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Trust, what’s it good for?

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Who do you trust? I mean really trust.

I used to be a lot more trusting, and take a man for his word. But then reality Not the kind of trust you have in your slapped me in the face. Those of us in the children to do their homework, get home journalism field are cynical by nature, but before curfew and not to have a party when we are presented with stories such while you are gone for the weekend. as Renewable Energy, and the hedge-toI’m talking about the kind of trust that arrive fiasco, our cynicism is just reinallows you the comfort zone to lay out a forced. lot of money, especially in this economy, Trust has long been part of the Amerifor a business deal or investment. can fabric, and it still is, but the thread is Gone are the days where a handshake LAND MINDS getting thinner and thinner. Often times and man’s word were good enough to seal the thing that ruins trust faster than anyBy Kevin Schulz a deal. thing else is the presence of money. We should take a lesson from that very We have learned time and time again money, that is the root of most evil. that even the best documented contract Right there on the U.S. currency it is only as good as the paper it’s written clearly states: In God We Trust. That is on. And some of those documents are written on where I place my trust; in God that is, not in money. some poor quality paper, nowadays.

Maybe if more of us put our trust in God, our world As you see on Page 5A in this issue of The Land, there’s another story about a company that has been would be a lot better off. During this time of Lent, we each need to take the time for some inner contemplaless than forthright in their dealing with farmers.

That story tells how Renewable Energy SD of Excel- tion. Think about what is inside ourselves. Are we a sior, Minn., has been ordered by a Hennepin County trustworthy person, or are we the type of person who someone would not trust to do business with? judge to stop selling small wind turbines.

Every deal should be entered with skepticism.

According to the story by the Minneapolis StarTribune, a lawsuit filed by Minnesota Attorney General Don’t be taken in by some swift-talking pitchman, only to regret it Lori Swanson’s later. I’ve learned office in January that if something alleges that sounds too good to Renewable be true, it probably Energy SD and is. I’ve also learned its owner, Shawn to go with my gut Dooling, 46, of and first instincts.

Shorewood, If something or Minn., sold farmsomeone smells ers in Minnesota fishy right off the and elsewhere bat, slowly back faulty windmills away, say thank using federal you for your time, stimulus money but I believe that I aimed at helping will pass. the country during the recession.

Give me a reason The company to trust you, and I either failed to will. As the old deliver many of saying goes, it the windmills or, takes years to in some cases, erected turbines that failed to perform build trust, but only seconds to ruin it. properly or at all, the suit says.

Trust, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

It’s the same old story of promises and deals being Edwin Starr could just as well have been singing made with trust, and a lot of money changing hands, about trust instead of war in his anti-war theme of only to end up being settled in a courtroom. This 1969. seems to be what American business has become.

Kevin Schulz is the editor of The Land. He may be Broken promises, broken deals and, a lot of times, reached at editor@TheLandOnline.com. ❖ broken bank accounts.

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Commentary: Protect our prairies with ‘sodsaver’ law OPINION

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Plan now to attend the second annual Minnesota Beef Showcase, Sale and Agribition. The Showcase is set for March 14-16 at the Red Horse Ranch Arena near Fergus Falls, Minn. An all-breeds bull and female sale begins at noon on March 16. A total of 100 live animals and embryo lots have been consigned.

The Minnesota Beef Showcase is the only event of its kind in Minnesota. Minnesota has a growing productive beef industry. The goal of the showcase is to bring the Minnesota beef industry together in a central location with an all-breeds sale, where all cattle breeders, no matter which breed, could come together to promote each breeder’s individual breeding program.

The Beef Showcase also includes a tradeshow where beef industry retailers and dealers will present new products and concepts to producers and consumers. Look for new ideas and proven standards to be on display at the trade show.

The third part of this event is a half-day educational seminar. The seminar brings to the producers new ideas and products to help them improve their program and productivity. The focus for the seminar this year is pasture management.

Due to the severe shortage of moisture, pastures will take some time to recover. There will be three excellent speakers presenting information about pasture management and maximizing available feed resources.

To request a sale catalog or for more information on the Minnesota Beef Showcase Sale and Agribition, log on to www.beefshowcase.com or contact Jim Scharpe at (507) 380-3431. ❖

your representative is a co-sponsor, thank them, if not, call them and urge them to sign up.

This commentary was submitted by John Crabtree with the Center for Rural Affairs. He may be reached at johnc@cfra.org. ❖

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over the next 10 years, tax dollars that will otherwise be spent to destroy remaining prairies and grasslands. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., secured the same provision in the Senate farm bill last year, and it is expected to remain in the Senate bill this year. If

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Prairie and native grasslands are disappearing rapidly, taking soil and habitat as well as hunting, ranching and other economic opportunities with them. Congress should ensure that federal farm and crop insurance subsidies don’t exacerbate the loss of these vital natural resources.

Fortunately, Reps. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., Tim Walz, D-Minn., and six bipartisan co-sponsors, including Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., House agriculture committee ranking member, recently introduced legislation that creates a nationwide “sodsaver” law that would slash subsidies that contribute to the destruction of native grassland and prairie.

The Protect Our Prairies Act would prohibit federal payments and reduce crop insurance premium subsidies by 50 percent on newly broken native sod.

The act also closes loopholes by requiring that newly broken sod be isolated from other crop acres when calculating insurable yields. Operators would be required to take a percentage of the county average yield for any newly broken native sod until they are able to show a multi-year yield history. These two provisions are crucial to removing the federally subsidized incentive to bust up native grassland.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that Protect Our Prairies will save nearly $200 million

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Your government program got us in this mess, not mine In the run-up to the Great Budget Sequester of 2013, a deeply indebted America once again learned what every American knows from birth: your government program got us into this mess, not mine.

fact, but rumor — that the White House may propose changes to the 60year-old Food for Peace program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Agency for International Development.

As evidence, look at the red-hot reac- According to published reports, Food tion by ag forces to the rumor — not for Peace, the old P.L. 480 program,

might be changed to give ties would still be required. needy nations fewer AmeriGiven that background, can commodities and more what would you do to make American dollars so local the aging Food the Peace food could be bought on a Program more timely, effimore timely basis to meet cient and effective? local needs. This could lead Would you maintain it as to stronger economies and though it still is 1954 when better democracies, two key American farmers were goals of the 1954 program. drowning in price-flattening FARM & FOOD FILE Nearly every look into the government stocks, the program’s overall efficiency

By Alan Guebert nation’s merchant fleet was and effectiveness has made vast and competitively this very recommendation priced, and (essentially) — send more cash and free food was the one less commodities — for game-changing weapon years. the United States had For example, a Sepover the U.S.S.R. in the tember 2009 report escalating Cold War? ... I’d bet you from the U.S. Govern$2 billion ...

Or would you now, in ment Accountability 2013, remodel the prothat none of Office, Congress’ nongram because there is these wise, partisan watchdog, not one spoonful of anysmart things reported that “despite thing in the governgrowing demand for will happen ment pantry, commodfood aid, rising business because farm ity prices are near and transportation costs groups already record highs, the U.S. contributed to a 52-permerchant fleet is very are protesting cent decline in average small and very expenany rumored tonnage delivered from sive, and the Cold War rule changes — 2001 to 2006.” has been over for a gennot cutbacks, So what did we do to eration? mind you; fix that widening gap?

You, me and almost rumored We did what we usueveryone would modchanges — to ally do; we threw more ernize it because it’s the money — borrowed money smart thing to do. A Food for Peace.

— at it. more cash-centered program buys two times as It didn’t work. In fact, “From 2006 to much food, builds better local markets, 2008,” reported the GAO, “U.S. food aid funding increased by nearly 53 percent, better local economies and better allies. while tonnage delivered fell by 5 perWe’d also do it because it is the cent over that time period.” humanitarian thing to do; it would serve more hungry people better.

Most of that increasing inefficiency was tied to the requirement that the And we’d do it because we’re Ameriaid had to be “U.S.-grown agricultural cans; we do the right thing, even if it commodities” and that at least 75 per- costs money we don’t have. cent of the “transport (of) those comBut I’d bet you $2 billion, America’s modities (must be) on U.S.-flag vessels foreign food aid budget this year, that ...” none of these wise, smart things will Those requirements, the GAO added happen because farm groups already in classic understatement, “... may con- are protesting any rumored rule strain U.S. agencies’ use of local and changes — not cutbacks, mind you; regional procurement.” rumored changes — to Food for Peace.

In 2012, three Cornell University Their argument to keep Food for researchers noted that local and Peace less efficient, less effective and regional food aid procurement through far less helpful goes something like “cash or vouchers,” if permitted, would this: Hey, my 60-year-old government save 14 weeks in delivery time, or “a program is fine; yours, however, made 62-percent gain in timeliness,” and the mess we’re in. “over 50 percent, on average” on food Alan Guebert’s “Farm and Food File” is cost. published weekly in more than 70 newsThe trio also noted that “local propapers in North America. Contact him at curement” of all food aid “may not be agcomm@farmandfoodfile.com. ❖ cost-effective” and that U.S. commodi-

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Judge orders Excelsior wind-energy firm to halt sales A Hennepin County judge has ordered an Excelsior, Minn., company that’s being sued by Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson to stop selling any more small wind turbines to farmers and to produce an accounting of its earlier sales within two weeks.

be sold to the power grid, earning them $700 to $1,300 a month that could be used to recoup their initial costs within five to 10 years. The company promised to quickly obtain the necessary permits, apply for stimulus funds and bank loans and build and maintain the windmills.

The company has said in a statement that it will address customers’ concerns.

This article was originally published in the Feb. 22 issue of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. It was written by Dan Browning. ❖

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The order, issued late-afternoon Feb. 20, came in response to a lawsuit Swanson’s office filed in January alleging that Renewable Energy SD and its owner, Shawn Dooling, 46, of Shorewood, Minn., sold farmers in Minnesota and elsewhere faulty windmills using federal stimulus money aimed at helping the country during the recession.

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Mary Steenson Judge DuFresne ordered RESD and its officers, employees or agents to stop soliciting or marketing to new customers for wind turbine energy development projects or related products. The order allows the company to fulfill its existing contracts but bars it from misrepresenting or misstating project delivery or completion deadlines “to induce, encourage or lead any existing customer to pay additional money to the company.”

Swanson’s office has identified between 100 and 150 RESD customers and has indications that there may be more. Some 40 customers have filed affidavits in the lawsuit alleging they paid millions of dollars for products that were never delivered, failed to work or produced less energy than promised.

As a result, farmers had to pay interest on money they borrowed to install the units. Rules on federal stimulus money require that the equipment work for at least five years, so farmers might also be forced to repay federal grants they received.

Swanson’s lawsuit says farmers were told the windmills would produce excess energy that could

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According to Swanson, Dooling and his sales staff promised state-of-the-art wind turbines that would last up to 25 years and qualify for federal grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Dooling, who formerly sold security systems in Minnesota and Missouri, formed RESD in South Dakota about two months after the law took effect. The law provided grants to cover 30 percent of each turbine’s cost.

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Letter: Don’t trade your freedom for nation’s security To the Editor: After receiving each new issue of The Land, I am amazed at the lack of basic knowledge and common sense there is in this country. Maybe it is a reflection of the public school system or the bias of the news networks.

Our forefathers came to this country for freedom.

This included freedom of, not from, religion.

They wanted to own private property and work hard to improve it. They were also fleeing big government (the king) who was taxing them to death.

Once they were here they wrote the greatest docu-

ment ever written to prevent the government from controlling and dominating their lives. The Bill of Rights protects us from “who?” Big government. Talk to someone who has lived in Cuba, Poland, China or the USSR and find out what it is like when all your freedoms have vanquished.

Now this country and its leaders are returning to the European “tax-and-spend” policies. Hard work and success is punished and private property is being taken over by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Agency.

To the Editor: I read with great interest and concern The Land Staff Writer Dick Hagen’s Feb. 22 “Land Minds”.

Hagen included the following quotation “The average age of the world’s great civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependency back again into bondage.”

I would like to take the liberty to insert the Webster’s dictionary definition of key words in the above paragraph, and rephrase the quote as follows.

“The average age of the world’s great civilizations

has been 200 years. These nations have progressed in the following sequence: from slavery, to the importance of God in their lives; with God in their lives, to the ability to meet great dangers in their lives; from the ability to meet great dangers, to living the freedom of choice; from free to chose, to plenty of the good things in life or materialism; from materialism to selfishness; from concern for one’s self, to lack of self satisfaction, or lack of self criticism; from lack of self satisfaction to lack of concern of being dependent on others, or the government to provide our needs; from depending on others back to slavery again.

My question: Where in this sequence does our great society now find itself?

Loren Riebel LeSueur, Minn.

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Letter: Where does our society find itself?

They think we are too dumb to know what is best for us and our families and must listen to them, the “smart people” out east (Congress) who can’t pass a budget or balance the U.S. checkbook.

In the Dec. 28 letter to the editor “Good news — majority of Americans not actually leeches”, the writer is convinced that Obama will greatly reduce the federal deficit. In actuality the “con-artist in chief” raised the deficit by $4 trillion when he signed the socalled “Fiscal Cliff Bill.” As far as the immigration reform goes, our president wants to allow millions of illegals to become citizens and take jobs away from our families. Then he wants to give them Social Security which was meant for us people who paid in all of our lives. What a great plan! What few people know is that our U.S. Department of Agriculture is advertising in Mexico on how their citizens can obtain food stamps when they “break and enter” into our country.

I, too, shook Hubert Humphrey’s hand at the King Korn Days parade in Fairmont, Minn., years ago.

When Humphrey was vice president, welfare motherhood was a small problem, but now has ballooned into a huge fiasco both financially and how it affects our society as a whole.

According to Wyatt Emerich of the Cleveland (Miss.) Current a single parent family of three making minimum wage of $14,000 a year has more disposable income than a two-parent family of four making $60,000. The single mom gets: $5,020 in earned income tax credit; $6,312 in food stamps; $1,800 in school lunch assistance; $16,500 in Medicaid and CHIP; $4,350 rent subsidy; and $845 in utility bill assistance.

Her total benefits after taxes is $37,777 while the two responsible parent family’s is $34,366. According to the U.S. Department of Health, 71 percent of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes as well as 85 percent of youth in prison. Maybe we should return to teaching right from wrong in our schools again.

We need new leaders like JFK who said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” He would not recognize the Democratic party of today. He ran for president in 1960 on the theme of lowering taxes to get the economy going and build up our military to defend us from the USSR. Unfortunately, we are becoming the USSR with government dictating to us instead of the other way around as our Constitution orders.

Land of the brave, home of the free? Those were the days, my friends.

Mick Thiesse Ceylon, Minn.

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Fiedlers honored as environmental, animal stewards

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The Fiedler family — clockwise from top: Paul, Stephanie, Bryce, Brooke and Luke — of Villard were the Minnesota Pork Board’s Environmental Stewards of the Year for 2012.

employ. As with many bigger livestock operations in Minnesota, Hispanic labor is significant at Fiedler Finishing. They have seven on their payroll; Paul compliments their reliability and work ethic.

“After Paul and Mark (Syverson, their production manager) have done the interviews and hiring,” Stephanie said, “I do the paperwork on each person, making certain each has the proper paperwork filed. That’s such an important part of hiring employees, regardless their ethnic background.”

Slat floors for all their swine structures keeps them on target on their manure management program. But when you’re collecting manure from See FIEDLERS, pg. 8A

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trees and shrubs around the sow sites and the finishing sites. Water conservation is high on their agenda as well. They use water meters and water timers for early detection of leaking or broken pipes.

Even energy reduction is an issue. Micro-zone system heat lamps are used at their sow units; next might be the installation of LED lighting with lumens that mimic natural sunlight.

When asked if there was any “black ink” in the pork industry these days, Stephanie replied, “We’re doing OK.” Paul added that contracts both on feed purchases and pork going out are integral parts of their business. “It’s been a little tight but it’s still working out OK,” he said.

Stephanie heads up the operation’s human resource functions, stays current on safety rules and regulations, and does much of the bookwork. She’s a business partner with her husband, and the mother of Brooke, 8, Luke, 7, and Bryce, 5.

The “human resource” functions are important in an operation this big. The firm has 40 full-time employees. So it’s not just the interviewing and hiring of skilled people, it’s the quality of the people you

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Being recognized by the Minnesota Pork Board as the Environmental Steward of the Year is a big deal.

You’re competing against some real pros in the business of pork production, and that means you need to be doing a lot of things the right way.

Paul and Stephanie Fiedler of Villard, Minn., were the recipients of this award for 2012.

Paul said they started in the hog business in 1996.

“My mom is from Martin County; very big in pork production. Up here in Pope County my dad was a dairy farmer but when Mom brought up the idea of growing pigs, we switched over to pork and it’s been great.”

Fiedler Finishing, Crystal Lean and Country Pork are the business names that encompass their operation, which includes two 3,200-head sow farms and grower-finisher buildings for that entire production.

That adds up to about 140,000 hogs per year. A majority of the gilts become breeding stock for the genetics company, Genetiporc.

They farm 2,700 acres of corn and soybeans, growing about 400,000 bushels of corn per year. They also purchase another 600,000 bushels depending upon pricing of distiller’s feedstuffs and other factors of the feed-sourcing nutrition chain.

Their overall concern for the environment is evident. They have 220 acres of wildlife habitat with vegetative cover, buffer strips, shelter belts and tree plantings. Since 1997, they have planted 12,000

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Pork gaining on beef in the consumption battle

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FIEDLERS, from pg. 7A 140,000 pigs you’ve about taken care of the fertility needs of all their corn. The firm hires Anez Consulting and Central Crop Consulting to develop detailed field maps on soil fertility needs. A custom applicator uses GPS to fine-tune manure placement.

“When it comes to manure application everybody knows what’s going on.

There are no unanswered questions and no guessing,” Paul said.

The Fiedlers are equally detailed with their field tillage, and continually are tweaking the process to prevent erosion. To reduce potential nutrient and sediment runoff they removed 100 surface intakes, replacing them with closed, sand-packed system called French drains. In 2012 the Fielder corn crop averaged 210 bushels per acre.

Testing the right housing package for the sow herd is a work in progress. One of the 3,200-head sow barns uses Gstalls; the other is pen gestation. “We’re trying to get a feel for both,” Paul said, “in essence which works best for our strategy. Pen gestation is challenging.

We’re noting a production lag. But my bigger concern is the health of my employees. Working in these large pens with these big animals can be an issue.

We’re trying to do the right thing for the sows. Right now it’s a tough call.”

Bio-security is always an issue in livestock production, but the Fiedlers understand that showing your face to the public is also important. They provide a summer tour of their facilities.

This past summer a bus load of Japanese visitors came through. “We do upfront bio-security checks,” Paul said.

“You can’t guarantee 100-percent compliance but you do the best.”

He’s very much aware of the importance of continued pork exports. “We’re at 27 percent today,” he said. “Being able to sell even more overseas would be great and, with the expanding Asian markets, that might happen. American agriculture does a great job and part of that role is feeding the world. I think the swine industry takes on that challenge very well.”

Paul said that with prices at the retail counter getting more attractive, pork keeps gaining on beef in terms of per capita consumption. “This year I understand that pork may actually tie beef and next year it’s likely to pass beef. We’re gaining. And in these tougher times for consumers it appears

their meat budget is swinging over to more pork and less beef.

“Restaurants seem to be picking up on pork too. You stop at the Granite City Brewery in St. Cloud, and they’ve practically an entire menu built around pork dishes.”

Would marketing a 260-pound pig rather than a 280-pound pig generate more net revenue? Paul said they have slightly better feed efficiency at the lighter market weight, but the heavier market weight is “built in” to the system. “You have all that initial cost of getting that animal into production and that includes your sow costs. Feeding up to 280 pounds is simply maxing out the total productivity of each sow that much more. In fact, when pork is in high demand and packers are buying up, we’ll take ours up to 300 pounds, even up to 320 pounds. Tyson will buy hogs that big.”

With the tremendous costs of farming these days, how does Fiedler tackle risk management? Like many successful businesses, they hire a business consulting firm. “We work with Shane Johnson (of Hurley and Associates in Glenwood, Minn.),” Paul said. “He has an accounting program that touches all the key bases. He’s very much handson. He’s at our place frequently. Matter of fact, he probably knows as much or more about our business than I do.”

Johnson keeps track of all their hedge contracts and cash contracts.

“He uses my actual costs of production in his accounting formulas so I know precisely whether we’re making $5 a head or losing $5,” Fiedler said. An example: Johnson had the bulk of those 600,000 bushels of purchased corn locked in at about $5.50.

Tyson is the major buyer of their pigs, doing about 70,000 pigs per year.

The other 70,000 get split between Hormel, JBS and John Morrell. Paul said that Tyson will buy the bigger pig but it’s good to keep your options open through a few other buyers, too.

“The Fiedlers are a great example of the quality of people involved in swine production today,” said production manager Mark Syverson. “They are both environmental and animal stewards. The last thing we want to do is work against the product that delivers the revenue.”

The Fiedlers received their award Jan. 16 at the Minnesota Pork Congress at the Minneapolis Convention Center. ❖

‘TLC’ for 1,400 baby pigs weekly earns manager award

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer With about 7,000 pork producers in Minnesota, earning the title of Minnesota Pork Board’s 2012 Swine Manager of the Year is definitely something to oink about.

That’s exactly the new honor for David Wubbena, a central Iowa native who moved up to Martin County, Minn., about 25 years ago to manage a 300-sow farrow-to-feeder pig operation. A quarter-century ago that was a fairly large task, but time marches on.

Today Wubbena manages Riverdale Inc., a 9,000head nursery unit at Truman, Minn.

“Our shareholders own a 3,000-sow farrowing unit plus this nursery site,” Wubbena said. “I receive all the pigs from the farrowing barns. We have 40-foot x 120-foot hog barns with 12 pens per barn.”

Pigs are in these barns only 5 1/2 weeks so pig traffic is practically constant; 1,400 pigs sent out each week and 1,400 pigs moved in each week. “Pigs come

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Veterinarian: Wubbena always looking to improve pig health WUBBENA, from pg. 9A in at 12 pounds and go out at about 38 pounds,” Wubbena said. Every movement means a scrubdown of each barn. “We sell our pigs on Fridays and new pigs come in on Tuesday. So we’ve got about a two-day washdown period for each building. We sanitize using the ‘barn stormer’ system and I usually have two or three part-time helpers, all high school students.

“A lot of great kids come through. I also have a couple college kids that come back on weekends to earn a few extra bucks. These younger students are good. They’re dependable and they appreciate having the opportunity.”

He’s a hired employee himself, so he fully understands the importance of quality employees, espe-

cially in a system with such heavy, steady traffic of young pigs. He also has a keen appreciation for doing all the right things to keep a “black-ink” operation for shareholders and his own family.

Wubbena is well aware of the financial squeeze in pork production these days, but he’s optimistic about the future of his job, and the swine industry in general. He knows the importance of export markets for pork. And he’s keenly aware of the health issues when ramping this many pigs on a five-week schedule.

Major challenges include Pork Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, and flu.

“It’s not if you’re going to get it; it’s when you’re going to get it,” said Wubbena. “But we’re doing OK. With PRRS it’s usually just a light break. We use

ATP, a PRRS vaccine, on the nursery pigs, but not on the sows. We keep our own strain in our sow unit.

We’ve had PRRS so we want to keep just that single strain in our barns so our treatment programs are more positive.”

Those 12-pound isoweans are just off the momma sow when put into Wubbena’s nursery buildings. So suddenly it’s that cold water nipple instead of the comfort of a mother sow’s warm nipples. How to get these newly weaned youngsters feeling comfortable and eating?

“You visit each barn a lot,” he said. “You sprinkle feed on comfort boards which is also their ‘sleeping’ board those first few days. And you always have a water cup dripping so they know where the water is by day 2 or 3, especially if they’re nibbling on their dry ration. When you’ve got 130 young pigs in a pen some pigs soon find that water nipple and fills the cup.”

He gets 700 isoweans each Tuesday and does a quick sort putting the smallest 100 into what he calls a “treat pen.” That same process happens again on Thursday which means a few more into the treat pen. The extra treat — usually an antibiotic shot or other treatment that Wubbena thinks will assist these lighter pigs. He doesn’t call them “tail enders,” preferring instead the lighter, smaller pigs. “I’m in that pen a lot. They come along OK. We have a shareholder that buys the smaller end of each group.”

After 5 1/2 weeks the pigs will weigh 38 to 40 pounds and then they do some traveling. One shareholder lives in Wisconsin; another is near Preston, Minn. The business has eight shareholders so there are eight different locations for these feeder pigs once they depart Wubbena’s tender, loving care.

Turning pigs this rapidly means some rapid changes in nutrition under his management. “I’ve got four different rations I feed during their 5 1/2 week stay. I limit them to a certain pound ration that first week then make changes every time they move up to the next weight category.

“Ventilation is a big part of our management system,” Wubbena said. “We started without pit fans but quickly found that wasn’t going to work with nursery pigs. Fresh, dry air is important.”

Advantages to working at Riverdale are monthly business meetings with other Preferred Capital swine managers and the long-term working relationship with the nursery’s primary veterinarian, Paul Ruen. An experienced team, both Wubbena and Ruen can detect health issues and other problems early.

“I’ve learned from David how to recognize subtle signs of stress and behavior changes that occur when the pig is slipping off the high-health track,” Ruen said, noting that Wubbena never becomes complacent, always views the pigs with fresh eyes and uses his experience to continually improved pig health.

Wubbena and wife, Kimberly, live in Fairmont and have three children who have worked at the nursery while in high school.

Wubbena received his award Jan. 16 at the Minnesota Pork Congress at the Minneapolis Convention Center. ❖

SCN issues persist; nematodes adapting to tech

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Soils make a difference. The higher Just as nature “fights back” with herbicidepH fields typically have a higher nemaAfter a number of years of using the resistant weed species, so too is nature puttode count. Also iron-deficiency chlorosame source of resistance, the nemating some dents in the soybean cyst nemasis is a common problem that may be todes are adapting and are able to tode resistance armor. Soybean growers were induced or made more severe by SCN increasingly confident they could purchase overcome that source of resistance. infection in high pH soil. Similarly SCN their soybean seed with SCN resistance bred may induce potassium-deficiency symp— Cathy Johnson into the seed.

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That confidence level, however, is being Today the Peking variety is the pritested. mary source of genetic SCN resistance. mary reason the corn-soybean rotation persists in “After a number of years of using the same source Minnesota, which now has 64 SCN-infected counties. She indicated seed companies are researching other of resistance, the nematodes are adapting and are The SCN was first found in North America in 1954. soybean lines besides the Peking and PI 88788 for able to overcome that source of resistance,” said It is now found in soybean-producing areas around reliable SCN resistance without objectionable yield Cathy Johnson, research scientist at the Southern the world. SCN was first detected in Minnesota in drag. “Developing new sources without the yield drag is a major challenge,” Johnson said.

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Senyu Chen, a nematology professor at the SROC, She ventured the bulk of soybeans being sold in Johnson indicated other research areas being Minnesota have some type of SCN resistance. But looked at include biocontrol which involves different heads up the SCN research effort which includes with the nematodes fighting back, so to speak, and fungi, which are a natural predator of the soybean additional scientists in the College of Food AgriculPeking and PI 88788 continuing as the major nematode. “That’s not yet a reality for farm use,” she tural and Natural Resource Sciences at the Universources of SCN resistance in commercial soybean said, “but we have identified fields where there are sity of Minnesota. A bulletin, “Soybean Cyst Nemavarieties, serious soybean cyst issues are likely to naturally occurring fungi and we’re researching tode Management Guide,” is available through the surface. ways that we can introduce these fungi into fields University of Minnesota Extension Service or at ❖ How devastating is the SCN? It’s estimated to that don’t already have this naturally occurring http://extension.umn.edu/soybean. cause more than $1 billion worth of damage each year. SCN is simply the most destructive pathogen of soybeans in the United States. And because the nematode can infect fields without showing obvious above-ground symptoms, SCN yield losses are often underestimated.

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Cover story: Black bears and cornfields don’t mix

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer The two-day Minnesota Ag Expo in late-January covered a multitude of issues concerning growing corn and soybeans.

One display presented the troubles one rather large pest it posing in some northern Minnesota corn- Mark Ditmer fields For starters, this particular display had the intriguing title: Isotopic Analyses of Dietary Reliance on Crops by the American black bear. No, it didn’t feature a live black bear. But Mark Ditmer, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, was on hand and he’s the guy now into his fourth year of researching the dietary habits of the black bear.

Technology to the rescue Ditmer has about a dozen black bears in his northwest Minnesota territory, each wearing special collars equipped with a GPS device that precisely tracks the location of each bear. By analyzing the travel habits of his bears, he can determine precisely what have been the favorite eating places of his black bears. Perhaps not surprising, cornfields are the No. 1 picnic grounds for bears.

“Around the Thief River Falls area and north to the Canadian border if there’s a cornfield, chances are a bear will know about it,” Ditmer said. “Certain individuals (bears) really hone in on selected cornfields and spend upwards of 70 percent of their time in these cornfields (and also sunflower fields). Our isotopic analyses lets us see what the bear’s diet was comprised of. We analyze the bear’s hair along

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with samples from the cornfield.”

Are cornfields the attraction of female black bear fattening up for their winter solstice? To the contrary, it’s mostly the male black bear that forages in cornfields.

“They’re less risk adverse and are more willing to travel long distances to satisfy their appetites. The average territory for the male bear encompasses about 330 square miles,” Ditmer said.

So how does a black bear sense there’s a luscious cornfield 10 to 15 miles away? They have an incredible sense of smell according to Ditmer; much better than the nose of a dog. That keen sense is causing a bit of an issue for some farmers who don’t relish bears foraging in their crop fields.

“Field corn catches a few bears but sweet corn,

watch out. Up to 10 bears have been spotted in a sweet corn patch at one time. That’s much like total destruction,” Ditmer said.

Farmers can fight back, or shoot back would be better words. “Farmers are allowed to take as many bears as needed that are deprecating their crop fields. But they do need to report each incident to the DNR. Also in this area an unlimited number of bear tags get issued each fall but an individual hunter can kill only two bears,” he said.

Obviously Ditmer and most people don’t want to depopulate the black bear out of Minnesota. Females are seldom an issue in crop fields unless the corn or sunflower field is adjacent to a wooded area. So he suggested using some judgment in where these crops are planted to avoid the bear’s sense of smell.

“Chances are however the male bear will find these fields regardless because that’s their nature.”

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BEARS, from pg. 12A so they can be long-life animals if not hunted.”

Ditmer is a fifth year doctorate student at the Explaining the bear University of Minnesota collar at his display at Around the looking at various the MN Ag Expo, he Thief River Falls aspects of bear ecology described it as a satelarea and north after graduation, espelite GPS collar. Bears to the Canadian cially the impact on agriare trapped in the border if there’s culture and the reliance spring, drugged temon agricultural crops for porarily, then collared a cornfield, their sustenance. and released. “I then chances are a start receiving e-mails He said the DNR bear will know with the bear’s locamonitors bear activity about it. tions. throughout the state — Mark Ditmer but he’s the only person In the winter we go doing these specific eatinto the bear’s den, drug ing habit studies in an the animal and adjust area that overlaps a lot of the collar so there’s no agricultural areas. injury to its neck, check the bear’s This unusual, perhaps even remote health and it’s ready to go come spring.

DNR research, is partially funded with This particular collar records the checkoff dollars from the Minnesota bear’s location approximately every Corn Research & Promotion Council. two hours plus its activity and temperHe’s had upwards of 25 bears wearing ature so we even know the amount of collars during a particular cropping time it spends moving each two-hour season; this year he has 10 bears so period.” equipped. With five years of continuous These high-tech collars are a bit study he’s collected significant data via pricey — about $4,500 according to his isotopic analyses technology.

Ditmer plus the $500 per year satellite Black bears don’t have a long life “air time” to collect all those “position span, partly because of the heavy fixes” that it shoots up to the satellite hunting pressures. “But we do have a which then sends that data to Ditmer ❖ collared bear that is now 36 years old for his database.

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described his organic fields as heavy ground with no tile — perhaps the right stuff for hot and dry 2012. Soybeans averaged about 48 bushels. He’s figuring about a $14 to $15 price for his corn; soybeans should be in the $24 to $26 range.

Organic farming is definitely a paying proposition. “You don’t have the chemical costs. Seed costs are considerable less. I do have higher labor and fuel costs,” VanderWoude said. But he’s confident about the future believing there’s lots of room to grow this market for organic food products. However he’d like to see “sustainable ag” across all commodities, including the livestock sector. He has a neighbor two miles away with over 35 years of organic farming experience. “He’s my mentor Submitted and a key reason why we got into organic farming,” VanderWoude said.

What’s it like being married to an organic farmer, especially after the cows are gone? “It’s so much easier to live together,” Rochelle said. “His stress level is just so much lower.

We now have a family life.”

Added Paul, “I’m married to her now, not the cows.”

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By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Sometimes selling your dairy cows enhances both your checkbook and your life.

It’s certainly true for Paul VanderWoude of rural Pipestone, Minn. He and his wife, Rochelle, sold their 70-cow dairy operation three years ago but have been into organic farming for six years. Today they have a 240-acre certified organic farm of which 180 acres is tillable and 60 acres is organic pasture ground. Selling their organic crop production, they say, is more rewarding than selling milk.

“Marketing hasn’t been an issue,” he said. “I do shop prices with three or four companies. I wait until I have the grain in the bin after harvest. I know what I have to work with so I watch the markets ’til January, then contract for April, May, June selling.” The firm buying his grain The VanderWoude family, from left: Paul, Rochelle, Ethan and Levi. sends semi rigs to pick up at his farm.

“I’ve learned a lot but I still have much to learn cent level “because the quality persists better. And about this entire farming strategy,” VanderWoude that extra cost to dry it down to 12 to 13 percent I figure is covered at the selling end.” admitted.

He earns some bonus money on higher test weight What got him into organics? Economics, pure and corn.

“On this year’s crop, test weights were so good simple. He liked the idea of selling his corn and soybeans for about twice the price of conventional grain premiums were good also.” prices. But he also had deep concerns over the growing Respectable yields are not an issue. Some parts of usage of chemicals and genetic manipulations of seeds. his corn did 170 bushels per acre in 2012. He “I’ve never liked the chemical usage and the genetic alterations that were happening in the seed industry,” VanderWoude said. “To me it’s a health issue. I milked cows for nearly 30 years. I got talked into using BT corn. When I made corn silage out of that crop I couldn’t get milk production. I had health troubles with them. So from then on in my mind these genetically altered crops just didn’t seem right.”

Weed control persists as the perennial challenge of growing organic crops, so you quickly learn what you’ve got to do, VanderWoude said. It starts with destroying as much of your weed population as you can before planting. You’re planting a couple weeks later than “normal” to get those later-emerging weeds, but you’ve got warmer soils by then so germination is quicker.

“Then just before the corn spikes out of the ground I hit it with a drag harrow; a week or so later I harrow again,” VanderWoude said. He usually cultivates three times with his six-row, 30-inch cultivator.

Accessing organic seed is not an issue. His seed corn costs between $170 and $200 per bag — about $100 per bag less than conventional hybrid seed corn. Trait selection isn’t an issue simply because organic seed corn isn’t marketed on the basis of trait offerings. “But I used two different hybrids last year, one supposedly with some drought resistance and it was my poorest corn.”

That’s why he doesn’t plant just a single brand of seed corn. With soybeans “brand shopping” is less a factor; same with oats. At harvest if his corn needs some artificial drying he fires up his grain dryer, usually drying it a couple points below the 15-per-

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CIH 215 Magnum, ‘08, 1870 hrs.$139,500 CIH 215 Mag, '08, 1235 hrs ..................................$139,500 CIH 215 Mag, '08, 1870 hrs ..................................$139,500 CIH MX215, '06, 2025 hrs ....................................$113,900 CIH MX200, '99, 8870 hrs ......................................$65,000 CIH 190 Mag, '11, 235 hrs ....................................$167,000 CIH 190 Mag, '09, 3545 hrs ..................................$115,000 CIH MX80C, '99, 5100 hrs ......................................$36,500 CIH 210 Puma, '08, 1130 hrs ................................$115,000 CIH 200 Puma, '11, 380 hrs ..................................$141,500 CIH 125 Maxxum, '11, 890 hrs................................$89,000 CIH 125 Pro, '08, 2100 hrs......................................$76,000 CIH 95 Farmall, '10, 785 hrs....................................$34,750 Case 3394, '87, 5590 hrs ........................................$29,900 CIH 3294..................................................................$29,900 Challenger 65E, '01, 5385 hrs ................................$37,500 Ford 7740, '95, 3000 hrs ........................................$34,500 Holder C9700H, '98, 2245 hrs ................................$12,500 JD 8760, '90, 6545 hrs ............................................$49,500 JD 6300, '94, 4095 hrs ............................................$29,500 NH 8970, '94, 10080 hrs ........................................$42,000 NH T8040, '10, 1075 hrs ......................................$179,000 NH T8010, '08, 1900 hrs ......................................$126,500

CIH DX25, ‘02, 485 hrs. ..........$12,900

CIH TMII, 30.5' Fld Cult .................................

CIH 4900, 40' Fld Cult.....................................

(4) CIH 900, 12R30 ..................................starting at $7,500 (2) CIH 4900, 38' Fld Cult ........................start CIH 900, 6R30 ..........................................................$7,900 IH 800, 8R30 ............................................................$8,000 Flexicoil 36R20 ........................................................$49,000 Flexicoil 2340 ..........................................................$17,500 JD 7000, 12R30 ........................................................$9,500 (2) JD 1770, 16R30 ................................starting at $44,500 JD 1760, 12R30 ......................................................$36,900 Kinze 3700, 24R20 ..................................................$63,900 NH SP580, 16R20....................................................$72,500 White 8524, 24R30 ................................................$109,900 White 6122, 12R30 ..................................................$17,500 Ag System 6200 Side Dress Cart ............................$17,950 CIH 5400MT, 20' Drill ................................................$6,950 (2) Great Plains 20' Drill ..........................starting at $4,500 JD 520, 20' Drill ........................................................$4,500 JD 455, 30' Drill ......................................................$14,500 CIH 3900, 23.4' Seeder............................................$15,950 Brillion BOS61, 72" Seeder ........................................$9,500 DMI TM 44.5’ Field Cult ...........

CIH 4900, 34' Fld Cult.....................................

SPRING TILLAGE CIH 4900, 30' Fld Cult.....................................

(2) CIH 4800, 30.5' Fld Cult......................start CIH 4800, 26.5' Fld Cult .................................

CIH 4800, 26' Fld Cult.....................................

CIH 4300, 44' Fld Cult.....................................

CIH 4200, 30' Fld Cult.....................................

(2) DMI TMII, 54.5' Fld Cult....................startin DMI TMII, 48.5' Fld Cult .................................

(2) DMI TM, 44.5' Fld Cult......................startin DMI TM, 32.5' Fld Cult ...................................

JD 2210, 55.5' Fld Cult ...................................

JD 2210, 44.5' Fld Cult ...................................

JD 2200, 37.5' Fld Cult ...................................

CIH 1200, 16R30 ....................$38,000

CIH DX25, '02, 485 hrs............................................$12,900 Deutz 5220, '87, 1540 hrs ........................................$5,995 Ford 1200, 500 hrs ....................................................$5,200 JD 4610, '04, 4720 hrs ............................................$16,500 JD 4310, '04, 1345 hrs ............................................$21,900 JD 4310, '02, 1090 hrs ............................................$21,000 JD 3520, '10, 215 hrs ..............................................$29,900 JD 2305, 120 hrs ....................................................$12,500 Kubota B7510, '04, 1040 hrs ..................................$10,500 Kubota B7300HSD, 1265 hrs ....................................$6,500 Kubota BX2360T, '09, 485 hrs ..................................$8,950 Kubota BX2360TV, '08, 135 hrs ..............................$10,500 Kubota BX2350, '07, 200 hrs ..................................$10,500 Kubota BX23, '05, 495 hrs ......................................$13,950 Kubota BX2230, '05, 415 hrs ....................................$8,450 Kubota BX2230, '04, 1985 hrs ..................................$7,750 Kubota BX2200, '01, 565 hrs ....................................$7,900 Kubota BX1800, '00, 1510 hrs ..................................$6,600 Massey 1532, '11, 85 hrs ........................................$17,900 Honda TRX420FE, '08, 350 miles ..............................$4,500 Kawasaki 3000 Mule, '06, 1900 hrs ..........................$3,995 Kawasaki 650, '06......................................................$4,500 Kubota RTV900R, '08, 1475 hrs ................................$8,995 TRACTORS 2WD Kubota RTV900, '06, 1015 hrs ..................................$7,950 CIH 125 Value, '08, 710 hrs ....................................$59,500 Kubota RTV900W, '04, 840 hrs ................................$8,200 CIH JX95, '07, 950 hrs ............................................$25,000 PLANTING & SEEDING CIH JX95, '07, 970 hrs ............................................$25,000 CIH 75A Farmall, '11................................................$21,500 CIH 7130, '88, 1460 hrs ..........................................$39,000 CIH 7130, '87, 5240 hrs ..........................................$36,500 CIH 9270, ‘91, 7130 hrs. ..........$55,000 CIH 5130, '90, 9110 hrs ..........................................$27,500 Case 1370, '74, 5280 hrs ........................................$12,500 CIH 9270, '92, 5435 hrs ..........................................$59,900 Case 970, 11,000 hrs ................................................$5,500 CIH 9270, '92, 8925 hrs ..........................................$49,900 Case 854C, 7640 hrs ................................................$9,500 CIH 9270, '91, 7130 hrs ..........................................$55,000 IH 5088, '83, 11,075 hrs..........................................$14,900 CIH 9250, '92, 6530 hrs ..........................................$52,000 CIH 9180, '89, 7660 hrs ..........................................$39,900 CIH 9170, '89, 7930 hrs ..........................................$56,500 CIH 9170, '87, 7335 hrs ..........................................$47,500 CIH TM 200, 60.5’ Field Cult. ....$65,000 CIH 9170, 6315 hrs ................................................$49,500 4) CIH TM 200, 60.5' Fld Cult ................starting at $65,000 Cat 65D, '96, 5700 hrs ............................................$68,500 (3) CIH TM 200, 50.5' Fld Cult................starting at $57,900 Ford 846, '93, 5800 hrs ..........................................$39,900 CIH 1250, 12R30 ....................$72,500 JD 9630, '11, 1050 hrs ..........................................$269,900 JD 9400T, '01, 4370 hrs ........................................$126,500 (4) CIH 1250, 24R30 ............................starting at $113,900 JD 9620T, '06, 3485 hrs ........................................$195,000 (2) CIH 1250, 16R30 ..............................starting at $98,500 JD 8650, '84, 7510 hrs ............................................$35,500 CIH 1250, 12R30 ....................................................$72,500 NH T9050, '09, 1350 hrs ......................................$209,000 NH 9020, '10, 360 hrs ..........................................$165,000 JD 985, 48.5’ Field Cult. .........

NH TJ425, '03, 3200 hrs ......................................$129,500 Steiger Cougar, '87, 6920 hrs ..................................$49,500 JD 1000, 26.5' Fld Cult ...................................

Versatile 800, '75, 8905 hrs ....................................$10,500 (2) JD 985, 48.5' Fld Cult ......................startin (2) JD 980, 44.5' Fld Cult ......................startin TRACTORS AWD/MFD (2) JD 980, 38.5' Fld Cult ......................startin CIH 335 Mag, '09, 730 hrs ....................................$192,500 IH 1066 Hydr., ‘71, 7025 hrs. ......$9,500 JD 980, 30.5' Fld Cult ....................................

CIH 315 Mag, '12, 330 hrs ....................................$230,500 IH 1586, 6420 hrs......................................................$5,500 JD 980, 28' Fld Cult .......................................

Wilrich 2500, 36.5' Fld Cult ...........................

CIH 305 Mag, '10, 625 hrs ....................................$182,500 IH 1086, 9955 hrs....................................................$11,500 CIH 183, 12R30 Row Crop Cult .....................

CIH 305 Mag, '10, 3585 hrs ..................................$151,900 IH 966, '73, 5500 hrs ................................................$7,500 CIH 490, 30' Disk ...........................................

CIH 305 Mag, '10, 3410 hrs ..................................$151,900 IH 966, '73, 11200 hrs ..............................................$6,900 CIH 330, 42' Disk ...........................................

CIH 305 Mag, '09, 1710 hrs ..................................$182,500 IH 686, 8175 hrs......................................................$11,750 (5) CIH 330, 34' Disk..............................startin CIH 290 Mag, '12, 390 hrs ....................................$192,500 IH 656, '68, 4740 hrs ................................................$7,250 CIH 1200, 36R30 ....................$49,500 CIH TMII, 54.5’ Field Cult. ........$35,500 CIH 330, 25' Disk ...........................................

CIH 290 Mag, '11, 465 hrs ....................................$192,500 IH 656H......................................................................$5,500 CIH 1200, 36R20 ....................................................$49,500 CIH 275 Mag, '10, 700 hrs ....................................$172,500 IH 454, 2675 hrs........................................................$5,500 (2) CIH 1200, 24R22 ..............................starting at $49,900 (2) CIH TMII, 54.5' Fld Cult ....................starting at $35,500 IH 490, 28' Disk .............................................

CIH 275 Mag, '10, 1820 hrs ..................................$165,000 Allis Chalmers 190XT111, 5740 hrs ..........................$6,900 (2) CIH 1200, 16R31 ..............................starting at $64,500 CIH TMII 50.5' Fld Cult ............................................$47,500 Ford 242, 28' Disk .........................................

CIH 275 Mag, '07, 1100 hrs ..................................$165,000 Ford 800, '55 ............................................................$3,500 CIH 1200, 16R30 ....................................................$38,000 CIH TMII, 49.5' Fld Cult ..........................................$29,000 Great Plains 3000TT, 30' Disk.........................

CIH MX270, '99, 7780 hrs ......................................$79,000 JD 2440, '77, 1565 hrs ............................................$10,900 (3) CIH 1200, 12R30 ..............................starting at $41,500 (2) CIH TMII, 48.5' Fld Cult ....................starting at $44,000 JD 200, 30' Disk .............................................

CIH MX255, '03, 7500 hrs ......................................$92,000 McCormick 560..........................................................$4,900 CIH 955, 16R22 ......................................................$22,500 CIH TMII, 46.5' Fld Cult ..........................................$38,500 Sunflower 1443, 29' Disk ...............................

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CIH 225 Mag, '11, 445 hrs ....................................$149,000 White 2-105, '80 ........................................................$9,800 CIH 950, 16R22 ......................................................$16,500 CIH TMII, 44.5' Fld Cult ..........................................$34,500 DMI 42.5' Crumbler .......................................

CIH 215 Mag, '11, 1200 hrs ..................................$139,500 CIH 950, 12R30 ......................................................$16,900 CIH TMII, 34.5' Fld Cult ..........................................$36,000 Financing provided by

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Kubota KX91-3, 315 hrs. ..........$23,950 Kubota KX91-3, 315 hrs ..........................................$23,950 Kubota KX91-3, 1455 hrs ........................................$24,950 Kubota KX91-3, '02, 2680 hrs ................................$23,900 Kubota KX71ST1T3, '11, 175 hrs ............................$31,500

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Ag Chem 750, 60' ....................................................$10,900 Fast 7446, 2400 Gal ................................................$29,900 Hardi Commander....................................................$29,500 Hardi CM6600..........................................................$66,000 Hardi NAV4000 ........................................................$31,000 Hardi NAV1000 ..........................................................$4,250 Redball 690, 2000 Gal ............................................$29,500 Redball 690, 1600 Gal ............................................$25,000 (2) Redball 680, 1600 Gal ......................starting at $19,950 Redball 680, 1350 Gal ............................................$16,500 Redball 670, 1200 Gal ............................................$21,500 Redball 670, 90' ......................................................$20,000 Redball 570, 90' ......................................................$18,900 Redball 565..............................................................$15,500 Spray Air 3600, 120'................................................$31,700 Top Air 1600R90, '11 ..............................................$39,500 Top Air 1600R90, '11 ..............................................$41,000 Top Air 1600R90, '11 ..............................................$42,500 Top Air 1600, 120' ..................................................$40,000 Top Air 1200, 90' ....................................................$27,500 Top Air TA1100, 60' ................................................$18,500

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Miller 4365, '10, 1075 hrs ....................................$269,000 Miller 2200TSS, '04, 4400 hrs ................................$84,900 Miller 200, '98, 2905 hrs ........................................$33,500 Patriot II, '95, 5600 hrs ..........................................$34,900 Redball Raptor, '05, 1250 hrs ..................................$86,500

Case 1845C, '93, 4580 hrs ......................................$11,500 Case 1845, '75 ..........................................................$5,500 Case 1840, '99, 3830 hrs ..........................................$8,900 Case 1840, '95, 4415 hrs ........................................$10,500 Case 1840, '91, 6395 hrs ..........................................$9,850 Case 1816, '82, 1705 hrs ..........................................$4,250 Case 450CT, '06, 1920 hrs ......................................$28,500 Case 440, '10, 3105 hrs ..........................................$25,900 Case 440, '07, 2330 hrs ..........................................$22,500 Case 430, '09, 1795 hrs ..........................................$25,000 Case 430, '06, 2185 hrs ..........................................$17,900 Case 430, '06, 4060 hrs ..........................................$22,000 Case 40XT, '05, 4220 hrs ........................................$15,500 Case 40XT, '02, 2620 hrs ........................................$17,900 ASV PT100, '08, 1170 hrs ......................................$39,500 Bobcat 632, '79, 2580 hrs ........................................$5,500 Bobcat 610 ................................................................$3,750 Bobcat S-250, '05, 4640 hrs....................................$24,500 Bobcat S-185, 2190 hrs ..........................................$23,500 Bobcat S-185, 5500 hrs ..........................................$13,900 Bobcat S-130, '05, 3750 hrs....................................$13,900 Cat 236B, '06, 1985hrs ............................................$23,500 Gehl CTL80, '08, 795 hrs ........................................$38,000 Gehl 5640E, '08, 1200 hrs ......................................$26,500 Gehl 4840, '04, 3100 ..............................................$15,900 Gehl 4835SXT, '99, 5150 hrs ....................................$9,500 Gehl 4640, '05, 3295 hrs ........................................$18,000 Gehl 4625SX, 440 hrs................................................$9,950 Gehl 4310, '90, 1340 hrs ..........................................$5,900 JD CT322, '06, 725 hrs............................................$28,000 JD 328, '05, 5180 hrs ..............................................$19,500 JD 320D, '11, 450 hrs ............................................$29,900 JD 320, 2240 hrs ....................................................$19,900 JD 250, '01, 1850 hrs ..............................................$14,500 JD 250, '00, 1260 hrs ..............................................$13,500 Kubota SVL90, '11, 1025 hrs ..................................$50,000 Kubota SVL75, '11, 1000 hrs ..................................$42,000 Melroe 610, '74..........................................................$2,950 Mustang 930A, '97, 2055 hrs ....................................$9,400 NH LX865, '95 ........................................................$12,500 NH L445, 1640 hrs ....................................................$3,500

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Swany White Mill rises again from the ashes

By TIM KING The Land Correspondent A photograph of two vigorous elderly gentlemen hung on the wall of the retail space in the old Swany White Mill in Freeport, Minn. Both men were smoking cigars, or stogies, as current owner Gary Thelen calls them.

“Grandpa Pete wore the bluestriped overalls because he ran the steam engine,” Gary said when we

first saw the photo years ago. “His business partner Hubert wore white overalls because he was the miller.”

Gary’s father, Walter, took the mill over from the cigar-smoking gents and then, in 1998, Gary took over from his father.

But the Swany White Mill that Pete and Hubert bought in 1903, and that was passed on to two generations of Thelens, burned down on Dec. 27, 2011. It took more than five surround-

ing fire agencies to put out the blaze.

An employee reported the fire at 4:48 p.m. That night, people gathered all around and witnessed the historic building burn while holding hands and crying.

With the mill went the photo of Pete and Hubert, two generations of momentos, and the 98-year-old milling equipment.

Memory is an important part of the newly built Swany White mill. On the wall behind the retail counter is a wide-angle painting of the fateful blaze. Standing in front of the painting, Gary leans on the new counter.

Outside the window visitors can see the old brick chimney for the boiler.

Looking at that chimney causes Gary to tell us again about his grandfather.

“People ask me why I don’t tear the chimney down,” Gary said. “We stopped operating with steam years ago but I like it. Grandpa Pete ran the boiler and steam engine. He wore the blue striped overalls and Hubert wore the white overalls” The photo is gone but Gary holds that memory close in his mind. The new Swany White is a testament to memory as well as future plans. The retail space is much larger than the old mill.

See ASHES, pg. 19A

Jan King

Gary Thelen decided to rebuild his family’s Swany White Mill after it burned in 2011.

Thelen refuses to let a family tradition go up in smoke

Jan King

The decision to rebuild Swany White Mill not only maintained a local fixture, but also preserved the Thelen family history.

things with the internet,” he said.

He’s found his sparkling new stainless steel mixing and bagging equipment on the internet. He’s also got a

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friends, found the decorations for the retail space that give it a homey look and feel. And, Gary said, she is responsible for the slate gray and red color of the exterior.

Gary, however, is responsible for locating the stamped tin ceiling that recalls the old stamped tin walls. He found it in Florida, via the internet.

“It’s amazing how you can locate

bag-sealing machine. A hammer mill will arrive soon.

The new equipment sparkles and shines in the spacious milling area.

But the one thing that Gary will not find on the internet is that old 1913 two-story roller mill that used to cause the entire building to vibrate.

The roller mill made the white flour that Swany White was famous for.

The hammer mill won’t be able to make that same flour. But Gary Thelen intends to continue making the other high-quality products that Swany White has always been known for.

“I just didn’t want to let the name die,” Gary said.

Now, the tall brick smokestack that Interstate 94 travelers see when passing Freeport, will have a little more meaning than it had before. It will stand for the determination to continue forward while refusing to let a family tradition go up in smoke. ❖

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ASHES, from pg. 18A “We’ve been open since October and we have people stop by every day.

Whole Farm Cooperative is picking up products every Wednesday on their way to the Cities” Gary said.

Swany White has pancake mix, oatmeal, bread mix, flaxseed, corn meal, whole wheat flour, oat bran and medium rye flour among other products. There is a dusting of flour on the wood grain floor, just like the old mill.

The flooring, however, isn’t the old maple but a very convincing, and attractive, synthetic product.

“That’s from Joe Hennen at Hennen Floor Covering here in Freeport,” Gary said. “After the fire Joe took me on as a driver so I had something to do. He’s the kind of guy that would do anything for you.”

That the new Swany White mill exists at all is testament to Gary’s own dogged determination to keep the name Swany White alive as well as the generous support from the community and his family. Sharon, his wife, has been particularly supportive. She bought the beautiful old wood cook stove and wooden cabinet that are in the retail space. She, with help from

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Market nervous about butter availability later in year This column was written $1.5438, up 3.7 cents. Nonfat for the marketing week enddry milk averaged $1.5559, ing March 1. down slightly, and dry whey averaged 63.93 cents, down Farm gate milk prices fell 1.1 cent. again. The U.S. Department of Agriculture California’s comparable 4b announced the February cheese milk price is $15.41, federal order benchmark down 43 cents from January, Class III price at $17.25 $1.99 above a year ago, but per hundredweight down $1.84 below the federal MIELKE MARKET 89 cents from January but order Class III price, even WEEKLY still $1.19 above February with the temporary price

By Lee Mielke 2012. That equates to boast just approved by about $1.48 per gallon. the California Department of Food and AgriThe two-month averculture.

Its two-month age now stands at average now stands at $15.63, down $17.70, down from $16.56 a year ago from $15.85 a year ago and $17.19 in and $15.24 in 2011.

2011.

Class III futures show more fall to The 4a butter-powder price is $18.01, come. The March contract was trading up 93 cents from January and $2.50 late Friday morning at $16.83/cwt. above a year ago. Its two-month averApril was at $17.08; May, $17.43; age is $17.55, up from $13.83 in 2012 June, $17.65; July, $18.05; August, $18.30; with a peak at $18.40 in Sep- and compares to $14.71 in 2011. tember. The Class IV price is $17.75, ■ up 12 cents from January and $1.83 There’s lots of butter in storage. The above a year ago.

USDA’s latest Cold Storage report put The Agricultural Marketing Service- Jan. 31 stocks at 206.6 million pounds, surveyed cheese price averaged up 53.6 million pounds or 35 percent $1.6623 per pound, down 8.6 cents from December and 36.3 million or 21 from January. Butter averaged percent above January 2012.

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American-type cheese, at 643.6 million pounds, was up 1 percent from December and even with a year ago.

Total cheese stocks, at just over 1 billion pounds, is up 1 percent from December and 1 percent above a year ago.

The USDA increased its coverage of cheese stocks, according to Daily Dairy Report editor Mary Ledman in her Feb. 22 issue and Daily Dairy Discussion.

What that means, she said, is that the USDA found additional warehouses to survey so comparing 2013 stocks to previous years will be a “struggle.”

As a result, 2012 levels were increased 30 million to 40 million pounds in any given month.

She said the American cheese inventory is comparable to year-ago levels but butter stocks are up about 20 percent and “we’ve had very few Januarys where the butter stock level has topped 200 million pounds.”

She added the caveat that butter stocks around the world are not real strong so the additional stocks are “comforting to the market at this point because the anticipation of lower milk production in the West where a lot of butter is produced has the market nervous about butter availability in the second half of the year.”

FC Stone dairy broker Dave Kurzawski wrote in his Feb. 25 eDairy Insider Opening Bell that “cheese stocks typically grow in December but Friday’s report showed a larger increase than normal,” and “that could provide a lid on upward price movement.”

Kurzawski added that China’s cut in its tariff on dairy-based infant formula from as high as 20 percent down to 5 percent will become effective May 1.

“This puts Australian producers on comparable footing to New Zealand producers, who had benefited from the New Zealand-China trade agreement.”

FC Stone dairy economist Bill Brooks said the across-the-board tariff reduction can help any supplier, but Australia is in position to benefit first because of its transportation advantage.

He expects the reduced Chinese tariff could benefit dry products, probably supporting whey initially.

■ Cheese prices are unsettled with buyers and sellers continuing to look for a clear market direction, reports the USDA’s Dairy Market News. Uncer-

tainty over future cheese supplies for the second and third quarter is adding to the confusion, it said.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange 40pound cash block cheese closed March 1 at $1.5750/lb., down 5.25 cents on the week but still 9.5 cents above a year ago. The 500-pound barrels closed at $1.56, down 7 cents on the week and 8 cents above a year ago. Nine cars of block and 10 of barrel traded hands on the week. The lagging, AMS-surveyed U.S. average block price inched up 0.4 cent, to $1.6620. Barrel averaged $1.6285, up 3.8 cents.

■ Cheese production across the United States is up as available milk supplies are headed to cheese plants in many parts of the country, according to the DMN. Retail sales are in line with expectations. Increased pizza promotions have grown mozzarella demand.

Export sales are said to be increasing.

The Cooperatives Working Together program is assisting with sales and international prices are in line with domestic prices adding to demand. Cheese stocks are reported to be manageable.

■ Cash butter dropped 4 cents early in the week but rallied 2.5 on a bid Friday to close at $1.5750, down a penny and a half on the week and 12.5 above a year ago. Eight cars sold on the week. AMS butter averaged $1.5793, up 1.7 cents.

Butter production is active throughout the country, according to the USDA. Butter makers are building inventories with confidence, according to the DMN, prices range from 4 cents under to 7 cents over the market, and demand is active.

Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk slipped three-quarter cents on the week to $1.4975. Extra Grade remained at $1.56.

AMS powder averaged $1.5744, up 1.7 cents, and dry whey averaged 63.05 cents, down 0.4 cent.

■ Farm milk production is uneven throughout the country, according to the DMN. Central supplies are steady to slightly higher. Manufacturing milk is increasing in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

California and Arizona production is building seasonally, but overall still lags 2012 while New Mexico eked out a small increase over January 2012. Milk production in the Northwest is mostly steady.

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Sequestration’s impact on ag yet to be determined MIELKE, from pg. 20A Challenges facing dairy farmers include drought affected forage quality/quantity and high purchased feed costs.

Anecdotal reports from some areas, such as California, indicate financial resets may come through the path to foreclosure and liquidation. Most areas report bottled milk demand is slow to redevelop after the holidays but some Southeast areas indicate increasing outdoor dining is augmenting fluid milk demand.

Most regions are handling manufacturing of the milk within their region, with the exception of cream. Cream loads from the West and East are clearing into the Central region to find processing.

Sales of cream into ice cream and frozen dessert accounts are at seasonal volumes and should increase rapidly in March.

DairyBusiness Update reports that January 2013 total dairy feed costs were steady for a third straight month, helping hold the line on monthly average milk production costs. But, while the last quarter has been steady, feed and total costs to produce milk were well above those in January 2012.

Cost estimates are based on total farm costs per hundredweight of milk sold. Based on the USDA’s January estimates, U.S. average feed costs were $15.10/cwt., up from $15.08 in December 2012 and $11.95 in January 2012.

Operating costs (which include feed) were $18.25/cwt., down from $18.26 in December, but up from $15.09 in January 2012.

Costs for allocated overhead, including labor, were $8.34 in January, down from $8.43 in December, but up from

$7.96 a year ago.Add them up, writes the DBU, and total costs were $26.59/cwt. in January, down a dime from December, but $3.54 more than January 2012.

The all-milk price was $19.90/cwt. in January 2013, compared to $20.90 in December and $19 a year ago.

Dairy farm profit margins are getting tighter.

Lower milk prices and slightly higher hay prices offset small declines in corn and soybean prices, according to the DBU, pushing the preliminary February milk-feed price ratio lower.

The U.S. average milk price of $19.40/cwt. was down 50 cents from January and the lowest since August 2012. Average prices paid for corn and soybeans in February were down 7 cents and 10 cents per bushel from January, respectively, but hay prices rose to a record $218 per ton.

February’s index is the lowest since August 2012, according to the DBU, and marks the 23rd consecutive month the milk-feed price ratio is below 2.0. The 2012 average of 1.53 was the lowest annual average since the early 1990s.

■ The University of Wisconsin’s Brian Gould reports the January Milk Income Loss Contract payment to producers will be 11.8 cents/cwt. He projects 43.36 cents for February; 54.48 cents for March; 55.43 cents for April; 45.06 cents for May; 34.51 cents for June; 22.91 cents for July and none for the remainder of 2013.

■ The CWT accepted 12 requests for export assistance this week to sell 1.1 million pounds of cheese; 908,305 pounds of butter and 44,092 pounds of whole milk powder to customers in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.

The product will be delivered through July and raised the CWT’s 2013 cheese exports to 23.735 million pounds, 12.824 million pounds of butter and 132,277 pounds of whole milk powder to 24 countries.

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■ The “Sequestration” has begun and, like the “Y2K scare” in 1999, the sky didn’t fall.

FC Stone’s Feb. 28 e-Dairy Insider Opening Bell warned that the federal budget cuts could affect dairy contracts. “The CME Group told customers a week ago that the mandatory spending cuts could affect physical delivery and cash settlement mechanisms of some CME livestock and dairy products.”

The Feb. 27 Daily Dairy Report said that Sequestration budget cuts were put in place as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling in August 2011 and warned that “if the cuts are not stopped, the USDA may be forced to reduce every line item in its annual budget by 5 to 6 percent, but because the cuts won’t be made until the second half of the year, they could be even larger, according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.”

DDR analysts believe that how a sequestration is implemented will determine its impacts. For example, California has furloughed state employees in the past, typically on a Friday. When dairy price announcements and furlough days coincided, the announcements were postponed until the next working day. USDA-surveyed dairy product prices used to calculate the Class III and IV prices are typically released on a Wednesday, a Friday-furlough program would not impact the price reports. In addition, given that USDA user fees fund dairy inspectors, the impact on grading product for the CME spot market would likely be minimal.

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Grain Angles Like shooting fish in a barrel

The following market analysis is for the week ending March 1.

CORN — Corn broke through $7.04 resistance this week to put $7.20 to $7.32 in the crosshairs. There wasn’t a single item that propelled prices higher, but rather a combination of several factors. Domestic demand for corn has been a main driver.

Basis levels are strong with reports of end-users (ethanol) trying to source corn into the spring and summer months.

The March-May corn inverse on the Board of Trade set a record when it hit 17 3/4 cents.

There hasn’t been any hint that PHYLLIS NYSTROM CHS Hedging Inc. there has been rationing in the St. Paul hog or poultry sectors. Broiler egg-sets and chick placements are each 102 percent of last year, nothing to suggest a slowdown in feed demand. The May-July inverse may likely widen further until we resolve the rationing issue.

Weekly ethanol production rose 15,000 barrels per day to 812,000 barrels. This is 9 percent below last year, but is on pace to meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture 4.5 billion bushels of corn for ethanol estimate. Stocks were 5 million gallons higher at 814 million gallons. Ethanol imports continue to climb, but the surging value of Renewable Identification Numbers should limit the use of imports (sugar cane based) in blending. In addition, Brazil is raising their mandatory ethanol blend in gasoline from 20 to 25 percent effective May 1.

Weekly old crop corn sales of 11.9 million bushels were as expected, but are still below what we need to See NYSTROM, pg. 24A

February has not been kind to livestock prices.

Both the cattle and hog markets have seen price slides through the three quarters of the month.

Winter storms and various rumors have plagued both markets, which boiled down to decreased demand for both beef and pork products.

The cattle market has seen a major change in the basis over the past several weeks. The futures market has dropped enough to close the gap between cash and futures to appear as a more-normal basis at this time of the year.

At the same time the cash market was in a slide also, reflecting the weakness in demand for beef prodJOE TEALE Broker ucts. This weakness in demand has been an ongoing problem since last Great Plains Commodity Afton, Minn. fall when the beef cutout on choice exceeded $190 per hundredweight.

Several major winter storms have disrupted the logistics in marketing primarily to the East Coast region of the country. Rumors that several countries have threatened to ban the import of American beef because of the use of growth hormones in the feeding of cattle has also had an adverse effect on cattle prices.

On Feb. 22 two reports were released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The monthly Cattle on Feed Report which stated that cattle on-feed in comparison to a year ago was 94 percent. Placed during January at 102 percent, and marketed during January at 106 percent.

The USDA also released a Cold Storage Report that indicated beef stocks in storage was 3 million pounds greater than expected.The reports were seen as neutral to friendly since the number of cattle on-feed continue to shrink.

A number of years ago while I was a floor broker on the Kansas City Board of Trade, we would have morning meetings around the “squawk box.”

This speaker device connected to a telephone to broadcast calls coming from our research department in Chicago. Every morning at the appointed hour, we would dial in and gather around the box to hear the latest news and thoughts about the markets.

One legendary trader and owner of the clearing firm would present his ideas for trades and give his rationale behind his suggestions. When he would get TOM NEHER really passionate about a particuAgStar VP & Team lar trade idea he was known to — Grain Industry proclaim, “It’s just like shooting Leader Rochester, Minn. fish in a barrel!” He used this expression when he thought his idea was a sure bet to win. Inevitably someone in the room would mutter under their breath, “When he says that, we should probably do just the opposite.”

Those of us in the grain business truly can be a cynical group of people. This comes from years of being proven wrong and getting beat up by the markets. There is no business that I know of that is better at knocking one down flat on their face and challenging them to get back up and trying again.

The markets can be cruel, brutal and unforgiving as they grind humility into one’s soul. Yet, this is the dynamic that drives the news, opinions and emotions into a price for a given market.

Adam Erwin in his DTN column “MBAg” writes, “You are a grain farmer. Your crops hover near

See TEALE, pg. 25A

See NEHER, pg. 25A

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

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Nystrom: Market structure indicates more rationing NYSTROM, from pg. 23A achieve the USDA’s 900-million-bushel forecast. New crop sales picked up significantly at 8.3 million bushels. New crop commitments are 65.2 million compared to 59.8 million bushels of new crop on the book at this time last year. New sales this week announced by the USDA included 51,000 metric tons of old crop and 76,000 mt of new crop corn sold to unknown destinations.

Informa Economics updated their South American crop figures this week. They left Argentina’s corn production number unchanged at 25 million mt compared to the USDA’s 27 mmt estimate in February. Brazil’s corn estimate increased 1.3 mmt to 71.6 mmt versus USDA’s 72.5 mmt forecast.

OUTLOOK: In February, nearby corn was down 2.8 percent or 21 cents lower. This week, May corn soared 24 1/4 cents higher to close at $7.08 1/2 and December corn gained 4 cents to $5.56 3/4 per bushel. Corn on the weekly chart posted a key reversal higher, indicating a positive technical scenario. The short-term range for May corn is $6.78 1/2 to $7.47 1/2 per bushel.

Planting weather in the United States will soon come into focus as a market driver, but we have the Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks reports on March 28 to deal with first. In four out of the last five March 1 Stocks reports, the trade has overestimated the actual stocks. The crop insurance February calculation is estimated at $5.65 for corn, unchanged from last year; and $12.87 for beans, up

32 cents from last year.

SOYBEANS — Soybeans extended losses when traders returned to their computers to begin the week and after a key reversal lower last week, but by midweek prices were able to find traction and shift higher. Poor economic data out of China cast a shadow over the market that turned a weekly gain into a weekly loss as the week came to a close.

China returned to the buying arena with the USDA announcing a total of 360,000 mt of new crop beans sold to China and 120,000 mt of old crop to unknown (likely China). The March contract extended its premium over the May which indicates the market’s need for nearby beans to meet demand and the necessity to ration soybeans. The U.S. carryout for this year is only projected at 125 million bushels. We can’t accommodate additional demand or keep up the current demand pace.

There were unconfirmed market rumors that China may release up to 2.5 mmt of reserve beans and up to 100,000 mt of rapeseed oil to accommodate processors until they get supplies from South America. In the same vein, there were reports that a small East Coast crusher had booked three to four cargoes of Paraguayan beans in Norfolk, Va. This is believed to be a paper hedge against U.S. beans. The takeaway however remains that more rationing needs to occur.

Weekly old crop sales were 25.3 million bushels after two weeks of net cancellations. New crop sales were 17.7 million bushels, bringing total new crop commitments to 130.3 million compared to 143.1 million on the books last year for new crop. China

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Brazil’s soybean basis is crumbling due to the huge shipping lineup and no guarantees for shipment timing. Depending on which port you look at, the waiting time to load is running from 30 to 50-plus days.

Any new strikes in Brazil have been delayed until at least March 15.

Deutsche Bank is now forecasting Brazil’s bean crop at 79 mmt to 80 mmt, probably the smallest estimate in print so far. The USDA is carrying Brazil at 83.5 mmt. The Rosario Grain Exchange in Argentina lowered their bean production estimate to 48.5 mmt compared to USDA’s 53 mmt. The BA Grain Exchange’s dropped their Argentine bean forecast from 50 mmt to 48.5 mmt. Informa Economics’ latest South American crop estimates didn’t hold any surprises. They pushed Brazil’s bean estimate 0.5 mmt higher to 84.5 mmt; for Argentina they left their projection at 51 mmt. The USDA is carrying Argentine production at 53 mmt.

OUTLOOK: The market structure indicates that we still have rationing to accomplish. The logistical mess in South America is aiding demand for U.S. beans and once it’s cleaned up we could see some correction. The MarchMay inverse worked out to 23 cents this week. Basis levels fluctuated, but were overall firm. For February, nearby beans were up 0.4 percent or 5 3/4 cents. This week, May soybeans fell 1/4 cent to settle at $14.43 1/2 and November beans were 5 1/2 cents lower at $12.61 1/4 per bushel. For now, May beans upside target is $15 per bushel with support at $14.20 per bushel.

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TEALE, from pg. 23A With the cattle market oversold and numbers of animals tightening, it is likely that a recovery is in order. However if demand does not pick up as we approach spring, the rally could be somewhat limited. Producers are recommended to keep aware of market conditions and protect inventories when necessary.

The hog market has also suffered in recent weeks as demand has slipped away after a decent recovery. The winter storms that hit the East Coast are partly to blame as well as the higher prices for pork at the retail level.

With the new taxes implemented as of Jan. 1 and higher energy costs, disposable income to the average American family has been shrinking. This has become a real threat to higher food costs and will likely continue to hamper growing domestic demand for all meat including pork.

There is some good news in the USDA Cold Storage Report, pork stocks came in lower than expected by 2.7 million pounds. This would reflect the better value in pork in comparison to other meats. The problem being, however, is that the pork cutout has been dropping and

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NEHER, from pg. 23A record prices. Crop insurance erases the potential for a hard landing. Long-term fixed interest rates are benign. Land has never been worth more and your used equipment fetches back new prices when traded. Is this a time to: (a) Take some risk off the table and enjoy the good times; or (b) Go for broke?”

Has cash grain farming become so easy that it is “just like shooting fish in a barrel?” Now I know some of you are experiencing your blood pressure rising as you read that grain farming has become easy — I am just trying to grab your attention. Erwin further challenges his readers by stating: “If you entered grain farming in the 1990s or later, you have never bought a farm or a tractor that really went down in value. You have never paid a cash rent that inflation wouldn’t fix. Interest rates have always trended down, so borrow all you can to buy what you want today because delayed gratification is for wimps. And keep rates variable, because as rates get less expensive, so does the cost of holding all those inflating assets, like your ever-more-valuable grain inventory.”

We all know that grain farming certainly has its fair share of challenges and the markets can give us sleepless nights. Yet, we must remain grounded using solid management practices of building a war chest of working capital, building equity, improving our record keeping, managing our margins and risks. These management practices will be the keys to a bright future in grain farming.

On a cold night last week my cell phone rang while I was watching a basketball game on television and it was my good friend who farms near Blue Earth, Minn. We were talking about the grain markets and what we thought might happen, when he made a comment that caught me by surprise. He said, “I have to make sure to capture our margins because we just traded our mini-van in for an Escalade today. If we have to go back to driving a minivan, it will really be hard.” My friend was remembering that grain angles must be kept sharp to stay effective. ❖

Pity party crashed by humble man on a real mission If I could’ve deleted any trip from my work schedule this year, it would’ve been the trip to Edmonton, Alberta.

I felt like I was being stripped of all that was comfortable — my traveling partner Alecia was home in Sioux Falls, I’d have no easy access to my hubby via cell phone once I landed in Canada, and sleeping arrangements had been made for me in the home of strangers rather than a motel. Buckled up in preparation for flight, I was having a bona fide pity party in Seat 11B. God uses all sorts of means to change our perspective and on this flight He chose a man named Stan. He

plopped in Seat 11A perplexed and perspired by the run around he received from the airlines. Based on his accent and initial questions, I judged him simple, a man too far from home. Nothing could’ve been further from the truth.

Over two cups of tea his story spilled out, humbly and gently. He was the founder and director of an institute in Tanzania that educates refugees from the war-torn countries of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. He spoke of its beginning days when he slept for seven months in a refugee tent with five to six people lined up on cots like sardines.

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Micah 6:8 living to the next THE BACK PORCH generation: And what does Again, I was convicted. How dare I think I’m being

By Lenae Bulthuis the Lord require of you? To stripped of essentials when act justly, to love mercy (“to I’m loaded down with more, love one another tenderly” so much more, than what I need. as Stan translated it), and to walk In humility, he spoke of his missions’ humbly with your God. work and his shock when he was For Stan encouraging the next genersought out and chosen as a $1 million ation to pursue a life of love and servrecipient of the Opus Prize, an annual ice takes place among orphans, the eldfaith-based humanitarian award. It’s erly and disabled people in Africa and gifted to unsung heroes — either an beyond. For teachers and coaches it’s individual or an organization — whose passed on in schools, gyms and commuuntiring entrepreneurial spirit and nity centers. For children and youth steadfast faith are fixed on solving ministry volunteers it takes place in relentless, large-scale social problems. churches, at camp and on the streets.

For parents and grandparents it hapAt my insistence, he shared all the people and places that he blessed with pens at home around the kitchen table, his award. He finished, very matter of on Kubota rides through the fields and fact, by saying, “The money’s gone now.” story times at bedtime.

By the end of our four-hour flight, we No wonder he’s hoping they don’t had exchanged God’s blessings and charge for the tea, I thought. contact information. He handed me his “But that’s not my biggest problem,” e-mail jotted on the napkin he received he added. with his tea, I gave him a business card Seriously? I mused. You’re expanding and felt foolish for my extravagance. your outreach to more countries and My pity party had been crashed. My money isn’t your most significant perspective was righted. How dare I obstacle? think I’ve been stripped of what I need when God and His provisions are “What’s your biggest problem?” I always more than enough? asked aloud.

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It’s not the job you grew up wanting Don’t repress those feelings; but you’ve taken the responsibility instead, manage them by preparanyhow. Being a caregiver for someone ing for or deflecting them. Preparing with Alzheimer’s may be a burden and early for other inevitabilities will help, there may be joy in it — but however too. you see it, you’re not alone.

Learn to understand Alzheimer’s and Dr. Ruth says there are some 15 mil- its stages, as well as possible treatlion people just like you, caring for a ments. Teach children and grandchilparent, partner, spouse or relative. dren to adapt, and learn how to get sibThat amounts to over $183 billion of lings to pitch in. Find a good lawyer. unpaid care each year.

Know how to deal with combativeness, frustration and when it’s time to seek And that can be overwhelming. new accommodations.

For starters, the authors say, don’t Let’s lay this on the table: “Dr. Ruth’s “draw lines in the sand.” Remain flexiGuide for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver” ble, figure out other ways to do what includes information on sex. You’d be needs doing, and never turn down offers of help; even delegating the tini- disappointed if it didn’t, wouldn’t you? est chores will feel like a relief. And The thing is, that’s not the focus in don’t even think about doing housethis fine book. work when you’ve got some precious With extreme sensitivity, the authors time to yourself. offer comfort and direction for care“Alzheimer’s is a terrible disease, but givers who want to avoid being overit mustn’t claim two victims,” say the whelmed by their situations. This book

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Hunting dogs falling victim to body-gripping traps How John Reynolds lost Reynolds now is president his springer spaniel, Penni, of Dog Lovers 4 Safe Trapon Dec. 17, 2011, is rife with ping MN, a non-profit group irony. formed last May in response to reports of growing numAccompanied by his huntbers of dogs being killed in ing partner, the Brainerd, body-gripping traps and the Minn., resident had been setlack of action by lawmakers ting a few traps to catch foxes. to restrict their use.

“I scouted the area for any In less than a year, memsigns of other trappers and THE OUTDOORS bership of the group has didn’t see anything,” he swelled to more than 3,000. said. “I was making artifiBy John Cross cial sets for fox along a Their goal is to get legislake.” While he placed the foothold lators to pass laws restricting the use traps, Penni trotted off to explore. of certain body-gripping traps and to prevent the accidental deaths of dogs When he was ready to leave and caught in them. unable to locate his dog, he began to search.

Of specific concern, the group wants He found her dead, 100 yards away. the minimum height of so-called polesets increased to five feet, banning the “She was in a body-gripping trap use of all but the smallest body-gripabout 50 feet away from the truck,” he ping traps when used as ground sets said. Somehow he had failed to notice and restrictions on how and where cubthe cubby box — an enclosure that bies — a type of containment system housed bait and the deadly trap — in for traps and bait — are used. his initial search.

Legislation spelling out more restricBecause of the construction of the tive regulations for the devices were box, the dog was able to get her head introduced last session but failed to in far enough to trip the device, which make it to committee. snapped around her head and crushed Instead, watered-down regulations her windpipe. more to the liking of the Minnesota Ironic perhaps, but one that also Trappers Association were approved. lends a measure of credibility to And hunting dogs have continued to Reynold’s position that he’s not die in the deadly devices. against trapping.

In 2012, Reynolds said 20 dogs were “I am not anti-trapping at all,” he killed, 13 of them after the new regulasaid. “I’ve been a trapper on-and-off tions went into effect. since 1966.”

“That’s just the dogs that have been

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reported,” Reynolds said, adding that undoubtedly some dog owners never report the incident and some dogs killed in traps are never found. “A trapper isn’t likely to call to tell someone they killed their dog.”

Bills have been introduced for the current session — House File 456 and Senate File 452 — that would make the woods safer for hunting dogs and other canine companions.

“We’re not the first state to have this problem,” said Rep. John Ward of Brainerd, a co-author of the house version.

“Wisconsin implemented regulations similar to those proposed in our bill and we’ve watched pretty closely,” he said. “No. 1, it has proven very effective in reducing the number of dogs killed and No. 2, it has had no negative impact on fur production.”

Ward is uncertain whether the current version, which contains the same language as the earlier bill that the Environment and Natural Resources committee declined to hear last session, will receive a hearing.

“Like any other legislation, it’s the squeaking wheel that usually gets the grease,” he said. “It will take a groundswell of support.”

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is waiting to see what, if any, legislative action might be taken before they get involved with what the agency views as a “social issue,” said Jason Abraham, the DNR’s furbearer specialist.

“We support restrictions that would

reduce the possibility of the inadvertent capture of dogs,” he said.

In the event the Legislature does nothing, the agency has prepared a draft of more-restrictive regulations that could be implemented without legislative action.

“They’re probably less restrictive than some would prefer but would still offer significant protection for dogs,” he said.

Reynolds said that some lawmakers believe that dogs dying in traps is a trapping issue.

“They don’t understand that it’s really a hunting issue,” he said, explaining that when Oct. 20, the opening of the trapping season in Minnesota rolls around, he and many other grouse hunters call it quits, fearing that their hunting dogs might wind up dead.

“By not having restrictions on bodygripping traps, they’re putting restrictions on hunters,” he said.

Other hunters would seem to agree.

At the recent Pheasant Fest in St. Paul, about 500 of them picked up cards at the Dog Lovers 4 Safe Trapping MN booth, to be mailed to their lawmakers expressing support for making the woods a little safer for their hunting partners.

For more information about Dog Lovers 4 Safe Trapping, log on to www.doglovers4safetrappingmn.org.

John Cross is a Mankato (Minn.)

Free Press staff writer. Contact him at (507) 344-6376 or jcross@mankatofreepress.com or follow him on Twitter @jcross_photo. ❖

You don’t need a grill to make an amazing five-star steak transfer them to the oven. We let them cook for an additional six to seven minutes. Our goal was to serve them medium rare. When you go to pull the steaks out, don’t be alarmed if there is smoke. That’s to be expected.

Allow the steaks to sit for five to 10 minutes before cutting into them, otherwise the juices will run out.

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steak. Place a dab of real butter on top each steak and allow it to melt. This provides the great tongue feel and richness. Serve with a classic baked potato and creamed spinach. It’s sure to brighten up your March.

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I love grilled steak on occaAllow the streaks to come sion, and the outdoor, smoky to room temperature, which flavor that is infused from the will take at least an hour. This fire. But, today’s style results in step is important for steaks of a pure beef flavor, which some this size. Rub both sides with people prefer. It’s a toss up for olive oil, and then liberally sprinme. So, let’s talk about how to kle both sides with kosher or sea prepare and cook a steak indoors salt. Don’t skimp on the salt. that will rival any steak you would expe- These are big steaks. Do not use norrience at five-star steak houses, with the mal table salt as it will not create that following three disclaimers. crust, and will be bitter. You will also want to pepper both • Five-star steaksides with coarse, houses buy up all of freshly cracked black the “prime” beef, Once you see a little pepper. therefore you will not smoke rising from find any at your local Preheat the oven at the skillet, add a butcher or supermar500 degrees Fahrenket. “Prime” accounts heit, preferably on tablespoon or two for roughly 2 percent the “custom broil” of olive oil. Place to 3 percent of all setting. Place a cast the steaks in the beef in the United iron skillet on your skillet. Hear that States, and is perstove at high heat. sizzle? Life is good. fectly marbled for And yes, cast iron rich, delicious flavor. does make a difference. Teflon creates a • Most five-star steakhouses “dry texture that in my opinion doesn’t age” their beef. This is a process where the beef is allowed to age for a period of come close to restaurant quality. Once time, which intensifies the beefy flavor. you see a little smoke rising from the skillet, add a tablespoon or two of olive Believe it or not, you can do this at home, but we won’t get into that today. oil. Place the steaks in the skillet. Hear that sizzle? Life is good.

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Scones 21/2 to 3 cups organic all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons baking powder (make sure it’s fresh!)

1 teaspoon salt 4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled (I use sheep/goat milk) 4 ounces cream cheese, softened in the microwave 15-30 seconds (you want it very soft) 4 scallions (green onions), green and white parts, chopped 1 cup organic whole milk or half and half 1 large egg Optional Egg glaze: Beat 1 egg and 2 tablespoons of organic milk (or half and half) well with a fork.

Heat the oven to 400 F. Combine 2 1/2 cups of the flour, the baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.

Add the cheeses and toss gently with a fork until combined. Add the scallions and toss gently with a fork until combined.

Beat the milk (or half and half) with the egg and gently fold it into the dry ingredients, mixing lightly until a soft dough forms. Add up to 1/2 cup additional flour if the dough is too sticky. On a floured surface, gently pat the dough into a circle approximately 1 inch thick (or into two smaller circles for 12 scones). The key to tender scones is to handle the dough as little as possible and with a light touch.

With a sharp knife (I use a large serrated knife dipped in flour), cut the circle(s) into eight or 12 wedges and place them on a heavy-duty baking sheet lined with unbleached parchment paper.

Brush the tops and sides of the scones with the egg glaze if desired, and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Serve warm, or cool completely and refrigerate or freeze in a heavy zipper bag or airtight container.

■ Little Homestead in the City — urbanhomestead.org/journal/category/in-the-kitchen — is perhaps the quirkiest of my favorites, set on a TINY farm in the middle of Pasadena, Calif., “one mile from downtown and 100 yards from an 11-lane freeway.” This family decided, what the heck, who cares if we live in a giant mass of concrete, let’s start a farm.

The results are fascinating and a little mind-blowing.

Try their baked goods made with acorn flour, or this fresh cheese recipe.

The World’s Easiest Cheese (Vinegar Cheese) With frequent stirring, heat one gallon of milk to 185 F. Add 1/4 cup vinegar and stir briefly. After 10 minutes, strain through a cheesecloth-lined colander. Hang to drain. Voila! One and 1/2 pounds of cheese in about two hours! ❖

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riences she has with her livestock, gardens, renovated farmhouse and kitchen. Her Bacon and Cheddar Egg Salad goes perfectly with sliced tomato and crispy lettuce on some hearty bread.

Bacon and Cheddar Egg Salad 12 eggs 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon mayonnaise 1 teaspoon sour cream 1 1/2 teaspoons dijon mustard 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1/3 cup crispy bacon, chopped 1/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese, finely shredded 2 tablespoons green onion, chopped Hard-cook the eggs. Meanwhile, fry up some bacon.

After eggs are cooled, peel and slice in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks to a bowl and finely chop the white halves.

Mash the yolks with a fork. Add the rest of the ingredients along with the chopped-up white halves to the yolks. Mix together well. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

■ At The Farm Girl website — http://thefarmgirlrecipes.blogspot.com — you get the wit and wisdom of an Idaho farmer’s daughter as well as access to her decadent desserts and other tasty dishes. Her German Chocolate Pie includes both coconut and pecans for the nutty people in your life.

German Chocolate Pie 1 uncooked pie crust (store bought or homemade) 1/2 cup butter, melted 1 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 2 eggs, beaten 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup chopped pecans 3/4 cup flaked coconut Preheat oven to 350 F. Place uncooked pie crust in pie tin. Set aside. In small bowl, microwave butter until completely melted. Add 1 cup chocolate chips and stir until smooth. Set aside.

In separate bowl, stir together flour and sugars.

Slowly add chocolate-butter mixture and stir until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one. Add vanilla and stir well. Fold in pecans, coconut and remaining chocolate chips.

Pour mixture into your unbaked pie crust. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until top is set and slightly jiggly.

Don’t over-bake! Remove from oven and let cool

slightly. Serve warm with ice cream.

■ Farmgirl Fare — www.farmgirlfare.com — is devoted to recipes, stories and photos of the blogger’s farm life in Missouri. This woman cooks what she loves to eat and it shows in her simple and fresh recipes that would work equally well on a farm table or city restaurant.

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By SARAH JOHNSON The Land Correspondent In 2013 one of a cook’s best tools is not in the knife rack or in a kitchen drawer.

It’s on your computer — the internet.

Cooking sites have proliferated in this medium, much to my delight, but the key to navigating the chaos is to find a few sites that you enjoy and trust. You’ll find yourself coming back to them again and again whether to browse for recipes, read an article or watch a how-to video.

Some sites and blogs are pretty nuts-and-bolts, but the best offer you glimpses into the lives of people far away. They have personality. And some of them celebrate farm life as well as culinary pleasures. Here are five that I’ve personally bookmarked.

■ The Old Farmer’s Almanac website’s recipe section — www.almanac.com/cooking — is tucked between the Best Planting Dates by the Moon Calendar and the Raising Chickens Blog. I love this site because even if I don’t personally need to know about tides or beekeeping, it’s nice to know there are still people who do. This Tortellini and Sausage Stew promises a potful of deliciousness.

Chuckie’s Tortellini and Sausage Stew 1 pound sweet or hot Italian sausage (turkey sausage may be used) 1 cup chopped onion 4 garlic cloves, minced 10 cups beef broth or stock 1/2 cup water 1 cup dry red wine 2 cans (28 ounces each) peeled tomatoes, chopped 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce 1 cup thinly sliced carrots 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano 1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil 2 small zucchini, sliced 1 green bell pepper, chopped 2 cups dry tortellini pasta 3 tablespoons dried parsley Remove the casings from the sausage and cut into bite-size pieces. Brown the sausage in a large saucepan or nonreactive Dutch oven. Remove the sausage with a slotted spoon and set aside. Drain off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat.

Add the onion and garlic to the saucepan and saute over medium-low heat until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Return the sausage to the pot along with the broth, water, wine, tomatoes, tomato sauce, carrots, oregano and basil. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes.

Skim off any fat that rises to the top of the pot. Stir in the zucchini, green pepper, tortellini and parsley.

Simmer, covered, for 45 minutes or until the pasta and vegetables are tender. Yield: 6 to 8 servings ■ The quirky Chickens in the Road website — http://chickensintheroad.com/farm-bell-recipes — rises from Sassafras Farm in West Virginia by a bighearted woman who lo-o-oves to cook and make soap and live simply. Suzanne McMinn shares the glorious, frustrating, exhilarating, tedious and tragic expe-

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High art

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

very school day, high school stuE dents in Sebeka, Minn., have the opportunity to appreciate fine

art.

That is because, in 1938, Sebeka’s service clubs purchased 500 gallons of paint and gave it to artist Richard Haines. Then Haines set about creating an eight and a half foot tall by 72-foot long mural in the school. It’s still there. Seventy-five years after Haines completed his commission, students, faculty and members of the public can enjoy the vast painting.

The Sebeka mural is one of the largest Great Depression era Works Progress Administration murals in Minnesota. It is particularly unusual because it is in a school.

Most WPA murals were painted in post offices.

Haines was an Iowa farm boy who went to art school in Minneapolis.

He then worked for the St. Paul printer Brown and Bigelow. The company was a patron of calendar artists such as Norman Rockwell. Eventually, Haines joined the Depression’s legions of unemployed.

Haines’ Sebeka mural shows that he was on the cutting edge of an art form then being led by Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros and Diego Rivera. His huge painting, like those of the Mexican artists, is full of energy, life and violence.

As a portrayal of Minnesota history it begins with two somewhat primitive Native Americans that seem to be stalking prey and, at the same time, are being stalked by a bear-like beast. This panel sets the tone for the entire mural. All the humans are muscular and ener-

getic. There is a potential for violence in both the humans and their environment. The human and animal subjects seem barely contained by the paint and the two-dimensional wall. They are alive, in action and potentially explosive.

The power and violence in Haines’ work is starkly evident in a struggle between a soldier and an Indian warrior. The soldier, on a rearing white stallion, smashes a rock-like fist to the warrior’s chin while he grapples for the soldier’s pistol. In another scene, brawny loggers and horses battle with projectile-like logs careening down a river. It seems they are almost in a losing conflict and that soon the logs will crash off the wall and crush the viewers. Even Haines’ priest is in action.

A small-town high school seems like an unlikely location for an American art treasure. But that’s what Haines’ mural is. You should see it. It should be preserved. ❖

High school, Sebeka, Minn.

Do you have a Back Roads story suggestion? E-mail editor@TheLandOnline.com or write to Editor, The Land, P.O. Box 3169, Mankato, MN 56002.

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Educational opportunities available at NAFPS age you to attend and to take advantage of these interesting and informative workshops.

12:30-1 p.m.: Registration 1 p.m.: Welcome 1:05 p.m.: What is CAWT? Kay Sargent, Minnesota Department of Agriculture 1:25 p.m.: Regulations Wayne Cords, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency representative, Mankato office 2:10 p.m.: Precision Agriculture Bernie Paulson, McPherson Crop Management 3:10 p.m.: PRSS and Biosecurity David Wright, DVM 4 p.m.: Pumping Manure Safely Update Custom Applicators: James Masching, Peter Vogt, Dennis Hendrickson, Joe Vogt 4:50 p.m.: Questions and answers 5 p.m.: Final remarks and instructions Attendance at this program will meet the annual education requirements for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Commercial Waste Technician Licensing Program.

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March 16 9-10 a.m.: Greg De Haan, Hollandale, Minn.

“Southern Minnesota Irrigator’s Association” Annual Meeting This session provides a specific meeting time for active farmer/irrigators from southern Minnesota.

All farmers who are currently irrigating (or have plans to start pumping water soon.) are encouraged to attend. The primary focus is organization and management of the Southern Irrigators Association.

To learn more regarding the status of irrigation in Minnesota, and a practical question and answer session with experts, plan to instead attend the following 10 a.m. session.

10 a.m.-Noon: Alan Peterson, IAM president.

Jerry Wright, IAM secretary.

“Irrigation 101 for Minnesota” Get the facts regarding the current situation with irrigation in Minnesota. The dry weather of last season now has more farmers across the cornbelt considering the economic benefits of additional water for their crops. Learn more regarding the practice of irrigation in Minnesota including total acres, equipment, required permits, and more. The IAM industry role will be clarified, with ample time allowed for irrigation “questions and answers” with experts. ❖

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Peterson will provide an overview of the biggest changes and how cattle and bison farmers can obtain free official metal ear-tags.

1:45 p.m.: Randy Pepin, U of M Extension educator “Applying Manure Based on Grid Soil Samples” 2:05 p.m.: Ken Ostlie, Extension entomologist “Corn Rootworm: (New) Issues and Management” 3 p.m.: Brad Carlson, Extension educator “Ten Things to Consider when Planning an Agricultural Drainage Project” March 15 10-11:30 a.m.: Chris Nagel, market analyst, Northstar Commodities, Minneapolis “Grain and Livestock Markets” Nagel will be taking a look at where the grain and livestock markets have been so far in 2013. Where he sees things going throughout the growing season.

Nagel will also discuss strategies for marketing your commodities through-out the rest of the year.

12:30-5 p.m.: University of Minnesota Extension Service Topics “Current Issues in Manure Management” Sponsored by the Feedlot Officers of Dodge, Freeborn, Goodhue, Mower, Rice and Steele counties.

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Free seminars and business meetings tailored to 2013 farming operations will be offered during the North American Farm & Power Show.

The NAFPS runs March 14-16 at the Steele County Fairgrounds 4-Seasons Centre in Owatonna, Minn.

Farmers, producers and agribusinessmen are invited to attend these high-powered discussions provided by the University of Minnesota Extension Service, Linder Farm Network and Irrigators Association of Minnesota. Seminars take place in the Second Floor Seminar Room.

March 14 10-11:30 a.m.: Leah R. Gilbert, Associate Attorney, Pluto Legal PLLC. “Preserving the Family Farm/Farm Succession Planning” Discussion will include the reasons of having an estate plan, the estate planning process, the importance of reviewing your estate plan and the goals you wish to reach with your estate plan.

Gilbert will end the discussion with an update on the 2013 tax changes.

1-4 p.m.: University of Minnesota Extension Service Topics 1:05 p.m.: Brad Peterson, Minnesota Board of Animal Health “An Update for Livestock Owners — the New Rules and Identification Requirements” The Minnesota Board of Animal Health has been working with livestock agriculture groups to adopt

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Be sure to check out the displays of these companies during the 2013 North American Farm & Power Show, March 14-16 at the Steele County Fairgrounds 4Seasons Centre in Owatonna, Minn.

There is free admission and free parking.

Exhibitor list is subject to change.

21st Century Ag: 721 Agro Culture liquid fertilizer 2-Way Radio Of Minnesota Inc.: 638 2-way radio sales and service

Spraying equipment AGCO Willmar Mfg.: 420 Sprayers AGCO Corp.: 608 Farm equipment Ag Concepts/CMC Associates: 133 Ag Concepts-Agzyme, Enhance and Super Hume.

Micronutrient spray with biological growth stimulant/foliar fertilizer with micronutrients/humic acid with seaweed Ag Leader Technology: 330 Ag Leader Technology, Integra, Paradyne, Edge, Ontrac A 2, SMS Software, Optrx Sensors, Seed Command, Direct Command, Yield Mapping Advanced Biological Marketing: 717 ABM provides inoculants for soybeans, corn and wheat. Ag Nition: 734 Products offered include Graphex, Sabrex and Excalibre Generate the microbial and nutrient catalyst Ag Power Enterprises Inc./Belle Plaine: 102, 1216 ADS Bulk Seed Buggy: 820 John Deere consumer products/farm equipment ADS Bulk Seed Buggy Ag Power Enterprises Inc./Hollandale: 102, 1216 AGCO SpraCoupe: 420 John Deere ag equipment Ag Power Enterprises Inc./Owatonna: 102, 1216 John Deere sprayers, Greenstar, grills, consumer products

Agri-Systems of Waterville: 612 Deluxe grain dryers Agrigold Hybrids: 629 Agrigold Hybrids-hybrid seed corn Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers: 721 Liquid fertilizer Agrology Crop & Soil LLC: 518 Farm chemicals, inoculants, starter and foliar fertilizers, seed AgStar Financial Services: 828 Financial services and business tools for ag rural clientsloans, leases, insurance, home mortgages, business and consulting services Airware America: 736 3M Health and Safety, Little Giant Ladders, Trend, Pyramex, Peltor AKE Safety Equipment: 514 Stop-Fyre fire extinguishers Alkota Cleaning Systems/Express Pressure Washers Inc.: 433 Official Alkota pressure washers sales and service, Official Val 6 heaters sale and service

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All American Pressure Washer: 239 All American pressure washers-hot and cold-gas and electric Allied Distribution LLC: 407 Thermosnap insulated panels Aluma Trailer Mfg.: 832 Al trailers Ameribuilt Buildings Inc.: 251 Post frame buildings American Made Sales Inc.: 247 American Made industrial quality drill bits and other misc. cutting tools Amsoil & Aggrand Products: 806 Amsoil synthetic lubricants, Aggrand natural and organic fertilizers Apache Sprayers: 324 Field sprayers Arnold’s of Alden Inc.: 243 Miller-Nitro, Drago corn heads, Case-IH, Claas Asgrow Seeds: 618 Corn, soybeans, farm seeds

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B&B Trailer Mfg.: 420 Equipment hauling wagons Banjo Corporation/Vince Bezdicek: 601 Banjo ball valves, quick couplers, transfer pumps, strainers, flow meters BF Goodrich Ag Tires: 255 Ag tires Blue Star Power Systems: 253C Emergency generators Blu-Jet by Thurston Mfg. Co.: 206 Blu-Jet conservation tillage equipment Boomer Tractors: 202 35-60 hp tractors Boss Supply: 210, 1214 Teejet, Banjo, Ace, Norwesco, Micro-Trak, Monarch, Squib Taylor, Continental, Hypro, NH3 Products, Fast, Nuhn Bourgault Industries Ltd.: 402 Air seed equipment Brock Grain Systems: 302 Brock grain storage and dryers Brokaw Supply Company LLC: 324 Apache sprayers, parts Broskoff Structure Inc.: 310 G.S.I. grain bins, Brock grain dryers, Westfield grain augers, Wick buildings Buckey’s Sales & Service: 401 H&H skid loader attachments, Doda pumps, Husky manure tanks, Teamco manure tanks Building And Equipment Outlet: 720 EPS, EB White heaters, Sioux, Val-Co, Aerotech, HH, Chore-Time, Smidley Butler Mfg.: 622 Steel buildings

North American Farm & Power Show exhibitor guide

Hewitt Drainage Equipment Inc.: 712 Golddigger tile plows HH Fabrication and Repair LLC: 416, 1212, 1213 Skid steer attachments, tractor conversion kits Hi Pro Mfg./Thorp Marketing: 633 Fertilizer knives, wireless cameras, wireless taillights, HD TV antennas Hodgman Drainage Co. Inc.: 131 Farm drainage systems, waterways, terraces, excavating, septic systems, earthwork, aggregates Hoover Tarp Sales: 637 Genuine Shur-Lok roll tarp products Horizon Products: 726 Zerkzapper tool, specialty couplers, hoses Husky Farm Equipment: 401 Manure tanks Husqvarna Outdoor Power Equipment: 601A Outdoor power equipment Hutchinson Manufacturing: 626 Grain augers Hyundai Construction Equipment: 202 Construction equipment

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International Steel Erectors Inc.: 737 Grain Handler USA, MFS/Stormor, Sentinel Building Systems, Star Building Systems Intuicom Inc.: 402 Industrial wireless data radio modem communications networks for agriculture Isaacson Implement Co. Inc.: 608, 908, 910 White, Kinze, Wil-Rich, AGCO, Versatile, Top Air, Riteway

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Jamesway Mfg.: 316 Silage equipment Janesville Tire Center/Graham Tire: 802 Goodyear, Titan, Firestone, Michelin, ag tires and ag wheels Jet Company: 253 Trailers: Tags, grain (steel and aluminum), side dumps, flatbeds, heavy haul detaches, pups, specialty, wire rollers, post drivers, roll tarps, electric tarps Jim’s Farm Toys: East Lobby New and used farm toys Johnson Seeds: 634 Seed corn and soybeans, Meridian seed tenders, bins, bulk storage systems

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Farmworx Publications/Kesho Publication Inc.: Main Lobby Calumet Mfg.: 609 Farm publication Manure handling equipment Fast Distributing Inc.: 210 Case-IH: 243 Spraying parts D Full line farm equipment Fastline Publications: 253A Case Construction: 202 Dairyland Seed Co. Inc.: 732 Fastline magazines and Fastline.com Construction equipment Corn, soybeans, alfalfa, forages FEI East: 420 Caterpillar Construction Equipment: Dalton Ag Products Inc.: 420 Case, Raven Industries, Waconia Mfg., 220 Fertilizer equipment AGCO Spra-Coupe, AGCO, NH3 and Rubber tracked equipment, skid steer Dekalb Seeds: 618 sprayer parts loaders Corn, soybeans, farm seeds Firestone Agricultural Tire Co.: 123 Cenex Oils: 617 Delux Grain Dryers: 612 Petroleum products Delux grain dryers, Massop Electric, Agri- Ag tires Firestone Mfg.: 255 Central Boiler: 411 Systems of Waterville Farm tires Outdoor wood, wood pellet, corn stoves Demco-Dethmers Mfg. Co.: 622 Flex-Till: 611, 1210 and log splitters Sprayers, wagons, gravity boxes, grain Flex-Till rolling baskets Central Valley Co-op: 617 carts For-Most Livestock Equipment: 613, Cenex oils, Fill Rite fuel pumps Dixon Industries: 122 1206 Challenger Farm Equipment: 220 Lawn mowers Squeeze chutes, tubs and alleyways Wheeled and rubber tracked tractors, skid Doda Mfg.: 401 setups, headgates, Tru-Test scales steer loaders, swathers, balers Manure pumps Freeborn’s Pride Builders Inc.: 626 Channel: 722 Double Coin Tire Mfg.: 255 M-C grain dryers, Hutchinson grain Corn and soybeans seeds Truck tires augers, Butler bins, Sudenga grain Chief Agri/Industrial Division: 404 Drago/Dragotec USA Inc.: 243 handling Bins and metal buildings Corn head with stalk chopping feature G CHS Inc.: 814 DTN/The Progressive Farmer: 824 Grain marketing, soybean processing DTN delivers on-demand markets, cash GEA Houle Inc.: 609 Claas of America Inc.: 243 commodity prices, industry news and Manure handling equipment Full line hay and forage equipment location specific weather Gehl Company: 202 Clean, Burn/Derson Mfg. Inc.: 823 DuPont/Pioneer: 605 Skid steer, construction equipment Clean burn waste oil fired furnaces and Pioneer brand products and services Geringhoff US Division: 608 boilers, tanks, service, parts, installation Chopper corn head E available Gleaner Mfg.: 622 Echo Mfg.: 832 Club Car Inc.: 601A Field combines Handheld lawn equipment Golf cars and utility vehicles Gold Country Seed: 825 Ellingson Drainage: 251C Conklin Products/Agrovantage: 812 Farm drainage, directional drilling, sewer Complete line ag seeds Conklin Agrovantage products Graham Tire Center: 802 line repair (CIPP), GPS and GIS Copperhead Ag Products: 818 surveying, pressure sewer systems, utility Goodyear, Titan, Firestone, Michelin, ag The Furrow Cruiser spiked closing wheels installation, pipe bursting, pipe ramming, tires and ag wheels Country Clipper Mfg.: 129 Grain Handler USA: 737 slip lining, vacuum excavation Zero turn lawnmowers Grain dryers Energy Panel Structures: 711 Courtland Waste Handling Inc.: 609 Pre-engineered buildings and tilt up panel Great Plains Manufacturing Inc.: 622 GEA Houle, Farmstar, Calumet manure Grain drills, landscape equipment systems handling equipment Greener World Solutions LLC: 506 Envirotech Services Inc.: 728 Crary Industries: 429 Insulation, roofing Dust control Air systems, hopper extensions, chaff Green Energy Products LLC: 520 Exmark Manufacturing: 815 spreaders and cutting systems, faster Sunpower solar panels-renewable energy Exmark commercial lawn mowers ground speeds and better yields GSI Group: 310 F Cub Cadet Corporation: 122 GSI grain storage, drying and handling Farm Works Software: 602 Lawn mowers, snowblowers equipment Farm management software Culligan: 508 H Well water treatment, water treatment for Farmstar Mfg.: 609 Hardi North America Inc.: 622 Manure handling equipment dairy barns Field sprayers Farm-Tech Inc./GPS Services: 402 Culpitt Roofing Inc.: 510 Hazelwood Enterprises-Flagpoles: 837A Double-lock metal roofing picture display Crop consulting, soil sampling, Bourgault, Titan telescoping flagpoles, flags, Stratus Montag, Ag Leader, Trimble, Intuicom Culvers of Owatonna: Main Lobby rain gauges, E-Z fold stools Food-Beef, pork, fish meals Custom Marketing Co. LLC: 426 Grain storage, grain handling equipment, pressure cure drying

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K&S Millwrights Inc.: 534 NECO grain dryers, Sioux grain bins, Springland power sweeps, Lambton grain legs and conveyors, new site design and installation, 24 hour repair service, crane service Kawasaki Motors: 622 ATVs and utility vehicles Keeping Farmland In The Family: 826

Succession and estate planning Kinze Manufacturing: 608 Kinze farm equipment KBS: 516 Cow comfort, waterers, fans, buildings Krone North America Inc.: 316 Mower conditioner, disc mower, rotary tedder, rotary rakes, round baler, square baler, forage harvester Kubota Tractor Corporation: 116

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C H E C K O U T T H E L AT E S T F L O W M E T E R S & L AT E S T D E - WAT E R I N G S Y S T E M S F O R D A I RY NEW TANK SPREADERS: (2) - Houle 7300’s (1) - Houle 6000’s

LOAD CARTS: 8”x35’, 10”x35’

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(35) - 6000 gal. up to 9500 gal.

NEW PUMPS:

(12) - Various lengths Houle 8’ to 10’ vertical x 6” (1) - Balzer 4200 (1) - Badger 3300 USED PUMPS: (1) - VanDale 3300 (1) - Houle 6”x8’ (2) - Houle 6”x81⁄2’ (1) - Houle 8”x81⁄2’ (1) - Houle 42’ Ag-lagoon pump (1) - Houle 52’ screw agitator

USED TANK SPREADERS:

(2) - Houle 9500’s (4) - Houle 6000’s (4) - Houle 7300’s (1) - Balzer 6500 (1) - Balzer 7350

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Courtland 507-359-4230 Waste Handling Inc. For Current Pricing Call: - Chris or Mark

Courtland, MN courtlandwaste.com

Compact tractors and implements, utility and ag tractors, lawn and garden tractors, zero turn mowers, utility vehicles Kubota Construction Equipment: 202 Construction equipment Kuhn Knight Manufacturing Corp.: 122 Reel Auggie TMR feed mixers and manure spreaders

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L&E Farm Drainage: 412 Installation of plastic tubing (tile) for more productive farming Lambton Conveyor Limited: 534 Grain conveyors legs Lamplight Manufacturing: 625 ATV trailers for rock picking L.B. White Co.: 617 Heaters Legend Seeds Inc.: 430 Farm seeds Lester Buildings LLC: 127 Lester Buildings: Pre-engineered wood post-frame buildings Lexion/Claas Combine: 220 Wheeled and rubber tracked combines LG Seeds: 805 Corn, soybeans, alfalfa Linder Farm Network: Main Lobby Farm radio network Liquitube Marketing International: 837 Liquitube tire sealant Lodermeier’s Inc.: 622, 902 Brock, MC, Sukup, Kawasaki, McCormick, Butler, Massey Ferguson, Great Plains, Echo, Simplicity, Schlagel, Sudenga, Gleaner, White Sunflower, Mustang, Demco, Hardi, Wil-Rich, Protec, EPS Buildings, H&S, DMC Loken Excavating & Drainage: 800 ADS tile, farm drainage tilting, septic professional, excavation, hauling, aggregate pit Lowry Manufacturing Company: 418 Dump pit-underground drive over pit, structures and bins assemblies

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M&S Outdoor Equipment: 815 Exmark zero turn mowers and accessories Mahindra Tractors USA: 129, 1205 35-83 hp tractors/loaders Manke’s Outdoor Equipment & Appliances: 832 Toro, Aluma Trailers, Mojack mower lifts, Echo trimmers Marquette Systems: 404

GSI, Zimmerman dryers, Chief, Schlagel Massey Ferguson: 622 35-70 hp tractors Massop Electric: 612 Deluxe grain dryers Mathews Company: 630 M-C grain dryers Mathiowetz Construction Company: 606 Grading, excavation, aggregates, trucking, demolition, land clearing Maverick “Tile Finder”: 710 Tile finder McCormick USA 622 Tractors M-C Dryer Mfg.: 626 Grain drying equipment McPherson Crop Management: 602 Farmworks software, Trimble mobile computers, ag consulting, soil nutrient management, crop scouting, Greenseeker technology, data management Meridian Mfg. Group/Johnson Seeds: 634, 906 Meridian bins, bulk seed tenders, Meridian seed box, bulk storage systems, seed corn and soybeans MFS/Stormor: 737 Grain storage and handling equipment Michelin Ag Tires: 123 Ag tires Midwest Autosteer LLC: 335 Ag Leader technology Midwest Power Up of MN: 631 Power Up lubricants, Kleenoil bypass filtration, Bio-Matrix oil remediation Midwest Spray Foam: 528 Spray foam insulation Midwest Ag Journal/High Plains Journal: 502 Farm publication Mike’s Repair: 123 Michelin, Firestone ag tires Miner’s Outdoor & Rec.: 601A Husqvarna outdoor power equipment, ATVs, UTVs Club Car, custom golf carts Minnesota Farm Guide: 259 Farm publication Minnesota Agrability Project: 502A EquipALife and the Minnesota Agrability Project Minnesota FFA Foundation: Main Lobby Promote FFA throughout Minnesota Minnesota Corn Growers Association: 113 Commodity organization

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North American Farm & Power Show exhibitor guide

Minnesota State Patrol/Commercial Vehicle Section: 117 Commercial vehicle regulations Minnesota Truck & Tractor Inc.: 129, 1205 Mahindra compact tractors, Country Clipper zero turn lawnmowers, Mustang construction equipment Minnesota Farmers Union: 703 Minnesota Farmers Union registration Miller Nitro Mfg.: 243 Full line up of Miller-Nitro field sprayers Mobil Oil Company: 617 Lubricants Modie Mfg. Co.: 617 Hotdawg wall heaters

See us at the Owatonna Farm & Power Show Booth Outside 1212 Booth Inside 416

Monsanto Co.: 618 Asgrow/Dekalb, Roundup, Warrant Montag Mfg. Inc.: 402 Mobile fertilizing equipment Morton Buildings Inc.: 512 Wood frame buildings for farm, commercial and personal use Mustang Manufacturing Company Inc.: 122 Skid steer loader and mini excavators Mustang Construction Equipment: 129 Construction equipment

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NDY Manufacturing Inc.: 334 NDY Stalk Stompers NECO, A Division Of Global Industries

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OK Track Solutions: 409, 904 Ag and construction tracks, Camoplast, Bridgestone, Goodyear, Solideal O’Reilly Auto Parts: 115 Ag fleet and auto/truck parts Osakis Silo Repair Inc.: 809 Silo unloader and repairs

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Bucket Curved Tine Grapple

Round Bale Spear (3 Tine)

Tractor/Skid Loader Pallets Custom Built

Backhoe Digs, 71⁄2’, 20” Bucket Standard “Where Farm and Family Meet”

Inc.: 534 Grain dryers and handling equipment New Holland Corp.: 202 Farm equipment Nordaas American Homes: 406 Custom built homes, sheds, pole buildings Northland Farm Systems Inc.: 122, 1218, 1220 Mustang/Gehl, Kuhn/Knight, Dixon, Penta TMR, Cub Cadet Northland Buildings Inc.: 414 Post frame construction-garages, storage, horse barns, ag and commercial buildings Northern Energy Homes Inc.: 428 Pictures of custom built homes and floor plans Nutra-Flo Company: 422 Nutra-Flo pure grade low-salt liquid starter and foliar plant fertilizer

Hydraulic Tree & Root Puller

We Also Offer:

Landscape Leveling Bars; Dirt Buckets; Round Baler Spears (2 & 3 Tines); Square Bale Spears; Quick Hitches; Material Fork Grapples; PTO Adapters; Bucket Grapples; Slush Buckets; Tooth Buckets; Snow Buckets; Hydraulic Tree & Root Pullers; Big Ripper;

Manure Forks, Skid or Tractor/Loader/Grapples Avail.

Show Specials 10% Discount

Big Ripper Grapple; U-Blade; Post Hole Augers; Wood Splitter; Snow Blowers; Snow Pushers; Conversion Kits

Visit our website for a complete list of products!

877-823-3392

Penta One Ltd.: 122 TMR mixers Pneu-Tek Tire Tools: 530 Impact driven bead beaters for tires, pneumatic demounter, bead blasters, tires, bars and accessories Powerlift Doors by French’s Repair & Fabrication Inc.: 830 Powerlift hydraulic doors, welding/portable welding and fabricating Prairie Brand: 237 Soybeans, alfalfa, corn Precision Planting: 801 Seed placement control Preferred Welder Sales Inc.: 702 Welders-thermal arc plasma cuttersThermal Dynamics, Torches-Smith Pritchett Twine and Net Wrap: 616 Pritchett twine and net wrap, bale film, hay preservative and ag parts Producers Hybrids: 336 Seed corn, soybeans and alfalfa Profit Pro LLC: 236 Manure Plus System, Crop Advantage Program, manure treatment service, manure treatment technology, crop based

plant nutrients and biologicals, organic and conventional seed treating Pro-Tech Industries Inc.: 622 Pickup tools bodies

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Quality Craft Tools: 522 Tools and gloves

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Ram Industries Food: Outside Kettle corn, lemonade Ram Buildings Inc.: 708 Post frame or steel frame buildings, commercial, residential, hangars, agricultural and equestrian Raven Precision Ag: 316 Ag spray controls Raven Industries: 420 Sprayer controls Real-Tuff Inc.: 119, 1208 Real-Tuff hoof trim chute, squeeze chute, windbreaks, 1/4 circle maternity pen Renewable Energy SD: 424, 912, 914 Electricity producing wind turbines Renk Seed Company: 431 Seed corn, soybeans, alfalfa seed, grasses, haylage, silage inoculants Richland Repair LLC: 801 Precision planting, planter meters, planter monitors, swath control, variable rate, row cleaner control, powerforce control Rite Way Mfg. Co. Ltd.: 608 Rock pickers Root River Antique Club: 1201 Antique tractors Rush River Steel & Trim: 314 Fabrication metal panels and trim used for agriculture, residential and commercial buildings

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Schaeffers Specialized Lubricants: 730 Farm, industrial, commercial and trucking lubricants, diesel and gas performance additives, surfactants for soil and chemicals, environmental friendly degreaser and cleaners, food grade H-1 lubricants Schaffert Mfg.: 633 Seed and fertilizer application equipment Schlagel Mfg. Co.: 622 Drying equipment Sentinel Building Systems: 737 Steel buildings Simplicity Co.: 622 Lawn equipment Sioux Steel Company: 534 Grain bins

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Uncle Tom’s Pellet Stoves Plus Inc.: 701 Harmon stoves, pellet and coal fuel available University of Minnesota Extension Service: 253B U of M Extension Service information and services Upper Midwest AC Collectors Club: 237A Collection of Allis Chalmers and materials, raffle tickets for a D-15

Rear-mounted mowers

Ziegler Cat: 220 Challenger tractors, Caterpillar compact construction equipment, Lexion combines Zimmerman Mfg. LLC: 404 Grain ventilation fans Zoske’s Sales & Service Inc.: 316 Jamesway, Yetter, Winske, Krohne, Raven, Ag Leader, Anderson

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Yetter Mfg.: 316 Conservation tillage equipment Yokohoma Ag Tires: 255 Farm tires

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Vanharen Construction Inc.: 410 Reward wall systems, concrete walls, concrete floors Versatile Mfg.: 608, 1208 Four wheel drive tractors, sprayers Video Surveillance Solutions: 101 VSS introduces new products-Quadview quad monitor and camera kit for $599, Dualview dual monitor and camera for $299, 4-camera DVR kit for $999, and an 8-camera DVR kit for $1,499, VCam is suitable for extreme conditions, complete mobile, stationary networkable video recording systems, live monitoring equipment

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• Energy Efficient • Totally Automated • Preserves The Quality Of The Grain

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(1) 90-TON; (2) 40-TON (1) 26-TON CRANES AT YOUR SERVICE

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Waconia Mfg. Inc.: 420 Fertilizer blending equipment, conveying systems Walser Commercial Fleet: 135 Model 2500 HD and Model 1500 Chevrolet pickups Walters Buildings: 526 Post frame buildings Water Treatment System/Seal Deep: 810 Permanent concrete protection, concrete repair, stains and coating, providing quality clean water for ag Wensman Seed Company: 705 Wensman Seed-Corn, soybeans, alfalfa Westfield Industries: 310 Grain augers West Texas Lee Co. Inc.: 716 Portable fuel tanks White Mfg.: 608 Farm equipment Wholesale Tire & Wheel: 255 Firestone, Michelin and Akuret farm tires Wick Building System: 310 Buildings for farm and ranch Wil-Rich Mfg.: 608, 910 Wil-Rich tillage, Wishek discs Wilson Trailer Sales of MN: 827 Wilson grain hopper, gooseneck, livestock trailers, literature on Wilson trailers Wingfield Manufacturing LLC: 432 Wingfield flexible harrows, buckets forks, driveway leveler Winpower Sales & Service: 253C Emergency generators WW Power Blue Star Winske Inc.: 316 No-till manure injection system Wishek Steel Mfg. Inc.: 716 Tillage equipment, gang section disks Woods Equipment Co.: 112

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Teamco Mfg.: 401 Manure tanks TFL Lighting: 810A Retrofit work lights The Land Magazine: 504 Magazines, cookbooks The Last Glue: 538 Glue products Thermo King Sales & Service/Bobcat Mfg.: 112, 1202, 1204 Bobcat skid steer loaders and attachments, B&B trailers, Woods and Kubota equipment Thermo King Sales & Service/Kubota Tractor Corp.: 116 Compact tractors and implements, utility and ag tractors, lawn and garden tractors, zero turn mowers, utility vehicles Thompson’s Garage Door & Openers Co.: 261 Garage doors and openers Timpte Inc.: 103 Timpte-grain trailers Today’s Alternatives Inc.: 411 Central boiler outside wood stoves Todd Norton Construction Inc./Wick Buildings: 808 Wicks buildings Top Air Sprayers: 608 Sprayers Toro Mfg.: 832 Mowers, snowblowers, lawn and garden equipment Trimble GPS: 402

Ag electronics Tru-Test Limited: 613 Livestock scales, milk metering equipment, electric fencing

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Sioux Automation Center Inc.: 720 Steel gating Skarpohl Pressure Washer Sales Inc.: 713 Aaladin pressure washers Soil-Max Inc.: 712 The Gold Digger tile plow Sommers Masonry Inc.: 418 Storage and handling systems, Sudenga, Lowry dump pits South Central Portage & Main: 263, 906 Outdoor wood boilers, Portage and Main Farm Bureau Steele County: 405 Information on Farm Bureau membership and their programs Springland Manufacturing: 534 Grain power sweeps St. Joseph Equipment: 202 New Holland, Kubota, Case construction, Gehl Star Building Systems: 737 Building systems Stor-Loc: 819 Stor-Loc heavy duty tool storage Sudenga Industries Inc.: 626 Grain, feed and seed handling equipment for farm and commercial use Sunflower Manufacturing: 622 Tillage equipment Sunopta Grains and Food Group: 627 Buy commercial, organic and non-GMO corn and soybeans Sunrise Ag Sales: 716 Lee fuel portable tanks, Wishek disc Swift Hitch Mfg.: 633 Back up camera system

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Houle 10’ PTO Super Pump

Stk. # 12177, Gear Reducer, extended 3 pt., 2nd nozzle

$7,900

2008 Houle 7300 Manure Tank

Stk. # 12141, Folding 6 Disc incorporators, used 3 seasons, excellent condition

$68,500

Houle Prop 32’ & 42’ Rental Units, Very Good Condition, Full Warr., Price Drops Daily

Call For Current Price

Houle Lagoon Pumps 32’, 42’ & 52’ Rental Units,

2007 Houle 7300

2006 Houle 6300

Stk. #1304, Steerable Axles, 6 Disc Very Good Condition, Incorporators, Full Warranty, Price Excellent Conditon Drops Daily $67,500

Stk. #1305, 6 Disc Incorporators, Triple Axle, Excellent Conditon

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Nuhn 5000 Magnum Vac. Tank, Stk. #12138, 5000 Gal. Cap., 4 Disc Incorp. Disch, 28L Tires, Exc. Cond.

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Contact Jeff at 320-894-5521 HELP WANTED: On grain farm located in Central MN, possible housing, serious inquiries only. Please call after 4 p.m. 320-220-4850

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118 ACRE ACTIVE GRADE A DAIRY FARM Withee/Lublin, WI 97 tillable acres, 66 2 story barn, 24 addition, all w/ new steel roof & siding, 39 new comfort stalls, new tile mangers, rubber mats, pipeline, lighting, 2 silos w/ unloaders, 2 protein bins, grain bin, 40x100 pole type shed w/ cemented garage area. Totally remodeled 3 bdrm home, new siding, windows, steel roof, kitchen, appliances, flooring. New furnace, water heater. Feed Available.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013 - 11:00 21220 Heritage Road • Sleepy Eye, MN

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NO SMALL ITEMS: BE ON TIME Directions From Sleepy Eye: Take State Hwy. 14 East 5.8 miles to Brown Cty. Rd. 11 to 200th Street, turn right, go West 0.9 miles until it turns slightly right onto Heritage Road going North on to the Farm Site 1.3 miles.

Sellers Note: Tom is getting out of the dairy to focus on crop farming.

This is a well taken care of line of machinery and has always been shedded.

Aasness Auctioneers ..........................14B Ag Power Enterprises Inc ..................27B Ag Systems Inc ..................................27A Agri Systems/Systems West ..............19A Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers ..........3B AKE......................................................5B Anderson Seeds..................................20A Arnolds Co ................................16A, 17A Avoca Spray Service ..........................28B Bayer Truck & Equipment Inc ..........29A Brent Tonne........................................28A Case IH ..............................................21A Courtland Wast Handling ....................8B D & D Ag Supply ..............................26A Dahl Farm Supply..............................22A Dairyland Seed Co Inc ........................9B Dairyland Supply ..............................12B Diers Ag Supply ................................22A Duncan Trailers LLC ........................30B Emerson Kalis ....................................20B Excelsior Homes West Inc ..................6A Farm Drainage Plows ........................21B Fast Distributing ..................................4A FMC ....................................................5A Grain Millers Specialty Product ........12A Greg Deinken ....................................24A Grizzly Buildings Inc ........................20A H H Fabrication..................................10B Haas Equipment ................................20B Hanson Auctioneers ..........................19B Henslin Auctions ......................15B, 18 B Hewitt Drainage Equipment ................6B Hotovec Auction Center Inc ..............13B Hughes Auction Service LLC ............15B K & S Millwights Inc ........................11B Keith Bode ........................................23B Keltgens Inc ......................................24A Kiester Implement..............................22B Kohls Weelborg Ford ........................30A Kubota................................................26A Larson Brothers Implement ......23B, 26B Letchers Farm Supply........................24A Mages Auction Service ......................13B Mankato Implement ..........................30B

Mankato Spray Center Inc ................22A Matejcek Implement ..........................32B Mathiowetz Construciton Co ..............3B Midwest Machinery Co......................29B Mike’s Collision ................................15A Minnesota Angus Association............10A MN Dept of Agriculture ....................18A New Holland ......................................14A NK Clerking ......................................15B Nordaas American Homes ..................4A Northern Ag Service ..........................26B Northern Insulation Products ............24A Nutra Flo Company ....................7A, 23B Olinger Sales & Service ....................18A Owatonna Farm Show..........................1B Pride Solutions ..................................26B Pro Equipment Inc ............................28A Pruess Elevator Inc ............................20B R & E Enterprises of Mankato Inc ....24B Rabe International ..............................28B Rule Tire & Auto ..............................27A Schweiss Inc ......................................22B Smiths Mill Implement Inc ................25B Sorensen Sales & Rentals ..................20B State Bank of Gibbon ........................12A Steffes Aucitoneers Inc ....14B, 16B, 17B, 18B Sun Opta ..............................................4A Sunco Marketing................................13A Sunderland Engineering ......................4A Syngenta........................................3A, 9A The American Community ................23B Tjosvold Equipment ..........................22B Triad Construction Inc ......................19A Vermeer ..............................................11A Wearda Implement ............................26B Weltsch Equipment ............................24B West Central Ag Sales........................13A Whitcomb Brothers............................14A Willmar Farm Center ........................26B Willmar Precast..................................12A Wingert Realty & Land Services ......14B Woodford Ag LLC ............................25B Ziegler ................................................21B Zierke Built Mfg Inc..........................25A

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Owner: Tom Hillesheim - 507-240-2409

Auctioneers: Joe Maidl - Lafayette, MN, 507-276-7749 • Matt Mages - New Ulm, MN, #08-12-006 • Larry Mages - Lafayette, MN • Joe Wersal, Winthrop, MN • John Goelz, Franklin, MN Clerk: Mages Land Co. & Auction Service LLC All items Sold “As Is” • Not Responsible for Accidents • Restroom Available on site Preview 1 Hour Before Sale

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MACHINERY: ‘89 CIH 1660 combine, 3500 hrs., Ag Leader PF 3000 w/mapping. Cross flow fan, 3rd cyl., Crary topper, rock trap, chopper, bubble up auger, 30.5x32 tires; CIH 1020 20’ bean head w/rock guard; ‘99 CIH 1083 cornhead, poly field tracker, AHHC; CIH 810 dummy head, GY 900x32 tires & rims for CIH combine; Case 1825B skidloader, gas, 850 hrs.; Artsway stalk chopper, 15’, 1000 RPM; MN 250 gravity box w/fert. auger; Kewanee 44’ grain elevator, PTO, w/hopper & spouts; 52’ hay conveyor w/elec.; NI side rake w/front dollie. FORAGE EQUIPMENT: ‘99 NH 900 harvester, Metal Alert III, processor, elec. controls; NH 824 cornhead & hay head; ‘88 CIH 881 harvester, elec. controls; (2) CIH hay heads & cornheads; CIH 600 blower; (2) ‘99 Gehl 980 forage box, 18’ w/Gehl 12 ton tandem gears; ‘92 H&S 7+4 forage box, 16’ w/hoist, 12 ton tandem gear. HAY EQUIPMENT: ‘81 NH 310 baler w/thrower; ‘96 CIH 8530 in line small sq. baler, hyd. pickup, swing & tension, thrower, preservative app.; ‘98 Hesston 1160 haybine, 14’; (3) Meyer 9x18 steel throw racks, 2x8 ton Meyers gears & 1x5 ton Gehl gear. DAIRY EQUIPMENT: ‘08 NI 3732 manure spreader, tandem w/spash guard, slop gate, upper beater & lights; ‘08 Goliath silo unloader options, 20’/650 hrs; ‘86 Hanson silo unloader options, 14’ ring drive, 5 hp. mtr., complete revive kit in ‘07; ‘08 Berg barn clnr. CCW 200’ split chute high flite; ‘09 Patz under gutter clnr. water pump. 800 gal. Boumatic bulk tank w/new washer, 2013, new 5 hp. compressor in 2012. ‘83 Complete Boumatic 2” pipeline for 34 cows w/4 washer units. Boumatic vac. pump, 7.5 hp. ‘88 Badge bedding chopper w/Wisconsin Robin mtr. 2 Roll Oiler, Cattle Oilers, 20’ steel silage bunk. ‘90 Sandmark (Berg) Model 1090 TMR mixer; Semen tank-Apollo SX-18. 7x20” Schaffer basket fans. Loyal 16’ feed cnvy. wdth. 9” w/1 hp. mtr. DAIRY ALFALFA: 1000 bales of small sq. alfalfa - 1st cutting, 2012. 500 bales of small sq. alfalfa - 2nd cutting, 2012. 14 rd. alfalfa bales - 4th cutting, 2011. Alfalfa Test Results by Sale Date / No rain on Alfalfa.

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FOR SALE: Turnkey auto truck repair business, sole owner retiring after 32 yrs. Includes land, steel building, all equipment & business.

Lake Crystal MN. 507-726-2416 or 507-726-6020

March 12 • 76.22± Ac. • Judson Twp. • Blue Earth Co.

March 15 • 155± Ac.

• Antrim Twp. • Watonwan Co.

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• Elm Creek Twp. • Martin Co.

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FOR SALE: Contract for FOR SALE: 1 ea of McCormick & Deering seats; deed. 160 acre farm, NW Antique clothesline bed, WI. Call (866)336-7023 stripped & ready to finish.

Old air compressor also.

Sell your land or real estate 507-526-5871 in 30 days for 0% commission. Call Ray 507-339-1272 FOR SALE: JD model 44 214 hyd lift plow in good cond, Selling or Buying Farms rebuilt.

Split pedestal or 1031 Exchange! w/roll-a-matic for late modPrivate Sale or el B JD. 320-630-7456 Sealed Bid Auction!

Call “The Land Specialists!”

Hay & Forage Equip 031 Northland Real Estate 612-756-1899 or 320-894-7337 FOR SALE: 479 Haybine, 9', www.farms1031.com good working condition, We have extensive lists of $2,750/OBO. Call Don 507Land Investors & farm buy525-1961 ers throughout MN. We always have interested buy- FOR SALE: Bale handler for ers. For top prices, go with small square bales, our proven methods over $1,000/OBO. Ray Moeller thousands of acres.

712-297-7951 Serving Minnesota Mages Land Co & Auc Serv FOR SALE: JD 5400-5830 www.magesland.com and 6000 series forage har800-803-8761 vesters. Used kernel processors, also, used JD 40 knife Dura-Drums, and Real Estate Wanted 021 drum conversions for 5400 and 5460. Call (507)427-3520 WANTED: Land & farms. I www.ok-enterprise.com have clients looking for dairy, & cash grain operations, as well as bare land FOR SALE: NH Hayliner 68, for small square bales, parcels from 40-1000 acres. $1,250/OBO. 712-297-7951 Both for relocation & investments.

If you have even thought about selling NH 112 Hay Bind, 14', also contact: Paul Krueger, Vermeer round baler, 5X5.

Farm & Land Specialist, Both in good condition.

Edina Realty, SW Suburban (715) 273-5756 Office, 14198 Commerce Ave NE, Prior Lake, MN 55372. paulkrueger@edinarealty.com

(952)447-4700

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FOR SALE: Used 48' diameter grain bins with full floor and power sweeps. 641-5842600 Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys.

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

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50' galvanized auger, 8" diameter, $750/OBO. 515-3878707 or 515-864-8098 BRAND NEW! WESTFIELD 10-71 low profile swing hopper $8,925. All sizes available. Mike 507-848-6268 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 or call 507-697-6133 Ask for Gary Farm Implements

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'90 CIH 9180, 5500 hrs, 20.8X42 duals, farmer owned. $58,000 641-373-6903

FOR SALE: '99 Gehl 4835 SXT, lift capacity 1,800 lbs. rear wgt bar, cab-heat, AM/FM radio, insulation pkg., new axle bearings, 4,500 hrs., total hours 5,280, tires like new, uses no oil, always shedded. $9,950/OBO. (651)345-3164 FOR SALE: 2000 Parker model 7250 wagon with brakes, lights, & 445 tires.

507-530-4166

Evening Bare Southern Minnesota Farm Land

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CIH 8330, 9' mower-condit., $2,950; NH BR780 baler, new belts, nice, $8,750; Westendorf 12 ton & JD 1075 running gears, $1,500 ea.; IH 620, 24' press drill w/grass seeder, $2,450; 18.4x38, 10 bolt duals, $1,250; 18.4x42, 10 bolt duals, $1,600. 320-769-2756

AUCTION

Tuesday Eve. March 26th @ 6:30 p.m.

395 Acres of Choice Farm Land Land Location: 11⁄2 mi. NE of Darfur, MN, or 111⁄2 mi. NW of St. James, MN in Adrian Twp., Watonwan County General Info.: Quality Farm Land to be offered on our board system as 4 parcels: 80, 80, 160 & 75 acres. Entire 395 acres join as one large parcel.

Possession for crop year 2013. For pre-auction information containing terms & governmental info, contact our office (507) 235-4318 or our web site: auctioneeralley.com

Zender Farms, Owners Bradley & Valarie Zender, Owners Auctioneers:

Kahler’s, Pike, Wedel, Hall & Hartung www.auctioneeralley.com Land Services Unlimited, Inc. Allen Kahler, Broker • (507) 764-3591

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Public Inspection: Monday, March 18th @ 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., or by appointment.

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FOR SALE: 3pt grader SAC 6150 Reel Augie Feed- '02 JD 7410 MFWD, 5600 hrs., blade, 10' wide, will fit 2pt wagon 2011, used 1 1/2 new 18.4x38 rears w/axle or 3pt or log chain, years, excellent cond, duals & 14.9R28 frts, PQ $250/OBO. 712-297-7951 Digistar scale $32,500 (507) w/RH reverser, 540/1000 381-4325 PTO, 3 pt., fenders, exc.

FOR SALE: EZ Flow 300 bu cond. 507-789-6049 We buy gravity box, Shur-Lok roll Salvage Equipment tarp, w/ Christianson pneuParts Available matic feed transfer system Hammell Equip., Inc. & power unit, very clean, (507)867-4910 $3,900, will separate. 507440-1990 FOR SALE: IH 1456, no cab; '91 F250 - 351 4x4; JD 7100, 12-30, JD monitor w/ Kinze bean meters; White 445, 15 shank, nice; JD 643, low tin. 507-920-3313 or 507-2364305 FOR SALE: JD 9200 4WD, $75,000; JD 7200 7RN inter planter, $4,500; JD 3010G w/ldr, $8,500; Case 1845C skidloader, $8,500; Caterpillar D4C bulldozer, $8,000.

Owner retiring. 507-330-3945 FOR SALE: Meyer 3954 3 auger vertical beater manure spreader, new beater bearings, excellent condition. 507-696-2176

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 7000 4R, dry fert, nice; Gravity Wagons: (7) 300600 bu; 36' truck auger; Ford 3pt 501 Mower, Digger; 6' Finishing mower, Ford 4000; 800, both 40HP. IH 560; H Farmall; Grapple fork plus more!

Peterson Equipment New Ulm MN 507-276-6958 or 6957 JD 7800 2WD tractor, PQ, 3 hyd, 3pt, 14.9x46 w/ duals, $34,750; JD 1760 12x30 hyd fold planter, JD liq fert, 3 bu boxes, 250 mon, $24,900; Case IH 24' 4800 field cult w/ Case IH 3 bar harrow, $6,450; JD 158 ldr w/ controls, $3,250. 320-769-2756

Morris Round Bale Mover 2008, hauls 14 big rounds at a time, excellent cond $25,000 (507) 381-4325 TW 35 MFWD; 7720 & 6620; 216 & 220 bean head; 443, 643, 843 cornhead; JD 1600 chisel plow; numerous gravity boxes; new & used ag tires. 320-351-8990

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JD 960, 30' field cult., stored inside; Int'l 183, 8R cult.

612-247-0297 Knight 3050 Reel Augie Feedwagon Industrial Grade, very good condition, 1 owner, Digistar scale $22,500 (507) 380-4433

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FOR SALE: White 445, 23shank coulter chisel, rebuilt, $14,500; CIH 1020, 30' flex head, Crary air bar, $17,500; 40' Melroe harrow, $1,800; 8½x28' Donahue trlr., $3,000; Yetter no-til planter disks, $80 ea.; IHC 1000 series, 12R22” cornhead, poly, $17,000; WANTED: 72R22” band sprayer.

218-955-0888 Harms Mfg. Land Rollers, brand new, 16', $7,200; 32', $16,500; 42', $19,500. Any size avail. (715)296-2162

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~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~

Notch Equipment: • Rock Buckets • Grapple Forks • Manure Forks • Bale Spears • Hi-Volume Buckets & Pallet Forks • Bale Transports & Feeder Wagons, 16’-34’ • Adult & Young Stock Feeders & Bale Feeders • Land Levelers Smidley Equipment: • Steer Stuffers • Hog Feeders • Hog Huts • Calf Creep Feeders • Lamb & Sheep Feeders • Cattle & Hog Waterers • Mini Scaler Sioux Equipment: • Gates • Calving Pens • Haymax Bale Feeders • Cattle Panels • Feeders Panels • Head Gates • Hog Feeders • Squeeze Chutes & Tubs • Port-A-Hut Shelters (Many Sizes) • Bergman Cattle Feeders – Special Prices • Lorenz Snowblowers – Special Prices • GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu.

• Sheep & Calf Feeders • Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg. • Powder River Crowding Tub & Alley • Mister Squeeze Cattle Chutes & Hd. Gates • Peck Grain Augers – Big Discounts • MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders • Powder River Livestock & Horse Equipment • Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’ • Hay feeders for horned animals • 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 • Walco 3 pt. Mowers • Bale Baskets • SI Feeders & Bunks • (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders (Prices Lowered) • Enduraplas Bale Feeders, Panels & Tanks • E-Z Trail Wagons, Boxes & Grain Carts • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns • R&C Poly Bale Feeders • JBM hay & grain feeders & bunks • Corral Panels & Horse Stalls • EZ-Trail Head Movers & Bale Racks • Roda Mini-Spreaders • Amish Built Oak Bunk Feeders & Bale Racks • Walco Bale Trailers • Goat & Sheep Feeders

DR® POWER EQUIPMENT • Field & Brush Mowers • Roto-Hog Power Tillers • Stump Grinders • Log Splitters • Chippers • Power Graders • Power Wagons • Leaf & Lawn Vacuums • Versa-trailers

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~ USED EQUIPMENT ~

• New Lorenz Snowblowers - at “no snow” prices • New Bergman Cattle Feeders - at special prices • New 10 Bale Trailers - special price • New Peck Augers – Extra Big Discounts • IHC #80 Snowblower, excellent • Gehl 312 Scavenger II spdr., 260 bu., very good • Meyers 225 bu. poly box spreader w/hyd. gate

• Grasshopper Zero Turn, 48” deck • 72” Woods 3 pt. snowblower • Reconditioned Smidley 7’ & 10’ Steer Stuffers & Used Smidley Hog Feeders • Several gravity boxes & wagons, 250-300 bu.

• 25’ Skywitch Scissors lift • Wanted To Buy - Good Hog Feeders

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EQUIP., LLC • 320-598-7604 •

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

CIH 4800 digger, 25’, 30’..................Coming IH 4500 digger, 30’ ............................$2,900 IH 566 round baler ............................$8,500 NH BR780 round baler ......................$8,500 JD 7000 planter row units, parts ..........$250 (2) JD 750 no till drills, 15’ w/hitch $26,000 ‘96 Rogator 854 sprayer, 90’ ..........$39,000 IH 300, Nice Tires..............................$1,750 IH 756 D, cab, Nice ..........................$6,900 JD 2510, gas, WF, 3 pt., Nice ............$6,500 JD 3020, gas, 3 pt., WF ....................$5,500 JD 4320, 5800 hrs...........................$10,500 JD 4430 Quad..................................$12,500 (2) JD 4430 Quad..............$18,500/$19,500 JD 4455, PS, FWA ..........................$42,500 ‘88 JD 4450, FWA ..........................$39,000 JD 4455, PS, JD 4455 Quad............$36,000 AC 8630, FWA, loader, Nice..............Coming JD 840 loader, JD 8000 mts. ............$9,500 (2) JD 740 loaders, Nice ......$7,500/$8,500 NEW JD 740 Legend loader ..................Call JD 260 loader, self-leveling, Nice ......$4,500 JD 741 loader, Sharp, hardly used ..$11,500 (2) JD 158, (2) JD 148 ldrs. $2,500/$4,500 (2) IH 2350 loaders ..............$3,000/$3,250

CIH 520 loader ..................................$3,750 Allied 595, (IH mts.), Sharp ..............$2,900 Dual 345, (off IH 856) ......................$1,250 Farmhand F11, w/pump....................$1,500 Farmhand 1140, grapple ..................$7,500 Farmhand F358 loader, (IH mts.) ......$3,250 Miller PL-4 loader ............................$3,500 Miller M12 loader, Nice ....................$2,500 Westendorf WL-40, WL-42 ..$2,250/$3,500 New Box Scrapers, 10’/12’ ..$1,750/$1,850 New & Used Skidsteer Attachments ....Call Pallet Forks, Grapples, Rock Buckets ..Call New & Used Batco & Conveyall belt conveyors ............................................Call Bobcat T300, T320 skids ..$23,500/$32,500 CIH 8010, RWA, loaded, inspect. ..$110,000 CIH 1660, chopper, rock trap ..........$14,000 CIH 2608, 8RN chopper head..........$35,000 CIH 2208, 8RN cornhead, off 2388 $20,000 CIH 2208, 8RN cornhead, off 8010 $19,000 JD 444, 4RW cornhead ....................$1,500 (2) CIH 2020 30’/35’ flex heads..............Call IH 1020 25’/30’ flex heads......................Call Donahue 32’ trailer............................$1,750 Grizzly 3 pt. backhoe, Nice ................$3,500

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Midwest Ag Equip Farm Equipment For Sale ‘13 Challenger MT755D, loaded ......$250,000 ‘13 Challenger MT675D, loaded, all options ............................................$245,000 ‘08 Cat 965B, 1300 hrs. ......................$190,000 ‘08 Cat 755B, 1000 hrs. ......................$179,000 ‘04 Cat 855, 3000 hrs. ........................$185,000 ‘02 JD 8520, 5000 hrs. ........................$120,000 ‘07 JD 9860STS, 800 hrs., loaded w/all options ........................................$160,000 ‘89 Versatile 846, 4000 hrs., (So. MN tractor) ....................................$35,000 (2) ‘04 Cat 262B skidsteers ..........................................Starting At $23,000 ‘05 Cat 277B skidsteer..........................$18,500 ‘08 Lexion 595R, 650 hrs. ..................$225,000 ‘12 Krause Dominator, 18’, Demo ......$58,500 ‘04 DMI Tiger Mate II, (50.5’) ..............$37,500 ‘03 Wilrich 957 VDR, nice shape ........$12,000 ‘03 Chevy Dura Max, reg. cab, long box, 130,000 mi. ............................................$15,000

Financing Available

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'03 JD 7810 MFWD, 4800 hrs., FOR SALE: '11 JD 9430, 360 hrs, 7.10x42 tired w/ wgts & PQ w/RH reverser, 3 hyd. duals, warranty, $220,000. valves, 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt., 507-381-6719 very clean tractor. 507-7896049 FOR SALE: '54 Int'l Super MTA tractor, nice paint; '72 Oliver 2255, cab, 3208 Cat '50 JD AR tractor(2) 1 eng., new rubber, new painted, 1 not painted has paint, 3 pt., rock box, low new tires; '53 Int'l Super hrs., exc. collector tractor, M, new tires, painted. 507$16,500. 320-583-9458 220-5130 '85 Allis Chalmers 8050, FWA, pwr shift, 20.8x38 FOR SALE: '74 Case 1370, 18.4x42 rears w/ duals, 8370 w/clamp on duals, 5400 hrs., hrs, very clean, $8,000. recent OH, very clean, Also, IHC 2350 ldr w/ 8' $24,900. 651-923-4826 bucket & brackets for IHC '90 JD4555 FWA Powershift, 86 Series, $3,500. 507-360Radar, 1185 original hours.

1482 Has been hooked up to planter since date of pur- FOR SALE: '79 IH 1486, duals, Jeffers 3 pt hitch, rock chase. Has never done box, low hrs, bought new by tillage work. 3 hydraulic owner. 507-793-2262 or 507outlets. Excellent rubber.

227-6598 (507) 525-0415 FOR SALE: '90 JD 4555, '91 CIH 7130 MFD, duals, 3 FWA, 14.9x46 tires. 320-352hyd. outlets, hyd. motor re3629 turn line, dual PTO, new radiator, 3 pt. hitch. 507- FOR SALE: (4) 18.4x42 trac477-3171 or 507-460-9372 tor tires, 20% rubber, $175/each. 507-964-5548 or '92 Case IH 1680, 4530 hrs, 507-327-1903 cell 400 hrs on new engine, field tracker, $39,500. 712-790- FOR SALE: (4) 20.8x42 6698 Goodyear bias tires, 30% rubber; (2) 14.9x46 1850 Oliver, dsl, good shape.

Goodyear radial tires, 30% $5,000/OBO. (608)412-1281 rubber; (2)Keltgen 10 bolt dual rims for 14.9x46 tires, 1953 AC WD, 1/2 breed, late $500 ea. 320-905-2536 SN#, w/WD45 parts as trans head & dist, have started FOR SALE: 1963 MM G-705 restoration, $14,500/OBO. tractor, LP gas, very good, 712-330-3612 $3,800. 712-288-6442 1956 IH Super WDR-9 tracFor Sale: 1981 Deutz DX160 tor, good cond, low producVery good condition, tion number, $4,600. 712-288MFWD, 14.9-46 rear tires at 6442 75%, set up for 22" rows, 1992 4760 John Deere Tractor 7381 hours. $14,700 (507) MFWD 1 owner, 70% Fire828-3629 stone rubber, P.S., 10,600 For Sale: 4894 Case IH 1984, hours, new injectors & 4 new inside tires, 1,000 hrs pump, very good condition. on complete engine overPrice firm. $40,000 (507) haul, 1200 hrs on power 380-4433 shift transmission overCase IH 7210, MFD, 3 rehaul, 3pt, PTO, new air motes, wgts, 50% rubber, conditioning compressor, serviced plus field ready.

R134A, nice shape call 507$42,500. 507-327-0858 553-6218 or 507-327-8431

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FOR SALE: 35” Goodyear JD 4430 late model, 6600 hrs, Quad, radios, weights & dutrack for MT800; 35” Fireals, excellent tractor for stone track for Brent grain $17,500. (715)556-0045 cart; 30” track for CAT, E, D, or C. 507-475-7021 JD WF 20 series tractor, w/ hubs. $950 (715)556-0045 FOR SALE: 5088 IH Tractor, 2WD, excellent condition.

MM Tractors For Sale: 6,000 hrs. (715) 896-1050 G1000 Vista LP, Super 670 gas, Super 670 dsl, U 302 FOR SALE: IH Super WD-6, gas, very rare 335 rechannel frame, strong enstored. We have parts for gine, $4,500. 712-288-6442 MM's & others.

FOR SALE: Int'l 766 dsl., 2 River Dale Farms PTO's, cab, 3 pt. 320-760(920)295-3278 5622 NEW AND USED TRACTOR FOR SALE: JD 4955, 2WD, 3 PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, hyd, 15 spd, power shift, 55, 50 Series & newer trac14.9x46 tires, approx. 8300 tors, AC-all models, Large hrs, Sharp Tractor! 320-894Inventory, We ship! Mark 9272 Heitman Tractor Salvage 715-673-4829 FOR SALE: JD duals 14.9x46 Firestone tires, 35%, off of a JD 4455. $1,000/pr. 320-848- Specializing in most AC used tractor parts for 2102 or 320-979-6313 sale. Now parting out WD, 190XT, #200 & D-17 Ford NH 8670 MFWD tractractors.

Rosenberg tor, has 6,227 hrs, farmer Tractor Salvage owned, duals, super steer, 507-848-6379 or 507-236-8726 loaded, can't find cleaner tractor, $48,500 . 701-640-4697 Harvesting Equip 037 IHC 656 gas tractor, 3 pt hitch, WF, 2 hyd. valves. Case IH 1688, AFX rotor, good rubber, completely re507-764-3943 conditioned, field ready, JD 4450 tractor, PS, 2 hyds, $36,500. 507-327-0858 3pt, $25,900; JD 7400 MFW tractor, PQ, 3pt, 3 hyds, FOR SALE: '04 9860 JD com320x50 tires, $32,000; JD bine, new power rear wheel 3020 dsl tractor, 3pt, JD drive, 1402 sep hrs, excelWF, $6,900; JD 2520 gas lent condition. $119,000. 507tractor, 3pt, 2 hyds, JDWF, 964-5548 or 507-327-1903 $6,750; JD 2510 gas tractor 3pt, new 15.5x38 tires, FOR SALE: CIH 1680 combine, Cummins, cross flow $5,500; JD 4100 compact fan, long sieves, chopper, tractor, MFW, 3pt, 540 good tires + paint.

PTO, 410 ldr, w/ soft cab, $17,000/OBO. 507-327-0858 440 hrs, $9,900. 320-769-2756

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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 Steffes Auctioneers

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USED TRACTORS

‘05 NH TG210, MFD, susp., 380/90R50 duals, 4 remotes, 2900 hrs.............................................Coming In ‘99 NH 9682, 4WD, 710/70R38 duals, PS, recent OH, 6500 hrs...................................AUCTION ‘97 NH 7740, SLE pkg., MFD, w/cab, A/C, loader & bucket ..............................................................Coming In ‘00 NH TL90, MFD, No Cab, w/Bush Hog loader, 3000 hrs...................................................Coming In Spring ‘08 Buhler 435, 4WD, 710/70R42 duals, 2300 hrs. ............................................................................Coming In ‘81 Steiger ST251, 4WD, 20.8R38 (8) 70%, Nice! AUCTION ‘80 Ford TW30, 2WD, 18.4R38 duals................AUCTION ‘87 Ford TW25, 2WD, 7100 hrs, 18.4R38 duals ..AUCTION ‘66 JD 4020, dsl, WF, NO cab, w/fenders ..........AUCTION ‘67 Case 730, WF, diesel, w/Dual loader ..........AUCTION IH 656, gas, NF, hitch ..................................AUCTION ‘09 Dixon Grizzly, 27 hp., 61” deck ..................AUCTION

COMBINES/HEADS

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‘07 NH CR9060, 800 hrs, 420/80R46 duals ..........Coming In ‘03 NH CR960, 2000 hrs., 20.8R42 duals ..............$129,000 ‘05 NH CR940 w/RWA, 1000 hrs, 520/85R42 duals ..................................................$159,500 ‘01 NH TR99, 2100 hrs., 18.4R42 (4), Y/M, GPS..Coming In ‘96 NH TR98, 18.4R42 duals, bin ext., Y/M, GPS, 2300 hrs.................................................AUCTION ‘00 NH 996, 8R30” cornhead, Loaded......................$25,500 ‘00 NH 996, 8R30” cornhead w/K&M chopper ........$39,950 ‘98 NH 973, 25’ flex head ..........................................$9,500 (2) ‘97 NH 973, 30’ flex head ................................Coming In NH 974, 10R22” cornhead ....................................Coming In ‘93 NH 974, 12R22” cornhead ..............................Coming In ‘88 NH 974, 6R30” cornhead......................................$6,950 ‘10 NH 99C, 8R30” chopping cornhead ................Coming In ‘04 NH 98C, 6R30” cornhead, Like New ..................$33,000

‘05 NH 96C, 6R30” cornhead, Loaded ..................Coming In ‘95 NH 974, 6R30” cornhead w/poly, Rebuilt ..........$10,900 ‘00 NH 73C, 30’ flex head......................................Coming In ‘00 NH TR99, 18.4R42 duals, Nice........................Coming In ‘95 NH TR97, 18.4R42, duals ..............................Coming In

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIP.

‘87 CIH 5400, 20’ soybean special drill ............AUCTION ‘10 EZ Trail 510 grain cart w/tarp ....................AUCTION ‘05 Unverferth 5000 grain cart w/tarp ..............AUCTION ‘83 JD 610, 41’ chisel plow ..........................AUCTION ‘11 Case 870, 11-shank, ripper w/spike harrow ..............Call Case PT, 20’ chisel plow w/harrow ..................AUCTION ‘07 Wilrich 5830, 31’ chisel plow w/harrow..........Coming In ‘00 DMI 730B ripper w/disc leveler ..................AUCTION (2) ‘96 Westfield MK 10”x71 or 61 SSL ............AUCTION ‘93 Vermeer 6020, 6 disc mower ....................AUCTION ‘11 Wilrich 657DCR, 23’ w/discs & rolling baskets ............................................................................Coming In ‘09 Wilrich 657DCR, 23’ w/discs & harrow..............$33,950 ‘93 CIH 4300, 38’ field cult. w/3 bar ................AUCTION ‘00 JD 980, 45’ field cult. w/harrow, Nice! ............Coming In ‘88 CIH 4900, 45’ field cult. w/harrow ..................Coming In ‘07 Wilrch Quad X 42’ field cult. w/harrow & baskets ............................................................................Coming In (2) Parker 2500 wagons ......................................Ea. $5,000 (2) Farm King wagons, 250 bu. ......................AUCTION Used Case 12’ mtd./hyd. chisel plow, Nice ........AUCTION ‘05 Wilrich 957, DDR, 9-shank, 24” w/harrow or 7-30” ................................................AUCTION Knight 8014 manure spreader (side delivery)......AUCTION ‘08 JD 200 crumbler, 36’ ..............................AUCTION ‘11 Tebben TC94, 10’ rotary cutter ............................$5,950 Several 7’ & 8’ Snowblowers..........................AUCTION

SKID STEERS

‘94 Commander 8000, 72 hp., 72” bucket, rubber tracks ..........................................AUCTION ‘97 NH LX485 w/cab & heat, 60” bucket ..................$13,950 ‘05 NH LS185B w/cab & heat, hyd., QA, 1500 hrs. ..$24,500 ‘92 NH L250, 42” bucket, 1800 hrs...................AUCTION ‘07 JD 332, AC, hyd. QA, 1750 hrs...................AUCTION

JD 8630, 4x4, 50 Ser. En.............................$19,900 JD 8450, 4x4 ..............................................$27,900 JD 7800, MFD, 740 loader..........................$59,000 CIH 8950, MFD............................................$59,900 JD 4440, P. shift ..........................................$22,900 IH 1256 ..............................................Coming Soon CIH DX25 w/mower ..........................Coming Soon CIH MX270, MFD ........................................$69,900 (2) IH 1026 hydro ..............................From $12,900 IH 756, gas ....................................................$7,900 Farmall SMTA ................................................$5,900 ‘77 JD 4630, PS ..........................................$16,900 IH 460, 560, 560D ..........................................CALL JD loaders, many to choose, ....Starting at $2,495 New Koyker loaders ......................................CALL Gehl 4635 skid loader ................................$12,900 IH 826, German diesel ..................................$8,900 CIH 5120, MFD w/loader ..........................$31,900 JD 4030, open station ................................$14,900 JD 3020, gas ................................................$7,900 JD 720, diesel................................................$6,900 JD 720, gas ..................................................$6,900 JD Loaders - Special: 48, 58, 146, 148, 158, Koyker 510, K5................................................CALL JD Soundguard Cabs, Call for Info

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‘12 NH T9560, 4WD w/800/70R42 duals, wgts., HID, 110 hrs...........................................................................Call ‘12 NH C227 track loader w/cab, A/C & high flow hyds...Call

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12' JD grain drill w/grass seed attach., 7” spacings, low rubber. 507-764-3609

(07)6-30 TWIN Row No-Til Planter for Corn & Beans PLANT in Standing Stalks FOR SALE: (2) Case IH 5300 3 Point or PULL TYPE 12' drills w/ squadron hitch.

6” spacing, $8,900. 320-220Low Acres Loaded Like 1138 New. 319-347-2349 Can Del For Sale: 12' Brillion Seeder '97 Kinze 2600, 16x31 planter, with Brome boxes for sale. no-till coulters, end trash Like new condition, acre whippers, liq. fert., $22,500; counter,track scratcher atsaddle tanks off JD 8300, tachment,11L-15 tires, hy$1,000. 507-456-8684 draulic lift, planted 1200 acres. Always shedded.

12 Smart Boxes w/ controller $8,500 (507) 236-5910 harness & 12 mounting brackets w/ tubes, plus 3 FOR SALE: 18 Petes row cleaners, pin adjustment, more units if needed. $2,700 will fit JD, White & other for everything. 507-380-4808 planters; Westfield seed or 507-317-9948 brush auger. 320-894-2008 36 Yetter row cleaners w/ top FOR SALE: 24 Yetter row adjusting screw , off a Procleaners, pin adjustment, max 40 JD, 6 yrs old, all will fit JD, Kinze, White, & are in working order. $200 other planters. 320-212-1249 per row. 507-380-4808 FOR SALE: 8 Yetter row cleaners w/mounts, disk CIH 800 planter, w/ DJ Feedblades, $800 OBO. 507-317master 12R30", vertical 3396 fold, $4,800/OBO. 515-3878707 or 515-864-8098 FOR SALE: Case IH 900 Planter, 8R, pull type, 1000 CIH 900 planter, 8R30”, pullRPM, trash whippers, intype, liq fert, insect, 1,000 secticide, Early Riser monRPM pump, Early Riser itor, new openers, mon., exc. cond., $4,500. $4,950/OBO. Call Don 507507-276-8345 or 507-834-6409 525-1961 CIH 900, 12R30”, semi-mnt, FOR SALE: Hyd flat fold markers, to fit planter/ tool trash whippers, insect., bar, or custom fit, $3,000. corn & bean drums, Early 712-297-7951 Riser mon., exc. cond., FOR SALE: JD 1780 planter, $4,950. 507-425-3120 12R30”, 250 monitor, liq FOR SALE: '01 JD 1772 fert, (2) 225 gal tanks on 12R30”N conservation fert, dry insect, Keeten planter, dry fert w/ fert ext seed firmers, new openers & cloth auger, Yetter trash & chains last spring, very whippers, heavy down good cond. 320-522-1637 spring pressure, seed exts, FOR SALE: JD 1790 planter, lock & load; '82 4440, 6,000 16R32, 15” CCS, markers, hrs, '79 4440, 9,000 hrs, both mechanical drive w/ one loaded. 507-261-2245 or 507half disconnect, 2pt hitch, 753-2195 vac seed meter, 350 monitor, humadic downpours, FOR SALE: '10 Trimble EZ row cleaners, L&D fert Guide 500 w/ EZ boom, inpkg, Kasco fill auger, field cludes lock for swath conready. $92,500/OBO. 507-838trol, cabling & globe. $3,500.

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Keith Bode Fairfax, MN 55332 507-381-1291

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‘11 NH T9.560 tractor, 710/70R42 Michelin duals, high capacity hydraulic pump, auto steer, 310 hrs., warranty ....................................$227,500 ‘10 JD 9530T, 36” tracks, 2530 hrs. ........$185,000 ‘12 NH T8.330, MFWD, 480/80R50 duals, Luxury cab, wgts., auto steer, 790 hrs. ....$149,000 ‘11 NH T8.275, MFWD, 480/80R50 duals, 340 hrs. ....................................................$135,000 ‘07 CIH Puma 180, MFWD, powershift, 14.9R46 singles, 3800 hrs. ......................................$63,500 ‘08 JD 9670 combine, 20.8R38 duals, Contour Master, 1137 sep. hrs...............................$149,500 ‘08 JD 612C non-chopping 12x30 cornhead ..................................................................$47,000 ‘11 JD 635F flexible platform, unused, shedded ..................................................................$36,500 ‘08 JD 512, 9-shank, 22’6” folding disk ripper ..................................................................$26,000 ‘10 JD Gator 825I, olive green, bed lift, 81 hrs. ......................................................................$9,400 ‘11 JD 328 small square baler, no thrower $13,500 ‘08 JD 338 small square baler, no thrower $11,500

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JD 7000 late model, 6x30 FOR SALE: 12R crop cultivators; Buffalo Ridge till; planter, dry fertilizer. One JD 856; 30' folding rotary owner, many new parts, hoes. 507-327-6430 Kinze bean meters. Exc cond. $10,250. (715)556-0045 FOR SALE: 32' Kongskilde S tine SBC field cultivator w/ Precision finger pickup units 4 bar noble drag, $3,500. for JD 7000 planter; pair of 507-276-3289 5”, 9 bolt hole dual wheel spacers w/bolts; pigtail FOR SALE: JD 512, 5 shank, convert connectors, flat to new scrapers, new laser cannon wiring harness. 507points, like new. 507-696317-2588 2176

23 COMBINES ROW CROP TRACTORS B ‘08 JD 9870, 1350 eng./682 sep.

‘12 CIH Magnum 290, MFWD, hrs., 5-spd., feederhouse, 590 hrs., , 3 pt., hyd. valves, chopper, Contour Master, HID 540/1000 PTO, luxury cab, 19 hyd. pump, 380x50 tires & duals, lights, Auto-Trak ready, 520x42 front duals ....................$178,000 duals ............................$165,000 ‘08 JD 9770, 1380 eng./938 sep.

‘11 CIH Magnum 290, MFWD, hrs., 4x4, HID lights, Contour 312 hrs., Luxury cab/leather, 3 pt., 4 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, big Master w/hi-torque variable spd., chopper, 1250/45/32 pump, full auto steer, 18.4x46 tires & duals ................$178,000 tires ..............................$162,500 ‘10 JD 9770, 917 eng./704 sep.

‘04 Buhler Versatile 2210, hrs., Contour Master, Pro-drive MFWD, 4081 hrs., 18-spd. PS, trans., HID lights, hi-torque Super Steer, 4 hyd., 1000 PTO, 20.8x42 tires & duals, also front variable spd., 20.8x42 duals, duals & wgts...................$75,000 chopper ........................$185,000 ‘11 JD 9670, 869 eng./643 sep.

‘05 Buhler Versatile 2180, hrs., 4x4, HID lights, extended MFWD, 2598 hrs., super steer, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyds., 18.4x46 wear, self leveling, shoe, Contour tires & duals ..................$85,000 Master, hi-torque variable spd. ....................................$197,000 ‘00 NH TV140, 2975 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x34 ‘98 JD 9610, 3578 eng./2379 sep. tires, 7614 NH loader......$45,000 hrs., chopper, 20.8x42 duals, ‘94 JD 7800, 2WD, 9760 hrs., PS, bin ext. ............................$55,000 3 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, 14.9x46 ‘09 CIH 9120, 805 eng./613 sep. tires & duals....................$39,000 hrs., 4x4, Auto-Steer, yield, ‘94 JD 7800, 2WD, 8500 hrs., PS, moisture & mapping, chopper, tracker, rock trap, 800x38 tires 540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x42 tires & duals....................$41,000 & duals..........................$199,000 ‘09 CIH 7120, 905 eng./711 sep.

‘09 JD 6430 Premium, MFWD, 3050 hrs., 16-spd., 3 pt., loader hrs., tracker, chopper, rock trap, ready ..............................$55,000 Pro 600 w/yield, moisture & mapping, 520x42 tires ‘09 JD 6430 Premium, 2WD, 1660 hrs., 16-spd., 3 pt. $52,000 & duals..........................$175,000 ‘09 CIH 7120, 1065 eng./816 sep.

‘12 CIH Magnum 260, MFWD, 525 hrs., Deluxe cab, auto steer, hrs., Leather seat, tracker, chopper, rock trap, Pro 600 4 hyd., 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt., 420x46 tires & duals ....$159,000 w/yield, moisture & mapping, ‘07 CIH Magnum 245, 3250 hrs., 20.8x42 tires & duals ..$175,000 ‘11 CIH 7088, 692 eng./509 sep.

3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., hrs., tracker, chopper, rock trap, 420x46 tires, 18.4x42” duals ....................................$107,000 Pro 600 w/yield, moisture & 4WD & TRACK TRACTORS mapping, 520x42 duals $175,000 ‘12 JD 9510R, 550 hrs., 520x46 ‘09 CIH 7088, 748 eng./1007 sep. hrs., 4x4, tracker, chopper, rock triple tires, 5 hyd., HID lights, trap, power bin ext., 18.4x42 Auto-Steer w/Starfire receiver ........................$262,500 duals ............................$165,000 ‘02 CIH STX325, 5924 hrs., 3 pt. ‘94 CIH 1688, 3734 eng. hrs., rock trap, chopper, bin ext., hitch, 4 hyd., 18.4x46 tires & duals, power shift ..........$88,000 30.5x32 tires ..................$30,000 ‘87 CIH 1640, 3468 hrs., rock Check Out Our Large On-line Inventory of trap, auto header, 24.5x32 Trucks, Semis & Industrial Equipment tires ................................$23,000 @ www.larsonimplements.com

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FOR SALE: Melroe 244, 12' JD 750 drill, 20', w/electric scale & markers, exc cond, grain drill, 6” spacing, $12,500/OBO. 712-299-1478 grass seed attach, press whls, 1600 acres, shedded, very clean. Also Land White 6700 planter, 12R22”, insect/herb boxes, corn, Pride 5010, 10' rotary mowsoybean, beet plates, in er, 1000 rpm. 507-440-1990 good cond. 320-894-2225 FOR SALE: Meridian seed White 8180 planter, 16-30, tender, model 240R-T, used farmer owned, 3 bushel for 400 bushels only, exc boxes, liquid fertilizer, liqcond, new $15,000, asking uid insecticide, row shut$14,000 firm. 507-787-2261 offs, air, HD markers, SM400 monitor, $49,000. 320FOR SALE: White 6100 264-2211 8R30” liq fert, end row, TT, row cleaners, furrow YETTER New residue closers, insect, 3000 monimanagers(row cleaners). tor, 2 corn & 1 bean set of Also, full line of Yetter disks, 1000 PTO pump, alEquipment available. ways shedded, good cond.

507-236-1934 C 320-260-5217 507-235-9593 H 8:00am to 5:00pm IHC pull-type 800 planter w/900 updates, 8R36”, 1000 RPM pump, high perfor039 mance mon., LF, Tillage Equip insect./herb. boxes, trash whippers, exc. cond. 507- '08 JD 3710, 6 btm., on-land plow, AR, vari-width, coul764-3943 ters, always shedded, low acres, looks like new. 507JD 14' grain drill, low rub380-7863 ber, hydr., no grass; MM 11' all steel drill, grass, 26 Ft Great Plains (2009) very good; JD 10' drill, low rubber, hyd. & grass; JD Series 8 Discovator/Finisher Like New. 48 Ft Kent/Great 494A corn planter, all atPlains ('98) Series 6 Discotachments; Allied 44' 6” vator/Finisher New auger w/basket, nice; 500 Blades/Hyd on Disc Good gal. skid tank w/pump, new Cond.

Dealer We Trade paint, hose & gauge. 320319-347-6282 Del Anywhere.

864-4583 or 320-779-4583

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FOR SALE: Salford 570 RTS 30' new blades, weight kit, 3 coil tine harrow, rolling basket, $39,990. 507-430-5328 Used parts for IH 720 plows, toggle/auto reset. ½ price of new or less.

We ship anywhere.

Call Maple Valley Farms Randy Krueger (715)250-1617

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Weltsch Equipment Inc

1615 E Bridge St, Redwood Falls, MN (507) 644-3566 wei@weltsch.com Tractors & Compacts

‘09 NH T9060, 751 hrs, Guidance ......$256,500 ‘09 NH T9050, 1149 hrs, EZ Guide......$210,000 ‘08 NH T9040, 821 hrs, radar ..............$200,000 ‘02 NH TJ375, 3378 hrs, PS ................$135,000 ‘09 NH T8010, 690 hrs, PS ..................$132,500 ‘04 NH TG230, 3297 hrs, PS ..............$114,900 ‘94 Ford 9880, 5920 hrs, 12 sp ............$81,500 ‘96 Case IH 9350, 4WD, 4244 hrs ........$78,500 ‘95 NH 8670, FWA, 3840 hrs ................$74,500 ‘87 CIH 9130, 4WD, 4828 hrs ..............$66,000 ‘87 CIH 9170, 4WD, 7650 hrs ................$63,500 ‘90 JD 4955, FWA, 9319 hrs, radar ......$48,975 ‘97 NH 8360, FWA, 3550 hrws ..............$44,500 ‘85 JD 8650, 9277 hrs, OVH eng ..........$33,500 ‘80 Versatile 935, 10462 hrs, 12 sp ......$29,975 ‘02 NH TC33D, 603 hrs, ldr w/72” bkt ....$15,500 ‘78 AC 7020, 6662 hrs, 540/1000 ..........$11,900 ‘75 AC 175, 2WD, 3757 hrs, ldr ..............$9,875

Planters

‘10 White 8186, 16-30”, 3 bu, SM400 ..$59,600 ‘04 White 8186, 16-30”, F/fold, 2 bu......$54,900 ‘04 White 8222, 12-30”, fert, insect ......$49,900 ‘05 White 8700, 16-22”, 2 bu, Field IA ..$48,500 ‘06 White 8222, 12-30”, 3 bu, F/fold......$44,900 Case IH 1200, 16-30”, liq fert ................$39,900 ‘98 White 6322, 12-30”, F/fold, SM3000$27,500 ‘99 JD 7200, 12-30”, vacuum ................$25,900 ‘96 White 6700, 16-22”, V/fold, SM3000$21,975 ‘00 White 6100, 12-30”, V/fold, SM3000$21,900

Tillage, Haying, Shredders, Misc.

‘06 Sunflower 1434-36 disc ..................$38,900 ‘06 Sunflower 4511-15, 15 S ................$37,900 ‘05 Sunflower 4511-13, 13S..................$33,900 ‘04 JD 2700 disc ripper, 7S....................$25,900 ‘07 CIH 527B disk ripper, 5S..................$20,700 ‘06 Sunflower 7232, 35’ soil conditioner$14,900 ‘07 JD 568 rd blr, twine/net, 13,200 ......$28,500 ‘08 NH BR7090 rd baler, twine/net ........$25,900 ‘02 NH 688 rd baler, twine/net................$17,500 ‘99 NH 688 rd baler, net wrap ................$17,500 ‘03 NH 1431 13’ mower conditioner ......$17,500 ‘02 Tiger triple flail mowr........................$17,500 NH 616 dis mower....................................$6,000 NH 616 disc mower, 7’10” ........................$4,500 ‘05 Demco 800, grain cart, red ..............$20,750

Lime Spreading

‘96 Killbros 1200, grain cart, 700 bu ....$11,500 (2) Demco 550, gravity box, roll tarp ......$9,975 JD 400 grain cart......................................$5,975 J&M 350 gravity box w/13T gear ............$3,995 J&M 250 gravity box w/10T gear ............$2,675 ‘08 Erskine rotary broom, 84”................$4,275 Buhler YC962Q, 96” snowblowrer ..........$3,275

“Have you checked your soil PH lately”

TLBs & Skidloaders

‘01 NH LB110E, 5950 hrs, extend ........$39,900 ‘84 Case 580 Super E, 2982 hrs ..........$18,900 Rock Ram hydaulic breaker for TLB ......$2,575 ‘11 NH L213, 105 hrs, cab/htr, 60” bkt ..$24,000 ‘03 NH LS180, 2542 hrs, cab ................$22,500 ‘07 Bobcat S185, 2022 hrs, 66” bkt ......$21,900 ‘05 NH LS185.B, 2037 hrs, 78” bkt,cab $21,500 ‘00 NH LS180, 4344 hrs, hi-flow, cab ....$19,500 ‘05 NH LS185.b, 3960 hrs ....................$17,500 ‘02 NH LS160, 3741 hrs, cab/htr, 72” bkt ....................................................$14,900 ‘01 NH LS160, 1842 hsr, 72” bkt ..........$14,900 ‘97 NH L565, 2188 hrs, 66” bkt, clean ..$14,000 ‘97 NH LX565, 4678 hrs, 66” bkt............$11,900 ‘91 NH L555, 4037 hrs, 66” bkt................$7,750 ‘86 Gehl SL3510, 2248 hrs, gas, 60” ......$5,275

Combines & Heads

‘09 NH CR9070, 915/630 hrs ..............$222,500 ‘08 NH CR9070, 1028/795 hrs ............$193,500 ‘06 NH CR960, 1131/828 hrs` ..............$163,500 ‘06 NH CR970, 1473/1196 hrs ............$155,000 ‘03 NH CR940, 1290/938 hrs ............$144,500 ‘99 NH TR99, 2096/1654 hrs ........Make Offer ‘00 NH TR89, 2897/2254 hrs ..............$89,500 ‘97 NH TR98, 3134/2020 hrs ..............$57,500 ‘12 Gleaner S67, 142/84 hrs ............$241,500 ‘11 Gleaner R66, 353/227 hrs ..........$225,900 ‘08 Gleaner R65, 960/747 hsr ..........$174,900 ‘99 Gleaner R62, 2492/1970 hrs ........$86,500 ‘96 Gleaner R72, 2808/2074 hrs ........$77,500 ‘94 Gleaner R62, 2699/1925 hrs, CDF$67,500 ‘92 Gleaner R62, 3286/2415 hrs ........$55,000 ‘92 Gleaner R62, 3470/2343 hrs ........$47,500 ‘92 Gleaner R52, 1806-1207 hrs ........$45,000 ‘88 Gleaner R50, 3763 hrs, 210 hp ....$28,500 ‘88 Gleaner R50, 2940 hrs, 190 hp ....$18,900 ‘89 Gleaner R40, 3234 hrs, 155 hp ....$17,500

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

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

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

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

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

• We service Minnesota and northern Iowa.

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

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

• At a soil ph level of 7.0 fertilizer efficiency is 100 percent. for questions or prices please call

R & E Enterprises of Mankato, Inc.

1-800-388-3320

WANTED: Straw chopper for Gleaner F3 combine, in good working cond; also WANTED: Re-cutter screen & mounting hardware to fit Gehl 860 or 865 chopper. 320-468-2406 WANTED: White 12x30 planter w/D.F., must be excellent. 763-227-3037 Spraying Equip

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'10 JD 4930, 120' boom, autosteer, 2600 display, very clean & rust free, farmer owned, $192,500 OBO. 507380-3158

FOR SALE: 550 JD sprayer pull type, 500 gal, 40' boom, hyd pump, hyd fold; 7 secAll kinds of New & Used tion drag, hyd fold, nice farm equipment – disc chisshape. 612-390-2171 els, field cults, planters, soil finishers, cornheads, feed mills, discs, balers, Feed Seed Hay 050 haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 Dairy Quality Alfalfa Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712, Tested big squares & round Glencoe 7400; Field Cults bales, delivered from South under 30': JD 980, small Dakota John Haensel (605) grain carts & gravity boxes 351-5760 300-400 bu. Finishers under 20', clean 4 & 6R stalk chop- Dairy quality western alfalpers; Nice JD 215 & 216 fa, big squares or small flex heads; JD 643 cornsquares, delivered in semi heads Must be clean; JD loads. Clint Haensel corn planters, 4-6-8 row.

(605) 310-6653 715-299-4338 FOR SALE: 6x4 corn stalks, WANTED TO BUY: Manunet wrapped, 1500 lb. + als, sales brochures & signs bales, can deliver by semi for farm tractors & equipload. 507-964-5548 or 507-327ment & industrial. Call 1903 Mike The Paper Farmer.

715-726-1942 FOR SALE: All types of hay & straw in round bales & lg WANTED: 16R30” row crop squares, tested separately, cultivators; 16R30” JD 856, net & twine wrapped, delivHiniker cultivators. 40'- 60' ered in semi loads. rotary hoe. 507-465-8233 or Tim 320-221-2085 cell 507-327-6430 Machinery Wanted

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Machinery Wanted

28' Hiniker field cultivator w/ WANTED: Buying Tractors, drag, $2,000. (651)380-6921 Skid Loaders, Equipment one piece or entire line or FOR SALE: Melroe 6 or 7 Estate. Send list to: PO btm. 18” pull-type plow, Box 211, Oronoco, MN 55991 auto reset; also, 5-16's auto reset, pull-type plow. 320WANTED: JD 3710 plow, 6 760-5622 bottom. 507-456-8639

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WANTED: 810 grain head to FOR SALE: Round cornstalk fit on 1660 Int'l combine. bales, 5x6 net wrapped, FOR SALE: Rebuilt motor shedded, 1100-1300# avg., for 360 Dodge ¾ ton pickup NH baler, $35/bale loaded, Series 98. 320-387-2778 651-438-8626

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Stretch Your Hay Supply 4x5 net wrapped soybean stubble, raked to get leaves (Protein) $40 each, corn stalks $35 each. 320-905-6195

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FOR SALE: Wheat Straw – FOR SALE: Purebred Black small squares, good tight Angus bulls, calf ease & bales, $4/OBO. Call Don good disposition; also 507-525-1961 Hamp & Hamp-Duroc boars & gilts. 320-598-3790 FOR SALE: Wheat straw, small squares, clean, nice big bales. 320-243-7249 or Dairy 055 320-761-6691 2 Springing heifers, 1 Jersey SEED CORN ONLY $89!

Registerable, & 1 Jersey Top quality, new production.

Dutch Belt cross.

Order early, last season $1,200/OBO. (715)239-6289 we sold out! Catalog at FOR SALE: Holstein Dairy Herd 80 Cows Combination of stall barn & free stalls.

Barron WI. 715-537-3940 FOR SALE: Reg red & black Angus replacement heifers.

Meado-West Farms 715-664-8854

USED TRACTORS

NEW NH T9.560, 4WD ............................................CALL NEW NH T7.185, FWA ............................................CALL NEW NH Boomer 50 w/loader................................CALL NEW Massey 8670, FWA ........................................CALL NEW DEMO Massey 7620, FWA ............................CALL NEW Massey 5450, FWA, cab, loader ..................CALL NEW Versatile 305, FWA ........................................CALL ‘08 NH 6070 w/cab, 2WD ..................................$69,000 CIH 9150, 4WD ....................................................$57,900 NH 8870, SS ......................................................COMING Ford 5000, diesel, w/cab ..................................COMING ‘06 IH 560, WF ......................................................$5,200 White 2-105 ......................................................COMING Allis 5020 ................................................................CALL Oliver 1855 w/cab ................................................$8,500 ‘54 Farmall 300 w/loader ......................................$2,550

TILLAGE

JD 985, 54.5 field cult. w/3 bar ..............................CALL M&W 9-shank, 24” w/leveler ..............................$12,500 DMI Econo Champ II, HD, 11-shank....................$7,500 ‘05 JD 2700, 9-24 shank ....................................$25,000 ‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..........................................CALL ‘10 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..........................................CALL JD 3600, 8 bottom, on land ..................................$8,000 CIH 4300, 32.5’ w/3 bar ......................................$13,500

SKIDSTEERS

NEW NH skidsteers on hand..................................CALL NH LS170 ................................................................CALL ‘06 NH L170 ........................................................$17,500 NH LS160 ................................................................CALL

6900, 6222, 6122, 6122,

11-row, splitter..............................COMING 12-30 front fold ..................................CALL 12-30 w/liq., ins., res. ..................COMING 12-30 ............................................COMING

COMBINES

‘08 Gleaner R75, loaded, 880 sep. hrs. ................CALL ‘94 Gleaner R72 w/new engine ..........................$58,000 ‘01 Gleaner R72, just thru shop........................COMING ‘03 Gleaner R65, CDF, lat ......................................CALL ‘90 Gleaner R60 w/duals ..................................COMING ‘08 Fantini 12-30 chopping cornhead................$62,000 Gleaner N6 ............................................................$6,750 NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ..........................CALL

HAY TOOLS MISCELLANEOUS

New Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand NEW Salford RTS units ..........................................CALL NEW Salford Plows ......................................AVAILABLE NEW Unverferth seed tenders ........................ON HAND 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

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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 www.smithsmillimp.com

240 Freisen Bulk Seed Tender............$11,500 “Where Farm and Family Meet”

PLANTERS

NEW White planters................................................CALL ‘02 White 8186, 16-30 w/ins. ..............................$52,000

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WANTED AND FOR SALE ALL TYPES of hay & Registered Holstein bulls. straw. Also buying corn, Right now we have 2 serwheat & oats. Western Hay viceable red & white Holavailable Fox Valley Alfalstein bulls available plus fa Mill. 920-853-3554 black & white bulls. Good pedigrees. Delivery availWe need Certified seed able. Merritt's Elm-Chris oats, seed wheat, seed Farm (715)235-9272 barley grown.

Acres available, good premi- SPRINGING HEIFERS ums. Albert Lea Seed 1Brown Swiss, Jersey, milk800-352-5247 ing shorthorn, cross breds, also open heifers.

Will trade for feeder cattle & Fertilizer & Chem 051 beef cows. 608-788-6258 or 608-792-4223 Endura Plas Poly Tanks (2) 1550 gal fertilizer or water WANTED TO BUY! USED tanks w/ valves, 4 yrs old, BULK MILK COOLER in good cond; also 7 Ton ALL SIZES 920-867-3048 holding bin. 507-340-1291 or 507-524-3695

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

New combine belts for all makes.

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

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WANTED TO BUY: Dairy Dexter Heifer calves, reg., vaccinated, exc bloodlines. heifers and cows. 320-235Hayward (715)634-8303 2664

CAMBRIDGE, MN 763-689-1179 We Ship Daily

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USED EQUIPMENT NEW EQUIPMENT • Wilrich 614, 26’ disc

TRACTORS • ‘13 MF 1705, compact tractor • ‘12 MF 8660, 225 PTO hp.

• ‘12 MF 1652, compact, 52 hp., LDR • ‘12 MF 1529, compact, 59 hp., LDR • ‘05 MF 451, 45 PTO hp., 400 hrs.

• ‘90 Ford 8830, 4787 hrs.

CORN HEADS • Geringhoff 1822RD, ‘09 • Geringhoff 1622RD, ‘08 • Geringhoff 1622RD, ‘07 • Geringhoff 1622RD, ‘04 • Geringhoff 1230RD, ‘09 • Geringhoff 1230RD, ‘08 • Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘12 • Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘08 • Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘07 • Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘03 • Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘02 • Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘11 • Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘07 • Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘05 • Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘04 • Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘02 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘10 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘08 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘05 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘04 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘04 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘01 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘00 • Geringhoff 630RD, ‘07 • Geringhoff 630RD, ‘00 • Geringhoff 630RD, ‘97 • Geringhoff, 630PC, ‘91 • NH 996, 12R20", '99 • JD 922, GVL poly • JD 643, GVL poly • JD 843, LT, ‘80 • CIH 2208, 8R30, ‘04 • CIH 2208, 8R22, ‘02 COMBINES • MF 8570, RWA • ‘87 MF 8590, 5178 hrs.

• ‘86 MF 8560 • '98 Gleaner 800, 25' flexhead • ‘97 Gleaner R62, duals, 2052 sep. hrs.

• ‘92 Gleaner R62, 2063 hrs.

• MF 9750 PU table • MF 9118 bean table • MF 8000 30' bean table GRAIN HANDLING • ‘08 Batco 1335, grain belt, LP, electric motor • Brandt 7500HP, grain vac.

• Brandt 5200EX, grain vac • ‘09 Brandt 8x47 auger • ‘00 Brandt 4500 EX, grain vac.

GRAIN HANDLING (CONT.) • ‘05 Brandt 1070, auger, PTO Drive, w/swing hopper • Brandt GBL-10, bagger • Brandt, 1515, 1535, 1545, 1575, 1585 belt conveyors • Brandt 8x45 auger, 18 hp., Briggs • Brandt 8x35, 8x37, 8x40, 8x47, 8x52, 8x57, 8x62, 8x67, 10x35, straight augers • Brandt 1060XL, 1070XL, 1080XL, 1380XL, 1390XL, swing hopper augers • Brandt 20 Series Drive Over Deck • Parker 1048 grain cart, w/tarp, 1000 bu., 900 tires • Parker 1039, grain cart, w/tarp • Parker 839, grain cart, tarp, 850 bu.

• Parker 605 gravity box • Unverferth 5000, grain cart • EZ Flow, 220 bu., gravity box w/DrillFill auger • Hutchinson, 10x61 auger • ‘10 Westfield WC 1515, grain belt, electric motor HAY & LIVESTOCK • JD 275, disc mower, 9’ • JD 38, sickel mower, 7’ • CIH 8480, round baler • IH 14, 5 bar rake • Woods 8400, finish mower • MF 2856, round baler, net, twine • MF 1745, round baler • MF 1328 & 1329, 3 pt. disc mower • MF 200, SP windrower, cab, auger, header • ‘11 NH H6750, 3 pt., disk mower, 110” • NI 528, 3 pt., disc mower, 94” • Sitrex, 9 wheel inline rake • Sitrex DM 5 disc mower • Sitrex MK 14 wheel rake • Sitrex RP2, RP5 wheel rakes • Sitrex 10 & 12 wheel rakes on cart • Westendorf 3 pt. bale spear • H&S 16’ bale wagon • Chandler 22’ & 26’, litter spreader MISCELLANEOUS • DMI Coulter Champ II, 13 shank • Wil-Rich 36’, field cult.

• Nyemeyer, soil conditioner • '08 JD 520 stalk chopper • Loftness 30' stalk chopper, SM • Loftness 20’ stalk chopper • Loftness 8’ snowblower • Mauer 28'-42' header trailers • Degelman 6000HD, rock picker • Degelman RR1500, rock rake • 2011 SB Select Snowblower, 97” & 108”, 3 pt.

• ‘05 CIH Tigermate II, 50’ • Lucke, 8’, 3 pt., snowblower • Everest 84” finish mower • Kodiak 60”, 72” & 84” rotary cutters • Sunflower 4412-07 Disk Ripper • Sunflower 4530-19 Disk Chisel • Sunflower 1444-36 Disk

• Wilrich Quad X2 60’, rolling basket • Wilrich Quad X, 55’, rolling basket • CIH TII, 55’, rolling basket • CIH TII, 45’, harrow • WIC 24-22 cultivator • Alloway 2130, 24-22 cultivator • Hardi 6600, 132’ USED EQUIPMENT • Hardi Com. 1500, 132’ • Hardi Com. 1200, 132’ • White 8524-22 planter • Hardi Nav. 1100, 88’ • Tebben 45’ Land Roller • Hardi Nav. 1000, 88’ • Picket one-step 8-22 • Hardi Nav. 950, 88’, (2) • Pickett thinner, 24-22 • Hardi Nav. 1000, 66’ • Alloway 22’ shredder • ‘12 Amity 12-22/wheel • Alloway 20’ shredder • ‘12 Amity 12-22 • Killbros 1810 cart, tracks • ‘10 Amity 12-22 • Brent 410 grain cart • Amity 8-22, (3) • Westfield MK 13-91 • ‘11 Artsway 6812, 12-22 • Sheyenne 1410, 10x66 • ‘10 Artsway 6812, 12-22 hopper • ‘11 Artsway 6812, 8-22 • Feterl 12x72 hopper • ‘06 Artsway 6812, 12-22 • Feterl 8x51 hopper • Artsway 898, 8-22 • Tebben 45’ Land Roller • Artsway 692, 8-22 • REM 2100 grain vac.

• Amity 12-22 topper, • ‘09 JD 2700, 7-30 St Ft, (3) • Wilrich Soil-Pro, 9-24 • Wilrich 957, 7-30 w/harrow • Alloway 12-22 topper, St. Ft, (3) • DMI 730B, 7-30 • Alloway 8-22 topper • Tebben 5-30 deep till • Artsway 8-22 topper • Wishek 862, 26’ disc

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65 Cross bred beef cows.

Bred to red & black Angus bulls. Due April & May. (608)253-1371 For Sale: Angus Bulls: I have two Angus bulls. ExBEEF COWS ceptional weaning weight.

The whole herd Blacks, bred Call Marvin for any quesCharlois, vaccinated, tions (507) 213-9332 poured & wormed, big cows. 320 -220-5501 FOR SALE: Purebred polled black Salers bulls, good, Black polled Simmentals, 10 sound, well balanced bulls breeding bulls, some AI w/good EPD's for easy sired by NLC Upgrade, calving & fast growing good disposition, exc. qualicalves that are up & going ty, calving vigor, birth w/lots of vigor. Oak Hill wgts. as low as 59 lbs., Farms 507-642-8028 vacc.; also, open heifers, 40 years of Simmental breedHOLSTEIN STEERS ing,. Riverside Simmentals, 177 at 435 Lbs, 120 at 610 lbs, Gerald Polzin, Cokato, MN, 244 at 800 lbs, double vacci320-286-5805 nated, wormed, 400 day implant, Sell one or all. Can FOR SALE OR LEASE Deliver. Call Jeff TwarREGISTERED BLACK dowski 320-732-6259 ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & yearlings; bred heifers, Performance tested Polled calving ease, club calves & Charolais bulls. 51 years in balance performance. Al the seedstock business. sired. In herd improvement Good selection of growthy, program. J.W. Riverview good disposition, easy calvAngus Farm Glencoe, MN ing, profit making Polled 55336 Conklin Dealer 320Charolais bulls. Complete 864-4625 performance, carcass & fertility information. WakeFOR SALE OR LEASE: field Farms 507-402-4640 Purebred Registered Charolais bulls, heifers, & Red & Black Angus Bulls, cows. Great bloodlines, exmost AI sired, weaning cellent performance, balwgts 700-850 lbs., Care is inanced EPD's, low birth cluding through May 15th in weights. Delivery availprice, 1/3 down, balance able. when picked up.

Laumann Charolais Meado-West Farms Mayer, MN 612-490-2254 (715)664-8854

• Agco • Hardi Sprayers • REM Grain Vac • Woods Mowers • J&M Grain Carts • Westfield Augers • Sunflower Tillage • White Planters • Wilrich Tillage

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

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St. Croix Valley Bull Test Sale - April 20. SCVBT.com (715)265-4374 Top quality Polled Herefords bulls & heifers. Money making kind. Visit our web piercesherefords.com 608-434-0578 WANT TO BUY: Butcher cows, bulls, fats & walkable cripples; also horses, sheep & goats. 320-235-2664 WILL DO Custom Raising Holstein bull calves in huts.

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Terminal boars offer leanness, muscle, growth. Maternal gilts & boars are productive, lean, durable.

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FOR SALE: Notch 20' feeder wagon w/tricycle front, $1,700. 320-693-3730 or 320221-0897 Knight 3030TMR mixer, pulltype, scale, hay max kit, 3 auger discharge, nice shape. 952-467-3860 New oak flatbeds, bunks, feeder boxes & fence line bunks. 715-269-5258 WANTED TO BUY: Used Calftel huts. 507-847-3077 Cars & Pickups

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'93 Cat DH5 LGP dozer, 10' 6 way blade, 36” pads, enclosed cab, AC, heat, 2 year old paint, approx. 6500 hrs., $35,000; '93 JD 690 ELC excavator, 3' dirt bkt, 6½' ditch bkt, cab, eng. 5 yrs old, $30,000. 320-583-9458

‘06 JD 4720, 1520 hrs., 120’ boom ..................$150,500

Stop by our booth at the Farm & Power Show in Owatonna - March 14, 15 & 16 4WD TRACTORS

(O)’12 JD 9560R, 400 hrs., IF tires ..........................................$319,900 (O)’12 JD 9560R, 400 hrs., Ext. Warranty ................................$312,500 (O)’12 JD 9650R, 400 hrs., Lease Return................................$312,500 (O)’12 JD 9650R, 400 hrs., Lease Return ................................$312,500 (O)’12 JD 9510R, 400 hrs., Lease Return ................................$289,900 (B)’08 JD 9630, 572 hrs. ..........................................................$269,900 (H)’07 JD 9530, 2170 hrs, 800/38’s ..........................................$199,900 (O)’06 JD 9320, 2002 hrs., PS ..................................................$169,500 (H)’04 JD 9420, 2840 hrs., 710/70R42’s ..................................$164,500 (B)’04 JD 9120, 2140 hrs., PS ..................................................$129,900 (B)’04 NH 9682, 4039 hrs. ..........................................................$84,900 (H)’94 JD 8770, 3800 hrs. ..........................................................$75,000 (H)’96 JD 8870, 4871 hrs. ..........................................................$72,500 (H)’76 JD 8430, 7142 hrs., 3 pt., PTO ........................................$16,900

(B)’98 CIH 2388, 2750 sep., hrs., duals ......................................$75,900 (H)’98 JD 9510, 1930 sep. hrs., duals ........................................$75,000 (H)’99 JD 9510, 2751 hrs., duals ................................................$69,500 (O)’90 JD 9600, 2655 sep. hrs., duals ........................................$35,900 (B)’82 JD 6620SH, side hill, 3231 hrs. ........................................$20,900 (B)’82 JD 8820, 5571 hrs., duals ................................................$13,900 (B)’80 JD 7720, 5000 hrs. ..........................................................$12,900 (H)’79 JD 7720 ............................................................................$11,900 (O)’81 JD 7720, 3927 hrs. ..........................................................$10,500

PLANTERS/SEEDERS

(B)’07 JD 1770NT, 24R30”, CCS ..............................................$144,900 (O)’08 Case IH 1250, 24R30”, CCS ..........................................$126,900 (H)’04 JD 1890 CCS, 40’10” spacing ..........................................$69,500 (O)’97 JD 1770, 16R30”, liq. fert. ................................................$49,500 (H)’03 JD 1590, 10” spacing, no-till ............................................$45,900 (O)’00 JD 1760, 12R30”, liq. fert. ................................................$42,500 (O)’99 JD 1760, 12R30”, liq. fert. ................................................$42,500 (O)’10 JD 9630T, 1650 hrs. ......................................................$287,500 (O)’92 JD 7200, 16R30” ..............................................................$32,000 (O)’09 JD 9630T, 1720 hrs. ......................................................$283,000 (O)’12 JD 8335RT, 595 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ............................$269,900 (H)’11 JD 8335RT, 880 hrs., IVT ..............................................$258,900 (B)’12 JD 2210, 58.5’ ..................................................................$69,900 (B)CIH 535 Quadtrac, 2262 hrs.................................................$249,500 (O)’09 JD 2210, 64.5’ ..................................................................$63,900 (O)’05 JD 9320T, 3500 hrs., PTO..............................................$184,900 (O)’08 JD 2210, 55.5’ ..................................................................$57,500 (O)’06 JD 9520T, 3504 hrs., Auto Trac ready............................$159,900 (H)’97 JD 985, 48.5’ ....................................................................$24,000 (B)’03 JD 9320T, 4545 hrs., 36” tracks ....................................$139,900 (B)’02 JD 980, 32.5’ ....................................................................$22,900 (O)’01 JD 9400T, 3100 hrs., 3 pt. ..............................................$129,900 (O)’96 JD 980, 44.5’ ....................................................................$21,900 (O)’98 JD 980, 44.5’ ....................................................................$21,900 (O)’97 JD 980, 43.5’ ....................................................................$20,900 (B)’10 JD 8345R, 1732 hrs., IVT, triples....................................$239,900 (B)’96 JD 980, 36.5’, spike harrow ..............................................$18,900 (H)’04 JD 8420, 4750 hrs., front duals ......................................$134,900 (H)’98 JD 980, 36.5’ ....................................................................$17,900 (O)’94 JD 7700, 5295 hrs., PS ....................................................$56,000 (H)’97 JD 980, 29.5’ ....................................................................$15,900 (B)’11 JD 5085M, 275 hrs., reverser ..........................................$45,900 (B)’09 JD 200, 37’, rolling basket ................................................$15,900 (H)’83 JD 4650, 5500 hrs., MFWD ..............................................$42,500 (O)’94 JD 980, 30.5’ ....................................................................$10,900 (O)’07 JD 5325, 320 hrs., loader, os ..........................................$36,900 (B)Hiniker 35’ ................................................................................$2,900 (H)’07 JD 5325, 362 hrs., loader, MFWD ....................................$35,900 (H)’81 JD 2940, 7000 hrs, loader ................................................$16,900 (B)’77 White 2-155, 7800 hrs. ....................................................$10,500 “0% for 36 months or 1.9% for 60 months on all (B)’77 JD 2440, 5800 hrs., loader ................................................$9,500 used 4730, 4830, 4930 and 4940 sprayers”

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COMBINES

(B)’12 JD S680, PRWD ............................................................$369,900 (H)’12 JD S680, 232 sep. hrs. ..................................................$339,900 (H)’12 JD S680, 246 sep hrs ....................................................$329,900 (B)’11 JD 9870, 511 sep. hrs., PRWD, 800/70R38 ..................$309,900 (O)’12 JD S560, 231 sep. hrs., 2630 display ............................$305,900 (O)’10 JD 9870, 671 sep. hrs., PRWD ......................................$299,000 (O)’11 JD 9870, 700 sep. hrs., PRWD ......................................$294,900 (O)’12 JD S670, 336 sep. hrs., ext. warranty ............................$289,900 (B)’10 JD 9770, 328 sep. hrs., PRWD ......................................$275,000 (B)’09 JD 8970, 814 sep. hrs., PRWD ......................................$249,900 (B)’09 JD 9770, 945 sep. hrs., PRWD ......................................$239,900 (B)’08 JD 9870, 1068 sep. hrs., PRWD ....................................$210,900 (B)’10 Gleaner A76, 382 sep. hrs. ............................................$199,900 (O)’06 JD 9760, 1918 sep. hrs., duals ......................................$179,900 (B)’06 JD 9760, 1661 sep hrs., PRWD ....................................$169,900 (H)’06 JD 9760, 1500 sep. hrs., 20.8x42’s................................$167,500 (O)’06 JD 9660, 1214 sep. hrs. duals ......................................$162,900 (O)’06 JD 9760, 1363 sep. hrs., duals ......................................$162,900 (O)’04 JD 9760, 1192 hrs. PRWD ............................................$159,900 (H)’03 JD 9660, 1547 sep. hrs., duals ......................................$133,500 (O)’03 JD 9650, 1740 sep. hrs., duals ......................................$114,900 (O)’00 JD 9650STS, 1567 sep. hrs., 30.5x32’s ..........................$99,900 (B)’02 JD 9750STS, 2270 sep. hrs., PRWD ..............................$95,900

(O)’12 JD 4940, 701 hrs., 120’ boom, injection system ............$297,750 (O)’12 JD 4940, 489 hrs., 120’ boom ........................................$292,750 (O)’12 JD 4940, 467 hrs., dry box ............................................$290,500 (O)’12 JD 4940, 69 hrs., 90’ boom ............................................$275,900 (O)’11 JD 4930, 1098 hrs., 120’ boom ......................................$252,650 (O)’11 JD 4930, 1343 hrs., 120’ boom ......................................$249,750 (O)’11 JD 4930, 1216 hrs., 120’ boom ......................................$245,900 (O)’11 JD 4830, 610 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................................$220,750 (O)’11 JD 4830, 543 hrs., 90’’ boom..........................................$219,900 (O)’11 JD 4830, 926 hrs., 100’ boom ........................................$215,500 (O)’11 JD 4830, 1030 hrs., 100’ boom ......................................$211,950 (O)’12 JD 4730, 800 gal., 90’ boom ..........................................$210,250 (O)’12 JD 4730, 800 gal., 90’ boom ..........................................$209,900 (O)’12 JD 4730, 532 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................................$209,800 (O)’12 JD 4730, 520 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................................$209,700 (O)’12 JD 4730, 490 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................................$209,600 (O)’12 JD 4730, 800 gal., 90’ boom ..........................................$209,500 (O)’12 JD 4730, 502 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................................$209,300 (O)’10 JD 4830, 871 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................................$204,900 (O)’10 JD 4830, 934 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................................$203,500 (O)’10 JD 4830, 1104 hrs., 90’ boom ........................................$201,900 (O)’07 JD 4930, 3093 hrs., dry box ..........................................$200,000 (O)’11 JD 4730, 1098 hrs., 90’ boom ........................................$192,850 (O)’11 JD 4730, 1109 hrs., 90’ boom ........................................$191,800

(O)’09 JD 4830, 1818 hrs., 100’ boom ......................................$189,500 (O)’09 JD 4730, 1050 hrs., 90’ boom ........................................$185,900 (O)’10 AgChem 1184, 1350 hrs., 90’ boom ..............................$174,900 (O)’08 JD 4830, 2373 hrs., 90’ boom ........................................$171,000 (O)’08 Miller Nitro 4240, 1810 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................$162,500 (O)’06 JD 4720, 1520 hrs., 120’ boom ......................................$150,500 (O)’05 JD 4720, 3720 hrs., 80’ boom ........................................$129,500 (O)Ag Chem SS1074, 2314 hrs. ..............................................$122,500 (O)’04 JD 4710, 2000 hrs., 90’ boom ........................................$115,000 (O)’05 Ag Chem 1064, 1835 hrs., 80’ boom ..............................$114,500 (O)’01 JD 4710, 2400 hrs., 90’ boom ........................................$109,900 (O)’99 JD 4700, 2940 hrs., 90’ boom ..........................................$87,900 (O)’02 CIH SPX3200, 2946 hrs., 90’ boom ................................$77,750 (O)’97 Willmar 8400, 3221 hrs., 120’ boom ................................$71,900 (O)’08 Ford F550, 10,000 miles, 80’ truck boom ........................$65,500 (O)’03 Willmar 8650 Eagle, 3326 hrs., 90’ boom ........................$61,500 (O)’98 Ag Chem 854, 4393 hrs., 80’ boom..................................$53,900 (O)’04 Apache 500, 2897 hrs, 80’ boom ....................................$50,900 (O)’98 Patriot 150, 2100 hrs. ......................................................$48,000 (O)’96 Ag Chem 544, 2103 hrs., 80’ boom..................................$48,000

FALL TILLAGE

(B)’12 JD 3710, 10-bottom ..........................................................$57,900 (O)’11 JD 3710, 10-bottom ..........................................................$52,500 (H)’12 JD 512, 9-shank ..............................................................$51,900 (H)’10 JD 3710, 10-bottom ..........................................................$44,900 (H)’12 JD 2700, 7-shank ............................................................$39,900 (H)’11 JD 3710, 8-bottom ............................................................$38,500 (H)’10 JD 2410, 33’ chisel plow ..................................................$36,900 (H)’02 JD 2400, 24’ chisel plow ..................................................$26,900 (B)’04 JD 512, 5-shank................................................................$20,900 (O)’03 JD 2700, 9-shank ............................................................$20,900 (H)DMI 530, 5-shank ..................................................................$19,500 (O)’93 JD 3710, 7-bottom ............................................................$15,000 (O)’98 JD 510 ripper, 7-shank ....................................................$13,900 (H)M&W 1465, 7-shank, 24” spacing ............................................$7,950 (B)IH 710, 4-bottom ..........................................................................$995

GATORS/UTILITY VECHICLES

(B)’11 JD 825I, 4x4, EFI, 101 hrs. ..............................................$11,900 (B)’12 JD 885D, 4x4, diesel, 152 hrs...........................................$11,900 (O)’10 JD 850D, 4x4, diesel, Camo ............................................$10,250 (B)’11 JD 625I, 4x4, EFI, 227 hrs. ................................................$9,950 (O)’09 JD 620, 4x4, EFI, 438 hrs. ................................................$9,500 (B)’08 JD 620I, 4x4, EFI, 314 hrs. ................................................$8,500 (H)’08 JD 850D, 4x4, diesel, 700 hrs. ..........................................$8,500 (B)’07 JD 620I, 4x4, EFI ................................................................$8,250 (O)’08 JD 620I, 4x4, EFI, 700 hrs. ................................................$7,950 (B)’06 JD HPX, 480 hrs., diesel, 4x4............................................$7,900 (B)’07 JD 620I, 4x4, EFI, 922 hrs. ................................................$7,500 (O)’08 JD 620I, 4x4, EFI, 450 hrs. ................................................$6,500 (B)’10 JD 4x2, 144 hrs., hyd. lift ....................................................$6,500 (B)’06 JD 6x4, 642 hrs., hyd. lift ....................................................$6,000 (O)’06 Cub Cadet 4x4, Camo........................................................$5,950 (B)’05 JD 6x4, 802 hrs., hyd. lift ....................................................$5,750 (B)’04 JD HPX, 932 hrs., 4x4 ........................................................$5,300 (O)’93 JD 4x2, hyd. lift ..................................................................$3,495 (O)’93 JD 4x2 ................................................................................$2,950 (B)Polaris Explorer, winch, 4x4 ....................................................$2,500

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FOR SALE: Ford 7.3 dsl engines, transmissions & service & parts, new & used.

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‘11 JD 4830, 543 hrs., ‘09 JD 4730, 1050 hrs., 90’ SS boom ..............$219,900 100’ boom ..................$185,900

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Also Run & Corral Panels, Slide Gates at 2 & 3 Way Sort Gates, Creep Panels, Mineral Feeders Etc. NOTICE-Also All the Jigs. Can Del 319-347-6282 Let It Ring

‘12 JD 4940, 701 hrs., 120’ SS boom ............$297,750

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FOR SALE: Yearling registered Shorthorn beef bulls.

218-924-2337 Registered Texas Longhorn breeding stock, cows, heifers or roping stock, top blood lines. 507-235-3467

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40+ Used Sprayers On Hand Financing Available

We are dealers for Top Air, Sprayer Specialties, Gregson Sprayers, new & used on hand Wheathart, Westfield, FarmKing, Brandt Vacs & Balzer Equipment • We have NEW Balzer stalk choppers on hand • Truckload prices on NEW Westfield augers, Brandt grain vacs, Batco belts

Broyhill 750 gal., tandem, 60’ boom, 203 control..................$4,200 NEW SPRAYERS Home Made 750 gal., Big Wheel, AgChem boom, Raven 440, Top Air 1600 gal., 120’ boom, Raven 4400 ..............................CALL PTO Pump ............................................................................$3,500 Top Air 1600 gal., 90’ boom ......................................................CALL Blumhardt 1000 gal., 60’ boom, tandem, hyd. pump USED SPRAYERS - SOLD - ................................................................................$3,500 Top Air 1600 gal., 120’ boom, 380x60 duals, Raven 450....$55,000 Big John 500 gal., 60’ X-fold boom, Raven 440, hyd. pump$3,500 Home Made 500 gal. RD tank, 60’ Demco boom, tandem, Top Air 1600 gal., 120’ boom, 20’ no- drip plumbing, hyd. pump, adj. axle, 380x46 duals, Raven 450........................$53,000 foamer ....................................................................................$3,500 Top Air 1600 gal, 90’ boom, Raven 450 (Warranty) ............$45,000 Bestway 500 gal., 60’ boom, hyd. pump, 203 control, tandem ..................................................................................$3,000 Top Air 1600 gal., 90’ new boom, hyd. pump, Raven 450, adj. axle, 14.9x46 tires ........................................................$38,000 Demco Single Wheel, 203 control, hyd. pump ......................$2,500 Horvick 500 gal. Pull Between, hyd. pump, 203 control, Top Air 1600 gal., 90’ boom, hyd. pump, rinse tank, Raven 450, 320x90x46 tires ..................................................................$30,000 60’ NYD boom ......................................................................$2,500 Top Air 1600 gal., 90’ boom, Raven 450, adj. axle, 15” spacing, JD 500 gal., 45’ boom, Raven 440 ........................................$2,500 command center, rinse tank, hyd. pump ..........................$29,000 Hardi 500 gal., 50’ boom, Hardi control, Hardi PTO pump ..$2,500 Schaben 1600 gal., 90’ boom, Raven 450, inductor, Rodman 300 gal., 50’ hydra-fold, foamer, PTO pump, 203 control, rinse tank ............................................................................$29,000 foamer ....................................................................................$2,400 Brandt 1600 gal., 90’ boom, adj. axle, 46” tires ..................$29,000 Demco Pull Between, 60’ hyd. tip lift boom, no pump ........$2,000 Red Ball 570, 1200 gal., 90’ boom, Raven 450, rinse tank, Demco 500 gal., 3-wheel 45’ boom, 203 control ..................$2,000 foamer, 320x90x42 walking tandems ................................$23,000 Kuker 500 gal., 45’ boom, single wheel, 203 control ............$1,500 Sprayer Specialties 1250 gal., 90’ boom, Raven 440, foamer Pasture Sprayer 500 gal. w/water tank ....................................$600 (Choice of 2) ........................................................................$21,000 USED SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYERS Top Air 1100 gal., 60’ boom, hyd. pump, Raven 440, adj. axle 60-120, Red ................................................................$13,000 (3) Spra-Coups 220, 3-wheel, foamer, air, Raven 440, (Choice) ..................................................................................$7,000 Gregson 1000 gal., 90’ boom, 20” plumbing, Raven 440, hyd. pump, rinse tank, 72-120 axle, 14.9x46 tires, Red....$18,000 John Deere Hi-cycle................................................................$7,000 Hahn 670..................................................................................$3,000 Demco Conquest 1100 gal., 90’ boom, adj. axle, hyd. pump, foamer, elec. over hyd., 844 Teejet control........................$16,000 PICKUP SPRAYERS Spraymaster 1000 gal., 80’ boom, hyd. pump, rinse tank, NYB 500 gal., 90’ boom, Raven 450, Honda motor ..............$5,000 Raven 440, 88-120” adj. axle, 13.6x38 tires ......................$14,000 NYB 500 gal., 60’ boom, foamer, Raven 450, ball valves, Top Air 1100 gal, 60’ X-fold boom, Raven 440, 13.6x38 tires, rinse tank, adj. axle, hyd. pump, hyd. fold ........................$12,000 (Choice of 3) ..........................................................................$3,000 Red Ball 680, 90’ boom, Raven 440, hyd. pump, 380x90x46 tires, F&S 500 gal., 80’ boom, hyd. tilt, manual height, triple nozzle elec. over hyd. control, (Choice of Two) ............................$13,000 body, no-drip plumbing, 8 hp. Honda engine ......................$3,000 AgChem 450 gal., 58’ boom, Micro Trak controller ..............$2,500 Great Plains 1000 gal., 80’ Top Air X-fold boom, Teejet control, hyd. pump, 120” axle, 13.6x38 tires ..................................$12,500 Blumhardt 500 gal., 60’ boom, Raven 440 ............................$2,000 Blumhardt 300 gal. ..................................................................$1,800 Hardi 1000 gal., 66’ hyd. fold boom, 120” axle, Raven 440, 13.6x38 tires ........................................................................$12,500 Blumhardt 500 gal., 60’ boom ................................................$1,200 Top Air 1100 gal., 60’ X-fold boom, hyd. pump, adj. axle, 3PT SPRAYERS 13.6x38 tires ........................................................................$12,000 Marflex 1000 gal., 80’ boom, Raven 440 ............................$10,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 90’ boom, Big Wheel, PTO pump, 203 (2) Top Air 500 gal., 80’ X-fold boom, hyd. pump, 4-section $9,500 controller................................................................................$8,500 NYB 500 gal., 90’ boom, pump & control, (Choice of 2) ......$7,500 NYB Tandem 1000 gal., 90’ boom, hyd. pump, Raven 440 ..$7,800 NYB 500 gal., 90’ boom, hyd. pump, hyd. tilt, ball valves, Top Air 550 gal., 60’ X-fold M boom, hyd. pump, Raven 440, 203 control, (Choice of 2)......................................................$5,500 adj. axle..................................................................................$7,000 Marflex 1000 gal., 80’ boom - SOLD - ..................................$3,800 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 90’ boom, Raven 440, radar, foamer ..$6,800 Blumhardt 500 gal., 90’ boom ................................................$3,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 72’ boom, tandem, hyd. pump.

500 gal., 45’ boom ..................................................................$3,500 203 controller ........................................................................$6,500 JD 9300, 300 gal. front mount ................................................$2,000 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 90’ boom, tandem, hyd. pump, Sprayer Specialties 500 gal. ..................................................$2,000 Raven 440 ..............................................................................$6,500 Demco 300 gal., 45’ boom......................................................$1,750 Blumhardt 750 gal., 90’ boom, tandem, Raven 440..............$6,000 Demco 1000 gal, 60’ X-fold boom, Raven 440, hyd pump, BOOMS foamer, tandem, (Choice of 2) ..............................................$6,000 Top Air 90’ X-fold ....................................................................$9,000 Top Air 750 gal., 60’ boom, vertical fold, 203 control, hyd.

Top Air 80’ X-fold ....................................................................$8,000 pump, (Choice of 2) ..............................................................$5,500 Top Air 80’ X-fold, (4) ..............................................................$7,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 60’ boom, hyd. tip & center lift, hyd.

Top Air 60’ X-fold, (2) ..............................................................$4,000 pump, Spray System plumbing, no control ........................$5,500 Blumhardt 80’ & 90’, (Choice) ................................................$2,800 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 60’ boom, hyd. fold, hyd. center lift & fold, Frame-mounted Magnum 300 gal. front mount ....................$2,200 hyd. pump, rinse tank, foamer, Micro Trak, (Choice of 3) ..$5,500 Weatherall 60’ hyd. fold ..........................................................$2,000 Top Air 800 gal., Blumhardt boom, foamer, 203 control, Top Air 45’ manual fold ..........................................................$1,400 hyd. pump..............................................................................$4,500 (2) 60’ wheel booms, flat fold, 20’ no-drip plumbing, (Choice) $700 Pleasure Products 1230 gal., 90’ boom, Raven 440, Honda gas w/pump, tandem ..................................................................$4,500

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'67 Chevrolet C50 grain 4 GMC aluminum 17" rims FOR SALE: Goodyear racing tires, $20/ea. 712-297truck, V8, 2 spd, good rubw/ tires, $200. (651)380-6921 7951 ber, Omaha box & hoist, nice truck. 320-864-4583 or FOR SALE: (4) elec motors, PARMA DRAINAGE 320-779-4583 5HP, 3 Balder, 1 Century, PUMPS New pumps & single phase, Make Offer.

'89 Kiefer hog trailer, aluparts on hand. Call Min15HP, 3 phase, elec motor, minum, 7x24, inside dinesota's largest distributor 1760 rpm, Make Offer. Call vider, very good cond. 507HJ Olson & Company 320Don 507-525-1961 766-5083 974-8990 Cell – 320-894-5336 FOR SALE: '05 Columbia FOR SALE: 4-20.8x42 FireRANGER PUMP CO. Freightliner day cab, new stone radial tires, nice Custom Manufacturer of drives, 854,723 miles, 165” cond. 507-430-1089 Water Lift Pumps WB, $16,900. 507-964-5548 or for field drainage 507-327-1903 Free house. I have a 2 story Sales & Service plus attic farm house that FOR SALE: '08 & '10 Timpte 507-984-2025 or 406-314-0334 needs to be moved. It is 42'x66” trlrs, Ag hoppers, www.rangerpumpco.com 28'x30' and is free to who air ride, alum. whls., SS ever would like to move it.

WANT MORE READERS corners & back, elec. roll Has newer vinyl windows & TO SEE YOUR AD?? tarps; '03 Timpte 42'x66” vinyl siding. Has some of Expand your coverage area! trailer, Ag hoppers, spring the old farm house wood ride, elec. roll tarp, SS corThe Land has teamed up work that make it special. ners & back, very clean. with Farm News, and The It is a very good and sturdy 320-269-8719 or 320-226-0296 Country Today so you can framed house. Will be do just that! Place a classiFOR SALE: '97 Ford available in the fall of 2013. fied ad in The Land and Louisville, Cummings eng, Located NW of Fairmont have the option of placing it 9spd, 20', Frontier, B&H, Mn. (507) 236-5910 in these papers as well. $35,000. 507-276-3289 More readers = better reOne call does it all! sults! Call The Land for Miscellaneous 090 With one phone call, you can more information. 507-345place your classified ad in 4523 • 800-657-4665 FOR SALE: (2) 18.4-34 super The Land, Farm News, all traction tires w/ double AND The Country Today. Winpower Sales & Service bead rims, 40%, $500; (2) 3 Reliable Power Solutions Call The Land for more 1/8” dual hubs, 9 bolt, JD, Since 1925 PTO & automatinfo @ 507-345-4523 • 800-657$300; (2) 3 1/4” dual hubs, 9 ic Emergency Electric 4665. bolt, IH, $300; (2) 5 1/2” Generators. New & Used dual hub extensions, 9 bolt, Rich Opsata-Distributor $150. 507-354-3987 800-343-9376

LOCAL TRADES TRACTORS PLANTERS

‘92 CIH 5240, 2WD, PS - $28,500 ‘97 CIH MX135, MFD, w/TA46 Westendorf loader - $53,500 ‘07 CIH MX305, MFD - $163,500 ‘08 CIH MX275, MFD - $153,500 ‘11 CIH Farmall 35, MFD w/loader, 50 hrs. - $21,000 New Farmall 31, MFD w/60” ‘09 CIH 485 Quad - Call ‘11 CIH 550 Quad - Call ‘87 JD 4850, MFD, engine overhauled - $43,500

TILLAGE

‘99 DMI, 32’, 3 bar ‘98 4900, 34’, 3 bar - $8,950 CIH 4300, 32’, 3 bar - $12,500 ‘06 CIH Tigermate II, 32’, 4 bar $29,500 CIH 14, 9-shank auto ripper - Call JD 610, 17’ chisel - Call ‘06 JD 1760, 12-30 - $43,500 4 Extra Units (1760) - $2,000

‘05 1200, 16-30 pivot, bulk fill $62,500 ‘08 1200, 16-30 pivot, bulk fill, 2500 acres - $79,500 ‘08 1250, 24-30, bulk fill, 3500 acres - $114,500

COMBINES

‘89 1660, monitor - $24,500 ‘90 1680, duals, - $28,500 ‘93 1666 - $32,500 ‘07 CIH 2588 - Call ‘09 CIH 6088 - Call ‘10 7120 - Call ‘06 CIH 1020, 30’ - Call ‘03 CIH 1020, 30’ - Call ‘98 CIH 1020, 25’ - $7,950 ‘81 JD 983, 8-30 - $4,500 ‘92 CIH 1083, 8-30 - $8,500 ‘95 CIH 1083, 8-30, plastic - Call ‘08 CIH 2608, 8-30 - Call ‘09 CIH 2608, 8-30 - Call ‘06 Geringhoff 8-30 - $15,000 JD 893, 8-30 - $17,500

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(1) = GLENCOE 320-864-5571 800-558-3759

4561 HWY 212 GLENCOE, MN 55336

(2) = HOWARD LAKE 320-543-2170 866-875-5093

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(3) = STEWART 320-562-2630 800-827-7933 (4) = ST. CLOUD 320-252-2010 800-645-5531

1035 35TH AVE. NE SAUK RAPIDS, MN 56379

(5) = GLENWOOD 320-634-5151 888-799-1495

1710 N FRANKLIN GLENWOOD, MN 55334

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HANCOCK, MN HOPPERS

‘12 Peerless Grain Hopper, 43x96x72, AR, Steel Wheels, Roll Tarp ..................................$32,500 ‘99 Timpte 42’ AL Hopper, 78” sides, New Tarp, New Brakes ........................................$17,500 ‘96 Wilson 41’ AL Hopper, 66” sides, AR, AL disc wheels, Clean, Roll Tarp ..........................$22,000 ‘94 Wilson Convert-a-Hopper, 45x102, 78” sides, 80% Virgin Rubber, AL Wheels, Electric Door Openers............................$16,000

DAY CAB TRUCKS

‘02 Freightliner, CL12064ST, 410 hp. Cummins, 10-spd., 800K, 3.90 ratio, 230” WB, New Rods, Main & Injectors, New Recaps, 48” Flattop..............................$18,500 ‘98 Kenworth C12 Conv., 80,000 mi. on complete OH, New T&B, 220” WB, Maint. Records, Clean ........................................$17,500 ‘97 Mack CH613 Daycab, 9-spd., AR, 160” WB, 350 hp. eng., New Paint ................................$14,900

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FLATBEDS

‘00 Wabash, 48/102, Conestoga, New Tarp, AL Wheels Outside, Winches & Chain Tiedowns, SPR ..................................$12,000 (2) ‘94 Fontaine, 48/96, SPX/AR ..........................................$8,000 ‘93 Featherlite AL Combo, 48/96, SPX/AR ..............................$7,900 ‘74 Fontaine, 40’ ..................$4,750

DROPDECKS

‘05 Transcraft 48/102 AL Combo, 80% T&B, Clean ..............$23,500

VAN TRAILERS

‘02 Great Dane Reefer, 36’, Curbside & Roadside doors, Sliding Tandem ..................$7,200 ‘97 Wabash AL, 42x96, 22.5 LP tires, Disc Wheels ..............$6,600 (2) Step/Furniture Van Trailers, 44’-50’, 22.5 LP tires, AR, Curbside & Roadside doors ..............................$6,750-$7,750 Van Trailers, 48/102-53/102; Great for water storage or over the road hauling ..........$3,500-$7,500 48’ & 53’ Van Trailers to rent. ........$135.00 per month plus tax. ..$2.00/mile for pickup & delivery

MISCELLANEOUS

‘89 Case 688 Excavator on tracks, 36” bucket, 6,400 hrs., 1 owner ........................................$16,500 Axles, Suspensions For Trailers..........$1,000 AR/Axle ................................$500 SR/Axle Rims - 22.5 & 24.5 steel ........$60 aluminum ............................$175 Tires: (4) 385 Super Singles w/polished AL rims; 2 new, 1 @ 50%, 1@ 40% ......$2,000/set of 4 Tires: (2) 445 Super Singles w/AL rims......................$1,000 pr.

Pre-Hung Slab Interior Doors: Oak, Cherry, Maple, Pine. All Sizes. Over 50 doors to choose from ..........................$10-$80 ea.

10,000’ of Oak & Maple trim ..........................................$.50/ft.

We can also convert flatbed trailers to be used as a bridge.

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Dealer Cost or Less!

New ‘12 JD 512, D/ripper, 7-30 ........................$34,500 DEMO ‘12 JD 3710, 10-btm plow, S/reset, 200 acres............................................................$52,000 DEMO ‘12 JD 2623, vert. tillage, 45’, R/bskt, 2500 acres..........................................................$72,000

4WD/TRACKS

‘95 Cat 75C, 7909 hrs., PS, 4 SCV, 30” tracks ....$52,500 ‘98 JD 9100, 4338 hrs, 24 spd, 3 SCV, 20.8R38 dls ........................................................$77,500 ‘97 CIH 9380, 6051 hrs., PS, 4 SCV, 710/70R38..$82,500 ‘01 JD 9300T, 24-spd., 30” tracks, 3225 hrs. ..$115,000 ‘07 JD 9430T, 2632 hrs., PS, 36” trcks, Xenon $239,500 ‘03 JD 9420T, 2411 hrs, 36” tracks, 4 SCV ......$159,000 ‘11 JD 9530T, 700 hrs., 36” tracks, fact. warr. $275.000 ‘04 JD 9620T, 30” tracks 80%, 4 SCV ..............$125,000 ‘11 JD 9630, 800/70R30, fact. warr., 478 hrs...$290,000 ‘11 JD 9630T, 1782 hrs., 36” tracks, Xenon .... $279,500 ‘09 JD 9630T, 2550 hrs, 36” tracks, 4 SCV ......$245,000 ‘12 JD 9510RT, 608 hrs., 36” trcks, fact. warr. $319,500 ‘12 JD 9560RT, 368 hrs., 4 SCV, 36” tracks ......$355,000 ‘04 CIH STX450, 5297 hrs., PS, 4 SCV, 800/70R38 ........................................................$142,500 ‘96 Cat 45, 6422 hrs, 88” spacing, 16” tracks ....$55,000

TRACTORS

‘12 JD 5101E w/cab, 60 hrs, 18.4x30, JD H260 ldr ........................................................$50,900 ‘04 JD 6420, MFWD, 2700 hrs, JD 640 ldr ..........$55,000

‘08 JD 6430, MFWD, 2175 hrs, Prem cab, JD 673 ldr............................................................$72,500 ‘10 JD 8320R, 408 hrs, IVT, ILS, 4 SCV..............$245,000 ‘12 JD 7130, MFWD, 200 hrs., PQ, JD 673 ldr. ....$95,000 ‘12 JD 7330, MFWD, 250 hrs., PQ, JD 673 ldr...$110,000 ‘02 JD 8220, MFWD, 5230 hrs, 4 SCV, 18.4x46 dls ......................................................$112,500 ‘11 JD 8335RT, 1200 hrs., P/shift, 5 SCV, 16” tracks. ........................................................$239,000 ‘10 JD 8345RT, 5 SCV, 16” tracks, 130 hrs. ......$242,600 ‘12 JD 836QRT, 482 hrs, 24” tracks, 5 SCV ......$275,000

‘11 JD 3710, 7-btm., spring reset, coulters ........$35,000

‘09 Cat 595R, 1855/1311, 35” tracks, PRWD, Ag Ldr................................................................$195,000 ‘08 JD 9570, 900/650, CM, 30.5x32, TPR..........$205,000 ‘05 JD 9660STS, 2334/1665, CM, 20.8x42 duals $135,000 ‘08 JD 9670, 1410/979, 20.8-42, mud hog ......$192,500 ‘11 JD 9870STS, 860/611, CM, 20.8x42 duals, PRWD ................................................................$280,000 ‘05 JD 9860STS, 2105/1431, 20.8x42 dls ........$169,000 ‘05 JD 630F, F/finger, air system ........................$27,500 ‘11 JD 612, 12R20, Stalkmaster..........................$92,500 ‘09 JD 608C, 8R30, Stalkmaster ........................$52,500

‘97 JD 1700, 8R30, vac, 1.6 bu., LF., 250 mon. ..$13,500 ‘97 JD 1760, flex frame, 12R30, 3 bu., L/fert ......$33,500 ‘08 JD 1770, CCS, 24R30, L/fert, R/clnrs ..........$112,500 ‘96 JD 1850, drill, 42’, 10” spacing, Flexicoil, markers ..............................................................$39,500 ‘92 JD 7200, 24R30, finger pickup, 3.0 bu., R/cleaners ..........................................................$32,500 ‘05 JD 1770, 24R30, CCS, liquid fert., R/cleaners ............................................................................$92,500 MISC. & GRAIN CARTS ‘10 JD 318, skid, 458 hrs, cab, hand cntrls, 72”.$30,000 ‘09 Schulte Rock Picker, reel type, hyd swing ..$17,500 ‘07 Brent 1084 cart, 1000 bu, 18.4x42, w/tandem, tarp......................................................................$42,500 ‘07 Parker 938, 36” tracks, 1000 bu ..................$55,000

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‘11 NEW never Used JD 637 disc, 45’-5’ sect. fold ......................................................................$87,500 ‘93 JD 650 disk, 25’, 11” spacing ......................$17,500 ‘07 JD 2410 C/plow, 61’, 30” spacing ................$42,000 ‘10 JD 2410, 50’, 12” spacing, new stnd. ..........$59,500

SPRAYERS

Hardi 1000, pull type, 1000 gal., 90’ ..................$19,500 ‘03 Wilmar Eagle 8500, 2503 hrs., 80’, ins. ......$75,000 ‘11 JD 4730, 150 hrs, 90’, 380/90R46, L/inj ....$227,500 ‘97 JD 4700, 2350 hrs, 60’, 12.4x38 ..................$79,500 ‘09 JD 4930, 1020 hrs., 120’, 480/80R50 ........$229,500 ‘11 JD 4930, 917 hrs, 380/105R50, 120’, B/Trac................................................................$249,500 ‘11 JD 4940, 377 hrs, 120’, Load Command, B/Trac................................................................$310,000

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‘12 CIH Steiger 600Q, 475 hrs. ........................................$369,500

‘13 CIH Steiger 500Q, 519 hrs. ........................................$315,900

‘07 CIH Steiger 530Q, 3180 hrs., PTO, Lux. cab, HID lites ..$199,500

‘12 CIH Steiger 450, 378 hrs. ........................................$254,900

‘90 CIH 9170, 5641 hrs. ..........................................$59,000

‘12 CIH Steiger 450, 522 hrs., PTO, full steering pkg. ....$262,500

‘10 CIH MX335, Lux. leather cab, big pump, 3 PTO’s, front duals, 1620 hrs.

‘12 CIH Steiger 450, susp. leather cab, full Pro 700 steering, diff. locks, 710x42 duals, HID lites, 461 hrs.

‘12 CIH 500, Quadtrac, full steering, HID lites, Lux. susp. cab, 1090 hrs.

‘12 CIH 500, Quadtrac, full steering, HID lites, susp. Lux. cab, 1725 hrs.

‘12 CIH 550, Quadtrac, full steering, HID lites, susp. Lux. cab, 2099 hrs.

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‘01 CIH Steiger 375, 6433 hrs. ..........................................$99,800

‘07 CIH Steiger 380, 2275 hrs., Lux. cab, PTO ..................$159,000

‘04 CIH Magnum 210, 2900 hrs. ..........................................$97,800

‘07 CIH Magnum 305, 2937 hrs., Lux. cab, susp. axles, loaded........$142,500

TRACTORS

‘84 IH 584 ..........................$8,500

‘12 CIH 9230, Track, AWD, 260 sep. hrs. ..................$359,000

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‘12 CIH Steiger 600Q, 247 hrs., Lux. cab, susp. cab, HID lites, Pro 700 steering, PTO, 6 remotes, 36” tracks ..................................................................................................................$379,500 ‘12 CIH Steiger 600Q, 475 hrs., Lux. cab, susp. cab, HID lites, Pro 700 steering, PTO, 6 remotes, 36” tracks ..................................................................................................................$369,500 ‘12 CIH Steiger 600Q, 513 hrs., Lux. cab, susp. cab, HID lites, Pro 700 steering, PTO, 6 remotes, 36” tracks ..................................................................................................................$359,500 ‘12 CIH Steiger 400, 944 hrs., susp. Lux. leather cab, HID lites, HD hyd., full Pro 700 steering ......................................................................................................................................................$195,000 ‘12 CIH Steiger 450, 461 hrs., susp. Lux. leather cab, HID lites, HD hyd., full Pro 700 steering ......................................................................................................................................................$245,900 ‘12 CIH Steiger 450, 378 hrs., susp. Lux. leather cab, HID lites, HD hyd., full Pro 700 steering, PTO, 710R42 tires ........................................................................................................................$254,900 12 CIH Steiger 450, 403 hrs., susp. Lux. leather cab, HID lites, HD hyd., full Pro 700 steering, PTO, 800R38 tires ........................................................................................................................$262,500 ‘07 CIH Steiger 530Q, 3180 hrs., PTO, Lux. cab, HID lites, big hyd. pump ............................$199,500 ‘07 CIH Steiger 380, 2275 hrs., Lux. cab, PTO ........................................................................Coming In ‘01 CIH STX375, 6433 hrs., 710/70R38 tires ................................................................................$99,800 ‘90 CIH 9170, 5641 hrs., 20.8x42 tires, powershift ......................................................................$59,000 STX and STEIGER PTO, TOW CABLE & 3 PT. KITS ON HAND!!!

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