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unrest. They live it every day of their This year will go down as a year of lives. They can work their hardest to raise unrest, both domestically and globally. the best crop and livestock, to make the Time magazine took some heat when they best living for themselves, their family picked “The Protester “ as its “Person of and their world, but those best-laid plans the Year.” can be thrown off track by a drop in the I wouldn’t go that far, but 2011 was cermarkets, a disease outbreak, a turn in the tainly a year for protests. weather.

Protesters overthrew governments Plenty of factors can bring unrest to the around the world and occupied spaces surface of any farming operation. closer to home. From Madison, Wis., to LAND MINDS Most of The Land’s coverage area hasn’t many locales across the country and furhad rain to speak of since July. The ther as the Occupy Wall Street demonBy Kevin Schulz drought showed its strength as fall tillage strations of expanded beyond Wall Street. was more like fall “breakage,” as tillage Protesters want change in the status equipment was being damaged trying to quo. Most want change in policy. Some break up the solid soil. go a little further.

Forecasts said help was on its way; this winter was Libyan rebels took their protest to the ultimate as supposed to be colder and snowier than average. they overthrew, seized and killed Moammar Gadhafi.

Though I don’t like either of those options, I realize Gadhafi wasn’t the only notorious leader to meet the moisture deficit is real, and serious. We saw this the same fate. The U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team 6 took fall the effect that lack of moisture had on the 2011 out Enemy No. 1 as they killed Osama bin Laden crop. during a mission in May. News of bin Laden’s demise It only remains to be seen what effect a continued spread and was confirmed, and it was met with jubidrought will have on the 2012 crop. That could create lation across our country. a whole lot more unrest I found it rather for the ag world. strange to be celebrating Whatever 2012 someone’s death. I was brings, weatherwise Is the world safer with Kim, glad that he was no and worldwise, every longer in charge of his bin Laden and Gadhafi gone? new year brings the reign of terror. I would hope of a new beginhave much rather seen I wish it were that simple. ning, a fresh start. him face a trial for his ■ crimes, and then face his punishment.

Speaking of new As it turns out, the world was able to see bin Laden beginnings, The Land said goodbye to a longtime family member this year. for what he really was — a coward, as he used women in his compound as a human shield.

Longtime master gardener and “Ace of Spades” Just this very month, another world despot passed columnist Hank Wessels passed away in May. At the time of his death, I had said that we wouldn’t truly away, as North Korea’s Kim Jong Il reportedly had be able to replace the “Ace.” I knew we would get a diabetes and heart disease. It remains to be seen new gardening columnist, but there was only one what Kim’s death means to the world’s security as Hank.

North Korea has been grooming Kim’s third son to take over power from his father.

Well, now is the time to fill the gardening columnist spot. If you think you’ve got what it takes to Is the world safer with Kim, bin Laden and Gadwrite a biweekly gardening column, feel free to drop hafi gone? me a line, with writing samples if possible.

I wish it were that simple. These three may be You may send inquiries and applications to “Gargone, but previous terror masterminds have been replaced by new faces and names to keep the terror dening Column,” The Land, P.O. Box 3169, Mankato, MN 56002, or editor@TheLandOnline.com. No phone reigning. I have a sad feeling that that trend will calls please. continue.

••• Unrest comes in many forms; normally we think of protesters and government involvement.

Kevin Schulz is the editor of The Land. He may be reached at editor@TheLandOnline.com.

Minnesota and Iowa farmers know plenty about

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 12A — Software helping sheep producers balance their ovine feed rations.

14A — Livestock Angles’ Joe Teale

sounds off on MF Global mess 15A-17A, 21A-24A — Minnesota Farmers Union, Farm Bureau hold meetings 26A, 1C-12C — Completion of the Minnesota River series

Commentary: Complete runoff reality check for solutions OPINION

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that will best of course, the numdelineate the bers are 37.78, Get honest budgetMinnesota 10.14 and 27.64. related research which River waterMaybe I made everyone can understand some shed into the arithmetic Mankato gauge. completed and we may mistakes, you corThere are eight be able to proceed to rect them. The rest decades of qualis up to you; how‘Spending time on Soluity water-year ever be thinking tions’ as former Sen. runoff data availabout all the relaDennis Frederickson sug- tionships you disable from the Mankato gauge; the gests ... cover and which 2010 data is also may be just natural available. or otherwise.

Divide the annual runoff data by My opinion is that comprehensive 1,097.65 to calculate inches of runoff. full cycle budgets for water, stressors To be fair and proportional average the or any resource allocation is the only data over individual decades just as research approach worthy of considerwas done for the Lake Pepin sediment ation. Get honest budget-related record. research which everyone can underYou should find that the average pre- stand completed and we may be able cipitation over the 80 years from 1930 to proceed to “Spending time on Soluto 2009 is about 27.26 inches, the tions” as former Sen. Dennis Frederrunoff is 3.42 inches and the storage- ickson suggests in the article.

ET is 23.84 inches. The 1930 to 1939 ••• averages are 22.54, 0.86 and 21.68 This commentary was submitted by respectively. From 2000 to 2009 the numbers come in at 29.98, 4.25 and Dave Craigmile, Boyd, Minn.,-area 25.73. For 2010 which is only one year, farmer.

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I noted with interest the 100 years. As well, the first part of “From amber National Weather Service waves to muddy waters” has archived precipitaMinnesota River sedi- Editor’s note: The rest of tion data across the Minment series by Tim the series referred to in nesota River watershed Krohn in the Dec. 9 edithis commentary runs for more than 100 years. tion of The Land.

Both of these data sets in today’s issue, on There was considerable are readily available over Page 26A, as well as reference in the article to the internet. All we have Pages 1C-12C. increases in stream flow of to do is subtract the the Minnesota River being non propor- runoff from the precipitation and we tional to any increases in precipitation will have a number for landscape stordue to agricultural drainage eliminating age and evapotranspiration (ET). We storage in the landscape. And that these surely will not have to be “smarter flowage increases were causing increased than a fifth grader” to figure out if sediment delivery and transport. There landscape storage/ET has changed was this quote, from Shawn Schottler, over time; or if precipitation is up by one of the scientists researching the this or that percent while runoff is up runoff issue: “Of course the (river) flow by some other percent. goes up when it rains more. Precipitation Stop assuming and start figuring, has gone up about 8 percent since 1940. anybody can do this. Do we need to Has flow gone up proportional with that? spend thousands of dollars on such No, it’s gone up more than that.” studies when the public is capable of A short walk from Tim Krohn’s doing it themselves?

Mankato Free Press and The Land A few hints on getting started. Use office is a Minnesota River USGS Cen- the average of Minnesota climate tennial stream gauge that has been region 4, 5 and 8 water-year (October quietly measuring runoff in the Min- to September) precipitation data as nesota River at Mankato for more than

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Commentary: Three key factors will drive ag success The year 2011 was a wild ride for agriculture with unpredictable weather and prices. That makes someone in my role cautious when asked to predict what will happen next.

Bev Durgan I do not know what the weather will be in 2012, but I am fairly certain Minnesota agriculture in 2012 and beyond will be driven by three key factors.

Exports Minnesota is outpacing the nation in agricultural export growth, and these exports put dollars in the pockets of farmers and Main Street businesses. Our state exported $900 million more of agricultural products in 2010 than the year before — a 22-percent increase.

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In 2010, exports to China required

production from 22.8 million U.S. acres — almost triple the number of U.S. acres needed to grow soybeans for China in 2005.

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Exports are a major driver of our farm economy today, and we need to take steps to make them strong in the future. We may not have much control over factors like exchange rates, worldwide crops and global consumption of key commodities. We can work together to keep increasing the quality and productivity of Minnesota agriculture. Doing that will help position us to be a trusted supplier to foreign buyers in 2012 and beyond.

Education Agriculture is a competitive business driven by people and technology. On the people side, Minnesota agriculture will be driven by our success in attracting young people to our busi-

ness. The average Minnesota farmer is 57 years old and many who work in other agricultural careers are close to that age.

The expected wave of retirements is creating opportunities for young people educated in agriculture. But education is not just for the young. Those who farm or work in other agricultural careers need to continually learn about the latest research and update their knowledge and skills.

Environment All Minnesotans think the environment is important. Too often the agreement stops there and the discussion quickly moves into ways we disagree with each other. There is a need for a constructive statewide conversation on how to manage our environment.

The future of Minnesota agriculture will depend on finding ways to reach consensus on how to manage our land and water. That will require more than

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just talk. It will require research and Extension programming to answer questions about best practices to care for our environment in our farms and our cities.

How will we deal with the opportunities and challenges posed by these three factors — exports, education and the environment — will play a big role in determining the future of Minnesota agriculture.

The University of Minnesota will be involved in all three areas. Our goal is to be a strong resource for the research, education and Extension needed in 2012 and beyond. For the most up-to-date educational information in many areas of agriculture, log on to www.extension.umn.edu.

••• This commentary was submitted by Bev Durgan, dean of University of Minnesota Extension.

Gym visit brings back memories of Christmases past

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praise and thanksgiving.

One Christmas Eve when I was in college I accompanied my parents to the program. As the children made their exit I spotted a boy wearing what had been until just four months before my blue, double-breasted wool blazer. My mother, who had made it for me for my high school senior pictures, figured I wouldn’t wear it again and, as such, had donated it to the church. She was right; I didn’t wear it again.

Also that year, as in every Christmas program I participated in from 1961 through 1969, as the children passed the corner kitchen on their way out each received a paper sack filled with chocolate candy and oranges.

Like I said, young and old, my people rarely gather — Christmas Eve included — unless there’s a light lunch served.

••• 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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methodically filled the gym with an ocean of steel folding chairs. The sea of institutional brown was parted only by a middle channel where we would pass through to the Promised Land, er, our assigned seats in the bleachers.

The big show began with the gym darkened for dramatic effect. That was our cue to stop our hallway yipping and begin to remember the words of “Lift Up Ye Heads Ye Mighty Gates” to sing as we marched through the shoulderto-shoulder crowd.

And, no, not one flashbulb ever flashed and not one parent ever swooned during these walks down the aisle because, well, because we were Missouri Synod Lutherans. Yes, photography had been around longer than the Synod but that didn’t mean we simply accepted it after 125 years.

Ninety or so minutes of hymns and Old and New Testament verses later, the program ended with our exodus as children and congregation alike sang “Joy to the World.” It may sound blasphemous to say we rocked that gym but that’s exactly what we did — in joy,

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A month ago I enjoyed a both, a kitchen was placed church dinner in the gymnaoff one corner of the gym so sium of the grade school I hot lunches could be served attended 50 years ago. Back to the schoolchildren and then, the gym sparkled with dinners to groups dining al newness because, like the fresco al gymnasio. school itself, it was brand Back then the biggest new, finished just weeks event in the big room was before I reported to the first the Christmas school prograde as an equally new stugram. At 7 p.m. every dent.

FARM & FOOD FILE Christmas Eve, 180 or so of Over the ensuing half cenus smartly dressed little

By Alan Guebert tury the school had been angels paraded into the extensively remodeled but gym to perform a lengthy, the gym had changed litsometimes off-key line-up tle. Roll-out, three-row of Christmas hymns and wooden bleachers still lined the long Scripture readings for a standingwalls of the same basketball court we room-only crowd of proud parents and were permitted to use only if it rained grandparents. during recess. A raised, curtained stage While our singing and recitations anchored the court’s south end while may have not have been perfect, it wasthe north wall held four doors and the n’t from lack of practice. We marched original scoreboard. and recited and sang for weeks in our The gym, then as now, served many classrooms and the gym because every purposes: athletic facility, auditorium, word said or sung in both English and wedding hall, dining room, playground German had to be memorized. and, on occasion, church.

Well, mostly. About the eighth grade Since German Lutherans are incaor so Oh Tannenbaum finally took root. pable of doing anything social without Or was it Schnitzelbank? coffee and a light lunch of, say, roast The week before the program Walter beef, mashed potatoes, two vegetables, Voss, the school’s janitor, slowly and red Jell-O salad and either pie, cake or

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Commentary: $7.1 billion and counting: Indemnities soar in ’11 Crop insurance companies have paid out more than $7.1 billion and climbing in claims so far this year, which makes 2011 second only to 2008’s $8.6 billion in the total value of indemnities paid out to farmers.

The combination of several largescale floods in the Central United States, record droughts in the southern plains, a strong tropical storm in the Northeast and a hard freeze in Florida set the stage for the widespread agricultural losses.

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But what is the significance of this?

The fact is that despite being one of the worst weather years in recent history, farmers had a policy backstop in place — crop insurance — to preclude major losses from natural disasters or market fluctuations that could lead to widespread bankruptcies and foreclosures.

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But it hasn’t always been this way. Although the program was originally launched in 1938, it was not particularly successful because program costs were high and participation by farmers was low. In 1980, Congress passed legislation designed to increase participation in the crop insurance program and make it more affordable and accessible for farmers.

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Thankfully, Congress had the foresight to make decades of significant investments in crop insurance infrastructure, increase the varieties of crops covered and policies available as well as augmenting resources to increase farmer participation.

The net result is the resilient and robust modern-day crop insurance policy.

This modern era of crop insurance was marked by the introduction of a public-private partnership between the U.S. government and private insurance companies. Despite these changes, farmer participation remained low, averaging about 30 percent.

Low farmer participation in crop insurance combined with several large natural disasters set the stage for today’s crop insurance policy. A major drought in 1988 spurred the first of what would be the last costly string of federal ad hoc disaster assistance bills for farmers. Another ad hoc disaster bill was passed in 1989; a third one enacted in 1992 gave farmers the option of claiming disaster losses on a farm-by-farm basis for any year between 1990 and 1992, and then an extremely wet and cool growing season in 1993 caused more losses, and Congress passed yet another ad hoc disas-

ter bill.

Low farmer participation remained a major hurdle. Congress enhanced the crop insurance program in 1994 and again in 2000 in order to encourage greater participation. They accomplished this by combining federal dollars with farmer premiums to make otherwise cost-prohibitive crop insurance policies universally affordable to farmers of all sizes. The changes also expanded the role of the private sector in developing new products that would help farmers manage their risks. With these additional changes, farmer participation in the policy greatly expanded.

By 1998, more than 180 million acres of farmland were insured under the program, representing a three-fold increase over 1988. By 2010, roughly 80 percent of eligible farm land including all major grain crops and cotton, nursery, citrus, rice, potatoes and livestock, covering more than 256 million acres of farmland and valued at nearly $80 billion, were protected by private crop insurance policies.

As the number of acres covered by crop insurance policies grew, so did the cost of the program along with it.

Another factor that has driven up the cost of the policy is the recent dramatic rise in commodity prices. As the value

of crops rise, the coverage needed to protect them rises too.

For example according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, the average price a farmer received for a bushel of corn in September 2007 was $2.20. In September 2011, that price had nearly tripled to $6.37 per bushel. Soybean prices nearly doubled during the same period, with prices rising from $5.24 per bushel in September 2007 to $9.98 in September 2011.

The success of the agriculture sector due to these record prices has been a major boon to rural America. According to the USDA, net farm income is forecast at $100.9 billion for 2011, up $21.8 billion for a rise of 28 percent from 2010. All three measures of farm sector earnings (net farm income, net cash income and net value added) are forecast to rise more than 18 percent in 2011.

Underpinning this economic boon that has been one of the only bright spots in the U.S. economy has been this nation’s private crop insurance policies ... and that’s been a dose of good news for taxpayers.

••• This commentary was submitted by National Crop Insurance Services.

Commentary: Biodiesel industry momentum is at risk the country, is biodiesel diversifies our supporting energy supply so that more than our economy isn’t held Plants are expanding their opera31,000 jobs and generating hostage when oil prices tions, hiring new employees, buynearly $630 million in spike. Biodiesel doesn’t ing new equipment and reducing local, state and federal tax require military bases in our dependence on foreign oil. revenues. Under projected far-off lands to protect expansion by 2015, that oil interests or risk diseconomic impact would astrous oil spills in sengrow even further to supporting more than 74,000 sitive ecosystems. Biodiesel significantly reduces jobs and nearly $1.6 billion in tax revenues. Min- greenhouse gas emissions that lead to global warmnesota has seen this rebirth first hand. A biodiesel ing and that could wreak economic havoc on our plant near Albert Lea reopened earlier this year infrastructure and natural resources. And biodiesel after being shuttered for more than a year. The reduces harmful tailpipe emissions with significant state’s three plants are operating at capacity of more health consequences. than 60 million gallons, which helps to keep local Biodiesel has also helped to reduce the cost of soyeconomies humming. bean meal, which benefits the livestock industry.

Biodiesel is a young industry, with only about five For all of these reasons, Congress should get on years of commercial-scale production. With time, board and immediately pass an extension of the tax improved scale and new technology, it will become incentive. Jobs depend on it. increasingly cost-competitive with petroleum and no ••• longer need federal incentives. But for now, the cost of the incentive pales in comparison to the benefits of This commentary was submitted by Ed Hegland, biodiesel, and to the true cost of our oil addiction. an Appleton, Minn.,-area farmer and member of the Along with creating jobs and boosting local economies, National Biodiesel Board.

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Particularly in this economy, you would think a success story like the one taking place in the U.S. biodiesel industry would get the attention of Congress and convince lawmakers to continue strong domestic energy policy that is creating good-paying jobs across the country.

But as the year draws to a close, lawmakers could be dropping the ball on a key incentive that is helping drive the industry’s success.

In a matter of days, on Dec. 31, a critical tax credit for stimulating biodiesel production is slated to expire, and the momentum the industry has built this year is at risk. This is happening even after the lessons of 2010, when Congress allowed the tax incentive to expire and biodiesel production predictably plummeted, resulting in scores of plant closures and thousands of layoffs.

Since the incentive was reinstated for 2011, the industry has rebounded strongly and is on pace to nearly triple its 2010 production. Plants are expanding their operations, hiring new employees, buying new equipment and reducing our dependence on foreign oil. A recent economic study found that the industry, which has plants in nearly every state in

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Commentary: New strategy to feed world — more corn per acre

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Can we successfully grow more plants per acre as a future strategy for increasing our crop yields and food production?

Sixty thousand corn plants per acre — twice Iowa’s current average — could be one route to higher productivity. The world will need twice as much food in 2050, and we’ll need to triple the crop yields on the best land. Doubling would be a very good start.

Otherwise, we’ll see one of two bad things: Either lots of people will starve, or we’ll plow down all the wildlife for low-yield crops. The stakes are high. But the basic ways to raise yields over the past half-cen-

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tury — cross-breeding plants, irrigation, pesticides, and lots of nitrogen fertilizer — are already widely used. Another threefold yield increase will be tough.

The Stine Seed Company of Adel, Iowa, says it’s ready to lead the charge. This year, it had a test plot with 75,000 plants per acre. It was supposed to be 60,000, but the planter malfunctioned. “It can be done,” says the company’s Myron Stine as he checks an ear from the densely populated field. The ear looks normal, with kernels filled almost to the tip. An ear to be proud of. As a start, however, seed companies are urging their growers to ramp up to 40,000 plants per acre en route to the bigger goal.

Growing more plants per acre seems an obvious potential strategy, but it won’t be easy. The fields will need consistent rains, irrigation, or supplemental irrigation in well-watered regions. We may need droughttolerant seeds, which we don’t yet have. We’ll need lots of nitrogen fertilizer, and careful management to prevent the extra nitrogen from leaching into streams.

Some actual re-design of the corn plant leaves, to maximize the amount of heat the plants intercept from the sun, could be on the menu to success. We’ll need good erosion control, such as no-till, to prevent the soil from slipping away during storms.

One factor in Iowa’s continuing yield gains has been the use of genetically engineered herbicide and pesticide bred into the plants; it’s a more direct delivery system than spraying. However, huge amounts of Roundup herbicide have been used in Monsanto’s Roundup-Ready corn and soybean seeds in recent decades. Some weeds are beginning to show signs of

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Farmers used to get their technology from public sources such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the land-grant university experiment stations. After the 1960s Green Revolution, however, the public began to fear “overpopulation” more than they feared hunger for poor people. Now we know that human birth rates are tied to death rates. As high-yield crops and modern medicine have cut death rates, birth rates are also plummeted in both rich and emerging countries.

More food won’t produce more human numbers in the years ahead, just better-fed people. But the public farm research institutions have been focused lately on growing crops without pesticides rather than trying for higher yields. The private sector has expanded to fill the gap, along with such prominent donors to highyield farming research funders as Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. Buffett’s son, Howard, has his own major foundation, also dedicated to high yield farming research.

The farmers are facing their biggest challenge in history. They’ll need help — and public approval — to raise their yields high enough to meet that test.

••• This commentary was submitted by Dennis Avery, a senior fellow for the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., and the director for the Center for Global Food Issues. He was formerly a senior analyst for the Department of State. Readers may write him at P.O. Box 202, Churchville, VA 24421 or e-mail to cgfi@hughes.net.

Commentary: Ag and Land Stewardship: 25 years of serving Iowans more than 60 active watershed and water quality projects across the state.

“Moving the Department of Soil Conservation to the Department 25 years ago was a significant moment in our history and the anniversary gives us an opportunity to reflect where we have come from and where we are going as an organization,” Northey added.

The Consumer Protection & Industry Services Division and a Food Safety & Animal Health Division contain a wide variety of inspection and promotion programs, including regulating meat processing, commercial feed and fertilizer, grain warehouse oversight, pesticide application, and dairy production and processing. The Weights and Measures Bureau makes sure both buyers and sellers are treated fairly at the gas pump, grocery store or grain elevator.

The State Climatologist, Entomologist, and Veterinarian are also all part of the Department. Other areas of responsibility for the Department include Agriculture Statistics, Homeland Security and the Iowa Horse and Dog Breeding program.

The State Horticulturalist also a key part of the Department helps promote the more than 230 farmers markets located across the state and helps administers the Farmers Market Nutrition Program for seniors and residents participating in the WIC program. The Department is also involved in agricultural diversification and has

an organic inspection program.

The Century and Heritage Farm program, which recognizes farms that have been in the same family for 100 or 150 years respectively, is also run by the Department in partnership with the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation.

The Department’s responsibilities continue to change to this day. Just this year Governor Branstad and the legislature acted to move a number of programs to the Department in order to improve efficiency. The programs moved to the Department include, egg inspections, dairy survey officers, Iowa Agriculture Development Authority, the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Board and the Water Resources Coordinating Council.

Throughout its existence the Department has had a wide variety of programs and responsibilities that continue to change. Programs that have moved out from the Department include restaurant inspection (now part of the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals) and agriculture trade promotion (now part of the Iowa Economic Development Authority).

“We don’t know what the next 25 years will hold, but we look forward to continuing to serve the people of Iowa,” Northey said.

••• This commentary was submitted by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

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Department: Administration, Consumer Protect and Industry Services, Foods Safety and Animal Health, and Soil Conservation.

The Division of Soil Conservation contains about half of the Department’s employees and provides farmers with expertise and funds to help them install practices that preserve our highly productive soil, prevent erosion and protect our critical waterways.

Historically the Division has focused primarily on preventing soil erosion, but in recent years has expanded efforts to protect water quality and reduce nutrient delivery to the waterways of the state. The Division also has a Mines and Minerals Bureau that works to reclaim abandoned coal mine, limestone, sand and gravel sites that have significant environmental impacts, including acid mine drainage, clogged streams, and hazardous water bodies.

The work of the Division, in cooperation with many federal, state and local partners, has helped make Iowa a national leader in the implementation of water quality and watershed projects, soil conservation, buffer programs, and mined land reclamation.

Iowa currently leads the nation in the continuous conservation reserve program buffer initiative with more than 600,000 acres. Iowa currently has

OPINION

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During 2011 the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship celebrated 25 years of serving Iowans. The Iowa legislature conducted government restructuring in 1986 and the outcome was the creation of the Department in its current form.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture was created in 1923 and the state soil conservation agency was created in 1939. The primary change made in 1986 was merging the Iowa Department of Agriculture with the Iowa Department of Soil Conservation.

“The programs and responsibilities within the Department continue to evolve, but its mission remains to provide leadership for all aspects of Iowa agriculture, ensure consumer protection, support food safety and animal health, and promote the responsible use of our natural resources,” said Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey.

Currently there are approximately 335 employees of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and they are responsible for a wide range of programs that touch the life of every Iowan. Both Iowans living on the farm and those in our towns and cities are impacted by the work of the Department.

There are four Divisions within the

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10 Send us your events by e-mail to editor@TheLandOnline.com A ISU Master Gardener Registration Deadline Jan. 3 Info: Butler and Grundy County Extension are hosting the Iowa State University Master Gardener program in Allison, Iowa. At least 10 participants must be registered by Jan. 3 to hold program; $150 fee includes all class sessions, on-campus class and workbook; classes will meet on Tuesdays from Jan. 17 through March 6, plus three Thursday evening sessions and one Saturday session on the ISU campus; call Butler County Extension (319) 267-2707

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Jan. 10-11 Prairie Arts Center, Madison, Shooting Star Casino Hotel, Minn.

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Info: One-act play uses humor Info: Business meeting, seed and tension to raise questions treatment workshop, biotechof land ethics and the moral nology sessions; call (800) dilemma posed by wanting to 510-6242 or log on to get top dollar for selling one’s www.mncia.org land while desiring to help the next generation of farmers get Winter Crops Day started; based on interviews Jan. 11, 8:30 a.m. with new and retiring farmers; Good Times Restaurant, discussion to follow; future per- Caledonia, Minn. formances in Marshall, LitchInfo: $35/person; presented by field, Clinton, Milan and Glen- University of Minnesota Southwood; contact the Land ern Research and Outreach Stewardship Project’s Amy Center and U of M Extension; Minnesota Elk Breeders Bacigalupo, (320) 269-2105 or call (507) 835-3620 or log on to Association Annual Meeting amyb@landstewardship http://sroc.cfans.umn.edu Jan. 6-7 project.org Crowne Plaza, Brooklyn National No-Tillage Center, Minn.

Minnesota Master Gardener Conference: Two Decades Info: $50/person by Jan. 5, Online Core Course of No-Till Know-How $60 at the door; contact Jan. 9-May 4 Jan. 11-14 MnEBA, 9086 Keats Avenue Info:There will also be a course St. Louis, Mo. SW, Howard Lake, MN held Tuesdays,Thursdays and Info: $279/person, $252/addi55349, (320) 543-2686, Saturdays Jan. 14-Feb. 9 at the tional farm or family meminfo@mneba.org or log on to University of Minneosta, St. bers; log on to www.NoTillwww.mneba.org Paul; $275/person, or $6/hour of Conference.com instruction; contact your county National Western Stock Extension office or log on to Winter Crops Day Show www1.extension.umn.edu/ Jan. 12, 8:30 a.m.

Jan. 7-22 master-gardener/become/coreSouthern Research and OutDenver, Colo. course reach Center, Waseca, Minn.

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Call Mike’s at 507-233-4470

Log on to http://bit.ly/theland-calendar for our full events calendar Winter Crops Day Jan. 12, 8:30 a.m.

EVENTS, Kasson, Minn.

Info: See Jan. 11 event Selling and Marketing Meat Jan. 12, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

River’s Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud, Minn.

Info: $40/person, $30 for additional people from same farm; log on to www.misa.umn.edu or call (800) 909-6472 Post-Harvest Handling, Food Safety and Good Agricultural Practices Certification: Making it Work on Real Vegetable Farms Jan. 12, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

River’s Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud, Minn.

Info: $40/person; log on to www.mda.state.mn.us/about/ divisions/amd.aspx or call (651) 201-6012

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

American Legion Post 294, Lake Crystal, Minn.

Info: See Jan. 11 event Winter Crops Day Jan. 13, 8:30 a.m.

Community Center, Arlington, Minn.

Info: See Jan. 11 event Minnesota Organic Conference Jan. 13-14 River’s Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud, Minn.

Info: Log on to www.mda.state.mn.us/organic for up-to-date program information

High Tunnel Production Workshop Jan. 18, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Cherokee County Extension Office, Cherokee, Iowa Info: Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.; advanced registration required by contacting Honey Bees and Beekeeping Joe Hannan, (515) 993-4281 or jmhannan@iastate.edu; Jan. 12, 1-5 p.m.

River’s Edge Convention Cen- $55/person or $90/couple ter, St. Cloud, Minn.

Minnesota Pork Congress Info: $25/person; log on to www.mda.state.mn.us/about/ Jan. 18-19 Convention Center, Mindivisions/amd.aspx or call neapolis (651) 201-6012 Info: www.mnpork.com/pork congress Upper Midwest Regional

Fruit & Vegetable Growers Conference & Trade Show Jan. 19-20 River’s Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud, Minn.

Info: Beginning Grower Workshops on Jan. 18; log on to www.mfvga.org, e-mail mfvga@msn.com or call (763) 434-0400 Minnesota Soybean Growers Association Annual Meeting Jan. 24, 10:30-11:45 a.m.

Verizon Wireless Civic Center, Mankato, Minn.

Info: Held in conjunction with MN Ag Expo, Jan. 22-24; register at www.mnsoybean.org

by Dec. 31 Iowa Pork Congress Jan. 25-26 Iowa Events Center, Des Moines, Iowa Info: Log on to www.iowa porkcongress.org or contact Tyler Bettin, tbettin@iowapork.org or (515) 225-7675 Beyond the Fence — Farm Bureau’s Promotion & Education Conference Jan. 27-28 Kahler Grand Hotel, Rochester, Minn.

Info: Log on to www.fbmn.org for a conference brochure, or call (651) 768-2115 or e-mail kschaefer@fbmn.org for more information

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BRaNDS, a program initally designed for managing beef nutrition, has been developed to help sheep growers.

By RENAE VANDER SCHAAF The Land Correspondent “Feed costs are the biggest costs of production,” said Dan Morrical, Iowa State University Extension sheep specialist. Since 2007 Morrical has been collaborating with Dennis DeWitt and Garland Dahlke with the goal of developing a new, more complete computer software program for calculating sheep rations.

The debut of this software was Dec. 1 at Orange City, Iowa, where at a hands-on workshop the participants worked through the new program, called BRaNDS. It was interactive with questions asked of the three men who You want to hit were present to the energy right explain and guide. on. If you don’t The Microsoft you will have Excel spreadsheet problems, as program relies on something will current nutritional be compromised. knowledge from the 2007 Edition of — Garland Dahlke Nutrient Requirements of Small Ruminants by the National Research Council of the National Academics. The 384-page technical manual gives an evaluation on the nutrient requirements of small ruminants in all stages of life.

“We took the research fitting the rations into the software and then getting it to the practical sheep production level,” said DeWitt, who recently retired from his duties as ISU Extension livestock specialist.

DeWitt had been using and testing the program with sheep producers he works with, while Morrical has been experimenting with it in the university’s sheep flock to get the bugs out of the system and to tweak it to perfection.

At this first workshop for sheep producers, Joan Hoogendoorn of Rock Rapids, Iowa, came prepared with the feed rations they were using on their 350head commercial flock.

“I am here to learn,” she said. “We purchase all our grains, but mix up our own feed. This will allow me to make adjustments if I see something.”

Extension Program Specialist II Garland Dahlke encouraged the participants to use their own feed rations, along with their nutritive printouts on the hay they were using on their farms. He discussed the feed values differences in silages and distillers grains versus sheep out on corn stalks.

“You want to hit the energy right on,” Dahlke said.

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BRANDS, from pg. 12A will be compromised.” Too much energy will result in overweight breeding stock possibly with metabolic problems. On the flip side, with too little energy, that is below the 100 percent requirement, will result in skinny animals with rebreeding trouble, weak lambs and poor milk production.

The new software replaces a much older computer program. BRaNDS actually is an acronym for Beef Rations and Nutrition Decision Software. The program uses net energy and metabolizable protein systems for developing balanced rations. This program was modified for sheep nutritional requirements and their distinctive needs.

“This program is way much better,” said Shane Kirschten, a sheep producer from Alton, Iowa.

Continuing with Kirschten’s comment, Morrical pointed out the obvious improvements. “It includes the micro minerals and takes into account environmental stresses.” The program allows producers to plug in their areas average temperatures for the month, wind speed, forms of moisture, all things that affect sheep.

There are two different programs available. The Standard Edition ($100) gives the tools necessary for easy ration formulation. A default feed library has many feedstuff and their nutritive value included but leaves room for adding additional feeds and minerals.

The Professional Edition ($475) does everything the Standard Edition does, plus includes modules for ewe, ram, growing ewe, growing ram, feed yard and pasture finishing. Projections are also given for cost of gain, feed use and pen profit or loss.

“With this software producers will not need to wait for their feed guy to stop by and make adjustments when rations need to change,” Dahlke said. “They can print out feed wagon sheets when needed if they deliver feed with a feed wagon. And they can get a better grip on what their mineral/vitamin supplement should be made of rather than just guessing or waiting for someone else to suggest something.”

Dahlke has a doctorate in ruminant nutrition. His work experience includes being a part-time farmer as well as a nutritionist for Tomorrow Valley Cooperative in central Wisconsin, which has since been sold to Larson Co-op.

“I figure this program will pay for itself,” said Rob Travaille. “With the higher feed costs, it is important to feed balanced rations to keep the ewes in good condition.” He has 110-head flock near Sibley, Iowa.

Eighty of the ewes are Columbia and the remaining 30 are Hampshire.

Travaille’s 16-year-old son, Shane, also attended the workshop. Shane and his 14-year-old brother, Chad, each have a 20 percent interest in the family’s sheep business.

The workshop was sponsored by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, the Iowa Sheep and Wool Promotion Board, the Iowa Sheep Industry Association and Northwest Iowa Sheep Producers Association. ❖

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Teale: Corzine ‘covering rear end’ on MF Global Lincoln, Neb., firm. “I knew where every dollar

By DICK HAGEN was every night and there are no exceptions.”

The Land Staff Writer Joe Teale, a 38-year vetSome restitution of “lost funds” is now in eran of the grain commodity place. The bankruptcy judge has authorized to industry, cuts to the chase move out up to 72 percent of the funds that when addressing the $1.2 were still in the firm Oct. 31, the date of the filbillion of “missing money” in ing of the bankruptcy,Teale said.Anyone with a the collapse of commodities cash balance with MF Global should be receivtrading firm MF Global Inc. Joe Teale Jon Corzine ing 60 percent of their account. The remaining 28 percent of money is being retained until a “If they do not return 100 percent of what is owed to these farmers, ranchers final determination can be made on the actual location of and elevators who had money in these segregated the estimated $1.2 billion of client funds. accounts, the industry dies,” he said. “There wouldn’t “Everyone should be satisfied 100 percent,” said be a person in this business who survives. I wouldn’t Teale. “That is simply how the business has to opertake any of my customers and tell them to put money ate. If funds are missing you’re talking a felony. To in any brokerage firm. It’s a black hole. You wouldn’t simply say they don’t know where the money is know if you were getting any of your money back.” sounds like perjury to me. It’s the CFO’s job to know Teale works out of the Afton, Minn., office of Great where every dollar is. I cannot believe the MF Global Plains Commodity. His disgust with this unprecedented executive officers are that ignorant, and that blind.” mishandling of client money stems from the negative He contends MF Global most likely moved money image it casts over the entire commodity industry. And from these segregated accounts to cover margin calls he doesn’t mince words: If every dollar isn’t accounted on the European bonds they had been trading. “Simply for, he said, if money is lost — it’s a case of theft. saying ‘I had no intent’ as was said by MF Global CEO Earlier in life, Teale ran a commodity department for a Jon Corzine when testifying before the House ag committee was a legal move to cover his rear end,” he said.

According to Teale, Commodity Rule 101 is that you do not touch a customer’s segregated funds.

Assuming the judge rules that MF Global executives have misrepresented their clients and money remains unaccounted for, is prison inevitable? Teale thinks very definitely. “I’m a little astonished that there hasn’t yet been an indictment by the federal government. It seems to me like everyone is trying to place the blame on someone else.”

As Teale understands the rules of mishandling of segregated accounts, these executives personally could be held accountable for the missing money. “They may have to pay fines and restitution individually. Mr. Corzine may end up in the Gray Stone Hotel a pauper if a liquidation of his assets is part of the judgment.”

When asked if $3 corn is an eventuality, Teale merely offered that he had some concerns because the world economy continues to be very unstable.

“For certain some things need to be straightened out in this world before we see $10 corn,” he said.

“The old saying in this industry is that the cure for high prices is high prices. And perhaps that has already happened in the corn markets. You find alternatives when the cost gets too high.” ❖

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usage, on fuels they can use. It’s time to explore the other side of the coin with some restrictions, fewer subsidies for the That Homestead Credit has been a covenant with all taxpayers in the state of Minnesota, and oil industry. It takes some political will, political guts I call it, for Congress to say, now it’s gone. Frankly, if you talk with legisla‘Guess what. We’re going to change fuel tors, they can’t explain what’s happening. and we’re going to make it healthier.’

When I voted for 10 percent ethanol back — Doug Peterson in 1995 it was because it was a health issue. Fuel exhausts in downtown Mingallon and on a 20-gallon tank, that’s a $5 neapolis and St. Paul were producing air pollution. savings each refill. The second mission is to “In a tough economy you’re always retrenching,” improve the health of Americans with said Peterson. “When you step backwards you have cleaner air. to convince people once again. In agriculture our “We farmers haven’t done the educational homework is never done. You’ve got to retell your job on our consumers. We’re not reminding them story over and over until the majority accepts it.” that every time they go to the pump our 10 percent On wind and solar he simply said to pay attention ethanol blend gives them a 25-cents-a-gallon reducto what’s happening. But he predicts a growing tion. That’s real money and a genuine pocketbook issue that will become even more important as this market for ‘small wind’ turbines (40 Kw or less) and also legislative debate on expanding that 40 Kw net economy tightens down even more.” metering restriction.

Peterson contends the oil companies don’t have the “I think people should have the opportunity of answer for the federal challenge of increasing fuel producing their own power,” Peterson said. “Renewefficiency. We need higher octane fuels and more effiable energy is here to stay and it should be because cient engines, he said, and the way you accomplish that is putting more renewable fuel into your gas our Minnesota farm country is the biggest renewtank. “The oil companies say the answer is special able energy factory in the state. There’ll be new aromatics. Their answer ends up being the carcino- restrictions on coal plants, like it or not. gens most of which have already been outlawed by “We need a portfolio on energy and it should be an the PCA. And they want to do these additives with- expanding portfolio as new sources of energy come out restrictions. into being. And it needs to be diversified, just like ❖ “Farmers have always had restrictions on pesticide agriculture is diversified.”

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer When asked about the current confusion across rural Minnesota regarding taxes on farmland, Minnesota Farmers Union President Doug Peterson said, “The last legislative session eliminated the Homestead Credit, replacing it with some sort of a refund package.

“I call it a ‘hocus-pocus’ game of who pays for what used to be a responsibility of the state.

Apparently this tax burden now falls on local unit of government. But it’s not the county commissioners that are raising taxes; it’s the state of Minnesota because of this realignment of taxes.

“That Homestead Credit has been a covenant with all taxpayers in the state of Minnesota, and now it’s gone.

Frankly, if you talk with legislators, they can’t explain what’s happening. For certain there will be increased taxes on farmland, the ‘house and one acre’ element, small businesses and under-valued homes based on what I’m hearing at various county meetings I’ve attended.”

Interviewed at the recent Farmers Union annual meeting, Peterson recognizes that because of increased value, farm property faces higher taxes.

But the crux centers on whether the tax increase represents actual equity value, or is because of exploding land prices due to extremely competitive bidding by farmers competing to add acres to their current farm business.

“Already legislation has been drafted to return the Homestead Credit exemption,” he said. “We’ll see where that goes when they reconvene in January.”

He’s also very matter-of-fact about energy issues as it relates to agriculture. “What we haven’t done is initiate a full-court press on the importance of renewable fuels to this state, this nation and our national security. The mission is to reduce the cost to American consumers. If that amounts to 25 cents a

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By DICK HAGEN sometimes hard to measure in The Land Staff Writer government work.

With his department’s approved $180 million budget “However one of our MDA for the next biennium, but guys figured out how to save budgets facing further $300,000 and the Governor scrutiny, Minnesota Departawarded him a special certifiment of Agriculture Commiscate. He did it by E-Comsioner Dave Frederickson is Dave Frederickson merce,” said Frederickson, cognizant that the state’s explaining that this particular budget continues to be a “work in employee devised a computer program progress” as Legislators prepare for that quickly and efficiently does the their January start. electronic processing of the vast “We’re aware of likely budget short- amount of licensing paperwork that falls as we get into the 2012-13 ses- used to shuffle amongst various sion, so we’ll have to do our part and departments. “Put that on a 10-year that could be a 3 to 5 percent cut,” said basis and you’ve got $3 million bucks.

Frederickson in an interview with The With the right tools government can Land at the recent Minnesota work more efficiently and quicker.”

Farmer’s Union annual meeting.

The MDA currently employees about He noted, “The Governor is focused 400 people, with 380 of those being on better government for a better full-time equivalents. Many retiring Minnesota and he’s asked each of us MDA employees were phased out last department heads to have measura- year when the Governor requested 10 ble results. That puts the emphasis on percent reductions from various state

departments.

“We managed that process quite well. In fact we were the only department to get the job done so I’ve taken a little heat from my Commissioner friends,” said Frederickson, smiling.

However, because MDA’s budget was already approved by the Legislature, Frederickson said MDA was able to function through the 20-day state shutdown last summer.

His priority issues for the 2012 Legislative session include a possible rabies vaccine for dogs being discussed by the Board of Animal Health; bonding requirements of Minnesota elevators and grain handlers; and raw milk is likely to surface again.

“Kind of like a tulip. It comes up every spring,” chuckled Frederickson.

An MDA grain inspection statute may disappear since the department has not employed licensed grain inspectors for several years. “So we’ll do some cleaning up on some of these issues. Because this is the second year of the Biennium you don’t go to the State Legislature with a whole bunch of ‘asks,’ especially ‘asks’ that cost a bunch of money.”

Continuing to gain favor with Minnesotans are the “locally produced food for local markets” industry. The Minnesota Grown Directory expands with more names and addresses each year.

Farm to table issues resonant positively at Federal, state and especially at the local level with Minnesota’s part-time farmers especially active.

The Commissioner also told of a new loan program within MDA to assist “new” farmers, especially immigrant farmers wanting to become selfemployed food producers. “We’ll utilize

our existing ‘beginning farmers’ structure with some of our bonding money to help these younger families wanting to become a part of Minnesota agriculture,” said Frederickson. This means potential assistance for Mong, Latinos, Somalians and other new immigrants legally becoming part of the Minnesota work scene in agriculture.

This assistance will be developed with micro-loan programs through the Rural Finance Administration, already an arm of MDA. Frederickson also sees local lenders getting involved. “Already Ag Star has committed significant resources towards this program so we see MDA and Ag Star doing partnership programs together. This will generate some interesting Legislative debate, I’m certain.”

As he travels Minnesota, the Commissioner said he is very much aware of talk about higher taxes being imposed on farmland property owners.

Now with nearly a full year as MDA chief, Frederickson feels good about the Minnesota agricultural scene.

“It’s a good fit. I always enjoy working with farmers. I was one for 25 years in Swift County. I enjoyed being a State Representative for a few years also. Stirring the pot has always appealed to me just a bit. I love working for Governor Dayton. He’s very supportive of our Department and Minnesota agriculture.”

Frederickson concluded by suggesting that he and his Swift County cronies still haven‘t given up on the next Viking stadium being located in Swift County. “We’ve got a lot of Viking fans in Murdock. Some of them are suggesting we use some of this Legacy Fund “arts” money because playing football is an art.” ❖

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer A proposed health care package known as the Minnesota Health Plan was one of several educational displays at the recent Minnesota Farmers Union annual meeting in Minneapolis.

Identified as Senate File 8 and House File 51, the plan was first introduced in 2007 by Senator John Marty and Representative Jeff Hayden. The bill passed four committees in the 2009-10 legislative sessions but is unlikely to get a 2011 legislative opportunity because of partisan issues.

Don Pylkkanen explained that the campaign for the Minnesota Health Plan represents a coalition of about 15 organizations, with Minnesota Farmers Union spearheading the educational effort to farmers.

“Primary objective is to get a program in place that provides health care for all Minnesota residents,” said Pylkkanen, noting that it will be a state administered program that reaches beyond the Federal program by being a true “single-payer” program.

“It will be cost-efficient because it bypasses the middleman, allowing all Minnesotans to pay directly to the doctor and hospital of their choice.”

Key benefits of the Minnesota Health Plan include: • Comprehensive coverage of both prevention and primary care, hospitalization, mental health, dental, home health care, prescriptions, medical equipment and more.

• Choose your own doctor.

• Premium based on ability to pay. No co-pays, deductibles, co-insurance or out-of-network charges.

• Accountable to the public because it will be administered by an independent Minnesota Health Plan Board composed of regional representatives, doctors, nurses and patients.

Pylkkanen indicated this plan is applicable across the board to farmers, main street businesses, local governments and families.

“The real value of the Minnesota Health Plan,” he said, “is that 95 percent of premiums paid for this package are spent on actual health care. It truly represents more ‘bang for the buck’ whereas with current HMOs and other health plans, the middleman collects a big hunk of that premium dollar.

Today only 80 percent — or less — of premium dollars provide actual health care.”

He said the Minnesota Health Plan would be funded somewhat like Medicare with a payroll deduction provision, or subscribers could sign up for monthly premium payments, or perhaps even quarterly if that is a better choice for certain individuals.

About one-third of Minnesota legislators signed on as co-authors when the bill was introduced in the 2010 legislative session, so the proposal does have good “political legs” according to Pylkkanen. However after the 2010 election and subsequent changes in the chairs of the relevant committees, he doubts the legislation will be advanced in the 2012 session.

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Iowa farmland reaches historic $6,708 statewide average Average Iowa farmland value is estimated to be $6,708 per acre, an increase of 32.5 percent from 2010, according to results of the Iowa Land Value Survey conducted in November.

This is the highest percentage increase ever recorded by the Iowa State University annual survey. The increase matches results of other recent surveys of Iowa farmland value — the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank’s estimated 31 percent increase in Iowa land values and the Iowa Chapter of the Realtors Land Institute’s 12.9 percent increase estimated for six months of 2011. The 2011 values are historical peaks.

“The 2011 land value survey covers one of the most remarkable years in Iowa land value history,” said Mike Duffy, Iowa State University economics professor and extension farm management economist who conducts the survey. “This is the highest percentage increase recorded by the survey, and the average land value of $6,708

Some people feel farmers are setting themselves up for a fall similar to the 1980s.

Without a doubt, it’s an interesting time and something to watch, but it isn’t a time to panic.

— Mike Duffy per acre, when adjusted for inflation, is at an all-time high.” The previous inflation-adjusted high was in 1979.

Scott County, with an estimated $9,223 average value for all farmland, saw the highest percentage increase and highest increase in value, 37.7 percent and $2,524 respectively, of the 99 Iowa counties. However, O’Brien County farmland estimates of $9,512 were the highest average county val-

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“This rate of increase in 2011 has led to concerns that farmland may be the next speculative bubble,” said Duffy.

“Some people feel farmers are setting themselves up for a fall similar to the 1980s. Without a doubt, it’s an interesting time and something to watch, but it isn’t a time to panic.”

Why Iowa farmland values are increasing Duffy said that examining some of the causes for the current increase in farmland values and the reactions is helpful in assessing the situation.

Farmland values are highly correlated with gross farm income. As gross farm income increases, so will land values.

In 2005, corn prices averaged $1.94 per bushel in Iowa. The preliminary estimated price for November 2011 is $6.05. Soybean prices changed from $5.54 to $11.40 over the same period.

There has been considerable variation in commodity prices over the past few years, but net farm income has increased substantially and is pro-

jected to increase even more for 2011.

The Iowa State economist goes on to say, this increase in income has been the primary cause for the increase in farmland values, but not the only one.

“There are other causes for the increase,” Duffy said. “Interest rates are at the lowest level in recent memory. Farmland purchased by investors went from 18 percent in 1989 to 39 percent of purchases in 2005, but investor purchases decreased this year to 22 percent.”

Duffy pointed out another factor that should be considered, the relatively dismal performance of the stock market — people want to buy farmland or are not selling it because they don’t know where else to put their money. The increase in farm income, the changes in investor demand and the changes in investment alternatives have all led to a volatile market. One area where the volatility is revealed is in the number of sales. Land value survey respondents have shown considerable variation over the past few years when queried about the number of sales. Sales decreased considerably in 2009. They improved somewhat in 2010 and based on the results reported in 2011, most people are seeing more sales See FARMLAND, pg. 19A

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Land survey: Rapid increase in use of auctions combines survey results with data from the U.S. Census of Agriculture.

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FARMLAND, from pg. 18A or at least similar sales in 2011 relative to 2010.

One of the differences is in the use of auctions; respondents noted what appears to be a rapid increase in the use of this method of sale.

Preliminary analysis As one responof 2011 sales data shows an increase in dent said, ecoprice by using an nomics may get auction. As one the person to the respondent said, ecoauction but emonomics may get the tion often leads person to the auction but emotion often to the purchase. leads to the purchase. Duffy believes farmland values should remain strong for the next several months at least. Beyond that there is a fair degree of uncertainty with respect to whether land values can maintain their current levels. The economist said there are several key components to watch.

• The amount of debt incurred with land acquisition • Government policies — especially policies related to energy • What happens to input costs — land being the residual claimant to any excess profits in agriculture • The performance of the overall economy, especially with respect to income • Government monetary policies as they relate to inflation and interest rates • The performance of the U.S. economy and economies throughout the world — which impact commodity prices, which in turn impact land values • Weather related problems — both here and around the world Overview of 2011 Iowa land values While the highest county land values were reported in O’Brien County, Decatur County had the distinction for the second year in a row as having the lowest reported land value, $2,721 per acre, and the lowest dollar increase, $636. Washington County had the lowest percentage increase, 28.2 percent, with a reported $7,166 average value.

Low-grade land in the state averaged $4,257 per acre and showed a 26.8 percent increase or $900 per acre, while medium-grade land averaged $6,256 per acre; high-grade land averaged $8,198 per acre.

The lowest land value and smallest percentage increase were estimated in the south central crop reporting district, $3,407 and 26.7 percent respectively. The southwest crop reporting district reported a 36.5 percent increase, the highest district percentage reported. Maps showing 2011 values, percentage change and comparisons to 2010 data and additional information from Duffy are available at www.extension.iastate.edu/topic/landvalue.

The Iowa Land Value Survey was initiated in 1941 and is sponsored by the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Iowa State University. Only the state average and the district averages are based directly on the ISU survey data. The county estimates are derived using a procedure that

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Windbreaks and living snow fences benefit open and rural landscapes by protecting homes, farmsteads, communities and roadways from blowing and drifting snow. Winter is a great time to monitor drifting snow to identify locations for living snow fences, develop a planting design and prepare to order plants for spring.

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Generally, a mix of deciduous and coniferous plants is recommended and the selections depend on the purpose of the planting. Many plants can offer potential income or uses, such as edible foods, decoration, craft materials, medicines and specialty woods.

Multiple species of trees and shrubs need to be planted in windbreaks to prevent insect or disease infestations from affecting a large part of the planting. In the past, American elm trees were planted in large numbers and the Dutch elm disease nearly eliminated this tree in North America. Green ash trees were planted in high numbers and we now have

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University of Minnesota Extension offers educational programs and materials for people interested in urban forestry, forestry and agroforestry. County Soil and Water Conservation District and local Natural Resource Conservation Service staff are partners with Extension in these efforts and can help landowners with plant selection, design and cost-share programs.

Windbreaks and living snow fences reduce blowing snow and drifting problems, decrease snow removal costs, reduce winter driving fatalities and accidents, benefit wildlife, enhance rural aesthetics, and protect soil and water resources.

Planting designs should be developed from January to March so plants can be ordered for spring. An Extension fact sheet, “Selecting Trees and Shrubs in Windbreaks” reviews many plants to consider and is available at www.extension.umn.edu/go/1088 (PDF).

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Redistricting, taxes big issues for 2012 Legislature a good example of the unintended consequences of a state mandate.” He added that his township now votes by mail and I make the point that agricultural land doesn’t gets more voters than by running their require the same amount of government services public township voting hall. that business property and home property do.

How much state-owned land is enough?

Another hot item at this session — Chris Radatz was Legacy Fund money being used to buy and maintain land for the state. All Education and Health & Human Services, Dahms three legislators agreed that shouldn’t be happensaid, “one size doesn’t fit all. These need to be ana- ing, and promised to look into the issue. lyzed locally. Let the local folks determine what’s The state of Minnesota permitting process got needed, what isn’t needed.” raked over pretty good as well. Eken used an examWhen asked if some of the State Legacy Fund ple of a Minnesota ethanol plant that applied to money couldn’t be directed toward agricultural edu- increase their production capacity 15 percent. “It cation matters rather than mostly congregating on took 18 months for this permit to work its way the arts, heritage and cultural issues, Eken liked the through PCA, DNR and our other state agencies. idea. “As our total population gets more and more For a similar expansion at their Iowa facility, it took disconnected from agriculture just maybe Legacy 100 days. Unfortunately this reputation is chasing money could be part of the re-educating process.” companies away from Minnesota.”

Automatic voting machines got lots of static. A Farm With tongue in cheek, Dahms said, “we’re the best Bureau member who is also a township officer said, “it economic development agency that South Dakota costs us $200 to have it out here on Election Day. We could hire. We’re slow, costly and buried in red tape. might have one to 16 people showing up to vote. So we I think we should set at least one month a year shoved the machine in a corner.” Torkelson said, “that’s aside as MPCA Prevention Month.” ❖

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THE LAND, DECEMBER 23, 2011 “Where Farm and Family Meet”

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer “If revenues are down and spending is up, then the 2011 state Legislature has their work cut out for them. They talk about a short session, 10 weeks at the most. But if the upcoming December state budget forecast shows a deficit, that automatically becomes the overriding issue when they get back to St. Paul.”

Speaking is Chris Radatz, director of Minnesota Farm Bureau’s public policy team. Adding to the potential brouhaha will be the February introduction of Minnesota’s new redistricting maps. In May legislators have to establish residency in their respective districts, Radatz said. Also the November 2012 election involves all Senate and House seats, 201 total. “So budgets and the election will be the big items driving the agenda when the Legislature reconvenes,” he said.

Both the Legislature and the governor get involved in the map-making process for the new district boundaries resulting from the latest national census. “Also a panel of judges has been appointed to work on maps. So if the Legislature and governor don’t agree to a map, then the court map comes into play. No, it won’t be an easy matter,” Radatz said.

He’s also certain property taxes will continue as an issue, partly because of the confusion in the minds of many as a result of the Homestead Credit no longer being an automatic deduction on property taxes. “It’s complicated, which is why the confusion. And it likely will be different in every taxing jurisdiction regardless of where you live, depending upon your school district, your county budget issues, and your city/town,” he said.

Because many local jurisdictions already have their budgets in place it’s now a matter of how the “budget pie” gets sliced. The concern of Radatz is how will this refunding of tax credits impact farmers. “And that’s because farmland is the only class of property that has increased in value the past biennium. With the budget pie getting divvied up on the basis of property values but with only one class of property increasing in value, the question is how much of that property tax shift lands on farmland?

“It’s a fundamental question of what services does the land require from government,” Radatz said. “Certainly we need roads, bridges, some fire protection and police protection. How much of those services should be paid through property taxes? Who else should be paying taxes to support these services? I make the point that agricultural land doesn’t require the same amount of government services that business property and home property do. It’s this equity of both getting and giving that is at the crux of fairness in determining property tax rates in rural Minnesota.”

State-owned land In a 2012 Legislative Session Preview involving Sen. Gary Dahms, Rep. Paul Torkelson and Rep. Kent Eken, the trio agreed local governments need to be responsive to their roles but pay particular attention to property tax issues. “We can’t just automatically do a 27-percent increase in spending just because that’s how a county’s 2012 budget is proposed,” Torkelson said.

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‘Grass roots’ is the key to agricultural advocacy

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Farm Bureau has always been an agricultural advocacy organization.

Perry Aasness says that’s even more so the case today.

Aasness, Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation chief administrator, reflected on the “grass roots” policy initiatives of Farm Bureau that was evident in his previous work with the National Pork Board, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency.

“Being the largest farm organization in Minnesota and the nation, I know that Farm Bureau exudes political muscle at all levels of government.

Clearly in this growing era of agricultural ignorance there are more needs, more urgency to get engaged with the general public,” Aasness said.

Perhaps a key observation by Aasness is his comment about how effective FB is getting at engaging the younger generation.

“Giving them that opportunity to develop leadership

skills is so critical to the future of agriculture. Farmers are the best spokespeople for their industry. We just need to help younger farm families get comfortable about who they are and the role they have in making agriculture more transparent to non-farmers.”

Aasness shared the accepted reality that the general public likes farmers but they simply don’t understand how a farmer goes about doing his work.

“So positioning our members to become good spokesmen for agriculture is a big challenge for us, and every other farm organization.”

With farm numbers declining, how does FB maintain and grow membership? He said it’s basically a matter of value.

“If you can demonstrate value as an organization then I think membership takes care of itself. We keep hearing about declining opportunities for young farmers but that’s not the case. At this state meeting I’m seeing many young farmers and ranchers. They’re here because they want to get involved and engaged in programs that help promote agriculture.”

Granted the farm economy has been ramping up in recent years which automatically creates more interest, more awareness by the younger generation about real opportunities “down on the farm.” But young people are more tuned in to the business of agriculture these days, Aasness said.

“They’ve seen the statistics about the growing world population and the need to provide more and more food. They see opportunities in the renewable energy arena. They’re understanding that agriculture not only drives our rural economy but is now driving our state economy. And young people want to be part of this exciting new industry.”

He cited GPS technology as being driven, and adopted more readily, by young farmers. And it’s the spin-offs from this new “playing field” that is rapidly becoming a “wow” factor even for non-farmers.

Language and programs of the new farm bill is a high priority item for Farm Bureau members. But Aasness said that in five hours of “sit-in” time as county FB delegates discussed issues, state and local concerns seemed No. 1. “Some delegates, especially first timers, might have thought this is a long, tedious process. But that’s what makes Farm Bureau strong. You get diverse viewpoints. You get good discussions. You get good perspective and that all leads to good decisions.

Water and budget issues, for example, were strong discussion items. It really shows the process of how Farm Bureau works as a grass roots organization,” Aasness said.

Regarding the November 2012 election which involves every seat in the Minnesota House and Senate, Aasness didn’t speculate other than to say the new redistricting maps of Minnesota may cause some current legislative members not to run for reelection. “In general the public is very restless about their representation at the State Capital, and in Washington. It’s pretty obvious there is not comfort with the status quo.”

With only a handful of farmers serving in the Minnesota Legislature, how can FB encourage more of its members to consider being candidates for state office? “Farmers lives are perhaps busier than ever yet we all know that ‘the world belongs to those who See KEY, pg. 23A

The few, the proud: Farmers in the Minnesota Legislature reform, making state government more efficient, and making the Minnesota business climate friendlier so that we don’t lose business to other states. Also that would encourage more expansion by our existing industries and businesses here in Minnesota.”

That means a critical examination of the Minnesota corporate business tax.

“We’re one of the few states with special corporate taxes. Yes, it generates about $800 million yearly but it needs to be eliminated over time. Also the issue of regulations and permitting is troubling to industry in Minnesota, and that includes agriculture. We’re pleased to see the governor taking the lead on how to speed up the permitting process and instructed the EQB to move forward

with evaluating the permitting and licensing process. It has to be made more business-friendly, and certainly a faster process,” Torkelson said.

Unfortunately, according to Torkelson, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency over time has determined that they are the “gate holder” and they are doing a better job if they inhibit growth until all criteria are satisfied. He recognizes that environmental issues are always part of a landscape, especially in Minnesota with its changing topography from rural to city to lakes to forests and mining.

“But establishing so many restrictions to

expansion of an industry that the costs become intolerable is no way to build a stronger economy,” Torkelson said.

He’s a livestock farmer and not bashful about telling his colleagues in the state Legislature that he is the only legislative member with a “manure management plan” OK’d by both the MPCA and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. He chuckled, “You certainly could make the argument that virtually every politician could use a manure management plant.” ❖

THE LAND, DECEMBER 23, 2011

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer St. James, Minn.,-area farmer Paul Torkelson is one of the few Minnesota farmers in the state Legislature.

Elected to the state House of Representatives in 2008, Torkelson is now the assistant majority leader in the Minnesota House and serves on the environment, energy and natural resources, policy and finance committees. He also is vice chair of the agriculture and rural development committee.

Interviewed at the recent annual meeting of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, Torkelson didn’t mince words when asked about issues for the upcoming legislative session. “We need to continue looking at state government

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“It also makes it important for Farm Bureau and other farm groups to estab-

lish a dialogue with those members of the Legislature that don’t have an agricultural background. Most legislators have a lot of questions about the farm economy and our industry. So let’s be ready to fill that void so they feel more knowledgeable about agriculture. And that means invite them to your farms. Show them what goes on so at least they have some perspective.” ❖

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AFBF’s Thatcher: Direct payments may be history 1, 2008 and was a five-year bill.

By DICK HAGEN She also suggested that crop The Land Staff Writer insurance will be more impor“This process of writing a tant in the next farm bill. Howfarm bill a year ahead of expiever SURE, the disaster assisration of the current farm bill tance program, and the ACRE is proving to be an interesting program will be continued; she process,” according to Mary also thinks marketing loans Kay Thatcher, Senior Director of Congressional Relations for Mary Kay Thatcher will be kept relatively intact. the American Farm Bureau She mentioned three options Federation. “You seldom get Congress being discussed but are already chalto do anything early but what mem- lenging: A revenue assurance option bers of Congress are seeing and hear- that mostly works just for cotton farming is that our agricultural economy is ers; higher target prices across the board much better than our economy in gen- for all commodities; and a new “shallow eral. So agriculture has become the loss” program which would minimize the ‘low-hanging fruit’ in this idea of how “big hurt” in weather disasters. do we save $1.2 trillion.”

“So obviously lots of options but the Better known by Farm Bureau mem- concern is how equitable will they be,” bers (and the farm press) as the “go-to said Thatcher. “One of the positives gal” in regard to what’s happening in about direct payments is that it did Washington, D.C. , Thatcher spoke at have farmers producing for the marthe recent Minnesota Farm Bureau ketplace. We think without DPs it may annual meeting and was very forth- get farmers producing for the governright in her observations. ment instead of the market.”

“So agriculture recognized it had to Will Europe’s financial problems step up to the plate,” she said. “When impact U.S. agriculture? “Perhaps not we agreed to give up $23 billion in the yet, but likely if they don’t get their ag share of the next Federal budget, house in order,” said Thatcher, adding that will be three times our fair share. the entire Euro Zone issue has become And I think Congress will recognize a horrific problem. She indicated Eurothat agriculture is indeed being a pean farm policy is changing because leader.” of their debt issues and their changes The $23 billion proposed cut in the may be more directed along the lines of farm bill budget was suggested by the the U.S. direct payment program. combined Senate and House ag com- “We’re moving away from DPs; they’re mittees because they simply felt the moving towards it.”

12-member “super committee” didn’t Thatcher is positive about the longunderstand and didn’t care about agri- term impact of the Asian market for culture, Thatcher said.

U.S. farm products, especially corn. “It’s “We felt the Senate and House ag already a big market and will become committee should make their own cuts; huge over the next 30 to 40 years,” she who understood that if you change one said. “We’re going to produce more, and program it can have implications on export more, simply because the world is rapidly moving from 7 billion people others,” she noted.

Also, even though the “super commit- to 9 billion. That’s an increase of 1 1/2 tee” didn’t deliver, she said they Chinas in 40 years. And it’s the received 175,000 comments. Obviously expanding ‘middle class’ of Chinese lots of people had lots of ideas on how people with more money to spend for to balance the nation’s budget. How- food, and wanting more variety in their ever agriculture was the only commit- foods, that will primarily drive this tee with a bipartisan, bicameral sug- new appetite.”

She’s concerned about the growing gestion telling Congress that agriculture was offering a $24-billion disconnect between Congress and the cut and it would also have the legisla- American taxpayer. “We have to get tive language for the 2012 farm bill on serious, real quick, about this budget deficit. People are asking ‘is Congress how to get the job done. out to lunch?’ Unfortunately I don’t see Direct payments out She ventured that Direct Payments much happening in 2012 because it’s will not be part of the next farm bill, an election year. And I believe we’ll which does not kick in until Oct. 1, likely be in the same budget mess in ❖ 2012. The current farm bill started Oct. 2013.”

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Districts holding elections and the counties they include are listed below.

District 1: Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and Roseau. Local nomination contact: Greg Hilgeman, (218) 796-5395.

District 2 and 3: Beltrami, Cass, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Cook, Lake and St. Louis. Local nomination contact: Paul Kent Jr., (320) 679-9613.

District 5: Benton, Carver, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Morrison, Renville, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns, Todd, Wadena and Wright. Local Nomination contact: Doug Dickmann, (320) 745-2448 or Ronald Rinkel, (320) 355-2443.

District 7: Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood and Rock. Local nomination contact: Jay Bakken, (507) 378-4311 or Mark Malacek (507) 828-8193 District 8: Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, LeSueur, Martin, Nicollet, Rice, Steele, Waseca and Watonwan. Local nomination contact: Robert Nelson, (507) 383-4992.

District 9: Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Goodhue, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, and Winona. Local nomination contact: Carol Abrahamzon, (507) 724-3905. ❖

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Minnesota’s Beef Promotion and Research Council is seeking candidates for its Board of Director election. Five board of director positions will be filled by mail ballots to be sent out during March 2012.

The Minnesota Beef Council’s activities focus on consumer education, promotion and research programs to increase beef demand. The Council’s funding comes from the $1 per head Beef Checkoff program.

The Minnesota Beef Council is an elected board of 16 beef producers from various parts of the state who direct the business activities of the Council.

Members serve a three-year term and attend four meetings per year. Individuals who would like to be placed on the ballot must own beef or dairy cattle and live in the district they wish to represent.

Contact Dave Wulf at (320) 392-5225 or the Minnesota Beef Council at (952) 854-6980 for additional information. Nominations will be closed Jan. 31.

Producers who voted in 2011 will automatically receive a ballot. Producers who did not receive a ballot during the 2011 election may ask to be placed on the 2012 list by contacting the Minnesota Beef Council at (952) 854-6980 or requesting a ballot by writing to the Minnesota Beef Council, 2950 Metro Drive 102, Bloomington, MN 55425. All requests for ballots must be received before Jan. 31.

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grass buffer strips alongside open drainage ditches. They filter out fertilizer and chemicals and can slow ero-

sion and sediment getDetermination of beneting into waterways. fits is a complex formula that determines all of But across the coun- From the farmland that drains tryside there are few of into a ditch and how the recommended 16 much farmers who own to 1/2-foot strips of grass those acres benefit from next to ditches. the drainage system.

That will begin to They then pay their change as more counties share of costs — based begin taking an action on those determinations that will trigger lan— when a ditch needs to guage in a state law be cleaned out or otherThe environmental threat requiring buffers. wise maintained. of the Minnesota River With farmland fetch“What’s happening is a ing $6,000 to $10,000 an lot of ditches are being reSee Pages 1C-12C acre, few farmers are determined because the in this issue for the volunteering to add benefits were originally rest of this series. buffer strips, thereby determined 70 or 80 taking land out of proyears ago,” Kalahar said. duction.

With more land now under tillage and A 1977 law requires the buffer strips changes made to drainage systems over along open drainage ditches in just the years, those benefit determinations two cases. One is if a ditch is are out-of-date and aren’t fairly divid“improved,” which means it is made ing costs among affected landowners. larger than originally designed. Such Many area counties are beginning improvements rarely take place. the process of re-determining ditch Tom Kalahar, who’s been with the benefits across the entire county. When Renville County Soil and Water Con- that process is done, the buffers along servation District for 30 years, said ditches will need to be added. another part of the law will bring more ••• buffers.

The Mankato Free Press is a sister “If there is a re-determination of ben- publication to The Land under The efits, the 16 1/2-foot buffer (require- Free Press Media. ment) kicks in.”

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Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association Convention wrap-up The MSCA supports funding for priority cattlerelated issues, such as: environmental compliance; beginning farmers and ranchers; research; and cattle related-improvements and modernization.

Regulatory reform The MSCA will continue to call for regulatory relief, such as: supporting immediate de-listing of the gray wolf and return to state management; opposing restrictions on the use and availability of antibiotics; opposing attempts to require additional permits for a variety of agricultural work; and continue to press for Congress to intervene in USDAGIPSA rulemaking to ensure the cattle sector is not harmed by government overreach.

Beef checkoff There was discussion during the resolutions committee and MSCA Board of Directors meetings about the potential to increase the state beef checkoff and expanding the eligibility criteria for use of dollars, primarily into the area of “on-farm production-related research.”

Over the coming year, the MSCA in conjunction with the Minnesota Beef Council will be exploring the option of increasing the amount of the checkoff that will stay in the state and what priorities the dollars should be dedicated toward.

2012 convention The MSCA Board of Directors has chosen the Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria as the site of the 2012 MSCA Annual Convention and Trade Show on Dec. 6-8, 2012. ❖

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Permitting In the wake of pending state and federal changes to livestock permitting requirements, delegates approved new policy addressing the need to obtain a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System or State Disposal System permit. New policy supports livestock producers not being required to obtain federal NPDES permits and that SDS permits should be reasonable and not as comprehensive as NPDES permits. Furthermore, the MSCA will be calling on the state legislature to enact liability protection for SDS permit holders if they are following provisions of the permit.

Animal identification and disease traceability MSCA policy supports mandatory premise ID registration with the state Board of Animal Health and classifying all data collected as non-public information. Policy also calls for standardized options of official ID being placed in livestock before or at first “point of sale,” and supporting the promotion of voluntary recordkeeping to assist in disease investigations.

Child labor Delegates approved a new policy opposing the proposed U.S. Department of Labor rules that would restrict the ability of youth from working on cattle farms.

AGRI Fund Delegates adopted new policy calling for formal producer and agricultural organization input into priorities and use of dollars for the new fund administered by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

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The Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association held their annual convention and beef industry trade show at Jackpot Junction Convention Center on Dec. 1-3.

During council meetings on Dec. 2, Chad Zehnder from Stanchfield and Krist Wollum from Porter were elected to lead the Cow-Calf and Feeder Councils. On Dec. 3, delegates at the annual meeting elected Dar Geiss from Pierz as president-elect and Tim Nolte of Sebeka as vice president for the organization. New regional directors joining the leadership team will be Gary Sampson from Motley, Richard Pesek from Taunton, Roger Wagner from Hillman, and Jon Olson from Trimont.

“We have a great leadership team that represents diverse interests in the cattle sector, and I’m looking forward to working with them as we grow our organization and address important issues facing our business,” said President Don Schiefelbein.

Awards The Cattleman of the Year award was presented to Dale Lueck from Aitkin.

“Dale has dedicated countless volunteer hours to the organization ranging from serving as treasurer, membership chair and editor of the Minnesota Cattleman. Most of all Dale has spearheaded efforts to address wolf management in the state. Anyone living in the wolf range should personally thank Dale for all of his work,” Schiefelbein said.

The Beef Industry Service Award was presented to Dennis Swan from Balaton.

“The MSCA is proud to recognize Dennis for his years of service on the Minnesota Beef Council. Dennis is a dedicated volunteer leader for Minnesota’s cattle sector and is always respected for his wise leadership and advice,” Schiefelbein said.

Myrna Scharpe of Arlington was awarded the Cattlewoman of the Year.

TB-free recognition During the convention, Neil Hammerschmidt from the U.S. Department of Agriculture presented a TBfree recognition certificate to Schiefelbein and Russell Walker, a Roseau County commissioner and cattle producer.

Policy and priority issues The MSCA approved several new state and federal policy resolutions and identified priority issues for the coming year.

Land management The MSCA believes that state and federal government agencies and non-profits should develop programs and work collaboratively with cattle farmers on preserving grasslands that remain privately owned and paying property taxes. Furthermore, all lands owned or under easement by the state and federal governments should be eligible for managed grazing and/or haying. Conservation managers should work with area cattle producers in grazing these lands to control invasive species and enhance desired habitat for wildlife.

The MSCA also will be calling on Congress to direct the USDA to revise Conservation Reserve Program management policies to encourage the grazing and/or haying of CRP lands, and not penalizing contract holders who choose to allow haying and/or grazing.

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Holidays accompanied by caregiver guilt, but look beyond The role of a caregiver at home is usually accompanied by varying degrees of guilt.

This happens regardless of our effectiveness, as it seems to be virtually impossible to care for our loved ones and simultaneously face the realities that we will inevitably lose them. Most of us eventually confront not only the loss of our loved ones, but the guilt that we could have done more, should have known better, would have done differently in retrospect.

This increases not only our guilt, but our grief as well.

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We long to spare our loved ones from the ongoing progression of disease and death but we cannot save or rescue them. As caregivers, we may have placed on ourselves an unattainable goal. Deep inside we begin to believe that we are responsible for the life or death of our loved one. And we become helpless in the face of the inevitable; life in the body ceases to function and life in the spirit begins.

Our loved ones depart houses no longer adequate to hold them and move onto a new dimension, while we remain behind, often shattered by our grief and shackled by our guilt. Our grief is only compounded when we are weighed down with guilt. The energy that we spend trying to desperately avoid the ultimate end is almost Herculean in nature.

What we often do not realize is that at the end of human life exists a new beginning, not just for our loved ones but for us as well.

For many caregivers, the grief process can take much longer to work through. The guilt we carry slows the normal grief process as it drains the energy needed to work through it.

The holidays can be particularly difficult as we begin to dwell more at this time of year on our loss.

Holidays are a time for family, and when a loved one has died, it can make surviving this season almost an impossible task.

For many, our first reaction is to just not celebrate the holiday in effort to avoid the pain of our loss. Perhaps it would be better to look at this time of year as a way in which to celebrate the life our loved one lived, and to recall the comfort and joy these family traditions brought us in the past. This can provide one the chance to create new traditions as well, and in doing so help to move forward in the grieving process.

Whatever decision is made regarding the holidays, try to make it from your heart. Allow yourself to feel.

By suppressing our feelings, we only prolong the pain, and ultimately prolong the grief. Follow your heart and do not let guilt for what should have been destroy your peace of mind.

Guilt is destructive. It impedes our progress and inhibits our own destinies in this life. We spend our time berating ourselves for where we perceive failure instead of focusing on all the good we achieved, the quality of life we brought to our loved ones and the character development that ensued as a result.

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efforts made a difference in the last days of our loved ones. There is no easy remedy for guilt. No magic formula we can use to erase it from our being. At best, it is an ongoing process, one that we must practice every day so that we can successfully eradicate guilt from our lives.

We have to look in the mirror and confidently tell ourselves that we have done the best we were able to do. Given the tools we had to work with, we used our best judgment, and made caregiving decisions that we truly felt were in the best interest of all concerned.

It takes discipline to focus on the attainment of a higher level of living for all of us as the mortal bonds are broken. However, our loved ones live on in our hearts forever and those eternal bonds remain. The memories can be used to comfort us that much sooner if only we can cast off the guilt that simply clouds our vision and torments our minds.

Peace then comes as we realize and acknowledge that there was purpose to all we shared. The lessons learned change us and equip us to better empathize with those who follow after along our paths of experience. Release the guilt you carry and listen with your heart. You will truly find your loved ones not only dwell in peace, but wish the same for you as well.

Information adapted from article written by Dorothy Womack in Caregiver Weekly Newsletter Nov. 23, 2010.

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Preparing a safe venison meal, from field to table to 35 to 40 degrees to prevent bacterial growth? One way to do this is to add ice sealed in plastic storage bags and pack them in the cavity.

• Did you keep the carcass out of direct sunlight?

Tying the carcass across the hood or roof of a car is not recommended. Properly cooled venison can spoil later by carrying it next to a hot motor.

• How about storage? Storing the venison in the refrigerator is approved for immediate use. Freeze it if it will be used later than two to three days.

Cooking methods that enhance flavor • The wild flavor of venison is related to what the animal eats. Removing connective tissue, silver skin, bone, hair and excess fat during processing reduces the “gamey” taste. Undesirable flavors are also due to inadequate bleeding, delay in field dressing or

Fruit or juice — which is smarter?

Considering cost First, make sure you are comparing “apples to apples” by looking only at containers labeled 100 percent juice.

Drinks, punches,“ades” or low-percent fruit juice products are so low in nutrients that they do not count.

Concentrated fruit juice is hard to beat if you are on a tight budget. It’s only about $0.25 a cup. That being said, the benefits of fruit are clear so I would try to buy fruit that is in season (and cheaper) and make sure to eat it before it spoils.

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Children and adults need 1.5 to 2 cups of fruit a day. It is definitely smarter to buy fruit than juice if you are thinking only about nutrition. Check out my list below of the top five reasons why fruit is better. If you are thinking about cost and nutrition, the answer is more complicated.

Top 5 reasons why fruit is better than juice for nutrition • 8 ounces of juice has 100 to 140 calories while medium size fruit has 70 to 100 calories. Calories from liquids do not curb your appetite like calories from solid foods, so by choosing whole fruit you will not compensate by eating more or later in the day also you are more likely to eat something along with juice.

• Juices sometimes are fortified with a smattering of vitamins and minerals but fruit has small amounts of many nutrients.

• “Light” juices are usually diluted with water and have a calorie-free sweetener added (sometimes with added vitamins). You could stretch your juice at home by mixing it with water.

• Processing and removal of the skin and peel result in less antioxidants.

• Whole fruit provides more fiber.

failure to cool the carcass promptly.

• Moist heat methods such as braising (simmering in a small amount of liquid in a covered pot) work well for tougher cuts like rump, round and shoulder.

• Chops and steaks may be pan fried or broiled.

• Experiment with herbs like rosemary, marjoram, thyme and sage. Meat should always be marinated in the refrigerator.

• Add other fats to keep game meat from becoming too dry. Rub a roast with oil, butter, margarine, bacon fat, sweet cream or sour cream to add moisture, richness and flavor.

• Don’t overcook or cook at temperatures above 375 F, or the meat will get tough.

• Jerky made from beef or venison should be steamed, roasted or boiled to 160 F before drying.

Directions are available at www.extension.umn.edu/go/1086. Find directions for smoked sausage and summer sausage at www.extension.umn.edu/go/1087.

• Some folks like venison medium-rare. Bacteria on whole cuts, like steaks or roasts, are usually just on the surfaces so these cuts can be cooked to a minimum internal temperature of 145 F. Cook ground venison to 160 F. Find more information about preparing wild game safely at www.extension.umn.edu/go/1085.

Log on to www.extension.umn.edu/food-safety to learn more about food safety.

••• This article was submitted by Suzanne Driessen, a food safety educator with University of Minnesota Extension.

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Venison is a versatile meat, and there is a certain pride that comes when you bring it home fresh from the hunt. The thrill of the hunt can continue at the dinner table if the game is handled properly along the way to prevent foodborne illness and ensure good flavor.

As you look back on your 2011 deer-hunting season, review how you field-dressed and transported your game and note where you have room to improve for next season.

Field dressing and transporting deer safely • Did you dress the carcass as soon as possible? It’s also important to clean your knife frequently between cuts to avoid contaminating the meat.

• Did you remove any visible dirt, feces, hair and bloodshot areas?

• Did you keep the carcass clean and quickly cool it

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Study of Bible’s end-times prophesy a difficult exercise

THE LAND, DECEMBER 23, 2011

Don’t be afraid, everyone will see the Lord’s greatness in you.

I came to know Jesus about the time our daughter Sarah was born. That was in 1978. I was a church-going Christian who had a lot to learn about spirituality. My high school principal, Eleanor Wallestad, helped me with my under-developed relationship with Jesus. God chose her to help me learn about my newfound faith. I am truly grateful to her and others who have

helped me on my journey.

“tribulation” seem more real ied recently was the book of as we consider recent develJonah. As most of you This past summer was especially opments in our world. I love already know, Jonah warned wonderful, traveling to farm gatherings being an American, but I am the people of Nineveh of the throughout southern Minnesota. Sight- afraid for our nation. The terrible judgment of God seeing was a spiritual experience for principles and ideals that that was coming their way if me, with the crops maturing, and the led to our greatness seem to they did not repent of their beauty of the trees and foliage. I loved have been lost. As we consin and get their lives in sider what other nations order. This was one time the singing to the Lord as we drove have experienced in biblical people did repent, from the through the countryside. I felt espetimes, as foretold by the king on down, and the terricially happy to be a Christian.

THE YIELD prophets and recorded by ble judgment God had Words like “rapture,” “end-times” and history, we are in trouble. planned was averted. I hope

By Sue Peterson we follow their good examWhen Christians are ple. asked why they do not study end-times prophesy, the answer is that it scares In addition to the many warnings of and confuses them. For the past few judgment, there are also many words of months Stan and I have been studying encouragement in scripture that deal the writings of Old Testament with our situation. Still, my favorite is prophets, and the conditions that they 2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV: If my people, were facing at the time. The judgments which are called by my name, shall that were foretold seem to fit our times humble themselves and pray, and seek and situation very well. my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and The purpose of having the prophets warn the people was to turn them, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. their nations, from their sin and turn to God for forgiveness and guidance. It Christmas is a time for rejoicing and seems that for the most part that didn’t hope. May each of you experience these happen, so the judgment that was pre- to the fullest. Merry Christmas. dicted did take place.

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The image captured Thanks to trail cameras,

by Gedde’s guest there just aren’t as many hunter’s camera is secrets in the woods these less than clear — days. hardly like the crysA hint of movement tal-clear images of within the range of its conregal bucks that trail tinuous gaze and “click,” camera manufacturwhat ever is out there is ers like to use as captured through the magic examples of their of light and pixels. products’ capabilities.

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By John Cross imagination, one can trespassers — they’re all captured for posterity or possible pros- see a bearish form, facing slightly away from the camera ecution in the blink of an eye. and angling into the frame But the hunter who set up a camera from the left, maybe even a on Dale Gedde’s farm northwest of hint of ears.

North Mankato, Minn., to record the Skepticism always is a virtue comings and goings of wildlife near his in these instances, but Innvaer, bow-hunting stand hardly expected to discover what his camera had recorded who has seen the photo concedes that the dark form earlier this month. indeed resembles a bear once Submitted photo “About all he’d seen on the camera one tunes into some visual A trail camera placed on the Dale Gedde farm northwest of North Mankato, Minn., capwas a few deer,” Gedde said of his guest clues. tured something — some believe it could be a black bear (at far left) — earlier this month. hunter’s camera shots.

Unfortunately, the photo was “But then he called me and told me taken before any snow had fallen to he had something weird showing up in record any tracks. What’s more, the one of the photos.” The hunter sent a lack of rain meant that the ground was copy of the photo to Gedde’s phone. too dry to take any tracks.

The photo from the trail camera Gedde has since checked with neighshowed a large black object, admittedly bors and discovered that at least one of somewhat indistinct, in the far left side them had something tearing into bird of the frame. The more they studied it, feeders at about the same time. the more they believed that what the And conceding that a black Labrador, of camera recorded was a wayward black which there are several in the neighborbear.

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For certain, something black and Longtime residents might remember large wandered past the camera, tripa wandering wild black bear that was ping its shutter. unlucky enough to get entangled in a Trail cameras frequently reveal the farmer’s combine as the farmer harwood’s mysteries. vested a cornfield in southern Blue But sometimes, they create them.

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Hearty menu on the hill ravelers along Minnesota Highway 30 in northT ern Murray County could easily miss the town of Dovray, population 57. It is nestled atop a hill along

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Dovray Café, Dovray, Minn.

the north side of the state highway.

The town’s post office closed the end of October, but residents and friends outside the community are determined to keep their Dovray Café open. You won’t find any signs along the highway encouraging you to stop in for a cup of coffee at the hometown eatery.

Area residents won’t find newspaper ads promoting daily specials. The reputation of the café spreads easily via word of mouth once a customer has experienced this one-of-a-kind eating establishment.

Junior Severson, president of the Dovray Boosters, says the group started the small café in the mid1980s. For the first 10 years, the community enterprise was open 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. six days a week to serve breakfast, dinner (noon lunch), and afternoon “coffee.” The café now serves coffee and fresh rolls starting about 6 a.m. and closes when customers quit arriving for the noon meal about 1 p.m.

The menu, “cook’s choice,” varies from day to day.

Fifteen to 20 volunteer cooks work each month, each one choosing what to prepare. Some days, the menu features roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy.

Vegetables, salad, bread, dessert, and beverage round out the menu. Another day, a cook may choose to make a hearty “hot dish.”

Since the cooks usually work the same day of the week each month and may prepare the same main dish, some patrons choose to eat at the café when their favorite cook is working or their favorite entrée is served.

Terry Keller, retired farmer, donates his time to help with cleanup each day and in return eats a free meal.

During the spring and fall when farmers drop in for a hot meal, 20 or more meals will be served. That number is cut in half or more in the winter. Carryout meals are also available. Anyone is welcome to eat a meal, but a sign posted by the serving counter suggests a $5 donation to help defray expenses of the meal.

Joan Shaw, treasurer of the Dovray Boosters, commented, “We’re amazed sometimes that people want to do it (cook a meal).”

When asked why people donate their time to the café, she responded, “We feel obligated, sort of, and I don’t want to see the café closed.”

The nine-member Booster Club donates to cancer research and offers scholarships to Dovray students when they graduate from high school. A new sign perched atop the hill along the highway will soon identify the quiet little town nestled behind the trees.

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The first half of December has not been kind to livestock prices. Both cattle and hog prices have slumped since the first of the month. Adequate supplies and lessening demand appear to be the catalyst behind this weakness.

After a sharp run-up in prices in the latter part of November, cattle prices have dropped back, giving everything gained during that earlier period. Packers faced with tighter supplies and a push for inventory forced the packers to stretch to accumulate their slaughter needs during November. But as we have moved forJOE TEALE ward into December the show Broker lists have increased, reflecting Great Plains Commodity Afton the heavier placements earlier this fall and late-summer.

At the same time while paying higher prices for the live inventory, the packers were trying to force the beef cutouts higher to reduce their losses on the beef products. The catch was, as the beef cutouts rose, the demand for beef products declined. This left the packer with increased inventory of beef and they were forced to move that inventory, pushing prices lower to garner more demand for product. Thus they had to back down on their aggressive bidding for live inventory.

On Dec. 16 the U.S. Department of Agriculture released the Monthly Cattle on Feed Report. The results were as follows: On feed as of Dec. 1, 104 percent; placed during November, 104 percent; and marketed in November, 100 percent. The report was seen as slightly negative as placements were much

As we look back on 2011, we see that grain prices were lower one year ago than our current prices.

Then we saw prices rally throughout the spring and summer. Corn reached its peak in June, right before pollination. Soybeans reached their peak in September following flowering. By then the crop was made and the supply was established. We could see that we were not going to run out of corn and the Chinese were not going to take our last bean. The “fear factor” started to work its way out of the prices.

This was a year of more normal, TOM NEHER seasonal price fluctuations, com- AgStar VP Agribusiness pared to the previous two years & Grain Specialist that saw autumn rallies. Over Rochester time, grain prices tend to make their contract high prices before harvest. Historically, post-harvest highs only occur 25 percent of the time. With two post-harvest rallies just behind us, the odds are not favorable that we will see another for some time.

With our natural tendency to do this year what we should have done last year, I have been fearful that a great deal of unpriced grain remains in storage. In my conversations with grain merchandisers, I have had my fears confirmed. Many have told me that they have far fewer cash contracts on their books than normal. This has kept the basis strong, due to a lack of movement in the market channels. Yet, unpriced grain in a bear market takes equity off of the balance sheet.

As we close our books for 2011, we now should

See NYSTROM, pg. 2B

See TEALE, pg. 2B

See NEHER, pg. 2B

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

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The following market analysis is for the week ending Dec. 16.

CORN — March corn set new lows for the downtrend this week as it punched through $5.80, but held above $5.75. There was little news for the week, which left the market to balance a rising U.S. dollar, declining demand and increasing 2012 acreage estimates versus net drying in South America and spillover support from short covering in soybeans and wheat. The March contract dropped 11 1/4 cents for the week, settling at $5.83 per bushel. The U.S. Fed announced PHYLLIS NYSTROM Country Hedging they will not make any changes St. Paul to monetary policy, which increased talk that there may be a QE3 in the works.

The only export business of note for the week was Japan buying 205 million metric tons for next year, the 2012-13 marketing year. Weekly exports for the current marketing year were 27.4 million bushels which were more in line for what we need to reach the 1.6 billion bushels U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast. Weekly sales are 3 percent behind last year while total sales are expected to be 12.8 percent lower this year versus last year.

Informa released their first survey based 2012 acreage estimate this week. Corn acres were projected at 94.4 million acres, up from their 94.0 million acres forecast last month and compared to this year’s 91.9 million planted acres. This would be the largest corn acreage since 1944. If we have trendline

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Nystrom: ‘If South America stays dry, we’ll rally’ NYSTROM, from pg. 1B yields next year, around 161.5 bushels per acre or higher, we’ll have solved the tightness problem.

Informa is projecting the 2012-13 carryout at 1.6 billion bushels.

Ethanol margins have moved into negative territory as the industry approaches the end of the 45cent blender tax credit. The expiration was signaled several months ago which resulted in blenders pushing to collect what they could before the expiration. For the most recent week, ethanol production was down 16,000 barrels from the previous week, but was still the second highest on record.

Ethanol basis bids have declined and without the competition, export numbers were softer as well.

Farmer selling is almost non-existent at these flat price levels with no sign from growers that they need to sell to generate cash. Some traders are expecting growers to sell when the calendar flips to 2012, but lots of deferred payment will be going out at that time, which fades that assumption.

OUTLOOK: As we head into a holiday weekend, the markets will be at the mercy of lighter volumes, which can lead to small volumes causing exaggerated moves. South America weather and economic events in Europe and the United States will continue to exert heavy influence on commodities in general. If corn breaks support at $5.70, the next level of support is closer to $5.55/bu. Resistance doesn’t pop up until $6.05, then $6.20/bu.

In case you missed it last week, 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 times (eight out of the last eight years) on the first trading session after Christmas.

We could well be in for range-bound trading until the Jan. 12 Quarterly Grain Stocks and final Crop Production report.

SOYBEANS — The “magic” $11 level in January soybeans held once again this week as South America experienced net drying in key growing areas, and some short covering came into the market.

There were reports of South American corn acres being replanted to soybeans due to a lack of rain.

Will developing dryness in South America be enough for the market to return focus to fundamentals? For now, it seems traders are willing to rebuild risk premium into the soybean market.

In the United States, Informa Economics cut their 2012-13 acreage estimate from 76.1 million in November to 74.6 million acres as indicated from their first survey of the year. We planted 75 million acres to soybeans last year. Informa is forecasting the 2012-13 carryout at 288 million bushels. The January soybean contract gained 23 cents for the week to close at $11.30/bu.

China was absent from the market this week as the U.S. dollar rallied and economic news out of China may be indicating a slowdown. U.S. weekly export sales were 28.3 million bushels. Total sales are 34 percent behind last year when the USDA is

projecting export sales to be 13.4 percent lower year on year.

OUTLOOK: The bottom line in soybeans is this — if South America stays dry, we’ll rally; if it improves and the crop isn’t perceived as threatened, we’ll be looking at lower prices. Until the Jan. 12 crop and stocks reports are released, weather and global economic events will dictate our direction. January soybeans first support is $11.32, then $11/bu.; resistance at $11.65 to $12/bu.

A repeat of price history around Christmas: 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. 16: March Minneapolis wheat was down 16 cents, Chicago fell 12 1/4 cents and Kansas City was the loss leader down 22 cents.

Crude oil plummeted $5.88 to settle at $93.53, heating oil was 11 1/4 cents lower, gasoline declined 11 cents and natural gas set new contract lows as it fell 19 cents for the week.

The Dow collapsed 318 points, the U.S. dollar gained 1.4 points to 80.14, and gold dove $119.40 per ounce to $1,593.40 per ounce. ❖

Is domestic demand contracting?

TEALE, from pg. 1B greater than anticipated by the trade. With the increase of available supply and a demand for beef that is questionable, producers should use this current strength to protect winter and early spring marketing needs.

The hog market has been struggling all fall and December has not brought any change to the current scenario. Hog numbers have remained at levels that have been able to satisfy domestic and foreign demand, even with a good increase in exports on a year-to-year basis. This would put into question domestic demand and is it contracting since hog numbers are not any greater than they were a year

ago. It still appears that given the value of the pork product versus the competitive meats, pork is still a good value.

Pork product has moved fairly well throughout the slide in live prices and with that came a slide in the pork cutouts. This slide in pork cutouts as well as the lower U.S. dollar has kept the demand for pork at an increased level which has helped in keeping hog prices buoyant.

As we progress into the winter months, it appears that further weakness could prevail in the hog market. Because of this, producers should find ways to protect their inventories during the next several months. ❖

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This is a critical time of the year in the development of a marketing plan. A written marketing plan is helpful in maintaining discipline in the execution of the plan. Sharing the plan with business partners, spouses, children and lenders can also keep our focus on margin management.

As we look forward to the next year, we can be assured that there will be challenges that will test our management strategy and practices. With the

unease in the global economies and the subsequent social unrest, volatility will remain the central theme in the marketplace. Risk management will be a key to navigating our way through this environment. If we can find ways to lay much of the risk onto others who are willing to assume it, we start to stack the odds in our favor for success.

The Christmas and New Year holidays are a time of transition from the past to the future. It is a time that is painful for those who have lost loved ones this past year. It can also be a time of joy and excitement for the anticipation of good things to come forth in the coming year.

During this time, remember to give thanks for all of the many blessing that we experience. Take time to cherish those who mean the most to you. We are truly blessed. ❖

It’s not the holiday ‘dip’ we would normally like to see

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January to October 2011 period was about 4 percent above the corresponding 2010 period, and replacement heifer prices are steady. This suggests no major liquidation is in the offing, according to the Outlook, but cow numbers are expected to decline slightly next year.

Output per cow continues to rise, and lower expected feed prices are the basis for the increase in the December projected output per cow to 21,315 pounds this year and 21,610 pounds next year.

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“may be a possible indication that the This column was written for the marketlong, but unsteady, fall which began the ing week ending Dec. 16. last week in August may be at an end,” Cash cheese prices declined for the fifth and added that “DMN hears from butter consecutive week. exporters of possible growing interest as The blocks closed Dec. 16 at $1.5625 per U.S. prices are super competitive with pound, down 9.25 cents on the week but Europe’s but major competition for those still 24 cents above a year ago. The barsales continues to be Oceania, where milk rels dropped to $1.5350, down 3.75 cents production is booming. on the week and 17 cents above a year Mattke praised the whey market which MIELKE MARKET ago. Seven cars of block and 22 of barrel “has had a phenomenal year,” rallying WEEKLY traded hands on the week. from the 32-cent level to the mid 60s and

By Lee Mielke The National Agricultural Statistics “we haven’t seen much of a setback this Service-surveyed U.S. average block year. ... It’s been a pretty quiet, pretty price lost 2 cents, averaging $1.8606. steady and controlled rise,” he said, The barrels averaged $1.8325, down 8 but recalled that, in 2007, whey got to cents. the mid 70s. He advised that we keep an eye on that market because every penny movement in whey Stewart Peterson’s Matt Mattke speculated in translates into 6 cents on the milk price though he Tuesday’s DairyLine that cheese prices might warned “we could see a setback at any point.” remain close to current levels, pointing out that $1.58 to $1.60 is a “key range of support” and “pretty ■ important level to stay above” because, if we don’t, he Meanwhile, schools are or will be closing for the warned that we could see the market test $1.54 and Christmas and New Year’s holidays sending more possibly as low as $1.48. milk to the cheese vat and pressure prices.

He quickly added that, if cheese prices stay at curHopefully, Super Bowl will keep cheese demand rent levels, it doesn’t necessarily mean prices will strong.

I have to mention that my favorite team is take off and move higher either. the Green Bay Packers and I think it a safe bet they He also contrasted the trading activity and pointed will be in the Super Bowl again so it’s so appropriate to the large volume of butter particularly that that the “cheese heads” will be driving cheese changed hands the last week of November and first demand. week of December, and reminded us that the first ■ couple weeks of December are typically not seasonThe USDA’s latest Livestock, Dairy and Poultry ally strong for cheese prices. Sometimes the first week of December is positive, he said, but the second, Outlook said that an improved feed price outlook is balanced by lower milk prices in 2012. third, fourth and whenever we have a fifth week, they’re typically down weeks so “we’re kind of in the Production in 2012 is forecast to rise slightly based seasonal doldrums.” on higher milk output per cow. Exports are likely to He pointed out that, historically, if cheese finishes decline next year compared with 2011, contributing December on a down note we have seen some pretty further to the lower milk price outlook. decent rebound in January so, “perhaps there’s a litCow numbers were virtually unchanged from the tle bit of a silver lining here.”

November forecast and dairy cow slaughter for the Butter reversed two weeks of small gains despite a small uptick on Thursday and finished Friday at $1.6025, down 3.75 cents on the week, and a nickel below a year ago. Fifteen cars were sold. The NASS (4) 320/105R54 Goodyear DT800 on average inched 0.4 cent lower, to $1.6245. NASS powder averaged $1.4418, down fractionally, and dry 10-hole OE CIH wheels whey averaged 65.37 cents, up 0.7 cent.

(4) 320/85R38 Goodyear STR R/W on The California Milk Producers Council reported in 12-hole OE MFWD CIH wheels its Dec. 9 newsletter that butter production continues to increase in line with higher seasonal milk pro$6,500 For Complete Package duction and butterfat content. It quoted the U.S. (will separate) Department of Agriculture’s Dairy Market News sayLarge Inventory of New & Used Tires ing that retail and food service sales leading into and over the holiday weekend have been good to very good, helped greatly by retailers’ ads and promotions.

Buyers who have not already placed orders for the next big wave of expected consumer demand are now taking advantage of the current lower prices to place those orders. All aspects of the butter manufacturing and marketing channel are active, producing, shipping, converting and packaging.

The MPC said price increasing two weeks in a row

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MIELKE, from pg. 3B on Nov. 4; $16.72 on Nov. 11; $16.78 on Nov. 18; $17.16 on Dec. 2; $16.84 on Dec. 9 and was around $17.02 late morning Dec. 16.

California starts 2012 with a 79-cent drop in its January Class I milk price.

The Northern price was announced at $19.88 per hundredweight. The Southern price is $20.15. Both are up $3.43 from January 2011 however. The fed-

eral order Class I base price is announced by the USDA on Dec. 23.

■ Like a broken record, U.S. fluid milk demand continues to slip. The USDA reports that sales in the August-toOctober period were estimated at 13.62 billion pounds, down a half percent from the same period a year ago, based on federal order and California state data. Year-to-date sales were off 1.4

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Producers and handlers believe the positive close of last season which carried over to the spring of the current season is a contributing factor for good milk volumes at this time. Spring and early summer weather patterns have generally been good in both countries.

■ In other international news, the Dec. 9 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Daily Dairy Report said that October U.S. dairy export volumes of milk powders, whey, lactose, cheese and butterfat totaled 281 million pounds, down 2 percent from September (daily-average basis) and down 9.1 percent from a year ago.

Shipments of skim milk powder and nonfat dry milk, the largest U.S. export category, totaled 76.1 million pounds in October, down 13.6 percent from September, and down 30.1 percent from the record-high levels of a year ago.

Cheese exports, on the other hand, amounted to 37.3 million pounds, up 8.5 percent from September, and up 22.2 percent from a year ago.

In the first 10 months of the year, U.S. dairy exports were valued at $3.96 See MIELKE, pg. 5B

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Class I demand is settling into nonholiday week norms, according to the USDA. Cream demand is on the rise as production of various butterfat-based products such as dips, whipping cream and sour cream pushes higher to reach store shelves before holiday grocery shopping begins.

Demand for condensed skim is also increasing prior to the holiday. As winter weather envelopes much of the northern tier of states, dairy farmers in those areas are turning their attention to feed crop yields and feed input costs.

Recent opportunities to buy feed grains at lower prices have helped, but forage prices and availability remain challenging. In the Utah-Idaho milk shed, announcement of a new yogurt manufacturing facility scheduled to open in mid-2012 has milk processors recalculating milk supply and demand, according to the USDA. ■ The milk production season in Oceania has passed the peak in both New Zealand and Australia and the decline is gradual. The USDA says manufacturers and handlers indicate that milk volumes are generally sufficient to maintain near capacity production

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Consumers demanding more integrity in food supply part of that demand.

Jamie Jonker, National Milk Producers Federation’s vice president of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, discussed a letter he authored to the USDA regarding animal identification and traceability standards in Thursday’s DairyLine broadcast.

He said that the USDA has for a number of years been contemplating how it might revise U.S. animal traceability and the NMPF communicated its support for mandatory animal identification and how it “fits with animal disease traceability,” Jonker said. The federation reaffirmed its support of RFID tags being the official identification for dairy cattle.

The current USDA identification proposal doesn’t go far enough, Jonker said. Occasionally a tag will fall out of an animal’s ear by getting snagged on something, he argued, and the tags the federation is recommending are being used by dairy producers within their own management system and it would be nice if the USDA had an allowance where you could replace the tag with the exact same number so that it can

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continue to be used in identifying that animal in that management system.

The tags are also used in breed associations, he argued, so keeping that number the same with the animal during its lifetime, even if it happens to lose a tag so that it can be replaced with the exact same one. When animals cross state lines, they’re required to have an interstate certificate of veterinary inspection meaning that they have been reviewed by a veterinarian to ensure that they meet the animal health standards moving from one state to another. The NMPF supports this concept and believes it should continue but wants the USDA to move from the paper ICVIs currently used to an electronic ICVI. The paper base version has many drawbacks, he said, including the length of time required to search volumes of records and the quality of the data that’s actually entered on the forms such as legibility.

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cents/cwt., to an adjustable rate between 25 and 65 cents.

In its Dec. 2 petition, WUD called for the new hearing, proposing changes to the Class 4b formula to more closely reflect the whey value generated by the federal order Class III formula. The 4b price in the California order and the Class III federal order price reflect minimum prices paid to dairy farmers for milk used in cheese processing.

WUD was joined by other dairy farmer groups in calling for the hearing, including the Milk Producers Council, Dairy Farmers of America and California Dairy Campaign but several processing groups and companies asked the CDFA to deny the request.

They argued that further adjustments would negatively impact their ability to expand and innovate at a time when California milk production is growing and more manufacturing capacity was needed.

■ In another political arena, the consuming public continues to demand integrity in the food it consumes, and animal traceability is an important

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MIELKE, from pg. 4B billion, 29 percent higher than last year, according to the USDA. This is already a record-high figure for a full year, even with two months to go in 2011.

■ The California Department of Food and Agriculture gave a thumbs-down on a 4b milk price hearing petition.

In a letter to Western United Dairymen CEO Michael Marsh, CDFA director Kevin Masuhara, denied a request for a public hearing on the California Class 4b milk pricing formula.

Masuhara said the CDFA would review the issue in mid-2012 to determine if a hearing was necessary at that time, according to Dairy Profit Weekly. The current dry whey sliding scale in the Class 4b formula has been in effect since Sept.

1 and Masuhara said the three-month period was not long enough to determine how the formula will perform.

As the result of a June 30-July 1 hearing on the issue, the CDFA raised the whey factor paid to California dairy farmers, from a permanent 25

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Wood Grinder - Truck & Equipment Auction Thursday, December 29 - 10 AM Located: 51608 St. Hwy. 13, Waterville, MN, 3/4 mi. So. of Waterville, MN on Hwy. 13 Payloader: 1997 Case 621B, 4 yd. bkt. 14,900 hrs., 20 ply bias tires 6-mo. old, newer hyd. pump, only used to move wood.

Bobcats & Attachments: (2) 773, 7000 hrs., heat & air; 773, 2800 hrs., cab, heat & air, all have solid tires; (2) Pallet forks; (2) 1 yd. buckets; Grapple bucket.

Wood Tub Grinder Lathe 867: 1994, 350 Cummins, 37-3800 hrs., 1 mo. old, fixed hammers, 45” rotary magnet.

3 Screens: 11/16 Beding, 1 yr. old; 11/2” Maltah, 4 round holes, clean up.

Lots of Grinder Parts: Bearings; Seals; Housings; 3 New 10’ triple 60 roller chain extra magnetic head; Roller 30”; Roto Chop 66” magnet head roller; Hydraulic hose; Other items.

Cat 816 land fill compactor for parts.

Semi Tractors & Trailers: 2000 Freightliner, 400 Cummins eng.,, 780,000 mi., DOT, wet kit; 1999 Detroit Eagle, 450 Detroit, 1,660,210 mi., wet kit; (2) Walking floor trailers, 44’ & 48’, 100 yds. each; (3) Heal push-off trailers, 36’, (2) DOT’d; 20+ 45’-53’ Van trailers, mostly DOT’d.

Industrial Wood Work Equipment: Radial arm saw w/8’ SS table; Pallet dismantler; Ripsaw, 14” blade, 20 hp. motor, separate drive unit; Head notcher - All 30 220/440 volts.

Air Compressor & Equipment: Buckeye 200 gal. vertical air comp., 5 hp., 220/440; Campbell Hausfeld 80 gal. vertical, 5 hp., air impacts: 1”-3/4”-1/2”.

Shop Equipment: Hobart 17 wire feed welder; Fire Power FP235 arc welder; Torch kit & cart; Welding rods & wire; All American hot power washer, elec., 3000 psi, 4GPM; 30-Ton press; Drill press; Southern tool band saw; Parts washer; 30/60 Battery charger; 100# Anvil; 2-hp bench grinder; (2) Large metal flammable 2-dr. storage cabinets; Transmission jack; Bulk oil tanks; Pro Power (2) 200 gal., 1 split 50 gal./50 gal.; Large combination wrenches, 3/4” & 1” sockets; Craftsman tool box, 5’ tall, 40” wide, on wheels; Large amount of hand tools; Pneumatic nail guns; Bander; Dewalt rechargeable drills; Steel top work bench w/vice bolt index; Log chains.

Steel: Plate TI 5/8”, 3’x4’; Solid round 3/4”-1 1/2” bar; Angle; Square tubing; Channel, Iron Rack, A shape, 15’Lx4’Tx6’W, 4-tier; Scrap Iron.

LP Heaters: Smaller LB White; Large LP hanging.

Misc.: Large tarps, (2) steel pallet tables; 5500# pallet jack; Office equip.; Other items too numerous to mention.

Fuel Tanks: (2) 1000 gal. round w/elec. pumps & meters; 140 gal. flat bottom w/12v pump.

Pallet Stringers: 42”L, 2x4, wrapped in plastic; 55 boxes of 300.

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LARGE FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION LOCATION: From Plainview, MN, 2 miles east on County Rd. 8 (22814 East County Rd. 8)

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28, 2011 AUCTIONEER‚S NOTE: Equipment has been stored inside with an excellent maintenance program in place.

Auctioneers may run two rings. Auction begins with shop & support items. Major equipment sells at 11:30 AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms & details at www.steffesauctioneers.com.

TRACTORS 2006 Caterpillar MT 835B, CAH, Deluxe cab, Trimble auto steer, powershift, 6 hyd., PTO, Pittsburg engine controller, wide swing, drawbar, power mirrors, front tool boxes, 30" belts like new, 4,352 hrs., S/NMT835TBAM60751 2004 Caterpillar MT865B. CAH, deluxe cab, 5 hyd., Trimble auto steer, Pittsburg engine control, climate control, steering wheel controls, CD player, power mirrors, 30" belts, 90% track, new trans, wide swing drawbar, (32) front weights, idler weights, 4,278 hrs., S/NMT865TB0540813 2002 Caterpillar MT755, CAH, powershift, 6 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, quick hitch, steering wheel controls, power mirrors, climate control, (13) front weights, 30" tracks 95%, new trans, , 4,847 hrs., S/NMT755EALM20239 1998 Case-IH MX150, MFWD, CAH, 3 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, joystick controls, left shuttle, 18.4-42 hub duals, 60%, 380/85R30 fronts, 75%, 8,000 hrs., L700 quick tach loader w/bucket, S/N97210 Edge 2593 pallet forks, 48" quick tach mounts, for Case-IH 700 loader, S/N7919 IHC 5488, 2WD, CAH, 4 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 10 front weights, (4) new 20.8-38 Firestone tires, 11.00-16 front tri-rib tires, 10,210 hrs.,1000 hrs on complete rebuild 1978 IHC 1486, CAH, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, (4) front weights, good TA, new clutch, 20.8-38 rubber, 65%, 11.00-16 fronts, 9,282 hrs., SRC 436B remfg. engine, Clutch, TA, and PTO all new rebuild S/NU17104 1954 Case DC, narrow front, foot clutch, unrestored SKID STEER LOADER 1975 Case 1845 skid steer loader, diesel, ROPS, material bucket, 50% rubber, 1,100 hrs.on engine, S/N9830881 Steel grouser tracks for skid steer loader, off Case 1845 48” pallet forks HARVEST EQUIPMENT NOTE: Annual service rebuild by Ziegler Caterpillar.

2007 Cat Claas Lexion 595R, CAH, CEBIS, printer, Ag Leader mapping and auto steer, RWA, climate control, elec. sieve adj., long auger, tracks 90%, 1,249 sep. hrs., 1,767 engine hrs., S/NC0100595P57900307 2005 Cat Claas Lexion 590R, CAH, CEBIS, Ag Leader mapping and auto steer, RWA, 3D sieve, long auger, climate control, elec. sieve adj., CD player, 620/70R42 duals, 750/65R26 rears, 1,890 sep. hrs., 2,631 engine hrs., S/N590L57900204 2008 Cat Claas F540 flex head, 40', S/N44100610 2008 Clark Machine 7071320 corn head, 18x20", headsite, hyd. deck plates, knife rolls, Clark machine poly snouts, Cat single pt. hookup, oil drive, knife rolls, S/N214081820 Cat Claas Lexion 1230 corn head, 12x30", hyd. deck plates, poly snouts, knife rolls, S/N2ZZ01073 GRAIN CARTS 2008 Brent 1194 Avalanche track grain cart, 1000 PTO, roll tarp, lights, scale, S/NB24-750-114 2005 Brent 1084 Avalanche track grain cart, 1000 PTO, roll tarp, hopper ext., lights, S/N1322-210-121 DRILLS 2003 Tye Sure Stand drill, 10', pull-type, grass, Brome grass and fertilizer, rear harrow, fluted coulters, CRP, waterway, notill, S/NG-4473 Great Plains Solid Stand 30, front fold, 10" spacing, markers, packer wheels, S/NDP539 PLANTERS 2008 Kinze 3700 planter, 36x20", front fold, central fill, Unverferth single floating row cleaners, TruCount ind. row air clutches, finger pickup, Precision air down pressure and up pressure

system, self-contained hydraulic air pump, dual Redball monitors, Rawson dual hyd. drives, hand rinse tank, triple wing wheels, S/N751039 Dual liquid fertilizer, twin drive hydraulic fertilizer pumps, direct inject insecticide, corn and bean meters, total technology 20/20 Seed Sense, for 36x20" planter Ag Leader liquid control with all unlock codes Case-IH 1250 planter, 24x30", Pro-600 monitor, central fill, markers, insecticide, Yetter row cleaners, corn & bean meters, half width disconnect, 2 pt. hitch, AFS, less than 400 acres, S/NY8S00793 TILLAGE EQUIPMENT 2010 Krause 5635 field cultivator, 50', 4-bar harrow, 7" sweeps on 6" center, walking tandems, approx.

400 acres of use, S/N1602 2010 Krause Dominator 4850-18 disc ripper, rear rolling baskets, wing fold, 11 shank, S/N2912 2009 Krause soil finisher, 45', 2-bar harrow, rolling baskets 2002 Summers Super Coulter, 40', wing fold, 3 bar harrow, 250 acres on new blades, bearings, & tines, S/NB0545 JD 331 disc, 30', wing fold, cone blades, S/N11025A ROTARY HOE M&W 3530 rotary hoe, 30', wing fold, S/N144 Noble rotary hoe, 30', wing fold, high clearance JD 400 rotary hoe, 40', wing fold, rear lift assist, gauge wheels, S/N400F00578 SEMI TRACTORS 2001 IHC 9400I Eagle, Pro sleeper, 12.7 Detroit 60 Series, 500 hp, 13 spd., cruise, engine brake, diff lock, air ride, AC, power windows and locks, 234" WB, 22.5 on aluminum, 679,500 miles NOTE: 1998 IHCs all had in-frame rebuilds at 500,000 miles due to faulty pistons 1998 IHC 9400 Eagle, day cab, 12.7 Detroit 60 Series, 500 hp, 10 spd., cruise, air ride, diff lock, engine brake, power heated mirror, 180" WB, 22.5 on aluminum, 703,700 miles 1998 IHC 9400 Eagle, day cab, 12.7 Detroit 60 Series, 500 hp, 10 spd., air ride, eng. brake, diff lock, cruise, power heated mirror, 176" WB, wet kit, 22.5 on aluminum, 700,408 miles 1998 IHC 9400 Eagle, day cab, 12.7 Detroit 60 Series, 500 hp, 10 spd., air ride, engine brake, diff lock, cruise, power heated mirror, 178" WB, wet kit, 22.5 on aluminum, 667,216 miles 1996 IHC 9200, Pro sleeper, 12.7 Detroit 60 Series, 10 spd., air ride, engine brake, diff lock, cruise, power heated mirror, 11-22.5s on aluminum 1996 Kenworth T600, day cab, 12.7 Detroit 60 Series, 500 hp, 9 spd., air ride, air slide, engine brake, diff lock, 188" WB, wet kit, 22.5 on aluminum, 844,499 miles 1991 Kenworth T400, day cab, L10 Cummins, 9 spd., air ride, diff lock, air slider, rear receiver hitch, 22.5 on steel, 381,606 miles 1991 Kenworth T600, day cab, L10 Cummins, 9 spd. trans., air ride, air slide 5th wheel, jake brake, diff lock, 180" WB, 22.5 rubber on steel buds, 341,131 miles FEED TRUCKS 1997 IHC 4700 single axle feed truck, DT 466 Diesel, automatic, 14' feed box, tarp, Weightronics scale, 22.5’s on steel, 274,000 miles, 30,000 miles on inframe overhaul 1991 Kenworth T400, day cab, L10 Cummins, 9 spd., air ride, diff lock, Ledwell 4 compartment 16' feed box w/belt conveyor and scale, tandem axle, 22.5s on aluminum, 315,048 actual miles SPREADER TRUCKS 1997 Oshkosh FF-115, 6x6, tandem axle, L10 Cummins, 9 spd., air pusher, diff lock, wet kit, Hendrickson suspension, Meyer 8500 industrial

20' manure body, vertical beater, hyd. driven, 5.50/45R22.5 Terra tires, 356,000 miles, 100 hrs. on main bearings & overhead 1996 Peterbilt, 6x6, tandem axle, M11 Cummins, 9 spd., 20' Meyers 8865 manure body, vertical beaters, 600/50R22.5 Terra tires, 100 hrs. on main bearings & overhead, 132,000 miles VAN TRUCK & SERVICE TRUCK 2002 Freightliner FLD112 single axle, rear air tag axle, C10 Cat, 10 spd., air ride, power windows, 28' van body, Interlift 8 foot lift gate, roll up rear door, 22.5s on steel, 442,526 miles 2004 Chevrolet 3500 service truck, 1 ton dually, crew cab, V8 gas, automatic, 4WD, power locks and windows, Reading service body, powder coated, IMT Work Saver WS-100 crane, Miller Bobcat 225G welder generator, new Schrader air compressor w/Honda engine, 55,137 miles 1991 Chevrolet 3500 dually, reg. cab, V8 gas, automatic, 2WD, front hitch, Aluma 9' flatbed, headache rack, 250 gal. stainless fuel tank, Napa air compressor w/Honda 11 hp, Knaack gang box, side tool boxes, 41,345 miles PICKUPS 2005 GMC 2500 crew cab, short box, Duramax diesel, automatic, 4WD, leather, fully loaded, alloy wheels 2004 Chevrolet 3500 LT dually, crew cab, long box, Duramax diesel, automatic, 4WD, leather, fully loaded, Bose stereo, 5th wheel hitch, steel wheels, 2003 Chevrolet 2500 LS, reg. cab, long box, Duramax diesel, automatic, 4WD, power locks and windows, alloy rims 1999 Chevrolet 2500, reg. cab, long box, V8 gas, automatic, 4WD 1989 Chevrolet 2500, reg. cab, long box, V8 gas, auto, 4WD HOPPER BOTTOM TRAILERS 2001 Wilson Pacesetter DWH400, 43'x66" sides, air ride, 17" hopper height, belt drive traps, air gauge, roll tarp, 24.5 on steel 1998 Timpte Super Hopper, 42’x66” sides, air ride, 2 spd. traps, roll tarp, 17" hopper height, 24.5 on steel buds 1997 Wilson Pacesetter DWH400, 43’x66” sides, spring ride, 17" hopper height, (2) spd. traps, roll tarp, 22.5 on aluminum 1997 Wilson Pacesetter DWH400, 43’x66” sides, spring ride, 2 spd. traps, 17" hopper height, roll tarp, 22.5 on aluminum 1996 Wilson Pacesetter DWH400, 43’x66” sides, spring ride, 17" hopper height, (2) spd. traps, tarp, 24.5 on aluminum OTHER TRAILERS 1999 Talbert RGN self-contained tandem axle hyd. lowboy trailer, 24' bed, 8'-6" wide, spring ride, D-rings, flip-out outriggers w/boards, Honda engine, aluminum fenders, 255/70R22.5 rubber on steel buds 1974 Hyster step deck spray trailer, 33', (2) black Ace 2,100 gal. tank w/(2) F/S hose reels, transfer pump, ramps, 8.25-15 on Dayton wheels 1954 Transcraft step deck seed trailer, 32', holds (4) seed totes w/Christenson Seed Vac 2005 Maurer M41 header trailer, 41', torsion suspension, tandem axle, lights, S/N2093373 2004 header trailer, 48', gooseneck, torsion suspension, light kit, tool storage, tandem axle, 7,000 lb. axles 1993 Dorsey van trailer, 48'x98-1/2”, spring ride, double rear door, translucent top, wood floor, sliding rear axles, 22.5 on steel buds

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TOM KRUGER • (507) 534-2829 TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items.

Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed.

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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28, 2011 SALE TIME: 10:00 A.M. TIRES & PARTS (4) Caterpillar factory chevron drivers off 75C Challenger 22.5 and 24.5 aluminum and steel rims, new and used Numerous 24.5 tires, new and used (2) tool bars, 30', 3 pt., for parts and markers Pallets new & used fertilizer & hyd. hoses New NH3 parts New truck air bag & brake parts New LP line parts New electric motor parts, 1 & 3 phase New electric boxes New Summers Super Coulter parts New Kinze & Case-IH planter parts New IHC 86 Series radiator New air hose New banjo fittings New pump parts Hyd. driven PTO converter for large grain carts New gang box Ag-Systems tool bar hitches New Caterpillar starters New JD rotary hoe parts Pickup topper for Chevrolet long box 5th wheel plates Pipe fittings, new & used Large amount of lumber, new & used SHOP EQUIPMENT Coll-O-Crimp Super-1 hyd. hose maker, like new, full inventory of Weathergard fittings Kew 3803VA hot water pressure washer w/hose reel, 3 phase IR 2475 air compressor, vertical, 80 gal., 7.5 hp, 3 phase, S/N4016678 Karcher HDS1000 pressure washer, single phase 1980 Millport J-head mill, 3 phase, vise and power feed, S/N696 Craftsman drill press, 15", 1 hp, single phase 1998 U.S. Industrial Machinery lathe, 18" swing, 60" bed, 3 phase, tool post, 3 jaw chuck Schrader 82378VAT air compressor, 80 gal., 7.5 hp, single phase Lincoln 255 XT mig welder, single phase Lincoln 355 MP mig welder, 3 phase, aluminum/stainless attachments Thermal Dynamics Cutmaster 81 plasma cutter, single phase FMC tire changer Ellis 1600 miter band saw, S/N1148 ATV lift, 1,500 lb.

OTC 1591A air lift jack, 10T Napa transmission jack, 3,000 lb.

Honda 2000I portable gen set Briggs generator, 5500 watt Shop press, 50 ton Floor jack, 3 ton Parts washer (4) tote poly oil dispensers (2) bench grinders (2) large roll away tool boxes w/top chests Shop-built welding bench w/vises (2) Milwaukee chop saws, multiple hand grinders Craftsman table saw Stihl chain saw Sandblast pot w/hose Craftsman belt sander B&D miter saw Wood clamps Wards radial arm saw Air nailers Finish nailers Foley molder/planer for woodworking Dust collector cone, 20 hp motor Knipco heater Blade sharpener Shop tools, wrenches, air tools, welding, shop & farm supplies

TOM KRUGER • (507) 534-2829 AUCTIONEERS AND CLERK: Steffes Auctioneers Inc., 2000 Main Ave East, West Fargo ND 58078 (701) 237-9173 Scott Steffes MN14-51, Brad Olstad MN14-70, Bob Steffes MN14-09, Clark Sather MN54-005, Ashley Huhn MN47-002, Eric Gabrielson MN47006, Randy Kath MN47-007

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Pull type Road Grader FOR SALE: JD 5400-5830 and 6000 series forage har(Road Patrol), $400. 712vesters. Used kernel pro297-7951 cessors, also, used JD 40 knife Dura-Drums, and drum conversions for 5400 and 5460. Call (507)427-3520 www.ok-enterprises.com Bins & Buildings

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2-12'Hx15'W Morton Aluma Steel sliding doors, exc cond, $700 ea. Can deliver.

641-425-5478 FOR SALE: Building 26x46, insulated, good shape, $5,000. 320-877-7577 or 320220-3114 Hanson 18' ring drive & Van; Dale 16' surface drive silo unloaders.

Both have winches, cables & 7.5hp motors. Will trade. Call (608) 487-6121 leave message Stormer Bins & EZ-Drys.

100% financing w/no liens or red tape, call Steve at Fairfax Ag for an appointment. 888-830-7757 Grain Handling Equip

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1100 Bu X-TREME Unverferth/Brent Grain Cart w/ Tarp. M&W #1465 5 Shank Earthmaster w/ Harrow Good Cond. 319-347-2349 Can Deliver 2-45,000 bu. Bins complete with flooors, 8” power sweep & 24” fans; 2-10” 25 degree unloads, like new, $700 ea.; new floor supports, $2 ea. 507-697-6133 Leave Message 8X41 TPO Westfield auger.

Like new. (507)523-3305 or (507)450-6115.

Steffes Auction Calendar 2011 For More info Call 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: www.steffesauctioneers.com Opening December 20 & Closing December 29: IQBID Concordia Tractors Inc., Kansas, Year-End Reduction of Late Model, Low Hour Equipment Thursday, December 22nd @ 10 AM: AgIron 27 Consignment Event, Litchfield, MN, Multi-Ring Event Selling Tractors, Combines, Heads, Semis, Trucks, Tillage, Construction, Hay & Livestock, & Much More!

Wednesday, December 28th @ 10 AM: Tom Kruger Family Farms, Plainview, MN, Large Farm Auction with Late Model Cat. Equipment, Combines, Tractors, Track Tractors, Loader, Planters, Tillage & Much More!

Thursday, December 29 @ 11 AM: Joseph Feldman Auction, Paynesville, MN, Retirement Farm Auction Opening January 1 & Closing January 10: IQBID TriState January Consignment Event, Call Now to Consign!

Advertising Deadline: December 15th

Brandt Auger, hyd lift, low hopper, 10”x70', good shape, $4,250/OBO. 515-408-3122 Demco 350 bu gravity wagon on 10T Westendorf gear, $4,500. 712-786-3341 FOR SALE Seed cleaning equip.: Delta 114, 4 screen cleaner; Forsberg 12M gravity sewing machine bagger & conveyor. 320-8552527 or 320-226-3405 FOR SALE: '08 Fast 9500 sprayer, 1800 gal tank, 80' boom, 3” fill, rinse tank, triple nozzle bodies, HyPro pump, 380/90R46 tires, 450 Raven controller, exc cond. $31,500. 507-360-0395 FOR SALE:Used grain bins, floors unload systems, stirators, fans & heaters, aeration fans, buying or selling, try me first and also call for very competitive contract rates!

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FORKLIFTS & GEN SETS Toyota ZF6025 forklift, LP, 5,000 lbs., 3-stage mast, side shift, solid tires, 600 hrs., S/N74457 Winpower 18-30 gen set on transport, single phase, 18kw, 30 start, 540 PTO, S/N060-7S MQ Whisperweld portable DC welder gen set, Kubota diesel, 300 amp DC welder, 10 kw, light station, on transport, 880 hrs.

OTHER EQUIPMENT 2009 Schulte 5026 rotary mower, wing fold, 1000 PTO, S/N97608 2003 Land Pride Commander RCM 5015 rotary mower, wing fold, 1000 PTO, S/N440908 2003 Bush Hog 121-09 hyd. blade, 9', angle/tilt, 3 pt.

Tebben yard leveler, 60", 3 pt.

McKenzie one-way snow plow, 3 pt.

1999 pallet forks, 7,000 lbs., 6" wide, 74" tall, 54" long, for wheel loader Virnig pallet forks, 48", Case mounts Kewanee 45 running gear, 4-wheel Aluminum headache rack w/chain box Honda trash pump, 11 hp, 3" Pallet 2" suction hose (3) small rolls 6" tile (2) pallets electric motors, single and 3 phase, new and used, 1/4 hp to 60 hp (4) VFD‚s, 1/4 hp and up (2) Orthman 3 pt. guidance systems (3) 50 bu. shuttle boxes Taylor scale/bagger on 60 bu. hopper w/stand Better Built aluminum tool box New cable 2-way radios SUV & AUTOMOBILE 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe LS, V8 gas, automatic, 4WD, leather, fully loaded, luggage rack, 173,222 miles 2005 Porsche Cayenne S, automatic, 4x4, loaded, 120,000 miles LAWN & GARDEN 2009 Gravely ZT 2560HD lawn tractor, gas, 25 hp, 60" deck, zero turn, 93 hrs., S/N1478 2001 Grasshopper 725 lawn tractor, diesel, 61" deck, zero turn, bar lug tires, 377 hrs., S/N5212564 Pull-type lawn sprayer ATVS & RECREATION 2009 Gravely 996140 Treker side by side UTV, 4x4, gas, rear hitch, roof, windshield, hyd. dump box, 25 hrs.

2006 Kawasaki Mule 610, 4x4, gas, auto, ROPS, dump box, winch & blade 2001 Arctic Cat DVX 400, 2WD, nerf bars, bumper, LRD pipe, jet kit, K&N filter, performance CDI box, temp gauge, alloy wheels, w/hole shots, set of paddle tires, includes original tires Demco ATV sprayer 2002 Caldera Spas hot tub, 8x8, cover TANKS Armour aluminum fertilizer tank, 10,000 gal., banjo fittings Stainless steel tank, 1,800 gal., 4-wheel running gear, transfer pump Stainless steel tank, 1,300 gal., transfer pump, on flatbed (2) fuel tanks, 15,000 gal., Fill-Rite pump w/meter, auto shut-off nozzle, one white, one silver Fuel tank, 500 gal., 110v pump, meter, auto shut-off nozzle, red Pickup service tank, 2 compartment, 250 gal., 12v pumps, auto shut off nozzles Service tank, 120 gal., metered pump, red (6) Ace 10,000 gal. roto mold tanks, clear, banjo fittings, containment barrier Demco Side Quest 500 gal. saddle tanks, Cat mounts Agri Products saddle tanks, 300 gal.

Pair poly tanks for Cat tractor, inside track-type Mini poly bulk tanks Horizontal poly tank, 400 gal. w/cradle

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OTHER TRAILERS Continued Kidron van body, 20', for storage only 1979 Nodine tandem axle mobile fuel trailer, 560 gal. tank, two compartment tank, (2) 12v pumps, tool storage, lights 2007 Interstate enclosed v-nose trailer, 22', ramp door, 8' inside width, side door, roof AC, wood floor, electric winch, torsion axles, 12,000 lb. trailer rating 2005 PJ bumper hitch trailer, 22', 14,000 lb, wood floor, ramps, 8 bolt rims Shop-built 2-wheel trailer, bumper hitch pull, wood sides (3) van trailers, 48‚, plumbed for sawdust SPRAYER 2004 Case-IH SPX 4410 self-propelled sprayer, 100' boom, Aim Command, Norac boom controls, Viper Pro, Raven Starlink and SmarTrax auto steer, 3 Raven direct injectors, air cleanout, 1,200 gal. stainless steel tank, 380/80R46 tires, 80%, 1,678 hrs., S/N6419 (4) Firestone 600/65R38 tires and rims off Case-IH SPX sprayer, never used (4) 600/45R/22.5 tractor lug tires, new NH3 EQUIPMENT Ag Systems Nitro Master 8500 NH3 bar, wing-fold, 62-1/2', dual tank pull, 6-section shut off, N-serve inject, Raven cold flow units, Ag Leader insight controlled, N-sight manager, 22.5 truck tires, low acres, Ag Systems Nitro Master 8000 NH3 bar, 52', wing fold, dual Raven cold flow, N-Serve inject, N-Sight manager, Ag Leader insight control, set up to pull 2 tanks, 4 shut-off control, S/N1377 LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT Big Blue 808A silage box, 14', 4-wheel running gear, S/N57110 (2) H&S forage boxes, 16', roofs, no running gears Meyer 8500 manure spreader, 1000 PTO, vertical beaters, tandem axle, 30.5-32 tires, S/N500251 Meyer manure spreader parts Poly calf feeders Pallet T-posts Livestock panels GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT & HOPPER BINS Torit 100 bag house, 20‚ with cyclone, 16” blower, 25 hp 3 phase motor, airlock, air tanks and double wall air ducting 2005 Conveyair Ultima 6 grain vac, 1000 PTO, S/N105063573 Eazy Flow gravity box, 250 bu., on 4-wheel running gear, tarp, Christenson Seed Vac, Honda engine Grain leg, 102', manifold, cleaner, two distributors, steel cups, ladders, 10"x15" tube, some down spouts, dismantled, 25 hp, 3,500 bu./hr., heavy duty U-trough augers, 12” 2008 Batco 1535 belt conveyor, electric drive, S/N157962007 Batco 1390 belt conveyor, PTO, S/N13223 2001 Sudenga drive over drag conveyor, single phase, S/NPC-319 Zabel paddle conveyor, 18'x2" Zabel belt conveyor, 18'x2" Val-Metal rubber belt conveyor, 50'x24", 12' incline Yargus belt conveyor, stainless steel, on transport, self-contained hyd. power unit, Honda engine, S/NF1243309087 Sudenga grain loader, 3 pt., 540 PTO, (2) 20' unload augers Dickey John GAC 2100 moisture tester Grain transitions (3) Friesen hopper bins, 2,500 bu.

Steel hopper bin, 50 bu.

Screw-in aeration fans Large amount grain vac flex pipe, rigid pipe, multiple lengths & sizes, all aluminum

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FOR SALE: JD plows, mod- '05 JD 557 round baler, 5x5 bales, net wrap, cover el 4D, 214 on steel, reedge, 2282 bales, $17,000 stored, very nice; model 44 obo. (651)380-6921 214 hyd lift plow, recond; F145H 416, semi mount plow, good cond; 2500 518 FOR SALE: '06 NH BR780, 5100 bales, good shape, hyd reset in very good $11,000. 320-761-6417 or 320cond. 320-732-3370 594-2402 Pull type Road Grader For Sale: H&S 12 wheel bi(Road Patrol), $500. fold rake. Good cond.

712-297-7951 (715)964-1052

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LOCATION: From Plainview, MN, 2 miles east on County Rd. 8 (22814 East County Rd. 8)

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Friesen 220 brush auger seed Parker 5600 gravity box. '98 CIH 2388, 4x4, 3500 eng hrs $46,000. (608)987-2373 tender, 5.5 Honda end., tanLights, brakes, & roll tarp. dem trlr, always shedded, Exc cond. (507)523-3305 or $8000l (2) Parker 2500 grav320R42 front duals, inner & (507)450-6115. ity boxes on 12T gunning outer tires w/22” drums, gear, $2,700 ea. 507-276-8674 8055 Series & newer, Farm Implements 035 $2,900;18.4x42 10 bolt duals, WESTFIELD AUGER SALE $2,250; 18.4x38 10 bolt duals, 28 Ft Kent/Great Plains Se10x61.....$7,699 $750; 18.4x38 duals, 9 bolt, ries 8 Discovator/Finisher 10x71.....$8,299 hubs, 60% tires, IH 3 1/2” Like New. J&M 750 Bu 10x81.....$9,899 hubs, $950; 14.9x46 band duGrain Cart w/ Tarp Good New swing hopper augers at als, $1,450. 320-769-2756 Cond.

Farm King 13x36 The Best Price!

Truck Auger Elec or PTO Mike at 507-848-6268 319-347-6138 Can Deliver

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2 or 3 pt blades 6', 7', 8' & 9', CIH 1200 STACK FOLD $100 to $1250. Tractors & PLANTER CBJ0018697; other equip. avail. 712-29912R30; PRO-600 monitor; 6608 corn & bean plates; markers. $19,900. (715) 878-9858 3 pt Snowblowers, 7', 8', $850 to $2850. Tractor weights & CIH LX730 loader w/grapple chains. 712-299-6608 fork, very clean, $4,900; skidsteer snowblower, like 8-bolt tire w/rim 25.5Lx16.1 new, $4,000. 612-618-6367 for $85. 6-bolt 10x15 impl rims. PU shock hitch Flare, 6-7x12 barge & gravity 712-299-6608 wagons, $250 to $2250. NI pull pickers 30”-38”. 712-299Black Bear compost turner.

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FOR SALE: '88 JD 4450 w/ power shift, 3 hyds, FWA, axle duals, 18.4x38, single owner tractor, nice, 13,000 hrs; JD 1760 planter, liq fert, row cleaners, low acres, good cond.

320-224-7253 FOR SALE: '90 9500 JD combine, 2490 sep hrs, very clean. JD 2200 field cult, 34 ½', accu-depth controls, knock-off sweeps. Century 750 gal. sprayer, 60' boom, Micro-Trak controls, tandem wheels. (507) 327-3148.

FOR SALE & WILL PURCHASE: NH BALE WAG- FOR SALE: Hyd flat fold ONS. ROEDER IMPLEmarkers for planter or toolMENT SENECA, KS 66538 bars etc. $2,500/set.

785-336-6103 712-297-7951 FOR SALE: '08 Mandako 45' FOR SALE: IH 490 disc, 22', long roller, 42” drum, nice, exc. blades, new bearings & tires, $5,500. 641-495-6170 $27,000. 320-987-3177

160 ACRES (more or less) LAND SALE WINNEBAGO CITY TOWNSHIP, FARIBAULT COUNTY MINNESOTA

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012 - 10:30 A.M. Sale Location: Spencer, Barke & Vesselman Law Office 114 West Sixth Street, Blue Earth, MN 56013

Description: the Southeast Quarter of Section Eighteen (18), Township One Hundred Four (104), North of Range Twenty-eight (28), West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, County of Faribault and State of Minnesota.

Location: 2 miles North of Winnebago on Hwy. 169, thence West approximately 3 miles.

Terms: Ten (10%) percent down date of sale and balance on or before February 6, 2012 upon delivery of marketable title. This is a written bid sale beginning promptly at 10:30 a.m. on January 6, 2012. Buyers will have the opportunity to submit written bids so long as there is more than one bidder. Seller reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Detailed terms given at sale will prevail.

Possession: February 6, 2012

ROBERTA (COLLEGE) DINGMAN FAMILY, OWNER For further information, contact attorney R. William Barke P.O. Box 127, Blue Earth, MN 56013 (507) 526-2141

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FOR SALE: IH 490 disc, 22', exc blades, new bearings & tires, $5,500. 641-495-6170 Grasshopper power vac for model 227, used 1 yr. Midmount mowers, $1,000. 641425-5478 Haybuster 2650 bale shredder, never used, $16,900. Allied 695 loader JD2950 mts, $5,995. 320-543-3523 Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Repair Repair-Troubleshooting Sales-Design Custom hydraulic hose-making up to 2” Service calls made.

STOEN'S Hydrostatic Service 16084 State Hwy 29 N Glenwood, MN 56334 320634-4360 IH 5088 tractor, 6700 hrs., 3 hyd., 3 pt., 18.4x38 duals, $13,750; IH Super H tractor, IH WF, nice tires, $2,450; Red Devil 8', 2 auger snowblower, $2,750; CIH 4800, 25' field cult., 4 sets of tandems, IH harrow, $6,750.

320-769-2756 IH 560 hyd bucket ldr; Gravity wagons: (2) Demco 365, 550, (2) Parker 500 bu, Coming in: Demco 650; JD 48 ldr; Series Chev 90, tri axle, dsl, 700 bu; MH 33 PTO, rubber like new; JD 420 hoe; 8x38 auger; Schwartz WF, 660 or 730 JD; JD 963 gear, like new + 2; IH fenders. Peterson Equipment New Ulm MN 507-276-6957 or 6958 JD 4960 MFW tractor, 18.4x42 tires 90%, 20 frt wgts., recent OH, $42,500; Red Devil 8' snowblower w/hyd spout, $2,750; JD 567 baler w/quick tie attach., $8,900; JD 443 oil drive cornhead w/knife rolls, nice, $3,450. 320-769-2756 JD 530 tractor, 3 pt. & fenders, restored; JD 158 ldr; JD 46A ldr; CIH 2255 ldr; Paulson ldr off D15 Allis; Hesston 10 Stakhand; Schweiss 3 axle, 8x16' flatbed trlr.

Koestler Farm Equip 507-399-3006 JD backhoe 310, new tires, ROPS, good buckets, ready to go, $16,500. 515-408-3122 Killbros. model 385 w/ 2-20" extensions. 15 ton gear.

Good cond. (507)523-3305 or (507)450-6115.

McCormick 15' bat wing mower $6,500/OBO. Frontier 1442 manure spreader $17,000/OBO, 28' JD 630 disc $13,500/OBO. 608-792-8051 NH Super 69 chute baler; NH 479 haybine, parts mach.; NuBilt 175 bu. grav. box; 2 JD 500 gal. spray pups w/pump; bale flat rack; Brillion 10' grass seeder.

320-864-4583 or 320-779-4583 RENTAL UNITS-13 Shank Great Plains TC5113 TURBO-CHISEL (2011) w/ H. D. Reel Like New. M&W 5 or 7 Shank #1700 EARTHMASTER w/ Heavy Harrow Like New (Both Have Warranty) Dealer. 319-347-6282 Can Deliver We buy Salvage Equipment Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc. (507)867-4910

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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.

We pay top dollar for your damaged grain.

We are experienced handlers of your wet, dry, burnt and mixed grains.

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Competitive wages and benefit plan.

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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

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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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Knight 1040 Spreader. Hyd. Loaders for 1940 thru 1970 NH 185 manure spreader, NH 445 Gas Skidsteer w/60" NH LS190, 3600 hours, high Roller Mill Farm King #85, S185 Bobcat. Cab, heat. tandem axle, hyd. endgate, bucket. Runs good. $4,500. tractors $250 to $3650. 712drive, upper beater. Nice 8” chrome rollers, 150bu/hr, Noise package, quick-tach, flow, 2 speed. $12,500 obo single beater, $3,000.

(715)829-2224 299-6608 Pomeroy cond. $6,850. 608-214-1859 used 2 yrs, $2400. 641-4252spd, 1800 hrs. $18,500.

608-792-8051 507-276-4194 5478 608-214-1859.

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ABSOLUTE DEALER

THE LAND, DECEMBER 23, 2011

INVENTORY REDUCTION AUCTION Friday, December 30, 2011 – 8:30 A.M. (B) Bancroft Imp. Inc. Bancroft, IA 515-885-2319

RED POWER TEAM

(C) Corwith Red Power Corwith, IA 515-583-2364

www.RedPowerTeam.com

(H) Humboldt Red Power Humboldt, IA 515-332-1702

(NH) New Hampton Red Power New Hampton, IA 641-394-3178

(MC) Mason City Red Power Mason City, IA 641-424-2702

(M) Manson Red Power Manson, IA 712-469-2145

Sale Site: Mason City Red Power • 122 West • Mason City, Iowa From Interstate 35, take Exit 194, go East 3 miles

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

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Live On Line Bidding available on GehlingLive.com SELLING 36 TRACTORS INCLUDING: * CIH MX315 MFWD - 2011 - 250 Hrs - 50” w/Duals - 38” Fronts w/Duals * (2) MX305 MFWD - 2010 - 467 & 581 Hrs - 50” w/Duals * MX305 MFWD - 2009 - 800 Hrs - 50” w/Duals * Steiger 485 - 2010 - 280 Hrs - 710/70R42 w/Duals * 535 QT - 2008 - 2,300 Hrs - 30” Belts * STX 480 HD - 2007 - 2,350 Hrs - 38” w/Duals * (3) Magnum 305 MFWD - 2007 1,050, 1325 & 2440 Hrs - 50” w/Duals * MX305 - 2006 - 3,000 Hrs - 50” w/Duals * MX275 MFWD - 2008 - 2,065 Hrs - 50” w/Duals * MX285 MFWD - 2006 - 1,447 Hrs - 46” w/Duals * STX450 - 2005 - 1,800 Hrs - 42” w/Factory Triples * MX285 MFWD - 2003 - 3,300 Hrs - 42” w/Duals * 8940 MFWD - 42” w/Duals * 1586 * 1086 * 1466 * 1066 * (2) 856 * 560 * 300 * JD 9630 - 2008 - 1,232 Hrs - PS - 800/70R38 w/Duals * 9530 - 2009 - 850 Hrs - PS - 800/70R38 w/Duals * 9430 - 2009 - 1,725 Hrs - PS - 46” w/Duals * 9220 - 2006 - 1,510 Hrs - PS - 42” w/Duals * 8330 MFWD - 2007 - 1,610 Hrs - “46 w/Duals * 7730 - 2 Wheel - 2007 - 636 Hrs - Auto Quad - 42” w/Duals * 4430 * 950 * New Holland T9060 - 2009 - 920 Hrs - 38” w/Duals * 9880 - 1994 - 4,850 Hrs - 38” w/Duals * 9680 - 1994 3,580 Hrs - 12 Speed 38” w/Duals * 8970 MFWD - 1995 - 5,018 Hrs - Super Steer - PS - 46” w/Duals – SELLING 32 COMBINES INCLUDING: * CIH (3) 8120 - 2010 - 463, 531 585 Hrs - 42” w/Duals * 8120 - 2010 - 949 Hrs - 4x4 - 42” wDuals * (2) 8120 - 2009 - 700 & 703 Hrs - 42” w/Duals * (2) 7120 - 2011 - 163 & 165 Hrs - 42” & 76x50 Flotation * (5) 7120 - 2011 - 450, 480, 331, 370 & 550 Hrs. - 42” w/Duals * 7120 - 2009 - 870 Hrs - 42” w/Duals * (2) 8010 - 2007 - 1,120 & 1,350 Hrs - 42” w/Duals * 7010 - 2008 - 1,100 Hrs - 42” w/Duals * 7088 - 2010 - 540 Hrs - 42” w/Duals * (3) 5088 - 2011 - 166, 170 & 180 Hrs - (2) w/30.5x32 - (1) w/42” Duals * 5088 - 2010 - 220 Sep Hrs - 30.5x32 * 5088 - 2009 - 710 Hrs - 30.5x32 • (2) 2388 * (2) 2366 * 2188 * 1688 * (2) 1460 * 1440 * JD 9670 - 2010 - 340 Hrs - 42” w/Duals * 9870 - 2009 - 434 Hrs - 38” w/Duals * 9870 - 2009 - 566 Hrs - 4x4 - 38” w/Duals – 44 CORN HEADS INCLUDING: CIH (3) 2612 * (3) 3412 * (2) 2612 * (2) 2412 * (3) 3408 * 3208 * (7) 2208 * (2) 1083 * (5) 1063 * 863 * DRAGO 21 - 12 Row Chopping, 12 Row (6) 8 Row Chopping, 8 Row * 6 Row Chopping * JD (2) 612 C * 608 C - Chopping * NH 98 D - 6 Row 30 – 20 FLEX PLATFORMS INCLUDING: * CASE IH (5) 2020 - 35’ * 2020 - 30’ * 2020 - 25’ * (5) 1020 - 30’ * (3) 1020 - 25’ * 1020 - 20’ * (2) JD 635F * 630F – 29 PLANTERS INCLUDING: CASE IH 1250 - 16 Row 30” - 2011 - Bulk Fill • 1250 - 12 Row 30” * 1240 - 16 Row 30” * (5) 1250 - 24 Row 30” * (2) 1200 - 16 Row 30” * 950 - 12 Row 30” * 800 - 16 Row 30” * 800 - 8 Row 30” * Kinze (2) 3700 - 24 Row 30” * 3600 - 16 Row 30” * JD 1770 CCS - 16 Row 30” * 1770 NT - 16 Row 30” * (2) 1790 CCS - 16/32 Row * 1770 NT - 16 Row 30” * 1770 - 24 Row 30” * 1780 - 16/31 Row * 1770 - 16 Row 30” * 7200 - 16 Row 30” * 7200 - 8 Row 36” * (2) White 5100 - 12 Row 30” – PLUS ALL TYPES OF TILLAGE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING: * Case (2) IH 870 - 11 Shank Rippers * 2) 870 9 Shank Rippers * (3) 730 C *(7) 730 B * 530 C * 9300 * (2) 9300 - 9 Shank * Krause Dominator 4850 - 13 Shank, 11 Shank, 9 Shank * JD (3) 2700 - 7 Shank 30” * 512 - 7 Shank 30” * Brent CPC - 5 Shank 30” * Landoll 9 Shank 24” * M&W 2500 - 11 Shank * 1865 9 Shank * 1465 - 7 Shank * (2) Sunflower 4411 - 9 Shank * Case IH 14 - 9 Shank V Ripper – 14 FIELD CULTIVATORS From 32’ To 60’ – 4 STALK CHOPPERS – 8 GRAIN CARTS – SPRAYERS * CASE IH 3330 - 2009 - 260 Hrs - 90’ Booms - Loaded * JD 4700 - 1999 - 96’ Booms - 750 Gallon S.S. Tank – PLUS ALL OTHER TYPES OF MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

For A Complete Listing with Descriptions and Photos go to www.RedPowerTeam.com www.gehlingauction.com or call Red Power at 641-424-2702 or Gehling Auction Co. at 1-800-770-0347.

TERMS: CNH Financing Programs & Waivers will be available to qualified buyers. Stop in or call any Red Power store during normal business hours. www.gehlingauction.com • Email: gehling@gehlingauction.com

Farm Implements

035 Tractors

036 Tractors

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: JD 4430, 8790 hrs, 18.4x38 tires w/ duals, w/ 148 JD loader. $20,000.

320-522-0589

037

HAAS EQUIP., LLC

• 320-598-7604 •

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

JD 3010, gas, WF, 3 pt. ......................$4,500 JD 2510, gas ......................................$6,250 (2) JD 3020, gas ....................$5,000/$7,500 ‘72 JD 3020, syncro ........................$10,500 JD 2030, Utility, diesel ............................Call JD 2355, Utility, diesel ............................Call (2) JD 3020, PS ..................$8,500/$17,500 JD 4010 D..........................................$5,500 JD 4010 D, 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 4230, Quad, engine OH ..............$14,500 JD 4430, PS......................................$13,500 JD 4240, Quad..................................$18,500 JD 4440, PS......................................$19,250 JD 4250, 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 JD 2940, FWA, JD 260 loader ..........$16,500

IH 7110, FWA, FH 1140 loader ........$37,500 NH BR 780A baler, net wrap ............$17,500 NH BR 780 baler, net wrap, Sharp....$14,500 (2) NH BR 780 balers ..........$9,000/$10,500 JD 843 loader, Like New ..................$12,500 JD 840 loader, JD 8000 mts. ..............$9,500 JD 720 loader......................................$5,500 JD 260 loader......................................$4,500 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.........$3,900 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

It’s worth getting up early for something this

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AUCTION Consignment Sale Jan. 16, 2012

Taking Consignments Sale Bill Prints January 2nd Sale Held Inside at Grand Meadow, MN Don’t forget that we sell Redwing boots at a price that beats them all!!

• Free Drop Ship in USA • Redwing Warranty • Made in USA Call Steven Cell: 507-259-6809

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

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: Have running motor for Allis Chalmers 190XT tractor; Have new overhauled motor for WD Allis Chalmers tractor. 507848-1701 or 507-236-8726

036 Harvesting Equip

Oliver 1900 GM standard, 97 - Gleaner R-52 combine w/ JD 4850 2WD, exc. Shape. good runner, 3 pt., checker(507)523-3305 or 520 flex BH, hugger 630 CH. board; Allis 220, good run507-450-6115.

Well maint, always shedner, rebuilt injectors & ded. 2,450 hrs. (651)459-8114 JD 7810, MFWD, power pump. 320-693-7562 quad, 3800 hrs, many opC-IH 1688 combine, 2WD, tions, exc. 651-336-4254 Harvesting Equip 037 2400 hrs., rock trap, chopper, grain tank ext., just JD 8320RT, loaded, 1150 hrs, '09 JD 612 chopping head, thru service inspection, 2nd 25” tracks, $208,000. loaded, CM, header height owner, nice, $45,000. 952507-383-0114 controls, $78,500.

240-2193 507-383-0114 Minneapolis Moline Tractor Parts for sale. River Dale '82 & '77 Bidwell edible bean FOR SALE: '06 JD 635 bean Farms, (920) 295-3278. head, new sickle, new drive combines, $5,500 & $3,000; belt & chain, can deliver.

8-30 Speedy bean cutter MM's for sale, G1000 Vista $17,900. w/new $1,100 Ubly bean LP, M670 super gas, M670 507-327-1903 or 507-964-5548 knives, $900 for all; 8R or gas w/ldr, U302 super gas, 6R Heath bean cutter, $500; U302 lp, Jet Star 3 super White 6 belt dummy head, FOR SALE: '08 JD 9670STS, gas w/ldr, Jet Star 3 super duals, Contourmaster, 835 like new, $600; JD 220 flex gas, 5 Star lp, 445 gas sep hrs, exc cond, $162,500; head, black reel w/white w/ldr, U w/WF & power '10 635F $32,000. 712-348-0301 drives, $1,200; Bish head steering. All have been adapter, JD head to White, through the shop. 335 re$500; hyd reel drive kit for FOR SALE: Combine Headstored. River Dale Farms White 9700 combine, $500; er Transports. 2 Wheel, 4 920-295-3278 Versatile 400, 12' swather, Wheel & Caster Wheel modworks good, $1,000; '71 IH els. Brackets sold separateMX 240, 2300 hrs, duals back truck w/300 bu wood box, ly to build your own. Satis& front, 3pt, rock box, $1,500; '74 IH w/newer 300 faction guaranteed! (320) $83,500/OBO. 507-237-2644 bu. box, 3 pc endgate, 563-4145 or (320)808-7644 $2,500; Melroe 30' multiAsk for Denny!

NEW AND USED TRACTOR weeder w/new sweeps, See All Of Our Trailers PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, $500; JD 4239T eng., $1,900; www.klugmanwelding.com 55, 50 Series & newer trachave pictures, open to oftors, AC-all models, Large FOR SALE: IH 1440 comfers.

320-693-7196 Inventory, We ship! Mark bine, 2415 hrs, very good Heitman Tractor Salvage '94 CIH 1020, 17 ½' bean cond. $9,500; 1063 6R corn715-673-4829 head, 3” cut, poly skid head, also very good cond. plate, exc cond, shedded, Specializing in most AC used $9,500. 320-356-7196 $6,000. 712-229-2033 tractor parts for sale. Now parting out WD, 190XT, '97 JD 9400, E-2264 F-1573, FOR SALE: JD 6620 Side hill #200 & D-17 tractors. Rosencombine w/ 643 low tin 30.5x32 frt, 14.9x24 rear, berg Tractor Salvage 507cornhead. Low hrs. Very chopper, grain loss yld & 848-1701 or 507-236-8726 good cond. (507)523-3305 or moisture, DAM-BAS, Maur(507)450-6115. er topper, shedded, yearly WE HAVE PARTS! Parts shop inspection, $59,500. for Tractors, Combines, 952-467-2987 Leave message Machinery, Hay Equipment, and more... All '98 CIH 2388. Specialty rotor. makes & Models. Used, Rock trap, reverser, long new, rebuilt, aftermarket. auger, big top, yield mon., All States Ag Parts chopper, 30.5X32 tires.

Call: 877-530-4430 to reach 4100/3100 hours. Really nice the store nearest you! & straight. $52,500 obo. 715418-0177 Www.tractorpartsasap.com

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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

036 Tractors

THE LAND, DECEMBER 23, 2011

S185 Bobcat. Cab heat. 1800 FOR SALE: used Oliver hrs. $18,500. 608-214-1859 tractor parts for most models including hyd unit for Tractors 036 77/880, pair of steps for 880, PTO belt pulley unit for 770 '00 JD 8410, Auto Track & up(rare item), all kinds ready, 480R46 duals 80%, of motor parts for gas & new 34” frts, wgts, 5700 dsl, '55 dsl parts, walk, hrs., 4 SCV's, 42 GPM hyd. crank, 3spd over & under, pump. (507)340-2937 cab, WF, hyd pump & a lot more parts. 218-564-4273 '03 JD 7810 MFWD, CAH, 19 spd. power shift, 26 mph., FORD 860. Needs tune up 8600 hrs, $42,500 obo. 715work. $2,000. (715)829-2224 667-5353 '07 JD 7930, 1800 hrs., IVT IH 574 w/loader; JD 420 w/loader & pwr steering; transmission, 4 hyds., Auto Ford whl wgts. 320-864-3837 Trak ready, HID light pkg., active seat, 320R50 rear duals, 320R34 frt., exc. shape, IH 856 dsl., no cab, 3 pt., 2 hyd., good 38” tires, new $129,500. 218-790-9478 clutch, good tin, $7,500. 952'08 TTX190 McCormick FWA 240-2193 tractor, 250 hours, full WarJD 2950 MFWD w/JD 260 ldr, ranty thru Spring 2013, $17,500; JD 2440 utility, $85,000. 507-276-9029 diesel, WF 3 pt. nice little '64 JD 4020 dsl., recent OH, tractor. $8250. JD 2010 gas, restored (new paint, fuel row crop, NF, 3 pt. very injector pump, tach., fuel good sheet metal, runs gauge & fender), tires @ great. $3500. MF 150 utility, 80%, $13,000. 507-530-2716 gas, WF 3 pt., ps, $3500. IH 1086 four post canopy, new '83 JD 4450, 2WD, 8230 hrs., 18x4x38, dual PTO & hyd's.

15 spd, pwr shift, duals, field ready $9,500. Kubota front wgts, $29,000. 507-526B2400, 4x4, w/rear blade & 7491 rear tiller, $7,750. Randy's Black Angus cows bred to Farm Service 715-299-2210 Pharo Cattle Company JD 4320, fenders, 18x38 tires Bull. Call 715-829-8965 (new). Exc. cond. One of a CIH 7140, 4 post, duals, wgts, kind! (608)315-0370 5500 hrs, $19,900. JD 7700, 2 post, w/pwr shift, $19,900. JD 4450 MFWD, PS, wts, duJD 4050, 4 post, w/loader, als, front fenders. Exc. pwr shift, $18,000. JD 4050, Cond. (608)315-0370 cab, heat, air, '88, QR, JD 4455 MFWD, PS, wts, $19,000. Call 608-987-2373 tires 90%. 5600 hrs. Exc. Farmall 350 gas, IHC fast cond. (608)315-0370 hitch, runs good, nice sheetmetal, single front wheel, JD 4520 dsl., 5200 hrs., rock $1,450. (715)623-6447 box, 18.4x38 rubber @ 75%, side console, 3 pt. This FOR SALE: '57 JD 520, tractor is very nice & very SN5212034 w/ full 3pt, tires well taken care of, $11,500 & tin are good, runs, will or OBO. (507)247-5172 separate 3pt, $3,600.

507-360-1910 near Worthington MN

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

GLENCOE, MN • 320-864-5531

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

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

TRACTORS 4WD

CIH 535 Quad, '10, 910 hrs ..........................................$292,750 CIH 535 Quad, '09 ........................................................$287,500 CIH STX530Q, '06, 2340 hrs ........................................$225,000 CIH 500 Steiger, '11, 405 hrs ........................................$265,500 CIH STX500Q, '05, 2320 hrs ........................................$189,500 CIH 9390, '97 ..................................................................$88,500 CIH 9380, '97 ..................................................................$79,000 CIH 9270, '91, 4815 hrs ..................................................$72,900 CIH 9170, '89, 7825 hrs ..................................................$56,500 CIH 9150, '88, 6405 hrs ..................................................$45,300 CIH 9150, '87, 5625 hrs ..................................................$48,500 Case 550H, '00, 1675 hrs ................................................$35,500 Challenger MT865B, '06, 3745 hrs ................................$199,500 JD 9630, '08 ..................................................................$240,000 JD 9400T ......................................................................$109,000 JD 9400, '98, 3245 hrs..................................................$109,900 JD 9400, '97, 5065 hrs....................................................$87,900 NH 9880, '94, 6775 hrs ..................................................$69,500 NH 9282, '97, 3585 hrs ..................................................$69,500 NH T9060, '08, 1440 hrs ..............................................$212,000 Versatile 835, '78, 11,000 hrs..........................................$21,500

TRACTORS AWD/MFD Continued

CIH 215 Mag, '10, 3100 hrs ..........................................$105,000 CIH 215 Mag, '09, 880 hrs ............................................$129,500 CIH 180 Mag, '11....................................................................Call CIH 230 Puma, '11, 130 hrs ..........................................$135,000 CIH 8950, 8725 hrs ........................................................$62,500 CIH 8940, '97, 5575 hrs ..................................................$64,500 CIH 7230, '96, 5655 hrs ..................................................$61,000 CIH 7140, '92 ..................................................................$45,900 CIH 5250, '92, 5650 hrs ..................................................$36,500 CIH 55A, '11, 4 hrs ..........................................................$28,000 Farmall 350........................................................................$3,900 Allis 8070, '83, 7500 hrs ................................................$24,500 Deutz D6207, '83 ..............................................................$6,995 Fendt 818, 4220 hrs ........................................................$79,500 Ford 8970, '95, 5600 hrs ................................................$57,500 Ford 8970, '94, 8140 hrs ................................................$62,500 Ford TW25II, 6635 hrs ....................................................$15,000 Kubota M6800, '03, 775 hrs............................................$24,500 McCormick TTX230, '09, 615 hrs....................................$90,000 McCormick XTX165, '09, 260 hrs....................................$89,500 NH 8870, '00, 4145 hrs ..................................................$62,500

COMPACT TRACTORS

TRACTORS 2WD

CIH 40 Farmall CVT ........................................................$36,250 CIH DX25E, '04, 175 hrs..................................................$13,900 Agco ST 40, '02, 435 hrs ................................................$18,500 Kubota BX2350TV, '08, 655 hrs ........................................$7,950 Kubota BX2230, '04, 1965 hrs ..........................................$7,750 Kubota BX2200, '01 ..........................................................$8,750

COMBINES

COMBINES Continued

BEAN/CORNHEADS Continued

CIH 7010, '07, 750 hrs ..................................................$207,000 CIH 6088, '11, 470 hrs ..........................................................Call CIH 6088, '11, 545 hrs ..........................................................Call CIH 6088, '11, 500 hrs ..........................................................Call CIH 6088, '10, 525 hrs ..................................................$235,000 CIH 6088, '10, 600 hrs ..................................................$225,000 CIH 6088........................................................................$225,000 CIH 2588, '08, 1480 hrs ................................................$194,500 CIH 2588, '07, 1910 hrs ................................................$178,900 CIH 2388, '06, 1440 hrs ................................................$164,900 CIH 2388, '06, 1735 hrs ................................................$157,500 CIH 2388, '05, 2320 hrs ................................................$126,900 CIH 2388, '04, 1270 hrs ................................................$135,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2740 hrs ................................................$135,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2415 hrs ................................................$140,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2175 hrs ................................................$131,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2540 hrs ................................................$117,900 CIH 2388, '03 ................................................................$119,900 CIH 2388, '01, 2400 hrs ................................................$108,500 CIH 2388, '01, 2580 hrs ................................................$115,000 CIH 2388, '01, 2840 hrs ................................................$103,500 CIH 2388, '01, 3250 hrs ..................................................$99,900 CIH 2388, '98, 3780 hrs ..................................................$89,000 CIH 2388, '98, 3835 hrs ..................................................$89,500 CIH 2366, '03, 1950 hrs ................................................$129,500 CIH 2366, '02, 3125 hrs ..................................................$93,500 CIH 2366, '00, 2810 hrs ..................................................$92,500 CIH 2366, '00, 3135 hrs ..................................................$92,500 CIH 2366, '99, 3845 hrs ..................................................$79,500 CIH 2188, '97, 3800 hrs ..................................................$69,500 CIH 2188, '97, 2365 hrs ..................................................$79,000 CIH 2188, '96, 2950 hrs ..................................................$72,500 CIH 2188, '96, 3045 hrs ..................................................$85,900 CIH 2166, '97, 4150 hrs ..................................................$65,500 CIH 2166, '96, 3250 hrs ..................................................$64,500 CIH 2166, '96, 3430 hrs ..................................................$67,900 CIH 1688, '94, 3305 hrs ..................................................$59,500 CIH 1688, '94, 4160 hrs ..................................................$39,500 CIH 1688, '93, 4560 hrs ..................................................$47,500 CIH 1660, '90, 4360 hrs ..................................................$29,500 CIH 1660, '87, 4605 hrs ..................................................$27,500 IH 1460, '82, 4535 hrs ......................................................$7,500 IH 1420, 3325 hrs..............................................................$5,500 JD 9870STS, '09, 830 hrs ............................................$275,000 JD 9770S, '08, 890 hrs..................................................$217,000 JD 9660STS, '04, 2115 hrs ..........................................$155,000 JD 9610, '96, 3265 hrs....................................................$69,500 JD 9400, '97, 3250 hrs....................................................$44,500 JD 8820, '84 ....................................................................$10,500 JD 7720, '82, 5445 hrs....................................................$10,000 MF 750, '77 ......................................................................$3,500 NH TR97, '95, 3955 hrs ..................................................$32,000 NH TR86, '89, 3860 hrs ..................................................$22,500 NH TR86, '85, 3245 hrs ..................................................$15,000 NH TR70, 1450 hrs............................................................$2,700 NH 970, '03, 2020 hrs ..................................................$139,000

(13) Drago 8R30 Cornhead ............................$29,500 - $54,500 Drago 8R22 Cornhead ....................................................$33,000 (5) Drago 6R30 Cornhead ..............................$32,000 - $54,500 Geringhoff 1222 Cornhead ..............................................$69,500 Geringhoff 8R30 Cornhead ..............................................$29,900 (2) Geringhoff Roto Disc................................$36,500 & $38,500 Harvestec 4306C Cornhead ............................................$34,000 (4) Harvestec 8R30 Cornhead ........................$29,500 - $39,500 Harvestec 6R30 Cornhead ..............................................$15,900 JD 1293, 12R30 Cornhead ..............................................$51,500 JD 10R22 Cornhead ..........................................................$8,500 (2) JD 893, 8R30 Cornhead ..........................$17,500 & $22,500 JD 843 10R22 Cornhead ................................................$14,500 JD 843, 8R22 Cornhead ..................................................$10,000 JD 643 Cornhead ..............................................................$5,500 Lexion C512-30 Cornhead ..............................................$38,000 NH 962 Cornhead ..............................................................$1,400 IH 810 Platform ................................................................$1,500 CIH 25' Head Transport ....................................................$2,200 Homemade 30' Head Transport ........................................$1,300 Homemade 4 Wheel Head Transport ................................$1,000 Maywest Movemaster Head Transport ..............................$1,500 P & K 30' Head Transport..................................................$3,995

BEAN/CORNHEADS

CIH 7120, '88, 10400 hrs ................................................$35,500 CIH 7110, '91, 7645 hrs ..................................................$32,500 CIH 5130, '91, 3920 hrs ..................................................$28,900 Farmall H, '41 ....................................................................$1,500 Farmall H ..........................................................................$1,350 IH 986, '81, 6745 hrs ......................................................$17,900 IH 986, '77, 8735 hrs ......................................................$11,000 IH 574, '73, 5180 hrs ........................................................$6,500 IH H, '41 ............................................................................$1,800 IH M, '49............................................................................$1,500 JD 4840, '81, 7820 hrs....................................................$25,000

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

TRACTORS AWD/MFD CIH 335 Mag, '11, 50 hrs ..............................................$219,000 (2) CIH 335 Mag, '10 ........................................choice $151,900 CIH 305 Mag, '11, 1300 hrs ..........................................$167,500 (2) CIH 305 Mag, '10 ........................................choice $182,500 (2) CIH 305 Mag, '10 ........................................choice $151,900 CIH 305 Mag, '09, 1595 hrs ..........................................$182,000 CIH 305 Mag, '09, 2505 hrs ..........................................$169,500 CIH MX305, '06, 4640 hrs ............................................$125,500 CIH 290 Mag, '11, 180 hrs ............................................$192,500 CIH 275 Mag, '11, 600 hrs ............................................$172,500 CIH 275 Mag, '10, 600 hrs ............................................$172,500 CIH 275 Mag, '09....................................................................Call CIH 275 Mag, '09, 765 hrs ............................................$182,500 CIH 275 Mag, '07, 1385 hrs ..........................................$162,500 CIH 275 Mag, '07, 2220 hrs ..........................................$146,900 CIH MX275, '06, 2020 hrs ............................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '11, 300 hrs ............................................$140,000 CIH 245 Mag, '10, 1505 hrs ..........................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '09, 2160 hrs ..........................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '09, 2250 hrs ..........................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '09, 2460 hrs ..........................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '08....................................................................Call CIH 245 Mag, '07, 3145 hrs ..........................................$105,000 CIH 245 Mag, '07, 3205 hrs ..........................................$105,000

Up to $8,010 cash back OR interest free financing up to 36 months on select used Case IH combines.

All used combines qualify for 1 year interest waiver plus 1 year exended warranty OR 18 month interest waiver!

CIH 9120, '11, 290 hrs ..................................................$317,900 CIH 9120, '09, 725 hrs ..................................................$289,000 CIH 9120, '09, 785 hrs ..................................................$289,000 CIH 8120, '11 ................................................................$319,000 CIH 8120, '11, 210 hrs ..................................................$309,000 CIH 8120, '11, 250 hrs ..................................................$309,000 CIH 8120, '10 ................................................................$272,000 CIH 8120, '10 ................................................................$315,000 CIH 8120, '09, 1120 hrs ................................................$265,000 CIH 8120, '09..........................................................................Call CIH 8120, '09, 1060 hrs ................................................$265,000 CIH 8010, '07, 1100 hrs ................................................$220,000 CIH 8010, '06, 1410 hrs ................................................$194,500 CIH 8010, '04, 2440 hrs ................................................$159,000 CIH 7120, '10, 465 hrs ..................................................$245,000 CIH 7120, '09, 825 hrs ..................................................$259,900 CIH 7120, '09 ................................................................$252,500 CIH 7088, '11, 585 hrs ..........................................................Call CIH 7088, '11, 640 hrs ..........................................................Call CIH 7088, '10, 470 hrs ..................................................$245,000 CIH 7088, '10, 810 hrs ..................................................$231,000 CIH 7088, '09, 845 hrs ..................................................$225,500 CIH 7010, '08, 1235 hrs ................................................$210,000 CIH 7010, '08, 860 hrs ..................................................$215,500

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(2) CIH 2162, 35' Beanhead ..........................$59,900 & $62,500 CIH 2162, 30' Beanhead ..................................................$53,500 (2) CIH 2062, 36' Beanhead ................................choice $49,500 (3) CIH 2020, 35' Beanhead............................$30,950 - $37,500 (7) CIH 2020, 30' Beanhead............................$21,500 - $33,500 (3) CIH 2020, 25' Beanhead............................$24,900 - $26,750 CIH 2020, 20' Beanhead ..................................................$24,000 (26) CIH 1020, 30' Beanhead ..........................Starting at $3,550 (20) CIH 1020, 25' Beanhead ..........................Starting at $7,000 (4) CIH 1020, 22.5' Beanhead ............................$5,500 - $7,900 (5) CIH 1020, 20' Beanhead..............................$3,500 - $17,900 CIH 920 Beanhead ............................................................$3,500 (2) JD 930F, 30' Beanhead ............................$12,900 & $13,900 JD 920 Beanhead ..............................................................$7,500 (2) JD 635F, 35' Beanhead ............................$32,000 & $39,500 Macdon 974, 35' Beanhead ............................................$48,500 Macdon 30' Beanhead ....................................................$41,500 NH 960 Beanhead ..............................................................$1,400 CIH 3412 Cornhead ........................................................$59,500 (3) CIH 2612 Cornhead ..................................$79,000 - $83,500 (3) CIH 2608 Cornhead ..................................$52,900 - $70,000 (2) CIH 2606 Cornhead..................................$44,500 & $46,500 CIH 2212 Cornhead ........................................................$32,500 (10) CIH 2208 Cornhead ................................$26,500 - $35,500 (2) CIH 2206 Cornhead..................................$24,500 & $30,000 CIH 1222 Cornhead ........................................................$15,000 (15) CIH 1083 Cornhead ..................................starting at $9,500 CIH 1063 Cornhead ........................................................$15,500 CIH 1000, 1R222 Cornhead ............................................$15,750 CIH 10R22 Cornhead ......................................................$15,500 CIH 9R22 Cornhead ........................................................$15,000 IH 12R22 Cornhead ........................................................$15,500 IH 983, 9R22 Cornhead ..................................................$11,500 (2) IH 883 Cornhead ..........................................$3,500 & $7,500 (4) IH 863 Cornhead ..........................................$2,500 - $4,500 Cat 1622 Cornhead ..........................................................$39,500 Cressoni 6R30 Cornhead ................................................$21,500 Drago 18R22 Cornhead ................................................$135,000 (6) Drago 12R22 Cornhead ............................$52,500 - $84,500 (2) Drago 12R20 Cornhead ............................................$84,500 Drago 10R30 Cornhead ..................................................$65,500 (3) Drago 10R22 Cornhead ............................$39,500 - $65,500

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

SP FORAGE HARVESTERS Co

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 ..............................

(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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Sales: • Brad Wermedal • Tim Wiersma • Tim Engebretson ntinued ...........$56,000 ...........$59,500 .........$115,000 .........$108,000

...........$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

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

SPRAYERS - SELF-PROPELLED 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

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

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

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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BALERS Continued (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

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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

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

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FOR SALE: JD 9750STS, '94 JD 750 no-till drill, grass FOR SALE: 45' Harmes hyd seed, liq. fert, drag harrow, 3300 eng/1981 sep hrs, fold roller w/ oversize bearscale, Yetter markers, 20.8x38 duals, RWD, hopper ings, exc cond. 507-220-6810 newer seed disc & boots, topper, yield monitor, long shedded, exc. cond. 507-421- FOR SALE: Kinze 3600 16/32 auger, single pt hookup, 5437 $120,000; JD 630F bean interplant '02, KPII monihead, full finger auger, sintor, John/Blue pump, fert gle pt hookup, $20,000; (2) 2007 Great Plains #1525P tanks, box extensions, whl 9x16 thrower racks.

(Twin Row) 6-30 or 15 Ft 3 scrapers, gauge wheel cov320-510-0468 PT No-Til Planter. (For ers & stalk guards.

Corn & Beans). Loaded, 320-760-1582 or 320-325-5222 Wilrich 3400, 38', dbl fold Sunco Trash Disk, Soybean field cult., 1 season on new Meter, Monitor, Like New. JD 7100 planter, 12RN, new harrow teeth, no welds, SAVE-Buy for Less Than chains, new disc openers, shedded, $11,000 OBO; JD Half Price Of New Low precision corn units, Kinze 960, 24' field cult., w/hvy Acres. 319-347-6676 Can Del bean units w/12 extra seed harrow, good cond., $5,000. boxes, liq. Fert., 12 volt 952-240-2193 pump & controller, $8,000.

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JD 1750 Conservation '99 CIH 4300 field cult., 44', Planter. 6RN, liquid fert. always shedded, $13,500; w/corn & bean plates. 715DMI Coulter Champ II 308-1259 w/leveler, $4,500.

(507)381-8079 YETTER New residue managers. Also, full line of Yet- 47 Ft Great Plains Series 7 ter Equipment available.

(2002) Discovator w/ Har507-236-1934 C row Low Acres Like New. 507-235-9593 H Mandako 45 Ft Land Roller 8:00am to 5:00pm.

(Heavier Frame) w/ Floating Hitch Like New. Tillage Equip 039 319-347-6677 Can Deliver '06 JD 2700, 7 shk. ripper, FOR SALE: '06 JD 2410, 17' $25,000; JD 2400, 24' chisel chisel plow, true depth plow, Tru Depth shanks, standards, walking $24,500; '11 JD 635 flex tandems, floating hitch, head, used 1 season, low new points, can make into acres. All equipment is 15' or 19'. $15,000. very nice. (507)530-4228 507-380-7863

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‘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 ‘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

‘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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FOR SALE: 9 btm 18” White 449 moldboard plow, onland w/ coulters, very good shape, Call 507-530-4166 FOR SALE: JD 960 24' field cult, good shape, $4,000/OBO. 507-259-4109 JD 722, 30' soil finisher, very good cond., $10,000. 952-2402193 JD 960 38' field cult.

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NEW & USED MANDAKO Land Rollers-11 Sizes From 12 to 85 Ft. “Heaviest Roller on The Market”-Larger Bearings (New & Used On Hand).

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Glyphosate - American Made • $8.50/gal.

Kendo (aphids) • $65/gal.

Generic Lorsban (aphids) • $25/gal.

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

Complete line of Generic and Name Brand chemicals.

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

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All kinds of New & Used farm equipment – disc chisels, field cults, planters, soil finishers, cornheads, feed mills, discs, balers, haybines, etc. 507-438-9782

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WANTED: Double disk openers & mounting brackets for dry fertilizer on 3600 Kinze planter. 320-232-0556

USED TRACTORS

USED PLANTERS

‘02 Versatile 2360, 3136 hrs., 710/38 duals....$91,500 ‘07 NH TG-245, MFD, 2100 hrs. ....................$108,900 ‘08 NH T-7050, MFD, 750 hrs. ........................$98,100 ‘92 NH 7740SL, cab, loader, 5100 hrs. ............$22,000 ‘04 NH TL-90A, MFD, loader, 3200 hrs. ..........$27,500 ‘07 NH TL-80A, cab, creeper gears, 2800 hrs. $21,750 ‘02 NH TN75, cab, loader, 3500 hrs.................$25,500 ‘04 NH TT75, loader, 675 hrs...........................$16,500 ‘06 NH TC-45DA, MFD, 350 hrs.......................$19,500 Ford 901, gas, 5-spd. ........................................$3,500 ‘67 AC 190, gas, 3 pt. ......................................$5,750 ‘72 AC 180, dsl. ................................................$7,750 ‘10 CIH 140 Pro, MFD, cab, loader, 400 hrs.....$85,500 ‘76 IH 1066, Factory cab, 5700 hrs. ................$10,000 ‘99 Cub Cadet 7205, MFD, 60” mower deck, 843 hrs. ........................................................$7,500

White 8524, 24 row, 30” spacings, liq. fert. ....$63,500 ‘10 White 8524, 24x20, liq. fert., central fill ....$99,900 ‘96 White 6100, 12x30, Flexi Coil 1740 air cart ........................................................$35,500 White 6700, 12x30, 3 pt., lift assist ................$13,500 ‘90 White 5100, 8x36, dry fert., vertical fold......$5,950 JD 7000, 4x38, dry fert ....................................$2,950

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FOR SALE: Wetherall 400 gal sprayer, 40' boom & pumps, $400. 712-786-3341 Hardi 1500 gal. sprayer 90' hyd booms, 14.9 x 28 tires., foamer, $7600. (715)878-9858 042

USED HAY EQUIPMENT ‘88 Hesston 8200, high contact rolls ..............$20,750 ‘99 CIH DC-515, 15’ discbine ..........................$12,500 ‘07 NH 1441, 15’ discbine ..............................$22,600 ‘05 NH 1431, 13’ discbine ..............................$16,750 ‘98 JD 1600A, 14’ MoCo ..................................$7,500 ‘77 Gehl 880, 9’ haybine ......................................$850 ‘84 Versatile 4814, 14’ haybine for 276/9030 ......................................................$3,500 ‘97 JD 100, large square baler........................$17,900 ‘08 NH BR-7080 round baler, netwrap & twine ..........................................................$21,900 ‘07 NH BR-780A round baler ..........................$20,000 ‘05 NH BR-780 round baler ............................$16,500 ‘03 NH BR-780 round baler, netwrap ..............$20,900 ‘06 NH BR-750A round baler, netwrap ............$17,500 ‘97 NH 664 round baler, netwrap ......................$9,850 ‘96 NH 664 round baler, auto wrap....................$9,250 ‘95 NH 660 round baler, netwrap & twine..........$6,950 ‘79 NH 846 round baler ....................................$2,250 (2) ‘91 CIH 8450 round balers ..........................$4,850 ‘04 Gehl 2850 round baler, twine ....................$10,500 ‘78 NH 315 square baler w/75 kicker................$3,950 ‘78 NH 310 square baler w/70 thrower ............$2,950 ‘75 NH 276, chute & rear hitch..........................$1,350 NH 1283 self-prop. square baler ......................$3,500 ‘09 NH FP-240, 29P hayhead, chopped hay only ......................................................$38,900 ‘02 NH FP-230, 27P hayhead, 3x30 cornhead, Crop Pro ......................................................$28,500 NH 782 chopper, 2 row cornhead, hayhead ......$3,100 NH 30 forage blower ............................................$500 JD 65 forage blower ............................................$350 ‘09 H&S X13 rake ............................................$8,900 NH 258 rake......................................................$3,950

USED MISCELLANEOUS ‘05 NH 195 spreader ........................................$9,950 ‘04 H&S 270 spreader ......................................$7,250 ‘05 NH 3110 spreader ......................................$4,750 ‘97 H&S 1802 spreader ....................................$5,500 ‘11 Meyers 190A spreader ................................$6,750

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WANTED: 4000-5000 gal vacuum tank in good condition.

952-955-1181 WANTED: Belarus tractor, 50-100hp running, in need of repair or parts. 515-835-7673 WANTED: JD 8RN folding planter, prefer finger pickup, will consider others, also manure bucket & 8' dirt bucket for an IH 2350 ldr, also JD 450 or 8300 grain drill w/ grass seed.

320-275-2596

A family business since 1946 with the Lanos: Jack, Paul, Bob and Andy

‘09 Wilrich XL2, 60’, 3 bar harrow w/rolling basket..........................................................$58,500 ‘06 Wilrich Quad X, 50’, 5 bar spk. harrow ......$34,500 ‘07 Wilrich Quad X, 47’, 3 bar harrow w/rolling basket ..........................................$39,900 ‘09 Wilrich Quad X, 37’, 3 bar harrow w/rolling basket ..........................................$41,250 ‘03 Wilrich Quad X, 37’, 4 bar harrow, floating htich ............................................................$26,500 ‘99 Wilrich 2800, 24’, 4 bar harrow ..................$7,950 ‘09 JD 2210, 44.5’, 4 bar harrow, floating hitch ............................................................$36,500 ‘01 JD 2200, 36.5’, 3 bar harrow, floating hitch ............................................................$20,500 JD 985, 49’, 3 bar harrow ..............................$21,000 ‘92 JD 960, 32.5’, 3 bar harrow ........................$7,950 Glencoe FC3500, 40’ harrow ............................$7,000 ‘10 Wishek 826NT, 26’ disc ............................$56,500 ‘11 Wilrich 513 Soil Pro, 9-shanks, 24” spacing, harrow ........................................................$44,000 ‘07 Wilrich 957, 7-shank ripper, harrow ..........$26,500 ‘03 DMI 730B, 7-shank disc ripper..................$19,900 DMI Coulter Champ, 5-shanks, disc levelers....$11,500 Wilrich chisel, 17-shanks ..................................$2,650 Glencoe chisel plow, 11-shanks ........................$1,500 Kovar 30’ multi weeder, 400 gal. tank ..............$2,500

WANTED: Older 4WD tractor in good condition.

218-943-4814

Wanted

Norwood Young America 952-467-2181

USED COMBINES

WANTED: Krause disk 26'-28' long, rock cushion gangs. Call Jerry Swartz 218-583-2626 WANTED: Looking for good used set of saddle tanks to fit JD 4640. 507-360-8162

Spraying Equip

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‘90 Gleaner R-60, only 990 hrs. ......................$35,000 ‘80 NH TR-75, 4x30 cornhead ..........................$7,250 ‘08 Gleaner 8200, 30’ flex header ..................$26,500

Wanted: John Deere 4320 without cab - in good condition. (715) 223-2158

‘91 753, glass cab & heater, 2200 hrs. ..$10,500 ‘91 642B, glass cab & heater, 3100 hrs. ..$7,250 ‘00 NH LS-180, glass cab & heater, 600 hrs. ..............................................$25,500 ‘08 NH L-175, glass cab w/AC, 2-spd., 2400 hrs. ............................................$22,450 ‘09 NH L-170, glass cab & heater ..........$13,000 ‘78 NH L-425 ..........................................$4,950 OMC 330..................................................$3,950 ‘08 JD 328, glass cab & heater, 2-spd., 3500 hrs. ............................................$21,750 JD 4475, 1900 hrs. ..................................$8,950 Gehl 3510 ................................................$4,500 Silage Defacer ........................................$3,000

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Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712, Glencoe 7400; Field Cults under 30': JD 980, small grain carts & gravity boxes 300-400 bu. Finishers under 20', clean 4 & 6R stalk choppers; Nice JD 215 & 216 flex heads; JD 643 cornheads Must be clean; JD corn planters, 4-6-8 row.

715-299-4338 JD 4120, 4320, 4520 or 4720 Compact Tractor w/less than 100 hrs. (715)234-1923

JD 4430Q, open station ..........................$14,900 CIH 1140 w/60” deck ................................$7,900 NH TC29, MFD............................................$7,900 JD 5403 MFD, 600 hrs..............................$19,900 JD 4650, 2WD ..........................................$29,900 JD 4620, Syncro ......................................$11,900 JD 3020, gas, w/loader ........................SAVE $$$ C-IH MX270 ..............................................$69,900 JD 4440, PS ................................COMING SOON JD 4440, Quad ..........................................$19,900 JD 4630, PS ..............................................$16,900 (2) JD 4020, powershift ........................SAVE $$$ JD 8440, 50 engine series........................$17,900 ‘67 JD 4020D, syncro ..............................$11,900 IH 856, diesel, cab......................................$8,900 JD 148 loader ..............................................CALL IH 460, 560, 560D, 706D ..............................CALL JD 640 loader ............................................$3,500 JD 48 loader, 7’ bucket ..............................$2,495 New Koyker loaders ....................................CALL Gehl 4635 skidsteer..................................$12,900 JD Soundguard Cabs, Call for info

‘05 T-250, glass cab & heater, 1875 hrs., tracks good ........................................$29,500 ‘06 T-140, 450 hrs.................................$22,000 ‘07 S-330, glass cab w/AC, 2-spd., 4000 hrs. ............................................$29,500 (2) ‘09 S-300, glass cab w/AC ........................................Starting at $25,900 ‘98 863, glass cab & heater, 3100 hrs. ..$13,900 ‘08 S-185, glass cab w/AC, 2-spd., 1800 hrs. ..............................................$2,950 ‘06 S-160, glass cab w/AC, 2-spd., 1800 hrs. ............................................$19,200 ‘05 S-130, glass cab & heater, 2075 hrs. ..........................................................$15,900

15 B THE LAND, DECEMBER 23, 2011

FOR SALE: '00 DMI TigerMate II 25 ½' field cult, 3 bar harrow, walking tandems, shedded, $16,000.

Int'l 496 19' disk, shedded, $6,500. 507-380-7863

Feed Seed Hay

THE LAND, DECEMBER 23, 2011

16 B

FALL HARVEST CLOSE OUT PRICES! BALZER BUILDS THE BEST LIQUID MANURE HANDLING EQUUPMENT

Balzer Express Tank • 1/4” Uni-body Construction • 5” and 6” Solid Steel Spindles in Sleeves • Long Tongue and PTO • 5,000, 6,000 and 6,750 gallon sizes available

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Grain Carts • New 900 x 32 flotation tires, under 10psi • 24” Unload Auger “Fastest in the industry!”

• Auto-Trail Steerable Axle System • New independent horizontal “feeder” & vertical “unload” auger operation

New Tanks & Pumps: Any Size Available Used Tanks:

- Balzer 10,000 gal. 5th wheel slurry - Balzer 8500, 5th wheel, Dietrich 5-unit - Houle 7300 gal. slurry w/5-unit disk injector - Balzer 6350 mag., low pro slurry w/4 unit injector - Houle 6000 gal. slurry w/4 units, disk injector - Nuhn 5000 gal. slurry w/5 unit disk injector - Balzer 4800 slurry w/5 unit disk injector - Balzer 4200 slurry - Balzer 4200 gal. vacuum w/3-tank injector - Auto Car 6-wheel drive w/4000 Calumet slurry tank w/4-unit disc injector Express - Calumet 3750 gal. vacuum manure tank w/3-unit disc injector Lagoon Bilt 3400 gal. vacuum tank Pump -- Better Better Bilt 2600 tandem axle vac tank - Calumet 2250 gal. vacuum tank w/2-shank injector - Van Dale 2250 gal. vacuum tank - Better Bilt 2100 gal. vacuum tank - Better Bilt 1650 vac tank - Badger 1500 gal. vacuum tank - VanDale 1500 vac tank - Hawkbilt 1500 gal. vacuum tank - Better Bilt 1500 vacuum tank - Dietrich 5 unit sweep injector

Misc.Equipment:

- Spray Specialites XLRD 1500 gal., 80’ boom sprayer - Fast 9420, 1300 gal., 80’ sprayer - Redball 570, 1200 gal., 90’ boom w/Raven 450 monitor - Top Air 1100 gal., 80’ boom, Raven 450 monitor - Top Air 1000 gal., 60’ boom, MT 3000 monitor V-Pump - L & D 1000 gal., 90’ boom - L & D 1000 gal., 88’ boom, no monitor • Up to 4000 - Blumhardt tandem axles, 1000 gal., 90’ boom gallons w/foamer per minute - Top Air 1000 gal., 60’ X-fold boom The most durable and w/Raven 440 monitor, tandem axle dependable high capacity - ‘02 MF3, 800 gal., 60’ boom pump available.

- AgChem 750 gal., 60’ X-fold boom, Other: tandem axle - N Tech vari width vertical - Nuhn 540, 8’ vertical pump - Walsh 500 gal., 45’ boom manure pump - Balzer 314 agitator - Brent 1084 grain cart - Balzer Rovatti horizontal - Hydro Engineering, 23- (2) Brent 600 GREEN gravity wagons manure pump shank, 46’ direct injector - Brent 420 grain cart - Brent 472 gravity wagon - ‘09 Doda 10’ vertical pump tool bar - (2) EZ Trail 300 gravity wagons - Doda 6’ Super 150 vertical - Hydro Engineering, 16pump shank, 30’, 3 pt, direct injec- - Kilbros 1200 grain cart - J&M 525 grain cart tor tool bar - JD 1210A, 400 bu. grain cart - 8”x30’ wheeled load stand - Parker 505 RED gravity wagon - Fork type rock picker - Reel type Degelman rock picker - Case IH 4300, 281⁄2’ , 3 bar field cultivator - Tyler pull-type fertilizer spreader - Mobility 4-ton spreader, full hyd. drive - Dempster 4-ton pull-type fert. spreader - Leon 650 hyd. pull-type scraper - Miller 12 silage dump box - New Lee Mfg. 975 & 475 trailer dsl. fuel tanks - NH ST460, 28’ disk, like new - JD 456 round baler - IH 706, gas, WF - Ford TW35, MFWD, 4850 hrs.

- DMI Tigermate 17.5’ pull type field cult.

- CIH 30’ flat fold rotary hoe - ‘99 Freisen Model 220 brush auger

“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!

SOLD

Bus. 800-432-3564 800-432-3565 • Res. 507-426-7648

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1st Crop Clean Green Grass Hay. 4x5 round bales, net wrapped. $50/ea.

4x4 rounds, $25/ea. Delivery avail. within 125 mi. of Rice Lake, WI. (715)234-1923 Dairy Quality Alfalfa Tested big squares & round bales, delivered from South Dakota John Haensel (605) 351-5760 Dairy quality western alfalfa, big squares or small squares, delivered in semi loads. Clint Haensel (605) 310-6653 FOR SALE: Wheat straw 3x3x8 bales stored inside.

Low potassium grass hay.

Delivery available. 320-8085723 Round bales, 4x5, net wrapped. Big squares. All stored inside. No rain.

Phone (715)384-2541 Small square hay bales, 1st crop. Alfalfa grass mix.

(715)643-4142 Straw, Grass, Alfalfa, & Corn Stalks in Large Rounds & Large Squares, in net & plastic twine. Delivered in semi loads. Call Tim at 320-221-2085

LOCAL TRADES TRACTORS

IH 983, 8-30 CH ‘83 JD 8450, 4WD-$25,000 ‘95 2188 Geringhoff 8-30 chopping CIH 480 (wheel) head Farmall 35 w/loader JD 893 8-30 chopping TILLAGE ‘04 9300, 9-shank-$21,500 head DMI 730B (Blue)-$16,500 ‘99 1083, 8-30 DMI 730B (Red)-$19,500 2208, 8-30 MISCELLANEOUS Wilrich 4015 field cult.

J&M 750 cart w/scale HARVEST 240B, 8-30 shredder CIH 1660 CIH 7088 CIH 6088 ‘97 2166 ‘07 2577 ‘08 7010, 239 sep. hrs.

1020, 20 & 25 platforms

SPRING EQUIPMENT

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

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Feed Seed Hay

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“NEW BRENT 2011 CARRYOVER EQUIP.”

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“TILLAGE”

“MISCELLANEOUS”

“PLANTING & CULT”

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USED TRACTORS NEW Versatile 435, 4WD ....................................ON HAND NEW Versatile 250, FWA ............................................CALL NEW Versatile 305, FWA ............................................CALL NEW NH TD5050, FWA, w/cab ..................................CALL NEW Massey HD2680, FWA, w/cab ..........................CALL NEW NH 35 Compact w/loader ................................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 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

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

CIH 800, 10 bottom ....................................................CALL Wilrich 10-bottom plow..............................................CALL

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

SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENT Hwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MN

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

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

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

DMI Tiger Two, 5-shank ..................................COMING IN 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

‘09 MF 9795 Combine, 262 sep. hrs. - $220,000

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WANTED & FOR SALE ALL TYPES of hay & straw.

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920-853-3554 Brent 1080 grain cart, Trelleborg, (no scale or tarp) ........................................................$28,500 WESTERN ALFALFA. Exc ‘07 JD 8430, MFWD, 1500 axle, 2998 hrs. ..$162,500 Brent 880 grain cart, 30.5x32, (scale, quality, all cuttings tested, ‘05 JD 8320, MFWD, F&R duals, 540/1000 no tarp)........................................................$26,500 3x3x8 by semi load. Millard PTO, 3419 hrs. ..........................................$134,500 Brent 420 side auger cart, 23.1-26 ..................$9,750 Brothers. 800-535-7715 ‘02 JD 6420, MFWD, MSL loader, 4314 hrs. ..$56,900 NI Agco 5408 disc mower, 6-disc, (needs ‘94 JD 7700, 2WD, PS, Du-Al loader, duals, repair)..............................................................Not In CONVENTIONAL SEED 4829 hrs. ....................................................$47,900 CORN $79.90 ‘65 JD 4020, dsl., QT1 cab, eng OH’d ............$12,000 Proven performance ‘98 JD 6110L, MFWD, 640 NSL loader, no cab, hybrids. Add our one-pass, 2752 hrs. ....................................................$35,900 post emerge grass and ‘78 JD 4240, p. shift, axle duals, OH’d ..........$15,900 Brent 1082 grain cart, tarp, scale, 900/60x32 $38,500 broadleaf weed control for Brent 882 grain cart, tarp, scale, 30.5x32 ......$34,000 $ 1 0 / a c r e .

Brent 782 grain cart, tarp, no scale, 30.5x32..$29,500 WWW.KLEENACRES.COM ‘10 JD 612C, 12R20 Stalkmaster ..................$87,000 or 320-237-7667 ‘08 JD 635F, 1” DAM ......................................$34,000 “It’s the place to be” ‘04 JD 635F, 1” DAM ......................................$28,000 JD 2210 fld. cult., 38’6”, float hitch, 4 bar......$41,500 for value ‘95 JD 930 Flex, steel dividers ..........................$6,950 JD 2210, 32’6” fld. cult., 4 bar harrow ..........$30,500 ‘01 JD 893 CH, hyd. deck pl., multi PT ..........$24,500 JD 2700, 5x30 mulch ripper, rental return......$33,900 Livestock 054 JD 2410, 33’ c. plow, 12 whl., 25 std. X 16” spacing ........................................................$32,500 New Frontier RB2308, 8’ blade, hyd. tiltJD 714, 16’3” m. tiller, 13 std.........................$12,900 Black Angus Yearling bulls: angle-offset....................................................$3,900 Hamp, Chester & Yorkshire Loftness 8’ single auger snowblower, 540 PTO $1,650 Boars & gilts Alfred Kemen 320-598-3790 McKee 8’ snowblower, 13⁄8” 1000 RPM ................$695 Kinze 3600 16/31 planter................................$49,500 JD 115 shredder, 13⁄8” CV PTO, cyl. ................$12,000 JD 7100, 12R30, row cleaners, 200 mon., JD 843 loader, 96” bucke, like new!................$13,000 Kinze bean meter ..........................................$5,250 Dairy 055 Westfield MK130, 81’ plus auger, like new! ..$15,900 1 Small Herd of Reg. Jerseys. 13 cows. All cows are scored either Exc. or Very Good. Majority of herd has been in the show ring. Exc. production & components.

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THE LAND, DECEMBER 23, 2011

18 B

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%

Available in 3 Point Hitch And Pull Type Models

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

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

NH TJ325, 380” duals, PTO ..CALL

TRACTORS

White 5100, 8R30, VF ....................$5,500 IH 800, 8R30 ..................................$3,250 Conveyall BTS 290 ......................$13,500 Brillion SS12 ....................................CALL Brillion SST144-01............................CALL

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

NH TJ325, PTO, 380/54 duals ....$102,500 CIH 7140, 2WD, duals, 18.4R42’s, Decent........................................$29,500 Ford TW35, FWA, Sual Series II ..$18,500 White 2-60, FWA, loader ................$7,950 Oliver 1655, wide front ..................$5,500 NH TG215, 18.4R46, S.S., wgts., 3662 hrs. ..................................$89,500 NH TM135, 2WD, loader, 4000 hrs. ..................................................$43,000 NH TJ380, 800/R38, 1750 hrs. ..$152,000 Case 335, 300 hrs., PTO, 18.4R46 duals ........................$185,000 JD 4020, LP, powershift ................$6,950 NH TV140, loader ....................COMING IN Ford 4610, open station ................$8,500 IH 1086, duals, 5611 hrs. ............$12,500 NH TV145, 1615 hrs.....................$84,900 NH TC34DA ..................................$16,500 NH TC330, S.S., Clean..................$13,250 NH TV140, loader ....................COMING IN ‘07 NH TG215, SS, 18.4R46 ........$89,500 JD 6400, loader ............................$37,500 Case 7140, 2WD, DUALS ............$29,500 IH 706, NF, w/loader ......................$4,750 CIH 7110, 2WD, 14.9R46, 6475 hrs. ..................................................$37,250 Ford 8730, FWA, 7970 ................$29,500 Ford 8000, open station ....................CALL Case 2090 ........................................CALL

GRAVITY BOXES/GRAIN CARTS Parker 500, corner auger ..............$9,500 J&M 350, repainted ........................$4,750 J&M 385, roll tarp ..........................$5,900 Kilbros 1600 ................................$17,500 Kilbros 385 ....................................$4,150 Parker 4500, scale ........................$9,500 EZ-Flow 500, 23.1-26 ....................$8,950 600 Bu. Box, New, w/used gear ..$10,500

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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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Harvestec Gen. III, 8R30 ............$29,000 Harvestec Gen. III, 8R30 ............$26,500 Harvestec Gen. IV, 8R22..............$42,500 JD 43 Series Units, 12R22 ..........$22,500 CIH 1083, shedded ......................$10,500 ‘98 CIH 1083 ................................$13,900 ‘99 CIH 1083, plastic snouts ........$15,900 CIH 1083, Clean............................$10,500 CIH 963, 6R30, recent work ....COMING IN IH 963, 6R30 ....................................CALL JD 12R22, tin, Clean ......................$8,950 JD 893, 8R30, STD, deck ........COMING IN JD 643, 6R30 ................................$5,500 JD 843, knife rolls ........................$10,000 JD 843, Decent ............................$14,500 JD 43 Series, 12R22................COMING IN DISK RIPPERS & CHISELS MF 864, 36” ..................................$3,000 ‘04 MF 8R30 hugger head ......COMING IN (2) Krause 4850-18, all parabolics, Cressoni 2005, 6R30 ..................$22,700 10’..............................................$44,500 Krause Dominator, 21’ rolling basket AUGERS ..................................................$57,500 Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ..............$8,250 JD 512, 5-shank ..........................$17,500 Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ..............$7,750 DMI 730B, lead shanks, gates, harrow, Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ............$11,950 Clean..........................................$25,500 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP, w/hyd swing DMI 730, standard shanks............$14,000 ..................................................$11,500 Kent 9-shank, S/A, newer blades ....$2,750 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ............$11,250 DMI Coulter Champ II ....................$2,995 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ............$11,750 Krause 4850-18, 200 acres ..........$52,000 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ............$11,500 Krause 4850-15, Clean Mach. ......$38,800 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ............$10,900 Case 730B, lead shanks, new leveler Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ..............$9,950 ..................................................$27,500 Westfield MK 10x61 ......................$7,500 SPREADERS Westfield MK 10x61, GLP ..............$5,750 New Knigit PS160 ............................CALL Many Other Used Straight & Demo Meyers VB560 ........................CALL Swing Hoppers On Hand - CALL NI 3743, upper beater ......................CALL SKIDSTEERS Knight 8124, truck tires ....................CALL NH LS180, cab, 2-spd. ......................CALL Knight 8014 ....................................$9,900 NH L150, heater ................................CALL NH 308 ..............................................CALL NH LS160 ....................................$14,900 NH 185, T/A, endgate ....................$7,950 NH LX885 ....................................$17,500 ‘04 Knight 1230, 30 loads ............$11,950 JD 6675, 2600 hrs. ......................$13,000 Knight 1230, hyd. endgate ............$9,500 Gehl 1410, truck tires ....................$8,200 SPRAYERS NI 3732, uppper beater ..................$6,250 Hardi Commander 1500, 132’, dualsCALL NI 3739 ..........................................$7,250 Hardi Navigator 1100, 90’, flush & rinse ..............................$27,500

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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

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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FOR SALE: 3 young regis- Small, nice herd of Holstein Bred cows herd reduction. tered Holstein cows. From 10-15 head. By the pound. cows. Low SCC. Good vacc.

LCC herd. Nice uddered & Also, (3) Black herd bulls. program. Please leave a legged cattle. Also, red & 40 yrs of Simmental breedmessage. 608-214-4084 white Holstein bull for sale, ing. Riverside Simmentals Gerald Polzin Cokato MN 14 mos. old. Dam very WANTED TO BUY: Dairy 320-286-5805 good, Grand Dam exc. 90 heifers and cows. 320-235w/over 200,000 lifetime 2664 milk. (715)265-7105 & FOR SALE OR LEASE (715)977-0633 cell.

REGISTERED BLACK Cattle 056 ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & yearlings; bred heifers, Many nice, fresh Holstein 2 calving ease, club calves & & 3 yr. olds. Nice udders, Apache 24' stanchion feeder wagon.

Feeding, training & balance performance. Al good feet & legs. Will delivcatch positions.

Hot dipped sired. In herd improvement er upon approval. Please galv. New $9,300...priced program. J.W. Riverview leave a message $4,500. Apache 150 bu.

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New 55336 Conklin Dealer 320$3,000...priced $1,500. Both 864-4625 used lightly & in very good cond. (920)822-8224

JD 9400, new tires, 3660 hrs.

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White 8100, 12R planter, VF, clean one owner

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CIH 5250, 5466 hrs.

White 6085, 2766 hrs.

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CIH 2162 31’ draper head

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

‘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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100 nice black steers & heifers. 500#. Call 507-2512616 or 608-788-6258 FOR SALE: 35 yearling open Red Angus heifers out of registered cows & bulls, some AI, all to go. $1,000/ea or $1.25 per lb. 320-732-3370 FOR SALE: Reg. Black Angus bulls w/ great growth & disposition, breeding out of Schiefelbein Genetics., 320-597-2747 FOR SALE: Shorthorn breeding cattle, Bulls & heifers. 320-510-1123 Great selection of polled Hereford bulls. Choose now for spring pick up. www.larsonherefordfarms.com

715-772-4680 Registered Texas Longhorn breeding stock, cows, heifers or roping stock, top blood lines. 507-235-3467

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

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

4WD TRACTORS

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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

PLANTERS & DRILLS

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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DAMAGED GRAIN WANTED

3/4 Border Collie, 1/4 Black N-Tech 30' lagoon pump w/6" Lab puppies, real working load stand pipe. Exc Cond. dogs. They make very good (507)523-3305 & 507-450-6115. pets. Good around kids.

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M&W 1475 Earthmaster, new blades & bearings, can be either 5 or 7 shank, nice, $14,500.

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Custom Haysides HOPPERS Standard............................$1,250 ‘87 Cornhusker, 42’, 20” hopper NEW Tip-In Tip-Out ............$1,850 height, new brakes/tarp, 80% tires ................................$14,750 2’-6’ Extensions on back ‘90 Timpte, Elec. Tarp ........$17,500 (any trailer) ..........................$300 ‘92 Wilson, 41’ AL, Bottom, END DUMPS Catwalks & Ladders, SHUR-LOK ‘05 Spek Tek, 28’, Silage End Gate Roll Tarp ..........................$16,500 ......................................$25,500

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“50th Anniversary” ‘62 JD 4010, dsl, Syncro, (M) ‘09 JD 4930, 800 hrs, 120’, 480/80R50, B/TMC $249,000 1 SCV, 4897 hrs, Overhauled at 3950 hrs........$12,900 (M) ‘10 JD 4930, 800 hrs, 120’, load command, Norac ............................................................................$269,000

COMPACT/SKID STEERS

‘03 JD 2210, MFWD, 928 hrs, hydro, 62” deck ......$9,750 ‘01 JD 240, hand controls, 72” bucket ................$14,500 ‘98 Case 85XT, 2575 hrs, Grouser tracks, 72” bucket ..............................................................................$17,900 ‘03 Mustang MTL25, 1300 hrs, cab, tracks ........$29,500

SEEDING

(M) (M) (M) (M) (M) HARVEST EQUIPMENT (M) ‘94 CIH 1688, 3855/2361, 18.4x38 dls, TPR ........$45,000 (M) ‘97 JD 9500, 3350/2250, 18.4-38 dls, F/A, TPR ..$57,500 (M) ‘99 JD 9610, 5130/3677, LL, PRWD, 18.4x42 dls $49,500 ‘98 JD 9610, 3988/2718, 18.4x42 dls, PRWD, mapping................................................................$69,500 (M) ‘08 JD 9670, 1410/1150, CM, 800/70R38 sgls...$169,000 (M) ‘04 JD 9760STS, 1858/1438, 20.8x42, 28L-26 ..$127,500 (M) ‘10 JD 9770, 574/445 hrs, CM, 650/85R38 ........$245,000 (M) ‘09 JD 9870, 961/620, CM, 800/70R38, PRWD, TPR ....................................................................$230,000 ‘05 Harvest Tech 12R20” chopping head ..........................$29,500 ‘00 JD 1290, 12R20”, hyd deck, knife rolls ........................$20,000 ‘06 JD 1293, 12R30, knife rolls ............................................$29,500 ‘08 Fanitini, 8R30 chopping head, 2 seasons ....................$45,000 ‘06 Clark, 16R20, C/Head, fits 6670 Series..........................$35,000

TILLAGE

‘04 JD 1770, 16R30, CCS, LF, r/clnrs ....................$85,000 ‘04 Jd 1770, CCS, 16R30, LF, r/clnrs, TruCount ......$92,500 ‘95 JD 455 drill, 30’, 10”, markers, harrow ............$9,900 ‘92 Great Plains drill, 45’, 7.5” spacing, markers $22,000 ‘08 JD 455 drill, 35’, 10”, Yetter markers, harrow ..$45,000 ‘02 DJ 1720, 1R30, stalk fold, r/clnrs ....................$32,500 ‘11 JD DB120, 48R30, CCS w/ref., RC, r/clnrs......$309,500 ‘08 White 8524, 24R22”, CCS, var. rate, mon ......$89,000

MISCELLANEOUS ‘08 JD 520, flail, mounted, 4 whls ........................$17,500 ‘11 JD 630, MoCo, 9’9”, impeller, Used 1 time ....$23,500 ‘11 Brillion, Packer, 42’, folding............................$25,000 ‘10 JD CX20, r/mower, hyd fold, 1000 PTO ..........$26,000

THINGS YOU NEED (NEW) Agribusiness 120’ boom ext to fit 4730 ..$16,500 (4) 250 Gallon Tanks to fit JD 8000T - 1000 gal. ..$6,500 (NEW) Hi Clearance Kit to fit 4730 sprayer ..........$8,500 JD Combine Tracks - to fit 50/60/70, new 30” tracks ....................................................$37,500 ‘75 JD 644B Payloader, 2 yd bucket, reman trans ..............................................................................$15,000

(M) JD 856, 12R30, RC cult, triple rig, rolling shields......$4,900 GRAIN CARTS ‘05 Challenger MT295B, 800 hrs, cab, 2 SCVs....$22,500 (M) JD 856, 16R30, RC cult, triple rig, rolling shields ..$12,500 (M) Kinze 800 cart, 800 bu., 30.5x32..........................$17,500 ‘83 JD 4650, MFWD, PS, 3 SCV, 18.4x42 ..............$25,000 (M) JD 856, 24R30, RC cult, Bauer bar, L/asst, rolling shields ....................................................................$39,500 (M) ‘05 Kinze 1050 cart, 36” tracks, tarp, scale ........$52,500 ‘84 JD 4850, MFWD, 8015 hrs, 3 SCV, 18.4-42, 1 owner ................................................................$42,500 (M) ‘08 JD 2310, m/finisher, 451⁄2’, 5 bar harrow ........$63,500 (M) ‘07 Brent 1084 cart, 1000 bu., 18.4x42 w/tandem, tarp ......................................................................$42,500 (M) ‘88 JD 2810, 6-btm, in furrow, 5/reset ..................$5,900 ‘11 JD 6330, 430 hrs, Prem. cab, A/Quad, 673 ldr ..............................................................................$75,900 (M) ‘10 JD 3710, 10-btm, spring reset, coulters ........$37,500 (M) ‘08 JD 637, disk, 45’ ............................................$68,000 ‘11 JD 7630, MFWD, 200 hrs, PQ, 18.4x42, Check Out Our New Website JD 746 ldr ..........................................................$142,500 (M) IH 3950, disk, 27’ ..................................................$22,000 JD 512, 9/30 rippers ..............(5) from $25,000-$49,000 ‘04 JD 8520T, 5800 hrs, wide stance, 16” tracks ............................................................................$100,000 (M) ‘11 JD 2210, field cult., 64.5’, 4 bar harrow ........$69,500 ‘06 JD 8230T, 1650 hrs, 4 SCV, 25” tracks, SPRAYERS 120”....................................................................$139,500 John Deere Crop Insurance (M) ‘11 New Fast 9518, 1850 gal, 120’, Norac ..........$79,500 ‘11 JD 8335RT, 915 hrs, PS, 24” tracks, 5 SCV, available at Mankato Implement factory warranty ................................................$225,000 (M) ‘06 JD 4720, 1057 hrs, 90’, A/track, L/inj ..........$167,500 Contact: Kory Bundy ‘11 JD 8345T, 415 hrs, 120”, 30” tracks ............$265,000 (M) ‘05 JD 4920, 1514 hrs, 380/105R50, Norac ......$179,500 (M) ‘11 JD 4730, 125 hrs, 90’, 380/90R46, B/Trac ..$215,000 ‘11 JD 8360RT, 440 hrs, IVT, 30” tracks, leather, (507) 327-1084 Extended Warranty ............................................$280,000 (M) ‘07 JD 4930, 951 hrs, 1200 gal, 120”, boom trac ............................................................................$219,000 kory.bunde@mycropsolutons.com ‘03 Ford TG230, 3486 hrs, 3 SCV, 380/54” ..........$85,000

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(507) 373-6418

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

‘97 Trinity, 42’, 36” Belt, Tarp Engineered Beavertail for w/Wet Kit ........................$24,500 Drop Deck..........Installed $5,500 ‘01 Inco/Wilson, AL 42F, 36” Belt, ....................Unassembled $3,500 AR ....................................$24,500 ‘01 GD, 48/102, AR, Spread Axle ........................................$18,500 DAY CAB TRUCKS ‘93 Kenworth T800, 3406 10 Spd, ‘95 Talbert, 48/102, AR, Spread New Tires ........................$14,500 Axle..................................$17,000 ‘90 Int’l 9400, 196” WB, AR VAN TRAILERS ........................................$10,500 Good Selection of ‘95-’01, 48/10253/102 ..................$3,500-$8,250 FLATBEDS ‘99 GD AI Reefer, 36’ Side Door, ‘00 MANAC 45/96 Spread Axle, Tandem Axle ......................$5,500 AR, Pintle Hitch, Sandblasted, New Paint ..........................$8,500 ‘95 GD AI Reefer, 48/102, Clean ....................or $9,250 w/Hayside ..........................................$4,750 (2) ‘97 Wilson 48/102, AL Combo, MISCELLANEOUS Closed Tandem Slider..Ea. $7,750 ‘05 Chevy Impala, 100,000 miles, ....................or $8,750 w/Hayside Red ....................................$7,500 (2) Fruehauf 45/96, Closed Tandem ‘04 Olds Extended Van, 3.5L, ....................................Ea. $5,500 Quad Seats, 106,000 mi., new ....................or $6,500 w/Hayside tires, brakes & front whl.

‘89 Hot Shot, 48/96, Spread Axle, bearings ............................$6,750 New Paint ..........................$4,750 AR/SR Axles & Suspensions ....................or $5,750 w/Hayside For Trailers ‘97 Transcraft, 48/102 Combo, AL, ....................$1,000 Air Ride/Axle, New 5th Wheel, Closed Tandem ..................$500 Spring Ride/Axle Slider ................................$9,250 1/4” Plastic Liner, ‘95 Stoughton, 48’ Winch Rail 10’ Wide ............................$30/Ft. w/Winch, Sliding Tandem ..$7,500 Hayside ..........................$1000 Ea. w/any trailer purchased

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Demo ‘09 CX20, R/Mwr.........................................$19,900 New 3720 Compact, hydro, MFWD ......................$23,000 Demo ‘10 JD 2210, field cult., 50’ r/basket ........$67,500 (M) (M) 4WD/TRACKS (M) ‘92 CIH 9230, 3 pt., PTO, 15.4x38, 5200 hrs ........$59,900 ‘90 JD 8760, 24-spd, 3 SCV, 24.5x32, 5282 hrs ..$45,000 (M) ‘93 JD 8770, 24-spd, 4 SCV, 20.8x42, duals, 5184 hrs................................................................$68,500 ‘91 JD 8960, 24-spd, d/lock, 20.8x42, 6687 hrs ..$69,000 (M) ‘00 JD 9400, 24-spd, 850/60R38, 4250 hrs ........$95,000 (M) ‘08 JD 9430T, 36” tracks, inst. seat, 1350 hrs ..$235,000 (M) ‘02 JD 9520T, PS, 36” tracks, AT rdy, 6290 hrs ..$115,000 (M) ‘08 JD 9630, act. seat, 800/70R38, wts, 950 hrs ..............................................................$250,000 (M) (M) ‘09 JD 9630T, 4 SCV, 36” tracks,, 2000 hrs, factory warranty ................................................$249,000 (M) (M) ‘10 JD 9630T, 36” tracks, Xenon, idler wts, 1032 hrs ............................................................$259,500 (M) ‘11 JD 9630T, 36” tracks, leather, Xenon, 785 hrs, factory warranty ................................................$295,000 (M) (M) ‘11 JD 9630T, 36” tracks, radar, leather, inst. seat, 716 hrs ..............................................................$298,500 (M) (M) ‘10 CAT MT875C, PS, 4 SCV, 36” tracks, Autotrack, 570 hrs. ..............................................................$340,000

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Compart's total program FOR SALE: 14' CD 3000 Van features superior boars & Dale silo unloader-taken open gilts documented by out of silo. $1,800; 18.4x28-30 BLUP technology. Duroc, tractor chains, $90. Both York, Landrace & F1 lines. exc shape. 952-446-1120 Terminal boars offer leanness, muscle, growth. Ma- FOR SALE: 3 - 36' S. I. ternal gilts & boars are PortaFeeders, 2 have productive, lean, durable. silage sides, in very good All are stress free & PRRS condition. Lake Benton. free. Semen also available 507-368-9291 through Elite Genes A.I. Make 'em Grow! Comparts FOR SALE: 3200 gal. Balzer Boar Store, INC. Toll Free: manure tank w/injectors, 877-441-2627 very good cond., 21.5L16.1 tires; 120 Lorenz grinderPurebred Hampshire Boars, mixer. 320-522-1637 delivery avail. Ron Warrick, Gowrie, IA 515-352FOR SALE: 746 JD loader w/ 3749 grapple & mounting brackets, like new, delivery posPets & Supplies 070 sible. 507-275-2088

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'83 Mack R model, tri-axle, 22' box & hoist, 350 motor, w/OH, 13 spd., Camelback susp., good brakes & tires, $18,000 OBO. 952-240-2193 '98 Mack CH613, 330 hp, 10 sp., air ride, wet kit, all alum. whls, good tires, 500,000 mi., current DOT, $12,800 OBO. 952-240-2193 42' Steel hopper trailer, ag hoppers, good tarp, repainted, $13,750. 515-408-3122

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MARK DIETZ 507-676-7767 midsotaag@yahoo.com www.midsotaag.com www.westbrookagpower.com Hwy. 30 West • WESTBROOK, MN • Ph. (507) 274-6101 USED EQUIPMENT TRACTORS ‘95 NH 9680, 4500 HRS. ......................................$77,900 ‘96 NH 9682, 4500 hrs. ........................................$72,500 ‘97 NH 9482, 5300 hrs. ........................................$64,900 ‘94 CIH 7240, 7600 HRS. ......................................$44,900 ‘10 NH T8050, 582 hrs ........................................$174,000 ‘09 NH T7040, FWA, 300 hrs. ..............................$103,900 ‘97 NH 8970, 4500 hrs. ........................................$66,900 ‘95 NH 8970, FWA, 7500 hrs. ................................$56,900 ‘05 Genesis 2210, FWA, SS, 3000 hrs. ..................$89,900 ‘02 Genesis 2210, FWA, SS, 3400 hrs. ..................$79,900 ‘85 Versatile 256 bi-directional, 4450 hrs. ............$19,900 Ford 8000................................................................$6,900 Allis 200 ..................................................................$4,900 IH 464, Westendorf loader..................................Coming In

CORN HEADS ‘10 NH 99C, 8R30..................................................$63,900 ‘07 Gleaner 3000, 8R30 ........................................$29,900 NH 996, 8R30........................................................$14,900 NH 974, 6R30..........................................................$3,500 “Where Farm and Family Meet”

GRAIN HEADS

Wilrich 957, 5-30, NICE ........................................$27,900 ‘05 Wilrich 957, 7-30 ............................................$29,900 Wishek 862 LNT, 34’ w/harrow..............................$83,500 Wishek 862 NH, 26’ w/harrow ..............................$59,900 Wishek 862 NH, 16’ w/harrow ..............................$29,900 DMI Tigermate II, 32’ ............................................$17,900 Wilrich 357, 7-30 w/levelers....................................$9,900 CIH 4900, 45’ FC ....................................................$6,900

DRILLS & PLANTING Kinze 3600, 16/31, Nice ........................................$74,900 Kinze 3600, 16/31 ................................................$69,900 Kinze 3600, 16/31 ................................................$57,500 Kinze 2600, 12/23 ................................................$39,900 Kinze 2210, 12R30 ................................................$26,900 Kinze 2200, 12/23 ................................................$23,500 Kinze 2300, 16R30 ................................................$22,900 Kinze 12R30, front fold ..........................................$12,900 White 6100, 12R30, w/11 row trailer ....................$19,900 CIH 900, 12R30 ......................................................$6,900 Great Plains 20’, 10” w/coulter cart ......................$10,900 Tye 20’ drill ............................................................$2,900

HAY EQUIPMENT ‘07 Gleaner 8200, 35’ w/Crary ..............................$29,900 JD 930F w/Crary ..................................................$16,900 ‘09 JD 265 disc mower ..........................................$5,500 ‘98 NH 973, 30’ ......................................................$9,900 NH 616 disc mower ................................................$4,900 ‘98 NH 973, 25’ ......................................................$5,900 NH 499 haybine ......................................................$7,900 ‘05 NH BR780, net ................................................$19,900 COMBINES NH 855 baler ..........................................................$2,250 09 NH CR9060, 600 hrs.....................................Coming In NH 660 baler, twin/net ............................................$8,900 ‘00 NH TR-99, 1612 hrs. ......................................$82,500 Gehl 1475 baler ......................................................$5,900 ‘00 NH TR-99, RWA, 2255 hrs. ..............................$72,500 Gramip 9 wheel rake ..............................................$2,500 ‘95 NH TR-87, 1850 hrs. ......................................$34,900 SKIDLOADERS ‘87 NH TR88, 4200 hrs. ..........................................$4,500 ‘09 NH L-185, 750 hrs., cab, heat..........................$31,500 TILLAGE ‘07 NH L-185, 1200 hrs., cab, heat & AC ..............$26,900 Wilrich 50’ Quad X, 4 bar ......................................$29,900 ’06 NH L-190, 1650 hrs.........................................$24,900 Wilrich 50’ Quad X2, 4 bar ....................................$44,900 ‘08 NH L-175, 3600 hrs., cab, heat........................$19,900 Wilrich 41’ Quad 5, 4 bar ......................................$21,900 ‘97 NH LX-485, 1100 hrs.......................................$10,900 Wilrich 38’ Quad 5, 4 bar ......................................$17,900 MORE ITEMS - See Our Wesbsite

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FOR SALE: '00 Jet Ag hop- FOR SALE: Snow Crete snow blowers, sizes to per trailer, 42' steel, DOT'd, good cond., $12,000. match HP, on hand 6,8,9,& 507-964-5625 10' long. Dave Schwartz Slayton MN 507-920-8181 FOR SALE: '11 Maurer 42' grain trailer , steel, ag hop- RANGER PUMP CO. Manupers, like new. $21,000. facture of Water Lift 507-828-6603 Pumps for Field Drainage.

Several used medium truck Built to fit your needs since tires and rims, call for siz1984. ing & pricing; used mediSales & Service um duty truck manual 507-984-2025 or 406-314-0334 transmissions, 5&2 and www.rangerpumpco.com straight spds. 507-334-0025 THE BEST FLOOR HEAT or 507-838-5388 WATER TUBING. FREE ESTIMATES. Compare & Miscellaneous 090 Save!

GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICES. FOR SALE: 500-gallon SS www.mikesheating.com tank on 6-ton trailer, $975.

1-800-446-4043 (2) 420-80 R46 tractor tires, good for duals. $150/ea.

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Call The Land for more Detwiler Sales info @ 507-345-4523 • 800-657Spencer, WI 4665 or place your ad online 715-659-4174 Bus. @ www.thelandonoline.com Winpower Sales & Service PARMA DRAINAGE Reliable Power Solutions PUMPS New pumps & Since 1925 PTO & automatparts on hand. Call Minic Emergency Electric nesota's largest distributor Generators. New & Used HJ Olson & Company 320Rich Opsata-Distributor 974-3202 Cell – 320-894-6276 800-343-9376

~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~ Notch Equipment: • • • • •

Rock Buckets • Grapple Forks • Manure Forks Bale Spears • Hi-Volume Buckets & Pallet Forks Bale Transports & Feeder Wagons, 16’-34’ Adult & Young Stock Feeders & Bale Feeders Land Levelers

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

Sioux Equipment: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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

Sheep & Calf Feeders Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg. Powder River Crowding Tub & Alley Mister Squeeze Cattle Chutes & Hd. Gates Garfield Earth Scrapers Peck Grain Augers, 8” - 10” - 12” • Special Price

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

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders Powder River Livestock & Horse Equipment Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’ Jari Sickle Mowers Grasshopper Lawn Mowers - Special Price Now! “Tire” feeders & waterers MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor for skidsteers, tractors, loaders or telehandlers Good Stock of parts for GT Tox-O-Wic Grain Dryers, Also, Some Used Parts Sitrex Wheel Rakes - MX Model In Stock Brillion Alfalfa & Grass Seeders Bale Baskets SI Feeders & Bunks (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders Enduraplas Bale Feeders, Panels & Tanks E-Z Trail Wagons, Boxes & Grain Carts Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns R&C Poly Bale Feeders Farm King Augers and Mowers Corral Panels & Horse Stalls EZ-Trail Head Movers & Bale Racks • Special Price Roda Mini-Spreaders Amish Built Oak bunk feeders & bale racks Walco log splitter Goat & Sheep feeders

• We Buy & Sell Used Smidley Steer Stuffers Or We Can Rebuild Your Steer Stuffer For You

~ USED EQUIPMENT ~ • #580 GT grain dryer w/25 hp. elec. motor & phase converter, we rebuilt it w/new center auger, center tube & sump • #370 GT PTO grain dryer • 8”x55’ Feterl PTO auger, VG • 18’ Meyers bale rack w/10-ton Meyers wagon • 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”

• Woods 6’ 3 pt. snowblower w/orbit motor spout • Gehl #312 Scavenger II spreader, 260 bu., VG • Brady 5600 15’ stalk shredder & windrower • Hesston 30A Stackhand • Lorenz 984 9’ snowblower, 1000 RPM, Very Good • Hiniker 1700, 15’ stalk shredder/end trans., Exc. • Steer Stuffer & Hog Feeders • 20’ JD BWF disk w/duals, Very Good • Special Prices on new Augers & Gravity Boxes In Stock

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‘08 CIH 305 Magnum, 1810 hrs., susp. frt. axle, Lux. cab, auto. steer$154,000

‘11 Magnum 215, Lux. cab, auto guide ready, 360 HID lgts., 233 hrs. $138,900

‘96 CIH 4210, MFD, cab, 62 PTO hp. ..................................................$19,800

‘06 CIH MX285, 2084 hrs. ....$124,900

‘06 JD 9520, 450 hp., 800R38 tires, 2311 hrs. ................................$179,900

‘07 Steiger 480, 2426 hrs., 710R42 tires, Lux. cab, HID lgts., auto guide ..$189,900

‘11 CIH 535Q, 1306 hrs., big pump, Lux. cab ..................................$289,000

CIH Puma 180, CVT front, 3 pt. hitch, SS axle....................................$119,900

‘08 CIH Magmum 215, 1278 hrs., 320R54 tires & duals, HID lgts.$119,900

‘11 CIH Steiger 385, 350 hrs., 520R42 tires & duals, 1000 PTO..................CALL

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Steiger 600 Quad, Lux. cab, full auto steer, 186 hrs. $359,900

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‘11 CIH 9120, 290 eng./248 sep. hrs. ................................................$359,000

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9120, track drive, RWA, 248 sep. hrs., leather, loaded ..........................$359,000 8120, 337 sep. hrs. ..................................................................................$269,000 8120, 646 sep. hrs. ..................................................................................$245,000 7120, 221 sep. hrs., RWA ........................................................................$272,000 7120, 276 sep. hrs. ..................................................................................$257,000 7120, 712 sep. hrs. ..................................................................................$212,900 2388, 1550 eng. hrs., duals ......................................................................$133,800 2608, 8 row 30” chopping cornhead ........................................................$59,800 2608, 8 row 30” chopping cornhead..........................................................$54,900 2208, 8 row 30” ..........................................................................................$28,900 2408, 8 row 30” ..........................................................................................$28,900 1083, 8 row 30” cornhead ..........................................................................$13,900 2162, 40’ draper head......................................................................................CALL 2020, 35’ platform w/Crary air reel ............................................................$39,900 2020, 35’ platform, 11⁄2”, rock guard ..........................................................$32,900 2020, 35’ platform, air reel, 11⁄2” ..................................................................$39,900 2020, 35’ platform, Crary air reel, 3” knife ................................................$39,900 2020, 35’ platform, 3” knife, rock guard ....................................................$39,900 2020, 35’ platform, 3” knife, rock guard ....................................................$32,900 1020, 30’ platform, 11⁄2” knife, tracker ........................................................$14,900 1020, 20’ platform, 3” knife ..........................................................................$6,500

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Paul I-35 & Highway 60 West • Faribault, MN • 507-334-2233 CNH Capital’s Commercial Revolving Account provides financial assistance for parts and service when you need it, keeping your equipment running as its best with the quality parts and service you’ve come to expect from Case IH. Contact your local dealer or visit www.cnhcapital.com today for details. ©2011 CNH Capital America LLC. All rights reserved. CNH Capital and Case IH are registered trademarks of CNH America LLC. Printed in the USA.

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‘10 CIH Magnum 335, 1419 hrs., Lux. cab, 360 HID lights, dual PTO................$189,000 ‘08 CIH Magnum 305, susp. frt. axle, Lux. cab, HID lights, full auto guide, 500 hrs. ................................................................................................................................$191,900 ‘08 CIH Magnum 305, 1810 hrs., susp. front axle, Lux. cab, HID lights, full auto guide ................................................................................................................................$154,000 ‘11 CIH Magnum 275, 500 hrs., Lux. cab, 360 HID lights, 5 remotes, auto guide ready ................................................................................................................................$159,900 ‘11 CIH Magnum 275, 567 hrs., Lux. cab, 360 HID lights, susp. axle, 380/54 tires, full auto guide ........................................................................................................$174,500 ‘07 CIH Magnum 275, 1035 hrs., Lux. cab, 360 HID lights, susp. axle ..............$129,900 ‘11 CIH Magnum 245, Lux. cab, 360 HID lights, 380/R50 rear tires, auto guide ................................................................................................................................$145,900 ‘11 CIH Magnum 245, 400 hrs., Lux. cab, 360 HID lights, HC hyd. pump, auto guide ready ......................................................................................................................$145,900 ‘11 CIH Magnum 215, 223 hrs., Lux. cab, auto guide ready, HID lights ............$138,900 ‘08 CIH Magnum 215, 835 hrs, 320R54 tires & duals, Lux cab, 360 HID lights $122,900 ‘08 CIH Magnum 215, 1100 hrs., 320R54 tires & duals, Lux cab, 360 HID lights ................................................................................................................................$119,900 ‘08 CIH Magnum 215, 1278 hrs, 320R54 tires & duals, Lux cab, 360 HID lights ................................................................................................................................$119,900 ‘06 CIH MX285, 2086 hrs., HD drawbar, HID lights, auto guide ready................$124,900 ‘03 CIH MX285, 3005 hrs. ............................................................................................CALL CIH Puma 180CVT, CVT trans., front 3 pt./front PTO, susp. front axle ..............$119,900 CIH 4210, 4443 hrs., 62 PTO hp., cab, MFD axle....................................................$19,800 ‘10 CIH Maxxum 140 PRO, 53 hrs., w/L760 loader, joystick, diff. lock ................$89,900

‘08 Magnum 215, 835 hrs., 360 HID lgts., 320R54 tires & duals ....$122,900

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‘11 CIH 600 Quad, 36” tracks, Lux. cab, full auto guide ..3 Units Starting At $349,900 ‘11 CIH STX535Q, 1306 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lights, full auto guide ....................$289,000 ‘11 CIH Steiger 535 Quad, 2061 hrs., scraper tractor........................................$235,000 ‘11 CIH Steiger 435, 420 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lights, 1000 PTO, 620/70R42 tires ................................................................................................................................$235,000 ‘11 CIH Steiger 385, 289 hrs., Lux. cab, 520R42 tires & duals ..........................$219,500 CIH 9170, 4200 hrs., PS, 20.8x42 tires ....................................................................$59,500 ‘05 JD 9620T, 2170 hrs., track unit ......................................................................$198,900 ‘06 JD 9520, 2311 hrs., 800R38 duals, wheel tractor ..........................................$179,900

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Fifty-foot rule not usually enforced

amber waves muddy waters

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While a 50-foot buffer between the river’s edge and farm fields is required, some land is farmed closer to the river as can be seen in this photo upriver from New Ulm, Minn. streams on private land exist as most were done many decades ago prior to permitting requirements and oversight.

The good news, Conrad said, is that compliance is relatively high with an estimated 94 percent of agricultural shoreline protected by a buffer. That’s a far higher rate of compliance than a few other counties that have made an effort to track buffer strips.

Part of the reason for better compliance is the steep ravines that lead up to many farm fields in this area.

“Our streams are so heavily wooded and deeply incised, so getting farm equipment close to the tops

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By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press The state regulations are From clear: If you have land in agricultural use along a to stream, river or lake, you need to have at least a 50foot grass buffer strip along the river bank or edge of the lake to reduce erosion, runoff and pollution.

But enforcement of the The environmental threat rule has been nearly nonof the Minnesota River existent. Many counties Editor’s note: The stories say they simply don’t have found in this section the staff or resources to complete the Mankato enforce the rules and oppoFree Press series that sition from landowners can began in your last issue make it an issue elected of The Land. county commissioners would rather avoid. Still, some larger counties are taking action, helped by new technology that makes it easier to find those not following the rules.

“There is a lot of shoreline in the county. A lot of it’s not accessible. It’s on private land and there aren’t roads to it,” said Julie Conrad, Blue Earth County’s land use and natural resources planner.

The county, in conjunction with the local Soil and Water Conservation District, turned to GIS mapping — including new high-quality aerial photos of the entire county — to first locate all shorelines and then see who was out of compliance.

The county identified 368 miles of rivers and streams, 186 miles of unnamed streams and 43 lakes.

There also are channelized streams where landowners dug out shallow streams so they would carry more drainage water.

Most counties don’t know how many channelized

of those river banks is dangerous so most farmers stay away,” Conrad said.

The land not in compliance in the county is generally where the stream banks aren’t so steep, she said.

About 450 property owners have been identified as needing to establish a buffer strip with most of the needed buffer areas being less than an acre in size. In total, about 400 acres of land need to be seeded into grass buffer strips.

Once identified by the county as being out of compliance, the SWCD staff takes over and contacts landowners. The county, not the SWCD, is responsible for enforcement, said Jerad Bach, manager of the Blue Earth County SWCD. “We don’t mandate anything; it’s all voluntary,” Bach said. “We have the history of working with landowners on cost-share programs for soil erosion, so that’s where we come in.”

It will eventually be up to the county board of commissioners to enforce the buffer strip rules on any landowners who don’t come into compliance.

Bach said they’ve so far sent letters to 76 noncompliant landowners and have heard back from 26. About half of those said they plan to either seed the buffers in at their own cost or sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program, which subsidizes landowners for protecting sensitive land.

“We’re not trying to go out there and say, ‘You’re a bad person, you’re out of compliance,’” Bach said.

“We just want to inform them and work with them.”

So far, only five counties in the state have taken active steps to enforce the state-mandated buffer rules. Dodge, Grant and Olmsted counties have already completed enforcement while Blue Earth and Winona counties are in the process.

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Many county rivers, streams and lakes without buffer zone

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Trouble at the mouth of Lake Pepin; takes what river sends it River’s sediment so quickly that it will disappear by the end of the century. If nothing changes, the entire lake will disappear within 300 years. Experts say the lake is filling with sediment at 10 times the natural rate that occurred before white settlement.

Besides making the lake shallower, the sediment is reducing the light penetrating the water from Fort Snelling to Lake Pepin, choking off growth of aquatic plants.

McKay, who’s lived on the lake for 20 years, said the alarming changes to Lake Pepin prompted area residents, business leaders and environmentalists to form the Lake Pepin Legacy

Alliance.

McKay, who manages the St. James Hotel, which is owned by the family that owns Red Wing Shoes, does not identify himself as an environmentalist.

“We’re not your typical environmental group. We’ve tried to stay away from that brand. We want to be more inclusive.

“If you own a business on the lake, you’re involved. If you’re involved in water issues for cities or counties, you’re involved. If you’re a sail boat owner, you’re involved,” McKay said of the alliance. “We have a lot of environmentalists and conservationists and

all the people who realize their livelihood is based on the lake.”

McKay pored through research on the Minnesota River and upper Mississippi and was amazed at the large scope of scientific research that has been done.

He’s also amazed so little has been accomplished when the research is clear on most of the causes.

“Bank erosion (on the Minnesota) is the big cause, but it’s a direct result of the energy of water coming down so fast.” Water, he said, that is coming from intensely farmed — and artifiSee PEPIN, pg. 4C

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By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press The rapidly eroding banks and muddy river water are the obvious signs of problems for those along the Minnesota River.

But it’s near Red Wing, Minn., that the Minnesota’s problems end up.

“About five years ago the neighborhood people at the mouth of Lake Pepin noticed places you used to be able to jet ski across or take your boat across to Wisconsin — you can’t get there anymore,” said lake resident Mike McKay. The northern one-third of Lake Pepin is filling in with the Minnesota

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Counties responsible for policing buffer law

By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press When it comes to enforcing the law requiring a 50-foot buffer along streams, rivers and lakes, it falls largely to counties to do the policing.

Virtually none have, but some are starting to.

The reasons for inaction, say county officials, have been a lack of staff and expertise, no easy

way to find offenders and no real pressure to crack down.

Some counties say they still lack the manpower, but there is growing pressure to enforce the rules, and new technology — including GIS mapping and aerial photography — makes it easier to locate those out of compliance.

“We haven’t pushed anything yet,” said

Bruce Johnson, Watonwan County’s environmental services director.

A couple of years ago, we didn’t “We did get the aerial inforeven have GIS data. The tools are mation recently, so we could getting a lot better. analyze it. But we have a drastic absence of technical — Mark Leiferman, Waseca County capacity,” noting that because planning and zoning administrator of job vacancies, there are only a couple of people working on a permit for any other projects. environmental and water issues.

“It’s a process we used in the past for “With small counties like ours, it’s septic compliance and it worked well,” just not easy.”

Leiferman said.

Michele Stindtman, of Faribault He said prior to the past couple of County planning and zoning, said it’s frustrating that enforcement of the years, it was all but impossible for the county to identify those out of complilaw has been mostly ignored. ance across the county.

“It’s somewhat frustrating when “A couple of years ago, we didn’t even even the DNR doesn’t enforce it.” have GIS data. The tools are getting a She said the county is just beginning lot better.” to develop plans and launch education Kathy Brockway of Le Sueur County programs for landowners about buffer said they so far haven’t made any plan and drainage regulations. regarding buffers.

“It’s been in state statute a long time.

“We haven’t really discussed that at Landowners should know. Hopefully all.” the people who are farming too close will get the message that they need to Mandy Landkamer, director of Nicollet do this or it will be done through County Environmental Services, said enforcement.” there’s been some discussion about buffer Mark Leiferman, planning and zoning strips, but no plans are in place to begin administrator in Waseca County, said identifying landowners out of compliance. they just kicked off a three-year plan to She said they’ve focused on managdeal with buffer and drainage regulation ing feedlots in the county to prevent issues. This past year they held forums manure that is injected in or spread on to educate farmers on the rules. farm fields from running off into Beginning next year, anytime any waterways. landowner seeks a county permit — for “The buffers are good, but through anything from a septic system to a build- our feedlot program we try to catch ing permit — the county will use the things before (manure) gets (near opportunity to check if the property waterways).” owner is out of compliance with buffer ••• rules and ask them to comply. Beginning The Mankato Free Press is a sister in 2013, the county will require they publication to The Land under The comply with buffer rules before they get Free Press Media.

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Tile issue must be acknowledged PEPIN, from pg. 1C cially drained — watersheds.

“The only good thing is that virtually all the fields are tiled, so there won’t be more (tiling).” McKay hopes technology will help find ways to retain and slow the flow of water off the farm landscape.

McKay said state and particularly county regulators need to enforce existing regulations, such as requirements for a 50-foot buffer strip along creeks and streams.

“There are rules and statutes that require a 50-foot setback, but they’re often ignored. If those were consis-

tently followed, that would affect nearly one-third of the sediment.”

McKay said the alliance doesn’t want a hostile relationship with farmers, but says the responsibility of farm drainage in the sediment problem must be acknowledged and addressed — even if there are not quick, sweeping changes.

“We need to find the common ground first and have successes and then build on that.”

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Landowner made changes to comply with law now be getting a little less land to farm.

“He’s a real good renter, but if he wants to redo the rent contract, he can.”

Streit is philosophical about finding herself errant of the rules.

“The law’s the law. You can’t tiptoe around it.”

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land needing to be put into a buffer runs along Rice Creek, which comes out of a lake in Faribault County and eventually empties into the Maple River in Blue Earth County.

She is checking to see if the land can be enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, but in the mean time plans to simply seed it with a grass mixture suggested by the SWCD. She’s also talked to her renter, who will

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This is the aerial image Julee Streit received this summer showing a small part of her property was being farmed too close to the edge of Rice Creek. Blue Earth County is using the advanced technology to identify land not in compliance and notifying landowners. Streit is planting a buffer strip of grass along the creek. through it. I never

By TIM KROHN felt threatened about Mankato Free Press it,” said Streit, who AMBOY, Minn. — When From with her husband Julee Streit got the letter owns an 80-acre parand aerial photo from Blue to cel near the border of Earth County showing a southern Blue Earth small portion of her propCounty. The tillable erty out of compliance with land is rented by a buffer-strip rules, she neighboring farmer. admits to a bit of anxiety.

“They said (the law’s) “I was surprised. I’d been around a long never heard of the law.” time, but I never heard The environmental threat She contacted the Blue of it. They’re just startEarth County Soil and of the Minnesota River ing to enforce it.”

Water Conservation DisThe law requires a 50-foot buffer trict, whose staff came out, explained the rules and marked off two pieces of strip along all bodies of waters, land — totaling 0.16 acres — that streams and rivers. Blue Earth needed to be taken out of crop produc- County, using aerial imagery to identify land out of compliance, is one of tion and planted into grass.

“The Soil and Water people were very just a few counties beginning to pureasy to work with. They walked me sue compliance. Streit’s little piece of

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Conservation, farm groups look for common ground

By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press For the past year, a group of conservationists has been inviting farmers to “Friendship Tours” along the Minnesota River and down to Lake Pepin on the Mississippi.

The idea is simple: Get the two sides to talk to each other, find some com-

mon ground and lay the groundwork for a working relationship.

Patrick Moore, director of Clean Up the River Environment, which sponsors the program, admits it’s an uneasy alliance and mistrust is increasing as the science increasingly points to farm drainage as a major problem in the river.

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“We’re doing a canoe Patrick Moore is co-founder of Clean Up the River float with members of the Environment, which has been making an effort to Corn Board. It’s pushing open up better communications with those in the them to the edge of their farm sector. comfort zone,” Moore said of the farm-industry group. “And it’s drain your farm fields. Any rational pushing my people to the edge of their human being would do the same thing. comfort zone. People on both sides are We have an ag system that has monosaying, ‘What the hell are you doing?’” cultures and encourages drainage.

That’s just the way it is. We have to Moore, who helped found the Monte- look at whether that’s what we want, video-based group two decades ago, and that’s where you get into the arguhas spent his life advocating for the ments and discussions.” river while building alliances with disMoore hopes that technological parate groups. improvements to managed drainage “We at CURE have suspended judg- systems and changes in farm proment and are just listening to farmers. grams may help.

But tensions are ramping up. Farmers “It’s like the are saying, ‘You greening of Waldon’t give us credit mart. Something for what we’ve comes along that It makes total ecodone.’ We say fine, puts a self-interest we’ll listen.” nomic sense to drain into it. All that your farm fields. Any The tours visit nitrogen going into rational human being farmers who are the water is a using new types of would do the same waste. Capturing farm drainage to that waste and thing. ... That’s just the slow the flow of increasing profits is way it is. We have to water off the land in farmers’ interlook at whether that’s and to hold back ests. How can they what we want, and nutrients. The conwork with scientrolled drainage that’s where you get tists and fix that systems are more issue?” into the arguments costly to install and and discussions.

Until then, Moore only work well on said the two sides level land.

— Patrick Moore need to get to know While he each other. applauds those “We need the working relationship — efforts, they account for a minuscule the pitched battles don’t go anywhere. amount of land being drained.

“My board has 15 members. They’re “There’s very small progress being made. There’s a lot of pattern-tiling farmers, tree huggers, biologists and going on, and that’s what society housewives. They want a way to have an intelligent conversation. The culrewards farmers to do. tures in our valley, we don’t talk to “Farmers have to feed the world. each other.”

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Keeping Asian carp from Minnesota River will be difficult

By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press Add giant flying carp to the list of potential dangers to the Minnesota River.

Last month, officials found DNA from Asian carp in water samples taken from the mouth of the Minnesota River.

They have not confirmed the carp are in the Minnesota or upper Mississippi rivers.

Intense efforts are under way to keep the invasive Asian carp out of Minnesota waters. The fish, which can reach monster size and some which jump into the air when startled, are moving up the Mississippi.

State and federal officials, with a mandate by the Legislature, are devising plans to halt or at least slow their migration.

Some say the plans largely ignore keeping the carp out of the Minnesota River.

“Their planning process has had no real consideration for the Minnesota River,” said Scott Sparlin, a river advocate from New Ulm, Minn., who fishes the river often.

“I just get the impression they’re writing the Minnesota River off.”

But Jack Lauer, Department of Natural Resources regional fisheries manager in New Ulm, said there aren’t any feasible ways to block the carp from get-

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The existing plan, developed by state and federal officials and supported by Gov. Mark Dayton, is focusing on taking a stand against Asian carp near St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

The Minnesota River ties into the Mississippi several miles south of St. Anthony, leaving it wide open for any carp that make their way up the Mississippi.

Lauer said St. Anthony was chosen because it’s the one place the carp could possibly be held back.

“The St. Anthony falls is a natural falls and a natural barrier (to fish),” Lauer said. But state officials face a hurdle because there is also a lock and dam there that lifts and lowers boats to navigate the Mississippi. That lock carries water from the lower falls to the river above — along with any fish in the water.

State officials are asking Congress to have the Army Corps of Engineers close that lock and dam if Asian carp are detected in the area, creating a permanent natural barrier.

“But that runs up against boaters and commercial interests,” Lauer said.

If the lock can’t be closed, Plan B focuses on an area nearby on the Mississippi at the Coon Rapids dam. A barrier — possibly using a wall of constant bubbles that deter fish from swimming through — would be erected there.

“But barriers aren’t completely effective,” Lauer said.

As for the Minnesota River, some work has been done looking at possible places to use a barrier. But with no dams — except near the start of the river —

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“There aren’t any natural barriers (like waterfalls) and no dams.”

Another issue is that there is barge traffic on the lower end of the Minnesota.

He said, frequent and increasingly larger floods on the Minnesota would work against any barrier efforts as water often flows up over the banks, creating temporary lakes and wetlands that could give carp a way in.

Still, Lauer said it may be possible to erect some type of barrier on the Minnesota. “But should we spend so much money to try to stop one species?”

And, he said, any barrier would also keep native fish from coming into the Minnesota River. “Sturgeon and sauger are species that need to travel long distances to find spawning.”

Fisheries workers are checking the Minnesota River for any sign of the four species of Asian carp, including the silver carp, which is the one that flies above the water.

“We’ve been out electrofishing this summer and fall. There’s no presence of the carp.”

Fisheries workers also recently took 50 water samples from different spots on the Minnesota River to do “environmental DNA” testing, which can indicate whether Asian carp may already be present in the water.

This spring similar testing on the St. Croix River showed the presence of silver carp DNA. Later netting turned up none of the carp. Officials said samples could have been unreliable because of high flood waters at the time.

Besides the Minnesota River, the new round of DNA testing includes more samples from the St. Croix and the Mississippi. Early results from that round of testing found Asian carp DNA in the Mississippi River and in the mouth of the Minnesota River.

Sparlin said that if the Minnesota River isn’t protected, the river does have one thing working in its favor — there are a lot of native fish and fish species in the river.

There isn’t much research on the subject, but some think that areas with healthy native fish populations may make it harder for Asian carp to get established — or at least slow their spread — because the native fish will feed on small carp.

“The Minnesota has a lot of fish,” Sparlin said.

“The lower 25 miles of the Minnesota isn’t too hot for fishing, but you get above that and there’s tons of fish,” Sparlin said.

Lauer agreed. “With the existing game fish, with flathead and channel catfish, walleye, sauger, some predator species, it’s in pretty good shape to keep the Asian carp in check for a while,” he said.

“The thing is we really have no idea what effect Asian carp would have on the Minnesota River.”

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Blue Earth Co. commissioner Purvis taking a leading role

By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press VERNON CENTER, From Minn. — Blue Earth County amber waves to Commissioner Will Purvis knows firsthand about the muddy erosive power of the river. waters He lives along the Blue Earth River on the farm site southwest of Vernon Center The environmental threat that has been in his family of the Minnesota River since 1913.

“We have a 1938 photo of the river channel and compared it to 2009. The river has moved onto our property 350 feet in that time,” Purvis said.

The land along the river was put in the Conservation Reserve Program and now is covered with grass and trees.

“We’ve slowed (the erosion) but haven’t eliminated it.”

Purvis has taken a leading role on the county board in water-related issues, and the county is one of a handful in the state that is more aggressively identifying land along streams and rivers that need to install required buffer strips.

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Blue Earth County, Minn., Commissioner Will Purvis has seen hundreds of feet of land along his farmsite on the Blue Earth River erode away over the decades. people are very receptive when they’re notified they’re out of compliance.”

Purvis and Commissioner Drew Campbell also have been involved in outreach with conservationists and residents around Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River, where much of the Minnesota River’s sediment is filling in the lake.

“They invited us to Red Wing in September and we talked about the sediment and we developed a good dialogue,” Purvis said.

They invited the group to Blue Earth County recently to view projects aimed at reducing erosion, including drainage ditch designs near Mapleton, Minn., aimed at releasing water more slowly and a project to restore and protect riverbanks. “I think we’re all going in the same direction. We don’t like our soil washing into the river and ending up in Lake Pepin, and they don’t want it.”

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Glacier carved out deep river valley

By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press You can blame Warren for a lot of the sediment washing into the Minnesota River today.

River Warren that is.

The beautiful Minnesota River Valley is deep and wide — but because it was carved so deep, the streambanks, ravines and bluffs are prone to sloughing into the river when water comes pouring in.

The deeply cut valley was the work of what is known as the prehistoric River Warren.

Creation of the valley started about 12,000 years ago as the last glaciers in this area melted and created the massive Lake Agassiz that covered parts of South Dakota, North Dakota, northern Minnesota, up through central Canada to Hudson Bay.The lake — 400 feet deep in places — was bigger than all the present Great Lakes combined.

That big lake drained in various directions over time, but geologists say something cataclysmic happened about 11,000 years ago. Lake Agassiz broke

open near the present day Browns Valley on the South Dakota-Minnesota border and began sending torrents of water toward present-day Mankato where it hit limestone bedrock that sent the water heading toward what is now the Twin Cities.

River Warren drained Lake Agassiz for thousands of years.

(The prehistoric river got its name from Gen. G.K. Warren who, in 1868, while looking for railroad routes studied the river valley and first explained how it was created.) After Lake Agassiz drained, the flow of water in the Minnesota River became a relative trickle in the bottom of the deep valley.

Besides creating appealing but erosive bluffs, River Warren also made the river valley a dreamscape for geologists who can easily study some of the oldest rock formations in the world that were exposed by the deep cut into the earth.

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its way into rivers or simply evaporated.

He said increased precipitation of about 8 percent since 1940 doesn’t account for the rate of flow increase in rivers. He also said precipitation has not increased in May and June, but river flows have.

While farm groups are taking a more active role in the debate, there is little discussion by anyone of requiring farmers to alter drainage practices. The federal Environmental Protection Agency does not regulate non-point sources such as farm drainage nor does the state.

“I wonder sometimes why there’s so much concern by farm groups because there is no regulatory enforcement,” Senjem said.

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By TIM KROHN Mankato Free Press Feeling increasingly in the crosshairs for fouling the rivers, farm groups have formed a coalition to tell their story.

“All of us who live in the Minnesota River Valley have a stake in this,” said Warren Formo, executive Warren Formo director of the Minnesota Agricultural Water Resources Coalition.

The group was formed in 2008 by all of the state’s major farm-industry groups.

Formo argues that data linking drainage to much of the sediment problem are based on relatively new science. And he said there may never be enough proof to pinpoint ag drainage as the primary culprit.

“The (river basin) system is continuing to change, so will we ever know? The need to do research on the system will never stop because the changes will never stop,” Formo said. “Farming is a part of it, I’m not saying we shouldn’t look at agriculture. But we’ve changed the landscape with cities, roads and bridges. But it is all going toward one issue (agriculture).”

Formo said the public is not up to speed on changes that have been made in modern agriculture.

“We have such different starting points on the conversation, a different understanding of what’s ag today. We need to bring that out so we’re not arguing about what happened 40 years ago.”

He said the most dramatic change has been in using more conservation tillage.

“Tillage is much less than 20 or 30 years ago. We’ve increased the water-holding capacity of the soil.”

Farm groups argue that getting water off the landscape through tile drainage allows farm fields to absorb more water after rains — in essence reducing the flow of water into rivers and limiting erosion.

Farm advocates also point to a study done by University of Minnesota soil scientist Satish Gupta. The report attributes much of the streambank erosion to increased precipitation, changes made to the river channel such as channelizing parts of it, as well as roads, parking lots and other urban development that increases impervious surfaces.

Gupta said moisture-saturated soil — from increased precipitation — also is causing upper slopes of ravines to slough off into the river.

“Some people believe that additional water from drained agricultural land is increasing river flows and contributing to sediment production,” Gupta said. “Our data indicate that’s probably not true.”

Many scientists who’ve studied the river basin accept some of Gupta’s observations but not his core analysis that farm drainage has had little effect.

“The farm groups have come up with reasons why drainage is good. Some have merit and some are a

stretch,” said Norman Senjem, who recently retired From after many years with the Minnesota Pollution Control to Agency.

Senjem said the MPCA did include Gupta’s views in agency studies.

The latest comprehensive study, presented recently, The environmental threat analyzed 70 years of data and of the Minnesota River concluded that changes to the rural landscape and drainage are the primary drivers of increased river flows and sediment problems.

Dan Engstrom, a scientist with the St. Croix Research station, said much of the water now delivered to rivers via drainage used to lie across a landscape of vegetation and wetlands and slowly found

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