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A fond farewell (well, sort of) Ups and downs It is amazing to me that I have spent the There have been good years for the past 21 1/2 years at The Land. farmers in my 20-plus years here, and I began my journey working part time on there have been some very lean years, too. the circulation mail list. This was to be a We ride these ebbs and tides with you all. short-term job of less than a month. From When you do well, our advertisers are there, I was asked to fill in when there more willing to run ads with us; the oppowas a changeover of personnel or someone site is just as true. was out for medical reasons. I have met some great people working I did not want a full-time position, as my at The Land, and have seen many move children were young. Finally, the office LAND MINDS on because of job opportunities or other manager asked our general manager to By Vail Belgard interests. We have also lost a couple of “just hire her part time and find another people who passed on. Pat Hoehn was an part-time person.” office assistant when I was the office So, my journey at The Land began. As manager. She was a bubbly, happy litmy children aged, I took on more hours tle lady a bit older than I was. She had until I was a full-time employee. Our gena zest for life and ALS took that from her much too eral manager left and we were without someone in that position for a time. The editor, Randy Frahm, and soon. I still miss her. We also lost Hank Wessels about a year ago. We’ve had no gardening “guru” I worked on getting things done and keeping things moving in the office. Randy eventually took the general since then, but are now looking for someone to pick manager position and I was named the office manager. up where Hank left off — not replace him. These people were terrific additions to The Land. When Randy moved on, we had what we called the Family and friends “Triad.” Kevin Schulz was the editor, Kim Henrickson My children have grown up with the people of The was the advertising manager and I continued as the Land as part of their family. We have attended gradoffice manager. This worked for some time and we each uations and weddings, and shared in the joy of chiltook a portion of the GM duties. The current publisher dren and grandchildren being added to our family. of the Free Press Media decided that he didn’t want to You, as readers, are also part of this family. Many of have to obtain information from three individuals and you contact us on a regular basis and I feel like you are asked me to take the GM position several years ago. friends, even though we may not have met in person. Full circle I have two wonderful granddaughters, Alayna, 4 This job has been both enjoyable and stressful. I 1/2, and Kalyse, 1, who are a joy to my life, and I work with a fantastic group of people who all pull want to spend more time with them. I want to be together to put out a great farm publication. able to camp more with my husband, family and I know and believe this to be true because of you, friends, and maybe even just lay around for a day or the readers. We hear from many of you when you two now and then to see what that’s like. send in your annual subscription cards, and at the I will continue to be a part of The Land for a while. farm shows that we attend. Not sure how long but I’ll keep you posted. I am now moving on, as I have reached the early A reminder retirement age and want to spend more time with Remember that your subscription card should be in my husband, children and granddaughters. However, this edition of The Land. Please fill it out and return I am not leaving The Land completely. it with your voluntary donation check. If you didn’t By coincidence, the part-time advertising assistant get a card, please call us at (800) 657-4665 — or eposition opened up in early December. The new GM, mail your name and complete mailing address to Kathy Connelly, asked me if I would stay to help her TheLand@TheLandOnline.com — and we’ll mail a with the transition into her new position. new card out to you right away. You will like Kathy. She was raised on a farm, marWe truly appreciate all of the support we receive by ried a farmer and has been with the Free Press your voluntary donations to keep The Land the Media for 40 years. amazing paper that it is. Thank you. So, I have come full circle. Starting out as a partVail Belgard is a part timer at The Land. She can time advertising/office assistant, working up to GM, be reached at vbelgard@TheLandOnline.com. ❖ and finishing off back where I started.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 12A — Corn rootworms fighting back 14A — Hard soil reveals tillage issues 15A — Dealing with Goss’ wilt in 2012
16A — CHS Inc. marks record year 21A — The ABCs of produce farming 23A — U.S. cattle industry realigning 26A-29A — Iowa Pork Congress preview 1B — Dairy farmers the icons of ag
CORRECTION: On Page 6A of the Jan. 6 issue of The Land, a mug shot was misidentified as being that of USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service district supervisor/wildlife biologist John Hart.
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Commentary: How Columbus caused the Little Ice Age In a remarkable example of human-centeredness, Stanford University geochemist Richard Nevle blames Christopher Columbus for a sharp reduction in atmospheric CO2 during the 16th and 17th centuries. It seems that man-made warming believers never tire of telling us how powerful humans are, usually for the worse, in our ability to change nature. Nevle claims that the deaths of American Indians, due to the sudden spread of European diseases after Columbus landed, would have stopped the Indians from burning so many forests to enhance their hunting. He says this would naturally lead to re-forestation of a land area at least as big as California. He estimates the billions of tons of CO2 withdrawn from the atmosphere as the new trees grew should just about explain a sudden drop in atmospheric CO2 during the years from 1500 to 1700 AD as measured in the Antarctic ice cores. If Nevle can “read” the deaths of the American Indians in the Antarctic ice record, has he checked for the impact of the Black Death in Europe and the Near East during the 14th century? Roughly half the population of Europe died then, along with vast numbers of people across the Near East. It is on the record that huge tracts of European land were allowed to revert from farm to forest during this period. The Near East got 300 years of persistent drought in the same timeframe. Even the scruffy environment in North Africa and Syria is capable of changing the Earth’s reflectance of sunlight if its people die of plague and the vegetation dries up. I would think a geochemist, especially one from Stanford, would understand that the oceans hold about 70 times more CO2 than does the atmosphere.
tons of water around the world, which then dutifully sucked CO2 out of the Antarctic air. We’ve known about the Dansgaard-Oeschger 1,500-year solar cycle of warming and cooling since 1984, and we’ve now found its evidence in ice cores, cave stalagmites, seabed sediments and fossil pollen worldwide. The cycle is so strong that it persists even during the big Ice Ages that hit every 100,000 years and drops Antarctic temperatures by nearly 10 C. Could it be that Nevle is again over-estimating humanity’s importance? Should we be paying more attention to our currently very quiet sun? Maybe the lack of warming over the past 15 years is trying to tell him that CO2 is a minor trace gas — whose correlation with our temperatures over the past 160 years is a puny 22 percent. This commentary was submitted by Dennis Avery, director for the Center for Global Food Issues. ❖
Letter: The soil is not ours to destroy To the Editor: I read with interest your stories about the water quality of our rivers, streams and lakes (Editor’s note: The “From amber waves to muddy water” series in The Land’s December issues.) and I was simply amazed at all the supposed ways to keep the water out of the rivers and so forth. Not once was anything mentioned about contour farming. Once the water is within 50 feet of a waterway, I think it’s way too late. It is like cattle up against a fence, or people at the door of a Walmart, or a fire that costs $22 million that could have been stopped. Not only would contour farming save the soil, it would raise a better
crop without washing it to the edge of the waterway. In addition, each house along these rivers and lakes has a roof; why not put on a gutter and use the water another way instead of just letting it run down the manicured lawns? Imagine all the grass and brush that once soaked in water, where houses and sheds are now standing instead. We have only one globe, and if we destroy our soil we also destroy our grandchildren’s future. Our Creator does not make any more new soil and it is not ours to destroy. Emil Dullinger Holdingford, Minn.
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He would also understand that when water gets colder, it absorbs more gas from its surroundings. Thus, if a weakening sun suddenly put less heat into the Earth’s oceans, the oceans would take more CO2 from that air. That CO2 reduction would register in the Antarctic ice cores and in temperatures around the globe. During the 16th and 17th centuries, the middle of the Little Ice Age, the sun had two extremely long “quiet periods” with very few sunspots. During these minima, the Earth’s temperatures were slammed down to their lowest levels since the last big Ice Age. The Sporer Minimum lasted from 1460 to 1550, and dropped the temperatures in the subtropical Sargasso Sea by 2 degrees Celsius. The Maunder Minimum lasted from 1645 to 1715 and dropped the Sargasso temperatures by 3 C. In all, it meant nearly 200 years of declining temperatures in zillions of
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In early January, I announced a Blueprint for Stronger Service at USDA. It is our effort to make sure that in this era of reduced budgets, the folks who live, work and raise their families in rural America don’t see reduced services from the department. Over the past three years, the USDA has made significant invest- Tom Vilsack ments in rural America and supported farmers and ranchers. Today the farm economy is thriving, with record income and exports — and the unemployment figure in rural America has fallen faster than in other parts of the country. But these are tough times. Since 2010, the USDA’s budget has been cut by $3 billion — a 12-percent reduction. To help preserve the success we’re seeing in While this was a the countryside, we had to take a close tough call, the other look at the way we option was an interdo business with ruption in service less money, a that results from fursmaller staff and loughs and employee more complex prolayoffs — and we’re grams. committed to avoidOver the past ing that path. year, the USDA has offered early retirement for our staff and substantially reduced our travel and supplies budgets. We took a comprehensive look at our administrative services to find savings in areas like technology and human resources. It was not enough. In order to avoid layoffs or furloughs we looked at our footprint across the country and made plans to close and consolidate more than 250 offices, many of which have only one or two employees. While this was a tough call, the other option was an interruption in service that results from furloughs and employee layoffs — and we’re committed to avoiding that path. Instead, we have a plan that will create optimal use of USDA’s employees, better results for USDA customers and greater efficiencies for American taxpayers. You can learn more about it at our website: USDA.gov/StrongerService. Like families and businesses across the country, the USDA cannot continue to operate as we did 50 years ago. The Blueprint allows us to keep our commitment to streamlining services for farmers and ranchers — and making more services available online. It will allow us to innovate, modernize and be better stewards of the taxpayers’ dollars. It means we’ll build a stronger department to meet the evolving needs of rural communities and the agricultural economy in the 21st century. This commentary was submitted by Tom Vilsack, U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary. ❖
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The ‘Good Old Farmboy Network’ makes its mark ing nations to secure food Most folks are familiar supplies.” One investment, with the Good Old Boy the “leasing of 50,000 Network, a loose collection hectares of land in Tanzaof family and friends that (Good Old Farmboys) might include cattle jockeys, conia,” would be “complete by can be tapped for personal op board members, college alums and maybe even a the end of the year.” or business needs. state senator. GOFs are everywhere; you just don’t Shortly thereafter, AgriSol Few, however, know that see ‘em. Energy, a closely-held agriculture has it own netRastetter enterprise, made work, the Good Old Farmpublic its plans to develop boy Network. GOFs might The nexus of this network Bruce Rastetter, an Iowa farmboy vast tracts of Tanzanian farmland, include cattle jockeys, co-op FARM & FOOD FILE is a Chicago venture called who’s made millions in pork and also. board members, college By Alan Guebert the Rural American Fund. ethanol and now serves as president alums and maybe even a Callahan’s role in the deal is unclear The fund, explains its pro-tem of the Iowa Board of Regents, state senator. GOFs are but perfectly clear is his past employwebsite, “focuses on mak- the body that governs Iowa State Unieverywhere; you just ment with Rastetter. He served as ing partnership investversity. don’t see ’em. adviser to Summit Group, Rastetter’s ments in growing middle-market rural Another RAF partner is Roger C. Iowa farming operation, was a “princiTake the GOF that has Iowa State American companies.” (Links to all Underwood, another Iowa farmboy pal at AgriSol Energy, a large scale University’s College of Agriculture documents cited here are posted at who co-founded Becker Underwood, farming, livestock and extension/outand Life Sciences as its center and www.farmandfoodfile.com.) “the world’s leading supplier of nonreach” — ISU’s role — “project in Tanshares ag interests from Ames, Iowa, RAF is small and has only four pesticide specialty chemical and biozania” and was chief financial officer of to Dar-es-Salaam, the capital of Tan“strategic limited partners.” One is logical products” with “nearly $200 Hawkeye Energy, the nation’s third zania. million in sales annually.” largest ethanol maker controlled by ISU is a second tie between the two. Rastetter. While Rastetter, a University of Iowa Before that, he was a mergers and graduate, is a university regent, acquisitions specialist at Credit Underwood is both an ISU ag alum Suisse, an international investment and rainmaker: He helped direct the bank. university’s “Campaign Iowa State,” a All that experience likely came in fundraising drive that gathered more handy when, in December 2009, Hawkthan $850 million to “propel the unieye Energy Holdings jumped into a versity to new heights.” $700 million, Chapter 11 bankruptcy Underwood serves on ISU’s Founda- that “essentially turned operations tion Board of Directors and the ag col- over to a consortium of lenders led by” lege’s advisory committee. He and his — you guessed it — “Credit Suisse.” (A wife also “established the Ag Entrepre- Koch Industries’ subsidiary bought neurship Initiative with a $1.6 million Hawkeye in 2011.) gift,” in 2005. (In 2007, Rastetter gave If there are connections between all ISU nearly $2 million to endow the these farmboys, ISU and an enormous Bruce Rastetter Chair of Ag EntrepreTanzanian farmland deal, “endowed” neurship at the ag college.) Dean Wintersteen ain’t buying it. ISU watchers also whisper that In a Jan. 10 memo to ISU staff, WinUnderwood’s fundraising prowess — if tersteen denied the university had any not his own wallet — was behind the “agreement” or “contract” with the “first-of-its-kind endowed deanship” at principles of the Tanzanian deal. ISU’s ag school “thanks to a $3 million Technically, she’s right. But a review gift from an anonymous donor.” The of it, ISU’s active role in its develop“first holder” of the post is ISU’s curment and any real or perceived conflict ARM TORAGE INS rent ag dean, Wendy Wintersteen. of interest between it, influential The other RAF strategic partners are alums and a regent is clearly in order. Iowa farmboys, too — Jeffrey Becker, ISU’s new president, Steven Leath, Underwood’s business partner, and who takes over Feb. 1, could make it a J.D. Schlieman, another ISU ag alum priority. who worked 10 years for Heartland Pork and, later, was president of It wouldn’t be easy. After all, rainHawkeye Energy. Both were Rastetter- maker Underwood co-chaired the controlled companies and both were process that yielded Leath and Tansold. zanian investor Rastetter was one of two Iowa regents on the 18-member There’s more. search committee. Another tie is Tim Callahan, a manAlan Guebert’s “Farm and Food File” is aging director for Pharos Financial published weekly in more than 70 newsGroup in Dubai. On Jan. 21, 2010, papers in North America. Contact him at Pharos announced it would invest agcomm@farmandfoodfile.com. ❖ $350 million in farmland in “develop-
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Local Food Producer Networking Meeting Jan. 21, 9 a.m. Cedar Valley Produce Auction, Elma, Iowa Info: Contact Healthy Harvest of North Iowa Coordinator, Jan Libbey, (515) 5713383 or libbey.jan@gmail.com
Impaired Waters Public Meeting Jan. 25, 1-3 p.m. Blue Earth County Library, Mankato, Minn. Info: MPCA will hold a series of public meetings to discuss the more than 500 impairments that are proposed to be added to the draft list of the Local Food Producer state’s impaired lakes and Networking Meeting stream segments; log on to Jan. 21, 1 p.m. www.pca.state.mn.us or subPublic Library Zastrow River mit questions, comments or Room, Charles City, Iowa requests to Howard Markus Info: Contact Healthy Harat MPCA, 520 Lafayette Road vest of North Iowa Coordina- N, St. Paul, MN 55155, (651) tor, Jan Libbey, (515) 571757-2551 or 3383 or libbey.jan@gmail.com howard.markus@state.mn.us Minnesota Ag Expo Jan. 22-24 Verizon Wireless Civic Center, Mankato, Minn. Info: Annual gathering of Minnesota corn and soybean farmers; log on to www.mnsoybean.org or www.mncorn.org Cattle Feeders Risk and Margin Management Workshop Jan. 24, 9:45 a.m.-3 p.m. Pinicon Restaurant, New Hampton, Iowa Info: Free due to co-sponsorship by Five Star Co-op and Land O’Lakes Purina Feed; contact Floyd County Extension, (641) 228-1453, Russ Euken, Extension livestock specialist, (641) 923-2856 or reuken@iastate.edu, or Terry Wicks, Five Star Co-op, (860) 641-1177
Crop Advantage Conference Jan. 25 Hawkeye Community College Tama Hall, Waterloo, Iowa Info: One of 13 Iowa State University Extension conferences held around Iowa; $35/person if registered one week before the conference, $45 at the door; log on to www.cropadvantage.org or contact your local ISU Extension office for more details Local Food Producer Networking Meeting Jan. 25, 7 p.m. Public Library, Ventura, Iowa Info: Contact Healthy Harvest of North Iowa Coordinator, Jan Libbey, (515) 5713383 or libbey.jan@gmail.com Iowa Pork Congress Jan. 25-26 Iowa Events Center, Des Moines, Iowa Info: Contact Tyler Bettin, tbettin@iowapork.org or (515) 225-7675, or log on to www.iowaporkcongress.org
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 Ag Seminar MN Ag Expo, Jan. 22-24; reg- Jan. 26, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. ister at www.mnsoybean.org Best Western Victorian Inn, Hutchinson, Minn. Impaired Waters Public Info: Sponsored by the HutchinMeeting son Area Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 24, 2-4 p.m. Convention & Visitors Bureau McKinneys on Southside, Agribusiness Committee; Benson, Minn. $20/person in advance, $25 at the Info: MPCA will hold a series door; contact the HACCCVB, of public meetings to discuss (320) 234-0786 or the more than 500 impairangela@explorehutchinson.com; ments that are proposed to be a brochure can be found at added to the draft list of the www.extension.umn.edu/county/ state’s impaired lakes and McLeod/news/2012.Hutchinstream segments; log on to son.Ag.Seminar.Brochure.pdf www.pca.state.mn.us or sub-
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Cover story: USDA closures to save $60 million By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the consolidation of 131 county Farm Service Agency offices in 32 states across America, including in five Minnesota counties — Waseca, Nicollet, Scott, Pine and Chisago — and in three Iowa counties — Appanoose, Decatur and Union. Inherent in these FSA closings is that another FSA office be within 20 miles of the office being closed. According to an Associated Press report, Vilsack said the goal was to save $150 million a year in the agency’s $145 billion budget. About $90 million had already been saved by reducing travel and supplies, and the closures were expected to save another $60 million. As part of the USDA’s Blueprint for Stronger Service, this streamlining of various USDA operations also includes the closing of 15 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service offices in 11 states and five APHIS offices in five foreign countries; 43 area and sub offices of Rural Development in 17 states; 24 Natural Resources Conser-
vation Service soil survey offices in 21 states; five district Food Safety & Inspection Service offices in five states including the Minneapolis FSIS office; 12 Agricultural Research Service programs in 10 locations and 31 field offices in 28 states of Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. The best example of this all-encompassing effort to reduce USDA costs is the consolidation of more than 700 cell phone plans into about 10. Included in this major overhaul are significant reductions in overall manpower. FSA cuts across the nation will involve about 7,000 people; possibly more if USDA budget cuts are substantially greater than early projections of the 2012 farm bill, now referred to as the Farm, Food & Jobs Bill. “These actions were taken in the context of billions of dollars of reductions in the operating budget of USDA,” Vilsack said, with further expectations in program reductions as well. Vilsack reiterated that the USDA is doing its part while maintaining services to rural America and the food and nutriSee CLOSURES, pg. 11A
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CLOSURES, from pg. 10A tion programs that assist millions. “Rural America matters. One of 12 jobs in our nation is connected to agriculture. U.S. farmers are doing their part and we want to help America get back on its feet.” According to Vilsack, some FSA employees may be able to transfer to an adjoining FSA office incumbent upon the additional workload that also gets transferred. FSA consolidations will happen at those offices where there currently are two or fewer employees. County committee functions will stay intact within each county. The closing of five FSIS offices pertains only to administrative personnel, not any of the on-site food inspectors. “Inspectors will continue to do the work wherever we currently have USDA food safety inspection criteria,” Vilsack said, emphasizing there will be no impact whatsoever on the USDA’s responsibilities to ensure the safety of food supplies in the United States. The Minneapolis FSIS will be closed along with those in Madison, Wis., and Lawrence, Kan. “They wiped out the entire Midwest,” said Andrew Lorenz, deputy district director at the Minneapolis office which handles all federal inspections of meat, poultry and egg products in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Timelines for phasing in these many closures are dependent by law upon first providing a public hearing in each of the counties impacted. These hearings will take place within 90 days, with a July 1 target date for the completion of consolidations of various FSA offices. Vilsack indicated a Sept. 30 target date for the closing of other agency offices, with some additional time required for the closing and consolidation of the five FSIS district offices. Vilsack indicated that he felt the current fiscal environment in Washington, D.C., is making this Congress more receptive to these massive reductions in the USDA’s overall program despite the usual political reaction of not supporting cuts “in my home district. ... In this particular circumstance everyone in America realizes we’ve got to get our fiscal house in order and that requires tough choices, tough calls. We at USDA want to be proactive about these changes. We want to initiate changes, we don’t want to be managed by change,” Vilsack said. He also said that some farmers may have to travel an additional 10 miles or so to continue with their FSA programs but generally they will still be seeing the same faces behind the counter. Inherent in these USDA actions are the adoption of new platforms and frameworks to better expedite the work of FSA personnel. “We’ll continue to expand broadband. We have over 300 broadband projects currently under way which will expand broadband access to 7 million Americans, 325,000 small businesses, and many more farmers and ranchers,” Vilsack said. Early retirements and early-out options will be easing this transition for many USDA employees. Vilsack made his announcement at the recent annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Hawaii. ❖
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Researchers: Rise in rootworm resistance cause for concern Herculex, for example. Going the By DICK HAGEN route of multiple trait packages is a The Land Staff Writer likely choice for many growers. The There have been just enough SmartStax multi-event technology breaks in corn fields across the Middeveloped by Dow AgroSciences and west to realize that the Bt trait for Monsanto is already a popular choice. corn rootworm resistance is showing some weak links. “The multi-trait package is the easy route, but just because we have “The reason we’re seeing a probTom Hoverstad not yet seen any cross-resistance lem is because of the continual use of Bruce Potter between traits doesn’t mean it can’t the same trait over substantial portions of the Corn Belt over several years, and the happen. YieldGard has been in the market the trend to more continuous corn strategies,” said Bruce longest but if that’s not performing and you put HerPotter, Integrated Pest Management specialist at the culex in the field, either alone or with SmartStax, University of Minnesota’s Southwest Research and then all the pressure is on the Herculex. Outreach Center near Lamberton, Minn. “We’re getting into that territory where we may be Could it suggest breakdowns of additional crop dancing back and forth between different trait protection traits? Already, certain weed species choices. Eventually that gets to be pretty hard to aren’t being knocked down by glyphosate, the trait manage,” Potter said. Fortunately in this part of the that originally was quickly adopted by farmers for Corn Belt, the western corn rootworm is not the preweed control in soybeans. Once approved for usage dominant species. But mild winters and more cornin corn, the adoption was even quicker. Today on-corn will favor that species, Potter said. glyphosate continues to be the trait linkage for He also said, “if you’re a rootworm, what you don’t weed control in major crops across the country, and want to see is an open winter with a lot of big temin foreign countries as well. perature swings. Open ground with extremely cold Potter said breakdowns of the Bt corn rootworm temperatures driven down into the soil helps keep trait are mostly associated with the western corn root- the ‘riff-raff’ out. And it seems like the westerns are more susceptible to cold temperatures than the worm, and particularly in corn-on-corn operations. “The good news is that we don’t seem to have the northern corn rootworm.” Tom Hoverstad, soil scientist at Southern Research variance because of the rootworm beetle laying eggs in soybean fields. To fix the problem in a given field, plant and Outreach Center in Waseca, Minn., said, “rootsoybeans and control the volunteer corn. In essence worms have always figured out a way to get around those resistant rootworms will be starved out,” he said. whatever we do. We used to rotate with soybeans and Potter cautioned that if we start seeing similar you didn’t worry about rootworms. Then things resistance problems with the northern corn root- changed. The northern corn rootworm started showworm, this whole scenario “would be a lot uglier.” His ing extended diapauses; a race that would hatch prediction is that if farmers have fields with resist- every two years. The westerns developed a variant ance issues, but don’t make the management changes that would lay eggs in soybeans which then became a to get it under control, then the problem will logically problem in corn the next year. “Also, the first generation insecticides weren’t granintensify. “As we see more continuous corn, the western species seems to be favored over the northern, so ules dropped in the row, but were broadcast sprayed over the rows to kill the beetles, which soon developed resistance breaks are likely going to increase. “As we get into mono-culture cropping, these root- resistance. So the rootworm will likely develop resistworms are doing exactly what we ask them to. It’s ance to any trait over time. It started with the Bt trait not like they’re being creative,” Potter said. So if because that’s been around the longest.” He indicated granular insecticides are still fairly there is a trait failure, your corn will probably still be standing but it won’t do anything to reduce the effective, but do not give 100 percent control. “They protect the crop but allow a number of survivors. You’re population of these resistant beetles. If you don’t know if you have resistance in your only treating a narrow band around the row so there fields but resistance is showing up in your neighbor- are beetles that survive. But the downside is that we’ve hood, then insecticide usage may have merit gotten away from planters equipped with insecticide because if you have a Bt break you’ll still have units. Plus it’s a lot of extra time and effort, particularly standing corn. “The insecticide won’t stop the resist- when you’re working with 24-row planters and bigger.” Hoverstad suggested that if seed costs are an issue ance but it will get your crop through the season, because of multiple traits, farmers should consider and lodging shouldn’t be an issue.” There are several insecticide choices but the prob- putting insecticides back into their corn program. lem is today’s planters. Most aren’t equipped to han- “Paying attention to the refuge requirements is dle granular insecticides. Liquid insecticides are an where good management starts when it comes to option, but again the additional labor and logistics rootworm control. I think there’s scientific acceptaren’t appealing to most farmers. Switching traits ance of ‘Refuge in the Bag.’” Potter can be reached at bpotter@umn.edu or (507) might be an option also. Potter said there doesn’t appear to be any cross-resistance between VT3 and 752-7372. Hoverstad can be reached at hover003@umn.edu or (507) 837-5624. ❖
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Hard, cloddy soils reveal many tillage questions By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer In a somewhat fitting play on words, fall tillage was frequently described by some farmers as fall breakage. After tillage, some guys described their corn fields as looking like a lunar landscape. Soil clods like never before are peppering the surface of many fields, especially the headlands which typically take the brunt of harvest tonnage. Big combines, big grain carts and big semi trailers can generate severe soil compaction. Last spring’s super wet fields set the stage for the entire season which in August became an “oven baking” scenario thanks to high temperatures and zero moisture. Fall tillage became an extreme challenge. One gear lower, one more gallon of diesel fuel per acre, and a new set of chisel points every 400 to 500 acres was a common coffee shop comment this winter. Marvin Brink, parts manager at Kibble Equipment of Bird Island,
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on some of these super cloddy fields. “So far we’re having an ideal winter for getting at these soil clods,” said Tom Hoverstad, scientist at Southern Research and Outreach Station in Waseca, Minn. “What’s going to help is freezing and thawing cycles, and some wetting and drying. Fortunately we didn’t get a bunch of snow dumped over these fields early in the winter. If that had happened, I’m guessing most of these clods would still be there come spring. But based on the weather so far this winter, I think these clods will be workable this spring.” Jodi DeJong-Hughes, a University of Minnesota Extension soils specialist, said, “there isn’t a lot of past experience dealing with soil conditions like this. In my cooperator fields, the deeper we tilled, the bigger the soil rocks/clods brought to the surface. Disk rip at 10-inch depth brought up basketball-sized clods. Chisel plowing downsized to about softball size. “But an open winter like we’re experiencing so far with multiple freeze-thaw cycles will certainly help ‘mellow’ those clods. However to have a freeze, the soil must have moisture. Our soils so far remain terribly dry. Good rains this spring will help remedy the entire scenario.” So might there be a particular tillage that works best ahead of planting next spring? DeJong-Hughes said, “I am not a fan of disks because they cause a lot of soil structure damage. But they do break apart clods. So if you have a huge problem with large clods still this spring, I would find a disk. Not a disk ripper or DMI.” Would vertical tillage last fall lessened the clod issue? That depends on the vertical tillage machine, DeJong-Hughes said. She’s concerned that if it is still dry and clods are evident this spring, vertical tillage better fits the idea of keeping the tillage shallow. “What most people have forgotten is the tillage effect of cracking soil,” she said. “Some of the soil pits I was in near Madison (Minn.) had cracks down 4 feet and they were close together. I have never seen such cracked and dry soil. This certainly was breaking up compaction and soil clods. So in a physical sense, these extremely deep soil cracks were a tilling process.” Hoverstad said, “I don’t see any particular strategy that would work any better than our normal spring tillage. Shallow tillage would probably work better if you’ve still got a cloddy surface. Whatever best levels that seedbed should be your goal. We never want to do too much tillage, especially if soils are wet. “If you’re still seeing some clods, the temptation would be to make another pass. But today’s planters can handle imperfect seed beds and our corn hybrids have more seedling vigor. Most of our planters have cutting coulters; many have trash whippers, so they properly prep that seedbed just ahead of the actual seed drop.” Is rolling your fields the quick and easy answer to cloddy fields this spring? DeJong-Hughes has done lots of rolling experiences on a variety of soil and with a variety of tillage strategies. But when it comes to handling clods by rolling your fields, she said, “if you have big, hard clods, rolling will just push the clods into the soil, compacting the soil below. But if you do try rolling this spring, I suggest doing it before planting, espeSee CLODS, pg. 15A
Incidence of Goss’ wilt increasing across Corn Belt “Right now, the only treatment is the inherent ability of the plant to ward off the effects of Goss,” Berghoefer said. “That starts with the hybrid that you plant. If you had a field where Goss was present last year, then you want to start with a hybrid that is resistant to Goss.” The last couple of years have shown a higher incidence of Goss’ wilt in this part of the Corn Belt, and Berghoefer said once it’s here, it’s here. The bacteria is known to live in the crop residue, where it can overwinter, and deep tillage has shown to help to control the incidence of Goss’ wilt. “Some people are trying to plow it under, that will minimize it, but won’t kill it off,” he said. “We had some pretty good
If rolling breaks up clods, keep going In vertical tillage trials on dry soil last fall it didn’t do much. “It kind of bounced on top,” DeJong-Hughes said. “If it had disks (but then it wasn’t a true VT machine) it dug better. We ran the VT machine on top of disk-ripped and chisel-plowed fields. On the DR fields (basketball-sized clods) we were about thrown out of the cab. VT on the CP field did a lot better and was breaking up the softball-sized clods. Not perfect but better.” Hoverstad said, “fields need to be dry when rolling otherwise you’re getting some needless compaction. Primary reason for rolling is as a harvest aid.” ❖
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CLODS, from pg. 14A cially if planting corn. And get out of your tractor to see what is happening. If it isn’t breaking apart the clods, get out of the field. If rolling is breaking them up, keep going.” Reflecting on some fall rolling, she contends that was mostly just pushing clods down and leveling the soil. However, level soil traps less snow. Cloddy soil traps snow and exposes the sides of these clods to moisture. Would vertical tillage last fall helped alleviate the rock hard soil pods? That pretty much depends if there had been previous tillage and at what depth.
weather events the last few years that have pushed this further along. It usually moves by wind.” Corn plants become infected through plant wounds caused by hail, sand-blasting, rain, wind or machinery. Crop rotation can help control Goss’ wilt, but only so much, Berghoefer said. “You can do the most that you can to control Goss, but if your neighbor isn’t doing anything, then it might not matter. … by the time you see lesions on the plant, the whole plant is infected.” Once infection occurs, there will be yield loss; the extent depends on the timing of infection. “If it occurs early on there will be dramatic impact on kernel fill and yield; later in the season you won’t see much of an effect,” Berghoefer said. If the infection hits later in the growing season, producers could see a yield hit of a couple percent to 10 percent; if it hits earlier in the season, there could be a 50 percent yield hit. “We’re not trying to be alarmists, but just want to make people aware of what’s out there,” Berghoefer said. Producers should align their seed corn purchases to battle Goss if they suspect there will be a problem. Check with your seed sales representative for hybrids that are Goss’ wilt resistant. “Once bacteria is there and you have the right environment for it, it can blow up pretty quickly,” he said. ❖
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By KEVIN SCHULZ The Land Editor Every year farmers know it’s important to get their crop off to a good start. Most of the time that good start, starts with the seed that is put in the ground. That fact will be more important than ever as farmers learn how to deal Chad Berghoefer with Goss’ wilt in their corn fields. According to Chad Berghoefer, technical services manager for Pioneer’s Northern Business Unit in Mankato, Minn., there currently is no treatment for the bacterial infection.
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CHS nets record year on strength of ag economy By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer CHS Inc., better known as Cenex Harvest States, celebrated a record year at its annual December meeting in Minneapolis. The nation’s largest co-op had record earnings of $961 million in fiscal 2011, of which $421 million will be returned as cash patronage. CHS’s energy unit led the charge to its record earnings. President and CEO Carl Casale said CHS is strategically and financially prepared to invest in helping its farmer-owners grow and succeed. “You know the old saying; you make hay while the sun shines. You make the right investments for the future. Just as importantly, make sure those profits get back to our owners in the form of patronage, as well as equity redemption,” Casale said. Apparently the CHS Board of Directors is bullish on the future of agriculture. In a report to shareholders at the Minneapolis meeting, CHS recent investments include the acquisition of the remaining outstanding interest in the NRA refinery at McPherson, Kan. Others include a soybean crushing
plant in Iowa; the acquisition of a Black Sea grain terminal; and the planned purchase of Solbar, an Israeli soy protein company. When asked how CHS can continue to generate such unprecedented prosperity, Casale wondered if 10 years ago anyone would have predicted agriculture was going to be the most competitive sector of the American economy. “No one would have believed that statement 10 years ago yet that’s exactly what it is today,” Casale said, complimenting farmers for “taking the long view by investing in the future.” “See what farmers are doing today in terms of recapitalizing their farming business be it updating their equipment, digging in more drainage on their land, adding new grain storage and it all adds up to increasing the productivity of American agriculture,” Casale said. “And it’s the job of CHS to support that growth, that investment and to allow the creation of future growth with the dissemination of patronage refunds directly to our producer-members or to our member-owners for updates in the total logistics of CHS operations.” He pinpoints the role of CHS is to
produce as much profit for its owners over the long term. That means using some profits to upgrade the overall operations of CHS, but also rewarding its farmer-owners with patronage checks back to them as well. “Admittedly it’s a bit of a balancing routine each year however this extraordinary 2011 business year lets us use significant funds both ways,” Casale said. So with record profits do producers desire even more patronage revenue? “If I had to weigh the number of times I have heard a producer-member say ‘I’d like a higher percentage of the profits’ versus the percentage of time I’ve heard our owners say ‘You do what you need to do to make this enterprise successful long term’, it’s 10 to 1 on the long view.” Even so CHS delegates voted to retire the oldest equity first and for member cooperatives the cash return was increased from 35 percent of earnings to 40 percent. Individual patron’s equity is retired at age 70. “So this puts more cash in the hands of our existing owners today that our building the co-ops of the future while at the same time retiring the equity of those
early investors that built the co-op that we enjoy today.” Even with CHS rapidly becoming a big player in world agriculture, the domestic business still carries the show. “Business originating in foreign countries would still be a far minority of CHS’s total business, less than 25 percent of our total revenue.” The best analyses of CHS business is on a category basis. Its crop nutrient business is almost entirely domestic; the same for its energy business. But for the total grain business handled by CHS, more is now exported than utilized domestically. “Yes, we do some foreign investment, especially in grain handling logistics, because our foreign customers expect it. If we’re going to be viewed as a global grain supplier we have to be where grain is grown locally,” Casale said, explaining that how this is done depends on the geography involved. The CHS Black Sea business, for example, involves partnerships, joint ventures and wholly owned CHS assets. “We don’t employ a one-size fits all business model.” Current employment of CHS worldSee CHS, pg. 17A
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United States run the risk of pricing itself out of these newly expanding markets? “Using corn as a benchmark, it can reach a price where it does impact protein demand. People will start selecting alternative sources of protein. Coincidentally the price of wheat tracks exactly the same with corn. Why? Because it’s an alternative feed source and substitutes in a ration almost one for one with corn. So greater wheat production coming on globally will help moderate the price of corn as a global feedstuff. It’s that time-proven thumb rule: the best cure for high prices is high prices.” He’s cautious about the U.S. livestock industry repositioning itself because of widespread drought across the southwestern states. “Perhaps some short-term adjustments are likely but cow-calf and feedlot infrastructures are so strongly biased to that region of the United States that it would take extended weather challenges to restructure the livestock industry of America.” He’s encouraged with the late-November and December weather that helped get winter wheat off to a good start in Kansas, parts of Oklahoma and Texas. Casale was interviewed during the CHS annual meeting in December. ❖
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CHS, from pg. 16A wide is approximately St. Hilaire, Minn., farmer Jerry Hasnedl was 9,000 employees but more It doesn’t matelected as the new chairman of CHS Inc. than 90 percent are in the ter how much United States Hasnedl has been a CHS board member since grain you pro1995. Is feeding a world going duce if it doesfrom a population of 7 bilHe succeeds Browns Valley, Minn., farmer n’t get to the lion to 9 billion by 2050 Michael Toelle. people who doable? Not to oversimplify Additional board members are Randy need it. the question but Casale said Knecht, Greg Kruger, Michael Mulcahey, C.J. it’s a mathematical trend Blew, Dennis Carlson, Curt Eischens, David — Carl Casale, which demands a doubling Kayser, Jon Erickson, Edward Malesich, Steve CHS president and of world food production by Fritel, David Bielenberg, Bob Bass, Don CEO 2050. “Said in another way, Anthony, Steve Riegel, Bruce Anderson and it means producing more Dan Schurr. food between now and 2050 than has been produced American economy, he doesn’t see the Mississippi during the entire history of mankind. About 50 per- River upgrade moving to the top of national issues cent of this increase is simply more mouths to feed, that need to be corrected. Instead he sees reconstrucbut 50 percent is represented by dietary upgrades of tion of user fees and other private-public collaborapeople around the world, especially in the rapidly tions as being more likely to get these river projects emerging middle classes of the Asian world.” under way. He sees this challenge as doable from a technology In view of the expanding appetite for more and betstandpoint but it will require a lot of things working ter foods among the emerging populations, does the in concert. “And this is where the cooperative system delivers a lot of value because we’re into multiple products for the production of a variety of feed grains and oil crops. Quite frankly I see the bigger challenge to be distribution. It doesn’t matter how much grain you produce if it doesn’t get to the people who need it. Infrastructure is likely to be the biggest bottleneck in feeding the world’s growing population,” Casale said. He noted the aging river system in America needs restoration, as does an aging rail system. “Both of these are going to be major restraints on American agriculture.” Admitting to the budgetary constraints of the
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Built-in fertilizer ‘factory’ benefits Iowa producer By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Third-generation farmer Mark Vogel of Panora, Iowa, is a board member of Heartland Co-op at West Des Moines, Iowa, (53 facility locations for this co-op) and was a first-time voting delegate at the December annual meeting of CHS Inc. in Minneapolis. Commenting about the 2011 Iowa crop in his area, he said Heartland Co-op did only about 1.5 million bushels of “ground storage” this fall and that was cleaned up prior to his Dec. 7 visit to Minneapolis. “Lots of new storage built both at elevators and on farms. Plus we had a shorter crop this year,” Vogel said, explaining the rapid disappearance of ground piles. However he’s not concerned about a corn shortage ramping up markets ahead of the 2012 harvest “… unless we have some severe weather challenges next year.” He’s not bashful about early contracts on future corn deliveries. Already about half of his projected 2012 corn crop is contracted with a $6.50 top end. Both fertilizer and seed costs keep squeezing margins but for him corn still wins on a corn-versus-soybeans comparison. He runs 600 acres of continuous corn on the home farm because of the availability of lots of hog manure available each season. But he uses corn-soybean rotations for his 2,000 acres of rented crop land. Has he noticed yield drag on his continuous corn? Maybe some that first year, he said, but after that it’s comparable with his corn-soybean rotation. He uses some extra nitrogen every other year on his corn-on-corn program, otherwise hog manure is the total fertility package. Vogel’s fertility program for those 600 acres of continuous corn stems from a most unusual agreement he made 15 years ago. “I gave a young farmer 15 acres of ground with the ‘lifetime’ agreement that when he got his hog operation going all the hog manure would be used on my home farm. So his 2,000-pig operation is a built-in fertilizer factory for our cropping program,” Vogel said. Did Vogel’s neighbors think he was crazy when he made this deal? “Yes, I think they did at the time. But there are neighbors around me now that would do the same thing if the opportunity was there. That’s how valuable hog manure has become for our corn program.” His combine is equipped with a chopping corn head so corn ground gets tilled with a 5/12 disc ripper which pretty much turns the field black. He uses a 36,000 ppa corn population; uses Pioneer triple stack hybrids but may try some DeKalb for 2012. Vogel has adopted GPS technology into his farming operation. “Great tool for spotting the trouble spots in your fields, both drainage issues and fertility issues,” Vogel said. He said there was lots of tiling in his part of Iowa in the fall. Land prices are kind of crazy in Vogel’s neighborhood also. “I’ve heard some horror stories. Right now $8,000 is probably the average in our area but I’ve heard $16,000 or better,” he said. He did say that farmers are making good money so it has to go someSee VOGEL, pg. 20A
Combs: Renewable fuels will be OK without blender’s credit Even with the “blender’s credit” phased out Dec. 31, the Renewable Fuels mandate is still part of the National Renewable Fuels Program which requires blending of renewable fuels into the U.S. market, Combs said. “We’re now seeing renewable in the global energy market which is dragging renewable fuels out of the U.S. market. We’re currently exporting ethanol to Brazil, for example, and also biodiesel fuels to Europe. Even Korea is now into the market for chemical-grade ethanol.”
“Yes, I understand the cattlemen, poultry and hog producers’ concerns about higher feed costs cutting into their margins. But what they don’t talk about is the live cattle prices these days. Consumers really are the category that pays the price for higher commodities, be that corn or beef steak.”
nate between $80 and $100. However if the European economy and the Chinese economy show some recovery he sees $120 crude oil as likely.
Projecting future crude oil prices is pretty much a crap shoot Combs said because so much of it relates to the world economy.
He said the cheap U.S. dollar is key to the flow of exports out of the country, and the price of crude is also predicated on the cheap dollar. Research and development expenditures are minimal with CHS, Combs explaining they prefer to go with proven technologies and adopt them to CHS processes.
For example, if Europe drives into a recession for the global economy then crude oil prices could stag-
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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Drew Combs still sees a bright future for renewable fuels.
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Combs is vice president of Commercial Supply and Renewable Fuels Marketing of CHS Inc. He predicts the mandates in Europe for renewable fuels will continue to go up. Yes, loss of the blender’s credit could mean higher pump prices for gasoline. Some are predicting a 5-cent bump but Combs wonders that with all the volatility in the marketplace how can you really tell what is the result of the disappearance of the blender’s credit. << www.TheLandOnline.com >>
European Union mandates require 10 percent bioenergy content in their fuels by 2020. Gasolines are a small portion of the total fuel market in Europe. Distillates, specifically diesel fuels, predominate across most European countries. Combs pointed out there are ethanol plants in Europe, mostly wheat-based. However Fagen Engineering, the Granite Falls, Minn., firm that built dozens of ethanol plants across America is currently constructing a corn ethanol plant in Czechoslovakia. Combs said a lot of corn is grown south of Budapest in the Croatian area of Europe. Corn gets shipped into this area because of a cheap basis marketing costs. Combs suggested that the United States is probably at about 9 percent ethanol blended fuels nationwide right now, but the U.S. ethanol industry is currently producing about 1 billion gallons access ethanol which because it is not working into U.S. distribution is now being exported. He’s more concerned about the low-carbon regulations California is initiating requiring advanced ethanol which means cornbased ethanol won’t meet their criteria.
Combs also questions the ongoing debates of the food versus fuels issue when it comes to renewable fuels. “I think it keeps ramping up because certain people, certain groups, just like to debate the issue. When you look at corn on a global basis the usage for ethanol is a small percentage of total supply. And when you consider the DDGs brought back into the feed market, you’re displacing a very small amount of corn’s feed usage.
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He hesitates to comment about the future of cellulosic based renewable fuels, especially if they will become economical feasible. “There’s a lot of money going into that technology. They’re making progress, but will they get into a practical world? I give credit to the technology and development spirit of the American people. Hopefully they will eventually get there. We’ll wait for now.”
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Government needs a better offer to preserve CRP VOGEL, from pg. 18A where. “Either pay the price for land or pay the taxes.” As a board member of Heartland Co-op, Vogel said their board meetings mostly center on capital needs to keep the co-op going forward. With 53 different facilities, maintenance and upgrading is a constant item. That’s all part of keeping pace with the aggressive growth of Iowa agriculture.
Vogel mentioned a recent banker meeting he attended with the projection from bankers that the next five years will continue as “boom times” for agriculture. “The speaker mentioned there are very few farm acres bought with debt. Farmers are paying cash and bankers aren’t loaning money for farm ground was his message.” As a voting delegate at the big CHS annual meeting, Vogel got primed on the importance of ag
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exports. “I see CHS getting into exports pretty heavy. And based on world population growth, more overseas sales of our ag products are inevitable.” Vogel puts the pressure on the government’s shoulders to protect the future of the Conservation Reserve Program. “The government has to come up with a better price or our landlords are going to plow it up and take the money.” He mentioned one of his landlords is currently getting $130 per acre for his CRP land. But he’s talking $200 money to keep it in CRP and that’s not likely so Vogel thinks he will be putting those acres back into crop production in 2012. “I did a piece two years ago and all we did was burn it down with Roundup and then went in and no-till planted soybeans. The ground was a little rough but we combined off those beans and went corn the second year. It took two years to get that land back into a good productive farm. Lots of gopher mounds, that CRP land was really getting into rough shape. A few cedar trees had sprouted so I had to go in and cut those out,” Vogel said. The CRP was created in 1985, when corn prices were low as an incentive to persuade farmers to cut production to reduce grain surpluses. Over time it evolved toward environmental goals and eventually involved 40 million acres nationwide. Currently about 32 million acres are enrolled but the House and Senate agricultural committees recently proposed 25 million acres for CRP. Steve Taff, University of Minnesota economist, postulated that as global demand for food, meat and energy rises, society increasingly values corn and other crops over clean water. “We are not willing to pay for reduced water pollution, or reduced carbon, or habitat.” ❖
CHS Inc. announces Greg Lamp has joined the company as editor in chief of C, the company’s producerfocused magazine. Lamp, an accomplished agricultural journalist and recent editor of Corn & Soybean Digest magazine will take the editorial lead on C magazine and its online component. Lamp grew up on a diversified crop and cattle operation in South Dakota, and has been the recipient of numerous writing and photography honors during his 25+ years with publications such as Farm Journal, Successful Farming, Beef and Feedlot Management. In his new role, Lamp will work with CHS business leaders to tell the CHS story, and to communicate news and related company developments via the magazine, electronic communications and social media. Lamp assumes the editorial responsibilities of Steve Richter, CHS editor, who is retiring after more than 30 years of service to agricultural cooperatives. Richter has served as C editor since the magazine was launched in 2007 and previously was instrumental in building an audience for Cooperative Partners magazine. Throughout his career, Richter received numerous industry awards for his writing and photography featuring producers and their cooperatives. ❖
So you want to grow and sell vegetables? “At Rock Spring, we have this really cool onion,” he said. “The color is purple with a flattened shape.” There are many varieties out there, but he warns against getting too outlandish. Harvesting Priority should be placed on cooling the produce to the right temperature as quickly as possible. The longer it takes to cool, the quicker the quality of the produce, and its shelf life, diminishes. A refrigerated truck in the field is ideal, but cold water is beneficial and a less expensive alternative. Keeping vegetables cool when transporting to market must also be considered. Coolers work when the vegetables are packed cold. Insulated blankets thrown over the top will add several hours. The floor of the vehicle should also be covered as heat does come off the hot pavements, Blanchard said. Rock Spring Farm has one cardinal rule: only two parts of the body can be in contact with soil at a time. Among other things, it prevents one from moving quickly, Blanchard said. It is also important where you put the harvesting container — it should be to your right if you are right handed to prevent reaching over to the other side of your body. Consid-
eration to little things like that reduce fatigue and speed up the harvesting process. Attention to how the produce is placed in the containers when harvested makes a difference. Blanchard used the example of Swiss chard. When 16 are placed in each box it makes it easier to handle back in the warehouse. There are four rows of four bunches in each box, and the plants lay in a criss-cross fashion. Preserving plant integrity is vital. Harvesting while not sacrificing the plant’s future productivity has a huge impact on the value of that crop. When it comes to harvesting greens, Blanchard likes to take the whole plant, leaving a minimal amount of small leaves for growth. Zucchini should be grown on plastic to aid in keeping the plant’s fruit clean. Wearing white gloves when picking, then wiping the fruit down before placing into the box, eliminates another handling. White gloves work well also when picking tomatoes. Processing What is done in the fields hastens or stalls the processing. Therefore it is important to think of what happens next when picking and packing vegetables. Always be mindful of food safety. See MARKET, pg. 22A
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By RENAE VANDER SCHAAF The Land Correspondent Chris Blanchard knows that what he does today on his Rock Spring Farm, located in the hills of northeast Iowa, may be wrong tomorrow, as his vegetable business continues to evolve and advance with the needs and changes that naturally occur with the organic food industry. But there are some basic, fundamental steps that, if adhered to, will most likely aid in a produce farm’s success. “Most things are less complicated than it seems,” Blanchard said, speaking at an organic agriculture conference in Sioux Falls, S.D. “And I don’t always end up where I planned to or where I thought I would.” Getting started “Let’s say you plan to have 10 acres in vegetable production, that really means you need 12 to 15 acres,” Blanchard said. “Some land must be set aside for a time to be planted to cover crops. From an organic standpoint, the row crops are used as part of weed control and help to build soil.” Rock Spring Farm has 20 acres in production with 10 more planted into cover crops. Choosing vegetables Blanchard says to grow the common vegetables, but go to an updated version.
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Fresh produce farm serves customers year-round By RENAE VANDER SCHAAF The Land Correspondent DECORAH, Iowa — Northeast Iowa is a wonderfully scenic area of mighty bluffs with rugged hills. Dispersed throughout this terrain are farms producing a variety of agricultural products. One such endeavor is owner-operator Chris Blanchard’s Rock Spring Farm, which grows more than 100 different vegetables and herbs. Before beginning his own farm in 1999, Blanchard spent 10 years working on various farms in California, Maine, Washington and Wisconsin. There are more ways than one to get an education, and he learned the ins and outs of growing and selling produce by doing. Through scrimping and saving he eventually managed to set aside enough money to purchase his own farm.
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“The house on the farm was thought to be in such disrepair, that it was uninhabitable,” he said. “But we lived in it. Had to because too much overhead can kill the best laid out plans. An understanding of scale helps.” Their first year began with building a single greenhouse from which they harvested their first crop in March. Another greenhouse was built the next year, and two acres of garden rapidly grew to five. “Each year we try to improve something on the farm,” Blanchard said. “Sometimes it’s minor; other
Organic information Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s organic ag site: www.mda.state.mn.us/organic Iowa State University Extension’s organic ag site: http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/organicag times it is long-lasting and major, such as in 2004 when we seeded land across the creek to a hardwood forest.” Today the farm employs three full-time employees, with up to 10 during the peak summer months. They grow and sell produce 12 months a year. Their Community Supported Agriculture packages can be picked up at various locations in the Twin Cities, Rochester and Chanhassen in Minnesota, and at the Oneota Food Co-op in Decorah, Iowa. Blanchard keeps his customers informed with a newsletter blog. There readers can keep up with the goings-on at Rock Spring Farm, and find interesting tidbits and history of country living, with advice and recipes for using fresh fruits and vegetables. Blanchard has recently branched out into a speaking business. With a sense of humor he named his consulting workshop business Flying Rutabaga Works, referencing a vegetable that he says has always been a mystery to him. The workshops help other farmers with down-to-earth information and business concepts. To learn more about Rock Spring Farm, log on to www.rsfarm.com. To read Chris Blanchard’s “Eat Better News” blog, log on to www.eatbetternews.com. ❖
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Don’t skimp on packaging MARKET, from pg. 21A At Rock Spring Farm, Blanchard uses 100-gallon tubs filled with water, with which most people can wash 100 to 150 bunches per hour. Lettuces and other greens are spun dry in an old dryer, used for that purpose only. Tender crops are placed in mesh bags. A variable-speed pressure washer set at 100 to 300 psi works well for cleaning vegetables; beets and turnips with green tops clean up nicely. Blanchard said that many vegetable farms use brush washers. He can see the practicality of it but hasn’t added that to his production line yet. “When we bought the barrel washer,” Blanchard said, “things really took off. It is not so much persondependent but can clean a large amount of root vegetables and tubers quickly.” Condensation is a killer for tomatoes, he said, and suggests harvesting tomatoes when it is warm. They should always be picked when almost ripe and stored at steady temperatures above 55 degrees Fahrenheit. That alone will give tomatoes a longer shelf life. Walk-in coolers should have an over-sized compressor. It takes more power to cool down vegetables picked on a hot July day than to maintain product that is already cooled. Packaging It is a good idea to come up with a logo that identifies the produce with your farm. This is especially important if you are selling in multiple locations. Customers will remember the packaging and associate it with an excellent product. Purchase labels that stay fresh-looking even when refrigerated. Ink that runs because of moisture makes the whole package look undesirable. Final advice Focus on clean, Blanchard emphasized. Customers do not equate dirt on vegetables as organic, fresh or wholesome. In addition, when starting out, keep costs in balance with income. Too much overhead kills many businesses. ❖
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Economy, weather forcing cattle industry to regroup Q: What are your own thoughts on animal identification? A: We believe in market-driven opportunities. I see advantages to traceability. We are now the largest beef exporter in the world yet we are the only country that does not have some form of an animal ID system. A few years back Canadian beef producers started from scratch and they now have ID in place; so does Brazil. Q: Are cattle numbers repositioning in the United States? A: Yes, I think so spurred by the drought down south. In Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and elsewhere a lot of these herds had to be moved, substantially cut down in numbers, and sometimes totally liquidated. It’s been most unfortunate for our southern cattlemen. For many it’s a tragedy that won’t quickly be resolved. Here in the Midwest, what I call the “sweet spot” of the nation, we’ve got good underground water resources; we’ve got great corn producers; we’ve got cattle processors; we’ve got feeder cattle availability. So yes, I think we’re seeing a major repositioning of the cattle industry. Hopefully the Southwest will rebound and many cattlemen will get back on their feet again. But it won’t be quick. Q: How does this relate to your own feedlot activity? A: We have a 5,000-head feedlot capacity. Five See ALEXANDER, pg. 25A
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borders. Currently we market about 10 percent of our beef production to these export markets. So it leaves a tremendous amount of potential. We’re seeing the “middle class” population in these Asian countries rising rapidly. When the middle class rises they want to eat better and part of that menu is putting protein on the plate. We want to make certain beef is the primary protein provider in these emerging markets. But keep in mind that traceability for disease control is an animal health issue, not a marketing issue. However, animal identification can be beneficial in foreign marketing. Q: So does the Asian consumer relate to images at the meat counter? A: Very definitely. I’ve been very fortunate to visit the food stores in some of these major cities. They want to see some personal touch about where their food comes from. Yes, strange as it might sound, an American cowboy depicted on a large poster at the meat counter in a Japanese food market is very positive to that purchaser. Q: Did your presence in these markets make a difference? A: Yes, they want to make a connection to where this beef was produced. The Japanese like to know. So, too, the Chinese. These are very healthy people. Obesity is just not an issue. Cleanliness is very important and so, too, is this curiosity about their food sources. Now that there is this huge new “middle class” population we know they will be eating more imported foods. For me as a Nebraska cattle feeder it was very educational and fun.
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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Wide-spread drought across the Southwest and higher feed costs everywhere are triggering an apparent realignment of the U.S. cattle industry. Cattle numbers are increasing across the Upper Midwest but declining everywhere else. J.D. Alexander Those opinions were expressed by J.D. Alexander, president-elect of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, as a speaker at the early December meeting of the Minnesota Cattlemen’s Association. Alexander, a third-generation Pilger, Neb., cattleman with a 5,000-head feedlot, also grows approximately 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans and some alfalfa each year. In a rambling question-and-answer interview he speaks cautiously about the future of the U.S. cattle industry and thinks animal identification is inevitable. Q.: How critical is traceability to the future of the U.S. cattle industry? A: There is a big movement right now to establish a traceability program. We (the NCBA) want to make certain that we maintain and continue the strong health record of U.S. beef. Years past, this issue has been a top-down approach telling us what to do. Now they are asking us producers for input. That should generate some progress. It should be market-driven. Q: Is traceability primarily an issue in foreign markets? A: We need to recognize that 96 percent of the world’s population lives outside the United States
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Local meat shops sprouting up across Minnesota producer who provides animals to that particu- Meats was the recent recognition by the Minnesota By DICK HAGEN lar shop. Meats Council designating McDonald’s Meats as the The Land Staff Writer Smaller, specialized At the Midwest Dairy Expo in December in St. 2011 award winner. meat shops are sproutCloud, Minn., Kvamme provided samples “When I took over in ’89 I could see the large food ing across Minnesota, freshly cooked right at his booth. Unbeknown to stores were going to eat us so I decided to make our perhaps nurtured by the tasters (often lined up for their toothpick store a special meat shop. We’re making sausage, the state’s “Local offering), the meat was from a 4 brats and jerky plus doing special Grown Food” promo1/2-year-old cull dairy cow that work on hams and bacons. The beef tions but also because Conrad Kvamme David McDonald had gone through three lactajerky was our starting point. Once you Once you got a consumers are getting tions. This critter, however, had got a sample into the shoppers, the sample into the more particular about the food they buy, especially been grain-fed about 3 1/2 months meat business really started to take shoppers, the when it comes to meat products. prior to slaughter. off,” David McDonald said. meat business “Yes, we’re seeing more of these local meat marTaste bites from the chuck eye, rib He attended a few short courses, really started to kets and they’re all ‘state of the art’ when it comes eye and New York strip were “seaeven university classes that would take off. to the technologies of processing, preparing and dis- soned nicely while I was frying and teach the meat cutting and the meat playing their products,” said Conrad Kvamme, in they were tender, and very, very retailing business. As you might — David McDonald charge of Dairy Beef Quality Assurance for the Min- tasty. Older animals have a great expect in the meat business, on-the-job nesota Beef Council. beef flavor but they need that finishtraining predominated. “My stepAs Kvamme travels the state putting on “meat ing grain ration period,” Kvamme said. “Local meat daughter is studying meat science and we’re finding tasting” displays at various food stores, consumers plants will do well if they have the right people out there are a lot of things we can do even better,” remind him that when it comes to meat they want working with them, and if they continually pay McDonald said. not only to see the meat, they want to meet the attention to their customers.” Besides their own retail operation in Clear Lake, meat cutter. “They very much want to see the meat A good example of such a meat shop is McDonald’s McDonald’s Meats also distributes their products to guys on the job. Cutting meat is a lot of work, but it Meats at Clear Lake, Minn. Known as “The Jerky about 20 other locations, mostly convenience stores seems that when the consumer has interaction with Stop,” this third-generation meat business dates that like to handle jerky, sticks and other such meat the meat cutter, the meat product is simply better back to 1914 when J.L. McDonald started processing snacks. A Maple Lake market is doing more with received.” and selling locally produced livestock meats. His son McDonald’s sausages and prepared meats. So with the growing number of local meat mar- Richard ran the business from 1953 to 1989. Jerky leads the retail sales for McDonald’s Meats kets will the country of origin labeling fever lessen? Richard’s son David, age 55, took over in 1989, capa- but change is occurring. “Consumers keep asking for Kvamme said it logically would because in these bly assisted by his two sons and daughter-in-law. specialized preparations so we’ve gotten into marismaller markets consumers not only get to know Evidence of the quality reputation of McDonald’s nating steaks, pork chops, stuffing chicken breasts the meat cutter, they may even know the livestock and special brats. We’re now up to 36 different flavors of bratwurst. It’s just endless what you can do and it’s fun to create the different flavors that people are looking for.” Protein continues to be the prime driver as to why people buy meats. “The protein factor in our red meats is a wonderful nutritional value and something we all need,” McDonald said. They slaughter weekly 12 to 15 beef-dairy animals and about a dozen hogs. His business is a member of Minnesota Association of Meat Processors. His family sees a growing future for these small, locally owned and operated meat businesses. “It’s a niche market that keeps growing partly because the big food stores don’t have any control in the making of their meat products. We smaller shops are totally in control. We’re not competing against the major box stores. Instead, we’re filling a void for the smart consumer that wants to know about her meat dollars,” McDonald said. ❖
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ALEXANDER, from pg. 23A years back we decided to expand up to that capacity. Why? Because cattle were good property and we like feeding cattle. But also because of the environmental issues with the Nebraska NPDES permits (essentially a manure handling program but so expensive and so complicated that Alexander uses his attorney to properly execute his permits) that we had to get before we could expand. As costly and important as they are its too. We’re paying more for our cattle it’s an “economy of scale” decision. coming in and that’s too be expected, We’re glad we did the expansion. Right fewer numbers and stronger markets. now we feel we’re at a comfortable What we really have to watch is our level for our family operation. risk management situation. We’ve got Q: How much of your own feed to be cognizant of what could happen. The market can move on a dime. The do you grow? “yo-yo” economies of these foreign A: We grow a bunch of it, about 2,000 countries are critical. U.S. cow numacres of corn and soybeans, but we do bers are shrinking. We’re not retainhave to buy some outside roughage ing. We’re not rebuilding. This is now and some corn. We also utilize a lot of an issue around the world. ethanol byprodQ: So does beef ucts. We’re converun the risk of niently close to pricing itself out ethanol plants. We We’ve got to be cogof the market, use both wet mash nizant of what could both domestiand the dried DGs. cally and overhappen. The market can We adjust the seas? move on a dime. The yoration according to the costs of the A: We like to say yo economies of these feedstuffs. foreign countries are crit- that beef is a good bargain at any Q: With stronger ical. U.S. cow numbers price, but you beef prices are you are shrinking. We’re not can’t ignore marfeeding heavier? retaining. We’re not ket volatility. I A: Two things here. rebuilding. This is now just came from a Yes, we’re feeding seminar which an issue around the heavier currently, prishowed the per world. marily because we’ve capita consumphad such a moderate — J.D. Alexander tion of beef in the fall weather pattern. United States conIt could not have been tinues to drop. a better fall for finishing cattle. We’re down to less than 55 pounds Weather simply has not been a factor now; we used to be in the mid-60s. in their eating and comfort levels. This market fluctuates very fast Also corn prices are down so we are sometimes. So our challenge is mainnot afraid to feed the animal a bit taining our margins, minimizing our longer. The markets have been tremen- risks. Most people simply can’t relate dous with likely all-time high prices to the amount of capital needed to be a this week when I’m here in Minnesota. cattleman. We’re seeing land prices at Q: So with good profits, is the all-time highs, relatively high corn squeeze for more cattle intensify- prices and record-high cattle prices, so our banking industry needs to undering? A: The challenge is this: We cattle stand and stay tuned so that we have feeders are margin operators. So when the capital and means to operate our I say we’re seeing all-time record high businesses. Q: Is the banking industry getprices that does not mean record prof-
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2012 Iowa Pork Congress to be held Jan. 25-26 Winter Pork Picnic The Iowa Pork Producers Association will hold the 2012 Iowa Pork Congress Jan. 25-26 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. The nation’s largest winter swine tradeshow and conference will be held in Hy-Vee Hall at the Iowa Events Center, as well as the Polk County Convention Complex. Pork Congress hours will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 25 and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 26. The Iowa Pork Foundation’s annual Kickoff Reception and Auction will be held at Hy-Vee Hall Jan. 24 and the IPPA Youth Swine Judging contest will be held at the county convention complex Jan. 26. “We believe the Iowa Pork Congress is one of the most comprehensive swine conventions anyone associated with the pork industry could attend,” said IPPA President Leon Sheets, a producer from Ionia. “The educational opportunities are phenomenal and the tradeshow has probably the largest collection of swine-related vendors anywhere. With the various social events, youth activities and networking opportunities, the Iowa Pork Congress literally has something for everyone.” Attendees will find nearly everything needed to run a successful hog business at the tradeshow. Feed, swine genetics, building construction, equipment and animal health are among the products and services marketed by the nearly 300 companies participating. The IPPA will again welcome attendees to the Pork Information
Plaza where guests can visit with IPPA producer leaders and representatives from the National Pork Board, National Pork Producers Council and other affiliated organizations. The seminars and educational opportunities will likely be another popular draw for most attendees. For no additional cost, producers can learn more about pork production. Topics of the nearly dozen sessions include PPRS, swine diets, animal wellbeing and the ever-popular regulations and nuisance case update. West Jamison will discuss the animal welfare movement in the keynote address. “Things are always changing in pork production and the seminars we offer will help keep producers in the know,” said IPPA Iowa Pork Congress Committee Chairman Don Toale, a pork producer from Independence. “Our goal is always to bring in the industry’s leading experts to present our seminars and provide the latest information available on the topics of greatest interest to producers.” Pork Congress offers something for everyone and pork producers, pig handlers, allied business representatives and high school and college students are encouraged to attend. Decision makers in farrowing, finishing and seedstock production, production employees, veterinarians or anyone with an interest in the swine industry will gain valuable insight by attending the event. For more information, contact IPPA at (800) 3727675 or log on to www.iowaporkcongress.org. ❖
Iowa’s pork producers will be on hand to grill up a “free” pork lunch Jan. 25 in downtown Des Moines as part of the 2012 Iowa Pork Congress. The Iowa Pork Producers Association will host its 14th annual Winter Pork Picnic from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Capital Square and the public is invited. Producers from several county pork organizations will brave the winter weather to grill and serve 3,000 ground pork and bacon burgers to celebrate the Iowa pork industry and thank consumers for purchasing pork and supporting the industry. Chips, pop, ice cream and samples of other pork products also will be served. In addition to lunch, attendees will receive coupons for fresh pork at Fareway Stores and will have the chance to win various pork prizes. The IPPA will again team up with the Food Bank of Iowa in asking for donations at the Winter Pork Picnic to help feed Iowa’s hungry. All proceeds will be donated directly to the Food Bank of Iowa. During the lunch, pork producers Ryan and Lana Reed from Ottumwa will receive the “Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award.” The award, sponsored by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and the Iowa Ag Radio Network with financial support from the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers, honors Iowa livestock producers for their commitment and dedication to the environment, their community and their livestock. The presentation will be broadcast live on WHO Radio by farm broadcaster Bob Quinn. Other participating sponsors of the Winter Pork Picnic include Fareway Stores, Webster City Custom Meats, Rotella’s Italian Bakery, Frito Lay, Pepsi Americas, Cookies Food Products, Wells Blue Bunny and Tyson Fresh Meat. ❖
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State University Extension Swine Specialist 10 a.m.-Noon • Transport Quality Assurance Certification Mark Storlie — Iowa State University Extension swine specialist 1-3 p.m. Jan. 26 Seminars • Animal Well-Being Decisions for Modern Pork Production Part I — Safe and Effective Animal Movement Matt Ritter — Elanco Animal Health
sion swine specialist 12:15-1:45 p.m. • Understanding Contracts and Liens Eldon McAfee — Beving, Swanson & Forrest 2-3 p.m. Training sessions • Confinement Site Manure Applicator Certification Jeff Prier — Iowa Department of Natural Resources Angela Rieck-Hinz — Iowa State University 10 a.m.-Noon All seminars and training sessions are hosted on the lower level of Hy-Vee Hall at the Iowa Events Center. All of the seminars are funded by the Pork Checkoff. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 25 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 26. Admission at the door is $10. ❖
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Wes Jamison — Palm Beach Atlantic University 2-2:45 p.m. Underwritten by the National Pork Producers Council • Riding the Roller Coaster: Economic Outlook Steve Meyer — Paragon Economics Inc. 3-4 p.m. Underwritten by National Hog Farmer Training sessions • Pork Quality Assurance Plus Certification Dave Stender — Iowa
Part II — Euthanasia, Concern Reporting & ISU Research Suzanne Millman, Iowa State University 9:15-10:15 a.m. • Your Investment at Work: National Organization Update Part I — Policy, regulations & trade Neil Dierks — CEO, National Pork Producers Council Part II — Pork Checkoff programs Bill Winkelman — V.P. of Producer & Industry Relations, National Pork Board 10:30 a.m.-Noon • Building Your ValueAdded Market: Production Panel Jim Compart — Compart Duroc Mark Lane — Niman Ranch Dave Stender — Iowa State University Exten-
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The Iowa Pork Producers Association is offering a variety of educational opportunities at the 2012 Iowa Pork Congress. Several seminars and training/certification sessions have been scheduled during the twoday show, Jan. 25-26, at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. All of the sessions are offered at no additional cost to registered participants. Several outstanding pork industry experts will facilitate sessions on Iowa governmental regulations, swine diets, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, animal well-being, 2012 markets and niche pork markets. National Pork Board and National Pork Producers Council representatives will give attendees an update on what’s happening at the national level. Animal welfare expert and university communications and public relations professor Wes Jamison will present the keynote address on Jan. 25. He will discuss animal welfare trends and public relations strategies for the pork industry. Pork Congress attendees also can attend PQA Plus and TQA certification sessions, as well as confinement site manure applicator training. The following is a complete schedule of seminars being offered. Jan. 25 10:30 a.m.-Noon Seminars • Dreaming of a World • Iowa Regulations & without PRRS Nuisance Case Update Part I — Evaluating Eldon McAfee — Bev- regional projects and ing, Swanson & Forrest opportunities for PRRS 9:15-10:15 a.m. elimination • Diet Decisions for Bob Morrison — Unithe $ and the Hog versity of Minnesota Part I — Less obvious Part II — Proven pracimplications of using tical strategies for alternative ingredients PRRS-free herd in practical diets Jim Lowe — Carthage John Patience — Iowa Veterinary Service, LTD. State University 12:15-1:45 p.m. Part II — Feeding for • “The Power of pork quality: Impact of Activist CommunicaDDGs tions: Making Meaty Kenneth Prusa- Iowa Messages” — Keynote State University Presentation
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2012 Iowa Pork youth representatives to be named The Iowa Pork Producers Association’s 2012 youth representatives will be selected and introduced during the 40th annual Iowa Pork Congress Jan. 25 in Des Moines. The 2012 Iowa Pork Queen, Iowa Pork Princess and the Premier Pork Youth Ambassador will all be crowned at the Iowa Pork Congress Banquet at the downtown Des Moines Marriott. Eight county pork queens and four county youth ambassadors will compete for the right to represent the Iowa pork industry at various pork promotional and educational events in 2012. All of the contestants will be judged on their overall knowledge of the pork industry and Iowa agriculture, interviewing and communications skills, poise and presentation. The new queen, princess and youth ambassador will represent the Iowa pork industry throughout the year at various promotional and educational events around the state, as well as at out-of-state events.
The queen and youth ambassador each receive a $2,000 college scholarship and the princess is awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Iowa Pork Producers Association. All of the youth candidates are listed below. 2012 Iowa Pork Queen contestants Jessi Sorensen, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County; Melanie Weber, Winthrop, Buchanan County; Lindsay Reth, Manchester, Delaware County; Stephanie Boardman, Peru, Madison County; Sterling Schnepf, Granville, Plymouth County; Margaret Miller, Ames, Story County; Kayla Romoser, Keota, Washington County; Nichole Licht, Humboldt, Webster County 2012 Premier Pork Youth Ambassador contestants Curtis Rieks, Alden, Hardin County; Kayla Greiner, Silver City, Mills County; Darren Struthers, Collins, Story County; Matt Kerns, Clearfield, Taylor County ❖
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Chef Robert Day — The Faithful Pilot Café & Spirits, Le Claire Chef Henry Rodriguez — Otis & Henry’s Bar & Grill, Waterloo Chef Daniel Ankrum — Art House Café, Waterloo The Iowa Pork Taste of Elegance reception is an invitation-only event, but anyone is welcome to attend. Interested persons can contact IPPA’s Alison Swanson at (800) 372-7675. The event is semi-formal and invited guests can enjoy samples of the various pork entrees, hors d’oeuvres and fine wines from six Iowa wineries. The Iowa Pork Taste of Elegance reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. and is being emceed by WHO Radio’s Bob Quinn. ❖
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The Iowa Pork Producers Association Restaurant and Foodservice Committee will hold its annual Iowa Pork Taste of Elegance on Jan. 23 at the downtown Des Moines Marriott. Eleven of Iowa’s top chefs will put their best original pork entrees on the line for the right to be named Chef Par Excellence in this exciting and elegant culinary competition. The goal of the contest is to inspire new and innovative ways to menu pork at Iowa’s best restaurants. A visiting chef from Manitoba, Canada, also is competing, but only for the People’s Choice Award. A panel of three food industry professionals will taste and critique each entrée. The winners of the competition will be selected on the taste, originality and presentation of their entrée. In addition to Chef Par Excellence, the second and third place chefs will receive Superior Chef and Premier
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Many prefer mild, but for anglers some ice would be nice While many Minnesotans might regard the recent return to weather more suitable to a Minnesota January with regret, bait and tackle dealers likely aren’t going to complain as temperatures plummet. Theirs has been a comparatively lonely business to be in as all but the
most hard-core anglers have chosen to stay at home until ice conditions improve. But the recent cold snap and a forecast of sub-zero temperatures likely will change that. Walt Hohn, owner of Walt’s Hook, Line and Sinker near St. Peter, Minn.,
is anticipating traffic on the bit to get them out area lakes and through his there,” he said. doorway will improve dra“We’ve all been waiting for matically in coming days. this cold weather. “We’ve “Last year we had all that gotten lots of calls asking snow that made it tough,” he ‘how’s the ice ... how’s the said. “This year, with temice?’.” peratures going from 52 to At the Bobber Shop in just seven degrees, it’s kind Mankato, Minn., owner Paul of unusual.” Rosenberg said that early THE OUTDOORS Noting that die-hard December usually marks By John Cross anglers have been walking the start up of the ice fishout to fishing spots, Hohn ing on area lakes. “It kind of said the more casual anglers have been got going early on but then slowed notably absent. when it warmed up ... things get kind Indeed, a recent survey conducted by of slow when they can see open water.” the Minnesota Department of Natural Acknowledging the temporary warmResource’s Fisheries Office in Hutchin- ups as a set-back, he said the forecast son of the 59 lakes in its management for sub-zero temperatures later will area showed the lowest number of fish spur business. “It’s time,” he said. houses in 35 years. In the meantime, Rosenberg said the Since 1977 when the annual fish sale of portable shelters to anglers who house count was begun, an average of want to tread lightly on area lakes, 734 shelters were tallied; this year only given the uncertain ice conditions, has 111 were counted. been good. Hohn estimated that because of the While warm temperatures have not uncertain ice conditions, his business been kind to ice fishermen or bait has been off from half to two-thirds sales, it has not been without benefits. from an average year. “The lazy guys Winterkill, the bane of shallow aren’t out there with their big houses prairie lakes in southern Minnesota ... otherwise they’re be out there two or during extended, snowy winters, likely three nights a week. will be a non-issue this winter, said “A lot of guys bought the big fish houses and now they’re chomping at See CROSS, pg. 31A
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CROSS, from pg. 30A Even if winter should arrive with a vengeance in coming weeks it will be Jack Lauer, DNR regional manager in late enough that area lakes prone to New Ulm. winterkill should be able to coast in Winterkill is caused spite of relatively low when extended periods water conditions creof heavy snow cover ated by the drought. shut down the photo... the mild winLauer said that synthetic process of ter has meant besides benefiting the aquatic plants that that area DNR fish, the mild winter infuses dissolved oxyhas meant that area fisheries staff, gen in the water. DNR fisheries staff, which already is The problem is furwhich already is underunder-staffed ther exacerbated as staffed because of budgbecause of plants die and begin to etary constraints, doesdecompose, further budget conn’t have to dedicate as depleting the oxygen straints, doesn’t much time to field work supply, eventually suffomonitoring oxygen levhave to dedicate cating fish. els. as much time to To combat the probInstead, they are able field work monilem, many lakes in to do repair and maintetoring oxygen southern Minnesota nance work on equiplevels. have been equipped ment and analyze data with aeration systems collected during the fall that keep sections of lakes ice-free to to update lake surveys. allow wind and wave action to infuse Counting live fish instead of dead oxygen into the water. ones. The largely snow-free conditions have John Cross is a Mankato (Minn.) Free meant that area lakes are in good Press staff writer. Contact him at shape. “I think just 12 of 116 aeration systems have been turned on,” he said. jcross@mankatofreepress.com or (507) ❖ 344-6376.
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Book tells the unlimited story of organization Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Ducks Unlimited marks its 75th anniversary this year, and the conservation group is commemorating the milestone with the release of “The Ducks Unlimited Story.” Written by Duluth author and photographer Michael Furtman, 57, the 200-page hardcover book tells the story of how a small group of avid waterfowl hunters in 1937 decided to take action to restore waterfowl populations devastated by drought and wetland loss. That early effort blossomed into one of the most successful conservation organizations in history. Grand Forks Herald outdoors writer Brad Dokken interviewed Furtman about the book and the Ducks Unlim-
ited story. Here’s an edited version of that conversation. Q: How did your involvement with this book come about? A: They actually approached me. They knew they were going to do a 75th anniversary book and had a list of writers they thought could handle it. I don’t know if I was the last guy they called or the first guy. I immediately jumped on the chance. Q: With a project like this, where do you begin? A: They had cobbled together a pretty basic outline before I met with them and when I flew to Memphis (Ducks Unlimited headquarters), we had a discussion and conference call with members of the 75th anniversary committee, which went on for, like, two hours. And it’s a bit of a funny story
because when we got done, if you read the preface of the book, I was like a deer in the highlights. All these guys had different ideas of where this book was going to go, and I threw up my arms and said, “I can’t work with a dozen different bosses. This isn’t going to work with me. Why don’t you find someone else?” They said “No, no, no. We want you to write the book.” We fleshed out a more detailed outline before I left and determined I would only deal with the editor. It ended up working out really well. There were months and months of research before I started writing. Q: How did you decide what to leave out of the book? A: That was a big concern to me. I mostly wanted to focus on how the organization continued to reinvent itself over the decades as conditions changed and as the priorities changed. Every step of the way they had to kind of reshape the organization without
losing the vision of their primary goal. Q: What did you learn about DU that you didn’t previously know during the process of writing this book? A: I’ve been a member for a long time, so I was pretty familiar with the history, and I’ve written about waterfowl forever; it’s a passion of mine. But I do think the one that strikes me, something I’ve learned, is just how visionary the founders were. Nobody had ever conceived of working on habitat on such a massive scale before — no one. The first aerial surveys of the Prairie Pothole Region were done by DU. The vision and the science both started right at the very beginning. It was not a by-guess-and-by-golly operation, and that’s pretty much a constant theme all the way through their entire history. It’s all science-based. Q: Are you happy with the book? See DU, pg. 33A
Book shows DU evolution 100+ Pre-Owned Vehicles Q: What does DU mean to you personally?
A: The ducks mean a lot to me. The prairies mean a lot to me, and they have all my life. I’ve been a DU member since the late ’70s and ’80s. I’ve never been a passionate DU member, never involved at the chapter level. Interest in this book didn’t grow out of being a DU member. Their interest in me was that I’d written passionately about this resource for so long that I understood it. It’s probably helpful I haven’t been involved at the grassroots level. I’m not an insider so I think that really helped with the perspective in writing the book. Q: What message would you like people to take away from the book after reading it?
Q: The book starts by citing widespread drainage and habitat destruction. Is history repeating itself? A: I think to large degree, it is. There’s enormous pressure being put on the landscape again. We kind of got lulled in the ’90s with CRP on the land and now, there’s certainly a lot of pressure on it. We’ve lost wetland protection, thanks to Supreme Court rulings. We need to decide as a society again what we want. There’s no givens here. Q: This question isn’t so much related to the book, but as a passionate waterfowl hunter, what would you say to people in North Dakota who might take the resource for granted?
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A: I love the Dakota prairies and I spend both spring and fall out there — springtime photographing and birding and wandering around, and in the fall, I come out to hunt. I know it’s easy for people, just as we do here in northern Minnesota, to look out the window and think that’s the way it will always be. They shouldn’t take it for granted. They have such a spectacular resource out there that I hope they want to preserve it for future generations. Because once it’s gone, it’s gone. ❖
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A: That just about anything is possible when we work together. DU is a really shining example of working across political boundaries, international boundaries and getting something good done. Not letting our differences stand in the way of achieving something that is good for the commons. And I think that’s a powerful message.
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DU, from pg. 32A A: I am. I think it’s a compelling story. Although I had no involvement in the actual design, I’m really pleased with the efforts of the people at national headquarters that designed the book. Q: 75 years is a long time for any organization. As someone who’s researched the group, why do you think DU has been so successful? A: There’s multiple reasons. One is just the passion of the individual members, the volunteers. Without all these local chapters and the passion of those people, the organization would fail. I think two is consistently great leadership down through the decades all the way from the beginning. You have this group of professionals who have the vision and the organization to pull off the habitat work, and then you have this army of just ordinary men and women who are willing to raise the funds and funnel all that fuel to the engine to do the job. Q: One thing that strikes me about DU is their work isn’t something that’s happening elsewhere. It’s happening right here in North Dakota and Minnesota. A: It really is. Of course, that wasn’t always the case. Until the ’80s, all of DU’s work was in Canada but eventually, it shifted south of the border as it became more and more clear that habitat issues in the United States were also restricting duck production. DU has impacted more land across the continent than any other single organization and probably more than all the organizations combined. Q: The birth of DU coincided with a pretty bleak period for wetlands and waterfowl habitat. Where do you think North American waterfowl and habitat would be today without DU? A: That’s a really good question. I hesitate to say we wouldn’t have duck hunting today if DU hadn’t been around, but I don’t think it would be a far stretch. It’s an open question. It takes multiple partnerships to do the job today, but they were the only players really in the field for 40 to 50 years, especially in Canada. It would be grim. Ducks would never have gone extinct, but would we continue to have duck hunting seasons? We’ve been pretty close to having to close the season a couple of times in these 75 years. There’s no doubt in my mind their efforts stopped that from happening.
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Veterinarians must deal with the fury of the furry Your job is no piece of cake. You have to work hard at it. It “All My Patients Kick and Bite” requires serious thought, dexterous By Jeff Wells fingers, good eyes and fast feet. You c.2012, St. Martin’s need tact, patience, negotiating skills and the soul of a Zen master. Your job Press takes practice. Not everybody can do $24.99 it. 243 pages But your job probably doesn’t THE BOOKWORM require exploration of a mule’s backSEZ side. Nobody with horns chases you By Terri Schlichenmeyer around your workplace. You don’t have to dodge llama spit and nobody the animals one helps. poops on your desk. But those are things author Jeff When faced with an overlyWells, D.V.M. deals with, and in his new book “All protective herd of cattle that My Patients Kick and Bite,” you’ll read about the react to the bawl of a newborn fury and the furry. calf, for instance, a veterinarBack when he was a young veterinarian-to-be, ian needs the skill of, not only Wells had plenty of support from senior doctors and an Olympic runner, but of a teachers. When he needed an X-ray, he called some- pole-vaulter, too. one. When difficult phone calls had to be made, When a customer is too there were other students in the rotation who were eager to barter horse-as-payjust as likely to do the deed. There were lots of peoment, for example, a veteriple to lean on for support back when Wells was narian needs to keep in mind almost-a-veterinarian. all prior broken bones and But once he established his own Colorado practice, bitten fingers. Speaking of Wells was the one in charge. Even his veterinary horses, it’s never a good idea to assistant, Christie, made him take the blame when predict foaling dates, but it’s always things went wrong because of a miscall. good to use a vet for advice, and not the internet. Life as a vet, you see, can be as wild and wooly as
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Veterinarians fall in love with their patients. They mourn when sheep die, they cringe when cats hurt, and they celebrate new life. They know that human medicine can sometimes help animals (and vice versa), and that dogs are sometimes woman’s best friend, too. They know that, when it comes to animal babies, sometimes holding a human one of your own is the sweetest thing ever. Speaking of sweet, yep, that word pretty much sums up this book. “All My Patients Kick and Bite” is one of those memoirs that you can read fast, but you won’t want to. It’s the kind of book that pet owners will soak up because Wells obviously loves animals as much as we do. Wells also good-naturedly holds a mirror up to pet owners, showing us our loving pet-centric-ness in all its glory. There’s humor in this book and plenty of charm but not a lot of heartbreak, which sets it apart from others. That also makes it appropriate for readers ages 12-to-grandma, so if you’re looking for something you can all enjoy, grab it quick. “All My Patients Kick and Bite” is a book to chomp into. Look for the reviewed book at a bookstore or a library near you. You may also find the book at online book retailers. The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and never goes anywhere without a book. She lives in Wisconsin with three dogs and 10,000 books. ❖
Pancreatitis a fairly common condition for cats, dogs
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“There is no way to cure or prevent pancreatitis, and there is no evidence to suggest that pancreatitis is more It may just be an upset tummy, but seeking your common among any particular age or veterinarian’s advice early could actually preserve breed of pet.” and improve your pet’s life and health. Since vomiting and abdominal pain are symptoms common to many ill— Jörg Steiner nesses in pets, it is crucial that an ailing pet be thoroughly examined by severe and chronic cases are untreated. your veterinarian, Steiner said. more commonly mild. “There are some conditions that may “It may just be an upset tummy, but Supportive care, including be found concurrent with pancreatitis, seeking your veterinarian’s advice aggressive fluid therapy to including hepatic inflammation and treat imbalances, is given to intestinal inflammation,” Steiner said. early could actually preserve and improve your pet’s life and health,” he try to stabilize the patient, he “To give the most accurate diagnosis said. “New diagnostic tests are now said, and pain medications are used to possible, your veterinarian will also make the patient as comfortable as test for diseases that mimic pancreati- available that can help your veterinarian diagnose pancreatitis early, makpossible. tis, such as kidney disease and liver ing successful therapy more likely.” disease.” Steiner estimates that about 50 perPet Talk is a service of the College of cent of acute cases result in death. Steiner recommends giving pets with Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Scipancreatitis a low-fat diet. This In cases of chronic pancreatitis, your ences, Texas A&M University. More inforincludes restricting animals from veterinarian will begin to treat the mation is available at treats. underlying disease process while http://tamunews.tamu.edu. This column administering symptomatic treatment, “Pancreatitis is a fairly common dis- is distributed by CNHI News Service. including fluid therapy and pain relief. ease among cats and dogs,” he said. CNHI is parent company to The Land. ❖ While these patients tend to have a better outcome than those with acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis may eventually cause diabetes and/or other diseases that can greatly affect the animal’s quality of life. In some cases, this condition may go undiagnosed and
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If your cat or dog is suffering from vomiting and diarrhea, it may be that Fido or Fluffy are spending too much time at the all-youcan-eat buffet. Vomiting and abdominal pain may also indicate pancreatitis, a fairly common condition among cats and dogs that can lead to severe complications and even death. “Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the exocrine portion of the pancreas, which produces the body’s digestive enzymes,” said Jörg Steiner, professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. “This inflammation actually causes the pancreas to digest itself,” he said. “The most common signs are vomiting and abdominal pain, but symptoms may also include diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite and behavioral changes.” Pancreatitis is more difficult to detect in cats because the symptoms are milder. Steiner said there are two types of pancreatitis: acute and chronic. Acute cases of pancreatitis are more commonly
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Helpful tips for organizing a medical history A trip to the emergency room will make you realize why caregivers are advised to organize heath information. Like most caregivers, one of your many tasks will be going with your loved one to medical appointments but you should also be prepared in the event of an emergency room visit. Have a folder for paperwork that is portable and easy to maintain. It isn’t just for emergencies. Take it to every doctor visit. Anyone who has the folder can see when your care recipient had their last flu shot, what medications they take, important medical history and when all medical appointments are scheduled. Even a caregiver who lives at a distance could answer medical questions if they had to take the care recipient to the doctor while visiting. Information to collect You probably have most of this information readily available. If not, begin with what you have and add
information as you can. Useful information to collect includes: • Health insurance cards, Medicare cards, etc. • Appointment reminder cards from health care providers. • A list of medications including dosages, frequency, date started and reason. • A medical history. • A list of emergency contacts, relationship, addresses and all phone numbers. • A sheet for recording the date of visits, the provider and any tests performed or instructions. • Any special logs such as blood pressure readings, blood sugar levels or symptoms. • A copy of a health care proxy, advanced directives or living will. • A power-of-attorney, if one is used.
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Easy organization Your system should be easy to update because time and energy for most caregivers can be stretched pretty thin. Here are some tips for collecting and organizing information. • Use a pocket folder or small threering binder that will hold several pages such as a multi-page presentation folder with clear pockets from an office supply store. • Use a bold color for the cover, such as red or yellow, so that it is easy to distinguish from other papers. • Keep the folder in a handy location, such as a desk drawer near the entry. Make sure every potential caregiver knows where it is kept. • Label the front boldly and clearly – EMERGENCY MEDICAL INFORMATION • Use top loading, clear sheet protectors to hold papers. These make it easy to remove papers for photocopying or for handing to a healthcare worker. • Pick up a business card from each healthcare provider you see. Cards usually contain the name, specialty, address, phone and fax number. • Slip the business cards into vinyl page protectors meant to hold photos,
baseball cards or disks. You can find three-ring page protectors like these at craft, hobby or office supply stores. • Each time you make an appointment, take the reminder card or jot the appointment details on a 3 x 5 card. Slip these cards into a page protector just as you did the business cards. • Keep old appointment cards if you don’t want to take the trouble of recording visit details elsewhere. • When you add any information to a document, put the date at the top of the page to show how current the data is. • List an out-of-state emergency contact to be used in case of a widespread disaster. • Photocopy important pages and cards and keep them elsewhere for extra protection. • Search the internet. Many websites provide blank forms for medical history, medication and other health records. What should you keep in a medical history? • Names of all physicians. • Known allergies or reactions to See ORGANIZING, pg. 38A
Long distance caregiving — a growing phenomenon loved one, it may help to have a Care Notebook — a three-ring binder to keep track of all the information you collect. Assessing your family member’s condition is the first step toward getting a handle on the situation. It should include both a medical diagnosis and an evaluation of the individual’s need for assistance. Making regular visits is probably the best way to appropriately determine a loved one’s limitations and needs. Ask such questions as: Is there a change in personal hygiene? Does he or she appear unsteady when getting up or down from a chair? And does he or she seem to be increasingly forgetful? These help to determine the type and amount of care that a loved one may require. Also, a caregiver shouldn’t forget to always spend some quality time with a loved one during a visit. Research is key in learning about the types of services that are available in your loved one’s community. One good idea is to use the phone or computer to find out what the resources and options are before a visit. Then a caregiver can set up appointments to
meet providers during the visit. Caregivers should make a point of meeting their family member’s doctors and others who help their family member. Services in the community to consider include: meal delivery, adult day care, in-home aides, transportation, help with Medicare claims and telephone check-ins. A long-term care facility, such as an assisted living facility or nursing home, may also be an option. A geriatric care manager may be just the person a long-distance caregiver is looking for to help assess a loved one’s needs and coordinate services. Often trained as gerontologists, social workers or nurses, they can suggest care options, provide referrals to local resources and help guide you through the complex system of longterm care. A team effort One of the most essential parts of caring for a parent long-distance is to develop a core group of people you can rely on to help care for your parent. See CAREGIVING, pg. 38A
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55 who lives at least an hour away. Like the changing patterns of living, gender roles have evolved, too. Men now represent more than 40 percent of caregivers according to a report by the National Institute on Aging. Meanwhile, a study by MetLife Mature Market Institute in conjunction with the National Alliance for Caregiving indicated that 23 percent of long-distance caregivers are the sole primary caregiver. Whether primary or secondary, man or woman, caregiving from afar is loaded with anxiety-producing questions such as: How do I make sure Mom or Dad receives the proper care? Where do I find the necessary care services? How do I balance my life here with caring for him there? Gathering information To help lessen the load of long-distance caregiving, caregivers need to do their homework. That includes finding out who you can count on to take care of mother on a regular basis and who you can turn to for questions, support and help if an emergency arises. As you continue to manage care for your
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It usually starts with a call: A father informs you he’s been diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Your mom’s neighbor says she’s noticed that Mom hasn’t been herself lately. A sibling tells you it’s about time you came down South to visit Dad. Caregiving is often triggered by a crisis and all of a sudden, an adult child is forced to come to grips with a newfound role as a long-distance caregiver. Thankfully, caregivers can take certain steps to help ease the stress of the task. Collecting valuable information on a loved one, assembling a support team and staying in touch with the people involved are a few ways that caregivers can take charge from afar. A growing phenomenon It is not uncommon today for children to live far from their parents. Baby Boomers are now learning what it is like to care for their parents from far away. Approximately seven million adults, including more than three million Baby Boomers, provide or manage care for a relative or friend over the age of
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Important to involve your loved one in decisions CAREGIVING, from pg. 37A That team could include nearby siblings, other family members or close friends, neighbors who know your relative well, those people your loved one sees often such as a housekeeper, and care professionals. Make sure to keep a list of names, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses for all the people on your team.
It may be helpful to hold a conference with siblings and others to discuss each person’s caregiving role. This may be done face-to-face, on the phone or through e-mails. Family conflicts often erupt when a parent becomes sick. In such a situation, it may be helpful to bring in a therapist or objective thirdparty to mediate family conferences. It’s also important to involve the loved one in the
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decision-making process. Documentation Part of the information-gathering process is keeping a family member’s important documents and medical information at hand. This information includes a loved one’s date of birth, Medicare and/or Medicaid number, Social Security number and health insurance information. (Consider copying and laminating these key documents and keeping them in your Care Notebook.) It’s important that caregivers tend to their own physical and emotional health. Recognize what you can and can’t do. Forgive yourself for not being perfect. Don’t become isolated from your friends, families and activities. Support groups may offer a way for caregivers to share their feelings with others who are in similar situations. If a caregiver is experiencing signs of depression, sleeplessness or feelings of helplessness, it may be a good idea to seek help. It takes a special person to be a caregiver. Those who are doing it should recognize that they are doing a valuable, loving and caring act and for this they should be proud. Information adapted from article written by Liza Berger, staff writer for the Caregiver.com Weekly Newsletter, Feb. 15, 2011. This article was submitted by Gail Gilman Waldner, Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging program developer and University of Minnesota professor emeritus. She may be contacted at ggwaldner@rndc.org or (507) 389-8869. ❖
Keep info handy ORGANIZING, from pg. 36A medications. • Medications including over-the-counter medicines, vitamins and herbs. • Health conditions and date of diagnosis. • Dates of most recent exams, tests and immunizations. • Dates and reasons for hospitalizations. • Dates and details of surgeries. • Dates and length of major illnesses. • History of smoking and use of alcohol. • Location of living will or medical directives. • History of exposure to dangerous conditions or hazards. • Family history including illnesses or conditions of parents and siblings. • Cause of death of parents and siblings and their age at death . Information adapted from article written by Kathy Porter in the Feb. 1, 2011 Caregiver Weekly. This article was submitted by Gail Gilman Waldner, Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging program developer and University of Minnesota professor emeritus. She may be contacted at ggwaldner@rndc.org or (507) 389-8869. ❖
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Dear readers: and parades. We also hope to continue to share my book, It is time to say goodbye. “The Yield,” with those who I will lay my pen down, and are facing difficulties in their live quietly at home in Blue lives. Perhaps we will see Earth, Minn. I have gotten some of you at these activiforgetful, among other things, ties next summer and fall. and it is time to give someone People ask me, “Why is else an opportunity to write a your column and book called column. It is with sadness ‘The Yield’?” that I write this, my goodbye THE YIELD column for The Land. I suppose the purpose of By Sue Peterson farming is to obtain a yield. It was 33 years ago that I The same holds true for life. started writing for The We tend to think that those Land, and it has been a joyful experiwho have experienced a measure of ence. One of my editors, Randy Frahm, financial gain are successful. While told me to write from my heart. I told him that I had little experience at writ- that may be true, there is so much more to life than financial success. ing, and he said, “It’s my job to check for mistakes, so keep on writing.” These other “yields” include Godly Over the years my columns included children, supportive family, supportive neighbors, caring community, Godly many ordinary family experiences on the farm. There were many humorous leaders and a strong Godly nation. things that happened, as well as a few Thank you for your interest in this sad ones. All in all I can say that God column over the years. was faithful in all of my life experiSue Peterson has written “The Yield” ences. I was very pleased to be able to column since 1978, and since then has share my faith as well as day-to-day become a staple of The Land. She may be life on the farm in The Land magazine. reached at sustan1@bevcomm.net or 1010 Stan and I plan to continue to share East 5th St., Blue Earth, MN 56013. our faith journey pamphlets, as well as Matthew 6; Psalm 37:5-7 ❖ little cars, at car shows, threshing shows
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aula Freeman says that the Left Bank P Café started with a broken espresso machine and an empty building. Her café sits on a corner in downtown Slayton, Minn., the only café between New Prague, Minn., and Sioux Falls, S.D., that roasts its own coffee beans. She didn’t plan it that way, but it has worked out beautifully. On her way to work she would walk by an empty building that started its life as a bank and had been through a variety of businesses. She liked the building, and when the real estate agent quoted her a price she couldn’t pass up, she bought it on the spot. Now what to do with it? A friend had given her a broken 1920s espresso machine. Searching for parts, one thing led to another and she opened an espresso café in 1999. Two years later she started roasting her own beans, learning their characteristics and which blended together well. She got advice from other roasters and tried her blends on customers. Now with two roasters, she can please her local customers while also filling sales by internet and to area towns. She creates her blends with beans from 20 countries purchased through two brokers. Her original menu of soup and bread has expanded to include breakfast, sandwiches, sides and desserts. Left Bank is open Friday evenings, serving prime rib, steak and
Left Bank Roasterie and Café, Slayton, Minn. seafood, and on Saturday evenings, which is always tapas, a themed tasting menu. With her three chefs — Holly, Don and Dan — the food measures up to the beverages. Paula does not regret her spur-of-themoment decision to buy an empty building. Just the opposite. “I love this place,” she said. Since the bank had left the building behind, and since the Left Bank in Paris is where you will find coffee houses, Left Bank Roasterie
and Café seemed a natural name. While sitting there you may not feel like you are in Paris, but why go to Paris when you can have coffee and food this good without a passport? Left Bank is open Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-4 p.m. (grill closes at 2), and Saturday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Evenings are by reservation only. The themed Saturday nights and Paula’s coffee catalog along with other information are listed at her website, www.leftbankcoffee.com. ❖
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Dairy writer: Dairy farmers still the icon of agriculture ... (dairy farmers) are looked at as the icon of rural America but the activists are chipping away at that reputation. — Jim Dickrell
have their dark clouds. Were it not for exports, he thinks milk prices would be in the dismal range of 2009. Production issues Because Dickrell is often writing about new production technologies and cow-handling strategies he views sand as the “gold standard” of dairy bedding but sand presents some handling issues. Deep bedding packs are good for cows but often the issue is finding enough bedding materials be it straw, wood chips, cellulosic materials, etc. “Deep bedding would logically be the bedding of choice if you asked the cow,” he said. So is total confinement on slats an eventual choice? Dickrell thinks not. “Outdoor lots and pastures at least for dry cows are preferred. But cross-ventilated barns are certainly environmental favorites of both cows and workers.” He also questions the probably value of country-of-origin labeling of dairy products. “Milk is deconstructed into so many different components that there would be no way to trace where these various ingredients are going, and where they’re coming from. It’s just not a workable option is my opinion,” Dickrell said. He sees some probability of COOL labeling on meat products from dairy animals. What the future holds He’s upbeat however about the overall future of the dairy industry. “2009 was rough on everybody including dairy processors right along with dairy farmers. That was likely the darkest time since the Great Depression era for dairying. But the worm has turned. Dairy farmers are making money
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ers, too. There is no quicker and handier way to keep track of virtually every facet of your dairy business than with an iPad; fingertip access to everything you need to know about the day-to-day operation of your dairy farm,” Lehr said. Dickrell concurs saying his dairy publication in January will start a technology column featuring a California dairy farmer who uses an iPad to virtually monitor every phase of his dairy business. “It’s an incredible story how this dairy farmer uses his nutritionist, his herd health director, his daily production and marketing data and much more facilitated through the technology of his iPad to virtually run his dairy.” Black ink, red ink Dickrell questioned if the dairy economy has now strengthened enough to predict a “black ink” financial report for the immediate future. Granted world appetites keep getting bigger, and wanting more quality food stuffs. However volatility still runs the show and he predicts in this new era of “world agriculture” volatility will be around forever. “People will learn how to manage volatility, to learn the pros and cons of risk management tools and to sharpen their own skills, particularly in the buying of their feed stocks and the marketing of their milk. Dairying has always required a disciplined marketing approach. Because the stakes are even higher today, even more discipline is required,” he said. Thanks to exports, dairy ink is no longer red but even European markets
again; dairy products have great appeal with customers around the world; world markets are only going to get stronger. The challenge will be in managing feed costs but I think it’s a positive future for the industry.” Writing in the December issue of Dairy Today, Dickrell noted that $20 milk prices are not enough to cover all economic costs on most western Corn Belt dairy farms according to budgets calculated by Robert Tigner, a Nebraska Extension dairy specialist based in Imperial. “Dairy farms that produce 20,000 pounds of milk per cow do not cover full economic costs,” Tigner said. “And tie-stall operations do worse than freestall barns at that production level.” His budget data shows tie-stall barns producing 20,000 pounds of milk per cow were losing $1.81 per hundredweight when all costs were included, including labor at $13 per hour. Free-stall barns at this production lost 29 cents per hundredweight. The difference is the amount of labor. Tigner estimates tie-stall barns require 70 hours of labor per cow per year. Freestall barns require 45 hours per cow per year, or about 35 percent less. At $13 per hour, that’s $325 less labor cost. “So as has been true for some time, economics lead dairy operators to higher milk per cow and to convert to free-stall facilities,” Tigner said. Those operations able to squeeze 24,000 pounds of milk per cow per year were able to have a net return over all costs. Tie-stall barns showed a 46 cents per hundredweight return; free-stall barns, $1.81 per hundredweight return. The estimates are based on a Central Order milk price of $20.36. Feed costs were pegged at $6.33 per bushel for corn, $258 per ton for soybean meal, $190 per ton for hay and $63 per ton for corn silage. ❖
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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Veteran dairy writer Jim Dickrell, editor of Dairy Today since 1989, offered his “eyes-on” opinion of the image of dairy farmers from the general public’s perception: “Dairy farmers are still very well received by the general public. They are looked at as the icon of rural America but the activists are chipping away at that reputation.” Relating to a keynote message by Jay Lehr at the Midwest Dairy Expo, St. Cloud, Minn., who said the biggest problem of agriculture today is not telling its story, he agreed that Lehr is absolutely right on. “Dairy farmers need to get active in social media to get their message out to everyone,” Dickrell said. Technology and social media He concurs that the general media in terms of advertising impact just isn’t an effective means of reaching the grass roots anymore. He said dairy farmers need to start using Facebook and Twitter to make those one-on-one connections. That simply means they have to learn how to use these functional tools. “Perhaps start with having your kids show how it’s done. Then get a Facebook page and start doing it, regularly,” Dickrell said. He indicated a dairy farmer’s Facebook can be pretty basic stuff, like just sharing what goes on in the daily life of a dairy family. That basic down-to-earth agenda will have tremendous variability and great items of interest to the non-ag reader because every day has different challenges for the typical dairy farmer, Dickrell said. Lehr told dairy farmers at the Midwest Dairy Expo that they all need to own an iPad, and the sooner the better. “iPhones will decline because the iPad does everything that iPhones can do plus lots more. In three years I predict virtually all U.S. businesses will be on iPad, and that should be you dairy farm-
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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Jay Lehr, a noted agricultural futurist who functions as science director of the Heartland Institute, a free-market think-tank focusing on environment, agriculture, education care and taxation, is known for sharing opinions on American agriculture. Here are just a few of his key items.
• The farm today — 2.1 million farms, 90 percent individually owned, 6 percent partnerships, 3 percent family corporations, 1 percent absentee corporations which produce 6 percent of output. That means 94 percent of U.S. agricultural production comes from family farms with the top 15 percent producing 85 percent of the output. “These are surprising numbers to a
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Farmers are the best land conservationists because without them tripling their yields over the past 40 years we would be plowing down soccer fields, golf courses and nature parks to grow our additional food. Every day is Earth Day on the farm.
public falsely convinced that farming is now controlled on Wall Street by multi-national companies and the family farm is a thing of the past. Even your rural neighbors who are not involved in production agriculture have the wrong idea about these issues,” Lehr said. • Our biggest problem — Winning back earlier prestige of the farm, destroyed by environmentalists preaching that agriculture harms the environment.
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“Farmers are the best land conservationists because without them tripling their yields over the past 40 years we would be plowing down soccer fields, golf courses and nature parks to grow our additional food. Every day is Earth Day on the farm.” • World food supply — Throughout the world, since 1990, family income has increased by 67 percent and meat consumption by 57 percent. China’s middle class alone is estimated to grow by 234 million people by 2020 with India growing by 60 million during this time period.
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“Over a billion people in the world are undernourished and we must improve their diets. Additionally we will add 2 billion people to the planet before population growth stops in the middle of this century.” • Ethanol production — There currently is a backlash against ethanol production because of its impact on food and feed costs. Ethanol economics will improve with its volume and it will remain a permanent part of our auto energy equation, though likely never a large part.
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keting ploy for every single commercial operation in America. There will be a green bubble burst in five or six years when a significant number of green products do not prove either to be economical or as friendly to the environment as originally thought. • Biotechnology — In a nutshell this is the future of agriculture that will allow us to feed the world on twice the food grown today. Everything you have ever heard negative about genetically modified seeds is simply false. • Animal rights groups — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the Animal Liberation Front have caused great damage to animal agriculture. Also the work of the Humane Society of the United States is said to spend less than 1 percent of their budget on animal protection and nearly all of it interfering with the raising of animals for food in the United States. “The FBI now lists ALF among their major terrorist groups and more people are noting that PETA folks don’t so much love animals as they hate people.” • Global warming — Is not presently occurring with cooling taking over since 1998 and 2007 saw a reduction in the earth’s temperature of 0.75 degrees centigrade which equals the total increase in temperature between 1880 and 1998.
“The driving power behind this is our military who wants to be able, under the worst-case scenario, to run its tank, ships and planes on homegrown fuel if necessary.”
“Our industry should not support legislation that would have the sole effect of driving up our production and processing costs resulting in a competitive disadvantage while providing little, if any opportunity to make up for the added costs by participating in agriculture offset program.”
• The green movement — Has all but become a religion in the United States. It has largely become a mar-
Lehr was a featured speaker at the Midwest Dairy Expo in St. Cloud, Minn., in December. ❖
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Stall bedding materials for cows have become increasingly expensive and difficult to find. This situation has prompted many dairy producers to search for more feasible alternatives, such as sand and recycled manure solids. Although sand can be considered the ideal bedding source for dairy cows, not all producers are willing and able to convert to sand bedding because it presents some manure-management challenges. So, what about recycled manure solids? Is anyone making it work in the Midwest? Adam Husfeldt (University of Minnesota graduate student) and I conducted an observational study on 38 dairy farms in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa that were using solids for bedding freestalls. We wanted to find out what management practices and bedding characteristics were associated with bulk tank somatic cell count and evaluate animal welfare in these operations. We documented various aspects of herd management, including how solids were obtained and managed, their bedding practices, etc. Bedding, milk and feed samples were collected. Cows were scored for hygiene, hock lesions and locomotion, and milking prep procedures were recorded. Our goal was to collect as much information as possible during the farm visits and from records throughout the year. In the end, 23 variables were used for our analysis of their association with bulk tank SCC. We concluded that excellent cow preparation at milking time, sanitation of milking equipment, cow hygiene, adequate dry cow housing and bedding-stall management appear to be critical in maintaining a low SCC while successfully using manure solids for bedding. Type of manure solids used — digested, raw or composted — had no association with SCC. Moisture is one of several factors necessary for bacterial growth in bedding materials. Therefore, it is important to keep stall bedding as dry as possible to minimize exposure to environmental mastitis pathogens. Additional methods to help dry stall bedding (use of a blower, good barn ventilation, adding equipment to remove moisture after separation) could help reduce bedding moisture. We also learned that lameness prevalence was similar, hock lesion prevalence was slightly higher and cow hygiene was better than in herds using sand for bedding. More of our results and observations are available on the University of Minnesota Extension dairy website at www.extension.umn.edu/go/1092. We sincerely thank all the dairy producers who participated in this study. For more educational information and resources for dairy producers, log on to www.extension.umn.edu/dairy. This article was submitted by Marcia Endres, University of Minnesota Extension Service dairy specialist. She may be contacted at miendres@umn.edu or (612) 624-5391. ❖
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Every year should bring a new plan for your operation For some producers the turn of the calendar from one year to the next may be a good feeling, ready for the new year. For others, they may feel like they still needed a little more time to wrap up a few tasks they were hoping to get done in 2011. As a dairy farm manager starts plan for a new year, there will need to be new goals set for the operation. Setting goals helps make the plan-
ning process worthwhile to assure the plan is addressing the objectives desired. Then, an action plan for each goal needs to be written down that helps describe how those goals are going to be accomplished. There are several ways to think about goals. A goal can be something as simple as making sure to take at least one week away from the dairy operation during the year.
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Goals can also be complex such as lowering a herd’s somatic cell count or decreasing the percentage of calves treated for scours. Simple goals are going to only take a short time to put a plan in place and to see the end result. For complex goals, it could take a great deal of time and commitment from everyone involved in the operation. For example, to reduce the number of calves that are being treated for scours the solution is going to have multiple levels of application to get there. First, a manager could start with assessing the calf hutches or stalls and working to make sure they are staying clean enough. Then, put protocols in place to maintain the conditions that are always acceptable. The next level that may need to be worked on is newborn calf protocol as some management changes could help get them off to a healthier start. There may be other changes to consider and this list of management practices needed can continue to grow until the dairy manager feels the goal has been reached. Many have heard of a SMART goal. It is a great way to help get started writing goals for a new year. SMART is an acronym for goal setters that means the following: S: Specific M: Measurable A: Attainable R: Relevant T: Time-bond For each goal that is written for the dairy business, ask the question for each of the letters in the acronym (is it specific?, is it measurable?, etc.). This will help to further assess and refine the goal and make it more meaningful. This also increases the chance of
the goal being successful within the designated time frame set to reach that goal. There are other items that should be considered when planning your operation’s goals for the year. • When setting goals, everyone who is going to be affected by the goal or involved to help attain that goal, should be included in the writing of that goal. • Be sure that goals are written down. This is the No. 1 reason for goals not being successful. • It is best to hang the goals in a place that everyone is going to see them. For most dairy operations, that is going to be in the milk room or break room. • Last, revisit the goals several times a year, evaluate the progress for each of them and determine if the goals still remain relevant. Changing a goal is not a form of failure; it is recognizing that a situation has changed or it was not a true fit for the concern that needed to be addressed. For dairy farmers, looking ahead and planning for the future is something that many just do without realizing that they are even practicing it. However, a good manager planning for the success of their operation, involves others and writes down a plan. This must not be avoided. This is important to make the best use of everyone’s time each and every day. Having goals in place communicates to everyone involved what needs to be done and what the plan is to get things accomplished. Having them will help to make the dairy operation more successful in the end. Looking at 2012, there are going to be some challenges, but planning can also provide some great opportunities. Take this time now and plan so you will be able to reap the benefits. This article was submitted by Craig Roerick, University of Minnesota Extension Service educator with a livestock emphasis for Stearns, Benton and Morrison (Minn.) counties. He may be reached at (320) 255-6169 or (800) 450-6171. ❖
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ducer from Bentonville, Ark., and chairman of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Anglin recently completed an AgEMP. “It helps to have the results of the farm energy assessment in black and white. As a business man, seeing the potential for energy savings and payback period is important in making good investment decisions.” Saving energy directly translates to cost savings and improved profitability for dairy operations. On average, dairy producers spend $40 per cow per year on electricity. Improved energy efficiency can mean $4 to $14 savings per cow. This can translate into thousands of dollars per year. “I urge producers to learn about their options to get an energy audit,” said Dan Rice of Firth, Neb., dairy producer and member of the Innovation Center’s Sustainability Council. “The energy audit just takes a few hours and is in no way intrusive; and the return on investment for the short time spent makes getting an energy audit a wise choice.” Rice said that small changes can make a difference. Recently, the lighting at Prairieland Farms was upgraded to LED incandescent fixtures. “We expect to save the farm 131,000 kWh, which could result in more than $9,000 per year.” Producers can learn about financial assistance opportunities in one of three ways. • Call an energy expert at (800) 7321399; • Contact a local NRCS field office; or • Use the Innovation Center’s easyto-use, SaveEnergy web tool at USDairy.com/SaveEnergy. The Innovation Center is supported by the NRCS and is focused on accelerating energy conservation and building awareness for on-farm energy audits. The farm energy efficiency project is an effort established by U.S. dairy producers to reduce their environmental footprint while creating business value across the supply chain that benefits everyone. The Innovation Center is staffed by Dairy Management Inc. Log on to USDairy.com for more information about the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. ❖
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With the national energy inflation rate at 10 percent and business costs continuing to climb, the new year is a good time to maximize farm energy efficiency and minimize monthly utility bills. The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy — established by dairy producers in 2008 to foster industrywide innovation and efficiencies — urges dairy producers interested in cutting on-farm energy costs to contact their local Natural Resources Conservation Service office. Funding is available right now to help producers address on-farm energy use and increase efficiency. The Innovation Center and U.S. Department of Agriculture NRCS are focused on helping dairy producers learn about those opportunities. “One of the goals of the Innovation Center Sustainability team is to work with state and local organizations to connect dairy producers with the energy and cost-saving opportunities that are immediately available,” said Barbara O’Brien, president of the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy and senior executive vice president of Dairy Management Inc., which manages the dairy checkoff on behalf of the nation’s farmers. “While initiatives vary across the country, all regions offer assistance to offset the cost of farm energy audits as well as incentive and rebate programs to make equipment upgrades and retrofits more affordable.” January 2012 is the right time to take action Environmental Quality Incentives Program funding is available through the NRCS for farm energy audits and equipment upgrades (available to those with qualifying audits). Producers should act now. The first national application cutoff is Feb. 3. More details can be found through local NRCS field offices. An on-farm energy audit, also known as an Agricultural Energy Management Plan, is a vital decision-making tool. An energy audit can identify improvements that could reduce energy use by 10 to 35 percent — most often in areas such as lighting, milk cooling, ventilation, vacuum pumps and electric water heating. “I think an energy audit is an excellent tool and another step in the farm plan,” said Ryan Anglin, a dairy pro-
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For many dairy nutrition16.8 percent crude protein 15.7 percent ists and producers, the next Item w/o MetaSmart crude protein with step to higher milk protein MetaSmart content is balancing amino Metabolizable protein, g/d 2,590 2,450 acid levels in the herd’s 160 161 rations. Among dairy nutri- Metabolizable lysine, g/d Metabolizable methionine, g/d 48 54 tionists, this has become a 3.33 2.98 best practice, especially Lys:Met 90.8 92.8 when using updated ration Milk, lb/d Fat, percent 3.85 3.93 formulation software which True protein, percent 3.05b 3.19a simplifies the process. Lactose, percent 4.81 4.83 When the ration’s amino Energy corrected milk (ECM), lb/d 86.9b 90.4a acid levels are matched to Milk urea nitrogen (MUN), mg/dl 13.2a 10.2b the cow’s biological needs, Plasma urea nitrogen (PUN) 15.7a 12.2b the cow’s nutritional status Milk N/N intake (N efficiency, percent) 30.2b 32.3a improves. To achieve this “All comparisons are statistically different.” The “a” and “b” notation refers to the fact that these goal, the ration fed typically are statistically different numbers. If both numbers in a row had “a”, that would mean that includes a rumen-protected, although they are numerically different, statistically they are not different. metabolizable methionine. The most common result is an increase in milk pro- response to amino acid balancing in a single number, tein, the best known benefit of amino acid balancing, the figure for energy corrected milk is often used. according to Dan Luchini, manager of Ruminant Balancing amino acids supports more efficient Products Technical Services at Adisseo. nitrogen so less crude protein can be fed. Reducing Other benefits exist, though, he said, such as crude protein helps reduce feed costs and makes increases in both milk volume and milk fat and a room for more high-quality forage while decreasing decrease in nitrogen excretion. To quantify the nitrogen excretion.
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Grain Outlook Corn down limit after crop report
Livestock Angles Markets still erratic, volatile
Grain Angles Understanding the fundamentals
The following market analysis is for the week ending Jan. 13. CORN — History repeated itself Jan. 12 when corn locked down the 40-cent limit, making it six consecutive years that March corn has traded at the limit the first trading session after the final crop report. In five of the last six years, it has locked at the limit (in 2011 corn traded limit up, but closed only 24 cents higher). The final 2011-12 crop production report was bearish on its face. The acreage was kept unchanged, but the harvested acres were increased by 50,000 acres and the yield rose by one-half bushel to PHYLLIS NYSTROM Country Hedging 147.2 bushels per acre. The trade St. Paul had been expecting a decline to 146.4 bu./acre. This brought total production to 12.358 billion bushels, up 48 million bushels from the last report and 78 million bushels bigger than the pre-report estimate. On the demand side, exports were raised 50 million bushels. Resulting ending stocks of 846 million are only 2 million less than on the last report, but 93 million bushels larger than the average guess. The stocksto-use ratio is 6.7 percent versus 8.6 percent last year. Dec. 1 stocks at 9.642 billion bushels were 241 million bushels greater than anticipated, implying first quarter feeding at its lowest level since 1995-96. Last year, Dec. 1 stocks were 10.057 billion bushels. Argentina’s corn production was lowered from 29 million metric tons to 26 mmt, but versus last year’s 22.5 mmt of production. Brazil’s production was cut to 61 mmt from 65 mmt. China’s corn import line
The livestock markets have started the year the way they left last year: extremely erratic and volatile. This is not likely to change in the near future as the factors affecting the livestock markets remain the same. The cattle market has started the year with the fundamentals of the market opposite of the technical signals. The fundamentals reflect weakness, while the technical indicators point to potentially higher prices. Looking at the fundamentals, the boxed beef prices have plummeted in recent days, reflecting an abundance of supplies of beef in cold storage. The volJOE TEALE ume in the boxed beef trade has Broker been unusually slow since the Great Plains Commodity Thanksgiving holiday mainly due Afton to the high price of beef in comparison to the other competitive meats. With the packers paying up to accumulate live inventory because the futures are at such premium, has put them deep in the red. This poses the problem of reducing the slaughter to help reduce the beef inventories and forcing the beef cutouts higher to maintain margins. With larger cattle numbers ready for market in the months ahead, this would suggest lower live prices. From the technical standpoint, the cattle market has been in an uptrend since December of 2009 and continues today. This has brought about good buying from commodity and hedge funds. It appears that until this trend is broken, the futures market will be well supported by technical buying, which will dictate the live market because of the premium basis.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued its final crop production report for 2011 on Jan. 12. The numbers for corn released by the USDA, on their own, were bearish. Corn production for 2011-12 came in at 12.358 billion bushels, above the average estimate of 12.265 billion bushels. Quarterly stocks of 9.642 billion bushels came in 251 million bushels above the average estimate. U.S. ending stocks came in at 846 million bushels, 97 million bushels above the average estimate, while world supplies were pegged at 128.14 million metric tons, well above the average prereport estimate of 123.52 mmt. TOM NEHER Many readers who produce soy- AgStar VP Agribusiness & Grain Specialist beans, wheat or cotton may be getRochester ting tired of all of this talk about corn. Yet corn is currently the king of grains and what happens in corn leads the price direction for the other commodities. Following the report corn lost $0.52 per bushel in value. Are things really that bearish in corn? Do we really know that much more about the corn market than we did before the report? My answer to both of these questions is, no. I have always said, there are two fundamental figures in the study of supply and demand that tell the story. They are the stocks-to-use ratio and the basis. The stocks-to-use ratio is a convenient measure of supply and demand interrelationships of commodities. The stocks-to-use ratio indicates the level of carryover stock for any given commodity as a percentage of the total demand or use. The basis is the difference between your local cash price and the exchange traded futures price. The basis is a reflection of the local supply and demand.
See NYSTROM, pg. 9B
See TEALE, pg. 9B
See NEHER, pg. 9B
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.
Soybeans ‘at whim’ of South American forecasts bean acres up 2.5 percent to 76.85 million acres and wheat acreage up 7 percent. OUTLOOK: With this month’s balance sheet basically unchanged from what we’ve been trading, it lends credence that the lows set in December may be the low end of a trading range and the recent highs the high end of a trading range. The price bracket from $5.70 to $6.65 seems reasonable. Attention will once again focus on weather in South America, U.S. weather, the U.S. dollar and planting intentions in the United States. Also watch the exports. Bloomberg reported that Japan has doubled its grain purchases from Europe in the last two months. Weekly export sales
Hogs have been choppy With the disparity between beef cutouts and pork cutouts, look for the retailers to continue to move toward more pork as a feature than beef. The economy is still below par and pork wholesale price less than half that of beef, the value definitely lies with pork. This should bode well for the hog market and should support a recovery in prices in the weeks ahead. On the other hand, if the economies of the world do not improve, this could hamper any sustained rallies as the export and domestic markets weaken. Producers should continue to lock-in inventories if positive opportunities exist. ❖
Manage the margins all that they need. Looking at the corn basis in Mankato, Minn., for example, you find that the current basis is well above the five-year average basis. Buyers have to bid up the basis to attract bushels in the cash market. If we use fundamental analysis (study of supply and demand) to study the markets, we must assume that the markets are still in a bullish trend and supply remains tight, with strong demand. If we use technical analysis (study of market behavior) to study the markets, we must recognize that there are many larger geo-economic or psychological factors at play. We must assume that these psychological factors were responsible for the bearish price movement following the report. These markets are dynamic and we must look at the grain angles and manage the margins in play. ❖
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NEHER, from pg. 8B When studying the stock-to-use ratio, analysts consider any ratios that are lower than 15 to 20 percent to be tight and warranting focused attention. In the USDA report, the U.S. stocks-to-use ratio remained unchanged at 6.7 percent. The global stocks-to-use only increased slightly to 14.8 percent. The former is the secondtightest on record with the latter representing the second-tightest since the 1973-74 marketing year. In other words, there is no margin for error. When studying the basis, analysts can see the reflection of how easy or hard it is to buy or sell grain. If buyers are having a hard time buying grain in the cash market, they must bid up the basis in order to attract bushels. If buyers can buy all that they want, they will lower their basis bids and still buy
63.4 mmt this month. China returned to the buying arena this week, purchasing 145,000 mt of U.S. beans early in the week. Another 414,000 mt were sold to unknown in the second half of the week. Export sales at 15.9 million bushels were in line with expectations. March soybeans lost 38 1/4 cents for the week, closing at $11.58 1/4 per bushel. The new crop November contract was down 21 1/4 cents, settling at $11.70 per bushel. Besides the bearish USDA report, forecasts for rain coverage and amounts in South America slightly increased as traders headed home. OUTLOOK: Now that the USDA crop report is behind us, attention will return in earnest to South American prospects. We’ll be at the whim of every forecast. Rain will still help minimize any loss due to early dryness for the soybean crop. The December low in March soybeans was $11.04 1/2, which may be seen as a target if South American weather turns more normal. The upside may be limited to $12 near term; but if the crop in the southern hemisphere is threatened further, a push closer to $13 may be in store. Nystrom’s notes: Contract changes for the week ending Jan. 13: Minneapolis wheat showed a gain of a quarter cent for the week, while the Chicago contract dropped 22 1/2 cents and Kansas City fell a dime. February crude oil declined $2.86 to $98.70 this week, heating oil dropped 4.3 cents, gasoline was down 1.74 cents and natural gas hit new contract lows while plummeting 39.2 cents for the week. As of midafternoon Jan. 13, the Dow was up 41 points on the week, the U.S. dollar index was up 0.25 points and gold was $19 higher at $1,635.80 per ounce. ❖
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TEALE, from pg. 8B Right now in the cattle market, money trumps facts. However, producers should still approach the market with some caution and hedge inventory when possible. The hog market has been choppy of late with prices darting back and forth in the live market and the futures. It would appear that the hogs are attempting to form a base to move higher. This could be supported by the fact that pork product has been moving well over the past several months. The export market has been a plus all year long and has shown little evidence of slowing in the weeks ahead.
were disappointing once again this week at 12.7 million bushels. Heading into another three-day weekend, March corn was down 44 cents for the week at $5.99 1/2 and the December contract was down 20 cents for the week at $5.55 1/4 per bushel. SOYBEANS — Moving to the soybean final balance sheet, the USDA dropped harvested acres 40,000 acres and raised the yield 0.2 bu./acre to 41.5 bu./acre. The yield number compared to the average estimate of 41.3 bu./acre. Final production at 3.056 billion bushels was 14 million bushels above expectations and 10 million greater than the previous report. This is the first time since 1980 that the final production number was higher following declines on both the October and November reports. The crush category was lowered 10 million and exports were cut 25 million for 2010-11 ending stocks of 275 million bushels. This was 48 million higher than the pre-report estimate and 45 million more than the last report. The new ending stocks number is the highest ending stocks in five years. This brings the stocks-to-use ratio up to 9.1 percent versus 6.6 percent last year. Dec. 1 stocks came in at 2.366 billion bushels. This is 54 million more than the estimate and compared to 2.278 billion last year. On the world balance sheet, Brazil’s production was dropped 1 mmt to 74 mmt and Argentina’s figure was decreased 1.5 mmt to 50.5 mmt. Additional reductions to South American production may yet be expected by traders if moisture is reduced and heat ramps up. World ending stocks declined from 64.5 mmt last month to
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NYSTROM, from pg. 8B went from 3 mmt to 4 mmt, but this has already been traded. World grain ending stocks at 128.1 mmt were up 1 mmt from last month. Trading was in consolidation mode up until the U.S. Department of Agriculture report, concentrating on South American weather developments and global events. This included the on-going tensions with Iran and their nuclear program. It was reported late in the week that any further embargo sanctions by the European Union against Iran may be delayed by six months. Looking ahead to this spring’s planting intentions, a survey taken at the annual Farm Bureau convention suggests 2012 U.S. corn acres will be up 6 percent this year to 97.4 million acres,
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Cheese price projected down; nonfat dry milk, whey up a third of Texas remains in This column was written exceptional drought, the most for the marketing week endextreme category, according to ing Jan. 13. The higher whey price is expected to more than offset USDA’s Drought Monitor. The big question in everythe lowered cheese price forecast, resulting in a higher ■ one’s mind is what lies 2012 Class III milk price. ahead in 2012. The U.S. Looking “back to the Department of Agriculture futures,” the Class III milk revealed what they see in price average for the first six range of $16.45 to $17.35, up mates, according to Leidahl. Cottontheir crystal ball via their months of 2012 stood at $17.16 on Dec. seed production for 2011, based on a a dime from last month’s monthly World Agricultural MIELKE MARKET three-year average lint-seed ratio, was 2, $16.84 on Dec. 9, $17.07 on Dec. 16, estimate, and compares to Supply and Demand EstiWEEKLY $17.04 on Dec. 23, $17.60 on Jan. 6, expected to total 5.27 million tons, $19.04 in 2011, $15.09 in mates report. and was hovering around $17.34 on down 14 percent from last year. 2010, and $10.89 in 2009. By Lee Mielke Jan. 13. The department low■ ■ ered its milk producThe cash dairy markets saw little Hay stored on farms on Dec. 1 totaled The latest crop protion forecast slightly change the second week of 2012. Block 90.7 million tons, down 11 percent from duction data showed for 2011 due to lower cheese closed Friday the 13th at increased estimates of 2011 corn and a year ago, and the lowest Dec. 1 stocks expected cow numbers for the fourth $1.5950 per pound, down 1.5 cents on on hand for the United States since soybean production and December quarter, but the forecast for 2012 was the week but 7 cents above a year ago unchanged from last month. The 2011 stocks, and raised projected carryovers. 1988. Hay stocks decreased across The USDA reported 2011 production at much of the nation’s midsection and in when the blocks jumped 16 cents. Barestimate was put at 196 billion rel closed at $1.55, down 4 cents on the most cases, were attributed to an pounds, down 100 million pounds from 12.36 billion bushels of corn and 3.06 week and 7.5 cents above a year ago unusually dry year that negatively the December estimate, and 2012 out- billion bushels of soybeans, both when the barrels rolled 13.25 cents put remains projected at 198.5 billion slightly higher than the average trade impacted hay production as well as pasture and rangeland. Stocks on hand higher. Twenty-one cars of block and estimate but within the range of estipounds. four of barrel traded hands on the mates, according to FC Stone’s Roy Lei- were the lowest since 1985 in OklaThe 2012 cheese price forecast was homa and Texas, two states that were week. The National Agricultural Statisdahl in the Jan. 12 e-Dairy Insider tics Service-surveyed U.S. average lowered but the nonfat dry milk and hit hardest by this year’s prolonged Opening Bell. block price lost 5.7 cents, slipping to whey price forecast was raised. The drought, according to the USDA. Projected carryover of 846 million $1.5810. The barrels averaged $1.6036, higher whey price is expected to more Ironically, the Chicago Mercantile bushels was higher than the average down 0.6 cent. than offset the lowered cheese price trade estimate of 753 million. Soybean Exchange’s Jan. 10 Daily Dairy Report forecast, resulting in a higher 2012 Market analyst Jerry Dryer wrote in said that, “on the heels of the driest carryover projected at 275 million Class III milk price. The range was his Jan. 6 Dairy and Food Market Anayear on record, west Texas has been hit bushels was nearly 50 million higher put at $17.10 to $17.90 per hundredlyst that there would likely be more with massive snowfall the last two weight, up 20 cents from last month’s than average trade estimates. The cheese price strength the second week weeks. Some counties received nearly USDA shows December corn stocks at projection, but compares to $18.37 in 20 inches this season, more than triple of 2012 and “maybe for the next two 9.64 billion bushels, up from trade 2011, $14.41 in 2010 and $11.36 in the snowfall in Buffalo, N.Y., and dou- weeks, then look for a retracement in expectations of around 9.4 billion. 2009. prices as the sales lull ahead of ble that in Minneapolis. December soybean stocks at 2.37 bilEaster/Passover arrives.” He adds the The higher forecast NDM price lion bushels, was about 50 million Winter still hasn’t really set in, in the caveat that “the bulls will be back. ... results in a higher Class IV price bushels higher than average trade esti- Midwest, according to the DDR, where The aforementioned holidays are reatemperatures were 20 to 30 degrees sonably good for sales and they are two above normal and snowcover was almost completely absent. Still, nearly See MIELKE, pg. 11B
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Northern-tier state production ticking back up ing costs for butter and nonfat dry milk. The CDI also asked that the “f.o.b. adjuster” for butter be lowered. According to the MPC’s Rob Vandenheuvel, the effect of the requested changes would be to reduce the Class 4a minimum price paid to producers by 31.33 cents/cwt. The CDFA has until Jan. 18 to decide if a hearing is warranted. For details, log on to www.cdfa.ca.gov/dairy/ dairy_hearings_matrix.html. ■ In other dairy news, Cooperatives Working Together accepted 18 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold and United Dairymen of Arizona to sell a total of 6.4 million pounds of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese to customers in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. The product will be delivered January through June.
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The CWT program aided in the sale of 92.4 million pounds of cheese in 2011 to 26 countries, the equivalent of 910 million pounds of milk, or the annual production of 43,500 cows, according to a CWT press release. Farm milk production is clustered on either side of the seasonal tipping point in most areas of the country, according to the USDA’s weekly update. Florida milk production is already on the rise, as it is in other southern states. Northern-tier states are just beginning to see production tick higher. Bottled milk demand is variable throughout the country. Some bottler demand bounced up to preholiday volumes as grocers restocked and schools reopened. However, some areas in the Midwest experienced light Class I demand in addition to spot loads of milk entering the region for processSee MIELKE, pg. 12B
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the comparable federal order Class III, which I have outlined for many months. You can read about it by logging on to www.milkproducers.org and clicking on “Latest News.” That price difference has ranged from 8 cents in February 2011 to December’s $3.63 below the federal order price. The newsletter also features an article reporting that two of the three major ethanol subsidies are now history but warns the work is not over as the last remaining major support is “still alive and well.” Many believe ethanol production has raised feed prices for every aspect of livestock agriculture, including dairy. Dairy Profit Weekly reports that, just weeks after the CDFA denied a dairy producer hearing petition to consider adjustments to California’s Class 4b milk price whey factor, the leading dairy processing cooperative in the state requested a hearing to consider modifying the Class 4a minimum price formula. In its request, California Dairies Inc. is proposing an increase in the “make allowance,” the amount processors can deduct from the minimum milk price paid to producers, to cover manufactur-
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MIELKE, from pg. 10B weeks earlier this year than last.” He reports that overseas orders for second quarter 2012 and second half 2012 will “support the market in the not-too-distant future. And the milk supply will begin to tighten up.” Cash butter closed the second Friday of 2012 at $1.6125, up three-quarter cents on the week but 48.75 cents below a year ago. Six cars were sold on the week. NASS butter averaged $1.6015, up 1.4 cents. NASS nonfat dry milk averaged $1.4133, up 1.3 cents, and dry whey averaged 67.91 cents, up 0.8 cent. ■ February Class I milk prices in California will take a dip. The California Department of Food and Agriculture announced their northern price at $18.52/cwt., and $18.79 for the south. Both are down $1.36 from January but are $1.64 above February 2011. The federal order Class I base price is announced Jan. 20. Dairy farmer-members of California’s Milk Producers Council were challenged in their Jan. 6 newsletter regarding the discrepancy between their Class 4b cheese milk price and
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Drug use in animals coming under greater scrutiny MIELKE, from pg. 11B ing. These conditions kept many manufacturing facilities on a third week of holiday-like production schedules. Cream markets were somewhat unsettled the first week of 2012, with some loads retaining the holiday surplus pricing of the previous two weeks and other loads garnering seasonal multiples in the 1.20
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Ag B u ild er s o f S o M N I n c . . . . ....23A Ag D is trib u tin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....26A Ag P o w e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....29B AGC O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A , 19A Ag S ta r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....18A All A me r ic a n C o o p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....22B Am er ic a n C o m m u n ity . . . . . . . . . . ....31B An d er s o n S ee d s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 A, 39A Arn o ld C o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 B, 17B B a y er Tru c k & E q u ip m en t I n c ..39A B a y w o o d Ho m e C a re . . . . . . . . . . . . ......4A B i g Ga in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......9A B l u e Hillto p I n c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......4A B o b B u rn s S a les & S e r v ice . .....28B B re n t To n n e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....15A C & C R o o fin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....21A Ca n n o n F a lls B ea co n . . . . . . . . 1 4 B, 18B Ca p ren o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......7A Case IH....................................13B Cen e x Ha r v es t S ta tes . . . . . . . . . .....17A Cla r k P ro p e r tie s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....15B Co u r tla n d Wa s te Ha n d lin g . . ......4B Cu rts Tr u c k & D ies e l S e r v ice ..38A Cy r illa Be a ch Ho m es I n c . . . . . . ....31A Da h l F a rm S u p p ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....15A Dick s To y s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....22A Dier s A g S u p p ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......7B Do w A g ro R efu g e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......3A Du n ca n Tra iler s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....31B E i d e B a illy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....28A E x c e ls io r Ho me s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....28A F a s t D is tr ib u tin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....30A F reu d e n th a l D a iry & Mfg C o ......6B G e h l C o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......3B G r a in Mille r s S p e c ia lty . . . . . . . .....12B G r a in S o lu tio n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....23A G rea ter Ma n k a to C o n v e n tio n ....27A G reg D e in k e n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......7B G r iz z ly Bu ild in g s I n c . . . . . . . . . . ....35A H a a s E q u ip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....31B H a rp e ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....33A H e w itt D r a in a g e E q u ip m en t ....14A H i tch D o c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....11B H o rme l F o o d C o r p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....10B K & S M illw rig h ts I n c. . . . . . . . . ....20A K e ith B o d e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....23B K e ltg en s I n c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....16A K e r k h o ff A u c tio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....15B L & D A g S er v ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....11B L a g er 's o f Ma n k a to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....34A L a n o Eq ip me n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....26B L a r s o n Bro s . I m p l. . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 B , 24B L e tch e r s F a rm S u p p l . . . . . . . . . . . .....21A L i n d e r F a r m N etw o r k . . . . . . . . . . ....32A M a g es A u ctio n S er v ice . . . . . . . . . .....15B M a n k a to I mp l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....23B M a n k a to M o to r C o . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....37A M a te jc e k I mp l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....30B M e s s er R e p a ir & F a b r ic a tin g ....10B
M ic ro Tr ak Sys te ms I nc ............32A M id-Sota ..................................28B M idw ay Far m E quipme nt I nc ....24B M idw e s t Or ganic Sus tainable ..15A M ike 's C ollis ion ......................22A M ille r Se llne r ..........................32B M N Soybe an Proc e s s or s ............36A M us tang M fg C o ........................2B N e w Holland ............................25A N e w U lm Tr ac tor & E quip. ......24B N e w Vi s i o n F e e d , L L C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A N K C le r king ............................18B N or the r n A g Se r vic e ................26B N or the r n I ns ulation Produc ts ....7B N or thland B uilding I nc ............21A N utr a Flo C o. ..................21A , 23B O'C onne ll Far m D r ainage ........22B Pione e r ....................11A , 12A , 13A Polk E quipme nt........................19B Profit Pro ................................24A Pr ue s s E le vator I nc ..................23B R abe I nte r national I nc ............28B R itte r A g ................................16A R ive r s ide Tire ..........................12B R oc he for ts We lding & Gr ain Sys te m ............................9A , 29A R ohlfings of C le ve land ............26A Ryan C he mic al ........................28B Sc hlaude r aff I mpl. C o ..............27B Sc hw e is s I nc ............................31B SI Fe e de r /Sc hoe s s ow I nc ............5B Smiths M ill I mpl. ............21B , 26B Somme r s M as onr y I nc ..............10A Somsen Mueller........................39A Sore ns e n Sale s & R e ntals ........25B South C e ntr al Se e d & C he mic al 12B Southw e s t M N K-Fe nc e ..............4A Spr ingfie ld C hambe r of C omme rc e ..............................34A Star r C yc le ..............................24A State B ank of Gibbon ..............12B Ste ffe s A uc tone e r s I nc ..............18B Sunr is e A g Sale s ........................9B Te ds R v L and I nc ....................17A T jos vold E quipme nt ................22B U nite d Far me r s C oop 8A , 29A , 25B U nive r s ity of M N E xt ..............30A Wagne r Tr uc k ..........................15A Walke r C us tom Siding ..............27A Was e c a M otor & B e ar ings ........36A We ar da I mpl. ..........................22B We s tr um Tr uc k & B ody I nc . ....26B Whitc omb B rothe r s ..................35A Wie man L and & A uc tion ..........20B Willmar Far m C e nte r ..............25B Willmar Pre c as t ........................7B Wnge r t R e alty & L and Se r vic e 21B Woodfor d A g L L C ....................27B
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thelandonline.com 160 Acre Redwood Co Farmland
AUCTION Tuesday, February 7 • 9:30 a.m.
Auction Location: Kerkhoff Auction Center 1500 E Bridge St, Redwood Falls, MN
MN Turkey Farm, Wright County: brooder barn & 2 grower barns at less than 40% of new cost can produce 2.5 million lbs. annually. Permitted for 600 units, can expand to 3.6 million lbs. annually. Excellent condition. Located on 40 acres land and some woods. Other opportunities. Call Carl, Agent 952-944-8737 or 612-240-5770
Legal: S 1/2 of NE 1/4 & North 1/2 of SE 1/4 Section 11, Willow Lake Twnshp, Redwood Co
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Terms: Successful bidder is required to enter into a purchase agreement & pay a $30,000 non-refundable down payment the day of auction. Balance is due with certified funds on or before March 20, 2012, the date of closing. For more terms information, contact, Kerkhoff Auctions.
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 - 10:30 AM Blizzard Date: February 16th, 2012 - 10:30 AM
Sale Held At: Clements Legion, 361 First St. - Clements, MN For Complete Information Packet including maps, soil types, terms, disclosures, etc., contact:
Auctioneer - Larry Mages • 507-240-0030 SE 1/4 of Sec. 25, New Avon Twp., Redwood Cty. MN
Note: This farm has excellent soil types, one of the highest ratings on any farm in America. Buyer will have possession of land for Spring 2012 planting. Tile: Well tiled, 2 separate County tiles come into this farm, 1 from the N & 1 from the S.
Acres: 140 Acres Tillable: 126.79 In Case of Severe Weather Listen to 860 AM KNUJ at 8:30 the Morning of the Auction for Postponement Information
Heck Heirs, Mike Salfer-Rep. Listing Auctioneer: Larry Mages #72-004 • Lafayette • 507-240-0030 Broker: Mages Land Co & Auction Service LLC – Not responsible for Accidents
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Directions to Land: From the northwest corner of Clements, MN go W 21⁄2 mi. on Cty. Rd. 16. The land then begins on the right (north) side of the road for the next 1⁄2 mi. It does include the grove of trees on the NW corner.
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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 485 Steiger, '08, 1560 hrs ......................................$210,000 CIH STX380, '06, 1625 hrs............................................$165,000 CIH STX375, '01, 4230 hrs............................................$126,000 CIH 9390, '97 ..................................................................$88,500 CIH 9380, '97 ..................................................................$79,000 CIH 9380, '97, 4600 hrs ..................................................$79,500 CIH 9370, '96 ..................................................................$76,500 CIH 9270, '91, 4815 hrs ..................................................$72,900 CIH 9230, '92, 3830 hrs ..................................................$57,500 CIH 9170, '89, 7825 hrs ..................................................$56,500 CIH 9150, '88, 6405 hrs ..................................................$45,300 Case 550H, '00, 1675 hrs ................................................$35,500 IH 6588, '83, 4700 hrs ....................................................$17,500 Challenger MT865B, '06, 3745 hrs ................................$199,500 JD 9620, '06, 4245 hrs..................................................$174,500 JD 9430, '09, 915 hrs ............................................................Call JD 9400T ......................................................................$109,000 JD 9400, '98, 3245 hrs..................................................$109,900 JD 9400, '97, 5065 hrs....................................................$87,900 CIH 9380, '96, 8075 hrs ..................................................$65,000 JD 9330, '09, 2150 hrs..................................................$195,000 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
CIH 8950, 8725 hrs ........................................................$62,500 CIH 7140, '92 ..................................................................$45,900 CIH 7140, '91 ..................................................................$45,900 CIH 7140, '89, 9040 hrs ..................................................$37,900 CIH 5250, '92, 5650 hrs ..................................................$36,500 CIH 55A, '11, 4 hrs ..........................................................$28,000 IH 4386, '79, 2860 hrs ......................................................$8,500 Farmall 350........................................................................$3,900 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 McCormick TTX230, '09, 615 hrs....................................$90,000 McCormick XTX215, '06, 870 hrs....................................$85,000 McCormick XTX165, '09, 260 hrs....................................$89,500 NH 8870, '00, 4145 hrs ..................................................$62,500 NH TC210, '06, 1795 hrs ................................................$94,900
COMPACT TRACTORS
TRACTORS 2WD 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 5088, '81, 8345 hrs ....................................................$15,000 IH 1586, '79, 4715 hrs ....................................................$12,500 IH 1466, 4625 hrs..............................................................$8,500 IH 986, '81, 6745 hrs ......................................................$17,900 IH 986, '77, 8735 hrs ......................................................$11,000 IH 886, '79, 6195 hrs ......................................................$12,500 IH 756, '69, 6725 hrs ........................................................$6,900 IH 706, '66, 3700 hrs ........................................................$7,500 IH 656, '72, 2090 hrs ......................................................$10,500 IH 574, '73, 5180 hrs ........................................................$6,500 IH H, '41 ............................................................................$1,800 IH M, '49............................................................................$1,500 Allis 7060, '76, 3140 hrs ........................................................Call JD 4840, '81, 7820 hrs....................................................$25,000 Oliver 1365, '73, 5815 hrs ................................................$6,500
TRACTORS AWD/MFD
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TRACTORS AWD/MFD Continued
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 MX285, '05, 2770 hrs ............................................$126,500 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, 2220 hrs ..........................................$146,900 CIH MX275, '06, 2020 hrs ............................................$129,500 CIH 245 Mag, '11, 300 hrs ............................................$140,000 CIH 245 Mag, '10, 945 hrs ............................................$138,900 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 215 Mag, '10, 3100 hrs ..........................................$105,000 CIH 215 Mag, '09, 770 hrs ............................................$129,000 CIH 215 Mag, '09, 880 hrs ............................................$129,500 CIH 230 Puma, '11, 130 hrs ..........................................$135,000
COMBINES Continued
BEAN/CORNHEADS Continued
CIH 6088, '10, 500 hrs ..................................................$225,000 CIH 2588, '07, 1910 hrs ................................................$178,900 CIH 2388, '06, 1440 hrs ................................................$159,500 CIH 2388, '06, 1530 hrs ................................................$160,000 CIH 2388, '06, 1735 hrs ................................................$157,500 CIH 2388, '05, 2320 hrs ................................................$126,900 CIH 2388, '04, 1270 hrs ................................................$125,000 CIH 2388, '04, 2350 hrs ........................................................Call CIH 2388, '03, 2740 hrs ................................................$135,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2415 hrs ................................................$140,000 CIH 2388, '03, 2540 hrs ................................................$117,900 CIH 2388, '03, 2760 hrs ................................................$119,900 CIH 2388, '02, 2975 hrs ..................................................$99,000 CIH 2388, '01, 2400 hrs ..................................................$99,500 CIH 2388, '01, 2580 hrs ................................................$106,500 CIH 2388, '01, 2840 hrs ..................................................$99,500 CIH 2388, '01, 3250 hrs ..................................................$99,900 CIH 2388, '00, 3295 hrs ..................................................$86,500 CIH 2388, '98, 3210 hrs ..................................................$77,500 CIH 2388, '98, 3780 hrs ..................................................$82,500 CIH 2366, '02, 3125 hrs ..................................................$89,500 CIH 2366, '00, 2810 hrs ..................................................$89,500 CIH 2366, '00, 3135 hrs ..................................................$89,500 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 ..................................................$79,500 CIH 2166, '97, 4150 hrs ..................................................$62,500 CIH 2166, '96, 3250 hrs ..................................................$59,500 CIH 2166, '96, 3430 hrs ..................................................$63,500 CIH 1688, '94, 3305 hrs ..................................................$49,500 CIH 1688, '94, 4160 hrs ..................................................$39,500 CIH 1688, '94 ..................................................................$39,500 CIH 1688, '93, 4560 hrs ..................................................$47,500 CIH 1666, '93, 3180 hrs ..................................................$49,500 CIH 1660, '91, 3255 hrs ..................................................$35,000 CIH 1660, '90, 4360 hrs ..................................................$29,500 CIH 1660, '87, 4605 hrs ..................................................$27,500 CIH 1440............................................................................$5,900 JD 9870STS, '09, 830 hrs ............................................$275,000 JD 9770S, '08, 890 hrs..................................................$217,000 JD 9660STS, '04, 2115 hrs ..........................................$149,000 JD 9610, '96, 3265 hrs....................................................$62,500 JD 9400, '97, 3250 hrs....................................................$44,500 JD 7720, '80, 3350 hrs......................................................$8,000 MF 8570, '95 ..................................................................$41,900 MF 750, '77 ......................................................................$3,500 NH TR97, '95, 3955 hrs ..................................................$29,500 NH TR86, '89, 3860 hrs ..................................................$18,500 NH TR86, '85, 3245 hrs ....................................................$9,900 NH 970, '03, 2020 hrs ..................................................$139,000
(3) Geringhoff Roto Disc ................................$29,900 - $36,500 Harvestec 4306C Cornhead ............................................$34,000 (4) Harvestec 8R30 Cornhead ........................$25,000 - $39,500 Harvestec 6R30 Cornhead ..............................................$15,900 JD 1293, 12R30 Cornhead ..............................................$45,500 JD 10R22 Cornhead ..........................................................$8,500 (4) JD 893, 8R30 Cornhead ............................$14,500 - $18,500 JD 843 10R22 Cornhead ................................................$12,500 JD 843, 8R30 Cornhead ....................................................$7,500 JD 843, 8R22 Cornhead ..................................................$10,000 JD 643, 6R30 Cornhead ....................................................$6,500 Lexion C512R30 Cornhead ..............................................$38,000 NH 962 Cornhead ..............................................................$1,400 IH 810 Platform ................................................................$1,500 Farmhand Bulldog Head Transport ....................................$2,500 JD Platform........................................................................$1,500 Homemade 4 Wheel Head Transport ................................$1,000 P & K 30' Head Transport..................................................$3,995 Walco CHC30, 30' Head Transport ....................................$2,500
BEAN/CORNHEADS
CIH 40 Farmall CVT ........................................................$36,250 CIH DX25E, '04, 175 hrs..................................................$13,900 Agco ST 40, '02, 435 hrs ................................................$18,500 JD 4310, '02, 1090 hrs....................................................$21,000 Kubota B2410HSD, '04, 215 hrs......................................$10,500 Kubota BX2360T, '09 ........................................................$8,950 Kubota BX2350TV, '08, 655 hrs ........................................$7,950 Kubota BX2230, '04, 1965 hrs ..........................................$7,750 Kubota BX2200, '01 ..........................................................$8,750
COMBINES CIH 9120, '11, 290 hrs ..................................................$320,000 CIH 9120, '09, 725 hrs ..................................................$289,000 CIH 9120, '09, 785 hrs ..................................................$289,000 CIH 8120, '11, 260 hrs ..................................................$319,000 CIH 8120, '11, 210 hrs ..................................................$309,000 CIH 8120, '11, 250 hrs ..................................................$309,000 CIH 8120T, '10, 970 hrs ................................................$319,000 CIH 8120, '10, 190 hrs ..................................................$315,000 CIH 8120, '09, 930 hrs ..................................................$253,400 CIH 8120, '09, 1120 hrs ................................................$265,000 CIH 8120, '09, 1265 hrs ................................................$249,500 CIH 8120, '09, 1060 hrs ................................................$260,000 CIH 8010, '07, 1100 hrs ................................................$215,000 CIH 8010, '06, 865 hrs ..................................................$175,000 CIH 8010, '06, 1410 hrs ................................................$191,500 CIH 8010, '06, 1900 hrs ................................................$164,500 CIH 8010, '04, 2115 hrs ................................................$139,000 CIH 8010, '04, 2440 hrs ................................................$159,000 CIH 7120, '10, 465 hrs ..................................................$245,000 CIH 7120, '09, 915 hrs ..................................................$252,500 CIH 7088, '11, 585 hrs ..................................................$249,000 CIH 7088, '11, 640 hrs ..................................................$249,000 CIH 7088, '10, 470 hrs ..................................................$245,000 CIH 7088, '10, 810 hrs ..................................................$225,000 CIH 7088, '09, 845 hrs ..................................................$215,000 CIH 6088, '11, 470 hrs ..................................................$239,000 CIH 6088, '11, 545 hrs ..................................................$239,000 CIH 6088, '11, 500 hrs ..................................................$239,000 CIH 6088, '10, 450 hrs ..................................................$228,500 CIH 6088, '10, 525 hrs ..................................................$235,000
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(2) CIH 2162, 35' Beanhead ..........................$59,900 & $62,500 (2) CIH 2062, 36' Beanhead ..........................$45,000 & $48,000 CIH 2062, 30' Beanhead ..................................................$39,500 (4) CIH 2020, 35' Beanhead............................$27,900 - $32,500 (6) CIH 2020, 30' Beanhead............................$19,500 - $33,500 (3) CIH 2020, 25' Beanhead..........................$$18,900 - $23,000 CIH 2020, 20' Beanhead ..................................................$24,000 (28) CIH 1020, 30' Beanhead ..........................Starting at $2,000 (19) CIH 1020, 25' Beanhead ..........................Starting at $5,500 (4) CIH 1020, 22.5' Beanhead ............................$4,500 - $9,700 (4) CIH 1020, 20' Beanhead............................$10,500 - $17,900 CIH 920 Beanhead ............................................................$3,500 (4) JD 930F, 30' Beanhead ................................$7,500 - $11,900 JD 920, 20' Beanhead........................................................$5,900 (2) JD 635F, 35' Beanhead ............................$32,000 & $32,500 Macdon 974, 35' Beanhead ............................................$45,000 Macdon 30' Beanhead ....................................................$41,500 MF 9750, 25' Beanhead ....................................................$7,000 NH 960 Beanhead ..............................................................$1,400 (2) CIH 2612 Cornhead..................................$81,500 & $82,300 (2) CIH 2608 Cornhead..................................$52,900 & $65,000 CIH 2606 Cornhead ........................................................$44,500 CIH 2212 Cornhead ........................................................$29,500 (9) CIH 2208 Cornhead ..................................$26,500 - $35,500 (2) CIH 2206 Cornhead..................................$24,500 & $30,000 CIH 1222 Cornhead ........................................................$12,500 (15) CIH 1083 Cornhead ..................................starting at $9,500 (4) CIH 1063 Cornhead ..................................starting at $11,900 CIH 1000, 1R222 Cornhead ............................................$15,750 CIH 9R22 Cornhead ........................................................$15,000 IH 12R22 Cornhead ........................................................$15,500 IH 983, 9R22 Cornhead ..................................................$10,500 IH 883 Cornhead................................................................$3,500 (4) IH 863 Cornhead ..........................................$2,500 - $4,500 Cat 1622 Cornhead ..........................................................$29,500 Cressoni 6R30 Cornhead ................................................$21,500 Drago 18R22 Cornhead ................................................$135,000 (6) Drago 12R22 Cornhead............................$49,500 & $85,000 (2) Drago 12R20 Cornhead ............................................$84,500 Drago 10R30 Cornhead ..................................................$65,500 (3) Drago 10R22 Cornhead ............................$39,500 - $65,500 (15) Drago 8R30 Cornhead ............................$29,500 - $57,500 (2) Drago 8R22 Cornhead..............................$33,000 & $44,900 (2) Drago 6R30 Cornhead..............................$42,500 & $50,000 Geringhoff 1222 Cornhead ..............................................$69,500 Geringhoff 8R30 Cornhead ..............................................$29,900
FALL TILLAGE (6) CIH 870, 22' Subsoiler ..............................$59,000 - $75,000 (2) CIH 870, 18' Subsoiler ............................$43,500 & $56,900 (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 (7) CIH 730B Subsoiler ..................................$18,500 - $26,000 (3) CIH 730C, 17.5' Subsoiler ........................$35,000 - $42,500 (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 (4) 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 ......................$7,500 - $12,900 DMI 530B, 12.5' Subsoiler ..............................................$16,900 DMI 530, 12.5' Subsoiler ................................................$15,500 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 960 Subsoiler ..............................................................$6,500 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 Krause 4850, 18' Subsoiler ............................................$43,500 Landoll 2320, 5 Shank Subsoiler ....................................$15,950 M & W 2900 Subsoiler ....................................................$19,900 M & W 2200 Subsoiler ....................................................$19,500 M & W 1875, 17.5' Subsoiler ..........................................$12,900 M & W 1860, 9 Shank Subsoiler ......................................$9,300 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 CIH 6500, 10.5' Chisel Plow ..............................................$4,950 IH 4700, 30' Chisel Plow ..................................................$3,950 White 423 Chisel Plow ......................................................$1,500 CIH 800, 9x18 MB Plow ..................................................$10,500 CIH 710 MB Plow ..............................................................$1,500 IH 710 MB Plow ................................................................$1,300 JD 3710, 9 Bottom MB Plow ..........................................$22,000 JD 3710, 7 Bottom MB Plow ..........................................$12,500 JD 3600, 6x18 MB Plow ....................................................$5,000 JD 726, 34' Combo Mulch ..............................................$29,500 DMI 40' Crumbler ............................................................$10,900 Flexicoil 75, 45' Crumbler................................................$10,900 NH SG110, 45' Crumbler ................................................$16,900 Riteway 4300, 42' Crumbler ............................................$29,300 Summers 54' Crumbler ..................................................$24,000 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 970, '08, 1040 hrs................................................$279,000 Claas 900, '09, 1625 hrs................................................$242,000 Claas 900, '07, 1935 hrs................................................$175,000 Claas 900, '03, 2275 hrs................................................$168,000 Claas 890, '08, 1780 hrs................................................$195,000 Claas 890, '04, 2865 hrs................................................$154,000 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
SELP-PROP. FORAGE HARV. Co
JD 6850, '01, 2360 hrs......................................... JD 6810, '97 ......................................................... JD 6810, '96, 4590 hrs......................................... NH FX60, '03, 1970 hrs ....................................... NH FX58, '02, 1410 hrs .......................................
FORAGE
Gehl CB1285 PT Forg Harv................................... 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, (9) Claas PU380HD Hayhead ..........................$13 (3) Claas PU380 Pro Hayhead ........................$23 (9) 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 5HP, 5.5' Hayhead .......................................... NH 3500 Hayhead................................................. NH 355W Hayhead ............................................... NH 340W Hayhead ............................................... NH 29P Hayhead................................................... (3) Claas Orbis 900 Cornhead ....................$110,0 (3) Claas Orbis 750 Cornhead ........................$76 (4) Claas Orbis 600 Cornhead ........................$65 (9) Claas RU600, 8R30 Cornhead ..................$24 (2) Claas RU450XTRA Cornhead ..................$42, (11) 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 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 Moco946 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 8575 Rec Baler .............................................
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ontinued ...........$92,000 ...........$62,500 ...........$59,500 .........$115,000 .........$108,000
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PLANTING & SEEDING Continued
(2) CIH 8530 Rec Baler....................................$7,500 & $10,400 Claas 255UNI Rec Baler ..................................................$27,900 NH BB940A Rec Baler......................................................$67,500
(3) CIH 1200, 24R22 ......................................$42,500 - $66,900 CIH 1200, 16R30 ............................................................$60,000 (4) CIH 1200, 12R30 ......................................$48,500 - $55,800 CIH 1200, 12R23 ............................................................$65,300 (2) CIH 900, 12R30 ..................................................choice $6,50 IH 800, 16R30 ..................................................................$8,950 Friesen 2400RT................................................................$15,500 (2) JD 7300, 18R22 ......................................$17,500 & $18,000 (2) JD 7300, 12R30 ......................................$12,500 & $13,500 JD 7100, 12R30 ................................................................$6,500 JD 1770, 16R30 ..............................................................$63,500 JD 1770, 16R30 ..............................................................$46,300 (2) JD 1760, 12R30 ......................................$29,950 & $46,500 Kinze 3700, 36R20 ..........................................................$62,500 White 8524, 24R30........................................................$117,500 White 6100, 24R22..........................................................$24,500 (2) CIH 5400MT, 20' Drill ..................................$7,500 & $9,500 (2) IH 510 Drill ..................................................$1,500 & $2,600 (3) Great Plains 20' Drill ....................................$4,500 - $5,500 JD 750NT, 15' Drill ..........................................................$15,000 JD 520, 20' Drill ................................................................$4,500 JD 455, 30' Drill ..............................................................$21,900 CIH SDX40, 40' Seeder..................................................$129,500
SPRAYERS - SELF-PROPELLED Rudy Lusk - (507) 227-4119
500 & $15,500 .............$5,950 .............$6,000 .............$6,995 ...........$19,500 .............$8,500 ...........$22,500 ...........$15,500 500 & $19,800 ...........$17,900 .............$9,500 ...........$32,750
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 Rogator 854, '01..............................................................$83,500 Rogator 854, '97, 4475 hrs ............................................$44,000 Walker 44, '99, 2050 hrs ................................................$49,500
SPRAYERS - PULL-TYPE (2) Demco Conquest......................................$18,900 & $22,500 Hardi 500, 60'....................................................................$8,500 L & D Land Pro..................................................................$8,900 Redball 690......................................................................$39,500 Redball 690, 2000 Gal ....................................................$32,900 Redball 690, 2000 Gal ....................................................$26,500 Redball 670, 1200 Gal ....................................................$21,500 Redball 565......................................................................$15,500 Riverbend 132' ................................................................$29,000 Top Air NAV1100 ............................................................$22,500 Top Air 500, 45' ................................................................$3,800
SKID LDR’s/RTV’s/EXC. Case SR250, '12, 2 hrs....................................................$42,500 Case 1845B, '92, 5550 hrs ................................................$7,400 Case 1845C, '00 ..............................................................$14,900 Case 1845C, '93, 3475 hrs ..............................................$11,900 Case 1840, '91, 6355 hrs ..................................................$9,850 Case 1840, '95, 4395 hrs ................................................$10,500 Case 1840, 4400 hrs..........................................................$9,750 Case 1840..........................................................................$9,500 Case 1816C, '79 ................................................................$3,500 Case 445, '07, 2000 hrs ..................................................$30,500 Case 440, '08, 685 hrs ....................................................$26,500 Case 435, '10, 240 hrs ....................................................$30,900 Case 435, '07, 1050 hrs ..................................................$20,900 Case 430, '10, 310 hrs ....................................................$31,500 Case 430, '10, 1000 hrs ..................................................$28,000 Case 430, '06, 2105 hrs ..................................................$17,900 Case 430, '06, 3905 hrs ..................................................$22,000 Case 430, '05, 3720 hrs ..................................................$17,900 Case 410, '07, 2385 hrs ..................................................$14,900 Case 40XT, '02 ................................................................$15,900 Bobcat 863C, '97, 2140 hrs ............................................$13,900 Bobcat 743, '88, 3820 hrs ................................................$7,250 Cat 257B, 2705 hrs ................................................................Call Gehl 7810E, '10, 2875 hrs ..............................................$36,500 Gehl 7800, '01, 6395 hrs ................................................$18,500 Gehl 7810 Turbo, '04, 3350 hrs ......................................$34,500 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 ..............................................$7,950 Gehl 3825 ..........................................................................$9,500 JD 328, '05, 5180 hrs......................................................$19,500 JD 320, 2210 hrs ............................................................$19,900 NH LS170, '02, 2765 hrs ..................................................$16,90 Kubota U35SS, '05, 140 hrs ..........................................$28,000 Cub Cadet 4x4D Trail, '06, 670 hrs....................................$7,975 Kawasaki Mule, '02, 2670 hrs............................................$5,500 Kubota RTV900R, '08 ........................................................$9,350 Kubota RTV900W, '06, 800 hrs ........................................$9,900 Kubota RTV900, '06, 935 hrs ............................................$7,950 Kubota RTV900W, '04, 830 hrs ........................................$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, 12R30 ............................................................$89,900
TEC
MISCELLANEOUS Alloway 22CD, 22' Shredder ..........................................$12,500 (3) Alloway 20' Shredder ....................................$4,500 - $8,900 Alloway 15' Shredder ......................................................$11,500 Balzer 5205M, 30' Shredder ..............................................$7,400 Hiniker 5600, 15' Shredder..............................................$12,500 Hiniker 1700, 20' Shredder..............................................$11,500 JD 520, 20' Shredder ......................................................$17,500 JD 220, 20' Shredder ........................................................$9,500 JD 120, 20' Shredder ........................................................$3,950 JD 27, 15' Shredder ..........................................................$4,500 Loftness 264, 22' Shredder ............................................$15,900 (2) Loftness 240, 20' Shredder......................$13,500 & $19,500 (2) Loftness 20' Shredder..................................$3,500 & $8,500 Rhino RC15, 15' Shredder ..............................................$12,500 Wilrich 22' Shredder........................................................$12,900 (2) Woods S20CD Shredder ..........................$15,900 & $16,750 (2) Woods 22' Shredder ..................................$5,500 & $10,500 Woods 20' Shredder........................................................$10,900 Woods 15' Shredder........................................................$10,500 Dump Chief 504CF, 12' Forage Box ..................................$6,500 Alcart 1520 Forage Box ..................................................$44,000 Millerpro 9015 Forage Box ..............................................$42,000 (8) CIH 600 Forage Blower..................................$1,500 - $5,500 Gehl 1580 Forage Blower......................................................$500 Ag Bag G6009 Forage Bagger..........................................$15,500 Ag Bag G6000, 9' Forage Bagger ....................................$13,500 Meyer 5570, 570bu Manure Spreader ............................$10,500 CIH 1360 Grinder Mixer ..................................................$11,900 Feterl 8x60 Auger ..............................................................$2,500
“Where Farm and Family Meet”
...........$68,900 ...........$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 ...........$29,500 .............$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
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 TM 200, 40.5' ACS Fld Cult ......................................$58,950 CIH TMII, 60.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$57,500 (2) CIH TMII, 50.5' Fld Cult ..........................$39,500 & $57,500 CIH TMII, 48.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$39,500 CIH TMII, 44.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$33,500 CIH TMII, 38.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$35,500 CIH TMII, 36' Fld Cult ......................................................$34,500 CIH TMII, 30.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$26,500 CIH 4900, 40' Fld Cult ......................................................$7,000 CIH 4300, 48' Fld Cult ......................................................$7,900 CIH 4300, 46.3' Fld Cult ..................................................$16,900 IH 4600, 31' Fld Cult..........................................................$4,500 DMI TMII, 54.5' Fld Cult ..................................................$34,800 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 TM Fld Cult ..............................................................$12,500 Brillion HFCT, 36.5' Fld Cult ..............................................$9,750 Flexcoil 820, 40' Fld Cult ................................................$11,500 (2) JD 2210, 64.5' Fld Cult ............................$49,500 & $61,500 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 (2) JD 980, 36.5' Fld Cult ..............................$14,500 & $16,900 JD 980, 29.5' Fld Cult ......................................................$16,750 JD 980, 28' Fld Cult ........................................................$17,500 JD 726, 38' Fld Cult ........................................................$27,500 Kent Series 5 Fld Cult ........................................................$6,500 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 3900, 33' Disk ..........................................................$17,900 CIH 370, 31' Disk ............................................................$52,500 CIH 330, 34' Disk ............................................................$58,900 IH 480, 21' Disk....................................................................$895 White Disk ........................................................................$7,500 Wishek 862NT, 26' Disk ..................................................$29,900
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Coming Farmland Auctions2 Southern Minnesota Farms Monday Eve. Jan. 30th, 2012 @ 6:30pm 79 Acres Choice Bare Farmland located 2 miles South of Ormsby, MN on State Highway 4 in the SW 1⁄4 of Sec 8 Galena Twp, Martin Cty, MN, T104N R32W. Level all tillable Farm Land with Productivity Index of 91.7%. Sale to be held at Ormsby MN. Firehall. Luella Wolff, Owner
Monday Eve. February 6th 2012 @ 6:30pm
“Where Farm and Family Meet”
Bins & Buildings
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'79 Pontiac Trans Am. 403 Pull type Road Grader 2-12'Hx15'W Morton Aluma (Road Patrol), $400. 712V8, automatic, power winSteel sliding doors, exc 297-7951 dows, AC. 86,000 miles. cond, $700 ea. Can deliver. (715)896-1050. 641-425-5478 WANTED: Old gas pump. 608-884-6855 or leave message 4' tractor powered PTO Stormer Bins & EZ-Drys. chainsaw. Made in Clare100% financing w/no liens Hay & Forage Equip 031 mont, MN. Farmhand 8' or red tape, call Steve at wood hay bucker tines. HarFairfax Ag for an appointFOR SALE: JD 14T baler, poon hay forks & grab ment. 888-830-7757 always shedded. forks. Make offer. 507-460-0248 (651)565-4369. Grain Handling Equip 034 FOR SALE: JD 5400-5830 Collie puppies $150, sable and 6000 series forage harw/white, 7 weeks, shots, vesters. Used kernel pro- (2) 24' plank floors, new style; (2) 35,000 bu bins; wormed. 608-269-2383 cessors, also, used JD 40 (2) 12,000 bu bins; 10” unSparta knife Dura-Drums, and load for a 48' bin; new floor drum conversions for 5400 Pull type Road Grader supports, $2/ea; 11,000 bu and 5460. Call (507)427-3520 (Road Patrol), $500. bin w/ floor & 8” unload. www.ok-enterprises.com 712-297-7951 507-697-6133 Material Handling 032 FOR SALE Seed cleaning equip.: Delta 114, 4 screen FOR SALE: Manure cleaner; Forsberg 12M pumps, hose trailers, apgravity sewing machine prox. 2 ½ miles of 6” bagger & conveyor. 320-855feeder hose, 2600' of 5” 2527 or 320-226-3405 drag hose, 25' applicator. 320-250-9469
80 Acres Choice Bare Farmland located 3 mi South of Dunnell, MN on Hwy 4 & 3⁄4 Mi West, 1⁄4 Mi South or 1⁄2 Mi West from Hwy 4 on Iowa/MN State Line & 1⁄2 Mi North in NE 1⁄4 Sec 33, Lake Fremont Twp, Martin Cty, MN, T101N R33W. Level gently sloping all tillable parcel with productivity index of 94.2%. Access to excellent country ditch drainage. Sale to be held at Dunnell Community Hall, Dunnell, MN. Bill, Bob & Patricia Johnson, Owners For Information Booklets including terms, soil maps, FSA info, drainage & other info contact
Auctioneer Alley-Auction America Land Services Unlimited office # 507-238-4318 or www.auctioneeralley.com
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FOR SALE: '01 DMC 1700 5” Air System, new 40hp 3 phase motor in '09, new blower in '10, 6 hole distributor, lots of pipe, elbows, deadhead, & connectors. 507-380-1947 FOR SALE: Parker 4500 grain cart, 24.5x32 diamond tires, extension, 500 bu, new top & bottom augers, new gear box, all last summer. $8,000. 507-227-0605 FOR SALE: Used Sukup tower dryer, new fall of '07, very good cond, soft start, wired for 3 phase 230 volt or 480 volt. Call Steve at 320-760-0634 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! Office hours 8am-5pm Monday – Friday Saturday 9am -12 noon 507-430-4866 or call 507-697-6133 Ask for Gary
Grain Handling Equip
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Farm Implements
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FOR SALE: JD Model 500 380R90x50 tires & rims, JD Grain Cart. Exc. condition. bolt on, $1100/ea; 380R90x50 715-896-1050. tires & rims, 10 bolt, FOR SALE: Wallinga 7614 $1250/ea; 420x46 combine Deluxe, 7” grain vac. 4500 duals, HD 10 bolt, $4,450; bph, (1) new $28,000 (2) CIH 900 6x30 planter w/ dry used $22,000 each. Call for fert, $1,900; CIH 4800 25' details. field cult w/ walking Olivia MN 320-523-1099 tandems, $6,750. 320-769-2756 Farm Implements 035 8-bolt tire w/rim 25.5Lx16.1 for $85. 6-bolt 10x15 impl 1000 gal S/S tank on JD 963 rims. PU shock hitch running gear, $1,250; JD 712-299-6608 1075 running gear, 10x20 tires, $1,450; Loftness 8' 2 auger snowblower, $2,450; 950 JD tractor. NH baler w/ thrower #275. NH haybine 1000 gal fuel tank w/ pump, 9'. 3 axle trailer, exc. tires. $875; Polaris 500 6x6 w/ 1 row, Avco NI corn picker. dump box, $1,900. 1 row Fox river corn chop320-769-2756 per. NH flail chopper #357. 2 or 3 pt blades 6', 7', 8' & 9', IH field cult 14' width. Oliv$100 to $1250. Tractors & er tractor 1755 w/ 1855 eng. other equip. avail. 712-299Vermeer round baler #605. 6608 6' Brush hog rotary mower. 715-264-2083. 2001 JD 6410 cab, MFWD, PQ, 6000 hrs, $23,500 obo. Ag Wrap 6x6 bale wrapper, JD 6920 cab, MFWD, IBT, 3pt or loader mt, w/plastic trans, TLS, cab susp., 125 rolls, $9,950. 641-425-5478 hp, 7000 hours, $45,000 obo. (715)667-5353 Flare, 6-7x12 barge & gravity 3 pt Snowblowers, 7', 8', $850 wagons, $250 to $2250. NI to $2850. Tractor weights & pull pickers 30”-38”. 712-299chains. 712-299-6608 6608
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FOR SALE & WILL PURCHASE: NH BALE WAGONS. ROEDER IMPLEMENT SENECA, KS 66538 785-336-6103 FOR SALE: '09 JD 2210 field cultivator, 45 ½', 4 bar harrow, single point depth control, 1500 acres, exc cond. $46,000. 507-276-7572 FOR SALE: --USED Late Model Great Plains/Kent Discovator/Finishers 48-3628-24 Ft. NEED Good Used Finishers In Trade. We Trade/Deliver Anywhere. Dealer 319-347-6282 FOR SALE: 21' White 445 coulter chisel, folding; White 2-105 dsl., 3 pt., 1710 White ldr., $9,500; 1002 Concord, $2,400; Mindako 40' side arm markers, $1,700; 8'x24' Donahue trlr., $3,200; service body. 218-955-0888 FOR SALE: 96” snowblower, 2 stage auger, w/ hydraulic spout in good shape. 507-375-4719 FOR SALE: Hyd flat fold markers for planter or toolbars etc. $2,500/set. 712-297-7951
Steffes Auction Calendar 2012 For More info Call 1-800-726-8609 or visit our website: www.steffesauctioneers.com Wednesday, January 18 @ 11 AM: Secured Party Farm Auction, Blackduck, MN, Rescheduled from November 22. Selling Tractors, Trackhoe, Excavators, Attachments, Harvest Equipment, Trucks, & Much More! Opening February 1 & Closing February 9: IQBID Tri-State February Consignment Event. Advertise Now To Sell Your Excess Equipment. Advertising Deadline: January 15th Opening February 7 & Closing February 21: IQBID Kibble Equipment Inc., Montevideo, MN, Late Model Farm Equipment Thursday, February 16 @ 10 AM: Richland County Farmland Auction, Mooreton, ND, SW1/4 Section 2 in Danton Twp. Wednesday, February 22 @ 10 AM: CS Dubois Construction Inc., West Fargo, ND, Business Realignment Wednesday, March 14 @ 10 AM: AgIron 60 Consignment Event, Red River Valley Fairgrounds, West Fargo, ND. Advertising Deadline: February 17 Wednesday, March 28 @ 10 AM: Don Seltvedt, Harvey, ND, Farm Retirement Auction. Most Equipment Has Been Stored Inside With Excellent Maintenance Tuesday, April 10 @ 10 AM: Ken & Ted Weshnevski, Tower City, ND, Farm Auction Thursday, April 12 @ 11 AM: Cedar Bend Farms, Warroad, MN, Farm Auction
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M o n d ay, Ja nu a r y 3 0 , 2012 • 9:30am EST w w w. p o l ke q u i p m e n t . n e t • Fo r P h o t o s & O n l i n e B i dd i n g Polk Equipment, Inc. • 6407 North State Road 15 • Leesburg, Indiana 46538 • 574-453-2411 NEW CID 74” ROCK BUCKET CAT BU 115 63” BROOM BUCKET JD 66” BUCKET BALE SPEAR QT AUGER BITS 6”,10”,12’ & 24” LOADER & BACKHOE ATTACHMENTS JD 54” QT BUCKET NEW C-INT 95” BUCKET/GRAPPLE CAT HIGH DUMP 73” PIN ON NH FORK FOR TELEHANDLER WORK SAVER FORKS - PIN ON 12”, 16”, 24”, & 28” BACKHOE BUCKET NEW C-INT 96” QT BUCKET JD BALE SPEAR QT OFF 673 LDR JD PALLET FORKS QT OFF 673 LDR GEHL 72” MANURE FORKS - PIN ON HAY & FORAGE 1999 JD 820 MOCO 2008 NH 488 HAYBINE - LIKE NEW NH 258 DOLLY RAKE NH 56 RAKE RH THROW NI 400 SIDE RAKE GEHL 454 HYD RH THROW SITREX RP-8 3PT RAKE 2009 NH 7090 RD BALER - LIKE NEW 1989 NH 570 W/THROWER 1973 JD 346 W/THROWER 14’, 16’, 18’ HAY WAGONS NH 40’ HAY ELEVATOR 3PT BALE SPEAR
SPREADERS, LOADERS & BLADES NH 328 SINGLE BEATER NH 514 3 BEATER JD R GROUND DRIVE 3 BEATER KELLY LDR OFF IH 450 45” COMBINES & HEADS WOODS RBL60 5’ BLADE WOODS RB60 5’ BLADE 2001 JD 9650 STS 2900/1800 HRS FRONTIER RB1196 8’ BLADE 2001 JD 9550 CM 2900/2200 HRS SPEE CO 8’ BLADE 1992 C-INT 1680 RT, CHOPPER 99 CIH 1020 25’, 95 1020 20’ & INT 863 WOODS 6’ SCARIFIRE WORKSAVER 6’ LANDSCAPE RAKE JD 643 OB & 95 JD 925
GRAIN HANDLING NEW KILLBROS 1065 WAGON KILLBROS 300 BU WAGON EZ FLOW 300 BU WAGON BRENT 472 GRAIN CART KINZIE 1040 ROW CROP GRAIN CART UNVERFERTH 8200 GR CART W/TARP & SCALES NECO GRAIN CLEANER STONE WEIGH WAGON WALINGA 3510 6 STATION GRAIN VAC PLOWS & CULTIVATORS JD 3200 6X18 PULL TYPE ASR JD 2810 6 BTM OL VAR WIDTH ASR JD 2810 4 BTM VAR WIDTH ASR JD 2800 5 BTM VAR WIDTH TOGGLE INT 720 5X18 ASR WHITE 508 4X18 ASR WIL-RICH 8/38 CULTIVATOR JD 845 16/30 CULTIVATOR JD 845 12X30 CULTIVATOR YETTER 3415 15’ 3PT ROTARY HOE CHISELS & RIPPERS 2010 SUNFLOWER 4213 13SH D CHISEL LIKE NEW WHITE 435 12SH DISC CHISEL GLENCOE 9SH SOIL SAVER JD 512 9SH DISC RIPPER HYD FOLD TYE PARATILL 6SH 3PT RIPPER 2003 SALFORD 9705 5SH DISC RIPPER DMI 730B DISC RIPPER FIELD CULTIVATORS & FINISHERS SUNFLOWER 5034 5 BAR SPIKE SUNFLOWER 5033 24‚ 3 BAR SPIKE CIH 4300 271⁄2’ 3 BAR COIL TINE CIH 4800 241⁄2’ CIH 4800 231⁄2’ 3 BAR COIL TINE JD 980 271⁄2’ 5 BAR SPIKE JD 550 24’ MULCH MASTER JD EOC II 20’ 3PT 3 ROW COIL TINE JD 1100 201⁄2’ 3PT BUSTER BAR W/BASKETS WILRICH 2500 20’ 3 BAR COIL TINE KRAUSE 4100 32’ 3 BAR COIL TINE 06 SUNFLOWER 6333 28’ FINSHER 3 BAR SPIKE/BASKETS 08 LANDOLL 850 30’ FINISHER 1 ROW SPIKE/BASKETS KRAUSE 6121 21’ FINISHER 5 BAR
SPIKE LELY ROTERA 12’ - NICE DISC 2009 LANDOLL 7430 33’ VT 2005 KRAUSE 7400 41’ RF 1999 SUNFLOWER 1233 32’ RF JD 630 27’ JD 637 15’ CIH 3950 25’ CIH 496 24’ W/HARROW INT 496 18’ BUSH HOG 12’ OFFSET AC 2600 20’ 2009 McFARLANE RD 4020 REEL DISC MISCELLANEOUS NEW WESTENDORF 12’ BOX SCRAPER WINPOWER GENERATOR 12/20 KW PINCOR GENERATOR 15KW NORTH STAR GENERATOR 27,500 WATTS JD 24’ 5 BAR HARROW KUBOTA FRONT MTD SNOWBLOWER DANHUSER POST HOLE DIGGER DEMCO SADDLE TANKS OFF JD 8120 JD PLANTER BOXES 7000 & 7200 JD INSECTICIDE BOXES 7000 & 7200 QUICK HITCHES 18-4-34 T-RAIL DUALS 18-4-38 10 BOLT DUALS 18-4-46 TIRES NEW 44-18-20 KNOBBY TIRES BESTWAY 750 GAL 60‚ BOOM SPRAYER 2010 LOADTRAIL 77”X12’ TRAILER
Local Motels in Warsaw, Indiana • Super 8 574-268-2888 • Ramada Inn 574-269-2323 • Comfort Inn 574-269-6655 • Holiday Inn Express 574-268-1600 • Hampton Inn 574-268-2600 Local Airport: Warsaw - 5 miles Major Airports: South Bend or Fort Wayne - 50 miles
ALL ITEMS must be removed from the lot by February 18, 2012 * NO CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED! EVERYTHING SELLS!
DIRECTIONS: 5 mlles north of Junction US 30 & SR 15 at Warsaw or 9 miles south of Junction US 6 & 15 at New Paris, 50 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, 50 miles southeast of South Bend, 110 miles from Chicago and Indianapolis.
TERMS: Cash or Good Check on the day of the Auction. NO EXCEPTIONS
NOTE: Due to early printing there will be additions and deletions • NO SALES after January 1, 2012 AUCTIONEERS: Daryl Ball AU#01012690 • Mike Berger AU#0870052 • Gary Olson AU#01031658 • Jeremy Edwards AU#09100129 • Roger Ford AU#01026697 • Steve Feldman, Clerk
“Where Farm and Family Meet”
TRACTORS & SKIDLOADERS WILL PACKERS & CULTIMULCHERS BE SOLD AFTER EQUIPMENT BRILLION XXL 184 40’ PACKER BRILLION XL144 30’ PACKER SKIDLOADERS & CONSTRUCTION BRILLION X108 27’ PACKER UNVERFERTH 225 45’ R HARROW 2008 JD 328 C/H/A 585 HRS UNVERFERTH 220 33’ R HARROW 2007 BOBCAT T-300 C/H 2300 HRS 2010 UNVERFERTH 225 28’ R 2005 BOBCAT 463 OS 1482 HRS HARROW - LIKE NEW 1987 BOBCAT 440B - OVERHAULED JD 970 15’ CULTIMULCHER 1989 CASE 1840 OS 2750 HRS 2008 CAT 279C C/H/A 2SP 1075 HRS DMI 30’ & 45’ CRUMBLER 2005 CAT D3 GXL DOZER ROPS 1193 J & M TF 212 25’ DOUBLE ROLLER HRS PLANTERS & DRILLS 2002 KUBOTA KX121-3 C/H/A 1800 HRS JD 1770 16/30 LIQ VAC JD 1760 12/30 VAC SKIDLOADER ATTACHMENTS JD 1760 12/30 VAC LIQ JD 1750 6/30 DRY VAC NEW JD RL66 ROLLER/LEVELER JD 1750 6/30 DRY VAC BOBCAT LR5 LANDSCAPE RAKE JD 7200 8/38 LIQ FOLD AROUND BOBCAT LR6 LANDSCAPE RAKE
JD 7000 8/30 DRY JD 7000 6/30 LIQ JD 7000 4/36 DRY IH 900 4/38 DRY 02 JD 1530 15/15 DRILL W/MARKERS JD 1560 30’ NT DRILL W/MARKERS JD 750 15’ NT DRILL C-INT 5100 21X7 W/SEEDER LIKE NEW GP 3010 30’ NT DRILL GP 10’ NT W/SEEDER JD B 16X7 W/SEEDER
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TRACTORS 2011 CIH MAG 235 MFD 310 HRS 2010 CIH MAG 215 MFD 350 HRS 2009 CIH MAG 305 MFD SUSPENSION 1007 HRS 2002 CIH MX 270 MFD 4240 HRS 1999 CIH MX 240 MFD 2560 HRS 1998 CIH 8910 MFD 3800 HRS 1991 CIH 7120 TWD 3200 HRS 1989 CIH 7110 TWD 6077 HRS 1997 CIH 5240 TWD CAB 1750 HRS 1996 C-INT 9330 3PT 3485 HRS 1974 INT 966 CAB 4950 HRS 1998 CIH CX 100 MFD C/A 2280 HRS 2011 FARMALL 65A MFD 5 HRS 2008 FARMALL 75C W/LDR 2220 HRS 2008 FARMALL 75C 2380 HRS 1994 NH 9280 3PT, PTO 4272 HRS 2007 JD 8130 MFD 1550 HRS 2000 JD 8110 MFD 5600 HRS 1978 JD 4840 4800 HRS 2006 JD 6320 MFD C/A PQ W/673 LDR 939 HRS 1999 JD 5510 C/A W/521 LDR 1390 HRS 2000 CAT 55 NG 3PT, PTO 2600 HRS 1988 WHITE 100 TWD 3686 HRS KUBOTA L3010 MFD 870 HRS KUBOTA 2660 MFD W/LDR 130 HRS 2007 NH TC 30D MFD 118 HRS 2002 MF 231S 2861 HRS FORD 340B W/LDR & FORKS 1471 HRS FARM TRAC 555 1006 HRS JD X520 LAWNMOWER W/BAGGER MELROE 220 SPRAYER W/RAVENS 1929 HRS 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT 109,000 MILES
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THE LAND, JANUARY 20, 2012
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TRACTORS - COLLECTOR TRACTORS - COMBINES - HEADS - SKID LOADERS FORAGE-HAY-FEEDING EQUIPMENT - PLANTERS - ASST. MACHINERY VEHICLES - TRUCKS - TRAILERS Our New Year Auction Event will be held at the Wieman Auction Facility located 1 mile south and 1/2 mile west on Highway 44 from Marion SD on:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST
9:00 CST
Lunch by Presbyterian Church Ladies TRACTORS - SKID LOADERS - FORKLIFTS - LOADERS - COLLECTOR TRACTORS & MACHINERY 2006 NH TG 275, MFD, SS, wts & duals, 1254 Hrs.; 2009 CIH Puma 155 MFD, 620 Hrs, CAH; 05 JD 7520 MFD, PQ w/Ldr, 5700 Hrs; 06 CIH MX305, 1900 Hrs, w/duals; 07 CIH Puma 165, MFD, CAH, 3100 Hrs w/CIH L770 Ldr & grapple; 05 CIH MXU 125, MFD, 2750 Hrs w/CIH LX 156 Ldr w/grapple; 04 CIH MXU 125, MFD, CAH, 6600 Hrs w/Miller PL3 Ldr; 03 CIH MXM 155, MFD, CAH, 3800 Hrs.; 98 CIH 8920, MFD, 8200 Hrs.; 2011 Farmall 95, MFD, CAH, 20 Hrs. w/CIH 735 Ldr; 06 JD 7420, MFD, PQ w/LHR, 3405 Hrs.; 02 JD 8320, MFD, 8000 Hrs w/duals & wts;, sharp; 93 JD 8970, CAH, 7600 Hrs.; 96 JD 8400, MFD, 10,000 Hrs, loaded; 98 JD 7610, MFD, PQ w/JD 740 Ldr, 7700 Hrs; 06 JD 7520, MFD, PQ, 6200 Hrs.; 97 JD 7810, MFD, PQ w/LHR; 94 JD 7800, MFD, PS w/JD 740 Ldr, 11,000 Hrs.; 96 JD 7400, MFD, PQ, 8900 Hrs w/JD 740 Ldr; JD 4960, MFD, CAH, 6000 Hrs w/duals & wts; JD 4455 QR, 8500 Hrs; 88 JD 4450, QR, CAH, 9900 Hrs; 76 JD 4630, PS; 89 JD 3155, MFD, QR; 2 – JD 4320 Tractors, sharp; 05 NH TSA135, MFD, CAH, 6200 Hrs. w/2011 NH 850 Ldr; 04 NH TS 100, 2WD, CAH, 1200 Hrs w/Westendorf Ldr; 97 NH 8870, MFD, SS, 5900 Hrs; 96 Ford 7740 SLE, MFD, Rops w/Dual 255 Ldr; CIH 7110, MFD, CAH w/FH XL1140 Ldr w/grapple; 95 JD 8300 MFD, 11,000 Hrs w/Duals; JD 4955 MFD, 13,000 Hrs, w/Duals & wts; JD 4850 MFD, 13K Hrs, Duals; JD 840 Ldr (sold separate or as unit); JD 4640 Quad, 6000 Hrs w/Duals; IHC 1586, CAH, 6700 Hrs, w/Westendorf WL 42 Loader; JD 4230 PS, WF. 3 pt, Open Station; 80 JD 4440 Quad w/6628 actual hrs. & duals, sharp; 76 IHC 1086, CAH, 6000+ Hrs; JD 4440, CAH, 9000 Hrs, QR; JD 4630, CAH, sharp; 01 JD 7810, MFD, PS, 7100 Hrs w/ JD 740 Ldr; IHC 886, CAH; IHC 856 D., WF, 3 pt, cab; Ford 3000 Gas, WF, 3 Pt; AC 7060 PD, CAH, 7000 Hrs, Eng. OH, Black B; Ford 8600 & 9600 D. Tractors; Ford 3400 & 4000 Tractors w/Ldr; IHC 706 gas, WF, 2 pt; IHC 5088, CAH; IHC 5288 Tractor w/shifting problems; White 2-62, MFD, Rops w/White 1730 Ldr, 2885 Hrs, needs engine work; JD 4350, MFD, CAH, Quad (D range is out); JD 4955, MFD, PS was OH (not running)w/ JD 280 Ldr; SKID LOADERS - ROAD GRADER - LOADERS: JD 644B Payloader w/cab; 07 Case CT 445 Track skid loader, 80 Hp, 2300 Hrs, CAH; OMC 1200 A gas skid loader; Bobcat 440B skid loader; Bobcat 371 gas skid loader; Asst of new skid loader attachments; Wabco 666 D. road grader w/12‚ moldboard; LOADERS: New JD 740 Classic Ldr w/8‚ bucket-JD mts; New JD 5 tine grapple fork; JD 720 Ldr w/6‚ bucket; FH 258 Ldr w/grapple-JD mts; JD 158 Ldr; Koyker Loaders: (K5 & K6); Koyker 585 QT loader w/grapple-CIH Mag mts; Koyker 1585 Ldr; New Koyker Loaders (C155, C185, C200, 220); Westendorf WL 44 Ldr; FH XL 1140 Ldr w/grapple; JD #534 Dozer, 9’; JD 10’ Dozer blade; Miller M12 Ldr-JD mts; COLLECTOR TRACTORS & MACHINERY: JD 4000 Gas side console, synchro, WF, 3 pt, 5000 Hrs, sharp; 69 JD 4000 D., synchro, side console, WF, 3 pt, 7400 Hrs, sharp; 65 JD 4020 D., synchro, sharp; 69 JD 4320 D. cab, synchro, sharp; JD 4020 LP Gas tractor, 2200 actual hrs.; JD 3020 Tractor; 2 – JD 620’s, NF, 3 pt; JD 630 WF & fenders; JD 3 pt for 630; JD 430 WF, 3 pt; JD 3020 Gas, WF, needs clutch; 2 – IHC B’s; IHC Model A; IHC 200 WF, 2 pt, fenders; IHC WK40 Gas; IHC Cub; IHC W4 Gas; IHC M, NF, engine OH; IHC 400 D., WF; IHC 350 Hi-Utility, 2 pt; IHC 350 Gas, Row Crop, 2 pt; IHC MD, WF; AC-D17 Gas, WF w/Dual 250 Ldr; AC D15, WF, 3 pt; AC D14, WF, 3 pt; Ford 2N, WF, 3 pt; IHC 400 w/Dual Ldr; 6 – JD PT plows, 2 – 3 - 5B; IHC 3B PT plow; IHC 2 pt rotary 6‚ mower; IHC 1 bottom mtd plow (A); IHC 2 pt blade; IHC 2 pt cement mixer; IHC 2 pt, 2X disc plow; IH 2 pt 2X spring plow; Lindeman 3 pt 1X rollover plow; IHC 2 pt disk, 7’; JD 3 pt rollover 2X plow; IHC 3 pt rollover 3X plow; Oliver 2x16 PT plow; Oliver 3x16 S mtd plow; 2 – JD 4 x 16 plows, 3 pt; JD 3 x 16 plow; IH 4x14 plow; JD PT hay crimper; JD 8’ horse disk; JD gear on steel; 2 ˆ–steel gears; 2 Row potato planter; potato plow; JD #18 corn picker, 1 row; JD 3 pt Subsoiler; Oliver manure spreader; 1 row walking planter; High wooden wheel wagon; COMBINES - CORN HEADS - FLEX HEADS - GRAIN CARTS - GRAIN HANDLING 2001 JD 9650 STS, 2300/3800, duals, loaded; 2001 JD 9650 Walker, 4x4, loaded, sharp; 02 CIH 2388, chop, trap, tracker, 2300/3100 Hrs; 96 JD 9600, Duals, 2440/3320; 96 JD 9600 (2752/3580 Hrs.); 95 JD 9600; 90 JD 9600, 30.5’s (3728/4996 hrs.); 05 JD 9660 STS, loaded, 1300 Hrs.; 05 JD 9560 STS, loaded, 1400 hrs.; 4 - JD 7720 Combines (83, 84,88); 4 - 6620’s (80, 82, 83); 81 JD 6620 Side Hill; JD 7700; 96 CIH 2166 Tracker, chop, trap, duals, 2500/3500 Hrs.; 87 CIH 1680, RT, chop; 2 - 87 CIH 1660’s, RT, chop; 90 CIH 1640, RT, chop, 3447 Hrs; 92 CIH 1660, RT, chop; 81 IHC 1460, 4400 Hrs; Gleaner R52, 1700 sep. hrs.; 89 Gleaner R50, hydro, 3611 Hrs, sharp; Contour Master attachment for JD 9500; CORN HEADS: JD Corn Heads: (444, 644, 643’s, 843’s, 844, 693, 893’s, 1293); IHC Corn Heads: (944, 1044, 863’s, 1063’s, 883, 983, 1083’s, 2208, 01-2212-12 row 20”); 2 - 89 Gleaner R Hugger, 6RN, nice; FLEX HEADS: JD Flex Heads: (2010-635F, 09-635F, 09-630F, 930F’s, 930, 925F’s, 925’s, 922, 920F, 920’s, 918, 224, 222, 220’s, 215); CIH Flex Heads: (2 - 06 & 05 – 2020’s, 30’, 3 – 1020-30’s, 1020-25’s, 1020-20’s, 1020-171⁄2’, 1020-15’, 820-20‚); Gleaner R 15’ flex; 89 Gleaner R320 flex, sharp; 09 MacDon 38‚ D50 draper head; IHC 810 dummy head; CIH 1010 rigid, 25’; PMC header trailer; 2011 Studking 32’ & 38’ header trailers; GRAIN CARTS & GRAIN HANDLING: J & M 650 SA grain cart; Brent 920 grain cart w/scale; J & M 600 SA grain cart w/scale; A & L 650 TA cart; EZ Trail 500 SA cart; 2 - JD 500 SA cart; Unverferth 4900 SA cart; Parker 450 grain cart; Uft 450 bu. grain cart; Demco 550 gravity box w/gear; 2 - Parker 200 bu. gravity box w/gear & drill fill; 250 bu. gravity box w/gear; 2010 Remm 2700 grain vac, 27 hours, like new; 99 Handlair 560 grain vac; Feterl 8” x 31’ auger hyd; Feterl 13” x 32’ auger electric; Westfield 8” x 36‚’auger; 8” x 16’ auger; Westfield 8” x 61’ auger w/swing hopper; Feterl 12” x 34’ auger; Brandt 15” x 45’ hyd belt conveyor, like new; Repat 32’ cleated belt conveyor; Don & Christy Orth of Menno SD 605-660-3249 will sell: 82 Case 4690, CAH, 4x4, 3 pt, PTO, 2455 actual hrs. duals; 77 JD 4230, CAH, Quad, 8500 Hrs, engine OH; 74 JD 4430, CAH, Quad, 8613 hrs, engine OH w/Duals; Gehl 4625 Diesel 43 Hp skid loader, 1183 Hrs., 66” bucket; 90 NH TR96 combine, hydro, 24.5 x 32, chopper, 1998/2721 Hrs; NH 973 flex head, 25’; NH 974 corn head, 6RN; Shopbuilt Header Trailer; 74 White Day Cab, Detroit Diesel, 10 sp; 90’s Jet 22’ SA hopper trailer, 66” sides, roll tarp; 70 Ford F600 truck w/16’ box & hoist, V8, 5+2 sp, tag axle; 93 Blair 7 x 20’ GN TA stock trailer; 97 Honda 300 ATV, 4x4; 80 Honda Goldwing motorcycle, 59,000 miles; JD 7000 PT, 12RN planter w/LF; JD 8300 DD 13’ drill w/GSA; IHC 4700 PT, 28’ FC w/harrow; White 378 cultivator, 12RN; Top Aire 750 gal. TA sprayer, 60’ booms; NH 664 R. baler; H & S 12 wheel V-rake; HD 16‚ trailer w/1500 gal. poly tank, pump & inductor; Westendorf WL42 loader, JD mts; bale spear; Killbros 375 bu. gravity box w/gear; Parker 350 bu. gravity box w/gears; Heider auger wagon; Feterl 10” x 66’ auger w/swing hopper; Koyker 8” x 55’ auger; Knight 1050 TA manure spreader w/slop gate; Harsh 360 mixer-feeder wagon w/scale; 2005 Stampede squeeze chute w/head gate & palp cage; Vilhauer ATV calf catcher, (1 yr. old); poly calf warmer; 550 gal. fuel tank w/pump; Alladin hot pressure washer, 220V; Don Wick of Winfred SD 605-351-5427 will sell his Case Collection: Case 1570 “Spirit of 76” Tractor, CAH, 3 pt, 7300 hrs, sharp; 2 – Case 1470 tractors, 4x4, cab, 3 pt (1 has PTO)-(1 needs engine work); 68 Case 1030 D., WF, 3 pt, 3400 hrs, sharp; 2 – Case 930 D. Wheatland (1 foot clutch & 1 hand clutch); Case 630 D., Eagle hitch, 3 range trans; Case 500 D. Wheatland; Case 400 D. row crop, Eagle hitch; CAT D2 Diesel Crawler dozer w/pony starter; 2 – Case 400 AR plows (5x18 infurl & 6x18 onland); Case CHT 5x16 PT plow; Case C 3x16 PT plow; Case M 3x16 plow, 3 pt; Case MRA 2x16 plow, 3 pt; Case T 2x16 roll over plow; Case IS PT picker/sheller; 24 Case wheel wts (12 – 30 to 90 Series), (12 – 400 to 830); 2 – pallets of Case parts; IHC #11 V-ripper 7 shank AR, 3 pt; Landpride 70” Tiller, 3 pt; Melroe 240 DD 12‚ drill w/GSA; 150 gallon 3 pt sprayer; 2002 DCT 25‚ GN flatbed, tandem duals; skid steer manure bucket w/grapple; Northstar 5500 watt generator; MFS 3 pt trailer mover; custom workstation w/tool boxes; PLUS: PLANTERS - DRILLS - SPRAYERS - TILLAGE EQUIPMENT - MANURE EQUIP. - MISC. MACHINERY - SWATHERS - HAY EQUIPMENT - SILAGE & FEEDING EQUIPMENT - TRUCKS - TRAILERS - VEHICLES - TIRES - MISC.
“Where Farm and Family Meet”
Auctioneers Note: A portion of the Auction will be available on Proxibid.com for online bidding with a 21⁄2% buyers premium with a max of $ 750.00 per item. Another large interesting sale! Older Machinery sells at 9:00 AM sharp with 2 auction rings all day, 3rd ring starts @ 11:00 will sell vehicles-trailers-trucks. South Dakota sales tax will be charged. This ad is subject to additions and deletions. All consignments must have been approved by the Wieman’s. We have excellent loading and unloading equipment. We appreciate your business. We are in our 64th year of selling. Honest and fair treatment to all. Financing and trucking available. Sorry we are full! Come prepared to Buy! If you are driving a good distance - call to make sure your item is here. (Welcome to the “Machinery Mall of South Dakota”). Our Next Auction is May 30, 2012.
WIEMAN LAND & AUCTION CO., INC. (SINCE 1949) MARION SD 605-648-3111 or 1-800-251-3111 AUCTION SITE: 605-648-3536 or 1-888-296-3536 EVENINGS: Richard Wieman 605-648-3264 Mike Wieman 605-297-4240 Ryan Wieman 605-648-2970 Kevin Wieman 605-648-3439 Derek Wieman 605-660-2135 Gary Wieman 605-648-3164 For a detailed ad and some pictures call our office or visit our website at: www.wiemanauction.com • e-mail address: wiemanauction@yahoo.com
Farm Implements
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NH BR7090 Baler, applicator, bale command net & twine, 1200 bales, $31,000. 641-425-5478 NH HW345 windrower, 437 hrs, 15.6' discbine head, cab/AC, $71,000. 641-425-5478 Roller Mill Farm King #85, 8” chrome rollers, 150bu/hr, used 2 yrs, $2400. 641-4255478 We buy Salvage Equipment Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc. (507)867-4910 Tractors
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1086 IH Red Power Series 6514 hrs, duals , rock box; 986 IH, 6967 hrs, duals, rock box; 340 IH utility, WF, hyd ldr, 12 volt. All sharp tractors. 320-855-2588 or 320-226-1455
FOR SALE: Case IH 4494, 4WD, 3pt, PTO, tires like new, 4740 hrs, nice shape. 320-250-9665 FOR SALE: IH 560, G, FH, NF, OH, 16.9-38 tires, Schwartz hyd ldr, $5200. 515-368-1358
COMBINES
‘11 JD 9630T, 504 hrs., 36” tracks, wgts., Well Equipped................................$284,000 ‘11 JD 8360RT, 502 hrs., 30” tracks, wgts., 3 pt., 1000 PTO ............................$250,000 ‘11 CIH 435, 375 hrs., PS, PTO, big pump, diff lock, 710x42 tires & duals, Warranty until March 2013 ..........................$209,000 ‘97 JD 9300, 5568 hrs., 24-spd., 20.8x42 duals................................................$78,000 JD 8570, 3800 hrs., 24-spd., diff. lock, 1000 PTO, 18.4x42 duals ................$62,000
‘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 ‘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 ..............$129,000 ‘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 ‘09 CIH 7088, 910 sep./1235 eng. hrs., 20.8x42 duals, tracker, rock trap, Pro 600 monitor w/yield moisture ......$169,000 ‘06 CIH 1688, 3734 eng. hrs., rock trap, chopper, auto header, thru shop ....$34,500 ‘88 CIH 1680, 3426 hrs., rock trap, chopper, 30.5x32 tires, Bison rotor ..............$24,000
ROW CROP TRACTORS
‘07 NH TG275, MFWD, 2295 hrs., super steer, 5 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO megaflow hyd., 380x50 tires & duals $110,000
COMBINE HEADS ‘06 & 07 JD 635 flex heads, nice ....................................$24,000 & $25,000 JD 693, 6R30” cornhead ..................$12,500
LOADER TRACTORS ‘10 JD 6330 Premium, MFWD, 760 hrs., cab, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, JD 673 self leveling loader w/joystick ................$67,500 ‘89 JD 4755, 2WD, cab, 3 pt., PS, 3 hyd., 1000 PTO w/Westendorf TA46 loader w/8’ quick tach bucket & joystick, loader Like New..........................................$39,000
GRAIN CARTS ‘07 Parker 938, 1000 bu. cart, scale & tarp ..............................................$26,500
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LARSON IMPLEMENTS 5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95 763-689-1179 Look at our Web site for pictures & more listings Free delivery on combines in MN, Eastern ND & SD
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Competitive Wage Excellent Benefits 401K Diversified Work Please Send Resume To: 63065 206th St. Janesville, MN 56024 Attention Mike
SMITHS MILL IMPLEMENT Hwy. 14, 3 miles West of Janesville, MN
Phone (507) 234-5191 or (507) 625-8649 Mon. - Fri. 7:30-5:00, Sat. 7:30-Noon
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'00 JD 9200, 4WD, (bareback), 24 spd., diff lock, 8 new 20.8x42R tires, 10 hrs. on eng. OH (have work papers), new hinge pins, 9000 hrs., $70,000. 507381-1723 '07 Argo RT 155A, MFWD, 840 hrs, 380/90R46 & duals, CVT transmission, GTA Datatronics, outback GPS, rock box, exc cond. 507-380-2234 '96 JD 8770, 3980 hrs. 24spd like new, 20.8-42 drivers & duals, 3 remotes, bare back. Call 507-380-5167
FOR SALE: '98 JD 9100 4WD, 4200 hrs, PTO, 1 owner, excellent condition, inside & out (8) very good radial tires, $82,500. 507-828-8193
4WD & TRACK 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 ‘03 JD 8320, MFWD, 4838 hrs., 3 pt., 5 hyd., 1000 PTO, 20.8x42 tires & duals, 20 front wgts., front fenders ..............$100,000 ‘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 ‘93 JD 4960, MFWD, 9060 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, front wgts., 14.9x46 tires & duals ............................................$48,000 ‘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 ‘03 CIH MX210, MFWD, 5635 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, front wgts., 380x46” tires & duals ............................................$65,000 Case 2096, cab/air, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 18.4x38 singles, 6300 hrs. ..............$16,500 ‘08 NH T8020, MFWD, Super Steer, 540/1000 PTO, 685 hrs., 4 hyds., 380x54 tires & duals ....................$118,000
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Grasshopper power vac for model 227, used 1 yr. Midmount mowers, $1,000. 641425-5478 Hardi 1100 Navigator sprayer, 60' boom, OH 1000 PTO pump, $21,000. 641-425-5478 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 JD 1850 No Till, 30', 7.5" spacing. Population monitor, markers, Hiniker 120bu. cart. Field ready. $36,500; JD 1770 16R vacuum drive fertilizer. Polycross auger, 3bu. box. Shedded. 250 monitor. Rebuilt. Ready to plant. $37,500. 608-548-2040. Loaders for 1940 thru 1970 tractors $250 to $3650. 712299-6608 Pomeroy
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'07 Rite Way 4342 42' land '98 Cat 75E, 2700 hrs., 30” FOR SALE: '07 JD 8130, roller. $28,000. 507-381-1871 MFWD, PS, auto track tracks; '09 NH 6050+ w/840 ready, 380R50 Duals, TL ldr., FWA, 850 hrs.; '05 FOR SALE: IH 490 disc, 22', 380R34 fronts, 4 remotes, 60 JD 8320, MFD, 3100 hrs. exc. blades, new bearings & GPM pump, 1930 hrs, w/duals. 651-345-4362 tires, $5,500. 641-495-6170 $132,000 exc shape. 507-863-2253 For Sale: Sawmill with Log 1850 dsl Oliver, good cond, $5,800/OBO. 715-594-3051. deck, Baker Resaw BandFOR SALE: '07 JD 9220, mill, New Yalby chipper, 610x42 tires, 920 hrs, wgt Edger and Lath Mill. Phone Case 9270 '95, 340HP, rebuilt pkg, deluxe cab, exc cond, eng, good tires, clean. 715-677-3177 $167,000. 507-276-7572 $52,000; CAT 85D, runs FOR SALE: Summers roller, good, exc. cond., good un- FOR SALE: '93 4755 JD 45', 3 section hyd fold, exc der-carriage, wgts, $44,000. FWA. 507-330-3674 cond, $26,500. 320-905-7829 608-548-2040. FOR SALE: '98 JD 8300 FOR SALE: Used 18,000 gal. FOR SALE: '06 JD 9620, 3225 MFWD, 480R46, tires & dupropane storage tank. 507hrs, 800 metrics 50%, power als, 4 SCVs, mirrors, fend925-4114 shift, 4 SCVs, diff lock, HID ers, deluxe cab, quick lights, Greenstar ready, Gehl 1560. 1,000 rpm blower. hitch, $59,500/OBO. exc condition. 320-226-1182 Good cond. $1,500. 507-789-6049 (715)474-6707 after 4 pm.
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TJOSVOLD EQUIPMENT Sales & Service • West Hwy. 212 — Granite Falls, MN 56241 800-337-1581 • 320-564-2331 • After Hours (320) 212-4849 www.tjosvoldequip.com
USED TRACTORS ‘11 NH 8N Collector, loader ready, 35 hrs. ..............Call ‘11 NH T6030 w/830TL loader, 200 hrs. ............$79,500 ‘04 Buhler 2145, FWA, super steer, 14.9R46 duals, 3250 hrs. ..........................................................$69,500 ‘02 CIH STX450, 710/70R42 duals, 6100 hrs., EZ-Steer, Nice..................................................$129,500 ‘94 CIH 1666, 24.5-32 (2), 4600 hrs., Clean! ....$39,500 ‘94 Ford 9880, 20.8R42 triples, 5300 hrs., Nice!..................................................................$89,500 ‘92 Ford 8730, FWA, 18.4R38 duals, 4000 hrs. $34,950 ‘94 Ford 9280, 20.8-38 duals, 2250 hrs.............$65,500 Allis Chalmers WD45, Nice..................................$3,950
“Where Farm and Family Meet”
COMBINES/HEADS
‘09 NH BR7060, AW/NW/BC/1.8M/Endless ........$27,500 ‘06 NH ST720, 5-shank, (527 DMI) ..................$19,500 ‘08 Wilrich 5850, 45’ chisel plow w/harrow ..Coming In ‘05 NH 1431 Discbine, new cutter bar ................$19,950 ‘04 NH 1431 Discbine ........................................$15,500 ‘01 Wilrich QX, 47’ field cult. w/4 bar harrow....$35,500 ‘01 Sunflower, 50’ crumbler ..............................$15,000 ‘97 Wilrich Quad 5, 45’ field cult. w/4 bar harrow ..........................................................................$25,500 ‘97 NH 499, 12’ haybine ......................................$8,500 ‘92 NH 499, 12’ haybine ......................................$3,950 ‘89 NH 116, 14’ haybine ......................................$2,950 ‘95 Wilrich 2500 field cult., 25’ w/4-bar harrow $12,500 Black Max 96” snowblower, 2-stage/auger, hyds. $3,950 Caldwell 450 bu. grain cart ..................................$3,950 Used Case 12’ mtd./hyd. chisel plow, Nice ..........$1,950 ‘05 Wilrich 957, DDR, 9-shank, 24” w/harrow ..$29,900 ‘85 CIH 4800, 30’ field cult. w/3 bar harrow ........$6,500 ‘03 DMI TM2, 45’ field cult. w/4 bar harrow ......$35,500 ‘11 Tebben TC94, 10’ rotary cutter ......................$5,950 Morris CT712, 16’ chisel plow..............................$3,950 DMI 30’ crumbler..................................................$6,950 Several 7’ & 8’ Snowblowers ....From $1,500 to $3,500
‘90 Gleaner R50 w/6 row cornhead & 20’ flex......................................................Pkg. $38,500 ‘03 NH 74C, 30’ flex head ..................................$21,000 (2) ‘01 NH 73C, 30’ flex head ............................$20,900 ‘07 NH 74C, (CR) 35’ flex head ..........................$26,500 ‘08 NH 99C, 8F30” chopping cornhead..............$62,500 ‘09 NH 99C, 8R30” chopping cornhead ............$64,500 ‘04 CIH 1020, 25’ flex head................................$17,500 ‘99 NH 996, 6 row 30” corn head ......................$19,950 ‘98 NH 973, 25’ flex head ....................................$9,500 ‘92 NH 973, 30’ flex head ....................................$7,500 ‘07 NH L175, cab, AC, hyd. QA, whls., ‘95 NH 974, 6 row 30” ........................................$8,500 72” bucket, pilot controls..................................$29,500 ‘97 NH TR98, 30.5-32, loaded, 1212 hrs. ..........$65,000 ‘94 Commander 8000, 72 hp., 72” bucket, ‘95 NH 973, 30’ flex head ..................................$10,900 rubber tracks ....................................................$19,000 Gleaner F2 w/4R30” cornhead & 15’ bean head ..$3,500 ‘06 JD 317 w/2850 hrs., hyd. Q/A, 78” bkt.........$14,950 ‘92 NH L250, 42” bucket, 1800 hrs. ....................$7,950 ‘07 JD 332, AC, hyd. QA, 1750 hrs. ................Coming In ‘10 EZ Trail 500 wagon w/brakes ........................$9,500 ‘00 NH LS180, cab/heat, 4250 hrs. ....................$12,500 ‘08 Wilrich 9x24’ 957DDR w/harrow..................$34,500
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Full-Time Custom Applicator Seeking a Full-Time Custom Agronomy Applicator at our Stewartville location. Duties to include applying agricultural fertilizer and chemicals, maintaining equipment and keeping required records. Candidates must have or be able to obtain a valid Class A CDL license with Tanker and Hazmat endorsement and a valid Commercial Applicator License.
Competitive wages and benefit plan. Serious inquiries only. Email resumes and applications to
collins@allamericancoop.com or deliver to
Progressive Ag Center, LLC Attn: Pete or Matt P.O. Box 125 Stewartville, MN 55976
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FOR SALE: 18.4x30 tires & WANTED: Rear wheel wgts rims, $375/OBO. 320-877-7577 for 16-9-24 IH 574 tractor. or 320-220-3114 ALSO WANTED: Drag, Disk, 2-Bottom Plow, & othFOR SALE: JD 2955 open er implements. station w/ 6R30” front (715)597-2762. mounted cult, very good cond, ideal setup for organ037 ic farming, chemical free Harvesting Equip weed control, 24,500/OBO. 750 bu Frontier (J&M) grain 651-564-0606 cart, 18” auger, hyd spout, FOR SALE: JD 36A Loader nice, $19,750/Offers. & mounting brackets. 641-561-2739 $1,400. (920)841-4626. FOR SALE: '06 JD 893 hyd FOR SALE: JD 8100 MFWD, dp, knife rolls, 60 series tires at 90%, quick hitch & HK-up, shedded, very nice. rock box, back tires 320$28,000. 507-847-3600 90R54, front tires 320FOR SALE: '92 JD 9400, 4820 85R38,. 320-905-7829 eng hrs/3150 sep hrs, SerFOR SALE: MF 5455, 20 hrs, viced at local JD dealership cab, 4WD, rock box, 2 on regular basis, hopper valves, radial tires, air ext, new front tires. Asking seat, power shuttle, 16 spd. $35,000/OBO. 320-963-5183 List $86,733. Cash $49,500. FOR SALE: '96 JD 9500, 1830 952-466-5538 sep. hrs., nice clean maIH 766 G, good cond, good chine, thru shop yearly, TA, w/GB hyd loader good $42,500 OBO. 320-664-4222 or cond, $7,600/OBO. 320-894-0502 641-847-1992 NEW AND USED TRACTOR FOR SALE: Harvestor silos 120x80, 120x50, both 20' dia, PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, (2) Harvestor unloaders. 55, 50 Series & newer trac507-375-4179 Call for details tors, AC-all models, Large Inventory, We ship! Mark FOR SALE: JD 1290 cornHeitman Tractor Salvage head, 12-20, near new 715-673-4829 calmers, BT choppers, $22,800. 641-512-5141 Specializing in most AC used tractor parts for 038 sale. Now parting out Planting Equip WD, 190XT, #200 & D-17 tractors. Rosenberg '06 JD 1760 Max Emergent XP 12R30”, proshaft drive Tractor Salvage precision planting units, 3 507-848-1701 or 507-236-8726 bu boxes, planted less than 5,000 acres, always shedded, truly field ready, exc We have new completely cond. $39,500. 320-238-2269 overhauled Allis Chalmers W.D. Engine '09 White 8202 12/30 planter, w/ all new parts. SM4000 monitor, 2 bu boxRosenberg Tractor es, row cleaners, rock kickSalvage ers, 6 smart boxes, exc 507-848-1701 or 507-236-8726 cond. 507-380-2234
USED EQUIPMENT NEW EQUIPMENT • Wilrich Quad X2, 60’, rolling • Agco-Challenger • Hardi Sprayers • REM Grain Vac • Woods Mowers • J&M Grain Carts • Westfield Augers • Sunflower Tillage • White Planters • Wilrich Tillage
USED EQUIPMENT • Westfield MK 10x71 hopper • Westfield 10x60 hopper • Westfield 13x71 • Pickett thinner, 24-22 • Sheyenne 10x61 • Alloway 22’ shredder • Alloway 20’ shredder • Balzer 20’ shredder • Killbros 1810 cart, tracks • UTF 760 grain cart • J&M 750 grain cart • ‘09 Salford 570, 41’ • Wilrich 957, 7-30 w/harrow • DMI 730B, 7-30 • JD 960, 36’ F.C. w/harrow
basket, (3) • Wilrich Quad X2, 53’, rolling basket • Wilrich Quad X2, 50’, rolling basket • Hardi Com. 6600, 132’ • Hardi Com. 6600, 132’, tracks • Hardi Nav. 1100, 90’ • Hardi Nav. 1100, 88’ • Hardi Nav. 950, 88’ • Hardi Nav. 1000, 66’ • CIH 200, 60’, rolling basket • CIH 200, 50’, rolling basket • Blumhardt 750, 60’ • Spray Coupe 220, 60’ • Brittonia 500, 60’ • Amity 10’, 12-22 • Amity 8-22, (3) • ‘05 Artsway 6812, 12-22 • Artsway 898, 8-22, (2) • Amity 12-22 topper St. Ft. • Artsway 12-22 topper St. Ft. • Alloway 12-22 topper St. Ft. • Alloway 12-22 folding topper • Alloway 9-22 topper
Clara City, MN 56222 320-847-3218 www.wearda.com
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Keith Bode Fairfax, MN 55332 507-381-1291
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IH 5500 pull type chisel plow, 19 shank, can reduce to 13 shank, $2000; NH3 pull type bar, 13 shank, coil shanks, no controller, $1,000. 507553-3754
DAMAGED GRAIN STATE-WIDE
JD 3710 plow. 6 bottom by 18. Cover boards. Variable width. $15,000. (507)867-4253.
We pay top dollar for your damaged grain. We are experienced handlers of your wet, dry, burnt and mixed grains. Trucks and Vacs available. Immediate response anywhere.
Salford 22 RTS w/Chisel shanks, grease bank, 3 bar harrow & rolling basket. New Demo'd. Priced to sell. Gregs Farm Machinery Blue Earth MN 507-526-5521 or 507-525-0642. Machinery Wanted
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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
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PRUESS ELEV., INC. 1-800-828-6642
— 6 convenient locations — 4WD/TRACKS
‘11 JD 8245R, 400 hrs, PS, 1300 hrs., MFWD, SPRAYERS 480/90R50 ........................................................$185,000 (M) ‘91 JD 8960, 24-spd, d/lock, 20.8x42, 6687 hrs $69,000 (M) ‘11 New Fast 9518, 1850 gal, 120’, Norac ........$79,500 ‘08 JD 9430, 1200 hrs, PS, d/lock, 710/70R38 $199,500 ‘94 JD 8970, 24-spd., 20.8-42, 4 SCV, 6000 hrs $79,500 ‘05 JD 4720, 2128 hrs, 80’, poly tank..............$145,000 ‘06 JD 8230T, 1860 hrs, 25” tracis, 120”, ‘92 CIH 9230, 5200 hrs., 3 pt., PTO, 15.4-38 ......$59,500 (M) ‘06 JD 4720, 1057 hrs, 90’, A/track, L/inj ........$167,500 4 SCV ................................................................$139,500 ‘08 JD 9430, 1200 hrs., PS, d/lock, 710/70R38 $199,500 (M) ‘11 JD 4730, 125 hrs, 90’, 380/90R46, B/Trac ..$215,000 ‘10 JD 8320T, 1180 hrs., PS, 25” tracks, 5 SCV$223,500 ‘08 JD 9530, PS, 800/70R38, D/lock, 1688 hrs. $230,000 (M) ‘09 JD 4930, 800 hrs, 120’, 480/80R50, B/TMC$249,000 ‘11 JD 8630R, 385 HS, IVT, ILS, 480/80R50, ‘07 JD 9530T, 2600 hrs., 36” tracks, 26 wts ....$229,500 PLANTERS 4 SCV ................................................................$272,000 ‘08 JD 9530T, 36” tracks, Xenon, ins., (M) ‘11 JD 8360RT, 440 hrs, IVT, 30” tracks, leather, JD 856, 16R30, RC cul., Trime Rig, R/shields ......$12,500 1488 hrs ............................................................$245,000 Extended Warranty ............................................$280,000 ‘01 JD 1780, 24R20, 3.0 bu., R/clnrs, S/Star ......$38,500 ‘06 JD 9620, PS, 800/70R38, Xenon, 1530 hrs. $205,000 ‘08 JD 8430, MFWD, 785 HRS, PS, 480/80R50, ‘03 JD 1790, 16/31, LF, Pneu. DP ........................$82,500 (M) ‘08 JD 9630, act. seat, 800/70R38, wts, 4 SCV ................................................................$187,500 (M) ‘04 JD 1770, 16R30, CCS, LF, r/clnrs ..................$85,000 950 hrs ..............................................................$250,000 ‘04 JD 8120T, 5425 HRS, 120”, 30” TRACKS ......$85,000 (M) ‘04 JD 1770, CCS, 16R30, LF, r/clnrs, TruCount ..$92,500 ‘04 JD 9620T, 6500 hrs, 30” tracks 80%, 4 SCV ‘11 JD 8245R, PS, 1300 MFWD, 480/80R50, (M) ‘95 JD 455 drill, 30’, 10”, markers, harrow ..........$9,900 ..........................................................................$147,500 400 hrs. ............................................................$185,000 (M) ‘92 Great Plains drill, 45’, 7.5” spacing, (M) ‘11 JD 9630T, 36” tracks, leather, Xenon, 785 hrs, (M) ‘03 Ford TG230, 3486 hrs, 3 SCV, 380/54” ........$85,000 markers ..............................................................$22,000 factory warranty................................................$295,000 (M) ‘08 JD 455 drill, 35’, 10”, Yetter markers, (M) ‘11 JD 9630T, 36” tracks, radar, leather, inst. seat, HARVEST EQUIPMENT harrow ................................................................$45,000 716 hrs ..............................................................$298,500 (M) ‘94 CIH 1688, 3855/2361, 18.4x38 dls, TPR........$45,000 (M) ‘08 White 8574, 24R22”, CCS, var. rate, mon ....$89,500 ‘96 Cat 85D, 4057 hrs, PS, 30” tracks, 4 SCV......$77,500 ‘11 JD 9570, 145/94, CM, 18.4-42 DLS ............$239,500 MISCELLANEOUS ‘02 JD 9650STS, 3827/2557, 18.4-42 DSL, TPR $98,500 MFWD TRACTORS ‘04 JD 9760, 1853/1436, CM, 20.8-423, (M) ‘08 JD 520, flail, mounted, 4 whls ......................$17,500 ‘11 JD 6430, 2 whl, 425 hrs, PQ, 18.4-38, 2SCV $52,500 28L-26 ..............................................................$128,500 (M) ‘11 JD 630, MoCo, 9’9”, impeller, Used 1 time ..$23,500 (M) ‘05 Challenger MT295B, 800 hrs, cab, 2 SCVs ..$22,500 (M) ‘08 JD 9670, 1410/1150, CM, 800/70R38 sgls. $169,000 ‘08 JD 568 baler, Megawide, sgl wrap ................$26,500 ‘97 JD 5500, MFWD, 2475 hrs., cab, 540 ldr., (M) ‘10 JD 9770, 605/468 hrs, CM, 650/85R38, ‘01 JD 240 skid, hand controls, 72” bucket ........$14,500 74” bucket ..........................................................$32,500 TPR ....................................................................$245,000 ‘01 JD 270 skid, 2545 hrs, H flow ......................$17,500 ‘96 JD 6400, MFWD, open station, JD 640 ldr., (M) ‘09 JD 9870, 961/620, CM, 800/70R38, PRWD, Kinze 800 cart, 800 bu., 30.5-32 ........................$17,500 3750 hrs. ..............................................................$35,900 TPR ....................................................................$230,000 ‘03 Mustang ML25, 1300 hrs., crib, tracks ........$29,500 ‘11 JD 6430, MFWD, Prem. cab, 360 hrs., 18.4-38, JD .... (M) ‘05 Harvest Tech 12R20” chopping head..........................$29,500 ‘07 Brent 1084 cart, 1000 bu., 18.4-42 673 ldr ..................................................................$82,500 ‘09 JD 9870, 847/594, 650/85R38, PRWD, 282-26 ......$255,000 w/tandem, tarp ....................................................$42,500 ‘05 JD 7520, MFWD, 3350 hrs, IVT, ILS, 3 SCV ....$89,500 ‘10 JD 635F, F/F, Crary wind system, 1500 acres............$39,500 ‘04 JD 7820, MFWD, 2346 hrs., PQ, 18.4-42, (M) ‘06 Clark, 16R20, C/Head, fits 60/70 Series ......................$35,000 3 SCV ..................................................................$89,500 (7) ‘08-11 JD 612, 12R30, chopping ................$69,500-$82,500 ‘11 JD 7330, MFWD, std cab, PQ, JD 740 ldr, Check Out Our New Website 85” bkt ................................................................$89,500 TILLAGE (M) ‘06 JD 8230T, 1650 hrs, 4 SCV, 25” tracks, (M) ‘08 JD 637, disk, 45’ ..........................................$68,000 120” ..................................................................$139,500 ‘11 JD 2210 field cult., 64/5’, 4-bar harrow........$69,500 ‘10 JD 8320R, 1188 hrs, PS, ILS, 480R50 ........$215,000
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Mankato Implement Potter Implement
Hwy. 22 South • Mankato, MN • www.mankatoimplement.com
1426 S. Broadway • New Ulm, MN
(507) 387-8201 • (800) 624-8983
(507) 354-6818
Zins Implement Hwy. 11 No. • Nicollet, MN
(507) 225-3464
Erlandson Implement
Minnesota Lake Implement
Erlandson Implement
214 East State St. • Kiester, MN
Hwy. 22 South • Minnesota Lake, MN
35W & Int. 90 • Albert Lea, MN
(507) 294-3244
(507) 462-3828
(507) 373-6418
“Where Farm and Family Meet”
‘03 JD 7810, 2WD, 20 speed power quad transmission, 14.9R46 duals, 3600 hrs. $61,500 ‘07 NH TG305, MFWD, suspended front axle, 19 speed transmission, 520/85R46 duals, 480/70R34 front duals, weights, 2950 hrs. ..............................................................$98,500 ‘00 JD 8410, MFWD, 420/80R46 duals, weights, 4 remotes, 10,400 hrs ............$58,500 ‘01 CIH MX240, MFWD, 18.4R46 duals, 5050 hrs.. ..............................................$59,500 ‘09 NH BB9060, big square 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. ..........................$31,500 ‘70 JD 4020, LP gas, synchro, wide front, new 18.4x34 tires, no cab ......................$9,800 ‘08 CIH 2020, 35’ flexible platform ........$19,500 ‘10 CIH 2020, 30’ flexible platform ........$19,500 ‘07 Parker 739 grain cart, 30.5x32 tires, scale ......................................................$21,000
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FOR SALE: '09 JD 2210 50' field cultivator, Accu Tillage Equip 039 Depth, 7” knock-on shovels, 2 bar harrow w/ rolling bas'02 48.5 Case IH Tigermate ket, shedded, very nice, low II, red w/ 2 bar harrow & acres. 320-226-1182 rolling baskets, shedded & good cond. $38,000. FOR SALE: '99 DMI Tiger507-381-1871 mate II 28 ½' field cultiva'03 Sunflower 5329, 29' field tor, 3 bar harrow, walking cult. w/rear hitch; '10 Untandems on main flash verferth 29' dbl rolling harwings, shedded, can easily row; '08 Landoll 7130 to the be converted to 26 ½' or 24 max harrow, 32'. 651-345½', near Mankato, $16,500. 4362 507-380-7863
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FOR SALE: JD 980 24 ½' field cult, 3 bar harrow, walking tandems on main flash wings, always shedded, very nice, near Mankato, $16,000. 507-380-7863
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Case IH 955 8RW corn 48 Ft Kent/Great Plains Displanter. Dry fertilizer w/ covator/Finisher (1998) w/ 5 cross auger, $10,700. Bar Harrow, New Blades, (715)702-2884 Good Cond. 45 Ft Mandako Land Roller (5/8” Wall) FOR SALE: IHC 5500 miniSelf Leveling Like New. mum till grain drill, 30', 319-347-2349 Can Deliver markers, 7” spacing, shaft monitor, rubber press Case IH 4300 Vibra shank 28' wheels, nice condition. field cultivator w/ 3 bar 320-226-1182 harrow, walking tandems on main frame & wings alFOR SALE: JD 7100 semi ways shedded, Nice Condimounted 12R30” planter, tion! $12,500 320-238-2269 $5,600. Call 320-877-7577 or 320-220-3114 Case-DMI 50' crumbler, red, FOR SALE: Kinze 3600 16/32 used only one year. Like interplant '02, KPII moniNew. $14,900. tor, John/Blue pump, fert Olivia 320-523-1099 tanks, box extensions, whl scrapers, gauge wheel cov- CIH 4360, 37 ½', new sweeps, ers & stalk guards. good shape, $10,250; CIH 320-760-1582 or 320-325-5222 4700, 44 ½', $3,250; CIH 14, 7 shank ripper, $5,750. JD 1760 12R30”, 3 bu boxes, 507-847-5489 liq fert, (2) 200 gal tanks, DMI 730C, 7 shank, disk riprow cleaners, 1000 acres on per, lead shanks, very good new disk openers, seed cond, $32,500/Offers tubes & scrapers, monitor; 641-561-2739 JD 7200 16R30”, 3 bu boxes, liq fert, 500 gal tank & FOR SALE: '00 Brillion 32' pump, new in '11 monitor. field cult., 3 tine harrow, in 320-855-2588 or 320-226-1455 good shape; Kansun 10-21210 dryer. 320-293-5607 YETTER New residue managers. Also, full line of YetFOR SALE: '06 DMI 730 C ter Equipment available. Ripper, red, shedded & 507-236-1934 C good cond. $3,000. 507-235-9593 H 507-381-1871 8:00am to 5:00pm.
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All kinds of New & Used CONVENTIONAL SEED farm equipment – disc chisCORN $79.90 performance hyels, field cults, planters, Proven brids. Add our one-pass, soil finishers, cornheads, post emerge grass and feed mills, discs, balers, broadleaf weed control for haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 $10/acre. JD 4120, 4320, 4520 or 4720 WWW.KLEENACRES.COM Compact Tractor w/less or 320-237-7667 than 100 hrs. (715)234-1923 “It's the place to be” for value. WANTED : Used tile stinger trailer, 320-760-6283 or Dairy Quality Alfalfa 701-388-8667 Tested big squares & round WANTED TO BUY: 30' bales, delivered from South crumbler w/ 7/8” bars, Dakota John Haensel (605) DMI, Case IH or JD. 351-5760 320-522-1224 Dairy quality western alfalWANTED TO BUY: AC 7045 fa, big squares or small tractor, PS transmission, squares, delivered in semi low hrs, must be nice! loads. Clint Haensel 507-440-0957 or 507-437-1334 (605) 310-6653
Aeration fan single phase. 507-697-6133
USED TRACTORS ‘97 NH 9682, 4300 hrs..........................$79,500 Challenger MT525B, ‘04, 800 hrs. ........$54,500 Challenger MT465B, ‘07, 1100 hrs. ......$46,900 ‘White 6175, 2WD, 5100 hrs ................$39,500 Agco 9455, 2WD, duals ........................$26,500 ‘79 AC 7020, PD......................................$8,950
AC 185 ....................................................$7,950 AC WD45, WF, 12 volt, $3,600 in repairs $3,950 AC WD, WF, repainted ............................$2,795 JD 2030 w/JD 48 ldr. ..............................$8,950 IH 300 utility w/loader ............................$3,950
USED COMBINES & HEADS ‘07 Gleaner A65, 300 hrs. ..................$189,500 ‘03 Gleaner R-75’s, 1100 hrs. ............$139,500 ‘02 Gleaner R-72, duals, 1100 hrs. ....$129,500 ‘93 Gleaner R72, 2800 hrs ....................$59,500 ‘89 Gleaner R70 duals, 2700 hrs ..........$24,900 ‘01 Gleaner R62, duals, 1300 hrs........$109,500 ‘01 Gleaner R62, duals, 1500 hrs..........$99,500 ‘95 Gleaner R-62, 2000 hrs., RWA........$59,500 ‘92 Gleaner R-62, 2300 hrs. ..................$39,500 ‘98 Gleaner R52, duals, 1700 hrs..........$69,500 ‘08 Gleaner 8200, 25’ R series ..............$24,900 ‘05 Gleaner 8000, 30’ flex w/air reel......$27,900 ‘04 NH CR970, 1000 hrs. ....................$149,500 ‘99 MF 8780, Smart track, 1800 hrs. ....$79,500 ‘03 MF 8000, 25’ w/Crary air reel..........$24,900 ‘10 Gleaner 8200, 25’ flex w/air reel......$32,500 ‘09 Gleaner 8200, 35’ flex, air reel, new$39,900 ‘07 Gleaner 8200, 30’ flex, “A” mtg.......$26,500 ‘95 Gleaner 530 flex ................................$8,900
‘96 Gleaner 525 flex w/Crary air reel ....$13,900 (5) Gleaner 8R30 huggers ......$11,900-$39,900 (6) Gleaner 6R30 huggers ........$9,950-$15,900 ‘93 Gleaner 8R36 hugger ......................$11,900 ‘90 Gleaner, 4R36 hugger........................$4,950 ‘80 Gleaner N803A cornhead ..................$2,950 Harvest Tech cornhead, 8R30 ..............$22,900 ‘04 Challenger FH30 flexhead ................$18,900 ‘99 Gleaner 820 flex ..............................$14,900 JD 843 cornhead, 10R22, Gleaner or JD $7,950 JD 843 cornhead, 8R30, Gleaner or MF ..$9,950 ‘95 Gleaner 525 flex ................................$5,950 ‘94 Gleaner 525 flex ................................$9,950 ‘96 Gleaner 520 flex ................................$8,950 ‘99 Gleaner 830C, SCH..........................$15,900 ‘78 Gleaner L2 hydro ..............................$4,950 Gleaner N630A, ‘82 & up ........................$1,500 Fieldstar II yield monitor for GL, MF, CH $3,950
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‘03 CIH LBX331, 3x3, big square ..........$39,500 Hesston 550, 4x6 baler ..........................$4,950 ‘05 Balzer 2000 shredder, new knives ....$8,950 ‘06 Balzer 2000 shredder ......................$16,900 Balzer 2000 shredder, semi-mounted......$5,950 ‘02 Parker 737 grain cart, duals ............$18,900 NEW 16’ harrow for Wishek disc ............$3,500 Killbros 490 grain cart ............................$8,950 Parker 510 grain cart ..............................$9,950 Hiniker 1325, 15’ chisel plow ..................$3,950 Feterl 10x60 HF w/hopper ......................$2,950 Westgo 10x71 w/hopper ........................$1,950 (2) Feterl 10x34 PTO augers ............Ea. $1,195 ‘04 Feterl 10x60 PTO auger ....................$3,950 Feterl 8x46 PTO auger ............................$2,950 Fterl 8x60 PTO auger ..............................$1,995 Feterl 10x76 HF auger w/hopper ............$1,975 ‘81 Gleaner N5 ........................................$5,950 Schweiss 6’ snowblower, 2 auger ..........$1,995 Loftness 8’ snowblower, single auger ....$2,995 ‘10 Farm King Y840, 84” snowblower ....$2,950
NEW RENTAL RETURNS
“Where Farm and Family Meet”
JUST IN ‘11 Wishek 862 NT, 26’ ........................$62,500 White 6180, 16R30,LF ..........................$22,900 ‘97 MF 8780, 25’ , 863, 2400 hrs..........$79,500 ‘05 Gleaner R65, duals, 460 hrs..........$159,500 ‘01 Gleaner R62, duals, 900 hrs..........$109,500 AGCO Allis 9650, 2 WD, 5000 hrs ........$32,500 WilRich Quad 5, 32’ ..............................$13,500 ‘09 Wishek 8623NT, 30’ ........................$49,500 CIH 4300, 28’ ........................................$11,900
We Rent Brandt Grain Vacs We Rent and Sell Wishek Discs Midway Farm Equipment
Good selection of tractor parts - New & Used All kinds of hay equipment, haybines, balers, choppers parted out. New combine belts for all makes. Swather canvases, round baler belting, used & new tires. 6 miles East of
CAMBRIDGE, MN 763-689-1179 We Ship Daily
Brandt 5200 EX grain vac......................$17,900 Sunflower 1435, 30’ disc ......................$39,900 MF 7495, 100 hrs................................$129,900 Versatile 305........................................$145,000 MF 8670, all options............................$187,000 Versatile 305, frt. duals ......................$150,000
‘09 Challenger MT665C, 400 hrs.........$169,500 ‘08 Challnger MT645B, 800 hrs. ........$119,500 AGCO RT155A w/ldr, 2200 hrs. ............$99,500 Challenger MT645 w/ldr, 1900 hrs ........$79,500 AC 7000 w/duals ....................................$8,950 WilRich Quad 5, 48’ ..............................$12,900 CIH 4800, 32’ ..........................................$9,950 Feterl 10x60 w/GH hopper ......................$1,995 ‘02 Gleaner R62, 1500 hrs ....................$89,500 ‘05 Gleaner R75, 1000 hrs ..................$159,500
LARSON SALVAGE
Visa and MasterCard Accepted
MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT ‘03 White 8186, 16R30, 3 bu. ..............$52,500 White 6100, 10R30 ................................$8,950 JD 7200, 16R30 vac, 250, LF................$26,900 Deutz Allis 385, 8R30, 300 monitor ........$2,495 ‘00 Wilrich 6600, 7x30 disc ripper ........$10,000 JD 980, 38’ w/3 bar ..............................$16,500 M&W 1875, 7x3 disc ripper ....................$9,950 Bush Hog 12R30 cult. ................................$795 Wishek 962NT, 22’ disc ........................$47,500 Tebben 7x30 deep-til disc leveler ............$6,950 Tebben 7x24 deep-til w/disc levelers ......$5,950 ‘05 Sunflower 4510-13 disc chisel ........$19,900 ‘06 New Idea 5512 disc mower cond. ..$18,900 ‘06 NH 616 disc mower ..........................$5,950 ‘08 Hesston 3008 disc mower ................$6,950 Wishek 862NT, 26’ disc ........................$44,500 Parker 710 grain cart, scale ..................$14,900 ‘06 WilRich V957, 5x30 ........................$24,900 WilRich V957, 7x30 ..............................$24,900 Artsway G72, 6’ finishing mower ..............$795 Wilrich V957, 7x30................................$34,900
USED PARTS
507-427-3414 or 800-657-3249 www.midwayfarmequip.com
AGCO WHITE GLEANER Hesston
JANUARY SAVINGS MANURE SPREADERS Pequea 80 bu., poly floor, T-rod apron, New warranty....$3,800 Pequea 50 bu., poly floor, T-rod apron, New warranty....$3,500
MISC. EQUIPMENT SPECIALS Horst 8-ton, running gear 11Lx15 8-ply tires ..........................................................Reduced To $1,735 Land Pride 3 pt. mtd. blades in 6’, 7’, 8’ sizes ....................Call Artsway 10x34 540 PTO drive truck auger ....................$4,500 Ramrod Model 500 stand-on skid loader, 36” QA bucket ..........................................................$13,500 Land Pride SB1051, 51” 3 pt. snowblower ....................$2,800 Land Pride SB1064, 64”, 3 pt. snowblower ..................$3,552 Land Pride SB1074, 74” 3 pt. snowblower ....................$4,105 Land Pride SB1084, 84” 3 pt. snowblower ....................$4,740 Kubota 1140RTB, 4 passenger, 4WD dsl., Camo, canopy ......................................................................$14,000
USED EQUIPMENT Oliver 1600, gas, near new 15.5x38 tires Hyd. loader to fit Oliver w/snow bucket........................$5,500 Ford 8N, 1950 Model, side dist., front bumper, draw bar$2,500 Ford Jubliee 12 volt conversion, good winter project ....$1,800 ‘06 Honda Rancher ATV, 4WD, 350cc ............................$3,000 Ford 1200 hyd. loader w/snow bucket all purpose mts.....$475 Dearborn loader w/mounts for 9N, 2N, 8N Ford, needs bucket! ................................................................$200 ‘08 ExMark Lazer ZXS, 25 hp. Kubota dsl., 860 hrs., 72” deck....................................................................$10,000
New Ulm Tractor & Equipment Inc. 13144 Co. Rd. #25 New Ulm, MN
507-354-3612 Kubota, Land Pride, Vicon, Artsway, AgriPac Silage Bags
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3 1200 pound rounds 1st crop for sale. 608-374-2722
WANTED TO BUY: JD 7000 FOR SALE: Big square or 7100 planter, 6, 8, or 12 bales, 1st & 2nd crop. Horse row; 6620 or 7720 or 6600 or or heifer quality. Delivery 7700 combine. 320-351-8990 available. 715-307-4736. WANTED: Double disk open- Small square hay bales, 1st crop. Alfalfa grass mix. ers & mounting brackets (715)643-4142. for dry fertilizer on 3600 Kinze planter. 320-232-0556 South Dakota Western Alfalfa 3 x 3 x 8. Various RFB's WANTED: Farm Hand tub KNS Hay & Transport grinder for round bale pro605-999-1118. cessor. 507-450-0745 WANTED: JD 7000 6RN corn Straw, Grass, Alfalfa, & Corn Stalks in Large planter, must be clean, Rounds & Large Squares, shedded; Model 1300 in net & plastic twine. DeHiniker cab for late model livered in semi loads. Call JD 4020 w/ side console. Tim at 320-221-2085 320-749-2816 Leave message WANTED: JD 7000 or 7200 WANTED AND FOR SALE ALL TYPES of hay & corn planter, 6 or 8 row, straw. Also buying corn, 30'' rows, dry fertilizer, wheat & oats. Western Hay very good cond. 715-822-2710 available.Fox Valley AlfalWANTED: Kent Series 6 soil fa Mill. 920-853-3554 finisher, 24' w/ spike harrow. 763-389-1957 Poultry 053 WANTED: Krause disk FOR SALE: 20 LP chicken 26'-28' long, rock cushion brooders, $35/ea. gangs. Call Jerry Swartz 507-440-0957 or 507-437-1334 218-583-2626 Spraying Equip
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FOR SALE: (1) pr 200 gal 5 Miniature horses. Class A & B. All mares. $100/ea. 4 saddle tanks, universal female llamas. $100/ea. 2 mountings; (1) pr Big John male llamas. $50/ea. 1 500 gal saddle tanks mountminiature Dexter bull. ing for 40-50-60 JD tractor. Muscular and meaty. 3 yrs 320-579-0557 old. $1,000. (715)743-2337 FOR SALE: 45' Hydraulic leave a message. front boom Spraymaster sprayer, 750 gal, 14.9x30 Black Angus Yearling bulls: tires, new pump & stainless Hamp, Duroc & Yorkshire steel foamer. $5,500/OBO. Boars & Gilts 952-446-1120 Alfred Kemen 320-598-3790 FOR SALE: Hardi Comman- FOR SALE: Gehl 1287 mader Plus, 1200 gal, 132' nure spreader, very good & boom, duals, flush cond, $6,995; Cottonwood ramps, Hardi Controller, logs just cut, make offer. $37,500. 320-905-7829 320-276-8399 FOR SALE: L&D Land Pro WANTED TO BUY: 10 -60 3pt sprayer, 90', hyd fold, head of milk cows, Holtriple nozzle bodies, exc stein, Jersey, Swiss or shape, $9,500. 507-863-2253 Guersney. For tie stall barn. Must have Jonees FOR SALE: Wetherall 400 free, SSC under 450, no gal sprayer, 40' boom & jockey or sales barn cattle pumps, $400. 712-786-3341 please. 320-355-2231 Farm Services
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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
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Exceptional Young Brown Swiss Bulls - Elite Genetics. (715)537-5413 www.jerland.com Registered Holstein bull. Good maternal lines, good sires. Have several bulls that will be ready in 2-3 mo. Delivery available. Merritt's Elm-Chris Farm (715)235-9272
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25 beef cows. Sim-An genetics. Due May/ June. High quality. 608-576-7312. 3 Polled, Registered Dexter cows. Manitowoc. (920)684-1776. 4 yr old. Reg Short horn cow. Bred to Red Angus Bowden Cody. Vet checked. Due 8/23/12. (715)447-8705 ask for Anna or Chris. 60 Black Steers & Heifers, 600-800 lbs. 608-792-4223 or 608-788-6258. FOR SALE OR LEASE REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & yearlings; bred heifers, calving ease, club calves & balance performance. Al sired. In herd improvement program. J.W. Riverview Angus Farm Glencoe, MN 55336 Conklin Dealer 320864-4625 FOR SALE: Purebred Galloway Bull. 3 yrs. old. 715-821-1975.
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• MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders • Powder River Livestock & Horse Equipment • Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’ • Jari Sickle Mowers • Grasshopper Lawn Mowers - Special Price Now! • “Tire” feeders & waterers • MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor for skidsteers, tractors, loaders or telehandlers • Good Stock of parts for GT Tox-O-Wic Grain Dryers, Also, Some Used Parts • Sitrex Wheel Rakes - MX Model In Stock • Brillion Alfalfa & Grass Seeders • Bale Baskets • SI Feeders & Bunks • (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders • Enduraplas Bale Feeders, Panels & Tanks • E-Z Trail Wagons, Boxes & Grain Carts • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns • R&C Poly Bale Feeders • Farm King Augers and Mowers • Corral Panels & Horse Stalls • EZ-Trail Head Movers & Bale Racks • Roda Mini-Spreaders • Amish Built Oak bunk feeders & bale racks • Walco log splitter • Goat & Sheep feeders
• We Also Buy & Sell Used GT Tox-O-Wic Dryers Or We Can Rebuild Your Dryer For You
• We Buy & Sell Used Smidley Steer Stuffers Or We Can Rebuild Your Steer Stuffer For You
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:
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WANTED TO BUY: Dairy heifers and cows. 320-2352664
~ 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”
• Early Order Discounts Now In Effect on New GT Dryers, Grasshoppers & Zero Turn Mowers • Woods 6’ 3 pt. snowblower w/orbit motor spout • Gehl #312 Scavenger II spreader, 260 bu., VG • Brady 5600 15’ stalk shredder & windrower • Steer Stuffer & Hog Feeders • 20’ JD BWF disk w/duals, Very Good • Special Prices on new Augers & Gravity Boxes In Stock
FARM, HOME & CONSTRUCTION
FOR SALE: Reg. Black Angus bulls w/ great growth & disposition, breeding out of Schiefelbein Genetics., 320-597-2747
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Office Location - 305 Bluff Street Hutchinson, MN 55350
320-587-2162, Ask for Larry
United Farmers Cooperative United Farmers Cooperative
Main Office: Ag Service Center 840 Pioneer Avenue P.O. Box 4 Lafayette, MN 56054-0004
USED DRYERS & AUGERS Good Selection of Used Dryers - Call! GSI 1226..............................................CALL Feterl 10”x66’, swing ........................$2,995 Feterl 10”x60’, PTO ..........................$2,195 Hutchinson 10”x71, PTO ..................$2,200 Hutchinson 10”x63’, swing drive......$6,995 Sudenga 10”x61’, swing drive..........$7,200 Feterl 12”x82’, swing drive....................Call Feterl 8”x60’ w/motor ......................$3,985
SKIDLOADERS
CIH 42’ crumbler ..............................$9,450 Brillion 40’, 4 bar ............................$12,900 Sunflower 32’ disc ..........................$12,500
SPRAYERS Fast 1000 gal., 90’ boom ................$10,300 Fast 1000 gal., 60’ boom ..................$7,850 Redball 680, 110’, 1300 gal. ..........$17,650 Century 750 gal., 60’ boom ..............$6,650 Century 500 gal., 60’ boom ..............$6,250 Demco 500 gal., 60’ boom ..............$4,350 Koyker 500 gal., 45’ ..........................$3,275
MISCELLANEOUS
CIH 4800, 28.5’, 3 bar ......................$6,250 DMI 530, 5-shank............................$14,800 Krause Dominator, 18’ ....................$44,800 JD 2700, 7-shank ............................$27,900 J&M 875 grain cart..........................$25,900 Demco grain cart, 750 bu...............$17,500 CIH 5400 min-till drill, 20’, 3 pt.........$8,950 Used grain legs......................................Call Knight 8024 side slinger ..................$8,950 NI 3739 spreader ..............................$7,950 Gehl 1410 spreader ..........................$8,250 NI 3632 spreader ..............................$5,850 NI 514 spreader ................................$4,250 TILLAGE Krause Dominator, 21’ ....................$61,900 Woods Batwing mower, 15’..............$8,475 (3) Wilrich 957, 7 shank ........From $22,600 JD 800 swather, 12’ head ................$1,775 Wilrich 357, 5 shank, 3 pt ................$6,250 Used Snowblowers................................Call JD 3 pt. plow, 5 btm ........................$2,850
TRACTORS • • • • • • •
(New) MF 5460, 95 PTO hp., MFD, cab (‘07) MF 3645, 73 PTO hp., MFD, cab, loader (New) MF 2680, 83 PTO hp., MFD (New) MF 1529 Compact, 29 hp., hydro, MFD (‘05) MF 451, 45 PTO hp., 350 hrs. (‘93) Agco 5680, 73 PTO hp., loader, 4250 hrs. IH 70 Hydro w/loader
COMBINES 18-24 Months Interest Free MF 9790, duals, 322 hrs. MF 9790, duals, 1034 hrs. MF 9720, 3292 hrs. MF 8570, 2240 hrs. MF 8570, duals Gleaner R62, 2643 hrs.
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White 708N • CIH 1083 ‘07 Geringhoff 1822, RD • CIH 822, steel ‘08 Geringhoff 1222, RD • CIH 822, GVL, Poly ‘03 Geringhoff 1222, RD ‘08 Geringhoff 1220, NS ‘07 Geringhoff 1220, RD ‘05 Geringhoff 1220, RD ‘04 Geringhoff 1220, RD ‘08 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘06 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘04 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘03 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘01 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘00 Geringhoff 830, RD ‘92 Geringhoff 830, PC ‘07 Geringhoff 820, RD ‘08 Geringhoff 630, RD ‘07 Geringhoff 630, RD ‘01 Geringhoff 630, RD ‘99 NH 996, 12R20” ‘05 NH 98C, 12R20” ‘04 JD 1290, KR JD 1022 ‘98 JD 893 JD 822
CORNHEADS
GRAIN HANDLING • • • • • • • • • • • • •
NEW Brandt 7500 grain vac NEW Brandt 5200 EX grain vac ‘05 Brandt 1070 auger w/swing hopper Brandt 1070, 1080, 1390 augers w/swing hopper Brandt 1515 LP, 1535, 1545, 1575, 1585 belt conveyors Brandt GBU-10 unloader Brandt 10x35 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 Hutchinson 10x61 auger Wheatheart transfer auger, 8”
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NEW MF 1328 & 1329 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 Rouse 16 wheel V-rake Gehl WR520, 12 wheel rake Gehl 1090 mower conditioner sickle MF 828 round baler MF 200 SP windrower Westendorf 3 pt. bale spear
HAY & LIVESTOCK
MISCELLANEOUS • Sunflower 5055, 62’ field cultivator • White 264 disk, 20’ • White 6186 planter, 16R30 • ‘08 JD 520 stalk chopper • ‘07 Balzer 20’ stalk chopper • Loftness 30’ stalk chopper, SM • Maurer 28’-42’ header trailer • WRS 30’ header trailer • ‘11 Degelman LR7645 land roller • ‘11 Degelman 7200 rock picker • ‘11 Degelman 6000 HD rock picker • Lucke 8’ snowblower • NEW SB Select 8’ & 9’ snowblowers Call for availability of Sunflower Field Cultivators
“Where Farm and Family Meet”
‘10 Bobcat T190, heat, AC ............$36,900 ‘09 Bobcat S205, 2-spd. ................$29,900 Bobcat S160, heat, 2-spd. ............$27,600 Gehl 4640 ........................................$13,900 Gehl 4240E ......................................$15,600 Bobcat 743 w/bucket ......................$8,950 Bobcat 742 ........................................$7,550 (2) Bobcat 642B ................................$6,950 ‘09 Gehl 5640E, joystick ................$25,600 Gehl 5640E, heat, 2-spd. ................$27,600 (2) Gehl 3510, bucket........................$6,950 Gehl 4240E, heat, 2007 ..................$17,400 Case 1825B w/bucket ....................$10,650
507-228-8224 or 800-642-4104 www.ufcmn.com LeSueur • 800-252-5993
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USED EQUIPMENT FROM A NAME YOU CAN TRUST! (2) ‘05 T-250, glass cab & heater, 1875 hrs. ............................................................$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 ‘04 S-250, glass cab & heater, hi flow aux., 2100 hrs...............................................$23,500 ‘98 863, glass cab & heater, 3100 hrs. ....$13,900 ‘94 853......................................................$7,900 ‘04 S-130, glass cab & heater, 3200 hrs. $14,900 ‘99 751, glass cab & heater, 5700 hrs. ......$8,900 743 ............................................................$7,500 530 ............................................................$2,750 ‘05 NH LS185.B, glass cab w/AC, 1000 hrs.
............................................................$26,500 ‘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 ‘09 Case 420 Series 3, glass cab & heater, 106 hrs.................................................$26,000 Case 1830 ................................................$4,500 Silage Defacer ..........................................$3,000
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A family business since 1946 with the Lanos: Jack, Paul, Bob and Andy
USED TRACTORS
USED PLANTERS
‘89 Ford 846, 3 pt., 3800 hrs. ..........................$36,000 ‘07 NH TG-245, MFD, 2100 hrs.......................$108,900 ‘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, MFD, cab, loader, 3500 hrs. ........$25,500 ‘04 NH TT75, loader, 675 hrs. ..........................$16,500 ‘61 Ford 901, gas, 5-spd.....................................$3,500 Ford 9N, loader, Nice Shape ................................$2,950 ‘75 White 2-105, MFD, cab, 5300 hrs. ..............$12,500 Minneapolis Moline M-670, LP gas ....................$3,950 ‘72 AC 180, dsl. ..................................................$7,750 ‘10 CIH 140 Pro, MFD, cab, loader, 400 hrs.......$85,500 ‘80 JD 4440, quad shift ....................................$18,500 ‘86 JD 1250, MFD, loader, 3250 hrs. ..................$8,250 ‘86 C-IH 1896, 9300 hrs. ..................................$12,000 Farmall H ............................................................$1,250 ‘99 Cub Cadet 7205, MFD, 60” mower deck, 843 hrs. ..........................................................$7,500
White 8524, 24 row, 30” spacings, liq. fert. ......$63,500 ‘96 White 6100, 12x30......................................$19,500 White 6700, 12x30, 3 pt., lift assist ..................$13,500 ‘90 White 5100, 8x36, dry fert., vertical fold ......$5,950 ‘00 KInze 3700, 24 row, 20” spacings ..............$56,000 JD 7000, 4x38, dry fert ......................................$2,950
USED COMBINES ‘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
“Where Farm and Family Meet”
USED TILLAGE ‘09 Wilrich XL2, 60’, 3 bar harrow w/rolling basket ..........................................................$58,500 ‘06 Wilrich Quad X, 50’, 5 bar spike harrow ......$34,500 ‘07 Wilrich Quad X, 47’, 3 bar harrow w/rolling basket ..........................................................$39,900 ‘09 Wilrich Quad X2, 37’, 3 bar harrow w/rolling basket ..........................................................$41,250 ‘03 Wilrich Quad X, 37’, 4 bar harrow, floating hitch ..............................................................$26,500 ‘99 Wilrich 2800, 24’, 4 bar harrow ....................$7,950 Wilrich 10FC, 27’, 3 bar harrow ..........................$4,000 ‘09 JD 2210, 44.5’, 4 bar harrow, floating hitch$36,500 JD 985, 49’, 3 bar harrow ................................$21,000 ‘94 JD 980, 36.5’, 3 bar harrow........................$14,900 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
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 Gehl 2170, 9’ haybine ........................................$2,250 ‘98 MacDon 4000, 9’ haybine ............................$5,250 ‘84 Versatile 4814, 14’ haybine for 276/9030 ....$3,500 ‘09 NH BB-9060 large square baler, 30,000 bales ......................................................................$59,900 ‘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 ‘83 NH 849 round baler ......................................$2,500 ‘79 NH 846 round baler ......................................$2,250 ‘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 ‘09 NH FP-240, 29P hayhead, chopped hay only ........................................................$38,900 ‘88 NH 900, 900 W hay head, 824 cornhead ....$12,500 NH 790 chopper, 2 row cornhead, hay head........$7,500 NH 30 forage blower..............................................$500 JD 65 forage blower ..............................................$350 ‘09 H&S X13 rake ..............................................$8,900
USED MISCELLANEOUS ‘05 NH 195 spreader ..........................................$9,950 ‘06 NH 185 spreader ..........................................$9,000 ‘04 H&S 270 spreader ........................................$7,250 ‘96 H&S 235 spreader ........................................$2,850 NI 3639 spreader ................................................$5,500 ‘11 Meyers 190A spreader..................................$6,750 ‘05 NH 3110 spreader ........................................$4,750 ‘03 Gehl MS1329 spreader ..............................$11,500
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DAMAGED GRAIN WANTED ANYWHERE We buy damaged corn and grain any condition - wet or dry TOP DOLLAR We have vacs and trucks CALL HEIDI OR LARRY
NORTHERN AG SERVICE INC 800-205-5751
1907 E. Main. Albert Lea, MN 56007 www.westrumtruck.com
-Day Cab‘05 IH 9200 ..............................................................CALL ‘04 Columbia, auto shift ........................................CALL ‘90 Volvo FA, single axle w/26’ AL hopper ......$12,500 ‘00 Century, Big Power ......................................$21,000 ‘96 Jet 34’ trailer ....................................................CALL
507-383-8976 Cell 507-373-4218 • 507-448-3306
NOW HIRING SERVICE TECHS Please send resume to: 63065 206th St., Attn: Mike Janesville, MN 56024 ‘05 NH LS185B, cab/heat ................................$21,500 NH L553 w/bucket & fork ..................................$5,500 NEW Versatile 435, 4WD ......................................CALL Westendorf WL40 w/IH mts ..............................$2,600 NEW Versatile 250, FWA ......................................CALL NEW Versatile 305, FWA ......................................CALL ‘94 Gleaner R72 w/new engine ............................CALL NEW NH TD5050, FWA, w/cab ............................CALL ‘00 Gleaner R72 w/CDF........................................CALL ‘98 NH 8870, FWA, 4900 hrs. ........................COMING ‘02 Gleaner R62 w/’04 8-30 CH, ‘03 825 flex NEW Massey HD2680, FWA, w/cab ....................CALL w/Crary..............................................................CALL White 2-105 ......................................................$13,500 ‘03 Gleaner R65 ....................................................CALL ‘60 IH 560, WF ....................................................$5,200 Gleaner R60 ......................................................$25,000 IH 460 ..................................................................$3,960 ‘08 Fantini 12-30 chopping cornhead..............$68,000 IH 706 w/cab & loader ........................................$7,500 NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ........................CALL JD 4010 gas, w/cab ............................................$7,500 ‘79 Allis 185, nice ................................................$6,800 New Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand ‘66 Allis 190 gas..................................................$6,500 ‘81 Case 2290 w/loader....................................$16,900 Hesston 1150, 12’ ..............................................$1,800 Ford 971 w/loader ..............................................$1,800
USED TRACTORS
COMBINES
HAY TOOLS
PLANTERS NEW White planters ............................................CALL White 6108, 8-30 ............................................COMING White 5100, 12-30 ..............................................$5,500 Hiniker 30’ seeder ............................................$19,500
TILLAGE CIH 5800, 27.5 chisel plow ..............................$16,500 M&W 9-shank, 24” w/leveler ............................$14,500 Salford 24’ RTS ....................................................CALL ‘07 JD 3710, 10-bottom........................................CALL JD 2800, 7 btm, onland ........................................CALL Wilrich 10-bottom plow ........................................CALL Wilrich 3400, 50.5’ w/4 bar ............................COMING
SKIDSTEERS NEW NH skidsteers on hand ..............................CALL
MISCELLANEOUS
NEW Salford RT units ..........................................CALL 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
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%
TRACTORS
NEW EQUIPMENT 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 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 ..............................$1,750 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
Woodford Ag 507-430-5144 37666 300th St. • Redwood Falls, MN WWW.WOODFORDAG.COM
Geringhoff 8R30 roto disc ........$45,500 Geringhoff 6R30, PC ....................CALL Geringhoff 6R30, PC ..................$7,950 NH 974 8R22 ................................CALL Harvestec Gen. III, 8R30 ........$29,000 Harvestec Gen. III, 8R30 ........$26,500 CIH 1083, shedded ..................$10,500 ‘98 CIH 1083 ............................$13,900 CIH 1083, Clean........................$10,500 JD 643, 6R30..............................$5,500 ‘04 MF 8R30 hugger head ........$25,500
Century 1000, 60’, chemical inductor....................................$9,950 Century 1000, 60’, X-fold hydraulic ..................................$8,950 Century 750, 60’, FM..................$6,500 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 Many More In 1000-1500 gal. ......CALL
AUGERS
(2) Krause 4850-18, all parabolics, 10’, Reconditioned ................$44,500 Krause Dominator, 21’ rolling basket ....................................$57,500 Krause 4820-21 coulter chisel w/harrow................................$45,000 ‘08 Krause 4850-18’, baskets ......CALL ‘08 JD 2700, 11-24” ................$29,900 DMI 9300 ..................................$34,500 DMI 7-30, Nice Paint ................$14,500 Krause 4850-15, 10’ ................$34,500 NH ST830, 35’, harrow, 1-Season................................$42,900 JD 512 ......................................$31,500 DMI 730B, lead shanks, gates, harrow, Clean ........................$25,500 DMI 730, standard shanks........$14,000 Kent 9-shank, S/A, newer blades ......................................$2,750 DMI Coulter Champ II ................$2,995 Krause 4850-18, 200 acres ......$52,000 Case 730B, lead shanks, new leveler ....................................$27,500
Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ..........$8,250 Westfield MK 10x71 GLP ..........$7,750 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ........$11,950 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP, w/hyd swing ..........................$11,500 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ........$11,250 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ........$11,750 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ........$11,500 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ........$10,900 Westfield MK 13x71 GLP ..........$9,950 Westfield MK 10x61 ..................$7,500 Westfield MK 10x61, GLP ..........$5,750
Many Other Used Straight & Swing Hoppers On Hand - CALL
PLANTERS
SKIDSTEERS
NH L150, heater ............................CALL White 8524-30, LF, 15” Martin cleaners................................$121,500 NH LS160 ................................$14,900 JD 24R22”, Friesen bar, LF, SPRAYERS vacuum ..................................$35,000 Hardi Commander 1500, 132’, White 8200, 12R30, LF, row duals ..........................................CALL cleaners..................................$47,500 Hardi Navigator 1000, 60’........$11,500 White 8222, 12R30, LF, row Hardi 6600, 120’, steering cleaners..................................$47,500 duals ......................................$68,500 JD 1760, 12R30 fert., row cleaners Hardi Navigator 1100, 100’, ..........................................COMING IN controller................................$27,000 White 8524-30, CF, LF, cleaners Wilrich Trailmaster, 90’ ..........$12,900 ............................................$115,000 Hardi Navigator 1000M, 90’, White 6180, LF, 16R30 ............$27,900 FM..........................................$17,900 White 6100, LF, 12R30, floating Hardi Navigator 1000, 90’, FM $19,500 row cleaners ..........................$20,500 Blumhardt 1000, 90’, T/A..........$4,950 White 6100, LF, 12R30 ............$15,500 Hardi TR500, 60’ ........................$2,950 White 6100, 12R30 ......................CALL Walsh 45’ tine ride......................$1,950 JD 7300, 12R30, vacuum ........$11,900 Nardi Navigator 1100, 80’, White 5100, 8R30, VF ................$5,500 diaphragm..............................$25,500 Conveyall BTS 290 ..................$14,000 Hardi TR500, 42’, 45’ ................$3,150 Brillion SS12 ................................CALL Hardi TR500, 40’ ........................$3,350 Hardi HC950, 90’......................$13,500 COMBINE HEADS CIH 1063, clean tin ....................$8,250 Hardi TR1000, 60’, T/A, clean ....$6,500 Hardi TR500, 42’, S/A ................$2,750 ‘09 Harvestec 4312C, 12R30 NH SP240R, 90’, duals ..........................................COMING IN Lease A Yr. - $37,300
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chlauderaff Impl. Co. 320-693-7277
DISK RIPPERS & CHISELS
SPREADERS New Knight PS160 ........................CALL Knight 8124, truck tires ................CALL NH 308 ..........................................CALL NH 185, T/A, endgate ................$7,950 ‘04 Knight 1230, 30 loads ........$11,950 Knight 1230, hyd. endgate ........$9,500 Gehl 1410, truck tires ................$8,200 NI 3732, uppper beater ..............$6,250 NI 3739 ......................................$7,250 NI 3639, T/A ..............................$3,750 NI 3739, T/A ..............................$7,250 NI 3739, T/A, new apron ....COMING IN Meyers 390, upper beater, 4 years old ............................$10,000
We Sell New Westfield Augers
60240 U.S. Hwy. 12 Litchfield, MN Ask for John, Jared, Roger or Rick
“Where Farm and Family Meet”
TRACTORS ‘05 JD 9320, 3 pt., 3200 hrs. ....$139,900 ‘01 JD 9400T, 3 pt., 5400 hrs., 30” tracks ................................$93,900 ‘91 JD 8960, 8300 hrs. ................$52,500 ‘90 Ford 946, 6100 hrs. ..............$44,500 ‘90 Ford 876, 6200 hrs. ..............$42,500 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
NH TJ325, 380” duals, PTO, 5500 hrs., 1100 hrs. on tires ........................................$102,500
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E-TRAIL GRAIN CARTS 710 Bu. - On Hand ......................$18,795 510 Bu. - On Hand ..Starting at $10,995 GRAVITY WAGONS 600 Agrimaster, On Hand ..........$13,500 500 E-Z Trail, On Hand ....$7,995-$9,020 400 E-Z Trail......................$6,895-$7,250 HARVEST INTERNATIONAL/AUGERS T10-32 PTO Truck Auger ..............$3,500 T10-42 Truck Auger ......................$4,250 T10-52 Truck Auger ......................$4,950 H10-62 Swing Hopper ..................$8,500 H10-72 Swing Hopper ..................$9,300 H10-82 Swing Hopper ..................$9,750 H13-62 Swing Hopper ................$13,500 H13-72 Swing Hopper ................$14,500 H13-82 Swing Hopper ................$15,500 H13-92 Swing Hopper ................$18,500 18-44 Belt Conveyor, 7.5 hp ........$9,950 12 Volt Auger Mover ....................$1,995 Hyd. Auger Mover ........................$1,350
T9060 HD, 249 hrs. ................$271,350 Case 3394, 18.4R42 New, 6500 hrs. ..............................$34,900 Ford 8830, reman. eng. ......COMING IN Jd 8760, triples....................COMING IN NH TJ325, PTO, 380/54 duals $102,500 CIH 7140, 2WD, duals, 18.4R42’s, Decent....................................$29,500 Oliver 1655, wide front ..............$5,500 NH TM135, 2WD, loader, 4000 hrs. ..............................$43,000 NH TJ380, 800/R38, 1750 hrs. ............................................$152,000 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 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
New Riteway Rollers - Lease Rates F3-42 - lease a yr. - $6,280 F3-46 - lease a yr. - $6,670 F5-68 - lease a yr. - $10,170
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Versatile 946, 20.8x42 duals, diff. lock, 5960 hrs., rock box ..$54,000
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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
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Polled Herefords. Bred cows & heifers. Also, heifer calves. 608-839-5207 or 608-235-9417
• 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 - 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 - Calumet 3750 gal. vacuum manure tank w/3-unit disc injector - Better Bilt 3400 gal. vacuum tank - Better Bilt 2600 tandem axle vac tank - Calumet 2250 gal. vacuum tank w/2-shank injector Express - Van Dale 2250 gal. vacuum tank Lagoon - Better Bilt 2100 gal. vacuum tank Pump - Better Bilt 1650 vac tank - Badger 1500 gal. vacuum tank - VanDale 1500 vac tank - Hawkbilt 1500 gal. vacuum tank - Better Bilt 1500 vacuum tank - Better Bilt 1300 single axle vacuum tank - Dietrich 5 unit sweep injector
Misc.Equipment:
- Spray Specialites XLRD 1500 gal., 80’ boom sprayer - Redball 570, 1200 gal., 90’ boom w/Raven 450 monitor - Top Air 1100 gal., 88’ boom, Raven 450 monitor - Top Air 1100 gal., 60’ boom - Top Air 1000 gal., 60’ boom, MT 3000 monitor - L & D 1000 gal., 90’ boom - L & D 1000 gal., 88’ boom, no monitor - Blumhardt tandem axles, 1000 gal., 90’ boom w/foamer - Top Air 1000 gal., 60’ X-fold boom V-Pump w/Raven 440 monitor, tandem axle • Up to 4000 - Century HD 1000 gal., 60’ boom - ‘02 MF3, 800 gal., 60’ boom, self-propelled gallons - AgChem 750 gal., 60’ X-fold boom, per minute The most durable and tandem axle dependable high capacity - Walsh 500 gal., 45’ boom pump available. - Brent 1084 grain cart Other: - (2) Brent 600 GREEN gravity wagons - Clay 12’ vertical pump - Nuhn 540, 8’ vertical pump - Brent 420 grain cart - Brent 472 gravity wagon - N Tech vari width vertical - Balzer 314 agitator - J&M 525 grain cart manure pump - Hydro Engineering, 16- ‘09 Doda 10’ vertical pump shank, 30’, 3 pt, direct injec- - JD 1210A, 400 bu. grain cart - Parker 505 RED gravity wagon - Balzer Doda 6’ Super 150 tor tool bar - Fork type rock picker vertical pump - 8”x30’ wheeled load stand - Reel type Degelman rock picker - Balzer 38’ lagoon pump - PFM hydraulic rock picker - Case IH 4300, 281⁄2’ , 3 bar field cultivator - Tyler pull-type fertilizer spreader - Mobility 6.5 ton 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 - CIH 30’ flat fold rotary hoe - ‘99 Freisen Model 220 brush auger - JD model 2700, 7 shank chisel plow - DMI 730B, 7 shank chisel plow - NH 9680, 4WD, 3580 hrs., 1994 - NH 9282, 4WD, 3890 hrs, 1997 - JD 7730, 2WD, 636 hrs, 2007
Axis Seed Sales in Central MN SS/VT3P Corn, RR2Y Soybeans, W-L Alfalfa, Farm Chemicals, Fertilizer
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
MARK DIETZ 507-676-7767 midsotaag@yahoo.com www.midsotaag.com
Red & Black Angus Bulls, most AI sired. weaning weights 700-850 lbs., Care is including through May 15th in price, 1/3 down, balance when picked up. Meado-West Farms (715)664-8854. Registered Texas Longhorn breeding stock, cows, heifers or roping stock, top blood lines. 507-235-3467 WANT TO BUY: Butcher cows, bulls, fats & walkable cripples; also horses, sheep & goats. 320-235-2664 Horse
4 yr old Paint Gelding, spirited, handsome, $750. (920)290-0195. For sale: 12 yr old Suffolk Punch gelding. Drives single & double, broke to ride. 15.1H & 1500#. Chestnut w/flaxen mane and tail. $1800 obo 920-623-4435 Sheep
Call 651-923-4430 or 651-380-6034
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20 yr old standard bred Bay Mare, in good condition, $200. (920)290-0195
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Suffolk Lambs. 2 Spring ewe lambs pregnant, $350/ea. 2 Summer ewes, $250/ea. 1 Fall buck, $250. (608)295-4843.
LOCAL TRADES TRACTORS ‘83 JD 8450, 4WD-$25,000 Farmall 35 w/loader
TILLAGE ‘04 9300, 9-shank-$21,500 DMI 730B (Blue)-$16,500 DMI 730B (Red)-$19,500 Wilrich 4015 field cult.
HARVEST CIH 1660 CIH 7088 CIH 6088 ‘97 2166 ‘08 7010, 239 sep. hrs.
1020, 20 & 25 platforms IH 983, 8-30 CH Geringhoff 8-30 chopping head JD 893 8-30 chopping head ‘99 1083, 8-30 2208, 8-30
MISCELLANEOUS J&M 750 cart w/scale 240B, 8-30 shredder
SPRING EQUIPMENT CIH 1200, 16R Pivot CIH 1250, 24R JD 7200, 12-30 Kinze 3200, 12R
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FOR SALE: Nubian Dairy Goats. Most are registered & have been to shows. Some does freshening soon. Call Steve before 2:00 pm. (715)669-5278. Spanish Goats - Doelings & some nice yearling bucks. (715)255-8062. Swine
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BOARS-BRED GILTS, Large White, YxD, HxD, outdoor condition. 712-297-7644 Marvin Wuebker Compart's total program features superior boars & open gilts documented by BLUP technology. Duroc, York, Landrace & F1 lines. Terminal boars offer leanness, muscle, growth. Maternal gilts & boars are productive, lean, durable. All are stress free & PRRS free. Semen also available through Elite Genes A.I. Make 'em Grow! Comparts Boar Store, INC. Toll Free: 877-441-2627
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Australian Shepherd Puppies. Champion herding bloodlines. Wonderful family pets. All colors available. $150. (715)664-8340. Female Australian Shepherd puppy. Dark red w/ white paws & small strip of white on forehead. Parents are on a farm & this is the last one. $125/OBO. (715)654-5312. Maremma cross male sheep dog, 4 yrs. old brown & white, neutered, friendly, $100. (920)290-0195. Tri-colored male Sheltie. Proven stud. asking $350. (715)743-2337. Leave a message. Livestock Equip
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For Sale: New steer feeders, calf & finisher sizes 3/4 to 8 ton cap. 920-948-3516 www.steerfeeder.com Ford 5600 tractor, 2WD, no cab, dsl., dual power, 2 spindle hydraulics. 9,300 hrs., good cond. $9,000 obo. (715)653-4111.
WANTED TO BUY! USED BULK MILK COOLER ALL SIZES. 920-867-3048 Industrial & Const.
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'89 Nissan gas forklift, 3 stage, 6,000 lbs lift cap, $9,500. 507-381-1871
‘02 JD 1560, no till, 15’ grass seed ................................$24,900
‘04 JD 2210, 50.5’ ........$43,900
“Contact Paul Gohlke for your John Deere crop insurance needs. 612-756-0001”
4WD TRACTORS (O)’11 JD 9630, Lease Return ........................................$279,900 (B)’11 JD 9630, 200 hrs., Lease Return ........................$279,900 (O)’11 JD 9530, 207 hrs., Lease Return ........................$264,900 (O)’10 JD 9630, 810 hrs., Extended Warranty ................$255,900 (H)’09 JD 9630, 1060 hrs., Extended Warranty ..............$244,900 (H)’97 JD 9400, 3958 hrs. ..............................................$105,900
TRACK TRACTORS (O)’11 JD 9530T, 464 hrs. ..............................................$289,900 (H)’10 JD 8345RT, 250 hrs. ............................................$257,900 (H)’08 JD 9630T, 2245 hrs., auto trac ready ..................$238,500 (O)’10 JD 8295RT, 400 hrs., 25” tracks..........................$219,900 (B)’07 JD 9620T, 2283 hrs. ............................................$209,900 (W)’01 JD 9400T, 2919 hrs., 3 pt. ..................................$134,900 (H)’95 CAT 85C, 9377 hrs., 36” tracks ............................$39,900
ROW CROP TRACTORS (B)’03 JD 7520, 2800 hrs., IVT ........................................$76,900 (B)’89 JD 4755, 9781 hrs. ................................................$49,900 (B)’90 JD 2555, 1872 hrs., loader, cab ............................$25,900 (H)’80 JD 4240, 7666 hrs., Quad......................................$22,500 (B)’88 JD 2755, 2WD........................................................$14,900 (H)’73 IH 1466, cab ..........................................................$11,500 (H)’66 JD 3020, gas, loader................................................$6,400 (B)’59 IH 560, gas, wide front ............................................$5,950
COMBINES (O)’11 JD 9870, 1467 sep. hrs. ......................................$314,900 (O)’11 JD 9770, 256 sep. hrs. ........................................$268,900 (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 (H)’10 JD 9770, 552 sep. hrs. ........................................$233,500 (O)’08 JD 9770, 759 sep. hrs., PRWD............................$219,500 (B)’08 JD 9670, 532 sep. hrs. ........................................$214,900 (O)’10 JD 9570, 419 sep. hrs., duals..............................$206,000 (O)’09 JD 9670, 990 sep. hrs., auto trac ready ..............$199,000 (H)’08 JD 9570, 475 sep. hrs., duals..............................$198,900 (O)’08 JD 9570, 418 sep. hrs. ........................................$196,000 (B)’06 JD 9560, 779 sep. hrs., side hill pkg., PRWD......$185,900 (O)’07 JD 9660, 1032 sep. hrs. ......................................$179,900 (B)’05 JD 9860, 1235 sep. hrs. ......................................$169,900 (H)’04 JD 9760, 1237 hrs. ..............................................$149,500 (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. ......................................$109,900 (H)’98 JD 9510, 2284 sep. hrs., PRWD............................$79,900 (O)’10 JD 608C, 8 row 30” ..............................................$64,500 (B)’91 JD 9500, 2057 sep. hrs., PRWD ............................$49,900 (W)’97 JD 9500, 3021 sep. hrs. ......................................$49,900
(B)’83 JD 6620SH, sidehill, 3700 hrs. ..............................$15,900 (B)’80 JD 6620, 4384 hrs. ................................................$14,900 (B)’87 JD 4425, 2443 hrs. ................................................$12,900 (B)’81 JD 7720, 4590 hrs. ..................................................$9,900
SPRING TILLAGE (B)’09 JD 2310, 45’9” mulch finisher ..............................$74,900 (H)’11 JD 2210, 35.5’, rolling basket................................$49,900 (W)’04 JD 2210, 50.5’ ......................................................$43,900 (B)’05 JD 2210, 58.5’........................................................$42,500 (B)’05 JD 2210, 36.5’........................................................$37,900 (W)’03 JD 2200, 34.5’ ......................................................$32,900 (H)’98 JD 980, 38.5’ ........................................................$19,900 (O)’94 JD 980, 44.5’ ........................................................$18,500 (B)’94 JD 980, 39.5’..........................................................$16,900 (W)Case 4300, 43’ ............................................................$13,500 (H)JD 960, 36.5’ ................................................................$4,950 (B)JD 1000, 32.5’ ..............................................................$2,795
CORN HEADS (H)’08 JD 612C, 12R22” ..................................................$74,900 (O)’08 JD 612C, 12R30” chopping ..................................$74,900 (O)’08 JD 612C, 12R20” chopping ..................................$72,500 (B)’05 Geringhoff 18R22” ................................................$69,900 (H)’08 JD 612C, 12R20” chopping ..................................$67,500 (H)’10 JD 608, 8R30” chopping ......................................$63,500 (H)’10 JD 608, chopping ..................................................$63,500 (O)’08 JD 608C, 8R30” ....................................................$57,900 (B)’11 JD 606, 6R30” chopping........................................$52,900 (H)’06 Geringhoff RD830, chopping ................................$49,900 (B)’05 Calmers, 18R20”....................................................$49,900 (B)’07 Geringhoff RD830, 8R30” ......................................$49,900 (H)’08 JD 608, 8R30”, non chopping ..............................$44,500 (B)’01 JD 1290, 20” knife rolls ........................................$31,900 (O)’02 JD 1293, 30” knife rolls ........................................$29,900 (B)’03 JD 1293, 30” knife rolls ........................................$29,900 (B)’97 JD 693, knife rolls ..................................................$22,900 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. ..............................................$205,000 (O)’08 JD 4930, 1563 hrs., 120’ boom ..........................$205,000 (O)’11 JD 4730, 155 hrs., 100’ boom ............................$203,500 (O)’09 JD 4930, 2213 hrs., 120’ boom ..........................$199,750
(O)’10 JD 4730, 916 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$187,750 (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 (O)’10 JD 4730, 90’ boom ..............................................$181,700 (O)’06 JD 4920, 2335 hrs., dry applicator ......................$180,000 (O)’09 JD 4730, 735 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$179,850 (O)’10 JD 4730, 894 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$179,850 (O)’09 JD 4730, 1222 hrs., 90’ boom ............................$178,900 (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)’06 JD 4720, 2227 hrs. ..............................................$137,250 (H)’01 JD 4710, 2421 hrs., 80’ boom ..............................$99,900 (O)Top Air TA1600, 1600 gal., 90’/120’ boom ..................$36,900 (O)Top Air TA1100, 1100 gal., 80’ boom ..........................$24,500 (O)Spraymaster, 1100 gal., 80’ boom ..............................$18,500 (H)Top Air 1000, 60’ boom ................................................$6,500
PLANTERS & DRILLS (H)’10 JD 1990, 40’, 15” spacing, CCS ............................$84,500 (B)CIH 1200, Bauer Built bar, 36R20” ..............................$79,900 (H)’00 JD 1770, 16R30”, liq. fert. ....................................$54,900 (H)’06 JD 1760, 12R30”, liq. fert. ....................................$49,900 (O)’97 JD 1780, 24R20” ..................................................$48,500 (H)’98 JD 1760, 12R30”, liq. fert. ....................................$36,500 (H)’04 JD 1710, 12R30” ..................................................$26,900 (H)’00 JD 750, 20’ no till drill ..........................................$26,900 (B)’02 JD 1560, 15’ no till ................................................$24,900 (B)’97 JD 455, 25’, 10” spacing........................................$18,900 (B)’91 JD 7200, 8R30”, liq. fert. ........................................$9,900 (B)JD 7000, 8R30”, liq. fert. ..............................................$4,995
HAY & FORAGE (B)’07 JD 568, surface wrap ............................................$29,900 (B)’05 JD 956, 14’6” center pivot ....................................$19,900 (W)’02 JD 567, surface wrap............................................$19,900 (B)’08 NH BR7090, twine only..........................................$19,900 (B)’05 NH 1431, 13’..........................................................$19,900 (W)’03 JD 457SS, surface wrap ......................................$16,900 (B)’03 JD 467, cover edge ................................................$16,500 (B)’05 JD 525, 8’2” MoCo ................................................$12,900 (B)NH 499, 12’ center pivot ................................................$9,900 (B)Vermeer MC830 rotary MoCo ........................................$8,900 (B)’98 NH 664, 2200 lb. bale ..............................................$6,995 (B)’92 JD 1600, center pivot, MoCo ..................................$5,900 (B)NH 278 square baler ......................................................$3,500 (W)’79 JD 336, ejector........................................................$2,950 (B)Meyer throw wagon ................................................2@ $1,995 (W)H&S throw wagon ..................................................2@ $1,500
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Newer bulk tank washer for a Sunset bulk tank. $400 cash. Also washer for a Sunset flat top bulk tank. $200 cash. 507-838-8852.
‘09 JD 4730, 1282 hrs., Loaded..........................$176,500
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FOR SALE: Duroc, Hampshire, Yorkshire, & Hamp/Duroc boars. Also Hamp/York gilts. 4-H pigs also available. Genetics from top AI sires, many winners over the years. Exc herd health. No PRSS. Delivery Available. Stan Adelman. 320-568-2225
‘11 JD 4730, 359 hrs., 90’ boom ......................................$208,250
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‘11 CIH 535Q, 1306 hrs., big pump, Lux. cab ..................................$289,000
‘05 JD 9620T, 2170 hrs., new tracks ................................................$189,900
‘08 CIH Magmum 215, 1278 hrs., 320R54 tires & duals, HID lgts.$119,900
‘08 Magnum 215, 835 hrs., 360 HID lgts., 320R54 tires & duals ....$122,900
‘11 Magnum 215, Lux. cab, auto guide ready, 360 HID lgts., 233 hrs. $138,900
‘06 CIH MX285, 2084 hrs. ....$124,900
‘10 Magnum 335, 1465 hrs. $189,000
‘02 CIH MX240, 3154 hrs., front & rear duals ........................................$84,800
‘00 JD 9400, 5166 hrs., PTO, power shift ........................................$119,900
‘06 CIH MX285, sus. axle, loaded 2084 hrs. ................................$124,900
‘11 CIH Magnum 275, sus. axle, full auto guide ..............................$179,900
‘90 JD 8960, 4890 hrs., 3 pt. hitch ..................................................$79,500
‘07 Steiger 480, 710R42 tires, Lux. cab, auto guide, 2426 hrs. ......$189,900
‘84 Steiger CP1400, 7314 hrs. ..................................................$55,000
‘11 CIH 9120, 290 eng./248 sep. hrs. ................................................$359,000
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‘11 CIH Steiger 500Q, scraper tractor, 30” tracks, big pump, Lux. cab, HID lights, 92 hrs. ......$325,000 ‘11 CIH Steiger 550Q, scraper tractor, Lux. cab, big pump, HID lights, 732 hrs. ......................$335,000 ‘11 CIH Steiger 535Q, Lux. cab, HID lights, full auto guide steering, 1306 hrs...........................$289,000 ‘09 CIH Steiger 535Q, Lux. cab, big hyd. pump, drawbar, full PRO 600 steering, 1980 hrs., Farm Use Only ................................................................................................................................$242,500 ‘11 CIH Steiger 535Q, scraper tractor, Lux. cab, HID lights, 2061 hrs. ......................................$235,000 ‘10 CIH Steiger 535Q, scraper tractor, Lux. cab, HID lights, full PRO 600 steering, 2355 hrs. ..$235,000 ‘05 CIH STX450Q, scraper trade in, 30” tracks, front blade, 1737 hrs. ........................................$189,900 ‘11 CIH Steiger 435, Lux. cab, HID lights, 1000 PTO, 620/70R42 tires, 500 hrs. ....................COMING IN ‘07 CIH Steiger 480, Lux. cab, HD darwbar, HD hyd. pump, HID lights, 710/70R42 tires, 2425 hrs. ..........................................................................................................................................$189,000 ‘07 CIH Steiger 480, 710/70R42 tires, 2185 hrs. ..........................................................................$184,500 ‘05 JD 9620T, Track Unit, Ag use only, New Camo AG tracks, 2170 hrs. ....................................$189,900 ‘02 CIH STS375Q, Quad Trac, big pump, HID lights, diff. lock, 5700 hrs.....................................$124,000 ‘00 JD 9400, PS, 425 hp., 710/70R38 95%, 5100 hrs. ..................................................................$119,000 ‘99 CIH 9380Q, easy steer, 6500 hrs. ................................................................................................$69,900 ‘90 JD 8960, 24.5x32 duals 90%, 4 rem., 3 pt., 24-spd., 4890 hrs. ................................................$79,500 ‘84 Steiger CP1400, New Mich. duals, 7314 hrs. ............................................................................$55,000 STX and STEIGER PTO, TOW CABLE & 3 PT. KITS ON HAND!!!
‘11 CIH 9120, track drive, RWA, 290 eng./248 sep. hrs., leather, loaded ....................................$359,000 ‘09 CIH 8120, 878 eng./646 sep. hrs...............................................................................................$245,000 ‘11 CIH 7120, 205 eng./170 sep. hrs. ..............................................................................................$257,000 ‘09 CIH 7120, 825 eng./712 sep. hrs...............................................................................................$212,900 ‘09 CIH 5088, 290 eng./230 sep. hrs., 30.5x32 tires, hyd. folding covers ....................................$189,900 ‘08 CIH 7010, 1628 eng./1252 sep. hrs., 520x42 duals, 4WD........................................................$169,900 ‘06 CIH 8010, 1762 eng./1329 sep. hrs...........................................................................................$154,900 ‘04 CIH 2388, 1550 eng./1350 sep. hrs., duals, chopper, topper ..................................................$129,500 ‘11 CIH 2608, 8R30” cornhead ..........................................................................................................$59,800 ‘11 CIH 2608, 8R30” cornhead ..........................................................................................................$59,800 ‘10 CIH 2608, 8R30” cornhead ..........................................................................................................$54,900 ‘11 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ..........................................................................................................$42,800 ‘06 CIH 2208, 8R30” cornhead, fits 23-25 Series ............................................................................$28,900 ‘06 CIH 2208/2408, 8R30” cornhead, converted to new wide feeder............................................$28,900 ‘96 CIH 1083, 8R30” cornhead ..........................................................................................................$11,900 ‘98 CIH 1083, 8R30” cornhead ..........................................................................................................$12,900 ‘09 CIH 2162, 40’ platform, draper, single knife ..............................................................................$49,900 (4) ‘11 CIH 3020, 35’ platform, air reel ..............................................................................................$42,900 ‘11 CIH 3020, 35’ platform ................................................................................................................$34,900 ‘08 CIH 2020, 35’ platform, 3” knife, rock guard ..............................................................................$32,900 ‘08 CIH 2020, 35’ platform, 3” knife, air reel ....................................................................................$34,900 ‘10 CIH 2020, 30’ platform, 3” knife, air reel ....................................................................................$34,000 ‘04 CIH 1020, 30’ platform ................................................................................................................$12,900 ‘03 CIH 1020, 30’ platform, 11⁄2” knife, tracker, rock guard ............................................................$14,900 ‘98 CIH 1020, 30’ platform ..................................................................................................................$8,900 ‘92 CIH 1020, 20’ platform, 3” knife ....................................................................................................$6,500
USED 2WD TRACTORS Up To One Year Interest Free ••• Call For Details ••• ‘10 CIH Magnum 335, 1419 hrs., Lux. cab, 360 HID lights, dual PTO..........................................$189,000 ‘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 ..................................................................................................................................$179,900 ‘07 CIH Magnum 275, 1035 hrs., Lux. cab, 360 HID lights, susp. axle ........................................$137,000 ‘11 CIH Magnum 215, 223 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lights, auto guide ready ......................................$138,900 ‘08 CIH Magnum 215, 835 hrs, 320R54 tires & duals, Lux. cab, 360 HID lights..........................$122,900 ‘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., front & rear duals ..................................................................................$98,800 ‘02 CIH MX240, 3154 hrs., 1000 PTO, 3 hyd. remotes, 480/80R46 ................................................$84,800 ‘92 CIH 7120, 5870 hrs.......................................................................................................................$45,000 ‘06 CIH DX45, w/LX116 loader................................................................................................................CALL “Where Farm and Family Meet”
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JD 2940, FWA, JD 260 loader ..........$16,500 NH BR 780A baler, net wrap ............$17,500 NH BR 780 baler, net wrap, Sharp....$14,500 (2) NH BR 780 balers ..........$8,500/$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, JD 148 loader ..........$3,500/$4,250 IH 2350 loader ....................................$3,250 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 New & Used Batco & Conveyall belt conveyors..............................................Call 8”, 10”, 13” Augers, various sizes ........Call ‘75 IH 1600, new clutch, 15’ steel b ..$2,500 (8) Gravity Boxes ......................$750/$4,000 Backhoe, (off Case) ............................$2,500 IH 80, 7’ snowblower..........................$1,400
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Engineered Beavertail for ‘97 Trinity, 42’, 36” Belt, Tarp Drop Deck..........Installed $5,500 w/Wet Kit ........................$24,500 ....................Unassembled $3,500
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JD 9600 combine, new duals............$25,000 JD 35’ hydro flex, Good ....................$15,000 IH 460/560, gas, WF ..........................$2,000 IH M loader, new tires........................Coming JD 3010, gas, WF, 3 pt. ......................$4,500 JD 2510, gas ......................................$6,250 (2) JD 3020, gas ....................$5,000/$7,500 (2) ‘72 JD 3020, syncro, diesel ..............................$10,500/$12,500 JD 2030, Utility, diesel........................$4,750 JD 2355, Utility, diesel, 2200 hrs. ....$11,500 (2) JD 3020, PS, eng. OH ....$8,500/$17,500 JD 4010 D..........................................$5,500 JD 4010 D, F11 loader ......................$6,500 (2) JD 4020, PS ....................$7,500/$8,900 (3) JD 4020, PS, SC ..........$12,500-$15,500 JD 4000, WF, 3 pt. ..............................$9,750 JD 4230, Quad, engine OH ..............$14,500 JD 4430, PS......................................$13,500 JD 4440, PS......................................$19,250 JD 4250, JD 4450, PS......................$24,500 JD 4250, PS, FWA ............................$28,500 JD 4650, PS, duals ..........................$24,500 JD 4850, PS, FWA, duals..................$24,500 JD 4255, Quad, new engine..............$37,500 JD 7800, FWA ..................................$39,000 JD 4960, MFD, duals ........................$40,000
NEW Tip-In Tip-Out ............$1,750 HOPPERS 2’-6’ Custom Extensions to fit ‘87 Cornhusker, 42’, 20” hopper any trailer back ....................$350 height, new brakes/tarp, 80% tires ................................$13,750 END DUMPS ‘90 Timpte, Elec. Tarp ........$15,500 ‘05 Spek Tek, 28’, Silage End Gate (2) ‘92 Wilson, 41’ AL, Hopper, ......................................$25,500 Rolll Tarp..........................$16,000
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CIH 9390, 4394 HRS., REMAN, 24-SPD. ............................................................................$95,000 CIH 9170, 4682 HRS, 12 SPD, PS, 20.8X42 ................................................................COMING IN IH 6588, 5295 HRS., 18.4X38 DUALS ................................................................................$16,900 IH 3388, 3754 HRS.................................................................................................................$8,850
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CIH MAGNUM 260, FULL AFS PACKAGE........................................................................$179,900 CIH MX285, 2100 HRS ......................................................................................................$129,950 CIH MAGNUM 215, 1503 HRS, LEATHER, PRO ..............................................................$125,000 CIH MX270, 1769 HS, LEATHER ..................................................................................COMING IN AG 6175, 4601 HRS, PS ......................................................................................................$53,900 CIH MX135, 4601 HRS., 520/85R38 SINGLES 90% ..........................................................$47,850 CIH C-70, 1487 HRS., LOADER, VERY NICE ....................................................................$27,900
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JD 4440, 7268 HRS., 18.4X38 DUALS, PTO ......................................................................$21,900 IH HYDRO 84, 4000 HRS., LOADER, PAINTED..................................................................$11,900 IH 856, 4800 HRS, MILLER LOADER..................................................................................$11,500 IH 806, 6990 HRS, WOODS LOADER, JOYSTICK ............................................................$10,500 IH 986, 7600 HRS., 18.4X38 ................................................................................................$10,800 IH 806, 7632, CAB ................................................................................................................$9,150 OLIVER 77, BELLY MOWER..................................................................................................$2,500
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‘07 JD 2210, 47.5’, 4-BAR HARROW, 7” SWEEPS ..................................................................$53,500 ‘96 WILRICH, QUAD 5, 52', 4-BAR HARROW..........................................................................$19,975 ‘95 DMI TIGERMATE, 47.5’, 3-BAR HARROW ........................................................................$12,750 ‘98 CIH 4300, 31.5’, 4-BAR HARROW ......................................................................................$12,750 ‘90 CIH 4900, 47.5', 7" SWEEPS, 3-BAR HARROW ................................................................$10,500 CIH 4300, 46’, 3-BAR ADJ. HARROW ......................................................................................$10,750 CIH 4900, 52.5’ ............................................................................................................................$8,500 CIH 4900, 52.5’ ............................................................................................................................$8,450 CIH 4900, 52.5’ ............................................................................................................................$8,500 ‘94 CIH 4900, 41', 3-BAR HARROW ..........................................................................................$7,900
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FIELD CULTIVATORS
SPRAYERS SE BLUMHARDT, 1000 GAL., 88’-90’ BOOM, RAVEN ..................................................................$8,500 SE ‘95 FLEX-I-COIL 650, 3-SECTION BOOM ..................................................................................$5,850
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450, S3, 1062 HRS, LOADED, HEAT/AIR ................................................................$35,000 420CT, 907 HRS ........................................................................................................$26,500 430, 2045 HRS, CAB/HEAT/AIR ........................................................................COMING IN 430, 2005 HRS ..........................................................................................................$21,750 420, 1825 HRS ..........................................................................................................$18,850
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CIH 9120, 840 ENG. HRS., TRACKS, RWA, LOADED......................................................$319,900 CIH 9120, 1100 ENG. HRS., TRACKS, RWA, LOADED....................................................$289,500 CIH 7088, 455 ENG. HRS., RWA, LOADED ......................................................................$287,900 CIH 7010, 808 ENG HRS, 20.8X42 DUALS ......................................................................$217,500 CIH 7010, 1593 ENG. HRS., 20.8X42 DUALS, AFX ROTOR ............................................$199,850 CIH 8010, 2451 ENG. HRS., 20.8X42 DUALS, HID LIGHTS ............................................$179,950 IH 1440, 388A ENG HRS, CHOPPER....................................................................................$9,950
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CIH 1260, 36R20”, STEERABLE REAR AXLE ..................................................................$205,950 CIH 1250, 24X30, ON ROW HOPPERS, PRO 600..............................................................$81,995 KINZE, 16X31, INTERPLANT ..............................................................................................$64,850 CIH 950, 12X30”, LIQUID FERT., EARLY RISER MONITOR ..............................................$18,500 CIH 900, 12X30, PULL TYPE ..............................................................................................$13,900 CIH 900, 12X30, TRASH W, EARLY RISER MONITOR ......................................................$12,000 CIH 900, 12X30 ......................................................................................................................$8,989
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CALL FOR CHANGING INVENTORY!!! ‘09 JD 2700, 9-SHANK, 24” SPACING......................................................................................$38,850 ‘07 JD 2700, 5-SHANK ..............................................................................................................$27,500 ‘03 JD 2700, 9-SHANK, CUSHION BLADES, COVING BOARDS ............................................$27,900 ‘04 JD 2700, 7-SHANK, 30” SPACING......................................................................................$24,500 ‘99 CIH 730B, INDIVIDUAL CUSHION GANG, (NO LEADS) ....................................................$23,795 ‘01 WILRICH 957, 7-SHANK, BIG COIL TINE LEVER ..............................................................$22,950 ‘00 DMI 730B, BLUE, LEADS AND MAINS ..............................................................................$21,500 ‘97 DMI 730B, BLUE, 10” MAINS, 2” LEADS ..........................................................................$18,750 JD 510, 7-SHANK, DISC RIPPER..............................................................................................$13,900 ‘05 WILRICH 357, 7-SHANK 3-PT MOUNTED RIPPER ............................................................$7,900 DMI COULTER CHAMP, 11-SHANK, 4” TWISTED SHOVELS....................................................$4,950 TEBBEN 7-SHANK MOUNT RIPPER ..........................................................................................$3,500
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CALL FOR NEW & USED CHOPPERS ‘06 WOODS 15’ PULL TYPE......................................................................................................$13,750 ALLOWAY, 20’ MOUNTED, 4 GAUGE WHEELS ........................................................................$8,950 LOFTNESS 240, 20’ MOUNTED, 2-CASTER WHEELS ..............................................................$5,875 ‘95 BALZER 2000, 20’ PULL TYPE ............................................................................................$5,900 ‘85 JD 27, 15’ L-KNIVES..............................................................................................................$5,350
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2608, 8R30”, FT & AHHC, HYD. DECK........................................................................$66,550 2412, 12R30”, FT, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ..............................................................$58,500 2208, 8R30” ..................................................................................................................$38,000 2208, 8R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ......................................................................$35,500 2208, 8R30", HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ......................................................................$32,900 2208, 8R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ......................................................................$32,850 2208, 8R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ......................................................................$33,900 2208, 8R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ......................................................................$33,900 2208, 8R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES, AHHC ..........................................................$29,975 2206, 6R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ......................................................................$28,500 2206, 6R30”, HYD. STRIPPER PLATES ......................................................................$25,500 1083, 8R30”, POLY, TALL CORN SHIELD....................................................................$14,900 1083, 8R30”, POLY, TALL CORN SHIELD ............................................................COMING IN 1083 ..............................................................................................................................$11,500 1083 ................................................................................................................................$9,950 1083 ................................................................................................................................$8,950 1063, STRAIGHT TIN, TALL CORN SHIELDS, PAINTED ..............................................$8,250 1020, 30', 1.5" SICKLE, FT ..........................................................................................$14,900 1020, 25’, 3” SICKLE, ROCK GUARD..........................................................................$11,950 1020, 30', FIELD TRACKER ..........................................................................................$9,950 1020, 30’, 3” SICKLE, ROCK GUARD............................................................................$9,000 1020, 30’, 1.5” SICKLE, JOHNSON ROCK GUARD ......................................................$6,000 1020, 25’, 1.5” SICKLE, ROCK GUARD ........................................................................$5,750 1020, 30’, 3” SICKLE, HYD FORE & AFT ......................................................................$4,950 1020, 22.5’, 3” SICKLE, ROCK GUARD ........................................................................$4,500 1020, 30’ FT, HYD FORE & AFT ....................................................................................$4,250
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FLOW METER
Raven Cruizer w/Patch Antenna $1,650 Raven Cruizer w/Helix Antenna $1,850
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FEATURES • Displays overall total volume & batch total volume! • Flow rate allows for Gallons or Liters Per Minute. • The display reads 6 digits for Rate, 8 digits for Total and 1 decimal place reading in tenths. • Magnetic style meter with stainless steel electrodes. • Self calibrating meter. • Measures water and most conductive liquids. • Easy to change six (6) AA batteries. • No moving parts to fail during use. • Glass-reinforced polypropylene. • Temperature range from 0˚ F to 150˚ F. • Accuracy is 99% from 2 to 110 GPM for 1”. • Accuracy is 99% from 30 to 300 GPM for 2”. • There are 3 photoeyes located on the face of the flowmeter. Note: These are not push buttons, to activate you must hold your finger over the photoeye for 2-4 seconds.
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Ag Leader Integra CALL FOR PRICING
Hypro Hydraulic 9303C-HM-4 Pump $599.99
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Raven Envizio Pro w/Helix Antenna CALL Raven Switch Pro CALL
Banjo 200 P-6 Pro $349
Raven SmartSteer Guidance & Steering $3,900
Banjo Ball Valves (set of 3) $599
“Additional Cash Discounts for all Spray Systems and Banjo Products” Accu-Flow Kit $3,000
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www.bosssupplyinc.com • 1050 & 1350 gal. compact stealth tank = low center of gravity • Single draw bar hitch provides excellent crop clearance • 9600N-60’ offerd with 13.6/38” tires with 8-bolt hubs • 9600N-80’ & 90’ offered with 320/90R46” tires with 10-bolt hubs • Adjustable axles 80”, 88”, or 120” • Axles are 60” capable; farmers option to knock out 62” plug • 60’ have Ace 150-206 hydraulic pump • 80’ & 90’ have Hypro HM1C-UB 9306 hydraulic pump • Raven 450 auto rate controller • Shutoffs, 3 section Teejet Flow-back ball valves 60’ • Shutoffs, 4 section Teejet Flow-back ball valves 80’ & 90’ • Dual induction jet agitators • Powder coat paint
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BROYHILL 9690 Trailmate, 60’ Manual Fold Boom,
AG CHEM 1000, 1000 Gal. Big Wheel w/60’
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AG CHEM 750,
750 Gal., 60” HFB, Tandem Axle
FAST 9613N, 1350 Gal. Tank, 90’/60’ Boom, 20” Spacing, 46” Tires, Raven 450 Monitor, 320/90R46 Tires
CENTURY 750,
750 gal., 60’ Hyd. Fold Boom, Tandem Axle, Hyd. Pump
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NEW & USED EQUIPMENT ON HAND CALL FOR PRICING
NUHN 6500 Gal. Vacuum Manure Tank,
NUHN 6750 Gal. Slurry, 30.5-32 Alliance
NUHN 6750 Gal. Slurry Manure Tank,
NUHN Magnum Quad Train 10,000
30.5x32 tires, 24” Hyd. Top Hatch, Small 1000 PTO
Tires, Hyd./PTO Drive, Light Kit, In Stock
30.5-32 Alliance Tires, Light Kit, PTO Drive
Gal. Manure Tank, 30.5x32 Tires, Brakes All 8 Wheels
NEW NUHN 6750 Gal. Slurry Tank, PTO
NEW NUHN 6750 Gal. Magnum Slurry
Pump, 8”x10’
Drive, 30.5-32 Diamond Tread Tires, In Stock
Tank, Top Load, 30.5x32 Tires, Brakes, Large 1000 PTO, Pintle Hitch
BALZER 7500 Gal. Slurry Manure Tank,
NUHN 6750 Gal. Magnum Slurry w/5 Unit Disc Inj., PTO Drive, 30.5-32 Diamond Treat Tires, Single Tang
NUHN 9’8” Vertal Manure Pump, 3-Pt. Mount, 1000 PTO Drive, Wireless Remote Control
DODA 3-Pt. Mount Vertical Manure
6 Unit Disc Inj., 30.5-32 Tires, Steerable Rear Axle, Brakes