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children. (Question No. 10) Twelve thousand, five hundred and forty-nine people stopped by the Min• and it should be illegal to use a cellunesota House of Representatives booth at lar phone while driving, except for an the Minnesota State Fair this year and emergency. (Question No. 11) filled out a 13-question survey.

On the remaining four survey questions, Twelve thousand, four hundred and the brick-head to non-brick-head ratio ninety-six of them made it all the way to was basically 50-50: the final question: “Do you know who your • Half don’t want warm-weather anglers state representative is?” to be able to use two lines; Half are in Eleven thousand and twenty-six politifavor or don’t care. (Question No. 4) LAND MINDS cally aware people — the vast majority — • Half want to require voters to show a answered in the affirmative.

By Tom Royer current, government-issued picture ID One thousand, three hundred and before casting a ballot; Half do not. fifty-four less knowledgeable, yet hon(Question No. 8) est, folks admitted they did not.

• Half want an expansion of gambling One hundred and sixteen were undecided. to provide additional state revenue; Half do not or Think about that last number for a second. It was- don’t care. (Question No. 9) n’t that those 116 people didn’t know their state rep; • Half would support a law that says workers are they didn’t know if they didn’t know their state rep. not required to join a union as a condition of employSome might describe those people as having a condi- ment; Half would not or don’t care. (Question No. 12) tion known as “rocks for brains.”

I’ll let you decide for yourself what any of that If my snide negativity depresses you, and you’d means. I’d try to be fair and balanced about it, but prefer a more upbeat spin on things, I can cheerfully I’m a bit of a rock-for-brains myself. report that statistics indicate less than 1 percent of ■ all participants in the Minnesota House of Representatives’ State Fair poll have rocks for brains.

Speaking of politics, I recently read that U.S. Rep. That is, unless you are in favor of the state consti- Tim Walz, D-Minn., is among a small number of House lawmakers who have been giving portions of tution being amended to define marriage as only a their Congressional paychecks back to the governunion of one man and one woman (Question No. 2), in which case you most likely think that 66.5 percent ment as a token of their desire to reduce the national debt. Walz, for instance, has been returning about of those surveyed have craniums full of pebbles. $2,200 each quarter, equal to the salary increases According to survey results, a similar two-out-ofhe’s received since joining Congress in 2007. (My three majority of numbskulls also believe that: apologies if this is old news to you; I never got the • If the governor and legislators cannot agree on a memo.) state budget for an upcoming biennium, the current Freshman U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-N.Y., a retired level of funding should remain in effect to prevent a Army colonel, upped the ante considerably recently government shutdown. (Question No. 1) by tapping his military pension. In the second quarter of 2011 Gibson returned nearly $20,000, to begin • The state constitution should not be changed to making good on a campaign pledge that he would allow the Legislature to call itself into special sespay back his $68,000 annual pension while serving sion. (Question No. 7) his country in his new political role.

• The state’s sales tax should not be expanded to In 2010, members of Congress were paid $174,000, including clothing purchases. (Question No. 3) so Walz’ move is effectively a self-imposed 5 percent • Local governments should not be permitted to impose a sales tax without legislative authorization. pay cut, while Gibson’s equates to a 28 percent cut.

Both men’s efforts are largely symbolic — their (Question No. 6) $76,000 total payback, which would be a far-above • Students should be required to stay in school average salary for most Americans, is not even a through age 18 or graduation, whichever comes first. scratch in the national debt. But it is important that (Question No. 5) • There should be publicly funded preschool for all See MINDS, pg. 4A

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 12A — Good Thunder, Minn., 4-H’er named poultry prince to “talk turkey.”

Uruguay sine his 1967 visit.

18A — What started as “they’re cute,” turns into successful goat venture.

24A — Minnesota and Iowa dairy royalty crowned at respective state fairs.

14A — Pipestone County 4-H’er takes record hog premium at Minnesota State Fair. 26A — ‘Mob grazing’ newest wrinkle in 15A — Ron Eustice sees big changes in grassland conservation.

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Letter: Nothing is free — Feds pay costs, set rules To the Editor: When you have a problem is it more important to find a person to blame, or to find a solution?

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In our current recession President Obama and the Democrats blamed President Bush and the Republicans, which is considered good politics — always blame the other party for the bad things, and take credit for the good. Next it was the insurance industry, the banks, business, rich people, the Tea Party, drug companies, low taxes, Congress, etc.

The villagers loved to catch them; they were delicious. The only problem was that the pigs were wily and you could never get near them. But a fellow came along and told the villagers that he could get them all if they gave him a little time. He took some corn out into the forest and just threw it out onto the ground. It didn’t take long for the pigs to find the corn and every day he took more out to them.

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He put up a few fence posts around the area, then gradually a fence — adding an open gate. He waited until those trusting pigs were eating their free corn and closed the gate. The villagers said the pigs were very tasty.

For many years now the federal government paid 56 percent of the cost of welfare for the states while the state and local governments shared the other 44 percent.

The Fed sets the standards and rules. The federal government pays a big portion of highway construction costs, but they set the rules and prevailing wages. If a local government wants a new building or project the Feds will pay part of the costs, but they set the rules. Our medical bills are now going to be paid by the federal govern-

ment, but they set the rules.

The federal government is now borrowing 40 percent of the money that they are “giving” to us. This is a mortgage on every person in the country for many years to come. The dollars that many of us have put away for our retirement will not buy very much in the years to come.

Republicans, Tea Party members and many conservative Democrats are coming to understand that nothing is free.

It’s hard for many of us to listen to the president when in one speech he says “there is nothing that we can’t do if we all get together” and in the next he is adding a new group as enemies.

Al Schumann Eyota, Minn.

Katy Olson remembered LAND MINDS, from pg. 2A “regular” folk who are struggling with their own pay cuts, salary freezes, furloughs and layoffs see that their Representatives acknowledge those struggles.

Every U.S. Representative and Senator should join Walz and Gibson.

■ Finally, I note the passing of Katy Olson of rural Sherburn, Minn., on Aug. 14 at the age of 82. Many longtime readers of The Land will remember Katy’s service to farmers and rural Minnesota as a state representative.

From her obituary: “Katy spent her life being a champion for rural education and the agriculture industry, an advocate for all children, a supporter of women and a strong Democrat. ...

“In 1986 Katy ran for and was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives for District 28B, the first woman to have been elected from her district.

Katy was one of only six women in the House that year, but she was proud to have 27 other women serving in the House with her in her last term, the largest class of women in the legislative history of Minnesota. ...

“Katy was a strong advocate for farmers and rural education and authored and helped pass many bills to that end.

Katy was held in high esteem by her colleagues, regardless of their political party, and was greatly missed by all when she retired in 1994.”

And from the book “Minnesota

Women in Politics” by Billie Young and Nancy Ankeny, regarding Katy’s initial confrontation with the Good Ol’ Boys Club upon entering the Statehouse: “Her interest, based on her 10 years as a school board member, was in education, and she soon found herself on the education committee. As she had done on the school board, she made sure she knew the issues. She was also placed on the agriculture committee, a rather ‘low-priority assignment.’

“It was immediately apparent to Katy that she was the ‘token woman’ on the committee. The other members talked around her and generally ignored her presence. Only when she began speaking of ridge-tilling farm practices, the horsepower of tractors and fertilizer applications, did the men tumble to the fact they had a lifetime farmer in their midst.

“As she said, ‘They had a hard time stumping me.’”

My own connection to Katy Olson was through marriage; she had just retired from politics when I first met her. She was easily the most colorful, strong-willed and wonderfully memorable character in a sprawling extended family full of such characters.

While there is loss in Katy’s passing, even more so there is joy in knowing she continues to inspire so many — to serve with passion, work with integrity, and delight in fellowship.

••• Tom Royer is assistant editor of The Land. He may be reached at troyer@thelandonline.com.

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Commentary: There are jobs to be had — in agriculture A few weeks back, I was talking with an old friend from a town in western Minnesota. He was telling assumption across much me about an odd problem facing of the rural Midwest was one of the companies in his county. that if you lost your job, It seems the company was havyour best strategy for ing difficulty finding enough qualifinding a new job involved fied candidates for the multiple pulling up stakes and open positions they had at their Dave Frederickson relocating to a larger metmanufacturing facility. ropolitan area.

The conversation came just a few This mindset helped drive a decadesdays after the latest round of negative long population drain from the Great news stories about the nation’s stub- Plains, and helped fuel the growth of bornly high unemployment rate, and urban areas like Minneapolis-St. Paul. it got me thinking. In the past, the

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However, as the economy has continued to evolve, the jobs landscape seems to have evolved along with it. One of the developments we are now seeing is that, thanks to the sustained strong demand for American food and other farm products, we are now finding more employment opportunities outside our cities, in areas dominated by agriculture.

A recent survey of 13,000 Minnesota firms by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development found that during the second quarter of 2011, the number of job vacancies in greater Minnesota expanded almost twice as fast as the number of job vacancies in the Twin Cities. The survey also found that greater Minnesota had a job vacancy rate of 2.6 percent compared to a Twin Cities rate of 2.0 percent.

Another number that jumps out in the survey is the percentage change in number of job vacancies by industry. Whereas all of Minnesota saw a 32-percent increase in job vacancies from second quarter 2010 to second quarter 2011, one category — the one labeled “Agriculture” — increased by 590.5 percent.

Economists will caution us not to place too much weight on a single quarterly report, but I think this is an

interesting development — especially given long-standing expectations many people have had about future employment opportunities clustering in our major cities. Those of us who are involved in our farm and food economy should be proud of the nearly 350,000 Minnesota jobs created and sustained by agriculture and food.

As summer turns to fall, we’ll be hearing a lot more about how we can kick-start job creation and economic growth. Gov. Dayton, for example, is leading a trade delegation to South Korea at the end of September in an attempt to raise Minnesota’s economic reach in that important export market.

He is also traveling around the state this fall talking about the jobs issue, and what the state needs to do to make sure we get more of our fellow Minnesotans back to work.

There are many good ideas out there, and the governor and I recognize that one of the best ideas is to build on the positive momentum in our cornerstone agriculture and food industry.

••• This commentary was submitted by Minnesota Department of Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson.

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know you know that several of the Continent’s national treasuries are under water. For example, Ireland’s national debt to gross domestic product ratio is, whoa, 119 percent and Greece’s is — ooh — 158 percent.

Those bad numbers likely will get worse because the European Union’s economic growth is as sick as ours. Last quarter, U.S. GDP grew 0.3 percent while France’s didn’t grow at all and Germany’s burped upwards a tiny 0.1 percent.

Interestingly, lovely old Belgium, without a government for 17 months, was the Euro-zone winner last quarter as GDP there grew 0.7 percent.

The lesson, cheekily wrote John Lanchester in the Sept. 8 London Review of Books, is that “(F)rom an economic point of view, in the current crisis, no government is better than any government.”

Maybe for Belgium but not so for America, onefourth the world’s economy. More political stalemate here means more economic trouble both here and in Europe, a quarter of the world economy, also. As such, if one-half of the global economy continues to sputter, how long can $7 corn and 17 percent increases in land values hold?

Relax, beans are headed to $14 and cows to the moon. What could possibly go wrong? Besides, I got it.

••• 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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So corn is rockin’ north of $7, beans are toyin’ with $14, cattle look to be headed to who-knows-where, wheat ... if one-half of the global econprices for almost every variety are omy continues to sputter, how tall to really tall, and hogs, well, long can $7 corn and 17 percent bacon is sellin’ for what steak used to. increases in land values hold?

Wow, huh? And here are two more Relax ... sweet words: land values.

Second quarter 2011 farmland valDuring that same decade, the U.S. trade ues in the Seventh Federal Reserve FARM & FOOD FILE deficit for manufactured goods, according to District, the buckle of the Midwest’s Commerce Department data, climbed — ready Corn Belt that includes all of Iowa and

By Alan Guebert for this? — an almost perfectly coincidental 30 most of Illinois and Indiana, rose an percent. astonishing 17 percent over a year ago.

The big winner in that job and money migration And, yes, that was the largest year-to-year quarwas China. It not only got many of those 5.5 million terly rise since the 1970s. former U.S. factory jobs, our annual trade deficit to What? What did I say? the once-Red, now-barely pink nation soared from $84 billion in 2001 to $275 billion in 2011.

Oh, the 1970s. Sorry, what do I know?

The simplest, nearly universal solution to these Probably not much because 36 percent of the Seventh District’s ag bankers think farmland values will debilitating trends requires political action: the American government must force a yuan re-evaluacontinue to increase while “just 2 percent ... expect farmland values to fall in the third quarter of 2011,” tion that drains China of its huge — and hugely subsidized — market advantage here. noted the Chicago Fed’s August AgLetter.

Such a move, or even talk of such a move, is not That’s 18 bulls to every one bear and bankers are good for you, U.S. farm prices, U.S. land values and rarely wrong, right? any Chinese person who happens to eat. But it’s So don’t worry; be happy. hard to see any U.S. job push without a similar push Besides, scolds like me will do the handwringing for Chinese currency reform and ... over little things that might tarnish the golden harWell, let me worry about that for you. vest of September and October. Little things like, say, While I’m at it, let me worry about Europe, too. I jobs because — just guessin’ here — it’s hard to sell $13 ribeyes to people without paychecks.

Even worse (but don’t worry, I’m on the case), the U.S. economy continues to shed well-paying jobs.

Indeed, between January 2001 and January 2010, the number of American manufacturing jobs fell 32 percent, from 17.5 million to 11.7 million.

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Cover story: Rabbits add variety to 4-H’ers life

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Walking the livestock and poultry barns at the Minnesota State Fair is truly a hands-on learning experience.

“Incredible” best describes the various species and the multitudes of breeds within each species. Start checking the hundreds of ribbons on display and you also recognize the incredible number of different 4-H competitions. Like behind Oliver Leafblad’s rabbit pens at the State Fair was a huge banner and ribbon proclaiming Reigning Division I, Rabbit Herdsmanship, third place. Herdsmanship competition even in showing rabbits? Absolutely.

Leafblad, 12, already has six years in the rabbit business. His Meeker County 4-H’ers earned the Herdsmanship honors last year.

State Fair competition makes the rabbit business even more intriguing for Leafblad, now a three-year State Fair veteran. This year he showed both Champagne and Mini Rex rabbit breeds.

He credits his aunt for getting him started in the rabbit business. She was raising Champagne, a meat-type rabbit that is now becoming a successful livestock enterprise for young Leafblad. Mature weights of 10 to 12 pounds in eight months account for the growing popularity of this breed. Mini Rex on the other hand is a small, furry rabbit for shows and as pets.

“The Mini Rex is a popular pet because it’s small and cute. I sell them right from our house locally

but they are popular everywhere,” Leafblad said. If your Mini Rex qualifies for the State Fair it becomes a $70 to $80 animal, he said.

As everyone knows rabbits are prolific, with only a 30- to 32-day gestation that often produces six to eight kits (baby rabbits). “If you want you can have six to seven litters per year which quickly adds up to 30+ rabbits from a single doe in one year,” said Leafblad, who suggests that perhaps rabbit meat is healthier too. “Leaner meat with less fat makes the Champagne a terrific protein food item, especially if slow cooked.”

He markets his Champagne rabbits to Hoppin’ Fresh, a specialty meat store in Hector that specializes in rabbit meat. His buyer prefers a six- to sevenpound liveweight which provides a four- to fivepound carcass that is more affordable and perhaps a tad more tender. “I’m selling for $1.50 per pound liveweight. At this lighter weight we call them fryers,” said Leafblad whose rabbits have qualified for the State Fair three consecutive years. But it’s those six years of 4-H competition at the Meeker County Fair that has groomed him into being a champion exhibitor at the State Fair.

His future in the rabbit business? “I’ll see how far it takes me,” he said.

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Minnesota’s poultry prince struts his stuff in 4-H

By DAN LINEHAN Mankato Free Press Brandon Severns’ turkeys have different ways of going about their lives.

Some of his 60 or so birds are alphas that dominate their fellow poultry, while others are calm and will let themselves be pet. Still others are shy and fly away when a person comes near.

But the 15-year-old from Good Thunder, Minn., learned early you can’t get attached to animals destined for the dinner plate.

“Me and my sister cried the first few years,” he said. “Now, as you get older, you learn it’s their purpose in life.”

Severns got introduced to turkeys on his parents’ hobby farm, and decided to raise them six years ago when he joined 4-H, a program that gets youth involved in agriculture. The choice, as well as his hard work, would pay off.

On Sept. 4, Severns was named the prince of poultry in a competition sponsored by 4-H and St. Cloud-based chicken producer Gold’n Plump. The title comes with a $1,000 scholarship and some responsibilities to be an ambassador for the poultry industry.

He’s been doing plenty of that, having been interviewed by four television stations.

The Maple River High School sophomore said he doesn’t mind, given the topic.

Despite his hard-earned turkey expertise, this year’s 4-H competition at the State Fair could’ve been a disaster.

“I accidentally turned one of my birds purple with a special kind of shampoo,” he said. Purple is the color of champion ribbons for 4-H — as well as the princely cape he wore for his coronation — but it is not a color for turkeys. The temporary slip-up before the fair didn’t stop him, though.

He walked away with two purple ribbons for his show turkeys this year, one for the best market turkeys (the kind you might buy for Thanksgiving) and one for best showmanship. His younger sister won the showmanship prize for her age group.

The competition for prince includes an interview, a test on showmanship and a cooking contest. The reigning poultry princess is Amy Anderson of Isanti County. A portrait of the pair was also painted and their likenesses will appear on the side of Gold’n Plump-sponsored fair trolleys next summer.

The competition, in its second year, is about “rewarding the best and brightest of poultry to become ambassadors for the industry,” said Rory Bidinger, brand advocacy and marketing manager for Gold’n Plump.

Customers are more and more interested in how food comes from the barn to the plate, he said.

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Brandon Severns, a 15-year-old from Good Thunder, Minn., was recently named the prince of poultry by Gold’n Plump and 4-H. They chose two ambassadors (there’s a princess, too) to spread the word about the poultry industry.

The title comes with a $1,000 scholarship.

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The Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council announced that nine young Minnesotan’s have been selected to receive high school and college scholarships compliments of the soybean checkoff.

Minnesota high school seniors receiving $1,000 toward their college tuition include: Evan Koep of Lakeville; Katie McNab of Waseca; Andrew Miron of Hugo; Emily Wentzel of Murdock; Laura Schoenman of Bingham Lake; and Kevin Welter of Stewartville. College juniors and seniors receiving $2,000 toward their undergraduate degrees include: Michael Sukalski of Fairmont; Nancy Faber of Sherburn; and April Johnson of Heron Lake.

To find out more about the program log on to www.mnsoybean.org.

■ The National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association recognizes the Angus Foundation’s efforts with two awards.

The Angus Foundation was honored in June for excellence in producing publications and communication projects at the annual meeting of the National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association in Lubbock, Texas.

Among the 48 total entries submitted by 14 institutions, including agricultural colleges, alumni associations and other agricultural organizations from across the U.S., the Angus Foundation received the following awards: • First place, print media category, annual report/strategic plan, for the 2010 Angus Foundation Annual Report – Their Story is Our Story.

• Second place, events/program category, for BlackOnTrack! Angus Magic at Churchill Downs.

■ The Angus Foundation awarded more than $210,000 in college scholarships to Angus youth at the 2011 National Junior Angus Show July 15 and 16 in Harrisburg, Pa. Applicants are evaluated on involvement in the National Junior Angus Association, involvement in the applicant’s state junior Angus association and other criteria.

Minnesota and Iowa scholarship winners are: Angus Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships ($1,000): Cole Greiman, Garner, Iowa; Mark Mitteness, Benson, Minn.; Alisha Nord, Wolverton, Minn.

Angus Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships ($3,000): Lauren Barker, Monticello, Iowa; Mary Kate Mardesen, Oxford, Iowa.

Iowa Junior Angus Association State Scholarship Endowment Fund ($500): Kyle Greiman, Garner, Iowa Angus/Talon Youth Educational Learning Program Graduate Scholarship ($10,000): Zebadiah Gray, Toledo, Iowa.

■ Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation has named Charlene Klein as its new executive director.

Klein will be in charge of supporting the MAITC Foundation through fundraising efforts, communication and marketing, and board development. She will also manage the organization’s partnership with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

Before joining the MAITC Foundation, Klein worked as the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for

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Love of 4-H, show hogs fuels Kerkaert’s fire

By KEVIN SCHULZ The Land Editor Hayden Kerkaert was pretty high the night of Aug. 27.

He was high in a good way, and who could blame him?

He and his grand champion hog, Tex, had just brought in a record swine bid of $9,250 in the 4-H Purple Ribbon Livestock Auction at the Minnesota State Fair.

“This is just awesome,” the Pipestone Area Schools sophomore said. A group of supporters lead by Hormel Foods, Pioneer Hi-Bred International and friends of Pipestone County made the record bid.

The record-setting auction is the culmination of a hog show season that almost wasn’t.

The young Kerkaert and his dad, Barry, went to a sale where Mark Hurd of Cleghorn, Iowa, brought Hayden Kerkaert

his hogs to be sold to 4-H’ers. “I had seen Tex before at Mark’s farm, and when we got to the sale, I told my Dad that I wanted that one,” Hayden said. “But at the sale, he (Tex) was just kind of laying there and he didn’t look too well.”

Tex’s appearance at the sale was enough to make others pass on taking him home, but Kerkaert knew how he looked and how he moved.

“I figured that if we got him home, Dad (who is a veterinarian) would be able to nurse him back to health,” he said. “But we got him home and we never had to give him anything. ... he just didn’t take the ride to the sale well.”

Other hogs came home that day, but it was Tex that rose to the top as a show hog, and that was a common place for him. “This barrow was unbeaten this year,” he said. “This is just the best.”

The young Kerkaert truly takes his 4-H responsibility seriously.

“I do all the work with him,” he said. In addition to feeding and general care, that also includes 40minute walks, both day and night, and oiling Tex three times a day.

“If I’m gone and someone else takes care of the hogs, I’m very picky how they cared for the hogs,” he said. “I prefer to take care of them myself.”

This show business is nothing new to Kerkaert, as he was only 6 years old when he showed the reserve champion in the Minnesota State Fair open class.

“That was the hook.”

Showing is a lineage in the Kerkaert family. Both his parents showed, as did his grandfather and great-grandfather. Hayden is hoping this show “drug” will also hook his two younger sisters: Jenna, a fifth grader, and Aubrey, a second grader.

Kerkaert also showed sheep at the county fair, taking a grand champion, but he knew all along that it would be Tex coming Falcon Heights with him.

“He’s just so good in the ring. I trust him and he trusts me.”

While other high school boys are playing football, cross country or soccer this time of year, Kerkaert gave that up for livestock. “I tried football, but I had to miss a lot of practices for showing,” he said. “So I decided livestock in the fall, sports in the spring,” joining the high school baseball team. He is also an FFA member, and he enjoys the mix that FFA, baseball and 4-H give him, but he admits 4-H is the tops in his eyes.

So what is next for a 4-H’er who achieved so much so early in his showing career? “Well, come back next year with another hog, or maybe I’ll have a real good sheep again.”

Further down the road, he sees himself either following in his Dad’s footsteps to become a vet, or in the path of other role models. “I’d like to be a ‘show pig farmer.’ I’ve got to know a lot of them, and they really seem to love what they do.”

He said that Mark Hurd has become a good role model for him. He also sees that as a way he could possibly give something back to future hog showmen.

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Ron Eustice, seated in the center of this photo, from his first visit to Uruguay in 1967. stored in the horizontal plastic silos that now also dominate the Minnesota dairy and beef scene.

“When I was there 44 years ago there was no effort being made to provide winter feed for cattle and sheep. Their agriculture simply wasn’t very advanced to the winter feeding of their beef and dairy animals. Their winter climate, though not as harsh as Minnesota, gets cold enough so there is little vegetative growth in their pastures.

They were losing cattle and sheep from lack of nutrition that winter. We discussed how to go about storing some hay and silage for winter nutrition.

“My host farmer remembered that discussion and today runs a custom harvesting business with the white plastic silos dominating the countryside. It is personally very satisfying to learn that our discussion 44 years ago got him into silage production.”

Eustice describes agriculture today in Uruguay as being advanced with the latest in farm equipment, technology abounding, GPS directional systems, and modern feeds and feeding strategies for their livestock. “They do everything we do, from AI work to the latest in seeds, feeds and fertilizer.”

He tells of a son of one of his host families who traveled to Chicago to purchase a John Deere tractor and combine. This particular 33-year-old farmer today farms 6,000 acres. “I lived with his father and aunt 44 years ago when they were in their early teens.”

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer In 1967, Ron Eustice was a 21-year old student majoring in agriculture journalism at the University of Minnesota.

However, that year something significant happened to Eustice. He and fellow Minnesotan Bonita Halfmann of Stephens, Minn., were selected by the Minnesota 4-H Foundation to participate in the International Farm Youth Exchange, a six-month experience that puts 4-H Club alumnae in various countries around the world.

Eustice and Halfmann went to Uruguay, a small South American country nestled adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean between Brazil and Argentina. Eustice was hosted by eight different families during that sixmonth stay, each involved in various segments of agriculture including beef production, dairy farming, fruit farming and commercial truck farming.

“These were families of modest means and very typical of the rural population of Uruguay of that time,” said Eustice in a telephone interview with The Land. He stayed three weeks with each host family, directly entering into the life and work of each family plus their rural youth organization Movimiento de la Juventud Agraria.

Today, Eustice is executive director of the Minnesota Beef Council. In July he spent two weeks in Uruguay where he spoke at an International Food Safety Conference, sponsored and funded by the United Nations, in the capital city of Montevideo.

The trip also included his reconnecting with three of eight of his “host farm” families he lived with during his 1967 IFYE experience. Over the past 44 years Eustice has corresponded and visited with each of these families at various times.

“But what great pleasure to reconnect in person,” Eustice said. “One of my host brothers and his daughter came to the conference. He’s a former dairy farmer who sold his dairy farm and is now doing custom forage harvesting with a John Deere swather.

The first thing we did when arriving at his farm home, after enjoying a great meal, was to go out into the country.

He showed me silage that was being

Eustice: Foodborne illness prevented with irradiation of food and medical products.

By DICK HAGEN “Argentina is extremely The Land Staff Writer advanced in regards to the Ron Eustice was invited by importance and benefits of irrathe United Nation’s Internadiation. Brazil has one of the tional Atomic Energy Agency largest volumes of irradiated to speak at an International food in the world,” Eustice said.

Food Safety Conference hosted in Montevideo, the capital city He related that events in of Uruguay. The mission of this Ron Eustice Europe with close to 4,000 conference was to inform and cases of foodborne illness leadeducate the Uruguayan food industry ing to 50 deaths, plus about 1,000 cases about the benefits of irradiation for of hemolytic uremic syndrome which medical products and food, which shuts down kidney function, has preEustice has been spearheading in Min- cipitated intense worldwide interest in nesota for several years. irradiation. “Foodborne illness can be Uruguay this past year inaugurated easily prevented with irradiation.” a pilot irradiation project. Both Brazil Food processors, meat industry repand Argentina have established irradi- resentatives, fruit and vegetable growation industries dealing with all types ers associations and meat processors,

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plus university and privileged industry scientists and government agency people were in attendance. “It was a most encouraging conference. Food industry safety concerns are driving the issue. This was a follow-up to an introductory conference on irradiation that I spoke at in 2004.”

His take on the current status of food irradiation in the Minnesota and U.S. food industry? “The use of food irradiation has expanded globally during the past decade and is gaining renewed momentum as a steadily increasing amount of irradiated food enters commercial channels in the United States and worldwide.”

“Today approximately 15 million to 18 million pounds of irradiated ground beef and poultry are marketed in the United States annually. Schwan’s and Omaha Steaks have chosen to irradiate 100 percent of their raw ground beef. Ground beef sales at Omaha Steaks have doubled. Wegman’s, a Rochester, N.Y.,-based retailer with over 80 stores in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, has offered fresh irradiated ground beef as a value-

added product since 2000.

Eustice said that while the volume of irradiated meat and poultry sold is holding steady, the amount of irradiated produce is growing rapidly. Estimates are that in 2010 about 15,000 metric tons (35 million pounds) of irradiated fresh produce was consumed in the United States. This volume includes papaya, longans, lychees and Okinawa sweet potatoes from Hawaii, mangoes, guavas and boniato sweet potatoes from the southeastern United States, mangoes from India and Mexico, guavas from Mexico, dragon fruit from Vietnam and other items. Australia has become a leader in food irradiation and has seen exports of irradiated mangoes to New Zealand triple in the past three years.

It is estimated that one-third of commercial spices, approximately 175 million pounds, are irradiated and consumed in the United States. This volume will grow because of recent food safety concerns involving contaminated spices. Rapid worldwide growth is also occurring in the irradiation of pet treats and animal feed because of salmonella concerns.

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EUSTICE, from pg. 15A anywhere and no one had telephones.

Plus when he was there the post office was on strike. “Today everyone is on the internet, Facebook, Twitter, etc. I hear from them on a regular basis. My host families come from modest backgrounds but have become very successful in their agricultural businesses. I was very pleased with what I saw.”

Eustice feels the International 4-H Youth Exchange program was a wonderful experience for himself as well as a direct benefit for his host families and others. The mission of the IFYE program is to create cultural understanding and goodwill.

“Not only did we generate new friendships and understanding but there was a transfer of technology that continues to impact agriculture and the Uruguayan economy. Today Uruguay’s economy is one of the strongest in South America.”

A few facts about Uruguay • It is small, about the size of North Dakota, with a population of 3.5 million people.

• The climate is similar to North Carolina.

• Only about 5 percent unemployment.

• They export beef to 100 countries.

• They have 9 million cattle, compared with 100 million in the United States.

• Their dairy industry markets through a cooperative (Conaprole) handling both domestic and overseas marketing.

• Their beef industry is all natural.

Grass-fed beef is the rule and antibiotics are used as needed for health purposes. The use of implants is outlawed by national law.

• Animal identification is mandatory with two ear tags per animal, one an electronic ID marker, the other a metal or plastic ear tag.

As an indicator of their concern for food safety, Eustice mentioned that beef from Uruguay sent to Japan carries bar-code identification. “The Japanese consumer who buys beef from Uruguay, can scan that bar code and see a picture of the ranch and the farmer that raised that beef. I visited several ranches and was extremely impressed with what I saw. Quality is their reputation and they’re doing a tremendous job.”

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Info: $230/person; contact Noah Litherland, (612) 6246789, or John Goihl, (800) 322-0437

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Minnesota Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Fall Festival Nov. 17-19 Oct. 16, 10 a.m.

Northland Inn, Brooklyn Heritage Acres, Fairmont, Minn. Park, Minn.

Info: Ecumenical church serv- Info: Log on to www.fbmn.org ice starts at 10 a.m., with a five-soup and sandwich meal at 11 a.m., freewill donation accepted; fall harvesting and other demonstrations taking place; call (507) 728-8713 or (507) 764-3531

Quality Assurance Training Dec. 21 Minnesota Pork Office, Mankato, Minn.

Info: Pork Quality Assurance, 10 a.m.-Noon; Transport Quality Assurance, 1:30-4 p.m.; registration requested to colleen@mnpork.com or (800) 537-7675 or log on to

www.mnpork.com Minnesota Beef Showcase Sale and Agribition March 29-31 Red Horse Ranch Arena, Fergus Falls, Minn.

Info: Contact James Scharpe, scharpe8@frontiernet.net or (507) 380-3431

Thank You Buyers Minnesota

4H Reserve Champion Market Lamb $3,600 Exhibitor Brooke Wiebe, Cottonwood County Buyers Minnesota State Fair Concessionaires and Long Cheng-Hmong Meats Grand Champion Meat Goat $2,350 Exhibitor Cody Schwartz, Brown County Buyers Moorman Showtec Feeds, Heartland Meat Goat Association, the Market Meat Goat supporters and friends of Brown County Grand Champion Dairy Meat Goat $2,200 Exhibitor Daniell Schultz, Fillmore County Buyers Minnesota Dairy Goat Association, All American Coop, Ag Star, Midwest Supply, Titan Pro Seed, Chemical & Fertilizer and the Fillmore County Purple Ribbon Club Proceeds from the Purple Ribbon Livestock Auction go to the winning 4-H youth and 20% of the funds are designated to further Minnesota 4-H, the Minnesota 4-H Foundation and the Auction Scholarships. Twenty scholarships were awarded this year from the premiums received last year and matching dollars thanks to the generous support of Albert Lea Seed House, CHS, LACO Industries, John Morrell & Co., Corn Roast - Brad & Lori Ribar, Hubbard Feeds, Minnesoa Corn Growers, SAFRAN-Cenco International, Midwest Machinery, MN Simmental Association, Pioneer Seeds, the Minnesota State Fair Sky Ride, the Minnesota Livestock Breeders Association, and Interstate Power Systems and individual supporters Richard & Bonnie Compart, Jake & Lindsay Grass, Kent Thiesse & Greg Harder.

Total 2011 4-H Auction Premiums = $366,000 92 4-H Exhibitors in Auction; Over 700 Total Buyers

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Champion Market Beef Steer $15,000 * Exhibitor Stephanie Krause, Olmsted County Buyer Ames Construction, Burnsville, MN Reserve Champion Beef Steer $10,100 * Exhibitor Megan Boesl, Douglas County Buyers Minnesota State Fair Concessionaires Douglas County 4-H Auction Committee Grand Champion Dairy Steer $6,000 Exhibitor Emily Scripture, Olmsted County Buyers Central Livestock/CRI O&S Cattle Company and American Foods Group Reserve Champion Dairy Steer $5,700 Exhibitor Jenna Koosman, Wright County Minnesota State Fair Concessionaires and the Friends of Koosman’s Steer Grand Champion Market Barrow $9,250 * Exhibitor Hayden Kerkaert, Pipestone County Buyers Hormel Foods, Pioneer Hi-Bred International and friends of Pipestone County Reserve Champion Barrow $7,100 * Exhibitor Mariah Thate, Martin County Buyers Martin County businesses and AgStar Champion Market Gilt $5,050 * Exhibitor Madalyn Wangen, Freeborn County Buyers Monsanto and Freeborn County businesses and 4-H friends Reserve Champion Market Gilt $4,000 Exhibitor Marcus Irrthum, Goodhue County Buyers Minnesota Farmers Union and Minnesota Farmers Union Insurance Grand Champion Market Lamb $5,700 * Exhibitor Jacob Knutson, Freeborn County Buyers SAFRAN Cenco International, the Corn Palace Ag Center and the friends of Freeborn County Auction

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Quality Assurance Training Oct. 19 Faribault County Ag Center, Blue Earth, Minn.

Info: Pork Quality Assurance, 10 a.m.-Noon; Transport Quality Assurance, 1:30-4 p.m.; registration requested to colleen@mnpork.com or Southwest Minnesota (800) 537-7675 or log on to Association of Soil & Water www.mnpork.com Conservation Districts 20th Environmental Fair Antibiotic Use in Food Sept. 20-21 Animals: A Dialogue for a Lyon County Fairgrounds, Common Purpose Marshall, Minn.

Oct. 26-27 Info: Contact S&WCDs in Intercontinental Chicago Cottonwood, Jackson, Lac qui O’Hare, Rosemont, Ill. Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Info: $295/person, minus $50 Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, for National Institute for AniRock or Yellow Medicine mal Agriculture members, counties for more information minus $25 early bird discount before Sept. 28; log on to 12th Annual Corn Shredding www.animalagriculture.org or Autumn Harvest Days call (719) 538-8843 Sept. 24-25 Oak Center, Minn.

North American Info: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 24, International Livestock 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 25; Expostion $5/collector button good for Nov. 5-18 both days; contact Michael Kentucky Expostion Center, Ohlhaber, (651) 269-2780 Louisville, Ky. Info: Log on to www.livestock Voluntary Regional PRRS expo.org, or contact NAILE Elimination Meeting offices by fax (502) 367-5299 Sept. 26, 6 p.m. or KFECNAILE@ksfb.ky.gov West Central Research and Outreach Center, Morris, Minn. Dairy Cattle Reproduction Info:Target counties are Benton, Council Annual Meeting Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Stearns Nov. 10-11 and Swift, but pork producers Hilton Kansas City Airport, from other counties may also Kansas City, Mo. attend; contact Dave Wright, Info: Log on to www.dcrcouncil.

(763) 242-7535 or org wright2us@aol.com, or log on to www.prrs.org or American Angus Association www.mnpork.com/producers/prrs Annual Meeting .php Nov. 12-15 Crowne Plaza, Louisville, Ky. PorkBridge Educational Info: Log on to www.angus.org Series or call (816) 383-5100 Oct. 6, Dec. 1, Feb. 2, April 5 Info: Contact an Extension Quality Assurance Training office near you for details Nov. 16 AmericInn, Marshall, Minn.

Minnesota Governor’s Info: Pork Quality Assurance, Pheasant Opener 10 a.m.-Noon; Transport Oct. 14-15 Quality Assurance, 1:30-4 Montevideo, Minn. p.m.; registration requested

Minnesota Bred Ewe and Boer Doe Sale Nov. 26 Olmsted County Fairgrounds, Rochester, Minn.

Info: 8:30 a.m. show, 1 p.m. sale; for catalog or to consign, call (507) 377-1045 or log on to sheepsales.com

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Tractor Roll-In and Harvest Blessing Service Sept. 18, 10 a.m.

Trinity Lutheran Church, Gaylord, Minn.

Info: Drive your tractor of combine to church; located on County Road 8 four miles east of Highway 22; sponsored by Trinity Lutheran, Scandian Grove of Norseland and St. Paul’s of Gaylord; offering to benefit World Hunger Appeal; coffee at 9 a.m., freewill offering dinner following the service; log on to www.trinity gaylord.lutheranweb.net

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Growing goat business starts with the ‘cute’ factor

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Goats are big in the life of 14-yearold Karly Davenport, a five-year 4-H member from the Fergus Falls, Minn., area.

She showed nine goats at the Otter Tail County Fair and her yearling goat, Hershey, was a purple ribbon showmanship winner at the Minnesota State Fair. She placed third out of 25 4-H’ers competing in the goat showmanship category.

How did Davenport get into the goat business? “Well that was because they are so cute,” she said when interviewed at the State Fair.

She described showmanship as the art of dressing up her Karly Davenport of Fergus goat, making Falls, Minn., started showing sure she is goats because they were clipped and cute. She has taken that adoclean, plus how ration to purple-ribbon heights well she preswith Hershey at this year’s ents her goat State Fair. and herself to the judge in the ring. Competing against 24 other 4-H’ers also in the same show ring is indeed a “marketing” challenge.

“You have to keep your eye on the

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Something about goats Goats are one of the oldest domesticated species on Earth, with evidence dating back at least 10,000 years.

Though the U.S. goat population numbers only about 3.1 million animals, goats are big in other parts of the world. Asia leads with about 511.3 million goats raised annually, next is Africa with about 294.5 million annual goat production. China by itself raises about 150 million goats per year.

Goats have a 15- to 18-year life expectancy. The domestic goat (Capra aegargus hircus) is a subspecies of a goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Carina. Goats are used for their milk, meat, hair and skins. Goats are also gaining popularity as pets.

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judge at all times. And I also have to keep positioning Hershey so the judge can clearly see her regardless of all the other goats in the ring,” said this young “veteran” of livestock competitions.

Judges also ask questions of the participants such as birth date of their animal, the breed registry, various parts of the goat’s body conformation, etc. Sometimes a judge stumps the 4H’er. “Yesterday I got asked a question that I couldn’t answer. It was about a part of the anatomy but I don’t think it cost me any points,” she said.

Hershey became Davenport’s State

Fair goat basically because Hershey was the friendliest and easiest to work with. Hershey’s background is a combination of three different dairy breeds — Alpine, Oberhasli and Saanen. Do a Google search online and you will find there are 70 different dairy breeds, over 50 meat breeds, plus several fiber breeds and goatskin breeds. There is even a category of pets and companion goats which are miniatures, dwarfs and pygmy breeds. There are over 300 distinct breeds of goats worldwide.

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GOATS, from pg. 18A birthing numbers but triplets, even quintuplets, do occur.

Dairy goats produce six to eight pounds of milk per day. During a 10-month lactation, total milk production for a dairy goat ranges from 1,500 to 4,000 pounds.

Why the name Hershey? “I’m using a candy theme to name my goats. Plus I like Hershey candy bars,” she smiled.

A ninth grader this fall, Davenport intends to be an active 4-H’er even into college as time permits. She’s thinking of a medical career, either as a veterinarian or a nurse.

What’s the fun of showing goats at the State Fair?

“Meeting new 4-H’ers and seeing who you are competing against plus the fun and challenge of competing in the show ring,” Davenport said. She credits 4-H for making her more self-confident and willing to be a volunteer for special community projects. Also, her 4-H goat projects are teaching her a bit about running a business.

Goats plus dairy cows, chickens and crops are the farming operations of her parents, Mark and Paula Davenport, often with a goat herd up to 75 animals.

“So we’re selling some goats year-around, after they’ve had some kids. So I’ll be selling Hershey after she has had a few lactations,” Davenport said, noting that two goats at this year’s State Fair originated at the Davenport farm.

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The group, which also included a Japanese translator, traveled over 8,000 miles for a seven-day tour throughout the Midwest to learn about U.S. pork and soybean production, feed mills, meat processing and to exchange ideas with U.S. crop and livestock farmers. They visited the Schmoll family farm near Claremont before touring Interstate Mills in Hayfield, Minn.

The Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council works with the U.S. Meat Export Federation to organize farm tours so that international trade teams can learn about farming, planting, swine feed, soybeans and the biotechnology advancements in the United States.

“MN Soybean is probably one of the premier state organizations in setting up events like this. These team members can meet with five to 10 farmers and leave with a good feeling that their soybeans and pork are coming from reliable and susLivestock is our tainable farmers,” said No. 1 customer as Greg Olwig, U.S. Soysoybean farmers, bean Export Council and the more we marketing manager. can promote the The trade team’s first livestock industry stop of the day was the in the U.S. and Minnesota Pork Producers Council office in work together as Mankato, where they two industries to learned more about U.S. sell a valueswine care, genetics and added product to production. They also customers in learned that what makes U.S. pork such a highJapan, it’s just quality protein is, in better for our part, the quality soyeconomy. It’s betbeans that go into the ter for hog feed. One of every agriculture. four hogs is destined for the export market. In — Bruce Schmoll Japan, U.S. pork is 30 percent cheaper to purchase than Japanese pork, so the buyers recognize that U.S. pork is equal in quality and great competition. Moreover, after the USMEF introduced highvalue cuts of pork in Japan at the 2009 FoodEx trade show, more than 1,500 Japanese retail outlets started selling pork back ribs imported from the United States.

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JAPANESE, from pg. 20A “Livestock is our No. 1 customer as soybean farmers, and the more we can promote the livestock industry in the U.S. and work together as two industries to sell a value-added product to customers in Japan, it’s just better for our economy. It’s better for agriculture,” Schmoll said.

The Japanese team members had seen barns and soybean fields before, but being on the Schmoll farm allowed them to walk through the fields, touch the plants, sit in the field equipment and look in the barns to fully experience agriculture. “It’s a privilege for us to host the Japanese pork buyers at our farm, it gives us an opportunity to learn more about their buying interests and culture, and it helps them learn more about the quality feed ingredients that we grow in our fields to produce healthy, nutritious protein for their customers back in Japan.”

But these trade team visits are more than just educational, they allow buyers to connect with, and trust, Minnesota farmers.

“Team members are very interested in learning about our families, our children and our lifestyle,” said Joel Schreurs, International Marketing Committee chairman of the MSR&PC and Lincoln County, Minn., farmer. “The trust and appreciation that we build through these meetings is priceless; it not only helps our nation’s export market, it allows us to share our culture and values with one another.”

Also included in the week-long trip to the Midwest were stops at the Indiana Packers Corp., the Department of Animal Science at Iowa State University, Iowa Select Farms, JBS, Triumph Foods and Tyson.

The U.S. Meat Export Federation is a nonprofit trade association working to create new opportunities and develop existing international markets for U.S. beef, pork, lamb and veal. Through its worldwide network of offices, the USMEF has forged a series of partnerships, which have enabled U.S. companies and U.S. products to become integral parts of international red meat markets. An extensive international presence enables USMEF to have a finger on the pulse of vital markets around the world.

The Dodge County Corn and Soybean Growers Association is affiliated with the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association, a non-profit, farmer-controlled membership organization working to assure profitable soybean farming by monitoring government policies, educating the public about agriculture and supporting research and market development activities. The organization works with the Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council to share the R.E.A.L. Story (Responsible, Ethical Agriculture for Life).

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Consider benefits of tourism ‘on the farm’ This fall, farmers will be diligently harvesting their crops: corn, soybeans, sugar beets and ... tourists.

Tourists? Yes. Families, motor coach tour groups, couples out for a weekend drive and grandparents with grandchildren will be discovering a variety of new experiences on the farm.

According to the 2009 Census of Agriculture, 367 Minnesota farms were involved in “agritourism and recreational services.” Those farms generated approximately $8 million in income from their tourism efforts.

A 2009 survey of farmers conducted by the University of Minnesota Tourism Center found that 30 percent already have some type of agritourism business. Funded by the Carlson Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Chair, the survey also found that another 30 percent of farmers are planning for an agritourism operation as part of their farm business by 2014.

While producers view their agritourism operations as a way to supplement their farm incomes, they also see it as a means of educating the public about the importance of agriculture

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product sales, wineries offer a variety of music, art, vineyard tours and special events which provide opportunities for other sectors of the local tourism industry to build upon, such as lodging, restaurants and attractions.

Minnesota agritourism operators provide a variety of experiences that will inform and entertain visitors while providing income for their farms.

The University of Minnesota Tourism Center is a collaboration of University of Minnesota Extension and the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.

For more research and educational resources on strengthening local tourism opportunities, log on to www.tourism.umn.edu. Learn about other Extension programs in community economics at www.extension.umn.edu/community.

••• This article was submitted by University of Minnesota Extension, and was written by Kent Gustafson, an Extension tourism educator.

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Agritourism encompasses a variety of activities such as farm stays, bird watching, farm festivals, pumpkin patches, school tours, corn mazes and wine trails. While many agritourism enterprises are associated with smaller operations, learning tours of larger farm operations and agricultural processing plants can also be included.

One area of agritourism that has gained recognition in Minnesota during the last few years is wine-related tourism. The development of four different cold hardy grape varieties by the University of Minnesota has led to increasing numbers of vineyards and wineries in the state, with 35 licensed wineries at last count.

Concentrated in the central and southern areas of the state, Minnesota wineries are becoming known for their quality. In 2008, grape production, wine production and wine tourism accounted for a total economic impact of $36 million. Besides tastings and

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You don’t need to be German to enjoy Oktoberfest tight waistband. This outfit also consists of a bodice, blouse and apron. When women tie their bow on the left, that means they’re single, while the opposite side means they are already taken.

• Indulge in the cuisine.

Another great tradition of Oktoberfest is the great food. The beer consumed at Oktoberfest tends to be somewhat heavy and potent, so revelers often consume large amounts of food.

Hendl is a favorite dish and consists of whole chickens grilled on a spit and often sold in halves. In addition, another favorite dish is Weisswuerste, which includes steamed white veal sausages served

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with sweet mustard, sauerkraut and some bread.

Those who aren’t squeamish about what they eat might want to try Haxn, which are also known as pork knuckles.

• Do the Chicken Dance. Want to make your Oktoberfest as authentic as the one in Germany? Then you might be surprised to learn that an Oktoberfest simply isn’t an Oktoberfest without the Chicken Dance. Dancers make chicken beaks with their hand and open and close them to the music. How authentic your chicken dance becomes is up to you, but keep in mind you will have to put your beer down to dance.

• Turn up the music. Oktoberfest is a raucous party, and no raucous party is complete without music. Yodeling, polkas and brass bands are staples of Oktoberfest, but once the beer gets flowing, revelers have been known to sing along to John Denver’s “Country Roads.” Before each song, bands typically offer up “ein Prosit der Gemuetlichkeit,” a toast to contentment and relaxation.

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To many people, Oktoberfest symbolizes beer and not much else. But those who want to enjoy Oktoberfest to the fullest should not only hoist a favorite beer, but participate in the following traditions as well.

• Dress the part. Perhaps the only thing associated with Oktoberfest as much as beer is the extraordinary outfits worn by Oktoberfest performers and staff.

Men traditionally wear lederhosen, which consists of a pair of shorts or three-quarter length pants, as well as a drop-front flap with leather suspenders with a front cross strap. This outfit is accessorized with a white shirt, long socks and boots. And men shouldn’t forget their Trachten hats, which is a German-style hiking hat typically adorned with a tuft of goat hair.

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Minnesota dairy industry crowns 58th Princess Kay Mary Zahurones, an 18-year-old college student from Pierz, Minn., was crowned the 58th Princess Kay of the Milky Way in an evening ceremony at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds Aug. 24.

Mary Zahurones As Princess Kay, Zahurones, who represents Morrison County, will serve as the official goodwill ambassador for Minnesota’s nearly 4,500 dairy farmers. Mary is the daughter of Chuck and Pat Tax of Pierz, and is attending the University of Minnesota Twin Cities as a pre-med student studying biology and chemistry.

Twelve county dairy princesses competed for the Princess Kay of the Milky Way title. Stephanie Kasper of Owatonna, representing Steele County, and Theresa Twohey of Stewartville, representing Olmsted County, were selected as runners-up. Twohey was also named Miss Congeniality.

Scholarships were awarded to Erin Daninger of Forest Lake, representing Washington County, April Johnson of Heron Lake, representing Cottonwood County, and Emily Krekelberg of Le Sueur, representing Le Sueur County.

One of Zahurones’ first duties as

Princess Kay was to sit in a rotating cooler for about six hours on the opening day of the Minnesota State Fair to have her likeness sculpted in a 90pound block of butter. Each of the 11 other finalists also had their likeness carved in butter during the fair.

This year marked butter sculptor Linda Christensen’s 40th year carving Princess Kay of the Milky Way and finalists at the Minnesota State Fair.

Throughout her year-long reign as Princess Kay of the Milky Way, Zahurones will make public appearances helping consumers make a connection with Minnesota dairy farm families who are dedicated to producing wholesome milk while caring for their animals and natural resources.

Princess Kay candidates are judged on their general knowledge of the dairy industry, communication skills, personality and enthusiasm for dairy promotion.

The Midwest Dairy Association sponsors the Princess Kay program with funds provided by dairy farmers.

••• This article is courtesy of the Midwest Dairy Association, a non-profit organization that provides consumers with information about the nutrition and wholesomeness of dairy foods, and conducts research and promotional programs.

Clayton County teen named Iowa Dairy Princess Iowa dairy farmers have a new collective voice.

Just a night before the start of the Iowa State Fair, Gina Fisher of Clayton County was tapped to take the title of Iowa Gina Fisher Dairy Princess. With the title come the responsibilities of promoting dairy for the coming year.

Fisher, 17, is the daughter of David and Mary Fisher of Edgewood, Iowa.

Fisher was also named Miss Congeniality from among the seven contestants.

Jessica Hammerand will assist Fisher as 2011-12 Iowa Dairy Princess Alternate. The Dubuque County teen was also named winner of the presentation portion of the contest.

Hammerand, 19, is the daughter of Jeff and Tammy Hammerand of Epworth, Iowa.

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Judges considered personality, communication skills, and knowledge of and passion for the dairy industry to select the winner. The Iowa Division of Midwest Dairy Association, funded by the state’s dairy farmers, annually sponsors the Iowa Dairy Princess contest.

The coronation was held in the Multi-Media Center in the Cattle Barn at the state fairgrounds in Des Moines.

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the friends of Freeborn County Auction. The Reserve Champion Market Lamb exhibited by Brooke Wiebe of Cottonwood County brought $3,600 when the Minnesota State Fair Concessionaires and Long Cheng Hmong Meats again joined forces.

Cody Schwartz of Brown County exhibited the Grand Champion Meat Goat and it sold for $2,350 to Moorman Showtec Feeds, Heartland Meat Goat Association, the Market Meat Goat supporters and friends of Brown County. The Grand Champion Dairy Meat Goat was exhibited by Daniell Schultz of Fillmore County and sold for $2,200 to a group including the Minnesota Dairy Goat Association, All American Co-op, AgStar, Midwest Supply, Titan Pro Seed, Chemical & Fertilizer and the Fillmore County Purple Ribbon Club.

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Twenty 4-H Livestock Auction Scholarships were awarded this year from the premiums received last year and matching dollars thanks to the generous support of Albert Lea Seed House, CHS, LA-CO Industries, John Morrell & Co., Corn Roast — Brad and Lori Ribar, Hubbard Feeds, Minnesota Corn Growers, SAFRAN-Cenco International, Midwest Machinery, Minnesota Simmental Association, Pioneer Seeds, 2 IMPALAS! CRUZE! MALIBU! the Minnesota State Fair Sky Ride the MSRP $29,920 MSRP $19,520 MSRP $27,500 Minnesota Livestock Breeders AssociaNow Only Now Only Now Only tion, and Interstate Power Systems and individual supporters Richard and $24,800* $19,300* $23,250* Bonnie Compart, Jake and Lindsay Grass, Kent Thiesse and Greg Harder.

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Quality animals, quality youth and quality buyers made the 32nd Purple Ribbon Auction, the annual parade of champion beef, lambs, goats and swine set five new record prices and tied one.

The auction raised more than $355,000 in additional premium dollars from 92 head for Minnesota 4-H youth and programs.

The Champion Market Beef Steer was shown by Stephanie Krause of Olmsted County and sold for an alltime record price of $15,000 to Ames Construction of Burnsville a longtime auction and 4-H supporter.

The Reserve Champion was exhibited by Megan Boesl of Douglas County, tying the record price set last year of $9,600 from a group of longtime buyers including the Minnesota State Fair Concessionaires and the Douglas County 4-H Auction Committee.

Longtime South St. Paul supporters Central Livestock/CRI, O&S Cattle Co. and American Foods Group placed the successful bid of $6,000 for this year’s Grand Champion Dairy Steer exhibited by Emily Scripture of Olmsted County. The Reserve Champion Dairy Steer shown by Jenna Koosman of Wright County sold for $5,700 when all was said and done for a purchasing group made up of Minnesota State Fair Concessionaires and the Friends of Koosman’s Steer.

This year’s Grand Champion Market Barrow for Hayden Kerkaert of Pipestone County sold for $9,250 and another new record price to a group of supporters lead by Hormel Foods, Pioneer Hi-Bred International and friends of Pipestone County. The Reserve Champion Barrow was exhibited by Mariah Thate of Martin County and set a record price of $7,100 as a large group of Martin County businesses and supporters joined forces with AgStar.

The Champion Market Gilt brought another record price of $5,050 for Madalyn Wangen of Freeborn County when Monsanto partnered with several Freeborn County businesses and 4-H friends on the bid. The Reserve Champion Market Gilt exhibited by Marcus Irrthum of Goodhue County was purchased for $4,000 by Minnesota Farmers Union and Minnesota Farmers Union Insurance. The Grand Champion Market Lamb was shown by Jacob Knutson of Freeborn County and set an all-time price of $5,700 as it was purchased by SAFRAN Cenco International, the Corn Palace Ag Center and

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‘Mob grazing’ newest wrinkle in grassland conservation

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer “As a kid I wanted to farm in the worst way and that’s what I’m now doing: farming in the worst way,” joked Clarence Caraway, who, as president of the Grazing Lands Conservation Association’s Minnesota chapter, talks enthusiastically about grassland management.

He’s already a few years into rotational grazing. “The more paddocks the better,” he said. “We run 60 fallcalving cows on 60 acres divided into four paddocks. Those 60 cows get one to three weeks per paddock, depending upon fall weather.

“We’re getting one-third more cows on half the acres. And now I’m looking at ‘mob grazing.’ That’s like two to three times the critters per acre. They literally trample the forage into the ground as they’re grazing but also doing your soils a tremendous favor with all that manure also being

— Clarence Caraway tramped into the topsoil.”

Interviewed at the July 28 Grazing Workshop and Pasture Tour at the Scott and Deb Thooft farm in rural Lynd, Minn., Caraway pointed out the Minnesota Grazing Lands chapter has been around about 15 years; this is his third year heading up the organization.

“We’re a grassroots non-profit group organized to promote the health and sustainability of Minnesota’s 2.5 million acres of grazing lands,” he said.

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the location of our NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) grazing specialists.” Those specialists are which are Mark Hayek, Thief River Falls; Jeff Duchene, Perham; Lance Smith, Marshall; Tom Gervais, Duluth; John Zinn, Rochester; and Dean Thomas, Preston.”

He said that Don Balloun, Minnesota state conservation chief, is concerned that there is becoming too much row crop farming at the expense of grazing lands.

A concern of Caraway is the increasing acres of Minnesota land getting

under the jurisdiction of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. That varies widely from area to area, but he points out that about 10,000 acres of DNR land is now under contract to grazers — Minnesota livestock farmers.

“DNR visualizes this land as returning to its natural prairie status,” he said, “but there are no more buffalo runs. Buffalo herds used to stir up these soils making them beneficial to wildlife. But you check out land that’s been DNR controlled for several years and you just don’t find much wildlife. It’s become a somewhat stagnant environment.

“But where we have grazing contracts on this DNR land you see activity. You see a more-vibrant environment when wildlife and cattle are sharing the same ground. Cattle are fertilizing the soils as they graze; they’re putting more oxygen back into the soil.”

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Zero shift from cropland to pasture A new U.S. Department of Agriculture study looked at how quickly native grasslands are being converted to cropland use varied by grassland type and region. Compared with other regions, producers in the Northern Plains were more likely to convert grassland to cropland, or retain land in crops rather than returning it to grass.

In the Northern Plains, about 1 percent or roughly 770,000 acres of 1997 rangeland has been converted to crop production by 2007. Meanwhile only about 100,000 acres were converted from cropland to rangeland.

Also between 1997 and 2007, there was a net shift in the United States of approximately 10 million acres from

cultivated cropland to hay or pasture.

In the Northern Plains, the net shift of cropland to hay and pasture was virtually zero.

The 2008 farm bill included a sodsaver provision which would deny for the first five years, crop insurance coverage on land that had been converted from native grasslands to crop production. The provision would be implemented on a state-by-state basis, but only at the request of that state’s governor. The sodsaver provision is limited to the Prairie Pothole states of Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. As of June 2011, none of the governors had requested implementation of the sodsaver provision.

Fall management tips to protect alfalfa from winter injury for the winter.”

Keep in mind, even with the best management practices, acts of nature can impact your alfalfa crop.

Sudden changes from warm to cold will reduce hardening, excessively wet soil in the fall predisposes

alfalfa to winter injury, and mid-winter thaws may break dormancy and make plants more vulnerable.

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As the hot days of summer give way to cool fall temperatures, alfalfa growers are encouraged to consider winter injury risk when thinking about fall cutting.

“Growers really need to assess the risk versus the gain when it comes to fall cutting of alfalfa,” said Charles Scovill, Syngenta field agronomist. “While it may be tempting to take a final cutting late in the fall, you could be ultimately risking winter stand injury.”

To increase their potential for winter survival, alfalfa plants should get five to six weeks of growth to accumulate root carbohydrates and proteins before going dormant for the winter. A killing freeze, or the temperature that will stop further top growth for the season, normally occurs between Sept. 1 and Oct. 15 in northern states, later in southern states.

Therefore, it is important to manage fall harvests to give the plants the best chance for strong winter survival.

When considering fall cutting, Scovill suggests the following management tips.

• Select winter-tolerant varieties. Work with your local Syngenta agronomist to determine what varieties have strong winter survival and persistence ratings and are best for your region and field.

• Know your field and your soil. Soil fertility management is vitally important for maintaining productive alfalfa stands. Potassium (potash) is particularly important for developing plants that have good winter survival.

• Assess need for feed. Growers should weigh the need for additional hay against the risk of winter damage. If forage is needed, prolong cutting until after hard frost so stored energy is not lost with alfalfa regrowth.

“Growers should always try to allow at least five to six weeks of uninterrupted growth in September and October,” Scovill said. “There needs to be a period of continued cool temperatures for stands to develop resistance to cold temperatures and to store energy

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Native grasses can produce good forage yields

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Much like the improved skills of But let this land sit idle and it today’s corn and soybean farmers, becomes root-bound, sod-bound, grazers are also doing a better job, weed-infested, tied up by tree according to Lance Smith, a Natencroachment ... all of which are not ural Resources Conservation Serdoing the soils of that land any favor. vice grazing specialist at the Marshall, Minn., NRCS office.

— Lance Smith Speaking at a July 28 Grazing Workshop at the Thooft Farm near that just “sits idle”.

Lynd, Minn., Smith credited pasture walks such as “These lands weren’t developed historically by sitthat event plus workshops and greater concern by land-owners themselves on how to generate more ting idle,” he said. “The thousands of buffalos on these prairie soils, plus the frequent fire runs over productivity per acre from their grasslands.

“Plus the cost-share program through NRCS and these lands, were a constant source of regenerative the EQIP Program (Environmental Quality Incentive activity on these soils. But let this land sit idle and it Program) are great incentives for farmers and ranch- becomes root-bound, sod-bound, weed-infested, tied ers to implement some new technologies,” said Smith, up by tree encroachment ... all of which are not doing who works 25 southwest Minnesota counties. An the soils of that land any favor.” example would be the internal cross fencing to set up a Grazing capacities on side hills, draws, etc., run about rotational grazing program, plus water development 2 acres per cow-calf pair in southwest Minnesota. Even projects such as pipelines, tanks, even new wells. though much of Minnesota grasslands were favored He cites the benefits of cattle grazing to revitalize with cool and wet weather during the spring season, Department of Natural Resources land, or any land the July heat stalled out summer growth. But in total

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he predicted 2011 would be a most favorable grazing year for Minnesota grazers. “Fall moisture can make a difference, particularly in restocking soil moistures for the next season,” he said.

Native grassland species still dominate in much of southwest Minnesota, Smith said, and if incorporated into a rotational program, these native grasses produce good forage yields. Bearded wheat grass, big bluestem, little bluestem and Indian grass are a few of the common warm-season grasses. Into the wetland areas, Reed’s canary grass flourishes. He said various private contractors provide both the grassland species and the necessary equipment for seeding new stands.

Smith is one of six NRCS grazing specialists across Minnesota available to work with ranchers and farmers on grassland habitat. First contact for a local farmer would be at their local SCS/NRCS office, usually part of the county Farm Service Center.

Smith said he doesn’t see any particular trend to fall calving but he sees a definite trend away from January-February winter calving to April-May-June calving when the weather permits outdoor calving on pasture. Wolves aren’t a problem for southwest Minnesota cow-calf operators, but Smith said there are occasional reports of coyote issues.

Cattle, wildlife thrive GRAZING, from pg. 26A He describes this as a natural process of interaction of soils, wildlife and cattle. Relating to when buffalo did, in fact, roam across Minnesota prairies, Caraway said that after a big “buffalo run” that soil looked like it had just been challenged by a giant chisel plow. “But the next few years, that was the best grazing areas,” he said. “We’ve done some trials with both cattle and sheep on DNR land to get a measure of the benefits. Where we did nothing weeds were taking control, trees were sprouting up everywhere. But where we grazed, the grassland soils were much healthier. We didn’t have weeds.

And wildlife was thriving. The point being cattle and wildlife both thrive in the same grassland environment.”

Caraway’s beef cow operation is northwest of Lake Benton, Minn., pretty much right on top of the Buffalo Ridge. Besides the 60 head of fall-calving cows, they also run 35 to 40 head of spring-calving cows. He’s had arthritis issues and six back surgeries a few years back, so he did a herd dispersal in 1999. But his wife wanted them to stay in the cattle business so they kept back some of the fall-calved calves and started rebuilding.

“With the fall calving on pasture I can just drive out there in my pickup, tag the new calves and get back into my pickup.

With January-February calving you’ve got to have them inside and it’s just more

labor intensive,” Caraway said.

With the DNR realizing the dual benefits of contract grazing, cattlemen have the options of “timed grazing” contracts or per head/season grazing.

That is somewhat based on the grass forages and acres available in any given area. “Rotational grazing is the key to these DNR contracts as well as your own pasture lands. Our four-paddock system gives us about six weeks ‘recovery time’ for each paddock so cattle are always grazing fresher forages.”

Rental of this DNR land varies widely, simply because of the variety of the land and the forages available.

Grazers ask if the DNR shouldn’t, in fact, pay farmers to graze their land because it saves money for the DNR by not having to periodically burn these lands and they don’t have to do weed control. “This argument works better in northwest Minnesota where much of the DNR land really wouldn’t be farmable anyway,” Caraway said.

Membership in the Minnesota GLCA is $20 per year and includes area grazing workshops where both NRCS specialists plus grassland mentors share information and experiences. Mentors are themselves grassland managers, often with beef and/or dairy cattle, who have agreed to provide guidance and assistance to their own colleagues. Membership checks are payable to Minnesota GLCA and mailed to Nathan Redalen, 7618 CR 19 SE, Rochester, MN 55901.

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Scott and Deb Thooft with their children Tara, 10, and Tucker, 8. (Not pictured, Tanner, 15, and Tayor, 13.)

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer The old adage of “seeing is believing” certainly rings true for any livestock operator attending a Minnesota Grazing Lands Conservation Association workshop. A good example was the July 28 event hosted by Scott and Deb Thooft at their Lynd, Minn., cattle and crop farming operation.

Check out the morning agenda in the Thooft farm shop.

• “Have bugs been a problem in your alfalfa?” by John Wiese, Hefty Seed Co. • “The values of good weed control” by Brian Rogers, Dow AgroSciences • “Utilizing your forages for profit,” by Gerald Stokka, North Dakota veterinarian, Pfizer Animal Health • “Establishing pastures for your unique situation”

by Justin Fruechte, Millborn Seeds.

After a tasty noon Our family lunch featuring barenjoys hosting becued beef sandthese workwiches, participants in this workshop then shops. ... boarded a flatbed Invariably we trailer for “pasture learn a few discussions” led by new things Lance Smith, an area about grazing Natural Resources innovations.

Conservation Service grazing specialist.

— Deb Thooft “Our family enjoys hosting these workshops. It’s good for your young family and invariably we learn a few new things about grazing innovations,” said Deb Thooft, mother of Tanner, 15, Tayor, 13, Tara, 10 and Tucker, 8.

She thinks agriculture gets more exciting year by year but she’s concerned about the growing “disconnect” between consumers and the farmers who produce their food. “Most people just don’t know much about how farmers grow crops and raise livestock. I think we as farmers need to find ways to better communicate the story of American food production. It’s an amazing story,” she said.

Indicative of the draws, creeks and hillside runs of their area, the Thooft farm has eight different pastures ranging from 11.5 acres up to a 49.3-acre hilltop field with a small, wooded creek meandering through its eastern landscape.

“We run a 125-head cow-calf operation with primarily bronco black/white-faced cows. I use Charolais bulls. The reason for eight pastures is because my Dad always did rotational grazing and about five years ago my NRCS contact suggested a cost-sharing project with a tire waterer in one of the back pastures. That then let me make three paddocks out of one so I could better utilize the grass, ” Scott Thooft said.

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Shaded pastures help during breeding season THOOFT, from pg. 29A base and water hydrant that is float controlled. On an aerial photo of the farm which outlined all pastures plus row-crop fields, Scott pointed out a particular pasture — called the gravel pit pasture — as the paddock where the calving process starts each spring.

He said, “Because it’s high ground with little grass, that 12-acre paddock for 110 cows works good to start the calving process. We check that gravel pit pasture three to four times daily during calving. Just as soon as we find a new-born, we tag that calf and rotate that cow and calf into the next pasture.

“After we get 15 to 20 head in that pasture, then we rotate those cows down to another pasture and bring more newborns into the previous pasture. We do this several times during the calving season so these 15 to 20 cow-calf groups just automatically get grouped by age. Just do this randomly

The cows learn the system pretty fast. If I show up on my 4-wheeler, they know I’m just checking. But if I show up in the pickup ... they apparently know ‘that means we now get new grass!’

— Scott Thooft without regard for age of the calves and you get an older calf breaking with scours or some health issue and it just snowballs right on down the line. So by keeping them grouped within three to four days of age we get a health benefit for the young calves also.”

Bulls are turned out on about the Fourth of July so first calving is about April 10. Until then cows are dry-lotted in the yard and run cornstalks.

Once cows get moved to the “gravel pasture” for the start of calving, they get fed hay sweetened with a liquid product.

Is there extra work in all this rota-

tional grazing? “The cows learn the system pretty fast,” Scott chuckled. “If I show up on my 4-wheeler, they know I’m just checking. But if I show up in the pickup, then they meet me at the gate. They seem to know I’ll be grabbing the creep feeder and they apparently also know, ‘that means we now get new grass!’”

He said that occasionally the cows head to the wrong gate, but as soon as he drives his pickup with creep feeder into the next pasture, they follow right behind. High-tensile electric fencing works great for his rotational pasture.

He also admits to being a bit old fashioned; he uses either three- or fourwire barbed wire fencing. The same fencing works for his gates.

After all cows are calved, they get moved from these various smaller paddocks up to the barn for vaccinations.

Then rotational grazing on the bigger pastures, especially three pastures with plenty of trees and shading starts about the Fourth of July. “So we have our shaded pastures for the breeding season to help on conception rates. Into August we’re rotating back again into the smaller calving paddocks. Sometimes this is only three to four days grazing before they get rotated again,” Scott said.

Pasture mix on most of the Thooft farm is native grasses. Pastures claim about 250 acres, with corn and soybeans doing about 500 acres. Scott is a

third-generation member of the Thooft clan and was born on the farm that hosted the workshop.

On the disconnect between farmers and consumers, Scott doesn’t venture any particular solution but did say, “We just try to do the best that we can do.

There are a lot of misconceptions out there. Last month at a wedding reception my wife and I were attending in the Cities, I met a lady who told me she had turned vegetarian at age 11.

“I told her how we raise our cattle on pasture and she was in awe reflecting on some of the stuff she sees on TV where animals aren’t being treated properly.

Seems like my wife and I visited with this gal for a couple hours. She seemed goofy to me early in our conversation but she was a totally different person when we left. She sort of whispered, ‘I did try some beef last year. It’s really good.’”

Cattle and corn aren’t the only focus of the Thooft Farm. They also do an isowean (10- to 12-pound piglets) to finish hog operation. Every eight weeks another 1,050 isoweans are delivered, which equates to 6,500 to 7,000 pigs per year. Facilities for the hog operation include a nursery barn and two finishing barns. Those two finishing barns provide enough fertilizer to take care of virtually all the crop acres. The nursery manure, which isn’t as “nutrient-rich” as manure from the two finishing barns, gets used as top dressing on the pastures and the alfalfa ground.

Scott, 40, admits to not being any sort of computer guru, and says a big challenge for him is to stay on top of future computer-assisted farming strategies. Fortunately, he said, 15year-old Tanner is already teaching his dad how to handle the global positioning-assisted machines.

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here are 1,785 townships in Minnesota, according T to the Minnesota Association of Townships. Those townships have nearly 9,000 elected supervisors,

Leslie Township Hall, Todd County, Minn.

clerks and township treasurers.

For the most part, they meet monthly to make decisions regarding the more than 62,000 miles of township roads and 6,000 township bridges in Minnesota.

They maintain relationships with neighboring townships, with county officials, and even the local police and fire departments. Seventeen and a half percent of Minnesota’s residents live in incorporated townships. That’s 930,972 people.

If the Leslie Township Board, in southwestern Todd County, is any example for the rest of the state, those people are served with a quality of public service that is lacking at other levels of government in this country. A Leslie Township board meeting is conducted professionally and courteously and the members of the board are enthusiastic about public service.

A typical Leslie Township meeting is called to order by the chairman at 8 p.m. The first order of business is the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag by the three supervisors, clerk, treasurer and any guests.

Then the chairman asks that the clerk read the minutes. The three supervisors vote to approve them with corrections, if necessary. Then the treasurer passes the financial report to the chairman who thanks the treasurer and reads the report.

Township finances are important, but small. Leslie Township’s most recent tax levy was $172,000. That $172,000 is divided into accounts for roads and bridges, snow removal, fire protection, 911 emergency telephone and a general fund. Roads and bridges take up $100,000 of the budget, according to Chairman Doug Kaiser.

Kaiser takes pride in the high-quality township roads. Dennis Miller, another supervisor, takes pride in the fact that township government is truly democratic.

“At the annual meeting in March the citizens can make motions and vote on them,” he said. “It is grassroots democracy.”

Michael Berry, whose father served on the Leslie town board for more than 20 years, shares Miller and Kaiser’s concern that taxpayer money be spent carefully. Ray Gabler has been treasurer for more than 40 years. He keeps careful accounts in long hand in a book that is open to all township residents. Clerk Bill Tomford quietly and efficiently takes the minutes.

Perhaps it is here, at the town halls across Minnesota, that American government is at its best. It is courteous, non-partisan, service-oriented, and conservative with a small c.

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Cash Grain Markets corn/change* Dover Edgerton Jackson Janesville Cannon Falls Sleepy Eye Average: Year Ago Average:

$7.02 $7.20 $7.12 $6.88 $6.91 $6.91

-.23 -.21 -.26 -.34 -.23 -.45

soybeans/change* $12.92 $13.18 $13.17 $13.09 $13.01 $13.11

-.88 -.54 -.70 -.67 -.64 -.62

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Grain prices are effective cash close on Sept. 12. The price index chart compares an average of most recently reported local cash prices with the same average for a year ago. *Cash grain price change represents a two-week period.

Grain Angles Smell of autumn in the air

The following market analysis is for the week ending Sept. 9.

CORN — It was a rough week for corn in the holiday-shortened trading week as the bulls went hungry. The market had already factored in at least a 150 bushels per acre corn yield, the U.S. dollar strengthened on poor world economics and fresh news was limited throughout the week as we awaited the Sept. 12 U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly crop report.

Early yield reports have been all across the board, making it PHYLLIS NYSTROM Country Hedging difficult to even come up with an St. Paul early average. Many of the comments on yields from April-May planted corn have been “better than expected,” however, the later planted corn is expected to be worse since it pollinated during the high-heat, low-water time period in July.

Informa Economics got the week started with an updated corn yield estimate of 151 bu./acre and production of 12.711 billion bushels. This compares with the August USDA figures of 153 bu./acre and 12.914 billion bushels. The average trade estimates for Sept.

12 are 149.086 bu./acre, production of 12.519 billion bushels and ending stocks for 2011-12 of 636 million bushels (August USDA 714 million). Ending stocks for 2010-11 are pegged at 956 million bushels (August USDA 940 million). For comparison, the biggest August-to-September yield reduction in the last 15 years has been 2.7 bu./acre.

After a period of selling off to lower price levels, both the cattle and hog markets have rebounded quickly in the first part of September. It would appear for all intents and purposes that these markets have found their seasonal lows.

The cattle market has seen considerable short covering in the futures market since the first of the month, which has increased the premium to cash by an abnormal basis. The fact that the commodity funds had acquired a short position in the futures and JOE TEALE with the market becoming overBroker sold technically, this left the Great Plains Commodity futures vulnerable to profit takAfton ing by the short and forced the funds to liquidate their short positions and begin to reverse their position to the long side.

This turnaround has been done in the face of weakening beef cutouts and virtually no cash trade to support this rally. The volume in the beef trade had slowed as the cutouts exceeded the $180 per hundredweight level and forced the packers to discount to move the product.

The volume is once again beginning to increase as the cutout price has fallen, however for the packers to maintain a positive margin they will have to stay at steady prices and not follow the recent rally in futures. Therefore we could see a standoff between the packers and the feedlots until one side gives in.

As it has been for quite some time, the retailers

See NYSTROM, pg. 2B

See TEALE, pg. 2B

As the corn loses its luster and the soybean leaves turn yellow, the smell of autumn is in the air. Combines, stalk choppers and grain carts become readied for action as the crop comes into maturity. This is one of my favorite times of the year. Growing up in Kansas, this was when we finally enjoyed a break from the summer heat.

Here in Minnesota, we start to think that winter is just around the corner. Yet, we aim to complete harvest before the snow starts to fall.

The U.S. Department of AgriTOM NEHER culture, Pro Farmer, Informa and other crop analysts release their AgStar VP Agribusiness & Grain Specialist estimates of 2011 yields, harRochester vested acres and final crop size.

Some are starting to talk about 2012 planted acres and demand for the grain. It becomes a “guessing game” until we finally complete the harvest. My Grandpa used to remind me that, “It’s not a crop until it’s in the bin.” With this being said, we still expect favorable financial returns for grain producers.

The USDA’s Economic Research Service forecasts record net farm income this year, surpassing $100 billion for the first time. They estimate farm expenses to also set a new record. The sheer amount of money crossing farm desks is staggering. Net farm income is forecast at $103.6 billion for 2011, up $24.5 billion for a rise of 31 percent from 2010. This follows a 28-percent increase last year. The 2011 forecast of net farm income is the highest inflationadjusted value recorded since 1974.

See NEHER, pg. 2B

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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Forecasts toying with frost in Upper Midwest NYSTROM, from pg. 1B Weekly export sales were in line with expectations at 32.3 million bushels.

There were 2.796 million metric tons of old crop unshipped sales rolled into the new marketing year. Weekly ethanol production was slightly higher than last week at 896,000 barrels per day.

China’s grain buying group this week said they don’t plan on buying U.S. corn due to the high cost and that their corn imports for the coming year will be under many outside projections. India announced this week that they may export up to 2 mmt of wheat this year. Weakness in wheat may also pressure corn.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week predicted better chances for above-average temperatures for the Midwest and above-average rainfall across the Pacific Northwest for the September-to-November period due to the return of La Nina.

OUTLOOK: Whatever is printed before the 7:30 a.m. Sept. 12 USDA report will be moot by 7:31 a.m.

Everything will be reevaluated for believability post-release. Suffice it to say the trading range is $7 to $8 for December corn. Watch outside influences, particularly the U.S. dollar. There are rumors that Greece may default in the next few days which would support the dollar and depress demand for commodities. Weather forecasts are toying with frost next week in the northern Midwest. There’s no confidence yet that it will do any real damage, but it

warrants monitoring. For the week, December corn was down 23 1/2 cents at $7.36 1/2 per bushel.

SOYBEANS — Soybeans fared better than corn this week on a percentage basis, losing only 1.3 percent versus corn’s 3 percent loss; but scattered rain systems around the Midwest are still perceived to be beneficial to production, and that’s what we had as we began a new month. November soybeans this week were down 19 cents to settle at $14.26 3/4 per bushel.

South American soybean sales to China are on-going. China commented this week that longer term they expect their bean demand will be higher in 2012 than in 2011.

Informa Economics revised crop estimates included a soybean yield of 41.5 bu./acre and production at 3.061 billion bushels. The average trade projections for the September USDA report are 41.039 bu./acre, production 3.032 billion bushels, 2011-12 carryout of 151 million bushels (August USDA 168 million), and 2010-11 carryout of 226 million bushels (August USDA 218 million).

Weekly export sales were neutral at 16.3 million bushels. However, there was an announcement on Friday that China canceled 240,000 mt of U.S. beans for 2011-12. There were 2.282 mmt of U.S. beans that were sold, but unshipped, at the end of the 2010-11 marketing year that were rolled over into the new year.

OUTLOOK: Soybeans are in the same boat as corn when it comes to pegging a direction ahead of the September report. A bearish report could push prices to the lower end of the range at $13.50 to $14 per bushel. A bullish report raises expectations to $14.50 to $15 per bushel. Yield reports will have the ability to sway price direction on a daily basis once we reach harvest.

Nystrom’s notes: The next USDA crop production report is Sept. 12. Contract changes for the week ending Sept. 9: Minneapolis wheat fell 35 1/2 cents, Kansas City dropped 47 1/2 cents and Chicago declined 45 3/4 cents per bushel. October crude oil gained 79 cents for the week, heating oil edged 1.16 cents lower, gasoline fell 6.86 cents and natural gas gained 4.3 cents. As of mid-afternoon Sept. 9, the Dow was down 287 points for the week, gold was $16.70 lower and the U.S. dollar index jumped up 2.32 points.

Hogs finally finding seasonal low TEALE, from pg. 1B have resisted the higher beef cutouts and with the same economic situation, it is hard to foresee a change in this situation. Because of the generous premiums now offered, it would be prudent for producers to protect their inventories when opportunities present themselves.

The hog market seems to have finally found that seasonal low that seems to come every fall. It may be earlier than normal this year, but after the size of the decline in prices over the past month, most producers would welcome the early low. A similar situation occurred with the pork cutouts as with the beef cutouts. Once they reached levels well above $100/cwt., the retailers backed away from buying

pork product and down came the volume and thus the price followed.

Like the cattle the commodity funds moved to the short side of the futures and once the market began to show signs of turning higher, the funds began to exit the short side and a quick short-covering rally ensued. It appears the pork cutouts have now begun to stabilize in the $90/cwt. area, and with that the cash side has also begun to find some stability.

Because of the economy, it would appear that it will remain hard to maintain any sustained rallies until there is improvement in consumer income. Producers are therefore encouraged to use caution in their optimism and protect their inventories when given the opportunity.

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Farm income, expenses rocket NEHER, from pg. 1B The ERS estimates double-digit increases in crop and livestock cash receipts. Crop receipts are expected to raise $33.6 billion, or more than 19 percent, as large increases are expected across a number of crop categories. Total expenses are forecast to increase by $32.5 billion, exceeding $300 billion for the first time. That is an increase of 11.4 percent from 2010. Every expense category is expected to be up in 2011. Expenses are expected to continue to inflate at a similar rate in 2012.

With higher prices and expenses, the amount of money that we manage today has vastly increased over the last five years. With this increased investment comes increased risk that must be managed.

This can be managed or mismanaged, with outcomes

to follow. The progressive manager will always be looking for ways to grow. They will become students of their business, looking to grow personally and in business practices. They will strive to grow in knowledge and expertise. This will be in production and financial management.

As we remember the lives lost 10 years ago and the subsequent changes in our country, we mourn the loss as a nation. We have been at war for a decade, which has challenged our economy and our perception of security. The events of Sept. 11, 2001, have changed this country forever. Yet, we are a country that was built by immigrants who brought diversity and strength to the fabric of this nation. This fabric gets stretched and strained, but it is strong and resilient. For all of this we give thanks.

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the holiday period.

This column was written for the marketing week endWeather throughout most ing Sept. 9.

When asked about cheese prices, Brian Gould pointed of Europe has been quite mild for much of the curThe latest employment to existing stocks relative to production and said rent milk production seadata, showing no job cre‘they’re pretty high.’ Case in point is the ratio of son. Outside of dry condiation in August and declinAmerican cheese stocks to American cheese production tions earlier this summer, ing consumer confidence, in July, which was the highest since 1987. producers and handlers doesn’t bode well for the indicate that the season has dairy industry, according to California and New Mexico milk pro- been quite favorable for milk output. from the peak levels estabthe University of WisconMIELKE MARKET duction is steady to lower with Arizona lished in early March, sin’s Brian Gould.

WEEKLY Stocks of European manufactured trending lower. Production in the according to the DDR. dairy products are generally available Speaking in Tuesday’s

By Lee Mielke Traders and handlers Pacific Northwest is at expected volfor both domestic and international DairyLine, Gould said conhave mixed opinions on umes, while Utah and Idaho milk sup- buyer interest. Sales activity has sumers are not willing to plies are above year-ago levels. what direction price remained quite good from both. purchase food away from Class I orders are fair to good to fill will trend, according to Traders and handlers were surprised home (restaurants). He needs for schools resuming classes. the USDA. Some feel that weakness at the level of sales activity in recent cited the August consumer confidence will continue, while others indicate the Cream markets are unsettled to weak. weeks and traders are indicating that index which declined from 59.2 to 44.5. recent weakening trend will cease and Demand ahead of the Labor Day holiskim milk powder is moving both That’s about a 20-percent drop, he said. day weekend slowed and buying inter- domestically and internationally, but prices will possibly firm.

When asked about cheese prices, As a matter of interest, eDairy econo- est was light. Cream volume moving to Gould pointed to existing stocks relachurns was expected to increase over See MIELKE, pg. 4B mist Bill Brooks said that European tive to production and said “they’re pretty high.” Case in point is the ratio butter prices are near $2.59/lb. while of American cheese stocks to American Oceania prices are just below $1.95. cheese production in July, which was U.S. butter has plunged to the lowest the highest since 1987. level since May, closing the second Friday of September at $1.9125/lb., down “So we have a lot of stocks out there 9.25 cents on the Labor Day holidayrelative to production,” he said, warning that he’s not optimistic there’ll be a shortened week, down 18 cents in two weeks and 31 cents below a year ago. rebound in prices in the near future.

No butter was sold on the week.

Futures prices on cheese are pretty The lagging National Agricultural stable, Gould said, right around $1.70, plus or minus five cents. “So right now Statistics Service-surveyed butter price averaged $2.0596 across the United the indicators are not looking for substantial changes on the upside or even States, up 0.9 cent from the previous week. on the downside.”

Grade A nonfat dry milk closed Fri■ By the way, the July Consumer Price day at $1.49, down 2 cents, while Extra Index for all food was 228.3, up 4.2 per- Grade held all week at $1.61. NASS powder averaged $1.5424, down 2.4 cent from July 2010, according to the cents.

U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Block cheese closed Friday at The dairy products index was 214.8, up $1.7850, down a half-cent on the week, 7.9 percent. Fresh whole milk was up 10.2 but a nickel above a year ago. Barrel percent, cheese was up 8.1 percent and closed at $1.72, down 4 cents on the butter was up 21 percent from a year ago. week and a penny and a half above a ■ year ago. Six carloads of block and 13 of barrel traded hands on the week.

Prices were mixed in Tuesday’s Global Dairy Trade (Fonterra) auction, The NASS U.S. average block price fell 10.9 cents, to $1.9843, while the barrels according to the Chicago Mercantile averaged $1.8964, down 18.1 cents.

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The anhydrous milkfat price was EmpireStateNews.net reports that $1.97, up 2 percent, and the Cheddar farmers who were forced to dump milk cheese for industrial use price received may be eligible for USDA payments to an average winning bid of $1.84/lb., compensate them.

Meanwhile, the down 4.7 percent from the prior aucUSDA reports that milk production in tion. The trade-weighted average for all the Southeast and Florida were mostly products was down 1.4 percent from the prior event, and down 25.8 percent steady at reduced levels. Milk intakes in the Midwest were fairly steady.

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Armstrong: Pay close attention to dairy policy reforms MIELKE, from pg. 3B whole milk powder sales are more limited, probably due to price. Traders feel that now that the summer vacation season is coming to a close and Ramadan is over, more buyers will be returning to the marketplace for upcoming fall and winter needs.

Early spring weather patterns are being reported in the Oceania region. The snow storm in New Zealand a few weeks ago is history and weather patterns are showing more signs of spring versus late winter.

Most producers and handlers indicate the snowfall did little to negatively impact the dairy industry. Milk production trends remain in line with recent projections, with New Zealand 2 to 4 percent higher and Australia in the 1 to 2 percent increase range.

A favorable end to the most recent production season in Oceania is causing producers in both countries to consider expansions, according to the USDA. Australian milk producers are indicating that milk production growth during the upcoming year will be restrained by herd growth but anticipate that production will potentially be more noticeable in the 2012-13 year. Having experienced a number of years of negative or minimal growth, it will take a number of years to turn this trend around, especially for Australian producers.

■ Back on the home front, California’s October Class I milk price is $21.50 per hundredweight for the north and $21.77 for the south, down $2.06 and $2.07 respectively from September, but are both $3.06 above October 2010.

The northern price average for 2011 is $20.72, up from $16.66 at this time a year ago. The southern price average is $20.99, up from $16.93 a year ago.

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The federal order Class I base price is announced by the USDA on Sept. 23.

In other milk price news and looking “back to the futures” combined with the announced Class III prices for July and August, the federal order Class III contract’s average for the last half of 2011 was $19.75 on Aug. 5; $19.42 on Aug. 12; $19.18 on Aug. 19; $19.36 on Aug. 26; $19.63 on Sept. 2; and was running $19.35 at the close of spot trading on Sept.

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■ In dairy politics, the International Dairy Foods Association’s Peggy Armstrong addressed falling fluid milk sales in Wednesday’s DairyLine, blasting efforts that would result in higher milk prices to consumers.

She reiterated how milk provides nine essential nutrients Americans need, including calcium, vitamin D and potassium and that, according to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines, “these nutrients are especially important for growing children.”

She warned that milk is “losing ground” in “a competitive beverage environment,” reporting USDA data that per capita milk consumption has continued a slow and steady decline at a rate of about 1 percent a year for the past 35 years. A recent statistic sug-

gests the decline might be escalating, however.

U.S. fluid milk product sales declined 1.4 percent in 2010, the largest annual decline in more than a decade, she said. “This trend has continued into 2011, with U.S. fluid milk product sales down 1.6 percent through June.”

She said “it’s important to note that according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the retail price of milk has been higher during most of this period than the same month a year earlier, so it appears that in a tight economy and a competitive marketplace, consumers are increasingly looking to beverages other than milk.”

“That is why the last thing the U.S. dairy industry needs is a change to the Federal Milk Market Order system that would result in higher Class I prices,” she said, pointing to the plan proposed by Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota which is based on the National Milk Producers Federation’s “Foundation for the Future.”

“NMPF’s own analysis estimates that the minimum fluid milk price would have averaged 51 cents higher in recent years under the proposed federal order changes in the draft legislation,” Armstrong said. “Everyone in the U.S. dairy industry should pay close attention to dairy policy reforms that could hurt demand. That especially applies to proposed legislation that will increase the cost of fluid milk products. We cannot afford to lose any more ground and Americans cannot afford to lose the health benefits of drinking milk.”

Congress has plenty on its plate to deal with, primarily the economy and budget issues, according to the NMPF’s Chris Galen in his Thursday DairyLine talk. He said the nation awaited President Obama’s plan to help the economy and deal with high unemployment. Coincidentally Thursday was also the first meeting of the so-called Congressional “super committee” whose mandate is to identify an additional $1.5 trillion in budget savings over the next decade.

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MIELKE, from pg. 4B management is the answer for the “A lot of what’s going to drive the process here this Midwest or for the U.S. dairy industry. He argued that there are so fall in Washington is to reconcile those two issues,” Galen said. “How to stimulate the economy formally many foreign countries that need dairy products and the Midwest is “sitting in the driver’s seat or informally and help put people in being able to supply those products.” back to work and, at the same time, identify ways to cut governPagel agrees that the dairy industry We don’t want ment spending.” needs a safety net but not supply management. The free market allows farmsomeone telling The committee is supposed to ers to produce as much as they like, he us how much milk complete its work around Thankssaid, “the better job that you can do on giving, he said, and present recomwe can produce. your farm and the more efficient you mendations for Congress to vote on. Many expect farm programs to be — John Pagel can be, creates profit on the bottom line and it’s up to the rest of the industargeted for cuts, he said, so the try to help us export products and do groundwork may be in the works for the best job that we can to make sure our dairy the next farm bill. industry stays strong.”

The House Agriculture Livestock, Poultry and He admits there’ll be ups and downs like any other Dairy Subcommittee also held a dairy policy hearing business but doesn’t believe it’s in farmers’ best interest Thursday. Witnesses included USDA officials from the Farm Service Agency and Agriculture Marketing to “slow down production and reduce possible opportunities for feeding the rest of the world,” as he put it.

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He praised the NMPF’s efforts to put together a After attending the hearing, NMPF President and program that would help the dairy industry, but supCEO Jerry Kozak said in a press release that the general tone of the questions at the hearing from the ply management is one part he and others do not committee members indicated “a concern that current agree with. He admitted there are regional differences that present challenges in putting a plan dairy programs are not up to the task of providing a meaningful farm-level safety net.” He added that the together but, with the Midwest having a large amount of processing capacity, “we don’t want some“NMPF shares that concern, and that’s what has driven the creation of Foundation for the Future. We believe we have the best answer to the bottom line question of what should come next for dairy policy.”

Friday’s DairyLine asked the question, “Is supply management a solution for the future or a problem from the past?”

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Study: PRRS costs industry $641 million annually A new study, underwritten by the Pork Checkoff and conducted by Iowa State University, estimates that porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome continues to be a major drag on the U.S. pork industry — costing the pork industry $641 million per year.

This translates into $1.8 million per day or $114.71 per sow annually. The previous economic study in 2005 calculated PRRS losses at $560 million annually.

National Pork Board President Everett Forkner, a producer from Richards, Mo., said, “this checkofffunded work offers producers, veterinarians and every part of the pork chain a new and valuable insight into the economic impact of PRRS and

underscores why we’ve leveraged domestic and international government funds to offer producers tools for regional control of this virus.”

The 2011 study differed most significantly from the 2005 study in the allocation of losses between the breeding and the growing pig herds. Specifically, losses in the growing pig herd accounted for 88 percent of the total cost of PRRS in the 2005 study compared with 55 percent in the current analysis.

Iowa State University veterinarian Derald Holtkamp and agricultural economist Jim Kliebenstein collaborated on the study with others in academia, swine veterinarians in private practice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They found that differences between the 2005 and the 2011 studies may be attributed to several key factors, including changes in the prevalence of the PRRS virus and incidence of outbreaks, production and animal health management practices, inflation (accounts for 40 percent of the increase) and other pathogens that have emerged since 2005, such as porcine circovirus.

The report summary stated, “since the 2005 study, pig production and health strategies have evolved, PRRS virus control/elimination strategies have improved and structural adjustments have occurred in the industry. Because of these developments, it was reasonable to question whether the incidence, severity and/or impact of PRRS outbreaks on pig health and productivity in the U.S. herd may have changed since the 2005 study was conducted.”

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The new study collected much of its data from cooperating producers and veterinarians across the United States in late 2010. While not benchmarked in 2005, additional PRRS-related costs that producers must contend with, such as veterinary and biosecurity measures, were collected in this study.

Researchers found these costs added $477.79 million annually to total PRRS costs, putting the cumulative cost of the disease at more than $1 billion per year when added to production-related losses.

Based upon a survey of swine veterinarians from across the United States, the study’s researchers were able to estimate additional PRRS statistics.

They found that 28 percent of sows and gilts used for breeding in the United States were PRRS virus-free and 60 percent of weaned pigs were PRRS-negative at placement.

“This study also confirmed conventional wisdom that says outbreaks in PRRS virus-free herds are more severe than outbreaks in PRRS virus-infected herds,” Holtkamp said. “When comparing elimination methods, we found that the time required for herds to provide a return on investment was still relatively short with herd closure and rollover. However, we found that complete depopulation/repopulation appears to make economic sense only if there are other reasons to depopulate the herd or for highvalue genetics herds.”

According to Lisa Becton, Checkoff ’s director of swine health, the complete checkoff-funded research study on PRRS will serve as a valuable resource for producers, veterinarians and the entire industry for years to come as more of its data is analyzed. She said the full report is expected to be available in coming months and will be available on pork.org.

For information on checkoff-funded programs, pork producers can call the Pork Checkoff Service Center at (800) 456-7675 or go to pork.org.

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Conveniently for them, Artex Spreaders are assembled just 18 miles down the road at Redwood Falls. Chett Bisel, manager of Redwood Metal Works, a division of Farms Union Industries, said they’re now producing a variety of Artex units, both pull-type and truck-mounted.

“Many of our wagons are combination boxes capable of handling a variety of products. You need that flexibility to justify the costs of these units,” Bisel said. “It’s hard to sell a manure spreader these days to just spread manure when you can offer units that handle silage, stock pile manure, and even offer an

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Interviewed at the Minnesota State Fair the Turn to Page 24A for the morning after the crownstory about the new ing of the new Princess Princess Kay of the Milky Kay of the Milky Way, Pat Way. Lunemann, president of the Minnesota Milk ProPat Lunemann ducers Association said, “every year we have some Department of Agriculture, the 2011 fantastic young ladies off the farm who Class IV price is expected to range have poise, elegance and great charm. $19.05 to $19.35 this fall. The 2012 The average GPA of the 2011 candi- average was put at $16.45 to $17.55. In dates was 3.83. So these girls are 2010, that price was $15.09; in 2009 it already achievers. At the coronation was $10.89. last night each had a great message.

The value of the U.S. dollar plus We’re very proud of them.” expanding demand by populations in Minnesota’s new Princess Kay of the overseas countries that are demanding Milky Way is Mary Zahurones of Mor- a better diet is the stimulus behind rison County, this “new prosperreplacing Katie ity” in the dairy Miron of Washingindustry. “About 13 ton County. percent of our ... prices are far better dairy products are Started in 1954, than what we experinow being each year there enced in 2009 and 2010. exported.

The are nearly 100 world is looking for And exports are the key princesses vying reason dairy markets are more protein in for this honor. For their diets. Fortu40 years Linda Chrisstrong. nately dairy prodtensen has delicately ucts are a conven— Pat Lunemann carved butter sculpient and very tures of each of the nutritious source princess finalists. of protein.”

In addition to the quality of Princess He acknowledges that dairy farm Kay candidates, dairy farmers also numbers continue to decline in Minhave more to be happy about. Reflecting on the relatively good prices for nesota, but at a much slower pace. milk and cheese this summer, Lune- However he’s also noting new levels of mann said July-August milk futures of enthusiasm and positive attitudes $20+ were welcomed by all dairy pro- about being a Minnesota dairy farmer. ducers even though futures prices are Parlors replacing tie stalls, robotic systems replacing hand labor, even the already beginning to slip.

MN TRUCK & TRACTOR grazing phenomena of organic producMankato, MN • 507-388-4599 “We’re hoping this is just a tempo- ers are key factors for this revived rary downward blip. But prices are far environment, Lunemann said.

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The Lunemann operation is on a trict Association that are expanding their capacities to keep up with grow- three-times-a-day milking schedule ing consumer demand both domesti- and has 15 employees besides family help. He uses both Hispanic families cally and in foreign markets.”

Lunemann sees these expansions by and local labor. “Right now we think we dairy processors also keying an expan- have the best crew we’ve ever had. sion of cow numbers in Minnesota. Everyone gets along well with one shift Current milk cow numbers for Min- handling the night time milking on a nesota are right at 475,000, the third regular basis.”

On the political scene, Lunemann consecutive year of increase. Stearns, Winona, Morrison and Wabasha coun- mentioned “a discussion piece” being ties rank highest in dairy cows. How- proposed by Congressman Collin Peterever Minnesota ranks No. 6 behind son that simply would bring key spokesCalifornia, Wisconsin, New York, Idaho people together for a revaluation and overall updating and Pennsylvaof the U.S. dairy nia in national industry. milk cow numBecause of what’s happenbers.

“Collin looks ing to dairy processors in back at 2009 and “Because of our state, we do need says ‘dairy farmwhat’s happening some renovation, even ers, you don’t to dairy processome new producers to want to go back sors in our state, through that ecowe do need some meet this increasing nomic chaos renovation, even demand. again.’ The indussome new producers — Pat Lunemann try needs some to meet this increaschanges in legising demand,” said Lunemann who currently milks about lation,” Lunemann said, adding that 600 cows after starting out with 50 “at the discussion so far is pretty much the beginning of my career” just over based on proposals of the National Milk Producers Federation.

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“We (Minnesota Milk Producers Asso“We have some plans to get to 700, and maybe more. It somewhat depends ciation) have issues with certain segupon my children should they want to ments of this discussion piece. We’ve sat come back and reinvigorate the dairy down with Collin. There are good things that he has introduced; we’ve suggested farm.”

He practices both free-stall housing better ideas on a few issues such as the and a compost barn, with a second supply management agenda. When we compost barn soon to happen basically look at other geographic areas we see a for the cow comfort provided. Milking mature dairy industry that has grown is with a double nine-parallel parlor about as large as it can be in terms of installed in 1996. He admits to work- herd size ... We feel that Minnesota is ing that double-nine parlor pretty right at a turning point. We feel the hard. The current herd average pro- small- to medium-sized dairy farms would be most affected by a supply duction is at about 27,400 pounds. management program. Just as they are Though not yet using sand bedding thinking of expanding because of a son he told of a recent University of Min- and/or daughter returning home, they nesota tour that focused on new bed- would be restricted. ding strategies, especially deep bed“We believe there needs to be some ding materials for dairy cows. “We’re exceptions, or changes, cognizant with using organic bedding (saw dust) which we recycle out of the compost what’s actually happening within the barn and reuse in our free stalls. We state. Every region wants to have their cultivate the stalls three times daily, own exceptions, of course, including us, each time after the cows go up to be but we’ve told Collin that we want to milked. We mix some dry saw dust make certain our every-day, family promixed in with the recycled product so ducer isn’t impacted negatively by future farm bill legislation,” he said.

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The awards are divided into three categories: dairy farm, dairy processing-manufacturing and energy conservation-generation. Nominations are being accepted at USDairy.com/Sustainability/Awards through Dec. 1.

“Consumers are increasingly interested in choosing nutritious, responsibly made products,” said Larry Jensen, president, Leprino Foods, and chairman of the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.

Winners of the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards will be announced in February 2012. In addition, honorees will share their stories and passion for sustainability on a national scale in forums and venues, and will be featured on USDairy.com/Sustainability.

The awards are part of the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Commitment, an industrywide effort to measure and improve the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the dairy industry. Launched in 2008 under the leadership of dairy producers, the Sustainability Commitment has the support and participation of hundreds of organizations across the industry as well as others from academic, government and nongovernmental organizations.

“Across the entire U.S. dairy industry, the sustainability commitment is producing model programs and processes for improved efficiency and business value,” said Mike McCloskey, owner and general manager, Fair Oaks Farms, and chairman of the Innovation Center’s Sustainability Council. “These awards provide an opportunity to recognize and share advances in production practices and technology that will help us meet the needs of an ever-growing population.”

Nominations are open to all segments of the U.S. dairy value chain — from farm to table — for the following awards.

• Elanco Award for Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability: This award will recognize dairy farm businesses for demonstrating outstanding achievement in sustainability. Three farms will be honored to illustrate that the highest standards of excellence can be regardless of farm size, location or type of operation.

• U.S. Dairy Export Council Award for Outstanding Dairy Processing & Manufacturing Sustainability: This award will recognize dairy processing and manufacturing businesses for demonstrating outstanding achievement in sustainability.

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vor to cook the egg without sticking, while the paper bag sops up any extra grease. You can add more bacon and eggs and adjust the cooking times, depending on your appetite.

Breakfast Cooked in a Paper Bag To cook bacon and eggs for breakfast, cut a strip of bacon in half. Spread it on the bottom of a new lunch-sized paper sack. Break an egg and drop it on top of the bacon inside the sack. To make scrambled eggs, open and fold down the top of the bag. Crack the shell, hold it high over the bag, and release the egg. When it hits the bottom of the bag, it will be scrambled.

Beginning at the top, roll the sack down in one-inch folds until you reach the middle of the sack. Poke a stick through the rolled folds at the top of the sack and hold it over a bed of coals, or set it on a piece of foil above a bed of hot coals. Grease will appear along the bottom of the bag as the food cooks. The bacon and egg will cook in about 10 minutes.

■ Cast-iron Dutch ovens are traditional camping cookware that are worth their substantial weight on a camping trip.

The Dutch oven is placed on top of some coals; then more coals are placed on top of the oven. You can use Dutch ovens to cook desserts, breads, entrees and side dishes right in your campfire or on top of your grill. The book even contains a chart for figuring out how many charcoal briquettes it takes to cook your meal to perfection.

Dump Cake (for charcoal Dutch oven) 1 (29-ounce) can sliced peaches with juice 1 (18.25-ounce) white or yellow cake mix 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, cold Into a 12-inch Dutch oven, pour peaches and juice. On the top of the peaches, evenly spread the dry cake mix; stir slightly to moisten. Dot the top with

Dandelion Greens with Smoked Ham 3 cups dandelion greens or mixed salad greens 1/2 red onion, sliced 1/2 cup smoked ham, cubed 1 cup bleu cheese or Roquefort dressing Wash greens thoroughly and pat dry with paper towels. In a salad bowl, tear greens into bite-sized pieces and combine with onion, smoked ham and dressing, as desired. Serves 4 to 6.

Tips: When the “troops” run out of things to do, send them out to pick dandelions. Use the flowers for a centerpiece and the greens for this salad.

In the woods, dandelions probably haven’t been sprayed with chemicals; however, avoid using those in your yard that might have been sprayed.

■ “Recipes for Roughing It Easy” is available online and at camping stores.

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butter or margarine.

Heat the Dutch oven over nine hot coals. Cover with Dutch oven lid and place 15 hot coals on the top to create a 325 F oven.

Bake, covered, 30-40 minutes, or until top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serves 8 to 10.

Tips: Canned pineapple, cherries, apples and other fruits or unthickened pie filling may be substituted for peaches. If you use thickened pie filling, add 1 can of lemon-lime soda pop. Chopped nuts also can be sprinkled over the top. The flavor of the cake may also be varied by selecting a different mix and fruit. Cherry pie filling is delicious with chocolate cake. The Dutch oven can be lined with heavy-duty aluminum foil for easy cleaning.

■ Using young, tender dandelion leaves from plants that haven’t flowered yet is the secret to enjoying dandelion greens.

The ones in your backyard will do just fine as long as they haven’t been sprayed. It’s late in the season to find young dandelions, but we did manage to bag a few and added them to this simple main-dish salad. High-quality ham is more expensive, but since it’s more flavorful, you need less, so it’s a wash. Four out of four Johnson yums.

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By SARAH JOHNSON The Land Correspondent When a cookbook stands up to the test of time — both in my own kitchen and on the sales lists of the world — you know it’s filled not only with recipes you love but also something else: techniques, tips, photographs, stories and a certain personality.

One of my all-time favorite cookbooks to peruse over and over again is my camp cooking bible: “Recipes for Roughing It Easy” by consummate camper Dian Thomas.

Thomas is a veteran Girl Scoutin’ campaholic who delights in unusual cooking methods as well as preparing surprising dishes for trailside eating.

Whether you’re a tent camper, an RVer or a backyard bushwhacker, you’ll find fun and useful information on every page. (This is the only cookbook I’ve ever seen that has directions for cooking hamburgers on your car manifold, or roasting a whole chicken in your backpack while you’re hiking.)

Thomas oozes enthusiasm and knowhow as she recalls her quest for the ultimate camp cooking experience.

Everyone likes to play with fire, and the more things we can shove on a stick and roast over coals, the happier everyone will be. You’ve tried marshmallows and hot dogs, but how about adding a fresh, hot breadstick to your repertoire?

And no need to dirty a mixing bowl: The Bisquick box works just fine.

Bread on a Stick 1 dowel or roasting stick per person 1 box Bisquick mix (number served determines the size) 1 cup water, in a bottle 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine 1 cup honey or jam With the end of the stick, make a little well in the open box of Bisquick.

Pour about a tablespoon of water into the well. Place the stick in the well and begin stirring until a small ball of dough forms around the stick. Lift the stick out of the box and press the dough firmly around the end of the stick. Pass the box and water bottle to the next person to repeat.

Grill the dough over a bed of hot coals and turn often. When it is golden brown and cooked throughout, slide it off the stick. Butter and slather with honey or jam. A large box of Bisquick serves over 20.

■ For a radical riff on bacon and eggs, try Breakfast Cooked in a Paper Bag. The bacon provides enough fat and fla-

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Daylight is diminishing. When I start mowing the lawn after supper, I can no longer get it finished before dark. Blackness has also pushed my early morning trek down the gravel road into a later hour. After seeing the shadowed profile of a coyote crossing the road, I needed no further convincing that although the early bird may get the worm, the runner who waits for sunup saves her limbs.

We mark the passage of time as chil-

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dren go back to school and farmers reap the harvest of spring’s planting. “The summer went by too fast,” we hear and say. “I can’t believe it’s fall already.”

The writer of Psalm 90 asks God to teach him to number his days. We know what it is to number things — whether it’s the number of bushels we’ve presold, the number of pills left in the bottle before the next trip to the pharmacy, or the number of pizzas we need in the freezer to feed teenagers this weekend.

I didn’t need a skydiving When is the last time you tutorial to tell me that cutand I have thought about away meant trouble. We saw numbering our days? the solo jumper’s parachute Granted, only God knows predicament as she disconthe accurate count of the nected the main chute, relied days and hours we have left on her reserve parachute, on this earth. Thinking realand landed in a cornfield. I istically, how many years do looked at Melanie and you think you have left? If noticed that her face was losyou were going to mark your life with an expiration date, THE BACK PORCH ing color. I turned toward Mike who probably noted the what year would you guess

By Lenae Bulthuis same thing about me. All I for your shelf life? knew for sure is that if that That may sound morbid jumper was injured or dead, and depressing, but the reality is that this G Force gig was over. none of us are going to live forever. “The “Is she OK?” I asked the instructors Bucket List,” a 2007 comedy-drama film, starring Jack Nicholson and Mor- who were taking Melanie and I tandem. gan Freeman, popularized the wisdom “No problem,” we were assured as of numbering our days. The main plot they pushed us toward the plane before trails two terminally ill men who go on we had too much time to think about a road trip with their what we had just eyewish lists — the things witnessed. “That’s why they want to do before there are two parathey “kick the bucket.”

As our plane chutes!” As our plane gained altitude, I wonBucket lists are as gained altitude, dered about the twodiverse as the people I wondered parachute regulation. If who pen them. Whether about the twotwo chutes were good, the lists are put to parachute reguwouldn’t three be better? paper or written in our lation. If two minds’ “someday list” — As we gained elevawe all have things we’d chutes were tion, the instructors like to do or accomplish good, wouldn’t joked around with us before breathing our and pointed out the three be better? last. It’s what inspires “cut-away” skydiver who road trips and new hobwas walking back to the bies, business expansion hanger. I prayed. The and weight loss. It motivates 70-yearinstructors secured our harnesses and olds to buy motorcycles and 40-somegave final instructions on how we were things to jump out of airplanes. going to exit the aircraft. I prayed. We waddled like ducks to the open door, This summer, when we asked youngest daughter, Melanie, what she’d and when I saw just how far 13,000 like for her 18th birthday, we received feet in the air really is, I wondered if Mike wasn’t right about my needing to her typical response that she doesn’t need anything. We pressed further and have my head examined. learned a surprising PS to the converWhat happened next is too amazing sation. “I’d really like to go skydiving.” for words. The 120 mph freefall lasted for nearly a minute, the parachute “Skydiving?” her father asked. “Are opened with a powerful jolt that shot you nuts?” us back in the air for a few seconds, Long story short, we scheduled her skydiving adventure for the afternoon and then the instructor maneuvered the chute while I savored the beauty of of her first day of her senior year of this world from a new angle. high school. She was gracious enough Melanie glided into a picture-perfect to let me join in her crazy escapade. touchdown.

I landed less gracefully, fillOn jump day, after we sat through an ing my pants with the drop zone’s informational video, initialed and freshly mown grass. Mike took pictures signed our rights away on a clipboard full of legal documents, and rode out to of his crazy women as we celebrated and savored the experience. the drop zone to wait for our plane, As daylight diminished on our jump Mike was still shaking his head at the crazy women he calls family. We were a day, I gratefully crossed an item off my bucket list. Truth be told, jumping out little leery ourselves when one of the of an airplane is one of the easier ground instructors took off in his golf cart punctuating his “Cut-away!” cries with a few expletives.

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Rough winter put chill on pheasant numbers

Severe winter conditions following by a damp, cold spring combined to dramatically reduce Minnesota pheasant numbers this fall.

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The southwest region, The winter of 2010-11 was a where the best hunting has tough one for even the hardibeen found in recent years, est Minnesotan to endure. posted the most dramatic It was an even tougher decline — from 104.2 winter for Minnesota’s birds/100 miles to 19.2 birds pheasant population.

— a fall of 82 percent.

The Minnesota DepartOnly the east central ment of Natural Resource’s region, where winter condiannual August roadside surtions were not as severe, vey released recently THE OUTDOORS held its own. In 2010, the showed a near-record 64index was 49.8 birds/100

By John Cross percent decline in the miles. This year, it was 50.8, pheasant index. a marginal increase of slightly less That’s the lowest since 1986 and the than 2 percent. second lowest since the survey was Minnesota wasn’t the only state to standardized in 1955. chart bad news in the pheasant depart“A hard winter, a wet spring — that’s ment, Haroldson said. always bad news,” said Kurt Haroldson of In South Dakota, the numbers sugthe DNR’s Farmland Wildlife Populations gest a decline of 46 percent statewide Research Unit near Madelia, Minn., adding that while he expected a decline, and an even more dramatic fall in the eastern part of the state. he wasn’t expecting one quite as draIn Iowa, pheasant numbers are down matic.

40 percent. While the final numbers for The 2011 pheasant index, which sugNorth Dakota are not yet compiled, gests the relative abundance of birds spring counts didn’t offer much reason across Minnesota’s pheasant range, was 23 birds per 100 miles, down from for optimism.

Of course, there is always the possibila 2010 figure of 64 birds/100 miles. ity of late nesting success that wouldn’t In the west central region, numbers declined 62 percent from 74.2 birds/100 show up in the wildlife census. miles to 28.2 birds/100 miles.

Haroldson said the observed ratio of hens to roosters during the roadside In the central region, 76.4 birds/100 miles surveys conducted in early August left were tallied compared to 18.9 birds/100 the possibility that hens still may have miles this year, a 75 percent decline. been nesting or tending to broods.

Birds in the south central region Unfortunately, it also could have were down 59 percent, from 56.5 meant that many more hens were vicbirds/100 miles last year to 23.1 tims of the severe winter. birds/100 miles.

“Anecdotal reports suggest a late The southeast region saw a decline of nesting effort but those numbers 39 percent, from 8.6 birds/100 miles to See CROSS, pg. 16B 5.3 birds.

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PORCH, from pg. 14B things to do on anyone’s list. It’s much more difficult to love unconditionally, forgive freely and serve unselfishly. A life lived well is not determined by what we’ve accomplished or done for ourselves; it’s about who we’ve loved and how we’ve served.

Mother Teresa wisely said, “At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.

We will be judged by, ‘I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.’ Hungry not only for bread, but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing, but naked of human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a home of bricks, but homeless because of rejection.”

That’s what it means to not only number our days, but to make sure they really count as well.

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CROSS, from pg. 15B always are hard to quantify,” he said.

When the last feathers of the 2011 Minnesota Pheasant Season settle, Haroldson expects about 249,000 roosters, comparable to the 2001 harvest level.

Ringnecks have proved to be a resilient lot and Haroldson said that given some decent weather and suitable habitat, numbers could rebound quickly.

“In 2001, hunters harvested 267,000 pheasants but just two years later, they harvested 511,000, so they can recover quickly,” he said.

Not surprisingly, the 25-year-old Conservation Reserve Program factors heavily into the habitat equation.

Unfortunately, with Congress wrestling with budget issues, signs coming from Washington, D.C., about the future of the CRP, its relatively low cost and high popularity with taxpayers notwithstanding, aren’t particularly encouraging right now as they write the 2012 farm bill.

This year, the loss of CRP acres in Minnesota’s pheasant range during the past year were offset by gains in Reinvest In Minnesota-Wetland Reserve acres and acquisition of Wildlife Management Areas and Waterfowl Production areas.

“The Heritage Fund money is really starting to kick in,” Haroldson said. However, he cautioned that in spite of the accelerated acquisition of grasslands through state programs, federal farm programs such as the CRP remain the most important component in providing wildlife habitat.

By all counts, it looks like we all are going to have plenty of time this fall between flushes.

Time, perhaps, for composing a letter to our lawmakers in support of the inclusion of the CRP in the 2012 farm bill.

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

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AT AUCTION 120.01 ACRES OF ROYAL TOWNSHIP - LINCOLN COUNTY MN LAND CHOICE TILLABLE LAND AND IMPROVED FARM SITE In order to settle the Paul A. Kulla Estate, the following land will be sold at the farm site located at 3046 County Road 110, Ivanhoe MN or from the east edge of Ivanhoe MN, go 2 north, 1/2 east, then 1/8 north or just south of Wilno Church on

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This is a “powerful” 120.01 Acres (more or less) that at present time has approximately 96.87 acres that are farmed or tilled and the balance in grass-hayland-building sitedrainage ditch and ROW. It appears that some of the hayground SE of the building site could be farmed. The topography is level to gently rolling - has great eye appeal and is a clean tract. This tract has some highly productive “corn-bean” producing soils that has a 90.4 soil productivity rating (on a 1 to 100 scale).

The improvements include a 3 Bedroom Ranch Style Home (1512 sq ft) with an oversize double attached garage and full basement with tuck under garage. This home was built in 1972 and will need some updating. Other older buildings include a 30’x45’ metal pole machine shed; 24’x42’ wood frame machine shed; 24’x36’ garage-shop; older home used for storage with a 26’x26’ double attached garage; plus other older farm buildings and shelterbelt. Because this is an estate, the house and outbuildings are sold “as is where is”. Paul lived his entire life on this farm and it was his parents farm prior to his ownership.

This L-shaped tract is in the Ivanhoe School District with current taxes of $2404.00 and assessed value of $406,200. This tract has been in the Kulla family since the early 1900’s and never before offered for sale. A great tract that has been well taken care of by a family that are good land stewards. This tract has an older well and a cistern for the house use.

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TERMS - CONDITIONS: Cash sale with 15% downpayment (nonrefundable) on sale day and the balance on or before December 15, 2011 with possession. The buyer has farming rights for the 2012 crop year. Taxes due and payable in 2011 will be paid by the estate. Taxes due and payable in 2012 to be paid by the buyer. An update abstract of title will be provided to the buyer and merchantable title Personal Representative’s Deed will be given! Sold subject to any easements, restrictions, reservations or highways of record, if any. Sold subject to the Personal Representative’s confirmation. Come to buy sale day! Mr. Tom Reeves will be the escrow agent and closing attorney - he will take the downpayment - prepare purchase agreement - all necessary disclosures and handle this closing. The buyer will pay for any sewer updates needed to comply with the Minnesota sewer mandates. We invite all potential bidders to verify any printed information. Wieman Land & Auction Co., Inc. stipulates that they are representing the seller in this transaction.

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Location: From Clarks Grove, MN, 1⁄2 mile east on State Hwy. 251, then 1⁄4 mile south on 775th Ave. • WATCH FOR AUCTION SIGNS Auctioneer’s Note: A very attractive smaller parcel of farmland located just east of Interstate 35. This would be a very good parcel to add to your existing farming operation. Hope to see you auction day. • Col. Tracy Holland

22.24 ACRES OF FREEBORN COUNTY’S PRODUCTIVE FARMLAND BANCROFT TOWNSHIP, SECTION 2

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22.24 ACRES FREEBORN “YOUR #1 AUCTION PROFESSIONALS” COUNTY FARMLAND Thurs., Sept. 22, 2011 • 12:00 Noon

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REAL ESTATE: Consisting of 22.24 acres, more or less, of Freeborn County’s productive farmland. Bancroft Township, Section 2. Tillable Acres 22.6, CER Rating 74, Corn Base 12.3, Corn Direct & CC Yield 111, Soybean Base 9.8, Soybean Direct & CC Yield 34. Taxes for the year 2011 are $426.

EARL & BEVERLY THOMPSON - OWNERS Clarks Grove, MN HOLLAND AUCTION CO. (507) 684-2955

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Auctioneers:

Tracy Holland & Associates #7405002 Ellendale, MN (507) 684-2955 or (507) 456-5128 (cell)

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

REAL ESTATE TERMS: Successful bidder shall be required to pay $8,000 down (NONREFUNDABLE) and sign a purchase agreement immediately following the conclusion of the real estate auction. The balance shall be due on or before October 21, 2011. Daryl Bail, attorney for real estate and handling all earnest monies. All information is believed to be correct, but is not guaranteed. Buyers shall rely on their own information, judgment and inspection. Any verbal announcements day of auction takes precedence over print.

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KIMBALL, MN • 320-398-3800

THE LAND, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

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

GLENCOE, MN • 320-864-5531

Sales: • Richard Dammann • Randy Uecker • Steve Schramm • Mike W

NO. MANKATO, MN • 507-387-55 Sales: • Randy Rasmussen • Ed Nowak • Leon Rasmussen • Jay Pederson • Spencer Kolles • Rick Miller

TRACTORS 4WD

TRACTORS AWD/MFD

PLANTING & SEEDING Continued

FORAGE EQUIPMENT

CIH 5400MT, 20' Drill ........................................................$7,500 (2) IH 510 Drill ..................................................$1,500 & $2,600 Crustbust 3400, 30' Drill ..................................................$5,950 (3) Great Plains 20' Drill ....................................$4,500 - $5,500 JD 750NT, 15' Drill ..........................................................$15,000 JD 520, 20' Drill ................................................................$4,500 JD 455, 30' Drill ..............................................................$18,500 Melroe 202 Drill ....................................................................$750 Sunflower 9412, 20' Drill ................................................$17,900 CIH SDX40, 40' Seeder..................................................$129,500

Gehl CB1275 Forg Harv ..................................................$16,500 Gehl CB1265 Forg Harv ....................................................$7,500 Gehl CB1085 Forg Harv ..................................................$13,500 Gehl 1075, '00 Forg Harv ................................................$14,500 Gehl 1065, '96 Forg Harv ..................................................$6,950 NH FP240, '04 Forg Harv ................................................$23,000 (3) Claas PU380HD Hayhead ........................ $14,000 - $14,500 (2) Claas PU380 Pro Hayhead ......................$20,000 & $23,000 (6) Claas PU380 Hayhead ............................ $12,000 - $14,500 Claas PU300 Hayhead........................................................$9,500 (3) Gehl HA1210 7' Hayhead ............................ $1,250 - $1,850 Gehl HA1110, '95 Hayhead................................................$1,250 Gehl 7' Hayhead ................................................................$1,250 JD 630A Hayhead ..............................................................$8,500 JD 630 Hayhead ................................................................$8,500 JD 7HP, 7' Hayhead ..............................................................$600 JD 5HP, 5.5' Hayhead ..........................................................$850 NH 3500 Hayhead..............................................................$6,500 NH 355W Hayhead ............................................................$8,500 NH 340W Hayhead ............................................................$5,000 NH 29P Hayhead................................................................$3,500 (2) Claas Orbis 750 Cornhead........................$75,000 & $76,000 (5) Claas RU600, 8R30 Cornhead ..................$24,500 - $59,000 Claas RU450XTRA Cornhead ..........................................$42,000 (7) Claas RU450 Cornhead..............................$28,000 - $40,000 Gehl TR3038N Cornhead ..................................................$1,400 (4) Gehl TR330 Cornhead ..................................$4,200 - $5,900 JD 688 Cornhead ............................................................$51,500 JD 676 6R Cornhead ......................................................$52,000 Kemper 4500 Cornhead ..................................................$29,500 Kemper 3000 Cornhead ..................................................$22,000 Kemper 360 Cornhead ....................................................$34,000 NH 3PN Cornhead..............................................................$8,500 (2) NH R1600 Cornhead ................................$39,500 & $42,500

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SPRING TILLAGE

CIH 535 Quad, '10, 1100 hrs ........................................$282,500 CIH 530 Quad, '07, 1750 hrs ........................................$225,000 CIH 530 Steiger, '07, 1485 hrs ......................................$211,900 CIH 530 Steiger, '07, 1700 hrs ......................................$205,000 CIH 500 Steiger, '11, 125 hrs ........................................$265,500 CIH STX530, '06, 990 hrs..............................................$240,000 CIH STX530Q, '06, 2335 hrs ........................................$225,000 CIH STX430, '06, 960 hrs..............................................$169,500 CIH 350 Steiger, '11, 10 hrs ..........................................$209,000 CIH 9350, '97, 3960 hrs ..................................................$72,500 CIH 9350, '96, 3140 hrs ..................................................$74,500 CIH 9270, '91, 4815 hrs ..................................................$72,900 CIH 9250, '92, 6585 hrs ..................................................$48,500 CIH 9230, '91, 6650 hrs ..................................................$43,900 CIH 9170, '89, 7825 hrs ..................................................$56,500 CIH 9150, '87, 5535 hrs ..................................................$48,500 Case 550H, '00, 1425 hrs ................................................$35,500 Cat MT765B, '07, 1885 hrs............................................$179,950 Challenger MT865C, '09, 1235 hrs ................................$279,500 JD 9400, '98, 3245 hrs..................................................$109,900 JD 9400, '98, 3910 hrs..................................................$109,900 JD 9400, '97, 5055 hrs....................................................$87,900 JD 9120, '04, 1045 hrs..................................................$140,000 JD 8850, '85, 8760 hrs....................................................$27,500 NH 9282, '97, 3360 hrs ..................................................$69,500 NH T9060, '08, 1395 hrs ..............................................$212,000 Steiger ST280, '82, 7425 hrs ..........................................$21,500 Versatile 876, '88, 8125 hrs ............................................$25,000 Versatile 875, '81, 7680 hrs ............................................$19,900 Versatile 835, '78 ............................................................$21,500

TRACTORS 2WD

CIH 335 Mag, '11, 50 hrs ..............................................$219,000 CIH 305 Mag, '11, 1300 hrs ..........................................$167,500 CIH 305 Mag, '09, 2500 hrs ..........................................$169,500 CIH MX305, '06, 4325 hrs ............................................$125,500 CIH 275, '07, 2180 hrs ..................................................$146,900 CIH MX275, '06, 1990 hrs ............................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '10, 1505 hrs ..........................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '09, 2160 hrs ..........................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '09, 2250 hrs ..........................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '09, 2460 hrs ..........................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '07, 3145 hrs ..........................................$105,000 CIH 245 Mag, '07, 3205 hrs ..........................................$105,000 CIH 215 Mag, '09, 880 hrs ............................................$129,500 CIH 215 Mag, '08, 1980 hrs ..........................................$105,000 CIH MX200, '02, 1900 hrs ..............................................$84,500 CIH 180 Puma, '08, 1290 hrs ........................................$102,000 CIH 115 Value, '07, 1100 hrs ..........................................$34,500 CIH 95 Farmall, '10, 110 hrs............................................$38,500 CIH 8950, 8700 hrs ........................................................$62,500 CIH 7140, '89, 6745 hrs ..................................................$53,500 Case 4694, '84, 5970 hrs ................................................$18,900 Allis 8070, '83..................................................................$24,500 Challenger CH45, '96, 2355 hrs ......................................$59,500 Ford 8970, '95, 5600 hrs ................................................$57,500 Ford 8970, '94, 8140 hrs ................................................$62,500 JD 8225R, '10, 1035 hrs ..............................................$157,500 JD 7330, '08, 2110 hrs....................................................$67,500 JD 6200, '96, 4100 hrs....................................................$26,500 JD 2955, '89, 2330 hrs....................................................$28,950 Kubota M6800, '03, 755 hrs............................................$24,500 McCormick TTX230, '09, 580 hrs....................................$90,000 McCormick XTX165, '09, 85 hrs......................................$89,500 NH TJ330, '06, 920 hrs ................................................$130,000

COMPACT TRACTORS

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

CIH 40 Farmall CVT ........................................................$36,250 CIH DX25E, '04, 175 hrs..................................................$13,900 IH 184, '76 ........................................................................$2,700 Agco ST 40, '02, 425 hrs ................................................$18,500 JD 3520, '10, 65 hrs........................................................$34,750 Kubota B1750, '96, 225 hrs ..............................................$6,000 Kubota BX2230, '04, 685 hrs ............................................$7,950

CIH JX95, '04, 900 hrs ....................................................$21,900 CIH 7120, '91, 7200 hrs ..................................................$38,500 CIH 7120, '88, 10400 hrs ................................................$35,500 CIH 7110, '91, 7490 hrs ..................................................$32,500 CIH 7110, '88, 13345 hrs ................................................$24,500 CIH 5140, '90, 7860 hrs ..................................................$19,500 CIH 4230, 3925 hrs ........................................................$17,900 Case 2290, '81, 6515 hrs ................................................$12,500 Case 1370, '78, 5270 hrs ..................................................$9,500 Case 1070, '70, 5600 hrs ..................................................$5,500 Case VAC ..........................................................................$2,500 Farmall 300........................................................................$2,450 Farmall H, '41 ....................................................................$1,500 Farmall H ..........................................................................$1,350 Farmall Super M, '53 ........................................................$2,250 IH 5288, 2340 hrs............................................................$21,500 IH 5088, '82, 11590 hrs ..................................................$12,000 IH 3688, 8945 hrs............................................................$17,500 IH 1086, '79, 9770 hrs ....................................................$12,500 IH 1086, '76, 8585 hrs ......................................................$9,500 IH 1066, '73, 7925 hrs ......................................................$9,000 IH 986, '77, 8735 hrs ......................................................$11,000 IH 656, '69 ........................................................................$7,250 IH 656G, 4075 hrs ............................................................$4,750 IH 400................................................................................$2,500 Ford 8830, '90, 7530 hrs ................................................$27,900 JD 4840, '81, 7815 hrs....................................................$25,000 White 2/85, '77, 9035 hrs..................................................$7,500

(2) CIH TM 200, 60.5' Fld Cult ......................$67,500 & $69,500 CIH TM 200, 50.5' Fld Cult ..............................................$57,500 (2) CIH TM 200, 48.5' Fld Cult ......................$41,250 & $41,500 CIH 33.5' ACS Fld Cult ....................................................$33,500 CIH 4900, 43.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$5,500 CIH 4900, 32' Fld Cult ......................................................$7,500 CIH 4800, 32' Fld Cult ......................................................$7,500 CIH 4800, 31' Fld Cult ......................................................$7,950 CIH 4800, 28.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$7,750 CIH 4600, 46.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$37,500 CIH TMII, 50.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$57,500 CIH TMII, 48.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$39,500 (2) CIH TMII, 32.5' Fld Cult ..........................$26,900 & $28,500 DMI TMII, 46' Fld Cult ....................................................$35,500 DMI TMII, 38.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$30,000 DMI TMII, 36.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$26,900 DMI TMII, 29.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$17,900 DMI TM, 39.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$14,900 DMI TM, 32.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$9,500 DMI TM, 29.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$12,950 Flexcoil 820, 40' Fld Cult ................................................$11,500 Glencoe 4300, 38.5' Fld Cult..............................................$7,900 JD 2210, 64.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$49,500 JD 2210, 50' Fld Cult ......................................................$52,500 (3) JD 2210, 44.5' Fld Cult..............................$36,500 - $42,500 JD 1000, 22.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$1,650 JD 985, 48.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$17,500 JD 980, 36.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$19,800 JD 980, 30.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$22,000 Wilrich QuadX 47.5' Fld Cult............................................$40,000 Wilrich 2500, 27.4' Fld Cult ..............................................$2,995 CIH 3900, 33' Disk ..........................................................$17,900 CIH 3900, 32' Disk ..........................................................$17,500 CIH 330, 34' Disk ............................................................$58,900 CIH 330, 34' Disk ............................................................$57,500 Big G 3026, 28' Disk..........................................................$7,500

SPRAYERS - SELF-PROPELLED

HAY EQUIPMENT

Rudy Lusk - (507) 227-4119

CIH WDX901, '02, 475 hrs ..............................................$50,000 CIH 8830, '96, 1430 hrs ..................................................$17,900 NH HW340, '98 ..............................................................$32,900 CIH DC515, 15' Mow Cond................................................$9,500 CIH DHX181 Windrower Head ........................................$20,000 NH 1441, 16' PT Windrower............................................$24,400 CIH 8360, 12' MowCond ..................................................$4,900 CIH 8330, 9' MowCond ....................................................$4,500 CIH DCX161 MowCond....................................................$17,800 JD 1600, 14' MowCond ....................................................$6,995 JD 1209, 9' MowCond ......................................................$2,500 JD 956 MowCond ............................................................$15,900 IH 1190 MowCond ............................................................$1,500 NH 1475 MowCond ..........................................................$9,000 NH 116, 14' MowCond ......................................................$6,500 New Idea 5212, 12' MowCond ........................................$10,500 Vermeer 1030, 13.5' MowCond ......................................$19,500 Fransgard 240, 8' Disc Mower ..........................................$4,200 Kuhn GMD55 Disc Mower ................................................$3,900 CIH FC60, 60" Rotary Mower ................................................$550 Farm King 72" Rotary Mower ............................................$1,250 Farm King Y750R Rotary Mower ..........................................$895 Landpride FDR2584 Rotary Mower ..................................$2,750 Woods MDC172 Rotary Mower ........................................$1,150 Woods RD7200D Rotary Mower ......................................$1,895 H & S TWN2-P Wind Merg..............................................$22,500 (5) Millerpro 14-16 Wind Merg .................... $28,500 - $38,500 NH H5410, 9' Wind Merg ................................................$17,900 NH 166 Wind Merg............................................................$3,750 NH 144 Wind Merg............................................................$2,000 Victor 245 Wind Merg ....................................................$34,800 JD Rake ................................................................................$150 Kuhn GA8521 Rake..........................................................$23,500 Vermeer WR220 Rake........................................................$3,550

Apache AS1010, '06, 2025 hrs ......................................$106,000 Hagie STS-14, '10..........................................................$218,000 JD 4930, '11, 150 hrs....................................................$299,900 JD 4920, '06, 1600 hrs..................................................$165,000 Miller 4365, '09, 495 hrs ..............................................$275,000 Miller 4275, '09, 660 hrs ..............................................$210,000 Miller 2200HT, '05, 1140 hrs ........................................$139,000

PLANTING & SEEDING

SPRAYERS - PULL-TYPE

CIH 1260, 36R22 ..........................................................$185,000 (3) CIH 1250, 24R30 ..................................$113,900 - $130,000 CIH 1250, 16R30 ............................................................$97,500 CIH 1240, 24R22 ..........................................................$113,000 CIH 1240, 12R30 ............................................................$89,900 CIH 1200, 36R22 ............................................................$95,500 CIH 1200, 36R20 ............................................................$97,500 CIH 1200, 32R22 ............................................................$72,500 (5) CIH 1200, 24R22 .................................... $42,500 - $97,000 CIH 1200, 24R20 ............................................................$73,500 CIH 1200, 16R31 ............................................................$79,900 CIH 1200, 16R30 ............................................................$60,000 (3) CIH 1200, 12R30 ......................................$26,000 - $48,500 CIH 1200, 12R23 ............................................................$65,300 CIH 955, 6R30 ................................................................$11,500 CIH 950, 12R30 ..............................................................$14,900 CIH 900, 16R30 ..............................................................$12,500 CIH 900, 12R30 ................................................................$6,500 CIH 900, 6R30 ..................................................................$5,900 CIH 800, 8R30 ..................................................................$1,950 IH 800, 8R30 ....................................................................$1,500 Friesen 2400RT................................................................$15,500 JD 7000, 12N ..................................................................$10,950 (2) JD 1770, 16R30 ......................................$63,500 & $75,000 JD 1770, 16R30 ..............................................................$46,300 JD 1760, 12R30 ..............................................................$46,500 Kinze 3700, 36R20 ..........................................................$62,500 Kinze 3600, 12R30 ..........................................................$53,500 Kinze 3140, 12R30 ..........................................................$39,500 White 8524, 24R30........................................................$117,500 White 8100 ......................................................................$23,000 White 6100, 24R22..........................................................$24,500 CIH 5500, 30' Drill ..........................................................$22,000 CIH 5500MT ....................................................................$18,000

Blumhardt Trailmaster ......................................................$4,900 (2) Demco Conquest......................................$18,900 & $22,500 Hardi 500, 60'....................................................................$8,500 Hardi Commander............................................................$47,500 Hardi HAC900 ....................................................................$8,950 Hardi HC800 ......................................................................$7,250 Redball 1200, 88' ............................................................$14,500 Redball 690......................................................................$39,500 Redball 690, 2000 Gal ....................................................$32,900 Redball 690, 2000 Gal ....................................................$26,500 Redball 670, 1200 Gal ....................................................$22,900 Redball 565......................................................................$15,500 Top Air NAV1100 ............................................................$22,500 Top Air 1100R60XF..........................................................$14,500

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BALERS (2) CIH RBX562 Rnd Baler ..........................$14,500 & $15,500 CIH 8460, 5x6 Rnd Baler ..................................................$5,950 Claas 280 Rnd Baler ........................................................$16,500 Gehl RB2580 Rnd Baler ....................................................$9,950 JD 567, 5x6 Rnd Baler ....................................................$22,500 JD 566, 5x6 Rnd Baler ....................................................$15,500 (2) NH BR780A Rnd Baler ............................$16,500 & $19,800 NH BR780 Rnd Baler ......................................................$17,900 CIH 8575 Rec Baler ........................................................$32,750 CIH 8530 Rec Baler ........................................................$10,400 Claas 255UNI Rec Baler ..................................................$27,900 JD 100, 3x3 Rec Baler ....................................................$28,900 JD 24T Rec Baler ..............................................................$1,500 NH BB940A Rec Baler......................................................$67,500

SELF PROP. FORAGE HARVESTERS Chase Groskreutz, East - (320) 248-3733 Randy Olmscheid, West - (320) 583-6014 Claas 980, '08, 1495 hrs................................................$255,000 Claas 970, '08, 1245 hrs................................................$288,000 Claas 890, '05, 2230 hrs................................................$159,900 Claas 890, '03, 885 hrs..................................................$210,500 Claas 890, '02, 1560 hrs................................................$189,500 Claas 890, '02, 2555 hrs................................................$147,000 Claas 870CC, '07, 760 hrs ............................................$189,000 Claas 870 GE, '06, 2580 hrs ..........................................$184,500 Claas 870, '03, 2790 hrs................................................$162,000 JD 7500, '03, 3635 hrs..................................................$109,500 JD 6810, '96, 4590 hrs....................................................$59,500 NH FX60, '03, 1970 hrs ................................................$115,000 NH FX58, '02, 1410 hrs ................................................$108,000

COMBINES UP TO 36 MONTH INTEREST WAIVER ON USED COMBINES CIH 9120, '10, 295 hrs ..................................................$314,900 CIH 8120, '09, 590 hrs ..................................................$255,500 CIH 8120, '09, 840 hrs ..................................................$265,000 CIH 8010, '07, 1100 hrs ................................................$220,000 CIH 8010, '07, 1650 hrs ................................................$192,500 CIH 8010, '06, 1430 hrs ................................................$184,500

COMBINES Continued

CIH 8010, '05, 1535 hrs .......................................

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

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

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

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

CIH 7120, '09, 620 hrs .........................................

CIH 7120, '09, 745 hrs .........................................

CIH 7088, '10, 470 hrs .........................................

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

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

CIH 7010, '08, 860 hrs .........................................

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

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

CIH 7010, '07, 1400 hrs .......................................

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

CIH 6088, '10, 600 hrs .........................................

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

CIH 2588, '08, 1480 hrs .......................................

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

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

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

CIH 2388, '03, 2415 hrs .......................................

CIH 2388, '03, 2170 hrs .......................................

CIH 2388, '03, 2540 hrs .......................................

CIH 2388, '03 .......................................................

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, '98, 3775 hrs .......................................

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

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

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

CIH 2366, '03, 1950 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, '97, 3615 hrs .......................................

CIH 2166, '96, 3430 hrs .......................................

CIH 1688, '94, 3305 hrs .......................................

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

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

CIH 1688, '93, 3015 hrs .......................................

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

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

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

CIH 1660, '90, 3440 hrs .......................................

CIH 1660, '90, 4355 hrs .......................................

CIH 1660, 4160 hrs .............................................

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

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

IH 1480, '79, 5860 hrs .........................................

IH 1460, '82, 4535 hrs .........................................

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

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

JD 9870STS, '09, 830 hrs ...................................

JD 9660STS, '04, 2115 hrs .................................

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

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

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

JD 7700, 4885 hrs ...............................................

MF 750, '77 .........................................................

NH TR97, '95, 3955 hrs .......................................

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

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

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

BEANHEADS & CORNHEA

CIH 2162, 35' Beanhead .......................................

(4) CIH 2062, 36' Beanhead............................$49 (5) CIH 2020, 35' Beanhead............................$25 (3) CIH 2020, 30' Beanhead............................$26 (21) CIH 1020, 30' Beanhead ..........................Sta (10) CIH 1020, 25' Beanhead ..........................Sta (4) CIH 1020, 22.5' Beanhead ............................$ (5) CIH 1020, 20' Beanhead................................$ CIH 1015 Beanhead .............................................

Deutz Allis 320 Beanhead .....................................

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.............$1,500 9,000 - $49,500 ,000 - $37,500 6,200 - $30,950 arting at $3,550 arting at $8,500 $6,000 - $7,900 $4,500 - $8,950 .............$3,000 .............$4,300

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

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Sales: • Brad Wermedal • Tim Wiersma • Tim Engebretson BEAN/CORNHEADS Continued

FALL TILLAGE Continued

(2) JD 930F, 30' Beanhead ............................$13,900 & $16,900 (2) JD 635F, 35' Beanhead ............................$26,000 & $39,500 Lexion F540 Beanhead ....................................................$28,500 Macdon 974, 35' Beanhead ............................................$48,500 NH 74C, 30' Beanhead ....................................................$29,900 (3) CIH 2612 Cornhead ..................................$79,000 - $83,500 (2) CIH 2608 Cornhead..................................$59,500 & $70,500 CIH 2412 Cornhead ........................................................$49,500 (2) CIH 2212 Cornhead ..................................$32,500 - $34,000 (9) CIH 2208 Cornhead ..................................$26,500 - $32,500 CIH 2206 Cornhead ........................................................$30,000 (2) CIH 1222 Cornhead ..................................$12,500 - $15,000 (11) CIH 1083 Cornhead ..................................starting at $9,500 CIH 1063, 6R30 Cornhead ..............................................$12,500 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 IH 963, 6R30 Cornhead ....................................................$5,850 IH 944 Cornhead................................................................$2,500 IH 883 Cornhead................................................................$7,500 IH 844 Cornhead................................................................$2,500 Cat 1622 Cornhead ..........................................................$39,500 Cressoni 6R30 Cornhead ................................................$21,500 (7) Drago 12R22 Cornhead ............................$52,500 - $84,500 Drago 12R20 Cornhead ..................................................$84,500 Drago 10R30 Cornhead ..................................................$59,500 (2) Drago 10R22 Cornhead............................$39,500 & $65,500 (11) Drago 8R30 Cornhead ............................$38,500 - $54,500 Drago 8R22 Cornhead ....................................................$33,000 (4) Drago 6R30 Cornhead ..............................$42,500 - $45,000 (2) Geringhoff Roto Disc................................$38,500 & $40,000 Geringhoff PC63 Cornhead ................................................$8,000 Gleaner Hugger Cornhead..................................................$9,950 Gleaner 630 Cornhead ......................................................$5,500 Harvestec 4113C Cornhead ............................................$59,500 Harvestec 4308C Cornhead ............................................$36,500 (4) Harvestec 8R30 Cornhead ........................$29,500 - $39,500 Harvestec 6R30 Cornhead ..............................................$15,900 JD 1293, 16R22 Cornhead ..............................................$24,500 JD 1293, 12R30 Cornhead ..............................................$51,500 (3) JD 893, 8R30 Cornhead ............................$17,500 - $22,500 JD 843 10R22 Cornhead ................................................$14,500 Lexion C512-30 Cornhead ..............................................$38,000 (3) NH 974 Cornhead ..........................................$4,500 - $5,500 (3) IH 810, 13' Pickup............................................$400 - $3,500 Gleaner 10' Pickup ............................................................$1,200 EZ Trail 30' Head Transport ..............................................$3,350 Homemade 4 Wheel Head Transport ................................$1,500 Killbros 380, 38' Head Transport ......................................$5,250 Unverferth 30' Head Transport ..........................................$2,900

JD 610, 23' Chisel Plow ..................................................$10,000 Kent 21098, 9 Shank Chisel Plow......................................$3,950 Sunflower 4530-19 Chisel Plow ......................................$57,500 White 445, 13 Shank Chisel Plow......................................$7,000 Wilrich 5830, 25' Chisel Plow..........................................$27,900 CIH 700, 7x16 MB Plow ....................................................$8,950 IH 735 MB Plow ................................................................$3,500 JD 3710, 10 Bottom MB Plow ........................................$21,500 JD 726, 34' Combo Mulch ..............................................$29,500 DMI 50' Crumbler ............................................................$10,500 DMI 37.5' Crumbler ........................................................$12,000 DMI 30' Crumbler ..............................................................$6,500 Riteway 4300, 42' Crumbler ............................................$29,300 Summers 54' Crumbler ..................................................$24,000 Summers 48.5' Crumbler ................................................$13,500 (2) Tebben TR45 Crumbler ............................$26,200 & $26,800 Unverferth 1225, 33' Crumbler........................................$15,900

FALL TILLAGE

(2) Alloway 20' Shredder ................................$5,500 & $10,500 Balzer 2000, 20' Shredder ................................................$8,500 Balzer 5205M, 30' Shredder ..............................................$8,900 Balzer 520PT, 15' Shreder ................................................$8,500 Hiniker 5600, 15' Shredder..............................................$12,500 JD 520, 20' Shredder ......................................................$18,500 (2) JD 220, 20' Shredder ..............................$11,500 & $11,700 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........................$8,950 & $20,500 (2) Loftness 20' Shredder..............................$14,000 & $19,500 Rhino RC15, 15' Shredder ..............................................$13,000 Wilrich 22' Shredder........................................................$12,900 Wilrich 20' Shredder........................................................$14,900 Wilrich 20' Shredder........................................................$10,900 Woods S20CD Shredder ..................................................$16,750 Woods 22' Shredder..........................................................$5,500 Woods 20' Shredder........................................................$12,500 Woods 15' Shredder........................................................$12,500 Dump Chief 504CF, 12' Forage Box ..................................$7,500 Field Queen 1408N Forage Box..........................................$3,000 (8) CIH 600 Forage Blower..................................$2,850 - $5,500 Gehl 1580 Forage Blower ..................................................$1,250 Millerpro 1060 II Forage Blower ........................................$7,500 Ag Bag G6009 Forage Bagger..........................................$19,750 Gehl MX170 GrindMix ......................................................$5,900 Farm King 10x61TD Auger ................................................$2,500 Feterl 8x60 Auger ..............................................................$3,000 Grain King 8x65 Auger ......................................................$4,580 GSI 10x31E Auger ............................................................$3,800 Snowco 8x65 Auger ..........................................................$2,850 Sudenga 10x61 Auger ......................................................$8,400 Westfield 10x31 Auger ......................................................$3,250 Westfield 10x61 Auger ......................................................$2,850 Unverferth 16' Auger ........................................................$1,200 Farm Star 72" Blade ..............................................................$345 GB 800 Loader ..................................................................$1,500 Kubota LA514 Loader ........................................................$3,200 Bradford 240/316 Grav Box ..............................................$2,650 Demco 365 Grav Box ........................................................$4,150 Farm King 200 bu Grav Box ..............................................$2,500 Huskee 225, 250 bu Grav Box ..........................................$2,300 J & M 250-7 Grav Box ......................................................$1,500

(4) CIH MRX690 Suboiler ..............................$23,500 - $28,500 (6) CIH 9300, 22.5' Subsoiler ........................$27,500 - $37,500 (3) CIH 9300, 9 Shank Subsoiler ....................$26,500 - $36,000 CIH 870, 22' Subsoiler ....................................................$61,875 (2) CIH 730B Subsoiler..................................$22,500 & $28,500 CIH 730C, 17.5' Subsoiler ..............................................$43,500 CIH 730C, 7 Shank Subsoiler ..........................................$32,500 CIH 530C, 12.5' Subsoiler ..............................................$32,000 DMI 9300, 22' Subsoiler..................................................$29,500 (2) DMI 2500 Subsoiler ....................................$5,250 & $8,500 (2) DMI 730B Subsoiler ................................$17,500 & $23,500 (2) DMI 730B, 17.5' Subsoiler ......................$16,500 & $17,900 (3) DMI 730B, 7 Shank Suboiler ....................$16,900 - $19,300 DMI 730, 17.5' Subsoiler ................................................$11,900 (3) DMI 530B, 12.5' Subsoiler ........................$14,500 - $19,500 (2) DMI 530 Subsoiler ..................................$14,500 & $16,500 DMI TMII, 5 Shank Subsoiler ............................................$7,950 Bourgault 2200, 30' Subsoiler ........................................$92,400 Brillion LC Subsoiler ..........................................................$8,500 Glencoe SS7400 Subsoiler ................................................$9,500 (6) JD 2700 Subsoiler ....................................$21,500 - $37,500 JD 512, 9 Shank Subsoiler ..............................................$32,500 JD 512, 12.5' Subsoiler ..................................................$15,900 JD 510, 7 Shank Subsoiler ..............................................$11,500 JD 510, 5 Shank Subsoiler ..............................................$10,950 JD 510 Subsoiler ............................................................$12,500 Krause 4850, 18' Subsoiler ............................................$43,500 Landoll 2320, 5 Shank Subsoiler ....................................$15,950 M & W 2900 Subsoiler ....................................................$19,900 M & W 2500 Subsoiler ....................................................$32,500 M & W 2200F, 7 Shank Subsoiler....................................$24,950 M & W 2200 Subsoiler ....................................................$19,500 M & W 1875 Subsoiler ....................................................$15,500 NH ST770, 7 Shank Subsoiler ........................................$24,900 Sunflower 4510-11 Subsoiler ..........................................$17,500 Sunflower 4412, 7 Shank Subsoiler ..................................$3,200 Sunflower 4411, 7 Shank Subsoiler ................................$18,500 Wilrich V957DVR Subsoiler ............................................$36,900 (2) Wilrich V957DDR Subsoiler ....................$23,500 & $29,950 Hiniker 1325, 13' Chisel Plow............................................$2,250 IH 4700, 30' Chisel Plow ..................................................$3,950 JD 712, 9 Shank Chisel Plow ............................................$3,950

SKID LDR’s/RTV’s/EXC. Case 1845C, '98, 3570 hrs ..............................................$11,900 Case 1840, '96, 5045 hrs ................................................$10,500 Case 1840, '91 ..................................................................$9,850 Case 1840, '90, 8035 hrs ..................................................$6,900 Case 1840, 4355 hrs........................................................$10,750 Case 435, '08 ..................................................................$23,900 Case 435, '06, 2650 hrs ..................................................$19,900 Case 430, '06, 2015 hrs ..................................................$17,900 Case 430, '06, 3905 hrs ..................................................$22,000 Case 420, '08, 3615 hrs ..................................................$16,900 Case 75XT, '99, 10175 hrs ................................................$9,500 Case 60XT, '03, 1775 hrs ................................................$16,900 Bobcat 742B, 2175 hrs ......................................................$8,500 Bobcat 440B, '89 ..............................................................$3,900 Gehl 7800, '01, 6395 hrs ................................................$18,500 Gehl 7810 Turbo, '04, 3215 hrs ......................................$34,500 Gehl 6640, '05, 1690 hrs ................................................$19,900 Gehl 6625, '94, 3695 hrs ..................................................$8,500 Gehl 4835SXT, '02 ..........................................................$12,500 Gehl 4825SX, '98, 5640 hrs ..............................................$8,500 Gehl 4625SX, '92, 4470 hrs ............................................$10,800 Gehl 3935SX, '01, 1735 hrs ..............................................$9,950 JD 328, '05, 5180 hrs......................................................$19,500 JD 320, 2200 hrs ............................................................$19,900 Mustang 2109, '02, 2315 hrs ..........................................$24,500 NH LS170, '01, 1160 hrs ................................................$17,900 Felling FT12P, 16' Trailer....................................................$4,690 Case Maxi-C, '99, 745 hrs Excavator ..............................$13,500 Cub Cadet 4x4D Trail, '06 ..................................................$7,975 Kubota RTV900W, '06, 800 hrs ........................................$9,900 Steiner Hawk, '00 ..............................................................$3,250

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Sales: • Bob Pfingston • Nate Scharmer • Christy Hoff • Bob Lindahl • Tim Hansen

21 B THE LAND, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Wettengel

WILLMAR, MN • 320-235-4898

THE LAND, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

22 B

Bins & Buildings

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FOR SALE: 25 T bulk bin. Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys. (2) Parker 616 bu gravity Brandt Auger, hyd lift, low ‘94 Super B, SD 500VQ dry507-525-1073 hopper, 10”x70’, good wagons, Parker gears w/ 100% financing w/no liens er, SS quiet fans, Calc-Ushape, $4,250/OBO. 515-408brakes, roll tarps, or red tape, call Steve at Dri moisture/matic, paper 3122 425/65Rx22.5 tires.

Fairfax Ag for an appointprinter, LP, 3 phase, 4495 SILO DOORS-Wood or steel $9,500/ea. 712-870-3792 ment. hrs. 612-703-9091 doors w/ stainless steel 888-830-7757 Demco 350 bu gravity wagon fastners shipped promptly 2060 Badger blower, high caon 10T Westendorf gear, to your farm. Hardware pacity auger feed, exc $4,500. 712-786-3341 available. 1-800-222-5726.

FOR SALE: ‘02 Super B Grain Handling Eq. cond. (608)989-2170 LandWood Sales LLP SD750C grain dryer, 3671 Drive over pit, wheat heart hrs, Quantum controller, (2) Brent 640 Wagons, 54’ Stanhoist & Kewanee 10” hyd drive, nice shape, WANTED: Someone to disfull heat, LP gas, 3 phase, Green. Feterl 10x62 White grain elevators, great ready for fall. $4,575; mantle 30’ wide X 16’ tall 230 volt. $26,000. 320-760Auger/Mech, Low Hopper. shape. $500/ea. 712-363-3843 Hutch 1072 swing hopper, grain bin near Benson, 2227 Brady #1440 (4RW) Shredlow profile, 4 yrs old, nice MN to 15’ wide or less so der/4 Wheels (540 RPM). shape, $5,275; 8x66 Feterl, can be moved. Or dismanAll Real Good. 319-347-6138 white, paint is rough $750. FOR SALE: ‘08 Brent 544 tled and reassembled N. Can Deliver gravity box, green, fend507-399-1500 Fairmont MN. of Fargo. Know of anyone ers, always shedded, exc. who can call: 701-430-3411 cond. $12,900 952-367-6228 Feterl 12x116 White Commercial Auger w/ Low FOR SALE: ‘10 Westfield Power Hopper. Rhino 15 Ft 10”x61’ top drive auger, SR15 Batwing Cutter exc cond, $4,800. 507-382(Heavy Duty Model) 6 2850 Whls, (540 RPM). All Real Good. 319-347-2349 Can Del FOR SALE: 12x55 White Feterl auger, non-swing hopper, good paint & tires.

FOR SALE: (2) Kansun dry$4,500. 952-240-2193 ers, model 10-215-28, LP, 3 phase. 507-776-3766 FOR SALE: 18’ Butler bin, 7 ring, nice shape, ideal for FOR SALE: (2) Killbros wet tank, Calc-U-Dri conmodel 375 gravity wagons, trol panel. 507-227-0213 or Parker model 1175 running 507-381-1891 gears, very good cond, wheel bearings re-done in FOR SALE: 2 Hyder 300 bu last 2 yrs. 507-764-4379 gravity wagons. 507-420Sherburn 5026

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AUCTION

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13135 Co. Rd. 24 - New Ulm, MN

Directions: In Searles, MN (on St. Hwy. 15 S of New Ulm) At the intersection of Co. Rd. 24 & Main St. go 1 block S on Co. Rd. 24 Antique Tractors & Engines: ‘38 JD “A”, serial #474801, unstyled w/fenders, factory flat spoke rear rims, wts & mechl cult lifts; ‘59 JD 530, serial #5304452 w/3 pt, fenders, sngl hyd, 6K hrs; JD BW fact wide front, serial #288752; ‘41 JD AR, unstyled; ‘50 JD AR, serial #275704-A, styled w/pwr-trol; ‘38 JD AR, serial #260756, unstyled; JD “B” BNH, serial #B233539 w/sngl frt wheel, fenders & 42” tires; JD HA92 eng power unit, 4 cyl on cart, serial #14196; JD 1.5 hp eng w/belt drive & pump jack on cart; JD 3 hp sngl cyl eng on cart; JD LUC eng on cart w/steel wheel; Several JD E 1.5 hp sngl eng on carts; Several McC Deering “LA” & 5 hp “LB” engs on carts; McC Deering 1.5 hp eng w/pmp jack on cart; JD eng cart.

Farm Related Collectibles: Full size Pioneer windmill; Yard windmill; T.T. Backer harness maker-New Ulm; JD #52 2-bot plow w/coulter on steel wheels; JI Case walk plow; JD #44 2-bot plow w/coulter on rubber; JD horse drawn tool box, planter lids, mower plates & lrg choice of impl & tractor parts; JD hub caps; Challenge Pump jack pmp; Pmp jacks, some on carts; Mech cult lift; ‘60’s Texaco Sky Chief gas pump; Easy Sheller #4; McC Derring hand corn shellers; JD sheller wheels; JD 4020 pedal tractor w/wag; JD 1B w/elec motor; JD Pat. Dec. 20 - 1919 hub; Front plate from assort tractors; 18”x40” JD signs; Cast iron JD 4 leg deer emblem; Impl seats w/stands; Lrg assort of tractor & impl manuals; ‘57 Chilton manual; Farm Fest memorabilia; Cistern pump w/sink clamp; Oil pump; Milk can & bckt; Steel wheels; Coop oil can.

‘96 Ford F150 XLT 4x4 pickup w/top, 92K mi; ‘00 Buick Century, pwr windows/locks, 186K mi.

Shop Equip/Tools, Lawn & Yard Equip.: JD LT 150 lawn tractor w/38” deck, 15 hp auto; JD 8280 snowblower; Garden items; Lawn glider; Kato Light generator 3500v; Several loads of tools & shop items; 3 hp air compressor; Torch kit w/cart; Shop stand; Dialarc 250 ac/dc welder; Assorted welding tools; Metal band saw; Drill press; Grinder on stand; Disk grinder; Lrg anvil on stand; Handiman, hyd & floor jacks; Chain hoist; Post driver; Air spray gun; Tap & die.

Many Household, Antiques & Collectibles.

Owner: Vernon Mohr Auctioneers: Matt Mages #08-11-004, New Ulm, MN, 507-276-7002 Larry Mages - Lafayette • Joe Maidl - Lafayette • Joe Wersal - Winthrop • John Goelz - Franklin Clerk: Mages Land & Auction Service LLC • Restroom & Lunch available on site Not Responsible for Accidents

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FOR SALE: Delux DP2515 FOR SALE: Grain bin roof auger, 8”x30’, no motor, grain dryer, 300bu/hr, 3ph $250. 507-247-5315 or 507w/ converter, $2,500; Hoff530-6985 er bin w/ auger, 1,600bu, $500. 507-274-5936 FOR SALE: MC 675 3 phase grain dryer, 2 burners, all FOR SALE: FarmFans heat or heat & cool, $7,500.

1000H dryer. Call Steve 507-259-4400 Fairfax Ag - 888-830-7757 FOR SALE: Feterl 10”x60’ auger, like new cond. $3,400. 507-354-4665

FOR SALE: Parker 4500 grain cart w/ extensions, Shur Lock roll tarp on 28LX26 tires, 1000pto, asking $4,950. 507-210-0735

FOR SALE: Gravity wagons, 2 Demco 550, 365, Parker 650. 525. Killbros 500, 4 300 bu, 2-275 , wagon light pkg. 131/2’ roll tarp, augers; 10x52 elec, 7x51 pto, Ford 600 utility, live hyd, 33hp, Woods 5’ rotary cutter, Ford 6’ cutter, 12” areation tunnel for 20’ bin.

High velocity fan, Parker 525, Shur lok tarp, fenders, sharp. Peterson Equipment, New Ulm, Mn 507276-6957 or 6958

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

FOR SALE: Westfield 10”x71’ MK auger, swingFOR SALE: Loftness grain ing hopper, used on small bagger, GBL 10 & grain volume bu. 515-571-7866 bagger unloader. Both used one season, $45,000 for the pair. Lisa at 507- Habco 700C corn dryer, recond to be continuous flow 829-3450 w/ new perforated steel & (2) new Sukup fans. Can dump hot or cool. Should dry 500bph at 5% removal dumping hot. $13,500. 507254-2373 or 507-360-7984 J&M 750 Bu Grain Cart w/ Tarp/Corner Auger. Farm King 13x70 Auger/Low Profile Hopper. Sunflower 7 Shank #4306 Disc Ripper w/ Leveler. All Real Good.

319-347-2349 Can Deliver Killbros 600 bu grain cart, 24.5x32s, low acres, always shedded, super clean, red. $11,700. 507-995-4808 Super B AS400 batch grain dryer, rust free screens, asking $2,500. Call 507-5329481 or 507-530-6116 WANTED: 24’ DMC stirrator, twin screw minimum, 10hp fan w/ heater low temp preferred. 507-6455119 Westfield 10x60 grain auger, HD lift swing hopper, TR100-61, $2,200. 320-2125414 or 320-769-2496 Madison MN Year Round 550 gravity box wagon, 22.5x16.1 flotation tires, underside dump, side dump, rear brakes, lights & spare tire. $5,500. Call 507-822-1634

Farm Implements ‘04 JD 9560STS, 2300 E, 1522 S, new tires, Contour Master, auto head hyp, touch set, service lights, bin ext, JD inspection every year, many new parts, $125,000.

715-948-2175 or 715-641-0681 7720 JD Titan II combine, 920 bean head, 4 belt pickup, will separate; 2800 JD 6 btm overland plow, 5 shank, Tebben ripper. 320894-2409

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Farm Implements

FOR SALE: ‘05 Loftness 22’ FOR SALE: ‘91 NH TR86, 1985 hrs; ‘91 973 bean stalk chopper, 3pt w/ 4 head, ‘90 974 cornhead. rear swivel wheels, 2 front $30,000 for all. 507-475-1823 gauge wheels, new knives, exc condition. $10,500. 612- FOR SALE: ‘96 JD 925 plat756-0106 form, ‘76 7700 JD hydro combine, w/ ‘78 JD 220 FOR SALE: ‘09 Wil-Rich 8R platform; all tin works for stalk chopper, always ‘78 JD 6R30” cornhead shedded, under 1000 acres high sight; ‘86 Peterbilt used, like new. 507-227-0213 model 359. 515-272-4750 or or 507-381-1891 515-320-4171 FOR SALE: 15’ pull type Buffalo stalk shredder.

Takes 6-30” rows, 4 wheels, needs new knives, otherwise very exc. $4,700; 12 raised sow farrowing crates. 507-932-4161

FOR SALE: 3pt bale mover for big round bales; 3 feed & hay bunks for sheep or calves. 320-583-7360 FOR SALE: 3R30" green chopper head, very good cond, $5,750/OBO. Richardton 750 silage dump wagon, the big one, very good cond, $6,750/OBO. 715-6849549 FOR SALE: 4510 Sunflower ripper, 15 shank near disks, $24,000; Lundell gravity box, 21.5x16.1 14 ply tires, roll tarp, brake lights, $7,500; rock nabber w/ cyl, $500. 218-589-8558

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Tuesday, September 27th, 2001 - 10:00 AM Address: 28795 611th Ave., Gibbon, MN Directions: From Gibbon, MN, 1 mi. East on St. Hwy. 19 to 611th Ave., 1⁄2 mi. South

Grain Set Up: DMC Vaculator grain air syst., 15 hp., 1-ph., 4” pipe, 4-dead head bin tops; Farm Fans 320J cont. flow dryer; 4K bu. Sukup hold bin.

Tractors, Combine, Trucks & Trailers: ‘96 MF 8140, MFWD, Dyna Shift trip hyd.; 1000 & 540 PTO; MF 3670, MFWD w/duals, trip hyd., PTO; JD 4010, D, WF, sgl. hyd., 3 pt.; ‘98 NH 98 TR combine w/duals; NH 974 8x30” cornhead; 30’ NH 976 HD bean head wCrary air reel; Horst 30’ HD head trailer; ‘97 Volvo semi tractor w/sleeper; ‘03 Wilson DHW 500 40’ trailer w/ag traps & tarp; ‘09 Aluma 14’ tandem axle car trailer; 30’ semi sgl. axle van trailer; Freightliner Tand 16 w/side shoot fert. box, twin hopper, hyd. auger & tarp; ‘90 Ford F250, 4x4 truck; 110 gal. pickup fuel barrel w/elec. pump; Assort. tractor tires; JD 3 pt. 8’ blade.

Field Mach. & Grain Handing Equip.: Demco HD sprayer w/boom & sat.; Hyd. drive pump & foam; Hyd. lift; Kinze 3200, 30x12 fold planter w/liq. fert. & mon.; Buffalo 6405 12x30 HD flat fold ridge cult. w/liq. fert. & assist wheels; Buffalo Scout II guide syst.; Buffalo 12x30 rol stalk chopper; Alloway 15’ stalk chopper w/3 pt. mt. & lift wheels; JD 1000 24.5’ field cult. w/walk tandem; Brillion 5-shank V-ripper; IH dry fert. inj., 12x30 w/transport & GP Ausherman roll coult.; Liq. tender 2500 gal. tandem cart w/transf. pump & hoses; HM bulk seed vac w/10 hp. transf. pumps; GSI 10x72 PTO auger w/hyd. lift & swing hopper; Westfield 8x36 auger w/elec. motor; JD 350 flite elev.; MN 365 gravity wagon on MN 12T gear; Flow EZ 300 gravity box on EZ Trail 12T gear; JM 400 bu. gravity box on JM 12T gear; JD 350 gravity box w/MN Jumbo 9 gear; JM gravity box on 6T gear; (2) 18’ bin sweeps; 13.5 bin sweep; JD flair box on JD gear w/hyd. hoist; Kvernelads C2NR218 6-bottom on-land plow; JD VanBrundt grain drill; Kato Lite 18kw PTO gen. on cart; Assort. lg. impl. tires; Dual mnting. tool.

Livestock, Fuel Barrels & Tanks: Artsway 475 mix. mill w/electronic scale; NI 362 manure spreader w/slop gate; (15) 4’ concrete H bunkers; Silage box on JD gear; Wood water tank; Flail hoist bo; Hayracks on gear; Water pump w/hose, quick coupler & valves; Many poly tanks & fuel barrels.

Skid Loader, Backhoe, Fork Lift, Lawn/Yard Equip., Lift & Tools: Gehl 3510 skid loader, 3224 hrs. w/man. forks, dirt & snow bucket; Ford 5550 backhoe; Erickson LP fork lift; Kubota ZD28 zero turn mower w/60” deck; Loftness 8’ 2-stage sgl. auger snowblower; PV output sgl. stage, 1-ph. air comp.; Outdoor boiler; Chain saw, AM Auto Equip TP9A 9K twin post lift; Cherry picker; 5T wire feed & arc welders; Pressure washers; Shaver boomless sprayer; Mtl. turn lathe, 3-phs. w/1 phs. convrt.; 8 gal. air comp.; 10 hp. elec. motor; Good shop power tools; 7T air jacks; Several loads of shop items & tools; Assort. lumber & iron.

Camper, Motorcycle, Antiques & Misc.: ‘90 Coachman 33’ Classic RV; ‘86 Kawasaki 454 LTD cycle; MN #3 horse drawn mower; Fan mill; Horse drawn potato harvester; Assorted farm related antiques.

OWNERS: GREG & DENISE WICKENHAUSER Auctioneer: Matt Mages #08-11-4 • New Ulm, 507-276-7002

FOR SALE: CIH 1063 6R30" cornhead, $7,500/OBO. DMI 530 Ripper, $9,800/OBO. 715-792-2267

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Auctioneers: Larry Mages - Lafayette • Joe Wersal - Winthrop John Goelz - Franklin • Joe Maidl - Lafayette Clerk: Mages Land & Auction Service LLC • All Items Sold “As Is” Not Responsible for Accidents • Restroom & Lunch Available on site

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

FOR SALE: ‘75 IH tri axle, tandem, 22’ alum box, newer 3208 motor, trans & hoist, $20,000; Demco sprayer, 500 gal, 60’ boom, $3,000; Redball sprayer, 1000 gal, 80’ boom, $14,500; 2430 planter, front fold, newer Kinze units, $40,000; ‘99 Alloway stalk chopper, 20’, low acres, $7,500; JD rotary hoe, 400, 40’ $5,000; Lorentz row crop cult, 1230’s $1,500; 18.4x38 radial duals on 9 hole rims, newer tires, $3,000; Forklift dsl, 3000 lbs, $3,000; 10” Feterl auger, 60’, $2,000; Feterl 10” portable semi dump $2,900. 320-979-1268

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FOR SALE: AC 5-16 plow. FOR SALE: 1680 IH com- FOR SALE: JD 3975 ‘02 FOR SALE: Brent 740 wag- FOR SALE: JD 310SG chopper w/KP, metal, long on, like new condition, backhoe, 4x4, E-O, thumb, Hyd auto reset. Gleaner bine, 8R30 poly 1083, 12R30 tongue, tandems, $12,500. 952-212-3794 3500 hrs, $45,000., 25-30’ 438A cornhead. Exc. cond.

Hiniker cult; 12R JD cult; $18,000/OBO; JD 3970 ‘00 head trailer, $1,900. 507(715)792-2165 1183 Massey ch; White 708 chopper w/Horning KP, 381-6153 & 706 ch; 694 CIH ch; 175 FOR SALE: JD 643 cornmetal, long tongue Michigan ldr; 12R30 JD FOR SALE: Balzer model head, $5,500; ‘97 JD 925 FOR SALE: JD 9610 Strad$17,000/OBO; JD Green planter; 10x91 Westfield 2000, 20’ 3pt, shredder, new bean head, nice shape, dle duals Green Star; JD 3RN cornhead, SHARP, auger, PTO; Hiniker field hoods, new chain, $7,500. $12,900; ‘75 IH 1066 tractor, 693 cornhead; 925 flex; (2) $5,000; JD Yellow 3RN cult; Big A sprayer; 5700 507-427-3520 red cab, low hrs, 3pt hitch, JD 7720 Titan II hydro cornhead, $3,500/JD Green rotary hoe. 507-380-5324 2spd PTO, tires 50%, rechoppers; JD 7720 Titan II 2RW cornhead, $2,000; JD built starter w/ new batterFOR SALE: CaseIH V riphydro chopper w/straddle 7 1/2' hay head, $2,500; ies, $10,900; ‘55 AC WD45, per, 7 shank, $3,200; DODA FOR SALE: Gleaner M duals; 7720 w/ straddle duMaize 9' hay head, $3,000; combine, w/ A-438 cornpower spinout rear wheels, manure pump, $4,000; Van als; (2) 6620; (1) 6620 side JD 300 Husker corn picker, head; Balzer 1400 14’ pull$8,000; CIH 4300 Steiger 27’ Dale 3300gal. manure slurhill; (5) 643 cornheads $3,000. (608) 487-3563 or type shredder; Kewanee wide, new style, shovels ry, $3,000; Balzer unload starting at $4250; JD 4450 (608)823-7380 20’ disc w/ harrow; AC 18’ like new, $12,500; IH 490 auger, $800. 507-317-5367 $27,900; 925FF; JD 4020; field cult w/ harrow. 651disk 25’, $5,500. 507-383-9565 JD 4000. 612-859-1089 436-5338 or 612-850-7943 FOR SALE: Gehl 1060 CB chopper, auto max, elec FOR SALE: Int’l 720 518 controls, cornhead, hay btm plow in very good head, new gathering cond; also (4) 18.4x42 used chains, new spout, asking tractor tires. 320-543-3656 $2,500; 806 Farmall dsl tractor, motor OH’d, no 2 FOR SALE: JD 1600 14’ chisel plow; M Farmall, pt, dual PTO, asking re-done, new rubber, $3,700; 2-70 White tractor, sharp. Make offers. 507dsl, asking $4,500; 4-150 597-3963 or 605-321-4130 White tractor,dsl, motor RACTORS ARM ACHINERY QUIPMENT OOLS OH’d duals asking $6,500.

Contact John at 218-8494588

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Behlen Model 500 Dryer, ‘93 Case IH 1688 combine, 18.4x42 duals, auto header $3,800; Gehl TR330 3R hgt, auto reel spd, field cornhead, looks good, will tracker, 2spd hydro, grain need some work. $3,000. tank ext, bubble up auger, (715)495-5168 chaff spreader, many new parts, 3892 hrs. $38,000.

Feed Haulers-HydWet Kit320-980-5058 air switch, PTO, tandem pump, 40 gal reservoir, all couplers, ball valves, fittings, only used 6 months. FOR SALE: ‘88 Tyler, 18-20” fert bander, coulters or $3,100. 515-846-6391 row cleaners, mole knives, covering discs, 5T dry caFOR SALE & pacity, w/winch for NHS WILL PURCHASE: hookup, Raven SCS 440 NH BALE WAGONS. flow adjuster monitor, 18 ROEDER IMPLEMENT hp, Kohler eng for blower SENECA, KS 66538 motor, $18,000. 320-212-2300 (785)336-6103

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SEALED BID LAND AUCTIONS Sept. 21st • 80 +/- acres, Decoria Twp, Blue Earth County ** Sept. 23rd • 162 +/- acres, Douglas Twp, Dakota County *** “Open Houses: Sept. 14, 4:30-6:30 pm & Sept. 17, 11:00-1:00 pm” Sept. 24th • 278 +/- acres, LeRay Twp, Blue Earth County ** Sept. 28th • 168 +/- acres, Northfield Twp, Rice County *** “Open Houses: Sept. 15, 4:30-6:30 pm & Sept. 21, 4:30-6:30 pm” Sept. 30th • 160 +/- acres, Carson Twp, Cottonwood County **** Oct. 4th • 520 acres, Long Lake Twp, Watonwan County **

Auction Details at www.WingertRealty.com *Call Darrell Hylen • 507-381-3843 **Call Chuck Wingert • 507-381-9790 ***Call Terri or Chuck ****Call Terri Jensen • 507-382-0908

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5.5 +/- Acre Building Site Farm & Livestock, Equip., Shop Tools & Household

AUCTION • AUCTION • AUCTION Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 • 9:30 AM Directions: Chokio, MN: 1 mile east, 9 miles south on tar, 1 mile west, ⁄2 mile south.

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Auctioneer Notes: The Andersons have built a new home in Ortonville and will be moving into town. They have moved most everything they need and will sell the remaining personal property at auction. Also included is this beautiful 5.5 +/- acres building site. Join us for our open house September 19th from 4:30-6:30 PM. Thanks, Zielsdorf Auction Team.

5.5 +/- Acre Building Site See complete info on our website OPEN HOUSE: 9/19 • 4:30-6:30 TRACTORS JD 2950 MFWD 6204 hours, shuttle trans, 18.4x34 tires, w/260 loader and grapple, joystick; JD 4020, Diesel, 18.4x38, 12V system, 1 hyd, PTO, 3 pt, Syncro, 7483 hours, SN:130661; JD “A” w/45 loader, chains, SN:678855; JD “B” SN:238317 FARM EQUIPMENT JD 800 swather, 15’ bat reel, SN:270293; 1000 gal fuel tank w/elec. pump on running gear, new hose; 8.5’x24’ plus tail, tandem axle trailer w/ramps; (3) 90’ – 220 electric cords; Ice King 3 HP ice auger; Electric cords; Hyd pump; Gravity box tarp; Poly barrels; Shop air compressor, 60 gal. w/white metal compressor; Homelite water pump, 60-80’ of 4” hose; 2 auger, 8’ hyd spout snow blower, 540 PTO; Truck tarp, 15’ box fitted; Agri Fab H.D. 1000 Lawn and Garden Trailer; Bin sweep for 27’ bin Buzz saw; 2 wheel w/covers; Steel posts; 1”x12”x16” lumber; (2) old corn dryers, 10 hp; IH 48 disk, 18’; JD dump rake; Track mulcher; Hay feeder; 5/16 AR 710 S. Mounted

plow; (2) JD black cylinders; 10’ Glenco tandem disk; JD 12 shank chisel plow, 3 pt; Dog house; (2) loader buckets; Duals for AC Tractor, 18.4/34 band duals; Century P.U. sprayer, 300 gal w/gas engine; Water pump; Pressure washer; Concentrate feeders, badger; (2) portable fish house; Wheel barrow; Cable; Westfield jump auger, 2 hp elec.; 7.5 hp electric motor; 55 gal. quick lift oil; T-posts; (11) bulk heads; Hyd. cylinders; (4) Misc. live traps; (3) sythes; Steel elec. fence posts; Some scrap iron; 4 gal. all-weather JD hydrostatic fluid; Cooling system sealer (full box); 2 wheel skidsteer cart w/ramps; Fargo sprayer; 6 cans R12; (2) 1000 gal fuel barrel w/pump; 300 gal fuel barrel on stand; Live traps; Electric ice auger; Bolt assortments; Bench vise; Handy man jack; Shop lites; Bench grinder 1/2 hp; Creeper; 20 ton press w/hyd jack; Electric tools; Hand saws; Makita grinder; Makita drill; Oil dispenser 4 tank; Lots of hand tools; Several boxes of nuts, bolts, nails; Electric cords and dispenser; Fire extinguisher; 3/4 , 1/2 , 3/8, and 1/4 socket sets; Open end and box end wrenches; Hydraulic fittings; Hyd jacks; Sprayer parts; Poulan chain saw; Alum extension ladder; Knipco heater;

Fishing spear; Ryobi trimmer; Bale hooks; Lincoln welder, AC/DC; Electric trimmer; 2 man saws; Duck and goose decoys; Battery booster; Roller chain #60 new in box (2) electric fencers; 16 hp gas engine; Polaris Trail Boss 2x4 LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT Balzer tandem axle spreader, slop gate, good chain; WW Tandem axle stock trailer, 16’x6’; Cattle lot light; Electric fence posts; (2) 8’ J-Bunks; Reg horse harness; Cattle oilers; 3 pt bale spear; 6-8 livestock gates, various lengths; Head gate; Cattle panels, 1” square tube; Barn fan GRAIN BINS 9,000 bu Behlen bin, full floor, 10 hp Sukup Centrifugal floor fan; 11,000 bu Behlen bin, full floor, 10-12 hp fan w/burner, 7.5 hp unload tube TRUCK & VEHICLE ’74 Ford F-700, V-8, original rubber, 14’ steel box, 5+2 trans, 39,337 miles; ’87 Buick Century Custom, automatic, 119,000 miles Many items too numerous to mention!

Go to our website to see complete sale bill! www.zielsdorfauctions.com Livestock & Farm Equipment will be sold at 10:30

DELHART & ELVERA ANDERSON Chokio, MN • 320-487-1002

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FOR SALE: JD 643 oil drive FOR SALE: JD 4 btm 2810 FOR SALE: Model 2000 IH Tractor Loaders for older cornhead, exc cond, $4,900; AC, Ford, IH, Oliver. $150 ldr. Very good cond. 100 plow, hyd adj bottom, adj JD 2800 5 btm spring reset to $3,650. Pomeroy 712-299sickle mower. Fast hitch. from 14”-18” 3pt hitch plow, $2,850; IH 700 7 btm 6608 Buzz saw. 715-790-0362 equipped w/ all hoses, very high clearance pull type good cond; Feterl 7x40 plow w/ coulters, $3,750; grain auger, hyd drive; FOR SALE: NH hay rake. Tractor Plows 1, 2, 3, 4, 5B, 2/3pt or pull, AC, Ford, IH, NH BR780A round baler w/ Buhler Farm King #831 $500. Kicker bale wagon on JD, MM, Oliver. $100 to wide pickup & net wrap, grain auger, 8x31, PTO running gear. $700. 1209 JD $1,050. Pomeroy 712-299$12,750. 320-769-2756 or 320drive. 952-445-2527 hay bine sickle. Little use.

6608 361-0065 $2,700. 715-778-4387 FOR SALE: Massey 750 WANT MORE READERS combine, gray cab, w/ 3 Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Repair FOR SALE: JD9600 Sharp TO SEE YOUR AD??

Repair - Troubleshooting heads. $4,500; 2T feed w/chopper; 643 cornhead; Expand your coverage Sales - Design wagon w/ 10” auger, $350.

915 Flex; 76IHC grain area! The Land has Custom hydraulic 507-330-0421 or 507-744-2486 truck 20' box; Massey 760 teamed up with Farm hose-making up to 2”. w/ 20' grain platforms & News, and The Country Service calls made.

FOR SALE: Mayrath aug1163 cornheads, will sepaToday so you can do just STOEN’S ers: 8x58, $900; 10x60, rate; MC stalk chopper that! Place a classified Hydrostatic Service $1,500; 10x60 w/ swing hop6R; Balzer 3 pt stalk chopad in The Land, and 16084 State Hwy 29 N per, $3,500; all PTO drive. per; JD 3970 w/ 3RN or have the option of placGlenwood, MN 56334 American dryer, Model 2RN cornhead & 2R wide ing it in these papers as (320)634-4360 2400T, BO. Home built stalker head, will sepawell. More readers = head carrier, CIH mounts, rate; Poxwix dryer 300 better results! Call The 20’, $700. 507-391-3775 bushel; Super B 180 AVS Land for more informaIH 720, 6x18, O.L.H. plow, auto; JD 7700 215 flex & tion. $4,500; Parker 180B box FOR SALE: Meyer double 643 head; JD 6600 w/ 444, w/JD gear, $1,000; JD 530 (507)345-4523•(800)657-4665 web tandem manure 443 & 220 flex, will sepatractor, low hrs., new spreader; 853 NH round rate. 715-262-5888 or 612tires, extra nice, $8,000; baler, good for corn 867-0608 JD 6x30 stalk chopper, stalks; model 700 Koehring We buy nice. $3,500. (507)330-3945 tiling machine, 471 Detroit Salvage Equipment dsl. 952-873-6544 Parts Available JD backhoe 310, new tires, Hammell Equip., Inc. ROPS, good buckets, (507)867-4910 ready to go. $16,500. 515408-3122

Steffes Auction Calendar 2011 For More info Call 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: www.steffesauctioneers.com

Opening September 1 & Closing September 12th - IQBID Tri-State September Consignment Auction: See consignor locations, listing & photos online!

Opening: Tuesday, September 6th & Closing Wednesday, September 14th - IQBID Ray Guenther Estate & Guenther Farms: Combine, Heads, Tractors, Truck, Forage Equipment & More!

Monday, September 12th @ 11 AM: Norman & Lyla Diede, Fargo, ND, ‘06 JD 3520, Trailer, Lawn & Garden, Shop Equipment, Antiques & Collectibles, Guns & More!

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MN 350 wagon, Donahue ‘77 JD 2640 w/ Schwartz ldr, trailer; MF 820 disc; IH clean, new rear rubber, 17’ chisel plow; Kovar 40’ 5500 hrs, exc cond. clodfather; Grady 32’ & 42’ $11,900/OBO. 507-381-2812 field cultivators. 320-5878700 CIH 7140, 2WD w/duals, front wts, 200+HP, 6,750 hrs, PARTING OUT 5200 JD $44,900. 715-223-8090 or 715Chopper. Unit has RWD. 581-7850 Call for info (715)495-1365 FOR SALE: ‘52 Super M, WF, PS, corn husker, 3 pt.

Tractor Loader For Sale: hitch, 12 volt battery sysFord 7414 ldr for 9030 bi-ditem, parade ready. 507rectional w/ bucket & grap639-3111 or 507-399-3516 ple fork. Les at 507-276-4900

Tuesday, September 13th @ 10 AM: Steve & Peggy Johnson Real Estate, Litchfield, MN, Meeker County MN Farmland, 76.56+/- FSA Farmland Acres, 70.98 +/- Cropland Acres Thursday, September 15th @ 10 AM: Christian Mfg. & Sales Business Liquidation, Grandin, ND, Machine Shop Mfg. Equipment, Real Estate, Payloaders, Vehicles & More!

Friday, September 16th @ 10 AM: Gerald Davis Estate, Litchfield, MN, Real Estate & Farm Equipment Auction, Multi-Tract Farmland in Meeker Cty. MN, Equipment & More!

Opening Monday, September 19th & Closing Wednesday, September 28th: IQBID TTWOS Granite Quarry LLC, Hillman, MN: Quarry Equipment, Conveyors, Excavators, Wheel Loaders & More!. See complete details at www.iqbid.com Tuesday, September 20th @ 10 AM: Al Parsley Estate, West Fargo, ND, Small Contractor Business Estate Auction.

Thursday, September 22nd @ 10 AM: Bruce Fredrickson, Forman, ND, Sargent Cty. ND Farmland, 393+/- Acres in Dunbar Township.

Friday, September 23rd @ 10 AM: Harold Bergstrom Estate, Twin Valley, MN, Farm Equipment.

Monday, September 26th @ 3 PM: Modular Home & Garage, Litchfield, MN, Modular House with Breezeway & Garage to be removed.

Monday, September 26th @ 10 AM: Investment Property: Kingston Mini Mart Gas Station, Dassel, MN, Business & Investment Property Real Estate Auction Monday, October 24th & 10 AM: Joe & Dorothy Hierlmaier Estate, Litchfield, MN, 230 +/- Farmland Acres in Meeker & Stearns County, MN, sold in two parcels Tuesday, November 8th @ 10 AM: Meeker County MN Farmland Auction, Litchfield, MN, 173 +/- Acres in Acton Township Thursday, November 10th @ 10 AM: McLeod County Farm Land Auction, Litchfield, MN, 81.87 +/- Acres in Lynn Township, McLeod County, MN

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Beautiful 3 Acre Updated Rural Residence, well maintained buildings including lovely spacious 2 BR, 11⁄2 bath rambler w/attached garage, 40x80 mach shed, barn w/shop, several other sheds on roomy site bordering wooded ravine. $236,600 • 12404 St. Hwy. 68, New Ulm, MN Great 5 Acre Rural Residence, 3 BR, 11⁄2 bath spacious home in quiet setting w/attached garage, new septic, nice grove & landscaping, 42x64 pole shed & 26x36 shop, $179,900 • 15252 120th Ave., Hanska, MN 8 Acre Farm w/Extraordinary Home, turn of the century home built w/Artstone brick & top quality materials & craftsmanship, original woodwork & hardwood floors throughout, beautiful yard & excellent outbuildings, $129,900 • 64197 460th St., Fairfax, MN Beautiful Wooded Country Lot, $24,900 • Section 34, Courtland E. Twp., Nicollet County Perfect 3.36 Acre Lot for Business w/3 BR home, 2 heated shops & home, $114,900 • 391 Lafayette Ave., Lafayette, MN Wonderful 10 Acre Farm Site, 3 BR home & pole barn, $149,900 • 57821 300th St., Winthrop, MN 100 Acres Hunting Land, $1,350/Acre, Section 14, Hawk Creek Twp. Excellent Hunting Land, 80 Acres in Renville Cty., $890/Acre, near Cty. Rds. 11 & 54

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FOR SALE: ‘96 JD 7600 FOR SALE: JD 8760, 6200 tractor, 2WD, power shift, hrs, 20.8x42 tires, 80%, diff 3,065 hrs, 3 hyds, nice traclock, very nice, all servtor, $44,900. 507-525-2420 iced. $49,500. 507-430-5144

LARGE COMPLETE REGISTERED, PUREBRED & HIGH GRADE HOLSTEIN DISPERSAL AUCTION

NOTE: Owners have farmed on this farm for over 50 years and now have decided to discontinue the dairy portion of their farming operation 123 HEAD OF OUTSTANDING HOLSTEIN CATTLE THIS IS A VERY NICE HERD OF WELL UDDERED HIGH PRODUCING HOLSTEIN CATTLE. THE HERD INCLUDES SEVERAL RED AND WHITES. MANY ARE RECENTLY FRESH OR DUE NEAR SALE TIME. COWS WITH RECORDS TO OVER 40,000 # MILK AND 1400 # FAT. ALTHOUGH NO LONGER ON OFFICIAL TEST, LAST RHA WAS 25,000 M, 925 FAT, CURRENT SCC AVERAGES 180,000. MANY FIRST THROUGH THIRD LACTATION COWS. AI USING LEADING SIRES INCLUDING: SHOTTLE, TOY STORY, MORTY, SANCHEZ, SHAQUILLE, DEBONAIR, & TALENT AMONG OTHERS. EXCELLENT HERD HEALTH PROGRAM IN PLACE FOR MANY YEARS. IF YOU NEED FRONT END FARM FRESH REPLACEMENTS MARK THIS DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR AND MAKE PLANS NOW TO ATTEND THIS COMPLETE DISPERSAL. SALE HELD UNDERCOVER, TRUCKING AVAILABLE

FARMLAND OFFERINGS! *246.22 ac., Sec. 10 & 15, E. Courtland Twp., Nicollet Co. • Sept. 29, 2011 Auction *69.99 ac., Sec. 16, Eden Twp., Brown Co. • Oct. 4, 2011 Sealed Bids *155.1 ac., Sec. 9 & 10, Glencoe Twp., McLeod Co. *99.08 ac., Sec. 34, Dassel Twp., Meeker Co.

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INCLUDES: 48 FANCY YOUNG COWS MANY JUST FRESH OR DUE SOON. INCLUDES RED AND WHITES PLUS RED CARRIERS

Thursday, October 6th • 7:30 PM

30 HIGH QUALITY SPRINGING AND BRED HEIFERS BY SAHQUILLE, DEBONAIR, TALENT, RADAR, ACME

Auction will be held at the Little Sauk American Legion Hall in Little Sauk, MN. Located 9 mi. north of Sauk Centre, MN on US Hwy. 71

40 OPEN HEIFERS FROM BABIES TO 15 MONTH OLD, MANY AI SIRED

BY LEADING SIRES AND OUT OF TOP HARDEMEN DAMS

FARM EQUIPMENT HUSKY 3850 GAL. LIQUID MANURE TANK NICE COND, BADGER 185 LAGOON PUMP COMPLETELY RECONDITIONED, NH 258 RAKE WITH HITCH WHEEL, GEHL 1580 BLOWER, NH 499 12FT HAYBINE, 5 DOME CALF HUTS, BODCO FEED CART PLUS MORE.

FOR COMPLETE BROCHURE PH. 320-352-3803 OR www.midamericanauctioninc.com

Harold & Dennis Thoennes, Owners Ph. 218-639-4034 / 218-267-5321 AL WESSEL - LIC. #77-60 • PH. 320-547-2206 KEVIN WINTER - LIC. #77-18 • PH. 320-760-1593 STEVE PETERSON • PH. 218-849-2238 HOLSTEIN USA AUCTIONEERS

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40.61 +/- Acres of Highly Productive Irrigated Farm Land Sells At Auction Very nice tillage 40 acre parcel, Kandota sandy load soil, well drained, currently planted in corn with 150 plus bushel per acre potential yield. Bordered on two sides by good county black top roads. Currently rented at $200 per acre, excellent farming or investment opportunity.

This parcel features a three tower full swing irrigator with end gun, 160’x12” well.

Taxes due in 2011 paid by sellers, no buyer premium.

Excellent property location just 7 miles north of Sauk Centre, MN on US Hwy. 71, then 2 miles east on County Tar #2

For brochure or more info., phone Mid-American Auction Co. (320) 547-2206 or our broker Steve Hansen Remax Realty Source (320) 241-0905 or www.midamericanauctioninc.com

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Friday, Sept. 23rd, 2011 • 11:00 AM Located North of Alexandria, MN on MN St. 29 to Parkers Prairie, MN, then 10 miles west on MN 235 to Urbank, MN, then north 1⁄4 mile on Eastern Ave. to farm.

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AC 8050, MFWD, PS, duals, ‘10 JD 4120, MFD, quickpark 1466 Int’l, new batteries, Challenger Tractors - ’08 PTO, starter, very good 80% tires, $25,000. 507-430ldr, 120 hrs, asking $25,500.

MT555B, MFD, CVT trans, cond. Call 715-894-7867 5144 (920)470-5051 suspended cab, 2700 hrs, $67,500; ‘08 MT535B, MFD, FOR SALE: ‘00 9200 JD FOR SALE: AC 7060, PS, FOR SALE: One owner, ‘05 CVT trans, 2350 hrs, 4WD tractor, 6200 hrs, duals nice, $9,250; also, 7520 MFWD, w/ 320/90R54 $55,500. Call 507-840-1092 310hp, always shedded.

7040 Power Director duals, duals, 320/85R38 fronts, 8 Just serviced. 507-430-5144 $7,750. 507-430-5144 frt wgts, 2691 hrs, auto Oliver 550 Utility w/ 1505 hyd steer. $69,900. 320-290-7533 FOR SALE: ‘01 9300 JD FOR SALE: Ford 6700 tracloader, newer bucket, 1850 4WD tractor, 4600 hrs, tor, 5000 act hrs, 3pt, dual hrs. nice tractor. $6,000.

360hp, 3pt, very nice. Just hyds, 540/1000, new tires, FOR SALE: White 2-135 w/ 515-824-3656 cab, FWA, 135hp, 540 & through JD shop. 507-430one owner. 952-873-3069 1,000 PTO, 18spd, $15,000.

5144 FOR SALE: Ford-NH 8670, WANTED: Reversed Farm(715)644-2414 MFWD, PS, high hrs, no all tractor. Super M or FOR SALE: ‘83 JD 4650, JD 8440, good shape tires at 3pt, $30,000.

507-430-5144 larger. 320-245-2023 2WD, 6700 hrs, 18.4x42 rub75%, recent trans OH, 3pt, ber at 80%, $29,500; IH 720 FOR SALE: IH 1566 w/ duals PTO. 320-847-2460 WE HAVE PARTS! 5 bottom plow, $1,500. 507and rock box, TA poor, Parts for Tractors, NEW AND USED 476-8069 952-955-1181 Combines, Machinery, TRACTOR PARTS FOR SALE: ‘94 Ford 9280, FOR SALE: IH 1586, duals, JD 10,20,30,40, 50, 55, 50 Ser- Hay Equipment, and more...

5800 hrs, 70% tires, $11,500.

4700 hrs, 20.8x38 tires at All makes & Models. Used, ies & newer tractors, 507-828-2917 95%, 4 hyds, $49,500; JD new, rebuilt, afterAC- all models.

250 skid loader, 1500 hrs, market.

All States Ag Parts Large Inventory, We ship!

FOR SALE: JD 8630, 60 Ser$10,500; JD 2400 chisel Call: 877-530-4430 to reach Mark Heitman ies engine, well mainplow, 24’, $25,500. All very the store nearest you!

Tractor Salvage tained. nice. 507-530-4228 Call for www.tractorpartsasap.com (715)673-4829 WANTED: Grain Trailer. more information 507-920-1632

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FOR SALE: 2-Oliver 77 FOR SALE: ‘94 6125 White, FOR SALE: ‘08 New Hol- FOR SALE: One owner, ‘04 IH 4786 4WD, 8 matching ‘03 JD 925 Flex Head. Full ‘84 IH 1480 combine, specialty rotor, rock trap, chopFinger. Low Acres w/ parts tractors, mostly MF 4wd, 18 spd. power land LM 5080 telehandler, 8320T, serial 24.5x32 Firestone radial per, reverser, F/A, AHH, Head. Trailer inc. $14,900. complete, $900 for the shift, near new, 18.4x38 demo unit, 200 hrs., full #R66081H231979, wide tires, 60%. 855 Cummins auger ext, 30.5x32 tires, 715-684-9231 pair; JD 4020 fenders, Firestone radials w/ band warranty, cab air & heat, stance, 24” tracks at 25%, repower w/new clutch & 2000 hrs on Case reman $600; also front weights, duals, 2800 hrs. 218-462-2152 w/ bucket & forks, brand lights. 16 frt wgts, autorebuilt trans 400 hrs ago. 4 ‘78 MF 760 combine, V-8 hyeng, 1 season on new hy$300. 507-330-3945 or cell 612-919-2720 new, call for more info, steer ready. 2900 hrs. remotes.

Asking dro w/ 20’ U2 reel platdro, final drives just re$89,500. 320-290-3180 $99,900. 320-290-7533 $16,000/OBO. (715)455-1680 form, nice machine, $4,500. built. This is a good comor (651)295-1150 John 507-661-5045 bine. $12,500. 218-731-0880 ‘84 Gleaner N6 combine w/ 20’ bean head & 6R corn- ‘85 Case IH combine, model head. Good motor & hydro, 1460, 3570 hrs, rock trap, both rebuilt & run good. no chopper. $5,000. 320-212Unload auger needs some 5414 or 320-769-2496 Madiwork, sound machine othson MN erwise, 3114 sep hrs. Tires all good & 300 bu grain ‘90 9500 combine, 30.5x32 tank. $8,500. William Ph tires, 2490 sep hrs, many 507-273-6088 or email updates, 643 cornhead & gmlok2003@yahoo.com 920 F platform, not full finger. 507-327-3148

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‘90 9500 JD combine, 3400 sep hrs, eng OH’d, $22,850.

643 JD low tin cornhead, $4,500. Call (715)772-4255

Exceptional 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, walk out rambler built in 2003 with 2,700 sq. ft. finished, 4.33 acres. Main floor offers Master suite, laundry, vaulted ceiling and sunroom. Large family room leads to patio, extra room for office, 40x60 quonset building with concrete floors and heated.

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507-340-1053

‘94 9500 JD side hill combine, rebuilt, high hrs, nice. $34,500; ‘89 9500 JD combine, $19,995; 843 JD high tin cornhead, $3,550.

Call (715)772-4255 ‘94 CIH 1020, 17 1/2’ bean head, 3” cut, poly skid plate, exc cond, shedded, $6,000. 712-229-2033 963 cornhead, 6RN, completely rebuilt 2 yrs ago.

Exc. cond. (715) 790-7399 Big Grain Carts on Hand X-TREME 1100 & 1300 Bu by Unverferth (Folds Across Front). Also Smaller 6001000 Bu Some Used. We Trade/Deliver Anywhere Dealer 319-347-6282.

Case IH header, 20’, 1020 head, Crary cutterbar, hyd, fore & aft, field ready. $5,000. 320-212-5414 or 320-769-2496 Madison MN

TRACTORS, FARM MACHINERY, TOOLS, ANTIQUES, GUNS & VEHICLES

ESTATE AUCTION

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 - 1:00 p.m.

60408 Co. Rd. 10 - Gibbon, MN

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

Directions: From Gibbon go N 2 mi. on Co. Rd. 2, then go 2 mi. E on Co. Rd. 10 to site. From St. Hwy. 19 between Winthrop & Gibbon, take Co. Rd. 3 N to Co. Rd. 10, then tuwn W & go 1 mi. to site.

NOTE: George was a bachelor and definitely a Case man! All the equipment is neat & clean w/straight tin Tractors & Farm Equip.: Case 530, G, WF, sng hyd, fend, Draft-o-Matic 541, 3 pt, 4792 hrs; Case SC, G, NF, sng hyd, fend, Eagle hitch; Case A6 pull type combine, 4 cyl Wisc eng w/starter, pikcup, sickle & reel; Case 2-row planter; Case 10’ disk; Case pull type 3x12 plow w/cyl; Case tractor umbrells; Manuals; NH Super Hayliner 68 baler, w/Wisc 2 cyl motor; Jd Van Brundt drill on steel; Red Cross Mft 40 corn sheller w/cob carrier; Stan Hoist loader w/bckts; NI 211 spreader; NI 252 pull type sickle mower; NI 324 pull type 2RW corn picker w/husk bed; Kewanee 500 elev; NI 2 row chop; IH pull type 10’ dig; IH pull type swath, PTO; Case steel wheel side rake; Judson dry fert spreader; Case frnt mnt cult; Flare boxes w/gear; Drag sects; IH tool box. Tools, Lawn & Garden: Mantis grdn tiller; AGCO-Allis 918 tractor mower w/attach for tiller & snowblower; 2 wheel lawn trailer; Tool chest; Assort hand/grdn tools & shop items; Handyman jack; Clevises; Knipco heater; Wheelbarrow; Snow fencing; Chain saws; Ladders; Sump pump; Kerosene heaters. Pickup, Car & Guns: ‘89 Chevy Silverado, 2WD, 55,700 mi; ‘75 Chevy Caprice Classic, 57,700 mi; Har-Rich Arms Co 12 ga sngl shot; Glenfield 22 long rifle. Horse Equip & Farm Antiques: Dump rake; 1 row cult on steel; 2 row planter on steel; Check wire; Collar; Hames; Eveners; Colored harness rings; Milk cans & cart; Chick nest, feed & waterers; Hnd potato planter; 2 man saw; Hand seeder; Barn hay grab hood; Fuel barrel; Hog panels; Steel wood heater; Milk & cream seps; Lanterns.

Many More Items.

Owner: George Weber Estate George Schweiss, Personal Representative - 507-834-6860

Auctioneer: Joe Maidl - 507-276-7749 Auctioneers: Matt Mages - New Ulm • Larry Mages - Lafayette John Goelz - Franklin • Joe Wersal - Winthrop

Clerk: Mages Land Co. & Auction Service LLC - All Items Sold “As Is” Not Responsible for Accidents • Restroom & Lunch Available on site magesland.com

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DAMAGED GRAIN WANTED ANYWHERE We buy damaged corn and grain any condition - wet or dry TOP DOLLAR We have vacs and trucks

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‘93 JD 9400 combine, exc FOR SALE: ‘83 JD 6620, FOR SALE: ‘97 JD 9600 FOR SALE: AC A4-36 corn- FOR SALE: 2R New Idea FOR SALE: 693 JD corn- FOR SALE: ‘92 JD 9400 combine, 2500 eng hrs., cond. JD 215 flex head.

4,000 hrs. 24.5X32 tires, 324 picker, 12R husking head, very good, L-M head in exc. cond. 507-629combine, exc. cond. 320maintained yearly, exc.

715-495-0849 AC, D.A.M., just went unit, $2,000. (952)448-4684 mounts, on header trailer 3318 or 507-626-0344 248-4737 cond, Ag Leader GPS monthrough shop, many new to use. $1,400/OBO. LakeCIH 1640 combine, SN35644, itor, $65,000; JD 983 8R parts, field ready, exc. field MN, 507-662-5513 or FOR SALE: Brandt 10x70 Cummins eng., 2565 hrs., cornhead, hyd adj. deck cond. $12,500 OBO. 320-309605-351-3955 auger w/ pit express drive tires 24.5-32”, rock trap, ‘10 JD 9670STS, 352 hrs., CM, plates, plas snouts, 0952 over hopper, exc condition, feeder reverser, Vittetoe $15,000; ‘02 JD bean plat18.4x42’s w/duals, chopper, bin ext., $12,500. 218-770-0723 shaft spreader, 1020 20’ form, 925S, 25’ flex poly Auto-Trac Ready ..........................$189,500 bean platform, 1063 corn- FOR SALE: ‘83 JD 7720 skids, finger/pick up reel, head, every item very combine, duals, tank ext., ‘07 JD 9760STS, 1351 hrs., CM, stubble lights, auto reel clean & field ready. chopper, chaff, spreader, speed, full finger auger, 20.8x42’s w/duals, chopper, bin ext., (507)764-3943 HHC, monitor, HD rear Hyd. Fore & Aft. Price inJD Inspection & Work Order Completed axel, w/ JD 920 flex head. cludes cart. $17,000. 507FOR SALE: ‘01 9750 CM, du......................................................$144,500 $10,000 Call Dave 320-855420-0425 als, chopper, GreenStar 2428 ‘09 JD 9530 4-WD, 1105 hrs., 800 2500 hrs, $71,750; ‘06 JD Metrics w/duals, wgt. pkg., Active seat, 1293, hyd deck plates, CM, FOR SALE: ‘84 1460 CIH, FOR SALE: ‘99 NH TR99 Premier lighting pkg. ....................$214,500 single pt, $26,500. 712-229Rock trap, chopper, hicombine, 2671 eng hrs, 2124 2290 or 507-265-3764 ‘10 JD 635F HydraFlex, extra sickle speed fan, ext unolading sep hrs, 2 sets almost new auger, head reverser, ........................................................$31,500 concaves, 2 sets sieves, FOR SALE: ‘02 JD 930F flex straw spreader, field 30.5x32 tires at 85%. well head, full finger auger, ‘09 JD 630F HydraFlex ..................$28,500 ready, $3,000 recent work equipped combine in good DAM, DAS, fore & aft, ‘08 JD 608C cornhead ....................$36,500 done on machine, Priced shape, always stored inpoly, stub lights, $10,000.

‘02 JD 893 cornhead, knife rolls, at $10,000. 507-317-1270 doors, new feeder chain & 507-278-4010 2 new elevator chains, hyd. deck ........................................$17,500 $54,000. ‘03 Loftness 22’ FOR SALE: ‘04 JD 9660 STS FOR SALE: ‘85 NH late “New” J&M 750-18 grain cart, stalk chopper w/ 2pt hookcombine, w/ 2395 engine model TR85, 2150 hrs, spe30.5x32’s, roll tarp ..........................$28,500 up, low acres on complete hrs, 1736 separator hrs, w/ cialty rotor, field ready, set of new knives, very 18.4x42 duals, contour masinc 20’ 973 bean head, 962 Lease/Finance Programs Available! good shape, $9,500; 20’ 971 ter, & hopper ext. Through 6R cornhead. 2nd owner NH head w/ 9” sunflower JD shop every year. Exc has original papers. pans, $2,500. Moorhead MN cond. $106,000 320-585-3400 $26,000/OBO. 507-597-3963 701-238-3221 or 605-321-4130 leave msg.

FOR SALE: ‘06 JD 1293, 12R30”, loaded, single Bus. 800-432-3564 • Res. 507-426-7648 point hookup, hyd plates, FOR SALE: ‘91 9500 JD www.ms-diversified.com knife rolls, CM, auto combine, 3800 hrs eng, 2675 height, auger cover, outer sep hrs, super clean, exc dividers, PTO drives, exc cond, comes w/ 925 flex shape, $36,250. 507-383-0114 head. $35,000. 701-740-9451

CALL HEIDI OR LARRY

NORTHERN AG SERVICE INC 800-205-5751

FOR SALE: 443 JD cornhead, shedded. field ready, $3,000. cell; 952-820-5004 or 952-445-3759

USED PARTS LARSON SALVAGE 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.

6 miles East of

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

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

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

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

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FOR SALE: ‘08 JD 9870, 675 FOR SALE: ‘94 CIH 1020, hrs, 20.8x42 duals, Contour 30’, new 3” cutter bar, field Master, premium cab, tracker, double drive, low hopper ext, high torque, acres, exc cond. high capacity, auto track $9,500/OBO. 507-220-6450 ready. $199,500. 507-5304228 FOR SALE: 9400 JD combine, 4168 hrs, 2906 sep hrs, FOR SALE: 10” x60’ Feterl 920 bean head, 1 season on auger, (3) Killbros #375 cutting parts. All in good wagons starting at $1,500. shape. $38,000/OBO. Ron Possible delivery on all 507-402-4631 items. Can email pics. 507597-3963 or 605-321-4130 FOR SALE: 9400 JD combine, 4168 hrs, 2906 sep hrs, For Sale: 2010 Capello chop920 bean head, 1 season on ping cornhead 8-30 JD cutting parts. All in good demo unit. Used on 400 shape. $35,000/OBO Ron acres. Hyd deck, plate and 507-402-4631 knife rolls. 507-644-3244

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FOR SALE: ‘97 JD 922 Flex, DAM, DAS, fore & after, $9,300. 320-212-4462 FOR SALE: Case IH 1044 corn head, shedded, low acres, $2,500. 712-480-3411 FOR SALE: CIH 1063 cornhead, 6R30” w/ headsight, auto height control & Cropsweeper reel. Will separate & have enough parts to make reel 8R30”.

Bellingham MN area. 605237-0433 or 605-880-0546

‘09 MF 9795 Combine, 262 sep. hrs. - $229,000 24 months interest free financing on most used combines

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FEATURED ITEMS ‘05 Challenger 670, 1476 sep. hrs. ............$140,000 ‘07 MF 9790, duals ..................................Coming In ‘90 MF 8570 combine, 2330 hrs...................$38,000 ‘90 MF 8570 combine ..................................$32,500 ‘04 MF 481 tractor, MFD, cab, shuttle, 70 PTO hp. loader, 700 hrs. ............................................$31,500 ‘05 MF 451 tractor, 45 PTO hp., 350 hrs. ....$15,900 ‘93 Agco 5680, MFD, loader, 73 PTO hp., 4250 hrs. ......................................................$21,000

FOR SALE: Gehringhoff, RD 12-30 chopping cornhead, ‘06 model, green JD single pt hook-ups, JD row sense, head sight, bought new exc. shape, always shedded. $49,900. 320-2358349 FOR SALE: Gleaner A-630 cornhead, all re-built, always shedded. $3,750. 507430-5144 FOR SALE: IH 1480 combine, exc. cond., $5,900; 1020 bean head, $2,900; 820 bean head , $800; DMI Tiger 2 disc ripper, $3,500.

507-236-4925 FOR SALE: IH 4R 844 cornhead, very good cond., 952758-4539

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TJOSVOLD EQUIPMENT Sales & Service • West Hwy. 212 — Granite Falls, MN 56241 800-337-1581 • 320-564-2331 • After Hours (320) 212-4849 ‘97 NH TR98, 30.5-32, loaded, 1212 hrs. ......$65,000 ‘95 NH 973, 30’ flex head ..............................$10,900 ‘11 NH T6070, FWA W/840TL loader, 100 hrs. ..................................................................Coming In ‘95 NH TR97, 30.5-32, loaded, 1450 sep. hrs. ......................................................................$54,500 ‘07 NH TJ380A, 520/85-R46 duals, 850 hrs. ....................................................................$149,500 ‘88 NH TR86 combine, 2625 eng. hrs. ..........$22,500 ‘88 NH 973, 20’ flex head ................................$4,500 ‘06 NH TC33DA, SS/FWA hydro., 250 hrs., w/15LA loader ..............................................$21,900 Gleaner F2 w/4R30” cornhead & 15’ bean head ........................................................................$3,500 ‘05 NH TC45DA, SS/FWA, 800 hrs., hydro. w/17LA loader ..............................................$22,950 ‘03 Buhler 2180, SS/FWA, 1850 hrs., 480/80-R46 ‘10 EZ Trail 500 wagon w/brakes ....................$9,500 duals ............................................................$82,500 ‘10 Wilrich 657, 23’ DCR w/harrow baskets..$48,500 ‘94 Ford 9280, 20.8-38 duals, 2250 hrs. ......$65,500 ‘08 Wilrich 9x24’ 957DDR w/harrow ..........Coming In ‘85 IH 3688, 18.4R34 duals (80%), 6200 hrs.

‘09 NH BR7060, AW/NW/BC/1.8M/Endless....$27,500 ......................................................................$19,500 ‘06 Stoll 35 loader for TS135 NH, FWA w/bucket ‘89 Ford 976, 620/80R32 duals, 5250 hrs., & joystick/valve ..............................................$6,000 Nice ..............................................................$52,500 ‘05 Wilrich 957, DDR, 9-shank, 24” w/harrow IH 856 diesel, 18.4R38, Nice ............................$9,250 ......................................................................$29,900 ‘81 Case 2390, 18.4-38 ................................$12,900 ‘01 NH 688, ATW baler, Nice ..........................$15,900 ‘79 Case 2290, 18.4-38 ................................$12,500 Parker 625 wagon w/brakes ............................$9,950 Allis Chalmers WD45, Nice ............................$3,950 Morris CT712, 16’ chisel plow ........................$3,950 CIH 700 7/18’s plow, Clean ..............................$9,500 ‘03 Gleaner 800, 30’ flex head ..................Coming In ‘02 NH 73C, 25’ flex head ..........................Coming In ‘08 NH LS170, cab/heat, hyd. QA, bucket ......$21,000 ‘02 NH 96C, 8R30” cornhead ........................$29,500 ‘07 NH L175, cab, AC, hyd. QA, whls., 72” bucket, ‘01 Gleaner R62, 18.4R42 duals, loaded, pilot controls ................................................$29,500 1995 hrs. ......................................................$89,500 ‘94 Commander 8000, 72 hp., 72” bucket, ‘01 NH 96C, 8R30” cornhead, loaded ............$25,500 rubber tracks ................................................$19,000 ‘01 NH TR99 FWA, loaded, 2050 sep. hrs. ....$95,000 ‘92 NH L250, 42” bucket, 1800 hrs. ................$7,950 ‘01 NH TR99, loaded - super clean, 1425 hrs.

‘07 NH C175 track loader, heat, hyd. QA, 900 hrs., ......................................................................$99,500 pilot controls ................................................$29,950 ‘01 NH 73C, 30’ flex head ..............................$20,900 ‘07 JD 332, AC, hyd. QA, 1750 hrs.............Coming In ‘98 NH TR98, 18.4R42 duals, loaded ............$65,000 ‘00 NH LS180, cab/heat, 4250 hrs. ................$12,500 ‘98 NH 973, 25’ flex head ................................$9,500 ‘01 NH LS160, cab, 4200 hrs.........................$15,500

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“Where Farm and Family Meet”

FOR SALE: Combine Header Transports. 2 Wheel, 4 Wheel & Caster Wheel models. Brackets sold separately to build your own.

Satisfaction guaranteed!

(320)563-4145 or (320)808-7644 Ask for Denny!

See All Of Our Trailers www.klugmanwelding.com

COMBINES/HEADS

SKID STEERS

TRACTORS • ‘76 Allis 7000, cab, 6865 hrs.

• MF 1648 Compact, 49 hp., cab, FWA, hydro, loader • New MF 1529, hydro, loader • New MF 2600 Compact

COMBINES • • • • • •

‘05 Challenger 670, 1476 hrs.

‘90 MF 8570, 2240 hrs.

‘82 MF 850, variable speed, 3535 hrs.

MF 9750 PU table MF 9120 beantable MF 1859 beantables, 15’, 18’, 20’

CORNHEADS • ‘08 Geringhoff 1822, RD • ‘07 Geringhoff 1822, RD • ‘07 Geringhoff 1622, RD • ‘03 Geringhoff 1222, RD • ‘08 Geringhoff 1220, RD • ‘05 Geringhoff 1020, RD • ‘06 Geringhoff 830, RD • ‘04 Geringhoff 830, RD • ‘03 Geringhoff 830, RD • ‘01 Geringhoff 830, RD • ‘00 Geringhoff 830, RD • ‘92 Geringhoff 830, PC • ‘07 Geringhoff 820, RD • ‘08 Geringhoff 630, RD • ‘07 Geringhoff 630, RD • ‘05 Geringhoff 630, RD • ‘09 NH 98D, 18R20”

• ‘05 NH 98C, 12R20” • ‘99 NH 996, 12R20” • ‘94 Gleaner 830 hugger • ‘92 Gleaner 1222 hugger • ‘02 JD 893, knife rolls • ‘98 JD 893 • JD 843, flutes, LT, OD • ‘82 JD 643 • MF 1183 • MF 9483 • ‘03 MF 3000, 6R30” • (3) CIH 1083 • ‘86 CIH 1063 • CIH 822, GVL, poly

GRAIN HANDLING • Brandt 5200 EX grain vacs • Brandt 1515 LP, 1535, 1545, 1575, 1585 belt conveyors • Brandt 1070 XL auger, swing hopper • Brandt 1390 XL swing • Brandt 10x35 auger • Brandt 8x47 auger • Feterl 10x72 auger • Feterl 10x60 auger • Parker 1348 grain cart, 1300 bu., PTO drive • Parker 605 gravity box, 625 bu.

• Parker 505 gravity box, 550 bu., brakes

HAY & LIVESTOCK • • • • • • • • •

‘11 MF 1372 disc mower cond.

MF 1329 disc mower Chandler litter spreader 22’& 26’ Sitrex DM7 disc mower Sitrex RP5 3 pt. wheel rake Sitrex MK 12 wheel rake Sitrex 10 & 12 wheel rakes on cart Westendorf 3 pt. bale spear Degelman 3100 bale processor

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‘08 JD 520 stalk chopper JD 330 disc, 30’ ‘07 Balzer 20’ stalk chopper Balzer 20’ stalk chopper Leon rock picker, reel type Loftness 30’ stalk chopper, SM (6) Mauer 28’ to 42’ header trailers WRS 30’ header trailer ‘11 Degelman LR7645 land roller ‘11 Sunflower 4530 disk ripper, 19-shank ‘11 Sunflower 4511, 11-shank ‘11 Degelman FD320 rock digger ‘11 Degelman 7200 rock picker ‘11 Degelman 6000 HD rock picker ‘11 Degelman FR1500 rock rake ‘11 Sunflower 1550 disc, 50’

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FOR SALE: IH 815 combine, dsl engine, hydro, 15’ bean head, floating sickle, always shedded. $2950 or best offer. 320-296-6222 FOR SALE: JD 6600 combine, fair condition, $2,500.

507-732-7420 FOR SALE: JD 6620 combine. 2,890 hrs. Good cond. $12,000. (920)987-5276 FOR SALE: JD 9500 SN# X641113, w/ 220 flex head, 2nd owner, 3200/2630 hrs, 30.5x32 tires, hopper extension, very clean, $33,500.

612-790-4191 FOR SALE: MF 1859 bean head, U2 reel, 20’ & wabble box for bean head. 507-4643389 after 6pm FOR SALE: TR75 NH combine, Ford dsl eng, straddle duals, good cond, JD head adaptor. $5,000/OBO 651-463-8896 or 651-295-2875 FOR SALE: Transmission for 6600 JD combine & final drive. $400. 320-587-3358 IH 800 Series cornhead, 11R20”, completely rebuilt, GVL poly dividers, water pump bearings, stripper plates, sprockets, gathering chains, gearboxes rebuilt & updated, Headsight header height w/ 3 sensors, exc cond. $15,200. Call 605261-9633

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FOR SALE: NI 708 Uni/sys- FOR SALE: JD 643, 6-30, 710 Int’l 5 btm plow, 12’ disc, tem w/Perkins dsl, cab, low tin, oil bath drive, very good cond. 715-894heater, hydro, w/NI 838 good cond., always shed7867 husking unit, NI 844 4R ded. 612-756-2652 cornhead, NI 841 feeder FOR SALE: 30’ mounted Kohouse, $3,000. (608)536-3567 Vittletoe twin fan chaff var drag. Asking $3,500 spreader, works on JD or OBO. 507-215-0859 Case IH combines, $1,000.

JD 300 corn picker w/ 244 712-786-3341 FOR SALE: 32’ Flexicoil 75 wide head, field ready, cultipacker, used very lit1000 RPM, $1,595. (715)723- WANTED TO BUY: IH 234 tle, like new, always shed4225 mounted corn picker. 507ded. 507-251-1394 665-6557 JD 643 cornhead low tin FOR SALE: ‘81 JD 4440, PS, $4,500/OBO; 216 JD flex duals, 5,100 hrs.; Glencoe Planting Equipment head. $2,500/OBO; NH 355 soil saver, 7 shank; Balzer feed mill w/ scale. FOR SALE: JD 7000 6-30 stalk chopper, 1,000 PTO; $2,900/OBO. (715)549-6579 planter w/ insecticide/herE-Z Flo wagon, 300 bu, 10T bicide boxes, corn meters MN gear. 507-234-6871 JD 920 Flex Head. Low & radial bean meters.

Acres. Nice Shape. $11,900.

Very nice, asking $4,750 715-684-9231 Call 507-847-2710 after

JD 9500, 2800 hrs, Green Case IH 496 26’ disc, flex, Star, tank ext., duals, 7.5” spacing, no welds, sharp, $31,000. ready to go. $10,000/OBO (507)380-0863 507-829-7591

Lime Spreading “Have you checked your soil PH lately”

• NH 8970 tractor • NH TM155 tractor w/loader • NH 8160 tractor w/loader • Ford 8970 tractor • Ford 8770 2WD tractor • 9682 4WD tractor • TH480 4WD tractor • T8020 tractor • David Brown 1210 tractor • JD 2305 tractor w/loader • Ford 7710 tractor w/Tiger mower • NH 96C, 8N corn head • NH TR96 combine • 996, 12-30 corn head • Westfield 13x61 auger • Westfield 13x91 • Wilrich 2’ chisel plow • IHC RBX562 baler • NH 660 baler • Artsway 240, 8RN stalk chopper • Kinze 3600, 12N w/interplant • JD 7100, 12N corn planter • JD 7100, 12N w/interplant • JD 7200, 8RW corn w/insecticide • NH 256 rake • IHC 133, 8RN cult.

• IHC 24 field cult.

• Westfield 13x71 MK

for questions or prices please call

WILDUNG IMPLEMENT P.O. Box 189

R & E Enterprises of Mankato, Inc.

Nassau, MN 56272

1-800-388-3320

320-668-2675

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COMBINES

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

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United Farmers Cooperative United Farmers Cooperative

Main Office: Ag Service Center 840 Pioneer Avenue P.O. Box 4 Lafayette, MN 56054-0004

507-228-8224 or 800-642-4104 www.ufcmn.com LeSueur • 800-252-5993

USED DRYERS & AUGERS

SPRAYERS

Good Selection of Used Dryers - Call!

Feterl 12”x82’, swing ....................$10,580 Feterl 10”x66’, swing ......................$2,995 Feterl 12”x72’, swing ......................$7,995 Hutchinson 10”x71, PTO ................$2,200 Hutchinson 10”x62’, swing drive....$4,995 Hutchinson 8”x62’ swing ................$4,900 Feterl 12”x120’, swing ........................Call Feterl 8”x55’ w/motor ....................$3,985

Fast 1000 gal., 90’ boom ..............$10,300 Fast 1000 gal., 60’ boom ................$7,850 Redball 680, 110’, 1300 gal. ........$17,650 Century 750 gal., 60’ boom ............$6,650 Demco 850 gal., 60’ front end ......$23,800 Koyker 500 gal., 45’ ........................$3,275

SKIDLOADERS Bobcat S250, heat/AC, 2-spd.......$28,900 Bobcat S185, heat, 2-spd.............$22,700 Bobcat S130, heat ........................$17,900 Bobcat 743 w/bucket......................$8,950 Gehl 5640E, heat, 2-spd. ..............$27,600 ‘05 Gehl 4640, fork, bucket ..........$14,800 Gehl 3510, bucket ..........................$6,950 Gehl 4240E, heat, 2007 ................$17,400 Gehl 6625, fork, bucket ................$10,950 ‘06 Case 430, heat, bucket ..........$22,700 Case 1825B w/bucket ..................$10,650

TILLAGE Wilrich 957, 7 shank......................$22,600 CIH MRX690, 5 shank ..................$18,900 JD 3 pt. plow, 5 btm........................$2,850 Brillion 40’, 4 bar ..........................$12,900 Wishek 16’ disc ............................$28,600 JD 512, 5-shank ............................$16,600

MISCELLANEOUS JD 3710, 7-bottom plow ..............$17,400 JD 512, 5-shank ............................$16,600 Balzer chopper, 20’ ........................$4,350 JD 2700, 7-shank ..........................$27,900 JD 510, 7-shank ............................$10,700 Woods stalk chopper, 3 pt., 20’ ....$8,750 Woods 20’ stalk chopper................$9,300 Demco grain cart, 750 bu. ............$17,500 Parker 510 grain cart ....................$11,900 CIH 5400 min-till drill, 20’, 3 pt. ......$8,950 J&M 250 box ..................................$2,550 Used grain legs ....................................Call NI 3739 spreader ............................$7,950 NH 795 spreader ............................$6,175 Gehl 1410 spreader ........................$8,250 Gehl 1287 spreader ........................$5,650 Woods Batwing mower, 15’............$8,475 JD 800 swather, 12’ head ..............$1,775 Loftness rock picker, 48” ................$2,850 Used Snowblowers ............................Call

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

Advantages we offer: • We unload directly from the trucks to a floater (Terra Gator) without stockpiling material.

This gives us a more uniform spread with no foliage to plug up the spreader.

• With direct loading there is no stockpile, no wasted lime or mess in your field.

• We use a floater (Terra Gator) to spread so we have less compaction.

• We are equipped to spread variable rate using GPS mapping.

• We service Minnesota and northern Iowa.

Why apply Aglime: • A soil ph level of 5.5 nitrogen efficiency is only 77 percent.

• A soil ph level of 6.0 nitrogen efficiency still is only 89 percent.

• At a soil ph level of 7.0 fertilizer efficiency is 100 percent.

USED EQUIPMENT

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Schultz Sukup stalk chopper, FOR SALE: ‘08 DMI 730C 7 rebuilt, repainted, 6R14’, shank ripper, lead shanks, 1000rpm, w/ windrow kit only used on 700 acres, like for baling corn stalks, new, $42,500; JD 120 stalk $4,750/OBO. 715-533-6342 Le shredder, $9,750. 715-594Mars, IA. 3584

PLANTERS

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JD 9610, 5163/3418 hrs, duals, FOR SALE: ‘07 Wishek 862 4WD, yield monitor, mapNT 26’ rotary scrapers on ping, good cond, ‘05 893 rear, used on 2500 acres, corn head knife rolls, 930 $52,500; ‘02 Clarke maflex & HT30 trailer, $30,000 chine cornhead, 12x20”, 2 pkg. 651-334-3891 seasons on knife rolls, GVL poly, fits JD, Cat or Claas combine, always MF 510 dsl hydro combine. shedded, $13,500.

SN/22046. 23.1X26 tires w/ Bird Island, MN 320-212-2300 12 suitcase wgts. $2,450.

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Tillage Equipment

HAY TOOLS

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JD 930F bean head, good cond, $10,000. Call Joe at 952-955-1427 or 612-290-6964

‘03 Gleaner R65................................................................COMING ‘95 Gleaner R52 w/Cummins, CDF rotor ..............................CALL ‘08 NH TD5050 w/FWA, cab, loader ................................$39,750 Gleaner R60........................................................................$29,500 NEW NH T8, 300, FWA ..........................................................CALL ‘08 Fantini 12-30 chopping cornhead ..............................$68,000 NEW Versatile 305, FWA........................................................CALL NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ..........................................CALL NEW Massey HD2680, FWA, w/cab ....................................CALL NEW Massey 1635, FWA, w/loader ..............................ON HAND New Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand NEW Massey 5480 FWA, w/loader ................................ON HAND Hesston 1150, 12’ ................................................................$1,800 ‘04 CIH STX440 ................................................................$112,500 Buhler 2210, SS, 1475 hrs ................................................$94,900 Massey Ferguson 220..........................................................$7,000 NEW Salford RT units ............................................................CALL Massey Ferguson 33............................................................$2,800 NEW Westfield augers ................................................AVAILABLE Ford TW20, FWA ..............................................................COMING NEW Rem 2700 vac ..............................................................CALL MM 302 w/loader ................................................................$4,500 NEW Century HD1000, 60’ sprayers ....................................CALL Oliver 1850 w/loader ............................................................$7,250 NEW Riteway rollers ..............................................................CALL NEW Lorenz snowblowers ....................................................CALL NEW Batco conveyors ..........................................................CALL NEW White planters ..............................................................CALL NEW Brent wagons & grain carts ........................................CALL White 8106, 6-30 w/DF & cross auger, Like New ................CALL NEW E-Z Trail seed wagons..................................................CALL White 6122, 12-30 w/liquid, Nice ....................................COMING NEW rock buckets & pallet forks ........................................ CALL Hiniker 30’ seeder ..............................................................$19,500 NEW Hardi sprayers ..............................................................CALL ‘92 JD 455, 30’....................................................................$14,000 REM 2700, Rental ..................................................................CALL Willmar 765 HT sprayer w/80’ boom ................................$31,000 ‘03 NH ST740, 7-shank ......................................................$18,500 Unverferth 8000 grain cart ................................................$19,000 M&W 9-shank, 24” w/leveler ............................................$14,500 Kinze 1050 w/duals ............................................................$48,500 (DMI Parts Available) DMI 530 w/leveler ..............................................................$14,900 Wilrich 3400, 45’, 4-bar harrow ......................................COMING ‘02 DMI Tigermate II, 44.5’ w/bskt ........................................CALL NEW NH skidsteers on hand ................................................CALL ‘06 Mustang 2066, 1623 hrs. ............................................$18,500 ‘06 Gleaner R75 w/CDF ..................................................COMING NH LS185B ........................................................................$21,500

USED TRACTORS

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30 Tillage Equipment B FOR SALE: ‘97 JD 3710 9

Tillage Equipment

FOR SALE: DMI Turbo Tibtm plow, 1 owner, shedger 5 shank w/ disc leveler, ded, new wear parts, exc $7300. 507-276-4627 cond. $29,900. Janesville 507-461-2820 FOR SALE: Glencoe DR 8700, disc ripper, 7 shank, FOR SALE: DMI 500 3pt 5 30” spacing, 26” front disc. shank ripper, exc cond, 320-248-4737 $7,000/OBO; IH 4600 28’ field cult w/ mulcher, very FOR SALE: IH 720 5 btm auto reset w/ coulters, good cond, new shanks, shedded, $2,200/OBO. 507$65,000/OBO, used on 380-1894 small farm. 320-328-5794 FOR SALE: DMI 527B, 5 FOR SALE: IH 720 5-18s aushank chisel plow, new to reset plow, onland hitch, points, rear leveling disc. very nice low acre plow. $10,000/OBO. 507-437-4239 952-467-2314

WANTED

DAMAGED GRAIN

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STATE-WIDE 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.

CALL FOR A QUOTE TODAY

PRUESS ELEV., INC. 1-800-828-6642 USED DRYERS

USED AUGERS

20’ DELUX DPXSL, 1000 12”X71’ MAYRATH BPH, 5 PT. SS SCREENS SWINGAWAY (2) 380 BEHLEN, 1 Ph., LP 10”X61’ MAYRATH 700 BEHLEN, 3 Ph., SWINGAWAY DOUBLE BURNER 10”X71’ MAYRATH SWINGAWAY HOPPER TANKS 8”X57’ KEWANEE PTO BEHLEN 1600 BUSHEL BEHLEN 2800 BUSHEL 14,750 GALLON LP TANK

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

We carry a full line of Behlen & Delux dryer parts; Mayrath and Hutch augers parts.

Large inventory of welda sprockets, hubs, bearings, chain & pulleys.

See us for your Fall Farm needs

1409 Silver Street E. Mapleton, MN 56065 507-524-3726 massopelectric.com

Tillage Equipment

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FOR SALE: IH 720 plow, in FOR SALE: JD 2700 mulch ripper, 9 shk, 24” spacing, furrow, 5-18, AR, good parabolic cushion stds, cshape. $2,800/OBO, 507-247spring, rear disc levelers, 5315 or 507-530-6985 single pt depth cont, $18,500 507-383-0114 FOR SALE: JD 1610 15’ chisel plow, new points & FOR SALE: JD 280, 6 btm new hyd cyl. 320-212-7930 plow; in furrow fast. 80’, 3 FOR SALE: JD 1610 mountpt. boom; 1600 gal tank, ed chisel plow, new spike Ravon 450. 507-525-2270 teeth, 14’, $1,600/OBO. 507380-1894

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Keith Bode Fairfax, MN 55332 507-381-1291 or 507-426-7267

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

‘10 CIH 7088 combine, 20.8R42 duals, field tracker, rock trap, chopper, 4WD, 550 eng./430 sep. hrs. ..$187,000 ‘98 JD 9610 combine, 18.4R42 duals, 2400 sep. hrs. ................................................................................$49,500 ‘02 JD 930F full finger auger flex head, low acre, shedded ..................................................................$13,000 ‘09 NH BB9080 3x4 big square baler, crop cutter, tandem axle, roller chute, 16,000 bales ..............................$63,500 ‘07 JD Gator 620I, 4x4, bed lift, 800 hrs. ..................$6,600 ‘05 Buhler Versatile 2210 MFWD, super steer, 18.4R46 duals, 10,100 hrs.....................................................$44,000 ‘95 JD 8870, 24 speed trans., 18.4R46 duals, PTO, 12,500 hrs., just through service program, new injection pump, good tractor..................................................$35,500 ‘06 JD 9860STS combine, bullet rotor, Contour Master, 20.8R42 duals, Maurer tank extension, 913 sep. hrs., just through service program................................$144,000 ‘08 JD 9770STS combine, 18.4R42 duals, Contour Master, 830 sep hrs. ..........................................................$165,500 ‘09 Frontier HM1109, 9’ windrow merger, like new $9,800 ‘02 CIH 2208 8x30 cornhead ..................................$19,500 ‘08 Harvestec 4308 chopping cornhead, JD mts., single point hookup ................................................$31,500

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32 Tillage Equipment B FOR SALE: JD 33’, 2400

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FOR SALE: JD 714 mulch FOR SALE: JD tru depth FOR SALE: JD 510 disc rip- FOR SALE: IH 720, 5 bot- Wil-rich 957 5 shank, 30” disc tiller, 9 tooth, $6,250. 507per, 7 shank, good unit.

True depth chisel plow w/ chisel plow shanks w/ ripper, good field ready tom, auto reset coulters, 423-5461 Make offer. 507-665-3739 all 2410 updates. 12” spacmounting bolts, $250/ea; alcond. $15,000. 651-334-3891 shedded. $2,500 OBO. Call ing, $25,500; Brent CPC so Yetter row cleaners, 952-466-2593 18’, 7 shank chisel plow, FOR SALE: JD 960 26 1/2’ exc shape, $175/ea. Call FOR SALE: Lundell 6R FOR SALE: Sunflower 4410 Machinery Wanted $8,900. 507-223-5226 or 507507-847-2710 field cultivator, walking stalk chopper, recently 7x24” disk ripper, no All kinds of New & Used 828-7449, 507-828-7541 tandems on wings, nice new knives, etc, field welds, good cond, farm equipment - disc cond. $5,500/OBO. 507-380ready, asking $1,950 507$8,500/OBO. 952-240-2193 chisels, field cults., plant1894 210-0735 ers, soil finishers, cornGlencoe 5-shank disc chisel, heads, feed mills, discs, exc. cond, $4,250. Maribel, balers, haybines, etc.

WI 920-973-4430 (507)438-9782 JD 2700 mulch ripper, 5 shank, loaded, only 600 Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712, acres. 507-327-3148 Glencoe 7400; Field Cults under 30’: JD 980, small JD 610 chisel plow, 16 shank, grain carts & gravity boxgood condition. 507-327-3148 Goodhue, MN 55027 es 300-400 bu. finishers unUsed parts for IH 720 der 20’, clean 4 & 6R stalk plows, toggle/auto reset. choppers; Nice JD 215 & 1/2 price of new or less.

216 flex heads; JD 643 Lodermeiers.net We ship anywhere. cornheads Must be clean;JD corn planters, 4Call Maple Valley Farms TRACTORS HESSTON 7500 FORAGE HARVESTER W/ HAY & 6-8 row. 715-299-4338 Randy Krueger

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CASE IH MX210 1800 HRS FRONT DUALS, 2005 DEUTZ ALLIS 9150 4X4, 6180 HRS ALLIS CHALMERS B ALLIS CHALMERS C WOODS 5' BELLY MOWER IH FARMALL McCORMICK 460 W/SCHWARTZ LOADER & FRONT END COMBINES & HEADS GLEANER 438A CORN HEAD GLEANER R76 COMBINE 2010 DUALS 288 SEP HR 412 ENG. GLEANER R75 COMBINE 2005, DUALS, TURRET, 1400 SEP,1700 ENG. GLEANER 8000 FLEX HEAD 30' GLEANER 320 FLEX R MTS HYD DRIVE REEL OLD STYLE CRESSONI 8 ROW 30" CHOPPING CORN HEAD JD MOUNTS HARVESTEC 4308C CUTTER CORN HEAD 8 ROW 30" JD MOUNT HARVESTEC 4308C CUTTER CORN HEAD 8 ROW 30" HARVESTEC 4312C 12 ROW 30" CUTTER CORN HEAD SKID STEERS CASE 2007 445 1600 HRS MUSTANG 930A 60" DIRT BUCKET 2000 HRS MUSTANG 2070, HEATER, CAB 1900 HRS 2001 MUSTANG 2070, HEATER, CAB, T BAR, 1998 MUSTANG 2032, 2004 TILLAGE/FIELD CULTIVATORS WILRICH 657 DCR 11 SHANK 5 DEEP TILL 6 CHISEL WILRICH XL 30' FIELD CULTIVATOR 4BAR COIL TINE HARROW WILRICH QUAD 5 32' FIELD CULTIVATOR WILRICH 2500 24' FIELD CULTIVATOR SUNFLOWER 5035-18' FIELD CULTIVATOR, 3 BAR HARROW DMI TIGERMATE II 32' COIL TINE HARROW & ROLLING BASKET JOHN DEERE 2210 30.5' FIELD CULTIVATOR 3 3 BAR W/ BASKET JOHN DEERE 726 SOIL FINISHER 27' JOHN DEERE 712 9 SHANK MULCH TILL CHISEL PLOW MILLER PRO 6 ROW 30" CULTIVATOR DANISH TINE KORVAIR 42' DRAG FLEX SPIKE TOOTH KENT 24' FINISHER 4 BAR COIL TINE HARROW HAY & FORAGE, STALK CHOPPERS MASSEY 2150 3X3 BALER 24000 BALES w/preservative HINIKER 1700 STALK CHOPPER, 15' H&S 860 BLOWER H&S 12 WHEEL HI-CAP RAKE

CORN HEAD HESSTON 6610 SELF PROPELLED HAYBINE NEW IDEA 406 SIDE RAKE WITH DOLLY WHEEL NEW IDEA 486 ROUND BALER 5X6 BALE gray NEW IDEA 5212 DISCBINE NEW HOLLAND 144 HAY INVERTOR NEW HOLLAND 499 HAYBINE ROUND BALE WAGON 8 BALE ROW CROP, DRILLS & SPRAYERS HARDI TR 500 45' BOOM TANDEM AXLE HARDI DELTA 90' 3PT BOOM FOAM MARKER, RATE CONT. HARDI NAVIGATOR 1000 60' HYD. FOLD BOOM, RAVEN 440 HARDI COMMANDER 750, 60' BOOM CAMPBELL 500 GAL SPRAYER MANUAL CONT. GRAIN CARTS & WAGONS EZ TRAIL SEED WAGON 300 BU. DIVIDER,TARP, AUGER DEMCO 325 GRAVITY BOX W/ 12 TON GEAR BADGER 16' FORAGE BOX W/ BADGER TANDEM GEAR PARKER 514 GRAIN CART BADGER 16' FORAGE BOX W/ BADGER TANDEM GEAR H&S 7+4 TWIN AUGER 16' FORAGE BOX 12 TON TANDEM GEAR GEHL FX1620 FORAGE BOX W/ 12TON BADGER GEAR GEHL 920 14' FORAGE 12 TON GEAR MINNESOTA 12 TON TANDEM GEAR MANURE SPREADERS NEW IDEA 3639 SPREADER NEW IDEA 3732 SPREADER JOHN DEERE 570 SPREADER 16.5X16.1 TIRES GEHL 1329 SPREADER NEW HOLLAND 795 SPREADER, TOP BEATER, 16.5X16.1 TIRES KNIGHT 8014 PRO TWIN SLINGER, SINGLE AXLE GRAIN EQUIPMENT FARM KING HOPPER AUGER 10"X12 HYD DRIVE LIKE NEW WESTFIELD WR 8x31 PTO AUGER WESTFIELD WR 10X71 PTO AUGER MISCELLANEOUS ARTSWAY 425 SUPRAMIX, 2-SPEED GEARBOX, SCALE STACK MOVER 14' FERTILIZER AUGER IH 2600 TRUCK LT CUMMINS 300HP 24' GRAIN BOX 2 TAGS BUSH HOG 84" 3PT OFFSET MOWER METEOR 9' SNOWBLOWER 1000 RPM WESTENDORF TA26 BUCKET & SPEAR

Machinery Wanted WANTED TO BUY GT (Tox-o-Wik) grain dryers 4 & 6 row good stalk choppers Sorensen Sales & Rentals Hutchinson MN Call Larry 320-587-2162

WANTED TO BUY: 15’ bean head to fit F-Z Gleaner combine. Phone 218-5834145 WANTED TO BUY: Tractors in need of repair, any make or horsepower. 320249-5499 WANTED: 2R mntd corn picker. Either husker or sheller in good cond. w/ or w/out tractor. (608)525-2280

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• 5/8” drum roller wall thickness • 42” drum diameter • 4”x8” frame tubing 3/8” thick • Auto fold

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12’-60’ LONG ROLLERS

GREENWALD FARM CENTER Greenwald, MN • 320-987-3177 14 miles So. of Sauk Centre

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~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~ Notch Equipment: • Rock Buckets • Grapple Forks • Manure Forks • Bale Spears • Hi-Volume Buckets & Pallet Forks • Bale Transports & Feeder Wagons, 16’-34’ • Adult & Young Stock Feeders & Bale Feeders • Land Levelers

Smidley Equipment: • Steer Stuffers • Hog Feeders • Hog Huts • Calf Creep Feeders • Lamb & Sheep Feeders • Cattle & Hog Waterers • Mini Scaler

Sioux Equipment: • Gates • Calving Pens • Haymax Bale Feeders • Cattel Panels • Feeders Panels • Head Gates • Hog Feeders • Squeeze Chutes & Tubs • Port-A-Hut Shelters (Many Sizes) • Bergman Cattle Feeders • Lorenz & Farm King Snowblowers • Mandako Land Rollers, 12’-60’ • GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu.

• Sheep & Calf Feeders • Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg. • Powder River Crowding Tub & Alley • Mister Squeeze Cattle Chutes & Hd. Gates • Garfield Earth Scrapers • Peck Augers

• We Also Buy & Sell Used GT Tox-O-Wic Dryers Or We Can Rebuild Your Dryer For You

• MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders • Powder River Livestock & Horse Equipment • Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’ • Jari Sickle Mowers • Grasshopper Lawn Mowers - Special Price Now! • “Tire” feeders & waterers • 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 • (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders • Enduraplas Bale Feeders, Panels & Tanks • E-Z Trail Wagons, Boxes & Grain Carts • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns • R&C Poly Bale Feeders • Farm King Augers and Mowers • Corral Panels & Horse Stalls • EZ-Trail Head Movers & Bale Racks • Roda Mini-Spreaders • 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 ~ • #580 GT grain dryer w/elec. motor & phase converter, needs new auger & tube, buy as is or we will rebuild it • Gehl #312 Scavenger II spreader, 260 bu., VG • NH 5’ green chopper • Gehl 6’ green chopper • IHC 4R stalk chopper • Bush Hog GT 48” Rotary Cutter w/13 hp Eng., PT • Brady 5600 15’ stalk shredder & windrower

• Lorenz 984 9’ snowblower, 1000 RPM, Very Good • Hiniker 1700, 15’ stalk shredder/end trans., Exc. • Steer Stuffer & Hog Feeders • 3 pt. Brillion 6’ Landscape Seeder • 380 GT Tox-O-Wic grain dryer, rebuilt • 20’ JD BWF disk w/duals, Very Good • Wishek #842, 30” blades, 3-yrs. old • Bale Basket

FARM, HOME & CONSTRUCTION

Office Location - 305 Bluff Street Hutchinson, MN 55350

320-587-2162, Ask for Larry

Machinery Wanted

Machinery Wanted

Spraying Equip.

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%

Spraying Equip.

WANTED: Dakon-Tebben 17 Wanted to 23 shank deep tiller, 320- FOR SALE: Big A Terragator, Cummins, automatic, WANTED: 15 hrs. sngl. ph.

235-8349 new paint. No tank or box. elec. motor; JD 920 flex $7,500; 500 gal SS tank, 6T head in good shape; late Wanted: Gehl 3038 cornhead. trlr, $950; 1000 gal SS tank, model 84 or 8500 series In good cond. Preferably 8T trlr, $1,800; 1000 gal JD, 320-668-2626 or 320-305set for wide rows. 715-822poly tank on tandem trlr, 3662 2710 leave message $2,250. 320-523-1099 WANTED: JD 8R kemper style cornhead.

Call (608)487-3563 or (608)8237380

507-845-2100 • USED EQUIPMENT • Grain Carts and Wagons Demco 550 Wagon- 425 tires, new brakes..................................$9,500 Year Round 550 Wagon- 16.1x16.5 tires, brakes ......................$5,750 Brent 470 Grain Cart- corner auger, 23.1x26 tires ..................$10,500 Brent 472 Grain Cart- corner auger, 23.1x26 tires ..................$13,500 Demco 850 Grain Cart- 2008 Model, tarp, 30.5x32 lug tires, 18” auger........................................................................................$25,700

Stalk Choppers • Balzer 1800 Shredder- new knives, runs smooth, 18’ Model ..$9,250 • Balzer 2000 Shredder- Late Model, 1 yr. old knives................$16,250

HAAS EQUIP., LLC

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Madison, MN From Hwy. 75 & 212 Jct., 3.5 mi. W., 2.5 mi. S.

IH 7110, FWA, FH 1140 loader ........$37,500 IH SM, WF, engine OH ......................$2,900 IH 1486, $5,000 repair ......................$7,900 ‘84 IH 5088, cab, air ........................$13,900 ‘94 CIH 9280, 12-spd., triples, Nice $55,000 JD 800 swather, 15’, crimper ............$1,250 Hume reel, 15’, (JD 800) ......................$250 NH BR 780A baler, net wrap ............$17,500 NH BR 780 baler, net wrap, Sharp ..$14,500 NH BR 780 baler, twine....................$10,500 JD 566 round baler, converg. whls. ..$8,500 OMI 12 wheel rake, New ..................$4,500 JD 843 loader, Like New ..................$12,500 JD 840 loader, JD 8000 mts...............$9,500 JD 148, JD 158 loaders ..........................Call JD 48 loader ......................................$2,100 IH 2350 loader ..................................$2,900 Leon 1000 grapple, off JD 8100 ........$5,500 Dual 3100 loader, blue cylinder ........$1,250 Dual 310 loader ................................$3,000 Farmhand 27, grapple ......................$1,000 Farmhand F358 loader, IH mts. ........$3,250 Miller PL-4 loader..............................$3,500 Buhler 2595, New!, JD 6000 mts. ....$3,500 New Box Scrapers, 10’/12’ ....................Call New & Used Skidsteer Attachments......Call Pallet Forks, Grapples, Rock Buckets ..Call

New Krause Dominator Chisel Plows, 12, 15, 18 & 21 ..ON HAND

TRACTORS

‘04 Massey Hugger, 8R30......................CALL Harvestec 4306C, 6R30 ....................$35,500 ‘06 Harvestec 4308C..........................$42,500 Harvestec 4212C, 1000 acres ..........$85,400 Harvestec 4212C, 1500 acres ..........$79,500 Harvestec Gen. III, 8R30 ..................$33,500 Harvestec Gen. III, 8R30 ..................$22,500 Harvestec Gen. III, 8R30 ..................$29,000 Harvestec Gen. III, 8R30 ..................$26,500 Harvestec Gen. IV, 8R22 ..................$42,500 JD 43 Series Units, 12R22................$22,500 CIH 1083, shedded..............................$10,500 ‘98 CIH 1083 ........................................$13,900 ‘99 CIH 1083, plastic snouts..............$15,900 CIH 1083, Clean ..................................$10,500 IH 963, 6R30 ............................................CALL JD 12R22, tin, Clean..............................$8,950 JD 843, GVL poly, knife rolls ................$9,500 JD 643, 6R30 ........................................$5,500 JD 843, knife rolls................................$10,000 JD 843, Decent ....................................$14,500 MF 864, 36” ..........................................$3,000 ‘04 MF 8R30 hugger head ..........COMING IN Cressoni 2005, 6R30..........................$22,700

duals ..................................................$68,500 Hardi HC950, 90’ ................................$13,500 Hardi TR1000, 60’, T/A, clean..............$6,500 Hardi TR1000, 60’, chemical inductor................................................$7,750 Hardi TR500, 42’, S/A ..........................$2,750 Century 1000, 60’, chemical inductor................................................$9,950 Century 1000, 60’, X-fold hydraulic ..............................................$8,950 Century 750, 60’, FM ............................$7,500 Century 750, 60’, T/A, clean hyd. fold..................................................CALL Century 500, 40’, man. fold..................$3,250 Red Ball 665 1000 gal., 60’ X-fold..................................................$14,900 Bestway 750, 60’, Raven 440..............$4,500 Demco 600, 45’, hi-lo T/A ....................$3,900 Ag-Chem 502, 42’, S/A, clean..............$3,250 Many More In 1000-1500 gal.................CALL

NH TJ480, 1250 hrs., 800 Metrics ..........................................................$189,000 NH TJ500 ..........................................$175,000 NH TJ325, PTO, 380/54 duals ........$102,500 NH TG285, duals, 4055 hrs ..............$97,500 NH TN60, MFD, loader ............................CALL NH TV145, 1615 hrs...........................$84,900 NH TC34DA ..........................................$16,500 NH TC330, S.S., Clean........................$13,250 NH 9280, 4WD ..............................COMING IN NH T9060, 800’ metrics, Rental Returns ................................................................CALL ‘07 NH TG215, SS, 18.4R46..............$89,500 NH 7740, SLE w/Allied ldr.............COMING IN JD 6400, loader....................................$37,500 IH 1486, duals......................................$11,500 IH 706, NF, w/loader ..............................$4,750 Versatile 876, 5938 hrs......................$42,500 Versatile 876..................................COMING IN CIH 7110, 2WD, 14.9R46, 6475 hrs. ............................................................$37,250 ‘03 CIH JX55, 287 hrs. ......................$16,750 CIH 1486, 2000 hrs. on new motor ............................................................$11,500 CIH 784 w/loader....................................$9,250 Ford 8730, FWA, 7970 ......................$29,500 Ford TW5, FWA, 4400 hrs.................$22,500 Ford 4610, Clean....................................$8,500 Ford 8000, open station ..........................CALL Agco RT-115, loader ..........................$54,000 Case 4690, 4WD, 3 pt. PTO ..............$16,200

AUGERS

Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ....................$8,250 Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ....................$7,750 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ..................$11,950 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ..................$11,250 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ..................$11,750 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ..................$11,500 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ..................$10,900 Case 2090..............................................CALL Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ....................$9,950 Oliver 1555, open station ................$6,250 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ....................$7,750 Oliver 1655 ........................................$5,500 Westfield MK 10x61..............................$7,500

JD 4020LP, Schwartz WF ................$6,950

GRAVITY BOXES/GRAIN CARTS

Many Other Used Straight & Swing Hoppers On Hand - CALL

Parker 500, corner auger ....................$9,500 J&M 875, duals, scale ........................$19,500 J&M 350, repainted ..............................$4,750 J&M 385, roll tarp..................................$5,900 Kilbros 1600 ........................................$17,500 Kilbros 385 ............................................$4,150 Parker 4500, scale ................................$9,500 EZ-Flow 500, 23.1-26 ..........................$8,950 600 Bu. Box, New, w/used gear........$10,500 New Parker & J&M Grain Carts On Hand

SKIDSTEERS

DISK RIPPERS & CHISELS (2) Krause 4850-18, all parabolics, 10’ ......................................................$44,500 Krause Dominator, 21’ rolling basket ................................................$57,500 ‘05 JD 2700, 9-24 ..............................$26,500 DMI 7-30 w/lead shanks ....................$14,900 Glencoe 7400, 7-shank, spring shank....................................................$6,900 Glencoe 11-shank..................................$6,400 DMI 730B, lead shanks, gates, harrow, Clean ..................................................$25,500 DMI 730, standard shanks ................$14,000 Kent 9-shank, S/A, newer blades ........$2,750 DMI Coulter Champ II ..........................$2,995 Krause 4850-18, 200 acres ..............$52,000 Krause 4850-15, Clean Mach. ..........$38,800 White 445, 5 deep tills, 17-shank ..............................................................$8,950 Case 730B, lead shanks, new leveler$27,500

NH LS180, cab, 2-spd. ............................CALL NH L150, heater........................................CALL STALK SHREDDERS NH LS160 ............................................$14,900 Loftness, 18’ mtd...................................$7,500 NH LX885 ............................................$17,500 Loftness, 20’ ..........................................$6,500 JD 6675, 2600 hrs...............................$13,000 Mustang 345 ..........................................$4,850 Loftness, 22’ semi mount ....................$6,950 Hiniker 1700, 20’ ..................................$6,500 SPRAYERS Alloway, 22’, semi mount ....................$8,950 Balzer 1500, PC, semi mount ................CALL Hardi Commander 1500, 132’, duals........................................................CALL Balzer 2000 ............................................$6,950 Alloway Woods......................................$9,250 Hardi Navigator 1100, 90’, We Are Your Harvestec flush & rinse......................................$27,500 JD 220 ..................................................$12,500 Corn Head Headquarters Schulte, 15’ windrower ........................$4,250 Hardi Navigator 1000, 60’, Call Us For New & Used Heads controller............................................$14,500 COMBINE HEADS Hardi Navigator 1000, 60’ ................$13,500 Geringhoff PC, 6R30, steel snouts......$7,950 Hardi 6600, 120’, steering

We Sell New Westfield Augers

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chlauderaff Impl. Co. 320-693-7277

60240 U.S. Hwy. 12 Litchfield, MN Ask for John, Jared, Roger or Rick

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‘78 JD 6600 hydro combine ..............$3,500 JD 643, 6RN cornhead ......................$2,500 JD 444, 4RW cornhead......................$1,250 IH 8-20” reconditioned, poly, corn ....$6,500 ‘00 CIH 1020, 30’ flex head ..............$9,900 ‘98 CIH 1020, 30’ flex head ..............$7,500 JD 2510, gas......................................$6,250 JD 2520, gas......................................$7,000 JD 3010, gas, loader..........................$5,500 JD 2510, JD loader ............................$8,250 JD 2030, Utility ......................................Call JD 2355, Utility ......................................Call (2) JD 3020, PS ..................$8,500/$17,500 (2) JD 4020, PS ....................$6,900/$8,900 (2) JD 4020, PS, side console ......................................$12,500-$15,500 JD 4000, WF, 3 pt. ............................$9,250 JD 4430, PS ....................................$13,500 JD 4230, Quad, eng. OH ..................$13,500 JD 4240, Quad ................................$18,500 (2) JD 4440, PS ................$17,500/$19,250 JD 4450, PS ....................................$24,500 JD 4650, PS ....................................$23,500 JD 4255, Quad, new engine ............$37,500 JD 4455, PS ....................................$34,500 (2) JD 4960, MFD..............$39,000/$51,000 JD 7800, FWA, JD 740 loader..........$45,000

‘06 Harvestec 4308C cornhead, will set up for any make ....$42,500

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NH ST830, 39’ chisel, 650 lb. trips, 1 season ............................$34,900

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WANTED: 3R cornhead for WANTED: Looking for a 50’ FOR SALE: Hardi 1100 apron style Fox chopper; Kewannee elevator, model sprayer, 90’ boom, loaded, also Super E or D for 500 or 600, in exc shape $24,000; JD 643 cornhead, parts. (715)881-1456 near Mankato MN area. $5,500; JD 444 cornhead, 507-327-1733 $2,500. 320-510-0468 WANTED: Case tractors, any cond. especially model WANTED: Soil finisher, 16’ Hagie 284 Sprayer, 80' boom, to 18’. 507-732-7420 good cond, $32,000/OBO. 2290, 507-625-7895 515-689-2547 or 515-689-0907

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WANTED: Belarus tractor, Wanted: Field drainage lift 50-100hp running, in need station pump (used or reof repair or parts. 515-835buildable), stainless steel, 7673 vertical style, 6” discharge, 3HP to 7.5HP, CarWANTED: Blacksmith trip ry brand or similar. 701hammers, anvils, swage 388-8667 blocks, cone mandrels; also Ted Flowers parade saddles.

Contact R.N. WANTED: Gear motor for a Sukup stirator, made in Brown, 6940 E 550N, Deca1970s, gear motor is 7”x4 tur, IN 46733; 260-413-0626 1/2’. Call 218-462-2196 (cell) or 260-724-7554 (home) WANTED: JD or International 5, 6 or 7 btm pull type plow; 6, 8, or 12R 30” JD planter. 320-220-3114 or 320-877-7577

1907 E. Main. Albert Lea, MN 56007 www.westrumtruck.com

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-Day Cab1994 IH 8200, low miles ........................................CALL 2003 Columbia Freightliner ................................$26,900 2000 Freightliner Century, big power ................$21,000 -Straight Trucks1999 International w/24’ van body ......................$6,900 1999 Freightliner FL80, will take a 20’ freight box ..Call 1983 Chevy (gas), 18’ box & hoist ....................$10,500 1988 International (dsl.), 16’ box & hoist, tag ....$8,900 -Trailer2012 Dakota 38’ AL trailer ........................................Call

507-383-8976 Cell 507-373-4218 • 507-448-3306

HANCOCK, MN ‘99 HAULIN Expandable Truss HOPPERS ‘87 Cornhusker 42’/66” AL Hopper Trailer, 48’-70’, 102” wide, 22.5 Rubber, Excellent Paint ..$12,500 Bottom, 50% T, New B, Clean & Straight ..........................$14,500 ‘89 Hot Shot Steel, 48’x96”, ‘91 Wilson 43’ Pacesetter $16,000 Spread Axle, New B, 70% T, New Paint ........................$4,500 VANS & WATER TRAILERS Custom Haysides for flatbed (10) ‘88 to ‘01 48’ & 53’ Storage or or drop-deck on any trailer Roadworthy Dry Vans ..........................................$1,250 ............................$3,500-$7,500

BELTED TRAILERS (2) ‘98 Trinity Eagle Bridge 42’, 36” Belt ........$17,500 & $19,500

LIVESTOCK TRAILER ‘99 Barrett 53’, Level Floor w/Deck, Triple Axle ........$19,500

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DAY CAB TRUCKS

END DUMPS

‘05 Spek Tek 28’ AL, SR, 80% T, New Brakes & Lights, w/Air Lift Door for Trash or Silage, New Cylinder, Plastic Liner, Like New ........................................$26,500

DROP-DECKS/DOUBLE DROP

‘88 International S1900 Boom ‘98 High View 5th wheel, 3 axle Truck, DT466/5-Speed Auto w/beavertail & ramps, Like New ..........................................$8,750 ..........................................$4,000 ‘93 International 8000 Series, Engineered Beavertails for Drop 3406 Cat, 9-spd., AR, 270,000 Deck or Double Drops, w/ramps, Miles, Wet Kit, New 22.5 Tires Includes All Electrical & Paint ........................................$10,500 ..........................Installed $5,000 ‘93 White GMC Aero, N14 ..................Unassembled $3,000 Cummins, 10-spd., AR, new B, MISCELLANEOUS 70% T, Nice Truck ............$9,500 ‘97 T-600, 2.7 Detroit, 10 spd., Dayu Fork Lift, 5000 Lb., less 228” WB ......................$13,500 engine ..............................$1,500 4000 Watt Diesel Light Plant FLATBEDS ..........................................$3,250 (1) ‘97 Wilson 48’x102” ......$7,250 AR/SR Suspensions For Trailers ‘97 Wabash 48’x102”..........$7,250 ..................................$1,000/Axle ‘86 Fruehauf 44’x96” ..........$5,750 1/4” Thick Plastic Liner, ‘78 Transcraft 40’x96” Steel, SR, 10’ Wide............................$30/Ft. Good Paint ........................$3,500

• All Trailers DOTable •

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Call 320-212-5220 or 320-392-5361

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Wanted

Feed, Seed, Hay

Feed, Seed, Hay

Dairy

Silo demolition, we pay cash for harverstors, & charge for take down stave silos.

Dennis, 507-995-2331

Feed, Seed, Hay #1 Super Clean Small Square Bales 1st Crop Grass Hay. NO DUST, NO MUST, NO MOLD, NO RAIN. Awesome for horses. $180/ton or $4/bale. Super Soft 2nd Crop, $225/ton or $5/bale.

Delivery avail. within 150 miles of Rice Lake, WI. 715-296-2162 Alfalfa mixed & grass hay in rounds & big squares, delivered from South Dakota, Jerry Haensel (605)3633402 or (605)321-9237

Dairy quality western alfalfa, big squares or small squares, delivered in semi loads.

Clint Haensel (605) 310-6653 FOR SALE: Alfalfa 3x3 squares, first cutting, 160 RFV, using super conditioning rows, $135 a ton.

Delivery available.

507-427-2050 Mountain Lake

‘01 753G, glass cab & heater, 4850 hrs. ......................$9,450 ‘84 743, glass cab & heater ......................................$8,500 ‘79 732, 175 hrs. eng. OH$6,500 ‘04 463, glass cab & heater, 3025 hrs. ......................$7,750 ‘05 NH LS-120, gas, 1100 hrs. ......................$9,250 ‘79 Gehl 2600..................$3,250 OMC 1000........................$2,500 OMC 310..........................$2,950 ‘08 JD 328, glass cab & heater, 2-spd., 3500 hrs. ........$21,750 ‘08 JD 317, glass cab & heater, 2900 hrs. ....................$15,250 ‘06 I-R 36” tree spade ....$7,500

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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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Very nice young herd of 60 crossbred cows. Most all 1st & 2nd lactations. Low SCC. Priced reasonable.

Also all young stock for sale. Please leave a message 608-214-6971 WANTED TO BUY! USED BULK MILK COOLER ALL SIZES. 920-867-3048 WANTED TO BUY: Dairy heifers and cows.

(320)235-2664

Norwood Young America 952-467-2181 A family business since 1946 with the Lanos: Jack, Paul, Bob and Andy

USED TRACTORS ‘10 NH T-9060, 605 hrs. ......................$235,000 ‘99 NH 8870, MFD, 4000 hrs. ................$75,900 ‘92 NH 7740SL, cab, loader, 5100 hrs.....$22,000 ‘51 Farmall M ..........................................$1,650 Farmall Super C w/60” belly mower..........$2,850 ‘99 Cub Cadet 7205, MFD, 60” mower deck, 843 hrs. ................................................$7,500 ‘86 CDS 710C Industrial Tractor Loader ....$7,900 ‘69 JD 4520, recent engine OH, new paint & tires..................................................$11,000

USED COMBINES ‘08 Gleaner A-75, 450 sep. hrs., 20.8x42 duals..................................................$193,000 ‘80 NH TR-75, 4x30 corn head..................$7,250

USED TILLAGE ‘09 Wilrich XL2, 60’, 3 bar harrow w/rolling basket..................................................$58,500 ‘06 Wilrich Quad X, 50’, 5 bar spike harrow ................................................$34,500 ‘97 Wilrich Quad 5, 32’, 4 bar harrow ....$11,900 ‘01 JD 2200, 36.5’, 3 bar harrow, floating hitch ....................................................$20,500 ‘02 JD 980, 42.5’, 3 bar harrow..............$19,500 ‘92 JD 960, 32.5’, 3 bar harrow................$7,950 ‘03 JD 200, 42’ crumbler........................$10,500 (2) ‘07 Wilrich 957, 7-shank ripper, harrow ..................................................Each $26,500 ‘09 Wilrich 957, 5-shank ripper, harrow, 50 acres ..............................................$38,500 Wilrich 6600 ripper, 7-shank ....................$5,350 International 55, 15-shank chisel ..............$1,950 Cook 10-shank chisel ..............................$1,250 Oliver 14’ disk..............................................$750 Ford 152 plow, 5x18, nice shape ..............$2,750

air cart ................................................$35,500 ‘96 White 6100, 12x30, vertical fold, liq. fert. ................................................$20,000 ‘01 White 6100, 12x30, vertical fold........$16,500 White 6700, 12x30, 3 pt., lift assist ........$13,500 ‘88 White 5100, 4x38 twin row, dry fert. ..$7,500 Great Plains, 12x30 twin row, liq. fert.....$69,500 Sunflower 20’ drill, pull cart, 10” spacing, press wheels..........................................$7,950

USED HAY EQUIPMENT ‘88 Hesston 8200, high contact rolls ......$20,750 ‘99 CIH DC-515, 15’ discbine..................$12,500 ‘04 NH 1411, 10’ discbine ......................$13,900 ‘77 Gehl 880, 9’ haybine..............................$850 Vicon CM1700 disc mower ......................$2,500 ‘84 Versatile 4814, 14’ haybine for 276/9030 ..............................................$3,500 JD 100, large square baler......................$17,900 ‘07 NH BR-780A round baler ..................$20,000 ‘06 NH BR-750A round baler, netwrap ....$17,500 ‘05 NH BR-740 round baler ....................$15,950 ‘97 NH 664 round baler, netwrap ..............$9,850 ‘90 NH 848 round baler ............................$3,250 ‘01 Hesston 845 round baler ....................$9,850 ‘01 Vermeer 554XL round baler, netwrap ..$8,950 ‘90 Gehl 1870 round baler ........................$3,950 ‘94 NH 570 square baler, 72 thrower ........$7,950 ‘78 NH 315 square baler w/75 kicker ......$3,950 (2) Gehl 7190 feeder wagons Starting at $3,250 ‘07 NH FP-240, Crop Pro, 3x30 cornhead, hay head..............................................$55,000 NH 770 chopper, hay head only, electric controls..................................................$1,500 NH 30 forage blower....................................$500 JD 65 forage blower ....................................$350 NH 144 invertor ........................................$3,250

USED PLANTERS

USED MISCELLANEOUS

White 8524, 24 row, 30” spacings ..........$63,500 ‘10 White 8524, 24x20, liq. fert...............$99,900 White 8186, 16x30, liq. fert.....................$48,500 ‘96 White 6100, 12x30, Flexi Coil 1740

‘05 NH 195 spreader ................................$9,950 ‘05 NH 3110 spreader ..............................$4,750 ‘97 H&S 1802 spreader ............................$5,500 ‘10 Artsway 8x55 grain auger ..................$4,500

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Dairy Quality Alfalfa Tested big squares & round bales, delivered from South Dakota John Haensel (605)334-0643

‘07 T-190, glass cab w/AC, 2900 hrs. ....................$26,900 ‘06 T-140, 450 hrs.........$22,000 ‘07 S-330, glass cab w/AC, 2-spd., 3000 hrs. ........$28,500 ‘02 S-300, glass cab w/AC, 2-spd., 6700 hrs. ........$18,900 ‘02 S-250, glass cab & heater, 2-spd., 3150 hrs. ........$21,500 ‘08 S-205, glass cab w/AC, 3700 hrs. ....................$23,900 ‘08 S-175, glass cab & heater, 5700 hrs. ....................$14,900 ‘00 773C, glass cab & heater, 4400 hrs. ....................$12,500 ‘07 S-150, glass cab & heater, 4500 hrs. ....................$14,950 (3) S-130, glass cab & heater,

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USED EQUIPMENT FROM A NAME YOU CAN TRUST!

Dairy FOR SALE: 800 gal Surge bulk tank w/ controls & compressor; Surge 100+ vacuum pump w/ motor-rebuilt in 2010; 74 7' freestall dividers. Phone (608)3934132. Leave message

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WANTED: Marker arms for FOR SALE: Big round WANTED TO BUY: DAM- FOR SALE: 12 Holstein Springing Heifers, due in a JD 7000, 12R30” front bales, alfalfa grass mixAGED CORN. Wet or drynext 4-6 wks. Good feet & fold planter, 320-309-0952 ture, no rain, stored inside. almost any condition. legs. 608-963-7061 952-445-2527 Schwieger Grain Fairmont, MN WANTED: top section or FOR SALE: 7 Registered 800-658-2314 roof for Lawry holding FOR SALE: Round bales grass hay, stored inside, Holstein bred heifers. Due or 507-236-5181 cell bin; FOR SALE: AB8 au$30/bale.

507-278-4536 Oct.-Dec. (3) grade heito. batch dryer, exc. cond, fers. Oct-Dec. From own $2,000. 320-355-2333 FOR SALE: Small sq bales, Livestock herd. 10 AI sired, AI bred oats & grass hay, $3 per Holstein heifers. 15 more Farm Services Black Angus Yearling bulls; bale. 515-368-1358 bred Holstein heifers. 608Hamp, Chester & YorkBarn roofing Hip or round Hay for Sale. LeRoy Ose, 723-2987 or 608-723-2989 shire boars & gilts. roof barns & other buildThief River Falls, MN 218- Alfred Kemen(320)598-3790 ings. Also barn & quanset 681-7796 or cell 218-689-6675 FOR SALE: Holstein milk straightening. Kelling Silo cows from our herd.

Dairy HAY FOR SALE: 1st crop 800-355-2598 Young herd. Your choice. alfalfa-6x5 net wrapped, 48 Cow tie stall herd for 715-797-4190 2nd crop alfalfa 4 1/2x4 sale.

DHIA tested, 20 yr Custom Combining, reasonatwine wrapped.

Small accelerated genetics FOR SALE: Registered end ble rates. 6R30” cornhead, squares grass. Can help breeding, good production 25’ beanhead. Combine has grade Holstein herd. 53 load. Call (715)926-5259 & good SCC. Sell as herd.

RWA. Brown County or cows. Home bred, young, leave message for Pete.

715-651-5996 nearby counties. Please 22,000 RHA, low SCC, no contact Ron at 507-217-9576 Straw, Grass, Alfalfa & Corn TMR, BST. Owner retirBulls For Sale.

Registered for more information. ing. 715-273-4638 Stalks In Large Rounds & Holstein bulls from top AI Large Squares, sires & high producing Custom manure hauling, Red & White Holsteins 80 in net & plastic twine. dams. Bomaz Farms. Call semis available, pump Cows & Springing Heifers.

Delivered in semi loads.

715-222-4348 tractor provided, mapping Home bred, young, nice Call Tim at 320-221-2085 and flow meters in tracudders, 65# average, low DAIRY COWS WANTED. tors. Call for rates. 507-276SCC. (715)273-4638 Jersey or Jersey Cross.

WANTED & FOR SALE 9680 Parlor preferred. 30-50 Retiring dairy farmer has ALL TYPES of hay & head. Private sale prefer154 free stall cows for sale. straw. Also buying corn, red. 608-637-2066 Custom round baling w/ late Johne's vaccinated herd wheat & oats.

Western Hay model JD baler Makes up 25+ yrs, All vaccinations available. Fox Valley Al- FOR SALE: 25 Registered to 5x6 bale. Twine or net current, Monthly herd falfa Mill. 920-853-3554 Jersey cows & springers. wrap. Wanted to Buy: health vet checks, PreAll AI breeding. Call 715Wheat Straw off the field dominately young herd, % 425-6031 after 7pm or 715or bales Contact Steve or red/red factor cows, No 338-6288 anytime Messerli 507-276-4595 BST used, Not pushed. Call 715-308-9836 Melchert Harvesting LLC. Melchert Harvesting is looking for corn & soybean acres to custom harvest.

Currently operating 4 CIH 2388 combine & supporting 2000 hrs. & up ‘04 T-300, glass cab w/AC equipment. Jon Melchert 507-838-5507 1350 hrs. ....................$27,500 ................Starting at $12,750

Beef Cattle

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BALZER BUILDS THE BEST LIQUID MANURE HANDLING EQUUPMENT

- Balzer 10,000 gal. 5th wheel slurry - Balzer 8500, 5th wheel, Dietrich 5-unit - Houle 7300 gal. slurry w/5-unit disk injector - Balzer 6350 gal. slurry tank w/5-unit disk injector - Houle 6000 gal. slurry w/4 units, disk injector - Balzer 4800 slurry w/5 unit disk injector - Calumet 4500 gal. vacuum tank - Balzer 4200 gal. vacuum w/3-tank injector - Balzer 3200 gal. slurry tank - Calumet 4000 gal. slurry manure tank Express w/5-unit chisel injectors Car 6-wheel drive w/4000 Calumet Lagoon - Auto slurry tank w/4-unit disc injector Pump - Calumet 3750 gal. vacuum manure tank w/3-unit disc injector - Better Bilt 3400 gal. vacuum tank - Calumet 2250 gal. vacuum tank w/2-shank injector - Van Dale 1000 vacuum tank - Better Bilt 2100 gal. vacuum tank - Hawkbilt 1500 gal. vacuum tank - Dietrich 5 unit sweep injector

Balzer Express Tank • 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

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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

Misc.Equipment:

V-Pump • Up to 4000 gallons per minute

The most durable and dependable high capacity pump available.

Other:

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- N Tech vari width vertical manure pump - Farmstar horizontal 540 transfer manure pump - Balzer Afi 35 horizonal manure pump - Balzer Rovatti horizontal manure pump - Houle 3 pt. trans. manure pump - Clay 12’ vertical manure pump

New Tanks & Pumps: Any Size Available Used Tanks:

- Van Dale 10’ vertical manure pump - Nuhn 540, 8’ vertical manure pump - Balzer 55’ wall welke lagoon pump - Hydro Engineering, 23-shank, 46’ direct injector tool bar - Hydro Engineering, 16-shank, 30’, 3 pt, direct injector tool bar

- Redball 570, 1200 gal., 90’ boom w/Raven 450 monitor - Top Air 1100 gal., 80’ boom, Raven 450 monitor - Top Air 1000 gal., 60’ boom, MT 3000 monitor - L & D 1000 gal., 88’ boom, no monitor - Blumhardt tandem axles, 1000 gal., 90’ boom w/foamer - Top Air 1000 gal., 60’ X-fold boom w/Raven 440 monitor, tandem axle - Red Ball 565, 1000 gal., 60’, FF boom - AgChem 750 gal., 60’ X-fold boom, tandem axle - Walsh 500 gal., 45’ boom - Brent 1084 grain cart - A&L 650T grain cart - Brent 420 grain cart - Kilbros 1200 grain cart - Kinze 1050 row crop grain cart - J&M 525 grain cart - EZ Trail 475 grain cart - Brent 472 grain cart - M&W 400 bu. gravity box - Fork type rock picker - Reel type Degelman rock picker - Glencoe model 4300 soil finisher - Tyler pull-type fertilizer spreader - Mobility 4-ton spreader, full hyd. drive - Dempster 4-ton pull-type fert. spreader - Willmar 8-ton spreader - 8’ Power Angle Hyd. Plow for skidloader - Leon 650 hyd. pull-type scraper - Balzer Model 1200 pull-type windrower - Miller 12 silage dump box - New Lee Mfg. 975 & 475 trailer dsl. fuel tanks - CIH 527B Ecolo Tiger chisel plow - Balzer 1400, 14’ stalk chopper - NH ST460, 28’ disk, like new - ‘05 Featherlite 16’ gooseneck livestock trlr - NH 9884 w/4316 hrs.

- JD 456 round baler - JD 8100, MFWD - IH 706, gas, WF - Bourgault 3225 dual compartment air seeder

Beef Cattle

Beef Cattle

15 Black bred cows w/ or Dexter cattle; red cows, no FOR SALE: Reg. black ancalves, bulls. (920)684-1776 w/out calves, consisting of gus bulls w/ great growth reg. Angus, reg. Maine An& disposition, breeding out FOR SALE OR LEASE jou, & crossbreds. Call of Schiefelbein Genetics, REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS (608)343-8972 320-597-2747 Bulls, 2 year old & yearlings; bred heifers, calving 20 young Black Angus cows.

Registered Texas Longhorn ease, club calves & balBred w/ Black Angus bull breeding stock, cows or ance performance, AI to calve in spring. Home heifers or roping stock, top sired.

In herd improveraised. $1,150/ea (715)239blood lines. ment program.

3264 (507)235-3467 J.W. Riverview Angus Farm Glencoe, MN 55336 200 Holstein Steers, home WANT TO BUY: Butcher Conklin Dealer raised. Nice cuts, decows, bulls, fats & walka(320)864-4625 horned, vacc., wormed, ble cripples; also horses, implanted, approx. 425#sheep & goats.

500#. $1.20/lb. 715-613-2072 320-235-2664

4WD & TRACK TRACTORS ‘08 CIH 435, 790 hrs., PS, diff. lock, Lux. cab, big hyd. pump, 620x42 Michelin tires & duals..........................................$180,000 JD 8770, 12 spd. syncro, 5211 hrs., 20.8x38, radial tires & duals 85%, 4 hyd.......$62,500 JD 8870, 24 spd., 6330 hrs., eng. OH ‘09, 20.8x38 tires & duals 75%, 4 hyd., diff. lock ..........................................$65,000 ‘97 JD 9300, 24 spd., 5568 hrs., 20.8x42 duals ................................................$78,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS ‘04 Cat 765, 3000 hrs., 18” tracks,, 120” track spacing, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., frt. wgts., Nice ....................................$125,000 ‘03 JD 8420, 4486 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, P.S. trans., 380x50 tires & duals, front wgts. ..............................................$108,000 ‘02 JD 8120, MFWD, 4921 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 540 capable, big pump, 380x50 tires & duals........................$89,000 ‘98 JD 8100, MFWD, 7530 hrs., 420x46 tires & duals, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 8 frt. wgts., big hyd. pump..................................$62,500 ‘08 JD 7230 Premium, MFWD, 450 hrs., cab, air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x38 tires....................................$78,000 ‘90 JD 4455, 2WD, 8801 hrs., 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 14.9x46 tires & duals, power shift ......................................$36,500 ‘07 C-IH 305 Magnum, 2100 hrs., 380/54” tires & duals, 380x46 front tires & duals, 3 pt., 1000 PTO ......$123,000 ‘06 C-IH MX215, MFWD, 1850 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 20.8x42 duals $92,000 Case 2096, cab/air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x38 singles, 6300 hrs. ..............$17,500 ‘08 NH T8020, MFWD, Super Steer, 540/1000 PTO, 685 hrs., 4 hyds., 380x54 tires & duals......................$118,000 ‘07 NH TG275, MFWD, 1050 hrs., 18.4x50 duals, front duals, front wgts., 540/1000 PTO ..............................................$115,000 ‘07 NH TG245, cab/air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 5 hyd., Super Sette, 14.9x50” tires & duals ........................................................$99,000

COMBINES ‘05 JD 9660, 1147 sep. hrs., 1633 eng. hrs.,

hi-cap unload, Contour Master, 20.8x38 duals, touchset, chopper ..............$125,000 ‘10 JD 9770STS, 4x4, 618 eng. hrs., 460 sep. hrs., Premier cab, Contour Master, Pro drive trans., 650x38 tires & duals, 28Lx26 rear tires, fine cut chopper w/power tail board, self leveling, shoe..............$220,000 ‘06 JD 8010, 1325 eng./1050 sep. hrs., 20.8x42 duals, tracker, chopper, rock trap, auto header, Sharp!........................$149,000 ‘07 JD 9660,1738 eng./1230 sep. hrs., Contour Master, Premium cab, Delux header controls, chopper, hi-unload, 18.4x42 duals ......................................................$139,000 ‘06 JD 9760STS, 1783 eng./1207 sep. hrs., Contour Master, bullet rotor, Touchset, HID lights, 20.8x42 duals ..............$140,000 ‘05 JD 9760STS, 1462 eng./1086 sep. hrs., Contour Master, 20.8x38 duals, chopper, header controls ..............$130,000 ‘04 JD 9760STS, 2358 eng./1612 sep. hrs., hi-capacity unload, Contour Master, chopper, Greenstar yield & moisture monitor, 800x32 tires ....................$122,000 ‘04 JD 9660STS, 1761 eng./1289 sep. hrs., 18.4x42 duals, Green Star, yield & moisture monitor, touch set..........................$120,000 ‘02 JD 9550, 2693 eng./1673 sep. hrs., 4WD, Contour Master, bin ext., chopper, JD chaff spreader ............................$89,000 ‘05 Cat 560 Lexion, 1032 eng./810 sep. hrs., 20.8x42 duals, auto contour, 3D sieves, chopper, walker machine ................$98,000

COMBINE HEADS ‘06 & 07 JD 635 flex heads, nice ......................................$26,000 & $27,000 (3) CIH 1020, 25’ & 30’ flex heads ............................................$6,500-$9,000 ‘97 JD 930, 30’ flex head ....................$9,000 (2) JD 693, 6R30” cornheadsChoice $12,000

LOADER TRACTORS ‘02 NH TM125, MFWD, 3483 hrs., cab, air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, Buhler 2795 loader w/joystick control..................$49,000

GRAIN CARTS ‘67 Parker 739, 750 bu. grain cart w/roll tarp, 30.5x32 tires ..........................$23,500

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‘01 JD 9650STS, 18.4x42, duals, 2003 sep. hrs., 2675 hrs. ....................................$113,900

‘01 JD 9750STS, 1778 sep. hrs., 710-38, duals, 2597 hrs. ....................................$126,500

AMS, Great Selection of Used ‘07 JD 9860STS, PRWD, AMS On Hand ....................CALL 20.8x42, duals, 1105 sep. hrs., 1588 hrs. ....................$215,000

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‘93 JD 4760, MFWD, 175 hp., 14.9x46, duals, 3 hyds. $44,950

‘66 JD 4020, 2WD, 95 hp., ‘10 JD 1293, 3320, 12R30, MFWD, knife 32 hp., ‘06 rolls, 18.4x38, 1 hyd., cab......$10,000 HHC cab, loader ......................$CALL ..............................$49,500

‘03 Geringhoff 630, 6R30, knife rolls ..............................$31,900

‘09 JD 612CC, 12R22, chopping, knife rolls......$92,000

‘08 JD 608C, 8R30, Stalkmaster ......................................$55,000

‘06 JD 1293, 12R30, knife rolls, HHC ..............................$49,500

‘07 JD 630F, 30’, HHC, DAS ......................................$28,000

‘04 JD 635F, 35’, HHC, DAS ‘97 JD 930, 30, poly skids ......................................$27,500 ........................................$8,900

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‘04 JD 2700 Mulch Ripper, 18’, 9-shank, 10” points ......$27,900

‘08 Salford RTS24, Residue Tillage Tool, 24’, harrow $38,000

Balzer Shredder, 14’, 6R30, ‘01 Loftness 264SH Shredder, pull type ..........................$3,900 22’, 1000 PTO ................$9,500

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‘08 JD 6603, MFWD, 109 hp., 18.4x38, 2 hyds., 359 hrs. ......................................$35,000

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‘10 JD 9430, 4WD, 425 hp., ‘01 JD 9400, 4WD, 425 hp., 710-70R42, 4 hyd. ......$224,000 710-70R42, duals, 5 hyds., 5486 hrs. ....................$108,000

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‘03 JD 9520, 4WD, 450 hp., 800-70R38, 4 hyds., 4336 hrs. ....................................$165,000

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‘97 JD 1291, 12R22, fluted rolls ......................................$24,900

‘83 JD 7720 hydro, field ready ..............................$13,500

TILLAGE

Wilrich 957, 5-30, Nice..........................................$33,900 ‘05 Wilrich 957, 7-30 ............................................$29,900 CIH 9300, 9-30, w/leveler......................................$29,900 JD 512, 7-shank....................................................$20,900 Wishek 862NT, 30’ ................................................$54,900 Wishek 862NT, 16’, w/harrow................................$31,900 Wilrich Quad Four, 35’, chisel plow ........................$22,500 DMI Tigermate II, 32’ ............................................$17,900 DMI Tiger II 5-30, levelers........................................$7,900 DMI 527B ..........................................................Coming In

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Kinze 3600, 16/31, Nice ........................................$74,900 Kinze 3600, 16/31 ................................................$69,900 Kinze 3600, 16/31 ................................................$57,500 Kinze 2600, 12/23 ................................................$39,900 ‘03 Kinze 3000, 8/15, Nice ....................................$24,900 White 6100, 12R30 w/11 row trailer......................$23,900 JD 7100, 12R30 ......................................................$3,500 CORN HEADS CIH 900, 12R30 ......................................................$7,900 ‘07 NH 98C, 8R30..................................................$29,900 Great Plains 20’, 10” w/coulter cart ......................$10,900 ‘07 Gleaner 3000, 8R30 ........................................$32,900 IH 800, 12R30 ........................................................$2,500 NH 96C, 8R30........................................................$23,900 SKIDLOADER ‘03 Gleaner 3000, 8R30 ........................................$23,900 ‘98 JD 893, 8R30 ..................................................$21,900 ‘10 Bobcat S330................................................Coming In NH 996, 8R30........................................................$19,500 ‘09 NH L-185, 750 hrs., cab, heat..........................$32,900 NH 996, 8R30........................................................$16,900 ‘07 NH L-185, 1200 hrs., cab, heat & AC ..............$29,900 NH 974, 6R30..........................................................$3,950 ‘09 NH L-175, 2500 hrs., cab, heat........................$24,900 Gleaner R-436 ........................................................$1,750 ‘08 NH L-175, 3600 hrs., cab, heat........................$21,900 ‘00 NH LS-180, 5500 hrs., cab, heat ....................$16,900 GRAIN HEADS ‘07 Gleaner 8200, 35’ w/Crary ..............................$32,900 ‘98 NH LX485, 5970 hrs. ........................................$6,500 MISCELLANEOUS ‘03 Gleaner 8000, 30’ w/Crary ..............................$23,900 ‘03 NH 74C, 30’ ....................................................$18,900 Mandako 42’ roller, Demo Unit ..............................$31,500 JD 930F w/Crary ..................................................$16,900 ‘10 Demco 1350 cart, scale, Demo Unit ................$54,900 ‘97 JD 925, 25’ ....................................................$10,900 Kinze 1040 cart, scace, tarp ..................................$31,500 ‘98 NH 973, 30’ ....................................................$10,900 ‘10 Demco 650 cart ..............................................$19,900 ‘07 Demco 750 cart ..............................................$18,900 COMBINES ‘07 Gleaner R75, 1040 hrs...................................$179,900 Parker 6500 cart w/scale ........................................$9,900 ‘01 Gleaner R62, 1500 hrs.....................................$89,900 Brent 544 wagon ..................................................$11,900 ‘00 NH TR-99, RWA, 2255 hrs. ..............................$84,900 (3) Demco 550 wagon ............................................$9,900 ‘95 NH TR-87, 1850 hrs. ......................................$39,900

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TRACTORS

‘98 NH 9882, 3500 hrs ..........................................$89,900 ‘98 NH 9682, 4000 hrs. ........................................$82,500 ‘96 NH 9682, 4500 hrs. ........................................$72,500 ‘90 Ford 876, 4WD, 3 pt., 5400 hrs. ......................$39,900 ‘98 CIH 8940, 5400 hrs. ........................................$73,900 ‘85 JD 8450, 6470 hrs. ........................................$27,900 ‘09 NH T8050, FWA, 1170 hrs. ............................$159,900 ‘09 NH T7040, FWA, 300 hrs. ............Coming In $103,900 ‘05 Massey 8460, FWA, PS, 3200 hrs. ..................$84,900 ‘05 Genesis 2210, FWA, SS, 3000 hrs. ..................$89,900 ‘02 Genesis 2210, FWA, SS, 3400 hrs. ..................$79,900 ‘98 NH TV-140, 5900 hrs.......................................$48,900 JD 4640 ................................................................$19,900 White 2-75, FWA, Westendorf ................................$13,900 Versatile 256 bi-directional ....................................$27,900 AC 7045, 2WD, 6000 hrs. ......................................$10,900 AC 6080, 2WD, ROPS, 5500 hrs...............................$9,500 Ford 8000................................................................$7,900 ‘04 NH TC45DA, loader ..........................................$19,900

‘03 JD 9520T, Track, 450 hp., 4 hyds., 3592 hrs. ......$154,900

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USED EQUIPMENT

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‘99 JD 9610, AWD, 18.4x38, 2312 sep hrs., 3297 hrs. ......................................$86,000

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‘91 JD 9500, 235 hp., 30.5x32, 3261 sep. hrs., 4880 hrs. ......................................$39,000

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Horses (2) Quarter horse mares & (2) Quarter horse colts.

(608) 568-3769 9 yr-old Registered Quarter Horse, gelding; started barrels & poles. 608-3438972 DONKEYS. Miniatures, $150-$550/ea; 3 white standard Jennies, $575/ea. 715377-8090 FOR SALE: A good team of white show type ponies w/ harness & wagon; New Idea 2R corn picker. 952467-9603

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‘06 JD 9560, 687 sep. hrs. ......................................$159,900

‘08 JD 9770, 765 sep hrs., Auto Trac Ready ..........$217,900

4WD TRACTORS

PLATFORMS

(O)’06 JD 9620, 1449 hrs ..............................................$201,900 (B)’99 JD 9400, 3653 hrs. ..............................................$109,900 (O)’98 JD 9400, 3822 hrs. ..............................................$107,900 (H)’97 JD 9400, 3958 hrs. ..............................................$105,900 (H)’91 JD 8760, 6206 hrs. ................................................$58,900 (B)’91 CIH 9230, 4254 hrs., PTO......................................$51,900

(B)’08 JD 635F..................................................................$32,900 (W)’08 JD 625F ................................................................$28,500 (H)’07 JD 630F ................................................................$28,500 (B)’05 CIH 1020, Crary air reel ........................................$27,900 (O)’05 JD 630F ................................................................$27,900 (O)’06 JD 630F ................................................................$27,900 (W)’04 JD 625F ................................................................$25,900 (H)’04 JD 635F ................................................................$25,900 (O)’04 JD 635F ................................................................$24,900 (O)’05 JD 630F ................................................................$24,900 (H)’04 JD 630F ................................................................$24,500 (W)’04 JD 635F ................................................................$24,500 (O)’03 JD 635F ................................................................$23,900 (W)’01 JD 930 ..................................................................$17,500 (O)’01 JD 930, full finger ..................................................$16,500 (W)’02 JD 930, full finger ................................................$15,500 (H)’00 JD 925, full finger ..................................................$14,500 (H)’98 JD 930 ....................................................................$8,900 (H)’97 JD 930 ....................................................................$7,900 (O)’90 JD 925 ....................................................................$6,995 (B)’96 JD 930 ....................................................................$5,900 (O)’91 JD 930 ....................................................................$4,000 (B)’93 JD 930 ....................................................................$3,995

TRACK TRACTORS (B)’09 JD 9630T, 450 hrs. ..............................................$299,900 (O)’10 JD 8295RT, 409 hrs., 18” tracks..........................$214,900 (W)’01 JD 9400T, 2919 hrs. ..........................................$134,900 (B)’01 JD 9400T, 5393 hrs., 3 pt. ..................................$109,900 (B)’00 JD 9300T, 5948 hrs. ..............................................$98,900 (H)’00 CIH 9380, 4819 hrs. ..............................................$87,900

ROW CROP TRACTORS (H)’10 JD 8345R, 773 hrs., IVT ......................................$229,500 (B)’09 JD 8430, 950 hrs., IVT ........................................$189,900 (O)’10 CIH Magnum 305, 350 hrs. ................................$178,900 (B)’10 CIH Magnum 305, 350 hrs...................................$178,900 (O)’02 JD 8420, 4799 hrs. ..............................................$119,900 (O)’02 JD 8320, 4695 hrs. ..............................................$114,900 (W)’89 JD 4555, 7240 hrs. ..............................................$49,500 (B)’10 JD 5085M, 633 hrs., loaded ..................................$42,900 (O)’83 JD 4650, 2WD, 7600 hrs. ......................................$37,900 (H)’94 MF 3660, 5712 hrs. ..............................................$24,500 (B)’73 JD 4630, loader, grapple ........................................$21,900 (B)’71 JD 4320, Syncro ....................................................$12,900 (B)’67 JD 4020, gas............................................................$6,900 (W)’73 Case 1370, 20.8x38’s..............................................$5,500 (W)’60 Farmall 560, gas ....................................................$5,200

COMBINES

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‘98 JD 9400, 3986 hrs., 710/70R38’s..................$107,900

(O)’10 JD 9870, 380 sep. hrs. ........................................$310,000 (O)’10 JD 9870, 300 sep. hrs. ........................................$289,000 (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 (O)’10 JD 9670, 395 sep. hrs. ........................................$239,900 (O)’10 JD 9670, 328 sep. hrs. ........................................$239,900 (B)’08 JD 9670, 532 sep. hrs. ........................................$214,900 (H)’08 JD 9570, duals ....................................................$208,900 (O)’06 JD 9760, 1175 sep. hrs. ......................................$189,000 (W)’06 JD 9660, 1361 sep hrs. ......................................$179,900 (H)’06 JD 9660, 1331 hrs. ..............................................$159,900 (H)’06 JD 9560, 687 sep. hrs. ........................................$159,900 (H)’04 JD 9760, 1237 hrs. ..............................................$155,900 (B)’06 Case 2388, 1201 sep. hrs. ..................................$154,900 (H)’00 JD 9750, 2132 sep. hrs. ......................................$121,900 (O)’99 JD 9650, 2238 sep. hrs. ........................................$95,000 (H)’01 JD 9550, walker, duals ..........................................$92,500

CORN HEADS (B)’10 JD 612C, 12R20” chopping ..................................$92,500 (O)’08 JD 612C, 12R30” chopping ..................................$81,000 (H)’08 JD 612C, 12R20” chopping ..................................$75,500 (O)’08 JD 612C, 12R20” chopping ..................................$73,900 (O)’06 Geringhoff RD830, chopping ................................$52,900 (H)’06 Geringhoff RD830, chopping ................................$51,500 (W)’06 Drago 8R30” chopping ........................................$38,900 (O)’06 Geringhoff RD630 ..................................................$38,900 (H)’06 JD 1293, 30” knife rolls ........................................$37,900 (O)’05 JD 1293, 30” knife rolls ........................................$36,900 (B)’01 JD 1290, 20” knife rolls ........................................$31,900 (O)’02 JD 1293, 30” knife rolls ........................................$29,900 (B)’03 JD 1293, 30” knife rolls ........................................$29,900 (H)’97 JD 1290, 20” knife rolls ........................................$23,000 JD 893, 8R30”......................................(9) from $19,900-$35,500 JD 843, 8R30”..........................................(4) from $5,500-$8,900

SPRAYERS (O)’08 JD 4930, 1500 hrs. ..............................................$205,000 (H)’09 JD 4730, 299 hrs., 100’ boom ............................$182,900 (O)’08 JD 4830, 1450 hrs. ..............................................$179,000 (O)’06 JD 4920, 2335 hrs., dry applicator ......................$170,000 (H)’04 JD 4710, 2284 hrs. ..............................................$121,500 (B)’05 Spray Coupe 7650, 1690 hrs. ................................$87,500 (B)Top Air TA1200 ............................................................$25,900 (O)Sprayer Specialties, 80’ boom ....................................$21,500 (H)’02 Modern Flow FM3, 60’ boom, 3511 hrs. ..............$18,500

‘06 JD 9620, 1455 hrs., 800/70R38’s..................$201,900

(O)Top Air 1000, 80’ boom ..............................................$14,900 (B)Century, 1000 gal., 60’ boom ........................................$7,900 (H)Alloway 1000, 90’ boom ................................................$6,000

PLANTERS & DRILLS (O)’11 JD DB60, 36R20” ................................................$199,900 (H)’09 JD 1790, 24R20”, liq. fert. ..................................$115,500 (H)’07 JD 1770, 24R30”, liq. fert. ..................................$104,900 (O)’06 JD 1790, 31R15” ..................................................$97,500 (B)CIH 1200 Bauer Built bar, 36R20”................................$94,900 (H)’09 JD 1770NT, 16R30”, liq. fert. ................................$92,500 (W)’07 JD 1990, air seeder ..............................................$90,000 (O)’01 JD 1780, 24R20” ..................................................$42,900 (H)’02 JD 1720, 12R30” ..................................................$28,500 (H)’00 JD 750, 20’ no till drill ..........................................$26,900 (B)’97 JD 455, 30’ drill ....................................................$22,900 (B)’94 JD 455, 25’, 10” spacing........................................$19,900 (B)’93 JD 7200, 12R30” front fold....................................$18,900 (B)’91 JD 450, 13’ @ 6” spacing ........................................$9,900

HAY & FORAGE (B)’07 JD 568, surface wrap ............................................$34,900 (B)’09 JD 468, 5429 bales ................................................$29,900 (B)’05 JD 956, 14’6” center pivot ....................................$24,900 (H)’03 JD 557, surface wrap ............................................$24,500 (W)’02 JD 567, surface wrap............................................$22,900 (B)’08 NH BR7090, twine only..........................................$21,900 (B)NH 1431, MoCo ..........................................................$20,900 (W)’03 JD 457SS, surface wrap ......................................$18,900 (O)’93, JD 535, Heartland chopper ....................................$9,900 (B)’96 JD 535, net wrap......................................................$9,900 (B)’98 NH 664, 2200 lb. bale ..............................................$8,995 (O)’89 Gehl 1865 round baler, 6’ bale ................................$6,900

FALL TILLAGE (W)’08 JD 3710, 10-bottom..............................................$37,500 (H)’07 JD 2700, 7-shank, folding......................................$33,500 (B)’06 JD 2700, 7-shank ..................................................$32,900 (B)’03 JD 512, 9-shank ....................................................$29,900 (H)’03 JD 2700, 7-shank, folding......................................$29,500 (B)’01 JD 2700, 7 @ 24” ..................................................$26,900 (H)’07 JD 2700, 5-shank ..................................................$26,500 (O)’04 JD 2700, 7-shank ..................................................$25,900 (B)’03 JD 2700, 5-shank ..................................................$24,900 (O)’04 JD 2700, 7 @ 30” ..................................................$24,900 (B)’03 JD 2700, 7-shank ..................................................$23,500 (B)’90 JD 3710, 8-bottom ................................................$20,900 (H)’96 JD 510, 7-shank ....................................................$13,500 (H)’96 JD 510, 7-shank ....................................................$10,900 (B)’97 JD 510, 7-shank ....................................................$10,500 (B)JD 2810, 5-bottom ........................................................$7,995 (W)DMI Tiger II, 5-shank ....................................................$5,900 (B)JD 910, 7-shank ............................................................$4,950

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Sheep 15 ewes & 1 buck. Cross bred hair sheep. Price is negotiable. (608) 544-4000 2 Katahdin Rams. $150/ea.

Moses Byler N12872 Owen Ave. Owen, WI 54460 FOR SALE: 3 yr old reg.

Leicester Ram, gentle nature. Dependable service.

Also have ewes for sale.

715-427-3688 FOR SALE: Columbia & Corriedale ram lambs, nationally known bloodlines, suitable for purebred & commercial flocks. Wayne Busch 507-256-4102 FOR SALE: Dorset & Southdown rams. 507-931-3701 FOR SALE: Finn Dorset ram 4 yrs old, select cascay breeding. leave message. 507-241-0013 FOR SALE: Rams. Suffolk, Hamps, Texel. The meatiest rams you'll ever see!

STAINER FARMS, 715235-5750 FOR SALE: Registered Hampshire rams, lambs & yearlings. Frame type. Beyrer Farms. 715-658-1555 FOR SALE: Tunis sheep (redheads) (1) 3 yr old & (1) yearling rams, (2) yearling ewes & (7) ewe lambs. Also ram lambs.

952-442-4031 Waconia MN Minnesota Bred Ewe & Boer Doe Sale, Sat, Nov 26, 2011, Fairgrounds in Rochester, MN. 8:30 a.m. show, 1 p.m. sale. For a catalog or to consign call, 507-377-1045 or go to sheepsales.com.

NSIP Polypay rams, RR, multiple births, mothering, growth. $500-$750.

Elm Creek Polypay 507-236-4175 Production tested Hampshire Rams for sale.

Roembke Hampshires.

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FOR SALE: Hampshire, Yorkshire, & Duroc boars.

Also Hamp/Yorkshire gilts, genetics from top AI sires.

Exc herd health, No PRSS, hogs raised on outside cement lots. Compartively priced. Delivery available.

Stan Adelman 320-568-2225 Purebred Hampshire Boars, delivery avail. Ron Warrick, Gowrie 515-352-3749

Pets & Supplies 1 female Border Collie Puppy. Black & white. Born 5/27/11. $150. Leave message (715)672-8587 4 RED & BLUE HEELER PUPPIES FOR SALE. $50.

Call 715-288-6434 FOR SALE: AKC German Shepherd puppies, imported Schutzhund breeding.

Suzette Riches, Holloway, MN. 320-394-2189

Livestock Equipment FOR SALE: 10,000 sq ft of 16” x 24” plastic pig flooring, (300) 48” wean to finish swine dbl tube swine feeders. (85) wet/dry stainless steel 24” hog feeders, (200) stainless steel wean to finish 50” 5 hole 8AP/Staco, hog flat brands.

605-251-1133 or 507-376-2261. cellmanb@yahoo.com

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FOR SALE: Ag hopper, ‘74 Western, 42’ aluminum w/ steel hoppers. New roller traps & tarp. $10,000. 320808-5819

MACHINERY SPECIALS CIH 8930, MFD ....................................$49,900 JD 4430Q, open station ......................$14,900 CIH 1140 w/60” deck ............................$7,900 Cub Cadet 7235 w/72” deck ................$8,900 NH TC29, MFD ......................................$7,900 JD 5403 MFD, 600 hrs ........................$19,900 JD 4650, 2WD ......................................$29,900 JD 4620, Syncro ..................................$11,900 C-IH 7110, 2-whl. ................................$31,900 C-IH MX270 ..........................................$69,900 JD 4440, Quad......................................$18,900 JD 4630, P.S. ........................................$15,000 JD 4430 Q ............................................$14,900 (2) JD 4020, powershift ....................SAVE $$$ ‘67 JD 4020D, syncro ..........................$11,900 JD 8440, 50 Engine Series ..................$15,900 JD 8430, fresh engine ..........................$14,900 IH 856, diesel, open station ..................$7,900 IH 460, 560, 560D, 706D ..........................CALL JD 640 loader ........................................$3,500 JD 48 loader, 7’ bucket ..........................$2,495 New Koyker loaders ................................CALL Gehl 4635 skidsteer ............................$12,900 JD Soundguard Cabs, Call for info

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New Oak flatbeds, hay Swine bunks, silage bunks, green 24 sow farrowing crates, chop boxes. (715)269-5258 $250-$300 each. 507-359-2673 WANTED: Used milking or 507-766-5083 parlor, dbl 8 or dlb 10 parabone, any brand, good Compart’s total program cond., no junk. features superior boars & (612)735-3747 open gilts documented by BLUP technology. Duroc, York, Landrace & F1 lines.

Cars & Pickups Terminal boars offer leanness, muscle, growth. Ma- '08 GMC 3/4 ton Reg Cab. 6.0 ternal gilts & boars are gas pickup. 5th wheel ball. productive, lean, durable.

45,000 mi., Ruby Red. 608All are stress free & PRRS 323-3503 free. Semen also available through Elite Genes A.I. ‘03 Lincoln Towncar Sig, 95K Make ‘em Grow! mi, beige, good cond, Comparts Boar Store, Inc. $8,000/OBO. 712-289-2128 Toll free: 877-441-2627 evenings

Cars & Pickups

‘10 Ford F150 XLT, 4WD FOR SALE: ‘71 FORD F700 FOR SALE: ‘96 Int’l 9200 FOR SALE: Royal Prestige CEDAR POSTS FOR 4dr, lots extras, SALE! 7 & 8’, round posts.

Infinity DL model elec wasemi, M11, 370hp, 10spd, twin screw, tri ax, re-built $28,000/OBO. 515-490-2261 ter distiller, brand new.

8 & 9’, 4x4 squared posts.

AR, cab & susp, tilt & tele391 gas, 5&3, 18’ box, hoist, 715-623-6590 507-247-5315 or 507-530-6985 scope wheel, 2 tanks, good roll tarp, very good cond.

FOR SALE: Chevy pickup tires on steel whls, 507-223-5950 or 320-226-4602 GENERATORS:15kW-500kW PARMA DRAINAGE PUMPS topper, fiverglass, red, for $15,500/OBO. 507-391-3775 PTO & automatic gen sets, Chevy shortbox, very nice. FOR SALE: ‘73 C-60 Chev New pumps & parts on new & used. Low time hos$150. 507-383-9565 hand. grain truck, 350 eng, w/ WANTED: ‘99 or older Ford pital take-outs.

Call Minnesota’s largest or GM 4X4, 3/4 ton to 1 ton, 5X2 trans., 16’ box and Industrial & Standby Power Windom distributor single whl pick up truck or hoist. New tires, good HJ Olson & Company cab & chassis. Gas or dsl. Serving farmers since 1975 truck. 507-360-9413 Construction (800) 419-9806, 9-5 Mon-Sat 320-974-3202 920-397-6313 Cell - 320-894-6276 FOR SALE: Pull Type Win- FOR SALE: ‘78 Ford 9000, ENGINES 400 Cummins, 566,318 mi throp Tile plow w/ 2 boots Recreational Vehicles 25 hp ONAN rebuilt engine for skid 10spd, OD, 11R22.5 new like new; new tile stringRANGER PUMP CO. loader; rebuilt Onan enFOR SALE: ‘97 Hitchhiker tires. $4,000. 320-212-2300 ers for sale. 319-935-3385 or Manufacturer of Water Lift gines 16 to 20 hp for JD II, 5th wheel, 30.5 RKBG, 855-935-3385.

Pumps for Field garden tractors and othfiberglass, 2 slides. Great FOR SALE: ‘86 Int’l fuel Drainage. Built to fit ers. Prices start at $1095.00 shape. $11,700.

507-433-3591 truck, DT466, 2200 gal., 5 Trucks & Trailers your exchange. BCM, Inc. or 507-440-3590 compartments, 1 1/4” deneeds since 1984.

(763)755-0034 42’ Steel hopper trailer, ag livery hose w/reel.

Sales & Service. hoppers, good tarp, re- (320)875-4676 or (320)808-7713 Miscellaneous 507-984-2025 or 406-314-0334 painted, $13,750/OBO. 515www.rangerpumpco.com FOR SALE: ‘95 Mack CL613, FOR SALE: 6” Snoco auger, ONE CALL DOES IT ALL! 408-3122 56’, $500; 8’ Lofness snowtag, tri axle, all alum With one phone call, you WANTED: Cozy cab for a blower, $3,000: 10’ Steiner, rims, Kann alum 22’x102” can place your classified 318 JD lawn & garden. In ‘96 IHC 4700 lo-pro DT466, 7 twin blowers, $3,500.

651box, roll tarp, hauled grain ad in The Land, Farm good cond, glass intact. spd, A/C, 347k mi., 120'' 248-9366 only, 350E7, bought new, News, AND The Country (608)695-5745 7am - 7pm CA, 22.5 tires, $4,750. 15' 120K mi, mint cond.

Today. Call The Land for grain box avail. $1000.

Winpower Sales & Service $62,000.

507-525-1034 more info @ FOR SALE: Outdoor wood (715)878-9858 Reliable Power Solutions 507-345-4523 • 800-657-4665 burning stove, used, in Since 1925 FOR SALE: ‘96 Int’l 9400, or place your ad online @ good shape, model HeatFOR SALE: ‘06 Jet grain PTO & automatic 72” bunk, 650K+ mi, N14 www.thelandonline.com mor 400. Heats good. trailer, 42’x70” sides, Emergency eng, 9spd. ‘87 Timpte Su$1,500. 507-773-4269 spring ride, steel rims, apElectric Generators. per Hopper, in ‘09 $11,000 prox 15,000 miles, like new New & Used new updates & repairs, incond. $22,900. 507-236-0433 Rich Opsata - Distributor cluding new tarp. Call for (800) 343-9376 more info. $22,000/OBO, FOR SALE: ‘65 Chev, C80 will divide. 612-205-5016 tandem, 409, 5&2 spd., 18’ box-hoist, good tires & runner. $2,500; ‘73 Ford 880 Louisville tandem, 534, 10 spd, 20’ box w/ new tarp, good tires & runner, $5,500.

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FOR SALE:Suffolk-Hamp & FOR SALE: ‘99 Houle 9500 Polypay ram lambs & ewe flow meter, disk incorporalambs. 507-445-3317. Please tor, $17,500; ‘85 Big Wheels leave message. sluge machine, floater tires, Alison automatic, inWether-Style Suffolk Ram. jectors, $7,500/OBO; KongHeavy muscled, fast skilde tool bar for AgChem growth. Kimm Mintgold $5,000.

Several tanker Bloodline. (715)607-0067 trailers, 7,000 gal, $7,500 ea. 712-229-2290 or 507-265Goats 3764 Dairy Goat Herd for sale. 65 milking, 100 exposed doelFOR SALE: Kools silage ings, some ready to kid blower, pipe & clamps; now. 715-827-0470 Patz silage elevator; Patz silo unloader; (2) JD tracDairy goats. 18 yearlings extor rims 16.9x38; Antique posed & 18 doelings ready wheels for landscaping. to breed. (608)201-8819 507-323-5211 GOATS FOR SALE: AlFOR SALE: Used Berg barn pines. Doelings & 3-4 yr. cleaner. Used 3 yrs. Also, olds. Great milkers. Ready Agromatic bedding chopfor breeding this fall. 715per, 2 yrs old. 608-632-3555 246-4093

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USED 4WD TRACTORS Up To One Year Interest Free ••• Call For Details ••• ‘08 CIH Steiger 385, 2044 hrs., big pump, Lux. cab ............................JUST IN ‘11 CIH Steiger 600 Quad, 36” tracks, Lux. cab, full auto guide ........COMING IN ‘02 CIH STX480Q, Delux cab, 4000 hrs., big hyd. pump, big drawbar ....$149,900 STX and STEIGER PTO, TOW CABLE & 3 PT. KITS ON HAND!!!

‘09 CIH 535Q, 1604 hrs., big hyd. pump....................................$219,900

‘10 CIH 535Q, 1079 hrs., big pump, Lux. cab ..............................$249,900

‘10 CIH 535Q, 1433 hrs., big pump, 4 excellent tracks ..................$249,900

Up To One Year Interest Free ••• Call For Details •••

‘11 Magnum 340, susp. front axle, full auto guide......................$219,900

‘02 CIH STX480Q, Del. cab, 4000 hrs., big hyd. pump ......................$149,900

‘’07 CIH 8010, 700 sep. hrs. ............................................$199,500

‘09 CIH 9120, Track Drive, RWA, 832 eng./568 sep. hrs. ........$295,500

‘08 JD 9530, 1836 hrs., 800x38 duals, wts, steering, HID lights ........$199,900

‘77 CIH 686, diesel, 8000 hrs., loader ................................................$10,900

‘11 CIH Magnum 340, susp. front axle, Lux. cab, HID lights, full auto guide ......................................................................................................................$219,900 ‘11 CIH Magnum 340, susp. front axle, Lux. cab, HID lights, full auto guide ......................................................................................................................$219,900 ‘10 CIH Puma 180CVT, CVT trans., front 3 pt./front PTO, susp. front axle ......................................................................................................................$119,900 ‘10 CIH Maxxum 125 Limited, 43 hrs., Very Nice ......................................$69,900 ‘10 CIH Farmall 75A, MFD w/loader, Can be financed at 0% for 60 months ........................................................................................................................$32,900 ‘08 CIH Magnum 215, 850 hrs., big pump, Lux. cab, 360 HID lights ........JUST IN ‘08 CIH Magnum 215, 1000 hrs., big pump, Lux. cab, HID lights ..............JUST IN ‘08 CIH Magnum 215, 1000 hrs., big pump, Lux. cab, HID lights ..............JUST IN ‘77 CIH 686, diesel, 8000 hrs., loader ..........................................................$10,900

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