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BOLD FFA’ers Paige Larson, Robyn Lubitz and Rae Larson on Food Checkout Day.

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$27,000 day for Food Shelf The newspaper headline read: “When does pers as they came into the food stores.

1 equal 9?” The story in the Renville County “Getting a ‘sales pitch’ from FFA students Register explained why the county Farm as you walk into the store pretty much Bureau was putting the emphasis on cash guaranteed that shoppers would drop instead of food products for their Feb. 24 some cash, or food items, as they left the Food Checkout Day event conducted at area store,” said Renville County Farm Bureau food stores. The citizens responded big time. board member Jim Zenk.

Cash and check donations totaled $1,500.

Sometimes hearts were really big. At The Renville County Farm Bureau elected to Terry’s Food Store in Olivia, a lady came to match the cash donations, meaning $3,000 the checkout pushing two carts. The first LAND MINDS cash was donated to the Food Shelf. And cart was loaded with 31 food items. That thanks to the “buying power” of Second Harentire cart was donated to the Food Shelf.

By Dick Hagen vest, a Twin Cities organization that sources Her second cart had three items, “Only food products for county Food Shelf organiwhat I needed when I walked into the zations across the state, each dollar colstore. But when the FFA girls told me lected locally buys $9 worth of food. Bingo: why they were greeting we shoppers it that’s $27,000 of food for the county Food Shelf. suddenly was an easy decision for me to fill another Checks were still coming in four days later. Thanks cart just for our local Food Shelf,” said the shopper. to this great opportunity of $1 cash buying $9 worth (She didn’t wish to be identified.) of food, it looks like Feb. 24 (2-6 p.m. at four food BOLD FFA students assisting at Terry’s as well as stores) was nearly a $30,000 day.

Maynard’s in Bird Island included FFA President Lisa Food donations totaled another 265 pounds. Figure Roker, Vice President Rae Larson, plus Paige Larson, Robyn Lubitz and Wendy Anderson. “It was a fun expean average price of about $5 per pound adds up to rience meeting the shoppers and telling them just a bit about $1,000 worth of food also donated by caring about food and farmers,” Rae Larson said. “The feeling and sharing shoppers. We are truly blessed with of giving to people who are needy made it even more folks who care about others. special.” FFA students from Buffalo Lake-Hector-StewWhat really made this such a success were FFA students from three different schools who met shop- See MINDS, pg. 3A

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 17A-22A — The Minnesota Horse Expo is on its way, April 29-May 1

23A-27A — Midwest grape growers, winemakers need to be on same page for industry to flourish 28A, 29A — Be prepared for flooding

Food Shelf demand continues to increase each year OPINION

prayers are with you. You will once again persevere through this incredible challenge.

••• Dick Hagen is staff writer of The Land. He may be reached at dickhagen@mvtvwireless.com.

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MINDS, from pg. 2A for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation.

You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.” art and Renville County West ■ also assisted in this year’s projOn behalf of The Land staff, to those of you facing ect, with Farm Bureau offering $100 to each FFA chapter. inevitable flood waters in just a few more weeks our Minnesota Farmers Union provided a colorful handout depicting the “Farmer’s Share of Retail Food Dollar” for 15 grocery items. For example the farmer’s share of a one-pound carton of $4.39 bacon is 55 cents, and 15 cents of a $3.39 loaf of bread.

“Too often the farmer gets blamed for high food costs but that just isn’t so. Farmers and ranchers receive only 20 cents of every food dollar that consumers spend on food,” Zenk said. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture studies, off-farm costs including marketing, processing, wholesaling, distribution and retailing account for the other 80 cents of that food dollar. Mark Grasmon, store manager at Terry’s, indicated the store’s share of that food dollar is a small amount also, generally 20 cents or less.

Like Food Shelves everywhere, the demand keeps increasing year by year. In 2007, the Renville County Food Shelf assisted 2,091 families involving 7,775 individuals and 117,640 pounds of food was given out. In 2010, the county helped 2,426 families involving 8,455 individuals and dispersed 154,340 pounds of food. Up to 30 volunteers graciously donate their time four days each week helping to serve those in need. So a special thanks to all you folks with big hearts and generous billfolds who continue to make the Minnesota Food Shelf program so outstanding. True love is always on display.

Some Food Checkout Day facts • Today it takes about 36 days for most Americans to earn enough income to pay for their food supply for the entire year.

• Each United States farmer produces food and fiber for 143 people.

• Agriculture is the nation’s largest employer with more than 21 million people growing, processing and marketing food, fiber and fuel at supermarkets, retailers and service stations across America.

• Americans spend 10 percent of their spendable income for food, compared with 14 percent for the Japanese, 26 percent for Chinese and 55 percent for Indonesians.

• Farmers and ranchers provide food and habitat for at least 50 percent of the nation’s wildlife.

• If you enjoyed a meal today, thank a farmer.

To learn more about Second Harvest, log on to www.2harvest.org or call (888) 339-3663.

■ A closing thought relating to the political bickering at St. Paul, Washington, D.C., and likely every state legislature across the country are these words of the late Adrian Rogers: “You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work

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Commentary: Toxins moving up on world worry list Forty thousand researchers and clinicians have just written to the journal Science — through their professional societies — asking for broader and quicker testing of “new chemicals in our environment.”

Eight societies, including the geneticists, endocrinologists, developmental biologists and others say that 12,000 new substances are being registered with the America Chemical Society every day. They admit that not many of these “new substances” will ever make it into the environment.

Still, the societies are asking the federal government to broaden testing beyond toxicology, into such unproven dangers as trace levels of bodily toxins

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Climatologists are now the third-best-paid profession and potential endocrine in the world, with many billions of dollars flowing into disruption. This would, of their research projects — since they elevated a net course, employ far more of the learned societies’ global warming of 0.2 C over the last 70 years into an members. international emergency.

Do these professional societies think they have learned a lesson from the climate modelers? To whit: if you your nutrient intake.” want more of your members profitably employed, get • “Our water supply is also filled with impurities the Feds to give them lots of nice, salaried govern- such as lead, rust and chlorine ... purchase a Brand ment jobs with hefty retirements — to solve some X water filter. ... It is critical to your health”... newly concocted media-driven scare.

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Renew Capsules; and the Hot Seaweed Bath threeClimatologists are now the third-best-paid profes- packs (save 15 percent). sion in the world, with many billions of dollars flowMy favorite is the website of the ayurvedic healing ing into their research projects — since they ele- system from India. “You need this ‘renewal’ periodivated a net global warming of 0.2 C over the last 70 cally if you feel ‘a general lack of zest for life’, feel years into an international emergency. ‘spaced out’; if you have ‘a general sense of malaise’.”

I recently got invited to a lecture on detoxifying my Naturally, they recommend cleansing your system body, presented by a genuine “former professional under the care of an ayurvedic physician. Some of tennis player.” I managed to resist the invitation, but the advice they give is actually pretty sound: Stick to I did go on the web to look at the detox alternatives lighter, easier-to-digest foods, and eat lots of cleansout there. ing fruits and vegetables. However, their “detoxifySome of them were outright shilling for organic ing tea” is probably just tea. farming: I prefer to heed the wisdom of Dr. Graham Colditz, a cancer epidemiologist from the Washington Uni• “Most of the animals we eat are raised on factory versity School of Medicine in St. Louis, on the occafarms. Seek a butcher shop where organically farmed meat is sold. It will be more expensive, per- sion of another cancer scare report being delivered to President Obama last May. haps that will help curb your consumption.”

“We already know what causes most cases of can• “Our crops of fruits and eatables are mass farmed ... have led to less nutrient-rich food prod- cer, and it’s not pollution or chemicals lurking in our ucts. ... Organically farmed food will really boost See TOXINS, pg. 5A

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To the Editor: Who is Dennis Avery?

Why is he so concerned because a few smaller family farms refuse to just go away and make way for a “better” agriculture dominated completely by biotech, chemicals and corporate factory farms? He claims organic farms only produce 1 percent of our food, yet he seems to feel that somehow they are “threatening the whole world’s food production future.”

Again, I ask who is Dennis Avery?

Who is the Hudson Institute he claims to represent. He is also a director for the Center for Global Food Issues. Who are they?

I won’t go into a whole lot of detail, but anyone with a computer and a little curiosity can follow the money and see where it leads.

Avery has a long history of making questionable claims about a variety of subjects relating to agriculture and climate, and a lot of the information he puts out is not all that credible. One of the things we were taught in history class was that dictators are able to make people believe unbelievable things by repeating them over and over again.

With that in mind, maybe it’s time to cut back on Avery’s divisive drivel and devote more publication space to some of the more important issues agriculture is facing, like how do we create an agriculture that can support more farm families instead of fewer?

How do we keep our small towns prosperous? How do we keep our schools and churches going? How do we keep our young

people from leaving? How do we slow the loss of good farmland to urban sprawl and development?

If current trends continue, who are you going to send The Land to? A few hundred corporate managers?

There is a worldwide land rush from the non-farm investment community to take control of farmland and food production assets. For this to take place, “human resources” are being removed from agriculture all across the globe. Yes, in other words, farmers.

Again, please don’t just take my word, but get on the internet and do a little research. Check out large land investments in Africa, Asia, Australia and South America and see what effect it is expected to have on independent farmers. If you want a real eye opener, research Indian farmer suicides.

Isn’t it about time we start building an agriculture that’s based on something besides the greed-based system Avery and his corporate sponsors are so proud of?

Our future food production system will be a direct result of what we as farmers and consumers do today.

Should we leave our future food security in the hands of a greed-based system of fewer and fewer corporate-sponsored “growers”? Or, should we insist that both consumers and independent farmers have a voice in what’s for dinner? Where did it come from? How was it grown?

Don Koep Clitherall, Minn.

TOXINS, from pg. 4A water bottles. It’s tobacco use and other unhealthy behaviors. ... Maybe up to 4 percent of cancer in the western world is caused by contaminants and pollution and yet we are chasing new, unknown causes. ... The damage is it distracts us, as a society, from actually acting on the things that are already in our grasp.”

He mentioned giving up smoking, eating a pound of fruits and vegetables per person per day (cutting cancer risk by 25 percent), drinking less alcohol and eating less red meat.

Thanks to our secure and safe food and water supply and world-class access to modern medicine, we are living long enough to get the diseases associated with old age.

As baby boomers see 65 in the rear

view mirror, they may treasure the remaining years enough to take Colditz’s advice.

Sources: “Cancer report energizes activists, not policy”; Maggie Fox, Reuters, May 10 2010.

Patricia Hunt, “Physicians call for ‘swifter and sounder’ testing of chemicals” Washington State University, March 3, 2011.

••• This commentary was submitted by Dennis Avery, a senior fellow for the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., and the director for the Center for Global Food Issues.

He was formerly a senior analyst for the Department of State. Readers may write him at P.O. Box 202, Churchville, VA 24421 or e-mail to cgfi@hughes.net.

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Letter: Just who is Dennis Avery and why should we listen to him?

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Letter: Cut direct payments To the Editor: The U.S. House recently proposed to drastically cut the federal agriculture budget in an overall plan to reduce spending.

Unfortunately, these shortsighted and poorly considered cuts target family farm and conservation programs.

I am one of 1,500 Minnesota farmers who has been awarded a contract under the Conservation Stewardship Program — in my opinion one of the wisest allocations of federal dollars for securing conservation on working farmland.

The proposal to cut $39 million from the CSP would likely result in the U.S. Department of Agriculture defaulting on contracts with farmers. Farmers would still be required to fulfill their obligations in the contract, but when and if they get paid for their activities would be questionable. In the face of budget deficits this proposal may be penny-wise, but it is pound foolish and underhanded.

Per acre payments for the CSP contracts are tied to environmental outcomes — not just benefiting farmers — but all of us. With the growing pressures on farmland the CSP is needed. We can’t just shovel inputs at an increasingly monoculture-dominated landscape and expect it to respond like the gas pedal on our four-wheel-drive pickup. History has shown that we are capable of diminishing the productivity of our agricultural

lands — just look to the Dust Bowl or the growing hypoxia zone in the Gulf of Mexico.

Agriculture will be required to shoulder cuts as budgets move forward, but these cuts must be wisely considered.

Congress should look to the commodity title direct payments for savings.

Direct payments which cost over $5 billion a year represent the no-stringsattached historic entitlement we receive for just being farmers.

It is unbelievable that direct payments have escaped all cuts — especially at a time of robust grain prices.

Direct payments are the first place Congress should look to cut wasteful, unproductive spending.

The health of our natural resources and ecosystems is closely tied to agriculture, and a long-term conservation approach is needed to ensure the protection of these resources that sustain us all. This is what the CSP promises to do so well and why it is needed.

I urge our representatives to oppose any cuts to the CSP, deal with cuts to agriculture in a fair, responsible manner, and look to the 2012 farm bill with an eye toward the long-term viability of our agriculture’s future.

Tom Nuessmeier Diversified crop and livestock farmer St. Peter, Minn.

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What does your crystal ball for tomorrow’s farming show?

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n’t come with a guarantee.”

Clark doesn’t advocate sustainability because little in today’s food system is designed to be sustainable. By design, most of agriculture requires enormous outside forces — money, tankers of fossil fuels, fertilizer, people, government. Sustainable it is not.

Which brings her to that which is definably sustainable, organic production. But it is not the organic you think of when recalling grandpa’s farm. Oh, tomorrow’s organic will depend on what grandpa knew in his bones: that the amount and quality of organic matter in the soil is key to its productivity and his future.

That means crop rotations, not monocultures; far more perennials, far fewer annuals; and pastures and forage crops and livestock. Lots and lots of livestock. (Vegans beware.)

Is this your farm’s future? Who knows? I’m looking out my window right now and I can’t even see tomorrow, let alone 2050.

Clark’s treatise, “The Future is Organic,” is posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com. Take a peek; maybe her crystal ball is better than mine. And yours.

••• Alan Guebert’s “Farm and Food File” is published weekly in more than 70 newspapers in North America. Contact him at agcomm@farmandfoodfile.com.

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pull a 1,500-bushel grain cart with a Families, careers, whole lives take $250,000 tractor through a field of genetturns that are completely unpredictable. ically modified ethanol, right?

I mean, one minute you’re looking out So, back to the future and back to Prothe window of your third-floor college fessor Clark. The strongest argument dorm room in sleepy boredom and the that “the future is organic,” writes Clark next minute you can’t breathe because, in a January 2010 paper, is “because the on the sidewalk below, is the lovely, curlydesign drivers that have shaped and haired creature you absolutely must molded the current agri-food system are meet and marry. changing, demanding a wholly new, and Hey, it happens.

FARM & FOOD FILE largely organic, approach to agriculture.”

Then, all too quickly, it’s 40 years, six

By Alan Guebert The two biggest drivers she cites — and houses, two children and one kayak later most farmers would agree — are: and you’re again looking out a window • A food system (where 40 percent of but this time you’re writing your 905th every farm’s energy budget is spent on column on farmers and farming. Wow, synthetic nitrogen for grain production) didn’t see all that coming, did you? “that burns up million of years of accumulated solar Nor can you — or anyone else — see where farmenergy to grow, process, transport, store, package ers and farming will be 40 years from now. For all and sell a few hundred years of food” and we know, we’ll be farming the moon.

• increasing external costs, such as antibioticWell, maybe not the moon but it’s a certain bet we resistant bacteria and growing environmental conwill be farming quite differently than today. Forty cerns, that the public will no longer tolerate or pay years ago no one foresaw 24-row corn planters, for. genetically modified seed and 200,000-head cattle Moreover, Clark said in a March 9 telephone feedlots. Forty years in the future will see ... what? interview, it’s all but certain that today’s farmers According to E. Ann Clark, a now-retired professor will encounter unforeseen events that “will threaten of plant agriculture at the University of Guelph in our entire food system. Remember, there are countOntario, farming’s future will be mostly organic. less examples throughout history — ancient Oh, oh. There’s that big, bad word again with all Mesopotamia to the Anasazi — of cultures that simits big, bad baggage like, oh my, Michael Pollan, the ply farmed themselves into oblivion. Farming doesEPA and — shudder, shiver, shake — vegans.

OK, so turn the page. We’ll wait.

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Commentary: Time to truly reinvest in Minnesota

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I am a 61-year-old farmer by Tyler, Minn.

I am writing on behalf of one of my kids and another family who have purchased land with Reinvest in Minnesota parcels on it.

In 1986, Minnesota started the RIM program. It was started and is currently supported by conservation, environmental and farm groups, and the Board of Water and Soil Resources, and is administered locally by Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

A variety of land types are eligible: wetland restoration areas, riparian agricultural lands, marginal cropland, pastured hillsides and sensitive groundwater areas.

Some productive farmland was also enrolled, including land capable of raising 200-bushel corn, 55-bushel beans or six tons of hay in a good year.

Farmers were paid up front to sign perpetual conservation easements on their property. A lot of the land was put into the program after farmers had suffered a period of financial stress in the 1980s.

The RIM program was short-sighted.

It only looked at how well it would work during the first 15 or 20 years of the program when the original owner had the land and was receiving Conservation Reserve Program payments.

It did not take into account what would

happen after the original owner died or sold the farm.

I believe clean water is a worthy goal. I believe in using filter strips, erosion control and pollution control measures. In severe weather, I feed the pheasants that live in our evergreens and choke cherry and plum thickets.

However, I do not believe in the RIM program or Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.

On moral grounds it doesn’t make sense. How can a landowner, who is only the steward of the land for his lifetime, sign an agreement that is perpetual and completely limits forever what every new steward after him can do with the land? How could the state offer the agreement in the first place?

Looks a little crooked to me.

After the CREP portion of the contract runs out, there is no compensation for the new owners. The first owner benefited. The new owner does not. New owners are responsible for the maintenance of the land, keeping invasive species out, and paying property tax in perpetuity. The new owner in effect is a partial slave to the state or special interest groups.

A special interest group is defined as a group that obtains an unfair advantage. The RIM program is a perfect

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Contracts should expire with sale, death of owner mal, buffalo, on their conservation acres. The best we do is a few pheasants, ducks and deer. Conservation acres have gone up tremendously since 1965 when I was a kid. Minnesota is the third largest public land owner in the United States behind the federal government and the state of Alaska.

Allowing new land owners to buy back productive RIM acres would provide substantial revenue to the state.

Some of the more productive land that was taken out of production is worth six or seven times as much as when it was put into RIM. The majority of Minnesotans would benefit by increased agricultural production. The overall rural economy would be improved.

This is different than a windtower perpetual easement. Windtower owners pay a production tax and property tax, and take care of their own roads, substations, towers, tower pads and equipment. I do not honor, respect, or feel that RIM perpetual easements

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are legitimate.

Get in contact with your legislator. I see no reason why my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren need to be slaves to the state of Minnesota.

Neither do yours. If there is no other way, I believe a class action lawsuit would be appropriate.

It is time to “Reinvest in Minnesota” and let productive land be productive while still maintaining filter strips.

If you would like to read the RIM law, it can be found on the internet at https://revisor.mn.gov/ statutes/?id=103F.515.

Yours for a better and more progressive Minnesota.

••• This commentary was submitted Alan Roelofs, a farmer from Tyler, Minn.

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RIM, from pg. 8A example of what a coalition of special interest groups can accomplish.

Eventually all land goes to new stewards. If the new steward is not an avid hunter, how much pride will he have in the conservation acres located on his property when there is no income potential from the property? Conservation acres need to be maintained and it costs to maintain those acres. Just ask the Department of Natural Resources. Would you like to be the Soil and Water Conservation district person who tells the owner to maintain their conservation acres? This is a problematic program.

The state should allow the perpetual easements to be bought out at the time of sale of the land or at the time of death of the landowner. The state could place some restrictions on it, such as maintaining 16 to 32 feet filter strips along creek banks which could be hayed after mid-July. This would help out nesting birds and keep sediment and pollutants out of the creek. Allowing perpetual easements to be bought out would help the state budget. It would also help the economy by letting productive acres be productive again.

This is a statewide issue. In my little local area, I know of five families affected by this issue. There has to be hundreds statewide.

Within the last year we have witnessed agricultural shortfalls in various parts of the world with little reserve cushion. The Minnesota beef cow herd has been cut from 751,000 cows on Jan. 1, 1976, to 380,000 cows on Jan. 1, 2010. The Native Americans raised a superior meat ani-

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Commentary: Spring likely to bring floodwaters to state After a long and snowy winter, it’s only natural to look forward to spring.

Unfortunately, along with warmer weather the spring of 2011 is shaping up to bring us major flooding.

While the last two springs brought damaging floods along the Red River and a few other locations, meteorologists are calling for near-record flooding across much of Minnesota this year. Moderateto-severe flooding is all but certain along the Red, Minnesota and Mississippi rivers, and the National Weather Service estimates that chances are greater than one in three that we will see record flooding in some communities.

It’s not just the big rivers that are going to present big problems. Saturated soils, heavy snow cover and a delayed thaw make serious flooding likely along many of the state’s smaller rivers, streams and creeks.

The Minnesota Department of Agricul-

ture is taking action to help tors and grocery stores. To help these Minnesota’s agriculture businesses prepare, we have posted tip community prepare. Our field sheets for vulnerable facilities on the personnel have been contacting at-risk busi- MDA website at www.mda.state.mn.us. nesses such as agricultural chemical storMany of the farmers, ranchers and facilage facilities and retail food businesses in ity managers in flood-prone areas already recent weeks to make sure they are prepared and have all the information they know what they need to do. However, not need. We are updating our records for these everyone who is at risk may realize they facilities, and as flood waters rise, we will are at risk. For example, the Minnesota team up with the Minnesota Department of Department of Commerce reports that up Public Safety and other partners to provide to 25 percent of flood damage claims come a coordinated response to any emergencies. from areas not considered high risk. With that in mind, here are some tips to keep in Spring flooding doesn’t typically cause mind regarding spring flooding. the catastrophic crop damage we see with • Have a plan for minimizing your summer floods because crops are not yet planted. However, flood waters can still losses. This may mean moving valudamage fields, drainage structures and able equipment, livestock or stored erosion control features. Spring fieldwork grain to other locations before the can be delayed by slow-draining fields.

Livestock facilities and farm outbuildings can be damaged or destroyed.

To the Editor: As you’d expect, there are special risks As food prices escalate and tension for farm-related businesses such as agri- mounts around the world, corn and corn cultural chemical facilities, grain eleva- farmers seem to be in the bull’s-eye of more and more people. I suggest we take a closer look at this “pile of corn.”

The policies of ethanol as a renewable fuel have driven the consumption of corn so that farmers are now producing the largest pile of corn in the history of the United States.We now have in place the ability, the genetics, the infrastructure and the U.S. farmers to produce the largest supply of corn ever. From this record pile of corn we feed livestock, industrial uses, ethanol and exports to our global neighbors.

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of corn what will be the No. 1 priority in uses of this corn pile? Food will always be No. 1 because food leads to stability within our country and our global neighbors. And we, America’s corn farmers, totally respect and understand that priority.

However, understand that because of ethanol policies we have the greatest supply of corn ever. Thanks to the results of that great policy we have tremendous flexibility to provide food security on behalf of our country and our global neighbors. All this while also continuing as a significant energy producer for all Americans. Now that is good news.

Curt Watson Renville, Minn.

Letter: Farm bill needs to include beginning farmer aid There are many opportunities in farming today — growth in local and regional markets, organics, grass-fed and sustainably raised livestock, and hopefully soon, energy crops.

It’s hard work, but real opportunities exist for beginning farmers.

We need smart public policy that can help new farmers get started and address barriers to entry.

It’s a worthwhile investment that will produce lasting results for our agriculture economy and rural communities.

Congress should redouble support for beginning

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farmers and ranchers in the next farm bill. Community-based beginning farmer training and assistance efforts should be expanded and enhanced, affordable and accessible credit should be bolstered, set-asides in conservation and other programs should be established, and policy should be enacted to tackle the difficult land access/farm transition issues retiring and new farmers face.

We all know America’s good land needs good farmers producing good food for today but also for tomorrow.

Kelly Firkins Delavan, Minn.

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To the Editor: Who will run the farm?

As our nation’s farmers get older and a wave of baby-boomers reach retirement this is an increasingly pressing and relevant question. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, the number of farmers 75 years and older has increased 20 percent since 2002.

We need a national commitment to recruit and support the next generation of farmers in all sectors of agriculture.

In 2009, my husband and I started DelaBlu Farm, located in south central Minnesota. Our farm is a small vegetable operation. We are starting our third season and marketing directly to consumers and in the process of becoming certified organic. With each passing year, our farm is growing and so is our commitment to contributing to our community.

I recently had the opportunity to meet with Congressman Tim Walz and talk with him about the importance of beginning farmers. What impressed me the most was that he understood the value of young farmers and ranchers — how they create new jobs, bring money into local communities and how they are the future for innovation and the preservation of our nation’s rural culture.

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Letter: Budget dicing and slicing

that they would get as much as they could. Back in To the Editor: There is an old saying: “the governor proposes and 1971, the welfare department eliminated the farmthe Legislature disposes” the state budget. ing operations on their state hospitals. But they The state budget goes through a complicated series included those farm workers in their budget proof steps in it’s preparation. Each department head posal anyway. Our committee deducted every one of prepares a budget for their own department. All of them at a considerable saving to the state. these are presented to the governor for his input. It Just the other day the Legislature was given the then is presented to the Legislature where the differ- opportunity to vote on the governor’s proposed ent committees go over it on a line-by-line basis. budget and only one legislator voted for it. It is This is a time-consuming step as the committees always difficult to prepare a budget, when going consider the various points of view from the member- through difficult times. ship keeping in mind the restraints of the state There never will be a budget that gives everybody income estimates. When the committees have com- everything they want. It is no different than a pleted their work it is passed through both the household or business budget.

House and Senate and then sent to the governor for In April or early May the budget should be ready his signature and becomes law. for a vote and the governor’s signature.

Now every department head knows that the comTo the Editor: mittee is going to be looking for savings and so Al Schumann I would like to respond to a letter to the editor in almost all of them put in a little fudge factor in hopes Eyota, Minn. the March 4 issue: “‘Chicken’ Walz afraid to vote for what’s right.”

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Commentary: Sons want to rewrite Civil War history eracy as a small government. The celebrations are directly tied to nostalgia of the antebellum era when whites were landowners and blacks were slaves, and a war had to be waged to keep it that way.

Oftentimes in these celebrations, the word slavery never comes up. It’s an issue to be passed over as the Sons maintain that the war wasn’t really about slavery.

A Son named Mark Simpson told a website called The Grio that “Slavery was a very big issue. But slavery was

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not the single or primary cause.”

Really?

Alexander H. Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy, said the following in his Cornerstone speech on March 21, 1861: “Our new (Confederate) government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea (assumption of equality of the races). Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the great truth that the Negro is not equal to the white man. Slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great and moral truth.”

It’s chilling to read such self-serving garbage from the rich, white landowners.

The Confederacy was looking for an ally — such as England or France — to take on the North but knew there would be no takers if maintaining a moral abomination such as slavery was the real reason for the rebellion.

So slavery was switched to states’ rights. Still, there were no takers.

For many whites in the antebellum South, slavery was an atrocity, but it was upheld by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision of 1857 that said slaves were not protected by the Constitution. When President Lincoln was sworn in on March 4, 1861, many states had already seceded, setting the stage for a staggeringly brutal, stupid war.

Four years later the South was ripped apart, and the Union military

The Land wants to hear from you.

The sesquicentennial of the Civil War is nearly upon us, and it’s a curious thing. The North, which won, has really nothing planned. The South, which lost, is going all out — complete with dances in costume and a mock swearing in of Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederacy.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans is the group behind the celebrations, but it quickly becomes apparent what it is they are celebrating. It’s not, as they claim, honoring their veterans or states’ rights or praising the Confed-

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set up governments in seceded states during the Reconstruction, which gave rise to the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow laws that kept blacks from being equal participants in society.

This appalling part of U.S. history should be studied, but celebrated? The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People protested outside the Secession Gala held in Charleston, S.C. One black observer said it was like celebrating the Holocaust.

There will be more acceptance of the Sons’ celebrations during this sesquicentennial as compared to the centennial 50 years ago when civil rights demonstrations were beginning to overthrow Jim Crow. Today will play easier to the country’s racists and teabaggers who continue to spout some of the same fevered nonsense about states’ rights and secession that characterized one of America’s darkest, most regressive periods.

The only good celebration concerning the Civil War is that it was won by the North — thanks to President Lincoln’s determination to keep the union together — and blacks were freed. Any celebration by the South of a bygone era that enslaved human beings should be vigorously opposed.

••• This commentary was written by Stephen Dick of The Herald Bulletin in Anderson, Ind. He can be reached at steve.dick@heraldbulletin.com. The Herald Bulletin is a sister publication to The Land.

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Cover story: Slayton draft horse shows powers on Murray County (Minn.) Classic now in its fifth year

By RICHARD SIEMERS The Land Correspondent The Murray County Classic Draft Horse Show will be five years old this summer, and already it is one of the best draft horse shows in the Midwest.

On the second weekend in July, 14 six-horse hitches will compete at the Murray County Fairgrounds in Slayton, Minn. It is an impressive display. The Percheron, Belgian, Clydesdale and Shire horses will pull high-class wagons and wear their finest harness. Even their hooves will be polished.

Joe Biren The premier event of the show is the six-horse hitch, but there are also classes of four-horse hitch, unicorn hitch (three horses), team and single-horse carts. Last year area farm teams also put on an exhibition.

Joe Biren, one of the founding fathers of the Murray County Classic, has been the chairperson from the beginning. He is also one of the Biren family members who drives their Belgians in shows.

The idea grew from conversations following a show in which he had driven.

“We all had the same problem,” Biren said. “There are a number of hitches that are year-round; they have a crew and that’s all they do. Year-round they work out with the horses. Then you have a number of family operations where they start working with them in the summertime and try to get them ready.

We kind of felt there was a need for an early show.

Entrants in the Murray County Classic Draft Horse Show team competition make their way around the ring in Slayton, Minn.

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DRAFT HORSE, from pg. 14A That way you can get in the ring and get the kinks worked out right away.”

Draft horse shows typically run from July through October, and the Murray County Classic is one of the first of the season. In addition to being an early show where they can get “the kinks worked out,” another draw is that the Murray What is impressive County Classic is a is not only the double point show. You horses themselves, might compare it to a but that a group of double-header. Teams can win points in the local volunteers Saturday show, and has been able to again in the Sunday pull off such a show. large show — in “The points really fact, one of the add up fast at a show largest in the area. like ours,” Biren said.

That’s important on a circuit where points have become valuable.

The top four hitches in each breed are invited to a championship every year.

What is impressive is not only the horses themselves, but that a group of local volunteers has been able to pull off such a large show — in fact, one of the largest in the area. Last year they had to turn away some teams because housing limits them to 14 sixhorse hitches. That’s a total of 84 large draft horses, and many teams bring spares.

“We worked with the Murray County Commissioners to get it set up to house that many horses at the Murray County Fairgrounds,” Biren said. “The county has worked with us quite nicely.”

The Classic committee has purchased box stalls,

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DRAFT HORSE, from pg. 15A and they’ve refitted the sheep barn with portable pens so it can be used for sheep during the fair and horses for the show.

Showing draft horses is an expensive proposition. Biren said some of the hitches have $40,000 to $50,000 hitch wagons, and a set of harness that is equally as expensive.

“I’m sure there were horses in the ring that were bought for $1,100 a piece, and horses that were $35,000 to 45,000 a piece,” he said.

“But the purchase is the cheap part.

The maintenance and everything is more expensive on the big horse — the feed, equipment, horses shows.”

So why do folks do it? Basic to it all is the love of horses. That’s how the Biren family got into it. His dad loved horses.

“My dad (LeRoy) was given a first anniversary present by my mom (JoAnn), a Belgian mare,” Biren said.

“She wonders if she didn’t make a mistake, but they’ve never looked back and we’ve been building and building and getting better. Right now my dad has varying from 25 to 40 head of horses running at the place. He raises on average 10 foals a year. He has a lot of fun doing it.”

Showing can also help support the love of having horses. Many family operations are small, and “some of the bigger-name hitches are willing to

spend decent money on horses,” Biren said. They may offer to buy a horse they see at a show. “Selling horses helps the family operations pay for what they do, and they continue to have fun and start working on some new horses again.”

The show is run by volunteers, and most of the financial support comes from local sponsors. Admission is $5 per person, or $15 per family.

“We want our admission to be family friendly,” Biren said. “Our one goal is to figure out how we can become self-sufficient. In a community this size, you can ask sponsors for so much money for only so long.”

Biren said they are modeling their show on the one in Britt, Iowa, a town similar in size to Slayton. That show is in its 29th year, has grown to 18 sixhorse hitches, and draws a crowd of over 5,000. But it took them 10 to 15 years to get there.

“Everything is possible,” Biren said.

The confidence with which he spoke, and given what the Murray County Classic has achieved in a little over four years, makes his words believable.

The 2011 show is July 9-10 at the Murray County Fairgrounds in Slayton.

At press time, the Murray County Classic Draft Horse Show was developing a new website, so a web search in the near future will provide more information.

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Plans are well under way for the 29th Minnesota Horse Expo to be held at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds April 29-May 1 sponsored by the Minnesota Horse Council.

The popular Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association rodeos featuring stock from the legendary Barnes rodeo producers of Cherokee, Iowa, and the entertainment of the “One Arm Bandit,” John S. Payne, will return to the Minnesota Horse Expo for daily performances April 29-30 at 7 p.m. and a 3 p.m.

Sunday matinee.

Barnes PRCA Rodeo is the nation’s longest-running professional rodeo company. Bob Barnes was April 29-May 1 honored as Minnesota State Fairgrounds PRCA Stock Contractor of April 29: 8:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. the Year in April 30: 8:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

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Payne has been named the PRCA “Specialty Act of the Year” nine times. Watch all seven PRCA events at each of the rodeos: Women’s Professional Rodeo Association barrels, saddle bronc riding, bareback riding, bull riding, tie down roping, steer wrestling and team roping. From the opening Grand Entry to the final contestant, the action will be non-stop and the excitement explosive. Rodeo ticket information can be found at www.mnhorseexpo.org.

The Minnesota Horse Expo is a shopping extravaganza for horse-related products, equipment, supplies, tack, trailers, art, jewelry and more with over 600 vendor booths both indoors and out. Shop and compare with ease — see what’s new or find what has worked. In addition to all the vendors with new merchandise and product lines, the 4-H Horse Association manages a public consignment sale in the Dairy Building during the Minnesota Horse Expo which is this group’s major fundraising event.

The proceeds from this sale go to the Minnesota 4-H Horse Association to help pay for the state 4-H Horse Show, Winter Roundup and all the other 4-H horse project events. Consider checking out your tack at home and bringing it to the sale. For more vendor booth information and 4-H consignment sale informa-

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Horse expo a one-stop shop for all things equine EXPO, from pg. 17A tion, log on to www.mnhorseexpo.org.

The variety of horse breeds at the Minnesota Horse Expo changes every year, but always provides for an engaging, enlightening and educational Parade of Breeds each day at noon in the Coliseum.

This hour-long presentation of the large and small, familiar and exotic horses at Expo with commentary prepares the audience for the more comprehensive breed demonstrations April 29-30 afternoons at Expo.

All the horses at Expo — from more than 50 different breeds and registries — are stalled in the State Fair Horse Barn making it convenient to find your favorite breed and talk to the owners, trainers and riders seen in the demonstrations. In addition, the Horse Barn houses the stallions at Expo, sale

The Minnesota Horse Expo is a shopping extravaganza for horserelated products, equipment, supplies, tack, trailers, art, jewelry and more ... horses, and commercial horse farms promoting their breeding, training and lesson programs.

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Money raised at the Minnesota Horse Expo is returned to the horse community by the Minnesota Horse Council in the form of educational scholarships, equine facilities development grants, direct funding support and individual recognition awards. In September, Glen Eaton presented a check for $225,000 to Minnesota Horse Council President Mark Ward, representing the proceeds of the 2010 Minnesota Horse Council.

The Minnesota Horse Expo is open every morning at 8:30 a.m. and closes April 29-30 at 9:30 p.m. (some vendor buildings close at 7 p.m.) and May 1 at 5 p.m.

Daily Expo admission is $9 for adults (ages 13-61) and $6 for ages 6-12 and seniors 62 and over; free for children 5 and under. Parking in the State Fair lots is free.

PRCA Rodeo admission is extra with ticket prices ranging from $4 to $10 for reserved seating. Rodeos are scheduled for 7 p.m. on April 29-30 and 3 p.m. on May 1. Advance Expo and rodeo tickets are available with the ticket ordering form available at www.mnhorseexpo.org.

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MoSSY will also present “Dancing Aside the Maypole” in the Coliseum to mark the first time in 29 years that the Minnesota Horse Expo has been held on May 1.

Eight daring ladies of various ages will weave the ribbons around the Maypole to welcome the warmer weather of spring. The ladies who are from various areas of Minnesota will demonstrate their side saddle riding skills at a walk, trot, canter, (and yes, a gallop), aboard their fabulous mounts of various breeds. They will perform in glorious spring costumes, to a delightful mix of Celtic and English folk dance music.

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A: Most horses that are trained well astride, (or in a cross saddle) adapt to a side saddle quite easily, though you will want a horse that is over 6 years old for muscular and skeletal stability.

Almost any horse, of any breed, can make a suitable side saddle horse.

However, a horse with little to no withers, a wide build, or a short back, will be harder to fit for a side saddle.

Q: How do I fit a side saddle?

A: Safety and enjoyment of side saddle riding is all dependent on the fit of the saddle to the horse and to you. An ill-fitting saddle can cause serious back problems for the horse, and cause the saddle to roll which will give you an unstable ride. The same good fitting practices you would use for a cross saddle should be used, but with a much higher degree of care taken. While it is best to get help from a fellow side saddle rider, any experienced saddle fitter may check the fit. Any padding that is used should be kept as thin as possible.

Too thick and it may cause the saddle to roll.

Q: How do I mount?

A: Please have an assistant hold your horse the first time you do this, as

mounting your horse in a side saddle can be a bit trickier than an astride saddle. For one thing, the stirrup is much shorter on a side saddle and the seat is often higher. Getting on from the ground tends to pull the saddle off center of the horse, and so a mounting block of some sort will become your friend. Most riders will mount as for a cross saddle, then swing their leg over the neck of the horse, while keeping their hips square on the seat.

Some talented and limber riders can get on in one motion with the aid of a groom, but it takes a lot of practice.

Never hold on to the lower leaping head for mounting. That would be unsafe and could harm the screw threads.

Q: What is the correct side saddle position?

A: When sitting in the side saddle, your hips will be square to the horse, as they would astride and your right thigh will be in front of you. Your lower right leg will be resting on your horse’s left shoulder, toes down. The left leg is carried in the stirrup, similar to an astride saddle. You should be able to slip your hand between the top of your left thigh and the bottom of the leaping head when your stirrup is positioned correctly.

Note: The leaping head (the lower left pommel) should curve over your left thigh. It is not a crutch in which you rest your leg. Your left foot should be light in the stirrup. If you put a lot of weight in your stirrup, it can cause your saddle to tip off to the left while riding.

Your hands carry the reins on both sides of your right knee as best suited to your horse’s head carriage. Your weight is centered through your right thigh, and your hips, back and shoulders should be square to your horse, as they would be in a cross saddle. When positioned correctly, the side saddle rider, from the back, should look like they are riding astride, only with a missing a leg on the right. Side saddle riding can, and should be, more secure than astride. Your right calf is along your horse’s shoulder, allowing you to See SIDE, pg. 22A

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Lynch has been riding and showing horses for over 30 years. She has competed in English, western, jumping, dressage and endurance. She has had Quarterhorses, Thoroughbreds, Arabs and Warmbloods and Miniatures. Lynch has been teaching riding lessons since the 1980s.

Log on to www.mnhorseexpo.org or call (877) 4628758 for the Horse Expo event schedule including clinicians’ times and topics, information about Coliseum arena demonstrations, PRCA rodeos, daily admission, hours and more.

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Juli Lynch will be among the are looking for a speakers presenting information leader that will help to horse owners and enthusiasts at them feel safe. Often the 29th Minnesota Horse Expo, the misbehavior we April 29-May 1 at the Minnesota see in our horses is due to our behavior and our State Fairgrounds in St. Paul. emotional state but we blame the horse. Sometimes we feel like a predator to our horse. At Epala Sponsored by the Minnesota we ask, ‘Are you a mountain lion or a herd leader Horse Council, the Horse Expo is with your horse?’ At Epala ‘connection’ refers to the largest equine trade show Cindi McGrath learning to ‘read’ horse language at the subtlest of and breed exhibition in the state. Juli Lynch and her levels in order to understand why horses behave Lynch will be sharing her “Who horse, Ike. the way they do. ‘Respect’ refers to establishing a Am I with My Horse” approach partnership with your horse, not dominance. Anyfor determining how your personality influences and body who rides, shows or spends time with horses impacts your relationship with your horse. Whether will agree that to get the most out of your horse you you ride, show or just enjoy your horse as a backyard need to lead and listen, set boundaries and allow companion, learn which of five possible personalities you manifest with your horse.

The session is engaging and entertaining and you’ll walk away with an awareness of how your relationship with your horse is heavily influenced by who you are.

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Horses prefer side saddle rather than ‘in a vice grip’ SIDE, from pg. 20A push into the horse’s shoulder, thus pulling your right thigh into the fixed head, holding you tight to the saddle.

You don’t need much pressure to achieve this.

In an emergency, side saddle riders use what is known as an emergency

grip. If you press your right calf against the saddle, and the left thigh up into the leaping head, you are locked tight into the saddle, much like a scissors grip. You would be surprised how stable this position can be in an emergency. This is not to be used all the time when riding side saddle as it may cause muscle fatigue, but it is use-

ful in those circumstances when you need to secure yourself.

Q: How do I ride and how do I cue the horse when I don’t have a leg on the right?

A: Your right thigh absorbs the motion of the horse, much like your seat when in a normal saddle. Most new side saddle riders unknowingly hunch over and bend to the left. Remember to sit back and keep your right shoulder back. For cueing your aides, most horses will move into a basic walk or trot from a cue with just the left leg.

When you start to feel more comfortable in a side saddle, you can use a cane or stiff whip to act as your right leg, though most riders find that a cane is one too many things to deal with when just starting out.

When you get more advanced, you can also use a subtle shifting of your weight as a cue. A shift of the right hip bone for example, can be given for a

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left canter lead cue.

In closing When everything is fitted correctly, it is a feeling that cannot be achieved in a cross saddle. Most horses prefer it to being locked between your legs in a vice grip and it does add a freedom to the rider as well.

Also, please do not put your leg over on your astride saddle to ride. It simply will never put you in the same position as a real side saddle. It is unsafe and your horse’s back will suffer for it.

Now, go and talk to your horse about this, then contact MoSSY for more assistance in fulfilling your side saddle dreams.

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Minnesota wineries can’t get enough of California grapes This means delivery in a refrigerated truck and special handling at the vineyard. Grapes are iced down on dry ice shortly after being picked, then packed and stored in a refrigeration unit until loaded into the delivery truck, usually the same day of harvest. It’s a two- to three-day delivery to his Midwest customers and he describes it as a “milk run” with various stops along the way.

Borra grew up milking cows on their Lodi-area farm and chuckled, “Grapes are easy compared to milking cows.”

He was just a kid at the time on a 16cow grade B operation, “but 16 cows were enough to let me know I didn’t want to do that the rest of my life.”

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were exceptionally high rainfall months in his area. Lodi normally has a 12- to 16-inch rainfall season, but Borra said his ranch was already measuring 12 inches for this calendar year. His 230-acre vineyard is drip irrigated.

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He measures production in terms of pounds of grapes per vine with an average vineyard in the Lodi area running about 565 vines per acre. “If you grew seven tons per acre you’ve got about 24 pounds of grapes per vine. We think that’s too much for a quality product. Our goal is 10 pounds per vine and we do that with shoot

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Minnesota wineries continue to process lots of California grapes, despite the fact that total vineyard acres increase each year in Minnesota.

The 31 licensed wineries continue to see their market grow, even though a portion of the “input” comes from West Coast grapes.

Steve Borra, owner-winemaker of Borra Vineyards at Lodi, Calif., is a third-generation grape grower and in 1975 also became a winemaker. He’s growing 230 acres of grapes each year but crushes only about 5 percent of what he grows.

“The rest we market to winemakers across the country including two Minnesota wineries,” Borra said. His Minnesota markets are Glacial Ridge Winery at Spicer and Cannon River Winery at Cannon Falls. “I first visited those folks in 2008 and have been delivering grapes to them ever since.”

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‘Really a pleasure doing business with folks out here’ WINE, from pg. 23A thinning and crop thinning. That produces more varietal characteristic, intensity, nice balance, nice color and just an overall more appealing product.

All my wines are fermented using native yeast which means no inoculation with cultured yeast.

When my grapes come to the winery the wine is already made.”

For weed control, Borra uses Roundup and a preemergent herbicide laid on in December before the rains. “We spray occasionally for mites but we mostly practice a sustainable effort with special cover crop and beneficial insects which keep unwanted insect populations down. Plus this materially cuts down chemical usage which can be a costly part of vineyard management.”

Borra said winter pruning starts in December as soon as the first frost produces leaf drop. He’s got vines in the ground that date back at least 80 years but reasons that 25 to 30 years is a more common longevity. “But new, improved varieties come along.

Plus if the market is strong you can live with older vines and less production. My Zinfandel does three to four tons per acre. Today it’s not real practical to run a vineyard with that low production but we sell

it at a good price, plus I use it in my own wines so I can afford to keep it going.”

Has the American wine industry over expanded?

Borra admitted the California market has been glutted the past few years but it’s coming into balance. “It’s a tough market in California right now but in the Midwest I can sell grapes to wineries who appreciate my product and my service. Back home when you sell grapes to the ‘really big guys’ you say ‘thank you’. But when I deliver a load of grapes out here, they say ‘thank you’. I’m still the new kid on the block in this Midwest winery market and it’s really a pleasure doing business with folks out here.

They’re good people and appreciate what you’re doing to help their business.”

Grapes indeed are big business in California. U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed 489,000 acres of grapes grown in California in 2010. Other major players are New York, 37,000 acres; Oregon, 17,000 acres; Michigan, 14,200 acres, and Pennsylvania with 13,600 acres. There are no official USDA figures for Minnesota but insiders project up to about 1,400 acres currently.

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Grape prices don’t show quite the volatility seen in corn and soybean prices. Last year $1,300 per ton delivered was the going price. Figure much the same for 2011 which translates to 60 to 65 cents per pound with some 70-cent pricing on quality.

Fieldstone Vineyards for five years had the distinction of being the largest Minnesota winery using only Minnesota grown grapes, but the May 8 frost last season necessitated buying some out-ofstate juices to meet market demand.

The winery started originally on a farm west of Morgan, however in the wine business, traffic drives the deal. So last fall Fieldstone Winery relocated to Redwood Falls which has both north-south and east-west major highways crisscrossing.

With the growing popularity of Minnesota wines, Wedge questions if the industry might be getting saturated. But excitement prevails with over 1,000 acres of Marquette already in the fertile soils of Minnesota and more vineyards sprouting each year.

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and Frontenac in a rose style. Out here in the prairie sugar still sells,” Wedge said.

Fieldstone Vineyards has 24 contract growers and with Mother Nature cooperating, Wedge has a good estimate of grape tonnage to be delivered to his winery each season. However, that all changed last year with a May 8 frost that severely damaged Frontenac and La Crescent vines plus some of the Swensen varieties.

“Our production of whole fruit coming in was down about 40 percent and that obviously presented some challenging issues.”

That May 8 Mother’s Day weekend frost wasn’t abnormal because early-May doesn’t get you out of the frost-free period in Minnesota.

Instead it was the rush of abovenormal temps in March and April spurring early blooming that made vines susceptible to the May 8 freeze. The frost-damaged vines should be back to normal for 2011.

He described the frost damage as a rebuilding issue for vines to put on green matter and build bud count and with the generous snow covering Min-

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Grape growers and winemakers need to be on the same page to make the industry flourish.

“The game is changing. The highest quality fruit needs to be the goal of both grape grower and winemaker, at all times. We winemakers need closer contact with our growers,” said Mark Wedge of Fieldstone Vineyards at Redwood Falls, Minn.

Wedge said, “if you want to be in the game it’s important that you understand the best cultural practices. It’s your business. You need to figure out how to make your fruit desirable or at some point you will be left behind.”

Wedge emphasized that a working relationship between winemakers and growers is vital. “It’s the only way to start improving quality.” His point being that wine quality starts in the vineyard but because of the youth of the Minnesota wine industry (barely a 20-year history), this cultural relationship hasn’t been practiced as it should.

“There are more things to look at than just brix.

There’s a multitude of stepping stones to higher quality. You can’t make good wine from bad grapes.”

The Minnesota grape and wine industry continues to expand primarily because of winter-hardy varieties developed by University of Minnesota researchers. Predominant varieties include Frontenac, Frontenac gris, La Crescent and Marquette (introduced in 2006). Minnesota grape acreage is now estimated at nearly 1,400 acres. Marquette has come on fast and now drives the market in the dry red style wines.

“In our winery, Marquette as a dry red is our best seller. Across the board when the new vintage is bottled there’s a huge influx of sales which skews all the numbers at least temporarily. My guess is that Marquette runs third to La Crescent or Frontenac gris,

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Investigate end market before diving in head first GRAPES, from pg. 25A is for us winemakers to come up with new flavor styles, new uses for these Minnesota varieties. We started our winery in 2002 and at the time were the 10th winery in Minnesota. The first Minnesota winery dates back to 1978. This spring Minnesota will have 32 wineries.”

He remains confident about the future of the Minnesota wine industry. An informal “hand count” at the

Cold Climate Conference sponsored by the Minnesota Grape Growers Association showed only about 25 percent were first timers.

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sions on how to sell, how to promote, how to keep your vineyard healthy,” Wedge said.

About 60 vendors exhibiting a variety of vineyard equipment, wine making tools and pesticide information added to the professional flavor of the conference.

Some attend just to see if this is an opportunity. New faces are always welcome but Wedge suggested that before a potential grower starts up, check with local wineries for market access.

He complimented the quality of research and instruction at the University of Minnesota Horticultural Research Station near the U of M Arboretum. Staff members include Peter Hemstad, Jim Luby, Katie Cook and John Thull, manager of the 12acre vineyard which includes about 10,000 experimental vines.

Currently more than 100 U of M advanced selections are being tested, as well as more than 400 cultivars and selections from other breeding programs.

The Grape Growers Association estimates there are now over 300 vineyards in Minnesota, and Minnesota

wines are available virtually everywhere.

Fieldstone Vineyards for example has products in nearly 200 Minnesota retail outlets plus 16 Minnesota restaurants.

Iowa now has 90 wineries. But Iowa has a different situation. “In Iowa politics at the local level drives the market,” said Mike White, Iowa State University Extension viticulturist.

For example, wine can be bought from grocery stores as well as liquor markets. In essence the “liquor lobby” at the State Capital in Iowa doesn’t carry the same clout as it does in Minnesota.

Plus for a $25 fee, wine-tasting events are often part of public functions throughout the state.

Wedge spoke at the recent Cold Climate Conference sponsored by the Minnesota Grape Growers Association.

For more information about U of M grape work, log on to www.grapes.umn. edu.

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In 1997, Minnesota had three licensed wineries. Today there are 31.

Today the Minnesota wine and grape industry is a $40 million business.

In Iowa, Tourism and Economic Development groups have made Iowa vineyards and Iowa wineries a major business. And for good reason. Studies

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relatively “new industry” has a $230 million impact. The data showed that for each $1 spent on “Iowa wine,” $34 is cycled through the economy.

If the “grape growing fever” is catching you, a good starting point is the publication, “Growing Grapes in Minnesota.” Now in its eighth edition, this booklet is available through the Minnesota Grape Growers Association. Log on to www.mngrapes.org.

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One way to do that is to make a greater effort to get people out to the wineries — especially while the law is on their side. “Wineries have the edge over breweries right now,” said Dan Schwarz, who recently launched Lift Bridge Brewing Co. in Stillwater, Minn. “To be able to get people to your place and see how you make your prod-

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By DICK HAGEN to try it, pair it The Land Staff Writer with food corIn a special session You have to try it, pair rectly. If you do, on wine marketing at you’ll be coming the recent Cold Cliit with food correctly. back for our mate Conference sponIf you do, you’ll be wines all over sored by the Minnesota coming back for our the state.”

Grape Growers Associwines. ation, panel speakers The panel also pointed out that wines with — Steve Zeller suggested that higher natural acidity wineries capital(which cold climate grapes ize on their unique purpose. “The abiltend to be) are food-friendlier wines. ity to explain where this wine comes Local wineries are already keen on from, why it matters, who created it, this idea. Steve Zeller at Parley Lake where the grapes came from,” Lee Winery at Waconia, Minn., makes a Zukor said, “all those things fill out a Frontenac that he admits is too acidic story that’s really interesting to the to enjoy on its own, because it’s specifi- chefs and restaurant owners. It’s not cally designed to be a complement to just about the product, it’s about the story that connects people to the prodfood.

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Preparing livestock in a flood zone can aid in handling The impact of a natural disaster on a community always makes headlines. If you happen to be a livestock farmer, the impact on you seldom makes headlines, but it makes a big impact on you, your livestock and the viability of your operation.

“Many natural disasters give you little or no warning, but flooding is usually forecast, giving farmers time to think about contingency plans and take action,” said Chuck Schwartau, a livestock educator with University of Minnesota Extension.

Questions for planning Your specific plan of action will vary by the type of livestock operation, but there are many common questions to

address if flooding is a possibility at your farmstead or livestock facility.

Schwartau recommends that you consider these questions for your livestock operation.

• Where can I take livestock that is safe from floodwaters?

• How will I move livestock?

• Where will I secure enough trucks/trailers to move livestock in a timely fashion?

• Who will be available to help?

Might they have their own livestock to move?

• Is there appropriate shelter and fencing at the temporary site?

• Is there feed at the site or will I have to haul feed there?

• How and when will I move feed?

• How much feed will I need?

• Do I need to move implements and feeding equipment?

• Where will I access fuel for implements?

• If my usual source of commercial feed is unable to deliver feed, what alternative sources do I have?

• If I have to reduce feeding amounts to stretch the supply, how will I ration it out?

• What about bedding material?

• Is there adequate water on the site?

• Are there adequate water fountains or tanks?

• If I am able to stay in my home, will I be able to get to the livestock location?

Plan for power loss If you are able to leave your livestock at home but the power goes off for hours or even days: • How will you water your livestock?

• How will you provide ventilation for your stock?

• How will you milk the cows?

• How will you cool the milk?

• How will you get the milk into a tanker and off to market?

• How long can you store milk on the farm before you have to dump some of it?

• If the road washes out or is blocked, how can you get milk out?

• If you have an emergency power generator, will it start when you need

it?

• How long can your generator run continuously?

• How is the generator fueled and can you keep it supplied?

• If injured livestock needs to be euthanized, how will you do it?

• How and where will you dispose of mortalities?

• If your labor force is disrupted, where can you find the help to get the work done?

• Have you considered whether you would re-establish the business you now have if it entirely disappeared due to a natural disaster?

“You probably don’t have answers to all those questions right now,” Schwartau said, “but start thinking about them. Engage the innovative thinking of the rest of your family and people who are part of your farming operation.”

Additional resources www.extension.umn.edu/flood Find articles and links to help prepare your family, housing and farm, with research-based tips on immediate and long-term flood issues.

Flood Information Line: (800)2329077, fil@umn.edu For questions about water, crops, horticulture and climatology issues.

••• This article was submitted by University of Minnesota Extension.

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MPCA: Prepare tanks for flooding The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency urges Minnesotans to prepare their fuel oil, gasoline and other petroleum tanks for the flooding expected this spring. This will reduce damage that spilled petroleum products wreak on property and buildings as well as reduce damage to the environment, according to MPCA Emergency Responder Walt Haas.

Because water is heavier than fuel, floodwater can enter buried tanks, displacing the fuel. Farmers and other rural residents who have underground fuel storage tanks should make sure their tanks are vented above the height of potential floodwater.

“The best way to prepare aboveground fuel storage tanks for a flood is to have them emptied,” Haas said. “If that is not possible or practical, the tanks should be secured to concrete anchors in the ground so they cannot float away.

“If floodwater comes into contact with

unsecured fuel oil tanks in basements, it will cause them to become unstable, tip over and/or float on the surface of the water.”

If a tank’s vent, fill pipe or other openings are not watertight, floodwater will enter the tank and displace the fuel into the home or office. In addition to creating fire and environmental hazards, the fuel will be absorbed by any porous material it comes in contact with, such as carpet, wood, cinder block and drywall. Once that happens, fuel vapors may persist in the building indefinitely.

If floodwaters are forecast to be high enough at your home or office to cause your tank to tip over or float: Contact a bulk fuel distributor to remove the fuel from the tank before flooding begins, and plug its vent and fill pipes.

Although this will make the tank more buoyant in floodwater, it will prevent or reduce leakage of fuel into a See FUEL, pg. 29A

facilities should be topped off and vents and openings sealed so the tanks are watertight. Another option is to remove the contents of the tanks and fill them with water to prevent buoyancy.

If they notice that tanks have leaked, tank owners should call the Minnesota Duty Officer at (800) 4220798.

If they have questions, tank owners may call the MPCA’s offices in Detroit Lakes, Marshall, Willmar, St. Paul, Rochester, Brainerd or Duluth at (800) 657-3864.

More information on what to do before and after floods to minimize risks to health and damage to property and the environment is on the MPCA’s website at www.pca.state.mn. us/hqzq7fe.

••• This article was submitted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency urges home and business owners to think about potential spring flooding and to walk through the house, garage and sheds to gather up unwanted or expired household products that could become hazardous waste if flooded.

Take batteries, solvents, paints, paint thinners, pesticides, household cleaners and other chemicals that you no longer need to your county’s household hazardous waste facility.

Store products you plan to keep in a place that is not likely to be flooded.

After the flood, any products exposed to floodwaters must be considered contaminated and will need to be disposed of properly. Minnesota residents can find their household hazardous waste facilities at www.pca.state.mn.us/udgx572.

More information about minimizing pollution and health risks from flooding is available on the MPCA’s website at www.pca.state.mn.us /hot/floods.html.

••• This article was submitted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

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FUEL, from pg. 28A home or office should floodwater tip the tank over or enter the tank through an opening. If the tank is no longer in service, remove the unused equipment, including all piping, and seal the vent and fill openings.

Secure the tank so that it will remain upright if floodwater causes it to float. The tank may float like a bobber if your basement floods, so anything used to secure the tank must be able to withstand these buoyant forces.

Also, the fill and vent must be plugged to prevent water from entering the tank and displacing the fuel.

If floodwater gets into a home or office but does not come in contact with the tank, the situation should be monitored to ensure that the tank’s supports are secure and that its stability is not undermined by the water.

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Pet Talk: Horse foaling requires preparation, patience Newborns evoke a smile and the birth of a foal is no different. Horse owners greatly anticipate the birth of a foal and are wise to prepare the mare for the birth.

“On average, a mare is pregnant 340 days before giving birth,” said Glennon Mays, clinical associate professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. “But, mare pregnancies can range from 315 to 387 days.”

“Preparation for foaling should begin prior to the birth,” Mays said. “Daily exercise will help the mare in foal tone body muscles and maintain a healthy heart and lungs which can benefit the mare and foal during birthing.”

During the first eight months of pregnancy your mare can maintain nutritional balance on good pasture, quality hay, feed and minerals supplements, but the last three months of pregnancy

require dietary changes, Mays said.

The unborn foal doubles in size during the last 90 days.

Consequently, there is a great need for more protein, minerals and vitamins to support the foal’s growth. Additionally, the mare needs more nutrients to prepare for lactation. Quality roughage should be the major portion of your mare’s diet.

“Grain should be reduced the week before foaling,” Mays said. “Oats and bran are good feed choices at this time since they will help decrease the likelihood of constipation. After foaling, grain can be increased gradually to resume full ration.”

Regular worming will ensure that the mare will not contaminate the pasture and foaling stall with worm larvae that the foal can ingest, Mays said.

“Consult your veterinarian about recommended vaccinations for your pregnant mare. Generally, six weeks prior

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to the foaling date, the mare should receive a tetanus vaccination to boost the antibodies in her colostrum (first milk). A mare will only produce colostrum for the first six to 12 hours after birth, after that she will produce milk. The colostrum helps protect the foal against disease and aids in eliminating fecal material which can build up in its intestinal tract,” Mays said.

“Mares prefer privacy when they are foaling and the majority of mares foal at night,” Mays said. “This could be a survival trait that ensured the mare and foal would be less susceptible to predators during the birthing process when horses were in the wild.”

Appropriate foaling facilities assure a safe and sanitary environment for the mare and her foal. This may be a grassy paddock or pasture small enough with sufficient lighting to allow visualization of the mare for monitoring the birth process.

Mares having difficulty with the delivery process may need assistance. Foals are born two front feet first and then their nose follows. Any deviation from this warrants a call to your veterinarian.

“The mare is in active labor for about 30 minutes and once the foal is born,

both mare and foal may lie quiet for another 30 minutes,” Mays said.

If the foal requires assistance to stand, remember the young bones are soft.

Aggressive handling can compromise bone structure, especially at the rib cage.

Don’t rush in to “help.” Give the foal and mare some time alone unless foal distress is obvious, Mays said.

Mother Nature has done quite well for a long time without human intervention. The foal should stand without assistance within an hour, start nursing within three hours and nurse at least once every hour.

Some veterinarians prefer to do complete blood count and chemistry on the foal after 12 hours to determine if it received enough colostrum (and therefore antibodies) to help keep it healthy.

It is important that the foal build immunity to fight exposure to bacteria in its new environment.

••• Pet Talk is a service of the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University. More information is available at http://tamunews. tamu.edu. This column is distributed by CNHI News Service. CNHI is parent company to The Land.

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This is the time of the year to think about trees.

Pre-spring gives land owners an excellent opportunity to prune existing trees, plan for future trees and even make a good profit or hobby out of harvesting lumber or syrup.

Trees respond to pruning depending on what time of the year it is and what type of tree they are.

Conifers for example, can be pruned any time of the year but pruning during the dormant season reduces sap loss. Pruning early flowering trees and shrubs such as lilac now would result in a loss of this year’s flowers or fruit and so it should be done as early as possible after flowering.

Generally however, pruning during the late-winter before trees start budding out helps the trees heal without insect invasion or hurting the next year’s growth and appearance. Some good tips on yearround tree care can be found at www.myminnesota woods.umn.edu.

Now is also a good time to observe snow drifts and plan for next winter’s windbreaks. If you notice snow accumulating on your driveway, roadway and on or near your house it might be wise to order some windbreak trees to plant in a few weeks to give them a good start before next winter’s winds. Log on to www.nrcs.usda.gov for some good resources for planning and establishing windbreaks.

If you have a maple tree March is a perfect time to start collecting sap to make syrup. Tapping the trees and collecting with a bucket is a simple and interesting way to teach children about growing your own foods, and most people have “cabin fever” about this time and need to spend time on a nice day outdoors anyway. Before the ground thaws is also a good time to look into harvesting timber in low ground for profit or personal use.

For further information on the timber industry and making the best use of the trees in your pastures, forests and tree lots consider attending the upcoming workshop in St. Peter on March 31. Gary Wyatt, agroforestry educator at the University of Minnesota Extension, will be conducting a session “Nuts and Bolts of Timber Sales” to help area landowners make selling timber profitable by knowing a few basic things about the lumber industry.

During the workshop, participants will learn about timber sales contracts, how to choose a logger and working with a professional forester to maximize profits, protect the environment, maintain site quality, productivity and the enjoyment of your forest.

The event will be held at the Linneaus Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter 6-9 p.m.

March 31. Cost is $20 and advanced registration is required. Contact Kathy Eckwright at (888) 241-3214 for more information and registration.

••• This article was submitted by Christian Lilienthal, University of Minnesota Extension educator for Nicollet County, Minn.

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Unless you run a nursery, hold off on planting tomatoes Can I be planting my tomato seeds at this time?

In most cases it is better to wait until the second week in April to plant tomato seeds, unless you are growing the plants for future sales, such as at a greenhouse and nursery. In the long run, however, it’s best to buy already ACE OF SPADES started plants from a nursery.

When doing so, make sure to

By Hank Wessels check the condition of the plants, and check that there are actually four plants in a carton of four.

With all of the snow we’ve had, should I be pruning my fruit trees at this time?

Normally this is the best time to do the pruning of all fruit trees, but you should wait until the snow melts. You will have more, and better, fruit if you prune your fruit trees. Visit your nearest Extension office to get a pamphlet on pruning fruit trees; most Extension offices have these available.

When should I apply crystal softener or pick-

ling salt to my asparagus bed for weed and grass control?

Once the snow is melted on your asparagus bed, it’s time to make the first application. About two weeks later — normally the first or second week in April — apply the second application of salt. Make sure you apply this before any asparagus spears have emerged. Apply about the same thickness of salt as you spread fertilizer in your garden.

When is the best way and time to start a new asparagus bed?

There are two ways in starting an asparagus bed.

One way is to buy the roots and plant them at least 8 inches deep in the soil. The easiest way, however, is to plant them as seeds, which are available at some stores. You may need to ask for them. Feel free to email me at hwdw@cccinternet.net for a place where we purchased some seeds about four years ago. You do not use the spears until the third year, and then pull the spears sparingly until the fourth year.

Please give some dates of plant exchanges, horticulture meetings, etc., going on this spring.

Watch this column next month for the locations of several area plant exchanges. In the meantime, gardeners, if you are having an exchange in your area please let me know the date, time and location.

There will be a Horticulture Show and Gladioli Auction March 26 at the District Administration Building (former Junior High School) in New Ulm, Minn.

The event begins at 8 a.m. E-mail me for more information. Spring is around the corner.

■ Correction from last column: Prune oak trees from November until mid-March; don’t prune between March and October.

••• Hank Wessels is a Master Gardener in Watonwan County. He welcomes questions and comments from readers. He may be reached at 601 1st St. SW, Madelia, MN 56062, hwdw@cccinternet.net or (507) 642-8479.

Nearly time for spring pruning Apple growers prune trees in late-winter to early spring, while plants are still dormant. Studies show that early pruning aids closure of the pruning cut. It also thins out the crop and opens up the tree for better apples. This is not the best time to prune many flowering trees and shrubs.

Most flowering shrubs bloom on “old” wood — branches that went through the winter. Take a look at your lilac and notice the big, fat buds on the ends of the branches. These are the flower buds. The smaller buds are “vegetative” or leaf buds that will become new leaves or shoots.

If you remove the flower buds — which are usually

toward the end of the branch, you won’t get much bloom.

Bridal wreath (Spirea vanhoutte) pruned in late-summer as a hedge seldom bloom much if any. Other flowering trees and shrubs that bloom on old wood include: mock orange, ninebark, weigela, forsythia, dogwood, honeysuckle, crabapple and magnolia. Pruning them in spring will not harm them, but you’ll lose this year’s flowers.

If you don’t know what kind of flowering shrub you have, the season of bloom is a pretty good guide for pruning. If it flowers in April or May, it probably blooms on old wood and should be pruned as soon as it’s done flowering.

••• This article was submitted by Bob Hauer, northeast Iowa horticulture specialist with Iowa State University Extension. He may be contacted at bhauer@iastate.edu.

In the bleak of wintertime, positive thinking is called for

young children develop healthy habits.”

What you can do A simple way to set limits is to use a poker chip system. Each day or week, depending upon your child’s age, give your child a set number of chips to “spend” on TV shows. You can even encourage educational programs by offering them at a two shows for one chip price. With this plan, TV becomes a choice and not a habit.

Be prepared to offer your youngster alternative fun activities to divert your child’s attention. You can read to your child or complete art projects. Another idea is to get your child involved in household chores such as separating laundry, washing a sinkful of dishes, putting away silverware and setting the table.

“Be sure to talk about TV with your child,” Rader said. “Clearly state your family’s rules for television viewing.”

For example, some families have a household rule of no TV until chores or homework are completed or no TV during mealtimes. Explain to your child the three kinds of TV programs — the kind they can watch alone, the kind they can watch with parents and the kind that is absolutely off limits.

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Recent research shows that children between the ages of 2 and 5 years watch on average more than 25 hours of television per week, according to Malisa Rader, an Iowa State University Extension family life program specialist.

“By the time American children graduate from high school, they have spent more time in front of the TV than in the classroom,” Rader said. “That is a powerful influence on kids.”

What’s right and wrong with TV Too much time watching TV means too little time spent on active play, reading and socializing — activities essential to a child’s development. In fact, the sedentary nature of television has been linked to childhood obesity.

On the flip side, quality shows can introduce children to many positive messages, such as caring for others, and it can be educational by taking them to places they have never seen before.

“As parents, we need to control how much and what kind of television programming our children watch,” Rader said. “Children’s TV viewing habits are established early on and impact the TV viewer they will be as an older child and even into adulthood. For this reason it is important for parents to help

praise, think on these things.

True — Loyal, Honest — Trustworthy, Just — Equitable, Pure — Perfect, Lovely — Beautiful, Good report — Encouraging, Virtue — Goodness, Praise — Commend ••• Sue Peterson has been writing “The Yield” column since 1978 and has been a staple of The Land. She may be reached at sustan2@bevcomm.net or 1010 East 5th St., Blue Earth, MN 56013.

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her recipe with us, and she did. We had planned to prepare her special chicken and biscuits for the workers, but somehow it just didn’t get done. Both of us think it may not have been as good anyway.

As winter drags on, my thoughts are sometimes negative. However, Philippians 4:8 KJV tells us: Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any

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Large snowflakes and rain change. These girls did well. pelted the bedroom winNext I stopped at the disdows, announcing there plays of children’s farm toys, would be no church again books and clothing. When I this week. I was disapvisit these displays I miss pointed; our Bible and radio our grandchildren. I often would be church again. Posibuy small gifts here and tive thinking was called for. send them in the mail to All I could think of at the them. I often visit with the moment was an open screen children and their parents door and fresh air in the THE YIELD at stores, restaurants, etc. house. Until that is real, I Could that be because I miss By Sue Peterson can enjoy the pristine white my own grandchildren? Vissnow of winter. iting a place where there are The next day we traveled to a wonchildren gives me a good kid fix. derful farm store where we frequently We both really like the fleet supply go these days. Stan is building a new store. Stan often finds bits and pieces way to haul our Curved Dash Oldsmo- for his projects, and I enjoy the nostalbile. The familiar smell of wood, hard- gic smells and memories that this place ware, oil, new clothes and freshly brings to mind. popped popcorn was pleasant.

After shopping we stopped at our Two young Girl Scouts were sitting favorite restaurant in Fairmont, and with their mom near the front door.

Stan ordered his favorite meal, chicken Several boxes of cookies were arranged and biscuits, made by one of the lady in a tempting manner. “How much are chefs. I had the half sandwich, and they?” I asked, pulling out my billfold. I salad bar, which is a favorite of mine. It enjoyed the pride in the mother’s eyes was about one year ago that we had as she viewed the transaction. It’s no made plans to add on to our house, and small task to greet the customers, we asked this lady if she would share inform them of the price and make

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A rainbow of colors provides healthful eating A rainbow of color provides a wide variety of plant-based nutrients for healthful eating.

Color check: Is your kitchen well-stocked in colorful fruits and vegetables? Take a quick look in your refrigerator and cupboards. How many fresh, frozen, canned and dried fruits and vegetables do you have on hand and how many different colors are represented? Here’s a guide to complete the

rainbow.

White/brown/tan: Promote heart health and decrease cancer risk • Fruit: Banana, brown pear, dates • Vegetables: Cauliflower, mushrooms, onions, parsnips, turnips, white potatoes Green: Antioxidants to help reduce cancer risks.

• Fruit: Honeydew melon, kiwi, lime, avocado, apples, grapes • Vegetable: Asparagus, broccoli, green beans, green peppers and leafy greens Yellow/orange: Promote immunity and healthy vision • Fruit: Apricot, cantaloupe, grapefruit, mango, papaya, peach, pineapple • Vegetables: Carrots, yellow pepper, corn, sweet potatoes Purple/blue: Antioxidant and anti-aging benefits, may help with memory, urinary tract health and reduced cancer risk • Fruit: Blueberries, plums, raisins, blackberries, purple grapes • Vegetables: eggplant, purple cabbage, purple potatoes, purple asparagus and purple carrots Red: Healthy heart, vision, immunity and decreased cancer risks • Fruit: Cherries, cranberries, pomegranate, red/pink grapefruit, red grapes, watermelon • Vegetables: Beets, red onions, red peppers, red potatoes, rhubarb, tomatoes ••• This article was submitted by Jill Weber, Iowa State University Extension Nutrition & Health Program specialist. She may be contacted at (319) 234-6811 or jrweber@iastate.edu.

Set an example TELEVISION, from pg. 33A Discuss programs with your child and give your interpretation. As a parent, you then become more like a filter for the information your child receives rather than a censor. A well-timed comment about your family’s beliefs or values can usually be more effective than a lecture. For example, noticing during a program that a TV hero is putting on his seat belt just like we do can replace a nagging parent reminder.

Set a good example “Children do as parents do, not as they say,” Rader said. “So be sure to follow your own advice about the TV.” Be selective and limit your own viewing time.

Be sure to turn the set off as soon as the program ends so that you don’t get “hooked” into the next show.

For more information about children and the media, contact the Franklin County Extension office and ask for Science of Parenting publications: Obesity and the Overuse of Electronic Media (PM 3002A) and Video Games and Other Media: Pros and Cons (PM 300-2B). ISU Extension’s Science of Parenting website, www.extension.iastate.edu/home family/parenting/scienceofparenting.htm, hosts parenting podcasts, publications and a blog on current parenting issues.

••• This article was submitted by the Franklin County office of Iowa State University Extension.

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sampled them. They tasted like — well — like fish.

I have never eaten crow, except in the figurative sense.

I called my friend the other morning to thank him for the bear meat and to assure him that, in spite of my initial trepidation, it was quite good. Our conversation then turned to the unusual or unconventional things we had consumed as the result of our outdoor adventures.

He confessed a story from a long time ago where, as a young man, he and a couple of friends caught and dispatched an unlucky bull snake that swam in front of them as they canoed down a local river.

One of them, a taxidermist, skinned the snake and they proceeded to cook the delicate white meat over a driftwood fire on a sandbar.

“I suppose it tasted just like chicken, huh,?” I said.

“Naw, a little smokey” he replied. “And a lot like beer.”

Imagine that.

••• John Cross is a Mankato (Minn.) Free Press staff writer. Contact him at (507) 344-6376 or jcross@ mankatofreepress.com.

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I’ll give my wife credit. sample some things that push beyond the boundaries of conventional fish and game Most gals who grew up in a non-huntcuisine. ing family might harbor serious reservations about sampling wild game.

The statute of limitations has long since expired, so I’ll confess to having dined on But after being married to a hunter for robin roasted over a fire nearly 50 years so many years, she’s developed a real ago during a youthful Tom Sawyer-like sense of adventure about sampling wild adventure. With apologies to bird lovers, things. it tasted a lot like dove. (Interestingly, So when I told her I was going to whip during the mid-1800s, it was not unusual THE OUTDOORS up a batch of chili using the pound of for area hotel eateries to feature species bear burger a friend recently gave me, like meadowlarks and blackbirds on their By John Cross her response was “sounds good to me.” menus.)

Having never sampled bear and despite assurances Then there were the frog legs and crayfish gathfrom my bear-hunting friend that it was excellent ered during a Boy Scout outing and boiled in an old table fare, I harbored a few more reservations than coffee can. she did.

Otherwise, in more recent years, I’ve had the However, it turned out just fine. In fact, it was opportunity to sample muskrat, woodchuck, raccoon, quite good. alligator, coot, carp, bullheads and suckers.

One of the great things about hunting and fishing Some were very good, others were merely palatis the dividends that are paid at the end of our outable and often times smothered in cream of mushdoor adventures. Sitting down to a spread of the room soup or barbecue sauce. Frequently, a beer fruits of our outdoor passions, something we had a direct role in getting from the field to the table, bor- chaser or several helped. ders on a spiritual experience.

At this time of year, the jumbo female yellow perch caught from lakes like Mille Lacs or Winnie are as Certainly, the bounties of the outdoors provide plenty beyond the domestic fares of poultry, pork or round as footballs, stuffed with skeins of mature eggs. beef. There’s the usual wild duck, goose, venison, pheasant, rabbit, elk, moose and yes, even bear.

At the urging of an old-timer fishing friend who swore they were tasty when dipped in beaten egg, But over the years, my passion for the outdoors rolled in cracker crumbs and then fried, I finally and wild things has presented the opportunity to

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36 Send us your events by e-mail to A editor@TheLandOnline.com Conservation Reserve Program Sign-up Through April 15 County Farm Service Agency Offices Info: Log on to www.fsa.usda. gov/crp McLeod County Dairy Day March 21, 10:30 a.m.-Noon Pizza Ranch, Glencoe, Minn.

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lunch follows seminars; log on to http://z.umn.edu/cwq or call (612) 624-0822 Spanish Pork Quality Assurance Plus Webinar April 7, 2 p.m., Info: Registration is limited, so contact Orlando Gil, (712) 2400624, translat@mtcnet.net or the Minnesota Pork Board, (800) 537-7675, by March 31

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Voluntary PRRS elimination project under way in Minnesota The University of Minnesota has teamed up with veterinarians and swine producers to control and eliminate porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome) in swine herds in Minnesota.

PRRS is a devastating viral disease that causes abortions, stillbirths and premature farrowings in sow herds, and respiratory disease and reduced growth in growing pigs. It is estimated to cost the U.S. swine industry $560 million annually.

An effort to eliminate PRRS in Minnesota was initiated in Stevens County in 2004. It is a project driven by producers frustrated with the high cost of recurring outbreaks. The program is voluntary and participating producers agree to share their herd status and diagnostic information with veterinarians and neighboring farms.

Project coordinators identify farms, map their locations and update the PRRS status of the farms to participants. Quarterly meetings are scheduled to discuss progress and share disease control information. The program has been successful, reducing the number of infected farms that have been identified from 29 in 2004 to just one in 2011.

Although not all swine producers in the area have elected to participate, the incidence of PRRS has dropped, which reduces the risk of re-infection to all resident herds.

The project expanded in the summer of 2009 to include six counties surrounding Stevens County. In 2010 it expanded again to include all counties north of Highway 212. Table 1 shows a profile of the current status of herds that have been identified and

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Table 1: PRRS status of Minnesota swine herds identified north of Highway 212 as of February 2011

Type and Status mapped in this area.

Similar PRRS regional control and elimination projects have been initiated by veterinarians and swine producers in other parts of Minnesota and are being replicated across North America. The voluntary nature of these programs gives more flexibility to individual producers but requires a cooperative effort to be successful.

The PRRS virus has unique characteristics that make it particularly difficult to control: It is extremely infectious — a small number of virus particles can infect an entire herd of pigs — requiring an intensive biosecurity effort to protect herds.

Although the PRRS virus is not stable outside the host pig in hot dry temperatures, it can live up to 11 days in cold damp conditions. It can be spread from farm to farm via aerosol transmission over five miles in the winter when conditions are ripe for viral stability. After the virus infects a pig it can persist as a carrier for more than 200 days, which allows the virus to circulate within a herd and spread to susceptible pigs.

The PRRS virus also has the capability to mutate easily, which requires special diagnostics such as sequencing to identify each strain of virus. Vaccination can be a useful tool in controlling infections, but unfortunately commercial vaccines do not protect against all strains of the virus.

Furthermore, once a herd is vaccinated with a modified live vaccine, diagnostic investigation is complicated in efforts to differentiate between vac-

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cine strain and field strain infection.

Despite the challenges for controlling PRRS, there are effective methods for eliminating the virus from swine herds. The most common approach involves “herd closure and rollover.”

The entire herd is purposefully exposed to the resident strain of virus or vaccine and then closed to new arrivals for approximately six to eight months. A veterinarian familiar with managing PRRS can assist producers in making the best decisions for their herds.

Eliminating PRRS from a region is a daunting task, but the results seen thus far offer hope to an industry beleaguered by a frustrating disease. These encouraging results demonstrate the benefits of a cooperative effort among producers, veterinarians, industry and universities.

••• “The Pork Professor” is a monthly column created by members of the University of Minnesota Swine Extension team. This column was written by Dave Wright, a veterinarian from Buffalo, Minn.

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Never too late to establish production year budget Many producers have inputs preordered or prepaid. Most have a good idea of what the crop year will cost and now all that’s left to do is wait for the snow to melt and wait for planting season to begin.

According to specialists, however, this time of the year can show a lot of change in the markets and with most commodity prices at agreeable levels it may be time to consider putting a yearly budget together and finding ways to protect your margin.

According to Carl German, University of Delaware Extension grain marketing specialist, “Cost of production is rising, meaning producers have more money at risk. A profitable situation can rapidly turn unprofitable with just a small reduction in price or yield.” German and others urge that you set price goals that will cover your cost of production and return to management with an eye to protect profits, especially on the portion of a crop not covered by crop insurance.

Consider a budget that includes direct costs, power and equipment costs as well as labor and overhead. Factor in your own cost of living and personal draw as well. Then consider expected revenue without forget-

ting government payments.

There is a resource found at http://swroc.cfans.umn.edu/ researchandoutreach/farmbusinessmanage ment/index.htm that helps figure breakeven price.The results are often revealing of either the need to lock-in current profit levels or the ability of a producer to bid up land or take out additional personal draw.

There are a lot of pricing options that offer some level or price protection. Forward pricing and simple cash contracts are the simplest and most common forms but there are other options that can accommodate upside potential in the markets as well. Calls and puts can be expensive but can also offer good peace of mind to those with strong market opinions who also want to protect themselves. Many elevators offer hedge-to-arrive and basis-only contracts to accommodate different market strategies as well.

For more details about market planning and an interactive budget sheet, log on to www.grainmarketingprimer.com or edsworld.wordpress.com.

••• This article was submitted by Christian Lilienthal, University of Minnesota Extension educator for Nicollet County, Minn.

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Grain Outlook Markets watching Japan aftermath

The livestock markets are still proving to be unpredictable and extremely volatile as we work our way through the first few weeks of March. This volatility and unpredictability are not expected to retreat from these markets in the near future.

The cattle market has been and still is on a mission to move to higher prices. Not based on fundamentals as much as it is following the influx of speculative money into the marketplace, the futures are the main driving force behind the strength in prices.

Considering that there are more cattle on feed than a year ago and export business is only slightly JOE TEALE greater and domestic consumpBroker tion is declining, the facts are not Great Plains Commodity supporting this sharp increase in Afton prices.

Grilling season is just around the corner and retailers are expected to make some advanced purchases of beef which will keep the cutouts supported.

However, with the price the packers are paying for cattle currently, the beef cutout will have to rise considerably higher than it is currently. The problem here is that each time we have seen the beef cutout rise above the current $170 per hundredweight level, retailers have resisted expanding their purchases.

With the amount of beef in cold storage increasing last month and market-ready cattle expected to increase in the next several weeks, the current rally may be in jeopardy in the weeks ahead. To anticipate where and how the price will move in the near-term will depend on several factors which are the flow of speculative money, exports and domestic demand, See TEALE, pg. 42A

The world certainly is brimming with volatility as Libya continues to boil in civil turmoil, coupled with the earthquake and tsunami in Japan that has rocked the world.

The news out of Japan is horrific and unimaginable. Fears of nuclear “meltdowns” and many thousands feared dead, leaves the world markets churning with uncertainty.

In my last column, I asked the question if a “baby black swan” had been born in Libya. Little did I know that such grave events were just around the corner in Japan? We still do not know how TOM NEHER this will all play out in the mar- AgStar VP Agribusiness kets, but we have seen a short& Grain Specialist Rochester term correction to the downside in commodities.

As we try to understand how these events impact the supply and demand of commodities, we are left with many unanswered questions.

Japan was the second largest importer of crude oil in the world; how will these events effect their consumption? They are a major import market for U.S. pork, corn and soybeans. Will this impact their ability to logistically handle the imports? What will these events do for the demand for cement, steel, copper, lumber and other building materials? Could these events spur employment opportunities for foreign workers or companies? Will Japan look to U.S. companies and labor or will they look for less expensive labor elsewhere?

If there ever was a picture of volatility, we are See NEHER, pg. 42A

Information in the above columns is the writer’s opinion. It is no way guaranteed and should not be interpreted as buy/sell advice. Futures trading always involves a certain degree of risk.

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The following market analysis is or the week ending March 11.

CORN — Let us start out this week by expressing our concern for all the victims and survivors of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan and other Pacific Rim areas this week. This was the fifth biggest earthquake in the world since at least 1900 and Japan’s biggest quake in history.

This tragedy reflected itself in the grain markets with a nearlimit-lower move in a knee-jerk reaction when the quake first hit. Japan is the largest importer of U.S. corn and reportedly has 116 million bushels of unshipped PHYLLIS NYSTROM Country Hedging U.S. corn on the books. The marSt. Paul ket subsequently recovered part of the initial losses, but not all of them.

For now, this event is viewed as bearish as uncertainty over whether the damage (port and economic) in Japan will interfere with them being able to take delivery of already purchased grain. However, down the road, possible destruction and then replacement of herds and infrastructure, and higher meat imports, may increase corn demand. Time will tell, but this new development adds another item to the list of things to watch as we go forward.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture didn’t really throw us any surprises this week on the monthly crop report. The 2010-11 balance sheet was left completely unchanged from February, including ending stocks at 675 million bushels. The report was neutral to slightly bearish since the trade was expecting a See NYSTROM, pg. 42A

Livestock Angles Grain Angles Markets still Uncertainty swells unpredictable in grain markets

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Soybeans suffered, but to a lesser extent than corn NYSTROM, from pg. 41A cut in ending stocks of 10 million bushels to 665 million bushels. The ending stocks-to-use ratio at 5 percent remains tight.

World ending stocks were increased marginally to 123.1 million metric tons versus 123.5 mmt last month, but less than last year’s 144.5 mmt. Mexico’s corn estimate was decreased 2 mmt after the cold snap, Brazil’s crop was raised 2 mmt, and Argentina’s crop was left unchanged.

The balancing act we have in corn is resulting in wide swings and high volatility. Stabilizing ending stocks, feed wheat competition into Asia, and funds heading to the sidelines on world events have ruled this week, but planting delays of the second corn crop in South America, enduser pricing and snug ending stocks should keep the market supported near this week’s lows.

OUTLOOK: May corn this week took it on the chin to close down 63 3/4 cents at $6.64 1/4, or a loss of 8 1/2 percent. This paled in comparison to the weekly loss in Chicago wheat of 13.5 percent.

This explains why feed wheat is working into rations around the world. The December contract closed at $5.77 3/4, down 31 3/4 cents. May corn has closed lower for six consecutive trading sessions. According to this week’s Commitment of Traders report, funds had liquidated 25,000 of contract length as of March 8.

Since then, it’s estimated funds have sold another

60,000 contracts. While the trend is lower in corn, we have a long way to go in this marketing year to say we won’t make another run to the upside once funds have liquidated and end-users find value.

First support in May corn comes in at this week’s low of $6.52 3/4, then the November high of $6.23 per bushel.

SOYBEANS — Soybeans suffered to the lower side this week also, but to a lesser extent than the corn market.The reaction to Japan’s situation was not felt as hard in beans since Japan is not the biggest buyer of U.S. soybeans.

The USDA report was neutral to slightly bearish to soybeans on an unchanged U.S. balance sheet. Ending stocks for 2010-11 did not budge from last month’s 140 million bushel carryout. The average trade estimate prior to the report was 141 million bushels.

The USDA caught up with the rest of world by increasing the Brazilian soybean crop to 70 mmt.

Argentina’s number was steady at 49.5 mmt. World ending stocks were fractionally higher than last month at 58.3 mmt, but still less than last year’s 59 mmt carryout.

Political events in the Middle East and North Africa are mixed as we head into the weekend. The planned March 11 “Day of Rage” in Saudi Arabia became a non-event but violence in Libya has continued to escalate with damage to their oil infrastructure being reported.

Traders’ attitude switched to one of “de-risking” as

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soybeans closed lower four out of the last five trading sessions.

OUTLOOK: Political events overseas, Japan’s earthquake, the downgrading of Spain’s debt, China’s disappointing trade deficit and low U.S. consumer confidence all pointed to concern about global economic health and demand. This pushed length out of the market.

The new crop corn-bean ratio is less favorable to corn acres after this week’s action, but corn is still more profitable. May soybeans were down 79 1/2 cents at $13.34 1/2 this week. The November contract was down 61 cents at $13/bu. The February low in the May soybean contract of $12.96 1/4 is the next support level, then $11.83/bu.

The trend has turned lower until we see a pick-up in end-user pricing, but we still need to attract additional acres.

Nystrom’s notes: Contract changes for the week ending March 11: Minneapolis May wheat crashed down $1.06 3/4, Chicago plummeted $1.13 1/2 and Kansas City lost $1.05 1/2 per bushel. After hitting a new high for move at $106.95 per barrel, crude oil closed down $3.26 at $101.16 for the week. April heating oil and gasoline were each down approximately 6 cents this week and natural gas saw a gain of 8 cents. The Dow was 125 points lower this week, gold was $6.70 lower and the U.S. dollar bounced 0.33 points higher.

Hog market running into resistance TEALE, from pg. 41A with the emphasis on the flow of money. Producers should continue to approach the market with some skepticism and consider taking some price protection on this current rally.

The hog market has already run into some resistance despite the fact that recent positive events such as South Korea announcing the resumption of importing U.S. pork products. The premiums the futures have been carrying are excessive on the expectation that hog numbers are going to decrease because of high feed costs. The fact is that numbers have remained good enough to offset most of the increase in demand and cold storage showed an

increase in supplies of pork product in the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture Cold Storage Report.

As in the cattle, money has been an important factor in the price movement of the hog market during the past several months. Pork cuts have been able to maintain above the $90/cwt. level for some time which reflects the better demand for pork.

The problem may now come from the fact that with the recent earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan, the export business may be temporarily lighter until Japan recovers from these events. Considering the large premiums in the futures, producers should consider protecting spring and summer inventories.

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Remember today is not to be taken for granted NEHER, from pg. 41A looking at it today.

While the world seems so confusing, the snow continues to melt in Minnesota and Iowa. The hours of sunlight in a day are growing longer and we wake up to sounds of birds singing outside our windows.

Spring is working her way into our lives and the promise of rebirth in the soil sparks our spirits.

In a few short weeks we will be looking at putting steel to the earth in the hopes of a new crop to feed a hungry world. This is our responsibility and opportunity as we are charged as stewards of the earth’s resources. Our blessings abound as we see the sunrise on a new day.

With this dichotomy of a world rolling in volatility

and the hope of a new day, we find ourselves feeling rather dazed. We must stay centered and focused on the things in our lives we have some control over and have faith in a higher power to handle those things beyond our control.

When we look at the things that we can control, we must focus on production, risk management and margin management. The fact that we have a great deal of control over our attitude and outlook stares at us as we look into the mirror. Each day that we are given the blessings of life, is put into perspective when we look at the lives shattered in Japan.

Remember those who are most important to you and let them know the hope of a new day is a gift not to be taken for granted.

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Landowners with small acreages can make most of the crop production and grain marketing decisions without the investment into a full-line of farm machinery.

The landowner does not have to negotiate land rental rates, or worry about collecting lease payments, since the owner receives all of the crop proceeds. The landowner does have to pay the farmer an agreed upon per acre fee for the cus-

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The landowner is considered to be the material participant for income tax purposes, and the landowner is typically entitled to all government farm program payments, crop insurance indemnity payments, etc.

Key issues with custom farming agreements Although the concept of a Custom

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some typical tillage, planting Due to the high cost of and harvesting practices, as investment in farm machinwell as custom farming rates, ery, an ever-increasing numare listed in the adjoining ber of farmers are hiring table. The complete 2011 others to provide some or all “Iowa Farm Custom Rate Surof their machinery resources vey” is available online at for their farm operation. www.extension.iastate.edu/ This is especially true with agdm/crops/pdf/a3-10.pdf. new and younger farmers, All listed custom rates in and with children who decide FARM PROGRAMS the Iowa survey results to start farming with their include fuel and labor, parents. Also, some land

By Kent Thiesse unless listed as rental rates investors are choosing to or otherwise specified. operate the farm themThe average fuel price selves rather than cash for diesel fuel assumed renting the land to in the quoted custom rates another farmer. In that case, the landowner is generally hiring a was $2.25 per gallon. A fuel price increase of $0.50 per gallon would farmer to provide necessary tillage, planting and harvesting crop operations cause most custom rates to increase by approximately 5 percent. under a custom farming agreement.

These average rates are only meant Some farmers also hire specific farm operations through a custom arrangement to be a guide for custom rates, as actual with another farmer, such as combining or custom rates charged may vary hay baling. Many farmers negotiate these depending on continued increase in fuel costs, availability of custom operatypes of custom rate and custom farming tors, timeliness, field size, etc. arrangements in the spring.

Custom farming agreements Custom rates increasing An alternative to leasing farmland is a As would be expected with increasing “Custom Farming Agreement.” In a typifuel costs, average 2011 custom rates cal Custom Farming Agreement, the cusfor farm work have also risen, comtom operator agrees to perform all the pared to 2010 and 2009 custom rates. machine operations on the owner’s land Most custom rates for farm work in 2011 are listed at 3 to 6 percent above in exchange for a set fee or rate. the rates a year earlier, with an aver(Note: Average custom farming rates age increase of about 4 percent. for 2011 are listed in the 2011 Custom In addition to higher fuel costs, increas- Rate Survey Table.) ing cost for new and used machinery is The landowner pays for all seed, feralso a factor in the higher custom rates. tilizer, chemicals, crop insurance, and other input costs; receives all the grain These results are based on the annual “Iowa Farm Custom Rate Sur- produced and all eligible farm program payments on the land; and is responsivey” that is coordinated and analyzed ble to store and market the grain.

by Iowa State University. The survey sampled 179 custom operators, farm One obvious advantage to the custom managers and ag lenders on what they operator is that a Custom Farming expected 2011 custom farm rates to be Agreement provides some extra farm for various farm operations. income, with little or no additional operThe survey summary lists the average ating capital or farm machinery investment. Fuel, lubrication and repairs are custom rate and the range for various usually the only added costs. In addition, tillage, planting, fertilizer and chemical application, grain harvesting, and forage custom farming offers a fixed return per acre to the custom operator, and harvesting functions on the farm. The survey also includes many miscellaneous although there is some possibility of farming practices, lists average machine higher repair bills, this is minor compared with the price and yield risks typirental rates for some equipment, and cally faced by a farmer in a normal cash includes a formula for estimating averrental contract. age machinery rental rates. The survey also lists average custom farming rates Of course, in a good year, profits from for corn, soybeans and wheat. a Custom Farming Agreement will be lower than under most cash rental Over the years, the average custom leases. However, in this era of much rates for farm operations in southern Minnesota have been close to the aver- higher land rental rates there is much more risk to the farmer with a cash age Iowa custom rates. lease as compared to a custom agree2011 custom rates ment with a landowner.

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Many factors go into custom farming agreements PROGRAMS, from pg. 43A Farming Agreement is simple, close communication between the custom operator and the landowner is essential. A written contract for the Custom Farming Agreement should definitely be prepared that specifies the amount of payment by the landowner to the custom operator, and all other pertinent details.

Following are some points to consider for a Custom Farming Agreement.

• The Custom Farming Agreement should specify the payment amount per acre that the landowner will pay the custom operator, and should list the payment dates.

• There needs to be an accurate count on the number of acres that will be under the Custom Farming Agreement for payment purposes, and so that the farmer can accurately plan

tillage, planting and harvesting schedules.

• The normal field practices to be included under the Custom Farming Agreement should be listed (tillage, planting, weed control, harvesting, etc.). Typically, these agreed upon practices are part of the per acre custom farming payment for the year that is negotiated between the custom operator and the landowner.

• Additional tillage trips or replanting due to weather conditions, or added spraying applications of pesticides to control weeds, insects or diseases, which are provided by the custom operator, are usually charged to the landowner at a custom rate per acre that is over and above the base custom farming rate.

• Timing of planting and harvesting

operations should be discussed and negotiated between the custom operator and the landowner prior to the growing season. This can become a tenuous issue, especially in years with challenging weather conditions.

• The custom operator may be asked for advice by the landowner regarding the seed corn hybrid or soybean variety to plant, fertilizer rates, chemical applications, levels of crop insurance coverage, or grain marketing decisions.

However, the final decisions on these items lie with the landowner, and the custom operator needs to be careful not to take responsibility for the final authority on those decisions.

• Typically, the harvested grain of the landowner is delivered by the custom operator to a farm storage facility owned or rented by the landowner, or to an agreed upon area grain elevator, as part of the Custom Farming Agreement. Any grain deliveries beyond the local area usually result in the landowner paying an extra custom rate charge for grain hauling. Also, if the landowner uses the custom operator’s grain drying and handling facilities, there is typically an added charge for these services.

For more details on Custom Farming Agreements and other farm machinery information, please refer to the Iowa State University “Ag Decision Maker” website, www.extension.iastate.edu/ agdm.

••• Kent Thiesse is a government farm programs analyst and a vice president at MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn. He may be reached at (507) 7262137 or kent.thiesse@minnstarbank. com.

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You may have seen an increase in your paycheck this year since Social Security withholdings were reduced by 2 percent. The “Making Work Pay” Credit was created by Economic Recovery legislation in early 2009.

Beginning in April 2009, less income tax was withheld from paychecks, giving workers an extra $400 per year in takehome pay — about $33 per month. When that credit ended, workers’ take-home pay was slated to go down by about $33 per month beginning January 2011.

Policy-makers did not want take-home pay going down just as there were signs of economic recovery, but they also didn’t want to extend the Making Work Pay Credit.

So they reduced employees’ withholding for Social Security from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent for 2011 which increased take-home pay for all workers.

The change helps some more than others. Worker A, who earns $50,000 a year will see the 2 percent reduction in Social Security tax increasing his takehome pay by $1,000 for the year. So Worker A lost $400 per year (Making Work Pay Credit), but gained $1,000 — coming out ahead.

Worker B, who makes $20,000 a year (about $10 per hour), comes out even — the $400 gained from the Social Security change offsets the loss of the $400 Making Work Pay Credit.

Worker C, who makes minimum wage, $7.25 per hour, earns about $14,500 per year. The Social Security change added 2 percent to Worker C’s takehome pay — about $290 for the year which is less than the $400 Making Work Pay Credit in 2010 which means Worker C has less money to spend.

The policy changes are putting more money in everyone’s pockets compared to 2008, before the Making Work Pay Credit was created. But for some people who expected their take-home pay to increase in 2011, their first paychecks of the year were disappointing.

People who typically receive a sizable tax refund, have the option to adjust their payroll withholding.

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This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondent Carolyn Van Loh

Souvenir of the defenders ising from the boulevard of New Ulm’s Center Street, the Defenders R Monument is a reminder of the tragic events of August 1862. New Ulm suffered great loss from the siege by the Sioux (Dakota) during the Dakota

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Conflict. They burned 190 of the 250 buildings; casualties included 34 dead and 60 wounded.

Hearing of the attack, Traverse des Sioux resident Charles E. Flandrau took his family to St. Peter where he gathered 100 volunteers who marched with him to New Ulm. He led in the defense of the town, and after the Sioux fled, Flandrau organized a train of 153 wagons that evacuated women, children and the wounded to Mankato.

Although Flandrau had no previous military experience, he was familiar with the Sioux and their way of life because he had worked with them and had served as an Indian agent.

“I look upon the success of the whites in these several attacks on the Fort (Ridgley) and New Ulm as the most important events of the war,” Flandrau said, looking back on the Sioux battles.

The 1890 Minnesota Legislature authorized a memorial to honor the memory of those who defended New Ulm during the conflict of 1862. This monument stands as a reminder to those who drive by of the sacrifices made by early settlers.

An estimated 10,000 to 15,0000 spectators gathered in New Ulm for the dedication of the monument on Aug. 22, 1891. Surviving defenders received a medal engraved with the words “souvenir to the defenders of New Ulm August 18 to 24, 1862.”

Several speakers, including Gov. Merriam, Mayor Wagner, Col. Flandrau, ex-governor Ramsey and veteran Freeman Talbot, spoke to the significance of the occasion. Major Sanders, LeSueur Tigers No. 2 at the Battle of New Ulm, was the English-speaking orator of the day, and Peter Scherer was the German-speaking orator.

The festive day concluded with “musical, theatrical and otherwise, which the Germans know so well how to present,” wrote Flandrau in his account of the event.

For information on the 150th anniversary of the New Ulm Battle next year, log on to www.browncountydakotawarcommemoration.com.

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trading rules which dictate This column was written that, as of March 1, all butfor the marketing week endter sold there must have ing March 11. been produced after Nov. 30.

Cash cheese prices are “That creates a bit of a showing signs of weakness. shortage of current butter,” The blocks slipped three Levitt said, “but, fundamenquarters of a cent Tuesday tally, things are still pretty but recovered a quarter-cent tight and the global market Friday, to close at $2.0150 is still very strong.” per pound, down a half- cent DAIRYLINE I asked if there was any on the week, but 74.75 cents impact from the turmoil in

By Lee Mielke above a year ago. Barrel the Middle East. Levitt closed at $1.9650, down 1.5 doesn’t believe so but admitcents on the week, but 70.25 ted there may be an indirect impact if above a year ago. you believe the unrest is resulting in Only two cars of block and four of higher oil prices and the higher oil barrel traded hands on the week. The prices add to production and shipping National Agricultural Statistics Sercosts. vice-surveyed block price averaged Ultimately, that could impact $2.0038 across the United States, up demand, he said, but “at this point it 6.2 cents. Barrel averaged $1.9388, up doesn’t seem to be having an immedi5.1 cents. ate effect. Companies that are supplyButter remains king, closing the ing those regions continue to supply week at $2.12, up a quarter-cent, and those regions.”

66.5 cents above a year ago. Twenty Do the fundamentals support a $2.02 two cars were sold on the week. NASS cheese price? “They seem to,” Levitt butter averaged $2.0115, down 2.4 said. Prices climbed 29 out of 30 days, cents. he said, and we’re at the highest level Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed since July 2008, but “it does feel like Friday at $1.79, down 2.5 cents on the we’re closer to the end of the rally than week, and Extra Grade held all week at the middle.” $1.80. NASS powder averaged $1.4730, He also said that the supply is up 7 cents, and dry whey averaged increasing seasonally, milk production 45.99 cents, up 3.1 cents. is moving up, component levels are When asked if the unseasonably high strong this year and weak fluid milk butter price has all but killed demand, sales are making more milk available Alan Levitt, editor of the Chicago Mer- to the cheese vat. Class I prices jumped cantile Exchange’s Daily Dairy Report, in March, so he doesn’t expect a strong said that the butter market is “still rebound in fluid sales. fundamentally short,” domestically and He wasn’t sure if “the drop” in cheese internationally, something that’s gone prices would happen this week but on since last year. warned that cheese exports may be He said that butterfat exports the slowing because U.S. prices have conlast 10 months of 2010 averaged 11.2 verged with world prices. “We used to million pounds per month, equivalent have a nice discount there,” he said, to more than 9 percent of U.S. butter “Some of that has eroded.” production.

The tightness also stems from CME See DAIRYLINE, pg. 2B

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Milk prices, replacement heifers encourage herd growth DAIRYLINE, from pg. 1B Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered its milk production forecast for 2011 from last month in its latest World Agricultural Supply

and Demand Estimates report.

It now projects output at 196 billion pounds, down 100 million pounds from last month’s estimate, and compares to 192.8 billion in 2010 and 189.3 billion

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Relatively high milk prices and increased supplies of replacement heifers are expected to encourage further increases in the cow herd through much of the year, according to the report, but the rate of increase in milk per cow is forecast slower than last month.

Exports are forecast higher as global nonfat dry milk and cheese demand remains strong with tight supplies in competitor markets expected through the first half of 2011.

Dairy product prices were forecast higher on strong early year prices.

Strong international demand and improving domestic demand will support prices for most products. Currently tight butter stocks are also helping support prices.

Class III and Class IV price forecasts were raised to reflect higher product prices. Look for a 2011 Class III average of $16.35 to $16.95 per hundredweight, up from the $15.80 to $16.50 projected a month ago. The 2010 average was $14.41. The Class IV price is expected to range $16.95 to $17.65, up from the $16.70 to $17.50 anticipated in last month’s report. The 2010 average was $15.09.

■ Speaking of prices, California’s April

Class I milk price is $21.66/cwt. for the north and $21.93 for the south. Both are up $2.42 from March. That’s on top of the $2.36 increase in March. Both prices are a whopping $7.29 above April 2010. The April federal order Class I base price is announced March 18.

One more price note, National Milk Producers Federation’s Roger Cryan said he does not anticipate any Milk Income Loss Contract payment to dairy producers for the entire fiscal year, despite weak margins in many areas.

He points to the fact that the MILC payment is based on the Class I price in Boston, which “remains high when the Class IV value is high, even when Class III and all-milk prices are low, relative to feed costs.”

■ Checking the policy front, the NMPF’s Board of Directors approved a proposal this week to improve federal milk market orders as part of its “Foundation for the Future” dairy policy proposal.

The Federation’s Chris Galen said that “we’ve taken a couple big steps toward finalizing and getting ready to move forward with major dairy policy reform.”

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He added that there’s a “generational divide,” because people are three to four generations removed from the farm. He said it may be a case of someone who you went to high school or college with that “if you reconnect with them on Facebook and they hear about what you’re doing as a farmer then they understand what farmers do and they have that first-hand personal

knowledge of why we do what we do to feed, fuel and clothe you.”

He cited a statistic that women over 40 have the most friends on Facebook and said we’re starting to see even older generations of people get on Facebook as a “way to stay connected with kids and grandkids and see those pictures and share those pictures and stay connected.” It’s “almost like a virSee DAIRYLINE, pg. 4B

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The Kentucky Dairy Development Council board voted to support most of the NMPF’s proposals, except for the Dairy Market Stabilization Program for supply management, saying it failed to address the needs of milkdeficit regions of the country.

Natzke said that leaders of more than 30 company-members of the International Dairy Foods Association urged Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to implement nearly all of the reforms recommended by the DIAC except the growth management program. “There will be lots of discussion regarding dairy policy in the weeks and months ahead,” he said.

■ The Cooperatives Working Together program accepted four requests for export assistance from Foremost Farms and Land O’Lakes to sell 683,000 pounds of cheddar cheese to customers in Central America and the Middle East.

The product will be delivered March through June. Total 2011 exports now amount to 15.9 million pounds.

■ California dairy producer Ray Prock talked about “My Dairy,” a program created by the Dairy Management Inc. to help farmers learn how to use social media and connect with people throughout the country and the world.

Prock said dairy farmers need to “tell their story, the way they want it to be told, engage with consumers and build those relationships and have those conversations that allow us to have the true story told of what we do and why we do it, why we take such good care of our animals, the environment, and the community.”

Social media includes Facebook and Twitter, and Prock believes it’s a great way to “get the message out and farmers can integrate it into their daily routines and, if you have a smartphone, you can multi-task throughout the day, check on your Facebook status or use Twitter updates, anything to reach out to the communities that we already have, build new communities and make sure those people understand what

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DAIRYLINE, from pg. 2B Industry Advisory Committee’s overwhelming approval of recommendations to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, many of which parallel positions taken by the NMPF. They include the replacement of current safety nets for dairy farmers with a program that helps protect farm margins. That includes terminating the dairy price support program, which the NMPF agrees with, he said.

Another provision is a growth management program, which is also included in the FFTF, Galen said, and how to reform federal milk marketing orders.

Earlier this week, the NMPF’s Board approved a plan to help reform and improve the order system, he said, “not throwing out every aspect of it but helping to streamline it and do some things that will make it more workable, such as getting rid of end product pricing formulas and the dreaded make allowance so I think between what we have done within our own membership and then what this outside body has done, advising the USDA, both those things portend well for making some positive changes to dairy policy.”

An 11-minute video was made available this week to help explain the FFTF proposal to industry people, lawmakers and others, he said, as to what’s at stake, why the changes are needed and what is specifically being proposed. To view it, log on to www.futurefordairy.com or log on to Youtube under National Milk, “Foundation for the Future.”

■ Dairy Profit Weekly Editor Dave Natzke examined positions taken by other dairy organizations.

“As dairy policy planks making up dairy’s platform in the 2012 farm bill begin to be nailed into place, we’re getting a better idea of what that platform might look like, he said. “National Milk’s Foundation for the Future proposal has a number of similarities with the recommendations advanced by the Dairy Industry Advisory Committee.”

Several other organizations have weighed in, Natzke said. The Dairy Policy Action Coalition, a grassroots organization of dairy farmers in about 10 states, introduced its own plan, called the “Cornerstones of Change,” because it said many of the NMPF’s proposals were just continuations of outdated federal policies.

Included in DPAC’s proposal were

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DAIRYLINE, from pg. 3B tual reunion online every day instead of having to catch up with a Christmas letter or things at the end of the year. You can stay connected all year long.”

■ Part of the story that dairy farmers can tell consumers is their proactive mindset when it comes to animal health and consumer health issues.

The Dairy Calf Heifer Association and the Beef Quality Assurance Center, which is funded in part by the Beef Checkoff, sponsored a webinar that featured Mike Apley.

Apley, of Kansas State University, is one of the world’s foremost experts on antibiotic use in cattle, and he previewed his comments Wednesday, by stating that he would address what happens to residues, how they happen, how withdrawal times are formulated, and some of the biggest issues in the beef industry today, including a specific look at calves.

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He underscored that consumers do not have to be concerned about food products produced in the United States. “They are safe and wholesome,” he said, but admitted that a small number of farmers are “slipping on their ability to manage withdrawal times” at the farm level.

In 2008, about 90 percent of the residues that were detected, were from dairies, Apley said, and of those, about 67 percent were cull cows and 23 percent were bob veal. “So we have a place that we can focus and really make sure that it’s as good as it can possibly be.”

■ Finally, a call to prayer for a dairy family near Loysville, Pa., that lost seven children in a house fire on their farm. A fund has been established to help the family. Contributions can be made to the Clouse Family at Church of the Living Christ of Loysville, P.O. Box 180, Loysville, PA. 17047.

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507-227-2602 FOR SALE: JD 5400-5830 and 6000 series forage harvesters. Used kernel processors, also, used JD 40 knife Dura-Drums, and drum conversions for 5400 and 5460. Call (507)427-3520 www.ok-enterprises.com FOR SALE: JD 5830 forage harvester, 4WD, iron guard, 3370 hrs, new eng, new paint, re-built, $56,000.

Also, JD 6910 forage harvestor, 4WD, 3100 hrs/4400 hrs. $59,000. 507-427-3520 FOR SALE: NH 259 side rake; NH 276 chute baler; NH 67 chute baler; (4) 9x18 Meyer throw racks, very nice; 14 & 16’ bale ra cks; ‘99 Polaris 300 ATV, less 40 hrs use.

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Wednesday, March 16 @ 10 AM: Swenson Partnership, Wessington Springs, SD, Late Model Livestock Equipment, Tractors, Trucks, Trailers, Tillage & More!

LOCATED Near Parkers Prairie, MN

Good 320 Acre Ottertail Co. Farm Will Sell in 5 Parcels, includes nice home w/dairy setup on 15 acres plus 3 remaining parcels from 40 to 155 acres that are mostly tillable & suitable for irrigation. Potatoes, Corn, Edible Beans & Soybeans grown in this area.

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Auction Saturday, April 2, 2010 Time: 10:00 AM Real Estate • 10:30 Equipment Auction & Farm Location: From Ellendale, MN go West 31⁄2 miles on Hwy 30, then take a left & go South 1 mile on SW 90th Ave. (turns into SW 92nd Ave). The farm is located on the east side of the road. Watch for Signs

Thursday, March 24 @ 10 AM: AgIron 25 Consignment Event, Steffes Auctioneers Facility, Litchfield, MN, Tractors, Harvest Equipment, Tillage, Trucks, Trailers, Grain Handling, Construction & Heavy Equipment & Much More!

Tuesday, March 29 @ 11 AM: Williams Farm Inc., Fisher, MN, Sugarbeet & Row Crop Equipment Auction Wednesday, March 30 @11 AM: Jarred Olson Farm Auction, New Folden, MN, Farm Equipment Auction Tuesday, April 5 @ 11 AM: Elliott Farms Inc. Farm Auction, Grandin, ND, Large Farm Equipment Auction

Wonderful 10 Acre Farm Site, 3 BR home, fireplace, updated kitchen, pole barn, $167,900 • 57821 300th St., Winthrop, MN 8.25 Acre Farm Site, 3 BR home, 2-stall detached garage, nice barn & mature grove, $32,900 • 66569 460th St., Fairfax, MN Highly Versatile Downtown Bldg, Commercial on main floor & 5 residental rental units upstairs, $119,900 • 229 Main St. W, Sleepy Eye, MN Beautiful 10.8 Acre Hobby Farm, 4 BR home w/nice outbuildings, grove & plenty of space for livestock, $134,900 • 54172 246th St., Winthrop, MN 100 Acres Hunting Land, CRP & CREP payments ‘til 2016 in Renville Cty., $1,350/Acre, Section 14, Hawk Creek Twp. Excellent Hunting Land, 80 Acres in Renville Cty., $990/Acre, near Cty. Rds. 11 & 54

Thursday, April 7 @ 10 AM: DeWayne & Mary Praznicki, Livestock Auction, Clara City, MN

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‘92 JD 3950 forage chopper, 5 FOR SALE: Vermeer 23A For Sale: Hay buster rock-o- FOR SALE: 2 Pro Quality FOR SALE: Claas rollant 44 hay baskets, both in very matic rock picker in new 1/2’ hay pickup, 2R corntwin rake, less than 600 round baler, 4’x4’ bale, good cond. (507)448-2880 cond. Hesston #10 stacker head, $8,500; (2) 16’ forage acres, exc cond. $7,950; algood shape, $1,800. 507-276in good cond. (715)289-3166 wagons, 12 ton tandem so AgShield 200 commer3174 gear, choice $4,500; 10’ cial hay conditioner, very FOR SALE: JD 327 baler, Brillion seeder, no hydaulgood, $4750. 320-352-6691 or $3850; Pro Quality hay ics, $4,000; Wic small bale 320-808-0415 basket, $1100. Both in good shredder w/Honda eng., For More info Call 1-800-726-8609 cond. 320-420-7177 $1,000. (507)340-8147

Home and 80 Acres - Steele County Legal Description: E 1⁄2 of the NE 1⁄4 of Section 31 Berlin Twp, Steele Co., MN. Tillable Acres: 49 Acres m/l currently in CRP • Crop Productivity Index: 93.8 • Taxes: $4,430 (2010)

Open House: March 20, 2011 @ 1:30-3:00 Beautiful 2007 built one-story home. 3 bedrooms with office, craft room, sunroom and more. Master bedroom with private bath and sliding doors to outside. This home has many extras!! Guest house, finished garage with in-floor heat, finished shop, and a lean-to. All of this on 80 acres...49 acres tillable and the balance in woods and wildlife area.

Machinery & Equipment: Fiat Allis HD21C Crawler w/ Bron 750 Tile Plow; Chevy Tile Stingers; Ag Leader GPS; Leveling Lazer; Chevy Flatbed 4x4, 1974; JD 850 LGP Crawler Dozer; JD 410D Backhoe; Case Drott 40GE Excavator; Bobcat 430D Mini Excavator; Allis Chalmers HD21A Crawler; JD 4020 Tractor Vehicles: ‘01 Chev 3500; ‘96 Western Star Semi Truck; ‘94 Witzco RG-50 Lowboy Trailer; ‘08 PJ Dump Trailer; ‘01 H&H Flat Bed Trailer Misc.: ‘04 Stratos 386XF 18' Boat ; (2) 500 Gallon Fuel Tanks w/ pumps; 1,000 Gallon Fuel Tank w/ pump; Ice Castle Fish House

Owner: Rick Wagner & Lonnie Wagner For additional info contact Col. Beau Jensen 24-108 (507-402-0553), Col. Greg Jensen 24-21 (507-383-1067), Odean Jerdee (507-383-1402), Office (507-3735660), or www.landandfarmauction.com Professional Auctioneers & Real Estate Brokers with years of Experience & Success

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Terms: $20,000 (non-refundable) down the day of the auction. Balance on or about May 2, 2011. Buyer will pay a 5% buyers premium which will be added to the final bid price, which will determine the full purchase price. Any statement made the day of the auction takes precedence over printed material.

Auctioneer Comment: What a fantastic opportunity to own this magnificent property.

If you have been wanting to live in the country here you go! The home is new and the 80 acres provides plenty of room for children and pets. The CRP also is a great source of income!

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JD 348 small square baler, NH Baler 315, good cond. JD hydraulic tension, no grain drill 10' grass seedthrower, nice cond., er, hyd, low rubber. JD $9,200. plow 16'' 5 bottom f1350, 715-296-2162 f1450. ‘72 Int’l truck 1600 new box, new hoist, low New Oak flatbeds, hay mileage. (651)437-9234 bunks, silage bunks, green chop (715)269-5258

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Bins & Buildings JH SCHRADER Grain Handler & Deluxe Dryers Winter Discounts On New Sioux Grain Bins, Post Frame & Steel Buildings!

651-380-5059 or 651-388-4843

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3200 bu bins Free - You Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys. Farm Fans 420j 1982 LP, 1 For Sale: 8500 bu GSI grain Move. Paul 320-220-1540 ph & DMC Hi-Cap model bin. DMC LP dryer, stira100% financing w/no liens 40 screener. Both for tors, distributor, bin or red tape, call Steve at FOR SALE: 27’ Martin $11,500. 507-450-1776 sweep, 8" unloading auger, Fairfax Ag for an appointgrain bin to be moved, 16’ extra augers for filling & ment. sidewalls, $1600. unloading, motors incl., 888-830-7757 FOR SALE: (3) 380 Behlen Lafayette, MN 507-240-0247 good cond, $15,500. 715-905corn dryers, LP single 1148 phase, 2 operational, one FOR SALE: Convey-all seed for parts. Call 507-276-6917 tender (2) 110 bu hoppers w/ Honda motor. $5,500.

FOR SALE: MC 2000 tower 507-330-3710 grain dryer, 2000+ bph @ 5 pts, dryer sustained fire damage in ‘09 drying sea son, easy repair, asking ~ “Back to Nights” ~

$36,000/OBO. 715-797-9510

2ND ANNIVERSARY BEEF FEEDER SPECIAL

Wednesday, March 30th • 7:00 PM

We are expecting the pens over full of good quality crossbred beef and Holstein feeders from 200 to 700#’s.

Misc. 5:30 PM — Hay & Straw 6:30 PM

Plan now to attend! www.hotovecauctions.com

BRAD THELEN doing business @ the

HOTOVEC AUCTION CENTER

N. Hwy. 15, Hutchinson, MN

320-266-0724 or 320-587-3347

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For Sale: Used grain bins, floors unload systems, stirators, fans & heaters, aeration fans, buying or selling, try me first and also call for very competive contract rates!

Office hours 8am - 5pm Monday-Friday Saturday 9am - 12 noon 507-430-4866 or call 507-6976133 Ask for Gary

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‘08 Houle 5250 manure wag- FOR SALE: JD 724 30’ soil FOR SALE: NH 516 manure spreader, exc shape, paint on, flow meter, 6 knife Diefinisher; JD cult 12R30”, S still on floor. 507-430-1632 trich. $58,000. 712-210-2731 tines, equipped side dress, ground driven Demco FOR SALE: Parker 400 bu pump. 651-303-8188 gravity box. 507-524-3486

HUGE BEEF CATTLE & FARM EQUIPMENT

AUCTION

FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011 10:30 AM

NICE LINE OF GOOD CLEAN FARM EQUIPMENT & COMPLETE HERD OF CROSSBRED BEEF COWS, WELL MAINTAINED EQUIPMENT W/MAJOR PIECES SHEDDED. CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE AUCTION, BID LIVE ONLINE VISIT www.proxibid.com/midamerican , INTERNET BIDDERS PLEASE REVIEW ALL PROXIBID TERMS AND CONDITIONS PRIOR TO BIDDING.

45 CROSSBRED BEEF COWS 45 RUNNING AGE CROSSBRED BEEF COWS BRED TO BLACK ANGUS BULLS TO BEGIN CALVING IN APRIL

TRACTORS & COMBINES, HEADS, TRUCKS & FARM EQUIPMENT NOTE: NICE LINE OF WELL MAINTAINED EQUIPMENT 6 CIH 9350 4WD, M11 CUMMINS, 23 SPD. PS, 42” RUBBER,DUALS, 4 REMOTES W/ AIR SEEDER RETURN, 4374 HRS; ‘94 CIH 9230 4WD ROW CROP SP., 8.3 CUMMINS, P SHIFT, 3 PT., STEERABLE FRONT, 38” RUBBER, AXLE DUALS, 3577 HRS. ONE OWNER; ‘90 CIH 2096 DSL, 2WD, CAB, AIR SEAT, 3 SPD. P SHIFT, 38”. RUBBER, AXLE DUALS, DUAL REMOTES, 3850 HRS; ‘77 CASE 2470 4WD, 3 PT, PTO DUAL HYD. 34” RUBBER WITH FACT. DUALS; ‘73 JD 4030 DSL, SG CAB,QUAD, 3 PT, 34” RUBBER , BAND DUALS, 7500 HRS.; ‘71 CASE 1070 P SHIFT W/ KOYKER QT LOADER, 4 TINE GRAPPLE, 9’ BUCKET 7500 HRS ; ‘66 CASE 830 DSL, 3 PT, DUAL HYD.; ‘59 CASE 800 DSL, NEW RUBBER; ‘03 CAT LEXION 475R HYDRO COMBINE, 36” TRACKS, VAR SPD. ROTOR, CEBIS, AUTO CONT., AUTO PILOT, NICE ,ONLY 1829 ENG. HRS; ‘94 CIH 1666 AXIAL FLOW COMBINE, ROCK TRAP, CHOPPER, OVER 20K, UPDATES IN 09, 4123 ENG.HRS ; ‘83 MF 850 DSL COMBINE CHOPPER, 4600 HRS ; ‘81 GLEANER M2 HYDRO DSL. COMBINE, NEW RUBBER, CHOPPER, 2900 ENG. HRS.; CAT LEXION F30 FLEX HEAD; ‘05 GERRINGHOFF 8X30 CORNHEAD; ‘95 CIH 1020 25’ RIGID HEAD; CIH 1015 15’ PU HEAD; IH 820 20’ FLEX HEAD FITS MF COMBINE/ADAPTER; PLUS OTHER MISC. HEADS AND 30’ HEADER TRAILER; ‘96 MACDON 9200 15’ MULTI-CROP WINDROWER, CAB, AC, HEAT, COND., 700 1-OWNER HRS; ‘06 SDX 30 NO TILL DRILL W/TOW BEHIND ADX 2230 VARIABLE AIR CART, 7.5” SPACING, 4600 ACRES; ‘97 CIH 955 12X30 FRT FOLD PLANTER, LIQ., INS., HERB., NO TILL W/SUNCO TRASH CLEANERS, CORN & BEAN DRUMS ; ‘98 CIH 1830 12RN FLAT FOLD CULT; ‘99 MELROE 3440 SPRA-COUPE, 4 WHL, 300 GAL, 60’ BOOMS, MARKER, 538 HRS ; ‘06 EZ TRAIL #510 500 BU GRAIN CART, TARP, 1-OWNER; NH SUPER 1049 SELF PROPELLED BALE WAGON, CAB, GAS, 160 BALE CAP ; ‘91 CIH 8450 RND BALER ; NH 311 SQ. BALER; NH 352 GRINDER MIXER, 12’ DAKOTA MECHANICAL ANGLE DOZER BLADE, PLUS WESTGO 8X60 AUGER, BRANDT 8X50 SWING AUGER, FARM KING 8’ FLAX & CANOLA ROLLER, PLUS SEVERAL OTHER PIECES OF RELATED FARM EQUIPMENT

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• 80 Acres Cottonwood County, 68 tillable, CPI 81, Lakeside Township - PRICE REDUCED • 80 Acres Cottonwood INGCounty, PEND Amo Township • 80 Acres Cottonwood INGCounty, PEND Storden Township LD • 120 Acres Watonwan SO LDCounty • 72 Acres, JacksonSOCounty

NORTHERN MN HUNTING & LOGGING • 280 Acres St. Louis County, hunting, logging.

We are seeking sellers in the Windom-Mt. Lake Area.

We have orders from buyers.

This may be the last year of very low capital gains tax rates. Demand and prices are at an all time high.

See us to list your land for sale.

Gary “Landman” Vanderwerf • 507-830-0471 John Croatt • Auctioneer • 507-830-1984

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‘91 PETERBILT 377 TANDEM TWIN SCREW, 3406 CAT, 9 SP NEWER 20’ STEEL BOX & HOIST, TARP, COMBO ENDGATE NICE COND; ‘98 IH 9300 EAGLE DAY CAB, N14 CUMMINS, 10 SPD., NEAR NEW RUBBER, 450,000 MILES; ‘74 IH 4200 8V71 DSL, 13 SPD., TWIN SCREWS, DAY CAB; ‘94 GMC LOW PROFILE TOP KICK W/KNAPEHEIDE SERVICE BED, 3016 CAT, 5 SPD, MILLER WELDER, TORCH, SERVICE TANK, COMPRESSER, & MORE, JUST 82,699 MI. NICE ‘03 JET 42’ ALUM. HOPPER TRLR, TARP, LOW MILES, 1-OWNER; ‘94 GREAT DANE 96”X48’ FLAT TRLR; ‘91 WILSON 96”X48’ LIVESTOCK POT, BAR CLEATED FLOORS; ‘75 HUSKER 38’ HOPPER TRLR; ‘90 JANTZ 24,000 # PINTLE HITCH COMBINE TRAILER, TANDEM DUALS PLUS PICKUPS, OTHER TRAILERS AND MISC. ITEMS

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LOCATED 2 MILES N OF EAGLE BEND, MN ON US HWY # 71 THEN 3/4 MILE W ON 390TH ST. (CO # 70 ) EAGLE BEND, MN IS LOCATED APPROX 40 MILES N OF I94 ON US 71.

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05' JD 635F Flex platform, FOR SALE: JD 4450 Trac- Houle 9’ manure pump, twin FOR SALE: Loftness 20’ FOR SALE: Balzer manure 600-40-22.5 Alliant truck tires FOR SALE: CIH 720 mold35' full finger auger, 1 tor, PS, 3pt, 3 hyds, new spreader, box is 16’ long, semi-mount stalk chopper, board plow, 5 btm 18”, jet, 3pt w/ Farmstar 10” & rims for feedlot flotation owner, HH & contour sens18.4x38 tires, $27,750; 6’ 6” width, 3’8” high, dou$3,750; JD 4250 PS tractor, used on only 100 ac, alload stand. $9,400. 515-341traction. $1,000/each. 515ing, Stubble lights, Single Hoelschler 10pk accumulable apron & dbl beaters, 3 hyds, 3pt, $25,750; Farm ways shedded; ‘09 Loftness 1276 341-1276 pt hook-up (60 series). tor & fork, like new, hyd endgate, walking tanKing HD 9’ 3pt blade, like 20’ stalk chopper, done less Trailer avail. See it run- Allied 295 loader. Never in a $6,900; NH 1034 bale wag- Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Repair dem running gear, no new, $1,850; Speed King 35’ than 700 ac. 605-983-5055 ning at www.guentzelfamion, $2,900; JD 671 lefthand rust, exc barnyard. Off of Ford 1900 belt conveyor w/ 5hp elec Repair - Troubleshooting lyfarms.com/pics/videos. rake w/ dolly wheel. $2,450. $6,000/OBO 507-227-6645 tractor. 507-767-3392 motor, $3,500. 320-769-2756 Sales - Design FOR SALE: Demco gravity $24,000/OBO. Call Jon at 320-769-2756 Custom hydraulic box, tarp, running gear, w/ FOR SALE: 12 or 24 Dawn (507)317-1958 hose-making up to 2”.

16’ auger. $2,500; 1000 gal screw type trash whippers, FOR SALE: Tebben 56’ ridgService calls made. fiberglass tank, trailer, & $140 ea; 5” JD 10 bolt exid spike tooth drag; MelSTOEN’S pump, $1,500; 12 disk clos148 Loader w/ 5’ bucket. 946 tensions, $150 ea; JD front roe 30’ Multi-weeder ; JD Hydrostatic Service ing whls for JD planter, Moco discbine, hydo-swing suitcase or rear round 212 4 belt grain pickup; ‘91 16084 State Hwy 29 N $1,400; ‘72 VW for parts or w/ impeller, like new. 45 wghts, $85 ea; (4) 23.1x26 Polaris 2x4 ATV, 5100 Glenwood, MN 56334 restoring, $1,200; Duals & International 12 1/2’ digger tires & rims for a Rowgamiles. 507-220-1419 (320)634-4360 hardware for combine w/ w/ harrow. Roller mill valtor Sprayer, $1900 for the 30.5x32 tires, $800; 612-390metal. 715-495-7668 or 715set; New grill guard for a FOR SALE: 853 Bobcat, 4500 2643 495-7669 7000 JD tractor, $250.

FOR SALE & hrs, well maintained, self320-769-2756 WILL PURCHASE: leveling, nice condition.

45 Ft Mandako Land Roller NH BALE WAGONS. Asking $8,500. 507-227-9792 (Heavy Duty Series) w/ FOR SALE: C-IH 181MT ro- FOR SALE: Flexicoil 750 ROEDER IMPLEMENT gal sprayer, 80’ boom, Floating Hitch.

JOHN tary hoe, 41’, low acres, SENECA, KS 66538 $2250; Bobcat 630 skid FOR SALE: Vittetoe chaff DEERE 16 Ft. #610 3 Pt very nice. $11,900. ‘08 C-IH (785)336-6103 loader, $5750; Restored JD spreader, works on JD or Chisel Plow (New Style) 1250 planter, 24R30, bulk 4010 D, w/loader, $10,000.

CIH combine, $1,000.

712Super Heavy Shanks. Like fill, Pro 600. $95,000. 507507-330-3945 786-3341 New. 319-347-2349 Can Del 525-2420

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Hyster forklift, 12' lift, 42" IH 720 5-16 toggle-trip plow, IH 800 8 row wide 36”, Cyclo- Owatonna 40’ elev., $320; JD forks, continental eng, $750. Owatonna 50' eleva10’ grain drill, $430; FarmAir corn planter; IH 133 8 hard tires, good runner, tor PTO $500. H&S 16' 501 all H, new tires, $1,000. row 36” hyd folding cult, LP. $1,500. 320-596-2118 self-unload box/tand wagon (507)354-4665 w/rowing shields; IH 710 5$3,500. (608)378-4553 18s, auto reset mounted plow. All in very good Planter JD 7300 12 R, 30" NH 28 Blower. Exc. condicond, retiring. 507-841-0898 rows, finger pickup, JD tion. Asking $3,500. 715-946or 507-847-2798 mon, starter fert system 3225, 6pm - 9pm w/ all plumbing incl. YetJD 18' wing disc, coned ter coulters, Demco pump. blades, exc. condition, JD 520 soybean drill, 20' w/ $2,750; A rare find! JD 2 10" spacings, 3 bar mntd bar digger, $750; JD 8' harrow. Soil finisher JD quack digger, $600. 715-946724, 30'. Cultivator JD 12R, 3225, 6pm - 9pm S-tines, equipped to side rest w/ ground driven JD 3975 chopper, 3 RN head, Demco pump. 651-770-3326 7.5 hayhead, exc cond, or 651-303-8188 $28,000, would consider trade. 608-792-8051 WANT MORE READERS JD 7200 12 RN vacuum. 200 TO SEE YOUR AD?? mon, drive fert., cross Expand your coverage augers, dbl disc openers, area! The Land has row cleaners, HD down teamed up with Farm springs, flex fold, 14 3/4 News, and The Country openers. $15,500. (715)684Today so you can do just 9451 that! Place a classified ad in The Land, and have the option of placJD 725 loader, w/30 Series ing it in these papers as mounting bracket, w/96” well. More readers = bucket, exc cond; Progresbetter results! Call The sive sprayer, 1000 gal, 60’ Land for more informabooms, good cond. tion.

612-801-1093 or 612-868-5197 (507)345-4523•(800)657-4665

Auctioneer’s Comments: The Williamson farm is a nice sized parcel of tillable land with soils typical for the area. Approximate average CPI is 73, and it is fairly well tiled. Don’t miss this great opportunity as a first time purchase or to add to your existing operation. As a bonus, this property has a 60’x100’ pole shed that features two 13’x16’ overhead doors and an additional 13’x20’ overhead door. It also has a 26’x36’ insulated and heated office building.

Property Address:

18311 Hwy 218, Austin, MN 55912 -

Auction to be held on Property.

Inspection Dates: Saturday, March 5 & Saturday, March 12, from 10 am to Noon

Tuesday, March 29 @ 1 p.m.

80 Acres • SE 1/4 E of RR, Section 23, T. 102N. - R. 18W Mower Co., MN (Full legal description to govern.)

Parcel Directions: S of Austin, from I-90 take exit to Hwy 218 S, go 4 miles, property on west side of rd.

80 Acres Austin Area • 77.8 Tillable Terms & Conditions of the Auction Terms: All bidders must be registered and have earnest money in the amount of $30,000 at the time and place of the auction, by cash or check. Balance of purchase price due in full at time of closing. All earnest monies are non-refundable if buyer(s) fail to close. Funds will be held by 1 Stop Realty, Inc. in their Minnesota real estate trust account. Appropriate I.D. or a bank letter of credit may be required from parties unknown to the sellers or auctioneers. buyer will pay a 5% buyer’s premium which will be added to the final bid price, which will determine the full purchase price. 1 Stop Realty, Inc. and Fladeboe Auctions are representing the sellers ONLY in this transaction.

Contract: The successful high bidder will be required to sign a non-contingent purchase agreement, with appropriate earnest money, immediately following the conclusion of the auction.

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Closing: On or before April 22, 2011.

Disclaimer: The information gathered herein, while deemed accurate, was taken from many sources. The Seller, Auctioneer, Realtor, affiliates or employees make no representations or warranties whatsoever and assume no responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of this information. All prospective buyers are encouraged to fully inspect the property, its condition and rely on their conclusions or consult with their own legal counsel. Bidding increments are solely at the discretion of the auctioneer. Any announcements made by the auctioneer on the day of the auction will take precedence over any previous printed materials or oral statements made.

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Westendorf WL42 loader w/quick tach, comes w/7’ bucket & bale spear, IH or JD mnts, $4,000.

(507)276-4194

Tractors ‘02 JD 7810 P-Quad 2WD 14.9x46 hub duals, 5045 hrs, very sharp, 2nd owner; 348 Farmhand quicktach loader. Farwell, MN 320-2835740, 320-760-4210, 320-4240246 ‘83 JD 4450, 9695 hrs QR, 2WD, duals, very gd cond. $25,000. Century sprayer, 1300 gal 90’ Midmount boom, triple body nozzles, foam markers, $18,000.

507-278-4118 ‘87 TW35 Ford MFD, AC/heat, 3 hyd. valves, PTO, 18.4/42 rears w/duals, 16.9/28 fronts. New rear end in ‘09. Service records avail. Exc. Cond. 2675 hrs. $29,500. 320-974-8368

CIH 7240 MFD $45,000; CIH 7120, 2WD, $28,000; CIH 7130, 2WD, $27,000, extra sharp; NH 9682 4x4, 6000 hrs, $48,000; JD 8410, MFD, $67,500; JD 7400, MFD, $25,500; Coming in: JD 7810, 2WD, JD 7210, 2WD, CIH 7120 5600 hours.

(608)987-2373 FOR SALE: 460 Int’l gas tractor w/ NF. 507-534-2562 FOR SALE: ‘03 C-IH MX230, 1405 hrs, MFWD, Creeper gear, deluxe cab, 3 PTOs, a full wgt bracket, duals frt & rear, 480/80R46 rears, frt fenders, quick hitch, 4 hyd remotes, exc cond.

763-441-6308

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Col. Sam Peterson, #74100003 • Col. O. C. Johnson, #2405004

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Consignment Equipment Auction Saturday, March 26, 2011 @ 9:30 A.M. (Blizzard/Storm Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 9:30 A.M. - Please call if weather is inclement.)

SALE LOCATION: The I-90 Expo Center which is approximately 11⁄2 miles south of Sherburn, MN on County Road #13.

HIGHBOYS: 2000 Ag Chem 1254 RoGator w/4273 hrs.; 1997 Ag Chem 854 RoGator w/3,256 hrs.; 1995 Ag Chem 844 RoGator w/4549 hrs.

TRACTORS - LOADERS & SKIDLOADERS: JD 8200T w/only 4930 hrs.; C-IH 7240 MFD w/1887 original hrs.; JD 4640; IH 684; JD 4010 (D); JD 2020 (G) w/JD 145 ldr.; IHC 3514 loader/backhoe; Farmall 400 & H; Wrangler III 4x4 wheel loader; Case 1840 skidloader; Koyker 345 loader; and others • PICKUPS & CARS: Several semi tractors, straight trucks & other vehicles • TRAILERS: Including several grain hopper trailers, flatbeds & other specialty trailers • SPRAYER - FERTILIZER EQUIPMENT - ANHYDROUS TRAILERS - FIELD EQUIPMENT - WAGONS - LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT & OTHER EQUIPMENT. Check our websites for complete listings & photos. www.auctioneeralley.com or www.danpikeauction.com ALL ITEMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. AUCTIONEERS: Doug Wedel, Fairmont, MN ,507-236-4255; Kevin, Ryan & Allen Kahler, Sherburn, MN, 507-920-8060 & 507-227-8528; Dan Pike, CAI #32-11-010, Jackson, MN, 507-847-3468 or 507-841-0965; Dustyn Hartung, Fairmont, MN, 507-236-7629; Darwin Hall, Butterfield, MN, 507-327-0535

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FOR SALE: 185 AC w/loader & bale spear, exc working cond. 320-268-3281 or cell 320-424-0311

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Caterpiller 55 row crop tractor 16” tracks at 85% on 88” spacing. 6100 hrs w/ 1000 hrs on a Ziegler factory reman CAT 3126 260hp eng. High flow 43gpm hyd pump, 4 remotes, 3 pt QH, 1000 PTO, full set of nose & chin wgts, rock box, custom built full frame pusher, Hella light. Very nice all purpose tractor. $70,000. 320-905-8683

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FOR SALE: (2) 24” tracks FOR SALE: ‘88 JD 4650 FOR SALE: JD 4055 2WD, FOR SALE: ‘79 JD 4440, FOR SALE: JD 4320 cab 2 FOR SALE: 7240 Magnum off 8000 JD tractor. 507-838C/A/H, pwr shift, 18.4x38 18.4x38 tires, 50%, 15 PS, MFWD, 5164 hrs, PS, 3 pt tractor, 6100 hrs, good hyd, 18.4x38 tires at 80%, 8775 Firestone tires, 9,900 hrs, 6000 hrs, sharp, $38,500; quick hitch, 3 SCVs, 1000 cond. 320-352-3629 runs good, $10,500. $16,900. 715-222-1737 JD 8300 grain drill w/grass PTO, 20.8x42 duals, new Annandale, MN 320-250-5098 FOR SALE: 262 White tracseeder, $3850; JD 444 cornfront tires, $36,000.

FOR SALE: Quanity of 8 tor w/590 Allied loader, FOR SALE: JD 4960, head. 320-510-0468 Wells, MN 507-525-0705 Firestone 20.8x42 tires, 4 FOR SALE: JD 8310 MFWD, $9250 for both. Owner MFWD, PS, 18.4x42 duals, are at 40%, 4 are at 30%.

480R46 tires, 80%, w/ dubought both new; JD 7300 all 75%, rockbox, 3 pt FOR SALE: ‘89 CIH 9180, FOR SALE: JD 4640 Quad, $375 a piece. 320-359-2692 als, new Michelin 420R30 12 Row - 22” planter w/herquick hitch/1 lift assist, 3 375hp, 12spd PS, 24.5x32 frts, 4 SCVs, frt & rear 18.4x42, 200hp, 2739 hrs, bicide, $8500. All in very scv’s, 7150 hrs, exc cond.

FOR SALE: Used JD 8000 Firestone radials, 4 hyds, wgts, quick hitch, 7000 1 sharp tractor, $27,900/OBO. good cond. 320-894-7356 320-212-7463 Series 24” tracks, 30%, 3pt w/ HD quick hitch, upowner hrs, very clean. 507JD 8630, PTO, 3pt, w/ or $1500. 507-964-5548 or 507dated axle, 7400 hrs, 789-6049 w/out auto steer, sound For Sale: JD 7800 Tractor, FOR SALE: ‘52 Farmall Su327-1903 $36,500. 507-227-3182 tractor, service records 14.9x46 tires, duals, rockper C, Serial #161728 w/72” available. 507-920-1632 box, 4467 hrs, 3 hyd & PB, Artsway belly mower, nice FOR SALE: ‘90 JD 8760, 2WD, PS, nice. $52,000. shape. Courtland, MN 4WD, 9850 hrs, recent eng 320-894-2409 507-354-3465 or 507-317-3194 FOR SALE: JD 4955, 8300 work, new 2 spd & clutch, hrs, MFWD, front fenders, FOR SALE: ‘70 IH 826 dienew 20.8x42 Firestone radi18.4x46, triple remotes, FOR SALE: JD 8110 MFD, sel, 9294 hrs, 3 pt hitch, dual tires, 24 spd, good cond, 420 or 480 R46 tires, comfront wghts, rear wghts, al hyds, 18.4x34 radials, $45,000. Fairfax, MN 507fort pkg, big pump, 7000 very nice, $43,500. axle mount duals, rock 426-7738 hrs, thru JD inspection, River Falls, WI 715-760-2094 box, 2nd owner, shedded, field ready. 507-384-8507 clean orig condition, $8250. FOR SALE: ’94 JD 7200, Waltham, MN 507-440-1990 C/A/H, MFWD, 6930 hrs, pwr quad re-built, narrow FOR SALE: ‘75 JD 4430, tires. $30,900; JD 400 gas HOLLAND cab, air, Quad range, tractor, ldr, backhoe, shut18.4x38 Firestone tires, AUCTION tle trans, works great, 50%, over $11,000 spent in $7,200 Trade. 320-543-3523 COMPANY repairs, very tight, sharp tractor inside & outside, FOR SALE: Caterpillar 75 Notice: Upcoming $14,500. 715-222-1737 new tracks, $34,000; MM LARGE MACHINERY AUCTION G-1000 propane 3 pt, $4500; FOR SALE: ‘83 JD 8650, Saturday, April 9 • 9:30 AM Agco 2960 unit coulters, Quad range, PTO, 3 pt, $110 ea; ‘81 IHC 4200 grain Location; Hope, MN. 7 miles south of Owatonna, MN on I-35.

80% tires, 6837 hrs, $34,500. truck, 20’ box & hoist, Call early to take full advantage of advertising.

507-478-4491 or cell 507-370$15,000. 218-955-0888 1853 Already Consigned: Tractors & Combines • Haying Equip.

• Tillage Equip. • Planters • Wagons • Farm Pickups & Grain Trucks • Construction Equip. • All Types of Farm Machinery • Recreational Items Welcomed (No automobiles, car or truck tires) Delivery of Consignments will be on April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2011 NO Consignments on April 8th!!

To consign, call: Sam Peterson at (507) 455-9309 or Tracy Holland at (507) 684-2955 or email: hollandauction@frontiernet.net Col. Tracy Holland, #7405002

THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

We buy Salvage Equipment Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc. (507)867-4910

THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

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~ LARGE AUCTION ~ TRACTORS — COMBINES — HEADS — PAYLOADERS HAY-FEEDING EQUIPMENT — PLANTERS — ASST. MACHINERY

LONNY SCHLIM ESTATE ITEMS

Our Spring Auction Event will be held at the Wieman Auction Facility located 1 mile south and 1⁄2 mile west on Highway 44 from Marion SD on:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD • 9:00 CST Lunch on Grounds

TRACTORS — SKID LOADERS — FORKLIFTS — COLLECTOR TRACTORS ‘08 CIH Puma 165, MFD, CAH, 800 Hrs. w/CIH L772 Loader-Grapple; ‘03 New Holland TG285, MFD, 4000 Hrs., PS, 46” Duals; ‘00 JD 8410, MFD, PS, Duals, 7000 Hrs; ‘99 JD 9300, 4x4, 11,600 Hrs, PS, Metrics; ‘98 CIH MX135, MFD, 18.4x42 Rubber, PQ w/LH Reverser, 6642 Hrs; ‘97 Ford NH 8260, MFD w/Koyker 645 Loader, 3904 Hrs; ‘96 CIH 5230, MFD w/Westendorf Loader-Grapple; ‘95 Ford 8670, MFD, SS, PS, 5000 Hrs, 42” Duals; ‘93 JD 4960, MFD, PS, 9000 Hrs, 20.8x42 Duals; ‘93 JD 6200, MFD w/JD 640 Loader, 4507 Hrs, PQ w/RH Reverser; Case 2294, CAH, 2WD, PS Trans, 6200 Hrs; ‘92 JD 4455, CAH, QR, 2WD, 18.4x38 Rubber; ‘88 JD 4450, MFD, QR, 7100 Hrs, 18.4x38 Rubber, sharp!; ‘83 JD 4450, 2WD, Quad Range, 3 pt; ‘82 AC 8050, CAH, 2WD, PS; ‘82 JD 2940, CAH, 2WD, 6521 Hrs, sharp!; ‘81 JD 4440, QR, 9063 Hrs, 2 Hyd, 18.4x38 Rubber; ‘04 NH TC55DA Diesel, MFD w/NH Ldr, 1200 Hrs; JD 5400 MFD w/Westendorf Ldr, Joystick, 4100 Hrs; ‘08 CIH JX60, MFD, CAH, 227 Hrs, 3 pt; JD 8450, 3 pt, PTO, Duals; ‘91 JD 4455, CAH, 6900 Hrs., Quad R., 3 pt, 14.9x46 Duals, very sharp; Case 2090, PS, 6300 hrs., CAH; CIH 5240, CAH, MFD; ‘79 JD 4440, CAH, Quad, WF, 3 pt; ‘79 JD 4240, PS, CAH, 3 Hyd, 18.4x38; JD 4240 Quad, CAH; ‘79 JD 2640 w/JD 146 Loader, 3844 Hrs, 3 pt, 1 Hyd; ‘79 JD 2640 w/4250 Hrs, 3 pt, 16.9x30 Rubber; ‘78 JD 4440, CAH, QR, 3 pt; ‘74 JD 4430, Synchro Shift, Ansel Cab, 3 Hyd; ‘74 JD 4430, CAH, QR, shows 3243 Hrs, 2 Hyd, 18.4x38 Rubber; ‘65 JD 4020, LP, WF, 7788 Hrs, 3 pt, 1 Hyd, 34” Rubber; JD 955 Tractor w/Cab, MFD, Front Blade, Mower Deck; NH TC18 Tractor, MFD, 3 pt; ‘99 JD 250 Skid Loader; IH 460 Hi Crop, Fast Hitch, Belt Pulley; PAY LOADER — EXTEND-A-BOOM: New ‘08 Titan 938H Payloader, CAH, QT 2.5 Yd Bucket, 138 Hrs; ‘89 Lull 644 Extend-A-Boom, 4x4, 1561 Hrs, 6000 lb lift capacity; ‘76 Case W14 Payloader, 4x4, Cab, Torque Converter out, (not ran in 5 years);

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

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LATE CONSIGNMENTS: CIH 8920 MFD, CAH, 3700 actual hrs., 18.4x42 duals, sharp; ‘03 JD 7520 MFD, PQ, LHR, CAH, 4700 hrs.; CIH 7150 MFD, CAH w/duals; JD 4250, PS, CAH, 2WD; JCB 185H skid loader w/fire damage; Mustang 2109 skid loader w/light fire damage; Great Plains 4000 Turbo Till 40’; Krause 1950 RF, 30’ disk; Krause 3950 RF disk; 12 - JD 7000 corn meters; LONNY SCHLIM ESTATE — CARTHAGE, SD - WILL SELL THE FOLLOWING: TRACTORS: ‘09 JD 8130 MFD 3pt, 4hyd, 745 Hrs, 480/80R46 Duals, 14 Front Weights; ‘91 JD 8760 4x4, Bareback, 3 Hyd, 18.4-42 Duals, 24 Speed, 5856 Hrs; ‘71 JD 4320 D. WF, 3pt, 2 Hyd, Syncro, Side Console, 18.4-38, Shows 2598 Hrs w/JD 720 Loader & Grapple, Joystick; ‘71 JD 4000 D. 3pt, 2 Hyd, Syncro, Side Console, 8,000 Hrs, 16.934, Hiniker Cab; SPRAYER: ‘94 RoGator 664 SP Sprayer, 600 Gallon SS Tank, 5,126 Hrs, Hydro, Cummins Motor, Raven 440 Monitor, 320/90R46 Rubber; COMBINE & HEADS: ‘08 JD 9670 STS, 18.4-42 Duals, Contour Master, Bullet Rotor, 751/1074 Hrs; ‘00 JD 893 Cornhead, Std Decks & Rolls; ‘05 JD 635F Hydra Flex; JD 444 LT Cornhead; ‘93 JD 925 Flexhead w/Contour Master Shafts; JD 212 Dummy Head w/6 Belt Pickup; Mauer M36 Header Trailer, tandem axle; Killbros Header Trailer; TRUCK & TRAILERS: ‘95 Freightliner FLD120, 10Spd, Sleeper, Air Ride, Shows 620,215 miles; ‘05 Wilson DWH-500 Hopper Bottom 42’, aluminum, Spring Ride; ‘89 KW T600 w/20’ Steel Box & Hoist, Cat 3406B, 10Spd, Shows 506,402 miles; ‘95 Ford F250, 4x4, 7.3 Powerstroke, Auto, 189,893 miles, Trans is Weak; PT 2-Wheel Trailer — No Title; PLANTER, GRAIN CART, & EQUIPMENT: ‘04 JD 1770 NT Planter, 16RN, Center Fill, Dawn NT Colters & Trash Whippers; J&M 750 Grain Cart, corner auger; ‘09 Lorenz 3pt Snowblower, 9’; Westfield 10”x36’ Auger w/Swing Hopper; Feterl 10”x72’ Auger; Westfield Drill Fill Auger; GUNS & TOYS: Winchester Model 1300, 12ga, 3” pump; Winchester Model 1300 XTR, 12ga, 3” Pump; Mossberg Model 500AG, 12ga, 3” Pump; Stevens Model 820B, 12ga, 23⁄4” Pump; Interarms Model 92, .45 Colt, Lever action Rifle, Saddle Ring; Remington Model 572, .22 cal, Pump; Henry .22 cal, Lever Action; Marlin Model 60, .22 cal, Semi-auto; SKS 7.62x39, Semi-auto, Synthetic stock; Large asst of Die Cast Toys — 2cyl Tractors, Modern Tractors, 4x4s, Combines, Wagons, & Others; TOOLS & MISC: M&W P-400 Dynamometer; Dvorak Iron Worker; Lincoln Wire Feed Welder; Large Snap-On Toolbox; Large Asst of Snap-On Specialty Tools; Large Asst of Hand Tools, Snap-On, JD & Others; Shop Benches; Large Upright Air Compressor, like new; Large Asst of Shop/Service Manuals; Large Asst of Cordless Tools; Parts Washer; Bolt Bins; Hyd Press; Engine Stand; Drill Press; (4) JD 2 Door Part Cabinets, like new; Asst Parts & Repair; Asst Shop Items; Torch Set; JD Combine Parts; JD 1000# Rear Wheel Weights; (4) 295/75R22.5 Tires on Aluminum Rims; (4) 295/75R22.5 Tires on Steel Rims; (2) 11R22.5 Tires on Aluminum Rims; ATV Sprayer; Whirlpool Flat Top Stove; Whirlpool Dishwasher; Precor S3.23 Workout Center NOTE: TOOLS & MISC WILL BE SOLD AT 9:00 AM WITH 2 RINGS — MACHINERY SOLD AT APPROX 11:00 AM COMBINES — HEADS ‘01 JD 9650 STS Combine, 2976/2056 Hrs, Duals, Chopper, Greenstar; ‘98 JD 9610 Duals, 1800 Hrs, Chopper — nice; ‘93 JD 9400, Chopper, 1980 Hrs - sharp; JD 4400 Diesel; ‘97 JD 9500 Combine, 3039/2064 Hrs, DAM, Chopper, 24.5x32 Rubber; ‘96 JD 9500 Combine, 3929/2808 Hrs, Chopper, Greenstar, 30.5x32 Rubber; ‘94 JD 9500 Combine, 3243/4407 Hrs, Chopper, Greenstar, 24.5x32 Rubber; ‘87 JD 7720 Titan II Combine, 4348 Hrs, Chopper, 30.5x32 Rubber; ‘84 JD 7720 Combine, 3850 Hrs, Hydro, Chopper, 24.5 Rubber, Heavy Axle; ‘80 JD 7720 Combine, Hydro, 3873 Hrs; ‘90 CIH 1680 Combine, Chopper; IHC 1440 Combine; HEADS: ‘05 JD 893 Corn Head, 8RN, Std Rolls & Decks; ‘93 JD 1293 Corn Head, 12RN; ‘98 JD 893 Corn Head, 8RN; ‘90 JD 843 Corn Head; ‘90 JD 643 Corn Head, 6RN, LT Oil; ‘93 JD 643 Corn Head, 6RN, LT Oil; ‘77 JD 843 Corn Head, 8RN, HT, Contour Shafts; JD 843 Corn Head, 8RN, LT Oil, Contour Shafts; ‘79 JD 643 Corn Head, 6RN, LT; JD 444 Corn Head, HT, 4RW; JD 444 Corn Head, Oil Drive; ‘10 CIH 3408 Corn Head, 8RN, Hyd Decks, Knife Rolls, New!; ‘92 CIH 1084 Corn Head, 8RW, sharp; ‘90 CIH 1083 Corn Head, 8RN, Water Pump Bearings; CIH 1063 CH; IHC 963 Corn Head, 6RN; ‘04 JD 630 Hydra Flex, 30’; ‘02 JD 925F Full Finger Flex Head, 25’; ‘00 JD 922F Full Finger Flex Head, 22’, Poly Snout; ‘98 JD 925 Flex Head, 25’, Poly Snout, full finger; (2) ‘97 JD 920 Flex Heads, 20’, Poly Snout; ‘96 JD 920 Flex Head; ‘09 CIH 2020 Flex Head, 25’, Mint!; ‘89 CIH 1020 Flex Head, 30’, 11⁄2” Cut; JD 216 Flexhead; IHC 863 CH; JD 924 & 925 flex heads; PLANTERS — DRILLS ‘02 JD 1770 Planter, 24RN, Finger PU, Whippers, 3 Bu Boxes; CIH 1200 Stacker Bar, 24 row, 22” Planter; ‘02 CIH 1200, PT, 16RN, pivot tongue Planter; ‘99 JD 1760 Vac Planter, 12RN, Precision Meters, Whippers; ‘98 JD 1770 Vac Planter, 16RN, 3 Bu Boxes, Yetter Trash Whippers; ‘03 White 8200 PT 12RN FF Planter; ‘94 JD 7200 Vac Planter, 16RN, LF; CIH 900 planter, 12RN, 3 pt; ‘91 White 6180 Vac Planter, 16RN, No Till Colters; CIH 950 Vac Planter, 16RN, PT, Yetter Whippers; (16) Martin Trash Whippers for CIH 1200; (16) Dawn Finger Trash Whippers; (12) JD No Till Colters; (24) JD 1.5 Bu Seed Boxes for 1770 w/Meters; DRILLS: ‘00 JD 1530 Drill, 15’ with True-V openers, JD 170 Cart; ‘92 JD 750 NT Drill, 30’, Double Hitch, 71⁄2” spacing; JD 455 Drill, 30’ with 10” Spacing; CIH 5400 DD 20’ Drill w/GSA, markers; HAY — FEEDING — TILLAGE — GRAIN CARTS — LOADERS — MISC. MACHINERY ‘07 NH BR780A Round Baler, Net Wrap, Wide Sweep; ‘03 JD 567 Round Baler, Mega Wide PU, Kicker, 5567 Bales; ‘01 JD 567 Round Baler, Mega Wide PU, Kicker, 9850 Bales; ‘97 JD 566 Round Baler; ‘04 Vermeer 605XL Round Baler; JD 535 Round Baler; ‘04 NH 1475 Moco, 16’, reconditioned; CIH 1100 PT Sickle Mower; NH 195 TA Manure Spreader; Sunflower 1433 C Flex Disk, 32’ with 3 Bar Harrow; CIH 3900 RF 25’ disk w/harrow; ‘04 Sunflower 5035 PT 34’ FC w/harrow; CIH 4300 PT, 42” FC; CIH 4800 FC’s, 26’ & 30’ with 3 Bar Harrow; JD 900 7-Shank V Ripper, 3 pt; ‘03 Brent 1084 Grain Cart, 1000 Bu, Tracks, Scale, Tarp, Corner Auger; Brent 470 Grain Cart, 500 Bu, Corner Auger; Parker 2500 Gravity Wagon; JD 740 Loader w/Bucket-Grapple; Westendorf TA 46 Loader w/8’ Bucket and JD 4440 mts; Westendorf WL40 Loader w/IHC mts; JD 146 Loader w/8’ Bucket and grapple, 2640 mts; Homemade Oil & Fuel Service Trailer w/Bumper Hitch & Tandem Axle; Soilmover 5 Yard Dirt Scraper; ‘91 Chevy 4x4 Pickup, 5 Speed; CIH MX370 Disk, 36’ w/Harrow; Glencoe Series 3 Disk-Chisel, 11 Shank; JD 120 PT Stalk Chopper w/Transport; JD 960 FC, 34’ w/Harrow; plus tractor — machinery accessories; Auctioneers Note: Another large interesting sale! Schlim Estate Tools and Misc sells at 9:00 AM sharp with 2 auction rings all day. Schlim Estate Machinery to sell at approx 11:00 AM. South Dakota sales tax will be charged. This ad is subject to additions and deletions. No more consignments accepted. We have excellent loading and unloading equipment. We appreciate your business. We are in our 63rd year of selling. Honest and fair treatment to all. Financing and trucking available. Come prepared to Buy! If you are driving a good distance — call to make sure your item is here. (Welcome to the “Machinery Mall of South Dakota”). Our Next Machinery Auction is May 25, 2011.

Tractors IHC 1086, 6000 hrs, duals, new frt tires & 134A AC, rock box, 2 tool boxes, $17,500. 515-368-3732 JD 4430 CAH, $13,500; JD 2840 & 148 Ldr, $9,500; IH 856D Open, $9,000; IH 856D Cab, $9,000; IH 1466 Open, $8,500; White 2-88 CAH, $9,500; Ford 5000 Gas Row Crop $4,500; Coming in: JD 4630, JD 4430, JD 3010G, IH 686D. IH 2350 Ldr, $3,500. Several Other Ldrs Available! Randy's Farm Service 715-299-2210 JD 4440 QR, 4400 IL grain farm hrs. Exc cond. $27,500. (608)214-1859 JD 4450 QR, JD 4250 QR, $22,500 ea. ‘92 JD 4455 PS, 2WD, $36,000. JD 4040 QR $15,500. JD 4020 console, synchro, $9,500. 715-2994430 JD 4640 QR, 5400 hrs, duals; ‘69 JD 4020, gas, 5500 hrs, SR; ‘67 JD 4020, diesel, 1500 hrs on clutch & motor; ‘66 JD 3020, diesel, SR, $6000; 400 gal Century Saddle tanks. 952-451-1837 JD 8640, 225hp, 8900 hrs, duals front & back, gone through JD shop, delivery avail. $22,500. (715)667-3403

SU BM ERSI BLE Drainage

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Stainless Steel Up to 1450 GPM! (507) 232-3565 Glyphosate - American Made • $8.50/gal.

Kendo (aphids) • $65/gal.

Generic Lorsban (aphids) • $25/gal.

Arrow • $65/gal. (Vol Corn) *Licensed to meter chemicals.

Complete line of Generic and Name Brand chemicals.

• Herbicides • Fungicides • Insecticides OEM Ag Equipment Parts Grain Storage & Distribution Systems, Steel Buildings

WIEMAN LAND & AUCTION CO., INC. (SINCE 1949)

MARION, SD - 605-648-3111 or 1-800-251-3111 • AUCTION SITE: 605-648-3536 or 1-888-296-3536 EVENINGS: Richard Wieman - 605-648-3264 • Mike Wieman - 605-297-4240 • Ryan Wieman - 605-648-2970 Kevin Wieman - 605-648-3439 • Derek Wieman - 605-660-2135 • Gary Wieman - 605-648-3164 For a detailed ad and some pictures call our office or visit our website at: www.wiemanauction.com • Email address: wiemanauction@yahoo.com

Call 651-923-4430 or 651-380-6034

Tractors

Specializing in most Allis Chalmers used tractor parts for sale. Now parting out WD 190XT #200 & D-17 tractors.

Rosenberg Tractor Salvage 507-848-1701 or 507-236-8726 WE HAVE PARTS! Parts for Tractors, Combines, Machinery, Hay Equipment, and more...

All makes & Models. Used, new, rebuilt, aftermarket. All States Ag Parts Call: 877-530-4430 to reach the store nearest you! www.tractorpartsasap.com

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FOR SALE: ‘04 JD 9550 side hill combine, 2211 sep hrs, 2 spd 4x4, 865R32 drive tires, 28Lx26 rear tires, has JD Hi-Inertia cylinder installed, ($7000 option) 60 Series updates, w/single pt hookups, new Ag Leader InSite yield monitor, w/GPS maping, includes SMS advanced software, on Dell computer, all updates done in ‘10, stored inside, $115,000. 715-797-9510

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FIRST ITEMS SELLING FRIDAY, MARCH 25 • 10 AM (NO BUYERS PREMIUM)

TIMED ONLINE AUCTIONS Gehlingauction.com Items from Greg’s Farm Machinery • Blue Earth, MN For More Information call Greg (507) 526-3841 or Gehling Rep Bruce Morgart (952) 388-9274 Items must be removed in 7 days CIH 7120, 2WD, 6822 hrs, 42” w/duals; IH 706 gas; IH H; Case 4690, 3 pt PTO, vac w/new tires; Fantini 12R30” chopping cornhead; CIH 1063 cornhead; CIH 1020, 30’; CIH 8610A bale processor; JD 520 grain drill, 20’ w/10” spacing; Mohawk 3 pt, 7’ blade; White 85, 72” finishing mower; Dakon 231 gravity box on gear; Hutchinson 8”x53’ auger; Schwartz 2070 loader; Gnuse Model 30, 3 pt fork lift; JD LT155 lawn tractor/38” deck; JD F525 w/48” deck; Cat V110 forklift; ‘92 GMC 3500, 2WD, V8, auto; Custom built 16’& 18’ tandem axle flatbed trailers; 8’x40’ storage container; IH 436 engine; rock trap; steer axle; drive axle, all of IH 1440 combine.

Items at Gehling Auction Co., Preston, MN • For more information call (507) 765-2131 Hiniker 4836, 30’ air seeder, 110 bu tank; Cat 65 Challenger, 7459 hrs, 4 remotes, 30” belts; Sunflower 5055, 62’ field cultivator; OTC 528863 engine adaptor plate for JD 8995 engine

Items from Mankato Implement • Mankato, MN For More Information call Mankato Implement (507) 387-8201 or Ron Gehling (507) 951-1318 Items to be removed by April, 2011 JD 9630T, ‘08, 2102 hrs, Deluxe Comfort package, radar, Xenon, Comoplast 5500, 36” belts & 26 weights; Versatile 9480, ‘94, 4100 hrs, 12 speed, 20.8x42 w/duals; JD 4710 MFWD, ‘03, 2285 hrs, open station; JD Moore Built 24R22” stackfold planter; Flex-i-coil 9000, 24R30”, 47R15” planter w/Kinze finger pickup corn units w/110 bu tow behind cart;

Items from C& B Operations • Edmond County Implement • Roscoe, MN For More Information call (800) 592-1822 or Gehling Rep. Don Wolter (605) 881-6789

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Combine for Sale: ’97 JD 9500 combine. Exc cond.

1726 combine hrs, 86 hrs on concave & rasp bars.

Maurer tank ext, chaff spreader, 500 hrs. on new 30.5x32 tires, long auger. ‘96 693 cornhead poly snouts. Call 605-983-5055 or 605-530-9800

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THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

NEW AND USED TRACTOR PARTS JD 10,20,30,40, 50, 55, 50 Series & newer tractors, AC- all models.

Large Inventory, We ship!

Mark Heitman Tractor Salvage (715)673-4829

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‘03 Geringhoff 12 row 22” FOR SALE: 04-2388, 1503 FOR SALE: ‘05 Loftness 22’ FOR SALE: ‘06 Drago 8-30 FOR SALE: ‘07 Geringhoff chopping cornhead, hyd 1050 Kinze Grain Cart; 840 stalk chopper, semi mountchopping cornhead, head chopping cornhead, CIH eng hrs, 1250 sep hrs, field deck plates, auto height ed, 4 caster wheels on height control, done about red, 8R30, 4800 acres, exc tracker, AFX rotor, 12R, Kinze Grain Cart; 1040 control, GVL plastic, exc rear, 2 front gauge wheels, 4,000-4,500 acres, plastic cond, $48,500. 507-240-0294 ready, mapping, 2spd, hyKinze Grain Cart; 640 cond, $44,900. 507-964-5548 all new knives, very nice, snouts, in good shape. Fits dro, 20.8x42 duals, big rear Kinze Grain Cart. Call or 507-327-1903 $10,500. 612-756-0106 C-IH combine, $45,000. Call tires, heavy rear axle, MaHarold @ 515-272-4538 507-920-8442 uer topper, extra round bar concaves, bubble up auger. Call 507-920-8442

JD 567 baler w/net wrap, ‘06, Megawide, 2171 bales; JD 1290 cornhead, ‘05; JD 630F flex, ‘04, single point hookup.

Walworth County Implement • Selby. SD For More Information call (800) 658-3634 or Gehling Rep. Don Wolter (605) 881-6789 JD 1290 cornhead, ‘01, w/hyd. deck plates; JD 843, ‘77, 60 Series hookup; Hookup 3170 Reel Augie commercial mixer w/Digistar scale w/remote

Greenline Implement of Hand County • Miller, SD For More Information call (800) 658-3658 or Gehling Rep. Don Wolter (605) 881-6789

USED PARTS LARSON SALVAGE

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CAMBRIDGE, MN 763-689-1179 We Ship Daily Visa and MasterCard Accepted

Potter County Implement • Gettysburg, SD For More Information call (800) 333-3658 or Gehling Rep. Don Wolter (605) 881-6789 JD 693 cornhead, ‘95, w/knife rolls, low acres; AgChem 1264 sprayer, ‘04, 3731 hrs, 1200 gallon tank, 90’ booms, Cat, air ride, 46”; Westfield 13”x71’ auger w/hyd swing hopper.

For More Information or Photos, go to www.gehlingonline.com or Call Gehling Auction Co. (507) 765-2131.

Terms: Payment must be received by 1 p.m. Central Time, Tuesday, March 29, 2011 in U.S. Funds. Buyers will receive an Invoice via email after the Auction. Buyers will be given possession with Paid Invoice. All Items sold “As Is - Where is”, no Warranty guarantee implied or expressed by the seller or Gehling Auction Co. Bidders should make their own inspection of any and all items prior to bidding. All sales are final! No refunds will be made. This site does not auto refresh. There is a 5 minute extension on any items bid on in the last 5 minutes of a closing.

www.gehlingonline.com email: gehling@gehlingauction.com

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

Good selection of tractor parts - New & Used All kinds of hay equipment, haybines, balers, choppers parted out.

New combine belts for all makes.

Swather canvases, round baler belting, used & new tires.

JD 635F flex, ‘04, HH, single point; Vermeer 605M baler, 4044 bales, net wrap, Bale Trak monitor, big rubber; JD 4x2 Gator, ‘01, 1635 hrs

KIMBALL, MN • 320-398-3800

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Sales: • Al Mueller • Wayne Mackereth • Allen Schramm • Rollie Jurgens

THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

ST. MARTIN, MN • 320-548-3285 Sales: • Dan Hoffman • Joe Mehr • Erik Mueller

GLENCOE, MN • 32 Sales: • Richard Dammann •

Equipment Solutions . . . For A Changing TRACTORS 4WD

TRACTORS AW/MFD Continued

PLANTING & SEEDING Continued

SELF PROP. FORAGE HARVESTERS

CIH 3294, '84, 5065 hrs ..................................................$22,500 CIH 125 Pro, '09, 1200 hrs..............................................$69,000 JD 7330, '08, 2110 hrs....................................................$67,500 JD 2955, '89, 2330 hrs....................................................$28,950 McCormick XTX165, '09, 85 hrs......................................$89,500 NH 8870, '95, 3895 hrs ..................................................$67,900 NH 8770 ..........................................................................$54,900 NH 8670A, '02, 3645 hrs ................................................$67,500 Versatile 2145, '05, 2085 hrs ..........................................$79,500 White 6144, '96, 4020 hrs ..............................................$38,900

IH 800, 6R30 ....................................................................$3,500 (2) JD 7300, 12R30 ............................................$9,500 $12,500 JD 7000, 12N ..................................................................$10,950 (2) JD 1770NT ..............................................$71,500 & $99,900 JD 1760, 8R30 ................................................................$19,500 Kinze 3700, 36R20 ..........................................................$62,500 Kinze 3140, 12R30 ..........................................................$39,500 White 8524, 24R30........................................................$117,500 White 8100, 12R24..........................................................$59,000 White 8100 ......................................................................$23,000 (2) White 6700 ..............................................$17,500 & $23,500 White 6180, 16R30..........................................................$29,500 CIH 5500, 30' Drill ..........................................................$22,000 CIH 5500MT ....................................................................$18,000 CIH 5400, 20' Drill ..........................................................$12,900 (2) CIH 5400MT, 20' Drill ..................................$7,500 & $9,500 Great Plains 2000, 20' Drill..............................................$12,500 (2) JD 455, 30' Drill ......................................$14,500 & $18,500 CIH SDX40, 40' Seeder..................................................$129,500

Chase Groskreutz, East - (320) 248-3733 Randy Olmscheid, West - (320) 583-6014

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TRACTORS 2WD

CIH 535 Quad, '10, 690 hrs ..........................................$297,500 CIH 535 Quad, '10, 570 hrs ..........................................$297,500 CIH 530 Quad, '07, 1200 hrs ........................................$235,000 CIH 530 Quad, '07, 1500 hrs ........................................$230,000 CIH 530 Quad, '07, 1750 hrs ........................................$225,000 CIH 530 Stegier, '07, 1485 hrs ......................................$211,900 CIH STX530, '06, 990 hrs..............................................$240,000 CIH STX530, '06, 2150 hrs............................................$225,000 CIH STX500Q, '05, 3160 hrs ........................................$178,000 CIH STX500Q, '04, 2600 hrs ........................................$192,500 CIH STX500Q, '04, 2195 hrs ........................................$188,500 CIH 485 Quad, '08, 2205 hrs ........................................$228,900 CIH 430 Steiger, '07, 2335 hrs ......................................$149,500 CIH STX430, '06, 960 hrs..............................................$169,500 CIH STX425, '04, 2025 hrs............................................$152,000 CIH 385 Quad, '09 ........................................................$232,500 CIH STX375, '05, 3560 hrs............................................$129,500 CIH 9390, '00, 5165 hrs ..................................................$89,500 CIH 9250, '92, 6585 hrs ..................................................$48,500 CIH 9250, '90, 9245 hrs ..................................................$39,500 CIH 9150, '87, 5535 hrs ..................................................$48,500 Case 4890, '81, 425 hrs ..................................................$12,500 Case 4690, '79, 4835 hrs ................................................$15,500 Case 550H, '00, 1425 hrs ................................................$35,500 IH 3388, '79, 4845 hrs ....................................................$10,950 Cat MT765B, '07, 1885 hrs............................................$179,950 JD 9630, '09, 930 hrs....................................................$229,000 JD 9620T, '07, 1135 hrs ................................................$218,000 JD 9620T, '04, 3575 hrs ................................................$179,500 JD 8650, '88, 6295 hrs....................................................$36,750 NH 9482, '95, 4505 hrs ..................................................$69,000 NH 9282, '97, 3360 hrs ..................................................$69,500 NH T9060, '08, 1395 hrs ..............................................$212,000 Steiger CR1225, '86 ........................................................$27,900 Steiger ST280, '82, 7425 hrs ..........................................$21,500

CIH CX70, '02, 500 hrs....................................................$24,500 CIH 7120, '88, 10400 hrs ................................................$35,500 CIH 7110, '88, 13345 hrs ................................................$24,500 CIH 5230, '94, 4175 hrs ..................................................$28,900 CIH 2594, '85, 10000 hrs ................................................$15,500 Case 2390, '81, 7550 hrs ................................................$13,500 Case 2290, '82, 6680 hrs ................................................$12,500 Case VAC ..........................................................................$2,500 Farmall H, '41 ....................................................................$1,500 Farmall Super M, '53 ........................................................$2,250 IH 5288, '82, 7820 hrs ....................................................$15,900 IH 3288............................................................................$12,500 IH 1586, '76, 5210 hrs ....................................................$14,500 IH 1086, '79, 9770 hrs ....................................................$12,500 IH 1086, '79, 7210 hrs ....................................................$13,500 IH 1086, '76, 8585 hrs ......................................................$9,500 IH 986, '77, 8735 hrs ......................................................$11,000 IH 886, 5400 hrs................................................................$9,500 IH 656, '72, 3235 hrs ........................................................$6,250 IH 606, '62, 7595 hrs ........................................................$5,500 Allis C ................................................................................$1,750 Ford 8830, '91, 3250 hrs ................................................$35,000 Ford 8830, '90 ................................................................$27,900 Ford 8830, '90, 7530 hrs ................................................$27,900 JD 4440, '79, 9220 hrs....................................................$19,950 JD 4240, '78, 8245 hrs....................................................$19,500 JD 2630 ............................................................................$9,500 JD 2350, 4890 hrs ..........................................................$14,900

COMPACT TRACTORS

TRACTORS AWD/MFD

CIH Farmall 45, '08, 20 hrs..............................................$27,500 Agco ST 40, '02, 425 hrs ................................................$18,500 Kubota B6100, 935 hrs......................................................$3,950 Kubota B3030, '06, 1045 hrs ..........................................$14,900 Kubota B2710HSD, '00, 245 hrs......................................$10,250 Kubota BX2200, '03, 395 hrs ............................................$8,650 Kubota BX2200, '02, 320 hrs ............................................$8,000

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

PLANTING & SEEDING PLANT - CIH 1240, 16R30 ..............................................$72,900 CIH CX70, '00, 4100 hrs..................................................$18,900 CIH JX95, '05, 1630 hrs ..................................................$30,000 CIH 335 Mag, '08, 1880 hrs ..........................................$164,500 CIH 305 Mag, '10, 515 hrs ............................................$182,500 CIH 305 Mag, '08, 625 hrs ............................................$165,500 CIH 305 Mag, '08, 1235 hrs ..........................................$169,900 CIH MX305, '06, 4325 hrs ............................................$125,500 CIH MX285, '04, 6885 hrs ..............................................$87,500 CIH 275 Mag, '10, 850 hrs ............................................$159,500 CIH 275 Mag, '08, 315 hrs ............................................$149,500 CIH 275 Mag, '07, 2450 hrs ..........................................$122,000 CIH MX270, '99, 5400 hrs ..............................................$78,500 CIH MX245, '09 ............................................................$149,000 CIH MX240, '01, 3255 hrs ..............................................$62,500 CIH MX230, '03, 3500 hrs ..............................................$95,000 CIH 215 Mag, '10 ..........................................................$144,900 CIH MX210, '05, 2500 hrs ..............................................$89,500 CIH MX200, '02, 5190 hrs ..............................................$75,000 CIH MXM120, '04, 1960 hrs............................................$59,500 CIH 7240, '95, 5115 hrs ..................................................$66,000 CIH 7140, '88, 7870 hrs ..................................................$42,000 CIH 7130, '91, 7385 hrs ..................................................$43,500 CIH 7120, 21105 hrs ......................................................$27,900 Case 4694, '84, 5970 hrs ................................................$18,900 CIH 3394, '87, 5000 hrs ..................................................$28,900

SPRING TILLAGE CIH TT 200, 60.5' Fld Cult ..............................................$69,500 CIH 60.5' Fld Cult ............................................................$57,500 CIH 60.5' Fld Cult ............................................................$37,500 CIH 44.5' ACS Fld Cult ....................................................$49,500 CIH 4900, 45' Fld Cult ......................................................$5,500 CIH 4900, 43.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$5,500 CIH 4900, 39' Fld Cult ......................................................$6,500 CIH 4900, 32' Fld Cult ......................................................$7,500 CIH 4800, 32.2' Fld Cult ....................................................$7,500 CIH 4800, 31' Fld Cult ......................................................$7,950 CIH 4800, 25.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$7,500 (2) CIH 4800, 24' Fld Cult ......................................choice $7,500 CIH 4600, 46.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$37,500 CIH 4600, 28.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$5,995 CIH 4300, 28.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$7,500 CIH TMII, 48.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$39,500 CIH TMII, 45.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$36,900 CIH TMII, 44.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$32,000 CIH TMII, 36.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$27,500 CIH TMII, 28.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$25,500 DMI TMII, 46.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$22,500 DMI TMII, 44.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$35,000 DMI TMII, 39.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$22,900 IH 4700, 30.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$1,950 IH 4600, 32.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$6,900 IH 4600, 30.8' Fld Cult ......................................................$4,950 IH 4600, 26.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$4,900 Glencoe 4300, 38.5' Fld Cult..............................................$7,900 JD 2210 Fld Cult ..............................................................$59,500 JD 2210, 44.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$49,500 JD 2210, 38.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$34,500 JD 985, 50' Fld Cult ........................................................$22,500 JD 985, 41.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$13,500 (3) JD 980, 38.5' Fld Cult................................$24,900 - $27,500 JD 960, 44.5' Fld Cult ........................................................$5,900 (2) JD 960, 30.5' Fld Cult ..................................$6,250 & $7,500 Melroe 40' Fld Cult ............................................................$2,900 Wilrich FCW, 41' Fld Cult ..................................................$2,500 Wilrich 2500, 27.4' Fld Cult ..............................................$2,995 Wilrich 16R30 Row Crop Cult............................................$5,000 CIH RMX340 Disk............................................................$29,500 CIH 3900, 33' Disk ..........................................................$17,900 CIH 496, 33' Disk ............................................................$16,900 CIH 496 Disk....................................................................$11,900 CIH 330, 34' Disk ............................................................$58,900 CIH 330, 34' Disk ............................................................$57,500 CIH 330, 34' Disk ............................................................$55,900 IH 496, 24' Disk ................................................................$8,995 (2) IH 480 Disk ..................................................$2,800 & $2,850 Ezee-On 3800, 38.5' Dish ................................................$29,500 JD 220, 20' Disk ................................................................$4,850

SPRAYERS - SELF-PROPELLED Rudy Lusk - (507) 227-4119 Miller 4275, 615 hrs ......................................................$209,000 Miller 2275HT, '06 ........................................................$134,900 Miller 2275HT, '05, 960 hrs ..........................................$149,900 Tyler Patriot XL, '95, 4020 hrs ........................................$34,000 Tyler Patriot XL, '94, 4460 hrs ........................................$32,500

SPRAYERS - PULL-TYPE CIH 1240, 24R22 ............................................................$92,500 CIH 1240, 12R30 ............................................................$89,900 CIH 1240, 12R30 ............................................................$57,900 CIH 1200, 36R22 ............................................................$95,500 CIH 1200, 36R20 ............................................................$97,500 CIH 1200, 32R22 ............................................................$72,500 CIH 1200, 24R22 ............................................................$42,500 CIH 1200, 24R20 ............................................................$73,500 CIH 1200, 12R30 ............................................................$48,500 CIH 955, 16R22 ..............................................................$17,900 (2) CIH 955, 12R30 ..............................................choice $17,500 CIH 950, 16R22 ..............................................................$17,900 CIH 950, 6R30 ..................................................................$5,250 CIH 900, 6R30 ................................................................$11,900

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Demco Conquest ............................................................$22,500 Fast 1000 Gal ....................................................................$7,950 Hardi 1000 ......................................................................$13,500 Hardi 500, 60'....................................................................$8,500 Hardi Commander............................................................$47,500 Hardi HAC900 ....................................................................$8,950 Millerpro 500-45................................................................$5,950 Redball 690......................................................................$39,500 Redball 690, 2000 Gal ....................................................$26,500 Spraymast 1000, 90' ........................................................$9,950 Top Air NAV1100, '06 ......................................................$22,500 Top Air 500, 45' ................................................................$4,000 Top Air 60' ........................................................................$5,995

SP FOR HARV - Claas 980, '08, 1495 hrs ....................$255,000 Claas 980, '07, 1650 hrs................................................$220,000 Claas 900 GE, '07, 1190 hrs ..........................................$198,000 Claas 890, '05, 2230 hrs................................................$173,000 Claas 890, '02, 1560 hrs................................................$189,500 Claas 870, '09, 645 hrs..................................................$228,500 Claas 870 GE, '07, 410 hrs ............................................$239,000 Claas 870CC, '07, 760 hrs ............................................$189,000 Claas 870, '05, 1820 hrs................................................$165,000 Claas 870, '04, 2915 hrs................................................$137,500 Claas 850, '08................................................................$186,000 JD 7500, '03, 3635 hrs..................................................$109,500 JD 6810, '96, 4590 hrs....................................................$59,500 JD 6850, '98, 4865 hrs....................................................$65,000 JD 5730, '91, 3210 hrs....................................................$34,000 NH FX60, '05, 2480 hrs ................................................$105,000 NH FX60, '03, 1970 hrs ................................................$115,000 NH FX58, '02, 1410 hrs ................................................$108,000

FORAGE Gehl 1285 Forg Harv........................................................$17,750 Gehl 1075, '00 Forg Harv ................................................$14,500 Gehl 1065, '96 Forg Harv ..................................................$6,950 JD 3950, '94 Forg Harv ....................................................$5,500 JD 3950, '91 Forg Harv ....................................................$5,500 NH FP240, '04 Forg Harv ................................................$23,000 (5) Claas PU380HD Hayhead ........................$14,500 & $24,500 (2) Claas PU380 Pro Hayhead ......................$17,500 & $23,000 (6) Claas PU380 Hayhead ..............................$12,500 - $15,000 (2) Claas PU300 Hayhead ................................$9,500 & $11,500 (2) Gehl HA1210 7' Hayhead..................................choice $1,250 Gehl HA1110, '95 Hayhead................................................$1,250 Gehl 7' Hayhead ................................................................$1,250 (2) JD 630A Hayhead ............................................choice $8,500 JD 630 Hayhead ................................................................$8,500 JD 7HP, 7' Hayhead ..............................................................$600 JD 5HP, 5.5' Hayhead ..........................................................$850 NH 3500 Hayhead..............................................................$6,500 (2) NH 355W Hayhead ..........................................choice $8,500 NH 340W Hayhead ............................................................$5,000 NH 29P Hayhead................................................................$3,500 (2) Claas Orbis 750 Cornhead........................$69,000 & $76,000 (6) Claas RU600, 8R30 Cornhead ..................$24,500 - $59,000 Claas RU450XTRA Cornhead ..........................................$42,000 (12) Claas RU450 Cornhead............................$29,000 - $53,000 Gehl TR3038N Cornhead ..................................................$1,400 (3) Gehl TR330 Cornhead ..................................$4,200 - $5,900 JD 688 Cornhead ............................................................$51,500 JD 676 6R Cornhead ......................................................$52,000 JD 4R30 Cornhead ............................................................$5,500 (2) Kemper 4500 Cornhead ..........................$26,000 & $29,500 NH 360N6 Cornhead........................................................$15,000 NH 360U6 Cornhead........................................................$16,500 NH 3PN Cornhead..............................................................$8,500 (2) NH R1600 Cornhead ................................$39,500 & $42,500

BALERS (3) CIH RBX562 Rnd Baler ............................$14,500 - $18,500 CIH RBX561 Rnd Baler ......................................................$9,950 CIH RB564, 5x6 Rnd Baler ..............................................$27,500 CIH 8460, 5x6 Rnd Baler ..................................................$5,950 Claas 280RC, 5x4 Rnd Baler............................................$19,900 Claas 280 Rnd Baler ........................................................$16,500 Gehl RB2580 Rnd Baler ....................................................$9,950 Gehl 2880, 5x6 Rnd Baler..................................................$9,950 JD 567, 5x6 Rnd Baler ....................................................$22,500 JD 566, 5x6 Rnd Baler ....................................................$15,500 NH BR780A Rnd Baler ....................................................$19,800 NH BR780 Rnd Baler ......................................................$17,900 CIH 8575 Rec Baler ........................................................$32,500 CIH 8530 Rec Baler ........................................................$10,400 NH BB940A Rec Baler......................................................$67,000 NH 590 Rec Baler ............................................................$35,500 NH 273 Rec Baler ..............................................................$2,300

HAY EQUIPMENT CIH 8840, '93, 3345 hrs ..................................................$12,500 CIH 8830, '96, 1430 hrs ..................................................$17,900 JD 4995, '07, 525 hrs......................................................$78,000 JD 2360 ..........................................................................$12,500 CIH DC515, 15' Mow Cond................................................$9,500 CIH DCX161 MowCond....................................................$17,800 Gehl DC2412 MowCond ....................................................$8,500 Gehl 2412 MowCond ........................................................$9,950 Kuhn FC400RG MowCond ..............................................$16,500 NH 1475 MowCond ........................................................$14,500 NH 1475 MowCond ..........................................................$9,000 NH 1431, 13' MowCond ..................................................$12,500 Vermeer 1030, 13.5' MowCond ......................................$19,500 Duetz 7' Disc Mower..........................................................$1,650 CIH FC60, 60" Rotary Mower ................................................$550 Kubota B3487, 48" Rotary Mower ........................................$825

HAY EQUIPMENT Continu

Progress 65-2, 12' Rotary Mower ........................

Woods BB72N, 72" Rotary Mower.........................

H & S HM2000 Wind Merg....................................

H & S TWN2-P Wind Merg....................................

(5) Millerpro 14-16 Wind Merg ......................$28, (2) NH 166 Wind Merg ......................................$3 Tebben 4200 Wind Merg........................................

Kuhn GA8521 Rake................................................

Kuhn GA7301 Rake................................................

Wishek 862NT, 26' Disk ........................................

COMBINES

CIH 9120, '10, 295 hrs ..........................................

CIH 9120, '10, 300 hrs ..........................................

CIH 9120, '10, 395 hrs ..........................................

CIH 8120, '10, 210 hrs ..........................................

CIH 8120, '09, 590 hrs ..........................................

CIH 8120, '09, 840 hrs ..........................................

CIH 8010, '07, 1100 hrs ........................................

CIH 8010, '07, 1650 hrs ........................................

CIH 8010, '06, 1430 hrs ........................................

CIH 8010, '05 ........................................................

CIH 8010, '04, 1605 hrs ........................................

CIH 8010, '04, 1685 hrs ........................................

CIH 8010, '04, 2100 hrs ........................................

CIH 8010, '04, 2440 hrs ........................................

CIH 7120, '09 ........................................................

CIH 7088, '10, 810 hrs ..........................................

CIH 7088, '09,745 hrs ..........................................

CIH 7010, '08, 315 hrs ..........................................

CIH 7010, '08, 900 hrs ..........................................

CIH 7010, '08, 955 hrs ..........................................

CIH 7010, '07, 1100 hrs ........................................

CIH 7010, '07, 1150 hrs ........................................

CIH 7010, '07, 1365 hrs ........................................

(2) CIH 6088, '10, 600 hrs ................................ch CIH 6088, '10, 680 hrs ..........................................

CIH 6088, '10, 710 hrs ..........................................

CIH 6088, '09, 435 hrs ..........................................

CIH 2588, '08, 1420 hrs ........................................

CIH 2577, '07, 1870 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '06, 1425 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '05, 1615 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '04, 1900 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '03, 2740 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '02, 2505 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '02, 2930 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '01, 2385 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '01, 2835 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '01, 3015 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '99, 2635 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '98, 3775 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '98, 3065 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '98, 2565 hrs ........................................

CIH 2388, '98, 3750 hrs ........................................

CIH 2366, '02, 3125 hrs ........................................

CIH 2366, '01, 2705 hrs ........................................

CIH 2366, '00, 2810 hrs ........................................

CIH 2366, '99, 3845 hrs ........................................

CIH 2366, '98, 2490 hrs ........................................

CIH 2166, '97, 4145 hrs ........................................

CIH 2166, '96, 3000 hrs ........................................

CIH 2166, '96, 3155 hrs ........................................

CIH 1688, '94, 4160 hrs ........................................

CIH 1688, '94, 4205 hrs ........................................

CIH 1688, '93, 4325 hrs ........................................

CIH 1680, '90, 3180 hrs ........................................

CIH 1680, '86, 4920 hrs ........................................

CIH 1660, '92, 3615 hrs ........................................

CIH 1660, '92 ........................................................

CIH 1660, '91, 6940 hrs ........................................

CIH 1660, '88, 3675 hrs ........................................

CIH 1640, '89, 3300 hrs ........................................

CIH 1640, '86, 2640 hrs ........................................

CIH 1640, '86, 2920 hrs ........................................

IH 1440, '83, 3670 hrs ..........................................

Gleaner R52, '96, 2795 hrs....................................

Gleaner R50, '89, 3150 hrs....................................

JD 9660STS, '06, 2100 hrs ..................................

JD 9660STS, '04....................................................

JD 9650STS, '03, 2050 hrs ..................................

JD 9610, '96, 3265 hrs..........................................

JD 9600, '89, 4020 hrs..........................................

JD 9510, '98, 2940 hrs..........................................

JD 8820, 7325 hrs ................................................

NH CR960, '06, 410 hrs ........................................

NH CR940, '04, 1185 hrs ......................................

NH TR86, '89, 3860 hrs ........................................

NH TR86, '85, 3245 hrs ........................................

NH 970, '03, 2020 hrs ..........................................

BEANHEADS & CORNHEAD

(4) CIH 2062, 36' Beanhead............................$49, (6) CIH 2020, 35' Beanhead............................$25, CIH 2020, 30' Beanhead ........................................

(21) CIH 1020, 30' Beanhead ..........................Star (13) CIH 1020, 25' Beanhead ..........................Star

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............$5,800 ...............$975 ..........$10,950 ..........$22,500 ,500 - $38,500 ,500 & $3,950 ............$1,900 ..........$23,500 ..........$10,750 ..........$56,500

FALL TILLAGE (3) CIH MRX690 Suboiler ..............................$18,900 - $28,500 (7) CIH 9300, 22.5' Subsoiler ........................$27,500 - $38,500 CIH 9300, 22' Subsoiler ..................................................$48,500 CIH 9300, 9 Shank Subsoiler ..........................................$26,500 (3) CIH 870, 22' Subsoiler ..............................$61,875 - $72,500 (2) CIH 870, 18' Subsoiler ............................$46,800 & $51,800 CIH 870, 14' Subsoiler ....................................................$35,000 CIH 730B Subsoiler ........................................................$23,500 (4) CIH 730C, 17.5' Subsoiler ........................$31,900 - $43,500 CIH 530B, 12.5' Subsoiler ............................$24,900 & $26,500 CIH 530C, 12.5' Subsoiler ..............................................$32,000 DMI 9300, 22' Subsoiler..................................................$29,500 (2) DMI 730B Subsoiler ................................$17,500 & $23,500 DMI 730B, 17.5' Subsoiler ..............................................$16,500 DMI 730B, 7' Subsoiler ..................................................$25,500 DMI 730, 17.5' Subsoiler ................................................$11,000 DMI 530B, 12.5' Subsoiler ..............................................$16,900 DMI 530 Subsoiler ..........................................................$16,500 (2) DMI Tiger II Subsoiler..................................$5,900 & $7,950 DMI Turbo T Subsoiler ......................................................$9,500 Bourgault 2200, 30' Subsoiler ........................................$92,400 (6) JD 2700 Subsoiler ....................................$20,000 - $41,000 JD 512, 9 Shank Subsoiler ..............................................$32,500 JD 512, 12.5' Subsoiler ..................................................$15,900 JD 510, 17.5' Subsoiler ..................................................$12,900 JD 510, 7 Shank Subsoiler ..............................................$11,500 JD 510, 5 Shank Subsoiler ..............................................$10,950 M & W 2900 Subsoiler ....................................................$19,900 M & W 2500 Subsoiler ....................................................$32,500 M & W 2200 Subsoiler ....................................................$19,500 M & W 1875 Subsoiler ....................................................$15,500 NH ST770, 7 Shank Subsoiler ........................................$24,900 (2) Sunflower 4412, 7 Shank Subsoiler ..............choice $32,000 Sunflower 4411, 5 Shank Subsoiler ................................$24,950 Wilrich V957DVR Subsoiler ............................................$36,900 Wilrich V957DDR Subsoiler ............................................$23,500

SKID LOADERS/RTV’s/EXCAVATORS Case 60XT, '04, 875 hrs ..................................................$16,500 Case 1840, '01, 4445 hrs ................................................$10,500 Case 1840, '93, 5100 hrs ..................................................$8,950 Case 1840, '91 ..................................................................$9,850 Case 1840, '91, 3840 hrs ..................................................$8,950 Case 1840, '90 ..................................................................$8,750 Case 1840, 4355 hrs........................................................$10,750 Case 1835B, 3150 hrs ......................................................$7,950 Case 1816C, '82, 1490 hrs ................................................$3,995 Case 430, '08, 3135 hrs ..................................................$21,900 Case 430, '06, 3095 hrs ..................................................$22,500 Case 420, '07, 1160 hrs ..................................................$16,900 Gehl 7810 Turbo, '04, 3215 hrs ......................................$34,500 Gehl 5640E, '08, 2975 hrs ..............................................$21,700 Gehl 5240, '08 ................................................................$22,900 Gehl 4625SX, 2845 hrs....................................................$10,500 Gehl 4825SX, '98, 5640 hrs ..............................................$8,500 Gehl 3935SX, '01, 1735 hrs ..............................................$9,950 Mustang 921, '92, 3650 hrs ..............................................$3,900 Case Maxi-C, '99, 745 hrs Excavator ..............................$13,500 JD 310D, 5495 hrs ..........................................................$29,500 JD Pro900, '03 Excavator ..................................................$3,900 Artic Cat Prowler, '11 ......................................................$12,750 Cub Cadet 4x4D Trail, '06 ..................................................$7,975 JD Gator, 6x4, '98, 900 hrs................................................$5,925 Kubota RTV900W, '05, 370 hrs ........................................$8,000 Steiner Hawk, '00 ..............................................................$3,250

MISCELLANEOUS Alloway 20' Shredder ......................................................$10,500 Balzer 5205M, 30' Shredder ..............................................$8,900 Balzer 520PT, 15' Shreder ................................................$8,500 JD 520, 20' Shredder ......................................................$18,500 JD 220, 20' Shredder ......................................................$11,500 JD 120, 20' Shredder ........................................................$7,500 (2) Loftness 264, 22' Shredder ..........................$8,000 $15,900 Loftness 2644SM54S Shredder ........................................$7,500 (2) Loftness 240, 20' Shredder......................$19,500 & $20,500 Loftness 180BS-HNG Shredder ........................................$6,500 (2) Loftness 20' Shredder..............................$14,000 & $19,500 Wilrich 22' Shredder........................................................$12,900 Wilrich 20' Shredder........................................................$10,900 Woods S20CD Shredder ..................................................$16,750 Woods 20' Shredder........................................................$12,500 Woods 15' Shredder........................................................$12,500 Field Queen 1408N Forage Box..........................................$3,000 (7) CIH 600 Forage Blower..................................$2,850 - $5,500 Gehl 1580 Forage Blower ..................................................$1,250 Ag Bag G6009 Forage Bagger..........................................$19,750 JD 450 Manure Spreader ..................................................$3,900 JD 350 Manure Spreader ..................................................$1,250 Kuhn 1224T Manure Spreader ..........................................$8,750 NH 357 GrindMixer............................................................$2,500 (2) Feterl 8x60 Auger ........................................$2,900 & $3,000 Feterl 8x56 Auger ..............................................................$1,350 GSI 10x31E Auger ............................................................$3,800 J & M Fert Auger ..................................................................$250 Unverferth 16' Auger ........................................................$1,200 Degelman 7200, 16' Blade ..............................................$27,000 Farm Star 72" Blade ..............................................................$345 Woods HBL84, 7' Blade........................................................$675 CIH 520 Loader..................................................................$6,500 IH 2000 Loader..................................................................$1,750 GB 800 Loader ..................................................................$1,500 Kubota LA514 Loader ........................................................$3,200 Bradford 240/316 Grav Box ..............................................$2,650 Huskee 225, 250 bu Grav Box ..........................................$2,300 Husky 225 ........................................................................$1,500 Killbros 500 Grav Box........................................................$4,500 Unverferth 325 bu Grav Box ..............................................$5,500 (2) Brent 1194 Grain Cart ....................................choice $41,500 Brent 1080 Grain Cart......................................................$26,500 Brent 672, 650 bu Grain Cart ..........................................$14,500 J & M 1326-22 Grain Cart ..............................................$50,900 Kinze 840 Grain Cart........................................................$15,500 Summers 60" Rockpicker ..................................................$3,500 Tractor Snowblower ..........................................................$1,695

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,000 - $49,500 ,000 - $37,500 ..........$24,500 rting at $3,550 rting at $7,900

FALL TILLAGE Continued DMI CCII, 14' Chisel Plow ................................................$4,500 DMI CCII, 12' Chisel Plow ................................................$4,500 White 445 Chisel Plow ......................................................$7,950 White 445, 13 Shank Chisel Plow......................................$7,950 JD 2800, 7 Bottom MB Plow ............................................$7,500 (2) CIH 110, 50' Crumbler ..............................$9,900 & $11,900 DMI 110, 40' Crumbler......................................................$9,500 DMI 50' Crumbler ............................................................$13,250 DMI 40' Crumbler ..............................................................$7,250 Flexicoil 38' Crumbler ........................................................$6,500 Summers 54' Crumbler ..................................................$24,000

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........$314,900 ........$349,950 ........$285,500 ........$279,000 ........$255,500 ........$265,000 ........$220,000 ........$192,500 ........$184,500 ........$149,500 ........$169,500 ........$157,500 ........$155,000 ........$159,000 ........$259,900 ........$231,000 ........$225,500 ........$245,500 ........$239,900 ........$207,900 ........$197,500 ........$195,500 ........$209,000 hoice $225,000 ........$217,500 ........$217,500 ........$220,000 ........$194,500 ........$169,500 ........$164,900 ........$149,000 ........$147,500 ........$135,000 ........$119,000 ........$115,000 ........$108,500 ........$103,500 ..........$94,500 ..........$99,500 ..........$89,000 ..........$87,900 ..........$89,500 ..........$89,500 ..........$93,500 ..........$98,500 ..........$92,500 ..........$79,500 ..........$85,500 ..........$65,500 ..........$69,500 ..........$69,500 ..........$39,500 ..........$52,500 ..........$39,500 ..........$39,500 ..........$26,500 ..........$39,500 ..........$29,500 ..........$33,900 ..........$30,000 ..........$26,500 ..........$25,000 ..........$19,500 ............$7,500 ..........$42,500 ..........$19,900 ........$159,500 ........$155,000 ........$115,000 ..........$69,500 ..........$36,500 ..........$69,500 ............$8,500 ........$179,500 ........$137,500 ..........$22,500 ..........$15,000 ........$139,000

BEAN/CORNHEADS Continued (4) CIH 1020, 22.5' Beanhead ............................$6,000 - $7,900 (5) CIH 1020, 20' Beanhead..............................$4,900 - $17,900 IH 820 Beanhead ..............................................................$1,500 Deutz Allis 320 Beanhead ..................................................$4,300 Gleaner 820 Beanhead ......................................................$9,950 JD 925, 25' Beanhead........................................................$5,950 Macdon 974, 35' Beanhead ............................................$48,500 NH 973, 25' Beanhead ......................................................$5,000 (23) NH 74C, 30' Beanhead ............................$19,500 - $29,900 (3) CIH 2612 Cornhead ..................................$79,000 - $83,500 (2) CIH 2608 Cornhead..................................$55,000 & $59,500 CIH 2412 Cornhead ........................................................$49,500 (3) CIH 2212 Cornhead ..................................$32,500 - $41,900 (8) CIH 2208 Cornhead ..................................$26,500 - $31,500 (2) CIH 1222 Cornhead ..................................$12,500 - $15,000 (13) CIH 1083 Cornhead ................................$10,500 - $21,000 (2) CIH 1063, 6R30 Cornhead................................choice $8,500 CIH 1043 Cornhead ..........................................................$4,900 CIH 1000, 12R22 Cornhead ............................................$16,900 (2) CIH 12R22 Cornhead ..............................$15,000 & $16,900 CIH 10R22 Cornhead ......................................................$15,500 CIH 9R22 Cornhead ........................................................$15,000 IH 12R22 Cornhead ........................................................$15,500 IH 983, 9R22 Cornhead ..................................................$11,500 (2) IH 963 Cornhead ..........................................$4,950 & $5,900 IH 944 Cornhead................................................................$2,500 Cat 1622 Cornhead ..........................................................$39,500 Clarke 922, 9R22 Cornhead ............................................$25,500 Cressoni 6R30 Cornhead ................................................$21,500 Drago 12R30 Cornhead ..................................................$87,500 (5) Drago 12R22 Cornhead ............................$52,500 - $84,500 (2) Drago 12R20 Cornhead............................$43,900 & $54,500 Drago 10R22 Cornhead ..................................................$65,500 (10) Drago 8R30 Cornhead ............................$38,500 - $53,500 Drago 8R22 Cornhead ....................................................$33,000 (3) Drago 6R30 Cornhead ..............................$43,900 - $45,000 (3) Geringhoff Roto Disc ................................$38,500 - $43,500 Geringhoff PC63 Cornhead ................................................$8,000 Gleaner Hugger Cornhead..................................................$9,950 Gleaner 830 Cornhead ....................................................$12,000 Gleaner 630 Cornhead ......................................................$5,500 Harvestec 4113C Cornhead ............................................$59,500 (4) Harvestec 8R30 Cornhead ........................$29,500 - $39,500 JD 1293, 16R22 Cornhead ..............................................$24,500 JD 1293, 12R30 Cornhead ..............................................$51,500 (2) JD 1290, 12R20 Cornhead ........................$7,900 & $12,500 JD 1092, 12R22 Cornhead ..............................................$23,500 (3) JD 893, 8R30 Cornhead ............................$17,500 - $29,500 JD 843 10R22 Cornhead ................................................$14,500 JD 843, 8R30 Cornhead ....................................................$7,500 JD 690, 6R30 Corhnead ..................................................$26,500 (2) JD 643 6R30 Cornhead................................$4,950 & $7,500 NH 98-C, 8R30 Cornhead ................................................$28,500 (3) NH 974 Cornhead ..........................................$4,500 - $5,500 (2) IH 810, 13' Pickup ..........................................$400 & $3,500 Gleaner 10' Pickup ............................................................$1,200 JD 100, 13' Pickup ..............................................................$350

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THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

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ABSOLUTE

Dealer Auction Thursday, March 24, 2011 • 9:30 a.m.

Noteboom Implement • 525 S Highway 281 • Corsica, SD Inventory Reduction Tractors: ‘07 JD 9620, 1250 hrs., PS, 800/70R38 w/duals; ‘06 JD 9220, 2752 hrs, PS, 520/85R42 w/duals; ‘04 JD 8520T, 3487 hrs, 25” belts, wide track; JD 7810 MFWD, PS; JD 7410 MFWD w/740 S.L. loader; JD 7800 MFWD; JF 4455, 2WD; JD 4255 MFWD; JD 8650; JD 4450, 2WD; JD 4640 w/new remand engine; JD 4430; ‘06 CIH MXU 135 MFWD, 2817 hrs., L.H. reverser, 18.4R42; ‘08 CIH Maxxum 140 Pro, MFWD, 1864 hrs, 18.4R42 w/duals; CIH 1086; Combines: ‘09 JD 9670 STS, 250 sep/389 eng hrs, chopper, 20.8x38 w;duals; ‘06 JD 9760 STS, 1675 sep/7660 eng hs, chopper, 20.8x38 w/duals; ‘95 JD 9600, 2900 eng., 18.4x38 w/duals; JD 9600, 2600 sep/, 18.4x38 w/duals; ‘94 JD 9500; ‘88 JD 7720 Titan II, 4609 hrs, 24.5x32; ‘80 JD 6620; Heads: (5) JD 930 flex; JD 930 ridig; (4) JD 925 flex; (2) JD 924 flex; JD 920 flex; JD 918 flex; JS 212 w/5 belt; Cornheads: JF 894; JD 643; JD 444; MF 1144; Planters: JD 1780, 24R20”; JD 1770, 24R30”, CCS; JD 1770, 24R30”; JD 1770, 16R30”; JD 7200, 12R30” wing fold; JD 7200, 8R36”, wing fold; JD 7000, 12R30”, frt fold; JD 7000, 8RW; Air Seeder: JD 1850, no till, 30’ w/7.5” spacing w/787 tow between air cart; JD 1850 no till, 42’ w/7.5” spacing w/787 tow between air cart; JD 1850 no till, 36’ w/10” spacing w/787 tow between air cart; JD 1860 no till, 36’ w/7.5” spacing w/1900 tow between air cart; Flexi-coil SCX 40 - 40’ no till w/7.5” spacing, all run monitor & NH SC 430 air cart; Drills: (2) JD 750 no till, 15’ w/7.5” spacing, G.S. & Houck 2 drill hitch; JD 750, 15’ no till w/7.5” spacing; 2 unit & 3 unit drill hitches, 30’ & 45’; Great Plains solid stand 30’ w/10” spacing; Hay & Forage Equipment: (7) JD 567 balers; (2) JD 566 balers; JD 535 baler; CIH RBX562 baler; CIH 8465 baler; NI 456 baler; (2) NH 1475 mower conditioners, 16’ & 18’; NH 116, 16’; NH 116, 12’; MacDon 5020, 16’ mower conditioner; JD 1600A, 16’ MoCo; JD 1600A, 14’ MoCo; (2) JD 1600, **16’ MoCo; JD 1600, 14’ Moco; 800 windrower; Rowse double 9’ sickle bar mower; JD Forage Harvesters: 6850, 2306 cutter hrs., 4x4, K.P.; 6750, 2687 eng. hrs., 4x4; 6810, 5655 hrs, 4x4; 3975; (2) 3970; 676 forage head; (4) 3R30” forage heads; Several Rakes; Tillage Equipment: (2) JD 637, 37’10” disks; Sunflower 1444, 40’ disk; CIH 496, 28’ disk; White 271, 26’ disk; Summers 80’ super harrow; Summer 72’ super harrow; Miscellaneous Equipment: ‘06 JD 325 skidloader, 2000 hrs, 2 spd w/84” bucket; CIH 3310 sprayer, 900 hrs, 1000 gal., 90’ booms, auto steer, 46”; AgChem 854 rogator w/90’ booms, Top Air TA1200 sprayer w/80’ boom; Summers 1000 gal. sprayer w/90’ boom; Wilrich/Blumhardt 1000 gal. sprayer w/85’ boom; Summers 800 gal. w/80’ boom; Hardi TR 1000, w/90’ boom; Schaben 3 pt., 750 gal. sprayer w/80’ booms; Parker 938 grain cart w/scale & tarp; Meyerink 600 bu. grain cart; (2) Richardton dump wagons; Haybuster 256+II bale processor; Brent 440 gravity box; Knight 3150 reel augie w/scale; Knight 2450 reel augie; Artsway 800B feeder wagon; Henke/Kwik mixer B2240 feed wagon; (2) Degelman 4600 dozer blades, 10’ & 12’; Asst. of Augers & Conveyors; Forklifts: International 7000; Allis Chalmers; Trucks: ‘94 Kenworth daycab, Cat, 13 spd, 449,963 miles; Ford F700 w/18’ steel box w/silage gate & hoist; Asst. of Parts & Attachments Including: PTO for 9400; 3 pt. for 8760; asst. front fenders; hood guards for large frame tractors; Planter & Drill Parts & Attachments; Asst. small engine parts, etc. Shop Equipment Including: AC reclaimer/recycle machines; Injector pump stand, 440; Honing machine; Sioux valve grinder; welders; pressure washers; (2) waste oil heaters; plus other miscellaneous items.

For a complete listing & photos go to: www.gehlingauction.com, or call Noteboom Implement 605-946-5444 or Gehling Auction Co. 507-765-2131.

Terms: JD Financing & Programs available to qualified buyers on qualified items. To prequalify, stop in at Noteboom Implement or call 605-946-5444 during normal business hours.

All other items cash or good check day of sale.

Website: www.gehlingauction.com Email: gehling@gehlingauction.com

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FOR SALE: ‘09 Brent 1082 FOR SALE: ‘87 Gleaner FOR SALE: IH 1680 com- #6100 White (8-36) Pull-Type bine, 800 hrs eng, many exPlanter (Hyd Pump) Vert grain cart, scale, tarp, diaR60, enclosed rotor, Mauer tras, exc; 1020 30’ head, Fold. Yetter Trash Whipmond tread tires, green in hopper extension, near 39K; 976 Vers 6000 hrs. pers/Coulters/Liq Inj Plus color, very low use, will new 30.5x32 tires. 320-352Chokio, MN 320-324-2689 Rear Hitch Plus 1000 Gal deliver, $37,000 OBO. 7926 Tank w/ Trailer. C-IH 1086 715-797-9510 Recent OH, CAH, Duals, FOR SALE: C-IH 1020, flex- FOR SALE: IH 810 5 belt Has Warranty. All Real head, beanhead, 30’ Crary FOR SALE: C-IH 1020 bean pickup head, very nice Good. 319-347-6282 Can Del air reel, field tracker, very head, 30’ Crary air reel, cond. 651-564-0606 daytime nice, new guards. $20,000. field tracker, about 3500 612-756-0106 acres on new 3” cutter bar, JD F925 Reel w/ hyd motor, no rock damage, very good like new cond. Ph 507-451FOR SALE: Combine Headshape, $18,000. 507-920-8442 7626 evenings. Owatonna er Transports. 2 Wheel, 4 Wheel & Caster Wheel FOR SALE: Gleaner L3 hymodels. Brackets sold sepdro straw chopper, w/320 arately to build your own. flex head, Crary cutting Satisfaction guaranteed! bar, new pipe reel, & 630 (320)563-4145 or (320)808-7644 cornhead. Brooten, MN Ask for Denny!

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NEW SUNFLOWER 1550 - 50 disc., 50’ - COMING IN APRIL

Customer Appreciation Day

TRACTORS • • • • • •

MF 8660, MFD, 225 PTO hp.

MF 6499, MFD, 180 PTO hp.

‘02 MF 481 platform ‘79 MF 4840, 4WD, 7655 hrs., 280 hp.

‘05 MF 451, 363 hrs., 45 hp. - Like New ‘93 Agco 5680, MFD, loader

COMBINES • • • • • • • • • •

‘10 MF 9695 ‘09 MF 9795, 282 hrs.

‘05 Challenger 670, 1476 hrs.

‘96 MF 8570, RWA, 2330 sep. hrs.

‘90 MF 8570, 2240 hrs.

‘77 MF 750 ‘82 MF 850, variable speed, 3535 hrs.

MF 9750 pu table MF 9120 beantable MF 1859 beantables, 15’, 18’, 20’

Come see new MF Tractors, Combines, Hay & Tillage Equipment

GRAIN HANDLING • • • • • • • • •

• • • • ‘08 Geringhoff 630, RD • • ‘03 Geringhoff 630, RD • • ‘94 Geringhoff 630, PC • • ‘91 Geringhoff 630, PC • ‘92 Gleaner 1222 hugger • • ‘94 Gleaner 830 hugger • • • ‘04 CIH 2206, HDP • ‘06 CIH 2208, 8R30” • CIH 922 GVL poly • ‘90 CIH 1083 • • JD 1022 • • ‘02 JD 893, knife rolls • • MF 9483 • • ‘96 MF 864 • • ‘99 NH 996, 12R20” • • ‘09 NH 98D, 18R20” • • ‘05 NH 98C, 12R20” •

CORNHEADS • ‘08 Geringhoff 1822, RD • ‘07 Geringhoff 1822, RD • ‘07 Geringhoff 1622, RD • ‘04 Geringhoff 1622, RD • ‘08 Geringhoff 1222, RD • ‘07 Geringhoff 1222, RD • ‘08 Geringhoff 1220, RD • ‘05 Geringhoff 1020, RD • ‘09 Geringhoff 830, RD • ‘08 Geringhoff 830, RD • ‘07 Geringhoff 830, RD • ‘05 Geringhoff 830, RD • ‘06 Geringhoff 830, RD • ‘00 Geringhoff 830, RD • ‘92 Geringhoff 830, PC • ‘05 Geringhoff 822, RD • ‘07 Geringhoff 820, RD

Wednesday, March 23rd Meal Served: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

10% Discount on all parts purchased that day.

Brandt 5200 EX grain vacs Brandt 1515 LP, 1535, 1545, 1585 Belt Conveyors Brandt 1390 HP swing • Brandt 10x35 auger Brandt 1080 swing hopper • Brandt 8x42 auger Brandt 8x47 auger • Feterl 10x60 auger, Parker 1348 grain cart, 1300 bu. PTO drive Parker 938 grain cart, 1000 bu.

Parker 505 gravity box, 550 bu., brakes Feterl 10x60 straight auger

HAY & LIVESTOCK Chandler litter spreader 22’&26’ MF 3743, manure spreader, 430 bu.

MF 2756A, baler, net wrap MF 1375, 15’ disk mower cond.

Sitrex DM5, DM6, DM7 disc mowers Sitrex RP5 3 pt. wheel rake Sitrex MK12 & MK 14 wheel rakes Sitrex 10 & 12 wheel rakes on cart Westendorf 3 pt. bale spear

MISCELLANEOUS Krause 4241 field cult., 44’ JD 220 stalk chopper Balzer 22’ stalk chopper Balzer 20’ stalk chopper Leon rock picker, reel type Loftness 30’ stalk chopper, SM (5) Mauer 28’ to 42’ header trailers WRS 30’ header trailer

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• White 8524-22 planter • Westfield 10x71 hopper • Westfield 10x60 hopper • Feterl 8x60 hopper • Wilrich 614, 30’ disc • Wishek 862, 38’ disc • Wishek 862, 30’ disc • Wishek 862, 26’ disc • Wishek 862, 22’ disc • White 271, 21’ disc • Riteway 52’ coil packer • DMI 45’ crumbler • DMI 40’ crumbler • Pickett thinner, 24-22 • Alloway 22’ shredder, (2) • Balzer 20’ shredder • UTF 760 grain cart • ‘09 Salford 570, 41’ • ‘09 JD 2700, 7-30/harrow • Wilrich 957, 7-30/harrow • (2) JD 510, 7-30

• Brillion Land Commander, 7-24 • Wilrich QuadX 60’ w/rolling basket • ‘05 JD 2210, 42’ w/harrow • JD 980, 44’ F.C. w/harrow • JD 1060, 54’ w/harrow • Wilrich 3400, 54’ F.C. w/harrow • IH 4900, 48’ • IH 4900, 40’ • Hardi 6600, 132’ • Hardi Nav. 1000, 66’ • Hardi HC950, 90’ • Blumhardt 750, 60’ • Spray Coupe 220, 60’ • ‘10 Amity 12-22, (2) • Amity 8-22, (3) • Amity 6-22 • ‘09 Artsway 6812, 12-22 • ‘08 Artsway 6812, 12-22 • ‘05 Artsway 6812, 12-22 • Artsway 898, 8-22, (2) • Amity 12-22 topper • Amity 12-22 topper St. Ft., (2) • Artsway 12-22 topper St. Ft., (2) • Alloway 12-22 topper St. Ft., (2) • Alloway 12-22 folding topper, (3) • Alloway 9-22 topper

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‘05 JD 9660, 700 sep. hrs...................$145,000 ‘06 JD 8530, 3900 hrs. ........................$158,500 ‘01 JD 8410, 6500 hrs., new belts, AT ready ................................................$85,000 ‘95 Ford 9680, 4600 hrs. ......................$64,000 ‘78 JD 2940, MFWD w/loader ..............$18,500 ‘93 JD 410D backhoes, cab 4x4, ext-hoe ..................................................$28,000 ‘08 Krause Dominator, 18’ ..................$42,000 ‘08 Challenger 965B, 800 hrs............$199,500 ‘06 Lexion 590R, 950 sep. hrs ..........$170,000 ‘98 JD 1770, 24-30 planter, E sets, airforce trash whippers ..........................$61,000 ‘00 Hagie STS12....................................$85,000

We pay top dollar for your damaged grain.

We are experienced handlers of your wet, dry, burnt and mixed grains.

Trucks and Vacs available.

Immediate response anywhere.

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TRACTORS

‘05 JD 2210 field cult, 55’, 111 shanks, harrow ..............................$52,000 JD 960 field cult, 30’, 59 shanks, harrow ..........................................$5,500 ‘91 JD 960 field cult, 40’, 4” shovels, harrow ....................................$4,500 ‘95 JD 980 field cult, 44’6”, hyd, 89 shanks ....................................$14,900 ‘96 JD 980 field cult, 25’6”, fold, 51 shanks ....................................$14,900 ‘97 JD 980 field cutl, 38’6”, 77 shanks, harrow ..............................$15,950 09 JD 2510H anhydrous applicator ......................................................CALL Flexicoil 30 coil packers, 30’, hyd fold ..............................................$6,000 JD 200 seedbed finisher, 39’ ............................................................$10,250 ‘10 JD 200 seedbed finisher ................................................................CALL ‘08 Salford 24RTS residue tilage tool, 24’ ......................................$38,000 ‘09 Salford RTS41 residue tillage tool, 41’ ......................................$74,500 ‘10 Salford RTS41 RTS, 41’ ............................................................$79,500 ‘10 Salford RTS50-5 residue tillage tool, 50’ ..................................$94,500

PLANTERS

SPRING TILLAGE CS/IH 4300 field cult, 24’6”, 7” points, harrow ................................$10,500 JD 1060 field cult, 54’6”, 7” shovels, harrow ....................................$7,500

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‘08 JD 9230, 4WD, 325 hp., ‘08 JD 9630, 4WD, 530 hp., 380-90R54, 5 hyds., 1312 hrs.

850-55R42, 4 hyds., 922 hrs. ....................................$179,000 ....................................$255,000

JD 750, Drill, 15’, 10” spacing ........................................................$13,900 ‘03 JD 1770, 120 hrs, 24R30, mechanical drive..............................$72,000 ‘97 JD 1770, 16R30, front fold, vacuum ........................................$44,900 JD 7100, 12R30, vertical fold, monitor..............................................$7,500 JD 7100, 12R30, 3 pt, mounted, monitor ..........................................$7,500 ‘95 JD 7200, 24R30, front fold, vacuum ........................................$34,000 JD 7300, 18R22, vacuum, monitor..................................................$20,000 JD 7300, 24R22, monitor ................................................................$36,000 JD Assist, lift assist, single, 16-row......................................................$500 ‘09 JD DB44, 24R22, pull type, vacuum........................................$132,500 ‘07 JD DB88, 48R22, CCS, 3 variable drives ................................$209,000 K&M, 24R22, 3 bu, liquid fert..........................................................$32,000 ‘02 Kinze, 12R30, pull type..............................................................$56,900 ‘06 White 8524, 24R22, pull type....................................................$79,500

Planting Equipment Corn Planters: 3600 Kinze 16R w/ int; 3700 Kinze 24R30”; 3200 Kinze 12R30” Call Harold @ 515-272-4538

NEW J&M 375 Speed Tender Seed Transports w/or w/o Scale

‘90 JD 8560, 4WD, 18.4x38, 24- ‘95 JD 8770, 4WD, 300 hp., spd., 3 hyds., 4600 hrs. $52,000 520-42, 3 hyds., 4980 hrs. ......................................$68,500

CS/IH 460, 2WD, 8460 hrs, 60 hp, 15.5x38, 5-spd, 2 hyds ..............$4,250 Ford 3400, 2WD, 48 hp, 13.6x28, loader, 1 hyd................................$6,950 ‘67 JD 2510, 2WD, 5464 hrs, 50 hp, 15.5x38, 1 hyd ........................$5,500 ‘06 JD 3120, 4WD, 350 hrs, 29.5 hp, loader, 61” bucket, 1 hyd ....$19,250 ‘66 JD 4020, 2WD, 10,090 hrs, 95 hp, 18.4x34, 1 hyd, cab ..........$10,000 ‘76 JD 4230, 2WD, 7680 hrs, 100 hp, 14.9x38, 2 hyds ..................$16,500 ‘84 JD 4250, MFWD, 9450 hrs, 120 hp, 18.4R38, 4 hyds ..............$31,900 ‘83 JD 4450, MFWD, 10,625 hrs, 140 hp, 18.4x38, 2 hyds ............$33,000 ‘90 JD 4555, MFWD, 7760 hrs, 157 hp, 14.9x46, 3 hyds ..............$42,500 ‘75 JD 4630, 2WD, 7827 hrs, 150 hp, 18.4x38, 2 hyds ..................$16,900 ‘93 JD 4760, MFWD, 9986 hrs, 175 hp, 14.9x46, 3 hyds ..............$44,950 ‘89 JD 4955, 2WD, 200 hp, 14.9x46, 3 hyds ..................................$37,500 ‘98 JD 5210, 2WD, 2753 hrs, 45 hp, 13.6x28, 9-spd, 1 hyd ..........$12,900 ‘93 JD 6400, MFWD, 85 hp, 18.5x38, loader, 2 hyds ......................$27,500 ‘08 JD 6603, MFWD, 118 hrs, 95 hp, 18.4x38, 2 hyds ..................$31,000 ‘08 JD 6603, MFWD, 359 hrs, 109 hp, 18.4x38, 2 hyds ................$35,000 ‘07 JD 7430, MFWD, 140 hp, 480-80-42, loader, 3 hyds ................$95,000 ‘07 JD 8130, MFWD, 1582 hrs, 180 hp, 380-90-50, 4 hyds ........$132,500 ‘99 JD 8970, MFWD, 3690 hrs, 210 hp, 380-90-50, triples ............$74,950 4WD’s ‘96 JD 8870, 4668 hrs, 350 hp, 710-38, 3 hyds..............................$74,000 ‘01 JD 9400, 4055 hrs, 425 hp, 710-70R38, 4 hyds ....................$110,000 ‘02 JD 9420, 2493 hrs, 425 hp, 710-70R42..................................$155,000 ‘09 JD 9430, 690 hrs, 425 hp, 800-38, 4 hyds..............................$222,000 ‘04 JD 9520, 8447 hrs, 450 hp, 710-42, 4 hyds ..........................$122,000 ‘09 JD 9630, 2443 hrs, 530 hp, 800-70R38, 4 hyds ....................$217,500 ‘09 JD 9630, 506 hrs, 350 hp, 800-70R38, 4 hyds ......................$262,000 ‘07 JD 9630, 1426 hrs, 530 hp, 800-70R38..................................$240,000 ‘02 JD 9520T, 4151 hrs, Track, 36”, radar, wide drawbar..............$140,000 ‘09 JD 9530T, 406 hrs, Track, 36”, 475 hp, 4 hyds ......................$272,500 ‘84 Steiger, 197 hp, 18.4x38, 4 hyds ..............................................$21,500

Planting Equipment 7200 JD 8RN, no till, vac planter, trash whippers.

‘91 "last yr", liquid fert, w/pumps, field ready, nice! $11,500. 715-223-3664

‘09 JD 8320T, Track, 320 hp., ‘04 NH TG255, MFWD, 38024” tracks, 4 hyds., 522 hrs.

90R50, triples, 5 hyds., 3167 hrs. ....................................$215,000 ....................................$102,500

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MISCELLANEOUS AG EQUIPMENT ‘10 AFAB fuel trailer, 750 gal, electric pump ......................................$7,950 ‘95 NH 1475 MoCo, 16’, 1000 PTO, hydra swing ..............................$8,950 ‘03 NH 1475 MoCo, 16’, swing tongue............................................$12,500 ‘05 JD 567 round baler, 1000 PTO, mega wide................................$19,500 ‘98 JD 566 round baler, 540 PTO, 61” width pickup........................$14,950 ‘08 JD 568 round baler, surface wrap, single axle ..........................$34,500 Bush Hog rotary cutter, 20’, pull type ..............................................$14,900 Friezen seed tender trailer, 240 bu, 2 axle ......................................$13,800 Hardi sprayer, 1000 gal tank, 60’ boom ..........................................$13,900 ‘01 Redball sprayer, 1350 gal, 90’ boom ........................................$16,900 Hardi sprayer, 1500 gal, 120’ boom ................................................$43,500 ‘07 Blumhardt sprayer, 500 gal, 60’ boom ........................................$4,995

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT Yanmar Mini-Excavator, ROPs, push blade ......................................$31,500 (2) ‘08 JD 1810E Scraper, 18 yd, ejector ..............................................CALL ‘06 JD 1810E Scraper, 18 yd, ejector ..............................................$59,500 ‘05 Ashland Scraper, 18 yd, ejector, 10’ cut ....................................$39,900 Gehl SL3825 Skid, 33.5 hp, 27x8.5-15, 72” bucket ..........................$8,900 ‘10 JD 315 Skid, 49 hp, power quick tach, 60” bucket ........................CALL ‘08 JD 325 Skid, 195 hrs, 76 hp, cab, 24-spd, 78” bucket ..............$31,900 ‘05 JD 325 Skid, 76 hp, cab, 78” bucket..........................................$28,500 ‘09 JD 332 Skid, cab, 2-spd, 84” bucket..........................................$39,000 ‘10 JD 318D Skid, 9 hrs........................................................................CALL ‘10 JD 320D Skid, cab, 76” bucket ..................................................$31,250 ‘10 JD 326D Skid, 2-spd, cab, 84” bucket ......................................$35,900 ‘06 JD CT322 Skid, 1984 hrs, 69 hp, 12.6” tracks, cab ..................$29,500 ‘06 JD CT322 Skid, 1410 hrs, 69 hp, 18” tracks, 84” bucket ..........$35,900 ‘07 JD CT332 Skid, 82 hp, 18” tracks, cab, 84” bucket ..................$49,995 ‘06 JD CT332 Skid, 1080 hrs, 82 hp, 18” tracks, 84” bucket ..........$41,000 ‘06 JD CT332 Skid, 2188 hrs, 82 hp, 18” tracks, cab ......................$32,750 ‘90 Bobcat 642B Skid, 32 hp, gas, 60” bucket ..................................$6,950

Complete Used Equipment Listing with Photos at: www.haugimp.com

E Hwy 12 - Willmar 320-235-8115 Hwy 24 - Litchfield 320-693-2438 www.haugimp.com

NEW EQUIPMENT Kuhn 500 & 600 Disc Mowers Westendorf T425 Wagons Hutchinson Augers Kuhn SR 110 Rakes Universal 1535 Conveyor J&M 1000 - 20 Auger Cart Endura Plas Poly Tanks

USED EQUIPMENT Deutz 7145 Deutz 7085

Deutz 7110 Allis Chalmers 8550 - Coming In Allis Chalmers 8050 Oliver 770 Oliver 880 Deutz 10006 Ford 4400 loader (2) White 135 New Holland 8870 - Coming In Ford 2000 #1400 D-A 27’ field cultivator 12 row #900 planter

A & P Service, Inc. Wells, MN • (507) 553-3245 ~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~ • Port-A-Hut Shelters (Many Sizes) • Smidley & Vern’s Portable Calf Creeps • Bergman Cattle Feeders • Lorenz & Farm King Snowblowers • Mandako Land Rollers, 12’-60’ • GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu.

• Smidley Steer Stuffers & Hog Equip.

• Sheep & Calf Feeders • Sioux Calving Pens • Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg. • Powder River Crowding Tub & Alley • Mister Squeeze Cattle Chutes & Hd. Gates • Wishek Discs • Notch Land Levelers & Rock Buckets • Garfield Earth Scrapers • MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders • Powder River Livestock Equipment • Powder River Horse Equipment • Sioux Haymax Feeders & Gates • Notch Feeders, Bale & Silage • Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’ • Jari Sickle Mowers • Grasshopper Lawn Mowers • “Tire” feeders & waterers

• We Also Buy & Sell Used GT Tox-O-Wic Dryers Or We Can Rebuild Your Dryer For You

• MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor for skidsteers, tractors, loaders or telehandlers • Good Stock of parts for GT Tox-O-Wic Grain Dryers, Also, Some Used Parts • Sitrex Wheel Rakes - MX Model In Stock • Brillion Alfalfa & Grass Seeders • Bale Baskets • SI Feeders & Bunks • Enduraplas Bale Feeders, Panels & Tanks • Notch Feeders & Bunks • E-Z Trail Wagons, Boxes & Grain Carts • Notch Bale Trailers • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns • R&C Poly Bale Feeders • Hiniker Stalk Shredders • Farm King Augers and Mowers • Corral Panels & Horse Stalls • Smidley & Bohlman Livestock Waterers • EZ-Trail Head Movers & Bale Racks • Roda 25, 50 & 85 bu. Mini-Spreaders • Sioux Cattle Equipment • Amish Built Oak bunk feeders & bale racks • Walco log splitter • Goat & Sheep feeders

• We Buy & Sell Used Smidley Steer Stuffers Or We Can Rebuild Your Steer Stuffer For You

~ USED EQUIPMENT ~ • 225 bu. Meyers spreader, poly board box & hyd. endgate, V.G. • JD BWF 20’ disk w/duals, 20”-21” disks, Exc. • ‘10 Mandako 45’ land roller, 1500 acres • 842 Wishek 14’ Disc, 30” blades, 3 yrs old, Exc. • Westgo hyd. rock picker

• Farm Hand tub grinder • 5600 Brady 15’ Windrower Shredder • 10”x70’ Farm King Auger w/swing hopper, Exc. • #580 GT Tox-O-Wic PTO dryer • Smidley 100 bu. steer stuffer, Like New

We have 15 acres of new and used short-line farm and livestock equip. Sales Lot, Hwy. 7 E., Hutchinson, MN. We will sell machinery on consignment for you. • We buy good used clean short-line equip.

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Office Location - 305 Bluff Street Hutchinson, MN 55350

320-587-2162, Ask for Larry

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SALE TIME: 10:00 AM

LOCATION: Steffes Auctioneers Facility, 24400 MN Hwy. 22 South, Litchfield, MN AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Live Online Bidding available on major equipment. Registration and details online at www.steffesauctioneers.com.

Contact auctioneers for owner information, new consignments or changes (320) 693-9371.

J&M gravity box, 250 bu., tarp, Christianson seed blower (2) Parker 2600 gravity wagons, (1) w/roll tarp, auger, and center divider DRILLS Great Plains no till drill, 20', solid stand, 11" spacing, center pivot hitch Case-IH 5400 drill, 20', 6" space, 3 pt., front gauge wheels, markers, S/N441592 1988 JD 520 drill, 20', 10" spacing, 3 pt., markers JD 520 drill, 20', 10" spacing, markers, V-closing wheels IHC 6200 drill, 36', 6" spacing, fertilizer attachment, Erskine transport IHC drill, 10', grass seeder, pull-type, on rubber PLANTERS 2004 JD 1770NT MaxEmerge Plus, 16x30”, fertilizer frame, row cleaners, pneumatic down pressure, 3 bu. boxes, markers, 300 acres on new openers, seed firmers, liquid fertilizer, 600 gal. poly tank, ground drive pump, original brown box display/monitor, always shedded JD planter, 24x22", more-built stack fold bar, Rossen hyd. drive, seed firmers, liquid fert., PTO hyd. pump, (4) vacuum units, Red Ball monitors, (2) front, (4) rear gauge wheels, heavy duty down pressure springs, JD 250 monitor, corn & bean discs JD 7300 planter, 16x22", no monitor, 1.6 bu. plastic boxes, lift assist, radial bean meters, finger unit 1990 JD 7300 planter, vacumeter, 12x30", liquid fertilizer, 250 monitor, dribble tubes, piston pump, 3 bu. boxes, vertical fold, 3 pt., bean plates JD 7100 planter, 12x30", liquid fertilizer, insecticide, lift assist, monitor, Kinze bean meters, finger pickup, S/N028894A JD 7000 planter, 12x30", liquid fertilizer 1996 White planter, 24x30" on Friesen bar, 6000 Series units, liquid fertilizer, hyd. drive, Dickey John 3000 monitor, possible elec. problems w/lift mechanism White 6100 planter, 12x30", liquid fertilizer, 3000 monitor, double disc openers, trash whippers, 1.6 bu. boxes, squeeze pump, vertical fold, S/N004626 Case-IH 950 Cyclo planter, 12x30", pull-type, vertical fold, Yetter trash whippers, Dawn row cleaners, drawbar hitch, corn & bean drums, 1 season on new wiring harness, S/N27030 IHC 800 planter, 6x30", liquid fertilizer JD 7000 planter, 4x36" planter, dry fertilizer, markers, insecticide boxes, monitor FIELD CULTIVATORS JD 960 field cultivator, 41', wing fold, 3-bar harrow JD 960 field cultivator, 35', black shank 3-bar coil tine harrow, knock-on shovels JD 960 field cultivator, 241⁄2', wing fold, 3-bar harrow JD 1010 field cultivator, 35', 3-bar coil tine harrow JD 1000 field cultivator, 28', 3-bar harrow, coil tine teeth, new axle bushings, S/N11422 Wil-Rich field cultivator, 45', 3-bar harrow, spray attachment, 500 gal. tank Hiniker 3300 field cultivator, 34', 5-bar coil tine harrow, tandems on main frame & wings White 227 field cultivator, 30', spike tooth harrow, new shovels IHC 45 field cultivator, 24', hyd. fold, 3-bar coil tine harrow, S/N8484 Calkins pull-type cultivator, 12', no cylinder CHISEL PLOWS JD 610 pull-type chisel plow, 15', new shovels IHC 55 chisel plow, 17 shank, pull-type JD 100 chisel plow, 14 shank, 3 pt., leveler Stanhoist chisel plow, 3 pt., 12'

OTHER TILLAGE EQUIPMENT IHC 800 high clearance pull-type plow, 9x18", auto reset, coulters, nice condition JD 722 mulch finisher, 22’ Summers crumbler, 30’, rolling baskets, pullbehind, wing-fold Case-IH 6500 disc chisel, 13', 11 shank, hyd. lift gangs, dual spring reset, 11L-15 tires, S/N0013145 Glencoe Soil Saver disc chisel, 15', spring reset, spring gangs, 11L-15 rubber, S/N163916 Glencoe Soil Saver disc chisel, 11 shank IHC 480 disc, 22', manual flip over wing Massey disc, 17', like new blades Lindsay spring tooth harrow, 50' McFarlane hyd. fold spike tooth harrow, 48', 8-section, 8 rank Pull-type harrow, 5-section, spike tooth SEMI TRACTORS 1995 Mack RD, day cab, 350 Mack, 9 spd., spring ride, wet kit, aluminum wheels, 24.5 rubber, 450,000 miles 2000 IHC 9900I, Pro Sleeper, N14 Plus Cummins, Eaton Fuller 13 spd., 435 hp., diff. lock, jake brake, tire chains, 275/80R24.5 radial tires on aluminum rims, includes $6,000 in work orders on front end, shows 1,150,555 miles 1996 Kenworth T800, flattop sleeper, C12 Cat, 325 hp., engine brake, 10 spd., air ride, cruise, A/C, CD, 4:10 ratio, 11R22.5s on aluminum, recent overhaul, approx. 1,135,000 miles 1994 Freightliner FLD 120, sleeper, 3176 Cat, 350 hp., Rockwell 9 spd., diff. lock, air ride, aluminum tank, all new exhaust, heated mirrors, 11R24.5 on steel Buds, 80% drive tires, shows 591,159 miles TRUCKS, PICKUP & SUV 1996 IHC 8100 twin screw, M11 Cummins, 10 spd., 22' box, 11R22.5 tires 1977 Chevrolet C65 twin screw, 427 gas, automatic, 20' box & hoist, combo endgate, 9:00-20 rubber, 80%, 128,000 miles Chevrolet C60, V8 gas, 5&2 spd., 16' box & hoist, new 10.00-20 rubber 1997 Ford Super Duty, 7.3 diesel, manual, 9' flatbed, 24" aluminum Back-Pak tool box, 235/85R16 rubber on Bud wheels 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, 6 cyl., automatic, 4WD, 4 door, power everything, alloy wheels, new brakes & exhaust, 140,000 miles TRAILERS 1997 S&S livestock trailer, 20', tandem axle, sliding divider (2) Dorsey dry van trailers, 28', spring ride, side doors, rear folding doors, working reefer units, 22.5 rubber on steel Budds Utility reefer trailer, 48'x102", aluminum floor Reefer trailer, 28', spring ride Reefer trailer, 28', Whisper III Thermoking, spring ride Shop-built tandem axle header trailer, 36' Trailer dolly, 5th wheel hitch, spring ride, 22.5 rubber on steel Budds CHEMICAL & NH3 EQUIPMENT Chevrolet C65 spray truck, V8 gas, 5&2 spd., Raven 440 control, 90' boom, 1,000 gal. stainless tank, foamer, 14.00-24 rubber Ag Chem NH3 bar, 12 row, end pull MOWER CONDITIONERS NH 2300 Series mower conditioner, 16' w/adapter to fit TV140, field ready NH 1475 mower conditioner, 2300 Series, 16', 1000 PTO, field ready NH 498 mower conditioner, 9', new wobble box NH 492 mower conditioner, 9'

BALERS 2009 NH BB9060 square baler, 3x3, Phiber accumulator, Lincoln auto luber & auto oiler, roller chute, tandem steerable axle, color & black and white monitors, approx. 12,000 bales 2007 MF 2050 square baler, 3x3, HarvestTec preservative applicator, Lincoln auto luber, roller chute, approx. 20,000 bales 1999 JD 100 medium square baler, tandem axles, all hyd., last bale eject, Harvest Tec preservative applicator w/monitor, auto flow preserve, 3 bale Phiber accumulator, updated monitor, always shedded, 35,000 bales 2006 JD 567 Silage Special, MegaWide premium pkg., high moisture kit, surface wrap, 6,912 bales 2002 JD 567 round baler, monitor, 3,333 bales JD 535 round baler, monitor, net wrap, 1 owner, 15,000 bales 2000 JD 466 round baler, twine baler, monitor NH 644 round baler, 4x5 bales, 540 PTO, auto tie, good belts Vermeer 605 Super J round baler, $3,500 in work orders from 1/31/11, S/N605SJ JD 348 square baler w/green pickup JD 336 small square baler w/ejector OTHER HAY EQUIPMENT JD 894 side delivery rake (2) small bale racks, 16', on 4-wheel gear LIVESTOCK & FORAGE EQUIPMENT H&S MS235HE manure spreader, 540 PTO, 2 spd. unload, poly floor & sides, slop gate, T-rod apron, new, never used, S/N903265 Farmhand F900 tub grinder, 1000 PTO, 2 extra screens, new tires Gehl MX170 grinder/mixer, scale, 7' auger ext., elec. unload controls NH 782 forage chopper, electric controls, corn head and hay pickup Gehl 1315 Scavenger spreader, tandem axle, flotation tires, S/N6670 Gehl 1312 Scavenger spreader, single axle Meyer 3245R spreader, tandem axle, flotation tires NH 3118 manure spreader, tandem axle, front unload, 1000 PTO, 445/85R22.5 rubber NH 680 tandem manure spreader, hyd. endgate Badger 1500 liquid manure tank, PTO pump, tandem axle, hyd. rear door Badger manure pit pump on transport (3) Gehl silage boxes, (2) 16', (1) 14', front unload, HD MN & Gehl running gear IHC 56 silo blower Manure auger, 40’x18”, electric motor drive, less motor, poly lined, new, never used Central City cattle scale, Weigh-Tronix 4 load cell scale, 12v or 110v, slide gate WW squeeze cattle chute w/transport, rebuilt Cattle lick tank Pallet of fencing wire w/electric motor (2) sets Agri Speed HD hitches Kools gooseneck, 9” BULK BINS Schuld 4 ton bulk bin w/auger, 4" Schuld 7 ton bulk bin SEED TENDERS Convey-All BT 240 seed tender, gas engine, hyd. belt conveyor, S/N96-333 System One Feed Jet II seed tender, twin 150 bu. poly tanks, 11 hp. seed vacuum, on tandem axle trailer Bradford boxes, (2) 250 bu., plastic brush auger used for seed tender with flip over top

TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. AUCTIONEERS AND CLERK: Steffes Auctioneers Inc., 24400 MN Hwy 22 S, Litchfield MN 55355. (320) 693-9371.

Scott Steffes MN14-51, Brad Olstad MN14-70, Bob Steffes MN14-09, Ashley Huhn MN47-002, Eric Gabrielson MN47-006, Randy Kath MN47-001

OTHER EQUIPMENT JD 155 blade, 6-way, 3 pt., hyd., 10' bolt on cutting edge Crown rockpicker, hyd. fork style, S/NCR71 Schulte reel-type rockpicker, 6' Butler fan, 27" with burner TANKS Demco saddle tanks, (2) 250 gal., factory 8000 Series JD mounts E&T saddle tanks, (2) 250 gal., factory 8000 Series JD mounts Ag-Chem saddle tanks, (2) 400 gal., outside mounts, for JD 8000 Series track tractors w/all hardware 1,000 gal. steel tank on 4-wheel gear, for fuel or water 500 gal. diesel tank SHOP ITEMS Uni-Hydro Ironworker punch turret, 3 phase, 40 ton, complete factory rebuild, S/N3FT2687X Miller Bobcat 225G welder/generator, 8000 watt, Onan motor, on cart WinPower 45 generator on transport Yale chain hoist, air-operated I121210M paint booth, 12'x10'x12' w/34" exhaust and fan (2) work platforms, 3' tall (5) Motorola mobile radios Manual pipe threader w/dies and pipe cutter Grease guns PARTS (12) Yetter row cleaners, shark tooth, Case-IH 1200 mount, less than 1,500 acres (24) JD single disc fertilizer openers (12) Yetter no till coulters, (4) Ag-Systems no till coulters, all mounting hardware (10) Accessories Unlimited 50 hp. gear boxes (10) Accessories Unlimited PTO shafts for 540 hookup Year Around cab, fits JD 4010-4020, good glass Agco planters, low acres Misc. hyd. cylinders, PTO shafts, pipe fittings, & numerous sprayer parts Many new parts for baler & accumulator, technical manual Complete set of Ford 8970 repair & parts manuals TIRES New complete set of 18.4-42 tires & rims, fits JD 70 Series combine, came off 9870 Set of 18.4-30 rear JD combine rice & cane tires on rims, 95% Firestones 18.4-30 tires w/8 bolt JD rims, 95% Goodyear 480/80R42 tires w/10 bolt JD rims, new Goodyear 480/80R42 tires w/10 bolt JD rims, new (4) 14.9R46 Titan tires on 10 bolt rims Pair 12.4-42 Titan tires, like new Pair 18.4-38 tires on 10 bolt rims Pair 18.4-42 tires on 38" step-up rims Pair 20.8-38 tires on JD rims 18.4-34 band duals Pair 380/90R50 on 10 bolt rims, 80% (4) 320/90R/46 Titan tires on rims w/walking tandem for a Redball sprayer LAWN & MISC. ITEMS Power Pro riding lawn tractor, 42”, Briggs 18 hp.

Craftsman weedeater, gas Ice auger, electric (2) ice augers, gas

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

1978 JD 4440, CAH, quad range, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 18.4-38 rubber, 2,825 hrs. 4440H012686R 1982 JD 4040, CAH, powershift, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 18.4-38 rubber, 80%, 9,889 hrs.

1968 JD 4020, wide front, diesel, syncro, top link, 1 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 18.4-34 rubber, 80%, 8,062 hrs.

1965 JD 4020, diesel, JD cab, powershift, 2 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4-34, S/N98902 JD 4010, wide front, diesel, syncro, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 16.9-38 tires, JD 48 loader 1971 JD 4000, wide front, side console, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, fenders, 18.4-34 rubber, shows 941 hrs.

JD 3020, diesel, narrow front, syncro range, 1 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, New Idea loader Case-IH 2294, CAH, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 18.4-38, 60% rubber, 5,043 hrs., S/N16230436 1994 Case-IH 695, 2WD, ROPS, 2 hyd., 3 pt., dual PTO, 18.4-30 rubber, 80%, 1 owner, 2,000 hrs.

1976 White 2-105, CAH, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, rock box, hub duals, 18.4-34 Firestone rubber, 80%, 3,663 hrs., S/N271941 1962 Oliver 1600, 2WD, gas, 1 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, flat top fenders, 15.9-38 rubber, 30%, 3,450 hrs.

IH Farmall 756, gas, wide front, 2 rear mounts, 540/1000 PTO, fast hitch, good TA, 18.4-34 rubber, 212 hrs. on OH 1940 IHC Farmall H, narrow front, 13.6-38 rubber JD 640 self-leveling loader, quick tach, good bucket w/cut edge, includes bale spear Ford 9N, 3 pt., PTO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 1999 NH LM430 telehandler, 4x4, CAH, 4 wheel steer, 6,000 lb., 21' reach, 3,053 hrs.

1991 Dresser 850 grader, Cummins, Allison automatic, 6 spd., all wheel drive, 14' blade, 12' wing, shedded and serviced, township owned, 4,692 hrs.

Clark GCX26 forklift, LP gas, side shift, 4500 lbs., 3-stage mast SKID STEER LOADER & ATTACHMENTS 2004 NH LS170 skid steer loader, aux. hyd., high flow hyd., new tires, 2,100 hrs., S/N172279 (2) 2010 Accessories Unlimited snowblowers, 72", 2 stage (10) Accessories Unlimited pallet forks, 4,000 lb.

(10) Accessories Unlimited universal quick tach plates Set of forklift forks (3) sets Bobcat rubber tracks, fit T-250, T-300, and T-320, new Rock/silage bucket, 6', 4-tine grapple HARVEST EQUIPMENT 2004 NH CR970, twin rotor, Terrain Tracer, variable speed feeder house drive, twin chaff spreader, rock trap, auto sieve adj., Yield & Moisture, ext. wear package, air compressor, 900/60R/32, 600/65R28 rears, 2,165 sep. hrs., 3,018 engine hrs., S/NHAJ101398 JD 3960 forage harvester w/3 row 30” corn head & pickup head 2005 NH 84C flex draper head, 36', poly, integrated transport, NH adapter, S/NPPP001098 2004 JD 630F flex head, 30', hyd. fore/aft, stubble lights, 50 Series hookup, S/NH00630F706896 GRAIN CARTS & GRAVITY BOXES A&L 456 grain cart, scale, 540 PTO, 24.5-32 rubber, nice condition, 1 season on new gear box Kinze grain cart, 600 bu.

JD 1210A grain cart, 400 bu., hyd. fold auger, 1819.5 flotation tires, S/N7720 JD 1210 grain cart, 400 bu., 315/80R22.5 tires, updated to 1210A, S/N834 M&W gravity box, 400 bu.

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ROBERT LOEW ESTATE 1989 GMC 7000 dump truck, 7.4 liter gas, fuel injected, Allison automatic, Tekonsha brake controller, pintle hitch, 12' box and hoist w/vibrator, side toolbox, 11R22.5 rears, 11R22.5 virgin fronts, all steel, shows 366,379 miles Case 530 tractor loader backhoe, gas, power steering, hyd. loader, hyd. level, 6' material bucket, Case backhoe attachment, outriggers, 18" bucket, 14.9-13-24 rears, 80%, 7,147 hrs.

Case Big Rhino blade, 8', 3 pt., Case quick tach 4-way attachment for backhoe w/hyd. valves Independence box blade, 5'6", scarifier, 3 pt.

JD pull-type sickle mower, 7', trailing wheel 4WD TRACTORS 1998 NH TV140, 2 front & 3 rear hyd., 3 pt. front & back, PTO front & back, hitch front & back, 16.938, 65%, w/Loadex loader, 8' bucket w/grapple, 8,477 hrs, S/ND203761 1991 Ford Versatile 946, 4WD, 4 hyd., 20.8-42 rubber, 70%, 4,536 hrs.

1984 JD 8450, 4 hyd., no 3 pt., rebuilt injection pump, 20.8-38 tires, 9,562 hrs.

1981 Steiger ST325, CAH, 20 spd., 3 hyd., 24.5-32 rubber, 7,296 hrs., S/N12301093 MFWD TRACTORS 1999 JD 7610, MFWD, 120 hp., 19 spd. powershift, 3 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4-38 hub duals, 14.9-28 fronts, 3,470 hrs., S/NRW7610P002069 1998 JD 7210, MFWD, cab, 95 hp., 16 spd. power quad, 2 hyd., 26 gpm hyd. pump, air seat, joystick controls, left hand reverser, foot throttle, 18.4-38s, 14.9-28 fronts, 70%, 2,002 hrs.

JD 6300, MFWD, CAH, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, like new Koyker loader, 3,415 hrs.

1997 Ford NH 8970, MFWD, CAH, powershift, creeper gear, 4 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, Super Steer, MegaFlow ready, quick hitch, ext. mirrors, front weights, rear wheel weights, 14.9-46 duals, 85% front rubber, 50% back rubber, complete service & oil analysis records from 1,000 hrs., 9,450 hrs., monitor, manual, & drums in shop, S/ND412809 1997 Ford NH 8970, MFWD, Super Steer, 4 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, front weights, 480/80R46 Firestone deep treads with 10 bolt duals, 90% rubber, 14.9-30 fronts, 75% rubber, 3,619 hrs., S/N413176 1995 Case-IH 4210 compact, MFWD, diesel, 64 hp., 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, joystick control, w/Westendorf TA28 loader, all hyd., 71⁄2’ material bucket w/quick tach, new clutch in 2010, 16.9-34 rears, 50%, 11.2-24 fronts, new in 2010, single owner, 2,400 hrs.

1982 JD 4240S, MFWD, mechanical drive, CAH, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, quad range, rock box, 18.4-38 hub duals, shows 5,600 hrs.

2WD TRACTORS & LOADERS JD 7710, CAH, 19 spd., powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, quick hitch, ext. mirrors, weight bracket, 18.4-42 duals, 50% rubber, 3,850 hrs.

JD 7610, CAH, 19 spd. powershift, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 2 PTO, 18.4-42 duals, 75% rubber, 3,800 hrs.

1982 IHC 5288, CAH, 3 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 18.4-34 with 10 bolt hub duals, Magnum rear end updates, 5,156 second owner hrs., S/N2555 1979 JD 4640, CAH, 3 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, rock box, 18.4-42 duals, 7,806 hrs., S/N4640P007852R 1978 JD 4440, 130 hp., quad range, 2 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, long axle, 18.4-38, 80%, 7,773 hrs.

THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

AGIRON 25 CONSIGNMENT EVENT

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

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THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

20 B

Planting Equipment

Planting Equipment

Planting Equipment

Planting Equipment

Planting Equipment

Planting Equipment

FOR SALE: IH 800 corn FOR SALE: 11 Kinze pusher FOR SALE: 12 Yetter trash FOR SALE: CIH SDX40 40’ FOR SALE: IH 500 skip row FOR SALE: 24 Dawn trash whippers, JD mounts, $150 whippers w/ top adjust, alinterplant units, complete planter, 8R30”, good cond. planter, 13/15”, exc discs, no-till drill, 7 1/2” spacings, ea; CIH 900, 16 row 30” so John Blue liq fert, w/transmission & monitor, (507)439-6626 or (507)380-7018 $900 OBO; IH 620 14’ drill, w/monitor & ADX 3380 cart planter, rear fold, new ground driven, piston $2000; JD 7000 16-30 front w/grass seeder. Both alw/fill auger, nice low acre openers in ‘10, shedded, pump, & elec valves. Call fold planter, LFI soy meways shedded. 507-354-5209 machine, $79,000; JD 4250 $10,000 OBO. 507-530-1630 320-269-8719 or 320-226-0296 ters, nice, $8500; Deutz 385 PS tractor, 3 hyd, 3 pt 8-30 planter, $1500; White w/quick hitch, $25,500.

FOR SALE: JD 1760 corn 5100 16-22 planter, 3000.

320-769-2756 or 320-841-1209 FOR SALE: 4 box seed vac planter, 12R30 w/ 3 bu FOR SALE: IHC 955 12x30 Trades considered system, 35’ SS flex hose, 10 cyclo planter. IHC 900 boxes,250 mon., very gd 320-583-9641 FOR SALE: Freisen 220 hp Briggs, used 4 yrs, al12x30 cyclo planter. Both cond low acres. 507-530seed tender, like new ways shedded, $3000 w/ trash whippers, recent 7880 $4,900.

3 bu seed boxes for w/Dodge $7000. 320-981-0239 disc openers. 218-926-5545 JD planter. 715-556-9090 or FOR SALE: IHC 800 8R 36” 715-632-2319 FOR SALE: JD 30’ soybean FOR SALE: ‘95 White 6700 cycle planter, hgt performdrill, (2) 515 3 pt mounted 18 row 22” verticial fold, ance monitor, liq fert, indrills on 530 folding drill Yetter row cleaners, corn, FOR SALE: Christensen sect & herb boxes, trash feed vac, w/2 section gravicart, markers & track bean & beet plates.

4WD & TRACK TRACTORS ‘07 C-IH 305 Magnum, 2100 hrs., whippers. Also, IHC 8R36” ty box, $4,575.

507-240-0294 scratchers on 10” spacing 320-847-3211 or 320-212-9975 380/54” tires & duals, 380x38 front flat fold cult. Both items ‘08 C-IH 435 Steiger, 470 hrs., powershift, $4000. 320-766-7633 very sharp. 507-764-3609 or tires & duals, 3 pt., 1000 PTO ......$125,000 luxury cab, 620x42 tires & duals ..$176,000 507-764-3943

ROBERT BAUER of Hastings, MN says – I only need to run in THE LAND. I’ve run 3 ads in THE LAND & scored each time!

‘08 C-IH 435 Steiger, 404 hrs, 24 spd. trans., 710x42” duals, big pump, diff. lock ................................................$168,000 ‘97 C-IH 9390, 8394 hrs., 24. spd. trans., 20.8x42 triples, 4 hyd. ....................$64,000 ‘91 C-IH 9270, 5995 hrs., 12 spd. manual trans., 4 hyd., 23.1x30 tires & duals, Outback auto guidance system ........$49,000 ‘97 JD 9300, 24 spd., 5568 hrs., 20.8x42 duals ................................................$80,000 ‘95 JD 8870, 24 spd., diff. lock, 5300 hrs., Raven auto steer systm ..................$65,000 ‘87 JD 8760, 12 spd., 6600 hrs., 20.8x38 duals ................................................$49,000 ‘03 JD 8420, 4486 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, P.S. trans., 380x50 tires & duals, front wgts. ..............................................$110,000 ‘06 JD 8230, 2427 hrs., IVT trans., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO capable, 4 hyd., 320x54” tires & duals, front wgts. ..............$127,000 ‘89 Ford 946, 4WD, 9100 hrs., 325 hp., 20.8x42 duals, 4 hyd.......................$32,500

ROW CROP TRACTORS ‘03 JD 8220, MFWD, 4470 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, 380x50 tires & duals ....................................$93,500 ‘02 JD 8120, MFWD, 4921 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 540 capable, big pump, 380x50 tires & duals........................$89,000 ‘01 JD 8110, MFWD, 4 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 420x46 tires & duals, 4209 hrs. ........................................................$82,500 ‘96 JD 8400, MFWD, 3 hyd., 10000 PTO, 3 pt. hitch, 14.9x46 tires & duals, 8360 hrs. ........................................$62,500 JD 4760, MFWD, 9200 hrs, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, rear tires, 18.4x42 duals, all tires 80% ........................................................$49,000 ‘89 JD 4555, MFWD, 8716 hrs., 3 hyd., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 14.9x46 tires & duals ........................................................$39,000 ‘90 JD 4455, 2WD, 8801 hrs., 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 14.9x46 tires & duals ........................................................$37,500 ‘09 C-IH 275 Magnum, 795 hrs., 3pt., 540/1000 PTO, 420x46 tires & duals ......................................................$137,500

‘06 C-IH MX215, MFWD, 1850 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 20.8x42 duals $92,000 C-IH MX240, MFWD, 3428 hrs, 3 pt, 1000 PTO, 18.4x46 rear, tires & duals, tractor has 4 new tires ................................$72,000 ‘06 C-IH 120MXM, MFWD, Pro cab, 1699 hrs., 3 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x42 tires....................................$52,000 Case 2096, cab/air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x38 singles, 6300 hrs. ..............$17,500 Case 2290, cab/air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x38 tires & duals, 6500 hrs. ....$13,500 Allis 7080, cab/air, 3 pt., 3 hyd., 1000 PTO ....................................................$7,500

DAMAGED GRAIN WANTED

COMBINES

CALL HEIDI OR LARRY

‘06 C-IH 8010, 1350 eng./1050 sep. hrs., chopper, rock trap, tracker, 20.8x42 duals ................................$159,000 ‘06 JD 9660STS, 1815 eng./1315 sep. hrs., contour master, bullet rotor, hi-capacity unload, chopper, 20.8x38 duals ....$135,000 ‘05 JD 9760STS, 1462 eng./1086 sep. hrs., Contour Master, 20.8x38 duals, chopper, header controls ..............$135,000 ‘04 JD 9760STS, 2358 eng./1612 sep. hrs., hi-capacity unload, Contour Master, chopper, Greenstar yield & moisture monitor, 800x32 tires ....................$129,000 ‘04 JD 9660STS, 1761 eng./1289 sep. hrs., 18.4x42 duals, Green Star, yield & moisture monitor, touch set..........................$124,000 ‘01 JD 9550, 2348 eng./1729 sep. hrs., hi/lo contour master, chopper, yield & moisture monitor, 18.4x38 duals ....$85,000

ANYWHERE We buy damaged corn and grain any condition - wet or dry TOP DOLLAR We have vacs and trucks

NORTHERN AG SERVICE INC 800-205-5751

USED TRACTORS

LOADER TRACTORS

NEW Massey 8670, FWA..................................ON HAND NEW Massey 1635, FWA, w/loader ................ON HAND NEW Massey 5480 FWA, w/loader..................ON HAND Massey 4840, 4WD ..................................................CALL ‘01 CIH STX440 ..................................................COMING ‘04 Versatile 2425, 1525 hrs...............................$128,500 Versatle 256 Bidi ..................................................$26,500 ‘97 NH 8970, FWA, SS ........................................$67,500 ‘98 NH 8970, FWA, SS ........................................$67,500 JD 2020, 2WD ..........................................................CALL Allis 7030 ..................................................................CALL ‘03 NH TG285 w/duals ........................................$94,500 ‘78 Ford 2600 ........................................................$4,500 ‘89 NH TD5050 w/loader ........................................CALL Massey Ferguson 220............................................$7,000 White 6195, FWA..................................................$54,500

‘09 JD 7230 Premium, MFWD, 706 hrs., 24-spd., Auto Quad, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, w/JD 741 self-leveling loader ..........$89,000 ‘83 JD 4050, cab, QR 9300 w/JD 158 loader w/grapple ..............................$25,000

‘06 Gleaner R75 w/CDF ....................................COMING ‘05 Gleaner R65..................................................$150,000 Gleaner R60..........................................................$29,500 ‘08 Fantini 12-30 chopping cornhead ................$68,000 NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ............................CALL

GRAIN HEADS ‘07 JD 635, 35’ flex head, Sharp ......$29,000 ‘06 JD 635, flex head, Very Nice........$28,000 ‘07 IH 1020, 30’, 11⁄2” sections ............$9,000 Check Out Our Website For Pictures & More Listings @ www.larsonimplements.com

LARSON IMPLEMENTS 5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95 763-689-1179 Look at our Web site for pictures & more listings Free delivery on combines in MN, Eastern ND & SD

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COMBINES

PLANTERS

(2) JD 520, JD drills, 10” spacing............................CALL

TILLAGE

‘03 NH ST740, 7-shank ........................................$18,500 JD 2700, 7-shank ................................................$27,500 DMI 530 w/leveler ................................................$10,500 JD 960, 36’ FC........................................................$8,000

HAY TOOLS

New Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand JD 1209, 9’..............................................................$2,000 Hesston 1150, 12’ ..................................................$1,800

MISCELLANEOUS

NEW Salford RT units ..............................................CALL NEW Westfield augers ..................................AVAILABLE NEW Rem 2700 vac ................................................CALL NEW Century HD1000, 60’ sprayers ......................CALL NEW Riteway rollers ................................................CALL NEW Lorenz snowblowers ......................................CALL NEW Batco conveyors ............................................CALL NEW Brent wagons & grain carts ..........................CALL NEW E-Z Trail seed wagons....................................CALL NEW rock buckets & pallet forks .......................... CALL NEW Hardi sprayers ................................................CALL REM 2700, Rental ....................................................CALL Unverferth 8000 grain cart ..................................$19,000 Kinze 1050 w/duals..............................................$48,500

NEW White planters ................................................CALL (DMI Parts Available) ‘05 White 8186, 16-30, LF, ins., row cleaners ....$65,500 ‘07 White 8516, 16-22, CF ..................................$64,500 Hiniker 30’ seeder ................................................$21,500 White 6122, 12-30, insect ....................................$14,000 NEW NH skidsteers on hand ..................................CALL ‘02 Kinze 2210, 12-30, w/liquid insect, res ........$28,500 Case 1845 ..............................................................$7,500

SKIDSTEERS

SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENT Hwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MN

Phone (507) 234-5191 or (507) 625-8649 Mon. - Fri. 7:30-5:00, Sat. 7:30-Noon

Planting Equipment

Planting Equipment

320-864-4583 or 320-779-4583

JD 1240 planter, 4RW, newer fert boxes, always shedFOR SALE: JD 7200 24R vac ded, $1,000. 715-495-4656 planter, JD pneumatic DP, plastic 3 bu boxes, tw, JD 7000 12-30 Precision starter, 350 monitor, Planting fingerpickup me$45,000/OBO. 319-239-5400 ters, Liquid Fert, Pin adjust residue managers, FOR SALE: JD 7200 830 Row units rebuilt (tight), Conservation corn planter, bolt on style gauge wheel, vac, insec & row cleaners, updated lever-adjust (bolt computer track 250 monion) closing wheels, JD250 tor, wing fold, new chains, monitor, $8,000/OBO. 507very nice. 507-964-5625 or 381-0879 cell - 507-995-2513

Planting Equipment

Planting Equipment

‘07 JD 8430, MFWD, powershift, 380/90R54 duals, 380/80R38 fronts, 22 front weights, 1400 lb. rear weights, 60 GPM hyd. pump, 18,300 lb. Cat IV 3 point w/quick hitch, standard 1300 front axle, 3300 hrs ......................$131,000 ‘08 CIH 305 Magnum, MFWD, 320/90R54 duals, front duals, 5 remotes, high flow hyd., front fenders, 540/1000 PTO, front weights, 1350 hrs.................................$131,000 ‘07 JD 9760STS combine, 20.8R38 duals, Contour Master, 1483 sep. hrs ........................................................$133,000

Keith Bode Fairfax, MN 55332 507-381-1291 or 507-426-7267

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Greenwald, MN • 320-987-3177 14 miles So. of Sauk Centre

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Tractors

Combines

JD 9530, PS, 710/70R42 ....$229,900 JD 9300, diff. lock, 24-spd.....$74,900 JD 8970, diff. lock, 24-spd.....$74,900 JD 8200, MFWD, PS, duals ..$72,900 JD 8130, MFWD, PS, duals $122,900 (2) JD 7830, MFWD, PS, duals ......................................$116,900 JD 7630, MFWD, PQ, duals $106,900 JD 7610, MFWD, PS, duals ..$65,900 JD 7520, MFWD, PQ, loader $67,900 (2) JD 7330, MFWD w/loaders ....................Starting @ $101,900 JD 7420, MFWD, IVT, duals..$79,900 JD 7230, MFWD, w/loader....$91,900 JD 7230, MFWD, 2-whl. ......$72,900 JD 7230, MFWD, standard....$66,900 JD 7130, MFWD, PQ, loader $81,900 JD 7210, MFWD, cab ..........$41,900 JD 6430, MFWD, PQ............$66,900 JD 6420, MFWD, PQ, loader $62,900 JD 5425, loader....................$38,900 JD 4640, PS, duals ..............$24,900 JD 4450, PS ........................$36,900 JD 4440, MFWD, PQ, loader $24,900 JD 4430, PQ, loader ............$14,900 JD 4240, MFWD, PQ, loader $24,900 JD 2755, loader....................$17,900 JD 4020, Clean ......................$9,900 Ford TW10, cab....................$11,900

‘09 JD 9770 STS, RWA, CM, duals ..............................$245,900 ‘08 JD 9770 STS, RWA, CM, duals ..............................$234,900 ‘06 JD 9760 STS, 2WD, CM $159,000 ‘08 JD 9670 STS, RWA, CM $204,900 ‘02 JD 9650 STS, RWA, CM $119,900 ‘01 JD 9650, CM, dls. ..........$99,900 JD 9600, 2WD ....................$39,900 ‘08 JD 9570 STS, 2WD, CM $179,900 ‘07 JD 9560, RWA, CM, singles ......................................$169,900 ‘07 JD 9560, CM, dls. ........$155,000

Planters JD 1770NT, 16R, 3 bu., liq. fert. ..................................$59,900 JD 1770, 12R, 3 bu., liq. fert. $45,900 JD 1770, 12R, dry fert. ........$43,900 JD 1750, 8R, dry fert. ..........$28,900 JD 1750, 8R, 3 bu., liq. fert...$32,900 JD 7300, 12R, liq. fert. ........$16,900 White 6100, 12R, liq. fert. ....$13,900

Tillage Equipment JD 2800, 8-bottom, on land ....$7,900 JD 680, 31-shank ................$26,900 White 598, 5-bottom plow ......$4,900 JD 510, 7-shank ripper ..........$4,900

1947-2011 64 Years of Excellent Service!

Hwy. 55 • Watkins, MN 320-764-5310 • www.miesoutland.com

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

Brillion 40’, 4 bar..........................$12,900 DMI 7-24 w/leveler ......................$13,900 Feterl 8”x66’ electric ....................$1,200 Wishek 16’ disc ..........................$28,600 Feterl 12”x60’ PTO ........................$4,600 Yetter 3541, 41’ rotary hoe..........$14,900 Sudenga 10”x71’ elec dr auger ....$6,100 SPRAYERS Batco 1535 ....................................$5,550 Century 750 gal, 60’ boom............$6,650 Hutchinson 10”x62’, swing drive ..$4,495 Demco 500 gal., 40’ boom ............$1,050 Mayrath 8”x47’ w/motor................$1,695 Top Air 500 gal., 45’ boom ............$3,450 Feterl 8” transfer auger w/motor ..$1,695 MISCELLANEOUS SKIDLOADERS Gehl 8285 TMR ..............................$5,975 Bobcat S300, heat, 2 spd. ..........$27,900 New Idea 7’ disc mower................$4,875 Bobcat 753 w/bucket ..................$10,900 Balzer chopper, 20’........................$4,350 Bobcat 743 w/bucket ....................$8,950 Loftness chopper, 20’..................$13,650 Gehl 4840E, heat, bucket ............$19,900 JD 2700, 7-shank ........................$27,900 Gehl 4835, open cab, clean ........$15,750 CIH 730B, 7-shank ......................$22,600 Gehl 4240E, heat, 2007 ..............$17,400 JD 510, 7-shank ..........................$10,700 Gehl 6625, fork, bucket ..............$10,950 DMI 730, 7-shank ........................$13,750 Case 1825B w/bucket ................$10,650 JD Gator, 6 wheel ..........................$5,950 Case 1818 w/bucket......................$5,250 Woods stalk chopper, 3 pt, 20’ ....$8,750 NH L425, gas ................................$3,350 Woods 20’ stalk chopper ..............$9,300 Kilbros 690 grain cart ..................$12,950 TILLAGE Wilrich 957, 7-shank ....................$22,600 J&M 250 box..................................$2,550 Wilrich 957, 7 shank ....................$22,600 Used grain legs ..................................Call CIH MRX690, 5 shank ................$18,900 Gehl 1315 ......................................$7,950 JD 3 pt. plow, 5 btm ......................$2,850 NI 3739 spreader ..........................$7,950 IH 720 plow, 5-18” ........................$1,650 Gehl 1287 spreader ......................$5,650 JD 960, 29.5’, 3 bar ......................$5,950 Loftness rock picker, 48” ..............$2,850 JD 960, 38.5’, 3 bar ......................$7,250 Used Snowblowers ............................Call

GREENWALD FARM CENTER

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USED DRYERS & AUGERS

507-228-8224 or 800-642-4104 www.ufcmn.com LeSueur • 800-252-5993

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Main Office: Ag Service Center 840 Pioneer Avenue P.O. Box 4 Lafayette, MN 56054-0004

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12’-60’ LONG ROLLERS

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

United Farmers Cooperative

Good Selection of Used Dryers - Call!

• 5/8” drum roller wall thickness • 42” drum diameter • 4”x8” frame tubing 3/8” thick • Auto fold

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JD 455 Drill, 30' folding, 3 Used Freison 240 unit seed tender w/ conveyer $5,500. sect, pull type, markers, Call Mike @ 507-383-9631 10” spacing, hyd down pressure, See pics at Very gd cond: ‘98 1780 JD www.guentzelfamilyfarms. planter, 24 R/20", insect com/pics/past/. This one is incl., precision planting field ready! $8,850/ equipment, E-sets, for OBO Call Jon at (507)317beans & corn, precision 1958 down pressures, call for more info. $43,500/OBO. 715-296-4099

THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

FOR SALE: JD 1280 8-30” FOR SALE: JD 7100 planter, row, plate planter, new 12R30”, herb & insect boxseed discs. Dry fert, herb, es, 250 monitor, Yetter row & insec boxes, $1850. cleaners, JD bean meters, Brownton, MN 320-328-5734 (2) lift assist wheels, always shedded. 507-723-6672 FOR SALE: JD 520 20’ bean FOR SALE: JD 7300 12R30”, drill, 10” spacings, w/ 3 bar finger pick up, JD monitor mounted harrow. 651-303w/ radar, starter fert sys8188 tem, all plumbing w/ Yetter coulters & Demco FOR SALE: JD 7000 4 row pump. 651-303-8188 wide planter, w/df, IH good monitor, nice unit; MM 11’ grain drill, new low rub- Great Plains #1525P (2007) 6 Row (Twin Row) 6-30 or 15 ber, hyd lift; MM 11’ drill Ft 3 PT No-Til Planter, steel wheel w/grass; JD (For Corn & Beans) Load495 planter; Clark 300 field ed, w/ Markers, Sunco sprayer 44’ boom; (2) 200 Trash Disk, Soybean Megal saddle tanks; ‘99 Poter, Mon, Like New. Farm laris Model 300 ATV, less King 8x31 Auger/Eng. Can than 40 hrs use; Glencoe Del. 319-347-2349 1250 20’ 3 pt digger.

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Planting Equipment

THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

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Loftness • Top Air • Summers • Versatile • Riteway • Geringhoff

Isaacson Implement Visit us at our website - www.isaacsonimplement.com NERSTRAND, MN (507) 789-6672 OR (507) 334-4059

Tillage Equipment

Kinze • Parker • Bush Hog • White • Wilrich • Gleaner • Sunflower

Norwood Young America 952-467-2181

TRACTORS Agco 80765, 2-whl., cab AC 8050, 2 whl.

AC 8010, 2-whl JD 8430, 4x4

PLANTERS ‘02 Kinze 3600, 16/30 w/pushers

White 6180, 12/30 Kinze 2200, 12/30 ‘00 Kinze 3600, 16/30

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MISCELLANEOUS ‘10 Loftness 20’ stalk ‘09 Wilrich D957, 5-shank chopper (2) ‘08 Wilrich D957, 7-shank (2) ‘06 Wilrich D957, 7-shank ‘09 Top Air 112, 80’ boom TopAir 750 gal., 60’ boom ‘02 DMI TigerMate, 50’ field cult.

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USED EQUIPMENT FROM A NAME YOU CAN TRUST! ‘08 T-320, glass cab & heater, 1100 hrs. ....$37,500 ‘07 T-190, glass cab w/AC, 2900 hrs. ................$26,900 ‘06 T-140, 429 hrs. ..$22,000 ‘07 MT-52, 171 hrs...$12,500 ‘08 S-250, glass cab & heater, 2-spd., 3150 hrs. ..............................$21,500 ‘00 763G, glass cab & heater, 3500 hrs. ....$13,500 (2) S-130, glass cab & heater, 2000 hrs. & up ............Starting at $12,750 ‘95 751, 2800 hrs. ......$9,500 (2) ‘90 642B, 3000 hrs. ..........................Ea. $6,750

‘98 553, glass cab & heater, 2000 hrs. ......$9,000 ‘74 Melroe 610, cage, Quick Tach ................$3,995 ‘01 NH LS-170, 1975 hrs., New Engine ............$16,900 ‘00 NH LS-160, glass cab & heater, 3200 hrs...$14,500 ‘05 NH LS-120, gas, 1100 hrs. ..................$9,250 ‘07 Gehl 4240E, glass cab & heater, 2250 hrs...$17,500 ‘06 I-R 36” tree spade $7,500 Case 480C tractor loader backhoe ..................$11,500

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Norwood Young America 952-467-2181 A family business since 1946 with the Lanos: Jack, Paul, Bob and Andy

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Planting Equipment

JD 7000, 12R30, front fold, FOR SALE: Sudenga 6” x 14’ seed brush auger for a Kinze units, good condiwagon, 5”x15’ telescopic tion, always shedded. down spout with Orbit mo$6,500. 515-679-4403 tor, $850. 507-240-0247 FOR SALE: Seed tender, Parker ‘00 gravity box on 8 ton MN gear w/6.5 hp hyd YETTER New residue managers (row cleaners). Alunit, plastic auger & tarp, so, full line of Yetter very nice, $4,200.

Equipment available.

Alden, MN 507-391-3775 507-236-1934 (C) 507-235-9593 (H) 8:00am to 5:00pm White 6100 Corn Planter 8R30”, SM3000 Monitor, $12,750. Ed Salonek at 952649-9900

A family business since 1946 with the Lanos: Jack, Paul, Bob and Andy ‘84 White 5100, 8x38, vert. fold, liq. fert. $4,750 USED TRACTORS ‘88 White 5100, 4x38 twin row, dry fert. $7,500 (2) ‘91 Ford 846, 3 pt. hitch, 3650 hrs. ........................................Starting at $35,900 Sunflower 20’ drill, pull cart, 10” spacing, ‘99 NH 8870, MFD, 4000 hrs.................$75,900 press wheels........................................$7,950 ‘79 Ford 5600, 4700 hrs. ........................$7,750 ‘08 NH T-2210, MFD, 48 hrs. ................$15,900 ‘03 Versatile 2160, MFD, 1500 hrs. ......$86,500 ‘92 White 6195, MFD, 5100 hrs.............$49,900 ‘89 White 160, MFD, 10,600 hrs. ..........$25,000 ‘92 White 6085, MFD, loader, 2400 hrs. $21,500 IH 856, diesel, loader ..............................$7,950 ‘94 Agco Allis 9670, MFD, 4650 hrs. ....$44,900 ‘06 Agco ST52A, MFD, loader, 287 hrs. $18,500 ‘99 MF 6290, MFD, 4500 hrs. ..............$41,900 ‘03 Challenger MT295, MFD, loader, 270 hrs. ..........................................................$14,000 ‘99 Cub Cadet 7205, MFD, 60” mower deck, 843 hrs. ..............................................$7,500 ‘86 CDS 710C Industrial Tractor Loader ..$7,900 ‘09 Bobcat CT-122, MFD, loader, 22 hrs$12,500

USED COMBINES ‘08 Gleaner A-75, 450 sep. hrs., 20.8x42 duals ................................................$193,000 ‘80 NH TR-75, 4x30 corn head................$7,250 ‘81 NH TR-95 ..........................................$7,950

USED TILLAGE ‘03 JD 2200, 35.5’, 4 bar harrow, floating hitch ..................................................$23,100 ‘01 JD 2200, 36.5’, 3 bar harrow, floating hitch ..................................................$23,500 ‘95 JD 980, 44.5’, 3-bar harrow............$14,500 ‘97 DMI Tigermate 2, 34.5’, 3 bar harrow ..........................................................$14,200 ‘92 DMI Tigermate, 48’, 3-bar harrow ..$14,500 ‘92 C-IH 4900, 47.5’, harrow ..................$7,250 Glencoe 300, 261⁄2’, harrow......................$2,750 ‘07 Wilrich 957, 7-shank ripper, harrow $26,500 ‘05 Wilrich 957, 5-shank ripper, harrow $16,500 ‘09 Wilrich 957, 5-shank ripper, harrow, 50 acres ............................................$38,500 International 55, 15-shank chisel ............$1,950 White 271, 27’ disc ................................$4,250

USED HAY EQUIPMENT

‘09 JD 4895, 14’ header, 270 hrs. ........$62,900 ‘88 Hesston 8200, high contact rolls ....$20,750 ‘99 C-IH DC-515, 15’ discbine ..............$12,500 ‘98 NH 499, 12’ haybine ........................$8,000 ‘80 NH 489, 9’ haybine ..........................$2,750 Gehl 2160, 9’ haybine ............................$2,950 ‘84 Versatile 4814, 14’ haybine for 276/9030 ............................................$3,500 ‘06 NH BB-940A big square baler, applicator, cutter ................................................$61,500 ‘05 NH BB-940A, big square baler, applicator ..........................................................$44,900 ‘08 NH BR-7090 round baler, netwrap ..$22,500 ‘08 NH BR-7070, round baler, netwrap..$24,500 ‘08 NH BR-7060 round baler, netwrap, bale slice............................................$19,500 ‘07 NH BR-780A round baler ................$20,000 (2) NH BR-780 round balers, netwrap ........................................Starting at $10,500 ‘06 NH BR-750A round baler, netwrap ..$17,500 ‘06 NH BR-740A round baler, autowrap, only 1100 bales..................................$16,500 ‘90 NH 848 round baler, wide pickup ......$3,995 ‘05 C-IH RBX562 round baler, netwrap ..$21,500 ‘83 NH 316 w/75 kicker ..........................$5,500 ‘01 NH FP-240 chopper, 3x30 & hay head ..........................................................$24,250 IH 781 chopper, 2 heads..........................$3,000 Crop Processor for FP-240 chopper ........$2,950 (2) Gehl 980 forage boxes and wagons ..$7,950 (2) ‘83 H&S 500 forage boxes & wagons $2,450

USED MISCELLANEOUS NH 355 mixer mill ..................................$4,500 (2) NH 195 spreaders ..........Starting at $9,950 NH 190 spreader ....................................$5,000 NH 3106 spreader ..................................$4,250 H&S 1802 spreader ................................$5,500

USED PLANTERS White 6700, 12x30, 3 pt., lift assist ......$14,500 ✔ Check us out at: ‘98 White 6100, 12x30, vert. fold, liq. fert. ..............................................$18,900 www.lanoequipofnorwood.com AGCO ALLIS WHITE GLEANER

19' Sunflower soil finisher.

New blades, new bearings, knock off shovels, always shedded. $12,500/OBO. 715556-0677 32' Brillion field cult w/4 bar spring tang harrow. $9,000.

651-430-1070 FOR SALE: ‘07 JD 2210 47 1/2’ field cult, 4 bar harrow, all new shovels, Knockons, 200psi shanks, stabilizer whls, always shedded, exc cond. $46,000/OBO. 507-227-6645 FOR SALE: Hiniker 1000 row crop 12 row cult, 30” w/folding bar, 19” single sweeps, always shedded, only used on 500 acres, like new. 507-240-0247 FOR SALE: IH model 720, 6x18 plow, 3 pt., on-land hitch, $3,600.

(612)987-2790 FOR SALE: JD 875 12 row 30” cult, $3500 OBO. Arco, MN 507-530-1630 FOR SALE: JD 875 cult 12R30”, rolling shields, lift assist wheel, shedded. 507629-3805 Great Plains 28 Ft One Pass Finisher Series 7, Real Good. Mandako 30’ Land Roller (3 Sections) Like New. Brent #672 Grain Cart w/ Scale. Real Good.

319-347-6138. Can Deliver IH 4600 Field Cult 24' w/5 Bar McFarlane Spike Harrow, New Sweeps, Clean $4,950; IH 720 Plow 6-18" SAR On-Land, New Paint, New Moldboards, Shares, Disks, SHARP! $5,400; IH 720 Plow 4-18" SAR, Very Good, Clean & Original. $2,400. ‘90 JD 9600 Combine, 4WD. Call: 715250-1617 Soil Max Gold Digger Pro Tile Plow, 3 pt hitch, has 6", 8", & 10" boots, Laser & Receiver, $14,000. 320392-5952 or 320-760-9446

Used parts for IH 720 plows, toggle/auto reset.

1/2 price of new or less.

We ship anywhere.

Call Maple Valley Farms Randy Krueger (715)250-1617 Wilrich 47’ tri-fold field cult, hi clearance, exc cond, shedded, 1 owner, $20,000.

712-870-3792

Machinery Wanted

Machinery Wanted

23 B

Built by Friesen Swing Hoppers on Hand T10-32, PTO Truck Auger T10-42 Truck Auger T10-52 Truck Auger H10-62 CALL H10-72 FOR LOW H10-82 PRICES! H13-62 MOST SIZES H13-72 ON HAND H13-82 H13-92 A-10-72 ~ Summer Sale ~ ..$7,999 18-44 Belt Conv., 7.5 hp ....$9,950 12 Volt Auger Mover............$1,995 Hyd Auger Mover ................$1,350 E-Z TRAIL GRAIN CARTS 710 Bu...............................$17,795 510 Bu. ............Starting at $10,995 Used Unverferth Carts, 6250, 7250, 8250, 1015......CALL GRAVITY WAGONS 600 Agrimaster, On Hand..$12,500 500 E-Z Trail, On Hand ..............................$7,995-$9,020 400 E-Z Trail ..........$5,895-$7,250 HITCH DOC SEED TENDERS 2 Box Tandem, On Hand ....$9,250 4 Box Tandem, On Hand ..$15,100 6 Box Gooseneck..............$24,000

Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712, Glencoe 7400; Field Cults under 30’: JD 980, small grain carts & gravity boxes 300-400 bu. finishers under 20’, clean 4 & 6R stalk choppers; Nice JD 215 & 216 flex heads; JD 643 cornheads Must be clean;JD corn planters, 46-8 row. 715-299-4338 WANTED TO BUY: Small farmer looking for 60-100 hp loader tractor; also looking for IH 1206, both must be in good shape, reasonably priced (507)438-2100 WANTED: 12- Precision corn meters for JD 7000 or Kinze. Before #3000 Series or just fingers & backing plate w/adjustable brush; AC 7080 tractor; Wisconsin VF4 motor for parts.

Portland, ND 701-430-3411

COMBINE HEAD MOVERS E-Z Trail 4-Wheel 21’ ..........................$2,550-$2,750 ON 26’ ..........................$2,890-$3,090 HAND 30’ ..........................$3,120-$3,320 Koyker Stor-Mor Grain Baggers & Bag Unloaders ...........In Stock NEW KOYKER LOADERS Call for Other Sizes 510 Loader, On Hand..........$1,995 NEW ROUND BALE RACKS 10’x23’, On Hand ................$1,995 10 Bale LowPro Trailer........$3,800 NEW WHEEL RAKES 10 Wheel, V Rake, On Hand ..........................$4,295 5 Wheel, 3pt. Rake, On Hand ..........................$1,125 USED EQUIPMENT Hitch Doc seed tender, 2-box ..........................................$8,000 AC 7040 tractor ..................$8,250 AC 7000 tractor ..................$7,250 International 6600 tractor ....$9,000 Ajax 10-bale mover ............$6,500 ‘10 Harvest 10x62 auger ....$7,900 Feterl 12x72 auger..............$7,500 Hutch 10x62 auger..............$3,500 ‘10 E-Z Trail 510 grain cart w/tarp ..............................$11,750 E-Z Trail 500 grain cart ......$6,750

March 21st thru 25th 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Coffee & Donuts Served Daily

Oil Discounts:

Twine Discounts:

10% Discount on all in stock containers

New Holland 9000’ Sisal $42.00 per bag

Parts:

Kubota:

10% Discount on all in stock or stock ordered parts. • Kubota, Land Pride & Vicon

Reduced Prices on in stock items • 0% APR financing for up to 60 mo. on selected models

Reduced Pricing On: Land Pride: Reduced Pricing on all in stock items

Land Pride Vicon Artsway

Meyers

New Ulm Tractor and Eq. Inc. 13144 Co. Rd. #25 • New Ulm, MN 56073

507-354-3612

• 1/4” Uni-body Construction • 5” and 6” Solid Steel Spindles in Sleeves • Long Tongue and PTO • 5,000, 6,000 and 6,750 gallon sizes available

Express Lagoon Pump

Misc.Equipment:

Grain Carts • New 900 x 32 flotation tires, under 10psi • 24” Unload Auger “Fastest in the industry!”

• Auto-Trail Steerable Axle System • New independent horizontal “feeder” & vertical “unload” auger operation

V-Pump • Up to 4000 gallons per minute

The most durable and dependable high capacity pump available.

Other:

- N Tech vari width vertical manure pump - Farmstar horizontal 540 transfer manure pump - Balzer Afi 35 horizonal manure pump

- Balzer 9500 gal. slurry 5th wheel w/5 unit disc injector - Houle 7300 gal. slurry w/5-unit disk injector - Nuhn 6750 gal. slurry w/5-unit disk injector - Balzer 4800 gal. slurry tank - Calumet 4000 gal. slurry manure tank w/5-unit chisel injectors - Auto Car 6-wheel drive w/4000 Calumet slurry tank w/4-unit disc injector - Calumet 3750 gal. vacuum manure tank w/3-unit disc injector - Better Bilt 3350 gal. vacuum manure tank w/3-shank rear injector - Van Dale 3300 gal. slurry manure tank - Van Dale 2700 gal. slurry manure tank - Balzer 2600 gal. vacuum manure tank - Better Bilt 2600 gal. vacuum tank - Calumet 2250 gal. vacuum tank w/2-shank injector - Balzer 1500 gal. vacuum manure tank - Dietrich 5 unit sweep injector

- Houle 10’ vertical manure pump - Balzer 55’ wall walke lagoon pump - N-Tech 6’ vertical manure pump

- Redball 670, 1200 gal., 90’ boom w/Raven 450 monitor - Redball 570, 1200 gal., 90’ boom w/Raven 450 monitor - Redball 570, 1200 gal., 80’ boom w/Raven 450 monitor - Top Air 1100 gal., 80’ boom, Raven 450 monitor - Redball 655, 1000 gal., 60’, x-fold boom, Raven 440 monitor - Hardi 1000 gal., 60’ front fold boom, big wheel & controller - Top Air 1000 gal., 60’ boom, MT 3000 monitor - L&D 1000 gal., 80’ x-fold boom w/Raven 450 monitor - L & D 1000 gal., 88’ boom, no monitor - Blumhardt tandem axles, 1000 gal., 90’ boom w/foamer - Century 1000 gal., 60’ boom Teejet w/854 monitor - Top Air 1000 gal., 60’ X-fold boom w/Raven 440 monitor, tandem axle - Fast 1000 gal., 90’ boom, Raven 450 monitor - AgChem 750 gal., 60’ X-fold boom, tandem axle - Walsh 500 gal., 45’ boom - Brent 1084 grain cart - Brent 976 grain cart - Brent 772 grain cart - Kilbros 1200 grain cart - J&M 525 grain cart - Brent 472 grain cart - JD 1210A grain cart, 400 bu.

- JD 2700, 5-bottom plow - Fork type rock picker - Degelman 570, PTO, rock picker - Mobility M.S. 5-ton pull-type fertilizer spreader - Tyler pull-type fertilizer spreader - Dempster 4-ton pull-type fert. spreader - JD 960, 33’6” field cultivator - Artsway 16’ disc plow - JD 524, 9’ front mount blade - 8’ Power Angle Hyd. Plow for skidloader - Leon 650 hyd. pull-type scraper - Plymouth 16’ hyd. hog cart - Balzer Model 1200 pull-type windrower - Miller 12 silage dump box - Case IH 596, 25’ disc w/26” blade - New Lee Mfg. 975 & 475 trailer dsl. fuel tanks - IH 80 snowblower - CIH 527B Ecolo Tiger chisel plow - Balzer 1400, 14’ stalk chopper - JD 8300, 13’ soybean drill

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

Artsway 10”x34 Augers, Walco 8+10 Ton Running Gears Meyers 125 Spreader

Balzer Express Tank

<< SPECIAL SECTION NAME >>

Annual Spring Sales

BALZER BUILDS THE BEST LIQUID MANURE HANDLING EQUUPMENT

New Tanks & Pumps: Any Size Available Used Tanks:

THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

All kinds of New & Used WANTED TO BUY: 2-105 farm equipment - disc White tractor in good conchisels, field cults., plantdition; 4 or 5 btm pull type ers, soil finishers, cornplow. 218-338-6184 heads, feed mills, discs, balers, haybines, etc.

HARVEST (507)438-9782 INTERNATIONAL/AUGERS

Machinery Wanted

24 B

Machinery Wanted

Machinery Wanted

Machinery Wanted

THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

ATV DUMP TRAILERS This Trailer is built to haul 1-Ton of Rocks

1907 E. Main. Albert Lea, MN 56007

Fits 20”, 22”, 30” rows

www.westrumtruck.com

2000 2004 1999 1999

Kenworth T800, low miles........................$26,500 Columbia, new tires, alum. whls. ............$27,900 Freightliner F180, LWB ............................$18,900 Freightliner FLD112, Cummins ................$15,900 -Coming In2002 Freightliner, big block, Cummins, auto shift (2) 2011 Dakota Alum. Trailers ......Starting at $28,000

LAMPLIGHT MFG., INC.

507-383-8976 Cell 507-373-4218 • 507-448-3306

www.lamplightmfg.com

320-392-2684

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— 6 convenient locations —

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(M) ‘10 JD 7130, cab, PQ, 24-spd, 2 SCV, 101 hrs ........$67,500 USED JD DB PLANTERS (M) ‘90 JD 4555, MFWD, PS, 18.4x42, 3 SCV, ‘06 JD DB80, 48R20, CCS, Var., DM, Pneumatic, 7100 hrs..................................................................$45,000 row cleaners ........................................................$195,000 (M) ‘95 JD 8200, MFWD, 3 SCV, 18.4x46, 5018 hrs ......$72,500 ‘09 JD DB90, 52R20, CCS, w/Ref. Var. Dr., L/Fert., (M) ‘10 JD 7830, MFWD, PQ, 3 SCV, Xenon, 460/80R46, row cleaners ........................................................$255,000 360 hrs ................................................................$135,000 ‘09 JD DB90, 36R30, CCS, w/Ref., L/Fert., TM CNT, (M) ‘10 JD 8320, MFWD, PS, 5 SCV, 480/80R50, row cleaners ........................................................$249,500 170 hrs ................................................................$207,500 (M) ‘10 JD 8345R, IVT, ILS, 4 SCV, 518 hrs, Warr. ......$237,500 2010 RENTAL RETURNS (M) ‘06 JD 8430, MFWD, PS, 480/80R50, 1433 hrs ....$169,500 JD 6430 MFWD, 102 hrs., Prem. Cab, Power Quad, (M) ‘09 JD 8430, IVT-ILS, 480/80R50, 4 SCV, 868 hrs $205,000 Joystick ..................................................................$69,500 (M) ‘01 JD 8210T, 120”, 24” tracks, 1192 hrs, JD 7330 MFWD, 104 hrs., Std. Cab, Power Quad, 1-Owner................................................................$104,500 480/80R38 ..............................................................$72,500 (M) ‘05 JD 8420T, 120”, 24” tracks, Xenon, 3570 hrs $115,000 ‘09 JD 8345RT, IVT, 4 SCV, 30” tracks, 720 hrs, 4WD/TRACKS Fact. Warr. ............................................................$235,000 ‘00 Versatile 9884, 4 SCV, 710/70R38, 4295 hrs ..$94,500 SKIDS/COMPACT ‘06 Buhler 435, 12/4-spd, 800/70R38, 1650 hrs $140,000 ‘96 JD 8770, 24-spd, 18.4R46, 3 SCV, 4427 hrs ....$73,500 (M) ‘99 JD 240, foot cont., less cab, 66” bkt., ‘95 JD 8970, 24-spd, 710/70R38, 4603 hrs ..........$82,500 1060 hrs..................................................................$14,500 ‘01 JD 9300, 24-spd, 710/70R38, wgts, 2860 hrs$117,500 (M) ‘01 JD 260, hand cont., cab, 78” bkt, 1350 hrs ......$17,500 ‘97 JD 9400, PS, 710/70R38, 6743 hrs., eng/trans (M) ‘06 JD 332, hand cont., cab, A/C, bkt, 677 hrs ......$33,500 work........................................................................$79,500 (M) ‘06 JD 317, foot cont., less cab, 72” bkt, 3998 hrs $14,900 ‘04 JD 9520, PS, 4 SCV, 710/70R42, 2530 hrs ....$159,500 HARVEST EQUIPMENT ‘07 JD 9520, 4 SCV, 800/70R38, Xenonk, 1340 hrs ..............................................................$202,500 (M) ‘01 CIH 2388, 3020/2194 hrs, 18.4-42 duals, tpr, ‘08 JD 9530, Act. seat, 4 SCV, 1168 hrs, Fact. Warr.

AFX..........................................................................$99,500 ..............................................................................$215,000 (M) ‘97 JD 9500, 2090/1507 hrs, CM, 18.4x38, duals ..$62,500 ‘05 JD 9420T, PS, 30” tracks, Inst. seat, (M) ‘02 JD 9550, 2285/1531 hrs, L/L, 30.5x32, 17’ auger 2560 hrs ..............................................................$165,000 ................................................................................$90,000 ‘08 JD 9530T, 36” tracks, 4 SCV, Xenon, (M) ‘01 JD 9550, 1660/1100 hrs, CM, 20.8x38, duals ..$99,500 1410 hrs ..............................................................$239,000 (M) ‘96 JD 9600, 2600/1950 hrs, L/L, 20.8x38, duals ..$65,000 ‘10 JD 9530T, 36” tracks, Xenon, 510 hrs, Warr...$275,000 (M) ‘04 JD 9560STS, 1454/1154 hrs, CM, 18.4x38, ‘08 JD 9630T, 36” tracks, 4 SCV, 1240 hrs, Warr. $262,000 duals ....................................................................$149,000 ‘10 JD 9630T, 36” tracks, radar., 877 hrs, Warr. ..$275,000 (AL) ‘05 JD 9760, 1732/1200 hrs, CM, 710/70R38,

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(M) ‘79 JD 4040, QRT, 18.4x34, 6842 hrs ....................$19,500 ‘78 JD 4640, PS, 18.4x42, 3779 hrs ......................$24,500 (M) ‘90 JD 4555, PS, 2-whl, 3 SCV, 18.4x42, 4831 hrs $45,000 ‘10 JD 6430, PQ, std cab, 18.4x38, 250 hrs ..........$49,500 (M)

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“Where Farm and Family Meet”

Machinery Wanted

Spraying Equip.

FOR SALE: Sprayer to fit WANTED: 8R30” semi WANTED: Clean cab for WANTED TO BUY: NH 499 WANTED TO BUY: JD 7000 WANTED TO BUY JD 960 or 980, 500 gal tank, haybine. 218-738-5438 6RN, liq fert, must be mounted 900 or later Int’l FARM MACHINERY 3020 JD tractor. nozzles for 32’, 8100 Hinikgood! 320-266-3567 planter. 320-226-5201 Complete lines of RetireJeffers, MN 507-628-4609 er monitor, $1,500. 507-317ment machinery or indi3396 vidual pieces. 507-234-5842

‘09 JD 5055E, MFWD, 45 hp, JD 553 ldr, 73” bkt ..$25,500 ‘10 JD 6430, std cab, P/Q, 673 ldr, 175 hrs ............$72,500 ‘10 JD 7330, MFWD, P/Q, 1220 hrs, Fact. Warr. ....$68,500 ‘10 JD 7330, MFWD, JD 740 ldr, 14.9x46, 450 hrs $85,000 ‘08 JD 7430, MFWD, std. cab, P/Q, 18.4x42, 1463 hrs..................................................................$92,500

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‘94 JD 985, field cult, 541⁄2’, 3 bar harrow ..............$20,500 ‘05 JD 2210, 561⁄2’, Accudepth, 4 bar harrow..........$51,000 ‘10 JD 2210, 551⁄2’, single point, 3 bar harrow........$62,500 ‘09 JD 2210 field cult., 64.5’, 4-bar........................$65,000 ‘99 JD 512, 9/30 disk ripper, 7” points ..................$37,500 ‘09 JD 3710, (10) spring reset, coulters ................$35,900

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‘96 Ag Chem 854, Raven 440, 3166 hrs ................$65,000 ‘98 JD 4700, 90’, hyd tread, 2490 hrs ....................$95,000 ‘06 JD 4720, 90’ boom, 380/90R46, 1719 hrs ....$127,500 ‘09 JD 4730, 90’ boom, 380/90R46, 90’, Norac, 252 hrs ................................................................$199,500 ‘07 JD 4930, 1200 gal., 120’, boom trak, 951 hrs$245,000 ‘08 JD 4930, 1200 gal, 120’, Norac, 944 hrs........$250,000 ‘09 JD 4930, 120’, 420/80R50, HD, 746 hrs ........$257,500 ‘10 JD 4930, 120’, 380/105/R50, Norac, 480 hrs $265,000

SPRAYERS

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SEEDING (M) ‘05 JD 455 drill, 30’, 10” spacing, markers, harrow ................................................................................$14,500 (M) ‘92 Great Plains drill, 45’, 7.5” spacing, markers ..$22,000 (M) ‘02 JD 1720, 16R30, stalk fold, row cleaners ........$42,500 (M) ‘07 JD 1770, 24R30, CCS w/Ref, row cleaners, 20/20 ....................................................................$135,000 (M) ‘05 JD 1770 CCS, 1.6 bu., liq fert, 350 monitor, row cleaners ..........................................................$95,000

MISCELLANEOUS

(M) ‘10 Smart Box, insecticide syst to fit DB 24R30 ....$12,500 (M) DMI Crumler, 45’, hyd fold ........................................$9,500 (M) ‘08 Mandako, 40’ roller, few acres ........................$27,500 (ML) ‘08 JD CX15, rear mower, 15’, hyd fold ..................$18,500 duals ....................................................................$167,500 (M) ‘09 Parker 938 grain cart, 1000 bu, track syst, tarp, scale ......................................................................$59,500 ‘02 JD 9750, 2574/1792 hrs, CM, 18.4x38, duals, tpr ........................................................................$119,500 (M) ‘05 Kinze 1050 grain cart, tracks, 1000 bu, scale, tarp ........................................................................$69,500 ‘09 JD 9770, 505/334 hrs, CM, 650/85R30, 296-26 ..................................................................$245,000 Check Out Our New Website ‘06 JD 9860, 1700/1300 hrs, CM, PRWD, 650/85R38 ............................................................$179,000 ‘08 JD 9870, 1200/802 hrs, CM, 1650/85R38, John Deere Crop Insurance PRWD....................................................................$249,000 available at Mankato Implement ‘08 Fantini, 8R30 chopping head, 2600 acres........$55,000 Contact: Kory Bundy ‘10 JD 612, 12R30, non chopping, 2000 acres ......$72,000 ‘08 JD 612, 12R30 chopping, knife rolls ................$85,000 (507) 327-1084 ‘09 JD 612, 12R20 chopping, knife rolls ................$95,000 kory.bunde@mycropsolutons.com ‘09 Clark 18R20 CH, Case rolls, JD parts................$57,500

Mankato Implement Potter Implement

Hwy. 22 South • Mankato, MN • www.mankatoimplement.com

1426 S. Broadway • New Ulm, MN

(507) 387-8201 • (800) 624-8983

(507) 354-6818

Zins Implement Hwy. 11 No. • Nicollet, MN

(507) 225-3464

Erlandson Implement

Minnesota Lake Implement

Erlandson Implement

214 East State St. • Kiester, MN

Hwy. 22 South • Minnesota Lake, MN

35W & Int. 90 • Albert Lea, MN

(507) 294-3244

(507) 462-3828

(507) 373-6418

WANTED TO BUY: JD or FOR SALE: Top Air 750 gal sprayer, 60’ boom, manual Great Plains No Til Drill, fold, Ace hyd pump, must be in good condition.

13.6x26 tires, Micro-Trak Call 507-354-1069 or 507-4043000 controller, $4500.

0580 Gibbon, MN 507-240-0406 WANTED: 30’ Crumbler, prefer DMI, w/ 7/8 bar, Snyder 200 gal saddle tanks, good cond. 320-365-4206 or JD 800T mounting brack320-522-1224 ets, $650. 515-570-1125 WANTED: 40 Cockshutt, the Summers Ultimate NT man that called me twice sprayer, 80’ boom, 20’ nozplease call me again. I zle spacing, brand new have the wrong number. tires & rims, Goodyear (507)665-2476 320/90R50, Raven 450 control, hydro pump, $25,000.

WANTED: Grain drill 6” 507-381-3843 or 507-327-8143 spacing Case IH; JD great plain 24’ to 30’ w/road tanWanted sport low acres exc cond.

320-664-4517 WANTD TO PUCHASE: Used Hanson ring drive siWANTED: JD four row 7000, lo unloader. Please call 7100, or 71 planter, in good with Price. 507-534-3406 cond (for purchase or donation) The planter would WANTED TO BUY! USED go to a Orphange in AfriBULK MILK COOLER cia, so could be deducted if ALL SIZES. 920-867-3048 donated. 320-275-2596 WANTED TO BUY: Pedal car. 507-220-1419 WANTED: Row cleaners or trash whippers for a CIH WANTED TO BUY: Small PTO feed grinder. Also 955 planter. 320-834-2846 small bale feeder, small waterers for calves & pigs Spraying Equip.

507-334-9934 ‘06 L&D Land Pro Sprayer, front fold 80' Boom, 1000 WANTED TO BUY: Smidley Steer Stuffers, Smidley gal tank, Rinse tank, HyHog feeders, Smidley Hog pro pump, triple nozzle huts; Sioux gates; Squeeze bodies, 14.9/46" tires, Ravchutes, crowding tubs, hay en 440 monitor, elec ball & silage feeder wagons, valves. $15,500. ph# 507steel bunks. Call Larry 382-2850 Sorensen Sales & Rentals Hutchinson, MN FOR SALE: ‘05 Nitro 2275 320-587-2162 sprayer, 90’, 1400 gal S/S. 1650 hrs, $120,000. Also, ‘99 320/90R54 or Nitro 200, 1200 gal S/S, 3250 WANTED: 380/90R50 duals for 60 Serhrs, new frt tires, AirRide ies JD; WANTED: Liquid cab, $69,000. 507-427-3520 fertilizer disc for JD planter. 507-276-3289 FOR SALE: 1200 gal 90’ boom pull-type sprayer, WANTED: Lowry portable newer tires, 440 Raven holding bin w/roof. controller, GPS speed, Gibbon, MN 507-828-0856 newer elec ball valves. $9,700/OBO. 507-951-0611 WANTED: Quick hitch attachments, JD hyd cylinFOR SALE: 60’ Blumhardt ders, disc hillers, & hay pull type 500 tank, hyd crimpers.

Older style pump, good cond, $1850. packers. 507-276-5196 320-359-2692 WANTED: Rubber cow FOR SALE: ATV sprayer, mats; Brillion seeder.

C&R, 150 gal, 30’ boom, 3 Write- Daniel Gingerichhp Honda eng, hand wand, 13397 Keller Dr, St. Micro Track 3000 spray Charles, MN 55972 monitor, used very little, $1995. 507-530-6280

Feed, Seed, Hay

FOR SALE: Demco 3pt 400 1200 pound rounds, 1st crop gal sprayer, 60’ boom, for sale. 608-374-2722 used 4 seasons. 507-383-2862 1st Crop 4x4 round bale, FOR SALE: Hardi Navigaclean grass hay. $25/bale, tor 1100 gal sprayer, like delivery avail. within 125 new, 60’ boom, 2500 conmi. of Rice Lake, WI. Call troller, 3 way nozzle, (715)296-2162 12.4x42 tires, Chem-Fill.

JD 875 6-30 cultivator, alConventional Seed Corn ways shedded. 320-584-5665 Silage specific. Also offering VT3, RR, HXLL, 3,000 FOR SALE: Schaven 90’ 3 pt GT, and GT hybrid seed spray boom, TeeJet concorn. Maturities range troller, $8000; Sprayer Spefrom 75-100 days. cialites 1200 gal pull type Terning Seeds Raven controller, $18,000.

800-483-7646.

Items located at Morris, Ask for Dan or Adam MN. 320-760-2029

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Feed, Seed, Hay

Beef Cattle

www.KLEENACRES.com or call 320-237-7667.

“It’s the place to be!”

BULL SALE - Private treaty Limousin. Sale held on April 16th. Excellent selection. Call for details. Mill Road Limousin 715-665-2605 FOR SALE OR LEASE REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS

Bulls, 2 year old & yearlings; bred heifers, calving ease, club calves & balance performance, AI sired. In herd improvement program.

J.W. Riverview Angus Farm Glencoe, MN 55336 Conklin Dealer (320)864-4625 FOR SALE: Herd of Black Beef cows, bred for spring freshening, real gentle cows. 320-760-5622 FOR SALE: Holstein steers 165 @ 350 lbs, 120 @ 460 lbs, 95 @ 570 lbs, vaccinated & implanted & dehorned, sell any number. 320-732-6259 For Sale: Open Angus Beef Heifers. (608)685-3614

Hardi Commander 6600, 120’, duals ..................................$68,500

8N Boomer, Remake of a Classic 50 hp. FWA, Great Winter Price ..........................................$27,800

TRACTORS

Krause 4821, 28’ coulter chisel, 2 seasons ..........................$39,500 Krause 4850, 15’, under 2000 acres ..................................$38,800 Krause 4850, 18’ Demo machine ..................................CALL JD 960, 421⁄2’............................$8,500 JD 960, 30’..............................$5,000 Wilrich 6600 ..........................$5,500 Wilrich 2800, 251⁄2’ ..................$6,250

SPREADERS

Ford 1210, 1500 hrs. ..............$8,500 NH TJ500 ............................$175,000 ‘10 NH 7030, FWA, 18.4x42 duals ..................................$99,500 NH T7040, New 320/90R54 $105,000 NH TC34D, 4WD, SS, 30 hrs. ................................$17,250 NH TC210, loader....................$9,900 JD 4430, powershift, recent OH ................................COMING IN JD B ........................................$1,500 Allis 9130, 2WD....................$12,500 Versatile 876, 5938 hrs ........$42,500 Ford Versatile 876, 5940 hrs ............................$42,500 Versatile 876, 88’, gone through, 5980 hrs. ......................COMING IN Versatile 876 ..................COMING IN Ford TW35, MFD, 2675 hrs. ..........................................$33,000 Ford TW25, 2WD, 7267 hrs.......CALL CIH 7140, 2WD ..........................CALL Case MX275, FWA, clean....$138,000 CIH MX210, 380/50 ............$105,000 IH 1086, cab ....................COMING IN IH 1066, cab, duals, decent ....$9,500 IH 1066, open station, new torque ..................................$8,950 IH 544, gas, IH 2000 ..............$5,900 TG230, new rubber, 1400 hrs. ......................................COMING IN

NEW & USED LANDROLLERS

New F-3, 42’ ..Lease Pmt. $6,645.74 New F-3, 46’ ..Lease Pmt. $7,054.25 New F-5, 62’ Lease Pmt. $10,083.19 New F-5, 68’ Lease Pmt. $10,770.68 Riteway F5-68, 1-season......$47,500

FALL TILLAGE

NEW KRAUSE FIELD CULTIVATORS -ON HANDCALL FOR SIZES & PRICING

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(2) Meyers 2400 ..................$12,500 Meyers 560, horizontal beaters ......................................COMING IN NI 3739, hyd. upper beater ....$9,250 H&S 560, upper beater ....COMING IN NI 3726, S/A............................$3,500 IH 575, T/A, upper beater........$2,950 Gehl 1315, T/A, decent mach. $7,300 NH 195, floats ........................$8,900 AUGERS NH 195, upper beater, 385 hrs.

Westfield MK 13x71 GLP........$9,950 ..........................................$10,500 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP......$13,500 NI 3739, 1 yr. on apron ..........$8,750 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP......$13,750 SPRAYERS Westfield MK 13x71 GLP......$10,900 Hardi Navigator 1100, 80’ ....$27,500 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP........$5,950 Hardi Navigator 1100, 90’ ....$26,500 Westfield MK 10x91 GLP......$14,950 Hardi Navigator 1100, 90’ ....$23,500 Feterl 10x60 mechanical swing ....................................$2,550 Hardi Navigator 1100, 66’ ........CALL Hutchinson 10x60 swing ........$2,500 Hardi Navigator 1000, 60’, Westfield WR 6x41 ................$1,750 Hy Eagle, 120” axle ............$15,500 Hutchinson 8x60 EMD................$950 Hardi Navigator 1000, 60’ ....$13,500 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP........$7,500 Hardi Navigator 550, 60’, loaded ................................$15,500 GRAIN VACS Hardi Navigator 550, 60’, REM 2500, 440 hrs...............$15,500 2500 rate controller ......COMING IN REM 2100, standard equip. ..$11,500 Hardi Commander 1200+, 120’, REM 2500 ..................................CALL FM chemical inductor ........$44,900 Walinga 510............................$8,950 Hardi Commander 1200, 120’ ....................................$35,900 PLANTERS Hardi Commander 1200, 88’ White 8222, 12R30, liq. fert., force ..................................$34,500 1600 Allis ......................COMING IN Hardi Commander 1200, 80’ $24,500 White 6100, 8R36, insect. ......$7,500 Hardi 6600, 120’, steering White 6100, 8R36, dry duals ..................................$68,500 fert. ....................................$10,500 Hardi MK105, 100 gal., 20’ ....$3,250 White 5100, 12R30, PTO Hardi TR500, 42’, S/A ............$2,750 pump ......................................CALL Century 1000, 60’, chemical NEW Yetter row cleaners, inductor ................................$9,950 Early Order ..............................CALL Century 750, 60’, FM ..............$7,500 Kinze 8R30 dawn row Century 500, 40’, man. fold ....$3,250 cleaners ................................$4,900 Top Air 1600, 132’, duals, JD 1750, 6R30 dry fert ........$19,500 FM ......................................$46,500 JD 7300, 16R22 ......................$9,500 Top Air 1000, 60’, T/A ............$4,950 White 6100, set up as twin Top Air 700, 60’, T/A ..............$4,950 row ....................................$29,500 Spraymaster 1000 gal., 60’, JD 1710, 3 bushel boxes ......$19,000 Raven 440 ..........................$11,500 SKIDSTEERS Ag Chem 1000, 90’ ..............$10,500 NH LS160 ..............................$14,900 Miller Pro 1000, 60’, 13.6x38 $8,950 NH LX885 ..............................$17,500 Fast 1000, 60’, 13.6x38 ..........$8,850 JD 6675, 2600 hrs. ..............$13,000 Demco 600, 45’, hi-lo T/A ......$3,900 Mustang 345 ..........................$4,850 Many More In 1000-1500 gal. ..CALL

chlauderaff Impl. Co. 320-693-7277

60240 U.S. Hwy. 12 Litchfield, MN Ask for John, Jared, Roger or Rick

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Livestock FOR SALE: Polled purebred black or red Salers bulls, Black Angus Yearling bulls; low birth weights, top Hamp, Chester & Yorkblood lines, ETD available, Grass hay, no rain, small shire boars & gilts. easy calfing, good selecsquares, 48 lbs, very good.

Alfred Kemen(320)598-3790 tion. Oak Hill Farms Near Courtland, $2.40 per Madelia, MN 507-642-8028 bale. Can deliver, $1 per FOR SALE: 3 yr old Red Angus Bull, $1200. loaded mile. 507-359-2790 507-595-3345 Kilkenny, MN Red & Black Angus Bulls, Hay for Sale. LeRoy Ose, if no answer leave message. most AI sired. weaning Thief River Falls, MN 218wgts 750-850 lbs., Will hold Dairy 681-7796 or cell 218-689-6675 until May 15. Meado-West Farms (715)664-8854 Hay For Sale: Big squares, Brown Swiss Herd of 45 cows. Reg., Classified.Best round bales, some grass, Registered Texas Longhorn Offer. Alpine Echo Farm no mold. (715)235-8610 breeding stock, cows or since 1938. 608-214-3196 HAY FOR SALE: Large heifers or roping stock, top rounds net wrapped; FOR SALE: DeLaval model blood lines. grass, low patassium; 1st, (507)235-3467 78 vac pump w/ oil re2nd & 3rd cutting of alfalclaimer 7 1/2hp motor, 30 fa, St Cloud area. 507-381Two (2) Registered Hereford gal PVC tank & controller, 3776 February yearling bulls very good, $1,350. 2” pipefor sale from J&J Hanson line w/ s/s receiver jar, Organic certified hay, 1st & Herefords located near new pump, auto washer 2nd crops, 1500 lb round Comfrey, Minnesota. A panel, 250’ manger liner, bales, net wrapped, stored September ‘09 commercial Berg ccw chain & head. in shed on pallets.

Hereford bull is also avail.

(2) 4’ end wall fans. 320(608)685-3508 All are thick muscled w/ 352-6691 or 320-808-0415 great disposition suitable for any cattle herd. Avail SEED CORN ONLY $69.90! For Sale: Great Cows, great at earliest request. Contact 82 TO 93 Day pedigrees, lots of milk, us at (507) 877-3631 or Conventional Hybrids. just too many. Call jerihanson@hotmail.com Also save big on industries (715)537-5413. top insect and herbicide www.jerland.com technology hybrids. Visit TWO YEARLINGS WWW.KLEENACRES.COM Very nice young herd of cows. Low SCC, good ud- Limousin bulls. Dbl black, 320-237-7667 ders & feet & legs. $1,350 dbl polled. $1,000 each or “IT‘S THE PLACE TO BE” ea. Please leave message. trade for steers. 715-292(608)214-6971 1748.

Case IH MX275, duals, frt wgts, 3 PTO’s, approx. 650 hrs ....$138,000

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net wrapped tight round Chemicals bales of Heifer grass hay.

No rain or weeds. Approx FOR SALE: 2 DMI toolbars, 1600 lbs. $55/bale. Can de(1) 32 1/2’ w/ Dickey John liver. 507-525-1034 controller, (1) 42 1/2’ w/ hyd continental control, FOR SALE: 4x5 Round Net have Raven super cooler, Wrapped Green Low Pobars are all hyd, Also tassium Grass, Alfalfa avail, NH3 Piston ground Leafy Dry Different Qualidrive pump w/ coolers ties & Some Bedding. Can complete. 507-273-0127 Deliver - $30 - $50/Bale.

320-382-6288 or 320-905-6195 NH3 Applicator 9500 Continental controller, hyd shutFOR SALE: Alfalfa 3x3 off, 11 knives, 3pt, $2,500. squares, first cutting, 160 515-368-3732 RFV, using super conditioning rows, $135 a ton.

Poultry Delivery available.

507-427-2050 Mountain Lake FOR SALE: Incubator & hatcher for large birds, FOR SALE: Certified OrGoose, Emo, Ostrich, 40 ganic/Alfalfa hay, 4x5 net egg capacity, auto turning wrapped round bales. Call can be used for chickens for info & price. 715-222-1737 or ducks $200 ea.

FOR SALE: Straw, small Albert Lea, MN 507-256-7524 square bales. 507-524-3486 For Sale: Laying hens, 10 FREE GLYPHOSATE/ mo. old, some older. total Generic Roundup with your of 370 hens. Selling for G.T. seed corn order. health reasons. (651)436SAVE on seed costs & get 7287 free glyphosate. Visit

S PECIAL L O W R ATE F INANCING O N A L L E QUIPMENT ~ 3 YRS. - 4% • 4 YRS. - 4.5% • 5 YRS. - 4.75%

THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

30 Polled Herefords 3x3 Alfalfa bales, individual- South Dakota Western Alfalfa 3x3x8. Various RFB's Sell Noon April 09, 2011, ly wrapped, 35-40% moisLow Potassium Grass KNS UWRF Mann Valley ture, 1st, 2nd & 3rd crop, Hay & Transport. (605)999Farm; Registered Bred & 130-170 RFV, 21-24 protein.

1118 Open Heifers & Bulls. CatDry alfalfa bales also alogs (715)425-8141 or visit avail. 866-575-7562 WANTED & FOR SALE www.indianheadherefords.com ALL TYPES of hay & Dairy Quality Alfalfa straw. Also buying corn, Tested big squares & round ANGUS SALE wheat & oats. Western Hay bales, delivered from Bulls & Heifers. Calving available Fox Valley AlfalSouth Dakota ease, performance & disfa Mill. 920-853-3554 John Haensel position. Midland & Den(605)334-0643 ver Winners. Free catalog.

WANTED TO BUY: DAM3/19/11. Brand Angus since AGED CORN. Wet or dryDairy quality western alfal1974. 651-764-1281 almost any condition. fa, big squares or small Schwieger Grain squares, delivered in semi Fairmont, MN Beef cows for spring freshloads.

800-658-2314 ening, preg checked, Clint Haensel or 507-236-5181 cell wormed, poured, vaccinat(605) 310-6653 ed. Very gentle cows, will deliver. 320-760-5622 Fertilizer & FOR SALE: 400 perfectly

Beef Cattle

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WANT TO BUY: Butcher cows, bulls, fats & walkable cripples; also horses, sheep & goats.

320-235-2664

THE LAND, MARCH 18, 2011

See Us at Booth #102 at the Owatonna Show

WANTED TO BUY: Dairy heifers and cows.

(320)235-2664

Horses 8 yr-old Reg Qtr Horse, gelding; started barrels & poles. 23 yr-old Reg Appaloosa mare, trail horse.

608-343-8972 FOR SALE - Horse Trailer: ‘01 S&H Contender Sport 2 horse slant, load pump, pull, tack room, steel, very good cond, $4000.

507-931-0041 or 507-995-0576

‘09 CIH 305, front suspension, Accu Guide Ready ......$179,500

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4WD TRACTORS (O)’10 JD 9630, 150 hrs. ................$264,900 (B)’10 JD 9530, Lease return ..........$248,500 (O)‘09 JD 9530, 846 hrs. ................$214,900 (O)’07 JD 9620, 1355 hrs. ..............$207,900 (O)’06 JD 9620, 1449 hrs ................$201,900 (O)’98 JD 9400, 3822 hrs. ..............$107,900 (H)’03 JD 9520, 5775 hrs. ..............$108,900 (H)’90 Ford 876, 5822 hrs. ................$38,500 (H)’78 Steiger ST270 ........................$12,500

TRACK TRACTORS (O)JD9630T, Lease return................$299,900 (O)’10 JD 9530T, 496 hrs. ..............$279,900 (O)’08 Case 485, 750 hrs.................$249,900 (H)’05 JD 9620T, 2116 hrs...............$184,900 (B)’03 JD 9520T, 1787 hrs ..............$179,900 (B)’07 JD 8230T, 1095 hrs...............$142,000 (H)’00 CIH 9380, 4819 hrs.................$87,900

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

ROW CROP TRACTORS (O)’09 CIH Magnum 305, 548 hrs. ..$179,500 (O)’10 CIH Magnum 305, 350 hrs. ..$178,900 (O)’10 CIH Magnum 305, 350 hrs. ..$178,900 (O)’08 CIH MX275, 1258 hrs. ..........$155,000 (O)’10 CIH Magnum 245, 250 hrs. ..$149,900 (O)’03 JD 8320, 2197 hrs ................$129,900 (B)’09 JD 7330, IVT, Lease Return ....$96,900 (B)’04 JD 7420, IVT, 2452 hrs. ..........$72,900 (H)’08 JD 8230, 2215 hrs. ................COMING (B)’96 JD 8200, 8163 hrs. ................$68,900 (B)’97 JD 7210, 1086 hrs. ................$67,950 (W)’04 JD 7220, loader, 4800 hrs......$62,000 (H)’89 JD 4955, 5700 hrs. ................$49,900 (B)’90 JD 4455, 2WD, 8220 hrs. ......$38,900

‘05 Agco 7650, 1690 hrs. ........................................$87,500

‘03 JD 9520T, 1788 hrs. ......................................$179,900

(W)’89 CIH 7110, 5720 hrs. ..............$33,500 (B)‘78 IH 1486 ..................................$11,900 (W)’77 White 2-155, 20.8x38 ............$11,900 (W)’78 White 2-135, 5927 hrs...........$11,900 (B)’77 White 2-105 ..............................$8,900 (B)’77 MF 1135, 4865 hrs. ..................$8,900 (B)’66 JD 4020, gas ............................$7,595 (B)’67 JD 4020, gas ............................$6,900 (B)’67 Oliver 1650................................$5,500

(O)’08 JD 9670, 627 sep. hrs...........$199,900 (H)’09 JD 9570, 447 sep. hrs. ........$199,900 (B)’08 JD 9770, PRWD ....................$195,900 (O)’06 JD 9760, 1175 sep. hrs. ......$189,000 (H)’07 JD 9660, 500 sep. hrs...........$189,500 (W)’06 JD 9660, 1361 sep hrs.........$179,900 (H)’06 JD 9660, 1331 hrs. ..............$159,900 (B)’06 Case 2388, 1201 sep. hrs. ....$154,900 (O)’03 JD 9650, 1012 sep. hrs. ......$135,000 (H)’00 JD 9750, 2132 sep. hrs. ......$121,900 (O)’99 JD 9650, 2238 sep. hrs...........$95,000 (B)’98 JD 9510, 2040 sep. hrs...........$72,900 (W)’98 JD 9610..................................$69,500 (H)’96 JD 9600, 1913 sep. hrs. ........$59,900 (W)’97 JD 9600, 2682 sep. hrs. ........$52,500

UTILITY TRACTORS (H)’84 JD 2750, loader, 4260 hrs. ....$16,900 (H)’83 JD 2950, 6705 hrs ..................$15,900 (B)’93 JD 5200, loader ......................$15,900 (H)’79 JD 2640, loader ......................$14,900 (B)’78 JD 2640, loader ......................$12,900 (B)’80 JD 2640, 4466 hrs. ..................$8,900 (B)’74 Ford 5000, gas ..........................$7,500 (W)’64 JD 3020, gas, WF ....................$7,000 (O)’69 IH 656, gas ..............................$6,900 (B)’63 JD 3010D, NF............................$5,900

COMBINES

SPRAYERS (O)’08 JD 4930, 1485 hrs. ..............$205,000 (B)’09 JD 4830, 550 hrs., 90’ boom $201,900 (O)’07 JD 4930, 1464 hrs. ..............$193,500 (O)’08 JD 4930, 1800 hrs. ..............$189,000 (O)’07 JD 4830, 1300 hrs. ..............$181,000 (O)’09 JD 4730, 690 hrs. ................$179,000 (O)’08 JD 4830, 1450 hrs. ..............$179,000 (O)’07 JD 4830, 1681 hrs. ..............$178,500 (O)’05 JD 4920, 1923 hrs. ..............$161,500 (O)’05 JD 4720, 2304 hrs. ..............$134,900 (O)’02 C-IH 4260, 3010 hrs. ..............$97,900 (O)’05 Spray Coupe 7650, 1690 hrs. $87,500 (O)’97 Ag-Chem 854, 4451 hrs. ........$44,900 (H)Tyler Patriot, 3241 hrs. ................$29,900

(O)’10 JD 9870, 380 sep. hrs. ........$310,000 (O)’10 JD 9870, 300 sep. hrs...........$289,000 (B)’09 JD 9870, 497 sep. hrs...........$279,900 (O)’08 JD 9870, 635 sep. hrs. ........$242,000 (O)’09 JD 9770, 466 sep. hrs. ........$242,900 (B)’07 JD 9870, 722 sep. hrs...........$239,900 (H)’10 JD 9670, 318 sep. hrs. ........$239,900 (O)’10 JD 9670, 328 sep. hrs. ........$239,900 (O)’10 JD 9670, 395 sep. hrs. ........$239,900 (H)’10 JD 9570, 130 sep. hrs. ........$218,900 PLANTERS & DRILLS (H)’08 JD 9670, 564 sep. hrs. ........$217,900 (O)’06 JD 1790, 31R15” ....................$97,500 (B)’08 JD 9670, 532 sep. hrs...........$214,900 (O)’01 Kinze 3140, 16R30” ................$38,500 (O)’10 JD 9570, 240 sep hrs............$214,900 (B)’03 Kinze 3200, 12R30” ................$34,900

‘09 JD 4730, 690 hrs. $179,000

(H)White 6100, 12/23 row ................$21,900 (B)Friesen 24R30” ............................$19,900 (B)’97 JD 455, 30’ drill ......................$22,900 (B)’91 JD 450, 13’ @ 6” spacing ........$9,900 (B)’97 JD 1520, 10” spacing, markers $7,900 (O)JD 7000, 8R30” ..............................$6,595

(H)IH 800, 8R30” ............................$2,950

TILLAGE (B)’08 JD 2310, 39’9” mulch finisher $69,900 (B)’06 JD 726, 38’3” mulch finisher ..$41,900 (O)’02 JD 2200, 64’5’ F.C...................$38,900 (O)’10 Riteway 45’ Land roller ..........$33,000 (B)’94 JD 980, 44.5’ ..........................$16,900 (O)’95 DMI Tigermate, 50.5’ F.C.........$14,500 (B)JD 960, 44.5’ ................................$13,500 (B)’90 JD 960, 36.5’ ............................$7,500 (B)Case 4900, 42.5’ ............................$5,900 (H)JD 960, 32.5’ ..................................$5,450 (B)White 226, 24’ ................................$4,500 (O)’90 JD 960, 42.5’ ............................$4,495 (W)AC 1300E, 26’ ................................$1,250

HAY & FORAGE (B)’08 JD 458, silage special ............$25,900 (H)’03 JD 557, surface wrap..............$24,500 (O)’93, JD 535, Heartland chopper ......$9,900 (W)’01 Gehl 1875 round baler ............$6,500 (O)’89 Gehl 1865 round baler, 6’ bale..$6,900 (H)’85 NH 858 round baler, 7’ bale ......$2,900 (B)’05 JD 956, 14’6” center pivot ......$24,900 (B)’05 JD 525 MoCo ..........................$13,900 Call Paul Gohlke for JD Crop Insurance needs (612)756-0001

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Sheep 4-H & FFA Club Lambs For Sale : Black Face, Speckle & White Face.

Roe Family Club Lambs, Frost, MN (507) 525-0970 Show Lambs, high quality.

Also Southdown Breeding Stock. Lamb Sale, April 2nd Smerchek Farms, (715)342-0306. www.smerchekshowlambs.com

Swine BOARS-BRED GILTS-York Duroc-YxD Cross, Outdoor cond. 712-297-7644 Marvin Wuebker Compart’s total program features superior boars & open gilts documented by BLUP technology. Duroc, York, Landrace & F1 lines.

Terminal boars offer leanness, muscle, growth. Maternal gilts & boars are productive, lean, durable.

All are stress free & PRRS free. Semen also available through Elite Genes A.I. Make ‘em Grow!

Comparts Boar Store, Inc. Toll free: 877-441-2627

FOR SALE: 2000 hd continous feeder pig source, US origin, custom finshing barns also available.

Garvin, MN 507-746-4482 FOR SALE: DDL Swine Nurseries, 1-200 hd / 1-300 hd. Clean, excellent shape.

Ready To Go - Priced Reasonable. Matthew Voxland Kenyon, MN 507-789-5963 or 507-259-9385 FOR SALE: Hampshire/Yorkshire gilts & Hampshire/Duroc & Yorkshire boars. 4-H pigs also available. Many winners over the years. Exc herd health. No PRRS. Hogs raised on outside cement lots. Delivery available. Stan Adelman 320-5682225 Landrace-Duroc, Hamp-Duroc & York-Landrace Boars & Gilts. Excellent quality & health.

Charles DeGrote (320)894-7356 or (320)847-2175

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‘97 CIH 2166 ‘01-’08 1020, 25’ ‘10 CIH MX275, 200 hrs.

‘96 CIH 9380, triples, 24-spd. ‘98 Geringhoff 8-30 2206-2208 IH 5288 ‘06 Bobcat S150 w/heat SPRING EQUIPMENT Bobcat 642 ‘09 CIH 1250, 12-30, bulk ‘05 Case 445, cab, air fill, liquid fert.

Case 586C Forklift........$9,900 ‘08 1200, 16-30 pivot ‘07 LX770 Ldr, Like Kinze 3600, 12-30 PT New ..........................$11,900 CIH 5400, 20’ drill CIH 1830, 12-30 VS cult.

COMBINES ‘10 CIH 7120, 350 hrs.

TILLAGE ‘07 CIH 2577, 800 hrs.

DMI 530B ‘08 CIH 7010, 429 hrs.

DMI 730B ripper ‘06 CIH 2388, 1570 hrs.

CIH 930, 9 shank ripper ‘98 2388, 2670 hrs.

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TRACTORS & SKIDS

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HANCOCK, MN

• 320-598-7604 •

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RANGER PUMP CO. THE BEST FLOOR HEAT SHOW PIGS -D-H-Y-X, Gestation & farrowing ‘97 F250, Automatic, 460, GENERATORS:15kW-500kW PARMA DRAINAGE PUMPS WATER TUBING. Boars and Open Gilts. crates for sale. Also chore 4x4, 4Dr, Silver, in good PTO & automatic gen sets, New pumps & parts on hand. Manufacturer of Water Lift Pumps for Field FREE ESTIMATES. ComOwens Genetics, Durand, time feed system; Solid cond. $5,000. 608-343-8972 Call Minnesota’s largest new & used. Low time hosDrainage. Built to fit your pare & Save! GUARAN715-672-5717 rod crates by Barron w/ distributor pital take-outs. needs since 1984.

TEED LOWEST S/S feet. Tender foot pads HJ Olson & Company Miscellaneous Standby Power - Windom Sales & Service.

PRICES. go w/ farrowing. crates.

320-974-3202 Serving farmers since 1975 Show Pigs All ages, many FOR SALE: 500 gal farm 507-984-2025 or 406-314-0334 www.mikesheating.com Call Wally Runck Fairfax Cell - 320-894-6276 (800) 419-9806, 9-5 Mon-Sat past winners. fuel tank w/pump, good www.rangerpumpco.com 1-800-446-4043 507-426-7645 eves www.krebsfarms.com cond. 651-463-8896 or cell ONAN ENGINES 608-576-6593 651-295-2875 Industrial & 25 hp rebuilt engine for skid Pets & Supplies loader; rebuilt Onan enFOR SALE: IH Cub Cudet Construction gines 16 to 20 hp for JD 780 lawnmower, 42” deck, For Sale: Red & Blue Heeler garden tractors and othfront mount snowblower, Madison, MN From Hwy. 75 & 212 Jct., 3.5 mi. W., 2.5 mi. S. Puppies. $50. (715)279-3756 ‘73 4500 Ford backhoe, ldr, ers. Prices start at $1095.00 $1500. 507-530-1630 good shape, 5800 hrs. exchange. BCM, Inc. JD 750, 20’ no till drill, Reconditioned ............Call JD 840 loader, JD 8000 mts. ......................$9,500 $5,500.

320-841-0318 Get ready for spring floodGreat Pyrenees puppies (763)755-0034 Late, JD 444, 4RW, oil corn head ..............$2,000 JD 740 loader ............................................$7,500 ing - New 25,000 G.P.H. born 1/20, both parents on Trucks & Trailers IH 843, IH 863 corn heads ................$950/$2,500 JD 720 loader, off JD 4020 ........................$5,500 Water/Trash pump, 9 hp, site, great livestock guardHonda motor, no hoses. ian dogs & family pets, ‘95 Freightliner FLB120, IH 1084, 8RW corn head............................$6,500 (3) JD 148 loaders ............$2,500/$3,250/$4,000 ONE CALL DOES IT ALL! 507-945-8367 or 507-370-2149 $400. (715)235-8610 Cummins M11, 22.5 tires, ‘00 CIH 1020, 30’ flex head ........................$9,900 JD 158 loader ............................................Coming With one phone call, you 10spd, day cab. $7,000. 515NH 8RN, plastic snoot, Low Acres............$17,500 (2) IH 2350 loaders ........................$3,000/$3,500 Homesteadercan place your classified Livestock Equipment 838-2244 NH BR780 baler, net wrap ........................$12,500 Leon 1000 grapple, off JD 8100 ................$5,500 Happy Valley Ranch ad in The Land, Farm (2) JD 566 round balers ................$7,900/$8,900 Leon loader, off JD 4020 ............................$1,500 Barn roofing Hip or round FOR SALE: (81) 40’ Timpte Apple Cider press & grinder.

News, AND The Country 507-734-3022 roof barns & other buildJD 2020, gas, Nice ....................................$6,900 Dual 3100 loader, blue cylinder ..................$1,250 hopper, very good cond, Today. Call The Land for ings. Also barn & quanset $11,000. 507-645-5625 shop, or JD 3010, gas, loader ..................................$5,500 Dual 310 loader ..........................................$3,000 more info @ straightening. Kelling Silo 507-649-1888 or 507- 649-1887 ‘72 JD 3020 D, WF, 3 pt. ..........................$12,500 Farmhand 27 loader, grapple......................$1,000 Irrigation For Sale: 1-800-355-2598 507-345-4523 • 800-657-4665 (2) JD 4020, PS, side console ..$12,500/$15,500 Farmhand F358 loader, IH mts...................$3,250 FOR SALE: ‘02 Volvo day ‘85 Reinke center pivot, 8 or place your ad online @ cab, 365 VED eng, 10 alum JD 4040, PS ..............................................Coming FH 662, New!, off IH 5088 ........................$5,750 span, rotators, pipes like www.thelandonline.com Brooder stoves & feeders for wheels, 730K, nice clean new on inside, nice tires, JD 4430 Quad, JD 4430, PS ......$12,500/$14,500 Miller loader, black/grapple ........................$2,500 starting chicks, also, adult truck, $16,500. 507-327-7079 $18,500 disassembled. ‘80 JD 4240 Quad, JD 4240 PS........$18,000/$19,500 Miller PL-4 loader ......................................$3,500 poultry feeders. Choretime Reinke 7 span, fair tires Winpower Sales & Service JD 4455, FWA, PS, JD 280 loader............$42,500 Buhler 2595, New!, JD 6000 mts...............$3,500 bulk tanks, various sizes, FOR SALE: ‘71 Chevy C/50 $13,500 disassembled.

Ag Reliable Power Solutions truck chassis, 350 eng, 4x2 JD 4455, New Engine, 0 Hrs. ..................$37,500 JD 120, 8RN shredder ................................$3,900 very good cond. Choretime Rain 4170 hard hose travelSince 1925 trans, recent eng overhaul, feed line fill systems JD 4960, MFD ..........................................$39,000 JD 331, 30’ disc..........................................$3,900 er 4x1250, nice shape, PTO & automatic new clutch radiator, seat w/motors & power heads.

‘84 IH 5088, cab, air ................................$13,900 JD 235, 22’ disc, harrow, Nice ..................Coming needs hose, $8,500. Ag Rain Emergency recovered, tires very good, (507)227-6645 45A hard hose traveler, IH 986 ......................................................$12,500 JD 235, 20’ disc ........................................$3,500 Electric Generators. well maintained, have re4.5x1250, nice shape, New & Used IH 1066, red cab, WF, 3 pt. ........................$6,200 New & Used Schweiss snowblowers ..............Call cords, some body rust, $16,500.

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WANTRich Opsata - Distributor FOR RENT: 2500 head nurs$2000 OBO. 507-317-5828 IH 200 w/belly mower, Collector ................$2,500 New Box Scrapers, 10’/12’ ............................Call ED: Large fanning mill.

(800) 343-9376 ery barn, available immeMF 40 Utility, loader, Nice ..........................$4,500 New & Used Skidsteer Buckets ......................Call Call Scott 320-693-7196 diately, exc. shape.

FOR SALE: ‘79 GMC 7000 JD 843 loader, Like New ..........................$12,500 (507)530-1075 tandem, twin screw, 427 gas, 48,000 orig miles, 18’ FOR SALE: 14” roller mill, steel box, newer hoist & $775; 24’ aluminum gooselift system, exc cond. neck livestock trailer, 2 di- 320-843-4788 leave message viding gates, $10,500; Gehl 170 mixer, scale magnet, FOR SALE: ‘89 Volvo semi high miles, mechanically long auger, electric reFRAME TYPE END DUMPS BELTED TRAILER sound, 430hp Detroit, ‘97 Red River 42’ Live Bottom, New ‘05 Spek Tek 26’ AL, SR, 80% T, New motes, always shedded, $4,900. 507-964-5548 or 507$12,750. 320-583-3131 Brakes & Lights, w/Air Lift Door for Plastic, Sandblasted & Painted 327-1903 ............................................$19,750 Trash or Silage, New Cylinder, FOR SALE: Headlocks 80’, WANTED: Semi truck 200- ‘97 Trinity Farm Belt, 42’, 41” Chain, Plastic Liner, Like New ......$27,500 ‘97 STECO, 26’, 80% T&B, New Plastic, 70” New Side Walls 10’ section, 6 holes, very 220” WB, short flattop steel box ............................$11,250 Rebuilt, New Hyd. Door, All New good condition. Asking $275 sleeper, any make or modLights & Brakes, Tires 80%, AL per section. 507-227-2602 el. 320-360-6487 DROP-DECKS & Whls., w/New Tarp..............$27,500 DOUBLE DROPS (2) ‘03 & ‘04 Transcraft 53’, AL Floors HOPPERS USED DRYERS TRUCKS & Cross Members, 70% T&B ‘92 Timpte, 42’ AL Hopper, 78” ............................$18,000 & 19,000 sides, SS Corners, New Cross 700 BEHLEN, 3 Ph., LP ‘06 SUBURBAN 4X4, 5.3L ‘95 Dunnen Drop Deck, 48/102 Members & New Lights, 60% T, 700 BEHLEN, 3 Ph., DOUBLE 40’ STOUGHTON GRAIN 80% B, SR ..........................$16,500 AR, Canadian spread, 70% BURNER TRAILER, NEW TARP, AIR T&B ....................................$13,900 VANS 10’ DELUX LP 3Ph., 300 BPH, RIDE ‘86 Dorsey Drop Deck, 48/96, (10) ‘96 To ‘01 53/102 AL, AR 5 PT Closed Tandem, SR, New Brakes, USED AUGERS Roadworthy Dry Vans for Freight 20’ DELUX LP 3 Ph., 700 or Seed, etc. ............$4,500-$7,500 80% T..................................$10,750 10”X71’ MAYRATH BPH, 5 PT Engineered Beavertails for Drop (20) 48/53x102, for storage SWINGAWAY NEW DRYER or water....................$2,500-$6,000 Deck or Double Drops, w/ramps, 10”X62’ WESTFIELD Includes All Electrical & Paint 30’ DELUX, 900 BPH, SWINGAWAY FLATBEDS ..............................Installed $5,000 5 PT 8”X57’ KEWANEE PTO ‘89 Hot Shot 48’x96” flatbed, ......................Unassembled $3,000 Clean ....................................$4,750 8”X62’ MAYRATH EMM DAY CAB TRUCKS ‘91 Wilson AL Combo, 48/96 We carry a full line of Behlen & Delux dryer parts; SX/AR, 70% T&B, Clean ..Ea. $6,000 ‘03 Freightliner FLD120, 12.7L 60 Series Detroit, 10-spd., ..........................$7,000 w/Haysides Mayrath and Hutch augers parts.

620,000 mi. ........................$23,500 (2) ‘95/’96 Wilson AL Curtain Side Large inventory of welda sprockets, hubs, MISCELLANEOUS Combos, 48/102, AL FLR & CM, bearings, chain & pulleys.

AR/SR Suspensions For Trailers 10 Winches, Closed Tandem, ..........................$1,200 to $1,650 80% T&B, Excellent for See us for your Fall Farm needs Water Trailers..................Ea. $6,000 35 to 40 hp. Reefer Diesel PUP 20’ Flatbed Trailer............$4,000 Engines ....................................$400 (5) Thermal King Refrigeration Custom Haysides for flatbed or drop-deck on any trailer ..$1,250 Units ............................$500-$1,200 Ingersoll-Rand dsl. 4000 watt Light Plant ....................$3,250

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USED COMBINES

USED COMBINES Continued

Interest Waiver or Low Rate Financing Available ••• Call For Details ‘10 CIH 9120, track drive, RWA, 313 hrs., leather, loaded, On Hand........$339,500 ‘10 CIH 9120, track drive, RWA, 275 hrs., leather, loaded, Coming In ....$345,500 ‘07 CIH 8010, corn & bean use, 935 eng. hrs., 620/42 duals....................$199,900

‘08 CIH 7010, 782 eng./632 sep. hrs., duals, Excellent ............................................$194,500

‘02 CIH STX450Q, 85% tracks, good outback steering..................$117,000

‘05 CIH STX450Q, Quad Track, PTO, 6023 hrs. ............................$129,500

‘10 CIH Magnum 245, Lux. cab, frt. & rear duals, 350 hrs...........$144,500

‘09 ‘07 ‘10 ‘10 ‘08 ‘10 ‘10 ‘10 ‘08 ‘03 ‘98 ‘97 ‘97 ‘91

CIH 3408, 8R30” ......................................................................................$44,500 CIH 2208, 8R30” ......................................................................................$32,500 CIH 2608, 8R30 chopping corn head ....................................................$64,500 CIH 3408, 8R30 corn head ......................................................................$48,500 CIH 3208, 8R30 corn head ......................................................................$38,500 CIH 2020, 35’ platform, 11⁄2”, rock guard ..........................................COMING IN CIH 2020, 35’ platform, air reel, 11⁄2”..................................................COMING IN CIH 2020, 35’ platform, Crary air reel, 3” knife ......................................$39,900 CIH 2020, 35’ platform, 3” knife, rock guard..........................................$32,900 CIH 1020, 30’ platform, 11⁄2” knife, tracker..............................................$14,900 CIH 1020, 25’ platform, 3” knife ..............................................................$12,800 CIH 1020, 25’ platform, 11⁄2” knife ......................................................COMING IN CIH 1020, 25’ platform, 3” knife ........................................................COMING IN CIH 1020, 20’ platform, 3” knife ................................................................$6,900

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USED 4WD TRACTORS

‘06 CIH STX 480, HD, 1275 hrs .......... ............................................$179,000

‘10 CIH Steiger 435, Lux. leather cab, PTO, Auto Guide ready..$208,500

‘07 CIH Steiger 435, Lux. leather cab, PTO, Auto Guide ready..$212,900

‘04 CIH STX450, 710/70R42 tires, 2214 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lgts.$143,900

‘10 CIH 9120, Tracks, RWA, 232 sep. hrs. ......................................$345,500

‘07 CIH 8010, corn & bean use, 620/42 duals, 935 eng. hrs. $199,900

Up To Two Years Interest Free ••• Call For Details ••• ‘10 CIH Steiger 535 Quad, Scraper, Lux. cab, HID lgts., big hyd. pump, Auto Guide Ready, 1100 hrs. ......................................................................$246,000 ‘09 CIH Steiger 535 Quad, Scraper Quad Track, Lux. cab, 1476 hrs., Good Condition............................................................................................$229,900 ‘10 CIH STeiger 535 Wheel, Lux. leather cab, 800/70R38, HD hyd., HID lgts.........................................................................................................$224,900 ‘10 CIH Steiger 435, Lux. leather cab, Auto Guide ready, 71070R428 duals, w/PTO, 590 hrs. ..........................................................................................$212,900 ‘10 CIH Steiger 435, Lux. leather cab, Auto Guide ready, 620/42 duals, w/PTO ..........................................................................................................$208,500 ‘09 CIH Steiger 485 Quad, Ag only use, Lux. leather cab, HD hyd., HID lgts., E-Z steer, 785 hrs. ..........................................................................COMING IN ‘09 CIH Steiger 435HD, Scraper ready, Lux. cab, 710/70R42, HD axle, diff. locks, 810 hrs. ......................................................................................$179,900 ‘06 CIH Steiger 480HD, 710/70R42 tires, Trimble auto steer w/500 screen, 1275 hrs. ......................................................................................................$179,000 ‘04 CIH STX450, 710/70R42 tires, Lux. cab, HID lgts., 2214 hrs. ............$143,900 ‘05 CIH STX450Q, Quad Track, PTO, 6023 hrs. ........................................$129,500 ‘02 CIH STX450Q, 85% tracks, good outback steering, 5400 hrs. ..........$117,000 STX and STEIGER PTO, TOW CABLE & 3 PT. KITS ON HAND!!!

USED 2WD TRACTORS ‘05 CIH 1200, 16R30”, pivot fold, central....................................$59,000

(8) Trelleborg twin 414, 850x55x42 .. ..........................................$750 each

LOW RATE FINANCING AVAILABLE thru

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Call For Details

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Up To One Year Interest Free ••• Call For Details ••• ‘10 CIH Magnum 245, Lux. cab, front & rear duals, 4 hyd. remotes, HID lgts., Auto Guide ready, 350 hrs. ..........................................................................$144,500 ‘06 Volvo EX160BLC Excavator, 900 hrs., Excellent Unit............................$94,500 ‘06 Volvo EX140BLC, Excavator, includes full hyd. thumb, 1700 hrs. ......$74,500

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