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April 2 was a remarkable day for me. I funding for propane tank purchases; elecwas at the Minnesota State Capitol partric co-op access to state funding in times ticipating in Co-op Day on the Hill. I was of disaster; expressing thanks for the elecin the company of two Renville-Sibley tric cooperatives’ exemption from expenREA board members, Roger Manthei and sive mandates last year.

Gary Peterson, and Bob Mehlhouse, an Bill Oemichen, Cooperative Network Olivia, Minn.-area farmer and REA memCEO, reminded us, “Minnesota is home to ber. These guys are old pros at this Day on the largest number of cooperatives in the the Hill stuff, and I’ve done a few back in nation. ... This grassroots event allows comy Farm Bureau days. ops to put faces and stories with the staLAND MINDS A Day on the Hill is always exciting. tistics and issues that affect our 3.4 milFull of history, too. For me it includes a lion member-owners. Legislators having

By Dick Hagen few minutes wandering those spacious face-to-face contact with you always corridors checking the colored portraits makes a difference.” of all Minnesota governors; also stepHe suggested it’s OK to remind your ping into the governor’s spacious office legislator that cooperatives did about $34 complex and gaze at the incredible paintings; and of billion in revenue and employ approximately 46,000 course if either house is in session, try an upper people in Minnesota. chamber seat for a peek at the law-making process.

More than 70 cooperative board members, manAdmittedly, at times a bit of theater on display. How agers and leaders were in attendance. Divided into else to get the attention of your eight teams with a team leader for drowsing colleagues? each, during the next two hours 52 The tempo is crazy. Scads of people legislative offices were visited, repwith scads of agendas. You wonder if This grassroots resenting both parties and both anybody is keeping score? But that’s houses. And always the legislator event allows cothe uniqueness of a Day on the Hill. being visited was either the author ops to put faces Everyone is keeping score. of or a committee member of some and stories with This 2014 short session seems to proposed legislation that was a parthe statistics and be moving at warp speed. ticular issue of concern to the coopissues that affect erative world.

Lobbyist Bruce Kleven told us, our 3.4 million “last year 1,862 bills were introOften these were only eight- to 10member-owners. duced during the entire five-month minute visits. Sometimes that visit session. This year 1,403 bills were was in a Capital hallway where you Legislators havintroduced in just the first months!” captured maybe only five minutes of ing face-to-face a legislator’s attention in between He acknowledged November eleccontact with you his/her next meeting. Such is the tions are spurring some of this activalways makes a nature of the beast when the session ity. But not to worry. Kleven indidifference. is on — prearrange if you can, but cated few of these proposals would take a five-minute hallway visit if even survive their first committee — Bill Oemichen, that’s the only time available. hearings.

Cooperative Courtesy was commendable. Each The organization of the Cooperative Network CEO legislator shook hands and greeted Network for this Day on the Hill was each co-op visitor. And the co-op impressive. Everyone met at 9 a.m. in guys and gals quickly made their points on a particuRoom 118 for Issue Briefings and Lobbying Tips. A lar issue and politely asked the legislator for his/her proposed tax on motor fuels to increase the state support. Or they volunteered more information if transportation fund was one of the main issues discussed, since it could significantly raise costs at the that would be a helpful gesture. Suffice to say this was a “well-oiled” exercise on how to market your pump for cooperatives as well as consumers. mission to the political leaders of Minnesota. Also Co-op participants were also prepped with informa- the “Co-op World” is a well-known entity within the tion on proposed mandates for propane industry regSee MINDS, pg. 5 ulation; a potential sales tax exemption and grant

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Just the facts, ma’am; buy the summer bacon now As this space has often noted, facts, figimported 989,406 head of cattle from ures and data are as essential to journalMexico and 1,038,584 head from Canada. ism as verbs, nouns and dangling partici(Neither was a record: In 1995, the United ples. In fact, journalism without facts is a States imported 1.7 million head from cup of tea without tea.

Mexico; in 2002 it imported a similar 1.7 million head from Canada.)

We also understand that erudite farm and food conversationalists — like you, In fact, predicts the USDA, as U.S. for instance — are often on the prowl for ranchers hold back young stock to rebuild convincing evidence and fresh facts to breeding herds this year, total American inform the unknowing and inspire the beef production will decline another FARM & FOOD FILE 684,000 metric tons, or more than all of faithful. We can help by offering some facts and figures that recently caught our New Zealand’s 2014 production.

By Alan Guebert jaundiced eye.

Declines are also forecast for AmeriFor example, while New Zealand is can ethanol production as the U.S. but the world’s 75th largest country by Environmental Protection Agency works size, it is the world’s fifth largest beef exporter. on new rules to balance today’s smaller American According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s gasoline market with previously enacted mandates Foreign Agricultural Service, New Zealand exported for increased use of biofuels. As might be expected, farmers who grow corn, the main feedstock of 529,000 metric tons of the 620,000 metric tons of ethanol, aren’t happy. beef it produced in 2013. Forty-six percent of all those exports, or about 244,000 metric tons, went to At a recent Senate ag committee hearing on the United States. “advanced biofuels,” however, Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., cited Iowa State University That’s 536.8 million pounds of New Zealand beef research to support expanding, not cutting, ethanol imported by the United States, the world’s largest use. beef producer, when we grew 11.7 million metric tons of beef ourselves, or nearly 19 times the total According to ISU, related Stabenow, in 2010, production of New Zealand. (Links to supporting “(E)thanol reduced the cost of gas by 89 cents (per documents posted at the Farm and Food File webgallon) across the country — and by as much as site — http://farmandfoodfile.com/in-the-news.) $1.37 in the Midwest.” Since the average American family used 892 gallons of gasoline that year, the What’s more, according to the USDA, America’s average American “family would have saved $794 in cattle numbers were so low last year that we also

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2010 because of biofuels.”

A May 2012 update by ISU, however, put those dramatic numbers into a broader context. The report’s “results indicate that over the period of January 2000 to December 2011, the growth in ethanol production reduced wholesale gasoline prices by $0.29 per gallon on average across all regions.”

Stabenow’s numbers aren’t wrong; they just focus on the “marginal impacts on gasoline prices” that “are found to be substantially higher given the dramatic increase in ethanol production and higher crude oil prices” in recent years.

The chairwomen did, however, use favorable cornbased ethanol numbers to kick off a Senate hearing to examine a “move to non-food” — in other words, non-corn — “based advanced biofuels.”

The most hog-wild mixed message coming from the winter, though, has been the impact of PEDv, or porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, a pig-only virus that has infected hog herds in 28 states.

The virus, when it strikes, is deadly. Mid-winter estimates pegged baby pig losses nationwide since May 2013 at 2.7 million to 6 million head, or between 5 and 10 percent of the U.S. herd.

The USDA’s March 28 Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report saw the number closer to the low end of the low end, or about 5 percent. That means, says Purdue University’s Chris Hurt, an Extension economist, for producers “not heavily affects by PEDv,” record high hog prices will rule and 2014 will be “a record profit year.”

That’s a fact. Here’s another: buy the bacon for those summertime BLTs now.

Alan Guebert’s “Farm and Food File” is published weekly in more than 70 newspapers in North America. Contact him at agcomm@farmandfoodfile.com. Past columns, news and events are posted at www.farmandfoodfile.com. ❖

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MINDS, from pg. 2 to be a reassessment of farm land property taxes. political circles of the MinAnd that is why we are nesota Legislature. introducing a proposed $450 tax reducEveryone reconvened in Room 118 for tion per farm across the board for all wrap-up comments by Rep. Kurt 95,000 Minnesota farms. Also I don’t Daudt, House minority leader; Sen. think the proposed 5-percent gross David Hann, minority leader; and Rep. receipts tax on fuel is going anywhere.

Paul Thissen, House speaker. Daudt You can’t depend upon increased gasoreminded that this is the first time in line taxes to fund the highway budget.

22 years that We’ll eventuone party conally have trols both thousands of houses plus electric ... now in view of the significant the governor. power autos; reduction in net farm income “So it’s far plus mileage there has to be a reassessment from a level keeps playing field. of farm land property taxes. increasing.

We’re sensing Today you And that is why we are introsome progress are suggestducing a proposed $450 tax on getting rid ing a user fee reduction per farm across the of the busibased on board for all 95,000 Minnesota ness-to-busiannual miles ness taxes.” farms. ...You can’t depend upon driven as being a betincreased gasoline taxes to fund Hann, eight ter route. years on the the highway budget. We’ll That makes Senate ag eventually have thousands of sense to me.” committee, electric power autos; plus urged caution Sen. Lyle mileage keeps increasing. whenever you Koenen hear about — Paul Thissen agreed that a issues that didn’t user tax tied make the first to annual hearing might be relegated to an mileage is a more logical alternative to omnibus bill. “We refer to that as end- funding future highway projects. He ing up in a ‘garbage bill’ — the dumptoo said the “gross receipts tax on fuel” ster for various pieces of legislation proposal is going nowhere. that couldn’t survive on their own.” He Renting space for the Minnesota Senwas reluctant about predicting passage ate, the Minnesota House and the two of a new minimum wage law for Minchambers during the major Capitol nesota. “Right now this is a 450-page building remodeling project is going to proposal. Does it get readjusted every two years? Should there be an inflation be an expensive proposition. Koenen clause that automatically adjusts? It’s talked a $20 million cost to rent space for the Senate; $60 million for House. complicated and doubtful in my opinion.”

The proposed new Senate office building for just 44 of the 67 senators (Editor’s note: Gov. Mark Dayton is not likely to happen. The idea being signed the minimum wage bill into law that key House and Senate leadership April 14, after Hann had been interpositions would continue to be housed viewed for this column, and as this in the Capitol. But in so many words, issue was on its way to the press.)

Thissen and others said it’s an “all-orThissen suggested that in view of the nothing” proposition. state’s $1.2 billion budget surplus and Time will tell how successful this a $443 million tax relief bill already particular Day on the Hill was for the passed there should be another $100 Minnesota cooperative world. Worth million in tax reductions yet to do. He noted there was a statewide reduction noting however is that seven of the eight issues discussed with legislators in property taxes last year. However, during the 2013 Co-op Day at the Capithere was a big increase in farmland tol resulted in outcomes favorable to property taxes because of the incredicooperatives. ble increase in farm land values.

Dick Hagen is staff writer of The “But now in view of the significant Land.

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Iowa FFA member commits year to national office

By KAREN SCHWALLER The Land Correspondent SIBLEY, Iowa — Every now and then, something in life comes along that can really make a difference in the life of a young person.

That happened with Steven Brockshus of Sibley, who was an FFA member all four years of high school, and has now been named to the National FFA officer team as a sophomore in college. He is the National Central Region vice president. There are six of them in the nation.

Brockshus, 20, an Iowa State University ag major, said the role is so important to him that he is taking his sophomore year of college off so he can commit himself to the responsibilities and personal growth his position requires of him.

“I love it,” he said of his FFA career, which has led him from his local FFA chapter at Sibley-Ocheyedan High School, all the way to Japan to interact with Japanese high school students who are interested in agriculture. “I’ve never had anyone besides my parents and teachers invest so much in me and want me to be so successful.”

FFA is nothing new to the Brockshus family, who operate a dairy farm northwest of Ocheyedan. He and his brothers have all been heavily involved in FFA, taking on leadership roles on the local and state levels and traveling all over the state with it.

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Steven Brockshus was elected to serve as a national vice president at the last national FFA convention. The Iowa State University sophomore took a year off from his agriculture major studies to devote his time to serving the national FFA. His father, Jason, was also active in leadership roles when he was in FFA in the early 1990s, and encouraged his sons to get involved with it.

Brockshus has come a long way since his first day of FFA, as he remembered his ag education teacher, Mike Earll, making him and his class feel at home

Jake (Kent) asked me one day if I’d ever thought about running (for state office). It got me thinking about it. I can’t thank him enough for how much he’s done for me.

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— Steven Brockshus in that setting. He remembered his freshman year of FFA, as he participated in a “career development event” contest in ag leadership. He did “Conduct of Meetings” for it, taking him to the state competition, where he came in last in the state.

“Mr. Earll said it didn’t matter because it was more about the journey anyway,” he said.

His sophomore year he became involved in launching the creation of an unofficial welcome center near Sibley called “Hawkeye Point.” It’s the highest point in Iowa, which their FFA chapter thought could make a good attraction to their county. He worked with the county board of supervisors, and that year also met and got to know Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Secretary of Agri-

culture Bill Northey.

“I didn’t know how big of a deal it was at the time,” he said.

He served as chapter secretary during his junior year and spent that year working toward the state FFA degree, which he received.

His senior year brought chapter reporter responsibilities, as he worked with local media and businesses in the community. He also helped secure funding for the “Hawkeye Point” welcome center, and saw the campground portion of that area become a reality.

That year he was also approached by Jake Kent, a state FFA officer, about running for a state office. He was elected to the Northwest State Vice President position for the 2010-11 year, and never looked back.

“Jake asked me one day if I’d ever thought about running. It got me thinking about it. I can’t thank him enough for how much he’s done for me,” said Brockshus, who graduated from Sibley-Ocheyedan High School in 2011.

During his first year as a state officer he put 20,000 miles on the car doing chapter visits around the state and visiting with school administrators. They worked with students on teamwork, communication and authenticity. He helped facilitate conferences and spent time at the new Iowa FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny.

Brockshus spent his freshman year of college as a state vice president, working with planning the state FFA convention in Ames that attracts 5,000 FFA members from across the state annually.

He went on to become the state FFA president for the 2012-13 school year.

With others on the state officer team, he connected with people from DuPont Pioneer, Syngenta, the Des Moines Register and other heavy hitters in the agribusiness arena. He also worked more with Northey — along with ag secretaries from all across the United States.

As state FFA president, he also worked with a state officer team and an adult board of directors on creating policies for the FFA organization.

Being elected this past November to a national position for this school year, Brockshus has already found himself in places he never dreamed he would be. He has mentors from around the nation who help guide him in making See BROCKSHUS, pg. 7

Seeing U.S. corn delivered to Japanese port eye-opener kind. He leaves all options open, as he said he keeps a notebook handy at all times to jot down ideas he has about alleviating world hunger, and ways he can contribute to that goal. His ultimate dream would be to return to this family’s dairy farm after he’s been out in the world.

“What I hang my hat on at the end of the day is that anyone can find success. I found it through my involvement in FFA. No matter who you are or what you do, there’s always something you can do to be involved in FFA and become successful,” Brockshus said. ❖

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BROCKSHUS, from pg. 6 decisions and encouraging his growth. He has gained copious experience in doing interviews and in public speaking, presenting workshops, participating in partnership training and working with the public. He and the team also met with the chief executive officer of Tyson Foods and learned about the scope of that agribusiness.

He’s been to Arkansas for team training on goals, values and strategies, and went to Wisconsin to spend a week working with FFA students from 43 different chapters there. He did workshops and keynote speeches there.

This past January he was in Washington, D.C., where he and the team met with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, along with the secretary of education and chairman of the Senate ag committee.

He also spent time there at the national FFA board meeting, where they discussed issues in FFA policies and where the organization is headed.

“Since I worked on the state level with some of these issues, it was fun to see what was happening with them at the national level,” Brockshus said.

Taking him to Tokyo, Japan, and surrounding areas, Brockshus spent 10 days with Japanese students in the “FFJ” (Future Farmers of Japan). There he and the team visited with Japanese students interested in agriculture, visited rice paddies, visited with a Japanese grain buyer, and even got to stand on a barge and watch a shipment of U.S. corn come into port.

“It was a real come-to moment for me,” Brockshus said. “That corn came from the United States and could have been from our neighbor’s farm. It made me think about what my dad always says. I asked him once what keeps him getting out of bed every day, and he said it was about feeding the world. People depend on what we do for a living and I saw it there.”

He also ate in some Japanese restaurants, and thought it was interesting the way the menu showcased U.S. beef.

“They had a picture of the United States on the menu, with the Midwest section highlighted, then they had a picture of a farmer next to it,” he said.

“They know the U.S. has quality meat.”

Brockshus has had plenty of time on trips to visit with people about how food is grown and about food safety issues. He said a man from New York once asked him what GMOs are.

“It was neat to be able to share that knowledge with him and share what I’ve learned in my animal science class in college,” Brockshus said. “He thought all farms in Iowa were factory farms.”

The most meaningful part of his FFA experience, Brockshus said, has been being able to reach out to other young people and get them excited about agriculture. “I never thought I would be able to travel halfway around the world through FFA.” He will finish up his term on the national officer team with the National FFA Convention in Louisville, Ky., this November.

His future plans call for finishing college at ISU, where he is majoring in ag education and global resource systems. He would like to become an ag education teacher or start an agribusiness of some

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There’s a kind of strength that only farmers possess If you even know a farmer, you know what I’m talking about.

ments and fix motors, and gentle enough to cradle a tiny, sick lamb.

animals they’ve grown close to, and even struggles with it himself now and then. He watches his young children clumsily learn how to run his equipment, There’s a certain kind of strength that He scales the sides of grain bins and sitting next to them, guiding and encouraging — belongs only to a farmer. And if the rest silos with great athletic prowess — some- sometimes with firm tones. But always, teaching the of the world understood it, there would be times, holding a shovel as he goes. That next generation how to do it after he’s a national day of recognition for those should be a new Olympic gone. who choose to spend their lives filling our sport. There are times plates three times a day, every day. when the farm wife’s He shoulders years when commodity heart is racing as much prices convince him to put off buying A farmer can You may know a farmer if you’ve ever as her farmer husband’s needed equipment, and spends money pick up a 250smelled him coming before you were TABLE TALK is by the time he reaches cautiously in the good years, knowing pound pig on aware of his presence. Though it’s not his destination. It’s a it may not last.

By Karen Schwaller long way to the top going always that way, you’ll want to admire hog loading his strength from a distance after he has His skin is leathery, calloused, lined day. Of course, straight up, and a short spent the day power washing the hog and worn — not only from Mother this depends on way down if his foot slips. house or scooping rotten corn out of a bin. You may Nature, but from years of worry, a few how well the also want to give him a snack that comes with a He bales on the hottest days of years of hardship, and a lot of sleep hog loading is wrapper or a fork on those days — his hands may summer and repairs frozen livestock deprivation. going. The not be the cleanest. And you may want to distribute waterers bare-handed when it’s 20 And yet when that sickly motor runs it at the end of a long stick. Ack. below. He’s out checking pregnant madder the like a top again at the work of his livestock, delivering baby animals in farmer, the The farmer is a man-beast of sorts. He can heft hands, when healthy animals greet the middle of the night, and works lighter the pig. heavy hay bales straight up, not even needing that around the clock to get the crops out him at the feed bunk, when he successfamiliar “bale swing space” to get it where it needs fully crafts a machine part out of scrap and the last of the fall tillage done to go. He can carry four hay bales at a time across iron because he can’t afford to buy before it snows. the yard. While his slow but paced stride in doing so new; when he can fix something himmay resemble a penguin mother-to-be, he knows Straight rows and healthy crops self, when he stands in his field and how to get that job done when he’s the only one are important to him; after all, everyone will see. feels the rain water his crops ... when he puts on his there. cap and squints in the sunshine of a brand new day, He sits with a pencil and a calculator as he marit’s enough to give him the guts to do it all over A farmer can pick up a 250-pound pig on hog load- kets his commodities, and does so with a stomach of again. ing day. Of course, this depends on how well the hog steel as he plays that game. He fills out his financial loading is going. The madder the farmer, the lighter statement for his banker, and sometimes wonders That’s farmer strong. the pig. why things weren’t better, based on how hard he Karen Schwaller brings “Table Talk” to The Land worked all year.

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for her senior year Lakefield was how we were to handle ourselves.”

Chris (Henning) Schumacher, brought into the school mix.

President That year as state officer, SchuThat year she served as chap- macher poured all she could in to FFA, “I don’t think I’d want to be ter vice president again, but but she wasn’t done after that year. She in that other place.” she also served as regional ran for national FFA office following That was Chris Schuvice president. “That’s when her year as state officer, but did not get macher’s reply when asked the bug really bit me that I slated. She did, however, get a chance where she thinks she would be thought about being a state to work for National FFA as chairman without FFA in her life. officer. … I saw the state offi- of the national nominating committee.

She hasn’t had to worry Chris (Henning) cers at different camps and She also worked with the FFA prowhat they did, and I saw that I about that “other place” Schumacher gram that is now known as the Washwanted to get that.” because as soon as she could ington Leadership Conference, before she joined the Heron Lake-Okabena She was elected for state FFA office High School FFA chapter. “I was lured the spring of her senior year in high also working with the Excellence Program, which was a series of “short by the strong program and the leader- school, and claims weekend semiship of the program,” she said. “Keith she had no apprenars” that traveled Place had a good reputation as an hension about being to different states. adviser and a teacher. … His wife, a state officer and I saw the state officers Keep in mind that Julie, was the speech coach and really college freshman at while she was fulfillhelped us, too. … It just looked like a the same time. “I at different camps and ing all of these FFA great leadership opportunity.” remember getting what they did, and I duties, she was still Schumacher was raised in an agricul- pep talks from Anne saw that I wanted to a University of MinHenkels (HL-O tural background, but neither of her parget that. nesota student ents had an FFA background, but they alum) and Dean majoring in agriculHarder (from certainly didn’t hold back their children.

— Chris (Henning) tural education, Mountain Lake), “With our family, agriculture and Schumacher after switching from just being involves everybody,” she said. “Mom inspired by them, communications. was in the tractor, vaccinating hogs … and they encour“I was taking a everybody worked on the farm.” aged me to pursue what I could.” lighter load to accommodate all that I Paul and Joyce Henning had a farrow- Henkels and Harder spoke from expe- wanted to do,” she said, “but I couldn’t to-finish hog operation, along with beef rience as both had been Minnesota do it without the support I had from cattle, and raised corn and soybeans. state FFA officers on the 1985-86 back home.” Besides her parents and They also raised Chris, Robert, Sheila team, and Harder went on to become a younger siblings, she also had the and Brenda on the farm near Okabena. national FFA officer 1986-87. support of another young FFA memSchumacher remembers being the Schumacher fondly remembers that ber — Adam Schumacher, who had chapter creed speaker, as well as being year as state officer, working with her been an FFA proficiency award winin the state and national FFA talent con- fellow state officers and Paul Day, ner and was attending North Dakota test, where she used her vocal chords. state adviser, and Jim Ertl, state FFA State University at the time.

She remembers singing “One Moment in executive secretary.

She had met Adam when they were Time” during her retiring address at the “I remember after we got elected, we both in the third grade, and though state FFA convention. She also sang in had our first meeting. Mr. Day took the she claims it wasn’t love at first sight, the state and national FFA choir. guys and Rita Jorgensen took us girls. “I always knew he was special, I just As a junior in high school she was We were told to get a haircut, wear her chapter’s vice president, and then makeup, what color nylons to wear … See PRESIDENT, pg. 10

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has long been held high as an organization that brings out strengths in youth who didn’t realize the ability that they had.

The 1988-89 Minnesota state FFA officer team of Chris (Henning) Schumacher, Kris (Williams) Uter, Joan Koep, Dean VonBank, Lori (Michels) Heil and Patrick Thell worked as a team, but four of the members admitted to being shy — even “painfully shy” — before they joined the FFA ranks.

Koep, the “painfully shy” one, however, said she became a different person when involved in FFA activities.

These six, along with the regional vice presidents — Andy Erickson, Lee Knudson, Mike Mastey, Bruce Mathiowetz, Gary Schmiesing, Allen Schoenfeld, Nancy Schwantz and Brian VanZomeren, made for a strong team of 14 to lead the state’s FFA members.

Just as the leaders of today, these 14 led and inspired the state’s FFA members.

Following are the stories of the six constitutional state officers.

The theme for this year’s Minnesota FFA convention, April 2729, is “Fuel Your Fire.”

Will your FFA fire be fueled by the stories of these leaders from the past?

—Kevin Schulz

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25 Years: There’s something for you — guaranteed PRESIDENT, from pg. 9 didn’t know how special.”

After graduating in 1993 with an agricultural education degree, Schumacher worked for about five years as a territory seed representative for Ciba Seeds. “Then we had our second child and the nursery business was growing and decided to come into the family operation.”

Schumacher is secretary for Schumacher Nursery and Berry Farms at Heron Lake, Minn., an operation that also consists of Adam, his father, mother, his brother Trent and Trent’s wife.

Just as the nursery and strawberry business consumes all the Schumachers, FFA has flourished with Chris’ siblings, and with Adam and Chris’ children.

Robert Henning, the second oldest

Henning, followed his sister into the state and national FFA choirs, sister Sheila would become a state treasurer on the 1992-93 team as well as being in the state choir and competed in the national FFA talent show. Youngest sister, Brenda, used her FFA experience to travel abroad.

“They all paved their own way,” she said.

“I never pushed them to do anything.”

The same holds true of her own children. Son Stuart, 19, is a freshman at the University of Minnesota majoring in agriculture business. Oh, yea, he’s also currently serving as state FFA vice president, and she will be at this year’s state convention to see him give his retiring address. “We watched the live stream of him being named to state office last year, and we said that

Kris (Williams) Uter, Vice President A bottle lamb deserves the credit for kick-starting Kris Uter’s FFA career.

Uter was not raised on a farm, but she had a friend who was, and that friend had sheep.

“Well, one day I came home with a bottle lamb,” Uter said. She brought it home to her parents’ Kris (Williams) rural acreage west of Uter Truman, Minn., and that sparked an interest in agriculture.

“In 4-H I did a lot with sheep,” she said. “I did well in lamb lead.”

That lamb led her into FFA as a freshman in high school.

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we’d be there this year.”

Garrett is a junior at Heron Lake Southwest Star Concept High School and is involved in the local FFA chapter, and of course a member of the nursery landscape team. Wyatt is an eighth grader “looking forward to joining FFA next year.”

Madelyn, 9, and Addison, 5, round out the Schumacher clan. The future looks bright for the FFA legacy of the Schumacher family.

“We’ve never pushed them in FFA,” she said. “If they ask, we tell them of all the benefits — the public speaking experience, the leadership, the friendships. … That’s what’s great about FFA, especially today — FFA has something for everyone.”

Schumacher sees how she has benefited from FFA involvement, and her advice to any youth contemplating FFA involvement sounds like a motto FFA could use: “FFA. There’s something for you. Guaranteed.” ❖

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When she isn’t busy being a “Kris-ofall-trades” at Otten Bros., she is busy watching her children — Mackenzie and Zachary — grow into young adults.

Mackenzie, 17, is a senior at Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School where she competed in the FFA parliamentary procedure contest, placing fifth

at the national convention last fall. She will be attending St. Cloud State University on a basketball scholarship.

Zachary is an eighth grader at HLWW middle school and plans to join FFA in the fall. “He loves the engineering and equipment side of it.”

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vice president, I didn’t know what to do.”

What she did do was become the member of a strong six-person team. “I think we all brought individual strengths to the team. ...

Those were my ‘glory days,’ nothing but a lot of fond memories.

“I’m amazed how well we put things together, that we pulled off what we did without the technology that they have today.”

In addition to the strength of the officer team itself, Uter also credits Paul Day, the state FFA adviser at the time, and Jim Ertl, the state FFA executive secretary, with leading the way for the six state officers and eight regional vice presidents.

“Mr. Day was huge for doing things the right way ... handwritten thank you notes, what a proper handshake should feel like,” she said. “A lot of what I learned as a state officer I still use every day.”

After that whirlwind year as state officer, Uter settled back into the routine of college student at the University of Minnesota where she graduated with a degree is Landscape Architecture in 1993.

After college she took a job with a Maple Grove, Minn., firm doing residential landscape design, which she did for two years. “That was not what I expected,” she said. “The hours were horrible because we had to be there when the homeowners were there, which meant either early in the mornings or in evenings.”

After those two years, she decided to “just get a ‘job-job’” to help pay the bills as she and her husband were thinking about starting a family. Not fully satisfied and wanting to get back to her true love of landscaping, she became intrigued by the “hiring cashiers” sign outside Otten Bros.

Garden Center & Landscaping at Long Lake, Minn. One day she actually walked in, spoke with the owner “for three minutes and got hired on the spot, and started as a cashier the next day.”

She is now in her 19th year with Otten Bros., working her way up from cashier to the last number of years as purchasing and marketing manager.

Though she got her college degree in five years (Landscape Architecture is now a six-year degree), she claims all that she learned about plants came from high school and being on the nursery and landscape team in FFA. She does all the purchasing for the

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VICE PRESIDENT, from pg. 10 landscape team, and included the young Kris Williams on that team.

From that team involvement, Uter’s interest in plants, shall we say, sprouted.

Her sophomore year in high school, she and a teammate took first and second at the state FFA convention in the nursery and landscape contest, but could not go on to the national contest since they needed a team of three.

They remedied that for the next year by recruiting another team member, and took the state competition and placed “sixth or eighth” at the national contest.

Though Uter’s parents weren’t farmers, Nelson and Yvonne Williams were supportive of what Kris and younger brother, T.J., did in FFA and life in general.

“I drug them into it (FFA) kicking and screaming,” she said. OK, maybe not “kicking and screaming” but she said her parents weren’t quite sure what they were getting themselves into when their daughter brought home that lamb.

“They were always very supportive, and they certainly adapted to the many county fairs, state fairs and banquets that I was heading off to all the time.”

Yvonne even took care of the small sheep flock when her daughter went off to college.

Before leaving for college, Uter ran for state FFA office in the spring of 1988, her senior year in high school.

Running for state office is a stressful experience by itself, but Uter had to work that much harder.

“I didn’t even know how to go about applying for state office,” she said.

“Louise (Worm) had moved on to Heron Lake (Okabena-Lakefield) to teach ag, but I still contacted her to help me.” This was long before the days of doing a Google search for “state FFA officer application.”

Obviously, Worm helped Uter figure it out, but she still didn’t think it would be enough.

“I remember sitting there waiting as they were calling the names of the new officers,” Uter recalls. “Once they got to secretary, I figured ‘well, I did all that I could, but it wasn’t good enough’.” The elected state officers are announced in the following order: sentinel, reporter, treasurer, secretary, vice president and, finally, president.

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25 Years: From ‘painfully shy’ to cool and confident Joan Koep, Secretary but I was the only one my first year.” This had become rare Older brothers telling stowith the times, as girls had ries of FFA activities is what been populating Minnesota drew Joan Koep to join the FFA chapters since first Battle Lake High School FFA allowed to join in 1969. “I chapter. remember that because I was “My oldest brother, Don, has born that year,” Koep said. always been a story teller, so Joan Koep Koep’s brothers loved the when he came home from FFA outdoors and thus were in the he’d have some story,” she said. “I wildlife and forestry competitions. could tell that he was enjoying it, and thought it was something that I Though she wasn’t passionate about the outdoors as her brothers were, she would like to try some day.” still participated in the wildlife judgWell, her time came and she joined ing contests. “If they could win state, I as a high school freshman, becoming thought we could too,” she said. Her the only girl in the Battle Lake FFA team did win state, and though that chapter at the time. “The grade had become a Battle Lake FFA tradibehind me had a few girls join FFA,

tion, she looks back on all the hard work that her team put in to come out on top.

Leadership comes easy for some; others have to put in a little more effort.

Leadership wasn’t natural for Koep. She knew about hard work, growing up on her parents’ (Gerald and Patricia) dairy farm. Similar hard work would be needed to achieve her FFA dreams.

Self-described as “painfully shy” in high school, she found herself in FFA. Attending Greenhand Camp after her freshman high school year, she ran for and was elected to a camp office. Also

at

that same Greenhand Camp, Koep was first exposed to state officers. “I’m not sure I even knew that they existed before that,” she said.

That meeting whet her leadership appetite, an appetite that needed to be quenched. She held various chapter offices, as well as district and regional posts, but she had her sights on a state office.

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VICE PRESIDENT, from pg. 11 on their father’s (Uter’s former husband) dairy farm.

Uter has helped guide the HLWW FFA chapter’s nursery landscape team, proud of the team’s eighth place finish at national convention, passing along the knowledge that she learned and

has served her well through life.

“FFA got me on my career path,” she said. “From when I got into FFA and found the nursery and landscape competition, I knew that that’s what I wanted to do for my career.”

“I wouldn’t be where I am at without FFA,” Uter said. ❖

25 Years: ‘FFA made me comfortable in my own skin’ I would never have gone that far (with Beginning Experience) if someone hadn’t recognized that I had what it takes to serve, and point me in the right direction. ... (The value of past mentors pushing her) is hard to measure, but the FFA experience has been invaluable in the confidence that it brings out in you.

— Joan Koep

Koep became involved in BE after her divorce, and now sees “how full and fun my life has been.”

Starting with BE as a participant, she was encouraged to give back by becoming a facilitator, and ended up leading the organization for a while. “I would never have gone that far if someone hadn’t recognized that I had what it takes to serve, and point me in the right direction.”

Those little nudges along the way are all that’s needed to push someone in the right direction. Koep benefited from those “pushes” from her FFA adviser and from her brothers Don, Tony, Pat and Frank; pushes that made her “do more than you can think you can do.”

Its true value “is hard to measure, but the FFA experience has been invaluable in the confidence that it brings out in you,” she said.

Take that from a self-described “painfully shy girl.” ❖

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Koep remembers that year as state officer as a coming-together of six individuals with specific talents and strengths to form a strong team — a team that was actually 14 strong. The six constitutional officers featured here are supplemented by the eight regional vice presidents. “They (regional vice presidents) were a big

part of our team.”

Lessons and skills learned in FFA have helped Koep in her career, which lead her through several parttime jobs before landing her at the Traverse County Farm Service Agency. She worked there for six years before falling victim to government budget cuts.

She spent the next three years working in a law office, and then in 2000 was able to come back to agriculture, landing a job at the Grant County FSA office as a program technician. “I enjoy working with producers; it keeps me in touch with my agricultural roots.”

Koep fondly remembers encouragement she received from older and fellow FFA members throughout her journey, and that has come full circle for her to give back to those around her.

She has become involved with Beginning Experience, a ministry to help individuals who have suffered loss through death, divorce or separation.

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SECRETARY, from pg. 12 high school adviser, Blaine Larson, to take the next step in the leadership progression.

The 1987 high school graduate ran for state office at the end of her freshman year at Fergus Falls Community College, and obviously she made the slate of the six state officers. “I was never president of my chapter, but I was region vice president,” she said.

Although Koep was a shy girl in high school, she said she was a different person in FFA — outgoing and fun.

Koep remembers attending FFA leadership camp, and was in the same cabin with other FFA girls from around the state, “and one of the girls said I was ‘cool.’

“That was the last word you would have used to describe me in school …

FFA made me comfortable in my own skin. I was more successful away from school.”

Being raised on a dairy farm, Koep doesn’t remember family vacations — “we’d take an occasional long road trip” — so the “goodwill” tours as a state officer got Koep to see some parts of Minnesota that she had only heard of.

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25 Years: ‘We got to be a pretty tight group back then’ Dean VonBank, Treasurer Dean VonBank followed the leadership progression from 4-H to FFA. “I had been involved in 4-H, showing animals,” VonBank said.

“Both my parents had been in 4-H as youth, so it was natural for me to also be in FFA.” Dean VonBank In addition to the 4-H presence in the VonBank household, there was a strong FFA presence as Dean’s father, Dan, was the FFA adviser at the Clara City High School FFA chapter.

“It was my choice to belong to FFA, and it just seemed like a natural progression.”

VonBank’s sister, Susan, preceded him in the FFA ranks, being two years older.

Dan VonBank now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia; Dean’s mother, Ruth Gunderson, passed away this past December.

The younger VonBank remembers being in public speaking, the FFA creed contest and wildlife contests, but it was in the leadership roles where he flourished.

Leadership didn’t come easy, though. “I was a shy kid and forced myself to become an extrovert,” he said. “Life experiences through 4-H and FFA opened me up to a lot of opportunities.”

He served as the state 4-H president 1986-87, and then entered the University of Minnesota after

graduating from Clara City High School in 1987. “I had just got done with the state 4-H president term, and thought I’d take a year off before trying for state FFA office.”

Even with his shyness, leadership was in the genes as Dan VonBank was Minnesota FFA reporter in 1962, so it was natural for the younger VonBank to also take a seat with the top six FFA officers in the state.

Since he was one of the oldest members of the state officer team, and he was already in the Twin Cities, he became the de facto FFA representative “if an FFA presence was requested in the metro area.” He enjoyed the travel that was required with both the 4-H and the FFA state office positions. “4-H took me around the country, but FFA got me around the state” as the team visited high school chapter banquets and other activities.

Another difference between the two youth organizations, at least from the leadership aspect, was that “4-H was a lot of fun and (I) got to see different parts of the country, and FFA was much more structured, a lot more work.”

Through all the hard work, “we got to be a pretty tight group back then,” VonBank said of the 1988-89 state officer team.

Upon completion of his term as state FFA treasurer, VonBank continued his business major studies at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of

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FFA provided VonBank a lot of life experiences, but he never saw himself in the world of agriculture. “For as long as I can remember I knew I wanted to be in some sort of business.” After graduation from the U of M, he did interview with Cargill “to run a plant,” but he ended up working for AT&T in an entry-level sales position. He stayed with AT&T for three to four years, working his way up through a variety of sales positions. “Anyone getting into business should go into sales,” he said. “Dealing directly with customers will help you a lot.”

While he was in college he worked for Honeywell, and in 1995 he went back to work for the then Minneapolis-based Honeywell in its Microswitch division in Freeport, Ill., where he stayed for about four years.

He then learned the lesson “it’s who you know, not necessarily what you know” as he was recruited to join a small private company where he stayed for one-and-a-half years. He was recruited for that position by a former boss from Honeywell.

He then went to work for Navteq, a subsidiary of Nokia, in Chicago. Through a company name change, he is now working for HERE, a global leader in the mapping and location intelligence business.

According to the HERE website, the company’s maps can be found in four out of five in-car navigation systems in North America and Europe.

He went to Berlin, Germany, to be vice president of Global Solutions to build the Center of Excellence within HERE for developing market-specific solutions and driving scalable implementation of those solutions into the regional organizations.

He has since moved to his current position of vice president of Global Planning, Strategy and Operations where his job is to “plan and execute our sales strategies and ensure tight planning and interlock with the vertical business and marketing teams.”

Along with VonBank in Germany are his wife, Kate Wettergren, and children: Spencer, 9, and twin daughters, Tessa and Sydney, 8.

VonBank said he is currently under a three-year open-ended contract, and though the family is enjoying their time in Europe, he does see them returning to their Chicago home.

“It was a big cultural change for my wife and the kids,” he said from a hotel room in Paris, “but now they’re getting involved more and more.” The VonBank children attend an international school where 15 to 20 ethnic backgrounds are represented in their classrooms.

One thing the children are not exposed to Europe, or in Chicago for that matter, is the FFA. “In Chicago the kids have as many clubs or organizations to be involved in as possible,” he said. “I think it’s different for kids today. The opportunities are exponentially greater for kids nowadays.”

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25 Years: Rewarding to see payoff from hard work thought that maybe I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t do it right away because I might get into my studies and then never run for office.”

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“I had become pretty good at juggling my schedule and activities,” she said. “I think it was probably good that I stayed busy.” As the reporter on the team, she is jealous of the techno-

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out there for us.” Mr. Schloesser is Brad Schloesser, Heil’s FFA adviser at Madelia High School, and he knew what it took to become a state officer since he was state vice president on the 1980-81 officer team.

As mentioned, Heil’s brother Joe was in FFA, but he was more on the production side of FFA, as where his little sister went more the leadership route.

She did get involved in her chapter’s farm business management team that won the state FFA contest, before going on to win the national FFA contest. “We worked so hard before school, after school,” she said. “Seeing that hard work pay off was so rewarding.”

Rewarding is how she sums up a lot of what FFA can offer youth. “Job interview, for instance, is a great contest to be involved in. It teaches a lot of real life skills that you can use all of the time.”

The 1988 high school graduate ran for state office the spring of her senior year in high school, rather than getting a year of college under her belt. “I

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Lori (Michels) Heil, Reporter Once upon a time, a quiet, shy high school freshman girl joined an organization under the lure of her best friend.

Lori (Michels) Lori Heil stuck with Heil it, and flourished, even though that friend only stayed in FFA for another year.

Heil’s brother, Joe Michels, may have preceded her in to the Madelia High School FFA chapter, but it was her friend who convinced her to join the group.

“I was pretty quiet and shy in high school, but FFA really helped me gain experience in public speaking.”

Though she was first exposed to state officers at Greenhand Camp after her freshman year in high school, it took a while before she set her sights that high. “It took a little time for me to think that I could make it as a state officer,” she said. “Mr. Schloesser continually put it

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“Most of what I did back then was so time-consuming as reporter.”

She thought that the state officers came together to make a strong team out of six individual talents and skills.

“I think we meshed pretty well.”

“I loved being invited to speak at FFA banquets; it was always a special time,” she said. “All the people I met and all the young people who looked up to me.”

The Heil family was preparing for a move at the time of this interview, and she said she ran across a file of the various speeches she had given

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over the years. “I learned how to be a public speaker through FFA. “It’s hard to fathom that in four years that I grew that much; it’s pretty amazing the confidence that you get from FFA.” She approached the 1989 state FFA convention with mixed emotions, when they would give up their state offices to the new team. “It was a relief, yet sad that it (year as state officer) was done … I had done what I wanted to do with the state office, but then it was time to focus on the studies.”

She took what she learned from her FFA competition in farm business management contests into the classroom, graduating from the University of Min-

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nesota with a bachelor’s degree in ag business management in 1992. “I picked my career because of FFA and I picked the U of M because of FFA.” She apparently picked the U of M for more than a degree, since her future husband, Mark Heil, was taking the same classes as Lori.

FFA actually had a hand in bringing the two together. Mark was chapter president at the Plainview FFA chapter, “and he remembered being at Greenhand Camp with me, but I didn’t remember him.”

Obviously she eventually took note, as the couple was married in 1991.

After college graduation, Lori took a job with Green Giant as a field representative at the Montgomery, Minn., location. She worked there for three years before taking a position with AgriGrowth. Mark then took a job with Continental Grain and the family moved to Milwaukee, Wis. She worked as an executive secretary, and then the couple’s first child, Sam, came along. She headed back to work after maternity leave.

Mark was then transferred to Carmen, Manitoba, in 1998, and the family followed, but they were only granted one work visa. That was when Lori moved onto the most-rewarding career of stay-at-home mom. The couple has Sam, a high school sophomore, and Megan, an eighth grader. The Heils have also opened their home to Samuel,

a 15-year-old who lost both his parents.

The family moved back to the United States in 1999, landing in Bloomington, Ill., but have just moved to Normal, Ill. Mark is general manager for Prairie Central Cooperative.

As with any young FFAer, Lori couldn’t have become the person she did without the support of her parents — Aaron Michels and Joan Rockram — and siblings. In addition to Joe, there is a younger brother and sister, Steve and Chris.

“I don’t remember my parents having any concern the more I got involved in FFA,” she said. “They were always very supportive.”

She and Mark have offered the same support for their children, while Lori admits her children have grown up “more citified.”

Sam, Megan and Samuel may not have an opportunity to grow through FFA as Mark and Lori did, but Lori said they are finding their own strengths.

“We share our FFA stories,” she said.

“I found an FFA scrapbook and we were looking at it, and that helps them realize that if they can set goals and try they can be a success. … I’m not sure how the world sees a success, but if you try, that’s success.” ❖

25 Years: Thell remembered as ‘all-around nice guy’ Look at us now...

The 1988-89 state FFA officer team dedicated the following poem to the memory of Patrick, and it appeared in the Fall 1989 Minnesota FFA newsletter.

I can still remember The way things were back then.

I didn’t even know your name, Let alone call you friend.

Look at us now Standing here together.

My only wish that won’t come true, Is that it could last forever.

Now that we’ve become so close, It makes me want to cry, When I think of that dark day, When we must say goodbye.

It seems when we’re together Each moment a memory.

Love and laughter fill the air It’s plain for all to see.

Look at us now Standing here together, None of us strangers, Anymore.

In all the things you’ve done and said You showed that you care.

And now I can’t imagine life When you’re no longer there.

Look at us now … we miss you, Pat.

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Patrick Thell, Sentinel months of his son’s life were tough on Patrick and the entire Life has a way of being cruel.

Thell family. “It was tough to FFA state officers are supsee him go through it.” posed to be at the top of their Patrick Thell died Aug. 4, game, the strength of their 1989, just one month shy of his organization. Patrick Thell 20th birthday. was at the top of his game as the sentinel on the state FFA Patrick Thell After graduating from Willofficer team, elected at the mar High School, Patrick 1988 state convention in April. enrolled in the community college at Just eight months later he got news Willmar, with the plans of transferring that nobody, especially someone so to the University of Minnesota. young and vibrant, should have to That never happened. John Thell hear — he had leukemia. “It was Dec. remembers having to take back 7,” said John Thell, Patrick’s 84-year- Patrick’s books during his first quarter old father. “It’s one of those things that at Willmar Community College. “He you never forget.” planned on starting up again in the spring, but he was just too sick,” “That is not someJohn said. thing people our age should have had to Doug Hanson, one of deal with,” said Chris the Willmar High School (Henning) Schuvocational agriculture macher, who was presinstructors while ident on that state Patrick was in high office team. “It was school, remembers the such a hard thing to young Thell being a watch ... but he never hard worker, and deterwanted the focus to be mined to become a state on himself. He was very officer. much a giver.”

“I think coming in with This diagnosis was not going to hold the background of his brother (Robert) down the young Thell. John related having been a state officer, he just set that as a state officer, “he was always his goal early that that’s what he saying ‘Mr. Day said this’, ‘Mr. Day said wanted to achieve,” Hanson said. we needed to do that,’ whatever Mr. Robert Thell was president of the Day said, they did.” Mr. Day is Paul 1978-79 FFA officer team.

Day, former state FFA adviser who “Pat was not a loud, boisterous type oversaw the team. “Patrick never let of guy,” Hanson recalls. “He led by on how bad off he was. I don’t think his example.” fellow officers knew how sick he was.

Mention the name Patrick Thell, and … He wanted to carry his share of the the first word that comes to Schuload.” macher’s mind is “kind.”

“I remember his inner-strength, and “He was such a kind person, a dry that smile,” said Kris (Williams) Uter.

“For him to be able to come to state sense of humor,” she said. convention how ill he was; we didn’t Joan Koep remembers Patrick as know how ill he was until after the “one of those all-around nice guys, not fact. Just for him to be there was awe- an unkind word for anyone.” some.”

Patrick was the youngest of John and Lori (Michels) Heil remembers the Celeste’s children, which also included positive influence of Patrick. “I think John III, Susan, Robert and David. seeing him go through what he was Celeste passed away Memorial Day of going through, brought our team 2013. together,” she said. “To see him lose his John II remembers David, who is a hair, he stayed so positive, upbeat. He TCF certified public accountant, and was an inspiration to us all … I Patrick always talking about starting remember him being determined to do a business together once Patrick gradas much as possible.” uated from college. “When Patrick was The elder Thell remembers Patrick dying, David said, ‘there goes our busisaying “I’m probably the only bald ness’.” state FFA officer you’ll ever have” durJohn believes that Robert unintening his retirement address at the 1989 tionally set the goals for Patrick to folstate convention. low. “He wanted to do what Robert John Thell said the last couple of did,” he said. ❖

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Local Corn and Soybean Price Index

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Cash Grain Markets Sauk Rapids Madison Redwood Falls Fergus Falls Morris Tracy Average: Year Ago Average:

corn/change* soybeans/change* $4.34 $4.33 $4.51 $4.18 $4.20 $4.51

-.03 +.03 +.00 +.13 +.01 -.02

$14.06 $14.16 $14.46 $13.92 $14.16 $14.40

+.17 +.17 +.22 +.21 +.33 +.20

$4.35

$14.19

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Grain Outlook Livestock Angles Grain Angles Crop report mildly Meat markets Costs key to plan friendly to corn running out of gas development The following market analysis is for the week ending April 11.

CORN — The week was highlighted by the midweek release of the April crop report.

The report was mildly friendly to the corn market with 2013-14 ending stocks down 125 million bushels to 1.331 billion bushels. The pre-report estimate was looking for 1.403 billion bushels. This came about solely from an increase in exports from 1.625 billion to 1.750 billion bushels.

In most traders’ opinion, no further upward revisions to exports will be needed for the year.

PHYLLIS NYSTROM Argentina’s corn production was left CHS Hedging Inc. alone at 24.0 million metric tons, St. Paul but Brazil’s jumped from 70.0 mmt last month to 72.0 mmt this month.

The world carryout at 158 mmt was slightly higher than the 157.7 mmt estimate and slightly lower than last month’s 158.5 mmt figure.

Price action after the report was mixed as nearby corn rallied to $5.19 per bushel, the highest level for a lead contract since August 2013. The surge was short-lived and corn closed lower for the day. May corn closed the week 3 1/4 cents lower at $4.98 1/2 and the December contract fell 7 1/2 cents to $4.99 1/4 per bushel.

Weekly export sales were 26 million bushels. Using the updated U.S. Department of Agriculture export forecast for 1.75 billion bushels, we need 7 million bushels per week of sales to achieve the new target. Weekly inspections need to average 36 million bushels per week, which is an aggressive target. Total corn export commitments amount to 94 percent of the refreshed USDA export projection with 4 1/2 months left in the marketing year.

Historically, weekly corn sales average 6.1 million See NYSTROM, pg. 19

The start of April has seen some changes in the prices of both cattle and hogs. It appears that both markets are beginning to run out of gas on the upside.

The hog market has seen a sharp turnaround after setting all-time highs in the first few days of April.

There has been a major change in the basis as futures have moved from a large premium to a large discount in a short period of time. The rapid run up in the pork cutout caused many buyers to retreat from chasing the higher prices on the idea that consumers would begin to balk at the higher prices.

In fact the higher the pork JOE TEALE cutout advanced the slower the Broker pork movement became. As with Great Plains Commodity Afton, Minn. any commodity, it is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. In other words demand eventually trumps supply. Undoubtedly, the loss of inventory to the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus will still keep supplies less than a year ago and at some point this will bring prices to a halt in the current slide in prices.

However the demand for pork has probably been damaged to some degree because of the rapid price increase. It now appears that China is considering restricting the import of U.S. hogs because of the PEDv and this will also hurt demand especially if other countries follow the Chinese lead.

All of these factors should concern producers to continue to monitor the market situation and protect inventories as warranted.

The cattle market is continuing to find resistance at higher prices like the hogs. The beef cutout appears to have doubled, topped above the $140 per See TEALE, pg. 19

On March 31 the U.S. Department of Agriculture released their Prospective plantings report.

The report revealed even more than anticipated soybean acres will be planted (81.5 million soybean and 91.7 corn acres). Going back to the USDA’s long-term projections these numbers coincide with the general expectation of soybean acres increasing.

It seems like just a few short weeks ago, I was working with producers and their crop budgets to try to find a positive margin for the upcoming 2014 year. Producers were also concerned the grain they had in storage was at GLENN WACHTLER risk of the price falling further.

AgStar Assistant VP Knowing our costs is the key to Financial Services developing a plan of action. HavBaldwin, Wis. ing a plan can help reduce stress and allows time to focus on other crucial areas of the farm.

I talk extensively with my clients about taking advantage of pricing opportunities when the market increases. In simple terms, this strategy is called “rewarding the rally.”

Demand The renewed demand for our crops is definitely good news over the medium- to long-term for our prices. However, experience tells us, even when the fundamentals of the market are in our favor, there still may be extended periods that will move the market in the opposite direction.

In my opinion, we still need to have the mindset to “reward the rally,” especially with respect to new crop 2014 corn. I have worked with some producers who are starting to sell the 2015 corn crop in incremental amounts. The incremental sales approach during See WACHTLER, pg. 19

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.

April crop report neutral to slightly friendly to soybeans

has had to cut prices to move the boxed beef inventories. With the pork cut out falling and the price of chicken remaining fairly steady well below beef and pork per pound, the outlook for beef prices remaining high are diminishing.

Once again, demand is the key to the cattle as with all commodities, despite the fact that live inventories are less than in previous years. Therefore, producers should remain cognizant of market conditions and protect inventories as needed. ❖

Demand key to cattle hundredweight level basis choice and dropped quickly from this area. The boxed beef movement has continued to decline each time the cutout moves higher suggesting strong retailer resistance to the higher prices. The packer has been forced to pay higher live prices to capture live inventory which has for the most part kept his margins in the red.

With demand slowing and inventories building in the cooler, the packer

and Brazilian soybeans, the largest defaults since 2004. Reportedly, three companies in eastern China defaulted due to their inability to open letters of credit. Crush margins in China are running a negative $80 to $100 per ton.

The first cargo of Brazilian soybeans hit the U.S. Gulf this past week.

Total bean imports through February are approximately 20 million bushels.

The new import projection of 65 million bushels would be an all-time record, surpassing last year’s record 36 million bushels. Brazilian bean basis levels were retreating to multiyear lows as the week concluded.

OUTLOOK: The reports of increasing defaults and cancellations of South American soybeans by China and of a meeting in China to discuss possible bean defaults with Brazil lent pressure to prices in post-report trading.

Funds are long and so far have been willing to support that position. If money flow reverses, it will change the complexion of the market and could feed on itself. There is, however, a history for July beans to expire at higher levels than seen in mid-April when April balance sheets are tight.

November beans have had a summer rally of at least $1.75 per bushel in each of the last seven years.

Attention will focus on planting weather forecasts in coming weeks, but keep an ear to what is occurring with Chinese defaults. May soybeans’ shortterm range is seen from $14.50/$14.25 to $15.25/$15.35 per bushel.

This material has been prepared by a sales or trading employee or agent of CHS Hedging Inc. and should be considered a solicitation. ❖

WACHTLER, from pg. 18 these market rallies is one of the basics of grain marketing and an acceptable strategy for the market we are currently experiencing.

Weather Weather markets can be more volatile and the opportunities presented can be gained or lost quickly. Changes in the weather and markets beget us to think through well-defined tactical plans for the short run. The recent weather concerns may be the best opportunity that producers with stored grain will realize.

Most farmers need to move this corn in the next few months and there may not be enough time to wait for opportunities that are “down the road.” A shorter time

frame means producers may need to be responsive with a larger portion of grain sales from their bins.

Just like the weather, the market can change its mind quickly and being prepared for that change is the best tactic.

Wachtler is also a member of the AgStar Grain Industry Team. For more insights on issue impacting the grain markets, and insights on the industry, log on to AgStarEdge.com. AgStar Financial Services is a cooperative owned by client stockholders. As part of the Farm Credit System, AgStar has served 69 counties in Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin with a wide range of financial products and services for more than 95 years. ❖

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ending stocks. The new stocks-to-use ratio at 4.0 percent matches the lowest ratio ever reported on any USDA monthly crop report. The USDA has used nearly all their avenues to make the balance “work.”

Prices jumped higher in post-report trading with May soybeans hitting $15.12 per bushel. In the sessions following the report, increased talk of China defaulting on bean contracts sent prices lower. For the week, May soybeans dropped 10 3/4 cents to $14.63 and November soybeans rallied 6 1/4 cents to $12.14 3/4 per bushel.

The balance sheet situation has not improved, stay tuned.

Brazil and Argentine bean production were neutral at 87.5 mmt and 54.0 mmt respectively. China’s imports were left unchanged at 69 mmt in spite of reported diversions, delays and cancellations from South America.

World ending stocks were 69.4 mmt compared to estimates for 70.1 mmt and 7.6 mmt on last month’s report.

Weekly soybean export sales were 2.9 million bushels. We usually average a minimum of 2 million bushels of sales per week from here to the end of the marketing year. Until we see weekly sales show negative numbers, the new 1.58 billion bushel export projection may be too low. The report shows that China has just 263,000 mt (approximately 9.7 million bushels) of old crop U.S. beans left to ship. Meal sales continue strong at 179,600 mt for old crop and 80,100 mt for new crop.

News reports this week included a story that Chinese importers have defaulted on at least 500,000 mt of U.S.

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$5 per bushel. However, when you go back to 2004-07, the seasonal is lower throughout the summer.

Which type of year will we see this year? Keep in mind that many believe the acreage total for the 20 principal crops on the Prospective Plantings report may be underestimated by 2 million to 4 million acres. The May USDA report on May 9 will give us our first official glimpse at the 2014-15 balance sheets. A short-term range for December corn is $4.75 to $5.17 per bushel.

Markets will be closed April 18 in observance of Good Friday.

SOYBEANS — The April crop report was neutral to slightly friendly for the soybean market with ending stocks cut 10 million bushels from 145 million to 135 million bushels. This was 4 million lower than the forecast for 139 million bushels.

A variety of changes were made to the soybean balance sheet to keep our heads above water. Imports were increased 30 million to a record 65 million, crush was cut 5 million, exports rose 50 million to 1.580 billion bushels, seed was 8 million higher on increased acreage and residual use was reduced from 12 million to zero.

But is the export number high enough? We currently have 1.638 billion bushels of total export commitments (after this week’s sales report).

If 40 million bushels of export sales are carried over into next year, which is typical, we are still above the new, updated 1.58 billion forecast.

Since 1990-91, the lowest bean sales have averaged per week from here through the end of the marketing year is 1.7 million bushels per week. Making that assumption, exports for the year could range from 1.615 billion to 1.63 billion bushels. This could make another 5 million bushel dent in our

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NYSTROM, from pg. 18 bushels per week until the end of the August. Conab raised their Brazilian corn production number slightly to 75.46 mmt (USDA is 72.0 mmt). This increases the possibility of more competition for late-summer corn export business.

Industry sources also reported this week that China has rejected 1.45 mmt of U.S. corn shipments since November due to non-approved genetically modified organism corn. Ethanol production was down 26,000 barrels per day this week to 896,000 barrels per day. Stocks were up 500,000 barrels to 16.4 million barrels. This is the third week in a row of increased inventory.

A technical glitch at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange early in the week reminded us all how dependent we are on the electronic trading system. The corn and wheat electronic markets were closed about 20 minutes early due to the problem; however, the soy complex was not affected. The corn and wheat open outcry pits remained open to handle trades.

OUTLOOK:The world has plenty of corn and South American basis levels are declining, making U.S. corn less competitive.

The May-July spread widened to a sixcent carry during the week as the Goldman roll took place.The inability of the spread to narrow also suggests the market doesn’t need the corn in the delivery system.

Now that the USDA report is history, old crop corn may be expected to return to a $5.19 to $4.75 cent range. For new crop, the coming week should bring the first corn crop planting progress report from the USDA. The average corn planting pace for mid-April is 5 percent.

Weather will take center stage as the driver of new crop price direction. It should be noted, in three of the last four years, summer rallies in December corn have ranged from $1.75 to $3 per bushel; but when we finally reach new crop most expect December corn to be trading sub-

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’14 farm custom rates 4 to 7 percent above last year’s Due to the high cost of investment in farm machinery, an ever-increasing number of farmers are hiring other farmers to provide some or all of their machinery resources for their farm operation.

This is especially true with new and younger farmers, and with children who decide to FARM PROGRAMS start farming with their parBy Kent Thiesse ents. Also, some land investors are choosing to operate the farm themselves rather than cash renting the land another farmer. In that case, the landowner is generally hiring a farmer to provide necessary tillage, planting and harvesting crop operations under a custom farming agreement.

Some farmers also hire specific farm operations through a custom arrangement with another farmer, such as combining or hay baling. Many farmers negotiate these types of custom rate and custom farming arrangements in the spring of the year.

Custom rates increasing As has been the trend in recent years, average 2014 custom rates for farm work are likely to show a small increase, compared to 2013 custom rates. Most custom rates for farm work in 2014 are listed at 4 to 7 percent above the rates for similar operations in 2013, with an average increase of about 5 percent.

Fuel costs have remained fairly stable; however, increasing cost for new and used machinery, along with rising repair and labor expenses, are also factors in the higher custom rates.

These results are based on the annual “Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey” that is coordinated and analyzed by Iowa State University. The survey sampled 195 custom operators, farm managers and ag lenders on what they expected 2014 custom farm rates to be for various farm operations.

The survey summary lists the average custom rate and the range for various tillage, planting, fertilizer and chemical application, grain harvesting, and forage harvesting functions on the farm. The survey also includes many miscellaneous farming practices, lists average machine rental rates for some equipment, and includes a formula for estimating average machinery rental rates. The survey also lists average custom farming rates for corn, soybeans and wheat. Over the years, the average custom rates for farm operations in southern and western Minnesota has been close to the average Iowa custom rates.

2014 custom rates Average 2014 farm custom rates for some typical tillage, planting and harvesting practices, as well as custom farming rates, are listed in the adjoining table. The complete 2014 “Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey” for all farming practices is available online at www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/crops/pdf/a3-10.pdf.

All listed custom rates in the Iowa survey results include fuel, labor, repairs, depreciation, insurance and interest, unless listed as rental rates or otherwise specified. The average price for diesel fuel was assumed to be $3.25 per gallon. A fuel price increase of $0.50 per gallon would cause most custom rates to

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increase by approximately 5 percent.

These average rates are only meant to be a guide for custom rates, as actual custom rates charged may vary depending on continued increase in fuel costs, availability of custom operators, timeliness, field size, etc.

Custom farming agreements An alternative to leasing farmland is a “Custom Farming Agreement.” In a typical Custom Farming Agreement, the custom operator agrees to perform all the machine operations on the owner’s land in exchange for a set fee or rate.

Note:Turn to Page 23 for the average custom farming rates for 2014 listed in the 2014 Custom Rate Survey Table.)

The landowner pays for all seed, fertilizer, chemicals, crop insurance and other input costs; receives all the grain produced, as well as all eligible farm program payments on the land; and is responsible to store and market the grain.

One obvious advantage to the custom operator is that a Custom Farming Agreement provides some extra farm income, with little or no additional operating capital or farm machinery investment. Fuel, lubrication and repairs are usually the only added costs. In addition, custom farming offers a fixed return per acre to the custom operator, and although there is some possibility of higher repair bills, this is minor compared with the price and yield risks typically faced by a farmer in a normal cash rental contract.

Of course, in a good year, profits from a Custom Farming Agreement will be lower than under most cash rental leases; however, in this era of much higher land rental rates there is much more risk to the farmer with a cash lease, as compared to a custom agreement with a landowner.

Landowners also find several advantages to a Custom Farming Agreement. Landowners with small acreages can make most of the crop production and grain marketing decisions without the investment into a full-line of farm machinery. The landowner does not have to negotiate land rental rates, or worry about collecting lease payments, since the owner receives all of the crop proceeds. The landowner does have to pay the farmer an agreed upon per acre fee for the custom farming services by specified dates.

The landowner is considered to be the material participant for income tax purposes, and the landowner is typically entitled to all government farm program payments, crop insurance indemnity payments, etc.

Key issues with custom farming agreements Although the concept of a Custom Farming Agreement is simple, close communication between the custom operator and the landowner is essential. A written contract for the Custom Farming Agreement should definitely be prepared that specifies the amount of payment by the landowner to the custom operator, and all other pertinent details.

Following are some points to consider for Custom Farming Agreement.

• The Custom Farming Agreement should specify the payment amount per acre that the landowner See PROGRAMS, pg. 23

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($45.20/acre with grain cart and truck) • Small grain combine: $29.75/acre • Corn grain cart (in field): $6.95/acre • Soybean grain cart (in field): $5.75/acre • Hauling grain (5 miles or less): $0.11 per bushel • Hauling grain (5 to 25 miles): $0.175/bu.

• Grain auger use (on farm): $0.07/bu.

Harvesting forages • Windrowing hay: $12.90/acre • Hay baling (small square bales): $0.65 per bale • Hay baling (large square bales): $10.50/bale • Hay baling (large round bales): $11.05/bale ($12.60/bale with wrap) • Corn stalk baling (large bales): $12.25/bale ($13.45/bale with wrap) • Silage chopping: $69.65 per hour per header row

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the seed corn hybrid or soybean will pay the custom operavariety to plant, fertor, and should list the paytilizer rates, chemical applications, levment dates. els of crop insurance coverage or grain • There needs to be an accurate count marketing decisions. However, the final decisions on these items lie with the on the number of acres that will be under the Custom Farming Agreement landowner, and the custom operator for payment purposes, and so that the needs to be careful not to take responsibility for the final authority on those farmer can accurately plan tillage, decisions. planting and harvesting schedules.

• Typically, the harvested grain of the • The normal field practices to be landowner is delivered by the custom included under the Custom Farming operator to a farm storage facility Agreement should be listed (tillage, owned or rented by the landowner, or planting, weed control, harvesting, etc.). Typically, these agreed upon prac- to an agreed upon area grain elevator, as part of the Custom Farming Agreetices are part of the per acre custom ment. farming payment for the year that is negotiated between the custom operaAny grain deliveries beyond the local tor and the landowner. area usually result in the landowner • Additional tillage trips or replant- paying an extra custom rate charge for ing due to weather conditions, or added grain hauling. Also, if the landowner spraying applications of pesticides to uses the custom operator’s grain drying control weeds, insects or diseases, and handling facilities, there is typiwhich are provided by the custom oper- cally an added charge for these servator, are usually charged to the ices. landowner at a custom rate per acre For more details on Custom Farming that is over and above the base custom Agreements and other farm machinery farming rate. information, refer to the Iowa State Uni• Timing of planting and harvesting versity “Ag Decision Maker” website at operations should be discussed and www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm. negotiated between the custom operator and the landowner prior to the Kent Thiesse is a government farm growing season. This can become a ten- programs analyst and a vice president uous issue, especially in years with at MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, challenging weather conditions.

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Following are the average custom rates for some common farming practices for 2014, based on the “Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey.”

Custom farming rates (Includes tillage, planting and harvesting costs) • Corn: $136.10 per acre (Range: $95$175) • Soybeans: $121/acre (Range: $80-$165) • Small grain: $91.25/acre (Range: $80$100) Tillage • Moldboard plow: $17.15/acre • Chisel plow: $16.15/acre • V-ripper (deep tillage): $20.40/acre • Field cultivator: $13.80/acre • Tandem disk: $14.20/acre • Row cultivator: $14.20/acre • Chopping cornstalks: $11.55/acre Planting and spraying • Planter with attachments: $19.25/acre • Planter without attachments: $17.85/acre • No-till planter: $19.35/acre • Soybean drill: $16.40/acre • Grain drill: $15.30/acre • Crop spraying (broadcast): $7.55/acre Harvesting grain • Corn combine: $34.15/acre ($40.05 with chopper head) ($47.65/acre with grain cart and truck) • Soybean combine: $34.15/acre

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Final authority on decisions Selected 2014 farm custom rates remains with the landowner

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KIMBALL, MN 320-398-3800 ST. MARTIN, MN 320-548-3285 TRACTORS 4WD

TRACTORS AWD/MFD Continued

TRACTORS AWD/MFD Continued Agco RT120A, '07, 2400 hrs ..........................................$66,900 JD 8760, '90, 6545 hrs....................................................$49,500 JD 8310R, '12, 475 hrs ................................................$249,900 JD 8260R, '13, 255 hrs ................................................$189,900 JD 2520, '08, 450 hrs......................................................$17,800 Massey 5460, '04, 2765 hrs ............................................$34,900 NH T9020, '10, 560 hrs ................................................$171,000 NH T8040, '10, 1110 hrs ..............................................$169,500 NH T8010, '08, 2010 hrs ..............................................$119,500 NH 8.360, '11, 2050 hrs ................................................$180,000 NH T5.115, '13, 20 hrs ....................................................$64,900 NH TS6.140, '13, 105 hrs................................................$72,500

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TRACTORS 2WD

CIH 600 Quad, ‘11, 820 hrs. ......$353,000

CIH 340 Magnum, ‘11, 1920 hrs. $197,500

CIH 600 Quad, '14, 105 hrs ..........................................$401,915 CIH 600 Quad, '14, 115 hrs ..........................................$401,915 CIH 600 Quad, '14, 240 hrs ..........................................$400,835 CIH 600 Quad, '13, 240 hrs ..........................................$387,750 CIH 600 Quad, '13, 380 hrs ..........................................$375,000 CIH 600 Quad, '12, 1135 hrs ........................................$335,000 CIH 600 Quad, '12, 1350 hrs ........................................$332,000 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 630 hrs ..........................................$353,000 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 820 hrs ..........................................$353,000 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 925 hrs ..........................................$299,500 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 930 hrs ..........................................$339,000 CIH 600 Quad, '11, 1270 hrs ........................................$338,500 CIH 550 Quad, '14, 245 hrs ..........................................$367,900 CIH 550 Quad, '14, 250 hrs ..........................................$365,670 CIH 550 Quad, '14, 300 hrs ..........................................$365,125 CIH 550 Quad, '14, 340 hrs ..........................................$365,125 CIH 550 Quad, '13, 240 hrs ..........................................$318,175 CIH 550 Quad, '11, 625 hrs ..........................................$334,900 CIH 550 Quad, '13, 290 hrs ..........................................$355,530 CIH 550 Quad, '11, 1000 hrs ........................................$315,000 CIH 535 Quad, '09, 2215 hrs ........................................$271,500 CIH 535 Quad, '08, 1785 hrs ........................................$265,000 CIH 535 Quad, '07, 1795 hrs ........................................$271,500 CIH 500 Quad, '13, 130 hrs ..........................................$344,080 CIH 500 Quad, '13, 175 hrs ..........................................$342,000 CIH 500 Steiger, '13, 210 hrs ........................................$306,575 CIH 500 Quad, '11, 1070 hrs ........................................$300,000 CIH STX500Q, '05, 3670 hrs ........................................$199,500 CIH 485 Quad, '10, 1155 hrs ........................................$275,000 CIH 485 Quad, '10, 1415 hrs ........................................$225,000 CIH 485 Quad, '10, 910 hrs ..........................................$269,500 CIH 485 Quad, '10, 2100 hrs ........................................$256,500 CIH 485 Steiger, '10, 1600 hrs ......................................$226,500 CIH 485 Quad, '08, 1950 hrs ........................................$270,000 CIH STX480, '06, 3085 hrs............................................$182,500 CIH 450 RowTrac, '13, 360 hrs ....................................$365,000 CIH 450 Steiger, '13, 95 hrs ..........................................$260,650 CIH STX450Q, '02, 4935 hrs ........................................$164,500 CIH STX440Q, '01, 4150 hrs ........................................$144,500 CIH 435 Steiger, '10, 895 hrs ........................................$235,000 CIH 435 Steiger, '09, 1780 hrs ......................................$199,500 CIH 380 Steiger, '07, 2280 hrs ......................................$180,000 CIH 350HD Steiger, '12, 1090 hrs ................................$210,000 CIH 335 Steiger, '09, 2695 hrs ......................................$166,500 CIH 9390, '97, 8000 hrs ..................................................$74,500 CIH 9370, '00, 6705 hrs ..................................................$82,000 CIH 9350, '96, 5400 hrs ..................................................$63,900 CIH 9330, '96, 6970 hrs ..................................................$66,000 CIH 9270, '92, 6415 hrs ..................................................$64,000 CIH 9270, '91, 7130 hrs ..................................................$55,000 IH 4586, '97, 2060 hrs ......................................................$6,500 Cat 75, '92, 7290 hrs ......................................................$49,000 Challenger MT855B, '07, 4420 hrs ................................$210,000 Ford 946, '89m 7595 hrs ................................................$29,900 JD 9930, '09, 1740 hrs..................................................$230,000 JD 96560, '12, 320 hrs..................................................$320,000 JD 9620T, '06, 3485 hrs ................................................$169,500 JD 9620, 04, 3680 hrs ..................................................$165,900 JD 9620, '04, 3835 hrs..................................................$167,900 JD 9530, '10, 810 hrs....................................................$249,500 JD 9460RT, '12, 1010 hrs..............................................$292,000 JD 9400T, '01, 4560 hrs ................................................$119,500 JD 9400, '97, 7125 hrs....................................................$79,500 JD 8450, '84, 6460 hrs....................................................$29,500 NH 9682, '98, 6545 hrs ..................................................$74,500 NH 9682, '96, 4965 hrs ..................................................$69,900 NH 9680, '95, 5970 hrs ..................................................$53,500 NH T9.505, '11, 215 hrs ................................................$205,500 NH 9020, '10, 580 hrs ..................................................$159,500

CIH 340 Mag, '11, 1665 hrs ..........................................$198,500 CIH 340 Mag, '11, 1780 hrs ..........................................$199,000 CIH 340 Mag, '11, 1920 hrs ..........................................$197,500 CIH 340 Mag, '11, 2125 hrs ..........................................$196,500 CIH 335 Mag, '11, 835 hrs ............................................$209,900 CIH 335 Mag, '11, 900 hrs ............................................$192,500 CIH 335 Mag, '08, 3600 hrs ..........................................$144,900 CIH 335 Mag, '08, 2645 hrs ..........................................$144,900 CIH 315 Mag, '13, 185 hrs ............................................$226,300 CIH 315 Mag, '13, 200 hrs ............................................$234,500 CIH 315 Mag, '13, 460 hrs ............................................$225,000 CIH 315 Mag, '13, 815 hrs ............................................$210,000 CIH 315 Mag, '13, 935 hrs ............................................$210,000 CIH 315 Mag, '12, 1560 hrs ..........................................$190,000 CIH 315 Mag, '11, 1430 hrs ..........................................$172,500 CIH 305 Mag, '10, 3655 hrs ..........................................$145,500 CIH 305 Mag, '10, 3695 hrs ..........................................$145,500 CIH 305 Mag, '09, 1795 hrs ..........................................$172,500 CIH 305 Mag, '07, 2250 hrs ..........................................$159,500 CIH 290 Mag, '13, 235 hrs ............................................$197,000 CIH 290 Mag, '11, 1730 hrs ..........................................$169,500 CIH MX285, '04, 4955 hrs ............................................$106,000 CIH MX285, '04, 7300 hrs ..............................................$87,500 CIH MX270, '99, 4625 hrs ..............................................$74,900 CIH MX270, '99, 5920 hrs ..............................................$75,900 CIH MX255, '05, 3400 hrs ............................................$106,000 CIH 245 Mag, '07, 3510 hrs ..........................................$119,500 CIH MX240, '01, 7290 hrs ..............................................$68,500 CIH MX240, '00, 9140 hrs ..............................................$67,500 CIH 235 Mag, '11, 560 hrs ............................................$155,000 CIH 235 Mag, '11, 680 hrs ............................................$174,500 CIH 225 Mag, '13, 145 hrs ............................................$171,825 CIH MX220, '00, 2995 hrs ..............................................$69,900 CIH MX200, '01, 4420 hrs ..............................................$77,500 CIH MX200, '01, 6000 hrs ..............................................$75,000 CIH MX200, '99, 8900 hrs ..............................................$69,500 CIH 190 Mag, '09, 3660 hrs ..........................................$109,500

TRACTORS AWD/MFD CIH 340 Mag, '13, 560 hrs ............................................$234,000 CIH 340 Mag, '13, 865 hrs ............................................$235,000 CIH 340 Mag, '13, 935 hrs ............................................$225,000 CIH 340 Mag, '13, 950 hrs ............................................$225,000

CIH SPX3200B, ‘01, 3825 hrs. ....$79,000 CIH 4430, '14, 120 hrs ..................................................$310,000 CIH SPX3200B, '01, 3825 hrs ........................................$79,000 CIH 3200B, '01, 2270 hrs ................................................$97,500 Ag Chem 1074SS, '07, 2200 hrs ..................................$136,000 Ag Chem 854 Rogator, '99, 4300 hrs ..............................$69,900 Hagie STS12, '12, 550 hrs ............................................$259,000 Miller 4365, '10, 820 hrs ..............................................$259,000 Miller 4365, '09, 2050 hrs ............................................$199,500 Miller 2200T, '05, 2050 hrs ............................................$99,900 Rogator 884, '09, 2415 hrs ..........................................$149,500 Rogator 854, '96, 7690 hrs ............................................$39,900 Spray Coupe 220 ............................................................$10,500 Tyler Patriot XL, '96, 3025 hrs ........................................$36,500

SPRAYERS PULL-TYPE CIH 105C, ‘13, 115 hrs. ............$40,000 CIH 75A, '13, 15 hrs ........................................................$20,250 CIH CX90, '00, 10,700 hrs ..............................................$15,000 CIH 5140, '91, 5840 hrs ..................................................$25,000 CIH 5130, '91, 14,065 hrs ..............................................$17,000 CIH 5130, '90, 6015 hrs ..................................................$19,900 CIH 5130, '90, 9140 hrs ..................................................$22,500 Case 4230, '95, 2630 hrs ................................................$24,900 Case 1570, '77, 590 hrs ....................................................$7,900 IH 5088, '82, 4765 hrs ....................................................$25,000 IH 3488, 11,000 hrs ........................................................$29,500 IH 966, '75, 7530 hrs ......................................................$12,500 IH 806, '66, 8200 hrs ........................................................$4,900 IH 584, 1630 hrs................................................................$6,500 IH 574................................................................................$6,500 IH A, '41 ............................................................................$4,250 IH M, '40............................................................................$1,800 AC 6080, '84, 6300 hrs....................................................$16,500 JD 7600, '94, 8000 hrs....................................................$46,900 JD 2630B, '75, 5840 hrs....................................................$8,900 JD 2155, '88, 4795 hrs....................................................$14,900 Kubota MX5000SU, '06, 155 hrs ....................................$13,900 Massey 65, '58 ..................................................................$3,850

COMPACT TRACTORS/RTV’s

CIH 180 Magnum, ‘13, 1930 hrs. $117,500 CIH 180 Mag, '13, 1930 hrs ..........................................$117,500 CIH 180 Mag, '12, 125 hrs ............................................$153,875 CIH MX170, '98, 10,295 hrs............................................$44,500 CIH 200 Puma, '11, 435 hrs ..........................................$141,500 CIH 140 Maxxum MC, '12, 550 hrs ................................$82,500 CIH 125 Maxxum, '13, 282 hrs........................................$79,000 CIH 125 Maxxum, '11, 1160 hrs......................................$89,000 CIH 125 Value, '07, 5000 hrs ..........................................$49,900 CIH 115 Maxxum MC, '13, 85 hrs ..................................$75,500 CHI MX100, '00, 7600 hrs ..............................................$29,900 CIH 8920, '98, 6250 hrs ..................................................$68,500 CIH 7220, '96, 2895 hrs ..................................................$72,900 CIH 7220, '94, 6145 hrs ..................................................$69,500 CIH 7120, '92, 5740 hrs ..................................................$57,500 CIH 7120, '91, 6580 hrs ..................................................$52,750 CIH 3220, '96, 6425 hrs ..................................................$12,900

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Bobcat CT440, '13, 100 hrs ............................................$23,500 Cub Cadet 6284, '07, 245 hrs............................................$8,875 Cub Cadet 5252, '07, 410 hrs............................................$5,000 JD 4610, '04, 4720 hrs....................................................$14,900 JD 4320, '04, 1100 hrs....................................................$22,900 JD 4310, '04, 1345 hrs....................................................$15,900 JD 3203, 795 hrs ..............................................................$9,850 JD 2305, 495 hrs ..............................................................$8,975 JD 855, '95, 1275 hrs......................................................$14,900 Kubota B750HSD, '02, 1310 hrs........................................$8,900 Kubota B7300HSD, 1265 hrs ............................................$6,500 Kubota B3200HSD, '13, 60 hrs........................................$16,900 Kubota B3000HSDC, '11, 25 hrs ....................................$32,500 Kubota B2710, '04, 755 hrs ............................................$13,950 Kubota B2620, '12, 45 hrs ..............................................$17,500 Kubota B1700HST, '98, 1170 hrs ......................................$9,900 Kubota BX23, '03, 525 hrs ..............................................$13,800 Kubota BX2230, '04, 1985 hrs ..........................................$7,750 Kubota BX1800, '00, 1510 hrs ..........................................$6,600 Kubota L3130HST, '04, 3485 hrs ....................................$10,800 Kubota L245DT, '80, 555 hrs ............................................$6,900 NH TC29D, '10, 650 hrs ..................................................$13,500 NH TC25D, '00, 500 hrs ....................................................$9,900 Artic Cat 700EFI, '11, 1120 hrs........................................$16,500 Cub Cadet 4x4 Trail, '06, 610 hrs ......................................$6,900 JD 620I, '10, 395 hrs ........................................................$8,500 Kawasaki 650, '06, 600 hrs ..............................................$4,500 Kubota RTV1100CWXH, '12, 105 hrs ..............................$17,900 Kubota RTV1100CW, '09, 340 hrs ..................................$17,800 Kubota RTV1100, '08, 1590 hrs ......................................$11,250 Kubota RTV1100, '07, 850 hrs ........................................$14,250 Kubota RTV900, '05, 500 hrs ..........................................$10,900 Kubota RTV900W, '04, 840 hrs ........................................$8,200 Polaris 500HO, '00, 2340 hrs ............................................$4,995

Ag Chem 750, 60'............................................................$10,900 Demco 1200 Nav ............................................................$14,900 Demco 500, 45' ................................................................$3,950 Fast 9500, 1850 Gal ........................................................$34,900 (2) Hardi Commander, 1200 Gal ....................starting at $29,500 Hardi 1100 NAV ..............................................................$19,900 Hardi NP1100, 90' ..........................................................$23,500 Hardi TR500 ......................................................................$2,950 (2) Redball 690, 2000 Gal ..............................starting at $24,900 (2) Redball 680, 1600 Gal ..............................starting at $15,500 Redball 680, 1600 Gal ....................................................$17,900 Redball 680, 1350 Gal ....................................................$16,500 Redball 670, 90' ............................................................$20,000 Redball 665......................................................................$14,300 Spray Air 3600, 120'........................................................$29,700 Summer Ultimate, 90'......................................................$18,500 Top Air 1600, 132' ..........................................................$44,900 (4) Top Air 1600, 120' ....................................starting at $32,500 (3) Top Air 1200 Gal ......................................starting at $20,900 Top Air 600, 3 pt..............................................................$26,500 Top Air ATV150 ..................................................................$6,900 Wilrich 500 Gal ..................................................................$7,500

FORAGE EQUIPMENT Bob Joubert East - (507) 402-3147 Randy Olmscheid, West - (320) 583-6014

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FORAGE EQUIPMENT Contin

Claas 960, '09, 1650 hrs..........................................

Claas 940, '12, 1655 hrs..........................................

Claas 900, '09, 1880 hrs..........................................

Claas 900, '08, 1975 hrs..........................................

Claas 900, '05, 3000 hrs..........................................

Claas 900, '05, 3205 hrs..........................................

Claas 900, '01, 3975 hrs..........................................

Claas 900, '01, 4200 hrs..........................................

Claas 900, '01, 4320 hrs..........................................

Claas 880, '97, 4525 hrs..........................................

Claas 870, '03, 2865 hrs..........................................

Claas 870, '03, 2900 hrs..........................................

Claas 860, '00, 5100 hrs..........................................

Claas 860, '99, 4300 hrs..........................................

Claas 850, '02, 2375 hrs..........................................

JD 7850, '09, 1300 hrs............................................

JD 7800, '05, 3870 hrs............................................

JD 7500, '04, 2840 hrs............................................

JD 6810, '93 ............................................................

NH 900 ....................................................................

NH FX58, '01, 3665 hrs ..........................................

NH FX38, '01 ..........................................................

(2) CIH FHX300 PT Forg Harv ........................startin Gehl CB1265 PT Forg Harv......................................

Gehl CB1075 PT Forg Harv......................................

(2) NH FP240 PT Forg Harv............................startin NH FP230 PT Forg Harv ..........................................

CIH HDX20P Hayhead..............................................

CIH HDX10P Hayhead..............................................

Claas PU430 Hayhead..............................................

(8) Claas PU380HD Hayhead ..........................startin (17) Claas PU380 Hayhead ............................startin (3) Claas PU300 Hayhead ................................start Gehl HA1210 Hayhead ............................................

JD 645C Hayhead ....................................................

(2) JD 640B Hayhead ....................................startin JD 630A, 10' Hayhead ............................................

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

NH 365W Hayhead ..................................................

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

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

(2) CIH HDX3R Cornhead ................................start (5) Claas Orbis 900 Cornhead ......................starting (7) Claas Orbis 750 Cornhead ........................startin (5) Claas Orbis 600 Cornhead ........................startin (13) Claas RU600, 8R30 Cornhead ................startin Claas RU450XTRA Cornhead ..................................

(7) Claas RU450 Cornhead ............................startin Claas 4 Row Cornhead ............................................

Gehl TR330 Cornhead..............................................

(2) JD 686, 6R30 Cornhead............................startin (2) JD 678, 8R30 Cornhead ....................................

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

JD 4R30 Cornhead ..................................................

JD 3R30 Cornhead ..................................................

Kemper 6008 Cornhead ..........................................

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

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

NH 360N6 Cornhead................................................

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

SKIDLOADERS/EXCAVATORS

Case 445CT, ‘06, 1570 hrs. ........

Claas 980, ‘08, 1580 hrs. ........$275,000 Claas 980, '13................................................................$365,000 Claas 980, '10, 1685 hrs................................................$285,000 Claas 980, '09, 1860 hrs................................................$275,000 Claas 980, '08, 2730 hrs................................................$220,000 Claas 980, '08, 1145 hrs................................................$289,000 Claas 970, '08, 1875 hrs................................................$239,000 Claas 960, '10, 1685 hrs................................................$285,000 Claas 960, '10, 1950 hrs................................................$275,000

Case SR220, '12, 510 hrs........................................

Case SR200, '11, 500 hrs........................................

Case SR200, '11, 805 hrs........................................

Case SR200, '11, 855 hrs........................................

Case SR200, '11, 1300 hrs......................................

Case SV300, '12, 1625 hrs ......................................

Case SV300, '11, 2055 hrs ......................................

Case SV250, '12, 1425 hrs ......................................

(2) Case SV250, '11, 1100 hrs ......................startin Case SV250, '11, 2350 hrs ......................................

Case TR270, '13, 1000 hrs ......................................

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ALDEN, MN 507-874-3400 SKIDLOADERS/EXC./TLB Continued

PLANTING & SEEDING Continued

SPRING TILLAGE Mustang 2109, ‘07, 1600 hrs.......$42,900 Case TV380, '12, 650 hrs ................................................$45,500 Case 1845C, '95, 4775 hrs ..............................................$11,000 Case 1840, '01, 1875 hrs ................................................$14,500 Case 1840, '95, 4955 hrs ..................................................$9,500 Case 445CT, '06, 1570 hrs ..............................................$35,500 Case 430, '07, 1245 hrs ..................................................$25,900 Case 430, '07, 5650 hrs ..................................................$16,400 Case 430, '06, 2205 hrs ..................................................$17,900 Case 420CT, '08, 2390 hrs ..............................................$30,900 Case 75XT, '01, 5540 hrs ................................................$12,500 Case 60XT, '05, 5850 hrs ................................................$14,900 Case 60XT, '02, 1090 hrs ................................................$16,500 Case 40XT, '02, 2620 hrs ................................................$17,900 Bobcat 542B, '91, 3955 hrs ..............................................$4,950 Bobcat S-205, '08, 3500 hrs............................................$25,900 Bobcat S-205, '08, 3765 hrs............................................$23,500 Cat 236B, '06, 1990 hrs ..................................................$19,500 Gehl 7810E, '10, 1770 hrs ..............................................$38,000 Gehl 7810E, '07, 1170 hrs ..............................................$40,900 Gehl 5640E, '11, 850 hrs ................................................$32,500 Gehl 5640E, '11, 1750 hrs ..............................................$27,500 Gehl 5640E, '11, 2500 hrs ..............................................$27,500 Gehl 5640E, '08, 3900 hrs ..............................................$21,900 Gehl 5640, '08, 1275 hrs ................................................$26,500 Gehl 5635SXT, '98 ..........................................................$10,900 Gehl 5240E, '12, 185 hrs ................................................$36,500 Gehl 5240E, '11, 2400 hrs ..............................................$22,900 Gehl 5640, '06, 1380 hrs ................................................$26,900 Gehl V330, '12, 640 hrs ..................................................$42,500 Hydramac MMII, '75..........................................................$5,500 JD 323D, '11, 800 hrs ....................................................$40,900 Mustang 2109, '07, 1600 hrs ..........................................$42,900 Mustang 2066, 3045 hrs ................................................$18,900 Kubota KX121, '07, 790 hrs ............................................$35,900 Kubota KX91-352, '11, 990 hrs ......................................$28,900 Groomer BR180MP, '02, 1940 hrs ..................................$37,000 JD 27ZTS, '04, 770 hrs....................................................$23,750

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CIH 1260, 36R22 ....................$179,000 CIH 1265, 36R22 ..........................................................$239,500 (4) CIH 1260, 36R22 ....................................starting at $179,000 CIH 1260, 36R20 ..........................................................$178,900 (5) CIH 1250, 24R30 ....................................starting at $105,900 (9) CIH 1250, 16R30 ......................................starting at $79,000 CIH 1240, 24R22 ..........................................................$119,000 CIH 1240, 24R20 ..........................................................$129,900 CIH 1240, 12R30 ............................................................$67,900 CIH 1230, 12R30 ............................................................$39,900 CIH 1220, 8R30 ..............................................................$49,500 CIH 1200, 32R22 ............................................................$59,900 (6) IH 1200, 24R22 ........................................starting at $45,900 CIH 1200, 16R30 ............................................................$49,500 CIH 1200, 12R30 ............................................................$67,000 CIH 955, 12R30 ..............................................................$18,500 CIH 955, 8R30 ................................................................$12,500 (3) CIH 950, 12R30 ..........................................starting at $9,500 CIH 900, 12R30 ................................................................$9,800

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From the Fields: Itching to get crops in the ground

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By KRISTIN KVENO The Land Correspondent Meet the 2014 “From the Fields” farmers. The Land will be following the Thronsons, Wiltses, Hoffmans and Hagens through this year’s growing season, and we hope you will, too.

They were interviewed in mid- to lateMarch for this “meet-and-greet” first installment.

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The Thronsons Gary, Minn.

The Thronsons ❖ Gary, Minn ❖ Norman-Mahnomen Counties corn, soybeans and wheat

The Wiltses ❖ Herman, Minn ❖ Stevens County

corn, soybeans, wheat and sugar beets Jared Thronson didn’t grow up farmThe Hoffmans ❖ New Ulm, Minn ❖ Brown County ing; now he can’t imagine doing anydairy cattle, corn, soybeans and alfalfa thing else.

The Hagens ❖ Lake Mills, Iowa ❖ Winnebago County Thronson’s grand- Jared Thronson father farmed so he corn and soybeans was always exposed to the hard-working lifestyle, but it wasn’t until he graduated with a two-year degree and began a career as an electrician did last year’s corn. Thronson was able to As he carries on his grandfather’s he feel the farm’s siren song calling get his corn crop planted last year on legacy, Thronson wouldn’t want it any him. time but “soybean planting went later.” other way.

His grandfather farmed eight miles Ideally Thronson would have corn in northeast of Gary and had rented out the ground by the beginning of May. The Wiltses his acres after retirement. When His planting completion target for Herman, Minn.

Thronson expressed interest in want- beans is May 10. With wheat Thronson Dennis Wilts loves ing to begin farming, his grandfather hopes to get the seed in the ground what he does. was supportive in his ambitions and Turning the soil, “the earlier the better, began renting out his like corn.” Early plant- readying the field, acres and machinery to ing may not be on the planting and finally Thronson. agenda this year, how- harvesting the crop (Jared Thronson Dennis Wilts Since 2008 he has ever, as “we still have is what this thirdis) grateful that been farming all of his generation farmer has done every year quite a lot of snow.” he finished at grandfather’s acres When the melting in since 1972. For Wilts, farming started located in both Norman all last fall — the fields does start, as family business and has remained and Mahnomen counthere are still the “water usually so throughout his farmer career. ties. This spring will Wilts farms outside the town of Hermoves out pretty numerous mark his seventh year quick.” While he is for- man in the northwest corner of farmers in the of farming, and he’s tunate that he doesn’t Stevens County. For 42 years Wilts has area trying to looking forward to a usually endure over- grown corn, soybeans and wheat. In harvest last successful growing sealand flooding issues in 1996 sugar beets were added into the son. year’s corn. his fields, it may be a rotation. His brothers Duane and DouWith “corn prices not lack of moisture in the glas, son Bryan, and Duane’s son-inas good,” Thronson will ground that is going to law Cory Thennus are all part of the be adding wheat to the planting rota- be a concern this year. It was a “dry farming operation. tion this year, along with the corn and summer last year,” Thronson said. “I Married since 1972 to his wife, soybeans. The 2013 growing season think we’re still dry.”

Marcy, in addition to their son, they had its challenges but for Thronson it Rain, drought, wind, hail — farmers have a daughter, Jennifer, and son-inwent “real well except the corn would- have faced it all in working to put a law who live in Carver. Wilts is the n’t dry down.” His corn ranged from successful crop in the bin. For Thron- proud grandpa to six grandchildren 20 to 30 percent moisture, and it son the fact that farming, and more ranging in age from 5 to 13. ended up being a late harvest as he specifically the land he farms, has In reflecting on how last year went “finished up a week before Thanksgiv- been in the family makes him motion the farm, Wilts admits that “it ing.” vated to “try to keep it going.” You turned out better than we thought it He’s grateful that he finished at all never know what you’re going to face would.” From hail to lack of moisture last fall — there are still numerous each day out in the field, he said. “It’s Wilts’ fields saw it all. Last year’s lack farmers in the area trying to harvest always something different.” of moisture coupled with the fact that

they “haven’t had a whole lot of snow this year” has Wilts concerned. “Unless we get some we’ll be short moisture,” he said. “We need some timely rains.”

The frost is down to eight feet, so it’s going to take a while to get the ground warmed up. Wilts is hopeful he can be in the field between April 15 and 20.

Last year’s late spring made for a planting starting date of May 5, which Wilts remembers as being cold and wet.

Wilts is planning for “pretty much the same rotation as last year.” He will be “using some different chemicals to keep our Roundup-ready weeds under control.”

Looking ahead for the year, Wilts has farming on the brain but still enjoys spending time down in Arizona when he can get away. With the long and difficult winter they’ve experienced this year, Wilts is thankful to get a respite from it, enjoy the Arizona sun, and spend time with the grandchildren who visit him and his wife while in the desert.

But even the warm Arizona climate can’t keep Wilts away from the fields that he’s known since childhood. Farming is in his blood, and he enjoys the fact that it allows you to “be your own boss and do what you want to do.”

The Hoffmans New Ulm, Minn.

Dairy farming is ingrained in Don Hoffman’s DNA. “Born and raised on the dairy farm,” he said. “It’s what I know best.”

Hoffman graduated Don Hoffman high school in 1982 and has been farming outside of New Ulm ever since. In fact, he “never considered anything else.”

For Hoffman and his wife, Diane, the farm and dairy operation is a family affair, including son Brad doing custom silage chopping work and his other son Scott (along with daughterin-law Kendra) raising the calves.

The last few years have been tough on dairy producers, but it seems at least for the moment “the milk prices have improved,” Hoffman said. “We’re pretty excited about that.”

See FIELDS, pg. 29

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As Hagen reflects back on the 2013 growing seaNo early frost last year allowed Hagen to get the crop son and harvest, it was a challenge in many ways. off when the conditions were right. He credits his He knows that he was crops doing as well as they did to having proper fortunate to just get his drainage tiling — ‘that’s why we got everything crop in the ground, planted last year.’ which wasn’t the case for so many producers in the area. He was able to The Hagens plant “90 percent of corn before the snow on May 2.”

Lake Mills, Iowa He planted soybeans on May 5.

On land six miles east of Lake Last year was filled with “lots of short windows,” Mills sits the farm of Jim Hagen, a Hagen said. He felt he needed to take advantage of second-generation farmer who’s every day that the weather cooperated. Last year been “planting corn since I was 14 provided plenty of moisture for the fields, and in the years old.” end the crop was “better than expected. ... It was an Hagen attended Iowa State Unieasy fall.” No early frost last year allowed Hagen to versity in 1980 for one year but Jim Hagen get the crop off when the conditions were right. He knew in his heart that the farm was where he credits his crops doing as well as they did to having wanted to be and decided to take the plunge into proper drainage tiling — “that’s why we got everyfarming for a living. Since 1981 he has been farming thing planted last year.” full time with his father, Gordon.

For the 2014 season Hagen is looking at planting When you like something, why change? Hagen said a 50/50 corn-soybean rotation. If Mother Nature he has “lived within five miles of here my whole life.” decides to dust some May snow on his fields again Some changes, however, are worth making as evi- this year, Hagen won’t be discouraged. He said that denced by the big change that took place for Hagen the “best corn I’ve ever had was stuff that had been earlier this year: getting married to his wife, Christy. snowed on.”

Hagen has three children: Stacy, who works at the Whatever spring has in store, it will be exciting to University of California at Davis, and sons Andrew get to the field and put seed in the ground. Growing and Eric who are both in the Navy. He also has two a crop is “like a new birth every year.” For Hagen stepchildren, Zack and Jennifer Pope. Zach is an that new birth creates a sense of accomplishment engineer at Jet Trailer in Humboldt, Iowa, and Jen- for a job well done; a job he takes great pride in year nifer is a student at ISU majoring in biology. after year. ❖

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FIELDS, from pg. 26 Last year there was a bright spot in dairy production on the Hoffman farm, as their milk production was up. With the cold weather they’ve endured this winter, Hoffman is more than ready for spring. The cows were comfortable in their free-style barn but the temperatures got so cold that manure equipment wouldn’t function, which meant doing everything by hand.

Hoffman was quick to point out, though, that “the cows come first, people come second.” At the Hoffman dairy “cows have a good life.”

As Hoffman looks to this spring he will be planting corn, alfalfa and soybeans but does have concerns about the moisture levels in the fields. It was “very dry last year,” he said. Currently “most of the fields are cleared off (of snow).” But with a reported frost down to five feet, it could be a while until the fields are ready. He hopes to plant by the last week of April. If not, “anything after May 1 I wouldn’t consider good.”

Hoffman knows that in farming and dairy production nothing is ever routine or quiet. Hoffman is looking forward to a quiet summer on the social front as last summer the family was busy with the wedding of his son Scott on Hoffman’s father’s farm. It was “a fair amount of work but it all went well.”

That along with a “major Hoffman reunion” made last summer an exciting one. Hoffman looks forward to enjoying another summer of the farm life he knows and loves, but also hopes to spend some of his limited down time by wetting a line in one of his favorite fishing holes.

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This column was written for the mar- minute 80 percent holiday orders. A few keting week ending April 11. butter churn operators reduced churn rates as they sold some The hemorrhaging may be cream supplies at premiums. coming to an end at the Overall production is steady Chicago Mercantile to lower. Domestic demand Exchange. is steady, but print sales are Cash Cheddar cheese backing off. Inventories are blocks dipped to $2.1650 mostly light, but are Thursday, then inched up a expected to grow upon enterhalf-cent Friday, to close at ing the seasonal rebuilding $2.17 per pound, down 18 period.

MIELKE MARKET cents on the week, down Cash Grade A nonfat dry WEEKLY 26.25 cents from its recent milk plunged 11 cents record high, but still 33.25

By Lee Mielke Wednesday but rallied some cents above a year ago. and closed Friday at $1.9075, down 9 The barrels closed at $2.08, up a half- cents on the week. NDPSR powder cent Friday, but down 14.5 cents on the averaged $2.0524, down 2.1 cents, and week, 29.75 cents below its recent dry whey averaged 67.1 cents, up 0.4 peak, and 32.5 cents above a year ago. cent.

Eleven cars of block and three of barrel Jerry Dryer, editor of Dairy and Food traded hands on the week. The lagging National Dairy Products Sales Report- Market Analyst, called it “a classic cheese market. It overreacts, going in surveyed U.S. average block price hit either direction.” Speaking in Friday’s $2.3983/lb., up 5.4 cents and the barDairyLine, Dryer said “it was probably rels averaged $2.3583, up 3.7 cents. too high, too long and now we’re facing a Some large cheese manufacturers correction.” He added that a “swift correport that production is mostly steady rection like this rather than Chinese to slightly lower from the last two water torture, a quarter-cent per day for weeks according to the U.S. Department two months, makes for a better market,” of Agriculture’s Dairy Market News. and he predicts a cheese market floor Some inquiries for surplus milk are above $2/lb. Ditto on butter and nonfat being made, offering up to $1.60 above dry milk, according to Dryer, and he class, but sellers are hard to find. Espe- believes there’s still strength in the cially in central to northern regions of whey price so “the sky is not falling.”

Wisconsin, there are still occasional ■ patches of snow lingering in many fields. With hay still considered high Switching to Wednesday’s World Agripriced and feed quality lagging, milk cultural Supply and Demand Estiproduction is not yet as robust as might mates report, Dryer said the entire be expected. Cheese price weakness report caught his attention because of continues to be a topic of great interest. the significant upward price adjustments. “They now expect the cheese Butter held all week at $1.97/lb., 23 price to average about $2/lb.,” Dryer cents above a year ago. No butter was sold at the CME all week. The NDPSR said, “twelve cents more than they butter averaged $1.9697, up 7.2 cents. were forecasting just a month ago.”

Their butter forecast was raised by 15 The DMN reported that Midwest but- cents, to $1.80/lb. for the year, he said, ter prices are mostly steady on a relabut they held their nonfat dry milk tively quiet week. However, many inter- forecast at $1.85, and bumped up their national prices are trending lower, whey forecast to 63 cents “So that gives slowing export orders. The market tone us an all-milk price around $23 per is steady. Some manufacturers are shift- hundredweight,” he said. ing production toward larger volumes of 82 percent after completion of lastSee MIELKE, pg. 31

Increased cow numbers, production expected Wisconsin was/is still the “big cheese” when it comes to manufacturing the tasty treat but total cheese output was down in America’s Dairyland in February, according to the USDA’s latest Dairy Products report.

February output, at 214.96 million pounds, was down 5.1 million pounds or 2.3 percent from February 2013 and down 27.5 million pounds or 11.4 percent from January 2014.

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■ The USDA, in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate report issued this week, raised its 2014 milk production forecast from last month as strong returns are expected to encourage a more rapid expansion in cow numbers and increased milk per cow. Look for 2014 output to hit 206.1 billion pounds, up 400 million pounds from last month’s estimate, and compares to 201.2 billion pounds in 2013 and 200.5 billion in 2012.

Fat-basis exports were raised on higher sales of cheese and butter, but the skim-solids export forecast was lowered on weaker-than-expected nonfat dry milk sales. Skim-solid imports were reduced slightly due to lower imports of milk protein concentrate and casein.

Product price forecasts for cheese, butter and whey are higher, supported by strong demand and price strength to date. However, the NDM price was unchanged at the midpoint as export demand is weaker than expected.

Class III and IV prices were raised on higher product prices. The 2014 Class III is expected to average around $20.65/cwt., up from the $19.25 projected a month ago, and compares to $17.99 in 2013 and $17.44 in 2012. Look for the Class IV to average $21.35, up from last month’s $20.70, and compares to $19.05 in 2013 and $16.01 in 2012.

■ The California Department of Food and Agriculture announced their May Class I milk price this week at a record high $25.88/cwt. for the north and a record $26.15 for the south. Both are up $1 from April, after slipping 50 cents from March, and are $6.49 above May 2013. That pulls the 2014 Class I average for the north to $24.42/cwt., up from $19.66 at this time a year ago, $18.03 in 2012, and $19.03 in 2011. The southern average now stands at $24.69, up from $19.93 a year ago, $18.30 in 2012, and $19.30 in 2011. The federal order Class I base price is announced by the USDA on April 23.

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MIELKE, from pg. 30 The good news this week was exports.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council reported that U.S. February export volumes were the highest in six months (on a dailyaverage basis), led by strong sales of cheese, whey proteins and butterfat. U.S. suppliers shipped 160,510 tons (353.9 million pounds) of milk powders, cheese, butterfat, whey and lactose in February, up 19 percent from last year. Total value of all exports was $585.2 million, up 37 percent from a year ago. On a daily-average basis, this is the highest figure ever.

February cheese exports totaled 31,264 tons (68.9 million pounds), up 44 percent from a year ago and the most ever on a daily-average basis. Shipments to Mexico were up 46 percent while Japan was up 58 percent, and South Korea, up 43 percent, posted large gains. Exports to Saudi Arabia nearly tripled.

Total whey exports topped 86 million pounds in February, the most in six months. Export volumes were 18 percent more than January (daily average) and 11 percent more than a year ago. Exports of dry whey, whey protein concentrate and whey protein isolate were all above prior-year and prior-month levels. China remains the major customer for U.S. whey products, with February purchases up 47 percent from a year earlier.

U.S. exporters also continue to expand shipments of butterfat, up 102 percent from last February, whole milk powder, up 191 percent, and milk protein concentrate, up 58 percent. In the last eight months, butterfat exports averaged 21.4 million pounds per month, with the majority going to the Middle East/North Africa region. Major customers for WMP are Algeria, China and Vietnam. Top buyers for MPC are New Zealand and Morocco.

Exports of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder have slowed considerably from the volumes shipped from April to October last year. During that sevenmonth stretch, U.S. exports averaged 113 million pounds per month. In February, exports were just 79.7 million pounds.

As a result, NDM/SMP exports in January represented only 45 percent of U.S. powder production for the month, leading to a hefty build-up of inventory. In the first two months of the year, NDM/SMP shipments to Southeast Asia were up 38 percent from the prior year, but sales to Mexico were down 22 percent. Details are posted at www.usdec.org.

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Send us your events by e-mail to editor@TheLandOnline.com Pork Quality Assurance Training April 23 Nobles County Government Center Farmers Room, Worthington, Minn.

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MIELKE, from pg. 31 California output, at 185.6 million pounds (just 29.4 million pounds below Wisconsin) was up 10.5 million pounds or 6 percent from a year ago but down 19.3 million or 9.4 percent from January.

The third largest total cheese producer in February was Idaho, at 61.3 million pounds, followed by New Mexico at 58.7 million, New York at 54.7 million, Minnesota at 51.5 million and Pennsylvania at 31.2 million pounds.

■ One of the driving forces motivating California dairy producers to consider forming a Federal Milk Marketing Order in the state is the discrepancy between California’s Class 4b cheese milk prices and the comparable federal order Class III manufacturing grade milk price. The March 4b was announced at a record high $22.16/cwt., however, was it $1.17 below the federal order Class III price. The price gap is a consistent monthly occurrence.

The gap started 2014 at just 84 cents below the federal order Class III price, then jumped to $2.21 in February, and that despite the temporary price increases mandated by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which expire in July. Last year the January 2013 4b price was $2.30 below the federal order Class III, February was $1.84 below, and March was $1.91 below. The difference gap averaged $1.57 in 2013 and ranged from a low of 67 cents in April to $2.30 in January. It averaged $1.91 in 2012 and ranged from 98 cents in June to $2.82 in January. So far in 2014, the gap average is at $1.41.

The Milk Producers Council’s Rob Vandenheuvel has written often about this gap in his newsletter, charging that dairy producers are “subsidizing” California cheese manufacturers. Manufacturers argue that the price advantage enables them to be competitive, to make up for the distance factor in shipping cheese.

But, the price gap is a bit more complicated than distance factors. A joint effort by John Newton, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Cameron Thraen, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at Ohio State University, and Andrew Novakovic, of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, address the issue.

Their key findings are that the 2014 farm bill permits California producers to keep some form of their unique quota system if an FMMO is adopted. The value of the California quota statewide is estimated to exceed $1 billion and entitles California producers to as much as $1.70/cwt. in additional milk price revenue. Any gains in farm level milk prices due to the adoption of federal order classified prices in California would be dependent on the market-wide utilization of milk and may be offset if high value milk is consistently de-pooled.

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

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Equipment al- JD 2010 gas tractor, WF, 3 FOR SALE:Used grain bins, ways shedded. (507) 426floors unload systems, stipt, fenders, like new tires, 7672 rators, fans & heaters, aer$3,450; JD 4110, MFW, comation fans, buying or sell- FOR SALE: IH grain drill, pact dsl tractor, 3 pt, 540 ing, try me first and also 12'; IH 810 head, w/ Melroe PTO, 60” mower deck, call for very competitive pickup. 507-524-3486 $7,900; JD 8300, 12' end whl contract rates!

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‘07 NH L175 SSL, w/2-spd., cab/AC, hyd. Q/A, New Engine ....................................................$24,900 ‘06 NH L170 SSL, cab/heat, 2060 hrs. ............$21,900 ‘02 NH LS170 SSL, cab/heat, 72” bucket ....Coming In ‘05 Buhler 2180, MFD, Super steer, 14.9R46 duals, EZ Pilot, 2000 hrs...........................................$95,900 ‘06 NH TC55, MFD, ROPS, w/loader, 1300 hrs. ....................................................................Coming In ‘95 Ford 8870, MFD, Super steer, Mega Flow, 750 hrs. ..........................................................$74,900 ‘04 Buhler 2425, 4WD, 710/70R38 duals, full wgts., 3350 hrs. ......................................................$119,900 ‘95 Ford 9680, 20.8R42 duals (90%), 4 remotes, 3050 hrs. ........................................................$96,900 ‘89 Deutz 5215, MFD w/325 loader ..................$8,500 IH 4130, diesel, skid steer loader ......................$3,900

COMBINES/HEADS

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FOR SALE: '08 JD 600C Se- FOR SALE: '97 Geringhoff FOR SALE: 7155 Hesston FOR SALE: 16 Yetter shark FOR SALE: JD 7200, 8R JD 7000, 4RW planter w/DF, H, I, nice; NH 273 Super chopper, electric controls, 3 Maxi-merge vac. planter ries CH, SNH0612CX725872, tooth screw adjust row Rota Disc cornhead, Sweep baler w/thrower, row 22”, head, $2,500. 320w/PTO hyd. pump for vacu12R20”, hyd deck plates, cleaners for Case planter, 12R22”, head sight, Contour nice; JD 16A flail chopper, 286-5994 Cokato, MN um, liq. fert, pesticide boxalso, hookup for IH com$125 per row or $1,800 all Master drives, stored in7', good machine; '75 IHC es, row openers, Precision bines, used very little, like cleaners. 320-808-7981 or side, $27,500. 320-352-6771 784 tractor. 320-864-4583 or corn planter plates, & new new, retiring, $62,000. 507320-732-3361 FOR SALE: CIH 2206 corn320-779-4583 disk openers, great working 823-4642 head, hyd. deck plates, cond., $10,900. 507-380-6001 plastic snouts, low acres, FOR SALE: JD 12R 7000 planter, dry fert w/ single Tillage Equip 039 very nice. 507-530-8875 disk openers, liq fert, preci- FOR SALE: New '14 JD sion meters, $5,750. 507-662planting parts (36R)- Pro 41 Ft C-IH DMI 5596 Series hoppers & meters, (2003) Tigermate pro shafts, elec row clutchFOR SALE: JD 7000 planter, es, drive shafts, various Field Cult w/ New Style 4 Bar Drag; 45 Ft Mandako 8-30, nice, no fertilizer, seed plates, 12V Land Roller w/ Floating $4,000; also, twin lift assist compressor, air surge tank Hitch. Both Like New. 319for 7100 planter, no cylinw/ valve & bracket, see 347-6138 Can Deliver ders, $600; 2 JD 900x24 tires tubes w/ sensors, active & wheels, $150 each. 320downforce sensors, seed 968-7314 sensors for hyd. motor, FOR SALE: (2) 8R cultivators; Gravity Flow wagon, seedstar electrical 300 bu; fanning belt to box w/ computer controls & clean grain; 7 section drag; harnesses, rubber for closArtsway feed mill. 507-854ing wheels (used), will sep3362 arate out, call 320-226-0778 ★★★★★★★★★★★★ or 320-269-9233 FOR SALE: 5 section 30' wheel drag, sections are FOR SALE: White model like new, $600/OBO. 507-831Aire 6R pull type planter, 4428 model 5400 w/ 30” rows, Every Wednesday Dickie John monitor w/ FOR SALE: Case IH 4800 29 5:00 PM - Farm Misc. seed counter & row moni½' field cultivator, 3 bar tor, very good shape, al6:00 PM - Hay & Straw harrow, good shovels, field ways shedded, used very 7:00 PM - Livestock ready, $7,200. 507-240-0247 little. 701-640-0671 Sheep & Goats FOR SALE: CIH 4300 field 2nd Wed. at 8:00 PM JD 1750, 6-row conservation cultivator, 33', nice shape, HOTOVEC planter, new precision fin$10,500. 507-391-3775 ger pickup, dry fertilizer, AUCTION CENTER no till coulters, 250 monitor, FOR SALE: JD 960 27' field N. Hwy. 15 $19,600. (715)669-3381 cultivator w/ 3 bar JD harHutchinson, MN row, tandem wheels on the 320-587-3347 JD 7000 2R Corn Planter, 3 wings, knock off shovels, www.hotovecauctions.com PT, $1,675. Fertilizer Opvery good condition, $6,500. ★★★★★★★★★★★★ tional, $650. 715-234-1993 507-220-4425

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‘01 NH TR99, RWA combine, straddle duals, bin ext., chaff spreader, 40K in parts, Field Ready! ....$109,900 ‘01 NH TR99, 2100 hrs., 18.4R42 (4), Y/M, GPS, Field Ready! ....................................................$74,900 ‘94 NH TR87, 30.5-32 singles......................Coming In ‘04 NH CR940, 20.5-32 tires, Y/M, 1350 hrs.$119,900 (4) ‘10 NH 99C, 8R30” chopping cornheads ..............................................................From $60,900 ‘00 NH 996, 8R30” cornhead w/K&M chopper$39,950 (2) ‘10 NH 74C, 35’ flex heads ..............From $29,900 ‘04 NH 98C, 6R30” cornhead, Like New! ........$33,000 ‘02 NH 96C, 8R30” cornhead, Loaded! ..........$25,900 ‘00 NH 73C, 30’ flex head w/AWS, cut, New! ..$25,900 NH 974, 10R22” cornhead, poly ......................$11,900 (2) ‘97 NH 973, 30’ flex head ..........................$10,500

(2) ‘98 NH 973, 25’ flex head ............................$9,500 ‘94 NH 974, 8R30 cornhead ..............................$8,900 ‘92 NH 974, 6R30” cornhead ............................$8,900

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIP.

‘05 JD 1780, 16/31 planter, 3 bu. boxes ......Coming In ‘13 Degelman LR7651 & LR7645, Demo’s, New! Call ‘12 EZ Trail 510 grain cart, tarps & lights........$14,900 ‘01 EZ Trail 475 grain cart w/Shurlock tarp ......$9,900 ‘11 Loftness 240, semi-mtd. shredder w/tow bar ......................................................................$22,900 ‘89 NH 855 round baler, Nice! ..........................$5,500 ‘11 NH H6740, 6 disc mower ............................$8,500 ‘98 NH 616 disc mower, Nice! ..........................$5,900 ‘11 Parker 524 grain cart, Holdover ......................Call ‘10 Parker 1048 grain cart w/tarp ................Coming In NEW NH SG110 60’ coil packers, (4 Left) Ea. $37,900 ‘05 Great Plains 50’ crumbler ......................Coming In ‘05 JD 200, 45’ crumbler ................................$15,000 ‘07 Parker 838 grain cart w/tarp......................$24,000 ‘07 NH 617, 7 disc mower, Rebuilt! ..................$6,900 ‘04 Wilrich 957DDR ripper, 5 shank w/harrow, 30” spacing ....................................................$22,900 ‘92 DMI 530 ripper ..........................................$14,900 ‘11 Wilrich 513SP 9-shank ripper w/spike harrow ....................................................................Coming In ‘13 NH H7450 discbine, Loaded!, Demo Unit ..$28,900 ‘05 JD 2210, 50’ field cult. w/4 bar harrow ..Coming In ‘00 JD 980, 45’ field cult. w/harrow, Nice! ......$19,900 New Unverferth rolling reels, 18’ & 22’ ..................Call ‘10 Krause 4850-21 Dominator, Nice! ..........Coming In ‘04 Allied 108” snowblower w/truck spout, NIce! ................................................................$6,500

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55780 St. Hwy. 19, Winthrop, MN: 1/4 mile west of Hwy. 19 & Hwy. 15 Intersection Vehicles, Motorcycle, ATVs, Snowmobile & Camper: ‘07 Chevy Uplander LS; ‘06 Chevy 3500, ext cab; ‘98 F-350, crew cab, flatbed; ‘92 Dodge Dakota; ‘87 Dodge pickup; Chevy C-60 camper; Chevy Silverado 2500 w/Western plow; ‘99 Olds Intrigue GL; ‘01 Honda Shadow ACE cycle, loaded; ATVs: ‘97 Honda Fourtrax 300, 4x4, & extras; ‘97 Polaris 250 Trail Boss; Club golf cart, gas w/box; ‘98 Rockwood pop up camper; ‘00 Polaris XC600; Farm Machinery & Farm Items: ‘56 JD 720, d, nf, restored; Oliver 1550 tractor, wf, 3pt, 2 hyd; Gehl 8285 TMR wagon; Case IH 3640 Rd baler; Hesston 7165 chopper w/30” cornhead; (2) Gehl 970 forge boxes w/gears; Gehl 1540 blower; IH digger, 26’; IH 400 6x30 planter; Dakon 300 gravity box w/gear; MN 250 gravity box w/gear; IH V ripper; IH 800 cornhead, 30x5, rw; Badger 14’ forge box w/gear; throw wagon w/gear; Demco sprayer 500 gal, 45 ’boom; Ag Chem 90, 500 gal sprayer w/60’boom; Hyster forklift; Skid steer attachments include: Lowe hyd auger 9”x12”; Stout brush grapple; Rock bucket grapple HD72; pallet forks 48”; Hm backhoe for skid steer; Schwartz FM loader; JD 54’ flight elev; JD bale thrower; Badger feed conveyor; 10’ Tandem disk; Case pull type combine; JD sickle mower; 7’ hay head; assort livestock equip; Chicken plucker, 36”; Guns, Boat & Sport Equip: H&R 40cal semi; Hi-Standard .22cal revolver; Stevens 1900’s 22 cal, sgl shot lever action; Charles Daly 31/2 mag, 12ga; Rem 870 exp mag 20ga pump w/slug & shotgun barrels; Marlin Model 60, .22cal semi w/scope; K-Mart Model 151 410 sgl shot; Marlin Model 336, 30-30 lever w/scope; Stevens Model 58, 12ga bolt; Savage 1000 air rifle w/scope; Flintlock muzzle loader; Bushnell shotgun scope w/870 Remington mt; Air Glide hard gun case; Dosko hard gun case; Ammo includes: 20ga rifle slug; 410; Winchester 30-30, .22cal, .223 & S&W 40cal; full wolf hide; buffalo hide; Minnow boat w/45hp ob, & trailer; misc Harley parts; Prints, Antiques, Coins, Toys & Collectables: Steel wheel wagon w/flowerbed; Army jackets & trench coat; dressmaker form; Northern Pacific RR telegraph machine; 87+ Barbie's; JD toy tractors; Nascar collection; tin doll-houses; Marx elec train set & misc RR; stein collection; cast iron motorcycle w/side car; coffee items; lic plates; sleigh bells; cedar chests; lighting rod w/glass ball; gasoline pump topper; cuckoo clocks; egg baskets; antique chainsaws; potato plow; tools; adv items; cookie jar collection; Harvester salt/pepper shakers; assort depressed glass; carnival; milk; jewel T; Coins: 1976, 1964, 1969 sets; 1968 Canadian set; wheat pennies; tokens; Furniture, Appliances & Household & Misc: Oak dresser w/mirror; wall phone; buffet; curio cabinet; oak table w/chairs; bed sets; hutch w/matching shelf; fold out buffet; misc oak furniture; elec fireplace; glass display cabinet; full (2) ‘08, Com A/C units; (1) Corn blower; stoves, frigs, washers, dryers, dishwashers, chest freezer; hi-rise bicycle; kaleidoscope; piggy banks; keyboard; violin & case; guitar amp; Fender guitar; Atari video game system w/cartridges; Sony stereo w/components; complete Disney VHS tape set; Lawn, Tools & Shop Items: GT2000 Cub Cadet lawn trac; JD 325 lawn trac; Craftsman mower tractor w/bagger; JD 316 lawn trac w/deck, blade & snowblower; Yazoo mower z-turn; lawn carts; Craftsman rear tine tiller, 14”; Intek ST0927 snowblower w/elect start; Tanka hd weed eater; utility wagon; ATV sprayers; Coleman air compressor; metal lathe; Craftsman tool boxes; large assortment of tools and shop items

Auctioneer: Matt Mages 507-276-7002 Lic # 08-14-004

Auctioneers: Larry Mages - Lafayette • Joe Maidl - Lafayette • John Goelz - Franklin • Joe Wersal - Winthrop Clerk: Mages Land Co. & Auction Service LLC - Not Responsible for Accidents or During Inspection.

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FOR SALE: JD 980 25 ½' field cultivator, 6” spacing, 7” Perma-Loc shovels, 3 bar coil tine harrow, light kit, nice condition, $13,900.

320-295-3854 FOR SALE: Wil-Rich 3400 field cult, 4 bar harrow, walking tandems on wings, 34'; IH 4300 field cult, w/ harrow, walking tandems on wings, 54', both in great shape. 515-320-4171 IH 475, 20' disk, hyd. fold, shedded, exc. cond., $4,500; 30' Flex-i-coil multi-weeder, retractable s-tines & coil packers, used very little, $5,000 OBO. 952-240-2193 LANDOLL (2008) 23 Ft Model #6230 Heavy Tandem Disk Front Blades 23”, Rear 23 1/2”, Shedded Like New. Kent 26 Ft Series VII Discovator (Disk Blades) (NO Welds) Nice Unit! 319347-6282 Can Deliver Riteway 1610 coil packer, 35' or 45', $7,500; Brillion 18' Land Commander, disk ripper, 9 shk., $10,500. 320-3964288 TAYLOR-WAY ROCK FLEX DISC- 24' wide, 21"-22" blades, 9" spacing, 1 1/2" arbors, $4,000. 715-878-9858 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 Machinery Wanted

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All kinds of New & Used farm equipment – disc chisels, field cults, planters, soil finishers, cornheads, feed mills, discs, balers, haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712, Glencoe 7400; Field Cults under 30': JD 980, small grain carts & gravity boxes 300-400 bu. Finishers under 20', clean 4 & 6R stalk choppers; Nice JD 215 & 216 flex heads; JD 643 cornheads Must be clean; JD corn planters, 4-6-8 row.

715-299-4338 WANTED: (3) JD liquid fertilizer tanks & brackets for a 6R JD 7000 planter; newer 12' grain drill w/ grass seeder. 507-381-3776 WANTED: 4440 or 4640 in well taken care of cond.

Quad trans., no dealers please. (715) 645-0285 WANTED: Knight manure slinger model 8114 or 8118.

507-226-3405 WANTED: Motor for Allis D-21 turbo model 3500.

WANTED: Tires 16.9x38 & 13.6x28 FWA, prefer Firestone 50% tread. 612-2018236 WANTED: Rock rake, 3 pt.

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'08 Redball 570 sprayer, 90' boom w/radar & Raven controller, $19,000, Central Minnesota. 320-354-4526

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If you have an event you would like to promote, please contact THE LAND via email at: theland@TheLandOnline.com or editor@TheLandOnline.com

‘11 JD 7200R, MFWD, 200 hp., 4 hyds., loader, 815 hrs. ..................$165,000

‘11 JD 8285R, MFWD, 285 hp., 380-90R50, 4 hyds., 1307 hrs. ................$210,000

‘12 JD 8310R, MFWD, 310 hp., 380-90R54, 5 hyds., 801 hrs. ..................$250,000

‘05 JD 8120T, TRACK, 230 hp., 24” belts, 4 hyds., 2450 hrs. ................$120,000

‘08 JD 8430T, TRACK, 255 hp., 18” tracks, 4 hyds., 2075 hrs. ................$180,000

‘07 JD 9330, 4WD, 375 hp., 18.4x46, 5 hyds., 2463 hrs. ................................$208,000

‘11 JD 9430, 4WD, 425 hp., 710-70R42, 4 hyds., 2206 hrs. ................$238,000

‘12 JD 9460R, 4WD, 460 hp., 800-70R38, 4 hyds., 811 hrs. ................................$270,000

‘12 JD 9510R, 4WD, 510 hp., 76x50, 210 hrs. ............CALL

‘10 JD 9530T, TRACK, 475 hp., 36” belts, 4 hyds., 1100 hrs. ................$289,000

‘04 JD 9620T, TRACK, 500 hp., 30” belts, 4 hyds, 3525 hrs. ................$175,000

‘09 JD 9630, 4WD, 530 hp., 800-70R38, 4 hyds., 2109 hrs. ................$238,000

‘10 JD 9630T, TRACK, 530 hp., 36” belts, 5 hyds., 2205 hrs. ................$280,000

‘03 JD 557, 540 PTO, single axle ................$14,500

‘11 JD 568, Mega Wide pickup, 7400 hrs. ......$36,750

‘12 JD 468, surface wrap, 2284 hrs. ..................$33,500

‘08 JD 313 Skid, 49 hp., power quick tach, cab, 538 hrs. ....................$18,500

‘12 JD 320D Skid, 63 hp., 2-spd., cab, 84” bucket, 1118 hrs. ..................$32,500

‘12 JD 332D Skid, 89 hp., 2-spd., cab ................$44,000

‘06 JD 544J Wheel Loader, 4WD ..........................$85,000

DMI Tigermate II Field Cult., 49’, 7” shovels, harrow ..................................$37,900

Salford RTS41, RTS, 41’, coulter, harrow..........$62,500

‘09 JD 2210 Field Cult., 45’, harrow................$48,000

‘11 Fast FS9518T Sprayer, 132’, 1800 gal. ..........$72,000

‘06 JD 1770, 24R30, CCS, fert. ........................$117,900

‘09 JD DB44, 24R22, CCS, Seedstar..................$144,900

‘10 JD DB90, 36R30, CCS, vacuum ..................$215,000

JD Starfire ITC Receiver.

Get A Spring Deal On Used AMS Equipment! ........$1,750

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Demco pickup sprayer, 300 Fast sprayer, 60' boom, 1000 gal. tank, foam marker, 51' gal. tank, Raven 450 moniboom, Honda eng.; Behlen tor w/automatic shut-off, hopper btm bin, 1800 bu. exc. cond., $14,000 OBO. 320-583-1550 507-227-5838

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GREATER MINNESOTA TWO-CYLINDER CLUB 22nd Annual

The Affordable Way to Tile Your Fields 3 Point Hitch & Pull Type Models Available • Walking Tandem Axles • Formed V Bottom on w/425/65R22.5 Tires for Superior Grade Control • Tile Installation Depth Gauge

Buy Factory Direct & $AVE!

Shoe & Boot forms to Tile.

No more Crushed Tile • Paralled Pull Arms, Zero Pitch for the Most Accurate Tile Placement

Field Days, Swap Meet & Auction

May 3 & 4, 2014

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Morrison County Fairgrounds, Little Falls, MN

Auction: Saturday, May 3rd - 10 AM

Items Wanted: Antique & Collectibles Tractors, Gas Engines, Garden Tractors, Snowmobiles, Machinery, Parts & Toys Contact: 320-355-2650

Swap Meet, Flea Market, Toy & Craft Show Outside Spots: 218-839-5116 Inside Spots: 320-573-2270

Featuring: John Deere Letter Series Tractors, Minnesota Made Tractors & Equipment, Wheel Horse Garden Tractors, Scorpion Snowmobiles

Pedal Tractor Pull: Sat., May 3rd - 1 p.m.

Tractor, Gas Engine & Snowmobile Displays, Plowing Demonstrations, Parade, Children’s Activities, Old Fashion Jam Sessions All Exhibitors, Musicians, Consignors, & Vendors Welcome - Camping Available -

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

control, 885 hrs. ........................................$98,000 ‘11 JD 7830, MFWD, 16-spd. power quad trans., 4 remotes, HD front axle, 380/90R50 duals, front wgts., 2950 hrs., Powertrain Warranty till March 2015 or 4000 hrs. ....................$106,000 ‘09 JD 8430, Powershift, 1300 front axle, 380/90R50 duals, 380/85R34 single fronts, 4 remotes, wgts., 5200 hrs. ....................$115,000 All of the above John Deere Tractors have just been through service program and are field ready.

‘11 JD Gator TS 4X2, bed lift, 682 hrs.........$4,200 ‘11 JD 635F flexible platform ....................$21,500

– SEED TENDER SPECIALS –

Fairfax, MN 55332 507-381-1291

Steffes Auction Calendar 2014 For More info Call 1-800-726-8609 or visit our new website: SteffesGroup.com

(2) ‘13 SEED SHUTTLE 400 Green, 7 function remotes, self-loading 1 with scale- $24,600 1 without scale- $21,500

(2) SEED SHUTTLE 290 Green - $15,250 Each

Tuesday, April 29 @ 10:00 AM: Cass County, MN Farmland Auction, Holiday Inn Fargo, Kurtz Township, 80+/- acres of Red River Valley Farmland

Opening May 5 & Closing May 15: IQBID Jim Kulus Farm Retirement, Little Falls, MN, Preview will be Tuesday, May 13

STROBEL BT-200 2 On Hand - Starting at: $18,600

STROBEL 2 Box - $8,950

Opening May 26 & Closing June 4: IQBID Donny & Juanita Arens Farm Retirement, Watkins, MN, Tractors, Loaders, Planter, Drills, Tillage Equipment & more!

Friday, May 30 @ 10:00 AM MDT: Ken Kudrna Farm Retirement, South Heart, ND, Tractors, Loaders, Harvest Equipment, Tillage, Hay & Livestock Equipment & much more!

Opening June 1 & Closing June 10: IQBID June Auction, Upper Midwest Locations, Owners selling Ag, Construction, Trucks, RV’s, Vehicles & More! Advertising Deadline: Thursday, May 15

AZLAND TRAUG 2 Box Defender w/Scale - $13,050

AZLAND TRAUG

4 Box Defender w/Scale, Talc and Pivoting Auger - $21,500

WOODFORD AG, LLC 37666 300th St. • Redwood Falls, MN • (507) 430-5144 www.woodfordag.com

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

NORTHERN AG SERVICE INC 800-205-5751

Lime Spreading

“Have you checked your soil PH lately”

Wednesday, April 30 @ 10:00 AM: Cass County Flood Property Acquisitions, Steffes Group facility, West Fargo Opening May 1 & Closing May 8: IQBID May Auction, Upper Midwest Locations, Owners selling Ag, Construction, Trucks, RV’s, Vehicles & More!

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Demco side quest mounting Silo Demolition – We buy 4x5 round net wrapped corn Dairy quality western alfalstalks, $30 ea; rotary brackets for Case IH Magfa, big squares or small Harvestors & charge to combed, raked leafy soybean num Tier 4 tractor. 507-456squares, delivered in semi take down staves. Also buystubble, $40 ea; grass hay, 4909 before 9 p.m. loads. Clint Haensel ing junk combines. 507-995$50-$70 ea.; bales about 900 (605) 310-6653 2331 FOR SALE: '07 570 Redball lbs; Qty discounts. 320-382sprayer, 90' boom, 1200 gal6288 home 320-905-6195 cell FOR SALE: Grass hay and lon, 460 Raven monitor, straw, $4/small bale. Amvery good condition. 507Alfalfa grass, grass, straw, boy MN 507-674-3255 227-0573 or 507-227-0721 corn stalks in round bales, Evenings only. net wrapped. Delivered in semi loads. Call Tim at 320- FOR SALE: Western Hay & Straw In large squares or 221-2085 round bales by the semi load. Protein 18-26%, RFV Dairy Quality Alfalfa ‘10 JD 7230 Premium, MFWD, IVT, 650/65R38 up to 200.

Smikrud Tested big squares & round single rear tires, 540/65R28 front tires, rear wgts., Galesville, WI 608-582-2143 bales, delivered from South 608-484-0916 cell (Over 23 Dakota John Haensel (605) air seat, 741 self-leveling loader w/joystick years in the Hay Business) 351-5760

Thursday, June 5 @ 10:00 AM: Lakeview Excavating Inc. & Lakeview Trucking, ND Winter Show Facility Wednesday, July 30 @ 9:00 AM: AgIron West Fargo Event, Red River Valley Fairgrounds, West Fargo, Tractors & Loaders, Combines, Heads, Tillage Equipment, Semi Tractors, Skid Steer Loader & Much More! Advertising Deadline: Wednesday, July 2

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.

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FOR SALE: (2) 1000 gal NH3 tanks on running gears, farmer owned since new, always shedded, excellent cond, $4,000. 507-240-0247 Poultry

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Yearling peacocks, also bronze guineas. (608)5824228 Galesville WI Livestock

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Dutch Belted Semen, quality purebred genetics, Red, Black or Polled. (920)2538826 Expanding Dairy in need of close up Springing Heifers.

715-579-7200 FOR SALE: 14 Stall Germania parlor, 36” spacings, automatic take-offs w/ De Laval claws & shells, Germania 20' crowd gate & controls, air. 507-391-0098 Reg. Holstein bulls, good maternal lines & good sires. We also have red & white. Merritt's Elm-Chris Farm (715)235-9272 WANTED TO BUY: Dairy heifers and cows. 320-2352664 Cattle

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20 Simmental breeding bulls, Black Polled, excellent quality, good disposition, vaccinated, One 2 yr old son of Dream On (AI) gentle, easy calving. Three sired upgrade sons. 40 plus years of Simmental breeding. Riverside Simmentals Gerald Polzin 320-286-5805

FOR SALE OR LEASE REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & yearlings; bred heifers, calving ease, club calves & balance performance. Al sired. In herd improvement program. J.W. Riverview Angus Farm Glencoe, MN 55336 Conklin Dealer 320864-4625

• 5/8” drum roller wall thickness • 42” drum diameter • 4”x8” frame tubing 1/4” thick • Auto fold MANDAKO New Rock Wagons 012’-60’ LONG ROLLERS AVAILABLE!

USED EQUIPMENT

LARGE SELECTION OF WHEEL RAKES IN-STOCK

‘08 CIH 215, FWA, 900 hrs., 3 PTO ........................................................$135,000 IH 5488, FWA ..........................................................................................Coming In CIH 7150, FWA, 3528 hrs. ..........................................................................$75,500 CIH 7140, FWA, 3945 hrs. ..........................................................................$62,000 CIH 7140, FWA, 3900 hrs. ..........................................................................$62,000 CIH 7120, 2WD, 7500 hrs. ..........................................................................$45,000 CIH 7110, 2WD, 5200 hrs., no duals..........................................................$39,000 IH 5488, FWA, 9386 hrs. ............................................................................$39,900 IH 5288, FWA, 6800 hrs. ............................................................................$36,000 NH 166, inverter w/EX ..................................................................................$6,200 IH 5088 ........................................................................................................$19,000 IH 966, New TH & New Motor ....................................................................$12,500 IH 3688, 2WD, 3500 hrs. ............................................................................$21,500 IH 1566, 2WD, dual PTO, 6800 hrs. ..........................................................$17,000 CIH 7230, FWA, 3600 hrs. ..........................................................................$76,500 IH 656, hydro., 4800 hrs. ..............................................................................$7,000 CIH 4800, 24’ field cult. ................................................................................$9,500 CIH 4800, 26’ ................................................................................................$9,500 CIH 3900, 24’ cushion gang disk ..............................................................$18,500 CIH 527B ripper ..........................................................................................$20,500 DMI 530B ....................................................................................................$21,000 (4) DMI 527B ..............................................................................$14,500-$17,500 CIH 496, 24’ ................................................................................................$16,500 CIH 6500 disk chisel, 9-shank......................................................................$6,500 CIH 6750, 6-shank w/lead shank, w/hyd. lever ........................................$16,500 CIH 3950, 25’ cushion gang disk w/mulcher ............................................$26,500 CIH MX100 w/L600 loader, 2200 hrs. ........................................................$51,000 CIH MX110, 3694 hrs. ................................................................................$35,000 CIH JX55, 2WD, 2241 hrs...........................................................................$14,000 CIH Tigermate II, 26’ ................................................................................$26,000 DMI Tigermate II, 30’ ................................................................................$18,000 CIH 496 w/mulcher, cushion ......................................................................$16,500 (6) Demco 365 boxes ..........................................................From $4,500-$6,500 Demco 450, Red & Black ................................................................................CALL (2) Demco 550 box ....................................................................................$10,500 (2) J&M 250 ..................................................................................................$2,500 Demco Used Gravity Boxes, All Sizes Available ............................................CALL Gehl 125 grinder ........................................................................................$13,900

New Sitrex Rakes Available Many New & Used Rakes Available

GREENWALD FARM CENTER

• Port-A-Hut Shelters (Many Sizes) • Bergman Cattle Feeders – Special Prices • Lorenz Snowblowers – Special Prices

~ USED EQUIPMENT ~

• Grasshopper 227, 61” deck, 15 hrs., Demo • #620 Grasshopper Zero-Turn Mower, 48” powerfold deck, 140 hrs.!

• Toro Z-Master 72” Zero-Turn, dsl., 590 hrs.

• 6’ 3 pt. Reverse Tine Tiller • 15’ JD BWA Disc w/duals, Very Good • 9-shank Disc Chisel • Bale Baskets

• Bale Baskets • SI Feeders, Wagons & Bunks • (Hayhopper) Bale Feeders • Calftel Hutches & Animal Barns • R&C Poly Bale Feeders • Amish Built Oak Bunk Feeders & Bale Racks • Goat & Sheep Feeders • Mist Sprayers, gas or PTO • NEW ITEM! * 3 Pt. Fence Mowers* • Fainting goats & min. donkeys

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

Wanted to Buy:

• Green Choppers • Hog & Cattle Scales • Good Smaller Manure Spreaders • Cattle & Calf Feeders, Hog Feeders • Cattle Handling Equipment

FARM, HOME & CONSTRUCTION

Office Location - 305 Adams Street Hutchinson, MN 55350

320-587-2162, Ask for Larry

LOCAL TRADES TRACTORS

New Farmall 31, MFD w/60” ‘08 CIH 95, 2WD, cab - $29,500 ‘11 CIH 550 Quad, 2464 hrs., PTO - $238,500 ‘11 CIH 315 w/Soucel tracks, 1520 hrs. - Call ‘12 CIH Puma 130 CVT, 320 hrs.

- $96,500 ‘09 CIH MX245, 1335 hrs.

- $145,000 ‘92 CIH 5240, 2WD, PS - $24,900 ‘10 CIH 435 Quad, 550 hrs.

‘09 CIH 385, 4-wheel, 950 hrs.

PLANTERS & TILLAGE

‘08 1200, 16-30 pivot, bulk fill, 2500 acres - $79,500 ‘07 CIH 1200, 12-30 pivot planter w/bulk fill & insecticide - $58,500 JD 1770 NT, bulk fill, like new - $85,000 ‘05 CIH 1200, 16-30 pivot bulk - $54,500 CIH Tigermate 200, 44 ⁄ ’, rolling basket JD 2200, 33.5’, 3 bar - $23,500 1

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RABE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

1205 Bixby Road (across from fairgrounds), Fairmont, MN 507-235-3358 or 800-813-8300 • Get the Rabe Advantage

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

Case IH and CNH Capital are registered trademarks of CNH America LLC

Visit our Web Site at http://www.caseih.com

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

25 Limousin bulls, 2 yr olds & yrlings, low birth wgt., super growth, black or red.

John Goelz, Franklin, MN 507-557-8394

• 42’ Roller - $32,000 • 45’ Roller - $34,000 - Both 1 Year Old -

JBM Equipment: • Feeder Wagons - Several Models • Self-locking Head Gates • Self-locking Bunk Feeders • Tombstone Horse & Horned Cattle Feeders • Skid Feeders • BunkFeeders • Bale Wagons • Bale Thrower Racks • Flat Racks for big sq. bales • Self-locking Feeder Wagons • Fenceline Feeders • Several Types of Bale Feeders

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FOR SALE: Purebred Black Angus bulls, calf ease & good disposition; also York, Hamp & Hamp-Duroc boars & gilts. 320-598-3790 Dairy

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and small squares, Angus Bulls for sale. Year- FOR SALE: Polled Black FOR SALE: Three Simmen- FOR SALE: Yearling Short- Polled Hereford bulls, 3 yr Registered Texas Longhorn breeding stock, cows, horn beef bulls, by JSF old & yearlings. Buy now, Purebred Salers bulls, low tal breeding aged bulls. ling & 2 yr olds. Breeding quality grass, hay. heifers or roping stock, top Capiche 46U. 218-924-2337 will hold 'til you need them. birth wgts, exc P.B.D. & Two black baldies and one soundness exam. Tschanz Lake area. (715)205blood lines.

507-235-3467 Gene Robin, Verndale, MN 608-235-9417 or 608-839-5207 also some 2 yr olds. Oak red. Call 920-838-2057 if inFarms, Hwy 53, Blair, WI. Easy loading. hill Farms 507-642-8028 terested.

(608)989-2223 Open pollinated seed corn.

Outproduces hybrids for Calving ease bulls, black & FOR SALE: Purebred Black Polled Hereford bulls, year~ NEW EQUIPMENT/BIG INVENTORY ~ silage, $65/bu. plus shiplings & 2 year olds, semen red Angus, sell April 26, Angus bulls, long yearlings Notch Equipment: • GT (Tox-O-Wic) Grain Dryers, 350-800 bu. ping. Sweet, leafy stalks. tested, delivery available. bonus Angus. 608-348-3284 & 2 year olds, great EPD's.

EARLY ORDER DISCOUNTS NOW IN EFFECT! • Rock Buckets • Grapple Forks • Manure Forks 217-857-3377 Jones Farms, LeSueur, John 507-327-0932 or Brian • Sheep & Calf Feeders • Bale Spears • Hi-Volume Buckets & Pallet Forks MN. 507-317-5996 FOR SALE OR LEASE: • Livestock Equipment by Vern’s Mfg. 507-340-9255 JRC Angus WANTED AND FOR SALE • Bale Transports & Feeder Wagons, 16’-34’ Purebred Registered • Mister Squeeze Cattle Chutes & Hd. Gates ALL TYPES of hay & • Adult & Young Stock Feeders & Bale Feeders Charolais bulls, heifers, & FOR SALE: Registered An- Simmental Registered PB • Peck Grain Augers – Big Discounts • Land Levelers straw. Also buying corn, • MDS Buckets for Loaders & Skidloaders cows. Great bloodlines, exgus Bulls, 2 yr old & yearwheat & oats. Western Hay Smidley Equipment: Simmental Bull 1 Year of • Powder River Livestock & Horse Equipment cellent performance, ballings, AI sired, for several available. Fox Valley Alfalage. We have 2 Built Rite • Steer Stuffers • Hog Feeders • Hog Huts • Tire Scrapers for Skidsteers, 6’-9’ anced EPD's, low birth generations to some of the fa Mill. 920-853-3554 • Calf Creep Feeders • Lamb & Sheep Feeders X Crazy Queen bulls, • EZ Trail Wagons & Boxes weights. Delivery availbreed's best bulls. Miller • Cattle & Hog Waterers • Mini Scale selling choice. Nicolai • EZ Trail Bale Baskets, WANTED TO BUY: Dairy able.

Angus, Kasson MN 507-634Farms 651/437-4493 or Sioux Equipment: • MDS Roto King Round Bale Processor and Beef quality hay, also Laumann Charolais 4535 milrangus@kmtel.com 651/283-5076 • Gates • Calving Pens • Haymax Bale Feeders • Parts for GT Tox-O-Wic Grain Dryers straw, corn stalks, any type Mayer, MN 612-490-2254 • Cattle & Feeder Panels • Head Gates • Sitrex Wheel Rakes of bale. 608-633-9340 • Hog Feeders • Sqz. Chutes & Tubs • Calf Warmer Large good Rice 9994.

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FOR SALE: 2 yearling Reg. FOR SALE: Red & Black polled Hereford heifers.

Angus cows, (1) Black bull 320-796-0000, Spicer, MN & (2) Red bulls. 763-682-2536

• NEW LOCATION • HWY. 59 N • Slayton, MN

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WAKEFIELD FARMS Performance tested Charolais & Red Angus bulls, 50+ yrs in the feed stock business. Delivery available. Will feed your purchases until May 1st.

Put more profit in your pocket with a Wakefield bred bull.

507-402-4640

USED PARTS

Horse

LARSON SALVAGE

WANTED

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

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USED SPRAYERS Top Air 1600 gal., 120’ boom, 380x60 duals ..................................$55,000 Top Air 1600 gal., 132’ boom ..........................................................$53,000 Top Air 1600 gal., 90’ boom, 14.9x46 tires ......................................$40,000 Top Air 1600 gal., 120’ boom, Raven 450, hyd. pump....................$33,000 Fast 9500, 1800 gal. tank, Raven 450, Chem inductor..................$32,000 Brandt 1600 gal., 90’ boom, 46” tires..............................................$29,000 Schaben 1600 gal., 90’ boom ..........................................................$22,000 Sprayer Specialties, 1250 gal., 90’ boom......................................$21,000 Schaben 1600 gal., 90’ boom ..........................................................$19,500 Red Ball 670, 1200 gal., 90’ boom..................................................$19,000 Gregson 1000 gal., 90’ boom, 13.6x38 tires....................................$18,000 Top Air 1100 gal., 80’ X-fold boom ..................................................$17,000 Top Air 1100 gal., 90’ boom ............................................................$17,000 Top Air 1100 gal., 80’ X-fold boom ..................................................$16,000 Spraymaster 1000 gal., 80’ boom, 13.6x38 tires............................$14,000 Red Ball 680, 1000 gal., 90’ boom, 380x90x46 tires ....................$13,000 Great Plains 1000 gal., 80’ Top Air boom, 13.6x38 tires................$12,500 Hardi 1000 gal., 66’ boom, 13.6x38 tires ........................................$12,500 Sprayer Specialties 1000 gal., 60’ boom, Raven 440 ..................$11,000 Sprayer Specialties 1000 gal., 60’ boom, Raven 440......................$9,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 90’ boom, Big Wheel ......................................$8,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 90’ boom, tandem ..........................................$6,800 AgChem 1000 gal., 60’ X-fold boom, tandem ..................................$6,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 72’ boom, tandem ..........................................$6,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 90’ boom, tandem ..........................................$6,500 Harvest 10x72 ....................................................................................$6,000 Blumhardt 750 gal., 90’ boom, tandem ............................................$6,000 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 80’ NYB boom, tandem ..................................$6,000 Demco 1000 gal., 60’ X-fold boom, tandem......................................$6,000 Top Air 750 gal., 60’ vertical fold boom ............................................$5,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 60’ boom, tandem ..........................................$5,500 Blumhardt 1000 gal., 60’ boom, tandem ..........................................$5,500 Pleasure Products 1200 gal., 90’ boom, tandem ............................$4,500

DAMAGED GRAIN STATE-WIDE

We pay top dollar for your damaged grain.

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

Trucks and Vacs available.

Immediate response anywhere.

CALL FOR A QUOTE TODAY

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

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

New combine belts for all makes.

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

6 miles East of

CAMBRIDGE, MN 763-689-1179 We Ship Daily

Visa and MasterCard Accepted

WANT TO BUY: Butcher cows, bulls, fats & walkable cripples; also horses, sheep & goats. 320-235-2664 WANTED: To feed your baby calves. .50 per head per day. You furnish the feed, can do anywhere from 50-600 head. Contact Amos C.M. Borntreger, E25069 Stagecoach Rd., Fairchild, WI 54741

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

Planter Kits On Hand!

• Ph. 800-653-2676 or 507-335-7830 • Fax: 507-335-7808 • Mobile: 507-227-6728

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FOR SALE: Miniature black & white registered Stallion 2 yrs. (608)943-6269 Exotic Animals

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Blue India Peafowl, cocks and hens, (715)537-5413 Goats

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150 dairy goats for sale $125.

For more info call (715)2711165 Swine

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Compart's total program features superior boars & open gilts documented by BLUP technology. Duroc, York, Landrace & F1 lines.

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

All are stress free & PRRS free. Semen also available through Elite Genes A.I. Make 'em Grow! Comparts Boar Store, INC. Toll Free: 877-441-2627

NEW DRYERS

DELUX 10’ MODEL DP3015, LP/NG, 1 PH, W/MOISTURE LINK

USED DELUX DRYERS

DELUX 10’ MODEL 2515, LP/NG, 3 PH, 250 BPH DELUX 20’ MODEL 6030, LP/NG, 3 PH, 600 BPH DELUX 20’ MODEL 5030, LP/NG, 3 PH, 500 BPH DELUX 15’ MODEL DPX7040, LP/NG, 3 PH, 700 BPH DELUX 25’ MODEL DPX12560, LP/NG, 3 PH, 1250 BPH

USED DRYERS

KANSUN 1025 215, LP, 1 PH BEHLEN 380, 1 PH, LP, HEAT RECLAIM BEHLEN 700, 3 PH, LP, HEAT RECLAIM BEHLEN 700, 3 PH, LP, DOUBLE BURNER

USED LEGS

100’, 4000 BPH, 40 HP, 3 PH, DRIVE & MOTOR, GALVANIZED - NEW BELT & CUPS 60’, 3000 BPH, 10 HP, 3 PH, DRIVE & MOTOR, PAINTED

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

Large inventory of Welda sprockets, hubs, bearings, chains & pulleys

USED WAGONS J&M 760 gravity wagon ..................................................................$17,000 New Parker 605 gravity wagons ....................................................$16,700 Used Parker 605 gravity wagon ....................................................$14,500 Used J&M 360 gravity wagon ..........................................................$4,800 Used Demco 355 gravity wagon ......................................................$4,000 Gehl 970 silage wagon ......................................................................$4,000 Kory 220 gravity wagon w/drill-fill ....................................................$2,500

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Top Quality Holstein Steers 200-800 lbs. in semi load lots. 319-448-4667

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

4WD & TRACK TRACTORS

2011 CIH 260 Magnum 1158 hrs., 1-owner, 3 PTO’s, cab suspension, 360 HID lights, front & rear duals, Michelin 90%, Pro 700 AFS Auto Steer, leather - $175,000

1981 Versatile 555

3 point, PTO, 70% tires, 5500 hrs.

- $12,500

WOODFORD AG, LLC 37666 300th St. • Redwood Falls, MN • (507) 430-5144 www.woodfordag.com

TILLAGE

Sunflower 4630, 11-shank, Demo ..................CALL Sunflower 4412-07, 7-shank ......................$29,500 Wilrich 957, 7-shank ....................................$18,500 Wilrich 513, 5-shank, Demo............................CALL ‘09 Wilrich QX2, 55.5’ w/bskt. ....................$54,500 ‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..............................$52,500 ‘08 JD 3710, 10 bottom ..............................$34,500 CIH 4900, 46.5’ ............................................$12,500 JD 2210, 36’ w/4-bar ..................................$25,900 ‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar ..........................$38,900

SKIDSTEERS

NEW NH skidsteers on hand ..........................CALL NH LS170 ....................................................$13,750 NH L170 cab, new rubber ..............................CALL

COMBINES

NEW Fantini chopping cornhead ..................CALL (2) Fantini pre-owned 8-30 chopping CH ......CALL ‘10 Gleaner R76, loaded............................$235,000 ‘03 Gleaner R75, loaded............................$129,500 ‘01 Gleaner R72, just thru shop ................$110,000 ‘00 Gleaner R72 ..........................................$78,000 ‘90 Gleaner R60 w/duals ............................$24,500 ‘90 Gleaner R50 w/20’ ..............................COMING

HAY TOOLS

New Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand

MISCELLANEOUS

NEW Salford RTS units ..................................CALL NEW Salford Plows ........................................CALL NEW Unverferth seed tenders ................ON HAND NEW Westfield augers ....................................CALL NEW Rem 2700 vac ........................................CALL NEW Hardi 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 REM 2700, Rental............................................CALL Unverferth 8000 grain cart ..............................CALL Kinze 1050 w/duals ........................................CALL Pre-owned Snowblowers, 7’-9’ ......................CALL Pre-owned Sprayers........................................CALL

(DMI Parts Available)

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

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

Check Out Our Large On-line Inventory of Trucks, Semis & Industrial Equipment

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LARSON IMPLEMENTS 5 miles east of Cambridge, MN on Hwy. 95

763-689-1179

Free delivery on combines in MN, Eastern ND & SD

Look at our Web site for pictures & more listings www.larsonimplements.com

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

PLANTERS

NEW White planters ........................................CALL ‘11 White 8516 CFS, loaded ......................$97,500

White 6700, 12-30, w/res. managers............$6,500 White 6222, 12-30, front fold ......................$29,500 White 6186, 16-30 w/ins..............................$24,500 White 6122, 12-30........................................$16,500 JD 7200, 16-30, w/res. managers ..............$14,500

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USED TRACTORS

NEW NH T9.505, 4WD ....................................CALL NEW NH T8.300, FWA ....................................CALL NEW NH T8.275, FWA ....................................CALL NEW NH T7.200, FWA ....................................CALL NEW Massey 8670, FWA ................................CALL NEW Massey 7620, FWA ................................CALL NEW Massey 6615, FWA ................................CALL NEW Versatile 450, 4WD ................................CALL NEW Versatile 310, FWA ................................CALL NEW Versatile 305, FWA ................................CALL NH TV6070 bi-directional ............................$95,000 ‘00 NH 8870, FWA........................................$64,000 NH TN55S, FWA, w/cab ..............................$15,900 ‘08 NH 6070 w/cab, 2WD ............................$69,000 Versatile 895, 4WD ......................................$23,500 ‘60 IH 560, WF ..............................................$5,200

‘13 JD 9560R, 416 hrs., 4 remotes, 800x38” tires & duals ....$259,000 ‘12 Cat 865C, 1171 hrs., 30” tracks, 5 hyd., big pump, HID lights ......................................$240,000 ‘12 JD 9410, 1261 hrs., 1000 PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, 480x50 tires & duals ..............................$210,000 ‘12 JD 9560RT, 799 hrs., 36” tracks, 1000 PTO, 5 hyd. hi-flow ......................................$269,000 ‘12 JD 9560R, cab, powershift, 808 hrs., 4 hyd., Michelin 800x38 tires & duals....................$257,500 ‘12 Cat 865C, 992 hrs., 36” tracks, 5 hyd., hyd. swing draw bar, HID lights ........................$250,000 ‘11 JD 8360RT, 1101 hrs., 16” tracks, 1000 PTO, 3 pt., 5 hyd., big pump, front wgts. ....$220,000 ‘12 CIH Steiger 400HD, 298 hrs., power shift, 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO, COMBINES 480x50 duals, diff. lock ..$225,000 ‘11 JD 9670, 1160 eng./736 ‘12 CIH Steiger 400, 318 hrs., sep. hrs., Contour Master, chopper, power shift, 4 hyd., big pump, SLS shoe, 20.8x38 duals $160,000 520x46 tires & duals ......$195,000 ‘11 CIH 8120, 934 eng./729 ‘11 JD 8360RT, 1167 hrs., ultra sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, wide stance up to 160”, 16” tracks, tracker, 520x42” duals ....$189,000 5 hyd., big pump, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, ‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 front wgts. ......................$220,000 sep. hrs., Luxury cab, rock trap, ‘08 Challenger MT955B, 1400 hrs., tracker, chopper, 520x42 tires & 460 hp., auto steer, 208x46 duals ..............................$188,500 triples ..............................$157,500 ‘87 CIH 1640, 3468 hrs., rock trap, auto header controls, 24.5x32 tires ROW CROP TRACTORS ........................................$18,500 ‘13 JD 6190R, 585 hrs., Premium ‘09 JD 9870STS, 1895 eng./1233 cab, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, IVT sep. hrs., Premier Cab, Pro-drive, trans., 18.4x46 tires & duals 5 spd. Feederhouse, CM, 520x42” ......................................$129,000 duals, 28L-26 rears ........$145,000 ‘13 JD 7200R, MFWD, IVT trans., ‘09 CIH 7088, 1193 eng./895 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt., 3 hyd., sep. hrs., tracker, chopper, 710x38 rear tires ............$132,000 rock trap, 30.5x32 tires ..$142,000 ‘12 CIH Magnum 260, MFWD, ‘11 JD 9770, 880 eng./613 sep.

525 hrs., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., hrs., CM, 5 spd. feederhouse, big pump, complete auto guidance Pro-drive, chopper, 520x42 tires setup, 420x46 tires & duals & duals............................$189,000 ......................................$150,000 ‘08 JD 9770, 1380 eng./938 ‘11 JD 8335R, MFWD, 1777 hrs., sep. hrs., 4x4, CM, chopper, ILS, IVT trans., 4 hyd., big pump, 1250/45/32 tires..............$155,000 front wgts., 18.4x50 tires ‘98 JD 9610, 3578 eng./2379 & duals............................$187,500 sep. hrs., chopper, bin ext., ‘11 JD 8285R, MFWD, 1214 hrs., 20.8x42 duals....................$49,000 powershift, 4 hyd., big pump, 18.4x46 tires & duals ......$165,000

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– TRACTOR SPECIALS –

‘08 JD 8430, MFWD, 4468 hrs., 43 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, front wgts., 480x50 tires & duals ......................................$120,000 ‘07 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 3050 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., 420x46 tires & duals ......................................$100,000 ‘07 CIH Magnum 245, MFWD, 4090 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., 420x46 rear tires w/18.4x42” duals ..............$92,000 ‘06 CIH MX245, MFWD, 4975 hrs., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 14.9x46” tires & duals......................$82,000 ‘94 NH 8770, MFWD, 5250 hrs., super steer, 3 pt., 3 hyd., 1000 PTO, 14.9x46 tires &duals $55,000 ‘86 CIH 3594, MFWD, 3275 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x42” tires & duals, front wgts., 1-Owner ........................................$34,000

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HOPPERS

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‘98 Wilson, 41x96, 66” Sides, Extra Lights, Roll Tarp, BELTED 24.5 LP Tires ................$18,000 ‘02 Red River, 48’, 84/102, 52” ‘95 Merritt, 42’ AL Hopper, Belt, 3 Single AR Axles, 1 Lift 68” Sides, 2-Spd. Doors, Rebuilt ..........................$12,500 Axle, 385x225 Super Singles, Electric Tarp, Wind Kit, Weight ‘94 Timpte, 40’, Split Hoppers, Gauges, Clean ..............$37,500 SPR, 80% Tires & Brakes, DOUBLE DROPS Clean ............................$15,500 ‘80 Transcraft, 53’, 33’ Well, SEMI TRUCKS Non-Detachable, AR, Polished (2) ‘04 Volvo Day Cab, Single AL Wheels, New Hardwood Axle, 365 Hp., 10c Trans., 390 Ratio, 450K Mi. ........$8,500 Decking, 80% Tires & Brakes, Clean ............................$14,000 ‘95 Kenworth T800 Conventional, END DUMPS Series 60 Detroit Eng., 860K Mi., Eng. Brake, 10-Spd., Summit End Dump, 30’, 40,000 lb., 3.90 Ratio, AR, 2 72” Sides, 3 Axle, AR ....$16,750 Line Wet Kit, Air Slide 5th, 235” VAN/WATER TRAILERS WB, Full Screw, 80% 24.5 LP (4) Reefers, 48/102, Clean Radial Tires, Disc Wheels, AL Disc Front ....................$16,900 ..........................$5,000-$6,000 Furniture Van, Side *TRUSS TRAILERS Kentucky Doors AR, 70% T&B ........$6,000 ‘98 Lakeside RollerMaster, (20) Van Trailers, 48/102-53/102; 32’-45’/102, Elec. over Hyd. Great for water storage or Lift, Top Locking Deck Rollers, over the road......$3,000-$7,000 New Paint, Winches, 80% 48/102 Van Bodies, Less Axles & T&B ................................$6,500 Dollies, for setting on ground ‘97 JDH TrussMaster, 42’..................$2,000 Plus Delivery 60’/102, 8 Winches, Elec. over 48’ & 53’ Van Trailers. Rent For Hyd. Tilt, Elec. over Air Extend, Storage ............$145.00/ Month Tandem Axle ..................$5,500

FLATBEDS

TRACTORS

• ‘14 MF 6616 tractor & loader • ‘13 MF 8690, MFD • MF GC1705 w/loader • MF 4610, MFD, platform • ‘13 MF GC 1705, compact tractor • ‘05 MF 451, 45 PTO hp, 400 hrs.

• JD 4440, cab, loader

CORN HEADS

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

Barret, 46’, 3 Floors 1 Removable, 50% 24.5 Tires, 70% Brakes ....................$7,550

• Geringhoff 1822RD, ‘09 • Geringhoff 1820RD, ‘09 • Geringhoff 1630RD, ‘09 • Geringhoff 1622RD, ‘07 • Geringhoff 1622RD, ‘07 • Geringhoff 1622RD, ‘04 • Geringhoff 1230RD, ‘09 • Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘11 • Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘08 • Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘07 • Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘05 • Geringhoff 1222RD, ‘03 • Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘11 • Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘05 • Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘04 • Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘02 • Geringhoff 1220RD, ‘12 • Geringhoff 830NS, ‘08 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘08 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘06 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘05 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘04 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘04 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘01 • Geringhoff 830RD, ‘07 • Geringhoff 630RD, ‘07 • Geringhoff 630RD, ‘05 • Geringhoff 630RD, ‘97 • JD 622, GVL poly • JD 822 KR, HT, steel • ‘04 Gleaner 1222 hugger, GVL poly • MF 844 4RW • MF 1163 • ‘12 CIH 2608, HHC, end row augers, chopping

COMBINES

• ‘07 MF 9790, duals, RWA, 1001 hrs.

• ‘14 MF 9540, RWA • ‘98 MF 8780 combine. RWA. duals • ‘91 MF 8570, RWA

• ‘86 MF 8560 • MF 2856 baler, w/kicker • ‘97 Gleaner R62, duals, 2052 sep. hrs. w/net-twine wrap • ‘92 Gleaner R62, 2063 hrs.

• MF 1372 mwr cnd, 12 steel rollers • Used MF 200 SP windrower, cab GRAIN HANDLING w/14’ auger head • Parker 2620 seed tender • ‘13 760 Roto-Grind tub grinders • Parker G. Box, 250 bu.

• 13’ 2881 Bale King bale processor, • ‘05 Parker 625 gravity box, 4-wheel RH discharge brakes • A&L 850S grain cart w/tarp, 850 bu. MISCELLANEOUS • ‘08 Brandt 1535 LP, gas, track mover • WRS 30’ header trailers • Brandt 20110 swing hopper • E-Z Trail 39’ header trailer • Brandt 7500HP grain vac.

• Mauer 28’-42’ header trailers • ‘00 Brandt 4500 EX, grain vac.

• Degelman 5 ft. skidsteer buckets • ‘03 Brandt 1070 auger, PTO Drive, • Degelman RP 570 prong pickers w/swing hopper • Degelman RD 320 rock digger • Conveyall 10x40 belt conveyor, • Degelman 7200 rock picker electric motor • Melroe 600 rock picker • Brandt, 1515, 1535, 1545, 1575, 1585 • Degelman 6000HD rock picker belt conveyors • Degelman RR1500 rock rake, PTO • Brandt 8x62 auger, PTO drive, SC drive • Brandt 8x45 auger, 18 hp. Briggs • DMI crumbler, 50’ • Brandt 8x35, 8x37, 8x40, 8x47, 8x52, • Sunflower 1435-21 21ft. disc, 3 bar 8x57, 8x62, 8x67, 10x35 straight harrow augers • (2) Degelman LR7645 land rollers, • Brandt 1060XL, 1070XL, 1080XL, Rental Return 1380XL, 1390XL swing hopper • Everest 84” finish mower augers • ‘08 JD 520 stalk chopper • ‘12 Buhler 1282 sling hopper • Loftness 20’ stalk chopper • Parker 839 grain cart, tarp, 850 bu.

• Wil-Rich 25’ stalk chopper • Parker 165-R gravity box • Loftness 240 stalk chopper, • Hutchinson 10x61 auger semi-mount • ‘08 Unverferth grain cart, 500 bu.

• ‘06 Kodiak 60”, 72” & 84” rotary • Killbros 1175 grain cart, 750 bu. cutters w/tarp • Loftness 84” snowblower, hyd. spout • ‘05 Demco 650 gravity box, 4-wheel • Loftness 8’ snowblower brakes • 2011 SB Select snowblower, 97” & 108”, 3 pt.

HAY & LIVESTOCK • Lucke 8’ 3 pt., snowblower • JD 38, sickel mower. 7’ • Sunflower 4610-9 disc ripper • IH 14, 5 bar rake • Sunflower 4511-15 disc chisel • ‘12 NH H7450 disc mower condit., 13’ • Sunflower 4412-07 disk ripper • MF 1329 & 1330, 3 pt. disc mower • Sunflower 4412-05 disk ripper • ‘11 NH H6750, 3 pt., disk mower, • Sunflower 4311-14 disk ripper, 110” 7 shank • Sitrex RP2 wheel rakes • CIH 4800 field cult., 271⁄2’ • Sitrex RP5 wheel rakes • Sunflower 5056-63 field cult.

• Sitrex 10 wheel rakes on cart • ‘14 Sunflower SF 5056-49 field cult.

• Sitrex 10- & 12-wheel rakes on cart • Sunflower 5055-36 field cult.

• Sitrex MK12 & MK16 hy. cap. wheel • ‘10 Sunflower SF 4213-13 disk chisel rakes • Sunflower 1435-21 disc

(2) ‘99 Transcraft, 48/102, All Steel, 80% Tires & Brakes ........................................$8,750 ‘99 Transcraft Eagle, 48/96 All Steel, SPX, AR, 80% Tires & Brakes ........................$8,750 ‘98 Fontaine, 48/102, New Airbags & Brakes, SPX/AR, No Rust, 80% T&B, California Trailer..............................$9,000 ‘97 Transcraft, 48/102 AL Combo, Winches, Tie Down Chains, SPX, AR, 80% Tires ................$9,750 ‘95 Utility, 48/96 AL Combo, AL Floor, Winches, Tie Downs, Storage Box, SPX, AR......$8,750 ‘93 Wilson, 48x96, SPR, Sliding Tandem ..............$6,500 (2) Utility, 45-102, Closed Tandem, SPR, All Steel ................................Ea. $6,000

DROPDECKS

‘05 Fontaine, 48/102, Tandem SPX, 22.5 Tires..............$24,900 ‘96 Fontaine, 53/102, All Steel, 90% Tires & Brakes ......$19,250 ‘89 Fontaine, 48/102, Sandblasted/Painted, New Floor, New T&B, New Lights ......................................$17,500 Engineered 5’ Beavertail, Kit includes Paint & LED Lights & all electrical ............$3,750/$5,750 Installed

CATTLE/HOG TRAILERS

‘96 Wilson AL Livestock Pot, 48/102, Trans. Roof, Nose Rail w/Decking, 3/4 Counterbalance Doghouse, LH Load ......$18,750

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4-H & FFA show pigs For WANTED TO BUY! USED BULK MILK COOLER Sale, County, State, & NaALL SIZES 920-867-3048 tional winners. Jan, Feb, March litters avail. Cech Show Pigs. Contact Zack Industrial & Const.

083 Williamson 507-402-7114 or Aaron Cech 507-383-6709 FOR SALE: '00 Caterpillar D5C, Series 3, 1900 hrs, cab, FOR SALE: Show Pigs, both nice machine, $60,000. 952Purebreds and Crossbreds.

292-5255 Call for an Appointment.

Sheldon Johnson 507-8401210 or Levi Johnson 507- Trucks & Trailers 084 840-1487 Jackson MN FOR SALE: Sow shares & a FOR SALE: '76 Great Dane 45' van trailer, for storage, 2400 sow filtered farm, clean & dry, $1,800. 507-340gives you the right to re2820 ceive 1000 head ISO weans

‘04 Dodge Caravan SXT, 3.8L, 130K Mi., Clean ..............$4,750 ‘02 Chevy Impala, 160K Mi., Tan ..................................$5,500 ‘04 Malibu Max LS, V6, 32 mpg., Good Tires, Sunroof, 76K Mi., Silver ..............................$6,500 ‘00 Chevrolet Impala, 147K Mi., Loaded, Heated Leather Seats, Sunroof, Black ................$4,800 ‘88 Ford F150 XLT Lariat, 4.9L 6-Cyl., 2WD, 5-Spd. Overdrive Rebuilt Trans., New Clutch, AC, PS/PB, Dual Tanks, Topper, 4 New Tires ....................$1,650

every 8½ - 9 weeks, PEDS FOR SALE: '84 Int'l, Cumand PRRS negative, very mins eng, 9spd, 19' box & good production, more hoist, $11,000; '93 Kenshares a possibility. Curworth, 60 Detroit, 10spd, rent pig prices $39. North$6,500; '86 GMC Top Kick, west IA. 712-441-4410 3208 Cat eng, 5spd, 26' fold down implement deck, FOR SALE: Spot, Durocs & $3,000; Scott truck hoist.

Chester White boars.

320-587-6301 Resler Spots & Durocs. 507456-7746 FOR SALE: Ford 7.3 dsl engines & parts. New & Used FOR SALE: Yorkshire, with service. 320-583-0881 Hampshire, Duroc & Hamp/Duroc boars, 4-H 085 pigs, also gilts. Excellent Recreational Vehicles selection. Raised outside.

Exc herd health. No PRSS. FOR SALE: '08 Polaris Ranger, white limited ediDelivery avail. 320-568-2225 tion, equipped w/ full cab & ORR FEEDER PIGS. Tim other extras, 1750 mi, exc Orr. Call for availability. cond, has a wiring harness (563) 920-2680 to run JD GPS equip. Call 320-226-0778 or 320-269-9233 Show Pigs for sale, available March 28 & after.

Miscellaneous 090 608-487-3082 or 608-269-1082 Swenson Fine Swines Cummins 4BT3.9, $2,500; Allis 6 cyl. Turbo, $1,900; IH Show pigs for sale, high qualDT466, $2,000; JD 6414T, ity, healthy litters of pigs $3,700; JD 6404T, $3,000. born Jan-March, sired by (715)669-5796 top AI show pig sires. Jeff & Roger Owen (715)672-5630 FOR SALE: (4) 20.8x38 Good year tires, (1) 18.4x38 Livestock Equip 075 Goodyear tire, (1) 14.9x38 Coop tire, (1) 13.6x28 Coop FOR SALE: (36) 2' x 6' Hog tire, (1) 16.9x34 Goodrich Slat stainless steel dry hog tire. 507-430-1089 feeders, exc shape, pictures available for viewing on FOR SALE: 15-5-38 hub duemail or texting. 507-230als off JD 3020, asking $350.

0040 Tracy Melson 507-227-2602

‘70 John Deere Tractor, Gas, Wide Front, Runs Good ..$4,500 ‘64 IH 806 Gas Tractor, Wide Front, 2P, Runs Good ......$4,500 Hyster Forklift, 6000 lb., Side Shift, 131⁄2’ Lift, 15” Pneumatic Tires................................$6,250 Custom Haysides Stationary ........................$1,250 Tip In Tip Out ....................$1,750 Front & Rear Extensions ....................................$350/Ea. Complete Suspensions, Air Ride or Spring Ride ..........................$1,000 AR/Axle ............................$500 SR/Axle (50) Steel & (25) Aluminum Rims - In Stock: 24.5 & 22.5 ..................................$50 Steel ........................$150 Aluminum

CIH 7130, 2WD ........................................$32,900 JD 4430, OS, PS ......................................$15,900 ‘77 JD 4430, quad....................................$19,900 JD 4240, PS..............................................$21,900 JD 4230, Quad, OS, w/JD 720 ldr ..........$18,900 JD 4030, Syncro, open station................$14,900 JD 4030, Quad, open station ..................$14,900 (2) ‘69 JD 4020, diesel ....................................Call JD 2940 w/146 loader..............................$10,900 (2) IH 1026, hydro ..........................From $15,900 IH 856, 1256, 1456..........................From $10,900 IH 806, diesel..............................................$8,900 (2) IH 560, gas & diesel ....................From $4,000 Gehl 4635 skid steer, 6’ bkt ....................$12,900 Allied Buhler 695 ........................................$4,900 JD Sound Guard Cabs ..................................Call

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‘13 JD 9510R, 696 Hrs., PS, 800/38’s............................$284,500

‘12 JD 9460RT, 1023 Hrs., PS, Leather ............................$299,900

‘11 JD 4930, 1725 Hrs., 1200 Gal. SS, 120’ SS Boom ..........$229,500

Tractors 4WD Tractors

Track Tractors

(N) ’13 JD 9560RT, 260 hrs ..........................................$369,900 ‘09 JD 7830, 1275 Hrs., (OS) ‘10 JD 9650T, 930 hrs ..........................................$315,000 Auto Quad........................$114,900 (OW) ’12 JD 9460RT, 1013 hrs, ext warranty................$299,900 (OW) ‘11 JD 9630T, 1472 hrs ........................................$288,900 (H) ‘10 JD 9630T, 1650 hrs............................................$287,500 (OW) ’13 JD 8335RT, 391 hrs, 18” Tracks ....................$269,900 (B) ‘10 JD 9630T, 1586 hrs............................................$269,900 (B) ’09 JD 9630T, 1482 hrs............................................$264,900 (N) ’08 JD 9530T, 2035 hrs, 36” tracks ........................$238,000 (N) ’07 JD 8430T, 3170 hrs, 18” tracks ........................$170,000 (OS) ’06 JD 8430T, 3062 hrs, 18” tracks ......................$165,000 (OW) ’07 JD 8430T, 3184 hrs, 25” tracks ....................$159,900 (OW) ’02 JD 9420T, 4430 hrs, AT ready........................$139,900 (B) ’03 JD 9320T, 4641 hrs............................................$139,900 (H) ‘00 JD 9300T, 4375 hrs, 36” tracks ........................$105,000 ‘07 JD 1770NT CCS, 24R30”, (OW) ‘00 JD 8410T, 5100 hrs., 18” tracks ......................$79,900 ..........................................$110,000 (H) ’97 JD 8400T, 5690 hrs, 24” tracks ..........................$66,500 (B) ’97 JD 8200T, 5233 hrs, 16” tracks ..........................$62,900

Row Crop Tractors

Utility Tractors

(OW) ’09 JD 5105M, 1600 hrs, loader ............................$67,900 ‘97 JD 1710, 12R30”, (OS) ’12 JD 5075E, 2012 hrs, MFWD, OS ......................$29,500 Row Cleaners ....................$29,500 (N) ’12 JD 5075E, 63 hrs, MFWD, OS ............................$29,250

‘09 Miller Nitro N2XP, 2800 Hrs., 1000 Gal., 90’ Boom........$133,900

(OW) ‘96 White 6105, 5480 hrs, MFWD, cab ................$24,900 (OW) ‘07 JD 1750, 6 row 30” ..........................................$25,900 (N) ’12 JD 5065E, 138 hrs, MFWD, OS ..........................$24,500 (B) ‘93 JD 7200, 16 row 30” ............................................$23,900 (N) ’11 JD 5045D, 110 hrs, 2WD, OS..............................$14,800 (OW) ‘95 JD 7200, 8 row 30”, liq fert ..............................$20,900 (B) ‘92 JD 455, 30’, 10” spacing ....................................$20,900 Combines (OS) ’93 JD 7200, 12 row 30” ........................................$19,500 (B) ‘13 JD S680, 282 sep hrs, PRWD ..........................$377,500 (OS) JD 1530 drill w/cart ................................................$18,500 (H) ‘12 JD S680, 108 sep. hrs, 650/38’s ......................$358,000 (OS) White 6100, 12 row 30” ..........................................$16,900 (OW) ’13 JD S680, 239 sep hrs ....................................$352,900 (N) JD 7300, 12 row 30”, vacuum ..................................$12,000 (OW) ‘12 JD S680, ext warranty ....................................$345,000 (OW) JD 7200, 8 row 36” ................................................$11,500 (OW) ‘13 JD S670, 260 eng hrs ....................................$332,000 (OS) JD 7000, 16 row 30” ................................................$8,000 (OW) ’13 JD S670, 190 sep hrs, duals..........................$329,900 Spring Tillage (H) ‘13 JD S670, 270 sep hrs, PRWD ..........................$329,900 (N) ’13 JD S670, 223 sep hrs ........................................$326,000 (H) ‘11 JD 2310, 45’ m/finisher, r/basket ........................$87,900 (B) ‘12 JD S660, 163 rs, PRWD ....................................$299,900 (H) ‘12 JD 2210, 45.5’, r/basket ......................................$65,000 (OW) ‘12 JD S660, 215 hrs, duals ................................$299,000 (OW) ‘07 JD 2210, 55.5’ ..................................................$64,900 (OW) ’11 CIH 9120, 727 sep hrs, tracks, PRWD ..........$295,000 (OS) ’08 JD 2210, 64.5’ ..................................................$62,500 (OW) ‘11 JD 9870, 700 sep hrs, PRWD ........................$294,900 (OW) ‘08 JD 2210, 55.5’ ..................................................$57,500 (OW) ’12 JD S670, 350 sep hrs, ext warranty ..............$289,900 (B) ‘09 JD 2210, 45.5’......................................................$55,900 (OW) ‘12 JD S660, 420 sep hrs, duals..........................$279,900 (OS) ’06 JD 2210, 58.5’ ..................................................$49,000 (B) ’11 JD 9870, 511 sep hrs, PRWD, 800/70R38 ........$279,900 (OW) Case IH Tigermate, 48.5’......................................$46,000 (B) ‘11 JD 9770, 511 sep hrs ........................................$256,500 (OW) ‘09 JD 2210, 45.5’ ..................................................$42,500 (N) ’11 JD 9670, 405 sep hrs, duals..............................$255,000 (H) ’05 JD 2210, 58.5’ ....................................................$42,500 (B) ‘10 JD 9870, 1067 sep hrs, PRWD..........................$244,900 (OW) ’05 JD 2210, 45.5’ ..................................................$41,500 (OS) ’10 JD 9670, 431 sep hrs, duals ..........................$240,000 (B) ‘02 JD 2200, 64.5’......................................................$39,900 (B) ‘09 JD 9770, 1323 eng hrs, PRWD..........................$214,900 (B) ‘02 JD 2200, 44.5’......................................................$38,500 (N) ’09 JD 9770, 772 sep hrs ........................................$210,000 (H) ‘03 JD 2200, 38.5’ ....................................................$33,900 (H) ‘07 JD 9570, 888 hrs, duals ....................................$208,000 (OW) ‘97 DMI Tigermate II, 47.5’ ..................................$24,900 (OW) ‘09 JD 9770, 1041 sep hrs ..................................$204,900 (B) ‘00 JD 980, 44.5’........................................................$23,900 (H) ‘09 JD 9570, 700 sep hrs, duals..............................$197,000 (OW) ’04 JD 726, 30’ mulch finisher ..............................$29,900 (OS) ’07 JD 9760, 1206 sep hrs, auto trac ready ........$174,500 (N) ’02 DMI Tigermate II, 60.5’ ......................................$26,500 (H) ’07 JD 9660, 1203 sep hrs ......................................$169,900 (OS) ’97 JD 985, 54.5’ ....................................................$26,000 (H) ‘05 JD 9660, 1792 sep hrs, duals............................$168,500 (OW) ‘00 JD 980, 44.5’ ....................................................$23,900 (OW) ‘06 JD 9760, 1500 sep hrs ..................................$167,500 (OW) ‘00 Wilrich Quad 5, 45.5’ ......................................$22,900 (B) ‘07 JD 9560, 876 sep hrs, PRWD............................$163,900 (B) ‘97 JD 980, 43.5’........................................................$20,900 (B) ‘06 JD 9760, 1750 sep hrs, PRWD..........................$154,900 (B) ‘98 JD 980, 36.5’........................................................$20,900 (OW) ‘05 JD 9660, 1442 sep hrs, duals ........................$151,900 (OS) JD 980, 36’ ..............................................................$19,500 (OW) ‘06 JD 9760, 1760 sep hrs, PRWD ......................$149,000 (N) ’01 JD 980, 38.5’ ......................................................$19,500 (H) ‘04 JD 9760, 2350 hrs, duals ..................................$132,500 (H) ’97 JD 980, 38.5’ ......................................................$18,900 (OS) ’01 JD 9550, 1872 sep hrs, walker, duals ..............$89,000 (OW) ‘90 JD 724, 30’ mulch finisher ..............................$10,995 (H) ‘92 JD 9500, 2840 sep hrs, 10 Series updates ........$49,900 (OS) Wil-Rich 32’ f/cult ....................................................$3,500 (OW) ‘91 JD 9500, 1720 hrs, duals ................................$46,900 Sprayers (H) ‘99 JD 9610, 2064 sep hrs, duals..............................$45,000 (OW) ’96 JD 9600, 2790 sep hrs, duals ..........................$39,900 (OW) ’12 JD 4940, 756 hrs, 120’ boom ........................$281,500 (OS) ’90 JD 9500, 3250 sep hrs, duals ..........................$37,500 (OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 405 hrs, 120’ boom ........................$269,700 (N) ’90 JD 9500, 2636 sep hrs ........................................$37,000 (OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 410 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$259,900 (OW) ‘13 JD 4830, 442 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$259,500 Planters - Seeding (OW) ‘11 JD 4930, 1343 hrs, 120’ boom ......................$249,750 (N) ’13 JD 1770, CCS, 24 row 30” ................................$164,500 (OW) ’12 JD 4830, 668 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$236,500 (N) ’10 JD 1770, CCS, 24 row 30”, liq fert ....................$159,000 (OW) ’12 JD 4830, 1155 hrs, 90’ boom ........................$235,750 (N) ’10 JD 1790, CCS, 24 row 20” ................................$153,500 (OW) ’12 JD 4830, 775 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$234,500 (OW) ’08 JD DB44, 24 row 22”, CCS, liq fert ..............$141,000 (OW) ’12 JD 4830, 792 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$233,000 (OS) ’11 JD 1790, CCS, 32 row 15”..............................$135,000 (OW) ’11 JD 4930, 1725 hrs, 120’ boom ......................$229,500 (N) ’08 JD 1770NT, CCS, 24 row 30”............................$129,000 (OW) ’11 JD 4830, 1011 hrs, 90’ boom ........................$225,000 (OS) ‘13 JD 1790, 24 row 15” or 12 row 30” ................$127,500 (OW) ’12 JD 4730, 694 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$215,500 (OS) ’05 JD 1770NT, CCS, 24 row 30” ........................$120,000 (OW) ’12 JD 4730, 800 gal, 90, boom ..........................$209,900 (OS) ’07 JD 1770NT, 24 row 30” ..................................$110,000 (OW) ’12 JD 4730, 490 Hrs, 90’ boom..........................$209,600 (N) ’10 JD 1770NT, CCS, 16 row 30”..............................$99,000 (OW) ’12 JD 4730, 800 hrs, 90’ boom ..........................$208,500 (H) ’04 JD 1770NT, 16 row 30”, 3 bushel........................$79,900 (OW) ‘09 JD 4830, 2400 hrs, 90’ boom ........................$200,000 (OW) ‘03 JD 1770NT, 16 row 30”, liq fert........................$76,900 (OW) ’07 JD 4930, 3093 hrs, dry box ..........................$160,000 (OS) ’97 JD 1770, 24 row 30” ........................................$68,000 (OW) ’09 Ag-Chem 1084SS, 2094 hrs, 80’ boom ........$159,500 (OS) ’04 Kinze 3650, 23 row 15” ....................................$65,000 (OW) ’09 Ag-Chem 1286C, 1994 hrs, 90’ boom ..........$158,900 (H) Kinze 3700, 36 row 20”, liq fert ................................$62,500 (OW) ’09 Ag-Chem 1084SS, 2951 hrs, 90’ boom ........$145,500 (OS) ’97 JD 1770, 24 row 30” ........................................$62,000 (OW) ‘09 Miller Nitro N2, 2787 hrs, 90’ boom ............$133,100 (N) ‘06 JD 1770NT, 16 row 30” ......................................$58,500 (B) ‘05 JD 4720, 3794 hrs, 80’ boom ............................$124,900 (B) ‘00 JD 1760, 12 row 30”, finger pickup ....................$48,500 (OW) ‘10 Apache AS715, 1200 hrs, 90’ boom ............$109,900 (OW) ’96 JD 1760, 12 row 30”, 3 bushel ........................$46,500 (OW) ‘03 Ag-Chem 1264, 3785 hrs, 90’ boom ..............$82,000 (B) ‘03 JD 455, 30’, 7.5” spacing, grass attach ..............$38,500 (OW) ‘95 Ag-Chem 844, 750 gal, 60’ boom ..................$36,900 (OS) ’96 JD 1770, 16 row 30” ........................................$37,500 (B) ‘97 JD 1710, 12 row 30”, vertical fold ......................$29,500

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

(OS) ’10 JD 8320R, 1877 hrs, ILS, PS ..........................$225,000 (N) ’12 JD 8260R, 357 hrs, ILS, PS ..............................$216,500 (OS) ’12 JD 7215R, 295 hrs, IVT ..................................$172,500 (OS) ’11 JD 7215R, 760 hrs, IVT ..................................$167,000 (OS) ’12 JD 7200R, 135 hrs, IVT ..................................$162,500 (OW) ‘07 JD 8230, 3500 hrs, MFWD ............................$149,900 (B) ‘13 JD 6150R, 669 hrs, IVT......................................$131,900 (B) ‘13 JD 6150R, 694 hrs, IVT......................................$131,900 (OW) ‘13 JD 6150R, 577 hrs, Auto Quad......................$125,900 (OW) ‘09 JD 7830, 1274 hrs, 2WD, Auto Quad ............$114,900 ‘00 JD 1760, 12R30”, Finger Pickup ....................$48,500 (OW) ’97 JD 8400, 7722 hrs............................................$78,900 (OS) ‘97 JD 8200, 7800 hrs, MFWD, PS ........................$75,000 (B) ‘98 JD 8200, 7355 hrs, MFWD ..................................$74,900 (N) ‘96 JD 8100, 4045 hrs, 2WD, PS ..............................$61,000 (OW) ‘05 JD 7420, 5085 hrs, MFWD, IVT ......................$59,900 (H) ‘90 JD 4755, 5500 hrs, 2WD, PS ..............................$57,500 (OW) ‘85 JD 4450, 11,000 hrs, 2WD, loader..................$39,500 (H) ‘80 JD 4240, 3350 hrs, PS ........................................$33,500 (OS) ‘ 78 JD 4440, 7900 hrs, PS ....................................$18,500 (OW) ‘74 JD 4030, open station......................................$12,900 (B) ‘65 JD 4020, syncro ....................................................$8,300

‘12 JD 4730, 1065 Hrs., 800 Gal. SS, 90’ Boom ..................$208,500

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(N) ’13 JD 9560R, 172 hrs ............................................$346,500 (N) ‘13 JD 9560R, 218 hrs ............................................$346,500 (N) ‘12 JD 9560R, 330 hrs, 800/38’s ............................$315,000 (H) ‘13 JD 9560R, 605 hrs ............................................$314,900 (OW) ‘13 JD 9560R, 606 hrs, ext. warranty ..................$304,900 (OW) ‘12 JD 9560R, 579 hrs, ext. warranty ..................$285,900 (B) ’12 JD 9560R, 840 hrs ............................................$288,900 (OW) ‘13 JD 9510R, 450 hrs, lease return ....................$284,500 ‘98 JD 8200, 7500 Hrs., (N) ’12 JD 9460R, 325 hrs ............................................$278,500 540/1000 PTO ....................$74,900 (OW) ‘13 JD 9410R, 435 hrs, lease return ....................$269,900 (N) ’12 JD 9460R, 185 hrs, 800/38’s ............................$265,000 (OS) ’11 JD 9430, 195 hrs, 800/38’s ............................$245,000 (OW) ‘09 JD 9530, 2450 hrs, 800/38’s ..........................$214,900 (N) ’03 JD 9120, 3225 hrs., 18.4x36’s ..........................$119,900 (B) ‘97 JD 9200, 4695 hrs, 710/38’s..............................$105,000 (OS) ’90 JD 8760, 4906 hrs ............................................$56,500 (H) ’90 Case IH 9170, 4418 hrs, PS................................$54,500 (B) ‘92 JD 8760, 6878 hrs ..............................................$52,900 (OS) ’89 JD 8760, 6915 hrs ............................................$52,000 (H) ‘76 JD 8430, 9164 hrs, 3pt, PTO ..............................$14,900

‘09 JD 4830, 2400 Hrs., 1000 Gal., 90’ Boom..........................$200,000

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‘13 CIH Steiger 550Q, 761 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lights, loaded ......$319,900

‘13 CIH Steiger 450, 198 hrs., 800 tires, PTO ..........................$259,900

‘13 CIH Steiger 600Q, 564 hrs., 36” tracks ................................$369,900

‘11 JD 9630T, 1954 hrs. ........$229,900

‘01 JD 9400, 3545 hrs., w/duals ................................................$115,000

‘13 CIH Steiger 400, 125 hrs., Luxury susp. cab ......................$239,900

‘09 CIH Magnum 305, 3119 hrs., susp. front axle ........................$135,500

‘13 CIH Magnum 235, 337 hrs. ................................................$169,900

‘87 Cougar 1000, PS, 280 hp., 8455 hrs. ....................................$39,500

‘13 Puma 145, 258 hrs., w/loader ................................................$119,900

‘78 IH 986, 7631 hrs., duals......$13,500

‘12 Farmall 95, 677 hrs. ..........$34,500

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‘13 CIH Steiger 600Q, 564 hrs., 36” tracks, HID lites, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi capacity hyd. pump ....................................$369,900 ‘13 CIH Steiger 550Q, 761 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites....................................................................................................................$319,900 ‘13 CIH Steiger 450, 198 hrs., Lux cab, PTO, 800 tires, hi capacity hyd. pump, HD drawbar, Full Pro 700 auto guide ............$259,900 ‘13 CIH Steiger 400, 124 hrs., Lux. cab, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi capacity hyd. pump, cab suspension ..............................$239,900 ‘11 JD 9630T, 1954 hrs., 36” tracks, HID lights, big hyd. pump, leather cab ............................................................................$229,900 ‘01 JD 9400, 3542 hrs., 710/70R42 tires ....................................................................................................................................$115,000 Steiger Cougar 1000, powershift, 20.8x38 tires ..........................................................................................................................$39,500

‘13 CIH 9230, 323 sep. hrs., track drive, RWA, HID lites ............................................................................................................$369,900 ‘11 CIH 7120, 579 sep. hrs., duals, HID lites, Lux. cab ..............................................................................................................$239,900 ‘08 CIH 8010, 1150 sep. hrs., duals ............................................................................................................................................$149,900 ‘06 CIH 8010, 1223 sep. hrs., duals ............................................................................................................................................$129,900 ‘02 CIH 2388, 2074 sep. hrs., duals, RWA ....................................................................................................................................$79,000 ‘98 CIH 2388, 2569 eng./1764 sep. hrs., duals ............................................................................................................................$66,000 ‘13 CIH 2612, New 12-row chopping cornhead ............................................................................................................................$99,000 ‘13 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ......................................................................................................................................$64,500 ‘13 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead......................................................................................................................................$64,500 ‘13 CIH 3408, New 8R30” cornhead ..............................................................................................................................................JUST IN ‘12 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead......................................................................................................................................................$44,900 ‘89 CIH 1083, 8R30”........................................................................................................................................................................$7,900 ‘10 CIH 2020, 25’ platform w/Crary air reel ..................................................................................................................................$26,800 ‘05 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ........................................................................................................................................$13,900 ‘04 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ........................................................................................................................................$12,900

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18 Months Interest Free • Call For Details • ‘13 CIH Magnum 315, 434 hrs., Full Pro 700 auto guide, 360 HID lites, hi cap. hyd. pump, susp. cab, susp. front axle, 380/R54 tires ............................................................................................................................................................................$209,900 ‘13 CIH Magnum 260, 300 hrs., susp. Lux. cab, susp. front axle, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ..$179,900 ‘13 CIH Magnum 235, 337 hrs., susp. Lux. cab, Full Pro 700 auto guide, hi cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ............................$169,900 ‘11 CIH Magnum 235, 1000 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, front & rear duals ......................................................................................COMING IN ‘09 CIH Magnum 305, 3120 hrs., Lux. cab, susp. front axle, HID lites ......................................................................................$135,500 ‘13 CIH Puma 160, 250 hrs., powershift trans., L765 loader, susp. axle ..................................................................................$129,900 ‘12 CIH Puma 160, 300 hrs., CVT trans., L765 loader, susp. axle ............................................................................................$135,500 ‘13 CIH Puma 145, 258 hrs., powershift trans., CIH loader........................................................................................................$119,900 ‘78 IH 986, 7631 hrs., w/duals ......................................................................................................................................................$13,500 ‘84 Case 580E, Tractor Loader Backhoe, cab ................................................................................................................................$14,500 ‘12 CIH Farmall 95, 677 hrs., MFD, cab, dual PTO........................................................................................................................$34,500

‘02 Case 2388, 2074 sep hrs. ..................................$79,000

‘13 CIH 9230 Track, AWD, 323 sep hrs. ............$369,900

‘07 CIH 8010, 1150 sep hrs. ................................$149,900

‘04 DMI Tigermate II, 54’ w/mulcher. ................$34,900

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‘12 CIH 4330, 880 hrs., 120’ boom, aim, auto boom, Pro 700 steering, active suspension ......................................................$287,500 ‘12 CIH 3330, 546 hrs., 90’ boom, std. spray..............................................................................................................................$210,000 ‘09 CIH 3330, 1750 hrs., 100’ boom, aim, auto boom, Pro 700 steering, active suspension ....................................................$183,000

‘11 Tigermate 200, 54.5’ w/crumbler ................$59,900

‘09 CIH 3330, 100’ boom, aim, auto. boom, Pro 700 steering, active suspension, 1750 hrs. ..................................$183,000

‘12 CIH 4430, 120’ boom, aim, auto. boom, Pro 700 steering, active suspension, 880 hrs. ..................$287,500

‘12 CIH 3330, 90’ booms, 546 hrs. ..................$210,000

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‘06 CIH 8010, 1223 sep hrs. ................................$129,900

‘11 CIH 7120, 579 sep. hrs. ................................$239,900

Gehl 5625 Skidloader ....................................$7,900

‘08 Bobcat S250, 1700 hrs., cab w/AC, 2-spd. ......$29,500

‘84 Case 580 Super E, TLB ..................................$14,500

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‘13 White 8816 CFS, 16R30, cable drive $99,500 White 8500, 36R20, CFS ......................$109,500 ‘03 White 8222, 12R30, 2 bu...................$32,500 ‘02 White 8222, 12R30, 2 bu...................$29,500 White 8122, 12R30, VF, LF ......................$24,500 White 8122, 12R30, 2 bu., dry fert. ........$29,500 White 6700, 20R22..................................$17,900 White 6100, 12R30, I ..............................$11,900 White 6100, 12R30, VF, w/6900 splitter ..$22,500 White 6100, 8RW, VF, w/6900 splitter ......$8,950 ‘94 White 6100, 12R30, VF, LF ................$12,900 Crustbuster 3400, 15’ no-till drill ..............$7,950 White 227, 31’ field cult.............................$3,950 CIH 4800, 32’ ............................................$6,950 Case IH 4300, 42’ field cult., 3 bar ..........$12,900 ‘05 Krause 7300, 27’ rock flex disc ........$22,900 Sunflower 4511, 15’ disc chisel ..............$34,900 WilRich Quad 5, 41’, 4 channel harrow ..$19,900 WilRich 2500, 26’ FC, 4 bar ......................$4,950 ‘05 Wilrich V957, 7x30 ............................$17,900 ‘06 Wilrich V957, 5x30 ............................$19,900 ‘04 Sunflower 1444, 40’ disc ..................$39,500 Sunflower 1830, 22’ disc, New Demo ....$67,500 ‘12 Wishek 862NT, 16’ ............................$32,500 M&W 1865, 9x24 Earthmaster ..................$9,950 ‘02 CIH 730B ..........................................$19,900 Sunflower 4511-15, 10’ ..........................$39,900 NI 6365 (Hesston 856A), 5x6 baler ..........$9,950 ‘05 Hesston 740, 4x4 baler........................$9,950 Hesston 5800, 5x6 baler............................$2,950

Hesston 4760 baler w/accumulator ........$39,900 Artsway 240, 20’ shredder ........................$3,950 DMI 730 ....................................................$9,950 ‘06 Hesston 1006 disc mower ..................$5,950 ‘08 Agco Hesston 3008 disc mower..........$6,750 ‘02 Parker 737 grain cart, duals ..............$17,500 ‘02 Parker 737 grain cart ........................$16,900 Unverferth GC5000 grain cart..................$11,900 Parker 510 grain cart ................................$9,950 ‘11 Parker 1048 grain cart, tarp, scale ....$39,500 Feterl 10x60 HF w/hopper..........................$2,950 ‘04 Feterl 10x62 GSW auger......................$5,450 ‘11 Peck 12x43, PTO ................................$4,950 Farm King 10” DOH, hyd. drive, NEW......$10,900 Feterl 8x46 PTO auger ..............................$2,950 Feterl 8x60 PTO auger ..............................$1,995 White 588, 4x18 ........................................$2,495 Brandt 500 EX grain vac. ........................$12,900 Westendorf CC360 off RT155A..................$7,950 JD 610, 25’ chisel plow ............................$9,950 Miller 12 loader off AC175 ........................$3,450 ‘10 Farm King Y840, 84” snowblower ......$2,950 ‘10 Bush Hog PZ2861, 28 hp. 61”, 600 hrs. ................................................................$4,950 ‘11 Bush Hog PZ3073, 30 hp., 73”, 138 hrs. ................................................................$7,950 Davis loader for 8N Ford ..............................$895 Bush Hog PZ2661, 26 hp., 61”, 100 hrs., Demo ......................................................$7,950

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‘10 Gleaner R-66, 300 hrs., duals..........$219,500 ‘09 Gleaner R-66, 700 hrs., duals..........$189,500 ‘03 Gleaner R-65, 1200 hrs. ..................$119,500 ‘96 Gleaner R-72, 2100 hrs., duals LTM..$59,500 ‘891⁄2 Gleaner R-60, 3500 eng. hrs. ..........$19,900 ‘94 Gleaner R-62, 3200 hrs., Cummins ..$39,500 ‘93 Gleaner R-62, 2600 hrs., duals..........$29,500 ‘92 Gleaner R-52, 2000 hrs., CDF............$39,500 ‘81 Gleaner N6 w/20’ Cummins ................$7,950 ‘81 Gleaner N5 ..........................................$5,950 ‘81 Gleaner N5 w/20’ ................................$5,950 ‘79 Gleaner M2 HY, 18’, A430 pkg.............$8,950 ‘83 Gleaner L3 hydro, duals, 3200 hrs. ....$7,950 MF 8570, 9320 flex, 1163 hrs. ................$29,500

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Wilrich XL2, 37’, baskets................................................................................................$48,900 Wilrich QX2, 50’, baskets ..............................................................................................$69,900 White 8824, CFS, 24R30 ..............................................................................................$129,500 White 8816, CFS, 16R30 ................................................................................................$99,500

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n 1890, Diamond Lake Lutheran Church was built to serve a population of Danish settlers. Situated in Lincoln County a few miles north of Lake Benton, Minn., over time the campus grew to include the church building on the north, a parsonage, garage and parish hall on the south, and the cemetery in between.

In 1969, Diamond Lake Lutheran merged with English Lutheran Church in Lake Benton to form Grace Lutheran Church, located in Lake Benton. But with loved ones buried there and memories still much alive, the Diamond Lake buildings (except for the parsonage, which was moved) were maintained and used occasionally, for evening services, a funeral or a gathering.

By 2012 the buildings had stood for

well over a century. The roof of the church building demanded attention.

Facing expensive repairs, the congregation decided not to walk away from what had become a community landmark.

They embarked on a renovation project.

On Sept. 23, 2013, a Service of Renewal was celebrated. Through generous donations by third-, fourth- and fifth-generation members of the founders of Diamond Lake, matching funds

from the bequest fund of Grace Lutheran Church, and contributions from others, they did more than repair the roof. Both the church building and the parish hall received a new roof, new siding and new windows. The church building’s front steps were replaced with a concrete ramp, and the garage was transformed into a picnic shelter.

The pressed tin ceiling and old wood altar with its statue of Christ are now secure within a solid frame. Referred to as Diamond Lake Chapel, Winds of the Prairie Ministries uses the sanctuary for Wednesday evening services

Diamond Lake Chapel, Lake Benton, Minn.

in the summer, an Easter sunrise service and occasional special services such as funerals. The parish hall, which has always been a community asset, is better prepared to host family reunions, youth gatherings, township annual meetings and elections.

Thanks to the leadership of a group of dedicated people who wanted to keep their memories of Diamond Lake alive, this distinctive landmark, situated along U.S. Highway 75 north of Lake Benton, is set to preserve the heritage of early settlers for the generations to come.

Grace Lutheran Church is one of five congregations partnered in Winds of the Prairie Ministries. Dates and times of services and events at Diamond Lake Chapel will be listed at their website, windsoftheprairie.org. ❖

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