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CONDUCTING ANIMAL RESEARCH AND DIAGNOSTICS FOR FIVE DECADES South Dakota celebrates new animal disease research and diagnostic laboratory

By Abbie Lambert The Daily Republic BROOKINGS — For more than five decades, the South Dakota Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (ADRDL) has worked directly with state veterinarians, animal owners, pharmaceutical companies, and public health and wildlife officials to provide diagnostic testing services and information they need to protect and monitor animal health, which often translates into public health.

On Sept. 6, the state laboratory celebrated the beginning of the next chapter in veterinary diagnostic services with a ribbon cutting ceremony in honor of the upcoming Nov. opening of its new facility.

The 80,000 square-foot, full-service laboratory includes the sections of bacteriology, clinical pathology and parasitology, DNA sequencing and bioinformatics, serology, food safety microbiology, virology, molecular diagnostics, histopathology, extension and outreach, specialized research testing and research.

For ADRDL Director Dr. Jane Christopher-Hennings, the laboratory addition is a welcome sight. Originally built in 1967, the ADRDL building hasn’t seen an upgrade since 1993. Growth, maintenance and biosecurity concerns propelled the expansion initiative.

“When this laboratory was (originally) built we didn’t have a molecular diagnostic or food safety section at that time,” Hennings said.

The addition of laboratory sections and expansion of research increased the need for more space. In the existing ADRDL building, administrators had to creatively

work with the space available.

“We actually in the past converted a closet that was used for storage of formalin-fixed tissues to a room for clinical pathology,” Hennings said. “We’ve made do, but we’ve taken over certain areas that were never constructed for those functions.”

Along with the growth come advancements in technology and biosecurity. The new facility will feature updated air, water, plumbing and electrical systems and a Biological Safety Level 3 (BSL3) laboratory space for the study and testing of high-risk pathogens.

Abbie Lambert / Republic “Most modern laboratories The new facility houses laboratory spaces for each of the eight laboratory sections. have a section that’s called a BSL-3 laboratory. It’s a higher biosafety level,” Hennings said. “It’s like an isolation room in a hospital where you don’t need it all the time but when you need it, you really need it.”

The drop-off and receiving section of the facility will see an upgrade in size and functionality. With over 500,000 tests performed each year, the laboratory receives large shipments of specimens every day that must be properly unboxed and distributed to the various laboratory sections.

Included in the $58.6 million price tag is the renovation of the current ADRDL space to be used for research and classroom space.

“It will be nice to have our research programs in the same building and allow Abbie Lambert / Republic them to expand,” Hennings ADRDL Director Dr. Jane Chrissaid. “We have the potential topher-Hennings stands in the to expand even more and you front lobby of the new ADRDL never know what technology expansion on Sept. 8 in Brookis going to be needed in the ings. Hennings has been the next 20 to 25 years.”

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Educating future professionals

Around 60 full-time employees and 30 undergraduate students work together to provide timely and accurate research and diagnostic services to citizens across the state and region.

Senior microbiology and biotechnology student Molly Kroeger and junior animal science student Elle Moon are two of the 30 students the ADRDL employs throughout the laboratory sections.

Kroeger, who researches new diagnostic tests and reagents for swine diseases, along with several faculty members, credits the laboratory and staff for helping her solidify her

career goals.

“Being able to do the monoclonal antibody research is an awesome experience for any undergraduate or graduate student,” Kroeger said. “I feel very grateful that I work one-onone with the professor.”

Kroeger said through her research experience she has gained the skills and procedural knowledge to be competitive among others in her field and has gained a sense of purpose.

“Every day I come back and learn something new that’s different and exciting,” Kroeger said. “Every day I have the chance to possibly make a difference in many producers’ lives.”

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“Many undergraduate students don’t get this opportunity both Molly and I have,” Moon said. “A lot of universities don’t let undergraduates get into the lab or the necropsy floor.”

“I think sometimes we have undergraduates doing the type of research and techniques that graduate students might be doing at other places just because we are a smaller university,” Hennings said. “It’s really useful for them to have.”

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of research, Hennings said the laboratory hopes to provide more students the opportunity to work within the eight laboratory sections. The opening of the new building will help the ADRDL better provide timely and reliable services for citizens throughout the area while shaping the next generation of animal and public health professionals.

“There is a lot going on behind here that you don’t see from the campus outside,” Hennings said. “Whether you’re in research or doing testing, you never know; that one test that you develop, or the one test that you run, can affect many animals and people’s livelihoods.”

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The ADRDL expansion, attached to the current veterinary science building on SDSU’s Brookings campus, is expected to be fully operational by November.

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Wet weather, less compaction sparks change at implement dealers Matt Gade / Republic

For some farmers, tracks are becoming more popular than tires for their tractors.

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Tires are out. Tracks are in.

That’s the trend taking over farm implement dealers in south central South Dakota.

A combination of wet fields and new agronomy practices means it’s easier than ever to find tracks on trailers, grain carts and even combines at local shops.

“When we stock four-wheel drive tractors, we don’t even

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We stock track tractors,” said Chris Scott, co-owner of Scott Supply in Mitchell.

Historically, Scott said his business has usually been more concerned with dry weather. But the last few years have taken a 180-degree turn as consecutive years of wetter-than-average weather continues.

But it’s not just the moisture

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driving the shift. Scott said tracks deliver fewer pounds per square inch than wheels, which means less disruption to the soil.

“Whether it’s wet or dry, a track tractor will create less compaction,” Scott said.

Scott Supply has also sold more than a dozen new, heavy tow cables, designed to pull a combine out of mud without damaging the equipment.

Tod Ihnen, sales manager at Freeman International, said the Freeman area has been “detrimentally wet” over the last three years, and he said tracks have become a mainstay in the company’s Freeman and Sioux Falls stores.

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ularity in the last five to six years. Before the wet years, Ihnen estimated 30 to 40 percent of power units used track systems. This year, he said the number is approaching 60 percent.

“It has gone up immensely just because of the wet weather. That has driven those numbers,” Ihnen said.

Rear-assist technology, which essentially turns a twowheel drive combine into a four-wheel drive one, is now available in nearly 100 percent of new, large combines. About 10 years ago, Ihnen said that was closer to 20 percent.

“Now when guys are looking for used machines, they like to see that rear-wheel assist on there to allow them to harvest their crops,” Ihnen said.

“It makes that combine worth more money.”

But the value of tracks or rear-wheel assist systems may vary from farm to farm. Matthew Diersen, SDSU Extension economist, said farmers need to think beyond the short run.

“If this is just a second wet

Matt Gade / Republic

For some farmers, tracks are becoming more popular than tires for their tractors.

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Matt Gade / Republic

Some farmers prefer tires to tracks for their equipment..

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year and things are going to go back to normal next year, then it might not be worth making that adjustment,” Diersen said.

However, if farmers have seen the water table come up for three years in a row, he said it may be time to make a change. Leasing is another viable option for farmers who don’t think they’ll need this kind of equipment for more than a few years.

For some farmers, the decision to buy or not to buy new equipment may have already been made for them. With many producers tightening their belts for several years now and putting off big capital investments, Diersen said he’s heard of an uptick statewide in both “needed purchases” and leased equipment.

“At some point, equipment finally wears out and needs to be replaced,” Diersen said.

With less ground to cover this year, needed purchases may not be as common in prevented-plant areas, Diersen said, like the area around Mitchell, where Diersen said a relatively

large percentage of farms were prevented from planting on a large percentage of acres.

Just as harvest has been delayed, service calls to local implement dealers are also about two or three weeks behind. Scott said his business received its first service call for an active combine on Oct. 8.

Instead, Scott Supply is still providing service to area producers to make sure the equipment is ready when finally called upon.

“We just try to stress keeping your equipment up so that it is ready to go when you need to go,” Scott said. “Also, make sure you do everything safely.

We don’t need any accidents out there.”

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TALE OF TWO ELEVATORS High yields predicted in west; total grain expected to be halved in east

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By Jake Shama It was the best of yields. It was the worst of yields. At least that’s the view from grain elevators on either side of the Missouri River.

Areas in both East and West River have seen one of the wettest years in recent memory, but the impact may not be the same; farmers in the Kennebec area reportedly expect some of the best yields on record.

“They haven’t been out to try it yet, but I’ve got a lot of farmers telling me it looks like the best crop they’ve ever had,” said Todd Longville, location grain manager for Agtegra in

Kennebec.

Like many areas in South Dakota, Longville said the number of acres planted near Kennebec is less than usual, thanks to an unseasonably wet spring. Late planting combined with more moisture this fall means grain is two or three weeks behind schedule.

“This is the wettest year I’ve ever seen out here,” Longville said.

But if the farmers’ estimates are correct, high yields could help make up for the decrease in acreage.

Just like in Kennebec, Central Farmers Cooperative CEO

Mark Finck said crops around Marion are at least two weeks behind. But exceptional yields aren’t expected to make up the difference East River.

“We’re right almost dead center in the worst hit area in the whole United States as far as acres that weren’t planted to crop,” Finck said.

Although almost no grain has been brought to the elevator yet this year, Finck expects to receive about 50 percent of the soybean crop his elevator would expect in a typical year.

Corn from some areas could be down 70 to 75 percent.

Marion-area farmers have

seen tough years before, like the drought of 2012. But that year, crops matured early and harvest was nearly finished by the middle of October, Finck said. This year has been a completely different story.

“We’ve never seen a year where we’ve just had this small amount of acres that have gotten planted over this large of an area,” Finck said.

While planted acres are down, crop prices haven’t risen much in response. According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, South Dakota farmers received an average of $3.18 Continued on page 19

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per bushel of corn in October 2018 and $2.93 in October 2017. In the first week of October 2019, Central Farmers Cooperative offered an average of $3.82.

For comparison, in October 2012, the year of the drought, South Dakota farmers received an average of $6.61 per bushel of corn.

Soybean prices are actually slightly below average. Central Farmers Cooperative offers an average of $8.27 per bushel, compared to $8.03 in October 2018, $8.85 in 2017 and $8.91 in 2016, according to NASS. Farmers received $13.80 per bushel in 2012.

Matthew Elliott, SDSU Extension agribusiness specialist, said other areas of the country were able to increase the num-

“Our biggest problem will be ber of acres planted, which offset the cost of the loss in getting through the fields, getSouth Dakota. ting to the fields,” Longville “As a result, the corn market has removed a lot of the price said. “There’s roads that are premium due to the wet spring that was observed in June,” Elliott said.

Elliott said end users like ethanol plants and soybean processors may have to source grain supplies from a greater distance than usual, and wholesale elevators will likely export less grain.

At this point, Finck is hoping that conditions will dry up enough to lay fertilizer this fall and target a strong planting season next spring.

Meanwhile in Kennebec, the excessive moisture has caused another problem for farmers before they can achieve their expected yields; namely, getting into their fields.

still impassable out in this area to get to fields, so I’ve been told. It’ll be an interesting year.”

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MOISTURE IS CRITICAL WHEN HARVESTING SILAGE DURING A WET YEAR BROOKINGS — With many flooded and saturated fields in South Dakota this fall, harvesting silage before corn dries past desired moisture levels or frost occurs may be a challenge for some producers.

“With many acres of corn planted later than average this year, there are still options for farmers who want to produce wet feed,” says Sara Bauder, SDSU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist. “Equipment availability and plant moisture should help determine what works best for an operation. If precipitation continues, farmers may have to wait until freeze-up to enter some fields.”

Creating quality silage is most dependent on harvest plant moisture.

Ideally, when chopping silage, the plant should be 32 to 38 percent dry matter.

“Moisture calculation is key and

given the genetics of today’s corn varieties, the relationship between milk line and plant moisture content may not always be accurate,” says Tracey Erickson, SDSU Extension Dairy Field Specialist.

Harvesting at over 40 percent dry matter reduces digestibility of fiber and starch and may cause packing issues. More specifically, the optimum silage moisture ranges from 55 to 60 percent for upright oxygen-limiting silos, 60 to 65 percent for upright stave silos, 60 to 70 percent for bags, and 65 to 70 percent for bunkers.

“In other words, wetter silage tends to work better in bags, bunkers and piles for better packing. Drier silage tends to work better in upright silos to minimize seepage,” Bauder says.

An easy, quick and relatively inexpensive method to determine the actual moisture content of the whole

corn plant can be performed by using a microwave oven. This typically takes less than 20 minutes to test. For step-by-step instructions on using a microwave to moisture test forages, visit the SDSU Extension website.

Chopping dry silage

Although not ideal for optimum feed value and storage, if a producer chooses to chop silage above 40 percent dry matter, there are several considerations to make: ► Reduce chop length to release more plant fluids and improve packing. ► Use a kernel processor to improve digestibility. The more mature the corn is, the less digestible it becomes. ► Use silage inoculants to improve fermentation. Liquid inoculants may be more effective in dry silage. ► If piling or using bunker silos, use extra heavy tractors for packing

and pack no more than six inches at a time. ► Blend wetter feeds with dry silage like forage sorghum, alfalfa, later-planted green corn or wet distillers grains. ► Place wettest forage on the top layer of the pile or horizontal bunker for sealing and weight. Adding water to the top layer of the pile may also help with this. ► Another option, although time consuming, is to mix the wetter and drier feeds in a TMR wagon prior to ensiling. ► Cover tightly with silage plastic and/or oxygen barrier to keep the environment as anaerobic as possible.

“Some producers may choose to add water as they pile or fill silos, however, it takes approximately seven gallons of water for every ton of Continued on page 22

Photo by Tracey Erickson via SDSU Extension

Three tractors pack and push up a silage pile on a South Dakota dairy farm. Packing is an important part of putting up high-quality silage.

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Continued from page 21 silage to raise moisture content one point and corn plant material absorbs water quite slowly. Therefore, a large amount of water would be required at a very fast rate to keep up with most silage harvest processes, making wetting nearly impossible to render major results,” Erickson says.

Chopping earlage

With an energy content higher than corn silage but lower than corn grain, and a similar protein content to corn silage, Bauder suggests earlage as a good alternative. Ideally, moisture content for chopping earlage is 35 to 40 percent. A silage chopper with a snapper head can be used. Some producers have successfully used combines set to retain a portion of the cob with the grain. Much like silage, if harvested too wet, seepage may occur and if harvested too dry, it will not pack well which causes excessive spoilage.

Things to consider when chopping earlage: ► Make sure every kernel is cracked and the cob portions are no larger than a thumbnail to improve pack density and digestibility. ► Consider using a kernel processor to improve digestibility. ► Use inoculants to improve fermentation. ► If piling or using bunker silos, use extra heavy tractors for packing. ► Cover tightly with silage plastic

and/or an oxygen barrier to keep the environment as anaerobic as possible.

What to watch for

If silage is too wet when harvested, there is a risk of butyric acid forming and nutrients being lost due to seepage. Silage that is over 70 percent moisture should not be harvested and should stand in the field for a few more days. On the other hand, if it is too dry, silage will not ferment or pack adequately, resulting in mold development.

“In addition, flooded corn can contain many contaminants. Watch for corn ear molds, stalk molds and if the plant is quite dirty, soil contaminants. Preservatives and fermentation do not lower the concentration of these toxins in feed. If there are concerns or any of these issues have been discovered in the field, first consider identifying ear or stalk diseases,” Erickson says.

The Silage Earlage Decision Aid is available for help pricing silage or earlage in South Dakota. Alternatively, the SDSU Extension Feed & Forage Finder Facebook Page can help producers find feed for sale in their area.

“This has been a challenging year with heavy spring precipitation and now extensive fall precipitation in some parts of southeastern South Dakota. Remember, all hope is not lost for your silage crop; keep the options above in mind and have a safe harvest this year,” Bauder says.

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This harvest, take the time to connect with #buddyseatchallenge You know farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.

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Eisenhower’s quote is from September 1956, when the president gave an address at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill. Now 63 years later, I keep it handy on a metal wall sign as a reminder to always stay close to the industry rooted in me and what I love, agriculture.

How can we bridge the gap

in 2019 from real farmers to those far from a farm field? I think it’s time to kick off the #buddyseatchallenge, with no presidential speech or government program needed.

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visitors go for a ride while we are harvesting. Our buddy seat is perfect for the young and young at heart to come out and ride a round or two. We’ll keep you updated when we get started and then feel free to contact us when you want a ride! More farm updates are on Instagram, check out @ grothfamilyfarms.If you’ve got

your own buddy seat, consider yourself challenged to open your cab door to visitors and share your harvest views! #buddyseatchallenge #harvest19” The #buddyseatchallenge is a movement and effort we can use these days. We’re a society growing farther away from the farm and more disconnected from farmers and ranchers who grow our food.

If you’re not familiar, a buddy seat is an extra seat in the cab of a tractor or combine. It’s a perfect place for a passenger

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The buddy seat in Katie Pinke's dad's combine was open for a ride when she delivered him supper to the field recently.

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or driver in training. Before buddy seats, some of us shared tractor rides on the cab floor or rigged up our own seats. But modern tractors and combines have an extra seat waiting. As Groth pointed out, any age can head out for a “round or two,” meaning a pass or two around the field and your ride can be done.

The #buddyseatchallenge can start with you today. The farmer wants to know you, the consumer of their products.

Contact a farmer through your family, community or social media connections.

Now farmers often don’t have a lot to say. They are humble in their profession, but any farmer I know has a passion for different aspects of farming and ranching. If you’re climbing into the buddy seat, have a few questions to ask and then listen.

I recommend bringing a snack to share and you’ll make the farmer’s long day brighter.

And farmers, I think harvest is already looking long for you with the wet summer and early

fall. Do you have a friend, family member, neighbor or clergy you can invite to join you in the #buddyseatchallenge?

If you’re hosting a passenger in your buddy seat this fall, ask their perceptions of modern agriculture and listen.

The #buddyseatchallenge can connect those far from farms directly to a farmer. Take a

picture. Post in your social media networks and use the hashtag #buddyseatchallenge.

What is the long-term impact if 50,000 farmers invite two people this harvest season to ride with them in their buddy seat? Those 100,000 people go back to their families, friends, communities, employers, and schools and tell the stories

of agriculture they learned upfront and personal directly from a farmer. And then it continues and grows.

Farmers and ranchers can build connections and grow communication around agriculture with the #buddyseatchallenge.

Pinke is the publisher and general manager of Agweek. She can be reached at kpinke@agweek.com, or connect with her on Twitter @katpinke.

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• 8 Don’t allow small children on or around farm machinery.

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