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with. Penny is a little more standoffish and likes to do her own thing. She likes to be seen and not necessarily touched.” Despite Leroy and Penny’s completely different attitudes and tendencies, they both stay close to each other behind the Boyles’ secure wood fencing. They get along well with the horses and cows that also occupy the space, but are far more comfortable accompanying each other wherever they go. Sometimes, Leroy will be taken out of the pen, leaving Penny to wait anxiously for her donkey companion to return, often braying rather than grazing. “They’re bonded,” Boyle said. “They’re a herd animal, so their instinct is to have a partner. They’ll bond with the miniature horses, but now that I have her (Penny) out there, he likes to stick next to her. It’s about protection, being a part of a herd.” PHOTO BY EVAN MICHEALSON Old Gray Mare is a sweet, Jeannie Boyle stands with her donkeys, Leroy (left) and Penny, Dec. 17 at her farm in Foley. The donkeys well-behaved donkey whose age are companions, rarely leaving each other’s sight. is unknown, and Boyle keeps her in her own small residence almost like a guard animal. and Old Gray Mare. The trio possess, they all have different to separate her from other animals that might bully her. When you come outside and are kept well-fed and cared for personalities and behaviors. they see you, they bray.” “Leroy likes to have the as pets, and while Boyle has The Boyle family owns found they all display the same attention, he likes the treats,” Boyle page 2B three donkeys: Leroy, Penny stubbornness most donkeys Boyle said. “He’s easy to work
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haven’t smiled in forever light up when they have that animal contact,” she said. Boyle hopes to eventually purchase more donkeys in the future. She has had a great deal of fun raising these stubborn yet soft-hearted animals. They are more than her pets; they are her happiness and purpose. “They bring a joy to your life,” Boyle said. “The feeling that they’re looking forward to you feeding them in the morning and the connection they make with you, it’s all I’ve ever known. It would be boring without them.”
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MDA announces June 30 cutoff date of dicamba in 2021 ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture will follow federal registration and label usage for the herbicide dicamba on dicamba-tolerant soybeans for the 2021 growing season. In October, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it registered XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology by Bayer (EPA Reg. No. 264-1210), Engenia by BASF (EPA Reg. No. 7969-472) and Tavium Plus VaporGrip Technology by Syngenta (EPA Reg. No. 352913) with new control measures to curb alleged off-site movement (spray drift and volatilization) issues. From 2018-20, the MDA had placed an annual June 20
cutoff date on registered dicamba products based on research and pesticide misuse complaints – a cutoff date that was not included on the federal label – to curb off-site movement; however, the EPA has now limited states’ abilities to impose further application restrictions. New federal label requirements for the products include: – An application cutoff date of June 30 (unless growth stage cutoff comes first). – Requiring an approved pH-buffering agent, also known as a volatility reducing agent, be tank mixed with dicamba products prior to all applications. – Requiring a downwind buffer of 240 feet and 310 feet in areas where listed endangered
species are located – Additional recordkeeping items. In addition to the June 30 cutoff date, Xtendimax and Tavium have crop growth stage cutoffs. The MDA is also requiring product makers provide approved education and training of applicators and provide more Minnesota-specific data on the use of dicamba to inform future department decisions. “Dicamba is an important tool for combating herbicideresistant weeds in dicamba-tolerant soybeans,” said Thom Petersen, agriculture commissioner. “However, it’s also important to limit impacts on neighboring homes, farms and gardens. It will be necessary for applicators to understand and follow new label language including complete record-keeping requirements.” Since dicamba was
Finally, a vaccine With the development way-places is going to and approval of several be a logistical nightmare. vaccines, there is finally hope Needing to use 1,000 doses for ending the coronavirus within a few days may work pandemic. Now begins the for large metro hospital process of distribution and systems or mass vaccination determining who should be centers, but smaller towns immunized first. and rural areas don’t have As the coronavirus that many people and spreads, it has been hitting will have to wait until the The Business small towns and rural areas companies begin to make of Farming particularly hard. Because smaller shipments. by Roger Strom of a higher percentage of Sanford Health System, older residents with chronic which has over 400 clinics health issues, rural populations have and senior care locations, has developed been identified as those most in need of a strategy to get the vaccine to many in a vaccine. small towns and farming communities Unfortunately, many rural areas in North Dakota, South Dakota, won’t be getting the Pfizer vaccine Minnesota and Iowa. due to the cost of an ultra cold freezer They bought eight of the ultra-cold that’s needed to keep the vaccine stored freezers months ago and now have the at 94 degrees below zero. The freezers capability to store 500,000 Pfizer doses. cost $15,000, not an easy purchase for When the vaccine arrives, it’ll be put rural hospitals with limited financial into one of the super cold freezers. resources. By some estimates, nearly When they get orders from one of half of U.S. rural hospitals were their clinics, they’ll pack the vaccine operating at a loss in April of this year, in coolers on ice and load it onto one and the pandemic has destroyed the of their courier network of minivans. financials for many more. The couriers travel about 11,000 miles Some of the other vaccines in the a day, covering the entire western side works don’t require ultra-cold storage, of Minnesota, all of South Dakota and and the Centers for Disease Control North Dakota, northern Nebraska and and Prevention has advised state health western Iowa. departments against purchasing ultraSanford also plans to amend normal cold freezers, saying other vaccines will protocol for who can administer the be available soon. But for some states, vaccine. In order to keep up with the they don’t want to miss out on getting massive demand, nursing students will the Pfizer product because they don’t be allowed to give the shots, freeing the have the proper storage. North Dakota medical staff to deal with COVID-19 has bought four of the big freezers and patients. Together, we are going to get nine portable units for $100,000. through this. The job of getting millions of … just sayin’ doses to some of the most out of-the-
first registered for use on dicamba-tolerant soybeans in the 2017 growing season, the MDA has fielded complaints each year of alleged off-site movement onto neighboring property. The annual totals of complaints were: 2020 124 reports; 2019 22 reports; 2018 53 reports; and 2017 253 reports. “It is important for farmers and applicators to understand that we will increase our enforcement of the use of these products by examining application records,” Petersen said. “We believe that additional training will help ensure the label is being followed. We also look forward to working with the University of Minnesota on research to better understand how these products can move off target. Our ability to gather as much data as we can on these products is critical for their continued use in the future.” In Minnesota, the XtendiMax, Engenia and Tavium formulations of
dicamba are approved for use on dicamba tolerant soybeans only and are restricted use pesticides for retail sale to and for use only by certified applicators. Pesticide product registrations are renewed on an annual basis in Minnesota. Background Dicamba is used to control weeds in cotton and soybean genetically engineered to tolerate over-the-top use of the herbicide. The chemical is highly volatile and can damage non-target plant species through spray drift and volatilization. Volatility is influenced by several factors including temperature, relative humidity, rate of application and crop stage. On June 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order vacating EPA’s pesticide registration of three products containing the active ingredient dicamba: Xtendimax with Vaporgrip Technology
(EPA Reg. No. 524-617), Engenia (EPA Reg. No. 7969-345) and FeXapan (EPA Reg. No. 352-913). The MDA, citing state law, allowed for the continued use of the three products, along with the dicamba product Tavium (EPA Reg. No. 100-1623), until the Minnesota required cutoff of June 20. A cutoff date has been in effect each growing season since 2018. On Oct. 27, the EPA announced it was approving new fiveyear registrations for Xtendimax and Engenia and extending the registration of Tavium.
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WORTHINGTON – Discuss some of the key crop production issues and questions facing Minnesota corn and soybean farmers. Sessions will be hosted over Zoom, which can be accessed via computer, phone or mobile device, and run from 8:309 a.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 6, 2021, through March 24, 2021. These online sessions will be informal and open to all interested. Each session will start with a brief presentation (about 10 minutes) by the discussion leaders, followed by 20 minutes of discussion, framed around participant questions on the topic. Speakers will include researchers and educators from the University of Minnesota and North Central region, as well as area agency personnel. Topics and speakers include: – Jan. 6: Corn Hybrid Selection. Jeff Coulter, extension corn agronomist, Dean Malvick, extension plant pathologist and Tom Hoverstad, researcher. – Jan. 13: Soybean Variety Selection. Seth Naeve, extension soybean agronomist and Malvick. – Jan. 20: Herbicide Technology Traits: What to use where, when and how? Debalin Sarangi, extension weed specialist and Tom Peters, extension sugar beet agronomist. – Jan. 27: Broadcasting Versus Banding P and K. Jeff Vetsch, researcher and Dan Kaiser, extension nutrient management specialist. – Feb. 3: Third Crops Ready to Work for You. Jochum Wiersma, extension small grains specialist and Craig Sheaffer, forage specialist. – Feb. 10: We’ve got You Covered: The latest on cover crop research and tools you can use. Axel Garcia y Garcia, sustainable cropping systems, Anna Cates, extension state soil health specialist and Gregg Johnson, biomass cropping systems. – Feb. 17: Adjusting Soil pH to Maximize Crop Production. Kaiser and Vetsch. – Feb. 24: The Nuts ‘n’ Bolts of On-Farm Research – Doin’ it right. R.L. (Bob) Nielsen, extension corn specialist and Naeve. – March 3: Making Every Acre Pay. Naeem Kalwar, extension soil health specialist, Tanner Bruse, Pheasants Forever Minnesota ag and conservation programs manager and Alan Lepp, Natural Resources Conservation Service. – March 10: What Insects are Bugging Your Corn This Year? Ken Ostlie, extension entomologist and Bruce Potter, extension integrated pest management specialist. – March 17: Soybean Cyst Nematode: So tough a threat, it warrants a coalition. Greg Tylka, nematologist, Naeve and Samuel Markell, extension broadleaf plant pathologist. – March 24: Stand Establishment for Corn and Soybean. Naeve, Coulter and Malvick. For more details on each session and to register, visit https://z.umn.edu/strategic-farming. Register once for the whole series. There is no charge to participate, and sessions will be recorded and posted for viewing. Details about how to access the sessions through Zoom will be included at registration.
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I am excited that in central Minnesota Scouting for cutworms should begin we are starting to see the addition of as soon as plants begin to emerge through sunflowers in crop rotations. However, with mid-June. Cutworms feed at night and will this addition into our cropping systems, we reside close to the soil surface near recently will also have to deal with the pest issues damaged plants. For this purpose, you will that will accompany this crop. I have had a want to dig around damaged plants and not couple of phone calls on sunflower insect where plants are missing. Keep in mind management, specifically early season pest that there are a variety of reasons other than issues. The most recent call was focused cutworms that may explain why plants may primarily around cutworms although there be missing from an area. Digging around University of were some other insect candidates suspected. MN Extension damaged plants should give you the best As always, identification is key to proper by Nathan Drewitz chance of finding cutworms if they are management of the pest in question. If you present. The economic threshold is one larva need help with identification, contact your agronomist per square foot or 25%-30% stand reduction. Also keep or your extension office. If you scout yourself, make in mind that the smaller larvae are of greatest concern sure to take pictures or collect samples in a container as they need to feed and grow. There are approved seed to provide for identification. There are three types of treatments and post-emergent insecticides for use in cutworms that may affect sunflowers. sunflowers to control cutworms. There are differences in life cycles between the For a guide on insecticide use in sunflowers, North three. However, the scouting, damage and management Dakota State University Extension has a Field Crop of all three are similar. We are looking for the larvae Insect Management Guide online. It is a handy resource form when scouting as that is what causes the most that contains many of the insect pests on sunflowers and damage. The larvae are between 1 inch and 1.5 inches what insecticides are labelled for control. Much of this long and can be up to 1/4-inch wide depending on the information comes from that guide and the Integrated species. Pest Management of Sunflower Insect Pests in the Damage of these cutworms includes seedlings Northern Great Plains, also from NDSU Extension. being cut off from 1 inch below the soil surface to 2 If you have questions on where to get the above inches above the soil surface. Leaves on the plants may information, email me at ndrewitz@umn.edu or call also have some feeding damage, with the cutworm 608-515-4414. To receive future events, educational climbing up the plant to feed on leaves. Patches of programming and agronomic updates by email, signup wilted, dead and missing plants may also indicate the at z.umn.edu/tricountysignup. presence of cutworms.
Water is an essential nutrient A long time ago, while I was sitting water is limiting due to accessibility (ice in an animal nutrition presentation, the covering the waterer, a dried-up pond, stray speaker started his lecture with a question. voltage, etc.), it can result in dehydration. “What are some limiting nutrients in Broadly, this can be observed through dairy cow diets?” weight loss, tightening of the skin, sunken Someone answered energy, another eyes and lethargy, leading to reduced food shouted calcium and one person even consumption and performance. mumbled selenium in calves from the front An animal does not need just any old row. source of hydration. Water should contain The presenter continued, “What if I UNIVERSITY OF minimal amounts of impurities, such as told you that water could be a limiting MN EXTENSION nitrates, sulfates and microorganisms. nutrient in any animal’s diets?” These contaminants can appear due to DANA ADAMS The audience sat in silence, wrapping fertilizers, animal manure or wastes their heads around the idea that this and crop residues. Water quality can be seemingly abundant resource could play such a accessed by sending samples to a water quality critical role in any animal’s performance. laboratory. Naturally, your continued relationship Truth be told, this concept has fascinated me with your veterinarian should contain a general for some time. A majority of people take for granted plan for acceptable water quality and continued animal performance in the presence of water. A monitoring. 10% loss of body water is fatal for most species of By allowing access to clean, fresh water, livestock domesticated livestock. Though water is a critical producers can make it much easier for each animal nutrient for all animals, ranging from rabbits to the to increase their performance and reach their true prize-winning beef steer, that amount of water varies. potential. In conclusion, we should all drink some Factors that play a role in how much water an animal clean, refreshing water. needs depend on the environment, growth rate, If you have any questions or would like more reproduction stage, lactation and diet to name a few. information, contact me at 320-255-6169, Ext. 3 or When animals’ energy demands surpass maintenance adam1744@umn.edu. (ex: peak lactation, growth, temperature extremes), they need additional food and quality water. When
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