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September 20, 2019

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Exploring digital ag WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s College of Agriculture hosted the Digital Agriculture Roundtable Sept. 10 to showcase the different application uses for digital agriculture. The event included demonstrations on how digital agriculture is being used in the fields and in the air.

By Tom C. Doran

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WASHINGTON — Indiana, Illinois and national corn and soybean yield estimates were lowered in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Sept. 12 crop production report. INDIANA CORN YIELD Indiana’s corn yield is forecast at 161 bushels per acre, down 28 bushels from 2018 and down five bushels from the August forecast. Harvested area is projected at 4.9 million acres, 300,000 less than last year. Production is forecast at 789 million bushels, down 20% from a year ago. If realized, the 2019 crop would be the smallest crop total production-wise since the drought-ravaged crop of 2012. ILLINOIS CORN YIELD The Illinois corn yield was forecast at 180 bushels per acre, down one bushel from the August projection and 30 bushels lower than 2018. Planted area is estimated at 10.7 million acres, down 3% from last year. Harvested area, forecast at 10.45 million acres, is 4% lower than last year. Production is forecast at 1.88 billion bushels, down 17% from a year ago. U.S. CORN YIELD Based on conditions as of Sept. 1, U.S. yields are expected to average 168.2 bushels per harvested acre, down 1.3 bushels from the previous forecast and 8.2 bushels below 2018. Area harvested for grain is forecast at 82 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up less than 1% from 2018. INDIANA SOYBEAN YIELD Soybean yield in Indiana is forecast at 49 bushels per acre, down 9.5 bushels from last year and down 1 bushel from last month. Harvested area is estimated at 5.37 million acres compared to 5.92 million in 2018. Total production is forecast at 263 million bushels, down 24 million from last year. This also is the smallest forecasted crop since 2012 when the state averaged 44 bushels per acre. See USDA, Page A4

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Headless Horseman haunts Conner Prairie A3 Electrolytes correct calf dehydration B6 China lifts U.S. soybean, pork tariffs C4 AgriTrucker A5 Auction Calendar B1 Business C4

Farms For Sale C1 From The Fields A8

Calendar C3

Lifestyle B3

Classifieds C2

Livestock B6

Fall Getaway A3

Opinion C7

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Richard Grant, a Purdue University agronomy professor, demonstrates equipment he uses in nitrogen research.

Ana Morales, a graduate student at Purdue University, checks on a drone before it launches during a demonstration at the recent Digital Agriculture Roundtable.

Researchers deploy Field research shows nitrogen emission losses drone scouting projects By Ashley Langreck

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The digital agriculture industry continues to grow thanks to research studies, including the one by Richard Grant, a professor of agronomy at Purdue University, who is using light transmissions to study nitrogen and other gases. “We are studying nitrogen losses to atmosphere through different management schemes,” said Grant, adding that the purpose of the research is to discover the actual amount of nitrogen that is being lost to the atmosphere. Grant said he uses light transmission by shooting a laser across a field at a reflector to see

how much gases are absorbed and determine what kind of gases and how much are left over after they have been emitted into the atmosphere. Grant said he and his colleagues are using optical measure to determine what is in the air by figuring out what no longer is there. “We send a beam of light to reflect, and it’s sent back,” he said, adding they then have to subtract what gases are coming in from the outside, such as nitrogen emission from farms and livestock. Grant said studying nitrogen loss and emission has been their main goal over the past nine years. See LOSSES, Page A7

By Ashley Langreck

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Even though unmanned aerial vehicles are everywhere these days, there still is a lot to learn from them. Bob Nielsen, a Purdue University professor of agronomy, has been busy running research projects at the Indiana Corn and Soybean Innovation Center. Nielsen and graduate student Ana Morales have been working on a study using a new app called Drone Deploy. A drone flies over a corn or soybean field, taking photos. Drone Deploy uses the photos to create a panoramic view of the field.

“It takes 26 images and stitches them together into a panoramic view, with quite a bit of overlap,” he said. Nielsen said that as the pilot, he decides how slow or how high the drone will fly, making sure it doesn’t go over the 400-foot limit regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration. “On short young crops, I fly lower because it’s a better resolution,” he said. Nielsen said that right now, he and Morales are using the drones for scouting projects, including checking for yellow spots in fields and making sure even though there are bare spots, fields may still be uniform. See DRONE, Page A7

AGRIINSTITUTE RURAL MENTAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM

Farmers share struggles, healing, hope By Erica Quinlan

levels skyrocketed. It always had been his dream to farm. Alongside his wife, Foster raised sows in INDIANAPOLIS — When Dallas Foster’s Greenfield starting in 2006. farming career began to crumble, his stress Due to the changes in the livestock indusAGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

DALLAS FOSTER

“Moving into 2017, I was having a bad year,” Dallas Foster said. “I struggled with living two lives. With hosting farm bill sessions while, at the same time, I was getting the first major late notice from the bank.” He and his family earned young farmer awards and other honors, but at the same time, his hogs were facing health issues. Then the market crashed. Financially, things weren’t looking good. “In that time period, I was stressed,” Foster said. “I wasn’t eating. I wasn’t sleeping. I wouldn’t eat for like four days. I had to lay off some help. So, I worked and worked. “Eventually, we were forced to get out of the hog business. We picked a bad year to do that. “In three weeks, I liquidated 13 years of hard work. The only thing is, I can tell you that because of the people who helped me along the way, I was prepared to do it. See FOSTER, Page A4

DOUG LEMAN

Doug Leman built Sunny Ridge Dairy in 2001 alongside his wife and four sons. “For me, getting into this, we had a dream,” he said. “We put together a business plan. Business plans are great, but they don’t always go like you plan. “Timing is very important. The month we started milking cows, October 2001, milk prices dropped $3, heifer prices went up $300 a head. It didn’t bother me. We were building our dairy.” Leman considers himself a spiritual person. He relied on his faith in God to guide him through tough times. The farm experienced good times from 2007 to 2008. But when 2009 came, things took a turn for the worse as the economy suffered. “Life was getting hard,” he said. “In 2009, it cost me $3,000 a day to open the door. Those are tough times. See LEMAN, Page A4

try, he closed up shop in December 2018. Foster, Doug Leman and Tony Goldstein bravely shared their stories at the recent AgrIInstitute Rural Mental Health Symposium. TONY GOLDSTEIN

Tony Goldstein moved from the Netherlands to Indiana to start a dairy with his family in 2003. “One of the reasons we came all the way here was to give my kids a future,” he said. They started construction on Union Go Dairy in 2005. From 2007 to 2008, the dairy was prosperous. But, as it did with many dairy farmers, 2009 brought challenges. The farm struggled financially as the United States faced historically low milk prices. “I’m not from the United States,” Goldstein said. “I didn’t have anybody to go to. We just sat together as a family. The bank was just awful. I said, what are we going to do? My friend said to get a lawyer. We got in touch with her. “We got the most amount of advice we could get from her. Finally, there was someone who could listen. See GOLDSTEIN, Page A4

Farm State of Mind: Signs of stress, how to talk about it By Erica Quinlan

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INDIANAPOLIS — This year, Bayer Health Sciences launched a mental health initiative that connects farmers to the relief they need. “Farm State of Mind is an outreach initiative to rural communities to help reduce the stigma of mental health and to also provide resources, and a place for these people to go,” said Kelly Crabtree, adviser

at Bayer Crop Science, at the Rural Mental Health Symposium. When a person is experiencing a mental health challenge, they may not even realize it. Here are some signs of stress to look out for: n Physical: Headaches, backaches, exhaustion, frequent sickness, upset stomach, ulcers and trouble sleeping. n Emotional: Irritability, depression, anger, anxiety, lack of confidence, sadness, bitterness and feeling discouraged, or hopeless.

n Mental: Memory loss, lack of concentration and difficulty making decisions. n Behavioral: Substance abuse, violence, decline in the care of livestock or domestic animals, increase in farm accidents and overeating, or loss of appetite. n Relationships: Loss of humor, withdrawal, decreased interest in family activities or community events, verbal outbursts and difficulty communicating. See STRESS, Page A4

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Purdue to host National Conference for Food and Agribusiness WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — The 2019 National Conference for Food and Agribusiness will be held Nov. 6-7 at Purdue University. Michael Gunderson, director of the Purdue University Center for Food and Agricultural Business, said the conference will focus on data and ways to help support the use of data across the food chain. “The Center for Food and Agricultural Business wants to help farmers with data,” he said.

Gunderson said part of the goal of the workshop is to show indiv iduals a better way to Gunderson document how the agricultural and food business chain is constantly evolving on data collection, as well as analytics. Gunderson said the workshop will focus on data collected on both the food processing and food

retail side and help people better understand the value of the food chain. “Our target audience is farmers in leadership roles related to food and agribusiness,” he said. The event will have academic panels, as well as presentations on original research done by those at the Purdue Center for Food and Agricultural Business. For more information or to register, visit tinyurl. com/y4xf97w2. Ashley Langreck

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USDA balance sheets send mixed signals By Tom C. Doran

640 million bushels — 20 million bushels lower than anticipated by the trade. That’s where the MINNEAPOLIS — There friendliness comes in on the soywere downward movements in bean side. the crop production numbers, but not to the extent of what was Was there any friendly news from a global soybean balance sheet perexpected by the trade. Randy Martinson, Martinson spective? Old crop world stocks dropped Ag Risk Management, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s by 2.1 million metric tons to put supply and demand estimates it at 112.4 million and that’s were negative to corn, slightly friendly. New crop world stocks friendly to soybeans, and neutral are expected to drop 2.5 million metric tons to put it just below to slightly negative to wheat. Martinson analyzed the new the 100 million metric ton area numbers in a Minneapolis Grain to 99.2 million. That was a little Exchange-hosted teleconference bit friendly. Sept. 12. What were the negative aspects of Were there any notable adjust- USDA’s corn estimates? Looking at old crop numments on the soybean side for the bers, we saw a 5 million bushel old crop? Old crop soybean numbers saw decrease in imports. That’s a an increase of 20 million bushels positive. But USDA did lower in crush, a 45 million bushel in- ethanol demand by 50 million crease in exports, for a 65 million bushels and exports by 40 milbushel decrease in stocks, putting lion bushels. In the end, we saw stocks them at 1.005 billion. That was 45 million bushels less than antici- increase by about 85 million bushels, putting old crop ending pated by the trade. stocks at 2.45 billion bushels. USDA decreased this year’s soy- The trade expected 2.39 billion bean crop to a national average of bushels, so about 46 million 47.9 bushels per acre, down six- bushels more than expected. tenths from August’s report. That’s a little negative. That’s about seven-tenths It even gets worse when you higher than expected by the look at the new crop numbers. trade. That put production There was not as much change though at 3.6 billion bushels, 47 as what was expected. Yield only million less than last month, but dropped 1.3 bushels per acre, 55 million bushels higher than down to 168.2. The trade was expected by the trade. expected it to come in closer to Residual was dropped by 2 a 166.7. million bushels but because Production, because of the of the lower beginning stocks, drop in yields, came in at 102 stocks came in 150 million million bushels below last month bushels lower than last month at at 13.799 billion. That was 242 AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

million bushels higher than expected by the trade, so that was a little bit negative. On the supply side, we saw a decrease of about 16 million bushels that was somewhat offset by decrease in ethanol demand of about 25 million bushels. In all, stocks didn’t change much from last month. They were only increased by 9 million bushels to 2.19 billion versus the expectation of 1.936 billion, but it was about 254 million bushels more than anticipated by the trade. It seems like USDA is leaning to want to be friendly to the soybean side, a little more negative to the corn side. Corn is going to take a little longer to get where it needs to be as far as the numbers are concerned. We just need to be patient to see the adjustments coming. Were there any data points in the wheat supply and demand estimates of note? The report was kind of a non-issue as far as wheat was concerned. We saw a little bit of adjustments, but nothing major. It was likely we were going to see that because of the small grains summary report that’s going to come out at the end of the month, which is kind of the annual small grains numbers. So, we didn’t expect to see a lot of changes as far as what is concerned. What we did see was a little bit of maneuvering of some of the export numbers. 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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The U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered the nation’s average corn yield to 168.2 bushels per acre in the most recent crop production report. The average trade estimate prior to the report was 166.7 bushels per acre.

Corn and soybean ending stocks move in different directions

FALL GETAWAY

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The Headless Horseman Festival is Conner Prairie’s annual Halloween celebration in October. Gates open for Headless Horseman at 6 p.m. and close at 9 p.m.

Headless Horseman Festival Halloween fun at Conner Prairie By Erica Quinlan

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FISHERS, Ind. — Conner Prairie unveiled the design for this year’s award-winning corn maze, sponsored by Corteva Agriscience. The design includes a witch riding a broomstick, bats and a hot air balloon flying through the sky. The maze was recognized with USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice award for Best Corn Maze, making it one of the top 10 attractions of its kind in the country. “Thank you to everyone who

voted Conner Prairie’s corn maze as one of the best in the country,” said Richard Cooper, vice president and chief programs officer at Conner Prairie. “Every year, the maze grows larger, and we are excited to welcome visitors from all around the country to explore with us.” Visitors can travel 12 acres of maze featuring three different paths: a small maze for younger guests, a long maze for teens and adults and the Headless Hollow Spooky Maze open during the Headless Horseman Festival. The maze opens Sept. 21 and will remain open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday until Oct. 27. Paid museum guests and members can pay an activity fee to enter the maze. The fee is $5 per

guest and $4 per member. Youth under 2 years old are free. T he Headless Horseman Festival will take place on select dates from Oct. 10 to 27. Gates open for Headless Horseman at 6 p.m. and close at 9 p.m. Activities and hayrides may run until 10 p.m., or later. The festival includes a Legend of Sleepy Hollow marionette show, crafts, face painting, magic show, storytelling, midway games and fall treats. Learn more at www.connerprairie.org/explore/thingsto-do/corn-maze. Erica Quinlan can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 193, or equinlan@agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan.

The corn maze at Conner Prairie has been recognized with the USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice award for Best Corn Maze.

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Supply and Demand

WASHINGTON — Uncertainty continued to be the theme when the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply and demand estimates for September were released last week. Later-than-usual planting dates, trade troubles and potential frost scares are the major questions hovering over this report. USDA did lower production and made some minor adjustments on the demand side. Here are the highlights from the Sept. 12 report:

CORN

CORN: THE SEASON-AVERAGE FARM PRICE WAS UNCHANGED FROM LAST MONTH AT $3.60 PER BUSHEL. Why? n Corn production is forecast at 13.799 billion bushels, down 102 million from last month on a lower yield forecast. n Corn supplies are down from last month, as a smaller crop more than offsets larger beginning stocks due to lower estimated exports and corn used for ethanol for 2018-2019. Corn used for ethanol for 2019-2020 was lowered 25 million bushels. n With use falling more than supply, corn ending stocks are up 9 million bushels from last month to 2.19 billion bushels. n This month’s 2019-2020 foreign coarse grain outlook is for virtually unchanged production, with fractionally lower trade and stocks relative to last month. n Foreign corn ending stocks for 2019-2020 are lower relative to last month, mostly reflecting declines for Brazil, Ukraine, Mexico, Paraguay and Chile.

(2019-2020 marketing year) Total soybean supply: 4.658 billion bushels Seed, residual: 128 million bushels Exports: 1.775 billion bushels Crush: 2.115 billion bushels Ending U.S. soybean stocks: 640 million bushels

down 65 million. n Major global oilseed export changes for 2019-2020 include higher rapeseed and soybean exports for Canada. n For 2018-2019, soybean exports for Brazil are lowered based on lower-than-expected shipments during the past few months. However, higher-than-expected exports by Argentina and the United States, particularly to China, are offsetting. n Global soybean ending stocks for 2019-2020 are lower as reduced stocks for Argentina and the United States are partly offset by higher stocks for Brazil, Iran and India.

SOYBEANS: A 10-CENT INCREASE WAS FORECAST FOR THE U.S. SEASON-AVERAGE PRICE TO $8.50 PER BUSHEL. Why? n Soybean production is projected at 3.6 billion bushels, down 47 million on a lower yield forecast of 47.9 bushels per acre. n Soybean supplies are reduced 2% on lower production and beginning stocks. n With soybean crush and exports unchanged, 2019-2020 ending stocks are projected at 640 million bushels, down 115 million from last month. n Changes for 2018-2019 include higher U.S. soybean exports, higher crush and lower ending stocks. Exports were increased 45 million bushels based on official trade data through July and indications from August export inspections, which were record high for the month. With crush raised 20 million bushels, ending stocks for 2018-2019 are projected at 1 billion bushels,

WHEAT: THE PROJECTED SEASONAVERAGE FARM PRICE OF $4.80 PER BUSHEL, DOWN 20 CENTS. Why? n Global wheat prices are expected to be restrained for the rest of the marketing year on greater 2019-2020 exportable supplies for several major U.S. competitors compared to last year. n The global outlook for wheat is for lower supplies, reduced consumption and exports and higher ending stocks. n Supplies were reduced primarily on lower production forecasts for Australia and Kazakhstan on continued dry conditions. Australia’s production is lowered 2 million tons to 19 million, mainly on the second consecutive year of drought in New South Wales and Queensland. n Despite a reduction this month in global supplies, 20192020 ending stocks are projected record large at 286.5 million tons with China comprising 51% of the total.

(2019-2020 marketing year) Total corn supply: 16.295 billion bushels Exports: 2.05 billion bushels Feed, residual use: 5.175 billion bushels Food, seed, industrial use: 6.88 billion bushels Ethanol and byproducts: 5.45 billion bushels Ending U.S. corn stocks: 2.190 billion bushels

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Preventing suicide: How to help at-risk farmers By Erica Quinlan

Suicide prevention resources

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INDIANAPOLIS — Suicide by the agricultural population is about 60% higher than suicide in the general population, according to Michael Rosmann, farmer and psychologist from Harlan, Iowa. Rosmann was the keynote speaker at the Rural Mental Health Symposium hosted by AgrIInstitute. He encouraged farmers to know the signs of mental health distress.

n National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call 1-800-273-8255 or text HOME to 741741 for free support 24 hours a day n American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: www.afsp.org n Veterans Crisis Line: www. veteranscrisisline.net

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Kelsey Steuer (from left), Indiana area director of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention; Amanda Everidge, KNOW THE SIGNALS Dangerous signals of excessive director of community health improvement at Hancock Regional Hospital; and Bill Field, professor of agriculture and stress, depression and suicide in- biological engineering at Purdue University, speak at a rural mental health symposium. clude: Anxiety, depression, family is- rector of American Foundation n When exposure to farm n Verbalizations about hopelessness. “It’s no use. Nothing I chemicals could have occurred. sues and behavioral health prob- for Suicide Prevention, encouraged people to value relationWhat can farmers do to help lems are resolvable. do works.” ships and connections. other distressed farmers? Visit n Verbalizations about loss of “Now that I know that suicide them and offer help, Rosmann 5 WAYS TO COPE WITH STRESS interest or pleasure in doing Certain behaviors help us deal can be prevented, it’s my life’s advised. things. “I haven’t laughed in a mission to help other people “Don’t leave them alone if with stress, including: long time.” and empower them,” she said. they appear suicidal,” he said. 1. Talking with people who n Dramatic statements and “We oftentimes hear, ‘I’m just a “Contact family members or oth- understand our dilemma and threats. “I feel like shooting all mom, a neighbor, a coach.’ But forming a support network. ers to share your concern. of my animals.” it’s within those relationships “Provide options for address- 2. Physical intimacy and comn Avoiding public events such that we have power. as church or meetings that they ing their concerns, such as con- forting touches. “It’s those relationships that sultants, visiting their physician, 3. Recreation and breaks away usually attend. are going to get people the help n Retreating behaviors and iso- attending community meetings from stressful environment. and seeking behavioral health 4. Prayer and meditation, in the that they need. It’s through that lation. outdoors or any comforting en- connection that we’ll be able to resources.” n Deterioration in appearance save lives.” Suicide is a permanent solu- vironment. or health of livestock, the farm Bill Field, project director at tion to an often temporary prob- 5. Interacting positively with or ranch and so forth. AgrAbility, hopes to see more lem, Rosmann reminded farm- pets and beloved animals. n Decline in personal appearKelsey Steuer, Indiana area di- farmers happy again. ers. ance from the usual.

FOSTER FROM PAGE ONE

“I saw hope at the end of it. I had a story of passion and desire to be in agriculture. It was a rollercoaster of emotions. I was fortunate to have people who helped me get through those emotions and changes in my behavior. Not everyone has

“In my observation, there are farmers out there where the music has died,” he said. “They’ve lost some of the joy associated with farming. I want to help them find places where they can be joyful again. “Last year, the AgrAbility program made onsite visits to 1,544 people in 25 states. All of them severely disabled in some way. Twenty percent are disabled veterans coming back to the farm. “We’ve found ways to help them readjust, to re-accommodate and bring joy back into their life. So, that what they’re doing gives them substance.” Learn more about AgrAbility at www.agrability.org. Erica Quinlan can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 193, or equinlan@agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan.

that opportunity.” Foster wants other farmers facing hard times to know there’s hope. “People in my situation should know that I’ve had a lot of happy moments since the worst thing I thought could happen happened,” he said of losing the farm. He now works as a full-time construction and ag sales representative at Bane-Welker Equipment.

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explodes, that’s OK. I hope it doesn’t, I don’t want to put hardship on the family, but I FROM PAGE ONE have good life insurance.” The time came for the family “I was getting very discouraged. to sell the farm. It was one of At this point, life was no fun. the hardest decisions he ever “You can’t describe the feelmade. ing of aloneness. I would look But it was the right decision, around, and it looked like evLeman said. eryone was doing good, except “Leaving the farm that night for me. You don’t sleep. A good (we sold the farm), my wife and night was three hours of sleep, I drove away crying,” he said. “I if I was lucky, and that was got a text from one of my boys with two Tylenol PMs. that said ‘Thanks Dad.’ “You do figures in your mind “Right there, it was worth 24 hours a day. You go to bed, it all. This difficult time, I and for me, even if I was sleepwouldn’t change it. We had 10 ing, those numbers were rolling years of working together, we through my mind.” had great memories.” Every morning, the Bible on The hardship taught Leman Leman’s desk reminded him that it’s OK to cry. that there was hope. He said that the struggles “That’s how I started my day,” made him a more compassionhe said. “That got me through. ate person. “But my health was deterio“This mental health issue, rating, my blood pressure was it’s real,” he said. “I don’t know about to explode… When you what all the answers are. think your family is better off “God is faithful. I encourage without you than with you, you folks, as you get opportunithat’s a bad spot to be in. ties to encourage someone, real“I really thought if my heart ize they feel like they’re alone.”

GOLDSTEIN FROM PAGE ONE

“Yes, we paid her. But it was somebody to communicate with. That was in 2010.” Goldstein also turned to his wife and herdsman to talk to in the hard times. He knew that if he lost the dairy, his employees would lose their jobs, too. It weighed heavily on him. “So, we fought hard,” he said. “The hardest thing is not to get angry. Especially when you have so many employees, you

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cannot show anger to them. “We made it through. In 2013, we built a whole different marketing plan for our milk. We chose security rather than going through the ups and downs. It seemed to work. “We’re still doing what we’re doing. We love what we’re doing. We make a little bit of money. It’s my story, but it’s not the end of the story.” Erica Quinlan can be reached at 800-426-9438, ext. 193, or equinlan@agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Quinlan.

considered that?” Amanda Everidge, director of community health improvement FROM PAGE ONE at Hancock Regional Hospital, also spoke about mental health at the symposium. HOW TO TALK ABOUT IT “Know that you don’t have Although it may feel like a to struggle alone,” she said. difficult subject to approach, “Reach out for help. If you you can start the conversation don’t know where to go, call us. in any number of ways: We’ll try to get you help, even if 1. Acknowledge what they’re going through. Example: “I know a lot you’re not in Hancock County. of people have to plant late this Know that you’re not alone, you year, which has got to be stress- are enough.” She encouraged people to ful. How are you holding up?” learn the five healthy habits of 2. Remind them of something emotional wellbeing: they’ve said, and express interest. Example: “I heard you say your 1. Take care: Eat well, sleep well and exercise. meeting with John was a disaster. Can you tell me about it?” 2. Check in: With family, friends 3. Share a habit that you’ve seen and counselors. change. Example: “I’ve noticed 3. Engage: You can’t be healthy you haven’t come to coffee for a emotionally if your relationlong time. Are you doing okay?” ships aren’t. 4. Don’t wait for them to ask. 4. Relax: Be active, meditate, garExample: “You seem to have den, dance, cook and sing. a lot on your mind. How can I 5. Know: Know the five signs of help?” emotional suffering. 5. If they’re willing to reach out, Learn more at www.acceleencourage them. Example: “I’ve ronsas.com/ResourceLibrary/ heard that talking to (a counPages/Farm-State-of-Mind.aspx selor, a doctor, a religious or or www.behealthy365.org. spiritual leader and so forth) can be really helpful. Have you Erica Quinlan

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Inspirational quotes decorate the tables at Healing the Heartland, a rural mental health symposium hosted by AgrIInstitute.

Raising mental health awareness By Erica Quinlan

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INDIANAPOLIS — Businesses, nonprofits and communities are coming together to provide mental health resources to Indiana residents. There are many ways to make a difference to those facing internal struggles. “You can help raise awareness, attend events, have conversations and educate yourself,” said Amanda Everidge, director of community health improvement at Hancock Regional Hospital, at the Rural Mental Health Symposium. “Open yourself up to transparency and not just blocking it off and trying to go on this journey alone. “Know that Indiana has a System of Care initiative. There are teams that are dedicated to improving mental health and raising awareness in 80-some of our 92 counties. If you have not looked into that in your community, find it. Join it.” Other views at the symposium:

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“There’s a time period between noticing that something is amiss to being able to seek mental health services. So, what do we do in that lag time? We need our community. We need people to be empowered, to understand and have the knowledge to recognize some of these symptoms.” Angela Sorg, DeKalb County health and human sciences educator PURDUE EXTENSION

“This was a really tough year. A lot of growers didn’t get their fields planted. A lot of them went to prevent plant. Not only that, we’re looking at trade issues and commodity prices. That creates a lot of stress.” Kelly Crabtree, adviser BAYER CROP SCIENCE

vious forecast and down 20% from last year. Based on conditions as of FROM PAGE ONE Sept. 1, the nation’s yields are expected to average 47.9 bushILLINOIS SOYBEAN YIELD els per harvested acre, down Based on Sept. 1 conditions, 0.6 bushel from the previous the Illinois soybean yield is forecast and down 3.7 bushels forecast at 53 bushels per acre, from 2018. Area harvested for down 12 bushels from 2018 beans is forecast at 75.9 million and 2 lower than the August acres, unchanged from the preestimate. Production is forecast vious forecast but down 14% at 527 million bushels, down from 2018. 25% from 2018. Illinois’ planted area is esti- USDA CROP COMMENTS mated at 10 million acres, down The Sept. 1 corn objective 7% from last year. Harvested yield data indicate the lowest area, forecast at 9.94 million number of ears since 2012 for acres, is down 8% from 2018. the combined 10 objective yield states — Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, U.S. SOYBEAN YIELD Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, U.S. soybean production for Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota beans is forecast at 3.63 billion and Wisconsin. bushels, down 1% from the preThe September objective

“One way we help navigate customers through those emotions is to meet with them, let them know it’s not us against them. We’re on the same team. We’re here to help navigate them through it, and we want to see them become successful family farms. For me, it’s being patient and boosting morale, while staying honest and true.” Ashley Harker, senior credit operations officer FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF MID-AMERICA

How can I help?

n Join a national network of farm advocates through the Farm Advocate Link: www. farmaid.org/our-work/farmadvocate-link n Participate in a Mental Health First Aid training and learn how to help those in crisis: https:// extension.purdue.edu/mhfa

yield data for the combined 11 major soybean-producing states — Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio and South Dakota — indicate a lower pod count compared with the previous year. Compared with final counts for 2018, pod counts are down in 10 of the 11 published states. Ohio showed the greatest decrease, down 647 pods per 18 square feet from the previous year. The only increase from the 2018 final pod count is expected in Kansas. 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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GM recalls 3.8M pickups, SUVs to fix brake problem By Tom Krisher AP AUTO WRITER

DETROIT (AP) — Under pressure from the federal government, General Motors is recalling nearly 3.8 million big pickup trucks and SUVs in the United States and Canada to fix a brake problem. There have been 113 reports of crashes and 13 injuries related to the problem, according to GM. The recall covers Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 light-duty pickups from the 2014 through 2018 model years. Also included are the Cadillac Escalade from 2015 to 2017 and the GMC Yukon and Chevy Suburban and Tahoe from 2015 through 2018. GM said that as it ages, the pump in the power-assist brakes can put out less vacuum power than needed, increasing stopping distance and the risk of a crash. The company is recalling 3.46 million vehicles in the United States, and it recalled another 310,000 in

Canada back in June. GM said global numbers for the recall weren’t available. Dealers will recalibrate the electronic brake control module at no cost to customers. Owners were to be notified starting Sept. 6. NHTSA, the government’s road safety agency, began investigating the problem in November of last year after getting 111 complaints from owners of poor brake performance. At the time the agency had nine reports of crashes that had caused two injuries. GM said the problems occur rarely and mostly at low speeds like driving in parking lots. Even with the problem, the brakes “continue to function and exceed the requirements of the appropriate federal motor vehicle safety standard,” GM spokesman Dan Flores said. The vacuum pump is lubricated with engine oil that flows through a filter screen. In some of the trucks, oil sludge or other debris can clog the screen, reducing oil flow and caus-

ing the pump’s vacuum output to drop, Flores said. The trucks, he said, have a secondary power brake assist system which works when there are problems with the main system, but it is limited at lower speeds. The reprogramming will activate the secondary system faster. GM isn’t replacing the pumps because pump failures are rare and already are covered by an extended warranty.

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Seed selection considerations for 2020 growing season suring stick for making hybrid selections. In 2019, this is no After the diďŹ&#x192;cult 2019 grow- exception. ing season, farmers are looking Be cognizant, however, when ahead to 2020. The extreme analyzing your data, to put conditions farmers endured this it into perspective given the year factor into the seed-deciunique and extreme challenges sion equation for 2020. we faced this year. Consider Wet spring conditions delayed production management and planting in many areas, causing environmental issues that some farmers to switch to short- plagued the entire 2019 grower-maturity hybrids. After exing season. cess rains early on, conditions Yield is usually the most imthen turned hot and dry, result- portant consideration, but it is ing in stress during tasseling, also important to evaluate how pollination and ear ďŹ ll. a hybrid or variety performed Fields planted later experirelative to speciďŹ c weather conenced nitrogen stress resulting ditions. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why it is helpful from early wet conditions, folto take detailed notes during lowed by disease pressure and the season. some incidence of ear molds. Document information And now late-season standabil- about weather events, changes ity is likely be a concern. in environmental conditions during the growing season, THE ROLE OF ON-FARM DATA planting notes, fertilizer appliAnalyzing multiyear data cations, pest control, rainfall, related to hybrid performance heat units and so forth as all has always been a good meathese factors lead to hybrid By Andy Robinson

performance and, ultimately, yield. Analyze the data thoroughly, but objectively and avoid making assumptions. If a hybrid didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t perform well in 2019, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t jump to conclusions and remove it from consideration for 2020. Rather, dig deep to make an informative determination of why it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do well. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to blame the hybrid or variety when yield falls short of expectations, yet there are likely several contributing factors. A short diďŹ&#x20AC;erence in planting time or tillage or even a minor variance in fertilizer application can aďŹ&#x20AC;ect yield. Add to that environmental factors, and you have a prescription for yield variance that can be dramatic. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean, however, that a speciďŹ c hybrid or variety should be axed based on disappointing yield performance

alone. Track performance records from previous years and factor in conditions during each of those years to make an informed decision based on in-depth recordkeeping and analysis. In addition to selecting hybrids with a history of consistent yield results and tolerance for whatever Mother Nature throws at them, choosing an appropriate trait package will help to preserve the genetic yield potential of the hybrid. While there are situations where conventional corn makes sense, fully analyze treatment costs and yield impacts when making the decision. Consider a mix of hybrids and varieties with a history of consistent high yield performance, tolerance to a gamut of weather conditions, as well as varying maturity dates to help space out the harvest window.

DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T GO IT ALONE Seed selection is one of the most important agronomic decisions farmers make every season. Yet, too often, decisions about the next year are often made based solely on experience from the most recent season. Your local retail team or seed dealer is the best resource for making sense of options available. They will know your farm and know which hybrids best ďŹ t within various environmental challenges and how they perform within speciďŹ c geographies.

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A Purdue University student works on a seed research project in the Indiana Corn and Soybean Innovation Center, which opened in August 2016 at the Agronomy Center for Research and Education. Now three years later, the one-of-akind facility is making strides in the digital agriculture industry. Today, the lab is being used for soybean breeding and row spacing research projects, sorghum test plots and research and drought tolerant studies. The innovation center soon will be getting a rainout shelter, which will allow researchers to collect data on drought tolerance, even when it’s raining, by providing cover to plants. Several new projects already under construction at the center will be unveiled in the coming months.

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Jason Henderson, Purdue University College of Agriculture senior associate dean and director of Purdue Extension, discusses digital skills ag employees will need to succeed.

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WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — As the agriculture industr y continues to change over the years and become more digital, the next generation workforce must adapt to digital agriculture and develop skills that will help them succeed. Jason Henderson, Purdue University College of Agriculture senior associate dean and director of Purdue Extension, said it used to be that important qualities that companies in the agriculture industries were looking for in employees were hard workers, employees that would be on time and be professional. “Now, companies are thinking about technology, and jobs require the knowledge of digital agriculture,” said Henderson, adding it is important to begin developing a digital agriculture workforce and training students to have skills companies need. Henderson said an important part of developing a digital agriculture is data collection and data management, data visualization and data decision making. Q Data collection and data management: This category includes sending drones up to collect data for research and other projects. Q Data visualization: Observing the information obtained. Q Data decision making: This involves matching data from unmanned aerial vehicles with other agriculture data. Henderson said with the information gathered from those three categories, Purdue Extension can help create case studies with the goal of using them in winter programming and teaching students in a classroom setting.

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But now they also are trying to determine what other gases are accumulating in the air. He said the process to determine the amount of nitrogen emitted in the environment used to take 100 to 200 days before the incorporation of digital agriculture and technology, but he now is hoping in the near future they will be able to have results and data on the amount of nitrogen emitted within one day. Ashley Langreck

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Nielsen said there are other opportunities in digital agriculture for the use of drones besides flying corn and soybean fields, including collecting data on tree stand counts and other Extensionrelated practices. “It can be real depressing when flying because I can still see a number of dead ash trees from emerald ash borer,” he said.

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From The Fields FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD. THE BOLD FAVOR AGRIGOLD. Crops are thirsty

week on Sept. 25, we will have information regarding the state The farmcorn husking competition, and house framing we will have a wood husking project is comwagon on display at Davenport ing along. We Precision Planting and Seed finished the open house and customer apsheathing of preciation dinner. first-story walls Friday after work, I decided and built the to take advantage of the low interior walls. We set floor joists humidity and high winds. and subflooring for the second After double-checking a coustory and plan to have all the ple weather forecasts, it was walls up by Monday afternoon. all clear for next four days. Six And then we will start on the hours later as I finished cutting garage. The trusses are ordered hay at 2 a.m., the stars were out and will be ready to go in a couand air was cold and crisp. By ple weeks. Saturday, AccuWeather foreExtremely dry field condicasted less than a tenth of an tions with temperatures in the inch of rain for Sunday morning. upper 80s with high humidity Saturday provided excellent dryleft it feeling more like 90 in ing conditions. The windrows the shade. Crops appear to be a bit thirsty as rapid changes in were so thin I raked five on one. It reminded me of 1988, where soybean leaves were more nowe raked 17 windrows on one, ticeable. Those with irrigation but that was with a bar rake. units were sprinkling daily all I started raking five on one at week as the heat kept drying things back out. All of the corn 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon, and Simon Monhaut baled all of is dented, and ears are starting the fourth cutting into 3’x4’x5’ to hang down as they mature. square bales. Dad and I lined Thursday as I drove to Brent the bales up for the bale wrapand Ashley Reed’s farm in per Saturday night, but a heavy Nappanee, the clouds grew line of storms popped up over dark and the winds picked up. Illinois at 3 a.m. Sunday, so we A small dark red cell on radar hovered over a small area south decided to load bales back onto a wagon and put them in a shed of U.S. 6, leaving properties to keep them dry until they with wind and large hail damwould be wrapped by Jackson ages. Fortunately, this storm Jones on Sunday afternoon. We stayed northeast of us and received an inch of rain Sunday. didn’t interfere with the cusClay Geyer tomer appreciation dinner and tour of the Axis field plots. Next BREMEN

L E A R N M O R E AT A G R I G O L D B E B O L D . C O M

Bring on harvest These weeks seem to be flying past faster than they ever have. As they say, life is rough getting old. We had a productive week going in multiple different directions. We were able to wrap up our project in Muncie. That job was not complicated. Just takes longer because of the commute to the site. We also got a drainage ditch drained for the local county surveyor. That is a stinky job, dealing with all the rotten cornstalks, which all of us as farmers need to do a better job of keeping that stuff out of our ditches and streams. It cost a lot of money to remove and clean up and does all a lot more good in the field and not in the water. We surveyed more prevent plant ground for installing tile. We are definitely not used to surveying in that tall of grass. Might have overheated my Jeep from a completely plugged radiator. We almost finished hauling wheat out. Hopefully, we can wrap that up early this coming week. The anticipation of fall is building. The corn is turning quickly and our one variety of beans are turning quickly also. Harvest will be here before we’re ready, I

think. Still hopeful to nose into some corn before the end of the month. It’s been plenty warm, but I don’t want to complain considering some of the weather guys are dealing with out west. Once again, lots of farms are dealing with unfortunate circumstances that will have a very serious impact on their farms this year from weather. I heard of a farming accident out west where a father was killed already. As we all head into a very busy time for everyone, let’s all get in the habit and teach our help to get out and look. It doesn’t take us that long and would be good for us all to get out of the seat to check on stuff. A quick walk-around could save a life. Especially with any operation that has small children around, please be aware and don’t take chances. Everyone be safe out there, and I hope we all are surprised by the blessings we find. James Ramsey

had a few hiccups, but those are all ironed out going forward. Now we are ready for the next Monday, where we will begin in earnest with the majority of the corn crop. My three-day glamping trip was awesome. We planned the 2020 events, brainstormed, laughed until our sides hurt and had some outrageously delicious food. It was such a positive experience that brought us all closer, so we can work as a unified unit on promoting and educating our city friends and Farm Bureau family. It has been incredibly hot this week, and it looks to be a repeat next week. I told my son-in-law it was too early to close the pool on Labor Day, but I sure didn’t expect how right I would be. New Harmony Kunstfest is coming up Sept. 21 and 22. It offers lots of good food, a parade, crafts, music and more. Remember: There is nothing worth risking your life in a grain bin. We lost a friend and ARLINGTON saved a friend in Posey County over the last two years. Think Be safe out there about who you would be leaving Well, Mark behind if you made the wrong won and we decision. There are lots of bins did indeed start filled with last year’s crop that have crusted over. Don’t think on Monday. Moisture ranged it would never happen to me. Until next week, be safe in all from 24% to 20%, but the big you do. surprise was the Sheryl Seib POSEYVILLE test weight at 62 pounds. We

Purdue scientists show how soybeans may get more nitrogen from atmosphere WEST LAFAYET TE, Ind. — Plant breeders could theoretically increase soybean crop yields if they could control the number of nodules on plant roots since they are responsible for fixing atmospheric nitrogen. Increased crop yield is key to feeding a global population expected to surpass 9 billion people by 2050. In the journal Science, Jianxin Ma, a professor in Purdue University’s Department of Agronomy, and colleagues report a potential method for increasing nodule formation based on discoveries tied to the RNA in

rhizobia, soil-borne bacteria essential to root nodule formation. They describe how rhizobia hijack soybean genes that would otherwise suppress nodule formation. The findings offer scientists genetic targets for new soybean lines that could get even more of their necessary nitrogen from the atmosphere. “People tend to add fertilizer nitrogen to increase soybean yield, but that is not an economical solution because the fertilizer represses nodule formation. To increase the plant’s yield potential, it is important to

increase the efficiencies of nodulation and nitrogen fixation,” Ma said. “We’ve demonstrated that rhizobia can produce small RNAs to interfere with the function of soybean genes. Controlling these processes could increase the amount of atmospheric nitrogen a legume could fix and improve yields.” Ma’s team found that soybeans have genes that repress nodule formation. Rhizobia silence those genes with small RNAs, short nucleotide sequences that dismantle the genetic codes in the nodule-suppressing soybean

genes. “Small RNAs chop the messenger RNAs (mRNAs) that carry the codes from those soybean genes, and as a result the capability of the genes to generate functional products (i.e., proteins) is reduced or turned off,” Ma said. These small RNAs are produced from a few transfer RNAs (tRNAs) in rhizobia. Typically, tRNAs help decode an mRNA sequence into a protein. These rhizobial tRNAs produce short RNA chains that hijack the soybean genes, representing a novel function of tRNAs.

A set of approaches, including CRISPR gene-editing technology, validated the findings. When the small RNAs were blocked from affecting the soybean genes, the plants developed fewer root nodules. When the soybean genes were knocked out, the plants developed more nodules. By taking advantage of these findings, plant breeders could develop soybeans and other legumes that can fix more atmospheric nitrogen. That could lead to higher yields and minimize the amount of fertilizer nitrogen that needs to be added to a field.

From the Field with AgriGold: 8 Steps for Creating a Roadmap to 300-Bushel Corn While achieving average corn yields of 300 bushels per acre (BPA) isn’t typical, it is possible for today’s most progressive growers. In fact, AgriGold Agronomy Manager Mike Kavanaugh has experienced it on multiple occasions through customer fields and research plots. “High-yielding corn is the result and reward of constant planning, implementation and management. It also requires the right attitude and willingness to work through the challenges of changing production practices. Many growers want high yields, but are not willing to adapt and change,” said Kavanaugh. Those who are seeking ways to develop a roadmap to higher yields should start by paying attention to these eight critical steps: 1. Select the right fields and soils. Kavanaugh suggests starting with two fields that include some of your highest yielding soils. 2. Eliminate soil compaction. While 300 BPA corn can be achieved in any tillage situation, it’s important to rid soils of compaction. This includes making sure the seed zone is free of compression from down pressure or closing wheels during planting. 3. Identify drainage and irrigation needs. Corn must have good drainage to hit on all cylinders throughout the season. It also needs an adequate water supply. Finding the right balance with water is key to top plant performance. 4. Keep soil fertility high yet balanced. Growers who produce 300 BPA corn on large scale have a solid fertility plan. Make sure soil pH and nutrients are in line on soil tests and removal rates support highperforming crops. If close to animal production, seek out manure to utilize as part of your plan. 5. Choose proper genetics and traits. Understand the

different environments across your farm and choose seed packages that fit. Always protect with good, solid seed treatment. 6. Strive for even emergence. This means getting the depth and spacing right. Generally, 2-inch planting depth is a good rule of thumb along with planting corn into a warming trend of four to six days. This allows plants to emerge at same time, grow together throughout the season and maximize ear development on every plant. 7. Spoon feed the crop. Build on your high-fertility foundation with starter fertilizer. Utilize in-furrow, 2x2 or even 2x2x2 systems accordingly. Understand how nitrogen works in the soil. Use sidedress and fertigation techniques. Consider Y dropping throughout the season to deliver nitrogen, sulfur, zinc, boron and other nutrients at appropriate times. 8. Utilize foliar fungicides. According to Kavanaugh, foliar fungicides are essential to the equation when it comes to 300 BPA corn. He recommends applying during the VT time frame or soon after with the potential for multiple applications due to disease pressure. The type of fungicide is also critical so consult with your dealer to determine the most efficient products. Two final tips for success include using tools like Advantage Acre® to navigate weather and building an expert team. “Advantage Acre features a growth cycle timeline that allows us to put season-long management practices in place based on long range and in-season weather forecasts,” said Kavanaugh. “Growers who hit the 300 BPA yield goal surround themselves with a team of advisors, so every step is achieved to perfection.” Visit agrigold.com.

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AUCTIONS

Auction Calendar Tues., Sept. 24

Langham Auctioneers Inc., 618-410-6286. See p. B1

LYNNVILLE, IND.: 53 +/Acres & Home, 6 p.m. CDT, Johny Ray Auction & Realty, 812-598-3936. MERCER & VAN WERT COUNTIES, OHIO & ADAMS COUNTY, IND.: 501 +/- Acres in 15 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Schumm Farms, Inc., Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

Fri., Oct. 4

MONROVIA, IND.: Large Public Auction, 9 a.m., Ted Everett & Kurt Everett, 317996-3929. See p. B2

Sat., Oct. 5

WATSEKA, ILL.: Estate Auction, 9 a.m., Estate of Marvin Perzee, Mowrey Auction Co., Inc., 815-8894191. See p. B1 LEWISBURG, KY.: 385 +/Acres in 14 Tracts, 10 a.m., Woodall Dairy Farms, Robert L. Blackford, 270725-0136. See p. B1

Wed., Sept. 25

TERRE HAUTE, IND.: 30 +/Acres, 2 p.m., Dunford/ Campbell, Johnny Swalls, 812-495-6119. BOONE COUNTY, IND.: 36.43 +/- Acres, 6:30 p.m., Jewell A. Haskett Estate, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

Thurs., Oct. 10

BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, IND.: 130 +/- Acres in 2 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Betty Pittman, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

Thurs., Sept. 26

LANGHAMAUCTIONEERS. HIBID.COM: Online Only Retirement Auction, bidding ends 9/26 @ 6 p.m., Randy Hamel Farm,

Tues., Oct. 15

ROCHESTER, IND.: 541.3 +/- Acres in 9 Tracts, 6

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019 | B1 p.m. EST, Cummins Farms Rochester, Inc., Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company, Inc., 800-4512709.

Wed., Oct. 16

WEST LAFAYETTE, IND.: 118.5 +/- Acres in 3 Tracts, 6 p.m. EST, Cummins Farms Rochester, Inc., Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company, Inc., 800-4512709.

Thurs., Nov. 7

CLAY CITY, IND.: 100 Acres, 2 p.m., Donald L. Fields & Brenda S. French, Johnny Swalls, 812-495-6119. See p. B1 HUNTINGTON COUNTY, IND.: 203 +/- Acres in 5 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Sycamore Ridge Farms, Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800-424-2324.

Mon., Nov. 11

TIPTON COUNTY, IND.: 124 +/- Acres in 2 Tracts, 6:30 p.m., Norma L. Stewart Revocable Trust. Halderman Real Estate & Farm Management, 800424-2324.

EPA repeals WOTUS Water rule was opposed by farm groups By John Flesher

AP ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER

T R AV E R S E C I T Y, Mich. (AP) — The Trump administration is revoking an Obama-era regulation that shielded many U.S. wetlands and streams from pollution but was opposed by developers and farmers who said it hurt economic development and infringed on property rights. Even before the official announcement, environmental groups blasted the administration’s action, the latest in a series of moves to roll back environmental protections put into place under former President Barack Obama. The Waters of the United States rule being revoked defines which waterways are subject to federal regulation. “This action officially ends an egregious power grab and sets the stage for a new rule that will provide much-needed regulatory certainty for farmers, home builders and property owners nationwide,” Environmental Protection Agency chief A ndrew Wheeler and R.D. James, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, wrote in a column pub-

lished Sept. 12 by the Des Moines Register. Since enactment of the Clean Water Act in 1972, the federal government has gone beyond protection of navigable waterways and their major tributaries to assert jurisdiction over “isolated ponds and channels that flow only after it rains,” the officials wrote. “As the definition expanded, so too has Washington’s power over private property and the states’ traditional authority to regulate their land and water resources,” they said. EXECUTIVE ORDER President Donald Trump had ordered the agencies to develop a replacement policy that has a more restrictive definition of protected wetlands and streams, leaving fewer subject to federal protection. Environmentalists say the move would leave millions of Americans with less safe drinking water and allow damage of wetlands that prevent flooding, filter pollutants and provide habitat for a multitude of fish, waterfowl and other wildlife. The Natural Resources Defense Council said the Trump administration’s action would be challenged in court. “The Clean Water Rule represented solid science and smart public policy,” it said in a statement.

WOODALL DAIRY FARMS – LEWISBURG, KY 385+/- ACRES IN 14 TRACTS – COMBINATIONS – TOTAL – AUCTION SALE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5th – 10:00 AM HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE ROW CROPLAND – GRASSLAND – 1 HOME – TRACTS FROM 1+/- ACRE to 145+/- ACRES – BARN – FRONTAGE ON 3 ROADS – BETWEEN LEWISBURG & RUSSELLVILLE, KY 1743 ANDERSON STORE ROAD, LEWISBURG, KY

“Where it has been enforced, it has protected important waterways and wetlands, providing certainty to all stakeholders.” But Don Parrish, congressional relations director for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the 2015 regulation that extended federal protection to many U.S. wetlands and waterways created uncertainty about where farmers could cultivate land. “It would be great if farmers didn’t have to hire an army of consultants and lawyers just to be able to farm,” he said. Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota said the Obama rule was “an unconstitutional power grab that did nothing to advance good water management.”

DIRECTIONS: From Russellville, KY take KY 79 North to Anderson Store Road – turn left Tracts 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10/11 on left – Continue on Anderson Store Road to Sharp Garden Road – turn left for Tracts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 14 – Then turn right on Union Grove Road for Tracts 12 & 13. The Woodall family has been in the dairy business for over 60 years and this land has furnished high quality hay and silage to over 600 Registered Holstein milking cows, as well as 100s of heifers and steers. The dairy herd was dispersed in April 2019 and the heifers are being placed in dairy operations throughout the U.S. as they reach calving stages. If you are looking for high quality land, then you cannot afford to miss this Auction. All Tracts front Anderson Store Road, Sharp Garden Road or Union Grove Road. Only minutes to Lewisburg, Morgantown, or Russellville, KY. Approximately 1 hour to Owensboro, KY or Nashville, TN. - Call your lender today or Robert L. Blackford for financing. Be Ready to Buy 1 Tract or the Entire Farm! - TRACT #1 – 14.29+/- Acres – This tract fronts Sharp Garden Road and is mostly cropland with some woods. - TRACT #2 – 8.91+/- Acres – This tract fronts Sharp Garden Road and is mostly cropland with very little woods. - TRACT #3 – 16.51+/- Acres – This tract has it all, cropland, grassland and some woods. Would make a great combination with Tract 6 on Anderson Store Road and maybe even put Tracts 7 & 8 with it. This tract fronts Sharp Garden Road. -TRACT #4 – 80.25+/- Acres – This tract is mostly cropland, small amount of grassland and woods. Fronts Sharp Garden Road. - TRACT #5 – 6.89+/- Acres – Great Combo with Tract 4. Fronts Sharp Garden Road. - TRACT #6 – 29.17+/- Acres – Fronts Anderson Store Road. Would be ideal to combo with several tracts – mostly cropland. -TRACT #7 – 1+/- Acre – Fronts Anderson Store Road with a 2 bedroom, 1 bath home. Very eye-catching – will have new roof installed prior to Auction – Would combo with Tract 8 for a nice horse farm. -TRACT 8 – 23.34+/- Acres – Fronts Anderson Store Road – features nice stock barn – mostly fenced – ready for the horses or cows – some grass and cropland. - TRACT #9 – 5.18+/- Acres – Super nice tract – in grass – would go great with Tract 8 or 10 – Fronts Anderson Store Road. - TRACTS #10 & 11 – 144.89+/- Acres – will be sold together as Tract 11 does not have road frontage. This is a super – super tract – some woods – grassland and mostly cropland. You will love this tract – Fronts Anderson Store Road. - TRACT # 12 – 14.53+/- Acres – Features small shed – all in grass – pond – mostly fenced – Fronts Union Grove Road. - TRACT #13 – 20.71+/- Acres – This is a tract everyone will like – over 12+/- Acres in C.R.P and will come out in September, 2020. Will pay new owner approximately $2,100.00 and Buyer will be required to leave in C.R.P. for the less than 1 year period. NO EXCEPTIONS. Balance in grass – Fronts Union Grove Road. - TRACT #14 – 20.217+/- Acres – Cropland – wooded – very nice small tract – lots of potential – Fronts Sharp Garden Road. - NOTE: ALL TRACTS WILL BE SOLD FROM 1743 ANDERSON STORE ROAD LOCATION - LAND: Pick & Choice – Sells by the Acre - TRACTS 7 & 8 sells by the Dollar. - 3% Increase to Combine. - C.R.P. Land – Buyer must agree to leave in C.R.P. until end of contract. NO EXCEPTIONS. - LEAD PAINT: Any home built prior to 1978 could contain lead base paint. If potential purchaser requires lead base paint inspection, at their expense, it must be completed prior to October 4, 2019 at 5:00 P.M. Purchaser will be required to sign lead base paint waiver prior to purchase contract. - TERMS: 15% non-refundable deposit day of auction, balance on or before 30 days with deed. Bank Letter of Guarantee with business or personal check. A 10% BUYER’S PREMIUM will be added to final bid to determine purchase price. - POSSESSION: Home is rented – Possibly vacant by sale day – Grassland on deed - Cropland on Harvest of 2019 crop. All property offered in “AS IS” “WHERE IS” condition. It shall be the responsibility of all potential buyers to inspect prior to bidding and all bidders shall bid or buy based upon that inspection. Neither the seller, agent, auctioneer nor representatives shall be liable for any relief, including damages, rescission, information, allowance for adjustments based on the failure of the property to conform to any specific standard or expectations, or any third party documents or information. All announcements made day of auction take precedence over all printed or oral information.

For Information, Plats, Brochure contact Robert L. Blackford, Auctioneer at – 270-725-0136

Estate of Marvin Perzee Sharon Perzee, administrator Saturday, October 5th, 2019 9:00 CST (Machinery to sell at 11:00)

Auction to be held at Iroquois County Fairgrounds

SELLING REGARDLESS OF PRICE! ONLINE ONLY WWW.LANGHAMAUCTIONEERS.HIBID.COM Seller Retirement: Randy Hamel Farm

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cin 30% Tractors: Case IH 260 Magnum, InterDue a g Availab le t Au national 5288 and Case IH 9250 4WD. 70% Defe ction Combine: Case IH 2366, Case IH 2208 April rred until Must 1 Corn Head and 1020-25 Flex Head. have , 2020 prior appro Planters: International 5100 Grain Drill val and Case IH Model 1255 Early Riser Planter 12-30. Tillage: Sunflower Model 4211-14 Disc Chisel, Case IH 25’ Tigermate 200 Field Cultivator, 31’ Case IH 340 Tandem Disc, Case International Model 183 Cultivator and Rotary Hoe. Trucks: IH4700 Grain Truck, IH S1700 Grain Truck and Scottsdale 20 Chevy Pickup Truck. Misc.: Woods Model 3180 Batwing Mower, J & M Header Transport, Gravity Wagon and Smidley Feeder.

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100 ACRE LAND AUCTION

Donald L. Fields and Brenda S. French will offer, for sale, at auction, 100 acres with 92.48 acres tillable m/l in Owen County If not sold prior to auction, the sale will be on

Thursday, November 7th, 2019 @ 2:00 P.M.

Auction Location: Clay City Fire House Jswalls.com This Real Estate in Owen County has a high and dry remote building site - you can farm your 92.48-acre front yard. This property is located on Denmark Road. This won’t last long, so please call Johnny today!! BUYER MAY PURCHASE PRIOR TO AUCTION!

Phone: 812-495-6119 Email: auctions@jswalls.com AUCTIONEER/BROKER: JOHNNY SWALLS AU01026257, RB14033902

TRACTORS ‘02 JD 8320 #P006884 18.4-46 W/ DUALS MFWD 14.9-34 FRT FENDERS 3HYD TL Q HITCH 1 SET 1500 LB REAR WTS 3382 HRS ‘97 JD 8300 #P012517 18.4-46 W/ DUALS 4HYD TL Q-HITCH 1 SET 450 REAR WTS MFWD 380 85-R34 12 FRT WTS FRT FENDERS DELCAB 3540 HRS ‘76 JD 4430 #63018 CAH QUAD 18.438 5525 HRS ‘67 JD 4020 DIESEL #148446 18.4-34 WF DIFLOC 1 HYD 2021 HRS ‘66 JD 4020 GAS #122573 18.4-34 WF W/JD 148 LDR W/JOYSTICK 6197 HRS ‘18 CIH 45 #ADE22309 CAH CFWD W/CSH L350 LDR JOYSTICK 10 HRS CVT ‘18 WORKSAVER Q-ATTACH HYD SNOWBLADE 7’ IH H TRACTOR #370845 W/WOODS L306 MOWER HARVESTING: ‘13 CIH 5130 #Y0G010394 800-R32 2WD 540-65R30 FT RT CHOPPER ELEC BIN RED LEATHER INT PRO 700 MONITOR 571/413 HRS ‘15 CIH 4406 6R30” YFH631791 KNIFE ROLLS HYD ROLLERS STALK STOMPERS KILLBROS 1800 GRAIN CART #D20670101 30.5-32

TILLAGE ‘09 CIH 1250 12R30’ PLANTER NT #Y95007617 CCS ROWCLEANERS PNEUMATIC DP HYD DRIVE AMVAC INSECT COOLERS W/ PTO PUMP PRO 600 MONITOR LIKE NEW JD 512 7X DISC RIPPER #14627 HYD FOLD REAR GANG KEWANEE 24’ FF MULCHER CIH 183 12R S-TINE CULT JD 980 34’ F CULT #17892 5 BAR SPIKE HARROW LANDOLL 7431-26 VT #74A1304144 W/ BASKET HYD BERVAC 19’ CULT VEHICLES ‘98 MACK E7-427 DAYCAB SEMI MACK 427 ENG MACK 9 SPD TRANS ALUM WHEELS AIR RIDE 542,880 MILES ‘08 WILSON 40’ HOPPER BOTTOM AIR RIDE ALUM WHEELS ROLL TARP LIKE NEW FORD F-350 1 TON DUALLY FLATBED TRUCK 4X4 5 SPD MANUAL TRANS 54775 MILES VERY NICE 5X8 TRAILER W/GATE 4X7 ALUM TRAILER W/GATE SHROCK BROS 2 AXLE TRAILER W/500 GAL TANK & TOOL BOXES ‘18 KUBOTA RTV 500 GAS #30595 4X4 23HRS

‘16 RED BUMPER HITCH TRAILER ‘04 LINCOLN LIMITED TOWN CAR 4-DOOR V8 ENG V-NICE 210,045 MILES GOAT TRAILER ANTIQUES OLIVER 60 RESTORED W/FENDERS OLIVER SUPER 77 RESTORED W/ FENDERS OLIVER SUPER 55 REPAINTED JD HOIST WAGON ON JD GEAR WOOD FLARE BOX WAGON W/ OAT SEEDER RESTORED FLARE BOX WAGON HORSE DRAWN 1R CULT KUIPERS OLIVER SIGN (GILMAN) MISCELLANEOUS WOODS BW 1800 15’ 1000 PTO LIKE NEW JD 7’ 3PT REAR BLADE IH #60 15’ SHREDDER 8’ LAWN MOWER TRAILER JD 350 9’ SICKLE MOWER WOODS 3PT MOWER 540 PTO 48” LAWN ROLLER JD 400 30’ ROTARY HOE END TRANSPORT HITCHDOC 2 BOX SEED TOTE W/SCALE NEVER USED ORANGE WAGON ELITE HOT WATER WASHER AGRITEK OS-96 3PT LAND LEVELER

200 GAL PULL TYPE SPRAYER 2-20’ FLAT WAGON ON BRADFORD GEAR NURSE TANK RUNNING GEAR 2-AXLE 6”X45’ PTO AUGER OVER 50 YEARS OF FARMING & COLLECTING, THE SHEDS ARE FULL. SEVERAL WAGON LOADS OF GOODIES. MORE TO UNCOVER AS WE CLEAN OUT THE SHEDS Auction is to be held at Iroquois County Fairgrounds. This was Marvin’s second home, and it is a great honor to auction these items here. Marvin was very particular and all machinery is in excellent condition with the best of care and maintenance. Please attend this auction in support of the Perzee family & for an opportunity to purchase some GREAT equipment. JD equipment was sold & serviced by AHW Melvin. CIH equipment was sold and serviced by Stollers. Visit our website, www.mowreyauction.com, for pictures. Call Jon at 815-471-4191 for more information.

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B2 Friday, September 20, 2019

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LARGE PUBLIC AUCTION • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019

Twenty Miles West of Indianapolis, Indiana, on Interstate 70 To State Road 39, (exit 59)-Then ½ Mile South To Sale Site At:

Ted Everett Farm Equipment

ABSOLUTE AUCTION, EVERYTHING SELLS, NO CONSIGNMENTS *Three Auction Rings - Two Starting at 9:00 am* First Ring: Compact Tractors, Industrial, Farm Equipment • Second Ring: Golf Carts, Lawn & Garden, ATV’s & Misc. • Third Ring: Starts at 12:30 pm OUTSIDE - Vehicles & Misc. TRACTORS: JD 8570, 6125 HRS; JD 8335RT, 1480 HRS; JD 7700, 7683 HRS; JD 7410 POWER QUAD, MFWD, SELF-LEVELING LDR; JD 7230 W/ CAB, 2WD, 900 HRS; JD 6300L W/ LDR, MFWD, 5695 HRS; JD 6170 W/ LDR, MFWD, FORKS, BUCKET, FRONT & REAR WEIGHTS, 4 REMOTES, 1542 HRS; JD 5520 W/ CAB, 2WD, LDR READY, 3082 HRS; JD 5320 W/ CAB, LDR, MFWD; JD 5093E W/ LDR, MFWD, 3771 HRS; JD 5075E, 223 HRS; JD 4760 W/ DUALS; JD 4720 W/ LDR & DECK; JD 4650, PS, DUALS, 9605 HRS; JD 4555, MFWD, DUALS, 7592 HRS; JD 4520; JD 4450, POWER SHIFT, 3 REMOTES, 8390 HRS; (2) JD 4230, OPEN STATION, QUAD RANGE; JD 4020, PROPANE; JD 2750 W/ LDR; JD 2520 W/ 60” DECK, DRIVE OVER, MFWD, 714 HRS; JD 2355, WON IN THE MONROVIA FESTIVAL DRAWING IN 1992, ONLY HAS 88 HRS FROM DRIVING THROUGH THE PARADE, STORED IN HEATED GARAGE; JD 2305 W/ LDR & DECK, 607 HRS; JD 2025R, 278 HRS, SN 113779; JD 2020 W/ LDR; JD 1520, 2WD, GAS; JD 1026R W/ LDR & DECK, 212 HRS; JD 955 W/ JD X300 LDR, DECK, 4WD; JD 750 W/ CAB & BLADE; JD 630, NF; JD 70, NF, GAS; JD A; C/IH 9280, BAREBACK, DUALS, 4000 HRS; C/IH 7140 MAGNUM, MFWD, DUALS, 5759 HRS; C/IH 7130, MFWD; C/IH 7110 MAGNUM; C/IH DX40 W/ LDR, MFWD, 600 HRS; KUBOTA M7040 W/ LA1153 LDR, MFWD, CANOPY; KUBOTA L3750, HYD SHUTTLE; KUBOTA L3650 W/ LDR, MFWD; KUBOTA L3600 W/ LA680 LDR; KUBOTA L3240 HST W/ LDR, MFWD, 1263 HRS; KUBOTA BX2680 W/ LDR, DECK, MFWD, 52 HRS; KUBOTA BX2670 W/ LDR & DECK, 92 HRS; KUBOTA BX2660 W/ LDR, DECK, MFWD, 343 HRS; KUBOTA BX2350 W/ LDR, MFWD, BELLY MOWER; KUBOTA BX2370; KUBOTA B9200, MFWD; (2) KUBOTA B7100; KUBOTA B3300, SU, MFWD, 180 HRS; KUBOTA B1550 W/ DECK, HST, 1135 HRS; AGCO ALLIS 7600A W/ QUICKIE 670 LDR, MFWD; AC 8030; AC 7010, 2WD, 2700 HRS; AC 185; AC 180; AC 180 W/ LDR; AC D15 W/ BELLY MOWER; AC WD, WF; AC WC; CASE 2390, 4777 HRS; CASE 1370 W/ DUALS, 5082 HRS; CASE 830, CASE O MATIC, WF, GAS; CASE D, S/N 5516317D; COOP 30, S/N 21840 COCKSHUTT 60, S/N 619620; CUB CADET 7530 W/ LDR, 4X4, 535 HRS; DUETZ 5220; FARMALL 350; FORD TW35, MFWD, DUALS; FORD 7700, DIESEL, 5738 HRS; FORD 3000 W/ LDR; (2) FORD 2000; FORD 850, GAS, NEW PAINT, S/N 86812; FORD GOLDEN JUBILEE; FORDSON TRACTOR; IH 5488, DUALS, 5278 HRS; IH 5488, DUALS; IH 5288, DUALS, PS, 3 REMOTES; IH 1456 W/ GREAT BEND LDR; IH 986 W/ CAB; IH 986; IH 806, WF, GAS; IH 706, NF, GAS; IH 656; IH 460 W/ LDR; IH 245 W/ LDR; IH 244 W/ BELLY MOWER; IH SUPER MTA, S/N 66813; 9N FORD; MF 4225 W/ LDR, MFWD; MF 2705; MF 2640 W/ CAB, 2WD; MF 1085; MF 265 W/ LDR, 3036 HRS; MF 50 W/ LDR; NH TC40 W/ LDR & DECK; NH TC18; NH TN75, 2WD, 3858 HRS; OLIVER 77; OLIVER 60, S/N 615544; WHITE 2-150; AGRACAT 2920 SALVAGE TRACTORS: JD 4230; JD 70, DIESEL; JD R; AC 7045; AC 7040; AC 5030; AC WD45 W/ MIXER; CUB CADET 185; FARMALL 460; FARMALL H; FORD 5000, DIESEL; JEPE 284 W/ KOYKER LDR; MF 40B W/ LDR, DIESEL; WHITE 2-105 W/ LDR; STEIGER 320; CASE 1818 SKIDSTEER W/ 42” BUCKET, 2670 HRS; BADGER 888 GRADE ALL EXCAVATOR; FORKLIFT CONSTRUCTION: CAT 289D XPS SKIDSTEER; CAT 262D SKIDSTEER, 380 HRS; CAT 257D SKIDSTEER; CAT 246B SKIDSTEER; CASE 1875C SKIDSTEER, 2937 HRS; CASE TV380 SKIDSTEER; CASE SV250 SKIDSTEER, 1529 HRS; NH C238 SKIDSTEER; KUBOTA SVL90 SKIDSTEER, 3069 HRS; TAKEUCHI TL10V2 SKIDSTEER, 74” BUCKET W/ TEETH, 180 HRS, WARRANTY THROUGH DEC 2019; TAKEUCHI TL150 SKIDSTEER; JD 125 SKIDSTEER; CLARK GPX50 FORKLIFT; DOOSAN MEGA 160 LOADER; CAT 936F WHEEL LOADER; CAT 924F WHEEL LOADER; DRESSER 515B WHEEL LOADER; HOUGH H50 LOADER W/ FORKS & BUCKET; JD 301 W/ LDR; GRADALL 534-6 TELEHANDLER, 4WD, 6000# LIFT, CUMMINS; JD 410G BACKHOE, CAB, 4X4, EXTEND A HOE, 5500 HRS; JD 310G BACKHOE, 2WD; CASE 590SM BACKHOE, 4X4, EXT A HOE; CASE 580SM BACKHOE, EXT A HOE, 4WD, 5929 HRS; CASE 580SM BACKHOE, EXT A HOE, 4WD, 6109 HRS; CASE 580 BACKHOE, 72” BUCKET, OUTRIGGERS, 16” & 24” BUCKETS; CASE 580B BACKHOE; CAT 416C BACKHOE, 4WD, EXT A HOE; JD 310SE TLB, 2WD, EXT A HOE; JD 310SE BACKHOE; CAT D5G DOZER, 1043 HRS, S/N 5XK35625; CAT D4B LGT DOZER; CAT D3B DOZER; JD 750C DOZER, 6-WAY BLADE, 3148 HRS; KOMATSU D41E-6 CRAWLER DOZER; CAT 314C EXCAVATOR; BOBCAT 325G EXCAVATOR, OPEN ROPS; KUBOTA KX91R32S EXCAVATOR, 950 HRS; HITACHI EX200 LC-3 EXCAVATOR, 30’ BOOM, 32” TRACKS 40” BUCKET; LINK BELT 3400 EXCAVATOR; IHI 55NX EXCAVATOR EVERSMAN 750 SCRAPER, 8YD; JD 650 SCRAPER, PULL-TYPE; REYNOLDS 6C DIRT SCRAPER; MISKIN M-81 SCRAPER, PULL-TYPE, DOLLY, 7’; JD 48 BACKHOE, 3PT, W/ 24” & 36” BUCKETS, OFF 4000 SERIES; GEHL TELEHANDLER TILT ATTACHMENT COMBINES: JD S660, 400/575 HRS; JD 9570STS, 2WD, CONTOUR MASTER, CHOPPER, BULLET ROTOR, 1994/1351 HRS; JD 9570STS, CHOPPER, 1999/1550 HRS; JD 9560STS, 2667/1701 HRS; JD 9560STS, 2800/1900 HRS; JD 9510, CONTOUR, 4409/3117 HRS; JD 9500, 3241/2253 HRS; JD 8820 TITAN II, 4WD; JD 7720 TITAN II, 4196 HRS; JD 7720, 4230/4320 HRS; JD 7720; JD 6620 HYDRO, 5213 HRS, YM-PF3000 YIELD MONITOR; JD 6620 ; C/IH 7120; C/IH 2588, RT CHOPPER, FIELD TRACKER, 2360/1709 HRS; C/IH 2588, 3408/2752 HRS, 2WD, S/N 300990; C/IH 2388, RT CHOPPER, FIELD TRACKER, 2983/2083 HRS, S/N JJC0276154; C/IH 2366, 2WD, CHOPPER, 2900/2030 HRS; C/IH 2344, 2WD, CHOPPER, 2516/1768 HRS, S/N JJC0174064; C/IH 2188, DUALS, 3732 HRS; C/IH 2166; C/IH 1660, 4891 HRS HEADS: MACDON 972 DRAPER HEAD, 30’; JD 925 GRAINHEAD; JD 920 GRAINHEAD, 20’; JD 920 GRAINHEAD; JD 915 GRAINHEAD; JD 635F GRAINHEAD; (4) JD 630F GRAINHEAD; (2) JD 630F FLEX GRAINHEAD; JD 625F GRAINHEAD, 25’, HYDRA FLEX, FULL FINGER; JD 930F GRAINHEAD, POLY; JD 220 GRAINHEAD, 20’; JD 216 GRAINHEAD; (2) JD 213 GRAINHEAD; C/IH 1020 GRAINHEAD, 15’; (4) C/ IH 1020 GRAINHEAD, 20’; JD 608C CORNHEAD, 1-OWNER, ONLY 3000 ACRES, S/N 765856; (2) JD 893 CORNHEAD; JD 843 CORNHEAD; JD 693 CORNHEAD, HYD STRIPPERS, FLUTED ROLLS; (3) JD 693 CORNHEAD; JD 644 CORNHEAD; JD 643 CORNHEAD, HIGH TIN; (2) JD 643 CORNHEAD; JD 653A ROW CROP BEAN HEAD; (2) C/IH 3408 CORNHEAD; (2) C/IH 1063 CORNHEAD; 2009 GERRINGHOFF 8-ROW; HUGGER 830 CORNHEAD; (2) GLEANER 525 FLEX; GLEANER 520, FLEX PLANTERS & DRILLS: KINZE 3600 16/31 PLANTER, BULK FILL, NO-TILL, ROW CLEANERS; KINZE 3000 PLANTER, 6-ROW, LIQUID FERT, DOUBLE FRAME SPLITTER; WHITE 8202 PLANTER, 12-ROW; C/IH 1200 PLANTER, 16-ROW; JD 7200 PLANTER, 6-ROW, LIQUID FERT; JD 7200 PLANTER, 6-ROW, VAC; JD 7000 PLANTER, 16-ROW, WIDE ROW, FRONT FOLD, FLEX; JD 7000 PLANTER, 8-ROW; JD 7000 PLANTER; GREAT PLAINS 8-ROW PLANTER, DRY FERTILIZE; BUFFALO 8000 12/30 PLANTER; CONVEYOR 1200 PLANTER; GP 20’ NO TILL DRILL W/ COULTER CADDY; (2) JD 8300 DRILL; JD VAN BURNT DRILL; JD BD113 GRAIN DRILL; C/IH 5400 DRILL, 15’, NO-TILL W/ COULTER CART; KRAUSE DRILL, NO-TILL, GRASS SEED; MARLISS PASTURE KING, PULL-TYPE, 10’ TILLAGE: C/IH 330 TURBO, 32’; C/IH 3900 DISK, 24’; C/IH 496 DISK, 28’, 7.5” SPACING; C/IH 496 DISK, 21’, 19” BLADES, 7.5” SPACING; C/IH 496 DISK W/ HARROW, 22’; C/IH 490 DISK, 24’; C/IH 370 DISK, 10’; JD 210 DISK, 14’, 9” SPACING, HARROW; KEWANEE OFFSET DISK; KRAUSE 1921 DISK, 21’; WILRICH 6600, 7-SHANK, 30” SPACING, REAR CLOSING DISKS; SUNFLOWER 1433 DISK, ROCK FLEX; JD 2623VT, 26.5’, HYD REAR BASKET, S/N 750590; UNVERFERTH 7-SHANK RIPPER, PULL-TYPE, FOLD UP, REMOVABLE TONGUE, SPRING RESET; JD 2210 CULTIVATOR, 48’; JD 875 CULTIVATOR, 8-ROW, WIDE ROW, FLAT FOLD; KENT SERIES V FIELD CULTIVATOR, 28’, 5-BAR SPIKE HARROW; KRAUSE FIELD CULTIVATOR; DEERBORNE 2-ROW CULTIVATOR, REAR MOUNT; C/IH MRX690 RIPPER, 7-SHANK; JD 510 DISK RIPPER, 7-SHANK; M&W 1875 DISK RIPPER, 7-SHANK, 3-BAR COIL TINE HARROW; M&W 1165 EARTHMASTER; M&W 1165, 5-SHANK; DMI S650 IN-LINE RIPPER, 3PT, 5-SHANK, SPRING LOADED SHANKS; SUNFLOWER 6332 SOIL FINISHER, 26’, 5-BAR SPIKE TOOTH HARROW, WALKING TANDEMS; GLENCOE 7X SOIL SAVER; JD 722 FINISHER, ROLLING REEL, 5-BAR SPIKE, 30’; UNVERFERTH 220 ROLLING HARROW, 31’; JD 400 ROTARY HOE; SPIKE HARROW - NEW; PULL-TYPE DISK CHISEL GRAIN CARTS & WAGONS: PARKER 1039 AUGER CART W/ SCALES & TARP, NEW; UNVERFERTH 1110 TRACK CART; BRENT 880 AUGER CART W/ SCALES; KINZE 840 AUGER CART; (2) EZ FLOW 475 AUGER CART; M&W CORNER AUGER CART; (2) KILLBROS WAGON W/ AUGER; A&L F500 GRAIN CART; BII 528 GRAIN CART; J&M 525 GRAIN CART, NEW TIRES; HINSON 812 GRAIN CART; BRENT 544 GRAVITY WAGON; (2) BRENT 440 GRAVITY WAGON; M&W 300 BU GRAVITY WAGON, DUAL DOORS; M&W GRAVITY WAGON; KILLBROS 350 GRAVITY WAGON ON ELECTIC 5010 RUNNING GEAR; (3) KILLBROS GRAVITY WAGON; EZ TRAIL 3400 GRAVITY WAGON, 400 BU; FICKLIN 231 GRAVITY WAGON ON JD 1065 GEAR, AIRPLANE TIRES; FICKLIN 185 GRAVITY WAGON ON JD GEAR; FICKLIN 4500 GRAVITY WAGON; GRAVITY WAGON W/ AUGER; (2) GRAVITY WAGON; J&M 450 BU WAGON; (3) J&M 540 WAGON; (2) J&M WAGON; M&W LITTLE RED WAGON; (2) KILLBROS WAGON W/ AUGER; 100 BU WAGON W/ TARP; PARKER WAGON; GRAIN BOX HAY EQUIPMENT: JD 569 ROUND BALER, NET WRAP, 16792 BALES; JD 640 HAY RAKE W/ DOLLY WHEEL; H&S BF14HC 16-WHEEL HAY RAKE; H&S HAY RAKE, 12-WHEEL; NH 258 HAY RAKE; NH 256 HAY RAKE; NI 5209 DISK MOCO; JD 275 DISK MOWER, 3PT, 9’; VERMEER 7030 DISK MOWER, 9’, 3PT; BUSH HOG DISK MOWER, 3PT; ENOROSSI G4LP 4-BASKET TEDDER; ENOROSSI G4V570 4-BASKET TEDDER; SITREX 2GL302 2-BASKET HAY TEDDER; NH 1465 HAYBINE; NH 479 HAYBINE; 54’ BALE ELEVATOR ROTARY CUTTERS: JD HX15 BATWING; JD HX14 BATWING, 3PT; (2) BUSH HOG 2815 BATWING; BUSH HOG 2715 BATWING; BUSH HOG 2615 BATWING; LANDPRIDE RC2512 BATWING, 12’; HOWSE 15’ BATWING; WOODS D315Q BATWING; WOODS BW1260 BATWING; 8’ BUSH HOG; JD 1508 ROTARY CUTTER, 15’; JD 1008 ROTARY CUTTER, 10’, 3PT; JD 709 ROTARY CUTTER; JD 513 ROTARY CUTTER, 5’ (AS IS); JD 5’ ROTARY CUTTER; BUSH HOG 12512R ROTARY CUTTER, 3PT, 12’; BUSH WACKER T230 ROTARY CUTTER, 10’, 3PT; HOWSE ROTARY CUTTER, 5’; LANDPRIDE RCR1260 CUTTER, 5’; WOODS BB72 ROTARY CUTTER, 6’; WOODS 121 ROTARY CUTTER; WOODS 48 ROTARY CUTTER, 3PT; WOODS ROTARY CUTTER; WOODS 6’ ROTARY CUTTER; MAHINDRA 5’ ROTARY CUTTER, 3PT; (6) MAHINDRA 6’ ROTARY CUTTER, 3PT; (5) MAHINDRA 6’ ROTARY CUTTER, 3PT, W/ SLIP CLUTCH; (3) MAHINDRA 4’ ROTARY CUTTER, 3PT; AC 5’ ROTARY CUTTER, PULL TYPE; 5’ ROTARY CUTTER, 3PT; BUSH HOG TD1500 FINISH MOWER; LANDPRIDE RC2512 RANGER SERIES II, 12’; LANDPRIDE 1572 FINISH MOWER, 90” ; LANDPRIDE 6’ FINISH MOWER; WOODS RM90 FINISH MOWER; WOODS FINISH MOWER; MIRANDA 6’ FINISH MOWER; BUSH HOG SM60F SIDE CUTTER; RHINO DB150 DITCH BANK MOWER OTHER EQUIPMENT: JD 4730 SPRAYER, 90’ BOOMS, STAINLESS STEEL TANK, GUIDANCE READY, 3760 HRS; TYLER PATRIOT SPX3150 SPRAYER, 90’ BOOMS, 4WD, RAVEN 460 MONITOR, 4762 HRS; SPRACOUPE 4640, 60’ BOOMS, RAVEN MONITOR, 2600 HRS; HARDI 3000 SPRAYER, 60’ BOOMS ; BEST WAY FIELD PRO III SPRAYER, PULL TYPE, 60’ BOOMS, RAVEN SCS440 CONTROLLER; HARDI PULL TYPE SPRAYER, 50’ BOOMS; HARDI NAVIGATOR 1100 SPRAYER ; BESTWAY 500-GAL SPRAYER, PULL-TYPE; MELROE SPRAY COUPE 220; SILVER WHEELS CENTER RIDE LEADER BED FERTILIZER SPREADER, NEW BELT IN BED; HAHN FERTILIZER SPREADER, 3PT; KNIGHT 3030 REEL AUGIE FEED WAGON W/ SCALES; BLUE JET VISTRON 17X HYD FOLD ANNHYROUS APPLICATOR, PULL TYPE, RAVENS COOLER; UNVERFERTH 3750 SEED TENDER; BRADY 2400 STALK SHREDDER, 20’; JD BARGE BOX W/ HOIST; NI 3609 MANURE SPREADER ; NI 362 MANURE SPREADER; NI 201 MANURE SPREADER; NH 155 MANURE SPREADER; NI MANURE SPREADER, TANDEM AXLE; KNIGHT 1030 MANURE SPREADER; H&S MANURE SPREADER; BETTER BUILT MANURE TANK; PRIEFERT CATTLE CHUTE; PALPATION CHUTE; HOG CHUTE; WESTFIELD 13X71 AUGER; FARM KING 14X55 AUGER; LEON ROCK PICKER; ROCK WAGON; PACKER; CHOPPER OFF JD 6620; UNVERFERTH HT25 HEAD CART; UNVERFERTH HT12 HEADCART; EZ TRAIL 672; EZ TRAIL 620 HEADCART; BALLIE 20’ HEAD CART; KILLBROS 20 HEADCART; SHOP BUILT 20’ HEAD CART; KILBROS 1280 RUNNING GEAR; HAY WAGON RUNNING GEAR; JD 726 LOADER; 84” SKIDLOADER BUCKET; BUSH HOG 176 BLADE, 10’; JD 9’ BLADE, 3PT; LANDPRIDE HYD BLADE, 3PT, 9’; RHINO R950 BLADE, 9’; WORKSAVER 9’ SNOW BLADE; WOODS RB800 BLADE, 3PT, 8’; FRONTIER BB4296H HYD SCARIFIER BOX BLADE, 8’; RHINO HYD REAR BLADE, 8’, 3PT; C/IH BM184H FARMALL 7’ FRONT MT BLADE FOR COMPACT TRACTOR; C/IH BM184 FARMALL FRONT MT BLADE FOR COMPACT TRACTOR; JD FRONT HYD BLADE, 7’; 7’ GRADER BOX; 3PT BLADE, 6’; (4 SETS) PALLET FORKS; (5 SETS) MAHINDRA PALLET FORKS; KUBOTA PALLET FORKS; JD 48” PALLET FORK; (4) MAHINDRA SKIDSTEER MT SINGLE SPEAR; (6) MAHINDRA 3PT PHD; PHD W/ 8” & 12” AUGERS; PHD W/ 6” & 8” AUGERS; JD 35C SICKLE MOWER, 9’; GALLAGER 10’ TILLER, 3PT; (6) MAHINDRA 6’ TILLER; (3) MAHINDRA 5’ TILLER; WOODS T60 ROTARY TILLER, 5’; HOWARD 3PT TILLER, 5’; HOWARD ROTOVATOR TILLER, FAST HITCH, 5’; JD 450 TILLER, 4’; RYAN S4423 AERATOR, 3PT; V-MAX 9500 SALT SPREADER; FRONTIER SB1308R SNOWBLOWER; LOG SPLITTER, HYD, 3PT; MOSQUITO SPRAYER, 9HP BRIGGS; (2) ALUMINUM FUEL TANK; SWEEPSTER W/ CURB SWEEPER; WINPOWER 20KW GENERATOR ON TRAILER; PTO GENERATOR; MILITARY POWER STATION,; SLIDE IN FOR TRUCK; INGERSOLL RAND 185 AIR COMPRESSOR; AIR COMPRESSOR; LINCOLN WELDER; WELDING HELMETS; LASER LEVEL; 3PT CEMENT MIXER; TROYBILT CHIPPER; (2) POWER WASHER; SEWER SNAKE ON TRAILER; GAS PUMP; (2) SAND BLASTER; ANTIQUE VICE ON BARREL; PROPANE TANK W/ TORCH; 1000-GAL LP TANK CONVERTED TO LIQ STORAGE; 2-AXLE TRAILER W/ 1000-GAL TANK; CINCINNATI FAN BLOWER ON TRAILER, WISCONSIN MOTOR; TRACTOR CAB; MCCORMICK 3HP 1H HIT N MISS ENGINE; (30) GATES VEHICLES: 2002 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHRCI VIN 612664; 2005 SUZUKI C90 MOTORCYCLE, VIN 103906; 2004 SUZUKI C90 BOULEVARD MOTORCYCLE, 15000 MILES; 2006 FORD F150, EXT CAB, VIN NB83243; 1999 GMC 3500, 4X4, DSL, UTILITY BED, NEW TIRES & TRANSMISSION, V-PLOW, 121081 MILES, VIN F100019; 1994 GMC SIERRA TRUCK, 3/4 TON, 4X4, 454 ENGINE; 1993 GMC DIGGER TRUCK, DIESEL; 2007 FREIGHTLINER COLUMI, 10 SPD, 14 LITER 60 SERIES DETROIT, AIR RIDE, VIN LX83084; 2005 IH 8600 DAYCAB, 10-SPD, C13 CAT, AIR RIDE, VIN 190957; 2005 COLUMBI DAYCAB, VIN 449326; 1994 GM KODIAK, 20’ BOX, 10-SPD, 14 LITER 60 SERIES DETROIT, AIR RIDE, VIN 102493; 2007 NISSAN UD1200 BOX TRUCK, 16’, VIN 502169; 1990 IH 4600 BOX TRUCK, VIN 687264; 1980 IH S SERIES, GAS, 5&4 TRANSMISSION, TWIN SCREW, 18’ ALUM GRAIN BED & HOIST, VIN A14153; 2010 WILSON ALUM HOPPER BOTTOM, 41’, POWER TARP, AIR RIDE, VIN 700886; 2003 JET STEEL HOPPER BOTTOM, 22.5’, ROLL TARP, AIR RIDE, VIN 000350 ; 2019 BIG TEX 40’ GOOSENECK FLATBED, TANDEM AXLE, FOLD DOWN RAMPS, VIN 026634; 2004 LOAD TRAIL GOOSENECK, 8X20’, TANDEM AXLE, VIN 172442 ; 2006 DOOLITTLE FLATBED TRAILER, 84”X18’, VIN 068695 ; 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Time to review your Medicare plan It’s that time again. Every year we have the opportunity to make changes to our Medicare plans between Oct. 15 and Dec. 7. We have the option of changing from original Medicare to an Advantage plan, or vice versa, or changing to a different Advantage plan. We also can change our Medicare Part D drug plan. The decisions aren’t easy. After all, we have to live with them for the next year. We’ll soon receive a new “Medicare & You” book in the mail, as well as notices about any changes to our current coverage. While we can usually stay with the plan we have if we don’t want to make any changes, it’s important to review everything we’re sent, because there might be new information buried in the language. Sometimes a plan is discontinued. The premium can change. Coverage details might be different. Read the fine print and be certain that your coverage will be what you expect. For Advantage plan changes, there is an additional open enrollment period: Jan. 1 to March 31. This was new for 2019 and gives three extra months to decide on an Advantage plan. If you’re signing up for Medicare Parts A and B for the first time, you have a seven-month period to do it: the three months before you turn 65, the month you turn 65 and the three months after you turn 65. If you don’t sign up for Part B in time, you can be forced to pay a penalty for the whole time you have Part B. Keep an eye on the dates. To review plans, go online to www.medicare. gov and look at the plan finder.

Social isolation linked to bone loss If you ever wanted a compelling reason to join a group or get out more, here it is: A new study shows that poor social relationships contribute to bone loss in senior women. This wasn’t a small, brief study. In this Women’s Health Initiative, researchers studied the bone health of 11,000 women over six years and included information about social support and social functioning. The bottom line: Over those six years, high social stress equated to lowered bone mineral density in the femoral neck — where most hip fractures occur — the lumbar spine and the whole hip. They assigned a rating to levels of “social strain,” and found that each additional point added to the lowered bone density. There’s more to this than how many groups we meet with each week. It turns out it’s the quality of our relationships rather than the quantity. Life satisfaction and our sense of optimism play a part, which might well be tied in with the quality of the relationships we do have. That’s scary, and for those of us who don’t have much time for socializing, it serves as a wakeup call. What are we going to do about it? The first thing that comes to mind is any activity that encourages interaction with others. Even a weekly reading group at the library, with participants commenting on the book they read and adding thoughts to others’ comments, has the potential to evolve further into coffee afterward, phone numbers swapped and invitations to other activities. The same goes for dog walking at the animal shelter, bus trips with the senior center, walking clubs around town, boardgames night at the library and neighborhood yard sales. Matilda Charles ©2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

By Terry and Kim Kovel

A papier-mâché pig can be a great starter craft with your child.

Use recycled materials to create papier-mâché pigs By Donna Erickson

Creativity is at your elbow, always available. I try to remember that. If you are a parent who, like many people, considers himself “noncreative,” just think of creativity as a water faucet. Turn the stream on, and it can be a steady flow into your everyday life. One thing that works for me is to let myself get sidetracked from the original plan. That’s when I discover that having fun with kids is what’s most important, not the end result. It can happen naturally when you stir up a gloppy, messy batch of papier-mâché, a craft you probably remember from your own primary-school days. Grab stuff from the recycle bin and magically turn newspaper, plastic water bottles, golf tees and paper-towel tubes into creatures like these whimsical pigs.

This activity has all the basics for family fun: tradition, creativity and a gooey mess! HERE’S HOW: To make the basic papier-mâché goop for any form, stir together equal parts of all-purpose flour and water in a large bowl. Two cups of each is good to start. Tear newspaper into strips about 1-inch wide. To create a form for a pig and piglets, start with a small-size plastic water bottle for a piglet and a plastic liter-size bottle for a pig. Place a bottle in front of you horizontally and note how the spout can be the snout. For the pig’s legs, tape four trimmed bathroom tissue tubes to the bottom of the body of the bottle. For piglet legs, poke the pointed end of four golf tees into the bottom of the body of a small bottle. Make ears by cutting cardboard into two triangles. Tape in place just

beyond the neck of the bottle. Dip the newspaper strips one at a time into the mixture, remove excess goop with your fingers, and then drape strips over the form. Lay the coated strips any which way, covering the entire surface. Smooth out the wrinkles as you go, making the surface as smooth as possible. Let dry. Make a second layer, if you wish. Paint the pig with poster or acrylic paints. The brighter, the better. Poke a spring into what was the base of the bottle for a curly tail. For a piggy bank, cut a slit through the top to insert coins. Cut out a flap underneath the pig when you wish to retrieve the money. To find more of Donna Erickson’s creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday. com. © 2019 Donna Erickson distributed by King Features Synd.

How do you keep a heavy door from slamming shut? That was a problem by the mid-18th century when huge brass hinges held the doors. It was solved with wedges, heavy rocks or doorstops of many sizes and shapes. Cast-iron figural doorstops were made in the early 1900s, but did not become popular until the 1910s, when many American companies began making figural examples. One of the most interesting is called “Huckleberry Finn,” a figure of a farm boy in blue overalls and a yellow shirt carrying a fishing pole and bait bucket. It’s 12 3/8 inches high and has a wedge back. The doorstop is marked Littco and was made by the Littlestown Hardware & Foundry Co. that started in 1916. It made doorstops, bookends, hammers and fireplace accessories until 1940 and the war. After the war, the company started making cast aluminum products. In the 1990s, it stopped iron casting. One of Littco’s most famous doorstops, Halloween Girl, a costumed girl with a pumpkin in excellent condition, sold for $29,500 in 2016. “Huckleberry Finn” is an important book written in 1884 by Mark Twain. It was the first “bookstore” book written in vernacular English, and it included swear words and descriptions of good and bad parts of life at the time. An excellent example of the Huckleberry Finn doorstop with almost perfect paint sold for $325 in 2016 at an important Bertoia auction of just doorstops.

Huckleberry Finn is the name of this doorstop marked Littco. The 12 3/8-inch-high figure sold for $325 a several years ago. My daughter was given two Norman Rockwell collector plates 25 or 30 years ago and never displayed them. One plate is titled “Balcony Seat” and the other is “Quiet Reflections.” They still are in the original boxes. What are they worth? Collector plates made in “limited editions” were popular in the 1970s and ‘80s. Some collectors specialized in Norman Rockwell plates, and tried to get all the plates in the series. Interest began to wane in the 1990s, and collector plates don’t sell well today. Most Norman Rockwell collector plates sell for less than $25 in spite of the fact that Rockwell original paintings now sell for up to a million dollars. CURRENT PRICES Nodder, policeman, writing summons, gray uniform, head and body both nod, 9 inches, $90. Lunchbox, Hogan’s Heroes, dome top, barracks, barbershop scene, yellow, gray, 1966, $410. Magnifying glass, mother-of-pearl, rectangular, case, velvet lined, 5 1/4 inches, $690. © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc. ADVERTISEMENT Financing Information & Trait Stewardship Responsibilities Notice to Farmers for Ro u n d u p R e a d y 2 Xt e n d® S oy b e a n s Advertisement

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KITCHEN DIVA

One meal, two ways

By Angela Shelf Medearis

I’ve prepared lunches for my family for several years, and one thing I know for sure, you’ve got to have a plan! Eating out every day is not only too expensive, the meal choices are typically unhealthy. And if your child is a picky eater like mine, buying school lunches are a waste of money. A nutritious lunch prepared at home does not have to be boring or cost you a fortune. Making small changes can save you money, like planning a lunch with ingredients that also work well for dinner meals. Remember that well-nourished adults and children have a greater chance of success at work or at school. Proper nutrition also is a key ingredient for backto-school success because it fuels brain cells and gives your child the energy and nutrients needed for optimal learning. Packing your child’s lunch lets you know exactly what he or she is eating. Follow these tips, and not only will you save money, you’ll also pack a nutritious lunch that your child will enjoy: Q Practice good nutrition yourself. Children learn

by association — you need to be a role model. Discuss with them the benefits of healthy eating. Q Plan ahead and have a list when you go to the store. The more time you spend in a store, the more money you spend. Q Use foods from each of the five food groups: Carbohydrates, protein, dairy, fruits and vegetables. Choose whole-grain products like bread, tortillas, pita bread, bagels or whole-grain crackers. These are more nutritious, have more fiber, vitamins and minerals and keep blood sugar steady for optimal learning. Q Include the kids in the preparation process and give them choices. Take them along when grocery shopping. Let them pick a new fruit or vegetable to try each week. Q Buy what’s on sale each week, then work it into a menu. Use fruits and vegetables that are in season. Q Make your own ingredients. Look beyond lunch meat. Slice your own meat or grill a chicken breast and cut it into strips or cubes. Avoid prepackaged lunches, since they are high priced. Q Let your children help prepare dinner and use the leftovers to pack their lunch. Invest in a good

CBD products may interfere with medications By Dr. Keith Roach

You’ll love these lunch and dinner Mediterranean chicken recipes whether you’re on the super-healthy Mediterranean diet or not. insulated food container to keep food warm. You can use my recipe for Mediterranean Chicken Two Ways as a delicious dinner and a nutritious lunch. It makes eight servings — four for lunch and four for dinner. One meal with two ways

Mediterranean Chicken Two Ways INGREDIENTS 2 cups plain fat-free Greek yogurt 1 tablespoon packed fresh mint or basil 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped, or 1/2 tablespoon dried dill 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin 3 cloves garlic, finely minced 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1/2 cup olive oil 2 tablespoons poultry seasoning

1 teaspoon dried oregano 2 pounds chicken breast tenders 1 English (seedless) cucumber 2 large ripe tomatoes 4 whole-wheat pitas PROCEDURE In small bowl, combine yogurt, mint, dill, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 1/3 of the garlic and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Let stand for 15 minutes. Place half of mixture in a covered container and refrigerate to use for lunch. Using a shallow container or pie plate, combine 2 tablespoons of the lemon

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juice, 1 1/2 tablespoons oil, poultry seasoning, oregano, 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper, 1 teaspoon cumin and 1/3 of the garlic. Add chicken, turning to coat. Let stand. Heat a grill pan or heavy skillet on medium-high. Grill chicken 10 to 12 minutes or until no longer pink in center, turning once. Meanwhile, cut cucumber and tomato into chunks; toss, in large bowl, with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper, and remaining lemon juice, oil and garlic. For Dinner: Divide the chicken, yogurt sauce and the cucumber and tomato mixture evenly. Place

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I am a 49-year-old woman who had a massive heart attack in April. My father died of a massive heart attack at 49. I have four stents in three arteries and am on Brilinta, low-dose aspirin, blood pressure medication and so forth. I have essential tremor, first noticing the tremors in middle school. The tremor is in my hands, making writing nearly impossible, and I have head bobs. I have an internal tremor that never stops. A previous practitioner prescribed a month’s trial of beta blockers several years ago. I noticed no relief with the tremor, but was physically ill for the first 30 minutes of the morning in the first two weeks. Recently, I found an online blog regarding essential tremor and CBD oil. Nearly all of the bloggers found some level of relief using this treatment. If I choose to try CBD oil to assist with my tremor is there a risk of it interfering with my heart and blood pressure medications? Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a nonpsychoactive substance found in cannabis, as opposed to tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the best-known psychoactive component. CBD is typically sold as an oil and has been receiving press as a potential treatment for a wide variety of medical issues. Many or most of these claims have no data to support them. Anecdotal reports, such as most blogs, are neither reliable nor scientific — and may or may not be true. There also is an issue with proving the dosage and purity of products said to contain CBD. However, in the case of essential tremor, there is some evidence: Studies in mice have shown benefit with CBD, although a single case report showed effectiveness of THC, but not CBD in essential tremor. The issue of drug interactions is a significant one. CBD inhibits two powerful pathways the body uses to detoxify drugs, the CPY3A4 and CYP2D6 systems. This is a serious issue for you. Ticagrelor (Brilinta), an anticoagulant, is metabolized by CYP3A4, as are some of the statin drugs usually prescribed to people with heart blockages. The effect of the anticoagulant could be much higher than expected, leading to bleeding risk. Other commonly used heart medications are metabolized by CYP2D6, and the effect on these medications is unpredictable. I can’t recommend CBD products given the medications you are taking, but would suggest you consider alternative treatments.

While CBD has been advertised as an effective way to treat a wide mix of maladies, the compound is still largely unregulated and unstudied. Last summer I went camping and ran out of clean water. I had to boil water and drink it without any treatment tablets. That evening, I had painful cramps in my stomach, and in my upper abdomen, under my ribcage. Since then, my digestion has been horrific. I have constant rank gas and bloating when eating foods I’ve never had a problem with before, even fruits and vegetables. I have been a big eater of probiotic foods, with no digestive disturbances. However, since this incident, any form of probiotic, whether from capsule or natural foods like sauerkraut or kimchi, gives me the worst gas and bloating I’ve ever had. I had parasite and bacterial stool testing done with my doctor, and I came up clear. I feel like I need antibiotics or something to clear whatever is going on with my digestive system, but I’m hesitant because I have had four rounds of antibiotics in 2017 from surgeries. I am worried about “beaver fever.” What do you recommend? There are several infections one can get from drinking unprocessed water while camping. “Beaver fever” is a name for infection from the parasite Giardia lamblia, which is found in water where animals — especially beavers — are found. It’s a reasonable thought — it’s one of the few waterborne infections that can persist for months. However, I think Giardia is unlikely. Symptoms from Giardia normally begin one to two weeks after exposure, and the parasites are killed very rapidly by boiling water. Your symptoms are very much like irritable bowel syndrome, and I do wonder if it might have been triggered by some event that day you were camping. Usually, three sets of cultures for parasites are done to make sure there isn’t an unwelcome guest in your intestine causing symptoms. A gastroenterologist would be a good choice to help you track down an identiﬁable cause and to get some symptomatic relief. Antibiotics are not recommended without knowing what you are treating. © 2019 North America Synd., Inc.

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Plan now for best tomatoes next year By Lee Reich ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Feed oral electrolytes to correct dehydration in dairy calves mon reason for death loss of beef and dairy calves. “Almost 68% of dairy R A LEIGH, N.C. — calves in the last U.S. Diarrhea is the most com- Department of AgriculBy Martha Blum

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ture’s survey that died before weaning was because of diarrhea,” said Geof Smith, professor at North Carolina State University, during a webinar hosted by Hoard’s Dairyman. “If you’re going to have protocols on your farm for treating anything to do with calves, diarrhea has to be at the top of the list,” he said. As calves start to scour, they get dehydrated and lose ﬂuids faster than they are taking them in. In addition the calves lose electrolytes — sodium, potassium and chloride. “One of the big things that happens is the calves develop a metabolic acidosis, so the pH of their blood starts to decrease from what it should be,” Smith said. Diarrhea can put calves into a negative energy balance. “Calves don’t have a lot of fat reserve, so when they break with diarrhea, they oftentimes stop drinking milk and they can starve to death if we don’t get energy back into them,” Smith said. “Calves don’t really die from diarrhea. They die from the metabolic consequences associated with diarrhea.”

MAKING A DIAGNOSIS Milk contains 87% water, so calves get most of their ﬂuid volume by drinking milk. “The best way to assess dehydration is to look at the calf’s eyeball position,” Smith said. “If I take my thumb and roll the eyelid down, I should not see a gap between the eyelid and the eyeball,” he said. “That’s a calf with a normal hydration status.” However, the veterinarian said, when he rolls the bottom eyelid of the calf down and he sees a signiﬁcant space between the eyelid and the eyeball — the bigger the space is the greater percent of dehydration the calf is experiencing. Oral electrolytes are a quick and easy way for dairymen to treat calves with diarrhea. “They are fairly cheap, from $2 to $2.50 per dose,” Smith said. “Make sure you choose a good quality solution to correct dehydration, replace electro-

lytes and correct the blood pH.” It is important the oral electrolyte contains enough sodium to impact the dehydration of the calf. “Make sure there’s an ingredient to help the intestine absorb the sodium because the sodium has to be carried across the gut wall,” Smith said. “One of the pathways that will help carry sodium is glucose, but typically we want either a neutral amino acid like glycine or a volatile fatty acid like acetate and sometimes both.” Osmolality is the amount of powder in the oral electrolyte. “The higher the osmolality, the more sugar they put in,” Smith said. “But if we crank up the osmolality too much, we run the risk of having more severe scours and abomasal bloat.” Bicarbonate and acetate are alkalinizing agents designed to increase the pH of the calf’s blood. “We primarily have bicarbonate-based products and several new ace-

tate-based products now,” Smith said. “Bicarbonate is eﬀective, but the acetate and propionate products have several advantages.” Acetate helps with the sodium absorption, and it can be used as an energy source by the calf, Smith said. “When we feed bicarbonate-based oral electrolytes, you’ll see an increase in the pH of the stomach of the calf and that can promote bacterial growth,” he said. “But we don’t see that with acetate-based products.” Smith said he recommends feeding the oral electrolyte to calves as an extra meal in the middle of the day. “You should probably continue to feed the oral electrolyte through the duration of the diarrhea and I prefer to mix them in water,” he 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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Ultrasound assists cattlemen with decisions Scanning bulls, heifers provides selection criteria By Martha Blum AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

DUBUQUE, Iowa — Real-time ultrasound to measure body composition in live animals can help cattlemen select the best animals for their herd. “We’re trying to describe them so you guys can select them,” said Mark Henry, president of The CUP Lab, an ultrasound processing lab of carcass traits. Henr y demonstrated ultrasounding techniques during a presentation at the Reds Rolling on the River National Red Angus Convention. “I am going to scan this heifer for marbling, ribeye area and fat thickness and you will see the images on the screen,” he said. The first step in the scanning process is to clip the hair on the calf and apply vegetable oil where the transducer will be used to collect the image. “It is important to have good contact and eliminate air pockets in between the transducer and the hide,” Henry said. “We’re trying to replicate the carcass knife when an animal is hung up in the cooler and the split is done between rib 12 and 13, so we’re doing the

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The monitor shows the ribeye area of the Red Angus heifer in the chute scanned by Mark Henry (on right). Assisted by Holly Schuler, the demonstration provided cattlemen an opportunity to see how technicians use real-time ultrasound to measure body composition in live animals. same location,” he said. To collect the intramuscular fat or marbling measurement, Henry captures the image parallel to the spine. “As I go across her back, you can see the ribs,” he said. “We report this information to the Red Angus association for them to calculate the marbling EPD.” Henry also takes a rump image for an extra fat measurement. “This improves the fat EPDs for some breeds,” he said. It takes about three minutes per animal to collect

the images. “A good technician can scan from 20 to 25 animals per hour,” Henry said. “We recommend a squeeze chute to get the cattle to settle down so we get better contact.” For each contemporary group, Henry said, the animals should always be scanned on the same side. “Most guys like to scan on the right side,” he noted. “About 90% of the time, the controls for the chute are on the left side, so the right side is clear for the technician.”

STEP BY STEP Each animal needs to be weighed within seven days of the scanning process. “The Red Angus association requires a registration number for every animal that we scan,” said Holly Schuler, director of operations for The CUP Lab. “We must assign a tattoo and registration number to all data points for each animal so make sure your animals are registered before scanning.” Cattlemen will quickly receive information about

their cattle. “We have about a 24hour turnaround after the images come in,” Schuler said. Henry said he encourages cattlemen to scan both the bulls and heifers in their herds. “If you scan the bulls and heifers, that increases the accuracy on the dams and sires and all your dams in the herd will have data,” he said. “Heifer scan data is mostly a gift to yourself,” he said. “When you scan the bulls, you’re selling

that data, but if you spend money on heifers, those are the animals you have for the future to breed better bulls.” Since heifers don’t have testosterone inhibiting the marbling, Henry said, the data provides more stratiﬁcation of the females. “With the much larger variation in heifer marbling EPDs, the data allows you to make faster adv a ncement bec au se you have more information on the females,” he said. “Heifers are your future cow herd,” he said. “The only time I get a measurement on the girl is when she is about a year of age. She contributes to her own carcass EPD, she gets an accuracy boost and her calves get that boost, as well.” By h av i n g l a r ge r amounts of data, cattlemen have more opportunity to discover outlier cattle. “If we’re not scanning heifers, we’re missing a huge opportunity to ﬁnd the high ones and the low ones that are pulling you back,” Henry said. For more information about The CUP Lab, go to: www.cublab.com. Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.

YOUR TURN Why did you choose Red Angus cattle for your operation? “My dad used the ﬁrst Red Angus bulls in 1966, and he had lots of reasons to choose Red Angus, but predominately because Red Angus was the ﬁrst to require performance records. Red Angus required a birthday and weaning weight for registering the cattle, and that was attractive to him. We’ve tried other breeds, but we always come back to Red Angus being the best for our operation, and we’ve had a lot of success selling seedstock across the country. We sell 500 to 600 bulls per year.” Craig Bieber, 900-head cow herd

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“Five years ago, we were all Black Angus, and we’ve been converting our herd to Red Angus. We use Red Angus bulls on all our cows. The leader was temperament, but we also found out when we had quieter cows and calves we weaned bigger calves and the Red Angus are easier feeding and ﬂeshing cattle. It will take us ﬁve to 10 more years to get to a Red Angus herd. We retain as many Red Angus heifers as we can, but we still end up retaining some black heifers. But even our black heifers have red genetics, so we’ve noticed the temperament of our whole herd is getting better.” Zach Reiter, 160-head cow herd CASCADE, IOWA

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2013 JD 9410R, 4WD, 410 HP, 3 pt., PTO, 1459 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017 MF 8735, FWA, 350 HP, 32 MPH, 690 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 MF 8690, FWA, 370 HP, 32 MPH, 1850 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 MF 8660, FWA, 300 HP, 32 MPH, 2123 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014, MF 8650, FWA, 270HP, 32 MPH, 1479 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 MF 8650, FWA, 270 HP, 1849 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 MF 8650, FWA, 270 HP, 996 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 MF 7724, FWA, 235 HP, 32 MPH, 1938 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 MF 1652, FWA, 52 HP, Cab, Loader, 1325 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016 MF GC1705, FWA, 23 HP, Loader, 34 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2017 NH TS6, 120, FWA, 119 HP, Loader, 306 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Agco DT 200, FWA, 235 HP, 3256 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Agco Allis 9695, 2WD, 194 HP, 3110 Hrs., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Case IH MX110, FWA, 110 HP, 5103 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Case IH 75C, FWA, 76 HP, Cab, Loader, 1148 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 NH Versatile 876, 4WD, 280 HP, 5070 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2018 Versatile 265, FWA, 265 HP, 104 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Versatile 280, FWA, 280 HP, 2460 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

199,500 199,500 115,000 115,000 119,500 112,500 115,000 102,500 27,500 9,950 69,500 55,000 47,500 39,500 39,500 39,500 149,500 75,000

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$99,500

$179,500

USED COMBINES & HEADS

2014 MF 9540, LTM, RWA, 1062/663 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 MF 9520, LTM, 912/602 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 MF 9560, LTM, 1268/876 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 MF 9540, LTM, 1346/929 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 MF 9695, LTM, 1469/1116 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 MF 9895, LTM, RWA, 2229/1601 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 MF 9690, LTM, 1629/1141 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 MF 8780XP, LTM, 2583/1698 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016 Gleaner S97, LTM, 923/602 Hrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Gleaner R66, LTM, 1788/1252 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Gleaner R66, LTM, 2220/1558 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Gleaner R62, LTM, 2747/1840 Hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Drago 12-30” Folding (Chopper) Cornhead - JD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Drago 8-30”, Cornhead - Case IH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Drago 8-30” Cornhead - Gleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Case IH 3206, 6-30” Cornhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 Geringoff 6-30” Cornhead-Gleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 JD 612C, 12-30” Stalkmaster Cornhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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179,500 165,000 165,000 165,000 105,000 95,000 75,000 49,500 239,500 105,000 99,500 57,500 89,500 35,000 32,500 24,500 24,500 45,000

(A) Arthur, IL 800-500-KUHN • (217) 543-2154

Sales: Rodger Burton, Brandon Stewart, Paul Kuhns

(G) Gibson City, IL 800-870-KUHN • (217) 784-4731

Sales: Brent Scott, Roger Mishler, Ben Kuhns

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FARMS FOR SALE ADVERTISE YOUR FARMLAND FOR SALE

Call Your Local AgriNews Representative or 800-426-9438 Ext. 113 INDIANA LAND FOR SALE FEATURED LISTINGS: Howard County

Warren County

Clinton County

Fountain County

- 28 ac, Cropland and timber - 47 ac, Cropland and pasture

Cass County

- 38 ac, CRP and timber

CRAIG STEVENSON Agent, Land Specialist

- 66 ac, Cropland – SOLD!

- 95 ac, Pasture and Timber – SOLD! Vermillion County - 64 ac, Cropland – SOLD!

(574) 870-4383

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(14) HIGH QUALITY Young Black Cows, gentle, 3 to 6 years old, will calve Aug and Sept. 4 calves already, also 2 year old Registered Angus Bull. Call 618-920-0038 4 YEAR OLD Angus Bull, son of SAV Brilliance calving ease, Call 815-685-0737 BEEF CATTLE (15) Heifers average 650-lbs., $1.32/lb, 12 steers, average 675-lbs., $1.40/ lb., double vac, (260)403-7203

LAND FOR SALE IN INDIANA

Montgomery County • 170A, 165 tillable, near Linden.

Grant County

• 184A, 131 Tillable, 47 Woods, East of Marion.

White County

• 103A, 84 Tillable, 16 Woods, NE of Monon. SALE PENDING

Newton County

• 76A, 68 tillable, east of Goodland. SALE PENDING • 21.07A, 10.65 tillable, north of Kentland

Boone County

• 76.96A, 76.22 tillable

Quality farmland located 2.5 miles southwest of Thorntown.

• We have buyers looking for land. • Buyers are open to leaseback options. • We provide farm management services. For more information go to hagemanrealty.com

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We specialize in rebuilding corn heads. • Hardened cutting edge for improved performance. • Will last 2 to 3 times longer • Half the price of new • Tear downs available

• JD, NH, & others • Rollers, plates, blocks & guides rebuilt • Chains & sprockets available

RED AND BLACK ANGUS BULLS. (618)528-8744 Registered Santa Gertrudis Bulls, AI bred by Grand Champion Santa Gertrudis bulls. BSE, REG, HEALTH papers. 24 to 36 months. $1500- $2100. Heil Cattle Co. Eddyville IL. 618-525-0611

HOLSTEIN STEERS 340 to 430 lbs, farm direct, dehorned, vac'd castrated, priced to sell, phone John. 309-263-8184. WANTED TO BUY complete herds of Dairy Cattle, also buying, Steers, and Heifers Call 715-216-1897

(21) YOUNG OPEN Kathadin hair ewes, 2-1/2 yrs old, weened 200% lamb crop, $165./ea., Call 815-547-6603

STARTED PULLETS FOR SALE, ready in Sept., Abendroth Hatchery Waterloo WI, Call 920-478-2053

* J&L Hay Savers For Cattle and Horses. * STOLTZFUS feeder wagons for hay and silage. KuntrySide Feeders. DEALER For Above Items. 217-268-3393

'10 CIH 6088, FT, RT, chopper, 2spd. 4WD, 1680/1195hrs, one owner, field ready, shedded, $117,000-obo. 618-790-3884

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(2) CIH-7010 combines, w/RT, LT bins ext., 4wd, 600 monitor, 1300/1600 rotor hrs. 1 bought new, always shedded; 35' CIH MacDon draper head, good, 574-583-3001

SEPTEMBER 24: 501+/- Acres • MERCER AND VAN WERT COUNTIES, OH AND ADAMS COUNTY, IN • Blackcreek and Willshire Twps in Ohio Blue Creek Twp in Indiana PRODUCTIVE CROPLAND • OWNER OPERATED FOR MANY YEARS Contact: Chris Peacock 765.546.0592 or Lauren Peacock 765.546.7359 SEPTEMBER 25: 36+/- Acres • BOONE COUNTY, IN • Marion Twp HIGH QUALITY TILLABLE ACREAGE Contact: Jim Clark 765.659.4841 or Sam Clark 317.442.0251 OCTOBER 10: 130+/- Acres • BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, IN • Haw Creek Twp PRODUCTIVE CROPLAND • HOME Contact: Dave Bonnell 812.343.4313 or Michael Bonnell 812.343.6036

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2009 CIH 5088, 1755 engine hours, 1210 separator hours, excellent $79,500. 217-251-3830

05 CIH-2388 2103 R hrs. 2670 eng. Hrs., 4wd, chopper, new 30.5x32 tires, field ready, been through shop, $46,500 Call 217-556-5807

2009 CIH 5088, AFX rotor, chopper, RT, FT, Pro 600 monitor, electric fold, bin ext., duals or 30.5x32 singles, 2335 eng. hrs, 1871 sep hours, Exc. Condition, $79,500. 2011 3020 30ft $18,500. 618-562-4819

1984 JD-8820, EXC. Cond., less than 800 ac. Since $18,000 spent on complete rebuild, new 30.5 tires & Vtito chaf spreader, eng. Hrs., repair 2400 paperwork avail., $18,000; JD922 flex platform, pipe reel, new poly, $5,000; JD-843 corn head, low tin, oil bath, complete Calmer conversion, 50 series drive, $7,500 Call 217-725-5236

2009 CIH-8010, AFX rotor, chopper, auto steer ready, duals, 520x85R42's, rears 28Lx26, eng. hr. 2087, thresh hrs. 1397, new cone, clean, $125,000 obo; 2009 CIH-2408, hyd. Deck plates, good cond., $18,500; JD-6600 diesel combine, 4R30” corn head & bean head, $1,750 obo Call 815-249-6276 or 815-674-0720

1998 TR98, DUALS, 4WD, Bin Extensions, Chaff Spreader, 2639 Separator Hours, good solid machine, 73C 30-ft. platform, 996 8R30 corn head, HT30 Header Cart, package deal $37,500 OBO Call 574-382-0195

2009 JD-625F PLATFORM, fresh rebuild Unverferth head trailer, Great Cond., $19,500 Call 309-696-3276 2010 Drago 830, green poly, headsight header control, 88 Ser. adapter, always shedded, $19,750. (217)369-5071

2004 CIH-2388, RT, FT, YM, AFX rotor, chopper, 20.8x42 low hrs, very duals, dependable, price negotiable, must see before you buy, 217-720-0404

2011 JD-9570 STS, 1173 eng. 788 sep. duals, long auger, premium cab, extensive maint. records, Always shedded, Lowpoint, IL. Call 309-645-9076

2007 CIH-2588, 3090E/2400R hrs, duals, RT/FT, chopper, Pro 600 single pt. hyd, Exc. Cond., $62,500 obo; 815-383-5253.

2013 JD-606C, 1700 ac., Inter meshing rolls, stalk stompers, hyd. Deck plates, auto height sense, $32,800 309-275-3222

OCTOBER 28: 621+/- Acres • MORGAN COUNTY, IN • Adams and Gregg Twps QUALITY FARMLAND • GRAIN SYSTEM • FERTILIZER AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE • IN A COMPETITIVE FARMING AREA Contact: Jim Clark 765.659.4841 or Charles McCarty 812.480.9560 or Todd Litten 812.327.2466 or Sam Clark 317.442.0251

FEATURED LISTINGS 70+/- Acres MARSHALL COUNTY, IN • Walnut Township PRODUCTIVE FARMLAND Contact: Julie Matthys 574.310.5189

38+/- Acres ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, IN • Union Township HUNTING • RECREATIONAL • CLASSIFIED FOREST Contact: C Co ont ntac nt actt: ac t: Julie Julliee Matthys Mat a th thys y 5 ys 574.310.5189 74.3 74 .3 31 10 0.5 . 18 189

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2014 JD 640FD, 40ft flex draper header, 3 new belts, excellent condition, $54,500. 618-599-6686 2018 UNVERFERTH-AWS 36', all wheel steer head hauler, used, 1 time, $5,800 obo 815-474-4742 635 HYDRAFLEX single hook up, low rock dam, Serial # 1H00635FLA0737802, $17,000; Road Runner-636, 36', $7,000.; Call 309-236-6632 Bill or 309-236-8735 Ed. CASE IH-7088 COMBINE, nice, 4wd. GPS mapping/auto steer ready, Also, a Parker 450 grain cart. Call 573-703-5606. CASE-INT'L 1660 RWA, w/chopper 1063 corn head, always shedded, good cond., 4200 hrs. $19,750 Call 618-779-0787 CIH REAR WEIGHTS and bracket off of 2588 combine. Will fit other models. Call 309-255-4000. CIH-1063 ALL GEAR boxes hold oil, water pump bearings, 3-yrs. @ 200ac./yr. on new knives, chains, sprockets, drive chains, row pts, $4,400. 815-303-7133 text anytime or call after 4pm. CIH-1063 CORN HEAD, hi-tin, water pump bearings, PTO, stompers, Exc., $4,800. Wanted: 25-ft. draper head. 708-921-3484 CRARY GRAIN BIN extension off of CIH 7230, $500. obo. Call 815-383-5253 GLEANER-R50 W/6-30 CORN HEAD, 20.5x32, used last fall, Good Cond., $5,000. Call 217 217-820-1265 IH 963 6-R CH, new GVL poly all around, hyd. deck plates, water pump bearings, exc cond, $5000-obo. 217-972-3166 IH-1480 FIELD READY, many extra parts For Sale. Call 309-944-8228 JD 635F, 2011 one owner low acres, full finger auger, extra sickle $15,000 815-266-9702 JD-4400 DIESEL COMBINE, 443 corn head, 215 grain head, kept inside, good cond., Call 574-353-7406

JD-893 CORN HEAD, hyd deck plates, knife rolls, HHC new sprockets, header chains, trailer, $15,000 (260)437-2566

JD-9770, CONTOUR MASTER, 4x4, high capacity unload, pro drive, 100% field ready, stored inside, 1274 sep., $130,000. Call 608-548-2040 LEXION-740 TT 4x4, on tracks, 1990 hours, Contour Master, $143,000. 8R and 30-ft. heads available. Stored Inside. Call 608-548-2040 SET OF ROUND bar concaves for corn, 2 small wire concaves for wheat, fits CIH mid range combine, Call 217-836-3504

CUSTOM CLEAN YOUR GRAIN Non-GMO & Organic Grains.

Cover Crop Rye Seed Available Langeland Farms Inc. Greensburg IN. 812-663-9546 www.langelandfarms.com

HIGH QUALITY WINTER RYE, cleaned, Germination and Purity Tested, Bulk or Bagged delivery available by pallet or truck load Whitaker Farms, Forest City IL. 309-241-5487 Off Patent GT (Glyphosate Tolerant) Soybeans Different Maturity Ranges available. Treated or nonTreated - Realistically Priced! Call for details. 618-667-6401, 618-407-3638, 618-407-3637

1956 IH-600 DIESEL tractor, serial #1837; 1954 AC-WD45; 1952 Ford 8N, Call early eve 815-246-9857 leave message 1956 JD-720, DIESEL, pony start, 65-hp., standard, single remote, 3pt., PTO, new 23.1x26 tires, looks and runs great, asking $7,750. 812-204-4587 1966 JD 4020 diesel, w/M&W turbo, 8-spd. Synchro, w.f.e, clamshell fenders, 18.4x34 tires, single hyd., diff lock, new paint, $8,750. 812-204-4587

1967 JD 3020 gas, Schwarz w.f.e, 8-spd synchro, 16.9x34 tires, diff lock, single hyd., new paint, 4767 hrs., $6,900. 812-204-4587 1969 JD-5020 W/ROLL bar and canopy, 18.4x38 tires w/axle duals, 3-pt. hitch, dual hyd., 1,000 rpm., PTO, 12 volt system w/alternator, 140-hp., super sharp, $14,500. (812)204-4587 1971 JD-1020, gas, 3-cyl., 40hp, w/roll bar, 3-pt. hitch, 540 RMP PTO, 8-spd., 4936 hrs., w/5' Bushhog $4,750 Call 812-204-4587 1978 JD 4640 , 5000 hrs, power shift, 1 owner. 217-874-2440. 1983 ALLIS CHALMERS-6080, MFWD, open station with canopy. Sharp Looking, $13,000 Call 231-690-1182 1984 JD-8650, 8700-hours, good shape, $29,000. 1978 JD-4440, 9200-hours, 2000 on overhaul, like new tires, $29,000. 217-304-1764 1999 JD 8400 w/840 loader, 2600 hrs, new tires, 2 buckets, forks, quick hitch, $90,000. Call 765-618-9647 2004 Versatile 2425, 3300 hrs., exc cond., $77,500, retiring. 563-357-4300 2009 CAT- 765C, 1650 hrs., 3-pt. PTO, GPS, 4-hyd. Always shedded. $130,000. Call 765-618-9647. 9682 NH tractor, 4WD, 618-246-6311

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www.bigtractorparts.com IHC-A WITH BELLY mower, super MTA w/fast hitch, both are parade ready, 856 runs extra good, 2000 actual hrs., needs paint, Call 574-583-3001

C2 Friday, September 20, 2019 JD-148 LOADER WITH quick attach bucket, $3,500 Call 309-392-3118 LOOKING TO BUY OR SELL FARM EQUIPMENT?

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(877)470-3337 Steiger Panther III ST 320, 903 Cummins, 2600-hrs on Reman., 5861 hrs., 10-spd., 30.5 inside w/duals, $14,500 815-760-0159 WANTED: White 4-210, w/24.5 or 30.5x32 tires, any condition, 618-839-0438

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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

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

HIGH QUALITY COVER Crop oats, cleaned, Germination and Purity Tested, Bulk or Bagged delivery available by pallet or truck load Whitaker Farms, Forest City IL. 309-241-5487

WANTED DAMAGED GRAIN WE PAY TOP DOLLAR!

>All Grains >Any Condition > Immediate Response Anywhere >Trucks and Vacs Available CALL FOR A QUOTE TODAY PRUESS ELEVATOR, INC (800) 828-6642

Kinze 3600 16-30”, loaded, 2012, $77,500. 563-357-4300

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Helicoid Super Edge & Sectional. FOR Grain Augers, Dryers, & Grain Carts, Feed Wagons, Mixers, Combines, Sweeps and Stirring Machine. Down Minimum 2001 NH BACKHOE, Enclosed cab, Iveco diesel eng., 4-in-1 bucket, 4WD, 24-in. digging bucket, $21,500. 812-204-4587 2016 GEHL V-270 skid loader, 1050 hrs, new tires, ROPES, $22,000. Call 765-618-9647. CAT-112E MOTOR GRATER, low hrs. on overhaul, has not been ran for several years, for rebuild or parts, $2,000 obo 217-844-2076 leave mesasge will call SUPER H WHEEL Ditcher, w/ laser, Very Good Cond., 4000hrs, Cummings motor, Rice tires, $75,000. (765)618-9647.

Corn Harvest Help Wanted

Need Operator R Series JD Tractor, 1000-bu. Grain cart. Also Need Truck Drivers for short Hauls field to grain storage, CDL helpful, not required. Meal and lodging provided.

Will Assist with Travel Expenses

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QUALITY HAY AND STRAW FOR SALE, big & small squares, delivery available, Call us David 815-685-5344 Mike 815-685-9646

KUHN SR110 HAY rake, Excellent Condition. $4,500 Call 317-440-9225 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

Late Model Equipment

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Wanted: combine driver with agronomy and mechanical skills, located in Central Illinois, thinking possibly an intern, call 217-821-5644

For sale by owner, 475Ac's, Pope Co., IL 25 mi's NE of Paducha KY Consist of 340 Ac's till. cropland, 25 Ac's pasture, & over 100 Ac's of hard wood timber. 40,000 bu. Grain storage, large barn, large field & exc deer hunting, w/good lease income. Open crop lease for 19, price below appraised value, 618-528-8744

Crawfordsville, IN (765) 866.0253 Eaton, OH (937) 456.6281 Georgetown, OH (937) 378.4880 La Crosse, IN (219) 754.2423 Lebanon, IN (765) 482.2303 Leb. Spray Center, IN (765) 481.2044 Pendleton, IN (765) 778.1991 Plymouth, IN (574) 936.2523

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LAND PRIDE RCR1860 mower. Like new, bought new in 2011 and used to mower small acreage couple times a year after hay was baled off. $1,100. Call 309-238-4101 RHINO MODEL TW168, rotary shredder, heavy duty, 14ft, 3-pt. hitch, big 1000 rpm P.T.O, will chop small trees., $2,500. 812-204-4587

2013 HAGIE 120ft aluminum boom, 1200 hrs of use. $31,500 618-562-7550. SPRA-COUPE 3440, 60-ft. straight PERKINS, booms, 300 gal, foamer, ez guide 250, 1998, 3600 hrs, exc. cond., $12,500. 309-303-1292.

Ag Gypsum for Sale through Clean Green Soil Amendments, LLC. (309)337-6242 or email cleangreensoil@gmail.com

8R STRIP-TILL TOOL BAR, 8150 Hiniker mon., hyd. wings (in case it's made bigger), always shedded, excel. cond. (217)874-2440 New Steel Storage tanks available Capacity up to 50,000 gal. 618-553-7549, 562-4544 www.dktanks.com TANKS: STAINLESS. PIPE For Culverts 10-inch to 10ft DIA. 618-553-7549, 618-562-4544, www.dktanks.com

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New& Used REM & Kongskilde grain vacs. Used Kongskilde 2000, 1000, 500 grain vacs. Cornwell Equipment, Arthur, IL 217-543-2631

2011 KRAUSE 4850 Dominator 18-ft. 11-shank ripper, new frt blades & bearings, like new cond. Call 217-248-2884. 7 shank Brillion Ripper, zone commander, 3-pt hitch, 618-246-6311 CHI Ecotiger-870, 9-shank, 1000 ac. of use; Sunflower-4211, 9shank, disc chisel, 4-bar HD harrow, walking tandems, farmers owned. 309-224-9186 CIH-6000 CONSER-TILL plow, 10 pt.,; CIH-720 6-18 plow 3-pt., both 1 owner, Very Good, Call 217-720-0404 GREAT PLAINS turbo till, 30' model 3000TT, serial # GP4833NN, blades & bearing recently replaced, HD frt. 191/2” rear 19-5/8” Exc. Cond., $27,500 Call 815-674-5481

(2) USED ALGAS SDI LP vaporizers, model 80/40H, $4,500/ea. Call 765-395-7744 (3) SUPER B Grain Dryers, AS 600 single phase LP, AS 800 3-phase LP, AS1000 3-phase LP, Text 812-457-0596 or call 812-457-0596 (4) GRAIN BINS: (2) 5500 Bu. Grain Bins, (1) 10,000 bu. Grain Bin, (1) 3500 Bu. Grain Bin, to be removed buy the buyer. Call 812-215-6898 3-Acres includes grain elevator w/80ft scales, office, 3 storage buildings & bins, etc. 6 miles East of LeRoy, IL $220,000. 309-825-5017 Brock 60' diam. Commercial bin, 95,000-bu., many many extras. $68,000. 319-350-0020, lv careful phone #.

JD-2800 6-BOTTOM on land hitch plow, vari-width, $2,500 Call 309-696-3276

Wanted: Used Grain Dryers. Farm Fans and GSI, Super B, GT, Preferred LP, single phase, call 815-228-2652, 814-440-8269

REM DRIVE-OVER PIT, with electric motor, $2,500; Mayrath 10” 70' auger with electric motor and drop cord, $3,800; Mayrath 62' 8” auger, $2,300; Call 309-368-1097 TIMPTE HOPPER TRAILER, 40-ft, $15,000 firm. Also, full stainless steel fenders, $500. Call 309-275-1219.

DMI-470 WAGON, SIDE dump, roll up tarp, spare tires & rim, Very Good Cond., $5,200 Call 815-848-5376 KINZE-640 AUGER CART, 30.5x32 tires, roll up tarp, always shedded, original one time owner. Call 708-421-9069 M&W 400 BU. center bump box, with no gear, $1,150 Call 309-392-3118 UNVERFERTH-1315 WALKING DUALS, 17-series auger, Call 317-408-1499

JD-512 7-SHANK FOLDING disk/chisel, notched front, smooth rear, blades, new points, good scrapers, bought new in 2012, no rear harrow, cushion trip shanks, Very Good Cond., $14,500. 815-383-2097

3208 Cat engine, non turbo, runs good, $1000. 618-214-2194 504 Case Turbo engine, very good condition, $2000. 618-214-2194

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PEORIA, Ill. — Brett Musg rave did n’t say much as he sat with his cousin, Buddy Courdt, the owner of Raber Packing Co., along with Buddy’s parents, Fred and Julie Courdt, on the morning of Nov. 9, 2018. “We tried to talk about what do things look like t omor row,” Mu sg r ave said. Musgrave is the operations manager for Raber Packing Co., which is set to relocate in West Peoria. He works full time for Courdt during the summer, when his wife, a teacher, is at home. One of those tomorrow things was pay. The employees’ paychecks lay in a safe, but that safe was under a smoking pile of debris that had been Courdt’s fourth-generation family business. “T he fire happened when the payroll had just been done, so it was in the safe in the building,” Musgrave said. Musgrave had that in mind, but a Raber tradition, as well. Every Friday night for a number of years, Raber employees have been cooking and serving supper to the residents of the Salvation Army mission in Peoria. Even with the chaos happening around them, the meal remained a priority for the Courdts and their workers. “Obviously, in that situation, we were thinking — what are they going to do? We discussed that while

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ALLEN COUNTY Sept. 26 – Healthy Soil, Healthy Plants: 6 to 9 p.m., Allen County Extension ofﬁce, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne, Ind.; https://puext. in/HSHP19.

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CLAY COUNTY Sept. 30 – Explore the World of Gardening: 6 to 8:30 p.m. EDT, Clay County Fairgrounds, 6656 N. State Road 59. Brazil, Ind.

Sept. 26-27 – Purdue Rainscaping Workshops: All day, Johnson County Extension ofﬁce, 484 N. Morton St., Franklin, Ind.; 765-494-6794.

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Sept. 23-28 – DeKalb County Free Fall Fair: 708 S. Union St., Auburn, Ind.; www. dekalbcountyfair.org; dekalbcountyfair@yahoo. com; 260-925-1834.

Sept. 28 – Seventh Annual Symposium – Rhapsody in Bloom: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. CDT, Sts. Peter & Paul Macedonian Banquet Hall, 9660 Broadway, Crown Point, Ind.; www.lcmgain. org.

HARRISON COUNTY Sept. 20 – 40th Annual Carnival for Cancer: 5 to 7 p.m. EDT, Fountain United Methodist Church, 1990 Corydon Ramsey Road NW, Corydon, Ind. Sept. 24 – Mini 4-H Workshop – Learn All About Leaves: 5:30 to 7 p.m. EDT, Harrison County Extension ofﬁce, 247 Atwood St., Corydon, Ind.; 812-738-4236. Sept. 25-26 – Agriculture Day: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT, Harrison County Fairgrounds, 341 S. Capitol Ave., Corydon, Ind.; 812-738-4236. Sept. 28 – Harvest Homestretch Market: All day, Harrison County Fairgrounds, 341 S. Capitol Ave., Corydon, Ind. Sept. 28 – Weed Wrangle at Hayswood Nature Reserve: Hayswood Nature Reserve, 55 Old Hwy 135, Corydon,

After Brett Musgrave, the operations manager for Raber Packing Co., took his kids to school on Nov. 9, 2018, he had a job to finish. With his cousin’s business in smoking ruins from an overnight fire, Musgrave set about making sure that a Raber tradition — cooking and serving Friday supper at the Salvation Army shelter — went on as usual. Later, Musgrave and his children went to look at what remained of the business. we were sitting watching the fire. We determined that it was still possible to do the supper that day,” Musgrave said. After he took his kids to school, Musgrave started calling to figure out a way to get supper ready. The area business community responded. “The owners of Pizza Ranch in Morton, they offered us pretty much any item they make. I said let’s serve pizzas, and they offered anything they make and they offered to help out,” Musgrave said. Some of the items that the Raber Friday night supper team serves, like fruit and cookies, they purchase

at the local Sam’s Club. “They replaced what we had that burned, so we could still have all that for Friday,” Musgrave said. The Friday night supper went on as usual. Even as they served others, the Raber employees didn’t have to worry about their futures. Buddy Courdt assured his workers they would continue to be paid. The only delay in that process was reprocessing the payroll that was in the safe during the ﬁre. The Raber employees have kept up their volunteer work. Thirty Raber’s workers have volunteered their time at nonproﬁt orga-

nizations in and around the Peoria area. It’s not just a beneﬁt for the organizations that received the extra help. “The biggest hurdle when we open back up is that people may not be used to getting up and being at the same place for an extended period of time and doing a repetitive job. The idea is to try and overcome that and give people a routine and a place to be,” Musgrave said.

Sept. 21 – Forestry Field Tour: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT, Southeast Purdue Ag Center, 4425 E County Road 350 N, Butlerville, Ind.; 812798-2764.

LAPORTE COUNTY Sept. 24 – Lend-A-Hand Day: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. CDT, Community Building, 2581 W. State Road 2, LaPorte, Ind.

PUTNAM COUNTY Sept. 28 – Fall Forestry Workshop: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT, Dogwood Springs, 8675 S. State Road 243, Cloverdale, Ind.; dogwoodspringsnow@ gmail.com.

TIPPECANOE COUNTY Sept. 21 – Livestock Skillathon/Milk Quality and Products/Meat Judging Career Development Event: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.; tinyurl. com/yy45vu3r.

Jeannine Otto can be reached at 815-2232558, ext. 211, or jotto@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Otto.

Timely reviews ‘insure’ against the unexpected By Jeannine Otto AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

PEKIN, Ill. — When Raber’s Packing Co. was destroyed by fire in November 2018, one of the first question employees had was if they would still have a job — and a paycheck. Owner Buddy Courdt had made sure of that when he took over the family business. “My mom asked me that night, are all the employees getting paid, and I said as far as I know, they are. We pretty much got confirmation of that the next day, and we knew that everything was probably going to be OK,” Courdt said. Courdt did an extensive review of his business’s insurance when he took over as owner. While the building that housed the meat processing business was over 60 years old, Courdt wanted to make sure that the insurance coverage would allow him to replace it if anything happened. “I went over our insurance the first year really diligently because, at my age, I wanted to be able to rebuild and I wanted to be able to pay my employees while I rebuilt and that was really only all I asked the insurance about, was to be able to rebuild and I want to be able to pay the employees,” Courdt said. Courdt’s example is a good one to follow for other business owners, including farmers, said Tony Laesch, Illinois Valley agency manager for Country Financial. Country Financial isn’t Courdt’s insurance agency, but Laesch offered some tips about how and when to do a review of your insurance coverage and what to consider. “One of our goals is to offer all of our customers an annual review. Do it once a year. I would say at the minimum every two to three years. I wouldn’t go any longer than three years,” Laesch said. The insurance that Courdt had included insuring against business interruption. “People will buy commercial policies or business owners will buy extra coverage for business interruption, meaning

if their business gets interrupted because of a claim, a ﬁre or vandalism, tornado, things like that, the policy will pay for the interrupted business. When they don’t have revenues coming in, the policy will help make up those revenues,” Laesch said. When homeowners and farm owners make changes and updates to their property, whether it’s updating a kitchen, adding a family room or building a new machine shed or barn, that means it’s time to review the insurance coverage. “Those types of things should deﬁnitely trigger a ‘let’s sit down and review’ because your current coverage probably isn’t going to be adequate,” Laesch said. For farmers, that also includes when they purchase new or newer equipment but older and depreciating equipment also can impact insurance coverage and premiums. “It’s going through that farm personal property inventory and making sure we have right values. Whether we’ve got equipment that’s depreciated down some or you haven’t bought any equipment, so we can lower some insurance or we need to raise some insurance because you’ve added equipment or livestock,” Laesch said. A review also can help guard that there is enough coverage and that losses won’t be penalized due to inadequate coverage. “On the farm policy, like on a lot of commercial policies, if you don’t insure to a certain percentage, there are some co-insurance penalties that can come in. What the coinsurance acts is like a larger deductible. If you are not insurance 80% to value, what I mean by that is that we add up all your farm and personal property and it adds up to a million dollars, but you are only insuring it at $700,000. You have a large loss and we see that you insured it for $700,000. One hundred percent would have been $1 million. There could be a co-insurance penalty that applies and that co-insurance penalty is basically like an extra

deductible that they have to pay or a deduction from their payment,” Laesch said. A review can help farmers understand the rules that apply to coinsurance.

“The key is to be cognizant of any coinsurance rules and that goes also for commercial buildings, because a lot of commercial policies have co-insurance rules,” Laesch said.

Healthy Soils, Healthy Plants The program Healthy Soils, Health Plants will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Allen County Extension office, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne. This home soil science workshop will cover soil sampling, interpreting soil tests, understanding pesticide/fertilizer labels, and calculating fertilizer needs. Cost is $15, Register by visiting https://puext.in/HSHP19.

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China to lift punitive tariffs on U.S. soybeans and pork By Joe McDonald AP BUSINESS WRITER

BEIJING (AP) — China will lift punitive tariffs imposed on U.S. soybeans and pork in a trade war with Washington, a state news agency said Sept. 13, adding to conciliatory gestures by the two sides ahead of negotiations. China w ill suspend tariﬀ hikes on soybeans, pork and some other farm goods, the Xinhua News Agency said, citing the Cabinet planning agency and the Commerce Ministry. Beijing “supports domestic companies in purchasing a certain amount of U.S. farm produce,” it said, but it gave no details. The move follows President Donald Trump’s decision Sept. 11 to postpone a planned Oct. 1 tariﬀ hike on Chinese imports to Oct. 15. Hopes are growing that

the two sides might defuse the prolonged dispute that is threatening global economic growth. But there has been no sign of progress on the main issues in their sprawling conflict over trade and technology. Beijing’s decision to restore access to low-cost U.S. soybeans also would help Chinese pig farmers who use soy as animal feed. They are reeling from an epidemic of African swine fever that has caused pork prices to soar. Phone calls to the commerce and ﬁnance ministries weren’t answered on Sept. 13, a national holiday in China. “China has a huge market, and the prospects for importing high-quality U.S. farm produce are broad,” Xinhua said. “China hopes the United States will be true to its word, make progress on its commitments and create favorable conditions

for bilateral agricultural cooperation.” Beijing imposed 25% tariﬀs on American farm goods last year in response to Trump’s tariﬀ hikes on Chinese goods. Importers were ordered to stop buying soybeans, the biggest U.S. export to China. China targeted farm goods, hurting rural areas that supported Trump in the 2016 presidential election. Secretary Steven Mnuchin called the Sept. 11 tariff delay by Trump a “goodwill gesture to the Chinese.” The Commerce Ministry said Sept. 12 importers were asking American suppliers for prices of soybeans and pork. It gave no indication whether they planned to place orders. Washington wants Beijing to roll back plans for state-led development of leaders in robotics and other technologies.

New ag technologies will reduce environmental impact By Tom C. Doran AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

DECATUR, Ill. — An agricultural input company has set a goal to reduce its environmental impact by 30% by 2030. Bayer aims to achieve this by developing new technologies, scaling down crop protection volumes, and enabling more precise applications. This will help to restore and retain biodiversity, combat climate change and make the most eﬃcient use of natural resources. Andy Knepp, Bayer director of environmental strategy and industry advocacy, said at the Farm Progress Show that sus-

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DECATUR, Ill. — A new product hit the marketplace this year that provides ﬁve-way genetic tolerance against corn diseases. “Channel Protexus provides tolerance against anthracnose stalk rot, Goss’s wilt and leaf blight, northern corn leaf blight, gray leaf spot and southern corn rust,” Brett Ochs, Channel brand corn product manager, said at the Farm Progress Show. “Those are all pretty devastating economic diseases on corn for farmers across the Midwest.” Commercial sales were launched this year, and new Protexus products are in plots this year that will be available in the future. “Some products will focus on only one disease but what we wanted to do

with this Channel Protexus product is provide genetic tolerance to all ﬁve disease, no matter what the weather pattern,” Ochs said. “Obviously, we have an interesting weather pattern this summer — late planting, a lot of rain early, then dry. So, diseases can vary, depending on the conditions, but this is going to give you protection out of the bag through the plant health to the end of the season.” Hybrid maturities in the initial launch range from 97 days to 115 days and more will be added in the next couple of years. Along with the ﬁve-way protection, Ochs said the products maintain strong yields. They are tested under a wide range of growing conditions with trials focusing on performance and agronomics, strong emergence and

early season vigor, and improved disease tolerance. “One of the ﬁrst requirements to be a Protexus product is it has to be a Channel product. So, it has to hit certain yield thresholds and to be honest these products stand alone on their own just by the way they’re able to handle stress or go for maybe a little more topend yield,” Ochs said. “We have several different types of products there. But then that secondary criterion is really stringent looking through all of the pathology and breeding data to understand that response to disease pressure.”

tainability is more than just a catchphrase for his company. “For us as a company, sustainability is embedded into how we develop products.” Knepp said. “As we look at what we’re doing in our research pipeline, as we think about new biotechnology products – new seed treatments, biologicals, microbials, any of those things – we’re looking at what are the environmental beneﬁts, how do they help farmers do what they do well, which is grow corn and soybeans, how do we help farmers do what they need to do in a way that’s actually more sustainable,” he said. “So, it is really very much embedded into who we are as an or-

ganization. And really if we think about technology and innovation from a long term perspective, it’s always with the eye towards how do we get better, how do we use less resources so that we have the smallest impact on the environment, understanding that there are still a lot of mouths to feed.” A MAJOR OPPORTUNITY FOR AG Concerns about how the food is grown and the environment provides a major opportunity for agriculture. “We view farmers as stewards of the land. Most farmers I think would also view themselves that way. We look at the opportunity today to really work closely with

farmers, work closely with other interested organizations to really demonstrate how ag can actually be part of the solution to a lot of the environmental challenges, whether that would be water quality, greenhouse gas emission, or you hear a lot of discussion around climate change,” Knepp said. “We see a huge opportunity for technology to really be the answer to a lot of the challenges we face in ag.” Bayer has partnered with several environmental groups and growers’ associations and is among the founding members of the Soil Health Partnership. “We are working with groups like the National Corn Growers

Association to see how we can actually make sure in this conversation about soil health that we generate the data, because I think a lot of the data didn’t really exist,” Knepp said. The data is used to answer questions about soil health, how soil health beneﬁts farmers and the environment and what steps are needed to improve soil health. “So, obviously, the conversation around cover crops and around reduced tillage is nothing new to farmers, but maybe in terms of how do we get the data, how do we work with farmers in a network to really drive home the beneﬁts and really drive towards the adoption of these practices,” Knepp said.

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LOW SYSTEM COST The Roundup Ready® Xtend System is one of the lowest full system V ÃÌÃ >Û> >L i Ì `>Þ] > ` Ü Ì Ì i >``i` Li iw Ì v i Ìi ÀiÜ>À` «À }À> Ã] v>À iÀÃ V> Ü V>« Ì> âi Õ Ì >Ìi «À w Ì « Ìi Ì > ° Bayer Plus Rewards With the Bayer Plus Rewards program, earn up to $15/A. in rebates on corn and soybean acres just by selecting inputs that will maximize every acre. And with their weed control guarantee, >ÞiÀ½Ã -«À>Þ >À Þ Ü Ì w `i Vi «À }À> i «Ã v>À iÀÃ }iÌ Ì i most out of early-season dicamba applications and the assurance of ultimate weed control. With Beck’s, You Get More Every Roundup Ready 2 Xtend® soybean variety in Beck’s lineup comes backed by a Performance Plus discount, a 100% Free Replant guarantee, and the ability to add tangible value to your farm through Beck’s Commitment Rewards program. With the option Ì >`` Û>ÀÞ } iÛi Ã v i Ìi] «À «À iÌ>ÀÞ Ãii` ÌÀi>Ì i ÌÃ Ì w } Ì nematodes, SDS, and white mold, farmers now have access to the number one soybean trait platform, all at a low system cost. “Farmers can spray dicamba and achieve high yields and exceptional weed control when planting Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans without worry,” said Schwartz. Contact your local Beck’s representative to learn how to successfully > >}i Þ ÕÀ , Õ `Õ« ,i>`Þ Ó 8Ìi ` Ã ÞLi> w i `Ã ÓäÓä°

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ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW, IRM, WHERE APPLICABLE, GRAIN MARKETING, STEWARDSHIP PRACTICES AND PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS Glyphosate herbicides will kill crops that are not tolerant to glyphosate. Dicamba herbicides will kill crops that are not tolerant to dicamba. XtendiMax® herbicide with VaporGrip® Technology is part of the Roundup Ready® Xtend Crop System and is a restricted use pesticide. Roundup Ready 2 Xtend®, XtendiMax®, VaporGrip®, PowerMAX®, WeatherMax®, and Warrant® are trademarks of Bayer Group. Performance may vary.

“With the power of dicamba in your pre-emergence, you have the freedom to come back with a different chemistry in your post-emergence application.” – Jim Schwartz, Director of PFR and Agronomy

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Market data

Cattle in 2019 to imitate hogs of 1998?

REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Futures Prices This Last This week week Chg. week CATTLE HOGS OCT 19 98.07 94.87 3.20 OCT 19 66.47 DEC 19 104.37 99.75 4.62 DEC 19 68.70 FEB 20 111.10 106.40 4.70 FEB 20 75.10 APR 20 115.05 110.85 4.20 APR 20 81.17 JUN 20 107.95 104.27 3.68 MAY 20 86.12 AUG 20 106.25 102.40 3.85 JUN 20 91.12

Last week Chg. 63.50 62.47 70.85 76.40 82.40 86.37

2.97 6.23 4.25 4.77 3.72 4.75

3.15 3.67 3.65 3.50 3.00 3.00

MILK CLASS III SEP 19 18.31 OCT 19 19.20 NOV 19 18.35 DEC 19 17.60 JAN 20 16.90 FEB 20 16.63

17.96 17.72 17.36 16.90 16.36 16.20

0.35 1.48 0.99 0.70 0.54 0.43

CORN SEP 19 3554 3424 130 DEC 19 3686 3554 132 MAR 20 3814 3686 128 MAY 20 3904 3774 130 JUL 20 3970 3846 124 SEP 20 4006 3900 106

SOYBEANS SEP 19 8846 NOV 19 8986 JAN 20 9122 MAR 20 9240 MAY 20 9346 JUL 20 9430

8450 8576 8720 8860 8974 9076

396 410 402 380 372 354

CHICAGO WHEAT SEP 19 4856 4602 254 DEC 19 4834 4636 198 MAR 20 4894 4704 190 MAY 20 4940 4756 184 JUL 20 4974 4790 184 SEP 20 5044 4870 174

K.C. WHEAT SEP 19 3834 DEC 19 3996 MAR 20 4140 MAY 20 4244 JUL 20 4346 SEP 20 4472

3752 3932 4080 4184 4276 4400

82 64 60 60 70 72

BRENT CRUDE OIL NOV 19 60.22 61.54 -1.32 DEC 19 59.25 60.57 -1.32 JAN 20 58.61 59.94 -1.33 FEB 20 58.18 59.55 -1.37 MAR 20 57.88 59.29 -1.41 APR 20 57.68 59.07 -1.39

ETHANOL OCT 19 NOV 19 DEC 19 JAN 20 FEB 20 MAR 20

1.310 1.322 1.322 1.322 1.322 1.322

0.046 0.039 0.047 0.047 0.047 0.047

FEEDER CATTLE SEP 19 136.50 OCT 19 134.57 NOV 19 134.02 JAN 20 131.97 MAR 20 131.40 APR 20 132.62

133.35 130.90 130.37 128.47 128.40 129.62

1.356 1.361 1.369 1.369 1.369 1.369

Stocks of Agricultural Interest

This Last 52-wk week week high

ADM AGCO BASF BG CF

41.63 76.79 18.15 56.83 49.91

38.71 52.06 71.97 80.64 16.87 24.05 55.80 72.35 48.64 56.51

This Last 52-wk week week high

CTVA 30.12 28.39 32.78 DD 73.54 69.22 100.54 DE 165.42 156.52 171.22 FMC 91.05 87.40 92.13 MOS 22.65 19.54 37.37

Export Inspections (MIL BU.)

AGRINEWS PHOTO/MARTHA BLUM

Brad Hobrock shows two ears of corn picked from a field at the Martin farm near Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. The Martins have instituted the AgriBio System for the past five years, and this field of corn is yield checking at 234 bushels per ace with 50 units of applied nitrogen.

Build soil health to increase profits By Martha Blum

This Year Cumulative Cumulative Cml. week ago this year year ago % diff.

AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

WHEAT 402.486 441.592 CORN 590.013 783.495 SOYBEANS 906.029 927.335

MT. PULASKI, Ill. — Growing consistent, high-yielding, profitable crops involves systems. “We started challenging the conventional ways of thinking years ago because a lot of the things we were told to do wasn’t working,” said Brad Hobrock, AgriBio Systems. “AgriBio Systems has systems as part of our name because everything we do revolves around a system.” The farming industry for years has based decisions on yield. “Yield is important because we have to have bushels to pay bills,” Hobrock said during a meeting held at the farm operated by Jeff Martin and his sons, Derek and Doug. “Nobody here wants to produce 300-plus bushel corn and 100-plus bushel soybeans more than the Martins, but if we lose money doing that, we haven’t done ourselves justice,” Hobrock said. The No. 1 priority for AgriBio Systems is increasing farm profit by building soil health. Derek Martin showed the group a couple of cornstalks from a field the farmers started using the AgriBio Systems program on five years ago. “These plants are from the field that we applied 50 units of 28% nitrogen behind the planter,” he said. “And it is yield checking at 234 bushels per acre.” This field, Martin said, probably is the most highly intensive managed acres on the farm. “Not only do we raise corn and soybeans, we also raise microorganisms — fungi and bacteria,” he said.

7000.84 449.96 501.78

5705.289 22.71 678.521 -33.69 834.33 -39.86

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

2611 2204 2323 18.47 12.40 629 565 656 11.33 -4.12

MEAT PRICES This week Last week Change Pork Cutout Bellies Loins Hams Yld Gr 3 Choice Beef Select Beef 5-Mkt Fed Cattle Live 5-Mkt Fed Cattle Carcass

68.38 73.78 -5.40 85.93 108.35 -22.42 69.84 72.75 -2.91 61.47 60.42 1.05 221.14 228.16 -7.02 199.93 203.02 -3.09 99.49 102.31 -2.82 159.50 166.19 -6.69

CASH HOGS, LIVE PRICE This week Last week Change Interior Illinois

31.00

38.00

-7.00

Eastern Corn Belt Direct Feeder Cattle Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky and Ohio Reported sales this week, 5,562; last week, 4,168; last year, 3,486. Demand moderate. Supply included 100% over 600 lbs; 63% heifers. Feeder Steers Medium, Large 1 Head 240 845

Avg Wt. 806 765

Avg. Delivery Price (FOB) 132.16 Current 134.50 Oct

Feeder Steers Medium, Large 1-2 65 750 132.00 Curr 715 765 128.00 Sep-Oct 140 700 126.00 Nov Feeder Steers Medium, Large 2 65 750 123.00 Nov Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 1 335 725 124.00 Curr

130 285 135

750 123.50 Curr 675 127.00 Sep-Oct 725 128.00 Oct

Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 1-2 212 708 121.25 Curr 65 750 120.00 Curr 400 725 122.00 Sep-Oct 140 700 118.00 Nov Feeder Heifers Medium, Large 2 940 725 113.14 Nov 200 725 112.85 Dec 325 750 115.00 Dec 325 750 113.00 Jan

USDA National Grain Market Review Compared to last week, cash bids for wheat were higher with northern spring wheat mixed. Yellow corn was higher with white corn lower. Soybeans and sorghum were higher. Ethanol production for week ending Sept. 6 totaled 1.023 million barrels per day, a 10,000-barrel increase when compared to the week prior. Ethanol stocks were at 22.5 mb this week, a decrease of 1.300 mb. Monday's crop condition report showed corn at 55% good to excellent which was 13% less than a year ago. Corn dented was reported at 55%, 29% below a year ago. Soybean condition was reported at 55% good to excellent, which is 13% less than last year. Soybeans setting pods reported at 92%, which is 8% behind last year. Wheat was 4 3/4 cents lower to 18 cents higher. Corn was 15 cents lower to 18 1/2 cents higher. Sorghum was 15 to 16 cents higher. Soybeans were 26 to 34 cents higher.

CORN Kansas City US No 2 rail White Corn was 5 1/4 to 15 cents lower from 3.53 1/4-3.67 1/2 per bushel. Kansas City US No 2 truck Yellow Corn was 3 1/2 to 8 1/2 cents higher from 3.52 1/4-3.77 1/4 per bushel. Omaha US No 2 Yellow Corn was 8 to 10 cents higher from 3.67-3.69 per bushel. Chicago US No 2 Yellow Corn was 8 1/2 cents higher from 3.78 1/4-3.82 1/4 per bushel. Toledo US No 2 rail Yellow corn was 8 1/2 cents higher at 3.97 1/4 per bushel. Minneapolis US No 2 Yellow corn rail was 18 1/2 cents higher at 3.28 1/4 per bushel.

OILSEEDS Minneapolis Yellow truck soybeans were 28 cents higher at 8.30 1/2 per bushel. Illinois Processors US No 1 Yellow truck soybeans were 26 to 31 cents higher from 8.50 1/28.82 1/2 per bushel. Kansas City US No 2 Yellow truck soybeans were 31 to 34 cents higher from 8.20 1/2-8.55 1/2 per bushel. Illinois 48 percent soybean meal, processor rail bid was 6.90 higher from 292.60-307.60 per bushel. Central Illinois Crude Soybean oil processor bid was 0.55 points higher from 28.51-29.01 per cwt.

WHEAT Kansas City US No 1 Hard Red Winter, ordinary protein rail bid was 14 3/4 cents higher from 4.78 1/2-4.88 1/2 per bushel. St. Louis truck US No 2 Soft Red Winter terminal bid was 10 to 18 cents higher at 4.86 per bushel. Minneapolis and Duluth US No 1 Dark Northern Spring, 14.0 to 14.5 percent protein rail, was 4 3/4 cents lower to 1/4 cent higher at 5.87 1/4 per bushel. Portland US Soft White wheat rail was steady to 5 cents higher from 5.70-5.80 per bushel.

SORGHUM

US No 2 yellow truck, Kansas City was 15 cents higher from 5.84-5.93 per cwt. Texas High Plains US No 2 yellow sorghum (prices paid or bid to the farmer, fob elevator) was 15 to 16 cents higher from 6.20-6.46 per cwt.

OATS US 2 or Better oats, rail bid to arrive at Minneapolis 20 day was 3 1/4 to 15 1/4 cents higher from 2.83-3.33 per bushel.

Futures Prices compiled by faculty and staff of the Ag Economics Department at the University of Missouri.

FROM THE GROUND UP Soil has three components — chemical, physical and biological. The biology component is the living part of the soil, and for many years, farmers have tried to control this component with synthetic fertilizers, while ignoring the importance of biology. However, biology is the foundation for healthy, productive soil. “A biological regenerative system takes time,” Hobrock said. “We didn’t degrade soils in one year, and we’re not going to fix them in a single year either because it takes time to allow soils to get back to a functional process.” Farmers can be successful with a conventional system, Hobrock said, and many have done it for years. “But your success will always be dependent on weather and markets,” he said. Healthy plant growth requires a balance of bacteria and fungi. AgriBio has the ability to perform qualitative and quantitative microbial analysis of soil, as well as determine if they are beneficial or harmful. Soil that is healthy and functional will resist diseases, retain nutrients, provide plants with essential nutri-

ents, reduce the need for fertilizers, decompose toxins, increase carbon storage capabilities and build stable aggregate structures. “You’re going to need to implement cover crops, and they need to be done in the right way,” Hobrock said. “But cover crops alone will not fix your problems.” The first step to implementing the AgriBio system, Hobrock said, is the willingness to make changes. “To put yourself in a position to have soil structure that gives you the opportunity to produce very high yields on very little applied, the first step is mindset,” he said. “But if you don’t have the right mindset to challenge conventional ways, you’re going to continue to be stuck in a rut.” MOTIVATING FACTORS Using an AgriBio product like BioMax or MycoPlex is not a silver bullet, Hobrock said, but they can help. “It has led some people in the last three years to consistently net $150plus per acre,” he said. Soils that don’t accept moisture runs off, and if there isn’t stable aggregate structure to hold soils, there will be erosion. “So, we’re losing top soil and boat loads of nutrients,” Hobrock said. “If we are not careful of how we manage things, the EPA is going to put restrictions on how and when you can apply fertilizers.” During the past three years, Hobrock said, farmers have produced 1 bushel of corn on one-half pound of applied nitrogen or 250-bushel corn on 125 pounds of applied nitrogen. “And we have a situation here at the Martin farm where they might do that on 50 pounds of applied,” he said. “With the right nutritional and hormonal balance in the form of exudates, sugars, proteins and carbohydrates, a corn plant can produce compounds to protect themselves against insects and diseases,” he said. For example, Hobrock said, plants with the right nutritional and hormonal balance, when they are fed on by a pest such as corn rootworm, the plants will produce a compound and within 24 hours the insects feeding on it are dead — it’s called applied systemic resistance. “We did over 30 trials a year ago in corn that yielded from 240 to 300 bushels, and we did not see a single bushel response to fungicides,” he said. “If you have enough oxygen in your soil and the right beneficial microbes there, they will suppress disease-causing pathogens.” Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@agrinews-pubs. com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.

Cattle prices for cash and futures are suffering under the effects of the trade war with China similar other U.S. ag markets. Fortunately, Commodity cattle prices are not as Insight depressed as Jerry Welch Kansas City wheat that recently fell to a new 14-year low. But front month cattle futures did close one day this week at a new nine-year low. And, because of such pronounced weakness, several cattle analysts are predicting even lower prices are likely. No doubt the trade war is weighing on cattle prices, but the most negative near-term problem the market faces is this: There are too many cattle to be marketed between now and January in large part because of the fire in the Tyson plant in Kansas a few weeks ago. Packers simply cannot slaughter the available supplies due to logistical problems and sagging demand. It truly is a one-two punch in the gut for cattle producers. I can only recall one other time in history such a scenario unfolded in the U.S. livestock markets, and it involved hogs, not cattle. And the 21st anniversary of that logistical nightmare is close at hand. In my book, “Haunted By Markets,” in a chapter entitled “Hog Futures: Wildest Market on the Board,” penned in January 1999, I wrote the following: “Consider this: On Oct. 30, 1998, February hog futures traded as high as $43.90. By Dec. 16, however, cash prices had collapsed to a 58-year low and, in the process, February futures plummeted to a low of $26.05. In a month and a half of trading, hog futures fell $17.85, or $238 per contract per day for 20 trading days.” Based on history, today’s cattle market may be on the cusp of sharply lower prices for the very same reasons hog prices did a historic nosedive in 1998. The beef packer simply does not have the capacity to slaughter the number of cattle to be marketed in next three to four months amid a slowing demand environment. But here is the rub, and it comes from “Hog Futures: Wildest Market on the Board:” “Right when the pork complex looked the ugliest, hog prices bottomed and began to rise. From the low set on Dec. 16 to the high set on Jan. 25, February lean hog futures rose a whopping $18.45 cents, or 71% in value. “But this time, the wild swing in hog prices took place in 26 days of trading. On average, February lean hog futures rose $283 per contract per day during that timeframe.” Thus, the dramatic decline with hog prices in ‘98 set the stage for an equally dramatic rise once a low was formed. The hog collapse of 1998 was simply a buying opportunity for those willing to be patient. Of course, they had to have been mentally and financially prepared to take advantage of the historic decline. Cattle prices will be in a world of hurt for the next three to four months. But once a low is carved out, I fully expect to see cattle prices at the end of the first quarter of 2020 rise to be north of $120 compared to $99 cash prices this week. Things may get ugly over the near term, but if history repeats itself, as it did with hog futures in 1998, the upside price potential for cattle futures is substantial — once the market bottoms, of course. Buckle up, tighten that cinch. Pull your hat down tight. The cattle market is going to be a real bucker.

Strategic marketing workshop for agribusiness professionals WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business will present the 2019 Strategic Agri-Marketing seminar Oct. 8-10 on the West Lafayette campus. This workshop-style program will allow participants to develop and integrate a more strategic approach to marketing. Attendees will analyze case studies and participate in smallgroup work to learn how to build marketing models with measurable results and integrate variables that

meet both the marketing and financial objectives of their agribusinesses. “Every company in this industry must allocate limited resources across multiple functions related to their marketing plan,” said Justin Funk, managing partner of Agri Studies Inc. and a conference presenter. “Strategic Agri-Marketing is designed to equip participants with the skills necessary to develop a cohesive marketing strategy with many

moving parts.” Program topics will include product line and brand strategies, distribution strategies, price strategies, promotion strategies and segmentation, targeting and positioning. This program is especially valuable for marketing managers and directors responsible for developing or implementing marketing strategies for their agribusinesses and field team members. Cost is $2,595. Register at tinyurl. com/yxumeh2g.

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WHAT’S TRENDING These are this week’s most read stories on the AgriNews website: 1. Build soil health to increase profits 2. Three diseases to look out for this fall: AgriGold Academy connects farmers

4. Diversify your farm with beekeeping 5. Raber Packing continues with rebuilding plans

with experts 3. Bayer launches product purchase incentive program

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Farm groups applaud repeal of WOTUS rule We received good news in recent days that the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers have officially repealed the Obama administration’s Waters of the U.S. rule Rural Issues under the Clean Water Act. Cyndi EPA AdminisYoung-Puyear trator Andrew Wheeler said they’ve finalized a rule to repeal the 2015 WOTUS and will recodify the “longstanding and familiar” regulation language in place before that. The next step, according to Wheeler, is to clearly define where federal jurisdiction begins and ends in accordance with the Clean Water Act and Supreme Court precedent. “Step two: a new WOTUS definition that will provide greater regulatory certainty for farmers, landowners, home builders and developers nationwide,” Wheeler said. Almost every ag group in every state across our big, beautiful country is applauding this move. I agree. The 2015 WOTUS rule was the federal government attempting to control practices on our farm that could not and should not be “cookie cuttered.” From a farm pond to a ditch, or a branch that runs into a creek, or a creek that runs into a river — those on my farm in Missouri aren’t the same as those on my parents’ farm in Illinois or my friend’s farm in Iowa or other friends’ farms in Florida, West Virginia or Oklahoma. They aren’t the same as those on my neighbor’s farm. I grew up on a family farm where being a good steward of the land, air, water, livestock and wildlife was not mandated. It was simply the way my parents were “made.” I am grateful that I grew up in that environment, and I am blessed with a husband whose respect for the land, air, water, livestock and wildlife on our farm is much the same as mine. We are committed to making this piece of land that we own better than it was when we bought it almost 18 years ago. For years, we’ve heard people talk about saving the planet. The planet will do what it needs to do to survive. Those of us who inhabit it, however, could very well suffer the consequences of mistreating our natural resources. I know there are bad actors in every walk of life. There are some bad actors farming and ranching. When I hear ag groups proclaim, “All farmers are great!” it makes me uncomfortable, knowing full well they are not all great. Not all pharmacists, chefs or third-grade teachers are great, either. It also made me uncomfortable when I heard time and again the battle cry of farmers and ranchers during the early days of the WOTUS battle, “We don’t want the government on our farm!” But the government was very much on their farms as many of them were signed up for government programs through Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service. I’m not saying they shouldn’t take advantage of those programs available to them. I do think the battle cry missed the mark and caused some to whisper that many of those making that statement were disingenuous. We’ve been given a reprieve with the repeal of the 2015 WOTUS rule. Let’s show EPA and the Army Corps and everyone else that we are good stewards and will not take for granted the natural resources that are abundant on our land.

More of the same is no plan at all You know you’re deep in the rabbit hole when bad news — say, a government report that shows steep cuts in anticipated 2019 crop yields — is good news because it will hopefully boost prices. Conversely, when good Farm & Food news arrives, like an File unexpected week of perfect September weather, Alan Guebert it’s actually bad news because it just drags already low prices even lower. But that’s where we find ourselves in agriculture these days — a rabbit hole called 2019. Worse, none of the Big Ag players or our current policymakers wants to do things any differently in 2020. All seem quite content to rely on the same farm programs, principally crop insurance, for another year or two even though the programs have delivered nearly every segment U.S. agriculture to an ever deeper price dungeon for three years running. That’s not a plan. That’s purgatory. Equally disheartening is how farmers and Big Agbiz now seem ready to accept tariff-based MFP, or Market Facilitation Program, payments — $12 billion last year, another $16 billion this year — as the new normal instead of what all clearly are, the objectively abnormal. Indeed, a recent “Ag Economy Barometer” poll, released by Purdue University Sept. 4, showed that “58% of farmers in the August survey said they expect another MFP payment to be

Each year, though, the MFP payments have become a larger portion of actual farm income. In 2019, they will total nearly 14%, or one in every $7, of net farm income, according to recent estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

the Trump administration’s multi-billion dollar bailout for farmers needed stronger legal backing, according to multiple people who participated in the planning.” Translation: If a taxpayer or two filed a federal lawsuit to stop the MFP scheme, the USDA and the White House would have trouble defending the legal authority either assumes it has to spend $28 billion in taxpayer money on “the White House’s trade war with China.” But don’t expect anyone in Congress to step in to protect that taxpayer, Joseph Glauber, USDA’s chief economist under made… for the 2020 crop year, suggesting a majority of farmers are counting on presidents Bush and Obama, told the Post. payments from USDA helping to make “‘Congress likes being off the hook,’” up future income shortfall.” he explained, “‘since now they don’t That majority has one very good reahave to take action…’” Besides, he son to expect more billions in the upcoming election year and, maybe beyond. added, farmers and the White House President Donald Trump has already told are both happy because one has “‘a lot of money’” and the other “‘doesn’t have them it’s in the bag. to worry as much about the fallout of In a mid-August tweet, President Trump, exclaimed, “As they have learned the trade war.’” True, but it all reeks of failure, now in the last two years, our great American and in the coming year: A White House Farmers know that China will not be using the U.S. Treasury as an ATM to able to hurt them in that their president paper over its policy failures; Congress has stood with them… And I’ll do again happily clueless on what to do with einext year if necessary!” ther the Trump tariffs or the ballooning Each year, though, the MFP payments MFP payments to farmers; and farm have become a larger portion of actual leaders who quietly hope the MFP gravy farm income. In 2019, they will total nearly 14%, or one in every $7, of net farm train continues running well into the future. income, according to recent estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That means the only plan is more of Getting them next year, however, may the same, and the same hasn’t been any not be the slam-dunk both farmers and plan at all. the president currently presume. Farm & Food File is published weekly “Senior government officials,” exthrough the U.S. and Canada. Source plained a lengthy Sept. 9 Washington Post story, “including some in the White material and contact information are House, privately expressed concern that posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com.

Standing together for clean water and clear rules

Zippy Duvall American Farm Bureau Federation

Farmers are 100% supportive of ensuring clean water, including through appropriate regulation, but the 2015 Waters of the U.S. rule had no resemblance to responsible oversight. Instead, it was an overreach of massive proportions. That’s why its defeat is a big win for agriculture and for America and why the American Farm Bureau is proud to have led the effort to hit the

reset button. Across the Farm Bureau family, our grassroots showed up and led the charge in making our voices heard. We called on virtually every member of Congress, offered testimony, engaged the Trump administration in frank dialogue and led court challenges. This win shows what we can achieve through the full impact of Farm Bureau’s firepower, from expert policy analysis and legal advocacy to communication and grassroots engagement. It shows the great things we can accomplish when we speak with one voice to defend what is right and good for our farms, rural communities and our country. Today, we celebrate an important step toward restoring the rule of law and common sense to regulation. We have a system of rules and regulations that govern this country, making our communities safer, protecting the quality of our food and protecting our environment, all while ensuring our constitutional rights

Farm Bureau is hopeful that farmers soon will have the common-sense rules we have been calling for as we look to the new Clean Water Rule the administration is finalizing. are preserved. It’s our job as Americans to be sure that our government by the people remains for the people. So, when a regulation or rule comes along that ignores the rule of law and gives any agency power beyond what Congress and the Constitution allow, then it’s time for all of us to speak up. That’s just what you have done, and this win is yours. I have always said that any farmer or rancher should be able to look out on the land — without having to invite a posse of lawyers and consultants — and know what is, and what isn’t, a regulated waterway. That wasn’t possible under the 2015 rule because the rule wasn’t about water. It was a federal land grab, pure and simple. Courts across the country recognized this, and now the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers under the president’s direction have righted this wrong. Some will accuse us of being anti-regulation. That’s unfair and untrue. Farmers and ranchers know better than almost anyone the importance of keeping our food safe and protecting our natural resources. We all deserve clean water and clear rules.

Farm Bureau is hopeful that farmers soon will have the common-sense rules we have been calling for as we look to the new Clean Water Rule the administration is finalizing. It’s been a breath of fresh air working with EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler as he has walked the talk when it comes to giving farmers a seat at the table. Under his leadership, EPA has invited farmers and ranchers and business owners to give their input, and the agency has listened. From all we’ve seen in the published draft, the new Clean Water Rule promises to work for agriculture as well as it does for environmental protection. The new rule recognizes the conservation work we are doing and provides the clarity we need to keep producing America’s food. Now, more than ever, farmers and ranchers should take pride in our conservation story. We are growing more food with fewer resources and reducing our environmental footprint. Let’s continue to share that story, starting with our neighbors and communities. Farming is work grounded in trust across generations and communities — trust that we will do right by the land and do what’s best for our families and neighbors. I am proud of the work you all are doing every day to make your farms and ranches more sustainable. This victory is a testament to your perseverance and dedication to protecting the land, air and water we all enjoy now and for generations to come. Zippy Duvall is the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Cyndi Young-Puyear is farm director and operations manager for Brownfield Network.

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Endgame: Weather, waiting remain for Indiana corn crop By Jeannine Otto

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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana farmers have done everything they can for their corn crop. Now, it’s up to the sun and Mother Nature. “We need roughly another 30 days of good weather to help finalize the black layer,” said Jason Harmon, DEKALB Asgrow technical agronomist for northwest Indiana. Harmon said right now and until harvest, weather will be the deciding factor on a crop that is at various stages of growth. “Some of the earlier corn put in on those drier soils or tiled fields, we are pushing late R5, while the majority that we’ve seen, a lot of it was planted late May to early June, we are actually still rocking the R4 stage, trying to get to R5. The corn seems to have shown it

is maturing faster as these temperatures are changing,” Harmon said. Kernel depth is a primary focus as far as yield goes for the crop, after having made it past some early season concerns. “There’s a lot that can be done with kernel size. That’s what we are focused on now. We made it past the extremes of pollination, and when it turned really dry, we did have a little tip-back, but not as bad as I was thinking we’d see,” Harmon said. Harmon said two disease issues could yet pose issues at harvest time and should be at the top of the list when it comes to field scouting and prioritizing fields for harvest. “Gray leaf spot came in pretty quick, and we saw it in every field. It sat because it kind of draws second fiddle to tar spot and southern rust,” he said.

However, gray leaf spot may be making a return appearance. “It can shut down and it can start up whenever it wants to, so as the moisture started in again, it is starting to spread throughout the canopy, but I think we will be far enough along and anybody that utilized fungicides and/or planted DEKALB Disease Shield products will be pleased,” Harmon said. STALK TESTING On Aug. 26, Darcy Telenko, field crops pathologist with Purdue University, confirmed that tar spot had been found in two more counties in Indiana and that tar spot was confirmed in a line of northernmost Indiana counties bordering Michigan, including Lake and Porter counties. On Aug. 30, Telenko confirmed that she has found both southern rust and tar spot in

the same fields. Harmon said tar spot can make stalks vulnerable, leading to harvestability concerns. “Ultimately, it quickly destroys the photosynthesis power plant of the leaves, so it cannibalizes the nutrients in the stalk to be able to finish the ear out the best it can and that makes it completely vulnerable,” he said. Harmon warned that farmers need to be on the lookout for anthracnose stalk rot, as well. “I have a hunch we’ll see a lot of it. I think farmers need to be proactive in doing some stalk testing when they are out there. Look for ghosting of the top of the plants and do some push tests to see where they are at because I’d hate to have a field get put back on the harvest list that could have been helped by getting it out of the field sooner rather than later,” he said.

One decision that may have made a difference for farmers is the decision to apply fungicide. “It doesn’t exactly change the amount of GDUs collected. It just allows the plant to stay alive longer and you are just adding water, which is ultimately yield in that kernel depth. You probably will have a point or two of moisture difference, but when it’s already pretty wet, the drydown is going to be the same and we’re after the yield. We always like to have that corn be as strong as it can, and the best way to do that is to keep it healthy as long as we can,” Harmon said. Jeannine Otto can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 211, or jotto@agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @ AgNews_Otto. This column was contributed by Indiana AgriNews for DEKALB.

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Flames don’t interrupt Raber tradition By Jeannine Otto AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS

Calendar SEPTEMBER ALLEN COUNTY Sept. 26 – Healthy Soil, Healthy Plants: 6 to 9 p.m., Allen County Extension ofﬁce, 4001 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne, Ind.; https://puext. in/HSHP19.

CLAY COUNTY

we were sitting watching the fire. We determined that it was still possible to do the supper that day,” Musgrave said. After he took his kids to school, Musgrave started calling to figure out a way to get supper ready. The area business community responded. “The owners of Pizza Ranch in Morton, they offered us pretty much any item they make. I said let’s serve pizzas, and they offered anything they make and they offered to help out,” Musgrave said. Some of the items that the Raber Friday night supper team serves, like fruit and cookies, they purchase

JENNINGS COUNTY Sept. 21 – Forestry Field Tour: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT, Southeast Purdue Ag Center, 4425 E County Road 350 N, Butlerville, Ind.; 812798-2764.

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Sept. 30 – Explore the World of Gardening: 6 to 8:30 p.m. EDT, Clay County Fairgrounds, 6656 N. State Road 59. Brazil, Ind.

Sept. 26-27 – Purdue Rainscaping Workshops: All day, Johnson County Extension ofﬁce, 484 N. Morton St., Franklin, Ind.; 765-494-6794.

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Sept. 20 – 40th Annual Carnival for Cancer: 5 to 7 p.m. EDT, Fountain United Methodist Church, 1990 Corydon Ramsey Road NW, Corydon, Ind. Sept. 24 – Mini 4-H Workshop – Learn All About Leaves: 5:30 to 7 p.m. EDT, Harrison County Extension ofﬁce, 247 Atwood St., Corydon, Ind.; 812-738-4236. Sept. 25-26 – Agriculture Day: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT, Harrison County Fairgrounds, 341 S. Capitol Ave., Corydon, Ind.; 812-738-4236. Sept. 28 – Harvest Homestretch Market: All day, Harrison County Fairgrounds, 341 S. Capitol Ave., Corydon, Ind. Sept. 28 – Weed Wrangle at Hayswood Nature Reserve: Hayswood Nature Reserve, 55 Old Hwy 135, Corydon,

LAPORTE COUNTY Sept. 24 – Lend-A-Hand Day: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. CDT, Community Building, 2581 W. State Road 2, LaPorte, Ind.

PUTNAM COUNTY Sept. 28 – Fall Forestry Workshop: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT, Dogwood Springs, 8675 S. State Road 243, Cloverdale, Ind.; dogwoodspringsnow@ gmail.com.

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“The key is to be cognizant of any coinsurance rules and that goes also for commercial buildings, because a lot of commercial policies have co-insurance rules,” Laesch said.

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