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eston Borcher’s sheep at the Borcher family farm northwest of Powell add color in the world of sheep that are more often than not either entirely black or entirely white. Some of Borcher’s sheep are “natural colored� — fetching combinations of black and white or gray and white. Colored sheep are very popular in the show ring, Borcher said. Their fleece fetches a good price too. White wool goes for around $1.60 per pound and natural colored for $5 per pound and up, Borcher said. “They’re kind of neat,� Borch-

er said. “Something different.� It is a peaceful scene of lambs suckling their mothers. The air is pleasant with a whiff of fresh hay and manure enhanced with gentle sunshine easing through translucent panels in the barn’s ceiling. The colored lambs are cute as wooly buttons. A white ewe seems to smile maternally over her black and white spotted baby in a stall lined with straw. The little one is only four days old. His coat is a beautiful pattern only nature has the expertise to weave. If both parents have double colored recessive genes their offspring will be natural colored, Borcher said. Borcher began his colored sheep operation in 2008. While shearing sheep in Co-

lumbus, Mont., in March 2008, he saw a natural colored sheep, Borcher said. “And I said, wow, he is fancy,� Borcher said. He got the young ram. Now two years into the unique breeding program, the results are discernible. “We’re breeding for really pretty sheep,� Borcher said, “show sheep.� Each sheep has unique coloring. They are spotted like Dalmatians, have black and white socks, wide swaths of black or white wool or multi-colored heads. Rams, ewes and lambs alike sport rich, colorful coats. There are spotted, reverse badger pattern and variegated, like a roan horse, Borcher said. Their farm runs Columbia,

hampshire and rambouillet sheep. This year, they produced 260 lambs, about 1.6 lambs per ewe. They wanted two lambs per ewe. Of the 260 lambs, 20 were colored lambs, he said. “I was very pleased,� Borcher said. Not quite as pleasing was the fact that 14 of the colored lambs were males. “But nature doesn’t always cooperate,� Borcher said. Colored females are in demand for breeding, he said. People like to show the females and use them as brood ewes, Borcher said. With two lamb seasons under his belt breeding colored sheep, Borcher said he is still in the building phase.

“I’m producing breed stock,� Borcher said. His goal is to produce around 20 colored lambs per year. His long range goals are improving the sheep’s eye appeal and breeding sheep that produce fine fiber, Borcher said. The finer the fiber (or wool), the more valuable it is, Borcher said. But Borcher said he isn’t breeding natural colored sheep for the wool. “My niche is in the show room right now,� Borcher said. In the summer, Borcher hits the show circuit. The sheep are shown and sold. He already

has sheep consigned this year, Borcher said. Borcher takes his sheep to county fairs and shows around the country for show and sale, he said. “We’ve had really good success with what we’ve shown,� Borcher said. The son of his Montana sire won reserve champion at the North American International Livestock Exposition in November 2010 in Louisville, Ky., Borcher said. All summer Borcher trots his sheep at shows, and he is proud of his stock. “They look so cool,� he said.

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are adaptable to the changes in the climate. So really it comes down to if we don’t do this, we may have some food shortages in certain kinds of foods.� The corn project will be led by a rural sociologist, Lois Wright Morton of Iowa State University. She said the collaboration between climatologists, soil scientists, plant scientists and others means the researchers will be asking questions they might never have thought of before. “We really have assembled what I really think of as the really top scientists in the agricultural arena to address these (issues),� Wright Morton said, adding that her team members are not only experts in their fields, they’re willing to learn from others. “That’s a pretty potent combination.� Tim Martin, a professor of tree physiology at the University of Florida and the head of the forestry project, said it will focus on the loblolly pine, which covers 80 percent of the planted forest land in the southeastern U.S. Southern pine forests produce more wood products than any others in the country, and they pull a huge amount of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, making them important to the economy and environment, he said. “Southern forests contain a third of all the sequestered carbon — stored carbon — in all the lower 48 states,� Martin said. “And every year, Southern forests store enough additional carbon to offset about 13

percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the region. So just by virtue of growing, forests take CO2 out of the atmosphere and store it in the wood and in the soil.� Martin’s team will aim to maximize the amount of carbon stored in those forests and in wood products, such as 2-by4-inch boards used to build houses. All three projects also will try to develop crops and forests better able to withstand climate change. For example, Martin said, his team will help foresters choose the best varieties of pines to plant in a particular place given changes expected in the climate there. The leader of the wheat project, Sanford Eigenbrode, an entomologist at the University of Idaho, said grain crops store less carbon than trees, but they can be managed to maximize the benefit, such as with better tillage practices. His team also will look at nitrogen fertilizers, which are used heavily in wheat and corn production. When farmers use fertilizers efficiently, they don’t have to buy as much — lowering their costs — and most of the nitrogen fuels crop production. When used inefficiently, he said, fertilizers pollutes water with nitrate runoff and air with nitrous oxide. “It’s a much stronger greenhouse gas, molecule by molecule, than is CO2,� Eigenbrode said of nitrous oxide. “So if we can learn to use our nitrogen as efficiently as possible we’ll be doing good things for the

farmer, the consumer and the climate.� NIFA announced last month that each of the projects would receive $20 million. All three studies call for researchers to communicate closely with farmers and foresters to better understand their business decisions and try to improve the odds producers will adopt their recommendations. The research will be spread out among some two dozen universities. A fair number of farmers are skeptical of the idea that human activities cause climate change, but Martin said he’d tell them the research is still worthwhile. The studies aim to improve management of economically and ecologically important crops, and will make farmers better able to handle variable weather no matter what happens to the climate over time, he said. “Regardless of what one may think about the cause, there’s certainly plenty of evidence that climates are changing and those changes can affect our production systems for agriculture,� Eigenbrode said. “It’s important for our food security. So as climates change, agriculture has to change.�

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e are rapidly approach- life spans. Excess soil should be ing spring and the removed before planting. transformation of winFor balled and burlapter to the beauty and color of wrapped trees, gently poke a Wyoming, as nature stiff wire through converts our landthe burlap next to scape into a splendid the tree trunk until green. Most are you hit a root. Note ready for winter to the distance bebe over and are anxtween the top of the iously ready to fire root ball to the first up the mowers, break root. Check in two out shovels, pruning or more locations tools, and plant mularound the trunk to tiple forms of plant make sure you’ve life. On April 15th, located the top mawe will celebrate 9>K9A >;M?JJ jor roots. Leave the Powell’s 21st year burlap in place to do as a Tree City U.S.A. this to make moving and the Arbor Day tree distrithe tree easier. The distance bution at The Commons. The from the top-most buried root city will again be providing a to the bottom of the ball is the variety of trees to its citizens correct depth to dig your hole. to sustain our urban forest and Carefully remove the excess keep Powell as beautiful as soil from the top of the root ball ever. once it is in the planting hole. As you plan for your spring Container trees should have the planting, some preparation and soil carefully removed from the thought is always important top, exposing the root flare, and when deciding what tree spethen planted. cies to get, and where the trees J>; FB7DJ?D= >EB; will thrive and appropriately Dig a pit at least twice the fill the landscape space in your diameter of the root ball and homes. Following are some deep enough to place the root helpful hints to consider as flare even with or up to one well as a list of the trees we are inch higher than the soil line. distributing on Arbor Day this Handle the tree by the root ball, year. not by the trunk. Be sure the root ball or container soil rests I;B;9J?D= JH;;I on solid ground to prevent setConsider the limitations of tling. the planting site, the purpose for the tree, and each tree’s 879A<?BB IE?B unique growing requirements Make sure the tree is straight before selecting the type of tree before backfilling. Use the to be planted. Before purchassame soil that came out of the ing, check to be sure that the pit. Finely chop the soil and new tree does not have a great remove any stones or debris. deal of soil added over the root Avoid potting soil, peat moss or flare. The root flare is the point other amendments. Fill the hole where the top major roots exhalfway, watering thoroughly as tend out from the tree trunk. you go, then finish backfilling. Unfortunately many new trees Work the soil around the ball have the root flare buried under gently so that no air pockets are several inches of soil. This is to left. Firm the soil so the tree is be avoided if possible. vertical and adequately supported, but do not pack the soil :;J;HC?D; J>; FHEF;H FB7DJ?D= :;FJ> M7J;H Trees should be planted with Saturate the entire backfilled their top major roots even with soil with water. A slow gentle the soil line. Trees planted at soaking is best. Add more soil if the wrong depth do not develop needed to compensate for setwell and may have shortened tling.

CKB9> Cover smoothed soil with 3 inches of wood or bark chips. Shape the mulch into a doughnut 2 to 3 feet wide, leaving a gap near the trunk. Do not mound mulch onto the trunk of the tree. Mounding encourages root girdling, which can weaken and kill trees. Black plastic, grass clippings or sawdust should not be used as mulch. Keep mulch weeded. Replace as needed. FHKD?D= Remove only broken or badly deformed branches the first year. Begin a regular pruning program the second or third year after planting. IJ7A;I Stakes may be used to prevent shifting of the root ball or to protect the stem from mowing equipment. If needed, the tree should be guyed strongly enough to provide support, but flexibly enough to allow 6 to 8 inches of sway. Drive one or more stakes near the tree but not through the roots. The best guying materials are wide and flexible, such as plastic horticultural tape or canvas webbing. If guy wires are used, placed them through tubing or hose sections to prevent damage to the bark. All guys/ties should be placed low on the trunk. Remove guys/ties as soon as the tree can stand alone-about 3 months, but no longer than a year after planting. Trees scheduled to be given away at Arbor Day will mostly be bare root, with a few in tubes. Species to be distributed include, Bigtooth Maple, Amur Maple, Common Purple Lilac, Peking Lilac, Red Buckeye, European Bird Cherry, Purple European Beech, Kentucky Coffee Tree, Schubert Chokecherry, Thornless Honey Locust, American Linden, Silver Linden, Burr Oak, and Black Walnut. For additional information or question please feel free to contact or visit Powell’s City Arborist, Chuck Hewitt, at 307254-0240, 754-9417, chewitt@ cityofpowell.com.

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8iYfi`jk ]`^_kj ]fi >`cc\kk\ ki\\j GILLETTE (AP) — Anyone who has been in Gillette for more than 15 minutes knows that trees are a precious commodity in this area. Trees, or the general lack thereof, are one of the first things newcomers notice when they move to town. That is why, whenever a construction project gets ready to demolish a row of trees along a roadway, Janie Kuntz, arborist for the City of Gillette, does everything she can to save them. “The trees are precious around here,� Kuntz said. “If we can save any of them, we’re certainly going to try.� Her latest project has been to use the city’s tree spade to move seven large pine trees from near the intersection of Skyline Drive and Second Street to new homes in Dalbey Memorial Park. The trees that range from 15 to 25 feet tall are near the limit of what the spade can handle, but if any of them survive, the project will be a success. Originally, Kuntz had hoped to move about 12 trees near the

intersection, but some of them were planted over utility lines. The risk of damaging a utility line is enough to prevent the city from attempting to move those trees. “We want to stay safe, we especially don’t want to cut optic fiber, gas lines and electric lines,� Kuntz said. “We had planned on moving 12, but we had some utilities too close to the trees to move them.� Trees of that size could take as much as 30 years to grow, and would cost several thousand dollars each to buy if you could find someone who had a tree that big. For the most part, if the city wanted to buy trees, they would be much smaller than the ones that Kuntz and her crew are saving. In the fall 2007, the city worked with a contractor to move 175 trees from along South Douglas Highway that would have been demolished by the project that widened that roadway. All of those trees now line the walking path around the

Fishing Lake and in the spring fill the landscape of the park with colorful blossoms. Kuntz estimates that about 70 percent of the trees from that project survived the move, transforming a relatively bare part of the park. The two evergreen trees left to be moved to the park from near Skyline Drive are bound with twine so that Kuntz can fit the spade around the base of the trees without breaking branches. The final trip for the trees will not happen until about 4 a.m. Friday, when the city hopes that the project will not disrupt traffic as much as other times during the day. The next big project for the city arborist will be to try to move between 25 and 30 trees that line Enzi Drive. Kuntz cannot be sure how many of the trees she will be able to move, but one thing is certain — she will save as many as she can. “That’s my favorite job to do, transplanting trees,� she said.

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100 pounds of milk to break even. Prices languished at $12 in 2009, their lowest point in seven years. The market began to turn around in 2010, and U.S. dairy farmers earned an average of $16.30. However, the return to profitability meant little to many dairy farmers who were still struggling under a mountain of debt. A second year of even modest growth will help those producers, Stephenson said. Milk prices collapsed in 2009 because of too much production and not enough demand. Dairy producers across the U.S. responded by slaughtering an average of 50,000 dairy cows a week because the glut made it impossible to sell their milk for what it cost to produce. As U.S. sales and a sagging export market began to recover in early 2010, dairy farmers went in the other direction. They began to maximize milk production to help recover

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Npfd`e^ Z\c\YiXk\j EXk`feXc 8^i`Zlckli\ ;Xp American agriculture is responsible for providing the necessities of everyday life ... food, fiber, clothing and even fuel. That’s the message of National Ag Day, which is celebrated each year in March by producers, agricultural associations, corporations, universities and government agencies. The National Ag Day program is committed to increasing public awareness about American agriculture. As the world population soars, there is even greater demand for the food, fiber and renewable resources that the United States produces. National Ag Day focuses on educating Americans about the industry so they will understand how food, fiber and renewable resource products are produced and value the essential role of agriculture in maintaining a strong economy. For more information about programs visit www.agday.com. Wyoming and American ag facts • Wyoming agriculturists contribute a whopping $1 billion to the state’s economy and the U.S. ag industry plops down 20 percent of the U.S. GDP. • Wyoming has about 11,000 farms and ranches and leads the nation in average size of farms and ranches • Wyoming farmers and ranchers care for 30.1 million acres, which produce food and

fiber, wildlife habitat and keep lands free from development. • Bringing in 61percent of all Wyoming ag sales, ranchers raise and care for 1.3 million cattle. This is enough beef to produce billions of quarter pounder hamburgers per year. • Wyoming is the nation’s No. 3 sheep and wool producer. Wyoming sheep produce about 3 million pounds of wool each year. • The main crops that give Wyoming farmers and ranchers a purpose in life are hay, barley, wheat, corn, sugar beets and dry beans. • Wyoming farmers and ranchers produce about 2.2 million tons of hay each year. • If you end your day with a nice, cold beer, chances are it came from Wyoming. Farmers grew 6 million bushels of barley in 2010! • Wyoming raises enough wheat to produce 283 million loaves of bread each year. • Wyoming farmers also find time to raise about 700,000 tons of corn and 664,000 tons of sugar beets. • Wyoming also makes the grade in dry bean production and is the third largest producer of pinto beans in the nation. • One rancher or farmer grows enough food to feed 155 people each day. • Ag by-products don’t just feed and clothe us, they are

used in everything from toothpaste to printer ink to car upholstery. • U.S. farmers and ranchers raise 22 percent of the world’s beef, 20 percent of the milk on the globe, 39 percent of all corn and 38 percent of the planet’s soybeans. • Farmers and ranchers produce more than 2 trillion pounds of food each year. • Individuals and families own 98 percent of all U.S. farms. • Agriculturists only get about $0.19 for every retail food dollar spent. • Government farm programs account for about only 14 percent of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s $88 million budget and farm programs are less than .5 percent of the total US budget. • Americans spend the lowest percentage of their annual income on food – less than 10 percent. Compare that with France at 15 percent, China at 26 percent and Indonesia at 55 percent. • Farmers and ranchers are excellent stewards of the land. It is our source of income and way of life. Many farmers and ranchers intentionally provide wildlife habitat and thousands of trees are planted on farmland yearly. Ag folks also have installed 1.54 million miles of conservation buffers and thanks to agriculturists, erosion dropped more than 40 percent since 1982.

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Lynn Preator P.O. Box 234 • Burlington, WY Phone: 307-762-3310 Cell: 307-272-0911

So much more than just a tire store! We’re your farm and ag tire specialists. Our professional staff offers 24-hour on-the-farm service.

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Simplot Lawn and Garden Fertilizer now sold exclusively at Linton’s Big R.

J.R. Simplot Company 303 South Bent in Powell

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Goats live on approximately 30 Park County farms and ranches, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service field office in Cheyenne. Tribune file photo by Kara Bacon

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Tours of hoop houses at the University of Wyoming Research and Extension Center were part of the annual field day last July. Tribune file photo

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ozens of empty white laundry baskets line the floor in straight, neat rows, awaiting fresh vegetables and fruits. Soon, they are filled with oranges, then cantaloupe, followed by lettuce, bunches of carrots, peppers and yams. It’s a Saturday morning, and a group of faithful volunteers in the Powell American Legion Hall fill 96 baskets to the brim with fresh produce. Outside, dozens of people line up, ready to take home a basket of bounty. Through the Bountiful Baskets Food Co-op, a semi-truck arrives in Powell every other Saturday morning, filled with a variety of fruits, vegetables and other food. Local volunteers are ready to go and unload the truck, then begin filling the baskets with produce. “It’s all volunteer based,� said Kelly Kellett, the volunteer site coordinator for Powell. Bountiful Baskets started in May 2006 with two sites and has grown to hundreds of sites in 10 states, with around 70,000 families participating. The co-op brings fruits and vegetables from as far as Arizona, California and Washington to Wyoming, allowing participants to buy a basket of fresh conventional produce for $15. Baskets with organic fruits and vegetables cost $25 apiece. “It’s a tremendous value. It’s ultra-fresh, straight from the producer to us,� said Sarah LeBlancq of Powell. To get a basket, participants sign up online at www.bountifulbaskets.org beginning at noon the Monday before the Saturday delivery. Participants must pay online for baskets to ensure one is reserved for Saturday morning — and if you don’t sign up early, you’re out of luck. “We sell out every week. This week, we have 83 conventional baskets and 12 organic,� Kellett said Saturday. While participants know they’re getting a basket, no one knows what will be in it until they arrive Saturday morning. Maybe blueberries or asparagus or carrots or potatoes or peppers — it just depends on the week and what’s in season. The element of surprise is enticing to some. “I love not knowing what you’re going to get,� said Brandi Wright, a volunteer and basket buyer who found out about Bountiful Baskets after seeing people with pumpkins around the American Legion last fall. Bountiful Baskets distributes year-round. Kellett has organized the volunteer effort at the American Legion site since last year, but there’s enough demand that volunteers think Powell could add a second site, and LaBlancq is looking at possible locations. Sites cap out at 96 baskets, and the one Powell location meets that limit each rotation. Currently, Bountiful Baskets also has sites in Lovell, Cody, Meeteetse Greybull, Sheridan and other towns throughout Wyoming. The other states involved with the food co-op are Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Washington and Utah. Hundreds of people line up throughout the state on Saturdays for Bountiful Baskets. The doors don’t open until volunteers are ready with the baskets laden with fruits and vegetables. Around a dozen people volunteer at the Powell site, and more volunteers are needed and appreciated to help speed the process along, Kellett said. If a participant pays for a basket but doesn’t show up on a Saturday morning to pick it up, the extra fruits and vegetables are donated to the Rocky Mountain Manor, LeBlancq said. For more information about the food co-op, visit www.bountifulbaskets.org.

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early four years ago, Wyoming’s first natural food co-op opened in Laramie, providing a place for local growers and producers to sell their goods to the community. “One of the primary goals when we opened the food co-op was to have a place for local producers to sell their products to consumers year-round,� said Marla Petersen, general manager of Big Hollow. Today, the Big Hollow Food Co-Op thrives, selling locally grown vegetables, fruit, organic milk, meat, honey, eggs and other products through a cooperative supported by Laramie-area residents. “People will ask me, who owns Big Hollow? I say, ‘Well, you do. I do. It’s member-owned,’� said Petersen. However, “You don’t have to be a member to shop there,� she said. Petersen presented the food co-op’s business model to dozens of interested residents at

the Northwest College Spring Roundup earlier this year. A group of area residents who met at the presentation are now looking to create a co-op in the northern Big Horn Basin. To illustrate the food co-op’s success, Petersen let the numbers speak. In 2010, Big Hollow Food Co-Op grossed $826,000, and she expects the business will do more than $1 million in sales this year. The first year, the coop had a growth rate of around 25 percent — it’s now up to 35 percent. The co-op has more than 900 member households. “We are the fastest growing independent, natural food grocer in our region (including Colorado),� Petersen said. The co-op got its start in early 2007 when a group of about 20 people banded together, calling themselves “The Merry Co-Conspirators.� They raised money by selling pre-paid food dollars (to be redeemed when the store opened) and memberships, and eventually raised $30,000. A board of directors formed, the first staff members

were hired in August 2007 and opened Big Hollow Food Co-Op in downtown Laramie a short time later. “We have always been debtfree,â€? Petersen said. In 2008, they received a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant for $30,000, helping them build relationships with local producers. “That grant created an energy we built on for the next couple of years,â€? Petersen said. Since its inception, Big Hollow has focused on providing locally grown and certified organic food. The co-op works with at least 30 local producer vendors — a list that’s growing all the time, Petersen said. She said some of the challenges of a food co-op are educating the public on the real cost of food, working with local producers, the availability of goods and taking on risks. “No one is getting rich here ‌ it’s all about getting the local produce and local food out to the community,â€? Petersen said. Through trial and error, Big Hollow staff found the best

ratios for mark-up for their products. While dry goods may have a mark-up of 33 percent or more, that doesn’t work as well for local producers. “The cost is higher for local — the highest margin we have on local food is 20 to 25 percent,� she said. “All of our eggs are local, but some producers need $3, some need $4. We mark them all up $1. In some cases, we’re selling eggs for $5/dozen.� Fruits and vegetables pose a number of challenges in retail, and Big Hollow is committed to a low margin on produce, considering it lucky to break even, Petersen said. “If the price is high, it doesn’t sell and becomes compost,� she said. “If the price is lower, it sells. We want the good food to go in human bellies when possible, rather than becoming compost. That’s what we want.� The co-op also has had to educate the public on organic produce — which is still perfectly fine to eat even if it doesn’t look shiny and pretty. “Organic doesn’t always look

as fantastically beautiful as the produce you’re used to in the store (because it doesn’t have preservatives),� Petersen said. For meat, the co-op has two primary providers, and all of the meat is USDA certified. “Everything comes to us frozen, and that’s how it’s kept,� Petersen said. Meat producers incur all the costs for the packaging, processing and transportation, she added. There’s a 20 percent mark up on meat. “If they put $1,000 in inventory in the freezer, they get $800 back,� Petersen said. The demand for meat sometimes outstrips the supply, especially when it comes to bison, she said. “Every month, we sell more than our producer thought we would,� Petersen said. The co-op also sells milk, wheat, gluten-free products, yogurt and a variety of other local and organic goods. “There is a big demand of local food in Laramie, but getting everything we need isn’t as easy as you would think, but it is getting easier,� she said. Petersen said the Big Hollow Food Co-Op is happy to help budding co-op groups with questions as they look to begin in other communities. For more information about Big Hollow, visit www.laramiecoop.com.

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Some Americans are even further removed from the food chain. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 15 percent of Americans have difficulty getting enough nutritious food to eat. When the economy soured in 2008, elegant restaurants serving steaks suffered 60 to 70 percent declines in customers, but now business is starting to pick up in those eateries, Fahsholtz said. “We’re pretty close to where we were before the decline,� he said. It costs around $500 per year to fatten one feedlot cow these days, Fahsholtz said. Heifers are often sold to guarantee prompt cash inhand rather than keeping the animals for two years because their future value is uncertain, Fahsholtz said. “It’s expensive to keep a heifer when she’s worth what she’s worth,� he said. Corn is in high demand for ethanol production, but cows like it too. Fahsholtz said feed corn could climb as high as $5.50 per bushel this year. And, there are some indications of potential drought in midwestern America this summer that could hamper corn

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