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Day programs aren’t full houses. The realFrom our house to your house, early ity is that we should be thankful that our Christmas greetings. Heading into the holmilitary numbers have shrunk consideriday season, we are grateful to the Lord for ably. Our Tuesday morning men’s Bible good health, a great family now up to 10 study gets into serious discussions about grandkids, abundant food in both refrigerthe world today versus early Bible times. ator and deep freezer, a comfortable home Some of us are thinking this world is getkept cozy thanks to scads of fireplace wood ting to be a friendlier place. Check out 1st — courtesy of a July 1 wind blast that and 2nd Kings and by comparison our dropped 26 trees at the Little Ponderosa world today seems more gentle.

— and grateful for neighbors (almost) always willing to lend a hand.

LAND MINDS Tax and spend Unemployment seems to be first priority We’re also thankful for a great commuBy Dick Hagen for just about everyone these days unless nity with good schools, terrific kids, you live reasonably close to the Williston, churches and pastors that reach out and N.D., oil boom country. Watching (and a coffee shop brimming with remarkable mostly enjoying) the several GOP candibrilliance just about every morning. I’m referring to the infamous Round Table at the Chatter- date debates always generates news, some perhaps box Café in Olivia, Minn. Some farmers, after the third even believable. But can and will legislative debates, cup of coffee at this table, even admit to a good farming more free money poured into the pot, or even a new, year despite the various challenges of Mother Nature. all-encompassing tax system for America get us out of our country’s financial mess? I think not. I think we And we are especially thankful to you, the readers of will continue to wallow much like Europe and other The Land. You’re a generous bunch. As I travel the Mincountries are now doing. Too me the world today is a nesota landscape I am continually reminded that this is classic example of exaggerated appetites. Economists indeed a special state. And for an old Iowegian that’s a use the term “too much money chasing too few goods.” rare admittance. But I like what I see. Your farms are I use a simpler term: Greed. Seems to me we all well kept, ditches mowed, buildings painted and trees have to put some skin into this game. That means and flowers mostly abounding. Granted, a few farmsteads continue to disappear each year. That’s been hap- spend less, tax more. pening since the 1930s, I suspect when “mechanized An intelligent being named Dr. Adrian Rogers agriculture” started its debut. But for the most part trav- (1931-2005) put these words together: “You cannot eling Minnesota reflects the true character of its people. legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the You care, and your farms and homes reflect that care. wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for Cost of freedom without receiving. The government cannot give to anyUnfortunately too many scenes on TV from around body anything that the government does not first take the world show such a tragic story of hunger, poverty from somebody else. When half of the people get the and suffering. Also so much disrespect, greed and coridea that they do not have to work because the other ruption. Occasionally there’s that very special TV half is going to take care of them, and when the other report about an incredible deed of kindness, love and mercy. And we rejoice, if only temporarily. However that half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that occasional jolt of goodness warms my heart and that’s my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You important for us seniors who tend to get a little set in cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.” our ways. Sometimes we simply need to be reminded.

Turkey town Our Veteran’s Day program last month once again This incredible closing item: Texas has a town, popreminded us of the special costs of freedom. When the ulation 421, called Turkey. That’s right, Turkey, Tex. colors are advanced by our aging Color Guard and we Before Thanksgiving, People for Ethical Treatment of all stand, salute and pledge allegiance, those special Animals sent a letter to the mayor of Turkey asking feelings of what freedom is all about get very real. At that the town’s name be changed, such as calling it our Olivia ceremony it’s mostly we elderly in attendance. That’s understandable. We either participated in Tofurky. In exchange, PETA promised to provide a “healthy” vegan holiday feast for all the town’s resiwar, had family in war, or lost family in war. To our dents. The good mayor ignored the request. Common younger soldiers now home and/or still involved oversense wins. Merry Christmas. seas, we thank you for your service. And we welcome 43,000 troops coming home from Iraq this month.

••• Today only 7 percent of Minnesotans have a family Dick Hagen is staff writer of The Land. He may be connection to the military. So little wonder Veteran’s reached at dickhagen@mvtvwireless.com.

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I believe a farm bill to feed the world is built on myth

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the Super Committee effort failed, the requests did not go unheeded. Rice, like ethanol, has its share of believers in Congress.

So, what do you believe in — feeding the world or driving to the mailbox?

Congress, and a billion or so hungry people around the world, want to know.

••• 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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by humans,” she adds.

Kinda’ tough to feed the world if you’re fueling Escalades and Range Rovers.

Moreover, those choices continue to drive tomorrow’s farm policy. Just last month producers of crops that lost acres to corn and ethanol in the last decade asked the writers of the 2012 farm bill to sweeten their federal protections — better target prices, better crop insurance — to stave off corn’s acreage raids.

While that policy effort failed when

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Indeed, explains a new Some people believe in report from the Institute of tillage, others in no-till.

Agriculture and Trade PolSome people believe in planicy in Minneapolis, in 2009 ning; others in fate.

“72 percent of all U.S. corn Ask an American farmer if exports went to the top five he believes a big part of his export destinations” — destiny includes feeding the Japan, Mexico, South Korea, world and he’ll likely say, Taiwan and Egypt — “while “Yep.” only 9 percent went to the The answer is quick and FARM & FOOD FILE 70 nations designated by the sincere because somewhere U.N. FAO as Low-income

By Alan Guebert in every farmer and Food Deficient.” rancher’s makeup is a The story is similar in “feed the world” gene. Our soybeans: “In 2009, more fathers probably picked it than half of U.S. soybean up back in the 1970s. They passed it to us and now it’s just part of exports went to China. After China, the largest export destinations ... were our DNA. Mexico, Japan and the European But believe as we may, the numbers Union. LIFD (food deficient nations) — here, there, everywhere — continue received only 1 percent of the total.” to conspire against us. According to the (A link to the IATP report is posted United Nations Food and Agriculture at www.farmandfoodfile.com.)

Organization, the world has never proNeither fact is an indictment of U.S. duced more food, fed more people and, farmers. Each, howsimultaneously, never ever, is a direct conhad so many hungry sequence of U.S. farm people. policy. While we may Recent FAO data Sure, we send the believe our destiny shows that about 13 world massive includes feeding the percent of the world’s tonnages of world’s hungry, farm population, or nearly 1 bills are directed grains, red meat, billion people, now live toward selling food to poultry and other in chronic hunger. In the world’s wealthy.

1981 the percentage foodstuffs; record That makes perfect was higher, 21, but the dollar amounts, in sense because you number was 150 milfact, in 2011. But can’t sell corn or lion lower. very tiny amounts wheat or beef or pork Part of the problem is of U.S. food to people who have math. The world’s peono money. exports are sent ple simply out-reproto hungry nations.

But government duce what the world’s policy plays a hand, farmers and ranchers too. “While corn proincreasingly produce.

If forecasts prove accurate, however, duction rose 28 percent from 2000-09,” birth rates will decline and global pop- Julia Olmstead writes in the IATP ulation will peak near 9 billion in 2050. report, corn “exports only increased 2 That suggests global hunger will peak, percent over the same period, mainly due to increased demand for corn for hopefully, in the next 40 years, too. ethanol production.”

It also suggests that global hunger As a nation we made policy choices has a life of its own. Sure, we send the that directed corn to be planted for fuel world massive tonnages of grains, red on many acres once planted for food. meat, poultry and other foodstuffs; record dollar amounts, in fact, in 2011. “From 1999 to 2009,” Olmstead writes, “the number of acres of wheat (sown) But very tiny amounts of U.S. food declined by 6 percent, rice by 13 perexports are sent to hungry nations. cent and peanuts by a startling 27 percent.” All are “crops consumed directly

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Commentary: Farm-to-School program aids kids, agriculture Sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference between a fad and a trend — especially when it comes to eating habits. However, I am confident the local foods movement and the closely related Farm-to-School food movement both qualify as trends. Consider what happened this past September — Minnesota Farm-toSchool Month. A record number of schools celebrated the month by serving locally grown fruits and vegeta-

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bles ranging from apples to sweet corn to squash. Equally impressive is the fact that Farm-to-School program participation now appears to have become firmly entrenched in all regions of Minnesota — urban, suburban and rural.

This broad participation is important on a number of levels. First, it’s good for Minnesota’s school kids. Farmto-School programs encourage them to eat fresh, locally grown foods, creating healthy long-term eating habits.

Second, the Farm-to-School movement also helps strengthen local economies by expanding markets for small and mid-sized farms, whose products typically have been less likely to make it onto American students’ lunch trays. That keeps more of the “food dollar” circulating in local economies. It also builds a greater sense of community by creating new ties among children, farmers, parents, educators and others.

Another benefit is the educational aspect of Farm-toSchool initiatives. Many schools have used their programs as starting points to teach kids about food and our food supply. Farmers visit schools. Kids visit farms. Teachers and students grow veggies in school gardens. One school even set up a mechanical cow for students to “milk.”

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture, along with partners such as the Institute for Agriculture and Trade

Policy, the Minnesota School Nutrition Association, the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Health will be working to build on these successes.

One exciting step is a new online directory the MDA created to make it easier for schools and other institutions to find local farmers who can provide them with locally grown foods. Minnesota farmers who sell to schools can list their farm in the database by becoming a Minnesota Grown member for just $20 per year.

The rapid growth of the Farm-to-School movement is a win not only for our students but also for Minnesota’s farmers. As Gov. Dayton noted in the proclamation for Minnesota Farm-to-School Month, “farm-to-school programs support the sustainability of family farms, build relationships within communities, and help revitalize local economies.” Our students are enjoying fresh, wholesome, locally grown produce. Our farmers are enjoying a new, domestic market for their products. Our local communities are enjoying new business activity, and our state is enjoying greater agricultural literacy. It doesn’t get much better than that.

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

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Minnesota Elk Breeders Association Annual Meeting Jan. 6-7 Crowne Plaza, Brooklyn Center, Minn.

Info: $50/person by Jan. 5, $60 at the door; contact MnEBA, 9086 Keats Avenue SW, Howard Lake, MN 55349, (320) 543-2686, info@mneba.org or log on to www.mneba.org

Winter Crops Day Jan. 12, 8:30 a.m.

Southern Research and Outreach Center, Waseca, Minn.

Info: $35/person; presented

by University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center and U of M Extension; call (507) 8353620 or log on to http://sroc.cfans.umn.edu Winter Crops Day Jan. 12, 8:30 a.m.

EVENTS, Kasson, Minn.

Info: $35/person; presented

by University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center and U of M Extension; call (507) 8353620 or log on to http://sroc.cfans.umn.edu

Southern Research and Outreach Center, Waseca, Minn.

Info: Pork Quality Assurance, 10 a.m.-Noon; Transport Quality Assurance, 1-3:30 Beyond the Fence — Farm p.m.; registration requested Bureau’s Promotion & to colleen@mnpork.com or Education Conference (800) 537-7675 or log on to Jan. 27-28 www.mnpork.com Kahler Grand Hotel, Rochester, Minn.

Midwest Organic and Info: Log on to www.fbmn.org Sustainable Education for a conference brochure, or Service Organic Farming call (651) 768-2115 or e-mail Conference kschaefer@fbmn.org for more Feb. 23-25 information LaCrosse, Wis. Info: Log on to www.moses Quality Assurance organic.org, or call (715) 778Training 5775; early registration due Feb. 8

by Jan. 16 West Central Research and Outreach Center, Morris, Commodity Classic Minn.

March 1-3 Info: Pork Quality Assurance, Gaylord Opryland Resort, 10 a.m.-Noon; Transport Nashville, Tenn.

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Quality Assurance Training March 7 University Center Heintz Center, Rochester, Minn.

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

Info: Contact James Scharpe, (507) 380-3431 or scharpe8@frontiernet.net Quality Assurance Training April 11 Southern Research and Outreach Center, Waseca, Minn.

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Winter Crops Day Jan. 13, 8:30 a.m.

American Legion Post 294, Lake Crystal, Minn.

Info: $35/person; presented Minnesota Master Gardener by University of Minnesota Southern Research and OutOnline Core Course reach Center and U of M Jan. 9-May 4 Extension; call (507) 835Info: There will also be a course held Tuesdays, Thurs- 3620 or log on to days and Saturdays Jan. 14- http://sroc.cfans.umn.edu Feb. 9 at the University of Winter Crops Day Minneosta, St. Paul; Jan. 13, 8:30 a.m. $275/person, or $6/hour of Community Center, Arlinginstruction; contact your county Extension office or log ton, Minn.

Info: $35/person; presented on to www1.extension.umn. edu/master-gardener/become/ by University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outcore-course reach Center and U of M Extension; call (507) 835Minnesota Crop Improvement Association 3620 or log on to http://sroc.cfans.umn.edu Annual Meeting Jan. 10-11 Minnesota Organic Shooting Star Casino Hotel, Conference Mahnomen, Minn.

Info: Business meeting, seed Jan. 13-14 treatment workshop, biotech- River’s Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud, Minn. nology sessions; call (800) Info: Check www.mda.state.

510-6242 or log on to mn.us/organic for up-to-date www.mncia.org program information Winter Crops Day Minnesota Pork Congress Jan. 11, 8:30 a.m.

Jan. 18-19 Good Times Restaurant, Convention Center, MinCaledonia, Minn. neapolis Info: $35/person; presented Info: www.mnpork.com/pork

by University of Minnesota Southern Research and Out- congress reach Center and U of M Upper Midwest Regional Extension; call (507) 835Fruit & Vegetable 3620 or log on to Growers Conference & http://sroc.cfans.umn.edu Trade Show Jan. 19-20 National No-Tillage Conference: Two Decades River’s Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud, Minn. of No-Till Know-How Info: Beginning Grower Jan. 11-14

Workshops on Jan. 18; log on to www.mfvga.org, e-mail mfvga@msn.com or call (763) 434-0400

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No easy answers to clean up river sediment issue

By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press Seth Greenwood has watched parts of Seven Mile Creek County Park between Mankato, Minn., and St. Peter, Minn., disappear.

“The Minnesota River is eating the bank away,” said the Nicollet County public works director. “It’s really bad on that bend on the river. Five to 15 feet of bank has gone just this Editor’s note: This story was the first part of a series by year.” the Mankato Free Press.

Much of that sediment will likely end up in the Mississippi River and settle to the bottom of Lake Pepin.

While intense efforts to improve the Minnesota River have gone on for 20 years, now there is a major convergence of better data and mounting political pressure that is bringing to a head problems of suspended solids in the river.

The issue is creating growing friction between farmers and environmentalists and residents on Lake Pepin who are suffering from the Minnesota’s pollution.

The millions of tons of sediment getting into the river is emerging as the keystone issue facing the

river basin. The impacts on the Mississippi River, Lake Pepin and the river basin’s contribution to the Gulf of Mexico’s “dead zone” are sweeping and the potential solutions expensive, controversial and complicated, considering the Minnesota watershed covers 16,000 square miles.

Decades of scientific research — bolstered by new techniques such as using radioactive isotopes to trace where dirt particles originated — offer a few major findings.

• The amount of sediment getting into the river has increased dramatically — tenfold its natural rate by some estimates.

• Two-thirds or more of the river’s sediment load comes from eroding streambanks and bluffs.

• Compared to the past, there is much more water flowing into the river more quickly. Part of that comes from more frequent and heavy rains. But more and more, researchers are convinced the high, fast waters tearing into streambanks are largely the result of extensive farm drainage that has changed the hydrology of the landscape.

• The more powerful flows are altering the river.

The Minnesota River from Mankato to St. Paul has widened by 50 percent since 1938. The scene along Seven Mile Creek County Park is playing out all along the lower half of the Minnesota River.

Myriad studies Farm groups have begun a more aggressive campaign to counter the image of drainage as the primary foe, pointing to research that high bluff erosion and bank

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Seth Greenwood, Nicollet County public works director, surveys Minnesota River bank erosion along Seven Mile Creek County Park. About 15 feet of bank were swept into the river during spring flooding. erosion are coming from more precipitation.

But researchers increasingly say otherwise.

“We don’t know absolutely everything,” said Norman Senjem, who recently retired from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency after many years of overseeing river research. “But post-World War II to about 1980 is when we see the biggest uptick in sediment, the biggest uptick in Lake Pepin filling in. It’s the time of increased mechanization in agriculture.

“Precipitation plays a role, but primarily it’s landscape changes.”

Shannon Fisher, who heads the Water Resources Center based at Minnesota State UniversityMankato, and is director of the multi-county Minnesota River Board, said he’s seen enough credible research to believe farm drainage is a major factor.

“In my opinion, the drainage we’re doing is having an impact on the hydrology and we’re going to have to address it. Water storage (on the landscape) is going to be very important, and it’s hard to sell to people as we put more tile in the ground.”

The latest study to peg farm drainage as the culprit was recently released by scientists at the St. Croix Watershed Research Station and the University of Minnesota. The research included examination of 70 years’ worth of records on rainfall, flow and land use changes along the 21 tributaries to the Minnesota River.

Shawn Schottler, one of the scientists who worked on the research, said everyone agrees streambank and bluff erosion are putting a majority of sediment in the river. Their latest study looked at how much of that could be tied to increased precipitation.

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Radioactive particles used to track sediment

By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press Call it “CSI Minnesota River.”

They’re not crime fighters, but top researchers.

Their job is to look for the sources of sediment that annually flows into the Minnesota River and then into the Mississippi. How much comes from the millions of acres of farmland in the watershed and how much from streambanks and ravines?

In the recent past, quantifying where sediment was coming from was difficult, if not impossible.

But not long ago, scientists found the answer — “radiometric fingerprints.”

Shawn Schottler, senior scientist at the Science Museum of Minnesota, said the process allows researchers to collect sediment samples downstream and identify whether it came from farm fields or banks and ravines.

Schottler, however, plays down any CSI comparison. “After all, we are looking at mud all day.”

There are several kinds of radioactive isotopes that are naturally occurring and fall to earth each time it rains. There are also radioactive iso-

topes that fell to earth because of above-ground nuclear bomb testing in the 1950s and early ’60s.

Tilled farm fields, that are directly exposed to rain, have more isotopes and the tracers in them are different than those buried deeper in the soil in ravines, bluffs and river banks.

So, when scientists took deep core samples of dirt in Lake Pepin — which is being filled in with Minnesota River sediment — they could study dirt that was deposited there going back many decades.

By looking at the ratio of farm field versus non-farm radioisotopes, they could also tell where the sediment originally came from.

Schottler said the process lets them quantify farm field and non-farm field sediment in Lake Pepin, but so far they can’t analyze how much of the non-farm sediment came from lower river banks, upper bluffs or nearby ravines.

“Work is continuing on ways to separate those non-field sources.”

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been upgraded all along the river that source of phosphorus has been significantly reduced.

Still, Fisher said, much of the funding is being aimed at further improving Twin Cities metro area wastewater treatment and storm water storage.

“The MPCA studies are calling for 1 percent of the problem to be fixed in the metro area for $850 million. I struggle with spending that to fix 1 percent of the problem,” Fisher said.

“I understand they want everyone to do their part. Politically, (farm) producers say urban areas need to do their part. I understand that.”

Fisher said he’d rather see metroarea cities and the state put some funding into upgrading municipal systems, but put a majority of the money into projects that reduce sediment loading and erosion along the river valley.

One way to do that is to create systems that store water so it can be released more slowly into the rivers. A project near Mapleton, Minn., for example, creates an overflow basin alongside drainage ditches. Other projects use farm tile drainage systems that, through a series of smaller tiles or mechanical gates, slow the rate of water draining from fields.

The mechanical tile systems are, however, more expensive to install and maintain and don’t work well on See RIVER, pg. 8A

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RIVER, from pg. 6A since 1940. Has flow gone up proportionally with that? No, it’s gone up more than that.”

Schottler said climatology records show precipitation has not increased in May and June in southern Minnesota, months that river levels are often highest.

Schottler said erosion of riverbanks and widening of the channel are natural occurrences on any river, but it’s been greatly accelerated on the Minnesota. While much of the sediment that erodes into rivers under normal conditions settles somewhere in the same river, sediment in the Minnesota is flowing out into the Mississippi at a higher rate.

“If you go to non-ag watersheds, there is still erosion but no increase in sediment leaving the river.”

Solutions elusive Fisher worries that limited funding to help improve the river may be targeted to a tiny portion of the problem.

There are two things involved in looking at suspended solids in the river: the physical sediment (dirt) and the biological. The biological side includes things such as algae blooms created by excess phosphorus in the river.

Much of the focus has been on reducing phosphorus, which comes from fertilizers and city wastewater treatment plants. With treatment plants having

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Frederickson: Spend time on solutions, not finding fault RIVER, from pg. 7A sloped farm fields.

The storage basins along ditches take cropland out of production.

Anything taking land out of row-

crop production runs up against skyrocketing farmland prices. In fact, the amount of land in grass and vegetation is likely to lessen in coming years as it is pulled out of the Conservation Reserve Program. The CRP pays

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landowners to keep environmentally sensitive land out of production for a set number of years.

Statewide, about 128,000 acres of CRP contracts will soon expire, while only about 33,000 acres were enrolled during the recent spring sign-up period.

In the next three years, more than 550,000 acres of the CRP land are scheduled to expire.

Conservationists believe much of that land won’t be re-enrolled in the program because of high farmland and crop prices.

Another partial solution, which does not take farmland out of production, is to shore up steep bluffs to slow erosion.

On the Le Sueur River, crews are using a mixture of trees, sand and dirt to weave a protective barrier over the surface of steep bluffs and river banks.

It’s similar to the traditional stone riprap but costs about three-fourths less.

Fisher would like to see more focus on similar projects in the Le Sueur and Blue Earth river basins — both of which contribute mightily to the sediment in the river.

“For less money we could target some higher-priority areas more intensely.

We know, bluff by bluff, where the problems are. If we want to make an impact, why not take big chunks of money and hit those areas hard?”

Dennis Frederickson, a former Republican state senator from New Ulm who is now the Department of Natural Resources director of southern Minnesota, is known for his support of the river and keen ability as a conservative senator to get environmental projects approved in the Legislature.

“Certainly drainage off the landscape, from fields and other lands, is a contributor to some of that impairment,” Frederickson said. “Agriculture is a huge economic factor in the Min-

nesota River watershed and the state, so what we do needs to make economic sense for the farmers and make sense for the river.”

Frederickson said everyone needs to focus on solutions that can make a difference rather than spending too much time arguing about fault.

“It’s important not to square off in issue groups or stakeholder groups one against the other. Every segment in society contributes to the impairment of the river. We need to spend our time and money determining how to improve those impairments instead of arguing about where the faults are.”

Frederickson said dealing with issues related to agriculture may be thorny but not impossible.

“We’ve dealt with issues with herbicide and pesticide and genetics over the years. Let’s use that same creativity to find how we can farm and raise the abundant crops we do without impairing the waters.”

While agriculture is a powerful economic and lobbying force, pressure from urban policymakers and those around Lake Pepin are increasingly calling for more regulation of agriculture drainage.

“The question from urban residents is, why do we need to control anything more than an inch of rain off our landscape when the rural areas don’t have to?” Fisher said.

“We have an urbanized Legislature that is pushing this more and more.

The discussion is will there ever be a requirement for more water storage on the landscape. It would be huge amounts of land taken out of production,” Fisher said. “It’s a fair question, but there are no easy answers.”

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Farming flourishes with drainage over the years

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By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press Farm drainage is a straightforward process.

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relatively

Farmers bury a series of underground tile lines in their fields with the tile emptying into the open ditches that people are accustomed to seeing as they drive through the countryside.

Those ditches carry the water to lakes, streams and rivers.

The Minnesota River ends up with much of that water — the Minnesota River Basin drains 10 million acres of land, or about 20 percent of the state’s landscape.

Tile drainage was introduced to the United States in 1838 by a Scottish immigrant who labored to lay 72 miles of clay tile on 320 acres of land on his New York farm. The results were phenomenal, jumping his wheat yield form 12 bushels per acre to 60 bushels.

At the same time states began organizing local elected drainage supervisory boards — which continue today as Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Minnesota.

The pace of drainage accelerated at the end of the 1800s and into the early 1900s, including during the Great Depression when the Civilian Conservation Corps was deployed to expand the drainage system in the Midwest.

Still, hand-laying heavy sections of clay or concrete tile in trenches — dug first by hand and later by backhoes — remained labor intensive and relatively expensive.

The introduction of plastic tile pipes in the late-1970s changed all of that.

The plastic tile has small holes in it to bring the water inside the tile line.

GPS systems guide the installers as they lay the tile.

The process has become advanced and simple enough that farmers can purchase their own trencher and plastic tile, allowing them to install their

No one knows how many miles of the plastic and concrete tile exist under farm fields across the Minnesota River watershed.

The only significant regulations associated with tiling are those that prevent farmers from draining an existing wetland, which can be a yearround marsh or a so-called “seasonal wetland” that has historically filled with some water during wet periods.

Farmers are not required to inform any agency if and when they tile, but they can be held accountable if it’s found they drained a wetland area.

responsible for any enforcement actions against improper tiling.

But with so much of southern Minnesota so thoroughly tiled — much of it before wetland protection laws were enacted — there are few cases of viola-

tions or enforcement.

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Farmers can and many do go to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Services office and file a form of their tiling plans. The NRCS then reviews the farmer’s land records to make sure they are not tiling in a designated wetland area.

Ryan Braulick of the Mankato, Minn., NRCS office said they get 250 to 300 such requests each year with the number of requests up some this year.

“Farmers aren’t required to (file the form), but many of them do because it’s in their best interest. If they tile where they shouldn’t, they could jeopardize their enrollment in the farm program.”

Braulick said his office does not do any enforcement.

“We’re not wetland cops. We don’t go out and look for those who are out of compliance.”

He said the counties — under the state’s Wetland Protection Act — are

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Rather than having to lay individual sections of concrete tile end to end, installers only have to unroll a continuous section of lightweight flexible plastic tile.

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Farming moved slowly to the Midwest because of the lack of welldrained land, and Congress and the states in the 1850s stepped in to speed up tiling. They offered tax credits for buying tile and sold marshland at a steep discount on condition it be tiled and drained.

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Left: Workers hand dig trenches to install cement tile lines in a field near Amboy, Minn., in about 1900. Above: Drainage tile now comes in large rolls of plastic tile that are quickly laid in the ground behind trenching machines.

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‘A Farm Country’ books bring farm heritage to life

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Written in an entertaining rhyme and

By CAROLYN VAN LOH rhythm, “A Farm Country Christmas Eve” The Land Correspondent combines the children’s eager anticipation of “My goal is to write books that help to receiving gifts with the family working bring the local farm heritage to life,” said together on Christmas Eve milking cows by children’s author Gordon Fredrickson, hand, feeding calves and welcoming a new retired farmer and English teacher. baby calf to the farm. One page depicts Mom, Fredrickson’s “A Farm Country” series seated on her stool by a cow, squirting a has four books in print, and 12 more are planned. These books are geared to middle Gordon Fredrickson stream of milk to the cat waiting for a warm treat. elementary children. When completed, the “Tommy’s Adventure,” “Nancy’s Adventure” and series will have stories depicting farm life every “Field Work” comprise the “If I Were a Farmer” month of the year.

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series. Preschoolers through second graders will enjoy the stories taking place in 1950 when Fredrickson was a little boy growing up on a small farm near New Prague, Minn.

“Field Work” features both Tommy and Nancy who talk about what they would do if they were farmers.

Pictures of old tractors catch Tommy’s attention while new farm tractors interest Nancy. As the story progresses through the field work seasons, the left page shows Tommy working with old machinery while Nancy works with modern machinery across the page.

The artists’ colorful, true-to-life drawings in both series will bring back memories to anyone who grew up on a farm in the 1950s.

“I’m about accuracy in my The artists’ colorful, books,” he said. true-to-life drawings Fredrickson is in both series will available to give bring back memoa free presentaries to anyone who tion to any civic grew up on a farm group, school or in the 1950s. library. He will adapt the length of his presentation to the amount of time available. He recites one of his books and explains why he writes about farming. One of the highlights of his career as an author was a trip to France in 2004 where he performed in a country school in the southern mountain region and in a classroom in Lyon.

According to Fredrickson, history is exciting when it becomes real to a child. “If I Were a Farmer: Tommy’s Adventure” truly offers entertainment for children and their parents and grandparents, and it especially provides intergenerational moments that encourage questions between the young and old.

Fredrickson has fond memories of his childhood on a small farm. “On a ‘family farm’ the word family comes first, but the inter-dependency between family and farm makes sacrifice inevitable. I was extremely lucky to have had loving parents who tried to make the work fun and interesting and always let me know that I was loved.”

When Fredrickson wrote his first books, his wife, Nancy, colored and edited the pages before printing and binding them with plastic combs in their home.

In 2008 Beaver’s Pond Press in Edina, Minn., began producing the books.

It’s not too late to order any or all of his books to give as Christmas gifts. Fredrickson makes it easy to order by offering three options — e-mail twogfsc@integra.net or log on to www.gordonfredrickson.com and pay by credit card using Pay Pal or call (952) 797-6169.

Books will be shipped free of charge the next day via priority mail. ❖

Kaler to farmers: Bring your challenges to the U ... We urge our farmers to come to us with new challenges, new problems. We have a very talented teaching and research staff ... that welcomes challenges.

— Eric Kaler

Feb. 1 deadline for high school Ag Day essay/video contest The Agriculture Council of America calls on ninth- to 12th-grade students to submit an original, 450-word essay or a two-minute video essay about the importance of agriculture. This year’s theme is “American Agriculture: Feeding the Future, Filling the Gaps” and the deadline is Feb. 1. The ACA asks teachers and parents to encourage student participation.

The theme “American Agriculture: Feeding the Future, Filling the Gaps” presents an opportunity for students to address how the agriculture industry continues to feed a growing population.

Entrants may choose to either write an essay and/or create a video focusing on how today’s growers are overcoming challenges to provide a safe, stable food supply and sustain the significant role agriculture plays in everyday life.

The national written essay winner receives a $1,000 prize and round-trip ticket to Washington, D.C., for recognition during the Celebration of Ag Dinner held March 8 at Whitten Patio at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

During dinner, the winner will have the opportunity to read the winning essay as well as join with industry representatives, members of Congress, federal agency representatives, media and

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In his travels around the state he’s hearing that the U of M has stepped away from its commitment to agriculture. Discounting this myth, Kaler said, “Nothing could be further from the truth. We want to be a partner with every Minnesota farmer, with every Minnesota agribusiness. We’re all in this business together of growing food for a growing world population.” ❖

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keting of these segments into our nation and world economy. We’re a place where people can come, present their issues, study specific problems and be honest brokers around controversial issues,” Kaler said.

When asked about redundancy within research, especially when it might involve neighboring land grant institutions, Kaler said, “we rely on the marketplace to help us sort out these potential duplications. If there is publicly disseminated information from Iowa State or North Dakota State, for other friends in a festive ag celebration. example, and if it has value to our The video essay winner wins a $1,000 Minnesota farmers they should use prize, and the winning video will play during the Celebration of Ag Dinner.

This is the 39th anniversary of National Ag Day. The goal of the ACA is to provide a spotlight on agriculture and the food and fiber industry. The ACA not only helps consumers understand how food and fiber products are produced, but also brings people together to celebrate accomplishments in providing safe, abundant and affordable products.

All written entries should be sent to 2012 Ag Day Essay Contest, Agriculture Council of America, 11020 King Street, Suite 205, Overland Park, KS 66210, or submitted by e-mail to essay@agday.org. Students may upload video essays at http://agday.leapfile.net and follow the directions on the page, or students may choose to mail video entries to the address above on a compact disc. Log on to www.agday.org or www.hpj.com/agdayessay to read official contest rules and for more details regarding entry applications.

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He sees the University as being a key player in impacting how Minnesota citizens live and enjoy their lives. More specifically he sees agriculture as being a critical part of the University’s land grant mission. “We’re very comfortable working with the agricultural industry, be that both plant and animal issues, plus the mar-

that knowledge. But we urge our farmers to come to us with new challenges, new problems. We have a very talented teaching and research staff within the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences that welcomes challenges.”

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer A guest speaker at last month’s Minnesota Agri-Growth Council annual meeting was University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler. In an exclusive interview with The Land, Kaler reflected on his new role since taking the chair July 1.

“I’ve felt comfortable since the get-go,” he said. “It’s just such a huge opportunity and the University of Minnesota is internationally recognized as a major partner in world education.” Kaler, a “farm kid” from Indiana, graduated from the U of M with a degree in chemical engineering, and holds 10 U.S. patents.

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Minnesota-to-Zambia connection offers orphans better lives

By DEE GOERGE The Land Correspondent

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s we gather with our families and feast on this year’s harvest during the holidays, seeds are being planted 8,500 miles away in Lusaka, Zambia.

A 12-acre garden means more than just food for a family of orphans with a Minnesota mom. It’s a crucial part of creating a normal home life and work opportunities for children rescued from the streets of Lusaka.

Carol McBrady of Maple Lake, Minn., never imagined farming would be important to her when she became a social worker nearly 30 years ago. After years of working with Minnesota children, she found her heart’s calling after going on a mission trip to Africa.

She sold her Minnesota home in 2005 to permanently move to Lusaka. She had started a nonprofit, Action For Children-Zambia, and rented a house — Salvation Home — in the city to take in as many as 42 children at a time. With simple faith, volunteer supporters based in Minnesota and other parts of the United States raising funds, and social workers and volunteers in Lusaka, she has rehabilitated more than 175 children as well as helped hundreds of other children still on the street.

McBrady receives no salary, has occasional volunteers who help at the home and a part-time cook, so the majority of donated funds go directly to caring for children.

The gift of a 50-acre farm from a village an hour out of the city offers the promise of a sustainable future for “Mama Carol” and her children. Christmas this year will be extra special at Kulanga Bana Farm — translation: Keeping our Children — as the first wing

of a residential complex is being completed for 24 people including children between ages 3 and 18, in addition to an existing building for the 12 young men who run the farm. The organization Touch Ireland financially supported the project, and a Zambian couple, who have a decade of experience as missionaries on a South Africa farm, will serve as parents and directors at the farm.

“The farm is critical to the AFCZ mission,” McBrady said in an e-mail from Zambia. “It provides permanent homes for street youth that don’t have relatives. It provides training in agriculture and income-generating opportunities. It feeds all the other programs, and in time will help us sustain our organization by bringing in the profits to use.”

Four years ago the land was brush and hard clay ground. Living in a tent and thatched shacks, and with just hoes and axes, 12 boys and a few village elders dug up the garden plot. In 2009, McBrady and the children at Salvation Home enjoyed the first fruits from the land: pumpkins, tomatoes, leafy vegetables, cabbage, carrots, onions and an everyday staple: maize — ground, boiled and made into mealy meal. The boys who farmed the land carried baskets of food three miles to catch a bus and paid luggage fees to bring the vegetables to the city.

In 2010, thanks to a generous U.S. donor, the boys had a concrete house to live in and a used pickup to transport the food that was harvested in the spring.

Crops are planted in late-November just before the rainy season. In May, maize is shocked to dry before

Carol McBrady with a trio of the many orphaned children she works with in Zambia.

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shelling and storing to feed the children at Salvation Home for the year. It takes 330 pounds of maize per week to feed 42 children.

“It has been wonderful,” McBrady said. “Every Sunday, we’d go out to the farm and pick vegetables to take back.”

The 12 boys, 16 and older, are part of a formal cooperative McBrady set up, and they can sell extra produce and are paid based on shares. Much of the excess produce goes to a hotel, where some of McBrady’s “graduates” work as chefs. With even more children needing help in 2011, McBrady noted there wasn’t a lot of extra produce to market — except for the eggs from the farm’s new flock. Goats were also recently added, and plans are in the works See SALVATION, pg. 13A

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AFCZ gather and send a variety of donations — things many folks take for granted. The farm could be expanded much more quickly with a rototiller, and hoses and irrigation systems would be helpful to distribute water from the well, which is manually pumped. Fertilizer, seeds (especially sweet corn) and even durable blue jeans all make a big difference, McBrady said, in a country where orphans aren’t treated as well as animals are treated in the United States.

“It is so important that we can continue to grow this farm so the kids — especially our oldest boys — never have to go back to the streets,” she said. “It is so crucial to make us self-sustaining.”

AFCZ plans to add a kitchen, dining room and apartments for volunteers to the farm, as well as separate dormitories for boys and girls. She welcomes farmers and people experienced in agriculture willing to volunteer to teach the young farmers. Cash contributions are always needed. For example, it costs $200 for each bunk bed to meet Zambian requirements.

Individuals, organizations and businesses interested in donating cash or items for the farm or Salvation Home can contact the Minnesota office for more information. Learn more about McBrady and her children on her organization’s website — www.afczambia.org — or e-mail her directly at c_mcbrady@hotmail.com.

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SALVATION, from pg. 12A to add a piggery after the rainy season.

Many of the boys on the farm went through treatment and were the worst behaved boys, who couldn’t go to work for others.

When McBrady rescues children from the streets they are generally abused, addicted and about one-third of them have HIV/AIDS — the disease that is the reason so many children are orphans.

After caring for their health needs and treating them for addictions, McBrady tries to find relatives and assist them in getting an education. Children without families live with her and go to school.

When they graduate, she networks with Zambian businesses to find them jobs, mostly in the hospitality industry.

Some go on to higher education.

For those who prefer to be their own boss, the farm is the perfect place.

“On the farm they’re becoming real men. They have to take care of themselves,” McBrady said. So far, seven have gone on to start farms of their own.

Two of the oldest boys studied agriculture for 18 months and manage the farm. They experiment with conservation methods to improve yields. For example, they planted peanuts on part of the garden and mixed the stalks and residue in the soil of shallow basins to add nutrients and hold water for crops the following year. Still, last spring’s yields were down. While donors provided lots of seed, there wasn’t money for much fertilizer, McBrady said.

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Grain Outlook Outside markets exert influence

Livestock Angles Futures, cash moving apart

Grain Angles Has luster come off markets?

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

CORN — In the week leading up to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Dec. 9 crop report, March corn closed lower Monday, Wednesday and Friday and closed higher Tuesday and Thursday in consolidating action.

Corn slid through the $5.85 support to $5.80, which will become the new low end of our outlook. Outside markets continue to exert their influence with a firming U.S. dollar limiting any upside momentum and any com- PHYLLIS NYSTROM Country Hedging ment surrounding the European St. Paul debt crisis probed for deeper global demand meaning.

The European Union held a summit the week ending Dec. 9 that on the surface lent some optimism to containing their financial problems.

The leaders of 23 of the 27 countries agreed to automatic sanctions if deficit rules are broken. Balanced budgets are to become part of national constitutions and they agreed to provide more funds to the International Monetary Fund for loans.

The December USDA report was slightly bearish to corn, but bearish to its feed competitor wheat. U.S. corn carryout climbed to 848 million bushels, which is 5 million bushels higher than the 843 million bushels figure in November. The bearishness came from the fact the trade had been expecting a decline to 831 million bushels. The Food, Seed and Industrial category was dropped 5 million bushels and was the only change on the balance sheet. However, wheat ending exports were cut 50 million bushels, which in turn pushed ending stocks up 50 million when the average estimate was only looking for a 2 million bushel end-

Once again the livestock markets continue to amaze. The futures and the cash markets moved in opposite directions, leaving many to wonder which market is right. The fact is the cash market is today’s market and the futures market is looking into the market of tomorrow.

Cash cattle saw another week of strong packer buying forcing prices to trade premium once again to the futures. This all despite the fact that packers are deep in the red in their margin and the boxed beef trade is extremely slow. One reason for the cash strength is that numJOE TEALE bers are fairly tight in the northBroker ern feeding areas and this is forc- Great Plains Commodity ing packers to be aggressive in Afton their bidding for live inventory.

It appears that the futures are anticipating the increase in numbers in the next few weeks and are meeting resistance on any rallies. This has left a fairly large discount of futures to cash. However, this has benefited the cattle hedger who needs to move inventory at the present time with a positive basis.

Since the beef cutout has been on the slide of late and the movement of boxed beef has slowed to poor levels, it is beginning to seem that demand is more of a concern than the supply. This could also be another reason for the sluggish performance by the futures as traders anticipate the weakening demand and the future effect on prices. Considering the premiums offered in some of the deferred contracts, producers should consider some protection for their inventories.

After seeing hog prices advance for a few weeks, it looks as if the current rally is running out of gas.

Pork cutouts have come under pressure over the past couple of weeks but the volume in the pork product

Many grain producers who held grain unpriced to this point in the marketing year are asking if the luster has come off the commodity markets. With the dearth of bearish news and the lack of bullish news, the market has lost much of the speculative interest of investors.

The most recent Commodity Futures Trading Commission weekly Commitments of Traders Report showed speculative traders holding net-futures ownership of about 228,000 in corn, which is the smallest this position has been since late July 2010. This group also trimmed their soybean net-futures ownerTOM NEHER ship to only 11,000 contracts, AgStar VP Agribusiness down from the 228,000 contracts & Grain Specialist seen in late December 2010. MarRochester ket volatility has eased, decreasing from almost 54 percent in mid-July to about 28 percent today.

Could we be looking at $3 corn and $6 soybean prices in the near future? This question is beginning to haunt those who are holding on to unpriced grain. Those who have made commitments to high-priced land are feeling the nagging fear of regret. Yet, as we look at the tight world supply and demand situation, it is difficult to see that much has changed in the last month.

The answer lies in the human psyche and the fear that the world economy will languish for the next few years. Or even worse, that the crisis in the European banking system could cause another global freeze in the flow of capital. This fear and volatility causes a paralysis in the investment and consumer communities. If money does not change hands and people do not buy commodities, prices have only one direction to move.

During these fearful times China has been keeping its focus on the “long run.” While many are paralyzed

See NYSTROM, pg. 15A

See TEALE, pg. 16A

See NEHER, pg. 15A

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.

January beans close higher before, after Christmas times (eight out of the last eight years) on the first trading session after Christmas.

SOYBEANS — Soybeans staged a reversal lower on the charts Dec. 5 before posting higher closes three days in a row. Then came the release of the December crop report. U.S. ending soybean stocks increased to 230 million bushels, up 35 million bushels from the last report and 16 million higher than the average guess. Category changes included a 10 million bushel hit to crush and 25 million fewer bushels for exports. The average farm price for the year fell to $10.70 to $12.70 from $11.60 to $13.60 per bushel on the November report. World soybean ending stocks were slightly higher at 64.54 mmt versus 63.56 mmt in November.

Export business was better than recent weeks, but buying interest has been thin overall. Weekly sales were 28.3 million bushels with 551,000 mt going to China.The new export forecast for this year of 1.3 billion bushels equates to a 13.4 percent cut versus last year. Current export sales are down 34 percent versus last year.

Pockets of dryness were reported developing in South America and bear watching. Those areas include southern Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul and parts of Parana. Argentina is also trending drier.

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NEHER, from pg. 14A with fear, the Chinese are making major investments in European infrastructure. They have a keen interest in buying manufacturing companies and securing vital resources to strengthen their economic future.

The Chinese culture has been around for nearly 5,000 years. They have seen many things come and many things go during this time. They have learned some lessons the hard way. Lesson makers have been famines, wars, natural disasters and cultural crises. The Chinese have learned from these lessons and have a much longer view of the world than many of us in the western culture.

As I mentioned in my last column, when a turtle experiences fear, it pulls its head and legs into its shell. When this happens, the turtle cannot move forward. This can only happen when the turtle’s legs reach for the ground and sticks out its neck.

As a child I remember having the story “The Tortoise and the Hare” read to me. Today I wonder who is playing the part of the turtle and who is the rabbit.

Do we have the courage and determination to face the challenges that we will encounter? Will we play the part of the rabbit and spend our time thinking that we are the fastest ones in the race? Those who think they can predict the future of the markets, tend to play the role of the “Hare.” While those who practice margin management, tend to play the role of the “Tortoise.” Which role will we play today? ❖

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Brazil lowered their soybean production estimate to 71.3 mmt when the USDA left their December forecast at 75 mmt for Brazil.

OUTLOOK: January soybeans were down 28 3/4 cents at $11.07 for the week, with virtually all of the loss coming in the wake of the Dec. 9 USDA report.

We’ll keep the first level of support at $11, then $10.75, with resistance at $11.50. The concern going into the January report will be that South America doesn’t have a significant weather problem, China’s purchases remain flat and U.S. carryout climbs to 250 million. Since 1999, January soybeans have closed higher nine times on the last trading session before Christmas and it has closed higher seven times on the first trading session after Christmas.

Nystrom’s notes: Contract changes for the week ending Dec. 9: March Minneapolis wheat was 17 1/4 cents lower, Kansas City down 20 cents and Chicago plummeted 29 1/2 cents. Crude oil closed at $99.41, down $1.55 for the week, heating oil collapsed 7 3/4 cents lower, gasoline was only off 2 cents and natural gas led the way lower down 26.7 cents. The Dow was 167 points higher for the week as of mid-afternoon Dec. 9, the U.S. dollar index was up 0.08 points, and gold was down $35 for the week. ❖

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NYSTROM, from pg. 14A ing stocks increase.

The average farm price range went from $6.20 to $7.20 in November to $5.90 to $6.90 on the December report. Wheat production forecasts for Australia (a record) and Canada were raised during the week with China increasing their corn production estimate. World corn carryout rose to 127.19 million metric tons from 121.57 mmt last month due to a 7 mmt increase in China’s production.

Weekly export sales were slightly better than anticipated at 27.4 million bushels, the best week of sales in over a month. It was disappointing that Taiwan bought 60,000 mt of Brazilian corn this week. Ahead of the expiration of the ethanol blenders’ credit scheduled for Dec. 31, weekly ethanol production set another record this week at 954,000 barrels per day.

OUTLOOK: Corn is struggling to gain any upside traction and after the increase in ending stocks, we’re probably looking at more consolidation trade until the final crop and grain stocks reports on Jan. 12. The range for March corn moves to $5.75/$5.80 to $6.18/$6.25 per bushel. March corn was only a penny lower this week at $5.94 1/4 per bushel. Longer term it’s hard to shake the feeling we’ll see another run higher based on minimal interest from the farm to sell at these prices, firm basis levels, more coverage needed by domestic users, i.e. ethanol, and the uncertainty over the reliability of government production/stock reports.

Here’s a little holiday price action history since 1999: March corn has closed higher nine times (seven of the last eight years) on the last trading session before Christmas; it has closed higher eight

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Pork production outstripping demand TEALE, from pg. 14A remains good. The culprit appears to be the shear number of hogs available as reflected in the good slaughter numbers during the fall.

Despite the fact that demand for pork has improved, the amount of pork produced is out-stripping that improved demand. The one thing that pork would still have going in it’s favor is the fact that compared to competitive meats it is still the best value to the consumer. This should help solidify the market from

any major downward sell-off, provided the market is not blindsided by some extraordinary news.

As with the cattle, the hog market price direction in the weeks ahead is more than likely going to be determined by demand rather than by supply. And this demand will more than likely be determined by the state of the economy in those upcoming weeks. With all considered, producers should approach the hog market with some skepticism, and protect some inventory in the months ahead. ❖

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Table: Crop base acres compared to 2011 planted acres

percent (0.60), with a maximum payment of 9 percent (0.09) of the base revenue for a crop.

• The maximum total ARC payment for all crops would be $100,000 per eligible individual, which will depend on any possible changes in payment eligibility in a new farm bill.

• Participation in ARC would likely require the purchase of some level of crop insurance coverage.

ARC example for corn Base revenue = 180 bu./acre x $4.50/bu. = $810/acre Actual revenue = 160 bu./acre x $4/bu. = $640/acre (79 percent of base revenue) ARC payment = $810 x 0.90 = $729 - $640 = $89 x 0.60 = $53.40/acre Sign-up for ARC program and other farm program alternatives would be by the farmer, with no signatures or approval needed from landlords or owners on cash rented farmland. Land owners would still need to enroll on farms under share-rental agreements. Since ARC program enrollment is based on planted acres, rather than crop base acres, it will be much easier to See PROGRAMS, pg. 18A

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would be made from the 75 to 90 perPROGRAMS, from pg. 16A cent loss range, in order to avoid able by Federal Crop Insurance or the duplication with potential crop insurNAP program, and covers both production losses and crop quality losses, provided that ance indemnity payments.

• The ARC payment rate would be factored by 60 producers were signed-up for Federal Crop Insurance or the NAP insurance coverage for the crop loss year. Similar to ACRE, the SURE program has been difficult to understand, with complicated calculation formulas. Another problem with both the ACRE and SURE programs is that potenBase acres tial payments do not occur until a year or Historical Planted 2011 Difference % more after crops are harvested, due to the Crop (million acres) (million acres) (2011 vs. Base A.) use of the 12-month national average price for crops to determine payment eligibility.

Corn 85,146 92,282 + 8.4 73,900 56,433 - 23.6 The Ag Risk Coverage program proposal Wheat Soybeans 50,822 75,208 + 48.0 that was forwarded for the new farm bill Cotton 18,129 10,974 - 39.5 attempts to address some of the issues Rice 4,436 2,676 - 39.7 and shortcomings with the ACRE and Peanuts 1,497 1,152 - 23.0 SURE programs. The ARC program is Sorghum 11,634 5,345 - 54.1 intended to cover the so-called “shallow Barley 8,538 2,815 - 67.0 losses,” which are crop losses below Oats 3,011 2,587 - 14.1 expected crop revenues (average yield x expected price), but above the crop insur257,113 249,472 -3.0 ance revenue protection. Farmers can pur- TOTAL chase Revenue Protection crop insurance Notes: • Crop base acres are the historical acres that have been used to policies from 60 to 85 percent coverage calculate USDA farm program payments for several farm bills. • Soybean base levels; however, there are no options to acres were added with the initiation of direct payments as part of the 1996 protect losses above those levels. The profarm bill. • The 2011 planted acres are based on the latest estimates from the posed ARC program actually functions USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. somewhat similarly to the SURE program, with a more simplified calculation procedure, and a much faster timetable for potential payments.

Details for the potential ARC program • Direct payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments are eliminated with the ARC program.

• The ARC program would be a crop-specific (ex. corn, soybean, wheat) RP program that is based on farm-level losses and payments. The current SURE requirement for a “disaster declaration” would be eliminated.

• The ARC program would be based on planted acres for each crop, rather than historically established crop base acres. The table above shows the difference in historic crop base acres and 2011 planted acres for all program crops.

• A base revenue level for each crop would be determined, using an “olympic average” farm yield times a two-year national average price (somewhat similar to the ACRE program).

• The actual crop revenue in a given year would be the actual farm yield times the national average price, which would be based on the average price during the first four months of the crop marketing year (September, October, November and December for corn and soybeans), rather than the 12-month marketing year.

• ARC payments would occur within six months from the start of the marketing year.

• ARC payments would occur if the actual farm revenue for a crop in a given year dropped below 90 percent of the base revenue for that year. Payments

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Attend farm group meetings; share your farm bill ideas PROGRAMS, from pg. 17A adjust farm program acres from yearto-year, as crop acreage changes.

As an alternative to the ARC program, the farm bill proposal would give farmers a one-time choice to stay with a traditional target price program, somewhat similar to the current CCP program, with no direct payments. CCP payments would occur when the national average price for a given crop drops below the target price down to the national Commodity Credit Corp. loan price. If the national average price drops below the national CCC rate, there would be potential for loan deficiency payments, similar to the current program. Before this option is totally discounted, consider that it included a rather substantial increase in target prices.

Proposed target prices in the new farm bill proposal were: • Corn $3.64/bu. (currently $2.63/bu.)

• Soybeans $8.31/bu. (currently $6/bu.)

• Wheat $5.50/bu. (currently $4.17/bu.)

These proposed target price increases would represent a 30 to 40 percent increase above the current rates. If

similar increases are included for the CCC loan rates, the adjusted loan rates would be $2.96/bu. for corn, $7.31/bu. for soybeans, and $4.27/bu. for wheat. Of course, these potential significant increases in target prices and CCC loan rates for the various crops are quite preliminary, and are likely to change before a new farm bill is finalized.

The decision to eliminate direct payments is not likely to occur without a battle, as there is a big difference in the amount of direct payments that producers currently receive for various farm crops. Southern rice producers receive an average of $96 per crop base acre and cotton growers receive approximately $34 per base acre in direct payments annually, compared to an average of about $24 per acre for Midwest corn producers.

Farmers in the South received an average 30 to 40 percent of their net income in 2010 from government farm program payments, while Midwest farmers averaged less than 20 percent of net income from those payments.

The direct payments are calculated on the historical crop base acres rather than actual planted acres (see table on

Page 17A). This accounts for some of the regional differences regarding proposals for the continuation or elimination of direct payments.

Bottom line Many commodity groups have supported the elimination of direct payments and the traditional target price program, and replacing it with some type of “shallow loss” safety net program; however, it remains to be seen if those commodity groups will support the concepts of the proposed ARC program. The STAX program alternative was added for cotton only to address issues raised by cotton producers, and the revised target price program was offered as an alternative for certain crops, and for producers who dislike the “shallow loss” type of program.

There were about a dozen different proposals for a new farm bill offered this fall by farm organizations, com-

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modity groups and other organizations, with a variety of methods to provide a safety net for farmers. Many, but not all, of those proposals included some type of crop revenue protection at a farm, county, crop reporting district, state or national basis, based on losses below a certain level from an established base revenue.

There will likely be many meetings and hearings on the coming months regarding a new farm bill. It is a good time for farmers to take part in farm organization and commodity group meetings to find out more about various farm bill proposals and to have input into the process.

••• Kent Thiesse is a government farm programs analyst and a vice president at MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn.

He may be reached at (507) 726-2137 or kent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com.

Zahurones wins Minnesota collegiate discussion meet Minnesota Collegiate Discussion Meet finalists, left to right, Katie Miron, Mary Zahurones, Theresa Twohey and Katie Zenk.

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Zahurones is from Pierz, Minn., in Morrison County, and is a freshman majoring in biology.

Eight undergraduate students from the U of M-Twin Cities participated in the Nov. 10 competition held on the U of M-Twin Cities campus. Students participated in two rounds and were judged on their basic knowledge of critical farm issues, and their ability to exchange ideas and information in a setting aimed at cooperative problem solving.

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expense paid trip to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmers & Ranchers Conference in Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 18-20 to participate in the national competition.

The winner also receives a $500 scholarship from the Minnesota Farm Bureau Foundation.

Finalists were Katie Zenk of Danube, Minn., Katie Miron of Hugo, Minn., and Theresa Twohey of Stewartville, Minn.

Finalists receive a $100 scholarship from the Minnesota Farm Bureau Foundation.

Other participants included Tessa Ries of Red Wing, Minn., Steve Lammers of Johnsburg, Minn., Justin Crowley of Howard Lake, Minn., and Isaac Salfer of Dassel, Minn. ❖

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blocks have lost 29.5 cents in This column was written the last four weeks and for the marketing week endyou’ll recall that a penny ing Dec. 9. movement on the cheese The U.S. Department of price approximates to a dime Agriculture latest milk proon the milk price. duction estimate for 2011 and The barrel price closed Fri2012 was unchanged from last day at $1.5725, down 14 month’s World Agricultural cents on the week, 22.5 cents Supply and Demand EstiMIELKE MARKET above a year ago when the mates report.

WEEKLY barrels rolled 11.25 cents Commercial exports were lower, and is now 8.25 below forecast higher for 2011. Look

By Lee Mielke the blocks so, either the barfor 2011 milk output to hit rels will have to move higher 195.9 billion pounds, up from 192.8 billion in 2010 and 189.3 billion in or the blocks head lower to reestablish 2009. The 2012 projection is 198.4 billion the more typical three-cent spread.

There were only four cars of block but pounds.

39 of barrel that were sold this week.

Cheese, butter and whey prices were The National Agricultural Statistics forecast higher for 2011 and 2012, but Service-surveyed U.S. average block the nonfat dry milk forecast was price slipped to $1.8807, down 0.8 cent, reduced for 2011 and unchanged for while the barrels averaged $1.9127, 2012. down 6.2 cents.

Class III milk prices were raised for FC Stone dairy broker Boris 2011 and 2012 on the increased price Maslovsky warned in his Dec. 5 eDairy forecast for cheese and whey. The Class Insider Opening Bell that “cheese buyIII is expected to average $18.30ers are still out there but the holiday $18.40 per hundredweight, up 15 cents buying season is winding down.” eDairy from last month’s estimate, and comeconomist Bill Brooks added that “dwinpares to $14.41 in 2010 and $11.36 in dling margins for butter and powder 2009. The average takes a drop in 2012 plants have probably shifted some milk however to $16.70 to $17.60, down 40 into cheese vats. ... Butter demand is cents from last month’s projection. likely filling pipelines following holiday The Class IV price was unchanged for buying. Butter has to be in distribution 2011 as the higher butter price is mostly centers by now or on its way to stores.” offset by a lower NDM price forecast.

The USDA’s Dairy Market News said That range is $19.05 to $19.25, up from that “cheese interest is light, though lower $15.09 in 2010 and $10.89 in 2009. prices may stimulate extra late-year proHowever, for 2012 with an unchanged motions.” It reported that a number of NDM price forecast, the Class IV price packagers needed overtime, to make up forecast was raised from last month due for the Thanksgiving holiday reduced to higher butter prices. The 2012 averschedules. Process interest is about steady age is now projected at $16.40 to $17.40, at lighter seasonal levels. Cheese producwhich is a dime higher than what bean tion was heavier over the Thanksgiving counters projected last month. weekend and back to regular schedules following. Cheese yields remain at solid ■ seasonal levels, according to the USDA. Meanwhile, cash cheese prices fell for Butter ended the week at $1.64, up a the fourth consecutive week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The cash penny and 2 cents above a year ago. block price closed Dec. 9 at $1.6550 per Volume was half that of the previous pound, down 8.5 cents on the week but week with 25 cars trading hands. still 26.5 cents above that week a year ago when they plunged 11.75 cents. The See MIELKE, pg. 20A

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Analyst: ’Tis the season for butter prices to plunge ■

MIELKE, from pg. 19A NASS butter averaged $1.6284, down 1.8 cents. NASS nonfat dry milk averaged $1.4422, up 3.2 cents, and dry whey averaged 64.7 cents, up 0.4 cent.

Dairy analyst Jerry Dryer gave some insight into the butter situation in his Dec. 2 Dairy and Food Market Analyst, stating; “’tis the season for the butter

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price to plunge; however, one or more manufacturers and/or marketers aren’t ready to let it plunge. They want to protect inventory values, selling prices or both until all holiday orders are filled.”

Dryer said that “two manufacturers reportedly had a supply agreement or have a supply agreement that is about to expire, so the buyer or the seller or both needed to come to the market, and thirdly cream supplies may be just tight enough to put the squeeze on the available butter supply and force some to scramble for enough last minute butter to fill holiday orders.”

He warned however, that “the butter price is about to correct lower. Holiday orders will be shipped within the next week to 10 days,” but added a couple other thoughts. One, October butter production was at a record 146 million pounds or 20 percent more than any previous October in recent history.

He also points out that Oct. 31 butter inventories stood at 130 million pounds versus a five-year average of 160 million and said international buyers are “kicking tires and will likely place orders once the U.S butter price gets to $1.50 or less.” Commercial disappearance of butter has been strong, he said.

The USDA confirms that, reporting that dairy product commercial disappearance in the first nine months of 2011 totaled 147.4 billion pounds, up 1.1 percent from the same period in 2010.

Butter was up an impressive 9.9 percent; American cheese, up 0.6 percent; other cheese was up 4.5 percent; nonfat dry milk, down 3.4 percent; and fluid milk products, were off 1.5 percent.

■ Brooks said in Tuesday’s DairyLine that October butter output was the highest since records were kept, and he’s a bit surprised that the price hasn’t fallen much considering the huge volume that was traded the week of Nov. 28. He warned however that, if the price breaks below $1.60, “it could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.”

He sees cheese prices dipping to $1.60 or so as well and reminds us that we started 2011 in the $1.30s but saw the $2 level maintained for some time. He pointed to the growing milk supply across the Southern Hemisphere and said, “that’s not real positive given our economic situation we have out there across the world that we’re going to be able to use up all that at these current price levels, and it could very well be that we’ll have to push those prices down a little bit further to move the product.”

■ The global dairy auction was held on Dec. 6 and prices were up, according to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Daily Dairy Report. The trade weighted index was up 2.6 percent from the Nov. 15 auction. The weighted average price for skim milk powder was $1.55/lb., up 2.6 percent; whole milk powder was $1.65/lb., up 2 percent; anhydrous milkfat was $1.82/lb., up 12 percent and the highest since early September.

The Cheddar cheese price was up 2.1 percent, to $1.62/lb.

“International prices are still much weaker than domestic prices,” said FC Stone dairy broker Derek Nelson, and “world prices are still playing catch-up with U.S. prices.” Maslovsky adds that “international dairy markets appear to have stabilized but U.S. prices are still at a premium to world prices. Typically international prices are higher,” and warned “we could see the traditional spread between world and U.S. dairy prices slowly reestablish itself.”

Bill Van Dam, of California’s Alliance of Western Milk Producers, said he has followed this auction since its inception, particularly skim milk powder, and for the past two months the sale of it by DairyAmerica. He wrote in his weekly newsletter that “it is becoming clear that the whole range of products sold at those auctions have become a critical piece of information in establishing the value of the various products in the world market.”

He also reported that Murray Goulburn, a cooperative that handles about 32 percent of the Australian milk supply, will be the first to offer lactose products at the auction. Lactose has become a valuable product in which there is a great deal of interest, Van Dam said.

“The U.S. exports over 50 percent of the lactose made in this country and interestingly New Zealand is our most important customer.” Murray Goulburn will offer products for the first time in April 2012 and that is the only products they will offer, Van Dam said.

■ The National Milk Producers Federation’s third quarter Import Watch shows dairy product imports continue a downward trend. The NMPF’s Jim Tillison said in Thursday’s DairyLine that the imports they monitor have dropped 49 percent since 2005 and he pointed out that it’s the high value products that are dropping off the most.

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MIELKE, from pg. 20A Cheese imports are down significantly, Tillison said, but “reflects the strong demand for cheese outside the United States. The world middle class is growing and, as a result, there’s a growing demand for dairy products offshore so the United States is no longer the place to dump dairy products.

Butter imports are mixed but Tillison said there was a big drop in butter substitutes, such as anhydrous milkfat, most of which was coming from Canada.

Almost none was imported in the third quarter, he said. “We’re seeing a continuing shift away from imports toward products that are produced domestically and toward the world export market.”

On the other hand imports of casein are up from a year ago and appear to jump when the milk price rises. When the nonfat dry milk price goes up imports of casein go up as well and Tillison believes that’s tied to the fact that casein can be a substitute in certain uses for nonfat dry milk powder.

Milk protein concentrate imports are down and isn’t the “bug-a-boo” that some think it is, Tillison said. MPC imports are running about average to what they’ve been running, he said.

■ The International Dairy Foods Association has issued its annual Dairy Facts book. Vivian Godfrey talked about it in Wednesday’s DairyLine and pointed out that the Milk Processor Education Program relies a great deal on research about dairy trends and Americans eating and drinking habits.

She said that U.S. milk production reached a record 192.8 billion pounds in 2010 but U.S. dairy exports increased 38.9 percent in volume with a 65 percent increase in value over 2009. She added that per-person consumption of natural cheese achieved a record 33.29 pounds, surpassing t he previous 2007 record.

On a less-positive note, the long-term trend of declining sales of packaged fluid milk products continued but MilkPEP still sees good opportunities ahead and is using research to fight aggressively to increase fluid milk consumption.

MilkPEP’s independent research shows that from breakfast to dinner, milk consumption at home represents close to 70 percent of all domestic milk consumption, with 2.7 billion gallons of milk being consumed at breakfast alone. Our data also shows that milk added to foods and beverages makes up about 40 percent of total fluid milk volume.

Another revelation from the study is that many Americans stop drinking milk in their teenage years.

“We have discovered through research a great opportunity to bring lapsed adults back to drinking milk by suggesting that they drink chocolate milk as a refuel beverage after exercise,” Godfrey said. “There is strong scientific evidence from research with athletes that chocolate milk is the ideal recovery beverage if consumed within two hours of vigorous exercise.”

••• Lee Mielke is a syndicated columnist who resides in Everson, Wash. His weekly column is featured in newspapers across the country and he may be reached at lkmielke@juno.com.

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Jim Linn named 2011 ‘Friend of Dairy’ award winner Minnesota Milk Producers Association recognized Jim Linn as the 2011 recipient of the Bruce Cottington Friend of Dairy Award during the Midwest Dairy Expo on Nov. 29 in St. Cloud, Minn.

In 2006, Minnesota Milk awarded the first ever Friend of Dairy award to Bruce Cottington. Since then, the name of the award has been changed in honor of Bruce Cottington’s name and legacy, and Linn is Jim Linn the second recipient with this new title.

Linn is a nationally known dairy expert who served as the head of the Department of Animal Science at the University of Minnesota from June 2007 until his retirement in September 2011.

He earned his doctorate in dairy cattle nutrition from the University of Minnesota in 1978, and was on the faculty at Iowa State University as Exten-

sion dairy specialist ence Association, having served from 1978-79 before on the Board of Directors as well Jim is not a person of returning to Minnesota as president, and he chaired the accolades and accomas an Extension dairy Production Division Council. nutritionist with plishments. He is all He also served as Overall Proresearch, teaching and about the people he gram chair for the 2002 joint meetExtension responsibiliserved — dairy farmers. ing of American Dairy Science ties.

Association, American Society of His true dedication of He specialized in dairy Animal Science, and the Canadian service to Minnesota cattle nutrition and focused Society of Animal Science. dairy farmers is without his research on forage qualLinn was a member of the 2001 reproach. ity, calf nutrition, direct fed microNational Research Council combials, feed intake and feed efficiency.

— Pat Lunemann mittee for dairy nutrition that He served as faculty supervisor for authored the “NRC Nutrient the animal facilities on the St. Paul Requirements of Dairy Cattle” and served on the campus, which includes a dairy herd of 140 Holstein NRC committee that reviewed “Minerals and Toxic cows.

Substances in Diets and Water for Animals.” He was Linn has been active in the American Dairy Sci- named Outstanding Graduate Faculty Member of the Department of Animal Science, and he advised 10 masters and five doctorate students during his tenure at the U of M. Linn has authored and co-authored over 600 publications and popular press articles covering numerous calf, heifer and cow nutrition topics. He has given more than 500 talks on dairy nutrition in Minnesota alone and has been invited to speak at numerous national and international seminars and meetings.

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The award was announced during the Midwest Dairy Expo on Nov. 29 in St. Cloud, Minn.

Anderson is the chief author of the bill to create Minnesota’s Dairy Research, Teaching and Consumer Education Authority. By doing this, he has helped create a stronger base of support for dairy development in Minnesota.

Anderson has also taken a leadership role in efforts to address the timing and the function of the state feedlot permitting process. He, along with others, has helped to provide the foundation for more clarity, consistency and timeliness for environmental compliance, permitting and review.

“We appreciate both what Rep. Anderson does for dairy farmers and how he goes about his business. In an era when the rhetoric can get pretty heated, we are glad to have a steady hand like his working closely with us on issues affecting the Milk Producers,” said Pat Lunemann, president of the MMPA. ❖

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FALL TILLAGE (4) CIH 870, 22' Subsoiler ............................$61,900 & $71,500 (2) CIH 870, 18' Subsoiler ............................$43,500 & $56,500 (4) CIH MRX690 Suboiler ..............................$20,900 - $28,500 (4) CIH 9300, 22.5' Subsoiler ........................$24,500 - $36,500 (2) CIH 9300, 9 Shank Subsoiler ..................$36,000 & $36,500 (3) CIH 730B Subsoiler ..................................$18,500 - $22,500 (2) CIH 730C, 17.5' Subsoiler........................$39,500 & $43,500 (3) CIH 730C, 7 Shank Subsoiler ....................$34,900 - $37,500 CIH 730B, 7 Shank Subsoiler ..........................................$22,500 DMI 9300, 22' Subsoiler..................................................$29,500 DMI 2500, 4 Shank Subsoiler............................................$6,950 DMI 730B Subsoiler ........................................................$17,500 (3) DMI 730B, 17.5' Subsoiler ........................$16,500 - $21,500 (3) DMI 730B, 7 Shank Suboiler ....................$17,500 - $21,500 (3) DMI 730, 7 Shank Subsoiler ....................$12,500 & $16,900 DMI 527B Subsoiler ........................................................$18,900 (2) DMI CCII, 11.5' Subsoiler ............................$5,250 & $7,750 (2) DMI Tiger II Subsoiler..................................$2,400 & $7,950 Bourgault 2200, 30' Subsoiler ........................................$92,400 (14) JD 2700 Subsoiler ..................................$21,500 - $38,000 JD 512, 22.5' Subsoiler ..................................................$49,500 (3) JD 512, 22' Subsoiler................................$40,000 - $46,500 (2) JD 512, 17.5' Subsoiler ..........................$17,000 & $25,500 (3) JD 512, 9 Shank Subsoiler ........................$23,900 - $27,750 JD 510, 7 Shank Subsoiler ..............................................$10,500 (2) Krause 4850, 18' Subsoiler......................$43,500 & $48,500 Landoll 2320, 5 Shank Subsoiler ....................................$15,950 M & W 2900 Subsoiler ....................................................$19,900 M & W 2200 Subsoiler ....................................................$19,500 M & W 1475 Subsoiler ......................................................$6,900 M & W 1465, 7 Shank Subsoiler ......................................$6,500 Sunflower 4412, 7 Shank Subsoiler ................................$32,000 (6) Wilrich V957DDR Subsoiler ......................$23,500 - $36,900 Wilrich 6600 Subsoiler ......................................................$8,500 CIH 6650, 11 Shank Chisel Plow ....................................$12,500 IH 4700, 30' Chisel Plow ..................................................$3,950 JD 680, 25' Chisel Plow ..................................................$19,500 JD 610 Chisel Plow..........................................................$11,900 CIH 710 MB Plow ..............................................................$1,500 CIH 700 MB Plow ..............................................................$3,900 IH 315, 14' Combo Mulch ................................................$1,250 JD 726, 34' Combo Mulch ..............................................$29,500 Sunflower 6432-36' Combo Mulch..................................$19,500 (2) CIH 110, 50' Crumbler....................................choice $13,900 DMI 50' Crumbler ............................................................$10,500 DMI 40' Crumbler ............................................................$10,900 DMI 37.5' Crumbler ........................................................$12,000 NH SG110, 45' Crumbler ................................................$16,900 Riteway 4300, 42' Crumbler ............................................$29,300 Summers 54' Crumbler ..................................................$24,000 Summers 44.5' Crumbler ..................................................$9,150 Unverferth 1225, 33' Crumbler........................................$15,900

SELF PROP. FORAGE HARVESTERS Chase Groskreutz, East - (320) 248-3733 Randy Olmscheid, West - (320) 583-6014 Claas 980, '10, 645 hrs..................................................$335,000 Claas 980, '10................................................................$335,000 Claas 980, '09, 1135 hrs................................................$275,000 Claas 980, '08................................................................$275,000 Claas 980, '08, 1495 hrs................................................$255,000 Claas 900, '07, 1935 hrs................................................$175,000 Claas 900, '03, 2275 hrs................................................$168,000 Claas 890, '08, 1780 hrs................................................$195,000 Claas 890, '02................................................................$158,500 Claas 890, '02, 2555 hrs................................................$147,000 Claas 870 GE, '06, 2590 hrs ..........................................$184,500 Claas 870, '03, 2790 hrs................................................$162,000 Claas 830, '03................................................................$115,000 Claas 830, '02, 2195 hrs................................................$120,000 JD 7550, '08 ..................................................................$235,000 JD 6850, '01, 2360 hrs....................................................$92,000 JD 6810, '97 ....................................................................$62,500

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JD 6910, '92, 3800 hrs.........................................

JD 6810, '96, 4590 hrs.........................................

NH FX60, '03, 1970 hrs .......................................

NH FX58, '02, 1410 hrs .......................................

FORAGE EQUIPMENT

Gehl CB1275 PT Forg Harv...................................

Gehl CB1265 PT Forg Harv...................................

Gehl 1075 PT Forg Harv .......................................

Gehl CB1060 PT Forg Harv...................................

(2) NH FP240 Forg Harv ................................$23, (5) Claas PU380HD Hayhead ........................ $14 (3) Claas PU380 Pro Hayhead ........................$23 (8) Claas PU380 Hayhead ............................ $12 Claas PU300 Hayhead...........................................

(4) Gehl HA1210 7' Hayhead ............................ $ Gehl HA1110, '95 Hayhead ..................................

Gehl 7' Hayhead ...................................................

JD 640B Hayhead .................................................

JD 630A Hayhead .................................................

JD 630 Hayhead ...................................................

JD 10' Hayhead.....................................................

JD 7HP, 7' Hayhead ..............................................

JD 5HP, 5.5' Hayhead ..........................................

NH 3500 Hayhead.................................................

NH 355W Hayhead ...............................................

NH 340W Hayhead ...............................................

NH 29P Hayhead...................................................

(3) Claas Orbis 900 Cornhead ....................$110,0 (2) Claas Orbis 750 Cornhead........................$76, (2) Claas Orbis 600 Cornhead ..............................c (9) Claas RU600, 8R30 Cornhead ..................$24 (2) Claas RU450XTRA Cornhead ..................$42, (9) Claas RU450 Cornhead..............................$28 (3) Gehl TR330 Cornhead ..................................$ (2) JD 688 Cornhead ....................................$28, JD 686 Cornhead .................................................

JD 676 Cornhead .................................................

JD 666, 6R30 Cornhead .......................................

Kemper 4500 Cornhead .......................................

Kemper 3000 Cornhead .......................................

NH 3PN Cornhead.................................................

(2) NH R1600 Cornhead ................................$39,

HAY EQUIPMENT

CIH WDX2302, '06, 640 hrs .................................

CIH WDX901, '02, 475 hrs ...................................

CIH 8830, '96, 1430 hrs .......................................

NH HW340, '98 ...................................................

CIH DC515, 15' Mow Cond...................................

CIH DHX181 Windrower Head .............................

NH 1441, 16' PT Windrower.................................

(2) CIH 8360, 12' MowCond..............................$4 CIH 8340, 9' MowCond .......................................

CIH 8312, 12' MowCond .....................................

CIH DCX161 MowCond.........................................

CIH SC412 MowCond ...........................................

(2) Claas 8550C MowCond ............................$36, Claas 8400RC MowCond .....................................

Hesston 1160, 14' MowCond ...............................

JD 1600, 14' MowCond .......................................

JD 956 MowCond .................................................

JD 945, 13' MowCond .........................................

NH 1475 MowCond .............................................

NH 116, 14' MowCond .........................................

New Idea 5212, 12' MowCond .............................

Vermeer 1030, 13.5' MowCond ...........................

Fransgard 240, 8' Disc Mower .............................

Kuhn GMD55 Disc Mower ...................................

IH 120, 7' Sickle Mower ......................................

NH 455, 7' Sickle Mower .....................................

CIH FC60, 60" Rotary Mower ................................

Farm King 72" Rotary Mower ...............................

Landpride FDR2584 Rotary Mower .....................

Woods RD7200D Rotary Mower .........................

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

(3) Millerpro 14-16 Wind Merg .................... $28 NH H5410, 9' Wind Merg .....................................

NH 166 Wind Merg...............................................

NH 144 Wind Merg...............................................

Victor 245 Wind Merg .........................................

JD Rake ...............................................................

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

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

BALERS

(2) CIH RBX562 Rnd Baler ..........................$14, CIH 8460, 5x6 Rnd Baler .....................................

CIH 8480, 5x6 Rnd Baler .....................................

CIH 3650, 5x6 Rnd Baler .....................................

Claas 280RC Rnd Baler.........................................

Hesston 530, 4x4 Rnd Baler .................................

JD 567, 5x6 Rnd Baler .........................................

JD 566, 5x6 Rnd Baler .........................................

(2) NH BR780A Rnd Baler ............................$16, NH BR780 Rnd Baler ...........................................

New Idea 4865, 5x6 Rnd Baler .............................

CIH LBX332 Rec Baler .........................................

CIH 8575 Rec Baler .............................................

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(2) CIH 8530 Rec Baler....................................$7,500 & $10,400 Claas 255UNI Rec Baler ..................................................$27,900 JD 100, 3x3 Rec Baler ....................................................$28,900 NH BB940A Rec Baler......................................................$67,500

JD 520, 20' Drill ................................................................$4,500 JD 455, 30' Drill ..............................................................$21,900 CIH SDX40, 40' Seeder..................................................$129,500

SPRAYERS - SELF-PROPELLED

...........$68,900 ...........$50,000 ...........$17,900 ...........$32,900 .............$9,500 ...........$20,000 ...........$24,400 4,900 & $6,900 .............$7,950 ...........$11,500 ...........$20,500 .............$7,900 500 & $42,500 ...........$55,000 .............$5,350 .............$6,995 ...........$15,900 ...........$15,000 .............$9,000 .............$6,500 ...........$10,500 ...........$19,500 .............$4,200 .............$3,900 ................$795 .............$1,750 ................$550 .............$1,250 .............$2,750 .............$1,895 ...........$22,500 8,500 - $35,800 ...........$17,900 .............$3,750 .............$2,000 ...........$34,800 .............$1,250 ...........$23,500 ...........$14,500

SPRAYERS - PULL-TYPE (2) Demco Conquest......................................$18,900 & $22,500 Hardi 500, 60'....................................................................$8,500 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 Riverbend 132' ................................................................$29,000 Top Air NAV1100 ............................................................$22,500 Top Air 1100R60XF..........................................................$14,500

SKID LDR’s/RTV’s/EXC. Case SR175, '11 ..............................................................$28,500 Case 1840, '91, 6355 hrs ..................................................$9,850 Case 1840, 4400 hrs........................................................$10,750 Case 1845B, '92, 5550 hrs ................................................$7,400 Case 1816C, '79 ................................................................$3,500 Case 445, '07, 2000 hrs ..................................................$30,500 Case 435, '06, 2750 hrs ..................................................$19,900 Case 430, '08, 370 hrs ....................................................$28,000 Case 430, '06, 2105 hrs ..................................................$17,900 Case 430, '06, 2790 hrs ..................................................$20,800 Case 430, '06, 3905 hrs ..................................................$22,000 Case 420, '09, 2985 hrs ..................................................$19,500 Case 420, '08, 3975 hrs ..................................................$16,900 Gehl 7810E, '10, 2875 hrs ..............................................$36,500 Gehl 7800, '01, 6395 hrs ................................................$18,500 Gehl 7810 Turbo, '04, 3350 hrs ......................................$34,500 Gehl 5635SXT, '01, 650 hrs ............................................$17,000 Gehl 5240E, '10, 380 hrs ................................................$27,500 Gehl 4825SX, '98, 5640 hrs ..............................................$8,500 Gehl 4640E, '06, 2705 hrs ..............................................$15,000 Gehl 3935SX, '01, 1735 hrs ..............................................$9,950 JD 328, '05, 5180 hrs......................................................$19,500 JD 320, 2210 hrs ............................................................$19,900 Ford 4500, 2245 hrs ..........................................................$7,500 Cub Cadet 4x4D Trail, '06, 670 hrs....................................$7,975 Kawasaki Mule, '02, 2670 hrs............................................$5,500 Kubota RTV900W, '06, 800 hrs ........................................$9,900 Kubota RTV900, '06, 935 hrs ............................................$7,950 Kubota RTV900W, '04, 830 hrs ........................................$8,200 Kubota RTV900W, '04........................................................$8,200 Steiner Hawk, '00 ..............................................................$3,250

PLANTING & SEEDING CIH 1260, 36R22 ..........................................................$185,000 (2) CIH 1250, 24R30 ................................$113,900 & $121,000 CIH 1250, 16R30 ..........................................................$105,000 CIH 1240, 24R20 ............................................................$79,000 CIH 1240, 12R30 ............................................................$89,900 CIH 1200, 32R22 ............................................................$77,500 (3) CIH 1200, 24R22 .................................... $42,500 - $66,900 CIH 1200, 16R31 ............................................................$79,900 CIH 1200, 16R30 ............................................................$60,000 (3) CIH 1200, 12R30 ......................................$29,900 - $55,800 CIH 1200, 12R23 ............................................................$65,300 CIH 955, 16R20 ..............................................................$26,500 CIH 955, 6R30 ................................................................$11,500 (2) CIH 900, 12R30 ................................................choice $6,500 IH 800, 16R30 ..................................................................$8,950 Friesen 2400RT................................................................$15,500 JD 7300 ..........................................................................$13,500 JD 1770, 24R30 ..............................................................$42,500 JD 1770, 16R30 ..............................................................$63,500 JD 1770, 16R30 ..............................................................$46,300 JD 1760, 12R30 ..............................................................$46,500 JD 1720, 16R22 ..............................................................$32,500 Kinze 3700, 36R20 ..........................................................$62,500 White 8524, 24R30........................................................$117,500 White 6100, 24R22..........................................................$24,500 CIH 5500MT ....................................................................$18,000 (2) CIH 5400MT, 20' Drill ..................................$7,500 & $9,500 IH 5100 Drill ......................................................................$4,500 (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

MISCELLANEOUS Alloway 22CD, 22' Shredder............................................$12,500 (4) Alloway 20' Shredder ..................................$4,500 - $10,500 Balzer 5205M, 30' Shredder ..............................................$8,900 Hiniker 5600, 15' Shredder..............................................$12,500 JD 520, 20' Shredder ......................................................$18,500 JD 220, 20' Shredder ......................................................$11,500 JD 120, 20' Shredder ........................................................$3,950 Loftness 264, 22' Shredder ............................................$15,900 (2) Loftness 240, 20' Shredder......................$13,500 & $20,500 Loftness 20' Shredder ......................................................$8,500 Rhino RC15, 15' Shredder ..............................................$13,000 Wilrich 22' Shredder........................................................$12,900 (2) Woods S20CD Shredder ..........................$15,900 & $16,750 (2) Woods 22' Shredder ..................................$5,500 & $10,500 Woods 20' Shredder........................................................$12,500 Woods 15' Shredder........................................................$12,500 Dump Chief 504CF, 12' Forage Box ..................................$7,500 Alcart 1520 Forage Box ..................................................$44,000 Millerpro 9015 Forage Box ..............................................$42,000 (8) CIH 600 Forage Blower..................................$2,850 - $5,500 Gehl 1580 Forage Blower ..................................................$1,250 Ag Bag G6009 Forage Bagger..........................................$19,750 Ag Bag G6000, 9' Forage Bagger ....................................$13,500 Meyer 5570, 570bu Manure Spreader ............................$10,500 CIH 1360 Grinder Mixer ..................................................$11,900 Feterl 8x60 Auger ..............................................................$3,000 Feterl 8x55 Auger..................................................................$750 GSI 10x31E Auger ............................................................$3,800 Hutch 8x72 Auger..............................................................$1,850 Kubota V4208A Blade ........................................................$2,100 CIH LX192 Loader ............................................................$9,500 Farmhand F235 Loader......................................................$3,500 GB 800 Loader ..................................................................$1,500 Kubota LA514 Loader ........................................................$3,200 Lindsay Bale Transport ......................................................$1,000 Dakon 350, 350 bu Grav Box ............................................$1,750 Demco 365 Grav Box ........................................................$4,150 EZ Flow 300 bu Grav Box ..................................................$2,950 Farm King 200 bu Grav Box ..............................................$2,500 Huskee 225, 250 bu Grav Box ..........................................$2,300 J & M 350 Grav Box ..........................................................$3,500 Killbros 350 Grav Box........................................................$1,200 Kuker Grav Box ....................................................................$950 Minnesota 350BA Grav Box ..............................................$2,650 Brent 1194 Grain Cart......................................................$41,500 Brent 1080 Grain Cart......................................................$30,500 Brent 876, 800 bu Grain Cart ..........................................$26,500 Brent 672, 650 bu Grain Cart ..........................................$15,500 Brent 572, 550 bu Grain Cart ..........................................$12,500 Brent 472 Grain Cart........................................................$10,500 Brent 470 Grain Cart..........................................................$8,800

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Rudy Lusk - (507) 227-4119 CIH 4420, '09, 1120 hrs ................................................$175,000 CIH 4420, '09, 1185 hrs ................................................$175,000 CIH 4420, '09, 1320 hrs ................................................$175,000 CIH 4420, '09, 1560 hrs ................................................$175,000 CIH SPX4260, '99............................................................$85,000 CIH SPX4260, '98, 4270 hrs............................................$79,900 Hagie STS-14, '10..........................................................$218,000 JD 4920, '06, 1600 hrs..................................................$165,000 Miller 4275, '09, 660 hrs ..............................................$210,000 Miller 4275, '08, 620 hrs ..............................................$209,000 Miller 4275, '08, 995 hrs ..............................................$205,000

SPRING TILLAGE (3) CIH TM 200, 60.5' Fld Cult ........................$67,500 - $69,500 (2) CIH TM 200, 50.5' Fld Cult ......................$50,000 & $57,500 (2) CIH TM 200, 48.5' Fld Cult ......................$41,250 & $55,000 CIH TMII, 38.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$35,500 CIH TMII, 30.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$26,500 CIH 4300, 51.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$11,500 CIH 4300, 48' Fld Cult ......................................................$7,900 CIH 4300 Fld Cult ..............................................................$9,750 CIH TMII, 50.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$57,500 CIH TMII, 48.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$39,500 CIH TMII, 36' Fld Cult ......................................................$34,500 CIH TMII, 32.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$28,500 DMI TMII, 40.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$32,500 DMI TMII, 38.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$30,000 DMI TMII, 36.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$26,900 DMI TMII, 34.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$16,200 DMI TMII, 29.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$17,900 DMI TM, 32.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$9,500 DMI TM, 31.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$9,500 DMI TM Fld Cult ..............................................................$12,500 IH 4500, 24.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$1,250 Flexcoil 820, 40' Fld Cult ................................................$11,500 JD 2210, 64.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$49,500 JD 2210, 44.5' Fld Cult ....................................................$36,500 JD 2210, 34' Fld Cult ......................................................$35,000 JD 985, 48.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$17,500 (2) JD 980, 44.5' Fld Cult ..............................$17,500 & $17,950 (3) JD 980, 36.5' Fld Cult................................$14,500 - $19,800 JD 980, 29.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$16,750 JD 726, 38' Fld Cult ........................................................$27,500 Wilrich QuadX, 55' Fld Cult..............................................$43,900 Wilrich Quad, 46' Fld Cult................................................$39,500 Wilrich 2500, 27.4' Fld Cult ..............................................$2,995 CIH RMX340, '03 ............................................................$29,500 CIH 3950 Disk..................................................................$25,900 CIH 3900, 33' Disk ..........................................................$17,900 CIH 330, 34' Disk ............................................................$58,900 IH 490, 28' Disk ................................................................$6,800 Sunflower 1434, 33' Disk ................................................$29,900 White Disk ........................................................................$7,500

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‘Green Kitchen’ offers pro-conservation recipes

By SARAH JOHNSON The Land Correspondent I like the motto: If you’re not gonna be part of the solution, at least don’t be part of the problem. Although we all feel helpless sometimes in the face of environmental catastrophes and gloomy predictions of global warming/cooling/flooding/drought, there are many things we can do to cut our personal contribution to the worldwide problems of expending energy and creating waste, without making any sacrifices. Best of all, most of these techniques save time as well — that’s a commodity you can’t put a price on.

One of the things we’ve learned is: Little things count. Conserving things like water, energy and food are tasks we can do ourselves, in our own homes, to give Mother Earth a better shot.

“The Green Kitchen: Techniques and Recipes for Cutting Energy Use, Saving Money and Reducing Waste”

by Richard Ehrlich will be both inspirational and practical for those who want to “live green” (and there are more and more of us each day). You can easily attain a green kitchen with simple methods such as cooking with the lid on; using the microwave and pressure cooker to their fullest potential (instead of the oven); cooking in large batches and freezing half; reducing kitchen waste; and using alternatives to chemical cleaners.

■ Salmon Steak Au Poivre (that’s French for “with pepper”) is amazingly fast and easy, yet has all the cachet of a fine dining experience. It only takes five minutes to impress your “audience,” hardly enough time to open a bottle of wine and toss a salad. The recipe is for one piece of fish; make as many as you need, without crowding the pan. Using the pan’s lid helps “steam” the fish to perfection.

Salmon Steak Au Poivre 1 salmon steak, around 1 inch thick Freshly ground black pepper and salt, to taste Vegetable oil Lemon wedges or fresh herbs for garnish Wipe one side of the salmon dry with a strip of paper towel. Pour oil into a heavy lidded frying pan, preferably nonstick, to coat the bottom lightly; put the pan over a high heat.

Set your peppermill to produce a coarse grind, and grind pepper onto the salmon to make a uniform coating that covers every bit of the flesh. If

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The Johnson clan gives four out of four ‘yums’ to Sour Cream Sauce you like a lot of pepper, grind on enough to hide the pink flesh completely.

Put the salmon in the pan with the peppered side down; season the top of the fish lightly with salt; and clamp the lid on. Set the timer for two minutes and turn the heat off when the timer goes off. Place the lid slightly ajar and leave the fish for one minute if you like rare salmon, two minutes if you like it fully cooked. Serve with the peppered side — which will have an attractive blackened look — facing up. A lemon wedge completes the picture, though some chopped fresh herbs will add a bit of greenery and extra flavor.

■ This Sour Cream Sauce will complement your salmon nicely. It’s also great with chicken or as a garnish for Mexican food. I’ve made a similar version of it for years, but this one’s better, as my family agrees. Four out of four “yums” from the Johnson clan!

Sour Cream Sauce Serves 4 1 1/4 cup sour cream Juice of two limes Large handful of fresh cilantro, roughly chopped 1-2 green chilies, deseeded if you wish, finely chopped 1 green pepper Salt and freshly ground black pepper Mix all the ingredients except the green pepper and refrigerate until needed. Just before you’re ready to serve, deseed and chop the green pepper fairly finely. Mix in, season with salt and pepper, and serve at once.

■ Garlic Mushrooms are prepared in the microwave, saving time and energy.

Microwaves excel at creating steam,

which is a lovely way to cook many vegetables. You can use store-bought mushrooms, but the author suggests using wild mushrooms if you get the chance. Serve with red meats, or as an entrée in itself with pasta.

Garlic Mushrooms Serves 4 as a side dish 12 ounces small, pearly-white button mushrooms A couple tablespoons of unsalted butter 2 shallots or a small onion, finely chopped 2 medium garlic cloves, finely chopped A pinch of dried thyme 3-4 tablespoons dry white wine 1 cup half-and-half or light cream Small handful of fresh parsley or cilantro leaves, finely chopped Clean the mushrooms; trim off the stem-ends, but leave whole. Melt the butter in a glass bowl for around 30 seconds, then stir in the shallots or onion, garlic, thyme and wine.

Microwave at full power until the liquid has fully evaporated, around 1-2 minutes; stirring once is a good idea.

Add the mushrooms, stir well, and cook in 1-minute bursts until just done, around 4-5 minutes. Stir in the cream, microwave again to heat through, and serve immediately with the fresh herbs sprinkled on top.

■ Zucchini and Tomatoes is another example of the power of “lidded cooking.” The energy and time savings are so obvious once you try it, you’re going to slap your forehead: “Why didn’t I think of that before?” There are plenty of yummy nutrients in this dish, and it’s full of flavor and color.

Zucchini and Tomatoes Serves 4 as a side dish Extra virgin olive oil

2 large zucchini, thickly sliced 1 large ripe tomato, thinly sliced Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2-3 paper-thin slices of onion 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar Small handful of fresh basil leaves Place a lidded pan over medium heat.

Pour in enough oil to make a shallow puddle, then put in the zucchini, followed by the tomatoes as a layer on top, and then the onion as a final layer. Season with salt and pepper.

Clamp the lid on and cook for around five minutes, until the zucchini slices are cooked al dente. (Leaving them in the pan, off the heat, for five minutes will make them fully soft, if that’s what you want.) Dress with vinegar and top with torn basil leaves.

■ Crispy, succulent fried chicken in less than half an hour? Yup. The secret once again is the lidded cooking. Do yourself a favor and make a little gravy or sauce with the pan drippings, as the recipe suggests. You won’t regret it.

Chicken Pieces Under the Lid “Roast chicken in a frying pan” But only takes less than half the time 4 pieces chicken pieces (with the bones) Vegetable oil Salt and pepper Lightly coat the bottom of the pan with oil and put in the chicken, skin side down. Season with pepper and a tiny bit of salt. Put the pan over a high heat, cover it, and wait until you hear the chicken sizzling vigorously. Turn the heat down to medium-high. Set the timer for 10 minutes.

When the timer goes off, turn the pieces; cover and cook for another five minutes. They may take another five after that, 10 at most. Breasts could take longer than legs because they’re thicker.

The result should be crisp skin and succulent, juicy flesh. If you want the skin crisper still, turn the heat down when the chicken’s done and turn the pieces again so the skin gets a final blast of dry heat. If you want to get really fancy, you could take the cooked pieces out and make a little gravy by deglazing the pan with wine or stock, a little flour (optional) and seasonings.

“The Green Kitchen: Techniques and Recipes for Cutting Energy Use, Saving Money and Reducing Waste” is available online and at bookstores. Just don’t confuse it with “In the Green Kitchen” by Alice Waters, which is also an excellent book on cooking “sustainably.”

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Finally flushed, these pheasants were in fine feather

Mike Hergert of the Red River Farm Network received the Outstanding Agricultural Reporting Award from Minnesota Farmers Union at their state convention.

“Mike knows how to ask the right questions in order to get to the issues that really matter to rural America,” said Doug Peterson, Minnesota Farmers Union president. “He has been serving the radio agriculture world for 40 years, and his professionalism and dedication to rural America shows, and is a great asset for all of us in farming.”

Hergert graduated from Brown Insti-

tute. His first radio job was in 1970 at KFIL in Preston, Minn. From there he worked for KATE, KCMT, and in 1985 he became the first executive director of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association.

Since 1986 Hergert has worked for KNOW, KKXL and the Red River Farm Network. Currently they produce six radio farm programs a day, carried in 17 rural radio markets in northwestern Minnesota, eastern North Dakota and South Dakota. He and his wife, Linda, have three grown children and 10 grandchildren. ❖

I still have three or four unmounted fans in the basement freezer, awaiting the borax and pins, but nowadays, I simply pluck a single tailfeather and put it in jar on the basement bookcase as a momento of the successful hunt.

The pheasant tailfeathers I saved last week certainly aren’t the longest I’ve encountered.

The longest I can recall was a 27-incher that hung over a South Dakota bar some years ago, the winner of a local longest tailfeather contest.

But given the sad state of pheasants this fall in Minnesota, any birds bagged this year automatically qualify as trophies.

I’m just hoping my most recent trophies weren’t the last two roosters to be found in Le Sueur County.

••• John Cross is a Mankato (Minn.)

Free Press staff writer. Contact him at (507) 344-6376 or jcross@mankatofreepress.com.

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rooster ringneck or drake mallard clearly appears green.

But close up, the hue of an individual feather plucked from the neck or head becomes indeterminate, an iridescent glow that somehow in the collective view takes on a green appearance.

Finding an unattached feather in the wild is to discover a mystery. Was it lost under mundane circumstances, settling gently to the ground as part of a natural replacement process?

Or perhaps as part of high drama, lost in a sudden flurry of wingbeats, a narrow escape from the snapping jaws of a predator.

When I started chasing wild turkeys two decades ago, I just couldn’t bring myself to toss out the wonderfully symmetrical fans that gobblers wear. Like many turkey hunters, I mounted the tailfeathers of each of my kills.

But the problem with turkeys is they are big birds. In no time, I ran out of wall space.

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Finally, at last, I bagged a Some hunters have a brace of Minnesota roosters. thing about antlers. I am fascinated by feathers.

That more than a month of the pheasant season had A feather is an excellent passed before I managed to example of how form follows slip a rooster into my game function. Body feathers bag speaks to just how disstreamline and insulate, mal the 2011 season thus tailfeathers offer directional far has been for this hunter. control and stability, wing feathers cup the air for Even with an experienced THE OUTDOORS power, lift and movement. dog and expending a lot of

By John Cross shoe leather pounding Some male birds — most through some pretty good notably pheasants, cover, flushes have been nearly nonwoodies, mallards, harlequins, the existent. lowly shoveler — are almost comical, as though designed by a committee The consolation was that both birds of clowns when in full plumage. wore magnificent tailfeathers that stretched nearly two feet.

But remarkably, for all their garishness and loud colors, they can become And judging by the long, sharp, polished spurs, neither was young-of-the- nearly invisible and melt into their surroundings when the need arises. year.

An interesting thing about feathers is Before cleaning them, I plucked the that they aren’t always what they longest tailfeather from each and set seem.

From a distance, the head of a them aside as trophies.

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Anyone ever tell you that you’re full of MomSense?

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Don’t forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!” The wife stared at him. “What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don’t know how to fry a couple of eggs?”

The husband calmly replied, “I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I’m driving” (Author unknown).

Although this story is taken to an extreme, it does raise the question: How well do you and I receive correction when it’s merited and necessary? Do we appreciate or resent spouses, employers and family members who speak the truth in love?

Sadly, for too many years I’ve erred on the side of being defensive, rather than being teachable. It feels a little bit like sitting in a dentist chair to willingly enter into a conversation with someone who tells us that our words or actions were careless. Correction cuts. Rebuke hurts. Those who are wise will get past that pain rather than letting the well-intentioned advice fester. They’ll discern what’s true, reject what isn’t, and apply the wisdom to their character.

English poet, Francis Quaries wisely said, “If any speak ill of thee, flee home to thy own conscience, and examine thy heart; if thou be guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction; make use of both, so shalt thou distill honey out of gall, and out of an open enemy create a secret friend.”

••• Lenae Bulthuis is a wife, mom and friend who muses from her back porch on a Minnesota grain and livestock farm.

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strategy that will equip Our grandson Landon is moms to embrace their mothmature beyond his age. At ering instincts and develop 17 months, he’s already hit Editor’s note: A their own parenting style the proverbial terrible twos. computer error left out while navigating through Within the span of seven some of this “Back myriad of daily mom decidays, he lost Papa’s (a.k.a.

Porch” column when it sions. It involves being bold my hubby Mike’s) toothran in the Nov. 18 issue. and taking risks, loving those brush, bent Papa’s glasses Here it is again, in its around you, and being sensibeyond repair, and locked entirety. Enjoy. ble while figuring out what himself in his house while works and what doesn’t. his mother was taking out THE BACK PORCH the garbage. At 7:30 on a Being sensible means havBy Lenae Bulthuis crisp fall Saturday morning, ing a good head on your Elizabeth walked across the shoulders, being levelheaded, street barefoot and pregnant and making solid, good sense choices. It also means to her grandmother’s house to use their phone. She checking all the doors before you break into a wincalled me. “Mom, Landon locked himself in the house dow. Lesson learned. and Mark is in the pig barns. Can you or dad come Being sensible is a tall task for anyone, especially over and break into our bedroom window?” when our brains feel foggy. Grief, exhaustion, stress Since Papa was unavailable, I drove the three and parenting, all impact mental function and conmiles to their home solo. When I got there, Landon centration. When our minds are fuddled, people start was in the house making silly faces at his mother and end projects, but find themselves missing key through the bay window. I headed to the back of the steps in the middle. They walk into rooms and are house, bent the screen out of the bedroom window, clueless to what they were going to get or do once slid the glass pane to the left, stepped on the window they got there. Age, overload and, yes, preschoolers, well, and jumped onto the windowsill landing on my can certainly fog our thinking. hips. Ouch. Then came the easy but ungraceful part, One of the best ways to gain some good old fashfalling headfirst on their bed. Feeling quite heroic, I ioned common sense and, better than that, wisdom is scooped up giggling Landon into my arms and then heard my mother-in-law open the sliding glass door to have a teachable spirit. of their bedroom. “Looks like this door isn’t locked,” A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her she said. husband. Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. “Careful,” he said. “CAREFUL! Put in more Seriously. I just bruised my hips and showed my butter! You’re cooking too many at once. TOO fanny to any neighbor in the backyard who happened to be sipping on a leisurely Saturday morning MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Gracious! WHERE are we going to get coffee, and the door was open?

MORE BUTTER? They’re going to STICK! Careful.

I looked at Elizabeth and gave her a deep, you’veCAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen got-to-be-kidding-me sigh. “Sorry!” she said. “That to me when you’re cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry door is always locked; I never bothered to check it.”

As moms, no matter what phase of life our children are in, we need a little MomSense. Ironically, in the middle of Landon’s week of mischievousness, I spoke to a local MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group about that very theme: MomSense: Bold • Loving • Sensible.

The goal of MomSense is to develop a mothering

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$32,500

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CIH 5250, 5466 hrs.

White 6085, 2766 hrs.

$39,000

$27,500

CIH 2162 31’ draper head

$39,000

McCormick CX105 105 hp, MFWD, 750 ldr.

$44,500

McCormick STX 215 ‘10 JD 635 flex head 18.4x46 duals $33,000

$84,500

COMING IN - White 6184 planter, 12-30, liq. fert.

Hwy. 212 • Glencoe, MN

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“Where Farm and Family Meet”

96 Acre Prime Nobles Cty. Farm Land, Prodex 96.7, 95 acres tillable, Section 26, Wilmont Twp., $7,500/Acre, on Contract for Deed 114 Acres Farmland in Cottonwood Co., Excellent, well tiled land w/108 tillable in Southbrook Twp., $7,490/deeded acre Wonderful 10 Acre rural Residence, Perfect for horses or livestock w/3 bedroom home, pole shed, nice yard and 5 acre alfalfa, $149,900 • 57821 300th St, Winthrop, MN Grain Storage & Elevator Facility, bins, dryer & leg system, office & feed mill, scale room, etc., excellent location with plenty of lot space, $109,900 • 102 W. Main, Arlington, MN Beautiful 3 Acre Updated Rural Residence, well maintained buildings including lovely spacious 2 bedroom, 11⁄2 bath rambler w/attached garage, 40x80 machine 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 bedroom, 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 Beautiful Wooded Country Lot, $24,900 • Section 34, Courtland E. Twp., Nicollet County Perfect 3.36 Acre Lot for Business w/3 bedroom home, 2 heated shops & home, $114,900 • 391 Lafayette Ave., Lafayette, 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

$12,900

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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%

Versatile 946, 20.8x42 duals, diff. lock, 5960 hrs., rock box ..$54,000

NH TJ325, 380” duals, PTO ..CALL

Apache 1010, 1000 gal., 60’/90’ boom, Ultraglide boom, New Demo ........................................$151,000

White 5100, 8R30, VF ....................$5,500 IH 800, 8R30 ..................................$3,250 NH TJ325, PTO, 380/54 duals ....$102,500 Conveyall BTS 290 ......................$13,500 CIH 7140, 2WD, duals, 18.4R42’s, Brillion SS12 ....................................CALL Decent........................................$29,500 Brillion SST144-01............................CALL Ford TW35, FWA, Sual Series II ..$18,500 COMBINE HEADS White 2-60, FWA, loader ................$7,950 Oliver 1655, wide front ..................$5,500 Harvestec Gen. III, 8R30 ............$29,000 NH TG215, 18.4R46, S.S., wgts., Harvestec Gen. III, 8R30 ............$26,500 3662 hrs. ..................................$89,500 Harvestec Gen. IV, 8R22..............$42,500 NH TM135, 2WD, loader, 4000 hrs.

JD 43 Series Units, 12R22 ..........$22,500 ..................................................$43,000 CIH 1083, shedded ......................$10,500 NH TJ380, 800/R38, 1750 hrs. ..$152,000 ‘98 CIH 1083 ................................$13,900 Case 335, 300 hrs., PTO, ‘99 CIH 1083, plastic snouts ........$15,900 18.4R46 duals ........................$185,000 CIH 1083, Clean............................$10,500 JD 4020, LP, powershift ................$6,950 CIH 963, 6R30, recent work ....COMING IN NH TV140, loader ....................COMING IN IH 963, 6R30 ....................................CALL Ford 4610, open station ................$8,500 JD 12R22, tin, Clean ......................$8,950 IH 1086, duals, 5611 hrs. ............$12,500 JD 893, 8R30, STD, deck ........COMING IN NH TV145, 1615 hrs.....................$84,900 JD 643, 6R30 ................................$5,500 NH TC34DA ..................................$16,500 JD 843, knife rolls ........................$10,000 NH TC330, S.S., Clean..................$13,250 JD 843, Decent ............................$14,500 NH TV140, loader ....................COMING IN JD 43 Series, 12R22................COMING IN ‘07 NH TG215, SS, 18.4R46 ........$89,500 MF 864, 36” ..................................$3,000 JD 6400, loader ............................$37,500 ‘04 MF 8R30 hugger head ......COMING IN Case 7140, 2WD, DUALS ............$29,500 Cressoni 2005, 6R30 ..................$22,700 IH 706, NF, w/loader ......................$4,750 AUGERS CIH 7110, 2WD, 14.9R46, 6475 hrs. ..................................................$37,250 Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ..............$8,250 Ford 8730, FWA, 7970 ................$29,500 Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ..............$7,750 Ford 8000, open station ....................CALL Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ............$11,950 Case 2090 ........................................CALL Westfield MK 13x71 GLP, w/hyd swing ..................................................$11,500 GRAVITY BOXES/GRAIN CARTS Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ............$11,250 Parker 500, corner auger ..............$9,500 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ............$11,750 J&M 350, repainted ........................$4,750 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ............$11,500 J&M 385, roll tarp ..........................$5,900 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ............$10,900 Kilbros 1600 ................................$17,500 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ..............$9,950 Kilbros 385 ....................................$4,150 Westfield MK 10x61 ......................$7,500 Parker 4500, scale ........................$9,500 Westfield MK 10x61, GLP ..............$5,750 EZ-Flow 500, 23.1-26 ....................$8,950 Many Other Used Straight & 600 Bu. Box, New, w/used gear ..$10,500 Swing Hoppers On Hand - CALL

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“Where Farm and Family Meet”

PLANTERS White 8516, CF, liquid fert. ..........$87,500 White 8524, 22”, CF, hyd. drive ............................................COMING IN White 8222, LF, 1000 acres ....COMING IN White 6180, LF, 16R30 ................$27,900 White 6100, LF, 12R30, floating row cleaners ....................................$20,500 White 6100, LF, 12R30 ................$15,500 White 6100, 12R30 ..........................CALL JD 7300, 12R30, vacuum ............$11,900

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SKIDSTEERS NH LS180, cab, 2-spd. ......................CALL NH L150, heater ................................CALL NH LS160 ....................................$14,900 NH LX885 ....................................$17,500 JD 6675, 2600 hrs. ......................$13,000

SPRAYERS Hardi Commander 1500, 132’, dualsCALL Hardi Navigator 1100, 90’, flush & rinse ..............................$27,500

chlauderaff Impl. Co. 320-693-7277

Hardi Navigator 1000, 60’, controller ..................................................$14,500 Hardi Navigator 1000, 60’ ..........$13,500 Hardi 6600, 120’, steering 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, hyd. fold, Clean ..............................................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

‘09 MF 9795 Combine, 262 sep. hrs. - $220,000 24 months interest free financing on most used combines

FEATURED ITEMS

‘07 MF 9790, duals ....................167,000 ‘90 MF 8570 combine, 2330 hrs. ..................................................$38,000 ‘05 MF 451 tractor, 45 PTO hp., 350 hrs. ....................................$15,900 ‘93 Agco 5680, MFD, loader, 73 PTO hp., 4250 hrs. ..............$21,000

DISK RIPPERS & CHISELS (2) Krause 4850-18, all parabolics, 10’..............................................$44,500 Krause Dominator, 21’ rolling basket ..................................................$57,500 JD 512, 5-shank ..........................$17,500 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 Case 730B, lead shanks, new leveler ..................................................$27,500

SPREADERS New Knigit PS160 ............................CALL Demo Meyers VB560 ........................CALL NI 3743, upper beater ......................CALL Knight 8124, truck tires ....................CALL Knight 8014 ....................................$9,900 NH 308 ..............................................CALL NH 185, T/A, endgate ....................$7,950 ‘04 Knight 1230, 30 loads ............$11,950 Knight 1230, hyd. endgate ............$9,500 Gehl 1410, truck tires ....................$8,200 NI 3732, uppper beater ..................$6,250 NI 3739 ..........................................$7,250

60240 U.S. Hwy. 12 Litchfield, MN Ask for John, Jared, Roger or Rick

GRAIN HANDLING

TRACTORS • • • • • • •

‘12 MF 5460, MFD, cab, 95 hp.

‘10 MF 2680, 31 hrs.

‘07 MF 3645 MFD, cab, loader IH 70 Hydro w/loader White 2-135, 2WD, cab ‘76 Allis 7000, cab, 6865 hrs.

New MF 1529, hydro, loader

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‘09 MF 8200 bean table, 30’ ‘06 MF 8000 bean table, 30’ ‘97 Gleaner R72, duals ‘98 Gleaner 800, 25’ flexhead ‘90 MF 8570, 2240 hrs.

‘85 MF 9720, 3292 hrs.

‘82 MF 850, variable speed, 3535 hrs.

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

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‘08 Geringhoff 1822, RD ‘08 Geringhoff 1222, RD ‘04 Geringhoff 1220, RD ‘08 CIH 3412, 12R20”, KP, HDP ‘07 Geringhoff 1822, RD ‘03 Geringhoff 1222, RD ‘07 Geringhoff 1220, NS ‘05 Geringhoff 1020, RD ‘08 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘06 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘04 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘03 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘02 Geringhoff 1022, RD ‘01 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘01 Geringhoff 630, RD ‘00 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘92 Geringhoff 830, PC ‘07 Geringhoff 820, RD ‘08 Geringhoff 630, RD

COMBINES

CORNHEADS

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‘05 NH 98C, 12R20” ‘99 NH 996, 12R20” ‘04 JD 1290, KR ‘98 JD 893 ‘03 MF 3000, 6R30” CIH 1083 CIH 822

• NEW Brandt 7500 grain vac • NEW Brandt 5200 EX grain vac • Brandt 1515 LP, 1535, 1545, 1575, 1585 belt conveyors • Brandt GBU-10 unloader • Brandt 10x35 auger • Feterl 10x72 auger • Brandt GBL-10 loader • Parker 1348 grain cart, 1300 bu., PTO drive • Parker 605 gravity box, 625 bu.

• Parker 505 gravity box, 550 bu., brakes

HAY & LIVESTOCK • • • • • • • • • • • •

NEW MF 1328 3 pt. disc mowers ‘11 MF 1372 disc mower cond.

Sitrex DM7 disc mower Sitrex RP5 3 pt. wheel rake Sitrex 10 & 12 wheel rakes on cart Gehl WR520, 12 wheel rake Gehl 1090 mower conditioner sickle MF 828 round baler MF 200 SP windrower Westendorf 3 pt. bale spear Degelman 3100 bale processor Vermeer 605G baler

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White 264 disk, 20’ White 6186 planter, 16R30 ‘08 JD 520 stalk chopper ‘07 Balzer 20’ stalk chopper CIH 4600, 27’ field cult.

Loftness 30’ stalk chopper, SM Maurer 28’ header trailer WRS 30’ header trailer ‘11 Degelman LR7645 land roller Sunflower 4412 disk ripper, 7 shank ‘11 Degelman 7200 rock picker ‘11 Degelman 6000 HD rock picker Lucke 8’ snowblower NEW SB Select 108” snowblowers

MISCELLANEOUS

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‘95 Gleaner R-62, 2000 hrs., RWA........$59,500 ‘92 Gleaner R-62, 2300 hrs. ..................$39,500 ‘98 Gleaner R52, duals, 1700 hrs..........$69,500 ‘08 Gleaner 8200, 25’ R series ..............$24,900 ‘04 NH CR970, 1000 hrs. ....................$149,500 ‘99 MF 8780, Smart track, 1800 hrs. ....$79,500 ‘03 MF 8000, 25’ w/Crary air reel..........$24,900 ‘09 Gleaner 8200, 35’ flex, air reel, new$39,900 ‘07 Gleaner 8200, 30’ flex, “A” mtg.......$26,500 ‘96 Gleaner 525 flex w/Crary air reel ....$13,900 (5) Gleaner 8R30 huggers ......$11,900-$39,900 (6) Gleaner 6R30 huggers ........$9,950-$15,900

WANTED

DAMAGED GRAIN STATE-WIDE

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

DECEMBER SPECIALS MANURE SPREADERS Meyers 125 bu., poly floor & sides, T-bar apron, w/warranty ....................................................................$4,500 Pequea 80 bu., poly floor, T-rod apron, New warranty ......$3,800 Pequea 50 bu., poly floor, T-rod apron, New warranty ......$3,500

CALL FOR A QUOTE TODAY

MISC. EQUIPMENT SPECIALS

PRUESS ELEV., INC.

Horst 8-ton, running gear 11Lx15 8-ply tires Reduced To $1,735 Land Pride 3 pt. mtd. blades in 6’, 7’, 8’ sizes ......................Call Artsway 10x34 540 PTO drive truck auger ......................$4,500 Ramrod Model 500 stand-on skid loader, 36” QA bucket ..............................................................$13,500 Land Pride SB1051, 51” 3 pt. snowblower ......................$2,800 Land Pride SB1064, 64”, 3 pt. snowblower ......................$3,552 Land Pride SB1074, 74” 3 pt. snowblower ......................$4,105 Land Pride SB1084, 84” 3 pt. snowblower ......................$4,740 Kubota 1140RTB, 4 passenger, 4WD dsl., Camo, canopy $14,000

1-800-828-6642

JD 843 cornhead, 10R22, Gleaner or JD $7,950 JD 843 cornhead, 8R30, Gleaner or MF ..$9,950 ‘95 Gleaner 525 flex ................................$5,950 ‘94 Gleaner 525 flex ................................$9,950 ‘96 Gleaner 520 flex ................................$8,950 ‘80 Gleaner FG430A cornhead ................$1,595 ‘99 Gleaner 830C, SCH..........................$15,900 ‘78 Gleaner L2 hydro ..............................$4,950 Gleaner N630A, ‘82 & up ........................$1,500 Fieldstar II yield monitor for GL, MF, CH $3,950 Straddle duals, 18.4x42, for Gleaner ......$6,950

USED EQUIPMENT

New Ulm Tractor & Equipment Inc. 13144 Co. Rd. #25 New Ulm, MN

507-354-3612 Kubota, Land Pride, Vicon, Artsway, AgriPac Silage Bags

‘06 NH 616 disc mower ..........................$5,950 Artsway G72, 6’ finishing mower ..............$795 Wilrich V957, 7x30................................$34,900 ‘03 CIH LBX331, 3x3, big square ..........$39,500 AGCO Hesston 3008 disc mower, 10’......$7,450 ‘06 Balzer 2000 shredder ......................$16,900 Balzer 2000 shredder, semi-mounted......$5,950 Balzer 2000 shredder ..............................$5,950 ‘02 Parker 737 grain cart, duals ............$18,900 Parker 510 grain cart ..............................$9,950 Feterl 10x60 HF w/hopper ......................$2,950 Westgo 10x71 w/hopper ........................$1,950 Schweiss 6’ snowblower, 2 auger ..........$1,995 Loftness 8’ snowblower, single auger ....$2,995

NEW RENTAL RETURNS Brandt 5200 EX grain vac......................$17,900

JUST IN (2) Feterl 10x34 PTO augers ............Ea. $1,195 Wishek 862NT, 26’ disc ........................$44,500 M&W 1875, 7x3 disc ripper ....................$9,950 ‘10 Farm King Y840, 84” snowblower ....$2,950 Parker 710 grain cart, scale ..................$14,900 NEW 16’ harrow for Wishek disc ............$3,500 AC @D, WF, repainted ............................$2,795 Tebben 7x30 deep-til disc leveler ............$6,950 Wishek 962NT, 22’ disc ........................$47,500 ‘05 Balzer 2000 shredder, new knives ....$8,950 Killbros 490 grain cart ............................$8,950 ‘06 WilRich V957, 5x30 ........................$24,900 ‘10 Gleaner 8200, 25’ flex w/air reel......$32,500 ‘97 NH 9682, 4300 hrs..........................$79,500 White 6175, 2WD, 5100 hrs..................$39,500 White 6100, 10R30 ................................$8,950 AC 117, 8R36 w/Interplante, 78 series....$1,595 WilRich V957, 7x30 ..............................$24,900 JD 980, 38’ w/3 bar ..............................$16,500 Case IH 4800, 24’....................................$6,450

Hesston 550, 4x6 baler ..........................$4,950 ‘08 Hesston 3008 disc mower ................$6,950 Baler 2250 vac tank ................................$4,950 ‘04 Feter 10x60 PTO auger......................$3,950 Feterl 8x46 PTO auger ............................$2,950 Fterl 8x60 PTO auger ..............................$1,995 Feterl 10x76 HF auger w/hopper ............$1,975 ‘81 Gleaner N5 ........................................$5,950 ‘11 Gleaner R66, 160 hrs ....................$239,500 ‘89 Gleaner R70 duals, 2700 hrs ..........$24,900 ‘93 Gleaner R72, 2800 hrs ....................$59,500 ‘05 Gleaner 8000, 30’ flex w/air reel......$27,900 ‘95 Gleaner 530 flex ................................$8,900 ‘95 Gleaner R62, RWA, 1800 hrs ..........$59,500 ‘80 Gleaner N803A cornhead ..................$2,950 Hiniker 1325, 15’ chisel plow ..................$3,950 ‘05 Sunflower 4510-13 disc chisel ........$19,900 ‘01 Gleaner R62, duals, 1300 hrs........$109,500 ‘08 Brandt 5000 EX grain vac................$10,950

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Kubota MX5100, 2008 Model, 140 hrs., 50 hp., 2WD ....$15,000 Oliver 1600, gas, near new 15.5x38 tires ........................$4,000 Hyd. loader to fit Oliver w/snow bucket ..........................$1,000 Ford 8N, 1950 Model, side dist., front bumper, draw bar ..$2,500 Ford Jubliee 12 volt conversion, good winter project ........$1,800 ‘06 Honda Rancher ATV, 4WD, 350cc................................$3,000 Ford 1200 hyd. loader w/snow bucket all purpose mts. ......$475 Dearborn loader w/mounts for 9N, 2N, 8N Ford, needs bucket!....................................................................$200 ‘08 ExMark Lazer ZXS, 25 hp. Kubota dsl., 860 hrs., 72” deck ......................................................................$10,000

‘06 White 8524, 24R22, 3 bu. ..............$79,500 ‘03 White 8186, 16R30, 3 bu. ..............$52,500 White 5100, 12R30, SM3000..................$3,950 JD 7200, 16R30 vac, 250, LF................$26,900 JD 7000 12R30, wing fold ......................$4,950 Deutz Allis 385, 8R30, 300 monitor ........$2,495 ‘00 Wilrich 6600, 7x30 disc ripper ........$12,950 Deutz Allis 1400 field cult., 27’................$3,950 Hiniker 1000, 12R30 cult. ......................$3,950 Bush Hog 12R30 cult. ................................$795 Tebben 7x24 deep-til w/disc levelers ......$5,950 Bush Hog 12’ mtd. chisel plow ..................$995 JD 730D, 3 pt ..........................................$6,900 ‘06 New Idea 5512 disc mower cond. ..$18,900

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4960 MFW tractor, FOR SALE: IH 490 disc, 22', Grasshopper power vac for Haybuster 2650 bale shred2 or 3 pt blades 6', 7', 8' & 9', 3 pt Snowblowers, 7', 8', $850 FOR SALE: Hyd flat fold JD markers for planter or tool18.4x42 tires 90%, 20 frt to $2850. Tractor weights & der, never used, $16,900. Al$100 to $1250. Tractors & model 227, used 1 yr. Midexc. blades, new bearings & wgts., recent OH, $42,500; bars etc. $2,500/set. chains. 712-299-6608 lied 695 loader JD2950 mts, other equip. avail. 712-299mount mowers, $1,000. 641tires, $5,500. 641-495-6170 Red Devil 8' snowblower 712-297-7951 $5,995. 320-543-3523 6608 425-5478 FOR SALE: '08 Mandako 45' w/hyd spout, $2,750; JD 567 long roller, 42” drum, nice, 8-bolt tire w/rim 25.5Lx16.1 baler w/quick tie attach., IH 560 hyd bucket ldr; $27,000. 320-987-3177 for $85. 6-bolt 10x15 impl $8,900; JD 443 oil drive Gravity wagons: (2) Demrims. PU shock hitch cornhead w/knife rolls, FOR SALE: '88 JD 4450 w/ co 365, 550, (2) Parker 500 USED TRACTORS 712-299-6608 nice, $3,450. 320-769-2756 power shift, 3 hyds, FWA, bu, Coming in: Demco 650; ‘09 MF 8650, 1500 hrs. ......................$134,500 ‘07 Agco RT155A, FWA, 900 hrs...........$99,500 axle duals, 18.4x38, single JD 48 ldr; Series Chev 90, CIH 1200 STACK FOLD Agco RT150, 1400 hrs., all options ......$89,500 ‘79 AC 7020, PD......................................$8,950 owner tractor, nice, 13,000 tri axle, dsl, 700 bu; MH 33 PLANTER CBJ0018697; ‘02 Challenger MT565, 2000 hrs. ..........$69,500 AC 185 ....................................................$7,950 hrs; JD 1760 planter, liq PTO, rubber like new; JD JD 530 tractor, 3 pt. & fend12R30; PRO-600 monitor; ers, restored; JD 158 ldr; fert, row cleaners, low Challenger MT525B, ‘04, 800 hrs. ........$54,500 AC D-17 Series III, very nice ..................$4,950 420 hoe; 8x38 auger; corn & bean plates; markJD 46A ldr; CIH 2255 ldr; acres, good cond.

Schwartz WF, 660 or 730 Challenger MT465B, ‘07, 1100 hrs. ......$46,900 AC WD45, WF, 12 volt, $3,600 in repairs $3,950 ers. $19,900. (715) 878-9858 Paulson ldr off D15 Allis; 320-224-7253 JD; JD 963 gear, like new ‘04 Challenger FH30, flex ......................$18,900 JD 2030 w/JD 48 ldr. ..............................$8,950 Hesston 10 Stakhand; Flare, 6-7x12 barge & gravity Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Re+ 2; IH fenders. Peterson Agco 9455, 2WD, duals ........................$26,500 IH 300 utility w/loader ............................$3,950 Schweiss 3 axle, 8x16' wagons, $250 to $2250. NI Equipment New Ulm MN pair Repair-Troubleshootflatbed trlr. pull pickers 30”-38”. 712-299507-276-6957 or 6958 ing Sales-Design Custom USED COMBINES & HEADS Koestler Farm Equip 6608 hydraulic hose-making up 507-399-3006 ‘07 Gleaner A65, 300 hrs. ..................$189,500 ‘93 Gleaner 8R36 hugger ......................$11,900 to 2” Service calls made.

FOR SALE & WILL PUR‘07 Gleaner A-65, duals, 500 hrs.........$179,500 ‘90 Gleaner, 4R36 hugger........................$4,950 STOEN'S Hydrostatic SerCHASE: NH BALE WAG‘03 Gleaner R-75’s, 1100 hrs. ............$139,500 Harvest Tech cornhead, 8R30 ..............$22,900 vice 16084 State Hwy 29 N ONS. ROEDER IMPLE‘02 Gleaner R-72, duals, 1100 hrs. ....$129,500 ‘04 Challenger FH30 flexhead ................$18,900 MENT SENECA, KS 66538 Glenwood, MN 56334 320‘01 Gleaner R62, duals, 1500 hrs..........$99,500 ‘99 Gleaner 820 flex ..............................$14,900 785-336-6103 634-4360

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ROPS, good buckets, ready 7'. (563)237-5937. to go, $16,500. 515-408-3122 Knight 1040 Spreader. Hyd. drive, upper beater. Nice Killbros. model 385 w/ 2-20" cond. $6,850. 608-214-1859 extensions. 15 ton gear.

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‘08 Cat 965B, 800 hrs ....................$199,500 ‘08 Cat 835B, 2000 hrs., 3 pt. PTO $215,000 ‘04 Cat 855, 3000 hrs. ....................$185,000 ‘07 JD 9860STS, 800 hrs., loaded w/all options....................................$175,000 ‘01 Cat 95E, 3800 hrs., new tracks $115,000 ‘07 Cat MT755B, 2100 hrs. ............$150,000 ‘07 CIH MX305, 200 hrs. on new motor, warranty ..........................................$112,500 ‘07 CIH MX275, 1750 hrs., loaded w/all options....................................$137,500 ‘08 Lexion 595, 650 hrs. ................$265,000 ‘08 Krause Dominator, 18’ ..............$38,000 ‘04 DMI Tiger Mate II, (50.5’) ..........$37,500 ‘96 JD 1844, 1800 gal., 3900 hrs. ....$45,000 ‘95 Loral, 1600 hrs. ............................$40,000 ‘09 Hagie STS14, 120’ boom, loaded ........................................................$190,000 ‘98 JD 1770, 24-30, loaded, w/precision planters ..............................................$58,500 ‘03 Wilrich 957 VDR, nice shape ....$16,000

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McCormick 15' bat wing mower $6,500/OBO. Frontier 1442 manure spreader $17,000/OBO, 28' JD 630 disc Roller Mill Farm King #85, $13,500/OBO. 608-792-8051 8” chrome rollers, 150bu/hr, used 2 yrs, $2400. 641-425Mustang Skid Steer #940-E, 5478 800+ hrs, larger tires, exc cond. $10,500. Cambridge S185 Bobcat. Cab heat. 1800 hrs. $18,500. 608-214-1859 MN 763-689-3420

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Loftness 8' 2 auger snowblower, front mount, $2,900; Case IH 80 snowblower, nice, $2450; '69 JD 3020D 3pt, JDWF, side console, $8,750; Case IH 900 6x30 planter w/ dry fert, $1,950.

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NH LS190, 3600 hours, high flow, 2 speed. $12,500 obo 608-792-8051 Rental Units-13 Shank Great Plains TC5113 TURBOCHISEL (2011) w/ Heavy Duty Chopper Reel Like New. M&W 5 or 7 Shank #1700 Earthmaster w/ Heavy Harrow Like New (Warranty) Dealer.

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Geringhoff 8-30 chopping ‘83 JD 8450, 4WD-$25,000 head JD 893 8-30 chopping CIH 480 (wheel) head Farmall 35 w/loader ‘99 1083, 8-30 TILLAGE ‘04 9300, 9-shank-$21,500 2208, 8-30 MISCELLANEOUS DMI 730B (Blue)-$16,500 DMI 730B (Red)-$19,500 J&M 750 cart w/scale 240B, 8-30 shredder JD 980, 44.5’ field cult.

Demco 800 grain cart Wilrich 4015 field cult.

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SPRING EQUIPMENT JD 1770, MT 1630 CIH 1200, 16R Pivot CIH 1250, 24R JD 7200, 12-30 Kinze 3200, 12R

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'08 TTX190 McCormick FWA tractor, 250 hours, full Warranty thru Spring 2013, $85,000. 507-276-9029 '71 JD2520 dsl. 1 hyd. Full 3 pt. Very nice shape. $14,000/OBO. Call 715-495-2456.

'83 JD 4450, 2WD, 8230 hrs., 15 spd, pwr shift, duals, front wgts, $29,000. 507-5267491 Black Angus cows bred to Pharo Cattle Company Bull. Call 715-829-8965 FOR SALE: '09 JD 7730 FWD, 530 hrs, duals, like new; '67 4020 dsl, WF, dual hyds, 7600 hrs. 952-466-5686

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S185 Bobcat. Cab, heat. '00 JD 8410, Auto Track ready, 480R46 duals 80%, Noise package, quick-tach, new 34” frts, wgts, 5700 2spd, 1800 hrs. $18,500. hrs., 4 SCV's, 42 GPM hyd.

608-214-1859. pump. (507)340-2937 We buy '07 JD 7930, 1800 hrs., IVT Salvage Equipment transmission, 4 hyds., Auto Parts Available Trak ready, HID light pkg., Hammell Equip., Inc. active seat, 320R50 rear du(507)867-4910 als, 320R34 frt., exc. shape, $129,500. 218-790-9478

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FOR SALE: '68 JD 3020 dsl., WF, 3 pt., Syncro-Mesh, good rubber & tin, uses no oil, nice tractor. 507-4017034 FOR SALE: '82 JD 4640, PS, 18.4x42 85% rubber, cast duals, rock box, 5200 hrs., new pump & injectors, exc. cond., $28,500 OBO. 507-9951062 FOR SALE: '84 Steiger tractor, Series IV Panther KM325, Cummins 855 eng, 6600 hrs, very sharp, 24.5x32 tires, 60%, great cond, can email pictures.

Asking $30,000. 320-760-7102 FOR SALE: '85 Case 4894, good cond, $16,000/OBO; 20' Fruehof grain pup w/ roll tarp, very good cond, $6,200/OBO. 507-427-3070 FOR SALE: '98 JD 8300 MFWD, 480R46, tires & duals, 4 SCVs, mirrors, fenders, deluxe cab, quick hitch, $59,500/OBO. 507-789-6049 FOR SALE: Gehl 2415 DiscBine; Gehl 600 14 wheel rake; H&S hay tedder; JD 660 rake; JD 336 baler; 3 Forage King hay wagons; JD 3950 chopper; (2) JD 716A forage wagons; Gehl 1540 blower; Hustler 56 blower; Loyal 7X18 conveyor; IH 16' Vibra-Shank; Lundell ripper; Pony-Trail drag; Brillion 12' high lift roller; Melroe 244 grain drill; 100 6 1/2 freestall hoops. For pictures & prices go to www.sfwfarm.com or call 715-296-3182.

FOR SALE: Have running motor for Allis Chalmers 190XT tractor; Have new overhauled motor for WD Allis Chalmers tractor. 507848-1701 or 507-236-8726 FOR SALE: IH 1566 Black Stripe, 3605 act hrs, always shedded, tilt steering, dual PTO, $16,500; IH 666, gas, WF, 4660 act hrs, always shedded, 2pt hitch, 540 PTO, near new tires, $7,250.

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'09 JD 612 chopping head, loaded, CM, header height controls, $78,500.

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MISCELLANEOUS EQUIP.

‘05 NH TG255, FWA/SS, 18.4R46 rear duals, 14.9R30 front duals, 825 hrs. ........................$129,950 ‘11 NH T6070, FWA W/840TL loader, 195 hrs. ..$92,500 ‘11 Versatile 435, 710/70R42 duals, 400 hrs., Rental ............................................................Coming In ‘02 CIH STX450, 710/70R42 duals, 6100 hrs., EZ-Steer, Nice..................................................$129,500 ‘92 Ford 8730, FWA, 18.4R38 duals, 4000 hrs. $34,950 ‘97 NH 1620, FWA, w/7308 ldr., 660 hrs. ..........$15,500 ‘05 NH TC45DA, SS/FWA, 800 hrs., hydro. w/17LA loader ..................................................$22,950 ‘94 Ford 9280, 20.8-38 duals, 2250 hrs.............$65,500 ‘79 Case 2290, 18.4-38......................................$12,500 Allis Chalmers WD45, Nice..................................$3,950

‘10 EZ Trail 500 wagon w/brakes ........................$9,500 ‘08 Wilrich 9x24’ 957DDR w/harrow..................$34,500 ‘09 NH BR7060, AW/NW/BC/1.8M/Endless ........$27,500 ‘06 NH ST720, 5-shank, (527 DMI) ..................$19,500 ‘08 Wilrich 5850, 45’ chisel plow w/harrow ..Coming In ‘05 NH 1431 Discbine, new cutter bar ................$19,950 ‘04 NH 1431 Discbine ........................................$15,500 ‘97 NH 499, 12’ haybine ......................................$8,500 ‘92 NH 499, 12’ haybine ......................................$3,950 ‘89 NH 116, 14’ haybine ......................................$2,950 ‘95 Wilrich 2500 field cult., 25’ w/4-bar harrow $12,500 Black Max 96” snowblower, 2-stage/auger, hyds. $3,950 Caldwell 450 bu. grain cart ..................................$3,950 Used Case 12’ mtd./hyd. chisel plow, Nice ..........$1,950 ‘06 Stoll 35 loader for TS135 NH, FWA w/bucket & joystick/valve ..................................................$6,000 ‘90 Gleaner R50 w/6 row cornhead & ‘05 Wilrich 957, DDR, 9-shank, 24” w/harrow ..$29,900 20’ flex......................................................Pkg. $38,500 ‘11 Tebben TC94, 10’ rotary cutter ......................$5,950 ‘03 NH 74C, 30’ flex head ..................................$21,000 Morris CT712, 16’ chisel plow..............................$3,950 (2) ‘01 NH 73C, 30’ flex head ............................$20,900 Several 7’ & 8’ Snowblowers ....From $1,500 to $3,500 ‘07 NH 74C, (CR) 35’ flex head ..........................$26,500 ‘08 NH 99C, 8F30” chopping cornhead..............$62,500 ‘08 NH 99C, 8R30” chopping cornhead ............$64,500 ‘11 NH L218, cab/heat, hyd. QA, Rental Return ........Call ‘04 CIH 2366, 950 sep. hrs., Loaded & Nice ....$151,500 ‘08 NH LS170, cab/heat, hyd. QA, bucket ..........$21,000 ‘04 CIH 1020, 25’ flex head................................$17,500 ‘07 NH L175, cab, AC, hyd. QA, whls., ‘98 NH 973, 25’ flex head ....................................$9,500 72” bucket, pilot controls..................................$29,500 ‘92 NH 973, 30’ flex head ....................................$7,500 ‘94 Commander 8000, 72 hp., 72” bucket, ‘95 NH 974, 6 row 30” ........................................$8,500 rubber tracks ....................................................$19,000 ‘97 NH TR98, 30.5-32, loaded, 1212 hrs. ..........$65,000 ‘06 JD 317 w/2850 hrs., hyd. Q/A, 78” bkt.........$14,950 ‘95 NH 973, 30’ flex head ..................................$10,900 ‘92 NH L250, 42” bucket, 1800 hrs. ....................$7,950 ‘95 NH TR97, 30.5-32, loaded, 1450 sep. hrs. ..$54,500 ‘07 JD 332, AC, hyd. QA, 1750 hrs. ................Coming In Gleaner F2 w/4R30” cornhead & 15’ bean head ..$3,500 ‘00 NH LS180, cab/heat, 4250 hrs. ....................$12,500 ‘01 NH LS160, cab, 4200 hrs.............................$15,500

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‘83 JD 7000, 8R30, dry fert, monitor ....................................$6,500 JD 7100, 12R22, mounted......................................................$5,900 JD 7300, 12R22, 1.6 bu, monitor ........................................$13,900 ‘08 JD DB44, 3000 hrs, 24R22, CCS, monitor..................$129,950 ‘09 JD DB44, 24R22, pull type, vacuum............................$132,500 ‘08 JD DB44, 24R22, CCS, refuge, fert..............................$134,900 ‘02 Wilrich PT2200, 16R30, vacuum, monitor ..................$39,500 TILLAGE (3) JD 2210 field cultivators ......................................................CALL Wilrith Quad 5 field cult, 44.5’, 7” shovels ..........................$13,900 ‘92 JD 875 RC cult, 12R30, hyd fold ......................................$3,750 (7) JD 2700 mulch rippers ........................................................CALL JD 3700 plow, 10-bottom, spring ........................................$11,500 ‘00 JD 512 disk ripper, 7’6”, 7 shank....................................$18,250 ‘97 DMI 530B disk ripper, 5 shank ......................................$15,500 ‘04 JD 730B ripper, 17.5’, 7 shank, 10” shovels..................$24,900 Summers coil packers, 45’, hyd fold ......................................$9,750 ‘08 Salford 24 RTS residue tillage tool, 24’..........................$38,000 ‘08 Salford RTS30 residue tillage specialist, 30’..................$48,000 MISCELLANEOUS AG ITEMS Westfield 80X51 auger, 80x51, 540 PTO ..............................$2,750 ‘98 Westfield 8X51 auger, 8x51..............................................$2,750 Farmking 8X56 auger, 8x56, 540 PTO ..................................$2,175 Unverferth 7000 grain cart, 700 bu ......................................$15,900 Brent grain cart, 30.5x32 ......................................................$15,900 CS/IH 1700 grain truck, 48,581 hrs, single axle ....................$4,500 CS/IH 9400 grain truck, tri-axle, 22’ box ..............................$40,000 Dakon gravity box, 250 bu, 12.5L-15 ....................................$1,750 Parker gravity box, 500 bu ......................................................$6,750 Parker gravity box, lights ........................................................$7,900 ‘98 JD hay pickup, 7’................................................................$2,450 ‘08 Killbros 136 header trailer, 36’, 4 whls ............................$3,750 Wabasso header transport, 30’ ..............................................$3,500 ‘09 Patz mixer, vertical, scale ................................................$52,800 ‘11 JD 956 MoCo, center-pivot rotary ......................................CALL ‘00 JD 945 MoCo, impeller, 2 pt pull ....................................$13,900 ‘98 JD 566 round baler, 540 PTO, 61” ................................$14,950 JD 506 rotary cutter, 540 PTO, 3 pt............................................$850 Bush Hog rotary cutter, 540 PTO, 3 pt....................................$5,995 ‘05 Loftness 264SH shredder, 12R22, 1000 PTO ..............$14,500 ‘96 Loftness 264 shredder, 22’, pull-type ..............................$7,900 ‘97 Loftness 264 shredder, 22’ ..............................................$6,500 ‘05 Loftness 360SH shredder, 30’ ........................................$22,500 Fast spray boom, 88’, Z-fold ..................................................$3,000 ‘10 Fast 9518E sprayer, 120’ boom, 1800 gal ....................$52,000 ‘09 Farmrite sprayer, 1600 gal, 24R30 ................................$44,500 Farmrite sprayer, 500 gal ........................................................$1,650 Felling FT-3 trailer, 14’, ramp..................................................$1,500 ‘10 Felling FT-14DT trailer, 14’, tandem dump......................$7,250

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TRACTORS ‘95 Cat Challanger, 6200 hrs, 285 hp, 25” tracks ..............$54,500 ‘08 CS/IH MX275, 607 hrs, MFWD, 225 hp, 380-90R50 $152,500 ‘92 Ford 7610, 5787 hrs, 2WD, 98 hp, 18.4x26, cab ........$19,500 ‘91 JD 2955, 4600 hrs, MFWD, 85 hp, 18.4x38 ................$29,900 ‘10 JD 3320, 122 hrs, MFWD, 32 hp, cab, ldr ....................$29,250 ‘89 JD 4555, 3590 hrs, MFWD, 160 hp, 18.4x42 ..............$54,900 ‘89 JD 4555, 7286 hrs, 2WD, 160 hp, 18.4-42 ..................$37,500 ‘92 JD 4560, 7668 hrs, 2WD, 155 hp, 14.9x46 ..................$42,900 ‘94 JD 4560, 6089 hrs, 2WD, 155 hp, 14.9x46 ..................$44,900 JD 4630, 2WD, 150 hp, 13.6x46..........................................$13,900 ‘75 JD 4630, 7889 hrs, 2WD, 150 hp, 18.4x38 ..................$16,900 JD 4650, 5410 hrs, 2WD, 165 hp, 18.4x42 ........................$34,500 ‘93 JD 4760, 10,297 hrs, MFWD, 175 hp, 14.9x46............$44,900 ‘11 JD 5085M..............................................................................CALL ‘09 JD 4630, MFWD, 95 hp, ldr............................................$68,500 ‘11 JD 7330, 1 hr........................................................................CALL ‘09 JD 7930, 1650 hrs, MFWD, 180 hp, IVT ....................$138,000 ‘11 JD 8260R, 260 hp ................................................................CALL ‘03 JD 8420, 2863 hrs, MFWD, 480-90R50......................$140,000 ‘07 JD 8430, 842 hrs, MFWD, 250 hp, 380-54 ................$189,000 ‘91 JD 8760, 5480 hrs, 4WD, 300 hp, 20.8x42 ..................$55,000 ‘10 JD 9230, 234 hrs, 4WD, 325 hp, 480-90R46 ............$215,000 ‘11 JD 9230, 99 hrs, 4WD, 325 hp............................................CALL ‘09 JD 9430, 610 hrs, 4WD, 425 hp, 800-70R38 ............$216,900 ‘03 JD 9530, 4336 hrs, 4WD, 450 hp, 800-70R38 ..........$165,000 ‘05 JD 9520, 8615 hrs, 4WD, 450 hp, 710-42..................$122,000 ‘06 JD 9620, 3100 hrs, 4WD, 500 hp, 800-38..................$189,500 ‘06 JD 9620, 4043 hrs, 4WD, 500 hp, 800-70R38 ..........$172,000 ‘11 JD 9630, 4WD, 530 hp ........................................................CALL ‘08 JD 9630, 1025 hrs, 4WD, 530 hp................................$255,000 ‘11 Kubota L3540, 4WD, 35 hp, cab/ldr/bkt........................$32,900 UTILITY VEHICLES ‘04 JD Gator, 497 hrs, 4x2, 20 hp ..........................................$5,450 ‘00 JD Gator, 1353 hrs, 6x4, dsl ............................................$4,500 ‘07 JD Gator, 120 hrs, XUV, 24 hp ........................................$9,250 COMBINES ‘97 JD 9500, 2972 hrs, 1936 sep, 18.4x38, AWD ..............$59,950 ‘94 JD 9600, 2301 hrs, 1563 sep, 18.4x42 ........................$54,900 ‘98 JD 9610, 3117 hrs, 2170 sep, 14.9x38 ........................$79,000 ‘01 JD 9650STS, 2675 hrs, 2003 sep, 18.4x42 ................$113,900 ‘05 JD 9660STS, 1376 hrs, 956 sep, 520-85R42 ............$159,000 ‘07 JD 9760STS, 1444 hrs, 1009 sep, 20.8x42, AWD......$205,000 ‘08 JD 9770STS, 1509 hrs, 950 sep, 20.8-42` ................$205,000 ‘09 JD 9770STS, 796 hrs, 467 sep, 650-85R38, AWD ....$275,000 ‘10 JD 9770STS, 219 hrs, 165 sep, 710-70R38 ..............$279,000 AMS - Great Selection of New & Used Units..........................CALL HEADS - Many Used Heads at www.haugimp.com PLANTERS (2) ‘10 JD 1770NT, 24R30, CCS, liq fert ....................Ea. $152,000 ‘04 JD 1770NT, 16R30, 3.0 bu, monitor..............................$55,000 ‘10 JD 1790, 24R20, front fold ..........................................$113,000 ‘05 JD 1790, 24R20, front fold ............................................$75,000

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‘97 JD 9400, 2WD, 425 hp, ‘09 JD 9630, 4WD, 530 hp, ‘10 JD 8270R, MFWD, 270 hp, 800-70R38 duals, 4 hyds, IVT, 380-90R54, 4 hyds, 196 hrs 800-70R38 duals, 4 hyds, ....................................$210,000 6148 hrs........................$98,000 589 hrs........................$266,900

JD 4520 dsl., 5200 hrs., rock box, 18.4x38 rubber @ 75%, side console, 3 pt. This tractor is very nice & very well taken care of, $11,500 or OBO. (507)247-5172

Oliver 1900 GM standard, good runner, 3 pt., checkerboard; Allis 220, good runner, rebuilt injectors & pump. 320-693-7562

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IH 856 dsl., no cab, 3 pt., 2 hyd., good 38” tires, new clutch, good tin, $7,500. 952240-2193 JD 2520 gas. 3 pt. dual hyd.

NF. Set of 15/5 38" duals; & set of front wgts 10/20 series JD tractor.

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‘02 JD 8220, 2WD, 190 hp, 380- ‘11 JD 8260R, 260 hp ......CALL ‘07 JD 7430, MFWD, 140 hp, 480-80-42, ldr, 3 hyds, 3552 hrs 90R50 duals, 4 hyds, 6160 hrs ......................................$95,000 ....................................$109,000

IH 574 w/loader; JD 420 w/loader & pwr steering; Ford whl wgts. 320-864-3837

JD 4850 2WD, exc. Shape.

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JD 8320RT, loaded, 1150 hrs, 25” tracks, $208,000.

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FOR SALE: MF 5455, 20 hrs, cab, 4WD, rock box, 2 valves, radial tires, air seat, power shuttle, 16 spd.

List $86,733. Cash $51,500.

952-466-5538 FOR SALE: My nice 936 4WD Versatile tractor, 6980 hrs, nearly new tires, needs nothing. The most & best tractor you will find for $38,500. 320-212-1146 or 320905-7829 FOR SALE: used Oliver tractor parts for most models including hyd unit for 77/880, pair of steps for 880, PTO belt pulley unit for 770 & up(rare item), all kinds of motor parts for gas & dsl, '55 dsl parts, walk, crank, 3spd over & under, cab, WF, hyd pump & a lot more parts. 218-564-4273

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'90 CIH 1640 combine. Very good cond. 2300 hrs. w/944 head. (608)794-2528 '94 CIH 1020, 17 ½' bean head, 3” cut, poly skid plate, exc cond, shedded, $6,000. 712-229-2033 '97 JD 9400, E-2264 F-1573, 30.5x32 frt, 14.9x24 rear, chopper, grain loss yld & moisture, DAM-BAS, Maurer topper, shedded, yearly shop inspection, $59,500.

952-467-2987 Leave message 97 - Gleaner R-52 combine w/ 520 flex BH, hugger 630 CH. Well maint, always shedded. 2,450 hrs. (651)459-8114 C-IH 1688 combine, 2WD, 2400 hrs., rock trap, chopper, grain tank ext., just thru service inspection, 2nd owner, nice, $45,000. 952240-2193

‘07 JD 1770NT, 24R30”, CCS, liquid fert.......................$104,900

‘11 JD 8335RT, 580 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ....................$249,900

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(O)’11 JD 9630, Lease Return ........................................$279,900 (O)’11 JD 9630, 200 hrs., Lease Return ........................$279,900 (O)’11 JD 9630, 200 hrs., Lease Return ........................$279,900 (H)’09 JD 9630, 1060 hrs., Extended Warranty ..............$244,900 (H)’97 JD 9400, 3958 hrs. ..............................................$105,900 (B)’77 JD 8630, 8495 hrs. ................................................$11,900

TRACK TRACTORS (O)’11 JD 9630T, Lease Return ......................................$314,900 (O)’11 JD 9530T, 464 hrs. ..............................................$289,900 (B)’09 JD 9630T, 667 hrs. ..............................................$289,900 (H)’10 JD 8345RT, 250 hrs. ............................................$257,900 (O)’11 JD 8335T, 580 hrs. ..............................................$249,900 (H)’08 JD 9630T, 2245 hrs., auto trac ready ..................$238,500 (O)’10 JD 8295RT, 400 hrs., 25” tracks..........................$219,900 (H)’05 JD 9620T, 2452 hrs. ............................................$183,500 (W)’01 JD 9400T, 2919 hrs., 3 pt. ..................................$134,900 (H)’02 JD 8120T, 4991 hrs. ..............................................$79,900

ROW CROP TRACTORS (B)’09 JD 8430, 950 hrs., IVT ........................................$189,900 (B)’11 JD 7330, 435 hrs., IVT ........................................$108,900 (O)’11 JD 7330, 436 hrs., IVT ........................................$108,900 (B)’11 JD 7330, auto quad, Lease Return ........................$99,900 (B)’11 JD 7330, auto quad, Lease Return ........................$99,900 (B)’96 JD 8100, 3965 hrs. ................................................$79,900 (H)’81 JD 4640, 6937 hrs., QR ........................................$25,900 (B)’79 JD 4840, 9800 hrs. ................................................$19,900 (H)’70 JD 4520, 5263 hrs. ..................................................$9,500 (B)’59 IH 560, gas, wide front ............................................$5,950 (H)’66 JD 3020, gas, loader................................................$5,500

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COMBINES (O)’10 JD 9870, 380 sep. hrs. ........................................$310,000 (H)’10 JD 9870, 439 sep. hrs. ........................................$274,500 (H)’10 JD 9870, 559 sep. hrs. ........................................$259,900 (H)’09 JD 9870, 490 sep. hrs. ........................................$257,900 (H)’10 JD 9770, 405 sep. hrs. ........................................$239,900 (O)’10 JD 9670, 454 sep. hrs. ........................................$239,900 (O)’11 JD 9570, 116 sep. hrs. ........................................$229,500 (O)’11 JD 9570, 240 sep. hrs. ........................................$218,900 (B)’08 JD 9670, 532 sep. hrs. ........................................$214,900 (H)’08 JD 9570, 440 sep. hrs., duals..............................$208,900 (H)’08 JD 9570, 237 sep. hrs., duals..............................$193,000 (B)’06 JD 9560, 779 sep. hrs., side hill pkg., PRWD......$185,900 (B)’05 JD 9860, 1235 sep. hrs. ......................................$184,900 (O)’07 JD 9660, 1032 sep. hrs. ......................................$179,900 (H)’04 JD 9760, 1237 hrs. ..............................................$155,900 (B)’04 JD 9560SH, walker, 1525 sep. hrs.......................$139,900 (H)’04 JD 9860, 2121 sep. hrs. ......................................$136,900 (H)’01 JD 9650, 1777 sep. hrs. ......................................$119,900 (B)’02 JD 9650, 1726 sep. hrs. ......................................$109,900

‘11 JD 4830, 328 hrs., 90’ boom ......................................$228,250

(B)’91 JD 9500, 2057 sep. hrs., PRWD ............................$49,900 (W)’97 JD 9500, 3021 sep. hrs. ......................................$49,900 (H)’91 NH TR86, 3303 hrs. ..............................................$18,500 (B)’80 JD 6620, 4384 hrs. ................................................$14,900 (B)’87 JD 4425, 2443 hrs. ................................................$12,900 (O)’08 Mudhog, PRWD, off 9760......................................$12,500

SPRING TILLAGE

‘07 CIH SPX3320, 1903 hrs., 1000 gal., 60/80’ boom $139,500

(O)’10 JD 4730, 90’ boom ..............................................$181,700 (O)’06 JD 4920, 2335 hrs., dry applicator ......................$180,000 (O)’09 JD 4730, 839 hrs., 100’ boom ............................$179,900 (O)’09 JD 4730, 1222 hrs., 90’ boom ............................$178,900 (O)’10 JD 4730, 894 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$179,850 (O)’08 JD 4830, 1862 hrs., 90’ boom ............................$179,000 (O)’09 JD 4730, 750 hrs. ................................................$178,800 (O)’08 JD 4830, 1245 hrs. ..............................................$177,500 (O)’09 JD 4730, 1222 hrs., 90’ boom ............................$176,900 (O)’08 JD 4730, 1282 hrs., 90’ boom ............................$176,500 (O)’07 CIH SPX3320, 1903 hrs., 60’/80’ boom ..............$139,500 (O)’06 JD 4720, 2227 hrs. ..............................................$137,250 (O)’03 Ag Chem 1064, 2989 hrs., 60’/80’ boom ..............$87,900 (H)Top Air 1000, 60’ boom ................................................$6,500

(B)’09 JD 2310, 45’9” mulch finisher ..............................$74,900 (B)’02 JD 2200, 64.5’........................................................$49,900 (W)’04 JD 2210, 50.5’ ......................................................$43,900 (H)’08 JD 2210, 38.5’ ......................................................$36,900 (W)’03 JD 2200, 34.5’ ......................................................$32,900 (H)’98 JD 980, 38.5’ ........................................................$19,900 (O)’94 JD 980, 44.5’ ........................................................$18,500 (O)’95 JD 980, 36.5’ ........................................................$15,900 (B)DMI Tigermate II, 32.5’ ................................................$11,900 (H)’07 JD 1770, 24R30”, liq. fert. ..................................$104,900 (H)DMI Tigermate, 44.5’ ..................................................$11,900 (B)CIH 1200 Bauer Built bar, 36R20”................................$94,900 (H)JD 960, 36.5’ ................................................................$4,950 (H)’10 JD 1990, 40’, 15” spacing, CCS ............................$84,500 (H)’06 JD 1760, 12R30”, liq. fert. ....................................$49,900 (O)’08 JD 612C, 12R30” chopping ..................................$81,000 (O)’97 JD 1780, 24R20” ..................................................$48,500 (H)’08 JD 612C, 12R20” chopping ..................................$75,500 (H)’98 JD 1760, 12R30”, liq. fert. ....................................$36,500 (O)’08 JD 612C, 12R20” chopping ..................................$73,900 (H)’00 JD 750, 20’ no till drill ..........................................$26,900 (B)’05 Geringhoff 18R22” ................................................$69,900 (B)’02 JD 1560, 15’ no till ................................................$24,900 (H)’10 JD 608, chopping ..................................................$63,500 (B)’97 JD 455, 25’, 10” spacing........................................$22,900 (O)’08 JD 608C, 8R30” ....................................................$57,900 (B)’04 JD 1750, 8R30” ....................................................$19,900 (B)’11 JD 606, 6R30” chopping ............................................CALL (H)’90 JD 7300, 12R30” ..................................................$12,900 (H)’06 Geringhoff RD830, chopping ................................$51,500 (H)JD 7200, 8R30”, liq. fert. ............................................$12,900 (B)’05 Calmers, 18R20”....................................................$49,900 (B)’91 JD 7200, 8R30”, liq. fert. ........................................$9,900 (B)’07 Geringhoff RD830, 8R30” ......................................$49,900 (B)’90 JD 7200, 8R30” ......................................................$9,900 (H)’08 JD 608, 8R30”, non chopping ..............................$44,500 (B)’91 JD 450, 13’ @ 6” spacing ........................................$9,900 (B)’01 JD 1290, 20” knife rolls ........................................$31,900 (B)JD 7000, 8R30”, liq. fert. ..............................................$4,995

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CORN HEADS

(O)’02 JD 1293, 30” knife rolls ........................................$29,900 (B)’03 JD 1293, 30” knife rolls ........................................$29,900 JD 893, 8R30”......................................(9) from $19,900-$35,500 (W)’96 JD 693 ..................................................................$19,900 (B)Case 1063, 6R30” ........................................................$17,900

SPRAYERS (O)’10 JD 4930, 1330 hrs., 120’ boom ..........................$238,500 (O)’11 JD 4830, 327 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$228,250 (O)’11 JD 4830, 341 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$227,900 (O)’11 JD 4730, 90’ boom ..............................................$208,500 (O)’11 JD 4730, 359 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$208,250 (O)’08 JD 4930, 1563 hrs., 120’ boom ..........................$205,000 (O)’09 JD 4930, 2213 hrs., 120’ boom ..........................$199,750 (O)’08 JD 4830, 873 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$189,500 (O)’10 JD 4730, 400 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$187,950 (O)’10 JD 4730, 916 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$187,750 (O)’10 JD 4730, 825 hrs. ................................................$183,900 (O)’10 JD 4730, 951 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$182,500 (O)’10 JD 4730, 90’ boom ..............................................$181,900 (O)’10 JD 4730, 610 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$181,800

HAY & FORAGE

(B)’07 JD 568, surface wrap ............................................$34,900 (B)’05 JD 956, 14’6” center pivot ....................................$24,900 (W)’02 JD 567, surface wrap............................................$22,900 (B)’08 NH BR7090, twine only..........................................$21,900 (B)’05 NH 1431, 13’..........................................................$20,900 (W)’03 JD 457SS, surface wrap ......................................$18,900 (B)’03 JD 467, cover edge ................................................$16,500 (B)’98 NH 664, 2200 lb. bale ..............................................$8,995 (B)’92 JD 1600, center pivot, MOCO ..................................$5,900 (W)’79 JD 336, ejector........................................................$2,950

FALL TILLAGE (O)’10 Krause 4850, 11-shank..........................................$49,900 (B)’03 JD 2700, 7-shank ..................................................$23,500 (H)’03 JD 512, 7-shank ....................................................$17,500 (H)DMI 730, 7-shank ........................................................$15,900 (B)’99 DMI 530B, 5-shank ................................................$14,900 (B)DMI 530, 5-shank ........................................................$11,900 (H)Brent CPC, 7-shank......................................................$11,900 (H)’81 JD 2800, 7-bottom, on-land ....................................$6,900

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FOR SALE: '08 JD 9670STS, duals, Contourmaster, 835 sep hrs, exc cond, $162,500; '10 635F $32,000. 712-348-0301 FOR SALE: '97 JD 9500, 2499 eng/1683 sep hrs, Yield monitor & mappings, duals, grain extension, inspected every year. Always shedded. For more info call 507-227-4104 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 FOR SALE: Gleaner R60, enclosed rotor, good cond.

(320) 352-2484 FOR SALE: IH 1440 bine, 2415 hrs, very cond. $9,500; 1063 6R head, also very good $9,500. 320-356-7196

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FOR SALE: JD 6620 Side hill combine w/ 643 low tin cornhead. Low hrs. Very good cond. (507)523-3305 or (507)450-6115.

FOR SALE: JD 9750STS, 3300 eng/1981 sep hrs, 20.8x38 duals, RWD, hopper topper, yield monitor, long auger, single pt hookup, $120,000; JD 630F bean head, full finger auger, single pt hookup, $20,000; (2) 9x16 thrower racks.

320-510-0468 Wilrich 3400, 38', dbl fold field cult., 1 season on new harrow teeth, no welds, shedded, $11,000 OBO; JD 960, 24' field cult., w/hvy harrow, good cond., $5,000.

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14,750 GALLON LP TANK 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

USED TRACTORS NEW Versatile 250, FWA..........................................CALL NEW Versatile 305, FWA..........................................CALL NEW NH D5050, FWA, w/cab..................................CALL NEW Massey HD2680, FWA, w/cab ......................CALL White 2-105 ..............................................................CALL Massey Ferguson 33..............................................$1,900 Versatile 256, bi-directional ................................$26,500 ‘98 NH 8870, FWA ................................................$65,000 Ford TW20, FWA ..................................................$23,500 ‘60 IH 560, WF........................................................$5,200 ‘75 Steiger Panther II ..............................................CALL IH 460......................................................................$3,960 IH 706 w/cab & loader ..........................................$7,500 Oliver 1600D w/cab................................................$3,800 MM 302 w/loader ..................................................$4,500 JD 4010 gas, w/cab ..............................................$7,500 ‘66 Allis 190 gas ....................................................$6,500 ‘81 Case 2290 w/loader ......................................$16,900

PLANTERS NEW White planters ................................................CALL White 8106, 6-30 w/DF & cross auger, Like New ..CALL White 6122, 12-30 w/liquid, Nice ............................CALL Hiniker 30’ seeder ................................................$19,500

TILLAGE

Fairfax, MN 55332 507-381-1291 or 507-426-7267 SKIDSTEERS NEW NH skidsteers on hand ..................................CALL

COMBINES ‘94 Gleaner R72 w/new engine ..............................CALL ‘00 Gleaner R72 w/CDF ..........................................CALL ‘02 Gleaner R62 w/’04 8-30 CH, ‘03 825 flex w/Crary ................................................................CALL ‘03 Gleaner R65 ......................................................CALL Gleaner R60..........................................................$25,000 ‘08 Fantini 12-30 chopping cornhead ................$68,000 NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ............................CALL

HAY TOOLS New Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand Hesston 1150, 12’ ..................................................$1,800

MISCELLANEOUS NEW Salford RT units ..............................................CALL NEW Westfield augers ..................................AVAILABLE NEW Rem 2700 vac ................................................CALL NEW Century HD1000, 60’ sprayers ......................CALL NEW Riteway rollers ................................................CALL NEW Lorenz snowblowers ......................................CALL NEW Batco conveyors ............................................CALL NEW Brent wagons & grain carts ..........................CALL NEW E-Z Trail seed wagons....................................CALL NEW rock buckets & pallet forks .......................... CALL NEW Hardi sprayers ................................................CALL REM 2700, Rental ....................................................CALL Willmar 765 HT sprayer w/80’ boom ..................$31,000 Unverferth 8000 grain cart ..................................$19,000 Kinze 1050 w/duals..............................................$48,500 (DMI Parts Available)

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Phone (507) 234-5191 or (507) 625-8649 Mon. - Fri. 7:30-5:00, Sat. 7:30-Noon

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

‘03 NH ST740, 7-shank ........................................$18,500 M&W 9-shank, 24” w/leveler ..............................$14,500 Wilrich 3400, 45’, 4-bar harrow ..............................CALL ‘02 DMI Tigermate II, 44.5’ w/bskt ..........................CALL Salford 24’ RTS ........................................................CALL ‘07 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..........................................CALL CIH 800, 10 bottom..................................................CALL

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE ‘08 JD 8430, MFWD, power shift, 380/90R50 duals, wgts., 60 GPM hyd. pump, 4 remotes, 4780 hrs. ............................................$119,500 ‘08 JD 8330, MFWD, power shift, 380/90R50 duals, wgts., 60 GPM hyd. pump, 4 remotes, 3480 hrs. ............................................$122,500 ‘06 MF 5465, MFWD, cab, 1400 hrs.......$34,500 ‘07 NH TG305, MFWD, suspended front axle, 520/85R46 duals, front duals, 2950 hrs. ..............................................................$98,500 ‘06 JD 8430T, 25” tracks, narrow stance, wgts., 4995 hrs. ..................................$109,000 ‘09 NH BB9060, big sqaure baler, tandem axle, Phiber 3 bale accumulator, no cutter, 11,300 bales ......................................................$61,500 ‘08 JCB 940, rough terrain forklift, 4WD, 8000 lb. lift, 2750 hrs. ..........................$34,000 ‘70 JD 4020, LP gas, synchro, wide front, new 18.4x34 tires, no cab ......................$9,800 ‘07 JD 843 loader, 8000 Series, non ILS mounts, 96” bucket ................................$9,900 ‘08 CIH 2020, 35’ flexible platform ........$21,500

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(2) 380 BEHLEN, 1 Ph., 12”X71’ MAYRATH LP SWINGAWAY 700 BEHLEN, 3 Ph., 10”X61’ MAYRATH DOUBLE BURNER SWINGAWAY HOPPER TANKS 10”X71’ MAYRATH SWINGAWAY BEHLEN 1600 BUSHEL 8”X57’ KEWANEE PTO BEHLEN 2800 BUSHEL

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FALL HARVEST CLOSE OUT PRICES! “New” ‘11 J&M 750-18 grain cart, 30.5x32’s, roll tarp, hyd. spout, Consigned to: henslinauctions.com Dec. 1, 2011 ‘08 JD 9430, 4WD, PT, 2198 hrs., 710/70R42’s, diff. locks, Auto-Track ready, 4 remotes, Deluxe cab w/Active seat, 3000# wgt. pkg. ................$179,500 ‘08 JD 9870STS w/RWD, 485 hrs, CM, 20.8x42’s, Hi-torque w/5 spd rev., pwr cast tail board ..........................................................$209,500 ,07 JD 9860STS w/RWD, 514 hrs, CM, 20.8x42’s, premier cb, chopper w/pwr cast tail board ..........................................................$189,500 ‘03 JD 6420, MFWD, “Open Station” w/640SL loader, 16-spd. PQ w/LHR, 2436 hrs., ROPS ......................................................................$49,500 ‘01 JD 7810 MFWD, 7365 hs, 16 spd. PQ, 18.4x42’s w/JD duals, JD serv. Prog. completed........$64,500 ‘88 JD 4450, MFWD, PS, 6010 hrs., 18.4x38’s w/JD 10 bolt duals, 13.6x28 frts., 3 remotes, 3 pt., PTO......................................................$42,500 Lease/Finance Programs Available!

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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.

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NEW EQUIPMENT E-TRAIL GRAIN CARTS 710 Bu. - On Hand ......................$18,795 510 Bu. - On Hand ..Starting at $10,995 GRAVITY WAGONS 600 Agrimaster, On Hand ..........$13,500 500 E-Z Trail, On Hand ....$7,995-$9,020 400 E-Z Trail ....................................CALL HARVEST INTERNATIONAL/AUGERS T10-32 PTO Truck Auger ..............$3,500 T10-42 Truck Auger ......................$4,250 T10-52 Truck Auger ......................$4,950 H10-62 Swing Hopper ..................$8,500 H10-72 Swing Hopper ..................$9,300 H10-82 Swing Hopper ..................$9,750 H13-62 Swing Hopper ................$13,500 H13-72 Swing Hopper ................$14,500 H13-82 Swing Hopper ................$15,500 H13-92 Swing Hopper ................$18,500 18-44 Belt Conveyor, 7.5 hp ........$9,950 12 Volt Auger Mover ....................$1,995 Hyd. Auger Mover ........................$1,350

HITCH DOC SEED TENDERS 2 Box Tandem, On Hand ..............$9,850 4 Box Tandem, On Hand ............$15,950 6 Box Gooseneck ......................$25,000 NEW KOYKER LOADERS Call For Other Sizes 510 Loader, On Hand....................$5,750 COMBINE HEAD MOVERS E-Z Trail 4-wheel 21’......................................$2,550-$2,750 26’......................................$2,890-$3,909 30’......................................$3,120-$3,320 Koyker Stor-Mor Grain Baggers & Bag Unloaders ........................In Stock NEW ROUND BALE RACKS 10’x23’, On Hand ..........................$1,995 NEW WHEEL RAKES 10 Wheel, V Rake, On Hand ........$3,750 5 Wheel, 3 pt. Rake, On Hand......$1,125 Land Levelers, 10’ & 12’ ........On Hand Walco Ground Pounder, 45’ ..$31,500

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USED EQUIPMENT TRACTORS ‘05 JD 9320, 3 pt., 3200 hrs. ....$134,000 ‘01 JD 9400T, 3 pt., 5400 hrs., 30” tracks ................................$96,000 GRAIN CARTS ‘10 E-Z Trail 510 ..........................$10,500 Unverferth 4500, Nice! ..................$8,000 Parker 450 ....................................$5,250 MISCELLANEOUS ‘97 JD mower conditioner, 16’......$5,750 ‘07 Mandako 50’ Land Roller ....$27,500 ‘10 Tebben 45’ Land Roller ........$30,500 AJAX self loading round bale mover ....................................................$4,500 JD 1000, 34’ field cultivator..........$1,250

WAGONS ‘10 E-Z Trail 3400 w/brakes..........$6,900 (2) Parker 4000, 450 bu ................$3,750 (2) Parker 2500 ..............................$1,250 Demco 325 ....................................$2,450 ‘11 Agrimaster A600, tarp ..........$12,000 AUGERS Westfield 10x61 w/right angle drive ....................................................$3,750 Hutchinson 10x72 Swing Hopper $1,750 Westfield 10x71 Swing Hopper ....$3,000 Koyker 10x71 Swing Hopper........$1,850 GRAIN BAGGER AND BAG UNLOADER RENTALS GRAIN VAC RENTAL

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1750 Conservation FOR SALE: '90 12R22” 7300 JD Planter. 6RN, liquid fert.

JD air planter, 2.6 bu boxes w/corn & bean plates. 715w/ extentions, 200 or 250 JD 308-1259 monitor w/ corn & soybean meters, exc cond, always White 8100 corn planter. shedded, $10,500.

12R30", forward fold, liquid 320-843-2774 fertilizer, piston pump, markers, Yetter no till, exFOR SALE: 45' Harmes hyd tra spike closing wheels, fold roller w/ oversize bearrow shutoffs. 3 yrs old. ings, exc cond. 507-220-6810 3,500 acres total. $55,000/OBO. 715-418-0177.

47 Ft Great Plains Series 7 FOR SALE: Mankado Land FOR SALE: Kinze 3600 16/32 (2002) Discovator w/ Harinterplant '02, KPII moni- YETTER New residue manRoller 20'x42”, hyd. end row Low Acres Like New. agers. Also, full line of Yettor, John/Blue pump, fert transport. 320-815-0125 Mandako 45 Ft Land Roller tanks, box extensions, whl ter Equipment available.

(Heavier Frame) w/ Floatscrapers, gauge wheel cov507-236-1934 C JD 722, 30' soil finisher, very ing Hitch Like New. ers & stalk guards.

507-235-9593 H good cond., $10,000. 952-240320-760-1582 or 320-325-5222 319-347-6677 Can Deliver 8:00am to 5:00pm.

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'06 JD 2700, 7 shk. ripper, DMI 2500, 5 shank, 3 pt., like $25,000; JD 2400, 24' chisel new, always shedded. 320plow, Tru Depth shanks, 583-3131 $24,500; '11 JD 635 flex head, used 1 season, low FOR SALE: 9 btm 18” White acres. All equipment is 449 moldboard plow, onland very nice. (507)530-4228 w/ coulters, very good shape, Call 507-530-4166 '99 CIH 4300 field cult., 44', always shedded, $13,500; DMI Coulter Champ II FOR SALE: JD 960 24' field cult, good shape, w/leveler, $4,500. $4,000/OBO. 507-259-4109 (507)381-8079

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CIH 4800 field cult. w/mulch, 24’ & 22’ ..........$8,500 CIH 4300, 32’................................................$13,500 CIH 4300 w/mulcher, 24’ ..............................$11,500 Mandako Roller, 42” drum w/steerable wheel, 2011 w/200 acres ......................................$26,500 CIH 3950 disc w/mulcher, cushion gang, 24’ $24,000 CIH 496 w/mulcher, 24’, cushion gang ..........$14,500 CIH 496 w/mulcher, 18’, cushion gang ..........$11,500 DMI 527B disc ripper ....................................$15,500 DMI 500, 5-shank, 3 pt. mount ripper w/disc leveler............................................................$7,500 Kent 12’ Discovator ........................................$6,500 Demco 550 grain cart, 3 yrs. old, Like New ..$14,900 Demco 650 gravity box ................................$12,900 (6) Demco 365 boxes ..............From $5,500-$6,500 Demco used gravity boxes, all sizes available......Call Gehl 125 mixers ..............................Choice $12,500 New Mandako Land Rollers in stock ..................Call H&S 12-wheel rake, 1 yr. old ..........................$4,800 Used Tonutti 10-wheel high capacity rake......$4,000

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Snowblowers -USED TRACTORSCIH 7250, 3600 hrs., FWA ............................$76,000 CIH 7140, 2WD, 3800 hrs. ............................$39,000 CIH 7130 Magnum, 4300 hrs., FWA..........Coming In CIH 7120 Magnum, 3900 hrs., FWA, 540 & 1000 PTO, no 3 pt.................................................$55,000 CIH 5140, 2WD, 5200 hrs. ............................$28,000 MX240, FWA, 3500 hrs., 14.9x46, Sharp ......$79,000 MX120, MFD, 4200 hrs., 18.4x42..................$54,000 MX120, MFD, 1900 hrs., no cab....................$46,000 MX120, 2WD, 1700 hrs., no cab....................$36,000 MX110, 2WD, 2100 hrs., cab, Sharp ............$43,000 IH 826 w/loader ............................................$12,000 IH 806, new paint, 56 shifting ......................$11,500 IH 684 w/loader ............................................$14,500 White 2-155, 2WD, 5300 hrs., Super Clean, Like New Tires ............................................$15,500

New Sitrex Rakes Available

-MISCELLANEOUS-SCIH 6750 parabolic chisel..............................$16,500 CIH 527B, red ..............................................$16,500 CIH 4800, 28’ & 26’ field cultivators................$9,500

Many New & Used Rakes Available

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Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712, JD 4120, 4320, 4520 or 4720 Glencoe 7400; Field Cults Compact Tractor w/less under 30': JD 980, small than 100 hrs. (715)234-1923 grain carts & gravity boxes 300-400 bu. Finishers under WANTED: JD 4055 or 4255 2WD tractor w/ cab, very 20', clean 4 & 6R stalk chopgood cond. Call 651-564-0606 pers; Nice JD 215 & 216 flex heads; JD 643 corn- WANTED: Older 4WD tracheads Must be clean; JD tor in good condition. corn planters, 4-6-8 row.

218-943-4814 715-299-4338 Spraying Equip 041 WANTED: 1030 or larger '01 JD 4710, Green Star Case Tractor. Self propel ready, 80' boom, good tires, hay bind. Large overhead 800 gal. poly tank, 2400 hrs., shop doors. Trego $85,000. 507-475-7021 715-466-2770 possible trade?

FOR SALE: Wetherall 400 gal sprayer, 40' boom & pumps, $400. 712-786-3341

COMBINES

‘11 CIH 435, 375 hrs., PS, PTO, big pump, diff lock, 710x42 tires & duals, Warranty until March 2013 ..........................$209,000 ‘10 JD 9430, 675 hrs, PS, wgt. pkg., 710x42” tires & duals ..................$216,000 ‘09 JD 9330, 650 hrs, 240 spd, wgt. pkg., 4 hyd, 710x38” tires & duals ........$178,000 ‘97 JD 9300, 24 spd., 5568 hrs., 20.8x42 duals................................................$78,000

‘05 JD 9660, 1147 sep. hrs., 1633 eng. hrs., hi-cap unload, Contour Master, 20.8x38 duals, touchset, chopper ..............$125,000 ‘06 JD 8010, 1325 eng./1050 sep. hrs., 20.8x42 duals, tracker, chopper, rock trap, auto header, Sharp! ......................$145,000 ‘07 JD 9660,1738 eng./1230 sep. hrs., Contour Master, Premium cab, Deluxe 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 ‘06 JD 9660STS, 1282 sep./1777 eng. hrs, Contour Master, bullet rotor, chopper, 20.8x38 duals ..............................$129,000 ‘04 JD 9760STS, 2358 eng./1612 sep. hrs., hi-capacity unload, Contour Master, chopper, Greenstar yield & moisture monitor, 800x32 tires ....................$119,000 ‘04 JD 9660STS, 1761 eng./1289 sep. hrs., 18.4x42 duals, Green Star, yield & moisture monitor, touch set ........................$118,000 06 CIH 1688, 3734 eng. hrs., rock trap, chopper, auto header, thru shop ....$34,500 ‘88 CIH 1680, 3426 hrs., rock trap, chopper, 30.5x32 tires, Bison rotor ..............$24,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS

‘07 NH TG275, MFWD, 2295 hrs., super steer, 5 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO megaflow hyd., 380x50 tires & duals $110,000

COMBINE HEADS ‘06 & 07 JD 635 flex heads, nice ....................................$24,000 & $25,000 JD 693, 6R30” cornhead ..................$12,500

LOADER TRACTORS ‘89 JD 4755, 2WD, cab, 3 pt., PS, 3 hyd., 1000 PTO w/Westendorf TA46 loader w/8’ quick tach bucket & joystick, loader Like New..........................................$39,000

GRAIN CARTS ‘07 Parker 938, 1000 bu. cart, scale & tarp ..............................................$26,500

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LARSON IMPLEMENTS 5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95 763-689-1179 Look at our Web site for pictures & more listings Free delivery on combines in MN, Eastern ND & SD

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888 210 Ave. • Avoca, MN 56114 • Ph. 800-653-2676 or 507-335-7830 • Fax: 507-335-7808 • Mobile: 507-227-6728 40+ Used Sprayers On Hand We are dealers for Top Air, Sprayer Specialties, Gregson Sprayers, new & used on hand Wheathart, Westfield, FarmKing, Brandt Vacs & Balzer Equipment • We have NEW Balzer stalk choppers on hand • Truckload prices on NEW Westfield augers, Brandt grain vacs, Batco belts Financing Available

NEW SPRAYERS Silverwing Broyhill 1250 gal., 60-120 adj. axle, 90’ boom, 20” spacing, Raven 450, hyd. pump, rinse tank, galvanized booms ........................................$34,890 Gregson 1000 gal., 60-120 adj. axle, 60’ boom, Raven 440, hyd. pump, 12.4x38 tires ............................................$26,100

USED SPRAYERS Top Air 2400 gal, 132’ boom, Raven 450, rinse tank, adj axle, 380x90x54 duals ..................................................$61,000 Top Air 1600 gal, 90’ boom, tracks, Raven 450, hyd pump, adj axle$59,500 Top Air 1600 gal, 90’ new boom, hyd pump, Raven 450, adj axle, 14.9x46 tires ............................................$38,000 Top Air 1200 gal, 90’ boom, hyd pump, rinse tank, 320x90x46 tires ......$34,400 Top Air 1600 gal, 90’ boom, hyd pump, rinse tank, Raven 450, 320x90x46 tires ..................................................$30,000 Top Air 1600 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 450, 380x90x46 tires ........................$30,000 Schaben 1600 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 450, rinse tank, inductor ..........$29,000 Brandt 1600 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 450, adj axle, 46” tires ......................$29,000 Sprayer Specialties 1500 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 450, hyd pump, rinse tank ..................................................$27,000 Sprayer Specialties 1250 gal, 90’ boom, axj axle, foamer, Raven 450, hyd pump ..................................................$24,000 Redball 670, 1200 gal, 90’ boom, 120” axle, 320x90x38 tires, Raven 440 ............................................$24,000 Redball 680, 1000 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 450, rinse tank, foamer, 320x90x42 tires ............................................$23,000 Top Air 1100 gal, 80’ boom, hyd pump, Raven 440, adj axle 60-120 ......$19,000 Gregson 1000 gal, 90’ boom, 20” no-drip plbg, hyd pump, Raven 440, rinse tank, 72-120 axle, 14.9x46 tires ........$16,000 Demco Conquest 1100 gal, 90’ boom, adj axle, hyd. pump, foamer, elec. over hyd, 844 Teejet control ............$16,000 Spraymaster 1000 gal, 80’ boom, hyd pump, rinse tank, Raven 440, 88-120 axle, 13.6x38 tires ....................$14,000 Redball 680, 90’ boom, Raven 440, hyd pump, 380x90x46 tires, elect. over hyd control........................................$13,000 Spraymaster 1000 gal, 60’ boom, hyd pump, Raven 440, 12.8x38 tires ..................................................$13,000 Great Plains 1000 gal, 80’ Top Air X-fold boom, Tee Jet control, hyd pump, 120” axle, 13.6x38 tires ....................$12,500 Top Air 1000 gal, 60’ boom, Raven 440, hyd pump, rinse tank, adj axle, 13.6x38 tires ............................................$12,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal, 90’ boom, Big Wheel, PTO pump, 203 controller ......................................................$8,500 NYB tandem, 1000 gal, 90’ boom, hyd pump, Raven 440 ................$7,800 Blumhardt 1000 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 440, radar, foamer ......................$6,800 Blumhardt 1000 gal, 72’ boom, tandem, hyd pump, 203 controller............$6,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal, 90’ boom, tandem, hyd pump, Raven 440 ................$6,500 Blumhardt 750 gal, 90’ boom, tandem, Raven 440 ....................................$6,000 Flex-i-coil 1600 gal, 120’ boom, Tee Jet control ..........................................$5,500

Blumhardt 1000 gal, 60’ boom, hyd tip & center lift, hyd. pump, Spray System plbg, no control ..........................$5,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal, 60’ boom, hyd fold, hyd center lift & fold, hyd pump, rinse tank, foamer, Micro Trak ............$5,500 Top Air 750 gal, 60’ boom, vertical fold, 203 control, hyd pump ................$5,500 Ag Chem 400 gal, 60’ hyd fold boom ......................................................$5,100 Pleasure Products 1200 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 440, Honda gas w/pump, tandem ........................................$4,500 Blumhardt 500 gal, Raven 440, foamer, hyd pump, tandem, 120” ............$4,500 Top Air 800 gal, Blumhardt boom, foamer, 203 controller, hyd pump ............$4,500 Broyhill 750 gal, 60’ boom, 203 control ......................................................$4,200 Big John 500 gal, 60’ X-fold boom, Raven 440, hyd pump ................$3,500 Broyhill 1000 gal, 60’ hyd X-fold boom, Raven 440, tandem ....................$3,500 Ag Chem 500 gal, 50’ boom, hyd pump, no control ....................................$2,000 Demco pull between, 60’ hyd tip lift boom, no pump ......................................$2,000 Demco 500 gal, 3-wheel, 45’ boom, 203 controller......................................$2,000 Demco 500 gal, 45’ boom, tandem, new tank, Micro Trak, hyd pump, foamer ..........................................$2,000 Kuker 500 gal, 45’ boom, single wheel, 203 controller ..............................$1,500 Pony Cart 500 gal., hyd pump, boomless nozzle ..........................................$1,200 500 gal. pasture sprayer w/water tank ........................................................$600 NEW WATER & FERTILIZER TANKS ON HAND! CALL FOR PRICES

SELF PROPELLED SPRAY Willmar 4WD, 750 gal, Raven 440, hyd adj axle ......................................$24,000 (3) Spray Coupe 220, 3-wheel, foamer, air, Raven 440 ................Choice $7,000

PICKUP SPRAYERS NYB 500 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 450, Honda motor................................$5,000 NYB 500 gal, 60’ boom, foamer, Raven 450, ball valves ............................$3,000 F&S 500 gal, 80’ boom, hyd tilt, manual height, triple nozzle body, no-drip plbg, 8 hp Honda engine ......................$3,000 AgChem 450 gal, 58’ boom, Micro Trak controlller ....................................$2,500 Blumhardt 500 gal, 60’ boom, Raven 440 ......................................................$2,000 Blumhardt 300 gal ........................$1,800 Blumhardt 500 gal, 60’ boom ........$1,200

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BOOMS New & Used Top Air 60’ X-fold Booms, 3-Pt. & Trailer Mount Marflex 90’ front fold, hyd boom, 1000 gal tank, Raven 440, radar, hyd pump ..................................$12,000 Top Air 80’, X-fold, Excellent ........$9,000 New Top Air 60’ X-fold booms, 3 pt trailer mount ................................$7,450 Misc 60’ X-fold ..............................$4,000 Top Air 60’ X-fold ..........................$3,500

AUGERS (2) Westfield MK 13x111 GLP ....$22,000 Westfield MK 13x91 GLP ..........$16,000 Sudenga Super Scoop ..............$14,100 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ..........$13,000 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ..........$12,300 White Feterl 12x82SD ..................$9,500 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP..............$8,000 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP..............$8,000 Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ..............$8,000 Westfield MK 10x61 GLP..............$6,400 Westfield WR 10x61 EMD ............$6,200 Sudenga 10x71 ............................$6,000 Sudenga 12x66SD ........................$5,900 Westfield MK 10x71 GLP..............$5,800 (3) Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ........$5,700 White Feterl 10x71 ........................$5,500 Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ..............$5,750 Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ..............$5,000 Hutchinson 10x70 ........................$4,900 White Feterl 12x72 ........................$4,500 (2) Westfield MK 10x61 GLP ........$4,500 Westfield MK 10x61 GLP ..............$4,300 Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ..............$3,800 Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ..............$3,600 White Feterl 10x62 ........................$3,500 New Westfield WR 10x51 EMD ....$3,500 Farm King 13x85 ..........................$3,500 (2) Westfield MK 10x61 G ............$3,200 Westfield S-10-0 transfer hopper $3,000 Feterl 10x80 ..................................$3,000 Westfield MK 10x61 G ..................$2,800 Westfield MK 8x61 G ....................$2,300 Westfield WR 8x61 SD..................$2,100 Red Feterl 10x60 SD ....................$2,000 Hutchinson 10x331 EMD ..............$2,000 White Feterl 10x66 SD ..................$1,800 Feterl 10x55 SD ............................$1,800 Feterl 8x5 SD ................................$1,800 Westfield WR 8x51 SD..................$1,800 White Feterl 8x41 EMD ................$1,200 Feterl 10x60 SD ............................$2,300 Hutchinson 8x56 SD ....................$1,300 Hutchinson 8x62 SD ........................$800 Westfield WR 8x36 EMD ..................$900 Westfield WR 10x31 EMD ................$650 Westfield MK 8x61 G........................$500 Hutchinson 6x41 SD ........................$500 Hutchinson 6x46 EMD......................$500 Sudenga 6x30 EMD..........................$600 Koyker 8x72 SD ................................$600 Westfield 8x61 ..................................$600 Kewanee 8x61 EMD ........................$500 Sudenga 7x61 SD ............................$500 Sudenga 6x26 EMD..........................$500 Sudenga 8x53 w/hopper ..................$450 Sudenga 8x51 w/hopper ..................$450 Sudenga 6x25 EMD..........................$400 Hutchinson 6x56 EMD......................$400 Blue Jump auger w/motor ..............$400

(3) Top Air 500 gal, 80’ X-fold boom, hyd pump, 4 section ............Choice $9,500 NYB 500 gal, 90’ boom, pump & control ......................................................$7,500 Top Air 500 gal, 60’ X-fold boom, hyd pump, no controller ....................$5,700 NYB 500 gal, 90’ boom, hyd pump, hyd tilt, ball valves, 203 controller ....$5,500 Blumhardt 500 gal, 90’ boom ......$3,500 STALK CHOPPERS 500 gal, 45’ boom ........................$3,500 Demco 500 gal, 60’ Blumhardt boom, New Balzer BT 20’, 1000 PTO....$24,900 Raven 440, no pump ..................$2,500 Several more items on hand!

Sprayer Specialties 500 gal ..........$2,000 300 gal, 45’ boom ........................$1,800

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

‘10 CIH Magnum 275, MFWD, 750 hrs., 3 pt., 4 hyd., front wgts., 540/1000 PTO, 380x50 tires & duals, 380x34 front duals ......................................................$144,000 ‘10 JD 6330, cab/air, MFWD, 860 hrs., 24-spd., auto. quad trans., 3 hyd, warranty, loader ready package ......................$59,000 ‘03 JD 8320, MFWD, 4838 hrs., 3 pt., 5 hyd., 1000 PTO, 20.8x42 tires & duals, 20 front wgts., front fenders ..............$100,000 ‘10 JD 6330 Premium, MFWD, 1050 hrs., 24-spd., 460x38 tires, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, loader ready pkg. w/joystick ..........$58,000 ‘03 JD 8420, 4486 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, P.S. trans., 380x50 tires & duals, front wgts...............................................$108,000 ‘08 JD 7230 Premium, MFWD, 450 hrs., cab, air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x38 tires....................................$78,000 ‘08 JD 7130 Premium, MFWD, 95 hrs., 18.4x38 tires, 3 valves, 16-spd., power quad, Like New ..............................$78,000 ‘88 JD 4650, 2WD, 7450 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 28.8x38 tires & duals ....$29,500 ‘10 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 800 hrs., 4 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, 380x46 tires & duals..............................................$130,000 ‘09 CIH Magnum 275, MFWD, 1001 hrs., 380x50 duals, 380x34 front duals, 4 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt., front wgts. ..$135,000 Case 2096, cab/air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x38 singles, 6300 hrs. ..............$16,500 ‘08 NH T8020, MFWD, Super Steer, 540/1000 PTO, 685 hrs., 4 hyds., 380x54 tires & duals ....................$118,000

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• NH #513 spreader, VG • 81⁄2 yd. Garfield hyd. push off scraper, used only 3 days in past 2 yrs.

• Grasshopper 723 w/52” deck, “Demo”

• Steer Stuffer & Hog Feeders • 20’ JD BWF disk w/duals, Very Good • Special Prices on new Augers & Gravity Boxes In Stock

FARM, HOME & CONSTRUCTION

Office Location - 305 Bluff Street Hutchinson, MN 55350

320-587-2162, Ask for Larry

HAAS EQUIP., LLC

• 320-598-7604 •

Madison, MN From Hwy. 75 & 212 Jct., 3.5 mi. W., 2.5 mi. S.

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

Feed Seed Hay

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056 Livestock Equip

Hardi 1500 gal. sprayer 90' WANTED: 4000-5000 gal vac- WANTED: JD 8RN folding 1st Crop Clean Green Grass Bred cows herd reduction. hyd booms, 14.9 x 28 tires., uum tank in good condition.

10-15 head. By the pound.

Hay. 4x5 round bales, net planter, prefer finger pickfoamer, $7600. (715)878-9858 952-955-1181 Also, (3) Black herd bulls. wrapped. $50/ea.

4x4 up, will consider others, 40 yrs of Simmental breedrounds, $25/ea. Delivery also manure bucket & 8' ing.

Riverside Simmentals avail. within 125 mi. of Rice Superior Loader, full hy- WANTED: Belarus tractor, dirt bucket for an IH 2350 Gerald Polzin Cokato MN Lake, WI. (715)234-1923 draulics, fits Ford 8N, like 50-100hp running, in need of ldr, also JD 450 or 8300 320-286-5805 new. No rust. $1,795 OBO. repair or parts. 515-835-7673 grain drill w/ grass seed.

Dairy Quality Alfalfa 262-496-7218, Doug 320-275-2596 Tested big squares & round FOR SALE OR LEASE REGISTERED BLACK bales, delivered from South ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & Dakota John Haensel (605) yearlings; bred heifers, 351-5760 calving ease, club calves & ~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~ Dairy quality western alfalbalance performance. Al • MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders Notch Equipment: fa, big squares or small sired. In herd improvement • Powder River Livestock & Horse Equipment • Rock Buckets • Grapple Forks • Manure Forks squares, delivered in semi • Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’ program. J.W. Riverview • Bale Spears • Hi-Volume Buckets & Pallet Forks loads.

Clint Haensel • Jari Sickle Mowers • Bale Transports & Feeder Wagons, 16’-34’ Angus Farm Glencoe, MN • Grasshopper Lawn Mowers - Special Price Now! (605) 310-6653 • Adult & Young Stock Feeders & Bale Feeders 55336 Conklin Dealer 320• “Tire” feeders & waterers • Land Levelers 864-4625 • MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor for FOR SALE: Wheat straw Smidley Equipment: skidsteers, tractors, loaders or telehandlers 3x3x8 bales stored inside. FOR SALE: 12 bred Corri• Steer Stuffers • Hog Feeders • Hog Huts • Good Stock of parts for GT Tox-O-Wic Grain Low potassium grass hay.

• Calf Creep Feeders • Lamb & Sheep Feeders Dryers, Also, Some Used Parts ente cows. $600 ea.

• Cattle & Hog Waterers • Mini Scaler Delivery available. 320-808- 612-377-1489 or 715-772-3229.

• Sitrex Wheel Rakes - MX Model In Stock • Brillion Alfalfa & Grass Seeders 5723 Sioux Equipment: • Bale Baskets • Gates • Calving Pens • Haymax Bale Feeders • SI Feeders & Bunks Small square hay bales, 1st FOR SALE: Reg. Black An• Cattel Panels • Feeders Panels • Head Gates gus bulls w/ great growth & • (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders crop. Alfalfa grass mix.

• Hog Feeders • Squeeze Chutes & Tubs disposition, breeding out of • Enduraplas Bale Feeders, Panels & Tanks • Port-A-Hut Shelters (Many Sizes) (715)643-4142 • E-Z Trail Wagons, Boxes & Grain Carts Schiefelbein Genetics., • Bergman Cattle Feeders • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns • Lorenz & Farm King Snowblowers Straw, Grass, Alfalfa, & 320-597-2747 • R&C Poly Bale Feeders • Mandako Land Rollers, 12’-60’ Corn Stalks in Large • Farm King Augers and Mowers • GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu.

FOR SALE: Shorthorn Rounds & Large Squares, • Corral Panels & Horse Stalls • Sheep & Calf Feeders breeding cattle, Bulls & • EZ-Trail Head Movers & Bale Racks • Special Price in net & plastic twine. De• Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg. • Roda Mini-Spreaders heifers. 320-510-1123 • Powder River Crowding Tub & Alley livered in semi loads. Call • Amish Built Oak bunk feeders & bale racks • Mister Squeeze Cattle Chutes & Hd. Gates Tim at 320-221-2085 • Walco log splitter Registered Texas Longhorn • Garfield Earth Scrapers • Goat & Sheep feeders • Peck Grain Augers, 8” - 10” - 12” • Special Price breeding stock, cows, WANTED & FOR SALE ALL heifers or roping stock, top TYPES of hay & straw.

• We Also Buy & Sell Used GT Tox-O-Wic Dryers Or • We Buy & Sell Used Smidley Steer Stuffers Or blood lines.

507-235-3467 Also buying corn, wheat & We Can Rebuild Your Dryer For You We Can Rebuild Your Steer Stuffer For You oats. Western Hay avail- WANT TO BUY: Butcher able. cows, bulls, fats & walkable ~ USED EQUIPMENT ~ Fox Valley Alfalfa Mill. cripples; also horses, • Woods 6’ 3 pt. snowblower w/orbit motor spout • #580 GT grain dryer w/25 hp. elec. motor & phase 920-853-3554 sheep & goats. 320-235-2664 • Gehl #312 Scavenger II spreader, 260 bu., VG converter, we rebuilt it w/new center auger, WESTERN ALFALFA. Exc • Brady 5600 15’ stalk shredder & windrower center tube & sump quality, all cuttings tested, Young bred docile beef cows • Hesston 30A Stackhand • #370 GT PTO grain dryer & heifers - mostly black • Lorenz 984 9’ snowblower, 1000 RPM, Very Good • 8”x55’ Feterl PTO auger, VG 3x3x8 by semi load. Millard hided. (715)384-2541 • Hiniker 1700, 15’ stalk shredder/end trans., Exc. • 18’ Meyers bale rack w/10-ton Meyers wagon Brothers. 800-535-7715

JD 2510, gas ......................................$6,250 JD 2030, Utility, diesel ............................Call JD 2355, Utility, diesel ............................Call (2) JD 3020, PS ..................$8,500/$17,500 (2) JD 4010 D........................$4,500/$6,500 JD 4010D, F11 loader ........................$6,500 (2) JD 4020, PS ....................$6,900/$8,900 (3) JD 4020, PS, SC ..........$12,500-$15,500 JD 4000, WF, 3 pt. ..............................$9,500 JD 4430, PS......................................$13,500 JD 4240, Quad..................................$18,500 JD 4440, PS......................................$19,250 JD 4450, PS......................................$24,500 JD 4250, PS, FWA ............................$28,500 JD 4650, PS......................................$23,500 JD 4850, PS, FWA ............................$23,500 JD 4255, Quad, new engine..............$37,500 (2)JD 4455, PS, 2WD ........$34,500/$38,500 JD 4960, MFD ..................................$39,000 IH 7110, FWA, FH 1140 loader ........$37,500 IH SM, WF, engine OH ........................$2,900 ‘94 CIH 9280, 12-spd., triples, Nice $55,000 JD 800 swather, 15’, crimper..............$1,250 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 (2) JD 720 loaders ................$5,500-$7,000 JD 280 loader......................................$7,500 JD 158 loader......................................$3,500 IH 2350 loader ....................................$3,250 (2) Westendorf loaders..............$950/$2,000 Leon 1000 grapple, off JD 8100 ........$5,500 (2) Dual 3100 loader, blue cyl$1,250-$2,500 Dual 310 loader ..................................$3,000 Farmhand F358 loader, IH mts. ..........$3,250 Miller PL-4 loader ..............................$3,500 New Buhler 2595, JD 6000 mts.........$3,500 New Box Scrapers, 10’/12’......................Call New & Used Skidsteer Attachments ......Call Pallet Forks, Grapples, Rock Buckets....Call 8”, 10”, 13” Augers, various sizes ........Call ‘75 IH 1600, new clutch, 15’ steel b ..$2,500 (8) Gravity Boxes ......................$750/$4,000

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Barn roofing hip or round roof barns & other buildings. Also barn & quanset straightening.

Kelling Silo 1-800-355-2598

Trucks & Trailers

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FOR SALE: '11 Maurer 42' grain trailer , steel, ag hoppers, like new. $21,000.

507-828-6603

Miscellaneous 090 FOR SALE: 14' CD 3000 Van FOR SALE: '88 Ford F250 w/ Dale silo unloader-taken Meyer contractor snowout of silo. $1,800; 18.4x28-30 plow; '84 CJ7 Jeep w/ Westtractor chains, $90. Both ern sport utility 6 ½' plow; exc shape. 952-446-1120 (3) engines '87 429-4V, Chevy engines 350 & 366 FOR SALE: 3 - 36' S. I. V8s. 507-334-0025 PortaFeeders, 2 have silage sides, in very good FOR SALE: Snow Crete condition. Lake Benton. snow blowers, sizes to 507-368-9291 match HP, on hand 6,8,9,& 10' long. Dave Schwartz FOR SALE: 3200 gal. Balzer Slayton MN 507-920-8181 manure tank w/injectors, very good cond., 21.5L16.1 GENERATORS: 15kWtires; 120 Lorenz grinder500kW PTO & automatic mixer. 320-522-1637 gen sets, new & used. Low time hospital take-outs.

N-Tech 30' lagoon pump w/6" Standby Power-Windom load stand pipe. Exc Cond.

Serving farmers since 1975 (507)523-3305 & 507-450-6115.

800-419-9806 9-5 Mon-Sat WANTED TO BUY! USED BULK MILK COOLER ALL SIZES. 920-867-3048 Industrial & Const.

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ONAN ENGINES 25 hp rebuilt engine for skid loader; rebuilt Onan engines 16 to 20 hp for JD garden tractors and others. Prices start at $1095.00 exchange.

BCM, Inc 763-755-0034

M&W 1475 Earthmaster, new blades & bearings, can be One call does it all! either 5 or 7 shank, nice, With one phone call, you can $14,500. place your classified ad in 507-383-0114 The Land, Farm News, AND The Country Today.

Call The Land for more Trucks & Trailers 084 info @ 507-345-4523 • 800-6574665 or place your ad online '08 PJ 30 ' goose neck trailer. @ www.thelandonoline.com Tri-axle. 21.000 GVW, spare tire, tool box, LED lights. PARMA DRAINAGE $5,250/OBO. 715-418-0177.

PUMPS New pumps & parts on hand. Call Min'83 Mack R model, tri-axle, nesota's largest distributor 22' box & hoist, 350 motor, HJ Olson & Company 320w/OH, 13 spd., Camelback 974-3202 Cell – 320-894-6276 susp., good brakes & tires, $18,000 OBO. 952-240-2193 RANGER PUMP CO. Manufacture of Water Lift '98 Mack CH613, 330 hp, 10 Pumps for Field Drainage. sp., air ride, wet kit, all Built to fit your needs since alum. whls, good tires, 1984.

500,000 mi., current DOT, Sales & Service $12,800 OBO. 952-240-2193 507-984-2025 or 406-314-0334 www.rangerpumpco.com 26' Hillsboro Endura Buffalo Trailer, All Alum, Spotless, THE BEST FLOOR HEAT WATER TUBING. FREE Super Exc Cond. 7K TorESTIMATES. Compare & sion Axles, Rubber Lined Save!

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‘07 JD 2210, 47.5’, 4-BAR HARROW, 7” SWEEPS ..................................................................$53,500 ‘96 WILRICH, QUAD 5, 52', 4-BAR HARROW..........................................................................$19,975 ‘95 DMI TIGERMATE, 47.5’, 3-BAR HARROW ........................................................................$12,750 ‘98 CIH 4300, 31.5’, 4-BAR HARROW ......................................................................................$12,750 ‘90 CIH 4900, 47.5', 7" SWEEPS, 3-BAR HARROW ................................................................$10,500 CIH 4300, 46’, 3-BAR ADJ. HARROW ......................................................................................$10,750 CIH 4900, 52.5’ ............................................................................................................................$8,500 CIH 4900, 52.5’ ............................................................................................................................$8,450 CIH 4900, 52.5’ ............................................................................................................................$8,500 ‘94 CIH 4900, 41', 3-BAR HARROW ..........................................................................................$7,900

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The Christmas Story

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brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying: “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.”

The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”

There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then was a widow until she was 84. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

—Luke 1:26 - 2:40 New International Version

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In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored!

The Lord is with you.”

Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”

“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God.” “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her.

At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!”

And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me — holy is his name. His

mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. He has filled the hungry with good things Today in the town of but has sent the David a Savior has been rich away empty. born to you; he is Christ He has helped the Lord. This will be a his servant sign to you: You will find Israel, remembering to be a baby wrapped in cloths merciful to Abraham and lying in a manger. and his descendants forever, even as he said to our fathers.”

When the angels had left them and Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about gone into heaven, the shepherds said to three months and then returned home. one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and In those days Caesar Augustus see this thing that has happened, which issued a decree that a census should the Lord has told us about.” be taken of the entire Roman world.

So they hurried off and found Mary (This was the first census that took and Joseph, and the baby, who was place while Quirinius was governor of lying in the manger. When they had Syria.) And everyone went to his own seen him, they spread the word contown to register. cerning what had been told them about So Joseph also went up from the town this child, and all who heard it were of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethamazed at what the shepherds said to lehem the town of David, because he them. But Mary treasured up all these belonged to the house and line of David. things and pondered them in her heart.

He went there to register with Mary, who The shepherds returned, glorifying and was pledged to be married to him and praising God for all the things they had was expecting a child. While they were heard and seen, which were just as they there, the time came for the baby to be had been told. born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, On the eighth day, when it was time a son. She wrapped him in cloths and to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, placed him in a manger, because there the name the angel had given him was no room for them in the inn. before he had been conceived. When the And there were shepherds living out time of their purification according to in the fields nearby, keeping watch over the Law of Moses had been completed, their flocks at night. An angel of the Joseph and Mary took him to Lord appeared to them, and the glory of Jerusalem to present him to the Lord the Lord shone around them, and they (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, were terrified. But the angel said to “Every firstborn male is to be consethem, “Do not be afraid. I bring you crated to the Lord”), and to offer a sacrigood news of great joy that will be for fice in keeping with what is said in the all the people. Today in the town of Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two David a Savior has been born to you; he young pigeons.” is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to Now there was a man in Jerusalem you: You will find a baby wrapped in called Simeon, who was righteous and cloths and lying in a manger.” devout. He was waiting for the consolaSuddenly a great company of the tion of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was heavenly host appeared with the angel, upon him. It had been revealed to him praising God and saying, “Glory to God by the Holy Spirit that he would not die in the highest, and on earth peace to before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. men on whom his favor rests.”

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‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.’

This week’s Back Roads is the work of The Land Correspondents Tim King (story) and Jan King (photo)

Hitting the highpoints

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Hawkeye Point, Osceola County, Iowa From Hawkeye Point, located 4.5 miles north of Sibley in Osceola County; you can look east, across miles of fields and wood lots to the Spirit Lake area paths to the summit of Minnesota’s Eagle Mountain. wind turbines. To the north, you can see the turThese peaks are the highest points in their states. bines on Minnesota’s Coteau Ridge. To the west you can see as far as South Dakota. And, if you are on Failin is part of a small, select and somewhat obsessed group of people who have stood on top of the Point in the fall or spring, you may be able to the highest point in all 50 states. This includes, of look up and see skeins of geese passing overhead. course, Hawkeye Point in Iowa.

If you tire of grand vistas you will see that HawkHawkeye Point, at 1,670 feet, is no Mount McKin- eye Point is a pretty and well-kept park. Officially, it’s a county park. The Merrill Sterler family ley. It is, however, higher than the high points of eight other U.S. states, according to Highpointers, a donated the land to the county in 2008. They recognized the importance of the land because they had national organization of people who appreciate been generously hosting Highpointers like Failin for state high points. Hawkeye Point is also an excelyears. Now Osceola County, along with the Highlent place to experience a magnificent vista of northwest Iowa’s rolling farmland. pointers Foundation, the Sibley-Ocheyedan FFA

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obert M. Failin, of Montecito, Calif., has R ascended Alaska’s Mount McKinley. He’s also scaled Arizona’s Humphrey’s Peak and hiked the

chapter, and other community-minded people have been developing the park.

It currently has a small barn, a silo, some antique farm implements, a couple of picnic tables and an information kiosk with license plates from all 50 states. There are also signposts with signs pointing to the other 50 state highpoints, each with the correct distance noted.

There is at Hawkeye Point a sense of a place well cared for, even loved. On the south side of the barn are the Walls of Memorial and Recognition. There you will see small granite plaques with the names of Iowa farmers and citizens, as well as international travelers, who care about this place. Among the names is Failin. He found his way here and left a bit of himself behind.

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ity for ease of harvest.

Viking 0505RR Relative Maturity: 0.5 Biotech variety An early RR soybean for late planting or replanting; three years of farm-proven yield performance from Fargo, N.D., to Fairmont, Minn.; good all-around defensive package; a bushy plant that maintains its height coming south as an early or re-plant soybean; strong yield performance compared R2 soybeans in this maturity.

Viking O.1844AT RM: 1.8 Conventional variety An aphid tolerant variety with excellent yield potential; black hilum; good tolerance to iron deficiency chlorosis.

Viking 1100R2 RM: 1.1 Biotech variety Strong yield potential in an early soybean; well-adapted throughout central Minnesota and northern South Dakota; good tolerance to iron deficiency chlorosis; protected against phytophthora root rot by the industry-leading Rps3a gene; not a good choice for SCN soils.

Viking 2054 RM: 2.0 Conventional variety A new tofu soybean with high protein, large seed, clear hilum and improved yields.

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1405R2 Brand RM: 1.4 Offers yield potential with good iron chlorosis tolerance; strong fit in Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin; a medium height plant that fits most row widths; good early planting option; SCN resistance with good PRR field and average white mold tolerance.

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1805R2 Brand RM: 1.8 Strong yield potential with PRR field tolerance; strong west to east fit within its maturity range; versatile choice for early planting, most row widths and soil types; average iron chlorosis and while mold tolerance; works well in SCN-, BSR- and SDS-prone fields.

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O205R2 Brand RM: 0.2 Early maturity option with excellent iron chlorosis tolerance rating; fits well in Minnesota where IDC can be a challenge; works well in most row widths and 2105R2 Brand soil types; good PRR field tolerRM: 2.1 ance and standability; avoid SCNStrong, dependable soybean prone areas.

Viking 1440R2 packaged with SCN, iron chlorosis RM: 1.4 and SDS tolerance; works well 0605R2 Brand Biotech variety from South Dakota east to WisRM: 0.6 Medium-tall plant with a consin; medium plant type with Yield potential in a solid agromedium-bush habit, well adapted standability; adjusts well to most nomic package with Rps3a PRR to varying row widths; good field row widths; average white mold tolerance to SDS; strong defensive gene; fits well in Minnesota; good tolerance. package against IDC, white mold choice for most soils and row and phytophthora; not a good widths; SCN-susceptible with 2305R2 Brand choice for soils with high cyst average white mold tolerance.

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Performance backed by SCN 0705R2 Brand resistance and excellent iron Viking 1707R2N RM: 0.7 chlorosis tolerance; adapted from RM: 1.7 Strong yield performance with South Dakota/Nebraska to the Biotech variety SCN resistance; adapted in MinEast Coast; standability to perOutstanding yield performance nesota; keep within its maturity form well in wide rows and in north to south, east to west; plotzone; recommended for most soils most soils; average BSR and SDS winning yield potential; excellent and row widths; SCN resistance tolerance. standability; widely adapted packaged with above average iron across South Dakota, Minnesota chlorosis tolerance and standabiland Wisconsin; good defensive pro- ity. tection against IDC, white mold, DSR-0603/R2Y phytophthora and SCN. RM: 0.6 0905R2 Brand Roundup Ready 2 Yield RM: 0.9 Viking 2044R2N Top ratings for white mold and Dependable yield potential with RM: 2.0 BSR; strong emergence; Rps1c above average iron chlorosis tolerBiotech variety ance and BSR ratings; adapted from gene for PRR protection; excellent Leading-edge genetics, highest choice for no/minimum till operaMinnesota through the North yielding soybean tested in 2010; tions.

Dakota and South Dakota; a tall good SDS tolerance in 2010; plant type; fits most row widths and widely-adapted across Minnesota; soil types; use management pracDSR-1808/R2Y PI 88.788 gene for SCN resistance; tices that reduce lodging potential; RM: 1.8 suitable for high pH soils.

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Roundup Ready 2 Yield Exciting new R2Y genetics with Viking 2280R2N 1105R2 Brand upper echelon yield potential; RM: 2.1 RM: 1.1 great emergence scores; top Biotech variety A solid performer packaged with defender for PRR, WM, BSR and Exciting new genetics; superior strong iron chlorosis and PRR tol- SCN; excellent no/minimum till yields; directly replaces Viking erance; primary area Minnesota product; caution on high IDC 2100R2N; great disease package; and South Dakota; adapts to most prone soils. good tolerance to SDS; excellent row widths and most soils; place BSR resistance; strong standabil- on iron chlorosis soils; strong iron

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Dairyland DSR-2105/R2Y RM: 2.1 Roundup Ready 2 Yield Exciting new release with top-end yield; moderate resistance to SCN; premium emergence scores; Rps1K for PRR protection; outstanding white mold defense; performs well in IDC hotspots.

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DSR-2240/R2Y RM: 2.2 Roundup Ready 2 Yield Widely adaptable

product with superb PRR programs. and emergence ratings; 1152RR2 good no/minimum till RM: 1.5 choice; high ratings for Genuity Roundup SDS. Ready 2 Yield This 1.5 maturity RR2 soybean has excellent 1062RR2 phytophthora root rot RM: 0.6 and brown stem rot Genuity Roundup scores; SCN resistant, Ready 2 Yield this variety has a great Variety with strong emergence score and lateral branching that standability is strong for allows for high yield an easy harvest. potential; superior brown stem rot scores maximize 1170RR2 performance in tough RM: 1.7 conditions; great Genuity Roundup emergence and Ready 2 Yield standability makes this a A new RR2 soybean good choice for no-till variety that exhibits

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profuse branching that is high; SCN resistant. are loaded with pods; great choice for no-tillers 1232RR2 as emergence is RM: 2.3 extremely good; handles Genuity Roundup stressed and droughty Ready 2 Yield soil conditions well; SCN This 2.3 maturity RR2 resistant. soybean is an offensive powerhouse with sound 1212RR2 sudden death and brown RM:1.2 stem rot scores and has a Genuity Roundup wide area of adaptability Ready 2 Yield across many This 1.2 RR2 soybean environments and soil has strong emergence types; should be placed scores and allows it to be on soils with low levels of planted early; taller plant SCN. type can canopy early to conserve moisture and help with weed control; K2-0051 good defensive scores can RM: 0.05 help if disease pressure

Kruger

Biotech variety Kruger’s earliest product with excellent top-end yield potential; it contains the Rps 1c gene for multi-race phytophthora; moves south well and has good iron chlorosis tolerance; K2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield.

K2-0101 RM: 0.1 Biotech variety Has the Rps 1c gene for multi-race phytophthora along with excellent emergence and standability; good iron chlorosis tolerance with excellent top-end yield potential makes for good choice in the Red River Valley; K2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield.

K2-0503 RM: 0.5 Biotech variety Has the Rps 3a gene for multi-race phytophthora along with excellent emergence and standability; good iron chlorosis tolerance with excellent top-end yield potential and moves east to west well; K2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield.

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K2-0601 RM: 0.6 Biotech variety Provides good iron chlorosis tolerance and standability; no multirace phytophthora gene, but has good field tolerance; excellent topend yield potential and good standability; K2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield.

K2-0701 RM: 0.7 Biotech variety Has Rps1c gene for multirace phytophthora along with excellent standability; good iron chlorosis tolerance with excellent top-end yield potential; a good fit in western Minnesota; K2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield.

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K2-2102 RM: 2.1 Biotech variety Resistant to race 3 soybean cyst nematode and carries the Rps 1c gene for multi-race phytophthora; good sudden death syndrome tolerance along with below-average iron chlorosis tolerance; K2 Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield.

Latham L0734R2 RM: 0.7 Biotech RR2Y Tested in 2011 as E0834R2, this new soybean line has the Rps1-c gene for phytophthora resistance and excellent scores against brown stem rot and white mold; a terrific line for those northern Minnesota growers.

RM: 1.5 Biotech RR2Y This new mid-group 1 soybean carries the Cgene for phytophthora along with excellent tolerance to brown stem rot and sudden death; it is resistant to SCN and has a very wide range of adaptability.

the same base genetics as our widely popular L2084R2; it has the Cgene for phytophthora and good tolerance to sudden death and brown stem rot; it is a mediumtall plant that will handle lighter soils well.

Latham L2183R2 RM: 2.1 Latham L1773L Biotech RR2Y RM: 1.7 This new early group 2 Biotech LibertyLink soybean boasts the best Our newest defensive package Latham L0983R2 LibertyLink soybean has available in the Latham K2-2602 RM: 0.9 a good all-around lineup; this tremendous RM: 2.6 Biotech RR2Y defensive package along group of characteristics Biotech variety This soybean has with tremendous top-end tends to overshadow the Has good sudden excellent offensive power yield; it does not have a fact that it is also a good death tolerance and is and has the height for specific gene for SCN yielding soybean as well; moderately resistant to tough, lighter soils; it resistance but carries place this line in your race 3 soybean cyst also carries a terrific good field tolerance to best soils for optimum nematode with; is score against iron the pest; this is the best performance. segregating for Rps 1k chlorosis, the PI88788 IDC tolerant line in our and Rps 3a genes for gene for resistance to Liberty lineup.

Latham L2275R2 multi-race phytophthora soybean cyst nematode RM: 2.2 resistance with below and the C-gene for Latham L1884R2 Biotech RR2Y average iron chlorosis phytophthora.

RM: 1.8 In 2010 research trials, tolerance; K2 Genuity Biotech RR2Y this new soybean Roundup Ready 2 Yield.

Latham L1584R2 This soybean features produced yields that

rivaled our popular L2440R2; it carries some slight field tolerance to SCN and good scores against BSR, SDS and white mold.

Latham L2283R2 RM: 2.2 Biotech RR2Y An outstanding defensive package that features excellent tolerance to white mold, SDS, iron chlorosis and brown stem rot; it also carries the PI88788 gene for SCN resistance.

Latham L2438R2 RM: 2.4 Biotech RR2Y This new mid-group 2 soybean carries the Cgene for phytophthora and has excellent tolerance to sudden death, BSR, white mold and iron chlorosis; the SCN resistance is derived from PI88788.

Latham L2585R2 RM: 2.5 Biotech RR2Y Features a good defensive package with some excellent top-end yield potential; for fields that have a problem with phytophthora race 25, this line carries the Rps3-a gene which handles that issue well.

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Legend Seeds LS 07R20 RM: 0.7 Will handle light iron chlorosis, but not fields with chronic iron chlorosis issues; medium stature, semi-bush plant type; recommend planting on light to medium soil types.

LS 07R20 RM: 0.7 Will handle light iron chlorosis, but not fields with chronic iron chlorosis issues; medium stature, semi-bush plant type; recommend planting on light to

medium soil types.

LS 18R21N RM: 0.8 Avoid fields with a history of iron chlorosis; Rps 1k gene for resistance to races 3 and 4 phytophthora root rot; recommend planting on medium textured soil types.

LS Advantage Stack 0.9 RM: 0.9 Medium tall, semi-bush plant stature that can be planted in all row widths; a unique blend that brings flexibility to your farming operation; good emergence, along with strong early seedling vigor.

LS 10R21 RM: 1.0 Avoid fields with a history of iron chlorosis; medium plant stature, semi-bush plant type that can be planted in all row widths; recommend planting on medium textured soil types.

LS 13R21 RM: 1.3 Good iron chlorosis tolerance; full resistance to brown stem rot; excellent tolerance to white mold.

LS 14R21N RM: 1.4 Avoid fields with a history of iron chlorosis; medium to medium tall plant height, for moisture stressed soil types; recommend planting on light to medium soil types.

LS Advantage Stack 1.4 RM: 1.4 Medium tall, semi-bush plant stature that can be planted in all row widths; excellent standability for a taller stature soybean; great stress tolerance to handle moisture stressed environments.

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tolerance; Rps 3a gene for resistance to race 3, 4 and 25 phytophthora root rot, along with excellent field tolerance.

LS 15R21 RM: 1.5 Avoid fields with a history of iron chlorosis; medium tall, semi-bush LS Advantage Stack style plant type to fit all 2.5 row widths; excellent RM: 2.5 tolerance to brown stem Medium-tall, semi-bush rot. plant stature that can be planted in all row widths; LS 15R22N great standability; good RM: 1.5 tolerance to brown stem Full resistance to race rot.

3 soybean cyst nematode, along with LS 27R21N moderate resistance to RM: 2.7 race 14; good tolerance Excellent natural field to sudden death tolerance to syndrome; avoid fields phytophthora root rot, with a history or iron along with good IDC chlorosis. package; medium-tall, semi-bush plant stature LS Advantage Stack that can be planted in all 1.6 row widths.

RM: 1.6 Medium tall, semiLS 39R21N bush plant stature that RM: 3.9 can be planted in all row Great tolerance to widths; blend of two sudden death, white soybean cyst varieties to mold, phytophthora, IDC bring flexibility to your â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the full package; farming operation. lateral branching allows this soybean to be placed LS 19R21N in all row widths.

RM: 1.9 Rps 1k gene for resistance against race 3 and 4 phytophthora root C1211R2 rot; great tolerance to RM: 1.2 brown stem rot; aboveC1211R2 strengthens average iron chlorosis the early offerings by LG tolerance.

Seeds; plants are medium-tall, with a LS 22R21N medium profile; lots of RM: 2.2 pod clustering is seen on Medium-tall, semieach node; high yields bush plant stature that and good agronomics, can be planted in all row including excellent widths; full resistance to emergence and good race 3 soybean cyst standability; carries nematode, along with resistance to moderate resistance to phytophthora root rot, race 14. good IDC and white mold tolerances and good LS 24R21 brown stem rot tolerance; RM: 2.4 excellent performance Tolerance to brown under stress. stem rot; excellent standability; medium C1390R2 height, semi-bush style RM: 1.3 plant for all row widths.

Has outstanding SCN tolerance, utilizing a LS 25R21M different source of RM: 2.5 resistance that most Good iron chlorosis other SCN resistant

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lines; an upright appearing plant that is medium tall; a yield winner in South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

sudden death syndrome; data show this to be the best SCN-resistant product in this maturity.

C1780R2 RM: 1.7 This new soybean product has a good disease package along with high yields; medium-tall plants have a moderate width canopy; high yield potential and resistance to the soybean cyst nematode and phytophthora root rot; good tolerance to iron deficiency chlorosis, brown stem rot and white mold.

5B103R2 RM: 1.0 Excellent yield potential; broadly adapted east to west and north to south; good emergence and stress tolerance; protection against phytophthora (Rps1k) and good field tolerance.

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5B130R2 RM: 1.3 Excellent yield potential with great agronomics; good tolerance to white mold C1917R2 and brown stem rot; good RM: 1.9 C1917R2 clusters pods tolerance to iron above the leaf canopy for deficiency chlorosis; performs well in all row a unique look; great widths and planting performance and agronomic characteristics practices. with a medium tall 5N155R2 profile; C1917R2 sets RM: 1.5 new levels for yield, and Resistance to soybean is a great agronomic package; resistant to the cyst nematode in a MidGroup 1 variety with soybean cyst nematode excellent yield potential; this high-yielding good tolerance to brown product has good stem rot and sudden emergence and good death syndrome; wide standability; resistance plant type with good to brown stem rot and standability; Rps1c phytophthora root rot, along with good tolerance phytophthora protection with good stress IDC, white mold and sudden death syndrome; tolerance. stress tolerance is high.

5N180R2 RM: 1.8 C2500R2 Strong yield potential RM: 2.5 with soybean cyst Performance data nematode resistance; indicates that C2500R2 good tolerance to white has the potential to be the best mid Group II on mold; good emergence the market today; yields and excellent with C2465R2, and adds standability fit well in all planting practices; good SCN protection; plants tolerance to iron are medium statured; deficiency chlorosis. dominating yield performance in plots; excellent emergence and early vigor; Rps3a resistance to phytophthora root rot; S10-G7 Brand good standability, good RM: 1.0 tolerance against IDC GENRR2Y and good tolerance to

NK (Syngenta Seeds)

Early group I yield leader; Rps1k gene with average phytophthora root rot field tolerance; excellent emergence; medium, medium-bush plant type.

S12-W6 Brand RM: 1.2 RR Aphid Management System variety with above-average iron deficiency chlorosis tolerance; Rps1k phytophthora root rot gene; excellent standability and good emergence; good choice for narrow rows and early planting.

S14-M4 Brand RM: 1.4 GENRR2Y Solid yielder, widely adapted; races 1,3,5 soybean cyst nematode resistance; excellent emergence with average iron deficiency chlorosis tolerance; good stress tolerance.

stress tolerance with good sudden death syndrome tolerance.

S20-Y2 Brand RM: 2.0 GENRR2Y Superior performance with soybean cyst nematode protection; Rps1k gene with good standability; good sudden death syndrome tolerance; above-average iron deficiency chlorosis tolerance.

S24-M5 Brand RM: 2.4 GENRR2Y High-yielding, widely adapted with excellent standability; superior brown stem rot tolerance; Rps1c phytophthora root rot gene with good field tolerance; medium plant height and medium canopy type.

Northstar Genetics

NS 1177NR2 RM: 1.1 Great yielding early bean with good iron S15-L5 Brand chlorosis tolerance and RM: 1.5 the R3 and MR14 cyst RR nematode package; it also Rugged western variety; races 1,3 soybean has the 1K gene for cyst nematode resistance; phytophthora. good iron deficiency NS 1257R2 chlorosis with excellent RM: 1.1 stress tolerance; Rps1c High-yielding early gene with stability across variety with the Rps3 environments.

PRR protection.

S17-D2 Brand NS 1477NR2 RM: 1.7 RM: 1.3 RR Cyst package with the Aphid Management System variety with solid Peking source; it has great performance in performance; Rps1k stress environments. phytophthora root rot gene; good standability NS 2077NR2 and emergence; ideal for RM: 2.0 early planting.

Outstanding yields in your better producing S17-F3 Brand offensive fields; it showed RM: 1.7 good SDS tolerance in RR 2010.

Outstanding yield performance; races 1,3 soybean cyst nematode resistance; Rps1k gene with excellent emergence; exceptional

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NS 2377NR2 RM: 2.3 Excellent chlorosis bean along with other defensive traits that can still produce big yields; combined with the 1K gene, this bean can go about anywhere.

NS 2477R2 RM: 2.4 This bean is all about yield; one of the most offensive beans on the market, but must be placed in the right environment.

NuTech

soybean’s versatility; great 92Y12 for all fields where cyst A new high-yielding nematode is not a problem. early group 2 bean, noncyst variety with G2 brand 7262 excellent brown stem rot RM: 2.6 protection; offers RR exceptional standability This new Peking cyst and emergence. soybean topped the research trials in both 2009 and 2010; it offers good standability and Rps1k phytophthora resistance; push populations on productive soils to maximize yield potential.

G2 brand 6142 RM: 1.4 RR New tall soybean with solid BSR resistance and 252 CN good IDC tolerance that RM: 1.4 can handle the lighter and Conventional more variable soils; this This versatile soybean soybean can also handle can handle any marginal non-cyst soils. environment; Rps1k phytophthora and BSRG2 brand 6162 resistance protect the RM: 1.6 great yield potential.

RR Offers a medium height with excellent standability and Rps1c 90Y90 phytophthora protection; This new late-group 0 plan on productive nonvariety partners well cyst soils in southern with 90M80 and offers Minnesota and push the above average white planting population for mold tolerance and maximum yields. dependable standability

out yields everything in this Excellent early maturity zone and features companion to PBPB-00560R2 above average plant height 00950R2; good yield RM: 0.05 and IDC tolerance. potential and Genuity RR2Yield standability makes this New 0.05 RM product PB-00870R2 a great choice for highly adapted to the far northern RM: 0.08 fertile soils; handles iron Red River Valley; typically Genuity RR2Yield chlorosis well.

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182 RM: 1.2 Conventional With a good height and productive lateral branches, this soybean offers outstanding yield stability and moderate soybean cyst nematode resistance; don’t plant on fields with a history of considerable IDC.

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91Y41 A mid-group 1 variety with solid brown stem rot resistance; a high yielding soybean that partners well with 91Y40; competitive in SDS environments.

6228 RM: 2.2 RR Excellent defensive package with good white mold and BSR tolerance, good height and IDC tolerance add to this

91Y61 A companion to 91Y60 with top-end yield potential with good emergence and standability; performs best on well-drained soils; non-cyst leader in mid group 1.

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G2 brand 7192 RM: 1.9 RR Versatile soybean has a good defensive package including Rps1c phytophthora and BSR resistance with adequate IDC tolerance.

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Prairie Brand PB-0240R2 RM: 0.2 Genuity RR2Yield This product is a yield monster at 0.2 RM; tall plant type and top notch iron chlorosis tolerance make this a widely adapted product that maximizes yields for all producers — a must-plant product.

PB-1523R2 RM: 1.5 Genuity RR2Yield Well-rounded product with outstanding yield potential; features good overall disease tolerance for heavy, wet soils; expect stable performance from year to year with this top performer.

choice for highly productive soils.

Wensman

W 30042R2 PB-2242R2 RM: 0.04 RM: 2.2 Roundup Ready 2 Yield Genuity RR2Yield Earliest R2 variety; good early Offensive is the word that describes season vigor; developed for north soils. this outstanding new product; branchy plant type brings big-time yield punch on W 30066R2 highly productive soils with above RM: 0.06 average drainage; also features excellent Roundup Ready 2 Yield standability for ease of harvest.

Great choice for bean-on-bean acres; resistant to brown stem rot.

PB-1591R2 RM: 1.5 PB-0510R2 Genuity RR2Yield RM: 0.5 New non-SCN product with huge yield Genuity RR2Yield 7M61 potential in western Minnesota and 0.5 RM soybean that really yields on eastern South Dakota; medium-tall plant RM: 0.6-0.7 productive soils; features good iron RR2Y works well across most soil types; brown chlorosis tolerance and the Rps3a This is our earliest RR2Y product stem rot resistance can help boost gene provides best in class that has overall sound agronomics; has performance under wet conditions. phytophthora protection. good emergence and will stand well; great performance from Willmar to PB-1743R2 PB-0851R2 Breckenridge and into South Dakota.

RM: 1.7 RM: 0.8 Genuity RR2Yield Genuity RR2Yield 9M21 Exciting new soybean that excels New product with excellent RM: 0.9-1.0 across a wide area in southern branching and yield potential; great RR2Y Minnesota; good standability and good southern movement with this product white mold tolerance are some key This product is replacing our previous as well; features the Rps3a gene for bean in this maturity, 9M3 due to attributes of this product; perfect optimal phytophthora protection. increased yield; it has cyst protection and companion product for PB-1722R2. fits best in western Minnesota.

PB-0920R2 PB-1823R2 RM: 0.9 11M61 RM: 1.8 Genuity RR2Yield RM: 1.0-1.1 Genuity RR2Yield New 0.9 RM product with explosive RR2Y Excellent new product with above yield potential; best performance on Works anywhere in this maturity range, average plant height and a well-rounded good, productive soils; great agronomic package; yield potential with from South Dakota to Wisconsin; good performance in western Minnesota this product is good across a wide range emergence and stress tolerance in this and northeast South Dakota. of soils; strong southern movement as an intermediate plant type; has the Rps 3a gene for best in class PRR protection. early maturity option.

PB-1066R2 RM: 1.0 14M61 PB-2121R Genuity RR2Yield RM: 1.3-1.4 RM: 2.1 Early cyst nematode resistant RR2Y Roundup Ready product that showed outstanding Good agronomic package including Non-SCN resistant product with performance in 2011; medium plant good IDC tolerance; fits anywhere east to medium tall plant stature and top with excellent standability and good west, has good BSR ratings; it’s a nice, notch yield potential; does feature top-end yield potential; tested as PB- great white mold tolerance and brown medium-tall plant that also stands well.

0912X in some locations. stem rot resistance; good performance 22M11 on productive soils.

PB-1080R2 RM: 2.1-2.2 RM: 1.0 RR2Y PB-2123R2 Genuity RR2Yield This new cyst line has it all; great RM: 2.1 Big, tall product that does a nice job on overall agronomics along with cyst Genuity RR2Yield marginal/tougher soils; features brown Strong new product geared toward the protection; fits best from central and stem rot resistance and good iron western area of its maturity zone; works east in its maturity zone; a highchlorosis tolerance as well; best adapted great on soils with above average fertility yielding soybean that also has the to lower planting populations. defensive characteristics you need. and yield potential; good performance under higher planting populations.

PB-1320R2 24M21 RM: 1.3 RM: 2.4-2.5 PB-2143R2 Genuity RR2Yield RR2Y RM: 2.1 Superb yield performance with this Another new, high-yielding cyst line Genuity RR2Yield new 1.3 RM product; great for disease Growers will see robust performance from Titan Pro; is all about yield, and prone soils but will work on all soil packaged with our 23M9 you get a onefrom this great companion to PBtypes; strong product for growers from 2099NRR2 and PB-2042R2; excellent two yield punch; good protection on South Dakota across Minnesota into SDS, IDC, PRR; plus yield. standability and good white mold Wisconsin. tolerance make this product a great

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W 3030R2 RM: 0.3 Roundup Ready 2 Yield Tall plant with excellent iron chlorosis tolerance.

W 3058R2 RM: 0.5 Roundup Ready 2 Yield Phytophthora root rot protection with good IDC tolerance.

W 3076R2 RM: 0.7 Roundup Ready 2 Yield Great agronomics with phytophthora protection and IDC tolerance.

W 3099R2 RM: 0.9 Roundup Ready 2 Yield A real leader in bushels per acre.

W 3108R2 RM: 1.0 Roundup Ready 2 Yield Industry leading phytophthora protection with excellent yield potential.

W 3120R2 RM: 1.2 Roundup Ready 2 Yield A real rugged variety with top yields in the western area.

W 3140R2 RM: 1.4 Roundup Ready 2 Yield Phenomenal yield with resistance to brown stem rot.

W 3256NR2 RM: 2.5 Roundup Ready 2 Yield Cyst bean with breakthrough phytophthora protection plus IDC and SDS tolerance.

W 3284NR2 RM: 2.8 Roundup Ready 2 Yield Good SDS tolerance coupled with cyst nematode protection; great stress tolerance.

Nuseed expands seed platform with U.S. acquisition “Seeds 2000 is a fantastic company and we are very pleased with this transaction for the teams at Seeds 2000 and Nuseed,” said Tom Karlson, founding principal of Rural American Fund.

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in over 25 countries. Nuseed has existing sunflower breeding and marketing operations based in California, Argentina, Serbia and Australia.

Sunflower is an important oilseed and snack food crop, occupying approximately 24 million hectares of land globally and producing approximately 32 million metric tons of grain annually.

Seeds 2000 President, Steve Kent, said he expected the transition to be seamless and to facilitate additional opportunities to expand the business in both the U.S. domestic market and globally.

In 2009, Seeds 2000 received a growth investment from the Rural American Fund, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on making partnership investments in growing agricultural companies.

crop for us. This investment provides a broader sunflower footprint in global markets and a pipeline of genetics complementary to our existing business.

“We look forward to a great future with Seeds 2000 employees and customers.” ❖

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For more information, and to sign up for the cash bids system and other free features from Growers Edge, log on to www.growers-edge.com. Established in 2007, Growers Edge is a technology driven media company in the agricultural sector. The company provides an unbiased and independent approach to help farmers make business decisions by using advanced technology. Growers Edge is independently owned and located in Des Moines, Iowa. ❖

Hardi Cmndr+ ........1066 ....... 1200 ...... 20’FB .... $27,500

MODEL .................# ............. TANK .... BOOM ...... PRICE

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Fast 7400...............1012 ....... 1600 ...... 120’ ...... $29,500 Fast Mid-Mount .....1020 ....... 1000 ...... 80’ .......... $5,000 Fast 9518...............1023 ....... 1800 ...... 90’ ........ $31,500 FAST 9518E Stock #1095 1800 gallon tank 120’ boom ..................... $58,500

FAST FTJ9RT Stock #1035 1000 gallon tank ..................... $12,000

Fast 9500...............1037 ....... 2400 ...... 132’ ...... $52,000 Fast 1000...............1039 ....... n/a ......... 80’ .......... $2,500 Fast 7400...............1043 ....... 1600 ...... 120’ ...... $36,900 Sprayer Spec. .........1053 ....... 1250 ...... 60’ ........ $15,000 Hardi 1000M Nav. ..1058 ....... 1000 ...... 60’ ........ $14,000 Fast TT 1000 ..........1060 ....... 1000 ...... 80’ .......... $6,000

TopAir 1000XFold ..1069 ....... 1000 ...... 60’ .......... $7,500 SS XLRD1500 .........1074 ....... 1500 ...... 90’ ........ $21,500 FAST 7445 Stock #1007 1500 gallon tank 120’ bar ..................... $35,500

FAST 9613N Stock #2442 1050 gal. tank 60’ boom ..................... $27,500

Hardi Nav 1000......1077 ....... 1000 ...... 90’ ........ $17,500 Fast 1000...............1086 ....... n/a ......... 90’ .......... $3,500 Redball 690 ...........1093 ....... 1600 ...... 132’ ...... $19,900 Flexicoil X68XL .......1094 ....... 1600 ...... 134’ ...... $29,900 Fast 9518...............2020 ....... 1800 ...... 80’ ........ $34,000

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Fast 9613N ............2526 ....... 1350 ...... 90’ ........ $43,000 Fast 9613N ............2532 ....... 1350 ...... 90’ ........ $42,500 Fast 8318...............2567 ....... 1800 ...... 40’ ........ $39,500

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Growers Edge (www.growersedge.com) offers a free cash bid service for farmers to locate the best net cash grain prices within 100 miles of their farms.

Based on a grower’s location, the Growers Edge program calculates the best net bid after trucking and storage costs are deducted. By comparing their local elevator price with all surrounding elevators, ethanol plants and grain terminals, users of this free service report making 20 to 40 cents more per bushel by shopping for the best market price.

“Our farmer-users asked for a way to find the best net local bid for their crops,” said Craig Mouchka, president of Growers Edge. “Farmers normally check three or four of their closest markets and they can easily miss their best cash price. Our cash bid program helps farmers find the best cash bid. We are finding that 70 percent of the time for soybeans and 90 percent of the time for corn, that the net cash bid found by growers-edge.com is better to what is being offered by the closest market.

Plus the results come right to the farmers computer screen without making any calls.”

Gary Schmalshof of Macomb, Ill., said, “I discovered that we could haul corn 100 miles to Decatur and get an extra 70 cents a bushel — we made an additional 30 cents a bushel after

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Nuseed, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nufarm Limited, announced in early December the acquisition of Seeds 2000 Inc., based in Breckenridge, Minn.

Seeds 2000 is a seed research, production, sales and marketing company focused primarily on the development of elite oil and confection sunflower hybrids that benefit both the farmer and end-use food customer. The company has significantly expanded its international activities in recent years and today conducts development and sales activities in the USA, Canada, China, Argentina and a number of European markets.

Nuseed is a global seed and traits company focused on the enhancement of food and feed value through seed technology. The company develops proprietary canola, sunflower and sorghum products that are marketed

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www.agri-systems.com Grain Storage, Handling & Drying Systems

Steel Buildings

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From all of us at Agri-Systems, Inc. SITE DESIGN

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LET AGRI-SYSTEMS HELP WITH ALL YOUR GRAIN HANDLING NEEDS! We Offer Quality Products From Manufacturers Like Schlagel, Lowry, & DMC

QUALITY CONVEYORS & BUCKET ELEVATORS

WE’LL DESIGN THE GRAIN HANDLING SYSTEM THAT’S RIGHT FOR YOU!

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Competitive Pricing

INCREASE THE SPEED, SAFETY, AND EASE OF HARVEST!

• No moving augers around during busy times or servicing belts and motors high up in the air.

• Simple installation - Blower, air lock and motors come on two convenient preassembled skids.

• Control center includes amp-meter for blower motor, adjustable timer delay switch, allowing the system to clean tubes before shut down and automatic pressure sensing shut down.

24054 MN HWY 22 SOUTH • LITCHFIELD, MN CALL TODAY! • 800-246-6094 www.agri-systems.com

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No Project Too Large or Too Small

We sell & build bins throughout the entire midwest

EARLY ORDERS = BIG SAVINGS!!

4 REASONS WHY NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY (1) Winter Season Discounts Are Back! Now is the cheapest time to buy a Grain Bin. (2) Competitive Financing - Take advantage of the Farm Storage Facility Loan Program, now expanded up to $500,000!

(3) Time For Site Design - Allows us plenty of time to work with you on a site design with Auto CAD that is right for your operation.

(4) No Worries! Early orders ensure your project is completed well before next harvest.

24054 MN HWY 22 SOUTH • LITCHFIELD, MN CALL TODAY! • 800-246-6094 www.agri-systems.com

Hwy. 60 East Lake Crystal, MN

Serving the Ag Industry since 1974

800-722-0588 507-726-6041

Now The New Minnesota Dealership for Neville Built Grain Trailers

Buy this tractor w/trailer from Crysteel & deduct $2,000

2002 Sterling 9500 single axle tractor, 12.7L Detroit 470 hp. engine, 7-spd. trans., air ride, 11:00x22.5 tires, very clean tractor. $17,500

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2011 Neville 28’ tandem axle alum. single hopper trailer, 770 bu. capacity, 7700 lbs. empty wgt., ladders & catwalks, viewing windows, Shurlock roll tarp w/dbl. ridge straps & front cable return, electric roll tarp, New 11:00R22.5 Lo Pro tires, alum. outer rims, $28,200, plus taxes & registration.

SPECIAL 22’x96”x60” in Prime Paint $9,150 Plus FET

2012 Neville 40’ tandem axle steel twin hopper w/center divider trailer, 1160 bu. capacity, 10,800 lbs. empty wgt., ladders & catwalks, viewing windows, Gator hyde coating on hoppers, Shurlock tarp w/twin ridge straps & front cable return, 11:00R22.5 new recapped tires, $24,500, plus taxes & registration.

2012 Neville 22’ single axle steel single hopper trailer, 650 bu. capacity, 6,300 lbs. empty wgt., ladders viewing windows, Gator hyde coating on hopper, Shurlock tarp, 11:00R22.5 new recapped tires, $15,100, plus taxes & registration.

SPECIAL 20’x102”x60” in Prime Paint $8,950 Plus FET

2012 Neville 40’ tandem axle alum. twin hopper trailer, 1,150 bu. capacity, 8,900 lbs. empty wgt., ladders & catwalks, viewing windows, Shurlock tarp w/dbl. ridge straps & front cable return, New 11:00R22.5 Lo Pro tires, alum. outer rims, $29,500, plus taxes & registration.

2006 Neville 28’ steel single hopper tandem axle steel trailer, with electric roll tarp, 770 bu. capacity, 11:00x22.5 tires, catwalks, windows, ladders, offset hopper, can be pulled with either single or tandem axle trailers. $15,800

CRYSTEEL’S GRAIN BODY & STINGRAY HOIST: A POWERFUL VALUE - Bodies In Stock!

Crysteel Grain Tippers are built with materials and design features that offer years of performance and value: INSIDE: Crysteel Grain Tippers are designed with smooth snag-free sidewalls and steel floors to prevent bridging of loads.

OUTSIDE: The smooth sidewalls improve air flow & are great for graphics BELOW: The understructure contains no crossmembers resulting in smooth self-cleaning surfaces that are strong but without unnecessary weight

SPECIAL 24’x102”x60” in Prime Paint $9,500 Plus FET

• Unitized all-welded construction • High strength 50,000 PSI yield steel • Tubular longbeans, side rails and top rail • Swing-out 3-section rear gate w/rubber seals and large 12”x24” grain gate in center door • Rubber-mounted stop, turn and clearance light

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CLEAR YOUR DRIVEWAY

CRYSTEEL TRUCK EQUIPMENT’S

CLEARANCE SALE

The Sno Pusher Brings Snow Removal Equipment To A New Level.

8’ - 20’ In Stock for skid loaders, farm tractor loaders, backhoes & loaders

ALL PLOWS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL

CRYSTEEL TRUCK EQUIPMENT Is Minnesota’s Boss Plow Master Distributor

Snow Fighter Pusher “Closeout” - One 8’ skidsteer, 36”w/36”x36” side plates, quich attach. snow pushers, adjustable rubber cutting edge, replaceable wear shoes - 8’ $1,850

New Fisher 9’ HD Trip Edge Steel Plow complete with lights, Minute-mount attachments - Choice of truck mounts - Ideal Farm Yard Plow • “Display Model, some paint fade” - $4,400

8’ Fisher MM II, 1 year old, hand held control, snow flap and choice of mount - $3,800

Used Western 71⁄2’ Pro plow, Unimount style, lights, and controls, limited choice of truck mounts - $1,500

Used Western 8’-10’ hydraulic Wide out plow complete with Ultra mount, truck mount of your choice included - $3,500

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‘89 Hendrickson VT100,Cummins NTC 315 hp., Fuller 8-spd. w/Lo/Lo, Hendrickson 40,000 lb. walking beam rear susp. w/11:00x22.5 tires on alum. rims outside, 12,000 lb. front axle w/315-80Rx22.5 tires on alum. rims, 4.65 rear end ratio - $12,500

‘90 Ford F350 4x2, 7.3 diesel, automatic, PS, PB, 72,000 mi., Armlift AVTEL 28’ Aerial; devise, live hydraulics, hydraulic out riggers, 12’ flatbed w/new 8’ long fiberglass tool box - $12,950

‘90 Intl. 4900, 16K frt. w/385/65.22.5’s, 34K tandem, DT 466 210 hp., 10-spd., air brakes, 127K mi., Reach-all boom w/person bskt., 54’ max workng hgt., boom cap. is 1850 lbs., at 39’ & 6100 lbs. at 17’, 8000 lb. winch - $24,500

‘04 Towmaster T-12DD 18’ skid loader trailer, spring assist ramps, 6000 lb. axles I-beam frame, wood floor, D-rings, DOT inspected, new brakes & breakaway battery $4,500

Used Refurbished Kann 21’ x 96” wide x 72” high aluminum grain body, 3-pc. swingout engate, HD top rail, new roll tarp - $8,500

Knapheide 18’x94” wide w/52” sides, steel floor, Shurlock roll tarp, livestock racks, crossmembers & rub rails have been refurbished - $2,850

Used 17’ Obeco grain body w/52” sides, new steel floor & 3-pc. swingout endgates, body has been completly shot blasted, primed & painted - $5,950

Schien 16’ x 94” wide grain body w/52” sides, w/3-pc. swingout rear doors, new steel floor & crossmembers, shotblasted & new red paint - $5,450

20’x94” wide rebuilt Knapheide grain body w/62” sides, new 3-pc. swingout endgate, wood floor, refurbished understructure, completely shotblasted inside & outside, primed & painted your choice of colors - $6,800

19’6”x96” Crysteel grain body w/60” sides, 3-pc. 46” rear swingout endgate, steel floor, body has been refurbished, shotblasted completely, primed, painted your choice of colors, understructure has been blasted & painted black - $6,300

Used J-Craft 20’x102” wide grain body w/58” sides, new 3-pc. swingout endgate, good condition, body & understructure is completely shotblasted & primed & painted your choice of color, body painted will cost $6,500

Schwartz Timberlock 15’6” x 94” wide grain body w/42” sides, all oak construction floor & sides, good steel crossmembers & longsills, ladder, good condition, - $1,450

Used Rugby 2866 twin cylinder double acting scissors hoist for up to a 21’ body, pump, reservoir, rear hinge & controls included - $3,650.

Olympic 144 hoist, ideal for 20-21’ grain bodies, includes pump, controls, and new rear hinge assembly - $3,200

Olympic 110DA hoist, ideal for 16-17’ grain bodies, will include pump, reservoir, controls, and new rear hinge assembly - $2,150

Schwartz HP2301 single cylinder scissors hoist with pump, ideal for 14’ body on single axle truck - $750

‘08 Omaha 11’x96” bed w/steel side tool boxes, underside tool box, air compressor w/8 hp. Honda engine, air hose reel, 110 gallon fuel tank w/2 Filrite 15GPM electric fuel pumps - $4,200

‘03 Brand FX fiberglass service body w/high side front compart., steel flatbed w/hyd. tool circuit, Case D125 backhoe mtd. on rear, hyd. out riggers, hyd. pump included, Truck in pic not included, $11,800 - Ideal service truck & tile repairing body.

Knapheide 6121HC HD service body, 10’ long x 96” wide w/wheel well set for 72” c.a truck w/up to 11:00x22.5 tires, bumper w/pintle hitch, 50” high cabinets, ideal to use on truck w/welder, crane or other equip. - $2,200

4,000 lb. Stick Boom Crane w/10’ boom that power telescopes to 16’, power rotation, elevation & winch, 12v electric power - $5,500

New 14’ Pro Tech Snow Pushers, 36” high, w/36” side plates, 13 cu. yd. capacity, ideal to use w/farm tractor loaders - $3,500 ea., 4 avail.

Pro Tech 10’ Snow Pushers w/skid steer attachments, have pull back feature for pulling snow from doors, etc., - $3,150 ea., 4 available

Edge hydraulic 7’ broom for skid steer w/manual angling - $1,900

‘06 Ford F550 4x4 dsl. service truck, Demo, w/new Stellar TMAX 11’ service body & 7621 6000 lb. crane, hyd. outriggers, 40CFM hyd. comp., Miller Enpak pwr. source w/Kubota 27 hp. dsl. - $88,500 - Call for a Demo today.

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TRUCK BODIES

Western model for Construction, Farm Or Ranch Model W8 W8 W9 W9 W9.5 W9.5 W11 W11 W11.5 W11.5

Gooseneck Compartment Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

Length 96” 96” 108” 108” 114” 114” 132” 132” 136” 136”

Width 84” 96” 96” 96” 96” 96” 96” 96” 96” 96”

Approx.

Weight 825 945 930 1,085 940 955 1,300 1,300 1,350 1,385

C.A 57 60 60 60 60 60 84 84 84 84

Optional electrical operational kit available Order Size/TLH

Box Size Length

# of Bows

Specials

Price $2,111 $2,271 $2,101 $2,221 $2,131 $2,251 $2,391 $2,511 $2,431 $2,551

W8 bodies include stop-tail-turn and backup lights in the rear skirt

Standard Features • 1/8” Tread Plate Floor • Structural Channel Crossmembers • Heavy Duty Tapered Header • 4” Structural Channel Long Sills • Pockets & Rub Rails-2 Sides • Sun Shield • 6-1/2” Sq. tail light holes w/exp. metal • Length - 8’ thru 13’ • Width - 84” thru 96” • Color-Black Standard, Choice of paint color at additional charge • Bulkhead mounted stop/turn/tail lights • Rear stake pockets

15% Off all Schuck hitches Model 750-RTR Cushion Hitch • 1,000 lb.

Tongue Weight, 40,000 lb. Load Rating.

- Swivel hitch - Fits standard 2” receiver - Includes pin and keeper - Check these dimentions!

The center of the receiver tube to the top of the hitch tongue is a 5-1/2” drop - Swivel tongue extends 7” beyond to TOW position and swivels 60 degrees laterally (or 12” left to right) - Swivel tongue saves time and effort with every hook-up

Order Size/LTH

Box Size Length

Recommended number of Bows

Specials