican Rapids, Pesch has noticed a few things about those who participate in CSAs. “They work best for people who are adventurous cookers and who like to get creative in the kitchen,” he explained. “It’s for people who want to see where their food is grown and want to learn about me, my family and this land. I’m not a seller and you’re not a buyer; I’m a grower and you’re an eater.”

Pesch feels that, overall, CSAs reinforce a connection between individuals and their food -- and those who grow it -- that has been lost in the bustle of present-day society.

“There’s a higher mission to CSAs, which is to meet people, share what I know and educate people about their food,” he said. “A lot of learning happens; it’s not just a way of selling produce. I don’t like to think about food as a commodity -- it’s something more.”  Meagan Pittelko/Forum News Service

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Water pollution from farms has been a high-profile environmental concern in recent years, and some say the ag community has gotten a bum rap for it in the eyes of the general public.

Those who work most closely with ag producers say water quality is actually valued very highly amongst farmers,

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This program gives farmers a way to be recognized and rewarded for their best management and conservation efforts. Those who seek certification get priority for financial assistance to implement practices that promote water quality, and those who get certified are deemed to be in compliance with water quality rules and regulations for the following 10 years.

“This is a program ag producers can go through to have their farms evaluated to see if the conservation practices they’ve adopted meet a certain criteria, and if they get a certain score they get into the program,” explained Darren Newville.

“It offers them recognition for what they’re doing, and makes them eligible for additional funding to keep adding more practices. They also get some immunity from certain state regulations.”

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The water quality program started about four years ago in small pilot areas of Minnesota (one of those was in West Otter Tail County), he said, and it was rolled out statewide about a year and a half ago.

Jim Lahn, a certification specialist for the program, has his office in Perham but serves a regional, 11-county area. At last count, he said, three ag producers had already been certified in East Otter Tail County, and many more were waiting to complete the process. Thirty-seven applications for the program were sitting on his desk waiting to be reviewed, the majority of those being from the East Otter Tail County area. Applicants range from small, niche farms to large farms.

Lahn said certification typically takes two to three weeks, spread out over the course of several months, as the applicant’s fields are evaluated and assessed.

Whether or not a farm gets certified depends on a number of factors, such as herbicide/insecticide/fungicide use, feedlot permits, irrigation and drainage, nutrient and tillage management and others.

Newville said he always encourages farmers to go through the process “just to see where they’re at.” Even if they don’t qualify for certification right away,

he said, they can learn how to improve what they’re doing, and they can get help finding the funding or other resources they need to make those improvements.

“It gives them a good way to evaluate their operations, with water quality as a goal,” he said. “It’s a good way for us to sit down and evaluate the whole farm and... if it works for them, adopt some more practices that value water quality.”

“It’s a good way for farmers to tell the story of the good things they’re doing to protect water quality,” Lahn added. “If producers can let the public know that they’re doing good things to protect the public water, that’s a good thing for them.”

The certification comes from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, and it costs nothing for farmers to go through the certification process. Farms that get certified may display the program’s logo on signs around the property, as well as on other promotional materials for the farm.

Statewide, more than 350 ag producers have already been certified.

“They are good stewards of the land,” Newville said. “I think this program shows that stewardship ethic that farmers have, and it points out to them where they’re maybe falling short. And, it assures the public...that we’re doing what we can with the science and the technologies that we have.”

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Bond is a weed science specialist with Mississippi State University’s Delta Research and Extension Center.

“Zero tolerance,” he says. “You need zero tolerance. It can get away from you quickly. Once you recognize it for the first time, take extreme measures to keep it from getting away from you.”

Palmer amaranth, a huge and longstanding concern in the southeastern United States, is spreading into the Upper Midwest. The weed, which already has been found in Minnesota and South Dakota, can damage farm equipment and devastate yields.

Yield losses of up to 91 percent in corn and 79 percent in soybeans have been reported.

Farmers need to be vigilant, says Tom Peters, extension sugarbeet weed specialist for North Dakota State University and the University of Minnesota.

He supplies this example, which assumes a soybean field that potentially would produce 50 bushels an acre that would sell for $8.50 per bushel. If Palmer amaranth is present in the field, the cost of weed control is $65 per acre — triple the $21 per-acre cost of controlling weeds if Palmer amaranth isn’t there. If the weed isn’t in the field, and yields don’t suffer, the farmer will enjoy a return of $425 per acre. If Palmer amaranth is present, however, yields will tumble and the producer’s return will be just $89 per acre.

“It’s mind-numbing what this weed can do to us, potentially,” he says. “It’s a gamechanger.”

Palmer amaranth received national attention last fall, when seed mixes planted on conservation acres in eight states, including Minnesota, were found to contain the weed.

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HARD TO CONTROL AND IDENTIFY Iowa farmers’ experience with Palmer amaranth might be useful to other producers. The weed was first discovered in Iowa in 2013 and has been spreading in the state since then, says Bob Hartzler, extension weed specialist with Iowa State University.

Though herbicides are effective in controlling the weed initially, Palmer amaranth quickly builds up resistance to them, he says.

“If all we do is try to manage it with herbicides, we’ll quickly run out of tools,” he says.

Hartzler stresses “an integrated program” that includes both pre- and post-emergent products and “alternative tactics.” Examples of the latter include narrow row spaces to help growing crops compete better against the weed.

“We need to continuously shake things up. The weeds adapt very quickly,” he says.

Iowa farmers, who grow primarily corn and soybeans, also can combat Palmer amaranth by diversifying their rotations, especially by adding small grains or forage crops, Hartzler says.

Wheat emerges relatively early in the growing season, giving it a competitive edge against Palmer amaranth. And multiple crops in a rotation allows farmers to use different types of herbicide, slowing the weed’s ability to build resistance to it.

Palmer amaranth so closely resembles pigweed and waterhemp that farmers may misidentify it. Even weed scientists familiar with it can struggle with identification, especially when the plant is small.

Nonetheless, early identification is important, and farmers who think the weed may be present in a field should immediately contact an extension weed specialist, officials say.

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