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Soybean seedling diseases are one of the most important causes of reduced stand establishment and can cause economic losses.

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Diseases target soy seedlings Expert advice on what to look for By Tom C. Doran

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Managing soybean seedling diseases is challenging, but there are ways to minimize the impacts. Nathan Kleczewski, University of Illinois research assistant professor, conducts research and Extension activities on plant pathology issues in the state and shared his expertise in an Illinois Soybean Association’s ILSoyAdvisor webinar. “Soybean seedling diseases are caused by many different types of pathogens. Because we are working in fields with environments that are very diverse, oftentimes these are going to work as complexes,” Kleczewski said. “You’ll have multiple species, multiple types of pathogens in a given field. So, managing them can be pretty challenging, but there are some things we can do to minimize some of the impacts that we have with these diseases.” Kleczewski detailed each of the prevalent soybean seedling diseases in Illinois and a new one. PYTHIUM Pythium, a soilborne mold, is the most common soil pathogen in Illinois and thrives in saturated soils because it produces a spore that swims in the water and detects roots for colonization. It can cause “mushy” roots that results in the complete rotting in the outer cortex. Another symptom is rat-tailing of the roots. See DISEASES, Page A8

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A pre-pandemic tour is held inside Eickman’s Processing Co. in Seward, Illinois.

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Filling meat gap Local processors see business soar during pandemic By Jeannine Otto

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SEWARD, Ill. — When Tom Eickman stepped outside on a sunny and pleasant Friday evening, he was happy to see the sun. “I was like, ‘Oh, hey, it’s nice outside,’” Eickman said. He started work that Friday at the meat processing plant and retail shop that his grandfather Merlyn started. Since the demand for both retail meat and processing beef and pork ramped up in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Eickman, his wife, Katie, and their staff of 27 workers haven’t had a lot of time in the sun. “It’s been busy, it’s been a little insane, almost,” he said. Business on the retail side and the processing side has exploded for Eickman’s

Processing Co., as it has for the majority of local meat processors and local retail meat shops across the Midwest. Consumers turned to local meat stores as the slowdown and then shutdown of larger commercial meat plants created shortages of beef and pork in big-box stores. Livestock producers, particularly pork producers, sought out local processors to try to get animals slaughtered and processed as an alternative to euthanizing market-ready animals. “We have filled up through the end of December. Every kill spot we have for this year is taken at this point. We’re pushing upward of 35 to 40 cattle per week and 60 to 80 head of hogs,” Eickman said. He said he started to see demand for meat in his retail shop increase around the middle of

March, shortly after Illinois schools closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “I had a feeling something was going to come down the road with that, people were going to be a little scared. We had the mindset of, ‘I want to keep the shelves full.’ I want, when people come in, for them to see full shelves. I don’t want them to come in and say, ‘Oh, my, gosh, half the shelves are empty,’ and have a panic attack out of that,” Eickman said. The processing side of the business is federally inspected, which means that Eickman can sell meat across the country. The business took a hit when restaurants shut down and slowed, but Eickman was able to move wholesale meat over to the retail side. See MEAT, Page A8

Consumers find alternative sources By Ashley Langreck

Kettler said local meat lockers INDIANAPOLIS — Farmers and plants that sell fresh and freezer meat are one have been experiencing a huge way that increase in demand for their some folks products as consumers turn to are getting different avenues to buy meat the protein as grocery stores struggle to they need stock shelves amid COVID-19 to feed their Kettler pandemic. families, Bruce Kettler, director of which is the the Indiana State Department biggest contributing factor to of Agriculture, said farmers why those local businesses are and operations that sell meat booked solid. have been experiencing some “It’s an opportunity for unexpected but welcome busi- more people to realize and get ness as individuals have been a better understanding of how searching for alternate aveagriculture food production nues to still get quality meat as systems work,” Kettler said. coolers at grocery stores conKettler said that even if continue to remain bare or have sumers are purchasing meat limits on the amount that can from local farmers or meat be purchased. plants, it is important for them AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

to know that those operations and individuals still have to abide by safety guidelines and recommendations of the Indiana Department of Health and the Indiana Board of Animal Health. Kettler said some stores are still struggling to keep meat in stock and have limitations on the amount that can be purchased, but as the packing plants begin to open back up, the supply of meat available will begin increasing again. Kettler said another resource for consumers is the Indiana Grown Protein Guide. “It might encourage folks to try something different than they have had before,” Kettler said.

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Farmers’ outlook at 3-year low Optimisim declines in economic survey By Erica Quinlan

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WASHINGTON — Insights into the pandemic’s impact on the first and last links in the food supply chain were provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary. Sonny Perdue hosted the podcast that featured David Herring, a North Carolina pork producer, and Vivek Sankaran, CEO of Albertsons Companies, one of the largest food retailers in the United States that includes Safeway, Jewel-Osco and United Supermarkets. “There is a whole chain of people, industries that make up our very sophisticated food supply chain, and right now it’s more important than ever to make sure that it remains safe, secure and fully work-

ing,” Perdue said. “The food supply chain is something that consumers don’t always think about, but I think now they’re thinking more about it in these uncertain times. It’s been on the minds of people all across the nation.” Herring and his brothers, Tommy and Mark, have operated TDM Farms since 1983 and their father and grandfather were in the pork business before them. They produce about 700,000 markets pigs annually in their wean-to-finish operation. It’s all about the efficiency of timing in swine production and having the ability to get those pigs to processors when they reach market weight. “The whole system is almost like a carrousel. As pigs go

Ag Economy Barometer

DISRUPTION As of May 1, 115 meat and poultry processing plants in 19 states reported COVID-19 cases among their employees, causing packing plants to temporarily suspend operations. President Donald Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act in an effort to quickly restart these facilities. Any disruption in packing plant operations is a direct hit to pork production as the entire system is designed to flow through with no interruptions.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Ag Economy Barometer dropped to a three-year low in April due to coronavirus concerns, commodity price declines and supply-chain disruptions. “Over the past two months, producers have felt the first shock waves being created by the coronavirus,” said James Mintert, director of Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture. “Disruptions in the supply chain are causing many to look at ways they can mitigate risk in this uncertain environment and sharp declines in commodity prices have added significant financial pressure on many U.S. farming operations.” The Index of Current Conditions and the Index of Future Expectations declined sharply. “The biggest decline, especially over the last two months, has been in the Index of Current Conditions, which fell to 72 from 111 last month, and all the way from 154 two months ago.”

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PEKIN, Ill. — Stay-at-home restrictions imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19 have reduced gasoline consumption by 50% and hit an already challenged ethanol market. The industry, which already had its hands full with the small refinery exemptions issues, is finding ways to utilize facilities by producing other products, but it’s not enough at this point. A Renewable Fuels Association analysis estimates that ethanol production could fall by approximately 3 billion gallons in 2020, representing a nearly 20% cut from levels that would have otherwise been expected. Mainly due to lower usage and high inventories, ethanol prices could be 56 cents per gallon lower on average from March to December than they otherwise would have been. As a result, ethanol sales would fall to $12.5 billion in 2020, a 46% reduction from the $23 billion that would have been expected absent COVID-19. ABF Economics found that the ethanol industry contributed $43 billion to U.S. GDP and supported nearly 350,000 jobs in 2019. But based on today’s RFA analysis, it is expected that the industry’s contribution to GDP could shrink to $30 billion in 2020, nearly one-third less than last year.

to market, pigs are coming in right behind them. We birth pigs every day and we sell pigs every day. It’s a just-in-time situation and there’s not a lot of over-capacity,” Herring said.

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AMBOY, Ind. — It’s been a pleasant start to planting for many farmers in northwest Indiana, according to Jason Harmon, technical agronomist at DeKalb Asgrow. “Early on, we were having some of the best

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Prolonged stress causing mental, physical health issues Educator’s tips on how to cope

Chronic stress may manifest as a decrease in livestock care quality, increase in illness, increase in farm accidents, decline in appearance of farmstead, changes in routine or By Erica Quinlan children showing signs of stress. AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS Angela Sorg, Purdue Extension educator in DeKalb AUBURN, Ind. — Farming is County, shared six ways to hanan innately stressful, high-risk dle stress. job. Deep breathing. Try breath“There are so many farms out ing deeply five times. Release there right now that are in financial distress, putting farm families the air slowly. under prolonged stress,” said Self-talk. Tell yourself you Elysia Rodgers, Purdue Extension can get through it. You have educator in DeKalb County. come through rough times be“This prolonged stress is caus- fore. You can do it again. You ing severe mental and physical have gotten through difficult health issues.” situations.

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“We’re running at rates less than 50%, but we really haven’t sold a gallon since some time in early March and so all of this product is going into storage.”

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Further, if the scenario in the RFA analysis plays out, the industry would support nearly 280,000 jobs across all sectors in 2020, a reduction of about onefifth from 2019. Neil Koehler, Renewable Fuels Association chairman, CEO and co-founder of Pacific Ethanol which operate biorefineries in Illinois and four other states; Mick Henderson, general manager at Commonwealth AgriEnergy, Hopkinsville, Kentucky; Mike Jerke, CEO of Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy in Council Bluffs, Iowa; and Geoff Cooper, RFA president and CEO, provided insights into the current climate in a recent podcast. Here’s what they had to say. ON THEIR COMPANIES Koehler: “The 50% demand destruction in our market — we’re the largest producer in the west. California has been hit particularly hard. Some of the markets that we serve in northern California, we were seeing at the front-end of this 60%, 70% impact on demand. “So, the margins have gone very negative to eventually send a very brutal signal that production needs to come off line and that’s what has happened. We as a business to have idled over 50% of our capacity unfortu-

nately has involved layoffs.” Henderson: “Virtually all of our ethanol is destined for Nashville, Tennessee, and that got hit by major tornadoes March 3 that basically took four of our five customers off line for a week. So, we started filling tanks and talking about slowing down, shutting down, and then the week following that the coronavirus hit lowering demand by 40% to 50% nationwide for gasoline. “Nashville demand dropped 40% within a week. Knoxville lost its ethanol supplier and we started supplying them. We were losing even more money but staying at full capacity. Now we’re treading water even more.” Jerke: “Our normal annual production is 130 million gallons that equates to about 130,000 bushels of our local farmers’ corn being processed every day. We are operating today at less than 50% capacity, so clearly (using local corn) is not happening either at less than 50% and prices reflect that. There’s just no place to store product and that’s essentially what’s happening. “We’re running at rates less than 50%, but we really haven’t sold a gallon since some time in early March and so all of this product is going into storage. We’re just attempting to get by until we go into a shutdown mode to do maintenance and then we will evaluate at that point whether or not it makes

Meditating. “Meditating can mean going out and fishing,” Sorg said. “Just sitting there and watching the trees. It can mean a Sorg mindless TV show that you don’t have to think about. There are a lot of different ways to meditate. Maybe it’s paying attention to what you’re eating and having more mindful eating — it’s whatever is relaxing for you.”

Exercise. “It can mean taking the long way when you’re checking your crop, or walking down to get the mail,” Sorg said. “There are lots of different ways you can exercise.” Physical activity can help to lessen cortisol in the body and protect against negative impacts of stress. Connect with people in your social network. “We’re kind of like pack animals,” Sorg said. “We don’t do well in isolation — hence what’s going on right now. “We’re seeing people struggle with isolation because we’re people of community.” Brainstorm ways to boost your social life, whether it’s video chatting or writing a letter.

Division. The administrator called and said they didn’t have any hand sanitizer at the gates for public exposure. I filled a barrel with 190 proof and sent it down to him. He made his own hand sanitizer and notified a couple of other local craft bourbon distilleries. They’re not big, but they had laid off their people and were shutdown. “So, we started up a little Mike Jerke, CEO side business, gave 270-gallon SOUTHWEST IOWA RENEWABLE ENERGY totes of alcohol to four different bourbon distillers and they all started in the hand sanitizer sense to come out of that shutbusiness. We’ve continued that down or just stay idle.” and have shipped truckloads of that. It takes the edge off. It ON RESOURCEFULNESS really inspires and improves Koehler: “Our facilities in morale for my crew.” Pekin, Illinois, have always Jerke: “In these trying times produced a high quality (U.S. Pharmacopoeia)-grade alcohol. with the pandemic situation, we’re extremely proud of We’ve been diversified and the way our employees have fortunate to be in that area stepped up. We are also workand able to free-up additional supplies of that alcohol for hand ing to follow Food and Drug Administration and World sanitizer production. “We’re also doing our part of Health Organization guidelines to manufacture hand sanitizer. producing our own hand sanitizers and donating that to local We’ve partnered with local hoscommunities. We donated some pitals to donate hand sanitizer. “We’ve also worked with high quality alcohol as well to the State of Iowa and our some facilities. “We’re definitely trying doing local county to provide on a contracted basis much needed our part to keep our communiproduct for our folks that are ties healthy and safe. We produce CO2 at three of our seven on the front lines of fighting this epidemic. That’s a bright facilities, and we’re trying to continue to make those supplies spot and something that really motivates our team as they look available, as well.” at what’s happening all around Henderson: “We’re 20 miles them as folks are sheltering in from Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, place and try to be safe.” home of the 101st Airborne

Speak with a mental health professional. “This one gets scary for our farm families and communities, because this is a section of society that does not typically seek mental health treatment,” Sorg said. “Also, in our rural communities, there’s a huge lack of mental health help as far as finding a professional goes.” A professional can help you create a plan for a healthier mind and body. Erica Quinlan can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 193, or equinlan@agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan. ON POLICY Cooper: “We had been discussing with USDA and Congress about the need for some assistance to the industry to weather this crisis and to get through this and come out whole on the other end. The answer we’ve heard from USDA is there just wasn’t enough to go around and I think the demands on their resources were such that there was not enough funding assistance available to help out all of the sectors that are in need of assistance. “So, I think there will be additional rounds of assistance coming from USDA and it’s our hope that ethanol is strongly considered for inclusion in those additional rounds. We think a fourth stimulus package is a more likely vehicle for an ethanol program. There is strong support. “More than 30 members of the House and 15 senators sent a letter to USDA encouraging Secretary Perdue to specifically direct some assistance to the ethanol industry. So, we know there’s support in Congress for that type of assistance and we’re going to continue working with our champions in both chambers to try and get something included as the next package is debated.” Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Doran.

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toes, peppers or eggplants. “Verticillium wilt is a common soil pathogen that is associated with these vegetables that could persist in the soil for three to five years,” Hart said. “If there is the potential for this pathogen, that may not be the best site for a fruit garden.” Three types of strawberry plants are available including June bearing, Everbearing and Day Neutral. June bearing plants produce one crop in late spring and they tend to have a very good yield. Everbearing plants produce several flushes of flowers and fruit throughout the season. “Day Neutral strawberries flower and fruit continuously through the growing season unless it gets too hot,” Hart said. Plant strawberry cultivars in the spring with the growing point at the soil level. “If you plant them too high, the plants will dry out and die and if you plant them too deep they will rot and die,” Hart said. For a matted row system, space plants 18 to 30 inches apart and the rows 3 to 4 feet apart. “Strawberries put out a ton of runners or daughter plants and in this system you allow those runners to root where they want to,” Hart said. Strawberries are planted with similar spacing in a spaced row system. “But space the daughter plants no closer than 4 inches apart and cut off all the other runners,” Hart said. “This allows better air movement and light penetration to the plants and less competition so you tend to have a higher yield of bigger berries with fewer disease problems, but it takes labor and time.” Blueberries require an acidic soil with a pH from 4.8 to 5.2. There are two ways to lower the pH of soil including the addition

of sphagnum peat moss that can be purchased at garden centers. “Incorporate it into your soil and it will have an immediate effect of lowering the pH,” Hart said. A second option for lowering soil pH is adding elemental sulfur which results in a slow reaction. “It takes about year to get down to the desired pH so you have to plan ahead,” Hart said. “If the soil pH is not right, the iron will be unavailable to the plants, the leaves will yellow and the plant will die.” It is ideal to plant two varieties of blueberries for cross pollination. “Select two varieties that flower at the same time so they cross pollinate and you’ll have a higher yield,” Hart said. Gardeners should remove the flowers during the first and second years after planting blueberries to encourage the plants to focus on root establishment. “You won’t get full blueberry harvest until year three,” Hart said. Applying mulch around blueberry plants helps to keep consistent moisture. “Fertilize the plants with ammonium sulfate four weeks after planting by applying one ounce in a band around the base of the plant and then every year up that until year eight when you apply eight ounces,” Hart said. “Every year, continue to apply eight ounces of ammonium sulfate.” A raspberry plant can produce red, black purple or yellow fruit. “Brambles are particularly susceptible to viruses, so make sure you’re starting with quality, healthy

plants,” Hart said. “Plant them in the spring, water them well to get started and cut them back at planting leaving 10 to 12 inches of the plant.” Red and yellow raspberries put out root suckers and black and purple varieties do not. “The biggest decision is what season you will have fruit because there are two types,” Hart said. “For summer bearing plants you get one crop of berries produced on the two-year-old canes and for the everbearing plants you will get your ﬁrst crop of fruit on the tips of the 1-year-old canes in the fall and the next year you will get fruit further down the cane in the summer.” Blackberry plants have different growth types including very erect that doesn’t need trellising, semi-erect that could benefit from trellising and trailing that needs a trellis system or they will be laying on the ground. “You can pick thorny or thornless cultivars and blackberries tend to struggle being winter hardy especially the thornless plants,” Hart said. “In Northern Illinois, unless you provide extra winter protection, it will probably be diﬃcult for the plants to survive the winter.” After planting blackberry cultivars, Hart said, cut the plants back to six inches. “These plants have similar care as raspberries,” she said. Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.

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Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Friday’s highs and Friday night’s lows.

Rock Island 73/53

Chicago 68/51

SUNRISE/SUNSET Rise 5:44 a.m. 5:43 a.m. 5:42 a.m. 5:41 a.m. 5:40 a.m. 5:39 a.m. 5:39 a.m.

Decatur 76/61

Quincy 74/60

Springfield Date May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21

Peoria 74/58

Set 8:07 p.m. 8:08 p.m. 8:09 p.m. 8:10 p.m. 8:10 p.m. 8:11 p.m. 8:12 p.m.

Gary 61/50

Champaign 74/59 Lafayette 77/60

Springfield 76/60 Terre Haute 75/62

Fort Wayne 75/57

Muncie 77/63

Southern Illinois: Friday: a shower and thunderstorm in spots. Winds southsouthwest 6-12 mph. Little or no sunshine with a 60% chance of precipitation and poor-drying conditions. Average relative humidity 75%.

Vevay 74/62

Evansville 78/64

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GROWING DEGREE DAYS Illinois Week ending May 11 Month through May 11 Season through May 11 Normal month to date Normal season to date

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Indiana Week ending May 11 Month through May 11 Season through May 11 Normal month to date Normal season to date

16 53 235 75 124

Anna 75/63

Today Hi/Lo/W 74/59/t 68/51/c 76/61/t 75/64/t 59/50/c 71/53/t 76/61/t 74/58/t 74/60/t 72/51/c 73/53/c 76/60/t

Tom. Hi/Lo/W 77/57/t 66/53/t 77/57/t 80/65/t 61/54/t 72/54/t 79/61/t 75/57/t 75/58/c 71/52/c 74/56/c 77/58/t

Sun. Hi/Lo/W 76/56/t 70/53/sh 75/59/t 83/60/t 69/54/sh 72/55/t 79/59/t 74/57/t 74/58/t 71/52/sh 73/54/t 76/59/t

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Today Hi/Lo/W 75/62/t 71/61/t 78/64/t 72/62/t 75/57/t 61/50/t 77/60/t 75/61/t 77/63/t 71/53/t 75/62/t 74/62/t

Tom. Hi/Lo/W 79/63/t 77/64/t 82/64/t 77/64/t 76/55/t 69/54/t 79/56/t 78/63/t 81/64/t 71/54/t 79/64/t 78/63/t

Northern Indiana: Friday: a couple of showers and a thunderstorm in the south and east; a shower or thunderstorm around in the north and west. Winds northwest 6-12 mph. Little or no sunshine with a 60% chance of precipitation. Central Indiana: Friday: a shower and thunderstorm around; breezy during the morning in the east. Winds west-southwest 7-14 mph. Little or no sunshine with a 60% chance of precipitation and poordrying conditions.

For 24-hour weather updates, check out www.agrinews-pubs.com Illinois Champaign Chicago Decatur E. St. Louis Evanston Joliet Mt. Vernon Peoria Quincy Rockford Rock Island Springfield

Northern Illinois: Friday: cloudy. A shower or thunderstorm; in the morning to the east, any time in the south, and dry in the north and west. Winds north-northwest 6-12 mph. Little or no sunshine.

Central Illinois: Friday: a shower and thunderstorm around, but a shower or thunderstorm in the north. Winds southwest 7-14 mph. Little or no sunshine with a 55% chance of precipitation and poor-drying conditions.

Indianapolis 75/61

Mt. Vernon 76/61

East St. Louis 75/64

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Southern Indiana: Friday: a shower and thunderstorm in spots. Winds southwest 7-14 mph. Little or no sunshine with a 60% chance of precipitation and poor-drying conditions. Average relative humidity 80%.

SOUTH AMERICA Much of Argentina and southern Brazil to Paraguay will have dry weather into early next week. A low will bring some rain to Uruguay, southeast Brazil and Paraguay around midweek.

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STEP TWO: PURCHASE Consider foods high in nutrients and low in cost, such as milk, beans, lentils, potatoes, eggs, peanut butter, canned salmon or tuna, oats, brown rice, quinoa, or frozen fruit and vegetables. Convenience foods that are pre-cut, pre-washed, or ready to eat are typically more expensive than less processed foods. In the dairy aisle, it is important to note that dairy does not just do a body good, it also does a wallet good. When it comes to nutrition and budget, the best deal is the real deal — milk! At a cost of just pennies per ounce, milk offers a solid nutritional bang for your buck. Milk’s affordability can ensure that you and your family get the recommended three servings of dairy each day. STEP THREE: PREPARE Double or triple recipes, and then divide leftovers into individual portions and freeze. This works well with soups and casseroles, which can be defrosted and reheated in a snap. Having a plan for leftovers, such as using them in subsequent meals, can also help stretch food dollars.

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A pricey ‘penny’ toy By Terry and Kim Kovel

Children have always wanted to imitate the activities of people they see. So, toys have been made for centuries that are dressed to look like friends and, if possible, let them pretend to cook, play or work like grownups. In Germany, toy factories made small colorful tin toys from about 1880 to 1914 that could move and imitate a mother cooking or a boy roller skating. The price of the small toy was a penny, so they were named “penny toys” by today’s collectors. About 175 antique penny toys were sold in an important Bertoia auction recently, and prices were much higher than a penny. The lowest price was $180. The highest price was $11,400 for a walking camel with a well-dressed Arab rider. The top of the rider’s turban could be turned to make the clockwork toy move. There were several toys showing a boy or a girl at school sitting at the traditional bench attached to a desk. The child’s arm moved and opened the top of the desk to show candy hidden inside. This schoolboy penny toy sold for $840.

The toy schoolboy sold at auction was admiring a picture on the desktop that was hiding candy. Discovering and eating the candy made the toy great fun. Today it is a collector’s treasure costing $840. Its excellent condition added to its value.

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Pythium is a complex disease with diverse species that affect soybeans differently. This can lead to differences in how aggressive and severe pythium can be in a field or region and affects management differently. The species diversity also impacts how sensitive they are to fungicides. “Even though we’re getting the majority of our pythium controlled by these active ingredients, some of these pythiums are not going to be controlled. If those are at high levels in the your field you might not see the efficacy you’re expecting,” Kleczewski said. Temperature can impact the amount of disease cause by pythium and the benefits of fungicides. For example, pythium aphan at 59 degrees is not having much of an effect on emergence or germination of the seedlings. It’s much more effective at reducing the seedling emergence at warmer temperatures. However, pythium ultium is not impacted by temperature and is able to cause disease at 59 and 68 degrees. Minimizing compaction and addressing drainage issues are important steps in managing pythium. Plant into warm soils to help the seed germinate quickly produce leaves and a larger root system. The bigger the plant, the more it’s going to tolerate pythium root rot later in the season. Use a seed treatment with pythium-specific active ingredients that provide two to three weeks of initial protection. PHYTOPHTHORA Similar to pythium, phytophthora has spores that can move in water. It favors saturated soils in warm conditions. With soils greater than 60 degrees is can infect throughout the season. Early infections typically lead to the most significant symptoms. Early in the season, phytophthora will present itself similar to pythium and is easier to differentiate later in the season when a canker develops on the plants and moves up from the roots. “The roots are oftentimes pretty much jet-black and they’re not going to have any fine feeder roots on them. The late season canker can cause girding of the stems and plant death later in the season,” Kleczewski detailed. Phytophthora sojae is the most aggressive and is specific to soybeans. Phytophthora sansomeana is not as aggressive, but can cause issues. As with pythium, managing phytophthora begins with avoiding compaction and improve drainage. For fields with a history of phytophthora, select a variety with a good field tolerance rating and use a variety that has a Resistance to Phytophthora sojae gene associated or stack Rps genes. Also, consider a phytophthora specific fungicide seed treatment. RHIZOCTONIA The rhizoctonia fungus includes several different and diverse species. It is problematic in warm weather and wet, not saturated, fields of high organic matter. The disease causes a pre-emergence dampening off. Plants wilt and die soon after emergence. Red-brown lesions can be seen at the soil line on the tap root. Lesions are often sunken, a canker. “A late infection is typical, especially after a drought when you’re going to see yellow foli-

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Farmers have become much less inclined to make large investments in their farm operations, according to the survey. When asked what their No. 1 concern regarding their farm and the COVID-19 situation, 43% of farmers said they were concerned about market access. Thirty-seven percent said financial considerations and 13% said they were worried about health and safety. “However, when we followed up and asked about changes on their farming operations, 35% of farmers in our survey said they had made some changes

age and wilting plants. That’s where you’re going to see yield loss. The symptoms are also very similar in our other root rots, as well. Rhizoctonia does tend to do better under moderate to dry warm conditions. So, wet followed by a drought is usually a good condition for rhizoctonia,” Kleczewski said. To manage rhizoctonia management, reduce compaction and improve drainage in problematic areas or fields. Rotate to corn or wheat to reduce inoculum. Reduce plant stress from herbicide burn, soybean cyst nematode and so forth. Select a soybean variety with good tolerance to rhizoctonia. There are also rhizoctonia seed treatments that are available. SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME “This is one that we don’t even realize is a seedling disease because we’re so familiar with the symptoms later on in the season when at R4 we start to see leaves with inner venal necrosis and maybe they’ll blight and the leaves fall off,” Kleczewski said. “That’s when we’re thinking SDS. That’s very noticeable and the early season symptoms that oftentimes go unnoticed. We may blame them on one of the other organisms or in combination of some of those organisms.” SDS favors cool, wet weather soon after planting. Early season seedling issues are often overlooked or misdiagnoses. There are significant infections on the tap root, with the finer feeder roots eaten and destroyed, leaving only a black top root. To manage SDS, utilize a combination of a cultivar with moderate resistance and seed treatments, improve drainage and avoid compaction, plant into warm soils and manage soybean cyst nematode. SDS is worse with SCN present. RED CROWN ROT This disease was first detected in Illinois in 2018 near Pittsfield, and Kleczewski called it a warm season cousin to SDS that likes it wet and soil temperatures in the 70s and 80s. The disease was typically seen in peanuts in the south. It acts much like SDS where it infects the roots, causing preand post-emergent damping off with a black tap root. It also produces a toxin later in the season that goes up into the leaves and those leaves will then develop an inner venal necrosis, looking similar to SDS. “If you see inner venal necrosis in fields, don’t assume it’s SDS. It could be a number of things. It could be red crown rot, it could be stem canker, or it could be brown stem rot. There are a lot of different things it could be,” Kleczewski said. The base of infected plants are covered in a white mat of fungal growth. The lower stems have a red appearance. When a stem is split in half, the center pith of the lower stem is gray and discolored. To help manage red crown rot, avoid a soybean-soybean rotation and rotate to corn and manage residue. Avoiding legumes for two seasons is optimal. There are not varieties with any tolerance or resistance, and there are no labeled seed treatments. Further research is underway, supported by the Illinois soybean checkoff, to determine the disease’s spread and its risk to producers. Tom C. Doran can be reached at 815-780-7894 or tdoran@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow him on Twitter at: @AgNews_ Doran. already in the way they operate their farm in relations to the COVID-19 concerns,” Mintert said. Sixty-seven percent, roughly two thirds of the farmers in the survey, said they were either fairly worried or very worried about coronavirus impact on farm profitability in 2020. A little over half of the farmers said they anticipate applying for a financial assistance program. The next barometer update will be released June 2. Read the full Ag Economy Barometer report at https://purdue.ag/agbarometer. Erica Quinlan can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 193, or equinlan@agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan.

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Kettler said the protein guide includes Hoosier producers who sell a variety of proteins, including beef, bison, chicken, duck, fish and seafood, elk, goat and lamb, turkey, pork, rabbit and

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“I’m glad we were able to do that because retail definitely took care of it and move all the product we needed to move and more,” Eickman said. Just up the road in Lena, at AJ’s Lena Maid Meats, which also has a retail store and custom processing, Marcia Pax, who owns the business with husband Laverne, was planning on a rare day off. “We are so busy and there are people coming from all over. It’s just crazy all day long,” she said. She and Laverne and their staff made the decision to go to curbside delivery, with customers ordering online, paying over the phone and then calling when they get to the store. “They call on the phone. They tell us what they want. Everybody has been really, really good. People who call know exactly what they want, we just write it up like an order in a restaurant, we grab our baskets and go around and fill the order and the person at the cash register adds it up, calls the customer, gets the payment over the phone and tells them it’s ready,” Pax said. The list of available products and pricing is posted weekly on the store’s Facebook page and also on the store’s website. Like Eickman’s, AJ’s schedule for custom processing filled up for the rest of the year. “Right now, with custom hogs, we’re doing 23 to 24 hogs a week, which is a full house for us. We’re doing 17 head of beef a week. We are out to March 2021 for beef slaughter. I can’t get another beef in until March 1, 2021, and we can’t get any hogs in until the middle of January. In talking with the inspectors, everybody is full until the first of the year,” Pax said.

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For information on local meat processors in Illinois, go to illinoismeatprocessors.com. Eickman’s Meats can be reached at 815-247-8451, www.eickmans.com. AJ’s Lena Maid Meats can be reached at 815- 369-4522, www.ajslenamaidmeats.net. Enfield Packing can be reached at 618-963-2813. Main Street Meat Co. can be reached at 815-623-6328, mainstreetmeat.com.

With herself and her husband, the business has a staff of 12, along with four part-time employees. Business has increased so much that it takes close to a full staff to run the retail and processing sides. “Before, on a Saturday, you could run the store with three to four people at the most. Now, we almost have to have a full staff,” Pax said. She said she hopes and expects that some of the new customers will stay on as permanent, regular customers even after the big box meat cases fill up again. “The hope to come out of this is that it keeps the retail business larger than it was. We are hoping we have customers who had never been to us who are now thrilled with us and they will come back,” Pax said. In Enfield, Bruce Fechtig, who farms and raises cattle and bought Enfield Packing in 2007 to have a place to process his cattle, has seen business on the retail and custom processing side increase. “I’ve never seen anything like this before. The phone is ringing constantly with people placing orders,” Fechtig said. Like AJ’s Lena Maid Meats, Fechtig is using a curbside delivery service, where customers Perdue noted that about onehalf of American’s food consumption is now outside of the home with the remaining Perdue being purchased at grocery stores for home consumption. “We had a misalignment there and I know it’s affected you somewhat. We initially had almost a disaster-like response of raiding the stores and hording food that must have been a challenge for your logistical system,” Perdue said. “That’s right. Over the last 10 years people eating out has grown steadily. It just got to more than half over the last couple of years. All of that changed suddenly in March. And we’re used to hurricanes. We know in the retail business if there’s hurricane around Houston or a big snowstorm somewhere, we’re able to corral all of the resources and move it to one location and take care of it pretty quickly,” Sankaran said. “But what happened in March happened across the country and very suddenly. I think we saw people coming in and buying just about everything in the store because there was a lot of uncertainty of what was going to happen. “In April we’re starting to see more of a regular pattern because people don’t have the restaurants open, they’re eating at home, the kids are home from school and you know what it’s like to have three or four teenage kids at home eating everything you have. So, I think people are getting more into a routine. They’re buying a lot more from stores like ours, but it’s because they can’t go out and eat at restaurants and we’re seeing that kind of volume coming in. “I feel there’s a little more of a steadiness to it and I hope it stays that way as we go forward so people don’t have to come in a buy too much. There’s plenty of food for the steady buyer.”

“When we have interruptions like today with packing facilities closed because of COVID19, those animals that needed to sell yesterday may not have a place to go, and we don’t have enough capacity within the system to hold those animals. So, it’s created a tremendous problem,” Herring explained. “Typically this is a very synchronized system for supply and demand. Prior to COVID19 the market kind of told you based on different pricing whether you put more pigs in or less pigs in but there’s still a six-month lag time there,” Perdue noted. “That’s correct. We can’t turn it off and turn it on like a light switch. Once the animals are bred basically four and a half months later they have piglets and it’s Mother Nature, you can’t turn it on and turn it off,” Herring said. Perdue added that there are concerns that shutting down processing plants will force swine producers to use euthanasia as an option. “That would go against everything a pig farmer stands for. Our goal is to raise a healthy nutritious product and take care of our animals. When a situation is created like today where the supply chain is backing up and we have nowhere to take our animals, the healthiest thing you could do in some cases is euthanize them. But it’s a terrible situation and we hope we don’t get confronted with that situation,” Herring said. “We have an amazing integrated chain here in the United States and the good news is, based on the president’s executive order, USDA working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be helping these plants get back online as quickly as possible with the goal of protecting their workers, following CDC and OSHA guidelines and giving those workers confidence that they can be protected and not be exposed unnecessarily to COVID-19 in the workplace,” Perdue added. SUPPLY CHAIN SHIFT Pre-pandemic the food delivGROCER’S PERSPECTIVE ery logistics system was well Albertsons Companies has synchronized between delivery 270,000 employees nationwide supplies to grocery stores and that include transportation and restaurants. That changed in-store personnel. quickly in March and retailers

call in their meat order, pay over the phone and then drive up for their order, which is brought out to their vehicle. The processing business has seen a surge, too. “We are booked up. It’s unbelievable,” Fechtig said. His customers for retail product come from a 50-mile radius of Enfield, and one of Fechtig’s specialties is bacon that he and his staff smoke and cure. “We probably sell more bacon than we do anything else,” Fechtig said. He’s confident that many of those who are trying local meat for the first time will keep coming back. “Once we get them in the door the first time, we’ve got them. This is all locally-grown meat and people really pay attention to that anymore, where their food comes from,” Fechtig said. In Roscoe, the Main Street Meat Co. has seen interest pick up in their online store that was put together in response to coronavirus concerns. “We put the online ordering system in while we were still open because we could kind of see what was coming, and we offered the curbside delivery. It has been working amazingly well. It’s more work for us, but the customers love it. They love to have their products put into their vehicle,” said Amy King, who owns the business along with her husband, Jim. Their son, Matt, is the manager. The Kings also put together a freezer box of different meats. “We put together several items that people like and that are popular, beef, pork and chicken. We’ve seen a lot of those go out the door,” King said. Jeannine Otto can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 211, or jotto@agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Otto. had to hurriedly adapt. “I really credit the industry for coming together. We realized the supply was not sufficient to meet demand if we just focused on the retail supply chain. So, we started working very quickly with distributors who primarily went to restaurants so that we could start diverting some of that product to us. It comes in different sizes. Sometimes you have to get the product set up in the retail system,” Sankaran noted. “But for example meat processing, we do a lot of it at the store, too. We have people who trim chicken and they’re just fantastic associates. So, we were able to get larger size packages into the stores and make it ready for our retail customers. It took us about a couple of weeks to get that in full sync but it is working and it’s really admirable how the industry came together. “I have learned a lesson, though. We were all operating in a just-in-time environment. It’s the right thing for steady states but when you operate in just-in-time and you have a tight supply chain it doesn’t allow you to accommodate situations like this. I think we all should reflect as an industry and think about how to build some redundancy as we go forward.” PURCHASING PATTERNS Sankaran said he hasn’t seen much of a difference between rural and urban grocery purchasing patterns. “What we’re seeing in urban areas is a greater emphasis on e-commerce. You have more density so people want the product delivered or they drive to the store and pick it up,” Sankaran noted. “We’ve seen a little more frequency in shopping in urban areas typically because your pantries in the home aren’t as big. The nature demand through March and April has kind of followed in both rural and urban places. I continue to believe that it will steady out and we’ll start seeing some reliable patterns of consumption so that there are no dramatic supply changes and shortages. “Sales are up significantly. People are coming less often to the stores but they’re buying more when they come to the store. I think that’s the right pattern. If people came to the store once a week and bought enough for the week, I think we’ll have a good steady supply chain.” Tom C. Doran

Woman charged with 44 counts of animal cruelty MONTICELLO, Ky. (AP) — Police have charged a woman with 44 counts of animal cruelty after finding malnourished and dead horses on a Kentucky farm, according to court records. Jacqueline Helton, 53, also faces charges of concealing diseased animals and improperly disposing of dead animals, the

Lexington Herald-Leader reported, citing an arrest warrant from Kentucky State Police. A complaint about the animals’ welfare was filed April 30 by the property owner, who was leasing the Wayne County farm to Helton, the warrant said. Officials searched and found four dead horses and 44 living ones, according to the warrant.

Helton has faced similar charges in the past. In 2015, she was charged with animal cruelty, but the counts were dropped after she completed diversion. An arraignment is scheduled for July 6, according to court records. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Helton has an attorney.

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BRIEFS With factories dark, GM profit down 88% DETROIT (AP) — General Motors’ first-quarter net income fell 88%, but it still managed to make $247 million despite the arrival of the global coronavirus pandemic. U.S. automakers suspended production in much of the world in late March. For GM, that clipped revenue for the quarter by 6%, to $32.7 billion, but that’s not as bad as industry analysts had been expecting. The company essentially has been without revenue since early March, meaning that the second quarter almost certainly will be worse. However, GM plans to reopen most of its U.S. and Canadian factories starting May 18, and Chief Financial Officer Dhivya Suryadevara said there are signs that demand for cars and trucks exists despite the pandemic. On a net basis, the Detroit automaker made 17 cents per share in the first quarter. GM’s crosstown rivals, Ford and Fiat Chrysler, also are likely to reopen their plants on May 18, as well.

Fiat Chrysler net loss $1.84 billion MILAN (AP) — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on May 5 reported a first-quarter net loss of $1.84 billion due to a steep decline in car sales during the coronavirus pandemic. The first-quarter loss compared with earnings of $679 million during the same period of 2019. Revenues sank 16% to $22.5 billion from $26.9 billion last year, as global shipments slumped 21% to 818,000 with production suspended in all regions and a collapse in global demand.

Tesla ekes out first-quarter profit DETROIT (AP) — Tesla reported that it eked out a first-quarter net profit April 29 and its CEO went on a rant about the legality of government stay-home orders issued to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. The electric car and solar panel company said it made $16 million from January through March, its third-straight profitable quarter. But the company suspended its near-term profit outlook, and on a conference call, CEO Elon Musk railed against the orders, one of which is keeping his Fremont, California, assembly plant from reopening. “Forcibly imprisoning people in their homes is against all their constitutional rights,” Musk said. “People should be out-

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when Tesla will be able to restart production in Fremont. Musk called the plant closure a “serious risk.”

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MADISON, N.J. — Cattlemen should evaluate which biological system a product impacts, as well as cost, before selecting a treatment for their herd. “Which biological system a product will affect should be one of the first questions you ask yourself,” said John Hutcheson, director of cattle technical services for Merck Animal Health. “And if the products are additive if you use more than one.” Many products, tools and services are available to cattlemen that can improve the revenue from their operation. “You can improve the genetics through AI or bull selection to get hybrid vigor in your herd,” Hutcheson said during a Noontime Knowledge webinar series. “More pounds of beef and better replacement females are an investment that can drive revenue.” Focusing on the reproductive system can result in more cows bred and an opportunity for more calves to sell at the end of the season. “To get more cows bred, think about nutrition as it relates to body condition score and you’ve got to control diseases with vaccinations,” Hutcheson said. “Reproduc t ive hor mone use such as a prostaglandin helps to shorten the calving season and calves are more uniform,” Hutcheson said. “For every 21 days that the cows were open, there was a 30- to 60-pound loss of weaning weight.” “This research on Estrumate, which is a prostaglandin, saw more cows

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ARCOLA, ILL.: Tri-County Summer Auction, 9 a.m., Tri-County Auction LLC, 217-268-3444. See p. B1

YORKVILLE, ILL.: Farmland, 10 a.m., Estate of Mark Coffman, Brian DeBolt Auction Service, Inc., 630-552-4247. See p. B1

Sat., June 13 ARCOLA, ILL.: Tri-County Essential Auction, 8:30 a.m., Tri-County

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Fri., Aug. 21

ANNAWAN, ILL.: Hatzer & Nordstrom Consignment Auction, 8:30 a.m., Owned & Operated by Anderson Enterprises & Equipment, LLC, 309-9356700.

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ANNAWAN, ILL.: Hatzer & Nordstrom Consignment Auction, 8:30 a.m., Owned & Operated by Anderson Enterprises & Equipment, LLC, 309-935-6700.

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Illinois FFA prepares for virtual convention By Martha Blum

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A historic 92nd annual Illinois FFA Convention is planned with events presented virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We decided a virtual convention would be the best way to keep our members safe,” said Gage Miller, president of Illinois Association FFA. “That’s our No. 1 priority because we don’t want to put our members in harm.” The decision to proceed with a virtual convention was made by the Illinois FFA Board of Directors after considerable discussion. “Before we made any decisions we surveyed our teachers, FFA members and friends,” said Mindy Bunselmeyer, executive director of the Illinois FFA Center. More than 500 people responded to a survey asking for input on how to proceed with the annual event. “Over half of those responses were from teachers and 40% came from FFA members or officers,

so that was fantastic feedback for us,” Bunselmeyer said. The FFA Board, which consists of 10 FFA members and seven adults, was on a more than fourhour phone call to work through the new format for the state convention. “We dissected the whole convention, talked about what was the most important and what was the best way to have the convention,” Miller recalled. “I applaud the leadership, integrity and character of our young leaders,” Bunselmeyer said. “They’re outstanding.” The business session and the officer elections will be livestreamed, and all other parts of the convention will be pre-recorded. The business session, presentation of the Stars Over Illinois and the officer elections will be held on the original dates of the convention, June 9-11. “State degrees will be presented during the week of July 13-17 with one district per night, and other awards and retiring addresses are planned during the week of July 20-23,”

Bunselmeyer said. “For the most part, those will be talking place in the evenings, and that came about from the surveys, so hopefully people feel like we value their input.” The convention events are spread out over more days, Bunselmeyer said, because the conversion process to digital is time consuming. “FFA members and families are disappointed, and we are, too, but people are happy we’re doing something to celebrate our members,” she stressed. “We recognize there’s a lot more going on in their lives than whether or not we will have a convention,” she said. “We have members with families that are losing their livelihood and their jobs, so we hope celebrating FFA is a ray of hope and inspiration, but we don’t want it to be more important than what’s going on in people’s lives.” Since leaving the FFA Center on March 20, Miller said, he has had plenty of family time and has worked through Wi-Fi issues for internet access.

“I feel probably the same as others, a little frustrated with the circumstance, but it is something our team is trying to get through,” he said. “I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason, so I’m trying to make the most of it and I’m really looking forward to getting back to the center whenever that happens.” For the election process on June 11, the same system will be used as the delegates have used for live elections. “Teachers will send us the name and email address of the students, and that will be their entrance code for voting,” Bunselmeyer explained. “That access code can only be used on one device, and we tested that last Friday to make sure it was secure.” The same system will be used for the business session. “We hope by then the chapters will be able to have watch parties,” Bunselmeyer said. “Our goal is to be able to have the 10 candidates at one site, so we can livestream the speeches, and as the

officers are elected, each one will do an acceptance speech, but we’re working out those details.” This part of the event depends on the number of people that will be able to be in one location on June 11. “We know a couple of places where we could follow social distancing rules, but we don’t know if those places will allow us to use their facility, so we are trying to plan alternative ways to do the elections,” Bunselmeyer said. Bunselmeyer stressed that she is excited about the Illinois FFA members who are dedicated to becoming state officers. “The majority of the summer events for the new officers have already been canceled although some will be replaced in a virtual format,” she said. “The whole year for the next team of state officers is a huge question mark and the fact that we have these young people dedicated to pursing an officer position is remarkable,” she said. “These are uncertain times that can make you waiver, but our FFA

leaders have not.” The 2020 State FFA Convention will feature many historical aspects including the presentation of the state degrees, since each district will be presented on a different night. If two cousins are from two different districts, the dates on their state degrees will have two different dates. “Members are going to be the owners of convention buttons or T-shirts from the convention that was never face to face,” Bunselmeyer said. “Some day, 10 or 20 years from now, the state officers are going to interview the Star Farmer, an officer or a state degree recipient and they’re going to ask them about the year the convention was held virtually,” she noted. For more information about the Illinois Association FFA Convention, go to www.ilaged.org. Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.

Illinois FFA names state proficiency award winners Agricultural Experiences. The following students won state awards: n Ag Communications — Bradleigh Schaefer, Cambridge FFA. n Ag Education — Ashley Althaus, Amboy FFA. n Ag Mechanics-Design and Fabrication — William Ornduff, United FFA. n Ag Mechanics-Repair and Maintenance

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Production — Tanner Mickey, Taylorville FFA. n Diversified Crop Production Entrepreneur — Owen Jenks, United FFA. n Diversified Crop Production Placement — Lance Moritz, Streator FFA. n Diversified Horticulture — Madison Huebner, Waterloo FFA. n Diversified Livestock Production — Eric Schafer, Taylorville FFA. n Environmental Science and Natural Resource Management — Cody Bradshaw, Pittsfield FFA. n Equine Science Entrepreneur — Elsie Nord, Clinton FFA. n Equine Science Placement — Chelsea Ochs, Olney FFA. n Fiber and/or Oil Crop Production — Spencer Meenen, GCMS FFA. n Food Service — Hannah Callahan, Cisne FFA. n Forage Production — Cole Neubauer, Tri-Valley FFA. n Forest Management and Products — Megan Buttens, Oregon FFA. n Fruit Production — Griffin Range, Freeburg FFA. n Goat Production — Jessica Carlson, Somonauk-LelandSandwich FFA. n Grain Production — Kendall Knodle, Nokomis FFA. n Landscape Management — Jenna Korte, Scales Mound FFA.

n Nursery Operations — Garrett Granby, Seneca FFA. n Outdoor Recreation — Kurtis Johnson, Pittsfield FFA. n Poultry Production — Taylor Main, ROWVA FFA. n Safety — Madison Wells, Oakwood FFA. n Service Learning — Elizabeth Weidner, Teutopolis FFA. n Sheep Production — Lauren Mohr, Normal West FFA. n Small Animal Production and Care — Anna Wagner, Mercer County FFA. n Specialty Animal Production — Will Shook, Fisher FFA. n Specialty Crop Production — Lexi Mueller, Valmeyer FFA. n Swine Production Entrepreneur — Kate Bond, Galatia FFA. n Swine Production Placement — Emma Kuhns, Altamont FFA. n Turf Grass Management — Logan Nodine, Cambridge FFA. n Vegetable Production — Julian Ortiz, West Carroll FFA. n Veterinary Science — Madison Schuette, Nashville FFA. n Wildlife Production and Management — Lucas Althaus, AlWood FFA. Receiving this honor now makes members eligible to compete in the National FFA Awards Selection process in July.

Estate: Farmland Auction, Saturday June 6th, 2020, 10:00 AM Kendall County Fairgrounds 10826 Route 71, Yorkville, IL Lot 1 8+ Acres situated North of Miller Rd on Little Rock Road, Plano, IL. Zoned Agriculture 1. Only 1 hour from Chicago via Amtrak Lot minutes from local Amtrak Lot 2 156+ Acres to include Road - Pin No. 07-28-300-011. 15665 White Willow Rd.

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Also Offering Professional Farm Management & Appraisal

SM-LA1778935

HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE SOILS Shelby County, IL • 13 mi. N of Shelbyville

80 ± ACRES Asking Price: $876,000 or $10,950 per acre

Drummer-Flanagan Soils 144 Productivity Index Lease in place for 2020

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SM-LA1778281

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VOIGT GROUND - 1815 US HWY 36, CHRISMAN, IL 61924 32.11 +/- ACRES OF PRIME HUNTING GROUND. SHED, H2O, POLLINATER PROGRAM. LOCATED 5 MINS FROM WORLD RECORD BUCK WAS HUNTED. $6,984/A FOR SALE

Champaign County

TREAT FARM - 650 E CR 1900 N, CHAMPAIGN, IL 61822 113 +/- ACRES OF CLASS A FARM GROUND, AVERAGE PI OF 143.6. HENSLEY TOWNSHIP $1,265,600 PENDING 4 FENCED ACRES. AMISH BUILT FENCING. 60X160 SHED. INDOOR R I D I N G A R E N A . 5 S T A L L S W I T H F A N S . $ 1 8 4 , 5 0 0 PRICE REDUCTION

JERVIS FARM - 2500 E CR 900 N, HOMER, IL 61849 87 +/- ACRES OF CLASS A FARM GROUND, AVERAGE PI OF 142.5. TOTAL TILLABLE = 86.12. $932,800 PENDING

Piatt County

84+/- ACRES - AVERAGE PI OF 134. $10,300/ACRE AVAILABLE WITH LEASE BACK FOR SALE

Shelby County 9 +/- ACRES SURROUNDED BY WOLF CREEK STATE PARK 5 BEDS, 3.5 BATHS, 2.5 CAR GARAGE $369,900 FOR SALE

Douglas County MUNSON FARM - 1800 E CR 200 N, HINDSBORO, IL 61930 40 +/- ACRES OF CLASS A FARM GROUND, AVERAGE PI OF 138.4. BOWDRE TOWNSHIP $440,000

FOR SALE

2681 US Hwy 34 | Oswego IL 60543 | 331.999.3490 | www.landprollc.us

Kane County Illinois - For Sale

50.22± tax ac (49.55± tillable) PI 138.8, tile map available, Section 3, Kaneville Township, Meredith Road frontage. $10,850/ac CO-LISTED

Land Pro-Ray Brownfield (630.258.4800) | Re/Max-Bonnie White (630.878.1727)

Iroquois County Illinois - For Sale

RECREATIONAL RETREAT IROQUOIS LAND TRUST FARM - HUNTING | INCOME PRODUCING 334.55± ac (123.74± tillable, 120.70 CRP, 90.11± wooded, creek acres) $5,800/acre. Contact Ray Brownfield to arrange showing. 630.258.2800

Kendall County Illinois - For Sale

PARKHURST FARM | PATH OF PROGRESS-GREAT LOCATION 66.8013± total ac. Borders Oswego IL corp limits. City sewer runs Minkler Rd frontage. Sec 24&25. Oswego Twp. $18,000/ac Ray Brownfield, Broker

LaSalle County Illinois - For Sale

RUTLAND TOWNSHIP FARM | PRICED TO SELL

155.80 survey ac (143.95± till ac, 15.2 CRP ac). PI 114.7. Sec 35, Rutland Twp. I-80, N30 frontage. $6,700/ac Ray Brownfield, Broker

Iroquois County Illinois - For Sale

ROHLWING FARM

LOG HOME - 1862 N 2500 EAST RD., WINDSOR, IL 61957

Steve Littlefield, Broker (217) 202-7950 Matt Rhodes, Broker (217) 251-7067 Clayton Maddox, Broker (217) 474-1345 Village Green Pl. Trey Coffey, Broker (217) 841-2542 2441 Champaign, IL 61822

LAND BROKERAGE | LAND AUCTIONS FARM MANAGEMENT | LAND CONSULTING FELDOTT FARM | near Elburn IL Commuter Rail Station

HORSE FARM - 1090 CR 2400 E, HOMER, IL 61849

FARMLAND FOR SALE

To discuss real estate current real estate opportunities, please contact:

80.00± tax ac (69.92± tillable ac, 7.0 CRP ac) PI 115.2 Section 20, Pigeon Grove Township. $6,500/ac Chip Johnston, Broker

MONTGOMERY TRUST FARM | UNDER CONTRACT 74.49± tax ac (68.34± tillable) PI 136.8, Section 19, Irish Grove Precinct, West & Irish Grove Roads frontage. Ray Brownfield, Broker

AARON FARM | UNDER CONTRACT

155.17± tax ac (155.37± tillable) PI 136 (Muscatune, Osco soils) Hall Township, Section 4. Near Ladd IL, Bureau County. Chip Johnston, Broker 5.8.20

Contact: Brian Waibel, Managing Broker Seth Waibel, Broker Office phone: 217-590-0233 www.WaibelFarmlandServices.com

700 6th Avenue, DeWitt, Iowa | 563.659.8185

SM-LA1779303

247.01 ac in 3 tracts - PI 141.0 138ac, 80ac, 29ac 3 mi SW of Champaign, Champaign County, IL

• NEW LISTING! 7.313± Acres, Sangamon County, 5965 W State Rt 97, Pleasant Plains, Illinois L-2000261 • Formerly Stone Seed Processing Facility located 4 miles west of Springfield, IL with 518.5 feet of frontage on IL Highway 97. Highly improved commercial property has been used as corn, and more recently, a soybean seed processing facility. It has a well-maintained 2,450 sq ft office building with attached 31x50 climate-controlled warehouse, three additional warehouses, seed processing tanks and equipment. Call for details! • $1,150,000 • 58.47± Acres, Coles County, North Morgan Township, Illinois L-2000183 • Class A farm, 100% tillable • $9,500 per acre. • PRICE REDUCED! 45.18± Acres, Coles County • Humboldt Township L-1900747 • Located about threeEN south G of Arcola. Class A farm! All DIN ALE P miles tillable. • $9,500 per S acre For details, please contact agents Winnie Stortzum or Tucker Wood at (217) 268-4434. • 120± Acres, Lee County, Reynolds Township, Illinois L-1900676-00 • Located south of Rochelle with excellent access. 100% tillable Class A farm with productivity index of 142. • $10,900 per acre. For details, please contact agent Marlon Ricketts at (815) 751-3467 • 293.5± Acres, Iroquois County, Illinois • A-30788 • Highly productive soils, nearly 100% tillable, great road G • $8,500 per acre. DINaccess. LE PEN SAPatrick For details please contact Gooding, AFM/Agent, at (217) 607-0118 or Brian Neville, AFM/Agent, at (217) 304-4317.

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Farms for Sale Christian Co. - 101.636 acres - Prime Farmland - Sec. 1 - Prairieton Twp. (1 mi. S of Moweaqua). Macon Co. - 31.11 acres - Farm/ Development Land along the north side of U. S. Route 36 - Sec. 12 - Harristown Twp. (directly E of Harristown). Macon Co. - 21.74 acres Farm/Development Land along the south side of U. S. Route 36 - Sec. 13 - Harristown Twp. (directly E of Harristown). Macon Co. - 31.77 acres - Prime Farmland - Sec. 12 - Whitmore Twp. (2 mi. S of Argenta). Macon Co. - 80.01 acres - Prime Farmland - Sec. 27 - Friends Creek ek Twp. (1 mi. W of Argenta). Macon Co. - 120.00 acres - Prime Farmland - Sec. 12 - Friends Creek ek Twp. (2 mi. N of Argenta). Piatt Co. - 115.00 acres - Prime Farmland - Sec. 9 - Bement Twp. (1 mi. NE of Bement).

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(12) BLK COWS, calving after May 1, all very quiet, elec. fence broke & good ages, $1,0000/ea. (309)678-5540

Route 41 S., Prairie City, IL

(2) Registered Yearling Polled Hereford Bulls, good genetic docile. 217-543-3259 217-543-3063 (6) BLACK COWS with April calves sired by Son Of Black Granite. All raised on this farm will do good, $1,500 per pair, pair calves had shots text only 217-420-0654

COMBINES/PLATFORMS/ HEADS '98 GLEANER R42, Cummins, Firestone 30.5-32, Maurer bin ext., 2487 eng./1845 sep. hours, sn.48043, $33.000.'98 Hugger 6RN cornhead, less than 2800 acres, $10,500. Call 217/899-2373. 25ft 925 John Deere grain platform w/30ft head mover, $8900. 618-927-7858, 618-927-7857 640 V8 Perkins turbo diesel, $2500. 3.9 Cummins turbo, $3000. Both in good condition, 618-214-2194 CIH 1688, Specialty Rotor, 4WD, Rice tires, wheat concaves, gone thru every yr by dealer, 4100hrs.. 6R Corn, 20ft platform, shed kept, very clean, second owner, 618-322-8488 CIH-1063 and 1083 corn heads, completely rebuilt. CIH 2000 and 3000 series also available!! (712)470-0554 Topcon GPS receiver and display w/mounting brackets, wiring harness, manual, came out of MF, $4200. 618-830-3440

2-YEAR OLD Angus bulls, 2 Yearling Polled Herford bulls, mostly low birth wts. All shots, Call Brent Behren 217-971-5897 24 MONTH BEEFMASTER bull, bred & polled fertility tested & tick tested May 5th at perdue, $2,500. Call 812-201-3896 or 812-877-2969 3 LINE 1 Reg.Hereford Bulls. calving ease, production tested, Semen tested,gentle disposition Ready to go to Work. EPDs available. $2,000.765-652-3558 ANGUS BULL YEARLINGS, seaman tested, stout, can use on cows or heifers, Ready to go to work. Galls Angus. 815-9982654 ANGUS BULLS - Large selection of Big Stout Yearlings, semen tested, balanced EPDs, birth wts., Ready to work. Priced right, Can Deliver! Lantz & Dickinson, Congerville, IL. 309-838-0272, 309-838-0271

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SEED Certified Patriot & Williams82 non gmo Soybean Seed, $19.00 per unit. Cleaned & Tested in 50 lbs bags or 2000 lb totes. 217-235-4322 GT SOYBEANS FOR SALE, Call 765-719-3995 OPEN POLLINATED SEED corn, out produces Hybrids for silage. $67 per bu. Plus shipping. 217-857-3377 TRACTORS 1970 JD-4020, syncro, WF, fenders, weights, straight, runs and shifts great, $9000-obo. 309-333-0580 2007 JD-8430 TRACTOR, front wheel drive, 4wd, ILS frt & rear duals, PS, 4 SCV'S, 2773 hrs., Exc. Cond., $142,500 Call 660-341-1150 2010 FARMALL-95C, 97 hp., 540 PTO, 1830 hrs., MFD, A/C, Heat, CD radio, quick attach loader, Like New, $35,000 obo. (309)883-6340

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Dons Diesel 800-345-6513 www.donsdiesel.com Lawrence, KS

JD-5210, DIESEL Utility Tractor with 521 Loader, 1999, 2-Wheel Drive, Less than 700 original one-owner hours, always shedded and serviced, Very nice condition, $15,500. (217) 370-2530 LOOKING TO BUY OR SELL FARM EQUIPMENT? Over 25,000 Satisfied Farmers have successfully used www.myfarmads.com

(877)470-3337 OlIVER-880 STANDARD DSL restored Exc. Cond., Super 77 restored, Oliver 70 restored. 550, 971 hrs., (618)670-9474 WANTED; WHITE AND Oliver tractors, running or need of repair, 920-526-9915 INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

POLLED HEREFORDS FERTILITY tested bulls, buy now, will hold until needed, also, bred cows & heifers, 608-235-9417 PRESCOTT ANGUS Yearling Angus Bulls For Sale Richard Prescott 815-228-2069 prescottangus.com DAIRY CATTLE Reg. Angus Bulls, 1 & 2 years old, birth wgt, EPD's, calving ease & growth. Females avail, functional & feed efficient. Metropolis, 618-638-7693 www.bremerbrothers.com WISCONSIN CALVES AND FEEDER CATTLE Good quality Holstein and beef cross calves, started calves and feeder cattle are available thru Reynolds Livestock. Give us a call today for prices. Trucking available. Reynoldslivestock.com 608-574-7338

Want Ads Get Attention! SWINE EQUIPMENT D&M portable loading chute, 36 SS double drinkers, 4ft., Winpower pressure washer 2000 psi 4 gal/min. 217-756-8268 DAIRY EQUIPMENT WANTED: USED BULK MILK COOLERS, ALL SIZES. (319)330-2286 MISC. LIVESTOCK EQUIP TURN TRACTOR TIRES into hay and silage bunks! Cell Phone: (309)738-9531 www.ecofeeder.com LIVESTOCK TRAILERS DELTA TRAILERS & LOW PRO HOG TRAILERS 6-1/2 tall, 16 long, 2 axle brake & spare tire, Starting at $5,495. Wackerline Trailers Sandwich, IL. 815-786-2504 wackerlinesales.com

Dale E. Aupperle - President (217) 876-7700 www.heartlandaggroup.com SM-LA1778801 PLANTERS

1992 Black Machine 12R30” or 13R15” JD 7200 vac units, NT coulters, monitor, $4,500. 309-373-4407 INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

2013 CASE IH 450 QUAD TRACTOR 4327 eng. Hrs. $160,000.

ANGUS BULLS FROM Top Angus AI sires - Performance Tested and ready. Calving Ease Yearlings to 3 year old. Nice selection. Eagle River Angus 309-370-3014 BULLS: ANGUS-SIMANGUS yearling & 2 year olds, big & stout not pampered,Bruce Cattle Company Mason City IL. 217-737-0692

Heartland Ag Group Ltd.

Call 815-384-3208 HAY & STRAW ALL KINDS OF Hay & Stray Big Squares, Small Squares, & Big Rounds. Delivered in 18-24 ton loads. 217-322-4663 CORN STALK BALES & hay Please call 815-878-7222 GOOD DRY GRASS hay, Round Bales, most are net wrapped, Also taking order for new hay. North West IL., 815-878-5871 HAY AND BEDDING Auction! Every Saturday at 12 Noon. Reynolds Feed & Supply Cobb, WI. (608)623-2121 reynoldslivestock.com LARGE ROUND BALES grass hay , net wrap, Don Lowery, Morris, Illinois, 815-383-2588 SPRING SALE, HAY AND STRAW, If you need hay & staw due to cold weather, limited inventory call before its gone David 815-685-5344, Mike 815-685-9646 TOP OF STATE Hay & Straw, 3x3x8 bales and rounds. Davis, IL. Please Call 815-238-8372 FORAGE Hesston-3312 Rotary Mower CONDITIONER, 1000 PTO, 12ft cut, steel on rubber rolls, $12,500 309-781-6829 We Repair Baler Knotters on your Farm! Service Calls also available for farm equipment! Used Rakes & New Tedders for Sale! Kings Repair, Marshall IN 765-597-2015 SPRAYERS 1998 Rogator 854, 90ft boom, trimble ez glide 250, retired, low acres, good cond., $22,000. 618-214-5775 5TH WHEEL SPRAYER trailer, duel tandems brakes, lights, $6,700 obo, 1600 Yetter 4 wheel steer 309-531-7576 JD-6700, 3-WHEEL, 60-ft. boom, triple nozzles, w/drops 2375 hrs, spray star monitor, Trimble light bar, foamer, Good Cond., $41,000. 815-260-0249, can text pics. MILLER SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYER, Model 4240, 1000gallon tank, 90ft booms, Ag Leader Integra Monitor, lots of options, 720-hours, like new cond., $160,000-obo. Delivery Possible. 814-322-8090 SPRA-COUPE 3440, PERKINS, 60-ft. straight booms, 300 gal, foamer, EZ Guide 250, 1998, 3600 hrs, Exc. Cond., $12,500. 309-303-1292.

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Farmers Helping Farmers Co. Hinckley, Illinois 815-739-7700 BUILDING & SUPPLIES INSULATION, 4x8 SHEETS foil-back foam, Factory Seconds Call Ken Nichols. Sullivan, IL. 800-424-1256, nichols5.com SERVICE SOUTH FORK HOLDINGS Agricultural Commercial Residential Lending Cell phone:765-719-3995 Short Term Solutions Long Term Success LOANS/ FINANCIAL SERVICES FARM LOANS. We have the Best term/interest rates avail. Fixed rates, 5-25 yrs. 618-5282264 c, 618-643-2264, The BelRay Co, Don Welch and Jeff Welch, McLeansboro, IL COMMUNICATIONS 2-WAY RADIO Radio Ranch, Inc. 10924 Hoover Rd, Rock Falls, IL 61071, (815)622-9000 www.radioranchinc.com MANURE EQUIPMENT 3150 BETTERBILT MANURE tank, good tank & pump, baffles are still in tact, new manure lines, 5-shank applicator, 1000 PTO, $4,000. obo. Call 309-314-2996 BETTERBILT-2600 VAC. SPREADER, 3 knife plow down, 1000 RPM pump, good paint & tires, Call 217-756-8268 Knight Complete Line-up New pro push, Slinger PS 235 Vertical Spreaders. Arthur's Repair. Hindsboro, IL 217-346-2737 PARTS & SALVAGE

FERTILIZER EQUIPMENT

Call 815-384-3208

2013 CASE IH 450 QUAD TRACTOR 4730 hrs. $155,000.

Call 815-384-3208 2013 CIH-140 Tractor $56,000.00 Call 815-384-3208

* Tile Lift Pumps * 150 to 15,000 GPM *Electric Motors * *Farm Drainage Pumps * * Generator Sets * Shoemaker Welding North Liberty, IN 574-656-4412 Central Culvert & Tile, LLC Mahomet, IL. Steel and Alum. Culverts. Plastic Tile & fittings. 8-inch to 36-inch in stock. up to 144-inch avail. 217-637-8453

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2013 JD-8285R, 4300-hours, 4 SCV's, IVT, weights, $102,900. 217-242-9105

2015 CIH 140 TRACTOR

$64,000.00

Looking for farm help, assistant farm manager, agronomy degree required. 217-821-5644 FARMS FOR SALE/RENT

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Call 815-384-3208 2017 JD 8270R, 2200 hours, PS, 5 hyd., $138,500-obo. 217-242-9105 Case IH Magnum 180, MFD, duals and weights, 2013, 5200 hours, dual PTO, very good cond., $52,000. 641-919-8515 CIH-9150 VERY NICE 2 owner tractor. Always kept in shed & well maintained. 3-pt no pto 4,626 hours $43,000.00 Call 217-779-2747 JD 3010, good paint and tires, good sheet metal and fenders, sat for awhile, gas engine is free, $3500. 618-214-2194 JD 8130, PS, 4-hyd., front rear duals, 4200-hours, $93,900-obo. 217-242-9105

PLANTERS

340 AC. Row Crop Farm Enterprise Realty (660)582-7160 entrealty.com 39+/- AC. MARSHALL Cnty, IL.1872 Cnty Rd. 900 N. Varna, IL., Surveyed, 2 creeks, partial timber, $7,800/ac. Call Ray 417-217-9688 Lake-Front Home/Horse Farm 22877 Henning Rd-Danville, IL 22+/- Acres $729,000 Close to N. Danville stores Across from Kennekuk County Park Bismarck-Henning School District Steve Wattnem, Broker 217-369-0485 swattnem@harvestco.com Brian Swartz, CAI Managing Broker, harVestco, LLC Web: www.harVestco.com

1999 JD 1770, 16Row, no-till coulters, HD down pressure, liq. fert., Yetter row cleaners, $10,500. 309-781-6829

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Don't Need it? Sell it Here! 6-Row corn liquid nitrogen applicator, 3pt hitch, red ball monitor, PTO pump, includes tractor tanks, can also spray herbicide, Delivery possible, $4500. 814-322-8090 Humates Omri cert organic carbon 2400-lb super sack, liquid humate applied with starters, folliar, or with sidedress nitrogen. 563-920-3674 MISC PARTS FOR Gandy Orbit Air, Call 815-252-7117 New Steel Storage tanks available Capacity up to 50,000 gal. 618-553-7549, 562-4544 www.dktanks.com Propane/Ammonia Tanks 12,000, 18,000, 30,000 & 60,000 Sales, Installation & ServiceCall For A Quote! Dibble Enterprises 815-237-2247 TANKS: STAINLESS. PIPE For Culverts 10-inch to 10ft DIA. 618-553-7549, 618-562-4544, www.dktanks.com Chemical

TILLAGE EQUIPMENT/ PLOWS ETC.

greendrills.com (740)756-4810 Hizey Farm Service LLC Harms Land-Rollers, Brand New! 12 - $6,800, 14 -7,300, 16 - $8,000 , 24 - $14,800, 32 - $17,500, 42-$21,500 Any size Available. 715-234-1993

2009 JD MULCH FINISHER SERIAL #N02310X004315

JD 7000 6-30 inch, NT, row cleaners, spike closing wheels, liquid fertilizer, $4500. 217-254-4640 Kinze 3650 16-31, 3-bu. boxes, mech drive, liq. fert., recent disk pivot transport, openers, $36,900. 217-808-2772

Case IH 25ft 3950 disk, w/271/2ft Case IH Crumbler, both in very good condition, field ready, $22,900. 618-927-7858, 618-927-7857

Moeller Ag Service Inc.

(319)698-4005 More than 25 Years! Specializing in Planter Attachments & No-Till Equip www.moelleragservice.com moellerag@cloudburst9.net

$42,000. Call 815-384-3208

IH 720 on-land plow, 6-16”, exc condition, $2500. 217-460-0552 JD rotary hoe, 15ft. $450. 618-214-2194 JD-400 ROTARY HOE, 30-ft, end transport, new wheels, $2,500. Call 309-264-1326 Sunflower 1550 47ft disc, excellent condition. $41,500-obo. 712-579-1825 GRAIN DRILL IH-5100 grain drill, small seed box, single disc openers, looks good, $2250. 217-254-4640

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Onarga, IL. 815-351-8124 *New/used Bush Hog mowers on hand. *Full line of Bush Hog parts.

98 TRAILSTAR 40' Aluminum Dump Trailer, Westgo PTO Auger 10" 31',CIH-4800 F. C. Call 847-764-4210 Jerry JD 4020, CONSOLE Tractor, SR trans., dual hyd., new rubber, good paint; JD 750 Grain Drill, 15-ft. wide, dolly wheels, used on last fall 300 ac. of wheat, JD 550 sprayer, 500gal., works good, hyd. pump; Frontier spin spreader, made by JD, 3-pt. hitch, 540 PTO spreader for fert. seed, ect.; EZ Trail 510, less than 10,000- bu's of use, small 1000-pto, tarp, new tires. JD-CX rotary cutter, half back. Extra good, on 2nd set of blades. 618-535-4020

Backhoe conveyors, several reconditioned, $5500 & up. Complete backhoe parts. Arthurs Repair Shop, Hindsboro, IL 217-346-2737

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Grain Vacs New Handlair & VacBoss, PTO & Dsl. Rebuilt Machines, Many Brands, Sizes & Price Ranges. Alum. Pipe, Flex Lines, Poly Hose, Elbows, Couplers & Liners. Bin & Silo Piping, Push Systems, Seed vacs. We take Brand X Trade-ins. Midwest Agri Sales, 217-489-9219 midwestag@ prairieinet.net

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New& Used Kongskilde grain vacs. Used Kongskilde 1000, 700, & 500 grain vacs. Cornwell Equipment, Arthur, IL 217-543-2631 BINS & DRYERS 21ft diameter 5000-bu. Grain bin, w/DMC stirator, $2000. 618-644-9237 48ft 12 ring 2.66 bin with bolts. Also have New 48ft floor and supports . 217-474-8820 binbolts.com FARM FAN DRYERS AB350, 500H, 1000H, 1500H 650 Mod, Super Prices on bin bolts. Harms Grain (815)-568-4000

Grain Bin Roof Vents. Buy Direct From Manufacturer. 12x12 Vent - $45.00-each. 15x15 Vent - $48.00-ea. Other sizes available. Modern Sheet Metal, Falls City, NE. 402-245-4114, since 1981. www.modernsheetmetal.net GSI FLOORING New-Weather: 18' , 21' , 24' Floor. 50% off. While They Last. Call Place Order. Brush Enterprises, Bethany, IL 1-800-373-0654

2007 Timpte 40ft Ag hopper, A/R, 11R24.5 tires, 4 aluminum wheels, electric tarp, call. 217-620-3081 2013 Freightliner Cascadia 125, Air Ride susp., tandem axle, Detroit engine, 241,000 miles, auto, Very Nice truck Call for price. 217-924-4405 8-5pm.

CARS/TRUCKS/TRAILERS

(4) 2008 48' Fontaine Trailers (4) 2006 48' Transcraft Trailers (1) 2004 48' Transcraft Trailer

Don't Need it? Sell it Here! $17,000. each Call 815-384-3208 1969 F800-Ford live tandem, 1-owner for 42 yrs w/19ft grain bed/ sides, 4 spare 10:00x20 drive tires, 5&3 trans w/new seat, 391 eng v8, last of the conv. Ford tandems, $2900. ($4000 of frt-end work) (270)685-1400 aft 7pm

2015 CORAS DUMP TRAILER $30,000.00 Call 815-384-3208 2016 STOUGHTON, AG Hoppers, 8 Aluminum Wheels, 8 New General Tires, Shurco 4500 Electric Tarp, New Tarp, $26,500. 217-825-7867

1988 22' East Dump Trailer

Farm Inc. Pana, IL

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FOR SALE GRAIN Bin Drying System, 42' Shivvers Drying System w/level dry & computer system & Cross Augers, 2 turbo Fans & Burners, 26hp a piece, Call 217-821-6232 for price

Lincolnland Agri-Energy, LLC Buying Corn Clint Davidson Commodity Mgr 10406 N 1725th St Palestine, IL 618-586-2321 or 888-586-2321

LENAN CORP. HI-140 Heater, includes 300 gal. waste oil tank, flue pipe, Call 812-530-6732

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2007 KENWORTH T800 day cab, Cat C15, 10-spd., 550,000 mi., recent overhaul, exc. cond., $33,000 obo (309)368-1562

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From The Pastures Crossing my fingers It is nice to see a lot of tractors out in the field. Spring must be here, except the weatherman had issued a freeze warning for the next two days — always unpredictable in northern Illinois. Our hayfield is growing well and should be ready to cut earlier this year than last year. All of our Shetland ewes have lambed. They all had singles. No twins this year. The good news is more ewes than rams were born. A couple were born at night, causing me to lose some sleep checking on them. I am sure others who raise sheep can relate. Shetland colors and patterns are so diverse. One lamb is black with a white spot on her head and neck. Another is a very pretty dark brown. The ram lambs are both white with black spots. The ewe I am really excited about is a dark gray with black on her legs and the bottom of her stomach. This fleece is already curly, called crimp. It will spin to very nice yarn. I am happy with the lambs this year and looking forward to them growing. The ewes will be nice additions to our flock. A few of the lambs born this year are part of my niece’s 4-H project. She is excited about the lambs and enjoys working with them to get ready for the fair in mid-August. This year, unfortunately, there are a lot of unknowns. Will events be able to held? Crossing my fingers and toes that our county fair will find a way to safely hold livestock shows. Many people are shearing their animals. The mill has been very fortunate to receive several orders for processing. It is always good to talk to producers — even with social

distancing — about how to turn their fiber into items they can use or sell. Several of customers this past month are new to processing. After I explain the possibilities, they are excited. Our original mission when we started the mill was to help those raising fiber animals find value in the fiber. Wishing everyone a safe and healthy spring. Jane Zeien BELVIDERE

The benefits of local Hello from Graze-N-Grow. It has sure been an interesting spring so far. Weather-wise, it’s been a great contrast to last year. I imagine by now our area is almost done planting both corn and beans, except for me and the other organic growers. I hope the weather continues to offer us favorable planting conditions. Since Ruth and I have been sheltering in place — we’ve been doing that even before the term was coined — we continue in good health. Our only outing together was to eat our anniversary supper last month in the Culver’s parking lot. Then we drove through again for ice cream. What an evening. It was the only time Ruth has been to town since February, except to see the chiropractor once. She and her sister, Martha, have been flooded with eager gardening customers who are looking forward to homegrown food. It’s making up for last year’s washout growing season. The sheep and cows are enjoying the season, as well, and the lambs are gaining well. We have a meat barn along our greenhouse driveway, and since meat supplies are scarce in stores around here, we’ve had a good run the last two weeks.

All the chickens and most beef cuts are gone with not much left to offer but ground beef and eggs until the end of June, when we have our next beef and chicken scheduled for processing. The new lamb crop won’t be ready until fall, but we continue to get orders for them, as well. It seems this crisis is making many people realize the value of localized production and processing. While much smaller and less efficient that the large-scale operations, availability trumps efficiency in times like these. There have been many teaching moments these last few weeks. I hope we can have the resolve to implement measures that will make it easier for small-scale producers to thrive while providing healthy, local food for our neighbors. Buying American-made goods may be the new norm and buying local food should be, as well. While Ruth and I seem to get tired more quickly than years past, we continue to be energized by the favorable comments from our customers. We’re also energized by meeting and talking with young folks who see opportunity in farming outside the corn and soybean monoculture. Their vision for the future will benefit us all, I believe. There’s room for more of you. Are you ready to join the new norm? Hang in there. This too shall pass. Happy trails. Jim Draper SHEFFIELD

Getting back to work Well, I’ve been in quarantine all month, so I have nothing to write about. Just how stupid is that? Maybe us “doers” should stop doing our jobs. No truckers moving food and fuel. No cops enforcing

laws. You can add your 2 cents’ worth to my list. Maybe then our governor will wake up and open up Illinois. We have to get back to work. Every day, I make decisions with no guarantee of “safety” or a “cure” for the illness or problem. I’ve been listening to Greg Judy’s YouTube videos on how he grazes year round with his cattle and hair sheep. Right now, he’s moving his cowherd two times per day while they are calving, and the sheep flock gets two days per lot while they are lambing on pasture. The reason behind the fast moves is to only graze the top third of the grass plant and then move on. In the past years I’ve done the two-day graze, and this year I’m trying to move them daily in the permanent pastures. The annual pastures — cereal rye, clover and chicory — will be on a two-day rotation, I’m thinking, but it all depends. Like I said before, I have no “guarantee” this will work, but I have to give it a try. Moving this quickly has forced me to redesign my mobile watering hay racks and my fencing. No safety net here. After analyzing last year’s dead at birth numbers and comparing them to the two years previous numbers, I have decided to give that shot again this year. After talking to the vet on staff at the place that I get the vaccine, he told me I needed to give two shots 10 days apart, so I did. I hope the dead numbers come down even more than last year’s decline. I’m trying to “flatten the curve.” Where is the government to protect me from this “illness?” The planters are rolling hot and heavy, but wait we have to “social distance.” Do miles count? By the time you read this, I’ll be coming back from Texas. My daughter had her first baby one month ago and my wife has not even held it yet. Elton Mau ARROWSMITH

Illinois Crop Progress for week ending May 10 There were 2.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending May 10. Statewide, the average temperature was 49.8 degrees, 10 degrees below normal. Precipitation averaged 0.77 inches, 0.19 inches below normal. Topsoil moisture supply was rated at 1% very short, 3% short, 74% adequate, and 22% surplus. Subsoil moisture supply was rated at 1% very short, 3% short, 79% adequate, and 17% surplus. Corn planted reached 68%, compared to 11% last year and the five-year average of 66%. Corn emerged reached 23%, compared to 3% last year and the five-year average of 35%. Soybeans planted reached 43%, compared to 3% last year and the five-year average of 25%. Soybeans emerged reached 10%, compared to the five-year average of 6 percent. Winter wheat headed was at 41%, compared to the five-year average of 50%. Source: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Heartland Regional Field Office.

Illinois Crop Progress Week ending May 10 2020 (% completed) 5-yr. 5/10 Last 2020 year avg. Corn planted 68 11 66 Corn emerged 23 3 35 Soybeans planted 43 3 25 Soybeans emerged 10 NA 6 Winter wheat headed 41 28 50 Other hay cut 7 1 7

100,000 producers certified through online Beef Quality Assurance program CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The Beef Quality Assurance program continues to grow significantly, with more than 100,000 cattle producers now certified through its online learning system. The online option was intro-

duced by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, in early 2017. Since the BQA program was initiated in the early 1990s, hundreds of thousands have become BQA-certified through in-person

and online training, with an estimated 85% of the U.S. fed beef supply now touched by BQAcertified operations. The Beef Checkoff-funded BQA program is a nationally coordinated, state implemented

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St. LOUIS — Educating employees about company policies is especially impor tant during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Employees can’t comply or enforce a policy they don’t understand,” said Natalie Higgins, Equipment Dealers Association general counsel. “Guidance is coming out at rapid fire, and this is probably not a short-term situation until we’ve got a vaccine,” Higgins said during an EDA Returning to Work in the Wake of COVID-19 webinar. “We need to be able to adapt our business practices for the long haul and remember that information I’m providing is as of May 5.” Higgins advises dealerships to date their written policies and note if there is a sunset period. “This is something that is going to continue to evolve, so you’re not going to develop a plan and be done,” Higgins said. “You need to continue to monitor the situation.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mitigation Guidance, Higgins said, divides businesses into three categories based on the risk to the community, not just to a business. Those categories include little or no COVID-19, minimal to moderate community transmission or substantial amounts. “Your category could change dramatically over the next year,” Higgins said. “If you’re implementing polices or procedures in accordance with one of these categorizations that is a fluid concept and you need to be prepared if your risk escalates.” Higgins discussed practical ways to keep dealership customers and em-

ployees safe including conducting health screenings at the start of the day and periodically during the work day. “You need to keep the person doing the screenings safe and insure you are performing screenings in a non-discriminatory manner,” she said. Screenings are not normally permitted under the Americans with Disabilities Act. “But during the pandemic prohibitions are waived to the extent needed to prevent a direct threat to the safety of others in the workplace, but be mindful that you’re not exceeding the scope of the exemption,” Higgins said. “Employers should educate employees to self monitor for signs and symptoms of COVID-19 and also teach them how to report signs and symptoms so sick employees can be removed from common areas and from the workplace,” she said. “We want to create a well-educated workforce that understands the risk and is actively working to keep others in the workplace safe.” As dealerships develop policies for social distancing, including signage, markings and occupancy limitations, Higgins said, it is important to take in consideration local and state guidelines. “You need to preach it, practice it and preach it again,” she said. “You have to talk to your employees about hand washing and hygiene and how to keep common surfaces clean.” If employees use common items such as a phone, it is important to disinfect these items between uses. “Put disinfectant wipes by a phone to minimize the inadvertent spread among employees,” Higgins said. “You have to incentivize rather than penalize employees for helping to enforce policies,” she said. “The employees need to understand there’s no penalty for staying home if they have COVID-19 related symptoms and make sure you communicate

clearly so the employees know their safety is top priority.” Higgins answered the following questions during the webinar.

can leave home after three days of no fever, all other symptoms have improved and at least seven days have passed since the symptoms first appeared.”

What should dealers do if a dealership employee is exposed? “The CDC recommendations vary for critical and noncritical infrastructure workers. For critical workers the CDC does not mandate those employees who are asymptomatic to self quarantine. We need to pre-screen the employee, regular monitor that person, have the employee wear a mask for at least 14 days after the last exposure, abide by social distancing and disinfect all areas such as offices, bathrooms and common areas routinely.”

How do we handle employees who refuse to return to work in the dealership, either due to an irrational fear or due to liking the work from home?

losses should contact their FSA county office. In addition to the recently added eligible losses of drought and excess moisture, FSA will implement a WHIP+ provision for crop quality loss that resulted in price deductions or penalties when marketing crops damaged by eligible disaster events. To ensure an effective program for all impacted farmers, the agency is currently gathering informa-

local legal counsel.” For more information about the Equipment Dealers Association, go to www.equipmentdealer.org. Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.

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What do I do if an employee tests positive? “Employers should inform employees of possible exposure but the employer must maintain confidentiality of the employee. Make sure you are abiding by the CDC recommendations in terms of workplace sanitation.” Can employers ask employees what symptoms they are experiencing if they call in sick? “You are permitted to screen that employee for any symptoms that are consistent with COVID19 such as fever, chills, shortness of breath or sore throat.” Can we require taking temperatures of employees, screenings for symptoms and travel? “Yes, but make sure you are doing them in compliance with CDC guidelines, you are protecting the person tasked with the screening process and not violating ADA guidelines for privacy.” How long should an employee who tests positive stay home? “If they have a physician’s order that’s what you should abide by. Otherwise the CDC says an employee

Sign up for disaster relief programs SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has started making payments through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program-Plus to agricultural producers who suffered eligible losses because of drought or excess moisture in 2018 and 2019. Sign-up for these causes of loss opened March 23, and producers who suffered losses from drought, in counties designated D3 or above, excess moisture, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, typhoons, volcanic activity, snowstorms or wildfires can still apply for assistance through WHIP+. “To date, FSA has received more than 33,000 WHIP+ applications,” said Richard Fordyce, administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency. “We want to remind producers that we are still accepting applications for WHIP+, and we encourage producers to call our offices for next steps on how to apply.” To be elig ible for WHIP+, producers must have suffered losses of certain crops, trees, bushes or vines in counties with a Presidential Emergency Disaster Declaration or a Secretarial Disaster Designation, in primary counties only, for qualifying natural disaster events that occurred in calendar years 2018 or 2019. Also, losses located in a county not designated by the secretary as a primary county may be eligible if a producer provides documentation showing that the loss was due to a qualifying natural disaster event. For losses due to drought, a producer is eligible if any area of the county in which the loss occurred was rated D3, or extreme drought, or higher on the U.S. Drought Monitor during calendar years 2018 or 2019. Producers who suffered

“It depends on the agency’s interpretation of whether or not an employee’s fear of contracting COVID-19 constitutes a good cause. Employers are on solid ground if they extend an offer to return to work and the employee fails to do it, that employee jeopardizes his entitlement benefits. Consult with your

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These are this week’s most read stories on the AgriNews website: 1. Early optimism: ‘A wonderful place to farm’ 2. WOTUS notice: Most ditches, ponds no

longer ‘navigable’ 3. LEXION combines protect grain quality

4. Planting season ramps up: Better hybrids and varieties aid early start 5. New aid packages support agriculture

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A time for more communication Preparations for planting abound as usual, but this year also seems different because of what’s going on in the world today as the pandemic continues. Still, farms are here to keep feeding the world: one of the most essential jobs out there. Maybe you’ve made some Darren Frye adjustments to the way Water Street you work on a day-to-day basis with your employees, Solutions vendors, suppliers, advisers and others. Using technology to communicate is key when face-toface meetings aren’t possible anymore due to social distancing precautions. KEEP IT OPEN Before planting season really kicks into gear, it’s time to think about how you can best keep your landlords and lenders in the loop around what’s happening on your farm. This is a time for more communication, not less, even though it’s a busy season and the communication isn’t likely to be happening in person. “Going dark” during busy seasons with regard to communicating with people who are critical to the success of our farm operation can lead to negative outcomes. However, both the situation around the world and the situation within our operation are changing rapidly day to day. Farm leaders must have a plan to keep communication lines open, particularly with lenders and landlords who need to know there are plans in place for this growing season to proceed smoothly on the farm. BUILD THE PLAN Here are three things to think through: 1. What they need to know. Think about the questions that each group may have for you. The groups can be simple: lenders in one group, local landlords in another, long-distance landlords in another. Or, the groupings may need to be more complex, depending on your operation. Consider the unique questions each group might have for you, before they ever start asking. Think about any changes you’ve made in your operation since the last time you communicated with them, and what they need to know about those changes. Then, think about “bullet points” to discuss with them: the items they need to hear. 2. How you’ll communicate with them. Having a plan mapped out for how to communicate best with each lender and landlord will be helpful when things get busy. Think about whether a phone call or online meeting would be best for each person. For those with many landlords, you might create a newsletter — whether mail or email — with information they need to know about what’s going on at your operation this spring. Since in-person visits or ride-alongs probably won’t be possible, consider creative ways of how to take them along in the tractor with you. You or someone else in your operation could create and send a short video of planting taking place or other interesting operations. It’s all about bringing the farm virtually to them, since they won’t be able to come to you. 3. When you’ll be in touch. This might seem obvious, but in the thick of planting season it can be easily forgotten or pushed back: when you’ll communicate with each person. Take time now to schedule phone calls or online meetings for lenders, as well as the times you plan to communicate with your landlords. Put it all on your calendar as well as the calendars of others in your operation who are involved in that communication. Think carefully about your own time, as well. As the farm’s leader, you can start to become pulled in many different directions, especially during planting season. But the operation needs you, as the leader, to also stay focused on handling the business and financial side. Evaluate how you’re planning to spend your time this spring. Is the majority going to be spent doing the things that only you, as the leader, can do? Delegate what you can so you have the time to focus where you make the biggest difference. Communicating with advisers and others during the spring season can be a challenge. As the global economic situation continues to evolve and impact the markets, a crucial person to have on your team is a market adviser.

Local food creates local jobs While Tyson Foods says it’s “feeding you like family,” we recently learned that it and the rest of America’s Big Meat members sometimes need a war-like White House declaration just Farm & Food to cut a fat hog. More striking than File the order itself was its effect: It didn’t work. Alan Guebert A week after President Donald Trump ordered all meatpacking employees nationwide back to work in the middle of today’s pandemic, Tyson’s pork slaughtering facilities fell to 50% capacity, reported the Washington Post May 4. As that drama played out, Jake and Dawn Trethewey continued to plant their 15th crop of certified organic produce to — get this — actually feed dozens of families and hundreds of people near their farm in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Better yet, their subscriber numbers continue to climb for 2020. “I sent 30 emails for people to sign up a couple of weeks ago,” Jake relates in a telephone interview, “and I got back 34 replies for our weekly box. Thirty-four out of 30, that’s a first.” He isn’t alone. It’s been a year of firsts for many Americans hoping to keep pantries stocked and refrigerators full while the majority of the nation remains under stay-at-home orders. As last week’s column documented, it’s also been a chain-breaking year

for Big Ag and Big Food. Their go-to remedy for most problems — go bigger or go home — can’t outmuscle today’s merciless, deadly virus. It’s also been a humbling few months for government. Its usual prescription, a conveyor belt of money, is now running full throttle just to buy the baling wire and bubblegum necessary to hold together a badly broken food system that needs to refocus as much as reform. For example, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue finally has the money, about $300 million per month, to implement his oft-rejected “Harvest Box” idea. Perdue claims it will prop up prices received by farmers and ranchers because it will buy commodities to then box and give away to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, recipients. Congress has rejected Perdue’s past attempts to install the program for several reasons. The key reason being redundancy. SNAP is an efficient, effective, and, according to Forbes, a 99% fraud-free program that delivers food aid to every community in the United States. Even better, SNAP has no boxes, trucks, or spoilage. Under Perdue’s COVID-fueled plan, however, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will buy meat from packing plants that are half-shuttered, as well as from other food wholesalers hundreds of miles from where it’s needed to then truck to schools that are closed and food pantries — without the increased facilities necessary to

cool, store and package it — that are now operating with virus-clipped, primarily volunteer staffs. In short, it’s a “solution” that worsens today’s distribution problems. A far better fix would be for Congress to order USDA to take the billions Perdue’s complex program will cost and just add the money to existing SNAP accounts so hungry, poor Americans can buy the food they actually need. Congress can also order USDA to streamline the SNAP application process so even more Americans can get temporary, pre-loaded cards — say, in amounts of $50, $100, or $200 — to use at local markets for local food. Also, Congress should permit every SNAP cardholder the option of ordering and paying for home-delivered food online without penalty. Today’s state-by-state authority is an outdated, bureaucratic mess. None of these steps involves boxes, trucks or spoilage and each promises more food will get to more people in more places more easily. Better yet, local food creates local jobs — something every community, rural and urban, desperately needs now. If you think it’s too good to be true, remember, we’re already doing it. In fact, Jake and Dawn Trethewey have been feeding their local community since 2005 because they know it takes a family to feed you like family. Farm & Food File is published weekly through the U.S. and Canada. Source material and contact information are posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com.

Farmers, ranchers rise to the challenge Farmers and ranchers are naturally positive people. We carry out our work believing that the harvest will be good and our long days, and sometimes long nights, of hard work will pay off. Lately, between the Zippy Duvall impacts of COVID19 and the economic American pressures we were Farm Bureau dealing with even before the virus came to our country, it has seemed as if our stockpile of positivity is running a bit low. But I don’t really believe that for one minute, and the stories I’m seeing about how farmers and ranchers are weathering this latest storm are proof that I’m right. Farmers and ranchers rise to the challenges we face. We’re still farming, doing what’s needed to feed our fellow Americans. There’s plenty of good news out there. Consider the example of farmers and ranchers donating food to help meet the increased need in the midst of the pandemic. As many of our fellow citizens face job losses, more of them are having to turn to food banks and other feeding organizations for help. Agriculture is stepping up to help meet that need. There’s the story about an Idaho potato grower who, when he lost his regular restaurant sales, put the word out on social media that he had six months’ worth of potatoes stored up

and to come and get them. Many have shown up to gather potatoes for food banks or friends and neighbors in need. Farmers and Farm Bureau organizations around the country are coordinating with food banks and state agencies to get food from farms with excess to people who need it. And at the American Farm Bureau, we’ve worked with U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase food donations from farms. All of these efforts make me so proud of our nation’s farmers and ranchers, and they are reminders of the can-do attitude our farmers are known for. It’s so encouraging to see how farmers and ranchers are being creative and positive — rising to the challenge so they can keep farming and feeding all of us. Another positive that I’ve seen is the recognition of the importance of what farmers and ranchers do every day. When the stay-home orders went into place, one of the first concerns people had was whether there would be a severe disruption in the food supply. That shows the value of agriculture to our lives. We take those concerns seriously and we’re working to ensure that food processing and other links in the food chain remain operational at the same time as we take good care of the workers on farms and in processing plants, so Americans can enjoy the plenty that we’re used to having. I’m glad to see that folks are realizing how important agriculture is to their daily lives. In normal times,

it’s easy to take overstocked grocery stores for granted, until something happens to remind us that a lot goes into getting food to our plates. Even with some temporary rationing of certain products, we are so blessed. Most Americans are able to shelter at home and not worry about going hungry because farmers and ranchers are still on the job, producing the food we depend on. Farm Bureau’s social media hashtag #StillFarming has been seen by millions, showing that farmers and ranchers are out there working to feed America. It has been encouraging to see people baking bread and finding creative ways to use pantry staples. After watching so many food fads come and go, it’s interesting to see us getting back to basics and seeking out comfort foods when we need them. This focus on positivity isn’t to say that there aren’t some real problems in agriculture right now. The impacts of COVID-19 have been brutal, especially on those who have had loved ones contract the virus, but also on workers who have lost income and on farmers who have lost their markets. But let’s keep things in perspective and focus on the positives, too. That’s how we retake power over this situation, put COVID-19 in its place and keep working for better days to come. Blessings and good health to you all. Zippy Duvall, a poultry, cattle and hay producer from Georgia, is the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 8, 2020

Futures Prices CATTLE JJUN 20 AUG 20 OCT 20 DEC 20 FEB 21 APR 21

This week

Last week

Chg.

94.65 100.20 104.27 107.70 111.65 114.22

87.25 92.55 96.80 100.97 105.37 107.52

7.40 7.65 7.47 6.73 6.28 6.70

FEEDER CATTLE MAY 20 127.90 AUG 20 136.95 SEP 20 138.15 OCT 20 139.02 NOV 20 139.62 JAN 21 137.87 CORN MAY 20 JUL 20 SEP 20 DEC 20 MAR 21 MAY 21

This week

Last week

Chg.

67.30 61.70 61.72 60.42 54.52 53.42

62.87 62.70 64.12 64.67 59.00 57.37

4.43 -1.00 -2.40 -4.25 -4.48 -3.95

MILK CLASS III MAY 20 11.55 JUN 20 13.68 JUL 20 14.70 AUG 20 15.27 SEP 20 15.72 OCT 20 16.00

11.23 12.19 13.61 14.57 15.22 15.75

0.32 1.49 1.03 0.70 0.50 0.25

SOYBEANS 76 MAY 20 8486 8 JUL 20 8504 -8 AUG 20 8520 -10 SEP 20 8516 -12 NOV 20 8554 -18 JAN 21 8564

8472 8494 8506 8510 8550 8576

14 10 14 6 4 -12

K.C. WHEAT MAY 20 5040 JUL 20 4800 SEP 20 4872 DEC 20 4984 MAR 21 5086 MAY 21 5146

4820 4830 4896 5000 5090 5146

220 -30 -24 -16 -4 0

ETHANOL JUN 20 JUL 20 AUG 20 SEP 20 OCT 20 NOV 20

0.995 1.008 1.019 1.019 1.019 1.019

0.095 0.095 0.095 0.095 0.095 0.095

HOGS MAY 20 JUN 20 JUL 20 AUG 20 OCT 20 DEC 20

117.82 10.08 127.65 9.30 129.05 9.10 129.90 9.12 130.47 9.15 129.07 8.80

3190 3192 3246 3356 3490 3564

3114 3184 3254 3366 3502 3582

CHICAGO WHEAT MAY 20 5294 JUL 20 5220 SEP 20 5252 DEC 20 5336 MAR 21 5414 MAY 21 5432

5214 5164 5202 5290 5364 5374

80 56 50 46 50 58

BRENT CRUDE OIL JUL 20 30.97 AUG 20 32.08 SEP 20 33.06 OCT 20 33.88 NOV 20 34.66 DEC 20 35.33

26.44 28.07 29.36 30.44 31.40 32.18

4.35 4.01 3.70 3.44 3.26 3.15

1.090 1.103 1.114 1.114 1.114 1.114

Stocks of Agricultural Interest This week

Last 52-wk week high

36.39 51.13 12.48 36.53 29.03

35.12 50.29 12.43 37.89 26.61

ADM AGCO BASF Bunge CF

47.20 81.39 19.80 59.65 55.15

Export Inspections This week

Year ago

WHEAT 535.691 CORN 1217.218 SOYBEANS 318.100

This week

Last 52-wk week high

Corteva 25.98 Dupont 46.93 Deere 137.00 FMC 93.48 Mosaic 11.91

25.49 32.78 45.07 72.03 138.19 181.99 89.92 108.77 11.15 25.70

(MIL BU.) Cumulative Cumulative this year year ago

540.450 976.842 603.452

23043.28 23545.78 33802.33

21951.613 35632.463 32142.298

Cml. % diff. 4.97 -33.92 5.16

Livestock Summary % diff. This Last Year week year week week ago ago ago Hog Slaughter-est 11000 HD Cattle slaughter-est 1000 HD MEAT PRICES

4-5 Wt Mf 1’S 5-6 Wt Mf 1’S 6-7 Wt Mf 1’S 7-8 Wt Mf 1’S 8-10 Wt Mf 1’S

1533 425

2332 15.33 -24.19 667 6.35 -32.23

This week

Last week

117.94 206.28 142.08 48.37 461.40 451.96 100.04 159.40

105.62 161.67 124.96 69.04 373.85 357.16 95.92 154.50

12.32 44.61 17.12 -20.67 87.55 94.80 4.12 4.90

This week Low High

Last week Low High

Change Low High

Pork Cutout Bellies Loins Hams Yld Gr 3 Choice Beef Select Beef 5-Mkt Fed Cattle Live 5-Mkt Fed Cattle Carcass OKLAHOMA CITY FEEDER STEER

1768 452

130.00 130.00 123.25 115.25 95.50

161.00 154.75 139.00 133.50 121.00

138.50 135.00 122.50 113.00 98.00

183.50 160.50 138.75 132.25 113.50

Change

-8.50 -22.50 -5.00 -5.75 0.75 0.25 2.25 1.25 -2.50 7.50

Eastern Corn Belt Direct Feeder Cattle Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky and Ohio Reported sales this week, 3,338; last week, 590; last year, 825. Feeder Steers Medium, Large 1 Avg. Avg. Delivery Head Wt. Price (FOB) 425 450 152.00 Current 70 700 114.00 Current 65 750 117.00 Current 120 825 121.00 July 120 825 123.00 Aug Feeder Steers Medium, Large 1-2 200 725 116.75 Current 120 796 102.50 Current 61 815 104.00 Current

118 115

867 865

101.57 Current 103.00 July

Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 1 70 700 104.00 Current 195 750 100.67 Current 469 725 110.29 July 260 750 113.88 July 260 750 114.38 Aug 130 750 110.75 July Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 1-2 425 450 140.00 Current

USDA National Grain Market Review Compared to last week, cash bids for corn and sorghum were mixed; soybeans were lower and wheat was mostly lower. For the week ending April 30, an increase of 30.5 million bushels of corn export sales for 2019-20 were reported, with an increase of 24 million bushels of soybean exports sales, and an increase of 9 million bushels of wheat export sales. Sorghum export sales showed an increase of 2.5 million bushels. Ethanol production for the week ending May 1 reported an increase of 61,000 barrels per day to 0.598 million barrels a day. Ethanol stocks decreased 0.725 million barrels at 25.6 million barrels. For the week ending May 3, corn planted was 51%, 30% higher than a year ago; soybeans planted was 23%, 18% higher than a year ago; and sorghum planted was 22%, 1% higher than a year ago.

CORN Kansas City US No 2 rail White Corn was 7 1/2 to 10 1/2 cents higher from 3.14-3.20 1/2 per bushel. Kansas City US No 2 truck Yellow Corn was 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 cents higher from 3.16-3.21 per bushel. Omaha US No 2 Yellow Corn was 3 cents lower to 3 cents higher from 2.89-3.05 per bushel. Chicago US No 2 Yellow Corn was 1/2 to 1 1/2 cent lower from 3.10-3.13 per bushel. Toledo US No 2 rail Yellow corn was 2 to 2 1/2 cents lower from 2.99-3.01 per bushel. Minneapolis US No 2 Yellow corn rail was 10 cents higher at 2.97 per bushel.

OILSEEDS Minneapolis Yellow truck soy-

beans were 8 cents lower at 8.30 1/4 per bushel. Illinois Processors US No 1 Yellow truck soybeans were 10 to 14 cents lower from 8.41 1/48.60 1/4 per bushel. Kansas City US No 2 Yellow truck soybeans were 1 to 11 cent lower from 8.19 1/4-8.49 1/4 per bushel. Illinois 48 percent soybean meal, processor rail bid was 7.00 lower from 288.10-291.10 per bushel. Central Illinois Crude Soybean oil processor bid was 0.34 to 0.84 points lower from 24.4625.26 per cwt.

WHEAT Kansas City US No 1 Hard Red Winter, ordinary protein rail bid was 9 1/4 cents lower from 5.49 3/4-5.59 3/4 per bushel. St. Louis truck US No 2 Soft Red Winter terminal bid was 5 cents lower at 5.44 per bushel. Minneapolis and Duluth US No 1 Dark Northern Spring, 14.0 to 14.5 percent protein rail, was has no comparison at 5.96 per bushel. Portland US Soft White wheat rail was 5 cents lower to 3 cents higher from 6.00-6.08 per bushel.

SORGHUM US No 2 yellow truck, Kansas City was 33 to 42 cents lower from 5.14-5.68 per cwt. Texas High Plains US No 2 yellow sorghum (prices paid or bid to the farmer, fob elevator) was 5 to 96 cents higher from 5.13-6.39 per cwt.

OATS US 2 or Better oats, rail bid to arrive at Minneapolis 20 day was 14 3/4 cents higher from 2.98 3/4-3.68 3/4 per bushel.

MACOMB, Ill. — As part of the Western Illinois University School of Agriculture’s 100th anniversary celebration, 10 distinguished alumni were honored during a ceremony the same weekend as the 50th annual Farm Expo. Each alumnus has a distinguished career in the agricultural career field. “The 100th year anniversary event was a huge success,” said School of Agriculture Director Andy Baker. “The highlight of the evening was the recognition of our 10 distinguished alumni who were honored that night. All of these individuals have achieved remarkable feats in their careers and are huge supporters of the School of Agriculture. “It was great to have our current students hear about their experiences at WIU and how these experiences provided the foundation to advance their careers in agriculture. We hope to continue this event in the future, so we can honor more distinguished alumni deserving of this recognition.” This year’s honorees included: Mark McCully, a 1993 graduate with a degree in agriculture: McCully is CEO of the American Angus Association in St. Joseph, Missouri, the nation’s largest beef breed registry with 25,000 members. McCully is an accomplished livestock evaluator and has judged over 300 state, regional and national cattle shows throughout the United States, Canada and Brazil. At WIU he served on the Livestock Judging Team. “WIU was such an important chapter in my educational journey,” McCully said. “My wife, also a WIU alumna, and I developed lifelong friends and truly treasure our time spent in Macomb. We are incredibly grateful for the dedicated professors and staff that gave us such a great experience. I am incredibly humbled to be recognized with this honor.” Gerry Salzman, a 1971 graduate with a degree in agricultural economics: Salzman, principal, GES International LLC, provides consulting on global agricultural strategies, focusing on farm equipment and services. Salzman In 2014, he retired as senior director of global marketing after 42 years of service with International Harvester and Case IH. He also is a patent award recipient. Salzman currently serves on the board of directors of the National Alpha Gamma Rho Educational Foundation. He also serves on the Parish Council of St. Joseph Parish in Libertyville. In 2015, he co-authored the book “RED Combines” with Lee Klancher. “The biggest asset any university can have is it’s teaching core,” Salzman said. “I was fortunate enough to have had instructors that not only taught, but inspired. It was evident to me they had a true commitment to their profession with the sole mission to insure their students had the tools to succeed.” Jeff Galle, a 1978 graduate with a degree in agriculture, teacher education: After graduation, Galle earned his doctoral degree in animal science from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and has more than 40 years of Galle experience as an animal science professor at John Wood Community College. Having been appointed as a member of the National Pork Board by the U.S. secretary of agriculture from 2006 to 2009, Galle has been and continues to be a leader not only for GPPE, but also the U.S. pork industry, having served on a number and variety of committees at both the state and national level. As founder and president of GPPE Ltd., Galle’s responsibilities are all-inclusive, from overseeing all aspects of project creation, procurement, strategic planning, implementation and project monitoring to the general oversight of all operations. “I was humbled and surprised when I learned I was being recognized,” Galle said. “I made it back to WIU for the anniversary dinner and it was an amazing opportunity to be able to say ‘thank you.’ I had so many good professors, and there was such a diversity of activities available.” Terry Kestner, a 1984 graduate with a degree in agriculture: Kestner is the vice president and chief appraiser for Rabo Diversified Services, a subsidiary of Rabobank. He has traveled extensively across the United States reviewing and Kestner supervising appraisals of agriculture and ag-related properties. “I was very surprised and honored to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from the School of Agriculture,” he said. “WIU has provided me with a well-rounded education that included

opportunities for hands-on experience and to grow personally in my self-confidence through those experiences. Those experiences are what drive me to be able to give back to the university and the future generations of agricultural professionals.” Taylor Steinberg, a 1967 graduate with a degree in agricultural mechanization: As president of Pikeland International Inc. for 12 years, Steinberg learned a great deal about the challenges that developed in agriculture in the early Steinberg 1980s. After ceasing dea ler operat ions in 1985, he began a 35-year career in sales and marketing at the Knapheide Manufacturing Co. in Quincy. After retiring 10 years ago, Steinberg’s work continues as a contract employee for Knapheide, enjoying a number of responsibilities, including corporate sales training, writing for an industry publication and working trade shows. His plans are to continue training Knapheide distributor and commercial truck dealer sales personnel in the United States for as long as possible. “I wish to thank all of the professors and staff at Western Illinois University for opening up a wonderful world of opportunities. They taught me one very important lesson, ‘How much I really didn’t know,’ as this helped start my career of continued learning to help and serve others.” Gordon Roskamp, a 1971 graduate with a degree in agronomy: Roscamp was raised on a grain and livestock farm in western Illinois. He earned master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Missouri in 1973 and Roskamp 1975, respectively. He immediately accepted a teaching position at WIU in the Department of Agriculture, where he completed 36 years. Roskamp served as adviser to the WIU Agronomy Club, which is affiliated with the American Society of Agronomy. He also organized and hosted field days at the Agronomy Farm and was frequently invited to give presentations on pertinent weed management topics. He became interested in weed science as an undergraduate worker for Professor Emeritus Rodney Fink. He is currently adjunct professor at Illinois Central College, where he has taught integrated pest management and precision agriculture, while conducting plot work on the ICC Farm and serving on the Ag Advisory Board. “The professors at Western, in the School of Agriculture, gave me an insatiable desire to learn and the basics to build a career in agronomy,” Roskamp said. “I am honored to be named among so many great WIU ag grads.” Monte Lowderman, a 1990 graduate with a degree in agriculture business: Lowderman is a second-generation auctioneer and Realtor. Upon graduating from WIU, he joined the family auction business fulltime. Since then, he Lowderman has become one of the nation’s leading and most experienced real estate auctioneers. Lowderman said he is personally proud of founding the “WIU Legacy” auction that has raised close to $200,000 so far for the WIU School of Agriculture. “A motto I have used is, ‘Success is not a goal, but rather a pathway,’” Lowderman said. “My pathway was definitely enhanced by my education at Western Illinois University, while making a positive impact on my life. The experiences I had while attending Western Illinois University made a direct, positive impact on my education and prepared me for the real world and my career.” Chris (Mosher) Wilson, a 1976 graduate with a degree in agriculture: Wilson is a farmer, rancher and attorney. She was raised on a grain and livestock farm in west-central Illinois and holds a degree in agricultural sciences Wilson from Western Illinois University and a juris doctorate, cum laude, from Washburn University School of Law. Wilson formerly served as assistant to the director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture and assistant to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At USDA, Wilson was director of the Office of Public Liaison. She owns an association management firm, managing state associations and working with the Kansas legislature on agriculture and property laws for over 25 years. See ALUMNI, Page B9

Historic disconnect One of the oldest and most reliable sayings on Wall Street is, “Sell in May walk Commodity and away.” Insight The saying is Jerry Welch based on the historical tendency for the stock market to produce its best returns between Halloween and May Day, the winter months. And over the next six months, the summer months, the average historical return has always been much lower. From a historical standpoint it makes sense to exit stocks in May and return as a buyer on Halloween. However, we live in unprecedented times, which means any old saying can be taken with a proverbial grain of salt. For instance, when the first month of a new year rolls around, it is said loud and clear from the mouths of the boys and girls on Wall Street, “As January goes, so goes the rest of the year.” But this year, January turned out to be, in my view, the most bearish start to a new year in history. In the final trading session of January, the Dow fell a few points shy of 600 points, making for one of the most bearish starts to a new year in history for stocks. The weakness with stocks and commodities was a shock because so many on Wall Street and Main Street believe deeply that “as January goes, so goes the rest of the year.” Unfortunately, February was more bearish yet. Once February was over and during March, stocks and commodities per se wallowed around aimlessly with a downward bias until April. In April, stocks enjoyed their most bullish month in 82 years. A host of commodity markets also rallied sharply such as crude oil, metals, livestock, most tropical markets and grains. Thus, all markets declined in January and February, treaded water in March, but rallied smartly in April. And then May arrived and with it that old saw that tumbles so easily off the lips of Wall Street, “Sell in May and walk away.” But on the final day of this week an Employment Report was released, and here is how CNBC News described it: “U.S. jobs market suffers its worst month in history.” CNBC went on to state: “A staggering 29 million Americans lost their livelihoods in April as the spreading coronavirus shuttered stores, factories and offices, canceled events and brought transit around the country to a sudden stop. “Payrolls fell by 20.5 million last month, leaving 23 million unemployed, the Labor Department said Friday. Another 6.6 million Americans left the workforce altogether, meaning they were neither employed nor looking for work. The nation’s unemployment rate more than tripled, soaring to 14.7% from 4.4% in March — the highest since the Great Depression.” Despite the dismal jobs report, the Dow Jones gained an eye-popping 450 points while the Nasdaq rose even higher and is now up for the year. Yes, up for the year. The economy is in deep trouble, but stocks keep moving north. The disconnect between the economy and the stock markets continues. And if that historic disconnect persists, a host of investors and traders will soon be sorely disappointed. Call me at 406-6825010 if you wish to learn of the special offer I have for my twice-a-day newsletter, Commodity Insite. Plus, my book, “Haunted By Markets,” is thrown in for free.

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from WIU as it lead me into a directly related field of meat science, where I fully enjoyed my career.”

Her company also produced agricultural educational materials for agriscience classrooms. “The WIU School of Agriculture provided me with a great education and experiences that have helped shape my career,” Wilson said. “The faculty was outstanding in working with students and being open to helping students in the classroom and beyond. They helped me choose career directions and also continued to mentor us after we graduated — even today.”

Philip E. Bradshaw, a 1961 graduate with a degree in agriculture: BradBradshaw shaw has been a farmer for more than 55 years and has experienced numerous agricultural changes, from

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Martin (Marty) E. O’Connor is a 1978 graduate with a degree in agriculture O’Connor science: O’Connor grew up on a farm near Galesburg. He is currently president of O’Connor Consulting and Management LLC. His company offers assistance in meat marketing initiatives to help in distinguishing products in the global marketplace and compliance with regulatory requirements. O’Connor was the first WIU School of Agriculture alumni to be recognized with the WIU College of Business and Technology Distinguished Service Award. He also received the WIU Alumni Achievement Award and currently serves on the Alumni Council. “I was very honored and humbled to be recognized with this award, especially, knowing the magnitude of achievement of so many other School of Agriculture alumni,” O’Connor said. “I was extremely grateful for the educational aspect of my animal science degree

farming with horses to using machinery with satellite guidance systems. He has served as president of three major state and three national agricultural organizations and has been part of advisory committees and boards for six U.S. secretaries of agriculture. “It is a very much appreciated honor to be selected as one of the honored alumni from the School of Agriculture, especially when you see how successful the Western agriculture graduates have been over the years,” Bradshaw said.

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Remote sensing involves detecting

m e a s u re m e nts to b e ta ke n

p l a nt s s u f fe r i n g s o m e s o r t of

Small unmanned aircraft systems

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and measuring the physical

quickly over a large area, which

stress such as drought or nutrient

(sUAS) have also been a game

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characteristics of an object from

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based obser vation. Repeated

of healthy plants.

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counting. Later in the season,

b ased plat form by m easurin g

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reflectance of solar radiation from

giving us a new way to judge

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management techniques.

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crop canopy. While plants var y

in crop progress relative to older,

patterns in the field that may not

advantage

in their reflectance proper ties,

coarser-resolution imagery.

be visible from the ground.

both large and small operations.

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