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The 2015 “From the Fields” series wraps up this week.

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Farmers work harder than just about Other than for a couple of rain delays, anyone. Not only do they put in long, often everything went well: Accident-free, no physically taxing hours, they also have to corn on the ground (not enough to menbe smart, making difficult decisions with tion, anyway) and record yields. Mom countless and complicated factors to packed lunch and supper for me each day, account for. and a friend’s adorable kids took turns one morning for ride-alongs in the tractor.

Needless to say — and my liberal arts degrees will attest to this — I’m not qualiWhat was missing all week, was Dad. fied to be a farmer. But once in a while I Most of my family lives close to the like to pretend. home place and have been reminded daily LAND MINDS Whenever possible, I use a chunk of vacaof his absence. I think about him a lot, too,

By Tom Royer tion time from my day job to lend a hand on but had been accustomed to not seeing my family’s farm in western Iowa. This him for months at a time. year I spent the last week of October back When I went home this time, he wasn’t home and caught the tail end of harvest. there at the bin site, cranking up the 4020 If you follow The Land on Facebook or Twitter you to run the auger; he wasn’t there in the cab of the may have seen the handful of photos I shared each semi, waving as he headed out with a load of grain for day of my “working vacation.” I spent the week the elevator; he wasn’t there in his dusty old pickup, pulling grain cart loads of corn from combine to drinking coffee from his weathered Thermos. semi, whereupon the yellow gold was either taken to And yet, despite my feelings of loss, it still felt like on-farm storage or directly to town. his heart-warming smile was waiting for me just The photo on this week’s cover is one of my Harover the next hill ... and so it was, and will be. vest 2015 shots. As you can see we’re a “red” family My dad’s work is done, but the work continues. but there’s some green here, too — an old Deere still Tom Royer is managing editor of The Land. He may gets used for odd jobs. You can’t accuse us of not be reached at editor@thelandonline.com. ❖ being ecumenical, paint-wise.

OPINION

Sound science or just sounds good?

Increasingly, farmers and ranchers activities as the main cause” while “31 agree that “sound science” is science that percent said there was not enough evisounds good to them rather than science dence to determine whether climate that is scientifically sound. Bad science, change was happening or not.” on the other hand, is science that sounds The reason for the wide differences, the bad to them even if the majority of scienresearchers explained, is pretty simple: tists agree on it.

“Scientists … are saying climate change is For example, a November 2014 poll by happening, and agricultural commodity Purdue University and Iowa State Unigroups and farmers are saying they don’t versity showed that “more than 90 perbelieve it.”

FARM & FOOD FILE cent of the 173 scientists … surveyed …

So, if you believe it, it’s science; if you believed climate change was occurring,

By Alan Guebert don’t believe it, it isn’t science. with more than 80 percent attributing cliFine, but that describes politics, not scimate change … to a combination of ence. Indeed, noted the Purdue-Iowa State human activities and natural causes.” researchers, “Whenever climate change gets introBy “contrast, 66 percent of 4,778 corn producers duced, the conversation tends to turn political.” surveyed said they believed climate change was occurring, with eight percent pinpointing human See GUEBERT, pg. 3A

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GUEBERT, from pg. 2A The same changeover occurred in an Oct. 25 New York Times op/ed titled “With G.M.O. Policies, Europe Turns Against Science,” written by a Brit, Mark Lynas, who serves as “the political director for the Cornell Alliance for Science at Cornell University.”

The column, a 1,500-word blast at 17 European nations that recently banned the “cultivation of genetically modified crops,” begins with a cannon shot; he groups the nations into “the ‘Coalition of the Ignorant.’”

Lynas, a writer, not a scientist, chose those words for maximum effect, of course, because his ignorant “coalition” includes several nations that all but invented science: Germany, Austria, France, Denmark and Italy.

Now, however, he writes, their acceptance of these GMO “prohibitions expose the worrying reality of how far Europe has gone in setting itself against modern science.” But, he immediately adds, “True, the bans do not apply directly to scientific research…”

Wait a second; the “bans do not apply directly to scientific research…”?

So, in fact, this “Coalition of the Ignorant” has not set itself “against modern science.” The nations’ leaders, in fact, may well understand how important GMOs will be in the future because the “cultivation” bans (Temporary? Permanent? Lynas doesn’t say) “do not apply directly to scientific research.”

Those two facts explain the politics behind GMOs in Europe, not the science, and neither have anything to do with ignorance — other than the author choosing to ignore the political reality of most European consumers and leaders.

In short, the bans are more about the next election than what’s next in science.

Lynas’s polarizing op/ed may have hit on the greater truth about science than either he or Cornell University or the GMO-promoting Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — which gave his boss, the Cornell Alliance for Science, a $5.6 million grant in August 2014 to, ironically, “depolarize the charged debate around” GMOs — ever could have dreamed of.

That greater truth, a career scientist friend of mine explains, is our “failure to accept that the role of science is to reveal the mysteries of nature while the role of society” — and, yes, that includes poetry as well as politics — “is to reflect on the meaning and value of the mysteries that have been revealed.”

Society shouldn’t blindly accept science nor should it make science a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.

Instead, science and society “should be complementing rather than competing in the quest to reveal the unknown truth about nature which, of course, includes us.”

That, he adds with a wink, isn’t science; it’s wisdom.

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Big changes in corn-growing landscape since ’80s

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer Starting his farming career as a renter in 1983, Dean Meyer of Rock Rapids, Iowa, has been growing corn ever since and now mostly on land he owns. In his 32-year career, this district director for the Iowa Corn Growers Association Dean Meyer has experienced a changing corn industry — ethanol, yields, genetics, trade, chemicals to name a few.

“The impact of the ethanol industry would be No. 1 on the marketing side. From a production point of view genetically modified corn hybrids have been

huge,” said Meyer.

He remembers his first years in farming when the 100-bushel yield “was the target.”

“I got 99.3 bushels and thought I had the world by the tail,” he said with a chuckle. “Now that’s half a crop.”

With genetics and better overall management, Meyer is planting at 35,000 plants per acre, with two-thirds of his operation in continuous corn. He’s got a chopping corn head and practices rip tillage.

He’s enthused about 2015 yields and said northwest Iowa is poised to break records.

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I’ve been in South America; I’ve been in China. There’s nobody more efficient than the American corn farmer.

— Dean Meyer lent; we haven’t had hail or knock-down winds. It certainly could be our best ever,” he said.

Meyer supports the programs of the Iowa Corn Growers and its growing membership, which perennially leads all states — nearly 8,000 members are in the ICGA. The Minnesota Corn Growers Association has 7,300 members according to the National Corn Growers Association.

“We’ve got to sell ourselves,” he said. “We’re entrusted to use that penny per bushel checkoff to make everyone aware of the importance of corn in feeding and fueling a growing world population.”

Trade Meyer acknowledged that the stronger U.S. dollar has slowed worldwide corn exports. Since he’s on the board of the U. S. Meat Export Federation, he’s current on meat exports and noted a major slowdown of meats because of the U.S. dollar.

“Part of that also is because we don’t have an even trading field. We need TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) for transparency and fairness with our trading partners,” he said.

As an example of the importance of trade, he noted that current pork exports add about $60 per animal to the value of each hog marketed.

“That tells us in raw dollars to what extent exports do help. With beef it’s $300 added value these days,” said Meyer.

High fructose corn syrup has fallen out of favor by consumers and manufacturers who are returning to cane sugar. A lawsuit is currently being tried in California. Corn Refiners Association members Cargill and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company filed a counterclaim against The Sugar Association for false and misleading representations that processed sugar is different from high fructose corn syrup in ways that are beneficial to consumers’ health.

“The analysis of both the corn sweetener and the sugars are exactly the same. But since different messages are out there, a battle with the consumer is inevitable,” said Meyer.

When it comes to corn technology, U.S. producers are still setting the standard.

“I’ve been in South America; I’ve been in China.

There’s nobody more efficient than the American corn farmer,” he said.

That’s why so many trade and marketing teams from other countries come to visit American farmers, he added.

In fact, Meyer hosted a group from Japan at his farm in September.

See MEYER, pg. 7A

Meyer plans to switch herbicides to battle water hemp Mother Nature has its own way of fighting back,” he said. “We’ll be into different herbicide programs next year ,plus the dicamba soybean hopefully will be a new tool. But the key point seems to be that you’ve got to closely scout your fields.”

Dean Meyer was interviewed at the Clay County Fair in Spencer, Iowa, Sept. 12-20. To learn more e-mail Meyer at dean@meyerstockfarms.com or visit the NCGA at www.ncga.com or ICGA at www.iowacorn.org. ❖

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MEYER, from pg. 6A “They want to see how we do what we do. There’s no doubt we’re the cutting edge. We’re the standard and we’re willing to share. That’s what they like about visiting on our farms,” he said.

Meyer is also a hog producer and knows the Japanese farmers visiting his farm will want to know precisely how he mixes dried distillers grains into his growing and finishing rations for his hogs.

“We’ve still got some artificial trade barriers on DDGs into that Chinese market. Yet they are big in pork production,” he said. “Granted they’re trying to build their own industry but this We plant to erratic marketing by economics and China continues to right now corn cause export problems for us.” is looking stronger for Meyer noted that current trade talk is suggest2016. ing corn will be a better “bottom dollar” crop next — Dean Meyer year than will soybeans.

“We plant to economics and right now corn is looking stronger for 2016. Obviously a lot can change between now and next spring,” he said. “Even a boost in meat exports could generate more corn acres next year simply to produce additional feed.”

Chemicals Because of his continuous corn program, soils are tested yearly. And he split applies his nitrogen applications with some pre-plant and some side dressing to utilize the nitrogen more efficiently and to minimize any ground water nitrate issues.

Unfortunately, he and neighboring farmers have gotten very good at growing water hemp. This rapidly expanding resistant weed had a good year across the Midwest.

“It’s amazing when you get on a chemical program how rapidly weeds switch. It’s going to be a continuous battle for us because we’re all learning that

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• Iowa produces over 2 billion bushels of corn annually.

• Iowa produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. corn crop.

• Of the corn planted in the United States, 99 percent is field corn, less than one percent is sweet corn.

• Ethanol is Iowa corn’s largest market. Iowa is the leader in ethanol production producing nearly 30 percent of U.S. total ethanol.

• Top markets for U.S. corn are Japan, Mexico and South Korea.

• Forty percent of the U.S. corn crop is fed to livestock.

• Over 550 million bushels of corn are indirectly exported through pork and beef exports each year.

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Fair farmland rent workshops across Minnesota ST. PAUL — Average corn and soybean budgets for cash-rented farmland will be unprofitable, according to projections based on currently available input costs and market prices for 2016.

To assist agricultural landowners, renters, agri-business professionals and others, University of Minnesota Extension educators will present 44 workshops throughout the state during November and December.

A complete schedule for the “What is a Fair Farmland Rental Agree-

ment?” workshops is available online.

No registration is required.

Rents are the major input cost for soybeans and corn, accounting for 44.5 percent and 28.5 percent, respectively.

Landlords with increasing property taxes increased rental rates during record prices. Now, they are trying to play catch up when budgets do not support current rental rates and other input costs.

Lower rental rates in 2016 would See WORKSHOPS, pg. 9A

Bau: Consider flexible rental agreements David Bau, University of Minnesota Extension educator in agricultural business management, has one piece of advice to farmers and landowners.

“Come to the workshops,” said Bau. The Fair Rental Agreement workshops cover the economics of corn and soybeans, average rental rates county and statewide, Hopefully when and crop budgets. they walk out of “Hopefully when they walk out of the the workshop, workshop, both parties are prepared to negotiate a fair rental agreement,” said both parties are Bau. prepared to Bau proposes that the best option for 2016 negotiate a fair may be a flexible rental agreement in which rental agreea base rent is negotiated between the ment. farmer and landowner based on current market prices. Then both parties can share — David Bau the bonus in a 50-50, 40-60 split or whatever is decided upon if yields and prices are higher.

“It’s a better agreement that shares the risk between the farmer and the landlord,” said Bau. He added that flexible rent agreements can work just as well in the good times as in the poor times.

Still, cash rent is king; flexible rental agreements make up 10 to 15 percent of all rental agreements, said Bau. In 2014, cash rents went down $2 per acre in southern Minnesota, said Bau. A five percent decline is projected in 2015 and 10 percent in 2016. Bau explained that the pressure is there for rent to go down, but many landowners rely on cash rents for retirement income and they are paying for property taxes that rose.

Bau expects that more farmers will feel the pinch of low commodity prices and farm economics in late 2015 and into 2016.

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WORKSHOPS, from pg. 8A help struggling farmer tenants, but lowering those rates may require some tough negotiations.

A flexible rental agreement may be the best option for 2016. In this kind of agreement, both the landlord and farmer share the price risks; if prices improve, so does the rental payment. A flexible agreement also can factor in higher-than-average yields.

During the workshops, Extension ag business management professionals will lead discussions about current farmland rental rates, land values, leasing agreements and related financial issues for land owners, farmers, landlords, tenants and agri-business professionals. Presenters will provide examples and worksheets for both tenants and landlords covering the FairRent program, flexible leases, and fair rental agreements.

The “Cropland Rental Rates for Minnesota Counties” publication, which uses the FINBIN database, is a helpful resource. Find resources and current trends in farmland rental rates and land economics on the Extension website.

This article submitted by David Bau, University of Minnesota Extension Educator. Bau can be reached at (507) 372-3900. Visit www.extension.umn.edu/news for more information. ❖

application that helps producers and landlords estimate returns from cash, share and flexible rental arrangements Ag Lease 101 — aglease101.org — Land owners and land operators can learn about alternative leases arrangements and see sample agreements.

Minnesota land economics website — www.landeconomics.umn.edu — One-stop source for land data in Minnesota

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http://goo.gl/K5BvBH — Complete schedule of 2015 Fair Rental Agreements Workshops www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/business/ — Helpful information on agricultural business management including lowering costs, crunching budgets and farm bill. For more on rental rates, choose “Farmland rental rates and land economics.” On this page, you will find cropland rental rates, cash

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Any producer, age 18 or older, who is a resident of the state and has paid all assessments due may be considered as a delegate candidate and/or participate in the election. All eligible producers are encouraged to bring with them a sales receipt proving that hogs were sold in their name and the checkoff deducted.

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Farm transition plans must address family dynamics “Those are the ones who can cre“Here’s what we’re going to do and

By MARIE WOOD ate the most trouble,” said Glawe. here’s why we’re doing it.”

The Land Associate Editor MANKATO, Minn. — Two brothers farmed Other conflicts can arise from Since all the siblings are there, together in their dad’s crop and livestock operation. domineering spouses, as well as they all hear what was said. In One day, Dad walked into the daughters and sons who many cases, a son or daughter with machine shed and found one work in the family busisweat equity receives farm ownerbrother holding a hammer ness and have the sweat ship. To compensate off-farm chilwhile chasing the other equity but don’t own it dren, life insurance may be used or You have to look brother. Dad said, “That’s it.”

Eileene Larson Wayne Larson a buy-out can allow the sibling who yet, he noted. at personalities He split the operation in two: owns the farm to buy out their sib“You have to look at personalities and livestock and cropping so each and relationships lings at a rate that won’t risk the future of the busirelationships as part of estate planning,” brother had his own business. as part of estate Glawe said. “How do siblings get along ness.

“The result was the business planning. How with each other? What are off-farm kids “If you have those communications and anticipate was something less than it do siblings get looking for?” how people are going to react that can go a long was before,” said Reed Glawe. along with When parents die, resent- ways, if not to dispel problems but to manage them Glawe is an attorney at Giseach other? ments among the adult chil- into the future so the business is not put at risk,” Glawe said. lason and Hunter Attorneys At What are offdren tend to surface.

Law in New Ulm, Minn. He If a child has a drug, alcohol or gambling addiction farm kids “Mom and Dad keep a lid on shared this story at a farm that should be brought up in estate planning, so looking for? things. When Mom and Dad estate and succession seminar incentives to kick the habit can be in place before are gone, that’s when the lid sponsored by his firm and awarding a bundle of money, he said.

— Reed Glawe comes off,” said Glawe.

EideBailly. Roughly 70 people, Transition from farmers to financial adviSolving the problems may be Eileene Larson and her son, Wayne, both of Owasors, attended the seminar in Mankato. unrealistic, but you can figure out ways to deal with tonna, attended the seminar. With Gislason and Practicing law for 25 years, Glawe has many sto- them, he said.

Hunter, the Larsons set up an estate plan to pass ries like this one. In fact, statistics show over 80 One strategy may be that off-farm kids receive life down the farm from Eileene’s father to Wayne. Since percent of family businesses fail due to the inability insurance or an asset, but not a say in the business her mom passed away, Eileene has managed her to address family dynamics. That’s why he talked because they have a different agenda, said Glawe. father’s 2,000 acres of cropland in Steele County. family dynamics in farm operations and transition.

He also advises parents to consider their children’s They are renting out the land.

“You can have the most perfect plan put together skill sets in choosing their roles in the farm business.

“My parents dedicated their whole life to building and family dynamics can bring it down,” said Communication this 2,000 acres,” she said. “We’re trying to honor Glawe. He has seen many conflicts arise between Glawe recommends a family meeting in which the their hard work and legacy — keep it alive.” siblings who work on the farm and the siblings that parents set the agenda and present the estate and The Larsons are doing it right while Grandpa is have moved and work off farm. Off-farm siblings transition plan. He has led many of these meetings, still alive. may have a share in the farm or a vote in how it’s as the subject can be difficult for parents to talk run, but a different goal than the siblings working about.

“It’s good that we’re in this transition period so in and running the business.

“Communication is really the key,” said Glawe. See TRANSITION, pg. 11A

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TRANSITION, from pg. 10A Grandpa knows the future,” said Wayne, adding that his grandfather’s business associates also know what to expect.

Establishing a business entity is one important estate planning tool. Most entities, if properly managed, create a liability shield between business assets and individual shareholders’ assets, explained Kaitlin Pals, an attorney at Gislason and Hunter.

Business entities can help transition big, unwieldy assets into smaller chunks by gifting or selling shares or units. Parents can gradually bring on the next generation, Pals explained.

“Communication with family is key.

The biggest problem we see is when the plan is a surprise to the kids,” she said.

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Steel grain bins shelter homeless across globe

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer At first glance, the small circular bins might remind you of the grain bins popular years back when farms where small and so were corn yields. But this structure isn’t for grain; it’s for humans.

Thanks to the ingenuity and gen- Paul van Gorkom erosity of Sukup Manufacturing of Sheffield, Iowa, literally hundreds of these structures are now providing homes for the homeless in poverty stricken areas in Haiti, Africa, India and elsewhere.

Paul van Gorkom, executive director of GoServ Global, formerly called Global Compassion Network, shared some history on this homes for people effort, which began in May 2011.

“Our organization was birthed out of the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010. One of our founders was an Iowa farmer who is also a pilot. He was asked to fly medical supplies from Florida to the medical teams that were assisting the people of Haiti. He did that for 40 straight days,” he said.

“After that he spent some time in Haiti personally viewing the devastation and the hurt.

“He came across some key people there who wanted to be part of a lifeline to help rebuild this country. And from that our organization was born.”

The structure is called SafeT Home. These steel grain bins are 18 feet in diameter; they have a dou-

making this structure a nearly ideal facility for providing homes in Third World countries,” said van Gorkom.

He noted that the three-inch gap between the two roofs generates a good draft to improve air condition in the home and the top roof reflects the sun’s rays.

Each SafeT Home even sports three external pods which can be filled with stone to better anchor the facility to the ground. Flowers and vegetables can be planted in each pod for food and landscaping beauty.

Haiti now has about 140 of these new homes in place; 10 more were recently built for another missionary organization in Kenya. The Ivory Coast is next up for delivery of these modular structures. In September, the organization built a Bible camp in Peru, deep in a jungle so kids could get bible training and be totally safe in these structures, said van Gorkom.

Mission GoServ Global is independently funded Dick Hagen through donations, mainly from Iowa, but staff is working to expand to other areas. The agriculThe SafeT Home is a grain bin that has been adapted to tural community is a major provider. shelter homeless people, often after natural disasters.

“We would not survive without the help of ble ceiling which greatly assists ventilation; they farmers who resonate with our building and who have two windows which lock from the inside and resonate with the importance and their role in feedare screened; they are structurally so strong even ing the world. Farmers adapt quickly. They see the winds up to 120 mph are not a challenge. immediate value and economic logic of these steel “The Sukup engineers did a tremendous job in bin homes rather than wood and concrete,” he said.

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An entire village of 60 of these new homes was built in Haiti after the hurricane devastation. That village now houses over 200 people.

“The original intent was to provide temporary housing, but they loved those structures so much that they wanted to stay there rather than move into whatever new construction might eventually provide. So we dug some wells, provided bathroom facilities, shower facilities; we even built a water tower for this new village. We provided many things that native Haitian people were not used to.

“We call this Village Hope, and we are now teaching agriculture. You now

see corn fields, large garden plots, even a few now keep some chickens. So becoming self sustaining is a big step,” said van Gorkom.

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GRAIN BINS, from pg. 12A these just as it does for farm equipment,” van Gorkom added.

GoServ Global also receives financial support from a variety of church groups.

“We’re all about delivering hope,” he said. “It’s just people who have a heart for what we are doing that are helping us with their donations.”

For example, a seed dealer in Odebolt, Iowa, provides a warehouse at no cost for the temporary storage of SafeT Homes after delivery from Sukup.

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According to Hillbilly Bob, he and his rig have been on the road for 23 years, visiting 41 states and Canada. And they’ve piled on the miles — 6,000 miles in “low gear” meandering around fairgrounds across America. However when on the highway, Old Ruthie travels inside an enclosed trailer; Bob has logged over 350,000 miles on his towing machine.

This guy and Old Ruthie are always a delight, primarily because of the 200-plus trivia items hitched, fastened, glued, bolted or just hanging on the carcass of Old Ruthie and the small trailer she tows.

“I keep adding items to Ruthie. This year here at the Clay County Fair I’ve added my three-bar spinner hub caps and my pom poms in the rear window,” he said. “They’re made out of corn cobs so what could be more appropriate here in the biggest corn state in the nation!”

“People see things like the old strap on ice skates which my Dad used to strap to his boots when he wanted to see how fast the ice was,” he added.

One of the most popular questions Hillbilly Bob gets is what year is Old Ruthie.

“Then they often ask what year am I. So far Old Ruthie is a bit older but I think I’m catching up with the old gal,” chuckled Bob. “They like to know where I’m from. I tell them I live on the farm my greatgreat-grandfather settled in 1853. My grandkids are the seventh generation on that land.”

A Whizzer motorbike hangs on the trailer towed by Old Ruthie. The trailer has coiled metal pipe rafters supporting a roof that looks like an ancient carpet.

Tucked into this hide-away are some pillows, a couple tattered bed blankets and an old kerosene lantern that hasn’t shown light for many a moon. He calls this his RV Hillbilly Hotel. It’s salvaged from a 1927 Model T pickup bed. He confesses he does take a few naps in this fancy hangout.

Bob travels alone these days because his bride of 47 years now prefers staying home with the grandchildren.

Born again There is a tremendous Christian heart cloaked beneath all the joy and smiles he brings to people.

When he’s on the road he makes it a point to attend the Sunday morning church service regardless the community. And he dresses in the same Hillbilly Bob attire for his church visits.

“I know the Lord doesn’t much care about how I look on the outside. He’s more concerned with what’s in my heart,” he said.

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Bible covered in dust. Today, his Bible is full of check marks, underlined and highlighted as he studies God’s Word and God’s plan for his life.

Back to Pensacola, Fla. “Three days after that Wednesday night sermon I was at the Cracker Barrel restaurant paying my bill as I was leaving. I heard a voice behind me saying, ‘Hello Bob’. I turned around. It was the man with the cane,” he said.

“He invited me to sit a bit with him in the rocking chairs out front of the Cracker Barrel restaurant. He had an old tattered Bible.

“He showed me some key verses that kind of got me going on my own life.

We sat there talking for maybe two hours. He had given me just that extra push towards a new life. If it hadn’t been for that man I could still be unsaved yet today.”

Hillbilly Bob went to his Freightliner and got a yellow legal pad to write down the man’s address — a post office box. The old man lived in his car, which carried everything he owned.

“The man that led me to Jesus lived in a Chevrolet Blazer. He gave me a revival tape. I listened to it all the way to my home in Dysart, Iowa,” he said.

“I found a good Bible-believing church; I got into the Word and learned God’s plan for my life; my wife was on board with me and our lives are completely changed today. We now live a life of

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Hillbilly Bob sometimes naps in his “Hillbilly Hotel” — a 1927 Model T pickup bed.

service helping people any way we can in Jesus’ name.”

Hillbilly Bob does 12 to 20 events each year — fairs, rodeos and festivals.

“It’s always a pleasure seeing the country and meeting and seeing so many kind and wonderful people.

Seems we do lots of complaining about America but we truly do have a remarkable nation,” he said. “Sharing the Gospel just makes it all the much better.”

The Clay County Fair was his last event for 2015 as he had to go home and do some farming. His seed corn was already harvested and at the Pioneer processing facility. With 350 acres of corn and 350 acres of soybeans plus his Pioneer seed fields, Bob — otherwise known as Bob Hill — is in the ranks of professional farmers.

But when it comes to spreading cheer and making people smile and laugh, Hillbilly Bob is in a league with the angels. Maybe that explains that “halo effect” when he’s holding court with the many folks who just enjoy talking and listening to him. ❖

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HILLBILLY BOB, from pg. 14A ing community with a small country church.

“But the light just never came on ’til I was 49 years old. My booking agent had booked me into a little fair in Pensacola, Fla. I had never been to an Assembly of God church but they were advertising their church every Wednesday night,” he said.

He decided to check it out.

“I had no idea I was walking into the biggest movement of God in the last century — the Brownsville Revival. It went on for five years. It started in June 1995, I remember. People flew in from all over the world. Busloads from all over the United States and Canada came to that church because God was moving there. And literally, I just stumbled in by accident,” said Bob. But he knew it was no accident.

“God sent me there because he needed to use a big two-by-four on me.

I got there late. I was driving a Freightliner and couldn’t find a place to park. There was no place to sit. The ushers had all sat down. I was ready to leave and went looking for the back door. Sitting in the very back row sat an older guy with his cane draped over a chair just like he was saving that chair for me,” he said.

So Hillbilly Bob sat down.

“I heard a message that night that I could be born again. I could have a spiritual birth. I could have a new life in Christ even though my sins could be as far as the East is from the West if I would invite Jesus Christ into my heart as my Lord and Savior,” he said.

“But I was sitting in that back row and felt pretty safe.”

Pastor Steve Hill gave the altar call that night. He’s known for giving about a 20-minute call, said Bob. “I sat there and didn’t move thinking everyone else can go up there but I’m too shy; I’m not going up. Suddenly the man sitting next to me, the man with the cane, said to me, ‘Sir, do you need forgiveness? Do you need to meet Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?’

That’s the first in my life that I ever experienced the Holy Spirit.

“I went forward and gave my heart to Jesus Christ that night in Pensacola, Fla. And I could sense a difference. I was changed. I was a new creation in Christ,” he said.

Living his faith The next day Hillbilly Bob bought a Bible to replace his Sunday School

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Meet a rock-collecting Minnesota state senator

By DICK HAGEN The Land Staff Writer GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — When Minnesota State Senator Chuck Wiger, DFL-Maplewood, isn’t sitting in multiple committee meetings or politicking, he has an unusual hobby as a North Shore rock collector, landscaper and so much more.

Wiger’s getaway is a unique shoreline Chuck Wiger home on Highway 61, about eight miles northeast of Grand Marais. And that property has become a most surprising, perhaps even startling eyeful to motorists who suddenly are viewing a candid assortment of sculptured wildlife critters; nifty wood carving scenes; random collections of hundreds (perhaps thousands by now) of tiny rocks, bigger rocks, even boulders; plus a generous accumulation of driftwood and other Mother Nature debris thanks to North Shore wind storms.

Fortunately Highway 61 has wide enough shoulders so motorists speeding past at 55 mph can slow down, pull over, and then do some serious gawking at Wiger’s roadside panorama.

“I simply enjoy collecting rocks and

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wildlife of this remarkable North Shore country enhanced with beautiful Lake Superior just across the road.”

It’s a hobby dating back about five

years. His collection includes chainsaw carved and hand-carved wildlife, crafted seagulls, tree-climbing bears, old signs, miniature lighthouses, birch bark and lots of rocks — balanced rocks, teeter-tottered rocks, a rock cairn over 12 feet tall, smooth rocks, shiny rocks, dull rocks, basalt rocks and granite rocks.

There’s also Woody, the resident rock-caretaker woodchuck who lives among the rocks overseeing Wiger’s work; sometimes adjusting or rearranging the rocks as he clambers over them.

The real start of Wiger’s adventure does indeed stem from wind.

“We had a big storm which knocked down several trees. I was faced with a big cleanup. The thought occurred that just maybe some of these fallen trees could serve as a base for some landscape berms,” he said. “And it took off from there. You just don’t want to be looking at fallen trees so let’s make a nature landscape that highlights the beauty of our North Shore country.”

Wiger has always loved the northern woods.

“I camped in northern Minnesota ever since I was a young kid. I’ve had this cabin about eight years. This ongoing landscape panorama is a great See HOBBY, pg. 17A

Sen. Wiger: North Shore hobby relaxing, re-energizing Working up here is good for both the body and soul. The beautiful skies, the grandeur of Lake Superior; Nature enveloping you so totally is a tremendous joy for me.

— Chuck Wiger

of ag education within public schools, both K-12 and post high school and university levels.

“Our goal is to graduate students ready to go on into career college and tech school training to fill the growing demand within the agricultural business segment of our state’s economy,” said Wiger.

His family of five children and five grandchildren all love the outdoors.

Though some are married and live elsewhere, a visit to the North Shore to see Wiger’s wildlife family is always on their agenda when they visit their dad.

“I’m just an amateur from the Twin Cities,” Wiger said, “but when I’m up here there is absolutely no class distinction. Mother Nature enjoys us anyway she can.” ❖

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Superior; Nature enveloping you so totally is a tremendous joy for me.”

His hobby is a delightful surprise for travelers. He has produced a landscape to be admired, studied and appreciated slowly, section by section. He noted the colorful seasonal flowers, especially the roses, throughout his landscape providing beautiful contrasts to the gray rocks and sun-bleached driftwood.

Getaway Wiger’s North Shore getaway gives him the “break away” he needs from the hustle and confrontations that are part of the legislative session.

Occasionally he even meets constituents at his North Shore home.

“Many now know that I live there when I’m not in St. Paul. Yes, even up here we can talk policy and get suggestions on different issues. Plus I think it’s a more honest exchange of

thoughts. Nobody stops to argue with me,” he said.

Wiger chairs the E-12 Division, formerly K-12, within the Education Committee. He also sits on the Finance, Transportation and Public Safety committees.

“The change represents new efforts in funding for early learning programs so that students are ready for kindergarten. Education is a high priority for Minnesotans. It continues to be the largest part of our state budget,” he said.

“Education always has a great deal of bipartisan support. Sure, there will always be requests to do more but since the recession we have significantly increased funding for education. It will always be a high priority in our state.”

He noted a significant increase in funding requests to expand the scope

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HOBBY, from pg. 16A challenge,” he said. “I’ve always appreciated wildlife and the many plants and flowers that nature puts on display up here.”

Wildlife sculptures Your eyes pop when you see some of his sculptured critters. For example there’s a nearly life-size metal moose.

Cut and designed by a Minneapolis body shop proprietor, Wiger reflects, “I saw this creature in front of his body shop. We wagered a deal. It sports a huge rack. There’s no doubt he’s king of my mountain up here.”

Dave Parsons, a western Wisconsin artist, does most of Wiger’s wood carvings.

“Parsons is outstanding; He has won or placed in several national competitions. He both carves and paints. His colors so accurately match wildlife colors,” said Wiger. “Check the detail of the bobcat that greets you in the front driveway. Parsons is a master.”

Perhaps Wiger is modest. He, too, paints; some of the carved wolves on display reflect that skill. So too, a couple of eagles perched in tree limbs in the cliff line overlooking his property.

He hasn’t yet given a name to his North Shore passion.

“People say it must be so much work.

But I find it very relaxing and re-energizing. Working up here is good for both body and soul,” he said. “The beautiful skies, the grandeur of Lake

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Lawn care before snowfall key to long-term health

THE LAND, NOVEMBER 6, 2015

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Although your grass may not have grown much over the past few weeks, proper lawn care before the snow flies is important for long-term health. Removing leaves and mowing to the correct dormant season height is important and may take a few steps.

During the growing season, to promote healthy turf grass the ideal height of your lawn should be 2.5 to three inches. However during the dor-

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mant season the grass should be at two inches. For best results, this should be a gradual lowering of your mower deck over two to three weeks.

This allows the grass to adjust more gradually to the lower height rather than scalping.

All too often, home owners and lawn care companies scalp the turf grass for the last mowing. This leaves the turf in a sensitive state, and may even damage the crowns of the plants. Scalping

with other lawn clippings, non-woody plant trimmings, yard waste, straw, etc. Shredding leaves is not required but will speed up the process of decomposition. Compost piles consisting of only leaves will require an extra source of nitrogen, such as commercial fertilizer, or materials high in nitrogen to assist with the decomposition.

Another way to dispose of your leaves is to use them as mulch for your perennials and bulbs. Snow is a fantastic insulator for our plants, but putting a layer of leaves after the ground freezes on top of the perennials or bulbs will insulate them in case there isn’t a sufficient layer of snow this winter.

So don’t put all your garden equipment away just yet; take a few more steps yet this fall so your lawn and gardens can fare the winter a little better.

This article was submitted by University of Minnesota Extension Service educator Beth Berlin. She may be reached at (320) 255-6169 or (800) 4506171. ❖

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is when more than one-third of the grass blade height is removed in one cutting. Scalping is particularly stressful for turf right before cold conditions and winter set in. However, regardless of the time of year, scalping stresses the plant and reduces turf density which provides opportunities for weeds to establish.

Our lawns do need care before they go dormant; this not only includes reducing the height but also removing leaves. Leaving tall grass or leaf cover can cause turf grass damage by smothering the grass and creating an environment more susceptible to “snow mold.” The fungi that cause snow mold thrive in moist, cool environments, and therefore fall is the time to remove the leaves from our lawns to help prevent snow mold from occurring next spring.

A small amount of leaves, typically less than an inch, can be left unraked or bagged and instead be rotary mowed. Excess leaves can be utilized in several ways including composting.

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MANKATO, Minn. — Trees and shrubs, especially conifer trees should be watered generously until the soil freezes. Mulching trees will help reduce winter root damage.

Young maples and thinned barked trees may benefit from some kind of sunscald protection to prevent the bark from cracking this winter and spring. This protection is usually in the form of a plastic tube or tree wrap (remove in spring). These practices can also help in reducing winter animal damage.

Other fall management practices which will help reduce winter damage to trees and shrubs can be found at http://z.umn.edu/winterdamage.

Protecting trees and shrubs from rabbits, mice, voles and deer is a major concern in some landscapes during the winter. Mow or remove tall grass to reduce mice and vole damage. If the bark is removed or severely damaged around the tree, it will die. Protective physical barriers such as tree tubes, hardware cloth or fencing can be done when practical.

Odor, taste and visual repellents can be used to repel many wildlife species, but may have inconsistent effectiveness. Human hair, soaps, garlic oil, hot sauce and animal repellents can be applied to branches and foliage to dis-

courage browsing. Weather, application frequency, animal population and feeding pressure affect the success of repellents. Some animals become desensitized to the repellent, so you may want to alternate repellents. A web resource that reviews prevention and control of wildlife damage can be found at http://z.umn.edu/critters.

If you’re unsure what is causing problems in your landscape, Extension has a great web site to help homeowners diagnose tree, shrub and plant problems or identifying a weed or insect. This site also has links to the UM Plant Disease Clinic and Soil Testing Lab. http://z.umn.edu/diagnose.

Fall is also a good time to plant trees (water till the soil freezes). Recommended trees for all regions of Minnesota can be found at http://z.umn.edu/rectrees. Dutch Elm Disease resistant tree varieties can be found at http://z.umn.edu/dedrtrees. If you want to plant edible fruit and nut trees or shrubs look at http://z.umn.edu/umfruit. The best time to prune trees is during the dormant season from January to March.

Flowering shrubs can be pruned in the summer after flowering.

This article was submitted by University of Minnesota Extension Service educator Gary Wyatt. ❖

Barberry shrub exhibits ‘kaleidoscope of fall shades’

THE LAND, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 Photos by Sharon Quale

The Barberry shrub named Lime Glow shows off gorgeous autumnal colors every fall. In the summer, the leaves are chartreuse and crimson.

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By Sharon Quale woody perennial plants, smaller than trees, usually having permanent stems branching from or near the ground.

The most spectacular shrub in our garden this fall is a Barberry named Lime Glow. It shows off and delights from early spring through fall and even sports some red berries in the winter.

The colors of the leaves are spectacular, beginning with bright chartreuse in spring and adding crimson tones in the summer then ending with a kaleidoscope of fall shades ranging from greens, yellows, reds and oranges.

Adding a few bright pumpkins at the base of this shrub creates an arresting fall harvest display.

Berberis (Barberry) is a genus of shrubs that is said to include some 400 developed for home gardeners. species, the majority of which come Some common cultivars in the Midfrom the temperate zones of East Asia west that we have grown are Rose and the rest from North and South America. The species name is thunbergii and there are many cultivars See GARDEN, pg. 20A

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Barberries are easy to grow. They thrive in sun or shade but the colors are more intense in full sun. Most species can tolerate extremes in temperature and can grow in any soil that is well-drained. These shrubs are generally drought tolerant but respond to deep watering during the hot summer months.

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I was amused when I read a comment made years ago by noted horticulturist Graham Stuart Thomas.

He said, “The incredible beauty of barberry foliage must be the reason why gardeners are willing to overlook their thorns and that they are valuable in combating hooliganism.”

In his book, “The Art of Planting,” Thomas writes: “Whether you look upon gardening as a hobby, a science or an art, the fundamental point remains: We garden because of the beauty of plants.”

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Giving thanks in the midst of disease and hardship become bitter or better, grumble or be grateful.

Though the day may be dark and the pit deep, we can walk through with thanksgiving if we live in Christ’s presence, remembering that in Him we don’t go alone. And like Corrie ten Boom, another woman whose story is saturated with thanksgiving in tragedy, so rightly says, “There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.”

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There’s nothing scripted or predictable about our grandsons’ table prayers. They pray We can give thanks in cancer for with eyes and hearts wide specialists, effective treatments, open as they tell God whatever and the way cancer binds families they’re thankful for at the together in prayer, love and supmoment. Five-year-old Lanport. don’s latest is being thankful that Daddy is finished in the field so they can eat supper Like Sabina, we always have a choice. Whatever together again. For three-year- THE BACK PORCH the circumstance brings we can whine or worship, old Jackson it’s whatever he’s

By Lenae Bulthuis eyeballing. “Thank you for Mommy, Daddy, the table, my fork, the couch...” and his list goes on until he runs out of breath or Landon cuts him off with an “Amen.”

If Mike and I were to list all the health needs we’ve eyeballed within our two families over the last 12 months, it’s more than the last 28 years combined into one. We’ve seen an accident, cancer, heart issues, and more. I would never give thanks for these things. Like you, it’s heart wrenching to walk through valleys and hospital hallways, and to wait it out for the next doctor report or surgeon’s update. I have a friend who has experienced more cancer in her life than most and she says it how she feels it, “Cancer sucks.”

Here’s the thing about the hardest stuff in life.

Although I don’t give thanks FOR disaster, disease, and death, I can always find reasons to give thanks IN them. Changing a seemingly small preposition from FOR to IN can make a cosmic transformation in perspective.

We don’t give thanks for cancer, but we can give thanks in cancer for specialists, effective treatments, and the way cancer binds families together in prayer, love and support. We don’t give thanks for accidents, but we can give thanks in accidents for how they slow us down to really appreciate what matters most — faith, family, and friends.

Rev. Richard Wurmbrand and his wife Sabina were Romanian Jews converted to Christianity, who suffered under the Nazis and then under the Communists. Richard was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years, three spent in solitary confinement 30 feet below ground in a dank dungeon. Sabina had a difficult life of her own. While waiting for his release from prison, never knowing if he was alive or dead, she spent three years as a slave laborer helping to build the Danube Canal.

During one of her dark nights as a slave laborer she lay down on her small cot and thought again about her beloved husband Richard. If her short legs caused her feet to touch the end of her cot, surely his were hanging over the edge! As she continued to feel the blow of the guards in her bruises, she wondered what they were doing to Richard now. She longed to be with her Richard and longed to be faithful to her Lord!

“A piece of chalky white plaster had fallen from the cell wall. Sabina picked it up and drew a large cross on her dark blanket. Then she gave thanks.” (From the book, “Hearts of Fire — Eight Women in the Underground Church and Their Stories of Costly Faith”)

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Cookbook Corner: Recipes for garden-fresh veggies

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By SARAH JOHNSON The Land Correspondent Whether you belong to a community-supported agriculture group, shop at farmers markets, or have a backyard garden, using up all that beautiful produce can pose a challenge.

“The CSA Cookbook” (Voyageur Press, 2015) promises to help you cook your way through all your veggie dilemmas in one easy-to-follow, easy-to-substitute book. Here’s a taste of some of these gorgeous recipes.

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1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes Zest of one lemon Juice of 1⁄2 lemon 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 cup olive oil Add all the ingredients except the oil to a food processor and pulse until crumbly, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Continue pulsing and add the oil in a slow, steady stream until well blended. Some people like their pesto super smooth, but I prefer a bit of texture, so process to your liking.

For a thick paste that you can spread onto sandwiches and pizzas, use only 1⁄4 cup of oil. For a thin sauce that you can stir into pastas and soups, use a full 1⁄2 cup.

■ Roasting broccoli under high heat brings out its inherent sweetness that perfectly balances the heat and spice from the sriracha to make this dish the star of the dinner plate. The author suggests using your most battered and blackened pan to really bring out the caramelization in the broccoli. You can use the broccoli stems, too, perhaps giving them a quick peel beforehand if you think they’re too stringy.

Sriracha-Roasted Broccoli Makes 4-6 servings 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons sriracha 1 tablespoon soy sauce 2 teaspoons sesame oil 1 teaspoon crushed garlic 1 pound broccoli, cut into bite-size pieces 1⁄2 lemon, cut into wedges Preheat the oven to 425 F. In a large bowl, stir together the olive oil, sriracha, soy sauce, sesame oil and garlic. Add the broccoli and toss thoroughly to coat.

Spread the broccoli across a large rimmed baking sheet in a single layer and roast for 10 minutes. Stir and shake up the broccoli a bit, and roast for 10 minutes more until the stems are tender and the tips of the florets are slightly blackened. Serve with a couple of squeezes of lemon on top, and if you really want to go to spice town, serve some more sriracha on the side for dipping.

■ The key to this soup is using meaty, fatty, bone-in beef that will fall off the bone and add body to the broth. You can actually let this simmer for a couple of hours before adding the veggies and barley; it will only improve the flavor. Serve with crusty bread for sopping on a chilly evening.

Carrot, Leek, Beef and Barley Soup Makes 6-8 servings 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 1⁄2 pounds beef short ribs 2 leeks (white stems and dark green leaves), sliced 4 garlic cloves, smashed with the flat side of a knife 1⁄2 cup dry red wine 8 cups beef broth 2 thyme sprigs 2 bay leaves See COOKBOOK, pg. 23A

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The Johnson clan gives three out of four ‘yums’ to Sweet Potato Spears few turns of freshly cracked black pepper, a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkle of chopped carrot greens.

■ For a more sophisticated (and healthier) version of french-fried potatoes, oven-baked sweet potato spears will make you reach for seconds and thirds (and tenths). They are that irresistible. If you can find the white-fleshed variety of sweet potato, buy that because it is firmer and starchier like a potato. But any ol’ sweet potato will do.

The Johnsons were a bit mixed in their opinions of this recipe, with one person who vehemently dislikes the very mention of a sweet potato, squash or carrot.

C’est la vie! Three out of four “yums.”

Sweet Potato Spears Makes 6 servings 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon yellow mustard seeds 1 tablespoon maple syrup 1 teaspoon kosher salt 3 thyme sprigs, divided 2 pounds sweet potatoes, cut into 3-4 inch spears Preheat the oven to 400 F. In a large bowl, combine the oil, mustard, mustard seeds, maple syrup and salt. Strip the leaves off one sprig of thyme and stir into the bowl. Add the sweet potatoes and toss to coat.

Spread the sweet potatoes across a large rimmed baking sheet in a single layer, then snip the remaining sprigs of thyme in half and scatter them on top.

Roast for 20 minutes. Stir and shake them up a bit, then continue roasting for 10 to 15 minutes until tender. The sweet potatoes are done when they take on a golden color and the skins start to shrivel.

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COOKBOOK, from pg. 22A 3 carrots with greens, carrots diced and greens reserved 1 turnip, diced 1⁄2 cup pearl barley 1 cup shelled peas Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste Sour cream for garnishing Heat a wide, heavy pot over medium-high heat and add the oil. Brown the short ribs on both sides, about three minutes per side, until some of the fat is rendered. Transfer the short ribs to a dish and set aside.

Scrape up any brown bits in the pot and add the leeks and garlic, stirring to coat.

Pour in the wine, bring to a rapid simmer, and stir until most of the liquid is absorbed, two to three minutes. Add the short ribs, broth, thyme and bay leaves to the pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for one hour. Periodically take a peek under the lid to ensure the liquid maintains a gentle simmer and does not boil. Remove the lid and add the carrots, turnip and barley. Increase the heat and bring to a rolling simmer. Continue simmering, uncovered, until the vegetables are tender and the barley is cooked, about one hour.

Remove the short ribs from the pot and chop the meat into bite-size pieces. Discard the bones and return the meat to the pot. Strip the carrot leaves from the thicker stems and finely chop the leaves. Add one cup chopped carrot greens to the pot. Stir in the peas and heat through for 10 minutes. Serve with a

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Farmers wrapping up harvest in Minnesota, Iowa Minnesota farmers were able to harvest one-tenth of their corn for grain acreage during the 4.0 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Nov. 1, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. In addition to harvesting, field activities for the week included fall tilling and terrace work. Some farmers in northern areas of the state were applying anhydrous.

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Rain during the week helped replenish topsoil moisture levels. Topsoil moisture supplies were rated one percent very short, 17 percent short, 79 percent adequate, and three percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were rated four percent very short, 18 percent short, 76 percent adequate, and two percent surplus.

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Corn harvest for grain was 91 percent complete, nine days ahead of the previous year and almost one week ahead of the five-year average. Nearly all the state’s sunflower acreage has been harvested, over three weeks ahead of both last year and average.

Iowa Harvest and fieldwork activities were dampened due to rain during the week ending Nov. 1, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Iowa farmers used the 4.2 days suitable for fieldwork to harvest corn for grain, harvest soybeans, work on fall tillage, install and repair tile and terraces, and apply dry fertilizer. Other activities included baling corn stalks, as well as manure hauling and spreading.

Topsoil moisture levels rated one percent very short, 13 percent short, 79 percent adequate, and seven percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated two percent very short, 12 percent short, 81 percent adequate and five percent surplus.

Corn harvest for grain was 85 percent complete, 10 days ahead of last year, and two days ahead of the five-year average.

As for the soybean crop, 96 percent has been harvested, eight days ahead of last year, but equal to normal. Although farmers in southwest and south central Iowa were able to harvest 10 percent of their soybean crop during the week, those were the only areas of the state where over 10 percent of the soybean crop remains to be harvested.

Grain movement from farm to elevator was rated 57 percent moderate to heavy. Off-farm grain storage availability was rated 78 percent adequate to surplus. On-farm grain storage availability was rated 69 percent adequate to surplus.

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of 2016 for next year’s corn and soythan projections last spring for many bean crop are very near the current farms, due to the exceptional yields in cash grain prices. Many farm opera2015. However, as we plan ahead for tors could face a substantial loss per 2016, with more normal yields and acre at the current projected commod- fairly steady crop expenses, breakeven ity prices for corn price levels are and soybeans in likely to be higher 2016, if the 2016 than 2015 levels.

Flexible lease example A land rental rates • Cash rental contract with a base cash An alternative are not adjusted to rental rate (ex. = $190/ac.), based on the to a straight-out lower levels. Crop producer’s breakeven level, plus the landlord cash rental rate input costs for and will receive an additional percentage that may be diffiseed, fertilizer, (ex. = 35 percent for corn and 40 percent cult to “cash flow” chemicals, fuel, for soybeans) of the amount that the final for 2016 may be and crop drying crop revenue (ex. = final yield x Oct. 15 for producers and are not likely to local price) exceeds the base crop revenue landlords to use a decline signifi(ex. = Crop Ins. APH yield x April 1 new crop “flexible cash cantly for the 2016 local price). lease” rental crop year, accordagreement, which ing to most farm allows the final management cash rental rate to vary as crop prices experts. and/or yields vary, or as gross revenue There can be a big difference in crop per acre exceeds established targets. yields and crop expenses from farm to The use of a flexible cash rental lease farm that can cause the breakeven is potentially fairer to both the landprice to either increase or decrease lord and the farm operator, depending from the average calculations. Final on the situation, and how the flexible breakeven crop prices for corn and soy- lease is set up. A “true” flexible cash beans in 2015 may be slightly lower See THIESSE, pg. 26A

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Most land rental rates in southern and western Minnesota increased by 40-50 The use of a percent or more from 2010 flexible cash to 2014, according to farm rental lease is business management land rental data compiled by the potentially fairer University of Minnesota. to both the landAverage rental rates for lord and the 2015 were steady to slightly farm operator, FARM PROGRAMS lower in many areas, comdepending on pared to 2014 land rental

By Kent Thiesse the situation ... rates; however, land rental rates were above breakeven levels for average prices are calmany crop producers. culated from Sept. 1 in Farm operators and landlords are now the year of harvest, until Aug. 31 the in the process of negotiating land following year. The MYA prices in other rental contracts for 2016, and are try- recent years for corn were $4.46 per ing to arrive at equitable rental rates. bushel in 2013-14, $6.89/bu. in 201213, and $6.22/bu. in 2011-12. Recent The commodity prices for corn and MYA soybean prices were $13.00/bu. in soybeans dropped significantly in the past couple of years, due to higher lev- 2013-14, $14.40/bu. in 2012-13, and els of U.S. corn and soybean production $12.50/bu. in 2011-12. USDA is currently estimating the 2015-16 MYA in 2014 and 2015, and the associated average prices near $3.80/bu. for corn large increases in the U.S. grain supplies. The U.S. Department of Agricul- and $9.15/bu. for soybeans. ture recently released the final Current cash corn prices are near national market year average — MYA $3.30-$3.50/bu. at most locations in the — crop prices for the 2014-15 year, Upper Midwest, while cash soybean which were $3.70 per bushel for corn prices are near $8.00-$8.50/bu. Forand $10.10/bu. for soybeans. The MYA ward pricing opportunities for the fall

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Biggest challenge: Determining ‘base rent’ per acre THIESSE, from pg. 25A policies and forward pricing of grain. A flexible management associations, publish annual average lease, with a fair base rental rate, allows land- land rental rates on a yearly basis. One possibility lease allows for the landlords the security of a solid base rental rate, may be to take the average of the three most recent lord to receive additional while having the opportunity to share in added prof- years for a county or area as a base rent; however, land rental payments above a “base” land rental some of these average rental rates may be a bit high, rate, if the actual crop yields and market prices, or its when crop prices and/or yields exceed expectations. Flexible leases are given the projected lower the gross revenue per acre, exceed established a nice alternative for corn and soybean prices “base” figures. A “true” flexible cash lease would also Flexible lease example B landlords who want to for 2016. allow for the “base” rent to be adjusted downward, if • Cash rental contract with a base cash rental rate (ex. = the actual crop yields and/or prices, or revenue per continue to work with • Many universities $190/ac.), plus the producer will pay the landlord an long-standing farm operaacre, fall below the established “base” figures. and farm management additional amount (ex. = $25/ac.), if actual yield exceeds the tors, without setgroups also publish crop Many flexible leases have APH crop insurance yield by 10 percent or more. (Corn ex. = ting cash rental budget projections for the been modified in recent APH of 190 bu./ac., and final yield of 209 bu./ac. or higher.) rates too high to coming year, which could years, and only “flex” keep the current Flexible leases also be used as a upward with added rental tenants. resource for arriving at can work well payment to the landlords, if “Base rent” determination an equitable “base” rental rate.

A “base” rental rate for new and the “base” crop yield and/or One of the biggest challenges with flexible should allow the farm operator to cover their direct prices, or revenue per acre, younger farm cash rental leases is determining the “base and overhead costs per acre for the coming year. are exceeded. The modified operators who rent” per acre, which in most instances is the “base rent plus a bonus” • Another possibility would be to have a “fair” set may not be able minimum rental approach is acceptable if the dollar amount, plus the rate for the year on to afford the “base” cash rental rates are real estate tax amount, a land parcel. The higher cash Flexible lease example C kept within a reasonable as the base rent, which “base rate” should • Cash rental contract with a base cash rental rate (ex. = rental rates for range. If the “base” rent is could be adjusted each be adjusted $190/ac.), plus the producer will pay the landlord an set too high, above year as conditions farm land ... upward or downadditional amount (ex. = $25/ac.), if harvest-time (ex. = Oct. breakeven levels, resulting in change. (Example: Base ward annually, 15) local grain price exceeds the base (ex. = April 1 local a “loss”, it is very difficult for rent would be $150 per depending on changes in grain price) by 10 percent or more. (Soybean ex. = $8.25/bu. the producer to recoup any of those losses with a acre, plus $40 per acre crop price expectations, local price on April 1, and Oct. 15 price of $9.08/bu. or flexible lease.

(RE tax), for a total of average crop yields, or higher.). There could be additional steps built in for higher $190/ac.)

Flexible leases can work well for newer or younger the projected “breakprice levels. farm operators who may not be able to afford the • Another way to deterevens” for crop production higher cash rental rates for farm land, and most ag for the coming year. The mine a “base” rental rate lenders support the use of flexible leases in order to best way to establish the could be to take a flat reduce financial risk in a farming operation. A flexi- “base” rental rate is to have a rental rate per acre percentage of the crop insurance adjusted production ble lease makes it easier for producers to utilize risk that is agreeable to both the landlord and farm oper- history — APH — yield on a farm times the expected management tools such as crop revenue insurance harvest price, prior to the growing season. The ator, with an established method of calculation. expected harvest price could be the projected October Ways to arrive at a “base rent” for a flexible forward contract price at a local grain elevator or lease” processing plant price on or around March 1. Others • Most land grant universities, and some farm have used the crop insurance base price announced on March 1, which is based on the Chicago Board of Trade December futures price for corn and the CBOT November futures price for soybeans. The key in cattle handling is that whatever price source is used to set the “base equipment rent,” must also be used to determine the “final rental rate,” in order to account for the local grain Since 1965 price “basis” which can vary throughout the year. It • Chutes • Tubs is probably best to use a local source, which is agree• Alleys • Etc. able to all parties, to set both the base price and the final harvest price.

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THIESSE, from pg. 26A local grain elevator or processing plant for that crop on a specified date APH “base rent” example (ex.

March 1 or April 1 for corn and Corn APH = 190 bu./ac., Soybean soybeans), and the final price is the price for that APH = 47 bu./ac. crop at the same location on a specified date in the March 1 local harvest price estimates: Corn = Fall (ex. Oct. 15). In some cases a weekly or monthly $3.50/bu., Soybeans = $8.25/bu. average price at the local level from planting to harvest is used to determine the final price. Whatever Assumption is 50 percent (0.50) of each crop. method is used to deterCorn — 190 bu./ac. x mine both the “base” and 0.30 (30 percent) x Flexible lease example D final prices should be con$3.50/bu. x 0.50 = • Cash rental contract with base rental rate (ex. = $190/ac.), sistent, using the same $99.75/ac. plus landlord will receive 35 percent of the excess bushels of grain elevator or processcorn yields that exceed the APH yield (190 bu./ac.), and 40 Soybeans — 50 bu./ac. x ing plant as a source for percent of the excess bushels of soybean yields that exceed 0.40 (40 percent) x the local grain price. the APH yield (50 bu./ac.). The landlord would receive the $8.25/bu. x 0.50 = With the occurrence of harvest market price at the local elevator on those bushels. $82.50/ac. much higher crop input (Example: Final corn yield of 210 bushels per acre would Base rent: $99.75/ac. + costs in recent years, result in landlord receiving seven bushels of corn (20 bu. x $82.20 = $182.25/ac. some flexible cash leases 0.35) x $3.50/bu. (est.) = $24.50/ac. (bonus rent) have been modified, and Notes: The projected are now based on gross harvest prices used in revenue triggers that this example are estimates (as of Nov. 1), and prices may change by March exceed the cost of production, rather than on crop 1, 2016. APH yields are adjusted annually, and there yield and price triggers. In this type of lease, the is a wide variation in APH yields from farm-to-farm. landlord only receives additional cash rental payments beyond the “base rent” when the final gross The standard APH yield should be used, which reflects the actual crop production history on a farm, revenue per acre (yield x price) exceeds the estaband not the newer “trend-adjusted” APH yield that is lished cost of production for the year. Typically, the added “flex” rent payment to the landlord would be a used for certain crop insurance products. set percentage of the added gross revenue per acre Many flexible leases also contain a “maximum” above the established cost of production per acre, (and possibly a “minimum”) cash rent per acre, as which is usually around 30-35 percent for corn, and well as the method that will be used to determine about 35-40 percent for soybeans, with a “maximum” the flexible rent payments. Typically maximum rental rate per acre. annual rental rates in a Just as with crop yields flexible lease arrangeFlexible lease example E and prices, determining ment are set at $50-$100 • Cash rental contract with a “fair” base cash rental rate that the established cost of above the base rental includes the annual real estate tax per acre (ex. = $150/ac. production for a crop for rate. plus $40/ac.), with a bonus rent if the final corn yield times the year can be a chalDetermining yields, the local harvest price times 30 percent (0.30) exceeds the lenge. Some possibilities prices, revenues and base rent (the corn calculation would be used regardless of the would be to use cash flow expenses for flexible crop that is raised, and if no corn is raised the APH yield statements for the year leases would be used.) prepared by a farm manMany flexible cash Example agement advisor, ag leases require a “base Base rent: $150/ac. + $40/ac. (RE tax) = $190/ac. lender, or the producer yield” of some type. The Final rent: 180 bu./ac. x $4.00/bu. x .30 = $216/ac. themselves. Many Unieasiest method to get a Bonus rent: $26/ac. ($216 - $190) versities and farm manbase yield is to use the agement associations crop insurance APH yield have average cost of prodescribed earlier, which duction data available. is updated annually. Another alternative to deterThere also probably needs to be allowances in a fleximine a base yield for a crop could be using the proble lease to allow for added costs or expenses due to ducer’s actual verified annual production on a farm, weather or emergencies. which is averaged over a period of years. Actual yield There are many variations to setting up a flexible calculation in a given year on the farm can be deterlease agreement between a landlord and farm operamined by warehouse receipts, settlement sheets, tor, including using yield only, price only, or a base scale tickets, bin measurements, grain cart weigh wagons, yield monitors, or any other method that is crop revenue compared to a harvest crop revenue, with or without using cost of production, and many acceptable to both the landlord and farm operator. more. The big key, regardless of the flexible lease Many times, yield determination requires a certain degree of “trust level” between the landlord and the agreement, is that both the landlord and tenant fully understand the rental agreement, and the calculafarm operator. tions that are used to determine the final rental rate.

As mentioned earlier, the “base price” for a crop could be the projected harvest (October) price at the See THIESSE, pg. 28A

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THIESSE, from pg. 27A Flexible lease example F It is also very important that flexible lease agree• A “price only” example would be to use the APH for each ments, as well as all land rental contracts, be finalcrop on a farm times the expected crop insurance base price ized with a written on March 1, which is based on CBOT futures prices, and then agreement. Please to use the actual crop insurance harvest price (Nov. 1), along refer to the attached with the same APH yield and formula (30 percent for corn and list of flexible lease examples.

40 percent for soybeans) to determine the final rental rate. If Flexible lease resources the final harvest price is lower than the March 1 price for both Iowa State University has some very good corn and soybeans, the “base rent” would be the final rent. resources on flexible cash leases and written cash Corn — 190 bu./ac. x 0.30 (30 percent) x $3.75/bu. x 0.50 = rental lease contracts, including sample cash rental $106.88/ac. contracts, which are available on their “Ag Decision Soybeans — 50 bu./ac. x 0.40 (40 percent) x $8.75/bu. x Maker” website, which is located at: 0.50 = $87.50/ac. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/ The UniverBase rent: $194.38/ac. sity of Minnesota has a computer spreadsheet titled Corn — 190 bu./ac. x 0.30 (30 percent) x $4.25/bu. x 0.50 “Fair Rent” which is an excellent resource for deter= $121.13/ac. mining equitable land rental rates, and is available Soybeans — 50 bu./ac. x 0.40 (40 percent) x $9.75/bu. x at: https://fairrent.umn.edu. For additional informa0.50 = $97.50/ac. tion on flexible rental leases, please forward an eFinal rent: $218.63/ac. mail to: kent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com Bottom line Utilizing “flexible cash lease agreements” between Landlords also need to be willing to adjust the “base” farm operators and landlords can be a good manage- cash rental rates lower, if necessary, as the projected ment strategy as an alternative to extremely high crop margins become much tighter in 2016. straight cash rental rates; however, these agreeIt is extremely important that all aspects of a fleximents need to be fair and equitable to all parties. ble land rental lease agreement, including base rent, yield and price determination, as well as other aspects of a flex lease, be detailed in a written rental contract, which is signed by all parties.

Successful “flexible cash lease agreements,” just as any other long-term cash rental agreement, have always involved cooperation, trust, and good communication between the farm operator and the landlord.

Kent Thiesse is a government farm programs analyst and a vice president at MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn. He may be reached at (507) 726-2137 or kent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com. ❖

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Livestock Angles Volatility not going away

Grain Angles Waiting for market rally

The following market analysis is for the week ending Oct. 30.

CORN — December corn just doesn’t want to stray very far from $3.80 per bushel on a closing basis. Since Oct. 8, it has never closed above $3.85 per bushel and has only closed below $3.75 once. This week’s close was the second higher weekly settlement in a row and sets up next resistance at the 20-day moving of $3.90 1⁄2, then the 50-day moving average at $3.99 3⁄4 per bushel. First support lies at $3.72 per bushel.

Demand was quiet for the week and basis levels were gen- PHYLLIS NYSTROM CHS Hedging Inc. erally higher, notably in the St. Paul East. Corn is wanted in the eastern Corn Belt and basis levels have responded to draw western corn to the East. Trains have reportedly moved from the upper Midwest into Decatur, Ill., and St. Louis. Growers continue to be reluctant sellers, with most of the corn tucked away until they see better prices or bills need to be paid.

A rebounding wheat market also lent spillover strength to corn as did spreading of buying corn/selling beans. Growers are mainly concerned with flat price, so eventually the Board will have to pull its weight in attracting bushels into the pipeline. However, this doesn’t mean we have to see an immediate or extensive rally. U.S. corn is uncompetitive on the world market and from the ethanol side, gasoline is cheaper than ethanol. Corn is currently headed from Brazil to Wilmington, N.C.

Volatility and the livestock markets appear to be synonymous these days. The increase in the amount of volatility has been a normal day-to-day occurrence for the past several weeks. It would appear that this volatility is not going to go away anytime soon either.

The culprit in causing this volatility is the struggle between supply and demand that has been present for some time.

In the past several weeks of October, the cattle market has been a real roller coaster ride as prices dropped very fast and rebounded just as quick. The drop was caused by weakening demand for beef as the cutout JOE TEALE prices became out of line with Broker competitive meats cutout values. Great Plains Commodity Afton, Minn.

The turnaround and quick rally came from the fact that the amount of live inventory is still very tight and packers were forced to compete for the tight numbers.

This forced the cash prices quickly to higher levels in order to meet their slaughter needs. This battle between the tight supply of cattle and the soft demand for beef will likely go on for quite some time.

The evidence to support the supply problem was reflected somewhat in the latest cattle on feed report that indicated that supplies are still lighter than in previous years. The evidence regarding the demand was exposed in the latest cold storage report that showed a surprising increase in cold storage supplies.

To add more baggage to the market, the World Health Organization came out with a report that eat-

Harvest is nearing completion and, for the most part, the weather cooperated for fall tillage and fertilizer applications.

Many producers with stored corn and soybeans are waiting for a much-needed, post-harvest rally in order to catch up on marketing and reduce some risk. Some advisors are predicting just such a rally. However, the bearish fundamentals that brought us to this current price still exist.

The October U.S. Department of Agriculture crop production report on Oct. 9 revealed national average corn and soybean yields basically changed very little. GLEN WACHTLER They are reported at 168 and 47.2 AgStar Assistant VP, Financial Services bushels per acre, respectively.

Baldwin, Wis. The prospects of a rally will depend on the pace of exports, South American crop problems, or a weakening in the U.S. dollar. Sometimes, oversold markets can lead to a recovery rally, but waiting through selling pressure can be painful and risky as well. If you are waiting for the rally to sell your grain, keep an eye on these market factors between now and the end of the year.

Not all producers want to spend their time watching marketing reports this time of year. Some people believe that much of the talk around markets this time of year is “noise.” Those producers may be right, but delaying sales until the market has moved significantly, or until the money is needed to pay for expenses, can be risky.

An alternative to waiting can be to plan your grain

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See TEALE, pg. 31A

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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.

Soybean export commitments behind last year

Let calendar spread risk to find best basis

office? It could mean Argentine growers sell grain to capture the windfall.

China this week announced they will end their one child policy, allowing couples to have two children. China’s population at the end of 2014 was 1.368 billion and is forecasted to increase to 1.45 billion by 2030.

OUTLOOK: The soybean action for the week was defined by slower buying from China, improving weather in Brazil and plentiful supplies in the United States that were just not moving. For the month of October, January soybeans were down 8 1⁄4 cents per bushel.

For the week, January soybeans were 10 1⁄4 cents lower at $8.85 3⁄4 per bushel and July beans were off 6 3⁄4 cents at $9.00 1⁄4 per bushel. Support in January soybeans is $8.73 1⁄2/$8.62 1⁄2 and resistance at $8.87/$9.00 per bushel.

Nystrom’s Notes: Contract changes for the week ending Oct. 30: December Chicago wheat surged 31 1⁄2 cents higher, Minneapolis rallied 17 1⁄2 cents and Kansas City gained 18 1⁄4 cents per bushel. Crude oil jumped $1.99 higher at $46.59, ultra-low-sulfur diesel was nearly 4 cents higher, reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending pushed 7 1⁄2 cents higher and natural gas lost 17 1⁄4 cents. ❖

TEALE, from pg. 30A ing red meat contributes to increasing the chance for contracting cancer.

Therefore, the chance that the volatility will decrease seems remote at this point. A look at the long term over the past year would indicate that the prices for cattle are on a slow decline.

Producers should stay aware of this trend and protect inventories on strength.

The hog market after experiencing nice recovery in prices into the month of October is now seeing the price decline as more inventory becomes available. The demand for pork has remained fairly good until we reached the upper $80s in the cutout values. At those levels the retailers began to show resistance and the cutouts have begun to slip.

Packers seem to be finding more inventory at the present time and this

has had a negative effect on live prices. The futures market has been anticipating the increase in numbers from a seasonal standpoint and has forced the futures into a deep discount to the current cash price.

The attitudes toward the hog market did not improve with the World Health Organization’s commentary that red meat may increase the chance for cancer.

As the cutout price declines because of these factors, look for pork demand to increase and stabilize the current weakness. From a competitive point of view, pork is still the best value in the entire meat protein complex. Producers are faced with a dilemma of declining prices and a deeply discounted futures market.

At this point producers should stay current and wait for price recovery to protect inventories. ❖

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WACHTLER, from pg. 30A sales based on dates you mark on your calendar as a timeline. Schedule yourself to make a percentage of your grain sales, or forward contracts, at dates between now and next spring.

Let the calendar spread the risk and avoid a large grain marketing mistake.

This will also allow you to concentrate on finding the best basis and capturing the carry in the grain market to maxi-

year. China represents 64 percent of total global soybean imports. Sales to unknown total 7.66 mmt compared to 6.08 mmt last year.

Argentina’s Oct. 25 presidential election ended with no clear winner.

A run-off election will be held Nov. 22 between Scioli (backed by the out-going President and Governor of Buenos Aires province) and Macri (Mayor of Buenos Aires).

One of the main differences in the candidates is the timetable for changes. Scioli favors a slower, conservative approach, while Macri opts for quicker change including eliminating corn and wheat export quotas and lowering the soybean export tax from 35 percent to 30 percent. Promises made may be easier than promises kept with 10-11 percent of their budget dependent on this income.

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SOYBEANS — January soybeans faded lower this week with lower highs seen on the chart every day except Friday, when the 50-day moving average resistance stymied an attempt to rally. The 50-day moving average in the January contract as of the Oct. 30 close was $ 8.87 per bushel. There was an absence of export business for soybeans compared to last week when we saw nearly daily announcements. We saw just two announcements this week of 120,000 metric tons each to China on Oct. 26 and 30.

Weather in Brazil improved this week with rains in the dry areas and more in the forecasts. The areas of dryness are shrinking and with it the concern over Brazil’s production. Processor basis levels improved week-over-week.

The U.S. dollar traded a wide, volatile range this week, but in the end was only slightly lower on the week.

Weekly export sales were above estimates at 76.7 million bushels when only 15.9 million bushels of sales are needed each week to achieve the USDA forecast for 1.675 billion bushels. Total export commitments are 20 percent behind last year compared to a 9.1 percent decline in year-on- year exports projected by the USDA. Total soybean sales to China now total 13.9 mmt versus 20.6 mmt on the books last

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NYSTROM, from pg. 30A Weekly export sales were better than expected at 27.9 million bushels, but still behind the 31.7 million needed per week to hit the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 1.85 billion bushel projection. Year-on-year export commitments are 33 percent behind last year when the government is anticipating sales to be down less than one percent vs. last year.

Brazil’s corn export line-up for November indicates a strong month of shipments coming. According to data, 5.3 million metric tons of corn is set to load in November compared to 2.1 mmt last year.

Weekly U.S. ethanol production was down 7,000 barrels per day to 944,000 bpd. Ethanol stocks were 0.6 million barrels lower at 18.3 million barrels. On an annualized basis since the beginning of the crop year, the corn grind for ethanol has averaged 5.25 billion bushels, consistent with the USDA’s outlook.

Chinese buyers have suspended dried distiller’s grains imports on fear of a government anti-dumping investigation. Reportedly, DDG stocks at Chinese ports are 1.3 mmt. The United States has been exporting 650,000 to 950,000 metric tons of DDGs to China in recent months.

OUTLOOK: December corn has been contained in the $3.60 to $4.00 range since Aug. 13. For the week, December corn closed 1 1⁄2 cents higher at $3.82 1⁄4 per bushel and the July contract was also 2 1⁄2 cents higher at $4.01 1⁄2 per bushel. For the month, December corn was just 1 1⁄4 cents lower. The Nov. 10 crop report is the next major report and we could see the yield raised slightly and exports adjusted lower. Corn seems to be headed nowhere fast. Harvest is predicted to

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livia is the undisputed Corn Capitol of Minnesota, and perhaps the world. Each year Olivians reconfirm their Corn Capitol status with Corn Capitol Days.

The first Corn Capitol Days were celebrated July 28-31, 1968. The Olivia Times-Journal reported on planning activities in late February.

“The name of the celebration ... is significant due to the fact that Renville County is one of the leading counties in the state in the production of corn,” the Times-Journal wrote. “The County is also the home of one of the country’s largest processors of hybrid seed corn, which is Trojan Seed Co. Olivia is also the home of Olivia Canning Co., canners and processor of sweet corn.”

The newspaper also announced a contest to see who could design the best emblem for the event.

Later, the Times-Journal reported that festivities would include a Queen contest, a big parade, a tot’s parade, teen and square dances, a free corn supper, and a songfest.

Nineteen-sixty-eight was also the year that Trojan Seed introduced TX 68, a 68-day hybrid that allowed corn to be produced further north than ever.

Corn Capitol Days were already a tradition when Dick Hagen went to work for Trojan in 1980. Hagen, now with The Land, worked as marketing

director. It was at that time Olivia’s giant corn ear was erected. Hagen says the giant ear was inspired by something similar in Rochester.

Bob Rauenhorst, Trojan president, agreed to pay for the corn ear only if it was at least two feet taller than Rochester’s ear. Olivia’s 40-foot-tall ear of corn was erected along Highway 71. Soon powerful prairie winds toppled the giant but the community stepped in, reerected it, and added an information kiosk and a campground.

In February 2004, State Senator Gary Kubly introduced a resolution calling for Olivia to be not only Minnesota’s Corn Capitol but the World Corn Capitol. Kubly’s resolution cited Corn Capitol Days and the giant corn ear as two reasons for the planetary designation. He also cited the growing seed industry.

“WHEREAS, today Olivia is home to nine seed research companies, two companies that lead the world in contract seed production, an edible bean plant, the world’s largest seed corn broker, and an agricultural environmental solutions company,” the resolution stated.

Hagen estimates that Olivia’s seed companies employ over 200 people during the growing season and about 110 year-round.

The Renville County Historical Society provided assistance with this article. ❖

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The Pulks Wannaska, Minn.

Corn, soybeans, spring wheat with grass seed, sunflowers

FOLLOWING THE 2015 GROWING SEASON

The Lees McIntosh, Minn.

Organic hay, corn, oats, soybeans; conventional wheat, soybeans

The Froemmings Garfield, Minn.

Corn, soybeans, wheat, alfalfa, rye

The Thorpes Canby, Minn.

Corn, soybeans

The Filzens Renville, Minn.

Corn, soybeans, sugar beets, navy beans

The Pagels Winthrop, Minn.

Corn, soybeans, wheat, kidney beans

Joan Lee McIntosh, Minn.

Polk County Oct. 22: “It’s been a good year. ... (No) Earth-shattering yields (but) at least we have a crop to harvest.”

John Haarstad Rothsay, Minn.

Otter Tail & Wilkin Counties Oct. 23: “Yields were above average, no major breakdowns, most importantly nobody got hurt.”

Rodney Froemming Garfield, Minn.

Douglas County Oct. 22: “It’s probably one of the best falls I’ve had.”

Dale Filzen Renville, Minn.

Renville County Oct. 23: “Very good corn harvest. ... Can’t complain, yields were good.”

Nathan Thorpe Canby, Minn.

Yellow Medicine County Oct. 29: “It’s the best soybean crop I ever had; the best corn crop I ever had.”

Delayne Pagel Winthrop, Minn.

Sibley County Oct. 29: “The good Lord blessed us with a good crop.”

Harlan Marble Mapleton, Minn.

Blue Earth County Oct. 30: “We had the greatest average of heat units that we ever had. ... The average rain through the season was perfect.”

Nate Heusinkveld Wykoff, Minn.

Fillmore County Oct. 30: “It was a great growing season ... (and) a pretty good year all around.”

Brian Kemp Sibley, Iowa Osceola County Oct. 30: “As a whole it has been a good year.”

The Heusinkvelds Wykoff, Minn.

Dairy cows, corn, alfalfa, barley, peas, winter rye

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The Kemps Sibley, Iowa Corn, soybeans

The Marbles Mapleton, Minn.

Corn, soybeans, hogs

Andy Pulk Wannaska, Minn.

Roseau County Oct. 25: “We’re just down to some corn left. ... We have had a really nice fall.”

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The Lees McIntosh, Minn.

“We should finish up hopefully today,” said Joan Lee when The Land spoke with her on Oct. 22. The corn took it’s time getting ready to be combined. “It didn’t really want to dry down.”

The corn, which is organic, is down to 17.5 percent moisture. So it will go in the bins with fans running. “Hopefully we can get the corn off the field” before the rain that was expected to arrive that evening. The rain is welcome as “Fall

tillage isn’t going too well” due to dry fields. “We could use the two inches,” Lee said. “We need the moisture; we have no surplus.” She said that after corn harvest is complete, “We’d like to get some plowing done, especially the corn ground.”

As to the harvest: “It’s been a good year.” While there have been no “earth-shattering yields, at least we have a crop to harvest.”

difference.” Haarstad’s poorest performing field The Haarstads was still average or slightly below. After harvest Rothsay, Minn. was finished he said that he “got our bin site all Corn harvest is finished for cleaned up.” He’s getting some tillage done, too, John Haarstad and it went and has custom tilling to do. He’ll go “until it “better than expected.” The freezes up.” Harvest this year was “excellent.”

Land spoke with Haarstad on He said, “Yields were above average, no major Oct. 23. He explained that the yields were “very variable.” Haarstad reported breakdowns, most importantly nobody got hurt.” a six-inch rain difference this growing season between his northern field and his southernmost field. That translated into “about a 50-bushel

The Froemmings Garfield, Minn.

The end of harvest is almost here for Rodney Froemming. When The Land spoke with him on Oct. 22, he reported “We got about 25 acres left (of corn).” Soybean harvest went well.

“Overall we had a little over 50 (bushels per acre) average.” The harvest went smoothly with “no delays at all.” Froemming was also finishing up

some custom corn harvest that day. “We do quite a bit of custom work,” he said. The custom work Froemming does is “not as much corn but a lot of beans.” His average corn harvest start date for the past 40 years is Oct. 21 so he’s definitely ahead of the game this harvest. “It’s probably one of the best falls I’ve had.” As for how the harvest is going: “Excellent. I don’t think there’s anybody in this area that would disagree.”

to do. Once tillage is The Filzens finished, Filzen will be Renville, Minn. applying anhydrous next, “It’s raining pretty good now,” said Dale Filzen along with picking rocks and when The Land spoke with him on Oct. 23. He putting in some tiling. was pleased with the rain and the amount that Harvest was “early, probably was expected at the farm. “We need the rain.” a good week to 10 days.”

The rain came after harvest was complete. Filzen Harvest went well for Filzen. “Can’t complain, finished corn harvest on Oct. 17. It was a “very good corn harvest,” he said. Sugar beet harvest is yields were good.” also complete — “The beet crop was good.”

Tillage was almost done, just one more field left

spraying done when you The Thorpes wanted” and hoping to “get Canby, Minn. this grain marketed at Harvest is wrapped up, and only tillage remains profitable levels.” As for the for Nathan Thorpe. When The Land spoke with end result of everything that Thorpe on Oct. 29 he was hopeful that he would went into the 2015 growing finish tillage that day. Looking back, he said it season: “It’s the best soybean was “hard to ask for a better spring for planting.” crop I ever had; the best corn crop I ever had.”

When Thorpe’s fields needed rain this summer, It’s hard to top a year like that. the rain came. For growing crops, “it was just about a perfect year.” There were a few challenges that Thorpe dealt with — “Getting

The Pulks Wannaska, Minn.

“We’re just down to some corn left.” That’s what Andy Pulk told The Land on Oct. 25. He estimated that he would be done with corn by Oct. 27 or 28. An inch of rain fell the previous week, causing Pulk to suspend combining for four days. The corn yields are “better than I expected.” Moisture is down to 17.5 to 18 percent. The sunflower harvest “went really smooth” but the “yields were really

disappointing.” Pulk “probably won’t be growing flowers for a while.” After corn harvest he’ll be spreading turkey litter on the corn ground before tillage.

Harvest this year is a full week ahead of average as Pulk is typically done by deer hunting. This year, barring any unforeseen breaks in harvest, he should be done in October.

“We have had a really nice fall.”

The Pagels Winthrop, Minn.

Delayne Pagel was “completely done with picking corn” and only had “a little bit of tillage left” when he spoke with The Land on Oct. 29. Pagel finished corn harvest on Oct. 27. “The good Lord blessed us with a good crop,” he said. This spring Pagel was able to get the crop in the field early but, due to all the rain that

fell, it took a while for it to start growing. Once the crops started growing, so did all the weeds.

“The weeds kept coming all year long.” Heat-wise this growing season was “OK.” Speaking about the past month or so, he said “you can’t wish for a better fall than this.” As for enjoyment of the whole season, Pagel shared that “the best part was harvesting.” Bottom line: “It was a good crop.” Pagel is enjoying the end of harvest, a job well done, knowing that “before you know it, spring is here.”

The Marbles Mapleton, Minn.

“Everything is done,” Harlan Marble told The Land Oct. 30. He reported that corn harvest was completed on Oct. 13 and field work was all finished. “Corn ground is all black,” he said, “ready for beans next year.” While this year was a great one for Marble in terms of yields, there was at least one challenge along the way.

“We had that one wind storm” this summer and had some more strong winds this fall. “Everything else was perfect,” said Marble. The growing season was just right, he said — “We had the greatest average of heat units that we ever had” and “the average rain through the season was perfect.” Those things combined for yields that were “as good as I ever had.” It all capped off with an “absolutely perfect fall.”

The Heusinkvelds Wykoff, Minn.

Nate Heusinkveld isn’t quite done in the field.

WhenThe Land spoke with him on Oct. 30 he still had “a little chisel plowing to do.” His farm had just received an inch-and-a-half of rain, so the chisel plowing was going to have to wait a week to resume. “It was a great growing season,” but there were challenges along the way, including “trying to make hay with all the rain. It rained every week and stayed humid this summer.” That

translated into doing “more haying at night than I can ever remember.” This year’s yields were “kind of what I figured,” with corn around 200 bushels per acre. As for next year, Heusinkveld will “probably put some more fungicide on corn and do some no-till on rye grass.” Until then, he’ll finish up field work and get equipment ready for the winter. “It was a pretty good year all around.”

The Kemps Sibley, Iowa The end to the 2015 growing season is in sight for Brian Kemp. When The Land spoke with Kemp on Oct. 30, he estimated that he had an “easy day” left of combining corn. After two-anda-half to three inches of rain the week prior, Kemp was waiting for the field to dry up to finish corn harvest. The harvest so far has “gone smoothly; yields have been very good.” That has translated into 10 to 20 bushels above average,

depending on the field. “As a whole it has been a good year.” There were “timely rains” and “they were fairly regular.” Kemp noted that nothing was hailed on and there was minimal insects and disease. As for 2016, Kemp is “currently watching input costs; that will probably be a focus.” This year provided Kemp with good yields, and a harvest that “has gone really smoothly.”

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Dairy farmers and their cooperative and promotion The pair touched on the leaders met this week in self-help Cooperatives WorkOrlando, Fla., for the joint ing Together program, which annual meeting of the was recently extended National Milk Producers through 2018. In addition to Federation and the dairy economic issues, the need to MIELKE MARKET promotion side of the busicounter imitation dairy WEEKLY ness. products has been a longBy Lee Mielke time concern for NMPF, NMPF officials reflected which continues to urge the on the organization’s achievements on government to crack down on the misbehalf of dairy farmers, and noted continuing challenges ranging from assur- use of dairy terms for non-dairy items, such as soy and almond “milk.” The ing humane animal care to reforming federal immigration laws. Speaking at revamp of the “REAL Seal” has helped the Federation’s 99th annual meeting, inform consumers of the benefits of American-made dairy products, MulhBoard Chairman Randy Mooney and ern said.

President and CEO Jim Mulhern unveiled an updated NMPF logo and a Another recent accomplishment has booklet chronicling the organization’s been the conclusion of negotiations 100 years of leadership. over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal between the 12 countries The Mooney-Mulhern presentation marked the beginning of NMPF’s 100th that border the Pacific Ocean. year, as the organization was founded Access to foreign dairy markets was in Chicago in 1916. They stated that, in one of the more controversial points, and the past century, NMPF has recorded the issue wasn’t resolved until the last numerous legislative victories, includ- day of the negotiations. Though final ing enactment of the Capper-Volstead details are still being reviewed, Mulhern Act in 1922, and the establishment of called the early results a victory. federal milk market orders in the NMPF is also working with the U.S. 1930s. It was instrumental in the creDepartment of Agriculture on revising ation of the dairy price support profederal dietary guidelines, which are gram in the 1940s and convinced Con- being updated this year. gress to create the mandatory dairy New research has shown that satucheck-off program in the 1980s. rated dairy fats are not as unhealthy They related how past achievements as once thought and Mulhern menreflect on current issues facing dairy tioned Federation efforts to relax producers, citing the need to create a restrictions on chocolate milk in new and better federal safety net for schools through this year’s child nutridairy farmers, now known officially as tion reauthorization bill. the Margin Protection Program.

■ “Without question, the program has More recently, animal health and its challenges, challenges we continue to work to address,” Mulhern said. “But environmental concerns have come to it’s important to recognize that the pro- the forefront of NMPF’s list of issues.

The National Dairy FARM program, gram was designed as a producer launched in 2009, continues to evolve insurance safety net, not an income to promote the best practices of dairy enhancement program. And for those wondering how MPP stacks up against farmers. its predecessor, the MILC program See MIELKE, pg. 4B

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“On this issue, the science, the advice of our technical experts and requests from our dairy customers and consumers are all aligned,” said NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern. “Today’s action demonstrates that dairy producer-leaders want to be proactive, yet pragmatic, in addressing animal care concerns.”

NMPF says it “started the FARM Program in 2009 to highlight how much the dairy industry is doing to improve animal care. Dairy farmers supplying milk to dairy cooperatives

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Representatives from Chobani, Walmart, Starbucks and Kroger commended dairy producers this week for their “hard work and passion, but also for their dedication to top-notch animal care, during a panel session at the meeting.”

The panelists said their company is “often contacted by ‘hyper-conscious’ consumers who want to understand how their food goes from the farm to the dinner table, and if it’s produced humanely.” One of the most common issues raised, they said, is tail docking.

Mooney and Mulhern toasted other milestones. Dairy Management Inc. and the U.S. Dairy Export Council turned 20 this year, and the National

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■ Speaking of the MPP, dairy producers have until Nov. 20 to enroll for 2016 coverage. You’ll recall the signup deadline was extended.

The MPP was part of the 2014 farm bill and is a voluntary safety net, similar to an insurance policy, that helps offset participating farmer’s margins, when the difference between the U.S. All Milk Price and calculated feed costs falls below the coverage level selected by the farmer.

■ The Oct. 23 Dairy and Food Market Analyst reported that “foodservice sector business is growing, even for McDonald’s which reported its first quarterly comparable sales increase in two years, up 0.9 percent in the USA and up 4.0 percent, globally. This

increase was before All-day Breakfast rolled-out, suggesting more gains to come.

“Chipotle Mexican Grill reported comparable sales increased 2.6 percent during Third Quarter. Sonic, the nation’s largest chain of drive-in restaurants, reported sales increased 7.3 percent during its fiscal quarter ending August 31.”

Speaking in Friday’s DairyLine, DFMA editor Jerry Dryer suggested that McDonald’s switch to butter will likely prompt other chains to do so and the breakfast menu, “already cheese friendly,” being offered all-day, will bring in other customers and prompt “a new look at how long and how frequently they use cheese on the menu and offer breakfast.”

Restaurant sales have had “a good solid year,” according to Dryer. Based on same store sales reports and the See MIELKE, pg. 5B

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Butter price spike catches industry by surprise up 80 cents from August but $8.20 below September 2014.

September corn, at $3.68 per bushel, was unchanged from August but 19 cents a bushel higher than September 2014. Soybeans averaged $9.05 per bushel, down 66 cents from August, and $1.85 per bushel below September 2014. Alfalfa hay averaged $157 per ton, down $2 from August, and $40 per ton below September 2014.

Looking at the cow side of the ledger; the September cull price for beef and dairy combined averaged $104/cwt., down $6 from August, $14/cwt. below September 2014, and compares to the 2011 base average of $71.60/cwt. Prices received for milk cows averaged

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USDA’s latest National Milk Cost of Production report shows August total costs were down some from July and August 2014. Total feed costs averaged $12.16/cwt., down 30 cents from July, up 81 cents from June, but $1.43 below August 2014. Purchased feed costs, at $7.04/cwt., were up six cents from the July level, up $1.16 from June, but 14 cents below August 2014.

Total costs, including feed, bedding, marketing, fuel, repairs, hired labor, See MIELKE, pg. 6B

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the CME. FC Stone’s Brendan Curran says butter’s latest move “caught many by surprise as the expectation was for prices to have returned to somewhere resembling “normalcy” by now, but that certainly has not been the case. It seems that the paradigm shift regarding the “yellow giant” has taken hold and we may be looking at long term price ramifications as a result.”

Dairy Market News says Central butter output is steady to higher, with active demand from retailers for conventional and specialty butter. Manufacturers are trying to keep inventories on the tight side as there is an expectation of lower prices by the end of Fourth Quarter but they are enjoying the current brisk pace of sales.

Western butter makers report continued strong domestic demand. Production is active but lagging behind demand. The California Department of Food and Agriculture says output through September is down 5.6 percent from a year ago.

Grade A powder ended the week and the month at 80.5 cents per pound, down four cents on the week and 43.75 cents below a year ago. Twenty cars were sold.

■ HighGround Dairy says temporary strength is expected for milk powder prices following China’s announcement to end their one-child policy, creating the idea their demand for child nutrition and other dairy products will improve into 2016.

Meanwhile, Dairy Market News reports that farm milk production is following the typical seasonal declines in most areas of the country. The exception is in Florida, where cooler conditions seem to edge milk production slightly higher.

Lower feed costs and a higher All Milk price pushed the September milk feed price ratio higher, hitting the highest level since December 2014, at 2.25, up from 2.11 in August, up from 2.01 in July, but down from 2.96 in September 2014, according to USDA’s latest Ag Prices report.

The index is based on the current milk price in relationship to feed prices for a ration of 51 percent corn, eight percent soybeans and 41 percent alfalfa hay, in other words, one pound of milk today purchases 2.25 pounds of feed of that blend.

The September U.S. average All-Milk price was $17.50 per hundredweight,

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MIELKE, from pg. 4B U.S. Census Bureau’s monthly report, gains have averaged seven to nine percent, according to Dryer.

When asked if domestic demand is offsetting export losses, Dryer said, “It has up to this point.” He admits last year’s exports were “off the charts and not normal,” but says prices are consistent with the five- to 10-year average as domestic usage is very strong in foodservice, retail, and ingredient sales, especially on butterfat.

He admits that there’s been a lot of volatility but warned, “We can’t get away from that until we, as an industry, start learning how to manage inventories, which Uncle Sam used to do. Until we start using the futures and options markets to do that we’re going to have volatility.”

■ Most cash dairy prices ended October on an up note. FC Stone’s Brendan Curran wrote in his Friday Insider Opening Bell that the spot market “continues to hang in the shadows of bearishness with the question being whether demand levels will be strong enough to shake that element off as it has basically all year.”

Chicago Mercantile Exchange block Cheddar closed Oct. 30 at $1.62 per pound, up three-quarter cents on the week but down 18 cents from its Oct. 5 peak for 2015, and 52 cents below a year ago. The Cheddar barrels finished at $1.5950, up 4.5 cents on the week but 51.5 cents below a year ago. Fourteen cars of block and 31 of barrel traded hands on the week.

Midwest milk supplies available for cheese are tightening, according to Dairy Market News. Barrel buying interest has led to some looking around to find extra inventories not committed. Buying interest from food service customers is steady but minimal cheese from the region is moving into export channels.

Western milk intakes have slowed following seasonal trends, but receipts are still robust, says Dairy Market News. Contacts note that cheese stocks have not been drawn down as much as usual due to strong cheese production and lower exports. Some suggest the heavy inventories could become a drag on prices if demand slips.

■ Cash butter saw Friday’s close at $2.77 per pound, up 30 cents on the week and 88 cents above a year ago.

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USDA: Feed costs down to 50.1 percent of total costs MIELKE, from pg. 5B taxes, etc., at $23.88/cwt., were down 15 cents from July, $1.19 above June, but $1.50 below a year ago.

Feed costs made up 50.1 percent of total costs in August, compared to 51.9 percent the month before

and 53.5 percent a year ago.

Checking the demand side of things; August packaged fluid milk sales totaled 4.0 billion pounds, down 1.4 percent from August 2014, according to Dairy Market News. August sales of conventional products

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totaled 3.85 billion pounds, down 1.2 percent from a year ago; organic products, at 192 million pounds, were down 5.9 percent. Organic represented about 4.7 percent of total sales for the month.

Whole milk sales totaled 1.16 billion pounds, down a bit from July but up 4.3 percent from a year ago, with year to date sales at 9.1 billion, up 3.7 percent.

Looking at the January to August period, total packaged fluid milk sales, hit 32.5 billion pounds, down 1.5 percent from the same period a year earlier. Year-to-date sales of conventional fluid products, at 30.9 billion pounds, were down 1.5 percent; organic products, at 1.6 billion pounds, were down 2.1 percent. Organic represented about 4.96 percent of total fluid milk sales in the first eight months of 2015.

■ CWT accepted 14 requests for export assistance this week to sell 1.5 million pounds of cheese to customers in Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Oceania. The product has been contracted for delivery through April 2016. CWT’s 2015 cheese exports stands at 51.8 million pounds, plus 25.7 million pounds of butter and 35.1 million pounds of whole milk powder to 35 countries.

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feed antibiotics that are fed on the farm.

The new directive basically states that all medically important feed grade antibiotics must be administered under the oversight of a licensed veterinarian. Producers will be required to get a VFD form (similar to a prescription) from a veterinarian before they can purchase and use any of the drugs. Similar to current prescriptions, only a veterinarian with a veterinaryclient-patient relationship will be able to write a VFD. The expiration date on the VFD must also not exceed six months.

Similar to a prescription the veterinarian will fill out the form specifying the farm, group of animals to be treated, the drug to be used, the feeding rate and the duration of the treatment. The veterinarian must keep one copy, provide a copy to the farmer and provide one to the feed mill or distributor.

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The new FDA Veterinary Feed Directive went into effect on Oct. 1, but full implementation is not complete until December 2016. Actually the VFD is not new. The original document was published in 1996. The new directive is expanded and further regulates the use of medically important antibiotics.

These antibiotics are those deemed important in human health. Many common over-the-counter drugs used on farms fall under this category and are listed below. Antibiotics not designated as medically important do not fall under the directive. This would include antibiotics such as Bovatec and Rumensin.

Over the counter cattle drugs affected by the new VFD: • Neomycin • Tylosin • Chlortetracycline • Oxytetracycline • Virginiamycin Even though full implementation is not until December 2016, begin a discussion with your veterinarian on how the new directive might affect your operation. On many farms, the veterinarian may not even be aware of the

and knowing what your calves space and ventilation requirements are is the first step in making sure they are properly ventilated.

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weaned calves, feeding area requirements are 18 inches with slant bar dividers. For 4-8 month old heifers it’s 15 inches per animal and for 8-12 month old heifers it is 17 inches per animal.

Another important component of ventilation and the one we probably think of the most often is ventilating rates. Ventilating rates vary based on the age of the animal and the current weather conditions. The following rates are given in CFMs, which is Cubic Feet per Minute and measures the velocity of airflow. For baby calves aged 0-2 months, the CFM requirements are 15 in cold weather, 30 in mild weather, 65 in warm weather, and 100 in hot weather.

Note that these requirements are per calf, so if you have 15 calves in your barn at this age during cold weather, they would require 225 CFM all together. For calves and heifers aged 212 months, CFM requirements are 20 in cold weather, 40 in mild weather, 90 in warm weather, and 130 in hot weather. So if you have 15 older calves in hot weather, their CFM requirement is 1,950 CFM. Calf ventilation plays an important role in keeping your calves healthy,

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ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Recently, I have been getting a lot of calls from dairy producers about calf barn ventilation. Having good and adequate ventilation for your calves is crucial for overall health and the prevention of respiratory disease. With fall upon us and winter on its way, it’s a good idea to review your ventilation now so you can avoid problems down the road.

A component of ventilation that is sometimes overlooked is the stocking density of your calf pens. Just like cows, calves of all ages have space requirements that need to be met in order to keep them comfortable and healthy. Simply measure your pens and calculate total square footage, then divide by the number of animals in the pen. Do your numbers match up with the following suggestions?

For baby calves aged 0-2 months, they need a minimum of 30 square feet per animal. For weaned calves aged 24 months, they also need about 30 square feet. Heifers aged 4-8 months require 40 square feet of space per head, and heifers aged 8-12 months require 50 square feet.

Those square footage measurements are for a bedded pen or pack area, and do not include feeding area. For

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Tuesday - December 1st, 2015 • 2:00 P.M. Farm Location: 5 miles North of Gaylord on St. Hwy. 22, & 2 miles West on Cty. Rd. 58 (220th St.).

To drive around farm, go South on 501st Ave. & East on 226th St. Auction Location: Auction will be held at the Veteran’s Bldg., Sibley County fairgrounds in Arlington, MN. From Hwy. 5 at Liberty Station go 3 blks. West on Chandler St. to fairgrounds.

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Possession is for the 2016 crop year. The farm has never had beets.

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Asking Price: $2,700,00000 John Kronebusch 507-459-5029 1215 Gilmore Ave., Winona, MN 55987

2518 Superior Dr. NW, Ste. 103, Rochester, MN 55901 john@jnkrealestate.com • jnkrealestate.com

• ‘02 BUHLER–VERSATILE 2210 GENESIS MFWD TRACTOR, DELUXE CAB, P. SHIFT, NEW 46” REARS, NEW 34” FRONTS, HUB DUALS, 3 REMOTES, 3 PT., FRONT WGTS., 1000 PTO, 3295 HRS., VERY SHARP TRACTOR • ‘11 NEW HOLLAND 75 WORK MASTER MFWD TRACTOR, OPEN STATION, ROPS, 8-SPD. SYNCHRO, 3 PT., 1 HYD., ONLY (83) ONE OWNER HRS. • ‘90 FORD 8730 MFWD, DUAL DOOR CAB, P. SHIFT, 3 REMOTES, 540/1000 PTO, NEW 38” REARS, NEW 28” FRONTS, HUB DUALS, FRONT WGTS., 6610 HRS.

LOW HOUR NH TRACK SKID LOADER, COMBINE HEADS, & GENERAL FARM MACHINERY

• ‘12 NH C227 TRACK SKID LOADER, 12” TRACKS, 2-SPD., HEAT, HEATED AIR SEAT, 78” BKT., 217 ONE OWNER HRS., ROCK, BKT., PALLET FORKS, SNOW BUCKET SELLS SEPARATE • ‘97 NH TR98 TURBO TWIN ROTOR COMBINE, YL MON., BUBBLE UP AUGER, BIG TOP HOPPER EXT., CHOPPER, SPREADER, ONLY 2744 ENG. & 2046 SEP. HRS. • NH #973, 30’ FLEX HEAD W/WIND REEL CROP SAVER BLOWER • NH #974, 6R30” CORN HEAD • NH #971, 23’ STRAIGHT CUT HEAD • WHITE MODEL 8200, 12R30” HYD. FRONT FOLD CORN PLANTER, LIQ. FERT., TRASH WHIPS, 1000 RPM PUMP, BEAN & CORN DISCS, 4000 MON., 2 BU. BOXES, HAS PLANTED 4378 ACRES., EXC. COND., SN# HR20200129 • CIH #496 – 28’. CUSHION GANG DISC • IH 710 7X16 ON LAND PLOW • AGRI MASTER A600 – 625 BU. GRAVITY BOX, 22.5 RUBBER, LIKE NEW • (2) MN 550 GRAVITY BOXES W/EXT. OH, 18T MN GEARS, ONE OWNER • WESTFIELD 10”X61’ SWING HOPPER AUGER, LIKE NEW PLUS OTHER FARM EQUIPMENT & RELATED ITEMS

ANDY & DEBBIE BRUMMER OWNERS PH. 320-630-8440 35037 200TH. ST. HILLMAN, MN

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‘12 10x72 auger & mover ..$7,500 ‘12 10x62 auger & mover ..$8,000 ‘14 13x42 truck auger, Demo ................................$5,800 ‘14 8x32 truck auger, Demo ................................$3,200 ‘06 10x71 Hutch auger & mover................................$7,000 CIH 260 Magnum tractor, Loaded, Like New! ........................• NOW: $134,900 JD 930, 30’ flex head ........$3,500 JD 510 ripper, 7-shank......$7,500

IH 720 plow, 7-18” ............$5,500 CIH 3900, 30’ disk ..........$19,500 ‘15 USAGear 7’ backhoe ..$5,960 TruAg 2 box tender ........$11,750 EZ Trail 860 grain cart, red ........................................$17,500 J & M 350 bu. wagon ........$2,700 Hesston 1170 mower cond., swing tongue, 1 steel / 1 rubber roll........• NOW: $4,950 Woodford Ag bale racks, 10’x23’ - Call For Sizes....$2,295

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Hay & Forage Equip

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20 Ft Rhino #SR240 FlexWing Cutter (2007) Well Maintained A-One Cond.

New Holland #BR7090 Deluxe (2008) Round Baler (5x6) (3900 Bales) Monitor Plastic & Twine Etc Exc Cond. 319-347-2349 Can Del

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Buying Gold & Silver, collector coins, diamonds, gold jewelry, silver dollars, pocket watches, antiques, rare currency, dental gold, any gold or silver items, 33 years same retail location.

Fairmont, MN. Kuehl's Coins, 507-235-3886

LAND AUCTION Cass County, MN

Friday, November 20 @ 10AM

2015

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110 acres Auction Location 9901 State Hwy 64 SW, Motley, MN 56466 Land Located From Motley, MN head N on Hwy. 64 approximately 8 miles to 96th St SW. This will bring you to the NE corner of the property.

This land features a nice mix of cropland, grass, and trees. With a water source and cover, this property also provides excellent deer habitat. Access is easy being located directly off of Hwy. 64. As a farmer, rancher, hunter or investor, take advantage of this opportunity to purchase this land.

in NE 1/4 1-134-32 • 43.92 +/- Cropland Acres Cass Cty, MN Located • Located adjacent to Hwy. 64 • Easy access

Becker Township

Roy & Patricia DiGiovanni, Owner

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

320.693.9371

Contact Randy Kath or Max Steffes

701.429.8894 701.212.2849

For a detailed Buyer’s Prospectus with complete terms & conditions, contact Randy Kath 701.429.8894 or Max Steffes 701.212.2849 at Steffes Group.

24400 MN Hwy 22 South, Litchfield, MN 55355 | SteffesGroup.com Ashley Huhn MN47-002, Eric Gabrielson MN47-006, Randy Kath MN47-007, Scott Steffes MN14-51, Max Steffes MN14-031 TERMS: 10% down upon signing purchase agreement with balance due at closing in 45 days. This is a 5% buyer’s premium auction.

DUE TO THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, EARLY DEADLINE FOR CLASSIFIED LINE ADS FOR THE NOVEMBER 27 LAND ISSUE IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH BY NOON

Hay & Forage Equip

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Bins & Buildings

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Stormor Bins & EZ-Drys.

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

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Feterl grain auger 8"x61' long, PTO driven, $1,500.

715-568-5129 FOR SALE:Used grain bins, floors unload systems, stirators, fans & heaters, aeration fans, buying or selling, try me first and also call for very competitive contract rates!

Office hours 8am-5pm Monday – Friday Saturday 9am - 12 noon or call 507-697-6133 Ask for Gary Used Grain Bin Sheets For grain storage in a building.

Broskoff Structures 507-256-7501 Farm Implements

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2008 Great Plains 18 Ft Turbo-Till Series II (½” Blade Wear) Exc Cond. Brent 540 Wagon Good Cond. 319-3476150 Leave Message 721C Case loader, weak hydraulic pump, $16,900; Bucket $1,600. (715)223-3664 A ROTO MIX 414-14B excellent, scales FOR SALE. 651-764-1281 FALL CLOSEOUTS! NEW Balzer 4800 LPN tanker, $39,900; NEW Val Metal 5600H extra fine cut, bale chopper, $20,950; NEW Kuhn Knight 8124 Slinger w/ floats, SPECIAL $27,150; NEW Kuhn Knight SLC 126 Slinger, $33,900; Val Metal 13HP self-propelled bedding chopper fine cut grate, $5,490; Kuhn VT 132 TMR side discharge, extra knives SPECIAL $25,400.

608-323-7001 FOR SALE: 1194 Brent Avalanche grain part w/ tracks, roll top, KRP & scale, $60,000/OBO. 507-9208217 FOR SALE: 80 acres, Blue Earth Co, $40,000 feet of tile, 6 mi East of Mapleton, MN. Contact Steve Gleason US Bank. 507-285-7924

FOR SALE: I8720 7x18 on land auto reset plow, $3,450; IH80 3pt snow blower $1,150; John Deer 401C dsl industrial tractor w/ ldr cab, 3pt & PTO $5,750; JD 27 stalk chopper w/ 4 wheels $1,250; Batco 1335 conveyer, $5,900; Winco 35K PTO generator $1,350.

320-769-2756

144.02 Acres Of Redwood Cty. Farmland Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 10 a.m.

Auction Location - Wabasso Community Center Land Is Located: From Wanda, take County Highway 4, 2-miles to property.

Watch for Kerkhoff Auction Signs!

PARCEL 73-013-3040, SW 1/4 Excluding Tract, Section 13, Waterbury Twp. TOTAL ACRES: 144.02 • TILLABLE ACRES: 132.09 • CPI RATING: 89.3

2015 RE Taxes - $4,084.00 Ag Homestead Tile Maps

LAND IS LOCATED IN SECTION 13 of WATERBURY TWP., REDWOOD CTY.

For More Information

DAVID & JAYNE LANGE, OWNERS

507-829-6859 or 507-644-8433

DOUG KERKHOFF

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FOR SALE: Fox Brady 6R stalk chopper or can make windrows, $3,500; Henke 45" roller mill, $4,000. Both in good cond. (715)684-9549

REDWOOD CTY. LAND AUCTION

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1996 Bobcat 331 mini excavator, used on our farm for 12 yrs, $11,500. (715)223-3664

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FOR SALE: Hay & straw del in semi loads, 100 mile radius, bales sold per ton by grade, grass $89-119, alfafa $120-185, alfafa grass $115145, straw $87. Call Tim 320-221-2085

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FOR SALE: Merritt alum hopper grain trailers; '89 IH 1680 combine; 690 Killbros grain cart; 24R30” JD pl on Kinze bar; Big A floater; 175 Michigan ldr; IH 964 CH; White 706 & 708 CH & parts; White plows & parts; (3) 4WD drive pickups ('78-'80); JD 44' field cult; 3300 Hiniker field cult; IH 260 backhoe; header trailers. 507-380-5324 GREAT PLAINS #5109 9 Shank Turbo-Chisel (Low Acres) Like New. Heavy Duty Medium Size Rock Picker (5 Ft Wide Forks) (Not 4 Ft Wide) w/ Remote.

319-347-6677 Can Deliver Hydrostatic & Hydraulic Repair Repair-Troubleshooting Sales-Design Custom hydraulic hose-making up to 2” Service calls made.

STOEN'S Hydrostatic Service 16084 State Hwy 29 N Glenwood, MN 56334 320634-4360 We buy Salvage Equipment Parts Available Hammell Equip., Inc. (507)867-4910

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FOR SALE: '54 JD model 60. Two Cylinder Club documentation. Professionally restored. All new tires w/ Titan 15.5x38's.

JD tachometer shows 7XX hrs.

Photos & delivery avail. $5,600/OBO. 763-389-3099 FOR SALE: Tractor '75 1070 Case, 6068 hours, good condition, duals available, one owner. (507) 583-7137 NEW AND USED TRACTOR PARTS JD 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 55, 50 Series & newer tractors, AC-all models, Large Inventory, We ship! Mark Heitman Tractor Salvage 715-673-4829 Harvesting Equip

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1285 Gehl forage chopper w/ kernel processor. 330 3R cornhead, 1240 hay head.

715-964-1052 FOR SALE: '90 Gleaner R50, 4RW, 15' bean head, 13' dummy head, 2600 hrs, exc, field ready, New Idea 324 corn picker, 12R husking bed, exc, Norwood 612-2027944 FOR SALE: '93 JD 843 cornhead, excellent condition, $7,500; JD643 knife roller, auger side cover deflectors, $6,000. 507-317-3396 FOR SALE: '98 2366 combine, rock trap, field tracker, chopper, Ag Leader yield & moisture, $65,000; IH 781 chopper hay & cornhead, $2,500. 612-508-1194 FOR SALE: 1460 combine/ 863 cornhead, approx. 4600 hrs. Good working combine w/ factory elec over hyd.

Also have 863 cornhead, $6,500/pkg. (320) 429-0935 FOR SALE: Gleaner M2 corn & soybeans special, good working condition, 18' floating cutter bar bean head & 6RN cornhead, $3,500; '73 GMC truck, nice 16' steel box & hoist, $3,900.

507-995-2513

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Lime Spreading â&#x20AC;&#x153;Have you checked your soil PH latelyâ&#x20AC;?

Why apply Aglime:

â&#x20AC;˘ At a soil ph level of 5.5 nitrogen efficiency is only 77 percent. â&#x20AC;˘ A soil ph level of 6.0 nitrogen efficiency is still is only 89 percent. â&#x20AC;˘ At a soil ph level of 7.0 fertilizer efficiency is 100 percent.

Advantages we offer over others:

13 Shank Great Plains

Turbo-Chisel #5113 New Machinery Wanted 040 Style. MC 15 Ft #180SB Shredder (6-30)Real Good.

Disc chisels: JD 714 & 712, 319-347-6138 Can Deliver Glencoe 7400; Field Cults under 30': JD 980, small GREAT PLAINS 30 Ft grain carts & gravity boxes Turbo-Max Hyd Adj Blades, 300-400 bu. Finishers under (0-6 Degrees) Almost New. 20', clean 4 & 6R stalk chopKewanee 21 Ft Rock Flex pers; Nice JD 215 & 216 Disc w/ Harrow All Good flex heads; JD 643 cornBlades Good One. 319-347heads Must be clean; JD 2349 Can Deliver corn planters, 4-6-8 row.

715-299-4338

Field Care â&#x20AC;˘ Our system of delivering lime is more efficient and economical. â&#x20AC;˘ No stockpiling on the ground. â&#x20AC;˘ No wasted time or mess. â&#x20AC;˘ Spread with a Terra Gator to minimize ground compaction.

Terra Gators â&#x20AC;˘ We have eight units to keep wait time to a minimum.

Even Spread â&#x20AC;˘ We use the latest GPS application and guidance. â&#x20AC;˘ We are capable of doing conventional and variable rate spreading to suit the needs of our customers.

For more information on Agricultural Lime delivery, spreading and rates, please email us at: evang@randeofmn.com - or call 800-388-3320 today!

Steffes Auction Calendar 2015

For questions or prices please call

R & E Enterprises of Mankato, Inc.

Opens Monday, November 9 & Closes Wednesday, November 18: JRG Farms Online Auction, Chokio, MN

Friday, November 13 @ 10 AM MST: Robert Hilton & Louise Hilton, Bowman, ND, Large Estate Farm Auction Wednesday, November 18 @ 11 AM: Richard & Wanda Cavett Farm Auction, Enderlin, ND Thursday, November 19 @ 10 AM: Toby Iverson Estate, Lamberton, MN, Farm Auction Friday, November 20 @ 10 AM: Roy DiGiovanni Auction, Motley, MN Farm Equipment & 110+/- Acres in Becker Twp., in Cass County, MN Wednesday, November 25 @ 11 AM: Kent Roessler Farm Auction, Anoka, MN

Tuesday, December 8 @ 10 AM: Robert Meduna Estate, Wahoo, NE, Farm Equipment Auction Opens Monday, December 2 & Closes Wednesday, December 9: December Online Auction, Upper Midwest Locations, Selling Farm Equipment, Light Construction, Lawn & Garden & Recreational Items

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FLATBEDS

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;02 Great Dane, Curtain Side, 48/102, AR, Closed Tandem ..........................................$9,250 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;81 Lufkin 42/96, Closed Tandem, Steel, 80% T/B, New 5th Whl. Plate, Clean ........................$5,500 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;94 Wabash, Black, 38/102, Sandblasted, Painted, 80% T/B ..........................................$5,000 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;95 Stoughton 48â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Flatbed, 96â&#x20AC;? Wide, Wood Floor, Sliding Tandem, 11R22.5 Disc Whls. ..........................................$9,500

Floor, LED Lights, Very Clean ........................................$16,000 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;95 Wilson Combo, 48/102, Alum.

Floor, SX, Alum. Whls., AR, New Tires, No Rust, Clean ......$16,500 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;92 Fontaine All Steel Drop Deck, 53/102, Not Rusty, AR, 255/22.5, New Brakes/Tires, Clean $13,750 Engineered 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Beavertail: Kit Includes: Paint, LED Lights & All Electrical ................$3,750 Kit ............................$5,750 Installed

DOUBLE DROPS

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80 Transcraft Double Drop, 53â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 33â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Well Non-Detachable, HOPPER AR, Polished Alum. Whls., New â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;94 Wilson AL Bottom Grain, Hardwood Decking, 80% T/B, 96â&#x20AC;? Wide, 66â&#x20AC;? Sides, 2-Spd. Clean................................$10,000 Doors, Front/Rear Catwalks & â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;99 XL Specialized Double Drop, Ladders, Shur-Lok Roll Tarp, 11R24.5 Whls. ................$14,750 48/102, 29â&#x20AC;&#x2122;6â&#x20AC;? Well, New â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;11 Alum. Ag Hopper..........COMING 255/22.5, RGN Mechanical Detach RGN ....................$19,000

DROPDECKS

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;07 Fontaine Drop Deck, 48/102, Steel, SX, Air Ride, Wood Floor ........................................$19,000 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;07 Fontaine Drop Deck, 53/102, Air Ride, Steel, Spread Axle, Wood Floor, Sandblasted & Painted, Beavertail ........................$25,000 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;75 Transcraft Drop Deck, Red, 40/96, New Floor, Tires, Brakes ........................................$10,000 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;87 Transcraft Drop Deck, Red, 53/102, Closed Tandem, Beavertail, New Recap Tires, Alum. Whls., New Paint, New

MISCELLANEOUS

(30) Van & Reefer Trailers - On Hand, 48/102-53/102 Water Storage Or Over The Road ..............................$3,500-$5,500 Custom Haysides: Stationary ..........................$1,250 Tip In-Tip Out ....................$1,750 AR or SR Suspensions ........$500 SP/$1,000 AR per axle â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;97 Peterbilt 379 Conventional, N-14 435 Cummins Eng., Eng. Brake, 13-Spd., AR, 48â&#x20AC;? High-Rise Sleeper, 11R22.5 Alum. Whls. ........................................$21,900

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Wednesday, December 2 @ 10 AM: AgIron West Fargo Event, Red River Valley Fairgrounds, West Fargo, Large Multi-Ring Consignment Event

1-800-388-3320

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Thursday, November 12 @ 10 AM MST: Berk Bowman Farm Auction, Rhame, ND, Large Late Model Farm Equipment Auction

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FOR SALE: 850 MF gray FOR SALE: Int'l 735 6-18 cab combine, 6R30â&#x20AC;? cornvariable width plow, new head, $4,000. 507-456-2566 iron, field ready, $4,200.

612-581-3166 FOR SALE: JD 8820 Titan II NEW M&W #1710 combine w/ 224 soybean platform, many new parts, 7 Shank (2014) Earthmaster very dependable, $10,000. List Price..................$59,252 320-864-5325 SALE Price..............$ 39,900 DEALER.........319-347-6282 FOR SALE: Sharp Late Can Deliver/Let It Ring Model MF 860, 1 owner 9120 bean head, 1163 cornhead.

Used parts for IH 720 $18,500/OBO 515-571-1372 plows, toggle/auto reset. ½ price of new or less.

JD 643 cornhead, newer deck We ship anywhere. plates, $4,900. 715-246-2824 Call Maple Valley Farms Randy Krueger Tillage Equip 039 (715)250-1617

Machinery Wanted

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WANTED

Goodhue, MN 55027

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

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All kinds of New & Used WANTED: Grain drill with clutch lift. Steel, wood or farm equipment – disc chisrubber wheels. 608-548-1866 els, field cults, planters, soil finishers, cornheads, feed mills, discs, balers, WANTED: JD 300 corn picker, must be in excellent haybines, etc. 507-438-9782 condition. Call 507-354-1069 WANTED: 1 or 2 row corn If no answer, please leave picker or picker sheller. message.

608-548-1866

TRACTORS CASE IH MXU 130 FWA TRACTOR, 3700 HRS, 14.9R46 REAR TIRES CASE IH 7120 FWA TRACTOR, 18.4X42 REAR W/DUALS, 6369 HRS IH 766 GAS 2WD TRACTOR, 18.4X34 REAR TIRES, 4777 HRS FORD 5000 W/LOADER, 7381 HRS MASSEY FERGUSON 1736HL COMPACT 4WD, 72" BUCKET, R4 TIRES, MID PTO ‘11 MASSEY FERGUSON 2670HD FWA CAB TRACTOR, 730 HRS, DL260 LOADER ‘02 NEW HOLLAND 8970A FWA, 18.4X46 DUALS, 16.9 FRONTS, 5400 HRS COMBINES & HEADS ‘13 GLEANER S77 COMBINE, DUALS, 850 ENG HRS, 553 SEP HRS ‘08 GLEANER R75 COMBINE, DUALS 2106 ENG HRS, 1533 SEP HRS ‘03 GLEANER R75 COMBINE, DUALS, 1438 SEP HRS, 1976 ENG HRS ‘96 GLEANER R62 COMBINE, 30.5-32 TIRES, 2824 ENG HRS, 1826 SEP HRS ‘02 CIH 2206, 6R30" CORNHEAD ‘10 CIH 1020, 20' BEAN HEAD ‘11 GLEANER 8200, 30' FLEX HEAD W/CRARY AIR REEL MASSEY FERGUSON 750 COMBINE W/6R30 CORNHEAD & 20' BEAN HEAD MASSEY FERGUSON 1859, 20' BEAN HEAD MASSEY FERGUSON 63C, 6R30" CORNHEAD GLEANER 9250, 30' DRAPER HEADER GLEANER SERIES II, 15' BEAN HEAD, FLOATING BAR, GOOD SHAPE, M MOUNTS GLEANER 8000, 30’ FLEX HEAD GLEANER HUGGER 438 CORNHEAD CRESSONI 6R30 CUTTER CORNHEAD HARVESTEC 4308C CUTTER CORNHEAD, 8R30", GL MOUNTS, NICE HARVESTEC 4308C CUTTER CORNHEAD, 8R30", JD MOUNT ‘08 HARVESTEC 4308C CUTTER CORNHEAD, 8R30", NH/CASE IH MOUNT SKID STEERS CASE SR175 SKID LOADER, CAB HEAT, POWER ATTACH, 1100 HRS, RADIO ‘12 BOBCAT S630 SKID LOADER, 997 HRS, 2-SPD, CAB HEAT A/C NEW HOLLAND LS170 SKID LOADER, CAB HEAT, 5000 HRS ‘96 MUSTANG 2060, T-BAR TILLAGE/FIELD CULTIVATORS DEUTZ ALLIS 1500, 5-SHANK CHISEL PLOW, HYDRAULIC COULTERS GREAT PLAINS TURBO TILL 2200, 22' ROLLING BASKET & HARROW ‘10 GREAT PLAINS 30' TURBO TILL, ROLLING BASKET & REEL GLENCOE SF SOIL FINISHER, 21', NICE SHAPE JOHN DEERE 630 DISC, 22.5' W/COIL TINE HARROW KRAUSE SOIL FINISHER TL6200, 18', NEW CONDITION, 3-BAR COIL & BASKET ‘13 WILRICH 657, 11-SHANK CHISEL/ RIPPER COMBO, USED 1 SEASON ‘12 WILRICH 657, 11-SHANK CHISEL/ RIPPER COMBO, 2 BAR COIL & BASKET HAY & FORAGE, STALK CHOPPERS BUSH HOG DM70, 3PT DISC MOWER ‘06 NEW HOLLAND 1431, 13' DISCBINE ‘09 CHALLENGER PTD12B, 12' DISCBINE, SAME AS 1372MF

AGCO HESSTON 7433 BALER, 3X3, APPLICATOR, ROLLER CHUTE, 48,000 BALES ‘12 MF HESSTON 2150 BALER, 3X3, TANDEM, APPLICATOR, SCALE, ROLLER CHUTE HESSTON 4755 BALER, 3X3, SILAGE SPECIAL, ROLL CHUTE, APPLICATOR HESSTON 4790 BALER, 3X4, 24,300 BALES, CONSIGNED HESSTON 1160, 14' HYDRO-SWING MOWER CONDITIONER H&S CR 8-WHEEL RAKE H&S CR 10-WHEEL RAKE JOHN DEERE 702 10-WHEEL RAKE GEHL 420 10-WHEEL RAKE TONUTTI 10-WHEEL RAKE KRONE EASY CUT 27' TRIPLE MOWERS, 32CV & 9140CV, TINE CONDITIONER TANCO 1814 ARC TWIN ARM BALE WRAPPER W/POWER UNIT ROW CROP, DRILLS & SPRAYERS ‘03 CIH 1200 6R30" PLANTER, DRY FERT., ROW CLEANERS DEMCO HP 550 GAL SPRAYER, 13.6-28 TIRES, 45' HYD. FOLD BOOM, RAVEN BRILLON SST 144, 12' SEEDER 2 BOXES ‘03 JD 1750 CONSERVATION SERIES, 6-ROW PLANTER, LIQ. FERT HARDI TR 1000, 60' BOOM, FLUSH & RINSE, TRIPLET NOZZLE BODIES ‘13 HARDI NAVIGATOR 4000, 90' BOOM, 120" AXLE, ISO ‘09 HARDI NAVIGATOR 4000, 80' BOOM, 120" AXLE, 1200 GAL, FOAM WHITE 5100, 12R30", LIQUID FERT., VERT FOLD ‘01 WHITE 8202 12R30", WING FOLD PLANTER GRAIN CARTS & WAGONS UNVERFERTH 5000 GRAIN CART W/24.5-32 TIRES & LIGHTS GREEN BRENT 772 GRAIN CART WITH TARP, 30.5-32 TIRES & LIGHTS, GREEN DEMCO 550 GRAVITY BOX, 425X22.5 TIRES DEMCO 550 GRAVITY BOX, 425X22.5 TIRES DEMCO 650 GRAVITY BOX, 445 TIRES, ROLL TARP DEMCO 650 GRAVITY BOX, DUAL WHEELS, ROLL TARP ‘12 DEMCO 750 GRAVITY BOX W/FENDERS ‘14 DEMCO 1050 CART, SCALE, TARP, 900/60R32 TIRES MINNESOTA 375 GRAVITY BOX, 12 TON GEAR, 16.5X16.1 TIRES MINNESOTA 375 GRAVITY BOX, 12 TON GEAR, 16.5X16.1 TIRES H&S 18' POWER BOX, REAR UNLOAD, NO ROOF, TANDEM GEAR H&S 18' 7+4 FRONT & REAR UNLOAD BOX, 4-WHEEL GEAR, NO ROOF DAKON 8 TON GEAR MANURE SPREADERS H&S TS5134 V-SPREADER, 3600 GAL, 3YRS OLD MEYER'S 2425 BOX SPREADER, TOP BEATER, 16.5X16.1 TIRES, VERY NICE NEW IDEA 3739 MANURE SPREADER, 16.5X16.1 TIRES GRAIN EQUIPMENT GOOD SELECTION OF USED AUGERS – CALL MISCELLANEOUS BUSH HOG SQ84T, 7' ROTARY MOWER, OFFSET 1,000 GAL FUEL TANK & TRAILER W/GAS ENGINE, FUEL PUMP GROUSER 6-WAY 96" DIRT BLADE W/SKID STEER MOUNT VIRNIG 96” HIGH VOLUME BUCKET W/BOCE EZ-TRAIL 25' HEADER CART JD 60" MOWER DECK FOR 4200 JD TRACTOR

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

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

‘12 CIH Steiger 350HD, 480/80R50 duals, 1000 PTO, 6 remotes, Luxury cab, GPS components, 1287 hrs. ..............$145,000 ‘11 JD 9630T, 3315 hrs., Comprehensive Extended Warranty ‘till Sept. 2016 or 5,000 hrs. ....................................$139,500 ‘14 CIH Magnum 235, Luxury cab, cab susp., 480/80R50 duals, 420/85R34 single fronts, high capacity hyd. pump, 4 remotes, 305 hrs., Warranty....$118,000 ‘12 CIH Magnum 210, 480/80R46 duals, 1870 hrs. ........................................$79,000 ‘14 NH T8.390, cab susp., susp. front axle, 620/72R42 rear duals, 600/65R28 single fronts, complete GPS system, 450 hrs., Warranty ......................$149,500 ‘12 Case 521E wheel loader, JRB coupler, 3rd valve, 20.5x25 tires, 620 hrs. $95,000 ‘13 Farm King Feterl 10x82 swing hopper auger, New ..........................$7,800 ‘14 CIH 3230 self-propelled sprayer, 100’ boom, 800 gal. tank, 295 hrs., GPS components, Warranty ......$147,500 ‘10 JD 608C Stalkmaster, 8x30 chopping cornhead ......................................$31,000 ‘11 JD 608C, 8x30 non-chopping cornhead ......................................$29,500 ‘14 JD Gator TS, 4x2, bed lift, bed liner, 309 hrs. ............................................$5,250

Keith Bode Fairfax, MN 55332 507-381-1291

Machinery Wanted

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WANTED: JD hay fluffer 608-606-6405 WANTED: Looking for a CASE IH #50 stock shredder gear box. 608-989-2170 WANTED: McCormick corn & grain binder. 608-606-6405 WANTED: Pull type combine 608-606-6405 Wanted

042

WANTED: GSI 15' grain bin, wide corrugated sheeting, 4 to 6 rings high, floor would be preferable, unloading auger if available. 218-8313243 Feed Seed Hay

050

Alfalfa square baleage, individually wrapped, 160 to 190 RFV, delivered by truck load, clean 3x4 straw bales also available. 866-575-7562 Buyers & sellers of hay, straw, corn, wheat, oats & other grains.. Western Hay available. Fox Valley Alfalfa Mill. 920-853-3554 Dairy Quality Alfalfa Tested big squares & round bales, delivered from South Dakota John Haensel (605) 351-5760 Dairy quality western alfalfa, big squares or small squares, delivered in semi loads. Clint Haensel (605) 310-6653 FOR SALE: 170 R.F.V. 1st cutting Alfalfa 900 lbs, medium square bales. Delivery Available. 218-6896675 SEED CORN SAVINGS. Dependable, high yield, national hybrids. Only $121.50 per bag! (conventional varieties, 80 to 103 Day Mat., 20 unit minimum order placed by Dec. 1, 2015) For free catalog: 320-237-7667 MIDSTATE GENETICS KLEENACRES Dairy

055

FOR SALE: Holstein bulls servable age, also cows and springing heifers. Norwood 612-202-7944 WANTED TO BUY: Dairy heifers and cows. 320-2352664 Cattle

056

FOR SALE OR LEASE REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS Bulls, 2 year old & yearlings; bred heifers, calving ease, club calves & balance performance. Al sired. In herd improvement program. J.W. Riverview Angus Farm Glencoe, MN 55336 Conklin Dealer 320864-4625 FOR SALE: Reg. Black Angus heifers, ages January April 2015. 608-655-3370 Limousin & Red Angus Bulls. Delivery avail. Hammond, WI. 715-821-3516 Registered Texas Longhorn breeding stock, cows, heifers or roping stock, top blood lines. 507-235-3467 WANT TO BUY: Butcher cows, bulls, fats & walkable cripples; also horses, sheep & goats. 320-235-2664

Horse

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Sheep

USED PARTS

060

FOR SALE: 30 Large framed registered Suffolk bred ewes, bred to sons of national champions. Please call 507-380-1828

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

New combine belts for all makes.

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

Katahdin ewes, 2 rams, $220/ea. Located in Winona County, MN. 608-397-4979 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

THE LAND, NOVEMBER 6, 2015

17 quality Percheron mares, must sell, priced right.

715-205-9994

6 miles East of

CAMBRIDGE, MN 763-689-1179 We Ship Daily

Visa and MasterCard Accepted

USED TRACTORS

TILLAGE

Sunflower 4630, 11-shank, Demo ........CALL Sunflower 4412-05, 5-shank ............$25,000 Sunflower 4233-19 w/3-bar harrow ......CALL ‘09 Wilrich QX2, 55.5’ w/basket ......$48,500 (2) DMI 530B’s ........................................CALL DMI 730C ..............................JUST TRADED ‘12 JD 3710, 10 bottom ....................$48,000 ‘08 JD 3710, 10 bottom ....................$30,000 ‘08 JD 2210, 44.5’ w/3-bar ..............$35,500

SKIDSTEERS

Bobcat S650 w/575 hrs. ..................$35,900 NEW NH Skidsteers – On Hand ............CALL ‘11 NH 225 h/a, Loaded ........................CALL

PLANTERS

COMBINES

NEW Fantini Chopping CH ....................CALL Fantini Pre-Owned 8-30 Chopping CH CALL ‘10 Gleaner R76, Loaded................$210,000 ‘01 Gleaner R72, Just Thru Shop ....$95,000 ‘03 Gleaner R65 ..............................$115,000 ‘02 Gleaner R62 ................................COMING

HAY TOOLS

New Hesston & NH Hay Tools On Hand

MISCELLANEOUS

NEW Salford RTS Units..........................CALL NEW Salford Plows ................................CALL NEW Unverferth Seed Tenders..............CALL 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 Pre-owned Snowblowers, 7’-9’ ............CALL Pre-owned Sprayers ..............................CALL

SPECIALS – On All Equipment –

and “Low Rate Financing 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

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

NEW White Planters ..............................CALL ‘11 White 8516 CFS, Loaded............$92,000 White 6122, 12-30 ............................$14,900 White 6100, 12-30 w/twin row..........$15,000

‘09 JD 1790, 24-20” w/liq. Esets 20-20 ........................................................$92,000 JD 1780, 24-20, 3 bus., res 20-20 ....$38,500

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NEW NH T9.505, 4WD............................CALL NEW NH T8.320, FWA............................CALL NEW NH T7.200, FWA ............................CALL NEW NH T4.105, w/loader ....................CALL NEW Massey 4610, FWA, w/loader ......CALL NEW Massey 1736, w/loader ................CALL NEW Versatile 450, 4WD ........................CALL NEW Versatile 310, FWA ........................CALL NEW Versatile 260, FWA ........................CALL NEW Boomer 37, w/loader ....................CALL ‘12 NH T9.560, 4WD ......................$210,000 NH TV6070 bi-directional..................$84,000 ‘12 Versatile 280 w/F&R duals, 760 hrs. ......................................................$125,000 ‘12 Cat MT945C, 480 hrs. ..............$235,000

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

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THE LAND, NOVEMBER 6, 2015

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Building Lasting Relationships

theland@TheLandOnline.com (800) 657-4665

PRE-OWNED EQUIPMENT

‘13 JD S680, 2WD, 365-249 hrs., 520/85R42’s, Pro-Drive, 5-spd. reverser, chopper, Warranty......................$239,500 ‘13 JD S660, 2WD, 400-275 hrs., 480/80R42’s, 3-spd., trans., HID lights, chopper, Warranty......................$204,500 ‘12 JD 608C StalkMaster chopping cornhead, opposed knife rolls, Nice Head! ....................................$47,500 ‘13 JD 9360R, 4WD, PS, 370 hrs., 1000 PTO, 5 remotes, 18.4x46’s ....................................................$189,500 ‘12 JD 9360R, 4WD, PS, 1400 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO, 4 remotes, 18.4x46’s ....................................$179,500 ‘05 JD 9420, 4WD, 3080 hrs., 24-spd., 710/70R42’s, 4 remotes, wgt. pkg. ......................................................$99,500 ‘11 NH T8.300, 725 hrs., 19-spd. PS, Lux. cab, susp. front axle, 480/80R50’s, 380/80R38’s, Loaded! ................$112,500 ‘13 JD 6170R, MFWD, 270 hrs., w/new H-380 loader w/grapple, elec. joystick, 20-spd., Auto Quad....................$134,500 ‘14 JD 3039R, MFWD, 102 hrs., ROPS, w/loader & mower deck, Nice! ....$34,500 ‘12 Case 580SN Backhoe, 1740 hrs., extendahoe, pilot controls, cab w/air & heat, Serviced!..............................$56,500

M.S. Diversified monte@ms-diversified.com

Fairfax, MN

800-432-3565 • 320-894-6560 www.ms-diversified.com

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www.MMCJD.com = Howard Lake CL = St. Cloud LOCATIONS: HL866-875-5093 800-545-5531 5845 Keats Ave SW ST = Stewart 800-827-7922 78412 Co Rd 20

GL = Glencoe 800-558-3759 4561 Hwy 212 Stock

$20,000 $52,500 $54,500 $59,900 $69,900 $97,000 $139,000 $229,000 $141,500 $295,000 $235,000 $137,900 $89,000

121728 123432 118640 118110 107047 125224 106027 125125 106966 103711 116919 123342 116666

$117,900 $249,000 $229,000 $237,900 $59,900 $89,000 $315,000 $210,000 $135,000 $170,000 $195,000 $280,000 $170,000

118151 107071

$40,000 $42,000

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$2,900 $61,500 $61,500 $63,500 $65,500 $51,000 $52,000 $71,000 $69,500 $55,000 $76,900 $76,000 $55,000 $55,000 $57,500 $69,500 $75,000 $84,000 $94,000 $84,900 $92,000 $92,000 $80,000 $92,000 $95,000 $109,900 $103,900 $139,000 $14,900 $5,500 $5,900 $18,900 $21,500 $25,500 $25,000 $26,500

‘13 JD S680

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SC NH 996 N6 SC Geringhoff RD-800-B HL Geringhoff RD-830B GW Geringhoff RD-1222 GW 90 Case IH 2608 Combine Platforms PA 85 JD 220 HL 90 JD 615P PA 09 JD 615P PA 12 JD 630F ST 13 JD 630F PA JD 630F GW JD 630F SC JD 630F SR JD 630F PR JD 630F HL 00 JD 630FD AL 09 JD 635F GL 12 JD 635F ST 01 JD 635F PA 01 JD 635F AL 05 JD 635F GW 08 JD 635F GW 08 JD 635F GW 09 JD 635F SC 09 JD 635F HL 10 JD 640FD PR 11 JD 930 PR 12 JD 930 GL 12 JD 930 PR 13 JD 930 PA 13 JD 930 SR 13 Case 1020 Combines LF 13 JD S660 SC 13 JD S660 HL 14 JD S660 SR 03 JD S660 AL JD S670 ST JD S670 PA 12 JD S670 PA 12 JD S670 GL 01 JD S680 GW 03 JD S680 GW 05 JD S680 SC 10 JD S680 ST 11 JD S690 PR 13 JD 4400 SR 13 JD 4420 LF 14 JD 6600 LF 14 JD 6620 HL 11 JD 7720 GW 12 JD 7720 HL 12 JD 9400 LF 12 JD 9400 GW 12 JD 9510 PA 12 JD 9560W PR 12 JD 9570 STS HL 12 JD 9570 STS ST 12 JD 9650 STS SR 13 JD 9660 STS SR 13 JD 9670 STS SC 13 JD 9760 STS SR 13 JD 9770 STS GW 13 JD 9770 STS GL 13 JD 9770 STS HL 13 JD 9770 STS WA 14 JD 9870 STS GL 14 JD 9870 STS

‘13 JD S690

5500 4610 3506 5755 6223 1563 831 2390 3394 1478 2642 1781 2316 1406 1460 1600 1720

$14,800 $37,000 $43,500 $48,900 $61,900

125209 123825 123826 115042 124289 102082 124368 123222 113753 114693 125238 115254 106239 124215 102899 103780 125267 118150 124287 118013 125237 118153 118500 102604 106015 108660 115269

$1,000 $25,500 $25,500 $17,500 $17,500 $19,500 $17,500 $16,500 $28,500 $34,500 $80,500 $16,900 $23,900 $15,995 $25,000 $29,000 $25,000 $38,900 $39,500 $41,000 $92,000 $3,500 $3,500 $10,900 $15,500 $16,000 $9,000

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$229,000 $275,000 $321,000 $250,000 $209,900 $350,000 $355,000 $329,000 $349,000 $275,000 $325,000 $310,000 $314,900 $7,900 $10,000 $7,500 $8,900 $9,900 $6,500 $29,000 $54,900 $40,900 $65,000 $159,000 $209,000 $94,500 $98,500 $179,000 $114,500 $185,000 $154,000 $207,000 $195,000 $190,000 $189,000

‘09 JD 9870 STS

1720 sep hrs. Stk #120212

PA = Paynesville 865-784-5535 725 Lake Ave S PR = Princeton 800-370-5453 3708 Baptist Church Rd

GW 14 JD 9870 STS AL 14 JD 9870 STS ST 10 JD 9870 STS GW 11 Case IH 7088 Disks LF JD 635 LF JD 635 LF JD 635 AL JD 637 LF JD 637 AL JD 637 GW JD 637 PA JD 2620 SC JD 2623 HL JD 2623 WA JD 2623 SR JD 2623 PA JD 2623 GW JD 2623 WA JD 2623 LF JD 2623 GW JD 2623 GW JD 2625 PR IH 490 SC White 272 WA Sunflower 1444 SR Case IH 370 Grain Carts GW Kinze 1040 GW Brent 1084 SC Brent 1194 PA Brent 1394 ST Brent 1394 AL EZ-Trail 510 Gravity Wagons and Boxes GL Brent 544 LF Minnesota 240 LF Minnesota 550 LF Minnesota 650 PR Killbros 555 PR Dakon 231 Moldboard Plows LF JD 2700 PA JD 2810 ST JD 3710 LF JD 3710 GL JD 3710 PA JD 3710 PA JD 3710 PR IH 710 LF Case 700 LF Melroe 911 GL White 588 Mulch Tillers PR IH 6500 Rippers SC JD 512 HL JD 512 PA JD 512 ST JD 2700 SR JD 2700 ST JD 2700 GL JD 2700 GW JD 2700 SC JD 2700 GL JD 2700 PA JD 2700 PA JD 2700 AL JD 2700

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‘12 JD 616C

2565 hrs. Stk #124501 LF = Little Falls 800-655-5469 16069 Hwy 27 E WA = Wadena 888-631-2311 625-US Hwy 10

118149 106008 125047 124472

$198,500 $229,000 $209,000 $164,000

120477 125079 121638 119940 110603 96866 116113 125148 102339 107046 108452 108855 110661 111788 112247 123975 121336 111558 124765 121725 118477 116240

$13,900 $10,000 $14,900 $31,900 $55,000 $65,000 $58,000 $38,900 $53,500 $86,500 $52,900 $59,000 $63,000 $58,500 $59,900 $44,500 $58,500 $79,000 $5,000 $6,500 $38,900 $40,000

124032 107659 117174 97393 95315 124890

$39,500 $36,900 $45,000 $78,000 $74,500 $11,500

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$13,500 $1,995 $7,500 $7,800 $9,250 $1,900

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$6,900 $2,500 $21,000 $22,000 $35,900 $44,500 $47,500 $1,800 $6,500 $3,500 $1,800

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$6,000

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$20,000 $27,500 $44,000 $15,000 $15,000 $22,000 $32,900 $24,500 $34,000 $29,950 $39,900 $36,500 $36,500

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AT = Aitkin 800-732-1129 1120 2nd St NW BX = Baxter 800-568-4338 7045 Foley Rd

SC JD 2700 PA JD 2700 GW JD 2700 AL JD 2700 HL JD 2720 GW JD 2720 AL JD 2730 HL Case 6750 LF DMI COULTER CHAMP II HD AL DMI ECOLO-TIGER 730B GW Salford 9813 GL Case IH 870 Skid Steer Loaders LF JD 250 2256 LF JD 250-II 4211 PR JD 317 1405 WA JD 318D 985 HL JD 318D 2255 LF JD 318D 413 SC JD 318D 2366 PA JD 318E 104 GW JD 318E 1397 AL JD 320D 2375 SR JD 320D 581 HL JD 320D 650 PA JD 320D 875 PR JD 320D 1086 WA JD 320D 1200 HL JD 320D 1390 PA JD 320D 1542 SC JD 320D 2315 PA JD 320D 249 SR JD 320D 250 HL JD 320D 301 GL JD 320D 483 LF JD 320D 515 SC JD 320D 907 BX JD 320D 1358 PA JD 320E 5 SC JD 320E 69 SR JD 320E 115 SC JD 320E 2175 SR JD 326D 4600 PA JD 326D 1103 GW JD 326D 4410 LF JD 326E 55 PA JD 326E 76 SR JD 326E 79 HL JD 326E 130 ST JD 326E 130 AL JD 326E 171 GL JD 326E 876 LF JD 328 2816 PR JD 328D 5750 LF JD 328D 847 AL JD 328D 4364 AL JD 328D 495 PA JD 328E 133 SR JD 328E 550 LF JD 328E 561 GW JD 332D 2714 SC JD 332E 641 PR JD 332E 270 AL JD 332E 412 LF JD 332E 446 SC New Holland L223 924 AL Gehl 3510 3711 LF Case IH SR 200 725 LF Case IH 430 5000

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$39,900 $34,000 $44,900 $39,500 $55,000 $75,900 $99,000 $15,500 $7,000 $14,900 $59,000 $60,000

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‘09 JD 3710 Stk #116642

‘14 JD 2730 Stk #119676

$13,750 $12,900 $18,500 $29,500 $27,500 $34,900 $25,900 $37,900 $32,500 $25,900 $32,000 $37,900 $33,900 $34,500 $34,500 $29,900 $27,000 $28,750 $40,900 $41,900 $38,500 $33,900 $38,000 $31,900 $31,500 $41,900 $44,500 $45,000 $29,700 $15,900 $34,900 $23,700 $44,900 $43,900 $44,900 $44,000 $49,900 $46,900 $38,900 $26,900 $26,000 $44,900 $27,500 $42,900 $53,900 $49,500 $45,900 $33,900 $53,700 $53,900 $54,900 $57,500 $31,900 $5,999 $34,500 $22,500

“Where Farm and Family Meet”

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‘13 JD 9560RT, 626 hrs., Track, 560 hp., 36” belts, 4 hyds ......$345,000

‘14 JD 9560R, 193 hrs., 4WD, 560 hp., 800-70R38, duals, 4 hyds. ......$332,000

‘10 JD 9530T, 1193 hrs., Track, 475 hp., 36” belts, 4 hyds ......$289,000

‘12 JD 9510R, 861 hrs, 4WD, 510 hp., 76x50 ............................................CALL

‘14 JD 9460R, 291 hrs., 4WD, 460 hp., 800-70R38, duals, 5 hyds. ......$295,000

‘05 JD 8420, 3817 hrs., MFWD, 235 hp., 480-80R50, 4 hyds. ..$135,000

‘14 JD 8360R, 307 hrs., MFWD, 360 hp., 380-90R54, duals, 5 hyds.........$285,000

‘13 JD 8335R, 812 hrs., MFWD, 335 hp., 380-90R54, duals, 5 hyds.........$250,000

‘11 JD 8285R, 315 hrs., MFWD, 285 hp., 380-90R54, duals, 4 hyds.........$206,000

‘12 JD 8235R, 809 hrs., MFWD, 235 hp., 380-90R54, 5 hyds. ..$162,000

‘02 JD 8220, 7250 hrs., MFWD, 190 hp., 380-90R50, duals, 4 hyds.........$104,000

‘10 JD 7830, 1024 hrs., MFWD, 205 hp., 480-80R46, duals, 4 hyds.........$136,000

‘12 JD 7230R, 788 hrs., MFWD, 230 hp., 480-80R46, duals, 4 hyds.........$179,900

‘13 JD 7200R, 517 hrs., MFWD, 200 hp., 380-90R50, duals, 4 hyds. ........$177,000

‘13 JD 6170R, 1192 hrs., MFWD, 170 hp., 380-90R50, duals, 3 hyds ..........$129,000

‘12 JD 6125R, 349 hrs, MFWD, 138 hp., 460-85R38, 3 hyds., loader ....$108,000

‘93 JD 4760, 6550 hrs., MFWD, 180 hp., 14.9x46, duals ............$59,500

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‘12 JD 315 Skid, 2032 hrs., 49 hp., cab, 60” bucket ........................$18,900

‘12 JD 326D Skid, 734 hrs., 74 hp., 2-spd., foot controls..................$37,000

‘14 JD 328E Skid, 716 hrs., 86 hp., 2-spd., cab, 84” bucket ............$45,500

‘14 JD 60G Excavator, 91 Hrs., 16” Tracks, 36” Bucket..................$69,900

‘12 JD 333DT Skid, 1604 hrs., 91 hp., 17.7” tracks, cab ......................$52,500

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‘11 CIH 315, Tracks - $214,500 ‘11 CIH 550 Quad, 36” PTO - $219,500

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‘99 CIH 2388, w/1020 25’ platform - $63,900 ‘08 CIH 7010 - $169,500 ‘10 CIH 6088 - $199,500 TILLAGE ‘89 CIH 1680, w/1020 20’ CIH RMX370, 28’, 3 bar platform - $19,900 - $36,500 ‘04 CIH 1020, 30’ - $8,950 CIH 730C - $24,900 ‘10 CIH 2608, 8-30 chopping CIH 870, 14’ w/spike harrow head - $55,000 - $38,500 ‘01 CIH 2208, 8-30 - $18,500 CIH 870, 18’, 4 basket - $53,500 CIH 530B - $16,500

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‘12 JD 9560R, 921 hrs., HID lights, 4 hyd., Michelin 800x38” tires & duals......$229,000 ‘13 JD 9410R, 640 hrs., 1000 PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, 480x50 tires & duals ....$210,000 ‘12 JD 9410R, 675 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, 480x50 tires & duals ......................................................$228,000 ‘13 JD 9360R, 290 hrs., 3 pt. hitch, 1000 PTO, 5 hyd., Hi-flow, 480x46” tires & duals ......................................................$199,000 ‘12 JD 9410R, 1259 hrs., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., HID lights, 520x46 tires & duals....$185,000 ‘13 CIH 550, 235 hrs., Lux. cab, 1000 PTO, 6 hyd., Hi-flow, HID lights, 800x38 tires & duals ..............................................$225,000 ‘12 CIH 400HD, 366 hrs., 1000 PTO, 6 hyd., big pump, 480x50 tires & duals ....$195,000 ‘12 CIH 400HD, 320 hrs., 4 hyd., big pump, 520x46 tires & duals......................$185,000 ‘05 CIH STX375, 6675 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 710x38 tires & duals........................$89,000 ’02 CIH 425, 3465 hrs., 12-spd. manual trans., 4 hyd., 710x38 tires & duals $95,000 ’09 Versatile 485, 1704 hrs., gear drive, 12-spd., 4 hyd., front & rear wgts., 800x38 tires & duals ..................................$140,000 ‘13 NH T9.615, 634 hrs., 4 hyd., Hi-flow, 800x38 tires & duals, full auto steer ......................................................$200,000

ROW CROP TRACTORS

‘14 JD 8285R, 1255 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, front wgts., 4 hyd., 380x50 tires & duals ..............................................$145,000 ‘13 JD 6190R, 765 hrs., IVT trans., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x46 tires & duals ..............................................$115,000 ‘10 JD 8270R, 3888 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 18.4x46 tires & duals ........$109,000 ‘04 JD 8120, 5083 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 3 hyd., 520x42 tires & duals............$78,000 ‘12 CIH 315, 481 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 480x50 tires & duals ......................................................$152,500 ‘13 CIH 290, 1249 hrs., Lux. cab, cab susp., 18-spd. PS, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., Hi-flow, 480x50 rears & duals, 480x34 sfronts & duals, front wgts. ..........$135,000

COMBINES

‘11 JD 9770, 1116 eng./736 sep. hrs., CM, 5-spd. feederhouse, chopper, bin ext., 520x42 tires & duals ......................$175,000 ‘11 JD 9670, 1116 eng./736 sep. hrs., CM, chopper, 20.8x38 tires & duals ......$149,000 ‘10 JD 9870, 1500 eng./1220 sep. hrs., 5-spd. feederhouse, Pro-drive, choppper, 1250x32 single tires ......................$125,000 ‘09 JD 9570STS, 1498 eng./904 sep. hrs., CM, chopper, Auto Track ready, Maurer bin ext., 30.5x32 tires ..........................$119,000 13 CIH 7130, 511 eng./399 sep. hrs., lateral tilt feeder, rock trap, chopper, power bin ext., 800x32 drive tires ..........................$159,000 ‘12 CIH 8230, 4WD, 969 eng./777 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, power topper ..$195,000 ‘11 CIH 8120, 934 eng./729 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, 520x42 duals ..$169,000 ‘11 CIH 7120, 871 eng./732 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, 520x42 duals ..$169,000 ‘09 CIH 7088, 1193 eng./895 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, 30.5x32 singles$129,000 ‘10 CIH 9120, 4x4, 859 eng./615 sep. hrs., field tracker, chopper, extended wear, HID lights, 620x42 tires & duals....$169,000 ‘13 Challenger 560C, 489 eng./278 sep. hrs., (Has ATI Track System), 36” belts, 4WD, chopper, lateral tilt, HID lights........$189,000 ‘09 NH CR9060, 2400 eng./1800 sep. hrs., tracker, chopper, 520x42 tires & duals ........................................................$79,000 ‘08 NH 9060, 4x4, 1786 eng./1332 sep. hrs., rock trap, chopper, 620x42 duals ....$95,000 ‘04 NH CR970, 3138 eng./2186 sep. hrs., tracker, chopper, chaff spreader, air compressor, 520x42 tires & duals ..$65,000

COMBINE HEADS

‘05 Geringhoff 830 roto disc, 8R30”..$25,000 ‘10 NH 98D, 8R30” cornhead ............$24,500 ‘09 NH 74C, 35’ flex head ..................$14,500 ‘08 CIH 3408, 8R30”, hyd. deck plates ........................................................$23,000 ‘07 CIH 2020, 35’ flex head................$12,500 ‘07 Geringhoff roto disc head, 16R22”, for JD ..............................................$29,000

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‘12 CIH 290, 434 hrs., PT, 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, 5 hyd., big pump, front duals, 480x50 ‘12 JD 9560RT, 859 hrs., 36” tracks, 1000 rear duals ......................................$149,000 PTO, 4 hyd., front wgts. ................$245,000 ‘12 CIH 260, 1784 hrs., Deluxe cab, 19-spd.

‘15 Challenger 765D, 210 hrs., 25” tracks, PS, susp. front axle, 3 pt., 4 hyd., Hi-flow, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 6 hyd., front wgts.

1000 PTO, 480x50 rear tires & duals, ......................................................$190,000 14 front wgts. ................................$115,000 ‘13 Challenger MT 765D, 726 hrs., 25” ‘13 CIH 260, 577 hrs., PS, 3 pt., 540/1000 tracks, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 4 hyd., front wgts.

PTO, 4 hyd., big pump, 420x46 tires & ......................................................$180,000 duals ..............................................$129,000 ‘09 Challenger MT 765C, 3180 hrs., 18” ‘03 CIH MX210, 5550 hrs., 3 pt., 1000 PTO, tracks on 120” center, cab w/buddy seat, 4 hyd., 380x46 tires & duals............$63,000 PS, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, 6 hyd., 20 front wgts., 8 idler wgts. ..................................$110,000 ‘04 Challenger 765, 4300 hrs., 18” tracks, JD 512, 9-shank disc ripper ..............$15,000 3 pt., 1000 PTO, front wgts. ............$78,000

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‘13 JD S670, 387 Sep. Hrs., 520/85R42’s ....................$278,900

‘12 JD S660, 145 Sep. Hrs., Auto Trac Ready ..............$279,900

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Track Tractors

(OW) ‘14 JD 9460RT, 523 hrs., leather ..........................$299,900 (OW) ‘13 JD 9460RT, 825 hrs., leather ..........................$279,900 (OW) ‘11 CIH 550 Quad, 2249 hrs., PTO ......................$277,900 (OW) ‘14 JD 8335RT, 567 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ..............$269,900 (OW) ‘11 JD 9630T, 1640 hrs. ........................................$249,900 ‘14 JD 8320R, 980 Hrs., PS, Leather, Ext. Warranty ....$229,900 (OW) ‘13 JD 8310RT, 430 hrs., IVT, 18” tracks ..............$249,900 (B) ‘97 JD 9630T, 1431 hrs. ............................................$249,900 (B) ‘10 JD 9630T, 1907 hrs. ............................................$244,900 (OW) ‘09 JD 9630T, 1737 hrs. ........................................$239,900 (H) ‘12 JD 8335RT, 1157 hrs., IVT, 25” tracks ................$235,900 (B) ‘11 JD 8310RT, 1883 hrs., PS, 25” tracks ................$214,500 (H) ‘05 JD 9620T, 3141 hrs. ............................................$134,900

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‘13 JD 2623VT, 10’ Vertical Tillage, Rolling Basket ....................$69,500

(B) ‘01 JD 8210, 6491 hrs., PS, MFWD ............................$74,900 (N) ‘14 JD 6115M, 93 hrs., PQ ..........................................$74,900 (N) ‘95 JD 8200, 4826 hrs., 540/1000 PTO ......................$74,000 (N) ‘93 JD 7800, 4600 hrs., 2WD, loader ..........................$56,500 (B) ‘13 JD 5085M, 460 hrs., power reverser ....................$53,900 (B) ‘09 JD 5105M, 1600 hrs., loader ................................$52,500 (N) ‘94 JD 7700, 4439 hrs., 2WD, loader ..........................$47,500 (N) '92 JD 4560, 4733 hrs., 2WD, PS................................$43,500 (B) JD 5085M, 133 hrs., OS ..............................................$42,900 (OS) ‘14 JD 5065E, 60 hrs., MFWD ..................................$29,500 (OW) '76 JD 4430, PS, auto trac ......................................$24,900 (B) Ford 8700, 5600 hrs., Clean ........................................$10,500 (B) ‘80 White 2-85, 6904 hrs., Recent OH ..........................$8,595

FALL TILLAGE (OW) ‘13 JD 2623VT, 40’ vertical tillage ..........................$69,500 (H) '12 CIH 870, 11 shank, r/basket..................................$64,900 (B) ‘12 CIH 870, 9-shank ..................................................$54,500 (OS) ‘12 JD 3710, 10-bottom plow ..................................$49,900 (B) ‘12 Salford 8212, 12-bottom plow..............................$47,500 (OW) ‘12 Krause, 30’ vertical tillage..................................$47,500 (N) ‘14 JD 2700, 9-shank @ 24” spacing..........................$45,500 (OW) ‘11 CIH 870, 9-shank @ 24” spacing ......................$45,500 (OW) '11 CIH 870, 9-shank @ 24" spacing ......................$45,500 (OW) ‘11 JD 2410, 55’ chisel plow....................................$44,900 (N) ‘14 JD 2410, 332’ chisel plow ....................................$43,000 (B) ‘11 JD 2410, 47’ chisel plow ......................................$40,900 (H) ‘10 Krause 4850, 9-shank ripper ................................$39,900 (OW) ‘11 JD 3710, 10-bottom plow ..................................$39,900 (B) ‘12 JD 2410, 28’ chisel plow ......................................$38,900 (H) ‘12 JD 2700, 7-shank, rolling basket ..........................$37,900 (B) ‘02 JD 637, 32’ disk ....................................................$34,900 (OW) '11 JD 2700, 9-shank @ 24" spacing ......................$30,900 (OW) ‘10 Sunflower 4412, 7-shank ripper ......................$29,900 (B) ‘05 JD 512, 9-shank ripper ..........................................$28,500 (H) JD 635, 30’ disk ............................................................$25,500 (B) ‘99 JD 637, 35’ disk ....................................................$24,900 (B) ‘02 JD 2400, 24’ chisel plow ......................................$24,900 (N) ‘94 JD 3710, 10-bottom plow......................................$22,500 (B) ‘99 JD 3710, 6-bottom, on land ..................................$21,900 (OS) ‘09 JD 512, 5-shank ripper........................................$21,500 (OW) ‘96 JD 3710, 9-bottom plow ....................................$20,000 JD 2700, 5-shank......................................(7) Starting at $19,950 (B) ‘97 JD 680, 11’ chisel plow............................................$9,900 (N) JD 235, 25’ disk ..............................................................$5,500 (B) JD 2810, 4-bottom..........................................................$4,900

COMBINES (H) ‘14 JD S680, 278 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty................$339,900 (N) ‘14 JD S670, 215 sep. hrs. ........................................$319,900 (N) ‘14 JD S660, 159 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty................$289,900 (OW) ‘14 JD S660, 228 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty ............$284,900 (OW) ‘12 JD S660, 180 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty ............$279,900 (OS) ‘13 JD S660, 363 sep. hrs., Ext. Warranty ............$269,900 (H) '12 JD S660, 275 sep hrs, duals ..............................$255,900 (OW) ‘11 JD 9770, 758 sep. hrs., PRWD........................$219,900 (OS) ‘11 JD 9670, 770 sep. hrs., duals ..........................$218,500 (OW) ‘10 JD 9870, 945 sep. hrs., PRWD........................$205,900 (B) ‘09 JD 9770, 856 sep. hrs., PRWD ..........................$189,900 (OS) ‘08 JD 9570, 571 sep. hrs., duals ..........................$182,900 (OW) ‘09 JD 9770, 1173 sep. hrs., duals........................$179,900 (B) ‘09 JD 9670, 1097 sep. hrs., PRWD ........................$169,900 (OS) ‘10 JD 9570, 724 sep. hrs., duals ..........................$169,900 (H) ‘11 JD 9770, 735 sep. hrs., duals ............................$169,500 (H) ‘11 JD 9770, 1978 sep. hrs., duals ..........................$156,900 (H) ‘08 JD 9570, 984 sep. hrs., duals ............................$154,900 (H) ‘07 JD 9660, 1364 sep. hrs. ......................................$139,900 (H) ‘06 JD 9760, 1511 sep. hrs., duals ..........................$134,900 (B) ‘04 JD 9760, 1365 sep. hrs., PRWD ........................$134,900 (H) ‘05 JD 9860, 2034 sep. hrs., PRWD ........................$132,500 (B) ‘05 JD 9560, 1133 sep. hrs., PRWD ........................$132,500 (OW) ‘06 JD 9660, 1542 sep. hrs., duals........................$125,900 (OW) ‘07 JD 9760, 1899 sep. hrs., duals........................$125,900 (H) ‘05 JD 9660, 1792 sep. hrs., duals ..........................$119,900 (N) ‘05 JD 9560STS, 1454 sep. hrs., duals ....................$119,500 (OW) ‘05 JD 9660, 1384 sep. hrs., duals........................$115,900

‘11 JD 3710, 10 Bottom, Low Acres ..........................$39,900

(H) ‘04 JD 9560, 1581 sep. hrs., walker, duals ..............$108,000 (H) ‘04 JD 9560, 1355 sep. hrs., walker ........................$102,500 (OW) ‘06 CAT 580R, 2100 sep. hrs., duals ......................$99,900 (H) ‘01 JD 9650STS, 2006 sep. hrs., duals ......................$95,900 (OS) ‘03 JD 9450, 1734 sep. hrs., walker ........................$88,500 (H) ‘03 JD 9750, 2049 sep. hrs., duals ............................$84,900 (H) ‘02 JD 9550, 1652 sep. hrs., walker............................$84,900 (OW) ‘01 JD 9550, 1857 sep. hrs., walker ........................$79,900 (OW) ‘00 JD 9550, 1841 sep. hrs., duals ..........................$78,900 (OW) ‘01 JD 9650, Walker, 2500 sep. hrs. ........................$68,000 (OW) ‘90 JD 9500, 1438 sep. hrs., singles ......................$32,500 (OS) '90 JD 9500, singles, 10 series updates ..................$32,500 (H) ‘89 JD 9500, 4564 sep. hrs., duals ............................$27,500 (OW) ‘83 JD 6620, 4100 hrs. ..............................................$7,500

CORNHEADS (OW) ‘14 JD 618, 18R20”, chopping ..............................$159,500 (N) ‘14 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ..................................$104,900 (B) ‘14 JD 608, 8R30”, chopping ......................................$79,900 (H) ‘12 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ....................................$74,900 (B) ‘11 Geringhoff RD1230, 12R30”, chopping ..............$74,900 (H) ‘11 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ....................................$69,900 (OW) ‘10 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ................................$64,900 (B) ‘09 JD 612, 12R20”, chopping ....................................$64,900 (B) ‘08 JD 612, 12R20”, chopping ....................................$61,900 (OW) ‘08 JD 612, 12R20”, chopping ................................$55,500 (OW) ‘10 JD 612, 12R30”, chopping ................................$55,000 (OW) ‘10 Drago N12TR, 12R30”, chopping......................$49,900 JD 608C, 8R30”, chopping, 16 To Choose From ....................................................................Starting @ $39,900 (H) ‘09 JD 608, 8R30”, non-chopping ............................$29,900 (OW) ‘09 JD 608, non-chopping ......................................$37,900 (OW) ‘08 JD 612, 12R30”, non chopping ........................$33,900 (H) ‘04 JD 1290, 12R20” ....................................................$33,000 (OS) ‘08 JD 608, 8R30”, non-chopping ............................$31,500 (B) ‘00 JD 1092, 12R20”, knife rolls ..................................$26,900 (B) ‘00 Geringhoff RD630, 6R30”, chopping ..................$24,900 (OW) ‘06 Harvest Tec 4308C, chopping..........................$22,900 (B) ‘94 JD 693, 6R30”, knife rolls ....................................$14,900 (B) ‘94 JD 693, 6R30”, knife rolls ....................................$15,495 JD 893, 8R30”, 20 To Choose From................Starting @ $9,950 (B) ‘94 JD 893, 8R30” ..........................................................$6,500 (B) ‘81 JD 843, 8R30” ..........................................................$4,900

GRAIN CARTS (B) ‘09 J&M 1150, duals, tarp ..........................................$49,900 (N) ‘12 Brent 1282, scale, tarp ........................................$42,500 (OS) ‘89 Brent 678, scale ..................................................$21,000 (H) ‘10 Demco 650, tarp ....................................................$18,900 (N) ‘98 Brent 774, (GC) scale, tarp ..................................$18,500 (OS) Brent 672....................................................................$17,000 (OS) Brent 670....................................................................$16,000 (N) ‘08 Brent 576 .............................................................. $14,900 (OS) Brent 572, tarp ..........................................................$13,900 (B) ‘95 Parker 685 ............................................................ $10,900 (B) Ficklin CS 14000, 650 bu. ............................................$9,900

SAVE UP TO 20% OFF On The Following Eqipment:

– Call A Salesman For Pricing! – (B) ‘08 JD 608, 8R30” chopping (H) ‘04 JD 2700, 7-shank, folding, new blades (OW) ‘04 JD 325 Skidsteer, cab w/heater, 2-spd.

(B) ‘01 JD 9550, Walker, PRWD, 2716 sep. hrs., singles (H) ‘06 JD 9520T, 4012 hrs., 36” tracks, AT ready (B) ‘12 JD 8335RT, 1455 hrs., 18” tracks, 5 SCV, leather (OW) ‘12 JD 8310R, 922 hrs., PS, Certified Pre-Owned (OW) ‘14 JD 8295R, 928 hrs., PS, front duals, leather (OW) ‘12 JD 7260R, 1197 hrs., IVT, loader ready (B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 878 hrs., IVT, duals, PT Warr. until 4-9-17 (N) ‘08 JD 9570, 775 sep. hrs., 30.5x32 singles (OS) ‘05 JD 9660, 1325 sep. hrs., 20.8x38 duals (H) ‘04 JD 9760, 1962 sep. hrs., 20.8x42 duals (H) ‘13 JD 2623, 29’ disk, harrow

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(OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 350 hrs., IVT, ILS............................$299,900 (OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 350 hrs., IVT, Rental Return ..........$294,900 (OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 480 hrs., IVT, ILS............................$294,900 (OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 482 hrs., IVT ..................................$289,900 (OW) ‘15 JD 8370R, 501 hrs., IVT, ILS............................$289,900 (B) ‘15 JD 8370R, 505 hrs., IVT ......................................$284,900 (OW) ‘15 JD 8345R, 491 hrs., IVT, ILS............................$274,900 ‘12 JD 8335RT, 1647 Hrs., 25” Tracks ........................$235,900 (OW) ‘15 JD 8345R, 513 hrs., IVT, ILS............................$274,900 (OW) ‘15 JD 8320R, 350 hrs., IVT, Rental Return ..........$269,900 (OW) ‘15 JD 8320R, 350 hrs., IVT, ILS............................$269,900 (OW) ‘15 JD 8345R, 777 hrs., IVT, ILS............................$267,500 (OS) ‘14 JD 8320R, 100 hrs., PS, Ext. Warranty ............$263,500 (OW) ‘14 JD 8345R, 877 hrs., IVT, ILS, leather ..............$249,900 (OS) ‘13 JD 8310R ..........................................................$239,900 (N) ‘14 JD 8320R, 938 hrs., IVT, ILS ..............................$239,900 (OW) ‘15 JD 8295R, 737 hrs., IVT, ILS............................$229,900 (OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, 969 hrs., PS, ILS ............................$229,900 (OW) ‘14 JD 8320R, 980 hrs., PS, ILS ............................$229,900 (OW) ‘15 JD 8295R, 600 hrs., PS ..................................$214,900 (N) ‘14 JD 8260R, 274 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty ..............$210,000 (OS) ‘14 JD 7270R, 444 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty............$209,500 (OW) ‘14 JD 8295R, 1000 hrs., PS, ILS ..........................$199,900 ‘09 JD 7930, 1084 Hrs., IVT, (OS) ‘14 JD 7210R, 250 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty............$179,900 AT Ready..........................$149,900 (OW) '10 JD 8245R, 1786 hrs, IVT, ILS ..........................$179,900 (OW) ‘11 JD 8235R, 950 hrs., PS, front duals................$169,900 (OW) '10 JD 8245R, 2065 hrs, IVT ..................................$162,500 (OW) ‘10 JD 8245R, 2065 hrs., IVT ................................$162,500 (OS) ‘14 CIH 235, 214 hrs., PS........................................$160,000 (B) ‘10 JD 8225R, 602 hrs., PS ......................................$159,900 (B) ‘09 JD 7930, 1078 hrs., IVT ......................................$149,900 (H) ‘13 JD 6170R, 568 hrs., IVT, Ext. Warranty .............$142,900 (OW) ‘08 JD 8130, 2246 hrs., IVT, ILS ............................$139,900 (B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 627 hrs., IVT ......................................$138,900 (B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 413 hrs., auto quad ..........................$126,900 (B) '15 JD 6150R, 370 hrs, AQ Plus, duals ....................$124,900 (H) ‘06 JD 8130R, 4742 hrs., 540/1000 PTO ..................$112,500 (B) ‘14 JD 6150R, 829 hrs., auto quad ..........................$111,900 (OS) ‘13 JD 6125R, 111 hrs., IVT ....................................$108,900 ‘11 JD 8310RT, 1886 Hrs., PS, (OW) '00 JD 8310, 6100 hrs., PS, MFWD ........................$83,500

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(N) ‘14 JD 9510R, 628 hrs., Ext. Warranty ....................$299,900 (OW) ‘14 JD 9460R, 534 hrs., PTO, Ext. Warranty ........$289,900 (OS) ‘12 JD 9510R, 1079 hrs., 800/70R38’s ..................$289,900 (N) ‘14 JD 9460R, 374 hrs., Ext. Warranty ....................$284,900 (OW) ‘15 JD 9370R, 480 hrs., PTO ................................$269,900 (OW) ‘13 JD 9410R, 571 hrs., PTO ................................$259,900 (OW) ‘10 JD 9630, 1360 hrs., 800/38’s ..........................$234,900 (B) ‘11 JD 9530, 1294 hrs., 800/70R38’s ........................$225,900 (B) ‘11 JD 9330, 617 hrs., 620/70T42’s ..........................$219,900 (N) ‘11 JD 9630, 1428 hrs., 800/70R38’s ........................$216,900 ‘14 JD 9460R, 513 Hrs., PTO, Ext. Warranty ..................$289,900 (B) ‘10 JD 9630, 2138 hrs. ..............................................$212,900 (H) ‘09 JD 9530, 2802 hrs., 800/38’s ..............................$189,900 (OS) ‘09 JD 9330, 2162 hrs., PTO ..................................$189,900 (N) ‘08 JD 9530, 1356 hrs., 800/70R38’s ........................$185,000 (OS) ‘05 JD 9620, 2119 hrs., 800/70R38’s, duals ..........$175,000 (OW) ‘07 JD 9620, 3973 hrs., PS ....................................$169,900 (OW) '04 JD 9420, 4750 hrs, 3 pt hitch, 700's ..............$135,900 (OW) ‘97 JD 9400, 7138 hrs., 710/70R38’s ......................$79,900 (B) ‘97 JD 9200, 4812 hrs., 710/38’s ................................$79,900

‘10 JD 9670, 732 Sep. Hrs. PRWD ..............................$219,900

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Three-Year ‘Walk Away’ Leases

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• ‘14 Magnum 250

• ‘15 Steiger 580 Wheel

• 300 hrs./yr. - $29.92/hr.

• 600 hrs./yr. - $18.79/hr.

• 300 hrs./yr. - $63.00/hr.

• 600 hrs./yr. - $39.43/hr.

Auto Guide Ready

Full Pro 700 auto guide, susp. cab, PTO, HID lites

• ‘14 Magnum 260

• ‘15 Steiger 500 Quad

• 300 hrs./yr. - $33.22/hr.

• 600 hrs./yr. - $21.17/hr.

• 300 hrs./yr. - $66.14/hr.

• 600 hrs./yr. - $41.64/hr.

Full Pro 700 auto guide, susp. front axle, Lux. cab

• ‘15 Magnum 310

Full Pro 700 auto guide, susp. front axle, Lux. cab

• 300 hrs./yr. - $42.12/hr.

• 600 hrs./yr. - $26.45/hr.

• ‘15 Magnum 340

Full Pro 700 auto guide, susp. front axle, Lux. cab

• 300 hrs./yr. - $46.44/hr.

• 600 hrs./yr. - $29.07/hr.

Full Pro 700 auto guide, susp. cab, HID lites

• ‘15 Steiger 580 Quad

561 hrs., Full Pro 700 auto guide, Lux. cab, HID lites

• 300 hrs./yr. - $65.56/hr.

• 600 hrs./yr. - $42.36/hr.

• ‘15 Steiger 580 Quad

958 hrs., Full Pro 700 auto guide, Lux. cab, HID lites

• 300 hrs./yr. - $55.77/hr.

• 600 hrs./yr. - $37.20/hr.

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We have Quad Trac & Combine Tracks - In-Stock

‘15 CIH Magnum 340 Track, 18” tracks, 120” spacing, Lux. susp. cab, susp. front axle, Full Pro 700 auto guide, high cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ......................................................................................................................$228,500 ‘13 CIH Magnum 260, 533 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, HD drawbar, auto steer ready, high cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ................................................................................................................................................................................$156,500 ‘12 CIH Magnum 235, 325 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, HD drawbar, auto steer ready, high cap. hyd. pump, 360 HID lites ................................................................................................................................................................................$139,900 ‘14 CIH Puma 145, MFD, powershift, cab, C-IH 765 loader ................................................................................$109,900 ‘12 CIH Puma 185, MFD, 920 hrs., CVT trans., duals, C-IH loader ....................................................................$109,900 ‘15 CIH Farmall 105C, 29 hrs., Dlx. cab w/hi-vis panel, dual PTO, 12x12 power shuttle....................................$47,900 ‘15 CIH Magnum 340, 400 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, auto steer, HD drawbar, high cap. hyd. pump, susp. front axle, 360 HID lites - Coming In After Season................................................................................................................$207,500 ‘14 CIH Magnum 340, 700 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, auto steer, HD drawbar, high cap. hyd. pump, susp. front axle, 360 HID lites - Coming In After Season................................................................................................................$185,283 ‘15 CIH Magnum 310, 400 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, auto steer, HD drawbar, high cap. hyd. pump, susp. front axle, 360 HID lites - Coming In After Season................................................................................................................$190,500 ‘14 CIH Magnum 260, 800 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, auto steer, HD drawbar, high cap. hyd. pump, susp. front axle, 360 HID lites - Coming In After Season................................................................................................................$151,300

USED 4WD TRACTORS

Scraper Track --------Part # 87734601............$8,38500 Ag Track ----------------Part # 84140100 ............$6,72000 9300 Ag Track ------Part # 256800A2.......... $8,50000 (Prices good while supplies last)

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‘14 CIH 7230, 450 eng./388 sep. hrs., leather seat, HID lites, Loaded! ..................................................$239,900

‘12 CIH 8230, 1230 eng./893 sep. hrs., RWA, Lux. cab, HID lites ..........$189,900

‘15 CIH 8240, Lux. cab, auto guide, HID lites ....................................$289,900

‘15 CIH Steiger 580Q, 889 hrs., Lux. cab, 30” tracks, Full auto guide, All The HID Lites ......................$305,500

‘15 CIH Magnum 340, 409 hrs., 18” tracks, Row Trac ................$228,500

‘14 CIH Magnum 250, 506 hrs., dual PTO, big hyd. pump..................$129,900

‘15 CIH Farmall 105C, 29 hrs., 90 PTO hp., power shuttle ..........$47,900

‘97 Cat 75D, 330 hp., 9524 hrs. ......................................................$39,900

Steiger Tiger, “Rebuilt” - MUST SEE! New Tires ....................................$89,000

Interest Waiver or Low Rates Available* • Call For Details ‘15 CIH Steiger 580Q, 508 hrs., Lux. cab, 36” tracks, HID lites, Full Pro 700 auto guide, All The HID Lites, Loaded! ..................................................................................................................................................................$349,900 ‘15 CIH Steiger 580Q, 599 hrs., Lux. cab, 30” tracks, Full auto guide, All The HID Lites ................................$339,900 ’15 CIH Steiger 580Q, 889 hrs., Lux. cab, 30” tracks, Full auto guide, All The HID LItes ................................$305,500 ‘14 CIH Steiger 500Q, 315 hrs., Lux. susp. cab, high cap. hyd. pump, Full auto guide, HID lites - Coming In After Season ........................................................................................................................................295,283 Steiger Tiger, 525 hp. Cummins eng., Allison auto. trans., Like New 520/85R42 Triples ....................................$89,000 ‘97 Cat 75D, 9524 hrs., 330 hp. ................................................................................................................................$39,900

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USED COMBINES

Interest Waiver Available Thru Case Credit* • Call For Details ‘15 CIH 8240, 400 hrs., Lux. cab, HID lites, auto guide, folding unload auger, CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED UNIT - Coming In After Season ......................................................................................................................................$289,900 ‘14 CIH 7230, 350 eng./290 sep. hrs., 520x42 duals, leather, HID lites, Loaded Corn/Bean Machine, CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED UNIT - Coming In After Season ....................................................................................................$239,900 ‘12 CIH 8230, 1230 eng./893 sep. hrs., RWA, Lux. cab, HID lites........................................................................$189,900

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COMBINE PLATFORMS & HEADS

CIH 4408, 8R30”, non chopping ........................................................................................................................$49,900 CIH 2608, 8R30” chopping cornhead ................................................................................................................$29,900 Geringhoff, 8R chopping cornhead ..................................................................................................................$49,900 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ................................................................................................................................$39,900 CIH 3408, 8R30” cornhead ................................................................................................................................$29,900 CIH 2208, 8R30”..................................................................................................................................................$28,500 CIH 2208, 8R30”..................................................................................................................................................$24,500 CIH 2020, 35’ platform ........................................................................................................................................$18,000 CIH 2020, 35’ platform w/Crary air reel ............................................................................................................$23,900 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ......................................................................................................................$9,900 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife ..........................................................................................................................................$7,500 CIH 1020, 30’, 3” knife, rock guard ....................................................................................................................$10,900

‘12 CIH Tigermate 200 46’, 4-bar harrow $45,900

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